01.
The Josh Kenny Oktoberfest is one of the four major group events in Magnolia. Most people have heard of it, but most people can't participate: because the traffic is too inconvenient, Hill specially recorded a program Broadcast on Magic Phone: It will be aired for three consecutive days, starting at 9:00 p.m. every night—just when "Cardcaptor Sakura" ends.
"Cardcaptor Sakura" is coming to an end, and Hill also explained in advance in "Makai Magazine", its fans are naturally somewhat reluctant. As for what the next anime will be, Hill already has plans.
The end of the day is played, and the next is the Oktoberfest special program.
Because it was advertised in advance, many people watched it in front of the magic phone, and those pubs and restaurants also held public screenings.
The first thing that appeared was the opening title, with a super girl song in the background, a Q version of a human male and a Q version of a black dwarf appeared on the screen, and they simply squirmed twice—the time was tight, so the production was very crude. Then, the title of the show appeared in the middle of the screen: Josh Kenny Oktoberfest.
Then, a human and another non-human appear on the frame, standing on the deck with the ship and the sea in the background.
The audience was stunned.
Next to the human was... a short man who was only a little taller than the waist, but neither his strong muscles nor his long beard ruled him out of children. His reddish-brown beard was braided into three braids, with delicate metal buckles tied underneath, soft and shiny, making the ladies of Magnolia City a little jealous...cough. He was fully armed, with iron armor next to him, and he was holding a huge ax in his hand, which looked very dangerous.
"Wow, that's... is that a black dwarf?" Someone in the tavern exclaimed.
"It's a black dwarf! This is the first time I've seen a dwarf, oh, they're so short."
"But it looks really strong, and the hammer in his hand is so scary."
"Why are there black dwarves here? Ah, I forgot, this is something produced by the demons."
At this time, the human on the screen asked, "Has it started?"
The black dwarf said: "It seems to have begun."
"Oh, let's quickly introduce ourselves," said the human.
This beginning amused many viewers.
The black dwarf cleared his throat and said, "Hello, everyone, I am the black dwarf Bronze Fang. By the way, I am a handsome guy from the black dwarf family."
The human said: "Hi everyone, I'm Grant the bard, and by the way, I'm more handsome than the one next to me."
This introduction once again made the audience laugh out loud.
"I think you are looking for faults." The black dwarf's copper teeth said dissatisfied: "You are so tall, how dare you talk to me?"
"Ah, do you dwarves think it's beautiful to be short?" Grant asked.
"Don't you think it's ugly to be tall? It's like a bamboo pole, not strong at all." The black dwarf looked at him critically with copper teeth, "I swear on my beard, you will never find a beautiful girl."
"If the pretty girl you mean is half my height and can break my waist with a single punch, I'll leave it to you." The bard Grant whistled, "I just like women who are like bamboo poles. .”
"It's tasteless," said the black dwarf, Bronze Fang.
Grant rolled his eyes, "When I think that I will be partnering with you in the future, I am very dizzy. Okay, let's not waste time, let's get back to business! Today, we are going to participate in a very classic event! That is Josh Ken Oktoberfest!"
The black dwarf's copper tooth swung the ax and said: "I heard that wine from all over the world can be drunk in this festival, and we black dwarves are very interested in it!"
"First, let's change into a set of casual clothes, and then, let's go!" Grant snapped his fingers, and then pictured everything. The two had already changed into Josh Kenny-style clothes, but the clothes of the black dwarf's copper teeth were obviously unique. .
This opening was carefully designed by Hill, who made a little joke with racial aesthetic differences, which invisibly narrowed the distance between humans and demons. Hill specially chose the black dwarves, which are very different from humans in appearance, but are easy to accept. Compared with fallen angels and succubi, black dwarves are not handsome men and beautiful women. Hill tried to make them more honest, honest and cute Some, so as to give humans a more comprehensive impression of the demons.
Then Grant and Copper Fang went down from the deck, and Grant continued to introduce: "The ship we took just now is the famous Death Bird, and her captain is Captain Jack Sparrow, whom everyone likes. And the real identity of Captain Jack in our world is one of the four pirate kings. He is very famous in Josh Kenny's generation-of course, the movie has made him popular all over the world now.
As for why he became a pirate? This seems to have a sad story, but he won't tell me. I tried to ask his subordinates, and his subordinates said that if I dare to ask nonsense again, they will twist my head off and use it as a chamber pot. I laughed and said are you kidding me? His men said: You are very courageous. Then I said: I've heard pirates do it right in the sea, without a chamber pot, so I figured you were joking. Then I was almost thrown overboard. "
"Fortunately, I stopped it." The black dwarf said with copper teeth, "but to be honest, if you don't restrain yourself, you will die on your mouth sooner or later."
"We'll talk about it then." Grant said cheerfully, "Okay, we're now in Josh Kenny! Let me study how to manipulate this projection stone..."
Then came the Josh Kenny Oktoberfest on the screen.
The crowd on the street, the open-air tavern, the waiter walking through the crowd holding a glass full of beer with bubbles on it, and a girl wearing a hot tropical dress walked by from time to time. Grant whistled: "I really like it here!"
The black dwarf's copper teeth stared at the wine that he had never seen before, and said, "I like this place too!"
As soon as you enter the streets of Josh Kenny, you can feel the joyful atmosphere, with brisk music playing in the streets and alleys. In previous years, a large number of bards would come here. This year, the gramophones of the Demon Realm apparently took some of the bards' jobs.
They soon sat in a tavern, and a few noble men ran over to take a photo with the black dwarf Tongya, and praised his muscles for being so majestic. The black dwarf Tongya said a few words arrogantly, but agreed with them invite. After a while, many girls also came to ask for a group photo, which made Grant very envious: "Wow, this is too much, why no one asked me to take a photo!"
The audience kind of wanted to laugh when they saw this, whether it was the black dwarf copper teeth or the bard Grant was very funny, the Josh Kenny Oktoberfest was also very interesting, everyone looked happy, everyone had a smile on their face smiling.
At this time, Grant chatted with the tavern owner, and the bar owner introduced the history of the Josh Kenny Oktoberfest to the audience. It was originally used to celebrate a big harvest, and then gradually expanded every year, until today, the whole city is carnival. There will be public performances and tournaments every day, and at the end the mayor will choose the most valiant men and the most beautiful women, and give them the titles of Sons of Harvest and Valkyrie and Queen of Dionysus and Beauty.
There is also a water fight in the central square of Josh Kenny, which uses water mixed with wine-the productivity of this period has not yet reached the point where beer can be used for water fights.
Viewers other than Josh Kenny started watching this show because they were bored, and many of them were not interested in festivals in other places, but after being so integrated, the entire Magnolia Empire, plus Mülheim, began to be interested in the Oktoberfest up.
The last episode of the show showed the live performance of super girl's public performance, the cheerful melody, passionate and charming dance, singing voice amplified by the magic circle, and the screaming crowd below. All these made the viewers in front of the magic phone feel jealous.
Damn it, they also want to watch the live version! ! !
Judging from the effect of the program, super girl's public performance this time was very successful.
The actual effect was even more exaggerated—because of the addition of the succubus charm magic, the audience was so excited that they almost fainted.
At the end of the third episode, Grant and the black dwarf Bronze Fang returned to the Death Bird.
"Blowing the sea breeze on the deck, drinking beer, and recalling the experiences of the past few days, it feels really good." Grant said, "Right? Copper teeth."
"Yes," said the black dwarf Bronze Fang, "I also made a few human friends, and they invited me to come and play again in the future."
"You can come over often in the future," Grant said.
The black dwarf shook his head: "Most humans are still unfriendly to the demons. I have also received some discrimination and cold eyes these days. I was walking on the street yesterday, and suddenly someone poured stinky water on me and shouted at me' Demons get out of the human world', I was very angry at the time, but I held back, because if I do it, the demons will be discriminated against even more."
Grant showed a sad expression: "It's okay, at least you have made a few friends, at least you are happy most of the time at the Oktoberfest, aren't you?"
The black dwarf's copper teeth nodded heavily, "Although you are ugly, you still have a lot of reason to say sometimes."
Grant laughed, "Okay, I'm ugly."
"And I understand that no matter what race there are bad people, I should hate a certain person, not a certain race. Lord Demon King has always taught us this way, regional discrimination and racial discrimination are signs of no wisdom." said the black dwarf.
"That's a really wise statement," Grant said.
"Well. I hope that one day the demons and humans can go wherever they want. I hope that humans and demons can walk on the streets together. I hope that the things described in the movie will come true." The black dwarf Bronze Fang continued, The insider knew as soon as they heard it that Hill must have written the lines.
Grant nodded: "I believe there will be a day when humans and demons will chat and drink in harmony like me and you here. Cheers, for the Oktoberfest, for the future of humans and demons!"
The black dwarf's copper teeth raised his glass: "Cheers!"
The beer glasses collided, the liquor splashed out in the sun, and the background sound was the waves and seagulls.
The Oktoberfest special is officially over.
The popularity caused by these three programs seems to be far less than that of movies, anime and novels, but it is also far-reaching. Many people have the idea of "the world is so big, I want to see it". Although many people have begun to yearn for the demon world before, they feel that it is unlikely for human beings to go to the demon world, so they don't take it seriously. But Josh Kenny is different, Josh Kenny can go.
Such a step-by-step guide to the past is also beneficial to Hill's future development of the tourism industry in the Devil World.
The dialogue between the black dwarf and the bard at the end of You Program also aroused many people's thinking.
The upright and lovely black dwarf has already attracted a lot of fans in the past two days, so after he said that he was splashed with stinky water, many people were immediately filled with righteous indignation. Then the black dwarf said that he didn't want the demons to be discriminated against... The effect was naturally quite good.
Josh Kenny can be said to be the friendliest city on the Yulan Continent to the demons, but there are still some people who hate the demons, which is inevitable. The black dwarf Bronze Fang has indeed received some blank stares in the past few days, so what he said was sincere.
Of course, these three episodes were also shown to the upper echelons of the demon world, and Hill didn't want the human side to have a better attitude towards the demons. As a result, the demons' side was the difference between a seller's show and a buyer's show. Hill himself has always felt that there are all kinds of birds when the woods are big, and of course there are all kinds of woods when the birds are big... Well, let’s not drive for now, let’s get on with the business. It is the naive who should be discriminated against, not a certain group.
He also consciously instilled these ideas in his subordinates, but there was a premise that when dealing with strangers, regardless of whether they were of the same race or not, one must be vigilant.
02.
Shortly after the end of the Josh Kenny Oktoberfest, the third light music album of the Fallen Angels was released. This music album is composed of the Paul Morière Orchestra, one of the three largest light music groups in the world. Very famous in the last century. Hill's father liked music very much, and often played their tapes in the study, and these light music became an important part of Hill's childhood. Hill still remembers that at that time, a tape cost more than 20 yuan, and a popsicle was 20 cents.
Paul Molière is known as the god of French music. This light music master skillfully combined classical music and popular music to form his unique beautiful melody. The music itself is harmonious and beautiful, and there are also lively parts , so it can be widely accepted by the public.
This time Hill put "Pearl of the Aegean Sea", "love is blue" and "The Godfather" on it. Among them, "love is blue" was originally a popular song that was not very successful, but after being adapted by Paul Molière But it immediately became popular all over the world. This song is really melancholy and beautiful to the point of intoxicating.
"The Godfather" is the theme song of the movie "The Godfather", which is no longer in the category of light music. The whole song is gloomy and elegant, dangerous but beautiful, and has a dark and epic feeling. Hill himself likes this song very much, but he understands that this music is not for the public, so the degree of singing must not be as good as other lively and cheerful light music. But it doesn't matter, this music will be liked by certain people, Hill believes. Classics are called classics for a reason.
The booklet accompanying the album details what these songs describe, and also states that "The Godfather" was written for that novel. For a while, the magazine office received many letters, to the effect that "The Godfather" is so popular! I also want theme music for A Song of Ice and Fire! I want it too! "Mage's Walking Song Record" also wants to groan!
Hill couldn't help but laugh, "A Song of Ice and Fire" has been made into a TV series, he can indeed find the theme song of "Game of Thrones", but he can't change "The Song of the Mage"? He showed the letter to the Fallen Angel Orchestra and Eric, the author of "Mage's Walking Records", and Eric said that he would try to write a piece of music himself? Anyway, his job is a bard.
Hill thinks this is okay. We can’t carry all the music from the earth in the future, but let people in this world do original work.
He asked Eric to stay in the fallen angel's territory for a while, and asked them to work together to complete the "Mage's Songs". Eric was so shocked by the floating island that he couldn't write anything for several days. Hill felt that he had every reason to suspect that Eric was here to cheat food and drink... But in the end he finished writing the music, and During his temporary stay, he also wrote a column for "Makai Magazine", which was full of anger against fallen angels and the demon world. This satisfied Hill very much, and he forgave him.
03.
The Yulan Continent was still immersed in the aftertaste of the Oktoberfest, and Hill devoted himself to the cultural industry. At this time, the Bailai family of the Yulan Empire took action.
They voluntarily handed over some of the people who participated in the corruption of the charitable organization, and then proposed the significance of the charitable organization to the Yulan Empire, and then tried to stuff Kevin Burley, Princess Lydia's cousin, into the charitable organization.
Prince Tuttle Bolai told Emperor Yulan that the princess had an affair with a commoner. This is the Bolai family's revenge on Princess Lydia.
Emperor Yulan was naturally furious. After hearing that the commoner was the leading actor in "The Evil Monarch", he even got angry with Hill, thinking that if Hill hadn't made the film, the princess wouldn't be entangled with that commoner. .
The dark elves sent by Hill earlier protected Theodore and escaped from Magnolia City. Hill couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the news.
"Brothers, they may think they are cutting off the wrists of a strong man, but they don't know that they are actually wielding a knife from the palace." Hill said.
Joan Baker rarely gave Hill a thumbs up: "Your words are cruel enough."
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