The crude repertoire filmed in the street square of Saint-Sunil was playing on Gawain's desk, repeated for the second time.
Amber blinked and watched the funny drama projected in the crystal, and the amber eyes were full of interest.
During the entire playback, Gawain didn't say a word for more than ten minutes—but his eyes never left the magic device on the table.
His Majesty's silence and the seriousness of the surrounding atmosphere made the young playwright from Baron very nervous. He had already stopped telling his own story, and now he just waited anxiously in the silence, as if he was not showing his proud creation. Instead, a trial awaits.
The ups and downs in Gao Wen's mind gradually calmed down at this moment.
This is a film and television drama moved to the magic net terminal, it is the prototype of a movie, it is something he once conceived but has not had time to realize until now.
What does the establishment of the magic network broadcasting system mean? I am afraid that no scholar or philosopher in the current era can accurately calculate and summarize all the meanings it represents. Even Gao Wen himself can only say "it will change the whole world" in general - but there is no doubt about it Well, as a carrier that can rapidly disseminate massive amounts of information, Mowang Radio is not only used for daily communications, information released by the government affairs department, and advertisements released by big businessmen.
It can take on the responsibility of the spiritual needs of the new era—when Cecilians can eat and clothe themselves, when basic reading and writing skills are no longer the privilege of nobles and merchants, when people are no longer satisfied with basic survival and monotony After entertainment, they will definitely pursue something more advanced.
As an "experienced person", Gao Wen knew the significance of this "spiritual need".
But people's energy is limited after all, and Gao Wen, a satellite elite, is no exception. The projects that the Government Affairs Department can promote at the same time are also limited. There are also some entertainment-oriented programs on the air, but such things as film and television dramas have not yet appeared. It is still in Gao Wen's mind, a plan that has not had time to prepare in detail, but before Gao Wen started to act, a A young man from the north has already thought of it.
"You came up with this?" Gawain finally broke the silence. He looked at the blond young man named Film, "Inspired by the holographic projection of the coronation ceremony?"
"Yes... yes, Your Majesty," Film hurriedly lowered his head and replied, "I was very surprised by those magic projections... I have only seen simple illusions created by illusionists on the stage before—big nobles like to use magic Light and shadow to decorate their beloved repertoire, but nothing has ever produced such a large-scale, long-term, and exceptionally stable image like those magic net terminals, and I have also heard that it can record the image, so... just Some ideas came up."
"This is an idea of infinite value... Cod didn't let me miss this treasure." Gawain sighed sincerely, and glanced at the repertoire in mid-air again—
The farce with a simple plot is still being played. As the prototype of film and television drama, it is actually very primitive in Gao Wen's view. It still retains a lot of characteristics of theater performances, such as overly cumbersome aria-style lines and unrealistic characters. Dressing up, exaggerated physical performance, and although it can be seen that the actors on the screen are performing hard and have solid stage skills, Gao Wen can still find that they are very uncomfortable in the performance environment under the "photographic device", they are very stiff, There are tensions that a professional actor shouldn't have, which greatly affects the quality of this segment.
It is at best a draft for demonstration purposes.
However, Amber next to her stared at those pictures intently. Even after watching it two or three times, she still looked very interested.
Amber’s reaction may represent the reaction of the vast majority of ordinary people when they see these plays—drama has always been the monopoly of upper-class citizens or nobles, and the most common performances that ordinary people can get in touch with are bards’ crappy raps And juggling and farce during festivals, even though magic net terminals, newspapers, and magazines are constantly filling the boring spiritual life of ordinary people, in the field of "stage", plays with interesting plots are still the most in short supply for everyone thing.
Even the cheesy episodes of the repertoire should be quite amusing to those who have never been to the theater.
But Gao Wen would not be satisfied with this kind of thing.
"Do you have a good script?" He looked at Film and asked gently.
"I... I'm not a real playwright yet, and I don't have the qualifications to write my own plays," Film said nervously, "I just intercepted and adapted a fragment of my father's play. But I'm trying to write some stories of my own …”
Film said nervously about his private attempt to write a story, but as soon as he said this, he immediately regretted it - he was really in a daze, why did he show off his immature and ridiculous things in front of His Majesty the Emperor? story? What if His Majesty asks himself to come up with those stories? What if those stories offend His Majesty
Beads of sweat were visible to the naked eye from Film's forehead. Rebecca noticed it immediately, and hurried to open the window—the cold winter wind howled into the room, and the next second the window was open at Gawain's discretion. With a wave of his hand, he closed it again.
"Go and read a book." Gawain glanced at Rebecca, then at Film, and said what the other party didn't want to hear at the moment, "Let me read what you wrote."
Film's body shook, he felt as if he was falling backwards, but a hand calmly supported his lower back.
Fendil's voice reached his ears: "My friend, your stories are very interesting."
At this moment, Film couldn't care about Fendil's identity—he was someone he could only look up to here anyway, so he simply went all out, and regained some courage from Fendil's encouragement, and stretched out his hand. Looking into the inner pocket of the jacket, he took out a slightly worn notebook.
"Your Majesty... this is the story I wrote," he handed over the notebook, "it's still very immature, please forgive me if the content is presumptuous..."
"It's okay, it's just a story." Gao Wen said casually, took Film's notebook, and flipped through it casually.
There are some messy and intermittent narratives in the front, and the content still cannot avoid elements such as knights, princesses, gods, and supernatural beings. Although some novel ideas of young people can be seen, they are actually only repaired on the basis of predecessors. It was just a revision, but the latter part caught Gao Wen's attention.
"Is this... your experience on the Highlander?" He raised his eyelids and pointed to the last few pages of the notebook.
"Um... actually... not all of them," Film tried hard to organize his words, "some of them I saw on that mechanical ship, but the stories behind those passengers, the background before their departure, and their arrival in the southern border. All kinds of experiences, these are exaggerated and imagined, especially those passages describing the passengers after they arrived in the southern border... All of them were imagined. After all, we dispersed after we landed. I can only guess based on what I have seen and heard. what people will go through.”
Film could not help but feel ashamed as he spoke. He knew that his "vulgar" story about the immigrants living on the ship was quite unsuitable for this occasion. There were no noble knights or bravery in the story. Without the wise admonitions of the gods and sages, not even heroic monologues and narration poems, such things would be crude to perform on the street stage of the Harvest Festival, not to mention that this is a royal palace...
However, he saw His Majesty the Emperor in front of him smiling and nodding: "It's interesting..."
Gawain closed his notes and glanced at the somewhat stunned Film.
"Very few playwrights write something this 'practical' and 'logical', and few focus on an interesting story rather than a tasteful hero mask, and you cut out the narrated poems and formulaic monologues...does this story have a name?"
Film was still in a daze at the moment, and he said subconsciously without thinking much: "It's called "Going South"..."
Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "...it's really a simple and straightforward name, and it's also interesting."
Film immediately lowered his head: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed..."
"No, don't be ashamed, the name is very good, and the story is also very good, although it's not really a script," Gawain shook his head, looked Film in the eyes and asked, "Have you used the magic net terminal I recorded a phantom play, have you noticed any difference between the performance under the camera crystal and the stage performance?"
Film did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly ask himself such a detailed and professional question, but he did notice something in this regard, so he quickly replied: "The traditional stage is open and fixed, and actors and sets are directly Presented in front of everyone, but the Magic Net terminal is like an 'eye', its 'stage' depends on its 'focus range'... "
Gao Wen had more than one question, he continued to ask:
"Have you considered how to switch scenes under the photographic crystal?"
"Have you considered the difference between the script format required for a phantom drama and the script format for a stage play?"
"The rhythm of the phantom drama is different from that of the stage play, have you noticed this?"
"Under the crystal of photography, illusion magic can produce better effects than on stage, do you have any ideas on this?"
"Let's conceive such a story, which will be presented in the form of a phantom drama..."
Gao Wen asked his own questions one after another. He was already excited. The emergence of new things made him feel the excitement of the times advancing before his eyes. The conversation between him and Film became more and more in-depth. It became wider and wider, and soon, the topic reached the level that others could barely understand—even Rebecca was dumbfounded.
She couldn't help coming to Amber's side, and poked the latter's arm carefully: "Hey, hey, what are you talking about here?"
"How would I know?" Amber curled her lips, "Let me tell you, once he suddenly talks to others about a lot of topics that you can't understand, you'd better not listen hard, otherwise you will definitely have a headache Yes, I have a lot of experience…”
"… Wow."
Eleven, who had hardly interrupted since entering the room, was at a loss just like Rebecca and Amber at this time. Instead, it was Fendil who was standing behind Film, because he often discussed with him during the journey. Regarding the matter of the phantom drama, I understood some things vaguely.
Therefore, he and Film soon had the same weird idea——
His Majesty Gao Wen was able to extend the topic in such a detailed and specific way when facing such a brand new thing, and even extended it to the future development of such a thing. It was as if he had thought of such a thing long ago, and even foreseen it The future of things in general! !
Sweat was dripping from Film's forehead again. The question Gawain raised was not so easy for him to answer—even though he was the inventor of the phantom drama, he hadn't thought about so many things at all, and he didn't have time After discovering so many questions, after struggling to answer a long list of questions, and after Gawain finally gave him some time to breathe, the young man from Baron finally couldn't help himself. He was bold and hesitant. He said calmly: "Your Majesty, have you... actually thought of such things as phantom dramas a long time ago?"
As soon as he said this sentence, the more he thought about it, the more likely he felt it was possible—after all, it is said that the magic web broadcast was first proposed by His Majesty Gawain Cecil...
Gawain immediately reacted after hearing what Film said.
He may have asked too much and talked too much.
It was so much that it made the interesting young man in front of him doubt his life.
"No, I'm just good at discovering new things." Gawain laughed, shaking his head, his eyes fell on the young man from Barron, "Mr. Film, you created the Phantom Drama, That's absolutely true, don't doubt it."