industrial lord

Chapter 590 New Script
On the 80th birthday of the Grand Duke of Milan, everyone in the city of Milan received a string of sausages, two cans of red tomato sauce, and five kilograms of noodles. People from the surrounding villages kept pouring into the city, and the queues almost filled the streets.

The dinner for the dignitaries in the official residence was extremely luxurious. Ten unicorns were stewed and the tails of three fire dragons were roasted to a fragrant smell.

The song ended and everyone dispersed, and everything returned to normal.

Beneath the calm, a spark is brewing.

After revealing his identity, Riva moved to Frederick's residence which originally belonged to the Rey family. He ate and drank lavishly every day and did not save any money for Frederick at all.

Before the banquet at the Grand Duke's palace in Milan that day, Riva wanted to see Frederick's sword, the Sword of Rimet.

Frederick naturally agreed, but when he handed over the sword of Rimet, he handed it to his left hand.

This action was just a trivial matter in the eyes of outsiders, but Riva was very depressed that the secret of being left-handed that he had hidden for decades was actually known by him.

Needless to say, it must have been Richardnal who told him.

The fight between Riva and Richardnal at this level was not just a real fight. Richardnal saw through Riva's hidden skills, which showed that he was stronger than him.

In a confrontation between the same level, a slight difference can determine life or death. Frederick would naturally not publicize Riva's secret feud. Such revelations only need to be known by the parties involved.

That afternoon, Riva was in the living room, with a cup of happy water in one hand and fries dipped in red ketchup in the other, listening with great interest to Ludovico reading a newly written script.

Shitou, the prototype of the protagonist, is also there, and he is praised so much in the script that he even blushes.

He came to deliver wedding invitations, and it just so happened that he happened to come at the right time. He thought that if he had known earlier, he should have gotten up earlier and come in the morning.

After winning the championship, Shitou received simple treatment from professionals, and the Grand Duke of Milan knighted him on the spot, thus achieving a class leap.

Then someone was tied upside down on a rack and carried into the arena, and was given a laxative before going on stage.

Now Shitou is a new radish and has not found a mate yet, so let's get married while there is still time.

Ludovico finished reading the script and waited for everyone's comments.

The first scene of the play describes that when Riva was traveling around and had run out of money, he wanted to drink and tricked Shitou into buying him some wine and teaching him swordsmanship.

This plot is not uncommon, but the second act is not like the young man in previous dramas who acquires supernatural powers and makes great achievements. Instead, it is about him being suppressed in the arena because he has no backing, and finally becoming discouraged and slacking off all day long.

In the third act, the protagonist met love, and his cold and numb heart began to heat up again. In order to give his lover a better life, he picked up his abandoned martial arts.

In the fourth act, the protagonist first defeats a powerful enemy and then is ambushed, which is basically based on Shitou's experience.

The fifth act is mainly about the finals, where the protagonist breaks through himself when facing an unbeatable opponent and finally wins the game.

Shi Tou was embarrassed to say anything.

Riva took a sip of the happy water and said, "The antagonists in Act IV only seem powerful by boasting about their exploits, which is not enough."

As the prototype of the final BOSS, he has a veto power over the play, so Ludovico dared not neglect it and listened attentively.

Riva continued, "You should emphasize that the opponents have their own strengths, such as strength and speed, and the protagonist should use his intelligence to defeat them."

He then assigned characteristics to those characters, as well as corresponding solutions.

Ludovico immediately wrote it down. These scholars were not proficient in martial arts, so they could only brag about the strength of the characters. Now that there were professionals to guide them, this opportunity could not be missed.

Riva added: "You can reduce the number of characters, increase the screen time of each character, let the protagonist suffer some losses first, and then use his intelligence to win."

He is deeply connected with this drama, playing the role of a man with a discerning eye for talent and a mentor, so he is very attentive and offers a lot of suggestions.

Frederick listened quietly.

He wanted Ludovico to write plays that glorified the struggles of the little people, and this play is still pretty good as one of the forerunners.

Although the plot has a traditional beginning with the protagonist meeting a noble person, the middle and late stages rely on the protagonist's own efforts, a bit like "The Million Pound Bank Note", where an opportunity falls from the sky and the protagonist seizes it and becomes successful.

Frederick found that he seemed to be a plagiarist again.

This time he decided to reprint the novel "The Million Pounds" and compile it into a collection of short stories of the same type, focusing on describing the stories of small people who seize opportunities and achieve success through their own efforts.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the Kingdom of Sardinia, but no one publicizes it.

Today's novels are mainly religious literature, heroic epics and chivalric literature. Urban literature has not yet become popular and the middle class has not become the protagonist of the story.

The development process of the bourgeoisie is also a process of urbanization. A large number of people leave the countryside, move into urban factories, and become citizens.

If Frederick wants to accomplish things, he needs the support of this part of the people. The development of urban literature and citizen literature will help to unite the strength of this group of people in terms of ideology and culture.

The northern part of the Kingdom of Sardinia had developed commerce and handicrafts, a large urban population, a high level of citizen income, and a strong industrial and commercial atmosphere, making it a suitable place to nurture the urban literature that Frederick needed.

After Ludovico and Riva finished their conversation, Frederick also thought of his next plan.

At this time Ludovico asked Frederick for advice.

Frederick thought for a moment and said, "I suggest that the lines be more colloquial, just like normal conversation, and don't pursue rhythm too much."

"Background music should preferably use simple and common instruments, the melody should not be too complicated and can be repeated, and the lyrics should be short and popular so that people can remember them after listening to them."

Nowadays, like dialogues, lyrics and poems, authors will do anything to make them rhyme, and some difficult and obscure words and phrases often appear.

Frederick hoped that the play could be popular among people with low cultural level, so it should be easy to understand.

Ludovico's request to Frederick was not surprising.

The "popular songs" that have been popular in the Principality of Wessen in recent years are only 3 to 5 minutes long, with concise content and easy-to-understand lyrics. Recently, they have gradually been brought to the Kingdom of Sardinia by troubadours.

Frederick had previously published a book called "Marching Pot Poems", in which the poems were easy to understand and did not use any literary techniques. It did not have a high status in the literary world, but was quite popular among soldiers.

But sometimes the simpler the more difficult it is. According to the standards Ludovico set for himself, both the traditional rhythm and Frederick's requirements must be met at the same time, which is a headache.

Ludovico accepted the challenge and decided to polish the script according to Frederick's wishes.

Frederick would not be able to see the premiere of this play, as he would leave Milan in two days, and Ludovico would also have to return to Fira. It would take half a year to perfect and rehearse the script, and no one knew where he would be by then.

(End of this chapter)