Chapter 242 Romeo and Juliet
"The Phantom is coming."
The Seven Towers Daily, the most authoritative official newspaper in the entire Seven Towers Federation, published optical storage technology on its front page on September 17.
The reporter stationed in Shenjiao City received instructions from the headquarters and conducted an exclusive interview with Duke.
In the exclusive interview, Duke talked about the future of film and television technology and optical storage technology, which can be widely used in various fields and industries.
But what we talk about more is the entertainment industry.
"I have always believed that our world is too boring and has too little entertainment. This is also my original intention of inventing film and television technology. I want to bring rich spiritual food to the world." Duke did not boast during the interview.
Just simply describe the future you imagine.
"Spiritual arcane magic is closely related to the general public, and is not exclusive to arcane mages. The same should be true for film and television technology. In the laboratory, you can use 3-ring slide cards to build large-capacity slide decks to record images at will." "But
. The private sector cannot do this. A three-ring slide card costs tens of thousands of gold dragons, which is far from what everyone can afford. So in the following time, I have been thinking about how to bring film and television technology into thousands of households, and this is how optical storage technology came into being. ."
The newspaper news introduced in detail the principles of optical storage technology and the immediate effects brought by optical storage technology.
"In what form do you think film and television technology will enter thousands of households?" the reporter asked.
Duke replied: "Phantom."
Then came the key introduction: "Phantom is not a simple reappearance of time, but a re-creation based on real culture. I think it will become an important art like song, dance, and drama. Form, entertain the public, influence the public."
"Phantom can be a story in imagination, and then record it in the form of deduction for everyone to watch. It can be a real recording of an image, spread it out, and let everyone know ."
"Let me give you a simple example. Maybe many people have never seen the big whale in Jinghu Lake." "
Then I can use photography to capture every move of Jinghu Whales, and then edit it into a phantom. Broadcast throughout the federation. Then everyone, even if they have never been to the Holy City of Aufa, can still understand the living habits of the Mirror Lake Whale Dragon." "
This is the information transmission function that the phantom can carry." "
Between people, some verbal In fact, the expressiveness is very lacking. But with the phantom, this kind of communication will be given a strong appeal. It will have a very positive side in guiding social atmosphere, expanding people's horizons, and promoting federal policies. "
After Duke finished introducing Phantom, the reporter asked again: "So how do you plan to shoot Phantom? Or what kind of Phantom will you shoot?" "
I have no plans to shoot it, but I have pushed some film and television companies to shoot it. Fantasy film. It can be a feature film, a documentary, an educational film, or a cartoon. Currently, DreamWorks Pictures, which I promote, is actively filming the first fantasy film." "You can tell us that this is a fantasy film
. What kind of fantasy film is this?" the reporter asked.
"It's a love story called "Romeo and Juliet."" Duke responded with a smile. "It tells the story of two nobles in a city during the Storm Empire who had a deep feud and often fought. But their two families Son and daughter, they fell in love with each other..."
Duke has almost forgotten the original "Romeo and Juliet".
I only remember some general plots, so the details were filled in by the writer and playwright signed by DreamWorks.
DreamWorks is producing many Phantom films, but the first Phantom film that is confirmed to be officially released at the Phantom Opera House is "Romeo and Juliet."
There is no other reason.
Because the screenwriter of this fantasy film is named Duke.
"It sounds very interesting, so when can the public see this fantasy film?" "It will
take about three or four months, that is to say, it may be released after the Chinese New Year. But for now, Fengxi Major cities in the field basically have the Phantom Opera House opened by DreamWorks, which can play "Romeo and Juliet". In other fields, it depends on the extent to which the Erudite Tower promotes film and television technology." The territory of the Seven Towers Federation is too large
.
The serious transportation inconvenience has resulted in many companies being unable to leave their own fields, let alone expand outwards.
For example, the lamps produced by Light Giant are basically sold internally in the field of wind and breath. Otherwise, the transportation fee is higher than the cost of the lamps. In the other eleven fields, Duke can only charge a meager patent fee and cede the market to others.
Phantom films may be released throughout the Federation, but the construction of the Phantom Opera House certainly cannot be monopolized.
At that time, I am afraid that a unified phantom screening mechanism will need to be established.
certainly.
These are things that need to be considered in the future. Now Duke only needs to talk about the phantom and land on the front page of the Seven Towers Daily.
"Wow, Duke, your photo in the newspaper is so handsome!" Kiriya praised repeatedly after getting the new issue of "Seven Towers Daily".
She took leave from Master Penrose Tower today and came to Suktala Master Tower to preside over an experiment related to film and television technology at DreamWorks. By the way, I sneaked into Duke's office, had breakfast with Duke, and read the newspaper.
"No way, from any angle, I am so flawless." Duke boasted.
But in fact, he is indeed young and handsome.
And this state will continue for hundreds of years.
Thinking about myself on earth, having a big belly at the age of thirty, and having my body emptied out by wine and sex, it is really embarrassing, and at the same time, I love now even more.
"Are you free tonight? Let's go to the astrologer to look at the stars." Kiriya suddenly suggested.
Among the seven towers of the Seven Towers Federation, the Star Towers only stand in the Holy City of Aufa. There are no Star Towers stationed in major cities in the Twelve Realms.
However, there is a subsidiary organization of the Tower of Stars - the Astrology Observatory.
It is used to observe the stars in each place, provide different astrological views for the Star Tower, and record the daily changes of the stars.
"Tonight, I'm afraid that won't work. I'm going to Cuihai City in the afternoon, and I should stay at Black Snake Manor in the evening." "
Going to Cuihai City?"
"Well, Lingchi Farm has chosen a new location. I plan to move Xiaohong to Lingya Mountain and let her protect the underground area of Lingya Mountain for me," Duke said.
Xiaohong is a descendant of Red Branch.
As the 5-ring burrowing army ant queen, Hong Zhi originally lived in Cuihai Valley. She moved Xiao Hong there and returned to her homeland.
Moreover, with Xiaohong occupying the territory as king, other spirit insects would not dare to invade the boundaries of Lingya Mountain.
"Oh." Kilia was a little disappointed.
Duke smiled and pinched her slightly baby-fat cheeks and said, "Tomorrow, I will accompany you to the astrologer to look at the stars tomorrow." "
Okay!"
That afternoon, Duke came to the spiritual pond outside the castle. Farm, call Xiaohong out.
Today, Xiao Hong has grown to level 4, and has cultivated nearly five hundred level 2 and 3 burrowing army ants, and many ant eggs are hatching.
It cannot speak, and the ability to communicate mentally brought about by the master-slave contract is also weak.
But this was not a problem for Duke. He patted his belly and the chick swooped out: "Wow, Xiao Hong, you have grown so big!"
Xiao Hong, who was crawling in front of Duke, was already two or three meters long.
Duke felt that he could fly all over the field while riding Xiaohong. It had to be said that the underground marching ant queen with a bloodline of 5 rings was indeed powerful.
Xiaohong's two tentacles gently touched the chick.
The chicken suddenly burst into laughter: "That's great, Xiaohong. If Red Branch sees you, he will definitely jump up with joy!" "
..." Xiaohong was speechless.
But the meaning has been conveyed, and the chicken responded slightly sadly: "The red branch, your mother, it is so beautiful! But unfortunately, the red branch has been made into a specimen, and the specimen is hidden in the Union Tower. Exhibition room."
In the Union Tower, there is a huge display room for spiritual beasts.
In the past few years, Shenjiao City has been fighting in the north and south, killing special spiritual beasts, making them into specimens and collecting them.
Burrowing Army Ants are generally level 3, and only a few break through to level 5.
Red Branch is also the only 5-ring queen ant killed by arcane mages, so she is eligible to be collected in the Union Tower display library.
But Xiaohong didn't seem to be touched by this.
The chicken was immediately unhappy, and turned back to complain to Duke: "Xiaohong is really a cold-blooded animal. It's not well-raised. I told it about red branches, and it didn't eat before talking to me." "You can't expect
an ant to understand human beings ." The moral concept." Duke touched the chick's head, "It is just a spiritual insect. No matter how complex the body is and how powerful the bloodline is, it must survive according to the habits of the insect. This is the way of nature." "But
Hong The branches are very good, they are very good to me!" The chicken said with its head held high, "It worked hard to give birth to little red!"
"The red branches are very good to you, because you know each other from the beginning, and then slowly So familiar. Isn't Xiaohong treating you very well now? You can also establish a good relationship. As for the red branch giving birth to Xiaohong, if one day Xiaohong encounters a crisis, she will also give birth to Xiaohong in the same way... Xiaohong's. "
Is that so?" Xiaoji was puzzled.
"Of course."
"I don't quite understand, but I seem to understand." Xiaoji said seriously, "Duke, since I made a contract with you, I feel that I have become smarter. I can't think about things before. Now I think about why!"
"This is called red when you are close to the vermillion and black when you are close to the ink." Duke laughed, "When you are with the red branches, you are learning the thinking of an insect. When you are with a wise man like me, , you can learn real wisdom, little chicken, watch and learn hard!" "
Huh, I'm not a little chicken, I'm a little chicken, the name my grandma gave me!" Little Chicken hates it when others treat it. Got to do with chickens.
Then he added angrily: "My grandma is the wise one, she has endless wisdom!" "
Then I have to introduce it to you solemnly." Duke held his head high and said loudly, "What is in front of you is the Seven Towers The youngest erudite sage in the Federation, I am called the Son of the Sun and the Lord of Light and Shadow by the people. My wisdom is enough to change the world." Then, he lowered his head and looked down at the
chicken: "You still think your grandma is wiser than me? "
Humph, I'm just smarter than you!"
"I see there's something wrong in the back of your head."
Duke didn't like the chicken, so he just flipped his head over to the chicken and made the chicken scream: "Duke, the big bad guy." , nuisance!"
Playfully and playfully, after Xiaohong recalled all the burrowing army ants, Duke drove Xiaohong and the ant colony to board the Shadow Chaser airship one after another.
Depart for Lingya Mountain in Cuihai Valley.
Lingya Mountain has changed its appearance. There are pitted construction sites everywhere. The entire mountain is almost hollowed out and huge basements have been built.
The basement is built with the passage of the spring as the coordinate, and is built all the way to another spring at the foot of the mountain.
The spring at the top of the mountain was named Yajian Spring by Duke, and the spring at the foot of the mountain was named Yagen Spring by Duke. From Yajian Spring to Yagen Spring, there are track ladders laid throughout, similar to the escalators in shopping malls on earth, but faster.
The land surrounding Yagenquan does not yet belong to Duke, so it is only surrounded by iron fences for the time being and nothing has been built.
However, several levels of basements were built illegally underground.
All basement floors are made of reinforced concrete, and the steel bars are mixed with a large amount of spiritual gold, which has a strong defensive effect.
Basically, level 1 and level 2 arcane spells cannot break the stone slabs in the basement.
"Lord Duke!" The members of the Broken Sword mercenary group guarding the construction site quickly stepped forward to salute when they saw Duke and his entourage approaching.
"Stand your position." Duke encouraged.
Then he left most of his entourage on the ground, and entered the basement with only his personal knight Vivian and Xiaohong's ant colony.
After being notified in advance, the construction crew had already evacuated the basement.
In the pitch-black basement, Vivian turned on the strong light she carried with her to illuminate the basement for Duke.
The chicken followed Duke, swimming forward and backward.
He couldn't stop talking: "Duke, where is Xiaohong's new home?"
"Below the basement, the entire Lingya Mountain and the surrounding areas are Xiaohong's lair." Duke said softly.
"The environment here is not good. Xiaohong's nest must have a part close to the ground. Otherwise, there is no way to grow jade dew and mushrooms in the nest. The red branch nest was built by my grandma under the guidance of my grandma. Now I want to do it too." Give some pointers to Xiaohong."
"You should rest a little. With your little knowledge, don't hurt Xiaohong." Duke ignored the nagging chick.
Now that the little chicken has been with him for a long time, probably due to the influence of his good qualities, the smell of the mouth is no longer bad, only broken.
The chicken felt bored and turned around and swam to Vivian's shoulder: "Vivian, do you have any spiritual crystals? I'm hungry." "
Yes." Vivian took out a spiritual crystal.
When I was feeding the chicken, I took the opportunity to touch the chicken's head with my hand. It felt very good, and it was warmer than jade.
"Don't get stuck on my oil!" Xiaoji glared.
"You are wrong. Elves have no gender, and there is no such thing as a gender." Vivian replied seriously.
This statement made Xiaoji stunned: "Really?"
"Of course it is." Vivian's tone was sincere.
The little chicken raised his two short legs and scratched his big head. He couldn't think clearly, or simply didn't want to, and chewed the spiritual crystal.
Duke, who was walking in front, felt happy.
It's not Le Xiaoji, but Le Vivian. Vivian, who used to be upright and ignorant of style, has become playful now and knows how to tease chickens.
This is good.
It will add a lot of fun in the future.
Not long after, he passed through the dark, deep and complicated basement and arrived at his destination - guided by a map with a Dou Qi holographic screen, Duke would never get lost.
"This is the 'mother's nest' in the basement. Chicken, tell Xiaohong to build her own nest right below the mother's nest. In the future, the eggs can be hatched in the mother's nest. This mother's nest is specially designed for Xiaohong by me." Designed to be absolutely safe,”
Duke said.
The chick turned to look at Xiao Hong and chirped a few times. This was its unique ability to communicate with ants with pheromones.
The basement of the Brood Nest is not very big, but the walls are obviously thicker than other places. There is a secret passage on the ground that is not sealed with a spiritual gold stone slab.
After receiving the instructions, Xiao Hong quickly directed her ant colony.
Then one by one, huge burrowing army ants dug downwards along the secret passage. The arcane vibrations spread far underground. After a while, a simple nest was built. Xiao Hong waved his tentacles towards Duke. Also followed in the lair.
In the future, Xiaohong’s ant colony nest will run underneath the entire Lingya Mountain to protect underground safety in all aspects.
Leave the nest basement.
Duke activated the mechanism, and the heavy door of the basement slowly sank until the basement was completely sealed.
He will not allow the ant colony to meet more humans until it is completely tamed.
Only after they are completely tamed can one be able to drive the spirit insects to do various tasks like the Black Jade Family, just like raising a group of servants.
Stayed for one night at Black Snake Manor.
Early the next morning, Duke set out and returned to Suktala Master Tower. In the evening, he accompanied Kiliya Furious Waves to the star observatory.
In the astronomical telescope, the starry sky is particularly brilliant.
But there is no Milky Way in the sky, and I don’t know whether it is because we are deep in the Milky Way, which makes the Milky Way not obvious, or whether it is no longer in the Milky Way.
"But what's the use of confirming that it's the Milky Way?"
The diameter of the Milky Way is 180,000 light-years, which means that it takes 180,000 years for light to travel from one end of the Milky Way to the other.
The arcane mages of the Seven Towers Federation have not even been able to fully explore a deserted continent on their own planet, let alone travel beyond the planet.
"However, if I am promoted to the 9th Ring Sun Arcane Master, will I have a thousand years of life?" "
In a thousand years, I will develop interstellar travel. Is it possible to cross the Milky Way and return to Earth for a look?
" Just a glance.
Thinking of this, Duke's heart skipped a beat.
Maybe this hope is slim, after all, he doesn't even know if he is still in the Milky Way, but this idea lingers strongly in his mind.
"I must go to the Tower of Stars later to see what results the arcane mages have obtained in astrology for thousands of years, whether they have predicted the galaxy they are in, and whether they belong to the Milky Way!" Duke thought in his mind, "I still remember the Milky Way. Picture!"
It was a galaxy as graceful as a whirlpool.
"Duke, what are you thinking about?"
"Yeah." Duke came back to his senses, glanced down at the beauty leaning on his arms, and smiled faintly, "I'm missing home."
"What time is it? You just want to go home?"
"Haha, I lied to you, I'm not thinking about going home, I'm thinking about starting a family with you." Duke covered up his reverie with a smile.
No one in this world can understand what he was thinking when he looked up at the starry sky.
...
It's snowing heavily.
The studio at the Phantom Industrial Base was decorated like a tomb. The actor who played Romeo was holding the unconscious actress, screaming in pain.
"No!"
Then he took out a bottle of poison, swallowed it directly, and fell next to the actress with bleeding from the corner of his mouth.
"Ka!" the director shouted, "I'm not emotional enough. Think about how you should perform the stage play. Your current performance makes me want to pick my feet with embarrassment." "Director, let me think about it." The actor said quickly
.
"Hurry up."
This scene was seen by Duke and Kilia in the corridor on the second floor.
The two came here to inspect the filming progress of "Romeo and Juliet". With the help of the front-page promotion of "Seven Towers Daily", this fantasy film has been dubbed the first fantasy film in mankind, and it is highly anticipated.
Coupled with Duke's reputation as the screenwriter himself, "Romeo and Juliet" has firmly attracted the public's attention.
after all.
Previously in October, Duke had successfully won the Light of the Tower of Erudite twice, winning this highest award in the field of natural history with its film and television technology.
The momentum is strong.
"Duke, what do you think of their performance?" Kiliya said cheerfully, "I can't wait to see the finished film." "It's okay.
" Duke said perfunctorily.
In fact, he quite disagrees with the styles of these actors and directors, and is still applying the old-fashioned drama style to Phantom.
This will make the phantom appear unrealistic, which means the stage play has been repackaged.
But he was too lazy to correct him. He couldn't rely on him to guide him in everything. He would be exhausted if he did.
Moreover, if the steps are too big, it will be bad if the balls are pulled.
The people of the Seven Towers Federation must have a process of accepting the phantom. Perhaps the performance style of this stage play will be more friendly to the people.
Anyway.
Duke doesn't care whether "Romeo and Juliet" is a hit.
This is just the first Phantom, and more Phantom films will be released in the future. Sooner or later, the public will be able to feel the charm of film and television technology, thus giving back rich spirituality.
Watched the phantom shot for a while.
With a plot of just a few minutes and a director who strives for perfection, ten Phantom reels have been consumed. Shooting a Phantom is not cheaper than shooting a movie on earth.
Even in terms of special effects, there is nothing cheap about it.
After all, if you want to shoot big scenes such as the invasion of spiritual beasts, as well as epic scenes such as arcane duels, you must ask an arcane mage to help.
The appearance fee for an arcane mage is not cheap.
"Wait until next year, the entire Seven Towers Federation will see this fantasy film we shot." Kiriya said with admiration, "They will definitely shed tears for this tragic love. When I watched the stage play, I was very attracted to Romeo and Juliet was moved."
"I hope so." Duke couldn't say.
Although there are no fantasy films in the Seven Towers Federation, there are many stage plays, and the works for which great writers are famous are not inferior to those on Earth.
Therefore, the public has a certain aesthetic foundation. If "Romeo and Juliet" is poorly filmed, the audience will definitely complain.
He smiled and said: "But at least everyone in the federation has enjoyed a visual feast, and that is enough."
The Erudite Tower has promoted film and television technology throughout the federation, and Phantom Opera Houses have been built frequently. Now basically all major cities have Phantom Opera Houses. On weekdays, they mainly play Phantom musicals to cultivate the audience's movie-watching habits.
Many owners of the newly built Phantom Opera House even traveled thousands of miles to come to Shenjiao City to find DreamWorks Film and Television Company.
Negotiations began for cooperation in the release of this fantasy film.
So and so.
Year 4416 of the Storm Calendar has come to an end. The New Year of 4417 has arrived, and Duke has also entered his 21st year of life.
The fifth day after the New Year's Day, that is, January 5, 4416.
According to Duke's instructions, DreamWorks Film and Television held a grand premiere ceremony at the Phantom Opera House in the city center of Shenjiao City.
For this premiere, DreamWorks invited a large number of reporters and critics, while Duke and Kiria invited a large number of Arcane mages to form the audience for the premiere.
There were no celebrities on the red carpet.
Just invite everyone into the screening room, with the Archbishop sitting in the front row, and reporters and critics sitting in the back row, waiting for the playing of "Romeo and Juliet".
Duke was sitting in the front row, beside him were Christian Raging Waves, Erwin and other great arcane mages.
As well as Kiriya, Suktala, Penrose and other close people.
When the lights in the screening room went out, only a bright light suddenly rose in front of the big screen, forming a crescent moon.
Suddenly.
A fish float hung down, causing ripples in the picture. Only then did people realize that this was just a reflection on the water.
The camera slowly rises, passes through the clouds, and reaches the sky.
There is still a crescent moon in the sky. Under the crescent moon, there is a little boy sitting with one leg on the crescent moon and one leg hanging in the air. He also held a fishing rod in his hand, and the fishing line hung faintly into the clouds.
In the soothing music.
The little boy and Yue Yaer gradually drew part of a certain symbol, and then the symbol was revealed as a whole. It was the official text of the Seven Towers Federation - the three words "Dream Factory" in the tower text.
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