Chapter 242 Romeo and Juliet

   "Phantom, it's coming."

  The entire Seven Towers Federation, the most authoritative official newspaper "Seven Towers Daily", published the optical storage technology on the front page on September 17.

  Reporters stationed in Shenjiao City received an order from the headquarters to conduct an exclusive interview with Duke.

  In the 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 when it comes to more, it is the entertainment industry.

   "I have always believed that our world is too boring and there is 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 exaggerate in the interview.

   is a brief description of the future you imagined.

   "Spiritual arcana is closely related to the general public, not exclusive to arcane masters, and the same should be true for film and television technology. In the laboratory, a 3-ring slide card can be used to build a large-capacity slide card roll, so as to record images as you like."

   "But folks can't do it. A 3-ring slide card needs 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 let film and television technology enter thousands of households, and this is how to have optical storage technology."

  In the newspaper news, the principle of optical storage technology and the immediate effect brought by optical storage technology were introduced in detail.

   "In what form do you think film and television technology will enter thousands of households?" The reporter asked a question.

  Duke replied: "Phantom."

   Then came the key introduction: "Phantom is not a simple reproduction of time, but a re-creation based on real culture. I think it will become an important art form just like songs, dances, and dramas, entertaining and influencing the public."

  “A phantom can be an imaginary story, and then record it in the form of interpretation for everyone to watch. It can be a real record of an image, spread it out, and let everyone know.”

   "Let me give a simple example. Many people may not have seen the big whale in Whale Mirror Lake."

   "Then I can take pictures of the Jinghu Whale Dragon's every move, and then edit it into a phantom, which will be played in various parts of the Federation. Then everyone can understand the life habits of the Jinghu Whale Dragon even if they have never been to the Holy City of Arcadia."

   "This is the information transmission function that phantoms can carry."

   "Some verbal expressions between people are actually very lacking in expressiveness. But with phantoms, this kind of communication will be endowed with a strong appeal. It will guide the social atmosphere, broaden the public's horizons, and promote federal policies. It will have a very positive side."

  After Duke finished introducing Phantom, the reporter asked again: "So how do you plan to shoot Phantom? Or what kind of Phantom will you make?"

   "I don't plan to shoot, but I have promoted some film and television companies to shoot fantasy films. It can be feature films, documentaries, educational films, or animations. At present, the DreamWorks Film and Television Company I promote is actively shooting the first fantasy film."

   "Can you tell us what kind of phantom film this is?" the reporter asked.

   "It's a love story called "Romeo and Juliet"." Duke responded to the reporter with a smile. "It tells the story of two nobles in a city during the Stormwind Empire who had a deep feud and often fought. But the son and daughter of their two families fell in love with each other..."

  Original "Romeo and Juliet" Duke has almost forgotten.

  I only remember some general plots, so the details are filled in by the writer and playwright signed by DreamWorks.

  DreamWorks is making a lot of fantasy films, but the first fantasy film that will be officially released at the Phantom Opera House is still arranged for "Romeo and Juliet".

   There is no other reason.

  Because the screenwriter of this phantom film was named by Duke.

   "Sounds very interesting, so when will the general public see this phantom film?"

   "It will take about three or four months, that is to say, it may be released after the New Year's Eve. But at present, in the major cities in the Wind Breath area, there are basically Phantom Opera Houses opened by DreamWorks, which can play "Romeo and Juliet". In other fields, it depends on the degree of promotion of film and television technology by the Erudite Tower."

  The territory of the Seven Towers Federation is too large.

  The transportation is seriously inconvenient, which has caused many companies to be unable to go out of their own fields, let alone expand outward.

  For example, the lamps produced by the giant of light are basically sold in the Fengxi field, otherwise, the transportation fee will be higher than the cost of the lamps. For the other 11 fields, Duke can only collect a meager patent fee and cede the market to others.

  Phantom films may be screened in the entire Federation, but the construction of 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 really handsome!" Kylia praised repeatedly after receiving the new issue of "Seven Towers Daily".

  She asked for leave from Penrose Master Tower today, and came to Suktara Master Tower to preside over an experiment related to film and television technology at DreamWorks. By the way, I slipped to 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 tender and handsome.

   And this state will continue for hundreds of years.

  Thinking about myself on the earth, at the age of thirty, I have a big belly and my body is hollowed out by alcohol and sex.

   "Are you free tonight, let's go to the astrologer to look at the stars." Kiriya suddenly suggested.

  The Seven Towers of the Seven Towers Federation, the Stars Tower only stands in the Holy City of Alfa, and there are no Stars Towers stationed in the major cities of the Twelve Domains.

  However, there is a subsidiary institution of the Tower of Stars—the Astrologer.

  It is used to observe the astrology in each place, provide different astrological views for the Tower of Stars, and record the daily changes of the astrology.

   "Tonight, I'm afraid it won't work, I'm going to Cuihai City in the afternoon, and I should stay at Black Snake Manor tonight."

   "Going to Cuihai City?"

   "Well, a new site has been selected for Lingchi Farm. I plan to move Xiaohong to Lingya Mountain and let him guard the underground area of ​​Lingya Mountain for me." Duke said.

  Xiaohong is a descendant of Hongzhi.

  Hong Zhizhi, as the army queen of the 5-ring crypt, originally lived in Cuihai Valley, and moving Xiaohong there is a return to her homeland.

   And with Xiaohong occupying the land as the king, other spirit insects dare not invade the boundary of Lingya Mountain.

   "Oh." Kylia was a little disappointed.

  Duke pinched her slightly baby-fat face with a smile, and said, "Tomorrow, I will accompany you to the astrologer to look at the stars."

"okay!"

  That afternoon, Duke came to the Lingchi Farm outside the castle and called Xiaohong out.

   Today's Xiaohong has grown to the 4th ring level, and has cultivated nearly 500 2-ring and 3-ring crypt army ants, and many ant eggs are hatching.

  It cannot speak, and the spiritual communication ability brought about by the master-slave contract is also weak.

   But it didn’t bother Duke, he patted his belly, and the chick rushed out with a whoosh: “Wow, Xiaohong, you’ve grown so big!”

  Xiaohong, who was crawling in front of Duke, was already two to three meters long.

  Duke felt that he could gallop all over the field while riding Xiaohong. I have to say that the Crypt Marching Queen under the bloodline of the 5th ring is indeed powerful.

  Xiaohong's two tentacles lightly touched the chick.

  Chicken laughed suddenly: "That's great, Xiaohong, if Hongzhizhi sees you, he will definitely jump up happily!"

   "..." Xiaohong was speechless.

  But the meaning has been conveyed, and the chick responded with a little sadness: "The red branch, your mother, it looks so beautiful! But unfortunately, the red branch has been made into a specimen, and the specimen is hidden in the display warehouse of the Union Tower."

  In the United Tower, there is a huge exhibition library of spirit beasts.

   All these years, Shenjiao City fought north and south, and killed special spirit beasts, which were made into specimens and stored away.

  Crypt army ants are generally level 3, and only a very few break through to level 5.

  Red Branch is also the only ant queen with 5 rings that was killed by arcanists, so it is eligible to be collected in the United Tower display library.

  But Xiaohong didn't seem to be touched by this.

  Chicken was immediately unhappy, and turned around to complain to Duke: "Xiaohong is really a cold-blooded animal, and I don't know how to raise it. I told him about red branches, but he hasn't eaten yet."

   "You can't expect an ant to understand human morality." Duke touched the chicken's head, "It's just a spirit insect. No matter how complicated its body is, no matter how powerful its blood, it must live according to the habits of insects. This is the way of nature."

   "But the red branch is very good, it's good for me!" The little chicken said with her head held high, "It worked so hard to give birth to Xiaohong!"

   "Red Branch is very good to you, because you have known each other from the beginning, and then gradually became familiar. Isn't Xiaohong treating you very well now, and you can also establish a good friend relationship. As for the production of Xiaohong by Red Branch, if one day Xiaohong encounters a crisis, she will also produce... Xiaohong."

   "Is it like this?" Chick was puzzled.

   "Of course it is."

   "I don't understand it very well, but I seem to understand it." The little chicken said seriously, "Duke, since I made a contract with you, I feel that I have become smarter. I can think about why I didn't think about it before!"

   "It's called those who are close to vermilion, those who are red and those who are close to ink are black." Duke laughed, "With the red branch, you learn the thinking of insects. Only when you are with a wise man like me, can you learn real wisdom, little chick, watch and learn!"

   "Hmph, I'm not a little chicken, I'm a little chicken, my grandma named me!" The little chicken hates being associated with chickens the most.

   Then he added angrily: "My grandma is the wise one, she has endless wisdom!"

   "Then I have to introduce you solemnly." Duke raised his head and said loudly, "In front of you is the youngest erudite sage in the Seven Towers Federation. He is called the Son of the Sun and the Lord of Light and Shadow by the people. My wisdom is enough to change the world."

   Immediately, he lowered his head and looked down at the chick: "You still think your grandma is smarter than me?"

   "Hmph, I'm smarter than you!"

   "I see you have rebellious bones in the back of your head."

  Duke is not used to the little chicken, so he went straight to the head, and the little chicken screamed: "Duke, big villain, nasty ghost!"

   Playing around, when Xiaohong recalled all the crypt army ants, Duke drove Xiaohong and the ants to board the airship Chasing Shadow one after another.

  Depart for Lingya Mountain in Cuihai Valley.

  Lingya Mountain has changed its appearance. There are potholes everywhere. The entire mountain is about to be hollowed out, and a huge basement has been built.

  The basement takes the channel of the spring as the coordinate, and is built to another spring at the foot of the mountain.

  The spring on 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 all the way, similar to the escalators in shopping malls on the earth, but faster.

  The land around Yagenquan is not yet owned by Duke, so it is only surrounded by iron fences for the time being, and nothing is built.

  However, several floors of basements were built in violation of regulations.

  The floors of all basements are tamped with reinforced concrete, and the steel bars are mixed with a lot of spirit gold, which has a super defensive effect.

  Basically, arcane spells of level 1 and level 2 cannot break through the stone slabs in the basement.

   "Master Duke!" Members of the Broken Sword Mercenary Corps guarding the construction site quickly stepped forward to salute when they saw Duke and his party coming.

   "Stand at your post." Duke encouraged.

   Immediately, he left most of his followers on the ground, and he went into the basement with only the great knight Vivian and Xiaohong's ant colony.

   Notified in advance, the construction crew has withdrawn from the basement.

  In the pitch-black basement, Vivienne turned on the strong light she carried with her to illuminate the basement for Duke.

  The chick followed Duke, swimming forward and backward for a while.

   His mouth couldn't stay idle: "Duke, where is Xiaohong's new home?"

   "Below the basement, the entire Lingya Mountain and surrounding areas are Xiaohong's lair." Duke said softly.

  "The environment here is not good. Xiaohong's nest must be close to the ground. Otherwise, there is no way to grow Yulu and mushrooms in the nest. My grandma taught it to build the red branch's nest before. I will also teach Xiaohong now."

   "Take a rest, with your knowledge, don't hurt Xiaohong." Duke ignored the chick with a broken mouth.

   Now Xiaoji has been with him for a long time, probably influenced by his good qualities, his mouth is no longer smelly, only broken.

  Chicken felt bored, so he turned his head and swam to Vivian's shoulder: "Vivian, do you have any spiritual crystals? I'm hungry."

   "Yes." Vivian took out a spirit crystal.

   While feeding the chicken, I took the opportunity to touch the chicken's head with my hand, and it felt quite good, warmer than jade.

   "Don't get me wrong!" Chick stared.

   "You're wrong. Elves don't have gender distinctions. There's no such thing as Kayou." Vivienne replied solemnly.

   This made Chick startled: "Really?"

   "Of course." Vivian said sincerely.

  Chicken raised two short legs, scratched his big head, couldn't think clearly, and simply didn't want to, chewing on the spirit crystal.

  Duke, who was walking ahead, felt happy.

   It's not Le Xiaoji, but Le Vivienne. Vivienne, who used to be upright and ignorant of style, is now playful and knows how to play with Xiaoji.

This is good.

   will add a lot of fun later.

   Not long after, he walked through the dark and deep and complicated basement, and arrived at the destination—with the map guide on the vindictive holographic screen, Duke never got lost.

   "This is where the 'mother's nest' in the basement is. Chicken, you tell Xiaohong to build your own nest right below the mother's nest. Later, you can put the eggs in the mother's nest. This nest is specially designed by me for Xiaohong, and it is absolutely safe."

   Duke said.

  The little chicken turned to look at Xiaohong, and made a few chirping noises. This is its unique ability to communicate with ants on pheromones.

  The basement of the mother nest is not very big, but the walls are obviously thicker than other places, and there is a secret passage on the ground, which is not sealed with Lingjin stone plates.

   Xiaohong got the order and quickly directed her ant colony.

  Then the giant army ants in the burrow dug down the underground passage one by one. The shock of the arcane spread far underground, and a simple nest was built in a short while. Xiaohong waved its tentacles at Duke and followed into the nest.

  In the future, Xiaohong's ant colony nest will run through the entire bottom of Lingya Mountain to protect underground safety in all aspects.

   Leave the hive basement.

  Duke activated the mechanism, and the heavy door in the basement slowly sank until the basement was completely sealed.

   Before the ant colony is completely tamed, he will not allow the ant colony to meet humans more often.

   Only after they are completely tamed, can they drive spirit insects to do various jobs like the Black Jade Family, just like raising a group of servants.

  Stayed in Black Snake Manor for one night.

  Early the next morning, Duke set off to return to the Suktara Mage Tower. In the evening, he accompanied Kylia Raging Waves to the observatory.

  In the astronomical telescope, the starry sky is extraordinarily brilliant.

  But there is no Milky Way in the sky, and I don’t know whether it is because I am in the depths of the Milky Way, which makes the Milky Way not obvious, or it is no longer in the Milky Way.

   "But what's the use of being sure it's the Milky Way?"

  The diameter of the Milky Way is 180,000 light-years, that is to say, it takes 180,000 years for light to travel from one end of the Milky Way to the other.

  The arcanists of the Seven Towers Federation have not even been able to explore a wild continent on their own planet, let alone go out of the planet and travel to the stars.

   "However, if I am promoted to a 9-day-day arcane teacher, will I have a thousand-year lifespan?"

   "It will take me a thousand years to develop interstellar travel. Is it possible to cross the Milky Way and return to Earth for a look?"

   Just look at it.

  Thinking of this, Duke's heart skipped a beat.

   Maybe this hope is slim, after all, I don’t even know if I’m still in the Milky Way, but this idea lingers strongly in my mind.

   "I must go to the Tower of Stars when I look back, and see what arcane masters' astrology has been done for thousands of years, what results have been obtained, whether they have accounted for the galaxy I am in, and whether it belongs to the Milky Way!" Duke thought in his heart, "I still remember the picture of the Milky Way!"

  It is a galaxy as beautiful as a whirlpool.

   "Duke, what are you thinking?"

   "Yeah." Duke came back to his senses, looked down at the beautiful woman in his arms, and smiled faintly, "I'm homesick."

   "What time is it, do you want to go home?"

   "Haha, I'm lying to you, I'm not thinking about going home, I'm thinking about starting a family with you." Duke used a smile to cover up his reverie just now.

  No one in this world can understand what he was thinking when he looked up at the starry sky.

  …

  It was snowing heavily.

  In the studio of the Phantom Industry Base, it was decorated like a tomb. The actor who played Romeo hugged the unconscious actress, screaming in pain.

"No!"

   Then he took out a bottle of poison, swallowed the poison directly, and fell beside the actress with bleeding from the corner of his mouth.

   "Crack!" The director yelled, "I'm not emotional enough, think about how the stage play should be performed, your current performance is so embarrassing that you want to pick your feet."

   "Director, let me brew." The actor said quickly.

   "Hurry up."

   This scene was seen by Duke and Kylia in the corridor on the second floor.

  The two of them are here to inspect the filming progress of "Romeo and Juliet". With the help of the headlines on the front page of the "Seven Towers Daily", this phantom film has been crowned the title of the first phantom film of mankind, which can be described as highly anticipated.

   Coupled with the reputation of Duke himself as the screenwriter, "Romeo and Juliet" has firmly attracted the attention of the public.

after all.

  Before October, Duke had successfully won the Light of the Erudition Tower twice, and won the highest award in the field of natural history with its film and television technology.

   The limelight is in full swing.

   "Duke, what do you think of their performance?" Kylia said cheerfully, "I can't wait to see the finished film."

   "It's okay." Duke said perfunctorily.

  In fact, he does not agree 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 unreal at all, that is, the stage play has changed its packaging.

  But he didn't bother to correct it anymore, he couldn't rely on him to guide everything, otherwise he would be exhausted.

   And the strides are too big, it will be bad if the eggs are pulled.

   It is always necessary for the people of the Seven Towers Federation to have a process of accepting the phantom. Perhaps this style of stage play is more friendly to the people.

   In short.

   Whether "Romeo and Juliet" will be popular or not, Duke doesn't care.

  This is just the first phantom, and more phantom films will be released in the future. Sooner or later, the public will feel the charm of film and television technology and give back rich spirituality.

   Watched the phantom shooting for a while.

  The plot of just a few minutes, the director who strives for perfection, has already consumed ten phantom rolls, shooting a phantom will not be cheaper than shooting a movie on earth.

  Even in terms of special effects, there will be no cheapness.

   After all, if you want to shoot big scenes such as the invasion of spirit beasts, and epic scenes such as arcane duels, you must ask the help of an arcanist.

  The appearance fee of an arcanist is not cheap.

   "Wait until next year, the entire Seven Towers Federation will see this phantom film we shot." Kiria looked forward to, "They will definitely shed tears for this tragic love. I was very moved by Romeo and Juliet when I was watching the stage play."

   "I hope." Duke couldn't say well.

  Although the Federation of Seven Towers does not have phantom movies, there are many stage plays. The works of great writers are not lost to the earth.

  So the public has a certain aesthetic foundation. If the filming of "Romeo and Juliet" is too bad, the audience will definitely complain.

  He said with a smile: "But at least everyone in the Federation can enjoy a visual feast, which is enough."

  The Erudite Tower has been promoting film and television technology throughout the Federation. Phantom Opera Houses have been built. Basically, there are Phantom Opera Houses in every major city. They mainly play phantom musicals on weekdays to cultivate the audience's viewing habits.

  Many owners of the newly built Phantom Opera House even traveled thousands of miles to Shenjiao City to find DreamWorks Film and Television Company.

   Negotiated the release cooperation of this phantom film.

   so and so.

  The year 4416 of the storm calendar has turned over, and the New Year's Day in 4417 has come, and Duke has also entered his 21st year of life.

  The fifth day after the New Year's Eve, that is, January 5, 4416.

  According to Duke's order, DreamWorks Film and Television Company held a grand premiere ceremony at the Phantom Opera House in the center of Shenjiao City.

  For this premiere ceremony, DreamWorks invited a large number of reporters and critics, while Duke and Kylia invited a large number of arcanists to form the audience for the premiere ceremony.

   There are no celebrities walking the red carpet.

  Just invite everyone to the screening hall, the arcane master sits in the front row, and the reporters and critics sit in the back row, waiting for "Romeo and Juliet" to play.

  Duke was sitting in the first row, surrounded by Keyston Rage, Erwin and other arcane mages.

   and Kiria, Suktara, Penrose and other close people.

  When the lights in the auditorium were turned off, only a bright light suddenly rose in front of the big screen, converging into a curved crescent.

  Suddenly.

  A fish float hangs down, causing circles and ripples in the picture, and only then does it make people understand that it is just a reflection on the water surface.

  The camera rises slowly, passes through the clouds, and comes to the sky.

  There is still a crescent moon above the sky, and a little boy is sitting under the crescent moon, with one leg resting on the crescent moon and the other hanging in the air. Still holding a fishing rod in his hand, the fishing line hangs faintly into the clouds.

  In the sound of soothing music.

  The little boy and Yue Yueer gradually drew a part of a certain symbol, and then the symbol revealed the whole, which is the official text of the Seven Towers Federation-the three words "Dream Factory" in the tower text.

   Looking for tickets~

  

  

  (end of this chapter)