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Chapter 574: Seizing the Shining Point of Human Nature

Chapter 574: Seizing the Shining Point of Human Nature
Ludovico was a famous poet and playwright, and was very arrogant in his professional field.

Now Frederick said that there was something wrong with his script, and he was a little unconvinced, and said seriously: "I wrote the first three acts of this play according to what Davranche said. The content of returning home in the fourth act was his plan, and I think there is no problem with it."

Frederick just asked him a question: "In the play, Dafranche's success was due to the help of a nobleman. So why did the nobleman help him instead of others?"

Ludovico was about to answer when he realized that the question was not that simple.

Dafranche is a prodigal son from a foreign country. His deceased father was just an ordinary clerk in a government department. The status of his commoner family is much lower than that of a down-and-out noble like Ludovico, and he has no relatives in the city of Weissembourg.

His character, power, status, wealth, and blood relations are all negative points. Why should the nobles help him? Wouldn't it be better for him to help the people in his own network?
Not to mention appearance, Ludovico felt that he was several times more handsome than da Franche, and he had never met any noble people in such a long time there.

Ludovico recalled and thought for a long time, but he really couldn't explain why the nobles in Weissembourg were willing to help Davranche. He said puzzledly: "Yes, why did Davranche get help? Is there something shining about him that I haven't discovered?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this question had no answer. The question "why" made it impossible to explain it with reasons like luck.

Frederick said to him: "There are two sides to this question."

"The first aspect is why Dafranche was a poor man in his hometown, but started to make a fortune after coming to Weissenberg."

"The second aspect is why others can't do it, but he can."

Ludovico fell into deeper thought and found that this question was not simple.

Looking back at previous dramas, the plots are all about a seemingly ordinary protagonist who accidentally discovers his or her hidden noble life experience when he or she is desperate, or he or she meets a noble person who has been helped by himself or his ancestors inadvertently, and finally a noble person comes from heaven to solve the current predicament.

This routine has been around for thousands of years, and the biggest change is the identity of the noble.

Before the emergence of the Church of Light, the nobles were the gods, and later the God of Light. Later, the Church felt that using Him to protect adultery was excessive, and believed that He should not appear on the stage at will. Finally, He became the king and the great nobles.

Now if this routine is applied to Davranche, it doesn't make sense. There is no reason for others to help him.

When Ludovico was in trouble, Frederick asked him, "Did you make money from the play of Dafranche?"

Before today, Ludovico would have been proud, but now he answered with shame: "At that time, I used the story of what happened in your territory as a gimmick, sold it to many theaters, and made a lot of money."

"Now that I think about it, I was selling counterfeit products, and I would be fined in the Principality of Wessen."

Frederick naturally would not fine him, and said, "We might as well turn your experience into a script."

"You are a very talented young playwright, but you live in a place where the lord doesn't like to watch plays and there are not many theaters there."

"The theater will only buy those stale scripts from a respected playwright. Your script will not sell at all."

"Then you took a job as a translator to make a living, and went to Weissenburg with your boss to do business, where you met Dafranche."

"You found Davranche's experience very interesting, so you quit your translation job after returning and concentrated on writing a play based on him."

"After you finished writing the script, you accidentally boarded a ship to another place, and arrived in a city where you had no relatives but where drama was well developed and there were many theaters."

Ludovico listened very carefully, and the story of a down-and-out talent suddenly becoming famous and turning his life around is also a classic plot.

But Frederick did not continue. Ludovico waited for a long time and saw that he just raised his cup to drink tea and stopped talking. He asked hurriedly: "What happened next?"

Frederick shrugged and said, "Although many people think I am a business genius, I have never sold a script. I can't set up a stall on the street."

Ludovico was stunned, then he laughed and said, "Someone actually did this."

"It's not easy for newcomers to sell their scripts, and it's even harder if no one recommends them." "Especially some shameless people who plagiarize other people's scripts and just change the name and say it's their own. Because of them, the theater doesn't welcome those who don't know the details."

"At this time, I have to rely on my thick skin and courage to use my eloquence to convince the theater owner... huh?"

When he said this, he suddenly caught a glimpse and vaguely understood what Frederick meant.

Frederick said: "The development and change of things are the result of the combined action of internal and external factors, neither of which can be missing."

"But the roles and status of the two are different. Internal factors are the basis for the development of things and are the primary cause."

“At the same time, the two can influence each other.”

Ludovico slapped his thigh and cried out: "Ah, I forgot that you are a dialectician!"

Nowadays, high-level intellectuals will be regarded as illiterate if they do not study philosophy. There are many schools of philosophy, and philosophers promote their ideas to the rulers.

For example, Baron Turgot of the Kingdom of Gaul advocated the importance of agriculture and believed that everything must conform to the natural order. He had a high status in the agriculturally developed Kingdom of Gaul.

The dialectical school has a long history and has now developed to the point where it recognizes the opposition between the two sides of things, which can be unified in certain areas.

In order to better promote the work of the government, Frederick personally wrote and published a series of books including "How to Be a Governor", "How to Be a Minister", "How to Be a Mayor", "How to Be a Village Chief", etc., in which his usual philosophical thoughts were inevitably used, and scholars from various schools soon saw his school of thought.

The same is true for drama, the screenwriter's philosophical thoughts will be reflected in the script.

Why are there so many plots about noble people falling from heaven? Isn’t it because power comes from the upper class, and the lower class is unable to resist, which brings about a huge sense of powerlessness. The ideas nurtured in this social background provide the ideological basis for this plot.

Frederick did not want to debate on philosophical issues, and continued to say to Ludovico: "A person's achievements are determined by his own efforts internally and the social environment externally."

"So I think the drama should capture these two points, the most important of which is the protagonist's struggle and the shining points of humanity that appear in the process."

Ludovico fell into deep thought again.

There are plays that focus on individuals, but they are all heroic characters, and the only thing that d'Avranche has in common with those heroes is that he is an individual.

Describe the shining points of little people?
Ludovico has never been written about, and neither has anyone else. The little people have only funny and ignorant sides. Where are their shining points?

Frederick did not disturb his thoughts, asked the servant to bring paper and pen, and began to write the outline of a play.

In Frederick's writing, the protagonist is a simple person who is full of hope for the future at the beginning of the first act, but he becomes lost after several setbacks in society, and then begins to numb himself in a life of debauchery.

In the second act, the protagonist saw the enjoyment of the local tycoons on the exiled ship and listened to the captain talk about how he grew from a sailor apprentice peeling carrots to a captain. His mentality changed and he decided to try starting a business, but was met with misunderstanding and setbacks.

In the third act, in order to solve the problem of oyster survival rate, the protagonist did not sleep for several days while transporting goods on the ship. He used eloquent speech and sincerity to persuade buyers. In order to obtain a stable supply of goods, he helped fishermen solve problems, etc. The business gradually improved, and then he boldly went to borrow money from the four sword masters to expand the scale of operation.

In the fourth act, when the king and queen visited the city of Weissenburg, the queen wanted to eat seafood, and the Grand Duke of Weissen placed a huge order. The protagonist finally completed the order through wit and courage after overcoming many difficulties such as storms, pirates, leaking ships, and poisoning by competitors. In the end, he counted the money until his hands cramped.

The fifth act, returning home in glory, is left to Ludovico to perform, while Frederick merely inserts advertisements as a routine, giving examples of what products should be bought to return home in glory.

Ludovico waited quietly for Frederick to finish writing the outline of the play, and then read it carefully again.

After reading it, he closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, muttering: "Is this the shining point of human nature?"

(End of this chapter)

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