Goddess Wanhua Mirror

Serves was overwhelmed by Lude's investment. She thought it would be good to get the script for nothing, but she didn't expect that Lude would generously invest a large sum of money in their circus.

Five hundred gold coins is not a small amount. Servis thinks that even if she sells herself, it is not worth the price, and Lude just took half of the circus shares from her, and also promised in the contract that she will In the future, I will exclusively provide scripts for them, so while I am grateful, I can't help but feel a little puzzled.

When the two parties were about to sign the contract, with the mentality of reciprocating love, Servis wanted to "join the religion" and was baptized into the sect of Lude's God of Medicine, and swore to the goddess as a believer that she would never break her promise. to show my sincerity.

You must know that there are "gods" in this world, so most mortals are very cautious when they swear to the gods, for fear that they will really have to die if they break the contract.

As a result, Servis's idea was dissuaded by Lude, who insisted that only signing a written contract was enough, and there was no need to join a religion and take a poisonous oath.

"Miss Serves, I understand your intentions, but belief is something that should be taken seriously, and I don't want you to be too hasty."

Seeing that Lude actually prevented her from joining the religion, Serves was quite surprised for a while. After all, other sects are trying their best to recruit people into the religion. She has never seen someone like Lude who persuades people to think twice. Priest.Aina on the side was also a little anxious, and kept winking at Lude.

But Lude insisted very much, and the reason was also "the will of the goddess", which made Aina shake her head behind Serves, and kept telling Lude with mouth shapes.

"I'm not, I'm not!"

In fact, the reason why Lude did not want Servis to be baptized was mainly because he had other considerations and plans.

The current Songshu Village, in a sense, is already in a state of saturation of faith.The popularity of the God of Medicine is well-deserved. Ninety percent of the villagers are baptized believers of the God of Medicine.As for the second-ranked God of Eros, believers account for about [-]% of the total number of villagers.The last one is the later God of War, with less than [-]% of them, and they are basically the lowest-level pan-believers.

From the coverage rate of this believer, it is not difficult to see that Aina and Shanisi's believers actually have a considerable overlap.

This is all thanks to the "Pantheon" concept thrown out by Lude before, so that a large number of villagers have subtly changed into "do more DD", thus avoiding possible conflicts of belief.

Lude observed that once believers accept the concept of the Pantheon, they no longer feel guilty and ambivalence because of half-heartedness, and the beliefs produced are not divided into two and distributed equally to different gods, but each calculates its own. , It is not a problem to directly double the total output.

Therefore, according to this idea, even if the number of villagers in Pine Tree Village does not increase, Lude can increase the total number of beliefs by increasing the number of gods, which is equivalent to improving his own strength.

But making gods is not an easy task after all. Even if Lude's prestige among the villagers is already in full swing, it doesn't mean that he can just point at a cat or a dog casually, and the villagers will take it as a god.

Based on Lude's experience in the past year, among the most basic "three major elements" of god-making, the choice of god position is very important, and it must be as close as possible to the identity and needs of the target group of believers, so as to be more attractive force.

That's why the God of War Sect, the world's top sect, had a hard time in Songshu Village.Because the vast majority of peasants are against war in their hearts, especially those older generations who have experienced forced conquest by the lords. They even have a trace of disgust and fear hidden in their hearts towards the crazy god of war Fegolai.

In view of this, in Lu De's "Phase II God-making Plan", the gods of several pre-selected plans all focus on a "grounded spirit"!It not only caters to the basic desires of ordinary people, but also is very close to the lives of ordinary people.

certainly!The most important point is that these unpopular gods have no gods for the time being. What Lude has to do now is the same as preemptively registering a trademark.

And Lu De did not allow Serves to join the God of Medicine, because he hoped that a "seed" called the God of Art could be planted in her!

"Miss Serves, do you remember a question you asked me when we were talking yesterday? You just heard me finish talking about God's Realm, saying that since everything is protected by gods, will there be a god? The God of Art. In fact, in my opinion, when you ask this question, the God of Art who lives in the realm of the gods may have already received a call from the mortal world."

"Master Priest, I kind of... don't understand what you mean..."

"Haha! In fact, many questions don't need to be overly complicated. Miss Servis, when I first met you, I felt a unique characteristic from you. I was not very I understand, it wasn't until you asked that question yesterday that I finally realized that you may have received enlightenment and favor from the gods, but you haven't noticed it yet."

"The revelation and favor of the gods?"

"Yes, among the vast number of sentient beings, most mortals are like lost lambs who need the guidance of a shepherd to find the ultimate destination of their beliefs, but people like you and me can get help from God's Domain." Revelation, realized the existence of gods. Miss Servis, maybe you haven't realized at this moment that you are actually special!"

Being fooled by Lude's cloud and mist, Servis was already a little dizzy at the moment.But when Lu De said that she was a "special existence", there was an unspeakable excitement and joy in his heart.

After all, life is alive, but anyone who is not willing to be a salted fish will hope that he is that special existence and become the lucky one favored by fate.

Looking at the emotional Servis, in Lude's eyes, there seemed to be some unformed energy jumping between her brows.Lude knew that he had succeeded. He successfully implanted the concept of "God of Art" in Servis's mind, and this was the seed of faith.

In Lu De's original god-making plan, the gods of the second stage did not actually include the god of art. After all, the believers in the village are basically farmers, and art is too far away for them, and it is not a necessity of life.It was the appearance of Servis that made Lude decide to add a "God of Art" temporarily.

This is the most important publicity mouth, if you don't give it a try, you can't do it!

End of this chapter

Because of the script and sponsorship funds provided by Lude, Serves thought to herself that this is the off-season of the industry anyway, and there is no need for them to rush to Wolfhelm City. Select actors to complete the rehearsal of the work "Romeo and Juliet", and you can also ask Lu De, the "original author", to help check and supervise.

So Sevis, who had made up her mind, hurriedly left the school and went back to the regiment to make arrangements.The script is on Lude's side first. She still has some plot and character matters, and hopes to have further communication with Lude.

It has to be said that Servis's work efficiency is still very fast. That night, the Rainbow Circus performed the third day of performance as usual.Then the next morning, the greenhouse used for the performance was transformed into a rehearsal field, and even the casting of the actors was done by hand.

At first, the group members wondered why the group leader suddenly said that he could not leave and wanted to stay in this "very strong religious atmosphere" village for a while longer.

In the end, after asking, I found out that it turned out that Serves got a script of a drama that she thought was super excellent in the local area, so she planned to rehearse it in the remote Pine Tree Village to avoid leaking the script as much as possible.

Serves' worries are not just groundless worries, but have suffered losses in this regard. After all, not everyone in this world likes fair competition, just like not everyone has a mother!

The casting process went very smoothly. Serves never cared for idlers, and had high demands on her subordinates on weekdays. There were more than 30 people in the Rainbow Circus, and almost all of them had stage experience, and their basic skills were quite solid.

In the entire "Romeo and Juliet", there are a total of twelve characters with lines, and about half of them have a large proportion of scenes. Basically no problem.

After choosing the role, Servis sent someone to notify Lu De as agreed, asking him to bring the script to meet the actors.Only then did the group members know that the script and the large amount of sponsorship funds were provided to them by the local priest Lude of the God of Medicine Sect, which surprised them very much.

After the two parties met, Serves officially released the script of "Romeo and Juliet" to her members, and read it aloud in public.

Everyone is basically a senior practitioner, although not everyone can read, but at least know the goods.Therefore, after only listening to the script once, I understood that the leader of the group really picked up the treasure this time!

However, because they are all professionals, after listening to the script, in addition to giving warm applause to the script, everyone also expressed their own views and suggestions on the plot and setting.

And the first question that bears the brunt is, can this script not end in a "tragedy" like the destruction of the hero and heroine?

The person who asked this question was an uncle with a scar on his face. Serves told Lude that this man was called Konib, and he used to work in a famous song and dance troupe. , was ruthlessly kicked out by the song and dance troupe where he was, and Servis took him in.

Koniber told Rudd that, based on his many years of experience, although tragedies have a certain audience, the vast majority of audiences prefer happy endings, where lovers can eventually get married, and performing tragedies usually comes with certain risks.

He gave Lu De a case. A few years ago in the empire, a song and dance troupe performed a love tragedy called "Infatuated Amy", which told the story of an innocent girl named Amy who was deceived by a scumbag.In the end, the girl committed suicide because of love, and turned into a wraith, scaring the scumbag to death.

But it was such a plot, but when the actors collectively took the stage to call the curtain, an accident happened.An aristocrat who fell in love with the theater, seeing the scumbag "resurrected from death" in the end, he dared to hold the heroine's hand with a smile, and bowed together on the stage to thank him, so he didn't turn his head and said nothing He drew his sword and jumped onto the stage, severing the "scumbag" in his eyes.

After this incident, although the empire urgently issued relevant laws and regulations, and the official grand opera house began to prohibit the audience from carrying weapons, but the major song and dance troupes still performed tragedies as little as possible out of safety considerations.Actors who play villains are also in danger, for fear that one day they will be "blasted" by the unconscious audience on the spot when they are acting.

He died because his acting skills were too good, who the hell to ask for an argument? ?

However, Lude felt that this problem should not be as serious as Cody worried, because the entire script of "Romeo and Juliet" actually does not have a villain or a villain in the strict sense.

Even Earl Paris, who was fighting Romeo on the grave just like the final boss, is just a poor man trapped by love.

In fact, when Lu De read the original book, he sympathized with this classmate Paris. He was obviously a young, wealthy and handsome nobleman, but he fell in love with Juliet who didn't love him purely because of his unrequited love. The hat is also worn, and his own life is lost.

The real culprit that caused this series of tragedies is actually the continuous "hate" itself between the two families.And the core theme of the whole play is precisely here, calling on people to embrace love and peace.

It really came out with a happy ending, but the style went down instead.

However, Cody's words also reminded Lude that the script can indeed be slightly adjusted, even if the tragedy at the end is not changed, it can still make the characters more lovable, at least not annoying.

In this way, the first rehearsal officially began.Serves specially invited Lu De to come over to observe the scene. Apart from hoping that he can serve as a supervisor, she also wanted to show the strength of her own team, so that Lu De, a big sponsor, can rest assured.

The rehearsal itself is equivalent to a simulation exercise, mainly to help the actors find the feeling of integrating into the role. However, except for Sevis who has read the script carefully, everyone else has just listened to it.

However, what surprised Lu De, a layman, was that even with this level of understanding and without even memorizing the lines, they still performed the first act of the script roughly under the guidance and scheduling of Serves, allowing the accompanying Aina, who came with Lude, applauded.

"Master! They are all amazing!"

Lude nodded. Although he is not a professional actor, he was also a master who relied on his acting skills for his life in his previous life. Therefore, it can be seen that the people in the Rainbow Circus are definitely of a high level.

But if you want the final performance to be smooth, online acting skills alone are not enough.To make the whole show more perfect, they also need to have a sufficiently sophisticated service and an excellent soundtrack that can set off the atmosphere, and these are precisely the shortcomings of the Rainbow Circus.

You must know that the top song and dance troupes in the world usually have a staff size of about two to three hundred people, and the internal organizational structure is complex and strict. In addition to the singers and actors on stage, there are also special props groups and various logistics personnel, as well as a team. The whole band.

In contrast, the main reason why the Rainbow Circus ranks in the second and third tiers is never because the level of the members is not enough, but because they are few in number. The whole circus plus Servis herself only has 37 people in total. Many members usually Li has multiple roles, it is only a last resort.

Fortunately, most of the problems can be solved with money, but Master Lu is short of everything, except money!

Relying on the high profits brought by the sale of medicines, Lu De currently has a very stable financial source, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is making money every day.

But he is neither like some miser who locks all the money he earns into the treasury like a treasure, and hides it carefully, nor is he like some hypocritical religious gods who directly send money to the poor to buy people's hearts , in exchange for their momentary gratitude and faith.

The gene of the Industrial Party engraved in his bones made Lu De not hesitate to invest a large amount of money in infrastructure and education, and firmly believed that this was the best solution to lead the people out of poverty and become rich.

Lu De thinks that he is a man who is never relentless when spending money, but the premise is that the money should be spent and it should be spent reasonably.

So as early as when he proposed to sponsor the Rainbow Circus, Lu De told Servis that the five hundred gold coins he invested were not purely doing good deeds. Everyone was talking about business, and he was the major shareholder , the right to know the future operation status of the circus and details of the use of funds.

If the circus runs well and meets his expectations, Lu De will continue to provide new scripts and follow-up funds in the future, but if it goes wrong, then don't blame him for "stopping losses in time"!

In front of everyone present, Lude repeated these words again.I thought that these people would be a little bit disappointed, but in the end, the expressions of most of the members were obviously relieved.

In fact, Lu De's open and honest performance really played a role in reassuring them.Because before that, many members of the group were actually worried that Lu De's support had other purposes, and some even worried in their hearts whether this was the "reward" that their group leader got by selling his body.

Although there are not many people in the Rainbow Circus, the internal atmosphere has always been very good. The members and Serves are more like family members than employees. Several old seniors were there as early as the previous generation of old troupe owners, and they all looked at Serves. Weiss grew up.

After speaking clearly, Lu De made some comments, including corrections to the actors' acting skills and requirements for costumes and props.

It's true that Rude had never acted, but he had been a police officer for eight years and performed a dozen undercover assignments.An actor with poor acting skills is scolded by the audience for being great, and if he fails to perform well in front of the camera, he can call the director to do it all over again.

And every time Lu De "takes the stage", almost all of them have to be shot to the end, and there must be no mistakes in his acting skills. If he is sloppy, the photos will be posted on the wall!

And looking at the priest who was very knowledgeable about acting, Sevis nodded secretly. Lude's performance just now further confirmed her previous guess.

Serves thought to herself, sure enough, her grandfather was right when he was alive, but anyone who said "I have a friend" must be talking about herself.

This old man must have loved drama creation deeply, but because of his status as a priest, he was forced to hide himself with the fictional name "William Shakespeare".The reason why he entrusted these masterpieces to himself now, and generously sponsored a large sum of money to their circus, was clearly that he hoped to borrow their hands to realize his hidden dream.

Therefore, Serves secretly vowed in her heart that, at the bet of the glory of her family's theater troupe, she must also carry forward Master Lude's works!

I don't know that Servis has made up so many settings in her brain, but Lude is still communicating enthusiastically with the members of the Rainbow Circus.

Lude only had a superficial understanding of theater in his previous life on the earth side. Although he inherited the memory of little Lude after crossing, this child has never watched a song and dance drama at all, so Lude does not know the mainstream here. What is the preference, let alone know the traditional instruments of this world.

So out of curiosity, Lu De had a lively chat with these actors, and borrowed some musical instruments by the way to play with them.

At this time, the young actor who was in charge of playing the leading role Romeo came to Lude with a wind instrument that looked like a suona, and said that he was very good at playing this instrument called Alkin's mouth flute, so he asked if he could give it to him. Add a little romantic scene of "Blowing Love Songs Under the Moon".

Obviously!The young man wants to add drama to himself, and intends to show his talent more in this drama.But Lu De looked at the instrument in his hand, and couldn't help imagining in his mind the weird scene of Romeo running to the bottom of Juliet's balcony to play the suona in the middle of the night. Just thinking about it makes Nima very wicked!

"Uh... young man, you have to think about the setting of the scene. You go to have a tryst with the enemy's daughter at night, and if you make such a big noise, you will probably be bitten by a dog!"

"Then... can I change to a harp with a softer tone?"

"You can try to add the instrument display to other scenes, but for the scene of the tryst under the moon, you should honestly climb over the wall and confide your heart! Don't always think about the whole job, okay?"

"All right!"

Hearing that his idea was dismissed by Rudd, the guy who played "Romeo" seemed to be a little depressed, but soon regained his spirits.

After all, this time he was appointed as the first male lead of "Romeo and Juliet" by the leader of the group because of his good looks.Giving him such a long-faced opportunity is much better than playing a clown and throwing throwing knives before.

If there is a fly in the ointment, it is that the female lead who is acting opposite to him is a little bit unsatisfactory, because Serves is in the battle in person.

To be honest, Servis is not ugly at all, and a good make-up can still make the audience feel very amazing, but even so, she is an older lady in her 30s playing a 13-year-old girl, which is always seriously inconsistent with the role setting , the temperament alone is too bad.

certainly!The young man dare not say these things in his heart, let alone let the small-minded group leader know, otherwise he will never have as good juice as him!

End of this chapter

From a professional's point of view, Servis expects them to complete the preliminary rehearsals and various preparations. Even if everything goes well, it will take at least four weeks before they can perform on stage with full confidence.

The entire Rainbow Circus has been working hard. Everyone really hopes to put this excellent work that has the strength to become a masterpiece handed down on the stage as soon as possible, and fight a beautiful turnaround. And that leads to premiere problems.

Lu De also highly recognized the circus people's drive to keep improving, and would take time to come and see it every day.

A few days later in the evening, Hume, who had gone out to help Lude with errands, finally came back. As soon as he returned to the temple, he heard the fallen leaves say that Lude bought a circus last week and made it for Miss Thieves I'm a little confused.

"What the hell? Why did he buy a circus?"

"I don't know, but Master Lude said it's useful."

Hume of the Rainbow Circus knew about it, and she followed Lude's free ticket to join in the excitement of the other party's first day of performance.

Hume admits that their performances are not bad, but only good.It never occurred to her that Lude actually bought the circus within a week after she went out.

So Hume, who was full of question marks, hurriedly found Lu De who was reading the ledger in the study.Under normal circumstances, Hume seldom interfered with Lude's expenses, but that didn't mean she didn't even need a reasonable explanation.

"I said, even if you really have too much money to spend, you can build a small gold store in the basement! Why are you buying a circus?"

"Please! There is a god of robbers living in the house, how dare I build a small treasury!"

"Stop talking nonsense! I don't eat weeds! Just tell me the truth, why are you buying a circus when you have nothing to do?"

"Of course it is useful! And it is still very useful!"

"You want to use them to help you preach abroad? Will that work?"

"Believe me, when have you seen me doing useless work?"

"Cut! It's like you have done less useless work. I really don't know those 'failures' you secretly hide under the bed, do you?"

"Ouch, I..."

Hume revealed the "little secret" face to face and received an angry big white eye. Lude was choked for a long time and couldn't speak for a long time.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, priest Lude is simply the most knowledgeable person in the world. He seems to know everything, and he often shares a lot of unprecedented novel knowledge with others.