British writer

Bernard Shaw was really hit.

He believes that geniuses do exist in this world,

For example, he himself dropped out of school at the age of 15 and entered a real estate company as a copyist. It was not until he came into contact with Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt" that "in a flash, the magic of this great poet opened my eyes." ,

Since then, Bernard Shaw's drama creation has been out of control.

This experience is very close to the configuration of the hero Shuangwen.

When Lu Shi...

Lu Shi is the real hero of Shuangwen!

A Chinese student studying abroad, without any resources, wrote suspense novels that crushed the Sherlock Holmes series and humanities and social science works that became the founder of new historiography.

Now, Lu Shi has proved that he is also very good at political satire.

It's just outrageous to open the door to outrageous--

Absurdly home!

Bernard Shaw said in a low voice: "What Mr. Lu said just now is the most pungent and humorous satire I have ever encountered."

Lu Shi's joke comes from "Yes! prime minister\

,"This is a typical political satire, famous all over the world,

There is a well-known meme in the 21st century, "Half a British drama rules the world", which is what it is about.

"yes! "Prime Minister" has many classic plots,

For example, four-tier statecraft theory:

In the first stage, we declare that nothing happened;

The second stage, saying that something might happen, but we'd better wait and see;

The third stage, saying that maybe we should act, but we can't do anything;

Stage four, saying maybe something could have been done at the time, but it's too late now.

...

Well, very true.

Lu Shi said, "Mr. Xiao, I just told a joke. I don't know much about drama creation."

Bernard Shaw nodded,

Indeed, Lu Shi was just telling jokes,

But the problem is that George Bernard Shaw has written so many satirical plays, but he didn't write the same wonderful jokes.

Furthermore, all British playwrights put together, living or dead, have never written a joke of that level.

Bernard Shaw lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said: "There is a saying in China... um... Let me think about it... it seems to be something like 'All the world rides on one car' or something."

Lu Shi was speechless for a while,

"There is only one stone in the world. Cao Zijian has eight dou alone, and I have one dou. Since ancient times and today, we have shared one dou. You can understand 'stone' as a unit of length in meters, and 'dou' as a unit of meter."

Bernard Shaw nodded,

"Yes, that's the sentence. Mr. Lu, you are Cao Zijian."

Lu Shi was embarrassed,

It was embarrassing enough to be said to be the founder of the new historiography yesterday, but now, there is another "Cao Zijian".

He hurriedly said: "Mr. Xiao, it's too much to praise me so much."

This kind of denial is very pale.

In Shaw's eyes, Lu Shi was modest.

He said: "Mr. Lu, if you are really not that good, then what are we playwrights? What you say casually is a pungent and humorous political satire, but I have never had such a sharp pen. You Just stop being humble."

There was sincerity in Bernard Shaw's eyes.

Lu Shi scratched his head,

I have already been kicked out of the shelves to go to London to give lectures on political and economics, so don't make any more fuss,

It's not that I can't write scripts, but "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is not finished yet, and I don't have enough energy.

Anyone who writes a book knows how tiring double opening is.

Lu Shi said, "Mr. Xiao, I don't think it's your fault that you can't write that kind of pungent satire."

Bernard Shaw sat up straight, like a student listening carefully.

Lectures for literary giants, Lu Shi's forehead was sweating.

His eyes wandered for a while, locked on the stage,

At this time, the plot of "Lady Windermere's Fan" has been halfway through,

In order to save Mrs. Windermere from making a fool of herself, Mrs. Erlyn comes out and admits that the fan is hers, so that her daughter can leave secretly.

The pretty actress who played Lady Windermere babbled her lines:

"Oh, my dear..."

Lu Shi's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right! Seriously!"

Bernard Shaw was puzzled,

"serious?"

Lu Shi looked like an expert outside the world, pointed at the stage with his finger, and said, "In reality, who would speak in such an eloquent manner?"

Speaking, Lu Shi did not forget to give an example:

"Oh my old man, I swear to the Virgin Mary, this feels like shit. Believe me, we can wait for someone who really knows about this to tell us the answer. It doesn't get any better than this Things that make me happy."

"Pfft~"

Bernard Shaw burst out laughing.

Although the lines that Lu Shi made up on the spot are suspected of being exaggerated, he has to admit that this kind of problem does exist in the current British drama creation.

But this still does not answer Shaw's doubts.

He continued: "Mr. Lu, of course I know this problem, so I will advocate new drama instead of what Wilde called 'art for art's sake'. But in fact, neither Wilde nor I are as tall as you level of sarcasm."

Lu Shi was speechless,

Are all writers so serious?

I can only continue to fool around.

Lu Shi said, "Mr. Xiao, what characteristics do you think political satire dramas should have?"

Bernard Shaw pondered for a long time before he said: "I think it should be through the plot to present the true face of politics in a relatively serious way... um..."

Bernard Shaw lowered his head, as if thinking of something.

Lu Shi put on a teachable appearance, and said persuasively, "Mr. Xiao, it's very close."

Bernard Shaw was encouraged, his eyes lit up,

"It is not difficult to present the true face of politics through the plot, and this kind of drama is very easy to attract. But its problem is also obvious. It is not so much a political satire as it is just an ordinary drama with political elements. "

Bernard Shaw stared at Lu Shi closely,

"Mr. Lu, you must think so!"

Lu Shi suddenly realized,

"So that's what I thought... ahem... I mean, yes, that's what I thought."

Bernard Shaw nodded and continued: "So, in a script written in that way, political satire is just embellishment, and the core is actually the struggle between people."

Lu Shi couldn't help but sigh with emotion,

A writer is a writer,

What Bernard Shaw said is very close to the form of some modern political dramas,

For example, the first two seasons of "House of Cards" with a very high payment rate (the latter completely rotten),

Another example is "Da Ming Dynasty 1566", which was well received and not popular,

The attraction of these TV series is not only the political themes, but also the struggle between people.

Lu Shi agreed: "Mr. Xiao, it is difficult to sharply deconstruct a specific topic in a script written in that way, which is naturally contrary to satire."

Bernard Shaw asked: "Then what method should be used?"

The first thing that Lu Shi thought of was "Yes! Prime Minister", so the answer: "Unit drama."

After finishing speaking, he realized that there was no concept of unit drama in 1900, so he explained: "Simply speaking, each act of a unit drama has its own system and is an exquisite and compact structure, that is, a unit, but there are also connections between each unit. Closely connected, intertwined."

When Bernard Shaw looked at Lu, his eyes sparkled.

Lu Shi was so stared at that he felt hairy,

"What... what's wrong?"

Bernard Shaw laughed,

"Mr. Lu, you still say you don't understand drama creation?"

Lu Shi couldn't help wondering: "Mr. Xiao, I'm already busy enough, you don't want me to..."

Bernard Shaw sighed regretfully,

"Mr. Lu is going to give a lecture at the London Political and Economics Guest Lecture. The time is tight and the task is heavy. I will not make such an untimely request."