Chapter 122

Chapter 122

Greenwich Galaxy

"Movie? And that with my novel?"

Mr. Doyle was very out of the blue.

"No, if Teacher Durand wants no particular want to oppose... But why of all movies?"

"Uh... By any chance not to your liking?"

"That well, simple toy, right. Just pictures moving."

Clearly this was the current London intellectuals' perception of movies.

Mr. Edison who realized movies make money, or Mr. Tesla who watched him earn big money with movies positive about movies, but in Europe the atmosphere a bit different.

Just one-time toy that satisfies curiosity degree?

The view of most intellectuals that theater is unconditionally better than movies.

That the same as the reason the Lumière brothers didn't apply for international patents.

In fact that more the reason current movies too very early, couldn't surpass the media limits of over 2 minutes.

Movies, relying on short and simple plots, hard to convey except visual fun, just eye candy.

Well still until various movie techniques or editing skills, mise-en-scène etc. aside, most simple videos shot in one take all so this perception no choice.

The meaning still a lot of time left until talented people who recognized the artistic possibility of movies raise this new media to the highest level art.

"Besides that, just in time reenacting the play of my novel at the St. James Theatre, how about going to see that? Obtained two box seat tickets."

"Play?"

"Ah, seem not knowing well. A 4-act play adapted by the famous American playwright William Gillette. Premiered at the Garrick Theatre in New York the year before last and gained very tremendous popularity. A few settings liked in the play also pondering whether to borrow into the novel. For example emphasizing the narrative of the 'spy' side more..."

"Ah, so. Interest arises."

"Of course know your recent situation well, but theater audiences have face so won't particularly bother you saying going to see the play. Will just give a bit of hints."

"Well, indeed, because theater."

"In many ways the theater is the optimal place to go get some air."

Mr. Doyle subtly kept turning words trying to take me to the play.

Sherlock Holmes that tremendous popularity, no way not play adapted. Didn't know because no news in the meantime but seemed America first took the lead.

If a play made in America, clearly guaranteed popular fun.

British plays outdated from the script to match nobles' tastes, Italian plays full of difficult speech hard to understand the lines, but American plays if excluding pronunciation a bit strange generally focused on popularity and quite worth watching.

If a 4-act play screening time around 3 hours.

In this era with no entertainment if material to kill time thoughtlessly for 3 hours no reason not to participate.

But I shook my head.

"Sorry, lately busy with national affairs so no leisure to go to St. Louis and see the play seems."

"So. Really regrettable. If the heart changes later please definitely tell. Welcome anytime."

Mr. Doyle made a sincerely regrettable expression.

Of course this a bit my stubbornness.

Understand that in the current era movies are treated as low-grade play media, and plays evaluated as top-grade culture media. But I had confidence to mega hit sound films at my exposition.

No, really this will work that talk?! Will become a big event remaining in history that talk?

So unconsciously brought out words not in the heart.

"Anyway that sound film matter, said not opposing, right? Then okay if I adapt a bit freely and put?"

"Adapt...? Teacher directly?!"

Mr. Doyle momentarily flustered.

Honestly speaking no confidence.

I still haven't properly read even the first volume of the Sherlock Holmes series.

Trying to read but leaving the book open and falling asleep on the bed not one or two days.

Let's sufficiently read in this opportunity, and stuff a lot of fun elements matched to the modern person's view.

Proving how the media called movie can surpass the limits of theater constrained by time and space.

That was exactly my short-term goal.

"Has Teacher Durand written writings too...? Not an easy work?!"

Clearly I haven't written writings. But if YouTube video planning done to the point of sick of it.

And that at first directly attaching all subtitles myself and even editing by hand.

So knew well the method of catching the audience's curiosity degree.

The words not completely a beginner.

Ultimately catching people's eyes the most important, right?

"Have something thought of. Later see the result and don't be surprised."

"Haha, if the script comes out please show. Still I'll do the review to help Teacher."

"Then shall I owe a bit."

Seeing Mr. Doyle's shaking eyes, clearly rolling the head tracking the source of my confidence.

But the real source of my confidence from numerous video contents encountered in modern, and experience accumulated for YouTube success so an area he absolutely won't notice even if dying and waking.

Mr. Doyle ultimately sighed.

"Indeed, this... A future of whether Teacher's work will cause another wave in London again glimpsed. I also a bit of interest arises in that sound film. On earth what influence does imprinting sound on moving pictures have? Looking around there are more realistic things in reality. Movies also ultimately all shooting surrounding objects or environments, right."

This clearly a wrong opinion.

But also an opinion hard to particularly refute currently.

Because most movies minor copies of comedy or plays, or silent documentary plays shooting famous scenery main.

Even a person with excellent imagination like Mr. Doyle, not unreasonable not imagining even the possibility that movies can create countless stories surpassing the constraints of time and era, place and space.

Later someday the 'Lost World' he wrote adapted into 'Jurassic Park' and mega hitting, how would this person imagine?!

In fact no past person who can foresee the scene of dinosaurs with only bones left attaching blood and flesh and skin and living and moving, and making roaring sounds.

But the truly outstanding genius would be Mr. Arthur Conan Doyle himself who completed the 'Lost World' in an era without imagination.

I swallowed these words inside and instead made a bitter smile.

"I'm thinking of making a super large studio in London. The name well, 'Greenwich Film Galaxy' degree would suit, right? Observatory right next too."

"S-studio?!"

"Just in time full authority came to me. Will push all the forest area of Greenwich and pave the road with cobblestone, a few zones received permission to receive royal funds support and conceive future businesses as I like. Thinking of using that once. I'll invest in the movie industry. With royal money."

"Ha, haha... His Majesty permitted that?!"

The British royal was overflowing with money in the current era.

That is well not only nobles or gentry sat on the money cushion with the success of industrialization and colony pioneering that talk.

Probably even if I ruin a few businesses clearly won't say much.

I decided to show a few fragments of the conception I thought to Mr. Doyle.

"Come, think. Large-scale plays generally utilize stage devices and change space and time, right?"

"So."

"But. Without needing to change stage devices, making real sets in several places, and only actors moving places and shooting how? Even just connecting those scenes won't realism come alive much more?"

"Uh, hmm. Connecting scenes...?"

This in fact, an idea that floated while talking with Mr. Edison a while ago.

As an aggressive businessman he invested infinitely in fields the eyes once went, and movies also one of them.

He firmly believed his Kinetoscope success, and said established a large movie studio in New Jersey America in 1893.

That name 'Black Maria'.

The predecessor of the movie production studio I'll establish, and now the Kinetoscope went bankrupt so together bankrupt.

Now without Hollywood yet I was planning to pre-occupy from the studio building in movie history.

Directors or actors recruit then. Anyway, personnel crowd from America, right? All experienced so okay to make do, right.

Anyway can't flee either. Our company will take the motto of providing the world's most delicious food for morning, lunch, dinner all prioritizing employees' food culture welfare.

Training chef personnel for that also, slowly putting in the visible range and pondering.

Establishing a cooking school bothersome, but no choice.

Shall I bring Le Cordon Bleu whole from Paris France?!

"Actors at the studio running and adventuring in real forests, opening real castle gates and entering ruins scenes drawing. Audiences will be able to feel even the breath in the screen."

"Hmm... Still something hard to imagine well..."

"Of course with only current silent films hard to easily imagine. So sound is needed. Even if satisfying only vision and hearing among the five senses audiences will feel that like reality."

Later the era of 4D satisfying touch, smell even, VR satisfying synesthesia will open but that well a matter after my death so no need to imagine up to there.

Now sufficient with just making the innovative concept that movies can freely cross time and space through cut editing recognized in the world.

If this idea starts spreading, numerous independent films will pour and the true era of movies will open.

And there making my Nutella promotion video essential viewing?

Perfect, right?!

Why? Even in movie theaters play ads in the 10 minute time before screening, right?

I'll also play ads in the movie theater I'll monopolize!

Receiving ad fees to the full that!

For such a future honestly the thought of a bit suffering now whatever.

"Hmm, anyway understood Teacher's plan is tremendous. I'll also cheer. Haha..."

Mr. Doyle forced a smile and nodded.

I had mountains of things wanting to shoot at the studio besides the Holmes series.

The first that floats is H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.

If making this novel published in 1898 into a movie and plastering all kinds of special effects and sending?

And how about a movie like a rocket going to the moon?

Won't audiences be astonished?

First hard, but once shocking the public after that will be easy.

Like that after making movies trendy, planning to produce movies full of anti-war messages to block the future great war approaching later, or humanism movies or colony liberation movies etc. with 'click'.

Why click?

That is I'll only throw ideas and make production the voluntary director slaves.

Just sitting still will crowd saying want to shoot movies on their own, right?

Among them pick the most capable people and lend all equipment for free, and plan to entrust even the megaphone whole.

Now movies treated as simply moving pictures degree, but soon each scene each scene will change to intense experiences that shake people's lives.

Power, delicious!

"That's that. Miss Edith says wants to see Mr. Doyle a bit?"

"Lady Edith? What matter...? Already sufficiently did the signature."

"Ah, recently making a board game, seems wants to receive evaluation from acquaintances how. Wants to exhibit at the exposition."

"Board game...? Seem heard somewhere I like board games very much! But very hard for her to satisfy my standards. I'm very strict as much as board games. Go to the lodging right now okay?"

"Yes, try visiting once. Probably there."

Mr. Doyle left the office triumphantly.

I prayed for his repose.

If falling into the Edward Sandwich Game once, won't be able to reverse. Probably about an hour later, won't return to the office screaming.

Honestly I also now slightly to the point of withdrawal symptoms coming.

So said to Miss Edith will check if can exhibit this at the exposition, but inside slightly hesitating.

This, really okay to release in London?!

Looking only at addictiveness seems civilization game level ripple will occur.

Moreover this a board game with the material of Edward Sandwich gaining explosive popularity in recent street markets, right.

Edward Sandwich, now spreading almost to early franchise level.

Even according to some newspaper seller's report Edward Sandwich street vendors arising even outside London that said.

A dish named after the kingdom's monarch, existing conservatives also couldn't dare pick a fight, and resistance to new content extremely low played a part in the great trend.

So I resolved again.

Absolutely not make revealed that the original creator of Edward Sandwich is me.

If that revealed too, I really obvious won't be able to take even one step out of the house.

Well, if only His Majesty Edward VII quietly stays this absolutely secret. Last time also made the Countess of Albemarle keep the mouth shut.

I lifted the telephone again.

To gather related officials for selecting the studio site.

And exactly 30 minutes later, Mr. Doyle returned to my office screaming.