Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 252: Twelve People (Part 2)
Chapter Subtitle: Role-playing Movies and Games
"As the main creator of the film "Twelve People", Mr. Yuan Yanshu adopted a very creative writing method, which he named "ROLE PLAYING". Later, this writing method was applied by Mr. Yuan to tabletop games, and thus role-playing games were born..."
"The first role-playing game was The Legend of Swordman3". As for why the third part, it is said that Mr. Yuan had two trial versions before this. This is a purely Chinese desktop game. The story background is in 745 AD, which is the fourth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty. In August of this year, Yang Yuhuan was officially canonized as Yang Guifei, and began her ten-year career of favor. It was also in this year that An Lushan was summoned to the court to see the saint. The prosperity of Chang'an once again aroused the fire of ambition in his heart, but the Tiance Mansion brought him endless shock. He never thought that the Tang Dynasty still had such a strong army. In order to achieve his goal, An Lushan persuaded Yang Guozhong to support the Shen Ce Army to suppress Tiance, and began to secretly organize his own army-the Langya Army. At the same time, An Lushan was also shocked by the momentum of the entire Central Plains martial arts. He knew that if he wanted to truly enter the Central Plains, he would have to solve the Central Plains martial arts forces. At this time, a mysterious man walked into An Lushan's camp..."
"This game was not only a huge success in Mr. Yuan's hometown of China, but was also extremely popular among Western gamers. Based on this, Wizards of the Coast, a game company under SCP magazine, developed a Western-themed tabletop game, which is A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted from the novel of the same name, also known as The Dragon and the Great Wall..."
——Excerpt from A Brief History of Tabletop Games
"Is there anyone who would like to volunteer next?"
"Mr. Yuan, this is too much to listen to. I'm signing up..."
Before our Master Yuan finished speaking, Mr. Fitzgerald raised his hand high. This man is only 24 years old and has a showy personality. When he saw such a novel and interesting thing, he naturally responded immediately.
"Mr. Fitzgerald... um, Juror No. 3, please tell us what kind of person you are."
The young writer said excitedly: "I am an employee of an advertising company..."
Oops, that's an interesting coincidence. He did work in advertising for a while, and the original 1957 version of 12 Angry Men did feature a very good-looking and somewhat flamboyant young advertising man..
He just continued, "Well, I should be still unmarried..."
Yuan Yan suddenly interrupted: "So you are in a hurry to go on a date tonight, right?"
Mr. Fitzgerald was stunned when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized and said, "Yes, I do have a date tonight, and it's with a beautiful girl. So..."
He glanced at the beautiful "defendant" thoughtfully and said, "Then I don't care whether the defendant is guilty or not. I just want to end this discussion as soon as possible."
Look, this is a genius writer. As long as I give him a little hint, he can create a complete character in his mind.
"PERFECT! Juror No. 3, please take your seat."
Just as the young writer took his seat, a female voice rang out.
"Mr. Yuan, I think there should be a female juror!"
Master Yuan looked carefully and saw that the person who spoke was indeed Ms. Vivian Cather. As a feminist, she made such a request very naturally.
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was passed, which included women's right to vote and participate in politics in the Constitution, marking a breakthrough success of the women's rights movement and a major milestone in the American women's rights movement. Of course, after giving women full voting rights, the issue of female jurors has aroused nationwide discussion. It seems that this famous female writer also wants to add a political topic to "Twelve".
"Well..." As a neoclassical liberal master, Yuan Yanshu must support feminism. However, as a screenwriter, he also has to consider the public's acceptance. The topic of female jurors is too sensitive, and the United States in 1920 was too conservative. He remembered that even New York State did not allow women to become jurors until 1937, and allowed women to be exempted from jury duty simply because they were women.
So he had to refuse in an apologetic tone: "Ms. Cather, personally I fully support women serving as jurors. But this is, after all, a... well, a realistic film. It is too unrealistic to have women on the jury in New York City this year. How about..."
He suddenly had an idea and said, "Why don't you simulate a male character?"
Ms. Cather rolled her eyes and said happily, "Well, then I am a big asshole who discriminates against women..."
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed good-naturedly.
"I should still be a devout Christian!" The female writer suddenly became aggressive and pointed at the still pitiful female star and said, "Such a seductive woman is a slut sent by the devil to seduce men to commit crimes, so of course she is guilty. We are also guilty!"
"Pa, pa , pa..." Literary young women like Miss Helen Brown and Miss Emma Pulitzer applauded enthusiastically.
"Well, well, well then." Our Master Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Juror No. 4 has been chosen."
Then he saw another woman raised her hand: "Emma, are you going to play a male juror too?"
Miss Pulitzer pointed at her father and said, "No, I signed up for Mr. Pulitzer."
"Nonsense!" said the editor-in-chief of Le Monde somewhat dissatisfiedly.
Her daughter said nonchalantly, "Dad, what does it matter? If Mr. Brown can be a juror, you can be one too. Isn't that right?"
"That's right!" How could Master Yuan miss such an opportunity? He is the owner and editor-in-chief of the four major newspapers in New York. If he can be brought in, it will be the icing on the cake for the promotion of this film.
He hurried to Mr. Pulitzer's side and said, "Our juror No. 5 is a...um, sir, who are you?"
The editor-in-chief said helplessly, "Then I'll just be an ordinary office worker. Oh, and I have a little daughter who is pretty and cute but gives me a headache!"
"Hahaha..." Yuan Yan suddenly laughed along with everyone else, "So do you think the defendant is guilty?"
Mr. Pulitzer shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "I don't know, maybe yes, maybe no."
"Please take a seat, Juror No. 5." Master Yuan turned to the crowd and said, "Well, with my words, half of our jury is here!"
"Then I am juror number 6. Next..."
