Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 253: Twelve People (Part 2)
Subtitle of this chapter: A dazzling lineup of screenwriters
"After the classic science fiction novel The Man from the Crypt was published in the 1930s, it caused great controversy, so much so that Pope Pius XI at the time protested to the US government and demanded that the novel be banned. Christians from all over the United States even spontaneously bought the SCP magazine that published the novel and burned it in public. A large number of protest letters and threatening letters were sent to the magazine's headquarters, and demonstrators gathered around the headquarters day and night to continue protesting..."
"Mr. Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the editor-in-chief of SCP magazine, suffered numerous threats to his life, and he had to take a long vacation to Asia to avoid the limelight. During this trip he went to the snowy plateau. During the trip, he not only made a lot of first-hand notes, but also shot a large amount of precious video materials. These materials and images eventually became a travelogue and documentary of the same name: Shangri-La: Hell on Earth..."
"By the way, the author's pen name is 'This Man From the Future'. Although Mr. Lovecraft and SCP magazine never revealed who the real author of this novel was, many people speculated at the time that it was Mr. Yuan Yanshu. But he himself denied it..."
"One of the consequences of this incident led to a famous lawsuit in American history, "SCP" vs. the New York State Government, also known as the 'First Atheist Case'. At that time, under pressure from the religious community, the New York State Government banned the "SCP" magazine, and the latter therefore filed a constitutional lawsuit with the federal court. In fact, the effectiveness of constitutional lawsuits in the United States is only applicable to the parties involved, but because the United States is a common law country, as long as such a precedent exists, it means the victory of atheists..."
"The Supreme Court cited the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.' The ruling was in favor of SCP Magazine. From then on, atheists in America gained momentum..."
"Although SCP magazine won a legal victory, due to strong resistance from religious forces, the magazine was eventually acquired by the Women of the World Group and split into two: Science Fiction World and Fantacy Fiction World..."
——Excerpt from "American Judicial Records"
Our Master Yuan certainly knew that in 1920... well, before the civil rights movement, he couldn't make a movie like "The Man from the Crypt" unless he didn't want to be a neoclassical liberal master in America. In fact, even if he wanted to make a movie, there wouldn't be many people to follow him, and even if he made it, there would be no place to show it, so he had to make "12 Men".
"Juror No. 7...it has to be you."
Mr. TS Eliot smiled bitterly, nodded and said, "Well, I'll just be a bank clerk."
Yuan Yanshu knew the reason for his bitter smile. His wife's infidelity was exactly what hurt this great poet. But how could the screenwriter of "The Twelve" not include the future world poetry leader? Moreover, Eliot himself was also a playwright and later wrote many plays. His publication of "Murder in the Cathedral" in 1935 caused a strong response in the British literary world, and many important playwrights followed suit. This led to a new development climax in British poetic drama for more than a decade.
"Thank you, Juror No. 7. So what do you think of this case?"
The great poet with a little green on his head smiled bitterly again and said, "Guilty."
"Welcome our juror number 7!"
Yuan Yanshu looked at Master Ai Shouyi this time and said, "Howard, you will be juror number 8."
"Sure." The horror novel master readily agreed. He probably had already thought of his own character, so he immediately asked, "Neo, can I be an astronomy professor, a bachelor astronomy professor?"
Master Yuan thought to himself, this guy hasn't forgotten his childhood ideals.
"Of course, no problem. So, Mr. bachelor professor of astronomy, what do you think?"
Lord Ai Shouyi said without hesitation: "Guilty."
In the original timeline, our Mr. Craftsman was not only a racist but also a little misogynistic, until he met the Jewish sister.
Yuan Yan suddenly realized a problem. It seemed that she had to find a wife for this little brother, otherwise his psychological problems would be too serious and would affect his "lifespan". After finally accepting such an obedient little brother, she couldn't just sit back and watch Master Ai Shouyi die young like in the original timeline.
"Come on, Juror No. 9, Mr. Dewitt Wallace. What is your occupation?"
The editor-in-chief of Window on the World was very happy to participate in such a game. He asked enthusiastically: "Can I be a traveling salesman of encyclopedias?"
Our Master Yuan laughed and said, "Not bad, not bad. This profession is very suitable for you. Guilty or not guilty?"
Mr. Wallace glanced at his beloved wife beside him, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Guilty."
"Mr. Reporter, you are juror number 10."
Mr. Sanders did not intend to shirk his responsibility and said happily, "Thank you, Mr. Yuan. I am the captain of the fire department. I think the defendant is guilty."
I didn't expect this guy still wanted to be a hero. That's right, among the superheroes, Superman and Spiderman both used the identity of reporter to cover themselves.
Now we are still short of two more, so that the benefits will not be wasted on outsiders.
Yuan Yan suddenly pointed at Miss Helen Brown and Miss Emma Pulitzer and said, "You two gentlemen are Juror No. 11 and Juror No. 12."
The two "handsome" gentlemen stood up solemnly.
"What do you two want to be?"
Miss Brown rushed to say: "I want to be a sailor."
Miss Pulitzer said, "I want to be a photo store owner."
"Okay then, not guilty or not guilty?"
The two girls looked at each other and said in unison: "Guilty!"
As expected...women just like to make things difficult for other women, especially beautiful women.
Our Master Yuan felt quite proud as he looked at the eleven-member jury, which included himself and Miss Brown, seven writers who would be famous in the future even if they were not famous now, two reporters, two editors-in-chief and a publishing house president.
If we can get these people together, it will be just like those movies with the Chinese character "建" in their titles. It doesn't matter how bad they are.
