Blade and Poetry

Due to Karajan's early departure, the "Twelve Suite" he mentioned to me has been removed from the schedule of fifth-grade end-of-class assignments.In this way, the big homework at the end of the fourth grade became his exclusive "end-of-course homework".

"Remember what I said two years ago, Vicente?" he said to me, "Your end-of-class assignment is a drama. It's an hour long, and I don't limit it or ask for anything else. I Just need you to be the only writer and director."

I imagined the length of a one-hour script and immediately felt overwhelmed.

"Not a 'headshot,'" he said, "I'll give you time to prepare."

Karajan really gave me a lot of preparation time.He posted the content of the homework in front of everyone in the middle of the fourth year, but I learned about it even earlier.I vetoed several ideas, and it took me a month to settle on a rough outline, and then I made an appointment to meet with him.

The waves of paper on the side of his desk had been picked up, hanging in a transparent bubble in a corner by the window.When I came here before, I found that the bubbles are soft, and my hands can be gently inserted through the shell.Only then did I realize that those pieces of paper were actually not letters, but some of Karajan’s thoughts, written down one by one and thrown away, and they would all be thrown away when they accumulated to a certain extent.

"The protagonist, Eugene, is the son of a squire. Young, handsome, with a foolish and precious innocence. He was sent by his family to visit distant nobles in the capital city, hoping to obtain some financial assistance - so he set out with a token It’s gone.” I sat across from Karajan, talking about the protagonist’s image in the script, “He ran into a person at the beginning of entering the city—this person had a great influence on him, and I’ll talk about that later. In short, the subsequent development is This way: the things were delivered, and the distant nobleman, a lonely but kind man, gave him a large sum of money as a gift."

"I guess it's not the end?" he said.

"That's right." I traced a line on his desk with my finger. "Talk about the other end. Eugene was dazzled by the bustle of the city; A place of chaos, filth, and excitement, now beginning to take hold of his heart. Among them was a club, a place for rich boys to have fun. They drank, gambled, spent money, and had fun in any interesting way, even if it had to be Will step on the border of the law, step on the pain of some people. Eugene didn't like this place before, and now he procrastinates the time to go home, and makes a group of cronies in the capital as a 'nephew of the baron' party."

"It seems that the editor is very cruel."

I shrugged innocently.

"The specific plot behind has not been fully settled yet. Let's talk about the person Eugene met when he entered the city: her name is `Erma, she is a girl with high force who saved him by the way, it can be said that he fell in love at first sight. He is too Eager to confess, but unfortunately Alma is a rushing avenger, and parted ways with him in the city without giving any response. They met twice at the club: once when Eugene first joined the club, he was halfway I couldn't help getting out, and plunged into the corridor to breathe. I happened to meet Alma who had sneaked in. Under her cold eyes, I couldn't help but tell her the truth. The second time was a long time later...but at that time he and Alma wasn't in the clean corridor. He sat far off, an ignorant, jubilant audience; a part of."

Karajan picked up his cup and took a sip of tea.The stem of the cup glistened in the sun and caught my eyes slightly.

"Should I expect it to have a happy ending?"

"What do you think can be regarded as a good ending?" I looked at him inquiringly, "—I hope that this level of foreign aid for teaching is not a challenge to the rules of the school."

"Of course it doesn't count." He smiled, and suddenly said narrowly, "Only falling in love in the academy counts."

My series of ideas about the plot immediately tilted for a moment.

"Really? I've never heard of..."

"Only for certain people," Karajan said.

The soft sound of his teacup resting on the table just interrupted my thinking.

"Now let me answer your question. You know what I should have said: As long as it is within the framework, the ending derived from the natural development of the character and the background of the event can be regarded as a good ending—or , as long as you really like it. But now this drama has its purpose, and you need more people to accept it in a short hour. It can neither be too deep, nor full of throat pain throughout. Either deep To the absurd, it can make people look into the bottom of the jagged feeling at a glance, thus bringing a joy of falling in the air; or it focuses on the reception of information rather than digestion, making people laugh, and everyone is happy."

He stopped talking, and I looked at him silently.As the two of us remained silent, the conversation was almost like a sip of tea.We finally couldn't help laughing together as we touched each other's teacups together for the third time, the hair falling from his forehead dangling in front of the back of his hand.

"That is to say, a comedy ending." I leaned back in the direction of the chair and said. "I get it, Karajan. It's not unacceptable to me. I even considered the ratio of gay and straight audiences."

"Then I can answer your question with only academic feelings." Karajan said, taking a pen and paper from the desktop to sketch, "A good ending of a public opinion always involves "letting go", especially the protagonist's. You Does Jin still love the girl he fell in love with at first sight? If he has struggled out of materialistic desires and his infatuation has not disappeared, then the happy ending must include their settled relationship. This also involves the girl's letting go—you said she came For revenge, I assume that the object of her revenge is related to Eugene's environment. Then did she finally get what she wanted and kill the high-ranking person, or did she use another way of thinking to solve the possible misunderstanding? In addition, can other connections around Eugene be settled in the end-such as his cronies? Under the premise of a lot of depression accumulation, the audience's instinct makes them yearn for a comedy ending as an answer ; the protagonist’s relief is bound to translate into theirs. All in all, the idea is the same, the details are different.”

"Very detailed. Almost all of them." I said after a moment of deliberation, "My next article—"

I intended to explain in detail the direction of the plot behind me, and hurriedly reached for the pen and paper he had left on the table, but he held my hand halfway.

"No need to say," Karajan didn't move, just looked at me gently, "give me a surprise."

Our discussion of the plot ends here.He walked me to the door, and I stood outside and slowly closed the door.

"The location of the performance has not been finalized, but it can be said that it is not in class—maybe in the school theater. Several performances in the fourth grade will be completely open to viewing, and all literature classes will probably agree on a time."

"It sounds like a lot of people will come." I smiled wryly at him, and the dark wooden door gradually closed in front of my eyes. "How do I know that so many people will like it?"

"I know," he said, "I'd like it too."