Hearing Joseph's words, Amand became proud of himself: "What's the fear? It's just a ban, right? I've also banned the movie "Hideaway" by Pierre Corneille. If it's banned like Hideaway, it's ．．．．．． Why should I change it? No! Even if it's banned, even if I get thrown under the bus for it, it's worth it! You know this is the immortal crown of the god Apollo!
"Then the play will have to be performed only once or twice before the top reacts," said Joseph. Joseph said.
"No, it won't." Napoleon suddenly interjected, "Like the Cid, it was banned for a while, but it will be performed again one day. And once it's back on, it'll be on forever.
"I love that." I love that," laughed Armand, "Napoleon, here's to you!
The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the actual product. Napoleon saw this, so he also wanted to follow his example to have a sip of boring. But just as he raised his arm, Joseph stopped him.
"Amand was a strong drinker and drank like water. You don't want to drink like him, or you'll collapse within a few words, and that's no fun. When we used to drink with him, he would drink as he pleased and we would lick it with him.
Napoleon looked at Joseph, and then at the thin-looking Amand, and seemed a little unconvinced, but he listened to Joseph and took a small sip.
"That's right, that's all. I was hoping you'd be sober enough to give me more advice," Armand said. Well, how does your drinking compare with Joseph's?"
"Not as good as me," Joseph said.
"Not much," Napoleon replied almost simultaneously.
"Well, that's a little too much for you. Joseph, this guy, two glasses of brandy at most would make him count one plus one as three. Since you are about the same, you should drink slower. Amand laughed.
"Mr. Lavoisier, I have an idea," Napoleon said. Napoleon said.
"Ah, you can call me Armand like Joseph, 'Mr. Lavoisier is too formal and uncomfortable. Well, what does our Alexander have in mind?"
"I think that since the play is already so intense, so intense that it will probably be banned for sure, why not be a little more vitriolic?" Napoleon said.
"Napoleon, you're not afraid of a big fuss. In that case, the fate of the play would not be to ban it first and then unban it. It will become a cycle of banning, then unbanning, then banning, then unbanning again. And Amand would really be in danger of being fed to the rats at the bottom of the bus. Joseph took a sip of the brandy in his hand and said.
"That's even better!" Amand said, "That would be more than Gorna! As for being thrown into the Bastille, what is the guillotine, if not the Bastille, compared to such an achievement? Well, Napoleon, tell me how to make it more intense.
Napoleon thought about it and said, "You know, Amand, after the battle of Apulia, Spartacus died and Pompey crucified all the 6,000 rebel soldiers who were captured. We finally put the image of a crucified rebel soldier on the stage and made it look like Jesus ．．．．．． What do you think?"
"Oh, that's a great idea! It's going to piss off the gods!" Ah, Meng laughed.
"We can also have a dialogue between the three crucified soldiers, just like the dialogue between Jesus and the two bandits in the Bible when he was crucified. Napoleon came to life and said again.
"Ah, good idea, good idea! Amand said, "My previous ending was too sad, too low, so this will add a bit of brightness to the end. Well, I'll have Spartacus' lieutenant, on the cross, inspire the other crucified warriors to say: "We are indeed dying, but we are dying as free warriors, not as slaves and dolls to be driven and toyed with. The name and cause of Spartacus will live on forever! Well, maybe I should make a big adjustment and resurrect the ancient Greek song band. In the end, let Spartacus' lieutenant shout to the other crucified warriors: "Let's sing our war song for the last time! Then first a few warriors sing, and then the whole band joins in, forming a chorus, and the whole play ends with this chorus - it's wonderful! Napoleon, you're a genius! Much better than Joseph, really!"
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Joseph listened to it and grimaced slightly, but didn't say anything. As for Napoleon, he couldn't help but look up at Joseph proudly.
"The lyrics of the song are not a problem, you can write them yourself. But can you find a good enough composer to help you finish the song? Even if you do find a good enough composer, he's not always going to be able to write the right song. And you have to worry if he's willing to risk going to the Bastille to write it. If that changes, the song becomes the soul of the play," Joseph said. If you can't find the right song, the whole play is broken. But it's not easy to find a song like that. I think your play is almost ready to go, but if you change it like this, I don't know how long it will take.
There are many good composers of this era, such as Papa Haydn and Mozart. But they were not in France, and they might not be willing to write such a rebellious "blasphemy" song for such a drama about a slave rebellion. Perhaps Beethoven was the only one of his time who dared to write such a thing, but at this time Beethoven was still a teenager who had not yet achieved fame. His maturity would not come until about 1803. Of course, there were French musicians, even revolutionary ones, such as François-Joseph Gossec. But compared to other countries, especially Austria, France's musical achievements were much more modest. So much so that in 1878, during a trip to Paris, Mozart wrote to his friend: "As far as music is concerned, I am among savages ．．．．．． Ask anyone who is not a Frenchman, if he knows anything about the situation, and he will say the same thing ．．．．．． If I can get out of this in one piece, then I will thank God Almighty ．．．．．．" So it wasn't easy for Amand to find a composer to create a song that met his requirements.
"It's okay." Amand said, "It's worth it to have a perfect play, and so on. Come, let's drink to the perfect tragedy ．．．．．． Ah, I'll drink to that, do as you like ．．．．．． Hahahaha ．．．．．．"
The "perfect tragedy" was originally Aristotle's tribute to Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus Rex", and now Amand's words can be said to reveal his own ambition in no uncertain terms.
But the "flawless tragedy" seemed to be a tragedy indeed, and in the days that followed, Amand, with his hair in disarray, used to come to Joseph to discuss with him the changes that needed to be made to the tragedy. Unlike this time when he was satisfied, Amand began to be dissatisfied with this tragedy, and always felt that it was not right here and that many places needed to be adjusted, and even needed a major adjustment. And after the adjustment of things, after a short time, Amand will feel as if it is still not as good as before or need to adjust ．．．．．．
Of course, the most troublesome thing is still the war song. Nowadays, the battle song has become more important in the script, and it appears at least three times in the play: once when Spartacus and his men rise up and break out of the prison; once when they ride the night down from the cliffs of Mount Vesuvius with the vines and crush the Roman army that is besieging them; and once when the final crucifixion takes place. Amand even thought that only the first verse appeared in the first and second times and that the song was not sung in its entirety until the last time. However, this song, not to mention the music, even the lyrics is not yet available. Amand wrote at least a dozen versions of the lyrics, but they were all shot down by him without hesitation.
Joseph's "research" has been going well, and he has published several valuable papers in the meantime. The cooperation with Lavoisier also went well, and although nitroglycerine was still dangerous, the technique of preparing it in larger quantities on the spot had basically matured, and it was even used in the mines of the Orleans family. With this, the production efficiency of the mines of the House of Orléans was greatly increased, which also allowed the Duke of Phillips to make some small profits. If the industrial development of France could be like that of England, the Duke would have made more money.
Since the Duke made money, Lavoisier naturally made money and gained more fame. Of course, Joseph, who made a key contribution to this creation, also got a share of the money and also got Lavoisier's gratitude and support. Nowadays, Lavoisier was already proposing to give Joseph an alternate position in the French Academy of Sciences.
Although some people did not agree with this proposal, they knew that Joseph would get a position in the French Academy of Sciences sooner or later, even if he opposed it fiercely. Such a delay does not play a decisive role, but just flat out offends people, so even the opposition is not too fierce opposition. Therefore, if there is no accident, then in a few months, at most until next spring, Joseph should have an alternate position in the French Academy of Sciences.