Chapter 243 The Father of Tragedy
When he opened it, Su Ye was very surprised.
It turned out that yesterday Reke went to visit the father of tragedy Aeschylus. The old man named Greece actually agreed to Reke's request and was willing to guide Su Ye. He had time to do it in the next two days, so he could just ask Su Ye to find some time to make an appointment in advance.
Su Ye didn't expect to meet with the legendary father of tragedy so early, and immediately sent a magic letter to Rick, agreeing to meet at the dragon's beautiful objects at noon today.
Near noon, Su Ye's carriage arrived at the gate of Plato Academy, where Rick was waiting.
Su Ye walked out of the carriage and saw that the dark circles on Rick's face became thicker, so he stepped forward to give him a hug.
"What's wrong? What's wrong with doing? Why are you so enthusiastic about me? Do you want to see my sister?" Reek looked at Su Ye vigilantly.
"No, no, no, I have no interest in your sister in front of the father of tragedy. The reason I hug you is thankful for your silent efforts. Aeschylus is a nobleman and a famous Greek dramatist. If you can let him see me, you must do your best. Look at your dark circles, the best proof."
Su Ye is not a fool, he knows very well what Rick has done in the past two days.
Aeschylus' reputation in Greece was not as good as Plato, but was definitely no less than Thucydides. Especially in the circles of nobles and emerging families, Aeschylus was even more famous.
The pioneer of this industry giant who has made such a famous man decided to meet a teenage child, Su Ye even suspected that Reek might beg Aeschylus.
"Thank you!" Rake thanked Su Ye instead.
Thanks to Su Ye for not neglecting his efforts.
"Let's go! I hope you're not tired of the dragon's beauty." Su Ye patted Rick's shoulder.
"I'll never get tired of it. By the way, Niya said thank you for your dessert." Rick smiled.
"Our sister is very polite, good." Su Ye said.
"It's my sister!" Rick stared at his eyes.
Su Ye laughed.
Reck hesitated for a moment and reluctantly said: "Nia said, when she finishes her work, she will make a cover for a magic book in a few days." After Reck finished speaking, he patted the cowhide cover on the surface of his magic book."
"Thank you very much. I will definitely bring more delicious food when I see her next time."
"I won't let you meet!"
"There is always a chance." Su Ye said with a smile.
Soon, the two arrived at the dragon's beautiful object and stood aside and waited.
A carriage stopped, and a tall old man walked out of the carriage, wearing a white Greek robe, with a gentle smile on his face, and a light of wisdom was revealed in his deep eyes.
"His Excellency Aeschylus!" Rek walked over quickly.
Su Ye also followed and looked at the tragic father who had been remembered forever.
"Your Excellency, this is Su Ye, my classmate." Rick introduced.
"Thank you very much for your Excellency Aeschylus for coming." Su Ye immediately bowed his head and bowed.
The old man laughed and said, "No, no, no, I should thank you, otherwise I will have to wait at least two months to eat the food here. I didn't want to come, but Rick said he could eat here and nodded immediately and agreed."
"Then I will definitely let you eat the most delicious food, please come in." Su Ye turned sideways and made a gesture of inviting, and gave the waiter at the door a look, allowing the waiter to lead the way in front.
Aeschylus walked into the restaurant, looked around the hall, nodded slightly, and followed the waiter forward.
"Mr. Aeschylus!"
"Home night sir!"
Many nobles who were dining greeted the old man one after another, and their tone was full of respect.
Aeschylus kept smiling and nodding.
The three of them took their seats, and Su Ye smiled and said, "Let's eat first, let's talk about it, you can't be hungry."
"I think so too." Aeschylus smiled.
Su Ye didn't expect that this tragic father was an old man with a cheerful personality.
Perhaps, know what others like and what others are sad about.
Kelton came again in person, explained the dishes in detail, and asked about the old man's taste.
But Aeschylus said: "Since you are coming to a new restaurant, you naturally have to try new dishes that you have not tasted before. If you only choose old flavors every time you try, it is not a try, it is just a repetition."
"You are such a wise sage." Kelton exclaimed sincerely.
The three of them talked and laughed, and finished a meal happily.
However, the old man didn't touch any desserts.
Su Ye and Reek asked in surprise why.
"I like everything sweet, but too much sweetness will numb my perception. So, I want to restrain myself, give up the sweetness of the mortal world, and seize the higher sweetness, drama." Aeschylus said the reason with a smile.
"Then we respect the sweetest thing in the world, drama." Su Ye said.
The three of them raised their glasses and drank lightly.
After dinner, the three of them walked to the reception room and chatted for half an hour, allowing Aeschylus to get to know Su Ye a little.
During the talk between Su Ye and Rek, the old man often nodded gently and responded to Su Ye and Rek. Every time he heard something exciting, he was not stingy with praise for Su Ye. Every sentence was like an epic, which was particularly useful.
Then, Su Ye took out his magic book and asked Aeschylus to read the outline.
Aeschylus looked through it carefully. After reading it, he did not say anything immediately. Instead, he thought for a long time and read it again.
During the whole process, he showed no other emotions and kept a serious and focused look.
After pondering again, he returned the magic book to Su Ye.
"Stories are a good story. Some of your sentences make me think that you are the god-loving person of the Muse. So, do you want to hear all the truth?" asked Aeschylus.
"Of course." Su Yedao.
"From my personal point of view, I really don't like it."
Aeschylus's words were like a bucket of cold water, pouring Su Ye and Rek into a heart-warming heart.
Su Ye just smiled a little embarrassedly, while Rick changed his face.
"Your plot is not attractive enough, which is why most dramas nowadays focus on flashbacks, and occasionally explain the causes in the interlude. Your scene changes and multi-scene changes can easily make the audience distracted. And..."
Aeschylus said many of his thought shortcomings.
Su Ye held the magic book in his hand and wrote down everything Aeschylus said.
However, just point out a few of them and write down the improvement method below.
Soon, the old man finished his opinion.
Rek's face was as deep as water. He never expected that this would be the case. He thought Aeschylus would like this drama very much.
The reception room was silent for a moment, and the old man smiled back on his face and looked at the two of them.
"I have mentioned my personal opinion before, so next, let's talk about the view of 'playwright Aeschylus'."
Su Ye's eyes froze, and Rick showed surprise.
The old man laughed and said, "Don't be surprised. After all, except for the name 'Aschylus', the ones I call most often are 'Poets Champion' and 'Trace Father'. Although I don't like the titles behind it. But of course, when people are willing to call me that, I have to bear the corresponding responsibilities."
Rick nodded slightly.
But when Su Ye heard the word "responsibility", his eyes changed and he looked at the tragic father more seriously.
"I personally don't like dramas like you. Pay attention, I just say 'I don't like'. I won't say bad, nor will I say bad, because I know very well that in front of the world, each of us is insignificant and small as an ant. No matter how wise we look, we can only see the front and the narrow vision, and we may also see the blind spots of the wise. So, I can only say, I don't like it. My likes are not the standard of this world, so I am not qualified to make judgments, especially negative judgments, especially judgments that hurt people."
"When I first make a judgment on you, it is equivalent to allowing your sword to stab my chest." The old man's tone became more and more kind.
"You are such a wise senior." Su Ye said sincerely.
Rick's face turned red. He looked down on the old man before.
"But, as a playwright, as a champion of the poet's competition, as the father of tragedy in other people's mouths, my personal preferences are no longer important. When I used these identities to read your outline of Zachary for the second time, I could yell almost every second. Look, your mind is not bound by us old things. You don't care at all if you are one person, two or three people, you just have to go to more than fifty people!"
"You tore our old things to pieces. One-act play? Kick away roughly and replace it with multiple scenes. Single stage? Throw away, place some sets, and change the time and place of the stage. This is simply a wonderful inspiration like a Muse possessed. Poetry? All broken, all replaced with easy-to-understand words, so that people who don't recognize words can understand it. You make us blush with practical actions. We playwrights always think that they represent the crystallization of human wisdom, and always think that they understand the human heart, but you let us know that we are so hypocritical. How arrogant it would be if we cannot let ordinary people understand drama!"
"Your words are not beautiful enough, but those words, including those that Rick chanted in front of me yesterday, have surpassed the beauty of the world and possessed the beauty of philosophy."
"Yes, Aeschylus doesn't like it, but the 'Poets Champion' and 'Trace Father' are crazy! Because I saw something completely different, something completely different! This life looks young and a little ugly, but why should we refuse it? Just like, how can we kill a young and clown baby? What we should do is to sprinkle the sun, irrigate carefully, and let time prove this new thing!"
"If time proves that this new thing is useless, what can we lose? But if we kill this new thing and the last time proves that it is wonderful, we will lose a huge loss."
"We are not the truth of the world, not the truth of anyone, and most of the time, we are not even our own truth. However, we often regard our own ignorance as truth, as standard, limit ourselves, and limit others."
The old man didn't care about Su Ye and Rek's reactions, and he spoke endlessly about his own opinions as if he was reciting his own poetry and drama.
Su Ye and Rick looked at each other.
He is indeed a professional writer of poetry and drama.
Chapter completed!