Bringing Culture to a Different World

f you can’t, I’ll help you,” said Joshua.

………

Two hours later.
Norland’s central district.
Outside Madam Schroder’s mansion.

Joshua once again arrived at this mansion filled with the aura of nature.
It was already approaching dusk.

Two sworded bodyguards were standing outside the mansion.
When Joshua approached, the two of them both placed their hands on their waist’s sword hilts.

“Please pass along that a filmmaker wishes to see your Grand Duchess.”

Joshua took out the Grand Duke of Blackwood’s insignia.
Seeing the insignia, the two guards immediately exchanged glances.
Then, one of the guards entered the mansion.

In a short few minutes, the middle-aged butler came out from the mansion.

“Mister Joshua.
Never would I expect for you to pay a visit at such a time…”

This middle-aged butler was the same butler Joshua met the last time he came to the mansion.
He led Joshua into the mansion and, after leaving to give announcement, Joshua finally got to meet the owner of the mansion, Madam Schroder.

This time around, they met inside a study.
Madam Schroder’s outfit was no longer a heavily ornamented dress.
It had changed into a form fitting robe.

“I hope you can provide me with a reasonable explanation as to why you want my Black Swan Theatrical Troupe to film in a place as dirty and disordered as the Squirrel Street.”

Once Joshua entered the study, Madam Schroder immediately entered the main subject, her concern and doubt that she had written on the letter.

“That’s because that is the setting that my next movie needs.
Madam Schroder, filming a movie is different from a stage play.
It is not that… perfect.”

Joshua pondered for a bit and ended up using ‘perfect’ as the description.
Joshua felt that the way stage plays were performed was too exaggerated, so much that it was simply unrealistic.
Whether it be the performer’s costumes, the settings or the way they spoke their dialogues, none of them were realistic.

But, empty words would not be able to persuade anyone.
As such, Joshua took out a portion of the script for ‘Léon: The Demon’ and some of Ciri’s impression sketches and placed them on the desk.

“Madam Schroder, this is the script for my next movie.
You can read it over and see if it is sufficient for your Black Swan Theatrical Troupe to perform in.”

Madam Schroder picked up the script on the desk.
That was what she wanted the most.
Originally, she was planning to force Joshua to change his script and film a renowned stage play from Farucci should Joshua not be able to produce a script that could satisfy her.

Since Joshua decided to show her the script with such confidence, she decided to check out exactly what sort of story this young man created.

When Madam Schroder saw the cover of the script, she immediately thought the script to bea fairy tale like ‘Beauty and the Demon.’

But, Madam Schroder was hoping for Joshua to write something different… And, after reading it, ‘Léon: The Demon’ came out to be a completely different sort of story, exactly what she wanted.

A hitman, magic drugs, a power struggle between criminal organizations and the dark secrets of the law enforcers…

Those were all words that should not appear on the stage plays filled with art and elegance.
But, it was different for this movie.
The script for the movie was filled with elements from the dark side of the world.

Using the encounter between a demon hitman and a young girl, this movie could, from a certain point of view, be said to be unmasking the hidden darkness..

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