Joseph's life after that was indeed as difficult as Armand estimated, and he could only live on adding black bread and cold water every day. This kind of life lasted for about two months, and Joseph successfully made his figure more like a bamboo pole.

"Joseph, there is a troupe who is preparing a comedy called "The Governor of the Island". Well, this story is selected from "Don Quixote". I think your figure is very suitable for playing the role of the Knight Quixote in this comedy." Arman said to Joseph with a smile.

"Hell!" said Joseph, "In this play, Don Quixote is definitely not the protagonist, right? The protagonist should be Sancho."

Speaking of this, he looked Aman up and down and said, "I have to say that you need to make a lot of effort to play the leading role."

"Who said I want to play the lead role? How is this possible?" Aman said, "Sancho is a short and fat man. Although I am a little shorter than you, neither short nor fat has anything to do with me. Joseph, is there something wrong with your brain or your eyes? Or is it because you have completely entered the role, so you can already regard the windmill as a giant?"

When Joseph heard this, he laughed: "Ah, Ahmang, why is your brain so rigid? Is the reason why comedy is comedy because of its absurdity? Ahmang, you must know that the world is absurd and life is painful. Friends, this is the reality of the world.

In the past, King Midas had been looking for the companion of the God of Baccarat in the woods for a long time. The clever Silenos was not found. When Silenos finally fell into his hands, the king asked him: What is the wonderful thing about people? This god was stunned and said nothing. When the king forced him, he finally said this in the laughter of the bright smile: "The poor worm who lives and dies in the morning and night, the son of impermanence and suffering, why did you force me to say what you should not listen to? The great things in the world are that you will never get, that is, that is, not to be born, not to exist, and become empty. However, you still have time to search for your next best, that is to die quickly!"

What a terrible story this is. What can we see when we lift up the mist of the towering mountain of Olympus and expose its foundation to our eyes? We find that we are facing the terrifying fear of natural violence, the fate of the destiny of all knowledge, the goshawk that tortured the great love of humanity, the terrible fate of the clever Odips, the Atreus family that drove Oristis to kill his mother. We see that behind the sacred and solemn Greek gods, there is actually the terrifying Titan. In order to live, due to this urgent requirement, the sensitive Greeks must create a dream and use it to resist the terrifying reality. Just as Apollo raised Medusa's head high, thus allowing all kinds of terrifying monsters to retreat. Comedy and even various art are this dream.

Dreams can be absurd, or even absurd. Only the terrifying Medusa can scare away other terrifying ghosts. So, why do you stick to Sancho being a short and fat man?”

"Joseph, you hateful guy." Aman said, "You guy is just fooling people with your own knowledge. I was confused by you. Although what you said seems to make sense, the audience needs a beautiful dream, not a nightmare that scares them. I don't think they will accept a tall and handsome Sancho like me."

"Indeed, Sancho's image and his wisdom formed an interesting contrast, which aroused the audience's pleasure. If you go straight up, there is indeed no such contrast. But my friend, have you forgotten that there is a kind of thing that cannot be made Greère (three gray witches who use one eye and one tooth in Greek mythology, look ugly) into Helen, but it can turn Helen into Greèreère." Joseph smiled.

"You are talking about makeup, right? But makeup at most changes a person's appearance. How can a tall man be turned into a short man?" Aman said in confusion.

"How come there is no way? There is never a lack of solutions to problems in this world, only a smart head who can think of solutions." Joseph said, while touching a pencil and a draft paper full of math problems from the table next to him.

"Look, we made one by making a baleen skirt..." Joseph said, drawing on the manuscript paper.

"This is..." Amann widened his eyes, "Hey, it seems that this is really OK, but it's just that the actor is too tired to play this."

"It's a bit difficult, but it's hard to find a dwarf who can act. But actors who can act and endure hardships are easy to find, right?" Joseph glanced at Amang and said, "Of course, a guy like you who likes art but lacks the spirit of sacrifice for art will definitely not be able to endure such hardships. In addition, there is another advantage, that is, when the drama performance is over and the actors come to the stage to finish the curtain call, the actor who plays a short suddenly stands straight, and the effect must be very funny."

"Haha, hehe..." Arman smiled and put the paper drawn by Joseph in his pocket. "Joseph, your design should go to the UK to apply for a patent. But it is useless to apply, because France does not recognize British patents, and France does not have patent legislation."

"So Britain is better than France in terms of technological inventions," Joseph replied.

...

After this conversation, two more days later. Armand came to Joseph and said:

"Joseph, your last idea was good. Especially at the end of the curtain call, there was a burst of laughter. The effect was great. I think Joseph, you can still be a screenwriter. You know, although the scripts of the Greeks and Romans are very good, many things are too old and not suitable for today's stages. There are also works from the Renaissance era that are more recent. In addition, even the works of modern writers often cannot be truly performed on the stage without modification because they blindly imitate the ancients. Therefore, many troupes need a screenwriter.

Most of these screenwriters are ordinary actors. They know the stage very well, but they don’t have a high level of understanding of art. Therefore, in addition to having an actor-born screenwriter, many theater troupes will also find a screenwriter who has enough taste for art to let them cooperate with each other. For example, the "Dragon and Rose" troupe that performed "The Governor of the Island" last time, they hope to hire such a screenwriter. In addition, many artists also started from this position.

Originally, they asked me to hope that I would be a screenwriter for them. But, you know, I'm very busy, and now you need money. Just Joseph, my friend, do you still have the energy to do this job now?”

"Ah, thank you so much, my friend." Joseph said gratefully, "As for energy and time, my friend, these two things are like water in a sponge. As long as you squeeze hard, you can still squeeze out some."

"Joseph, do you know? What's interesting about talking to you is that you can always hear some particularly philosophical words from you. In fact, you are a very interesting person. If you didn't deliberately act like a priest, you will definitely be favored by girls. Of course, it may be worse than me, but it must be better than Lucien. Look, Lucien already has a mistress."

"Lucian also has a mistress?" This news surprised Joseph, because although Lucien's family had a little money, the money he could move was very limited, and his father would never support him in raising a mistress.

"Of course." Arman said with a smile, "I just met Lucien's new coat and hat near the church of Saint Genevieva, and his bright new leather shoes, wrapped in Lucien, holding a bouquet of flowers and a wooden brain in his hand, and didn't even hear me say hello to him. I saw the uneasy and expectant expression on his face, as if he was going to attend the thesis defense, and as if the general was preparing to go to the battlefield. Ah, I was familiar with that expression because I had seen a lot. I gave this state a biological name, called "estrus". Well, Lucien is now in this state. I am sure that he must have a little mistress. This is absolutely impossible to be wrong!"

"You are not sure if you say that?" said Joseph. "This is not like you. Haven't you followed Lucien secretly to see what kind of girl he was, who could charm Lucien all at once?"

"Of course I went with me. I thought this guy would go to the small garden behind the church to have a tryst with his little lover. At that time, I thought: 'This kid really knows how to find a place.' Unexpectedly, he actually got on a public car over there, and..."

"Then you lost it, right?" Joseph smiled.

"That's right. But I can definitely figure out what kind of goblin it is that can make our Lucien look like. Hahaha..." Armang laughed.

"Ah by the way, the leader of the Dragon and Rose Theatre, Mr. Denadi hopes to meet you when he will meet you and invite you a cup of coffee. You can see when you can have time."

"How was it on Sunday afternoon? I had nothing to do that afternoon," Joseph replied.

"Okay, then I'll go and make an appointment with Mr. Denadi. Well, do you have any requirements for the location?"
Chapter completed!