two men seated opposite across a plain wooden table, wide shot, 16:9 left: a lean scholar in plain white cross-collar robe and black soft headcloth, sparse beard, sitting upright with hands resting calmly on his knees, lit by a single cold white lamp behind his left shoulder right: a heavy-jawed man in dark slate-blue robe and black wrapped headcloth with short hat wings, dense beard, face dropped into deep shadow, only jawline and one hand flat on the table catching light center: on the table an open antique ledger, page text illegible and blurred, blank margin facing camera xuan paper wash illustration, fine ink outline, cold desaturated palette, generous negative space on the far right edge, no text, no frame negative: dragon, yellow robe, crown, jewels, warm lighting, readable text, modern objects