Chapter 2221 Good Start! (First Update)

Once the Sands Hotel is able to open, there will be another matter.

Yes.

The Jinsha Hotel, which is the most difficult, has been repaired, so the convention and exhibition center in front of it can naturally start operating.

So, the Xiangjiang International Game and Animation Exhibition is here!

This exhibition, which Kirin Group had already publicized a few months ago, cost hundreds of millions of dollars in publicity expenses.

As long as it is a relatively developed country and region, it has already received this news.

Game fans and anime fans with a little bit of qualifications are wondering if they can come over.

After all, Kirin Group also provides such cheap discounted air tickets, and the exhibition does not require tickets. It would be a pity not to go as far as conditions permit.

And this is the first session, how commemorative is it?

Therefore, according to the data received from major airlines by Kirin Group, from the first two days of the launch, more than 100,000 people will come to Xiangjiang every day, and the whole process will last for about 8 days.

It means that almost 800,000 tourists and fans of animation and games came to Xiangjiang.

For these tourists and animation and game fans, the Kirin Group has 300 million US dollars in air ticket subsidies alone.

As soon as the news came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

This time it was really big.

At the Game Comic Expo, it is definitely not enough to just have these fans, and more meaningful content is needed to support it.

This naturally depends on the major game and animation manufacturers.

On this point, Kirin Group still has enough face.

First of all, the number one animation company in the world is Kirin Group itself.

Disney is the company with the largest library of animation property rights in the world. Kirin Culture is the largest weekly comic in the world, and the largest library of comic characters in the world is DC Comics and Marvel. These two are also Kirin Group companies.

So basically as long as the Kirin Group decides to participate, then 60% of the animation has already been counted.

The remaining three major comic magazines in Japan, as well as several comic companies in the United States, including two comic companies in Europe, have all received active invitations.

This is an opportunity to expand their own influence, and anyone who doesn't come will be a fool.

The same goes for game makers.

Kirin Group also has strong strength and deep personal connections in games.

Among the top 20 games in the world today, 12 are owned by Kirin Game Company.

Then they also have a very close cooperative relationship with Atari in the United States, Nintendo in Japan, Sega, Namco, Konami and other companies.

These few companies together account for 80% of the video game manufacturers in the world.

They decided to participate, and basically all classic video games will appear in this Game Comic Expo.

Therefore, including all game and animation companies is also the reason for game fans and anime fans to actively come here.

On Wednesday, September 10th, before the opening of the first day of the exhibition, 100,000 people arrived around the exhibition center one after another, and the rest will arrive within two hours.

Seeing so many people, the police in Xiangjiang panicked.

Thanks to the large number of people that can be known from the number of air tickets, the Kirin Group has long been prepared. As many as 8,000 Kirin security teams dressed in neat uniforms appeared in the entire exhibition center area.

With such a large and elite security team, the order is relatively orderly.

But there are so many anime fans, if they all squeezed into the exhibition center, it would definitely be overcrowded.

After an urgent discussion, everyone decided to change the strategy and move half of the exhibitors to the open space outside the exhibition center.

Anyway, there is no charge, and if you move half of it out, you can be much more relaxed.

There were so many security personnel helping to quickly build the booth and move things out, but they did it very quickly.

But they are also smart.

The most famous ones, such as Disney, DC Comics and Marvel, Unicorn Game Company and Unicorn Culture, are all in the convention center.

This avoids the embarrassment of people turning around and leaving after only seeing these.

The best are all inside, so you can only go in all the time.

This strategy is not bad.

After the first batch of 50,000 people came in, the crowd was effectively dispersed, and it seemed that they were not so dense.

From now on, 10,000 people will be allowed in every ten minutes, as long as they are not crowding, then they will be able to accommodate them.

Looking at the cosplay of various heroes and anime characters on the temporary booths, looking at the familiar animation clips on the screen of Nuoda, watching well-known cartoonists sitting there accepting book signings... …These would have been very common games and the standard equipment of comic exhibitions 20 years later, which made everyone feel that it was an eye-opener.

In addition to these, there are groups of beauties who are more important.

They wore clothes printed with the LOGO of various games and books, dressed up as elves, witches, fairies, animals, etc., shuttled between their booths, and greeted game fans and animation fans cordially. These fans, who were all male, couldn't take their eyes off them.

This is also a move that has been used badly after 30 years.

But now, it is still very trendy, making fans want to linger.

It doesn't matter if the people in front are looking around enthusiastically, but the problem is that people from behind come one after another, and when everyone gathers together, it looks very crowded.

It got to 12 o'clock at noon, and there were more than 50,000 people behind, who could only be suspended from entering, and had to wait until some of the people inside came out.

The reporters who came today were from at least a hundred TV stations, newspapers and magazines. They were squeezed into the crowd, but they were very excited.

Such a large-scale and such a successful international game animation exhibition, it must be good news if we can meet it.

While filming this big scene, they kept interviewing fans.

"It's great! I'm from Spain! My favorite games are "Contra" and "Mahjong"! It's my dream to come to Xiangjiang, the birthplace of this miracle. Finally, I have the opportunity to come! It’s so lively, everyone is so happy, and such a beautiful exhibition, it’s a lifetime regret not to come!”

"Wow, I'm from America, I knew it was going to be a feast! Did you see that? That's Spider-Man! And Batman...heck, I should have come in in these too!"

"I'm Japanese, and my favorite thing to read is "Kirin Weekly". I came here today to see if Mr. Yin Jun is here. I really hope he can sign for me. I am his loyal fan." But seeing how busy and crowded this place is, I think it’s better for him not to come here, lest people get too crazy and let him get hurt!”

"I'm a native of Xiangjiang! My God, I've never encountered such a crowded scene! If there is no Jun Shao, how can it be so lively? Hey, turn around and see that garden ark? Isn’t it beautiful? That’s also designed by us Junshao! Go back and tell people in your country that Xiangjiang is a first-class city in the world! Because we have Junshao! We can create countless possibilities!”

"I'm a Chinese from Malaysia. Junshao's works, whether it's games or animation, have a huge market with us! Not only we Chinese, but also local Malaysians like it. I brought a few friends with me today. Come...the atmosphere here is so good! Especially those cosplay beauties. What a beautiful scenery!"

"Hey, Toms, did you see me on TV? It's a pity you didn't come, hahaha... I got two autographs today, and then I went to communicate with game fans all over the world about "Thunderbolt", I was quickly defeated, but it's cool, I love this kind of game show, it's so much fun!"

"..."

The joy of the fans is palpable.

In order to satisfy them, it was originally planned to close at 5:00 pm, but after another urgent discussion, the time was postponed to 7:00 pm.

At that time, the sky in Xiangjiang was completely dark, and everyone who had had enough fun just happened to go back to the hotel.

But what I didn't expect was that even at 7 o'clock, there were more than 30,000 fans staying in the convention center here.

After they left reluctantly, they said as they walked that they would definitely come back tomorrow to see new games and booths that they hadn't seen today.

Yes.

Almost no one saw all the booths.

A company has many booths, and they are themed on a game or a book, not every company has only one download booth.

Such a subdivided strategy has won unanimous praise from everyone, but it does delay the time of game fans and animation fans, and often a booth can stand for more than ten minutes.

There are wonderful programs at the booth, there is a very vivid cosplay, there are various prize quizzes, there are also signed versions, limited edition games and comic book releases, all of which are worth staying for a while.

But the energy of the fans is limited after all, usually staying at the game comic exhibition for more than five hours is the limit of one's physical and mental strength, and one has to go back to rest.

Thanks to this, otherwise, a few days ago and today, there will be a total of more than 300,000 people. If everyone stays around, wouldn't it be overcrowded?

Of course, today's organizing committee was inexperienced, which caused the extreme congestion at the two peak stages.

If the security personnel were not strong enough, I am afraid there will be a stampede accident.

Tomorrow will be much better, and measures will be taken to limit the flow by time period to ensure that everyone can have a good viewing experience.

Besides, there were not as many people on the second day as on the first day. A large part of the people who came over the previous few days would leave tomorrow.

In the future, if it is maintained at a scale of about 150,000 people per day, it will be a very appropriate number.

But no matter what, this Xiangjiang International Game and Comics Expo definitely has a very good start!