Chapter 124 The Storm on the Eve of the Awards Ceremony! The Ultimate Game Between All Forces!

"You must go see BioShock, you must go see this city in the clouds, and my beloved Elizabeth" - NAA forum's top 1 hot post this week

"Best of the Year!" I have gone back to the past countless times just to kill my former self (contains high-energy spoilers, please be careful!)" - A 10,000-word review of the latest game by the well-known game reviewer 'Wang Si Li Bei Ci'

"What kind of game can be praised as a work of art by players?" Thoughts on playing [BioShock: Infinite] - Black Box Traveler's top 1 popular post

# game? Or a movie? Or art? # —— TOP1 of the popular list of Pili and Pili

# Ready Player One adds another masterpiece! This game is definitely not to be missed! # ——No. 3 hot search on Weibo

# This year’s best game of the year is it! The shocking ninth art! # ——Douyin hot search index 3.78 million

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Within a week after "Infinite" was released, almost all major game forums and even social media outside the circle exploded!

Before this, there had never been any game work that could be known as art.

Not to mention outsiders, even the players themselves find it difficult to associate a game with art.

There is no doubt that "Infinity" did it!

Whether it’s the beautiful Sky City or the dreamy and retro steampunk-style architecture.

Whether it is Elizabeth, the most intelligent NPC in the history of the game.

They are still intertwined, and the nested reversal plot can also bring great shock when the mystery is finally solved.

‘The first movie narrative game in the history of Blue Star! ’, ‘The flag-bearer of the ninth art! ’, ‘The pioneer of air combat FPS! ’ and many other names have been placed on the head of “Infinite” by players without hesitation.

The sales of "Infinite" also exceeded 800,000 copies in the first week of release! The turnover even exceeded the 100 million mark!

It almost created the first-week sales peak that an A-level game company can achieve!

If this trend continues, "Infinite", which has invested a huge investment of 200 million in research and development, can almost complete its blood recovery in the first month of release, and every subsequent copy sold will be a real profit.

What's more, the rave reviews among players will undoubtedly keep it going for a long time.

This is just the impression brought by the surface.

And there is something deeper, such as the revenue of other games of Top Player, which also skyrocketed by 30% in a week.

Obviously, many people who came into contact with the game company Ready Player One through "Infinite" were still unsatisfied after playing "Infinite" and tried other games under their family.

In addition, there is an online voting for "Please choose the best art in your mind this year".

Game art, which was originally located in the middle and lower reaches, has also made rapid progress, reaching the top three in one fell swoop. It is only a few thousand votes away from the second-place music art, which is a huge blow.

Although there is a gap of nearly 100,000 votes with the first-place film art category.

However, players in the gaming community have been frantically canvassing for votes recently. There are still about ten days until the online voting deadline, so there is still hope.

Players in the gaming circle were having a great time, but the overly high-profile behavior also aroused dissatisfaction among fans in the music and movie circles next door.

Reasonable passer-by fans are fine.

But for some die-hard fans of celebrities, their fighting power cannot be underestimated.

This is a good opportunity for annual exposure, and it is also a point for my brothers to increase their net worth.

Where would a little game come to grab food?

Just launching a few milk-pouring incidents will instantly increase the number of votes.

Music art, which was originally very competitive with game art, was only a few thousand votes away and was instantly expanded to tens of thousands of votes.

The first place in the film and television category reached 1.58 million votes, leading Game Art by a full 300,000 votes.

When the kryptonians in the gaming circle saw this situation, they immediately became angry.

You are the only ones who are really rich, don’t underestimate the wrath of our Kryptonians!

Then, the kryptonians found out.

It’s broken, this awesome game can’t be beaten...

For some kryptonians, just throwing hundreds of thousands into the game is not a big problem.

But the price of this game is only 135.

Although you can continue to go to the official website of Ready Player One to create a trumpet.

But this is too much trouble.

Don’t even talk about the first number.

Even if there is a ready-made number.

But every time you scan the QR code to pay, you can only pay 135, which makes the krypton guy very painful.

"When the hell do I have to do the scan? If I scan 100 times, I can only spend more than 10,000."

"Can't we have some paid items? Open a box or something, or give Elizabeth a few sets of skins. Then we can create a one-thousandth draw probability, and my 100,000 yuan can be spent instantly. Already?"

"This is the first time I hate a game company so much that it doesn't even know how to make money, but it still asks players to teach you how to make money, right? I'm so hot on the horse server!"

"If Gravograph learns a little bit from the food circle next door, we kryptonians will definitely let the little fairy next door taste what is called a terrifying stick!"

But it is a pity that no matter how fierce the kryptonians are on various platforms in the gaming industry.

The official website of Ready Player One also ignored the news and did not change the pricing.

Ever since, it’s until the last day of online voting.

Game art was even surpassed by dance art, which came from behind and ranked fourth with 1.72 million votes.

It is said that in this year's dance art category, the main dancer of one of the participating dance works found a sponsor with a great background.

The power is so strong that he can easily spend a small nine-digit amount to finance.

No matter how arrogant the kryptonians in the gaming industry are, they lose their temper when faced with such an ultimate giant.

"However, online voting only affects 30% of the final selection results. The real decisive key depends on the nine judges." On the NAA forum, the first phase of the battle was over, and the players began to discuss the second phase of the selection. .

"Do any of you here know the nine judges? It's best to have a hard relationship at the level of 'a certain judge is the father of one of you'."

"Don't make trouble, don't say it's gone. Even if we really know each other, it's more like you being the judge's father. The judge being your father can't change the voting results. There are too many interests involved."

"Indeed, it is the biggest exposure stage of the year, and everyone in the art industry is trying to win an award on it."

"I remember that the best art award last year seemed to be awarded to the music category "Love Across the Galaxy". After winning the best art, the sales of the digital version seemed to have increased more than 20 times... It is really exaggerated. The singer and the management company It’s all a waste.”

"It feels like we don't have a chance. There is also a judge in our gaming circle who also participated in this year's selection. It seems to be someone from Tengjing. I feel that as long as Tengjing has some brains, he will definitely give this precious vote to " "Infinite" right? After all, once you win the award, it will benefit the entire gaming industry."

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At the same time, Tengjing Game Headquarters.

Ling Zhetao had just put down the phone call with Huang Guangxu.

As a senior game judge.

Huang Guangxu was created by Tengjing who spent a lot of money and built up a lot of momentum to gain his qualifications.

Finally, he gained a firm foothold at the annual art festival and gained a valuable vote.

Raise your own votes, and then win over a few unpopular art judges.

It’s not that there’s no chance that their games will win awards.

It’s just that there was too much resistance in previous years because there really was no work that could match the art.

Although Dachang is not very bright in doing things in private, at least it still needs to save face on the surface.

Therefore, in previous years, it was basically just a mix of paddling and paddling.

But this year is different.

This year, the gaming industry has indeed produced a work that can compete with other arts.

Therefore, Ling Zhetao paid special attention to it.

Call Huang Guangxu directly to vote for someone else.

As long as you don't vote for the number one player, vote for whoever you like.

If "Infinite" can win the Best Art Award of the Year, it will indeed be a good thing for the development of the entire gaming industry.

But for a game company like ours that makes money at a premium, it is a huge disaster.

By then, everyone will agree to the price of two to three hundred for stand-alone games, and then our own huge stand-alone game market will also be forced to cut prices accordingly.

Ling Zhetao would never allow this kind of thing to happen.

After hanging up the phone, Ling Zhetao's eyes showed a hint of coldness.

"Haha, you dare to disrupt the payment rules of the game market. Your top player still wants to earn a living in the game circle?"

"I have ten thousand ways to limit you."

"And how many ways do you have to break free from my restrictions?"

"This is just the beginning of suppressing you, I will kill you every step of the way!"

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The time for the final selection of the year is getting closer.

In addition to all the netizens from all walks of life fighting over each other.

The major art industries are also experiencing turbulence within themselves, each showing its own unique abilities.

In order to get a good ranking for their dance works, a female dance troupe accompanied the gold master's godfather on a vacation. They put forward their requests tactfully during the mandarin ducks playing in the water.

There is also a wine table where the exchange of interests is completed just by pushing the glass and changing the cup.

Regardless of whether the means are bright or not, every industry is doing its best to find connections and support everywhere.

Chang Detai is no exception.

This year is the closest the gaming industry has come to having the best of the year.

At least in terms of the quality of "Infinite", it has already crushed other works of art this year.

But Chang Detai also knows that the water in the cultural circle is unfathomable.

In the world of sophistication, sometimes the quality of works that are indiscriminate does not mean that they can be indiscriminately displayed at award ceremonies.

In order to allow the gaming industry to take a few more steps forward.

Chang Detai also started to exert his strength.

However, considering that I have no color and no money.

There is no way to go unconventional.

So he could only call Tang Shenghua with a thick face.

As the deputy bureau of Huaguang Bureau, Tang Shenghua still has a considerable voice.

As long as he can help say a few words for the game industry, then he will basically be the winner of the year.

Although this backer is very strong, in previous cultural and art festivals, the Huaguang Bureau would not intervene.

As for who will win the award and whether the award-winning work is worthy of the award, these have nothing to do with the Huaguang Bureau.

The establishment of this department itself only plays a regulatory role in derivative industries such as virtual/art/culture.

as expected.

After a few pleasantries, Chang Detai tactfully expressed his intention.

But Tang Shenghua on the other end of the phone also said that "we should let a hundred flowers bloom" as an excuse and calmly practiced Tai Chi.

Chang Detai sighed helplessly.

Knowing that there was no hope, he could only say a few polite words such as "The weather is getting colder, the old director should pay more attention to your health" and then disconnected the call.

"Bureau Tang, who's calling this time?" the male secretary on the side asked with a smile.

"Xiao Chang." Tang Shenghua picked up the tea cup and drank lightly.

"Now the nine major arts are gathered together." The male secretary laughed when he heard this.

It turned out that Chang Detai was not the only person who called Tang Shenghua to ask for help in speaking to the cultural festival officials.

In fact, Chang Detai was the last one to arrive.

Before him, relevant persons in charge of several other major art industries had already come to ventilate him.

However, they were all declined by Tang Shenghua.

Hua Guangju never leaves the stage personally and stands up for any kind of art.

Although this is not an internal rule, it has been this way for so many years, so it can be considered a convention.

"However, I heard that there has been a lot of commotion in the gaming industry recently. I have seen related hot searches several times when I was surfing the Internet. Xiaoqiu, do you know what's going on?" Tang Shenghua was already very young. Pay more attention to these emerging cultures that have emerged in recent years.

But Secretary Qiu next to him is only over thirty years old. He is still young and likes to understand the culture of young people.

He would ask Secretary Qiu directly some questions, and Secretary Qiu would answer them carefully for him, saving him the trouble of understanding them himself.

"Well, I guess I know something." Secretary Qiu nodded when Tang Shenghua asked.

“Ready Player One, a game company, has indeed been pushing the game industry to develop in a better and healthier way in the past year. I have also tried this new work. It is indeed a work of art, and it is also the first time that the game industry has cooperated with It has something to do with art, so the players must have made more noise." Secretary Qiu said with a smile.

"Oh? The last topic on helping farmers was also about this game company?" Tang Shenghua remembered.

It has been almost three or four months since he helped farmers. During this period, Tang Shenghua did not pay much attention to the already unpopular games and entertainment.

What's more, it is a small company in the entire industry.

Basically, once you mention it, you will forget about it.

But when Secretary Qiu said this, Tang Shenghua was a little impressed.

"It's them." Secretary Qiu nodded.

"That's it... this company has been making continuous progress. And the current audience in the game industry, judging from the data, is getting bigger and bigger. It's not impossible to help them..." Tang Shenghua paused for a moment. , and then said: "What kind of story does this company's new game work tell? Let me listen to it."

"Uh..." Secretary Qiu hesitated slightly.

Although "Infinite" is a good story, it has obvious group selection.

The old director would definitely not be interested in this kind of story.

as expected.

Just after Secretary Qiu said a few words, Tang Shenghua shook his head.

"No, no, this is Poke, Booker, and Elizabeth. How come the art festival of our great country is just the name of some foreigners." Tang Shenghua waved his hand and said seriously: "Although I don't object to it. Nowadays, the arts of young people are diversified, but in Xiaoqiu, formal festivals should still be based on our own culture."

Secretary Qiu added: "However, although this game is disguised as foreign elements, it actually criticizes some foreign racial discrimination by insinuations, reveals ugly theocracy, and vaguely mentions the massacre of Indians by the United States. history."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Shenghua's eyes suddenly lit up.

If you say this, then I won’t be sleepy.

Over the years, our family has been very weak in terms of cultural export.

The world's popular music belongs to other people.

The world's popular movies and TV shows are also made by other people.

And if it's just popular, then so be it.

However, those developed countries often like to include private goods in these cultures, intentionally or unintentionally discrediting other countries.

My family has suffered a lot from being depressed, and it has almost left a stereotype in the eyes of others.

Tang Shenghua has always been uncomfortable with this.

But often there is nothing you can do.

But now if there is an opportunity, I can return the favor through art.

It wasn't even a retaliation, it was just a retelling of what they had done.

Let more people know what they have done.

It's also very satisfying.

Thinking of this, Tang Shenghua spoke slowly.

"I think that the game industry, as an emerging culture, has a tendency to develop towards mainstream culture. If it is known to more people, it may develop better. After all, regardless of the development of any art, the future After all, it is the young people who have the final say. Xiaoqiu, what do you think?"

"Okay, then I will talk to the organizers of the cultural festival later? Let them select normally during the selection this year and only rely on the quality of the works." Secretary Qiu said with a smile.

"Well, I'll leave it to you."

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There are only two days left until the annual arts awards show.

The awards ceremony will be broadcast live online.

Hot searches have begun to be promoted on major platforms.

The actual number of people who made an appointment to watch the live broadcast also jumped to 3 million+

The entire domestic Internet is buzzing with excitement.

And at the same time.

Inside the Ready Player One company, it was also extremely lively.

But at first glance, those who didn’t know better thought it was a clothing wholesale company.

On the workstations arranged according to Feng Shui, there are thick piles of clothing everywhere.

Clothes come in different sizes and styles, but most of them are formal dresses.

Come on, it’s almost the end of the year holiday.

Before the annual vacation, Kejin plans to take all the company members to Yancheng for team building and a tour of the prosperous capital city!

Secondly, although I am not sure I can win the prize.

But if he could get it, Kejin wanted to bring all the company's employees to the stage to show off.

Although the game design idea was his own, he also saw the efforts of his employees over the past year.

Without them, Ready Player One wouldn't be a whole, and it would take years and months to do just that on its own.

Regardless of whether so many people will be allowed on stage at that time, anyway, prepare to rent the dresses first so that you are prepared.

We rented a truckload of dresses at once, allowing the employees to carefully select their favorite styles, and then return the rest to the suit store.

Although it will be more expensive to rent this way, it is simpler and more cost-effective.

Since it was the first time to participate in such a grand festival, the employees were also very enthusiastic.

Suddenly, the company was noisy like a vegetable market.

"Shui Bao, how about this strapless dress?"

"Wow! So beautiful! And she looks so perky!"

"What? Where's the cockiness? Let me pinch it!"

"Wow! Why are there perverts among girls! Stop it! Stop it!"

…

"Brother Tian, ​​do you think I look handsome?"

"I'm sorry! You're so handsome! I'm impressed!"

"You……"

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"Director Gou's bright yellow suit looks good. It has something to say."

"Hahaha, right, I think so too."

"Shares the same color as the rhubarb downstairs at my house."

"Fuck... okay, you boy will work overtime when you get back from the team building!"

"Damn it, stop it, Director Gou! I was just kidding..."

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"Brother, look at me."

The office door was pushed open.

Ke Yu walked in wearing a silver-white backless evening dress with a smile on her face.

She held up the hem of her skirt and spun around in front of Ke Jin playfully.

The gown's neckline and cuffs are embellished with delicate lace and beads.

The back is printed with complex and delicate patterns, and the deep V on the open back perfectly outlines the curves of her fair and smooth back.

The wide skirt does not appear cumbersome, but is as light and ethereal as clouds.

"If you put your hair up, it will look more elegant, and if you let it down, it will look a little cute and childish. I don't know what to choose yet. Brother, can you help me make an idea...Brother?"

Ke Yu waved his hand in front of the stunned Ke Jin.

Only then did Ke Jin come back to his senses.

"What are you thinking about? You haven't even looked at the little beauty, right?" Keyu pouted.

Ke Jin looked at Ke Yu and frowned slightly: "I was wondering, you said that if we participate in such a big party this time, if we really win an award, will it be exposed when we go on stage to receive the award."

"What's revealing? Wearing revealing clothes?" Keyu lowered his head and looked around in a naive manner: "It's not bad, just a little bit of his back is exposed."

"Dad." Ke Jin finished his words.

Keyu's delicate face was suddenly filled with surprise, and his little mouth couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

"Dig trenching, I forgot about it!"