Chapter 676 580+ Blooming Green Zhiyuan

"What?! pokeni festival?!"

It originally sounded like a normal thing, but Kutaragi Ken shouted loudly as if he was deaf.

Secretary Xiao Yuan, who was standing next to him, was startled by him and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Boss, I think... it's normal to hold a music festival, right?"

"That's right," Kutaragi Ken finally calmed down a little and apologized, "I kind of overreacted."

Since pokeni made the engine open source, Ken Kutaragi has now become a bit frightened.

As soon as I heard about Qing Zhiyuan's big move, my first reaction was to wonder if there might be some big conspiracy hidden behind it?

Originally, holding a music festival was considered a routine operation for neon game manufacturers, so there seemed to be nothing wrong with Qing Zhiyuan's decision to hold it.

If there is anything really unusual, it would probably be——

“Pokeni has only started holding music festivals now?!”

It’s really a bit unexpected.

"It should be that President Qing hasn't considered this direction before, right?"

Without considering it in this direction, Kutaragi Ken thought this was unlikely.

If you think about it, a person who can find Joe Hisaishi and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra to perform at an exhibition obviously understands the importance of music to game companies.

The only thing that can be explained is——

In the past, pokeni may have felt that the price/performance ratio was too low, so it has never been held.

Now I guess the analysis is clear, and only when it is profitable will I want to hold a music festival.

Qing Zhiyuan, this fox, has no good intentions.

…

Qing Zhiyuan's operation can be regarded as a late conspiracy. After all, things like concerts have been tried by many game manufacturers long ago.

The formal significance of the performance is greater than the actual benefits. Basically, only core players will come to the concert.

But where pokeni has the advantage is——

They have too many well-known IPs, and each big IP has a large number of core fans around the world.

More importantly, P Club's music is really good.

Whether it's Shirakawa Atsushi's warm healing type, classical style type, or Shimomura Yoko's combination of east and west, the ultimate elf-like music, regardless of the game itself, it can occupy a place in the field of music.

So even if the concert is held from a purely artistic perspective, there will still be a large number of audiences present.

Then the benefits that P Society can obtain by combining its own strength will naturally be continuously magnified.

This is also something that colleagues are quite jealous of.

"Damn it, are there too many music masters in POKENI? Shirakawa Atsushi can support all the healing games by himself, and Shimomura Yoko's style is so varied. She is one of the best musical figures in the game."

"Hey, how should I put it? This kind of thing is something you can't envy. The talents under Pokeni have achieved the ultimate in various fields. I can only say that Qing Zhiyuan is really lucky."

Nowadays, apart from pokeni, card drawing games have not become popular yet, otherwise everyone will be surprised to find——

Why did Qing Zhiyuan draw all SSRs? !

"However, big companies and famous works will basically not fall behind in terms of music. Every major game company has its own particularly powerful music producers."

“What I’m thinking about right now is, is Hisaishi Joe considered a pokeni?

When P Club holds a music festival, for games like "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke", wouldn't Master Hisaishi be the one conducting the on-site conductor?

That's a bit awesome. "

"It's possible, don't tell me, it's quite possible. After all, even a non-music exhibition like the Electronics Show can let Hisaishi give up the platform. It's okay to spend more money to invite a serious concert. It’s normal.”

"Oh my, what do you think this is? Pokeni has collaborated too closely with Ghibli, and Joe Hisaishi is Hayao Miyazaki's official soundtrack master. People always think that Joe Hisaishi is from Pokeni."

"Hahaha, Master Joe Hisaishi really feels a bit like a non-staff member of P Club."

…

After hearing the news that pokeni was going to hold a music festival,

The players were crazy about it.

The time and venue for the music festival have not yet been fully determined, but the official has released some relevant information on its homepage. Countless fans have already begged for ticket sales to open as soon as possible. Even if there is no online payment, they can pay by mail. The method also works.

Mainly because the games made by pokeni are so good.

Not only is the game well done, but the music is world class.

Take out any game, even the earliest 8-bit electronic music, and it will be completely different when you listen to it live through Yoko Shimomura's reinterpretation.

There are some barriers and barriers to the game, but music is truly borderless. It does not use words or special language, and the rhythm alone is enough to shock people.

This is the charm of music.

"To be honest, Qing Zhiyuan is really confused. The music festival should have been held long ago. The tickets alone can sell a lot of money every year."

"That's right, why just hold a music festival? Why not just have a world tour concert and show off all the game music that pokeni has developed in the past ten years."

"Ah, ah, I feel a little teary when I think about hearing the orchestra playing my favorite game music live."

"Indeed, even though it hasn't started yet, I can already imagine the scene of the music festival. As soon as Onmyoji's music is played on the stage, a piece of Yuumu Ling dying to save the world is played on the big screen...

It is estimated that there will be a lot of tears at the scene. "

"Stop talking, I can't help but cry now."

"I can only say that P Club's games are so classic. Just playing music would probably take ten days."

"Looking forward to it! I hope the pokeni will be decided soon and we can sell tickets quickly."

…

For a music festival to have such a strong online presence, it was a bit beyond Qing Zhiyuan's expectations.

Although the pros and cons have been analyzed before, things like music festivals, especially offline core fan activities, are more used for publicity and enhancing the image and value of one's own brand.

In this world, once anything becomes artistic, it will naturally become more sophisticated.

The same is probably true for concerts.

But looking at the comments from players, it feels like a long drought has finally returned.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but click his lips and sighed, "I didn't expect that so many players want to come and listen to music."

Akane Ayase smiled beside her and said, "To be honest, President, I actually want to do it too. Then you can give me two more tickets."

"Um?"

Qing Zhiyuan squinted and looked at the little secretary who was still pretty in her late 40s, "What, you finally found a boyfriend?"

Akane Ayase frowned fiercely, "President, if you do this again, I will beat you."

"What are you doing? Are you going to get beaten if you just care about me?"

"You specialize in poking at other people's sore spots. And..." Ayase Akane gritted her teeth, feeling like she wanted to swallow Qing Zhiyuan alive.

Qing Zhiyuan was so frightened by her eyes that he took a step back and said, "Don't be impulsive!"

"Besides, President, I'm so busy every day, how can I have time to fall in love?!"

Akane Ayase said angrily.

She is now regarded as the world's top female entrepreneur. Akane Ayase serves as the secretary of the board of directors, and Qing Zhiyuan also gave her some equity.

In other words, Akane Ayase is now at least a rich woman with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars.

However, as pokeni became more successful and made more money, she found that she became busier at work and had less time to fall in love.

Just preparing for meetings every day, managing the chairman's schedule, sorting out relevant information and handling some administrative matters makes Ayase Akane very overwhelmed.

The position of secretary to the board of directors is actually quite grueling. It means you have to do work that the chairman doesn't want to spend time on, and ultimately streamline it into a report and give it to Qing Zhiyuan for him to make the final decision.

From the company's strategic decisions to as small as who Qing Zhiyuan will meet today and what meeting he will attend tomorrow... Akane Ayase arranges and manages them all.

Externally, he is responsible for the company's information disclosure and investor relations management; internally, he is responsible for equity affairs management, corporate governance, equity investment, preparation of the board of directors and shareholders' meetings, and ensuring the company's standardized operations.

To describe it in one sentence -

Busy as a dog.

By this time, Ayase Akane understood Tsuda Nao quite a bit.

The reason why this sister acted so decisively at the beginning was probably because Tsuda was in a low position as the president and had no time to slowly fall in love and get married.

It was only Qing Zhiyuan, a fool, who easily fell into the trap and was eaten up and wiped clean.

Why.

The pain in Ayase Akane's heart.

How can I meet such a man?

"Okay, okay, I'll give you a few more tickets to the music festival then." Qing Zhiyuan said, "Not only will I give you a few more tickets, but when you want to take a leave, just let me know and I'll give you a month's leave. Even if it’s a long vacation.”

"Really?" Ayase Akane was overjoyed and said happily:

"President, this is what you said!"

"Yeah, no problem."

but……

To be honest, Ayase Akane herself was a little worried. She didn't know why, but when she heard that there would be more than a week of vacation, she felt a little overwhelmed and panicked.

It's over, it's over. Could it be that I was brainwashed by the president and turned into a ruthless work machine?

…

…

While pokeni is busy preparing for the music festival at the end of the year, other related matters are also progressing in an orderly manner.

The whole year of 2002 can be said to be the year of Qing Zhiyuan.

During this year, P Company released the game "Mushishi 2" produced by Qing Zhiyuan, and then another Yuehe company founded by Qing Zhiyuan released "Voice of the Stars"

Then came the release of Violet Evergarden.

The game "Spirited Away" was released and set a new game sales record.

At the same time, Moon River is also continuing to work hard. In the first half of the year, the "Harry Potter" movie swept the box office worldwide and became the box office champion in February. So far, "Harry Potter and the Magic" "Stone" achieved a box office miracle of US$1.02 billion.

For this movie alone, Yuehe earned almost 300 million US dollars, which is higher than the income of many Paradox game masterpieces.

By August, the company Yuehe had created a new miracle——

The TV series "Game of Thrones" produced by Moon River is broadcast on the HBO pay cable television station.

It set a ratings record on the day it aired, with 11.8 million real-time viewers. The first episode basically laid the foundation for this drama to become the king of dramas this year.

Just like the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones, the TV series feels a bit like crowning the king.

"Game of Thrones" received a high score of 9.4 on IMDB, gaining both ratings and word-of-mouth.

HBO executives were grinning from ear to ear.

When Hitotsubashi Bune from Moon River approached me, hoping to broadcast it on their TV channel, HBO was a little hesitant because it was a neon production company.

Can a Neon company really produce TV series that are popular with Europeans and Americans?

Although the book "A Song of Ice and Fire" is indeed very popular, it also depends on who is filming it. Filming by people who don't know how to do it is a complete waste.

But after they watched the first two episode samples sent by Yue He, everyone's jaws almost dropped.

Not only was this shot very well, it almost restored the images in the novel A Song of Ice and Fire. The magical world became real, and the texture of the movie was also superb.

The various special effects can be said to be among the best in the world at the moment.

How much does it cost to make? !

Totally unimaginable.

Only then did HBO's executives realize that they had underestimated this group of neon people before.

So I signed it quickly.

As expected, it became a huge hit as soon as it aired.

…

The production of the TV series was 10 years earlier than the previous Game of Thrones, so many classic actors, such as Dragon Mother, Snow, and the younger generation of the Stark family...

None of the original cast members could be used.

The scale of this drama is quite large and requires the actors to make certain sacrifices. Many big-name Hollywood actresses backed down when they saw the script for the role of Dragon Mother.

Part of the reason is that the production company is Yuehe, which I always feel is not that reliable.

So out of necessity, Yuehe finally found a pure newcomer.

The name is Gail Winter.

Even Qing Zhiyuan has never heard of it.

However, the image of the heroine is quite consistent with the image of Dragon Mother in his impression.

She has a sweet appearance and a proud figure.

Especially when wearing a silver wig, the whole person looks pure and lustful. When wearing a white dress, there is a holy atmosphere in it.

Snow and some other young characters were basically shot by newcomers.

Fortunately, the final effect was quite explosive. Thanks to P's special effects technology, the cost was saved and the performance was not bad.

The audience couldn't stop watching it.

In fact, George Martin's writing is relatively abstract, telling the same story through the different perspectives of multiple characters while advancing the plot line.

First Eddard Stark, then his wife...

You have to constantly change different perspectives to read the book, and the sex scenes are not as exaggerated as in the TV series.

Yuehe has perfectly inherited the tradition of HBO and hired a large number of special professionals to play some roles, so some scenes in the entire TV series are vividly displayed and not hidden at all.

Audiences, both male and female, could only swallow their saliva.

Hormone-filled TV series that makes people's blood pump.

It makes people’s blood boil.

…

After the first episode was played, the audience reacted after seeing the producer at the end.

"Waltfalk?! This is actually Moon River's work?!"

...(End of chapter)