Chapter 629 Let him rest!

Nishio Seijun once again postponed the update.

The reason is still the same as last time.

He was not feeling well...

But this time, it did not cause as much of a stir as last time.

Because readers were already prepared.

Of course.

The most important reason is that the new version of "The Day of Samsara" is online.

Thanks to Nishio Seijun's tweet last time, even readers who don't follow the original author have seen the original author's royalties transfer in the anime-related community, and have also heard that "The Day of Samsara" will be linked with the comics.

After the new version of "The Day of Samsara" was launched.

Not only are the independent dungeons and character illustrations very sincere, but there are also two stunning hand-drawn animations before the dungeons start... It really impressed the comic readers who came here for the reputation.

When comic readers really played the game, they even felt that it was understandable that the original author Nishio Seijun stopped updating...

And once readers had this idea, Nishio Seijun stopped updating again, of course, it would not cause too much waves.

Most comic book readers went to discuss the game, the joint activities, and the two amazing animations.

They praised the game in various ways.

Then they got deeply involved in it.

They directly demonstrated what it means to be so addicted to it that you don't want to leave.

As for the comics, let it be discontinued...

The situation in the domestic animation community is not an isolated case.

The grand occasion at the beginning is not the end.

In fact, this is just the beginning...

On April 23, the new version of the joint activities was officially launched.

The popularity exploded on the same day.

Players and comic book readers, as well as most ordinary players who came because of the comic joint activities, were very satisfied with the content of the new version.

They were not stingy with praise.

Even when it was just launched, too many people recharged, causing problems with the server.

What's next?

People who have played games have probably heard of a term called the long grass period.

This is because the time and energy invested by the game company in making a new version of the game operation is much longer than the time it takes for players to play a new version.

It may take the staff half a year to make a new version, but the players can experience it in less than a week.

But the next version will definitely not be ready in a week. This period of time when players have experienced the existing content and are waiting for the next wave of new content is a period of inactivity.

Of course, Linmu Studio's games also have such problems.

After all, playing and doing are two different things.

Linmu Studio has been working very hard on the crossover activities of "Day of Samsara", but it may only last for a month at most. Players who are faster may experience all the new content in a week.

After all, the restrictions on crossover are actually quite large.

The comic readers who come here for the reputation will slowly lose the desire to discuss after experiencing the crossover content. After all,

no matter how amazing something is, there is always a moment when it is finished.

Players gradually calm down.

The enthusiasm gradually decreases.

This is all very normal.

However.

This situation did not happen to "Day of Samsara"...

A week later.

The new version was flooded in various anime-related communities on the day it was launched, and the discussion of the highly praised crossover gameplay did indeed decrease a lot.

But... "Day of Samsara"'s original plot, original levels, and most importantly, original characters began to take over the crossover activities and became a new hot spot in various anime communities.

As the crossover activities gradually became more popular, the popularity of the game "Day of Reincarnation" did not decrease.

On the contrary, it became even more exaggerated!

At the beginning, "Wow, An Ke is so handsome! The hand-drawn animation is so handsome! The crossover activities are so thoughtful!"

has also become - "Shepherd is so cute!", "Hahaha, I drew the Avenger Alice! One shot hit the target!", "Is it possible to have a commander lineup of An Ke + Xin + Shepherd with his whole family and children?"

This kind of change can be traced and seen with the naked eye.

Yes.

Those who played the game for the crossover activities and the comic "An Ke" at the beginning

have all become loyal players of the game "Day of Reincarnation"!

As for why this happened

, the biggest reason

is that "Day of Reincarnation" is not a game that only attracts people with crossover elements.

It is better to say that this game has "Series 2" engraved in its DNA from the beginning.

The only difference between the original characters of the game and the crossover characters is that they are less well-known.

If we compare the characters, the illustrations, and the aesthetics,

the original characters in the game are no worse than the four characters in the linkage.

Therefore, the comic readers who come here for the reputation are amazed by the linkage copies and illustrations, and even go a step further and collect all four characters in the linkage, but it does not mean that the game is over.

Soon,

the comic readers who come here for the reputation found that the original characters in the game are also very cute!

Especially the "Arrogant Shepherd" and "Avenger Alice" who appeared in the PV.

A blonde beauty and an orc queen.

Both of them are five-star characters and have independent story lines.

At the same time, because these two characters are original and not bound by the original work, there is no sense of "spoiler" of the original work.

Whether it is their story or their personality,

it is full of unknowns...

Comic readers can slowly understand the character's personality just like reading the comics at the beginning, and then... like this character.

And there are a lot of similar original characters in the game.

For existing players, the linkage between the game and the comic "Dark Grave" is an unexpected departure from the regular updates, a huge surprise... Of course, it is also an opportunity to understand the comics.

Vice versa.

For comic readers who come here for the reputation, this is a window to understand the game and get in touch with the game... When they download the game and are surprised by the linkage activities,

they will inevitably come into contact with other original content of the game.

And then.

And that's it.

It can be said to be... a win-win situation!

And in this win-win situation.

The popularity of "Day of Reincarnation" has ushered in a second explosion!

Because this game was truly accepted by the anime circle.

Related fan art began to emerge like mushrooms after rain, and the number of people discussing it began to increase rapidly.

ACGN-related content is a naturally common subculture circle on the Internet.

Just like linkage, popular elements are very easy to circulate.

With the help of an event, "The Day of Samsara" can be regarded as truly connecting the game and animation-related circles that were originally separated.

To a certain extent, it can be said that it truly defines the concept of two-dimensional mobile games!

If.

Lin Mu Studio's colleagues were only amazed at the many ideas of Lin Mu Studio at the beginning, and amazed at the high popularity of the new version of "The Day of Samsara".

Then.

When they saw that the popularity of their new game version had not decreased after a week of launch, it was getting higher and higher. And they gradually walked out of the scope of "Dark Graves" linkage, making their own game content the main subject of discussion for new players, and when related fan works at home and abroad sprang up like mushrooms after rain...

I felt that I had an epiphany.

"I see..."

Tianhu.

Mou Feng looked at the screen of his laptop, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and sincerely admired it.

And on the screen.

It was a well-known anime community.

At this moment, the homepage of the community was full of discussions related to "The Day of Samsara".

Discussions about linkage, plot, lineup, characters...

And these discussion posts are mixed in with some anime-related posts, and they don't feel out of place at all. They are

even very compatible.

These viewers who like anime are also willing to discuss games.

Because they are all beautiful girls, they are all two-dimensional.

"The linkage event is not only to surprise existing players, not only to attract comic readers, but also a springboard to break the circle, a window for new players to understand the game..."

Mou Feng closed the lid of his laptop, summarized it, and whispered: "I learned it."

Really learned it...

At first, he thought that the linkage between games and comics was just a new way of playing, an update for existing players and comic readers.

It will definitely attract new users.

But when the heat of the linkage event is over, it is estimated that most of the new players will be lost.

But now look at the situation.

How can there be loss...

After the heat of the linkage event is over, not only did the players not lose, but they directly became loyal users of the game, and also created many fan works for the game, helping the game to promote and distribute for free...

The linkage event can actually become a catalyst!

Really... It's too outrageous.

Mou Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He thought of what he said about making a mobile game that would compete with Linmu Studio's "Day of Reincarnation".

Yes, the gameplay of card drawing has indeed been finalized, and as he expected, it has come to an end.

This is indeed the easiest type of game to make a peer game.

But Linmu Studio did not start with the gameplay, but started to play tricks in other aspects...

a linkage.

It taught him another lesson.

How can this be equal? ​​Who knows if they have more tricks?

To be honest, this is really too frustrating...

Mou Feng sighed again and shrugged.

But soon, he straightened up, patted his face, and cheered up.

No matter how popular "Day of Reincarnation" is, they can't eat up the entire mobile game market of card drawing. This is a fact.

This market still has great potential. The more

popular "Day of Reincarnation" is, the more popular the mobile game of card drawing will be, and the easier it will be accepted by players. A few days ago, this game had server problems because too many people recharged. The whole industry can see how much money the game makes.

Next.

I guess the peers who decided to imitate will work hard to make the same type of games under their own brands...

If Tianhu can't compare with them, it will be funny.

Mou Feng pondered for a moment, stood up, and decided to find Li Guangsheng.

If you break your promise, then break your promise.

Now it seems that the linkage is still necessary, and it is not just a gimmick.

Or a window for secondary dissemination.

He was going to persuade Li Guangsheng.

Just do it.

Mou Feng went out and came to Li Guangsheng's office.

Then he pushed the door and walked in.

Li Guangsheng was also staring at the screen. He heard the sound, looked up, and said directly: "I agree."

"Huh?" Mou Feng was a little surprised.

He didn't say anything yet.

"It's about the linkage, right?" Li Guangsheng let go of the mouse, asked, and then said: "I agree."

"Yes..."

Mou Feng showed a curious expression, and then couldn't help asking: "Why?"

Li Guangsheng glanced at the screen, then breathed a sigh of relief: "You should have seen the response at the product level. I won't talk about the reasons in this regard. To be honest, I haven't figured it out yet, but... I have seen and understood the impact of the linkage between Linmu Studio and comics on the commercial level.

Soon, others will see it... Mou Feng, the wind is going to blow."

Mou Feng: "?"

...

At the same time.

Japan, Tokyo.

Shinkisha.

Editorial department.

Editor-in-chief Takeda Taiji stared at the editor who was in charge of connecting with Nishio Seijun and asked, "Are you sure that Nishio teacher has 'recovered'?"

in front of him.

Upon hearing this, the connecting editor immediately replied, "He has resumed work. The teacher has already drawn 10P. There will be no problem this week."

"Are you sure?" Editor-in-chief Takeda Taiji confirmed again with concern.

"Yes, I just came back from Hong Kong City. I saw the manuscript with my own eyes and saw him working with my own eyes. I also waited for him to pick up his phone and confirmed that he didn't open the game!" The connecting editor nodded seriously.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Takeda Taiji finally breathed a sigh of relief and let his subordinate go.

The other party was as if he had been pardoned and immediately said goodbye and left.

Takeda Taiji watched his subordinate leave and shook his head.

In fact, he didn't deliberately embarrass his subordinate, but this matter was really outrageous.

The top author actually stopped updating for two weeks because of the game...

Takeda Taiji was almost angry to death!

The top! The most popular comic!

It was stopped for two weeks just because of a business cooperation and a promotion.

If he hadn't visited Nishio Seijun in person, the other party would have even wanted to stop publishing for a week!

Damn game!

He had never played a mobile game, let alone the mobile game "Day of Reincarnation".

He had heard a little about the company Linmu Studio.

After all, their handheld switch was very popular in Japan.

But before, he had only heard of this company.

But now.

He really hated this company!

Because of this company, their best cartoonist had been caught for two whole weeks!

This was unacceptable to him.

Damn it.

The work is the foundation of one's career!

A commercial promotion almost ruined a cartoonist.

What if there was an irreversible result?

Takeda Taiji became more and more angry: "It's all Linmu Studio's fault!"

In fact, he knew deep down that this had nothing to do with the game company...

After all, they make games, what does it have to do with cartoonists stopping publishing?

At this moment, he was just angry at Linmu Studio.

As the head of the editorial department, the top work under its umbrella was inexplicably stopped for two weeks, especially the first week, and there was no advance notice.

The entire editorial department was in chaos.

No one would be happy about this.

In addition,

a large part of the reason why Takeda Taiji is so resentful is that he has always been unhappy with the sales department.

Most companies are similar.

Those in charge of the works and those in charge of the market are always naturally opposed.

The situation of Shinkisha is even more serious.

Because the newly appointed president of this company pays more attention to the market rather than the works.

The editorial department has always only cooperated with the sales department.

Takeda Taiji has been unhappy about this for a long time.

"In addition, can't the guys in the sales department carefully identify the partners? It's always like this! If there is a problem, you all get off your seats! Bastards!"

Takeda Taiji raised his voice again, and finally slammed the table.

Many editors raised their heads.

But they only took a look and immediately lowered their heads.

They were silent.

In fact, they also had resentment about this matter.

After all, they belonged to the same editorial department. At the beginning, Seijun Nishio did not notify them and just slacked off.

They were also affected.

But it is difficult for them to comment on this matter.

After all, this is not a Japanese drama, this is reality.

Harmonious relationships between superiors and subordinates do not exist at all.

A superior is a superior.

Takeda Taiji slammed the table.

The atmosphere in the editorial department became somewhat stagnant.

No one spoke.

Everyone subconsciously lowered their voices.

Until...

"Editor-in-chief, the meeting is about to begin."

Takeda Taiji's assistant walked up to him and reminded him in a low voice.

Takeda Taiji nodded, then stood up and turned to leave.

Watching Takeda Taiji leave the editorial department.

Inside the editorial department, the other editors breathed a sigh of relief, finally relaxed, and returned to their usual state.

While working, they whispered to each other.

"I guess they're going to quarrel again?"

"Of course, Editor-in-chief Takeda and Director Higashino of the Sales Department are both unhappy with each other..."

On the other side.

Takeda Taiji certainly didn't know what his subordinates were discussing.

He was full of resentment now. He

was preparing to make trouble later.

This time he made up his mind that he would use the careful selection of partners as an entry point to gain more say for the editorial department.

He walked to the meeting room in silence all the way, and after sitting down near the front row, he looked directly across.

Across.

A middle-aged man in a well-dressed suit and glasses looked up and smiled at him.

This was the head of the sales department, Kintaro Higashino.

Taiji Takeda saw the other person's smiling face and was about to speak.

But the door of the conference room was pushed open again.

Several people escorted the president of Shinkisha and filed in.

Taiji Takeda shut his mouth when he saw the people coming.

There was no rush.

The top author of the comic magazine under its umbrella would stop updating for two weeks, and this matter could not be avoided.

As the president of Shinkisha came in, the meeting officially began.

At the beginning, they didn't talk about the works.

It was about administration and recent investments.

Taiji Takeda couldn't get a word in.

He just listened quietly.

It wasn't until they talked about multimedia planning later that he said a few words.

But it can be seen that for the president of Shinkisha, the opinions of him, the editor-in-chief who has direct contact with the works, are far less important than the opinions of Kintaro Higashino in the sales department.

He said a lot.

The other party just nodded.

But when it was Kintaro Higashino's turn to give his opinion, the president of Shinkisha was obviously much more serious, and even asked for confirmation...

Seeing this scene.

Wow... Takeda Taiji got even angrier!

And just at this moment.

Finally.

Someone mentioned the matter of Nishio Seijun.

"Nishio-sensei's "Dark Scrolls" has been suspended for two weeks. There have been readers outside saying that it was because of playing games, which caused a lot of impact..."

Hearing this.

Everyone looked at Takeda Taiji.

Including the president of Shinkisha.

He didn't seem very happy: "Is this the case? Why would a cartoonist take a break for such a reason? Didn't your editorial department ask about it?"

Hearing this, Takeda Taiji took a deep breath, and then looked at Kintaro Higashino, the head of the sales department sitting opposite him.

Start to attack!

"It is true."

Taiji Takeda stared at Kintaro Higashino, first admitted that it was true, and then raised his voice slightly: "But this time, it is not the editorial department's responsibility, but the sales department's mistake! The reason why Mr. Nishio was addicted to games this time was because of the cooperation undertaken by the sales department!

I don’t understand what kind of cooperation partner and what kind of terms require the cartoonist to personally promote it. I don’t even know the standards of the sales department for selecting cooperation partners.

But the reality is, because of the additional terms agreed by the sales department, Mr. Nishio was forced to promote products that had nothing to do with the work, and then came into contact with the game!"

Speaking of this.

Taiji Takeda stared at Kintaro Higashino, the director of the sales department, who was still smiling, and continued, "The sales department arbitrarily chose the partner and rashly agreed to the other party's unreasonable request. This is the root cause of this!

I don't know what kind of terms and cooperation are worth our ace cartoonist taking such a risk.

You know, the work is the foundation of our existence. I don't want this to happen, and I think Director Higashino of the sales department doesn't want it either.

So I hope that the sales department will be more cautious in choosing partners in the future! It would be better to inform the editorial department and discuss with the editorial department, rather than making arbitrary decisions and then asking the editorial department to cooperate unconditionally!"

Takeda Taiji's words.

The spearhead was directed at the sales department.

Everyone looked away and looked at Director Higashino of the sales department.

Including the president of Shinkisha.

Kintaro Higashino of the sales department was still smiling. After everyone looked at him, he finally said, "I heard the opinion of Editor-in-Chief Takeda."

"Then..." Takeda Taiji wanted to speak.

"But."

Higashino Kintaro interrupted him and said directly: "This is the cooperation that our sales department is carefully considering."

After that,

he ignored Takeda Taiji and took out a stack of information, first handed it to the president of Shinkisha, and then asked the person next to him to pass it on.

"Hmm?"

The president of Shinkisha flipped through the documents and suddenly made a surprised sound.

"This is the details of the licensing contract."

Kintaro Higashino crossed his hands and placed them on the table: "But the point is not this. The licensing fee is only one aspect. President, please take a look at the document at the back. It is the game "Day of Reincarnation". After the version of the cooperation with us was launched, the data of our comic "Dark Scroll" was improved."

"Editor-in-Chief Takeda should not have studied this game carefully, right?"

At this point.

Kintaro Higashino looked at Taiji Takeda, paused, and continued: "This game is quite popular... The joint event of their game and comics was launched for only one week, and the search index of "Darkstone" soared by 170%. This is one of them.

At the same time, the fan art of characters related to "Darkstone" has also seen varying degrees of growth. The most of them is the heroine Darkstone. According to rough statistics, it is at least five times more than usual!"

"These are all manifestations of influence."

"Of course, this is only a manifestation of influence. It is difficult to judge how much value there is in it."

"So I will talk about the increase in value that can be confirmed."

"This week, the sales of the single volume of the work "Darkstone" that has been released are 7.4 times the usual sales." "

On the second day after the joint event of "The Day of Reincarnation" was launched, the sales curve of the single volume of the comics began to rise, and it has maintained an upward momentum until now, and is far from reaching its limit."

"Such an increase is even greater than when the animation of "Darkstone" was launched."

"And all this is because our partner, Hayashi Studio, has unparalleled influence and production capabilities."

Kintaro Higashino took a deep breath, then looked at Taiji Takeda whose pupils were shaking wildly, and continued with a smile: "The cost of one episode of animation is more than 10 million yen, but with Hayashi Studio, we don't need to invest."

"Editor-in-Chief Takeda just accused the sales department of not being cautious enough in choosing a partner."

"If this kind of partner who is both reliable and has excellent production capabilities and can drive sales of works is not considered cautious."

"Then I wonder what kind of partner is considered cautious?"

"I've finished what I want to say."

Kintaro Higashino asked the last question.

Then he shut up.

Keep smiling.

Taiji Takeda was confused and opened his mouth to speak.

But on the first seat.

The president of Shinkisha waved his hand and said directly: "Don't say it, what's wrong with Nishio teacher taking a break! Let him rest!"

Taiji Takeda: "..." ? ?

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(End of this chapter)