The recruitment of NPCs is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Lu Ban quickly recruited more than a hundred NPCs.
These NPCs are divided into two groups. One group is the important NPCs that interact with the main storyline of the script, including the bartender with a broken leg, family members of the gang, etc.
One part is the background NPCs. Most of these NPCs are passers-by and do not contain any important clues. Many times, if the players do not dig deep to get to the bottom of things, these NPCs may not even have the chance to say the lines they have prepared.
Just like when playing games, most players will not talk to every NPC while completing a mission. Sometimes, the designers may bury Easter eggs in these NPCs, but few people will discover them.
Lu Ban divided these NPCs into two groups and had them work alternately. One script experience lasted four days, which meant working four days and resting four days.
With the help of the extraordinary script with the blessing of a quiet place, these actors hardly need to deliberately study their acting skills, and can even give corresponding answers to questions outside the script based on their character settings.
Lu Ban believes that this may also be the strengthening effect brought about by the store’s level upgrade.
The earliest videos and movies could only achieve an immersive effect at best.
But now, these materials can already instill some knowledge into the viewer's brain.
Once they accept the role, the corresponding knowledge and memories will flow into the actors' brains, transforming their cognition, and performing these roles will become an innate instinct for them.
Without the performance, those NPCs can return to their own lives and will not be affected by the script and become schizophrenic.
Just like Lu Ban's suona and crowbar, this knowledge sticks to their brains like a spider web, bringing them memories.
Although the pollution may eventually deepen a little along with the knowledge as the performances continue, it is still within an acceptable range for ordinary people.
The construction work lasted for several months, which is quite slow in the field of infrastructure maniacs.
At the end of the year, when the weather turned cold and parents began clamoring for their children to wear long johns, the preparations for Lu Ban's large-scale immersive real-life game "Glass Flower" were finally completed.
Different from traditional script-killing games or escape rooms, where players can only choose to solve the puzzle, [Flower of Glass] allows fifteen players to participate in one game.
These players will get scripts of detectives, gangsters, etc., play their own roles in their respective areas, and work together to advance the plot.
The ending of each script is uncertain. Either the gangsters eventually cover up the truth, or Stone succeeds in revenge, or like Lu Ban and others, the detective solves the case. All will change according to the players' decisions.
Some people may ask, with fifteen people at a time, how can we complete the task of getting tens of millions of positive reviews?
Lu Ban has his own plans.
He first released a trailer for this real-life game and then recruited the first batch of participants from around the world.
On social networks, one stone can cause a thousand ripples.
[Fuck, Lu Ban’s real-life game, will the special effects be explosive? How will the participants be selected and the winners drawn?]
[I thought the scalpers would make a lot of money, but I didn't expect Lu Ban to recruit people from all over the world. How do I choose? ]
[Will there be any world-renowned detectives, high-tech police, etc. participating in the game? They are professionals who can solve cases easily.]
[What's with the global recruitment? It's all just a show. By then, they will definitely be people Lu Ban's acquaintances. They will come out to flatter and praise after playing for a few days. I've seen a lot of people in the same industry fawning on them.]
[Such a large project, with fifteen people at a time, how many years will it take to make back the money? Isn't Lu Ban losing money? ]
[Are you still worried about whether Lu Ban will lose money? He made more money in just a few movies than you can make in hundreds of lifetimes, and you are still feeling sorry for him]
[How to register and how to be selected, I am very curious]
[There are only 15 people in a four-day period. If ordinary people want to play, is it impossible to do so in this lifetime? ]
As no one knows the specific content of Lu Ban's real-life game, there is nothing to discuss, and everyone's focus is on how to play it.
An ordinary escape room can be booked for one or two hours with several people at a time, and there are at least four or five sessions a day. Even for an award-winning gold medal escape room, you can usually get a reservation after waiting for a few days.
But Lu Ban's real-life game only lasts four days, with only fifteen people playing at a time, and only about a hundred people can play it in a month. How much does the fee have to be to support the salaries of so many NPCs, as well as the development funds?
In the past, the threshold for seeing Lu Ban’s movies was very low. People could watch them for just a few dozen dollars on a movie ticket. Even works that participated in awards would be screened domestically, and after a while they could be viewed on video websites and members could watch them.
But now, not everyone can play this real-life game.
No matter how good a work is, if only a few people can see it and only the rich and powerful can appreciate it, then it is out of touch with the masses.
Even those who collect antiques know how to display their collections.
Many people thought that Lu Ban was getting too arrogant after this move and was trying to gain some kind of privilege or class-based status.
By that time, a ticket will cost tens of thousands of dollars, who will go to support him?
So many people are waiting to see who Lu Ban will choose to participate in this debut show and what these people’s opinions will be.
Of course, in today’s industry, there are many cases of mutual promotion among peers. Some do it for money, while others do it out of personal relationships.
After all, we meet each other every day, and maybe we were former partners. If someone takes a picture of something, you can't just tell them to go back to sweeping the streets. That's the truth, right?
Therefore, many people do not have high expectations for this debut, because Lu Ban will definitely choose some acquaintances and let them go in to experience it and then come out to praise it. Even if the entrance to the public is opened later, those who can spend a lot of money to buy the tickets will not say that they have experienced a lot after four days. Otherwise, wouldn't it be telling others that they are paying for trouble?
Just like there are many restaurant-exploring UPs on the Internet who spend thousands of dollars to eat at Michelin restaurants, even if the food is really bad, they will not tell others that the restaurant does not live up to its reputation and is quite bad. Firstly, it is a matter of face, and secondly, if they really say so, the restaurant will get into trouble.
Therefore, some store explorers with high emotional intelligence say that they do not recommend ordinary audiences to spend money to experience it.
After spending a week recruiting contestants and roughly finalizing the list, Lu Ban released new information on the official website of the Silent Project.
The fifteen participants will start the game in the last few days of December and continue until New Year's Day, ending on January 1st.
At the same time, they will carry portable sports cameras and live broadcast equipment to broadcast the entire gaming experience.
Live broadcast worldwide!