Chapter 149: This is just a joke, don’t take it seriously!

It’s May.

With the arrival of summer, the temperature across the country is gradually rising, and the hot summer feeling is beginning to appear.

The first season of the animation of the same name adapted from the game "Star Emperor" and produced by Xuanji Animation has finally been broadcast.

This work started airing in January this year. According to the progress of two episodes per week, it should have been completed in April.

However, due to the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival holidays, the series was suspended for two weeks, so the 24 episodes were not broadcast until May this year.

The animation tells the passionate story of a young boy named Ji who comes from an ordinary background, possesses a rare star body, rises up against the odds in desperate situations, sweeps away the geniuses and sons of gods, and finally becomes an emperor.

That’s right!

The plot is mostly original...

There is no way to be unoriginal. The main plot of the game "Star Emperor" is really thin. If the animation production team does not create original works, this animation cannot be made.

However, although it is mostly original, the animation also respects the game plot, and the basic characters and story background have not changed too much.

The first season only has 24 episodes.

In just 24 episodes, it is definitely impossible to tell the magnificent life of the Star Emperor. Even at the end of the first season, the Star Emperor had not even broken through to the realm of a saint...

It's quite embarrassing! In the game, the first scene of the main storyline is that the Star Emperor breaks through the Saint realm, and then kills his way to the Star Holy Land for revenge, personally destroying this human holy land that has stood on Tianshu Star for hundreds of thousands of years.

As a result, in the animated version, it has been more than 20 episodes, and the protagonist Ji Xingkong has not yet broken through to the Saint realm, which makes Chen Ba speechless.

certainly!

Although he was speechless, he could understand the reason why the animation production team did this. After all, the plot of the game is very long, and if it really follows the plot of the game, I'm afraid the ending would be announced in 12 episodes.

More foreshadowing in the early stage, especially the creation of the villain of the Holy Star Land, so that in the second season, when the Emperor of the Starry Sky breaks through the Saint Realm and attacks the Holy Star Land, it will have a taste of revenge! The plot is still very good.

Xuan Ji really put a lot of effort into this animation, and both the production and plot have reached the top level in the industry.

Ji Xingkong was born extraordinary.

He was regarded as the hope of family revival when he was born. However, his astral body also brought disaster to the family.

The family was destroyed, and his parents and relatives died tragically before his eyes. The young Ji Xingkong felt the cruelty of the cultivation world in advance and was determined to take revenge on the Star Holy Land...

Afterwards, he mistakenly entered the dojo of Emperor Changye, obtained the emperor's inheritance, and also met a gentle and playful confidante.

Then it is a story of you chasing me and me escaping, constant honing of skills, and finally becoming a genius of the generation, with fame spreading throughout Tianshu Star.

“The animation rating is pretty high.”

Yang Dong asked curiously, "Based on the investment mentioned before, has this animation made back its investment?"

"No!"

Chen Ba shook his head.

With such a huge investment, how is it possible to recover the production costs so easily?

But this is not the point. Even if the investment is not recovered, it will not affect the production of the second or even third season of this animation.

Don’t ask, the answer is that I have money!

Tianba Studio has money, and graphics card manufacturers also have money. No one is short of money, so naturally they will not give up this series easily and will definitely continue to do it.

In the past few months since the animation was broadcast, "Star Emperor" has gained a lot of popularity and traffic. From this perspective alone, the investment is worth it.

"Speaking of which..."

Yang Dong smiled and said: "Unconsciously, Star Emperor has become one of the top online games in the world."

“It’s true!”

Xiao Lu was surprised and said, "Based on the number of people online at the same time, the ranking of Star Emperor is really high. There are too many active players."

There is a concept involved here.

In most cases, the total number of registered players and active players are directly proportional, that is, the more registered players there are, the more active players there are.

But there are exceptions.

For example, for a game like "Star Emperor", although the number of registered players has not yet exceeded 10 million, it still remains at around several million.

But both the number of online users and the number of active players are comparable to those games with tens of millions of registered players, and the main feature is the strong player stickiness.

This is also related to the GAL League.

Who made this event so popular? It has become the F1 of the e-sports world, and with so much attention from the outside, it is hard for the game not to be popular.

Speaking of the GAL League, Chen Ba suddenly sighed.

It’s almost becoming a gold-dollar league!

During this year's summer transfer window, someone has offered a nine-digit transfer fee to Xu Xiaofei, who is currently playing for the NVIDIA team.

Nine digits!

The transfer fee of over 100 million really shocked a lot of people. Although this is a transfer fee and does not represent the amount of money the players can get, the nine-digit figure is still too outrageous.

"It really needs some restrictions..."

Chen Ba felt that if the league continued to develop in this barbaric way, there would probably be only a few players left in the entire league.

The main thing is that if they snatch players like this, how can those small manufacturers and clubs continue to play? Will they all become the nourishment of the giants? Moreover, it is not conducive to the subsequent development of a new event if it is hyped so much. In the end, no one can continue to play, and only a mess will be left.

So the salary cap must exist.

Without any restrictions, teams like AMD, Intel and Nvidia can easily kill other teams without any suspense.

Put a salary cap on them and strictly restrict the so-called galaxy battleships. In this way, the bottom teams will also have a chance to make an unexpected comeback, and the league will be more exciting.

It is hard to say how much the limit is.

After all, GAL is not a one-man show by Chen Ba. He has to bring the leaders of each team together and hold a meeting to discuss before reaching a conclusion.

besides.

The successful experience of the GAL League also gave Chen Ba the idea of ​​creating a competition system for "Need for Speed".

"sure!"

Yang Dong supports Brother Ba very much, saying that this type of online racing game can be turned into a competition.

However, the content of the competition needs to be discussed carefully. We cannot simply copy other people's experience. We also have to consider the actual game environment of "Need for Speed".

“How about adding a car repair session?”

"It not only tests the contestants' driving skills, but also their maintenance capabilities!" Xiao Lu suggested.

"Repair the car?"

Hearing this, Chen Ba couldn't help but ask, "You mean, there is also car maintenance in the competition? Is this a separate event?"

“I guess so.”

"My idea is that the race process is very long and the track conditions are very complicated, which requires different modification strategies and timely maintenance."

Xiao Lu explained: "At this time, the competition not only tests driving skills, but also logistical support capabilities."

Having good driving skills is definitely a big advantage.

But in addition to driving skills, you also need to be very strong in maintenance and modification. Otherwise, it will take you several minutes to complete a task that others can complete in tens of seconds, and even good driving skills will not be able to make up for the gap.

"That sounds interesting..."

"How about this, you first make an announcement and hold an online match in online mode to see the response. If the players say they can accept it, then we will hold a big one."

What if the players feel it’s not okay?

Then Chen Ba had no choice but to follow everyone's advice, cancel the maintenance and modification part, and compete only in speed and driving skills.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Xiao Lu said confidently: "Brother Ba, you don't know how crazy these players are right now. Their enthusiasm for learning car repair is no less than that for preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination."

The most outrageous case was that of a player from Chengdu, who played "Need for Speed" for about a month and went from knowing nothing to making some progress, and even opened an offline auto repair shop.

That’s right!

This guy really used the skills he learned in the game, purchased a batch of equipment, opened a repair shop and started repairing cars in real life.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He is a true genius...

This kind of hands-on ability and learning ability is simply admirable.

He learned a skill by playing a game, and he learned it by himself without any teacher. Who would believe this if they told others?

"With his mediocre skills, is there really anyone who would ask him to repair their car?"

"Yes, I have!"

Chen Ba had also heard about this player's deeds, so he introduced him: "There was indeed not much business in the first few days, and no one believed him."

"But after he tried it a few times and found that it was usually simple repairs like tire repairs or sheet metal repairs, he immediately gained confidence, and his business became more and more prosperous..."

He is really awesome! Among all the players of "Need for Speed", he is the only one who really took action and learned something.

Others who say they have learned it are probably joking. They may not even be able to remove a tire in real life...

But this guy said he learned it, and he really did! He opened a car repair shop, so he must have learned it, right?

"It's bad. He played the genuine version."

Chen Ba joked, "Others came here to play games, but he came here to study, and he actually learned a skill that can support his family."

A true gift.

Selling "Fast and Furious" to him for 178 yuan was just like selling "Love Adviser" to Zhang Pengfei for 68 yuan. It was indeed a huge loss.

"By the way, Brother Ba..."

Speaking of the fact that this player learned how to repair cars through "Need for Speed" and even opened a car repair shop, Xiao Lu seemed to have thought of something.

He opened Pili Pili, found a video from his favorites, and played it to Chen Ba on his mobile phone.

Chen Ba stared at the screen.

This is a video review of a vehicle on sale that was completed by a game UP host and hundreds of players working together.

In the video, the UP host found hundreds of players to cooperate with him, used about 100 vehicles of the same level and price, and conducted multiple tests in "Ford".

There are a lot of test contents.

There are shock absorption tests for vehicles passing through bumpy sections, tests for vehicles getting out of trouble on muddy roads, tests for 100-kilometer acceleration, braking distance, moose tests, and the most thrilling collision tests.

"It's just a joke, don't take it seriously!"

The UP host is very afraid of being led by others, and repeatedly emphasizes that he is just doing his job and this is not a serious test, so don't take it seriously.

The video was also uploaded to the game section, not the car section, which shows that the UP host himself does not think this thing is reliable and is just doing it to get some views and coins.

The testing process is quite rigorous.

However, there were still many funny moments along the way. For example, during the test, the rear axle longitudinal arm of a certain brand of car suddenly broke.

At that time, the UP host also emphasized that it was an accident.

So he arranged for another car of the same model to be tested, and the result was the same: the axle broke during the test.

The UP owner panicked and quickly changed the car for the third round of testing, but the axle broke again...

"Haha, a lawyer's letter of warning!"

"Are you sweating all over, bro? How can you make yourself sweat all over just playing a game?"

"Brother Ba, don't even think about running away! The manufacturer sent a lawyer's letter, and I will give one to the UP host and one to Brother Ba, no one can miss it..."

"It's so funny! Three cars in a row have been like this. Could it be that Brother Ba has tampered with the screen?"

Why is it so hot?

The air conditioner was on in the studio and the temperature was a very comfortable 24 degrees, but sweat broke out on Chen Ba's forehead.

What is going on?

You can't just smear people! What if the manufacturer finds out and thinks that Tianba Studio has bad intentions and deliberately smears them? I feel so uncomfortable...

Not only the UP host who made the video was panicking, even Chen Ba, who saw this video, was sweating profusely.

"Need for Speed" is a game after all, and it is a game produced by Tianba Studio.

As a result, in the game, this model has a major problem. What will the car manufacturers think? Will they think that Tianba Studio is deliberately smearing it?

"Hurry up and ask him to take the video down, delete this part and re-post it!"

Chen Ba didn't want to take the blame, mainly because it had nothing to do with him. It was clearly the UP host's own fault, so why should he be implicated? He was no longer interested in watching the subsequent tests, and his mind was full of thoughts, why did this happen? Just as he was thinking about it, the video entered the thrilling collision test, and something went wrong again.

When a car model performed poorly or even horribly during a test, the barrage of comments started to repeat the same words as before.

The UP host really lived in Bengbu now, and quickly emphasized again: "It's just a joke, it has no reference value, don't take it seriously!"

"It's just a game. If you have any questions, go find Brother Ba. This has nothing to do with me! You all saw it. I was just playing the game normally!"

Chen Ba: “…”

Okay, okay! You're just putting the blame on him, right? This UP host is such a jerk! He obviously did it himself, but he wants him to take the blame?

I can't bear the blame...

It would be fine if the manufacturer does not pursue the responsibility. If it does, not only will this video be removed from the shelves, but I'm afraid "Ford" will also be in trouble.

Chen Ba now only hopes that everyone will treat this as a joke and not take it too seriously and mistakenly take the test results in the game seriously.

But this is obviously impossible.

Since Xiao Lu showed him this video, it means that the content of the video has been spread widely. The number of views of more than three million is enough to prove everything.

“It’s just a game.”

Xiao Lu smiled and said, "Brother Ba, don't think too much. Who would take what happens in the game seriously?"

No one really thinks that this UP host's work is of reference value, right? Who would choose a car based on a game? (End of this chapter)