Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Chapter 316: Drogo's Drainage Shadow Festival
A red dragon, the capitalist red dragon, is roaming over Waterdeep.

It's not that Drogo wants to make any incredible declaration, he is simply admiring his own obsessive-compulsive happy city.

Waterdeep already looks somewhat like a modern city on Earth.

Under the cover of night, the dense lights seem to destroy the gorgeous sea of ​​stars, obscuring the real starry sky.

The straight and horizontal streets divide the city into small squares, which are neat and regular.

Drogo feels that Waterdeep cannot be described as a steel forest. Firstly, steel is not the main building material. Secondly, the interior of the forest is actually very messy. Only a city like the Twin Towers can be called a "forest".

Something as exquisite as Waterdeep should be called a concrete circuit board.

Unfortunately, Feilin is unlikely to point out the circuit board technology point, and magic energy basically achieves the role of electrical energy.

Drogo patrolled the territory from high in the sky. There were well-organized industrial areas, exquisite commercial areas, comfortable residential areas, and scattered green areas as embellishments. They were connected by a developed transportation network, and more importantly, there were no slums.

It is a common phenomenon on the mainland that dirty and chaotic slums and glamorous rich areas are only one block apart.

But it doesn't exist here.

The full sense of order makes Long happy.

Everything is so appropriate and elegant...

No, what is that thing in the sky ahead that’s moving forward in an arched manner?

Drogo stared with wide eyes at a strangely shaped black shadow about two hundred meters ahead.

It was suspected to be a creature lying on something, with a "tail" extending from its back. The tail seemed to be able to accumulate magic power, which was then released sexually, causing the person to be thrown far away, forming a completely ungraceful parabola.

Just like this, one collapse after another, it was "flying" in the air.

Is Feilin also going to make a fuss about UFOs?
If that thing counts as a flying object.

Anyway, in his long life, Drogo had never seen anything flying like that.

If you listen carefully, you can hear sharp shouts coming from the UFO.

Could it really be some unknown creature?

Drogo listened carefully.

It feels a little familiar.

It seems to be a common language?
"Help—I can't stop—"

"..."

Suddenly, the city seemed less orderly, and Drogo had the urge to formulate air traffic rules for Waterdeep.

Drogo thinks of himself as a good red dragon with noble morals.

So I flew over and saved the person who was shouting for help until his voice broke.

When I got closer, I could see clearly that it was a junior researcher from the research institute, riding a magic broom.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be an experiment in the magic broom research and development project.

Drogo landed nearby, carrying the researcher.

"That's great. Thank goodness for you, Mr. Drogo. Otherwise, I don't know what I would do."

The researcher looked shocked, but at the same time he seemed to be a little unsatisfied.

"You, testing the broom, don't you take any safety measures?"

Drogo really didn't expect their test to be so reckless.

"No, there are actually emergency landing measures, but the broom samples will be destroyed, so emergency measures will not be taken unless it is absolutely necessary." The researcher answered honestly.

"So you choose to try to shout for help?"

"Yes, but I didn't expect you to come."

Drogo seriously suspected that the style of painting at the Shenzhen Research Institute was distorted by those goblins.

"What about this magic broom?" He decided to focus on something else.

The researcher proudly showed off the broom, "The Harry Potter series of peripherals you designed are not far from success after this test."

"Our definition of being close to success is a little different." Drogo didn't think that this flying method, which was similar to skipping stones on water, was very reliable.

"Let's put aside the issue of stopping and landing. This crashing and flying pattern doesn't match the description in the novel at all!"

The magic broom is a key item in the Harry Potter series' peripheral products. It is the basis for promoting the sport of Quidditch in the future. At least it must be able to be ridden and played.

"That's right. This broom is just a prototype to verify the principle of flight. Now it has been verified that this principle works."

The researcher explained naturally: "Next, as long as the frequency and strength of the magic power spray are adjusted to be uniform, stable flight can be achieved."

Drogo was shocked.

It’s the limit, the researchers used the limit!

"Then... I wish your research and development work will be successful as soon as possible?"

“Of course, it is expected to be completed within this month.”

The researcher looked confident, and tonight's stimulus test experience didn't seem to affect him at all.

Drogo felt that beneath the human skin of this researcher, there might be a goblin soul hidden.

If what the researchers say is true, the magic broom project will be completed within a month, by which time the second Harry Potter book should be finished and the plot will gradually enter the intense part.

The Dark Knight should also be about to start filming, and the popularity of Harry Potter will reach its peak by then.

People will surely notice the city where Hogwarts is located, and this is a good opportunity to make Waterdeep a truly famous city.

But Drogo always felt that relying solely on a school to attract people was missing something.

It is healthy to divert traffic to multiple hot spots at the same time.

What is the best way to attract traffic?
dispute.

Wherever there is noise, there is heat.

Drogo plans to create a platform that makes it easy for people to argue without getting too heated.

After much thought, awards are a good platform for this.

As we all know, when it comes to awards, no matter how the awards are given out, there will always be people who are dissatisfied. Furthermore, giving awards from different angles will cause dissatisfaction among different groups.

perfect.

So, Drogo decided to hold a Magic Shadow Festival!
The first annual Magic Film Festival in Feilin Continent that combines awards and new film releases.

The reason for choosing Magic Shadow is that the number of Magic Shadows produced each year is enough for awards.

The total number of new films released last year has exceeded 100. Although it is not a lot, it is at least enough for awards.

If there were only ten or eight films a year, there would really be no need for any selection.

Moreover, since the birth of Magic Shadow, the number of new films has been increasing every year at a very fast rate.

Compared to games that were released around the same time, it's growing much faster.

The threshold for making games is still a bit high. With the current level of education, there are not so many magic "programmers". Even if they cannot cast spells and are only responsible for using the game engine, they still need a considerable foundation in inscriptions.

So far, there are no more than twenty games that can be officially released in a year.

There are quite a few shoddy small games, most of which are exercises by school students. At most, they can be used to hold an independent game festival. If you want to hold a game competition of a sufficient scale, the quality is far from enough.

If it really happened, Drogo would receive the prize from beginning to end.

There are no such things as the Three Imperial Families; there is only his One Imperial Family.

The situation of Mo Ying is much better in comparison, after all, he can just use a camera to record it.

Actors, directors, and screenwriters are all in these industries that would make an outsider feel like they could do the same.

What’s interesting is that many laymen are really good at it, and sometimes they are much better than those with professional training... Many film studios were born in Feilin, and there are even studios that invest in the royal family and make films at public expense.

Indeed, quite a few magic shadows of a high level have been produced.

In other words, there is competition among fans.

As for how to award the prize.

Let’s not talk about the basic awards such as Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, etc.

More importantly, who will judge the awards?

The award judging model for other categories that Feilin is familiar with is completed by industry insiders.

It has nothing to do with the public.

The selection meeting is not open to the public and is more of a "self-entertainment" event within the industry.

Therefore, many valuable awards in the industry are not known to the public.

People are also accustomed to this pattern.

When ordinary people learn that something has won a certain award, they will just sigh, "Oh, that's amazing."

There is absolutely no research into whether the winner of this award is reasonable.

Part of the reason is that the things awarded before were too far away from the lives of the general public.

Whether it is literature, art, or the more professional magic, none of them are accessible to ordinary people.

It is common for people to have never heard of the candidates, so there is certainly no discussion about them.

However, Magic Shadow does not have this problem. Nowadays, any slightly good Magic Shadow is basically known to everyone, and even if you haven't seen it, you have heard of it.

On this basis, the choices made by industry judges will naturally be scrutinized by a large number of moviegoers.

The fun begins.

What? The winning work is exactly what I like, it’s the most valuable award!
How is it possible? A work that I hate so much actually won an award. What a fake award!
The judges will always be in a superposition state of "the most valuable" and "fake".

Therefore, Drogo plans to retain the professional selection as the most important award.

The judges are provided by the Drama Guild. Now most of the practitioners in the Magic Film Industry are still in the Drama Guild. The film and television industry and the stage industry are not completely separated. The two have many similarities.

All guild members submit a list of nominations for each award, and the nominees are counted.

A smaller panel of judges will then select the final winners from among the nominees.

This part serves as a professional award.

In addition, there must be less professional awards.

For example, media awards.

As a part of the film and television industry, the film and television review industry was born shortly after the birth of Magic Shadow.

There is even a dedicated Felin Magic Film Newspaper that mainly publishes reviews of new films, as well as analysis of classic films and the latest news in the industry.

The sales volume is pretty good and it is very influential among the fans of the game.

After all, Magic Cinema tickets are not cheap, so it is normal to read the reviews before deciding whether to go to the Magic Cinema.

Since they were keen on evaluation, Zhuo Ge decided to provide them with a higher evaluation platform.

Media Choice Awards!
The awards are slightly fewer than professional awards, and all currently well-known film and television media will be invited to vote.

As for the voting system, a ranking points system is used, and all qualified media will make a ranked list for each award.

The first place gets five points, the fifth place gets one point, and the total score is calculated to select the winner.

Compared to each media only selecting one work, this method can avoid winning the award for a film that is particularly appealing to a certain media but is actually not liked by many candidates.

The final selection will be the work that best suits the tastes of most media. It may not be the first on all media lists, but it will appear on the most lists.

This is to make the media selection more discussed and prevent some media from taking money to do the work.

Drogo will publish all qualified media and the names of their submissions, showing completely how the winners won the award.

Media that accept payment for doing things like this should consider whether this will damage their own reputation.

Media that goes against the public will quickly lose its credibility and go out of business.

Even more unprofessional than the Media Choice Awards is, of course, the People’s Choice Awards!
The selection criteria for this award are simple and clear.

Who has more fans than others.

In order to allow fans to focus more of their attention, the People's Choice Awards only include Best Picture and Best Actor and Actress.

They are not the best actor or actress, that is to say, as long as they appear on the screen, they are eligible for the selection.

I don’t know if in the future there will be a situation where I only make a cameo appearance for a few seconds and end up being voted the best actor.

However, the People's Choice Award is not without any threshold.

Drogo has a bit of bottom line. He bought tickets to watch the movie in the Magic Cinema and owns two tickets.

Accounts that have played on online platforms have one ticket.

Don’t vote if you haven’t even seen it.

Currently, all the movies on the online platform that have been released within a year require membership or payment to watch.

Even if fans want to cheat on their votes, they have to spend a lot of money to do so.

At least there won't be any zero-cost refreshes.

Just like that, Zhuo Xiaoge came up with a plan for the Waterdeep Magic Shadow Festival.

The entire Magic Shadow Festival lasts for ten days.

The first seven days are for exhibitions and performances, including previews of new films that have not yet been officially released and lack distributors; re-screenings of classic films; fan meetings with the crew; and industry knowledge sharing sessions...

The last three days are the highlight.

The winners will be announced in the order of public choice, media choice, and professional selection.

There will also be a grand awards ceremony at the end.

In addition to invited guests, interested audiences can also purchase tickets to enter.

It will definitely attract many people to Waterdeep.

Once the plan was finalized, the publicity machine was put into motion.

Soon, news about the Waterdeep Magic Shadow Festival appeared on the headlines of major newspapers and on the homepages of many websites.

First, magic shadow enthusiasts noticed it, and then with their spontaneous promotion, the Magic Shadow Festival quickly became known to everyone.

People like to watch the fun.

This festival sounds very lively.

Although it is only the warm-up stage, with more than a month left before the official date of the Magic Shadow Festival, the sales of train tickets to Waterdeep have increased several times.

Regardless of the final outcome of the Shadow Festival, the goal of attracting people to Waterdeep has been achieved.

To show his respect, Zhuo Ge also participated in the screening of new films for preview at the Magic Film Festival.

I've been watching movies so much lately that I'm exhausted.

It would be fine if it was just a finished film, but why are there samples that haven't even been edited yet, and some that haven't even been filmed yet, but are just coming with a script to attract investment?

Who is so abstract?
Drogo opened the script for raising investment in his claws.

I didn’t expect it was an acquaintance.

From Lavan’s play “Old Clothes.”

(End of this chapter)