Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Drogo put on his tuxedo.

This is a carefully designed suit that leaves enough room for the wings and tail to move around. It fits the body very well and does not affect movement whether walking on four legs, standing or flying.

Praise.

As expected of a craftsman from the royal city, he is really good at making luxury goods for the royal family.

Drogo did not accept any interviews and went straight into the venue.

He also doesn't need to appear in the media frequently to increase his exposure.

He himself is the biggest "light source".

The People's Choice Awards and Media's Choice Awards were presented over the past two days.

As Drogo expected, the result was quite different.

In fact, this is a very normal phenomenon. Because the media has a relatively large amount of film viewing, as the amount of film viewing increases, the aesthetic taste will inevitably become more "sophisticated".

It's not just the media, even among ordinary audiences, there are differences in aesthetics between heavy fans and light fans.

Almost all fields involving aesthetics will become "niche" as understanding deepens.

No big deal in itself.

Seek common ground while reserving differences.

It's a pity there was an award ceremony.

Now fans are questioning whether a media outlet that chooses differently from the masses can really speak for the masses.

Those who support media choice are trying to prove that public choice does not represent professional excellence.

This may sound a bit complicated, so let’s simplify it.

One party scolded, "Why are you pretending to be a small-time guy?", and the other party scolded back, "You have never eaten good food."

That's probably what it feels like.

Moreover, since neither side has a clear lead or undisputed work, neither side can convince the other.

The quarrel on the Internet pushed the heat of the award ceremony by "academic professional judges" on the final day to a peak.

They are all waiting to see who will be awarded the final prize so that they can use it as a basis for convincing the other party.

Drogo found it funny to think of this.

Because winning the Academy Award is different from the other two!

Perfect for Drogo's expectations.

Only when they are different can the differences between the awards be demonstrated, and then people will argue about the value of the awards. In the future there will probably be terms like "Grand Slam".

It's all topical!
After signing in the outfield, Drogo entered the infield.

The entire award ceremony was a bit like an annual entertainment industry meeting, with the audience consisting entirely of practitioners.

The host is a comedian, and the style of the entire award ceremony is mainly light-hearted and entertaining. The host will make fun of these celebrities who are usually celebrities.

However, all jokes have been discussed with the people being joked about in advance, to prevent any star from going crazy and punching the host on stage.

The ceremony proceeded smoothly amidst bursts of laughter, which were not sure whether they were acted or came from the heart.

Drogo was sitting in the front row of the audience, with the crew of "The Silence of the Lambs", waiting to receive the most important award of the night, Best Picture.

On the stage, Lavan was crying and talking about the difficulties he had gone through to complete this film.

He and his Augustan crew won the Jury's Choice Award in the Pilot Film category.

It's certainly worth getting excited about, but Raven seems a little too excited and almost reveals how much money he owes Drogo Group.

Fortunately, the backstage staff were experienced enough and lowered the microphone on the grounds of speaking timeout, thus physically muting the microphone.

But Drogo's attention was not on the stage at this time.

Someone from the Waterdeep Police Department was whispering to him.

"Several patrol teams outside the city reported that they had discovered abnormal behavior of monsters. They were not afraid of the threats from patrol members and were in a state of stress. This had nothing to do with the influence of the devil. We suspected that there were more threatening creatures inside the wasteland, but after sending out an investigation team, we were unable to identify the specific species. We have only found some traces so far. The director determined that the situation was urgent and chose to inform you as soon as possible."

After the police officer finished speaking quickly, he handed over a document containing the traces they had found.

After listening to the police officer's report, Drogo didn't react much. It was just a dangerous monster. It wasn't a big deal.

Any creature that cannot contribute income to the Drogo Group can be eliminated.

But when Drogo opened the file, he was stunned.

There are several photos in the file, all of which show footprints.

Drogo didn't know much about phaerimm biology, and normally one couldn't tell what a footprint was from, but these footprints looked like dragon claws.

There are dragons in the wasteland outside Waterdeep?

impossible.

And it looks like there is more than one dragon here.

When choosing the site for Waterdeep, Drogo flew over hundreds of miles in radius but found no trace of dragons, and he also marked his territory in the area.

Marked with a magical sigil.

He was a civilized dragon, and had moved away from the unsanitary primitive methods of scent marking.

The dragon race is a race with a strong sense of territory.

Doudou is an outlier among outliers as he doesn't care about his territory at all.

Under normal circumstances, a fixed territory would only be ruled by one adult dragon or one family. In rare cases, there would be a few dragons that were not strong enough to team up, but the number would never exceed double digits at most.

But judging from the footprints provided by the police, there were more than a dozen photographed.

What happened?
This could explain why the monsters were not afraid of the patrols. Compared to the patrol members, dragons were scarier.

The problem is that according to the rules of the dragon clan, if you rashly enter a marked territory, it would be considered a serious provocation.

The owner of that territory has unlimited rights to defend against any intruding dragon.

Even if the intruder dies as a result, if the news spreads to other dragons, he will be despised.

Therefore, Drogo couldn't understand what was going on with this group of dragons.

Judging from the footprints, the dragons in this group are of different ages, mainly adults and sub-adults, with a few older dragons and a few young dragons. Although there are many of them, they cannot pose any threat to Drogo.

To be honest, closing the door and putting beans in can solve the problem.

This configuration looks like several families fleeing together, and it should not be a group of rookies looking for their own territory.

There are older dragons in the pack, so they should recognize Drogo's mark.

Although he did not interact much with his fellow tribesmen, his legends were everywhere among them.

I remember that he was a famous idol dragon in the tribe back then.

After much thought, Drogo could only conclude that the dragons had not noticed the mark.

"How about this," Drogo ordered, "Your police department doesn't need to worry about this matter for now. I will handle it."

"understand!"

Drogo planned to wait until tomorrow to find these dragons himself and determine their purpose.

If it is the unlucky Dragon family who lost their original territory, persuade them to leave. If they come to grab the territory, beat them up and kick them out.

I won't kill them, as there are few dragons in the tribe, so we still have to consider our fellow tribesmen.

"What's the matter?" asked Fulin who was sitting next to her.

"We have found many dragon footprints in the wilderness outside Waterdeep," Drogo answered truthfully.

"A lot of dragon footprints? If it's not Doudou's clone, what is he doing?"

"No, they are different footprints." At this point, Drogo suddenly remembered that Fulin still had contact with other dragons, unlike him who rarely socialized with his own people. "Have you heard about any family losing territory recently?" "Recently? No."

"Don't you often contact other dragons?"

"Yeah, I contact you every two or three years."

"You are…"

Drogo wanted to retort that once every two or three years could be considered "frequent contact," but on second thought, it seemed to be quite frequent for an ancient dragon.

"What are you going to do?"

"Go find them."

"I will go with you."

"No need. Judging from the footprints, there shouldn't be any particularly powerful dragons. How could it be me?"

"I'm worried about what you've done to them." Fulin rolled her eyes and said, "The living space of the dragon clan is getting smaller and smaller. We can't have conflicts among ourselves again. It's best not to attack if we can drive them away."

"Am I a particularly violent dragon in my heart?"

Fulin nodded without hesitation.

"But now I don't even plunder, I sell things. Alas, there has never been a dragon as kind as me in the history of the dragon clan. Well, except Doudou."

"But you've only been selling stuff for a few years. You were a very violent dragon for more than a thousand years before that."

In the end, Flynn and Drogo agreed to go find the dragons after the ceremony and banquet, as things might change if they delayed too long.

The awards ceremony continued, and the entire ceremony lasted nearly three hours before the Best Picture award was presented.

The award presenter held the envelope, trying to create a tense atmosphere, and the camera was focused on each nominated crew.

Finally, after a burst of urgent music, Drogo and the crew of "The Silence of the Lambs" fell into ecstasy, "unbelievable" that they really won the highest honor.

"The Silence of the Lambs" also became the film with the biggest gain at the Magic Film Festival.

In addition to several other awards, it also won the highest honors of the Academy Judges Choice and Media Choice.

Unfortunately, they didn't achieve the Grand Slam and did not win the Fans' Choice Award.

The audience for thrillers is still a little narrow.

This is also the biggest problem for fans in choosing awards. Because of the influence of subject matter and audience, some films of extremely high quality may be destined not to win the vote.

So there is no perfect award, each award has its biases and limitations.

The entire crew, including demons, dragons, and others, walked onto the stage in a huge crowd.

Due to time constraints, everyone could only make a brief speech. Finally, the entire award ceremony officially came to an end after Drogo's speech.

This is all the part that can be seen through the Magic Vision broadcast.

The following dinner was a purely industry event.

It wasn't some informal dinner, just a regular party where the winners celebrated and those who were interested talked about their projects for the coming year.

Usually, this kind of occasion can bring about many projects in an unintentional way. It is an international practice to discuss business while eating.

All participants of the dinner will have a special car service or transfer, and they can choose their own mode of transportation.

Drogo and Asmodeus walked out of the venue together, talking about filming some big devil movie next year and trying to make it both critically and commercially successful.

"I'm not bragging to you, but if I make a thriller, I will definitely win all three awards." Zhuo Ge boasted as he walked. In fact, he had no idea what to make, he was just joking.

Suddenly, Fulin pulled him.

"What's wrong? I'm discussing important business here."

"Look to the sky."

"What's so good about the sky? It's pitch black."

"No, Dragon."

"What dragon?"

"Now we don't have to look for the dragon we were planning to find." Fulin said, pointing to the night sky.

Drogo finally reacted and immediately looked up at the sky.

I saw nearly thirty shadows hovering in the night sky.

Swarms of dragons.

They are of different sizes and colors. They spread their wings and glide to slow down, looking for a place to land.

Countless passers-by also noticed the abnormality in the sky, and they looked up and cheered.

Yes, cheers! No one panicked, and no one ran away. They all thought there was some new activity in Waterdeep.

After all, there are new activities here almost every week.

As it happens, today is the closing day of the Magic Shadow Festival, so it makes sense for the Drogo Group to find a group of dragons to perform.

What’s even more terrible is that the closing ceremony of the Magic Film Festival was almost everywhere filled with reporters, and the crackling flashes of the cameras recorded this moment faithfully.

Drogo hadn't been this nervous in a long time.

I'm not afraid of these dragons.

After seeing it with my own eyes, I was even more certain that these dragons were very weak.

Rather, they fear the possibility of conflict.

Although Drogo's original intention was not to move his claws, what if?

No matter how weak these dragons are, there are still many adults among them. If a fight really breaks out, it is inevitable that they will not be affected.

The crowd here is so dense now that it is impossible to evacuate immediately. If there are really a thousand or eight hundred casualties, it will be over. It will be a major scandal, and the image of a tourist city that has been established with great difficulty will be ruined.

However, Asmodeus beside him was eager to try.

"Am I about to witness the dragons fighting for territory? Do you need any help? Devil hiring service, half price for the first time."

"Why are you so excited?"

After hesitating for a few seconds, Drogo made a decision that if these dragons were coming for him, no matter what their intention was, he would take them away first.

He spread his wings and took off, meeting the group of dragons, ready to take them to an open area.

Dragons themselves don't have a strong desire for destruction, they just like treasure. If they want to seize territory, their target is Drogo, and there is no reason for them to destroy the city.

However, as Drogo took off, several adult dragons in the herd landed.

It landed right in the open space in front of the venue.

Seeing this scene, Drogo became angry.

What do you mean, you don’t want the face I give you?

Just as Drogo was thinking about how to minimize the losses, the actions of the adult dragons made him stunned in mid-air.

The dragons moved their huge bodies very carefully, for fear of bumping into the onlookers.

This slightly clumsy and cute action caused the onlookers to cheer again.

Fulin had already formed an illusion circle with her hands, but her movements were frozen, and she didn't know whether to trigger it or not.

After a series of strenuous movements, the adult dragons finally turned themselves over, with their vulnerable bellies facing upwards. They twisted their bodies and said in dragon language: "Great Drogo, please accept our respects."

Now Drogo was completely confused.

what's the situation?
Flipping over the belly is the ultimate sign of weakness among the dragon clan. It is the most shameful and lowly of all. Even Doudou would not do this when being beaten up.

In Drogo's opinion, he thought a fight was going to happen, but his opponent rushed forward quickly, fell to his knees, and kowtowed three times in a row.

What do you mean? I've never heard that the Dragon Clan also asks elders for lucky money? (End of this chapter)