Shadow Weaver

Chapter 8 Intangible Cultural Heritage is More Than Just a Culture

Yang Yanan shook the snack in her hand and spoke clearly and crisply. Xu Yichi was choked by her overly simple and straightforward expression and it took him a long time to get his head around it.

Ah, this... this thing, it is possible, indeed, she is willing and really willing, but the problem is——

"Why, why?" The little girl twisted her skirt and lowered her head, the sound was so small that it seemed like the hum of a mosquito. "Senior...what do you like about me?"

"Besides, are you really confident in entrusting such an important thing to us?"

"After all, our studio is small, poor, and has no reputation or technical strength. Aren't you afraid that we will mess it up..." Xu Yichi's voice became smaller and smaller, and after she finished speaking, her head was almost pressed into her arms.

——When they first came to Shanxi Province to collect materials and seek inspiration, they were quite confident. They felt that even if they could not negotiate all the projects on this trip, they could at least get seven or eight cooperation authorizations.

But that overflowing confidence, which was not aware of the immensity of the world, was mostly gone after they had thoroughly visited all the museums and cultural centers in Yuancheng and Yunzhong.

The theme of "intangible cultural heritage" is far larger than they had previously imagined, and the areas it involves are far more numerous than they had expected.

The word "intangible cultural heritage" is not what they initially thought, that is, it simply represents a certain ancient culture that has been passed down. In fact, from local folk customs to humanities, and then from humanities to regional historical changes...

The social, cultural, and even economic value of any kind of intangible cultural heritage is immeasurable. It is already very difficult for them to understand and perfectly derive and reproduce any of them in the game. As they thought at the beginning, they wanted to get seven or eight cooperative licenses at once...

That is nothing but a foolish dream.

and so.

Faced with the grand theme of "The Legend of the Yang Family Generals" which has been passed down for thousands of years.

Can they really do it well?
Senior Yang... can she really trust them with such an important thing?

Is she really not afraid that their level is not high enough and they will not be able to present the spiritual and cultural connotations of "The Yang Family Generals" and accidentally ruin the project?
This kind of thing...she felt extremely scared just thinking about it.

I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to demonstrate the loyalty and red-bloodedness of the Yang family… I was also afraid that I wouldn’t be able to demonstrate the heroic spirit of the twenty-two female generals of the Yang family.

If she doesn't do it well, she will feel extremely guilty.

The more Xu Yichi thought about it, the more conflicted she became. Her mouth, which was already tightly pursed, was now stretched into a straight line.

After listening to this, Yang Yan'an blinked and thought seriously for a moment. After a while, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"You're a coward, but you're not much braver than a mouse, Xiao Xu." The little girl shook her head, with a look of disdain on her face. "Don't think too much. I'm looking for you just because I think you're suitable. I don't have many other reasons, and I'm not worried that you'll mess it up."

"You just have to let go and make the game you like."

Yang Yanan's expression was unusually calm. Xu Yichi, on the contrary, became more and more uneasy under her calm and steady gaze: "Suitable, suitable."

"How can this be appropriate...I don't even think I'm suitable for this." - She is a complete newbie who has only been in the industry for two days. Her previous experience was only in producing two small independent games with a team during her college years.

The reason why she had the audacity to fool everyone in the studio into choosing the intangible cultural heritage theme with her this time was nothing more than that she and Xiaobai had indeed liked those ancient things since childhood, and they also wanted to take advantage of the current "rise of national trends" and see if they could get some related support projects from relevant departments and get some government assistance.

"Anywhere is suitable." Yang Yan'an tilted his head and said as a matter of course, "I think you are a simple-minded kid, and you seem to like to talk about these things."

"——Compared to handing things over to people who only care about profit and don't treat them well, I would naturally be more willing to entrust this legend to young people who still have dreams in their hearts."

"Is this difficult to understand?"

“No, it’s not difficult, but, but what—” The little girl blushed and stammered, “Senior Yang, I’m not that naive.”

Simple people would never download so many pink apps on their phones (crossed out)!

"Very naive." Yang Yan'an raised his eyebrows and scratched his head, "If you don't believe me... then let me put it this way, Xiao Xu——"

"Tell me, why do you want to make a game with a non-legacy theme this time?"

"Well... one is because I like it, and the other is definitely because I want to take advantage of the national trend to make more money." Xu Yichi scratched his hands, "Of course, if this game can by chance have some contemporary significance... and help our studio go down in history and become rich, that would be even better."

——Get rich right where you are and retire right where you are.

Nowadays, there are probably few young people who can resist such temptation, right?
"Look, isn't your idea quite simple?" Yang Yan'an shrugged. "Before launching the project, you didn't even investigate the market gap and demand... You just randomly looked for a trend and came here out of interest."

"...Hmm." Xu Yichi covered his face with his hands and made a strange humming sound. "Senior, are you trying to praise me or scold me?"

"Oh... I'm praising you, don't make that weird noise, I'm praising you!" The little girl was perfunctory and decisively brushed aside the question. "Besides, China is such a big place, and there are many national-level intangible cultural heritages applied for by various provinces - why do you have to come to Shanxi Province to collect folk songs instead of going to the neighboring Shaanxi Province or Qinghai Province?"

"This, this is mainly because my idol has a store in Xinchuan..." Xu Yichi lowered his head, "I wanted to try my luck and see if I can run into my idol."

"Oh, I can't believe it!" Yang Yan'an pretended to be exaggerated when he heard this, and forgot to eat the potato chips in his hand for a moment, "You kid, you are still a fan of celebrities?"

"No, no, no, no, my idol is not some celebrity idol!" Xu Yichi's face turned red and he hurriedly shook his head like a rattle.

"It's the zither maker Yunse, the owner of the Qiliang Lute Shop in Daicheng, and the brand manager of Lansheng, a sub-brand of the "Echoes of the Valley" brand!"

"Although I am tone-deaf and can't play the piano... I really like listening to her piano music, and I like her piano making style and artistic concepts even more." When talking about her favorite idol, the girl's eyes are full of stars.

"Her music has a magical power that can make people feel at ease. It has helped me get through many days and nights when I was busy with projects until I was exhausted."

"——In the beginning, I actually wanted to make a music game with guqin music as the theme, but considering that I might not be so lucky to meet Ms. Lan, and my understanding of current music games and market awareness were not in place, I gave up."

　You never thought about it! Xiao Xu’s idol is Lan Lan!!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)