Chapter 1019： Rediscover the charm of video games

Chapter 1019 Rediscover the charm of video games

1019

The shooting of the movie took nearly a year, during which time Zhu Youxing would occasionally come to watch the movie.

It also makes sense to shoot a Ready Player One movie in this world.

It can make more people understand the charm of video games more deeply.

He remembered that in his previous life, some people around him who hadn’t played games had changed their views on video games after watching this movie.

At the same time, because the movie was shot by a top director like Spielberg, he also acted as an opinion leader.

Looking at a culture where someone who is so prominent, who is the head of his industry, is also applauding, it sure can't be that bad.

Zhu Youxing naturally had some contact and communication with Jesse.

The age difference between the two is more than 30 years old, but their thinking and ideas are very advanced, and a lot of sparks are produced when they collide together.

This world also has unique things of this world, and the original world also has unique things of the original world. Zhu Youxing shared some relevant knowledge of the original world with Jesse, and Jesse also shared his experience of more than 70 years without reservation To Zhu Youxing, the two also burst out a lot of new inspiration together.

Then, Zhu Youxing decisively used these inspirations in the new game that has already started preparation.

During the filming process, Zhu Youxing will not be idle, he is not the kind of person who likes to be idle very much.

In his words, at least wait until he sees that this world has produced many unique top-level masterpieces before he thinks about retirement.

Before that, he continued to act as the porter of the two worlds, bringing the excellent games from his own world to this world.

It’s hard to say that I can witness the real metaverse in my lifetime, not the metaverse of the original world, which is a waste of money and leeks.

Then, there are the releases of Ready Player One, Metal Gear Solid, and Uncharted.

In order to avoid the three films hitting their own family members, the three films are planned to be released one week apart.

The first movie to hit theaters was Uncharted, made by the original cast of the video game.

Taking advantage of the fact that the live-action movie is about to be released and the publicity work is in full swing, Youxing Electronic Entertainment will naturally take advantage of this opportunity to promote the game of the same name more.

If you can’t say it well, some newcomers who don’t play games will be interested in video games, and then they will buy them.

The sales of the same various joint peripherals are naturally indispensable.

There is a game fame bonus, and then a few well-known movie stars are added to the live-action movie to attract more groups other than game players, and the merchandise sells very well.

Drake's exclusive commemorative pocket watch, mass-produced goods, the average cost is ten dollars, with the design of the mysterious sea, it can be sold for fifty or sixty dollars.

A poster of Uncharted Sea costs tens of cents a piece to print, and can be sold for ten dollars, all of which are low-cost and high-return things.

Tukarev was a little surprised that these things alone had recovered several million dollars. The movie hasn’t even been released yet, and the sales of peripheral products are no worse than those of ordinary series movies in the early stage.

However, he didn't get much of the money, and most of it was given to Youxing Electronic Entertainment. After all, he only got the right to adapt the film and television, but he still got a little share of the design share.

At the same time, in order to expand its influence, Tukarev also asked Zhu Youxing to participate in the premiere, just to stand on the stage. After all, Youxing Electronic Entertainment also needs to be divided from this movie, so Zhu Youxing I agreed very happily, the movie premiere is quite meaningful, and this is an adaptation of my own work after all.

The box office of Uncharted in the first week after its release was close to 200 million U.S. dollars. If there is no accident, the cost can definitely be recovered.

And this is just the beginning.

After the end of the first week of Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid was released immediately, and it directly earned 230 million at the box office in the first week. Obviously, movie audiences still prefer movies with spy wars and big scenes, and treasure exploration types. Movies are somewhat outdated in this day and age.

Then came the third week, the release of Ready Player One.

The two films of Metal Gear Solid and Uncharted Seas were authorized by Zhu Youxing as a favor, and I don’t really care if more people pay attention to him, but the number one player is obviously different.

In addition to its various game IP promotions, this number one player will also reveal a cyberpunk world view, paving the way for the next promotion of Cyberpunk 2077.

Of course, more importantly, this movie may also be like the original world, allowing many people who have never played games to realize for the first time what games have brought to this era.

"I don't understand, how much your kid likes playing video games. Even the first time I took your dad to watch a movie was to watch a movie about video games."

In front of a movie theater in a certain city in the United States, a huge number one player billboard stands in front of the movie theater, occupying the sight of all passers-by.

A middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties and a young man about seventeen or eighteen were standing in front of this huge sign.

The middle-aged man in his fifties is Jimmy, the editor-in-chief of the film review magazine.

He really didn't want to come here.

He was really disgusted by the video game, which made him feel very embarrassed.

Although his rambunctious accusations against video games didn't cause too much trouble from the beginning to the end, he still felt a little ashamed and didn't want to watch this **** movie at all.

But his son quit. He said he wanted to show his outdated father the charm of video games.

Jimmy can ignore the glamor of video games, but he has an incomparable fondness for children born in later life.

In front of the movie theater, the huge signboard of the number one player is a virtual human figure completely made by computer.

The design of this human figure is very sophisticated, it looks like a real person, but the structure and position of some parts of the human body are exaggerated, which is also to avoid the effect of uncanny valley.

The uncanny valley is a special feeling that humans have for non-human objects. If such non-human things are very similar to humans, there will be a subconscious disgust.

The people and things appearing on the huge stand are to avoid this situation as much as possible, so that at least the movie audience will not feel disgusted in the initial impression, and they will not give up watching the movie at the beginning.

Then there is a line of small words under the stand: Thank you for watching this movie, I hope this movie can give you a new understanding of the charm of video games.

(end of this chapter)