??Chapter 433: 432. Global Recruitnt of Participants (Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter!)_1
Chapter 433: 432. Global Recruitnt of Participants (Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter!)_1
The recruitnt of NPCs was carried out in an orderly fashion.
Lu Ban had quickly recruited more than a hundred NPCs.
These NPCs were divided into two groups, one of which consisted of key NPCs who would interact with the main storyline of the script, including a bartender with a broken leg, gang family mbers, and so on.
The other group was made up of background NPCs who were mostly passersby without crucial clues. Often, if the players did not persistently question them, these NPCs might not even have the chance to deliver their prepared lines.
Just like when playing gas, most players would not stop to talk to every NPC along the way while on a mission. Sotis, the designers might plant easter eggs in these NPCs, but only a few people would discover them.
Lu Ban had divided these NPCs into two teams, alternating work schedules, calculating four days of script experience as one work cycle followed by four days off.
With the help of the superpower script augnted by the Silent Lands, the actors hardly needed to study acting deliberately and could even respond to questions beyond the script according to their character design.
Lu Ban believed this could also be due to the enhanced effects brought about by the upgrade of the shop’s level.
The initial videos and movies would at most create an imrsive effect.
Now, however, these materials could already instill part of the knowledge into the viewers’ brains.
Once they embraced their roles, the corresponding knowledge and mories would flow into the actors’ brains, remodeling their cognition. Performing these roles would co to them as naturally as innate instincts.
When the performance ended, those NPCs could return to their lives without being schizophrenic from the script’s influence.
Like Lu Ban’s suona and crowbar, this knowledge clung to their brains like a spider’s web, bringing them mories.
Although continuous performing might eventually deepen the pollution along with the knowledge, it was still within an acceptable range for common people.
The construction work continued for several months, which was considered quite slow in the domain of a construction maniac.
By the end of the year, when the weather grew cold and parents began to nag about wearing long johns, Lu Ban’s large-scale imrsive live-action ga “Glass Flower” was finally ready.
Unlike traditional scripted murders or escape rooms where players could only choose to solve puzzles, “Glass Flower” offered a ga experience for fifteen players at a ti.
These players would receive scripts for roles like detectives and gang mbers and play their parts in their respective areas to advance the story together.
And each iteration of the script could have an uncertain ending. Perhaps the gang would ultimately cover up the truth, Stone might succeed in his revenge, or like Lu Ban and his team, the detective might solve the case. All outcos would vary based on the players’ decisions.
So might ask how to complete the mission of tens of millions of favorable reviews with only fifteen people at a ti.
Lu Ban had his own plan.
He first released a teaser for the live-action ga and then recruited the first batch of participants from all over the world.
On social dia, a single stone caused a thousand ripples.
“Damn, Lu Ban’s live-action ga; will the special effects be mind-blowingly great? How will they select the participants, by drawing lots?”
“I thought scalpers would make a killing, but I didn’t expect Lu Ban to recruit globally. How are they going to make the selection?”
“Will there be any world-famous detectives or high-tech cops joining the ga? If so, those professionals would solve the cases casually, wouldn’t they?”
“What’s with this global recruitnt? It’s all just for show. In the end, it’ll definitely just be Lu Ban’s acquaintances or sothing, playing for a few days and then coming out to heap on praise, with their peers singing their praises. I’ve seen plenty of this before.”
“Such a big project, only fifteen people at a ti, how many years would it take to make that money back, huh? Lu Ban can’t possibly be taking a loss here, right?”
“You’re worried about whether Lu Ban will make a loss? The guy’s made more money with a few movies than you could in hundreds of lifetis, and here you are feeling sorry for him.”
“How do you apply, how do you get selected, I’m really curious.”
“Only fifteen people for four days each ti, do common folks just give up hope of ever getting to play in this lifeti?”
As for the specific contents of Lu Ban’s reality ga, since nobody knows, there wasn’t much to discuss, so everyone’s focus turned to how they might be able to play.
A common escape room, one or two hours, several people at a ti, at least four or five sessions a day, even for an award-winning, gold-dal escape room, you can usually book a slot after a few days’ wait.
But Lu Ban’s reality ga, four days each ti, only fifteen people at a go, and only a little over a hundred people can play per month. How expensive must the fees be to cover the salaries of so many NPCs, not to ntion the developnt funds?
Previously, Lu Ban’s movies had a low entry barrier. Everyone could watch them just by buying a movie ticket for a few dozen yuan, and even the award-nominated works would be screened dostically. After a while, they’d even be available on video streaming websites for mbers to watch.
But now, not everyone can just play this reality ga.
No matter how good a work is, if only a handful of people can see it, if only the rich and powerful can enjoy it, then it becos disconnected from the masses.
Even those who collect antiques understand the need to display their collections to the public.
Many people feel Lu Ban might be getting carried away with this move, wondering if he’s starting to push for exclusivity and classism.
When the tickets cost tens of thousands each, who’s going to patronize him?
So, a lot of people are watching and waiting to see whom Lu Ban picks for this premiere and what the participants’ evaluations will be.
Of course, in the current industry, there’s a lot of mutual back-scratching in terms of comrcial endorsents. So are paid for it, while others do it out of obligation.
After all, these are the people you see all the ti. Maybe you’ve partnered with them before. If soone produces a pile of junk, you’re not exactly going to tell them to go back to street sweeping, right? That’s the idea.
As such, many people don’t have much expectation for this premiere because Lu Ban will undoubtedly pick so acquaintances, who will co out praising it after their experience. Even if a public entrance opens up later, those who can afford the hefty ticket prices aren’t likely to say they’d been through sothing atrocious after four days; otherwise, they’d be openly telling others they’d paid to suffer.
It’s like those restaurant explorer UPs online who spend thousands to dine at Michelin-starred places. Even if it’s really not that good, they won’t tell people the restaurant is overhyped or dreadful. First, it’s a matter of face, and second, if they did, the restaurant owners would co after them.
So, the high EQ response of so explorer UPs is simply: “I don’t recomnd that average viewers spend the money to experience this.”
After a week of collecting applicants, Lu Ban more or less fird up the list of participants, and then posted new information on the official website of the “Silent Lands” project.
These fifteen participants will start the ga in the last few days of December, continuing through until New Year’s Day, January 1st.
At the sa ti, they’ll be carrying sports caras and live stream equipnt with them to broadcast their entire gaming experience live.
Live stream to the world!
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The second vote-related additional update of November 2/3
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