Poverty alleviation variety show goes to the countryside, my talent can no longer be hidden

Chapter 499: Those Years Going Out to Sea

On the first day of Stardew Valley's official launch, everyone was waiting for news of its resurgence.

However, the results of that day surprised everyone - the daily sales volume was only 29.

Just looking at the results, it’s not bad, but considering its performance during the pre-order stage... it’s a bit underwhelming.

All of a sudden, colleagues and network savvy friends became excited.

"I told you this is a rubbish game. It's ridiculous that it can sell so many copies."

"It's almost 2019, and there are still games with such idiotic graphics. Who will play them?"

"If Xu Lingyue hadn't helped promote it, pre-order sales would have dropped by at least half."

"I don't know how much money I gave her to push this kind of game."

"I'm making this clear. The total sales of this game will not exceed four million at most!"

Tang Yong and Zhou Hao were quite open-minded about the first day's sales, as it was within their expectations.

Just like "Endgame", in the era of 3D movie narrative games, this kind of pixel-style game is definitely an unconventional move. Its market potential in the short term is actually not that great, and there are only a handful of players who have the courage to pay for this kind of retro "innovation".

However, almost all of these warriors had already paid for the game during the pre-order stage, so there was not much market potential left.

But unlike "Endgame", which is a work that targets young people, "Stardew Valley" is definitely a long-selling game. As long as Naughty Cat does not give up on maintenance and content updates, there will still be people who will pay for this game in five or ten years.

The reason is very simple, this game is easy to play and can relieve stress easily, making it a perfect dessert to relax in a high-pressure life.

And a very important point is that many games are eliminated from the market not because the games are not fun anymore, but because the graphics are outdated.

In an era of endless pursuit of simulation, there will be a major update in game production technology every three to five years, and the graphics and special effects will make explosive progress...so those old games will soon be eliminated by the market.

A screen full of mosaics, eye-irritating jagged edges, five-cent special effects, too low a frame rate...all sorts of reasons can become barriers to discouraging new players.

But this problem does not exist at all in "Stardew Valley" - I have already adopted a retro pixel style, so what does your graphics improvement have to do with me?

The only thing that can affect the final sales of this game is word of mouth.

But this needs time to develop, and it will be done slowly. Anyway, the current sales volume is already very good, and it is enough to make back the investment long ago.

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"Stardew Valley" is selling like hot cakes, and the next door "Those Years" is also continuing to make efforts.

After entering the free zone, this film not only became a huge hit in China, but also quietly made its way into the Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asian markets!

This film did not receive much response in Hong Kong as the tone was not to their liking.

However, Southeast Asia is also lukewarm. After all, the audience in this area has long been shaped by Hong Kong entertainment, and they basically won’t like anything that Hong Kong audiences don’t like.

However, in the Taiwan market, "Those Years" has achieved very good results.

Youying itself also has operations in Taiwan, but its content library is different from that in the mainland. Many works cannot be broadcast in Taiwan due to some special reasons, but "Those Years" has no such concerns at all.

It's so clean that I can't find any fault with it.

As soon as this film was released, it instantly caused quite a stir in the Taiwanese market.

The clean painting style, the beautiful and youthful heroine, the fresh and slightly sentimental plot...it simply hits the spot for many Taiwanese audiences perfectly.

单日观影人数5万、单日9万、单日14万、单日18万，单日23万……观影人数开始以让人惊愕的曲线，抬头上扬。

The data alone may not be that shocking, but after all, the market size is so small.

After one week, the cumulative number of moviegoers has reached more than 80!

To put it more concretely, almost one in every 25 Taiwanese people has seen this movie.

For an online movie that has not been promoted and marketed locally, this achievement can even be considered incredible!
Especially Lin Xina, who played the female lead, has gained huge popularity in Taiwan.

The young and beautiful girl became the goddess in the eyes of countless Taiwanese youths overnight. Some gossipers even boasted that Lin Xina was the de facto most beautiful woman in the Chinese entertainment industry.

This Chinese entertainment does not only refer to the mainland market, but also includes the entire Greater China region across both sides of the Taiwan Strait... This evaluation is enough to show how popular Lin Xina is in Taiwan!

It is said that a Taiwanese variety show has extended an olive branch to Lin Xina, hoping to invite her to record a show to gain some popularity.

The asking price was also very generous, almost as high as that of a first-tier celebrity...but in mainland China, this kind of offer is a bit shabby.

However, Lin Xina directly rejected these invitations. Firstly, the New Year was approaching and she didn't want to run around. Secondly... things were a little unsettled inside Shanhai Film and Television recently, and she was a little uneasy and didn't want to work much.

But within a few days, these olive branches disappeared automatically.

The reason is very simple - "Those Years" was rejected by Taiwan during the review.

reason?

This video is full of evil intentions. It reflects the Communist Party's ideology. Don't watch it!
Less than ten days after its release, "Those Years" ended its brief life in Taiwan.

As we all know, a large part of Taiwan's aesthetic preferences are shaped by daily life. What Taiwan likes, they also like in daily life.

Not surprisingly, "Those Years" also became popular in Japan.

Although Youying has no business operations in Japan, people can watch it by climbing over the wall...

Coupled with the support of pirated resources, "Those Years" quietly became popular in Japan in a strange way.

Youth, love, regret... these are all timeless classic elements of Japanese entertainment, and "Those Years" almost perfectly fits them.

In addition, Lin Xina's appearance perfectly meets the aesthetic standards of daily life, so it is hard for her not to be popular.

Compared to the twisted Taiwan, life here is much more extravagant.

"The most beautiful girl in China", "the most beautiful girl of the new generation", "the most beautiful girl of the millennium"...

Even Lin Xina herself couldn't help feeling uncomfortable after seeing these names.

It’s so good!

What made her even more speechless was that someone in Xiaorizi actually used her image to make a big-headed emoticon package for chatting, which became very popular as soon as it was released...

This phenomenon has also attracted the attention of many mainstream media. Half a month after Zhou Hao appeared on the "Light and Shadow Star Podcast", the news that "Those Years" became popular in Japan once again landed on the Sixth Princess and appeared in the "China Film Report".

An online movie actually appeared twice on the Six Princesses platform... which made many people exclaim that they had never seen such a thing before.

While everyone's attention was attracted by "Those Years", Zhou Hao suddenly received a heavy task.

A mission summoned by the main theme!
(End of this chapter)