I want to make a game

Time flies so fast. On December 10, the global auditions for the DDR Masters competition ended. The moment the 14 teams were decided, Liu Zhiyuan led Adidas’ professional design team to start packaging them.

After a fierce battle among the world's eight giant sports brands, the one who finally won the sponsorship rights for this DDR final was not Nike, which paid the most.

But the most sincere ones are Adidas, Nike, Puma and several other brands. Their purpose is to take advantage of this crazy popularity to hype their new shoes.

Hulbert Heiner is worthy of being the president of Adidas in the future. He saw that Liu Zhiyuan did not want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

It directly stated that we could cooperate with the Han Dynasty to develop a new lineage.

This sentence directly determined the final sponsorship rights. After Liu Zhiyuan discussed with Herbert and Heiner, this time DDR would not take any of the sponsorship fees, but Adidas would have to use his ideas to design clothing.

On December 14, one day before the DDR finals, Liu Zhiyuan took action again. With a huge advertising fee of 10 million US dollars, almost all well-known TV stations in the world began to broadcast promotional videos for the DDR finals.

Players from the 14 teams and SAM audition judges began to appear frequently on TV. This time the advertisement was very short, with 20 art posters and some flipping special effects, with simple information about the players.

But for these 20 art posters, Liu Zhiyuan spent nearly 1 million US dollars, each poster is about 50,000 US dollars, which is a price in 2020!

On December 15, there was a sea of ​​people outside the Michigan Stadium in the United States, and Liu Zhiyuan did not charge a ticket fee just like in the audition.

But he made a restriction, and the 100,000 seats will be divided equally among the seven countries. When he came up with his idea, Norio Ohga and others didn't understand him. He was a bit whimsical.

In this era, except for Michael Jackson, who had the appeal to fill 100,000 seats, no one else could do it. However, reality slapped them hard. 100,000 seats were simply not enough. There were even scalpers selling tickets.

The phenomenon.

Liu Zhiyuan is very aware of the appeal of star-making programs in history. Plus his tickets are free, so there is no need to worry about vacancies.

Yes, Liu Zhiyuan is using the method of creating stars to promote the DDR finals. The stars are these outstanding dancers and pocket elves.

"FCUK! This is so fucking cool!"

Everyone who rushed to Michigan Stadium was bound to let out similar exclamations.

20 giant posters are hung neatly on the walls of Michigan Stadium. People can see it even 1 kilometer away. The dragon-shaped LOGO of the Han Dynasty is painted on the upper left corner of the poster. I am afraid no one will be unfamiliar with this LOGO in the future.

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"It's John!"

A group of young people stood under a sea-blue poster and excitedly took photos of each other.

"Although I've seen it on TV, the real poster is much cooler than the one on TV. It's just that John's expression is a bit hard to let go."

On the poster, a young man wearing a red T-shirt with Magikarp printed on it was standing shyly on a dancing machine. The background was the rough sea, with a long shadow passing through the waves.

In the empty space on the left side of John's poster, two rows of introductory text appear there.

"King Magikarp has a docile personality and is satisfied just by jumping. He is the Pokemon with the weakest combat power."

"John Owen has a shy personality. He is the only contestant in this DDR Masters competition who has no dance foundation. He is known as the weakest DDR Masters contestant."

On the right side of the poster, a big number 1279 is written there. This is the highest consecutive hit record in the audition. The second place is 720. It is not that the second place has poor skills, but because of the inherent connection coefficient of the music itself.

1279, this is the highest combo among Liu Zhiyuan's music. In just 3 minutes, he has to step on it 1279 times, an average of 432 times per minute, and 7 times per second. If he doesn't step on all of them correctly, I'm afraid just stepping on them randomly will make him tired.

Not many people can do it.

"The carp jumps over the dragon gate. When King Carp becomes angry, it will evolve into Gyarados, one of the strongest water-based Pokemon!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have any dance foundation. The moment John steps on DDR, he is the fastest player!"

The young man on the poster is very special. He was selected by Liu Zhiyuan. The qualification for promotion is 50% of the judges' score plus 50% of DDR's own score.

If this condition is followed, it is impossible for John Irving to advance. Although he has perfect scores on DDR, the referee's score is 0 points, but Liu Zhiyuan still allows him to advance, not for anything else, but for the group that John represents.

He represents the vast majority of ordinary game players. So what if they can’t dance? What if they are just an ordinary person without being famous? If they play the game well, they can still stand on this world-class stage.

This was Liu Zhiyuan's purpose in pushing John out, and the reality gave him feedback that was in line with his expectations. John Owen's popularity ranked among the top three finalists this time.

It has been proven countless times in history how influential a common person can be if he comes to the forefront and becomes an idol. Because he is a common person, the masses can have a sense of belonging, identify with him, worship him, and become crazy.

"Every time I see the introduction next to John, I can't help but get excited. This is our hero."

"Man, are you a fan of John too? I am too. In order to watch John's finals, I sneaked out of my house overnight."

"Cool, man."

The two young men, who did not know each other, bumped fists under John's poster.

"The sincerity of the Han Dynasty is simply overflowing. It has customized clothing and introductions for each player. The most important thing is the spirit of each player..."

On the other side of the stadium, Johnson looked up at the red poster in front of him with excitement.

On the poster, a black man was making a roaring gesture. His T-shirt was printed with a fire dinosaur with a fierce expression spitting fire. Strangely, one of his legs was replaced by flames.

The background of this poster is an erupting volcano. Behind the volcano is a huge silhouette of a Western dragon with its wings spread out and roaring. The whole poster makes people feel hot and irritable.

"Fire Dinosaur, a pocket elf with a very aggressive personality, especially when the opponent is very powerful."

"One-Legged Dynamite, Alfred's nickname. Even though he was missing one leg, he did not give up dancing. His violence and passion became synonymous with him in the hip-hop world."

A total of twenty giant posters, twenty contestants, and twenty pocket elves were all created by Liu Zhiyuan after careful consideration.

"Hey man, can you take a picture for me?"

Johnson saw a young man next to him holding a camera and turned around and asked. He came from the slums and had no money to buy a camera. Even the air tickets were paid for by his group of brothers, not for anyone else.

Yes, just to support Alfred, because this is his brother.