Supreme Bishop of Fontaine

Film is an emerging industry, classified by Fontaine as part of the entertainment industry. It is an industry that makes money by entertaining the public, just like Liyue's storytelling and drama.

If you want to watch a movie, you need to go to the cinema. If you want to enter the cinema, you need to buy a ticket. By the number of tickets sold, you can know whether a movie makes a profit or a loss.

This industry is still an emerging industry, but Ningguang can see the potential behind it, so she got involved without hesitation.

Although it is not like Fontaine, which has formed a complete industrial chain and even has a dedicated entertainment company, Ningguang has also established several crews to lay a solid foundation and is fully prepared... to launch a cultural counterattack against Fontaine and reversely export Liyue culture to other countries including Fontaine.

Yes, Ningguang can see clearly that this is not simply a question of making money or not, but a war called cultural invasion.

Unlike storytelling and drama, which are entertainments that only a few people can see, movies can be seen by people all over the continent and are the best channel to promote one's own culture abroad.

What is the use of this kind of cultural propaganda?

To put it simply, there are now many people in Liyue who know everything about Fontainebleau and are very much looking forward to the life in Fontainebleau.

A country of water, beautiful scenery, a wonderful culture that regards trial as a drama, and all kinds of novel and seemingly powerful technological products.

It is not clear how many people want to settle in Fontaine. After all, the housing prices in Fontaine are very expensive and not everyone can afford it. But now many people have formed groups to travel to Fontaine, creating economic opportunities for Fontaine.

To be honest, Fontainebleau is beautiful, but isn’t Liyue beautiful?

Of course, its beauty is no less than that of Fontainebleau.

Even Ningguang felt that Liyue was more beautiful than Fontainebleau.

Fontaine has its own culture, and Liyue has its own culture.

Fontaine’s culture can attract people from abroad, so does that mean Liyue’s culture cannot attract people from abroad?

of course not.

It’s just that the people of Liyue have become accustomed to everything in their country and regard it as normal, so they yearn for Fontainebleau promoted in the movie.

If Liyue's culture can be promoted well, people from other countries will definitely yearn for Liyue. At that time, people from other countries will come to create an economy for Liyue.

This is a cultural invasion, but it is also a confrontation between cultures.

Ningguang has enough confidence in her country's culture, so even though she can see the dangers of cultural invasion, she did not take any action to prevent foreign films from being broadcast in Liyue, but chose to confront it head-on.

What? What if we lose the fight? What if Liyue's culture simply isn't as appealing as Fontaine's?

Ha ha.

Faced with this kind of question, Ningguang didn't want to say anything except smile.

What should I do if I lose?

If you lose, what else can you do except blame yourself for not being as good as the other person? Blame the other person for being too strong?

Is Liyue’s culture less attractive than Fontaine’s?

If you don't even have confidence in your own culture, what are you talking about? Why don't you just admit defeat and let a more powerful culture swallow you up?

Are you rejecting the promotion of foreign culture to protect your own culture from invasion? Are you General Lei Dian? Want to emulate her closed-door policy?

A country's foreign policy should always be to learn from the strengths of other countries and at the same time promote its own strengths to other countries.

We cannot only look at the advantages of other countries and ignore their shortcomings, nor can we only look at the shortcomings of other countries and ignore their advantages.

We cannot only look at our country's shortcomings and ignore its strengths, nor can we only look at our country's strengths and ignore its shortcomings.

At least that’s the philosophy of Liyue under Ningguang’s leadership.

Therefore, there is no doubt that in the face of Fontaine's cultural invasion through movies, Ningguang's choice is to fight back head-on. The several crews she supported were definitely not supported in vain.

Thinking of this in her mind, she looked at the Supreme Bishop of Fontaine with a fighting spirit.

Ningguang felt a rare excitement at being able to engage in a cultural war with this idol she admired.

She didn't catch up with the economic war three hundred years ago, but in this cultural war, she will never let the other side do whatever they want.

Idols are idols, positions are positions. Just because you are my idol doesn’t prevent you from being the person I want to defeat the most, right?

Not knowing what Ningguang was thinking, Ye simply continued with the previous topic and said calmly, "The business I want to discuss with Miss Ningguang this time is similar to the film industry. It is also an emerging industry."

"What industry?"

“This industry… is called the Internet.”

Chapter 13: MiHoYo's Tiankeng

"This child has used up a lot of his life force. He's really pushing himself too hard."

After bringing Astraea to the Knights, a librarian named Lisa examined her body and came to a conclusion.

"Although I don't quite understand the principle, the power she used to assist you must have come at the cost of her own life force. Temporarily granting another person her elemental power at the cost of her life force is truly... I don't know if I should call it a remarkable kind of magic. Fortunately, you quickly expelled the Wind Dragon, otherwise the child would have died from the excessive energy consumption."

"Foreigners are fighting so hard for Mondstadt, and we can't do anything..."

Jean, the acting leader of the Knights of Favonius, bit her lip with an unwilling look on her face. At the same time, her eyes almost showed a look of determination.

"The matter of the Wind Demon Dragon cannot be delayed any longer."

"Qin."

Lisa stopped Jean from speaking.

"Decisions made in a state of anxiety will only lead to regret, but we haven't reached that point yet."

"but……"

"I know you feel guilty about this child, and I feel sorry for her too. But have you ever thought about this? If you really make up your mind right now and defeat the Wind Demon Dragon regardless of the consequences, then after this kind-hearted child learns the truth about the Wind Demon Dragon, will she be happy about his death?"

Hearing this, Qin closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"What's the truth about the Wind Demon Dragon you're talking about?" Ying suddenly interrupted. "Please explain clearly. Could it be that you could have defeated the Wind Demon Dragon, but you just sat back and watched?"

At this moment, she was rare in that she did not show any disdain but looked serious.

Jean looked at her, her face also serious. "Although the Wind Dragon is powerful, it is not at its peak. And although most of our Knights of Favonius are away on the expedition, we are not completely helpless against the Wind Dragon right now... If we fully prepare for battle, we should still have a certain degree of confidence."

"In that case..."

"The Wind Demon Dragon's identity is somewhat special."

"special?"

"We'll explain this later." Lisa interrupted the conversation. "Time is running out. We should quickly cut off the source of the Wind Dragon's power."

"The source of power?"

"It's the abandoned temple guarded by the Four Winds," Jean explained quickly. "As I said before, the Wind Dragon isn't in its prime right now. If it were in its prime, it would have easily destroyed Mondstadt, and the Knights wouldn't be able to stop it. But the Wind Dragon doesn't possess that kind of power right now. In fact, the only reason it was able to stir up such a storm was because it relied on the remaining power in the Temple of the Four Winds. If we can eliminate that source, we can weaken the Wind Dragon's power."

"Our target is three of the Four Wind Guardian Temples—the reason why we have three will be explained later."

Lisa looked at Ying and asked softly:

"Little cutie, can you come and help? I'll explain the Wind Demon Dragon to you in detail then."

Ying nodded seriously: "Even if it's for Leah, I must solve the problem of the Wind Dragon."

After this plot dialogue ended, Axue couldn't help but slap herself, with a look of regret on her face: "I really deserve to die!"

Whenever she thought about how she had consumed Leia's life while dancing in front of the Wind Dragon, she wanted to kick herself a few times.

Although it is a game, after the previous plot, she is now truly invested in the character of Astraea.

"Don't die yet, Xue, hurry up and check the wish system."

"Prayer system?"

After seeing the barrage, Axue looked back at the computer.

Just after the plot dialogue ended, a new function appeared in the game, and Axue clicked it to take a look.

"Is this... a lottery?"

"Entangled fate... Bonded fate... Up prayer... Permanent prayer... Weapon prayer..."

After studying it for a while, Axue finally understood the wishing system thoroughly and explained it to the audience in the live broadcast room.

In short, the permanent pool is a wishing pool that is always there. You can draw any character from it, but it is completely random. The chance of obtaining each character is very small, and what you can draw depends entirely on luck.

The UP pool is different. Limited characters will appear in a limited time, one five-star and three four-star.

For example, this period's limited five-star character is called "Wind Poet" Venti, and the limited four-star characters are Barbara, Xiangling, and Fischl. They all look like very cute girls. When the limited time is up, they should be replaced by other five-star and four-star characters.

The function of the UP pool is that, for example, when you make a wish in this UP pool, if you wish for a four-star character, the probability of wishing for Barbara, Xiangling, or Fischl will be greatly increased, and when you wish for a five-star character, the probability of wishing for Venti will be greatly increased.

At the same time, if the 5-star character obtained in the first wish is not the 5-star UP character of this period, then the 5-star character obtained in the next wish must be the 5-star UP character of this period... That is, if the first five-star character drawn is not Wendy, then the next five-star character drawn must be Wendy.

Another very important point is that no matter which pool you make a wish in, you will definitely get a five-star character if you pray ninety times. In other words, if you pray in the UP pool, you will definitely be able to draw the current five-star UP character after a maximum of one hundred and eighty draws.

Compared to the UP pool, the permanent pool is not so good. Although you will definitely get a five-star character in ninety draws, even if you draw nine thousand times, the five-star characters you draw are all random - Axue's face gradually stiffened as she explained to the audience.

Because she suddenly realized something, she immediately clicked on the permanent pool.

There are four cute girls on the permanent pool interface.

All are five-star.

"Starry Sky Water Mirror" Mona.

"Frozen Soul Night" Qiqi.

"Thunder and Rain" Keqing.

Each one is very cute.

But Axue's eyes were only fixed on the last girl.

『Puppet Show』Asteria.

"Fuck you, Mihoyo!! Astralia is actually a permanent character?!!"

Chapter 14 Mini Game

"Kiana, we're being rushed."

Hearing Mei's gentle voice, Kiana stopped playing the game and looked up in surprise: "Huh? Why? The game isn't fun? It can't be? I'm even addicted to it myself. Are we being blacklisted by other manufacturers?"

"Other game developers have certainly made moves, but the main problem is that Astraea is a permanent character. The same goes for Keqing. Many players who like these two characters think that putting them in the permanent pool is a bummer, as they're simply unavailable—at this stage, their popularity is on par with that of the Wind God, Venti."

"This level of public opinion shouldn't be a big deal, right? I haven't seen many people give five-star reviews because of something like this."

Bronya continued to play games while saying disapprovingly:

"Bronya thinks our Genshin Impact is pretty good. You can still play it without spending a penny. Bronya has never seen a game like this before—it's impossible to really not make any money, right? If we don't make money, we'll have to disband and go home to inherit the family business."

"I think we're still in the early stages, so it would be a good idea to respond to players' wishes and build up their reputation. How about we tell the players that we'll each give Astraea and Keqing a level up once in the future?"

Hearing Mei's words, Kiana touched her chin and thought for a while, then her eyes suddenly lit up.

"We can consider upgrading Astraea in a few years, but let's put it off for now. After all, we need the money right now. Of course, we can't ignore reputation either, so let's update the lottery rules for the permanent pool. As long as you accumulate 300 wishes in the permanent pool, you can choose any five-star character in the permanent pool. That should be fine, right?"

"Hmm~ That's fine," Mei thought for a moment, then sighed and nodded. "As you said, we need to make money now. Making games is the starting point, and it's also the most crucial step in accumulating funds in our overall plan. Making a fully-lifed Astraea a kryptonite bonus is a bit... but with the contrast of our peers, no one should accuse us of being too ruthless, right?"

After all, as Bronya said, compared to other game manufacturers, they really have too much conscience.

If it were another manufacturer, would you still want to get a krypton gold item like Primogem for free? You're dreaming!

It costs money to download games, and after that you have to spend money to buy props in the game. If you don’t spend money, you can’t pass the level at all - this is the norm in the gaming industry.

So... well, be rational and confident, there is no need to be afraid of being scolded, because we have so many colleagues to support us.

A company's reputation depends entirely on the comparison with its peers!

"Oh, I have a new idea."

Kiana put her phone down completely, as if inspiration had struck her. She said excitedly:

"Our game, Genshin Impact, actually has a major flaw: it has a very long idle period. It's okay now because there's no internal beta test, so all players are in the exploratory stage when the new version starts. However, exploration ultimately has a limit, and we can't update a new map for players to explore with every version. Therefore, there will definitely be situations in the future where players get bored and clearing their stamina to complete daily tasks is like punching in at work. To avoid this, I think we should directly insert a mini-game into the story activities of version 1.2 that can allow players to stay in Genshin Impact even during the idle period..."

Then, Kiana began to talk enthusiastically about the content of the mini-game she wanted to install.

After listening to Kiana's thoughts bit by bit, Bronya couldn't help but put down her phone and looked at her in amazement.

"Where do you get all these crazy ideas? You're nothing like the idiot you used to be. Could it be that your talent really lies in developing games?"

"Hehe, now you know how powerful I am."

Kiana folded her hands with a smug look on her face, then she instantly realized something was wrong.

"Who are you calling an idiot?!"