Chapter 37: Comic Con Begins (3)
By half past nine in the morning, there were gradually more pedestrians coming and going - although this comic exhibition was jointly organized by the Critical Animation Club of the National People's Congress and several student clubs of the Experimental Middle School, the crowd was not only for the students of Renmin University and the Experimental Middle School. In fact, this comic exhibition can be regarded as famous in www.biquge.info the whole city, and even in the entire three eastern provinces, not only students, but also many otaku and otaku from other parts of the city will come to the National People's Congress to visit this comic exhibition...... The Comic Con itself does not have a definite opening time, and the organizers only stipulate that the admission time of the clubs applying for the booth cannot be later than 9 o'clock at the latest. According to the experience of previous editions, under normal circumstances, the flow of people will gradually start to increase between 9 and 10 o'clock, and after 10 o'clock, it will maintain a relatively stable high peak.
Sure enough, at about ten o'clock in the morning, the voices began to be noisy - the otaku talked loudly to each other recklessly, commenting on each other, and Jiang Yucheng could occasionally hear their words clearly:
"I see, this big green fruit is a pill!"
A young man wearing a desert camouflage military cap said loudly.
"Now in this year, the public knows that the big V is dancing happily one by one, but since the fifth has been stuffed with a rag - the new leadership team is just like that. This time, if I can send Li Da's asshole or something to pick up soap, I'll invite everyone to eat roast duck!"
Beside him, there was a middle-aged man with a round face with a folded face—the folds on his face seemed to be twisted together.
"Okay, you go to the Northern Dynasty to make a note......
One of the highlights of the comic con is the variety of cosers - some cosers are of the nature of performances, but there are also some people who are purely entertaining: they come to the comic con just to have fun, and to dress up for fun - just like the girls in the 11th district wearing yukata to the festival, just asking for an atmosphere. The quality of these cosers is generally not very high - but these people themselves don't care. Let's say, for example, that one wears a red bodysuit. A fat man in a brown wig - everyone can tell by the costume that he is playing Asuka, but this "Asuka" is also a bit like agricultural heavy metal...... Look at this guy, five big and three thick, he has to have at least 200 pounds!
"What are you selling?" The agricultural heavy metal Asuka seemed to be quite interested in Jiang Yucheng's stall.
If you see such a Guizhen in the S1 outfield. Jiang Yucheng will definitely shout "blind dog's eyes". But now, after all, this is his potential customer, Jiang Yucheng must be like Yu Baochen. Put on a business smile:
"Ah, hello, we are ......" At this time, Jiang Yucheng suddenly felt. The other party's lips were red and his teeth were white, but his face was full of flesh, and he looked very familiar-"Huh?!" Jiang Yucheng recognized the other party at once, "Lin Shenhe......-Officer Lin!"
"Huh?!" the other party didn't seem to react for a moment.
"I'm Jiang Yucheng, see righteousness and courage for that ......" Jiang Yucheng looked up and down with interest, "Officer Lin, you also play this!"
"No, it's not...... I ......" Lin Shenhe hurriedly took one of the two ponytails with his hand and covered his face. "You...... You've mistaken someone!"
"Hey!!, Officer Lin, don't go!" Jiang Yucheng shouted anxiously, "Come and take care of our business!"
Looking at Lin Shenhe, who was fleeing in the wilderness, Jiang Yucheng couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being too anxious and too uncontrollable - even if he really recognized the other party. At least you have to fool the other party first!
Of course, there were also more dedicated Cosers in the venue - I saw a brother wearing an interstellar brother's expensive armor, walking around the venue, which was very conspicuous. It's not the height of summer yet, but it's not cool either. It must be very hot in such a plastic can! Jiang Yucheng looked at Yu Baochen, and suddenly understood-it turned out that she was dressed so coolly, and she also had such intentions!
“Nepu!”
Jiang Yucheng was stunned for a moment—was he hallucinating? Just now I heard the oral obsessive voice of Nepuzi (Note 1) in "Neptune". The degree of restoration of this sound is almost no different from in the game...... This must be a conspiracy between the Landmine Society and G Fat! Jiang Yucheng secretly thought - he just took advantage of the discount to buy the Steam version of the first and second generations of "Super Dimensional Game Neptune" two days ago, and there must be some demonic power in the underworld, tempting him to continue chopping his hands!
“…… This game looks so good!"
The voice just now became more real - Jiang Yucheng looked up and was stunned, he couldn't believe his eyes: right in front of him, a loli with short purple hair, wearing a purple-and-white over-the-top dress and blue and white striped over-the-knee socks, and two cross-button hairpins with handles, was staring at Jiang Yucheng and their booth with wide eyes - the notebook used for the demonstration was repeatedly playing the game OP made by Shanshan herself.
"Holy!!!
Jiang Yucheng was frightened all of a sudden—there is an insurmountable boundary between the second and third dimensions. For cosplay at Comic-Con, although many cosers themselves are beautiful and the costumes are highly restored, the image of combining the two will always have a more or less sense of disobedience. However, the Nepuzi in front of him is not only cute, but also the image and temperament of the whole person are exactly the same as the Nepuzi in the game - as if he came out of the second dimension directly, and even made Jiang Yu feel like he was facing animation and games, and he had the urge to want prpr for this Nepuzi!
"You...... Hello......" Jiang Yucheng stammered, "Come buy one...... Game Bar ......"
Facing a real potential customer for the first time, it was still such a cute girl, Jiang Yucheng was really nervous, and his speech became a little incoherent.
"Oh - it looks so good!"
At this time, Jiang Yucheng noticed that there were two other girls coming from behind Nepuzi - under normal circumstances, Jiang Yucheng is so nervous now, he will definitely not notice such a thing. However, this time is an exception: these two girls who are suspected to be traveling with Nepuzi are too conspicuous - although the one on the left is not Coser, he is only wearing an ordinary casual suit, but he has a bright long golden hair, and there is a pair of cat ears on the top of his head, and a pair of giant R on his chest are even more eye-catching; Jiang Yucheng remembered that he had seen a picture of this girl suspected of being a swordsman on the Internet, but he didn't know the source of the work.
"I said, miss, can you stop running around...... Coser complained, "and that's going to make it hard for me......"
"Eh, hey~~I'm sorry~~" However, Nepuzi didn't mean to apologize - this Nepuzi is not only in appearance, but also in character...... Jiang Yucheng sighed.
"yes-don't you have to tell me what you want to buy......" The blonde girl took over the conversation and turned to Jiang Yucheng, "Ah, hello, I want to ask how your game is sold here?"
"Huh?...... Ahh............h
"I want that painting!!" Nepzi said aloud.
"Ahh......h
Finally sold the first set...... And it's also a deluxe version...... Jiang Yucheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now he finally had the spare time to take a closer look at the girls in front of him: like the blonde girl, the silver-haired Coser on the right also had a pair of cat ears on the top of his head—and if you looked closely, Nepzi in front of him also had cat ears...... Jiang Yucheng was a little puzzled—he remembered very well that whether it was Nepuzi or that silver-haired swordsman girl, they all had no cat ears. Obviously, the completion of Cos is so high, why do you have to add a pair of cat ears to the snake?
Moreover, the realism of this cat ear is really a bit frighteningly high - the average girl Cos cat ear girl, the cat ear on the head is generally achieved by wearing a cat ear hair ornament. In other words, cat-eared girls generally wear a hair ornament on their heads to cover up the traces of cat-ear hairpins. However, the cat girls in front of them did not have anything similar on their heads - in other words, their cat ears looked like the ears of the virtuous wolf Heluo, and they also "grew" directly on the top of their heads......
For the few cat-eared girls in front of him, Jiang Yucheng had a lot of questions, but he didn't dare to ask more, for fear of messing up the hard-won business - after all, Lin Shenhe's experience was right in front of him. At the moment, Yu Baochen is soliciting customers the crowded road, and his enthusiasm is as good as a public toilet, but even if there is such a tempting girl, many otaku are just watching from a distance and not actually coming over - on the contrary, some girls are very happy to run over and ask to take a photo with Yu Baochen.
In this way, it seems that COS did not have the expected effect on marketing - Jiang Yucheng and they did not sell a single copy for half an hour before that. The location of the booth was not bad, and many people brought their mobile phones or tablets to take pictures or play games online as Jiang Yucheng expected - but there were many onlookers, but none of them actually paid for the game...... After the first one was sold, Jiang Yucheng's stall once again fell into a dilemma of no one caring.
"Please support the original 'Metro 201X'!" Shanshan shouted in a voice that was barely audible - for Shanshan herself, she was already working hard: at least Jiang Yucheng and several of them could hear Shanshan's voice clearly. However, this volume is like a pebble thrown into the sea for a noisy venue, and there is no response......
"You ...... What is this selling?" finally a curious-looking person came to ask-Jiang Yucheng was about to reply, but saw Yu Baochen running over:
"Hi~~~~ご Master 様!" Yu Baochen's face still had a standard business smile, "We are selling the original fan game "Metro 201X"!"
Looking at the QR code on the booth, Jiang Yucheng couldn't help but feel a little weak - that's right, through digital distribution, they did avoid the production of game media, which is the main source of cost, and also made them completely unnecessary to face the overstock, the handling of games that can't be sold, etc., common thorny problems in the same community. However, this method does not seem to be invulnerable - even though digital distribution is now very common, and more and more people are beginning to have "optical drives" on their computers, which is outdated hardware, the change in the concept of consumption will not be completed overnight......
“…… This is Diana's own voice and participation in the production!" Yu Baochen was still playing a cute offensive against that potential guest, "Please also ask the host to be sure to support him!"
"This ...... How much does it cost?"
"The standard version is 50 yuan," Yu Baochen replied, "Don't you think this price is very cheap?"
In these days, 50 yuan is indeed not a particularly expensive price - compared to the three-digit price of the houses sold in other stalls. Pity. This "ご owner" still seems to be a little dissatisfied:
"Isn't it expensive...... It's just that there is not even a physical object, and it looks too ......"
"Oh, yes, the master's opinion, Diana can't agree with it......" Yu Baochen still chased after him. "Look. The digital version we've given you is now ready to download and start playing, and you can play anytime, anywhere (she gestures to the phone in the otaku's hand). If you change it to a plastic sheet, you can only watch it dry. And plastic pieces are easy to throw away or break...... Of course, if you want to collect the real thing, we also have a deluxe edition with bonuses to choose from!"
What Yu Baochen said was not just a sales pitch - in fact, as a cross-platform game, having to get an installation disc was also a very painful move. After all, mobile phones and tablets don't have optical drives at all, and they can't read CDs...... However, Yu Baochen talked for a long time, and finally sent the potential customer away with a smile on his face - the business was not done. Not only Yu Baochen himself, but even Jiang Yucheng felt a little sorry for her-this is finally a second business, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it is almost done! It is a pity that it failed like this......
However, Yu Baochen's face didn't change for a moment, and he found the next customer lively......
"Master Mako, pay attention to our original! There's also Diana's voice acting in it!"
It's as passionate as Bichi...... Jiang Yucheng sighed - to be honest. In terms of the level of Cos, Yu Baochen can definitely be regarded as a star in the venue: there are many Cosers in the venue now, but none of them look natural - in contrast, although Yu Baochen has a soul like a reincarnated head of state, her skin is an authentic black long straight giant R cute girl, and she still plays a girl who does not need a specific character - she is naturally beautiful and natural, and of course it looks much more pleasing to the eye......
To be fair, except for the highly restored Nepuzi just now, there is no Coser who can defeat Yu Baochen in the whole field. However, they are not here to participate in a cosplay contest after all, and the key now is to sell the game - Yu Baochen has indeed worked hard, but at least so far, her efforts have been basically in vain, and Jiang Yucheng and they have not sold their first copy.
“…… Yucheng, is this your game......"
At this time, an acquaintance came-"Eh, Senior Brother Ye, why are you here too?"
The person who came was none other than Senior Brother Ye who took the experiment - in the face of Jiang Yucheng, he seemed to be a little weak-hearted, "The boss said today...... No group meetings...... Is this the game you guys have made......"
"Ah, yes......" Jiang Yucheng didn't think much about it, and replied casually, "Senior brother, do you also play?"
"Have you played a few times...... How much is this?" asked Senior Brother Ye.
"Thirty yuan a piece—Senior brother, did you bring a mobile phone or tablet?" Jiang Yucheng suddenly had a glimmer of hope in his heart - at this time, Senior Brother Ye, who was originally a little annoying in his eyes, now seemed to have become a little cute.
"Ah, bring ......"
I saw Senior Brother Ye take out the silver Surface from his satchel and take out his wallet at the same time, "Is this just a matter of scanning the QR code?"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes!"
Soon, Jiang Yucheng's developer background displayed on his computer came with a prompt to confirm the purchase - the dilemma of not receiving the first copy after selling it was finally alleviated.
Note 1: Neptune, the heroine of the extradimensional game Neptune, is nicknamed Nep-ko or Nep-Nep - in fact none of her friends can properly call her by her full name......