Half past nine in the morning.

Zhou Ruining, who was standing in the convention and exhibition center, kept looking at her watch, standing on tiptoe from time to time and looking left and right. Finally, her eyes lit up, she saw her boss, and hurriedly trotted over.

"Boss, you're here, it's about to start."

"Don't panic, anyway, the judges are not us, and it won't affect anything if you don't show up."

Looking at Hao Yun's calm expression, Zhou Ruining looked helpless, not knowing what to say about him.

Come on, it's your own game!

Don't you worry about it at all?

After doing it for a long time, she was busy there, which made her feel that the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry.

In fact, Zhou Ruining blamed Hao Yun, Hao Yun was not completely uninterested in his game, in fact, he was busy upgrading the online community function of the magic tower all day yesterday, and it was not done until three o'clock this morning, and he came to the convention and exhibition center immediately after sleeping for a while.

He is also very curious about what kind of results "Magic Tower" can achieve in the competition.

The other side of the venue.

Tang Youxi was also looking around on tiptoe, looking for the familiar figure.

However, to her slight loss, the young lady who had been with them for the past two days did not appear, and she had been looking around for a while without seeing the familiar figure.

"Mr. Tang! Will our game be a finalist? Seeing that Tang Youxi had been looking around there, Ah Zhai, who was standing next to him in a cultural shirt, spoke.

Before Tang Youxi could answer, the polytechnic man in a plaid shirt standing next to him complained.

"It's a ghost to be shortlisted, our booth is crowded."

In the past two days, the magic tower has been so popular, and there is an endless stream of people queuing up to take pictures and check in, and all the games in their booth next door have suffered. At first, he thought that the people in line would bring some popularity to their booth, but it turned out to make the booth even worse.

So far, fewer than sixty players have experienced their word-based adventure that took a year to develop.

Now it seems that it is useless to expect to stand out at the Shanghai Game Show, so you can only wait for the game show to end and throw it on the e-fun platform to try your luck.

"How can you say that!" Tang Youxi was not happy, glared at him and said, "Being shortlisted for the finals, and not entirely looking at the popularity of the booth, but also the artistry, fun and other dimensions of the game...... What if our game is favored by which big judge? ”

Ah Otaku, who was wearing a cultural shirt, and the polytechnic man glanced at each other.

"Mr. Tang, I think this probability is lower than winning the lottery."

"Yes, Mr. Tang, we might as well use the club funds to buy a lottery ticket, in case we win the jackpot!"

Tang Youxi's face flushed angrily, glared at the two of them fiercely, turned his head to face the stage of the convention and exhibition center and stopped talking.

The stage is located in the side hall of the Convention and Exhibition Center, which was temporarily set up last night. The layout of the theater is like a U-shaped theater, which is divided into two parts, the inner field with seats and the outer field without seats, and it stretches outward in the shape of a staircase.

At this moment, several judges have already sat on the stage, talking and laughing, while waiting for the official start of the highlight of this year's Shanghai Game Show.

Finally, with the arrival of ten o'clock on the hour, a long and long bell rang in the convention and exhibition center.

Almost at the same time, whether it was the friends who were laughing and talking, or the fans who were excitedly discussing their favorite games, they couldn't help but lower their voices and cast their eyes on the stage directly in front of the B exhibition area.

The judges and special guests of the competition have taken their seats, and the host with the microphone has walked to the front.

I saw him clear his throat and announce in an excited and loud voice that this year's Shanghai Game Show has officially entered the most exciting part - the selection of the Golden Keyboard Game Award!

In fact, in addition to the Golden Keyboard, there are also many awards including the Best Creative Award, the Best Picture Award, the Best Music Award, etc., but the gold content of these awards is stretched compared to the Golden Keyboard.

After all, no one will remember the names of the runners-up and runners-up in a race.

The only person who can leave his name in the history of the game is the champion!

Sitting on the seat in the infield, Zhou Zhenyu clenched his fists, and Li Zongzheng, who was not far from him, also sweated out of his hands.

According to the competition process, the first thing that will be displayed on the screen is the top 20 most popular works among players in the C exhibition area of this game show.

The rules of the list are based on the thermal cameras deployed in all corners of the exhibition area, dynamically collect and analyze the "heat" stay data in front of each booth, and calculate the heat of each booth according to specific algorithm rules.

For independent game designers and small and medium-sized game companies in Zone C, this TOP20 list is also a pretty good exposure opportunity.

Especially for works that don't have many fans.

Many players go to major platforms to find games afterwards, and to a large extent, they will also refer to this list to see if they can pick up treasures or something.

There is no suspense.

The two works, Dragon King and Xiuxian Simulator, both appeared on the list.

It's just that what makes Zhou Zhenyu's expression slightly gloomy is that it is not surprising that the magic tower also appeared on the list.

And not even just the Magic Tower.

Because the booth of the magic tower was too small and the heat was too huge, even the two booths next door were stained and placed on the list by the system.

Seeing his game appear on the big screen, Tang Youxi was so excited that he almost didn't scream. But fortunately, a few club members next to her controlled her, so she didn't let the president with his head off the line do anything out of the ordinary.

According to the selection rules of the competition, after the display of the heat value list, it will enter the selection process.

In this session, each judge holds a judge's vote and can nominate a game to the big screen, and the players vote to finally decide the ownership of the Golden Keyboard Award.

If the same game is recommended by two judges, the number of player votes for that game will be doubled. Similarly, if recommended by three judges, the final vote for the game will be multiplied by three on top of the player's vote.

At first glance, this may sound a little unfair.

But it's not.

The first vote will be by register, and then the second will be the voting method will be one by one rather than at the same time.

When each judge nominates a game they recommend, they include their own reasons for recommending it to players.

In this voting mode, the judges who speak later will be more careful about whether to vote for the same game.

Or if he doesn't feel it's good enough to deserve two or three votes, he also has plenty of time to reconsider and leave the opportunity to someone who needs it more.

As for fraud......

To be honest, it's possible to influence subjective opinions because of what is at stake, but it's basically impossible to buy off the judges here.

Sitting here without exception are not the big veterans in the industry, each of them is worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, which is almost the same as money, but a game company must not be able to bribe.

In contrast, it is easier to buy players.

But then again, it's impossible to be absolutely fair.

It can only be said that this dual-track selection method in which professionals control the weight and players decide the voting base still has a certain degree of fairness compared to those music and performance talent shows that are completely controlled by a few "mentors".

After all, if the choice is completely handed over to the players, the quality of the entries in the competition will definitely not be as good as one session, either the rice circle or the fast food, and other small and medium-sized game production companies simply don't need to play.

And if it is completely handed over to the judges, it seems that it will also embark on the line of detachment from the people, and whether to win or not depends on the mouth of the expert, and what he says may not convince everyone.

So is it to please "art" or "market"?

This is also a question that must be carefully considered by the game makers who participate in the competition.

Now, though, someone has made their own judgment.

"I recommend the Dragon King."

The big man who spoke was Wang Mingfeng, CEO of Pineapple Entertainment.

No one was surprised by his remarks, whether it was the industry insiders sitting in the infield or the players standing in the outfield.

After all, it has been rumored in the industry for a long time that Mango Entertainment is seeking to acquire Sunbird, and it is even very likely that the two parties have reached some kind of agreement in private.

As long as the Dragon King's performance is not too unsatisfactory, he naturally has no reason to be stingy with the votes in his hand.

"The quality of the Dragon King is definitely undoubted, both the picture and the plot are amazing, which is also obvious to everyone. In particular, the rich moves and the combat system with a high degree of freedom are simply a visual feast for me personally! ”

"So I voted for it with the judges, and I also hope that Sunbird Studio can make persistent efforts, I am optimistic about you!"

The audience burst into applause.

Zhou Zhenyu, who was sitting in the infield, applauded, looked at the stage with a smile on his face, and cast a grateful look at Mr. Wang.

However, Mr. Wang didn't look at him, after all, the camera was facing this side, and it was somewhat inappropriate to make eye contact with the audience.

"It seems that the previous rumors are true," Ah Zhai, who was standing behind Tang Youxi, clapped his hands, muttered quietly, "I didn't expect Pineapple Entertainment to really buy Sunbird." ”

"Eighty percent is also forced to be helpless," the polytechnic man standing on the side sighed, "After all, the Assassin Chronicles series is too popular now, originally the Sunbird and the Fire Kirin were the benchmark of action-adventure games in the industry, but the Fire Kirin was acquired by the Rice Group and directly threw the Sunbird to Grandma's house." ”

"What are you talking about?" Tang Youxi asked curiously.

"Nothing, gossip in the industry."

“……？”

I don't know if it's my own delusion, Tang Youxi always feels that the members of his club don't seem to regard themselves, the future president, as industry insiders at all......

The game is going on.

The host standing on the stage nodded, smiled at the audience, and then looked at the judges' bench.

"Now that our first judge has cast his precious vote, has anyone else chosen their favorite piece?"

The judges' bench was silent for two seconds.

It seems that Mr. Wang's answer is so concise that everyone else is not ready.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure said with a smile.

"It's very tangled, there are so many excellent works...... You're all still hesitating, so I'd better come. ”

The spotlight fell on a fat man.

He wears trendy sunglasses, has long hair tied behind his back and is tied into a pigtail, and looks less like a game, but like an artist.

Hao Yun didn't know this guy, but the players around him seemed to be no stranger to him, and he was also a well-known industry boss.

However, at this moment, the discussion of the players next to him suddenly came.

"? Why is Director Liu here! ”

"It's actually Liu Qizhe of Liu's Pictures!"

"I heard that the Pineapple Group recently acquired Liu's Pictures."

"I'll go! Is this third-tier mobile phone brand on the other side of the sea planning to buy our entire entertainment industry? ”

Hearing the discussion between the two players, Hao Yun's expression was a little subtle and embarrassed.

Uh, okay......

I didn't expect it to be a director.

But why was the director invited here?

In addition to the confusion in his heart, the respected director Liu on the stage smiled and said.

"I'm not a game designer, I'm actually a director, and people should have heard of my films."

"Judging from the dimension of the plot alone, the plot of the Dragon King is undoubtedly very good in my opinion."

With a kind smile on his face, the slightly fat director continued.

"Although Mr. Chen said everything I wanted to say, I still wanted to say a few more words. Even if we put aside the tolerance of the start-up independent production team, Dragon King is definitely a work that stands on the ceiling of the industry. ”

"Yes, we can see a lot of good works in the competition, especially in the action role-playing genre, but it's hard to see the traces of the same care as it."

"I think it's like putting a brick on the ceiling of a building. We all thought that the ceiling of this skyscraper was 150 meters, but now it has been raised to 151! ”

"This vote, I will vote for the Dragon King."

"Thank you!"

The voice fell.

There was an uproar in the audience, and even the judges were in a commotion.

Two votes!

This is just the beginning of the selection, and the Dragon King has already received two judges' votes!

If you don't have an insider, the ghost will believe it!