Cultural influence.

It is also an important part of the "strength" of a country or a civilization.

If you are only strong in economy and weak in cultural influence, no matter how advanced your technology and how rich your country is, it will be difficult to win the recognition of other countries or civilizations.

On the contrary, if your cultural strength is too weak and you can't produce enough excellent cultural products, others will think that you are "unworthy" and crowned by a monkey, which is just a vulgar nouveau riche.

Not only will it not be respected, but it will be despised and ridiculed, as well as some inexplicable targeting and hostility.

There will even be wars because of cultural confrontations.

Therefore, if we do not pay attention to the development of cultural strength and do not establish sufficient identity, it will lead to many negative consequences, and even plant the seeds of division and civil strife, or a large number of "elite outsiders" who worship external culture will emerge.

To a certain extent, culture is a "war" that acts on the brain, that is, a competition in the field of thought, and if the intelligent life controlled by the mind loses to the opponent in this field, the effect is no different from losing to the opponent on the battlefield in a bloody battle.

To be honest, take the Dark Empire as an example, as a dark empire with incorrect three views and somewhat dark thoughts, in the cultural field, it must be difficult to output all kinds of positive energy and praise truth, goodness and beauty of cultural works, and it is also more rejecting the kind of works that are too "naïve and naïve", and the style is mostly realistic and cruel, which makes the audience feel heavier.

The problem is that no matter what kind of civilization and society, it is more acceptable to positive cultural content.

I like to see the protagonist go smoothly, collecting harems and treasures along the way...... I also like YY.

And the good guys defeat the bad guys, the righteous destroy the evil, and the lovers eventually become married...... The common people of the Dark Empire also love to watch these contents.

As for the opinions such as "the bad guys are also paying", "the evil dragon defeated by the brave who is actually a robber is the laborer who accumulates brick by brick", and "the villain who works hard also has the right to have the last laugh", there is also a certain market, but it cannot become the mainstream.

In addition, in order to prevent the overflow of the heart of the Virgin, the Dark Empire has banned a large number of cultural works that sympathize with the weak and speak for the vulnerable.

This has led to the development of the culture of the Dark Empire in an unhealthy deformity for a long time, with a lot of rules and regulations, and the creators who dance in handcuffs have never been able to play freely.

It was even taken advantage of by a certain third-level civilization and used cultural invasion to assimilate a large number of people of the Dark Empire, making them become spies, and injecting a large number of advanced technologies into that third-level civilization, allowing them to jump to the level of a fourth-level civilization in a short period of time.

Moreover, some of the people of the empire, who have been deeply brainwashed by external culture, are willing to act as a leading party, demanding that civilization destroy the dark empire, even if they become cannon fodder, they have no regrets.

Naturally, after this cultural invasion incident was accidentally leaked and exposed, the high-level leaders of the Dark Empire were furious and immediately sent a fleet to destroy the fourth-level civilization, and the brainwashed people in the country also arrested and killed millions, and they were not even eligible for exile, and all of them were completely destroyed physically.

The top management of the Dark Empire was shaken a lot, and even had palpitations, thinking that if the situation deteriorated a little more and the number of brainwashed people increased, the entire Dark Empire really had the possibility of being subverted.

As a result, a series of reflections have been carried out, and reform programs have been launched to promote the development of the cultural field and many restrictions have been lifted.

The cultural field of the Dark Empire has finally entered a golden period of development.

In a short period of 100 years, a large number of excellent works have emerged and it has become a cultural power.

The most important thing is to build unprecedented cultural self-confidence, and there is no need to worry about being subverted by other civilizations at the cultural level.

Why is this so?

The first reason is that it accommodates all different points of view, even if some of them are seriously opposed.

That is to say, even some works have the nature of being anti-state and anti-government, infinitely magnifying the evils of the power institutions, as if there is no cure, and it will not work without violent overthrow...... However, the Dark Empire has taken out dozens of planets to do so-called reform pilots, according to some people's ideas, but none of those pilot planets that highlight the "good" side can last more than five hundred years, and they will definitely fall into decay or chaos within five hundred years.

However, the pilot planets with cruel rules can always survive for a while longer.

Judging from the long-term comparative experiments, it is indeed possible for the "dark theory" to achieve the effect of "dark eternity".

The second reason is that in the Dark Empire, it is not that there is no "goodness", it is not that it does not support positive energy, on the contrary, for some good people and good deeds with human temperature, everyone will appreciate and even vigorously advocate it...... Sunshine and darkness are not two things that cannot coexist, and citizens who are righteous and law-abiding are also important factors in social stability.

The third reason, dark theories and culture, has finally penetrated into the hearts of the people of the empire and has gradually been accepted by the vast majority of subjects.

After all, the dark theory does have a lot of advantages and brings great benefits, as long as you are strong, as long as you have that ability, you have the possibility to achieve your ambitions and embrace great success.

It has even become an idol for many people.

Mature imperial audiences also slowly prefer the kind of screen characters who are both good and evil, decisive in killing, and uncompromising means, and the protagonist of the Virgin's personality, soft-heartedness, and over-generosity is easy to be complained about, criticized and even disgusted.

Of course, the above is just an introduction in the end, and it has nothing to do with the plan that Levi will carry out next, just in passing.

In order to enhance the attractiveness of the space city and allow more talents to immigrate to the space city, Levi plans to hold a super-large "space concert" in the space city during the Lunar New Year in 2027.

For this "space concert" to enhance cultural influence, Levi put forward his idea with a surname event planner.

"A concert is mainly composed of stars, works, stage, lighting, accompaniment, special effects and so on."

"If you are a star, you will spend a lot of money to invite Blue Mercury, and invite the most well-known and popular stars from various countries to the space city, it must be the top lineup, no matter how much money you spend, you can invite anyone who can be invited."

"The works are mainly provided by us, some classic songs and music of the Dark Empire, there are at least tens of thousands of songs, you can't listen to them for a hundred years, I will let people adapt these works into local versions, and let those Blue Mercury singers see what is the real classic."

"I will allocate a batch of resources to build a large enough stage for performance in the space city, and the lighting and accompaniment will be responsible for the top lighting engineers and symphony orchestras, and the special effects will be handed over to my butler Bowen, who will apply the most advanced technology to let him design a special effect that is very shocking and infinitely close to the real effect."

"My purpose is to hold a space concert that will attract everyone's attention and be exciting enough, increase the influence of the Dark Empire, and gain more yearning and recognition."

Levi said what he envisioned.

Seeing him so confident and excited.

Zhang Ji nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I will do my best to achieve the effect you want." ”

……

The next month or so.

The concert preparation and planning team seems to be full of clockwork and has fallen into an extremely busy state.

Including Levi, too, he attaches great importance to concerts, personally directs work, and even reduces the time to play games a lot.

Moreover, he personally participated in the design of the "Space Stage", put forward a lot of ideas and opinions, and personally drew several design drawings.

"Let's use the design of this 'rainbow flyover'."

Levi pointed to a design in his hand and said: "This 'rainbow bridge' is about 550 meters long and 40 meters wide on the core connection axis that can connect the two settlement belts, and can be used as the initial performance platform for the stars." ”

"At that time, the lights will be arranged on this bridge, so that the 40-meter-wide eight-lane bridge deck will appear as the color of the rainbow, and between the two pillars of light, a colorful world of light will be formed."

"But the Rainbow Bridge is just a small venue and appetizers, it's really dreamy, or the 'Sea of Light' on both sides of the Rainbow Bridge."

"I plan to wrap all the cylindrical connecting areas between the No. 3 and No. 4 settlements with high-strength materials, fill them with air, and set up grid-like smoke and luminous arrays on both sides of the Rainbow Bridge to create a 'sea of light' with an area of more than tens of thousands of acres, which can also emit all kinds of light, creating a scene that looks like a magnificent nebula."

"In addition to the 'Rainbow Bridge' and the 'Sea of Light', a number of UFO platforms are also set up in the cylindrical space, allowing performers to wear magnetic shoes and stand in those UFO platforms with flying functions, which can be moved to any corner to perform.

"In addition, top-notch audio equipment and virtual reality equipment will also be applied to this stage to create the most wonderful performance effect."

Levi kept explaining.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty,"

Zhang Planning was completely stunned, and said in a whisper: "Your design is really grand, but there is only one month left before the Lunar New Year, and there are still many things to arrange, and there will be rehearsals later, will the time be too rushed?" ”

"Not in a hurry, this little time is enough."

Levi smiled and said: "As long as you are responsible for inviting stars with good singing skills, the stage will definitely be built within a month, as for the rehearsal of the show, it will be carried out in the virtual world first, which is enough for everyone to rehearse more than ten times a month, and it will not hurt their throats." ”

"Okay, Your Majesty, I'll go and recruit stars right away."

Planning Zhang bowed and said, leaving the space city that day and returning to Blue Mercury to be busy.

……

A few days later.

Blue Mercury.

The entertainment circles of various countries suddenly became restless and sensational.

Popular singers and idol groups in many countries received an email interview invitation and were screened to participate in a concert.

Dark Empire, Your Majesty the Emperor.

and the first space concert.

These few keywords are enough to detonate the entire Blue Mercury entertainment circle.

A total of 120 interview invitations were issued, but only 30 were able to be shortlisted for cooperation opportunities.

The pass rate is only a quarter in one.

The elimination rate is quite high.

To be honest, most of the big names in the entertainment industry who can be mixed to the level of popular stars are well-dressed and glamorous successes, and they have hundreds of thousands, millions of fans, in order to get the love and support of these fans, they can only do some positive things and share their joy.

But if they are brutally eliminated in a certain show or event, not only can they not accept it, but fans who like them can't accept it.

Then there is all kinds of invective, shouting "unfair" and "shady...... It's very badly torn.

Even if they sign up, in order to take care of the emotions of fans, the program team will also revise the rules and set up some resurrection matches and counterattack matches, so that those singers who will be eliminated early tomorrow can still be active in the show until the final stage.

After doing the math, I found that the eliminated were all low-reputation players with insufficient coffee positions.

And those who sing out of tune, have a bad voice, and fake singing, and their actual performance is not even as good as that of ordinary Maiba stars in the KTV room, but because of their fame, they have become dumb and can continue to make money.

Of course, I won't say much about these chaos, and no matter how chaotic and complicated the entertainment industry is, Levi doesn't care about it, just looks at the strength.

Of the 120 interview invitations, only 30 will be admitted to the New Year's concert in the space city.

But even the elimination rate is very exaggerated.

The 120 singers (or idol groups) who received the invitation, none of them refused, all participated in the audition, and showed their singing voices in front of Levi and others, all showing 200% of their strength, eager to present their performances in space.

Because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

It's also an opportunity to prove their strength.

There is no opportunism, and it doesn't look good or not, everything is based on strength.

It is foreseeable that this is also a kind of ranking in the entertainment industry, where you can enter space to perform, your strength has been proven and recognized, and there is no doubt that your value will skyrocket in the future, which is equivalent to being on the highest stage and becoming a "top artist" in the industry.

There is no star who is willing to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, even if the elimination rate is very high.

……

Soon January 10th.

Island country, Dongre City.

Amuse & Associates, I got an email of the interview results today.

When I clicked on the computer email, all the staff of the office jumped up and down with joy.

The three female singers of Perfume, the perfume music group cultivated by the firm, cried with joy and hugged each other:

"Great, passed, we passed!"

"The waiting time was too long, the competition was so fierce at that time, I thought it had been eliminated, but I didn't expect it...... I'm so happy! ”

"In our island country, except for the milk group, the rest is us, and we will be the pride of everyone."

"This time, we will definitely perform well and not disappoint those who like us!"

The three girls were very excited.

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