Shenzhen Business Daily · Reading Client Reporter Tu Jingyu
"I'm particularly interested in every attraction in the game, and I don't want to skip it every time, and I'll see all of its modeled attractions the whole way. Since I love traveling, I'm going to take the time to experience the scenes that appear in the game in the future. The audience "rainbow hairpin" said enthusiastically.
On September 8, the "Black Myth: Wukong" symphony concert premiered in Nanshan, Shenzhen. The two concerts in Shenzhen were sold out within 2 minutes, which attracted widespread attention from game lovers and demonstrated the strong appeal of the game IP.
The joy opened, and the alleys were empty
"Our family came from Guangzhou, and I played this game with my daughter, and she has already cleared the level, and I am still playing the first level." At the theater scene, in addition to groups of young people, there are also many parent-child combinations. It is relatively rare for such a large age group of audiences to gather together because of the symphony.
The majestic song "Calling the King and Calling the Holy Appointment" pulls the audience into the world of the game. The large stage screen and lighting perfectly match the performance repertoire, reproduce the scenes in the game, break the dimensional wall, and let the "Destiny People" complete the shuttle between reality and illusion.
It is reported that a total of 19 pieces were performed in the concert: from the magnificent "The First Famous Demon of the Past Dynasties" to the lost and stunned "Involuntarily", which reproduced the Chinese cultural narrative poems reflected in the "Wukong Universe".
"The most impressive thing is definitely the northern Shaanxi storytelling in "The Yellow Wind Rises", I felt very shocked at the time, and I didn't know much about this form before, but the more I listened to it, the more I listened." "I think it's probably 'Fart'. The first time I heard it in the game, it was very shocking, and the lyrics were very well written, and I felt a sense of belonging and pride in my own home. Players can also dig out the plot of the game from the song and guess it, which I think is quite interesting. Game lovers at the scene shared.
"We came from Dongguan, this is my first time listening to a concert, and I can clearly see the process of playing at the scene, which is different from listening to the game when playing, it is a very immersive experience, and I can know which instruments are used in this song." Miss Lin, who came with her sister, also said that this concert is a good promotion opportunity for everyone to see the national musical instruments, and let more people know about traditional Chinese culture through the IP of "Black Myth: Wukong".
"Guochao music" has entered more people's field of vision
The deepest impression of this concert on the audience is the "Chinese element". The IP theme, repertoire and even the stage scenery of the concert all reveal a kind of Chinese temperament in the bones.
As soon as "The Yellow Wind Rises", everyone was immediately attracted, and the performance of the three strings with storytelling, reading and singing will seem as if the audience has been transported to the northwest depths of the yellow sand and ravines. In the game, this plot also implies the history of the suffering and struggle of the Chinese nation, which not only allows the Chinese people to "understand it at a glance", but also allows international friends to "like it more and more", and truly makes the tradition keep pace with the times and be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The success of the soundtrack of "Black Myth: Wukong" is inseparable from the inheritance of this flavor of "spiritual grass". Audience member Joey is a symphony lover, "I am very impressed by the suona in the soundtrack, and its sound can be magnificent and tragic." As a traditional Chinese musical instrument, it can better express the art behind music. ”
In "Calling the King and Calling the Holy Ren Zongheng", "the suona sounds, the gold is ten thousand taels", the loud timbre stands out in the crowd of wind music, and portrays the image of the great sage "Ren Zongheng" very well; In "Fart", the appearance of traditional percussion is highlight, shocking; There are also musical instruments such as guzheng, pipa, flute, and sanxian, all of which perfectly integrate traditional folk music into modern arrangement and performance concepts, and inadvertently "beat" the "cultural DNA" of the Chinese people.
In the words of musicians, this kind of folk music "two creations" "is also adding a new dimension to the world music vocabulary". After this battle, "Guochao Music" will also enter the field of vision of more people.
"Inheritance + innovation" is getting wider and wider in the game industry
"The first real triple-A masterpiece in China", "Sina Weibo topic discussion broke one billion", "a milestone for Chinese games", ...... "Black Myth: Wukong" not only surpassed "DOTA2" and "CS2" to top the Steam hot play list and hot sales list, but also attracted more and more foreign game bloggers to join the "Mandate of Heaven army".
It is no accident that "Black Myth: Wukong" has "gone overseas with culture", and its thick cultural heritage, rigorous design and production, and creative scientific and technological assistance have made the road of "inheritance + innovation" wider and wider in the game industry. Nanshan's ability to produce explosive products in the game field is also inseparable from the accumulation of the industry and the support of policies.
It is reported that Nanshan District has successively issued the "Implementation Opinions of Nanshan District of Shenzhen on Supporting the Development of the E-sports Industry" and "Special Support Measures for Promoting the Development of the E-sports Industry in Nanshan District", which have corresponding support for e-sports clubs, e-sports events, e-sports industry activities, e-sports venues, etc., providing soil for the development of cultural and technological industries. At the same time, in terms of culture, sports and entertainment and digital creative industries, Nanshan has also made every effort to implement the "Several Measures to Promote the High-quality Development of the Culture, Sports and Entertainment Industry" and "Several Measures of Shenzhen on Accelerating the Cultivation of Digital Creative Industry Clusters" to escort the development of enterprises.
Tencent, iDreamSky and other top domestic online game giants rooted in Nanshan, the game e-sports industry revenue scale of more than 100 billion yuan, accounting for about 80% of Shenzhen, 50% of Guangdong Province, and 40% of the country, these enterprises have shown strong market influence in the field of game e-sports, and jointly built a huge industrial system with annual revenue of more than 100 billion yuan. Nanshan has also been named the top of the "2023 China Cultural Industry Competitiveness Top 100 Regions Index", bringing a steady stream of vitality and development to Shenzhen's game industry.
In addition to the supply of content, high-quality cultural products also need the support of scientific and technological hard power. The realistic game scenes in Black Myth: Wukong are inseparable from the support of AI technology.
In Nanshan, there are more than 1,300 enterprises involved in the artificial intelligence industry and more than 850 high-tech enterprises. It brings together many top universities and scientific research institutions, industry leaders such as Tencent, ZTE, Kingdee, and Wondershare, and also has three provincial-level artificial intelligence industrial parks, forming a complete industrial chain from technology research and development to industrial application, providing good empowerment for the development of the game industry.
Reviewer: Wang Bei, Huang Xiaomin