This is the ninth art

Chapter 66 The Fifth Great Invention!The wisdom of the ancients blends perfectly with modern games!

When several domestic leaders' special cars stopped at the entrance of the Cultural Bureau.

Gong Shanwei had already led all the staff of the Cultural Bureau to greet him at the door.

Beside him, the leaders of various cultural industries are also wearing neat suits or dresses, with their backs straightened, like soldiers waiting for a military parade.

When a rich middle-aged man walked out surrounded by people in the car, Gong Shanwei coughed lightly.

Immediately, there was a uniform sound at the entrance of the Cultural Bureau: "Hello, leader!!"

"Hehe, hello everyone." The city leader smiled kindly and waved hello.

People around consciously moved out of the way and watched the city leader walk into the Cultural Bureau with his hands behind his back.

Only then did Gong Shanwei hurriedly follow behind.

Li Xiao, Gu Canghai and others followed behind Gong Shanwei, and everyone turned back to the Cultural Bureau.

"Brother Gu, you said that we have attended various venues many times here. I have never been so stressed like today." Li Xiao took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat and said quietly.

In three days, everyone agreed to submit Gong Shanwei's works one after another.

It's just the quality of the work...

It's hard to say.

These so-called works of art, put on the market for a while, can't be said to be without bright spots.

But if it is exhibited as an excellent work in recent years, everyone knows it clearly.

Not at all qualified...

Just take music as an example, due to changes in market trends, and the path of original musicians is becoming more and more difficult.

In recent years, there are no good songs in the whole country, and the popular songs on Douyin are all classic old songs.

Not to mention the works produced within three days in the small city of Jianghua.

The rest of the art industry is not faring much better.

"The cultural environment is regressing. People nowadays are too impatient. If works of average quality can make a lot of money, who is willing to devote a lot of energy to creating high-quality works." Gu Canghai also sighed softly With a sound.

Not long after, Gong Shanwei accompanied the leader to go around the art exhibition hall of the Cultural Bureau.

It includes all kinds of classic works of Jianghua City Cultural Bureau since its establishment, some of which are well-known in China.

"Not bad." The city leader nodded and praised while watching.

Soon, after visiting the art exhibition hall, the city leader's next sentence made Gong Shanwei sweat on his forehead.

"What about this year's works? I just walked all the way, and the works I saw were all dated a few years ago or even more than ten years ago."

"This year's work has been selected separately. Because there are artistic works such as drama and dance, the on-site experience is the best, so please invite the leaders to move to the performance hall." Gong Shanwei replied with a smile, but his heart was beating non-stop.

He was actually very dissatisfied with the answers to the works submitted within the past three days.

The quality is so ordinary!

Considering that these works are already the hard work of artists in various industries within three days, Gong Shanwei did not say much after receiving the works, but praised them politely.

He can be polite, but the city leader can't tolerate sand in his eyes...

"Hasn't Xiao Chu come yet?" Seeing that the city leader had already walked towards the performance hall, Gong Shanwei anxiously glanced in the direction of the gate.

In the past three days, other people's works have been handed in one after another.

On the contrary, Mr. Chu who promised the most decisively, the work has been delayed again and again, so that he has not yet handed over the work.

"Not yet... But I have asked the secretary to call their company to remind them, and they said that Mr. Chu has come to the bureau." Cheng Deyuan said awkwardly: "Game production may be relatively more difficult. .”

The person was recommended by him, but at the end of the day, such a mess... made him feel very guilty.

"Don't wait, let's show other works." Gong Shanwei shook his head helplessly.

But in fact, I don't have much hope in my heart.

Among the various artists he invited, which one is not highly respected and talented?

But the quality handed over in three days is the same...

Want to wait for a work to save the scene now?
And that work is also the type of game that is most likely to arouse the leader's resentment...

Afraid of living in a dream.

"Let's go, the leader has already passed, let's catch up quickly." Gong Shanwei withdrew his gaze from the door, and followed closely to the performance hall.

Cheng Deyuan followed closely behind.

A group of artists beside them also heard the conversation between the two bureau chiefs just now, and looked at each other.

"I've guessed this result a long time ago." Li Xiao walked last, lowering his voice and whispering.

"It can only be said that he reaps the fruits of his own life. Xiao Chu still has some talent, but he is too arrogant." Gu Canghai commented.

Li Xiao didn't care much about Chu Jun's evaluation.

His request is very simple, as long as his music company's works are not backed up this time.

The city leaders know more than them, so how could it be so easy to get his favor?
Don't ask for meritorious service, just ask for no faults.

After the leaders took their seats one after another.

The show officially begins.

The first one to appear was a folk sculptor who displayed a wooden phoenix carved by himself in front of the stage.

If you look at it from a distance, this soaring phoenix is ​​quite good.

It's just that it can't stand the detailed scrutiny of the camera's face.

When many details of the wooden eagle appeared on the screen, the flaws also appeared.

The gimmick shape of the phoenix is ​​a little strange, too short and even uncomfortable.

And the pattern of the feathers is not as beautiful as imagined, but some have the texture of fish scales.

Although the artwork itself is the phoenix of Chinese legend.

But he didn't show the sky overlord posture of soaring into the sky.

When the show was over, everyone in the audience burst into copious applause.

There was no joy or anger on the city leader's expression.

But Gong Shanwei, who had been observing secretly, knew it clearly.

If there is no joy or anger, it means that you are not satisfied with the artwork.

Soon.

The second work of art is displayed.

This time it is a song with a Chinese rhythm.

Perhaps the time was too short, or the singer was a little nervous.

Overall performance was unsatisfactory.

The city leader frowned slightly.

The artists were also beating drums in their hearts.

What's wrong with this...

"Here we come!" At this moment, Cheng Deyuan answered the phone and whispered to Gong Shanwei.

Soon, the staff led a figure into the back door.

In the dimly colored performance hall, the city leaders hardly noticed it.

"You kid, is this going to be the finale?" Gong Shanwei couldn't get away from the leader, and Cheng Deyuan looked at Chu Jun dumbfounded.

"Sorry, I overslept." Chu Jun scratched his head.

Cheng Deyuan: "..."

At least you can fool me with a more suitable excuse!

It doesn't matter if there is a traffic jam on the road, or it doesn't matter if you have to work overtime and stay up all night in order to interpret more perfect details.

It sounds like that anyway.

What are you going to do if you overslept...

The artists sitting in the second row also glanced at Chu Jun.

Especially after hearing what he said about 'oversleeping', they immediately frowned and shook their heads, feeling even more dissatisfied with this young man's opinion.

"Is the work brought?"

"En." Chu Jun took out the notebook from the briefcase he carried with him: "Cheng Ju, which one am I on? Do you want to send it for review."

Cheng Deyuan was laughed out of anger.

"It's all over now, and it's a fart to review."

"Now the fourth work is displayed on the stage, you, you, wait for the finale."

After all, he couldn't bear to remind him: "You have to be mentally prepared. Generally speaking, the finale works have the highest expectations. It may be a passable work, but because of the finale, it will fail." It's a bad idea."

Chu Jun also understands this truth.

The finale is like the ending plot of a TV series.

You can be bored in the middle, and you can also explain some irrelevant things.

But if it's played to the end of an episode, it's still bland.

It can easily affect the evaluation of the entire episode.

"Cheng Ju, don't worry, I have revised the draft of this game three times, and the details are all full." Chu Jun said confidently.

As soon as the words came out, all the artists present were full of question marks.

???

In just three days, you revised the manuscript three times?
Time management guru, huh?

Why weren't we as pretentious as you when we were young?

Even Cheng Deyuan looked at Chu Jun helplessly.

In the end, he sighed in his heart and said nothing more.

As the time goes.

The exhibition of works has also come to an end.

It was originally scheduled to be the finale dance work, but because Cheng Deyuan gave Chu Jun a buffer of preparation time, it was the penultimate presentation.

It has to be said that a work that can be designated as the finale still has a certain strength.

The girls of the dance troupe on the stage, dressed in long-sleeved and fluttering ancient dresses, danced to the melodious long-tune of Guzheng, making up for the lack of other aspects of this dance music with their superb dancing skills.

Even the city leaders nodded after a long absence, expressing their approval for this Huaxia dance.

If we take this as the ending, although the cultural display this time is not so amazing, with the finale of this dance song, it can be considered barely passable.

However, at this time, the announcer stepped onto the stage and introduced the last performer with a microphone.

"I invite Mr. Chu Jun, a well-known game designer in Jianghua City, to bring us the last work of this cultural performance!"

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the artists in the audience were stunned.

"Tsk tsk, the finale? He really dares to take it... Before Gong Ju asked me to take the finale, I was completely scared, so I quickly rejected it."

"It's fine if I accept it, anyway, it's not my turn to take the blame. I feel that my work is the worst quality among the works displayed before." Someone breathed a sigh of relief.

As the director of the dance troupe who was originally the finale, Wang Miao's face was a little displeased: "It's better not to be on the stage. Didn't he destroy all our work performances at the finale? It ruined other people's hard work."

Once the finale collapses, the previous works that can only be regarded as barely passable will naturally be dragged down under the rendering.

When the city leaders heard that it was a game, their expressions were slightly unhappy.

The mayor's special line receives countless opinions or complaints every day.

Among them, the proportion of parents complaining about games remains high.

It is difficult for the city leaders to have a good impression of the game industry.

Originally, I was busy with affairs every day, and I didn't have time to deal with the niche category of games.

After all, no matter how small the industry is, once the relevant policies are implemented, it will affect the whole body.

If you don't pay attention to it carefully, it is easy to bring about bad chain reactions.

Games are now being staged alongside other artwork.

Especially when the previous art works are not good enough, looking at this game again, I hate Yu Xu.

No matter how you look at it, it makes people angry.

"It's time to make some rectifications to the game industry." The city leader had just settled down in his mind.

Then I saw a young boy walking onto the stage holding a notebook.

Leaning slightly behind the audience, he connected to the big screen at the back of the performance hall.

"Hello, leaders, and senior artists. It is a great honor to be invited by Director Gong and Director Cheng to participate in this cultural exhibition in the city as a game designer. The works I brought to you this time yes."

""Carpenter Wood""

After the voice fell, many people present looked surprised.

Carpenter?

The name is reversed, right?

Soon, as the big screen was connected to the computer, the picture behind Mr. Chu appeared.

What catches the eye is a bright red booklet, with a few lines of small characters engraved in seal characters: "The fifth great invention of China - mortise and tenon joints."

As soon as the word mortise and tenon came out, the luster in the eyes of the city leaders became evident.

"A game with the theme of mortise and tenon joints? This is quite a Chinese style, and it's a good concept." The city leader praised softly.

The so-called tenon and tenon is the cultural and spiritual inheritance of Chinese craftsmen. It originated in the Hemudu era about 7000 years ago, and its history is longer than words.

To put it simply, it is to cut two or more parts into a concave and convex shape, and then combine them.

There is no need for nails or bindings throughout, it follows the mechanics perfectly and is very strong and sturdy.

Similar to the current puzzle.

But compared to a simple puzzle, the mortise and tenon technology is undoubtedly much more delicate and complex.

The most common tenon-and-mortise structure on the market is usually some expensive mahogany or pear wood furniture, which is not easy to corrode, and is easy to disassemble and clean.

As the game in front of the screen entered the screen, a full of national style came to the face.

The classical Liuzheng instrument was played, and two pieces of mahogany that needed to be cut appeared on the screen.

One piece of wood is sunken in the middle, while the other is a cuboid with dotted lines printed on it.

Under Chu Jun's control, the dotted part of the cuboid was slowly cut and polished, and finally turned into a piece of wood with a raised tenon, which almost matched the concave part of the mortise.

As the two are slowly combined, a perfect long piece of wood is stitched together tightly.

At the moment when the wood is spliced ​​successfully.

Inexplicably, there was a sense of... pleasure in the hearts of everyone present?

It's as if the obsessive-compulsive disorder has been satisfied.

Some people's eyes have already begun to widen.

Some artists who were not optimistic about Chu Jun just now finally stared at the screen seriously.

They finally realized that the game seemed different from what they had imagined.

And with the second level - the display of huanghuali dragon head hangers.

More complicated mortise and tenon parts are presented on the screen.

And after a few steps of ingenious space rotation, polishing, inlaying, and matching.

A delicate huanghuali dragon head hanger like a door appears on the screen.

Everyone in the audience looked straight.

This... this game!
It seems a little cool!A little comfort!
Soothing and melodious background music!
Strong Chinese style of painting!
Coupled with the successful splicing of mortise and tenon joints after thinking about cutting off the excess parts, there is obviously a very comfortable sense of obsessive-compulsive satisfaction at that moment!

"This... there's something about this game." Li Xiao clicked his tongue and looked in Gu Canghai's direction.

The latter also responded with the same surprised look as he.

And what shocked everyone the most was.

In the previous works, there is still no appeasement, even for the ancient dance music that was originally the finale, the city leaders only nodded slightly to express their approval.

At this moment, Mr. Chu on the stage is about to show the third level.

But he interrupted slowly.

"Boy, this game...can you bring it over and play it for me?"

Try it yourself? ?
This request from the city leaders moved all the artists present!

Gong Shanwei's worried eyes turned into surprise at this moment.

The city leaders are clearly interested in this game! !
And before that, he didn't like the game very much, which is even more rare.

"Of course, the leader will wait a moment." Chu Jun smiled and copied the game into the tablet, and immediately handed it to the staff, who took it to the audience and handed it to the city leader.

After a brief introduction to the hands-on tutorial, the city leader has already started to operate with the tablet.

The difficulty of this game is not high, but more need to test wisdom and spatial ability.

How to cut and cut off the redundant part of the structure is an important core to crack the current level.

With trial and error again and again, the city leader's frown became deeper and deeper.

But when he suddenly woke up one time, his trembling fingers carefully cut off a wooden block in a blind area of ​​thinking.

finally!You're done!
Looking at the several pieces of wood that were automatically and slowly fitting together, the city leader felt an indescribable sense of comfort and accomplishment in his heart, and a child-like smile appeared on the slightly wrinkled corners of his mouth for a long time.

This feeling is an experience that other works of art have never brought him!
Whether it is classic music, or dance, or sculpture, poetry and other artistic carriers.

From the beginning to the end, he is just a spectator, who can only stand far away to appreciate the beauty.

But in this game, he personally put together and filled this aesthetic feeling.

In the process of playing, he seemed to feel like a master carpenter thousands of years ago. Facing the ancient wooden furniture customized by the guests, he finally achieved perfection after repeated careful polishing.

The perfect score in the game is like the satisfied smile of the guest after he handed over the furniture to the guest.

This game has a sense of immersion that spans time and space!
"What a carpenter! What a fifth invention!" After a long immersion, the city leader slowly opened his eyes, shaking his head and smacking his tongue in amazement: "When I was experiencing it, I marveled at the great wisdom of the ancients, and at the same time I feel that I know too little about our excellent Chinese cultural traditions."

"The mortise and tenon joints are amazing. The wisdom crystallization of the ancient working people is deeply contained in it, which resonates with me deeply. This game is a perfect work of art, very creative and bold!"

"It can be said that it has grasped its own positioning very well, and in a true sense has achieved the fusion of Chinese style and art!"

The city leaders were full of praise, making Gong Shanwei and Cheng Deyuan smile at each other, and the big stones in their hearts fell to the ground.

It also made the artists who didn't look good at Chu Jun before all sigh and feel ashamed.

And as the city leader spoke again, the trembling in everyone's eyes deepened!
"Young man, can I publish your game on the homepage of our Jianghua City official website? You overturned my long-held prejudices about games. Such an excellent work should be appreciated and analyzed by more people. It! It should also make China's thousands of years of cultural heritage known to more young people!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was envious!

hell!Hang on the home page of the city website? ?

The traffic of the city's website is not large, but in terms of gold content, it is out of reach of the so-called ranking lists of all major industries!
It is also a channel that can be more recognized by the public.

Take the novel business as an example.

The statement 'I have appeared on the best-seller list of Qidian Chinese website' is far less valuable than the statement 'my novel was recognized by our city leaders, and it was posted on the homepage of the city website for publicity'.

Even Gong Shanwei was ecstatic after hearing this.

Before that, he could not have imagined that he could receive such high praise from the city leaders.

Ben held the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, but in the end, who knew that this frightening horse was a thousand-mile horse!

As soon as he makes a move, he rides the dust, leaving everyone behind!
It seems that the potential of the game industry is far more than what I see on the surface.

At least from Chu Jun, he seems to have seen the faint shadow of the Ninth Art in the game.

"Leadership is overrated. In fact, games are just one of many art forms. There is no distinction between high and low art. Other arts are also worthy of my learning." Faced with the high praise of the city leaders, Chu Jun was very humble.

This made many old artists present bow their heads in embarrassment.

Just now, he had sharply criticized Wang Miao, the dance director who Chu Jun couldn't handle the finale, and even blushed.

Recalling the first time they heard that the Director of Culture invited Chu Jun to participate in the exhibition, everyone's prejudice against the game industry.

Compared with the young people in front of them, they feel ashamed that they are inferior.

"It must have taken a lot of time for such a perfect work, right?" The city leader looked into Chu Jun's eyes and recognized him even more, especially his humble attitude just now, which made the city leader very satisfied.

"It took three days." Chu Jun answered truthfully.

City leader: "???"

Just finished praising you for being humble, you...?
The city leader was taken aback.

Immediately turned to look at Gong Shanwei beside him.

Gong Shanwei nodded vigorously: "Yes, it took him three days..."

City leader: "..."

It really is? ?

Such an exquisite game.

It perfectly blends with the Chinese style, promotes cultural heritage, and entertains and educates. It is the best work!
This kid actually only spent three days? ? ?

hiss! !

The more the city leaders looked at Mr. Chu, the more they liked him.

Speaking of which, the little girl in his family seems to be about the same age as him.

Thinking of this, he raised his head with a warm smile.

He asked a question that caught everyone off guard.

"Xiao Chu, are you single?"

Everyone: "???"

……

The cultural exhibition prepared for the city leaders ended perfectly, because Mr. Chu's "Carpenter Wood" directly increased the layout of the entire cultural exhibition several times.

The amazing finale made the city leaders feel a little bit of love for the previous works, and also recognized the works of other artists to a certain extent.

Before leaving, the city leaders called Gong Shanwei aside.

"Old Gong, there are such good talents in our city, why didn't you say so earlier?" The city leader blamed him slightly.

Gong Shanwei: "..."

I do want to say!Maybe I never had this chance before...

And this time, even Gong Shanwei himself did not expect that Chu Jun could complete this arduous task so perfectly.

"I also heard that the kid Chu Jun seems to have more than one excellent work in his hand?" , are all masterpieces in the industry.

Involuntarily, he thought of his little daughter again.

"Yes, he also had several very good game works before, which are popular in the market." Mentioning this, Gong Shanwei became energetic, as if showing off his own children, and said like a few treasures: "For example, Master of Rhythm, Monument Gu, and..."

"Yeah." The city leader nodded in satisfaction, and said: "You have to pay close attention to this kind of talent, Mr. Gong. Regarding the preferential treatment policy in the game industry, you can put it aside appropriately, just watch it. Don't Let the cultural bureaus of other cities poach him."

"Yes! Leader, just be careful! Even if the Provincial Cultural Bureau comes to control my important people, it won't work!"

And the game "Carpenter Wood" did not live up to expectations.

It only took half a day after it was put on the city's official website.

It successfully paralyzed the server of the official website.

On the second day, the Bureau of Cultural Affairs issued an economic policy on the "Guidelines for the Future Development of the Game Culture Industry".

The policy pointed out that anyone who opens a game company in Jianghua City will receive a 20% office rent subsidy and a 5% tax deduction policy.

When this news was released, it almost blew up the entire game industry.

Even many major game companies have begun to consider setting up branch offices in Jianghua City.

For the first time in the real sense of the game industry, there is a slightly broader development environment, at least in Jianghua City.

And at a time when many players in the game industry are gearing up and vowing to make a name for themselves in this industry.

Another unprecedented nascent industry is quietly emerging.

[Hi everyone, I am the virtual singer Luo Tianyi, meeting for the first time, please give me your advice! (￣︶￣)】

In an inconspicuous small live broadcast room.

A registered anchor named Luo Tianyi started her first personal live show!

(End of this chapter)