Some are invitations from marketing companies or media outlets that want to leverage Mingyan's inherent popularity.
Some companies were even more direct, sending a price list that stated they were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single 140-character blog post.
Of course, Mingyan ignored these people.
Because his purpose in posting his earliest blog entry was never to attract traffic, or rather, it was purely unrelated to profit.
He actually played "Poetry and Wine Jianghu" for a bit, found it quite fun, and then recommended it to his fellow players.
Mingyan is currently busy with the Blue Star Carnival.
The carnival is getting more and more lively and crowded every year. The number of venues has expanded rapidly to 12, and it takes players about three days to fully experience them all.
Moreover, the number of players who can participate has remained relatively fixed and cannot be expanded further.
To solve this problem, Blue Star Studio decided to put out a tender.
If we build a theme park that belongs to Blue Star, we'll call it "Blue Star Paradise".
This theme park will be built based on the Blue Star Carnival, encompassing permanent venues for each game, while also taking into account the future addition of new games.
For example, a special game like Dragon Hunter needs to add a battle zone so that players can summon their own dragons to spar in a suitable themed atmosphere.
For example, in a game like Assassin's Way, which features parkour, prop masters can directly create a medieval setting, allowing players to realistically role-play within it and providing a safe parkour environment.
...
Mingyan looked at the proposal while brainstorming ideas.
Then he suddenly stopped.
—Hey, since World End 2 has already been released, shouldn't Assassin's Creed 2 be on the horizon too?
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The bidding process for Blue Star Paradise is still ongoing.
The companies in the Sixth Star Province, like sharks that have smelled blood, have all rushed in.
At this point in time, before even the tender documents were finalized, everyone was thinking: Damn it, even if I can't be the contractor and can't get the biggest piece of the pie, can't I at least be a sponsor?
Of all the sponsors of Blue Star, the most proud one should be the underwear sponsor from back then.
Other sponsors are all diligently and honestly advertising their products, waiting to see their products featured in League of Legends matches.
But to everyone's surprise, the most talked-about thing in the end was a dog wearing underwear.
Everyone: "???"
Underwear Sponsor: xd
These days, everything is fake; the real thing is to hurry up and send more "bribes" to Chief Engineer Ming's gift receiving point.
Because of Xixi's existence, everyone on Earth really remembers this underwear sponsor.
Even now that they're about to build Blue Star Paradise, they still had time to think: "Why don't we also build that one?"
Which one?
That one!
"Oh, that one!"
Finally, they discussed and decided to set up fan meet-and-greet locations in various parts of Blue Star Paradise.
From now on, Xixi can roam freely in Blue Star Paradise. We'll give him two more dog bowls, a dog bed, and... a changing area for his underwear?
If players see Xixi in the park, they can take a photo with him.
Following this line of thought, perhaps official cosplayers could also be scheduled to appear at a set time and location, allowing players to take photos with them.
The hype surrounding "Blue Planet Apocalypse 2" is gradually fading, but the nostalgia is only growing stronger.
Players would probably love to shake hands and take a picture with a young Russell.
All of these ideas can be put to the test at this year's Blue Star Carnival.
This year's carnival schedule is relatively simple, featuring a League of Legends match, a duel between several martial arts masters from The Legend of Sword and Fairy, and a little Easter egg from Dragon Hunter.
Yes, a blue Carnival Dragon Egg will be born in the carnival park this year.
After the carnival ends, the drop area will become the entire Chaoyang Alliance.
Every year during the Carnival celebration, which is in late May, Dragon Hunter will have a limited-time drop of these dragon eggs as a way to share the joy with the public.
Last year's carnival egg dragon egg is now discontinued and is practically priceless.
And the offspring of the egg dragons after they grow up and mate are also being sold for several hundred yuan in the dragon hunting market.
Dragon Hunter is now in its second year, and players have completely embraced the little dragon as a part of their lives.
Many couch potatoes suddenly developed a running habit last year. At first, they just wanted to carry the dragon eggs on their heads to hatch them, but later, for some reason, they couldn't stop, as if there was an internal "inertia" driving them.
Of course, there are still quite a few people with a serious case of laziness who can persevere for a few days for the dragon eggs, but they really can't go any longer.
One of the characteristics of Dragon Hunter is that for casual players, running around to hatch eggs is impossible; they can only make a living by using physical cheat devices (like step counters)...
Leaving aside casual players, the mainstream players of Dragon Hunter are now able to raise their first batch of dragons to more than ten generations.