Later that afternoon.
An internal email arrived from Central TV Department 1.
After reading the email, Ha Qiqi exclaimed, "The higher-ups have asked all the departments and program teams to send people over to get tickets for tomorrow's National CG Gaming Expo."
Zhang Zuo said, "Welfare tickets?"
Little Wang asked, "Then is the gaming expo interesting?"
Beside them, a young man said excitedly, "Of course it's interesting!"
"This is a good place. There are countless beauties every year!" Wu Yi said with a smile.
Another young man was also very excited. "These tickets are very difficult to get. They can't be bought on the market anymore. Because they're electronic tickets, there aren't many scalpers either and they're all out of stock. Central TV Department 1's tickets must have been specially reserved by them for us. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any tickets left. You guys don't know this, but a ticket for a CG gaming exhibition has already been hyped up to several hundred RMB, and it's still not even available!"
"I've always wanted to go as well!"
"I tried to book a ticket last week, but I couldn't get one!"
"It's so rare to have it held in Beijing this year. This is such a rare opportunity!"
"That's a paradise for video game fans!"
"Director Ha, please help us get a few tickets!"
"Yeah, Director Ha, we're all depending on you!"
There were quite a few video game fans in the program team. Even some of the male colleagues who were not video game enthusiasts were excited and excited when they heard about it. They had long heard about this gaming expo!
Ha Qiqi looked at them. "Alright then, I'll go and ask." She then went upstairs.
About half an hour later.
Ha Qiqi came back with a belly full of anger.
Little Wang hurriedly said, "Sister Ha, what's the matter?"
Everyone looked over.
Ha Qiqi said angrily, "The higher-ups are too much! All the program teams of Central TV Department 1 were given at least a few tickets to distribute, but our program team did not get any! "
Little Wang exclaimed, "Damn!"
Wu Yi also got angry. "Isn't this a welfare benefit? We're all official employees too. If everyone else gets a ticket, why can't they give it to us? Isn't this targeting us too much! "
The door at the back opened.
Zhang Ye walked out of the office. "Whoa, what's going on?"
Ha Qiqi immediately complained, "Director Zhang, not only have the higher-ups given up on us, they're not even going to give us the most basic welfare benefits!"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "What's the matter?"
Ha Qiqi recounted everything that had happened.
After hearing this, Zhang Ye roughly understood. This was actually within his expectations. "It's fine. It's just a few tickets. They won't give them to us? Let's go by ourselves! "
Little Wang said in surprise, "How are we going to get there?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Who else wants to go?"
"Me!"
"Me too!"
"Director Zhang, I'll go!"
"Me too, me too!"
More than half of the people raised their hands.
Zhang Ye counted and nodded. "Alright, let's meet at the convention center tomorrow. I'll get the tickets for you."
Little Wang exclaimed, "Director Zhang, you even know people from the gaming world?"
Zhang Ye smiled. "I know a few of them."
Little Wang said, "It's still Director Zhang who has the honor!"
"Great!"
"Thank you, Director Zhang!"
…
The next day.
Saturday morning.
The weather in Beijing in September was unpredictable. It rained in the first two days, but it turned cold without warning. The temperature was somewhat temperamental.
Zhang Ye changed into a long-sleeved shirt and long pants. After breakfast, he headed straight for the convention center.
The National Convention Center was located in the north. The name sounded quite impressive, but it was actually not a place for the leaders to hold their meetings. It was rented out to the public and was not much different from the agricultural exhibition hall. The only difference was that the name was a little more glamorous and the area it occupied was several times larger than the exhibition hall.
When the car arrived, it was blocked outside the parking lot. There were too many cars, and Zhang Ye had to queue for over 20 minutes before it was his turn. After parking the car, Zhang Ye quickly called Ha Qiqi and the others.
"Hello, where are you guys?"
"Director Zhang, we're at the main entrance."
"Over there at the ticketing counter?"
"No, we're just at the main entrance."
"Alright, I see you guys. Turn around."
After hanging up, Zhang Ye waved from afar.
In the crowd, Ha Qiqi, Little Wang, and the others also saw Zhang Ye. They hurriedly squeezed their way forward against the crowd to get to Zhang Ye.
Little Wang exclaimed, "There are too many people!"
Ha Qiqi gave a wry smile. "I'm about to fall apart too. Why are there so many people?"
Zhang Ye was also a little unprepared. "Yeah, it took me half an hour just to park my car here. No wonder there's a limited number of tickets. If there weren't, the venues inside would probably be packed to the brim. Let's not even look at the game exhibition anymore. Other than people, there's nothing else to see." Saying that, he led the way in front. "Let's go. We'll get our tickets checked first."
On the other side.
At the main entrance, Jiang Yuan was also here today. He seemed to have brought his child with him. It was a 15 or 16-year-old boy who was following beside him.
A few Central TV Department 1 employees had arranged to come together and saw Jiang Yuan as well.
"Director Jiang!"
"Director Jiang."
"You're here too?"
Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "I brought my child here to have a look."
The lawsuits that he had been dealing with these past few days were driving him crazy. It was rare for him to have a day off, so he was prepared to go out for a walk. It just so happened that his son was clamoring to go to the game exhibition. Jiang Yuan was worried that his son would go alone, so he tagged along as well.
They queued up to get their tickets checked.
Suddenly, more and more people from Central TV started to gather around.
"Yo, Old Xu!"
"Little Zhou also got a ticket?"
"Yeah, there are a lot of people in our program team who have to work overtime, so they gave me the tickets."
"Director Sun."
"Eh, Teacher Chen Ye?"
"Teacher Chen is here to see the game exhibition too?"
Chen Ye also arrived. He chuckled and said, "I have some work to do, so I came over to record some stuff. I'll be doing an interview show in a few days." Then he hurried over to greet Jiang Yuan. "Director Jiang."
Jiang Yuan nodded. "You're here?"
Jiang Yuan's son said, "Uncle Chen."
Chen Ye smiled and said, "Ai, Little Qi, has school started?"
Chen Ye's appearance immediately attracted quite a bit of attention. As a popular host who had appeared on the Spring Festival Gala before, almost everyone knew who he was.
"Oh! Chen Ye! "
"Teacher Chen is also here at the game exhibition?"
"I think he's here for work."
"Yes, look at Chen Ye. He even brought a cameraman and staff with him."
"I've seen a celebrity! How exciting! "
"Yeah, I've finally seen someone in the flesh!"
In comparison, Zhang Ye was much more low-key. He was wearing a face mask and sunglasses, so unless it was someone who was very familiar with him, it would probably be very difficult for others to recognize him.
The people at the ticketing counter went in one by one.
In the end, there were still people who recognized Zhang Ye. They were from Central TV Department 1!
"Ha Qiqi?"
"Old Wu?"
"Isn't that someone from The Voice's program team?"
"Then the one wearing sunglasses walking right at the front … is that Zhang Ye?"
The Central TV Department 1 people were a little taken aback.
"How could that be?"
"Didn't they not get any tickets?"
"Yeah, I also heard about it yesterday. They weren't given any tickets!"
"How did they get in?"
"Did they find the tickets themselves?"
"These tickets are no longer being sold! Where did they get them from? "
Jiang Yuan frowned.
Chen Ye also glanced at Zhang Ye.
When it was Zhang Ye, Ha Qiqi, and the others' turn, Zhang Ye took out his cell phone and swiped the tickets about ten times. When he was done, he led his team into Exhibition Hall 1.
The moment they entered, Ha Qiqi whispered, "Director Zhang, those are …"
Zhang Ye smiled. "I can see them."
Ha Qiqi nodded and did not say anything else.
Little Wang, Wu Yi, and the others understood and pretended not to see the Central TV Department 1 executives and colleagues behind them. In any case, they had found their own tickets to get in and had nothing to do with Central TV Department 1.
At this moment, Zhang Ye was not the least bit interested in those people. He was only concerned about whether the game he proposed to develop would be able to become an instant hit at the largest gaming convention in the country. He knew that Plants vs. Zombies would be displayed somewhere in Exhibition Hall 2. However, Zhang Ye did not intend to go there directly. He wanted to see how the other game companies were organizing this event first, and also wanted to see how their games were doing. This would also help Zhang Ye understand the development and market of this world's games.
This exhibition hall had a majority of large-scale online games and Xianxia genre RPG games.
When Zhang Ye brought his team to the first gaming booth, they were stunned by what they saw!
Beautiful women in ancient costumes!
All of them were beautiful women in ancient costumes who were dancing gracefully!
This was a game called The Descent of Immortals!
Other than them, there was also a group of nerds surrounding the booth, all of them looking very excited.
"Ahhh!"
"This is so exciting!"
"It's so beautiful, and the legs are so long!"
"This game is good! This game will definitely be fun! "
"Man, you haven't even tried it out yet, bro!"
"There's no need to try it out. It must be fun!"
This was the first time that Ha Qiqi, Wu Yi, and the others were here, so they were also stunned by what they saw. They really did not know how the game would turn out, but the showgirls that they had invited were really of high quality and eye-catching. All of them were twisting their waists and dancing around. Even the women could not help but come over to take a look.
Little Wang said in shock, "This is a gaming convention!"
The young man beside her sniffed and said loudly, "We've really made the right choice to come here this time! This is heaven! Thank you, Director Zhang! Thank you, organization! " He immediately wanted to try it out, but there were only a dozen or so gaming consoles there, and they were all filled up with people. There was even a long queue, so he could only return regretfully.
Then, they came to the next booth.
This was a large-scale 3D MMORPG called "The First War of the Spirit Realm."
The group of people were once again mesmerized by it. It was another group of beautiful women, but this time, they were dressed as elves. Some of them even wore cat ears or rabbit ears and were twisting their tails as they smiled at the gamers. It made their hearts itch, especially when a few of the showgirls revealed their long legs. It made many of the otakus' blood boil with excitement.
"I like that girl!"
"I like the one with rabbit ears. She's so pretty!"
"I want to try this one out!"
Immediately, another large group of passing gamers were attracted by it and came running over!
Compared to the first two booths, the third booth was a little more deserted. Although the gaming consoles were also filled up, there wasn't much of a queue. The flow of traffic was more normal. When he saw the showgirls at their booth, Zhang Ye understood. There were only two showgirls here, one on the left and the other on the right. They looked like hostesses, and there was nothing special about their outfits. The crux of the issue was that there were too many outfits, so the atmosphere at the booth was not that enthusiastic.
Seeing this, Zhang Ye couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart. This fellow felt that he had underestimated the gaming expo this time around. Would a good game be able to shoot to fame just because it was good? This might not necessarily be the case. Let's see, let's see. This was the reality of things. For the first time, Zhang Ye had some doubts about the release of Plants vs. Zombies. How could a puzzle game like theirs compete with the showgirls hired by these large scale online games?!
Lewd!
It was too lewd!
Zhang Ye was furious. This sort of culture was too vile and not worth advocating. It was no wonder his previous world had already imposed a "dress code" for gaming expos. There was clearly a reason for this!
Ha Qiqi glanced at him. "Director Zhang, what's the matter?"
Zhang Ye did not even look at the group of beautiful women. "Let's go and take a look forward."
"Uh." Wu Yi and the other male colleagues of the program team all looked at Zhang Ye strangely. They were extremely puzzled. Why was Director Zhang ignoring all these beautiful women?
They continued walking forward.
The fourth booth on the left was bursting with popularity. This was a large-scale standalone RPG game from a famous video game company. They had hired a total of 17 showgirls, and although some of them were pretty and some of them were average looking, their skirts were short. All of them were beautiful women with big butts. This made many of the male geeks who came over scream uncontrollably. Their brains had already lost all sense of judgment and they anxiously rushed in to line up to try out the game!
Many of the reporters at the venue also crowded around to take pictures. If they could attract the attention of the media, it would also be of great help to the promotion of the game!
Zhang Ye hated it!
Shameless!
Too shameless!
As he continued walking forward, the more he saw, the heavier and more pessimistic Zhang Ye became. Was this a competition of the quality of the game, or was it a competition of who had more showgirls and who had fewer clothes!? Can't you guys focus on the game! Can you guys not be so vulgar! All of you are looking at the beautiful women and the thighs to judge the quality of the game? You guys are too unprincipled!
Vulgar!
Too vulgar!
The more Zhang Ye saw, the angrier he got. The debut of Plants vs. Zombies was likely going to be a disaster. He was already mentally prepared for this.
It was already 9 AM.
After looking around Exhibition Hall 1, Zhang Ye said to his colleagues, "Everyone, go ahead and do whatever you want. There's no need to stick together. Whoever wants to try out the game can just line up."
Ha Qiqi asked, "Where are you going?"
Zhang Ye said, "I'm going to Exhibition Hall 2 to have a look."
Ha Qiqi laughed and said, "Then I'll go too. I'll follow you."
Little Wang said, "I'll go with Director Zhang too. I want to check out the puzzle games. Fishing Master 2 should be on sale soon!"
With a heavy heart, Zhang Ye brought the two of them to Exhibition Hall 2. As they walked towards the booth for Plants vs. Zombies, he looked at the "colorful" showgirls around him and cursed at the unhealthy atmosphere in his heart. He wondered if Old Wu would be able to do anything about this. In the future, he would have to report this to her. Such an unhealthy atmosphere could not be allowed to continue. It had to be firmly resisted and eradicated!
Otherwise, the consequences would be dire!
If this went on, the country would no longer be a country!!
Then, they arrived at the booth for Plants vs. Zombies!
When they arrived, before Ha Qiqi could even see the name of the game or even what genre it was, she was shocked by the scene in front of her!
Little Wang also exclaimed, "Aiyo!"
They were all players!
A sea of players!
A group of reporters and media outlets had also arrived and were snapping photos like crazy!
In the booth area for Plants vs. Zombies, there were 20 showgirls who had formed into two groups. One group was dressed in bright red and green outfits with flowers and plants printed on them. Some of the showgirls were even wearing hats with plants on them. They had big butts and low-cut tops, and two of the showgirls couldn't even be bothered to wear miniskirts and went straight to the booth in bikinis, revealing almost their entire bodies! On the other side, the showgirls were all dressed like zombies. Some of them had blood smeared on their faces, while others had rotting wounds drawn on their bodies. Their clothes were all tattered and torn. Some of them were even wearing half-open miniskirts, while others were wearing torn miniskirts that were stained with blood. It was no different from not wearing anything at all. Their bikinis and thighs could be seen clearly. The scene was enough to make anyone vomit blood!
Sexy!
Exposed!
And the smell of blood!
This could be said to be the largest booth in the entire CG gaming expo this year!
The players were stunned!
The media was stunned!
Zhang Ye was also stunned!
Holy shit!
What's the matter with you all!
Why did the showgirls that you hired also wear so little clothes! And it was even less than others? More revealing than others?
Damn!
You all are simply …
Beautifully done!!!
Beautifully done!!!
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