Chapter 59: Chapter 58: Cultural Export Plan
Just as Lin Ziming was leisurely strolling through the Wei Mansion.
A group of special personnel arrived in the Damo Realm.
These individuals were dressed in various styles, both men and women, with the common characteristic of being generally older—apart from a few young people, they were mostly over thirty.
After passing through the light gate, they were quickly brought before Shi Zehong, who was responsible for logistics handover.
Having reviewed their dossiers before their arrival, Shi Zehong quickly focused on a middle-aged man among them.
He walked up to this person and extended his hand:
"Hello, I’m Shi Zehong, the Deputy Director temporarily stationed in Chixian City. You must be President Hong?"
The middle-aged man referred to as President Hong enthusiastically grasped Shi Zehong’s hand, shaking it up and down:
"Hello, Director Shi, I’ve heard so much about you. Yes, yes, I am Hong Zaitao from the theater society."
Shi Zehong released his hand and made a gesture for everyone to sit:
"Please, everyone, have a seat first."
After the crowd was seated, Shi Zehong said to Hong Zaitao:
"President Hong, you should be aware of your mission on this trip, correct?"
Hong Zaitao nodded repeatedly:
"Everyone understood the mission details before coming here and signed a consent form, so please rest assured, Director Shi."
Shi Zehong nodded: "That’s good."
A short time ago.
After setting the formal task for the second stage.
Headquarters developed an advanced cultural output plan to address the cultural scarcity in the Damo Realm.
The reason for the cultural decline in the Damo Realm essentially ties back to basic productivity issues.
The common people struggle for food and clothing and constantly worry about the beast tide problems—how can cultural development thrive in such conditions?
A medium-sized city would be considered fortunate to have one or two storytelling taverns.
Perhaps there would also be a place with music and dance to sing some songs and discuss friendships like Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya.
According to the information provided by the Wei Mansion.
These so-called storytellers in Qingguan House only spread outdated tales.
Stories of a young man accidentally finding a legendary martial art manual on a cliff, a youth returning as the Dragon King after his village was massacred twenty years prior, or the entangled love of a handsome Sword Immortal and a fairy.
At most, to cater to some female cultivators with peculiar tastes, they would transform the Sword Immortal and fairy into a swordsmanship showdown between Sword Immortals.....
In short, these are stories so unsuccessful that they couldn’t even get a contract on a platform like Chuangshi Novels.
Yet, this very barren cultural soil provided an excellent entry point.
Therefore, after discussion among the core group, a cultural music education plan was born.
This plan includes several projects covering theater, novels, and even film.
The main aim is to enrich popular entertainment methods and relieve pressure from another perspective.
Of course,
you can’t achieve everything at once.
Considering the current situation, the first phase target of this cultural output plan is Chixian City.
The choice of Hong Zhengtao’s theater society is due in part to the reforms a few years ago.
During that reform, a batch of highly talented cultural personnel was inducted into local theater companies after the organizational structure was abolished.
Hong Zaitao’s theater society was one of the beneficiaries.
A large number of outstanding cultural figures from Dongzhan joined the theater society in the past two years, including a few who are core figures in drama.
Those who are familiar with drama know.
Drama truly relies on acting skills; anyone standing on a drama stage for twenty to thirty years is sure to be an experienced actor.
Well-known drama performances almost always had full houses during that period, unlike those mediocre soap operas with imaginative elements.
This is precisely why the theater society was selected:
First, they have many skilled core members with strong acting abilities and extensive experience.
Second, due to their academic backgrounds, many of these actors are military dependents from Dongzhan.
Some of their spouses or partners are even among the first operatives to arrive in the Damo Realm, possessing high levels of confidentiality and awareness.
Considering the cultural output plan is one of the core projects, the camp arranged Shi Zehong for the handover, a high-level reception.
After briefly meeting a few key members, Shi Zehong continued:
"Headquarters has arranged several productions for everyone.
These include folk life dramas such as ’The Story of the Canteen Squad’ and ’Longhua Inn’.
With inputs from several industry experts, these three productions underwent significant plot revisions to better align with the inherent concepts of the Damo Realm, avoiding excessive adaptation.
Besides.
Everyone also needs to quickly memorize the lines of these productions—I’m referring to the ones in Damo language.
This is a challenging task, and I hope everyone will pay extra attention."
After saying this, Shi Zehong retrieved a few letters from a bag by his side:
"These are recommendation letters from the language project team.
Since the language compilation has reached a critical stage, a unified letter-opening protocol is being implemented.
Be careful not to damage the symbol on the letter; the language project team uses it to verify the authenticity of their letters.
Regarding accommodations, someone will guide you soon."
Hong Zaitao carefully took the envelope, promising on behalf of everyone:
"Director Shi, we were mentally prepared before coming, so rest assured!"
Shi Zehong nodded slightly: "Then we’ll rely on all of you."
After seeing off the theater society members, Shi Zehong found Lin Li:
"Captain Lin, the handover for the theater society is arranged."
Lin Li put down a document he was holding, stood up, poured him a cup of water, and said:
"Director Shi, thank you for your hard work.
The task for the theater society this time is extremely challenging, so please give it your attention and follow up closely.
If everything goes smoothly, headquarters might even send a few novelists to the Damo Realm."
Hearing this, Shi Zehong put down his cup and curiously asked:
"Send novelists to the Damo Realm?
Is this also part of the cultural music plan?
That doesn’t make sense..... If it’s just for music and literature, couldn’t they create at home instead?
Um, if it’s confidential, just pretend I didn’t ask."
Lin Li shrugged nonchalantly and said:
"This is not a confidential matter; your level allows you to access this. The comrades from the Human Resource Group found a record in a letter left by Wei Siming:
It seems there’s a rule in the Damo Realm called ’Wenyun’ (literary fortune), where poets or writers with widely disseminated works might be favored by Wenyun, improving their Spiritual Roots, or even enhancing their cultivation.
This Wenyun only targets original creators, not effective for re-publishing or similar actions.
Therefore, headquarters considered selecting a group of trustworthy writers to come to the Damo Realm.
They create, and we promote, to see if the ’Wenyun’ miracle can happen.
After all, there are so many novelists, finding a batch meeting both ideological and political standards isn’t hard.
If worst comes to worst, spend more money and bring them to the Damo Realm for isolated creation under the guise of training.
Last time, I heard from Little Wang about an author she follows called ’Newbie Angler’ who earns only a few hundred yuan a month from writing novels and struggles to get by.
If we were to offer a rate of 100 yuan per thousand characters, he would probably come running.
Of course, this is still a plan without a formal proposal.
Everything depends on the results from the theater society; headquarters has high hopes for them.
This is evident from the project’s code name, after all, it’s called..."
"Cangjie!"