Play Game of Life

Tuesday, May 21st.

In Studio 404, Li Rushan was looking through a lot of photos in front of him.

"Well, this is quite good, it has that kind of charm! Save the file and I will interview you in person!"

As he spoke, he classified the photos in his hands into the "pending" category.

And more photos were directly classified into the "elimination" category.

Moreover, the physical photos in front of Li Rushan have already been screened. All applicants must provide an ID photo, an artistic photo and a video without beautification. After the initial screening on the computer, those who have passed the initial screening will keep the file and print the physical photo to enter the next round. filter.

Of course, in online auditions like this, it is normal for "cheating" to occur.

404 Studio has also adopted certain technical means, such as using software to check whether ID photos and videos have been modified, or using special technical means to restore stretching and beautification in the video based on the changes in the scene in the video, etc. wait.

Although it is still impossible to completely prevent the occurrence of "cheating", after all, there will still be offline auditions, and those who do not meet the conditions will still be killed.

Lu Zhixing was a little surprised: "Hey, Mr. Li works so hard. He came here early in the morning to screen."

He casually picked up the photos Li Rushan had sifted out.

Well, Diao Chan, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Sun Shangxiang, Guan Yinping, Ma Yunlu, Zhang Xingcai, Mrs. Zhu Rong...

Lu Zhixing coughed twice: "Ahem, Mr. Li is devoted to his work. Everyone must learn from Mr. Li."

Li Rushan put away these photos with some embarrassment: "Well, actually, I also pay attention to the male generals."

He said, pulling out a photo from a pile of photos.

"Mr. Lu, look at this."

The photo shows a tall and powerful man wearing a suspender vest. He must be at least two meters tall by visual inspection, and his body proportions are very good. His legs are very long, his shoulders are very broad, and his bulging muscles give him a Extremely strong sense of oppression.

And his face is also very recognizable, with thick and tall sword eyebrows, piercing eyes, and sharp edges on his face, giving people a rough and heroic feeling.

Almost at first glance, people think of "Lu Bu".

The only flaw is that his hair is curly, but this can be solved with styling.

Straighten your hair, put on a crown, and finally fly up a few strands of hair on both sides to enhance your momentum, and it will look very similar.

Li Rushan found another video on his computer: "He actually has a video cosplaying Lu Bu. Although it is amateurish, without makeup, and the props are relatively rudimentary, it feels like he has it."

In the video, this guy actually put on a suit of armor, wore a pheasant feather on his head, and held a Fangtian painted halberd in his hand.

However, this armor looks a bit cheap and has a heavy plastic feel.

Fang Tian's painted halberd was even worse. It looked like it was made according to the standard size of ordinary people. The tip of the halberd was only slightly higher than the top of his head when it was poked on the ground. It looked a bit like a toy.

Lu Zhixing was a little surprised: "Can we really find someone so similar? What is his profession?"

Li Rushan said: "He is an UP owner with more than 200,000 fans. He originally just posted some videos casually, but in the end, some people asked him to cosplay JOJO, and some asked him to cosplay Xiang Yu and Blade Ya, but the most popular one was to let him cosplay. Lu Bu.

“Then he tried it, and it became really popular, and his fans kept growing.

"After the news of our audition was released, fans also encouraged him to sign up. As expected, he stood out from the crowd, and the gap between him and other people who signed up for Lu Bu's body model suddenly widened."

It is actually very difficult to meet Lu Zhixing's selection criteria.

Take Lu Bu as an example. First of all, he must be very tall, and secondly, his body shape must be good enough.

And this so-called good body shape is not just about fitness and big muscles. Although some bodybuilders have good body shapes, they are rarely about two meters tall. Secondly, their muscles may be too big or their heads may be too big. If the shoulder ratio is not small enough, it looks too stocky, which is either unnatural or not oppressive enough.

People like this who are tall enough, strong enough, have long legs and have good body proportions are already very rare.

Coupled with the fact that their appearance and demeanor meet these conditions, 99.99% of people will be eliminated after this screening.

But what can I say? There are so many people in China!

As long as the base is large enough and there are enough people participating, you can always find the right one.

“Well, not bad, so many people have signed up in just one weekend.

“Keep up the good work and try to find better candidates, we still have to keep improving.

"By the way, we can synchronize the selected people on Weibo to extend the popularity of the event and make netizens feel more involved."

Lu Zhixing gave a few words of advice.

Li Rushan slapped his chest: "No problem, I'll take care of this little thing!"

Lu Zhixing paused for a moment and then said: "By the way, Mr. Li, I have something else to discuss with you. I plan to start a new side business for Studio 404. I wonder if you are interested in investing in it."

When he heard that it was a side job for spending money, Li Rushan perked up: "Huh? Let's talk about it."

Lu Zhixing: “I want to build a speed pass website, or in other words, a speed pass community.”

Li Rushan looked confused: "Huh? What is that?"

Lu Zhixing explained: "Speed ​​through is a relatively niche way of playing. There are some specialized speed through websites abroad. Let me open it for you to take a look."

Soon, Lu Zhixing opened the most popular speed pass website on his computer and explained to him some basic content on the website.

For example, game partitions, track division of speedrun records, what are Any% rules and what are NMG rules, leaderboards for different tracks, and videos corresponding to each speedrun record, etc.

Li Rushan was confused by what he heard, especially the speedrunning rules, and it took a lot of effort to understand.

"So, the Any% rule means that you can use all the bugs or evil ways that normally exist in the game, but the NMG rules can't use those major evil ways? Then which bugs can be used and which bugs can't be used, who stipulates this?" Li Rushan was a little confused. .

Lu Zhixing explained: "It was stipulated after discussions among players in the Speedrunning community. The administrators and reviewers of the Speedrunning community are also hardcore Speedrunning players.

"Of course, some of these rules may not be completely reasonable, and some people call them 'village rules', but in general, these rules are recognized by mainstream speedrunners, so they continue like this."

Li Rushan thought for a moment: "So... what is the use of this speed pass?"

Lu Zhixing didn't know how to answer for a while. After a long silence, he said: "Strictly speaking... it's useless."