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Chapter 91 Test in Progress

Chapter 91 Test in Progress
Ru Mi felt like she was not feeling well at all...her heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat, it was extremely unbearable.

Even though it’s just animated CG, the performance is really cool!

But the problem is...what does this have to do with anything!!!

"Fate/Zero" has not been completed yet, but the prologue of the game is the orthodox work "Fate Stay Night".

In order to help readers quickly immerse themselves in the story, Tang Yao reproduced the famous scenes from "Fate/Zero" and the ending determined by Mushroom in the game.

If it is a public beta, the problem is not big.

Because by then "Fate/Zero" would probably have been completed.

But it’s not available yet... This makes players feel very bad!
No!

Spoiler! You spoiled everything!
Why!

Rumi was holding the phone, very excited.

But soon, she couldn't care less, because the plot of the prologue quickly cut to the Fifth Holy Grail War.

Emiya Shirou's voice rang out...

I remember his face, a man with tears in his eyes, genuinely happy to have finally found a living person.

He seemed so happy that I almost thought that the person who was saved was not me, but himself...

The timeline has officially arrived at the Fifth Holy Grail War.

A scene appears when Emiya Kiritsugu and Shirou are sitting on the porch and talking.

"Eh? Emiya Kiritsugu's son?"

Rumi was quickly attracted.

The plot begins to advance.

And gradually... she forgot about time.

……

at the same time.

The other two thousand players also entered the game.

Their mood was similar to Rumi's: stunned, amazed, bewildered...

But the number of people is still too small.

More readers who are attracted to "Fate/Zero" can only discuss it on the forum, and at the same time want people who have obtained the testing qualifications to come out and talk about the game.

But a pity.

Most readers who are lucky enough to qualify for the test are currently playing games and have no time to share on the forum.

So, instead of beta testers appearing on the forum, there were a lot of trolls... Well, I wouldn't call them trolls, but there were a lot of people taking advantage of the situation, pretending to be players who had obtained closed beta qualifications, and then describing the game to other readers...

And can the games they depict be good? Of course not.

So most readers on the forum are very worried.

After all.

For the vast majority of readers today, Fate/Zero is now an excellent and pure manga... and there is no work purer than this, because it is not even serialized in a magazine.

At first, readers did feel sorry that this work was not serialized in the magazine.

But as time goes by, as the plot of "Fate/Zero" gets better and better and faster, many readers no longer feel it's a pity, and even feel fortunate!
Many readers believe that the reason Fate/Zero is so good right now, with each episode showing rapid progress, each episode being exciting, and each episode having its own breakout moments, is precisely this reason.

It has no restrictions.

If this were to be serialized in a magazine... readers would not think it could be done to this extent, because the comics in existing magazines are basically serialized for a long time, and the plot will inevitably be dragged out during the process.

If a comic becomes a big hit, even if the cartoonist wants to draw it at a fast pace, the magazine will not be happy.

Such examples are everywhere, not only in this world, but also in Tang Yao’s previous life.

The strategy adopted by most magazines when dealing with popular works is to extend the length of the story indefinitely, completely distorting the author's intentions.

The most famous example is probably Akira Toriyama, the famous Dragon Ball, whose later stages were completely forced out.

And the same is true in this world today.

There are very few cartoonists who are capable of drawing group portraits and adult-oriented comics with such novel settings, beautiful drawings, and well-connected stories.

Readers think that Fate/Zero is fine as it is now.

But if commercial operations were mixed in... that would be a completely different situation. It wouldn't necessarily be bad, but what if... for the sake of that game, the manga started developing into a long-term narrative, like a magazine serialization? What if the storyline became stretched out? What if it suddenly lost its original charm?

Even further... in order to serve the game, the comics have changed their original drawing style?

Readers have seen such examples before.

Even the current popularity of Fate/Zero is actually due to its independent publication, with each issue exploding explosively, completely different from the current endlessly stretched magazine comic style.

So readers are indeed worried that once comics become commercialized, the nature of the comics will change.

Fate/Zero will become less like Fate/Zero.

So, the forums were filled with negative comments. Even the comments section under "Fate/Zero" was filled with similar comments.

"If you must grant me permission, please don't change the way the comics are drawn, okay? Keep the current style, okay? Don't put the cart before the horse, please! Third-rate teacher!"

"Let me put it this way, if this is really for the game, then the manga will probably be doomed... Although I don't know if those people who jumped out on the forum are test players, I won't play the "Fate/Zero" spin-off game anyway! I strongly urge Mr. Sanliu not to change the way he draws for the game! Take my advice!"

"I don't play games either! I'm afraid... But I also know I can't do this without an income. Third-rate teacher, let's do this! You publish the book! I guarantee it will sell out! I'll definitely make you money! Don't worry!"

"Is what those people on the forum saying true?... The more I look at it, the more worried I get. What kind of rubbish game is this? We don't want a third-rate teacher! We don't like playing games!"

"..."

……

at the same time.

Wenxin Hall.

Zhao Fangsheng looked at Shang Tao with some confusion: "Game?"

"Correct."

After Shang Tao finished his work report, he casually told about the news he had heard.

After all, "Fate/Zero" is really popular in the comics circle recently.

Li Xue said that all major magazines are paying attention to this comic, and she was not joking.

"...What a bad move. What a shame."

After listening to Shang Tao's story, Zhao Fangsheng shook his head slightly. "What a shame for such a great setting and such a great IP. It could have become the most profitable comic IP. Now it's a free online serialization, a game, and there's no consideration for long-term serialization. This IP is ruined..."

In fact, when "Fate/Zero" was first serialized, he would still contact the "third-rate teacher".

But as the plot unfolded, he gave up the idea.

Because he vaguely realized that "Fate/Zero" had no plans to be serialized for a long time.

This is not in the best interest of the magazine company, as such a popular comic is not serialized for a long time.

Now the game comes out again...

As the vice president of Wenxinguan, he knows very well what kind of people the current game companies are like, because Wenxueguan also has similar cooperation, and they just want to make money by using the popularity of comics.

The final effect will not be very good, and will be criticized. The comics will also have to bear the undeserved disaster and be the target of anger from game players.

This is manageable for magazines, but not necessarily for individual cartoonists.

So in Zhao Fangsheng's opinion, "Fate/Zero" is heading down the wrong path.

He could foresee how the situation would develop next. The game would simply be criticized as soon as it came out. Readers would be fine, but there would definitely be gamers who didn't read comics and would criticize the game after playing the crappy game.

This in turn affected the commercial value of the comic.

In addition, the comic does not seem to be a long story, and the impact cannot be eliminated by extending the time. Based on the experience of this failed business cooperation, any subsequent companies that want to cooperate will probably have to think twice.

This means that the moment it ended, the commercial value of this once promising and popular comic book was completely reduced to zero.

such a pity.

Think of this.

Zhao Fangsheng shook his head again, then said, "I think 'Fate/Zero' is about to end. There's no need to pay attention to it anymore. It's meaningless... However, 'Fate/Zero' can serve as a typical example, a warning to cartoonists and editors..."

……

at the same time.

Although there are problems of this kind.

But things are relatively calm at Avalon Studios.

Tang Yao stood behind Kang Ming and asked, "Has everyone entered the game?"

“All two thousand people signed up.”

Kang Ming let go of the mouse and replied hesitantly, "I guess they've all started playing."

"That's good, let's focus on their feedback..."

Tang Yao nodded: "Next we just have to wait for the data to come out. Let's go back early today."

"Um...but are you okay?"

Kang Ming turned around and looked at Tang Yao, who had been extremely calm from the beginning.

"What could possibly happen to me? It's just a few twists and turns."