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The guest lineup varies from place to place.

Although Xinghuo made some adjustments to the guest lineup, and there was an anonymous vote beforehand, it was clear that the adjustments were made based on the preferences of each region.

but no matter.

It's impossible to see all your favorite voice actors in one place.

But the reverse is also true.

Because there are more venues this year.

The number of voice actors present almost doubled.

Basically, all the top-tier voice actors in Japan, and even many who have only voiced a few game characters, were invited.

Voice actors from China, the United States, and Europe were almost all mobilized.

Several of Spark's program production teams were also split up and scattered around the world.

Wait until the event ends.

The resulting video programs will probably keep voice actor fans entertained for a while.

Chapter 267 Million Tickets

Such a large-scale operation.

This also shocked many media outlets.

For example, the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun published an article immediately afterward.

That's what expression is.

"A gathering of millions of gamers worldwide—that takes an incredible amount of appeal and global influence to achieve."

In fact, it's not just Japan.

globally.

Everyone was surprised by Xinghuo's action.

"Tickets sold out in 24 hours! Spark Carnival Los Angeles venue is experiencing a frenzy; American fans' enthusiasm for Spark has exceeded expectations!!!"

"European Frenzy: What magic does the Spark Carnival possess that can drive players to a frenzy of buying?"

The Chinese media were also surprised.

Just that morning, Tencent's media outlets were reporting that Spark's overambitious moves were bound to backfire.

Unexpectedly.

By evening, almost all of the tickets had been sold.

So, the Tencent-affiliated media outlets started "kindly" calculating the costs for Spark again.

"Why sell tickets at a low price to boost popularity? Why is Xinghuo selling tickets at a loss?"

"Millions in ticket sales, but still losing money?"

In fact, what these Penguin Media outlets said is not wrong.

The ticket prices for Xinghuo's carnival this time are indeed very low, fluctuating around 70 RMB after taking the exchange rate into account.

Because the ticket price is low.

That's certainly one of the reasons why they sell so quickly.

But this cannot explain the base number of millions of tickets.

It's important to understand that even if each ticket costs 70 yuan, selling them all would generate 7000 million yuan in revenue, which, while not enough to make Xinghuo a lot of money.

But you definitely won't lose money.

The penguin is simply jealous.

The penguin's jealousy is utterly worthless.

In fact, the internet is currently flooded with discussions about the differences in guests at the four Spark Carnival locations and how tickets can sell out so quickly worldwide.

before this.

Spark's global popularity is often said to be overhyped.

After all, previous events were all held in China, and even with a high percentage of overseas players, the number was only in the tens of thousands.

but now.

This isn't in China; it's in their own country, and the feeling is completely different.

Of those one million tickets, hundreds of thousands were from overseas players.

Its impact should not be underestimated.

Moreover, these first batch of ticket buyers quickly started doing what Chinese players had done last year on social media around the world.

That is, showing off the tickets they managed to snag.

Spark did very well in this area last year, and this year is no exception.

Every player who manages to snag a ticket will receive a unique, dynamically shareable electronic invitation, and the character on this invitation will be randomly selected.

Of course, while it's called random, it actually means that one character is randomly selected from several characters that players frequently use.

But it was precisely this that immediately sparked a strange excitement among many people who were eager to share the invitation.

This is the only thing that's electronic.

Otherwise, there would definitely be whales (high-spending players) who would try to collect the "full illustrations".

It can only be said that Xinghuo truly understands its players. Of course, this also applies to Wang Tianyi.

He doesn't care what the media says.

He was simply happy, happy to be able to participate in the Spark Carnival in Europe.

To be honest, after receiving this news and buying the tickets...

Not only him, but the Brazilian guy online was excited for at least a whole day.

I casually browsed some French gaming forums.

You can also see a lot of people posting their tickets online.

As a Chinese person, it's amazing to see a group of foreigners so excited about an event hosted by a domestic manufacturer.

For Wang Tianyi, it was also a very novel experience.

It's not just a gaming forum.

Even in the international student group at Wang Tianyi's school, some people were posting pictures of their tickets.

Some people even shared videos in the group chat of their French classmates jumping for joy after getting their tickets.

Don't know what happened.

In short, a few hours after successfully securing the tickets.

Wang Tianyi did nothing.

I kept browsing information and videos on foreign websites, watching foreigners share their tickets and how excited they looked.

This is mainly concentrated in the gaming community.

Moreover, Wang Tianyi noticed something else.

That is, in the EU, many players rarely play Spark games. The tickets they share come with their accounts, and if you click on them to see...

They often only play Heroes of Might and Magic III Remastered, Red Alert Online, or Starship Troopers: Discovery; they are not actually hardcore Starship Troopers.

But it seems they are also very enthusiastic about the Spark Carnival.

Regarding this matter, Wang Tianyi specifically asked that French-Brazilian man for his explanation.

"For example, you never watch Disney animations, but one day Disney is going to have an exhibition in your neighborhood, and the ticket price is only fifteen euros. Would you go?"

Wang Tianyi replied without hesitation.

"Of course I'll go, but what does this example have to do with this matter?"

On my phone, the other person replied with a "hahaha" emoji.

"Yes, although they don't play Spark's games, they know more or less about the quality of Spark's activities. Everyone will watch the excitement right in their neighborhood."

I don't know why, but after hearing this answer...

Wang Tianyi's mindset was somewhat complicated.

From this perspective, it seems to make some sense that some people on the Chinese internet say that the popularity of Xinghuo Carnival this year is largely due to the low-priced tickets.

However, Wang Tianyi soon thought of something else.

Although the low-priced tickets helped, the fact that so many people flocked to the Spark event because of the low price itself shows that people believe the ticket price is indeed low.

In other words, European and American players don't think the ticket price for Spark Carnival should be this low.

That's why the moment the price of Spark was announced, everyone went on a buying frenzy.

Think so.

Wang Tianyi felt much better.

It's a carnival, after all.

It's more fun when there are lots of people.

While I was lost in these random thoughts, a message suddenly popped up in the international student group.

[Urgent! The rich guy has spoken! Anyone who posted photos of their tickets and wants to see "Night of Sparks" in theaters, hurry up and screenshot your tickets and send them to me!]

As soon as the news came out.

Someone replied immediately.

【Huh? Going to see "Night of Sparks" at the cinema? Official tickets?】

This year's Spark Night was held in Japan, and the carnival was spread across four locations.

To make the festival more festive.

With the help of Sony's cinema resources, Spark selected one hundred cinemas around the world as venues for the Spark Night broadcast event.

The ticket price is about half that of a regular movie ticket.

These tickets are much harder to get than those for the Spark Carnival, because while there are a hundred cinemas worldwide, the demand is much greater.

The person who sent the message replied immediately.

[An Arab man couldn't snag tickets for the official movie theater livestream, so he booked an entire theater—all four screens!]

Holy crap, this guy's awesome!

It has to be our Arab brothers!!

[Godfather is back! My vote, screenshot forwarded!]

The messages in the group were flying in a barrage.

Chapter 268 Penguin's Korean Rescue

If this was an event organized by someone else...

Wang Tianyi might still have thought there was a trap, but when the words "Arab brother" appeared...

All those thoughts disappeared.

Speaking of this Arab guy, he's quite a big shot among the Chinese students at the school.

This guy is a die-hard fan of Spark Education.

Its first display of power was three months ago at the Xinghuo New Year Festival.

At that time, he booked an entire movie theater and invited local students who had not returned to their home countries.

They not only booked the entire hall, but also paid for some advertising out of their own pocket.