Chapter 674: Magic Shadow

"Senior, you sold me out?"

Dorothy looked at Senior Miya opposite her, her eyes full of resentment.

But it was already too late; the little junior sister beside her had already turned her gaze toward her.

"Senior Sister..."

The little fox puppet on Audrey's shoulder was hesitant to speak, but her charming fox eyes were filled with anticipation.

The little fox actually also wanted to be able to help everyone, but if she were alone, she was afraid of messing things up. But if Senior Sister were also together, then there would be no problem.

And who could refuse such a weak, pitiful, and helpless little fox who, the key point is, was really very good-looking?

Dorothy's words of refusal were already on her lips, but she really couldn't bear to continue saying them. She worried that if she refused and caused the little junior sister to really become depressed, what would she do then?

Forget it, if it's going on stage, then go on stage. Although I don't like to be in the limelight, I'm not unpresentable. Besides, acting as a tree or grass or something on stage, I'm very good at that.

The Home Witch recalled her specialty in the occasional whole-class mobilization performance activities when she was in school in her previous life, comforting herself as such.

"Mm, Audrey, don't be afraid, I will always be by your side."

Dorothy revealed a smile, responding to the little junior sister's anticipation.

"Senior Sister..."

Audrey, upon hearing this answer, was so sentimental that she was immediately moved to tears. Those long, narrow eyes directly turned into two shaking fried eggs, and the little fox puppet on her shoulder also had a somewhat choked tone.

The fox witch was truly greatly moved. She knew her Senior Sister's personality of not liking to be in the limelight or causing trouble, so Senior Sister had made a decision that went against her personal principles in order to take care of her.

Thinking of this, the little fox felt warm in her heart. Senior Sister was really too good to her. If she hadn't already had someone in her heart, she would definitely have been heart-thumping by now.

With such a sister, what more could a junior sister ask for?

Audrey couldn't help but clench her little fists, secretly making up her mind that this time she must go all out.

"Then Audrey, regarding the saying of cultural monetization that Senior Miya just mentioned, do you have any suggestions?"

Since she had already made up her mind, the Home Witch didn't continue to struggle too much and decisively started the next stage of discussion.

Cultural monetization, this stuff seems not difficult to talk about; it's nothing more than promoting culture to the outside world, letting other people outside gradually recognize and like the culture you are spreading, and finally profiting through various cultural activities or merchandise.

Taking Yingzhou Island as an example, what they wanted to do next was to find a way to expand Yingzhou Island's influence, letting more and more other witches accept and like the Eastern Universe culture that was completely different from the Western Universe, and then let them willingly take out the gold coins in their pockets to recharge for love, such as spontaneously buying the fish grass planted on Yingzhou Island, the swords produced, and so on.

Simply summarized, in a word, it's actually just operating an IP.

But theory is theory, and practice is practice. Even the big shots in the industry wouldn't dare to guarantee to everyone that the IP they operate would definitely become popular, let alone that Dorothy and the others were all newcomers who had just entered the industry.

And Audrey, hearing Senior Sister's question, also lowered her head to think for a while before manipulating the puppet to speak.

"How about we shoot a Magic Shadow? Next month Venus will have a Demon King Award election. If we can participate in this activity and win an award, then it would be a very good promotion."

The little fox said as such.

The so-called Magic Shadow is actually something similar to a movie, but the witches' Magic Shadow is much more advanced than the movies Dorothy's previous life that only stayed at the visual sensory level.

Magic Shadow can allow the viewer to directly enter the protagonist's perspective, to personally experience everything the protagonist in the film experiences. They can not only see what the protagonist sees and hear what the protagonist hears, but also smell the smells the protagonist smells and feel everything the protagonist experiences.

Hmm, even some eighteen-plus Magic Shadows that little witches don't like to watch can even allow the audience to directly link to the protagonist's pain or pleasure; that is truly very stimulating.

Even some relatively large-budget Magic Shadows provide multi-angle experiences; you can not only experience the protagonist's perspective but also the supporting character's perspective, or even the passerby's perspective.

Anyway, it's very free.

"Magic Shadow? No way, starting with such a high difficulty?"

Dorothy frowned. Just as movie stars in the entertainment industry in her previous life had a status vaguely higher than other variety stars or idol singers, the status of Magic Shadow in the Witch World was also relatively transcendent among all film and television projects.

That was a high-end game that only industry big shots could participate in. Even for the job of a named passerby, it required actors who were somewhat famous to participate.

After all, shooting a Magic Shadow isn't something just anyone can do. If it were a movie, the audience could only judge an actor's acting skills through visuals, so it didn't matter what the actor was thinking in their heart while filming, as long as their surface expressions and actions were in place.

But Magic Shadow not only has surface filming but also the recording of the actors' inner thoughts. Whether the actors' emotions are in place while acting is the key to whether the audience can have immersion and substitution.

Therefore, Magic Shadow has very high requirements for actors' acting skills.

You must wholeheartedly enter the plot when acting. When the plot is happy, you must have happy emotions; when the plot is sad, you must have sadness.

Otherwise, where it should be happy, you are complaining in your heart about why it's not off-work yet; where it should be sad, you are thinking of happy things. Then, even if your surface acting skills are exquisite, it won't work. When the audience watches it and substitutes into your emotions, won't they directly laugh out loud?

Although some comedy Magic Shadows might use this contrast as a laughing point, most normal plots require the unity of plot and emotion.

And Dorothy and the others, except for Audrey who was born in an artistic family and was an industry insider, the others were all laymen pushed onto the stage. In this situation, they are shooting a hammer of Magic Shadow; they don't even know where to gather the actors.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Magic Shadow burns more money than movies. Dorothy thought about those big-investment movies in her previous life that were tens of millions or hundreds of millions in investment, and she couldn't help but feel heartache and hug her little coffin tightly.

She was thinking of finding a way to make money because she lacked money, but now it has become that she has to invest money into it. This won't do, absolutely not. Shooting Magic Shadow is a bottomless pit. The key is that even if you throw it in, you might not necessarily hear a sound. There are quite a few Magic Shadows that flop every year, okay?

In short, the threshold and difficulty of shooting Magic Shadow are too high. Who would think of directly fighting the final boss before even leaving the novice village? The Home Witch originally thought that newcomers like them should perhaps start from underground idols or something.

It's just...

"I think it's possible. What we want to do is to do the best. Doing others slowly is really too slow. We can completely have a high starting point. I can be your investor."

Before Dorothy had time to object, the wealthy sister on the side had already spoken overbearingly.

Senior Miya looked at the beloved beside her with burning eyes, her eyes full of eagerness to try.

For the Golden Princess, whether the next Magic Shadow can successfully win an award or sell well is not important; what is important is that this Magic Shadow is shot by the Little Yaojing.

Hmm, when the film comes out, I can enter the Little Yaojing's perspective. What does this mean? Rounding it up, this is almost equivalent to me and the Little Yaojing merging into one, okay?

Hehehe... Sss-ha sss-ha.

Senior Miya's breathing became a bit scorching.

Yay, the Little Yaojing's first screen appearance is mine.

"Senior, think twice. Shooting Magic Shadow is not a small investment, and we are all laymen who haven't undergone professional training. It will flop."

Dorothy remonstrated as such, trying to make the senior who was a bit excited and out of control pull back from the brink.

But Senior Miya couldn't listen to these now.

"I don't want to think twice, I want your first... phew, I mean it's all small money. It's just a few days of pocket money. I haven't spent money for a month of seclusion; now my wallet urgently needs to release some pressure, otherwise it will be stretched open."

The Golden Princess took out a bulging wallet that looked like a balloon that had been blown up and said as such.

Dorothy: "..."

Damn, my wallet says it also wants to experience this feeling of being blown up.

"But we don't have enough time. The awards are next month. If we count the registration and review time, we might not even have half a month left. This is completely too late."

The Home Witch said again.

And this time Audrey raised her hand to speak.

"It doesn't matter, Senior Sister. I can take the special registration channel. Mothers are the judges of this Demon King Award. As long as we can complete it one day before the awards ceremony begins, there will be no problem. So we do indeed have a month to prepare."

The nine tails behind the little fox were swinging back and forth; it could be seen that she really wanted to shoot a Magic Shadow.

Actually, if it were really the performance project with the highest status in the Witch World, it wouldn't be Magic Shadow, but the stage play performed live.

If only the most excellent actors could participate in Magic Shadow, then only the most excellent Magic Shadow actors were qualified to participate in the stage play performance on the big stage.

After all, Magic Shadow can at least use special viewing equipment to share the actors' emotional perception with the audience, but for stage plays, it requires the participants to pull all the audience into their performance with impeccable acting skills, letting their joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and all their perceptions be shared with the numerous audience members.

This difficulty is undoubtedly hell-level.

But Audrey's two mothers are the most excellent stage play actors of the contemporary era.

For the little fox who took her two mothers as idols and goals, that big stage of song and dance drama was her life's dream.

When she was young, she had the opportunity to step onto the big stage, but inner demons and fear destroyed everything, making her stand still for so many years.

But now, if there were Senior Sister's company, then she might be able to summon the courage to take that first step back to the big stage.

Dorothy: "..."

Seeing that both the senior and the junior sister agreed, in a two-to-one situation, she gave up resistance.

Since the senior wasn't afraid of losing money and the little junior sister had summoned her courage, what else did she have to be afraid of? Just do it.

"Alright, then let's shoot Magic Shadow. Then let's make preparations for shooting first. First, the script... forget it, you guys probably don't understand the Eastern Universe as well as I do. I'll think of a way for the script."

The Home Witch entered the next stage of thinking again.

First, there must be a script that can show the style of Yingzhou Island, but she looked at the senior and junior sister opposite her and could only shake her head.

The three of them were all from out of town; there wasn't a single local. Who would understand the style of Yingzhou? Dorothy decided to consult some local witches like Auntie Yae or the Oiran ladies later to ask if there were any ancient legends suitable for a script.

"As for the venue, this is also easy to solve. Yingzhou Island has ready-made venues. You don't even need to find extras; the streets are full of them. But the main actors need to find a way to gather. We might need to have an audition recruitment."

Senior Miya also immediately put forward her own views.

"As for the director, I can try. Although I am also performing Magic Shadow for the first time, I have helped mothers edit quite a few clips before."

Audrey finally became a bit more lively at this time. She summoned her courage to recommend herself as such.

"In that case, then we are missing a photographer. Emmm... alright, the photographer seems to be ready-made, and it's the top-level photographer."

Dorothy remembered a certain big-mouthed crow who was also on the island.

"Oh, Wenwen, right? Indeed, although that guy's character is a bit poor and her mouth is a bit big, her photography technique is nothing to say. She alone can top an entire photography team."

Senior Miya also reacted and couldn't help but clap her hands, agreeing as such.

"But will Senior Wenwen be willing to help?"

Audrey asked with some worry. She had also heard of that famous News Agency President and had seen quite a few film and television works of this senior in the Academy's Little Witch Daily. The shooting technique was indeed nothing to say, but it was said that this senior's temper was not easy to get along with.

"It doesn't matter, she will agree."

Dorothy was not worried at all. After all, Senior, you wouldn't want your grandmother's house to receive special treatment from the Shrine, right?

The Home Witch revealed a smile.

"Mm, Wenwen is a good person who is happy to help others."

Senior Miya also revealed a smile. After all, the largest shareholder of the Witch Daily is actually Golden Township.

"Ah-choo!"

In the Kujo family of Yingzhou Island, the witch with pitch-black wings sneezed a big one.

"Damn, which guy is scolding me behind my back again?"

Wenwen thought in her heart.

Then she recalled her enemies...

Emmm... laughing to death, there are too many enemies; I can't recall them at all.

The News Agency President, who was hated by gods and ghosts, couldn't help but proudly straighten her chest when thinking of this.

Mm, this is the glory of a news person.

"Whatever, let's hurry up and write the manuscript. Hehehe, the eldest lady's true identity is actually this; this wave, I will definitely hit the Magic Web headline."

Wenwen is rushing the manuscript...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 675 =====