Volume 5 Chapter 72 - New method of entertainment (1/2)

Naturally Xu Yi hoped the Magic Illusion Projector could be sold as soon as it was launched, becoming popular with everyone. It would be the same as television from earth, changing the entertainment method of the Sines Continent, making the lives of the people more colourful.

But the fact was that it was clearly impossible.

First, although the Magic Illusion Projector had been developed, it still couldn’t be mass produced. The cost of it wasn’t controlled well right now, so a Magic Illusion Projector like the one at the product announcement had a high cost of seventy gold coins.

For one like the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s that had a high quality image that could display a 360 degree image that was like the person was in front of you, it had a very high performance value, so the price was set for a shocking one hundred and fifty gold coins.

With this exaggerated price, naturally it was not something that a normal family could afford.

Even if the economy of the Lampuri Kingdom had developed and many family’s incomes have increased, spending a hundred and fifty gold coins from this Magic Illusion Projector didn’t seem right.

So after Xu Yi announced the price at the product release, this Magic illusion Projector was like all the other products announced, it wasn’t immediately sold in large quantities. Only a few nobles and large merchants showed their interest in buying it.

Other than the price, the most important reason why his Magic Illusion Projector wasn’t sold in large quantities was because Xu Yi and Still didn’t want to do so.

The reason was very simple, the Magic Illusion Projector wasn’t hard to make, but there was a high requirement in making shows.

This was the first time this method of broadcasting had appeared on the Sines Continent, so they lacked talented people in this area. Xu Yi through his experience on earth and various experiments decided that the first show would be a documentary film, producing The Daily Life of the New Moon Troupe.

But to produce this documentary that was only forty minutes long, they had spent a month preparing.

The beastmen girls of the New Moon Troupe had experience performing in front of people, but this was their first time participating in this kind of program, so they didn’t know what to do.

If it wasn’t for Xu Yi telling them many times to act normally, doing what they should do, the film would have been very bad in the end.

To reach the level of rich programming that was on earth, it would be a long path to take.

But no matter what, the success of filming this documentary was very important to Xu Yi.

Because with the Illusion Array that he obtained from the Azshara Tribe, the Sines Continent would have a method of entertainment that would be like earth. It would let this world become closer to earth.

At the same time, although these Magic Illusion Projectors weren’t open for sales at this product release, it did achieve two good results.

First, it allowed many people to recognize the beastmen girls of the New Moon Troupe through this documentary.

After the product announcement, the New Moon Chamber of Commerce arranged for a Magic Illusion Projector to be installed on the most luxurious road of the new part of Banta City. It would be broadcasting the first episode of The Daily Life of the New Moon Troupe everyday once in a while.

Through this film, the people of Banta City became more familiar with the beastmen girls of the New Moon Troupe and they quickly became more famous in Banta City.

According to Still’s plan, the New Moon Chamber of Commerce would install the same Magic Illusion Projector in Anvilmar City and the other cities of the Lampuri Kingdom, showing the same documentary. They would let everyone in the Lampuri Kingdom learn more about the New Moon Troupe.

Other than the second episode of The Daily Life of the New Moon Troupe that was currently being filmed, the New Moon Chamber of Commerce would also film some dramas as per Xu Yi’s suggestion like on earth. They would also broadcast them through this Magic Illusion Projector.

According to the model Xu Yi proposed, only the first few episodes of these dramas would be broadcasted. If they wanted to keep watching it, they would have to buy a ticket to watch it in the theaters or they would have to buy a Magic Illusion Projector and the corresponding Magic Array for the film to watch at home.

Of course, as the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s research into these Magic Illusion Projectors deepened, Xu Yi’s final goal was to develop some smaller Magic Illusion Projectors and greatly decrease the cost of production, allowing most families to buy one.

But if he had to compare it, this Magic Illusion Projector’s function wasn’t like television, it was more like VCR.

As for the tapes, they were the Magic Arrays that contained the films.

Second, it allowed them to deepen their cooperation with the Azshara Tribe.

This Illusion Array came from the Azshara Tribe, so when developing this Magic Illusion Projector, Xu Yi didn’t kick the Azshara Tribe aside and took the initiative to propose this cooperation to elder Undine.

Finally, according to their discussion, elder Undine would send out five Azshara Tribe elves and two of them would join the magic research facility, focusing on studying the Illusion Array. The other three would join the New Moon Chamber of Commerce, helping with the work related to the Magic Illusion Projector.