Genshin Impact Dev: Elysia, My Spokesmodel!
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Making Genshin Impact: Elysia Helps Me Promote It

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If Eastern mythology were simply forced upon them like this, foreigners would definitely find it hard to accept.

Therefore, the best way to spread culture was still to use a medium to draw people's attention and make them interested in something on their own.

Just like web novels, there had to be something at the very beginning that interested readers and drew them in.

Otherwise, what was there to talk about afterward?

Take the traditional opera that had recently become a global hit.

Was "Kamisato Ayaka: Split Second" authentic traditional opera? Definitely not.

If the ancestors saw it, they would surely say, "What an utter disgrace."

But it was precisely because of such an outstanding secondary creation as "Kamisato Ayaka: Split Second" that people had begun to notice traditional opera, an intangible cultural heritage that had been fading into obscurity.

So, if Journey to the West wanted to spark foreigners' interest, it needed either films or games as its medium. That would make it easier for Dragon Country mythology to go international.

As for films, they would need to shoot several mythological movies with grand spectacles.

Just like Earth's "Father Sorrow Alliance," they could make "Yang Jian 1," "Yang Jian 2," "Nezha 1"... and finally release a "Creation of the Gods Edition."

As long as the movies became popular and audiences enjoyed them, they would naturally want to learn more about Dragon Country mythology.

"Gentle persuasion" was the proper way to promote culture.

Rather than saying things like, "Rituals have collapsed and music has fallen into ruin—what an utter disgrace," "You're recklessly altering Dragon Country mythology," or "You need to apologize to the entire nation."

So although Black Myth: Wukong was a secondary creation based on Journey to the West, as long as the game became popular, players would naturally

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