ShowGirls' stories: Things you don't know

ShowGirls have always been a beautiful sight at exhibitions. Manufacturers regard ShowGirls as an important part of the exhibition. They are not only an extension of product display, but also to attract more tourists and enrich the content of the exhibition. Tourists love to watch, so manufacturers spare no effort to increase the number of ShowGirls, and make their skirts shorter and their cleavage deeper. Some netizens translated Showgirl as "show cleavage".

ShowGirl = peripheral girl?

At the opening ceremony of ChinaJoy two years ago, ShowGirls' clearly marked overnight cards were found; last year, the leader of the agency revealed that a popular ShowGirl had one-night stands to gain popularity; a rich man revealed some special arrangements at the nightclubs of peripheral girls... In the eyes of ordinary people, ShowGirls are almost equated with peripheral girls.

ChinaJoy showgirls are usually students, young models, and even car models. Playing games is just their personal pastime. In fact, they don’t know much about games. Some don’t even play games at all. “Anyway, just smile at the camera.”

No wonder every year when ChinaJoy comes, people’s attention is not focused on which good games or new games will be released this year, but on which company has more showgirls, bigger breasts, and longer legs. It gives people a feeling that ChinaJoy is just about going to see girls, legs, and breasts, which is putting the cart before the horse!

The higher the virtue, the higher the evil

In response to the frequent self-promotion and even vulgar performances of showgirls, the Ministry of Culture simply issued a "two centimeters" limit this year. As soon as the policy was released, there was a huge uproar on the Internet, and many otakus were worried that this year's ChinaJoy would be much bleaker.

There are countermeasures for every policy, and all the otakus are worrying in vain. If the cleavage is not allowed to be exposed more than "two centimeters", then change it to a uniform temptation; if the hem of the short skirt is not allowed to be higher than the bottom of the hip, then try to show off long legs and black stockings; if you are not allowed to pose indecently with the audience, then launch an interactive game of hugging girls... rack your brains to give benefits to the otakus and attract attention. The otakus are happy, and the manufacturers are also happy.

Compared with the big exhibitors who have a lot of money and connections, the cosplayers in small clubs have suffered a lot. If they want to restore the characters, they will violate the ban, and if they comply with the ban, they will be criticized for not restoring the characters. They are really in a dilemma. The various covering tricks they come up with in a hurry make people laugh and cry. All they can do is applaud and say: Comrades, you have worked hard.

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Other people's exhibitions

The number of showgirls at the famous E3 game show is less than that of a domestic booth, which is incredible to many people. E3 is only open to people in the video game industry and journalists, and has set an age limit of 18 years old. Such a restriction can obviously allow showgirls to show off their breasts and legs in a passionate and seductive way. However, the fact is the opposite. The job of the showgirls at E3 is not to stand somewhere for people to take pictures, but to interact with players, introduce games to players, and let them play the game demo

Although there are a large number of ShowGirls at the Tokyo Game Show, the exhibitors will design the ShowGirls' outfits to match their games. For example, at the Yakuza booth, there was a popular Japanese actress wearing fishnet stockings and sitting on a chair as a ShowGirl. In addition, the entire exhibition has a unified theme, and game companies also choose to make big moves here, so the ShowGirls will not be able to grab the headlines for a while.

Give players a grand event

ChinaJoy is another interactive entertainment exhibition of the same type after the Tokyo Game Show in Japan, and the main character should be the game itself. However, in order to gain traffic, the Internet hypes up ShowGirls, and the gossip about ShowGirls in the newspapers far outweighs the attention paid to the games. In addition, with the help of netizens, manufacturers think that the more ShowGirls there are, the deeper the cleavage is, and the shorter the skirt is, the more market there is. The trend has unknowingly become strange.

The "two centimeters" limit is to restore the original intention of the exhibition and give players a pure electronic game exhibition, which is undoubtedly worthy of praise. However, blindly restricting ShowGirls without considering curbing the unhealthy trend from the source is undoubtedly a temporary solution. Using hard and fast terms to cut corners will only lead to a rebellious backlash.

It would be better to start with the game character settings and content, guide game manufacturers to consciously abide by moral order and good customs when developing games, not use vulgar selling points to attract attention, and introduce a rating system as soon as possible to allow players to get what they need.

If we continue to consume ShowGirls blindly, the players themselves will be the ones who get hurt in the end.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.