Playing games can make money, how far can the script kill the host go?
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The script kills the DM, which refers to the script killing the host, which is an important part of the script killing industry.
With the development of the industry, more and more young people choose DM as a career.
Easy work and high salary are some people's impressions of DMs, but this is not the case.
The script-killing market, which is still in the rising stage of development, has higher and higher professional requirements for DMs, and a mutually reinforcing relationship has been formed between the two.
At 1:00 a.m. on May 24th, Xiaoyu, the DM (Dungeon Master, also known as the script killing host) of the Zhuludie script killing shop, Shidaitian Street, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, finished the last script killing of the day and waited for all the guests to leave the store. , he can close the shop and get off work.
The next day at 1:00 p.m., he had to start a new day's work. Such an upside-down routine is the norm for a script-killing DM.
During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, script killing shops in Chongqing, Wuhan and other places were almost full, and the DMs in charge of game hosts also became busy.
Some practitioners told reporters that the work of script killing and hosting is not as easy to make money as playing games as imagined. Its essence is still a service worker in the entertainment industry, and it also faces many unknowns in the development of emerging industries.
Full-time and part-time, DM salary is different
"Be able to replay without writing" "I'm good at crying when I cry, it's better to be able to chat with the players" "You can sleep in comfortably, but you must be able to work on night shifts and weekends" "Learn broadcasting, hosting, dubbing, and performance is a priority" ...On recruitment platforms such as BOSS Direct Hiring, the job requirements for script-killing hosts are refreshing.
The reporter searched for recruitment positions in Chongqing, Wuhan, Beijing and other places and found that the salary levels vary from place to place. The starting salary of full-time DMs is around 5,000 yuan per month, and the highest can reach 12,000 yuan.
According to the "2021 Entity Script Killing Consumption Insight Report" released by Meituan in June last year, the domestic script killing market will exceed 15 billion yuan in 2021, and the number of consumers may reach 9.41 million.
For nearly half of consumers, DM's professionalism is one of the important factors in choosing offline script killing stores.
In the view of Xiaoyu, the DM and store manager of Script Killing, the content of the script and the DM’s factors may account for 50/50 if consumers want to obtain a good game experience. The effect accounts for 70%.”
Zhou Jie, a script-killing DM from Wuhan, told reporters that the DM's work actually starts from contacting the script: after receiving the task of hosting, the DM should begin to familiarize himself with the script, prepare the background music, lines, scene props, etc.; It is also necessary to do a good job in tidying up the desktop such as paper, pen, snacks and drinks; after the opening, lead the guests to complete the whole game; after the game is over, be responsible for cleaning up the props and room hygiene.
It is understood that DMs have full-time and part-time jobs, but with different salaries.
The salary of a full-time DM is basically composed of basic salary, performance, bonuses, evening subsidy, etc. The performance includes attendance, health status, hosting performance and so on.
The salary of a part-time DM is directly settled by the session, ranging from 60 yuan to 100 yuan per session.
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The script killing DM that can play games and make money is attractive to some young job seekers, but many practitioners told reporters that it is not easy to do this job well, "You can make money by playing games. is a common misunderstanding."
The 22-year-old Xiaoyu is a graphic design graduate from a university in Chongqing, and has been involved in script killing for three years.
At the beginning of 2021, Xiaoyu entered the industry as a live-action script killing host, and was responsible for the live-action construction and script design of a script killing project from scratch, and then turned to desktop script killing host and store manager.
Xiaoyu believes that having a foundation in acting and strong language skills are indeed a plus for DM candidates, but their performances are not the same as drama and film and television drama performances.
"The DM's performance has service requirements and needs to interact with customers. The purpose is to bring customers into the situation to get a better game experience." Xiaoyu mentioned that compared to the desktop script killing, the live script killing DM needs more Take care of the audience, including memorizing the layout of the scene, paying attention to whether the players are integrated into the state, etc.
To this end, each store will also train practitioners according to the store's script content and environmental furnishings, including performance, field control, recitation of lines, script understanding, logical review and other links to ensure that they can be completely out of the manuscript in the end. Take the field.
In addition, with the popularity of the script killing market, the content of the script is constantly being introduced.
Scripts with different prices correspond to different completion difficulties and consumption prices, and the corresponding single-game bonus with a DM is higher.
This also means that in addition to the daily leading tasks, the DM has to take time to study and study new scripts in order to get more opportunities to lead the scene.
The majority of part-time workers
Meituan data shows that over 70% of the consumers who kill the script are young people under the age of 30, and over 40% of the users consume more than once a week.
From the perspective of cities, the number of stores in Shanghai, Wuhan and Beijing ranks among the top three, and the growth rate of new first-tier cities also ranks among the top.
In recent years, the rapidly rising script-killing market has not only captured the entertainment consumption of a large number of young people, but also opened up a new way for urbanites to socialize.
Wang Peng, the person in charge of the Beijing Versailles Script Killing Store, told reporters that not only students came to the store to consume, but some company team building also began to adopt new entertainment types such as script killing and escape room.
However, corresponding to the hot market of script killing, there are very few full-time script killing DM practitioners.
There are more than 10 game rooms in Wang Peng’s store, and there are 5 full-time DMs in the store. The daily tasks of leading the field are mainly completed by part-time staff. industry".
Xiaoyu, who was promoted to the store manager in January this year, said that there are 4 full-time DMs in the store, and the other 7 DMs are part-time college students.
"Full-time DMs often need to stay up late, eating and sleeping irregularly, and part-time DMs also have strong liquidity." Xiaoyu believes that the current script killing market lacks mandatory team management and script supervision, and DM practitioners are generally young It is expected that career changes will occur in the future.
In this regard, Zhou Jie, a script killing DM from Wuhan, believes that DMs are the ones that consumers have the most contact with during the game, so the level of DM's practice and the development of the industry itself are a process that complements each other.
"The entry requirement of zero threshold may promote market expansion in the short term, but it may also become a factor leading to negative development. Of course, store owners hope that DMs have high standards and experience, but often they can only rely on the stores to do a good job of control. " Zhou Jie said.
Regarding the composition of practitioners, Wang Peng has a relatively open attitude, "DM is a career based on interest and experience. When you really study scripts and games with your heart, you will naturally gain the trust and dependence of consumers, so it is a full-time job. Or part-time jobs are not that important.”
In addition, from the perspective of the development of the industry itself, the script that is still in the rising stage kills the market, and the complexity of the composition of practitioners is unavoidable.
"DM and the development of the industry are indeed mutually reinforcing, but as an emerging entertainment industry, it may not be time to talk about the professional skills of script killing DM. Many businesses still need to spend a lot of energy to ensure market activity." Wang Peng said.