Now that things have come to this, even Huaying’s haters understand what all the commotion in the city is about.
"Ahhh, I once joined the troll army to smear Huaying. What kind of idiot am I? [Stormy Crying]"
"I was always wondering why the whole internet was scolding Huaying, and no one spoke up for her. The news spread very quickly. It turned out that the opposing capital hired some trolls to stir up trouble..."
"I don't know what to say. I feel so bad when I think about how Xingxing has done so much for this industry, but is misunderstood and criticized by everyone. It's always like this. People who don't care about anything always get what they want, but people with sincere hearts are always let down. It's so sad. Why is this world always so cruel to good people?"
"I started liking the stars when I watched The Little Prince, and later I watched Demon Slayer, Cardcaptor Sakura, Sherlock Holmes, and other works intermittently. It has been almost three years. I don't know about others, but for me, Huaying animation is my childhood. I still remember the days when I followed the series, discussed the plot with my friends, wrote fan fiction, drew pictures, and made handwritten books. If Huaying really disappears because of this, I might also quit the circle. There is nothing worth lingering in the animation circle without Huaying for me."
"Nothing to say, that's it."
…
Needless to say, netizens regretted their actions when they suddenly learned the truth of the matter. However, what was unexpected but also reasonable to everyone was that compared to the swiftness of the Huaying incident when it first occurred, when the truth was finally revealed, the heat it caused was far less than it was at the beginning.
After such a before-and-after comparison, what else do netizens not understand
Obviously, someone was secretly behind the Huaying incident from the beginning, which is why it spread all over the Internet in the first place and aroused public outrage, and even took advantage of the residual anger of netizens in the previous Yunsu incident. As for why the disturbance caused this time is far less than that before, is there any need to explain it
Huaying has never been fond of doing anything crooked. This time, she was scolded by everyone but she just endured it silently. She was obviously having a hard time, but she didn't say a word to anyone. How could such an overly well-behaved Huaying do something as dirty as Yunsu
Thinking of this, even the originally neutral netizens couldn't help but feel sorry for Huaying because of their previous misunderstandings.
As for the netizens who misunderstood Huaying due to the rhythm of the water army, they also expressed their apologies in their own ways as much as possible.
An apology on Weibo is the basis. Some people who have the spare capacity or are fans of Huaying simply took the opportunity to order a lot of Huaying animation peripheral figures. Neutral netizens who don’t watch the animation went to the corresponding video websites to subscribe to the animation and catch up on the show. They got hooked while catching up, and when they thought that such an animation company was treated like this by the entire network, they felt so distressed that they simply followed suit and went to buy figures.
As for those netizens who come from well-off families and are the second generation of wealthy people, they were even more rude. They simply bought out all the series of Huaying figures and even bought figure cabinets to organize their collections in a dedicated room. The wall of figures they made up was almost enough to buy a house in the capital.
In less than three days, almost all of Huaying’s products were sold out!
At the same time, several editors at Anime Online magazine were also discussing this matter.
"Fuck, these netizens are too cruel, aren't they? I was planning to buy a few Detective Conan figures, what are these fans doing? Can't they leave some for others?"
Someone laughed and said, "It's just a figurine. You can buy it when Huaying has restocked the stock. What's the rush?"
Shen Nian smiled bitterly and whispered, "But do we really still have a chance?"
silence.
No one spoke, because when Shen Nian asked this question, everyone thought of the fact - if they had not paid special attention, they would not have thought that there would be as many as fifteen movies that would be launched to suppress Huaying Animation in February next year. Under such ruthless suppression, can Harry Potter really break out of the siege
And once Huaying Animation goes bankrupt, what will become of the entire animation industry
Shen Nian almost didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Someone in the crowd suddenly said, "I regret it."
No one answered.
It was not because they didn't know how to respond, nor because they didn't want to answer, but because these four short words contained the thoughts of everyone present.
They regretted it.
I regret that when the Huaying incident happened, I did not think about it and chose to reprint it without thinking; I regret not cherishing Huaying enough and not being careful enough; I regret that I paid too little attention to and supported Huaying Animation, so that even if I want to make up for it now, I have no chance and it will be of no help.
They could have witnessed the best animation company on Blue Star rise from humble beginnings to great heights. Blue Star's animation industry could have had more excellent animation works, but now, everything has to end here. With the dissolution of Huaying Animation, the animation industry taken over by Yunsu will also fall into the abyss from now on.
Just like what the p-host who first broke the news said, at this point, there is no point in anything they say.
Why has Yunsu Group remained oblivious to all the commotion online during this period
Because they know very well that at this stage, public opinion is of no significance. The fact now before everyone is that all film companies have already finalized their plans to suppress "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and are waiting for February 10th and the day when the film studios will be disbanded.
"I want to try it." The editor who first complained about not being able to buy the action figures suddenly said.
"What?"
As if he had already determined his inner thoughts, his expression became firm: "Even if doing anything is meaningless, it is better than doing nothing. Since we are a specialized anime magazine, isn't it natural for us to speak for conscientious animation companies?"
At least, no matter what the final outcome of this industry will be, they have tried it.
It's not just Anime Online magazine.
With the experience of the first Yunsu incident, netizens have almost figured out Yunsu's routine. Seeing Yunsu pretending to be dead without saying a word, as if nothing had happened, Ji Mengsi was extremely angry, but helpless, and felt indescribably powerless in his heart.
At the same time, "The Old Man and the Sea" on the other side is becoming more and more popular.
In the following days of the Muse Art Festival, more artists came to visit. Many who had seen the performance once before did not leave, but came to the theater on time every day, waiting to watch it again with the next group of audiences. This made those who came to watch the performance but had no seats very angry, but they really couldn't bear to leave, so they just stood by and watched the whole thing intently.
When it came to the eleventh day of the Muse Art Festival, this art festival, which had previously been confined to theaters, began to move towards the public in accordance with past practices.
The first step to reach the masses is to reach the campus.
In fact, this has been an old tradition of the Muse Art Festival since its inception. In the eyes of the organizers and older artists, in order to ensure that the art of Blue Star continues to be passed down, it is necessary to let students occasionally come into contact with real art and cultivate their sentiments.
The school where Ji Mengsi is studying is one of the schools selected this time.
In fact, she knew about this long before the opening ceremony of the Muse Art Festival. After all, the Muse Art Festival is a cultural event that represents the highest level of art on Blue Star. The school had finally secured the qualification for this event, and it would be strange if they didn't promote it and show off. It was precisely because of this that after discovering that she had a chance to see "The Old Man and the Sea", Ji Mengsi felt both happy and sad.
She was happy that she could see Mu Xuxing's works again, but sad that this might be the last time she saw Huaying's works.
Time quickly came to the day when the Muse Art Festival performance team came to visit.
After waiting for most of the day, Ji Mengsi finally saw "The Old Man and the Sea".
Because the performance was held in the playground, the scene was not absolutely quiet. At least the other boy sitting next to Ji Mengsi kept whispering to the girl next to him as if showing off: "Let me tell you, even though the plot of The Old Man and the Sea may seem boring, this animation is fucking awesome. Do you know what the shots in this animation were drawn with?"
The girl asked curiously, "What?"
"It's a glass plate!" The boy was very proud, as if he had made this animation. "It's the most common glass plate we have. All the pictures in the entire animation were basically drawn by the producer on the glass plate with oil paints one stroke at a time! In my opinion, the previous paintings on paper are simply incomparable. This is real art!"
Ji Mengsi listened, and her heart twitched slightly.
She wanted to say, it's just a glass plate, what's the big deal? Don't you even look at whose work it is
This is the work of Muxuxing.
He pursues quality first and is willing to spare no time, energy and cost to show the best works to everyone. Even though he has gradually stood at the top position in the Blue Star animation circle, he would rather sacrifice his years of hard work than cause any harm to the industry.
Ji Mengsi blinked her eyes, as if to prevent tears from rolling down uncontrollably, while raising her head and looking at the big screen opposite.
She watched it very seriously.
The boy next to him muttered, "My grandfather said that this animation is actually quite difficult to understand. People who haven't experienced it might find it boring. Do you want me to tell you about the central theme of this animation?"
This is actually not wrong.
Ji Mengsi originally thought that she would be one of the bored viewers. After all, to be honest, as a spoiled girl who grew up under the care of her parents, she really had not experienced anything that could be called hardship, so she naturally would not feel too much about the desperate situation and struggle of the old man in the animation.
but-
She looked at the animation in front of her.
Beside her, the conversation between a man and a woman continued:
"You thought this was a reading comprehension test, and what was the main idea?"
"Actually, they're all pretty much the same," the boy said nonchalantly. "Generally speaking, whether it's reading comprehension or movies, aren't they all reflecting reality or expressing the author's inner voice? No matter how things change, they all remain essentially the same."
When he said this, the entire animation came to the most exciting scene in the plot.
The old man said that a man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Then he went.
He knew clearly that there might not be any result, that it would be meaningless, but he still used his almost numb hands to grasp the makeshift weapon and fought a desperate battle with the shark.
Mu Suxing said, even if there are tens of thousands of people against me, I will still go, and I would rather die a hundred times than regret it.
So he rejected Yun Su without hesitation.
Clearly carrying such pressure, clearly having contributed so much to this industry silently, and facing the responsibilities of the entire network, he remained silent, made no excuses, and was not angry. Instead, he calmed down, locked himself in the studio, and carefully produced "The Old Man and the Sea", an artistic animation.
At the end of the animation, the old man is sleeping in the shack and dreams of a lion.
He has nothing.
Ji Mengsi suddenly understood.
She had indeed never experienced any hardship, nor was she a person with particularly artistic qualities, but when she looked at the camera and saw the old man covered in wounds sleeping quietly in the shack and dreaming about lions, she suddenly understood everything.
What kind of mood was Mu Xiuxing in at that time? Under the criticism and insults from everyone, he stayed quietly in his studio and completed this great artistic animation on the glass plate, stroke by stroke
Not disappointment, not sadness, nor despair.
It's like an old man fighting a shark.
He had clearly understood what kind of storm he would face from the moment he rejected Yunsu. He was even more aware than anyone else that his resistance would be meaningless to the industry, just like an old man resisting a shark.
He understood it, but remained indifferent.
It was with this determination that he chose this path.
The animation of "The Old Man and the Sea" ended here, but Ji Mengsi couldn't control herself and burst into tears.