For the entire Bluestar ACG industry, this is a month that is destined to go down in history.
As more and more industry leaders went to Huaying Academy, Huaying simply changed the "Dream Maker Exhibition" into an ACG industry exchange conference. Everyone was enthusiastically discussing the cutting-edge technologies in the dream makers and ACG fields. Young people spoke freely with industry seniors, which attracted more people to attend.
Needless to say, after the announcement of "Dream Maker", the media, Muxuxing and Huaying Animation were directly praised to the sky.
“Pleiades—the real dreamer.”
"Some people say that Muxuxing is exchanging technology and funds for fame and fortune. There is nothing to argue about this, because even if Muxuxing really has such an idea, it doesn't matter now. For independent producers around the world and small companies that are still struggling to make ends meet, Muxuxing has saved them all!"
"Even if it's really for fame and fortune, I am willing to accept his great kindness!"
"From producing high-quality animation works to giving audiences fantasy dreams, to building a painting and film park to bring fans' two-dimensional dreams into reality, to protecting the overall development of the ACG industry and helping all producers with dreams to realize their dreams... He is the real dream maker."
Huaying Animation’s external phone line was almost blown up.
Countless reporters were lingering outside the headquarters of Huaying, trying to get an exclusive interview with Mu Suxing. At this time, as the person who was almost deified by the media, Mu Suxing was standing in the president's office at the headquarters of Huaying, with his fingertips resting on the desk in front of Mu Xingxue.
He spoke naturally:
"I want to take a vacation."
"… Should I be happy that you have finally made some progress and know to inform me before doing anything?" Mu Xingxue touched his nose, as if he was helpless and resigned to his fate: "Tell me, do you have any new charity ideas that you are ready to implement this time? Do you need my help?"
"What new idea?" Mu Suxing gave him a strange look: "Didn't I say I was going to take a vacation? I'm tired and I'm going to go out and relax for a while."
Mu Xingxue was stunned and didn't react for a moment.
take a vacation
Who? Muxiuxing
He couldn't help but look up, and looked him up and down again as if he had just met Mu Suxing for the first time. He had to admit that if this was said by someone else, he would think it was quite normal, but for a workaholic like Mu Suxing, it was unbelievable no matter how he looked at it.
"Are you serious?" Mu Xingxue asked.
Muxuxing nodded.
This is certainly not a joke - no matter what, it is a fact that he has been working almost non-stop at Huaying Animation for so many years. Often, before the previous animation is completed, he will enter the next busy stage. When Huaying Animation's business began to expand, the scope of his busy work even extended to theme parks.
Now that Huaying Animation has completely stabilized and the successfully developed "Dream Maker" is enough to ensure Huaying's financial security for a considerable period of time, it is time for him to take a good rest.
Seeing the surprise on Mu Xingxue's face, Mu Suxing just found it funny:
"I'm a human being too. After supporting Huaying for so long, isn't it normal for me to feel tired? Or, after I've created such a good situation for Huaying, how can you mess everything up?"
"How is that possible?"
Mu Xingxue waved his hands: "You're right. In fact, even if you didn't take the initiative to bring it up, I personally suggest that you take a good rest. It's just that I didn't expect..." I didn't expect that a workaholic who has nothing else to do except work on weekdays would actually have a day when he would take the initiative to put down his work.
"By the way, have you decided where you're going?" Mu Xingxue asked after he recovered.
"Well..." Muxuxing replied, "I'll probably travel around the world. If there's nothing important going on, don't contact me."
that's all.
After briefly conveying his thoughts to Huaying and Qin Sheng, Mu Suxing packed his luggage and left Xingning City alone. The latter wanted to go with him, but unfortunately the year was coming to an end and the Tengkong project was getting busier, so Mu Suxing had to go alone.
The following year became a leisurely journey around the world for Muxuxing.
He went to many places.
The Grand Canyon, a sparsely populated city, the maple leaves fluttering outside the pure white quartzite castle, the sunset on the beach where the sea and the sky meet, and occasionally joining the crowd at the local comic exhibition, taking photos with cosplayers, and buying various fan art books at the busy stalls.
He even saw the original version of "The Little Prince" DVD he made at a booth at a regional fan convention.
Perhaps because he had been staring at the DVD for too long, the stall owner reminded him, "This is the first edition of Xingxing's first work, The Little Prince. I am going to collect it as a family heirloom. It is not for sale... Hey! Xing..."
Seeing that the stall owner was about to shout, Mu Suxing quickly made a gesture to keep quiet.
The stall owner suddenly realized it, suppressed his excitement, nodded frantically, and whispered in a spy-like voice: "Xingxing, can you sign an autograph for me?"
… You don’t have to be so quiet. Mu Suxing didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He took the DVD as he was told and wrote his name on the cover.
While staying in hotels in various places and surfing the Internet in his spare time, Mu Suxing also noticed an online forum called "Xiu□□".
I have to say, this is a very interesting site.
It stands to reason that in areas where English is the first language, there is actually no such overly oriental concept as "cultivation of immortality". However, a considerable number of local readers, after accidentally coming into contact with oriental concepts through the Internet, became obsessed with them.
Under such circumstances, "Xiu □□" came into being.
Nearly 90% of the novels in "Xiu□□" are translated from online novels in the East. Countless readers sit in front of their computers every day, scratching their heads and waiting for the translators to update. What's more, some people are so addicted to novels that they even quit drug addiction without realizing it.
They even made a special translation tutorial for the "terminology".
For example, for my sake, he would stick up for a stick of incense and so on.
Mu Suxing flipped through the tutorials they had compiled and found them quite interesting. On a whim, he wrote an article in pure English while slacking off during his trip and posted it on the "Xiu□□" forum.
Generally speaking, there is a considerable cultural gap between Eastern and Western cultures.
In this case, it is quite difficult to make readers on one side understand the story on the other side without any obstacles.
But Muxuxing doesn't have this worry.
He has produced various animations over the years and has studied the cultural differences between the East and the West and the market's acceptance. To be frank, he understands better than anyone how to write a work so that it can perfectly express Eastern culture and be easily accepted by Western readers.
It was also because of this that this novel, which he casually published on "Xiu□□", quickly became a hit.
“The author of this translation is amazing!”
"Indeed, I'm following more than a dozen oriental books at the same time, but this translator's article is the smoothest to read, and the yin-yang philosophy and Taoist thoughts explained in it are also very... vivid? I don't mean to say that other translators are bad, but this one does seem to be much easier to understand in terms of expression than other translators?"
"I can't wait to see what happens next!"
If it is only popular among "repair □□", then it's nothing.
While Western readers are enthusiastic about the book, many Eastern readers have also shown a strong interest in the "Xiu□□" forum. Some of them visit "Xiu□□" from time to time, sort out the interesting book reviews from Western readers, translate them and forward them back to others.
Then, one day.
When Lin Youze clicked on "Xiu□□" as usual to see if there were any interesting comments worth copying, he saw at a glance this Xiuxian novel that Mu Suxing had casually posted.
"Huh? Are they moving some new books? They look pretty popular..."
He muttered as he curiously clicked on the webpage.
"Why do I seem to have never seen this name before?" Lin Youze was a little puzzled.
As a ten-year-old bookworm, he has read a lot of online articles. He knows the top ten novels on various websites, even if he doesn't like them. However, he has never heard of this book that has been well received in the West. Could it be the work of a new author
With such doubts, he simply went back home and directly entered the name of the novel on the Internet and searched it.
Still nothing
Lin Youze was confused.
Wait, there is another possibility!
Speaking of which, as Eastern novels become increasingly popular in the West, in addition to the increasing number of Westerners involved in translating novels, many readers have also begun to write their own works after studying Eastern Taoist thought and cultivation culture, and have even given the protagonists proper Chinese names.
Could it be that this book titled "White Deer and Green Cliff" was not translated, but was created by the foreigners themselves
The more Lin Youze thought about it, the more he found it amazing. He simply clicked on "Xiu" again and started reading the novel directly on the forum. Originally, he just wanted to see how this "foreigner" wrote it, but he didn't expect that he would be fascinated from the moment he clicked on the first chapter. When he came to his senses, he had already read all the existing updates.
"Grass… "
As an old bookworm, Lin Youze's appreciation of online literature goes without saying, but...
"How, how is this possible?" He flipped through the pages of the forum in disbelief. "When did foreigners write something so interesting? Their understanding of Eastern culture is even deeper than mine? And it actually looks... pretty good?"
It is indeed very beautiful.
Although he was not convinced, Lin Youze had to admit that this book was much better than the ones he was currently following by several local masters. It was also obvious from the author's writing that the author had a very high level of oriental cultural literacy.
Our understanding of certain Eastern cultural ideas is even deeper than theirs.
He was doubting his life, and his bookworm friend asked him in the chat group:
"Well, Lao Lin, aren't you going to read the comments of readers on 'Xiu □□'? Are there any interesting comments there recently? Post them and let everyone have fun together."
“Which one is the most popular right now?”
"I guess it's Mu Da's "The Gate of Life and Death". This book seems to have always been very popular with readers over there."
"Not necessarily. I feel that some of the cultural knowledge involved in this book is quite obscure, and Westerners may not be able to understand it smoothly. I guess it's "Judge No. 10". The plot is simple and the rhythm is very refreshing. It seems easy and easy to understand. The translator is also quite good..."
Seeing that everyone's topic was about to turn to the latest and hottest online article, Lin Youze quickly typed with the feeling of "I can't be the only one doubting my life":
"Have you heard of 'White Deer and Green Cliff'?"
Everyone was talking at once: "I haven't heard of it. Is it the work of a new artist at the end?" "Is it good?" "The name looks pretty cool. Where did you find this niche article?"
"It's very beautiful." Lin Youze answered the first question first:
"I've been reading this novel until now. To be honest, I haven't been so obsessed with a novel in a long time." At this point, his mood became a little heavy: "Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that this novel is definitely the best I have ever read, no doubt about it."
“It’s no exaggeration to say that it beats everything else currently on the market.”
Before he continued typing, the friend who had just searched on Baidu after hearing him say it was good soon came back:
"No, Lao Lin, are you kidding us? I just searched on Baidu several times, and there is no novel with this name on the Internet! Are you crazy because you are short of books? You are playing us with the novel in your dream."
After reading this, Lin Youze felt even more depressed. He felt a sense of loss that his culture, which he was proud of, was better portrayed by outsiders.
"That's the problem."
He smiled bitterly and continued typing:
"I didn't find this top-level book on our website. I accidentally saw it when I was reading reviews on Xiu□□ today. It seems to be written by someone in the West. Weren't you just discussing which novel was the most popular there recently?"
"It's this article, 'White Deer and Green Cliff'."