"An eagle soars through the sky, leaving only a trace."
"I hope so."
After hanging up Gu Han's call, Qing Feng's call came in, with the same dialogue and the same unwavering determination.
The comments from netizens made Wan Lei fall into deep thought and then fall silent.
...
China still has a large population.
Initially, Wan Lei's works were belittled, until someone discovered that Wan Lei's works were similar to shadow puppetry in Chinese culture, and the opinions became mixed.
The endorsement by a professor of traditional culture from Yanbei University immediately excited netizens.
"I knew it looked so familiar. It's just like the shadow puppet shows I watched when I was a kid."
"Master Wan Lei's imaginative idea of integrating shadow puppetry into animated films is truly breathtaking."
"This is a pure pursuit of art, completely abandoning commerce, which seems a bit unworthy."
"Shadow puppetry has long been outdated. Who still watches shadow puppetry these days?"
"..."
While some praised it, others criticized it, but compared to before, it is much better.
At least many people became interested in clicking on the film after learning that Wan Lei incorporated shadow puppetry into the animated film.
On the global click rankings, Wan Lei's works are gradually closing the gap with Teacher Jin's works.
However, South Korean netizens dismissed it with disdain.
"What shadow puppetry? Isn't it just our Korean shadow play?"
"Even dogs wouldn't look at this, yet you dare to produce something and compare it to ours. Can you please stop polluting our eyes?"
"I just love these attention-seeking guys. If it weren't for your numbers, you wouldn't even be on the click list."
"With so many charts, besides the click chart and the playback chart, can you rank on any other charts?"
After a while, "Pigsy Eats Watermelon" surpassed "Parasite" on the click charts, making Chinese netizens feel proud.
Even his remarks against South Korean netizens have become more assertive, which naturally drew criticism from South Korean netizens.
However, as time went on, the popularity ranking of "Bajie Eats Watermelon" continued to rise, gradually widening the gap with "Parasitic," which made South Korean netizens completely give up any hope of overtaking it.
However, South Korean netizens were not discouraged. In the eyes of many, the so-called click rankings were nothing more than consolation lists for those populous countries.
The real rankings are never the click and play rankings, but the global comprehensive index rankings. This is not only the most authoritative ranking, but also the most watched ranking.
Because the works listed above have a 99% chance of directly entering the preliminary round, compared to the click rankings where only one in ten works make it, this is the list that netizens around the world pay the most attention to.
Just as Chinese netizens were feeling smug, South Korean netizens unleashed their ultimate weapon: on the index list, Bajie Eating Watermelon didn't even make it into the top 1,000, while Parasite made it into the top 1,000.
Chinese netizens, who had just been feeling triumphant, were instantly devastated by South Korean netizens who relentlessly attacked them.
"They call shadow puppetry trash, especially shadow puppetry that steals our shadow plays."
"They didn't even make it into the top 1,000. I hope they won't be eliminated in the preliminary rounds."
"If you don't have any good works, don't embarrass yourself with such outdated ones."
"..."
Faced with the mockery from South Korean netizens, Chinese netizens naturally refused to accept it, and the two sides started arguing again.
However, rational netizens know that no matter how much they argue, they cannot hide the fact that the other party is ranked higher than Wan Lei.
Fortunately, to the delight of Chinese netizens, Gu Han released a new work: "Ma Liang and His Magic Paintbrush".
Its unique art style, coupled with its immense popularity, quickly propelled it to a high ranking on the click charts.
This time, however, Chinese netizens were more discerning and kept a close eye on the index rankings every day.
Animation group.
"I've figured it out. Teacher Wan Lei's is shadow puppetry, while Teacher Gu Han's is puppetry. But the latter looks a bit better," Xiao Guang said in the group chat.
"Unfortunately, neither of these two animated films surpassed Master Jin's works," Xiao Wen lamented.
"I watched both of them, and they're both pretty good if you can get into them," Xiaoli said.
Upon hearing this, all three expressed their helplessness. If they could bear to watch it, they would naturally watch it, but the problem is that people nowadays can't stand it.
"It's not just Wan Lei and Gu Han's works that are met with a lukewarm reception; even Qingfeng's animated film 'Calabash' is also experiencing a downturn," Xiaoqing said.
This period can be considered a dark time for Chinese animated films, a tragic time for countless animated film enthusiasts.
Whether it's Wan Lei's shadow puppet animation film "Bajie Eats Watermelon", Gu Han's puppet animation film "Ma Liang and His Magic Brush", or Qingfeng's paper-cut animation film "Calabash", they were all defeated by Teacher Jin's film.
Previously, they had hoped that Wan Lei and others could make a comeback and dominate the World Animation Film Competition, but now they realized that surpassing South Korea's animation films was a distant dream.
Not to mention that England, Disneyland, and Japan are just a distant dream.
A deep sense of despair gripped everyone's hearts; they were forced to accept an unacceptable reality.
That means Chinese animated films are really no good.
Even the works of Wan Lei and his two companions couldn't turn the tide, let alone the works of others.
This is not just that Wan Lei and his two companions were eliminated by the times, but also that there is no new generation to carry on the legacy.
"Others' competition has just begun, but ours is over before it even started. It's really frustrating," Xiaoguang said helplessly.
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