Starlight.
Anime/Manga Department.
A technician in the rendering team received a call from an old friend.
Since the official announcement of the new movie "Sunset Glow" today, "Starlight" has also become a hot topic.
The fact that the production company was listed along with the official announcement, and their name was even mentioned alongside the sunset, shows their sincerity.
This has led many people to see the starlight and then call to ask what's going on, thinking that they might have friends working there.
"Dazhi, what's going on at Xingguang? Why are you making such a big fuss?" A rather rough voice came from the other end of the phone.
Dazhi, impressed by the master's skills, had a warm smile on his face; he had never been so radiant.
So when he received this call from his old friend, he was feeling a little bit proud.
"What's going on? We at Starlight didn't do anything."
"Didn't do anything? Your Starlight team took on a huge order with the highest three standards, and you're saying you didn't do anything? Don't try to fool me, tell your brother right now."
Dazhi: "Oh, you mean those? They're all small orders?"
The other end of the phone: "..."
A few seconds later, the programmer on the phone yelled, "Speak like a human being, stop being sarcastic!"
Dazhi, his earlier joking demeanor vanished, and replied seriously, "I met a master."
As longtime colleagues and old friends, Dazhi still revealed some less important information.
"You met a master? Did your Starlight Entertainment hire one of those benchmark figures in the industry?"
Dazhi: "Guess?"
"Damn, I haven't heard anything about it. Besides, aren't those top-tier figures all developing their careers in other countries? I haven't received any news about them coming to the US."
Dazhi laughed and said, "Go to the cinema at the end of the month."
Dazhi knew his old friend's personality; if he said that the top three items were handled entirely by their department, he definitely wouldn't believe him.
Strictly speaking, the 4K resolution was actually achieved by Li Dashen all by himself.
The most difficult scenes were all handled by the expert.
Although their rendering team handled the rendering of most of the remaining scenes, Dazhi knew that in this industry, it was never about the amount of work done.
It's not the difficulty that matters.
Following the ideas of these key technical personnel, rendering a 4K scene with extremely high image quality is worth everything else!
"It's all so mysterious. Well, I'll call a few old friends to go and take a look."
The call ended, but the matter wasn't over yet.
Similar scenes are constantly playing out in the anime and manga section.
Other departments have also heard about this.
Led by Wang Ya and Wang Yaowen, they kept gossiping and eating melons, and even made plans to go see it together at the end of the month.
They need to check how well this newly established department performs with its first order.
With this intense popularity continuing, the end of the month is fast approaching.
The release date is set for noon.
That morning, long queues had already formed outside major cinemas across the country.
Most of the people queuing here are there because of "Your Name."
These are also anime and manga enthusiasts; they even enjoy raising a "waifu" in the anime/manga world.
These are the most enthusiastic viewers.
Wang Ya and Wang Yaowen were also queuing up here.
The movie tickets sold online have sold out.
Those who couldn't buy tickets can only queue here to buy them.
This alarmed the cinema manager, who immediately opened several more screening rooms to increase the screening rate.
I've never seen a movie so packed with people and still so many empty seats in the time leading up to its release.
Although those blockbuster movies had extremely high screening rates in the past, each theater would eventually have seven or eight seats left over.
When it was twelve o'clock, Wang Ya and her group had already received their tickets and headed to screening room number 1.
Surprisingly, this movie is actually viewed in 3D.
"That's too extravagant. Watching a 2D animation in 3D mode, how confident do they have to be to max out every metric?"
Wang Ya was a little worried that if the anime and manga department failed, the higher-ups would be furious, which would affect their neighboring departments.
This situation has occurred before.
“It’s starting…” Wang Yaowen’s voice came from the side.
However, some strange things happened in this screening room.
The audience members from all directions all seemed to be wearing the same plaid shirts and were bald.
Wang Ya didn't pay much attention; she was there to watch a movie anyway.
The early plot of "Your Name" wasn't particularly impressive.
but.
The movie had barely started when, after the intro, the stunning picture and sound quality immediately amazed the audience.
The audience members in plaid shirts nearby exclaimed in surprise: "Holy crap, it really is the highest standard in all three categories... This picture quality! What? The detail is so good that even the tiny pores are rendered?"
They all came with a learning attitude.
Their expectations were already high as the story had just begun, and thankfully, they were not disappointed.
However, the anticipation remained, and there wasn't much of a shock.
We'll have to see how the story unfolds.
What if only the opening scene of the movie meets the three highest standards, while the rest falls short?
This phenomenon has occurred before.
As time went by, after half an hour, the charm of this film gradually unfolded.
The three indicators have reached their peak here, and the momentum is only getting stronger, showing no signs of weakening.
Even the very first major scene, with its 4K resolution, clearly demonstrated the sheer amount of money spent on it.
Each frame costs hundreds of thousands!
It's still 2D...
It wasn't until the core plot of the film truly unfolded and the three-year timeline was presented to all viewers that they realized what true shock was.
The theme song that cemented the film's legendary status is gradually beginning to play.
The first breathtaking climax, a meteor falling from the sky, startled many viewers in plaid shirts to their feet.
"Is this image quality even possible for a human to render? The detail is so good that even the textures in the pop-up pattern are rendered in several different ways..."
"Starlight has a top-tier expert on its team! I've never heard of that before!"
"I'm switching jobs to Starlight!"
"The plot is also very compelling... Even I, who don't particularly like anime, am captivated by this one."
"..."
As the story nears its end, the two most breathtaking scenes slowly unfold behind the curtain.
until……
The male and female protagonists meet again on a street many years later, and walk to a set of steps.
Although this segment doesn't have overly impressive special effects, it contains the upper limit of all 2D animation frame rates. This scene challenges the upper limit recognized by the entire industry.
Its frame rate detail is so high that you can even see the luster and texture on the surface of a small stone if you look closely at it.
If it weren't for the 2D aspect, people would mistake this for the real world.
The group of audience members in plaid shirts all fell silent, exchanging glances.
The most powerful thing is the silence itself.
It's not that they want to remain silent; it's that they've witnessed what they've been pursuing for over a decade or two in their careers being realized and overturned.
At this moment, the rendering of this Mount Tai has taken shape.
"I'm going to Starlight, and nobody can stop me!"
This is what they've been pursuing their whole lives: ultimate 4K picture quality that doesn't falter even when rendering large-scale scenes.
Such a talented artist is actually working at a small company like Starlight Films.
And after the movie ended.
The group of people in plaid shirts rushed out of the movie theater like madmen.
Wang Ya and the others also began to feel uneasy.
They didn't know much about the technical aspects of the picture quality, but they knew that the movie was really great to watch, very clear, and the plot was very engaging, especially towards the end, where the foreshadowing in the earlier parts was so clever that it got them hooked.
"The first single from the anime/manga community is going to be a hit." Wang Ya was caught in a strange mood.
After that, Starlight saw its largest number of resumes ever.
The department in charge of recruitment was completely dumbfounded. Only after asking did they realize that Starlight had a top expert in charge.
Only those in the 2D department know that this master is not in Starlight.
Moreover, even starlight can't hold onto such a powerful player.
I would be content if I could occasionally meet this expert and exchange ideas.
The buzz reached a climax after the movie's release today, with online discussions filled with related topics.
During this time, Zhang Shulan had already planned to return to China for the Chinese New Year, and her year-end bonus was almost due.
...
Four days later.
The year-end bonus and cash bonus have arrived in my account.
Zhang Shulan bought plane tickets to return to China with Zhaoyang.
Looking back, so much has happened since I went abroad more than half a year ago and returned home.
The domestic network environment is changing again and again.
What kind of bloody storm will Li Zhaoyang stir up when he returns to China?
The music and film industries will be shaken up in the future.
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