Chapter 142: The Dreams of the Rabbits

Xiao Fang sat in front of the computer, looking at the dense barrage on the screen, her whole person falling into a state of stupor.

She is the type of person who must turn on the barrage when watching videos, and she also loves watching anime in her daily life.

In her impression, only those masterpieces with explosive word-of-mouth would have viewers posting such barrage at the beginning and end of the first episode.

These types of viewers are those who, after finishing it, are still left wanting more and then spontaneously build momentum for the work.

Xiao Fang did not expect that *That Year Those Rabbits*, which from its name alone reeked of being a flop, would actually trigger such a terrifying effect?

"Could it be a prank by the Luo Mo fans?" Xiao Fang thought to herself.

She herself is a Luo Mo fan, and she knows very well how silly this group can be.

Them posting these barrages isn't necessarily to build momentum for Luo Mo or manipulate data; it's purely for the sake of a prank. The more low-brow this anime is, the more enthusiastic they might be about posting!

"I still have to watch it myself to know." Xiao Fang sighed, feeling that this evil organization is never reliable.

Of course, before continuing to watch the video, she had to reset the barrage, lowering the barrage distribution from 100% to 10%. Otherwise, the entire screen would be covered in dense barrage, making it impossible to see the content, and she would have to rely on listening...

In the opening, what appeared first was: "This anime is jointly produced by Xinyu, Luo Mo Studio, and Tongguang Studio."

Xiao Fang knows Tongguang Studio; this is He Yuanguang's personal studio, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the backbone of domestic anime.

When everyone else's works are becoming increasingly low-brow and assembly-line, He Yuanguang has always insisted on making anime with substance and a core.

When the anime content officially appeared, the barrage turned into a uniform—"【The place where dreams begin】!"

Xiao Fang was very glad she set the barrage early; otherwise, this place would definitely be overwhelmed again.

In the opening of *That Year Those Rabbits*, it introduced what Zhonghuajia is.

The language was witty, yet it made people understand it immediately.

"Zhonghua, it's a homophone!" Xiao Fang thought to herself.

Seeing further down, she quickly understood that in this anime, different animals actually represent different countries.

At this moment, she rested her gaze on the title of the first episode again.

This episode is called—【The Rise of Zhonghuajia】.

Although the preceding content had quite a bit of mockery and satire, it felt stifling to watch.

She has common knowledge of history, so how could she not understand what it was talking about?

The first episode quickly reached its end, and that classic line appeared.

"Use our own hands to create a Zhonghuajia that is well-fed, well-clothed, and not looked down upon by others!"

At this point, the singing of *Chasing Dreams Red Heart* came through, and Xiao Fang only felt goosebumps all over her body.

She had thought this was the inspirational masterpiece song Luo Mo sang in the *Creating Idols* grand finale, his resistance against the 【Anti-Explosion】 and not signing the group formation agreement.

But listening to it now, she discovered that the content of this song is not just that!

"Could it be that he already had the plan for this anime in his heart back then?"

"Is this part of his professional layout from the very beginning!?" Xiao Fang thought.

She felt it was a bit absurd, but this song and the anime were so fitting.

"People on the internet are actually still pointing fingers, saying that a perfectly good Top Traffic is going to mess around in the depressed anime industry, their perspective is too narrow."

"Heh! Who exactly is the one with the narrow perspective?"

The first episode alone already gave people the feeling of a masterpiece.

This is a grand perspective!

Xiao Fang didn't rush to watch the second episode, but instead planned to soothe her emotions, because she was already fired up along with it.

The magic of *That Year Those Rabbits* is just like this; you feel it's incredibly fiery, yet you also feel it's incomparably tear-jerking.

Xiao Fang dragged the progress bar back to the very beginning and then started leaving a comment in the barrage:

"【Congratulations, you've discovered a treasure!】"

Five-star review!

Before *That Year Those Rabbits* aired, Pineapple had already taken the opportunity to start promoting the songs.

Heavenly King Zhao still had 6 songs from his new album that hadn't been released, and 3 more would be uploaded in a few days; today was about the right time to start promoting.

Luo Mo was still neglecting his proper work, while we at Pineapple are one of the four major companies in the industry; we must show our professionalism!

But no one expected that while Zhao Xueqin's new song promotion was hanging on the Hot Search list, after hanging for a few hours, it was exposed in the evening and directly pushed down in the rankings.

*That Year Those Rabbits* hit the Hot Search!

The word-of-mouth for this anime exploded overnight.

Although only two episodes had aired, the audience had already realized what kind of anime this actually was.

Many people regarded it as a masterpiece and then started spontaneously promoting it.

Luo Mo himself is a Top Traffic, and his personal ability to drive traffic is terrifying. This anime came from his hands, so the online viewership on the First Day was very high.

At the same time, the ratings of the Children's Channel have always been stable; in just two episodes, it directly earned enough tears from parents.

Countless viewers transformed into 【Water Army】, spontaneously becoming promoters, and started building momentum and promoting this anime on the internet.

After the popularity rose, various media with special characteristics started to step in one after another; they not only liked and reposted *That Year Those Rabbits* but also specifically published several reviews.

Among them, several paragraphs were full of praise for Luo Mo, feeling that this young star was providing positive guidance.

These things left the people at Pineapple stunned.

They had originally wanted to hire a group of people to take the opportunity to smear Luo Mo more, and directly label him with tags like 【Neglecting proper work】, 【Young and frivolous】, 【No career planning】, and 【Unruly】.

As a result, before we even had time to act, and before the press releases were even ready, you became popular again!?

No one expected that Luo Mo could cause such a big stir by crossing over to make an anime.

Many people started to get curious about what kind of anime this actually is, and I have to go see it for myself!

Everything has only just begun!

……..

……..

Two days passed very quickly. The first four episodes of *That Year Those Rabbits* had already finished airing, and today the fifth and sixth episodes were to be broadcast.

The first four episodes were actually one large chapter; the third episode, "Bugle Call in the Cold Wind," and the fourth episode, "Dangui Chapter," could be said to have triggered everyone's tear ducts.

These two episodes aired on the same day and received a comment on the internet:

"【The animation is a good animation, it just wastes a few tissues.】"

It's exciting, it's tear-jerking, it's hilarious…….. Laozi blows it up!

If the first and second episodes were just a small test of skill to initially accumulate the animation's popularity, then now it has truly become a major hit, already possessing the air of a recognized masterpiece.

It hung directly at the number one spot on the Penguin Video animation category rating chart, and for these past two days, *That Year Those Rabbits* also sat high at the top of the animation popularity chart.

It can be said that the start of *That Year Those Rabbits* in this world is much stronger than on Earth.

The advantages it possesses are also much greater.

Whether it is the intensity of the promotion or the channeling of popularity, it is on a level far higher than before.

Broadcasting on satellite TV has further multiplied the National Popularity of this animation several times over.

Just under such excellent momentum, the fifth episode of *That Year Those Rabbits* arrived.

This episode is called "Wanderer Returns."

When Luo Mo's studio was promoting this episode, a sentence was written on the Poster.

"【Why are my eyes always full of tears? Because I love this land so deeply.】"

The fifth episode begins by telling the story of a new chapter.

——High energy ahead as always!

……..

……..

Sun Zhibin is a junior high school history teacher, 31 years old this year, and has a daughter who just finished her fifth birthday.

For the past few days, he had been eating dinner at the school cafeteria and hadn't gone home to accompany his wife and daughter.

On Sunday there was a meeting at school, and on Monday he had to write test papers for his students, so he worked a little overtime.

After returning home, Sun Zhibin picked his daughter up in one go and said, "Has Chu Chu been good today?"

"Good, good!" The daughter raised her hand to touch the stubble on her father's chin, feeling it was both prickly and fun.

"Since Chu Chu is so good, how about Daddy accompanies you to watch an episode of Animation tonight?" Sun Zhibin said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Chu's eyes immediately lit up, and she began to dance with joy.

Sun Zhibin is a daughter-slave, the kind who dotes on her mindlessly. But his wife is relatively strict; she feels that children shouldn't watch TV all day long and is responsible for playing the bad cop at home.

A woman with a very good temperament walked out of the kitchen carrying a hot dish, glared at her husband, and said, "You get to play the good guy no matter what!"

Sun Zhibin smiled, put his daughter down, and very obsequiously went over to knead his wife's shoulders.

It was only 6:30 after dinner. Sun Zhibin turned on the Children's Channel and accompanied Chu Chu to watch an uninteresting episode of Animation.

Originally, he was only going to let Chu Chu watch half an hour of TV, but under the gaze of his daughter's watery eyes, his heart softened, and he said, "Then Daddy will accompany you for half an hour more, no more than that, pinky swear!"

"Yay!" Chu Chu cheered and pinky-swore with her father.

At 7:05, the fifth episode of *That Year Those Rabbits* began airing.

As soon as Chu Chu saw the little animals on the TV screen, she became a bit excited and said, "Daddy, I haven't seen this Animation before!"

Sun Zhibin nodded, but his brow furrowed slightly.

Although he had only watched for two minutes, as a junior high school history teacher, he was very sensitive.

Even though he hadn't watched the previous four episodes, he immediately understood the theme of this animation, as well as the metaphors within it.

His wife walked over at this moment, intending to tell the father and daughter to stop watching TV, when she saw her husband make a gesture at her and say, "Shh!"

Then, Sun Zhibin patted the seat beside him and said, "Sit, you watch too; this animation…….. has issues!"

His wife was confused; how could there be issues?

To let your daughter watch one more episode of TV, you really can say any nonsense!

However, she also felt that a family of three watching TV together was quite heartwarming, so she sat down on the other side of their daughter.

At this time, the fifth episode had just reached the middle portion.

A Rabbit was saying loudly: "Dear ones! The new Zhonghuajia has been established!"

"The wandering life has already ended!"

"Come back! The motherland needs you!"

"Needs every Rabbit who possesses a dream of a great nation!"

Watching this scene, this junior high school history teacher, for some reason, actually trembled all over!

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(PS: First update. Asking for monthly tickets!

I'm going out of town with Amay these next few days for a meeting due to company business; I'm actually mainly going to act as a secretary for May.

Of course, I won't stop updating, you can rest assured about that. But I probably won't be able to do 8,000-10,000 words a day. The plan is to return on the 25th, and I should be able to resume daily updates of 8,000 on the 26th.)

(End of chapter)