Chapter 144: The Miracle of

*That Year Those Rabbits* has completely exploded in popularity.

The extent of its popularity even exceeded Luo Mo's initial expectations.

Because on Earth, due to various restrictive reasons, although *That Year Those Rabbits* had explosive word-of-mouth, its data was not particularly Ox.

But on Blue Star, it not only aired on satellite television, but it also aired on the Children's Channel, which has extremely stable viewership ratings.

Penguin Video, for its part, spared no effort in promoting it.

Logically speaking, the big front-page banners on such video platforms are reserved for TV dramas, movies, and variety shows.

The animation industry in this world is still sluggish; one has almost never seen an animated work land on a big front-page banner.

But Penguin Video has always been straightforward in its dealings; when Luo Mo Studio put forward the Requirement for a bit more promotion, they immediately agreed without hesitation.

Not only did they give it a front-page recommendation slot, but they also hung it up for *That Year Those Rabbits* for three whole days in one go!

The promotional slogan was also written very boldly: "The highest-rated animated work in history!"

With this slogan there, even though the name *That Year Those Rabbits* looked very unappealing and had a strong scent of a flop, a huge crowd still swarmed in, wanting to see why the word-of-mouth was so top-tier.

And then... they fell into the trap.

The most exaggerated part, in fact, was not Penguin Video.

It was in thousands of households, where many parents began urging their children to watch TV together.

In the past, it was always the children waiting by the TV before the time, only to be scolded by their parents a few times.

Now it has become the parents waiting by the TV, shouting, "Why aren't you coming over to watch TV yet?"

Zhong Lin of the Review Department even received a WeChat message from someone at the Children's Channel, specifically expressing gratitude to her, the deputy team leader.

"Zhong Lin, thank you so much for breaking the precedent and passing the satellite broadcast application for this type of animation. The ratings for this time slot have risen, breaking the record from the past three years!"

This made even Zhong Lin feel a bit surprised.

She had guessed that *That Year Those Rabbits* would have a decent market response, but she hadn't expected such a terrifying response.

Nowadays, people don't like watching TV; for major channels to see a rise in ratings, there must be a heaven-defying masterpiece!

Otherwise, the general situation is a year-on-year decline.

The only regret for the Children's Channel was that although the first season of *That Year Those Rabbits* was very unique, it was... too short!

It wasn't just the low number of episodes; the duration was also short. It finished airing in just a few days!

Although it could be rebroadcast, it would certainly be better to have more episodes and extend the broadcast cycle to better drive up the ratings.

"What a pity!" The Children's Channel really wanted to join in on the creation and force them to make it longer.

Zhong Lin soon told this news to her grand-uncle, He Ping'an.

Upon hearing this, a faint smile appeared on He Ping'an's old face, and he said, "This is actually a very good positive guidance."

The Review Department helped Luo Mo, and the explosive success of *That Year Those Rabbits* also effectively helped the Review Department.

He looked at Zhong Lin and just gave a hint: "From now on, you will be responsible for all review work related to this Luo Mo."

This meant he wanted her to take extra care of him.

"Understood!" Zhong Lin smiled and saluted.

Friday arrived quickly. *That Year Those Rabbits*, which started airing on Sunday, had already aired 10 episodes and would air the final two episodes of the first season tonight at seven o'clock.

Junior high history teacher Sun Zhibin walked into the classroom in the afternoon, causing the students in the class to instantly quiet down.

Although it was break time now, the next period was physical education, and the period after that was self-study.

Since Teacher Sun walked into the classroom so early, there was only one answer—the physical education teacher was sick again!

Sun Zhibin walked to the podium, coughed lightly, and said, "Ahem, well, Teacher Li is sick today, so the next physical education class will be changed to a self-study class."

The students looked disappointed, feeling that Teacher Li, who was full of muscle and stood 1.84 meters tall, was really useless, unable to even hold onto a single class.

There was no need for the head teacher to step in personally; Teacher Sun just pointed a finger, and Teacher Li fell ill from afar—truly as weak as a gust of wind.

Many boys secretly made up their minds: "When I grow up, I also want to be a physical education teacher; this money is easy to earn!"

Sun Zhibin sat on the podium, looked at the dejected students, and clapped his hands with a smile: "Alright, alright, don't look so miserable. Next period, and the period after that, I'll play an animation for you all!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the classroom fell into a brief silence.

Immediately following that was the endless cheering of the junior high students!

They even suspected they were hallucinating—they could actually watch two consecutive periods of animation!?

For students, happiness is sometimes just that simple. Let alone watching an animation, even if a teacher were willing to play a pop song for them to listen to, it could bring them a good mood for the whole afternoon.

"Teacher Sun, what animation are we watching!" a student shouted.

"It's called *That Year Those Rabbits*," Sun Zhibin said.

The junior high school where Sun Zhibin worked was a boarding school, so these students really didn't know about this animation.

Seeing the students looking confused, he said, "Has anyone heard Luo Mo's songs?"

As soon as this was said, a student immediately responded: "Ah! I've heard Luo Mo's *East Wind Breaks*!"

"I've heard it too, and I've also heard *Orchid Pavilion Preface*!"

Sun Zhibin nodded. As a history teacher, he also particularly liked these two Chinese Style songs.

He said, "This animation is a script written by Luo Mo. Alright, the class bell has rung, everyone sit down. Students by the window, pull the curtains; students in the back, close the back door."

Before playing, he also said, "When you watch, try not to make too much noise so you don't affect other classes."

After the students nodded, Sun Zhibin played the first episode of *That Year Those Rabbits* on the projector in the classroom.

By the end of the first episode, the students had already forgotten about the sickly Teacher Li and were no longer annoyed about losing another physical education class.

Everyone was mesmerized.

By the time the class ended, the first four episodes of *That Year Those Rabbits* had just finished playing, and one could occasionally hear the sobbing of some students in the classroom.

Many students had red-rimmed eyes and were sniffling; some girls had long since taken tissues from their desks and were crying their eyes out.

"Class is over. Does everyone want to rest for a while or keep watching?" Sun Zhibin asked.

"Keep watching!" someone suggested.

This made Sun Zhibin think to himself: "Hah, youth is great. They've been crying for a whole period and still have so much energy; they don't even need a break."

Since the students had the Requirement not to rest, Sun Zhibin just said: "Then I'll keep playing it, but everyone is free to move around; those who need to go to the restroom can go directly."

Because it was the break period, students from other classes often passed by the hallway.

As soon as they saw Class 9 was playing an anime, they couldn't help but poke their heads in to take a look.

The classroom's design was such that the windows on the left had curtains, while the windows on the right, near the hallway, had no curtains.

Quite a few students on the same floor stood outside the windows, watching the anime inside.

Sun Zhibin simply let the students open the back door of the classroom, so those who had the Want to Watch could stand in the back and watch directly.

As a result, it wasn't long before the back was packed with people.

This scene shocked some of the teachers who were passing by.

A group of students standing and watching an anime didn't seem like anything strange.

But a group of people standing there with red-rimmed eyes—that was just absurd!

After the bell for class rang, those students from other classes ran back to their classrooms, still feeling unfulfilled.

As for the students in Class 9, they continued to watch "Year Hare Affair," their emotions rising and falling with the anime.

When it played to the eighth episode, Sun Zhibin said: "Don't think the content in the rest of this episode is exaggerated; it's all true."

The students nodded, then continued watching with rapt attention.

They saw that inside a room, a Rabbit was writing and drawing on a blackboard, then used chalk to point at a pile of garbled code and said: "The problems we are facing are likely all here."

The problems here referred to the theoretical issues encountered during the development of the mushroom egg.

They saw this Rabbit with sharp eyes say in an extremely cute voice: "Eagle Sauce took six years!"

"Furry Bear took eight years!"

"We don't have eight years, we don't even have two!"

The Rabbits listening to him speak below were all high-spirited, their eyes firm.

Eagle Sauce spent six years to solve it, and Furry Bear spent even longer, eight years; our task is heavy and the road is long.

The Rabbit on the stage continued to say loudly: "If it doesn't work once, do it twice; if it doesn't work twice, do it three times!"

He used his round palms to slap the blackboard hard and said loudly: "Even if we have to use an abacus to calculate it, we must get it done!"

The scene shifted, and the students watching the anime in the classroom were all stunned.

Because next, the abacus really made an appearance.

They saw Rabbit after Rabbit sitting there, constantly clicking the abacus, constantly clicking the abacus.

You have to know, this was building a mushroom egg!

How much precise calculation must be involved here; there couldn't be even a single error!

And all we had on hand was the abacus left behind by our ancestors, and... our willpower!

We had to use our own hands to create a world-class miracle!

Two Rabbits stood to the side, watching this group of Rabbits who were clicking away on their abacuses.

"Dear, what are they doing?"

"Doing what?" The Rabbit paused for a moment and said: "Making revolution!"

Amidst the stirring background music, the voice-over at the end of this episode appeared; Luo Mo had participated in the voice acting for this segment.

"And so that year, the Rabbits used abacuses to calculate the theoretical design of the mushroom egg within two years."

"Among these people, perhaps there are someone's grandfathers and grandmothers, or grandfathers and grandmothers on their mother's side?"

"Please, on my behalf, say to them..."

"Thank you."

A nation is great because there are always people who can shoulder the burden.

Turning the tide when the situation is critical, propping up a building that is about to collapse.

Many people didn't even leave their names in the long river of history!

Luo Mo's singing voice rang out at this moment, very fitting for the scene.

"【Perhaps my hands are a bit clumsy,

But I am willing to search without end,

Giving all my youth without leaving any regrets.】"

If miracles have a color, then it must be—China Red.

(PS: First update, the monthly ticket ranking has dropped to eighth, begging for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)