Chapter 320: The Ceiling of Domestic Anime

The appearance of Wenren Yixuan, along with the entrance of the Illusory Divine Fire, caused the atmosphere to instantly become tense.

Just as the final demon revealed its form, the audience only saw half of its body before the first episode was declared over.

"Damn it! Things were already at a breaking point, with a great battle about to erupt, and it actually ended!?"

"There's nothing left! It's gone again!"

Throughout the entire barrage, two characters began to flood the screen:

"Too short!"

"Too short!"

"Too short!"

From the perspective of the Drama, "Fog Hill Five Elements" is not particularly outstanding.

This also has to do with a lack of funds; in many places, they would skip drawing if they could, leading to some poorly executed transitions. Luo Mo added content in these areas, making the first episode over 4 minutes longer, but he would not make major changes to the original Drama.

The main strength of this anime lies in its art style, its underlying concept, and so on.

——National style combined with ink wash.

——Five Elements combined with greed, anger, and ignorance.

Overall, it does not cater to low intelligence, expressing the beauty of human nature, as well as its darkness!

Throughout the entire anime, the fight scenes are one of the biggest highlights.

Fire Element Wenren Yixuan had only been cool for a few seconds, everyone's interest had just been piqued, and their blood had just begun to boil along with it.

Therefore, for this episode to cut off right before the fighting started was truly outrageous!

But watching it from beginning to end, it was truly a visual feast; one could say it was extremely enjoyable.

Bo Ge could no longer hold back; he urgently wanted to produce a video for this anime.

"Laozi is blown away!" he said in his heart.

Bo Ge dragged the progress bar of the first episode back to the very beginning and left a comment on the 【Tongguang Three Swordsmen】 barrage: Good work.

In just one episode, only twenty-something minutes long, it had completely conquered Bo Ge.

"If this isn't the light of Huaxia anime, then what is?" he thought to himself.

Every single frame was crafted with such care!

He immediately opened WeChat and recommended it on his Moments.

Soon, he received all sorts of comments.

"Speechless, is my feed being flooded by this anime today?"

"Is it really that good?"

"Gou Ge, you're too slow; you're the seventh promotion I've seen today."

After finishing the share, he couldn't help but watch it again from start to finish.

The first time he mainly watched the Drama, the second time he mainly watched the details.

The result was—the more he watched, the more Ox it felt!

He began to set to work on his own video, playing it over and over again, pausing it over and over again.

It wasn't until 12 o'clock that his phone alarm went off.

The reason Bo Ge set this alarm was to check the first-day data for "Fog Hill Five Elements".

"It's been online for 5 hours, how are the various stats looking?"

There are actually quite a few people who like to look at data; many readers of web novels love to look at the first-subscription data of certain books.

Bo Ge only looked at one thing, and he had only one feeling—I'm numb!

First episode online for 5 hours, 15 million views, 1.5 million followers, 1.47 million coins donated!

"Wait, 1.47 million coins!?" Bo Ge suddenly froze for a moment.

"Something's not right, something's not right! I need to check, I need to check this properly." He seemed to have thought of something.

After checking, he slumped in his chair, as if he had encountered something truly terrifying.

"The number of coins has broken the record for Little Rotten Station!" A look of disbelief appeared on Bo Ge's face.

Only one episode had been updated, and it had only been online for 5 hours, yet it had broken the coin donation record for Little Rotten Station!

Anime that others had been serializing for months, or even years, didn't have such high coin counts.

"Five hours, and it achieved something everyone else couldn't?"

This means that for every additional coin "Fog Hill Five Elements" gets, the historical coin donation record for Little Rotten Station will be raised!

"Is Huaxia anime... really about to rise?"

………

………

The various data points for "Fog Hill Five Elements" refreshed the understanding of countless people.

It caused a huge shock throughout the entire Huaxia anime industry, one could even say it triggered an unprecedented earthquake!

A single Huaxia anime, online for only 5 hours, had nearly 1.5 million coins donated, leaving all other anime on Little Rotten Station in the dust.

Even though it was already the middle of the night, the anime people of Blue Star Huaxia were all suffering from insomnia!

"The previous record was "Shadow Blade", right? It's been serializing for 9 years, and its coin count on Little Rotten Station is 1.41 million."

"Are they crazy? Breaking someone else's lifetime record in five hours?"

"Is this the power of Top Traffic? Even with Top Traffic, it's impossible to have this level of appeal."

"Are Luo Mo's fans really that crazy?"

"Or is it..."

A thought that domestic anime people previously wouldn't even dare to imagine began to grow wildly in the depths of their hearts.

"Or could it be—that domestic animation is about to rise!"

"The era of domestic animation is truly about to arrive!"

Because the animation industry pie is not large and is currently in a stage where it doesn't make much money, many animation professionals in the industry are truly passionate about this line of work and are people with real sentiment.

Therefore, a large group of people were so excited that they couldn't sleep at night, one by one.

Of course, most of these people already stayed up late anyway...

All the major chat groups were already exploding with conversation.

Many animation professionals felt that after grinding through it all, they had finally seen hope for the industry.

Everyone had a clear realization: "If one can explode, there can be a second!"

People in the entertainment industry are very clear that the market needs phenomenal works to open it up, and needs phenomenal works to broaden it.

So-called phenomenal works are those that can, by their own strength, raise the industry ceiling, and not just raise it by a little bit.

They are the kind of works where, before their data appears, others would think such data is wishful thinking or insanity.

Like on Earth, before the movie Monkey King: Hero is Back appeared, what was the box office record for a major animated film?

This movie directly multiplied the record several times over!

Since this movie, the market for animated films was completely opened up, and high-grossing films began to emerge continuously. The box office of some works was so high that, in the past, others wouldn't even dare to imagine it.

Let's take web novels, which everyone is familiar with, as an example.

In the past, if a web novel author said they wanted to write a horror/supernatural novel with over ten thousand subscriptions, their peers would laugh like crazy, thinking this person's brain was broken.

The supernatural genre is too Niche; who would watch that?

But then what?

When a massive hit appears, the audience's mindset also changes.

For example: So domestic animated films can actually be this good?

For example: So supernatural novels are actually this interesting?

Fog Hill of the Five Elements is precisely the phenomenal work of today, a work that has broken through the shackles.

The thoughts of domestic animation professionals are very unified: "It's getting better! Everything is getting better!"

With the appearance of Fog Hill of the Five Elements, many teams might no longer have to worry about costs.

Changing from "how to save as much as possible" to "whatever produces the best effect, that's how we'll do it."

After such a transformation, just go and look at the entire industry; what kind of scene will it be!

Therefore, many people are even feeling grateful to Luo Mo, to He Yuanguang, and to the Three Musketeers at this moment.

They are relying on the strength of a few people to save an entire industry!

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……….

On the other side, He Yuanguang's second-child plan was shelved again.

His phone hadn't stopped; there were endless WeChat messages to read and endless calls to answer.

There were peers, friends, family, and also... investors!

In the past, He Yuanguang would always beg and plead, lowering his status to go out and pull in investment, and others might not even bother to acknowledge him.

At this moment, he hung up a call and couldn't help but squeeze the phone in his hand tightly.

The caller was named Chen Xiao'ou, and He Yuanguang had once solicited his investment.

He Yuanguang remembered very clearly that this man named Chen Xiao'ou took him to a club, sat with two women in his arms, and after three rounds of drinks, said to He Yuanguang: "Sing a song, and I'll invest."

Upon hearing this, He Yuanguang was naturally overjoyed, not expecting everything to go so smoothly!

Chen Xiao'ou leaned over, grabbed his shoulder, exhaled alcohol, and said: "Just sing... just sing the ending theme of that Forest Adventure that your studio made before."

A dozen people raised their heads, waiting eagerly for a man over forty to sing a children's song.

He Yuanguang's face stiffened, but he still decisively picked up the microphone.

But after singing only two lines of "Little Elf, Little Elf," he was interrupted by Chen Xiao'ou.

"Teacher He, how do I remember this song being a female voice? Come, come, Princess! Play the original recording, let Teacher He learn along with it, and everyone will vote for Teacher He later!"

"If more than half of the people think Teacher He sounds like it, I'll invest in that project you mentioned!"

That year, He Yuanguang was already 38 years old.

He gulped down a mouthful of foreign liquor, bit the bullet, and sang two lines in a high-pitched, delicate voice.

Chen Xiao'ou, while sitting with his arms around the women, heckled: "Do you guys think it sounds like it?"

"No!"

That night, He Yuanguang sang in a high-pitched voice for a full four times, and was laughed at for four times.

In the end, Chen Xiao'ou boasted at the drinking party about how much money he would invest, acting heroic and showing off like crazy.

But later, he didn't invest a single cent.

All of this is no exaggeration; there are plenty of people in the entertainment industry who treat others like monkeys. Many people, after becoming famous, have looked back on various even more humiliating experiences.

After That Year Those Rabbits became popular, he had called He Yuanguang once, but He Yuanguang didn't answer.

Today, he actually came again.

He Yuanguang answered the phone and heard Chen Xiao'ou's incredibly enthusiastic voice, as if the two were very close.

From beginning to end, He Yuanguang didn't say a word.

Towards the end, he suddenly asked a question: "Did it sound good?"

"Huh?" Chen Xiao'ou was stunned by his sudden words.

"I'm asking you, did it sound good?" He Yuanguang asked again.

Chen Xiao'ou didn't have time to reply, the flattering words still in his mouth, when He Yuanguang hung up the phone.

On the balcony, He Yuanguang, who had already passed forty, blew in the night breeze and looked toward the Distance.

Suddenly, he began Singing.

"Little sprite~, little sprite~"

It was tone-deaf, yet incredibly unrestrained.

(PS: Second update, requesting monthly tickets.

The various data for "Fog Mountain Five Elements" in the book have been synthesized based on the status of Top Traffic and the deeds of He Yuanguang and the Three Musketeers.

In reality, "Fog Mountain Five Elements" broke the Bilibili coin-tossing record five hours after its release, and now the coin count has exceeded 9 million.)

(End of this chapter)