Our Rise Era

Chapter 48: Counterattack (Part )
12 month 7 day.

Hangcheng.

The first rays of morning light shone through the window into this not-so-big studio.

The sound of typing on the keyboard that had been going on all night gradually subsided at this moment.

When Lu Wei arrived at the work area, he saw several seniors sleeping on the table.

The computer screen was still flashing with samples of Popeye Episodes 6 and 7...

When one of the colleagues saw Lu Wei coming over, he opened his eyes.

He stood up subconsciously, and immediately handed the USB drive containing the files of episodes 6 and 7 to Lu Wei.

"Boss Lu, the dubbing of the sample videos for episodes 6 and 7 has been completed, and all aspects of post-production have been completed. The script outlines for episodes 8 to 20 have also been reviewed... Please give a final review..."

After Lu Wei took the USB drive, he nodded and patted the senior on the shoulder: "Have a good rest. You can have a day off today!"

"fine……"

Lu Wei returned to the office, plugged in the USB drive and turned on the computer.

He did not rush to open the USB drive, but first opened various forums to look at the overall ratings of "Popetta" on the Internet.

On Douban, the overall rating of Popeye the Movie remains at around 2.3, with no significant change. However, the total number of people who rated the movie has increased from a few thousand to ...

On the Internet, the abuse against "Popetta" continues one after another.

Persisting in adversity is a painful thing.

Lu Wei reads those comments almost every day.

Some of the comments are meaningful and barely objective and fair, but some are deliberately meant to be vilifying.

Although he constantly encouraged himself and his team with Mr. Zhang's words "draw nourishment from the scolding", many "black fans" really knew how to break Lu Wei's defense...

Several times after watching it, he wanted to smash the computer.

However, even though he was shaking with anger, Lu Wei still did not respond, not even a single word.

No one from [YW Animation] has responded either.

They are all doing their own things quietly.

Well, almost everyone has a rage deep in their hearts, and they are trying their best to make the 6th and 7th episodes of "Pope Man" better!

The harsher the scolding over there, the best he does here!
The previous cost was about 3 per episode, and for episodes 6 and 7, it even doubled.

They no longer dub "Pope Man" in their small room with some cheap machines. Instead, they take people to work with a professional cooperation studio that charges 1000 yuan per session. Their voice actors and scene music voice actors have also changed. They can't find the most professional "scene" voice actors, but almost every scene music has been carefully selected, and even "movie dubbing" has been used.

……

In the sunshine, Lu Wei turned off the comments and insults and watched the finished films of the 6th and 7th episodes of "Pope Man" carefully.

Sure enough, after spending a lot of money, the picture quality and all aspects of the visual experience have reached a higher level.

He took out his cell phone.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang, the finished videos of episodes 6 and 7 are ready. I'll send them to you. Can you take a look at them?"

"it is good."

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yang just replied with one word, "OK".

Then he hung up the phone.

Lu Wei turned off the computer, touched his tired temples, and then lay down on the bed next to him.

Then, he soon had a dream. He dreamed that his "Popper Man" had a reversal of reputation overnight and received rave reviews. He dreamed that "Popper Man" was snapped up by major TV stations. He dreamed that it was on the top ten hot searches on video websites and made a comeback. He also dreamed that their small company had changed from a studio to a large company with a market value of billions, with a dedicated anime recording studio and a group of excellent, top domestic voice actors...

This dream was interrupted by the ringing of the phone.

When I woke up, I had a smile on my face, but when I looked at the small office, I felt a sense of loss in my heart.

He looked out the window in the distance...

sunset.

He slept all day.

He answered the phone.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang?"

"Boss Lu, I have good news for you."

"What good news?"

"Go to [Cape Forum] and have a look..."

"..."

In a trance.

Lu Wei went online.

Then, I saw a hot post on the [Haijiao Forum].

The title is "7 county-level TV stations, the national average comprehensive ratings exceeded 0.15%, the total ratings were 1.05%, the domestic animation is on the rise!"

When Lu Wei saw this post and clicked on it, he was stunned.

[The latest two episodes of "Pope Superman" still have exaggerated plots and bold ideas, without any logic, but they always make people laugh inadvertently! ]

[Why do we have to insist on so-called logic and so-called plot for an animation? 】

【Doesn't its existence allow us to have a little more laughter in our busy lives and exhausting work? 】

[In episodes 6 and 7, the overall quality has improved visibly. Although it is still a long way from being so-called "professional", I can see its sincerity! ]

[The ratings are rising sharply. Although we still cannot rule out the possibility of ostentatious hype, the audience's eyes are sharp...]

【…】

Lu Wei read the post in a daze.

After reading it, he lowered his head and looked at the comments below. The long-lost praise made Lu Wei tremble all over, and then he couldn't help but his eyes turned red!
He felt a long-lost sense of recognition in these comments.

That was a long time, and what he and their entire team lacked was something that was even more precious than money in some ways.

He has appeared on Douban again.

He saw that the latest ratings for episodes 6 and 7 were out.

The ratings are basically all above 7.5!

He lowered his head and looked at the encouraging messages.

He took a deep breath and felt that at this moment, his whole body seemed to be filled with strength.

He looked up at the sky in the distance!
I want to do better!

Next, I will do better!

Just at this time……

The phone rang.

It was still Zhang Yang’s call.

"The copyright department of Aiku Video has just contacted us. Please pack up the company and come over after I finish my work in the county..."

"Good! Good! Good!"

Lu Wei nodded excitedly.

He was a little dazed, and at one point he felt that his dream had shone into reality!

He pinched himself and felt a piercing pain!

This is not a dream!

"By the way, do you have any photos of you starting your business?"

"Ah? Mr. Zhang, why do you ask this question?"

"Have it?"

"Yes, there are, but... I need to look for it."

"Okay, send it to me. I've asked an author to write something for you..."

"..."

After hearing Zhang Yang asking this on the phone, Lu Wei was a little confused...

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The evening of June 12.

Guangdong, Pengcheng.

After get off work, Xu Yunlong went to an Internet cafe.

However, the private server of [Legendary Continent] is still not found.

Xu Yunlong, a bachelor who doesn't gamble or visit prostitutes, feels like he's going crazy!

He wanted to find other games to pass the time, but when he inadvertently saw other people in the Internet cafe, he felt dazed.

Is this how my whole life will be?

Am I going to spend my whole life in this muddle?

Is this the end of my life?

At this moment, he suddenly felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart, as if there was some unwillingness in his blood that was stimulating his soul.

After looking at the online games on the computer again, Xu Yunlong suddenly felt that these games seemed to have lost their appeal to him.

He turned on the computer and browsed the web boredly.

Browsing and browsing, he then saw a post.

He saw the familiar words "Popetta".

The title of the post is [The counterattack of the group of young people in "Pope Universe", the attack of Chinese animation! ]

He subconsciously opened it and found that the post was about the story of several young people starting a business in "Pope Superman"...

This is a picture and text post. The author's name is [Little Lamb]. Clicking on the author's account, Xu Yunlong found that this post has been firmly writing various articles supporting "Pope Superman" since last month, and has exchanged insults with that [Capital Nightmare] several times...

The author has nearly three thousand fans.

Xu Yunlong took a look at the content of the post.

Seeing this, he was a little stunned.

[How much effort can a person make for his dream? 】

[Lu Wei, a young man as thin as a stick, who seemed like he could be blown down by the wind at any time...]

【…】

Xu Yunlong saw a photo of Lu Wei, and then saw paragraphs of text written under the photo.

He saw the story of Lu Wei, who was born in the countryside and worked day and night to take on various heavy outsourcing jobs and sell blood to save the initial capital for his animation dream...

He saw a photo of a dimly lit studio, where a young man with the same dream was working madly...

He saw the text that described Lu Wei being repeatedly rejected, ridiculed, mocked, advised to give up, and even encountered repeated cold stares and setbacks.

He saw them fall, stand up, fall, and stand up again...

He saw the studio falling apart…

He also saw Lu Wei meet Zhang Yang...

(End of this chapter)