New Century Anime Warrior

"Holy crap! Holy crap!"

"Unfortunately, I'm uncultured; all I can say is 'fuck!'"

"I'm so touched. I went through the same thing back then."

"That was my lost youth."

Good luck on the college entrance exam!

"Please pray that I can get into Tsinghua or Peking University this year. If that doesn't work out, I'll accept getting into the junior college next door."

"How can you, a reputable official organization, publicly release animated films?"

"You guys still say you're not advocating for puppy love? Report me, report me!"

Si Hua's new short film "Crossroads" was like a nuclear bomb, directly shattering the public opinion landscape on February 27.

Good and bad, normal and abstract, all came out.

But overall it's still good and normal.

With so many people in China, we must allow some fools to live freely.

Some high school leaders and teachers who are avid surfers and spend most of their time online even had students watch a short video in the classroom before gathering for a pep rally.

Please, this is a video from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League encouraging students taking the college entrance examination. Who would dare not take it seriously?

Schools with better resources simply display the video on the screen in the auditorium, or set up large projection equipment directly on the playground.

Whether it's Si Hua's own account on Bilibili, or Weibo or Youku Tudou, they've all been flooded with clicks and plays.

At this time, Weibo, which was still relatively young, was completely overwhelmed, even at eight or nine in the morning, a time when most high schools across the country were used to holding large assemblies.

The operation of Weibo was thrown into chaos.

Many high schools were therefore unable to play the video posted by the official Weibo account of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League immediately... Then, on the recommendation of some young teachers and bold students, school leaders started playing the Bilibili version.

So the entire school watched it over and over again, despite the dense barrage of comments.

The buzz surrounding "Crossroads" far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Even Si Hua and his group, who were mentally prepared, were stunned by the excitement brought about by this perfect combination of timing, location, and people.

Trending topics sprang up like crazy, like #pledgermemorial #good luck on the college entrance exam...

While some topics didn't trend on Weibo, strange and unusual hashtags also surfaced, such as #IsSiHuaLinLin'sSimp#.

Si Hua: ?

The comments below are all unanimously "I oppose this marriage!"

Si Hua: I f***ing.

On the other hand, Si Hua's version of "Crossroads" is quite different from the original.

Although I believe the adaptation is very much in line with the national conditions, I am still somewhat unsure.

The original version was also an animated video supporting the national college entrance examination, but it was ultimately a collaboration with an educational institution. The story revolves around the theme of boys and girls taking extra classes to pursue their dreams of higher education.

This wouldn't be suitable for the domestic market.

Although there are many educational institutions in China at that time, it cannot be implied that only by repeating a grade and spending money on tutoring can one get into their ideal university.

With vested interests at stake, life and death are uncertain.

change!

A major overhaul is necessary!

Therefore, in this version of "Crossroads", Si Hua adjusted the female lead's identity, setting her as a Tanka people from the southeast coast. The long, narrow boat at the beginning is a traditional fishing boat preserved by the Tanka people.

Moreover, here, Si Hua elevates the story, showing that the female protagonist's family is not the Tanka people of the old era, who are stereotyped as not engaging in farming, having no fixed abode, and being discriminated against by the inhabitants of the mainland.

Instead, they accepted the government's "fishery reform" policy, settled ashore, and lived in luxurious rural villas in the Tanka New Village. They are now Tanka people, and their children enjoy the same education as all citizens.

Chen Yan said that this setting was simply a stroke of genius.

Although he didn't know what the original version looked like, this part perfectly demonstrated the superiority of the system, and was definitely one of the important factors that prompted the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League to personally release the short film.

Aside from the female lead's identity, there are quite a few other changes as well.

For example, in the original version, because they were in the same tutoring class, the tutor was able to notice the similarities in the male and female leads' answers to questions, hinting at their destiny.

In Si Hua's case, he had a rather wicked sense of humor by showing two teachers explaining the male and female protagonists' collections of wrong answers on the same screen. Perhaps the questions they got wrong were different, but the teachers' criticisms were exactly the same.

Aren't teachers' scripts standardized across the country?

"You're the worst class I've ever taught!"

"I heard your voices from downstairs!"

"Our class is the noisiest in the whole grade!"

So here's what the teachers are saying in the short film.

"How many times have I explained this problem? You can't do it like this, you can't do it like this! And you all just ignore me? Especially you!"

The two teachers pointed, and the male and female protagonists simultaneously shrank back.

For example, the original version's final scene shows the male and female leads meeting while looking at the rankings.

The application system in China is completely different from that in the island nation across the strait. In China, the practice of checking the results on-site has long been abandoned.

Therefore, it's difficult to create a storyline where characters meet and bond because of watching the rankings.

But without this period, the sense of connection and youthful spirit would be much less intense.

However, Si Hua's solution was also quite crude. He first arranged for the two of them to take the exam together, with one sitting in front of the other.

They also did a series of shots of them brushing past each other.

Next, they were set up to have successfully enrolled in the same university.

The scene where the male and female protagonists meet takes place in front of the university's welcome tent outside the train station.

The female lead kept looking around to see which university's sign was ahead, and then accidentally bumped into the male lead.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

perfect!

When Si Hua was writing the script at home, he would applaud himself as he wrote, encouraging himself, "I'm a genius!"

Chen Yu turned on the recording from the side: "This guy's gone mad."

Then it was sent to the instant noodle army's three pillars group, which had a total of four people.

"..."

"Fine, I'll just reluctantly accept it and not mind," Lin Lin commented after a while.

Of course, adaptations aren't random rewritings; Si Hua still retained the most essential scene from the entire anime, GG.

This is the scene that Chen Yan mentioned, which lasts about one minute and fifteen seconds and can be described as a masterpiece.

As the background music reached its rousing chorus, the students in the serious examination room followed Lin Lin's lyrics and rhythm, neatly flipping open their exam papers, creating a sense of unity and determination.

The camera, with the female protagonist as its axis, rotates slightly amidst beautiful light particles, creating a 3D-like spatial effect using two-dimensional hand-drawn animation.

This scene, which highly integrates audiovisual information, is extremely impactful and intensely assaults the audience's senses.

It immediately conveyed the weight and solemnity of the college entrance examination.

"Genius! This guy is a genius!"

Zheng Yansheng, the dean of the School of Animation at the National Academy of Communication, watched this passage repeatedly and became more and more delighted with each reading.

In the end, I couldn't resist and sent a message to Zhou Zhenguo, the principal of the School of International Communication.

This person is not only his supervisor but also his senior, as they were taught by the same professor during their master's studies.

"Senior brother! If I miss out on this student, I'm going to make a scene with the teacher!"

Still not satisfied, he sent another message to Wu Min, the director of the admissions office: "Director Wu! If I lose this student, I'll have my PhD and Master's students camp outside your office every day!"

Zhou Zhenguo was in the middle of an administrative meeting when he suddenly saw this absurd message from his junior colleague, which was a bit of an eyesore.

What's wrong with this old man?!

What students did he miss?

The winner of the Guangnan Province competition? Haven't they decided on the special admission quota yet?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhenguo sent Wu Min a message: "Hasn't the student from Guangnan Province who won the audiovisual award been decided on a special admission yet?"

Wu Min looked at the two messages that came one after the other, his face darkening. He didn't even dare to mention that Si Hua's grades were terrible.

What a sin!

No, I need to send someone to Guangnan Province to assess this kid's academic abilities!

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"Oh, I'm sorry!"

The sea of ​​people completely blocked the girls from entering. In order to see where the welcome sign for the School of Journalism and Communication was, they jumped up in a hurry.

As a result, she accidentally bumped into a tall boy, and blushed as she looked up and quickly apologized.

"you……"

The boy finally saw the girl's face clearly and hesitated for a moment.

"Um, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before?"

The girl paused for a moment, then smiled.

"Me too."

The boy seemed to be infected by the girl's smile and unconsciously smiled back.

A gentle breeze was blowing.

"What is your name?" x2