In the evening, Ningjiang High-tech Development Zone.

The logo of Tomato Video is a bitten tomato, the headquarters of one of the largest video websites in China is a six-story building, and the third floor of the building is where the editorial office of Tomato Video Network is located.

With the popularization of Internet 2.0 and smart phones, multi-platform video viewing has become the norm, and Tomato Video Network is the leader in this wave, which is the first to launch mobile phone clients, and cooperates with a number of mobile phone manufacturers to occupy people's mobile platforms.

At the same time, Tomato Video Network also has a complete industrial chain, from animation, movies, TV series, to variety shows, news, etc., high-quality output content is also one of the reasons why it has become an industry leader, and it is the responsibility of the editorial department to screen high-quality content and push it to the audience.

The editorial office is a department with irregular schedules, and the end of work is long past the end of work, but the office shows no signs of finishing work.

Liu Xueyan, the editor of the animation area of the editorial department, picked up the cup, but found that the coffee in it had already been drunk, so he stood up and came to the company's coffee machine, and happened to meet Zhang Ke, a newcomer in the same department.

"Brother Xueyan, are you also working overtime today?"

Zhang Ke is a beautiful girl, she just joined the company last fall, and she is still in the stage of doing chores, and she has not brought up the strength of a small channel alone, but she is still full of vitality and full of enthusiasm every day.

"Well, what about you?"

Liu Xueyan asked casually, but what was in her mind was what to do in next week's video topic.

"Then I'll work overtime, it's boring to be alone at home."

Zhang Ke pursed his lips and smiled, and then poured a cup of coffee as well.

"By the way, Brother Xueyan, this weekend ......"

Before the other party finished speaking, he was interrupted by a mobile phone ringtone, which was Liu Xueyan's mobile phone.

"I'm sorry."

Liu Xueyan nodded, then answered the phone and walked in the direction of the office.

"Xue Yan, have you had any special activities in the animation team recently?"

The voice of the operation and maintenance team of the technical department came from the phone, he and Liu Xueyan entered the tomato video network at the same time and have been working in this industry for ten years.

"Special events? No, what's wrong? ”

Liu Xueyan stopped, a little confused, he held on to the railing of the corridor and watched the flow of people outside from work through the window.

"It's strange, we have detected that the number of visits to the animation area has suddenly increased more than ten times, and we thought that you were doing something?"

Lao Gao was also confused, although the animation area has a lot of traffic, but generally on weekends or when the animation is updated at night, the number of visits suddenly increased at this point that is not up or down, it is really strange, he was puzzled, so he called Liu Xueyan to ask.

"More than a dozen times ???"

Liu Xueyan's eyes widened, this data is basically the value when the latest episode of "One Piece" was broadcast, but "One Piece" is broadcast every Sunday at 8 o'clock in the evening, and an episode was just released last night, why are there so many visits today?

"I'll go and see first, hang up first."

Hurriedly returning to the position, Liu Xueyan saw the traffic data sent by Lao Gao, indeed, from three o'clock in the afternoon, the number of visits to the animation area has risen sharply, and according to the current progress, it can continue to rise.

"What's wrong, Brother Xueyan?"

Zhang Ke stretched out his head, his eyes full of doubts.

"Do we have any special video uploads today?"

Liu Xueyan asked, and then opened the page of the animation area of Tomato Video Network.

"A public display of cooperation with Ningbo University's animation major...... It seems to be online today? ”

At the same time as Zhang Ke answered, Liu Xueyan also saw the unfamiliar work that ranked first on the daily list of the animation area.

"Voice of the Stars".

"That's it?"

Liu Xueyan saw that the number of hits on "Voice of the Star" has exceeded 500,000, the number of recommended votes has exceeded 300,000, and there are more than 10,000 comments, and the upload time of this video is only 11 o'clock at noon today.

That is, this video reached such a figure in eight hours without any website recommendation.

"Liar, huh?"

Liu Xueyan clicked on the video, and it can be seen that this video is indeed a work publicly displayed by the graduation design of the animation major of Ningbo University, and for the sake of fairness, the video does not indicate the author, only a 233 number.

"Zhang Ke, take a look at this video called "Voice of the Stars", and find technology to pull up its relevant data."

Liu Xueyan commanded, and then flipped down the comments.

He has not encountered this kind of sudden explosion of data, when video competitions were held in the past, some people spent money to swipe clicks, but this kind of brush can be seen at a glance, and its comments are generally shoddy, mostly copied and pasted, and all of them are first-level trumpet speeches.

However, "Voice of the Stars" is different, Liu Xueyan was the first to see the comments of a fifth-level member.

[Shepherd of the Library]: This is probably the best animation I've seen this year, this animation reminds me of my original intention to contact this industry at the beginning, thanks to the author of No. 233, thanks to "The Voice of the Stars", I thought that domestic animation would stop for a long time, but I didn't expect to see the light here.

"Damn, the shepherd's goods don't carry such a blow, who can withstand this."

Seeing this comment, Liu Xueyan basically understood the ins and outs of the matter.

This [Shepherd of the Library] is a well-known blogger in the animation area, and he is also an industry insider, who often publishes film reviews and film analysis, and has 300,000 followers, and he reposted "The Voice of the Star" in his news at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, which is the fundamental reason why this video suddenly exploded in popularity.

Scrolling down, Liu Xueyan saw more comments about the content of the video.

[Steamed buns are delicious]: This animation reminds me of my first love, alas, we also entered different high schools at that time, if I could have been brave at that time, maybe the result would have been different.

[luo1219]: This picture is too strong, every frame can be screenshotted as a wallpaper!

[Dawn of Terror]: Even light has to walk a distance of eight years, it is really unimaginable, I felt for the first time the insignificance of human beings, the vastness of the universe!!

[Squirrels don't eat sugar]: This ending is too uncomfortable, I almost cried in the office.

[Sending popsicles in the snow]: The heroine's voice is so good, I have looped it more than 50 times.

These reviews are all from level 4 or 5 power users, and as you can see, almost all of them are unanimously positive.

The more Liu Xueyan watched, the more curious he was about this animation called "The Voice of the Stars", so he hurriedly clicked the play button and watched this short animation with headphones on.

When the film ended, the film automatically paused, and Liu Xueyan took off his headphones as if helpless.

He stood up and didn't notice that Zhang Ke, who was watching the animation next door, couldn't cry, Liu Xueyan didn't say anything, bought a pack of cigarettes at the supermarket downstairs of the company, and came to the atrium.

He hadn't smoked in nine years.

Lighting a cigarette and letting the smoke with a sense of intoxication soak his lungs, Liu Xueyan exhaled a long breath, like an emotion, and like a sigh.

Liu Xueyan took out his mobile phone and dialed out a string of numbers with almost no memory, but he didn't press the dial button for a long time.

This is his ex-girlfriend's mobile phone, the two spent high school and college together, but after graduation, they finally separated because of the long distance, since then, Liu Xueyan quit smoking and devoted himself to work, but he didn't expect that today's short animation made him have the kind of throbbing he had at the beginning.

This is like a soul that has been dry for a long time, and suddenly encounters a violent storm, and in a trance, Liu Xueyan realizes that he has not forgotten anything.

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Xueyan finally dialed the number, what he probably wanted was just an answer that he already knew in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the number was not down, and after a ticking sound, the phone was connected.

"Hey."

However, on the other side was a milky and immature voice, so that Liu Xueyan couldn't say a word.

"My mom went cooking, who are you?"

The child's innocent inquiry made Liu Xueyan have mixed feelings, and after a moment of silence, he finally spoke.

“...... Sorry, I made the wrong call. ”

Then he hung up.

The obsession of the past ten years seems to fall apart in an instant, but it is extremely relaxed, Liu Xueyan smiled bitterly, as if he was laughing at himself, and as if he was finally relieved.

At this time, his cheeks were cold, and he realized that it was Zhang Ke who came over with two cans of iced coffee, and the newcomer was panting, but his face was full of brilliance.

"Brother Xueyan, let's have dinner together."

Zhang Ke said, with a hint of undetectable nervousness and expectation.

"Okay, I'll have a treat."

Liu Xueyan took the coffee and subconsciously looked up.

As night wore on, a faint star was twinkling.