Chapter 2: Mom and Dad, I Love You
The finals were held in Studio 8 of the Magic City Radio and Television Center.
Studio 8 is the largest studio in the center of the TV station.
Running through the upper, middle and lower floors, a semi-circle surrounds the large screen at the front, which can accommodate 3,000 people at the same time.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, Jiang Li made the final repairs to the animation in the hotel.
At this time, there was already a long queue outside the studio.
Every Huaguo Animation Design Competition is full.
Backstage staff and volunteers are debugging the equipment and copying animated shorts for each player.
"There is no work from No. 7."
"Number seven?"
"Is the 7th coming?"
Hearing someone shouting Jiang Li's serial number, Wang Xuxu, who had just bought a ticket from a scalper, hurriedly rushed to the backstage.
The staff was a girl, who looked like a college student who had come to volunteer, a little baby fat, wearing a long ice blue dress, with a fresh appearance, but not losing her brightness under the light.
"My friend is number seven, and he is stuck in traffic on the road now, and he will be there soon." Wang Xuxu panicked casually.
A radio broadcast was playing in the studio at this time, and the sound was being repaired.
"Welcome to listen to the Modu traffic radio, it is now 8:15 p.m., under the implementation of the number restriction measures, the current traffic situation in the city is good, and there is no traffic jam......"
Wang Xuxu: ......
Staff member:......
"The animation should be submitted at 8 o'clock, and now it is 8:15, according to the rules of the finals, it will be regarded as an automatic waiver."
"Sister, can't you be accommodating? Adjust Jiang Li's order so that his animation plays last......"
Chen Shuyin's lips lightly opened: "Brother, don't embarrass me, I can't decide anything as a volunteer, and your friend's animation should be shown in the seventh, and now I have to change the order, and I have to let the people behind agree......"
"Wait......"
"You just said that No. 7 is called Jiang Li?"
The little fat man didn't know why: "That's right." β
"Is that Jiang Li who grew up in an orphanage and high school in Zhengcheng No. 2 Middle School?"
Jiang Li told him all these things.
Wang Xuxu didn't react for a while: "You know." β
Chen Shuyin didn't answer immediately, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The organizer of the competition has my teacher, I'll negotiate and see if I can delay it a little." β
Wang Xuxu was dumbfounded at this time.
Huh? What's going on?
Does Temo Lizi still have this kind of connection?
He doesn't make it......
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At 8:20 p.m., the judges entered.
Immediately after the audience was seated, the host began to execute the flow of the game.
An animated display of No. 1 begins on the screen.
The animation of No. 1 is about the ignorant love of teenagers and girls in junior high and high school, which is indeed appropriate for the theme "Expression of Love", but the award-winning works have the opportunity to be displayed on local stations and even Yangba, and this kind of animation of early love is not suitable again.
The theme of the animation behind is to love small animals and protect nature, and it is in the form of paper-cut animation, which is also unique.
In the fourth anime, this is an anime told from the perspective of orphans, conveying the hope that society will care for orphans a little more, which has caused a lot of discussion.
One of the judges was a little curious about the animation, and after the animation was shown, he asked, "Why did No. 4 come up with the idea of making an animation of this theme?" β
"Well, because my boyfriend is an orphan......"
"He has been withdrawn since he was a child and does not like to communicate with people......"
"The first time I saw him, I thought about helping him......"
"After a long time, I helped him out of self-isolation, and we ......"
"In love."
The judges took the lead and applauded with the audience to pay tribute to Number Four.
But Wang Xuxu in the audience clenched his fists.
The girl who pretended to be on the stage was Li Zi's ex-girlfriend - Li Xi.
There was a breath of anger in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't disrupt the order of the game and that he had to collect sufficient evidence, so he swallowed it in his stomach.
When it came to the display on the seventh, the host directly skipped the seventh and let the eighth show.
Wang Xuxu breathed a long sigh of relief, this is the girl who successfully negotiated and reversed the order.
But his heart still didn't let go at this time, and while no one was paying attention, he called Jiang Li: "Li Zi, hurry up!" β
"It's coming, right away."
Finally, when the on-site voting was about to take place, Jiang Li hurried in.
Eight hours of continuous work made his image look a little sloppy, but at this time he couldn't manage so much, he hurriedly handed Chen Shuyin, who was in charge of copying, a USB flash drive: "I'm very sorry for delaying the normal progress of the game, the animation I made is in it." β
Chen Shuyin's eyes were gloomy.
"Lao Huoyou, when I was in high school, I confessed to you, but you directly rejected me."
Chen Shuyin is a native of Sichuan and Chongqing, and she usually speaks Mandarin, but whenever she meets an acquaintance, she can't help but have an accent.
Yes?
And what's going on?
Jiang Li searched for the memories in his mind, and could only show an embarrassed but polite smile.
"After finishing a meal with me, I'll help you."
The girl said this, but she had already gone to the computer to copy the animation.
The host in front of the stage was about to announce the entry of the voting session, when Chen Shuyin walked up to the stage and whispered a few words in his ear.
The host paused, and the conversation changed.
"Let's give the stage to Number Seven and his work, Family."
The audience below was full of discussions.
"Seven, didn't he abstain?"
"Don't make it......"
"What's going on with the competition, how can you suddenly change the flow?"
"Don't make it......"
"No. 7 is so non-compliant, should he be forced to quit directly?"
"Don't make it......"
"Can you stop counting the words......
The judges were also a little overwhelmed by the abruptly changed process.
At the moment, the impression score of No. 7 in my heart has been zero.
In the audience, the little fat man clenched his fists, and his heart rate fluctuated rapidly.
"Li Zi, come on, we will definitely succeed."
"When the time comes, we'll slap her in the face."
The animation starts playing.
The graphics are very simple.
There is only a vague background of home, and a few letters FAMILY.
It looks like a mediocre PPT-like animation.
Some of the judges and the audience have already made judgments in their hearts.
"The picture is already so rough, what else can be made of this?"
"What have you been doing for the past seven days?"
"The countrymen came to the magic capital and walked around, eating, drinking, and having fun."
As the animation continues, the sound of the discussion fades away.
This animation, as they thought, seems to be a little different.
First, there was a baby's dream, and the "M" representing the mother held up a small red umbrella for the "I".
The father, also known as "F", noticed it, whistled for the mother to rest for a while, and stretched out his strong arms to shield the whole family from the outside world.
Under my father's arm, my mother took good care of me at home.
At the same time, Jiang Li's introduction also sounded.
"When I was a child, my father was the pillar of the family, my tall and burly father's father sheltered from the wind and rain, and my gentle and virtuous mother taught her husband and children."
Some of the audience members in the audience were attracted by the animation and let out a smile of understanding.
"I miss my dad, when I was a child, my family conditions were not good, my dad worked several jobs alone for me and my mother, and many times he didn't come back until one or two o'clock at night, and he left at five or six o'clock during the day."
"Sometimes he comes back early, wants to rest for a while, and is pestered by me, and now I think about it and feel like I'm ...... It's really not a thing. β
"Me too, when I was sick, the county hospital was more than ten kilometers away from home, and my mother carried me on a two-hour mountain road, and after sending me to the hospital, she was tired and paralyzed."
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Looking at the animation, some of the audience slowly turned red.
Works of art, including animation.
It's a spring breeze and rain, moisturizing things silently, and imperceptibly.
The soothing music paired with Jiang Li's naturally low and mellow voice pulled the audience's thoughts back from their memories.
"Gradually, as I grew up, I always wanted to break free from my father's shackles, and I repeatedly contradicted my nagging mother......"
The "I" in that picture broke my father's arm, and it also made my mother, who was always nagging me, gradually tired and unable to straighten her waist.
Love to the depths, can't help themselves.
To empathize is to be moved.
Most people have a rebellious period.
Some viewers took out their mobile phones, looked at the few photos of themselves and their parents, and watched quietly, but felt that their eyes were slightly moist as if they had entered the sand.
In adolescence, I always want to go against my parents, and when that rebellious period is over, I look back and try to make up for the cracks in my feelings, but it is not easy to talk about it.
Time washes everything away, though.
But will those memories that make parents unhappy when they rebel really fade away over time?
No, it won't.
"When I grew up, I understood the hardships of life, and found that my father's back was already hunched, and my mother's body was bloated......"
A few fallen leaves brushed by, as if it were just a moment.
My father's upright body was bent, and he needed to use crutches to walk slowly, and his mother was also sick from overwork, and like his father, he could no longer stand upright.
It wasn't until this moment that the audience found out.
Parents, they're getting old.
The people in the audience watched silently, watching and watching, tears welling up in the corners of their eyes.
The picture changes with the tone of the background music, and at this time, in the animation, things are not people, and the A, L, and Y in the house are already covered with moss.
Father and mother's bodies trembled slightly.
"It's time to do your part as a child and take care of this family......"
It was stormy outside the house, and the adult "I" stretched out my arms to block the wind and rain of the whole family.
He gave his father a support so that he could get rid of his crutches and rest for a while.
I gave my mother a parasol so she could cool off next to me.
βFather And Mother I Love You.β
"Mom and Dad, I love you."
The animation comes to an abrupt halt, and the background music continues.
Although it was over, the atmosphere of the scene reached its peak.
In the audience, unspoken feelings reverberated and could not be dissipated for a long time.
It's been a while since I've seen Mom and Dad, and I miss them.
I always felt that my palms were a little itchy, and the moment I lowered my head, tears slipped down, and my palms were cold.
"I've been working outside the home, I haven't been home for a few years, and I miss my parents."
"I miss my mom and dad so much...... But they were gone last year...... I...... I have not fulfilled my responsibilities as a child...... Woowoo woo ......"
"If they're still around, I want to say in front of them, Mom and Dad, I love you......"
The sadness is changing day by day, and now that I think about it, I probably just hate myself for not saying a word to my parents, I love you.
This situation is not to be recalled, looking back now, it is probably just that he hated his own rebellion, so that his parents when they were young were scarred.
Regret?
It's useless to regret it.
Some people have passed away, and even if they regret it, they can only look for it in the second half of their lives.
If you don't want to regret it, then from now on, all your feelings will be gathered into one sentence.
Mom and Dad, I love you.
Chen Shuyin, who was backstage, watched this animated short film and quietly wiped his tears.
"Hey, Mom......"
"You girl, why did you suddenly remember to call your mother?"
"Is there a lack of money?"
"No ......"
"Are you crying, are you being bullied by someone, tell your mother ......"
"No...... Mother...... I am...... It's a brick in the eye. β
The girl snorted: "Mom, there is something I have always wanted to say to you and Dad." β
"Mom and Dad, I love you."
The same thing happened in the auditorium.
The scene was calm for a long time, and no one wanted to break the atmosphere.
After the afterglow, I don't know who applauded first.
The audience erupted in uniform applause.
"There are so many animations, and this is the only one that moves me."
"Tomorrow is my parents' birthday, and I was still struggling with whether to ask the boss for leave, but after reading it, I decided, I must go back and tell them that I love you."
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Zhang Shen took out a tissue and wiped the corners of his eyes.
As one of the judges, this animation made him feel really amazing.
"The biggest highlight of this animation is the sincerity of the emotion."
"The care and pampering of parents in daily life, the rebellion and recklessness of youth and ignorance, are the things that really exist and happen in everyone's growth process, and their own growth and the aging of their parents ......"
"Really, really, it's like a true reflection of my life."
"I would love to know what kind of characters your parents can teach a child like you who cares for you."
Jiang Li smiled suddenly, looking very young: "Actually, I grew up in an orphanage. β
Yes?
Hearing this answer, everyone was a little surprised.
This animation is so sincere in its feelings for parents, how did the creator create such an animation without fatherly and maternal love.
Jiang Li's next words were the answers they wanted.
"Although I grew up in an orphanage, it doesn't mean that I don't have parents, every uncle and aunt in the orphanage, as well as the director, they are all my parents, and they make me feel the love of my father and mother......"
"They taught me to be kind to others and taught me to be grateful......"
"Here I want to say, uncle and aunt, I love you."
Zhang Shen couldn't help but applaud.
A work that can be integrated into the emotion is a really good work.
On the stage, the host returned to the stage, let all the contestants stand on the stage, and began to vote on the spot.
"The theme of this year's animation design competition is 'Expression of Love', and all the contestants have shown their strength to convey true 'love' to our judges and our audience."
"Among the many "Expressions of Love", which kind of love do you feel the most deeply and feel the most?"
"I believe you already have the answer in your heart."
"Let's move on to the voting phase of the competition."
"Please take out your mobile phones and enter the voting channel of the 'Huaguo Animation Competition'."
"Soon, we will be able to announce the results of the competition."