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Chapter 153 1 vs 9, the advantage is mine
Tokyo, Japan.
Inside the top-tier animation production company, Amaterasu, the atmosphere was jubilant.
The champagne bubbles rose continuously in the crystal glasses, reflecting on every excited and proud face.
Congratulations, Director Ito!
"The data for 'Ama-no-Kumara' in China has reached a new high! It has completely crushed all their domestic works!"
"In the end, the market in China still needs to be saved by our works."
Hirofumi Ito, a middle-aged man known as Director Ito, is enjoying the flattery of his subordinates.
He held his wine glass, his face beaming with undisguised smugness.
As the chief director of "Ama-no-Kumara", he has absolute confidence in his work, which cost a lot of money and brought together the top artists in the industry.
In his view, China's so-called animation is nothing more than children's play, lagging behind Japan by at least ten years in terms of technology, plot, and artistry.
This anime is perfect for re-entering the Chinese market.
"Not a single one is any good." Hirobumi Ito swirled his wine glass and said in a condescending tone, "Their animators are still immersed in self-indulgent historical narratives and have no idea what true industrialized production is."
He took a sip of champagne and continued to savor the fruits of his victory.
The success of this anime has greatly increased his fame at Amaterasu-sha, and it is said that the company headquarters now has a very high opinion of him.
"By the way, that company called Xingyao, didn't they say they were releasing a new work tonight? How are the sales figures?" Ito Hirobumi asked casually, as if he had suddenly remembered something, but his tone was full of disdain.
As soon as Hirobumi Ito finished speaking, an assistant immediately bowed and replied, "Director, that animation is called 'Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things.' The art style is very primitive, like a Flash animation from decades ago. The ratings after its premiere were mediocre, and it poses no threat to us whatsoever."
This assistant was indeed responsible for monitoring the data of Chinese animation, but when he opened "Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things" and saw its simple art style, he naturally assumed that it was a very primitive animation that posed no threat to them at all.
He didn't pay any attention to the data; he just flattered Ito Hirobumi whenever he was in a good mood.
"Yoshi."
Hearing his assistant's words, Ito Hirobumi laughed. "It seems they've given up resisting and are starting to test the limits with these inferior works? How pathetic."
He didn't doubt his assistant's words. In his opinion, even well-made anime couldn't compare to the anime from their great Japan, let alone such a rudimentary animation. He was too lazy to pay attention to these dragon comics anymore.
In his mind, the outcome of this war was never in doubt from the very beginning.
He had even had the publicity department prepare a celebratory press release, with the title already written: "Ama-no-Kumara Reached the Summit, Japanese Manga Once Again Teaches the Chinese People How to Make Animation."
After a while, the celebratory atmosphere became even more enthusiastic.
Hirobumi Ito was already slightly tipsy and was getting up to check the final statistics for the day, to conclude this perfect victory.
However, as soon as he stood up, he saw the assistant who had given the report earlier running towards him with a pale face, holding a tablet computer.
"Baka! What's the rush! Can't you see everyone is celebrating?" Ito Hirobumi scolded, somewhat displeased.
"General...General Manager..." The assistant's voice was trembling, and he could barely hold the tablet in his hands. "You...you should see it for yourself."
Hirobumi Ito impatiently snatched the tablet away.
On the screen is a real-time data ranking list from the backend of the Longguo video website.
The number one spot was occupied by his song "Ama no Kusanagi," with a long and astonishing number of views: ten million.
He nodded in satisfaction and was about to return the tablet.
But the next second, he glanced at the second-place entry and suddenly froze.
He saw that the work called "Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things" in second place on the charts had caught up closely and was also growing steadily, reaching eight million views to date.
You should know that this anime was released a full day later than mine.
And the blue playback progress bar below the data is still increasing rapidly.
It's not progressing steadily, it's skyrocketing!
It was as if an invisible force was pushing it from behind, propelling it upwards with unstoppable momentum.
"What...what is this?" Ito Hirobumi sobered up considerably in an instant.
Others nearby noticed the unusual situation and gathered around.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the blue data bar continued to grow, reaching nine million.
In terms of data, it is already very close to their "Ten no Kusanagi".
Hirobumi Ito tried to remain calm: "It's alright, stay calm. Ten million to nine million, the advantage is still with us."
At this point, everyone knew that if this growth momentum continued, it wouldn't be long before "Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things" surpassed them and became number one.
The celebration banquet was immediately stopped, and the data was projected directly onto the big screen.
At that moment, everyone in the department began to focus on the data.
Ito Hirobumi recalled his assistant's report and gave him a sharp look.
The assistant was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Director Ito, please give me another chance, please spare me."
Ito Hirobumi didn't speak. Two men in black entered and dragged the kneeling assistant out like a dead pig.
Immediately afterwards, heart-wrenching screams rang out from outside the door.
The remaining Amaterasu employees couldn't help but shudder, then refocused their attention on the data.
In less than half an hour, the data for "Those Years, Those Rabbits, Those Things" successfully overtook it!
The rabbit animation with its simple art style that they used to ridicule has reached the top.
The entire venue fell silent instantly.
The champagne bubbles were still rising, but no one was in the mood to appreciate them anymore.
Hirobumi Ito stared intently at the screen, at the glaring "first place" and the unfamiliar name behind it.
"Impossible...this is absolutely impossible!" he muttered to himself. "It's a data error! It must be a problem with their server!"
Then, the celebration at the Japanese Amaterasu shrine was broken by the sound of shattering glass.
It was Hirobumi Ito who accidentally broke the champagne glass in his hand.
His eyes were bloodshot as he pointed at the rabbit icon on the screen and roared at his subordinates behind him.
"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly!"
"What on earth is this thing?! And who is behind this anime?"
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