Congratulations, Host, on receiving the System Binding Gift Pack! Memory enhancement! You can clearly recall every bed-wetting incident from kindergarten!
Accumulate Popularity Points! For every 114,514 Popularity Points gained, you can gradually unlock the following abilities!
Complete Earth Music Library! From Beethoven and Mozart to Yan Distance! Fully included! No need for Supplementary files!
Ultimate Vocal Mimicry! Men, women, old, young, animals, snow leopards—as long as it can make a sound, you can imitate it!
As the system's voice sounded, Hua Jian's already clear mind became even clearer, and the countless works in his memory became more distinct.
If he wished, it seemed that replaying and reliving the works he had seen in his mind was not a problem!
In other words, with the help of the Consciousness Editing Animation Production Machine, he could perfectly reproduce all the works in his memory!
One hundred and ten thousand popularity points? A piece of cake!
Hua Jian's smile grew wider. For him, victory was already in the bag. If not for the extraordinary popularity of this live broadcast competition, which was an excellent channel for gaining Popularity Points, he wouldn't want to play house with the other contestants. He knew that with the volume of works he possessed, any release would undoubtedly be a classic. This level of dimensionality reduction attack would be too damaging to these young people, possibly becoming a lifelong psychological shadow.
Hua Jian leaned back, lying on the ergonomic chair provided by the production team, closing his eyes, waiting for the production team to announce the start of the competition and the selection of the creative prompt, while replaying works from his memory in his mind.
'Qiongming**Lu'!
To clarify, he wasn't particularly fond of this genre; it just had a rather big reputation, so he had quickly skimmed through it at the time without savoring it.
Now that he had the chance, he would carefully examine how this thing truly lived up to its reputation.
Ahem.
His gaze returned to the stage.
Host Fang Yuan, the beloved artist, was still passionately introducing the rules of the competition.
"This competition has no script whatsoever! From the contestants to the teacher judges, and then to the audience, everything is the most authentic creation, and everything is the most authentic feedback!"
"Everyone, feel free to choose your favorite contestant to watch, and then cast your vote for your favorite work."
"The champion will not only be considered by our judges, but also by the preferences of the general audience. The judges' comments will only account for a certain percentage of professional votes. To select the most beloved and artistic work by the public, it is ultimately inseparable from the masses."
"It is worth noting for all contestants that this competition is being watched by many relevant enterprises, companies, investors, and producers. While competing, this is also an excellent opportunity to showcase yourselves! I believe everyone will definitely, definitely, definitely not miss such an opportunity and will do their best to showcase themselves."
"But when showcasing yourselves, pay attention to the methods! I emphasize again, everyone has signed a contract! Plagiarism is absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not allowed! The most important thing for creators is imagination. You must make good use of your imagination and not try to rely on the strength of others!"
"Any violation, once discovered! Will be dealt with severely!"
Host Fang Yuan's voice was unusually serious. For an upright person like him, he clearly abhorred plagiarism!
As his words fell, with the lights overflowing and colorful lights flashing, the judges sitting in their seats finally revealed themselves one by one.
"For this competition, our production team has solemnly invited five judges! Everyone, a round of applause!"
"First, our renowned voice actress, Miss Dong Xuelian!"
Cheers and enthusiastic applause echoed throughout the audience.
"Next, also a big name in voice acting! Miss Qihai!"
"Following that, the famous director! Teacher Tang Sanshui, who created the 'Path to Self-Destruction' series!"
"Finally, the well-known anime UP masters, Teacher Cowboy Hao and Uncle Big Nose!"
The judges on stage appeared one by one, showcasing their esteemed presence to the audience and greeting the audience below, as well as those watching the live broadcast, in their own ways.
The audience below applauded in approval.
Although there seemed to be only one director, Tang Sanshui, among the judges, the art of anime involves various industries. It was clear that the production team's idea was to comment and analyze the stories created by the contestants from multiple perspectives.
The introduction of the judges came to an end. Host Fang Yuan on stage extended his hand, displaying the large screen to the audience. The dark screen lit up, showing countless images.
"The story theme for this competition will be chosen live by our judges! As for the scope of selection! It will be decided by the audience!"
"Everyone sees the screens on their seats, right?" Host Fang Yuan said. The large screen he displayed also showed countless images, with dozens of small frames dividing the large screen into equally sized sections. The scene displayed in each screen was an identical room, all specially built by the production team as creative spaces for the contestants:
"The content on your screens is exactly the same as our large screen. When our judges choose to watch and comment on other contestants, you can also independently choose the live broadcast room of the contestant you are interested in to watch and support. The creative process will be broadcast live throughout! Completely open!"
"And for those watching the live broadcast online, don't worry, the content on the screen will also appear in the live broadcast room, and you can choose it yourself!"
"Next, we are going to start selecting the story theme! Please, audience members, use your fingers to write down the theme you are interested in on the screen. Our judges will select keywords based on the word cloud written by the audience!"
The live broadcast of the show had begun for some time, and a large number of viewers had already flooded into the online live broadcast room. Subsequent viewers were continuously joining the live broadcast room, and the popularity was soaring. The live broadcast rooms of each contestant were also open for selection.
The audience below finally extended their hands and wrote down the keywords of the themes they were interested in on the screen.
Countless words appeared on the large screen in the form of a word cloud, from 'time' to 'stomach medicine', from 'invincible' to 'magical girl'. The size of each word in the cloud indicated the preferences of the audience present.
At the same time, it also represented, to a certain extent, the current trend of the anime market.
After pre-set animations, the word cloud on the large screen was loaded into boxes one by one. Under Host Fang Yuan's passionate warm-up countdown, the judges pointed their hands at screens similar to those in the audience next to them.
Accompanied by a scene like a gacha animation, as a golden stream of light flashed, the story theme for this competition was decided.
"The theme for this competition has been decided!!!" Fang Yuan raised his hand high, shouting almost like a cry:
"It is—'Time'!!!"