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Blue Star's First Children's Channel.

Although the television station has not been officially established, all major departments have been formed, and the leadership, including the director, has been decided on.

At this moment.

All departments are extremely busy.

The newly formed leadership team is constantly in meetings.

"The focus is on animated cartoons!"

"The bulk of the children's channel's viewership ratings come from these!"

"We need to keep an eye on the viewership ratings of these works to make adjustments."

"Those with poor viewership must be cut down or quickly pulled to switch with other cartoons!"

"The second channel is our competitor."

"Only by defeating the second channel will we have good days ahead!"

"Because both of us belong to Blue Star's children's channels, our target audience completely overlaps. If audiences watch theirs, they won't bother with ours. Then what's the point of our existence?"

"However, we don't need to belittle ourselves."

"Our partner company is of the top five grades!"

"Shadow from the second channel is not bad, but there's still a gap compared with the top five!"

...

Blue Star's Second Children's Channel.

This side is similarly bustling like the first one.

"Animation review completed."

"No adjustment needed for editing."

"Chase Shadow's Dream Factory did a great job."

"Starlight Animation's effects are also quite impressive."

"Should we schedule this special-effects series to air at night?"

"Let's reserve prime time for 'Doraemon'."

"For the first day of the channel's launch, we've decided on 'Tadpole looking for Mom' for the first animation. However, this work is only fifteen minutes long. Has the Literature and Art Association decided on which piece will follow?"

"It's been decided."

"Whose work is it?"

"It's still Shadow's."

"Haha, this guy has really bagged all the animations for our second channel, huh."

...

Indeed.

The ink animation 'Tadpole looking for Mom' is for reputation sake.

Such a short animation, of course, cannot sustain day-to-day airing.

It'll be over in one day.

But Lin Yuan has already found a successor.

That is the animated version of 'Journey to the West'!

Don't forget.

Starlight has been working on the animated version of 'Journey to the West' all this time.

Previously unfinished, so Lin Yuan has been urging them on.

Recently it's still not completed due to larger investments and special effects, but under Lin Yuan's urging, they've completed a portion, enough to start airing. If worst comes to worst, they can continue producing while airing, as many of Starlight's animations are done this way.

With the merging of continents.

The 'Journey to the West' IP continues to be promoted.

Animated films are also one of the methods to promote an IP.

This monkey is a trump card Lin Yuan has been brewing for a long time!

...

And so.

In the following days.

The internet grew increasingly lively.

"Two children's channels are about to be launched, are you planning to watch the first or second channel?"

"I'm betting on the first channel."

"I'm betting on the top five."

"The second channel only has Shadow, but in comparison, the first channel seems more powerful with five major filming companies and two strong animation companies."

"I still want to bet on the second channel to win."

"Well, support for the second channel isn't that common."

"It's not that much, nor too little. I'm also supporting the second channel because I've read all of Shadow's comics, and in my opinion, Shadow's capabilities are really underestimated by everyone. After all, animated films come down to the storyline, and everyone's production won't be too bad, but none of Shadow's works have a bad plot."

"The second channel does indeed have a fighting chance."

"The big five on this side do sound powerful, but it's their subsidiaries that are taking action. It seems like the headquarters in Zhong Continent aren't making a move, and that's Shadow's chance, although it seems slim to me."

"The official hints say as much."

"Between the first and second channel, normally the first would be considered more important."

"At least the second channel has a work that even the first channel doesn't dare to trifle with, and that's 'Doraemon'."

"That's indeed strong."

"But that's just one of eleven animations; they can't all depend on Blue Fatty, can they?"

In fact, not just the netizens.

Similar discussions are also going on within the industry.

But unlike ordinary netizens, the industry pays more attention to Shadow itself.

Everyone knows what the big five are capable of.

Shadow's capability is unfathomable to all.

Some say he's not up to snuff, yet the success of "Doraemon" is right there.

Others argue he's got potential, but "Doraemon" is his only work so far.

A complete newbie in the animation industry.

Of course.

Although "WALL-E" was a film, it could be counted as well if we really wanted to.

Yet even with that, Shadow is still considered a newcomer to animation.

Everyone is just curious now:

What exactly makes Shadow so valued by the Literature and Art Association?

...

Time passes at a steady pace.

The final days.

Online, some started the countdown.

Four days!

Three days!

Two days!

One day!

The 20th!

It's finally here!

At this moment, there's still a little over a month until Blue Star's Spring Festival and Zhong Continent's anticipated merger with Blue Star.

Logically speaking.

The whole world should now be looking forward to the complete unification of the eight continents of Blue Star and discussing it non-stop.

However, unexpectedly:

The people from the seven continents of Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei have recently been utterly captivated by a series of animations!

At this time.

In the seven continents.

In many households.

Many people begin turning on their TVs.

"It's on!"

"The first children's channel!"

"The second children's channel is on too!"

"The logo of the second children's channel is quite distinctive."

"It looks a bit dark, like Shadow?"

"Hahaha, it must be a coincidence, but it's pretty amusing."

"When does the cartoon start?"

"Seems like it starts at four in the afternoon."

"Not at four, it's been officially moved to five o'clock, considering the kids' school dismissal time."

"Okay then."

"Both channels are just showing ads right now."

"It must be testing; after all, it's a new TV station."

The animations that everyone is curious about don't start right off; both TV channels simultaneously broadcast ads, seemingly aware that the first day of the new station will attract many curious viewers.

And after the lengthy commercials.

Time inches closer to five o'clock.

...

The first children's channel.

The second children's channel.

The staff at both channels are tense in the control room, with even the heads of the stations present, keeping an eye out for any changes in the ratings.

"Start the countdown!"

"Don't mess up the subtitles again!"

"Use last night's corrected version!"

"Each department check again!"

"Don't let me see any low-level mistakes like audio and video not syncing up—we've already had two slip-ups in the tests!"

"Time's up!"

"We are officially on air!"

"Keep a close watch on the ratings!"

Five o'clock arrives, and both channels' operations are perfectly synchronized.

The first children's channel is airing an animation called "The Young War God."

The second children's channel is airing an animation called "Tadpole looking for Mom."

Netizens too are in their respective camps.

Some are watching the first channel, others the second.

It's not that they are particularly fond of cartoons. Many are merely joining in on the excitement, taking a trip down memory lane to their childhood.

Nevertheless, some kindergarten and elementary school students who have just come home from school have also heard the news from their teachers and clamor to watch cartoons, claiming it's an assignment from the school...

After all, it's organized by the Literature and Art Association.

The major schools are indeed very cooperative.

And at this moment, Lin Yuan is also sitting on the sofa, silently watching the cartoon "Tadpole looking for Mom."