The Beginning

It was only just November, but the temperature had already plunged sharply.

The sunny weather on the first had seemed like a final flash of warmth before the end of the season. For the next several days, temperatures stayed low enough to make people shiver.

But for the many animation fans across the Mainland, Tianxing Animation Company's livestreamed press conference, held today for the Mainland's animation media, was enough to set their hearts ablaze.

People on Japan Island had yet to react much. After all, they didn't know many of the big names in the Mainland's Animation Industry. But on the Mainland, before the livestream began at eight, old fans of Zhao Yongbai and Jiang Qi flocked to the major websites. They weren't just a new generation of 2D Fans... Many who had left the scene years ago also came out in droves.

That was just how the animation industry worked: one batch of people gave up on it, while a new batch grew up in their place! But these two had such a powerful following that even if many people in their thirties no longer watched anime, they would still support the works of at least these two.

"This should be interesting!" Chu Yu stayed home, keeping an eye on what was happening online on the Mainland.

"Definitely. It's not looking good... So many people on the Mainland grew up with their works! Tianxing really pulled off something impressive by bringing the two of them back!" Su Ruo looked grave, too.

"They probably just threw money at them. If that wasn't enough, they resorted to threats and bribes!" Chu Yu commented as someone who'd been through it himself.

"But surely the two of them didn't come back just for the money?" As a fan of Zhao Yongbai's work, Zhao