Since 1983

As the National Day approaches, people all over the country are looking forward to the military parade.

But in a residential house in the capital, a technical house hid in a small building to form a unified system, enjoying itself.

His name is Gao Yong, he graduated from the Computer Department of Yanshan University and was assigned to a research institute. After staying for about half a year, I quit my job and moved to Yinghaiwei.

In 1997, he established a personal homepage and came into contact with Flash. At that time, the software version was 2.0, with few functions, and Macromedia had not been acquired by Adobe.

He found that this thing is very popular, so he built a special website not long ago, called "Flasher Empire".

Flash off, a noun that came from a netizen inadvertently, turned out to be a smashing wave of Internet culture. Although Flash's glorious period was only a few short years, the impression it left is indelible.

"College Students Study Room", "A Tale of the Three Kingdoms", "Rock and Roll on the New Long March".

"I said to myself, it's thanks to my buddy that I have practiced before, otherwise I wouldn't have been anal fissure by you!"

"That kind of feeling is like a sample, you are new here! New new new new new here, I am new new new new new here!"

It's all youthful memories.

On this day, Gao Yong turned on his computer as usual and boarded the Flash Empire.

Netizens can upload originals and repost them. The most common ones are music MVs and animated short films. In 1999, there were not many masters, and the quality was uneven.

The website has a thing called "crawling list", which votes for the best works on the whole site. If you can be familiar on the list, that's a good master.

Gao Yong browsed around, but didn't find any eye-catching works.

Then I logged into OICQ, ready to chat and fart, but when I first went up, there was a message: "Hello, is this the Flash website owner? Do you accept Flash production?"

Um?

Come to work!

Gao Yong became excited, and typed with crackling voices: "Hi, I'm the station master, and we undertake business."

"Dididi!"

The other party replied immediately: "How to charge?"

"Unified price, 300 per second."

It is indeed the price, because few people will do it. With this technology, Gao Yong earned the maintenance fee of the website.

He was ready to bargain, but he was very straightforward: "Yes, I can't explain it on the Internet, let's make an appointment to meet."

...

Gao Yong thought it was an ordinary business, but only found out after meeting him, what the hell, the world!

He is a diehard fan of Tianxia Film and Television.

"Aren't you filming? How do you do Flash?"

"Oh! I understand, it must be used in the play, right?"

"I will do my best to help you do well... Will you still make New Year's films this year?"

The other party was a company employee. After listening patiently, he said, "Let's get down to business. I want to ask you to make a Flash of the MV. Here is a music sample. This is just a drawing.

There must be a story, probably about two underachievers who robbed a mobile phone store for the girl they love, and ended up snatching a bunch of model machines.

You are free to play in the production, but you have to add the actions on the drawing. "

"What time?"

"It's fine according to your normal efficiency, but we request that Shanke Empire promote it."

"That depends on the quality. If the quality is not good, push..."

"Don't worry, you're only responsible for flashers, and we're responsible for external promotion."

Gao Yong accepted the job, the other party gave too much,

When he got home, he dug out the tape recorder, put the tape in, there was the sound of creaking and turning, and then there were a few birdsong, accompanied by the savage shouting:

"ah……"

Follow the music, very weird dynamic melody. The singing is also vague, half talking and half singing, and I can't understand it without reading the lyrics.

"I only like Tarzan the ape with a pure heart..."

Tarzan of the Apes?

Gao Yong is amazing, oh, that Hollywood cartoon this year, right? I also bought pirated discs myself. The male protagonist Tarzan and the female protagonist Jenny are very beautiful.

Just as I was thinking, the next sentence came again:

"I'm Tarzan next door, hold on to the vine of love, listen to me, ahhhhh..."

An incomparably ecstatic singing voice poured into his ears, his whole body was excited, his pores dilated, and the result was:

"You are the beautiful Jenny, hold my hand and go wandering around the world, ahhhhhh..."

"Hahaha!"

Gao Yong slapped his thigh wildly. He didn't know the word demon nature, but the feeling at the moment was just two words, magic nature!

After listening to it once is not enough, after listening to it three or four times in a row, the images in my mind become more and more rich: two stupid thieves, snatched a bunch of fake mobile phones, and danced in the street, triumphant like monkeys:

"Ahhhhhh..."

"Hahaha!"

He slapped his thighs madly for his own thoughts, picked up the drawing and looked at it, and it really coincided with it!

The above two guys in helmets are dancing in the street, with one hand on their lips and shouting:

"Ahhhhhh..."

"Awesome! It will definitely be popular, it will definitely be popular!"

Gao Yong was mobilized, full of enthusiasm, he couldn't wait to turn on the computer, and immediately started making.

…………

By the end of 1999, the number of Chinese netizens was 8.9 million.

The online resources are limited, and the general trend is the same. For example, everyone who reads news reads Sohu, browses BBS and browses Sohu, plays virtual communities and uses Sohu, and chats and spends time on MMs only on Sohu...

Among them, there are subdivisions, usually for in-depth enthusiasts, so go to places with strong professionalism.

Flash Empire is undoubtedly a gathering place for Flash lovers. It's just that most of them are beginners, and Gao Yong has released a lot of production tutorials.

He is also a leader.

A few days later, a new work suddenly appeared on Shanke, which quickly rose to the top of the crawl list.

"The Tarzan Next Door".

A music MV, the song is novel and funny, the lyrics are interesting, and the story is strong. Roughly speaking, two dick young people like the goddess, and the goddess wants a mobile phone, what should the young people do if they can’t afford it?

Grab the phone shop!

So he carried a shotgun, wore two helmets, and grabbed a bunch of mobile phones. Singing and dancing on the street, using it to court the goddess, was beaten into a war god with crooked mouth.

Only then did I realize that it was the model that was robbed, and I rushed back to take revenge, but was caught by the police.

Finally, there is an easter egg. The clerk of the mobile phone shop speaks a dialect:

"I'm dizzy, I snatched a bunch of models from Nima, and howled like a monkey, ah, ah, ah, your mother's hairy, go back and drink the swill!"

The Sohu homepage recommended the Flash Empire, and there were also many posts on the BBS.

"Introducing a new gadget, Flash!"

"Taishan next door, it's not good to see you chop me up!"

"After reading the report, hahahaha!"

It attracted a lot of traffic, and finally spread word of mouth, and it became popular all of a sudden.

"Ahhhhhh..."

The main song is too magical, and the magic sound pierces the ears, which is unforgettable after listening to it.

"It's okay. If you don't have ghosts and animals, you can only use this instead. It happens to be a feature of the times..."

At home, Mr. Xu turned off the Flash, saying that it was not satisfactory—in general, it was still satisfactory.

In the later generations, online videos are flying all over the sky, and all kinds of masters are free to process them. Now it is not possible. Where can ordinary people get them? So he first made a Flash work, which became popular among young people, just for the ten seconds in the play.

Movies like "The Unknown" were not intended for the mass market like Lunar New Year movies. If you like it, you will naturally like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it at all.

Teacher Xu put a lot of thought into the music, and there is an episode in the movie, "Light" by Chen Li.

He has also found a singer, a young Singaporean singer who will debut next year, just Tian Ou, Tian Ou...

After finishing this work, it's a big day this year:

national day celebration.