The Creator of the Second Dimension

Songhai City.

This city located in the neighboring province of Ningjiang has a long history. In ancient times, there were one or two great poets who were enough to spread their works into Chinese textbooks. A few decades ago, in the tide of heavy industry development, Songhai City Many factories were established, and the whole city was often shrouded in smoke from the chimneys. The city once expanded and swallowed many nearby counties.

But later, with the rise of light industry and the serious pollution problem of heavy industry, a large number of factories in Songhai City either closed down due to poor management, or were shut down due to pollution violations. Coupled with the impact of the Internet age, the entire city suddenly declined.

Today, in Songhai, you can still see the huge shadows cast by the towering chimneys of those abandoned factories in the setting sun, the mottled walls under the chaotic pipes and the production slogans full of modernity.

In the past, a factory supported tens of thousands of people. Around the factory, schools and shops were dotted around. Until now, most of the schools in Songhai still bear the words "Workers' School".

From the moment Xu Rui arrived at the train station, he felt the city's decline.

First of all, Songhai City has not yet opened the high-speed rail, Xu Rui bought a green ticket, and it took about ten hours to travel from Ningjiang to Songhai.

There was no bustling bustle of people coming and going at the train station, only a few peddlers yelling symbolically, walking out of the station with a sense of age, Xu Rui saw the gray sky.

The reason why Xu Rui came to Songhai City was not for the roast chicken that Zheng Weijie was talking about, but to find inspiration for his new work.

After the second season of "Music Girl" ends in October, the fantasy animation will have three months of free time. After the end of the year's "Music Girl" theatrical version, "Music Girl" will not be broadcast until next April. "The third season is the content of the university chapter.

This is mainly due to the content limitation of the original work. The current space is not enough to produce too much content. It is necessary to wait for Mr. Shuhai to complete a certain amount of creation before proceeding to production and strive for perfection.

During this period, except for the production work of "Your Name" and an original animation in Wu Yi's preparation, the fantasy animation as a whole will become very leisurely. Therefore, Xu Rui plans to make a twelve-episode short animation to keep working status.

He had many options in his mind, but after hearing what Zheng Weijie said about the declining Songhai City, Xu Rui gradually gathered his thoughts into one area.

"It's really deserted. I remember that I used soap from Songhai when I was a child. I didn't expect it to look like this now."

August is a very hot month, and there is a slightly dim sun in the gray sky of Songhai City. The greening of the city is not good, so the streets are always extremely hot. The producer Cheng Ke, who is traveling with Xu Rui, raises his hand Blocking the sun, he said with emotion.

The two hailed a taxi at the gate of the train station and arrived at the hotel they had booked before.

During the period, Xu Rui and Cheng Ke had a chat with the driver and had a general understanding of the overall situation of Songhai City.

"This is really strange. It's the first time I've met people who come to Songhai for tourism in these few years. Most of them are visiting relatives or discussing business."

The driver also felt very strange.

"I heard that there is a roast chicken restaurant in Songhai that is very famous?"

Xu Rui asked again.

"Huh? I didn't expect that people would be able to inquire about the roast chicken of the Sixteenth Factory. Oh, thinking about it, I haven't eaten his roast chicken for a long time."

The driver said as if nostalgic.

"Factory No. 16 was a steel factory before. The owner of the roast chicken shop was named Feng. We all called him Lao Feng. He used to be a worker in Factory No. 16. He was laid off after Factory No. 16 closed down. He started tinkering with roast chicken. The better it is, when it’s the hottest, the entire Songhai people will line up to eat at night.”

"so smart?"

Cheng Ke didn't quite believe it.

"That's right, Lao Feng's roast chicken is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, rich in juice, served with a special sauce, and costs fifteen yuan a whole. It's so delicious, oh, it makes my mouth water."

The driver said while focusing on the road ahead.

There were not many cars on the street, which surprised Cheng Ke, who was used to traffic jams in the evening.

"But later, Songhai became more and more dilapidated. Young people went out to work, and those who stayed were old people and children. Not only the roast chicken of old Feng's family, but the whole Songhai felt lifeless."

The urban area of ​​Songhai has shrunk a lot now. The factories developed in the past were abandoned and no one took over, forming a spectacular abandoned industrial cluster. These towering and huge buildings are covered with moss. At first glance, they look like Generally after the end of the world.

The taxi arrived at the destination very quickly. This is the only hotel chain in Songhai City. When Xu Rui and the others checked in, the whole hotel was deserted and there were no outsiders in sight.

The hotel is relatively close to the Sixteenth Factory. After tidying up a bit, Xu Rui and Cheng Ke then took a taxi to the vicinity of the Sixteenth Factory.

The steel factory is always large in scale. In the night, the deep and dark building looks like a monster, lurking in an invisible place. Only a few shops are still lit, but the lights flicker and seem to be turned off at any time.

Soon, the two found the location of Feng Ji Roast Chicken,

There are several people in the store, wearing disposable gloves, eating the roast chicken in front of them.

Xu Rui and Cheng Ke ordered one first. Just as they sat down and were about to chat with the gray-haired boss, the roar of an engine came from outside.

It was like the sound of a motorcycle engine, but it was different in subtleties, and Xu Rui couldn't make out the sound.

The next moment, the store door was opened, and several people in leather clothes and colorful hair walked into the store.

Xu Rui glanced curiously, and found that these motorcycle gangsters were all girls.

Their attire is quite non-mainstream in the urban-rural fringe area. Their hair is blown out, colorful, their eyes are smoky, and their faces are pale. There are six or seven of them as soon as they come in, and they tend to smash the whole store.

"No way"

Cheng Ke's heart was in a state of suspense. Wouldn't he meet a gangster to make trouble?

The leading girl walked into the store swaggeringly, glanced at the other customers by the way, then came to the counter and stood in front of Lao Feng.

"Seven roast chickens."

".puff."

Cheng Ke almost laughed out loud, but no one expected that these rebellious-looking gangster girls would just sit together obediently, waiting for Lao Feng's roast chicken.

The roast chicken was served after a while, and they were noisy, sharing the roast chicken, chatting about where to go racing tonight, and where to sing KTV tomorrow, sounding like students on summer vacation.

"What are you looking at?"

Out of curiosity, Xu Rui and Cheng Ke glanced at these runaway girls from time to time, but was spotted by the leader. She stuffed the chicken leg in her mouth into her mouth and swallowed it quickly, then stood up and walked towards them.

For a moment, swords were on the verge of breaking out, and Xu Rui and Cheng Ke were surrounded by runaway girls.