The Creator of the Second Dimension

Wu Tong stopped typing on the keyboard and drank a glass of water.

Ningjiang at four o'clock in the morning has the scenery he is most familiar with.

The company at this time is not busy during the day, it is quiet and peaceful. Wu Tong likes this feeling very much, as if he is the only one in the whole world.

He came to the window sill, looked at the city that had not yet awakened, and let out a long sigh.

Glancing at the computer screen, it was not the familiar interface for writing code, but a document.

It said "resignation application" in large characters.

Wu Tong was already tired, he felt that his path in Tomato Video Network had come to an end.

Before his father was seriously ill, Wu Tong immediately applied for a vacation from the leader, but the whole process took nearly a week. The name of the business trip was actually the leader of the government-funded travel. The leader just went through the process slowly when he came back from the island, and criticized Wu Tong for not knowing how to be Contributed by the company, when Wu Tong came home, his father had already fallen into a severe coma, and he couldn't even see his son for the last time.

Sometimes, after Wu Tong finished writing the code, he would stand in front of the window and really want to just jump off and finish it off, but he was cowardly by nature and didn't even have the courage to commit suicide.

Liu Xueyan's resignation may be the last straw that broke the camel's back. Wu Tong doesn't have many people in the company who can talk to him, and he is familiar with Liu Xueyan, who used to develop frequently. Through him, Wu Tong also saw Tomato Video Network. essence.

Back at his seat, he finished writing the resignation report, printed it out, put it on the leader's desk, and then quietly left the company at eight o'clock in the morning.

Today is Sunday, he was supposed to work overtime to fix some minor bugs in the player, but Wu Tong had already made a decision, he fixed the bug overnight before writing his resignation letter, even though he had to leave, he still had to stand on the last shift post.

Wu Tong took a walk and walked to the park next door. He had never been here before. This old park was extremely quiet. Wu Tong followed the map and came to the entrance of a four-story building. This is the headquarters of the animation animation.

He walked in here.

Huandian is also closed today, but there are still security guards at the front desk. Wu Tong registered and went to the second floor, where he saw Xu Rui sitting in front of the computer, and Liu Xueyan sitting on the chair behind him, looking intently at Xu Rui's computer Screen.

"Ah, Wu Tong, you're here."

Noticing Wu Tong's figure, Liu Xueyan waved him over.

Wu Tong hesitated for a moment before walking to Liu Xueyan's side and looking at Xu Rui's computer screen.

There was an animation playing on it, which he had never seen before. The pink-haired girl with twin ponytails was walking in a world with a different texture.

This is the first episode of "Magic Girl Madoka Magica".

Wu Tong's understanding of animation is average, mainly because he doesn't have time to watch it. He watched a few of them on Liu Xueyan's recommendation, and the one that impressed him most was "Unnatural Death", which reminded him of his family.

He only felt that the picture of this animation was very delicate, with bright colors, giving people a lively and cheerful feeling.

At this moment, a string of text suddenly floated above the screen.

【Test test test test】

"???"

Wu Tong was stunned.

He thought it was in the animation, but it was too weird.

Seeing that Xu Rui had successfully attracted Wu Tong's attention, he restored the playback window. You can see that there is a string of windows displaying comments next to the window where the animation is played. Appeared in the window playing the animation, scrolling past.

"What's this?"

Wu Tong is a little curious. In the video player he recently developed for Tomato, there is a function that when the video is not maximized, comments can appear on the right side of the window. He thinks this is a means to promote audience interaction.

Unexpectedly, Xu Rui has pushed this interaction method forward by more than a big step.

Wu Tong's head immediately began to think. Although this method of commenting reduces the sense of substituting the video to a certain extent, it also enhances the communication between the audience. In the past, the audience could only interact by leaving a message below after watching the video. This kind of interaction is relatively separated from the work.

Even the player that Wu Tong developed before, which can see the screen and side comments at the same time, is not timely enough.

But the player in Xu Rui's computer, this way of synchronizing the comments with the screen, allows the audience to see the corresponding comments immediately when they see the screen and their emotions fluctuate, forming a resonance.

Wu Tong thought about it for a while. This form of comments is more suitable for videos with discussion points, such as funny and exciting videos, which are very suitable for this form, while those suspenseful and sensational videos are not suitable for this. comment form now.

"This is called barrage, Mr. Wu."

Xu Rui said that this is an extremely crude version that he found a few senior students from the School of Computer Science of Ningjiang University. It can only be nested outside the native player locally. Wu Tong and Liu Xueyan saw this barrage.

"The video website I am going to build will have this function installed, and viewers can send their comments in time for other viewers watching the video to see."

Xu Rui turned off the player, turned around and continued speaking.

"I used to enjoy watching movies and anime with my friends while discussing ongoing plots. This experience can even make some not-so-good movies better, but after entering the Internet age, we have become sitting In front of the computer, I watched the video on my own, and there was no such communication anymore. I want to use the barrage to make the viewers who have such needs feel that they are not alone when watching the animation.”

"I've never heard anyone bring up that idea"

Wu Tong sighed softly.

"People in Huaxia actually have an obvious need for the Internet. Looking at Weibo and chat software with a wide audience, we prefer things with social attributes. Many times, the reason why I use a software or play a game is not Because I particularly like it, but because everyone around me is using it, and using it allows me to successfully integrate into the social environment around me.”

Xu Rui explained that things with social attributes are inherently more powerful than other types of things. This is true for the fraud at the beginning of "Soul Eater: Zero", and the same is true for barrage video websites.

Word of mouth is a more powerful form of publicity than any advertisement.

"Both of you, I sincerely hope that you can join my video website and together bring a little bit of a different ripple to this calm industry."

Xu Rui saw that the two of them were already a little moved, so he invited them.

"What's the name of your video site?"

Liu Xueyan was silent for a moment, then asked.

Xu Rui heard the other party's question and knew it was a sign of acceptance, so he spoke.

"It's very simple, it's called Hatsune Barrage Video Network."