Chapter 137: The Proud Snail

  In the animation design room, Yi Feiyang called out to have the animated clips made during this time ready. Soon, a projector screen appeared on the wall and a segment of animation began playing.

  In the beautiful green vegetable garden, the branches with lush fruits on them, the bright red tomatoes glistened with dew drops, making the whole scene look exceptionally peaceful and happy. The opening animation fully showcased the beauty of the vegetable garden, and no one in the scene spoke a word, but that beautiful scene had already deeply attracted them.

  The camera then zooms in, and finally a round shell slowly appears in the center of the screen, with a cute little head poking out. Everyone present is familiar with the script and immediately realizes that this is none other than Turbo, the main character of "Turbo".

  The appearance of the small snail "Tebo" doesn't need to be said, it has no signs of carving at all, and seems like a real living thing. If this scene made everyone hold their breath, then the next scene made them exclaim out loud.

  Just as the image of a small snail was making everyone exclaim how cute it was, suddenly a large group of various snails appeared from one corner of the screen. It was a massive army of snails, lined up in neat formation, advancing majestically towards the tomatoes hanging in the vegetable garden.

  The next scene is even more astonishing, and soon arrives in front of the vegetable garden. The group of snails use various methods and techniques to collect tomatoes, creating a dazzling and stunning spectacle that makes one smile.

  In the intense tomato-picking, the little protagonist Snail Terry was constantly being splattered with juice from the falling tomatoes. He thought of countless ways to avoid it, but the results were always... terrible.

  Next. It's time to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The little snails pushed the tomatoes into the net, cut them into small pieces through the mesh, and then each one took a piece, hugging their delicious meal, the entire vegetable garden became a joyful and harmonious enjoyment time again.

  From start to finish, everyone's eyes were fixed on the screen, and nothing else was noticed.

  Although this fragment is short, it shows the power of animation. If everyone didn't know that this was created by Yi Feiyang, they would suspect that it was made by an old hand.

  The screen finally freezes on the beautiful scenery of the vegetable garden, but everyone has not yet recovered from the state of being attracted by such a childlike and elegant scene.

  Finally awake, Stefan's first words were: "This vegetable garden is simply a paradise for snails."

  Very implicit words, but very practical.

  "That's right, it's this kind of feeling." Others nodded in agreement.

  Yi Feiyang smiled and glanced at the special effects Mike and animation designer William beside him, both of whom were excited by Old Man Stefan's praise.

  You should know that Steven is a stingy person and doesn't usually give praise easily. What he said earlier about the beauty of the animation scene is already a big compliment.

  "This animation effect is even better than I imagined." Stephen couldn't stop praising: "Now I have more confidence in you, seeing how hard you're working makes me very moved. Why don't we hold a meeting right away to discuss the specific production plan for next step?" Stephen rubbed his fists together, looking eager and excited, just like an impulsive young man. But it's not surprising, film is an art form, and what art requires most is passion. When Stephen's passion was ignited by Yi Feiyang and others, his excitement and longing can be imagined.

  Steven was so eager, and it was also very much to Fei Yang's taste, that he immediately nodded in agreement. And after calling on the staff to bring up coffee and desserts, all the crew members sat down to listen to Steven explain his ideas.

  Have to say, masters are masters. What Stephen said is more detailed and vivid compared to what Yifeng and others have done.

  As Steven said, animation is dead, people are alive. How can we make the animated film come alive? There's only one technique: to immerse oneself in it.

  You imagine yourself as a small animal in an animation, such as a puppy, kitten or wooden puppet, and then use your thoughts to think about their behavior and living habits.

  Remember, we're not trying to fully anthropomorphize here, because animals have their own charm, and when we make animated films, it's not about erasing their nature but giving them new life.

  Steven's words made it easy for Mike and John to nod frequently.

  As Stefan opened his mouth, speaking eloquently and with great enthusiasm, everyone listened with relish, and before they knew it, more than an hour had quietly passed.

  Suddenly, Yi Feiyang let out an "ah" and startled Stefan, who was in the midst of a heated lecture.

  What's this? A student, so startled and frightened?

  "I'm so sorry, Mr. Stephenson, I have an urgent matter to attend to and need to leave for a moment, please forgive me!"

  After finishing speaking, Yi Feiyang didn't wait for Stefan's response and hastily ran out.

  "What the hell?"

  "He should be in a hurry to get to the airport." The most straightforward and outspoken guy on the side said, "But it's already ten o'clock now, I don't know if he can pick up anyone..."

  Stefan didn't even need to ask, he knew that the only thing that could make a man rush to pick someone up at the airport was a woman, and a beautiful one at that.

  No wonder Yi Feiyang was in such a hurry to pick up the plane, and the one he picked up was a beautiful girl - Annie Hathaway.

  ……

  Yi Feiyang originally remembered it clearly, the plane was around 10 o'clock in the morning, but after listening to Stefan talk about animation, he forgot the time to pick up the plane.

  When Yi Feiyang hastily arrived at Los Angeles International Airport, he looked at his watch and it was almost 10:35.

  Fortunately, after inquiring with the front desk service, I knew that the flight was delayed and had not arrived yet, so Yi Feiyang finally let out a sigh of relief.

  About ten minutes have passed again.

  The announcement of New York flight arrival echoed in the hall.

  Yi Feiyang stood up and began to look towards the passage.

  A large crowd of people began pouring out from the exit, and Yi Feiyang's eyes were almost blinded.

  It wasn't long before Yi Feiyang suddenly saw a beautiful figure, she was wearing a purple jacket, pulling a small suitcase, her dark brown hair still soft and flowing, it was Annie Hathaway.

  Heather saw Yi Feiyang on this side, and suddenly burst into a smile. That elegant and beautiful smile was still so sweet. Her footsteps quickened as she walked over, but when she was about to reach Yi Feiyang's face, she slowed down again, looking at Yi Feiyang and smiling as she bit her lip.

  "Hi!" Yi Feiyang waved at her with a smile, he looked Annie Hathaway up and down, and smiled: "You look great."

  "Really?" Annie-Hathaway smiled slightly, not knowing why her heart was beating fast, and also took a glance at Yifei Yang, saying softly: "You look like you're not doing well... seems like you've lost more weight." Her hand released the suitcase and she took another step forward.

  Seeing her like this, Yì Fēi Yáng opened his arms and took a step forward, lightly embracing her, performing an embracing ceremony, smiling: "Welcome back, dear Annie."

  Leaning on his shoulder, Annie-Hathaway felt very comfortable in her heart and smiled lightly: "I'm also glad to see you, dear Yi!"

  Two people gently hugged each other, with people flowing by around them, they just held each other like this.

  After a moment, Annie blushed and left Yifei Yang's arms, smiling: "Let's go, it's almost time."

  Yi Feiyang smiled and reached out to take the small suitcase from her, saying: "Let me do such hard work, dear beauty."

  Anne Hathaway shrugged and said, "Of course."

  Then, the two of them walked out of the airport with smiles on their faces. Although it had been almost two weeks since they last saw each other, Yifei Yang and Annie-Hathaway didn't feel any strangeness between them. On the contrary, the distance made them cherish this ambiguous relationship even more.

  When the two of them arrived at the roadside, Heathcliff did not immediately take a ride home, but instead pointed to the ice cream stall in front of him and said to Yifeng: "Hey, Yi, I want to eat that ice cream over there."

  Yi Feiyang smiled and said, "It's only May now, eating such cold things will hurt your stomach."

  "I'm not afraid, it's just that if I don't get anything to eat, my stomach will hurt," Anne Hathaway said with a light laugh.

  Looking at her smiling face, Yi Feiyang couldn't help but gently tap the tip of her nose and said: "When did you become so playful... Alright, wait for it, I'll get it."

  Before long, Yi Fei Yang bought the ice cream back, but couldn't see Heather's figure anywhere. He looked around and saw her standing not far away by the sea, admiring the beautiful view of the ocean.

  Yi Feiyang shook his head and walked over, "Here, your ice cream."

  Heather smiled and took it, "Thank you." Then she faced the sea again and said, "It's really beautiful here."

  "Really?" Yi Feiyang shrugged.

  "What's wrong, don't you think so?" Heathcliff asked, turning his face.

  "Perhaps it's because I've seen too much, but I really don't have any feelings about the ocean."

  "Hehe, being in good fortune without knowing it."

  "It doesn't matter if it's good or bad luck anymore, just eat quickly, the ice cream is almost melted." Yì Fēi Yáng reminded.

  Annie then lightly bit into the ice cream and closed her eyes as if savoring it.

  Yi Feiyang shook his head again. These girls were too easily satisfied. It was just an ice cream, was it that memorable?

  "Hmm, Los Angeles' ice cream is still better, New York's always feels too rough," Heather said.

  "Wherever you go, ice cream is the same; it's just the place that's different." Yi Feiyang couldn't help but say.

  Hathaway gave him a white eye, as if blaming him for not understanding the romance, "Don't you believe me? Then try it and see if the taste is different?" As she said that, she brought the ice cream to Yifeng's mouth.

  On the ice cream that Heathcliff had bitten into, a faint rose-colored lip print could be seen.

  Yi Feiyang couldn't help but lightly bite down, sweet and smooth, with an indescribable flavor... Ah, yes, it was the scent of lip balm.