On the 8th, Japanese TELEVISION reporter Yoshido Tsujioka, who was jokingly called "Yidundun" because of his love for the Beijing Winter Olympics mascot "Ice Pier", and Cao Xue, the father of the "Ice Pier" and the head of the design team of the Winter Olympic mascot Guangmei, had their first "cloud meeting", and the Global Times reporter exclusively witnessed the whole process of the meeting online.
The picture shows the first "cloud meeting" of Cao Xue, the father of "Yidundun" and "Ice Dundun". Wang Tao/Photo
"Ah! It's really you! In the equipment commissioning stage, Tsujioka Yoshido saw Cao Xue appear on the screen and began to "confess madly": "I especially like the 'ice pier', it is particularly glorious to see you", he also saw the "ice pier" placed in Cao Xue's home, and said to himself "How cute"! The "cloud meeting" began 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
Yoshido Tsujioka said in an exclusive interview with the Global Times reporter that he was very eager to meet the designers of the "ice pier". Cao Xue also told the media that he would like to communicate with the "Yidun Dun". After several days of coordination and support from many parties, the Reporter of the Global Times finally promoted the first "cloud meeting" of the father of the "Yidundun" and "Icedun", and witnessed it exclusively throughout the whole process.
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"When did you know about the existence of the 'Righteous Pier'"? Seeing the father of the "Ice Pier", Tsujioka Yoshido instantly transformed into a "fan brother" and asked timidly. Cao Xue replied: "I have long known that now the Internet is too developed, and you have become a star in China." Tsujioka smiled sheepishly. So how many 'ice piers' do you have now?"? In the face of Cao Xue's questioning, Tsujioka Yoshido replied, "I can't count them, there are almost 100 of them, and almost all the styles on the market are there." Cao Xue joked, "You have more collections than designers, and I envy you too much." ”
Yoshido Tsujioka told the Global Times that he was "in love at first sight" on the "ice pier". At the beginning of the "Cloud Meeting", Cao Xue was very interested in this mood of "Yidun Dun", and told the Global Times reporter several times that he must ask him in person. Sure enough, Cao Xue quickly threw this question to Tsujioka Yoshido, and "Yoshidundun" replied that he was deeply attracted by it when he first saw the "Ice Pier", the overall shape was very cute, the side face, the back shadow, from the top, from the bottom, 360 degrees without dead angles, how to see are cute.
Cao Xue revealed that in the design process of the "ice pier", it began as a two-dimensional sketch, and at a certain stage began to use computer 3D modeling, 360 degree rotation, and modification from various dimensions. For example, how high is the nose of the "ice pier"? The tip of the nose is too high, like a dog; the tip of the nose is too low, losing the characteristics of a panda, and so on, and so on, and so on, put a lot of effort into the details.
Seeing the father of the "ice pier", Tsujioka Yoshido could not hide his excitement, turned into "100,000 why piers", and opened a serial cannon-like question mode: "Why is the ice pier a panda"? Have other animals been considered? Why is it a round image? Did you encounter any difficulties in the design process? What does the "heart" on the palm of the left hand of the "ice pier" mean...
Cao Xue replied one by one that pandas are China's national treasures, and many Japanese people, including Mr. Yitang, also love Chinese pandas. Although animals such as Siberian tigers and elk have also been tried in the creative process, it is still the panda that can best represent China. Moreover, the same is the panda, the setting of the "ice pier" is a young panda, which mainly has several characteristics: first, the ratio of face to body is almost 1:1; second, the standing posture is the inner eight instead of the outer eight; third, the facial features are as close as possible to the middle, and the nose and mouth are close to the eyes. In this way, the "cute state" of the "ice pier" can be shown.
"That's right! Completely unnoticed! Tsujioka exclaimed, "Please tell me what other features of the 'ice pier' there are!" Cao Xue mentioned a detail: in order to observe how young pandas usually play, the team specially went to the Sichuan Wolong Panda Breeding Base. I thought I was already familiar with pandas, but later I found out that the panda's tail was white instead of the black as I thought.
Cao Xue also said that the design of the mascot involves confidentiality and cannot disclose information to anyone. When I went to Sichuan to observe pandas, I could only tell my family that I was on a "business trip" and went to see a "furry animal", possibly a "wild boar". The rooms where I usually work are all closed, and the curtains must be closed. Due to the strong confidentiality, as long as an expert proposes to change even one detail, he must fly from Guangzhou to Beijing with the team. Each flight in the air lasted 3 hours, 2 hours from the airport to the Olympic Organizing Committee, and the round trip took 10 hours, and he and his team made 21 trips to and from Beijing in 7 months.
This series of operations greatly shocked Tsujioka Yoshido, Cao Xue said, "Although we are designers and not athletes, but through participating in the design of the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics, we feel the fighting spirit like an athlete."
When talking about the difficulties encountered in the design, Cao Xue replied, "At the beginning, there was no colored energy ring around the face of the 'ice pier', and at that time, I felt that there was a lack of bright spots. Later, I got inspiration from the 'ice ribbon' of the National Speed Skating Hall, but I didn't expect the effect to be particularly good, and it suddenly shined." Cao Xue also said that the color of the energy ring is actually the color of the five Olympic rings, because the panda already has black on the body, so it retains the four colors of blue, red, yellow and green. Cao Xue also said that the panda has a meat pad in its palm, artistically treating it into a red heart, and also wants to take this opportunity to spread love to the world as a friendly ambassador.
The "man who single-handedly inflated the price of 'ice'" asked Cao Xue how he felt about the "ice pier" so popular that it sold out. Cao Xue said that as a designer, he was very excited, but when he saw the people lining up in the cold wind for hours, this excitement became touching, and even tears. He asked rhetorically, if in such an era, what is scarce enough to make people wait in long lines to buy in the cold wind? Presumably, what everyone is looking forward to is the warmth of holding the "ice pier" in your hand.
In the previous video, Tsujioka Yoshido tried to surround the "ice pier" for a group photo, but only "squatted" to the staff who came to work, this scene made countless netizens can't help but be funny. He once told the Global Times reporter that he dreamed of taking a group photo with the "ice pier" before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In this "cloud meeting" with the father of the "ice pier", Tsujioka Yoshido made a request at the end: he wanted to wait until Cao Xue was free, draw a cartoon of him holding the "ice pier", and realize his long-cherished wish to take a photo with the "ice pier".
"Bring the drawing board." Cao Xue heard this request and immediately said to the people around him. Tsujioka didn't seem to react yet, shouting repeatedly, "What? Right now? "Are you going to start painting now?" After receiving the affirmative answer, Tsujioka Yoshido held the "ice pier" in his hand and smiled at the screen. Cao Xue, while painting on the other side of the screen, said that this was the first time that he had drawn a group photo with the "ice pier" for others.
A few minutes later, Cao Xue showed the sketch to Tsujioka Yoshido, "Yoshidun Dun" was ecstatic, kept thanking him, and said, "I must hang it at home"!
The picture shows the sketch work created by Cao Xue, the father of "Ice Pier", for "Yi Dun Dun". Wang Tao/Photo
Japan's "Figure Skating Prince" Habu Yusuke has a super popularity in China, between "Exclusive Interview with Habu Knots" and "'Big' 'Ice Pier'", who to choose? Yoshido Tsujioka finally chose the "ice pier" when answering the soul torture of the Global Times reporter. In this regard, Cao Xue told the Global Times reporter that Mr. Yitang's feelings for the "ice pier" are like "love at first sight" to "seeing and forgetting righteousness". "Color" refers to the story itself and cultural connotation, there is "color" to have "horns", Mr. Yitang felt the cultural connotation represented by the "ice pier", so it is not wrong to say that he "saw the color and forgot the righteousness".
When talking about the feelings of the "cloud meeting" with Yoshido Tsujioka, Cao Xue told the Global Times reporter, "Mr. Yoshido was touched by the 'ice pier', and we were touched by him, which is a chain reaction." As a designer and as a Chinese, it is a great fortune to see your work recognized outside of China." Cao Xue also said that the design of the "ice pier" is to convey love, and the performance of Yitang shows that he has experienced this love, which is very touching, and he has also experienced the "cheerful spirit" from him.