The finals of the mini 4WD competition in Xijiang Province had indeed set off a huge wave in the entire Yuzhang City. The children were so shocked by this amazing competition that they had no friends. As for the parents, it was the first time that they realized that a competition for children's toys could be so cool.
In fact, even some parents who often watched various competitions had to admit that, except for some foreign competitions, they had never seen a domestic competition that could surpass this mini 4WD competition. Even a professional football league like Jia-A was not half as good as this competition. And this was only the finals of the Xijiang Province. If the national finals were held, how cool would it be?!
Parents' perception of something was actually similar to that of children. They all looked at it based on whether it was cool, high-end, and awesome.
However, what was cool in the eyes of children was different from what was cool in the eyes of adults. When there was a competition that could make both children and adults feel cool at the same time, it would give the adults the impression that this was not just a simple children's toy, but a suitable activity for all human beings.
This was just like the future e-sports competitions. At first, all the adults thought that it was something for children to play. However, when the adults who originally did not care about it saw the finals of S7, S8, and S9, their attitude toward e-sports suddenly changed. It rose to the same level as football, basketball, and other sports competitions.
Anyway, after the competition in Xijiang Province ended, especially after the live broadcast of the whole province, the adults' attitude toward mini 4WD once again changed dramatically. The mini 4WD was further recognized by them, especially when Liu Qingmei, who won in the end, received a prize of 20,000 yuan from the Daqian and the Daqian promised to provide for her education until she went to university in the future. The adults were even more deeply aware of this point.
Some children, who had originally given up on their parents' support, suddenly found that one day, their parents had given them a box of mini 4WD cars. They even asked them to play with the mini 4WD cars and strive to earn money for their family to study!
However, this popularity was only limited to Xijiang Province. After all, the programs of Xijiang TV Station could only be seen in Xijiang Province. Due to the lack of development of TV and internet, most places were still using over-the-air TV. There was no cable TV and people could only rely on antennas to watch TV programs. Therefore, many places in Xijiang Province were not affected by this live TV broadcast.
However, it didn't matter because a week later, after editing and production, it was divided into two episodes. Each episode was 40 minutes long, and the children's documentary "Our Four-wheel World: West River" was finally broadcast on CCTV's tangram program.
CCTV was a satellite TV station, and the signal was ridiculously good. Even in the mountains, as long as there was a TV, one could watch CCTV, and only one CCTV.
The entire competition in Xijiang Province was edited into this 80-minute program for children all over the country to watch. Then, it quickly caused a huge sensation among the people all over the country.
Due to the influence of the previous "Key Questions" program and the fact that the tangram program was broadcast after work, many adults were very interested in watching this competition with their children. Then, it completely blew up.
The entire program was edited into two episodes. The first episode was the qualifiers and the semi-finals, and the second episode was the finals.
It could be seen that the editors of CCTV were very capable. They knew what the key points of a successful documentary program were. They did not try to show the entire competition in a panoramic manner because it would only make the program messy.
At the beginning of the first episode, there was an aerial shot. It was filmed from the air in the Xijiang Province Stadium. A large number of contestants gathered in the stadium, and there were all kinds of chaotic cheers in the background. The audience's emotions were immediately stirred by this scene.
Then, the camera focused on a child. Through the introduction of the documentary, everyone learned that this child was from Jinshui Town in Wuning County, Xijiang Province. He was also the only contestant in the whole town who came to Yuzhang City to participate in the competition. He carried the hopes of all the children in the town who loved 4WD.
Then, this child began to participate in the qualifiers. In the end, he successfully passed the qualifiers. He hugged his 4WD tightly in his arms, and the corners of his eyes were filled with hot tears. He cried as he was interviewed by the reporters.
However, this child only took up less than five minutes of the documentary. Then, the camera focused on a few other children. The camera not only recorded their competition, but also their families and their love for 4WD. The film crew even followed some of the children into their homes and filmed their parents' views on their children and 4WD.
This made many children and adults ponder, because what the documentary showed was that these children weren't just playing with toys for fun. They really treated mini 4WD cars as a dream to pursue.
At the same time, through the scenes of these children modifying the 4WD and skillfully using various electrical tools, it was indeed reflected that 4WD could develop children's hands-on skills and scientific thinking.
At the 25th minute, the camera focused on the four beautiful girls. All the audience was surprised because all the protagonists just now were boys. This was the first time that girls had appeared. Such beautiful girls, not to mention that there was a pair of twins among them.
Just when the audience thought that these girls were just decorations, the following scene told them that they were wrong. Among the four girls, except for one who fell down while running and failed the competition, all of them successfully passed the qualifiers. Among them, the twin sisters even won the third and fourth place in the qualifiers.
However, everyone was more interested in Tian Yujiao, who failed the competition.
It had to be said that the CCTV's camera processing was really good. The shaky scene was accompanied by sad but firm background music. Tian Yujiao, a 12-year-old child, still stood up from the ground with great strength despite her arms and ankles being stained with blood from the fall. She limped to pick up the 4WD, endured the pain and tears, and put it back on the track step by step. Then, she followed her 4WD back to the starting point.
"Uncle Referee, did I finish the competition?" In the end, Tian Yujiao's question to the referee completely poked the audience's tears. Many of them couldn't help but be moved to tears by this strong child.
In fact, most of the people crying were adults, because children would think that this was a very normal thing. If they sprained their ankles, they would definitely insist on finishing the competition.
Only the adults, who had learned to be tactful, rational, and the so-called wisdom of survival and abandoned many things, couldn't help but cry bitterly when they saw such a young child still chasing her dreams.
In a short time, Tian Yujiao became popular. Many people remembered this strong little girl's figure. In the end, the picture of Tian Yujiao with disheveled hair and dirty face, but extremely happy holding her 4WD became one of the classics of the era. It was used in many posters, TV shows, and newspaper illustrations.
Just like the big-eyed little girl who was eager to read books, it became one of the memories of the era.
The first documentary episode came to an end in the final semi-finals, and this semi-finals also solved the mystery of who won in the end, Jia Jiayue or Jia Jiafeng.
In the end, after the TV footage was slowed down by 10 times, the program team announced that the two sisters' 4WD really hit the finish line at the same time. The gap between their cars was no more than 3 centimeters, and the actual time difference was at most 1% of a second.
But if the winner had to be determined, the younger sister, Jia Jiayue, was still faster by 0.01 seconds.
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