"Other people's kid" Lin Yi holds a computer science degree from a top university and an offer from a famous company, but he resolutely chooses to return to the small town in Jiangnan where he was born and raised. What triggered his decision was the last old shadow puppet artist in the town and the box of shadow puppets that carried thousands of years of stories.
Faced with the question that "study is useless", Lin Yi did not defend himself. A more ambitious dream burned in his heart: he would use his own way to carve out a way for these ancient skills that were on the verge of disappearing.
He is not a tombkeeper fighting alone, but a "wave maker" in the new era. He assembled a special team: Su Nian, a young embroiderer with superb skills but no market, Wang Hao, the "traffic genius" of the short video platform, and Li Jing, a designer full of ideals.
Lin Yi's team developed an AR application. With a swipe of the phone, the static "Wu Song" can instantly "fight a tiger" and come alive on the screen. Once the video was released, the entire Internet went crazy. How to bring Su embroidery into modern life? They introduced AI to learn massive patterns, generate new patterns with both classical beauty and modernity, and used ancient stitching techniques to embroider "cyberpunk"-like works.
They use live broadcast footage to turn the quiet workshop into a charming stage, making the ingenious story behind each work the most moving selling point. Under the spotlight of the National Cultural and Creative Competition, they used their strength to defeat elite teams and win the championship.
"National Style Players" tells the story of the romance and hard work of a group of young people. It shows the most beautiful appearance of contemporary youth: with roots in their hearts and light in their eyes, they use their wisdom and sweat to write cultural confidence on the land of the motherland.
