Yin says the starting point for micro films' popularity was 2010's Old Boy, an uplifting story about two ordinary people striving to become musicians.

尹教授称，微电影的盛行始于2010年的电影《老男孩》，一个讲述两位草根为音乐家梦想而奋斗的励志故事。

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He also had a habit of reworking musical material, both his own and other people's, that some people found hard to stomach, though at the time it was common practice among musicians.

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