SINGAPORE: There are many social media influencers who use their pets for content. Then there is Chinese YouTuber Xing Zhilei, who has made a lot more than content for his cats.
After building a supermarket, a theatre, a spa and a garage in feline proportions, he constructed an underground train station in a similar size over four months, upon the request of his followers.
His highly realistic creation – complete with a moving train, a functioning escalator and platform doors that open at the same time as the train doors – was showcased in a two-minute video uploaded on Aug 17 to his channel Xing’s World.
Xing can fit inside the train but only if he lies down nearly flat.
His cats are seen boarding and alighting from the train, as boarding announcements for its paw-ssengers are broadcast.
The video racked up over 105,000 views in about two days, with many viewers left amazed at Xing’s Cat Town subway station’s resemblance to a real train station.
Xing said he had to grapple with how to build a working escalator and how to open both the carriage and platform doors simultaneously when the train arrives at the station.
A viewer wrote that the cats in China are “getting better public transit than the humans in America”, while another one commented that Xing’s cats have “won the lottery” in life.
Others praised Xing for his artistry and craftsmanship.
“This is spectacularly well done! Your attention to detail is incredible. I really appreciate all the little touches like using different paint textures and adding illuminated signs. That really makes it look like the full-scale subway. It could be a movie set!” said a commenter with the handle Ghotio. - The Straits Times/ANN
