All-rounder Artist

Luo Wei said, puffing up her cheeks, somewhat surprised at Lin Yuan’s composure. This guy really knew how to keep his cool.

Lin Yuan was baffled. “Angry about what?”

Luo Wei facepalmed, and even Jin Mu couldn’t help but smirk.

Jin Mu could understand both Luo Wei’s frustration and Lin Yuan’s calm.

The reason for Luo Wei’s frustration was quite simple.

She just felt that Shadow was being made fun of, by Pacific Saury and Sea of Blood, with malicious intent.

However, Lin Yuan’s calm stemmed from his own strength!

In the eyes of Luo Wei and many others who do not know the truth, Shadow is just Shadow.

But for Lin Yuan, Shadow could be Xian Yu or Chu Kuang.

They were all equals.

Who said Shadow was insignificant?

Who would dare say Xian Yu or Chu Kuang were insignificant?

That’s why Lin Yuan didn’t respond to Pacific Saury and Sea of Blood.

Only those who have their sore spots poked will fly into a rage. If the other party talks nonsense, why should the person involved be angry?

You should know.

Outside the realm of comics, Lin Yuan had long been a dazzling big-shot!

Many Chu people wouldn’t even know that they’ve already been knocked down in the music field by this “Shadow”.

However, just because Lin Yuan wasn’t angry didn’t mean Shadow’s fans weren’t angry.

At Tribe Comics, many people shared Luo Wei’s discontent!

They directly criticized the antics of Pacific Saury and Sea of Blood in the comment section of their interview.

The fans of Sea of Blood and Pacific Saury fought back fiercely.

A war of words broke out between the two sides.

Even some Qin and Qi comic artists felt quite unhappy!

“The Chu people are too arrogant!”

“There are many comic artists releasing new works in August, but Pacific Saury and Sea of Blood regard it as a competition. It’s not just about dismissing Shadow, it’s about overlooking all the Qin and Qi comic artists!”

“I really hope someone can teach them a lesson.”

“Easier said than done. The Chu people’s animation and comic skills have always been leading in Blue Star.”

“We have to admit that comics are indeed the Chu people’s forte.”

“Shadow didn’t respond because he didn’t want to get involved, and also probably because he was helpless.”

“Before the unification, Shadow was also a top comic artist, but among the most powerful Chu artists, Shadow doesn’t really have any advantages.”

“…”

Everyone was just frustrated, just as the Chu people would be displeased about the Qin’s dominance in Blue Star’s music industry.

If you can’t beat them, you just can’t. There’s nothing to it.

There were indeed comic artists within Qin Qi who could compete with Chu, but they were few and far between.

At least if Shadow faced Pacific Saury and Sea of Blood, he wouldn’t have much chance of winning.

Even though the comment section of Pacific Saury’s and Sea of Blood’s interview was chaotic, everyone understood that the Chu people indeed had reasons to be arrogant in the field of comics.

Even so, both sides still wouldn’t give up their verbal clashes.

August hadn’t arrived yet, but the air in Tribe Comics was filled with tension, a storm was brewing.

…

In Lin Yuan’s studio.

Luo Wei was utterly engrossed in drawing “Death Note,” trying to channel her frustration into productivity. She was even more focused than usual.

Lin Yuan, as always, was leisurely working on his drafts.

On the 15th of August, Lin Yuan suddenly received a notification that the animated version of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” had been completed. The first episode would premiere at six pm that day.

“It’s done already?”

Lin Yuan was a bit surprised.

Jin Mu laughed, “This production company has chosen to broadcast while still in production. ‘Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma’ will air its first episode today because they’ve already completed half of the first season of the anime, and the rest is in production.”

“I see.”

Lin Yuan remembered “King of the Net” was not broadcast in this manner.

Jin Mu seemed to sense Lin Yuan’s confusion and explained, “They’ve learned this method of production from the Chu people. You have to admit, the Chu people have a lot of experience in this area. They can start airing the anime when it’s half finished and complete the rest with guaranteed quality.”

That’s right. The rights to animate “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” were bought by a company in Chu.

Jin Mu continued, “I have watched it already, and it’s very faithful to the original.”

As the author of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma,” Lin Yuan could have gone to the production company to preview the first episode of the animated version, but he didn’t. Therefore, his agent, Jin Mu, had gone to watch the finished product instead.

“It’s now 5:30. Boss, do you want to watch?” Jin Mu glanced at his watch.

“Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” would start at six o’clock.

“Sure.”

Lin Yuan settled into the sofa.

He could watch the premiere on his studio computer.

Sure enough, it was six o’clock and Lin Yuan watched the first episode of the official “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”.

The storyline was basically unchanged.

How the manga was drawn was how the animated storyline was presented.

Only some shots and transitions were artistically crafted by the director to make it more visually pleasing.

With the addition of quality voice acting, the whole effect of the anime was much better than the manga!

It’s worth mentioning.

The voice actors in Blue Star were incredible, unlike the Celestial Dynasty in his previous life, where the quality of voice acting was inconsistent.

Furthermore, the quality of animation in Blue Star was even higher than that of Neon!

Lin Yuan even turned on the comments.

The comments for this anime were interesting.

“Ah, am I watching an adult anime?”

“Mom, let me explain!”

“Would you believe if I told you she’s just eating a dish?”

“Hahaha, “Aphrodisiac no Soma” truly lives up to its reputation!”

“Hard work pays off, voice actors! Let’s give them a chicken leg emoji!”

“Are current comics this sexy? I like.”

“Clothes explode, clothes explode, clothes explode! Ahhh, such blinding divine light!”

“…”

This animation has been produced to a level of embarrassingly explicit fanservice. Lin Yuan felt somewhat awkward watching it.

He should be more mindful in creating new works in the future.

Some fanservice is okay, but too much will affect his image.

As he was thinking about this, a system prompt suddenly popped up in his mind:

[Ding Dong! Congratulations, Host, for completing a task to boost your painting reputation to 300,000 points within a year, rewarding a gold treasure chest (Note: The gold treasure chest contains master-level painting techniques)!]

Lin Yuan was taken aback.

Previously, wasn’t he still short of twenty or thirty thousand reputation points? This was why he was in such a hurry to release “Death Note”, but the new comic hadn’t been officially published yet. How did he suddenly complete the task?

Could it be…

Lin Yuan suddenly understood something as he lifted his head to glance at the animated version of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”. It probably had something to do with this animation.

The influence of animation was much greater than that of comics indeed!

Many gentlemen contributed their power to enhance his reputation as well.

Without hesitation, and with a bit of excitement:

“Open the treasure chest.”

System prompt: [Congratulations, Host, for obtaining master-level painting techniques!!]

Whooosh!

At this moment, Lin Yuan felt his brain teeming with countless top-tier painting knowledge, like streams of golden light coursing through his mind!

It was a very peculiar feeling!

At the same time, Lin Yuan could clearly perceive that his understanding of painting had levelled up again.

As he lowered his head to look at a few drafts of “Death Note” on the table, he suddenly frowned.

He frowned hard!

Lin Yuan initially thought that these drafts were not bad. At least this is what he thought before he opened the gold treasure chest.

But now, Lin Yuan somehow found these drawings too crude.

The lines were not handled smoothly enough…

The characters’ gazes were somewhat stiff…

This storyboard was not impactful enough…

The hands were drawn poorly, the angle was completely unnatural!

This person didn’t know a single thing about painting!

Oh, it seemed these drafts were drawn by himself…

Upon inspection, his flaws were countless!

So many mistakes that Lin Yuan couldn’t spot before, were now glaringly obvious in retrospect!

At this moment, Lin Yuan realized it was not that his previous painting skills were too poor, but his present painting skills were…

Too powerful!

Before this, Lin Yuan was only at a professional level.

At a professional level, one could make a living from painting, become a comic artist, or perhaps they could gain some fame as a painter.

But now, Lin Yuan had reached a master level!

Master level equated to standing at the apex in a specific field!

Although the system had a perfect level in its evaluation, considering that humans were after all, mortals bound by flesh, it was difficult to reach perfection, so Master Level painting had already reached the extreme limit!

That is to say,

In the entire comic field, no one’s painting skills could surpass that of Lin Yuan. The most talented comic artist’s painting skills were on par with Lin Yuan at best!

Moreover…

Lin Yuan doubted if anyone with such skills even existed.

However, in the traditional Chinese painting circle, there might be some super experts whose painting skills were on par with Lin Yuan’s skill level now, but he was not sure since he hadn’t conducted any research on it.

“In the art of painting, I am invincible.”

Such a thought crossed Lin Yuan’s mind.

As Luo Wei was planning to get off work, she was suddenly caught up in the excitement of watching “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” on her computer:

“Is it airing already?”

“No time to watch the animation now.”

Lin Yuan, with a stern tone, interrupted Luo Wei: “Bring me the drafts you have completed in recent days to check. I want to inspect their quality.”

Luo Wei, without taking her eyes off the computer, muttered: “Didn’t you check it already?”

Lin Yuan seriously stated: “Check it one more time.”

“Okay.”

Reluctantly, Luo Wei went next door, returning with a bunch of drafts. “Here you go…”

While talking, Luo Wei smacked her forehead: “There are digitized versions on the computer. Why do you need to look at the originals? They are not even colored yet.”

“Coloring will not make any difference.”

Lin Yuan stared at the drafts that Luo Wei had brought over and shook his head. It was as he expected.

A golden light seemed to sparkle in his eyes. “None of these can be used, each and every one is poorly drawn.”

“Huh?”

Luo Wei seemed a little stunned.

They were poorly drawn?

Most of these drafts were completed by Luo Wei and the assistant, half of which were even drawn by Lin Yuan himself. Yet Lin Yuan said that each and every draft was not up to par?

It’s one thing to criticize my drawings.

But you’re not even sparing your own work?

Are you being too strict about the job?

“Redraw everything.”

Lin Yuan said in a resolute manner!

Actually, it was not that Luo Wei’s drawings were not good enough, but rather, his current level was too high, and as superior artists tend to have higher standards and requirements!

In fact,

Even if the original version of “Death Note” were now in front of Lin Yuan, he would still not use it.

Because he could! Draw! Even! Better!

But Luo Wei didn’t understand.

So Luo Wei was left dumbfounded.

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ps: Trying to find the rhythm, the novel will resume updates this week.