All-rounder Artist

The treasure chest is divided into four levels:

Bronze, silver, gold, and diamond.

The awards with the Perfect Level Ability are contained only within the diamond treasure chest.

So far, the highest level treasure chest that Lin Yuan has obtained is Gold Level, so he certainly isn’t expecting any Perfect Level abilities for now.

For a ‘person’, being a master is already enough.

For example, let’s take the “Six Shrimps” painting that Lin Yuan previously completed using the character card of Qi Baishi.

If before, Lin Yuan needed the character card to produce such a piece of work, now, he can create similar quality work purely by painting seriously, without needing to borrow any character cards at all—

This is mastery!

With the serialisation state of the “Death Note” gradually stabilising, the fervent discussions online eventually quieted down some.

In contrast on the Tribe forum, there was a sustained enthusiasm from fans in Shadow’s comment section

And because of the recognition of Shadow’s abilities, many netizens have consciously linked Shadow with Chu Kuang and Xian Yu, whenever they bring up the latter two.

The connection of the Three Bros, therefore, gets driven even deeper into the hearts of people.

Laughing about it, Jin Mu comments: “Because Shadow’s comics gained big popularity, the connections between the three aliases became stronger, and there’s a ton of online jokes about the boss’s three aliases.”

Lin Yuan nods.

Jin Mu then speaks: “Already there are animation production companies inquiring about the copyright of ‘Death Note’…”

“So soon?”

Lin Yuan is somewhat surprised, as it was only once his prior two comics were halfway in their serialisation that there was interest in their copyrights.

This time, with ‘Death Note’ still only a bit into serialisation, companies are wanting to turn it into an animation already.

“Indeed.”

Jin Mu curves his lips: “On one hand, it’s due to ‘Death Note’ doing really well, and on the other, it’s because the animations based on the boss’s previous two works were really successful. Hence everyone believes that the boss’s third comic can also be adapted well.”

“Hmm.”

Lin Yuan knows, in the anime circle, that there’s a saying called “suffered from animation adaptation”.

The meaning is that, sometimes, a comic or novel with a splendid original plot ends up having a very poorly-made animation adaptation.

That’s when netizens would give the comment of “suffered from animation adaptation”.

Luckily, the animation companies Lin Yuan has chosen to work with are all reliable. Until now there hasn’t been a case where the animation adaptation falls short, to the point that the influence of the animations surpasses even the original comics.

“Don’t sell first, wait till the heat goes up a bit more.”

As the ‘Death Note’ can gain more popularity later, by then the copyright will be more valuable. Therefore, Lin Yuan doesn’t wish to hastily sell the copyright now.

Jin Mu nods, “That’s what I was thinking too.”

Continuing the discussion, Jin Mu then adds: “I’ve already sent the new manuscript of the Hercule Poirot Series to Silver Blue Books; it will be published on the first of next month.”

“Oh.”

The Poirot Detective Collection Series has already started a serialisation schedule of one episode each month.

As far as Lin Yuan’s writing speed is concerned, penning one Poirot mystery story each month hardly takes up much time.

And as the serialisation continues, Poirot’s popularity grows steadily.

Lin Yuan believes that, when Poirot’s influence thoroughly erupts, this gentleman with a mustache will become a true Detective Conan in the world of mysteries in Blue Star!

…

On the 23rd of August, Lin Yuan came to the company.

Hearing the news, Wu Yong, who was the Assistant Director on the ninth floor, hustled over with an excited expression: “Boss, you’re finally visiting the company!”

Lin Yuan paused for a moment: “Am I caught skipping work?”

Wu Yong gave a wry smile: “Who dares to monitor the boss’s attendance? I meant that time is running out. Jiang Kui and Teacher Sun Yaohuo are waiting for your move.”

“Oh, tell me about the situation.”

The reason Lin Yuan came to the company was precisely for this matter.

When he came to the company at the end of last month, Wu Yong had already mentioned this issue to Lin Yuan.

“Here’s the situation.”

Wu Yong spoke: “Jiang Kui’s new song is ranked third in this month’s chart, an excellent achievement indeed, while Sun Yaohuo’s new song is ranked eighth. Although its rank isn’t particularly high, its popularity has been holding up well. However, without a song of enough weight, it’s impossible for them to break into the top tier before the end of the year, so…”

Wu Yong chattered on and on for quite some time.

After listening to Wu Yong’s explanation, Lin Yuan roughly understood the situation.

The efforts of Xue Liang and Feng Shuo were not in vain. Under the nurturing of the company and through efforts of these two disciples, both Sun Yaohuo and Jiang Kui are advancing steadily towards first-tier singer status this year.

If one were to use a progress bar as an analogy, Jiang Kui is probably only about 10 percent away from becoming a first-tier artist.

Sun Yaohuo is slightly behind but is also only about 20 percent from achieving first-tier status.

However, with the progress bar, the closer you get to the finish line, the harder it becomes.

Xue Liang and Feng Shuo have already reached their limits.

They are unable to provide Sun Yaohuo and Jiang Kui with songs that would allow the pair to completely break into first-tier status.

If they continue to give Sun Yaohuo and Jiang Kui songs to sing, they could at best barely manage to keep the two from dropping out of the top ten positions.

Therefore, it is essential for Lin Yuan to step in at this point.

Because to be able to advance into first-tier status, it isn’t enough just to stay in the top ten; one must have an achievement like a season champion to finalize it!

This is a display of dominance!

“The boss shouldn’t feel too pressured,”

After explaining, Wu Yong slightly slowed down his pace of speaking:

“Most of the other composition departments have not completed their tasks either. So far, they have basically only cultivated one top-tier artist each, while the company’s requirement is for each of us to foster two. We’re just lagging the most; we haven’t been able to push anyone into top-tier status…”

“I understand.”

Lin Yuan says: “Notify Teacher Sun Yaohuo to prepare to visit the company and start recording.”

“Huh?”

Wu Yong is taken aback.

He thought Lin Yuan would choose Jiang Kui because she is closer to first-tier status, but Lin Yuan chose to promote Sun Yaohuo first.

This Sun Yaohuo truly is favored by the boss.

But, is there enough time for this?

“Boss, can’t we let Jiang Kui go first?”

“This song suits Sun Yaohuo.”

“I see.”

Wu Yong hesitates for a moment before he finally leaves the room to make the phone call.

After Wu Yong leaves, Gu Dong, the assistant, comes forward to refill Lin Yuan’s tea, and then tactfully reminds him: “Boss, if you want to elevate Teacher Sun Yaohuo to first-tier status, one song may not be enough…”

“It’s alright.”

Lin Yuan dismisses it offhandedly.

Back at the end of last month, after Wu Yong mentioned this issue to Lin Yuan, he has been contemplating which song to arrange for Sun Yaohuo.

Since this song must carry a certain weight, he has deliberated on this for a long time.

And, back some time ago, he had already found the solution; even the small sample piece of the song was produced to avoid any delay. After all, it’s already late in August by now, and time left for Lin Yuan to help Sun Yaohuo with the song recording is pretty limited.

Luckily, there’s a song that suits Sun Yaohuo perfectly.

Both the vocal range and tone are an ideal match.

And this song is called: “Ten Years”.