Creating couplets was merely a fun and casual action, just like the previous âBalloon Challengeâ, such internet trends always come and go quickly.
However, the impact this incident has brought will not easily fade away.
Many netizens remembered deeply about the level of couplets created by Xian Yu and Chu Kuang.
The following few days,
numerous spectators started discussing something related to the couplet event
Between Xian Yu and Chu Kuang, who has superior literary talent?
Such a discussion is destined to be endless.
Because both Chu Kuang and Xian Yu have excellent writing skills, yet their styles are unique.
The former excels at writing novels, both long and short, and is skilled at arranging some exquisite and striking narrative plots.
The latter is good at crafting beautiful sentences, mainly in the form of poems and song lyrics. His talent lies more in rhythm and he has a script for a film that may not be heavy on plot but is hilarious.
Similar discussions resurfaced ever since âFlirting Scholarâ was released.
Itâs just that with this couplet event, the number of participants in the discussion has increased.
Those who enjoy making jokes always bring up the existence of a third person, Shadow, in these discussions, always full of mockeries:
âDoes Shadow have no reputation?â
âObviously Chu Kuang, Xian Yu, and Shadow are three different people.â
âDo they actually think he is just a shadow?â
âAt least Shadow is also a member of the trio.â
âShadow has such a low presence, haha.â
âAs everyone knows, thereâs always an invisible one in any trinity.â
The only remaining presence of Shadow is probably these kinds of teases.
After all, compared with the reputation of Chu Kuang and Xian Yu, Shadow is just a relatively excellent newcomer to the comic circle.
The number of Shadowâs tribe followers is just over ten million.
Among them, some popularity was borrowed from Xian Yu and Chu Kuang.
This is the best evidence of Shadowâs low presence.
It should be noted that the number of fans following Xian Yu and Chu Kuang has both exceeded 50 million due to the couplet event.
If it werenât for Xian Yu, Chu Kuang, and Shadow following each other in a closed loop, many netizens wouldnât even care who Shadow is.
Luo Wei is very clear about these things, so she feels a little upset.
For some reason, Luo Wei feels empathetic with Shadow, probably because she manages Shadowâs tribe account, or maybe because of the information Lin Yuan revealedâ¦
What frustrated Luo Wei was that Lin Yuan, the person involved, seemed completely unaffected.
Even in the couplet event, Xian Yu and Chu Kuang flirting with each other, this guy turned a blind eye, as if he were invisible.
Luo Wei felt both pity for his misfortune and anger for his inaction.
On this day, as usual, she uploaded the comic âKing of the Netâ, pushing it a step closer to completion.
Luo Wei suddenly called Lin Yuan, who was about to leave the studio.
âAnything urgent?â
Lin Yuan asked.
Luo Wei sighed: âThe serialization of âKing of the Netâ is almost over. Donât you have any plans for the future?â
One worries more than the one who should.
Why could he be so calm?
On the contrary, even though she was just an assistant, she was always concerned for Lin Yuan, or rather, for Shadow.
âJust continue to draw comics.â
Lin Yuan naturally responded.
Since heâs been drawing every day, of course, he knew that that âKing of the Netâ is about to end.
But for Lin Yuan, this is not a complex problem, he just needs to continue publishing new comics under the pseudonym Shadow.
As for where to get the content for the new comics?
Of course itâs from the System.
Lin Yuan has confirmed this with the System. The System can customize comics.
Coming back to the point.
Actually, Lin Yuan attaches great importance to the Shadow pseudonym.
Because the existence of Shadow is the most important way for Lin Yuan to obtain drawing popularity!
Whether itâs gouache, sketch or traditional Chinese paintingâ¦
When it comes to gaining popularity, comics are always the fastest!
âI understand.â
Luo Wei sighed: âI was asking about the content for our next comic. Iâve done some research recently. Chu Kuang has two works that can be adapted into comics: âZhu Xianâ and âGhost Blows Out the Lightâ. Are you planning to pick one of these novels to adapt into a comic? To be frank, Iâm afraid the effect of adapting these two novels into comics wonât be comparable to âKing of the Netâ.â
âNo need.â
Lin Yuan also didnât plan to adapt these two novels into comic, itâs not that they are incapable of being adapted, itâs just, as Luo Wei had mentioned, itâs likely that the effect of adapting these two novels into comics will not surpass the currently serialized âKing of the Netâ.
Luo Weiâs eyes widened slightly: âYou mean, for the next manga, you want to go with an original storyline?â
âYeah.â
Lin Yuan nodded.
Luo Wei started to feel a little nervous.
For a manga, the plot is very important. The blockbuster popularity of âKing of the Netâ certainly had to do with Lin Yuanâs character design and art style fitting well with the original story.
But the storyline provided by Chu Kuang was also a very important factor.
How many manga artists are there with good drawing skills?
But the ones that make it big are those with awesome stories!
Luo Wei trusts Lin Yuanâs drawing abilities, but sheâs not sure if Lin Yuan has the plotting skills to match his artistic talents.
But she didnât voice these thoughts out for fear of undermining Lin Yuanâs confidence.
She could only hint delicately: âWhy donât we discuss things when you have an idea for your new manga?â
âOk.â
Lin Yuan did not underestimate Luo Wei simply because she was his assistant.
Luo Wei was far more important to Lin Yuan than an average manga assistant. Her drawing skills, roles, and abilities were equivalent to half a shadow.
It was also because of Luo Weiâs reminder.
When he got home, Lin Yuan summoned the System: âI want to create a new manga.â
He had calculated it.
There was less than two months until âKing of the Netâ was finished.
If he ordered now, he could create the new manga earlier and be ready to replace âKing of the Netâ.
âSystem customization in processâ¦â
This time the system didnât lag.
About three minutes later, three virtual boxes appeared in front of Lin Yuan:
âHost can independently choose a box. Each box contains one manga. Choose one of the three. The custom-made price this time is 10 million. Do you accept?â
Manga customization is also so expensive!
Even though Lin Yuanâs income isnât low right now, each customization still feels like heâs cutting off his flesh.
Fortunately, this time the system wasnât randomly choosing, but gave three options.
Three boxes, pick one.
It was time to rely on his luck.
Lin Yuan sent a hundred dollars cash gift in the group chat with the least number of people on his phone, then frantically tapped his phone screen
The phone screen was almost crushed.
âCongratulations, youâve grabbed Lin Yuanâs cash gift of 100 yuan.â
A prompt appeared on the phone, Lin Yuan calmed his wildly beating heart and heavily breathed a sigh of relief.
He wasnât sniped!
I am the king of luck!
In the group chat, a series of question marks appeared.
Sister: âSelf-touch???â
Xia Fan: âAre you happy???â
Jian Yi: âAre all you rich people so disgusting???â
Lin Yuan pretended not to see these messages. Anyway, since he was feeling lucky, he should be able to make a good pick.
âIâll choose the one in the middleâ¦â
Lin Yuan mumbled to himself. Because of his OCD, he really wanted to choose the one in the middle.
But-
Before his voice had finished, Lin Yuanâs hand rapidly clicked on the third box!
Surprising, isnât it?
Lin Yuan was afraid the system would try to trick him, so he pretended to choose the middle box, but actually chose the one on the right.
Swipe!
A flash of light passed through his eyes, and Lin Yuan heard a prompt in his ear: âCongratulations to the host for obtaining the manga âFood Wars: Shokugeki no Somaâ!â
At the same time,
Lin Yuan saw the dull hues of the manga in the other two boxes, which he hadnât chosen.
The first box contained âDream Eater.â
The second box contained âHimouto! Umaru-chan.â
At this moment,
Lin Yuan almost wanted to laugh out loud.
He had not fallen into the systemâs trap and chose the manga that would sell the most.
I am the insanely lucky one!