[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-all-rounder-artist":3,"chapter-all-rounder-artist-all-rounder-artist-chapter-1407":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","All-rounder Artist",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1270795,1699,"Chapter 1407: 1165 Prelude to the Knife Society_2","all-rounder-artist-chapter-1407",1407,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1407: Chapter 1165 Prelude to the Knife Society_2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou smiled faintly. “Look outside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the car had already driven close to the vicinity of the Cultural and Sports Center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the car looked through the window toward the massive Cultural and Sports Center building and gasped audibly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So many reporters!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not just many — outside the entrance of the Cultural and Sports Center, reporters from all directions gathered densely, like swarming ants!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Major newspapers, minor newspapers, TV stations, magazines…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of these media outlets were specifically invited by Starlight Entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were not invited by Starlight at all but came of their own accord, resulting in security personnel being several times more than usual!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep this in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s only five o’clock right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this is just the beginning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the afternoon progressed, more and more people gathered at the entrance of the Cultural and Sports Center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it’s not reporters but the audience!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buzzing crowd surged intensely, resulting in an uncountable number of spectators!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, some were even holding self-made support signs and banners high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reporters who had been waiting at the entrance since the morning were overwhelmed by the sheer influx of this tidal wave of people:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How many people is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Must be tens of thousands!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it now, around one o’clock?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The movie press conference doesn’t start until six in the evening!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Starlight Entertainment invited them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no need to invite anyone — most of them came because of Xian Yu and that bunch of legendary guests!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t forget, Xian Yu has held a concert for 100,000 people before, and that’s with the venue only accommodating 100,000 — many people couldn’t even get tickets!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Suddenly, the Cultural and Sports Center feels small.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It really is small.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s only one in the afternoon now, by six o’clock there might be over forty thousand spectators gathered here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The venue won’t fit them all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Some probably won’t be able to get in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are too many people, security checks have already started at the front, just getting in will take forever…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The question goes back to the beginning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t this just a movie press conference? Why the hell does it feel like a concert?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it’s a concert or not, all doubts about the Cultural and Sports Center being unable to fill were dispelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By five in the afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those guests invited for the movie press conference had already started walking the hundreds-meter-long red carpet outside the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Security guards lined the two sides of the barricades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reporters, armed with long lenses and short cameras, were visibly thrilled, frantically snapping away with their cameras and camcorders pointed at these individuals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience lingering at the entrance let out waves of screams!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s Ol’ Zou!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qi Continent’s Maestro!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chu Continent sent three Maestros too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Far more than just three — there’s plenty behind them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wei Continent sent quite a few too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every continent is here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And it’s not just Maestros from every continent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kings and Queens of Singing, even Best Actors and Actresses!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Incredible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t a movie press conference — it’s a music gala, isn’t it!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a moment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that…!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Abigail!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy sh*t, he really came?! Even though Middle State directors were ganging up on Xian Yu, Abigail, a Middle State native who even lost to Xian Yu during the Blue Songlympics, actually still showed up to support Xian Yu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beside Abigail is Yang Zhongming!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my God!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re arriving together, chatting and laughing. What’s going on? Wasn’t there buzz about Abigail and Father Yang not getting along!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail came!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he came with Yang Zhongming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight of these two top-tier Maestros appearing side by side on camera is like straight-up murder — the endless flash of cameras made countless people’s eyes hurt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On both sides of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd roared like waves crashing onto the shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail and Yang Zhongming both smiled, waving to the crowd and even coordinating to snap a photo together, creating one of those rare “moments to live for.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the photo was taken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two continued walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail leaned closer to Yang Zhongming’s ear and said, “Still keeping it under wraps? Come on, tell me — with such fanfare, there has to be something surprising, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I honestly have no idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Zhongming replied, “But Xian Yu has been thoroughly preparing these past few days and seems to have some new works to unveil today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No kidding,” Abigail rolled his eyes. “Otherwise, why would I be here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Zhongming chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t any complicated reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abigail was willing to show up simply to hear Xian Yu’s new music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the rumored tension between Abigail and himself, it wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musically, there had been competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that competition didn’t affect their private relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both simply couldn’t be bothered to clarify things to the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the timing was just right — the two conveniently coordinated a few side-by-side photos, dispelling some of the gossip in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the big shots entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the venue was already packed with spectators by then!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several major streaming platforms on Blue Star had already begun broadcasting live!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comment sections were blowing up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The press conference is about to start!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every big shot is sitting in the front rows!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father Yang and Abigail actually arrived together!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is what influence looks like!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my God!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’re dozens of Maestros from Qin Continent here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maestros from every continent are here — it’s just Middle State lacking some.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Abigail is here though. With his quality, he single-handedly overwhelms thousands!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xian Yu’s version of the Blue Songlympics?”\u003C\u002Fp>",964,"2026-06-05T16:38:55.479Z",1,"novelbin.me","e0472cbcc44062b5f4a88668f365bb1acc83ae17c23a91eb2fa7ff3f79ef93cd","all-rounder-artist-chapter-1408","all-rounder-artist-chapter-1406",1668,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fall-rounder-artist-cover.jpg"]