[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-all-rounder-artist":3,"chapter-all-rounder-artist-all-rounder-artist-chapter-805":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},1270275,1699,"Chapter 805 - 665: Life of Pi Comes","all-rounder-artist-chapter-805",805,"\u003Cp>Chapter 805: Chapter 665: Life of Pi Comes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan was really not a sports fan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at the Bluelympics, which took place every four years, he lost interest after just half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He barely understood the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when the Qin Continent women’s volleyball team beat the Chu Continent team and advanced, Lin Yuan was quite happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was probably due to his natural sense of belonging to Qin Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou suddenly came over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dong was about to make tea for Ol’ Zhou, but Ol’ Zhou waved his hand, found a box of tea from the third cabinet on the right side of the office, and smiled broadly, “I knew there was a box of premium Pu-erh here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dong: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How are you so familiar with this place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou often visited Lin Yuan and knew the storage locations of different types of tea here as if it were his own home, but his visit today wasn’t for tea:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our movie has started its promotions recently.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said while making tea for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan knew exactly which movie Ol’ Zhou was referring to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He currently had only one movie that hadn’t been released yet, “Life of Pi”!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, the movie had indeed been delayed too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the movie demanded high-quality special effects and had a long production cycle, it shouldn’t have taken as long as it did now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was purely because the company hadn’t found a proper release slot and was involved in all sorts of other messy reasons like negotiating with cinemas for screening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many aspects involved in releasing a movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this news, Lin Yuan was quite expectant:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has the release date been set?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten days from now, the cinema arrangements aren’t bad. The promotion started a while ago, and we have a broad setup for this movie. Considering the variety of movies on the market now, and the ongoing news about the Bluelympics everywhere, we don’t need to make too much of a fuss, just standard promotional efforts will do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan asked, “What do I need to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou said, “There’s not much to do, just cooperate with the blog for some promotion. The blog is putting in a lot of effort to maintain a good cooperation with us. As for the Tribe, we couldn’t agree on terms, and in the end, no cooperation was reached.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tribe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou pursed his lips: “Our relationship with the Tribe isn’t great. Negotiating business with them is a hassle, our chairman got annoyed by them, and in the end, he decided to ignore them, after all, Blue Star can operate just fine without them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s my fault.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan knew why the Tribe wasn’t cooperating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since “Life of Pi” was a film he scripted and invested in, and he had already publicly declared no further cooperation with the Tribe, a feud had developed between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given his background, it was normal for the Tribe to have reservations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though “Life of Pi” wasn’t solely his work but also that of the entire production team behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how broad the involvement, they still held grudges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It doesn’t matter, don’t blame yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou casually said, “If the Tribe won’t join, other platforms are willing. It’s just some commercial promotions after all, and there are many promotion channels; it doesn’t make a difference with or without them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan didn’t speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Ol’ Zhou was just trying to comfort him, things weren’t as easy as he stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tribe was currently the social platform with the highest user volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having poor relations with the Tribe was inconvenient for Starlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he needed to help increase the number of users on the blog again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought crossed Lin Yuan’s mind, knowing no one likes to feel restricted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it wasn’t possible to take down a mammoth capital like the Tribe, helping the blog to beat the Tribe and capture some of its market share wasn’t difficult, especially since Lin Yuan himself was a shareholder of the blog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the help of the Three Bros, the blog’s situation had already improved significantly against the Tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These changes were intangible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those who monitored the daily traffic changes on the blog would notice the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the movie “Life of Pi,” the time had indeed come when it had to be released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan hadn’t forgotten how he had been snubbed by the Dragon Awards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was counting on this movie to conquer the Dragon Awards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t released this year and postponed to the end of the year, it would be the Spring Festival slot, and a slew of high-investment movies would emerge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The competition would be fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spring Festival slot was always the most volatile time in the market, with too many uncertainties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan wasn’t entirely sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This movie “Life of Pi” also wasn’t the type that could recklessly dominate the market; it still needed some strategic planning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Postponing it to next year was unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because movies released next year would have to participate in the Dragon Awards the year after, and timing wouldn’t wait, not to mention that this movie was also linked to a specific System task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must have thoughts about the Dragon Awards, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou didn’t continue discussing the Tribe but instead brought up the Dragon Awards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in Qin, Chu, Yan, and Han didn’t know the jokes between Xian Yu and the Dragon Awards?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things like “The biggest award Xian Yu received at the Dragon Awards was for best music.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And “Nobody can beat Xian Yu in music, and nobody can beat him in movies” and the like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first statement was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter was a jest about Xian Yu being a perennial runner-up at the Dragon Awards over the years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it really came to reputation, Xian Yu’s movies, even the lowest-rated “Spiderman” on Starlight Network, far surpassed similar-genre films.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the box office of these movies he scripted were never poor; all of them made a fortune with relatively low budgets, creating a perception in the industry that Xian Xu was adept at achieving great returns with small investments.\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-05T16:38:32.329Z",1,"novelbin.me","afaf3df759d00d750a2d4c6359386537f03d072893c47342ed9eb90aa875e379","all-rounder-artist-chapter-806","all-rounder-artist-chapter-804",1668,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fall-rounder-artist-cover.jpg"]