[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-all-rounder-artist":3,"chapter-all-rounder-artist-all-rounder-artist-chapter-806":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},1270276,1699,"Chapter 806 - 665: Life of Pi Part 2","all-rounder-artist-chapter-806",806,"\u003Cp>Chapter 806: Chapter 665: Life of Pi Part 2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan nodded, not denying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He indeed wanted to achieve something at the Dragon Awards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The jokes and teasing online had indeed made him a bit depressed, and even angry to the point of puffing out his beard and glaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the real reason was that he had a related System task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The System task made it very clear, as long as he could win an award at the Dragon Awards, he would get a treasure chest and the offered Prestige Value was very enticing; as expected, the bigger the award, the higher the Prestige Value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As expected.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou smiled, “Actually, I felt that even without this next special movie, you could have achieved something at the Dragon Awards next year. ‘Truman’s World’ really is a work worthy of making the Golden Dragon Awards bow down. It’s a pity the art film market was too bustling this year, and you faced quite a few competitors, especially that art film from Qi Continent…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan said, “Qi Continent, ‘Nightfall’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou nodded, “It seems you know about this film.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning of the year, netizens were teasing Xian Yu about consistently being a runner-up at the Dragon Awards, which enraged Lin Yuan and he immediately demanded his company rush the release of ‘Truman’s World’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this film was released, the response from the audience was huge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone believed that this film would definitely secure some major awards at the Dragon Awards, and Xian Yu would officially break the embarrassing position of consistently being a runner-up without winning major awards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In May this year, suddenly an art film from Qi Continent exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That film was called ‘Nightfall’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After watching that film, the audience was stunned, ‘Truman’s World’ obviously had met its match!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The industry evaluation of ‘Nightfall’ was too high!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could definitely compete with Xian Yu’s ‘Truman’s World’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even very likely causing Xian Yu to fail again at the Dragon Awards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because ‘Truman’s World’ still contained many elements of a drama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And ‘Nightfall’, although not emotionally strong, had a richer artistic atmosphere!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the tastes and standards of the Golden Dragon Awards judging committee over the years, a film like ‘Nightfall’ seems to better fit the judges’ tastes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as a part-time filmmaker, Lin Yuan, of course, also knew about ‘Nightfall’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still paid some attention to the movie market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever there was a blockbuster release, he would be curious and even go to the cinema with his family to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the critically acclaimed ‘Nightfall’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to admit, ‘Nightfall’ truly was an excellent art film with various metaphors that could be interpreted from different perspectives, profound in meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very meaningful and thought-provoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it came up against ‘Truman’s World’, it could indeed achieve the effect of targeting Lin Yuan, causing him to miss out on the major awards once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, ‘Truman’s World’ also didn’t stand out in terms of awards because it was released in a year of fierce competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those interested could check how many masterpieces were released that year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s also destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Star still has many top artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ol’ Zhou smiled a bit slyly, “But none of them could have guessed you had prepared a fallback. The release of ‘Truman’s World’ at the beginning of the year was just one of them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan had prepared a fallback!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This film, ‘Life of Pi’, was also an art film!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An art film that led the Chinese director Ang Lee to win an Oscar for Best Director!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compete in metaphors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many films have more metaphors than this one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interpretations?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Life of Pi’, which millions of people had interpreted in countless ways, even sparking massive controversies, was not a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a film tailor-made for winning awards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The major awards at the Dragon Awards were something Lin Yuan was determined to win!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, even if only ‘Truman’s World’ was released, who would win was still uncertain, as tastes are the most mysterious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With ‘Truman’ in his left hand and ‘Life of Pi’ in his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Double insurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussing the situation of the films with Ol’ Zhou, Lin Yuan logged onto his blog account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ol’ Zhou had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was already some promotion for ‘Life of Pi’ on his blog, but its influence had not yet spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Share.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan proceeded to share the promotion and added an official-looking tagline:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The new movie is about to be released, please look forward to it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to say much, the promotion itself already provided some information about the movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Xian Yu’s brand new movie “Life of Pi: An Extraordinary Voyage” is about to be released.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Did you know, he survived 229 days at sea with a tiger!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A survival challenge drifting on the sea: The untold story between Pi and the tiger!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The highest-budgeted work among Xian Yu’s screenplays: A fantasy masterpiece that will shake your soul!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sea survival challenge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the apparent theme of the movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, the film had deeper themes internally, but they couldn’t be outright stated in the promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can’t exactly say in the promotion how many metaphors this movie has…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These elements must be discovered by the audience within the movie itself to be meaningful, otherwise, the surprise would be lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Xian Yu also began promoting, the movie finally garnered widespread attention!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comment section became lively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Survival at sea? Not interested. What? Fish Papa’s movie? Hmm, survival at sea sounds fun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha, the comment above is so true!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like Fish Papa has completely given up on the Dragon Awards, new movie and it’s not an art film!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasn’t his previous ‘The Truman Show’ a kind of art film? I think that movie could have won Fish Papa some Dragon Awards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not as simple as you think.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why? Wasn’t that movie good?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The movie was indeed good and could indeed have won Dragon Awards, but this year ‘Nightfall’ was too popular, I feel that it will be the favorite at next year’s Dragon Awards.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have to admit, ‘Nightfall’ was indeed great.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who needs the Dragon Awards? The excellence of Fish Papa’s films doesn’t need awards to prove it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In my heart, ‘The Truman Show’ is the best.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About this new film by Fish Papa, I can imagine the plot: Pi and the tiger outsmarting sharks, eventually feasting on shark meat and drinking their blood!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sounds like a big special effects commercial movie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pi? The protagonist is a guy? No bikini beauties? Fish Papa really doesn’t follow the usual patterns! Aren’t these types of movies supposed to have a great white chasing the male protagonist and several bikini girls, providing all kinds of benefits along the way?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience took this movie as one of those sea shark-fighting commercial films, which are quite common in the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A commercial film, indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These kinds of movies generally feature a brave and clever hero, plus one or two buffoons, and a few vase-like bikini girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buffoons are there to drag things down, making the hero look awesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bikini girls scream, get scared witless by the shark, then have their clothes ripped, providing a feast for the audience’s eyes, and finally, the hero saves them to find love amidst the disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few people might even die in the process to augment the atmosphere of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, that’s how these commercial movies are usually made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference in the routine of Lin Yuan’s movie was that it didn’t mention bikini girls and long legs, just the protagonist and a tiger on the ocean, and it was uncertain whether the tiger was male or female, but if it was male, it definitely needed to be kept in a zoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this meant to stage a battle between the land’s alpha and the king of the seas?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protagonist in charge of commanding the tiger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s thinking had already gone off track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their imagined scenario was miles apart from the content of the movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Starlight didn’t explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting them think so wasn’t a problem, after all, it sounded fresh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the gimmick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they told the audience it was actually an art film, probably the anticipation would diminish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From any angle, a commercial film drew more attention from viewers than the rare art film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the audience walked into the cinema would they find:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This movie was actually far beyond their imagination!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extreme horror series!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Quietly filling the plot hole, finally got to this movie, asking for monthly votes on the last day.\u003C\u002Fp>",1449,"2026-06-05T16:38:32.329Z",1,"novelbin.me","529ba36aaf8e8f97308c9a64d5cb3157caf68c9666f54e14dd17cc323f7123c7","all-rounder-artist-chapter-807","all-rounder-artist-chapter-805",1668,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fall-rounder-artist-cover.jpg"]