[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo":3,"chapter-becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-965":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Becoming a Goddess in Tokyo",{"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},2339949,4573,"Chapter 965: Unintentional Planting","becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-965",965,"\u003Cp>For Luo Quan, domestic TV dramas, especially historical ones, were truly out of reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, she looked very beautiful in ancient costumes; during past cosplay events, fans called her “Immortal Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially at a previous Mid-Autumn Festival gala, when she appeared in a white fairy dress, netizens immediately exclaimed she was Chang’e descending to earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, audiences held strong approval for Luo Quan’s historical costumes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was only because her natural beauty was exceptional—there was always a sense of dissonance, so Luo Quan was essentially immune to domestic historical dramas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Modern dramas weren’t out of the question, but she’d never encountered one that moved her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything, the most suitable domestic dramas for her were patriotic ones like Wolf Warrior 2, though the setting would need to be shifted back several decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was suited to portray internationalist female warriors who traveled thousands of miles to China to offer support and aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only such a character archetype would appear entirely plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, nowadays these kinds of TV dramas have become increasingly fantastical, turning into synonyms for “god dramas”; unless assigned by mandate, serious actors rarely take on such projects anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, compared to films, TV dramas have far longer production cycles and much lower returns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a film succeeds, it earns billions in revenue and propels the entire creative team to fame within the industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a TV drama succeeds, it merely trends online for a few months—the revenue from ratings rarely translates as directly as film box office does.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after a TV drama becomes popular, only the main cast members are likely to gain fame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve heard of lead actors becoming famous because of TV dramas, but never a director becoming famous because of one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she now basically avoids projects like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she first debuted, a British opera group had approached her to star in a TV series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The novel it was based on was a Western fantasy epic comparable to The Lord of the Rings—A Song of Ice and Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The show’s title was Game of Thrones, taken from the name of the first volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the first season was first being planned, the directing team approached her, wanting her to play Daenerys Targaryen, later known as Mother of Dragons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, Luo Quan was genuinely tempted—such a massive production, with the lead role, and if luck held, she could become a star overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after inquiring into the script’s details, she decisively declined the role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no choice: the show’s boundaries were simply too extreme. A Song of Ice and Fire, nicknamed A Song of Kill and Fuck, averaged at least one major female character exposed in each volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first season’s exposed character was Daenerys—such explicitness was completely unacceptable even to Luo Quan today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director had told her outright that no such scenes would be altered, so she had no choice but to decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pity, yes, but even without those exposure scenes, the show’s brilliance remained unaffected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the director insisted on fidelity to the source material—there was nothing to be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, no foreign TV productions have approached her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that although Luo Quan has achieved considerable success in film, her TV drama career remains unremarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though there’s ample room for expansion, she has no intention of venturing deeply into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primarily because human energy is limited—she’d rather focus on making great films; as for TV dramas, let Wen Xia and others collaborate with others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for her fans, she’s now explained the reasons, and no one pressed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After casual chat ended, the livestream moved to its main topic: the Art Olympics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the competition’s announcement, many capital groups have acted as if they’d found the traffic code, launching related variety shows with fairly strong popularity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the artists appearing on these programs vary wildly in skill, with few instances of high-level clashes, so their topic appeal is slightly weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the preliminary rounds are in full swing, and fans have asked Luo Quan whether she’s signed up for any other events besides music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fans’ eyes, Luo Quan is a Quanneng  athlete—there seems to be nothing she can’t do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Art Olympics is the perfect chance to showcase her Quanneng  abilities—how could she possibly sign up for music alone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some fans even speculated wildly that she’d signed up for all eight art disciplines—quite the imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could she possibly sign up for all eight art disciplines?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Quan immediately refuted this claim: “Even if I’m talented, I’m not that ridiculously talented. Mastering a skill and being able to compete with it are two entirely different things.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t overthink it—besides music, I’ve only signed up for oil painting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, within the music category, I’ve signed up for many sub-disciplines—you’ll probably see me often during the competition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement immediately sparked fan interest:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can paint oil paintings too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impressionist or Fauvist?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Classic impressionist or Fauvist—oil painting novices love talking about these two styles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only knew Luo Quan used to do sketches and had excellent regular script calligraphy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“During her speech at Qinghua, she wrote a poem in regular script, and it was collected as the venue’s treasured artifact; many calligraphy masters have said Luo Bao’s regular script is too good to be modern.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way, that’s amazing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course—had there been a calligraphy category, Luo Quan would’ve been unbeatable in the regular script division.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s true, but I didn’t know Luo Bao could paint oil paintings—have you ever seen her paint during livestreams?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, but according to Luo Quan’s dream-world theory, she must’ve already mastered oil painting through dreams in another world—even become a master, maybe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, I think this is just her teasing everyone—how could anyone become a master just by dreaming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be fair, that’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid netizens’ teasing, Luo Quan smiled confidently: “I’ve never shown you my oil painting skills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I have too many skills—do I need to publicly announce every time I’m decent at something besides calligraphy and oil painting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re showing off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luo Bao, so cocky—do your family know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too arrogant—wait till you get home, I’ll teach you a lesson.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Back to dreaming again, huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget the alcohol—come on, eat more ceftriaxone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite Luo Quan’s arrogance, fans’ tolerance level remains high—they’re mostly just joking with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Luo Quan wasn’t joking when she said that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To fulfill the task assigned by superiors, she specifically exchanged for numerous advanced painting specializations, including several character-binding cards of renowned oil painters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving oil painting aside for now, the masters she’s bound to for sketching are truly divine figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them has reached such mastery in oil painting that his works are indistinguishable from reality—so lifelike they rival photos taken by ultra-high-definition cameras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond looking identical to photographs, the details are terrifyingly precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the pills on a sweater, the fine facial hairs, the arm hairs—all visible under magnification in the painting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone might say no matter how realistic a painting is, it can’t match a regular professional camera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s true—but also not true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of clarity, a painting can’t surpass a photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when a painting approaches a photo infinitely closely, its technical depth reaches the level of art, possessing a breathtaking, almost Dao-like beauty—the result of humanity’s pursuit of limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrealist painter Luo Quan has bound to has refined this technique to its ultimate peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Quan doesn’t know if such paintings will win awards in oil painting competitions, but they’ll certainly provoke awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, besides these hyper-realistic oil paintings, she’s also prepared conventional weapons—namely, her original plan: Van Gogh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This representative of Post-Impressionism is, in most people’s minds, what an artist should look like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brilliant yet unrecognized in life, impoverished until death, then posthumously celebrated, his works elevated to timeless treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Van Gogh, his life was extraordinary yet tragic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though today everyone knows he was a great painter, those around him likely didn’t think so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a genius, being recognized only after death is a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because no matter how high the posthumous praise, the artist herself will never know it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, after replicating his works, Luo Quan won’t face Van Gogh’s fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, her popularity speaks for itself—even if she painted terribly, a swarm of fans would still meticulously analyze every detail to confirm they hadn’t misjudged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, what she’s painting this time is a work destined to cause a sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fans lack foresight; hearing Luo Quan speak so arrogantly, they thought she might have some talent, but probably not much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet years of being proven wrong have taught them one golden rule when facing Luo Quan: never question her upfront.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Luo Quan is a woman governed by causality—whenever questioned, she inevitably delivers a stunning rebuttal; after that, even the most absurd outcomes become ordinary for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So fans mainly just tease her—no one seriously doubts her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, I think it’s a real pity they didn’t include Peking Opera in this competition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Quan looked into the camera and voiced her thought: “As a national treasure, Peking Opera is incredibly captivating, but perhaps due to its many schools and difficulty in establishing unified judging standards, it wasn’t included in this year’s Olympic additions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fans strongly agreed with Luo Quan:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly—this is a perfect chance to bring Peking Opera to the world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peking Opera isn’t inferior to Western opera; it just lacks promotion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m young and I like Peking Opera, but there aren’t many young people around me who do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, can Luo Bao sing Peking Opera? We only know you can do opera-style singing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Quan chuckled: “Do you really think I wouldn’t have mastered this skill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course I can sing Peking Opera—I remember I once did a Peking Opera cosplay; once my face was covered in makeup, there was no such thing as mismatched vibes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That statement is perfectly true; when Luo Quan did her Peking Opera cosplay, it caused quite a stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not in China—abroad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foreigners were stunned by Luo Quan’s mysterious and beautiful makeup; she used this opportunity to greatly boost Peking Opera’s popularity overseas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, that surge of attention lasted only a few days; without follow-up promotion, it quickly faded into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussing art, the conversation returned to Luo Quan’s earlier mention of “Dawn Era.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, she recommended the film to her fans, but when they asked whether she planned to watch it in theaters, her reply was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where would I even find the time to go to the cinema right now? I can save common info here for easy sending—I’ll decide later. Right now, streaming for you is the priority.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, it sounded touching, but somehow it felt suspicious that her own brother wouldn’t rush to see the movie on opening day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the film really be that bad—so bad that even her sister didn’t want to support it in theaters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because life is precious; when a movie is bad enough, it’s not worth spending money or time on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this suspicion, fans immediately pressed further, and many even threatened to demand refunds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa, are you even being reasonable?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Quan sighed helplessly: “I was recommending it to fans of the original novel and my own fans—the overlap—not just my fans. How can you say I’m scamming you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, I haven’t even seen the movie myself—how would I know if it’s good or terrible? Everyone can find out once they go watch it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this explanation, the heated comments in the chat finally calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And due to this little incident, “Dawn Era” climbed to the trending list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fans who had already pre-purchased tickets wouldn’t cancel just because of this baseless speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Luo Quan said: only when you put the horse to the test can you tell if it’s a steed or a donkey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, only the trailer has been released; whether it’s a flop, only the director truly knows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden trending boosted “Dawn Era” with one final wave of pre-sales, pushing it to 200 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a commercial film, its pre-sale target had already been exceeded; the director and cast all posted on Weibo to celebrate this big win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon didn’t post—he just liked their posts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thought was: 200 million? That’s not even worth a special Weibo post to celebrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To really excite him, the box office would have to reach the level of “Forrest Gump” or “Titanic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, “Avatar 2” is coming out soon—I wonder if this long-awaited epic can break the record set by “Titanic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, tonight’s premiere is coming—its final performance is still worth anticipating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Leon didn’t hold out much hope.\u003C\u002Fp>",2119,"2026-06-20T22:54:06.151Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4b5fc0fa3d99bbc23957e94e76718feefb1780c3adfbbb4ebadbabff6244b3c1","becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-966","becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-964",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-cover.jpg"]