Lin Yuan also noticed this post.
For him, this indeed seemed hard to achieve.
Handing over a King of Singing's song was not a difficult task.
But the journey towards twelve straight wins was only halfway through, and it was hard to predict what would happen next.
And the uncertainty was even higher for a single work to win the highest award for a single song, depending on the judges' tastes.
However, while it may be difficult, it's not impossible.
In the future, for the sake of reputation, Lin Yuan might try to achieve this goal.
With such thoughts in mind,
Lin Yuan stopped paying attention to the online trends.
As for becoming a first-tier singer, it didn't have any impact on Lin Yuan's life.
He had too many identities.
The priority of being a singer wasn't high.
There were still two pseudonyms waiting for work.
The first one was Chu Kuang, who had just finished "Detective Conan".
Chu Kuang had been writing for several years without any rest. According to usual practice, Lin Yuan should be considering Chu Kuang's next work.
But these days, Lin Yuan thought about giving Chu Kuang a break for a while.
As a result, it was time for Shadow to get to work.
Primarily because Shadow had been resting for too long.
If Shadow doesn't start working soon, his low-profile persona would become even stronger.
If this continues, everyone would probably forget that Shadow is one of the Three Bros.
Shadow's task was definitely still to create manga.
As for the theme of Shadow's next manga, Lin Yuan already had a general idea.
He wanted to draw a detective manga based on mystery elements!
However, when it came to the specific choice of manga, Lin Yuan was somewhat hesitant.
He had two works that were quite fitting.
One was a manga paying homage to "Detective Conan", also known as Grim Reaper Elementary Student!
Well, its real name was "Detective Conan".
The other was the relatively niche "The Kindaichi Case Files".
If considering only the breadth of the audience, he would definitely choose Conan.
When considering the professionalism of deduction, "The Kindaichi Case Files" was more impressive.
The professionalism of deduction in this manga reached novel-level standards.
Many national films and TV detective cases have imitated Kindaichi's work.
Including the Celestial Dynasty's "The Young Detective" and various criminal police case-solving dramas.
Lin Yuan was torn by this choice.
If it came to making money, he would definitely look to Conan. However, Lin Yuan is no longer the penny-pinching young man he once was.
For Shadow, reputation is also vital!
However, Lin Yuan only wavered for ten minutes before finding his answer:
Only children make choices!
Grown-ups want it all!
He might as well draw both manga!
Popularity would come from Conan while reputation from the Kindaichi doing both jobs at the same time!
At most, he would just tire a little.
Although now Luo Wei and the studio assistants have improved a lot.
With their help, Lin Yuan could still take it easy.
Having decided on this,
Lin Yuan arranged for these two manga with the System.
In terms of pricing, Grim Reaper Elementary Student outclassed "The Kindaichi Case Files".
Having a broad audience was crucial.
Then, Lin Yuan told Jin Mu about his plans to start a new manga.
Jin Mu laughed, "You finally remembered that you're also a manga artist!"
After teasing Lin Yuan for a bit, Jin Mu asked: "What kind of manga are you planning to make this time?"
Jin Mu was stunned: "Mystery is a popular element in novels, but it's quite niche in manga…"
Lin Yuan looked at Jin Mu.
Jin Mu tapped his forehead: "Sorry, I was not thinking straight… If it's you, even a mystery manga could become popular. There shouldn't be any issue."
Even after following Lin Yuan for so long, Jin Mu still subconsciously thought according to conventional rules.
Does his boss ever care about whether the theme is niche?
Even the coldest of themes always become popular under Lin Yuan's hands, don't they?
Take Chu Kuang's novels, for example, though they all have cold themes, they all end up creating a massive impact!
Even Xian Yu's songs have started featuring niche elements.
Who would have thought that the recent "The Seventh Chapter of Night," which had a dark and suspenseful style, would be a hit?
Even for Shadow, wasn't "King of the Net" a niche theme?
Yet, didn't it end up exploding in popularity?
What the boss excels at is turning something considered niche into something popular, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
As if he wouldn't be able to show off how powerful he is without making a niche theme popular.
Moreover, Shadow drawing a mystery manga!
Following in Chu Kuang's footsteps!
Who knows, maybe he could even pull a "Paying Homage to Conan" stunt like Xian Yu did.
"That's decided then."
"Alright, what's the manga's name?"
"The Kindaichi Case Files."
Lin Yuan planned to release "The Kindaichi Case Files" first, and Grim Reaper Elementary Student would follow suit.
Jin Mu commented, then pulled up his phone: "I'll contact Tribe Comics about it. Our contract should be upgraded once again."
Tribe Comics was the undisputed number one online manga site in Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, and Han.
With the backing of Tribe, the site's traffic crushed other manga sites.
With Lin Yuan launching a new manga, Tribe Comics, a platform they've been working with for several years, was the default option unless something extraordinary happened.
While Jin Mu was contacting Tribe Comics, Lin Yuan summoned Luo Wei.
"You're going to draw a manga?!"
Luo Wei, upon learning of Lin Yuan's decision, started jumping excitedly. Only heaven knew how long she had been waiting for this moment!
"Yes, let's get to work."
As Lin Yuan spoke, he began designing the characters for "The Kindaichi Case Files" manga.
He was designing and conversing with Luo Wei at the same time.
Lin Yuan, with his master-level drawing skills and high artistic vision, wasn't satisfied with the original work's art.
It wasn't that the original work was bad.
The main reason was that the manga's original art style was too old-fashioned. It had the look of a very classic manga style.
Even when copying a manga, one couldn't just mindlessly copy everything. The art style still had to be more in line with the aesthetic tastes of the audience of this era...
The plot didn't need to be changed.
The original manga's plot was impressive.
After discussing for a while, Jin Mu suddenly walked into the drawing office:
"Tribe Comics has agreed to negotiate a contract upgrade with us. The contract upgrade shouldn't be a problem, but it seems like something happened over their side."
"The person in charge at Tribe Comics has been replaced."
Lin Yuan recalled the female director.
Jin Mu lamented a little:
"Working with Han Jimei was quite pleasant. However, for some unknown reason, Han Jimei has left Tribe Comics…"
"That's their internal affairs."
Lin Yuan didn't care who their person in charge was; it was their internal matters.
He was just making an offhand remark.