All-rounder Artist-Chapter 746 - 711: Impossible Task_1

At a club.

Two men are having dinner together.

One of the men, after taking a bite, murmurs, "Tianmen, is this really okay for us to do?"

"I don’t want to do it either."

The man across the table speaks, "But the offer from Tribe is simply too good, a condition we can’t reject..."

Yes.

These two are none other than the two GOAT cartoonists invited by the New Website Alliance, Tianmen and Yeshenchen.

These are, of course, their pen names.

And they prefer to use their pen names when communicating privately.

"Our reputation might be seriously damaged if we proceed with this, we’ll be seen like corporate spies. The Alliance will be severely damaged and Han Jimei, who has trusted us wholeheartedly, will be blamed for this mess."

Their moral restraint is indeed there.

However, Yeshenchen is more concerned about the damage to their reputations.

Tianmen replied calmly, "For cartoonists, the quality of their work is the foundation of their career. If our works are good, our reputation won’t be greatly affected; if our works are poor, even a good reputation can’t keep us fed. As for Han Jimei, she’s too sentimental in her work and has a soft approach. It’s inevitable for her to suffer defeat against ruthless competitors like Ling Kong.

If this incident becomes a lesson for her and can help her avoid future losses, it might not be completely bad for her."

Yeshenchen nods.

It seems to make sense.

They indeed betrayed Han Jimei’s trust.

But it would be too much to say their reputation could ruin their careers. Cartoonists work behind the scenes, they are not celebrities, and there are many creators who have bad behavior.

After some cursing, it will pass.

As long as the work is good, the readers won’t care too much about the nasty side of business competition.

"What I’m afraid of is Ling Kong breaching his promise..."

"The penalty specified in the new contract that Ling Kong gave us is sky-high, and he has also promised in the contract to help us pay the penalty on the Alliance’s side. So, he wouldn’t breach, since if he were to tear our agreement apart at such cost, no one would trust him when he tries to persuade people from other companies in the future."

Tianmen isn’t worried about it.

Ling Kong knows the basic rules of business competition.

The reason he and Yeshenchen joined the Alliance was to have a stronger hand to negotiate with Tribe.

And now, his objective has been achieved.

Now, all they are doing is choosing the best tree to perch on, sacrificing a bit of their reputation for a great reward.

He just made the decision he thought was right.

Yeshenchen earnestly nodded, "Then we can only apologize to Shadow and the Alliance. ’A man will do anything for money, and a bird will do anything for food’; we don’t need to refuse Tribe’s generous offer just for the sake of the Alliance. After all, the reason we left Tribe and joined the Alliance in the first place was because Tribe gave us too harsh contract terms.

Now, even though our method isn’t very honorable, at least we have obtained the contract from Tribe that we have long yearned for..."

As he was speaking,

Yeshenchen abruptly asked, "Tianmen, do you think the Alliance has any hope of fighting against Tribe after such a heavy blow?"

"Heh."

Tianmen let out a laugh with an ambiguous meaning.

Several seconds later, Yeshenchen also started laughing.

The two of them casually raised their glasses, gently clinked them together, and each took a small sip.

Everything was left unspoken.

Even if the three of them, including Shadow, had worked together, they could never have been a match for Tribe.

If the Alliance had truly been a website where they could establish themselves and secure their future, why would they damage their own reputation and return to Tribe?

Everyone has their own morality.

The difference lies only in the extent.

...

The newly opened Alliance.

Readers are repeatedly searching, but can’t find any new works by Yeshenchen and Tianmen.

At first, everyone thought it was a technical issue and it didn’t cause much disturbance.

But when everyone finished reading the explosive new chapter of Detective Chu Yu and still saw no new works by the two, people finally realized something was wrong.

"Why haven’t Tianmen and Yeshenchen made any moves?"

"It’s been about half an hour since the new website was launched!"

"Did they run away?"

"Are they standing us readers up?"

"If they’ve really run away, then it’s not us readers they are standing up, it’s the Alliance!"

"It must be a glitch, it’s a new website after all, it’s unavoidable."

"I don’t think the problem is that serious. Maybe we are overthinking. Let’s just wait and see."

"..."

Online users are becoming suspicious.

Right at this moment.

A comment suddenly appeared online!

"Damn, something big happened! Everyone, go look at Tribe’s announcement!!"

Tribe?

The users paused for a moment, then quickly opened Tribe’s website.

And then, a promotional announcement popped up for everyone:

[Tianmen’s and Yeshenchen’s new works to premiere exclusively on Tribe Comics! Welcome home, gentlemen!!]

What the-!

Everyone was stunned!

What’s going on?

Did these two return to Tribe?

"Had my hopes up for nothing."

"I might as well continue reading comics on Tribe."

"Don’t these two have any professional ethics? Didn’t they say they went to the Alliance because they couldn’t reach an agreement with Tribe? The Alliance is going to be screwed by these two!"

"What kind of people are these two!"

Everyone was startled by the news!

Shadow’s fans directly cursed at them!

"It’s just a normal job change."

Some of Tianmen’s and Yeshenchen’s fans defended them.

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Shadow’s fans were even angrier:

"Changing jobs is definitely not a problem, but it is a different case if you play out this act just when the Alliance is getting started. The Alliance has no grudges against these two so why such ill-intent?"

Tianmen’s and Yeshenchen’s fans retorted:

"Stop criticizing others from a moral high ground. It’s Tianmen and Yeshenchen’s choice to go wherever they want. The two teachers must have paid the breach of contract penalty; they have already paid the money they should have, what more do you want from them!"

Compensation?

The fans of Shadow fought back:

"This isn’t a matter of breaching contract penalties, it’s clearly a matter of character. These two have black hearts, they want to uproot the Alliance!"

"Stop exaggerating!"

The fans from both sides instantly started an online brawl!

Online bystanders collectively sighed:

"Now the Alliance is done for, there was hardly any chance of winning in the fight against Tribe Comics to start with, let alone now, with these two key figures gone."

The clash between the Alliance and Tribe had far-reaching consequences.

Netizens had been following it from start to finish.

Now with this sudden turn of events, who wouldn’t understand what’s going on?

It was definitely the Tribe poaching!

This is a deadly plot, so ruthless!

Can you believe it?

There are so few manga artists in the alliance who can make a significant contribution!

Counting them all, there are only Shadow, Tianmen and Yeshenchen!

Now, two powerful teammates have switched sides, leaving Shadow to fight alone!

Is the entire alliance going to survive solely on the comic "Detective Chu Yu" in the future?

Amid the shock of the entire web.

The newly established official microblog of the alliance also issued a new post:

[Tianmen and Yeshenchen have betrayed us and broken their contracts with the alliance, causing serious damage to the website’s interests. From today, we officially declare: we will never work with these two again. Hereby notify everyone!]

There’s no doubt now!

Tianmen and Yeshenchen have really stabbed the alliance in the back!

...

What the hell is the point of this!

Shadow’s fans are falling apart!

The question now isn’t about working with those two in the future!

The question is whether this new site can continue to operate!

Relying solely on Shadow’s work won’t be enough!

Is he supposed to fight all alone in the future?

No matter how popular Grim Reaper Elementary Student is, he can’t take on the whole Tribe by himself!

And when it came to this situation, top influencers Xian Yu and Chu Kuang couldn’t help much!

They were willing but unable!

It’s all about manga tactics.

The competition among manga artists.

Xian Yu and Chu Kuang couldn’t get involved!

The opponent was clearly targeting Shadow!

Even if the alliance won’t collapse because of this, relying on a single comic by Shadow can only maintain a dying struggle at most.

The Tribe’s capital is too strong!

This is another ruthless crush on a new website by a large capital force!

Just like how the Tribe had blocked Shadow before.

It was so powerless!

In the face of such wealthy and ruthless capital, Shadow and the newly formed alliance were utterly powerless!

Even the name "alliance" becomes ironic.

Alliance?

The people who allied with you have switched sides!

Have you ever seen an alliance with only one person?

At this moment!

Shadow’s fans were completely desperate!

The casual netizens who supported the alliance also sighed helplessly.

A new manga website that originally had great potential, has just suddenly cooled down.

The story hasn’t even started yet, and the curtain has already fallen prematurely.

But just at this moment.

Shadow’s personal blog, surprisingly, updated its status again:

"Give me a week, and the alliance will have two more outstanding new works to replace Tianmen and Yeshenchen!"

A blast!

At this moment!

Everyone who saw this post froze!

?????

Has Shadow gone crazy with anger?

He actually said there would be two works to replace Tianmen and Yeshenchen in a week?

Where did he get the confidence?

Or rather, where did he get the works?

And there are two of them?

Could it be that the Alliance can poach two manga artists from the Tribe who are not weaker than Tianmen and Yeshenchen, and even better?

How is this possible?

Would the Tribe give this chance?

The same tricks, the Tribe can use, how could they not be prepared?

Besides, there’s no reason for Tribe’s manga artists to join the Alliance!

In the current state of the Alliance, who dares to go?

But if they don’t poach from the Tribe, they won’t be able to find any more powerful manga artists from other websites than Tianmen and Yeshenchen!

Let alone more powerful...

It’s impossible even if they want to find two manga artists of the same level as these two!

Tribe Comics has monopolized the entire industry!

Could it be that Shadow plans to draw two comics himself and fill these huge gap?

Wait a minute...

Could Shadow really be planning to draw them himself?

This terrifying guess emerged in everyone’s mind!

Considering the current predicament.

This seems to be the only possibility?

Is he preparing to produce two comics that are more brilliant than the new works of Tianmen and Yeshenchen in a week’s time?

Three in a row?

Impossible!

This was everyone’s first reaction!

Creating one is believable, "Detective Chu Yu" can explain everything!

As talented as Tianmen and Yeshenchen are, their new comics are unlikely to surpass this classic!

But the problem is...

Shadow already has "Detective Chu Yu"!

Where would he get the energy and ability to create two more works of the same level as "Detective Chu Yu"?

Impossible!

Not just the first reaction, no matter how everyone analyzed this post, they all came up with this conclusion - the task that Shadow set, is simply impossible to complete!

Maybe he was provoked too much?

Shadow has truly gone mad this time!!!