All-rounder Artist-Chapter 864 - 818: It’s Time to Counterattack the Tribe

The next day.

Lin Yuan didn't go to the company after getting up, but went to his own Shadow Studio instead.

Luo Wei and the others were getting increasingly adept at drawing comics, and basically didn't need Lin Yuan to worry about them. He only needed to give them some storyboards.

He even started to draft the storyboards more casually.

For example, the storyboard for Naruto he gave Luo Wei last month was simply stick figures, just a rough composition, but Luo Wei managed to perfect it.

Lin Yuan was surprised himself.

He had thought Luo Wei would ask him to redraw the storyboard.

This led to Lin Yuan's visits to the studio becoming much less frequent.

However, this didn't mean Lin Yuan wasn't paying attention to his comics.

From time to time, Jin Mu would report to him about the situation on the League's comic website—

Which was different from before.

With the unfolding plots of Dead Sea of Fire and Slam Dunk as well as the influence of the animations, these comics were becoming hotter and hotter!

Now, the traffic of the entire League had been propped up!

This rapidly rising new comic website was flourishing because of Shadow!

Similarly.

Due to the drive of these phenomenon-level comics, the League's appeal in the industry was also increasing constantly!

At present.

The website had already cultivated some excellent comic artists on its own.

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Some mid-tier artists in the industry who were dissatisfied with the Tribe were gradually being absorbed into the embrace of the League.

This resulted in the League and Tribe Comics' traffic becoming very close to each other.

Jin Mu spoke of this matter with some vigor:

"If nothing unexpected happens, in at most half a year, our traffic will be on par with Tribe Comics!"

"Still half a year?"

"Do you think it's still slow?"

Jin Mu said with a wry smile, "You should know that our website started from scratch, whereas Tribe Comics had already attracted countless top-tier comic artists. It's only recently that our site's traffic has completely taken off, and the League has begun to attract some formidable comic artists. In the past, those powerful artists wouldn't even consider sites other than Tribe when releasing new works. Moreover, Tribe would occasionally create obstacles, tripping us up. Otherwise, our current traffic would already be on par with theirs."

"Tripping us up?"

Lin Yuan asked, "What has Tribe done now?"

Jin Mu said, "The same old tricks, poaching talent, stealing comic artists from our League. However, Han Jimei is not someone to be trifled with. She has set strict penalty clauses in the contracts for the comic artists, which has made the cost of Tribe's poaching increasingly hefty. After all, Tribe Comics is just a sub-department of Tribe, and they don't really have such deep pockets. So, they have almost stopped poaching from us lately. If they continue, they'll be shooting themselves in the foot, as they have to consider the cost-effectiveness of these comic artists."

"Why don't we poach talent?"

"Because we don't have the money and backing they have."

Jin Mu was unfazed: "But the pressure is on them. We just need to hold on. Looking at the current situation, I estimate that the League can catch up to their website traffic in half a year, and if it's a year from now, it's possible that our traffic will surpass theirs, becoming the comic website with the highest traffic in the industry!"

That's right.

The League was playing defense now.

Just like the final stages of a basketball game.

The League didn't need to chase points, as long as they ensured the opponent didn't score, that would be enough.

Because the pace and score were in the hands of the League, as long as they controlled the ball and dragged it out, they would win.

The reason why Tribe was overpaying to poach talent was to find a way out with a frantic offensive; otherwise, what awaited them was a slow death.

Seemingly powerful, they were in fact hollow inside.

After all, the League's pillar was Shadow, and unless Tribe could poach Shadow back, no matter how much they struggled, the outcome couldn't be changed.

"Just wait and see."

Jin Mu sneered: "A year from now, it'll be our turn to attack. At that time, the League will be the most attractive website in the industry. Whatever talents they have poached from us, we'll eventually be able to poach back."

Still, it was somewhat frustrating.

After all, the League had been on the defensive all along, and they would have to continue to endure for another half a year to a year. Anyone would be annoyed by an opponent's constant frantic offense without being able to fight back directly.

"Why wait so long?"

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Actually, we could poach their people too."

Jin Mu immediately shook his head, "That would mean playing their game of offering inflated salaries to poach talent. We could do it, but I don't feel it's necessary."

"No need for inflated offers."

Lin Yuan said, "I have an idea."

Lin Yuan wanted to fight back.

Although his career had always been smooth sailing, Tribe had recently been obstructing Starlight's work, and the company was being dragged down by him.

The chairman supported Lin Yuan, so he never complained.

However, Lin Yuan's conscience wouldn't allow him to take this for granted.

He even suspected that Xia Fan losing his role had something to do with him.

"What idea?"

Jin Mu looked at Lin Yuan with curiosity.

Without explaining, Lin Yuan just said, "Ask Han Jimei to contact the comic artists at Tribe, mainly the top-tier pure illustrators. Those should be the easiest to poach. Also reach out to other talented artists; have a chat with them. Who knows, maybe they'll be willing to join us."

Jin Mu was startled, "You really want to poach people?"

"Why not?"

Lin Yuan's mind was filled with comics.

He wouldn't be able to finish them all in his lifetime.

Even with the help of his studio's apprentices, Lin Yuan couldn't possibly reproduce all those classic comics.

Under such circumstances, Lin Yuan had to think of another solution.

And if this strategy succeeded, it would definitely crush Tribe in one fell swoop.

"Could it be..."

A thought flashed through his mind, Jin Mu suddenly widened his eyes, "Are you planning to supply comics to them all by yourself!?"

If it had been earlier, Jin Mu would never have dared to guess such a thing.

It was too preposterous!

But after witnessing the rise of Lin Yuan leading Shadow Studio, Jin Mu had to consider the boldest possibilities!

"Yes."

Lin Yuan spoke.

He had recently provided Luo Wei with the simplest stick figure storyboards, and Luo Wei was able to draw them so well.

This showed that top-tier comic artists have very strong drawing and comprehension abilities.

This gave Lin Yuan enough room to operate.

For him, creating some "stick figure" storyboards was not a difficult task.

Why not just wholesale stick figure storyboards, take those globally influential comics that weren't top-tier but still had a huge impact, and hand them over to artists willing to join Tribe to work on!

He believed that these comics would be attractive enough for many artists.

Inflated prices?

Nonexistent.

The comics provided by Shadow would be the offer.

"Can this really work?"

Jin Mu's heartbeat accelerated, "How many can you cover? There are already five people in our studio waiting for you to provide the plots..."

"Try to pull in as many as possible."

There's no shortage of stick figures.

Lin Yuan even suspected that some pure illustrators wouldn't need his stick figures at all.

If the plot is solid, everything else is negotiable; they could organize a beautiful storyboard presentation on their own.

"Song of the Wind..."

Lin Yuan said with a smile, "Tribe should..."

Jin Mu suddenly interrupted him, "You're making me feel all fired up, and I just turned on the electric fan."