All-rounder Artist-Chapter 925 - 861 Paintfection

Chapter 925: Chapter 861 Paintfection

Chapter 925 -861 Paintfection

December 26th was the next day.

Starlight officially started its year-end vacation mode.

When Lin Yuan woke up, it was already ten in the morning.

After washing up, he couldn’t help but ponder over a philosophical dilemma that had bothered many people:

To eat or not to eat?

The awkward thing about this time was:

It was a bit too late for breakfast, yet somewhat too early for lunch.

Forget it.

Let’s wait for lunch then.

Having made up his mind, Lin Yuan took out his phone to play, and as soon as he logged onto his blog, he discovered the incident from yesterday where he congratulated Xian Yu using Chu Kuang and Shadow’s accounts.

Lin Yuan was startled.

How much did I drink yesterday?

He actually couldn’t remember doing this at all.

“Thankfully, others don’t know I’m praising myself.”

Lin Yuan comforted himself but quickly looked deflated.

Because the Chairman and Jin Mu knew, and the studio also knew part of the truth…

Stop thinking about it.

Lin Yuan checked Shadow’s comment section, no issues there.

In the eyes of regular netizens, Shadow congratulating Xian Yu was a very normal thing.

Then he checked Chu Kuang’s comment section.

No problems either, just that some netizens mocked him with a few comments:

“Getting weak, old rascal!”

“It was said that we have Xian Yu in the South, Chu Kuang in the North, and Shadow at the center. Yet, Shadow’s comics had an elevenfold success, Chu Kuang snagged twelve awards just last night, and you’re the weakest.”

“Are you going to release a new book or not?”

“After your last short story success, you went silent. Have you been drained dry?”

“Shadow’s comics can still stand strong even after eleven openings; can’t you handle seven? And you opened with short stories too!”

“If you don’t start a new book soon, you’ll become the invisible one among the Three Bros.”

“Chu Kuang hasn’t been infected by Shadow, has he? Now he’s too lazy to even write novels!”

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

No mess was made.

Being drunk was quite dangerous.

If he made a slip due to drunken mishandling, the scene would be more than just awkward.

However, the netizens’ comments did give Lin Yuan a wake-up call.

It was time to find something for Chu Kuang to do.

He couldn’t let Chu Kuang really become insignificant.

The puzzle at Fairytale Town wasn’t completed yet, so why not have Chu Kuang write fairy tales?

Mystery novels would also be good. Chu Kuang’s mysteries were mostly long stories, and aside from the Hercule Poirot Series, there were many short stories worth writing.

Or maybe, fantasy novels?

If all else fails, then launch into new fields; there are still some novel genres Chu Kuang hasn’t tried.

Lin Yuan pondered over Chu Kuang’s next direction.

At this moment, his mother’s voice calling for lunch came from downstairs.

Lin Yuan, already hungry, hurried down the stairs for lunch.

“Bro.”

His sister Lin Xuan, while eating, suddenly spoke up, “There’s something you might want to remind Teacher Chu Kuang about.”

Lin Yuan, gnawing on a beef bone, asked casually, “What’s that?”

His sister said, “I only got the news this morning. The Literature and Art Association is planning to unify the literary awards and create a Literary Festival.”

“Literary Festival?”

Lin Yuan was surprised, “Like a music festival?”

“Yes.”

His sister nodded, explaining some details to Lin Yuan:

Blue Star has many music awards, but the one with the highest recognition is undoubtedly the Music Festival.

Other music awards are worthless compared to the Music Festival and do not gain recognition from all musicians.

On the other hand, the literary world lacks an award like the Music Festival to lead the way.

This has resulted in a plethora of literary awards that are constantly criticized for their lack of fairness.

Therefore, the Literature and Art Association wants to establish the most authoritative literary award to oversee Blue Star’s literary awards.

Like the position of the Music Festival in the music industry.

No wonder even the award’s name will be “Literary Festival.”

His sister concluded, “The preparations for the Literary Festival will probably take some time, and it’s not clear when it will officially begin, but with the Music Festival’s prestige in the industry, the Literary Festival will surely attract countless authors. So I’m telling you to remind Teacher Chu Kuang that if there’s any award he wants to aim for, he should start preparing in advance.”

The most important award?

Lin Yuan nodded thoughtfully.

…

After lunch.

Lin Yuan went back upstairs and eagerly summoned the System, “Show me my Prestige information.”

Ding dong.

The air before him instantly displayed several lines of blue text.

Lin Yuan skipped over the name section at the top and looked toward the key information below.

[Age: 24]

[Lifespan: 30]

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[Gaming: 193,456]

[Film and Television: 693,423]

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[Painting: 1008666]

[Literature: 2145678]

[Music: 3007655]

[Comprehensive: 7048878]

Lin Yuan’s gaze finally rested on the comprehensive item, and then he said to the System, “View life-extension mission.”

In an instant.

Several lines of subtitles appeared in front of Lin Yuan, the life-extension mission that he hadn’t paid attention to for a long time:

[Mission Name: Survive]

[Mission Content: The host must break through ten million Prestige Value before the age of thirty]

[Mission Reward: A certain amount of life]

[Extra Reward: Gold Treasure Chest]

Lin Yuan’s expression turned solemn, and he mused to himself, “The gap between my music and literature Prestige Values was small before, but after Xian Yu swept ten awards at the music festival last night, my music Prestige Value has surpassed the literature one by a large margin. Awards are still the main source of Prestige Value, perhaps because of the industry’s recognition of awards, and industry professionals can provide far more Prestige Value than ordinary people!”

In a few days, it will be the New Year.

By then, Lin Yuan would be twenty-five.

The System calculates age in years, not by birthdays. This means that Lin Yuan has five years left to complete the mission.

And right now, his total Prestige Value is 7248878.

With less than three million to go to the mission target of ten million, the difficulty is not particularly high, but if Lin Yuan becomes complacent, there is a real possibility that he will not complete the mission.

“It seems Chu Kuang will have to take the lead.”

The information my sister provided today is extremely crucial.

The Literature and Art Association intends to organize a literary festival, an award to match the music festival!

If Chu Kuang can win enough awards at the literary festival, he will definitely gain a substantial amount of literary Prestige Value, maybe even enough for the literary Prestige Value to catch up with the music Prestige Value!

Of course.

While Chu Kuang is the main force, other categories are also important.

For instance, the currently weak film and gaming, as well as painting, which has been quite promising this year, all have great potential for development.

Leveraging all these categories, it won’t be difficult to make up the three million Prestige Value in the end.

Don’t be fooled by Lin Yuan’s current healthy appearance.

Lin Yuan is well aware that this is all thanks to the completion of the previous life-extension missions.

If it weren’t for extending his life through completing System tasks, he would have died two years ago.

Even now, nothing is certain.

If the new life-extension mission cannot be completed, then he will only live to thirty without illness or disaster.

Taking a deep breath.

Lin Yuan said, “The mission for Sun Yaohuo to become the King of Singing is completed, and there should be a Gold Treasure Chest. Why didn’t I receive it?”

The System said, “It’s in your backpack.”

Lin Yuan wondered, “Why was there no prompt?”

The System said helplessly, “There was a prompt last night, but you were drunk and didn’t notice.”

Lin Yuan: “…”

It seems I need to drink less in the future.

He entered the System’s small backpack and looked at the Gold Treasure Chest, without any hesitation:

“Open it!”

“Wait a moment!”

The System paused, then gave an information prompt: “Gold Treasure Chest has been opened successfully. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the special painting skill: Paintfection!”

Paintfection?

What is this?

Just as this doubt surfaced in Lin Yuan’s mind, the System provided an introduction in the form of text.

[Painting Skill: Paintfection!]

[Skill Effect: Readers can directly experience the artistic conception of your artwork through your paintings!]

[Additional Explanation: Even ordinary people without any background in art appreciation will be able to feel the charm of your work (Paintfection skill only effective for live spectators)!]

Lin Yuan was stunned.

This thing is similar to the Teacher’s Halo, mystical and unreasonable.

For example.

Ordinary people looking at Van Gogh’s “Sunflower” mostly wouldn’t think it is a world-class painting, while top-tier art masters highly praise it.

Why?

Because the art masters have a high enough level of appreciation to directly experience the meaning within “Sunflower”.

So…

Even if Lin Yuan painted “Sunflower”.

Or even Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”.

Or even things like “Along the River During the Qingming Festival”.

Some people who can’t appreciate it still won’t be able to.

But with the magical skill of Paintfection, it changes everything.

Artworks completed by Lin Yuan himself, even ordinary people will be able to feel the conception of the painting!

It’s a pity that this effect is only active for live viewers. If they are looking at a printed version on the internet, people without a certain level of appreciation still won’t understand.

But this is already enough!

Worthy of a Gold Treasure Chest, the rewards are truly extraordinary. It looks like Shadow has a lot of work ahead!

Hmm.

First, I must complete the painting I planned to hang in Sun Yaohuo’s hotel suite. The works I painted in the previous few days will have to be scrapped.

This time!

Lin Yuan will use the Paintfection skill to complete these artworks!

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ps: Chu Kuang hasn’t decided what to write next yet, but the recent plot addressing Shadow has been unfolding quite smoothly.