Lin Yuan was lying on the bed, logging into Shadow’s account and browsing the comment section.
Shadow’s comment section was unprecedentedly lively. Judging from the number of comments on the latest post, it was even more exaggerated than those on Chu Kuang and Xian Yu’s sides, a phenomenon that hadn’t occurred for years!
"Number one in the world!"
"Just had the privilege to visit the Central State Art Exhibition Hall and see the Shadow God’s national painting exhibition. That piece ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ is truly beyond this world!"
"Whoa, where did you get the ticket from? Haven’t they already sold out!?"
"I managed to buy a ticket, but it’s for five days later. Tickets for these few days are already sold out. I’ve attended so many art exhibitions, but I’ve never encountered such an absurd situation!"
"Tickets are hard to come by now!"
"I really regret not buying a ticket to see it live earlier. Like many netizens, I was indifferent towards Shadow’s national painting exhibition, and now Shadow has become unattainable for everyone. Those damn scalper tickets are going for thousands!"
"New fan from Wei Continent reporting!"
"I’m a new fan too. As a Middle State person, I didn’t know Shadow God before, until yesterday when a friend dragged me to see his national painting exhibition. I immediately downloaded a blogging app I had never used before and followed this bigshot!"
"New fan from Zhao Continent reporting first!"
"As a Qin person, I knew Shadow God early on, but I don’t read comics. All these years, I was puzzled about why Shadow, a cartoonist, was as famous as Xian Yu and Chu Kuang, and then I was taught a lesson by Shadow God’s national painting this morning."
Shadow’s fanbase surged!
Across Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Zhong Continent, countless netizens specifically downloaded blogging apps just to follow Shadow, even though many hadn’t started watching his exhibition yet.
After fermenting overnight, global netizens had a relatively vague concept of the "Paintfection" of the ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’.
Of course, it’s vague.
Without witnessing the Painted Soul Series firsthand, it’s impossible to grasp that kind of shock.
While countless netizens were curious about what Shadow’s so-called "Paintfection" actually was, an explainer appeared.
This explainer was named Harvey.
Harvey was that wealthy second-generation who went crazy eating chicken at the Yu Dynasty Hotel before.
Maybe the wealthy lifestyle is too dull and boring, Harvey actually started playing around with livestreaming.
But unlike other wealthy second generations who play livestream to reward female hosts to be the top big brother;
This guy directly becomes a host himself.
Harvey’s livestream content was plain and simple. To put it simply, he showed off his luxury cars to the audience every day, flaunting the lifestyle of the rich and famous, yet he still attracted quite a few fans.
This type of "showing off wealth" host is actually not uncommon online.
While Harvey is indeed the richest among the "showing off wealth type hosts", his livestream had never been particularly popular.
Harvey openly talked about Shadow’s "Paintfection" in his livestream, rapidly drawing a crowd of bystanders!
Harvey was immediately delighted. It was the first time his livestream attracted so many bystanders!
This made him unbelievably excited, and he decided he must talk thoroughly about Shadow’s Painted Soul Series today!
Today, I’m going to talk to you about Shadow’s [Paintfection].
Yesterday Paintfection suddenly went viral, but I found out that aside from the few who saw ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ in person, most people had no idea what it actually was. Even those who personally experienced that painting hadn’t formed a correct concept.
Some even assumed ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ was Paintfection.
Technically, that’s not wrong, but Paintfection isn’t entirely equal to ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’.
The true Paintfection.
Refers to a divine level of artistic mastery!
And no one on Blue Star except for Shadow can reach that level!
As for that ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ in Shadow’s exhibition that stunned all viewers, it reached the level of Paintfection.
Shadow’s national painting exhibition is showcasing a hundred pieces, why is it only ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ that reached Paintfection level?
Did you think Shadow could just casually create a painting and reach Paintfection level?
Creating works at Paintfection level is extremely difficult, even for Shadow himself it’s a monumental task!
Although the Paintfection series is indeed difficult to create, ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ isn’t the only work at Paintfection level.
In Shadow’s entire painting career, he has created a total of eight Paintfection pieces!
The ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ that Shadow brought out is precisely the eighth piece in the Paintfection series!"
Shadow has eight pieces of Paintfection?
It’s the first time netizens have heard this!
The audience in Harvey’s livestream was bewildered and excitedly sending various comments, thinking this is way more interesting than the metaverse!
[There are actually eight pieces?]
[Why didn’t they display the other seven pieces?]
[How come we’ve never heard of this before?]
[Has Harvey seen the other seven pieces of the Paintfection series?]
[I saw some rich people in interviews mentioning the Paintfection series a while ago.]
[I was puzzled back then, it’s clearly just one piece, so why do they mention a Paintfection series?]
[Is the host exaggerating?]
[This host is a top-tier wealthy second generation, he must know some insider info.]
Seeing the comments questioning him.
Harvey was a bit displeased:
"There are indeed eight pieces in the Painted Soul Series, and ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’ is just one of them. As for where the other seven are?
No harm in telling you.
Five of them are at the Yu Dynasty Hotel.
That’s the hotel co-owned by the Yu Dynasty.
As for why ordinary people haven’t been able to access the Painted Soul Series before, the reason is actually quite simple. The rooms in the Yu Dynasty Hotel that actually contain the works of the Shadow’s Painted Soul Series cost 500,000 a night to stay in.
Even the less economically prosperous tycoons of various continents are reluctant to stay in such expensive hotel rooms. Not to mention ordinary people who probably don’t even earn 500,000 a year?
To get back to the point.
Even if you really have 500,000 now, it’s useless, because the rooms in the Yu Dynasty Hotel that hold the Painted Soul Series works have already been booked by top tycoons from various continents until next year. You need to have money and status to book a room.
Do you understand now?
Why did so many top tycoons from various continents attend Shadow’s solo art exhibition, even the richest man showed up in support!
Because these tycoons have long seen the Shadow’s Painted Soul Series, they are more aware than anyone of the charm of the Painted Soul Series!
Yet the Painted Soul Series at the Yu Dynasty Hotel is not for sale.
Even if our richest man wanted to buy, Shadow didn’t agree.
As for those ten famous artists attending, it’s for a similar reason. Only those who have seen the Painted Soul Series understand the significance of this art exhibition.
The remaining two pieces...
One is in the hands of Starlight Entertainment’s chairman, Li Songhua, said to have been requested by Xian Yu from Shadow for him.
The other is in the hands of Qin Continent’s richest man, Fang Mokan.
Because Fang Mokan previously sponsored Xian Yu 3.2 billion to organize a Qin Continent Spring Festival Gala."
Talking about the Yu Dynasty Hotel, Harvey regrets it so much his intestines are turning green!
Back then, he was staying in a top suite at the Yu Dynasty Hotel quite comfortably, and suddenly a piece from the Painted Soul Series was placed there, causing room rates to soar.
Harvey didn’t know at the time how amazing the Painted Soul Series was, and left in a huff.
Later, Harvey wanted to try staying again, only to find he couldn’t get a reservation anymore.
Fortunately, today’s live broadcast was going very well.
The barrage was exploding, and the number of viewers in the live room was becoming increasingly exaggerated, clearly all shocked by Harvey’s revelation!
[It really is my year’s salary!]
[I need two years to earn 500,000!]
[Is this the world of the rich?]
[The key thing is you can’t buy the Painted Soul Series even with money, to stay at the hotel you need to reserve by wealth and status!]
[Didn’t you hear, Fang Mokan sponsored Xian Yu 3.2 billion just to get a Painted Soul Series piece!]
[That’s a hefty sum!]
[According to Harvey, these pieces Shadow gifted to Xian Yu!]
[Yu Dynasty Hotel, Starlight’s chairman, Qin Continent Spring Gala, aren’t they all related to Fish Papa!?]
[Shadow couldn’t possibly not know the value of these paintings!]
[Then the relationship between Fish Papa and Shadow must be better than blood brothers!]
"There’s a saying in the rich circle, only Xian Yu can easily get the Shadow’s Painted Soul Series. Of the eight Painted Soul Series pieces in the world, almost every one was personally handled by Xian Yu. Sometimes I even suspect if Shadow might be a relative from Xian Yu’s family. Otherwise, how could Shadow bear to hand over a lifetime’s most splendid paintings to Xian Yu?"
Listening to Harvey’s words.
The live room audience was also filled with emotion.
And at this moment Harvey suddenly changed the subject:
"As for whether I have personally seen the other Painted Soul Series, of course, I have, those are the ones at the Yu Dynasty Hotel, my dad took me to see them, and I was dumbfounded after seeing them.
I’m just a spoiled rich kid, idling in the live room showing off my wealth and seeking satisfaction through the audience’s flattery. After all, the life of the rich is really too boring, for someone like me who has not the slightest interest in art.
Upon seeing the Shadow’s Painted Soul Series, I was deeply shaken, and even I, who have no art cells, at that moment felt like I entered an art world, witnessing the ultimate charm of art.
What I want to tell everyone with this is:
For works like ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’, Shadows has seven more.
Any one of these seven, presented alone for everyone to appreciate, shouldn’t be inferior to ’Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains’.
I still want to remind everyone:
Hurry up to see Shadow’s art exhibition!
The Painted Soul Series the top tycoons must fight to certain wealth and status, then stay in a 500,000-a-night hotel room to see, now everyone can see by just spending a little on tickets, it’s simply like Emperor Qin Shi Huang touching a power line, winning big time!"
[You should have said earlier!]
[I’m going to see it now!]
[Paintings you usually need to spend 500,000 to see are now this cheap!]
[A once in a lifetime opportunity!]
[Brothers, the chance to stand on equal ground with the rich has come!]
[I watched two shows yesterday, so I’ve already earned a million?]
[Yes, you are already a millionaire!]
[For 500,000, charge!]
This live broadcast exposed all eight Painted Soul Series pieces, and the video quickly went viral across the global internet, with Harvey addressing everyone’s questions!
With this live broadcast.
Harvey momentarily became one of the most famous rich second-generation on Blue Star!
Also because of this broadcast, tickets to the Shadow’s Chinese Painting Exhibition at the Central State Art Museum became harder to buy, countless netizens from all over the world flocking to Zhong Continent to glimpse the Painted Soul glamour.
The Painted Soul Series truly went global!
ps: Continuing writing.