The second is the filming of the second installment of the Harry Potter series, which occasionally requires him to be on set in person.
The third is to tailor-make an album for Xia Fan.
Chu Kuang’s new book should have priority to be completed.
Lin Yuan is currently contemplating which one to write.
Jin Mu suddenly called him: "Did you see the rankings for the social platform traffic survey?"
Lin Yuan: "I saw it."
Blog is now the world’s second-largest social platform.
This matter is something Lin Yuan cannot ignore, as he is one of the shareholders of Blog.
Jin Mu laughed: "Blog is flourishing now, and as a former rival, Tribe is already declining, but we must face new adversaries."
Jin Mu said: "Saying it’s Geek isn’t entirely accurate; the matters involved here are quite complicated. You should know there are many economic consortiums in Zhong Continent, right?"
Lin Yuan had heard about it in passing during a chat with Sun Yaohuo over dinner.
Jin Mu explained: "There is a common organization among these consortiums, whose members are the heads of major consortiums. This organization controls the five major entertainment companies on Blue Star. Not only are the interests between the consortiums intricately intertwined, but they also have various relationships with Geek, almost controlling the largest economic lifelines in Zhong Continent and even Blue Star. This is one of the reasons Geek can boast the largest global user base, even though they were the latest to develop into a global social platform."
"Now Blog has your three aliases attracting countless fans to join. Although not as big as Geek, it still poses a threat to them, so we need to stabilize our customer base. You should stay active whenever possible."
"Chu Kuang wrote novels on Blog, Shadow drew comics on Blog, all these can help direct traffic to the platform. Back then, we also fought battle after battle on this small turf with Blog, and it’s still the same now. Just that our opponent is now Geek. Geek itself isn’t the scariest; based on size, the gap isn’t that large. The truly terrifying aspect is the gigantic entities behind them."
"Can’t we just not provoke each other?"
Lin Yuan’s thought was relatively simple; he clashed with Tribe over the Shadow incident, and he had mostly forgotten about it in recent years, rarely targeting Tribe, the former opponent.
"It’s not as simple as you think."
Jin Mu sighed: "Your mere existence has already touched too many interests. Without going far, just the animated films by Shadow have given the five major entertainment companies a headache. Not to mention your Harry Potter series is a gold eater; with so many books, there will only be more films. These will make waves in the market, and the five majors won’t situation."
Where there are people, there’s rivalry.
Although Lin Yuan did not understand what Jin Mu meant precisely, he could at least grasp the logic.
Perhaps people reach a certain position and will encounter such situations.
Unless you stand taller and walk further, until no one dares to interfere with you.
"Besides, you may not know this."
Jin Mu laughed: "The current Starlight, ah, it’s huge, almost as big as the big five, you know what I mean?"
Lin Yuan pursed his lips and suddenly had an epiphany, realizing the key among them.
Starlight in Qin Continent is a large company, but merely a large music company; however, in recent years, its development seems far more than just that.
The five majors would not want to see a "sixth major" rise.
Coincidentally, Lin Yuan is also a shareholder of Starlight; Starlight’s growth is too deeply tied with him.
The tree wants to be still, but the wind never ceases.
Lin Yuan likes steady confrontation development.
However, the opponents probably do not want to continue playing the game in such a subdued manner.
"It’s good you understood, but you don’t have to worry too much. Whatever the tactics, everyone must abide by the game rules. Underhanded tactics can’t appear. Besides, we’ve never been alone."
Jin Mu was reminding Lin Yuan.
It proves that Jin Mu’s reminder was not groundless.
A big news suddenly broke:
Geek is negotiating cooperation matters with Tribe.
There’s even a rumor that Geek might acquire part of Tribe’s industries.
Ling Kong, who has been entangled in the Shadow incident’s whirlpool recently, might soon take the position of Tribe’s general manager!
He is indeed a controversial figure.
Everyone in Tribe and many within the circle knows that he has been outperformed by Xian Yu, Chu Kuang, and Shadow respectively.
Whenever Ling Kong does not go against these three, whatever other projects he handles, he can always achieve success.
This is also why Ling Kong, though ill-reputed within the company, still has prospects of becoming Tribe’s new general manager.
On the very day the news spread that Geek might ally with Tribe, Lin Yuan came to Starlight Entertainment.
Li Songhua smiled and made Lin Yuan a cup of tea:
"Barley tea, have a taste."
Lin Yuan sat down to drink tea.
Li Songhua had suddenly called to invite him over for a chat, so Lin Yuan felt the other party had something to say.
After they finished drinking tea.
Li Songhua sighed: "I have to thank you. Starlight has developed to what it is today, and you are the biggest contributor. Be it animation, film, or music, without your presence, we could not be so outstanding today."
Lin Yuan assisted the transition.
Li Songhua refilled Lin Yuan’s cup of tea, not following Lin Yuan’s lead, but instead told him a secret: