Literature and Art Association.
A certain core department.
"I think we need to be cautious about this matter. Wouldn’t this new ranking be an exaggeration for Xian Yu?"
"This is a top ten list."
"And Xian Yu is already ranked seventh."
"I disagree with you. Shouldn’t our ranking be solely based on the performance of the works?"
"Or do you not understand the quality of Xian Yu’s works?"
"Even if you really don’t feel anything about those works, at least a piece like ’The Fate Symphony’ wouldn’t be playing the lute to a cow, right?"
"That’s a harsh way to put it."
"I certainly know how excellent ’The Fate Symphony’ is, but this is Xian Yu’s first symphony, and I still want to observe a bit more."
"There’s nothing to observe."
"The level of this piece alone is already convincing enough."
"Let’s do this: everyone think about it and we’ll have another decision meeting in some time. We’ll go with the majority vote."
This kind of argument has already lasted too many days.
After all, art rankings cannot be made by AI.
As long as the list is determined by people and more than one person at that, there will inevitably be disagreements.
In such cases, majority rule is the fairest way to handle it.
This is the Literature and Art Association.
Setting ranks is no one’s one-man show.
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Setting aside the internal disputes of the Literature and Art Association.
While Yang Zhongming was sending a concert invitation to Lin Yuan.
The promotion for this concert began.
Advertisements for the Golden Hall frequently appeared in different places.
As the world’s third-ranked musician, Yang Zhongming’s fan base, though not as large as Xian Yu’s, holds a much higher position among music lovers than that young genius—
At least that was the case before Xian Yu held a concert.
This concert quickly attracted tremendous global attention.
However, in terms of promotional scale, Lin Yuan’s concert promotion was actually larger.
Yang Zhongming’s concert, from the length of promotion to the promotional momentum, was clearly overshadowed by Lin Yuan’s.
It’s not that Lin Yuan has more clout.
The main reason is that for an established musician like Yang Zhongming, holding a concert isn’t routine, but it certainly happens at least once a year.
No need for much promotion.
Just a casual announcement will do.
Once the audience hears the name "Yang Zhongming," they’ll obediently buy tickets.
Xian Yu’s influence is also unquestionable, but since it’s his first solo concert, of course, he has to promote hard to show his impact, right?
As Lin Yuan holds more concerts, he will surely become as confident as Yang Zhongming, not caring whether the promotion is on point or not.
Lin Yuan went to the company and rehearsed "Serenade" with Yang Zhongming.
The former played the piano, and the latter played the violin, both with skills so good that it’s hard to believe they’re two Maestros cooperating.
After rehearsing three times, both agreed that it was enough.
Using their most proficient instruments and having mutual trust, their synergy was perfect.
After confirming there were no problems with the rehearsal, Lin Yuan returned to his office and glanced at the Blue Star music chart.
The music chart hadn’t been updated yet.
Who knows how long the Literature and Art Association can delay it.
But the goals Lin Yuan set for Xian Yu in the New Year’s Planning Book at the beginning of the year had already been accomplished.
Then Lin Yuan looked at the writer’s chart.
On the writer’s chart, Chu Kuang and the sixth-ranked writer had turned red.
This means that there’s a great chance that Chu Kuang’s recent new book could knock out the sixth-ranked writer globally.
However, at this moment, Lin Yuan couldn’t help but find it a bit amusing.
Chu Kuang had already reached the sixth place on the Blue Star writer’s chart before, but then Xian Yu suddenly jumped to third place on the chart, pushing all subsequent writers, including Chu Kuang, back.
Isn’t this stabbing oneself in the back?
It surely counts, given how hard it was for Chu Kuang to reach that rank.
But since it’s already in red, Chu Kuang might as well write another book to return to the sixth place.
Lin Yuan’s choices are increasingly cautious at this point:
"Chu Kuang’s previous work was ’Siege,’ full of literary richness. The next work can’t lack in literary depth either since my influence has already proven that pure literature can also have sales. But, considering that many classics can be dry content-wise, even if I choose to release another classic-level work, I have to balance the plot..."
Lin Yuan’s eyes lit up:
He could totally write ’Water Margin’!
Just like ’Journey to the West,’ ’Water Margin’ is one of our four great classical novels!
Chu Kuang has already familiarized Blue Star readers with the Great Song dynasty through various past works.
Now writing ’Water Margin’ is completely feasible!
You must know that this book itself can easily give readers an exhilarating feeling.
Heroes in distress, furious bloodshed, ultimately going to Mount Liang to become outlaws, with many characters having well-paced storylines that guide the reader’s emotions to perfection!
Not to mention its status in literary history.
They say, "Old men shouldn’t read Journey, the young shouldn’t read Water Margin, men shouldn’t read Journey, women shouldn’t read Dream of the Red Chamber."
Lin Yuan suddenly felt like he was going to wrap up all four great classical novels. Will people evaluate these four books similarly in the future?
And now that Journey has been completed for some years.
Now it’s Water Margin’s turn. Should he write Three Kingdoms or Red Chamber next?
But I definitely have to write them.
All four great classics are must-writes for Chu Kuang.
Of course, there are many great classics abroad, and Lin Yuan will write those too in the future.
With this thought, Lin Yuan took a deep breath and started tapping away on his keyboard.
A new document named ’Water Margin’ appeared on Lin Yuan’s computer.
There are different versions of Water Margin.
Lin Yuan plans to write according to the version with the longest text by Yang Dingjian, prologue edition.
This version has 120 Chapters and 960,000 words, the most widely spread version in the world and the one most recommended by the system.
"It can be published by the end of January next year."
Lin Yuan roughly estimated in his mind.
Completing 960,000 words in a month is more than sufficient without rushing.
Lin Yuan even wondered if releasing a ’Water Margin’ as a Bomb just to secure sixth place might be too much.
If this book comes out, can Chu Kuang really only climb to the sixth place?
Perhaps the scope can be broadened.
After all, ’Water Margin’ is not just about the 108 heroes of Mount Liang’s 36 Heavenly Spirits and 72 Earthly Fiends.
Though the book’s ending is quite Chu Kuang style...
A mindlessly loyal Song Jiang leading his brothers to accept amnesty, resulting almost in annihilation, even poisoning the devoted Li Kui without hesitation...
Hopefully, by then, the people criticizing me will be fewer than those who criticize Song Jiang.
Stop being hypocritical.
A particular old rascal who’s been through countless battles chuckles lightly, showing no sign of panic.
This old rascal even leisurely envisions the future.
This old rascal even leisurely envisions the future. They say ’Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils’ is Chu Kuang the old rascal’s best representation of ensemble storytelling. Next, he will shatter the readers’ perceptions.