All-rounder Artist

Chapter 326: Chapter 305: The Third Disciple_1

These people are too much, some of them even commented that my handwriting looks like a primary school student’s.

Even more outrageous, Jin Mu bought Lin Yuan a few handwriting practice books, the intention behind it was blatantly obvious.

“…”

Considering that money was spent on these practice books, Lin Yuan decided to practice his handwriting, adhering to his principles of never being wasteful.

At this time, the progress related to Chu Kuang has improved again.

The most significant transformation was Chu Kuang’s fan follower count, it escalated to over eighty million.

The Prestige Value in literature even breached six hundred thousand.

All the credit goes to “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”, the innovative nature of Narrative Trickery applied to mystery writing is beyond question, and another significance of this book is that it attracted some mystery enthusiasts to Chu Kuang…

The mystery genre is a big deal.

Chu Kuang, although a one-hit wonder in the world of mystery, still has a long way to go to conquer this genre.

On the other hand, many fantasy readers have been won over by Chu Kuang.

Keep in mind, with such a huge reader base, the overlap rate between the mystery and fantasy genres is not very high.

What Silver Blue Books and Lin Yuan didn’t expect was that a few days later, the Literature and Art Gazette also reported about Chu Kuang’s new book.

“Chu Kuang creates a new type of mystery: Narrative Trickery!”

“Chu Kuang may not be the first one to dare to jugglery readers, but Chu Kuang is definitely the mystery novelist who has fullest played with fooling readers. And surprisingly, everyone is willing to be fooled. That is where he is brilliant, whether it’s character depiction, writing techniques, investigative reasoning, plot-setting or detailed description, it is not too much to describe them as stunning. It is just that we still want to complain about Chu Kuang’s wicked amusement – just like many fans love and hate Chu Kuang, the old rascal always loves to lay traps for readers. First, he brought chaos to fantasy readers, now he has extended his evil claws to the mystery circle…”

The Literature and Art Gazette’s hasty attempt to define Chu Kuang’s achievement with “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” in the mystery genre was premature.

But no amount of self-promotion about their own author can compare to the words of the official media.

Right now is when everything is finalized!

Narrative Trickery was officially recognized as a new creative method in the mystery field!

In fact, without waiting for the Literature and Art Gazette to make a move, many mystery novelists had already begun to create and apply Narrative Trickery techniques.

Just like Chu Kuang’s previous works.

He has once again led a trend in a genre!

The publishing world is most familiar with this situation.

Because “following Chu Kuang” is the correct decision that publishing houses inevitably make every time Chu Kuang releases a new work.

In the past, it was the fantasy authors who were following Chu Kuang, now it is the turn of the mystery novelists.

This proves that in any field, following a trend is a ubiquitous phenomenon with the emergence of new types.

Just as Silver Blue Books advertised in “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”:

“Chu Kuang, always imitated, never surpassed!”

Having tasted success in the mystery genre, Lin Yuan is now considering whether his next work should continue to be a mystery.

No matter how the outside world evaluates Chu Kuang, saying that Chu Kuang never writes the same type of story, it is all their assumption.

Lin Yuan doesn’t have such a taboo.

…

Of course, even if he is considering whether the next book should continue to be a mystery, Lin Yuan does not plan to configure the new book for the time being.

One day, Lin Yuan came to the company.

After becoming the representative of the composition department, he started to breeze in and out of the company.

Anyways, he’s the big boss on the ninth floor. No one will check his attendance, because even if they find he doesn’t attend enough, no one would dare to penalize him.

Who can afford to offend Maestro Junior?

Even if the matter is brought up to the higher-ups, they would probably say, “Don’t be too harsh on young people”.

This is how Starlight operates.

The company has lots of rules and regulations for people without talent, but it’s always indulgent towards those who have real talent.

As for the extent of indulgence, it depends on the person’s ability.

Upon entering his office, Lin Yuan called up Feng Shuo and Xue Liang: “You were saying that you found a new apprentice for me?”

Yes.

Lin Yuan came to the company upon receiving a call from Xue Liang mentioning that a potential new apprentice had been found.

“Yes.”

The answer was from Feng Shuo.

He seemed a little excited: “Master, you will definitely be satisfied with the person we have recommended – Li Lizhi!”

Lin Yuan was taken aback: “Deuce Li’s daughter?”

Feng Shuo and Xue Liang changed their expressions slightly:

“Is Deuce Li the pejorative nickname for the chairman…Master, please refrain from calling him that in the company… Li Lizhi is indeed the chairman’s son, and his only daughter.”

Lin Yuan was stunned again.

His only response was automatic.

The historical knowledge from his past life told Lin Yuan that Li Lizhi was the daughter of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

But in this world, there is no Tang Dynasty, no Li Shimin, and certainly no Li Lizhi.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan did not expect this Li Lizhi to be the chairman’s daughter.

However, Lin Yuan doesn’t care about what identity his third apprentice holds, he cares more about talent.

Only those with high talent can graduate quickly like Feng Shuo. Those with poor talent can only be rejected.

“Where is she?” asked Lin Yuan.

This time Xue Liang answered: “She’s outside.”

Lin Yuan nodded: “Let her come in.”

Feng Shuo hurriedly went to open the door. This younger sister is not strictly speaking their choice, but she volunteered to come over after hearing that Lin Yuan was about to accept a new apprentice-

Li Lizhi!

The chairman’s darling girl!

The little princess of Starlight Entertainment!

Neither Feng Shuo nor Xue Liang dared to reject this girl’s initiative.

Even if this girl originally belonged not to the ninth but to the floor under Yang Zhongming.

“Hello, Mr. Lin.”

A young girl with long hair walked in from outside the door. She was wearing a plain white coat, the whole person exudes a fresh aura, perhaps because of being raised in a nurturing environment and being well protected, her eyes were as clear as stream water.

She was looking at Lin Yuan curiously.

After all, she had heard a lot of rumors about this man.

At the same time, she was wondering why Teacher Yang Zhongming did not accept her but sent her to learn composition with Lin Yuan, and her father even agreed…

“Hello, you can leave now.”

Lin Yuan checked Li Lizhi’s songwriting talent, the data was 496.

Better than Xue Liang, inferior to Feng Shuo.

In summary, her aptitude is average.

Therefore, Lin Yuan decided to reject Li Lizhi.

In Lin Yuan’s view, this is a normal thing.

However, Feng Shuo and Xue Liang looked rather taken aback, even somewhat frightened.

“Hello, you can leave now.”

If it was someone else, it would be normal for the master to say this, but the person at hand is Li Lizhi, the daughter of the chairman!

The master actually refused her without hesitation?

What if the chairman is unhappy?

That’s not right, the chairman probably wouldn’t be able to say much against the master’s decision, but is this blunt refusal really okay?

“Huh?”

Li Lizhi was taken aback for a moment. She did not get angry, but her heart inexplicably sped up.

Is this what rejection feels like?

From her childhood to now, this was the first time she had been rejected by someone.

Lin Yuan thought that refusal might hurt someone’s feelings, so he said well-intentioned words: “You lack talent, I want to find a more talented apprentice.”

Feng Shuo put a hand on his forehead.

Xue Liang looked down at his toes.

The master is comforting her, right?

It’s comforting, right?

Why it seems as if he is twisting the knife in Li Lizhi’s heart?

Although it’s commonly known that this little princess has a good temper and is congenial, after being evaluated like this by the master, she should be somewhat angry, right?

But the two of them once again misunderstood.

Li Lizhi still did not get angry. Instead, she felt that her body was a bit numb. There was a little shame in her heart that she couldn’t express.

Is this what being criticized feels like?

Indeed, from childhood to now, this was the first time she had been criticized.

She couldn’t help but raise her voice slightly: “I will work hard.”

“…”

Lin Yuan was not good at refusing others, but this concerned the difficulty of the task, and Lin Yuan couldn’t possibly give in: “You can work hard somewhere else.”

Feng Shuo and Xue Liang dared not breathe.

It’s not that they were timid, their master was just too unyielding.

Li Lizhi was a bit unwilling: “I’ll pay…”

“How much?”

Lin Yuan suddenly looked up, his gaze fixed on Li Lizhi.

His stare made Li Lizhi shrink back a bit: “All of my allowance…”

“Sorry.”

Lin Yuan felt disappointed. How much could one’s allowance be?

Li Lizhi spoke softly: “If one million is not enough, then I…”

“How much?”

Lin Yuan’s gaze became sharp again.

Li Lizhi’s voice was almost too soft to hear: “One million…”

But when it came to money, Lin Yuan’s hearing was always superb.

Since he heard it, so Lin Yuan’s expression changed.

Corrupted!

One million in allowance!

How many times that of my sister?

This is money that must be earned, to buy egg yolks for my little sister!

At this moment, Lin Yuan felt a bit ashamed.

Compared to Li Lizhi, my sister is living in destitution, I’m such an incompetent brother!

At the same time.

Feng Shuo and Xue Liang faced each other, they did not expect this daughter of the chairman to be so amiable. As expected of the famous good girl, she took all the master’s words without getting upset. Such a gentle and nice girl!

“I’ll take it.”

Lin Yuan said solemnly: “From now on, you’ll be my third apprentice.”

“Huh?”

Li Lizhi was a bit startled. She was about to give up when Lin Yuan suddenly changed his mind.

“Little sis, I’m your second senior brother!”

Feng Shuo, who had been eager to call her this from the moment he saw Li Lizhi, couldn’t wait to shout it out.

“I’m the eldest senior brother, hello little sister.”

Xue Liang also smiled slightly. Since Li Lizhi had entered their master’s door, in his eyes, she was no longer the daughter of the chairman.

The chairman is just the boss of the company, but the master is a god in his heart!

Feng Shuo’s thought process was similar, so his demeanor wasn’t as restrained anymore.

“Hello, senior brothers.”

Li Lizhi obediently greeted them, then looked at Lin Yuan, her voice softer: “Hello, master…”

“Let’s start the class.”

Lin Yuan waved his hand. Feng Shuo and Xue Liang knew the rules. The master only taught one person at a time, so they both left together.

At this moment.

Lin Yuan activated the character card.

Li Lizhi suddenly felt that her master seemed to have changed…