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Of course. Zhao Continent had not yet joined the merger. It was still too early to start considering the book and painting auction in Zhao Continent. Lin Yuan quickly set this matter aside. As for the media's erroneous reports that "Galloping Horse" was Shadow's debut traditional painting, Lin Yuan couldn't be bothered to correct them. To Lin Yuan, this wasn't something very important. In the days that followed, however, there were a few occurrences that were of some significance to Lin Yuan. By late August, the animation "One Piece" officially aired. Simultaneously, the "Naruto" animation was also launched. Three days after the first two animations aired, "Detective Chu Yu" made its grand debut. Even "The Kindaichi Case Files" had been outsourced to another animation company for production by Starlight! There was no helping it. Resources were limited. The animation department's workload was heavy. Apart from the three newly launched animations, "Dunk" was also being serialized amidst much fervor. In such a situation, it was difficult for Starlight to take on "The Kindaichi Case Files" as well, so they simply outsourced it to another company since this title's popularity couldn't quite compare to the others. Following the airing of these animations, the response had been extremely enthusiastic! Audiences had expressed a high degree of approval for Starlight's production quality! This was all within expectations. Just look at how many people in the Alliance were following updates of "Dead Sea of Fire" to know. Besides, Starlight had invested a lot of money in these three animations, the chairman had personally participated in supervising, and they had even poached some highly skilled animators from Chu Continent, showing utmost dedication. As long as the production team accurately adapted the storylines, maintained a consistent art style, and had effective voice actors, success was inevitable. However, speaking of popularity, the current hottest animation was still "Dunk"! This title, due to its simultaneous release in both animation and manga, its leveraging on the Bluelympics, and controversies and promotions involving Shadow, Tribe, and He Dajun, began with an exploding popularity! A work that had everything in its favor. Under immense attention combined with these days' serialization, "Dunk" had indeed become the hottest animation across the Zhao, Qin, Chu, Yan, and Han Continents! Especially among young viewers, they deeply loved this work! Every week, countless people would discuss the latest plot developments of "Dunk." Shadow's title as the number one in comics had thus become even more well-deserved. Perhaps in the future, the popularity of this animation might be surpassed by "Dead Sea of Fire." But at least for now, "Dunk" was unrivaled among all contemporaneously serialized animations! In the world of anime and manga. Such works were referred to as dominant! The most direct manifestation of dominance was that, following every update of "Dunk," Lin Yuan's older sister and younger sister would always catch up immediately. It should be noted that both his sister and his younger sister were girls. Yet this "Dunk" was an animation aimed at male audiences. Its ability to be loved by countless female viewers exemplified the charm of this animation. It was also because "Dunk" was too hot. Lin Yuan couldn't help but consider leveraging this animation. It was related to the ranking of the season in September. It was already late August, and Lin Yuan had to consider the matter of the September season's chart. Which type of song would be the steadiest to hit the charts? Numerous practices told Lin Yuan that what really decided the rankings on the seasonal chart wasn't just the quality of the song itself! The fame of the composer, the fame of the performing artist, and the background of the song were all indispensable factors! Among these. The fame of the composer and the fame of the performing artist, Lin Yuan could ensure. As for the background of the song representing whether it had any connection to a certain work, Lin Yuan could also create those conditions for himself. For instance: Could his song in September ride on the popularity of "Dunk"? Leveraging his own heat. This move was something Lin Yuan had already become quite skilled at. And so, as Lin Yuan pondered this, he truly found a way to ride the wave of popularity. At this point, "Dunk" had updated to its twenty-sixth episode. In the twenty-seventh episode, there would be the iconic scene where Mitsui Hisashi says, "Coach, I want to play basketball." Along with this iconic scene, there would be a song called "Until the End of the World"! This song was widely considered to be written specifically for Mitsui Hisashi in "Dunk," constituting Mitsui's exclusive background music! In the animation "Dunk." The most outstanding track was "Until the End of the World." Even among all the background music in the world of animations, this song was considered a rarity! The opening bass guitar and drum rhythm gave the audience a broad sense of space, the lyrics were beautifully emotional, and the rendering was powerful. The song itself was of high quality and, combined with the plot, it was regarded as a divine song by many Dunk fans, evoking a feeling of youth as if looking back suddenly after many years. And in the animation. Whenever Mitsui Hisashi began to show off his moves, this classic background music would play, awakening the passion in countless people! Actually, many works have reflected similar situations. Classic characters always have their own exclusive BGM and such. For example... Indeed, the famous scene "Coach, I want to play basketball" had already been updated in the manga version of "Slam Dunk" a while ago. However, the anime is slower than the manga, and the anime viewers haven't seen this episode yet, even those who have read the manga have certainly never heard this song. And Lin Yuan had already prepared this excellent song before the anime even started broadcasting. The singer is none other than Liang Ziyuan, the singing king of Chu Continent who previously sang "I Want to Shout Out Loud That I Love You". "How about we use this song to hit the charts in September?" This was not hard for Lin Yuan to manage, he just had to ensure that the 27th episode of "Slam Dunk" would broadcast on the first of September. By then... This "Until the End of the World" could logically join the competition for the seasonal charts. Releasing a new song on the stage of the hottest current animation in the five continents and pairing it with one of the most climactic classic scenes in the "Slam Dunk" anime, Lin Yuan could definitely ride the wave of popularity to the fullest! In fact, this was not the first time Lin Yuan had thought about leveraging the popularity of his own anime. Just last month... Lin Yuan initially even planned to have Jiang Kui sing the background music "Bluebird" from Naruto. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. In the end, Jiang Kui sang a song called "Diao" and claimed the title of best female singer. Now that he thought about it, "Bluebird" was not suitable. It wasn't an issue with the song itself but in the Naruto anime, this song wouldn't appear until after 200 episodes. It was a song meant for "Naruto Shippuden". Borrowing it earlier would be too forceful and didn't fit well with the storyline. Unlike "Until the End of the World," which could currently be postponed to correspond with the relevant plot. "The usual rule, keep one backup song." Although Lin Yuan felt the song by Mitsui Hisashi was great and could help "Slam Dunk" win the September seasonal charts, he feared the unexpected. Lin Yuan had prepared another song just in case. If things went south, he would take out the backup song to hit the charts. Once the preparations were finished, Lin Yuan especially went to the chairman to discuss this matter. "Arrange for the 27th episode of 'Slam Dunk' to broadcast on September 1." If Lin Yuan didn't notify him, this episode would have aired on August 30th, and then it couldn't participate in the September seasonal charts. "You mean to..." The chairman guessed Lin Yuan's intention right away! The 27th episode of "Slam Dunk" was special. Accompanying Mitsui Hisashi's redemption, there would be a very explosive song that would appear, which had deeply moved the chairman when he heard it! Lin Yuan: "Yes." The chairman was really astute. The matter was settled in a simple conversation. Not long after, the news that the next episode of "Slam Dunk" would be broadcast on September 1 was officially announced. "Dang it!" The audience was not happy! How could Starlight delay it further! The next episode was clearly supposed to update on the 30th! The grief of those eagerly awaiting the update instantly filled the screen. Many were dissatisfied. Especially the readers who had read the manga: "The next episode features Mitsui Hisashi's famous scene, how can Starlight delay it at such a critical moment!" "Update on September 1, doesn't that mean I have to wait an extra day?" "Dude, wake up, August has thirty-one days." "What, why does August have thirty-one days, who decided that!" "Isn't every month thirty days!" "So you're telling me, that line 'Coach, I want to play basketball' has to wait two more days?!" "After reading the manga, what I anticipated most was this episode in the anime!" "No choice, just wait." "..." Discontent is discontent. Everyone could only wait. And in this waiting, time finally approached September. Ding-dong. Midnight on September 1st. The much-delayed "Slam Dunk" finally updated! At the same time... Someone noticed that Xian Yu's new song had been released. ———————— PS: I recommend a friend's new science fiction book, "Revival Empire". Those interested in science fiction may want to check it out.