Many people did not expect “Life Like Summer Flowers” to have such a strong follow-up, unexpectedly surpassing “Brilliant Silver Fire” on the first day!

When everyone noticed this situation, the industry suddenly became lively.

“Starlight is second!?”

“After years of underperformance, Starlight suddenly rises. Is this the legendary rebound from the bottom?”

“Everyone, don’t forget, the first place is a special case. If you round it up, ‘Life Like Summer Flowers’ is practically this year’s champion!”

“Rounding up, really?”

“No need to round up. There’s another situation that everyone might not have noticed. Although the first place is far ahead, in terms of data growth, it seems that Starlight’s ‘Life Like Summer Flowers’ is higher. I think everyone understands what this means.”

A data genius from a certain company saw it clearly.

“What do you mean?”

“In short, everyone, prepare your small stools and sunflower seeds. There might be a chance to watch a battle of the gods at the end of the month. Interesting, I thought Sand Sea had it locked this year with no suspense.”

“……”

At that time.

Zeng Yi, the singer who was originally ranked second with “Brilliant Silver Fire,” was having a meal with his composer Li Yang.

This meal was enough to swipe two thousand on a credit card.

The large and red king crab on the table, with its claws spread, displayed its might when alive, adding a note to this meal:

A celebration feast.

But halfway through the meal, Zeng Yi received a call from the company notifying him that “Aries” had been bumped to third place.

At that moment.

The king crab in the bowl suddenly lost its flavor.

Zeng Yi looked at Li Da in confusion, as if asking: Where did my second place go? It was just here, so big and second.

“……”

Composer Li Yang didn’t speak, just silently took out his phone and earphones, and listened to “Life Like Summer Flowers” once.

Alright.

Li Yang admitted he got a bit arrogant. When the new talent chart came out, as the second on the list, he only listened to the first place song and wasn’t interested in the third place “Life Like Summer Flowers.”

Who would pay attention to those not as good as themselves?

But after listening to the song, Li Yang, with a complicated mood, clicked download and then looked at the song ranked first on the new talent chart, his expression suddenly a bit grim: “They all must die!”

……

Meanwhile, in the dormitory of Starlight’s company.

Sun Yaohuo, who was also monitoring the chart around the clock, naturally noticed “Life Like Summer Flowers” had rushed to second place on the chart.

He suddenly stood up: “Wow! I’m famous!”

No wonder the industry always circulates legends about the great master composers, and many debut singers even jokingly say:

“I am willing to be a dog for a master composer.”

It turns out that when you meet an awesome master composer, even a dog tied in the recording studio can become famous!

Having always longed to debut, he was just muddle-headedly pulled over by his agent to record a song, and then muddle-headedly sang as required, and inexplicably rushed to second place on the new talent chart, becoming one of the most dazzling singers of the entire new season!

Below is a fill-in-the-blank question:

Sun Yaohuo was pondering, if he were to abandon so-called integrity, how should he greet Junior Lin next time?

……

At the same time.

Qinzhou Art Academy.

Lin Yuan, who was not very aware of everything, was reading in the library when suddenly a pleasant and crisp system notification sounded in his ear:

[Congratulations to the host for reaching over ten thousand total reputation!]

[Reputation over ten thousand reward: Five years of life!]

[Reputation over ten thousand reward: Three bronze treasure chests!]

[Reputation over ten thousand reward: One silver treasure chest!]

Has the reputation reached over ten thousand?

Lin Yuan looked up at the four glowing lines of text, his mind slightly moved, and he saw his current data situation:

[Age: 19]

[Life: 27]

[Painting: 45]

[Literature: 105]

[Music: 12580]

[Comprehensive: 12730]

The reputation values for painting and literature categories hadn’t changed.

The reputation value for music had skyrocketed, directly breaking ten thousand, obviously due to the success of “Life Like Summer Flowers.”

Most importantly:

Life increased by five years.

Now Lin Yuan’s life had reached twenty-seven years. Although it was only five more years for now, it was enough to temporarily walk out of the threat of death.

Lin Yuan asked in his mind: “System, how much reputation is needed for the next life increase?”

The system replied: “The host’s body has a terminal illness, theoretically incurable, so to treat the host, the system has used the highest level of medical technology in the universe to transform the host’s physique. Therefore, the reputation requirement will only get higher and higher. Next time the host wants to receive the system’s treatment to increase life, the reputation point requirement is…”

Lin Yuan asked: “One hundred thousand?”

The system said: “No, it’s one million.”

Lin Yuan’s face turned black. From the system’s long-winded explanation, he vaguely knew that the reputation requirement for increasing life would be high, but he didn’t expect it to be this high.

Too difficult.

Even one hundred thousand isn’t enough!

And it dares to ask for one million!

Lin Yuan felt a bit angry: “Do I have to release a hundred songs of the level of ‘Life Like Summer Flowers’?”

“Don’t worry.”

The system explained: “‘Life Like Summer Flowers’ currently only provides the host with over ten thousand reputation, but this doesn’t mean the song can only provide this much reputation. As long as there are new listeners who like this song in the future, the host’s reputation will continue to increase. Theoretically, the host’s reputation will grow faster and faster. One million may seem like a lot, but it’s actually just a blink of an eye.”

Lin Yuan blinked hard.

The system almost froze: “……”

Lin Yuan chuckled inwardly but roughly accepted this fact. He vaguely had an idea that as long as he produced more works in the future and Xian Yu’s brand grew bigger, attracting more attention, his reputation would naturally increase. Of course, this also required him to continuously work hard to release new works to earn reputation.

Thinking of this.

Lin Yuan looked expectantly at the four treasure chests in the warehouse, wondering what good things could be opened?

Without hesitation.

Lin Yuan directly opened two bronze treasure chests first, deciding to leave the third bronze treasure chest as a suspense for himself.

[Bronze Treasure Chest Opened: Obtained Song “Big Fish”]

[Bronze Treasure Chest Opened: Obtained Song “Flammable and Explosive”]

It seems the system knows that in Qinzhou, the “land of music,” music-related rewards have the highest value, so the items from the bronze treasure chests are basically music-related.

“Open the silver treasure chest too,” Lin Yuan said.

Immediately, Lin Yuan felt a flash of light before his eyes:

[Silver Treasure Chest Opened: Obtained Piano Piece “Mariage d’amour”]

The silver treasure chest opening even comes with a five-cent special effect?

But this reward is indeed good, it’s actually “Mariage d’amour”!

The value of this piano piece is much higher than a song, as it is one of the top works composed by Paul Senneville for Richard Clayderman, a classic piece heard by countless people on Earth!

No wonder it’s in the silver treasure chest.

If there’s a chance to release this well-known piano piece, it should earn him quite a bit of reputation, right?

Lin Yuan thought expectantly.

But it can’t be released hastily.

Just like the success of “Life Like Summer Flowers” needed the resource platform of Starlight, without a good platform or opportunity, the efficiency of gaining reputation would also be affected.

Thinking of this.

Lin Yuan suddenly had a question: “If I don’t reveal my real-life identity when releasing works, will the reputation value be discounted?”

“No.”

The system seemed too lazy to type, directly using an emotionless mechanical voice to answer in Lin Yuan’s mind: “Like the identity of Xian Yu, it inherently points to the host, so whether the host is in the foreground or hidden behind the scenes, it’s the same.”

Understood.

It’s just like the description “best friend of Jian Yi and Xia Fan” ultimately points to himself, as long as the final direction is correct.

Why does this sound a bit Lovecraftian?

Lin Yuan asked again: “What is the specific standard for forming reputation?”

The system answered: “Reputation comes from the audience’s recognition of the work. Because they genuinely appreciate ‘Life Like Summer Flowers,’ the audience’s liking will convert into reputation points. The specific amount of reputation points depends on the audience’s level of appreciation for the work.”

“Oh.”

Lin Yuan was tasting the benefits of reputation for the first time, so he was noticeably more attentive to it. Compared to the hard work of doing tasks, reputation rewards are indeed more appealing.

Of course.

Even a small mosquito is still meat.

Lin Yuan wouldn’t disdain a reward just because it’s only a bronze treasure chest. He still had to do his best to complete the task about the exam.

Just then.

Lin Yuan’s phone suddenly rang.

When he opened it, it turned out to be a collective mention in the class group.

The one mentioning everyone was Teacher Huang, who was in charge of the professional course: “Dear students, the latest notice from the department, our major will have an exam on November 15th! Next week’s assignment on music appreciation will have an additional big topic! You’ve heard ‘Life Like Summer Flowers,’ right? Please prepare in advance, from a compositional perspective, find out the reasons for the success of this new song. Highlight! This is the teacher’s prediction, I think this will definitely be on the exam!”

The group was instantly filled with wails.

“No way…”

“Teacher…”

“This is my favorite song recently…”

“So is this another song that will go from being liked to being listened to until we’re sick of it?”

“Everyone, I can already announce in advance, I no longer like ‘Life Like Summer Flowers.’”

There are quite a few people who like the song “Life Like Summer Flowers.”

But as Lu Xun said:

For music students, the best way to ruin a song is to make it an assignment.

Lin Yuan, however, was very happy.

Anyway, the classmates in the class had already provided the reputation they should have, the system couldn’t possibly deduct it, right?

As for whether they would still like “Life Like Summer Flowers” in the future, Lin Yuan didn’t care.

He had other songs coming up.

And if the exam tested this, Lin Yuan was very confident because the system provided the song along with something like reference materials.

“What’s the song for the assignment?”

The group messages quickly reached 99+.

Some students who appeared late, had laggy phones, but were too lazy to scroll through the messages, could only type to ask their classmates in the group.

“‘Life Like Summer Flowers,’ ask again and I’ll kill myself!”

This was the reply from the class monitor, and you could feel the resentment through the screen, even adding a sentence: “I hate Xian Yu!”

“Add one!”

“Add two!”

“Add three!”

The class was very united.

Lin Yuan typed a string of ellipses, forcibly breaking the formation, thinking these people were too targeted, then he suddenly felt relieved—

Everyone hated Xian Yu.

What does it have to do with me, Lin Yuan?