[Ding, Entertainment System bound successfully.]
[Congratulations to the Host for successfully binding the Entertainment System. This system contains all entertainment products from Earth and will do its utmost to help you become the King of Arts. The Host can exchange for entertainment products through Prestige.]
These simple sentences gave Su Yu a general understanding of the system.
Next, transparent subtitles appeared before him.
Host: Su Yu
Age: 18
Physique: 20 (Normal 50)
Prestige: 0
Skills: None
System Warehouse: None
“How do I gain Prestige?” Su Yu asked in his mind. Having often read web novels, he was quite familiar with these aspects.
[The Host releases works, and gains Prestige through popularity.]
Su Yu nodded in understanding. This Prestige system was quite straightforward. For example, releasing a song, the more people listen to it, the more Prestige he would gain.
[The Host gains Prestige and can draw from the prize pool. This system’s prize pool is very rich, containing all entertainment products and skills from Earth, and they are all random. As long as the Host has good luck, they can obtain rich rewards at a very small cost.]
[When Prestige reaches 500,000, the customization function will be unlocked. The Host can use money to customize the required entertainment products.]
[Entertainment System has been successfully bound, gifting the Host a beginner's gift package. Do you wish to claim it?]
The system detected that Su Yu had understood everything, and its mechanical voice sounded again.
“Claim.”
[Congratulations to the Host for successfully opening the beginner's gift package and obtaining the song component "Later". Copyright has been successfully registered. Song components can be converted into any file format according to the Host's wishes.]
…
Su Yu waited for a long time, and seeing no further developments, he asked, "Is that it?"
[That's it.]
"You call this a gift package???" This system was too stingy, only giving one song for the beginner's gift package... "Later" was a well-known song on Earth. It was a sad love song that evoked listeners' memories of their youth with a storytelling emotion. The entire song expressed regret and a bitter first love. However, the lyrics were written from a female perspective, which was not suitable for him to sing.
“System, can I change it? This song isn't suitable for me…” Su Yu said with a wry face.
[Once the beginner's gift package is opened, it cannot be changed. The Host's singing skills have not yet reached the level of an ordinary singer. Even if you wanted to sing, you wouldn't be able to with your current abilities. Friendly reminder: the Host can hand over the lyrics and music to a suitable person to sing and still gain Prestige.]
“How did I forget this?” Su Yu slapped his head. He hadn’t transitioned his role properly. He still thought of himself as the person from his previous life who was familiar with all sorts of singing techniques. In this life, due to the original host’s physical condition, his lung capacity and bodily functions could not support him to achieve professional singing skills. Therefore, even if Su Yu wanted to sing himself, with his current conditions, he couldn't.
“System, is there a way to restore my body?”
[For every one million Prestige the Host gains, Physique can increase by ten points. Current Physique: 20 (Normal 50)]
This meant that gaining three million Prestige would restore his body to a normal level, which shouldn't be too difficult. Once his physique was restored, with his singing skills from his previous life, and with a little practice, his singing abilities would naturally improve. According to the system, he could act as a lyricist and composer, and then find someone to sing it, which would also earn him Prestige. As it seemed now, this was a good plan. Su Yu didn't want to show his face in public, so being a lyricist and composer would allow him to earn money and gain Prestige, perfectly solving his current situation. However, the best way to find someone who could sing was to go to an entertainment company. Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Su Yu was very clear about its ways. Good works needed good teams for promotion, publicity, and copyright management; all these required a team. To make works known to more people without a team’s operation and promotional resources would be wishful thinking. Although joining an entertainment company would mean sharing the profits with the company, once the listener base grew, the earnings would be much higher than releasing songs independently, and it would save a lot of trouble.
“After enrolling, I'll go to an entertainment company for an interview. With the song 'Later', interviewing for a lyricist and composer position shouldn't be difficult.”
With this figured out, and a plan for the future, Su Yu felt incredibly pleased. He put away his phone and fell into a deep sleep.
…
Shuangqing City, a high-end villa area.
A young girl, wearing a pink sheer nightgown, walked out of the bathroom. Her slender legs were as white as fine jade, shapely and straight. She was tall and slim, and even in a loose nightgown, her perfect figure was evident. She dried her wet hair with a towel, barefooted, and stepped onto the soft carpet towards the bed. She bent down and picked up her phone. Habitually, she opened the familiar chat interface and scrolled through the chat history.
“Doggy, I’ll finally see you tomorrow. I wonder if you’ll be surprised when you see me. Your little fairy is an idol singer.”
Putting down her phone, a sly smile curved her lips. Then, she got up, picked up the hairdryer, and began to dry her hair.
…
The next day.
After Su Yu woke up, his parents had already left. In the kitchen, there was congee and eggs in the pot, and the residual heat in the pot kept the food warm. After breakfast, not long after, there was a knock on the door. Su Yu opened the door to find his childhood friend, Zhang Yang, standing there.
“Su Yu, want one? Just bought some buns, they’re still hot.” Zhang Yang had a bun in his mouth, was pulling a suitcase with one hand, and carrying a small plastic bag with the other. There were two buns left in the bag.
“No thanks, I just finished breakfast.” Su Yu shook his head and let him in.
Zhang Yang chuckled and walked into the house, glancing at the bowls and chopsticks on the table. “I envy you, being able to eat breakfast made by your mom.”
“You get thousands in allowance every month, what breakfast can’t you afford?” Su Yu rolled his eyes at him, then turned to clear the dishes.
Zhang Yang came from a well-off family. His father had made his fortune but became arrogant and liked to mess around outside. Thus, his parents divorced when he was ten. Back then, Zhang Yang’s parents had fought fiercely over his custody. It was only after he voluntarily chose to live with his father that the dispute ended. Because of this, Zhang Yang’s mother’s relatives had called him ungrateful, saying he abandoned his mother for money, but he didn't seem to care. Once, Su Yu had asked Zhang Yang why he chose to live with his father. Zhang Yang’s reply was: “My mom worked with that old guy Zhang Yi for so many years, and she only got a few hundred thousand in the divorce. How could she let him get away so easily? My goal with him is to bleed him dry.” At that time, Su Yu realized that Zhang Yang had a goal: to extort more money from his father and save it secretly. Once he saved enough, he would give it to his mother. The eight-year-old Zhang Yang had whispered his proud plan into the ear of the same-aged Su Yu: “I want him to mess around outside, preferably get sick and die early, so I can inherit his fortune naturally, and then I can take the money to find my mom.” Only Su Yu knew this secret, and thus, they naturally became good friends, and still are.
“Let’s go, the car will be here soon.” Su Yu had just come out of the kitchen after washing the dishes when Zhang Yang shook his phone. As a young rich second-generation, he wouldn’t take public transport; taking a taxi was more fitting for “Brother Yang’s” status.
“Then I’m getting a free ride today,” Su Yu grinned.
“Who’s who between us brothers?” Zhang Yang dragged both his and Su Yu’s suitcases and walked out without looking back.