CHAPTER 130: CHAPTER 121: CRAZY REPUTATION POINTS, HUGE HARVEST_2

He smiled, comforting her as he quietly shifted his body, preparing to sit up. But before he could make his next move, Xu Qingqiu quickly let go of his hand and stood aside, looking as if she had just come to a realization.

"Right, the greatest contributor is Youmeng. It’s a pity I don’t yet know who they are. I can only thank them properly later."

Isn’t this... this... change too quick? Is she being this pragmatic?

Chu Tian stared wide-eyed at Xu Qingqiu standing before him, his mind unable to catch up for a moment. It wasn’t until he saw Xu Qingqiu wiping her eyes while sneakily sizing him up that he realized she was teasing him.

Just as he was about to speak, Li Chunhua, who couldn’t stand it anymore, said as she walked out, "I’ve delivered the message. You two carry on, and take care of your health."

Take care of your health? Why does that sound so weird?

"Sister Hua~!"

Xu Qingqiu, seemingly having thought of something, stomped her foot and turned to walk into the recording studio.

Left behind, Chu Tian sat there, curled his lips, and muttered, "Tch, such dirty thoughts. What am I thinking?"

Seeing that the surroundings had finally calmed down, he lay back on the sofa and took out his phone, pretending to play with it. In reality, he was diving into the system to take stock of his recent gains.

In the past few days, with the release of the new album, aside from the studio folks, Chu Tian had also been keeping busy. On one hand, he had to train Xu Qingqiu, and on the other, he had to desperately spend the Reputation Points collected by the system.

After all, these are rewards I hard-earned. I won’t let the system swallow even a bit of it!

[Ding, album release task completed, Reputation Points cap increased to 100,000,000]

[Ding, new task released: Publish a piece of work other than a song or novel within six months, no genre restrictions]

[Failure to complete the task will decrease the Reputation Points cap by one level; success will increase it to 10,000,000,000]

On the day the new album was released, the system had already indicated that the task was completed.

Chu Tian glanced at the system’s message log and sighed helplessly.

It was supposed to be a slacker’s life, so why does it feel like I’m getting busier and busier? The system doesn’t seem like the hardworking, positive type either, so why the pressing demands? When did it learn to set time limits?

After checking the log, he looked at his current personal attributes, and his expression finally improved a little.

[Host]: Chu Tian

[Reputation Points]: 78.14M

Songs: 78.14M

Performance: 1,000

Literature: 122,848

Connections: 369

[Personal Skills]: Level 2 Musicality, Level 4 Performance, Level 1 Master of All Instruments, Master of Fishing (Level 7), Barbecue Master (Level 8), Eight Pieces of Brocade, Tongbei Fist

[Ability Value]

Singing Skills: KTV Regular

Acting: Performance Newcomer

Variety Sense: Relying on Looks to Get By

After checking his attributes, Chu Tian didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. Especially when seeing the Ability Value for his Singing Skills, he felt an indescribable mix of amusement and frustration.

I was a renowned King in my past life, polishing my singing skills for many years, and no one ever said I couldn’t sing. And now, what’s with this [KTV Regular]? Even [Karaoke King] would’ve been better. What the heck is a ’regular’?

However, he understood that the Ability Value didn’t represent his potential but rather what he could currently demonstrate. Despite his high theoretical level and rich experience, burdened with a bad throat, he simply couldn’t perform to his capabilities.

It’s like asking Zhao Zilong to go into battle with a toothpick. How could he charge in and out seven times then? He’d die of frustration!

Having realized this, Chu Tian no longer bothered to fret about it. With the surge in Reputation Points in recent days, he had certainly made plenty of purchases. Just like a nouveau riche, the limit was there anyway; any excess was a waste, so as soon as his Reputation Points rose, he would spend them right away. He would either exchange them for something he needed or enter a lottery.

The rewards were significant; he had garnered at least 500,000,000 Reputation Points during this period. Based on the number of Reputation Points, it seemed that the system likely calculated them based on how long his work was viewed and appreciated by someone. If it were only based on the number of downloads or purchases, the Reputation Points wouldn’t be this high. If it had been calculated based on clicks, the clicks from the twelve songs on various platforms over the past few days had already exceeded 2,000,000,000. This was what led Chu Tian to this conclusion.

Of course, no matter what, it didn’t delay his spending. For his own safety, he first purchased Tongbei Fist for self-defense. That alone cost him 50,000,000 Reputation Points. He thought it would be like the others—that he’d know it once he bought it—but all he got was a tattered book and a video explanation.

To master it, he would have to practice slowly on his own. Isn’t this just messing with people?

Luckily, the system had an option to increase proficiency, but the prices were distinctly listed: 1,000,000 for ’Newbie,’ 2,000,000 for ’Rookie,’ and 3,000,000 for ’Beginner.’ The further up he went, the more expensive it got. Reaching ’Proficient’ cost 10,000,000, and ’Master’ level cost 50,000,000.

Fifty million! Isn’t that the same as purchasing it all over again?

The key was that he had also bought a set of Eight Pieces of Brocade skills. Besides self-defense, he needed something for physical fitness, right? Wouldn’t that save him the trouble of going to the gym later?

It turned out to be exactly the same as Tongbei Fist; to improve proficiency, he would either have to practice or spend Reputation Points to upgrade.

What kind of scam artist system is this? Will it die if it doesn’t get Reputation Points?

As the saying goes, "the mouth says no, but the body is honest." He had been as happy to spend those Reputation Points as he had been vocal in his complaints. Chu Tian shamelessly caved. With enough Reputation Points, he directly upgraded both Tongbei Fist and Eight Pieces of Brocade to the ’Master’ level. Including the original expense, a total of 200,000,000 Reputation Points went out in an instant. Of course, he didn’t buy everything all at once. After buying one thing, he would save up and then continue the purchases. It took him four rounds of buying and saving to complete his life-saving skill set.

As for other skills, those were won in lotteries. In the past few days, whenever he had nothing to do, he would enter a lottery, starting with a hundred draws. Watching the wheel spin in front of his face, one item after another being drawn—the feeling was too exhilarating.

Especially when he won Master of Fishing and Barbecue Master, he was beyond happy. One was Level 7, the other Level 8. A Level 7 ’Proficient’ skill cost 10,000,000, and a Level 8 ’Master’ skill cost 50,000,000. Pure profit!

Of course, aside from these, there were too many other miscellaneous items to count. He was too lazy to look at them, especially the low-level ones. His inventory was full to bursting; he could have opened a supermarket.

He also discovered that the products from the system were indeed useful. Lately, because he had won so many items in the lottery, he had gradually replaced all his daily necessities with system products. Things like Refreshing Skin Water, essence lotions, whitening toothpaste, skincare creams, and such—he switched them all to system products.

Unexpectedly, after using them, the results were really good. He had been staying up late every night with Xu Qingqiu to practice, then catching up on sleep during the day, only to be dragged out of bed by her for advice—and this had been going on for over a week. While Xu Qingqiu’s dark circles had become quite prominent, he was perfectly fine. Otherwise, why would Li Chunhua be so resentful?

Of course, besides these bits and pieces, he had not stopped treating his throat, and he had won quite a few songs, TV dramas, and variety shows in the lottery. There were too many songs, perhaps twenty or thirty; he was too lazy to check them.

There was only one variety show, "The Voice," which had been a phenomenal hit for many years. However, except for the very first season, which he had really enjoyed, too many nonsensical antics followed, and the program slowly deteriorated. Especially in the later stages of the show, the pandering became too obvious; some unknown people could become coaches, which made him lose all interest in watching. Therefore, after winning it, he put it aside and didn’t think of using it, at least not for now.

Regardless, that one variety show was worth quite a bit, fully repaying its cost. Additionally, he also won two TV dramas. One was a drama called ’People of our World,’ and the other was ’iPartment.’

As for ’People of our World,’ Chu Tian hadn’t watched it, but he heard it was very popular. At that time, he was in a training camp and had no time to watch.

On the other hand, ’iPartment’ was something he had enjoyed watching back in the day. It might be worth filming to see how it turns out.