Chapter 36: System Ten-Pull, Farewell God-Tier Skill!

"Su Meng, please just say a few less words!"

On the phone, Qin Jie's tone had taken on a pleading edge.

"Those few honest remarks of yours have offended every one of them!"

"To put it a bit more dramatically, you're almost the public enemy of the entertainment industry!"

"Qin Jie, what do you mean? How did I become the public enemy of the entertainment industry?" Su Meng was also a bit puzzled.

Qin Jie sighed and said softly.

"For these celebrities, maintaining a good persona and a very high-class image is a must."

"With you pulling stunts and farting around like that, didn't you just drag their image down in one go?"

"Without a high-class image to back them up, why would those top international brands want them?"

Su Meng curled his lip, somewhat unimpressed.

In his past life he was just an ordinary person, so he didn't understand these insider tricks of the entertainment industry.

But as a big shot who owns a system, isn't I the one with the highest class?

I, a top-tier system big shot, can even lower myself to take funeral gigs—how can you mortals still have the nerve to act so high and mighty?

"But then again, this move of yours taking funeral gigs is a bit... well, the effect isn't bad."

"Your online buzz has been very high these past two days, you absolutely must keep your popularity steady."

Qin Jie urged earnestly.

"Oh right, the Yinyuexue Academy over in Dragon Country sent the company a collaboration invitation, asking you to come give a few lectures."

"They're also willing to cooperate with you to record the piece 'Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix'."

"The company thinks this is a good thing. What do you think?"

Yinyuexue Academy? Su Meng's eyes immediately lit up.

"Sure, sure! How about we discuss with them — what if I put out a suona album?"

"I've written a lot of suona pieces — some for funerals, some for weddings..."

"Su Meng~~~~" Qin Jie's voice changed pitch.

"How can you be so fixated on funeral gigs?"

"The persona the company set up for you is the cold, domineering CEO type."

"Look at how you've been behaving these past few days — what have you almost turned into?"

"Forget it, forget it. Just focus on recording the show for now, we'll talk after you're done."

Qin Jie hurriedly urged a few more times, then hung up the phone.

Su Meng chuckled, still unimpressed.

Does persona really matter?

As a big shot who owns a system, with the backing of an entire planet's civilization, do I need to worry about persona?

Thinking of the system, Su Meng suddenly remembered.

He'd been having too much fun these past few days and had completely forgotten to check the system.

……

"System, come on, let me see how many popularity points I have now."

"Ding~ System prompt: You currently possess popularity points."

Over a million already?

Su Meng was also a bit surprised.

The system's popularity points aren't calculated just because someone enters the livestream.

It requires fans to genuinely endorse his works, behavior, and so on in order to earn popularity points.

Over a million already?

Then what are we waiting for — gotta do a pull!

"System, give me a ten-pull!"

As he spoke, the system's popularity points instantly dropped by a million, making Su Meng wince.

Earning money isn't easy, but spending it is way too easy.

One hundred thousand per draw, and this whole million was blown in one go.

"Ding~ Congratulations on completing the draw. You have obtained the following rewards:"

"1. Mastery of Basic Music Knowledge."

"2. Mastery of God-Tier Erhu Skill."

"3. Proficient-Level Performance Skill."

"4. Proficient-Level Hosting Skill."

"5. Film script 'Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots'."

"6. Thank You for Your Patronage *5."

Pfft~~~ Su Meng nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.

What the hell — Thank You for Your Patronage?!

Such a waste, truly such a waste!

But after looking more carefully, he immediately grinned again.

Another god-tier skill came out?

Sure, it's the less common erhu, but it's still a god-tier skill, alright?

In the system Shangcheng, one god-tier skill costs a full ten million popularity points!

And on top of that, two proficient-level skills, and mastery of basic music theory?

And a movie script too?

Made out like a bandit, a killing!

……

"Teacher Su…"

The Li family troupe leader had just opened his mouth to call out, when Su Meng glared at him fiercely, scaring him into quickly changing what he was about to say.

"Master Su, are you really willing to take on a happy occasion with us tomorrow?"

Su Meng chuckled and said carelessly.

"You've seen it these past couple of days too — my mourning-announcement voice is a bit too strong, even the filial sons and worthy grandsons can't take it."

"Happy occasions are great — festive!"

Only Wang Laowu wore a face full of grievance. The thing was, this was clearly the master he'd picked up himself — so how did it end up being the Li family's gain?