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Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Draw 2,700 Points Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Draw 2,700 Points Wu Mu answered the phone.

On the other end, Duan Ming’s voice sounded a bit strange. “Did you earn over ten million today?”

He must have seen the trending topic on Weibo or heard the news from somewhere else.

Wu Mu replied nonchalantly, “Yeah, what about it?”

What about it?

Duan Ming felt conflicted. Before his career collapsed, Wu Mu didn’t seem to have the ability to make money like this. How come his profits seemed to soar post-collapse?

Although everyone on Weibo was saying it was because Wu Mu’s songs were genuinely good, and it was his first live stream that had created a buzz leading to impulsive spending by the public—not because he had a lot of fans paying.

The barrage of comments during the live stream replay seemed to confirm this, but that album of his was just too good at riding on coattails. How could trending news find its way to him every single time?

As these thoughts flashed through Duan Ming’s mind, Wu Mu couldn’t be bothered to chat anymore. “Did you call just for this? If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”

Duan Ming quickly snapped back to the present and hurriedly said, “There’s a matter. Sha City TV contacted the company. They want to invite you to ‘Masked Singer’. Are you interested?”

Sha City TV?

Wu Mu chuckled. Wasn’t this the first TV station to reach out to him after he was blacklisted?

Back then, they claimed there were no suitable programs for him. How long had it been since they changed their tune?

It only proved how realistic the circle was.

Initially, they thought that inviting Wu Mu, who was blacklisted, wouldn’t be profitable, so they ignored him completely.

Now that they saw Wu Mu thriving even more post-blacklist—appearing in new shows, running a booming online store, releasing best-selling albums—they immediately changed their attitude.

Even the issue of Wu Mu being blacklisted seemed inconsequential now. With Beijing TV Station paving the way, what was there for them, a later comer, to fear?

“Sure, what are they offering?” Wu Mu was of course interested in any show, especially since he had a month of rest coming up.

“One hundred and eighty thousand per episode.”

“That’s too low. At least two hundred and twenty thousand,” Wu Mu directly asked for more.

Duan Ming replied, “Okay, I’ll contact them later.”

After discussing this matter, Duan Ming wanted to connect with Wu Mu on a more personal level and talk about company affairs.

But Wu Mu had no interest in such matters. He was determined to terminate his contract with the company. Neither emotionally nor financially could he accept the existence of the company above him.

It was just that he lacked the capital to address the issue for now, so all he could do was wait.

“Got to go, I have things to do.”

The call ended, and Lin Qingyue, who had returned with him, caught some snippets of the conversation.

“They invited you to a new show?” Lin Qingyue asked curiously.

Wu Mu hummed in affirmation, “The ‘Masked Singer’ from Sha City TV.”

Lin Qingyue nodded, “That show is good, it has higher ratings than ours.”

Indeed, ‘Masked Singer’ was more popular than Star Agency. It was on the same level as the singer-songwriter groups.

However…

Lin Qingyue smiled and said, “You probably won’t last many episodes, maybe just two or three before you’re eliminated. Your singing is too distinctive.”

It wasn’t that Lin Qingyue doubted Wu Mu’s singing ability.

It was that in Blue Star’s version of ‘Masked Singer’, once a guest’s identity was guessed, they had to unmask and leave the stage.

Wu Mu, with his singing style full of emotion and no tricks, would be recognized as soon as he opened his mouth.

Wu Mu also felt he wouldn’t last long. After activating his skill, his singing became too unique, making it easy for audience members to identify and unmask him.

Yet without using his skill, his level was too poor and he would be eliminated for low scores.

It was a lose-lose situation.

Unless…

Wu Mu returned to his room and opened his system panel.

“System dad, let’s see your limits!”

Wu Mu grandly purchased ten white treasure boxes.

“Open them for me!”

The system’s lottery notifications filled the screen.

[Congratulations on gaining attribute points, Singing +1 reward.]X7

[Congratulations on gaining an attribute point, Constitution +1 reward.]

[Congratulations on obtaining the item—Performance Card (ten million).]

[Congratulations on obtaining the song—”Star”.]

After viewing the rewards he had drawn, Wu Mu’s face fell.

System dad had pulled a fast one—seven singing attribute points straight up. It seemed indeed helpful for his upcoming shows.

But his singing attribute was merely at 53. Even with these 7 points, it was only 60.

Barely at the level of a rookie singer, what use was that!

That wasn’t any better than getting eight points in Constitution!

Wu Mu felt a pang of regret over his spent points and began to suspect the system was reclaiming his points because he had accumulated so many.

But without sufficient items, he had to keep drawing.

Wu Mu looked at his remaining 2267 points and, after some deliberation, decided aside from a safety net of 500 points, to use up 1700 more to buy seventeen more Treasure Boxes.

Given his current confidence in not worrying about lacking shows, there was no need to save that many points—they wouldn’t earn interest just sitting there.

“Tongzi bro, giving you another chance!”

He swung his hand to open the seventeen new Treasure Boxes.

[Congratulations on gaining attribute points, Singing +1 reward.]X10

[Congratulations on gaining an attribute point, Constitution +1 reward]X4

[Congratulations on obtaining a Rare Singing Skill—good ventriloquist.]

[Congratulations on obtaining the song—”I Will”.]

[Congratulations on obtaining the item—Performance Card (ten million).]

Wu Mu looked at the glittering gold item in the box and heaved a sigh of relief. Thankfully, Tongzi bro hadn’t let him down this time, or else he would have to start calling him Tongzi junior.

He first examined the golden item he had drawn.

[Good Ventriloquist]

[Rare Singing Skill]

[Effect: Upon activation, you can change your own voice and gain a slight increase in singing skills.]

[Remark: In Beijing, there is a good ventriloquist.]

Wu Mu nodded satisfactorily—it was exactly what he needed for the next show.

He just wondered how significant the slight singing skill boost would be.

He now had seventy points in singing.

He guessed that like attractiveness, anything above 85 points signified a top-tier level, and at 90, it was godlike.

Someone like Mo Mo might have at most 86 or 87 points.

His 70 points should be enough to scrape the edge of a powerful singer. With the skill, he could probably be considered as one, right?

Those singing points, when added one or two at a time, seemed like a scam.

But getting a significant increase all at once felt pretty sweet. After all, it was a permanent improvement. Even without a skill, he could go toe-to-toe in a battle.

It was a perfect compensation for his weakness.

Wu Mu checked his attribute panel.

[Wu Mu]

[Age: 22]

[Attractiveness: 90]

[Constitution: 77]

[Singing: 70]

[Points: 567]

[Skills: All emotion no technique, self-playing and singing, good ventriloquist]

[Items: Performance Card (ten million) X2.]

[Unused songs: “A Pleasure for Both the Refined and the Vulgar,” “Wukong,” “Star,” “I Will”]

Wu Mu nodded contentedly. His panel was shaping up quite well. Continuing to improve, he would sooner or later become a Hexagonal Warrior.