HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 1 [001] The System of Mutual Progress

1997, Beijing, Beijing Film Academy.

The September sun was still scorching, relentlessly baking the earth.

Qi Yuan dribbled the ball with one hand while wiping the sweat from his forehead with the other.

His face had sharp, defined features, as if carved by a knife and axe, exuding a masculine aura.

Without a doubt, he is the most dazzling guy on the court.

But sometimes being handsome isn't necessarily a good thing.

For example, Qi Yuan on the basketball court, because of his outstanding looks, is always targeted by the opposing Central Academy of Drama team.

The game went on from start to finish, but he didn't even get a chance to score, let alone dunk.

"Go Qi Yuan! Go Qi Yuan!"

"Qi Yuan, Qi Yuan, I love you."

"You make the field shine, and we cheer for you. Keep it up, Qi Yuan!"

It wasn't just the girls from Beijing Film Academy who cheered her on; some girls from the Central Academy of Drama also joined in, showing just how popular Qi Yuan was at school.

Qi Yuan was in pain, as he faced even more attacks from male students from the Central Academy of Drama in the second half of the basketball game.

Basketball is something he can't touch anymore; as soon as he has the ball, he'll be surrounded by several people.

It's now.

Qi Yuan forcefully threw the ball in his hand towards the young man standing under the basket.

"Xiaoming, catch the ball!"

Xiao Ming catches the basketball that flies in, then shoots it with all his might. The basketball goes into the basket, and the net swings up and down.

They won the crucial goal.

With a score of 45-43, the Nortel team declared victory.

A cheer erupted outside the stadium as the students of Beijing Film Academy were filled with excitement.

The players from the Central Academy of Drama and the male students who came to support them looked dejected.

In particular, some female students from the Central Academy of Drama actually sided with outsiders, continuing to cheer for the Beijing Film Academy team even after the Central Academy of Drama team lost the game, especially cheering for that guy named Qi Yuan, which made the male students from the Central Academy of Drama even more indignant!

"Just who is this guy named Qi Yuan? It's one thing for girls from Beijing Film Academy to cheer him on, but why are girls from our school cheering him on too?"

"I can't believe it," said a male student from the Central Academy of Drama indignantly.

"Don't you know Qi Yuan? He's a popular figure on campus at the Beijing Film Academy, a student in the 96 undergraduate acting class. This guy is not only tall and handsome, but also talented."

It's said he's written songs for several famous singers, including "1997 AD," a song celebrating Hong Kong's return to China.

"I think I've heard this song on TV before. It was the one sung by Mao Amin, Sun Nan, Tian Zhen, and other celebrities."

"Holy crap! He wrote this song? That's awesome! No wonder this guy is so popular with girls. Although his arrogant attitude annoys me a bit, I have to admit he's really talented."

"I heard that a record company wanted to sign him at the beginning of this year, but he didn't agree."

"..."

Whether they were from Beijing Film Academy or the Central Academy of Drama, many of the male students fell silent.

Why is there such a big difference between them, even though they are both students?

Many of them haven't even officially entered the entertainment industry yet, but Qi Yuan already has a record company helping him release an album.

They lost on the field. Off the field, they lost even more miserably.

The players of the Nortel team were immersed in the joy of victory.

When everyone was looking for Qi Yuan on the court, they discovered that Qi Yuan, who had attracted the most attention and delivered the crucial pass to Huang Xiaoming, was nowhere to be found.

With Qi Yuan gone, Huang Xiaoming naturally became the star of the Beijing Film Academy team, and all the cheers and applause were focused on him alone.

He was lifted up and tossed high into the sky before being caught.

……

Beijing Film Academy, male dormitory building.

Door 404 was slowly pushed open.

A handsome young man with medium-length hair pushed open the door and entered. He was Qi Yuan, the focus of attention on the field just now.

He first took a comfortable warm bath to wash away the sweat and fatigue, then changed into clean clothes and went to the mirror to fix his hair.

The face in the mirror was as young and handsome as ever.

"It feels so good to be young," Qi Yuan murmured.

That's right, Qi Yuan is a time traveler who came back from the future.

Like many other time travelers, Qi Yuan possesses his own unique cheat system – the Mutual Progress System.

It may be related to his sudden death from excessive late nights of watching TikTok in his previous life.

The last video he watched before his sudden death was of Director Qi teasing the couple.

A collaborative progress system, as the name suggests, aims to help others achieve progress together.

Once the requirements are met, Qi Yuan can randomly extract half of the attribute of a skill from that person, and there is also a chance to extract a special characteristic.

Since enrolling in September last year, a full year has passed. Qi Yuan has written ten songs and sent no less than five hundred letters to record companies across the country (including Hong Kong and Taiwan).

Why send so many?

Because record companies receive a lot of letters these days.

The letters need to go through layers of selection, including the record company's receptionist, producer's assistant, and agent, before they can finally be delivered to the producer and singer.

The 'loss' in the middle should not be too great.

If out of 500 letters, it would be good if 100 reached the final target.

The producers and singers might not even read those hundred letters, and even if they did, they might not use his songs.

Therefore, increasing the quantity is very important; only when the quantity is sufficient can a qualitative change be triggered.

Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps it was because Qi Yuan acted very steadily, but he achieved good results.

His song "I Want to Love You Too Much" was included in Zhang Xinzhe's new album last year, and "Wildflower" was chosen and sung by Tian Zhen...

Of the ten songs, six were chosen by others.

Besides earning tens of thousands of yuan from selling songs, Qi Yuan accomplished the task of progressing together with others, and gained a wealth of skills from talented singers such as Zhang Xinzhe and Tian Zhen.

"panel."

Qi Yuan silently recited a sentence in his heart, and a light gray panel appeared before his eyes.

Name: Qi Yuan

Skills Mastered: Singing (Proficient)
Acting (Beginner)
Guitar (proficient)
Composition (skilled)

[Mastery of Characteristics: None]

[Help Huang Xiaoming, a student from the Class of '96 at Beijing Film Academy, successfully improve his grades, and you can draw +1 more times.]

According to Qi Yuan's exploration, there are five levels of skills: beginner, proficient, master, expert, and legendary.

He extracted half of the singing skills from Zhang Xinzhe and another powerful singer, so his personal singing skills reached the proficiency level.

Being a master level singer already indicates considerable talent among pop singers.

However, this special ability is a bit mysterious; he has never drawn it.

This thing seems to be unique to a particular person. Attribute points can be obtained through practice, but special traits definitely cannot. It's somewhat similar to a talent.

"Hopefully I'll get the special ability this time."

Qi Yuan first lit a mosquito coil, clasped his hands together in prayer for a few seconds, and then forcefully clicked the 'extract' button.

"Extracting random attributes or traits from target Huang Xiaoming... Trait extraction successful... Congratulations on obtaining the new trait '50/50'!"

(End of this chapter)