Becoming a great entertainer started with being cyberbullied.

The leaderboard is locked; the results are confirmed.

Zhang Xiaomeng was ecstatic: "Second place! We're second! Holy crap, we actually made it to second place, beating two of the top three, can you believe it?!"

As she spoke, she gave Fang Ruoxi a bear hug.

"Wow! You topped the charts in just five days at the end of the month, taking down two of the top three! I never even dreamed of such a thing!!"

At the same time as the leaderboard was locked, Fang Ruoxi also received a message from the system.

"Full Stop" has reached number two on the monthly music chart; the song's popularity is currently being assessed...

[The song "Full Stop" is rated three and a half stars in terms of popularity worldwide.]

[Production quality of "Full Stop": 1.5 stars.]

[Reward Settlement: Reward: 15 days of life duration.]

[Reward Settlement: Grand Entertainer - Song Column Experience +300.]

[Song Column Level: Lv.1 (300/2000)]

[The upgrade requirements have not been met; the music library level remains unchanged, and the total number of unlocked songs in the music library remains unchanged.]

A series of messages were refreshed in the system.

Fang Ruoxi was taken aback at first.

She had anticipated that the system would reward her with more life time after the song achieved success on the charts.

But what's with the 15 days?

This is the second most popular topic on the monthly chart! Only 15 days left...

What does this mean? A song charts for a month, and you're actually losing money for 15 days?

She immediately checked her total remaining lifespan.

Upon seeing this, a cold sweat broke out on her back—lifespan (total): 15 days, 22 hours, and 23 minutes.

"Ruoxi, what are you thinking about? Ah! This is already second place, why aren't you happy at all??"

Fang Ruoxi sighed, "I'm thinking about how I'm going to survive next month."

Zhang Xiaomeng's eyes widened. "What? No, didn't you make five million from selling songs?? You didn't spend it all, did you?!"

Fang Ruoxi didn't say much, only saying, "No, let's wash up and go to sleep first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

……

However, the composition departments of the three major music schools are destined to be affected tonight.

"Full Stop," which ranked second on the August music monthly popularity chart, was like a giant slap, equally striking the faces of all the employees in the three major composition departments.

"Boss, this, this..." The employee in the Wei's composition department, whose mind was blank, stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence.

The deputy minister took off his glasses; he hadn't stayed up this late in years. After five consecutive days of working non-stop, this was the final result.

The deputy minister casually tossed his glasses onto the table, turned to look at the minister who was staring blankly at the computer screen, and asked, "Old Xu, what should we do?"

Minister Xu Wei's reaction was calm.

"Let's call it a day. We can discuss anything else after the monthly meeting tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, the employees below looked at each other in bewilderment. But since the department head had said so, they figured if the sky were to fall, the taller ones would hold it up, and the rest of the employees should just go home and get some sleep.

The employees of the department left.

The deputy minister sat down on the sofa in the rest area, leaned back, and said, "After five days of hard work, with eight teams working through the night, this is all we get?"

Minister Xu Wei opened the cigarette pack and took out a cigarette.

"Young Master Wei has just taken office, and he's not someone you can easily talk to. Old Xu, to be honest, do you have a plan?"

The original heir of the Wei family was not the one who has now 'ascended the throne'.

This person is from a collateral branch, one generation and five degrees of kinship away.

Two years ago, the man originally designated as the successor to the Wei family died in a car accident.

When the old man of the Wei family lost his most beloved grandson, he simply started playing the game of "raising Gu," and this distant young master was the "Gu King" he eventually raised.

Having witnessed the internal strife within the Wei family last year, it's hard not to feel intimidated by Wei Wenzhe.

"The cakes of the Big Three aren't so easy to take." Xu Wei exhaled a puff of smoke, squinting at the name 'Fang Ruoxi' through the drifting smoke.

The unspoken rule among the three is that they can lose to each other, but they must never lose to someone outside the top three.

"A solution? The solution is right here."

No sooner had he said that than Xu Wei's phone rang.

Caller ID: Star Emperor's Idiot.

Xu Wei chuckled. "It seems I'm not the only one with this idea."

……

Fang Ruoxi had a nightmare.

In her dream, she kept running forward, with a narrow road constantly collapsing behind her.

She had been running around all night, and it felt like she hadn't slept at all. She was exhausted both physically and mentally when she woke up.

For breakfast, Zhang Xiaomeng bought soy milk and fried dough sticks.

Fang Ruoxi was preoccupied with the thought of 15 days to survive. She sat on the table, staring blankly at the fried dough sticks.

Zhang Xiaomeng, who had already torn the fried dough sticks into pieces and soaked them in soy milk, was taken aback. "Ah, this, do celebrities have to manage their figures? Um, how about I make you some black coffee?"

"Hey, have you heard that dieting to lose fat is unreliable? Just like making money, you can't just cut back on expenses; it's more important to increase income! Listen to me, I'll buy a couple of dumbbells, and we'll lift weights and eat whatever we want."

Fang Ruoxi felt as if she had been struck by lightning, "What did you just say?"

"Um...what do you want to eat?"

"No, ahead!"

"Weightlifting? Dumbbells? Or cutting costs and increasing revenue?"

Correct!

This is it!

Fang Ruoxi immediately checked the system's music library. Honestly, she almost got led astray by the system yesterday!

However, Fang Ruoxi's smile vanished when she saw the number of songs in the Level 1 music library; there were only 5 songs in total.

In other words, she has to ensure that after releasing these 5 songs, the entire music library in the song section will be unlocked.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to save her hard-won life.

Zhang Xiaomeng happily told her, "On the 15th of this month, we'll be able to get our share of the downloads from last month's trending songs chart."

"Hey, the second one! How much does that cost?"

"No, the important thing is that we need to plan this out carefully."

"Guanghua's compensation, and then there's the fact that you're a star, so you have to buy costumes."

"Hey! Now that I think about it, I feel like we're really poor..."

She kept talking nonstop.

Fang Ruoxi tore off half a fried dough stick and stuffed it into her mouth, "Sue Guanghua, hire a lawyer."

"The rest isn't urgent. Let's go to the recording studio to record songs today."

Zhang Xiaomeng was bewildered. "Huh? What song? Wasn't 'The Lone Warrior' sold to Leon Lai?"

Fang Ruoxi kept everyone in suspense, saying, "You'll find out when the time comes."

Zhang Xiaomeng rented a recording studio through a friend. Her friend was a rich second-generation heir.

The two entered the recording studio exactly at nine o'clock. Zhang Xiaomeng was amazed by Fang Ruoxi's ability to time the music perfectly.

They said they'd arrive at nine o'clock, and not a second more or less.

As soon as Zhang Xiaomeng entered, she saw her usually arrogant and domineering rich second-generation friend sitting obediently opposite "Daddy Long Legs" Li Tianwang like a little chick.

Zhang Xiaomeng: "..." (Stunned)

I must have gotten up really fast this morning, otherwise, how could I have seen Leon Lai sitting in a recording studio that can be rented for a day for only 800?

King Li stood up. "Ruoxi, congratulations! You were second in five days last month. That really surprised me."

His agent, Wang Liping, put on a smile and jokingly said, "Beautiful lady, you caught the 'Big Three' off guard last month, but my Lao Li is in for a rough time this month."

Fang Ruoxi hung her coat on the rack and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The monthly hot list is very fair. I believe that good wine needs no bush, and good songs will definitely be a hit."

"Great!" Li Ming slapped his thigh. "This song is sure to be a huge hit!"

"I'll try to get second place this month too!" he exclaimed excitedly, his old Harbour dialect tumbling out.

Fang Ruoxi wore a black shirt with lantern sleeves today. She slowly rolled up the sleeves and tied her hair into a high ponytail.

"No, we're going to be champions this month."