"Writing books, composing, singing, playing guitar, playing piano, he's got it all! And Mr. Xu seems to still be in college, what kind of genius is he, a dragon among men?"

"I feel like Mr. Xu's singing ability is no worse than those professional singers!"

"As long as the author doesn't look too good, or else we guys really won't be able to hold it together, give us a break!"

"(No offense) Mr. Xu should just have an ordinary appearance, after all, if he looked a bit better and used some beauty filters in the video, he might show his face, so I guess Mr. Xu probably looks average, like us normal people."

"When will these three songs be available on music apps? Right now, I can only listen through Douyin, it's a bit troublesome!"

In just one hour, netizens who were hard at work managed to push the comment count on a single video to over twenty thousand, with likes, favorites, and shares all topping two hundred thousand, and this is just within one hour—the continued surge could make a million likes only a matter of time.

"So nice to listen to!"

Xia Xiyao looped the three videos over four times each, still not having her fill.

She silently clicked to favorite them.

"This scumbag is too talented!"

"But, he's a scumbag!"

Xia Xiyao thought about how she had to go to Finance University tomorrow to assist Rong Xiyi. After all, Xu Lin's mysterious childhood friend might appear. According to Rong Xiyi, that childhood friend named Yu Xinyan has over twenty thousand photos of Xu Lin on her phone, and she is very beautiful.

Xu Lin attracts too many girls.

"Must talented people be amorous?"

Xia Xiyao recalled her high school teacher's words, where the teacher cited many examples of talented individuals being amorous, suggesting that a highly talented person might often be amorous, otherwise they wouldn't be able to become so talented.

Xia Xiyao didn't quite agree with this, for instance, Li Shangyin and Nalan Rongruo, weren't they not dedicated either?

It's just that such cases in history are rare.

"Works do not equal character!"

Xia Xiyao really liked Xu Lin's works, but as for Xu Lin's character, she couldn't quite commend it.

However, as Xia Xiyao pondered, Xu Lin's character flaws seemed to only be related to matters of love; as for other areas, she hadn't noticed anything yet.

After thinking for a while, Xia Xiyao began to continue listening to Xu Lin sing.

"Yaoyao, Xu Lin's ignoring me again, I don't know what's he doing in the rental."

Just then, Rong Xiyi sent a message.

Xia Xiyao replied to her, "Aren't you in the rental?"

Rong Xiyi: "Xu Lin sent me back to school, he said he's busy, wouldn't say busy with what."

Xia Xiyao thought of how Xu Lin had only posted the video just over an hour ago, "I guess he really is busy!"

Rong Xiyi: "Kinda annoying, Yaoyao what are you doing?"

"Listening to music."

On the other side.

Xu Lin was indeed busy.

Earlier when he returned to the rental, he turned off his phone to avoid distractions and simply ignored all messages.

The lyrics filling activity would officially end tomorrow night, with the top three already a foregone conclusion.

Xu Lin was in high spirits and decided to sing the lyrics of the top three submissions.

Soon, two hours passed, and Xu Lin saw the positive response on Douyin.

Each of the three videos had over three hundred thousand likes and had climbed onto the trending list.

Number of comments?

The song "Star Sea and You" had the most comments, reaching thirty-six thousand.

Xu Lin opened the comments and found one with the most likes, already over eight thousand likes.

Nickname: Three-headed Big Watermelon.

Three-headed Big Watermelon: Thanks to the author for singing!

Followed by some emoticons.

Turns out, this person wrote the lyrics for "Star Sea and You."

Xu Lin opened that person's homepage, finding quite a few videos.

A woman, seeming like a mature lady, looked quite pretty, around thirty, wearing glasses, and the videos were of her playing piano, guitar, and guzheng.

Xu Lin clicked on a few of the videos.

He could only say the singing and instrument skills were average, belonging to an amateur.

As for appearance, short videos are just that, and nowadays, which girl doesn't use beauty filters in short videos? It's just a matter of the intensity of the beauty filters.

Xu Lin certainly wouldn't fantasize that the other person is a great beauty in real life.

At that moment, Xu Lin pinned this comment and replied, "Your lyrics are well-written!"

The person quickly responded, "The author replied to me! Happy.jpg Blushing.jpg"

But Xu Lin didn't pay much attention.

He opened QQ, intending to contact Ranzhi.

Xu Lin just got online when he discovered Ranzhi had sent a message just a minute ago.

Ranzhi: "Mr. Xu, you're really thorough, who would've thought your singing was this fierce! Sunglasses.jpg"

Ranzhi: "Mr. Xu, I saw you on the trending search! Grinning.jpg"

Following that was a screenshot of Xu Lin on the trending list.

This was over on Weibo.

The trending rank was in the thirties, neither too high nor too low.

Title: Mr. Xu.

Just three characters.

Clicking in, it was tonight's video of Xu Lin singing, and the trending topic content generally praised how good Xu Lin's singing was.

Another thing worth mentioning is that previously, Xu Lin's song had become the song of the year, used widely across short videos. From its debut to now, it's always been popular, currently the hottest BGM on various short videos, bar none.

But it hasn't been acknowledged by a mainstream bigwig, so it's still at the stage of being an internet-famous song.

For music, the market audience is one thing, but to truly gain recognition, it needs naming from a bigwig within the circle.

Xu Lin looked at his trending topic.

Weibo's reach is vast, and sometimes the trending topics there spread faster than on Douyin, although most topics overlap.

Ranzhi sent another message: "Mr. Xu, getting on the trending list for singing gives you more face than writing novels! Even top-notch gods in our online literature circle are only known within the circle; step outside and the authors known to outsiders can be counted on two hands. For most people, even a god is just a passerby."

Xu Lin: "I know this."

Actually, not just online literature, even in the real literary world, names recognized by outsiders are merely people like Jin Yong, Gulong, Qiong Yao, and such.

Especially Qiong Yao, perhaps the most exaggerated; even sixty or seventy-year-old rural women might recognize her because the Qiong Yao dramas were too popular back in the day, like "My Fair Princess," a truly national-level hit series, in the days when the internet wasn't widespread and phones were still basic models, many people watched "My Fair Princess." Even if they didn't know what Qiong Yao looked like, her name was well-known.

In writing, almost every author pursues this or that, to put it elegantly, it's about realizing self-value and life value.

Humans are a contradiction composite; earning money isn't enough, one also desires fame.

No one can resist the allure of "being known worldwide."

Ranzhi added: "Mr. Xu, you might be the only one in the online literature circle to cross over so fiercely, you can really hit cross-border! For us authors, stepping outside this circle, in real life, we're just average folks! Truly breaking out of this circle's closed loop, even gods are few and far between!"

Xu Lin remained calm: "That's an exaggeration, just hitting the trending list once, it's no big deal."

Ranzhi: "Grin.jpg Hehe.jpg"

Ranzhi: "Mr. Xu, I'm curious with your strong literary skills, do you have your special lyricist? My wife said the three songs you sang tonight have decent lyrics, but paired with your tunes, my wife just feels something's missing."

"My lyrics?"

"Yes, Mr. Xu, do you have your own lyricist? Just curious."

Ranzhi sent another emoticon over.

Just as Xu Lin was about to reply, a prompt appeared in front of his retina.

[This is a whole new circle +.]

Unexpectedly triggering a new task at this time.

Xu Lin silently opened it.

[Available Task: Lyrics and Composition Side Quest - Divine Song Producer!]

[Note: Create ten phenomenal Mandarin pop divine songs within a year to unlock three random rewards!]

Xu Lin looked at the new task and noticed a unique aspect.

He remembered the last English task was a "Gifted Student Side Quest."

This time there was an added "Lyrics and Composition Side Quest."

Meaning "Gifted Student" and "Lyrics and Composition" are two main tasks, with various sub-tasks underneath them?

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