Huayu: Were you ever a top star before writing nonsense?

Nothing happened that night.

The next morning, Shen Can woke up early. His three roommates were still working hard, pulling the bellows, their snoring deafening.

Shen Can got up, quickly washed up, and then, with a thought, summoned the system panel.

[Current popularity points: 0]

Shen Can was not surprised.

It only has two chapters in total, with a total word count of just over 4000, and it was published last night, so it's normal that no one is reading it yet.

However, simply waiting for his popularity to grow is not his style.

Shen Can turned on his computer, went to Tianya Forum, registered a simple account, and started posting in the [Entertainment Gossip] section.

Headline: "Shocking! Beautiful and well-known Hong Kong actress Zhang XX is suspected of cheating!"

Let's start by creating a buzz.

At the same time, in order to avoid legal disputes caused by spreading rumors, he did not specify who Zhang XX was.

The word "beautiful" might immediately conjure up images of a pure and innocent young woman, but who says that Nick Cheung, Roy Cheung, and Jacky Cheung aren't beautiful?

Are "Airplane Guy," "Crow Guy," and "Fly Guy" not good-looking?

[Post text: "Hilarious! This is the first time I've ever seen someone write about a song that doesn't even exist in an entertainment article."]

"Has he ever been a celebrity? You're just making things up? That's wishful thinking!"

Following that, Shen Can copied the novel's content, figuring that since the novel hadn't been signed yet, it didn't involve any copyright infringement.

"What's wrong with making fun of myself if it helps me achieve my goal?" Shen Can crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.

Outside the balcony, seven sparrows flew by, ascending the dormitory building and soaring into the azure sky.

……

The Qingpu Military Training Center is located in Qingpu.

After registering, the freshmen of the 07 class of the Shanghai Theatre Academy will undergo a 10-day military training here, with a total of more than 400 freshmen.

Stand at attention and march in formation.

In the sweltering summer heat, sweat pours down like rain.

After a whole day, I felt completely exhausted. Luckily, Shen Can had the foresight to put two sanitary napkins in the soles of her shoes beforehand, which made her feel a little better.

But today's military training is not over yet. As night falls, the freshmen continue to be rigorously trained by their instructors on the playground of the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Shen Can, who is nearly 180 cm tall, stands in the back row of the line, while Ke Qingchuan, who is 172 cm tall, stands in front of him.

"Old Shen, look, look!"

During the break, Ke Qingchuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, turned around and excitedly woke up Shen Can, who was resting with his eyes closed.

"What is it?"

Ke Qingchuan gave a lewd smile and pointed northeast.

"Great news, there's a stunningly beautiful woman here."

Shen Can looked in the direction he was pointing.

A girl wearing a sky-blue military training uniform, but still looking pretty and well-proportioned, walked past with a cool and aloof expression.

"Promising."

Shen Can glanced at it once and then looked away.

He knew that girl; it was Zhou Fang.

In the TV series "New My Fair Princess" starring Li Jiahang, Hai Lu, and others, she played the role of Liu Hong.

Speaking of which, although the 07 acting class of the Shanghai Theatre Academy is known as a star class, it has not actually produced many famous stars. Only a few people have made it big, such as Lin Genxin, Meng Li, Zhou Fang, Li Mou, and Pu Bajia.

Of these people, Lin Genxin will be the most popular in the future, followed by Zhou Fang, and then Pu Bajia, whose relationship with Xiao Lu caused quite a stir.

In addition, this class also produced Miss Asia Wang Xin, a beauty from Northeast China, a former model, beautiful and with long legs, who dreamed of becoming an actress, but ultimately failed to enter the film and television industry.

There's not much to say about the others; they're far less well-known than the 04 class of the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

This situation is actually quite normal.

It's important to understand that not every graduate from a formal acting program can successfully enter the entertainment industry. There are countless performance students from various universities who are unemployed after graduation. It wasn't until short dramas became popular that graduates from formal acting programs had more opportunities to enter the industry.

"She must be from the acting class... I wonder what kind of man could be worthy of her." Ke Qingchuan looked infatuated.

Shen Can leaned back and then reached out to push the guy's body away a little.

"What are you doing?"

"Please stay away from me, your sleazy behavior is ruining my handsomeness."

Ke Qingchuan: "..."

You make it sound like you're some kind of virtuous gentleman.

Would a respectable person write a side story about Huang Rong?

……

Meanwhile, online.

Within a day, Shen Can's post had become incredibly popular.

Eating melons is human nature, and netizens who frequent the "Entertainment Gossip" section of Tianya Forum are a group of heavy gossip eaters.

Upon seeing what appeared to be a rumor about a Hong Kong star's scandal, many people couldn't resist clicking on it...

They quickly regretted it.

"You're such a title-grabber!"

"Wasn't this supposed to be a scoop on Cecilia Cheung? How did it turn into a satirical novel?"

"Holy crap, is it a person?"

"What a rip-off!"

I curse you to never have a seasoning packet when you eat instant noodles.

"..."

"I must say, this novel is really well-written."

"??? Did you even read it carefully? Look at what he wrote... 'my country will become the world's largest industrial nation in 25 years, with military strength surpassing that of the United States, and technology and economy on par?' That's unbelievable! I wouldn't dare to boast like that even if I were drunk and blacked out!"

"Exactly, is it possible that our country is stronger than the United States? With this kind of worldview, it's impossible to relate to it."

"This is categorized as a novel that makes you look stupid. With your level of development, what about those Western countries? Do you think they'd stand still and wait for you for twenty years?"

"By 25 years, it would be good if my country's total economic output could catch up with Japan's, but militarily it would probably still lag behind Japan by a lot."

"Take the Air Force for example. Our main aircraft are mostly third-generation fighters, with only a small number of fourth-generation J-10s and Su-27s. But neighboring Japan already has over 300 fourth-generation F-15Js, and the United States has deployed over 1,000 fourth-generation fighters, and even dozens of fifth-generation F-22s! And us? Let alone fifth-generation fighters, we haven't even mastered fourth-generation fighters yet. How can we possibly catch up with, let alone surpass, this gap!"

"I strongly suspect the author ate too many mushrooms in Yunnan Province."

"Sigh, I wonder when we'll be able to get fifth-generation fighter jets."

……

Shen Can had no time to pay attention to what was happening on Tianya Community.

He only saw that the popularity points rose very rapidly in the first two days, and then the growth gradually slowed down.

That's normal. The post was probably at its most popular when it was gaining popularity, but after he stopped updating it, the post's popularity gradually cooled down.

Nine days passed in the blink of an eye.

June 7th, morning.

The military training performance was successfully completed. On the cement ground of the military training base, the freshmen of the 07 class of Shanghai Theatre Academy celebrated the end of their military training.

Some cheered with joy, some discussed with their friends how to treat themselves when they returned to school, and some planned to play Counter-Strike together...

Shen Can walked towards the dormitory, thinking about what would happen in the future:

There's a party tonight, and I'll be heading back to school tomorrow morning.

Speaking of the evening's party, Shen Can had a deep impression of it, not because of the amazing performances or the many beautiful women, but because for a long time after the military training, Ke Qingchuan kept nagging like a broken record:

"If I had known that military training would give me priority in choosing a partner, I should have practiced singing and dancing more, or even just prepared a couple of limericks like Shen Can did. Sigh... Everyone in the dorm except me is in a relationship. It's so sad."

They keep nagging about it, it's driving me crazy.

To be fair, the Department of Dramatic Literature is indeed at a disadvantage in terms of performance.

The professional exams for the Department of Dramatic Literature test basic knowledge of literature and art, film sketch writing, film criticism, and so on. Even the interviews are related to film and television works and the student's understanding of beauty.

Unlike students in dance academies, acting departments, and opera academies, who are all talented.

Therefore, Shen Can recited two limericks after going on stage.

He still remembers the content of the poem.

One is:

[It's dark, and the crows are cawing wildly in the cold.]

I couldn't sleep while lying on the boat.

There is a temple outside Suzhou city.

The broken bell was still ringing in the middle of the night.

— "A Night Mooring by Maple Bridge," but modeled after Zhang Zongchang's version.

The other one is:

The sun sets behind the mountains.

The Yellow River flows into the bay.

To see further,

Climb up the railing to get upstairs.

— "Ascending the Stork Tower" is also an imitation of Zhang Zongchang.

It may not be artistically sophisticated, but it's lively and engaging.

"Maybe I can switch to a different program this time."

Since I've been reborn, there has to be something new, and it's not like I don't have the means.

With a slight thought, Shen Can saw a virtual screen, invisible to others, appear before him, displaying:

[Current popularity points: 7756]

To redeem the works and abilities written in the previous novels, such as professional singing ability, professional guitar playing ability and songs, a total of 10000 points are required.

Two of these abilities require 2500 popularity points each.

Each song requires 1000 points.

Shen Can wasn't one to overthink things; he directly exchanged his singing ability, guitar skills, and the songs "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" and "Rice Fragrance."

Both songs I chose are very suitable for guitar playing and singing.

In an instant, he felt his mind filled with many things: singing techniques, insights from practicing guitar, guitar techniques, understanding of songs, emotions when composing songs, and arrangement, etc.