Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

As Principal Li said, inviting a celebrity of the Queen of Heaven’s status is truly not easy.
Even for Lu Xiaobu, just finding the phone contact took a lot of time.
Such characters at the top of an industry naturally have their own status and dignity.
Of course, Lu Xiaobu had some clout.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have gotten the phone number.
Lu Xiaobu made the call from Principal Li’s office.
"Hello, Mr. Lu."
A voice that sent shivers down the spine, yet not at all enchanting but surprisingly distinctive, came through.
It made Lu Xiaobu secretly click his tongue. To become the Queen of Heaven was indeed no simple feat.
Not to mention him, even Principal Li, a highly respected principal, was somewhat excited upon hearing this voice.
"Hello, Queen Sun."
Lu Xiaobu responded.
"Mr. Lu is joking."
Sun Wanqi chuckled lightly, but she didn’t deny it. She truly was the Queen of Heaven and deserved the title: "May I know what Mr. Lu needs me for?"
"Join my ’Heavenly Dynasty’s Voice’; name your conditions." Lu Xiaobu was as straightforward as always.
"About this, I’m afraid I have to apologize. I would love to collaborate with Mr. Lu, but I really don’t have the time," Sun Wanqi clearly expressed her refusal.
Principal Li spread his hands beside him—he knew this would be the outcome.
"How about I write songs for you?"
Lu Xiaobu thought it over. For someone of her level, money and such were basic but not enough to sway the heart.
So, he played his trump card.
"Oh?" Sun Wanqi’s interest was piqued: "It’s my first time hearing that Mr. Lu writes songs."
Interested she might be, but believing she did not.
"Let’s not beat around the bush, give me an email address, and I will send the songs to your email for you to check," Lu Xiaobu continued.
To ensure success, he had spent some time researching Sun Wanqi’s musical style, then had the system on Original Earth find two songs, which he wrote.
This was the reason for his confidence.
"Hmm..."
Sun Wanqi pondered: "Okay, agreed."
Soon, the email address was sent over.
Lu Xiaobu nodded at Su Luoxue.
Su Luoxue understood and sent the email that Lu Xiaobu had prepared earlier.
She didn’t know what it contained.
"Ding dong."
A notification of the email’s arrival sounded from the other end of the phone.
Then, silence filled the space.
Principal Li was restless beside him.
He wondered if he was overthinking it, allowing Lu Xiaobu to invite a nearly impossible to secure celebrity like the Queen of Heaven—if this failed, he would be the culprit.
Su Luoxue, listening to the silence, also felt worried.
She didn’t think a single email could finalize a deal with the Queen of Heaven.
Only Lu Xiaobu was utterly calm and extremely confident.
A minute passed.
The other end of the phone was still silent.
But, there were some sounds of walking and occasionally some faint singing.
Hearing this singing, Lu Xiaobu’s lips curled into a smile—this was a sure thing.
Because the singing was from the songs he sent.
But Principal Li and Su Luoxue became even more worried.
The two exchanged glances—had the Queen of Heaven gone off to handle other matters?
Probably not.
Three more minutes passed.
"Alright, I agree to it. These two songs, plus a joining fee of forty million."
Sun Wanqi laid out her conditions.
"That’s fine."
Lu Xiaobu nodded: "Pleasure doing business with you."
"Pleasure doing business with you."
Sun Wanqi’s voice lifted slightly, revealing some excitement.
Clearly, the two songs from Lu Xiaobu had thoroughly conquered her!
After hanging up, Principal Li was dumbfounded.
"Just like that!?"
Principal Li was somewhat frantic.
The person across was the Queen of Heaven, and a single email sealed the deal?
Was it really just two songs?
Does the Queen of Heaven lack songs?
Definitely not!
But now the Queen of Heaven agreed to such a questionable program just for two songs.
What kind of songs were these!?
As for the forty million, that was a trivial matter.
The Queen of Heaven’s appearance was worth the price.
Other programs couldn’t invite the Queen of Heaven even with forty million!
"Just like that." Lu Xiaobu tossed his phone to Su Luoxue, shrugged his shoulders and said, "What else did you expect?!"
"I didn’t expect anything, I just meant to say, if I had known it was this simple, I would have recommended all the Heavenly Kings and Queens to you."
Principal Li muttered to himself.
Xiaobu, oh Xiaobu, talk about keeping it cool, acting all nonchalant!
He’s talking to the Queen of Heaven!
For the previous three, he personally visited, but for the Queen of Heaven, just a phone call and an email did the job?!
He must be thinking, "What else do you want?"
That’s really demoralizing.
"No, that would make it boring, who would listen to the singers then? Everyone would be watching the Heavenly Kings and Queens."
Lu Xiaobu waved it off: "By the way, Principal Li, you’ve helped me so much, tell me, what do you want?!"
There’s no such thing as love or hatred without reason.
Principal Li had looked out for him so diligently, there certainly was something he needed help with.
"Teach a class."
Principal Li was straightforward.
"Okay, okay, I’ll teach, is that alright?" Lu Xiaobu sighed, he knew it.
Principal Li was still hung up on the situation from the other day when the three principals visited his house.
That was about elaborating on ’Youthful Heavenly Dynasty’!
"Alright!"
Principal Li laughed heartily.
Finally, he managed to accomplish it.
Now, those two old guys from Empire University and Qinghua must treat him to a meal.
Otherwise, humph, it’ll just be for our school!
"When is it?" Lu Xiaobu asked.
"No rush, handle your matters first, we need to prepare on our side too,"
Principal Li hurriedly said.
Getting Lu Xiaobu’s agreement wasn’t easy, they couldn’t rush him.
"That’s fine."
Lu Xiaobu nodded: "Actually, I don’t have much on my plate in the next couple of days, I’ll just give a couple of lectures."
Liang Lan was handling the bulk of tasks, he just had to wait.
...
Meanwhile, under Liang Lan’s arrangements, news and various other preparations had begun.
With the support of those unscrupulous journalists, generating buzz was easy.
’Voice of Heavenly Dynasty’s naming rights reach one hundred million, special fees vary’
’The program’s production cost is a whopping three billion, quality guaranteed’
’All-star lineup, stay tuned’
’Lu Xiaobu aims to revolutionize the entire talent show’
...
These news stories spread like wildfire, forcing everyone to pay attention to this program.
After all, the headlines were quite shocking.
A billion here, three billion there.
Which current talent show was as lavish as this?
But the words of Lu Xiaobu were undeniable.
After all, everyone was well aware of Lu Xiaobu’s previous lavish spending when sixty billion was splashed out during the Iron Cavalry’s carpet sales.
Now spending three billion on producing a talent show?
That’s perfectly normal!
However, soon, another trend arose online.