FWTS ### Chapter 128: December Income
"Charm Card Pack?"
Hou Muyun was intrigued. This reminded him of the Voice Charm Attribute Card, which was an R-rank card, while this was an SR-rank pack, indicating that at least one SR card was included.
Eagerly, he opened it, revealing three types of cards.
- **Voice Charm Attribute Card X5**
- **Smile Charm Attribute Card X5**
- **Gaze Charm Attribute Card X5**
- **Voice Charm Attribute Card (R): Voice Charm +1**
- **Smile Charm Attribute Card (R): Smile Charm +1**
- **Gaze Charm Attribute Card (SR): Gaze Charm +1**
Hou Muyun was pleased. Smile charm and gaze charm were extremely important for anyone, and as attribute cards, they could enhance these qualities. Hou Muyun was happy.
However, he was somewhat speechless about why voice and smile charm were R-rank cards while gaze charm was an SR-rank card!
Initially, he thought an SR card would be extraordinary, but the reality... well, at least it was more useful than the last SR card... right?
Hou Muyun had to accept the system's setup.
He used all six attribute cards.
...
- **Hand Speed: 14 + 1**
- **Inspiration: 11 + 2**
- **Drawing: 10 + 2**
- **Cooking: 11**
- **Writing: 11**
- **Singing: 9**
- **Comprehension: 7**
- **Speech Speed: 10**
- **Composition: 8 + 4**
- **Lyrics Writing: 8 + 4**
- **Arrangement: 8 + 4**
- **Alcohol Tolerance: 19**
- **Memory: 14**
- **Driving Skill: 2 + 5**
- **Voice: 11 + 5**
- **Smile: 4 + 5**
- **Gaze: 4 + 5**
...
Previously, he had drawn attribute cards for driving skill, hand speed, inspiration, and drawing in scattered lotteries.
After using the three music production attribute cards, Hou Muyun's composition, lyrics writing, and arrangement all reached 12.
Using the three charm cards, his voice charm reached 16, and both his smile charm and gaze charm, which initially were 4, now stood at 9.
These two charm attributes were relatively higher than those of an average person. Hou Muyun speculated that this was due to his improved self-confidence over recent times, resulting in some added bonuses.
Getting out of bed, Hou Muyun stood in front of the mirror, experimenting with various expressions.
He tried smiling, laughing, smirking, grinning foolishly, laughing maniacally, smirking evilly, chuckling sinisterly, leering, laughing seductively, and shyly smiling—ewww.
He furrowed his brows, squinted, stared intently, and narrowed his eyes...
Then paired each look with a smile...
From his perspective, he couldn’t feel much difference.
"Do I look better?"
"A grown man, why worry about looking good!"
After a shower, Hou Muyun, still a bit vain, checked himself out a few more times.
"Why can’t a grown man look good?"
Hou Muyun scrutinized himself from every angle, deciding that as long as the charm cards didn’t make him "pretty," it was fine.
Looking more handsome wasn't a problem—he had to live up to his excellence and bear more responsibility!
Though he didn’t notice much difference in himself, others certainly did.
"Houzi Ge, did you not sleep well last night or something? You look a bit... different."
When Xiao Pang brought breakfast in and saw Hou Muyun awake, he scrutinized him from head to toe, feeling something was off: "Your smile is... I don't know how to describe it. And your gaze is also strange."
Hou Muyun locked eyes with Xiao Pang, flashing a smile and using his deepest voice, "Xiao Pang, do you feel like you're about to fall in love with me?"
"You're nuts!"
Xiao Pang shuddered, set down the breakfast, and hurriedly left.
Seeing that he had scared off Xiao Pang, Hou Muyun laughed heartily, but reminded himself to be a bit cautious in the coming days.
At noon, Shi Shiwuwu flew back to Star City, taking Xiaopang with him. In a few days, they would head to Shanghai. Hou Muyun thought it over and decided to fly to Shanghai himself.
The script situation still wasn't resolved! Although he had received a call from Chu Qing before, as soon as she heard he had left the capital, she didn't say much. He had a vague feeling that she might have already seen the script, but there had been no feedback so far, leaving him somewhat uncertain.
Going to Shanghai had three purposes: first, to wait for Shi Shiwuwu to return from Star City; second, because Shanghai had many film and television companies, he hoped to throw his "stone" and hit one of them; and third, he knew Qing Tian Films was based in Shanghai.
Reflecting on this, Hou Muyun realized he didn't know many people besides Shi Shiwuwu and his crew. He thought of Hua Shao, but their relationship wasn't as close as with Shi Shiwuwu, and Hua Shao wasn't in the film industry.
Moreover, seeking help from others would put him at a disadvantage. Was he really going to have to invest his own money?
It was worrisome!
How did he have the courage to make such a bet in the first place?
Sigh!
Hou Muyun remembered it was the day for receiving royalties and realized he hadn't checked his phone. He took it out while on the plane.
As soon as the plane landed, Hou Muyun immediately turned on his phone to check his bank information.
On Qiyue’s platform:
His novel subscription earnings had surpassed 2 million yuan, 800,000 yuan more than the previous month, a record as far as Hou Muyun knew.
While there weren't as many large rewards (millions or tens of millions) as last month, which had totaled over 2 million yuan, this month's rewards still reached over 600,000 yuan. Nonetheless, Hou Muyun still took the monthly ticket championship!
The manga’s subscription earnings and rewards combined just barely broke 1 million yuan.
Without the settlement of physical book royalties this month, the total royalties were higher than the previous month, adding up to over 3.6 million yuan.
Even with fewer updates this month, subscriptions had increased significantly.
Overall, Hou Muyun was very satisfied.
On the TT live streaming platform, without the "monthly ticket battle," viewers didn’t need to go to the novel platform to send rewards, and with a stable audience of around 10 million, the gift revenue naturally increased.
Gift revenue alone reached 2.8 million yuan, more than doubling the previous amount!
Additionally, TT live streaming awarded a 1 million yuan bonus this month!
Combined, the two platforms brought in 7.4 million yuan!
If book royalties were included, this month’s total could potentially reach 15 million yuan!
All these figures were after taxes!
After checking his messages, Hou Muyun saw his bank balance was close to 15 million yuan!
Feeling somewhat relieved, Hou Muyun leisurely got off the plane, politely smiling and saying goodbye to the flight attendants, some of whom recognized him and some who didn’t.
"Was that an expression of being stunned?" Hou Muyun wondered, experiencing firsthand the “feedback” from his enhanced smile and gaze charm. It was a little gratifying for any man.
Outside the terminal, Hou Muyun was a bit confused.
Where should he go?
To Huashan Hospital? Uncle Hongjiang had already been discharged.
To Shi Shiwuwu's studio? He knew where to find someone who could open the door.
Taking out his phone, Hou Muyun decided to call Chu Qing. If all else failed, he might have to rely on Principal Wang.
The call connected quickly. "Hello, President Chu? This is Hou Muyun. I wanted to ask about the script."
"I’ve already sent someone to pick you up at the airport. See you soon," Chu Qing replied, surprising Hou Muyun.
"Hello, Mr. Hou!" A young woman dressed in business attire approached him.
Hou Muyun had a good memory; he had seen this woman a few days ago in the capital, standing beside Chu Qing. She was either a secretary or an assistant.
Hou Muyun chuckled to himself, realizing he should have waited a bit longer. But it was fine; his urgency showed the other party's urgency as well, otherwise they wouldn't have checked his flight and sent someone to pick him up.
"Hello, Mr. Hou. Our President Chu sent me to pick you up."
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