Chapter 125: Falsetto and Real Voice, Ever-Changing Timbre, the Hall of the Movie Queen!

Looking at the follower count on her social media account, Bai Ling stared in disbelief.

"Huh?"

"So many?"

"Wasn't it only seven and a half million last time?"

Bai Ling was utterly astonished.

After releasing her last song, her follower count had surged to seven and a half million. However, due to subsequent filming issues and online smear campaigns, the numbers had begun to decline. At the time, Bai Ling found the dwindling count too depressing to watch, so she simply stopped checking.

She never expected that during this period, not only would her followers return, but they would even surpass her past peak, reaching an entirely new height.

It was not unheard of for artists in this industry to have over a hundred million followers, but most of them were male. For some reason, men seemed to have an exceptionally easy time in showbiz, whereas female stars faced brutal competition and often had it much harder. Perhaps it was because the majority of fans in the industry were young girls, and opposites attract?

However, those so-called hundred-million-follower counts were highly inflated. In fact, up to two-thirds of them were likely bot accounts or ghost followers. Below the hundred-million mark, those with forty to fifty million, or seventy to eighty million followers, were a dime a dozen. If one aggregated their followers across all platforms, even some internet influencers could challenge mainstream entertainment stars.

Bai Ling's tens of millions of followers might not seem like a massive deal on the surface. But in reality, because all of her followers had grown entirely organically, without any agency buying fake followers for her, these metrics were incredibly genuine and valuable. No wonder a look of surprise crossed her face when she saw the number.

After looking into it further, she finally understood the situation. It turned out that her performance tonight had caused such a massive sensation.

A wave of joy washed over her heart. Sure enough, just as she had anticipated, once she passed through the darkest times, a smooth road would lie ahead. As long as she showcased her talent and capabilities properly, her career would naturally enter a rising phase.

Before Wen Yan's destined karma could affect her, she had to make the most of the opportunities in the coming period.

"System, system!" she called out in her mind. "Hurry up and hand over the rewards! Was my performance tonight not enough?"

By now, she had learned to take the initiative.

"Stupid system, don't play dead!"

System: [...]

"Please wait patiently until midnight. The system will then settle the rewards."

Hearing the system's response, Bai Ling was in high spirits.

Subsequently, Bai Ling returned to her hotel. According to her usual routine, she would have been exhausted and fast asleep by now. After all, performing on stage and sitting in the venue for a full four or five hours was draining. However, Bai Ling was currently full of energy, her mind buzzing too much to sleep.

"System, if you don't give me some good rewards, you'll be letting down your title as a system!" she muttered. "You can't find any flaws in today's performance. If you still give me trash like before, I won't accept it! If you play me one more time, I'll just slack off and quit! I trust you won't disappoint me, right?"

Part threat, part flattery. Bai Ling tossed and turned in bed, her inner monologue incredibly colorful.

Finally, the clock struck midnight!

*Ding!*

*System calculation in progress!*

*The host's performance today was exceptionally brilliant!*

*Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Seamless Vocal Transition!*

*Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Chameleon Voice!*

*Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 points in Comprehensive Singing Ability!*

*Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 minutes of Dimensional KTV usage time!*

*Congratulations to the host for successfully unlocking the feature: Hall of the Best Actress!*

Hearing this series of system notifications, Bai Ling bounced up from her bed. At this moment, her joy was beyond words.

"Woohoo!"

"We're flying high!"

"System, you really didn't disappoint me! I love you so much!"

Clearly, although Bai Ling had expected the system to give her good things, she had not expected it to give so much in one go. Immediately, she began to examine them seriously.

The two skills were Seamless Vocal Transition and Chameleon Voice. Both were special abilities related to singing, though they did not directly boost her raw singing ability. Instead, they were auxiliary skills. Seamless Vocal Transition allowed her to switch effortlessly between her falsetto and chest voice.

This ability was actually incredibly powerful. Many singers had their own preferred style of singing, some soaring with their chest voice, others winding gracefully with falsetto. There was no superiority between the two; it was only a matter of mastery and technique in using one's voice.

Ordinary people could not switch back and forth at will. It was a talent that very few possessed. With this ability, Bai Ling could do what ordinary people could not. For instance, in the song "Moonlight" that she had written for Leng Yan, the line "Who dares to cross the pass of love"—in those few words, every single word had at least two transitions. It might not be a complete shift between true and false vocals, but it was an ultimate control over one's voice.

Unless one was a truly top-tier singer, it was extremely difficult to transition perfectly while keeping it beautiful and melodious, like a warbler's song. Leng Yan had not replied to her messages for the past few days, probably because he was struggling with the vocal techniques for this song. With this skill, Bai Ling could attempt more difficult works and have more room to show off her techniques.

As for Chameleon Voice, that was even easier to understand. Most people only had one or a few vocal timbres. Unless they underwent special training, it was hard to master others. Yet the reward Bai Ling received was exactly as its name suggested—versatile. Whether it was a mature man, a young boy, a little girl, a young woman, an elegant lady, a dominant female voice, a magnetic male bass, a vocal fry, or an old man, an old woman... If others could think of it, Bai Ling could do it.

Bai Ling did a quick test.

"Bai Ling, you performed very well tonight!" This was Sister Ge's tone and voice.

"Sister Bai, come quick! Your followers went up again!" This was Miaomiao's voice.

"Haha, Sister Bai, do you want some water? There's some in the car!" This was Xiangzi's.

Next, Bai Ling imitated the voices of Bai Zihao, Zhen Xiang, and even Teacher Zhuge Tianguang.

It was simply too fun, and she almost could not stop herself. Only after a long while, when she felt her throat starting to go hoarse, did she stop.

As for the third reward, the boost to her comprehensive singing ability, it was the most straightforward reward, requiring no explanation. The Dimensional KTV was also self-explanatory.

Overall, tonight's rewards were mostly helpful for her career as a singer. Of course, Chameleon Voice would also allow her to transition to voice acting if she ever lost her job, which was a decent backup option.

However, what interested Bai Ling the most was still the Hall of the Best Actress!