Chapter 86: Planning Ahead

Classmates' guesses were spot on – everyone was already familiar with Lin Yuan's style, a style aptly named "Lin Yuan."

Lin Yuan, true to form, didn't bother explaining. However, the more significant reason was his reluctance to draw attention. What if the professor started talking about transferring departments again? He had no intention of leaving the composition department.

"Next classroom."

As Kong An left, he glanced deeply at Lin Yuan, reinforcing a certain idea in his heart.

After the judging panel departed, all eyes turned to Lin Yuan.

Compliments and praises, mixed with inquiries, flowed from classmates on all sides, and Lin Yuan adeptly responded. He had cultivated the awareness of being the class favorite since kindergarten and was well accustomed to it.

Just like his piano skills.

Facing the beautiful blackboard display behind him, most could only conclude that Lin Yuan was also skilled at drawing. However, the exact extent of his talent remained unclear.

But the literary and art committee member, Yan Mengjia, who had studied painting for several years, understood the significance of producing such a high-level watercolor blackboard in just two hours. So, her gaze towards Lin Yuan now held a touch of unease.

Of course, most of the female students in the class also looked at Lin Yuan with a somewhat unusual gaze, evident from the occasional appearance of mysterious snacks on his desk.

This situation would probably be hard to eliminate, both before and after, especially after Lin Yuan left a consecutive impression of being versatile.

The next day, Lin Yuan's class's blackboard display smoothly appeared on the campus official website, securing the blackboard champion for the sophomore year. Lin Yuan, in turn, initiated his watercolor class in the art club, teaching two sessions daily – sketching first, followed by watercolor.

However, more students enrolled in the sketching class than in watercolor. Lin Yuan's sketching teaching skills had become popular in the fine arts department, but many people had limited knowledge of his watercolor prowess and teaching abilities, except for students who witnessed his two-hour watercolor masterpiece, including the secretive group led by Zhong Yu.

They had an agreement not to publicize Lin Yuan's achievements for now. This way, there would be fewer competitors for Lin Yuan's watercolor class. After some time, when they received Lin Yuan's true teachings, they planned to let the fine arts department know that Lin Yuan's watercolor was indeed at a master level.

Lin Yuan didn't mind. He had no shortage of students now, and the tuition fees remained the same.

As for winning the blackboard display competition, it naturally earned Lin Yuan praise from the academy, the composition department's counselor. In universities, counselors played a role similar to homeroom teachers. The academy, in particular, also served as a mentor for professional courses.

The counselor was named Hua Li.

Hua Li had been closely observing Lin Yuan because, in recent times, Lin Yuan had shown remarkable improvement in academic performance. Most university students had low aspirations regarding grades, typically aiming not to fail. In contrast, Lin Yuan was different. He attended classes diligently and studied hard. Although he struggled initially when he transferred to the composition department, in the latest theoretical exam, Lin Yuan had entered the top five in the class.

This type of student was well-liked by Hua Li.

As for how much external factors such as appearance might be mixed in with this liking, that need not be emphasized. In any case, Hua Li praised Lin Yuan's achievements for the class, and the commendation lasted a full three minutes.

After praising Lin Yuan, Hua Li got to the main topic of the day: "We've been studying composition for almost two years now. I believe most of you are not aiming to be composers for musical instruments but rather to enter entertainment companies as composers."

Composing piano music is the work of a composer.

Writing pop songs is also the work of a composer.

The former has a high entry threshold, while the latter is relatively more accessible to the public. Therefore, although the academy's composition department's professional courses were nominally focused on the former, they had never overlooked guiding and cultivating students for the latter.

Like this time.

Hua Li opened his mouth gracefully: "Our study task for the next period is not writing a thesis but composing a song for me. The style of the song is unlimited, and you can either find someone or do it yourself for lyrics and singing. It won't cost you anything; our school has many mutual aid associations with a public welfare nature in each department. The deadline for the composition is the end of next month."

"Alright."

The students were eager to try. For students in the Composition Department, this was not a troublesome task. Many of them had already written many songs privately, and they even submitted them to entertainment companies.

"I want to remind you."

Hua Li smiled: "The grades for this song are crucial, to be precise, it's your annual assessment! The leaders of the Composition Department will personally grade it! Because you are now sophomores, next year will be junior year, and junior year will determine a batch of exchange student quotas. The song's grade is an important reference for exchange student quotas."

"What?"

"Really?"

"Annual assessment?"

This time, everyone's voices noticeably increased a lot!

Many people's faces even showed excitement, putting away their originally relatively casual thoughts of playing and having fun.

Yes.

The vast majority of students are interested in exchange students because this experience is of great help in finding a job after graduation!

Moreover, exchange students can also experience the teaching of different schools. The experience of a one-year exchange is quite valuable for many people, not to mention the various benefits for exchange students in the school!

"Exchange students."

Lin Yuan thoughtfully.

After the last time Jian Yi said he wanted to go to Qi Prefecture as an exchange student, Lin Yuan was actually considering whether to accompany Jian Yi to Qi Prefecture. After all, the time they spend together is getting less and less, and he is also interested in the benefits of exchange students.

As for Xia Fan...

Xia Fan will definitely stay in the academy.

She plans to participate in this year's "Rising Star."

She also plans to debut with this program.

This has been her dream for many years. If she really debuts, there won't be much time left in school in the future. In that case, going to Qi Prefecture is a choice that Lin Yuan can seriously consider.

Because Lin Yuan is sure:

Xia Fan will definitely debut.

Even if she fails again in "Rising Star" this year, Lin Yuan will ask Zhao Jue to sign Xia Fan, and at the same time, he will prepare some songs for Xia Fan himself.

Since that's the case, this song needs to be treated seriously.

At night.

On the way home from school, Lin Yuan called out the system, enduring the pain: "I want to customize a song, the kind that costs five hundred thousand."

[What type?]

Lin Yuan said, "About inspiration."

He didn't mention the genre but the theme of the song because students haven't entered society yet, and writing an inspirational song might better fit the campus atmosphere.

[Deducting funds...]

[Random selection...]

[The song is selected...]

[Congratulations, the host has obtained the song 'The Initial Dream.']

In a casual tone, Lin Yuan received the message that fifty thousand was deducted from the bank card, and at the same time, a new song appeared in the library. Lin Yuan felt that his luck was not bad.

"By the way."

Lin Yuan suddenly asked, "Is there a problem with the bank deducting money?"

The system said, "Don't worry, the bank won't find any problems because the system deducts the host's funds through regular channels."

"Understood."

Lin Yuan decided to submit the song next month.

With his grades this semester, coupled with this song, it shouldn't be difficult to get an exchange student quota.

Of course.

This semester has just started not long ago, and there is still a long time until the next semester. So thinking about these things now seems quite distant, and Lin Yuan is just preparing for the future.