Urban: At Thirty, I Turn My Life Around Through Discipline and Become the God of Song

On the day Jiang Chen turns thirty, he gets laid off, has only 70,000 yuan left in his bank account, and lives cramped in a ten-square-meter rental room. Then a System suddenly appears: "At thirty, it's time to get your life together. Start being disciplined." Going to bed on time and eating healthy both earn him rewards. His starter pack contains a song from a parallel world: "Ideal Thirties."

He borrows his neighbor's guitar and livestreams himself singing for the first time. A few strangers outside his door all end up in tears. The livestream's only viewer, "Thirty and Still Not There," spams the chat: "Did you really write this song?" His neighbor Han Qing suggests, "Why not become a singing streamer?"

The System rewards him with one song after another: "Chengdu," "South of the Mountains," "Sorrow Dispelling"... Jiang Chen goes from singing in his rented room to performing on the street, then from the streets to live houses. His livestream audience grows from one viewer to a million. Record companies come knocking, and variety shows send invitations. At thirty, he loses his job but finds himself again. As self-discipline becomes a habit, the middle-aged programmer whose rough edges life had worn away finally steps into the spotlight.