Evolutionary Superstar

Lin Haoren noticed Fang Lihua’s look of disbelief and smiled wryly.

"I really am an aspiring actor, Director Fang. I’ve been rejected at every audition. It shouldn’t be difficult for you to look up information about me. I’m not some marketing expert at all," he tried to explain.

"It’s fine even if you didn’t study marketing professionally, Xiao Ren. Who hasn’t fooled around in school at that age?" Fang Lihua said with a gentle and understanding smile.

"Academic qualifications are just some words on paper, and not a true representation of your capability. I have already listened to your marketing strategy, and can see your marketing potential."

"As long as the key issues are resolved, your marketing strategy can generate a lot of revenue to fund the production. Won’t you consider joining our marketing team?" Fang Lihua asked sincerely.

"I’m afraid I can’t, Director Fang," Lin Haoren smiled wryly and said, "My dream is to become a star. I don’t want to waste my time being a marketing strategist. My schedule doesn’t allow it either."

"I still have a flight to catch tomorrow, and a contract to sign. I’ve accepted an invitation to join A Home For Paws as a special guest and will be filming with the production team in Beichuan Province."

"So I won’t be in Lingzhou Province for a week or so," Lin Haoren honestly informed.

He was burdened with saving Blue Star from an alien civilization that had mastered fusion technology.

How could he have the heart and time to be a marketing strategist when he should be finding ways to maximize his media exposure to earn Reputation Points and abuse the Reputation Store?

Fang Lihua wore a look of regret after hearing Lin Haoren’s answer.

Although she really wanted to keep Lin Haoren, she realized she couldn’t convince him to stay, at least for the next week or so.

Fang Lihua pondered for a moment before her eyes lit up.

"Xiao Ren, you said that all of your auditions were rejected, right? Did you also apply for any roles in this production?"

"Yes, I applied for an extra role, but it was rejected."

"I see..." Fang Lihua furrowed her brows thoughtfully before asking, "Then, are you still interested in an extra role if I were to offer you one?"

"Yes!" Lin Haoren’s eyes lit up.

Even if it was an extra role, A Thousand Lifetimes With You was a big production with a lot of attention. As long as he could stick around the production team, there would be plenty of opportunities to prove himself and increase his exposure.

Furthermore, an extra didn’t have many responsibilities or screen time.

This would give him a lot of free time to do plenty of other things while staying closely involved with the production team.

"Then, I want to offer you an extra role in the production after you come back from your filming in Beichuan Province. Will you accept, Xiao Ren?"

"Definitely! Thank you for this opportunity, Director Fang!"

Lin Haoren was overjoyed.

At the same time, Fang Lihua was laughing in her heart. As long as Lin Haoren was around, there would be plenty of chances to ask him for help with the marketing department.

After all, extras had plenty of free time.

Ding!

[A Time-Limited Quest has been issued.]

[Time-Limited quest: Attack From The Stars]

[Description: The Xeraphi Civilization has long infiltrated Blue Star’s global network, spying on global secrets, culture, technology development, and interstellar awareness. In fifteen minutes, the Xeraphi Civilization will begin testing its first phase of cyber attack.]

[The cyber attack is indiscriminate and not large in scale enough to alert global authorities to an interstellar threat. However, Xinghai Film City will be one of multiple targets with concentrated data attacks, which will result in multiple casualties.]

[Objective: Save at least one life from the cyber attack on Xinghai Film City.]

[Reward: A Beginner-Level Gift Pack.]

[Note: Every life is precious. For every additional life saved, the base reward will increase by 1x.]

Lin Haoren’s face paled in shock and horror after receiving the sudden time-limited quest.

He thought he had a full ten years to prepare for the Xeraphi’s invasion, yet he had never anticipated that the alien civilization was already in a position where it could initiate attacks on Blue Star.

As long as the Xeraphi Civilization had access to Blue Star’s global network, its superior position couldn’t be shaken. Any and every bit of information or technology could be stolen at any time.

The Xeraphi’s access to Blue Star’s global network had to be purged!

That said, Lin Haoren’s biggest concern was the scale of the damage caused by the impending cyber attack on Xinghai Film City.

Who was in danger? How could he save them?

While the filming was ongoing, Lin Haoren made an excuse to use the toilet, then pulled out his phone to seek Lumi’s expert opinion.

It didn’t take long before he realized how powerful cyber attacks could be.

Stunt rig failures, pyrotechnic accidents, giant set collapses, lighting rigs falling, elevator malfunctions, fire-suppression failures, and more.

There were simply too many angles for a cyber attack.

What was even more terrifying was the combination of a pyrotechnic accident, a fire-suppression failure, and an emergency exit lock.

It could start a fire within a building and burn everyone trapped within.

Even so, any of these cyber attacks could become fatal accidents. Thus, stunt rig failures, giant set collapse, lighting rig falling, and elevator malfunctions couldn’t be underestimated either.

"Lumi, can you prevent these cyber attacks?" Lin Haoren asked.

"Yes, Master," Lumi acknowledged before adding, "However, I don’t have enough computing resources to stop all cyber attacks unless I upload myself to the global network and mobilize idle computing resources."

"But unauthorized usage of global computing resources will have serious legal and financial consequences once I am discovered," Lumi stated.

"Can you remain undiscovered if you hide activity inside the traffic generated by the Xeraphi attack? Can you expose the Xeraphi’s existence while you’re at it?" Lin Haoren asked.

"It’s possible, but I don’t recommend it, Master," Lumi answered.

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