Evolutionary Superstar

Name: Lin Haoren

Age: 25

School: Jinhai Academy of Drama

Major: Acting

Graduation: 2022

Agency: None

Professional Credits: 0

Short Films: 0

Commercials: 0

Language/s: Mandarin, English

Special Skills: Nothing noteworthy

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Casting History

Auditions Attended: 127

Second-Round Auditions: 31

Final Auditions: 8

Professional Acting Credits: 0

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Industry Remarks

Source 1: Jinhai Academy of Drama Professor

Assessment: "Diligent and receptive to instruction. Has considerable room for growth."

Source 2: Shen Weiming - Director of Martial Supreme

Assessment: "Not recommended. Poor professionalism and inadequate acting ability. Also, difficult to direct and insufficiently responsive to the needs of the production."

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Fang Lihua reviewed Lin Haoren’s information multiple times, and her doubts and suspicions grew.

’There’s a problem with this information!’ Fang Lihua thought.

No matter how she looked at it, the Lin Haoren recorded in the portfolio did not seem like the same Lin Haoren she had just met.

The impression was completely off.

There was even a contradiction in the information between the casting history and industry remarks.

How could someone be difficult to direct if they had zero professional acting credits? Lin Haoren never landed a role, so how could he have worked with others before?

This made no sense.

Director Shen Weiming’s remark was too damaging, untruthful, and malicious. This was clearly a case of indirect blacklisting!

But why would Director Shen Weiming blacklist a nameless actor without any professional acting credits?

How did Lin Haoren offend such a person?

Although Fang Lihua couldn’t figure this out, she also couldn’t help but admire Lin Haoren’s tenacity and determination.

To attend 127 auditions, fail them all, and never give up was impressive.

Even if Lin Haoren started attending auditions since his freshman year, that would be roughly 2-3 auditions every month.

Moreover, if Lin Haoren had been stubbornly pursuing his acting career all these years, she doubted that he would have neglected his acting.

Fang Lihua really wanted to see for herself how inadequate Lin Haoren’s acting ability could be.

The information in his portfolio was simply unreliable.

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By the time Lin Haoren returned to the film set, the Xeraphi’s scheduled cyber attack had already begun.

Various accidents occurred around the world, while Xinghai Film City seemed unaffected. At the very least, nothing significant occurred.

Lumi had already accessed Xinghai Film City’s network and removed all the malicious codes left by Xeraphi’s AI.

Ding!

[You have completed the Time-Limited Quest: Attack From The Stars.]

[Evaluating quest completion performance...]

[Evaluation completed. You have saved 30 people from burning to death in a terrible fire accident.]

[You have received Beginner-Level Gift Pack x30.]

Upon hearing the system prompts, Lin Haoren felt overjoyed.

30 lives were actually saved from a staged fire accident.

Once again, he felt glad that he had spent 5,000,000 RP to exchange for the Smart Assistant AI Lumi from the Reputation Store.

This intermediate-level AI wasn’t just a useful assistant; it was also a powerful hacking tool in current times!

Lumi could easily connect to Xinghai Film City’s externally exposed network services, map out the entire accessible network, and then bypass multiple layers of firewall and security in seconds.

Truly worthy of being technologically advanced, 30 years ahead of its time.

With such an AI, completing related quests was as simple as turning over one’s hand. This x30 Beginner-Level Gift Pack was earned too easily.

"Xiao Ren, you’re back. Do you still want to observe the filming process?"

"Yes, Director Fang, if that’s alright with you."

"Of course."

Fang Lihua naturally had no issue with Lin Haoren sticking around the film set. He was, after all, Director Guo’s guest.

Moreover, she wanted to learn more about him and how he ended up offending Director Shen Weiming.

Meanwhile, Lin Haoren had his mind on the quest rewards he had just earned.

’System, open all of my gift packs.’

Ding!

[Opening Beginner-Level Gift Pack x30...]

[Congratulations! You have obtained 200 yuan!]

[Congratulations! You have obtained Acting Proficiency +50]

[Congratulations! You have obtained Piano Proficiency +50]

[Congratulations! You have obtained 1,000 yuan!]

[Congratulations! You have obtained Basic Mental Fatigue Recovery Potion x1]

[Congratulations! You have obtained Singing Proficiency +100]

[Congratulations! You have obtained Basic Healing Ointment x1]

[Congratulations! You have obtained Acting Proficiency +100]

[Congratulations! You have obtained Daily Intelligence x3]

...

Ding!

[You have unlocked the System Space.]

[All tangible items have been deposited into the System Space.]

Lin Haoren couldn’t help but feel amazed after opening the Beginner-Level Gift Pack x30. He didn’t expect the rewards to be quite broad and generous.

There were quite a few useful items among them.

After tallying up the rewards, he glanced at his total gains from the Beginner-Level Gift Pack x30.

6,500 yuan

Acting Proficiency +350

Piano Proficiency +150

Basic Mental Fatigue Recovery Potion x2

Singing Proficiency +500

Basic Healing Ointment x3

Daily Intelligence x3

Yang Essence Pill x5

Beginner-Level Yin-Yang Harmony Art

After compiling the list, Lin Haoren’s expression couldn’t help but darken upon reaching the bottom.

Although rewards from the Beginner-Level Gift Pack seemed random, why did he get so many Yang Essence Pills and a Beginner-Level Yin-Yang Harmony Art?

What did the system mean by this?

Trying to stuff him with viagra to practice a dual cultivation technique? Since when did he have trouble in that area?

His little brother was perfectly healthy!

Lin Haoren felt a little insulted, but he figured it might just be his imagination. As such, he couldn’t really blame the system.

Maybe it was just his luck.

After shelving his distracting thoughts aside, Lin Haoren focused on observing the actors in action. He couldn’t waste the opportunity to study how A-list actors and B-list actors perform.

It was also a good way to distract himself from thinking about Xeraphi’s cyber attack on the rest of the world.

Ding!

[Observing Shen Beichen’s Acting, understanding microexpression, dialogue, and body language: Acting Proficiency +33]

[Observing Qin Feng’s Acting, understanding combat movement and balance control: Acting Proficiency +24]

While studying the two male leads, Lin Haoren had to admit that while Shen Beichen’s character was questionable, he was a genuine A-list actor.

There was a noticeable gap between an A-list actor and a B-list actor.

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