The next day, early morning.
Chen Feng was woken up by his phone ringing.
He groggily got up and answered the call.
After listening for a few sentences, he immediately became alert, sat up abruptly from the bed, and a smile appeared on his face.
He had successfully advanced.
The Yanjing City audition for "What is an Actor" had concluded, and a total of 108 contestants had advanced.
One month later, the advancement competition would officially begin.
The location for the advancement competition was in Yanjing City.
It was quite convenient.
Additionally, the variety show "What is an Actor" was currently very popular.
One reason for its popularity was that it was broadcast live, simultaneously across various platforms.
Therefore, the ratings were excellent.
Since it wasn't pre-recorded, any conflicts and focal points during the broadcast would be infinitely amplified, becoming hot topics.
Very exciting!
Chen Feng was a transmigrator.
Back on Earth, he had seen similar shows.
But those were all pre-recorded.
Many conflicts were created through editing.
They were meaningless and lacked authenticity.
So, the variety show "What is an Actor" was quite good; it was very daring.
It dared to use a live broadcast format.
Chen Feng hung up the phone and vigorously wiped his face.
Last night, he had studied the system until past four in the morning.
He went to bed very late.
But he had also thoroughly understood how abnormal the system he activated was.
First, he had an attribute panel.
It displayed his status.
Host: Chen Feng
Profession: Actor
Level: 1 (1/30)
Activated Character Template: Addict.
Personal Skills: None
Inventory: None
A very simple attribute panel.
But what shocked Chen Feng immensely was that the annotation for the level was terrifying.
Currently, he was at Level 1.
To advance to Level 2, he needed to experience 30 character models and activate 30 character templates.
So, what was the difference between Level 1 and Level 2?
The difference was that all the character experiences at Level 1 were ordinary people.
For example.
Like an Addict, like a chef, like a lawyer, like a teacher, and so on and so forth.
These were real character images from everyday life.
What about Level 2?
At Level 2, the types of characters he could experience expanded.
An additional type of character that does not exist in the real world was added.
For example, a martial artist.
All martial arts characters, action characters, could be expanded to include these special types.
Chen Feng's system was called 'Acting Becomes Reality'.
That is to say, once he was to portray a character, the system would transform him into the identity of that corresponding character and bestow the corresponding character's skills upon him.
Therefore, once he reached Level 2.
If Chen Feng tried the identity of an ancient great hero or a modern killer, he would then become a true great hero and killer.
And possess the corresponding martial arts and killing techniques.
What about Level 3?
It would be even more terrifying.
At Level 3, characters would expand to include immortal heroes.
That is to say, when Chen Feng attempted to portray an immortal hero, he would be endowed with true immortal hero power.
He might even gain skills.
This was the mystery of the 'Acting Becomes Reality' system.
Very powerful.
As expected, it was a transmigrator's welfare.
Which transmigrator didn't reach the pinnacle of life relying on a system?
So, Chen Feng was very excited.
He was full of anticipation for the future.
However, to reach the pinnacle and possess the power of an supreme immortal hero, it would take a considerable amount of time.
The system had limitations.
Chen Feng's identity was locked to the profession of 'Actor', so he could only acquire character templates through acting.
He couldn't direct and act himself.
He couldn't cheat to get character templates for himself.
He could only honestly get character scripts from various production teams in the real world to act, or participate in variety shows like "What is an Actor" to gain acting qualifications.
Fortunately, Chen Feng was not in a hurry.
Since the system had been activated, he would take his time.
From Level 1 to Level 2, he needed to experience 30 characters.
From Level 2 to Level 3, who knows how many he would need to experience.
Currently, the best way to level up was to participate in this type of variety show, or to go to various production teams to be an extra.
He was determined not to become a big star.
Nor would he sign with any management company.
Because Chen Feng didn't need to actually act in a movie.
That would take too much time.
Some movies take several years for one cycle.
He really couldn't wait.
So, Chen Feng's goal was to become the most awesome extra actor in history.
...
Around 9:30 AM.
Chen Feng was dressed neatly and finally emerged from his simple rented room.
He rented an old, small one-bedroom apartment of only 30 square meters, located in the suburbs of Yanjing City.
The rent was 700 yuan per month.
Very reasonable.
The apartment was very dilapidated and old, and the electric water heater was faulty.
The original owner had been electrocuted to death.
So after Chen Feng transmigrated, the first thing he did was find someone to repair the water heater, and he paid for it himself.
The landlord didn't care at all.
After leaving the complex, Chen Feng took a taxi all the way to a hotel building near the Yan Jing Film Academy.
This was a gathering place for small production teams to recruit temporary actors.
There were many small production teams upstairs.
Therefore, the area downstairs of the hotel was always crowded with people.
They were all those "Beijing drifters" who harbored dreams of becoming superstars.
Every day, they would squat downstairs, waiting for someone to come and cast roles.
Even if it was just for an extra role.
Among these people, some were from legitimate performing arts schools, while others were novices who wanted to break into the entertainment industry purely out of passion.
The only advantage here was that there were no intermediaries or snakeheads.
Because it was next to the Film Academy.
It was basically the domain of Film Academy students.
...
Upon arriving, Chen Feng also stood honestly under the shade of a tree.
He would wait.
People would come down from the hotel at irregular intervals to select temporary actors.
There were usually seven or eight opportunities every day.
If lucky, they could get paid.
If unlucky, they could at least get a bento box.
Chen Feng used to come here often.
So he was familiar with it.
He had only been standing for a few minutes when someone came down.
It was a chubby young man.
He was wearing a blue shirt and sweating profusely.
His armpits were soaked.
As soon as the chubby young man came out, he shouted, "Is there anyone who can cook? At least someone who can flip a wok. Age between twenty-five and thirty-five. There are lines, there are lines!"
Upon hearing this, the "Beijing drifters" who had been waiting anxiously immediately swarmed forward.
"Me, me, me, I can cook."
"I can too."
"I can flip a wok, I'm really good at it. But I'm thirty-six, is that okay? Just one year over."
"Can I fry rice?"
"Is it okay if I can't flip a wok? I can cook various dishes from Sichuan, Shandong, and Cantonese cuisines."
The chubby young man was surrounded.
He felt even hotter.
And the various noises made his ears buzz.
He was annoyed!
Chen Feng secretly chuckled to himself.
Those who came out shouting like this were mostly novices.
Experienced extras like him would never swarm around like flies.
You had to seize the right moment.
Seeing that the chaotic shouting voices of those who swarmed around were slowly dying down, Chen Feng seized the opportunity to shout, "I can cook, and I can flip a wok a few times. I'm twenty-six."
Concise and to the point.
He stated all the important information.
The chubby young man immediately noticed him.
He looked back.
But then his expression suddenly became a bit odd.
The chubby young man impatiently pushed away the people around him and quickly walked up to Chen Feng, asking suspiciously, "You look familiar, aren't you... Oh, aren't you Chen Feng who participated in the 'What is an Actor' audition yesterday? Right, is that you? You played an Addict and ended up calling Yao Yao Ling (110)? Right."
Chen Feng humbly nodded, "Yes, that's me, that's me."
The chubby young man immediately chuckled, "You're still looking for work here? Alright, you're hired, come with me."
"Alright."
Chen Feng lowered his head and smiled.
Done!