Chapter One Hundred: Two Major Announcements, and I Want Them Both!

From the standpoint of acting schools, there are roughly three: performance-oriented, experiential, and method acting.

Among them, method acting has the widest range, while the experiential school is the most immersive and absorbing, often allowing an actor to render a character with striking precision.

At times, it can even leave an actor unable to step out of the role.

This innate talent for immersive identification, in truth, gave Bai Ling the gift of learning the experiential school.

It let her enter a role more easily, understand the character’s inner world, and then follow that inner truth in her performance.

No—by that point, it was no longer merely acting.

It was more like becoming the character itself.

Of course, Bai Ling had only a cursory understanding of these three schools, and could hardly claim authority in judging which was superior or inferior.

In fact, the merits and drawbacks of all three methods had long been hotly debated, even among actors, each of whom had their own preferred approach.

"System, your guidance seems a little excessive!"

Bai Ling silently tallied up the four rewards and muttered a complaint.

The system: A slight reminder to the host—this system is called "Heaven Rewards the Diligent."

Bai Ling was silent for a moment, then scratched her head. "Oh, really? Heh, heh, sis forgot."

The system: Another friendly reminder. Since the host previously did not understand the system’s functions and had not yet adjusted to life in the parallel world, the rewards have been somewhat generous. But if the host still fails to seize the opportunity, future rewards will gradually diminish.

Bai Ling nodded. "Got it!"

The system: I hope the host will conduct herself wisely...

Bai Ling blurted out, "You mean that even if I absolutely coast through life, the rewards I’m supposed to get will still come—just a little less?"

The system: ...

It did not want to speak. With its level of intelligence, it was powerless to complain.

Though Bai Ling said that, she still immediately began using the Dimensional KTV.

After this incident, she became even more certain of one thing.

The world did not revolve around her. So what if she had a system?

Did everyone else lack talent? Lack connections? Lack backing?

Even if Bai Ling pushed herself to be the best she could be, she might still stumble into some inexplicable crisis, one she could not resist at all.

But...

Even so, she could not bow her head.

When it was time to slack off, she would slack off. There was no need to exhaust herself.

But when it was time to fight, she would also lift her head with pride and never let the crown fall.

Of course, Bai Ling’s crown was still only virtual—a fragile thing made of glass, ready to shatter at the slightest touch.

If she wanted a precious crown made of pure gold, she still had a long way to hone herself.

"Let me bring out the classics of my past life!"

"I’m here to improve my singing, definitely not to be a plagiarist!"

"Heh, heh, heh..."

Fortunately, the system could not hear Bai Ling’s thoughts.

Otherwise, it might have been furious enough to reclaim her rewards and refuse to let her exploit the loophole.

That said, Bai Ling truly did put in the effort.

Inside the Dimensional KTV, she chose songs with great care and practiced and performed with full seriousness.

Most of them were works of considerable difficulty and demanding requirements.

After each performance, the Dimensional KTV would offer a fair evaluation, scoring her from the perspective of a professional music judge and giving advice.

After repeated rounds of practice and simulation, and after her skills improved significantly, Bai Ling finally realized just how outrageous this reward was, and why one day here could equal a whole year outside.

Because she could clearly feel her singing ability rising and improving before her very eyes.

The plan to forge a pure gold crown had been a resounding success.

With that accomplished, once Bai Ling had used up the Dimensional KTV’s allotted time, she immediately moved on to the Super Acting Training Card.

Not because she was especially hardworking or diligent.

But because exerting a little effort and reaping such enormous gains was truly intoxicating.

After she had exhausted the rewards, Bai Ling also tried practicing singing and acting on her own.

The result was predictable: no progress at all, and she promptly reverted to sloth.

"Still better to lie here and be lazy!"

Knock, knock, knock.

A knock sounded at the door. After Bai Ling opened it and saw Sister Ge, she welcomed her inside.

"Sister Ge, do you have good news for me?"

Bai Ling asked casually.

Sister Ge smiled. "Besides good news lately, could there be anything else for you?"

"Remember Bright Future? That production crew had been constantly trying to ride our coattails before, but now they’ve become much more obedient. Even the online opinion has largely recovered."

"So..."

Bai Ling repeated, "So?"

"So you need to get back to work!"

Sister Ge took two proposals out of her bag.

Bai Ling rolled her eyes. "I knew it."

"Stop complaining and take a look."

Sister Ge stepped forward and handed the proposals to Bai Ling.

Bai Ling’s body resisted wildly; it wanted nothing more than to lie flat and do nothing.

Still, she took them and examined them carefully.

"Two bookings, one of them is a singer variety show."

"The other is an acting variety show!"

"I’ve already screened these two. Among all the offers, they’re both quite good. The production teams are solid, so there won’t be any accidents like that interview last time."

"Oh, and that Bai Rou—she’s not doing well either..."

"After all, our fans are still very fierce. They’ve been relentlessly demanding an explanation from Bai Rou. I’m guessing she’ll be shelved for a while next."

Bai Ling nodded. As for Bai Rou, she had no particular thoughts.

If you take someone’s benefits, you have to bear the corresponding risks. That was only fair.

If, in the future, Bai Rou were to inexplicably turn hostile toward Bai Ling, then they would simply have to settle matters by skill.

Bai Ling studied both proposals carefully. Just as Sister Ge had said, they were indeed excellent offers.

The singer show was called "Listen to Our Voices." It was a fairly standard program: invited guests would go onstage to sing a song, and the guests were both performers and judges, able to comment on the others’ performances.

In other words, it was a show that displayed both one’s vocal ability and one’s musical sensibility.

Many big names were willing to go and show what they could do.

If this had been before, Bai Ling would have refused without hesitation, but now she had some confidence in her singing.

So, she could take it.

As for the acting variety show, it was a competition format. Actors would be ranked, selected by directors, and then given classic scenes to remake and compete with.

Because acting programs are much more troublesome than singer programs, their market share is not high.

And yet, their popularity was astonishing.

So this program was also an extremely good choice.

Which one should she choose?

Bai Ling pondered for a moment. "Sister Ge, I’ve grown up now, so can I have both?"

The End