One Million!

One week later.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather became cooler.

Before we could even recover from the leisurely holiday, it's already the National Day holiday again.

It feels like the last holiday was just yesterday.

Lu Ban doesn't have a home, so there's no need for him to take a holiday and go back to his hometown. In fact, he's a Freelancer now, so every day is a holiday for him, but he also has to work every day.

When you gain freedom, you also lose freedom.

Lu Ban wholeheartedly agreed. He may seem like the freest person in the world now, but in reality, he is the least free person in the world.

When Lu Ban opened his eyes in the morning, he felt a little tightness in his chest.

Those who have owned cats can understand this feeling: your big orange tabby quietly climbs onto your chest in the morning, sits there with its paws tucked in, and when you open your eyes, it yawns and sprays its bad breath onto your face.

Lu Ban lowered his head slightly. The curtains blocked most of the sunlight, making the room very dark. He saw a thick black mist curled up and pressed against his chest. The mist swirled around him, sometimes dispersing and sometimes condensing, as if it were breathing.

Goodness.

Lu Ban exclaimed, "Wow!"

Was this a genuine case of sleep paralysis?

It must be suppressed by physical properties!

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Lu Ban reached out from under the air-conditioned blanket and gently poked the cloud of black mist.

The contraction of the black mist seemed to pause for a moment, but soon, the mist undulated, slowly shifted its position, and then continued to expand and contract at its original rhythm.

"Going back to sleep?"

Lu Ban glanced at the eyeball peeking out from under the bed, looking at it with a reproachful expression.

He reached his hand into the black mist, but felt no contact with anything.

The black mist suddenly contracted, then spread out like a cat encountering an enemy, quickly flying up the wall and disappearing through the cracks.

clatter--

The cabinet seemed to move, making a slight noise.

"Good morning."

Lu Ban greeted the Air Friend sitting in the chair politely.

He went to the bathroom, washed up, and saw that Lu Ban's face looked a little pale. After brushing his teeth, he wiped the mirror with a cloth, making it sparkling clean. Even Lu Ban in the mirror gave him a thumbs up.

Back at his computer, Lu Ban opened a webpage and checked his data.

The number of views on the Old Days Video Network has exceeded three million, but the number of valid views is less than two hundred thousand, and the revenue is about three hundred thousand.

The number of clicks on Tomorrow Online has reached five million, but the number of valid clicks is less than 50,000, indicating that most of the clicks are from people who don't actually click.

Surprisingly, although Lovecraft Video Network only has one million views, it has more than 200,000 valid clicks, and the paid ratio is more than five to one.

Scarecrow Video Network is in a similar situation to Aishouyi, except that Daocaoren Video Network is currently promoting an idol trainee variety show, which has attracted a lot of traffic, so its data is slightly lower than that of Lovecraft Video Network.

After a quick calculation of his earnings, Lu Ban realized that he was very close to his goal of one million, and should be able to reach it by today at the latest.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban felt happy.

But he still maintained the mindset of an apprentice, immersing himself in studying acting-related content.

Because of several films, professional film critics are dissatisfied with Lu Ban's acting skills, feeling that they are too exaggerated.

Then Lu Ban needs to hone his skills and amaze everyone!

He discovered that in modern film and television drama, acting can be divided into three schools: the method school, the performance school, and the expressive school.

The method acting approach involves experiencing the character's situation firsthand. For example, if you're playing a blind person, you would blindfold yourself; if you're playing a worker, you would go to a construction site and carry bricks. Through this experience, you can achieve the subconscious, instinctive reactions you need to perform.

For example, if Lu Ban wants to improve his acting skills through the method of experiential learning, he might have to go to mental hospitals and communicate with them to understand how real mental patients live and talk.

The method approach is a branch of the experience approach. However, while the experience approach involves fully immersing oneself in the role, the method approach believes that "good enough" is sufficient, the object of the action is not important, and the key is the behavior.

For example, if Lu Ban wants to play a mental patient, from a methodological perspective, he doesn't need to actually go to a mental hospital. Instead, he can chat and learn from psychologists, read case studies, and use these methods to learn the behavior of mental patients to achieve his performance.

As for the performance school, it means that I don't care how the character should actually be; he should be the way I present myself.

Just like Lu Ban is playing a mental patient, he doesn't need to know what a mental patient's state is. As long as he designs a set of performances and performs according to these rules, then he is his own mental patient.

After some research, Lu Ban felt that he was best suited for the method school.

He wasn't exactly a gifted actor, and while Lu Ban could do it, he felt he couldn't learn anything from it.

Designing a set of outward behaviors and expressions for mental patients was something Lu Ban, as an ordinary person, found difficult to do.

The only way to learn is through studying research materials.

He was still pondering whether to seek out Doctor Hao, who had previously treated him, to learn from him, when his phone vibrated again.

It's Feng Yu's WeChat message.

[Feng Yu]: I'm sorry, the crew needs to film an extra scene, so I won't have time during the National Day holiday. Let's meet again next time! Next time for sure!

"Hmm? This time it's her turn to stand me up?"

Lu Ban suddenly found it somewhat novel.

He replied with a single sentence and put down his phone.

"I wonder what drama Feng Yu is filming, he's so busy."

He muttered to himself, it seems he'll be spending the National Day holiday at home again.

With a sigh, the text describing the actors' acting techniques suddenly distorted in front of Lu Ban, transforming into the system's cold, gray, and upright font.

Earnings: 1,000,000/1,000,000 yuan

Congratulations on completing your Career Development Task!

Settlement will now commence.

[Mission Exploration Progress: 60%]

[Task Completion Status: Mediocre]

[Stepping onto a brand new stage, you've garnered accolades in this entertainment-driven era. Your talent, showcased to the audience, is highly anticipated. Keep creating; your future is bright and dazzling!]

[Silence Points Gained: 6300]

Settlement complete

The most terrifying places are sometimes right next to us. What may seem like an ordinary world can harbor hidden dangers. More chilling than wars in distant lands is the crime happening around us.

Please complete the task to receive the reward.

"Mediocre?"

Earning one million yuan is not a surprise for Lu Ban now, but the mission evaluation is what piques his curiosity.

"Looking at it this way, it seems that to achieve a stunning or perfect evaluation, a little bit of external help might really be needed?"

Lu Ban pondered.

Back then, you could probably get amazing reviews by simply buying the rights from a video website for a million, or you could achieve perfect reviews by hiring Song Yunyan to handle it.

"Sigh, I'm still too honest."

Lu Ban sighed.

Upright as he is, he would never ask Song Yunyan for such a favor.

As Trist said, in the Silent Land, one must always have some principles.

If one acts recklessly for Silence Points, one is likely to lose the right to be human and become a mutated monster.

Lu Ban deeply agreed.

"My Silence Points have now exceeded 50,000, which is enough to unlock a higher-level shop. Let's see what new items are available."

Lu Ban opened the Silent Shop.