First S-Grade Talent!

Lin Gege's ordeal was naturally unknown to Lin Chuan.

Even if he knew, he would have just pouted.

Lin Gege only had a nightmare, but the audience who watched The House That Never Dies lost an hour and a half of their lives.

One person loses an hour and a half, what about a hundred thousand, a million people?

What could she use to repay the time she owed the audience?

A nightmare where Granny Rong pokes her with needles is all it takes to be done?

Heh, it's not that simple.

Lin Chuan was currently busy answering the phone.

The box office performance of Happy Family had caused a sensation in Huaguo's film industry.

Over a hundred million in three days, that's a achievement only renowned directors could boast.

Huaguo's entertainment industry on Blue Star was currently still in its nascent stages.

If we were to draw a comparison, it would be closer to Earth's level around 2010 in his previous life.

Despite the advanced technology, the cultural industry was lagging.

This was also a pain point for many Huaguo citizens.

And the box office success of Happy Family was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the film industry.

Many industry professionals were filled with confidence for the future.

Teachers like Ma Wei and Xu Xiu had also conveyed their congratulations to Lin Chuan over the phone.

It was already late at night, the time when Lin Gege was dreaming of being tormented by Granny Rong.

Lin Chuan was on the phone with Director Hou.

When Director Hou discovered that Happy Family had surpassed a hundred million at the box office, his excitement was uncontrollable, and he called Lin Chuan.

Who knew that the line was busy, so Director Hou waited and finally managed to get through to Lin Chuan.

They talked for a long time.

Mainly Director Hou talked, and Lin Chuan listened.

Director Hou spoke of the glorious history of the Jianghai City Film Academy.

He also spoke of the dismal present of the students at the Jianghai City Film Academy.

It wasn't just the students, but also the teachers.

They had acting skills but no place to showcase them.

At this point, Director Hou was clearly getting emotional, and Lin Chuan could even clearly hear Director Hou's choked sobs on the other end of the line:

"Lin Chuan, I was almost despairing. I always thought that my old bones were about to be abandoned by the times."

"I never expected that Happy Family would become popular, and I saw so many netizens who loved acting!"

"Lin Chuan, thank you for giving this old man a chance!"

"In you, I see the future of the film industry!"

Listening to Director Hou's solemn thanks on the other end of the phone.

Lin Chuan said earnestly, "Director Hou, Happy Family's success has my contribution, but it also has yours, Teacher Xu Xiu's, and Teacher Ma Wei's."

"It was your outstanding acting that brought Happy Family to a new level."

"I hope to participate in the future with all of you!"

Lin Chuan heard the sound of tissues being pulled on the other end of the phone; Director Hou seemed to be wiping his tears.

Normally, Lin Chuan might have teased him internally.

National Level 1 and Level 3 actors cleaning up a crime scene.

But now, Lin Chuan was infected by Director Hou's earnest attitude and felt a solemn reverence in his heart.

Director Hou's voice was a little hoarse, but mixed with joy:

"Your contribution is the greatest!"

"I won't chat anymore, I'm going to teach netizens acting!"

"Okay."

After hanging up Director Hou's call, Lin Chuan stretched.

Lin Chuan was not being modest about what he had just said.

When Happy Family was released, some netizens commented that Happy Family had an entire cast of veteran actors.

Even the child actor's acting was extraordinary.

The Jianghai City Film Academy had indeed provided a great deal of help to Happy Family.

With Lin Chuan's influence alone, he definitely wouldn't have been able to find so many veteran actors with such acting skills.

Especially Director Hou, who played the perverted grandpa, his acting was superb.

In a word, it didn't feel like acting.

These actors made Happy Family, and Happy Family made them.

Let's take Director Hou, who played the perverted grandpa, as an example.

Before playing the perverted grandpa, Director Hou had appeared in some classic roles, but he was actually long past his prime.

His fans were mostly "auntie fans" around his age.

Oh, and some performing arts students.

He had only a few thousand Weibo followers in total.

In just three days, Director Hou's followers surpassed 300,000.

An average of 100,000 new followers per day.

Lin Chuan clicked on Director Hou's Weibo and found that he now had 360,000 followers.

Director Hou's latest Weibo post was three days ago, right when Happy Family was released.

[My movie Happy Family is out! I went to the cinema to watch the whole film myself and am very satisfied with my performance!

Everyone is welcome to watch it with me! Students who have any questions about acting can ask me.]

From this Weibo post, it's clear that Director Hou was completely unprepared for his sudden popularity.

His followers were either elderly aunts or students from the Jianghai Film Academy's performing arts department.

And Director Hou himself was the head of the performing arts department, and his favorite thing to do was teach acting.

That's why Director Hou said on Weibo that anyone with acting questions could ask him.

Lin Chuan clicked on the comment section and found that the netizens' style was a bit… unconventional.

There were young married women in yoga outfits.

Small internet celebrities with slim waists and perky butts.

Voluptuous mature women.

Everyone was saying the same thing:

"Director Hou, can you teach me acting?"

A question mark slowly appeared above Lin Chuan's head.

?

So, this is how you teach netizens acting?

Lin Chuan exited Director Hou's Weibo comment section.

He opened the Gouyan app and checked the real-time box office for Happy Family.

He took a screenshot and posted it on Weibo.

With the caption:

[Happy Family has been released for three days and its box office has already surpassed 130 million. Thank you all for your support!]

Netizens quickly commented.

"Haha, congratulations Director Lin!"

"The decimal part is exactly the box office of The House That Never Dies. I wonder if Lin Gege regrets it now."

"I just noticed that Happy Family was filmed in less than two months. Does that mean we can see Director Lin's next work this year?"

As expected, nineteen minutes later, the hashtag #Happy Family Box Office Exceeds 100 Million in Three Days# climbed to the top of the Weibo trending list again.

Lin Chuan had checked before posting on Weibo.

The current screening rate for Happy Family was 23.7%.

After the hashtag about breaking 100 million in three days hit the trending list.

The screening rate for Happy Family rose to 24.2%.

In the coming days, Lin Chuan planned to continue generating buzz for Happy Family.

If Lin Chuan's initial expectation for Happy Family was to exceed 100 million and complete the System's mission.

Then now, Lin Chuan's expectation for Happy Family had become exceeding 300 million.

After deducting the cinema's two-thirds share, the remaining money would be enough for Lin Chuan to film the movie he wanted.

Speaking of breaking 100 million at the box office.

Lin Chuan suddenly remembered that the System mission was already complete.

So, he mentally called out to the System:

"System, where's my S-grade talent?"

[Ding, detected that the host's film Happy Family has exceeded 100 million at the box office. System mission complete.]

[S-grade random talent is being drawn...]

[S-grade talent: Telekinesis, has been sent. Please check your inventory, host.]

Huh?