Above the Clouds

"Okay, Mark."

Alice's voice came through Mark's headset.

Then, the avatars of everyone in the conference room appeared on the monitor, with their information listed below.

Compared to Rosalie, who had only ever worked as an extra, most of the actors present had far more experience.

Many of them had already played important roles in multiple films and television dramas.

No wonder so many people were unconvinced by Rosalie being cast as the lead.

Beside him, Rosalie lowered her eyes and glanced at the computer in front of Mark, seeing the information as well.

This put her under pressure.

Fortunately, Rosalie's acting had improved greatly recently under Alice's guidance.

Otherwise, she might have embarrassed herself on set as the lead actress.

"Rosalie, could you tell us what roles you've played before?"

At that moment, Rachel, who had just finished introducing herself, looked at Rosalie and asked.

Rachel was the second female lead in this production, playing the director of Dreamland Children's Park.

She had also wanted to compete for the female lead role, but Caleb had told her it had already been cast, leaving her only the second female lead.

Naturally, this made her extremely dissatisfied with Rosalie, who had taken the lead role from her.

"Um, I was in Director Simmons's Tomb Crisis, and Director Bond's Lost in Space..."

Rosalie awkwardly told everyone which films she had appeared in, but did not mention what roles she had played in them.

"You were in Tomb Crisis? That's one of my favorite movies. I've watched it at least three times!"

Rachel first looked delighted, but then her tone shifted as she looked at Rosalie in confusion. "But I don't remember seeing you in the movie. Which character did you play, Rosalie?"

Rosalie's face reddened slightly, but faced with everyone's questioning gazes, she could only lower her head and say softly, "I... I only had one shot in it. The character I played didn't have a name."

"Ah, no name? Then you were just an extra!"

Rachel covered her mouth in surprise, then hurriedly apologized to Rosalie. "Sorry, Rosalie. I spoke out of turn."

"Pfft..."

Quite a few people around them immediately burst out laughing.

Rosalie's face turned crimson, and she could only lower her head without saying another word.

"Hmph!"

Mark snorted inwardly and secretly made a note against Rachel in his little notebook.

He knew his mother was somewhat vain and cared about saving face.

Now that Rachel had humiliated her in public, she would probably feel miserable for days and barely be able to eat.

He had to vent this anger for Rosalie today!

"Alice, keep digging for more information about Rachel."

Mark quietly gave Alice the order.

After being tracked last time, Mark did not dare use hacking methods so casually anymore.

But for someone in the entertainment industry like Rachel, much of her information was public and impossible to hide.

Alice quickly found a large amount of information about Rachel and displayed it on the screen.

When Mark noticed one particular piece of information, his eyes immediately lit up.

Putting on an innocent expression, he looked at Rachel and said loudly, "My mom really can't compare to Aunt Rachel! I heard Aunt Rachel even played the female lead in some movie called Hot Passion!"

After saying that, Mark turned to Rosalie. "Mom, when you have time, take me to the movies. I want to watch Aunt Rachel's film too!"

"Pfft..."

Everyone in the conference room immediately burst into laughter.

One male actor named Peter laughed and teased Mark, "Kid, you can't watch Rachel's movie yet."

Rachel's face flushed red with anger. Unable to scold Mark for speaking without restraint, she could only roar at everyone around her, "What the hell are you laughing at? Shut the hell up!"

Mark wore a bewildered expression, as though he still did not understand why everyone was laughing so hard.

But of course, he knew perfectly well. According to the information Alice had found, Hot Passion, which Rachel had starred in, was a restricted film.

Rosalie patted Mark on the shoulder, her eyes full of affection.

She clearly knew he had done it deliberately. He was standing up for her.

After Mark's performance, everyone's attention was now on Rachel, and no one cared anymore that Rosalie had only played extras before.

"Alright! Now that everyone knows each other, let's set off for the set!"

Once the laughter gradually died down, Caleb announced.

Everyone immediately picked up their bags and boarded the company bus to the airport.

Los Angeles was a full 4,000 kilometers from New York, and even flying there would take six hours.

Bell Film Company had chartered a flight. After more than twenty people boarded, there were still plenty of empty seats.

Mark sat down in a window seat.

After takeoff, the seat happened to face the sun.

Mark remembered that after Superman flew beyond the atmosphere, the lack of any filtering of sunlight greatly increased his efficiency at absorbing solar energy.

Naturally, he wanted to see whether his rate of gaining Sunlight Value would increase once the plane reached its highest altitude.

"Buzz!"

The plane quickly took off and shot into the sky.

Ten minutes later, the plane broke through the troposphere and entered the stratosphere.

At that point, the clouds were beneath the plane, and the intensity of solar radiation was not much different from that outside the atmosphere.

[Sunlight Value +1 +1 +1 +1...]

Mark's Sunlight Value immediately began increasing rapidly.

On the ground, it took five minutes to gain one point of Sunlight Value, but up here, he gained one point every five seconds!

"This is great! I finally found a way to gain Sunlight Value quickly!"

Mark was overjoyed.

As his superpowers increased in level, upgrading them further required more and more Sunlight Value.

Even if Mark had basked in the sun nonstop every day, it would originally have taken more than ten years to raise Super Brain to LV10 and unlock his second ability.

But now, the efficiency of gaining Sunlight Value on a plane was so high that this time could be greatly reduced!

Mark had already decided that once he earned enough money, he would immediately buy a private jet. From then on, whether he was working, eating, or sleeping, he would stay on the plane!

When the plane arrived and landed in New York six hours later, Mark discovered that he had absorbed a full 4,320 points of Sunlight Value along the way.

On the ground, it would have taken him at least a month to absorb that much Sunlight Value!

Mark slung his backpack over his shoulders and reluctantly left the cabin with the rest of the crew.

After returning to the ground, his efficiency at gaining Sunlight Value indeed slowed down again.

Caleb had already booked a hotel near Dreamland Children's Park. After leading everyone out of the airport, he took them to the hotel.