Breaking into Hollywood with a Baby

"No, the efficiency of collecting Sunlight Value is far too low right now!"

Mark knew he had to make a change.

Otherwise, with Daphne watching him so closely, who knew how long he would have to wait before he could continue upgrading Super Brain.

"Waaah..."

Mark burst into tears.

"Little Mark, what's wrong? Do you need to pee?"

Daphne immediately came over, gently lifted him from the stroller, and carried him toward the bathroom.

When Daphne placed Mark on the toilet, he did not pee.

Instead, he pushed hard with his legs and stood up.

"Step, step, step..."

His body swayed as he staggered out of the bathroom.

"Oh my God! Mark, you can already walk?"

Daphne's eyes widened in shock.

Normally, babies needed to be at least ten months old before they learned to walk.

Yet Mark was only seven months old, far beyond what Daphne could comprehend.

In fact, by six months old, a baby's leg bones had developed enough to support their own body.

Ordinary babies simply had not learned how to control their balance, which was why they could not walk.

Naturally, Mark did not have that problem.

He had not wanted to act too unusually in the first place.

But if he wanted to collect Sunlight Value faster, he could only be a little more conspicuous.

"Rosalie, this is incredible! Come look—Mark has learned how to walk!"

As soon as Rosalie returned home from work, Daphne immediately told her the news.

"Ma... ma..."

Mark moved his little legs and wobbled toward Rosalie, calling out indistinctly.

Of course, he had been able to speak much earlier. He had simply been hiding it and never showing it.

"Oh, my God! Baby can even call me Mama now!"

Rosalie's eyes filled with tears of excitement.

She hurried over and crouched down, pulling Mark into her arms and kissing his cheek.

At that moment, she felt that all her hard work over the past six months had been worth it.

"Little Mark can talk too! His intelligence is far beyond that of other babies his age. Could he really be Tony Stark's child?"

Daphne was stunned as well and could not help crying out.

"Daphne! So you never believed Mark was Tony Stark's child before? You thought I was lying to you?"

Rosalie raised her head and glared at her angrily.

"Uh..."

Daphne awkwardly turned her head away, not daring to meet Rosalie's eyes.

She truly had not believed it before, especially after the San Fernando Valley Entertainment News published its apology.

She had only pretended to believe it because she did not want to upset Rosalie.

To ease the awkwardness, she quickly changed the subject. "Rosalie, now that Mark can walk, it isn't really suitable for him to keep sleeping in the stroller."

Rosalie nodded in agreement.

She and Daphne quickly laid out a small bed for Mark on the bedroom floor.

They also carefully wrapped soft padding around the corners of tables, chairs, and other places where he could easily bump himself.

After learning to walk, Mark's range of activity increased greatly.

Whenever Daphne was not paying attention, he would walk to wherever sunlight shone through the window and absorb Sunlight Value.

"Little Mark! You naughty boy, why are you sunbathing again? Didn't I tell you ultraviolet rays could burn you?"

Daphne walked over helplessly and carried Mark back again.

She had discovered that the child was good in every way. He did not fuss or cry, but he was always trying to run into the sunlight.

Fortunately, she had not found any signs of ultraviolet burns on Mark's face or body. His skin remained fair and soft.

That put Daphne somewhat at ease, and she stopped being quite so strict about controlling this behavior.

This time, Mark only needed a month to absorb 400 Sunlight Value and raise Super Brain to Level 3.

[Super Brain LV2→LV3]

Mark could clearly feel that his brain's processing power had undergone another enormous increase.

"9,852 times 7,926 equals... 78,086,952."

He casually thought of a moderately sized calculation and arrived at the exact answer almost instantly. "Tsk, tsk. If I'd had a brain like this in my previous life, getting into Tsinghua-Peking would have been effortless!"

The next upgrade will require 800 Sunlight Value! Absorbing it indoors is still far too inefficient. It would be best if I had a chance to go outside.

Mark thought to himself.

Even without Daphne stopping him, sunlight only shone into the room for three or four hours a day.

If possible, Mark naturally wanted to stay outside for longer periods.

And the opportunity he had been waiting for arrived soon enough.

That evening, Rosalie was sitting in front of the computer looking for work when her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Lisa Formula Company is preparing to film a formula commercial and needs an actress to play a mother and a baby boy under one year old. Interested applicants should audition at Tenda GG Company within three days!"

"The actress playing the mother will receive $1,000 and must be beautiful with a gentle temperament. The baby boy will receive $2,000 and must be chubby, fair-skinned, lively, adorable, and able to cooperate with the director during filming."

Rosalie turned to look at Mark, who was sitting on the floor behind her but had been staring at the computer the entire time, and her heart immediately stirred.

She usually worked as an extra on film sets, earning only two hundred to five hundred dollars per shoot while working nonstop from morning until night.

But if she and Mark both appeared in this commercial, they could earn three thousand dollars!

For Rosalie, who was badly short of money, that was no small temptation.

Moreover, compared with the other competitors, she had a huge advantage: Mark!

Mark was no longer as wrinkled as he had been when he was born.

Now, his chubby cheeks were incomparably soft and pink, while his sapphire-blue eyes were like a starry sky. He had perfectly inherited the looks of Rosalie and Tony Stark.

A baby like that had enormous destructive power against any adult.

Rosalie was absolutely confident that Mark could win them this opportunity.

Her only concern was that Mark was still too young.

"Mark, would you like to go film a commercial with Mommy?"

Rosalie looked into Mark's eyes and asked gently.

She had not expected Mark to understand her or give her an answer.

But the moment Mark heard her, his eyes lit up. "Go! Go with Mommy!"

For Mark, who had been wanting to go outside, this was undoubtedly a rare opportunity. Naturally, he would not refuse.

Early the next morning, Rosalie told Daphne that she planned to take Mark to film the commercial and asked for her opinion.

Daphne was, after all, a professional infant caregiver. If she disagreed, Rosalie could only abandon her original plan.

"Hmm... Mark is eight months old now, and he has always been very healthy. He can indeed be taken outside."

"But you must protect him from the sun and wind and keep him warm. You cannot let strangers touch Mark or speak to him from close range."

After thinking for a moment, Daphne gave her advice.