Entertainment: From Street Interviews to Global Stardom

Chapter 16: The System is Cutting Off My Livelihood!

Lack of oxygen, exhaustion, discomfort, cold, pain, determination, persistence, and many other emotions of climbing to the peak for the country burst forth from Yang Fan’s face in an instant.

Originally, Director Li didn’t have much hope for Yang Fan, but his eyes instantly widened like copper bells.

This expression, this expression is amazing! It’s extraordinary!

Expression is the basic skill of any actor. Many actors can do it.

However, blending so many expressions together, weaving them into a story, and presenting it all on one face—only seasoned actors or film stars can accomplish that!

And Yang Fan’s profession is a radio host!

He has no acting experience, yet this newcomer can perform as well as veteran actors and even compete with film stars!

What does this mean? What does this mean?!

This is simply the emergence of a rising film star!

My God, with such acting skills, why is he still a host? Wouldn’t it be better to be an actor?

With this kind of youth and skill, not acting is truly a waste—what a waste!

Not only Director Li, but even Wu Jing, who is constantly working with film stars and veteran actors, was stunned by Yang Fan’s sudden display of acting skills.

However, his strong professionalism made Wu Jing control his expression, not revealing any inappropriate emotions.

With the cooperation of Wu Jing and the other lead actors, Yang Fan quickly finished filming the barefoot climbing scene.

This scene didn’t have many lines; it mainly relied on facial expressions to convey the sense of patriotism the mountaineers had in 1960 when they chose the greater good over personal safety.

I am just a small person; if I die, it’s no big deal, but I cannot let people from other countries look down on our China even a little bit!

To protect the land of our country, we won’t give up an inch—even if it costs us a pair of feet, a pair of legs, or even our lives!

This summit of Everest, I will climb it today!

This scene had to convey that heart of patriotism for the country, and the most difficult part was expressing that pure heart.

You can put an expression on your face, but the heart of patriotism isn’t just a facial expression—it’s the soul of the entire event!

You have to bring that soul to life, and as long as that soul is portrayed, even if you climb with your eyes closed the whole time, it will still have meaning and depth.

Without that soul, even if you have ten different expressions on your face, there will still be something missing.

And Yang Fan, with his master-level acting, perfectly portrayed this pure heart of patriotism.

The light in Director Li’s eyes was blinding—this was real talent, absolute talent!

No, no, he definitely cannot let Yang Fan go. Such a great talent is too underutilized in the radio station!

This person, I have to have him! I will go ask the radio station for him. A talent like this not acting is a loss for our country!

“Cut! Great! Great! That’s exactly the feeling, exactly the vibe!” Director Li excitedly gave the signal.

Just now, the film star Zhang Yi had filmed so many times, his feet nearly freezing off, and still hadn’t received any praise from Director Li.

Now, Yang Fan did it in just one take, and Director Li was as excited as ever. It was clear that what Yang Fan had expressed truly met Director Li’s expectations!

The assistant director hurriedly brought over a blanket warmed with a hot water bottle to help Yang Fan warm up.

At the same time, he spoke with glowing eyes, “I remember now, you were brought here by the talent scout from Anrui Entertainment. Mr. Zhang Yi, your talent scout has great eyes. He sent us a treasure for the crew!”

Zhang Yi froze for a moment. “Brought by my talent scout??”

This was great news!

Zhang Yi immediately excitedly ran up to Yang Fan, acting like they were old buddies, slinging his arm around Yang Fan’s shoulder. “Yang Fan, I didn’t know you were from our company. From now on, we’re brothers!”

“Yang Fan, let me tell you, just now, Wu Jing deliberately pranked you!”

“He stuffed so many stones into your backpack, but actually, we were all carrying backpacks filled with newspaper and foam, there were no real stones in them at all!”

“Wu Jing thought he could fool you because you’ve never acted before.” Zhang Yi, now that he knew Yang Fan was from his company, he eagerly sold Wu Jing out.

Wu Jing, with a smile on his face, retorted, “I was just worried that Yang Fan wouldn’t be able to show the exhaustion, so I gave him some help in his acting.”

“So now I should thank you?” Yang Fan narrowed his eyes at Wu Jing.

Wu Jing chuckled awkwardly and hurried behind Hu Ge for protection. “No need for thanks, we’re all family, no need for such formalities.”

“Also, Zhang Yi, Yang Fan is a host at Mango Radio, he came here representing Mango Radio. When did he become part of your Anrui Entertainment?” Wu Jing couldn’t help but point out.

Zhang Yi, you talk too much!

“Yang Fan was discovered by our talent scout. If he’s not from our company, then who is he?”

“Well, that’s actually hard to say,” Wu Jing replied. This young actor is perfect, and his acting skills are such a big favor to me. Maybe I should personally guide him for a while.

Wu Jing has great resources. If he personally guides him, with Yang Fan’s acting, he’d probably blow up within a year. It would be a great way to repay him for the favor.

Director Li couldn’t resist coughing and said, “I don’t care who Yang Fan belongs to. I want to book his schedule in advance. Yang Fan, the filming is about to wrap up, so I can’t add any more scenes for you.”

“However, I’m working on a new film, and I want you to be the main supporting role. How about it?”

Given Yang Fan’s acting just now, he could easily be the lead.

However, films are different from TV shows. In TV shows, audiences might watch out of curiosity even if the actor is a newcomer—since it’s free to watch.

But in films, especially big-screen ones that are seen worldwide, you can’t have a no-name actor carry the film without some big stars or the box office would drop!

Yang Fan, a complete newcomer, already had the opportunity to play a major role in a film—that was huge! How many first and second-tier stars were desperate to grab such opportunities but couldn’t?

Yang Fan chuckled softly, “Let me clarify—I’m a host at Mango Radio, and I have no plans to act for now!”

The people who were just fighting over him immediately stopped.

“Yang Fan, are you crazy? How much do you even make as a host?”

“If you happen to be the top host at Mango Radio, I wouldn’t say anything,” Zhang Yi said with a disappointed face.

“But you’re just a radio host! You can’t earn as much as you would by acting!”@@novelbin@@

“Exactly, Yang Fan, listen to your older brother, quit your job and come act. I’ll personally guide you, with your acting skills, I guarantee you’ll blow up within a year!” Wu Jing promised passionately, slapping his chest.

Director Li nodded frantically, “Yang Fan, I’m not lying to you. If you act, you’ll definitely become famous. Just come act with me. I’ll pay you like a first-tier actor, even though you’re a newbie, your acting is worth that price!”

Yang Fan’s heart stirred—this actually sounded pretty good!

“System, if I quit my job, I can still interview people and earn rewards, right?”

「Host, this system is an interview system, born to support your career as a host. If you change your profession, the system will automatically deactivate!」

Yang Fan: “…”

Yang Fan’s expression suddenly became serious as he solemnly looked at everyone and said, “Don’t say anything! I love my job, and even if the station doesn’t pay me, I won’t quit!”

“Am I the kind of shallow person who would give up my dreams just for money?”

“How can you all despise my dreams? It’s so shallow, really shallow!”

Everyone was stunned at first, then collectively felt ashamed.

Every professional has their own dreams, and every profession deserves respect. It was them who were wrong!

They were truly shallow!

Wu Jing, Zhang Yi, Director Li, and the others all bowed and apologized to Yang Fan.

Meanwhile, Yang Fan’s heart was bleeding!

“Damned system, you’re blocking my way! I don’t care, I won’t eat, I won’t drink, but I still want money!” Yang Fan howled at the system.

Ding!

「Congratulations, Host, for helping film Star Zhang Yi complete the shoot. You have earned a chance for a lottery draw!」

「Would you like to draw now?」