Huayu: Starting with Hijacking from "The Story of a Noble Family"

Xu Heng returned to the film set that evening, and filming proceeded as scheduled the next day.

When he was giving Liu Yifei acting instructions, Liu Yifei didn't ask him what important things he had done the day before.

However, it's clear that Liu Yifei is in a good mood today, probably because she had a day off yesterday.

After filming wrapped up in the morning, Xu Heng, Liu Yifei, and Shu Chang, who had just joined the crew, went to a corner of the set where Liu Xiaoli had already prepared lunch.

Since joining the crew, Liu Yifei's meals on set have all been prepared and delivered by Liu Xiaoli.

Xu Heng is now Liu Yifei's acting teacher and has also received an invitation from Liu Xiaoli, which he did not refuse.

Shu Chang was invited because she was the same age as Liu Yifei and joined the group alone without family members.

"How's it? My mom's cooking is pretty good, isn't it!"

Liu Yifei, sitting on a small stool, bent over and shoveling rice into her mouth, looked at Xu Heng, who was eating his meal at a leisurely pace, with a smug expression.

Fourteen or fifteen years old is a time when the body is growing, and filming a scene for a morning is not easy.

Moreover, the filming this morning had taken up a lot of time, and she was already very hungry.

However, Shu Chang, standing next to her, was even less ladylike, eating her rice faster than she did, and seemed to have gained some weight since joining the crew.

"It's pretty good, especially by home cooking standards."

Xu Heng made a casual comment.

His family originally ran a small restaurant, and in his previous life, he returned to his hometown with several million yuan to relax, so he was both rich and had plenty of free time.

He has no other hobbies. Besides reading novels and watching movies, he travels around, eats good food, and researches his own culinary creations.

In his previous life, there were all sorts of cooking tutorials available online, and he seemed to have quite a talent for it, to the point that his cooking skills were even better than some hotel chefs. After his rebirth, the "system" gave him a cooking skill rating of Lv.4.

As for the connection between cooking skills and entertainment...

Don't you know that to be a celebrity, you first need to know how to cook?

Otherwise, the green beans won't be cooked through, which would be incredibly embarrassing!

As for programming skills, they are probably related to special effects techniques.

However, his talent in art seems to be somewhat average, which is understandable given that he is a science student.

When he was preparing for the art college entrance exam, he originally wanted to sing a song, or even an original song.

After several months of hard work, he barely managed to reach Lv.1 in singing skill, which is equivalent to just getting started.

He has been attending classes and studying very diligently for more than a semester at the Beijing Film Academy, but his acting skills are still only at Lv.1.

He did manage to raise his music arrangement skills to Lv.2, since he has a photographic memory and could rely on theoretical knowledge to improve in the early stages.

But it's clear he can't write his own song; at most, he can "borrow" some songs from his previous life.

He reached Lv.1 in martial arts skills because he had also watched some martial arts instruction videos in his previous life.

However, they only know the routines and their actual combat skills are worrying.

Thanks to his photographic memory, he also leveled up his recitation skill to Lv.2, but like his music composition skill, he could never level it up to Lv.3.

Clearly, he lacks the talent; different skills require different talents and requirements.

The skills on the "System" panel can be improved not only with skill points, but also through continuous practice.

If you practice on your own, there doesn't seem to be any extra benefit or proficiency, it's the same as not having a "system".

Moreover, improving skills through self-practice is not as effective as improving them through skill points.

According to the "system" description, skills upgraded with skill points are comprehensively improved, meaning that all aspects related to the skill are improved, making it a well-rounded skill.

It's obviously difficult to reach this level through self-practice, but the advantage is that it saves skill points.

For example, his current singing skill is Lv.1, and his singing level is definitely not as good as the Lv.1 singing skill that is improved through skill points, but the Lv.1 level is real and can be improved to Lv.2 by consuming 1 skill point.

If his singing skill is not even at Lv.1 yet, he would need to spend 2 skill points to upgrade it to Lv.2, but the effect would be the same.

The effect of upgrading to Lv.2 using skill points already overrides the effect of upgrading to Lv.1 using skill points.

Thinking this, he glanced at the "System" panel again.

Name: Xu Heng

Age: 18

Skills: Cooking (Lv.4), Programming (Lv.3), Music Composition (Lv.2), Recitation (Lv.2), Martial Arts (Lv.1), Directing (Lv.1), Acting (Lv.1→Lv.3), Singing (Lv.1)

Current target for hijacking: Jin Yanxi, the male lead in the TV series "The Story of a Noble Family"

Remaining interception points: 2

Yes, he has gained another skill: Lv.1 Director skill.

This is the real reason why he agreed to teach Liu Yifei acting, and why he was so dedicated and patient.

Although he can't do anything else besides directing plays now.

However, as long as he uses skill points to upgrade his Director skill to Lv.2, it is equivalent to directly saving 1 skill point.

If he can raise his directing (drama direction) skill to Lv.2 on his own, he can save 1 skill point.

In the domestic entertainment industry, besides the owners of film and television companies, the highest-ranking figures are naturally the big directors.

No matter how high the status of actors and stars is, it is difficult to surpass that of directors, so he will definitely become a director himself in the future and take control of the discourse.

In other words, he was actually using "Fairy Sister" to boost his skills.

And perhaps because teaching "Fairy Sister" to act was indeed quite difficult, especially since it was her first time acting, the effect was exceptionally good, and she easily reached Lv.1 in directing skills!

"Tch, you talk like you're the head chef of a fancy hotel!"

Liu Yifei scoffed.

After spending time together, she found that Xu Heng was a pretty good person and began to consider him a friend.

But at the same time, she also noticed that Xu Heng seemed somewhat arrogant.

Especially their tone of voice, sometimes it's unusually loud!

"Sissi!"

Liu Xiaoli immediately spoke sternly, clearly feeling that her daughter's behavior was somewhat impolite.

She has always been very strict about raising her daughter.

Liu Yifei stuck out her tongue, lowered her head, and began to shovel rice into her mouth at a faster pace than Shu Chang.

Shu Chang looked at her with envy.

She was a child star, acting in her first film at the age of 5. Over the years, she has acted in many films and television dramas, and has won the bronze medal in the CCTV Youth Singer Competition and the first Children's Music Television Competition, as well as the "Golden Boy Award" awarded by the State Administration of Radio and Television.

As a result, she could only play a minor supporting role in "The Story of a Noble Family", while Liu Yifei, a newcomer who had never acted in a drama, was able to play the second female lead with much more screen time!

However, what she envied most about Liu Yifei was definitely not this; Liu Yifei was indeed more suitable for the role than she was.

Instead, Liu Yifei, like her, came from a single-parent family, but Liu Yifei's mother was very protective of her.

Her own mother passed away when she was 10 years old, and now she can only live with relatives. She usually films alone.