Over the next three days.
For two days, Xu Lu worked overtime on the set of 'The Vanished Him' because his scenes were nearing completion.
On his free day, he went to the Shanghai elevated highway construction site as promised to conduct a feng shui assessment of the final stages of the bridge pier construction and found no problems.
There was another thing: because his live broadcast that day caused a sensation in the archaeological community, many archaeological experts contacted him.
Xu Lu turned down many invitations and also sent away some scammers who wanted to come and cheat people. Finally, he had a video call with an archaeological expert team from Liangcheng.
That's right!
This team of experts is the same team that Xu Lu's fan, Li Yang, belongs to. They are the ones who are currently conducting archaeological excavations on the large tomb that Xu Lu mentioned.
Professor Zhang, a member of the team, expressed great admiration for Xu Lu's knowledge of feng shui and even wanted Xu Lu to give a lecture to his graduate students.
However, Xu Lu refused. His 'tomb raiding proficiency' skill allowed him to easily find ancient tombs, but teaching it to others was another matter entirely.
For example, Xu Lu has another skill called 'Qiankun Wangqi', which is even more mysterious. He can't even describe the state when using the skill to others.
"However, the skills gained from filming 'His Disappearance' this time are quite intuitive and clear!"
Looking at the series of changes that had already appeared on the attribute panel in his mind, Xu Lu nodded in satisfaction:
[System Owner: Xu Lu]
[Films in which he has appeared: The Vanished]
[Film Genre: Suspense]
Overall film rating: S
[Character Contribution Rating: B]
[Should I select the film-related skill 'Director's Proficiency'?]
[Note: You have three chances to change your skill selection for each video. Once a skill is abandoned, it cannot be selected again. Please use each chance carefully!]
Actually, Xu Lu didn't get the 'Director Mastery' skill on his first draw.
However, he wasn't very interested in the first skill he drew, so after changing it, he got the current Director Proficiency.
Xu Lu was much more satisfied with this skill, because he believed that 'director proficiency' would be very useful to him later.
"Draw it!"
With this in mind, Xu Lu didn't continue to try to change the skill he was drawing, and simply recited a phrase in his mind.
Soon, after being given a lecture on directing, his skill set changed:
[System Owner: Xu Lu]
[Films already appeared in: Yip Man 2, Narrow Encounters, God of Comedy, Ghost House, Black Gold Eyes, Thieves of the World, Ghost Blows Out the Oil Lamp, The Vanished Man]
[Acquired Skills: Combat Proficiency, Painting Proficiency, Acting Proficiency, Qi Observation, Antique Proficiency, Thief Proficiency, Feng Shui Secrets, Directing Proficiency - Permanent (0/3)]
"In other words, I need to direct three films to solidify this skill into a permanent skill."
Looking at the familiar (0/3), Xu Lu nodded.
He used to act in other people's movies as an actor, but now that he's directing, it must be a completely different experience.
"Of course, even if I become a director, I can also be the lead actor. Isn't that what self-directing and self-acting means?"
Xu Lu smiled, then fell into deep thought, thinking to himself:
"However, we need to carefully consider what kind of films to shoot, because due to time constraints, I can't possibly shoot three films in a row, and of course, that's unrealistic anyway..."
...
On the other side, Boss Yang, who had just received the artist resource allocation list for this month, was stunned after just one glance.
Because she discovered that her resources were much less than last month.
As a company veteran and one of its directors, Mr. Yang immediately raised his questions.
But to Mr. Yang's surprise, another company director opposite him argued vehemently:
"Mr. Yang, there's nothing we can do about it. The artists under your management have consumed a lot of resources in the past few months, and many people in the company have raised objections, so we need to balance things out this month."
You're a long-time employee, you know the company's total resources are limited. If you have more, others will have less..."
Upon hearing this, Boss Yang was puzzled and said:
"Then why should others get more and I get less? The artists under my management should be good enough, and it's only right that the company should allocate more resources to them."
"What Mr. Yang said is indeed correct, but the company's development cannot be determined solely by whether the artists are excellent; it also needs to be based on the artists' contributions to the company..."
The artists under General Manager Yang may indeed be excellent, but their contributions to the company may not be comparable to those artists who are not as good as them.
Take, for example, that artist named Xu Lu whom General Manager Yang signed a few months ago. As far as I know, he's consumed a considerable amount of resources, but what has he contributed to the company?
The company's director spoke eloquently, saying:
"Therefore, according to the latest decision of the board of directors, the company's resources will be used on those core artists, while resources will be further reduced for marginal artists who have only signed ordinary contracts with the company."
As one of the directors, Mr. Yang must know that if the company wants to grow and expand, it cannot be too sentimental and sometimes it must be ruthless.
As far as I know, this artist named Xu Lu is a big live streamer. Let's give him a more core contract and have him promote the company's products, which is exactly what the company needs.
They need to understand that company resources will only be allocated to them if they generate profits for the company; otherwise, they'll be sidelined...
Back in his office, Boss Yang looked extremely grim.
But she also knew that what the other person said actually made some sense.
"I don't know if Xu Lu is willing to sign a new contract, but if he does, he probably won't be able to keep his freedom."
Mr. Yang muttered to himself:
"But if he doesn't sign a new contract, it's not fair for me to allocate other people's resources to him."
Sigh, it's not a good idea to tell him about this directly. Oh well, I'll wait until he asks me about the role himself; it shouldn't take long.
At that very moment, Xu Lu, far away in Shanghai, suddenly saw in the mirror that his fate had changed.
Of course, the fact that the white mist was still much denser than that of ordinary people indicates that his life was not in danger.
"Is this a sign of fluctuations in my career?"
Xu Lu interpreted the aura he saw using the Qiankun Observation skill, muttering to himself:
"In the area representing career, the white aura appears denser on one side and thinner on the other, meaning that if the east is not bright, the west is bright?"
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