Global Best Actor: Starting with Picking Up Attributes in America

Several burly Latino men easily stole the role of the thugs because of their physiques!

Even if a blonde, blue-eyed white girl has zero acting skills, she is chosen as a background decorative object because she looks good on camera.

Opportunities for Asian faces are extremely limited.

If one of them appears, seven or eight people will immediately surround him.

"Those two Asian tourists, you and the girl in the floral dress."

A foreman casually nodded.

The couple selected appeared to be genuine tourists.

The two walked out excitedly.

Chen Xun and several other Asian men could only watch their opportunity slip away.

"Fuck!"

A thin Asian boy wearing glasses next to him muttered a curse.

He looks like a student:

"It's always like this! Asian faces are either tourists, nerds, or convenience store clerks."

"Is it really that hard for me to play a normal person?"

Chen Xun glanced at him but didn't say anything.

this is the truth!

At the very bottom of the Hollywood hierarchy!

Finally, after the sun had fully risen and most people had dispersed.

A foreman frowned as he scanned the remaining men:

"We need a few street-style personalities. Looks don't matter, as long as they can move. Twenty yuan a day until the afternoon. Anyone interested?"

The price is the same as playing a corpse!

The remaining dozen or so people, including Chen Xun, immediately raised their hands.

Twenty yuan is still money!

Chen Xun is now trying to gain access to the film set by acquiring certain attributes.

Money is secondary!

"Alright, you guys get in the car with me!"

This is a low-budget crime drama filmed in a dirty and chaotic neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Chen Xun's role today is that of a passerby.

The task is to walk back and forth in the background of the protagonist's chase scenes, like a real street resident.

The work is tedious and requires no technical skills.

But Chen Xun's attention was always on the people on set.

quickly!

He picked up the [Aura-type attribute - Rogue +1] from an actor who played a drug dealer!

I found [Emotional Attribute - Panic +1] from a woman who was robbed!

Even from a security guard on site who was responsible for maintaining order and whose shouts were deafening, I found the [Aura-type attribute - Deterrence +1].

Although they are all scraps, something is better than nothing.

Chen Xun quickly summarized his experience.

Anyone on set, even if they're not an actor, can drop attribute balls.

Take a break at noon.

They served the cheapest hot dogs and bottled water.

Chen Xun, the Asian boy with glasses, and several other extras of different ethnicities were squatting on the curb eating.

"My name is Li Zhe, from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. What's yours?"

The bespectacled man initiated the conversation, his tone carrying a hint of shared misery.

"Chen Xun, I guess we're alumni."

Chen Xun said vaguely.

He didn't mention that he hadn't graduated.

"Damn, he thought he was the next Spielberg in school, but he only realized after graduation that he wasn't even qualified to move equipment for his film crew."

Li Zhe took a big bite of the hot dog:

"My advisor also said to observe life more, and now I've observed enough—it's all about the hardships of life at the bottom!"

Chen Xun smiled but didn't reply.

He noticed several white actors wearing SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild) vests not far away.

They were sitting in the designated rest area.

There were small tables and parasols, and the food seemed to be boxed meals ordered by the film crew.

Those who are not union members can only squat by the roadside.

Hierarchical social distinctions are everywhere.

The afternoon shoot was even more chaotic.

The director seemed to be a novice; the direction was a mess, and a simple chase scene took more than a dozen takes.

The atmosphere at the scene was filled with anxiety.

Just as the lead actor was yelled "Cut" by the director for the third time for making a mistake in his positioning, Chen Xun saw the director slam the walkie-talkie in his hand onto the table next to the monitor!

A gray orb of light popped out:

[Emotional Attribute - Anger +1]

Do you have this thing too?

Chen Xun picked it up out of curiosity.

A strong sense of irritability and a desire for control surged into my mind.

It gave him a firsthand experience of the pressure on set when "everyone is waiting for you, and you fucking mess it up."

Who wouldn't be furious!

Chen Xun wanted to go up and give him a good beating!

Filming is finally nearing its end.

The final shot requires the protagonist to run past a group of young Black men playing street basketball.

Those black actors were clearly veterans.

He dribbled, passed, and faked, playing with impressive skill, displaying a relaxed and rhythmic style unique to the streets.

One take!

The director finally uttered the most wonderful word of the day: "Wrap!"

The crowd relaxed.

Chen Xun's gaze was fixed on the group of black youths who were packing up the basketballs.

The guy in the oversized NBA jersey.

I just executed a beautiful crossover step to get past someone, and a ball of light that was shimmering with a faint blue glow fell down!

[Physical Attributes - Control +3] (Blue Rare)

Rare ball!

Only then did Chen Xun realize.

Attribute balls are even divided into levels!

For the past two days, all I've been picking up are the lowest-level gray attribute balls!

He opened the panel and examined it carefully, only to find that the attribute orbs were divided into six levels: gray, green, blue, purple, gold, and silver.

He had always picked up the lowest grade of gray.

They're mostly scraps, so they don't really improve acting skills!

Some special skills or attribute balls that directly enhance acting skills are colored!

The higher the color grade, the rarer the attribute orb, and the greater the boost!

Chen Xun's heart was pounding!

He absorbed it immediately.

A warm current flowed into his body.

He felt more at ease with his limbs, and his physical fitness had improved slightly!

That twenty dollars was well worth it today!

Chen Xun, dragging his weary body, prepared to leave with the crumpled twenty-dollar bill in his pocket.

Just then!

An Asian middle-aged man wearing a flashy shirt and with slicked-back hair walked over.

He had a warm smile on his face.

"Hey bro, new here? You've been standing all day, looks like you're having a tough time."

The man handed over a business card that read "Han's Talent Agency" in both Chinese and English.

Below is the name "Han".

Chen Xun felt a chill run down his spine.

He had heard Shen Man mention this person before!

A vampire who preys on Asian Americans and creates stereotypical images of Asian Americans!

"I'm Han, and I specialize in finding opportunities for our own people."

Han smiled, but his gaze scanned Chen Xun from head to toe like a scanner:

"His appearance is alright, but he's a bit too conventionally handsome!"

"Want to make some money? I have some jobs here, at least better than you squatting on the street."

"What kind of work?"

Chen Xun asked calmly.

"We have a party scene next weekend, and we need a few Asian tech geeks, wearing glasses and plaid shirts, kind of funny."

"How about eighty a day? That's more than double your twenty."

Han's tone was seductive.

Chen Xun immediately understood.

Another stereotypical character.

bookworm!

Squinty eyes!

This was all deliberately created by these people to please Americans!

But he did not refuse immediately.

He simply put away the business card and calmly said, "I'll think about it. Thank you, Brother Han."

Han seemed somewhat surprised by Chen Xun's calmness.

He patted him on the shoulder, his tone carrying a subtle sense of pressure:

"Young man, take any job you can in Hollywood, don't be picky!"

"Want to be an artist? Wait until you have a union card. Call me when you've thought it through."

Watching Han's departing figure, Chen Xun clenched the twenty dollars and the business card in his pocket.

Union card!

This is currently the biggest obstacle limiting him!

Once he has a union card, he is considered a formal actor.

Even extras can apply for work visas.