CSGM - Chapter 61
Chapter 61: Rapid Progress
Chu Xi's calm confidence as she sat in the chair actually had some effect on the Director.
The Director knew that Chu Xi was indeed very impressive. She had placed first in all four assessments, even scoring full marks on several of them. She was definitely a talent one couldn't hope to find just anywhere.
It was just… what Chu Xi had said earlier seemed a bit too "academic." He couldn't fully understand it, which made it difficult to trust whether it would be effective.
What if it was all just theory?
Wouldn't he be getting played?
Chu Xi recommended herself to him again. "I'll have no problem."
The Director was hesitant. "Hmm…"
Chu Xi reiterated, "I will definitely have the trainees well-trained in three months, including myself, of course. The remaining time will be enough for you to have the action director make fine adjustments to the details."
The Director stared at her and asked, "Are you really capable? Where did you learn this?"
"I secretly learned it on a film set I was on before. They don't share this method with outsiders. I went home and researched it for a while, then added my own improvements. I heard that the action director from that crew later won an award… I think it was… an award from the Xiacheng Student Festival?"
Chu Xi fabricated the story on the spot.
But the Director believed her.
He even felt a little more swayed.
"Alright, let me think about it. I'll discuss it with Teacher Chen and get back to you."
Chu Xi stood up with a smile and said as she left:
"Okay, Director. I hope you won't waste any time and will get back to me as soon as possible."
She walked out of the office.
Judging by the Director's attitude, she already had a feeling that this matter showed promise.
Her purpose in coming here was to teach a large group of trainees at once.
Unfortunately, she couldn't apply directly for a teaching position during the interview, so it had taken her a month to get this opportunity.
That night, Chu Xi summoned the System and entered the System Mall-
Item Name: Primary Advancement Card
Redemption Cost: 5 IQ.
Item Description: Use this item to advance a designated "Primary" talent to "Intermediate."
Item Name: Intermediate Advancement Card
Redemption Cost: 12 IQ.
Item Description: Use this item to advance a designated "Intermediate" talent to "Advanced."
Item Name: Advanced Advancement Card
Redemption Cost: 35 IQ.
Item Description: Use this item to advance a designated "Advanced" talent to "Expert."
Host's IQ Pool Balance: 20.
She had been saving up her IQ pool for this very moment, to allocate it as needed.
Chu Xi said to the System, "Redeem one Primary Advancement Card and use it on my hearing talent. Then redeem one Intermediate Advancement Card and use it on my spatial talent."
System: "Redemption of Primary Advancement Card successful! Redemption of Intermediate Advancement Card successful! Host's IQ Pool Balance: 3."
There was a moment of silence in her ears.
The System spoke again: "Talent advancement successful!"
Feeling a comfortable energy surge through her body and up to her brain, making her thoughts feel lighter, Chu Xi looked at her personal panel:
Name: Chu Xi.
IQ: 152.
Reasoning Talent: Advanced.
Creativity Talent: Primary.
Spatial Talent: Advanced.
Memory Talent: Expert.
Observation Talent: Expert.
Calculation Talent: Primary.
Vision Talent: Advanced.
Hearing Talent: Intermediate.
Other Talents: None for now.
(Talent Level Progression: Primary - Intermediate - Advanced - Expert - Master - Supreme)
Because of the improvement in her spatial talent, her IQ had also increased by another 3 points.
And she had improved her hearing talent to give her spatial talent an extra boost.
An enhanced sense of space makes one's sense of hearing more distinct, and increased auditory sensitivity, in turn, has a reciprocal effect on one's spatial imagination.
Unconsciously, Chu Xi felt her mind and thoughts become much clearer.
This was the only benefit the entertainment industry had for her.
The training methods she had described to the Director were actually just her untested hypotheses. She could prove those formation formulas on a flat plane, just like doing a math problem.
But now, after enhancing her spatial talent, she could truly visualize those formulas in her mind.
And the Director sent her good news-
After discussing it with the action director, Teacher Chen, they decided to let Chu Xi try teaching for two classes. If her method proved effective, she would continue. If not, Teacher Chen would resume his professional duties.
This message basically signaled that Chu Xi's status had been upgraded!
The first step for Chu Xi in replacing the crew's action director and becoming the action instructor was to give the trainees specialized training to enhance their spatial awareness!
The second step was to guide them in using their imagination to improve their spatial visualization abilities.
The third step was to translate that into coordinated movements.
Although the action director wasn't sure if Chu Xi's teaching method was correct, thanks to Chu Xi's own strong recommendation, she was given two classes to try it out.
The action director sat on the side to observe.
When the Director announced that a new action instructor would be taking over, and Chu Xi stepped out from the ranks to stand at the front, all the trainees wore expressions of disbelief.
Chu Xi?
Just last class, Chu Xi was a trainee like them, and this class she had become the teacher!
Wait… how did she do that?
However, this was not the time for chatting and discussion. Everyone silently suppressed their astonishment and curiosity, refocusing their attention on the lesson itself: practicing the "Righteous Army Formation."
As usual, everyone ran through the drill once, and the formation returned to its starting point, crooked and messy.
After watching, Chu Xi mercilessly poured cold water on them, "You guys are terrible."
The trainees: "…"
Chu Xi: "From now on, practice as I say. Close your eyes."
For the ninety-nine trainees before her, Chu Xi had them do sound-based training, rotation training, and angle training.
After the three-hour class, everyone felt like they had learned something, yet also nothing at all. They had no idea how it related to the "Righteous Army Formation" action sequence. They looked at each other, completely bewildered.
The action director was also bewildered. He had patiently observed for three hours, and when it was over, he couldn't help but voice his doubts.
"Will this really be useful?"
Chu Xi looked confident. "Don't be anxious. Isn't there still one more class?"
Training to improve spatial awareness would not only make the "Righteous Army Formation" action sequence neater, but more importantly, it was an excellent way to activate the nerve cells under the cerebral cortex—a direct path to improving overall intelligence.
Otherwise, Chu Xi wouldn't have volunteered to teach this class.
Today, among the ninety-nine people, eight of them had managed to grasp the concept by analogy. After the three-hour class, her IQ pool balance shot up from 3 to 11.
—The tuition from these three hours was equivalent to what she earned from teaching Luo Yangtian for a month and a half on the last variety show.
At this point, even the System couldn't help but pop out to praise her: "Host! You have truly found a marvelous opportunity!"
A class of a hundred people, all of them celebrities. If this continued, wouldn't the average IQ of the entertainment industry skyrocket?
Since the System was already out, Chu Xi decided to ask the question she had just been thinking about.
"System, let me ask you, after I redeem the Advanced Advancement Card, how much IQ will the next level, the Expert Advancement Card, cost?"
The System didn't keep her in suspense. "Let me quietly check for you… Host, redeeming an Expert Advancement Card requires 100 IQ!"
Expensive, truly expensive.
But Chu Xi really wanted to experience what the "Master" level talent, the one after "Expert," was like.
With the opportunity this training camp provided, she should have no problem breaking through to a "Master" level talent.
During Chu Xi's second action class of the week, both the Director and the action director saw a significant improvement in the trainees' "Righteous Army Formation" drill!
They never expected that Chu Xi's seemingly unorthodox method would actually be so effective.
Only then did the Director relax a little, agreeing to leave the action class in Chu Xi's hands for a while longer.
One "while longer" led to another, and before they knew it, Chu Xi had taken over the action director's job. Teacher Chen had begun to enjoy his retirement at the training camp.
Almost every time Chu Xi finished a class, she could see the numbers in her System Mall change.
"Host's IQ Pool Balance: 22."
"Host's IQ Pool Balance: 36."
"Host's IQ Pool Balance: 49."
…
"Host's IQ Pool Balance: 112."
As a result, her expression was always pleasant whenever she ran into the "retired" Teacher Chen at the camp.
Teacher Chen felt rather embarrassed… He hadn't done any real work for almost a month.
And under Chu Xi's diligent teaching, the trainees were indeed progressing at lightning speed, looking even better than when he had taught them.
One day, he couldn't help but whisper to Chu Xi, "Um… Chu Xi, why don't you ask the Director to give you a salary? It can be deducted from mine…"
Chu Xi smiled lightly and said peacefully, "There's no need, Teacher Chen. My salary as a trainee is enough."
Teacher Chen watched in astonishment as her figure gradually receded, his mind filling with beautiful descriptions like "selfless dedication," "seeking no reward," and "acting for the greater good."
In such a sullied entertainment industry, there was actually an artist of such noble character!
Rare!
Truly rare!
After her first month as the action instructor, through her use of a public position for private gain, Chu Xi's IQ pool balance had accumulated to 136.
Was this the efficiency of having ninety-nine trainees?
She felt like a protagonist in a wuxia novel who had fallen off a cliff, found a secret martial arts manual, and was cultivating diligently in a cave while time flew by outside, making rapid progress.
Even though her agent, Yu Yixue, was on the outside, very worried that she would lose her popularity after being secluded for six months.
It was a case of only the one involved knowing the true situation.
Chu Xi's reply was always the same: 【It's very good here.】
Except for the mandatory morning runs. It would be even more perfect without the morning runs.
Her current IQ pool balance was enough to redeem one 35-point Advanced Advancement Card and one 100-point Expert Advancement Card from the System. She could use them all at once to directly raise an "Advanced" talent to the "Master" level.
She had to think, which talent should she upgrade first just for the thrill of it…? Reasoning? Spatial? Or Vision?
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