CSGM - Chapter 130
Chapter 130: Little Brother A Kun
To some extent, Chu Xi discovered that Yan Kun wasn't entirely without his merits.
Chu Xi had asked him to find students, and after just two days, he had actually brought five people over.
Including Yan Kun, a class would now have six people.
Not bad at all. Chu Xi now scheduled her classes for every morning before the film crew's work began. She would take the six students to an office room Yan Kun had rented in a building next to Film City to teach them.
Yan Kun had prepared everything meticulously. Moreover, the five people he brought were all obscure trainees with plenty of time on their hands-the kind who were practically nobodies since their debut.
These few people generally didn't have high IQs and had a lot of free time. Chu Xi was delighted to see such prospects.
The five obscure trainees were very respectful toward Yan Kun, calling him "Brother Kun." Following his lead, they also started calling her "Sister Xi."
The atmosphere in class was actually quite nice.
The IQs of Yan Kun and the five young artists with unknown futures were 100, 96, 98, 102, 104, and 105, respectively. The pattern was so regular it was almost an arithmetic progression.
They also shared another characteristic: they were all very low.
Therefore, Chu Xi couldn't teach them anything too difficult for the time being. Under the guise of teaching them the Magic Cube, she first focused on training their spatial imagination and graphic reasoning abilities.
Although this meant leaving two hours earlier every day, which made Chu Xi feel quite reluctant after their morning kiss, Ren Zhi was very supportive of her side business-or as Chu Xi herself called it, her "main business."
"This is also a good way to expand your network. Go on. Maybe in the future, your students will be all over the entertainment industry."
After teaching Yan Kun and the five young artists he brought for half a month, Chu Xi's IQ pool, which had been stagnant for days, finally showed a change.
The System Mall interface displayed:
"Host's IQ Pool Balance: 57."
She had earned 40 IQ points over the past half-month. Added to the 17 points she had left, her total balance was now 57.
However, this balance of 57 points, which didn't seem insignificant, was actually not enough to exchange for any talents at Chu Xi's current stage.
She glanced at her own panel-
Name: Chu Xi.
IQ: 170.
Reasoning Talent: Master.
Creativity Talent: Advanced.
Spatial Talent: Master.
Memory Talent: Master.
Observation Talent: Expert.
Calculation Talent: Advanced.
Vision Talent: Expert.
Hearing Talent: Advanced.
Other Talents: None for now.
(Talent Level Progression: Primary - Intermediate - Advanced - Expert - Master - Supreme)
Aside from her Calculation and Hearing talents, the others were at the Expert level at minimum.
And in the System Mall, the lower-level advancement cards had disappeared, their availability rising and falling with her own level.
Only three types of advancement cards remained in the mall now.
Item Name: 《Advanced Advancement Card》
Redemption Cost: 35 IQ.
Description: Use this item to upgrade a designated "Advanced" talent to "Expert."
Item Name: 《Expert Advancement Card》
Redemption Cost: 100 IQ.
Description: Use this item to upgrade a designated "Expert" talent to "Master."
Item Name: 《Master Advancement Card》
Redemption Cost: 300 IQ.
Description: Use this item to upgrade a designated "Master" talent to "Supreme."
And there was something Chu Xi had always been curious about.
"System, why have there never been any items related to the 'Other Talents' category?"
That section had always displayed the words "None for now," and Chu Xi had noticed that most of the redeemable items in the System Mall were unlocked little by little.
So she guessed that the items related to "Other Talents" probably had unlock requirements she hadn't met yet.
Sure enough, the System said: "Dear Host, you must first achieve one 'Supreme' level talent before the mall can unlock items related to 'Other Talents.'"
Chu Xi asked with amusement, "Then what's the maximum number I can unlock?"
The System replied without hesitation: "Theoretically, as long as you save up enough IQ, Host, it's possible to upgrade all eight major dimensions to the 'Supreme' level!"
Chu Xi let out a cold laugh, her tone carrying a hint of seeing through the deception but choosing not to expose it.
System: "..."
It seemed that following a clever host was truly like accompanying a tiger-one wrong move and you're done for!
Although the System desperately needed this host to save the average IQ of this world's entertainment industry, and wished the host would work as tirelessly as a donkey on a production team to earn IQ, the System was willing to offer very generous rewards to entice her.
But in reality...
The clever and vigilant host would only sneer, "You haven't reached a level where you can fool me. Go back to the factory and get rebuilt for another five hundred years."
How could the System dare to make a sound? It said, trembling, "Host, please, you absolutely must not give up on saving this world's entertainment industry! There are still extremely generous 'Other Talents' waiting for you to unlock!"
As for a moment ago, it had said some rather manipulative things, and the fact that Chu Xi didn't call it out was already giving it a lot of face.
Chu Xi said indifferently, "I know."
She did, in fact, want to exchange for a "Supreme" level talent first, to experience what a talent that made her feel "unrivaled and supreme" was like.
However, this was a choice that required careful thought and cautious consideration.
And besides, she first had to work hard to earn 300 IQ points.
On the final morning, after finishing her class in the office building next to Film City, Chu Xi's IQ pool balance had become 61 points.
Looking at A Kun now, he had indeed become quite a bit smarter.
Name: Yan Kun.
IQ: 108.
Aside from his IQ increasing by a few points due to the specialized training, Yan Kun had also basically mastered the principles of the 3x3 Magic Cube to the point where he could draw inferences about other cases.
He could now create designated color block patterns on his own.
After his spatial reasoning ability had risen dramatically, Yan Kun finished a pattern on one side of a Magic Cube, set it down, and exclaimed:
"Sister Xi, I feel like my mind has become so much clearer over this past half-month."
Yan Kun even developed a mysterious sense of confidence, feeling that he had definitely had a breakthrough. He was now confident he could even tackle a high school geometry problem!
The other five students, who had originally come along with Yan Kun simply because they had nothing better to do, now also carried themselves with a newfound confidence.
It was a confidence born from the inexplicable feeling that their minds had become sharper-a sensation that someone with a muddled brain could never comprehend if you tried to explain it.
It was a refreshing feeling, as if the brain itself had been elevated through learning.
As for their testimonials about their learning experience, Chu Xi had fully expected them.
That was because brain cells require constant stimulation and reaction processes to grow healthily; otherwise, they gradually atrophy and die. The sparser the neural pathways, the more difficult it is to think through problems. Conversely, by building dense neural pathways through learning and experience, the brain stores more routes for problem-solving, and a person becomes smarter and more flexible.
As for this complex underlying reason, Chu Xi couldn't be bothered to explain it to them.
She simply gave a slight nod and then sent off the five students whose time with her had come to an end.
Because the next day, the Jade-Carving Ballad crew was leaving Film City.
There's a saying that "in the fourth month on earth, the fragrant blossoms fade," but the location the crew had originally scouted was now, in the third month, covered in blooming flower trees. The crew had to hurry over to film the scenery.
If they were late, they feared the beautiful scenery they needed would be ruined by the first waves of tourists flocking to the area.
Since they were heading to the foot of Yanyun Mountain the next day, Chu Xi spent that afternoon helping Yan Kun rush to complete the Magic Cube mosaic he had been working on.
She had designed the color block arrangement for all the cubes. Yan Kun, despite having been busy with it for half a month, had only managed to complete seventy to eighty percent of the project.
Chu Xi had to admire his incredibly slow work efficiency. And he had told her he spent four to five hours immersed in this every day?
On this final day, Chu Xi stayed with him for four and a half hours, and the entire image on the Magic Cube wall was completed.
Yan Kun stared, stunned, at the completed 1.65 by 2.2-meter Magic Cube wall. The image, formed by six different colored blocks, depicted the back of him playing basketball. For a moment, he was in a daze, finding it all incredible.
It was incredible that he had actually accomplished such a feat!
Chu Xi didn't stay with him for the rest of the time.
"It's already eleven o'clock. I'm heading back. You can be happy on your own, just don't disturb me tonight."
Chu Xi waved and left, but Yan Kun, still in a state of disbelief, called his team over to share in his excitement for the entire night.
Looking at it now, Yan Kun thought that the way he looked playing basketball wasn't so ridiculous after all, was it?
He looked so tall on this wall.
Yes, and even a little handsome.
The next day, the hashtag #YanKun1200MagicCubeWall# landed on Weibo's hot search list.
Initially, Yan Kun had bought the hot search himself.
But soon, once people discovered that he had actually used 1,200 Magic Cubes to create a giant mosaic wall depicting his own back while playing basketball, the online discussion exploded.
Yan Kun's original post read: 【Magic Cubes and basketball are both my hobbies. /[Not so simple]】
It was very showy, but the VCR he released teaching how to create the Magic Cube mosaic was genuinely impressive.
Netizens' reactions were all along the lines of: 【Kunkun, I misunderstood you! Who told you to show us your basketball skills first? You should have led with this!】
This was accompanied by a laughing-crying emoji, expressing their shock at the disparity in skill level between A Kun's two hobbies.
For the entire afternoon that the topic was trending, A Kun's fans were ecstatic! They were everywhere, showing off their idol and hyping him to the moon!
It wasn't just for that day; for a long, long time to come, this day would be remembered as A Kun's famous reputation turnaround day!
This was also the first day the Jade-Carving Ballad crew arrived at the foot of Yanyun Mountain.
A Kun, beaming with pride, was waiting on set. When Chu Xi finished filming and came out, he enthusiastically approached her and handed over a hotel key card.
Chu Xi glanced at him.
Yan Kun smiled. "Sister Xi, the accommodations around here aren't great, but my assistant came ahead and booked a hotel for me. This is the only presidential suite in any of the nearby hotels, and it has the best environment. Sister Xi, you should stay here. Don't stay in the place the crew arranged."
Indeed, because this was a relatively remote scenic area, there were many hotels and guesthouses, but their quality was a far cry from the luxury hotels in the bustling parts of a big city. The hotel the crew had booked for everyone, even for the main cast, was just average.
But Yan Kun had used his connections ahead of time. People who were willing to spend more money were simply different; he had managed to book the best suite in the best hotel in the area.
He had originally intended to stay there himself, but after last night, Yan Kun's thinking had changed.
His greatest virtue was that he knew how to show gratitude!
Chu Xi nodded and accepted the key card, very pleased.
"In that case, I won't be polite."
"Sister Xi, feel free to stay as long as you like. I'll cover all the expenses here."
After hearing this, Chu Xi was now willing to admit that this little brother of hers, Yan Kun, did have some merits after all.
The director's team started frantically making arrangements over on the side. "Hurry, hurry! The temple said they've stopped admitting visitors! Everyone on the bus, get ready to head up the mountain immediately!"
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