Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Job Hunting on Weibo Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Job Hunting on Weibo Wu Mu spent a hundred points to purchase a white treasure box.
He opened it directly.
A flurry of golden light danced across the system’s screen.
“Did it turn gold again!?”
Wu Mu’s spirits lifted as, after pulling fourteen or fifteen white treasure boxes, he finally scored another Golden Legend.
“Congratulations on obtaining a rare singing skill—self-playing and singing.”
“Another singing skill?”
Wu Mu felt that, after the show, he didn’t really need this sort of thing.
But it was good to store it up in advance.
He claid his reward and checked it.
“Self-Playing and Singing”
“Rare Singing Skill”
“Effect: When skill is activated, and you accompany your singing with an instrunt, you receive a comprehensive enhancent. The higher the level of the instrunt playing skill, the greater the enhancent.”
“Evaluation: Who needs a band? I am the band!”
“What sort of weird skill is this?”
Wu Mu muttered to himself.
He found that the system never offered any straightforward bonus-enhancing skills; it was always these kind of gimmicky effects.
However, the skill wasn’t bad—it was widely applicable, and he could accompany many songs with his own playing and singing.
Having lucked out with a single pull, Wu wasn’t greedy to continue playing the lottery; he just shut down the system panel.
Once the lottery was done, it was ti to find himself so work.
After all, those few points really weren’t good enough to do much with.
Wu Mu cradled his phone, flipping through his contacts.
Quickly, he dialed a number saved under the na Sun, a director at the Sha City TV Station.
He specifically chose Sha City, far from the Yangtze River Delta region, to avoid being affected by the ban imposed by Star Electronics.
But…
“I’m sorry, Mr. Wu Mu, but our station doesn’t have any suitable projects for you right now.”
Sun politely declined his job inquiry and hung up.
Wu Mu wasn’t fazed and went on to call soone nad Director Qian.
But to his frustration, Director Qian also said there was no project suitable for his involvent.
And it wasn’t just these two—Wu Mu made another three or four calls in succession, all ending with polite refusals.
Even when he clearly stated he was willing to accept lower pay and had no requirents regarding the prominence of the role—even a guest appearance for one or half an episode would do—there was still no work for him.
This clearly defied logic. With so many projects starting every day in the industry, a forr top star who still had decent popularity and wasn’t demanding the spotlight or high paynt should definitely be able to find work.
But now there was none, which was obviously being influenced by Star Electronics.
“The range of Star Electronics’ influence is this large?”
Wu Mu pondered. He had assud that by choosing projects far from the Yangtze River Delta region, there would be those willing to hire him, but he had not expected to find no offers at all.
It was really because his current importance in the industry was just too low. After a few episodes of the singer-songwriter show, he had managed to slightly alter his image, but he was still far from shaking off the negative impact of the “collapsed house” fiasco.
Moreover, at this ti he lacked a dedicated fan base that could guarantee a show’s surge in popularity.
So unless it was a music variety show like the singer-songwriter show, which might gamble on his performance, other reality shows that relied on the stars’ popularity really didn’t dare to invite him.
Especially since inviting him would risk offending Star Electronics. Even if they were not in the direct sphere of influence of Star Electronics, if the company were to hold a grudge and notify other businesses, it could still indirectly affect a TV station’s advertising revenue to so extent.
“Do I really have to resort to web dramas or live streaming?”
Wu Mu clicked his tongue.
He did have another way out.
The system had a broad definition of entertainnt industry jobs.
Web dramas, online movies, even live streaming—all counted as part of the entertainnt industry.
If it ca down to it, he could spend so money to produce a web drama or simply beco an internet celebrity through live streaming.
Either way could help him earn points.
However, because the system’s points were linked to the investnt, popularity, quality, and other factors of a project, any crudely produced web drama or live stream, even if it could earn points, would do so at a slower rate. The input-output ratio could never compete with the major projects of the TV stations.
It was a laborious and thankless task.
So barring a last resort, he didn’t really want to resort to such asures.
Having exhausted the industry contacts in his phone, Wu Mu thought for a mont and then opened Weibo.
He quickly registered a new account—”Wu Mu Evolved.”
His previous account “Wu Mu” had been canceled by his predecessor. He hadn’t needed Weibo since transmigrating, hence he had not registered anew.
Only now did he get around to setting up a new account.
After registering, Wu Mu posted the first Weibo from his new account.
Wu Mu Evolved: “Looking for a job. I excel at singing, songwriting, acting, creating buzz, lazing around, playing gas, developing gas, coding… and countless other skills. Any TV, movie, or variety show projects in the industry that could use , please contact . Prices are negotiable. @Mo Mo, Teacher Mo Mo, please help spread the word.”
After posting the tweet, Wu Mu ntioned Mo Mo on WeChat as well.
In Star City Resort, Mo Mo, puzzled by the request to share a Weibo post, wondered what Wu Mu was up to.
However, after seeing the post she was ant to share, she burst out laughing.
That was so Wu Mu! She quickly logged into Weibo, followed Wu Mu’s new account, shared his post, and added her own comnt.
Mo Mo: “Helping to spread the word for Teacher Wu Mu. His professional abilities are evident to all. Programs in need, feel free to contact Teacher Wu Mu. Also, Teacher Wu Mu, singing and songwriting I get, but ga developnt and coding? What’s that about!”
Different from Wu Mu’s new account with not a single follower, Mo Mo’s Weibo had a solid ninety million fans—none of which were fake.
So you can guess the reaction.
Who knows how many of Mo Mo’s fans received the notification about her post.
And they all thought it weird.
Wu Mu had registered a new Weibo?
And he was job-searching on Weibo?
That indeed fit his image from his ti on the singer-songwriter show.
But as strange as it may have been, they still intended to scold him.
They had wanted to scold him for a while now!
It was just that they had no outlet for it.
Ranting under Wu Mu’s canceled Weibo account didn’t feel particularly satisfying.
The number of comnts under Wu Mu’s Weibo post skyrocketed in monts.
“Pfft, Wu has sunk so low he’s now job-hunting on Weibo.”
“LMAO, this is still a top-tier celebrity, how can he have the gall to do this?”
“Wu, can you just die early? You think you’re worthy to date Little Mo?”
“Hope Wu drops dead sooner rather than later.”
“Begging you, please stop hassling Little Mo. Don’t you realize what a ss you’ve made of yourself?”
“Disgusting, riding on Little Mo’s coattails.”
Yep, the comnts were all bashing him.
Not too many of Mo Mo’s fans had anything good to say about him.
Why? Well, it’s because the new episode of the singer-songwriter show had already aired.
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