5. Misunderstanding (5)

"book a seat?" The woman was speechless, she had just heard a shocking statement "Is he telling me he acted so well out of boredom? How high is his self-esteem?" Even if that's the case, Kyle's performance was of a high caliber, it was jaw-dropping, Kyle who gave such a performance with indifference, left coldly and went home, and now he's saying it was nothing. "Certainly, he is not common"

Keeping her voice calm and a little happy, the woman continued "Haha, Mr. Kyle, taking a seat, you are quite sincere, aren't you?"

Soon Kyle, with a firm and restrained voice, interrupted her "Well, that's the truth, can't you forget that?"

To forget? How could she forget? At this point she only had one certainty: "Right. He didn't really care about what happened today, it seems like acting is just a hobby for him, nothing more, nothing less."

She then asked. "Mr. Kyle, don't you think it's natural for someone with your skill level to become famous? You have a striking appearance, your voice is also very good. Why let such extraordinary acting skills go to waste? "

The woman was sure that if Kyle agreed to appear on Super Actor, the spotlight would be on him, but unfortunately she couldn't use today's footage without his consent, not giving Kyle time to respond, she continued, "I understand that you just was booking a place today, but aren't you really wasting an opportunity?"

"No way" he said firmly

Well, it didn't seem like he would change his mind "ok. I understand, so I will discard your footage as per protocol."

There was a brief silence later, about 5 seconds, then Kyle's low voice came over the phone "um... can I have her?... the footage"

"Your audition? It may be difficult to get the one recorded with the main camera, but I can send the one from the camera responsible for the shots to TubeMe, it was filmed in lower quality."

"Ah"

"The angle, feel and quality are obviously different, but should be enough if it's just for watching."

"Okay, please send it to me."

"All good"

When I heard the answer, the woman nodded while combing her short hair, a little disappointed and said "Can you give me your contact number, I will send you the video by message"

"OK thanks"

"It will be sent tonight, tomorrow morning at the latest."

"I'll keep that in mind, goodbye"

-Click

After the call, the woman looked thoughtfully at her cell phone.

"Hey"

A man's voice suddenly came from behind her, because of that, she, who was leaning against the wall, got scared, turning her head and replied "oh, director!, you scared me! It looks like a ninja, without making any noise!"

The voice belonged to Nelson Winker, one of the two judges, he stroked his beard and asked "Was this call for the guy this morning? The one who was waiting for his friend?"

"That's right," he replied with a bitter smile.

"will he go to the second round?"

"No, he's not interested at all."

"serious? So he really just came to his friend's house? With that level of skill he really didn't want to show it?"

The woman shrugged her shoulder and said "I asked him too, but he said he was just booking a seat."

"??? He came here and turned things upside down just because he had nothing else to do?"

"yes, that seems to be the case"

Nelson, who had been looking at the person in charge of the program for a moment, suddenly started laughing. " This is crazy"

"I know right? It's been a while since I've seen such a unique situation."

"but I understand. He is an ordinary person, without fame, sometimes it is difficult to give up normality."

"normal? But isn't he a singer?"

Nelson, who didn't know how to respond, became serious, then taking out his own phone he asked

"Did you get his number?", he seemed determined.

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One hour later

After the Super Actor's call, there were many questions from Ken, answering vaguely, there was no need to detail this morning's embarrassment. Anyway as soon as Kyle ended the call, he immediately sprawled out on the bed, now he was tired and sleepy.

"sigh, I should finish what I started earlier"

As there was something to do, he forced himself to get up, then, among the things he had thrown aside, he picked up the two scripts, each one was a different color, one was light blue, the other deep purple, the titles were:

- 'The Noble Daughter'

-'Lawless Prosecutor"

Both were part one, at this point, Kyle, who was already looking at the scripts tilted his head, a vague memory about that body's sister flashed by, making the two titles seem familiar.

"it seems like she's talked about this before"

Soon Kyle took out his cell phone from his jacket pocket and started searching on the internet, as a result, both scenarios had already aired. 'A Nobre Filha' last year and 'Promotor sem Lei' two years ago, were broadcast on different channels, but both open channels.

After finishing the search, Kyle picked up the script for 'Lawless Prosecutor', which he had already played with before the call. "It's a little strange to enter again"

Kyle looked at the picture that appeared in the script for a while, turning it, letting out a small sigh he poked it, not long after, the familiar cold was felt immediately, he had already done it a few times and was getting used to the feeling.

Anyway, Kyle turned his body and looked at the floating frames, and as expected.

"Three"

The number increased to three, slowly approaching, about a step away, he stopped "let's see…"

He checked what was written on the newly added board.

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[ Script:

Title: The Noble Daughter: Grade E

-- [ *This is a series script, with a high degree of completion. (100% reading is possible) ]

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There was definitely a difference from the audition script, then Kyle checked out the third book.

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[ Script:

Title: Lawless Prosecutor: Grade C

-- [ *This is a series script, with a high degree of completion. (100% reading is possible) ]

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Having checked up to this point, Kyle crossed his arms and thought "The morning script only had 10% reading, these have 100%... And what do these grades mean? "

In fact, the three paintings were divided into grades, but the evaluation did not seem to be related to completion, both have a high degree of completion, and both are works that have already been aired.

"ah... maybe"

Suddenly an idea occurred to him, he quickly said "Leave". Opening his eyes Kyle was in the room again, he was getting used to it, he didn't even feel strange.

"Humans are truly adaptable creatures"

He picked up the phone again and searched for the two series, then something caught his attention, it was the audience rating!

- The Noble Daughter // audience of 2.7%

- Lawless Prosecutor // audience of 7.1%

The audience ratings were quite different, after reading some articles 'A Nobre Filha' was constantly criticized for being cliche, while "Promotore sem Lei" was considered average. While flipping through the information, Kyle came to a conclusion.

"'The Noble Daughter' was a failure, so the grade is E, while 'Promotor sem Lei' is average, so the grade is C? Could it be that the rating indicates the popularity of the work?" although it was unclear, this appeared to be the case, the "system" rating and audience ratings match.

However, a question arises "what about the scripts that haven't been released yet?" Although he needs to be tested, following the logic of the F audition script, the same applied.

The ability to visualize the success of a work before it is produced, OMG, Really? If that's the case, wouldn't that be amazing? Kyle's eyes sparkled. Walking over to the bookshelf where Ken grabbed the two scripts, he began searching.

This time he found a thicker script, the cover read "Exorcism", Kyle was about to poke the rotating board, when he stopped abruptly. "Oh, can I take my phone with me?" If he could bring personal items into the subspace, it would be more convenient, let's test it, with the phone in his left hand he poked the board.

-Poof

Returning to the pitch-black subspace, the problem was...

"Damn....it doesn't work."

The phone he was holding was left behind, Kyle was empty-handed now, this meant he couldn't bring personal items into subspace, a little disappointed, he turned to analyze the new floating frame.

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[ Script:

Title: Exocism: Grade B

-- [ *This is a highly accomplished film script. (100% reading is possible) ]

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Grade B film script! Kyle was very surprised. B? The B grade is the highest so far. So does this mean that this work was a great success? In terms of audience numbers or something like that?

However, Kyle didn't know anything about this industry, becoming serious, he quickly said "leave".

"KEN!" called his friend.

Ken's voice came muffled from the couch, maybe he was sleeping, regardless Kyle needed answers.

"Hey, was this movie script….was this movie a hit?"

"Ah, 'Exorcist' hasn't been filmed yet, what do you mean successful or not?"

"hasn't it been produced yet?"

"No, but I'm not sure, my friend from the drama club forgot last week."

"So will this be produced and released theatrically?"

"Not in the cinema, it's not a commercial film, it's a short film, something like an independent film, why? Is the author known?"

Receiving no response Ken continued "but it probably won't be produced, there are many commercial films that are discarded after the script is released, as it is a short film, the possibility is very high."

"hm... if they are not released in the cinema, what does it take for a film like that to be successful?"

"why are you so interested in this all of a sudden? Well, to do well you must win a prize, or a festival, maybe become a trend."

"Oh Oscar? Or something like this?"

"that's right. But there are specific short film festivals and also foreign awards."

Kyle understood, not well enough, entering the room again, he moved his hand towards the script 'The Noble Daughter', the reason was simple "I'm tired of running and getting stabbed", he wanted to avoid dying again.

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Late at night on the same day, at the SDB Art Center, the filming of the first round of Super Actor ended, it was 10pm, all the participants who filled the building disappeared, now, only the employees remained, everyone was exhausted, perhaps because the Today's schedule was difficult.

Of course, the three judges evaluated hundreds of participants, and they were no exception. Nelson Winker was the first to get up, with a very urgent expression "Everyone worked hard" he said on the way to the exit.

"Director, are you leaving already?" said Anne Harthaway, who had just put her head down to rest.

"Are you going to a party afterwards?"

Nelson shook his head in denial "I have an appointment with the screenwriter Peter Lewis"

"Peter Lewis? At this time?"

Realizing that it must be some new project, Anne soon got up and approached the director "I want to go too"

"what? Weren't you tired?"

"I'm fine... I don't have anything scheduled either"

"I'm going to work, and about our new project..."

"Our project", so it was not a "new" one, but the one she had already been cast in, suddenly she remembered something and her eyes lit up

"I saw you getting HIS video earlier"

At this point everyone knew who HE was, the monster from the first audition.

"You're going to show it to the screenwriter, right?"