When Valentina woke up the next morning, it was to a message from the system appearing in front of her vision.
[Ding!]
[Main task completed]
[Acknowledgement 110/110]
[Congratulations to the host for completing a project with a successful reception and releasing it out into the world.]
[Rewards:
+10 Fame.
+5 Health.
+10 Dancing Skills.
+5 Vocal Skills.
+5 Acting Skills.
+1 Visual Beauty]
Looking at the pitiful rewards, Valentina wanted to strangle the system. After she suffered through filming, got whacked repeatedly, coughed up blood, and gained almost a million followers, the total of her increased points didn't even cross the triple digits.
"Is that it? Where's my reward?" She asked in a threatening manner.
Before she could abuse the system again, it immediately gave another message.
[Skill Received! Emotional Facial Expressions]
[Effect: Host becomes able to convey all emotions appropriately through your facial expressions.]
[Extra effect: When combined with 2 other skills, can become an active acting skill.]
[Extra Effect: Increases Acting skill level.]
[The effect will be automatically applied]
[Effects Emotional Facial Expressions, Emotional Body Language, and Graceful Body Movement will be combined into a single effect Intermediate Acting Skill]
[Intermediate Acting: Host becomes able to act and portray things at an intermediate level. High-level skills like crying on demand, becoming one with a character, speaking in different accents, etc. can be received through a lucky draw.]
Reading through the newly received skill, Valentina could feel her lips twitching into a smile.
"What's my current status?" Hiding her joy, she asked the system.
[Name: Valentina Salazar]
[Age: 22]
[Current Level: LV 1]
[Current Specs:
Visual beauty: 91/100
Acting Skills: 65/100
Vocal skills: 35/100
Dancing Skills: 20/100
Body Health: -99993/100 (chronically ill, anemic, low energy, occasionally throws up blood, fainting spells. Please increase your body health as soon as possible
Current fame level: -90090 (please do your best to improve people's perception of you)
Active effects: Intermediate Acting, Low Level Recovery , Expert While Wearing Heels]
Seeing that her acting skill was finally over 50, Valentina burst out laughing. Good. Great. It seemed that she should continue to bully the system anytime it gave her unfavorable rewards. Still, there were other problems to address.
"System, I'm going to be completely honest with you, how the hell can I increase this health and fame? I have been resting and eating properly. I also think I did pretty well with this project. My followers went up and people are starting to know my name."
[Host is becoming more known for being a video vixen rather than an actress. Fame will increase as the host takes on more acting projects that are released successfully, as the host wins awards related to acting, and as the host increases popularity through taking on a variety of different roles. Fame will increase according to those criteria.]
Video vixen? Hearing the system's vicious words, Valentina felt like beating it up immediately. The system was the reason she had gotten the job in the first place and now it was shaming her? What the hell??
"And the health?" Valentina decided to ignore the system's insult and doubled down on the most important thing to her. She wanted to be able to run, carry Luca, and do things without being completely out of breath or coughing blood up every day.
[Host should focus on increasing skills relevant to acting and not worry about minor details.]
The system directly ignored her plea.
[Ring!]
[Second Main Task has been assigned!]
[Gain a nomination and win a notable acting award such as Best New Actress, Best Female Debut, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Most Popular Actress, etc.]
[Reward: 1 Lucky Draw and Heart Wrenching Tears Effect]
[Time limit: 365 Days]
[Task has been automatically accepted]
[If the task fails, a penalty will be added to the host]
[Sub-task has been assigned – Impress on the Red Carpet]
[Host will be on a Red Carpet along with Aaliyah Salazar. The host must present a look that won't fall behind Aaliyah Salazar and make sure the host is not outshined. The host must make an impactful fashion statement and be talked about by at least 10 magazines or online publications in a positive manner.]
[Task has been automatically accepted]
[If the task is failed, a health penalty will be added to the host]
[Reward: Body Hair Modification Effect]
[Sub-task has been assigned – Act Like an Angel. Successfully begin to whitewash your image by exposing 3 incidents where others try to paint you in a bad light. The incident must be viewed by at least 3 unrelated people.]
[Task has been automatically accepted]
[If the task fails, a penalty will be added to the host]
[Reward: Starry Eyed Effect]
[Sub-task has been assigned – Successfully gain nomination onto new entertainers retreat variety show by at least 3 directors.]
[Task has been automatically accepted]
[If the task fails, a penalty will be added to the host]
[Reward: 1 Lucky Draw]
[Sub-task has been assigned – Capitalize on your up-and-coming fame! Although you are currently known for being a video vixen, your popularity is increasing. Successfully gain enough fame to gain fans and get a fan café created to support you.]
[Task has been automatically accepted]
[If the task fails, a penalty will be added to the host]
[Reward: 1 Time Use Healthy Body Effect for 24 hours]
[Sub-task has been assigned – Successfully gain and complete a commercial of any kind.]
[Reward: 1 Lucky Draw]
[Sub-task has been assigned – Capitalize on your fame! Successfully complete a variety show with the Fallen Angels.]
[Reward: 1 Time Use Vocal Skill Card]
A total of 6 subtasks and one main task had been assigned with four of the subtasks being required with penalties to them. Valentina tapped her chin in while thinking deeply.
The task she was least worried about was the 'Impress on the Red Carpet' task. She didn't mean to be cocky but this body of hers was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen. Although Aaliyah was quite beautiful and had her own charm, she couldn't compare to her. As long as she didn't show up looking horrible on the red carpet, she shouldn't be outshined.
As for the other three required tasks, she had no idea about the nomination, variety show, and a fan cafe? Heh. She would be happy if people didn't spit or curse at her. Ignore. Ignore. Directly ignore. Even with the penalty, there was nothing she could do about it so there was no need to worry about it especially since there was no time limit.
The nominations were at a director's discretion and there was no way she could shamelessly ask if the ones she had worked with would nominate her. These kinds of tasks were meant to be handled by her agency and manager but seeing where she was at, she knew they would never do so for her. Her best bet was to calmly wait for her contract at the Grayson house to be over so she could switch to Platinum Entertainment. By that time, she would have a couple of notable projects under her belt and would be able to negotiate a better deal for herself.
In the meantime, she would check job boards at Black Rock Entertainment to see if there were any commercials she could apply for. And for the variety show with the Fallen Angels, she would just ask Rio about it later.
Satisfied that her plans were in order, she quickly showered and dressed simply before heading down the stairs for breakfast. Before she got to the bottom she noticed the small body of Luca curled up into a ball and staring through the rails at a figure sitting in the living room.
"Luca? Are you okay?" she asked the little nugget in a concerned voice.
He turned to her and quickly held his arms out to be picked up. Naturally, she carried him down while patting his back as he held her tightly.
"What's wrong my little nugget? Have you eaten breakfast?"
Luca shook his head before holding her neck even tighter.
"Baby, you have to use your words to tell me what's wrong. Did someone bully you? Should I call your dad?" she asked him seriously.
"Scary stranger," Luca mumbled before hiding his face in her neck.
She gently patted his back while staring at the woman who was suddenly standing in front of her. There was indeed a stranger in the house, but scary? That was debatable.
The woman in front of her was barely 5'4 with bob-length seafoam blue hair. She was wearing a matching blue dress and extra-high heels. Her eyes were a sparkling bright blue, and she looked as if she was a fairy that had been extracted from a Disney movie.
The woman in front of her smiled brightly, dazzling Valentina with her brilliant smile before introducing herself.
"Grand rising and good morning to youuuuuuuu beautiful people!! The stars are in alignment, Pisces are set to win today, and I'm dressed in my lucky colors so let's go! I am a proud friend of the Grayson family! Designer Lia at your service!" the woman shouted while simultaneously holding out her hand for a handshake and saluting Valentina as if she were in the military.
Valentina: "…."
Never mind. The person in front of her wasn't a fairy, she was a total weirdo.
She could see how her baby Luca would be scared. No matter how cute a person was, if they started shouting like a football coach this early in the morning, she would be scared too.