This was the experience gained from recording videos himself before.

According to logical deduction, when the experience value reaches one hundred percent, it will achieve two stars in proficiency.

Ethan Brooks walked to the full-length mirror and used Card Control Technique again.

"Shua la la."

The playing cards overlapped and danced elegantly in his hands.

But in the mirror, his whole body was faintly shrouded in a soft glow, making his already handsome self look as if he were under a spotlight, becoming even more eye-catching, radiating brilliance.

At this moment,

Ethan Brooks felt even he was stunned by his own handsomeness. If this keeps up, what am I going to do?

……

Chapter 8: Magic City Entertainment Company

However, Ethan Brooks had pulled several all-nighters filming before, and after rushing around all day today—using his psychic power, Card Control Technique, and other superpowers multiple times—by this point, he was already very tired.

After verifying the effect of the new entry, he started to feel a headache and a deep sense of exhaustion.

He couldn't stay up any longer and hurried to wash up and go to bed.

The night passed uneventfully.

The next morning.

Ethan Brooks woke up feeling refreshed, his mind exceptionally clear, as if he had gotten a truly good rest.

It had been a long time since he’d slept so comfortably.

Maybe this was one of the effects of equipping the skill card [Psychic Power]?

He’d have to test it again when he had the chance.

While washing up, Ethan Brooks glanced at Weibo.

After a night of promotion and fermentation, his Weibo was even livelier than last night, with his total followers now over 37,000.

There were so many comments and private messages in the Weibo backend that he couldn’t keep up.

After closing Weibo, he checked WeChat.

There were lots of private messages, and several work and life groups were also buzzing.

He picked out a few key ones to read.

First was a private message from producer Grace Miller. After a whole night, she had sent Ethan Brooks over a dozen messages.

Glancing through them, aside from some excited, rambling confessions like "Ethan Brooks, I love you to death," she kept sending good news, with the last message arriving after 5 a.m.!

She said that the prequel to King of Gambling had surpassed 400,000 valid plays of over six minutes, with average watch time and completion rate much higher than when it first launched last night. Today, Y Station also promised to promote the video on the homepage.

The work group "All Teachers of King of Gambling Prequel Are Super Popular" had even been renamed to "King of Gambling Prequel 2 Preparation Group." The group was very lively, with everyone showering Ethan Brooks with praise.

There were also all kinds of @s asking how he managed to do the Card Control Technique in his selfie video.

And plenty of compliments for Grace Miller, praising her for her timely and decisive actions.

Some were analyzing how much money the prequel could ultimately earn from Y Station.

At this point, it was certain the project would break even; the only question was how much profit-sharing there would be.

The higher the profit share, the better the film’s performance.

Even if no one made any money, their own value would rise with the tide, giving them more leverage when negotiating new projects in the future—so of course everyone was in high spirits.

Ethan Brooks didn’t join the discussion.

He just opened the skill card tab to check [Card Control Technique], finding it was still of green, excellent quality, and hadn’t improved further.

Maybe reaching green excellent was relatively easy, but going further would require much higher character exposure and recognition.

But that was fine—the prequel’s sales were still climbing, so he could just keep observing.

Ethan Brooks made two soft-boiled fried eggs in the kitchen, had a simple breakfast with bread and milk, replied to various messages, then put on a mask, left the community, and took a cab to the company.

[Magic City Entertainment].

This was the company Ethan Brooks was signed with.

It was a highly reputable and powerful company in the industry, located in the city center’s Guangfu Building, occupying the entire 28th floor, with a total office area of over 2,000 square meters.

As soon as you entered, you could see many posters and roll-up banners—promotions for successful projects the company had participated in, including hit TV dramas, web series, and movies.

There were also character posters of some of the company’s top artists.

Among them, there were the most posters of [邵静秋], the company’s acknowledged top actress, who had starred in many hit films, won numerous awards, and was a true movie queen.

However, recently Jane Scott had gotten caught up in a scandal, reportedly exposed by a famous director’s wife, accusing Jane Scott of having an affair with her husband and winning the movie queen title by sleeping her way to the top.

It was causing quite a stir.

If she managed to weather the storm, it would be fine; otherwise, it would be hard to keep her current status.

Next was the company’s top actor [陈元昊], who had played the male lead in many TV dramas, with two being especially popular—one even reaching phenomenon-level status, greatly boosting the company’s performance.