Chapter 3: I want to be as handsome as a flash of lightning

Fang Xinghe knew a little about Han Han because he had taken on marketing orders for Xiao Si.

It sounds a bit funny, but Han and Guo were indeed bound together for a long time; mentioning one easily made one think of the other.

The root cause was their same New Concept background.

Actually, Fang Xinghe didn't know what was so good about an essay competition, but... what a coincidence, right?

He opened the panel and glanced at 【Artistic Attributes】, where a 【Writing 76】 entry hung at the top.

Fang Xinghe of the previous life started working as an online water army after graduating from high school. At the peak age of writing and thinking, not only did he not waste it by going to college, but he continued to hone it for many years.

He was sick, after all; there was no one else to communicate with in life, so he could only wield his pen online.

So, after practicing and practicing, his writing attribute reached 76 points.

It didn't look too high, and it was indeed not high compared to those geniuses with top-tier linguistic sense, but writing is like this—output ability does not equal output material; having top-tier writing style doesn't mean having top-tier content.

Fang Xinghe's output ability was only 76. Divided by 60 for passing, 70 for excellent, 80 for expert, 90 for grandmaster, and 95 for god-tier, 76 points belonged to "just enough."

However, his output material was the top-tier, properly super-god level.

Thirty years of lead!

And it was the thirty years when Chinese society developed most crazily and information overflowed most explosively.

Even if he was just an ordinary person with a bit of talent in later generations, not awesome, this kind of overlooking from a dimensional level was terrifying enough.

Therefore, Fang Xinghe wasn't worried at all about whether he could win an award in the New Concept competition.

But winning an award wasn't the goal; becoming famous was.

So how to do it?

Must add explosive points to himself.

The water army leader understood perfectly how "topic degree" worked. Although it was the era of print media, not the extremely developed internet ecosystem of later generations, the underlying logic was the same.

Even because the layout was more precious and media resources were more limited now, the requirements for explosive points were even higher.

To get on this ride, one must have an extremely prominent point.

Thinking to this point, Fang Xinghe opened the panel and solemnly selected the Rebirth Gift Package, pulling 【Looks】 to 99 points.

If there were no New Concept Essay Competition, he would have chosen to raise two attributes to 90 points.

Having two strong points would clearly make development smoother.

But now he had to take the extreme route. Those shortcomings could be filled in slowly after eating the New Concept dividend.

Clicking confirm on the panel, the system popped up a prompt—

【Please choose the development direction for Looks. You can provide three descriptive short sentences to determine the style】

Fang Xinghe deliberated carefully and made a cautious decision: Between thick and light features, strong plasticity, eyes good at expressing emotions.

The system continued to prompt—

【Please determine the adjustment time yourself, minimum one month, maximum three years】

Hmm, it's November now. Too long or too short isn't good, so... three months.

【Confirmed】

【Now displaying the final effect based on the host's original appearance. If not satisfied, you can continue to fine-tune】

A lifelike 3D face was suddenly projected before his eyes. He could command it to rotate or ask it to make any expression he wanted.

Fang Xinghe examined it carefully, the more he looked, the more his heart moved.

The skin was too good, truly describable as "face like jade." The whole face had a glistening jade quality, and when the expression wasn't big, it was full of divinity.

This characteristic could only be extracted from the top-tier skin quality; medical aesthetics and makeup could never induce such luster and texture.

Because it was rare, it was inhuman.

The eyes were large, but the eye shape was diamond-shaped, so it didn't look round or dull.

The inner corners of the eyes hooked slightly downward, the outer corners hooked slightly upward, and the overall shape was parallel, presenting as a standard parallelogram.

The double eyelids were natural and smooth, the eyelashes were long and dense, and the eye sockets were just right.

Very beautiful, belonging to the kind of top-tier quality that could be used as an aesthetic case study on its own.

And the "good at expressing emotions" that Fang Xinghe requested was reflected in the changes in eye shape under different expressions.

When smiling, the eye tails were soft, with a kind of deep feeling of peach blossoms overflowing.

When keeping a straight face, the eyes narrowed slightly, focusing and condensing, with hidden sharpness.

Lips slightly pursed, looking out in a daze, a kind of Chen Kun-style artistic melancholy emerged spontaneously.

What a great face. If Xun Ge was fed by the founder, then he personally robbed the founder and even snatched the bowl.

However, for some reason, Fang Xinghe always felt it was still missing something.

What exactly was it?

After deep thought for a long time, just as he felt a bit blurry about this divine face, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind—

That's it, recognizability!

There is a fact in the entertainment industry that outsiders find hard to understand: the industry is actually too short of handsome men and beautiful women, not the overflow that everyone thinks.

Because being beautiful in reality and being beautiful on camera are two completely unrelated things.

The industry lacks people who are beautiful on camera, not big beauties or big handsome guys in real life.

In addition, this beauty must be highly recognizable; otherwise, the audience won't remember the face, and they won't be able to support or interpret the role well.

Therefore, recognizability is the life of an artist.

Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Gong Li, Shu Qi, the Four Dan and Two Bing, Liu Yifei, Dilraba—all the female stars whose names you can think of as soon as you hear them are the winners of this recognizability elimination tournament.

The negative example is Wang Sicong's girlfriends; they are all top-tier beautiful in reality, but you can't tell who is who if you just look at the photos.

Outsiders see "so many handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry who can't make it" and think that looks are useless, and that you have to sacrifice yourself to sleep with people or have a background. In fact, it's the opposite; background is really not as useful as good looks.

It's just that the entertainment industry wants people who look good on screen, and look good in a very special way.

In the final analysis, the demands are different.

Precisely because he deeply understood the logic, Fang Xinghe judged that he needed a memory point with personal characteristics to establish a unique label.

This face was still not enough.

Thinking about it, he asked: "Can the pupil color be modified without changing any details?"

【Yes】

"Very well, then execute the modification."

The 3D face began to change the iris color slowly. All kinds of different eyes were presented one by one.

Just as the pupils turned into a particularly translucent brownish-gray, Fang Xinghe hurriedly called a stop.

"Stop, that's it!"

The new eyes had pure black pupils, while the iris was brown on the outside and gray on the inside, extremely clear.

Therefore, when the pupils dilated or contracted, they looked particularly clear.

Not to mention the exotic stunning feeling brought about by this, these eyes were too suitable for displaying subtle emotions on the big screen.

Plasticity maxed out, full marks!

Fang Xinghe's only concern about these eyes was that the pupil color was too trendy, which might make people lose a sense of intimacy. In addition, he would have to wear pure black contact lenses when playing some roles, which would weaken the expressive power.

However, without weighing it for too long, he decided to keep the modification.

The benefits brought by this super rare pupil color far outweighed the disadvantages, so why not?

Cold and distant, like a demon or a fairy, I like it too much.

With these eyes, next, as long as the nose and lips performed normally, he would be a top-tier handsome guy.

But the daddy clearly wouldn't be so perfunctory, and gave a full-mark answer: the bridge of the nose was straight, the lip shape was exquisite, and the nasal base was extremely flat, all serving the overall bone structure of the face.

The overall features were between thick and light.

Generally speaking, the thick-featured style has large, compact features, little facial blank space, thick colors, and high contrast; the light-featured style is the opposite.

Thick features have more visual impact, are easier to produce a stunning feeling, and are often glamorous; light features look very comfortable, are particularly durable, and often have an artistic and quiet feeling.

Takeshi Kaneshiro and John Lone are standard big thick features, while Lu Han and Xiao Zhan are exquisite light features.

So usually, men are defaulted to be more handsome if they have thick features like Takeshi Kaneshiro or John Lone, stunning at first glance, but the acting path of extreme thick features is too limited, not as plastic as the light-featured style.

Fan Bingbing can't play Bai Baihe's roles, let alone the pure first love, weak flower, Gong Er, or Xiao Gu. This is role fit.

But the god-like Fang Xinghe is different. Looking up, he is cold; looking down, he is gentle. Drawing thick eyebrows makes him thick; thinning the eyebrows makes him light. In life, he is a super handsome guy with a balance of impact and exquisiteness. Later, when he gets on set, the person follows the makeup and styling.

Fang Xinghe had only one word: Satisfied!

A good face can be used as a trump card in any era.

Whether you are strong or not is a matter of a moment; whether you are handsome or not is a matter of a lifetime.

"Okay, let's do it like this."

Three months later, brother, I will be as handsome as a flash of lightning.

Fang Xinghe looked up with satisfaction, and a sticky, extremely mushy groan suddenly came to his ears: "Husband, harder..."

Hmm?

No, what are you guys watching?

The three little brothers were drooling at the corners of their mouths, staring intently at the screen. The content they were appreciating was highly characteristic of the era.

Fang Xinghe couldn't see the faces clearly, but those big buns were quite white.

"What movie is this?"

Liu Fu replied casually: "The *Sex and Zen* something or other, didn't pay attention."

"The 'Husband I want' one!" Dang Tao answered, drooling: "Damn, Chung Zhen is really slutty..."

Yu Xiaoduo immediately expressed dissatisfaction: "What rank is she? Can she be as slutty as Veronica Yip?"

Liu Fu also had his own opinion, clamoring: "You guys are too superficial. Shu Qi is the sexiest, okay? Don't just look at the chest, pay attention to the style! Damn, when I get rich, I must find her to film a more exciting one..."

Fang Xinghe was full of question marks, feeling that he was out of place with this bunch of perverts.

To fit in, he interjected simply.

"No ambition. What's so good about Category III? The teachers in Japan who don't ride horses are the eternal gods!"

As soon as the words fell, the three brothers all turned their heads and looked straight at him.

"Brother, do you have a way?"

"Brother, please, get us some truly exciting movies!"

"Brother, I've always trusted you the most. I knew you could do it!"

In an instant, Fang Xinghe was in a bit of a bind.

Hey, hey, are the kids nowadays so hungry for that little bit of stuff?

Go to porn... ah, ptooey, I've never been.

Pure Little Fang scratched his head: "Where would I get that for you? I'm a clean person..."

"Cut!"

The three brothers raised their middle fingers in unison, turned their heads, and began to discuss enthusiastically where they could get real textbooks for teaching mysterious knowledge.