Gamer Superstar - Chapter 159

Chapter 159: [Bonus Chapter] 159 – Acting Earnings
“If I’m not wrong, you’re an E Rank artist, right?” Angelina asked as she looked at Noah with sparkling eyes after having him act in all the scenes where ‘Jack’ would appear in episode 02.

Not only did Angelina see potential in the character of ‘Jack’, but she also saw that with the level of acting Noah showed in the role and the ideas he gave to the character, it all made her writer’s mind come up with several new ideas for the character that she felt could add a lot to the depth of the story.

“D-Rank.” Noah replied with a smile.

“D Rank? Weren’t you an E rank artist last week?” She asked confused.

“I became a D rank artist last night.” He smiled back.

This already made Angelina’s head ache.

Bringing in a D Rank artist could be very good for the promotion of the series, as they already had more name and fame than E Rank artists, but since Noah had become a D Rank artist yesterday, despite being a D Rank artist, he was still at the bottom of the D Rank, so his price was higher than the fame he had achieved.

“What a great time to move up a rank…” Gary sighed beside him, causing Francis and Angelina to sigh in agreement with him.

Noah’s luck was that his acting level was higher than that of a D-rank actor of the same rank as him, even though he was a D-rank count, and that having him in the series as a guest artist, since his fame came from a different niche, could bring in a dedicated fandom that would bring in much more viewers than a D-rank actor, which balanced out how much his low D-rank position would hurt the price.

Of course, the price wasn’t set by Rank, but there was an average of how much each Rank demanded and wanted to be paid that was hard to change in the minds of people in the industry.

With Angelina’s interest in Noah’s Rank, he was relaxed because it meant that he was practically confirmed as the one who had won the role.

And as he expected, Angelina asked to discuss it with Selena and Noah was allowed to leave.

Although the recording of his first episode would start tomorrow, so he didn’t have much time to enjoy this victory and had to prepare for the performance.

When he got home, Selena had already sent him a message with the details of the agreement she had signed with Angelina and the show’s team.

So far, Noah was contracted to appear in 3 episodes of the show, with a payment of $6,000 per episode, for a total of $18,000 for the three episodes he would be appearing in.

If additional appearances were needed in future episodes, the price would be discussed again based on his importance to the show.

After subtracting AJP’s 20% from that amount, Noah was left with $14,400, which was great!

Just out of curiosity, he asked how much he would get if he was an E Rank artist, and Selena replied that even if he was at the top of the E Rank, the number would drop by at least 40% to a maximum of $3,500 per episode.

When Noah saw how much money he would get just for small appearances in three episodes, he was shocked at how lucrative these shows were.

Thinking of Laura, who had a major role in the show, Noah began to calculate how much she could possibly receive per episode and realized that she should be receiving between $10,000 and $15,000 per episode…and considering that a season has about 20 to 30 episodes…

“That would be at least $200,000 for a season…” Noah was shocked at how much that was.

“At the salary of a D-list singer singing in bars, I’d need at least 160 shows to make that $200,000…” Noah began to rethink his career priorities.

But in the end, he shook his head and ignored it. “Even though the money in acting is good, what I like to do is sing… the more famous I am as a singer, the easier it will be to make money in the future. As long as I can close a show for 1,000 people who pay $80 a ticket, isn’t that $80,000 in one night? It’s easier to get 1,000 people to see my show than it is to get a TV show to pay me $80,000 for a day of taping.

With that in mind, Noah became more relaxed and didn’t let the rush affect his career.

“In the end, it all comes down to how famous I am and how I can capitalize on that fame…” Noah sighed as he looked at the script in his hand and began practicing the scenes he would be in the next day.

With his Acting Mastery skill already at Lv 28, Noah had no problem learning it, especially with such simple scenes like the ones in which ‘Jack’ would appear, none of this was a problem for him.

He even had time to do his daily stream.

He even considered giving up streaming after reaching D rank and getting a role in the show, but since he thought it was fun, Noah decided to do it every now and then when he felt like it.

Since he was only doing it for 3 hours a day, it wasn’t that much time he was wasting, as well as getting more of an audience, practicing vocals, instruments, and most importantly, stage presence.

Something he realized today was that Stage Presence was probably the most important skill for him as an artist in general, because it was useful for him as a singer, as a streamer, and as an actor, because on stage while performing he had to have a remarkable presence that would draw the audience’s attention to him.

Even though his charisma was 17 and that helped a lot in drawing the audience’s attention to him, stage presence was the main thing responsible for making the audience focus on him.

The advantage of the stream now that he was already a D-rank performer was that Noah could use the streams to practice certain things, such as piano, which he had only mastered at Lvl 10 and wanted to get higher.

So he just used this stream to practice it and entertain the audience.

During a single stream, he gained 2 levels in Piano, bringing the skill up to Lv 12, which was good progress for 3 hours of practice for a Lv 10 skill.

The good news was that his average viewership remained at 4,000 people, which was a great number for a novice streamer.

Noah was excited for the next day, when he would finally start acting for real!