After figuring out some of the rules of his Golden Finger, Li Boda realized that acting was actually quite important for him.
On the one hand, only with good acting could he secure more prominent roles or even lead parts. Otherwise, even if a pie were to drop from the sky and he stumbled into some incredible luck to actually land a leading role, without the acting skills to back it up, the role would ultimately slip through his fingers. Of course, even if he managed to keep it, poor acting would mean that even if the Golden Finger triggered, he might not get anything good out of it.
Yet acting skills weren't something that could be improved overnight.
Li Boda had previously taken some acting training classes, but he hadn't understood much of what was taught and remained rather dazed and confused. His acting had improved just a sliver, but barely at all.
Could it be that he should go find some schools that specialized in teaching acting and enroll all over again?
This thought flashed through his mind, only to be kicked away instantly. He had finally graduated from university; was he really supposed to plunge right back in?
Besides, he had managed to ride Dicky Cheung's coattails with great difficulty to secure quite a few minor supporting roles. Although very few people in the entertainment industry—let alone the audience outside—knew his name, this still counted as experience, a resume he could proudly present when vying for other roles. If he ran back to school now, he would have to start completely from scratch when he came out to act again in the future.
Of course, this was just Li Boda's own biased view. In reality, attending a specialized film and television academy was extremely beneficial for future development, providing not only improved acting skills but also the accumulation of background connections and networking.
It was just a pity that Li Boda, having just graduated from university with his eyes still naive and clueless, clearly couldn't see this.
However, while he failed to appreciate those advantages, he did think of the abilities of his Golden Finger.
"If—if I play a role like an actor, would I be able to trigger the Golden Finger and thus acquire acting skills?"
Li Boda's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt this method was quite suitable! It was the usage that best matched his Golden Finger.
Just like before, when Li Boda played the role of a cook who could cook—a role with only a few lines—the Golden Finger triggered, and he suddenly gained a fairly decent culinary skill set. Since cooking worked, acting should be no problem either.
And it wasn't just acting; singing and musical instrument skills could also be taken into consideration.
Thinking along these lines, Li Boda's imagination began to run wild. If he played some overbearing president or an elite professional thoroughly versed in business, wouldn't he gain several money-making abilities after finishing the shoot?
Previously, Li Boda had been single-mindedly obsessed with martial arts roles—focusing only on Sword Technique, palm techniques, and even internal energy and *qi*—without giving much thought to other areas. Even when doing cameo appearances, he wanted to play minor thugs in small gangs. He refused to touch modern dramas or period dramas set in the Republic of China era, thinking there would be no martial arts value in them.
But looking back now, that really was a bit of a waste. Especially in modern and Republican-era dramas, where there were no transcendent abilities, playing almost any role gave a high probability of directly acquiring the other party's skills. After all, non-supernatural abilities were relatively easier to obtain.
Therefore, while searching everywhere for acting gigs, Li Boda also started inquiring whether there were any TV dramas casting actors or stars, or looking for performer roles.
Unfortunately, nowadays, everywhere he looked were martial arts drama production crews, with martial arts being filmed on every corner. The number of modern dramas compared to martial arts series was pitifully small. Coupled with the fact that Li Boda didn't have much of a network to speak of—well, perhaps due to having the Golden Finger, he still harbored a streak of pride deep down, so he didn't get along very well with other background extras.
As a result, Li Boda managed to find out almost nothing.
That wasn't entirely true; he did hear that a production crew called *Xiao Baiyushuang* was currently filming. This TV series was about opera singing, telling the stories of opera performers, and could even be considered a biographical work.
Li Boda didn't hesitate. Even though it was about opera singing, it should at least touch upon acting. So he squeezed his way in as hard as he could.
Even if supporting roles or the smallest bit parts were out of reach, it didn't matter; being an extra would do. As long as it was an extra role in the opera troupe, he would take anything.
Thus, Li Boda stubbornly played background extras in the *Xiao Baiyushuang* crew a few times, serving as part of the opera troupe with almost no camera time. But Li Boda didn't mind. Background was background; as long as it triggered the Golden Finger and allowed him to learn even the tiniest bit of something, it was worth it.
To be honest, Li Boda didn't have much confidence in *Xiao Baiyushuang* either. After all, biographical TV series like this, especially ones centered around traditional opera, generally didn't have great ratings.
And ratings were a very crucial factor among the requirements for triggering Li Boda's Golden Finger. The quality of the TV series itself, the ratings after broadcast, and the actors' own performances were all vital for activating the Golden Finger. A TV series like *Xiao Baiyushuang* made its poor ratings obvious at a single glance.
The only reason Li Boda had gone to such great lengths to be an extra in this crew was simply to cast a wide net—just in case, what if this TV series happened to trigger the Golden Finger? If it didn't, Li Boda wouldn't lose anything anyway, since acting as an extra on any crew was the same. If it did trigger, he would score a bargain.
Little did he expect that while Li Boda held no grand illusions about *Xiao Baiyushuang* itself, CCTV directly acquired the series after filming wrapped up. Or rather, this TV series was originally a project assigned by CCTV—the kind of project meant to promote traditional national culture.
As soon as filming was completed, the drama was broadcast directly on CCTV Channel 11, the Opera Channel. Then, whether due to the sufficient quality of the series itself or because the audience of CCTV's Opera Channel happened to have a taste for *Xiao Baiyushuang*, the ratings turned out to be surprisingly decent.
Consequently, Li Boda's Golden Finger was triggered.
Following that, Li Boda dreamed of a minor character who had grown up in an opera troupe since childhood, lacking any talent and having to grind away day after day, ultimately never getting a single opportunity to go on stage.
Through the feedback and rewards of the Golden Finger, Li Boda harvested some knowledge related to traditional opera. As for acting, however, Li Boda had no idea whether this counted as an improvement.