Brush Up Your Proficiency

The next day, as the first rays of dawn appeared, Wang Hao slowly woke up.

He stretched languidly and sat up in bed, rubbing his sleepy eyes, before habitually checking the number of his Reading skill points.

At this glance, he couldn't help but be overjoyed—the proficiency gained from a single use of the Reading skill had actually increased by two points!

His mood, already pleasant due to feeling refreshed, soared even higher, like fireworks being ignited.

Previously, it had increased by one point every two days, but now it was increasing by two points per day. This rate of improvement made him feel that enhancing his mental strength was even more important.

Wang Hao calculated in his mind that if he could steadily increase by two points of proficiency every day, then at this rate, the speed of his Reading skill's improvement would definitely far surpass that of any other skill.

Thinking of this, he was filled with excitement and couldn't wait to reach out and gently pick up the book "Lao Zhuang" that was placed aside. He held it in his hands, staring at the book without blinking, his eyes revealing a look of possessing a priceless treasure.

If someone else had been present at this moment and saw Wang Hao showing such a fascinated and cherishing expression towards a book, they would probably find it very strange. After all, even beauties like Su Mo Dan had never enjoyed such treatment.

He smiled and didn't go to disturb his sister's sweet dreams. Instead, he turned and walked into the kitchen, simply preparing some breakfast. After slowly eating a few bites, he packed up his things and headed out towards "Shi Wei Tian."

Wang Hao began his regular day of work. For the following seven consecutive days, he would check the kitchen situation in the morning, then go to the office to read "Lao Zhuang" for three hours, exhausting his increasingly vigorous mental strength.

At noon, he would complete the cooking of the reserved dishes that needed to be made, including those for the employees and the special dishes requested by customers. At the same time, he continued to increase his Overflowing Proficiency, accumulating power for the future activation of the "Star Shift" function.

In the afternoon, he would leave "Shi Wei Tian" with Cheng Yufei and Li Nan to participate in training at the drama troupe, personally instructed by Elder Song, to improve his Intermediate Acting skill.

Since his acting skill had been upgraded to Intermediate, the speed at which he gained proficiency had indeed slowed down a lot, only gaining about seventy or eighty points each day.

Although this rate of improvement was much smaller compared to the initial stage, it was within the normal range, and Wang Hao was very satisfied. After all, he had experienced the pain of the Erhu skill increasing by only a fraction of a point.

And he felt that as his mental strength gradually increased, the value of the proficiency gained would also increase accordingly.

During this training period, Wang Hao's visible progress in acting also made Elder Song sigh in amazement. Especially during the final drama rehearsal stage, he would have Wang Hao participate in the performance, regardless of whether there were many people or few.

This special preferential treatment made the other students envious. While being envious, they also gradually felt that this matter was becoming more and more natural.

Especially Liang Meng, who loved drama, felt a sense of admiration as she watched Wang Hao's performance, and lamented the differences between people.

And the more excellent Wang Hao was, the more worried Elder Song became. After all, it was a pity that a good seed like Wang Hao didn't pursue an acting career, to shine and let more people see that there were also good actors among the newcomers in the industry.

After the training, Wang Hao still returned to "Shi Wei Tian" as usual to deal with the evening peak of customers, and occasionally gave some pointers to Li Qiang and others on their cooking skills.

And the strength of "Shi Wei Tian's" kitchen also became more and more solid under Wang Hao's gradual guidance. "Shi Wei Tian's" customer flow also became more and more stable and upward, and the business volume was getting better day by day.

The current situation of "Shi Wei Tian" was also as Chang Lei had predicted. After comparison, the diners still felt that "Shi Wei Tian's" dishes had characteristics. Even though Wang Hao was not there sometimes, the skills of the other chefs were enough to keep them coming.

And during this leisurely week, some changes also occurred in the skill information recorded by Wang Hao.

Skill Proficiency Status:

Advanced Cooking: 10000 / 10000

Advanced Erhu: 623 / 10000

Advanced Reading: 2972 / 10000

Intermediate Acting: 568 / 1000

External Functions: Mind Reading, Star Shift (to be enabled)

Total Overflowing Proficiency: 13504

Among them, the cooking skill could not be upgraded further, and could only be improved after the National Cooking Competition in a few days, after completing the task issued by the external function.

As for the Erhu skill, he hadn't had time to go to the recording studio recently, and only occasionally played a few songs at home to relieve his itchy fingers, so the improvement was not very significant.

Both the Reading skill and the Acting skill have made great progress. The Acting skill has reached half of the Intermediate progress, and the overflowing proficiency has also reached a gratifying 13,000 points.

Also, the proficiency gained by Wang Hao's Reading skill each time has also increased to 50 points, and the effect of Advanced Reading is becoming more and more motivating.

Although the difficulty of the second volume of "Lao Zhuang" has increased geometrically, under this ebb and flow, the reading speed is also getting faster and faster. Wang Hao has already read nearly half of the second volume of "Lao Zhuang".

But on this day, Wang Hao did not get up and go to Shi Wei Tian as usual after getting up, because today was the day of his sister's school's welcome party. He needed to go to the school to cooperate with their rehearsals and evening performance.

Wang Hao also told Cheng Yufei and others in advance that he wanted to ask for a few days off. After the party was completed today, he would follow Tang Guodong to Chuanfu tomorrow to participate in the cooking competition.

Who knew that it would have been better if Wang Hao hadn't said anything. This statement led to the addition of two more members to this trip to the school.

Regarding Wang Hao's upcoming performance at the university's freshman party, Cheng Yufei and Li Nan, who had gone to the drama troupe for training with Wang Hao, couldn't help but feel a little joy in their hearts.

They had admired Wang Hao's wonderful drama performance. Recalling the outstanding acting skills Wang Hao showed on the stage, even the discerning Director Song praised him repeatedly, and they, although outsiders, also felt shocked.

However, what was regrettable was that despite possessing such excellent acting talent, Wang Hao did not seem to show any intention of devoting himself to more performance activities.