Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 120 - 119: Old Master Qi, I Beg You (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Chapter 120: Chapter 119: Old Master Qi, I Beg You (Seeking Monthly Votes)

The seat arranged for Qi Hao at this year’s Golden Horse Awards wasn’t too far forward nor too far back.

Idols are the least valuable here.

Film emperors in this setting aren’t rare either.

Furthermore, actors inherently have a lower status than directors and producers.

Qi Hao took a seat behind Zhou Xun.

As awards were being presented one by one, Qi Hao couldn’t help but feel that the Golden Horse Awards were getting increasingly lowbrow when he saw "Cape No. 7" constantly winning awards.

However, when the most prestigious Best Director and Best Feature Film were given to "Oath of Allegiance," Qi Hao realized the Golden Horse Awards were playing a big game.

"Cape No. 7" surprisingly didn’t win a single major award.

The Golden Horse giving the Best Actor to "Valley" was a slightly bizarre phenomenon.

Although the movie was a bit off, Valley still is a...

Moreover, the Best Adapted Screenplay also went to "Assembly."

It clearly shows that the Golden Horse Awards chaired by Jiao Xiongping didn’t pre-set any firewall.

The winner for Best Actress was quite unexpected, with Liu Meijun claiming the award for "I Don’t Sell My Body, I Sell My Womb."

The film’s title sounds lurid and violent, yet it’s not an erotic film, but a serious movie reflecting social issues.

The award recipient spoke on stage about the hardships behind the movie.

The script was completed in 2002, and an investor wasn’t found until 2006.

In fact, just being able to produce it was remarkable; many scripts wait ten years without anyone noticing.

Qi Hao certainly didn’t win Best Supporting Actor either, which went to the seventy-year-old Ma Rulong.

This was expected.

Supporting Actor isn’t easier to win than Best Actor.

Qi Hao initially wanted to return to the hotel to confirm the task, but he promised to attend Mrs. Hua’s celebration party.

Chen Kexin won Best Film and Best Director, but couldn’t gather due to a scheduled interview, so a future meeting was set.

Qi Hao didn’t need to be troubled about which side to favor anymore.

On the way to the celebration party, Qi Hao confirmed the task.

[Task eighteen completed, reward obtained: Theft +10, script "Love in the Depths of Memory/Eraser in My Brain," 200,000 shares of Penguin stock]

[Task completion grants a training opportunity]

[Training NPC selection: Miao Kexiu/Chang Feng/Ma Rulong]

[Starting new task now]

[Task nineteen: For newcomers in the film industry, appearing on variety shows can significantly boost recognition, with overall benefits outweighing drawbacks. Please participate in one variety show. Task difficulty: 4 stars, deadline: 120 days]

[Task completion reward: Skiing +10, song "Love’s Main Song," a system edition lounging chair]

With the 200,000 shares received, the weight was lifted from Qi Hao’s heart.

Miao Kexiu/Chang Feng/Ma Rulong, choose Chang Feng.

The new task is to appear on a variety show, and Qi Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief, as this task was quite easy to accomplish.

In the first year or two after debuting, he might not have had this resource, but with his current status, attending a variety show is as routine as going to the bathroom.

Rewarding skiing attributes.

Since swimming was previously rewarded, having skiing isn’t a strange addition either.

Qi Hao hadn’t skied before, but now with attributes given, he could explore a new hobby.

In these past years, he had consistently exerted himself to survive in the entertainment industry; now it was time to enjoy life a bit.

Seeing the reward song "Pig of Love," Qi Hao was momentarily ready to curse the dog system.

Yet, he wisely zipped his lips.

System edition lounging chair!

Suddenly so full of anticipation!

Soon he arrived at the celebration party scene.

Mrs. Hua was celebrating Zhang Hanyu winning Best Actor and Liu Heng winning Best Screenplay.

No need to mention Zhang Hanyu, Liu Heng was impressive too, having scripted many renowned works like "Ju Dou" and "Qiuju’s Lawsuit."

Attendees of the celebration party were mostly celebrities close to Mrs. Hua.

Of course, to outsiders, Qi Hao, who held 3.71 million shares of Mrs. Hua, was undoubtedly considered a staunch supporter of her, sharing an inseparable intimate relationship.

Indeed, Mrs. Hua has reinforced this over the past months.

Qi Hao’s claim of wanting to rely on his own efforts and not take advantage of Mrs. Hua was also packaged by her, further highlighting his illustrious personal struggle story.

It barely qualifies as a win-win scenario.

Qi Hao wondered why Wang Chonglei was looking for him.

Wang Chongjun and Wang Chonglei were quite similar, with neither being better than the other.

However, Wang Chongjun had a calm, reserved demeanor, often discussing aspirations and dreams, while Wang Chonglei was more flamboyant; if there were any bans or suppressions, it was primarily him.

"Arrived?" Wang Chonglei carefully examined Qi Hao.

"Mm!" Qi Hao frowned.

Both he and his brother were double-dealings; joining their company was estimated to make one their target. They hadn’t heard of them falling out over women or men.

Privately, they likely had an understanding regarding such matters.

Sharing and rotation, this time it’s yours, next time it’s mine, or vice versa.

"Really not coming to Mrs. Hua? You won’t face competition with Deng Zhao or Hanyu; Mrs. Hua is about to go public, and there’s ample capacity for you all to access primary resources."

Wang Chonglei, being a businessman, naturally discussed things beneficial to business.

Showing intentions without assurance will only scare off the prey.

"No turning back, President Wang; now Boss Gao has put me on the front, and I can only toil for him."

Qi Hao looked regretful, as if losing out on joining Mrs. Hua cost him billions.

"Boss Gao..."

Wang Chonglei certainly heard of this person, also knowing he had gathered many coal bosses, increasingly strengthening his funds.

"If there’s nothing else, I’ll go congratulate Teacher Zhang Hanyu; I collaborated with him not long ago."

Qi Hao thought only to mingle around before exiting early.

He was even lazy to drink Mrs. Hua’s beverages.

"Actually, there’s a little matter." Wang Chonglei pulled Qi Hao into a secluded corner.

Qi Hao pondered, if you dare make a move, I’ll beat you up.

He’s heard Liu Ye once beat up Hai Yan, even pressed his head into a toilet; you aced* want to mess with me!

Hai Yan couldn’t do anything to Liu Ye, and such matters definitely couldn’t be spoken publicly.

The barefoot aren’t afraid of the shoed ones.

Finding a slightly quiet spot, Wang Chonglei cut straight to the chase, asking quietly: "Do you think it’s possible for us to acquire your stocks at issuing price?"

"Shares? Which company’s shares?"

Qi Hao knowingly asked.

"Which company? You have shares in other companies?"

Wang Chonglei had to once again correct his inner evaluation of Qi Hao.

It’s like helping a friend to break up.

In the end, the scumbag says, "Which girlfriend are you representing to break up with me?"

"Quite a few actually, Mrs. Hua’s, Penguin’s, Maotai’s, etc. Unfortunately, none are a lot, just a few million shares."

Qi Hao half-joked.

He felt that as long as he had the system as his mother hen, he wouldn’t have to worry about having various stocks in the future.

In that case, it wasn’t like he was pulling the tiger skin to show off.

"Oh, I see..." Wang Chonglei could no longer view Qi Hao as just an ordinary celebrity. He forced a smile and nodded: "Just Mrs. Hua’s shares then."

"That’s not right! I’m very optimistic about Mrs. Hua’s future development. If you sell upon issuance, that’s just squandering resources."

Qi Hao refused earnestly.

Issuance price?

You’re fooling a sucker, right?

Regarding the company listing, there are several price concepts, such as new share issuance price, opening price on the day of listing, highest price, lowest price, closing price...

Among them, although the issuance price isn’t necessarily the lowest, because sometimes stocks drop below the issuance price immediately after they go public, but from an investment perspective, if I have so little confidence in you, why would I keep it in my hands?

Sure enough, he rejected it.

Wang Chonglei was planning to ask for sky-high prices and pay on-site.

What if Qi Hao’s little brain was underdeveloped, and his big brain never developed, and he agreed in confusion?

Not disappointed to be rejected, he smiled and asked:

"I believe anything can be measured with a price. How about you name your price?"

When he came, his brother told him, talking to young people, don’t be too high-handed, because young people are impulsive.

Wang Chonglei felt if Qi Hao was impulsive, he definitely couldn’t survive in the entertainment industry for ten years.

But he still adopted his brother’s advice without using any threatening means.

Seventh Lord, I’m begging you, return my family happiness to us.

"Why, can I ask the reason?"

Qi Hao was truly curious.

Your company is going public, isn’t it just for raising money? What you should be doing is cashing out, why do you want to repurchase shares?

He recently started researching finance.

When reading, his mind was itching, feeling like knowledge has flowed into his brain, but after reading more than a dozen books, he was still completely clueless about this stuff.

Seems to have directly evaporated.

"There’s no specific reason, after the IPO, our shares get further diluted. To grow and develop, the company needs to have certain control..."

Wang Chonglei explained a bit.

"Then I’ll go back and discuss it with my team."

He didn’t believe a word of what the other party said.

However, he really intended to sell off Mrs. Hua’s stocks, not planning to hold them long term.

Mrs. Hua is currently alone in her dominance, but it will be tough in the future.

Because...

Qi Hao is here!

Whether to keep Mrs. Hua’s shares or not, Mrs. Hua cannot suppress him. The current Qi Hao is no longer the dough that anyone can knead.

"Does this need discussion? I remember you have a studio. Actually, things are really simple. You name a price, if we can accept it, you can cash out sooner. The current film market is booming, you cash out, then you can freely make investments."

"On the listing date..." Qi Hao, feeling slightly irritated, pondered for a moment and gritted his teeth and said: "The highest price."

The highest price on the listing date!

Wang Chonglei felt a headache, it just happened to exceed their bottom line.

Unexpectedly, Qi Hao came up with such a precise figure.

Actually, when they talked about the listing date’s stock price, it would inevitably cause the other party to consider the highest price.

Qi Hao was really too greedy.

"If it’s raised too high..." Wang Chonglei wouldn’t easily compromise.

"That means everyone is full of confidence in Mrs. Hua’s future, frankly speaking, if it wasn’t for President Wang being in trouble, I really wouldn’t want to let go. Everyone in the circle has seen the development of the film industry over the years, and Mrs. Hua’s development is also clear to see."

Qi Hao and Mr. Wang boiled wine in the corner of the celebration banquet and discussed heroes.

The disciples of Bern are not worth mentioning either.

The heroes of the world are only Mrs. Hua!

If you want to buy my shares, you’ll have to pay real money.

After a tug-of-war, they reached a preliminary consensus.

Mrs. Hua repurchased Qi Hao’s 3.71 million shares at the average of the highest and closing price on the same day.

This was although it exceeded Wang Chonglei’s expectations, it was still within an acceptable range.

Mrs. Hua has so many shareholders, but those willing to sell upon listing aren’t many, everyone is prepared to start shearing the green onions.

If you throw a bone to make someone leave, they definitely won’t be willing.

So, the Wang Brothers targeted Qi Hao, an outsider.

Unless they are wholeheartedly aligned, they always feel uncomfortable leaving him here, and they don’t want to take Qi Hao with them to cut the green onions.

Even if it’s bought back at the highest price of the day, the Wang Brothers have confidence to grab more wealth in the later stir-frying.

Of course, the two only made a verbal agreement.

How to operate exactly, needs people below to discuss various issues based on this verbal agreement.

There’s also a prerequisite that Mrs. Hua indeed gets listed next year.

After finishing the conversation with Mr. Wang, Qi Hao circled around the celebration banquet and then said goodbye early claiming discomfort.

Getting into the business vehicle Zhang Nan rented, Qi Hao closed his eyes and seriously pondered about the Wang Brothers repurchasing shares.

Doesn’t seem to have any pitfalls.

Could it be these two really have the confidence to boost the stock price several times?

"You don’t smoke, where did you get a lighter?" Zhang Nan asked while driving.

"Picked it up on the road."

Qi Hao had a lighter flip-flopping in his nimble fingers.

Wang Chonglei actually lives at the Mandarin Oriental, quite luxurious.