Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 193 - 190: Please Call Me Qi Feite! (Request for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 193: Chapter 190: Please Call Me Qi Feite! (Request for Monthly Tickets)

After recording the song, Qi Hao took a trip to Penguin Headquarters.

He could say he was touring as the CF spokesperson or as a Penguin shareholder doing an inspection.

Since July, Penguin’s stock had broken the HKD 100 barrier.

Its market value approached 30 billion US Dollars, surpassing eBay and Yahoo to become the third-largest internet company, only after Google and Amazon.

On the very day Qi Hao visited Penguin Headquarters, the opening price of Penguin’s stock was HKD 128.5; Qi Hao held 7.1 million shares, with a total value of 803 million RMB.

Compared to the beginning of the year, it was almost doubled.

At that time, Qi Hao invested all the dividends Penguin gave him into stocks, and some people thought he was crazy. Now they secretly call him a stock god.

Qi Feite!

In stark contrast to him was Ma Huateng.

Founder Ma Huateng repeatedly cashed in company stock, having sold off shares 13 times last year, cashing out 670 million HKD!

That was a time when the company’s stock prices were sluggish.

If those stocks were cashed out now, their value would have tripled at the very least.

Recently, many of the company’s executives have also been selling shares.

Just a few days ago, Ma Huateng, Liu Zhiping, and Zhang Zhidong together sold 7.5 million shares, cashing in a total of 884 million HKD.

Company employees gripe about the bosses privately, saying if you keep up like this, you’ll end up working for Qi Hao someday.

No one looks down on Qi Hao as a celebrity.

With such a shareholding scale plus Qi Hao’s national influence, he can no longer be treated as a small shareholder.

Thus, at Penguin, not only were there top ten executives welcoming him, the entire company was also showing gestures of welcome.

There were welcome banners at the door, and all kinds of posters in work areas.

They even made custom T-shirt commemorative shirts, featuring Qi Hao hugging a Penguin plush toy.

During his floor tour, Qi Hao personally handed the T-shirts to company employees.

Honestly, there were just too many employees at Penguin.

Sitting through layers, Qi Hao was exhausted, but luckily Penguin’s administrative department arranged a bunch of people to help.

He didn’t have to carry boxes and distribute them according to the list individually.

"Wow, Qi Hao, you are so handsome!"

Penguin employees have high educational qualifications, despite high salaries, which doesn’t stop some from being Qi Hao’s fans.

And they’ve been long-time loyal fans.

They talked about Qi Hao’s old stories like they knew them by heart.

"Thank you, thank you everyone!"

In the past, when facing people with degrees from prestigious schools like 985 or 211, and even masters, Qi Hao was indeed nervous.

But now he remembers everything, having read ten thousand books.

Facing academic elites, he can also handle it with ease.

"Qi Hao, would you look for a girlfriend outside the entertainment circle?"

This is not impossible, as many celebrities find partners outside their circles.

Such matches tend to be long-lasting and happy.

"I haven’t considered this for the time being, career is the priority!"

As long as the question wasn’t too outrageous, Qi Hao would casually respond; some even sought autographs on their albums or posters.

Some hoped that Qi Hao would sign on the T-shirts.

"Qi Hao, what’s your game ID? We’ll team up with you for sure."

This company certainly doesn’t lack employees who play games. They’ve heard that Qi Hao’s gaming skills are weak and are keen to help him improve.

Playing games with Qi Hao brings them great prestige.

Actually, people are like this, admiring strength is ingrained in them. Qi Hao is at a very high position in the entertainment circle, and even societal elites don’t look down on him.

Moreover, Qi Hao holds Penguin stock worth eight hundred million.

Among all the high executives at Penguin, not many have more than eight hundred million.

"Really? Are you guys up to it?"

Qi Hao doubted their strength; this bunch didn’t look like gaming pros.

In the public’s impression, gaming pros are often messy, have blank expressions, occasionally sneak a creepy smile... clearly the wandering souls of Dugu Qiubai in internet cafes.

However, those bragging to him looked good, dressed fashionably, and one even had an over-the-top broom hairstyle.

Qi Hao didn’t have any particular hairstyle currently.

"How could a man say he can’t? Write down your gaming server and ID, and add me later as a friend..."

The broom hairstyle guy was very proactive, and the others scrambled to write down IDs and QQ numbers.

Qi Hao didn’t refuse, stuffing them all into his pocket.

However, he didn’t publicly disclose his game ID and QQ number.

Following a system arrangement, Qi Hao invested in Penguin at its lowest and sent a letter of encouragement to Penguin.

He even suggested several product ideas in the email.

This clearly was something Tongzi did.

The QQ number Qi Hao was using was given by Penguin to thank him for his trust and support in the company.

Because the number was excellent, Qi Hao doesn’t accept others adding him as a friend.

Usually, he actively adds others.

He quite liked QQ numbers with five eights.

Since he started using Sven Glasses to read, Qi Hao writes down reading notes in his space, which are inaccessible to non-friends.

It took several hours to complete the so-called floor-sweeping tour.

Even with adequate air conditioning in the office area, Qi Hao was exhausted and hot, not finding relief until he was invited by the executives for a chat in the office.

The reception was grand; Ren Yuxin, the president of the Interactive Entertainment Business Group, greeted him personally.

He is responsible for Penguin’s most profitable gaming business at the moment.

Apart from a few directors, his rank in business matters is indeed in the top ten.

There’s also Sun Zhonghuai, who is currently working on Penguin’s web media content.

These people were all wealthier than Qi Hao.

Internet companies love mixing Chinese and English, and creating new terms. Every now and then, some terms pop up that leave ordinary people bewildered.

Things like internet thinking, O2O, big data analysis...

It seems without them, one can’t show capability.

Luckily, everyone gave face to one another, and the conversation didn’t delve into particularly technical topics.

Ren Yuxin had a brief chat with Qi Hao about the CF game.

He was also quite curious about Qi Hao’s impression of CF, coming from an ordinary person.

Qi Hao has been in the entertainment industry for over ten years, already a seasoned player.

He would never say the game was terribly made, a complete rip-off of CS, with cheats everywhere, and should be shut down immediately.

He just picked out the good things to say, while also sharing some fun stories from gaming.

This wasn’t considered flattery.

He received a ten million endorsement fee from Penguin, saying a few nice words wouldn’t kill him.

Of course, he had done some homework beforehand.

A lot of information can be easily searched online; he put on his Sven Glasses and remembered it with a glance.

However, he didn’t say much, because the more you say, the more mistakes you make.

It was Sun Zhonghuai, the executive, who chatted quite a bit with Qi Hao about topics related to the entertainment industry.

He was very open, clearly stating that Penguin would increase its focus on media and entertainment, including investments and mergers in content production.

"Setting up video streaming sites? Investing in film companies?"

Qi Hao understood why Sun Zhonghuai was here.

"Yes, it also includes music and novels, which could be either investments or mergers and integrations."

Sun Zhonghuai just wanted to chat with someone from the industry.

Those experts always talk about style and matrices; he wanted to hear voices beyond those investment experts.

"I’m not very familiar with this, Mrs. Hua is going public soon, aren’t you interested?"

Qi Hao was honest; he left the company business to Old Tian, who also learned by copying others while exploring.

How could he provide any advice to Penguin’s executives?

They were not on the same level at all.

"I heard you’re a shareholder of Mrs. Hua?"

Sun Zhonghuai steered the conversation in that direction.

"Yes, I’m a shareholder of Mrs. Hua, but I might sell my stocks soon."

Qi Hao didn’t mention his agreement with Mrs. Hua.

You can’t just share such things casually, otherwise, it would hold Qi Hao accountable for breaching the agreement.

"You don’t believe in its growth?"

Sun Zhonghuai was a bit surprised, he really didn’t know about this.

Penguin’s business approach is straightforward: one hand holding money to spend, the other holding a copycat simulator.

If you have something good, sell it to me; if not, I’ll copy it.

For leading enterprises like Mrs. Hua, Penguin definitely wants to invest. Moreover, not just investing in Mrs. Hua but also placing bets on other potential players in the industry.

Penguin’s corporate culture includes the concept of raising gu (poison).

Even the main gaming division is split into several studios, each independently developing operations.

"How should I say, a bit not optimistic."

Qi Hao didn’t go on about how Mrs. Hua had lots of clever tricks, and if they crossed the line with the authorities, the so-called film mogul could vanish overnight.

That would be too naive and childish.

Luckily, Sun Zhonghuai didn’t dig deeper and instead asked, "Then which one do you believe in?"

He had an analysis of the whole industry on his desk.

Mrs. Hua was naturally the most dazzling presence; since its establishment, almost every year’s box office top ten in the mainland had Mrs. Hua’s shadows.

Sometimes, there were even several simultaneously on the list.

Internet companies mainly look at data. If the data is good, they don’t care if you do bad things.

Recognizing money over people is common.

However, Feiyang Media, co-founded by Qi Hao and Coal Boss, was also among them, with surprisingly high ratings.

Traditional industries might look down on Coal Boss, but not the Internet.

They only knew Coal Boss had money.

Feiyang Media, a grassroots style investment company, was established last year. In just about a year, it invested in several films and dramas. The most unbelievable thing is that the two films currently released by this company both made money.

And they are all artistic films.

Even 598’s artistic films make money, wouldn’t 2988’s commercial films directly take off?

Some thought it was due to Qi Hao’s hype that helped barely break even for the movie with already low production costs.

But Penguin, who believes in casting a net wide, doesn’t care about such reasons.

In their view, if there’s a lot of meat, it’s delicious.