Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 65 - 64: This Is Possible (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 65: Chapter 64: This Is Possible (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Qi Hao lay on the hotel bed and rested for a while, feeling that the alcohol had mostly worn off before he started confirming the completion of the task.

In fact, the task had been completed for several days.

It’s just that Qi Hao hadn’t been in the mood to confirm it.

He personally went to deliver supplies, partly because he was dissatisfied with those so-called big shots, and also because he had a friend who went along.

It wasn’t entirely unrelated to the task, but he didn’t go just for the task.

The 150,000 openly donated was already enough to meet the system’s requirement.

Teaming up with Little Flying Stick to donate 5 million was even more commendable.

[Task twelve completed, rewards: Stamina +10, Script "Pleasant Goat and Big Gray Wolf", Mrs. Hua’s Brother’s shares approximately 2.71 million shares + 1 million shares]

[Task completed, received training opportunity]

[Training NPC choose one of three: Liu Jiahui/Guo Xiaoting/He Yan Ni]

[Now beginning new task release]

[Task thirteen: It’s a tradition in the entertainment industry for newcomers to lead the older generation. Find a popular female celebrity, pay some price, and ask her to take you flying for a while. Task difficulty: 3 stars, Deadline: 90 days]

[Task completion reward: Persistence +10, Song "The First Time", Initial venture capital 150,000 yuan]

2.71 million shares + 1 million shares?

What does that mean?

This was the first time Qi Hao noticed a discrepancy between the task reward and the original plan.

The percentage didn’t mean much, but according to the description when the task was issued, it should have been only 2.71 million shares.

Qi Hao had learned a bit about Mrs. Hua’s current equity structure these past few days.

Besides those major shareholders, there are also a number of celebrity shareholders, which is a force to be reckoned with.

For example, Feng Xiaogang holds 2.88 million shares, Zhang Jizhong holds 2.16 million shares, and Li Xue’xue holds 360,000 shares.

Then in February this year, Mrs. Hua began a large-scale capital increase and expansion in order to promote listing, with all investment subjects being company employees and signed celebrities.

This time, more than 50 people including Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Hanyu, and Hu Ke received shares, with the most like Huang Xiaoming having 1.8 million shares, and the least like Yuan Chun having 30,000 shares.

The subscription price was 3 yuan per share.

Almost six times more than the 0.53 yuan per share Li Xue’xue subscribed to last year.

As the leading star of Mrs. Hua, Zhou Xun didn’t buy shares because reportedly she entrusted her money to her parents and wasn’t interested in stock trading.

Of course, she might have already decided to leave.

Based on this rate.

Qi Hao originally had fewer shares than Feng Xiaogang, but now he suddenly became the celebrity with the most shares.

A total of 3.71 million shares.

According to last year’s price at which Li Xue’xue purchased, which was 0.53 yuan per share, this would amount to 1.9663 million yuan.

That’s almost exactly the amount Qi Hao donated in supplies.

However, according to this year’s subscription price of 3 yuan per share as Huang Xiaoming’s, 3.71 million shares would be 11.13 million.

After subtracting the 2 million donated, there would still be eight or nine million left.

Could this be the so-called good karma for good deeds?

Qi Hao pondered for a while and roughly understood some of the patterns in the system tasks.

The tasks it releases don’t have strict standards.

At least not as strict as Qi Hao imagined.

The first task—getting a minor role with one line of dialogue—even if Qi Hao managed to get two lines, it probably wouldn’t result in a task failure.

Of course, exceeding the task’s requirements wasn’t that simple either.

Just like the recently completed one, donating 500,000 for the event instead of 50,000, Qi Hao guessed wouldn’t count as "exceeding".

The same goes for the dubbing task.

It asked Qi Hao to take on a dubbing job, but it didn’t require Qi Hao to do the main voiceover. Qi Hao took leads in "Iron Man" and "Kung Fu Panda", yet neither qualified as exceeding the task’s requirements.

If you can’t figure it out, then just don’t think about it.

Qi Hao has the advantage of not aiming too high.

He completes the tasks fittingly, excelling when possible, and sticking to the basic requirements otherwise.

He fully believes that Tongzi would not treat him unfairly.

If he was treated unfairly, it must be because he didn’t do well enough.

However, the new task seems a bit absurd.

Qi Hao suspected the dog system was up to its tricks again.

In the entertainment world, it’s a tradition for newcomers to lead the older generation, find a popular female celebrity, pay some price, and ask her to take you under her wing for a while.

The first sentence must be the task publisher’s initial intent.

Finding a popular female celebrity isn’t hard.

Asking her to take you under her wing isn’t something to reject.

To pay some "price."

This carries a strong whiff of a procuress.

Of course, it definitely doesn’t require the host to make a "physical sacrifice", even if Qi Hao is willing, it’s not happening.

Qi Hao: This is possible, I’m willing to make the sacrifice!

System: Really no need, this truly isn’t part of it!

But this doesn’t mean the system task is easy.

On the contrary!

Had it been years ago, when the young lad had just entered the entertainment world, any somewhat famous female star could have brought him "fly" for a while.

However, this lousy system is ten years late.

Now Qi Hao is almost a big deal, and there aren’t many female celebrities who can provide the resources to make him "fly".

Sh*t!

Never thought I’d have a day where I’d be annoyed for being too popular.

Qi Hao found it hard to laugh or cry about this.

As for the NPC options this time, it’s Liu Jiahui/Guo Xiaoting/He Yan Ni, an Evil Sword Immortal bringing along two girls.

Qi Hao’s impression of Liu Jiahui was fairly good.

But he still decided not to choose them.

Qi Hao hoped more to pick someone from the Acting Faction, to learn performance skills he’s not good at from them.

After giving up the choice, Liu Jiahui/Guo Xiaoting/He Yan Ni turned into Wu Mengda/Liu Xun/Zhang Jiayi.

This time the luck was really good.

The three randomly chosen should all be considered part of the Acting Faction.

Needless to say, Wu Mengda, Zhou Xingxing owes much of his success today to Wu Mengda and Grouper backing him up.

Moreover, Da himself is also an acting talent.

Zhou Xingxing’s acting skills are underestimated, and so are Da’s.

Liu Xun is acclaimed as the Thousand-Faced King of Shadows, highly praised for his acting.

Zhang Jiayi is also a typical acting talent, having played many supporting roles.

Today’s trio can be said to be a supporting role showcase.

Ultimately, Qi Hao chose Liu Xun.

Not because he favored Xiangjiang actors more, thinking that Xiangjiang actors inherently have better skills than mainland actors.

But because he felt Zhang Jiayi was easier to encounter.

Might bump into him at some event, and then it would still be timely to choose.

Not picking Wu Mengda was because Qi Hao had chosen Zhou Xingxing.

The two have collaborated on too many movies; choosing Zhou Xingxing is almost like having half of Wu Mengda.

And Liu Xun’s works have diminished over the years, having essentially retired since 2000 and immersed himself in Cantonese opera.

Liu Xun is regarded as a diamond supporting actor in Xiangjiang films.

In "A Chinese Ghost Story 2: The Human Path," he played the Demon Monk Pu Du Cihang, impersonated by the Thousand-Year Centipede Spirit.

Appearing kind and full of compassion on the surface, he carries out vile acts, spreading calamity across the Human World, often using the Life-taking Mantra to kill invisibly and an Illusory Buddha’s Demon Words Misleading the Masses.

Without needing the smokey eye makeup, the sinister cunning of the great villain is vividly portrayed.

It made audiences grit their teeth in hatred, undoubtedly leaving deep childhood shadows for many from the 80s and 90s.

When he donned a beard, he became the enlightened Zen Master Baiyun in "A Chinese Ghost Story 3: Dao Dao Dao,"

joining forces with Yan Chixia to save the naive disciple Shifang and battle the Thousand-Year Tree Demon Granny.

In a white robe with a long beard, having an immortal demeanor, dedicated to vanquishing demons with a self-sacrifice for the salvation of the masses.

When playing the just, he is full of compassion; playing the evil, he exudes malice.

Switching between good and evil effortlessly, his transformative acting skills are undeniably impressive, no wonder netizens are amazed "over a decade without realizing these were the same person"!

His eunuch roles are also classic.

"Ninth-Grade Official," "New Dragon Gate Inn," "Swordsman"...

The rarest thing is each eunuch leaves a memorable impression, feeling distinctly different.

After choosing Liu Xun, the system had a notification.

It turned out that the system’s daily training feature had upgraded.

Tongzi is awesome!

Last time Qi Hao was complaining that the dog system wasn’t smart enough, the entire "daily" training space, resulting in only one training session after completing a task.

Some tasks have a completion deadline of up to three months.

What kind of daily is that?

As a result, the system updated and upgraded the daily training feature.

The new feature retains the original foundation and adds a new element.

The original mainly includes:

1. Reward of one training opportunity after task completion.

2. After choosing an NPC, you can perform scenes with the selected NPC.

3. After choosing an NPC, you can embody the selected NPC and perform scenes with others.

The third item was the new feature opened after last upgrade.

And this time, the fourth item was added.

4. Opened the function to purchase training opportunities. The first purchase costs 100 yuan, the second 1,000 yuan, the third 10,000 yuan... the seventh 1 billion yuan.

Seeing this price list, Qi Hao almost suffocated.

D*mn, dog system, have you no shame.

Only a fool would spend money on this.

Seeing one billion, Qi Hao’s heart shattered more than Auntie at the village crushing dumpling filling.

However, he quickly saw an additional note.

Purchase prices refresh weekly!

Which means spending 111100 yuan allows training four times a week.

This money is quite high for someone just starting out, but for Qi Hao, who is a popular idol, it would only count as small change.

Spending over a million weekly, he can afford it.

Mrs. Hua is reportedly going public next year; once listed, he can wholly sell Mrs. Hua’s stock to purchase training opportunities.

Buying five times a week, and can even double up on training!