Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 73 - 72: Eggs for Traffic (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 73: Chapter 72: Eggs for Traffic (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Although there hasn’t been a contract signed yet, people like Qi Hao and Jiang Wen are as good as their word. A verbal agreement with them is as good as settled.

As for the schedule...

Jiang Wen clearly stated that he couldn’t give Qi Hao a very important role. You can’t play Zhang Mazi, you don’t have the aura for Huang the Fourth, and you’re not sleazy enough for Master Tang.

The three major roles are out of your reach.

Either the character doesn’t suit you, or it’s already been cast.

That’s exactly why the cooperation is easier to arrange.

On the day Jiang Wen left, Shen City had heavy rain.

The rainy season has arrived.

When it’s raining, they can only shoot indoor scenes or simply wrap up early.

Qi Hao lay on the bed, listening to the pattering rain outside.

His room was arranged to be connected with An Feng and Fan Xuexue’s, with An Feng on one side and Fan Xuexue on the other.

The three of them are all popular idols, of similar status.

The arrangement makes sense.

But Qi Hao always felt that the guy who arranged the rooms seemed to be anticipating something.

Ugh, how indecent!

Task completed!

He was a bit curious about what the next task would be.

[Task Thirteen completed, Stamina +10, song "The First Time," starting career funds of 150,000 yuan]

[Task completed, gain training opportunity]

[Choose one from three for NPC training: Wang Xueqi/Liang Jiahui/Li Ming]

[Now beginning to announce new task]

[Task Fourteen: Remember, as a star, as long as your fans support you, you should cherish and be grateful. With the accumulation over this period, you now have a decent fan base. Hold a fan meeting. Task difficulty: 3 stars, time limit: 60 days]

[Task completion reward: Swimming +10, song "Shanghai 1943," starting career funds of 200,000 yuan]

Wang Xueqi/Liang Jiahui/Li Ming...

Of course, I’ll choose Liang Jiahui, there’s no need to think about it.

New task... a fan meeting?

Qi Hao recalled that he did hold a fan meeting.

But it was a black mark in history.

At the time, he had a small role in a movie, just slightly better than an extra, and there was a bit of buzz.

His then-manager Old Tian, ambitious and eager, arranged a fan meeting for him.

Well, attendees could get ten eggs.

It wasn’t that Old Tian wanted to give them.

The fan meeting’s location was at the entrance of an old shopping mall’s supermarket. The supermarket owner thought it could be a win-win situation, so he added some new content to Qi Hao’s fan meeting.

In fact, the owner won the bet.

That supermarket was always bustling, becoming a check-in spot for many of Qi Hao’s fans.

Well, Qi Hao also won the bet.

A lot of people came, all elderly folks.

This black mark of trading eggs for publicity when he debuted never faded.

Since then, Qi Hao never held another fan meeting.

Later, as his fame grew, it became even harder to organize.

Mainly because there were too many fans.

If you held a big one, it would cause a stir like a concert, and the cost would be high. Not charging for tickets would lead to a loss, and charging for tickets would bring criticism.

Fans may have grown up, but they haven’t gotten rich. They might not be very mature yet, but most of them probably aren’t on the board of directors.

Moreover, Qi Hao’s not holding a concert.

You just stand there, have some awkward chats, sing a few lines of someone else’s songs, how could you justify charging people hundreds of yuan?

But now that the system has issued the task, it’s different.

Especially since the system also offers a 200,000 yuan subsidy.

The song reward is great too, it’s from Jay Chou’s second album, fitting with his current situation in Songjiang.

Aside from being outdated, it really has no drawbacks.

Shanghai is Pudong, Pudong is Shanghai.

But giving +10 to swimming is confusing, Qi Hao really doesn’t understand what use getting +10 to swimming is for him.

Is it for when he retires and goes back to his hometown to dive with the old men at Hai River?

That would be quite the spectacle for fans.

"Zhang Nan..." Qi Hao called out.

Zhang Nan hurried over, followed by Gao Fei, who was chatting with him.

"Boss, what’s up?"

"What were you guys talking about?"

Qi Hao doesn’t mind employees dating, but one of you is the daughter of a Coal Boss, and I have a supervisory responsibility here. The other is already married with kids, so I have to be cautious.

"Zhang Nan was asking me about An Feng, so I was just explaining." Gao Fei answered swiftly.

"Um, why are you asking about An Feng, and how do you know about An Feng?"

Qi Hao was puzzled.

Though he’s trying to balance between working hard and doing the bare minimum, he should at least be able to communicate normally, right?

Is there something I should know, but don’t?

"As a manager, I need to be fully aware of the boss and any dynamics involving the boss, to prepare for any questions you might have at any time." Zhang Nan pondered for a bit and explained her motive.

"Haha, no need to go through so much trouble. Why would I need to know what she’s doing?"

Qi Hao felt that Zhang Nan made sense and couldn’t help but admire how the King of Competition didn’t need any external pressure to push himself to the limits.

"An Feng is practicing with the Nine-Section Whip, it’s really impressive..." Without being asked, Gao Fei eagerly described An Feng’s recent activities.

"Nine-Section Whip?"

Qi Hao had never tried it nor practiced, but he had seen Wu Jing perform with it.

It’s a very dangerous weapon.

Dangerous to others and to oneself.

He could imagine An Feng practicing and accidentally striking her own face with the dart head.

What a pity!

"Yeah, it’s super cool, just like this, this... whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

Gao Fei clumsily imitated it.

"Isn’t she supposed to use a stunt double?" Qi Hao turned to ask Zhang Nan.

He didn’t want to get entangled with An Feng, so after helping her secure a role, he stopped concerning himself with her matters.

Even when they met on set, it was only a brief greeting.

Much like the attitude of other mainland actors towards An Feng.

"It’s not the crew making things difficult for her; she chose not to use a double herself."

Zhang Nan quickly replied.

Damn, you just said not to focus on An Feng’s stuff, and now you’re asking about it.

Luckily, I came prepared; otherwise, I’d have to find out if the crew was intentionally suppressing her.

"Why bother." Qi Hao sighed and let it go.

Considering he’s a rough guy, he could understand fights and violence, but why An Feng, a pretty girl, insisted on being so strong.

It’s not that Qi Hao had double standards.

Because such exotic weapons were generally done by stunt doubles.

Mainly to prevent lead actors from getting hurt, and also to give stunt actors job opportunities.

If no one uses stunt doubles, the stunt actors might have to go without work.

"After being covertly banned, she’ll probably work harder."

Zhang Nan explained softly.

In his view, the most urgent thing for An Feng was to rebuild her team.

Taking advantage of this major crisis, it’s easy to form a professional new team, and preferably not let her mother have too much say in it.

Her intentions might be good, but ultimately she’s not professional.

A team like ours is very professional.

The team isn’t large, but each member is capable, and nobody meddles in fields they’re not familiar with.

"The entertainment industry is a mess, banning people at every turn. These people were bullied when they weren’t famous, and once famous, they spend all day bullying others."

Gao Fei ranted indignantly.

She knew about Qi Hao helping An Feng, which made her respect Qi Hao’s character even more.

That evening at dinner, her dad said Qi Hao was somewhat naive in handling matters, and she immediately criticized him.

She almost pointed at her dad’s nose to call him inhumane.

What else could Gao Yang do?

Join his daughter in cursing these so-called big shots in the entertainment industry.

"Every circle is the same; it’s human nature."

Zhang Nan didn’t think the entertainment industry was dirtier, but felt that many things in the industry were superficial, making it easier to see the essence at a glance.

"Boss, do you think we can invest in a film for An Feng to star in?" Gao Fei asked.

"Don’t even think about it," Qi Hao rejected without hesitation: "Her acting... and the path her mom set for her isn’t suitable for the films we invest in."

"Her acting is actually okay; my family liked her TV dramas."

Zhang Nan said fairly.

"Why isn’t it suitable?" Gao Fei asked angrily.

She thought An Feng shouldn’t be banned and was willing to help within her means.

Isn’t this what the boss did as well?

"Take ’The Tale of Two Donkeys’ for instance, there’s a scene where Ma Jie and Caifeng sneak a taste of forbidden fruit on the donkey cart, fall asleep, and get exhibited back in the village... do you think she can act that?"

"How can she act that, that..."

Gao Fei was instantly speechless; even as a casual fan, she found such scenes disrespectful, let alone An Feng’s mother.

"It’s good to help others, but you can’t sacrifice yourself. Right now, those big shots’ faces are hot with shame, so sticking out isn’t good for her or us."

Uncle Qi Hao not only had to help Gao Fei, his niece, manage business, but also shouldered the responsibility of guiding the younger generation.

Middle schooler?

He had already forgotten that.

He’s eaten more salt than Gao Fei has eaten rice.

"It’s still because we aren’t strong enough," the King of Competition seized the chance to rile them up: "If we were the biggest entertainment company in the industry, half the industry would be eating at our beck and call, and we could do whatever we want."

Zhang Nan noticed that Qi Hao seemed a bit weary these days.

It seemed like An Feng’s one million donation followed by a ban brought a lot of negative emotions to him.

If they don’t seize this moment to motivate, then when?

"Yes, our Little Fatty Sheep is too weak!" Whether the pep talk worked on Qi Hao wasn’t clear, but Gao Fei was surely pumped up.

"You have to eat rice one bite at a time, walk the road one step at a time."

Qi Hao sighed, not opposing Zhang Nan’s words, although he held the title of Best Actor and was one of the Four Little Emperors, he really didn’t matter much to the big shots.

Your Little Emperor is propped up by a big shot’s company.

Your Best Actor was chosen by the big shots.

Even your scandals may be hyped by a big shot’s company.

Well, except for the scandals with big shots.