Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 88 - 087: Deeply Hurt by Qi Hao (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Chapter 88: Chapter 087: Deeply Hurt by Qi Hao (Seeking Monthly Votes)

From the hotel to the filming location, Qi Hao sat in his Rolls-Royce Phantom.

This car is actually never used in the capital.

People are afraid to drive it.

And there’s no opportunity to drive it.

So it was sent to Shen City for Qi Hao to use for commuting.

Fortunately, the hotel was about a ten-minute drive from the film city, so it wasn’t completely useless.

"Has anyone asked me to shoot an MV recently?"

Qi Hao wouldn’t look for MV work himself; his agent isn’t just for show.

However, he also knew that whether it’s an MV or a cameo, being approached and going out to seek it are two different concepts.

If others come looking, it’s about personal connections.

If you go out looking, it feels cheap.

Yeah, sycophants get nothing.

So now Qi Hao hopes that someone will come to him for an MV, and he will reluctantly agree, thus completing the task.

It would be even better if they paid a high price.

That could also ease some of his recent financial stress.

"MV? No one."

Zhang Nan didn’t know why Qi Hao was asking this.

Luckily, Zhang Nan was relatively serious.

If it were Old Tian, when asked "what suite" last time, this time he’d definitely ask "A... A what V?"

"Why?" Qi Hao asked dumbly.

Could it be that he’s not handsome enough? He remembers when he first debuted, he got quite a few MV gigs.

Many female singers had rumors with him because of the MVs.

Has the aesthetic of the MV industry become distorted now?

Why aren’t they looking for him anymore?

"It’s like this," Zhang Nan quickly explained, "with the development of the internet and rampant piracy, the record industry is struggling more and more, so they’re trying to cut costs wherever possible."

"So they don’t shoot MVs anymore?" Qi Hao was speechless.

"They still do, just less often, and they’re trying to shoot them themselves whenever possible, which doesn’t cost much, or they hire models, amateurs, rarely paying to hire popular stars."

Zhang Nan, as a king of competition, would gather any information that might involve Qi Hao.

He wouldn’t miss information not involving Qi Hao either.

After all, knowing more doesn’t hurt.

"Well, that’s indeed a problem."

Qi Hao found his task even harder, thinking there’s no way he should perform for free.

Moreover, begging others to let him perform.

Isn’t that being a sycophant?

"The most recent offer, I remember, was one last year, when Jing Tian’s album extended an invitation, but Old Tian refused."

Zhang Nan remembered because Jing Tian was too high-profile with her album.

Even when Huang Xiaoming released an album, it seemed more like a casual crossovers venture.

But when Jing Tian released an album, not only did she have experts create it, but also hired Zhang Yadong as the producer, and even got Ning Hao to direct the MV.

Ning Hao is currently a rising star director.

Additionally, Zhang Yadong had rumors of a love triangle with Gao Yuanyuan and Qi Hao.

There were claims that Gao Yuanyuan pursued Zhang Yadong.

But before anything materialized, it quickly turned into Gao Yuanyuan being with Qi Hao.

However, this news was also not accurate.

Because soon after, Qi Hao had rumors with someone else.

This became evidence of Qi Hao’s philandering nature.

It was said that Gao Yuanyuan was deeply hurt by Qi Hao and still hasn’t found a boyfriend to this day.

Zhang Nan was also very curious.

But he’s not a gossip, so he never asked about it out loud.

"Jing Tian?" Qi Hao was slightly surprised.

He knew who Jing Tian was.

If An Feng is the type who shone across half of the entertainment industry upon debut, almost outshining the lead actress Dong Jie in "Golden Family," and then skyrocketed to stardom with "Heavenly Dragon Eight Books" and "The Return of the Condor Heroes."

Then Jing Tian is the type with equally good resources, yet without even a spark.

First, her personal EP "Who Am I?" cooled off, even with support from Zhang Yadong and Ning Hao. Then she starred in "Anaconda," supported by Liu Jiahui and Ye Jingsheng, which scored a 2.8 on Douban.

It’s said she teamed up with Zhao Yanzi, Liu Ye, Sun Haiying, and others to create "A Woman’s Epic," adapted from Yan Geling’s novel, where she played the second female lead.

If she can’t soar herself, she chooses to be carried by others.

Qi Hao didn’t expect that he was once Jing Tian’s target.

"Yes, it seems they offered two million just to have you help with the MV, but for some reason, Brother Tian rejected it."

Zhang Nan was amazed, just an MV, and they could offer two million.

That’s absolutely insane.

Such a rich woman... hmm, there might be someone behind it.

"Why did he refuse?" Qi Hao asked curiously.

"Should I ask?" Zhang Nan didn’t know either.

The two were transitioning work and wouldn’t usually discuss such minor things.

Upon seeing Qi Hao nod, Zhang Nan took out his phone and directly called Old Tian.

The car had already reached the parking lot.

Qi Hao didn’t get out; anyway, it was not yet his turn in the filming. Even if it was, given his current status, no one would accuse him of being a diva if he was a little late.

"Brother Tian said..." Zhang Nan put down the phone, without hanging up, looked at Qi Hao, and said sympathetically, "Jing Tian invited you to be in the MV, mainly to stir up rumors with you."

That’s too tragic, any woman just...

Feels like a female mosquito flying towards you with drooling mouth corners.

"Nonsense!" Qi Hao was annoyed.

Yet, he had no real argument to rebut.

"He asked me to ask you, what’s the plan with this thing, what’s the fuss about?"

Zhang Nan relayed it verbatim.

"I... I want to make an MV to practice, I’ll direct it myself... oh right, I want to learn how to be a director!"

Qi Hao found a decent reason.

Honestly, it’s a pretty good reason.

Zhang Nan also conveyed Qi Hao’s words over there; he actually wanted to toss the phone directly to Qi Hao so he could speak to Old Tian himself.

"Brother Tian said, ’Chinese Paladin 3’ actually wants you to sing a song, try asking them; if they agree, you can buy the song rights and shoot the MV you want. Brother Tian said he supports you becoming a director, you’re the next Zhang Yimou."

Zhang Nan quickly recounted Old Tian’s words.

"Alright... is he mocking me?"

Qi Hao was happy the matter resolved, but felt comparing him to Zhang Yimou was a blatant mockery.

"I think not," Zhang Nan said with a conflicted shake of his head, "Should I contact ’Chinese Paladin 3’ to prevent them from letting someone else sing it?"

"Sure, quickly contact them, Old Yang, let’s go to the set."

Qi Hao exhaled, first checking if the song from ’Chinese Paladin 3’ was good enough. If not, he’d have to come up with another plan.

Find a singer he likes and just say they can appear in the MV for free.

Today Qi Hao was filming alongside Ba Ter.

Mengke Bateer was a basketball player, the backbone of the Guanghui Team, battling in the CBA at 34 years old.

Played the vendor Wang Fuming in ’October Fortress’.

He wasn’t entirely without acting experience.

Thus far had appeared in a low-budget film ’Azure Hangai’.

Director Chen Kexin probably thought he might draw some basketball fans to watch the movie.

Even designed a few basketball moves for him.

Like single-handed hat throw, which is actually a single-handed ball throw; and the coconut slam dunk, simply copying dunk techniques from games.

Qi Hao didn’t know what effect having him act would have.

But he felt it was a bit "amateur".

Acting with him was somewhat tiring because there were quite a few NGs.

Almost as many as Tang Yan.

Even unimportant shots often had five or six NGs, slightly harder ones possibly over twenty times.

However, Qi Hao said nothing.

He just waited gently on the side and when NG occurred, simply acted again.

Ba Ter felt a bit embarrassed.

Promised to give Qi Hao basketball game tickets later.

That could be nice.

Qi Hao wasn’t too interested in basketball, but his dad was a basketball fan.

Basketball was Qi Hao’s dad’s remedy.

Hmm, the poison was soccer — the national team.

After another NG, Qi Hao went to rest a bit exhausted.

Last week, he dragged, delaying training until the latter days, wasting several hours.

This week, he opted to finish all four opportunities first.

Entering the training space consecutively had drained him a bit.

Almost showing dark circles now.

Hoping the system would reward more stamina attributes, else with dark circles all day people might suspect something was amiss.

"I’ve contacted ’Chinese Paladin 3’, they’re very welcoming, asking when you can come record."

Zhang Nan brought Qi Hao a nice surprise.

’Chinese Paladin 3’ eagerly wanted that.

Qi Hao had never released a song nor sung an OST before.

His first went to ’Chinese Paladin 3’, quite a catch.

"What’s the song, can I see it now, I want to practice before recording."

Qi Hao knew his singing skills.

Although the system had boosted his attributes, he couldn’t compare to professional singers.

He didn’t want to face criticism once ’Chinese Paladin 3’ aired for his singing.

"The song’s called ’This Life Will Not Change’!"