Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 92 - 091: Baoqiang’s Agent (Request for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 92: Chapter 091: Baoqiang’s Agent (Request for Monthly Votes)

The Republican-era portion was not rushed to be filmed; Qi Hao led the team to shoot the modern segment first.

The costumes were all provided by the actors themselves.

Tang Yan brought many beautiful outfits over.

This girl was pretty, came from a wealthy family, and now, with a good income, she surely wouldn’t be stingy when it comes to investing in clothes.

If Qi Hao didn’t need so many, Tang Yan might as well host a fashion show here.

"Let’s go with the white dress," Qi Hao decided after some consideration, ending up with a simple white dress.

Don’t misunderstand, it’s not for him to wear.

"Ah, white, does that look good?" Tang Yan didn’t quite get the male aesthetic.

What’s so attractive about such a plain white dress?

"Yes, keep the makeup simple, use this shade of lip color, and add some lighting," Qi Hao instructed.

Qi Hao himself was casually dressed.

It was already early September, the temperature wasn’t too high, and with a gentle breeze blowing, it was truly a gift from nature.

Qi Hao wore a black T-shirt and black jeans.

He lay on the grass while Tang Yan sat beside him in a white dress.

Then, Tang Yan leaned over, striking a pose as if she was about to kiss Qi Hao.

Of course, even though the two of them had filmed kissing scenes before, this was only an MV, and Qi Hao certainly wouldn’t include a kissing scene.

Mainly, he had no intentions of pursuing Tang Yan or planning to have a story beyond friendship with her.

The amusement park segment was actually easy to film.

The key was in an element of surprise.

With other visitors present, Qi Hao and Tang Yan slipped in stealthily, quickly shedding their disguises, and Huang Yuetai used the camera to capture some needed shots.

The amusement park was Qi Hao’s favorite place to go as a child.

Now, there’s no way he could go.

Growing up, he was less interested, and as a celebrity, wherever he goes, he becomes the center of attention.

It could even cause some undesirable impacts.

Fortunately, today they didn’t create much of a stir, as they came suddenly and left quickly.

By the time park visitors heard that Qi Hao and Tang Yan were filming there, they had already left.

The modern part ended on a pleasant note.

Unlike the historical and Republican sections that were more dramatic, the final bedroom scene focused on sweetness and romance.

There are a thousand ways to woo a girl, with romance and thrill making up half.

Of course, harmony is key.

There wouldn’t be any lone northern hemispheres exposed, nor would there be empty helmets in the shot.

The bedroom attire mainly featured a pajama show.

Both sexy and pure styles were showcased, almost like a pure and dreamy love movie.

During the break, Tang Yan felt a pang of discomfort.

She thought she shouldn’t have agreed to shoot this MV.

I’m so foolish, truly.

She thought to herself.

I only knew I was a romantic, easily fantasizing about love in a romantic setting, getting lost in it, little did I know an MV shoot could evoke the same.

When I get back, I’ll browse some legal news about cases like wives being stuffed into suitcases.

Give myself a good mental cleansing.

The Republican segment of the MV borrowed from "October Fortress."

Qi Hao brought Tang Yan to the "October Fortress" set to shoot some street scenes first.

The Republican section included streets, garden swings, and war scenes.

For the war scenes, they planned to let the post-production team from "October Fortress" handle it and shoot a few principal shots to insert in.

Coincidentally, "October Fortress" had explosion scenes.

For the street scenes, it involved Tang Yan leaning on Qi Hao’s arm, walking through very Republican-style locations, eventually having a romantic conversation at a lakeside pavilion.

This part required a large number of extras.

If Qi Hao were to film this MV by himself, just hiring extras would cost quite a sum.

When others see the MV and guess how much it cost to make, it’s unlikely anyone would think it was under a million.

And that’s not even considering Tang Yan’s appearance fee.

"Everyone, get ready; you’re all professionals, let’s not mess around, stay relaxed, don’t look at the cameras, just walk naturally, and don’t purposely avoid the cameras!"

Qi Hao directed the dozens of extras.

He had been an extra before too.

He was very familiar with this group, so he could easily stir their enthusiasm.

"Qi Hao, do we have a chance to become the next you!"

An extra shouted, followed by commotion from others.

As an extra, if you can’t become a special, even a small special, your income will never compare to working in a factory.

In a factory, there are factory girls.

Female extras don’t fancy male extras.

"Anything is possible!" Qi Hao answered without hesitation.

Over the years, he had advised many people without talent, telling them this path was grueling and hopeless for those lacking perseverance and talent.

However, they wouldn’t listen.

Even if they failed ninety-nine times, they would try the hundredth time to make it a round number.

They would only think you’re afraid of them competing with you, stealing your job, and threatening your position, no matter how foolish that notion was, they persisted.

No one could make them give up their dreams.

Of course, they would try and eventually give up.

Encouraged by Qi Hao, the extras performed at twice their usual level, as if they were pumped with adrenaline.

Tang Yan, in her cheongsam, holding the arm of Qi Hao in his long gown, walked among them.

A rickshaw rushed by, nearly hitting Tang Yan.

Fortunately, Qi Hao pulled her into his arms.

Unlike the dark tones of "October Fortress," Qi Hao wanted a bright effect.

Love, is a bright color amidst the chaos.

It’s a pity that this splash of brightness quickly faded too, as in this scene of the war, Qi Hao had the extras act out that chaos.

He even had them do some small-scale explosions.

By the time the afternoon sun was gradually setting, his MV was finally finished filming.

Unfortunately, he didn’t receive a system prompt indicating the task was completed, it seems he has to actually finish the MV for that to happen.

Qi Hao needs to find a place to record the song first.

In the evening, Qi Hao treated the people who participated in the MV shoot to dinner.

If not paying them, at least he had to feed them well.

Qi Hao treated the small crew to dinner, and the next day, he still couldn’t rest, as he had to entertain friends coming from afar.

Wang Baoqiang!

Ye Weimin agreed to let Wang Baoqiang star in the movie, but how exactly to collaborate will surely require Wang Baoqiang to come over for discussion.

Wang Baoqiang made a stop by Shen City on his way.

He is about to head to Anhui Province for a new drama "My Brother’s Name is Shunliu".

This TV drama is adapted from the war-themed work of the same name by military writer Mr. Zhu Sujin; according to Wang Baoqiang, it should be a sniper-themed drama.

Qi Hao quite likes sniper themes, but unfortunately, no one has asked him to act in them.

Before, Lin Chaoshan’s directed "Sharpshooter" had intentions of inviting him to act, collaborating with Ren Xianqi and Chen Guanxi.

Qi Hao was initially interested until he saw the script and decisively rejected it; otherwise, Huang Xiaoming might not have had the chance to star.

The script was poorly done.

Going by the simple description of the script, Qi Hao had a summary for it: no matter how big the sun, if he could avoid wearing anything, he wouldn’t, and if he had to, he’d wear just a vest, grabbing chances to show off whenever possible, to the extreme.

This was a film entirely shot for female audiences to showcase handsome guys’ muscles.

"This is Director Ye, this is Baoqiang, this is his agent Weng Jinyu."

Qi Hao introduced them briefly.

Wang Baoqiang’s agent Weng Jinyu was introduced by Qi Hao, she used to work in operations at Ziwen Company, a typical strong woman.

However, she wasn’t very happy working at Ziwen.

So she left Ziwen.

Qi Hao and Old Tian could both be considered her friends.

On one casual occasion, Qi Hao introduced her to Wang Baoqiang.

Of course, Qi Hao wasn’t introducing her to be Wang Baoqiang’s girlfriend at that time, they were just a group of friends meeting.

Wang Baoqiang found Weng Jinyu attractive and started to dream of her all day long.

Finally, one day he mustered the courage.

Qi Hao originally thought Weng Jinyu wouldn’t be interested in Wang Baoqiang, after all, she was sweet-looking and from a good family, while Wang Baoqiang was quite average-looking.

Besides, compared to being poor, being ugly was nothing to mention.

Poor and ugly...

No one knows how Weng Jinyu ended up agreeing.

Mrs. Hua, who arranged agents for Wang Baoqiang, was quite opposed to him being with Weng Jinyu.

Weng Jinyu said that the guy with the last name Song had ulterior motives.

She directly had Wang Baoqiang ask Mrs. Hua to change agents; even after changing twice, he wasn’t very satisfied.

So Weng Jinyu simply became Wang Baoqiang’s agent.

Unexpectedly, she turned out to be a quite capable agent.

Of course, it might also be because she was Wang Baoqiang’s girlfriend, always considering Wang Baoqiang’s interest instead of the company’s.

They exchanged a few pleasantries and then sat down to discuss business.

"Qi Hao, why did you change agents?" Weng Jinyu curiously asked.

Wang Baoqiang’s contract was still under Mrs. Hua, but many businesses were independently operated, and besides, they planned to leave once the contract expired; hence, Weng Jinyu was very busy, with no time to contact Old Tian.

She suddenly found that Qi Hao had changed agents.

"Didn’t I set up a studio? He’s now the boss of the studio, not suitable to be an agent anymore."

"Oh, so it was a promotion," Weng Jinyu smiled.

After chatting for a while, they finally started discussing the serious stuff.

"Baby, you wanted to do comedy, right? This is the chance. I’ve recommended you to Director Ye. I’ve read the script and think it’s quite good. How about we collaborate together?"

Qi Hao knew Wang Baoqiang’s approximate schedule.

"Yes, he said you could act."

Ye Weimin wasn’t very confident in Wang Baoqiang, but he knew Qi Hao wouldn’t mess around with the project.

"Sure, I’ve wanted to act in a comedy for a long time."

Wang Baoqiang nodded vigorously, feeling Haozi Bro was really helpful, always thinking of his little bro.

"I got you a pay of 1.5 million."

Qi Hao made the decision independently without consulting Wang Baoqiang.

"Whoa, did you invest in this movie, suppressing his pay like that?" As an agent, Weng Jinyu instantly went into combat mode.

Even with good friends, you have to add money!

"You guessed right, this movie is invested by my boss, Baoqiang and I both have a pay of one million."

Qi Hao didn’t hide anything.

"Low budget, huh..." Weng Jinyu had nothing more to say.

After all, Qi Hao’s pay level was much higher than Wang Baoqiang, and if he took a million, it was reasonable for Wang Baoqiang to take a million too.

"But, I think it’s a bit of a loss to just take the pay, so I decided to turn the one million pay into a 15% share, baby, what do you think?"

"If you say it’s okay, then it’s okay."

Wang Baoqiang had complete trust in Qi Hao, back when he was broke, Qi Hao often lent him money, saving him from living in a basement.

His agent, Weng Jinyu, nodded without objection either.

If it weren’t for Qi Hao in the middle, she might negotiate for more benefits, as that’s her job after all.

But she understood the relationship between Qi Hao and Wang Baoqiang.

Even if Qi Hao asked her boyfriend to act for free, he might not refuse, let alone they also share some connections.

Ye Weimin also breathed a sigh of relief.

With the leading roles determined, the pay scale was quite within his expectations.

He hopes that this movie, his debut in the mainland, will turn a profit.

Perhaps there could be a sequel in the future.