Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years

Qi Hao plans to go to Xiangjiang soon to inspect the company situation as the boss.

He'll give everyone a pep talk then.

Qi Hao also intends to introduce his special effects company into the National Animation Development Alliance, since he invests money in animated films, which in turn hire his special effects company.

Of course, it's not mandatory.

Without a sense of competition, the special effects company certainly won't develop well.

During this exchange, both the special effects company and the animation studio can grow.

Currently, many domestic films have begun to involve special effects.

Qi Hao needs to quickly develop the Naughty Ghost Studio, lest the market rises and he's unprepared.

Among the three training NPCs is Li Xuejian, and it's unquestionable to pick him outright.

Once selected, the system finally prompts an upgrade to the training space.

An additional director training function has been added.

After issuing a director task, the director training function is immediately upgraded. I have to say, Tongzi has become increasingly considerate.

From now on, the training NPC category includes directors, allowing Qi Hao to capture directors.

The training space is divided into an actor training field and a director training field.

It's uncertain whether there will be other training fields in the future.

Unlocking and stealing, when you think deeply, it's terrifying.

In the director training field, you can select a film related to the director NPC and recreate the shooting process of the movie.

Of course, many films take months to shoot, but in the training space, you can pause, fast forward, and skip.

During the learning process, you can interact with the director.

Unfortunately, you cannot interact with other crew members unless you've captured the relevant actors; interactions with movie actors are also impossible.

From this perspective, capturing a versatile director is more cost-effective.

Like someone who can direct, write, edit, and shoot...

Such as Chen Xunqi, who knows many things.

Such as Li Zhongzhi, who is a martial arts instructor.

Such as Mai Zishan, who is Xiangjiang's top editor.

Then there's Qi Hao's wish to take a script, choose a director, select actors, and organize to make a film. This time, there isn't this function; looks like the goal of having a movie with a bunch of award-winning actors still needs waiting.

Even so, this new feature is quite good.

The new task was within Qi Hao's expectations; it was bound to happen sooner or later.

For Qi Hao now, directing and shooting a film is hardly difficult; he's already shot three films.

However, completing them does indeed require time.

Moreover, the dog system has blocked his path to exploiting a glitch.

Now shooting a single scene doesn't count as completing the task.

This time, the work must be released.

If shooting a short film, it might have to go on online platforms or TV stations; if it's a movie, it definitely requires a release.

Two years is still relatively ample.

Shooting for two or three months, post-approval scheduling in three or four months, won't even take a year.

If you want to be quick, half a year will do.

The task reward is quite eye-opening.

Deceit +10.

With this, plus Stealing +10, Unlocking +10, I feel like I can go into another career.

However, deceit might not be useless in the entertainment industry.

Hmm, it's doubly effective for romance.

Darling, I love your soul, absolutely uninterested in your body.

Is that deceit or a kind lie?

As for the script reward, "I Am Legend" is quite forgettable, even if I got the script back then, it's impossible to shoot in the mainland; it would certainly need a magical revision, and without Hollywood's market and distribution channels, it's impossible to achieve a 585 million US Dollar box office.

Finally, there's 8 million shares of BYD.

In October 2009, BYD peaked at 88 Hong Kong Dollars; currently, it's fluctuating around 80 Hong Kong Dollars.

This means 8 million shares of BYD are worth over 600 million RMB.

Qi Hao recalls a news report; last year, Buffett bought BYD shares from the Hong Kong stock market. He purchased 225 million shares; at that time, BYD's market price was just over 6 HKD per share, and Buffett paid a 30% premium to buy at 8 HKD per share with a total transaction amount of 1.8 billion HKD, approximately 230 million US Dollars, becoming a shareholder with more than 5% stake.

The 8 million shares given by the system are uncertain whether acquired before or after 2008.

Even if acquired over 6 HKD per share, it'd still cost almost 50 million HKD.

Where would he get that much money?

And there's also the previous Maotai and Sina stocks; even if bought at a low, they are still multimillion-dollar transactions.

The system quickly provided an explanation.

The host hasn't just traded a few stocks; he began buying and selling stocks shortly after starting his career and has been handling them over the years.

Only a few stocks are particularly favored, hence kept until now.

Alright, makes sense.

You're the master Tong, whatever you say is correct.

A few days later, Qi Hao set off for Xiangjiang.

He didn't go alone.

He brought along Wang Chuan from Qingqing Tree Animation Technology Co., Ltd., Tian Xiaopeng from October Digital Animation Studio, and Yang Yu from "Jiaokeli" Animation Studio.

Tian Xiaopeng had previously created the main title for the 2006 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and directed the animation for the promotional film of the "Spider-Man" game in 2007.

He was actually doing quite well.

However, he also had big ambitions and wasn't satisfied with these minor achievements.

He wanted to make a real animated film.

Since 2008, he had been preparing an animated film, "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage."

Funding was a significant obstacle, not only exhausting his personal savings but also failing in crowdfunding attempts.

West Hao Film Industry was casting a wide net to invest in animation studios.

Worried about funding, he decisively agreed to sell a part of his studio, only regretting that they wanted just 20% of the shares, meaning the money he could get wasn't much, far from enough for him to complete "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage."

Fortunately, Qi Hao had a favorable view of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage."

He thought this approach, starting with traditional IPs, was more prudent than Wang Chuan's "Kuiba," so he had already decided to invest in "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage."

As for Yang Yu from "Jiaokeli" Animation Studio, he had an animated short film "Big Big Watermelon."

In the industry, he enjoyed a bit of fame.

However, fame doesn't put food on the table, and he also had to lean towards capital.

His studio was established temporarily, with only "Big Big Watermelon" under its belt, and he was the sole employee. West Hao Film Industry valued his studio at five million, with 20% being one million.

With one million, he, too, was itching to work on a new project.

He and Tian Xiaopeng got along well, continuously discussing animated feature films in the waiting lounge.

Additionally, there were a few other animation companies, such as Xuanji Technology, known for "Qin Shining Moon," and Fantawild Animation, funded by Shenzhen Huaqiang Group, that also accepted investments from West Hao Film Industry.

Why refuse money?

As long as the valuation is appropriate, financing is a highly welcomed behavior in the business market.

Very few companies can grow and thrive without relying on financing.

Ma Huateng held only about 12% of Penguin's shares, yet it didn't prevent him from topping the IT rich list with a wealth of 23.9 billion.

Companies like Xuanji Technology and Fantawild Animation weren't particularly short of money, but they were attracted by West Hao Film Industry's National Animation Development Alliance, which they agreed would help achieve resource integration and development prospects. Moreover, West Hao Film Industry's valuations were reasonable, so they agreed to the 20% stake cooperation model.

Qi Hao wasn't considered their boss, but they were indeed working for Qi Hao.

The first phase of the Eight Great Kings almost captured all the animation companies with potential in the industry at the time.

For this, Qi Hao poured over fifty million into it.

Tian Xiaopeng's "The Return of the Great Sage" had a production cost of sixty million, with a funding gap of fifty million.

In total, it cost over a hundred million.

Animation companies without well-known works were valued based on technology and concepts, estimated to be in the millions.

For larger animation companies, a 20% stake needed over ten million.

The animation market was relatively dormant at that time, except at the beginning of the year when "Pleasant Goat and Big Gray Wolf: Sky-high Bull Spirit" turned a production cost of six million into a box office of over eighty-six million, giving people some hope.

However, the key was that "Pleasant Goat and Big Gray Wolf: Sky-high Bull Spirit" primarily targeted a young audience and didn't align with the Neon and Hollywood models that everyone wanted to develop.

Qi Hao notified the first group of the Eight Great Kings, saying he was going to check out the effects company of West Hao Film Industry.

Did West Hao Film Industry have an effects company?

Everyone was curious about this, with some bosses personally joining and others sending key employees along.

A large group of people went to Xiangjiang on a business trip in grand style.

Qi Hao hadn't actually visited the company before.

However, with system prompts, he wasn't panicked.

Moreover, a car was dispatched from the company to pick them up, a minibus capable of taking everyone to the office building location in one go.

Joining them was also Zhang Chenyu, the studio director, who came to the airport.

Zhang Chenyu was a local of Xiangjiang and, after graduating from university, went to the San Francisco Art Institute in the United States, earning a master's degree in Animation (Visual Effects). He had worked at several top effects companies in Hollywood.

Later, he returned to Xiangjiang to work in effects and even founded his own effects studio.

Unfortunately, the market was ill-suited, and his overambitious steps led to bankruptcy.

At that time, Qi Hao invited the famous visual effects artist from Xiangjiang, Huang Hongda, to join the Naughty Ghost Studio. After Huang Hongda declined, he recommended Zhang Chenyu to Qi Hao.

Qi Hao and Zhang Chenyu met, and they instantly hit it off.

Zhang Chenyu soon parachuted into the position of the boss of the Naughty Ghost Studio.

Many projects from Hong Kong and Taiwan were brought to the studio by Zhang Chenyu himself,

although he failed, he accumulated a lot of experience and connections. Moreover, having worked in Hollywood, his perspective and abilities were outstanding.

Technicians coming from Hollywood had fairly high regard for him.

The studio didn't need to worry about bankruptcy for the time being.

Qi Hao rarely appeared and was very low-key, so many people thought the Naughty Ghost Studio was founded by Zhang Chenyu.

This time, Qi Hao suddenly announced his visit, making Zhang Chenyu quite nervous inside.

Although he didn't rule the company with an iron fist, he was still a significant figure, and over time, he became accustomed to being the boss.

However, with the arrival of the big boss, he instantly realized he was just an employee.

Moreover, the kind of employee Qi Hao could dismiss with a word.