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

The script for "Lost on Journey 2" has been ongoing on Ye Weimin's side.

But the outcome is very unsatisfactory.

Ye Weimin believes that the core of "Lost on Journey" is the Spring Festival travel rush, so he thought about making the sequel revolve around the same theme.

However, most of the selling points of the Spring Festival travel rush were already presented in the first film, and if the sequel continues to revolve around the same theme, it's hard to create a standout story, which naturally makes it impossible to replicate the success of the first film.

So, Ye Weimin is still struggling with it.

Several versions of the script are just sitting there, and none of them dare to be shown to Qi Hao.

Even though Qi Hao has already agreed to invest in him.

Now, good thing, the system directly provided a script.

Although Qi Hao doesn't know who wrote this script, he doesn't mind putting his own name on it.

Just say it's a jack-of-all-trades.

Back then, spending three million or two million to buy scripts was really painful, so he started researching how to write scripts himself, and surprisingly, he really managed to write one.

Acting, I know a little bit; directing, I also know a little bit; now I even know a little bit about scriptwriting.

Since the system handed it to him, it must be safe and reliable, and Qi Hao wouldn't have to worry about someone immediately jumping out and saying, "How the hell did you plagiarize my script?"

In addition, the new task rewards 10 million Penguin stocks, which feels like the highest value reward from the system so far.

If these stocks were directly sold, they could be sold for more than a billion.

Of course, Qi Hao is not planning to sell these stocks for now.

Keeping these stocks not only allows them to appreciate in value, but they also provide opportunities for collaboration with Penguin.

The reason for giving so many stocks is that this task is really too difficult.

Even though the value of the billion-yuan club has diminished significantly, it is not something you can reach just like that.

Xu Ke is amazing, right?

His highest box office record is 83.45 million with "Seven Swords."

Jiang Wen is also not a member of the billion-yuan club.

The system tasked Qi Hao with entering the billion-yuan club, which is extremely difficult, achievable only with the script given by the system.

However, this damn system provided things that can't be used at all.

If Qi Hao wanted to reach the billion-yuan box office on his own, the difficulty is incredibly high.

Fortunately, in the first ten years without the system's help, he developed into one of the four major young actors and a film emperor, excels at creating scandals with actresses, and his popular recognition was already there, giving him a natural advantage in starring in youth films like "First Love," smoothly entering the billion-yuan club.

It's safe to say that out of the previous thirty tasks (including a mainline task), the billion-yuan club mission is definitely the most difficult.

Qi Hao asked the system about the completion standard for this task, and it seemed like the system crashed.

It crashes at the slightest disagreement.

It can't handle it.

Clearly, completing the task in just three days refreshed the system's worldview, scrambling its program.

However, since the task required Qi Hao to join the billion-yuan club, and Qi Hao is indeed joining the billion-yuan club in a few days with a two-billion box office, Qi Hao feels that the system really has no reason to say he hasn't completed the task well.

Qi Hao ignores the already crashed system.

After the film wrapped up, he led the team to work overtime on the post-production.

Once completed, it was immediately sent for approval, and then plans were made for its release.

Since the subject matter is harmless, and with China Film distributing it, there were conditions to release the film during the summer vacation period.

That was the original plan.

Initially, it was thought that the film had to be released to complete the task, unexpectedly completing the task ahead of schedule.

With that being the case, there's no need to change the plan.

Qi Hao also casually participated in the self-study exam at Beijing Film Academy, finished the remaining credit exams, and smoothly obtained a self-study diploma.

From this moment on, he has transformed from a foolish middle schooler into a glorious associate degree holder.

Whether he will want to become a wise university or graduate student depends on whether the system has tasks in this area. If the system has no tasks, he has no need to run off to school.

With a wealth of several billion, why bother going to school.

Would anyone still discriminate against him because of his low educational level?

However, the self-study diploma is a loose end from a previous task, and although the task is complete, Qi Hao will make sure to do it perfectly.

On the day "First Love, This Little Thing" officially went off the charts, Qi Hao indeed received a prompt from the system.

Thought this thing was completely crashed.

The system very dryly notified Qi Hao that the task was complete.

It's a double blessing!

The total box office for "First Love, This Little Thing" in the mainland reached 207 million. Although the film's later stage was squeezed out of some screens due to the release of "Lost on Journey," but since both films starred Qi Hao and An Feng, both distribution companies collaborated.

They promoted each other.

Some netizens even wrote a satirical sketch.

They claimed the ending of "First Love" was imagined by the female lead, and in reality, the two did not end up together.

The female lead became a con artist, while the male lead went bald, got a wife and a mistress, and during the Spring Festival, the two met but didn't recognize each other, ending up as two parallel lines that never intersect.

This take is rather poignant.

Because of this collaboration, the box office for "First Love" had a small rise, ultimately surpassing 200 million by a bit.

The total box office for "Lost on Journey" also surpassed 250 million.

Even though the box office exceeded "First Love," that doesn't necessarily mean its quality surpassed "First Love."

After all, "First Love" faces competition from major films released during the Spring Festival, with several blockbusters like "Big Soldiers and Little Generals" and "All's Well, Ends Well" releasing at the same time.

However, during the same period as "Lost on Journey," there were no competing movies worth mentioning.

This high-quality comedy had a broader audience. As long as the release schedule was chosen well and the marketing was in place, the box office wouldn't be too bad.

Delaying the film's removal from theaters was inevitable.

The film "Fire Dragon Showdown," invested by Bern, tanked at the box office, and their other investments didn't make much of a splash. So they placed all their bets on increasing the promotional efforts for "Lost on Journey."

Qi Hao wasn't willing to increase the marketing budget, so they directly advanced the funds.

Although "Lost on Journey" wasn't invested by Bern, Bern's main business is distribution, and distribution success is something they can boast about.

According to the distribution contract they signed with Feiyang Media, if the film's box office exceeds 200 million, the distributor can get a higher percentage of the extra amount.

By then, the financial report would look more appealing.

They plan to go public on Nasdaq at the year's end, so the financial report must be up to standard.

Qi Hao was only involved in content creation; the subsequent distribution and release of the film had little to do with him, except for some promotional participation.

As for Bern's plan, he wasn't interested in participating.

If Bern successfully gets listed and develops exceptionally well in the future, the system won't overlook them.

So far, Qi Hao hasn't seen the system reward Bern's stock.

Of course, the system doesn't guarantee long-term stock profitability either.

Mrs. Hua, however, rewarded them.

Luckily, Qi Hao traded in the primary market from the start, or else he would have suffered significant losses.

Since the system acknowledged it, Qi Hao chose to confirm it.

[Task 29 completed, reward: Director +10, script for "Lost on Journey 2: Thailand," 10 million Penguin shares]

[Task completed, training opportunity awarded]

[Train NPC, choose one of three: Lu Yang/Wang Chuan/Zhou Yun]

[Releasing new task now]

[Task 30: A truly good actor doesn't shy away from roles; playing villains is more signature and identifiable, making it easier for people to remember them. Host, please play a charming villain. Task difficulty: 4 stars, deadline: 365 days]

[Task completion reward: Acting +10, script for "You Who Came from the Stars," commercial information (Xiaomi)]

"Lost in Thailand" script!

Qi Hao extracted the script and casually flipped through it, finding that true to its name, the setting this time had shifted to Thailand.

In other words, the concept of the Spring Festival travel rush was completely abandoned.

Qi Hao wasn't sure if this was a good thing or not.

It's estimated that the script evaluation team still needs to study the film's feasibility.

Ultimately, it's still the box office that determines whether it succeeds.

This can be set aside for now.

With 10 million Penguin shares in hand, Qi Hao's holdings of Penguin stock now total a whopping 16.6 million.

Currently, Penguin's total share count is 1.82852 billion.

Qi Hao's 16.6 million shares account for over 0.9% of the total Penguin shares.

The new task prompts Qi Hao to play a supporting role.

It's another hindsight task; if this task had been released before "Wind Sound" came out, it probably could have been completed right away.

Clearly, like "First Love, This Little Thing," it hasn't fully exited theaters yet, so Qi Hao can complete the task with this movie.

If it had already left theaters, the system might not acknowledge it, and Qi Hao would need to be in a movie with over 100 million at the box office again.

Since the system didn't account for previous achievements, Qi Hao has to plan anew.

However, this task's difficulty isn't low.

There's an interesting description here: "a charming villain."

With this description, Qi Hao is pondering what really makes a "charming villain."

Charm seems like a positive word, right? What charm could a villain have?

A villain everyone loves?

Jiu Mozhi from "Heavenly Dragon Eight Books"? Yang Kang from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"? Moon Worship Sect Leader from "Chinese Paladin 1"? Dao from "Crazy Stone"? Jiang Yuyan from "Xiao Yu'Er and Hua Wuque"?

These villains aren't good, but they all possess a certain charisma.

A villain everyone hates?

An Jiahe from "Don't Talk to Strangers"? Nanny Rong from "Princess"? Quan Guanqing from "Heavenly Dragon Eight Books"?

These villains make people grit their teeth in hatred.

From an acting standpoint, it's also a form of artistic charm.

There's no rush in this; Qi Hao plans to give it more tries.

As for the task reward "You Who Came from the Stars," he doesn't know what it is.

It seems like a sci-fi film?

And then there's the "commercial information (Xiaomi)," which is another mystery.

He had to ask the system to find out.

The system's updated version no longer directly rewards stock, but instead provides the host with quality commercial information.

As for what the host chooses to do with this information, it's not the system's concern.

It feels like Tongzi has been demoralized after a blow and just given up.