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

Qi Hao originally planned to leave after dinner, but he was invited to stay and play mahjong with everyone.

"I'm not really good at mahjong, and I usually don't have time to play it."

Qi Hao politely declined multiple times.

Because he saw that Uncle had taken out some cash, seemingly ready to gamble.

In fact, it's quite common to gamble when playing mahjong.

If the purpose of playing mahjong is entertainment rather than profit, and the stakes are low, it's usually not considered illegal.

For instance, family mahjong games aren't penalized as long as the average gambling stake per person doesn't exceed a certain limit.

Of course, the stipulated limit varies from place to place.

In Hebei, Henan, Shandong, and Jiangxi, it's clearly set at 200 yuan, while in Beijing and Liaoning, the threshold for penalizing personal stakes is 300 yuan and 500 yuan, respectively.

In Hubei, stakes under 1000 yuan are regarded as "mahjong entertainment" and not subjected to administrative penalties.

Nobody knows why Hubei's threshold is so high.

Jiangcheng, as the capital of Hubei, naturally follows the 1000 yuan rule.

When Qi Hao hangs out with friends, they also often play with some small change.

But Qi Hao had an instinctive feeling that this was a trap.

Uncle is quite the social person.

This was to test his tendency towards gambling.

"No worries, we usually just play casually..."

Uncle said with a hearty smile.

"Playing with high stakes like this... wouldn't this count as gambling?"

Qi Hao is an award-winning actor.

If he wanted to act, it would be a total power play; even Uncle, a worldly man, would be fooled by him.

"Uncle, celebrities usually don't dare to play casually. If it gets exposed, they could end up as material for legal news."

An Feng interjected to ease the situation.

"Haha, I understand, I understand, then let's just play with small change!"

Uncle had achieved his goal.

Wealthy people have three natural enemies...

Gambling, drugs, and rocky investments?

Gambling considered a natural enemy? That's nothing.

Not liking gambling simply doesn't count as being a man.

Of course, don't indulge in illegal activities.

The three true enemies that bring the wealthy back to poverty are investments, gambling, and scrutinizing too deeply.

Investment can't be helped.

Qi Hao got rich through investments, so letting that go isn't an option; thus, his only lurking hazards are gambling and excessive scrutiny.

Scrutinizing too deeply can't be seen, you can't pluck a hair for inspection.

Many celebrities gamble.

Once seated at the gambling table, most people can't control themselves.

Some lose or win millions upon millions; savings accumulated over half a lifetime are gone in the blink of an eye, with many ending up deeply in debt.

When the losses pile up, they'll bet even their wife and kids.

Uncle has seen many wealthy people gamble away everything and end up drowning in debt.

So, he wanted to assess Qi Hao's gambling tendencies through playing mahjong.

The outcome was naturally good.

Qi Hao did indeed seem inexperienced at mahjong, sometimes even missing the chance to win when he had it.

He wouldn't feel disheartened when losing, nor excessively joyous when winning.

He was more about chatting with everyone.

As they played, they ended up having dinner again.

After dinner, it was only natural to be invited to stay the night.

Uncle and Aunt both had apartments in this neighborhood, so there was no worry about not having enough room.

Of course, they certainly wouldn't arrange for Qi Hao to sleep in An Feng's room.

Even if Qi Hao wanted to, it wasn't possible.

He didn't plan on sneaking to An Feng's room either, unfamiliar as he was with the surroundings.

However, Grandma was very hospitable; not only did she use An Feng's childhood quilt for Qi Hao, but she also showed him An Feng's childhood photo album.

It was clearly a sign of being quite satisfied with Qi Hao, otherwise, she wouldn't have brought out her granddaughter's belongings for him to see.

From baby to child, and then to teenage girl...

She was a little beauty since childhood, and it's fair to say she grew up beautiful.

Beautiful and cute, with a warm smile.

Just looking at her made people feel a softness inside.

Through these baby photos, Qi Hao already started imagining what their future child might look like.

An Feng felt rather helpless about this.

Grandma is the kind of person who, once she approves, gives everything wholeheartedly.

She desperately wished to share all the interesting stories of her granddaughter's childhood with Qi Hao, wanting him to thoroughly fall for her granddaughter.

Covered with An Feng's small quilt, Qi Hao had a sound sleep.

The next day, he left Grandma's house with An Feng.

When leaving, Grandma gave them quite a few things.

There were pickled vegetables and some cross-stitch works, all handcrafted by the old lady.

She said they were for Qi Hao's family.

Qi Hao put the items in the car, had someone drive it back to the capital, and then he set off for Xiangjiang with An Feng.

This time at the Golden Image Awards, only Qi Hao's film "October Fortress" received a nomination.

Actually, "Steel Piano," "Wind Sound," and "First Love, This Little Thing" are all within the selection period for the Golden Image Awards.

But because these films were produced in the mainland, they were excluded from the Golden Image Awards.

However, Qi Hao's "Uncle" was produced in both the mainland and Xiangjiang.

To ensure smooth releases in both places, Qi Hao specially edited two versions, with the mainland version being slightly more harmonious. It has already passed the audit in the mainland.

It will likely be released in the second half of the year.

As for the red carpet, there are just too many people from "October Fortress" attending.

So, some people have to walk separately.

Qi Hao can walk by himself or with the people from "October Fortress," if he wants, Chen Kexin is willing to hold his hand while walking.

One hand holding Wu Junru, the other holding Qi Hao.

However, under the strong request of the organizing committee, Qi Hao "reluctantly" accepted to walk with An Feng.

"First Love, This Little Thing" is currently over a month late in opening in Xiangjiang compared to the mainland, and is still showing in theaters now.

Now, although the Xiangjiang film market is shrinking, romance films still have a foothold.

For example, "Dragon and Phoenix," "My Favorite," "Breakup, I Love You," and others have box office revenues in the tens of millions.

Yes, tens of millions are considered high box office.

Last year's film box office rankings in Xiangjiang showed that by the time it reached the twentieth place, the revenue was less than three million HKD.

Amid the anticipation of fans and media, the leading actors of "First Love, This Little Thing" appeared at the starting point of the red carpet.

No matter "October Fortress," everyone only had "First Love" in their eyes.

An Feng wore a goose-yellow long dress, radiant and elegant, highlighting her fair and delicate complexion.

The cinched waist and fitted design made the dress appear even more flowing.

Combined with her graceful and ethereal aura, she indeed seemed like an ethereal fairy.

Qi Hao wore a simple suit.

"Coming towards us is Qi Hao and An Feng, watching Liang holding Xiaoshui, it always feels like the movie and reality are merging, the film is a feast of intertwined light and shadow arts, a unique and integrated art form, like a versatile magician, bringing us an enjoyable beauty…"

Qi Hao indeed held An Feng's hand.

He had held it many times, but still could feel that wonderful sensation.

I've heard that if you become an old married couple, holding hands feels like touching yourself, not sure if it's true or false.

"Qi Hao, Qi Hao, give her a kiss!"

Many of these spectators on both sides had come all the way from the mainland, did you come all this way just to make this kind of excessive request?

Qi Hao waved to both sides with a blank face, then continued forward with An Feng.

Indeed, on the red carpet, stars do engage in kissing actions, typically couples showing a bit of PDA, even on overseas red carpets, they don't just randomly start kissing each other.

"An Feng, your dress zipper is about to open!"

The tone was a little off, but such words still made An Feng unable to resist checking the zipper.

Just like when you're walking down the street and someone says your fly is undone, no matter what's in your mind, you're bound to look down and check.

"Nothing of the sort, keep walking."

Qi Hao glanced, his gaze lingered on the smooth shoulders and back, if the zipper really wasn't closed well, he wouldn't mind lending a hand.

"Liang, will you marry Xiaoshui?"

I don't know if I will marry, anyway, you guys don't have a chance.

Qi Hao kept smiling, as these kinds of questions couldn't be responded to, moreover, today they came with "October Fortress," it wouldn't be appropriate to engage in such discourse on false premises.

However, when they reached the interview area, the on-site host unabashedly began chatting with them about the couple's topic.

There was no choice, as the award ceremony ratings were consistently low.

Moreover, for the first time, the broadcast rights for the award ceremony were switched from TVB to ATV, reducing the "shine" of stars on the red carpet significantly.

The older audience in Xiangjiang didn't watch this much anymore, feeling it increasingly uninteresting.

Younger people watched even less, as it was the same old faces.

Now finally some new faces appear, definitely want to create more topics to boost the live ratings of the awards ceremony.

Ruan Jingtian and Zhao Youting, who had a lot of young "fans," were also focal targets of the awards ceremony.

But they completely couldn't compare to Qi Hao and An Feng.

Because of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "First Love, This Little Thing," Qi Hao and An Feng were deeply loved by the young people in Xiangjiang.

In the past, they hadn't broken into the Xiangjiang film circle, but now they unexpectedly found an alternative path.

Their every move was a focus.

Qi Hao had to restrain himself, making sure not to reveal anything during interactions with An Feng.

Many media and fans watched like hawks, if something were really going on, it wouldn't be hidden from them.

Now Qi Hao and An Feng do indeed have something going on.

"I've heard that in Thailand, Liang and Xiaoshui's prototypes are together in reality, is this true?"

"Actually, from what I know it isn't... First love is hard to be together, that's why we make up for this regret in movies."

After the movie was released in Thailand, the original scriptwriter became very active.

Had many media interviews.

Including questions about the movie's prototype, such questions actually have little significance, yet they still aroused lively discussions.

Even in Xiangjiang, there was a high level of discussion.

"In fact, there is another way to make up for this regret, and that is you and An Feng..."

The host deliberately brought the topic back to Qi Hao and An Feng.

He had no idea he had guessed correctly.

But Qi Hao wouldn't give him the opportunity, sighing, he said: "Then you should keep your regrets for now."

He had little fondness for the more closed-off Golden Image Awards, wouldn't use his romance to fuel its heat.

After all, he was only nominated for Best Supporting Actor today.