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

"What are you planning to invest in recently?"

Qi Hao was asked this question, and was visibly stunned for a moment.

"Yeah, I heard you have some investment plans."

President Lei didn't beat around the bush for long. It was getting late after the event, and chatting for a few more hours would bring the dawn.

Didn't he notice the pretty lady next to Qi Hao was already starting to nod off?

He had no doubt that once An Feng fell asleep on the table, Qi Hao would just carry her away.

"Haha, I do have such an idea. I've been looking into many, but haven't decided which one to invest in yet. President Lei, you're the expert in this field; I need you to help me out... What do you think of Vancl?"

Qi Hao pretended not to understand President Lei's intentions.

"Vancl has been financed six times, right? Entering now has way too low a cost-effectiveness."

President Lei hit the nail right on the head.

He and Chen Nian have been good buddies and partners for many years, having jointly founded one of the country's earliest e-commerce websites—Joyo.com.

Chen Nian's founding of Vancl is also closely linked with Lei Jun. The English name of Vancl is "VANCL," where "VAN" means "pioneer" in French, and "C," "L" are the initials of Chen Nian and Lei Jun's surnames.

Good brother Chen Nian was setting off on a new entrepreneurial journey, and Lei Jun provided real monetary support by investing in Vancl.

You can invest in Vancl, but don't put all your eggs in one basket.

"What about Meizu?"

Qi Hao wasn't just shooting the breeze. Meizu's story is quite legendary. They started with MP3s, and later, seeing the iPhone's success, they decisively shifted to making phones and developed the M8's system UI based on the WinCE system.

The animated bubble charging indicator was an idea by their boss, Huang Zhang.

"I'm quite familiar with him, but there are many issues on his side. He often thinks venture capital firms are speculators."

President Lei had a peculiar expression.

He has a complicated relationship with Meizu and Huang Zhang. They're kindred spirits, both fanatical about electronic products, and highly value the mobile phone industry.

The decision to establish Xiaomi to make phones was greatly influenced by Huang Zhang.

For a time, President Lei even believed Huang Zhang might become China's Jobs, hmm, or maybe Huang Busi.

Unfortunately, this old guy really doesn't listen to advice.

President Lei wanted to buy into Meizu, valuing it at 1 billion and offering to invest 30%.

But Huang Zhang preferred that President Lei work with him, just like President Lei served as CEO for Kingsoft's leader Qiu Bojun.

Whatever Qiu Bojun could offer, he could too.

At this moment, Huang Zhang adored President Lei, often stocking his office fridge with President Lei's favorite Coke.

They say it's legendary when I want to be your boss, but you want me to be your junior.

However, in his chats with Qi Hao, President Lei honestly admitted he gained many insights from exchanging with Huang Zhang.

Lei Jun stated he also wanted to make phones!

This is what they call the dagger revealing itself when the map is unfolded. The old guy started selling his mobile company to Qi Hao, expounding his management philosophy.

In reality, company investments involve various complex considerations.

It's rather uncommon to see a project, think it looks good, and directly throw money at it in one big gesture.

Qi Hao listened very seriously.

However, he didn't give a definitive response that night; he merely expressed his investment interest.

Whether this intention could become reality still needed professional institutions for risk assessment.

Also, they had to discuss valuation and investment ratios, hardly matters that could be settled overnight.

It might even take months to come to terms.

In May, Qi Hao returned to the entertainment industry and attended the College Student Film Festival.

He won the Best Director award with "Steel Piano."

This was his second time receiving the Best Director award.

Simultaneously, he also won the most popular male actor among college students.

Soon after, Qi Hao announced he would join Xu Ke's new movie "Dragon Gate Armor," playing the main villain, Yu Huatian.

This was his second time playing a villain after "Wind Sound."

In an interview, Qi Hao stated he was very interested in villain roles lately, and would still consider playing if the right villain role came up.

The film "Dragon Gate Armor" had a budget of 200 million.

Li Lianjie's fee was 80 million, and Qi Hao and Zhou Xun each got 10 million, with the three leads taking 50% of the budget.

This was Qi Hao's first time receiving a nine-digit fee.

For "Those Years," he charged himself a 5 million fee, which was quite normal.

A 10 million fee, almost catching up with Liu Dehua.

Li Lianjie valued the collaboration with Qi Hao highly and once again lowered his fee slightly.

Whether Qi Hao appreciated this was hard to say.

In fact, the fee wasn't that important to Qi Hao, as he could earn 30 million from "First Love, This Little Thing" alone.

That's more than the annual income of many top-tier celebrities.

"Lost on Journey" could earn him even more.

This so-called favor was no longer in Qi Hao's consideration, so he wasn't too drawn to Li Lianjie's billion-dollar fund.

Instead, he was quite enthusiastic about buying appliances for his Siheyuan.

For Qi Hao, this year's Labor Day was quite an important holiday, and its significance wasn't just about buying appliances for the new house.

But the parents from both sides finally met.

Qi Hao clearly stated that he prepared this as the marital home, so regardless of Ms. Liu feeling it was too rushed, she had to get involved.

The hard furnishings are already complete; next will be the soft furnishings.

Ms. Liu always feels that she can't just let the two kids mess around, otherwise who knows what their life will turn into.

So, Qi Hao invited his mom over too.

Not to have a confrontation with Ms. Liu.

The main thing is that the parents haven't met each other yet, so it's a good opportunity for them to deepen their understanding of one another.

Many people think marriage is just between two people.

But in reality, it's hard for it to be that pure.

It's not like we cut ties with our parents, if anything ever happens, it's still the parents who we face together.

No matter how good Qi Hao is, if his mother has issues, Ms. Liu would stop her daughter from marrying him.

Of course, you can tell from Qi Hao himself that his family education is probably not a problem. Ms. Liu tends to discuss the children's future with Mrs. Qi.

Since the aim is marriage, then when to get married is a big issue.

Mrs. Qi couldn't sit still after she heard the news.

An Feng is only twenty-three, just the age of a college graduate, so naturally, she's not in a hurry to get married.

However, Mrs. Qi's son is already almost thirty.

These days, it's not uncommon for people in big cities to be unmarried at thirty, but that doesn't change the fact that thirty is considered an older bachelor.

Mrs. Qi wants to discuss with her future in-laws whether they can get married before Qi Hao turns thirty.

At the very least, just getting the marriage license would be fine.

Considering Ms. Liu is a divorced single parent, Mrs. Qi didn't bring along Mr. Qi, but Hu Shan instead.

It's also a chance for Ms. Liu to see for herself.

Real aunt, fake aunt, half real, half fake auntie, she is Hu Shan's aunt and treats her like her own daughter, so she can definitely get along with her daughter-in-law as well.

They agreed to meet directly at Qi Hao's courtyard.

First, they would check out what the house is like, and then discuss adding some furnishings.

Ms. Liu figured, since Qi Hao's family provided the house and the renovations, and she couldn't afford a car better than a Rolls-Royce Phantom as a dowry, she decided to contribute by buying the furniture and appliances.

She didn't want anyone to look down on her daughter.

Many young couples are like this, by working together they have a greater sense of belonging to their little family.

If only one side contributes, it might be fine at the time, but after the marriage, during arguments, this will definitely be brought up repeatedly.

The more it is mentioned, the more wronged they feel, and the more it damages the relationship.

Maybe, with these small emotions constantly magnifying, life just becomes unbearable.

However, Mrs. Qi actually decided to pay for this as well.

The couple worked diligently all their lives in a big city like Jinmen, both are master teachers, didn't have major expenses, and indeed have saved quite a bit over the years.

They saved marriage money for both Qi Hao and Hu Shan.

But Qi Hao turned out to be too successful, he never asked them for money to buy the house, and instead, he regularly deposits money into their account.

It's a good few million, Ms. Qi has saved it all.

Now, she finally has the opportunity to spend it.

Mrs. Qi and Hu Shan arrived first; they couldn't let Ms. Liu wait for them.

Once there, Mrs. Qi finally understood what her son's so-called old house concept meant.

Old... it was indeed old.

But this house in ancient times, its location and scale would only have been inhabitable by a high-ranking official, absolutely grand and impressive, challenging the elderly's perception.

Mrs. Qi didn't contemplate for too long, she took Hu Shan to buy some fruits and cakes.

Right now, the new house doesn't have anything in it.

When the others arrive, they'd need something to offer them, right?

Ms. Liu and An Feng lived in a suburban villa; she discussed a bit with her daughter in the car.

"Hot in the summer, cold in the winter, when it rains, the ground is full of water. Are you sure you can get used to living in a courtyard?"

"It's fine; it's not like we live there every day. We'll also buy some properties elsewhere in the future."

An Feng thought about it and felt it wasn't a big problem.

Living in such a courtyard occasionally is quite interesting, offering a sense of peace away from worldly noise.

"What do you think about letting Qi Hao live with us on our side?"

Ms. Liu didn't plan to make Qi Hao a stay-at-home son-in-law; that was almost impossible, but with such a big home, why not?

"Mom, we haven't discussed marriage yet. Didn't you not want me to get married so early?"

An Feng couldn't help but laugh.

Occasionally staying home is no problem, and it's close to the airport there.

But bringing it up like a negotiation just makes one uncomfortable; her mom still has some trust issues with Qi Hao.

"What do you know? Do you think your mother's here for nothing? If not now, then when do we discuss this? It's better to lay out the ugly things first, do you understand? Talk it out, then you'll live well together in the future, better than bottling it all up..."

Ms. Liu had never given her daughter such notions before.

After all, her own marriage had been terribly unsuccessful.

Unsuccessful experiences only lead to another unsuccessful ending.

But facing the situation, she still couldn't help but want to fight for the best for her daughter.

However, upon meeting, Ms. Liu and Mrs. Qi didn't create a tense atmosphere. One being a dancer and the other a teacher, they both carried an elegant intellectual air.

They simply couldn't bring themselves to quarrel.