Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years - Chapter 358 - 351 Winners are All Old Silver Coins

Chapter 358: Chapter 351 Winners are All Old Silver Coins

At first, Qi Hao didn’t plan to stand up for An Feng, as that would only fuel the anger of the female celebrities at the table.

However, he watched as they all tried to make An Feng drink.

It seemed like they were trying to get her drunk.

Qi Hao finally couldn’t remain calm.

Why would you want to get her drunk? She has a boyfriend who can carry her back.

If you all get drunk, I’m not responsible for you.

You’ll have to rely on your assistants.

But Qi Hao was reluctant to let An Feng get drunk, so he chose to drink for her.

“Oh, come on, this is boring, I’m not drinking anymore!”

After drinking quite a bit, Fan Xuexue looked even more alluring; she had held a lot of fire within her after filming today’s scenes.

Once she’d had too much to drink, she couldn’t quite control herself.

“Let’s wrap it up, people should go enjoy the nightlife.”

Zhou Xun couldn’t stand it either.

Although she wasn’t interested in Qi Hao, she was envious of the couple flaunting their affection in front of her.

She didn’t know why.

She had moved from man to man, falling head over heels again and again, but never had the kind of feeling Qi Hao and An Feng had.

It made Zhou Xun question whether she was in a fake relationship.

The entertainment industry isn’t without people showing off their love.

Once they go public, they definitely have to show their love over and over again.

Stars have no resistance to the allure of traffic.

But none of them are as natural as Qi Hao and An Feng; they all have traces of acting.

The key is that their acting isn’t particularly good.

“We really should get to bed early; we have to start filming early tomorrow.”

Qi Hao quickly said; dining with this group of women was pure torture.

Having beauty is fine to a point, but too much is a disaster.

One’s company is joy, two is life, but three is survival of the fittest.

Especially with so many beautiful women today.

Qi Hao soon verified this point after going back.

After his shower, he came out to find a drunken An Feng sprawled on the bed, disheveled and improper.

“What are you doing?”

“Do you think my feet are beautiful?”

An Feng raised her foot, and her loose, soft pajama pants slipped down with her movements.

“Beautiful!”

Qi Hao realized.

The little missy was jealous; today’s scenes had triggered her.

“Are you just going to look?”

An Feng snorted, using her toes to pinch the flesh on Qi Hao’s leg.

Unfortunately, Qi Hao’s physique was sturdy and muscular, her little toes couldn’t grip at all.

“Uh… you’re the one who initiated it.”

Qi Hao was then not polite; he’d had a bit to drink, but it didn’t affect him much.

Proving that post-drinking chaos can indeed be chaotic.

The key lies between truly drunk and pretending.

Truly drunk won’t cause chaos, but pretending will leave one unfazed.

It might even open someone up more than usual.

An Feng hadn’t even drunk much; the dishes had been well-cooked and absorbed a lot of flavor, dissipating the alcohol quite a bit.

“What did you say to Fan Xuexue before getting in the car?”

This was An Feng’s main concern; filming was normal work, drinking banter was socializing, but before they got in the car, Qi Hao had a brief chat with Fan Xuexue behind her back, making her uncomfortable.

You can’t demand a partner has no exes, but if they are secretly mingling with an ex behind your back, you should be alarmed.

“I told her not to casually exploit tax loopholes, especially black-and-white contracts are best not signed, it seems like tax-saving, but it’s actually all traps.”

Qi Hao speaking privately with Fan Xuexue was not to hide from An Feng.

But to save Fan Xuexue some face.

If they discussed tax evasion issues in front of everyone, it would be a huge offense against her.

In front of everyone, it’s lecturing.

But a quiet, one-to-one mention is simply a friendly reminder between friends.

“Ah, black-and-white contracts!”

An Feng, being part of the circle, naturally had heard of this issue.

However, she hadn’t been involved at all.

After all, she didn’t earn much from film pay; she mainly made money from commercial endorsements.

The one who played with tax evasion most intensely was Mrs. Hua.

Seeing that Mrs. Hua managed to get away with it, others followed suit.

Especially since the market had been getting better recently.

Taxes in the tens of millions or even billions, nobody’s a fool; anyone who could avoid it, would want to.

“Yes, there are quite a lot of such cases now… Though they say the law doesn’t target the majority, there’s also that saying about making an example out of someone, Fan Xuexue is too high-profile, makes enough money, and her closeness to Mrs. Hua makes it easy for her to be chosen as a scapegoat to be exposed.”

Qi Hao had discussed this topic with Old Tian and Zhanqi Laiden.

Once things go wrong, Mrs. Hua will definitely push someone out as a scapegoat.

Although there are many people associated with them, if you really wanted to find someone suitable, it would be among those few candidates.

Zhou Xun is too rebellious; if you dare to touch her, she might pull a “I don’t care if I live, as long as everyone dies together” move.

Li Xue’xue’s sister is now already in Hua’s senior management; it’s impossible to touch her.

The only ones left are Fan Xuexue and Huang Xiaoming.

“Why can’t it be Huang Xiaoming? He doesn’t seem worse than Fan Xuexue, and besides, he’s already left Mrs. Hua.”

An Feng’s curiosity was piqued.

The little jealousy she felt had long since vanished into thin air.

She was not the type of girl who liked to be jealous or petty, and she trusted Qi Hao deeply.

If Qi Hao had even the slightest interest in Fan Xuexue, they would have been together long ago.

“Huang Xiaoming is too adept at handling people; in the entertainment and capital circles, he’s got friends everywhere. Plus, he holds quite a bit of Mrs. Hua’s stock. The Wang Brothers wouldn’t dare mess with him unless they don’t care about turning everyone against them.”

If Qi Hao wasn’t so adaptable and willing to reinvent himself, his development would have been about the same as Huang Xiaoming’s.

Don’t underestimate Huang Xiaoming.

There are only a few people like Huang Xiaoming in the entertainment industry, and he’s already at the top of it.

“Oh, then Fan Xuexue really is pretty dangerous, but will she listen to what you say?”

An Feng was also quite aware of the interpersonal relationships in the entertainment industry.

Fan Xuexue wasn’t without connections either.

She had focused all her efforts over the years on climbing up and tended to worship good opportunities, though she hadn’t managed her previous ties too well.

Unlike Huang Da’an, who was a classic nice guy in the entertainment world.

A friend remained a friend, and even an enemy might turn into a friend in the future.

“Never mind, I’ve already warned her twice, I won’t do it a third time; when she gets into trouble, I won’t help. That’s my principle. Besides, a fly doesn’t bite a seamless egg; since she chose to be a flawed egg, she’ll have to bear the consequences herself.”

Qi Hao wasn’t sure what choice Fan Xuexue would make.

In the face of great interests, few can defy the trend.

“I thought you’d definitely intervene in her affairs.”

An Feng was really worried about this kind of situation, if Qi Hao had to intervene every time his former rumored girlfriends were in trouble, she’d be quite worried as the official girlfriend.

“Forget it, she’s quite well off herself with several billions already, living lavishly every day, yet still isn’t satisfied and wants to pay less tax; her brain’s been fogged by money.”

Qi Hao was dismissive.

There are many chaotic happenings in the entertainment industry, and he had many suggestions he wished to propose to the Writers’ Association, the Film Association, and government officials.

But he also knew that haste would not bring success.

Many things require careful planning before execution, and it’s best to ensure he himself is clean first.

Even if something went wrong later, it wouldn’t implicate him.

As Zhanqi Laiden said, if you’re going to do it, be a winner, and winners are usually old foxes.

Qi Hao and An Feng were busy filming on set, and didn’t have much time to participate in the promotion of “Heartbreak 33 Days.”

Fortunately, the movie didn’t actually need them for promotion anyway.

Though the heat of “First Love, This Little Thing” had faded, “Those Years” continued to maintain its popularity, starting to screen across other Asian countries and regions after finishing its run in the mainland.

The mainland total box office broke eight hundred million, and the global box office exceeded a billion.

Making it Qi Hao’s most commercially successful film.

With the film’s success, An Feng and Qi Hao became famous across the Greater China cultural region.

Calling them international superstars might be an exaggeration, but calling them Asian superstars is no stretch.

The film currently in theaters, “Uncle,” although not as big a box office hitter, still did over two hundred million.

The film performed even more spectacularly overseas.

In Korea, upon release, it dominated the charts, consistently becoming the daily box office champion for several days.

Some professionals predicted that “Uncle’s” box office in Korea could potentially surpass five hundred billion won.

Translating this amounts to more than three hundred million yuan.

Currently in Korea, the price of movie tickets is eight thousand won on weekdays, nine thousand on weekends, with discounts for teenagers and midnight showings priced at seven thousand won.

It means they must achieve over 6.5 million viewers to meet this goal.

After all, the script was written by Koreans.

Yet another playwright and director whose guts are probably churning with regret, emotions oscillating between tears and laughter as they look at the box office results.

In Xiangjiang and Taiwan, the box office returns were impressive as well.

Though limited by market size and unable to compare to the mainland and Korea, they remain unrivaled among their contemporaries.

The film premiered in Neon last weekend, mobilizing 29,868 people in the first weekend alone, grossing 38,253,600 yen, and the film was screened on just seventy-seven screens in Neon, earning the highest per-screen average.

It’s certain to increase screenings in the future.

With one great movie following another, audiences eagerly anticipate Qi Hao’s films.

Even before its release, “Heartbreak 33 Days” was eagerly awaited by many people.

Shi Feng, who was responsible for distribution, was a bit frustrated.

He prepared for months for this film, opting for a strategy dominated by “new” media promotion (SNS social networks, Weibo, video websites, etc.), supplemented by “old” media promotion strategies (television, mainstream print media, and portal websites).

They edited ordinary people’s breakup stories into a series of videos, calling them “Heartbreak Stories,” and distributed them on video websites, Kaixinwang, Renren, and Weibo.

Especially since Weibo’s major shareholders gave their full support.

It sparked users across more than twenty cities to spontaneously shoot and upload their own “Heartbreak Stories.”

For a while, “Heartbreak Stories” became a hot network term.

After all, who hasn’t had a heartbreak these days?

However…

All these successes seem particularly pale and weak in the face of the couple Qi Hao and An Feng.

Even when you give it your all, it might not measure up to others just casually doing something!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by AiKurou