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

The Eastern Wind and Cloud Chart's newcomer award is divided into gold, silver, and bronze, and it looks like the winners are decided through live voting.

Five people, choosing three?

Just this? Then the advantage is mine!

Suddenly, Qi Hao was filled with confidence in himself.

Qi Hao, Gao Yayan, Liu Liyang, Meng Nan, Zhu Jing.

Apart from himself, he didn't know any of the other four, which means these people are quite niche.

Even if there are some of their fans on site, they definitely can't match his national popularity. The voting result was decided the moment the list came out.

"First, let's welcome Zhu Jing to sing 'Why' for us."

A girl dressed rather trendily quickly walked onto the stage and began singing live.

We even have to sing live?

Participating in the program for the first time and not very familiar with the show's process, Qi Hao was taken aback.

Frankly speaking, his live performance definitely wasn't as good as on his album.

After all, when recording an album, the best version is chosen, with professional equipment and venue, not to mention the sound engineer who can work wonders.

This is a bit troublesome.

The Eastern Wind and Cloud Chart is not respectable.

If Qi Hao sings awfully bad, coming in last among the five, even if he wins the vote, he'd probably still be ridiculed.

Look, this is the quality of a crossover singer.

KTV-grade singing skills, yet daring to release an album.

Bringing shame at the end!

However, once this girl named Zhu Jing started her first note, Qi Hao was relieved.

Haha, great, she sings even worse than me.

In this world of mediocrity, there's no need to be outstanding; just being better than others is enough.

"Next, let's invite Meng Nan to perform 'As Long as There Is Joy'!"

One after another, the second one to go on stage was a female singer named Meng Nan.

Their names are quite odd; the last one was called pig spirit, and this one is called macho man...

In fact, this musician named Meng Nan is relatively well-known.

The song she composed, "Face to Face," was included in Lin Yilian's album "Breath," and the song "Itchy," which she penned, became the title track of Huang Ling's album "Itchy." Another song "Preservation Period" was rated the best composition in Zhang Liangying's "Update" album.

However, while she may be excellent as a songwriter, her singing skills are just so-so.

Qi Hao noticed that their performance was all quite average, and as newcomers performing on such a large music stage as the Eastern Wind and Cloud Chart, it was unavoidable for them to be extremely nervous.

Even Liu Liyang, who came in third place in the 2006 Super Girl national finals, also got stage-fright and made several mistakes during the performance.

The fourth one was Gao Yayan, who came from Dragon TV's talent show "My Style, My Show."

All four were girls.

But each one was cooler than the last, and they didn't seem like girls at all, even more manly than some guys in the entertainment industry.

This trend in the music scene started back in 2005 and hasn't faded away yet; one can only say Mango TV's influence runs deep.

"Thank you Gao Yayan, and now let's welcome Qi Hao to perform 'This Life Will Not Change'!"

Actually, arranging for Qi Hao to appear last was somewhat considerate, as the last performer has enough time to prepare.

Qi Hao walked quickly onto the stage.

Although he walked quickly too, his stage presence was much better than the previous ones.

Having debuted ten years ago, he's seen all kinds of grand scenes.

The Eastern Wind and Cloud Chart really isn't much.

What could make Qi Hao nervous is probably only whether he could win the newcomer award.

On the way, the staff handed him the in-ear monitor and microphone.

When he got on stage, the music prelude had already started.

"Time flows ceaselessly / Rotating in the past / The profound change / Is not distant / Even after ten thousand years / Deep feelings won't change / Love spreads like a raging fire..."

Qi Hao was originally someone who sang quite well in KTV.

Later on, the system gave Qi Hao an additional twenty points in singing skills, which gave him the confidence to release an album.

Qi Hao also had a unique secret.

This is a secret that is hard for most singers to achieve.

That is, when technique is lacking, just make up for it with emotion!

"This Life Will Not Change" is easier than "Where Has the Time Gone" to showcase the singer's emotions.

And for Qi Hao, the movie emperor, using his voice to pour out emotions is way too easy.

Thus, Qi Hao's performance might not have been as good as in the album, but its emotional impact was fully maximized.

Some fans on site even wiped their tears.

They seemed like they must have either watched "Chinese Paladin 3" or had a story of their own.

After singing, Qi Hao returned to the stage below.

The host on stage was instructing everyone on how to vote; not only the live audience could vote, but those watching and listening to the live broadcast could also vote via SMS.

Qi Hao's number is 5, just vote for the newcomer number five.

During the gap waiting for the voting results, the award ceremony continued, with guest performers singing and award presenters giving out awards.

"Next, we will reveal the Eastern newcomer gold, silver, and bronze awards, let's invite the five newcomers."

Midway through the program, the newcomer award was finally about to be announced.

The few people who sang with Qi Hao earlier were also invited onto the stage.

Everyone was a bit nervous, even Qi Hao was very nervous, even more so than them.

If you lose, at most you just lose some honor, but I'm betting 2 million in Maotai stocks here.

You might just lose a leg, but she loses a love!

Among the five newcomers, we will award gold, silver, and bronze awards, all selected through audience votes..."

All others were female, Qi Hao was the only male.

And he was tall and burly, standing out like a sore thumb among the newcomers.

Actually, there's not much of an age gap between Qi Hao and these people. For instance, Meng Nan was born in 1982.

"First, the bronze award winners Liu Liyang and Gao Yayan."

"Congratulations to both of you, please welcome President Tian to present the award."

Qi Hao was a bit stunned; the bronze award had two winners. Could it be that all five of them received awards?

Looks like it's all set.

Surely, it won't be that the other four get awards, and I don't?

"Next is the silver award, and the winners are Zhu Jing and Meng Nan."

"Congratulations to Zhu Jing and Meng Nan."

The silver award has also been taken away.

And now there's only Qi Hao left, so there's no need to guess what award Qi Hao will get.

Gold award!

He originally thought getting a male bronze award would be good enough.

He didn't expect to be directly given the gold award.

"Tonight's Oriental Newcomer Gold Award belongs to Qi Hao, congratulations congratulations."

"Congratulations Qi Hao."

"Please, Qi Hao, the gold award winner, give us your acceptance speech."

As expected, Qi Hao received the gold award trophy and was the only one eligible to give an acceptance speech.

"I am really surprised, this is my first album, and it was only released at the beginning of the year. I'm really happy to receive this newcomer award.

I have a lot of people to thank, particularly today, I want to thank the singers and musicians who are here creating great music and singing amazing songs.

Thanks to the organizers for making this event so wonderful and fair.

Thanks to my album producer, Jin Dazhou, and the production team, thank you all.

Finally, I want to thank all my fans for your support. Thank you!"

The hosts listened to Qi Hao's enthusiastic acceptance speech with bewildered expressions.

Compared to earlier when he accepted one of the Top Ten Songs, this "rookie" in the music industry wasn't very excited, just coolly and simply thanked the producers, family, and company team.

But now, for a small newcomer award, he's suddenly so excited.

Are you just waking up, or did something go wrong?

Did you mistake the gold award for the top prize of the night?

The gold award you've received, although it's called gold, is just the Oriental Newcomer Gold Award, which isn't considered a major award.

Qi Hao doesn't care about these things; the system has already notified him that he has completed the main quest.

A solid newcomer award.

And a gold award at that.

However, Qi Hao doesn't plan to settle this task just yet.

The general public doesn't know that there's such a thing as overachievement on a task. This is just a music newcomer award; what if Qi Hao could also win a movie director newcomer award?

Wouldn't there be extra Maotai stocks then?

The main quest was activated for a full year by the system, starting from October 29, 2008, with a task cycle of two years.

Even if completed early, it's likely that a new main quest won't refresh until October 29 of this year.

With that in mind, let's wait a bit before confirming it.

Anyway, the task is already complete, and there's no worry whether more newcomer awards are coming as it won't affect the main quest.

With his good mood, Qi Hao even went to the celebration party after the award ceremony.

The award presenters of the Eastern Wind and Cloud Chart are all local entrepreneurs and influential figures from various fields.

With so many singers at the celebration party, the bosses surely hope to show off their vocal talent at the KTV.

And so, Qi Hao heard all kinds of sounds that made him feel hopeless.

"Bright wolf, bright wolf, is a malicious kind, bright wolf is a Hubei wild boar..."

"Are you feeling weak? If you are, tell my master, she'll make you some broth...

"Grandpa only has a chicken coop, I want to stab my brother with a knife, suffer from heaven's lightning, steal my duck to sell to Wang Zhiyong from the village..."

Qi Hao felt hopeless because he wanted to laugh but couldn't.

It was truly suffocating.

These big shots' singing made him unable to remember the original lyrics of the songs.

Luckily, Li Zongsheng and Zhou Huajian also attended, helping to cleanse the ears.

Qi Hao eagerly anticipated Zhou Huajian singing "Difficult Scripture," a famously difficult song, as Qi Hao always ends up breathless every time.

Unfortunately, Zhou Huajian sang "Kiss My Baby."

I guess he didn't dare to challenge this song himself.

Considering his age.

Li Zongsheng also has many good songs, and his "Song of Mortals" is a favorite among the big shots.

I don't know why these wealthy folks are so keen on "Song of Mortals," it has nothing to do with them at all.

Qi Hao's new song also became a popular choice for requests that night.

The big shots' singing of it was unspeakably terrible.

Good-looking people in the music industry can't compare to those in the film industry.

A handsome guy like Qi Hao stands out at the gathering.

Many must be coveting him.

Luckily, such occasions won't get too far out of hand, and with Qi Hao's status on the line, no one would dare make a move on him.

Only hinting at things at most.

Qi Hao plans to "expose" his identity as a shareholder of Penguin and Maotai in the near future.

This has nothing to do with parading wealth secretly.

The main reason is to ward off the advances of these male and female big shots.