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

Yelling for husband's help is useless.

Qi Hao couldn't fly over to save his girlfriend; he was watching Yang Yu with a mix of amusement and disbelief.

"So, you want to crash at my place for free food and drinks?"

I've seen shameless people, but never anyone this shameless.

No money for making movies, he invests in him.

No money to rent an office, now he wants to crash at Qi Hao's place for office space.

"Boss, don't make it sound so harsh. I'm actually just your trusty steed, and shouldn't you feed me a bit? The money you invest in me, I want to use it wisely and make the movie the best it can be..."

When Yang Yu came today, he was carrying the plaque of his "Jiaokeli" animation studio, clearly planning not to leave.

The place he rented before was simply too small.

It wasn't even enough for preliminary project work.

Need to draw, need to use computers…

Not something that can be done by just a couple of people.

His work "Nezha" can't compare to Tian Xiaopeng's "Great Saint".

Their "Great Saint" has been prepared for many years.

Concepts, sketches, and storylines are almost ready.

Now that they've got the money, they can start making it.

And for his side, it might be one or two years before he can really start production.

"Thank you for being so considerate of me."

Qi Hao was speechless; he finally realized Yang Yu's forte as a medical student.

No shame!

However, those who succeed in big matters do need qualities like these.

Qi Hao invested in him to make an animation movie about Nezha, so calling him boss isn't an exaggeration, and it's reasonable for Yang Yu to use the investment money to rent office space.

If it's really to save money and make the movie to the extreme, Qi Hao would actually admire his behavior very much.

"Ahem, my studio currently has six people, and we'll need to hire more later. Just give me a hundred square meters."

Yang Yu wasn't making impossible demands.

He found out that Qi Hao had two buildings, and the one belonging to Qi Hao had a total of nine floors, with each floor having two thousand square meters.

The other building belongs to Feiyang Media, which technically is also owned by Qi Hao.

Qi Hao has so few people working here.

Two floors are more than enough.

The rest of the large space is all empty there.

Rich people don't feel the pain, but Yang Yu feels a pang of discomfort.

Well, feeling bad for the rich.

He must come over to help the boss share some of the burden.

"How much rent are you paying?"

Qi Hao was speechless.

The new office space is very large, and the company has very few people.

It's not out of the question to rent it to outsiders.

But he doesn't like having other companies mixed in.

Plus, he doesn't care about that little rent, so a lot of space remains vacant.

"I'll pay whatever you want, but can I owe it first? We in animation movies can't produce a finished product without four or five years; I don't even know if the money is enough to make the movie..."

Pleading poverty and playing pitiful, just short of acting cute.

What else could Qi Hao say?

"Alright, alright, go find Yang Liu, let him pick a place for you, but you must pay for food expenses, we subsidize it through swipe cards."

The company has a cafeteria, café, gym...

Employees can spend freely inside, but everyone has a fixed quota.

Generally, you can get full.

If you eat too much, or frequently invite friends over for meals, you may need to add money to your card.

It's mainly to prevent food waste.

"Got it, got it, I heard it's much cheaper than outside."

Yang Yu was thrilled.

If the movie takes five years to finish, then all the rent, utilities, and meals can be saved from the boss.

Even if payment is needed after five years, it can be transferred from the movie costs.

Perfect!

"Hold on a second!"

Qi Hao called out to Yang Yu.

"What else, boss!"

Yang Yu was holding his plaque, which was made by a friend without spending a dime.

"How did a medical student become so adept at managing finances?"

Qi Hao couldn't really understand.

Someone like them climbing step by step from the entertainment industry learns by osmosis, having seen too much of getting something for nothing.

Yang Yu is just starting out in the world, right?

"Because... poor, boss!"

Yang Yu retorted confidently, waving the "Jiaokeli" plaque and leaving with flair.

"Damn!"

Really no way to refute.

It can be foreseen that with someone like Yang Yu borrowing a place for work, there will definitely be a lot more following the trend.

Qi Hao doesn't reject it either.

At least everyone is a like-minded colleague.

Of course, not just any random person can come in; you must at least be able to secure investment from West Hao Film Industry.

Yang Yu isn't even the first to want in.

When Wang Baoqiang's current studio lease expires, he will also move over.

However, he said he'll rent and actually pay rent.

This kind of deal, Wang Baoqiang doesn't take.

"...Cursing the general for being too unreasonable, shouldn't tease our good family. Good family and bad family, shouldn't touch the crabapple flower. Twisting and turning, so elegant, the charm is in this crabapple flower..."

Humming as he entered, wasn't it Zhanqi Laiden?

Now he has an entire floor for his office, and it's ridiculously large.

Totally has the style of a top executive at a big company.

"Deng is unexpectedly into leisure activities, he even learned to sing opera."

Qi Hao poured a cup of tea.

"Listening to Old Yao sing all day, my ears have formed calluses, even pigs could learn it."

Zhanqi Laiden was talking about Senior Legal Affairs, Yao Weihong.

His daily routine consists of drinking tea, listening to opera, and solving legal issues for the company.

Due to his exceptional professional skills and widespread connections in the capital's legal circles, the company is always tolerant of whatever he does outside work.

If you're really good, nobody will stop you from spending all day in the company bathroom.

If you're not, the leaders might scold you for leaving your desk for just five minutes.

"How's the situation with Zhao Yanzi?"

Qi Hao thought, either ignore her, as he always did,

or hit hard enough to ensure she stays down.

No matter who backs her or how many allies she has.

The only thing that could stop them would be official intervention.

If the authorities wanted to step in and protect Zhao Yanzi, Qi Hao also felt they should let it go, give her a chance, maybe even fatten her up before striking again.

"It's still the same. The officials protecting her? On what basis!

However, I don't think the authorities would come down hard on her, considering how much time has passed. Bringing it up now would imply that all past decisions were wrong. On our side... haha."

Zhanqi Laiden didn't take it seriously.

He must have prepared thoroughly before taking any action.

He creatively linked Zhao and the Ming Guang Association, even providing evidence of Zhao's interactions with people over there.

Just to completely bury Zhao Yanzi.

Confident that the authorities wouldn't bow to public pressure to protect someone problematic.

And she is obviously problematic.

As for the people she usually cozies up to... they are eager to distance themselves, to avoid being dragged down, how could they possibly come out to settle things for Zhao Yanzi.

It's normal for some domestic capitalists to be closely connected with them.

Maybe because some investments obtained when they started up came from those financial giants.

And many have overseas study and work experiences.

But these people aren't foolish.

Their so-called loyalty revolves when it doesn't threaten their interests.

"It's nice if she goes down, what about Lu Yu?"

Last time Lu Yu came over wanting to cooperate, Qi Hao didn't explicitly reject him.

Because they're all mixed in the same circle.

Qi Hao had no need to let Lu Yu know it's him causing trouble.

"We're still waiting for the right opportunity with Lu Yu, I plan to make him relive the same mistake..."

Zhanqi Laiden seemed to have a kind of compulsion.

He valued something called a sense of ritual.

Actually, men playing around, especially rich men playing around, is very common.

Rich people have a higher threshold for excitement.

It takes plenty of stimulation to satisfy them.

Even if they got caught having fun, they'd just consider it bad luck.

However, last time, Lu Sang went out to play and was reported by a woman, willing to get caught just to drag him down.

For a while, Lu Sang became a huge joke, making it hard for him to hold his head high in their circle.

There were rumors he was trying to freeload without paying, enraging the person and got himself sent in.

There were also rumors he was a sellout, even chickens despised him.

Some even said his skills were so poor, even chickens avoided him.

Poor skills...

And people believe that?

Actually, for chickens, the poorer your skills, and the quicker you surrender, the easier the money is for them to earn.

If they can finish a client in three seconds, how much more money could they earn in a day.

However, as a man, regardless of the reason, it's hard to find the courage to keep living.

Let alone going out to play again.

Zhanqi Laiden actually wanted him to repeat the mistake.

"Rest assured, he will..."

Zhanqi Laiden said with confidence.

"Aren't you a bit ruthless, if it were during Three Kingdoms, you would've been a Jia Xu type."

Qi Hao really couldn't understand these people's mentality.

Just finish him off, yet they insist on making him repeat the mistake.

If Lu Sang really gets reported and caught by chickens again, he might never touch chickens again in this life.

No, he might never seek women again in this life.

Maybe even rumors will spread that Lu Sang got blacklisted by the chicken community, saying he's worse off than chickens.

Just thinking about it... feels...

Isn't killing someone just a slight tap on the top of their head?

If Qi Hao were in Lu Sang's position, he'd rather die.

"Why can't I be Sima Yi, humph, better watch out, maybe one day the empire will end up in my hands."

Zhanqi Laiden snorted.

"You... beware or one day I'll slaughter the donkey after the millstone, boil the rabbit after the hound, hide the bow after the fish is caught, burn the bridge after crossing, forget the fish trap after catching the fish..."

Qi Hao sneered, I'm a hack, and you dare to compete with me.

"Oh, boss, which middle school did you attend, you sure know a lot of idioms."

Zhanqi Laiden usually wouldn't mock his boss, who knew him by his real name, An Yu, unless he couldn't help it.

After chatting for a while, other executives came up for the meeting.

It was obvious that Qi Hao was here today to hold a meeting with everyone.

Around 2008, everyone gathered together.

In just about two years, Qi Hao's side had already formed a huge capital system.

Handling people like Lu Sang and Zhao Yanzi is not much different from slaughtering chickens.