On October 10, 2010, Xu Ke chose this binary date to start shooting.

The convoy grandly arrived at the Celestial Desert.

The entire shooting was closed to the media, and it was kept completely confidential during filming.

Actually, although the Celestial Desert covers an area of 1,300 acres of natural desert, it's not far from the capital, at most a hundred kilometers. Qi Hao drove from his home within the second ring to here in just over an hour.

Xu Ke originally wanted Daoist Suiyun to come and perform a ritual, but was dissuaded by Li Lianjie.

Because Li Lianjie believes in Buddhism.

Actually, this kind of thing mostly depends on one's state of mind.

Back then, he also played Zhang Sanfeng.

He was a traitor to the Buddhist Sect after all.

A group of people paid respects to the gods according to Xiangjiang's traditional ceremony, and then took costume photos.

Qi Hao's system had already received a prompt.

Task... completed!

He thought he would have to finish shooting before settling it, but this time the system was really considerate.

Probably because it saw that Qi Hao had already started shooting.

Moreover, Qi Hao has always had a good reputation and wouldn't abandon the task after completion.

The task reward is business information from Xiaomi.

This was the first time Qi Hao was rewarded with "business information," and he didn't know what it was for.

It always felt less valuable than directly rewarding stock.

Directly rewarded stocks were mostly quite high quality, and he didn't have to spend his own money.

Damn, he felt like he lost out big time.

Since that's the case, he might as well see what Xiaomi is all about.

While doing makeup, Qi Hao settled the task.

[Task thirty completed, reward: Acting skill +10, script "You Who Came from the Stars," Business Information (Xiaomi)]

[Task completed, received a training opportunity]

[Train NPC, choose one of three: Xu Ke/Gui Lunmei/Fan Shaohuang]

[Now starting to release new task]

[Task thirty-one: In this fast-paced era, comedy films are like a fresh breeze, comforting people's weary hearts with their unique charm. Break the shackles of idol status and take on a role in a comedy film. Task difficulty: 3 and a half stars, time limit: 365 days]

[Task completion rewards: Martial arts +10, script "Detective Chinatown 1~5," Business Information (DJI)]

After settling, a flood of information rushed into Qi Hao's head like a tide.

Hmm, suddenly felt a lot smarter.

The script was also given to Qi Hao in the form of information.

This is a love drama, mainly about an alien Do Min-joon who has lived on Earth for 400 years, who meets the famous actress Qian Songyi who moves next door, and their relationship evolves from dislike to love.

This is all normal, what's abnormal is another stream of information.

"You Who Came from the Stars," directed by Zhang Taiwei, written by Park Ji-eun, starring Kim Xiuxian, Jeon Ji-hyun, Yoo In-Na, Park Hae Jin, first aired on SBS in Miguo on December 18, 2013.

Detailed down to the director, actors, and premiere date.

Impressive, Tongzi!

If Qi Hao doesn't plan to make changes, he could completely find this director and these actors to shoot.

However, with such an interesting script, Qi Hao certainly wouldn't let it go cheaply to Miguo.

He plans to have the script creation team modify the script, change it to a Huaxia background, and have himself and An Feng star in it.

Needless to say about Qi Hao.

Although he's just a junior high student, playing a professor might be controversial, but Qi Hao has a low academic degree yet rich knowledge.

Qian Songyi's character is a celebrity of many years and also a college student, perfectly matching An Feng's identity and age.

In other roles, An Feng might not perform well, but if she can't play herself, she might as well retire to have children.

Qi Hao didn't go into the specifics of the script.

There's plenty of time to look at the script later; he's more curious about what the commercial information is.

If it's worthless, he wondered if he could contact the system for a refund, otherwise just give him ten million shares of Xiaomi stock directly.

Qi Hao originally thought the system's input was probably a generic comment like "Xiaomi is a good company."

Unexpectedly, Tongzi once again broadened his horizons.

The beginning was a segment of information about Xiaomi's establishment and operations, which quickly reached the first round of financing.

In December 2010, the first round of financing was 10.25 million US Dollars, in May 2011 it was increased to 41 million US Dollars, with a valuation of 250 million US Dollars.

Investors: Morningside Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, IDG Capital, etc.

Purpose: To develop the MIUI system and build the supply chain, laying the foundation for the mobile phone business.

Wow, it's so detailed?

Predicting the future!

Qi Hao realized he had greatly underestimated Tongzi.

Such a powerful being capable of altering collective memory is a dimensional reduction strike against lower civilizations.

How could it possibly stop at the level of "Xiaomi is amazing, you can invest" as basic commercial information.

He flipped through quickly and soon found the second round.

Round B from April 2011 to June 2012 valued at 4 billion US Dollars.

Round C 1.0 valued at 10 billion US Dollars, Round C 2.0 valued at 45 billion US Dollars...

Then there were rounds D and E!

And the 2018 Hong Kong stock IPO... with the market value soaring all the way to over one trillion Hong Kong Dollars.

Wow, wow!

Qi Hao tried hard to control his expression.

So the makeup artist wouldn't think he's crazy.

Lately, Donghao Venture Capital has been in talks with Xiaomi continuously.

The two sides have quite a few disagreements.

First, it's the AB shares. Xiaomi can only offer B shares, which have money but no power.

Secondly, it's the valuation. Lei Jun wants a valuation of 200 million US Dollars.

But for a startup, this price isn't high—it's outrageous.

Only now does Qi Hao realize that President Lei is truly conscientious.

And there's a third point: Xiaomi hopes to bring in more capital to facilitate subsequent financing.

But Donghao Venture Capital, although not planning to eat alone, also doesn't want its shares to be too diluted.

If the first round leaves few shares, then after several rounds of dilution, there won't be much left in the end.

All of this dispelled Qi Hao's doubts after learning about Xiaomi's financing journey.

If it can reach a trillion in market value, then even 1% would be a hundred billion in wealth.

Moreover, the capital that entered in the A round, as long as they don't sell, will never be diluted to 1%.

Besides the financing journey, Qi Hao found that Tongzi also provided a lot of other information.

This is not just Xiaomi's business information; it's clearly the whole development trajectory of the mobile phone industry.

Screen, chip, system, 5G…

Business model, marketing strategy, research strength, strategic goals, Mi Home ecosystem…

There are also Xiaomi's shortcomings, such as light research and development, heavy marketing, reliance on imported core technologies, vulnerability to being "choked," and sometimes having unreliable component quality, forcing them to choose a low-end route to survive.

And Xiaomi's competitors.

Apple, Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo…

The system even compared and studied Huawei and Xiaomi.

This gave Qi Hao a clearer understanding of Huawei while learning about Xiaomi.

Huawei speaks with technology, while Xiaomi succeeds in the market.

To be honest, from an investor's perspective, Qi Hao definitely prefers Xiaomi.

After all, Xiaomi's investment return rate is the highest.

Moreover, Lei Busi has indeed made life easier for everyone, providing many cost-effective products.

But from the perspective of a Huaxia person, he appreciates Huawei's attitude towards technology more.

Unfortunately, Huawei doesn't do external financing.

It's said that Morgan Stanley's investment banking team visited Huawei, but Ren Zhengfei avoided meeting them.

This made Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley's chief economist, very unhappy. He told Fei Min, who was hosting from Huawei, that you rejected a 3 trillion US Dollar team.

Huawei indeed doesn't need to engage with Morgan Stanley; in their eyes, Morgan Stanley and Stanley Fertilizers are no different.

Because they do internal financing.

Of course, although Qi Hao appreciates Huawei more, he will continue to invest in Xiaomi.

The return rate is just too amazing.

If you invested 10 million US Dollars in one round, by the third round in 2014, it would become 1.8 billion US Dollars.

1.8 billion! US Dollars!

A 180 times investment return rate.

Earning 1.8 billion US Dollars in less than five years, is there a better business to do?

However, Qi Hao started pondering another question.

The commercial information about Xiaomi given by the system allowed him to see through the development of the mobile industry for the next twenty years, so why doesn't he start his own mobile phone brand?

Is it because he doesn't understand marketing?

President Lei has already set a good example for him.

Just follow along, the competitors are fools and not worth mentioning.

Are you OK?

Is it because he doesn't understand technology?

What is the biggest difficulty in technological research and development?

It's money!

According to the information provided by the system, Huawei invests 10% of its revenue into technological research and development, achieving many great results, thus becoming a thorn in the side of Miguo.

One important reason why technological research and development is so costly is that you need to explore.

In most cases, the path of research and exploration is foggy.

You choose a direction, invest a lot of money, and find it's a dead end.

Then you start over and choose another direction, continuing to spend money.

After looking at Xiaomi's business information, although he cannot accurately know every technical parameter, Qi Hao is clearer about many developmental directions in this industry than anyone else.

This makes research and development much cheaper.

Starting from the same point, Huawei may spend two hundred million on developing something, while Qi Hao, thanks to foresight, might only need to spend fifty million.

This advantage is just too overwhelming.

Even an outsider like Qi Hao can understand it.

No matter how great Huawei or Xiaomi is, they're not as great as me.

The main point is, Qi Hao doesn't lack money. When he runs out, he can just sell the Xiaomi shares.

For the NPC training, choosing one out of three, Qi Hao unsurprisingly chose Xu Ke.

Although Xu Ke is not doing well now, he was glorious before, with a distinctive personal style and particularly competitive among Chinese film directors.

The new task requires him to film a comedy.

This is too easy.

Next year, they'll just shoot "Lost on Journey 2," it's definitely a comedy.

The new task rewards are still commercial information.

A company called DJI.

Qi Hao has never heard of it and doesn't know what it does at all.

He used to think Tongzi was an idiot; now Qi Hao realizes that it's he himself who is.

He won't look down on Tongzi anymore.