Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years
Chapter 38: Definitely Gone Crazy Again (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38: DEFINITELY GONE CRAZY AGAIN (SEEKING MONTHLY TICKETS)
If you had to pick a winner among Tang Yan, Yang Mi, and Liu Shishi, it’s not an easy task.
After all...
Qi Hao casually picked Tang Yan.
Don’t get it wrong, he’s not planning a night-long battle with Tang Yan.
The NPCs chosen before are still usable.
You only get one training opportunity per task, so of course, you should choose strong training NPCs.
In the pool now are Zhou Xun, Liu Dehua, Li Lianjie, Li Mingqi, Ren Dahua, Sun Honglei, Zhou Xingxing...
Qi Hao can pick anyone to accompany him for a night.
And then came the new task.
Seeing "with the system’s help," Qi Hao felt his teeth itch with hate.
Damn system, if it hadn’t taken ten years to load, I wouldn’t have struggled so much to rise up.
Ten years, damn it!
The system tasks may be difficult, but compared to the rewards, the difficulty is nothing.
Just imagine, having so many good scripts when you first debut.
If you can just shoot one, you could establish your position in the industry, having the ability to create your own opportunities.
Why would you need to painstakingly search for resources?
Qi Hao indeed has a strong alcohol tolerance, and he loves to drink, but he’s not the kind to chug down mouthfuls.
Drink moderately to lift your spirits, drink heavily and harm your body.
No matter how good you are with alcohol, drink too much and you’ll vomit and end up in the hospital.
For the sake of the Santana Phantom 2000, I won’t curse the system today.
The new task requires Qi Hao to find an acting teacher, which shouldn’t be too hard. No matter the industry, where there’s demand, there’s supply.
It’s just a pity about the reward.
The script "Searching for a Gun," that’s a movie full of Jiang Wen’s style.
It got Lu Yu firmly established in the entertainment circle of directors at once.
If Qi Hao had gotten his hands on it earlier—well, he doesn’t have a good father, so it’s not easy to get Jiang Wen to act.
Unless the script itself can move Jiang Wen.
Jiang Wen took one look at the script and was immediately astonished, as if meeting an old friend, it was just like he had written it himself.
This kid is like me!
Since the task doesn’t seem so difficult, better get it done quickly.
Finish this task, so I can quickly move on to the next one.
"Nan, help me find an acting teacher..."
"Hao! I’ll find one for you right away!" Zhang Nan was so unexpectedly delighted that Qi Hao wondered if he had said something wrong.
Watching Zhang Nan practically run off, Qi Hao was scratching his head, still clueless.
In fact, Zhang Nan always pushed his boss to improve and he was worried inside.
If the boss doesn’t want to do it, there’s nothing Zhang Nan can do.
Many people, after achieving a little success, are unwilling to endure hardship to advance further.
Seeing the boss almost finished reading those few books, Zhang Nan hesitated whether to buy some more for reinforcement.
The boss flipped through the books faster and faster, his frown relaxing more and more.
At least it showed he was recognizing more words.
While he was hesitating, the boss unexpectedly suggested finding an acting teacher himself.
Zhang Nan was extremely pleased.
This meant the boss was highly aligned with him, both knowing to actively improve.
Seems like PUA-ing the boss is working.
"Sorry, but I’ve got a lot of classes recently."
"To teach Qi Hao? Oh dear, I’m so honored you thought of me, but something came up at home, and I can’t make it right now, sorry."
"Me? Go find someone else."
"What do you mean, can’t you speak properly."
After hitting a wall with several calls, Zhang Nan realized he had underestimated the difficulty of this task.
He didn’t go to discuss this with the boss.
Given the boss’s intelligence, discussing wouldn’t lead to any conclusion.
"Brother Tian, are you busy?"
"Busy, yeah."
"Uh, I have something I’d like to ask you, is it convenient?"
"Of course, I said if there’s anything, just ask me. Why are you asking if I’m busy?"
"So, I want to find an acting teacher for the boss..."
"He asked you to do it, right?"
"How did you know?"
"Haha, then you found some inside performing teachers, and they all turned you down, right?"
Old Tian didn’t answer the question but guessed the reason for Zhang Nan’s confusion.
"Yeah, but why, giving lessons to Hao should increase their visibility, right?"
Zhang Nan was indeed confused, really confused.
"Isn’t it obvious? Those acting teachers you found, where do they get the confidence to teach an actor like Hao."
The fortune is certainly grand, but you have to be able to handle it.
You go outside and say, Qi Hao, the actor, had invited me to teach a class, most people won’t think you’re impressive, they’ll think you’re bragging.
Who has ever heard of a famous actor inviting an acting teacher?
Moreover, if you really did teach Qi Hao and found you couldn’t teach him anything.
How embarrassing!
It’s like going into the group to teach, with a bunch of people watching, and being rejected by Hao in front of everyone; if word gets out, it will be quite humiliating.
Such promising business opportunities are being affected.
"What’s the matter with being Best Actor, even a Best Actor can aim to improve!"
Zhang Nan believes that when three people walk together, there must be something to learn, and those teachers with rich theoretical knowledge can definitely bring improvement to Hao, who has ample practical experience but lacks theory.
Besides, Hao’s teacher doesn’t necessarily have to be a Best Actor.
"Then you need to find a teacher with exceptionally high standards."
Old Tian really can’t imagine Hao aiming to improve.
It seems giving Hao an ambitious employee like Zhang Nan is a pleasant surprise.
"How about Huang Lei?" Zhang Nan thought of him immediately.
"Forget it, he appears to know everything but isn’t really proficient in anything, plus he’s a professional teacher. You ask him to join you in Hengdian to teach the students, he definitely won’t agree easily; even if he does, it’ll be at an exorbitant price with promotional requirements."
Old Tian directly rejected him, then dismissed a few more.
"Brother Tian, do you have any recommendations?" Zhang Nan admitted defeat.
No matter how hard he rolled up his sleeves, learning every day, it couldn’t compare to Old Tian, a seasoned agent.
"Hold on, let me find someone, oh, found him. This guy is called Zhang Songwen, classically trained, acted in a few film and TV dramas. Not particularly famous, but his theoretical knowledge is solid. Recently, he started a performance training class and is probably worried about..."
Old Tian knew all the dynamics within the circle.
In the case of a newly started performance training class, when spreading business cards everywhere, they would always send him one as a sign of respect, hoping he could use his extensive connections to introduce some business.
"An actor by trade, is he suitable?"
Zhang Nan always wanted to find the best for the boss to maximize his acting improvement.
However, he’d never heard of Zhang Songwen.
"Make do, the main thing is it’s cheap. He has some fame in the South, acted in a show called ’Riding the Dragon’s Son-in-Law’, you might find it worth studying. I remember him getting the role because the crew wanted him to help guide other actors on set."
Old Tian took a photo of the business card and sent it to Zhang Nan.
He couldn’t be bothered with this matter.
Really fortunate to have found Hao a new agent; otherwise, these messy affairs would fall onto him.
Aiming to improve?
Ha, definitely have gone crazy again.
If he really was aiming to improve, after debuting for ten years, he should have already found an acting teacher and systematically learned how to act.
Is it necessary to wait until he’s won the Best Actor before doing it?
Probably sick, and seriously sick at that.
"Zhang Songwen International Acting Studio... whoa, sounds quite impressive."
Zhang Nan looked at the business card sent by Old Tian and dialed the number on it.
International Acting Studio...
It’s more hype than substance, after acting in ’Riding the Dragon’s Son-in-Law’, Zhang Songwen’s roles were still few and far between.
Nowadays, there’s a serious polarization in the entertainment industry; after appearing in productions such as ’Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei’, ’Huo Yuanjia’, and ’Second Face’, none of which were blockbusters or featured important roles, it makes it impossible for him to make a living.
During the toughest times, he worked in the crew as stagehand, coordinated, and edited.
Over thirty, with nothing to show for it.
Failure is the mother of success, but sadly, success disowns its relatives.
This poor guy’s heart was quite restless, most afraid of friends calling to inquire about his recent activities. He was embarrassed to say he was doing odd jobs in the crew, so he puffed up and said he was reviewing a few scripts.
An entire two years went by just like that.
This year, he’s thirty-two, at the age of a millionaire, yet without the capability of a millionaire.
Eagerly seeking an escape route, he established "Zhang Songwen International Acting Studio," dedicated to the study of film acting techniques and method acting.
However, in recent years with the explosion of star classes from 1996 and 2002, classically trained stars are booming, leading to the thriving development of the arts training industry.
Training classes have sprung up one after another, fiercely competitive.
This newly established small studio, aside from distributing business cards everywhere, couldn’t actually do anything.
As long as the mindset doesn’t decline, difficulties always outnumber solutions.
Upon suddenly receiving Zhang Nan’s call, Zhang Songwen agreed without hesitation.
Teaching a Best Actor does indeed bring enormous pressure.
But Zhang Songwen thought that he might have some things that Hao truly lacked.
As for the concern about failure shared by other teachers.
He didn’t have much to lose; there really isn’t a car to flip.
Who knows, while he’s becoming a joke, he could also be building the studio’s reputation!
Zhang Songwen rushed over on an overnight bus.
When he followed Zhang Nan to the filming location, Hao was finally getting his turn for a major scene.
It was during shooting time.
The crew prioritized filming Yang Mi’s scenes to allow her time to rush to the ’Dream of the Red Chamber’ crew.
"..." Zhang Songwen squatted on the side and watched for a while, filled with puzzlement.
"Is there a problem?" Zhang Nan was puzzled.
He had a pretty good impression of Zhang Songwen, felt that this man was pragmatic and ambitious, his impromptu class plan looked decent too.
"This performance, with Hao’s acting skills, does he really need a performance teacher?"
Completely beyond expectations!
Zhang Songwen felt Hao’s acting was adequate, after all, he had won the Golden Rooster Best Actor, surely a leader among the younger generation.
He guessed Hao might be facing a particularly challenging scene.
So, as someone not trained formally, he wanted some support from a classically trained teacher.
However, no matter how Zhang Songwen looked, he couldn’t figure out why ’Chinese Paladin 3’ would require acting skills.
Instead, those acting alongside Hao were exceptionally hopeless one after another.
They’re the ones who should really be seeking performance teachers, right?