CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 49: COULD IT BE GROWING A BRAIN? (SEEKING MONTHLY TICKETS)

The set visits by film crews are a common publicity stunt for TV dramas.

However, Zhang Nan is reluctant to cooperate with Sugarman’s antics, clearly aiming to stir up scandals about Qi Hao.

No matter how foolish our Qi Hao is, we shouldn’t really let you exploit him casually.

Zhang Nan clearly stated, you can have set visits, but if the date is set, our Qi Hao will take a leave.

With Qi Hao’s current status, he can indeed be this assertive.

If you’re not assertive, you’ll be looked down upon, and people will bully you at any given chance.

However, media visits aren’t arranged overnight.

They must be properly notified and weather, attending stars, shooting progress, and other factors considered.

Zhang Nan is adept at speaking.

He stated that Qi Hao, considering the group’s overall interests, personally agrees to accept media visits and is willing to cooperate with the drama’s promotion.

Meaning the agent disagrees, but Qi Hao is soft-hearted and agreed.

Frankly, Zhang Nan is so competitive he’s even sabotaging himself.

He plays the bad cop, letting Qi Hao play the good cop.

Simultaneously, Zhang Nan reiterated that our Qi Hao just wants to complete this drama smoothly, without excessive hype.

At the very least, the rotation is really not okay.

What do you take our Qi Hao for?

A bus?

Anyone who wants to can get on.

Sugarman didn’t overthink and agreed readily.

Actually, their marketing of Liu Shishi has already begun, as soon as "Chinese Paladin 1" aired on Ji Province Satellite TV on January 27, 2008.

This kind of marketing was sufficient in a short time.

If they can create a scandal with Qi Hao, they will; if they can’t, it’s no big deal.

Cai Yinong always urged Liu Shishi to interact with Qi Hao, mostly from a mysticism perspective.

What if Qi Hao’s "Fortunate Wife’s Destiny" is genuinely effective?

It’s like you never planned to eat Tang Monk’s Flesh, yet they’re passing by your cave, seemingly easy to bully.

Just ask if you want this fortune delivered to your doorstep.

Here, Qi Hao carefully placed his glasses in a safe position, then went to film.

Filming with glasses is impossible.

What would Xu Changqing be wearing glasses for?

Today, he didn’t shoot kiss scenes with Tang Yan, but started wire work scenes.

Specifically, Tang Yan is in the tree, the fake Daoist played by Qi Hao is sweeping the ground, then Tang Yan falls from the tree and Qi Hao catches her.

Catch her, not like catching a football with a foot.

But a romantic princess carry.

Qi Hao considers himself robust, plus he received two strength +10 boosts from Tongzi.

Catching a girl over 170 cm tall, weighing under a hundred pounds, probably won’t bring any mishaps.

However, any probability signifies a risk.

Qi Hao can make many mistakes, but Tang Yan only has one chance.

If either Tang Yan or Qi Hao gets hurt, the entire crew’s filming schedule will be affected.

From a shooting perspective, wires are easier for camera capture.

Thus, Tang Yan must be on wires.

However, Tang Yan had never tried this wire method before shooting "Chinese Paladin 3", and she’s a bit afraid of heights.

She can only try hard to overcome her fear of heights for filming.

In terms of wires alone, comparing to An Feng, Tang Yan clearly falls short.

The "Return of the Condor Heroes" starring with Qi Hao and An Feng has many wire scenes, some requiring height.

Yet, An Feng completes it very well.

Most wire scenes don’t require a stand-in, she can do them herself.

She was only seventeen or eighteen then.

And looking at this woman who refuses to come down from the tree, why not just live up there?

The higher you stand, the harder you fall.

"Tang Yan, put a little more effort, if this scene doesn’t go well, Qi Hao will have to wait for you."

Li Guoli didn’t want to scold her directly, if you criticize her she might cry, and the cast is largely chosen from capital considerations, everyone has a bit of background.

He knows Tang Yan respects Qi Hao a lot, so he brings out Qi Hao.

Qi Hao is quite indifferent, he’s seen far worse than Tang Yan, this sort of thing is too common in showbiz.

As long as there’s no tantrum or strike, it’s fine to be a bit lacking.

Tang Yan is actually rather easy to deal with.

"Miss, it’s dangerous up there, come down quickly."

Into my arms!

After the director called action again, Qi Hao delivered his lines seriously.

"You’ve been staring at someone for a long time, do you know it’s impolite?" Tang Yan finished and leaned back, falling off the tree.

Of course, she’s secured with wires, descending slowly.

Qi Hao steps forward and catches her.

Not only do pies fall from the sky, but sometimes chicks do too.

"Cut, Tang Yan, everything else is fine, but you definitely can’t close your eyes during the fall."

Li Guoli was about to laugh from anger.

On the road to failure, Tang Yan has always walked steadily.

Why close your eyes, do you want Qi Hao to kiss you?

Keep dreaming.

Got addicted to filming romance scenes, huh?

"It’s okay, let’s do it again." Qi Hao puts her down, as good-natured as ever.

He keeps his hands in very gentlemanly positions when holding a girl.

When using knowledge is when you lament not having enough, gossip is more frequent at the widow’s door.

To avoid being photographed and having career-lasting blackmail material.

Actually, there are dozens of crew members on site.

It’s not that easy to take advantage, nor is there a chance to do anything too out of line.

Besides, aren’t they just two lumps of fat, even if you squeeze them, what’s the point?

Qi Hao has training space, if he really wanted to take advantage, he could capture someone as a training NPC, with eight hours to do whatever he wants.

"Sorry, I messed up again."

Qi Hao’s warmth and gentlemanly nature almost made Tang Yan’s resolve waver.

She repeatedly warns herself not to fall for Qi Hao.

Even if occasionally brimming with ambition, continuously aroused, she can’t have the hots for Qi Hao.

He’s like a piece of ice only focused on his career, a log that won’t be moved by a woman.

Phew, won again.

The director announced a break before shooting again, Qi Hao returned to his chair, put on glasses, and picked up a copy of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Bought the book out of interest.

Now choosing this book to test the glasses because it has many obscure words and is in classical Chinese, normally very difficult to memorize, not to mention he’s a dunce.

"Lu: Its form is like a cow, with a snake tail and wings, feathers under the throat, sounds like a yak, dies in winter and lives in summer, eating it prevents boils."

Qi Hao glanced through, confirmed he recognizes every word, then closed the book, found he could recite it smoothly with no problem even writing it out.

Whoa, awesome!

Moreover, the version he bought includes annotations, says it’s about a fish shaped like a cow, living on slopes, with a snake-like tail and wings, wings under the ribs, sounds like a yak, called Lu, hibernates in winter and wakes in summer, eating its meat prevents abscesses.

Qi Hao quickly flipped through.

Feels like an ancient cookbook.

Online, some like to compile similar entries, like about Western vampires, could be, "Xiling has a ghost, its form like a man, red eyes, sharp teeth, hides by day emerges at night, loves human blood, those who eat it live longer."

That’s for longevity.

Too tragic, could be immortal, look at the fate of Tang Monk.

If crueler, if it solves men’s private ailments, then the vampire is doomed.

To solve that problem, men will do anything.

Forget vampires, even angels would end up on the menu, likely needing help from animal protection groups to survive.

By the time the crew wrapped up in the evening, this "Classic of Mountains and Seas" which was incomprehensible when flipped casually, Qi Hao could fully recite.

Including annotations too.

Flawless recital is unlikely due to grammatical habit issues, but randomly excerpt a section and Qi Hao could link context in seconds, reciting related sentences and annotations.

My Tongzi bro is awesome.

From now on, reading scripts and memorizing lines will be no stress.

Though Qi Hao’s middle school education seems not to affect his chances at being a movie emperor, in fact, whether reading scripts or understanding characters, he is no match for those learned individuals.

He has to work harder than others.

To further test the glasses’ functions, Qi Hao opened the notebook on his phone where there’s a document listing commonly mistaken characters and easily confused words he encounters.

"Flaws can’t hide jade (yu second tone, like fish), don’t read — flaws can’t hide jade, means flaws can’t overshadow virtues, virtues are primary."

"Alley’s alley, read hàng, not read xiàng."

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Recorded because Qi Hao kept messing up, even after correcting, he’d still make mistakes after a while.

This actually has little to do with middle school education.

In life, many people have their commonly mistaken words, stubbornly uncorrected, keep getting wrong each time.

Qi Hao has to jot them down, look over them when free.

This way, over time, perhaps they’ll change.

Now with Sven Glasses, Qi Hao took a glance, even got up to do something else.

Reflecting on the word later, found he no longer made mistakes.

Next, tried math problems, chemistry formulas, English poetry...

All validated Sven Glasses’ powerful features.

Currently, unknown if this photographic memory will change with time, or with the impact of similar knowledge.

But regardless, Qi Hao sees himself as akin to a genius now.

Ah, my head is itchy, could it be I’m growing brains!