Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years-Chapter 422 - 414: Paid to Solve Others’ Problems

When Qi Hao was leafing through his textbooks, preparing to honestly get into graduate school, the entertainment industry was actually quite lively.

The back-and-forth battles of the Knife-Stabbing Cult.

Yin Xiaotian was practically surrounded and beaten by a bunch of people, almost facing universal condemnation online.

No matter how he tried to defend himself, it was useless.

However, maybe he was particularly lucky, as just when he was in his most despairing moment, a live video emerged online.

The tides quickly turned.

The female involved, along with her group of sycophants, were promptly slapped in the face.

It’s rumored that the reason the video was exposed was due to the crew encountering a hacker attack.

Meaning, the crew could have ended this farce earlier.

Possibly for hype, they let Bian Xiaoxiao and her lackeys attack Yin Xiaotian, nearly ruining an actor’s career.

If it weren’t for kind souls, Yin Xiaotian’s fate would be unimaginable.

"Not really kind, they did take twenty million from Yin Xiaotian though."

Zhanqi Laiden briefly mentioned it while delivering the monthly report from Donghao Venture Capital to Qi Hao.

Where would you find so many good samaritans?

Yin Xiaotian was also once a hot nominee among the four young actors, nearly as famous as Qi Hao, Huang Xiaoming, and others.

Although he’s been outpaced by Qi Hao and Huang Xiaoming over the years, he’s still considered a first- or second-tier popular star. With so many years in the industry, his net worth is at least in the tens of millions, if not hundreds.

Zhanqi Laiden merely let the PR company staff pay attention to the matter, soon found a breach, then contacted Yin Xiaotian and completed the series of follow-up actions.

"Damn, twenty million, how dare you take that!"

Qi Hao was stunned by the price, recalling how he once messed with Lu Yu, spending just a few million to make the netizens completely forget Lu Yu’s real name, thereby forming an indelible bond between him and Lu Sang.

He thought Zhanqi Laiden and his friends were helping out because of righteous indignation.

Turns out... it’s just a matter of them offering too much.

"Boss, the market price is like this now, alright? Helping Yin Xiaotian out of his current predicament costs ten million, as for the other ten million, well, Yin Xiaotian, cannot be molded like clay. Now that he has backing, he naturally wants revenge too."

Zhanqi Laiden wasn’t full of sympathy.

He’s into big affairs, not some world policeman.

For someone like him to pay attention, it would have to be folks like Zhao Yanzi, Lu Yu, Wang Brothers, and their like.

Yin Xiaotian’s petty issues could hardly catch his eye.

The reason he intervened was because Yin Xiaotian had money, and the matter was essentially hassle-free.

Earlier in the year, during the Zhen Zidan and Zhao Wenzhuo quarrel, he didn’t bother. Those two, one is a drama tyrant, the other plays the diva; neither is some innocent little flower.

Zhen Zidan being a drama tyrant wasn’t something new.

Anyone lower in rank than him would taste his strong-side.

Even if it’s all for the good of the film, you can’t treat others like they’re nothing, right?

However, that old chap distinguishes well between right and wrong; he’s not inherently a villain character.

As for Zhao Wenzhuo, he’s been acting the diva not just for a year or two.

Back when working with Xu Ke on "Sword", he leveraged his status as Mei Yafang’s boyfriend, not even seeing Xu Ke as noteworthy, leading Xu Ke to never want to cooperate with him again.

Yet Zhao Wenzhuo’s character isn’t too problematic.

His professional skills aren’t worse than Zhen Zidan’s.

Their conflict escalated mainly due to the resource fight between mainland and Xiangjiang.

A bit like Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Weijian fighting over Little White Dragon.

Squabbles on set and fights are common, at times for resources, other times for women.

Once magnified by interested parties.

Where there’s benefit, there’s conflict; even without Zhen Zidan and Zhao Wenzhuo, other incidents would spark off tension.

Extinguishing this fire is quite pointless.

"So, Li Chen being exposed for courting a girl with stones, was that your hype too?"

Not just Li Chen, others who took a stance in this matter and also showed off, basically all faced a public relations crisis.

These days in showbiz, who doesn’t have some dirt on them?

The key is whether someone wants to stir it up.

After all, even our teacher Zhang Guoli had to lay low for an entire year due to his son’s reading scandal.

"No way around it, paid to resolve other’s crises, still have to make some money from service, else frequently taking money from you feels inappropriate. For Yin Xiaotian, spending twenty million on resolving this matter while also teaching the enemy a lesson is totally worth it."

Zhanqi Laiden spoke confidently.

His few PR companies do quite varied work, many tasks don’t generate revenue.

Like dealing with Lu Yu and Zhao Yanzi back then.

And currently working on the Wang Brothers.

Funds constantly have to be sourced from Qi Hao.

But those PR companies aren’t directly linked to Qi Hao, nor do they wish to be detected to be connected, so alternate channels must be used for transaction.

It’s like laundering money.

Fortunately, Donghao Venture Capital is a mature multinational venture capital firm, owning considerable assets domestically and internationally.

Thus, fund transactions aren’t too cumbersome.

However, Zhanqi Laiden still feels it’s best to achieve self-sufficiency.

This year’s few operations have profited handsomely.

Besides Yin Xiaotian, earlier in the year was Pan Yueming, who was exposed by his wife Dong Jie for domestic violence, infidelity, gambling, and demanded divorce.

Dong Jie is everyone’s white moonlight.

You married her yet you don’t cherish her, suddenly Pan Yueming’s reputation plummeted.

Zhanqi Laiden and his partners solicited a huge sum from Pan Yueming.

Then turned around and exposed Dong Jie’s continuous improper relations with Liang Chaowei both before and after marriage, and there were other infidelity incidents.

Even released the year’s most explosive candid photo.

A photo of the national white moonlight intensely kissing a top-tier ugly man.

This ugly man named Wang Dazhi.

Not only did he turn things around, but also helped Pan Yueming secure custody of his son.

"How’s Mrs. Hua’s situation?"

Qi Hao knew Zhanqi Laiden and his crew were challenging Mrs. Hua.

"A centipede dies but never falls. She’s tough!"

Zhanqi Laiden sighed, because the matter they want to expose is deeply implicated, therefore facing tremendous resistance.

Black and white contracts, tax evasion, have already flooded the entertainment industry.

"Still need to find solid evidence."

Qi Hao couldn’t help, knowing lots of dirty deeds about Mrs. Hua, yet those things weren’t enough for a lethal strike.

"I understand, I’m trying to find people who have evidence, they’ve offended many over the years, and now I’ve got quite a few leads, wait until we gather more, then launch a fatal attack."

Zhanqi Laiden nodded.

"You’re pursuing this without any benefits or honor, exposing it would offend many, what’s the point?"

Qi Hao personally wouldn’t risk it, nor spend so much effort.

He might sponsor some funds at most.

"For the thrill, like those who fish, spending thousands, tens of thousands on gear, braving wind, rain, and chill, standing by fish ponds and seasides. Are they doing it because they like eating fish?

Actually, most anglers don’t even eat the fish they catch, instead enjoy the whole fishing process.

Just like you acting and filming movies, doing things like this gives us immense fulfillment, it’s even better than playing with women."

Zhanqi Laiden explained as if it was the most natural thing.

"Alright, I don’t get it, but I’m thoroughly impressed."

Qi Hao was flipping through the companies newly established in the market, with annotations from Donghao Venture Capital.

"This Green Union Tech, the team suggests financing control, lately Nanhai Tech developed some hardware technology that can be monetized through such companies."

Zhanqi Laiden began discussing business.

"Okay, you handle it."

Qi Hao flipped through and found the investment was several millions, this company having some capability, so he signed his name.

Donghao Venture Capital doesn’t just invest in companies recommended by the system.

As a large growth-oriented venture capital firm, it’s always on the lookout for investment targets.

Most are at the initial stage of the company startup.

Several million can achieve many things.

Once these companies grow, even go public, several millions can turn into billions.

To win big with little, some venture capital firms partake only in angel rounds or AB rounds investment.

Of course, early on it’s hard to see potential, easy to make wrong judgments, risking several millions that soon go down the drain.

But in business, gains and losses are normal.

Zhanqi Laiden recommended a few more companies, basically on angel or A-round financing, Qi Hao signed each approval.

When Zhanqi Laiden was leaving, Qi Hao didn’t forget to ask him to arrange a few bodyguards, lest he gets discovered and eliminated someday.

Such useful minions, truly wish him safety and well-being.