Becoming a Movie Star, System Only Finished Loading After Ten Years-Chapter 427 - 419: It’s Just Too Aggrieving

A pile of stocks in hand, but just holding onto them doesn't seem quite right.

Buying and selling is what makes a trader, oh, no, it's called stock trading.

Qi Hao can't possibly rely on bank loans forever, even if the interest is low, that several billion in loans is still a fortune.

Moreover, Beihau Technology plans to invest over ten billion in the next five years.

Counting on patent fees is unrealistic, and building a new smartphone brand requires technical accumulation.

If we don't consider financing, then we can only continue borrowing.

So, Qi Hao is considering selling some stocks.

But deciding which stock to sell is quite a dilemma.

Right now, the system is just too considerate.

It actually provided him directly with early predictions of stock price fluctuations.

The value of this is far beyond simply facilitating stock sales.

Knowing when stocks will go up and down allows for buying at low prices and selling when they rise.

Then, he wouldn't have to worry about his own issues at all.

Of course, if the trading volume is too large, it could easily cause a butterfly effect on stock prices, so there are some risks involved.

But compared to ordinary people's blind grabs, Tongzi is like a lighthouse lighting up the way ahead.

This is just too extraordinary.

However, Qi Hao quickly calmed down.

It's likely that not all the stocks in his hand will have price predictions.

Otherwise, Buffett would have to change his name to Little Qi Hao.

So there must be some limitations.

If it's just predicting the price of a specific stock, there won't be the thrill of recklessly trading.

Yet it's still a very powerful task reward.

Take Penguin stocks for example; in the coming decades, Qi Hao simply needs to buy low and sell high to secure a continuous flow of funds.

Anyway, with Penguin's hundreds of billions in market value now, there's no worry about him buying it down.

As for choosing which film festival jury to join, Qi Hao actually doesn't have many choices.

It's hard to get chosen as a jury member these days.

In 2010, Liu Xiaofeng became a Changchun Film Festival jury member, causing controversy, as he was born in 1971, ten years older than Qi Hao.

It mainly stemmed from the weakness of his awards.

In 2006, Xu Jinglei became a jury member of the Shen City International Film Festival at the age of 32, but was ridiculed online and by the media for some time, saying she rose through being a mistress.

There are just a few juries that Qi Hao could potentially join.

The Three Major European Film Festivals clearly won't invite him; his authority isn't enough, only having received a Best Actor award outside.

His commercial film attributes not only don't add points for him but actually become a liability.

After all, commercial and artistic films are almost antonyms.

Someone like Jiang Wen, who can make money while standing, is extremely rare.

So it's only domestically that there's a chance.

The Golden Image Award rarely invites juries from outside their region; they have their own awarding mechanism.

There's a possibility for the Golden Horse Award to invite him, but that's quite rare too.

Juries are mostly local filmmakers from Taiwan Province; as long as they've been nominated before, even for Best Supporting Actor, they're eligible to evaluate for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Film.

Chinese mainland audiences hear the names and don't recognize them, as they've never heard of them.

Moreover, the Golden Horse Award has gradually shifted from a gathering of mainland and Xiangjiang filmmakers to a more exclusive affair for local films.

It's just because Taiwan's film production is so low that it gives Xiangjiang and mainland films some opportunities.

The Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers once invited Qi Hao.

This year's Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival will be held at the end of September, and it's too late to arrange jury participation now.

As for next year, that's over 365 days away, so that's also out.

Regarding the Changchun Film Festival, it's held every two years, and this year's is over, so there's none next year.

The Huabiao Award is like the Changchun Film Festival and can't be interfered with by ordinary people.

So Qi Hao can only choose between the College Students Film Festival and the Shen City International Film Festival.

Fortunately, both film festivals have previously invited Qi Hao to be a jury member.

But Qi Hao can't attend both.

He has another task, requiring him to win Best Film.

If the Cannes Film Festival doesn't award him the Palme d'Or—which is likely—he would have to rely on domestic awards.

Qi Hao did consider creating his own award ceremony.

But it's extremely difficult to pull off.

The China Film Directors Association held its first award ceremony in 2005, distributing seven awards including Director's Film of the Year, Director of the Year, and Director's Male and Female Actors of the Year.

But due to the rampant awards under various names across the country at that time, directives were issued to cease them, and the Directors Association Awards were rejected every year thereafter for five straight years until 2011 when the situation changed, but the annual award became a commendation assembly.

In other words, the authorities felt there were too many film awards.

Even the Huabiao Award, representing the authorities, was changed to a biennial event, stopping awards by other industry associations.

You, Qi Hao, want to create your own award ceremony?

That's really challenging.

But Qi Hao is not discouraged.

If he wants to do something, there's nothing he can't accomplish.

For example, one day he might create incredibly advanced high technology that gets sanctioned by Miguo or whoever.

Honestly...it's too unfair.

The country would then ponder how to soothe him, to comfort his tender heart.

At this moment, he could pretend to shyly suggest he wants to hold an award ceremony.

Go for it!

It must be done!

Do it to the extreme!

Just see who can stop him from holding an award ceremony.

With the task related to awards, he can self-produce and sell, completing tasks would be as simple as speaking a sentence.

Of course, for now, he doesn't have the privilege to transcend barriers.

The Golden Rooster Awards at the end of September didn't give him any awards, as most of his films released last year were commercial.

Moreover, Qi Hao didn't attend the award ceremony.

However, the December Golden Horse Awards gave face, nominating Qi Hao for Best Actor with "Uncle," although the Best Actor went to Liu Qingyun for "Life Without Principle." But "Uncle" won the Best Action Choreography Award.

At least it wasn't empty-handed.

Li Zhongzhi, Lin Feng, and Feng Bufan went onstage to accept the award together.

Li Zhongzhi was fine, having won the Best Action Director twice at the Golden Horse Awards.

But Lin Feng and Feng Bufan were incredibly excited.

Although Feng Bufan had seen great waves before, his voice still choked as he expressed gratitude to Qi Hao.

Qi Hao changed his life.

He has now bought a house in the capital and found a wife willing to spend a lifetime with him.

Qi Hao and many senior executives of his company attended the wedding.

His wife, although she couldn't speak, was younger than him by over ten years, and wasn't afraid of his burnt face; she is gentle, virtuous, and doesn't argue with him, leading to a particularly fulfilling life.

Lin Feng is similar; he was the action director for "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and is now working with Qi Hao.

From anonymity to winning the Golden Horse Award.

Most importantly, he's held onto Qi Hao's valuable connections, ensuring a comfortable life, which makes many Chinese filmmakers envy them.

Now, whether mainlandward-looking directors from Xiangjiang or Taiwan, they all hope to receive Qi Hao's favor.

Zhonghao Entertainment can selectively recruit from them.

It's fair to say that nearly all top talents in the cross-strait film industry have undergone selection by Zhonghao Entertainment.

Zhonghao Entertainment's strength is naturally getting stronger.

Han Sanping has only a few years before retirement.

What's clear is that whoever succeeds him at China Film won't have the flair of a mainland film godfather.

Being a China Film Sect Leader gives you significant power and respect, but that's about it.

Your influence on the film industry won't rival Han Sanping's.

However, Qi Hao has the demeanor of a Chinese film godfather.

Besides understanding films and being able to lead film trends, he's wealthy, incredibly wealthy.

Even as a film godfather, Qi Hao has to massage his wife's belly.

As per his mother-in-law and mother's instructions, Qi Hao applies things on An Feng's belly every day.

It's said to prevent dry skin and the formation of stretch marks.

And it can prevent umbilical cord accidents too.

Qi Hao checked with a doctor, who assured no harm, so this became part of his daily tasks.

Now he accompanies his increasingly pregnant wife, and occasionally chats with professors at school.

He also keeps an eye on Beihau Technology's research progress.

Most of the company's research projects are directions provided by Qi Hao, and some are decisions made by the researchers themselves; Qi Hao will agree if he sees that it's within the basic technological gift pack provided by the system.

Dozens of patents were born in the first half of the year.

The second half saw an explosion of patents based on the first half, with nearly a hundred patents filed in just a few months.

Although they're quite basic, they've shaken the entire research community.