Chapter 40: Three monks have no water to drink (Seeking monthly votes)

"Do you need Teacher Zhang to help you get out of the scene? Don't worry, I'm hiring him by the hour; it doesn't matter who comes to ask for advice."

You've already had the nerve to call me Big Brother; I can still help with this little favor.

Yang Mi was so choked up she wanted to roll her eyes.

God!

You heartless guy, you only grew a stomach, right?

However, since things had reached this point, Yang Mi couldn't say, "I didn't want to ask about acting at all."

If I wanted to ask about acting, I could just ask my school teachers.

I just want to be famous!

"Yang Mi, get ready quickly!"

The director was calling, so Yang Mi had to go to work dejectedly.

"It's been so long; if she really hadn't gotten out of the scene, her mental state would have had problems long ago..."

Zhang Songwen couldn't help but laugh.

How could someone with such poor acting skills enter the scene so deeply and for so long?

It would be good enough if she could enter the scene at all.

"Haha, old brother, you're really humorous."

Qi Hao held back his laughter; asking for acting advice was fake—that woman just wanted to sleep with me.

And she wouldn't even pay.

"Average, average, hehe."

Zhang Songwen laughed with a mischievous look, which counted as helping his employer out of a tight spot.

However, the undercurrents between the male and female actors in this crew clearly revealed something abnormal.

For example, why were those three women all surrounding Qi Hao and making a fuss?

If you say it's because Qi Hao is one of the Four Young Scholars + Best Actor, this status actually shouldn't be enough to make female stars put down their modesty.

And there were three leads.

Female stars in the entertainment industry are particularly proud and love to enjoy the feeling of being pursued by others; they won't easily chase after men.

Could it be because Qi Hao is handsome?

Then I must have missed out on too many things because I'm not handsome.

There must be some reason he didn't know.

Could it be a natural talent?

Also, Qi Hao's attitude was very strange; he didn't seem to enjoy being surrounded by beauties.

He was even a bit repulsed; he hadn't seen him particularly like any one of them.

Liking someone can't be hidden; even if you hide in the closet, you'll still be found by her husband.

"Come, let's continue; help me analyze Teacher You Benchang's Mad Monk Ji Gong..."

Qi Hao had to pretend to be very busy so he wouldn't be entangled by the female demons.

Hmm, not just female demons.

Sometimes Hu Ge also liked to find him to chat.

Could it be that Hu Ge also knew the rumor that he had that "Prosperity-Bringing Fate"?

But you're a man; what exactly do you mean?

Fortunately, Hu Ge was closer to Yuan Hong in the crew.

They only occasionally looked for Qi Hao to play, and now that the acting teacher Qi Hao found occupied a lot of time, they played by themselves more.

But once it was time to eat, there was no stopping them.

At noon, Tang Yan moved a small stool to Qi Hao's simple dining table and even took out a glass jar.

Yang Mi, who had originally been eager to move, almost poked a hole in her lunch box.

She wouldn't eat, and she wouldn't let others eat either.

It was simply too much.

"Brother Qi Hao, this is the Sanlin pickled melon my mom made; do you want to try it?"

The crew's lunch box didn't taste too bad, but don't expect it to be very good, and no matter what the dish was, it basically tasted the same; eating it for a long time made one lose their appetite.

Pickled vegetables are indeed a good thing.

And, it was made by Tang Yan's mother herself; Qi Hao was immediately a bit flattered.

"Thanks, I'll try it... it's really good!"

The pickled melon was made of cucumber; it looked a bit black, but it was crunchy and tasted very refreshing.

"I brought quite a lot; if you like it, I'll share a jar with you."

Although Tang Yan was often made to want to cry by Qi Hao's competitiveness, she had indeed gained a lot in the process of acting opposite Qi Hao.

Her agent, Ji Rujing, even said she had improved.

Hmm, just a little bit...

"That won't be necessary; just clip one piece when eating."

How could Qi Hao be embarrassed to take a whole jar? That was her mother's love in pickled vegetables.

And, by then, there would probably be rumors again.

In the half month since *Chinese Paladin 3* started filming, the outside world had been very curious about the gossip inside the crew.

Quite a few ambiguous news stories had broken out.

Although Tang Yan was the second female lead, she and Qi Hao were lovers entangled for three lifetimes in the show, so naturally, she also became the focus of the media.

Otherwise, Yang Mi wouldn't have been so anxious.

As for Liu Shishi, she was mostly confused most of the time; if Cai Yinong was there, she would lean over and interact more with Qi Hao; if Cai Yinong left, she would—look like she was daydreaming.

For example, today after eating, they were filming the scene where Qi Hao was going to subdue Liu Shishi, the sword demon.

If it were Zhao Wenzhuo, it would definitely be "Bold monster, I can tell at a glance that you are not human!"

Bold monster! I want you to reveal your true form, Great Wei Heavenly Dragon, Prajna, all Buddhas, World-Honored One, Ksitigarbha, Prajna Ba Ma Kong, appear, bold, blaspheming my Buddha, kill kill kill kill, petty tricks, daring to show off in front of an expert, Great Wei Heavenly Dragon, Great Luo Dharma Spell, Prajna all Buddhas...

Bold monster, I want you to help me cultivate!

But the relevant plot in *Chinese Paladin 3* was very boring; there was a reason Xu Zhangqing hadn't cultivated any great attainments in three lifetimes.

And, acting opposite Liu Shishi was very boring.

There was no passion at all.

Even if she was a monster, he couldn't get excited to subdue her.

This was probably the so-called wooden beauty.

However, in the rumors from the outside world, quite a few "things that must be said about Qi Hao and the beauties of the crew" appeared.

Which one did he like?

Or did he like them all?

Were there any crew couples with one or more of them?

Many times, you don't go looking for rumors, but rumors will actively find you.

But this time, because it was with three beauties.

The authenticity was much worse, so no serious rumors had appeared.

It did fulfill that saying.

One monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water together, three monks have no water to drink.

At the end of February, someone delivered a car to Qi Hao that he had ordered earlier.

Whether it was payment, receipts, or procedures, everything was very complete.

It was as if there was a pen that had swish-swish written this process.

And then it all became reality.

Brother Tongzi, awesome!

A boss ordering a car wasn't anything, but a boss ordering this thing seemed a bit abnormal.

Zhang Nan hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't suggest the boss see a psychiatrist.

Liking a classic car wasn't anything.

There were even people abroad who liked cars from a hundred years ago.

Santana 2000!

This outdated model didn't look any different from an ordinary car.

Only Qi Hao understood that this thing could save his life at a critical moment.

During the filming in Hengdian, he didn't use this car.

The hotel wasn't far from the filming location; although there were many cars on the road, none could pick up speed, so it was hard to have any major car accidents.

In March, there were quite a few things in the entertainment industry.

The matter of the artist surnamed Chen continued to ferment; one of the protagonists of the incident, Zhang Baizhi, was exposed to be pregnant again, yet there were rumors that the Xie family was going to sweep her out the door.

There were also rumors that the child might not be Little Xie's.

Subsequently, Nicholas Tse denied the above rumors, stating that their family was harmonious and the whole family was getting along great now.

Everyone expressed sympathy one after another.

It could only be said that ever since Little Xie turned green, people's sympathy for him had overflowed, making his reputation, which wasn't very good to begin with, much better.

Of course, he actually hadn't been turned green; the artist surnamed Chen was just his wife's ex-boyfriend.

He and the artist surnamed Chen had even once been brothers.

It wasn't that the brothers weren't good enough, it was just that the brother had found a beautiful sister-in-law.

There were also some news stories that weren't so annoying, such as Ximen Qing actor Pal Sinn marrying Paisley Hu; it was a pity for Asami Sugiura.

There were also things related to Qi Hao.

One was that he received an invitation for the 100-day countdown celebration of the Olympic Games—the theme song "Beijing Welcomes You."

The time was quite urgent.

If he accepted the invitation, he had to hurry to the capital to participate in the recording.

Logically speaking, those who received invitations should all be singers.

The reason Qi Hao received an invitation was probably because he went to participate in a commercial performance to sing.

And, the video of him singing at that time was recorded by someone and put on the internet.

It caused quite a sensation.

Everyone then discovered that he could sing, and he sang quite well.

Since they invited Huang Xiaoming, inviting Qi Hao was also reasonable.

However, Qi Hao decisively refused this invitation.

He also supported the Olympic Games, but not in this way of showing off in front of experts.

He knew how much ability he had.

Finding some old songs he often listened to, he could indeed sing them without going off-key, and because of his vocal condition, it sounded quite flavorful at first listen.

But in front of professional singers, it was easy to reveal his true colors.

As for who gave Huang Xiaoming the courage...

Maybe it was Ultraman.

Another thing was that Wang Zhiwen was getting married.

The relationship between Wang Zhiwen getting married and him was that Qi Hao also received an invitation.

He and Wang Zhiwen could be considered drinking buddies.

Back when filming *The Emperor and the Assassin*, Wang Zhiwen played Lao Ai, and Qi Hao played a small eunuch.

The two could be considered colleagues.

Of course, Qi Hao played a real eunuch, and Wang Zhiwen had a penis, and it was very big.

When they were in the crew, Qi Hao followed them to drink, and at that time he amazed everyone, drinking several heavyweights under the table in turns.

From then on, he could often sit at the table and drink with the heavyweights.

For example, when Wang Zhiwen met someone who could drink particularly well and bragged about being able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, he would call Qi Hao and say, "There's someone here who isn't afraid of death; come, drink him into the hospital."

To say they had a deep friendship wouldn't be accurate.

But being able to drink together often, and drinking very happily, it wouldn't be right not to invite him to the wedding.

The reason Qi Hao was very happy to attend.

Was because the task of "hiring an acting teacher" had already been completed.

The system recognized Zhang Songwen's teaching.

Qi Hao could choose to complete the task at any time.

However, in the *Chinese Paladin 3* crew, he was in contact with people whose acting skills were relatively average.

He was worried that the candidate NPCs would be people like Hu Ge, Yuan Hong, and Lin Zicong.

It wouldn't be good if it were Zhang Songwen, because he didn't have many works.

Of course, the most miserable should be Yang Mi and Liu Shishi returning to the stage because they weren't chosen last time.

So Qi Hao planned to take two days off to go to Shanghai to attend the wedding and interact more with the guests at the wedding.

Even if he captured Wang Zhiwen.

Qi Hao could follow him to learn lines; Old Wang's lines were still quite good. ===== CHAPTER 41 =====