[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-a-movie-star-and-only-then-did-the-syst":3,"chapter-i-became-a-movie-star-and-only-then-did-the-syst-i-became-a-movie-star-and-only-then-did-the-syst-chapter-48":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Became a Movie Star, and Only Then Did the System Finish Loading",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2285374,4470,"Chapter 48: This Makes Him Look Cultured (Requesting Monthly Votes)","i-became-a-movie-star-and-only-then-did-the-syst-chapter-48",48,"\u003Cp>Over the years, Qi Hao had not failed to study cultural knowledge on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never did well in school—how could he possibly amount to anything after graduating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was his teacher really blocking his progress or something?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dropouts have two core skills: can’t do this, can’t do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why Lao Tian built Qi Hao’s persona as a cold, aloof god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If your mind is empty, say less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, as his career lengthened and his experience grew, Qi Hao never messed up in interpersonal interactions or interviews.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only time his education was ever used against him was during the Four Young Male Leads poll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, the other young leads: Huang Xiaoming was from Beidian, Tong Dawei and Nie Yuan were from Shanghai Theatre Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go further back: Lu Yi and Ren Quan were from Shanghai Theatre Academy, Li Yapeng from Central Academy of Drama, Huang Lei and Chen Kun from Beidian—even the first batch’s token entry, Hu Bing, at least graduated from a vocational sports school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Qi Hao had finished junior high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Netizens often played a riddle: why doesn’t Qi Hao have any high school classmates?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he grew more famous, fewer and fewer people brought up his education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it remained a landmine for Qi Hao—never knew when he’d step on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, his closest friend—Tongzi—had generously given him a pair of glasses that granted perfect recall; all problems would vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When others quote, “Autumn clouds linger, frost comes late, leaving withered lotus to hear the rain,” you’ll correct them: “...leaving withered lotus to hear the rain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When others say “July flows fire” to mean it’s scorching hot, you’ll know that’s not what it means.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know—but you don’t have to say it. Constantly lecturing people makes them resent you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you can’t not know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Task 10 completed. Reward: Charm +10, Script “Shaolin Soccer,” Scholar Glasses (System Edition)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Task completed. Training opportunity granted】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Choose one training NPC: Yang Mi \u002F Liu Shishi \u002F Hu Ge】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【New task now launching】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Task 11: Stars and media are locked in a love-hate relationship. As a system-favored rising seed, you must face the media head-on. Accept a media interview now. Task difficulty: 3 stars, deadline: 60 days】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Task reward: Lines +10, Song “Men Cry, It’s Not a Crime,” Startup Capital: 100,000 RMB】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This new task offered three system rewards, but the third wasn’t a special item—it was just 100,000 RMB.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, he now found money annoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he first debuted, two or three years ago, 100,000 RMB was real money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao remembered how, because he was good-looking, he got pulled into commercials after just a few bit roles—each one paid several ten thousand RMB.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he shot music videos for singers, the pay might be higher, but he’d inevitably get taken advantage of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, just a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, too explicit and it couldn’t be released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But 100,000 RMB meant nothing to Qi Hao now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He earned 120,000 RMB per episode of “Chinese Paladin 3”; the whole series netted him roughly four to five million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All because the system’s ten-year time lag created a disconnect between system and reality: good in some ways—like granting Qi Hao 6.3 million Tencent shares—but bad in others, since rewards still followed early-2000s standards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the sake of the glasses, he’d forgive this damn system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the glasses, the system let Qi Hao pick them himself—just walk into any optician, pick any pair, and it automatically became a “System Edition” with perfect recall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it? Just like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The downside: it made the System Edition feel cheap, not mystical at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qi Hao could now choose the style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d worried before—what if they gave him gold-rimmed glasses?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wear them? Look like a freak. Don’t wear them? Look like an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, getting the glasses was tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao had one night to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, who should he spend this long night with?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi? Liu Shishi? Or Hu Ge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No real difference—he chose to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sprinkle Sichuan pepper at your neighbor’s door—make the whole block numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Future projects must not be as mindless as “Chinese Paladin 3”—now he couldn’t even pick a training NPC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, “Chinese Paladin 3” wasn’t his choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was picked for him by Ziwen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Qi Hao was about to enter the training space, the three abandoned options shifted—and new names appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh? If you don’t pick, the options update?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should’ve never picked Tang Yan last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akasaka Re \u002F Sayuri Yoshinaga \u002F Li Lizhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao stared at this absurd trio, utterly baffled by the system’s logic in grouping them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What crime did my goddess Sayuri Yoshinaga commit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or did I miss some secret perk no one else knows about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao chose Sayuri Yoshinaga without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, her acting wasn’t exceptional—but she had many classic films across diverse genres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first Japanese TV drama imported into China was Sayuri Yoshinaga’s “Blood Bond,” about a tragic romance between a young man and a girl with leukemia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, leukemia as a romantic plot was new to Chinese audiences; later, the Koreans adopted it as “national treasure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Car crashes and leukemia—Koreans’ favorites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bizarre plots, romantic love—tugged tears from every age and gender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sayuri Yoshinaga’s character Sachiko became the white moonlight of teenagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A classic example: Zhang Yimou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This quiet man from the northwest never spoke of it—but his film casting said everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generation after generation of “Zhang Yimou girls” bore a striking resemblance to Sayuri Yoshinaga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first “Zhang Yimou girl,” Gong Li, was called “Little Sayuri Yoshinaga” upon debut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another young man from a Shanxi town, Jia Zhangke, openly admitted his room was plastered with posters of goddess Sayuri Yoshinaga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Japanese felt the same—naturally restless Takeshi Kitano adored Sayuri Yoshinaga but never met her in person!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, when making “Outrage,” Kitano decided to cast Sayuri Yoshinaga’s husband, Tomokazu Miura, in a key role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time Kitano invited Miura for tea, he was just hoping to see Sayuri Yoshinaga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam, you don’t want your husband to lose this role, do you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he always came up empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in the sequel to “Outrage,” Miura’s character was killed off right after his first scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao had no obsession with Sayuri Yoshinaga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just liked her “The Izu Dancer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And using Zhang Yimou, Jia Zhangke, and Takeshi Kitano’s goddess as a training NPC gave him a strange thrill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next time he met Zhang Yimou, he’d feel superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Izu Dancer” was a remake—the original starred Kinuyo Tanaka, then Yûko Mochizuki, then Sayuri Yoshinaga; even Mochizuki’s and Yoshinaga’s versions were directed by the same man, Katsuhisa Nishihara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can’t say Sayuri Yoshinaga acted better than her predecessors—but the feeling of first love was just perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after choosing Sayuri Yoshinaga, Qi Hao selected “The Izu Dancer” as the training copy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once inside, he found a huge problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit! He didn’t speak Japanese!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sayuri Yoshinaga, as the training NPC, was just as confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They talked past each other for ages before starting—each acted alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao finally got to play Tomokazu Miura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Qi Hao took a day off and went to an optician that made lenses on-site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked the sturdiest frame and the most durable lenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know if the system would replace the glasses if they broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he appeared on set, he was already wearing the glasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No prescription—just blue-light blocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Might help a little when using phones or computers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, why are you wearing glasses?” Zhang Nan asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao had left early claiming he had something to do, sneaking off mysteriously—and returned with a new pair of glasses, looking oddly suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This makes him look refined…” Qi Hao said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Refined…” Zhang Nan instinctively wanted to say “refined degenerate,” a phrase often used together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this small matter was harmless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the boss likes it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After putting on the glasses, Qi Hao indeed looked more refined, achieving a new level of handsomeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, you’ll keep my glasses. Take good care of them—don’t let them get bumped or lost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao confirmed it with the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the glasses break, they can be repaired and still used, but if lost, he would lose his photographic memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, whoever found the glasses wouldn’t gain the same ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These glasses belonged exclusively to Qi Hao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao + glasses = photographic memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did a woman give you these?” Zhang Nan could only think of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… don’t always think about women. If you’re missing your wife and kids, I’ll give you leave to go home. I’m just shuttling between hotel and set—Yang Liu is enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Hao hesitated a moment, but still couldn’t classify the glasses as a token of affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had no woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’ll come to Zhejiang Province for tourism in a couple days—you’ll meet them then,” Zhang Nan shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then if you’re not leaving, do me a favor,” Qi Hao said without any politeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What favor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to do a media interview…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lao Tian were here, he’d think Qi Hao was having another episode, but Zhang Nan wasn’t surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he asked seriously: “Is there anything you want to announce?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I just think filming is too boring—we’ve been shooting since February, over two months already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then there’s no need for a press conference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Nan exhaled in relief—he’d thought Qi Hao was going to announce a romance or something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just handle it however you see fit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would a press conference accomplish now? Clarifying he’s not gay? Or denying rumors about Yang Mi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of that needs deliberate clarification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then arrange a media visit. Before, Tang Ren wanted to arrange one, but we turned them down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Nan thought about it—this should satisfy the boss’s request.\u003C\u002Fp>",1643,"2026-06-20T03:01:22.774Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c9d2aee2d2aa0b9608d92f2fdd2b59fa9671e7fd58db9b2650fb311bea0d5da7","i-became-a-movie-star-and-only-then-did-the-syst-chapter-49","i-became-a-movie-star-and-only-then-did-the-syst-chapter-47",343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-a-movie-star-and-only-then-did-the-syst-cover.jpg"]