Xue Xiaolu never expected it, but Qi Hao actually agreed.

She was allowed to stay at the hotel booked by the film crew, allowed to hang around the set, and wasn't even assigned any work.

At most, they just gave her the script for "Lost on Journey 2" and asked if she had any suggestions for improvement.

Why not agree?

One sheep is herding, two sheep are also herding.

In just a few days, there were over a dozen so-called assistant directors here in the crew.

This is actually just part of it.

After all, making people run to Thailand for an "interview" is a threshold in itself.

Qi Hao doesn't invest in everyone's projects.

In total, he's only selected five or six projects.

Even Lu Yang's script was rejected by him.

Lu Yang's new script, "Motorhome Adventure," tells the story of a successful self-made elite, who was once a morally reprehensible "jerk," and his 16 ex-girlfriends are full of resentment towards him. A sudden bad news drives him to set off in a motorhome on a journey to find his exes.

The protagonist, successful and charming, has to seek out his many ex-girlfriends in his motorhome after encountering misfortune.

"What kind of nonsense is this?"

Qi Hao tossed the script directly into Lu Yang's arms, questioning his earlier assumption that Lu Yang had potential.

"It's a romance film, romance is the most popular genre right now."

Lu Yang looked innocent.

"Who wrote you this script?"

Qi Hao was curious, as the script was really quite mediocre.

The male lead, the creator of the perfume kingdom and a dominant CEO figure, is diagnosed with leukemia and sets out to find his many ex-girlfriends in hopes of finding kin and getting a bone marrow transplant.

Why not just say he's infertile and needs to find an heir?

The male protagonist, due to his past as a jerk, faces rejection from almost all of his exes: a formidable woman who's now his business rival sets him up to be embarrassed in front of the media; a no-nonsense policewoman mobilizes the entire city's patrol cars to track him down; a seductive Latin dance instructor leads him on a path of no return, chased by an underworld boss...

This must've been written by a female screenwriter.

"My dad's student, the initial script for 'Blind Cinema' was hers, I got it and turned it into what it is now."

Lu Yang felt slightly awkward.

"Do you think this plot has any market value? Didn't you say you wanted to shoot 'Brocade Spring Saber' last time? Our company has a team of screenwriters. You should work with them and focus on that."

Qi Hao didn't trust Lu Yang's screenwriter, but he had more faith in his own company's screenwriters.

After all, the company's screenwriting team gets bonuses based on script quality. If the script isn't good, their earnings would drastically reduce.

"Alright then, I'll focus on 'Brocade Spring Saber' for now."

Lu Yang nodded vigorously, planning to toss the "Motorhome Adventure" script into the shredder.

Both Lu Yang's and Han Yan's scripts were quite average.

Xue Xiaolu's script was only half-finished.

Qi Hao hadn't even seen Wu Jing's script yet.

With all four scripts seeming unreliable, Qi Hao didn't have much confidence in completing the task.

Moreover, this task apparently had conditions for overachievement.

The so-called basic technology big gift pack.

For advanced civilizations, it's basic technology, but for Earth, that's questionable.

Who knows, there might be controlled nuclear fusion in it.

Currently, many of Huaxia's technologies are choked by Miguo.

Especially after Qi Hao looked into Xiaomi's business information, he realized that Xiaomi might fall into a "patent crisis" in the future.

It's entirely dependent on foreign companies for many technologies, especially advanced ones like chips.

This has earned Xiaomi the label of "an assembly factory without core technology."

So, Qi Hao only focused on Xiaomi's return on investment.

He didn't think Xiaomi deserved the business information Tongzi gave him.

These pieces of information definitely need to be leveraged.

That means setting up a tech-research based company besides Xiaomi.

Qi Hao isn't short of money now.

His career is aiming for the stars and seas.

If he could negotiate with Tongzi, asking for more core technology-related information, he wouldn't mind not surpassing Miguo by much, just close enough.

There's no need to worry about research funding.

These days, even scammers can easily get research funds.

Just look at "Hanxin No.1" for example.

Therefore, Qi Hao hoped to overachieve in this task, even if it meant spending more money.

How much more could it cost?

The cost of a movie, high as a few tens of millions, low as a few million, some can even be done with just a few hundred thousand.

Even if Qi Hao invested in ten films, it's only a few billion at most.

The reward for over-achieving the task is definitely worth more than a few billion.

Finally, the task issued by Tongzi had arrived.

It would be a waste not to grab this opportunity.

Thus, Qi Hao not only had people bringing scripts to him, but he also relaunched the script acquisition plan again.

The sucker is live.

If there's a good script, whether it's from Thailand, Korea, Neon, or even Hollywood, as long as your script is good enough, I'll buy it at a high price.

Then just find a few promising directors to shoot it.

Gotta say, "I Am Rich" is truly a powerful money-making ability.

Once this news was released, scripts came flying in like snowflakes.

When "Lost on Journey 2" wrapped up, Qi Hao had already received hundreds of scripts.

Of course, out of these hundreds of scripts, there might not even be ten excellent ones.

Most of them were rushed out hoping to get lucky.

What if they got picked?

Only a small portion belonged to legitimate movie scripts.

Considering the scripts also needed to fit Huaxia's actual situation, the usable ones were probably even fewer.

There were two Korea scripts that were pretty good.

Since buying the script for "Uncle" and achieving great success, Qi Hao now held Korea scripts in higher regard.

The people over there don't tend to drop their IQ unless they talk about Zheng Zhi and culture.

One script was called "Architecture 101," a romance film, which its creator, Lee Yong-joo, had been brewing since before filming his directorial debut, "Living Death."

In 2003, Lee Yong-joo worked as an assistant director under Bong Joon-ho on the crime thriller "Memories of Murder."

He accumulated a lot of experience and professional connections.

Leveraging these connections, Lee Yong-joo wrote and directed his first personal movie, "Living Death," in 2009. The film won the Best Screenplay at the 30th Korea Blue Dragon Film Awards and was also nominated for Best New Director.

Unfortunately, this film only grossed about 248,300 RMB at the box office.

This figure was rather embarrassing.

The new movie "Architecture 101" tells a story about first love, friendship, career, and life, allowing people to appreciate the true essence of life and love amidst laughter and sweetness.

The script doesn't have much conflict or plot twists; it's purely a love story.

Such romantic films are almost oversaturated in Korea.

Coupled with the previous film's failure to break through, not many film companies were interested.

So, after encountering multiple rejections, Lee Yong-joo turned his attention to Huaxia.

"Uncle" was a box office success across Asia.

Although the original writer Li Zhenfan missed out on a good movie, he got his script fee and retained the remake rights, and it's currently in the casting stage.

Having been tested in the market, the remake swiftly secured investment.

It is said that they even invited Won Bin to star.

They are determined to create a model more handsome than Qi Hao.

With Li Zhenfan's example, Lee Yong-joo wasn't averse to collaborating with Huaxia.

However, his demands were a bit higher.

He hoped Qi Hao's side would invest, and he would continue to direct the film, with production set in Korea.

In other words, he insisted on getting the money.

Sharing a similar mindset was Yeon Sang-ho.

Yeon Sang-ho was into comics, and he had a better understanding of animation film development in Huaxia.

Since 2006, he had been working on an animated movie called "Seoul Station," but due to too many ideas and not enough money, it had been progressing intermittently.

After five years, it was still unfinished.

In between, he had to take on other projects to stay afloat.

Now, hearing that the Huaxia company renowned in Korea began collecting scripts again,

he had an idea.

Could he slightly modify the "Seoul Station" script and sell it as a live-action movie script to the Huaxia company?

This way, he would have the money to continue with "Seoul Station."

But he wasn't comfortable handing "Seoul Station" to someone else, so he also proposed that he direct it himself.

Zombie themes obviously couldn't be filmed in Huaxia, so the production had to be in Korea.

Thus, once again, Zhonghao Entertainment became just an investor.

There were several other Korea film scripts, but none could compare to "Architecture 101" and "Seoul Station."

Even though Qi Hao was quite unimpressed, he could only focus on these two films.

Fortunately, the system didn't specify that Huaxia film directors had to direct, so if these two Korea directors could make a good movie, it would still count as Qi Hao completing his task.

After persuasion failed, and since they weren't suitable for shooting in mainland interior, Qi Hao accepted that these two writers would both direct, and Zhonghao Entertainment would only provide the funding.

For example, "Architecture 101," with a total investment of 80 million RMB.

Mainly because director Lee Yong-joo wanted to invite Han Jiaren to make a comeback.

Han Jiaren had an outstanding look and was considered a top beauty in Korea.

Since getting married a few years ago, she hadn't released any works.

Now her appearance hasn't diminished, and she gained a married woman's appeal, many projects were extending olive branches to her.

To invite her back and pair her with a cast that matches her, the actor fees were a significant expenditure, so Lee Yong-joo offered a high production cost of 80 million RMB.

Zhonghao Entertainment then provided him 60 million, accounting for 75% of the share.

It was impossible to take the entire amount; it was too easy to get taken advantage of.

With 60 million secured, finding the remaining 20 million became much simpler, and many film companies in Korea wanted to collaborate with Qi Hao.

Qi Hao had already proved himself in the Korea market.

Given their behavior over there, if Qi Hao went for business talks and asked for a few popular girl group members, they'd be readily arranged for him.

On the other hand, "Train to Busan," Yeon Sang-ho, was known for being thrifty, claiming that 10 billion Korean Won, approximately 60 million RMB, would be enough to make it, and the cast wouldn't be particularly poor either.

Zhonghao Entertainment promised him a 50 million investment.

He still needed to find the rest.

The two Korea directors started actively working for Qi Hao.

In Neon, there was a project called "Rurouni Kenshin."

They came over seeking collaboration.

However, what they lacked wasn't money, but an opportunity to enter Huaxia's mainland market.

So they hoped Qi Hao could facilitate the introduction of this film into the mainland.

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