novellhall Chapter 4 The Road Ahead
Chapter 4 The Road Ahead
Lin Zixuan, who had just returned to the Beijing Film Academy campus, was already extremely tired. After all, the continuous high-intensity output had taken a toll on his body.
After returning to his own little home, he ignored everything and went straight to sleep.
I slept until the next morning, and when I woke up I was completely refreshed.
He began to think about the path forward.
After two days and two nights of post-breakup sex with Jiang Yiyan, he had already felt the power of the Hehuan Immortal Inquiry Technique. Even though he had not yet mastered it, the improvement in his physical qualities had given him a great surprise.
At the same time, they also understood the difficulty of cultivating this technique, which required an extraordinary amount of popularity.
However, now that I have the good fortune to obtain this heaven-defying cultivation technique, I must not give up on the next step no matter what.
My only goal now is to cultivate diligently, advance continuously, and master powerful abilities, not to mention the possibility of gaining a longer lifespan.
However, this technique is clearly useless if you just practice hard; you have to do everything you can to gain popularity in order for your practice to be effective.
The best way to gain popularity is to become a star, whether it's a sports star or an entertainment star. As long as you become a big star that everyone pays attention to, you will naturally gain huge popularity.
However, sports stars are definitely not an option.
I'm already 21 years old and have never had any systematic sports training. Who would want me if I went into sports at this age?
Moreover, even if I were to actually enter the sports world and become a star athlete in a certain field, it would be extremely difficult to find someone else to take a two-day weekend according to the management of the sports system. In that case, I would have no choice but to rely on my popularity to cultivate my skills.
The problem is that I'm cultivating the Hehuan Immortal Cultivation Technique, and the main source of popularity should be finding cultivation partners. Without cultivation partners, the loss would be too great.
Not to mention, participating in sports competitions often involves blood tests. What if you are found to have any abnormalities and are used as a guinea pig for research? That would truly be a case of "showing off for a moment is fun, but you'll be in deep trouble later."
But entertainment stars are different; their career paths are completely tailored to their own needs.
First of all, he is a student in the Department of Performing Arts at the Taipei Film Academy, and he also has such a handsome appearance. Isn't he a natural idol superstar?
Moreover, he had traveled back from the future and had a wealth of memories of movies, TV shows, and songs in his mind.
I know exactly which works will become popular. As long as I find a way to star in these works, becoming famous will be a piece of cake.
However, I currently have no powerful backers, no connections, and no popularity. Why would anyone let me act in a good production, let alone play the lead role?
No, I have very clear images in my mind of some particularly classic works.
Especially during the 10 years that Huayi was shelved, I had nothing to do and watched many classic movies and TV shows repeatedly, and even analyzed some of them.
Seventeen years later, although I didn't have time to watch the most popular movies and TV shows repeatedly, I still have a clear memory of them because of the short time I spent watching them.
The same applies to songs. I probably won't remember most songs, but I can definitely reproduce the ones that are memorable and classic.
If that's the case, then can't I take an unconventional path and not need others to praise me?
Find those classic, wildly popular, and fan-favorite works from your memories, organize and produce them yourself, star in them, promote yourself, and make a lot of money along the way.
Furthermore, since he organized the event himself, the female lead can choose whomever she wants, and then they can legitimately develop into a cultivation partner to help him cultivate.
This is killing multiple birds with one stone! It's a hundred times better than going out to find resources.
The idea is correct, but the reality is that I have no money or connections. How can I take the first step and break through the impasse?
Lin Zixuan was born in YC City, Jiangxi Province. His father was an ordinary civil servant and his mother was a teacher. He was an only child. Such a family was naturally well-off in the local area, but they were willing but unable to support his development in the film and television industry.
Lin Zixuan lived up to expectations. With his excellent appearance, he received many male-male photo shoot invitations every month since entering the Beijing Film Academy. He has not asked his family for tuition and living expenses since the second semester.
Many senior students from the directing department would contact him immediately if there was a handsome male role in a project.
He charges 5000 yuan per guy, and 4000 yuan after deducting taxes. With 4-5 orders per month, he can live a very comfortable life.
That's why he was able to easily rent a two-bedroom apartment in the Beijing Film Academy neighborhood without any financial support from his family.
Keep in mind that the rent here is not cheap, amounting to as much as 5500 yuan per month.
However, as a student at Beijing Film Academy, his daily expenses were not low. Coupled with the expenses of dating, especially after he started working on film sets, his various expenses increased even more, so he didn't have much savings in his bank account.
He took out his phone and found the most recent bank message. The balance on his card was 37615.53 yuan. To think that he could start a film and television project with such a small amount of money was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
It seems my primary task is to make money, at least enough to start a project.
But how to make money quickly? That's the question.
Buying lottery tickets is useless; I have absolutely no memory of it.
I don't have enough capital to buy stocks. I didn't trade stocks in my previous life at this stage, and I have no memory of it at all. I do know a few stocks with great long-term investment value, such as Moutai, Gree, Tencent, BYD, and China Shipbuilding, but those are long-term investment options.
Selling copied songs is useless. As a newcomer with no fame whatsoever, in the current music market that's almost dead, who would spend a lot of money to buy your work? Even the best song can only sell for 2 yuan at most.
Selling copied scripts is even more impossible. As a performance student, who would believe you can write a good script? Besides, he can't even get into the screenwriting circle.
As for submitting your script directly to a film and television company, that's a joke. Why would they use your script? Even if someone does take a liking to your idea and makes some minor modifications to turn it into their own original work, what can you do about it?
Copying songs, singing them yourself, and releasing an album is even more impossible. Not to mention that you haven't received professional singing training, your voice can only be considered that of an excellent karaoke singer. With such conditions, participating in a talent show is more reliable than joining a record company, not to mention how harsh the signing conditions of record companies are for a newcomer.
Given the current music market environment, 95% of records are losing money hand over fist; genuine records simply cannot be sold, and they are all pirated.
Moreover, with the advent of MP3s and the shameless sharing spirit of the Internet, listening to music doesn't require spending money at all, and pirated records are no longer selling well.
Before the state regulated and managed music copyrights, being a singer was a dead end.
There's nothing we can do about copying online novels; he studied acting, not dramatic literature, and everyone knows his lack of literary skills.
He could manage to turn memorable movies and TV shows into screenplays, but copying online novels he'd read was way beyond his capabilities.
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One by one, the plans were rejected. It seems that a quick way to make money requires a better understanding of all the information available at this stage before making a decision.
Of course, there is another way; the Hehuan Asks Immortal Technique also contains two auxiliary spells.
There's a technique called Moon Goddess's Arrow. Once you learn it, you can make the target (of the opposite sex) quickly fall for you and develop special feelings for you—it's practically the ultimate weapon for flirting!
The other is Unlimited Charm, which is a group spell that, once learned, increases the target's affinity towards you.
It seems my immediate priority should be to learn these two additional spells, and then find a film crew with a popular female star.
While filming, I'll find an opportunity to use my "Moon Goddess Arrow" on her, win her over, and have her help me cultivate. Maybe she can even introduce me to some connections and get my projects started.
I just don't know if these two additional spells can be practiced before entering the fundamental cultivation technique, the Joyful Union Immortal Inquiry Manual.
Never mind, I'll focus on training first.