Chen Hao inquired and found out that the Little Girl had bought several small courtyards just before the crazy surge in Capital housing prices in 2006, with unit prices in the hundreds of thousands each, and they had indeed multiplied many times over the past few years.
The small courtyard she gave him wasn't large, but it was the closest one to the Film Academy, only about a 10-minute drive, making it a perfect place to stay.
The Little Girl was quite generous and even wanted to leave her car for the Big Uncle to drive, but Chen Hao found her red Ferrari too conspicuous, so he decided to wait until her loan arrived and buy one himself.
This courtyard was bought by the Little Girl for appreciation and hadn't been lived in before, so there were no daily necessities, meaning Chen Hao couldn't stay there for now. Thus, the Little Girl only brought him to see it, and after the viewing, she drove him back to the Film Academy.
When they arrived at the school gate, by coincidence, they ran into a few brothers who had just finished eating skewers.
Fairy Sister greeted them openly, returned Chen Hao to them, and then drove away Chic ly.
"Haozi, no, Brother Hao, what's your relationship with Senior Apprentice Sister Yi Fei?" Once the Little Girl's car was far away, the three immediately cornered Chen Hao, wanting him to confess.
"No relationship at all, I'm her fan, just chasing a star," Chen Hao said, spouting nonsense with a straight face.
"Damn it, do you think we're stupid? Who chases a star and gets picked up in a car, even taken out to eat?"
"Really, if you don't believe me, you'll know in a few days."
Chen Hao's official identity was indeed a fan of the Little Girl, which was his dark history. However, he couldn't erase that history and could only passively await its exposure.
The few of them kept pestering him, so he had no choice but to tell them that he and Fairy Sister had known each other for several years. As for the rest, they would have to wait until they saw the news and discovered it themselves.
In his previous life, Chen Hao was in Performance Class 3, and one of his roommates even became a third-tier celebrity. This time, in Performance Class 2, none of his current roommates would make a name for themselves in the industry later on.
It wasn't that he wouldn't associate with these brothers because they were unknown. It was because people in the industry and those outside it were different.
Even if people in the industry knew some entertainment gossip, they wouldn't casually spread it, because it was a rule. If you broke the rule, everyone would work together to smash your rice bowl.
But if these brothers were to leave the industry later, the rules would be useless to them, and they might chat about gossip without restraint.
Every word Chen Hao said to them could potentially be exposed later, so he was unwilling to say more, and even less could he show off.
The few of them kept asking questions along the way, trying to indirectly understand Chen Hao's family background, wondering if he came from some powerful family or the like.
Chen Hao told them the truth: his family was just an ordinary family from a small county town.
The brothers became more confused the more they listened. With your family background, how exactly did you get involved with Fairy Sister?
After returning to the dormitory, Chen Hao finally managed to send his brothers away and took out his laptop to search for profitable stocks.
Unfortunately, the timing was a bit off. There was indeed a bull market in 2009. In 2008, to cope with the global financial crisis, the country launched a 4 trillion yuan plan, which greatly revitalized the stock market, but this rally was already coming to an end.
However, there were a few American companies that would see a significant surge in the coming months, but trading US stocks required a trip to the United States or Hong Kong. He had just started school, what excuse could he use to ask for leave?
He was a student in the performance class, so he could only find an excuse related to film and television.
Chen Hao scratched his head. He had just told Fairy Sister that the film company wasn't urgent, and now he had to get into film and television first. Would his image as a steady Big Uncle be ruined?
...
At the freshman class meeting, Chen Hao scanned his classmates and recognized only two girls: one was Si Lili from "Joy of Life" and the other was Wei Yingluo from "Story of Yanxi Palace."
Their top student in this cohort was Li Meng, the actress who liked to act like a big shot and was criticized for being difficult to work with. Her acting was indeed good, but this Little Girl's personality was also very dramatic. Currently, the more famous one was Xie Yunshan, the child star Xiao Dingdang, who had collaborated with Fairy Sister and played the young Yang Guo.
However, these top students were not in their class. Their class was a 'looks' class; they might have been a bit lacking in artistic cultivation, but they all looked very good.
Class 3 was somewhat similar to a vocational class, except that this year, the vocational class was canceled and expanded into 3 undergraduate classes.
It was the same old self-introductions, followed by class committee elections, which Chen Hao feigned death to avoid participating in.
He applied to the Film Academy because his cultural class grades weren't good, but he still had to go to university to give his family an explanation. And the Film Academy had relatively free time, which was why he came here to study.
However, he didn't want to spend too much time at school. He had already attended classes for several years in his previous life; he had learned everything he needed to, so there was no need to learn it again.
The homeroom teacher of Performance Class 2, where Chen Hao was, was named Tao Enran; she would later change her name to Ma Xiaojing.
This Teacher Tao was also a Senior Apprentice Sister from the Film Academy, one year junior to Fairy Sister, from the 2003 cohort. After graduation, she stayed on to teach a vocational class. Last semester, after sending off the 2007 vocational class students, she just happened to come and teach Chen Hao's class.
After the meeting, Chen Hao called out to Teacher Tao, stating that he had a movie to film and needed to ask for leave.
"Asking for leave right after school starts? You're not trying to avoid military training, are you?" Teacher Tao asked with a frown.
As for Chen Hao's claim about having a movie to film, she didn't believe it at all; it was a common excuse.
Chen Hao was caught between laughter and tears; he had indeed forgotten about military training, but military training was quite a hindrance, so he absolutely had to ask for leave.
"Teacher, if nothing unexpected happens, I will be playing the male lead, and the female lead is Liu Yifei. I will have the crew or Senior Apprentice Sister Yi Fei come to the school to provide a certificate." Chen Hao shamelessly used Fairy Sister as leverage.
Teacher Tao looked at Chen Hao carefully. What kind of family did this guy come from, to have Liu Yifei co-starring with him right after his debut?
Since Chen Hao dared to say this, she didn't think he was lying. Because if he were lying, it would quickly be exposed, and there was no need for that just to avoid military training.
She could only conclude that this guy had a deep background, but if his background was so deep, how did he end up in Class 2? Was he playing dumb to catch a tiger?
"What kind of movie is it? Yifei is an international star now, so the investment must be quite large, right?"
This Teacher Tao was not some naive person but an administrative talent, and her questions were very skillful.
She would take the civil service exam in two years and become a special police officer. Then, she would transform and return to the Film Academy, becoming the Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Committee and Deputy Minister of United Front, becoming part of the academy's leadership, achieving several promotions in a few years.
She seemed to be asking about the investment amount, but in reality, she was testing Chen Hao's influence over the film. If he were just a small actor, he wouldn't have access to many inside details.
Chen Hao was also an old hand; he understood Teacher Tao's subtext, but he also wanted to show some of his capabilities, so he honestly replied, "This movie might be filmed in Hong Kong, and the investment shouldn't be small."
Teacher Tao understood. It was indeed resources from this guy's family. Was his family rich or powerful?