I Use the Celebrity System to Build a Superpower

Hua Tongsong is a washed-up idol from a no-name group, ranked 108th tier, when one day he gets bound to a Superstar System.

System: As long as you leave a lasting impression on the audience, you'll gain character skills. Becoming an all-around superstar will be a piece of cake!

Hua Tongsong: Do you have any merch or fan-support perks? Like, letting me recreate iconic movie props so I can sell a trillion yuan' worth and become every brand's darling?

System: If the fans ask for it loudly enough, I can apply to the mainframe to release the blueprints and production process.

Hua Tongsong promptly turns the System in and writes, directs, and stars in a sci-fi movie called Mecha Pilot in the Future.

Before the premiere: How could Xia Country possibly make sci-fi? The title alone screams flop. Not even a dog would watch it!

After the premiere, the movie rolls out AI cores, antigravity aircraft, battle robots, space elevators, mecha, spaceships... One spectacular scene after another, all flash and explosions. The audience leaves the theater weak in the knees from how cool it was.

Top comment: Even the donkeys on the production team don't get this little rest. I'm on my knees, begging you! Start filming Part 2 already!! Forget the roadshow, I'll handle the promotion. Go make Part 2!!!

The internet-addicted teenagers leave the theater with trembling fingers, ready to get online and rave with fellow fans, only to discover a crowdfunding campaign for merchandise has been pushed to them.

Mecha Pilot in the Future collab aircraft, real model (child): 19,999

Mecha Pilot in the Future collab aircraft, real model (adult): 29,999

Mecha Pilot in the Future collab AI-core learning device: 999

Mecha Pilot in the Future collab AI core, real model: 19,999

Audience: ??? What kind of new scam is this?

Central News: Construction of the space elevator is divided into five phases. Construction of Phase Four is now essentially complete, and work on Phase Five will officially begin at 1:00 p.m. today. It is expected to be finished within the next two years... Construction of the space station is also essentially complete. The entire space elevator will be put into official service in three years.

Mecha Pilot in the Future, also known as The Sci-Fi Tech Commercial.

Audience: I used to hate preorders. Now I'm fighting seventy billion people for them!!!!!! M-merch! Quick! I'm buying the whole family bundle!

Director Hua: I told you I'm a documentary filmmaker.

Reader's Guide:

1. Inspired by The Wandering Earth 2.

2. Science fiction becomes reality, with an overpowered golden finger.

3. Not a conventional story about handing technology over to the authorities. Everyone's deceiving everyone. The PowerPoint comes first, then the technology, and there's no secrecy.

Theme: Technology makes a nation strong. Science and technology are the primary productive forces.