After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn

by Usui Takumii

not mine, theirontreeblooms. Beware BL. Total : 293 Chapters 5 Extras (Completed).

10. 46 to 50

After Xiong Zheng was formally arrested, Da Luo and the others clapped their hands and applauded. On one hand they were very happy but on the other they also worried that the insurance company would withdraw the settlement decision after learning the news and demand the one million yuan back. Their mood at the moment was very conflicted.

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Tao Mu simply called the insurance company and asked about this. As a result, Tao Mu learned that according to the terms of the insurance contract that Gou Rixin bought, deliberate injury by others also belonged to the category of accidental injury insurance. After all, this was not deliberately planned by the insuree. However, if the accidental injury was caused by a deliberate fight with others, it would not be covered by the claims settlement.

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved as if they had taken a pill that set the mind at ease. Putting aside how many years Xiong Zheng and Yu Mei, this pair of adulterer and adulteress, would be sentenced to, Gou Rixin could finally prepare for the hosptial transfer with peace of mind.

It was different from the situation where Tao Mu came alone with a bag. When returning to Beijing this time, it was now a large crowd. In addition to Gou Rixin, who could not move, there were also mother Gou who had to go to Beijing to take care of her son, and Da Luo who was clamoring to go to Beijing to take care of his dog brother. Then there were Zhang Fei, who had been recruited by Tao Mu, and the two reporters sent by FlyNews Entertainment. The last addition was Qin Miaoru and her gang of brothers—apparently they had become tired of running an inn in H Town and were preparing to make their way in the big city.

Of course, the current identity of this group of people was the peripheral members of FlyNews Entertainment.

After arriving at Beijing Airport, Tao Mu saw that it was Liu Yao and Meng Qi who had come to pick him up once again.

Having spoken on the phone with Tao Mu a long time ago, they were already prepared for this large group of people. Liu Yao simply had Da Hui drive a bus over. In addition, the Beijing No. 1 People's Hospital also drove an ambulance to directly take Gou Rixin to the hospital. Tao Mu was stunned to discover that the accompanying doctor was actually Yun Xingjian himself—

"Director Yun, why did you come here in person?"

"Of course I must take care of our family's life-saver." Yun Xingjian said with a smile: "It's still early now. When class is over in the evening, Yun Yi and Duo Duo will also come. Teacher Cheng will be a bit late since she is in charge of senior high school students. By the time she gets home it's already 10 in the evening."

Teacher Cheng was Yun Xingjian's wife and Yun Yi and Yun Duo's mother.

Gou Rixin and his mother were very touched when they heard Yun Xingjian's words: "You are too courteous. How can we trouble your family so much."

"No trouble, no trouble." Yun Xingjian said with a smile: "If it weren't for your son, who knows what our Duo Duo would be like now. So between our two families, don't mention troublesome or not troublesome."

Gou Rixin and his mother were really honest people. They had many words in their hearts, but didn't know how to express it all. They could only hold tightly onto the hand of director Yun, their eyes filled with tears.

Mother Gou was worried about her son's injury and felt uneasy this whole time. Holding Yun Xingjian's hand, she asked anxiously: "Director Yun, you are the director of Beijing Hospital and a learned person. You say, can my son's injury still be cured?"

Yun Xingjian allowed mother Gou to hold onto his hand, and continued to console her: "Don't worry, I will definitely find the best doctors in the country for your son's surgery. I guarantee that he will be back to health after a few months. It will definitely not affect his everyday life and work."

"That's good, that's good." Mother Gou looked at the circle of people around her, and kept saying: "Our Xiao Xin has really met good people. Thank you all so much, otherwise the lives of us mother and son will be over….."

"How is that possible." Director Yun said with a smile and comforted: "You are all good people. Good people should be rewarded, and nothing will happen. Come, let's get in the ambulance first. Let's go back to the hospital first."

When Qin Miaoru saw this, they also got on the bus with their luggage and bags. Tao Mu told them that they could spend these first few nights in the apartment rented by FlyNews headquarters. It was not too late to move when they found a place suitable for opening a store or doing business.

Seeing Tao Mu finish arranging everyone, Liu Yao directly called Tao Mu over to his Grand Cherokee. The passenger seat sat Meng Qi unwaveringly as ever.

After Tao Mu got on the bus, Meng Qi, who had been in charge of FlyNews Entertainment's related matters this whole time, laughed and said: "Didn't you ask me to post an announcement to solicit news contributions on the official account of FlyNews Entertainment. Guess what scoop we received?"

After FlyNews and the crew of "Gun King" cooperate to produce a sensational network-wide publicity, FlyNews Entertainment, which could be regarded as the first new media born on an online platform in the country, had now ushered in a maj9r spurt of development. As the temporary person in charge of FlyNews Entertainment, Meng Qi, in addition to discussing interview invitations issued by other crews or talent companies, also began to collect news from netizens in accordance with Tao Mu's suggestions. The specific requirement was that the disclosed information must be true and reliable, and there must be a detailed chain of evidence. Once reported, generous rewards would be given.

In this way, netizens who were originally just melon-eaters suddenly realized that they could also play the role of participant. But for the vast majority of ordinary netizens, this call for inside scoops had no effect. The people who would break the news to FlyNews Entertainment in private messages were usually gossip paparazzi who play alone, or because the salary given by their own newspaper was too low, so they would rather send the news to the journalists of FlyNews Entertainment, and those who worked in the industry as various assistants and staff.

Occasionally, they would receive scoops from someone with a strong motive. For example, the one that Meng Qi just saw last night—

"A netizen in Shanghai sent me a lot of photos and text materials, which detailed the news that the only son of a chairman of a certain group in Beijing kept and raised boya. Do you want me to send it out?"

Tao Mu's eyes widened, and he reacted instantly: "Yao Wenxiao actually sent the photos of Luo Yang's bisexuality to FlyNews Entertainment?"

"Probably because recently, the presence of FlyNews Entertainment is relatively high. The limelight is also stronger than those of paper media and TV media, and it has attracted more attention from netizens." Meng Qi explained with a smile: "In fact, it is not just FlyNews Entertainment that got this scoop. As far as I know, he also sent a copy to Weibo Entertainment."

Tao Mu's face instantly had a weird expression. He really didn't expect…..what was this, idly poking a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you? (TN: expression meaning unintentional actions may bring unexpected success)

"What do you plan to do?" Liu Yao looked at Tao Mu's expression through the rearview mirror as he drove, "Are we still following the original plan?"

"That's not necessary." Tao Mu quickly accepted the fact that the prey jumped and jumped into the trap by itself: "Yao Wenxiao sending the photos to FlyNews Entertainment actually saves me a lot of trouble. This way I can get involved without having to do it secretly."

Tao Mu was already thinking about how to dig some news from Luo Yang after calling him.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi smiled at each other. Meng Qi said, "That's right, because FlyNews Entertainment is developing too fast, we have a shortage of manpower, and there is really no other way. Your brother Yao used money to buy a newspaper company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. This way we can be considered to have an official publication. Later when you have enough money, you can return the money to your brother Yao."

Tao Mu's eyes flickered, and he lay on the back of the passenger seat, shamelessly saying with a soft voice: "I have no money."

"Since brother Yao has acquired the newspaper company, it is considered as brother Yao investing in FlyNews Entertainment. I will have a lawyer to draw up a contract to top up the share allocation."

"You kiddo, piss off!" Liu Yao snorted and said, "I am too lazy to play with you kids. I will lend you the money to buy the newspaper. You don't have money now but you can give it back when you go have it."

Listening to this tone, he seemed to have no intention of ever expecting the money back!

Tao Mu also harrumphed in his heart. Dealing with brother Yao, he had many tricks up his sleeve: "If you don't want it then forget it. I will give the shares to brother Xiao Qi. In any case, you two belong to the same family. And I must tie brother Xiao Qi down. Otherwise, who will help me manage this big pile of business. I can't trust the people outside."

Tao Mu's words were true and sincere. In his previous life, he had experienced many betrayals—even the lover sleeping on the pillow next to him betrayed him. What a miserable experience! So it was normal to not trust outsiders.

Anyway, no matter what, he would stick on brother Yao and brother Xiao Qi like glue. Speaking of which, brother Xiao Qi was actually a top student in a prestigious university back then. But because his family met with a problem leading to an urgent need for money he went to work in Night. Later, he was lured into brother Yao's bowl. For so many years, he had been managing bars and nightclubs for brother Yao. Branches opened one after another, from Houhai to the Workers Stadium. How unoriginal.

Liu Yao was about to say something when the corner of his eyes caught Tao Mu's brief flash of sorrow and was instantly stunned. After thinking about it, their little puppy had been fighting alone this whole time, and there were indeed not many people he could trust. If they randomly recruited talents outside, it was possible that they would bully their puppy for being young and ignorant. Their little puppy finally managed to make a living, and they must definitely not let outsiders turn him into a mere figurehead.

Liu Yao cleared his throat and said impatiently: "Then you discuss it with your brother Xiao Qi. I don't care about your business."

Meng Qi looked at their family's Liu Yao with particular exasperation. Actually falling for the scheme so easily.

Tao Mu smiled secretly, his film emperor acting skills were not wasted, it was all spent on their brother Yao.

Liu Yao drove the car directly to Song Ji. Da Hui drove the luxury bus behind them. At the entrance of the alley, they were unable to fit through, so the group of people got out of the vehicles and walked to the courtyard. Song Daozhen had already prepared the food and was waiting to welcome everyone back.

Qin Miaoru and her gang of brothers acted like they had never seen the world before, looking at this blue brick, that ink tile, and those vermilion gates on both sides. After entering the courtyard house of the Song family, they were even more surprised.

"My goodness, only you live in such a big courtyard by yourself? Uncle Song, you are a real old money gentleman." Qin Miaoru gave Song Daozhen a thumbs up. The large group of people washed their hands and sat down. After they tasted Song Daozhen's cooking skills, they all started exclaiming again.

"This is too delicious, right? I thought Tao Mu's cooking skills are the best in the world. Unexpectedly, Uncle Song, your cooking is even better than Tao Mu's. How is this the cooking skill of the mortal world? It must be the cooking skills seen only in heaven." Zhang Fei, who wanted to recognize Song Daozhen as his godfather, began to busily compliment him in every way. Praises spilling out of his mouth: "Uncle Song, can you tell us how you cultivated such cooking skills? This is simply the level of the imperial banquet. It's so delicious."

"Speaking as if you have actually eaten an imperial banquet." Song Daozhen snorted, disdainful of how noisy this group of people were: "Hurry up and eat. Even such food can't put a stopper on your mouths."

After a lively meal, Tao Mu, who had long prepared himself, directly called Luo Yang who was in Shanghai, first telling him the fact that someone broke the news on Luo Yang's private life to deliberately destroy him. In schadenfreude amusement, he asked: "Who on earth did you fellow provoke that they would so ruthlessly expose you over the whole Internet. I heard that your old man is a very old-fashioned person. If this is known by your old man, wouldn't he break one of your legs?"

"Just breaking one leg is already rather light." On the other end of the phone, Luo Yang was sweating anxiously: "I say, brother, I beg you, please keep this news down. Otherwise, I won't have a way to survive."

"You only have this bit of future prospects?" Tao Mu sneered and asked knowingly, "Do you know who wants to fuck with you?"

"90% sure." Unsurprisingly, Luo Yang confessed the mess that Tao Mu had known in his previous life.

"You are real capable, aren't you! Your dad asked you to be responsible for such an important bidding project. But you actually went to Shanghai to get in a jealous fight with a love rival, and even dared to provoke the local tyrant. You are not afraid that they will use dirty tricks in the bidding?"

"What am I afraid of? Our Luo Group is wealthy, even if I tell that Yao Wenxiao our base price, could their Sheng'an Group still have the confidence to compete with me? Aren't they just a bunch of nouveau riche who run a chain of restaurants. What's the big deal?" Luo Yang on the other end of the phone snorted, and immediately explained: "Besides, that's not considered a jealous fight with a love rival? It's Yao Wenxiao who went around biting people like a mad dog. I'm friends with Shen Yu and it's easy to talk to him. We just go out for a few glasses of wine, hang out at a bar or something. Even his own parents and brother didn't stop him, so what's it to an outsider like him?"

Tao Mu's heart moved, and his smile became meaningful: "No way? Did you really reveal the base price?"

"It shouldn't count." Luo Yang scratched his head and said distraughtly: "Aiya, I just accidentally spoke out of turn. I didn't say it out loud directly. It shouldn't be a problem. By the way, I say brother, about the scoop, you must help me cover the matter, and definitely not let my old man know. Brother, this little life of mine is in your hands."

"I just knew that you are unreliable." Tao Mu frowned and deliberately said: "I will try my best. After all, they not only sent the photos to FlyNews Entertainment, but also to Weibo Entertainment. If he is persistent enough, I guess that he will even send a set of photos to your family. That I won't be able to help."

"What can I do then?" Luo Yang was anxious: "If this is known to my old man, wouldn't he kill me?"

"If I were you, I would carry out the task well. First, get the bidding done properly. When you come back, you would also have something to say—what men don't have to deal with social interactions when doing business outside. Everyone is playing around like this, and you were also just following along with the occasion. But if you even mess up proper business, then it's hard to say." Tao Mu stood in the courtyard where the autumn scenery was strong, looking up at the old locust tree without expression. In a relaxed tone, he advised Luo Yang.

Luo Yang knew that Tao Mu was Li Xiaoheng's partner, so he really did rely on Tao Mu: "Then tell me, what should I do?"

"You?" Tao Mu made no secret of his disapproval: "I think that if it was your sister, there would be a chance to turn the tide. Whereas you actually revealed your base price just because of a jealous rivalry. What can I say? Wait for your old man to break your leg when you come back. Just hope your old man cares about your blood relationship with him, and keep in mind that your old Luo family line needs to be continued and won't break your third leg."

"I can see it now, you fellow called me just to laugh at me, right?" Luo Yang groaned, "I don't care! You have to help me with this."

"If you believe me. Then I will help you. But I have to say in advance, I can do my best to help but as for how things will go, I can't guarantee anything."

"Give medicine to a dead horse." Luo Yang scratched his head: "Ai, I won't talk to you for now. Yao Wenxiao, that bastard, manipulating me in such a way, I have to go settle this account." (TN: expression meaning to keep trying everything in a desperate situation)

Tao Mu listened to the beeping on the phone, and said in his heart: you are so stupid like this, who cpuld you even manage to settle accounts with? What a retard!

After hanging up the phone, Tao Mu deliberately waited for a day before contacting Luo Xi.

Luo Xi made a lot of money in the futures market because of Tao Mu's guidance. So her impression of Tao Mu was very deep. She didn't hesitate to receive the call and came out immediately.

The two still met at the cafe below the offices of the Luo Group. When they met, Tao Mu didn't bother going in circles, and directly told her the news that FlyNews Entertainment had received. At the same time, he also did not forget to disclose the fact that Luo Yang had leaked the base bidding price because of a jealous fight.

Luo Xi directly slammed the coffee cup heavily on the table in anger: "This useless guy. I knew it. What does dad even see in him!"

Luo Xi then asked Tao Mu: "I don't understand, why are you telling me this?"

"Miss Luo really don't understand?" Tao Mu leaned on the back of the sofa, with legs crossed, and folded his hands on his knees: "Miss Luo is as capable as any man and I have always admired Miss Luo's intelligence and talent. I believe if Miss Luo can rush to Shanghai at this moment, you will definitely be able to turn the tide. At that time, I believe your performance will add to your status in front of the shareholders."

Luo Xi paused when she heard these words, and looked at Tao Mu in surprise: "Aren't you Luo Yang's friend?"

"I'm a businessman." Tao Mu smiled slightly: "When doing business, naturally, one needs to find reliable partners. And our previous cooperation was considered pleasant, wasn't it?"

Luo Xi smiled when she thought of the constantly rolling profits in her account, "Mr. Tao is right. We are all businessmen. Naturally, we must look for smarter partners. But I'm very curious, since the Sheng'an Group already knows about Luo Group's basd bidding price, and as you said, Sheng'an Group will team up with other partners to bid together and jointly develop this land. In other words, they are already bound to win. Where does Mr. Tao's confidence come from, thinking that a mere woman like me can turn the tide?"

"After all," Luo Xi said with a sudden smile: "I can't manifest money out of thin air." The Luo Group wanted to win the land in Shanghai no matter what, so the base bidding price given was already all the funds the group could come up with. Any more investment of money would affect the normal operation of the group.

So right now, Luo Xi really and truly hated Luo Yang, a useless guy who was unable to achieve anything but very good at spoiling things instead. They worked so hard on the early preparations for this bidding project for more than a year, but because Luo Yang couldn't think before he spoke, everything was completely ruined!

Tao Mu looked at Luo Xi who was so angry that she was swearing inwardly, and smiled slightly. He took out a piece i5f notepaper and handed it over.

Luo Xi opened it in confusion. It turned out to be a series of numbers: "What does this mean?"

"This is the highest bidding price that all companies participating in the bidding will likely give." Tao Mu's slender fingers tapped on the table: "One million yuan. You only need to add one million yuan to this string of numbers. And this piece of land will belong to the Luo Group."

"What do you mean?" Luo Xi immediately exploded and looked at Tao Mu in surprise: "You mean you have inside information? Why should I trust you?"

"Miss Luo is a smart person." Tao Mu did not answer Luo Xi's question, but stood up: "It is my business to choose to help you. As for whether to accept my help, to believe me or not, that is Miss Luo's own business."

Tao Mu raised his hand slightly: "Farewell."

"Hey, wait!" Luo Xi looked at Tao Mu's back and followed Tao Mu to the outside. Through the large floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Tao Mu could be seen standing on the side of the street and waving down a tax before getting in and leaving.

Luo Xi stared at the small note paper on the table, feeling very conflicted. Seeming to wish for nothing more than to stare holes into it. Her expression shifted back and forth, clearly struggling intensely inside.

In the end, the bold and decisive Miss Luo gritted her teeth, picked up the phone and called her assistant: "Book me a plane ticket to Shanghai. I leave right away."

On the other side, Tao Mu drove straight to the No. 1 People's Hospital of Beijing to see Gou Rixin, who had just been transferred to the hospital and was about to undergo surgery.

But he didn't expect to see Yun Yi in the hospital as well.

"Big brother Yun, you don't have classes today?" Tao Mu asked Yun Yi with a smile after greeting the mother Gou and Gou Rixin.

"I skipped class." Yun Yi blinked at Tao Mu: "Cultivation of ideology and morality class, I don't want to go."

Tao Mu smiled in understanding, he also didn't like this kind of big class either.

"By the way, when does the doctor say brother Gou can have surgery?"

Yun Yi smiled and said: "Observe for two more days. If there is no problem, he can have the operation. The experts arrived this morning and the consultation has been done. Basically there is no problem."

Yun Yi paused, and then asked Tao Mu: "I heard that your FlyNews is hiring people. Are you planning to hire a group of programmers?"

"En." Tao Mu nodded: "I didn't expect the website to develop so fast. I really can't handle it alone anymore. I must recruit people in large quantities. Why, brother Yun has good talents to introduce to me?"

"We have to see what specific conditions you require." Yun Yi smiled and said: "But I really didn't expect you to be able to create such a big splash in such a short period of time."

"I'm nothing impressive, I just created a simple social networking site. There are so many foreign social platforms, and there is also the Weibo platform in China. If we are talking about technical skills, my site is not all that high. If it was brother Yun, you would definitely do better than me." Tao Mu knew that Yun Yi's ambition was in the medical field. However, he still remembered Yun Yi's brilliant achievements in the IT field in his previous life and couldn't help but feel regretful.

Unexpectedly, Yun Yi suddenly said: "Then what do you think of us two cooperating to develop a medical research platform on your FlyNews website?"

"Huh?" Tao Mu was a little confused for a moment: "What do you mean, I don't understand?"

"It's just a preliminary idea of mine." Yun Yi said with a smile: "If you have time, let's talk about it in detail another day."

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Tao Mu straightened up, and suddenly thought that this might also be an opportunity to bring Yun Yi back to the "right track". He nodded repeatedly: "I have time, I definitely have time."

Yun Yi chuckled at Tao Mu's sudden energetic appearance.

Tao Mu was really eager to discuss the issue of the new platform with future IT bigshot. However, his academic attainments in the field of medicine could not be praised at all. Tao Mu was a person who valued efficiency very much. Without making preparations in advance, he was not prepared to talk aimlessly with Mr. IT bigshot Yun, so as not to expose his superficial ignorance in front of said bigshot and lessen his good impression in the other's heart.

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So Tao Mu took the initiative to ask for three days of preparation time and promised: "Give me three days, even if I can't fully understand the medical field, but I can write up a plan based on my experience in creating the FlyNews website. I guarantee that brother Yun won't be let down."

Originally having wanted to invite Tao Mu to lunch and have a casual chat at the same time, Yun Yi suddenly felt the pressure. Swallowing what he was about to say, Yun Yi smiled and said: "Then I will also go back and prepare. Although I am a medical student, I don't have any work experience. I don't know if my ideas are appropriate. "

"It's definitely appropriate." Tao Mu was more confident in Yun Yi than Yun Yi himself.

This was China's future richest man! Any ideas that bigshot came up with…..even if it was not suitable right now, but wasn't there a planning expert like him on the side?

At this moment, the reborn Tao Mu was no longer fighting alone. He felt that he was shining all over. The talents and wisdom of all Internet elites from ten years in the future seem to have all gathered on him at this moment. And the most shining one was the halo of China's richest man that shone from bigshot Yun Yi.

Yun Yi smiled faintly, and then couldn't help but chuckle as he watched Tao Mu's delighted and dreamy expressions.

"I feel that you are much more lively since you returned to Beijing." Yun Yi said, and then suddenly remembered that Tao Mu was only 18 years old this year. Like his sister, he was a kid who had just entered university—even younger than him by two years.

Then it seemed that he needn't be so formal just to have lunch with a younger junior brother. Rather than consider the content of the conversation in advance, it was better to just let things flow naturally.

"Can I treat you to lunch at noon?" Yun Yi smiled and invited: "What do you like to eat? There is a Sichuan hot pot restaurant near the hospital. Are you interested?"

Yun Yi felt that when two people go out to eat for the first time, they should eat hot pot. Hot pot was more lively so even if it was two unfamiliar people, they could still discuss the ingredients. And then slowly transition from ingredients to other topics. This way it won't be so awkward.

"It's fine with me." Tao Mu happily said with a smile: "I like hot pot. I love all kinds of hot pot. By the way, there is a Mongolian hot pot near our school that is very delicious. It's run by my classmate's family and their instant boiled mutton is the best. I'll treat you to it next time."

Tao Mu did not forget to advertise Wen Bao's mutton hot pot. He completely didn't realize that he almost missed out on a lunch meeting with China's future richest man.

"You mean Wen Juxiang?" Yun Yi also knew about this restaurant: "I know the main branch store over on Wangfujing. My family has eaten it before. The taste is very authentic."

Gou Rixin, who was lying on the hospital bed, couldn't help drooling as he listened to them, and cried out in pain: "Don't say anymore, you two. I'm really going to die, okay!"

Tao Mu and Yun Yi exchanged chuckles. Tao Mu said: "You have to prepare for the operation now and there are too many foods you have to abstain from. When you get better, I will treat you to delicious food."

Gou Rixin's eyes lit up: "I want to eat the chicken feet you made."

"Sure." Tao Mu agreed. Turning his head, he saw Yun Yi looking at him curiously.

"You even know how to cook?"

"Family background influence." Tao Mu proudly replied: "I will have to ask you to taste my craft another day."

"Definitely." Yun Yi was really looking forward to it: "I also want to try the grilled chicken feet that brother Gou can't seem to forget."

"No problem." Tao Mu was very confident in his cooking skills.

The two stayed in Gou Rixin's ward until almost noon before leaving. During this time, director Yun came over again and was very enthusiastic after seeing Tao Mu: "If you have the time come over to our place. Our Duo Duo is always talking about you."

As an elder, director Yun had a very good impression of Tao Mu. Not mentioning the fact that this young man saved his daughter, Tao Mu was also a very talented young man who established his own business just as soon as he attended college—he was smart, had a good temperament, had established his own career, had handsome looks, and had a more mature and stable nature than his peers. Now he also learned that he could even cook, which showed that he knew how to take care of others.

In the words of teacher Cheng, this was a typical example of one who possessed both car and house and whose parents passed away. Simply the best choice for choosing a son-in-law!

Anyway, in the eyes of elders like them, Tao Mu was an impeccable and promising young man. Even if he couldn't become their son-in-law, director Yun still hoped that his son and daughter could associate with such an excellent child.

Tao Mu was aware of his sexual orientation. Although he wouldn't spread it far and wide, he also did not want to deliberately mislead girls. Especially as Yun Duo was Yun Yi's younger sister—he didn't want to have any misunderstandings that could crop up because of Yun Duo when they cooperated in the future.

It was not convenient to say this in front of director Yun but when eating hot pot, Tao Mu still expressed his attitude very clearly: "…..Our industry is not the same as other industries. The private lives of artists, especially the emotional aspects, are more stringent. Many talent companies and film and television companies even explicitly stipulate when they sign artists that artists cannot date without permission. So you see many male stars, especially male idol stars, won't get married or date even at the age of 30 or 40 for fear that it'll affect their future development."

"And our circle is very messy. Sometimes it is necessary to cooperate with the hype during the promotion period, and sometimes true feelings could give birth during filming. This situation is particularly common. So they say, it is really not suitable for those in the entertainment circle to find outsiders to marry and have children." Tao Mu put a shrimp into the spicy pot, speaking nonsense with a serious expression: "And I'm so handsome and so young. Right? I haven't played enough yet. I think by the time I've played enough I should at least be around seventy or eighty."

"I'm just by myself, no father, no mother, and no one to boss me around." Tao Mu slid the hot shrimp to Yun Yi, smiling carelessly: "No one is urging me to marry and have children. And I don't need to carry on the family line. Free and unrestrained, it's not bad."

Tao Mu didn't mention Yun Duo from beginning to end. There was no such nonsense as "Yun Duo is a good girl, but we are not suitable". Yun Yi understood.

Yun Yi sighed silently, looking at Tao Mu with some pity. He didn't become angry because Tao Mu rejected his sister, but sincerely pitied Tao Mu's life experience. He felt that such a good person like Tao Mu deserved a good family to accompany and love him.

"Then you can come to our house for dinner if you are free. I will treat you as my own little brother, and Yun Duo will also treat you as her older brother. You saved Yun Duo, and you are the savior of our whole family. We'll do what we should so don't distance yourself because of this." Yun Yi's response was also very clear. In fact, he had already seen that Tao Mu didn't like Yun Duo. Although it was a pity, there was no way to force such things like feelings.

Besides, this was not Tao Mu's fault.

Tao Mu played the pitiful act in a very familiar and skilled manner. Having touched on the topic enough, he switched the topic back to the medical forum that Yun Yi mentioned before: "…..In my opinion, we can divide the entire forum into four sections according to different audiences. On the one hand, it is internal, facing individuals and institutions. On the other hand, it is external, facing patients and large customers who have the intention of cooperation. Then our function mainly has to have a learning section where one can consult the most advanced and cutting-edge scientific research materials and papers in the world, and also communicate with each other. As for patients, we can do consultations and teach popular science….."

Tao Mu's Internet awareness could be said to be very advanced after experiencing the influence of the Internet in every industry and all fields in his previous life. Even if he chatted casually, he was still able to touch on meaningful points. Yun Yi was so hooked that he couldn't help but slap the table, constantly echoing: "My idea is like this. But it's just not as clear as the way you put it. It seems that asking you about this matter was definitely the right decision."

Tao Mu chuckled: "Mr. Bigshot, you flatter me."

As Tao Mu apoke, he poured wine for Yun Yi again. The more they talked, the happier they were, and the more they ate, the more relaxed they became. After Tao Mu's head was stimulated by alcohol, his thoughts turned at high speed, pouring out some of the experience in running professional forums that he had seen in later generations. Yun Yi also felt that a business partner like Tao Mu was also particularly to his taste, and couldn't wait to see the new website Tao Mu would help him build. In addition, China's future richest man was successfully fooled by Tao Mu—agreeing to learn programming and computer science.

Tao Mu's wish was fulfilled and also gained a new partner-in-crime—he felt that the future of hugging a golden thigh was something he could look forward to.

Thus, Tao Mu believed that his biggest gain from this meal was that he succeeded in bringing the future IT bigshot into his gang, and also facilitated the personal relationship between the two of them.

Anyway, after this meal, Tao Mu, who drank a total of two dozen beers, dared to put his paws on the shoulders of this bigshot and call him his brother.

Afterwards, a slightly drunk Tao Mu stuffed Yun Yi into a taxi and reported the address of the Yun family's house. After waving his hand and watching Yun Yi leave, he also took a taxi back to school.

After taking a week's leave, when Tao Mu returned to school again, the military training had completely ended. Wen Bao and the others had already attended class for three days, and were beginning to prepare for the freshmen welcoming party during the National Day vacation.

"Do you want to sign up?" In the dorm, Wen Bao, who was practicing a comic cross talk with Du Kang, raised his head and asked Tao Mu: "You are so handsome. Whether you sing a song or dance, the girls are all looking forward to it."

Tao Mu squinted his eyes and slumped on the railing. His posture was relaxed, and his voice was soft: "I don't want to sign up. I am very busy recently."

"Then are you still going to learn to drive?" Chu Sui'an, who was sitting at his desk reading a book, asked Tao Mu: "The three of us have agreed that we are going to learn to drive during the National Day vacation. Do you want to join us?"

Tao Mu, who was in a slightly drunken state, reacted slowly after a while, and responded, "Yes."

While talking, Tao Mu's cell phone rang on the table. Wen Bao picked up the phone and handed it to Tao Mu.

Tao Mu looked at Wen Bao in a daze for a while before taking up the phone slowly: "Hello?"

Hearing Tao Mu's obviously drunken voice, Li Xiaoheng on the other end of the phone frowned slightly: "Are you drunk?"

"No!" Tao Mu replied decisively: "I just drank a little bit."

"Where are you now?"

"I'm in the dorm." Tao Mu replied obediently. He squinted his eyes and looked at the time, his mind still able to think: "It is nine o'clock in the morning on your side? The international crude oil market is open? Do you need me to watch the market. Just a sec, I'm going to turn on the computer."

Tao Mu reached out and knocked on the railing: "Bao Bao, pass zhen my laptop." (TN: zhen=imperial use of I, only used by emperors)

Wen Bao shuddered when he heard this nickname, and he quickly handed over Tao Mu's laptop with both hands. Drunk people couldn't be offended.

Tao Mu sat cross-legged with the laptop on his lap. Holding the phone with one hand and turning it on with the other, he listened to Li Xiaoheng on the other end of the phone sigh helplessly: "I especially want to see what you look like now. Xiao Mu….."

"Huh?" Tao Mu tilted his head in confusion.

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"I remember that you made the source code for FlyNews at the time. In fact, you developed two versions, right? One web version and one mobile version." Li Xiaoheng knew the progress of Tao Mu's work. Gradually dissatisfied with just talking on the phone every day, Mr. Li warmly suggested: "If I said, I would like to ask my fellow alumni at Stanford to develop a video call function for you on the basis of your web version…..what do you think?"

Tao Mu: "…..Mie?" (TN: sound a sheep makes, In Chinese it's 'mie' rather than 'baa')

Tao Mu slept until the next morning. When he woke up, he suddenly remembered what he seemed to have promised the night before.

"Promise to study driving with us!"

"Promise to sign up for the freshmen welcome party show!"

"Answered a phone call, and promised to create a visual chat function!"

Yes, this was it!

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Tao Mu quickly found the information he wanted from a bunch of true or false responses. Then he picked up the phone and called Mr. Business Partner on the other side of the ocean again: "Brother Li, what you said last night, I think we need to discuss it more in detail."

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Xiaoheng, who was still reading through some documents in the study, smiled slightly and picked up his mobile phone. He walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows opening out onto the balcony, looking at the beautiful and magnificent skyscrapers outside the window, and his figure reflected on the glass windows. The contours of a face that had always been cold and hard was much softer under the intersection of light and shadow, and the dark eyes also showed a warm brilliance. He smiled softly and asked, "You were drunk last night, did you get a headache in the morning?"

"Huh?" Tao Mu was stunned for a moment before reacting, and quickly said, "I'm fine."

He asked again: "I was drunk last night, I didn't interfere with work, did I?"

"How was the market situation last night?"

"Everything is as you expected." Li Xiaohang responded with a smile: "Don't worry about it. I just want to ask how you are and if you feel uncomfortable. If you feel uncomfortable, make yourself a glass of honey water to ease it. Don't take me as the grinch, even questioning my partner on something like going out to have a meal and drink with a friend. I'll feel sad."

Li Xiaoheng's slightly softened tone came from the other end of the line, inexplicably laced with a sense of coquettish feeling. Hearing this, Tao Mu was startled into a quiver and embarrassedly explained: "That's not what I meant…..I just feel that, since this is something we agreed on already, but on my side there is always trouble because of personal reasons—"

"That's not something you could help after all." Li Xiaoheng smiled and interrupted Tao Mu's words: "There is a twelve-hour difference between us and the work time on my side happened to be the rest time on your side. Speaking of which, is this considered the furthest distance in the world?"

Tao Mu paused slightly, and a little poem came to mind inexplicably. He shook his head quickly, feeling that he was really too drunk and not yet fully awake: "It probably counts. We are two hemispheres apart."

Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly. The light and airy sound traveled through the phone and into Tao Mu's ear. It seemed as if he was scratched by a feather, feeling slightly itchy.

"Brother Li, thank you for your understanding." Tao Mu scratched his ears. Adhering to the principle that politeness is never too much, he apologized and expressed his position. Then he turned the topic to business matters: "…..As you said last night, I think it's particularly good to add the visual chat function in the communication section of FlyNews. However, considering the network environment of China and the current situation of FlyNews, I am afraid that the rented server cannot afford such a data-consuming function. Besides, FlyNews has so far only me as the back-end maintainer. Of course, I have been busy hiring programmers in the past two days. But even if I hire people, we are separated by more than half of the earth. If we want to launch the video function, can this network speed support it? Wouldn't it lag into a PPT? And the professional skills required for this transoceanic video function are too high-end, I also can't hold it."

After saying this, Tao Mu's eyes suddenly brightened and he asked Li Xiaoheng: "Or, brother Li can help me recruit two first-rate programmers who graduated from Stanford, and have them come to China to help me?"

Li Xiaoheng lowered his head and chuckled: "We work hard together, and we'll definitely have this opportunity in the future."

Tao Mu touched his nose, knowing that he was a bit whimsical. Pulling his thoughts back to earth, Tao Mu continued: "Actually, I also thought about the function of online video calls on FlyNews. But my idea is to wait until external conditions permit, and the web version and mobile version will then be launched together."

"Now that the first generation of smartphones has just come out, the hardware of the mobile phone cannot support the APP version of video calls. I think brother Li's suggestion is very good but it is not suitable at this time. Because the hardware does not support it, even if we managed to introduce the video call function it would only be of dubious worth. It is better to wait another year or two for the hardware configuration of the smartphone to keep up. Then we'll synchronize this function again. What do you think?"

Tao Mu had a systematic plan for the future development of FlyNews. So when he talked to Li Xiaoheng about this matter, he also talked in a methodical manner. After rebirth, Tao Mu knew better than anyone the development potential of mobile clients in the next ten years. Therefore, Tao Mu had always focused on the core technology of FlyNews on the mobile client. In the planning book he secretly wrote that only he could understand, Tao Mu had enumerated in detail how to develop the promotion of the FlyNews mobile client at every step. Now everything was ready and all he needed to do was wait for the Internet speed upgrade and next generation of smartphones.

It was just this kind of thing, Tao Mu couldn't explain it in detail to Li Xiaoheng.

Li Xiaoheng liked Tao Mu's seriousness and concentration in everything he did. He listened to Tao Mu's voice, and in his mind he depicted Tao Mu's frowning slightly as he tried to come up with a solution and couldn't help smiling.

"I think your idea is very good." Li Xiaoheng copied Tao Mu's way of speaking, first affirming Tao Mu's thoughts, and then offering his own: "But I still think that we can also let the programmers develop this function first and then the two of us will use it first. Don't they say that a website needs an internal test before a new feature is available? It just so happens that the two of us can serve as internal testers."

After all, Li Xiaoheng was still not satisfied with just talking on the phone. He wanted to see Tao Mu with his own eyes, trace the silhouette of the other with his eyes, and appreciate Tao Mu's ecstatic and energetic appearance when discussing his career. Instead of like now, only able to listen to the voice and guess the other's expression.

"Actually, have you ever thought about the simultaneous implementation of FlyNews overseas." Li Xiaoheng suggested with ulterior motives: "I also signed up for an account on FlyNews. After playing with it these days, I think the social concept of FlyNews is very good and caters very much to the social mentality and social needs of college students. Moreover, if FlyNews can be promoted in universities in country M, it will also be a kind of publicity for FlyNews' promotion in China."

It must be said that there was indeed a phenomenon in China's consumer market that "foreign monks can recite sutras", "foreign moons are rounder", and "fragrant flowers bloom outside the walls". As Li Xiaoheng proposed, if FlyNews could open up the market among universities in country M, then just speaking of publicity, Tao Mu would have one hundred publicity plans that could arouse national self-confidence.

But the key point was that—

"Aren't all college students in country M now using Facebook and Photo Albums. The promotion of local social software is already in full swing. As a foreigner, I have no foundation and no staff. I'm afraid it won't be possible, right?"

Of course Tao Mu was very tempted by Li Xiaoheng's proposal. But he was also very self-aware: "FlyNews is not as confident as Facebook and Photo Album in terms of technology or capital. I don't think those foreign students will abandon their own social software and use ours instead."

The most important thing was that if Tao Mu chose to launch FlyNews in country M, then the pace of the step-by-step development of FlyNews that he originally planned for China would be disrupted. In order to compete with Facebook and Photo Album, Tao Mu must put some publicity methods and new features online in advance. Tao Mu didn't know whether or not this kind of growth was a good thing for FlyNews.

Of course, the core issue was still that FlyNews had no foundation in country M.

Tao Mu's brain was operating rapidly, and he was wondering how to tactfully and firmly reject Li Xiaoheng's whim.

Having advanced gradually, Li Xiaoheng finally had a chance to perform in front of Tao Mu: "What do you think of me?"

"What?"

"In fact, I am personally very optimistic about the potential and future development of FlyNews. If you can trust me, you can leave the promotion of FlyNews in country M to me. It will be the National Day on the 11th, and your school should be able to take a seven-day holiday. Why don't you use these seven days to come here and have a chat in person. And when you arrive in country M, you can also take a feel of the atmosphere of the international crude oil market up close."

Li Xiaoheng deliberately and methodically plotted and finally brought up the topic he wanted to talk about the most.

"But….." Tao Mu's thinking wasn't able to follow for moment. He was a little uncomfortable with Li Xiaoheng's pressing every step of the way.

"This is too much trouble for you." Tao Mu said euphemistically, he did not have any intention of sharing a piece of the pie that was FlyNews. At least not yet: "You are in country M alone. It is already very hard just to keep an eye on the international crude oil market. I think that FlyNews has just been established and there is no need to consider such a long-term matter yet."

"I think it's a good opportunity now." Of course, Li Xiaoheng raised this matter not on a whim. He also deliberated carefully before speaking: "You haven't come to country M, and you don't know the situation here. Because of the economic crisis, the entertainment industry in country M is now developing very well. The public urgently needs more and more novel things to attract and distract them in order to relieve the pressure in everyday life. Although FlyNews is not part of the orthodox entertainment industry, its social philosophy is very suitable for college students and those who have just entered the society. Let me help you analyze it, now country M….."

Li Xiaoheng directly gave Tao Mu a research report on the phone, and finally concluded: "…..So I think that with the current situation of country M, it is a very rare opportunity for FlyNews. We should seize this opportunity. Of course, you don't need to worry too much. You are my most promising partner. It is my honor to be able to help you in your career. If you are really feeling that guilty, why not think about just how much profit you helped me make on the futures market. Or when FlyNews wants to ring the bell on Nasdaq, you can give priority to Xiaoheng Capital and let us help FlyNews to raise funds and go public."

It must be said that Li Xiaoheng's answer perfectly solved all the worries Tao Mu had lingering in his heart. So Tao Mu was unable to refuse any longer.

"Okay, then. When it's National Day, I will fly to country M. Let's talk in person." Tao Mu was feeling a bit helpless. But he was even more grateful for Li Xiaoheng's kindness.

Even if Li Xiaoheng's ultimate goal was still to inject capital into FlyNews. That he was able to unreservedly give selfless help when FlyNews was just starting out, and also admitting his needs frankly. This approach was much better than those capitalists who didn't know anything about technology and only knew how to smash people with money, everyday scheming about how to kick the founding team out of the company.

Tao Mu once again felt that he had found a very smart partner that also suited his tastes.

Before he finished feeling touched, Tao Mu received a call from Luo Xi.

"Are you in Beijing?" Luo Xi on the phone made no secret of her self-satisfaction and Schadenfreude amusement: "If you are, you can come to the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department 304 Ward of the No. 1 People's Hospital of Beijing City. Luo Yang had his leg broken by Dad. I think he may need the visit and encouragement of his friends."

Tao Mu: "….."

"By the way, I forgot to tell you." Luo Xi smiled slightly: "According to the base prices you gave me, I added another 10 million. The bid was successful, and the Luo Group has successfully obtained the land in Shanghai. Although the bidding price is a bit higher than the original budget, after careful consideration by the board of directors, the group believes that this price has a very large profit margin. So the next step of the company's focus is to develop the land. Because I turned the tide on the bidding, the board felt that I can be the person in charge of this project."

When Luo Xi said this, she paused slightly: "If you don't mind, I didn't tell the board of your role because I really need the approval of the board. Don't worry, I will compensate you in other ways. No matter what FlyNews wants to do, Longteng Entertainment will unconditionally cooperate with FlyNews' publicity work. Of course, if Mr. Tao has any personal requirements for me, you can also speak out. I will do my best to satisfy any requests."

"I think, our cooperation will be a very happy one. And, I personally look forward to having more opportunities for cooperation with Mr. Tao in the future."

Tao Mu understood that this was the exchange of benefits that Luo Xi could offer. She wanted to use the bidding to convince more shareholders of the board to support her, so she swallowed all of Tao Mu's credit without hesitation. But she was also worried about inciting Tao Mu's dissatisfaction, so she prepared to go to great lengths to meet Tao Mu's requests.

But she didn't know that Tao Mu himself did not want this matter to be known to more people. Of course, Tao Mu mainly considered that he was still a fledgling and did not want to attract the attention of the Shen family and those who admired Shen Yu. But this did not affect Tao Mu's acceptance of Luo Xi's favor.

"I also look forward to cooperating with Ms. Luo very much." Tao Mu smiled warmly, and very simply accepted Luo Xi's show of goodwill.

On the other end of the call, Miss Luo, who was holding her breath, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Luo Xi had already seen Tao Mu's value just from the two matters of international oil futures and Shanghai city land bidding. She didn't want to offend Tao Mu. She even thought that if Tao Mu expressed strong dissatisfaction after hearing this, she would rather tell the truth to the board of directors.

But now it seemed that Tao Mu was very empathetic and easy-going. That being the case, Luo Xi also felt that she had to let Tao Mu see her sincerity.

"If FlyNews wants to use Longteng Entertainment's artists for publicity, whether it is online or offline promotion, I can make the decision and let all the artists cooperate with FlyNews' promotional activities." Luo Xi knew that Tao Mu valued Longteng Entertainment's resources so she offered very generously: "If you need other authorizations, please tell me directly. I will do my best to help you. As for the price, you don't have to worry. I will take care of it on my side. "

Tao Mu liked this kind of smart people the most: "Then thank you Miss Luo. If I need anything, I will tell you directly."

"You're welcome, this is what I should do." Luo Xi paused slightly, and then asked, "Will you come to the hospital to visit Luo Yang?"

"Of course." The corner of Tao Mu's lips curved up, smiling very brightly: "I think, I should pay a visit indeed."

Luo Xi didn't know much about the relationship between Tao Mu and Luo Yang. Hearing this, she immediately smiled and said: "That's right. You two are good friends. I think Luo Yang would be very happy if he could see you in the hospital."

Is that so?

Tao Mu raised an eyebrow. Whether or not Luo Yang would be happy to see him, he didn't know.

Tao Mu only knew that when he politely arrived holding a bunch of flowers and carrying a basket of fruits into the ward and saw Luo Yang, who was lying on the bed with a plastered leg, his mood was extremely refreshed.

"Tao Mu, you actually came to see me!" In the ward, Luo Yang was lying on the bed playing a game console out of boredom. His leg was broken by his old man, and because his friends were afraid of his sternness, they didn't dare to visit him, resulting in him being bored this whole time.

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"Sure enough, only you are a loyal friend. My gang of brothers are afraid that my dad will take his anger out on them, so they dare not come to see me." Luo Yang complained and motioned to the nurse to help him raise the bed. He asked Tao Mu enthusiastically: "Do you want to eat fruit? I'll ask the nurse to peel the apple for you."

"No need." Tao Mu smiled warmly, glancing around in the ward before walking to the TV cabinet and putting down the fruit basket. He picked up a glass vase, and inserted the calla lily he bought and then asked Luo Yang: "Didn't I teach you how to say it? Why are you still beaten?"

"Ai, don't mention it." Luo Yang waved his hand and admitted that he was unlucky: "The old man in our family is a veteran soldier and a very serious person. What he hates most is this kind of thing. Fortunately, I did what you taught me. If I explained it another way, my old man would not just break my leg."

"And even still, he is angry with all the friends who often play with me. If I dare to go out to play with them again, he will halt my pocket money and kick me to Europe to survive on my own." Luo Yang shook his head with a sorrowful expression: "Say, is he even my real dad?"

"You should be content." Tao Mu looked at Luo Yang's leg in a plaster cast, and was in a particularly good mood: "I heard that your old man's heart is not very good, so it's fortunate he did not get sick after hearing about your mess. Otherwise, your sin would be much more serious."

"The way I see it, my old man is in very good health!" Luo Yang snorted, and rolled his eyes up to the ceiling: "He was full of vigor when he scolded me, and his body was definitely healthy when he beat me. He can eat two bowls of rice every meal, and during the company's staff outings and mountain climbing, now that's what I call running as fast as flying. He can climb straight to the top of the mountain without any panting. I don't think anyone in their twenties can match it. He does not at all seem like a middle-aged and elderly patient suffering from heart disease."

"—And that's all because of your mother's attentive service!" Luo Yang's complaint was suddenly interrupted by an angry scolding voice: "You kid actually have the nerve to feel unhappy. You really want to anger your old man to death, do you?"

Luo Yang shuddered with fright, and his whole aura immediately changed from 250 to 25: "Dad, why are you here? You are so tired from beating me, so you just rest at home. You don't have to come to see me."

"If I didn't come and take a look, I wouldn't know how you complain about your old man behind my back!" The patriarch of the Luo family snorted and walked into the ward with his hands behind his back. The posture was indeed very vigorous.

Luo Xi, who was one step behind, also walked in with mother Luo. When she passed Tao Mu, she smiled and nodded.

Father Luo's pair of tiger eyes fell on Tao Mu's figure, and his thick eyebrows raised: "You are?"

"Hello Chairman Luo, I am Tao Mu."

Luo Yang was afraid that father Luo would think that Tao Mu was one of his gang of brothers and take his anger out on Tao Mu, so he quickly said: "Dad, he is not one of that gang of scoundrels that you always complain about. Tao Mu is Li Xiaoheng's private investment consultant, and the two are partnering to short international crude oil. He usually doesn't even like to pay attention to me. This time he heard that my leg was broken, so he condescended to pay me a visit."

Of course, father Luo knew about Li Xiaoheng and his capability. He also heard the news that Xiaoheng Capital was shorting oil in the international market recently, and it was said that he had made a lot of money. That Tao Mu was able to serve as Li Xiaoheng's private investment consultant and have the ability to short oil in partnership with Li Xiaoheng. It seemed that this young man was also a promising talent.

Father Luo's expression eased a lot, and he nodded at Tao Mu, then turned to lecture Luo Yang: "You should usually associate more with such outstanding young people. Learn how to behave and act like them. In the future, don't pay attention to your gang of scoundrels. Originally you were already a hooligan, and with the influence of those delinquents, you have become more and more unseemly!"

Luo Yang rolled his eyes in exasperation, and interrupted the old man's words impatiently: "Okay, okay, I know. You always say that my friends are not good, but aren't their parents your business partners! I'm just trying to build a good relationship with them so that things can go smoothly in the future. Isn't this all for work!"

Luo Yang absorbed the essence of Tao Mu's teachings, and now whenever his old man picked at his group of friends, he would use these words to fob him off.

Sure enough, when father Luo heard Luo Yang say this, although he was still dissatisfied, his expression eased a lot: "Not knowing to work hard in serious matters and instead delving into these unorthodox ways. As for the friends you make, just how many of them are highly regarded by their family and designated as heirs? Most of them are hedonistic sons who rely on their family background to go around causing chaos. I am afraid that in the future they will only succeed in failing in the company, and can only eat dividends. You go ahead and learn from them. Sooner or later, one day—"

"Aiya, alright, alright." Mother Luo interrupted her husband's scolding, and said softly, "Yang Yang is also thinking for the company. He is young and ignorant, so why don't you just teach him. How can you always just scold him? Besides, you have broken his leg already. Will he dare to fool around with those friends in the future?"

"Birds of a feather flock together." Father Luo snorted, "You just listen to him talking nonsense. If he really has the heart to change, why doesn't he learn from Li Xiaoheng? Logically speaking, the Li family and our family are also family friends for generations. He and Li Xiaoheng also grew up together. When this kid went to study in country M, I specially sent him to California so that Xiaoheng could look after him a bit more. Xiaoheng Capital was established in the next semester. As for him, he ran to Hollywood to play around with female celebrities and go to bars and race cars with those little bastards who also fooled around while studying abroad. He spent four years studying in country M with his old man's money, and yet when other people speak English, he can't even understand a word—"

The father Luo became more and more angry, and he suddenly slapped Luo Yang's leg wrapped in plaster, causing Luo Yang to holler in fright: "Mom, mom, stop my dad. This leg is already broken. If it's beaten again, it's really going to be disabled. Your son is going to be lame."

"Aiya, old Luo!" In exasperation, mother Luo dragged father Luo to the sofa farthest from the hospital bed and sat down: "You should calm down, I will peel an apple for you."

As mother Luo spoke, she stretched out her hand to beckon her daughter who hadn't spoken a word since she entered the ward: "Luo Xi, come and peel an apple for your father."

Luo Xi smiled slightly and walked over to the old couple obediently. She picked up a fruit knife and an apple, and slowly peeled the skin.

Tao Mu looked at Luo Xi, who was practically invisible since she entered the ward, and thought about Luo Xi's resolute and decisive conduct when doing business. He couldn't help but shake his head.

Mother Luo looked at Tao Mu who was standing next to the TV cabinet arranging the flowers and smiled as she had him come and sit down. She asked, "How did you two meet? I never heard Yang Yang mention you before."

Father Luo continued to snort coldly on the side: "Your son has always been like this. Friends who are motivated he never talks about. Only knowing to fool around with those dandies all day long."

Tao Mu smiled warmly: "We met in H Town."

"Ah—" Luo Yang was afraid that Tao Mu would mention their relationship in H Town and incite his father to beat him up again. He quickly interrupted Tao Mu and took over the conversation himself: "Tao Mu is an actor, now studying in Beijing Film. At the beginning he went to H Town to gain experience, working in various crews and acting as a martial arts extra. We happened to know each other then. By the way, Tao Mu's cooking is very delicious. Let him cook for you another day."

"Nonsense!" Mother Luo glared at her baby son: "How is that a way to talk?"

As she spoke, she looked at Tao Mu with a smile: "My son is ignorant, so don't take it to heart. He didn't mean that."

Tao Mu smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I know Luo Yang's temper." Never using his brain before speaking or doing things!

"You are learning acting?" In view of certain industry prejudices, father Luo felt uncomfortable when he heard about this profession. If it weren't for Li Xiaoheng's influence, the term "actor" would have been blurted out. (TN: in Chinese, there is a derogatory term for actors and entertainers)

"Since you are Xiao Heng's private investment consultant and also do business with him in partnership. You must have good business talent. In that case, why didn't you apply to business school, and then be your own boss in the future? The social status is much higher and can also help more people solve the employment problem." Learning to act and becoming an actor was nothing more than entertaining people in the end. Using one's good looks for profit will never last long.

Luo Xi frowned and couldn't help but defend Tao Mu: "Dad, Tao Mu is very amazing. He not only partnered with Li Xiaoheng to do business, but also founded FlyNews. The National Day publicity plan I gave you earlier was personally written by Tao Mu himself."

"Oh?" As a veteran soldier, father Luo had a natural affection for the National Day publicity plan. At this moment, hearing that this plan was actually made by Tao Mu, he couldn't help smiling: "This young man is really good. A good head on your shoulders you have there. I heard Yang Yang say that you were also a martial arts double, then you must also know martial arts. This is both a literary and martial arts talent."

Tao Mu smiled: "Chairman Luo praises me too much."

"Don't always call me Chairman Luo." Father Luo waved his hand: "You are a few years younger than Yang Yang, just call me uncle."

Then he said: "Since you are a good friend of Yang Yang then when you do business with Xiaoheng, you can also bring along Yang Yang. This kid has been spoiled by me since he was a child. He is too playful. With you both leading him I will be more at ease."

Tao Mu smiled in a humble and low-key manner, but did not answer.

Father Luo also didn't care. He was a businessman himself, and he naturally knew the temperament of a businessman. If there was no benefit, who would share the interests with you for no reason. His own son was not worthy, and he could not force Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu to drag along Luo Yang. However, with friends, so long as there were more exchanges of interests, the relationship would naturally get closer.

"I know that your FlyNews network has just been established, and you want to use the celebrity's popularity to promote it. Since you are a friend of Yang Yang, you are also considered my younger generation. If you have any needs, you can talk to Luo Xi directly. Luo Xi Xi is my daughter and the manager of Longteng Entertainment. She can help you." Father Luo said, pointing to his daughter.

Luo Xi nodded at Tao Mu, and said: "Dad, don't worry. I have already cooperated with Mr. Tao. We will cooperate very well."

"Towards your ability, Dad is very trusting. I am just worried that you are too official." When father Luo looked at Luo Xi, his expression was much more kind. Although he had an old-fashioned personality and old thinking, always thinking that his daughter would eventually belong to someone else's family and that his son belonged to his own family. But he would not deny his daughter's talent and ability in business. Therefore, although he wanted to hand over the Luo Group to his son to inherit, he also worked hard to cultivate his daughter, and wanted Luo Xi to become the chief steward of the Luo Group and assist Luo Yang.

It was a pity that father Luo didn't see his daughter's unyielding temper and discontent in being subordinate to others. It was complete wishful thinking on his part. And in the end, Luo Yang coming out of the closet and him failing to survive the resulting heart attack eventually caused the tragedy between this pair of siblings.

However, in this life, with Tao Mu stepping in, father Luo was prepared, and the Luo Group had successfully passed the bidding for the land, preventing any negative effect on the company's subsequent development. Even if Luo Yang would still come out of the closet for Shen Yu in the future, father Luo would not be angered to death by Luo Yang.

"Tao Mu is a good friend of Yang Yang, and also a younger generation of our family. You should also treat him as a younger brother. Help if you can and don't fuss over trivial things." Father Luo patiently persuaded his daughter who always did things according to the rule, and most hated people using the back door. But he didn't know that Luo Xi and Tao Mu had already joined hands secretly, and had cooperated several times.

"Dad, don't worry. I know what to do." Luo Xi smiled and nodded at Tao Mu. Now that it was made official with father Luo, she wouldn't need to worry about using Longteng Entertainment as a favor to Tao Mu in the future.

Tao Mu smiled slightly and admired Luo Xi's calculation very much.

After all, father Luo was the chairman of the Luo Group. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was busy everyday. So he was unable to stay long in Luo Yang's ward. Seeing that although his darling son had his leg broken, he was still full of energy, father Luo finally felt at ease and left with mother Luo and Luo Xi.

Soon, Tao Mu and Luo Yang were left alone in the ward.

Luo Yang looked at Tao Mu cautiously. He remembered how he had ruthlessly tossed around Tao Mu when he was in H Town. It was estimated that Tao Mu was hurt by the water hose at that time: "Tao Mu, are you still angry with me? I have asked the doctor and heard that it is easy to cause an accident when spraying people with the fire water hose using the highest pressure. You say, why was I such a bastard at the time. Tao Mu, how about you beat me to vent your anger. My dad broke one of my legs, so how about you break the other leg. I won't even make a peep."

"No need." Tao Mu was a little thirsty after speaking for a long time. He peeled an apple for himself with a fruit knife. His lowered eyes stared at the sharp blade, watching as the apple skin peeled off in circles, revealing the flesh of the fruit: "I don't like to be angry."

He had so many things to do that he didn't want to bother to focus on being angry with people, which was just wasteful and useless. If he had so many emotions, he might as well think about using it in acting. If he still had extra energy, he would be like today, stabbing someone in the back when encountering a good opportunity. Taking revenge and doing business, delaying neither.

As for the matter of being angry and not working, he was not so idle!

Of course, Luo Yang didn't know Tao Mu's thoughts. Hearing Tao Mu say he was not angry, he really believed that Tao Mu had not been angry with him. Or maybe he was angry at the time, but now he was not angry anymore—otherwise why would he come to see him with flowers and fruit?

"Tao Mu, you are so kind." Luo Yang smiled at Tao Mu: "Don't worry. I will be very good to you in the future. To make up for the harm I did to you before."

Tao Mu played with the fruit knife, cutting the apple into pieces. He stared expressionlessly at Luo Yang who was smiling stupidly on the hospital bed. After a long while, he tilted his head and curled his lips into a smile.

The smile was full of compassion for the mentally retarded.

Because Luo Yang and Gou Rixin happened to be hospitalized in the same hospital, after leaving Luo Yang's ward, Tao Mu also went to Gou Rixin's ward to pay a visit to Gou Rixin who was about to undergo surgery. When he returned to school, it was already 12:30 noon.

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Tao Mu randomly ordered a bowl of beef noodles in the cafeteria. After eating the noodles, he went to the admissions office to inquire about the admissions to private universities. Many public universities were affiliated with a large number of private colleges. Beijing Film was no exception. Tao Mu wanted to ask about admittance to a private university for Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan was only a few months younger than Tao Mu, and this year he was also a senior high school graduate. It was just that Feng Yuan was different from Tao Mu. He didn't study well since he was a child, and he scored only around two hundred points in the college entrance examination. In his previous life, Feng Yuan didn't go to college after graduating from high school, so he became Tao Mu's personal assistant. At that time, Tao Mu had just returned to the Shen family's house and everyone looked down on him. He had no people of his own so he took Feng Yuan with him.

Tao Mu thought at that time that with Feng Yuan following him, even if he had no academic qualifications, so long as he worked for him he would still have a good future. At the very least, he could work as a talent agent in the entertainment company under the Shen Group. However, he did not expect that in the end, Feng Yuan was implicated by him—after he was expelled from the Shen family, in order to help him, Feng Yuan ran to Shen Yu's crew to beat him up, but in the end he injured Yan Sheng who stood in front of Shen Yu. Yan Sheng, who was already very famous and popular in the entertainment circle, won the favor of all netizens and fans once again because of this saving the beauty scene as well as successfully embracing home the beauty. However, Feng Yuan was sentenced to three years for intentional injury.

In this life, Tao Mu must make good plans for Feng Yuan. So attending university was a must. Considering Feng Yuan's IQ, coupled with Tao Mu's business—something like financial stocks could be crossed out but film and television production, marketing and planning, or news media were possibilities.

Of course, the teacher at the admissions office knew Tao Mu, one of the 2008 freshmen. Hearing Tao Mu inquiring about this, she suddenly smiled and said, "We do have some affiliated private colleges and universities under Beijing Film, and they also have this career major. Are you helping others to inquire? But since school has been in for so long, why did you think to ask about this?"

"Speaking of this, I am quite ashamed." Tao Mu looked embarrassed, directly playing his familiar pitiful act: "…..it's for a friend of mine from the orphanage, just a few months younger than me. He also graduated this year and took the college entrance examination, scoring around two hundred points. He has no time to repeat his studies, and no money to go to college. Now, he is working random jobs every day, either serving dishes in restaurants or moving bricks on construction sites or going to places like bars and nightclubs to serve as a security guard. I feel distressed seeing this so I want to ask around for him. If possible, can I pay the tuition and let him study with the school? This way he can also get a diploma and it will be easier to find a decent job in the future."

After a pause, Tao Mu lowered his eyes slightly, and said with some disappointment: "Teacher, you don't know. Orphans like us, without the help of parents, we can only help each other. Otherwise, why else do they say people rely on their parents at home and when outside rely on friends. We don't have that condition, so we can only be responsible for ourselves. I am also afraid that he might be infected with bad habits having been out in the society for a long time. After developing bad habits it will be difficult to change even if he wanted to."

The director of the admissions office was a female teacher in her forties. Hearing these words, she couldn't resist her natural feminine softness and maternal love. She took over the matter that originally did not meet the procedures in one sentence: "Student Tao Mu, how about this? We also have specialized training schools under Beijing Film, and this year's student roll is full. If you don't mind, I can let your classmate follow the class for now, and when we enroll students next year, let him retake the college entrance examination. As long as he has passed the culture class, he may take undergraduate anew, or he can make up his registration as a current student. It'll depend on the situation."

Tao Mu immediately showed a surprised expression. He looked at the director of the admissions office, his eyes bright as if there were little stars in them: "Definitely. Teacher, thank you so much."

"No problem. Find a time to bring your classmate over to see what major he is suitable for." The director of the admissions office waved her hand at Tao Mu, and then inquired about FlyNews. Tao Mu was not allowed to leave until the class bell rang.

Tao Mu knew that the reason why the director of the admissions office could speak so well in front of him was because he created FlyNews by himself, which had become so popular on the Internet recently. This definitely had a lot of positive effects. The entertainment circle could be said to be very big, but also could be very small. FlyNews had just launched, but it could get the full support of two major film and television talent agencies, Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment. This matter was seen in the eyes of the entire industry so naturally, Tao Mu's contacts and potential could also be measured.

People of this world admired the strong and pitied the weak. Even if they didn't need to ask for help at the moment, they still liked to make friends with capable people. And if there was spare capacity, they were also willing to help the weak. The director of the admissions office granting Feng Yuan a visiting student qualification not only did not violate the school's rules and regulations, but also expressed goodwill towards Tao Mu. Although this decision was also affected by the "weak, pitiful and helpless" atmosphere that Tao Mu deliberately exaggerated. But in general, she was still optimistic about Tao Mu's own potential. As for Tao Mu, making all the connections that he might need was originally his habit in both of these lifetimes.

One party deliberately expressed weakness and the other expressed goodwill. The two hit it off and both thought it was a very cost-effective favor. At least both parties were particularly satisfied.

Tao Mu left the admissions office and called Feng Yuan.

At this time, Feng Yuan was riding a little motorcycle all over the alleys—helping Song Ji deliver food. Hearing Tao Mu telling him to clean up and prepare for school, his face suddenly became reluctant, even forgetting to pretend to be cool and aloof: "Mu, brother Mu, I don't want to go, to go to school. I'm different from you. I don't, don't, don't have the talent to study. I also can't learn, learn. I have a headache as soon as I go to class, and I want to sleep as soon as I read a book. I, I feel, I'm fine helping out at Song Ji. You, if you have anything that needs my help, you can call, call and tell me. I'll directly help you—"

"You have no education and no ability, what can you do for me? Can you help me with stocks or take care of my FlyNews site? You brash kid who doesn't even know how to drive a car!" Tao Mu was especially cruel and ruthless, burying Feng Yuan into a hole with a single sentence: "Stop talking nonsense. Do what I ask you to do. Come here quickly. Do you think just anyone can come to Beijing Film? If it wasn't for the teacher pitying you for not having parents, they wouldn't give you this opportunity."

According to what you said, it would seem that if I have parents then I wouldn't be able to get in! Feng Yuan slandered fiercely from the bottom of his heart. But since he was a child, he loved to cling to Tao Mu, and was most afraid of angering his brother Mu. If you let him talk back in person, he really wouldn't dare.

"Brother Mu, Mu, don't, don't be angry. I'll go!" Feng Yuan scratched his head: "Then, when, when should I be there? I am helping Song Ji, deliver, deliver food."

In case of any change in the situation, Tao Mu said with promptness: "I will help you pay the tuition and reserve a dorm spot. You come over tomorrow morning, first say hello to the teacher, and then go straight to class. Remember, when you are at school be good, be obedient."

"Relax!" Feng Yuan replied confidently. It must be said that the children who come out of their orphanage may not know anything else, but they were all professionals in playing the sweet obedient orphan. They were definitely strong actors among strong actors.

After finishing class that afternoon, Tao Mu rushed to the bank to withdraw 20,000 yuan for Feng Yuan to pay the tuition, miscellaneous fees and accommodation fees. Tao Mu reported to Feng Yuan that he would be majoring in management, focusing on film and television production, distribution and projection, and talent agency.

The director of the admissions office had long known that Tao Mu was a swift and decisive person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to make FlyNews so popular in just one month. So she also did not delay, directly helping Tao Mu complete all the procedures.

The next morning, Tao Mu brought Feng Yuan to see the admissions office teacher. Only then did she learn that Feng Yuan also had a stuttering problem and was a bit troubled. However, Feng Yuan was extremely humble, shy and polite in front of the teacher. Appearing like a delicate child, thin and small, his words thoughtful and extremely concise. People who were not paying attention really couldn't notice any issue at all. They would just think that this child was naturally aloof and did not like to talk.

The director of the admissions office changed her mind and thought, after all, this child was just a visiting student. It was better to take a look first. A year later he could get a higher vocational college diploma, and no one could say anything. Besides, Feng Yuan studied management and nit acting. So long as he passed the professional course, they didn't need to be too demanding on his speaking aspect.

Thinking about it this way, the director of the admissions office felt less psychologically burdened.

Later, Tao Mu thought of a way to return the favor of the admissions office teacher. As a result, the two interacted increasingly more. Under Tao Mu's deliberate acquaintance, the director of the admissions office almost recognized Tao Mu as a godson. She also took the initiative to help Tao Mu solve several problems relating to distribution channels. But this was something to be brought up later.

At noon that day, Tao Mu took Feng Yuan to see his three roommates. The several of them had a meal of mutton hot pot in Wen Juxiang. Tao Mu introduced Feng Yuan to his three roommates and asked everyone to help take care of his little brother.

Wen Bao and the others were extremely bold and cheerful. Hearing Tao Mu's entrustment, they agreed without hesitation. He also asked Tao Mu: "No need to ask. We will take care of everything that should be taken care of. But you, the selection of school beauty and hunk of major universities have now finished. Didn't you draw an alluring picture for everyone at the beginning, selecting national school beauty and hunk across the country or something? It's almost October 1st, what are you planning to do?"

Tao Mu smiled mysteriously at the three roommates. Regarding this matter, he had already made a plan and was preparing to talk to Luo Xi in detail. Didn't father Luo let Longteng Entertainment cooperate with FlyNews in all aspects of publicity. Of course he would not let such a good opportunity pass.

"Just watch, you guys. I'll give you a big one when National Day comes."

The three roommates looked at each other, and Du Kang asked, "What are you going to? Tell us first?"

Chu Sui'an also echoed: "Yes. We are all roommates. Are you afraid that we will reveal it to others?"

That was not the case. Tao Mu had a lot of trust in the characters of his three roommates. So he no longer continued playing mysterious and said with a smile: "I am planning to join Longteng Entertainment to launch a seven-day national election for school beauty and hunk. The flight ticket and board and lodging expenses will be reimbursed by FlyNews, so that all the selected school beauties and hunks of all the colleges and universities in the provinces will gather in the capital. We'll host a reality show competition. Have all the school beauties and school hunks who come over to receive training, and then perform talents, and finally be voted by netizens to eventually pick the national school beauty and hunk. The selected national school beauty and hunk will also get a reward—they can play supporting male and female roles in urban idol dramas invested by Longteng Entertainment. Or sign directly into the talent company."

In fact, Tao Mu was also planning to drag Summer Star Entertainment to undertake activities together. After all, Long Tianao helped him so much, so as a matter of paying back the favor, Tao Mu would not forget Summer Star Entertainment. But he didn't know how much influence Long Tianao had in Summer Star Entertainment, and whether or not he could speak up on such serious matters. Besides, what did the senior executives of Summer Star Entertainment think of this event? Maybe they didn't want to bother with this at all. If that was the case, Tao Mu would also not shamelessly insist.

The three were very excited, but Du Kang was a little confused: "Are you talking about letting netizens vote? Are you still going to cooperate with the TV stations? Otherwise where will the netizens across the country watch the talent show of the contestants?"

Tao Mu only smiled. Let's not mention that he had no personal connections and influence to temporarily insert programs on TV stations. But just speaking of FlyNews engaging in the promotion of the selection of national school beauty and hunk for nearly a month, Tao Mu would not hand over his fruits of labor for free.

Of course, this kind of good thing must not be given to outsiders.

While talking, they heard a knock on the door outside the private room. Wen Bao's father walked in with a smile and added a few plates of meat for everyone. On the way, he also asked Tao Mu about how old man Song was doing, expressing that he wanted to visit the Song family, but was afraid that the old man would not want to see him.

Tao Mu couldn't decide for the old man, so he could only say tactfully that he would help Wen Aiguo convey his wish to visit. As for the old man's answer, he was unsure.

When Wen Aiguo heard this, he sighed sadly: "I also understand that Mr. Song is still very hurt by the past and doesn't want to see us old people again. He can't get through this hurdle in his heart. But I also really want to go visit Mr. Song. No matter what, I learned my craft from the Song family. As a person, one should not forget his roots."

Tao Mu had no words. That night, he began to secretly collect information about the Sheng'an Group. He also searched his memories form his previous life on what big projects Sheng'an Group participated in—

If trouble could be stirred up, it damned well should be stirred up.