When Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng arrived at Songji, Liu Yao, Meng Qi, dean Tao, Qin Miaoru, Gou Rixin and the rest were already all there. Even Da Mao and Xiao Pang specially came over for the feast.
Recently Mr. Song had been pondering over the recipes everyday, wanting nothing more than to make one dish a hundred or eighty times. The cooked dishes were too many to eat by themselves, so it all benefited this group of people. Especially Xiao Pang, who was prone to obesity and recently gained a roundness that could be discerned by the naked eye.
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Seeing Tao Mu bringing someone back, Da Mao and Xiao Pang immediately brought over a plate of hydrangea scallops that Mr. Song had just made, and asked with a smile, "Brother Mu, have you eaten dinner? The dishes cooked by Mr. Song are really delicious. Do you want some?"
"I already ate outside with brother Li." Tao Mu refused with a smile. He took off his coat and prepared for work.
Mr. Song glanced at Tao Mu and harrumphed: "Eating outside again? Are the dishes cooked outside better than at home?"
Tao Mu chuckled, leaning over to the side of the old man and declaring: "Of course it is not as delicious as your dishes. In my mind, my old man's cooking is the best in the world. There is no one else better."
"Little rascal!" Song Daozhen snorted, and gestured at Tao Mu: "There is a simmering pheasant and swallow's nest soup on the stove. You and Mr. Li drink a bowl first to drive away the cold."
Tao Mu happily responded and gave Li Xiaoheng a bowl of swallow's nest soup. Li Xiaoheng sat on the side holding the bowl of swallow's nest soup, gazing warmly and intently at Tao Mu's bustling figure at the stove.
Tao Mu was preparing the chicken soup, and suddenly remembered something. He ran to the front and said to dean Tao: "Dean, brother Li has heard about our orphanage and wants to donate one million yuan to set up a charity education fund. To ensure the orphanage's children are not affected by their livelihoods and can study at ease. However, brother Li doesn't know much about the financial situation of our orphanage. I want to ask an auditor to check the accounts before donating."
This was a great thing. Dean Tao immediately looked at Li Xiaoheng in surprise: "Mr. Li, is this true?"
Li Xiaoheng glanced at Tao Mu subtly, and nodded: "Yes. If dean Tao doesn't object, I hope I can bring the auditor over tomorrow."
"Of course it's no problem." Dean Tao was a little dizzy about being smashed with the one million yuan mentioned by Tao Mu. All she could think of was how much money one million yuan was worth—
After a child entered high school, the annual tuition and fees for books and board were…..After college, the annual tuition and boarding fees were…..Li Xiaoheng wanted to donate one million yuan to the orphanage, that was to say, at least XX children could finish their studies at university. Now their orphanage only had one college student, Tao Mu, because most of the children couldn't afford to attend high school, so they went to work directly after graduating from junior high school.
If Li Xiaoheng really wanted to donate one million yuan to the orphanage, the children in the orphanage could just focus on studying in the future, and no longer need to rush out to work in a hurry to support themselves. If they could smoothly pass the high school entrance examination and enter university, they would definitely become more meaningful people to the country and society in the future. They would also have more choices in their own lives.
For the fate of these children, don't even mention just checking the accounts, even if Li Xiaoheng wanted to take over the accounts of the orphanage, dean Tao would not refuse.
Dean Tao's heart was beating very fast and felt like her brain had heated up from all the blood surging upwards in excitement. She opened her mouth and agreed directly, not even thinking at all about whether Li Xiaoheng's proposal would have any adverse effects on her.
But dean Tao was indeed such a person. She was selfless, so she saw everyone as upright people like herself as well. She never guarded against the people around her, and never thought that someone would plant evidence and frame her because of greed.
It was true that as the dean of the orphanage, dean Tao failed to know the accounts and fund flow of the orphanage well—to be precise, she didn't understand it at all. It was her dereliction of duty at work. But dean Tao, who dedicated most of her life to the orphanage, should not be framed and lose everything or even tragically dying in an ambulance because of this dereliction of duty.
They all say that one shouldn't ask about the future when deciding to do good deeds. In the previous life, the good dean Tao didn't get a good end. The accountant and procurement manager couple who embezzled the orphanage's donations and pushed all the blame on dean Tao were able to buy a house and a car with the money they got from the black-hearted real estate developer.
In this life, Tao Mu would not let go of even a single one of these bad people.
Dean Tao, who was dizzy by the one million yuan that dropped from the sky, didn't notice the slightest bit about Tao Mu's thinking, and sat in front of Li Xiaoheng to ask questions. Li Xiaoheng patiently explained to dean Tao that he and Tao Mu would each invest 500,000 yuan to set up a charitable education fund to help children in the orphanage go to school to develop their skills, and send them to learn professional skills if they didn't want to go to school. If the children got sick and needed to be hospitalized, the charity fund would also be responsible for funding the children's medical expenses. Not only that, the family members of the employees of the orphanage were also within the scope of the funding.
"In this society, there are not many people who can devote themselves to public welfare undertakings like dean Tao. Therefore, we should not only do charity, but also encourage other ordinary people who are willing to do charity. And spread this kind of mentality of doing charity." Li Xiaoheng said warmly: "In fact, I think we can cooperate with major colleges and universities so that students from colleges and universities can spare time to volunteer in orphanages. For example, use weekends to help tutor children in orphanages and/or teach children talents. And then find the media to promote and report these behaviors."
"As long as more and more people in society pay attention to charity, devote themselves to charity, and are willing to do their part in charity, then our country's public welfare undertakings will become better and better. For those volunteers, this experience can also become a qualification that they can talk to the recruiter when they apply for a job in the future. This is actually beneficial to both parties. If done well, it can lead to a virtuous cycle."
Of course, the most important thing was that after more and more people begin to pay attention to this matter, those who seek personal gain under the banner of public welfare would be exposed to more people. Li Xiaoheng had a discussion with Tao Mu, and he had already deeply realized Tao Mu's desire to punish that accountant couple.
Li Xiaoheng believed that he could not help much, but he could do a good job of contributing bricks and tiles and help throw stones at a person who fell down a well.
Tao Mu tacitly said with a smile, "Okay. Today is Thursday, how about this, let's wait for this Saturday, and I will bring a group of Beijing Film students to volunteer. On the way, I will also notify FlyNews Entertainment to send two reporters over to do follow-up reports. At the same time it can help Xiaoheng Capital do some publicity."
Li Xiaoheng knew that Tao Mu had understood the underlying meaning in his words. In a very good mood, he hooked up a corner of his mouth in a smile, feeling that he and Tao Mu were indeed the most tacitly cooperative partners, and that their hearts were really linked as one.
Li Xiaoheng nodded and replied: "That's good. With the ability of Xiaoheng Capital Audit Department, I think the accounts of the orphanage can be checked in one day. If things go as expected, then we will directly announce the establishment of the charity education fund in front of the reporter. What do you think of this, dean Tao?"
Dean Tao certainly had no problems. She was so happy that her eyes were squinted from smiling so widely.
Liu Yao and Meng Qi, who once helped Tao Mu investigate the orphanage accountant, smiled at each other and waited for the good show to play out.
The next morning Tao Mu had an acting class. During the break between classes, Tao Mu mentioned to everyone about going to the orphanage as volunteers.
"You all know that I came out of the orphanage myself. Children in the orphanage are affected by the environment and generally do not learn very well. So I want to organize a volunteer activity for college students. Use the weekend breaks to tutor the children and teach them talents or something. Anyone who wants to volunteer can sign up. Those who are interested can come to me to fill out a form, which is just to briefly explain what you can teach. By the way, I will have FlyNews Entertainment keep tracking and reporting on this volunteer activity. And on Saturday, people from Xiaoheng Capital will also go to the orphanage for inspection."
Tao Mu bluntly pulled out FlyNews Entertainment and Xiaoheng Capital to encourage these fledgling classmates who were eager to become famous. Like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey, the eyes of the students who had originally already intended to volunteer brightened even more.
As an actor in the entertainment industry what advantages could they rely on to increase their competitiveness?
Appearance, acting skills, popularity, level of national recognition and backing.
The first two were basically natural conditions, or they could be changed by relying on their own efforts. However, the latter three were not so easy to obtain.
There were as many handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment circle as the crucian carp that crosses the river. Why should you stand out? Based on your works? Then fine, why should good work look for you? Based on your acting skills or your popularity?
So the question circled back.
Now Tao Mu was here to provide everyone with an opportunity to enhance their popularity, image and influence.
The classmates looked at each other, and immediately rushed to raise their hands: "I'll go!"
"I can dance. I can teach the children to dance."
"I can play the violin. I can teach them to play the violin."
"….."
Only Tao Mu's three roommates were sitting on the ground next to Tao Mu calmly, and by the way helping Tao Mu with the registration. When the other students saw this, their eyes when looking at the three could not help but be jealous and envious. This was the advantage of a pavilion near the water. But towards this kind of luck, it was not something they could not get out of being envious.
No wonder these were students of the Beijing Film Acting Department, they were all very talented. Tao Mu noted down the names and talents of the enthusiastic volunteers with particular satisfaction. After class, he went to the Academic Affairs Office to report to the teacher—although there was actually no need to report this small matter. But Tao Mu was accustomed to doing things with sophistication. By notifying the school leaders he could not only seek support but also increase his good impression in their minds. Towards this he would not be humble and shrink back.
All in all, he would definitely never miss any opportunity to show his good side in front of the teachers.
A group of young and lively college students had their eagerness invoked under Tao Mu's encouragement. Some people even took out their mobile phones and updated their FlyNews on the spot, expressing with excitement that they were going to volunteer at the orphanage on Saturday.
Soon, the classmates of other classes and other grades all heard the news. They ran to Tao Mu and condemned him for engaging in distance discrimination—why only recruit volunteers in the '08 class 1? Class 2 and class 3 and even the sophomores and juniors also have the willingness to volunteer. Why weren't they given a chance as well?
Gu Xun, a senior who had won the National School Hunk crown in the "National School Beauty and Hunk Selection Competition" before, had attracted a group of young fans as a result, and was currently busy with the end of term play rehearsal. Hearing this news, he took the initiative to find Tao Mu, expressing his willingness to also offer his part.
—Of course, Gu Xun's original intention was not to promote his image or gain popularity, but simply his desire to pay back Tao Mu.
Tao Mu did not refuse, and said with a smile that he was welcome to volunteer with them in the orphanage.
Because of the FlyNews posts shared by the students of Beijing Film, the netizens who have been paying attention to the Internet gossip also noticed the news for the first time. Recently, Guo Yaning, who had been immersed in her album production, also took time out of her busy schedule to visit Tao Mu on FlyNews, saying, "To be able to see the place where Tao Mu grew up with my own eyes is really lucky, and I also want to be a volunteer".
Immediately afterwards, Wang Boyuan also reposted Guo Yaning's FlyNews. The joining of the two A-list superstars instantly pushed this volunteer activity in front of all melpn eating netizens.
The official account of FlyNews Entertainment also stepped forward and announced that it would shoot Saturday's volunteer activities into a video and post it to BulletScreen.
When the Beijing Film students who had snatched this volunteer activity saw this, they were instantly overwhelmed with excitement. All of them began imagining in their minds about how they would behave in order to attract the attention of netizens. Some people couldn't even sleep from the excitement, and stood in front of the mirror with their flashlight in the middle of the night to rehearse how they would comport themselves.
—Not afraid of ghosts it seemed.
But what they didn't know, when the day of volunteer activities arrived, it would not be any of them that attracted the attention of netizens. But two unexpected people.
And the so-called social voluntary activities program almost became a legal program.
On Saturday morning, Tao Mu brought a big group of classmates to the gate of Beijing Film.
Because there were a lot of people who went to volunteer activities this time, Tao Mu had arrange a bus to wait at the school gate. After dozens of well dressed, handsome boys and beautiful girls filed into the bus, the FlyNews Entertainment reporter who was in charge of recording the show, and Lawyer Zhou, the legal counsel of , also got on the bus with a smile.
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On the bus, Tao Mu asked Lawyer Zhou: "Why are you following along?"
Lawyer Zhou said with a smile, "Mr. Meng called me yesterday and asked me to go to the orphanage with you. Help out with the law popularization activities." He obviously also knew of Tao Mu's true purpose today.
As he spoke, Lawyer Zhou bumped Tao Mu on the shoulder in a "good brother" manner, and said with a smile: "Don't worry. Consider me as participating in volunteer activities today too. I won't ask for overtime fees from you. As long as at noon I can have a meal in Songji. I heard that Mr. Song has been studying recipes recently, and he has cooked all kinds of exquisite dishes every day, practically preparing a feast."
As Lawyer Zhou spoke, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. That salivating appearance was comparable to that of a hungry ghost.
Tao Mu: "….."
"Do you like eating the old man's dishes that much?"
Zhou Shenxing nodded without hesitation: "You don't know, the law firm where I worked before had a particularly unpalatable cafeteria. It was even worse than our university cafeteria. I worked there for almost a year, and I lost 17 kg of weight. It's simply abuse I tell you. So when recruited people, I immediately jumped over. For nothing else, the staff canteen at is worth it. As the saying goes, food is the God of the people. It's already so hard to work and make money so one must at least eat well. To tell you the truth, I have become passionate about my work since I joined FlyNews."
Tao Mu: "….." Although he knew that Zhou Shenxing was probably entrusted by the personnel department of to promote in the program. But he still couldn't accept Zhou Shenxing's consumption view. And also, the placement of this ad was a bit stiff. There was no aesthetic level at all.
Tao Mu, who was currently complaining secretly, didn't know at this moment. But in the near future, he would work with several entertainment companies to prepare an urban fashion idol drama. In order to save costs, but also to appease the group of advertisers, he would be a master player at slipping in product ads within the drama itself, practically on a classic textbook level—to become the reference object that all TV series ads in the next ten years and even brand commercials must study.
And Tao Mu would also be kindly and respectfully referred to by the industry as the "advertising master in TV dramas."
Of course, this reputation did not sound very good.
But at this moment, he still had the leisurely mood to complain about Lawyer Zhou: "…..You are also a well-known lawyer in Beijing, and you earn a lot every year. How can you be this cheap?"
Tao Mu was truly incredulous. He had never heard that a barrister who could earn tens of millions yuan a year only ate company meals every day. And the key was that even though he always complained that the food at work was nasty, he still forced himself to eat it every day. Losing 17-18 kg in a year. Was this a work meal or a diet meal?
"Can't you just go out to eat by yourself, or call the restaurant to deliver food to you!"
"That costs money!" Lawyer Zhou's thinking logic was particularly clear: "Furthermore, if the company provides free working meals, if no one eats it, then all the cooked meals will be wasted. Although life is better now, there are still many people who can't afford to even eat fully. We can't just waste food just because it isn't to your appetite."
"Like the children in your orphanage, even if the food is not delicious, don't they still eat it?"
Was this beginning to forcefully promote the theme of the show? Tao Mu suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He patted Zhou Shenxing on the shoulder weakly, and whispered, "Don't be like this, it's particularly embarrassing, you know?"
"Really?" Zhou Shenxing looked innocent, and asked the two cameramen shamelessly: "Is it really embarrassing?"
The two cameramen couldn't bear to look directly and nodded.
Zhou Shenxing said, "Then I can't help it. When Mr. Meng called me, he specially asked me to promote the image of FlyNews. I spent two nights at home practicing in front of the mirror. I treated it even more seriously than I did my first time in court." Mainly because Zhou Shenxing fought a voluntary assistance lawsuit when he went to court for the first time. Lawyer Zhou, who had always been profit motivated, naturally had no passion.
"It's because you designed too many obvious scenes, so it feels unreal." Tao Mu commented with particular dislike: "I don't think you are suitable for cooking chicken soup. It's actually better if you continue using your poisonous tongue. You should be yourself." And moreover, the protagonists of this volunteer activity today were the students of Beijing Film, the children of the orphanage, and that greedy couple. Even if Zhou Shenxing added scenes to himself, he had to cut some when he went back to do the post-production stage, and it would not be broadcast.
"Then when you go back tell Mr. Meng. Don't deduct my promotional fee because of my bad performance."
Tao Mu: "….."
Tao Mu couldn't bear it anymore: "Didn't you say you won't ask for overtime pay?"
Zhou Shenxing explained calmly: "It's not overtime pay. It's publicity expenses. When making financial statements, these two items are counted separately. Do you understand?"
Tao Mu took a deep breath: "You really deserve to be one of the best economic lawyers in China…..is there a point to quibbling over such minor details when you already make so much money?"
"What quibbling? This is called earnestly safeguarding my own legal rights. Why shouldn't I be given money after I have done my work?" Zhou Shenxing said this, and suddenly asked: "Right, I heard that Xiaoheng Capital will soon shift their focus of investment back to China. Does their company's financial management department also face domestic customers? Can I register an investment account with Xiaoheng Capital?"
Tao Mu was annoyed: "…..The management fee is 5%, and the revenue is divided into 30%. If you think it's okay, communicate with Mr. Li during lunch by yourself."
Lawyer Zhou asked unwillingly: "Aren't you a partner of Xiaoheng Capital! I am your employee, do you have any preferential policies?"
Tao Mu looked at Lawyer Zhou expressionlessly. Zhou Shenxing rubbed his nose in a sheepish manner: "If you don't, then you don't. I will talk to Mr. Li myself later."
With Zhou Shenxing chattering on the side, Tao Mu didn't even think of looking at the scenery outside the window. Very soon the bus had already arrived at the entrance of the orphanage.
The volunteers got out of the bus first. Then followed the cameras, which filmed the buildings and environment of the orphanage.
This Red Star Orphanage was established in the '70s. Up to now, it has a history of nearly forty years. The building was old but very clean. The group of volunteers walked into the orphanage under the leadership of Tao Mu, and saw more than 20 children in simple and neat clothes standing in the yard, saying hello in unison.
A dark-skinned boy with a cute face greeted Tao Mu with a serious expression: "Brother Mu, the dean hasn't returned yet."
Because he was worried that after dean Tao gave the account book to Xiaoheng Capital, that profiteering couple would jump over the wall and find trouble with dean Tao. Tao Mu directly deceived dean Tao to go to the hospital on the excuse that had to perform physical examinations on employees at the end of the year. With the cooperation of director Yun, this general physical examination was done for a total of three days. It was not only necessary to check the various physical indicators of dean Tao, but also to observe dean Tao's heart disease in real time to ensure that there was no risk of recurrence.
Dean Tao felt that it was too troublesome. But under Tao Mu's persuasion that "the money was already paid, it would be wasted if it's not a thorough checkup", she still patiently stayed in the hospital for observation.
Therefore, upon hearing Feng Yuan's words, Tao Mu just smiled and said, "Don't worry. Dean Tao will be back today. Yao Da and Xiao Qi Dad will pick her up together."
Feng Yuan nodded and fell silent.
Tao Mu was about to introduce his classmates to the children in the orphanage when he heard a hoarse shout coming from the orphanage, followed by two chubby figures, appearing with lightning speed before Tao Mu and everyone. The speed was so fast that everyone even had the illusion of seeing their afterimage.
Du Kang smiled and joked: "This Aunt Style Lion Roar skill and Light Step Work is quite skilled!"
There were also some people who agreed mischievously: "Don't forget the Couple Attack skill."
"Tao Mu! What gives you the right to check the accounts of the orphanage without my consent? Also, where did you hide dean Tao? Although she is the dean of the orphanage, she does not have the right to be arbitrary. What right do you have to hand over the accounts of the orphanage to others behind my back? Do you not believe me? Do you doubt me? Aren't you being too much? I have been working in the orphanage for almost 20 years. Even if there is no merit, there is still hard work. Why are you doing this to me? What right do you have to check my account?"
The procurement and accounting couple was in a hurry and did not see the two cameras following behind everyone. The crowd of students exchanged looks with each other.
Tao Mu patiently explained, "Accountant Xu, are you misunderstanding? Didn't dean Tao tell you that Xiaoheng Capital will donate one million yuan to our orphanage to set up a charity education fund. Towards this time's check on the accounts, it's them who asked for the audit."
"You can just have them pay the money directly to the orphanage's account!" Accountant Xu couldn't help showing her greed. If it hadn't been for this million yuan, she wouldn't have made such a scene to this point.
That was one million yuan! If it was paid to the orphanage account, she would be able to cut off at least half by doing some tricks. Although many people from the community have come to donate for so many years, there was never such a large amount of one million at one time.
"Tao Mu, you are still young. You don't know that most of the orphanage's expenditures belong to financial appropriations. Outsiders have no right to check the accounts. You have been fooled by them. Isn't the boss of Xiaoheng Capital your friend? Just tell your friend to not check it. Just donate the money, and as for the accounts, your Aunt Xu will remember it for you. Could it be that you don't trust your Aunt Xu?"
Accountant Xu and her husband, Uncle Qian, who was in charge of purchasing in the orphanage, also opened his mouth to persuade. The two of them had already discussed it at home, one would play bad cop and the other the good cop.
Because of Tao Mu's deliberate lulling of their senses, even at this time, the two hadn't realized that Tao Mu had come with the motive to deal with them completely. They thought Tao Mu had a kind heart, so he specially invited his wealthy friends to donate to the orphanage. As for checking accounts, it was just a process.
It was no wonder that Accountant Xu thought this way—it was the fact that Xiaoheng Capital's one-day audit time was too short, and Accountant Xu was particularly confident in her own accounting methods. She couldn't imagine how big the audit department of an international investment company like Xiaoheng Capital was and how efficient it was.
Therefore, Accountant Xu did not expect that the audit department of Xiaoheng Capital could check the decades long accounts of the orphanage in just one day. In Accountant Xu's thinking, one couldn't even finish checking a single account book in a day. Not to mention checking accounts.
Therefore, Accountant Xu thought that she could fool people she did in the past. She even began to ponder on how to defraud the one million yuan into the account of the orphanage.
Tao Mu almost laughed from anger. It was these two idiots who destroyed dean Tao's name and indirectly caused her to die in an ambulance in his previous life. In this life, they even dared to repeat the same tricks, and try to deceive his million yuan.
Was his, Tao Mu's, money so easy to get?
"Aunt Xu, Uncle Qian, don't worry. CEO Li of Xiaoheng Capital told me that, without exception, he will bring people to the orphanage today to announce donations and establish a charity education fund. That's right, the both of you have always been responsible for the accounts and purchases of our orphanage. Do you have anything to say?"
Accountant Xu and Uncle Qian looked at each other, and smiled: "What can we say. This is what we should do. As long as you trust me, after the charity fund is established, you can continue to let me manage it. No matter how tired I am, I am not afraid."
Tao Mu sneered in his heart. He calmly gestured over the two cameramen, and smiled gently, "As you said, you have worked in the orphanage for so many years, and you have worked hard without asking for credit. If it weren't for your hard work and patience, the children in the orphanage would not have grown up so healthily. So Aunt Xu and Uncle Qian, please say a few words."
"CEO Li of Xiaoheng Capital also said. We should not only do charity ourselves. We should also encourage ordinary people to do charity deeds as well. We must not let heroes be buried."
One sentence stimulated the accountant couple. Uncle Qian straightened his chest and eagerly stood forward: "Then I'll just say a few words. In fact, the job of procurement is quite hard. Especially for orphanages. In order to buy cheap and fresh ingredients, almost every day I go to the morning market when it's not even bright out. Summer is okay, but in winter it is very cold. The northwest wind is blowing, and no matter how many clothes you wear, the cold chill still manages to leak in….."
Accountant Xu saw this and also added her piece: "Then I will say a few words. In fact, there is nothing much to say, these are just ordinary positions, but the work we do is extraordinary. Accounting in an orphanage is different from that of companies outside. The salary is not good. There are also so many things to take care of. It is a job that requires patience and love….."
Tao Mu smiled and watched the two chatting in front of the camera, continuously singing praises to themselves and giving themselves high hats.
Lawyer Zhou, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but roll his eyes. What a thick-skinned couple! Attorney Zhou had lived for so many years, and except for the little young master of the Shen family who always thinks he is acting in an idol drama, this was the second time he had seen such shameless people who had no guilty conscience.
In contrast, the Beijing Film students who didn't know the truth were becoming a little impatient. They came to do volunteer activities, partly for the sake of Tao Mu, and partly for fame. Although there was a heart for charity, other purposes were more important. But when they first arrived at the orphanage, they ran into two incomprehensible employees.
Mr. Tao was just being polite, yet they actually blocked the gate and talked endlessly, in the cold winter. Seriously, weren't they cold at all!
Accountant Xu and Uncle Qian talked in front of the camera for more than half an hour, until Li Xiaoheng brought the people from Xiaoheng Capital to come over, only then did they stop reluctantly.
Just as they were preparing to greet him with a smile on their faces, they saw Li Xiaoheng say very solemnly: "There is a problem with this account. The auditor of our audit department investigated and checked carefully overnight, and we found a huge funding loophole in the orphanage account. Considering this, Xiaoheng Capital has no way to make donations."
Tao Mu's expression also became serious: "How is it possible? Accountant Xu does the account book of the orphanage. She has worked in the orphanage for more than ten years. It is impossible to make such a big slip-up."
Accountant Xu's face also changed. Hearing Tao Mu's words, she nodded as if she had grasped a life-saving straw: "Yes, I did this account. There can be no problem. This gentleman, did your financial staff make a mistake? This account stretched more than ten years. You only spent one night reviewing the accounts, so it's normal to make a mistake."
"What you said is also possible. After all, Xiaoheng Capital is not an officially certified audit institution." Li Xiaoheng nodded slightly and said to Tao Mu: "So we directly called the police. The news that Xiaoheng Capital is going to make a donation to the Red Star Orphanage has already been spread in society. So even if we suspend donations, we must give the public a reason. Otherwise it will affect the image of Xiaoheng Capital."
Tao Mu nodded in particular understanding: "I understand. Just call the police. In short, I believe Aunt Xu. The innocent are innocent, so giving a thorough check is also good, so as to give Aunt Xu justice."
Before his words even fell, Accountant Xu was already pale and fell to the ground.
This time, even the Beijing Film students who didn't care much about this matter could see that something was wrong.
"You can't check the accounts!" Accountant Xu reacted, grabbing Tao Mu's sleeve tightly, and shouting: "You can't let them check the accounts. You really can't let them check the accounts."
Uncle Qian also looked at Tao Mu nervously. So anxious he was sweating in the cold winter air.
Tao Mu squatted down following the strength of Accountant Xu. He was particularly puzzled and asked in confusion: "Why can't we check the accounts? We want to prove Aunt Xu's innocence? Wouldn't it be good to check things clearly?"
"No." Accountant Xu's brain was blank, trying to find excuses: "Because…..because…..That's right, because dean Tao. Dean Tao is….."
"Tao Mu, I had no other solution. She is the dean. For so many years, she has been devoted to the orphanage. There is no merit but at least there is hard work. How can I just watch her….." At this moment, Accountant Xu was extremely glad. When she did the accounts, because of her lack of daring, she kept a lot of accounts using dean Tao's name.
Moreover, some of the accounts were indeed signed and confirmed by dean Tao. Dean Tao knew nothing about accounting and trusted the people in the orphanage. So no matter what she did, she could fool dean Tao with just a few words. In any case, the person to sign in the end was dean Tao. Even if the accounts were checked at that time, dean Tao won't be able to get rid of the relationship.
Tao Mu trusted dean Tao so much and regarded dean Tao as his own grandmother. If he knew that there were dean Tao's signature on the accounts, Tao Mu would definitely try to protect dean Tao. At that time, she and old Qian would be able to get away with it smoothly.
Tao Mu didn't expect that Accountant Xu would dare to drag dean Tao into this. The smile on his face instantly retracted. He looked at Accountant Xu with an expressionless face, and then curved up a corner of his mouth, saying in a leisurely manner: "Since this is the case, then it is even more necessary to investigate clearly."
The police came quickly. As soon as the people from the investigation side came over, they took away the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage and also wanted to ask Accountant Xu couple to go back for investigation.
The Accountant Xu couple were so scared that they turned pale and refused to go with the police no matter what. Accountant Xu also clutched her chest and said that she was about to have a heart attack and needed to go to the hospital right away.
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Accountant Xu was in her 50s this year which happened to be the age group where a female's combat effectiveness was the most explosive. She made a scene in the orphanage acting like a shrewd. Although the police received a call, they did not dare to be too tough when the case was still unclear. So as not to be criticized and questioned by the public.
Besides, Accountant Xu insisted that she had a heart problem and needed to go to the hospital. They could not tell whether Accountant Xu really had a heart disease or not so they could only help make the emergency call.
The Beijing Film students who were originally here for volunteer activities looked at each other. They didn't expect that volunteer teaching hadn't even started yet they would watch a big show for free.
Just when the orphanage was noisy and clamorous, everyone heard a voice from the door of the orphanage: "What's happening?"
It turned out that dean Tao, who had her physical checkup, was sent back by Liu Yao and Meng Qi.
Accountant Xu, who was clutching her chest and saying that she had a heart attack, rushed to dean Tao and firmly held dean Tao's hand: "Dean Tao, please persuade Tao Mu. He wants to call the police and arrest me!"
"Ah?" Dean Tao was immediately confused, and looked at Tao Mu anxiously: "What is going on? Why suddenly call the police?"
"Dean Tao, I called the police." Li Xiaoheng stood up again and said, "I found that there was a problem with the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage. So I directly called the police."
"Dean Tao, don't listen to their nonsense. The accounts of our orphanage are all signed by you. What can be the problem?" Accountant Xu sadly clutched her chest: "They just don't trust me. They insist that I tampered with the accounts. Dean Tao, the accounts of our orphanage are all signed and confirmed by you. If there are any problems, how can you not know?"
"That's right!" Even now dean Tao still helped Accountant Xu speak: "Are there any misunderstandings here? The accounting for our orphanage is done by Accountant Xu. Every time she does the accounting, she will report to me and I have signed and confirmed it. It has been so many years, and there has been no problem. If you don't believe it, you can check it out."
There was a glimmer of joy in Accountant Xu's eyes. She didn't expect dean Tao to cooperate with her in this way.
How truly stupid!
But it's a good thing she's stupid. The more stupid dean Tao is, the safer she is.
"Do you hear that? All the accounts were signed and confirmed by dean Tao. All the expenses and income of the orphanage are checked by dean Tao. Even if you don't believe me, don't you still believe dean Tao?"
However, Accountant Xu was happy too early.
Tao Mu had long expected that with dean Tao's temperament, she would definitely not stand by and watch Accountant Xu being taken away by the police. In the last life, someone questioned the orphanage's accounts on the Internet. It was also dean Tao who first stood up to help Accountant Xu testify. She was upright and worthy of her conscience. She had never done a bad thing in her life, so she didn't believe anyone could spill dirty water on her. And the reason why she would stand up to help Accountant Xu was also because she firmly believed that the truth would speak for itself, and shouldn't be slandered by others.
It was a pity that dean Tao didn't know that in the rampant era of self-media and marketing accounts for traffic and profit, the principle of truth speaking for itself no longer worked. In its place, was a lie, if repeated often enough, would be accepted as truth. What was more, the colleague she wanted to protect just happened to be the culprit who wanted to frame her.
In the end, dean Tao was framed by the Accountant Xu couple and the black-hearted real estate developer, and was forced to carry a black pot one after the other, eventually dying in an ambulance unable to give a convincing explanation for self-defense.
In this life, Tao Mu certainly couldn't let this happen: "Dean Tao, I know you're good-hearted and don't want to doubt colleagues. After all, everyone has been together for so many years. I actually don't want to doubt Aunt Xu either. But I'm even more trusting that Xiaoheng Capital's audit department won't make mistakes. So I think we should cooperate with the police in their investigations. I believe that the police will never treat a good person unjustly. Of course, they will never let a bad person go either."
When Tao Mu said this, he took a meaningful look at Accountant Xu: "By the way, Aunt Xu, is your heart still hurting? You seemed full of energy just now, so do you still want to go to the hospital?"
Accountant Xu: "….."
Liu Yao and Meng Qi almost didn't laugh out loud. Their family's little rascal was really a belly full of bad water.
At this moment, everyone present could basically conclude that Accountant Xu was just pretending to be ill. The police uncle also almost laughed aloud. He suppressed his smile and said solemnly: "If you want to go to the hospital, then that's fine. Anyway, the ambulance has already been called for you. It's better to go to the hospital for a checkup. We can record your statement in the ward."
Before his voice even fell, the sound of the ambulance could be heard arriving outside of the orphanage.
Accountant Xu: "….."
The police left with the account books and the Accountant Xu couple. Dean Tao, as the dean of the Red Star Orphanage, was also involved in accounting issues and had to make a statement in accordance with the procedures as well. However, dean Tao's attitude was more cooperative. Two policemen stayed in the orphanage and immediately recorded the statement.
Before leaving, they specifically asked dean Tao not to leave Beijing within a short period of time. During the investigation of the case, they may need dean Tao to assist in the investigation at any time and hoped dean Tao could cooperate.
Dean Tao would certainly not leave Beijing. She believed that she had a clear conscience, and she also had to take care of the children in the orphanage.
During this period, Liu Yao and Meng Qi took advantage of others not paying attention, and dragged Tao Mu to the corner, telling him that they had prepared "reports from the masses" and at that time the police would learn that Accountant Xu's family had bought a house in the Third Ring Road.
The Accountant Xu couple were particularly cunning. The two of them embezzled public funds to buy a house and because they were afraid of being found out, they did not use their own names but the name of Uncle Qian's sister.
Uncle Qian's sister was called Qian Guihua and she was 56 years old this year. Her husband died early, and she had no sons, just a daughter. Qian Guihua had a patriarchal attitude and treated her own daughter very badly. In contrast, she took good care of her younger brother's son. Over these years, while the Accountant Xu couple worked outside, Qian Guihua served them at home and took care of her nephew. Even the house left by her husband after his death was transferred to her nephew's name. From the perspective of later generations, Uncle Qian's sister was a standard example of a brother complex who helped her brother regardless of any cost.
Therefore, the house bought by the Accountant Xu couple with embezzled public funds was listed under the name of Qian Guihua. This was why there was so much news that the Red Star Orphanage's accounts did not match up in the previous life, but no one connected it to the Xu couple—aside from the black-hearted developer helping to cover up, it was also because Accountant Xu herself was very cautious.
In the last life, no one knew where the money that was embezzled went, and dean Tao had personally admitted that she signed every account of the orphanage for confirmation. As a result, if not dean Tao who carried this pot then who would?
It was a pity that in this life Tao Mu had already been prepared. He had someone follow the Accountant Xu couple for half a year and took advantage of the Accountant Xu couple not being on guard to do a thorough background check of this couple's relatives and friends who were close to them. Eventually he finally got a hold on evidence of the Accountant Xu couple's embezzlement of public funds.
Everything was ready now, just waiting for the program to be broadcast and cause an intense response in society.
Tao Mu not only wanted the Xu couple to admit their crimes, but also let the Xu couple experience the sadness and despair dean Tao had when being scolded by hundreds of thousands of netizens.
And everything happened as Tao Mu expected. That night, when the program team posted the post-production video to BulletScreen, it immediately attracted the attention of netizens.
The number of clicks exceeded 100,000 in just one hour. A large group of netizens who came in with the expectations of "Handsome guys and beautiful women offering love and warmth", wanting to feel the warmth and sweetness of love. But starting from the beginning of the program, the netizens felt instead the impact of a "Suspense Solving Film/Law And Order Program", instantly becoming a little confused.
After the initial confusion, the desire to eat melons hidden deep in the heart immediately exploded. Regardless of the times, news of embezzlement of public charity funds was always a social hot spot that the general public was most concerned about.
Orphanages, orphans, public welfare undertakings, donations, embezzlement of public funds for personal gain, these words were like stimulants that stimulated the surge of adrenaline, and instantly controlled all the attention of netizens who ate melons.
And with the passage of time, there was a continuous breaking of news by some netizens in the video's comment section. Some people said that they recognized the dean of the orphanage and the Accountant Xu couple in the show, saying that they were all very good people, very kind, and they should not be able to commit such a disgusting thing. On the way, they also shared with many netizens the touching stories of dean Tao and the Accountant Xu couple.
Especially dean Tao, who had been working in the orphanage since the death of her husband. Diligent throughout her life, in order to take care of the children in the orphanage, she never even got married again and had her own children. All her life had been devoted to the orphanage, and even her salary was used to subsidize the orphanage. It was simply an example of boundless and selfless love.
Of course, because of the simple but very touching speech of the Xu couple before the camera, many netizens also felt that the Xu couple were not the kind of people who would embezzle public funds.
Here Tao Mu played a trick. He did not release those fragments of the police arriving and the Accountant Xu couple's guilty behavior. Therefore, in the minds of many netizens, the Accountant Xu couple were as kind as dean Tao.
It was just that not even a few days passed since such remarks were made, when some people broke the news that they had met the Accountant Xu couple at the sales office of residential homes a few years ago. The person who broke the news claimed to be a sales lady, and the reason why she had an impression of the Xu couple was because the couple came to buy a house, but the name of the man's sister was written on the lease instead.
"Because this kind of thing is so rare, I had a particularly long impression. After all, the brother who is already married and established in his fifties is doing something like buying a house for his single sister. It is very enviable. But thinking about it now, there is indeed something tricky about it."
As soon as this comment came out, it immediately attracted the attention of netizens. A large group of people commented and responded, each expressing their own opinions under this comment. Some insisted on believing that the truth would speak for itself, while others suspected that the Xu couple were deceiving everyone. People from both sides came and went, and directly pushed this comment to the hot comments section on the homepage.
Some netizens called on the police to check the sister of Manager Qian: "Buying a house for his sister in his fifties sounds truly incredible. Could it be that the money for buying the house is actually the embezzlement of the orphanage's donations, and fearing that it will be found out they placed it under the name of the sister."
"Especially possible! Our family lives downstairs from this couple. They are old neighbors. The sister is very good to her brother's family. She also has a very patriarchal attitude. I heard that her husband's only house was transferred to the nephew's name. Because of this, her daughter went to study at a university in another province and hasn't come back for several years."
With the indignation of online crowds, the attention towards this gradually increased, and the police also began paying even more attention to this case.
Although Accountant Xu's accounts were done very subtly. However, under the careful review of professionals, a huge deficit of 1.07 million yuan gradually surfaced. There really was a problem with the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage.
And while the police were closely checking the accounts, a package was mailed to the police station anonymously.
When it was opened, it turned out to be evidence that the Accountant Xu couple took advantage of their financial and purchasing duties to intercept all the orphanage's donations. Including photos and recordings of deliberately shoddy purchases, partnering with suppliers to increase supply prices and then dividing the money. There were even two photos of the Accountant Xu couple taking Qian Guihua to the sales office to inspect the house. There was even a CD, showing a video where one could clearly see the scene of the Accountant Xu couple paying money at the sales office.
Accountant Xu and Manager Qian's monthly salary was quantifiable. According to the normal standards, they shouldn't have this much money at all. So where did the money for buying a house come from?
The evidence was solid, and the police immediately announced the arrest of the Accountant Xu couple and even Qian Guihua.
Following the actions of the police, FlyNews Entertainment uploaded the progress of the case and evidence that the Xu couple embezzled public funds for personal gain. Accompanying the touching speech of the Xu couple at the beginning of the program, it was really a different sort of flavor.
At this time, , under Tao Mu's signal, also released the second part of the program, including the performance of the Xu couple in the program.
Netizens once again felt the anger of being fooled. The more good was the perception towards the Accountant Xu couple at the beginning, the deeper their disgust was now. Of course, some netizens expressed their dissatisfaction with FlyNews' deliberate clipping out the truth. Tao Mu's explanation for this was "Before the truth is revealed, FlyNews does not want to release controversial clips, so as not to affect the views of netizens on the Accountant Xu couple."
"The news media should focus on reporting facts. When the case has not come to light, any inappropriate video clips may cause netizens to have misleading views. After all, the parties in the video are not public figures. It is not a documentary. Since the truth of the facts cannot be guaranteed, don't blindly release the video for the sake of traffic. Especially before the police issue the results, the random reports of are likely to cause unnecessary pressure on the parties involved."
Seeing the "news media declaration" that Tao Mu personally wrote, including Li Xiaoheng, everyone was shocked by the thickness of Tao Mu's skin.
Even the future richest man, who was particularly reserved and elegant, couldn't help but blurt out: "You are really shameless!"
If he didn't know what Tao Mu planned to do all along, or if Tao Mu wasn't so gloating when he typed this manuscript, he would really believe it.
But no matter what, as Tao Mu expected, the Accountant Xu couple became gutter rats that everyone shouted at and wanted nothing more than to exterminate. Unfortunately, the Accountant Xu couple did not feel the pressure of being cursed by hundreds of thousands of netizens.
Because just when the netizens were the most enraged, the greedy couple also entered the detention center. This time, they would be prosecuted by the court.
After the police confirmed the crime of misappropriation of public funds by Accountant Xu and her husband, the first thing they did was to recover the stolen money. Because of the solid evidence, the house under Qian Guihua's name was directly checked by the court. The Accountant Xu couple were sentenced to three years in prison for misappropriating public funds. Qian Guihua was sentenced to one year in prison for the crime of harboring criminals. As for dean Tao, because during the investigation of the case, the Xu couple kept a firm bite on dean Tao, insisting that dean Tao was an insider, and each account also has dean Tao's signature.
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Despite learning in the subsequent investigation that dean Tao was indeed deceived, during her tenure as the dean of the Red Star Orphanage, the fact that the Accountant Xu couple was able to embezzle a total of 1.07 million yuan in public funds…..a crime of dereliction of duty could not be escaped.
Dean Tao was hit hard by this. She didn't expect that the Accountant Xu couple she trusted the most would be such people. Nor did she expect that the Xu couple would try to place the blame on her. However, more consideration was placed on herself and her mistakes, which caused a deficit of more than one million in the accounts of the orphanage.
On the Internet, many netizens have been paying attention to this matter. As the investigation of the case progressed, all the truth came to light. During this period, dean Tao was also questioned whether she had joined hands with the Accountant Xu couple to embezzle the orphanage's donations.
After all, dean Tao was the dean of the orphanage, and every account and expense of the orphanage was signed by dean Tao. In other words, dean Tao was at least aware of it. Since she was aware of it, was it possible that she was also an accomplice?
In the face of doubts from netizens, Tao Mu directly asked FlyNews Entertainment to disclose all the property status under the name of dean Tao—in fact, there was nothing to disclose. Dean Tao did not own a house and had always lived in the orphanage. She also had no savings, and all her monthly salary was used to subsidize the orphanage. She also had no relatives, and over these many years she only got along with the old neighbors around the orphanage. She didn't even have one good set of clothes. Tao Mu bought her her only down winter jacket. When dean Tao's wardrobe was opened, most of the clothes in it were the styles of more than ten years ago. Some clothes were even washed of their original style and color.
Such a solitary and impoverished person, if you say that she had embezzled public funds, then there should at least be some evidence. At least be able to say what she did with the embezzled public funds.
In the previous life, dean Tao was slandered by the black-hearted developer and the Xu couple. The black-hearted developer directly credited dean Tao's bank account with more than one million yuan bit by bit. And the Accountant Xu couple took the opportunity to transfer the deficiencies to dean Tao. The facts were there, and dean Tao couldn't argue against it at all.
And the Accountant Xu couple became witnesses because of their merits in exposing the corruption. In the end, although they were sentenced to three years imprisonment, the sentence was suspended. Whereas dean Tao was sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzling public funds and accepting a huge amount of bribes.
In this life, under Tao Mu's advance arrangements, although dean Tao also experienced a wave of doubts and false accusations, in the end there was no danger. She finally did what she believed, "the truth speaks for itself."
Even so, dean Tao had become depressed recently and even got seriously sick. Fortunately, after knowing the truth, Xiaoheng Capital held a press conference again, and publicly announced Xiaoheng Capital's decision to still establish a Red Star Charity Fund. Additionally, the more than one million yuan embezzled by the Xu couple also returned to the account of the Red Star Orphanage.
Dean Tao was finally able to cheer up a bit, she still had to take care of the children in the orphanage after all.
But once bitten by a snake, dean Tao experienced the betrayal and bite of the Xu couple, and she knew that the fact she had no financial knowledge really interfered with things. So she did not dare to take over the accounts of the orphanage again, nor did she dare to find outsiders to take care of the accounts.
The final decision after discussing with Tao Mu was to entrust the accounts of the Red Star Charity Fund and the orphanage to Xiaoheng Capital. In order to avoid trouble, Tao Mu simply proposed that the accounts of all donations be made public to the whole society.
In other words, Xiaoheng Capital would register an official account on in the name of the Red Star Charity Fund. This account would be specifically used to publish the ins and outs of each donation to the Red Star Charity Fund, as well as the orphanage's accounts. All the funds and expenses would be put on the Internet and accept the supervision of the public.
This was also because the matter of the Red Star Orphanage had become too big. Tao Mu was committed to charity, but he was worried that after the netizens experienced the misappropriation of public funds by the Accountant Xu couple, they would question the charity fund of the Red Star Orphanage and even Xiaoheng Capital. After all, there were many examples of using philanthropy to earn money for oneself. Even charitable funds led by many celebrities would frequently explode scandals such as "fraud" and "funding loopholes".
Although Tao Mu believed in himself and also believed in Li Xiaoheng's professional ethics. But he didn't necessarily believe in the person who did the job below. Moreover, it was such a rare opportunity—since Xiaoheng Capital had been pushed to the forefront of the public eye due to taking over the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage and the decision to establish the Red Star Charity Fund, it was better to take this opportunity to make a big show. Directly push forward a selfless and upright image of Xiaoheng Capital to the public.
One must know that Xiaoheng Capital was a financial investment company. And in the business of financial investment, credit was often more important than capital itself.
Sure enough, when the Red Star Charity Fund announced that it would make public all funds and expenses on its official account registered on , domestic netizens instantly boiled over. Even the lauded reputation of Xiaoheng Capital had been pushed to the top.
When Tao Mu announced this matter, he did not forget to let and the charity event organized by , which were mainly made up by Beijing Film students, to rub off on the heat.
He once again invited Li Xiaoheng to the program and asked Li Xiaoheng to represent Xiaoheng Capital, and solemnly announced that the Red Star Charity Fund would register an official account on , opening its financial account to the whole society, and accept the decision of the whole society to supervise. He also asked dean Tao to read the bank account number of the Red Star Orphanage in front of the camera, telling netizens and viewers who would like to donate that money could be credited to this account.
Previously when Tao Mu wanted to deal with the Xu couple, he took advantage of the enthusiasm for Beijing Film students participating in public welfare activities. Now the case of the Accountant Xu couple embezzling public funds, as well as Xiaoheng Capital's establishment of the Red Star Charity Fund, which took over the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage and would publish the accounts on , had obviously become more popular than public welfare activities by Beijing Film students. So now Tao Mu turned around and had the public welfare activities by Beijing Film students rub the heat of the former. Anyway, no matter what was rubbing what, the water would not flow into the outsiders' fields.
Of course, the happiest people were the Beijing Film students who signed to participate in charity activities. After this whole matter, at least they could become more familiar in front of netizens.
And also because the news of the Red Star Orphanage had caused intense repercussions in society. There were even TV stations who had taken the initiative to find to negotiate the broadcasting rights of the program. As a result, the Beijing Film students who participated in charity activities also got a chance to show their face on TV. And it was to appear in front of the audience with such a positive image, naturally winning the audience's good impression.
Fortunately, Tao Mu planned to keep doing this charity show. Otherwise, based on this, the Beijing Film students would even get in a fight for a spot among the permanent guests of the show.
When the influence of this charity program was getting bigger and bigger, there were even many celebrities who signaled their own brokerage companies or agents to take the initiative to contact FlyNews Entertainment to discuss the recording of the program and publicize their new works.
The first person to eat the main dish was naturally Guo Yaning, a domestic A-list actress. She had Tao Mu even before the show started, and said that she could participate in the recording of the show. After all has been said and done, it was not like she could go back on her words. Moreover, the show recorded by happened to be at its hottest stage, and add to the fact that February 14th was the day when her new album was released, Guo Yaning must naturally go attend the show.
After Guo Yaning participated in the next episode of the show, it also caused an intense response outside the entertainment circle. First of all, because of Guo Yaning's identity and influence, some entertainment fans who were not concerned about current affairs suddenly came into contact with this charity event that had been renamed "Joining Hands To Give Love" by Tao Mu.
Regardless of the times, things that were truly positive could always affect a numb mind and heart. When Guo Yaning came to record the show, what she thought in her heart was just to do a show. The main thing was to interact with Tao Mu, to support Tao Mu's work, and by the way, to promote her new album to be released in February.
However, when Guo Yaning and her team really came into contact with the children of the Red Star Orphanage, and felt the atmosphere of doing charity seriously, Guo Yaning's mindset changed. She offered to donate one hundred thousand yuan on the program. This one hundred thousand yuan would be used to buy new clothes for the children. She also wanted to take the children to the amusement park for a day.
The reason why such a fund was to be used like this was because Guo Yaning's new album which she talked about when recording the show, had the theme of first love and nostalgia and one of the MVs was shot in the amusement park. In the chilly winter air, she had to wear thin clothes and sit on a wooden merry-go-round horse, practically freezing her butt of.
Guo Yaning related this anecdote to appear more approachable and more grounded in the show. Sure enough, after she said these words, the group of Beijing Film students laughed, including the permanent guests of the program group. Only the children in the orphanage looked at Guo Yaning with eager eyes and asked what kind of fun things were there in an amusement park.
None of them had been to the amusement park.
In the face of the children's eager and clear eyes, Guo Yaning was moved instantly. Then on an impulse, she stopped following the original script. But her impulsiveness at this moment turned out to have a good effect. Since her debut, Guo Yaning had been relying on gossip hype and various operations condemned by the public to maintain her red and black popularity. Despite getting the popularity she was after, her negative image in the minds of the people had also been shaped.
This time, Guo Yaning took the initiative to devote herself to charity activities. During the filming of the show, she showed various sides of her true self, which immediately infected many viewers. The negative image suddenly improved a lot. In addition, Guo Yaning was also at the juncture of changing her image, and this kind of change in audience relationship was undoubtedly beneficial.
Originally, Guo Yaning only wanted to win over Tao Mu and promote her new work on the way, so her managing team did not expect this unexpected joy. Overjoyed, Zhou Fengxuan immediately decided to make a donation of at least 100,000 yuan to the Red Star Orphanage every year in the future.
Guo Yaning also sponsored a child in the orphanage, the child who blinked with innocent big eyes and asked her what kind of fun things were there in the amusement park.
However, the biggest beneficiaries were of course and Xiaoheng Capital. Tao Mu directly attached Xiaoheng Capital's name at the beginning of the show, and Xiaoheng Capital changed from a participant of the show to a sponsor. As this program became more and more popular in the country, with more and more viewers, more and more praise and word of mouth, Xiaoheng Capital's reputation in the country also got bigger and bigger.
Although it was only an investment company that had not completely shifted its investment focus to China. However, Xiaoheng Capital's previous record in the international market was well known in the industry. It was originally a great white shark crossing the ocean with majestic power, so coupled with Tao Mu's push, even people who did not engage in investment or finance knew that there was such an investment company called Xiaoheng Capital. The boss was particularly good and the company was particularly reliable.
In the words of later years, Xiaoheng Capital had completely walked out of the (financial) circle.
There was simply no need for the market research department and investment department of Xiaoheng Capital to take the initiative to investigate the new market. Good investment projects came knocking one by one. Most of these people were start-ups. They possessed projects, ideas and capabilities but just no money. They wanted to find financing channels, but were worried about finding an unreliable financing partner that would throw them in a hole. Now that Xiaoheng Capital suddenly showed up in public sight, these people didn't have to think about finding other financing partners.
Anyway, Xiaoheng Capital's business was on a big level and did not lack money, moreover its reputation was also pretty good. It was estimated that it would cherish its feathers and not do anything to kill chickens just to collect the eggs…..alrighty then, it'll be you.
All of a sudden, good project plans were like cooked ducks, flapping their wings and flying into Xiaoheng Capital's cooking pot. Such luck was too enviable, making people full of jealousy and hate!
Li Xiaoheng had always trusted his partner's ability to stir up things. Starting from Tao Mu's intention to deal with the Xu couple, step by step, steadily and orderly, like a spider forming a web, pushing the prey to meet its death and end step by step.
When Li Xiaoheng first made his move, he just wanted to do Tao Mu a favor. However, what he didn't expect was that Xiaoheng Capital would actually become the biggest beneficiary in this incident.
But this was also Tao Mu's style of doing things—when he worked with others he never disappointed his partners. A win-win situation was just the basis of cooperation, and maximizing benefits was what Tao Mu wanted and was best at.
Tao Mu's joint venture between FlyNews and Xiaoheng Capital immediately made the entire financial circle extremely jealous. Suddenly, don't know how many investment companies and financial institutions secretly contacted FlyNews Entertainment, expressing secretly that they also wanted to play happily with .
However, Tao Mu really had no intention of stirring up anything more lately—because the end of the term was approaching. He had to prepare for the end of term drama performance with his classmates.
"Eight hundred parade guards rush to the north slope, artillery soldiers run side by side to the north side….."
"Steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose….."
"Oh wind, howl, howl….."
"Yiiiiiiiii~ ahhhhhhh~….."
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Early in the morning, Tao Mu woke up to the voices of his classmates practicing morning exercises.
Wen Bao was leaning on the side of Tao Mu's bed reciting dish names. Seeing Tao Mu wake up, he patted the bed and said, "Get up quickly. You're late again for the six o'clock morning exercise."
"Uh." Tao Mu squinted his eyes and sat up with the quilt. In the same dorm room, Du Kang stood in front of a large floor-to-ceiling mirror practicing tongue twisters, and Chu Sui'an could be heard reciting poems in the shower. Outside, all kinds of voice and speech training could faintly be heard.
Tao Mu climbed out of the bed, squeezed into the bathroom and released his bladder. It happened that Chu Sui'an also finished his shower, so Tao Mu rushed into the shower and took a military shower. Before six o'clock, the four people in dorm 301 rushed out to the campus field.
It snowed most of the night last night, only clearing in the morning. The boys and girls in the drama department wore heavy down jackets and formed a big circle in the center of the field, doing squats while practicing lines. The weather was extremely cold, and the white mist exhaled from mouths, forming a thin layer of frost. From a distance, it looked like everyone was inhaling and exhaling mist, appearing like they were cultivating immortality.
The teacher in charge of attendance stood by with the watch, and saw that the four people of dorm 301 arrived on the dot again. Instantly he frowned fiercely: "Arriving just in time again? I say, can't you arrive earlier?"
"Teacher, this is called having a concept of time." Wen Bao said with a grin.
Just like all teachers like good students, Beijing Film's teachers are no exception. Wen Bao, the youngest three-award film emperor in the future, had already displayed a staggering talent for acting in the first semester of enrollment. In addition, Wen Bao normally also worked very hard in class, and all the teachers were very impressed by him. As a result, Wen Bao usually got along with the teachers and was relatively able to act more impudent in front of them. For example, smiling and goofing when the teacher lectured them in the attempt to muddle through the lecturing.
Sure enough, after hearing what Wen Bao said, Teacher Zhang, who was in charge of attendance, said nothing more and just pretended to glare ferociously at Wen Bao: "How come you talk so much. Get on line already. Be careful that I won't let you pass your end of terms."
Wen Bao grinned and inserted himself into the circle formed by his classmates, and began to do squats and practice his lines. The students around him winked at him. Wen Bao also returned with smirks.
Teacher Zhang saw this in his eyes, but did not speak. He just turned his head and asked Tao Mu: "How are the matters in your orphanage? How is your dean Tao?"
"It's almost done. Dean Tao is in a good mood now. She has cheered up a lot now." Tao Mu paused and said straightforwardly, "Sorry for missing so many classes."
Teacher Zhang shook his head. There was no helping it. Beijing Film did have a lot of classmates who have tried every means to ask for leave from the beginning of their freshman year. However, these students usually go out to film or take on jobs. Later, Beijing Film stipulated that students were not allowed to ask for leave during the freshman and sophomore period, otherwise credits would be deducted, and established the system that freshmen and sophomores must complete the credits before they could pass the year.
However, even so, it still failed to stop the students eagerly sending leave slips. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the school does not favor students who always ask for leave. However, Tao Mu's situation was different from those of these students. Every time Tao Mu asked for leave, it was for a matter at home or a friend around him.
—For example, when Gou Rixin had a wire accident in H Town and his girlfriend ran away with a huge sum of insurance money, Tao Mu had to take time off to deal with the matter; later Tao Mu had to ask for leave to represent the Song family in Shanghai to deal with the fight between the Song family and the Sheng'an Group that even startled the government officials; then there was the matter of dean Tao being framed which Tao Mu had to ask for more than a week of leave to handle the matter…..
During this period, Tao Mu also repeatedly fell into troubles such as being slandered by misled people and the water army,, and even was affected, but Tao Mu did not ask for leave. He insisted on staying in school, going to class, doing exercises, doing classwork, and completing homework as usual—the only three times he asked for leave were for family and friends, and it was a matter of life and death.
So in this case, even the Beijing Film School, who hated students asking for leave, couldn't be dissatisfied with Tao Mu. Besides, while Tao Mu's family affairs were more complicated than others, apart from taking time off to handle the family affairs, he not only did not delay schoolwork, but also helped the school gain publicity, improve reputation and influence, and provide students with opportunities to show themselves. Just for these points, Beijing Film was extremely satisfied with Tao Mu.
Apart from satisfaction, they also felt pity for Tao Mu's bad luck—feeling that this child really did not have it easy, having to face so many bad things despite barely being an adult. It could only be said that he was having a bad year. Some superstitious teachers in the drama department even quietly signaled Tao Mu in private that he should try burning incense and worshipping Buddha to get rid of the bad luck. Some people even told Tao Mu that he could raise a ghost to turn his luck around. (TN: a Thai practice)
Tao Mu said: "….."
Fortunately, before the rehearsal of the end of term play, Tao Mu finally finished with his family affairs.
The school leaders and teachers also hoped that Tao Mu could devote all his energy to the rehearsal of the play from now on.
There were a total of 25 students in the Beijing Film '08 class 1 which Tao Mu was part of. Among them, 12 were boys and 13 were girls. This was exactly the number of people needed to rehearse a big show.
The requirement for the end of term play of the first-year undergraduates of Beijing Film drama department was for each class to produce an original work. The word here did not refer to the kind of funny sketches on the Spring Festival Gala but a small work similar to a stage play. The script required the actors to create by themselves, including lines and plot points. This was mainly to examine the students' literary and basic skills.
After all, all students have gone through a semester of study and have learned how to write descriptive character portfolios, observation diaries, film reviews, analysis of literature pieces and classic scripts, and so on. The original script for the final exam was to verify the students' mastery of knowledge—this was an inspection of the students' basic skills and overall quality. Creating your own scripts and performing your own roles. Professional drama training paid attention to the performance on the stage, and if you wanted to hone your acting skills to a state of proficiency, it was definitely more than just talking in front of the camera and making movements.
So, relatively speaking, the end of term play for the senior grades would be easier. Because the juniors and seniors had gone through the most hell mode basic training, they could directly choose one of the classic scripts to perform.
However, what all the '08 freshmen did not expect was that the final exam, which was already hellish enough, could be even more hellish this year—not only did they have to write their own scripts and rehearse the play, each student had to perform a physical theatre. And each student had to hand an exam question over to the teacher. When it was acting class, the teacher would call the students to the stage to randomly select from the exam questions and perform them as the students' personal end of term quiz—it couldn't be more hellish.
As soon as this decision was announced, all the students in grade '08 instantly complained and resisted fiercely. However, there was no use at all. The teachers have made a decision to torment the students, so how could they allow these little rascals resist successfully.
Go ahead and yell, either way, you still have to hand in the exam questions when it's time.
When practicing morning exercises, the students in class 1 of grade '08 were curious about what exam question Tao Mu had handed in, so they asked Tao Mu during the break.
Tao Mu replied honestly that he just chose a topic about eating noodles. Fairly normal, nothing new.
Instantly there were some who sighed in disappointment. Du Kang, who was practicing push-ups on the field instead of squats, was very excited: "The exam question I gave is particularly innovative. I tell you, none of you can think of it. I don't think anyone will be able to perform it."
Facing Du Kang's proud look, some people were unconvinced: "What exam question can you give? And that no one will be able to perform it? Don't tell me you want people to perform as an alien?" No one has seen an alien before, so if Du Kang insisted it was not right then they also won't be able to help it.
"Or is it the kind of schizophrenic character that requires deep analysis?"
"Multiple character performances?"
"Aiya, don't guess anymore. With just your brains, practically like wood, not creative at all. I already said that you definitely can't guess!" Du Kang raised his chin proudly: "If you don't believe it, just look forward to it."
The group of classmates exchanged doubtful looks. But Du Kang did have a lot of ideas. Everyone was also a little unsure.
As a result, when the acting class arrived, the teacher called them to the stage according to their student number to draw an exam question. Tao Mu's noodle question was picked up by Wen Bao. It was originally a very simple and nothing new test. So Wen Bao sat in front and directly performed a physical theatre of eating fried noodles with garlic. He didn't say a word in the whole process, but his solid performance skills made all the students, including the teacher, hungry.
As expected of the future youngest three-award film emperor. This talent for acting was definitely blessed by the gods. Even if Tao Mu had managed to get a film emperor award in his last life after much struggle, Tao Mu still envied and admired Wen Bao's performance at this moment.
The exam questions drawn by other students were similar. There were performing the opposite sex, performing animals and plants, and performing characters with mental disorders such as multiple personality disorder. Most of them were within the scope of imagination.
When it was Tao Mu's turn, Tao Mu took out a small note from the box and handed it to the teacher. Opening it and taking a look—
"An e-sports player who have Parkinson's disease playing games!"
Tao Mu's face instantly darkened.
Du Kang, f**k you!