Although Li Xiaoheng really wanted to continue feeding dog food with Tao Mu, but the nature of their work did not allow them—Tao Mu had to go back to the police academy for training, and if possible, Tao Mu also wanted to foster a friendly relationship with the other bigwigs in the crew. Li Xiaoheng had more things to do in Hong Kong this time. In addition to visiting Tao Mu, he also needed to investigate the investment environment of Hong Kong.
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Due to the impact of the global economic crisis, the Hong Kong stock market was also affected by mini-bonds, and the economic situation was very sluggish at one point. Xiaoheng Capital had been shorting in the international market before, and naturally, Hong Kong had not been spared. But this time, Li Xiaoheng brought the negotiating experts of Xiaoheng Capital, not for shorting, but for several acquisitions.
That night, Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu talked about the details of the acquisitions in the hotel for the entire night. Based on his memories from his previous life, Tao Mu gave several key data points for the acquisition case given by Xiaoheng Capital, as well as a few secrets that may not be noticed now, but were well known in the industry in later generations to help with the acquisition case. Assistant Jiang also sat and listened on the side, recording Tao Mu's suggestions one by one, in preparation of having the investment department investigate it all later. If it could be confirmed that what Tao Mu said was true, then the details of the acquisition plans would have to be adjusted.
After talking until two o'clock in the middle of the night, Li Xiaoheng pressed Tao Mu to sleep. He knew that Tao Mu had sensitive nerves, and would wake up with the slightest sound when he was sleeping. So he took the negotiating team and Assistant Jiang to the next suite to continue the meeting.
Because no one disturbed him, Tao Mu's sleep quality was not bad. When he was sent back to the police academy by Li Xiaoheng the next day, he was in good spirits.
Before getting out of the car, Tao Mu glanced at the gossip paparazzi squatting at the gate of the police academy and couldn't help but think of his poor response to the nightclub matter.
"What's the matter?" Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu, who frowned slightly, and asked with a light smile, "Can't bear to part from me?"
"No, I was just thinking about how my brain circuits got short-circuited." Tao Mu pocketed the photo of Li Xiaoheng close to him. Just as he was about to get out of the car, he heard Li Xiaoheng ask, "Are we going to have dinner together this evening?"
According to the agreement between the crew and the police academy, the A-list stars who have come to the police academy to experience life in the past few days would definitely eat and live in the police academy. Some entertainment media would also be stationed at the police academy, responsible for taking photos and writing news. If it was before the relationship between the two was confirmed, Tao Mu would definitely choose to participate in the activities with everyone. First, it would allow him to integrate into the collective life as soon as possible, and second, he could build a good relationship with everyone. The most important thing was also not to give the gossip paparazzi a chance to write random things, lest some people speculate that Tao Mu did not get along with the crew, or that he was acting like a bigshot and preferred to be alone.
But now, Tao Mu looked at CEO Li's purposefully pitiful expression, and couldn't help complaining: "I found out that you also love acting."
Li Xiaoheng said innocently: "My expression comes from the bottom of my heart, and it is an uncontrollable instinct. What could I do?"
Quite the smooth-talker!
Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng helplessly, and couldn't help but smile: "Okay. After training this evening, I'll call you."
Li Xiaoheng immediately answered, "I'll come pick you up."
Tao Mu nodded, and because there were gossip paparazzi staring at him outside, the two did not make any intimate moves. After getting out of the car, the paparazzi who were guarding the gate of the police academy immediately surrounded them and asked while taking pictures, "CEO Tao asked for leave yesterday to serve as a tour guide for CEO Li? I heard that you two toured together in Hong Kong and went to many temples to burn incense and pray for blessings. Can I ask what you were praying for?"
"I heard that Xiaoheng Capital came to Hong Kong this time to acquire several established companies. CEO Tao, as a partner of Xiaoheng Capital, what do you think about the current investment environment of Hong Kong?"
"CEO Tao is a businessman and an actor, how do you usually balance these two identities?"
"How would you rate the other actors in the same crew as you?"
"I heard that you don't get along with Yan Sheng, is it true?"
"I heard that film king Yan has an ambiguous relationship with a newcomer in the crew. And that newcomer and CEO Tao are good friends. What do you think of the relationship between the two?"
Tao Mu looked at the paparazzi in front of him with a half-smile. If it weren't for the latter questions, Tao Mu almost thought that these gossip paparazzi had changed their careers to do financial reporting instead.
"No comment." Tao Mu casually dispatched the paparazzi who were guarding the gate.
Although the crew of "Black and White" wanted to promote the film, Tao Mu was still not interested in gaining attention through revealing a scandal, particularly a low-end publicity model like revealing a same-sex scandal. Even more so, he was disinterested in being the whistleblower.
The group of paparazzi reporters looked at Tao Mu who walked into the police academy with bitter faces, but they didn't dare to follow because of the luxury car parked behind him.
Li Xiaoheng was the founder of Xiaoheng Capital and the eldest son of the Li family in Beijing. With such an identity, the Hong Kong gossip tabloids were afraid of causing trouble, so naturally they dared not talk nonsense when reporting. So even though Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu spent a whole day strolling around, praying to God and worshipping Buddha, chartering a yacht to go to sea, riding a ferris wheel together, and staying in the same hotel room at night, anyone with a discerning eye could see that something was up. But those gossip paparazzi still didn't dare to reveal too much for gimmicks. They just published a few photos of the two of them touring together, waxing poetic at the personal friendship between Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu, and teasing the two bosses for being unexpectedly superstitious. Listing examples of the temples most prosperous in Hong Kong and by the way, guess at how much of an impact Li Xiaoheng would make on his visit to Hong Kong this time.
And even like this they didn't dare to put it on the front page, just put it on the inner page or the second page of the newspaper. When Director Xu and several other actors saw the newspaper, they also teased that there actually came a day when Tao Mu would not make the headlines. Only Shen Yu felt envious after seeing these reports.
"I also really want to go out and play." Shen Yu looked at Tao Mu, who had just returned from outside: "I've been in Hong Kong for so long, and I've stayed at the police academy for training this whole time, and there's no time to go out for a walk. Mu Mu, did you and Mr. Li have fun?"
"Yeah, it was very fun." Tao Mu just confirmed his relationship with Li Xiaoheng, and was in a very good mood. Seeing Shen Yu was not as upsetting as before. He even had the patience for a casual chat: "The claypot rice was good. The morning tea was also delicious."
When Director Xu heard these words, he laughed and said, "Tao Mu, you sure know how to eat. Our morning tea in Hong Kong is very famous. But you ate it in a hotel which is not authentic. I will treat you to Hong Kong's oldest and most authentic Cantonese restaurant when I have a chance. The shrimp dumplings, spare ribs and chicken feet are especially delicious."
"Then I'll thank Director Xu in advance." Tao Mu replied with a smile. He didn't have many vices in his life, but eating was the most important.
Shen Yu's eyes lit up and turned to look at Yan Sheng. He also wanted to have morning tea.
Yan Sheng frowned slightly without a trace. Recently, there have been frequent gossip paparazzi reports of his close relationship with Shen Yu. Because the two have collaborated on a film before, it could be understandable that the relationship was a little closer than others. But if they were close enough to play and have morning tea together, there was no guarantee that those gossip paparazzi would come up with some sensational headlines for the sake of sales. They were not Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng after all.
Although China passed the same-sex marriage bill. However, the domestic public opinion environment was still relatively conservative, and Yan Sheng's acting career was currently on the rise. He didn't want any unfavorable rumors to spread at this critical juncture to jeopardize his position.
But he couldn't reject Shen Yu with such a clear attitude either.
In these brief seconds, Yan Sheng thought a lot. However, in the eyes of everyone, Yan Sheng just pondered slightly, and then said: "The crew will start to film soon. We should focus on filming. Xiao Yu, haven't you been worried that your poor acting skills will drag everyone down? We can use this time to train well and prepare, and when the crew starts filming, you can also impress everyone."
Shen Yu hesitated for a while, but finally nodded obediently. He also hoped that after the crew started filming, he would perform better than before.
Tao Mu glanced at Yan Sheng in surprise. This kind of response was not the same as what he remembered of the other's compliant attitude towards Shen Yu in the previous life.
Yan Sheng also looked at Tao Mu and said, "I heard Director Xu say that Mr. Tao has done a lot of research on the role of Zhou Yuanting. You also suggested that during filming, fight scenes should be used to reflect the character's inner transformation. My role is also an undercover cop, and there are quite a lot of fight scenes for me as well. If there's an opportunity, I would love to discuss it with Mr. Tao. "
Tao Mu smiled and said, "There will be plenty of opportunities."
Wang Jinsheng and Luo Daming looked at each other and smiled, they thought it was very interesting. It looked like this time filming would be very fun!
The film crew of "Black and White" would start filming on June 6th. Considering that Tao Mu was still a student of Beijing Film, the crew allowed Tao Mu to delay for half a month until the summer vacation to join the crew. However, the launch conference was still to be attended.
The day before the launch press conference, all the actors of the cast of "Black and White" all arrived. Xu Musen fulfilled his promise, and sure enough, he treated the whole crew to have breakfast at a well-known Cantonese restaurant.
Because she had met Tao Mu before, Fang Ruoti sat next to Tao Mu very familiarly after entering the private room. She also didn't forget to joke: "CEO Tao is indeed that man who causes a storm in the entertainment industry. I thought before that my encounter with CEO Tao in the nightclub would definitely make headlines, and I was so frightened that I asked Sister Ying to contact the gossip tabloids to suppress the photo of my smeared makeup look. Only to find that when the news was published, no one cared at all. I even wondered whether I have become too old and lost any beauty, so my charms were no longer attractive."
Tao Mu smiled and said, "Teacher Fang can just call me Tao Mu directly. Teacher Fang doesn't have to doubt that you are the goddess of the screen in the eyes of all men. Whenever and wherever you appear, you are always radiant and beautiful."
After a pause, Tao Mu also teased: "Even if your eye makeup is smeared, there is still a kind of charm to it."
"I said before that you mainland men are very unromantic." Fang Ruoti gave Tao Mu an eyeroll: "You are like this, so is Yan Sheng. It's so boring."
Hearing Fang Ruoti mention his name, Yan Sheng shook his head with a wry smile: "I've always been boring. I'm so very sorry."
Shen Yu, sitting next to Yan Sheng, was a little lost and nervous. He also wanted to join the conversation. But he never liked such occasions. When he used to be with the Shen family, because his parents, his elder brother and sister doted on him very much, they wouldn't force him to do things he didn't like. People who wanted to make friends with him would also take the initiative to find conversation topics, so Shen Yu didn't have to worry about what to say.
Not anymore. He must take the initiative to integrate himself into everyone.
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After thinking about it for a long time, Shen Yu quietly encouraged himself, raised his bubble milk tea, stood up, and said seriously, "Teacher Fang, I also really like your acting. I grew up watching your movies since I was a child."
As soon as the voice fell, the whole room suddenly fell silent. Fang Ruoti couldn't hold back and almost showed a hideous expression on her face.
What do you mean by that! Are you saying I'm old? F**k you!
When Shen Yu was talking, Tao Mu was picking up shrimp dumplings with chopsticks. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and looked at Shen Yu, who was still ignorant about the situation, and respected him as a man.
—In front of women, especially beautiful women, this dude actually dared to bring up topics related to age. Fortunately, Shen Yu was a man. If he was a young and beautiful female artist who mentioned this in front of her seniors in the industry, it would definitely be a direct act of provocation.
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There was even a possibility of a catfight breaking out right then and there.
The smile on Fang Ruoti's face suddenly faded. Since everyone in the crew was present, she didn't say anything in a very graceful manner.
Zhou Yanqing, who had always been a easy-going person, laughed and said, "Speaking of which, those of us who debuted very early are truly at a disadvantage. Every time I meet movie fans, everyone likes to say the same thing. Ahhh, heavenly king Zhou, I grew up watching your movies, I grew up listening to your songs….." (TN: like film king/queen are used to refer to actors and actresses who won best actor/actress awards, heavenly king/queen are used to refer to super popular platinum selling singers who may have won awards for their music as well)
When Zhou Yanqing said this, he also vividly mimicked the obsessive reactions of those fans when they saw him: "But I like to hear them say that they have always liked me, that I have become more and more handsome over the years. Time really flies. Some of my first fans are now even grandparents. Someone told me at my last autograph session. Qing'zai (TN: like 'er' and 'zi', 'zai' is a suffix tacked on to a name as an endearment, but the latter is more common among Cantonese speakers), can you sign for me first, I have to go pick up my grandson from school."
Zhou Yanqing was forty-three years old this year. The group of fans who had first been with him when he debuted at the age of seventeen were now in their fifties and sixties. It was indeed the age of grandparents.
Fang Ruoti's face softened, and she took over what Zhou Yanqing said: "Speaking of which, my first movie was filmed with brother Qing. I was only eight years old at the time, and I played brother Qing's daughter in the movie. Brother Qing bought me a lot of snacks during breaks between filming scenes. At that time, I was quite a little chubby girl. My mother was afraid that I would get fatter and stopped me from eating snacks."
Zhou Yanqing said with emotion: "Yeah. More than 20 years have passed, and the little chubby girl back then has become such a beautiful woman. And I've gotten old."
"No." Fang Ruoti said with a smile: "Brother Qing will always be brother Qing, and will always be the most handsome man in our hearts."
Tao Mu poured a cup of tea, stood up, and respectfully toasted Zhou Yanqing: "Teacher Zhou, I especially admire your acting skills and your person. Today, I present the Buddha with borrowed flowers, and use tea instead of wine to toast you. I hope that during the filming, please give me a lot of advice."
Zhou Yanqing smiled and looked at Tao Mu who was respectful. He had a high status in the entertainment circle, and he had seen many such young people. So he didn't take it too seriously, after all, the people in the entertainment industry were basically all shrewd people, and those who don't know how to speak like Shen Yu was in the minority.
"I heard that you put a lot of effort into studying your character before filming, and indeed young people should be this serious in their work." Zhou Yanqing also poured a cup of tea and drank it: "Compared to the old brothers here, my acting skills are actually not very good. But I have a lot of experience in filming. If there is anything you don't understand, you are welcome to ask me."
The atmosphere at the dinner table eased up again because of Zhou Yanqing's interruption. Several other bigwigs also gradually started to speak, talking about the past or something. The entertainment circle in Hong Kong was very small, and most of the actors here have cooperated with each other before. They also remember each other's embarrassing anecdotes. Now that they were chatting about the past, those who did not know or who were not qualified to interject listened with relish.
No one bothered with Shen Yu.
Shen Yu stood awkwardly holding his bubble milk tea, with a look of grievance like he might burst into tears.
Yan Sheng quietly patted Shen Yu's back. Shen Yu sat down and asked aggrievedly, "Brother Yan, did I say something wrong again?"
Yan Sheng smiled wryly, talking about such a topic in front of a female artist, this was no longer something that could be described with just the word 'wrong'.
However, looking at Shen Yu who had tears in his eyes, it was not like Yan Sheng could reprimand the other, he could only comfort: "Don't worry, Fang Ruoti won't quibble with you."
Shen Yu pursed his lips aggrievedly, and looked at Tao Mu who was chatting amiably with everyone with a look of longing. He especially envied Tao Mu's sophistication and exquisite social skills.
"Am I particularly stupid?" Shen Yu whispered to Yan Sheng, "If only I could be as skillful as Mu Mu."
That shrewd person?
Yan Sheng glanced subtly at Tao Mu, who was asking Wang Jinsheng for his acting skills and making the other laugh loudly, but didn't respond.
The press conference on the lauch of "Black and White" was scheduled for the next day. Because the entire crew was full of bigwigs and superstars, the most influential entertainment media in the three places of mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan all accepted the invitation to attend. Even FlyNews Entertainment sent two reporters over.
Yan Sheng looked at the only online media that was scurrying around among the print media and TV media, and a thoughtful look unconsciously came over his face.
The A-list superstars in Hong Kong and Taiwan don't pay much attention to the mainland market, and naturally they didn't know 's influence on the mainland entertainment industry. But Yan Sheng was an authentic mainland star and he had also witnessed the jaw dropping development of .
Even if one percent of the 130 million registered users were converted into fans, then the influence of that celebrity could spread to the whole country, and if there were one-tenth of the one percent of the fans could be converted into purchasing power, it was estimated that even those high-end luxury brands would eagerly reach out olive branches.
In fact, it was not the film salary that made up a celebrity's net worth, but the high-end endorsements and commercial performances. Those who could climb to the status of Yan Sheng in the entertainment industry were noncommittal about commercial performances. But for those high-luxury brands that were limited in number, and could only sign one at a time, they all flocked around like vultures.
Yan Sheng's career was currently on the rise these past two years. Because of his good image and family background, many luxury brands have indeed approached him for endorsement. But one had to admit that the resources in the fashion circle were too limited, and the competition was too fierce. What Yan Sheng had was precisely what others were covetous of. Therefore, every time Yan Sheng wanted to sign an endorsement or renew his contract, there would always be competitors who were secretly doing things behind the scenes in an attempt to expose his black material. Yan Sheng's management team was very skilled, but not invincible. Occasionally, they would also be overwhelmed by black materials.
If at this time, there was a fixed and influential voice channel to support him and help him with public relations, Yan Sheng felt that his star path could be much smoother.
So from the perspective of interests, Yan Sheng really wanted to befriend Tao Mu. After all, Tao Mu controlled , and now anyone with a discerning eye could see the publicity potential of .
It was a pity that Tao Mu didn't have much good feelings towards him, and even rejected him very much because of Shen Yu. On this point, Yan Sheng could not help but feel regret—
When someone broke the news that Tao Mu's acting style was similar to his, Yan Sheng thought Tao Mu was also his fan. After all, Yan Sheng won the best actor award for his debut film, and he had been making steady progress since. Many newcomers in the entertainment industry were his fans—at least when interviewed, many newcomers would say that.
When he heard the rumors, Yan Sheng really thought that Tao Mu was one of them. Whether Tao Mu wanted to gain popularity or truly admired him, Yan Sheng was happy to see this. Unexpectedly, things were not as it seemed. Tao Mu actually hated him because of the remarks made by some brainless fans.
Yan Sheng had debuted for many years, and it was the first time he had seen an actor who would hold a grudge and act stingy in such a sincere and honest way.
"Big brother Yan?" In the backstage lounge, Shen Yu looked at Yan Sheng's focused look with his eyes practically glued to Tao Mu's body, and couldn't help but gently grab Yan Sheng's sleeve: "What are you looking at?"
Yan Sheng came back to his senses and said with a smile, "It's nothing."
After a pause, he reminded Shen Yu again: "The press conference will be held soon, and there will be a part involving questioning from the reporters. Don't be too nervous."
Shen Yu took a deep breath: "I'm not nervous. My agent also arrived last night. He taught me how to speak."
Saying that, Shen Yu looked at Wen Shijin who was standing beside him with complete trust.
Because the Shen Group intended to make Shen Yu the promotion ambassador of the Lost Children's Gene Bank. Recently, Wen Shijin had been staying in Shanghai, busy solving Shen Yu's image problem. Finally, he flew to Hong Kong before the launch press conference, just to join the crew of "Black and White" with Shen Yu to make sure that Shen Yu would not offend the seniors in the industry because of some inappropriate remarks.
It was just that Wen Shijin didn't think that he was just a day late, and Shen Yu already managed to offend Fang Ruoti because of his reckless words. If he knew earlier, he shouldn't have worried about Shen Yu's image and reputation in the police academy, and just sent an assistant to shadow Shen Yu.
The other bigwigs sitting in the lounge frowned in unison. In fact, when actors communicate privately, in order to ensure a harmonious atmosphere, they generally do not let their agents follow.
But Shen Yu's situation was rather special—although he had the title of newcomer actor, he was, after all, the young master of the Shen Group. Even if he was kicked out of the Shen family because of his blood, the Shen family had no intention of giving up this adopted son. The film and television company under his name was still open, and his management team was still working for him. It was not good for everyone to ask too much from this kind of rich kid who was just playing around in the industry.
What was more, it was much easier to communicate with someone like Wen Shijin who knew what he was doing than to chat with someone like Shen Yu who couldn't even understand other people's words. At least he won't burst into tears while chatting, as if someone was bullying him. So in contrast, they would rather deal with a well-behaved Shen Yu who was like a puppet instead.
However, they were both 19 years old, yet Tao Mu was slick like an old fried dough stick that had been immersed in the entertainment circle for years. While it was difficult to even speak and communicate normally for Shen Yu. It made everyone feel that the children of the poor matured early indeed.
Zhou Yanqing debuted at the age of seventeen. The reason why he joined the entertainment industry back then was because his family was too poor. When Zhou Yanqing was eight years old, his father died of illness, and his mother supported him and his siblings by washing dishes. So Zhou Yanqing dropped out of school at a young age to support his family. Because he was quite handsome, he was discovered by a talent scout while working in a restaurant, and was recommended to join TVB's performance class.
He was lucky, and his first TV series was very popular. After that, he was highly regarded by the company, filmed TV series and movies one after another, released albums and held concerta one after another, and now he had become a superstar in the film, television and music industry.
So he admired people like Tao Mu very much. He believed that young people should work hard: "Don't resent your fate for being bad. It only depends on how well you do. As long as you are willing to endure hardships and do well, good luck will always come."
Tao Mu also particularly admired Zhou Yanqing's character. He still remembered that in his last life, when he was kicked out of the Shen family, censored by the whole Internet, and blacklisted by the industry, it was Zhou Yanqing who helped him by introducing the role of a movie's protagonist. Because Zhou Yanqing thought that the character of the hero of that movie was a bit like his role as Zhou Yuanting. Both started out as fighters of justice and then turned into corrupt police. Zhou Yanqing and Tao Mu have only worked together once, but Zhou Yanqing still believed that Tao Mu's acting skills possessed an ingenuous quality.
So later, the director wanted to make a movie, but because the character image was not very positive, many actors refused to accept it, and when he could not find a male lead who suited the role, Zhou Yanqing recommended Tao Mu to the director, and also showed the director Tao Mu's scenes as Zhou Yuanting. After watching it, the director decided to give Tao Mu a chance to audition.
Then Tao Mu grabbed the opportunity with both hands. With that role, he won the Golden Crow Award for Best Actor.
Although after that, Tao Mu was completely kicked out of the entertainment circle by Shen Yu's admirers, and no longer had any relationship with Zhou Yanqing. But Tao Mu always remembered this favor.
Tao Mu also showed special respect and admiration when facing heavenly king Zhou in this life.
Zhou Yanqing had noticed that Tao Mu had a lot of respect for him, but he didn't think too much into it, he just thought that Tao Mu was very good at being a person.
One l had the intention to support a newcomer and the other had the intention to make friends, and soon the two became fast friends despite their age gap.
So at the launch press conference, many reporters saw at a glance that of the two newcomers who joined the crew for the first time. Tao Mu was very comfortable talking and laughing with the bigwigs, while Shen Yu sat and watched everyone with a smile on the side. From time to time, he would whisper a few words to Yan Sheng, and the whole scene was very harmonious.
Until the reporter's question-and-answer session began.
At the beginning, the reporters on the scene only asked about the filming for the sake of the crew's face. All the bigwigs also answered very properly. Everything was decent and proper, and there was no explosive point at all. Until the host handed over the microphone to the two newcomers.
The reporter from FlyNews Entertainment, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately raised his hand and asked his boss: "Many netizens complained that your idol baggage is very serious. What do you think?"
Tao Mu didn't expect that his own employees would ask such a question, but he answered solemnly: "I personally think that many times in life, one has to move forward with a heavy burden."
Probably not expecting Tao Mu to give such an answer, the whole venue was stunned. Then everyone burst into laughter.
A reporter from FlyNews Entertainment followed up and asked: "So when shooting the movie "Black and White", will you still take care of your idol baggage? Or, how will you interpret this role?"
Back to the topic again. Tao Mu had already rehearsed the answer to this kind of question, so he answered it quite well.
The group of celebrities from the "Black and White" crew looked at FlyNews Entertainment's reporters curiously. They knew that FlyNews Entertainment specialized in online entertainment and was a new media that came out last year. The overall aura was very lively and current. But they didn't expect FlyNews Entertainment's style to be like this.
Sure enough, if there is no hotspot, one should create a hotspot, and if there is no topic, one should create a topic. But it was also not the low-level style of Hong Kong gossip paparazzi who just looked at pictures and made up nonsense for sales. On the contrary, it could mobilize the atmosphere and make people smile.
It seemed that this was really different.
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With FlyNews Entertainment reporters taking the lead. Soon, the group of reporters were also inspired to start asking appropriate gossip.
Someone raised their hand and asked Shen Yu directly: "I heard that the Shen Group intends to invite you to become the promotion ambassador of the gene bank for lost children. May I ask Mr. Shen, after you serve as the promotion ambassador of the gene bank, will you take the opportunity to find your biological mother?"
"I….." Shen Yu picked up the microphone and looked with a lost expression at his agent who was standing under the stage.
This question was not in the script given by Wen Shijin. He didn't know how to answer.
Wen Shijin frowned and looked at the host on stage.
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The host had plenty of experience. When he heard this kind of question, he knew that Shen Yu must have offended someone. Someone had deliberately bribed the reporter to ask this kind of question.
But with Shen Yu's way of speaking, it was not surprising that people would be offended by him.
But as it was the launch press conference of "Black and White", the host couldn't let the reporter take the lead—even though he really wanted to listen to gossip.
"This question has nothing to do with the film. We hope that when you ask questions, please remember to ask questions that are related to the film and crew." The host said with exasperation and called on the next reporter directly.
Unexpectedly, the next reporter also wanted to ask Shen Yu: "Mr. Shen, since your debut, you have been criticized for using a lot of stand-ins during filming. I heard that you are very close to the film king Yan Sheng who even taught you how to act in private. So this time in "Black and White", will you still use a lot of stand-ins?"
Damn, this question contained a lot of information! The host looked subtly at the reporter who asked the question, and even though Wen Shijin's eyebrows were twisted into knots, he didn't open his mouth any more. Because this question was indeed related to the crew no matter what.
Fortunately, there were similar questions in the question outline prepared by Wen Shijin for Shen Yu.
Shen Yu replied obediently: "Actually, stand-ins are also part of filming. Actors are not all-rounders. In order to ensure that the action scenes or scenes related to specialized skills could be filmed without problem, and look more attractive and more convincing, proper use of stand-ins is also not a problem. But when filming "Black and White", I will try my best to do all the scenes myself. I also experienced life in the police academy before, and I hope my experience will allow me to play the role of Yan Yu better."
Shen Yu's answer was quite proper and conservative. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that Shen Yu's answer was memorized in advance. However, this situation was also very common in the entertainment industry. Many management companies were very strict in the management of their artists, and did not allow artists to speak casually in public to prevent an image collapse or a loose tongue that may cause trouble.
Shen Yu was the young master of the Shen family, and the film and television company opened by the Shen family was dedicated to serving Shen Yu. Logically speaking, Shen Yu should be the leader of the entire management team. But Shen Yu had to listen to Wen Shijin's about how he spoke and acted. Every word and deed had to be written in advance by the management team. This kind of puppet-like control towards an artist's life was of course dismissed by more rebellious people. But in the eyes of parents or certain people, it was seen as quite obedient and lovable.
So much so that after the press conference, Shen Yu gained the love of many elderly fans with his well-behaved and submissive image. Many family members took Shen Yu as a positive example to teach their children to be good and obedient to their parents and teachers. So many children turned against Shen Yulu because of this—all children, without exception, would hate being compared to other children especially if they were the ones to come up short.
Of course, after seeing this interview, there were more girls who had their hearts melted by Shen Yu's cute and docile image. A self-proclaimed mama fan of Shen Yu even established a fan club for Shen Yu's mama fans on the Internet, referring to Shen Yu as "Our Baby". Some of these fans were Koreans, so they were full of passion and their combat effectiveness was outstanding. Every time when it came to fight for their idol, they would jump at the front, and as a result attracted a lot of antis for Shen Yu.
For example, during filming, they would always be criticizing Tao Mu and film king Yan Sheng. The reasons for bashing Tao Mu were always the same old things, always complaining about Tao Mu's cold rejection of Shen Yu, not giving Our Baby face or whatever. They would only quiet down for at least a while after being ridiculed by Tao Mu's fans. But their reason for criticizing Yan Sheng was a bit funny.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that in the entire "Black and White" crew, only Yan Sheng treated Shen Yu the best. He would often take care of Shen Yu's daily life, and when filming, he would teach Shen Yu how to act. And in order to make Shen Yu happy, he would even take Shen Yu to tour Hong Kong sights at night after work.
He had already gone to such an extent, but Shen Yu's mama fans still thought that Yan Sheng did not take good care of Shen Yu. They criticized Yan Sheng for wanting to use the opportunity of pleasing Shen Yu to get close to the Shen family, yet couldn't manage to do it right. It looked totally fake. They also criticized Yan Sheng's poor acting skills, that there was something shady about his winning of the awards and it was all thanks to his powerful PR team. Although he was also a film king, he was far from heavenly king Zhou's level.
Yan Sheng's fans were so angry that they began scolding Shen Yu's fans on the three platforms, FlyNews, Tieba and Weibo. It was clear that Yan Sheng's star position was much larger, and the status of the Yan family was not at all lacking when compared to the Shen family. But it was because the Yan family had always been low-profile and ran in political circles, while the Shen family was in business and was especially showy recently. Therefore, it ended up with Yan Sheng being mocked by Shen Yu's brain-dead fans for deliberately trying to gain popularity using Shen Yu.
Yan Sheng debuted at the age of twenty. At that time, the domestic entertainment industry was not yet developed. Especially in the mainland entertainment industry, there were more professional actors than stars and celebrities. Many audiences purely liked the character being acted and not the actor who played the character. And the main job of the actor was also to film. There was very little hype outside of filming. Even if there was hype, it would not turn into bloody storms like it did in Hong Kong, Taiwan or South Korea. It definitely did not reach the level of fans fighting in groups right out on the streets.
Because the big environment was like this—the older generation of actors were accustomed to low-key filming and separated their private life from work. And especially disliked people who like to sensationalize things. Therefore, since his debut, Yan Sheng had always been the image of a humble person with superb acting skills. He was very popular in the entertainment industry, liked to get on harmoniously with the senior actors, and preferred to help newcomers. As a result, although Yan Sheng had a large fan base, they were relatively Zen. There were not too many fans among them who liked to stir up drama, but there were many elite fans who could afford to support their idol monetarily. For example, when Yan Sheng's new movie was released, they would buy out all the seats at a single movie theater screening, and when Yan Sheng signed a new endorsement, they would buy an entire series or something.
But when it came to the combat effectiveness of scolding people on the Internet, it was estimated that it was not at all comparable to the hot-blooded loli fans in Shen Yu's fan circle.
So it emerged that even though Yan Sheng was clearly the film king—and since his debut, he has made countless films and built up a good reputation, winning awards by the handfuls—but he was beaten by Shen Yu's fans during online verbal fights.
The scolding battle between the two was carried out on Tieba, FlyNews and Weibo. FlyNews had a relatively high presence recently and in order to compete with FlyNews, Tieba and Weibi had been trying to attract the attention of netizens when they finally came across such an opportunity and so naturally would not miss it for the world. Although it did not reach the level where they stepped forward and stirred up drama outright, they did help fuel the flames while hiding behind the scenes. In the end, even though it was clearly just a scolding feud of a small number of extreme fans of the two fan circles, it ended up being pushed to the top of the homepage where all the public could see. So much so that other fans and melon eating netizens were also attracted, and finally even the print media and TV media began to pay attention to this scolding war.
They even wrote a lot of follow-up reports, to the effect of discussing the difference between traditional actors and idol stars, and between A-list actors and idol stars which had more influence on audiences and fans.
Yan Sheng, as the model used in the argument, would be pulled into the discussion from time to time to be 'publicly executed'.
As an A-list superstar and two time film king, his face was practically stripped away.
But it was not like he could blame Shen Yu. After all, it wasn't Shen Yu who scolded him. Moreover, after Shen Yu knew the actions of his brain-dead fans, he ran over and apologized tearfully to Yan Sheng. The innocent and delicate looking young man practically cried himself out of breath, the pitiful image of which made people who didn't know the truth almost misunderstand that Shen Yu was the one bullied by Yan Sheng's fans. Instead, it was Yan Sheng, the one that had been terribly scolded online by fans, who ended up gently coaxing the other.
Truly, it made Yan Sheng enjoy the bitter fruit of "idols don't need to pay for the behavior of their fans".
Many people were amazed by this. The combat effectiveness of Shen Yu's fans was indeed really superb. If they were in Yan Sheng's place, it was estimated that they would also be hanged and beaten bloody. The only ones who could fight back were probably heavenly king Zhou's fans and those fans of Tao Mu's who specialized in verbal battles.
"The world has really changed!" During the filming interval, everyone was still sighing about it in between chatting.
"There are also fan fights in Hong Kong. However, in most cases, it was the fans of the stars of the same status who ended up getting into fights. For example, the fans of two certain heavenly kings in the music circle would fight every time they held fan meetings. There were also fans being suicidal when their idols made their relationship status public." When Luo Daming said this, he looked at Zhou Yanqing with a smirk.
Zhou Yanqing waved his hand with a wry smile: "It's not a glorious thing. Please don't mention it."
"What Ah Ming means is that as a star, it is inevitable to encounter some extreme fans. But smart folks will teach their fans what to do and what not to do, so there will be no big trouble." Wang Jinsheng glanced in Shen Yu's direction casually. It was a pity that some people couldn't figure that out themselves, so it was no wonder their fans were so annoying and hateful.
Yan Sheng was a humble person and always liked to make friends with people. Everyone here has had the opportunity to cooperate before, so these big name actors have a good impression of Yan Sheng. Now seeing Yan Sheng being scolded so badly by the fans of an idol star who just debuted, everyone couldn't bear it.
Fang Ruoti sneered: "I really didn't expect that the fans of a young newbie who had just debuted for less than a year would have quite the fighting power."
Fang Ruoti has had a grudge against Shen Yu ever since he mentioned her old age. Even if Wen Shijin apologized in place of Shen Yu later, Fang Ruoti couldn't let it go. But due to the attitude of the Shen family, Fang Ruoti could not target Shen Yu too obviously. Though she did instigate the reporter to make things difficult for Shen Yu at the press conference earlier. That question that asked Shen Yu if he intended to find his biological mother in the question-and-answer session was what Fang Ruoti had the reporter ask. Because it did not go overboard, even those who guessed Fang Ruoti's actions didn't say anything.
Wen Shijin later investigated the reporter, whose magazine was originally a famous gossip tabloid. They loved to report on the privacy of some celebrities to attract readers' attention. But Hong Kong paparazzi were generally of this sort. Although Wen Shijin was a top-tier agent, most of his contacts were in the mainland, and Hong Kong was also unfamiliar to him. In the end, after checking and searching, he couldn't find any result, and could only swallow the insult.
Fang Ruoti vented her anger. But towards Shen Yu she still did not have a good attitude. It was easy for women to be petty when it comes to age and looks. Especially female artists. Fortunately, Fang Ruoti's role in the film had nothing to do with Shen Yu's role. The two have little interaction in the crew. Fang Ruoti took on the out of sight and out of mind approach, but Shen Yu was clearly aware that everyone didn't have good feelings about him, so he didn't dare to approach them.
Fang Ruoti glanced at Shen Yu who had tearfully thrown himself into Yan Sheng's arms, turned her head and asked Tao Mu, "I see that your fans often fight with Shen Yu's fans. And you win every time. Then your fans are also very impressive. How do you usually manage them?"
Tao Mu's fans were rather strange. There were fans of many attributes, and it was only when they were scolding and fighting outsiders, would they work together. The rest of the time, they did their own things, and even fought with each other. But the most important point was that Tao Mu, the idol of these fans, would often smack talk those very same fans.
And Tao Mu's only way to manage fans was: "Don't let them get too arrogant."
Just like one's own unruly child, although most of the time they were very cute. But there were times when they were absolute terrors. So one should not hold back on some tough love.
The large group of people were currently sitting in the open space of the studio discussing their experience in managing fans. Shen Yu, who finally finished hiding in Yan Sheng's arms and crying, came over with red eyes and begged Tao Mu to use his access to 's privileges to silence all fans who scolded Yan Sheng.
Tao Mu had long been accustomed to Shen Yu's self-centered thinking mode. He said directly: " has no such precedent. As long as the topics discussed by netizens do not involve violations of law and discipline and smear the country's image, will not hinder the normal speech of netizens."
"But they went too far." Shen Yu said indignantly: "If this goes on like this, I will be embarrassed to face big brother Yan."
"What's there to be embarrassed about." Tao Mu reached out and touched the photo of Li Xiaoheng, and replied to Shen Yu's words: "Didn't you say it yourself. Fans' actions don't represent idols, and idols don't need to pay for their fans' actions. Then you don't need to apologize to Yan Sheng for your fans' mistakes. Everyone is a colleague here, so you don't have to be so stingy. Film king Yan is such a magnanimous man, he won't take such trivial matters to heart. If you care too much, you will affect the atmosphere of everyone's cooperation. Can't you happily pretend that nothing happened, why must you make the atmosphere on the set so tense?"
Wang Jinsheng and Luo Daming, who kept getting the feeling that these words were familiar: "….."
Shen Yu was speechless by Tao Mu's response: "Why are you like this? You are too unsympathetic!"
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"Isn't this what you persuaded me back then?" Tao Mu said unceremoniously and directly smacked back, "Last time you were quite righteous when you persuaded me to do this, so how come when it is yourself it's unsympathetic of me. So it seems that your words depend on the person and not on the situation?"
"But—" Shen Yu thought about it, but still didn't know what to say: "That's different."
What was the difference? All the bigwigs in the crew raised their eyebrows in unison, secretly eating melons and watching the show.
The first person to notice the movement on this side was Wen Shijin, Shen Yu's agent. The agent in suit and tie hurried over in a few steps and looked at Tao Mu with a complicated expression.
Just a year ago, Tao Mu was just a little martial arts body double with no background and no support. When he first arrived in H Town, he served as a stand-in for Shen Yu. At that time, Shen Yu was still the young master of the Shen family. Because he pitied Tao Mu's background, he even tried to convince him that he wanted to sign Tao Mu under the company.
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At that time, Wen Shijin could see that Tao Mu had potential. But he never imagined that Tao Mu would gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry in another way that he could never imagine. Not only that, but also created and and became a partner of Xiaoheng Capital.
Whereas Shen Yu ended up driven out of the Shen family by Mrs. Shen because of his lack of blood-related status.
The young master who was once pampered was driven out of the greenhouse and had to face the sufferings of the world alone. This was already a very sad reality. However, what was colder than reality was the human heart.
Wen Shijin never understood why Tao Mu rejected Shen Yu so much. When Shen Yu was at the top and offered goodwill to him, he refused to accept it. Now when Shen Yu was at the bottom and asked him for help, he refused to give it.
With Tao Mu's shrewd and sophisticated behavior, only Shen Yu was treated differently. Wen Shijin pondered it repeatedly, but in the end he could only infer that Tao Mu was jealous of Shen Yu.
A year ago, he was jealous of Shen Yu's excellent background and pure temperament, but a year later, he was jealous of Shen Yu's deep familial ties. Even if he was not the biological son of the Shen family, he could still be loved by his father, brother and sister. Compared to Tao Mu, who was an orphan, he was much luckier.
Maybe it was because of this good fate that made it difficult for Tao Mu to let go of, so he was always so harsh and indifferent to Shen Yu.
Of course, no matter what Wen Shijin guessed in his heart, he wouldn't show it on his face. He just patted Shen Yu's shoulder and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"I just wanted to beg Mu Mu to help me block the abusive remarks from extreme fans, but Mu Mu didn't agree. He also said some unrelated things to choke me." Shen Yu complained in an aggrieved manner. He then repeated Tao Mu's previous remarks in their entirety.
"…..But our situation is fundamentally different. Tao Mu is only angry because big brother Yan's fans scolded him. I'm worried that if my fans scold big brother Yan, big brother Yan will be angry. Tao Mu clearly knows what I mean, but deliberately distorted my thinking."
Tao Mu looked at Shen Yu with a dumbfounded expression. Even though he had dealt with Shen Yu for ten years in his last life, and could boast to know Shen Yu better than everyone else. Hearing these words at this moment, it was still difficult to understand Shen Yu's brain circuit.
—Maybe there was something wrong with his way of thinking. Was there any difference between the two?
Tao Mu turned his attention to the bigwigs who were secretly eating melons.
The bigwigs were also very confused. They really didn't see any essential difference between the two.
Wen Shijin immediately understood Shen Yu's brain circuit, and explained with a smile: "Xiao Yu means that he asked you to mute some extreme netizens because he didn't want those fans to scold Teacher Yan on the Internet using his name. He will feel very wronged. And feel very sorry towards Teacher Yan."
Back then Tao Mu was angry only because Yan Sheng's fans scolded him. One was thinking from the perspective of others, for fear of hurting others. The other was to consider it from his own perspective, and was just simply angry.
So what was the difference?
All the bigwigs blinked blankly. It was so laborious to eat melons when one's logical thinking was not strong enough.
At this moment, everyone couldn't help but miss CEO Li, who had very clear logical thinking and could analyze the core of the matter clearly in just a few words.
Tao Mu understood. He couldn't help sneering: "Mr. Wen means that Shen Yu made this request to me, not for himself, but for Yan Sheng's consideration, worried that Yan Sheng would be hurt. As for the cyber bullying by Yan Sheng's fans back then, I shouldn't be angry. Otherwise, I am being petty?"
Wen Shijin frowned: "Mr. Tao clearly knows Xiao Yu's pure heart, he doesn't think this at all. Why do you deliberately distort the facts?"
What fact did he twist?
In his last life, he couldn't debate sense with these plot characters at all. So that no matter what he did, it was wrong. And must be scolded by all. Whatever Shen Yu did was right. Even if the two were clearly doing the same thing. In the end, different results would be obtained.
Tao Mu was too lazy to explain after experiencing it many times. No one would listen anyway. He could struggle to defend himself until his mouth was dry, and in the end he would still have to be labelled as not knowing right from wrong and being unrepentant.
But now he wanted to quibble until the bitter end. He insisted that things be crystal clear.
"What facts have I distorted?" Tao Mu subconsciously touched Li Xiaoheng's photo again, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Since Mr. Wen is so determined, let's get straight to the point and explain it to me. At the beginning, Shen Yu advised me not to take Yan Sheng's fans scolding me on the Internet to heart. Told me not to be petty and said that idols are not responsible for their fans' behavior. It can be seen in Shen Yu's heart that one person does not need to be responsible for the words and deeds of another person. So how come when it comes to him, he insists on forcing me to delete the remarks that scold Yan Sheng on the Internet. And if I don't agree, I'm not kind and have no sympathy."
"Let me say something that might not sound so nice. Back then, I was chased and scolded by Yan Sheng's fans, yet I didn't act like I had a glass heart and insisted on deleting and banning comments. Now, what position does Shen Yu take to ask me to ban the words of netizens?" When Tao Mu spoke to this point, he leaned calmly on the lounge chair and looked directly at Wen Shijin: "Just because your your young master Shen may be unhappy, and worried that film king Yan may be hurt—no, to be precise, it should be because he is worried about the relationship between the two being damaged because of this. Just because of these reasons, Shen Yu can confidently come and make requests of me to restrict the freedom of speech of netizens."
"This behavior is too unkind, too self-centered, right?"
Tao Mu felt that his words could be considered to have been spoken with reasoning—Shen Yu's reasoning. But when heard in Wen Shijin's ears, he still felt that it was extremely harsh: "I admit, Shen Yu has a child's temperament. Usually not thinking things through before speaking and doing things. He had never experienced cyberbullying by netizens before, so he couldn't empathize. Now after experiencing it himself, he knows that this situation shouldn't exist. Since Xiao Yu knows what's wrong and is willing to change it, why does Mr. Tao still insists on quibbling and refuses to give him a chance?"
Tao Mu rubbed his chin, turned his head and asked the melon eaters, "Did anyone record that just now? Mr. Wen's words just now, was there anything about Shen Yu knowing he was wrong, and came to apologize to me?"
All the bigwigs shook their heads in unison. They really couldn't be blamed for not wanting to smooth things out. It was simply because they didn't hear any meaning of apology in what Shen Yu and Wen Shijin said before.
—Instead they sounded very righteous. And as the discussion went on, they even gave Tao Mu the label of a petty quibbling man.
The bigwigs have been eating melons until now, and they have been defeated by the brain circuits of Shen Yu and his manager. Even Zhou Yanqing, who was known as an all around good guy in the industry, didn't want to say anything.
Unaware of what was being discussed here, Yan Sheng, who had come back from the bathroom, saw that the atmosphere was not right, and came over.
Tao Mu was still speaking with Wen Shijin: "…..Mr. Wen's way of thinking is very strange! Before my question was even answered, you gave me such a label. Alright then, since you have already said so, if I don't quibble about it, then I would not be worthy of your guess on my character."
Tao Mu picked up his smartphone and sent a new FlyNews in front of everyone. Telling the world exactly hiw Shen Yu asked him to ban netizens from talking freely. He ended with, "….. will not agree with every word that netizens type, but we absolutely defend the right of netizens to speak. I hereby call on every netizen to pursue their idols rationally and not to use cyber violence."
"What are you all doing?" Yan Sheng frowned slightly. Feeling a little tired. He just left for such a short time, could it be that Shen Yu got into trouble again.
"Nothing much." Tao Mu shook the phone and said patiently: "Shen Yu wants to fight for justice for you. Told me to ban all the netizens who scolded you. But you know the purpose of our . Banning netizens is not possible. As long as they do not violate the laws of the state, it is impossible for them to be banned in this life."
"But I don't want to be scolded for being unkind and unsympathetic. So I sent a FlyNews to appeal for you." When Tao Mu said this, he stood up feeling very refreshed: "Film king Yan, I'm really envious of you. Before, Shen Yu kept saying that he wanted to make friends with me. But when I was scolded by your fans, he insisted that idols should not pay for their fans' behavior. And even said I was being petty for having a grudge against you. He spoke in such a passionate and sincere way I almost believed it myself. I didn't expect that when you are the one being scolded, he would feel sorry for you and feel sad, worried that the behavior of the fans would affect your friendship. So he came and asked me to mute the netizens who scolded you."
Tao Mu paused for a moment and smiled meaningfully: "Shen Yu worked so hard to actually change his principles for you, his words changing just like that. Film king Yan must remember to appreciate this!"
Yan Sheng's face changed slightly. He didn't expect that Shen Yu would actually do such a thing. And even confidently asked Tao Mu to mute netizens. To put it in an unpleasant way, no matter how powerful Yan Sheng's family background was, and no matter how high his status in the entertainment industry was, to , he was just a netizen. When Tao Mu himself was scolded by fans, he didn't say anything about deleting comments and banning them. So what virtue and what right did he have, just how big was his face, that he should ask to change the rules for him?
Wen Shijin did not expect Tao Mu to be such a person. Everyone was just having a discussion privately, but then he uploaded it to when disagreements arose. It was clear that he wanted to guide netizens to scold Shen Yu's behavior as being double standard.
Wen Shijin believed that with Shen Yu's personality, he was definitely not that kind of person. But he couldn't guarantee what those netizens would think under Tao Mu's inducement. Instantly, he asked with an ugly face: "Mr. Tao, aren't you being too much by doing this? Was there anything that we couldn't discuss properly? Do you have to go online to make things worse?"
Tao Mu played with his smartphone in a good mood. In his last life, he always encountered this kind of thing. Even though it was clearly the other at fault, in the end, it would all be blamed on him. At that time, Tao Mu was unable to defend himself because of the accusations of everyone, so he could only swallow down the anger and sullenly grit his teeth. In this life, the people were still these people, and they still liked to be idle and blame everything on him, but he didn't feel angry anymore.
He even had the idle heart to pat Wen Shijin on the shoulder and persuade: "I have never liked being reasonable. Especially, I don't like being reasonable with people with different views. Didn't Mr. Wen say that I quibble about everything? It just so happens that I am such a person, and not only do I quibble a lot, I am also quite vengeful. So I advise Mr. Wen to remember to think before you speak. No matter what, don't lose the IQ and dignity that you should have as a top-tier agent in the industry."
"As for now," Tao Mu pretended to glance at his smartphone, opened the page where netizens left comments, and shook it in front of Wen Shijin: "I think Mr. Wen should do a good job of public relations for Shen Yu's image as soon as possible. After all, your little prince has just become the ambassador for the Lost Children Gene Bank. Even if it's just for the image and reputation of the gene bank, it is not good for fans to scold him for being double standard."
"Mu Mu, you are going too far." Shen Yu looked at Tao Mu in shock. He didn't expect Tao Mu to be so cruel and hurt him so much.
Shen Yu's eyes were slightly red, and he was crying again. Tears fell, Shen Yu tried his best to widen his eyes, not wanting to show weakness in front of Tao Mu, letting the crystal teardrops slide down his cheeks. Such an appearance of raindrops on pear blossoms made everyone particularly distressed.
"I hate you so much. I don't want to forgive you anymore." Shen Yu pushed Tao Mu and ran away crying.
"Xiao Yu." Seeing Shen Yu's sad and crying appearance, Yan Sheng only felt that his mind blanked, and his whole body also ached. He subconsciously called out Shen Yu's name, unable to restrain the urge to follow.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to glare at Tao Mu: "You just take advantage of the fact that Xiao Yu likes you, so you dared to hurt him so unscrupulously!"
Tao Mu was almost overwhelmed by this sudden line from an idol drama. Until Yan Sheng and Wen Shijin also ran out of the studio behind Shen Yu, he still had a black question mark on his face.
The bigwigs who were eating melons and watching the show also felt a little caught off guard. Fang Ruoti blinked and muttered inexplicably, "Are they sick? It's like they were possessed."
"What the hell is going on?" Director Xu Musen walked over with a bewildered expression and asked loudly, "The filming is about to begin, why did Yan Sheng and Shen Yu run out together?"
The next scene involved Yan Sheng and Shen Yu. In the film, the two brothers met for the first time. Yan Yu, played by Shen Yu, could not reconcile his brother's involvement in the underworld, so he spoke very harshly to the male protagonist. The male protagonist obviously had a heavy responsibility, but he was unable to explain it to his family, and he was also struggling. In the end, he could only drink alcohol to relieve his troubles, and Zhou Yuanting, played by Tao Mu, accidentally learned the true identities of the two brothers.
There were three characters in the scene, and two of them ran out. How was this scene going to be filmed now?
Everyone looked at Director Xu, who was furious, looking like a fat quail with fried feathers, and didn't say a word.
Only Tao Mu thoughtfully pondered.
A few comments that suddenly floated in his head made Tao Mu suddenly recall that it was also this time in his previous life. Because he made things difficult for Shen Yu everywhere, Shen Yu couldn't stay in the crew and ran out crying angrily. Yan Sheng was worried about Shen Yu's safety and chased after him. As a result, the two confessed their love at Victoria Harbor, and they rolled into bed together that night…..
Tao Mu originally thought that he should be able to avoid the plot radiation by taking the photo of Li Xiaoheng to ward off evil spirits. But the development just now was still in line with the main line of the plot.
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Could it be that he was still affected by the plot halo?
But he clearly felt that there was nothing wrong with his clear thinking!
Tao Mutie had a sullen face and thought about it for a long time, but in the end he was still worried. He decided to make a phone call to Li Xiaoheng immediately.
Tao Mu wanted to make a phone call to Li Xiaoheng, but he was not sure whether or not Li Xiaoheng was busy on the other end of the line, so he sent a text through FlyNews first.
When he received the FlyNews text, Li Xiaoheng was at the negotiating table. The two sides were deadlocked over some details of the takeover, with little progress made during the two-hour negotiation. Everyone was feeling a little tired.
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Li Xiaoheng simply let everyone take a break, and then went out with his mobile phone.
"What's the matter?" Li Xiaoheng asked with a warm smile: "You should be filming at this time, why did you suddenly think of calling me?"
Hearing Li Xiaoheng's voice, Tao Mu, who was still doubting his IQ just now, was slightly reassured and said, "Something happened, we are taking a break now."
Tao Mu recounted the inexplicable episode just now, and asked Li Xiaoheng, "Was I affected again?"
Indeed a bit. According to Tao Mu's normally tactful methods, when encountering such unreasonable things, he would have just advised Shen Yu to restrain his fans, rather than dishing out smack talk himself.
"But it doesn't matter." Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "Giving this kind of person a verbal smackdown is no big deal. So long as you have vented your anger."
Always holding back would make one sick. Appropriate tantrums also contribute to physical and mental health.
Sure enough, he was still affected! Tao Mu frowned, touched the photo a little depressingly and complained, "Then your warding evil spirits effect still needs to be enhanced."
Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly. Following Tao Mu's words, he promised, "En, I will try my best."
How can one try their best on this kind of thing? Tao Mu raised his eyebrows and wanted to say something, but then he paused and didn't say anything. Instead he asked, "Aren't you busy over there?"
"I'm also taking a break." Li Xiaoheng walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the busy and crowded Hong Kong streets: "…..There are a few details that we're still stuck on, so we decided to put it aside for now. Take it slowly."
Li Xiaoheng said, and asked Tao Mu with some puzzlement: "You always say that you were affected? Affected by what? Did someone curse you?"
Li Xiaoheng knew that some people in the entertainment industry were superstitious and could do anything for the sake of being famous. For example, dealing in curses and voodoo arts. As soon as Tao Mu came to Hong Kong, his behavior became very different. Could it be that he was worried that he had been cursed?
Thinking of this, Li Xiaoheng's face darkened. Although he didn't believe in the supernatural, if someone dared to hold nefarious intentions against Tao Mu, don't blame him for being rude.
"No….." Tao Mu didn't expect big brother Li to have such a rich imagination, and he couldn't help but explain: "It's not as exaggerated as what you mentioned. I just feel that Shen Yu and I seem to be at odds with each other. Every time I see him, I become especially impulsive and blind."
So that's what happened.
Li Xiaoheng's frown smoothed out. Thinking of Tao Mu's old grudge with the young son of the Shen family, he had to admit: "The energies of you two really are at odds. Every time he encounters something about you, he would also become inexplicable."
Li Xiaoheng only remarked casually, but when Tao Mu heard it his ears couldn't help but twitch slightly: "You said that when Shen Yu encounters me, he would become different from usual?"
Li Xiaoheng pondered for a moment before he said, "I think so. Just like this incident when extreme fans insulted Yan Sheng, he could have personally stepped forward to restrain his fans, which is the best public relations move for the crisis—when you were scolded by his fans before, wasn't that what he did. Listening to your words, he seems to have a very good relationship with Yan Sheng. So why hasn't he taken any action until now, but instead he came to you and asked you to ban the netizens? He should know that this kind of request is fundamentally unreasonable."
Having dealt with Shen Yu twice before, Li Xiaoheng had already noticed that it was not that Shen Yu did not understand other people, but that most of the time he was simply unwilling to listen to persuasion. He just wanted to do whatever he pleased. He wanted the whole world to accommodate him. But once he encountered a hard stubble, he would immediately change his attitude and bow his head and admit his mistake. But strangely enough, even though he had repeatedly hit a brick wall several times regarding Tao Mu, he still didn't repent. Not even the slightest lesson learned.
"If Shen Yu really cares about Yan Sheng, then this kind of behavior doesn't make sense logically. But think about it from another angle—maybe the reason why Shen Yu begged you was not for Yan Sheng, but in order to get close to you?"
When Li Xiaoheng said this, he suddenly thought of the inexplicable obsession the young son of the Shen family had towards Tao Mu. He couldn't help frowning and asked, "Could it be that he likes you?" So he tried desperately to prove that he was special in Tao Mu's heart. That Tao Mu would make an exception for him?
Tao Mu was frightened into shivers by Li Xiaoheng's guess: "Don't tell ghost stories in the daytime, okay? Saying that he likes me, the way I see it, he wants to kill me is more like it."
Li Xiaoheng didn't know about the plot halo, but Tao Mu knew it well. It was likely that Shen Yu himself was also affected by the halo of the plot, and sticking to him whenever he had a chance must be for the sake of the plot.
After a pause, Tao Mu teased again: "But CEO Li's brain circuit is also quite strange. You can actually think of this logic. Is it possible that CEO Li likes to watch dog blood idol dramas in private?"
"Well, no." Li Xiaoheng had just minored in psychology when he was studying in the U.S.: "People are unpredictable, and there are people with all kinds of brain circuits. If you don't care about him, then there is no need to try to figure out what he thinks."
As for why Li Xiaoheng minored in psychology, it was also to have more leverage when negotiating with people or in business communication. Of course, Li Xiaoheng believed that the biggest use of learning psychology was to successfully seduce their CEO Tao.
Considering that Li Xiaoheng was still at the negotiating table, Tao Mu didn't chat for too long and hung up in less than twenty minutes. Even so, Tao Mu still felt that his thinking was much clearer.
He felt that Li Xiaoheng's thinking was right. Regardless of whether the plot halo could affect his IQ, or even if the plot halo wanted to force Tao Mu to follow the plot, so long as Tao Mu could ensure that his actions were from his heart, would not cause too much negative impact on himself and would not result in hidden dangers that could not be dealt with, then he could just do whatever he wanted.
It was not a good thing to always suppress everything, since the plot wanted drama, then drama it would have. Anyway, he also noticed that the plot halo was quite utilitarian. It only focused on the results, not the process. In other words, no matter what kind of impression Shen Yu would leave on the people around him when he followed the plot, so long as he did in fact follow the plot at key points, then the plot halo did not care about other things and nor would it be too controlling.
If this was the case, then when Tao Mu faced Shen Yu in the future, he didn't have to only helplessly retreat and try to stay away. He could choose the right counterattack.
Tao Mu rubbed his chin and felt that his self-confidence was really getting more and more inflated. He actually wanted to use the plot halo to stir up drama of his own.
But what exactly should be done, Tao Mu was still uncertain. The next time Shen Yu couldn't help but come back to provoke him, he could then experiment slowly. Anyway, no matter how he hid away or avoided it, the plot halo was determined not to let him go.
Then he would just cross that bridge when he came to it. Counter every move as they came.
Tao Mu touched the photo of their CEO Li again. It was no big deal, after all, he could recharge from time to time!
After the phone call, Tao Mu, who had a very clear mind, felt much more reconciled with himself. But on the other side, due to the sudden departure of Yan Sheng and Shen Yu, the originally scheduled scene could not be filmed. Xu Musen called Yan Sheng a few times but no one answered, so he threw the phone angrily and had the props team prepare for the next scene.
—Which was the scene where Tao Mu and his childhood friends go to a nightclub together and he ends up dancing with the glamorous proprietress played by Fang Ruoti, only to provoke the minor boss of the club and a group of bouncers. Both sides engaged in a group fight and were then locked into a holding cell.
Because of the cooperation between the crew and the police department, this episode was changed to be set during the eve of graduation. Zhou Yuanting, played by Tao Mu, secretly went out to drink and celebrate with his fellow buddies among the police students. When dancing with the glamorous proprietress played by Fang Ruoti, he was stopped by the minor boss and his group of bouncers. The two sides fought and were taken into the police station together.
Although the characters have changed slightly, the plot has not changed. So the props team was able to arrange it very quickly. The assistant director also called the police academy at the urging of Xu Musen, and asked the police academy to send over the police students to cooperate with the filming.
Anyone who was familiar with the production of film and television dramas knows that the filming was not actually shot chronologically according to the plot line, but by scenes.
The background setting of the previous scene where the male protagonist was drinking himself away in a bar while Zhou Yuanting tried to get him to spill what he knew was the same as the scene when Zhou Yuanting met Fang Ruoti. So the two scenes were originally shot side by side. Now that Shen Yu and Yan Sheng had run away, Director Xu could only film the second scene first.
Fang Ruoti was already ready when she came over early in the morning. She lay on her lounge chair and waited for two hours before her scene was next. She was now sitting on the lounge chair at the moment, letting the makeup artist touch up her makeup.
The actor who played the minor boss was called Du Ze, and he was also a famous Hong Kong actor. He hadn't played a leading role once despite many years having passed since his debut, and instead often played supporting roles in various movies. He was the kind of actor that the audience was familiar with but couldn't name. He was barely 1.7 meters tall, with a round figure and even a shaved bald head.
Because the filming site of the crew was in the same area as the police academy, Jiang Jingwen and the others set off immediately after receiving the call, called a taxi, and arrived on the set in less than 20 minutes. As soon as they arrived, they went directly to Tao Mu's side like a trail of imprinted ducklings.
They have never acted before, and they were afraid that they would delay the filming if they were not good at acting. Tao Mu was more relaxed and just smiled, "Just like when we skipped class and went to the club last time, it's fine just acting yourself."
As for the action part, that was even easier. The police students have fighting lessons every day. Even for a thing like striking poses, justbNG three or five times and one would be familiar with it.
Du Ze looked curiously at Tao Mu who was surrounded by a group of police students. Noticing Du Ze's scrutiny, Tao Mu said with a warm smile, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing." Du Ze came over and said hesitantly, "I just wanted to say that with your temperament being so gentle, I'm afraid that you won't be able to act that kind of hostility when you're filming. I just want to tell you, when it starts, I'm going to be aiming to hit you on the head with a bottle of syrup while you block it with your arm. It really doesn't hurt."
The crew of "Black and White" had started filming already for more than half a month, and everyone had already joined the crew. Only Tao Mu, who went back to school for half a month after the launch conference, joined the crew after he finished with his finals performance. So today's scene involving Shen Yu, Yan Sheng and Tao Mu was also Tao Mu's first scene after joining the crew. None of them had ever seen Tao Mu act before, so they were not sure. But because of Tao Mu's identity, they also really wanted to befriend Tao Mu.
Du Ze was no exception. So he told Tao Mu about the plot well in advance, and was worried that he would scare Tao Mu when they were actually filming.
Although due to his appearance, Du Ze had never been the protagonist. But Du Ze felt that his acting was not bad. He didn't want to offend Tao Mu for acting too well.
Even Fang Ruoti, who had finished her makeup, turned around in a charming manner, blew a kiss in Tao Mu's direction, and teased with fluttering eyes, "Don't worry, Mr. Tao, I can be your lead."
Although the mainland entertainment media often report that Tao Mu's acting skills were good, even comparable to Yan Sheng. But they have never seen it with their own eyes, so they only think that the media were just overpraising Tao Mu. After all, Tao Mu's identity was different from that of ordinary actors.
They believed that Tao Mu should have some talent for acting and also a serious attitude. The overall quality should be good. But to say that Tao Mu's acting skills were so good that it would move heaven and earth, they didn't quite believe it. They always feel that the mainland newspapers must be exaggerating too much. After all, Tao Mu was only nineteen years old this year, and had just finished his freshman year. Yan Sheng, such a stunning and talented person, was twenty years old when he made his first movie. One should not underestimate the age difference. This represented an extra year of hard work. What was more, Yan Sheng's talent was not something jist anyone could compare to.
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There were so many newcomers in the entertainment industry every year, and only one Yan Sheng managed to appear after so many years. It was not that they underestimate Tao Mu. But they really felt that even if Tao Mu had talent, he would not perform better than Yan Sheng back then.
Facing the careful advice and appeasing attitudes from his acting colleagues, Tao Mu only smiled.
It seemed that he was underestimated.
Tao Mu calmly walked to his position. He was ready.