Li Xiaoheng did not mention to Tao Mu the salary for being his personal consultant. It's not that Li Xiaoheng is stingy, but before the global economic situation becomes clearer, Li Xiaoheng feels that any price offered would be a bit abrupt for Tao Mu. Not quite suitable. And he also needs more time to observe Tao Mu's character - whether they can cooperate for a long time, or just deal with each matter at a time.

Tao Mu himself didn't ask. His main purpose in making friends with Li Xiaoheng was not to earn extra money every month. In fact, Tao Mu made friends with Li Xiaoheng more because he regarded him as an investor who could be fooled in the future. Living a new life, Tao Mu is well aware of the principle of playing the long game to catch big fish, and is not in a hurry.

From a certain perspective, the two seem to coincide with each other.

At the end of the dinner, Li Xiaoheng offered to take Tao Mu home. Tao Mu declined. Da Mao and Xiao Pang, who had finally escaped from the boring dinner party, fully demonstrated the young people's overly 2b nature of being outspoken. Without even thinking, he just laughed it off: "...No, no, it's not like we're sending a girl home after a date. There are so many of us, Brother Li, don't worry."

With the idiot Luo Yang's flirting in the past, the originally harmless courtesy seemed a bit ambiguous after what Big Hair and Little Fatty said.

Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu calmly, and found that he didn't care at all, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Tao Mu was a very talented young man in the financial field that he had ever met. From their brief conversation, it could be seen that the two had similar personalities. Li Xiaoheng didn't want Tao Mu to feel that he was being abrupt and offensive because of these trivial matters.

Noticing Li Xiaoheng's gaze, Tao Mu smiled gently and said, "Don't mind it, Brother Li. They are always outspoken."

"Not really." Li Xiaoheng smiled and explained, "They are very lively and very nice."

The most important point in making friends is to never make arbitrary judgments about other people's friends when you are not familiar with them. The saying "talking too deeply to someone you're not familiar with" is a big taboo in social situations.

It was not until Li Xiaoheng drove away that Da Mao and Xiao Pang gasped loudly: "Oh my god, I am really suffocating. This big brother Li is good in every way, but he is too strict."

That's right, although Li Xiaoheng behaved politely, gently, modestly and docilely throughout the dinner, in the eyes of college students like Big Mao and Little Fat who had just graduated from high school, Li Xiaoheng's words and deeds were still too mature and restrained. He exudes the majestic aura of a parent.

Tao Mu smiled slightly: "Let's go, let's go to the lottery bar and have a look."

Da Mao Xiao Pang was immediately confused: "You want to buy a lottery ticket?"

Tao Mu: "I just want to go and see."

After being reborn, Tao Mu has been worrying about his first pot of gold. Because he was familiar with financial history, Tao Mu originally wanted to make plans in stocks and futures. However, the capital is too small, the market is too volatile, and short selling is not allowed in the country, so no matter how you move, it is just a small effort to earn pocket money.

Although a mosquito is still meat no matter how small it is, Tao Mu doesn't want to waste any time in his new life. After all, his "foresight" only has a shelf life of ten years. In order to live up to the memories of the past ten years, Tao Mu searched the Internet every day to find business opportunities. But he didn’t expect that when he saw the news reports about the Olympics, several [book reviews] suddenly flashed through his mind.

It was these [book reviews] that gave Tao Mu the inspiration to dig out his first pot of gold.

——The 2008 Olympic Games was held in Yanjing. At this time in the previous life, Tao Mu, like all Chinese people, also paid attention to this major event that the whole country celebrated. Ten years later, although some of his memories were fuzzy, Tao Mu still remembered clearly the ownership of the more important medals during the Olympics. And since he was reborn at this point before the opening of the Olympics, there are some things he can do.

——I never thought that those inexplicable book reviews could be useful sometimes. Thinking of this, Tao Mu suddenly felt that the barrage that popped up in his mind from time to time was acceptable.

Unfortunately, Tao Mu didn't know until he entered the lottery station that knowing who would win the Olympic medals in advance didn't help much in buying sports lottery tickets - people chose the numbers. It seems that I still have to go abroad to find legal gambling platforms and think of solutions from the outside.

* * * * * *

After a conversation with Li Xiaoheng, Tao Mu continued his routine career as a stand-in. On Monday morning, when there was no filming, he sneaked out of the crew and ran to a nearby securities company to open an account. According to my memories from my previous life, I bought several stocks that would rise in value soon. He had limited funds and the market was extremely unstable due to the impact of the global financial crisis. So the best approach is to keep speculating in the short term. Fortunately, Tao Mu's memory is getting better and better. He knows all the financial information he memorized in his previous life by heart, and he still remembers the dark horses whose stock prices soared during the 2008 financial crisis. Although losses may occasionally occur due to memory bias and operational errors. But overall, the benefits are still very considerable.

Da Mao and Xiao Pang watched Tao Mu's funds snowball in the stock market, and their hearts were immediately pounding. The two men smiled flatteringly and presented their private money to Tao Mu, asking him to help them stir it up. We are all brothers from two lifetimes, so of course Tao Mu would not refuse. But before accepting the offer, they were forced to write a 3,000-word essay in praise of the artist. In order to avenge the deep hatred that the two of them had "cursed" Tao Mu to lose all his money when he just opened the account.

Just when the three of them were addicted to stock trading, Tao Mu received a call from Zhao Keping informing him to go for an audition - it was not the campus idol drama that had been agreed upon before. But he is a supporting role in another martial arts drama.

"I know you're a very stubborn person. You said you didn't want to violate the school rules of Beijing Film Academy, but you really had the heart to reject the audition invitation for the male No. 4 role. I think Beijing Film Academy really should give you a certificate for 'the most obedient student.'" Zhao Keping did not hide his resentment. In all his years in the industry, he has never met such a stubborn little guy. It turns out that it’s not a good deal even if you try your best.

Zhao Keping snorted to himself and continued, "The situation is different this time. Although "Heroes" is also a project invested by Xia Xing, this film has been filming in Hengdian for more than a month. The actor who plays the third male role was inserted by another investor. During the filming, he secretly went to audition for another movie. After the audition was successful, he quit "Heroes". The crew couldn't find anyone temporarily, and the director is my old classmate. I thought this was an opportunity, so I reported your name. It just so happens that Zhao Xin has heard of you."

The entertainment industry is always well-informed. The gossip about Tao Mu's stunning outburst when being challenged on the set of "Purple Sky" had already spread in the industry. Basically all the directors and martial artists filming in H Town know about this person. In addition, Chen Yiqian was willing to help him, and when the director of "Heroes" called him to verify, he spoke well of Tao Mu. So, without Tao Mu knowing anything about it, the audition was finalized.

"...You go directly to the set of "Heroes" for an audition at 2 o'clock this afternoon... Forget it, you should wait for me on the set. I'll drive you there." Zhao Keping said very straightforwardly: "I've asked for you. This role doesn't have a lot of scenes. At most, it will be finished in half a month. It will definitely not delay your reporting to Beijing Film Academy. Don't feel psychologically stressed. This role is just to apologize to that idiot Mu Huating. It has nothing to do with our cooperation."

Before Tao Mu could speak, Zhao Keping threatened, "I have already made your schedule clear. If you still want to refuse, then I will unilaterally think that you don't want to forgive Mu Huating at all, and are ready to find an opportunity to trick us?"

And you still stuff it in like this? !

Tao Mu had nothing to say but to thank him.

Zhao Keping hung up the phone with great satisfaction. In his opinion, Tao Mu's situation was like that of some fledgling actors. At the beginning, he was self-righteous and refused to accept the rules of the game in the circle. When you meet this kind of person, you must first find a way to whet his appetite, give him some desserts before meals to let him taste the sweetness, then cut off his resources and strike him down. After he personally feels the gap, you can then patiently persuade and train him, which will be relatively easy.

Of course, there are also those stubborn people who refuse to give in or compromise. But Zhao Keping always believed that Tao Mu was not that kind of person.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yiqian also called Tao Mu to his side and told him gently: "Don't be nervous during the audition. I know Lao Zhao. He has a bad temper, but he likes to support newcomers. I also picked out your performance in "Purple Sky" and sent him a video. He knows your skills. The role you are auditioning for is a cold-blooded killer. There are not many lines to begin with. I guess the main consideration during the audition will be your ancient costume and martial arts skills. Have you read the novel "Heroes"? I remember the book said that the killer's weapon is a soft sword..."

Director Chen talked a lot, but the central idea was this - with Tao Mu's appearance and martial arts skills, there was no need to worry about whether he could pass the audition. There is no need to be afraid.

Of course Tao Mu was not nervous. But he could feel Chen Yiqian's kindness and naturally appreciated it.

The news that Tao Mu was about to audition for the supporting actor role in "The Legend of Heroes" somehow spread among the crew. Everyone came over to cheer him up, even that idiot Mu Huating came up to say, "If you accept the role that Brother Zhao introduced to you, our relationship will be even. Can you talk to Master Luo and ask him to stop making things difficult for me?"

After the dinner that day, Li Xiaoheng acted decisively and bought a plane ticket to fly back to Country M to take charge of Xiaoheng Capital's operations in the international market. I guess he also wants to take advantage of this bad news to make a fortune. Luo Yang was left alone in H Town, with no one to restrain him or watch over him - he was like a husky that had broken free from its reins, becoming even more lawless.

Because of Mu Huating's instigation, Luo Yang was furious and took out all his anger on Tao Mu. Afterwards he found out that he was being used, given Luo Yang's personality he certainly would not swallow his anger. So while apologizing to Tao Mu shamelessly, he tormented Mu Huating even more. This made Mu Huating complain bitterly. The key point is that Zhao Keping wanted to teach Mu Huating a lesson, but he just watched coldly and was too lazy to persuade them to reconcile. Mu Huating was also tormented to the point of no return, so he ran over to bow to Tao Mu.

But the way of bowing your head is not very clever.

Tao Mu is not a person who repays evil with kindness. The most important thing is that he has no right to ask Luo Yang to let Mu Huating go.

Shen Yu, however, sympathized with Mu Huating's recent miserable experience and gave him an idea: "Killing is not the right path. Otherwise, you can go to Luo Yang and speak out, and see how he can let you go. If all else fails, you can jump off the building in front of him. Of course, before you jump off the building, don't forget to update your Weibo and explain the whole thing clearly. Maybe your fans will help you curse Luo a few more times out of sympathy."

Mu Huating: “…” Are you giving me some advice or just watching the fun?

Shen Yu chuckled and winked at Tao Mu: "If you can't let it go, then don't bother our Tao Tao. It's not our Tao Tao who instigated Luo Yang to mess with you. Instead of looking for Tao Tao, you might as well go find Ye Yao."

After all, they are legitimate boyfriend and girlfriend. Although they have been breaking up and getting back together recently, it's a bit confusing.

Shen Yu's words left Mu Huating speechless.

After someone left in a huff, Shen Yu said to Tao Mu, "Don't bother with this kind of person. He's the one who picks on the weak."

Tao Mu said nothing.

Shen Yu stared at Tao Mu's thin but not frail shoulders, his arms itching to move - he actually wanted to be close to Tao Mu, but for some reason, Tao Mu seemed a little repulsive to him.

Fortunately, Shen Yu is a person who is good at enjoying himself and is enthusiastic and thoughtful. Even if he tries his best to please others but gets treated coldly, he doesn't feel discouraged - he doesn't know why, but if someone else dares to treat him so coldly, the little prince will lose his temper and will definitely refuse to serve anyone. But when it came to Tao Mu, Shen Yu had an inexplicable sense of guilt, as if he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't make Tao Mu happy. The kind that makes it hard to sleep well at night.

"By the way, when are you free? I would like you to teach me how to pose. There are a few wire scenes in the next few days, and I want to do them myself—"

"No!" Tao Mu spoke up to stop him reflexively. When he came back to his senses, he said casually, "Wire hanging is very hard and dangerous. A young master like you should just concentrate on acting in dramas."

Shen Yu looked at Tao Mu with sparkling eyes, acting like a kitten: "Are you worried about me?"

Tao Mu's response was to turn black and leave angrily.