Although Li Xiaoheng really wanted to continue being sweet and affectionate with Tao Mu, the nature of their work did not allow it - Tao Mu had to go back to the police academy for training. If possible, Tao Mu also wanted to build good relationships with the other big guys in the crew. Li Xiaoheng has a lot more things to do when he comes to Xiangcheng this time. In addition to visiting Tao Mu on set, he also had to investigate the investment environment in Xiangcheng.
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 once very depressed. Xiaoheng Capital had previously shorted the entire world, and naturally did not let go of Xiangcheng. However, this time Li Xiaoheng brought the negotiation experts from Xiaoheng Capital with him, not for short selling, but for several acquisitions.
That night, Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu spent the whole night in the hotel chatting about the details of the acquisition. Tao Mu combined his memories from his previous life and gave several key data points for the acquisition case proposed by Xiaoheng Capital, as well as several secrets that might be helpful to the acquisition case that no one might pay attention to now but are well known in the industry in the future. Assistant Jiang also followed along to listen. I wrote down Tao Mu's suggestions one by one, and planned to ask the investment department to do an investigation when I get back. If it can be confirmed that what Tao Mu said is true, then the details of the acquisition case will have to be adjusted.
After chatting until about two o'clock in the middle of the night, Li Xiaoheng forced Tao Mu to sleep. He knew that Tao Mu had some neurasthenia and would wake up at the slightest noise when he was sleeping. He then took the negotiation team and Assistant Jiang to the next suite to continue the meeting.
Because no one disturbed him, Tao Mu's sleep quality was pretty good. When Li Xiaoheng sent him back to the police academy the next day, he was also in high spirits.
Before getting off the car, Tao Mu glanced at the gossipy paparazzi squatting at the entrance of the police academy. I couldn't help but think of my poor response to the incident of the police cadets hanging out in the bar.
"What's wrong?" Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu, who was frowning slightly, and asked with a chuckle, "Can't bear to leave me?"
"No, I was just wondering how my brain short-circuited." Tao Mu put Li Xiaoheng's photo close to his body. Just as he was about to get off the car, he heard Li Xiaoheng ask, "Would you like to have dinner together tonight?"
According to the agreement between the crew and the police academy, the first-line stars who came to the police academy to experience life in the past few days must eat and live together in the police academy. Some entertainment media also stationed at the police academy to take photos and write news. If it was before the two of them confirmed their relationship, Tao Mu would definitely choose to do activities with everyone. Firstly, you can integrate into collective life as quickly as possible, and secondly, you can build good relationships with everyone. The most important thing is not to give gossip paparazzi the opportunity to write nonsense, so that no one would speculate that Tao Mu is not getting along with the crew, or is deliberately acting alone or something like that.
But now, Tao Mu looked at President Li's deliberately pitiful expression with cold eyes, and couldn't help but complain: "I found that you also love acting."
Li Xiaoheng said innocently, "This is an expression from my heart. It's an instinct that I can't control. What can I do?"
It kind of rhymes!
Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng helplessly, and couldn't help but curl his lips into a curved arc: "Okay. I'll call you after the training tonight."
Li Xiaoheng immediately replied: "I'll come pick you up."
Tao Mu nodded. Because there were gossip reporters watching outside, the two did not make any intimate moves. After getting off the car, the reporters guarding the entrance to the police academy immediately surrounded them, taking pictures and asking, "Mr. Tao asked for leave yesterday, did you want to be Mr. Li's tour guide? I heard that you two traveled to Xiangcheng together and went to many temples to burn incense and pray. Can I ask what you were praying for?"
"I heard that Xiaoheng Capital came to Xiangcheng this time to acquire several old companies. Mr. Tao, as a partner of Xiaoheng Capital, what do you think of Xiangcheng's current investment environment?"
"Mr. Tao has to do business and act at the same time. How do you balance these two roles?"
"How do you evaluate the other actors in your crew?"
"I heard that you and actor Yan Sheng don't get along. Is this true?"
"I heard that Actor Yan has an ambiguous relationship with a newcomer in the crew, and that newcomer is a good friend of Mr. Tao. What do you think of their relationship?"
Tao Mu looked at the paparazzi in front of him with a half-smile. If it weren't for the following questions, Tao Mu almost thought that these gossip paparazzi had switched to financial reporting.
"No comment." Tao Mu casually dismissed the reporter guarding the door.
Although the crew of "Black and White" wanted to promote it, Tao Mu was not interested in such a low-end promotional model as hyping up scandals, especially homosexual scandals. I am even less interested in being the whistleblower.
A group of paparazzi looked at Tao Mu who walked into the police academy with bitter faces, but they didn't dare to follow him because of the luxury car parked behind him.
Li Xiaoheng is the founder of Xiaoheng Capital and also the eldest son of the Li family in Beijing. With such an identity, the Hong Kong tabloids were afraid of causing trouble, so they naturally did not dare to say anything casually when reporting. So even though Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu spent the whole day wandering around, praying to the gods, renting a boat to go out to sea, and riding the Ferris wheel, and even staying in the same hotel room at night, anyone with a discerning eye could tell something was wrong. Those gossip paparazzi still didn't dare to reveal too much for the sake of publicity. They just published a few photos of the two traveling together, expressed their feelings about the personal relationship between Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu, teased that the two bosses were very superstitious, listed which temple in Xiangcheng was the most popular, and guessed how much trouble Li Xiaoheng would make when he came to Xiangcheng this time.
Even so, they didn't dare put it on the front page, but only on the inside pages or the second page of the newspaper. When Director Xu and several other actors saw the newspaper, they joked that there would be a day when Tao Mu would not make the headlines. Only Shen Yu was extremely envious after seeing these reports.
"I want to go out and play, too." Shen Yu looked eagerly at Tao Mu who had just returned from outside: "I have been in Xiangcheng for so long, and I have been training in the police academy. I have no time to go out for a walk. Mumu, did you have fun with President Li?"
"It's quite fun." Tao Mu had just confirmed his relationship with Li Xiaoheng, and he was in a particularly good mood. Seeing Shen Yu, he was not as upset as before. There was even some leisure to chat: "The clay pot rice is good. The morning tea is also delicious."
Upon hearing this, Director Xu laughed and said, "Tao Mu is a good eater. Our morning tea in Xiangcheng is very famous. But you ate it in the hotel, so it's not authentic. If there is a chance, I will invite you to the oldest tea restaurant in Xiangcheng. The shrimp dumplings, spare ribs and chicken feet there are especially delicious."
"Thank you, Director Xu." Tao Mu replied with a smile. He didn't have many hobbies in his life, and eating was the one that mattered most to him.
Shen Yu's eyes lit up and he turned to look at Yan Sheng. He also wanted to have morning tea.
Yan Sheng frowned imperceptibly. Recently, gossip paparazzi have often reported that he has a close relationship with Shen Yu. Since the two had worked together on a film before, their close relationship could be explained. But if they were close enough to go out together and have morning tea, they were not Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng. There was no guarantee that the gossip paparazzi would come up with some sensational headlines for the sake of sales.
Although China has passed the same-sex marriage bill. However, the general public opinion environment in China is still relatively conservative, and Yan Sheng's acting career is on the rise. He didn't want any unfavorable rumors to spread at this critical moment in consolidating his position.
But he couldn't just reject Shen Yu so clearly.
In a flash, Yan Sheng thought of a lot. However, in front of everyone, Yan Sheng just hesitated for a moment, then said, "The crew will start filming soon. Let's focus all our energy on the shooting. Xiaoyu, aren't you always worried that your poor acting skills will drag everyone down? Let's use this time to train well, and when the crew starts filming, you can impress everyone."
Shen Yu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded obediently. He also hopes that he can perform better after the crew starts filming.
Tao Mu glanced at Yan Sheng with some surprise. This response was quite different from the one he remembered where every request was fulfilled.
Yan Sheng also looked at Tao Mu and said, "I heard from Director Xu that President Tao is very knowledgeable about the role of Zhou Yuanting. He also suggested that during filming, fighting scenes should be used to reflect the character's inner transformation. The role I play is also an undercover agent, and there are quite a lot of fighting scenes. I would like to discuss this with President Tao if I have the chance."
Tao Mu smiled and said, "There will be a chance."
Wang Jinsheng and Luo Daming smiled at each other and found it quite interesting. It looks like this shoot is going to be a blast!
The filming of "Black and White" is scheduled to start on June 6th. Considering that Tao Mu was still a student of Beijing Film Academy, the crew allowed Tao Mu to delay for half a month until he joined the crew during the summer vacation. But I still have to attend the launch conference.
The day before the launch conference, all the actors from the "Black and White" crew were present. Xu Musen fulfilled his promise and treated the entire crew to breakfast at a famous tea restaurant in Central.
Because she had met Tao Mu once before, Fang Ruoti sat next to Tao Mu in a very familiar manner after entering the box. She also joked, "Mr. Tao is indeed a man who stirs up blood and gore in the entertainment industry. I thought that my chance encounter with Mr. Tao in the bar would definitely make the headlines, and I was so scared that I asked Sister Ying to contact the tabloids and ask them to suppress the photo of my smudged eye makeup. But after the news was published, no one was interested. I even suspected that I was getting old and therefore not attractive enough."
Tao Mu smiled and said, "Teacher Fang, just call me Tao Mu. Teacher Fang, there is no need to doubt that you are the screen goddess in the eyes of all men. No matter when and where you appear, you are radiant and beautiful."
After a pause, Tao Mu also joked: "Even if the eye makeup is smudged, it's still a different style."
"I've said before that you mainland men don't understand romance." Fang Ruoti rolled her eyes at Tao Mu: "You are like this, and so is Yan Sheng. You are both so boring."
Hearing Fang Ruoti mention his name, Yan Sheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have always been so boring. I'm really sorry."
Shen Yu, who was sitting next to Yan Sheng, was a little overwhelmed and nervous. He also wanted to join in the conversation. But he has never liked this kind of casual occasions. When he was in the Shen family, his parents, brothers and sisters doted on him and would not force him to do anything he didn't like. People who want to make friends with him will also take the initiative to find topics to talk about, so Shen Yu doesn't have to worry about what to say.
But that’s not possible now. He must take the initiative to integrate into the group.
After thinking for a long time, Shen Yu quietly encouraged himself, raised his silk stocking milk tea, stood up, and said seriously: "Teacher Fang, I also like your acting very much. I grew up watching your movies."
As soon as the words fell, the whole box suddenly fell silent. Fang Ruoti couldn't help it and almost showed a hideous expression.
What's the meaning! ! ! Does that mean I'm old? ? ? You dead bastard!
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