Tao Mu wanted to call Li Xiaoheng to recharge his battery, but he was not sure whether Li Xiaoheng was busy on the other end of the line, so he sent a text message to test the waters first.
When Li Xiaoheng received the message, he was at the negotiation table. The two sides were deadlocked on certain details of the acquisition and there was almost no progress after two hours of negotiations. Everyone felt a little tired.
Li Xiaoheng simply asked everyone to take a break during the intermission, and then he went out with his mobile phone to cook porridge.
"What's wrong?" Li Xiaoheng asked with a gentle smile, "You should be filming at this time, why did you think of calling me?"
Hearing Li Xiaoheng's voice, Tao Mu, who had just doubted his IQ, slightly confirmed and said, "Something happened. We are taking a rest."
Tao Mu told Li Xiaoheng the whole story of the inexplicable plot change and asked him, "Am I affected again?"
A little bit, indeed. According to Tao Mu's usual smooth methods, when encountering such unreasonable things, he should suggest Shen Yu to restrain his fans instead of confronting them himself.
"But it doesn't matter." Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "If you want to offend this kind of person, just offend him. Just vent your anger."
If you keep holding it in, you will get sick. Appropriate temper tantrums can also help your physical and mental health.
Sure enough, I was affected! Tao Mu frowned, touched the photo a little depressed and complained: "Then your evil-repelling effect still needs to be improved."
Li Xiaoheng chuckled. Following Tao Mu's words, he promised: "Well, I will work hard."
How do you work hard on this kind of thing? Tao Mu raised his eyebrows, wanted to say something, paused, and still didn't say anything. Then he asked, "Aren't you busy over there?"
"I'm taking a break too." Li Xiaoheng walked to the French window and looked down at the busy and crowded Xiangcheng. "...There are a few details that we're stuck on, so let's put them aside for now. Let's talk about it slowly."
Li Xiaoheng said, and asked Tao Mu suspiciously: "You always say that you are affected? What is the influence? Is it someone who casts a spell on you?"
Li Xiaoheng knew that some people in the entertainment industry were very superstitious and would do anything to become famous. For example, raising a little ghost to cast curses. As soon as Tao Mu came to Xiangcheng, his style of behavior became very different. Could it be that he was worried that he was under a spell?
Thinking of this, Li Xiaoheng's face darkened. Although he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, if someone dares to play tricks on Tao Mu, don't blame him for being rude.
"No..." Tao Mu didn't expect that Boss Li had such a rich imagination, and explained with a smile: "It's not as exaggerated as you said. I just feel that Shen Yu and I don't seem to be compatible. Every time I see him, I become particularly impulsive and blind."
So that's what is happening.
Li Xiaoheng's eyebrows relaxed, thinking of the old grudge between Tao Mu and the young master of the Shen family, and had to admit: "You two are indeed in conflict. Every time he encounters something about you, he becomes inexplicable."
Li Xiaoheng just sighed casually, but Tao Mu was slightly moved when he heard it: "You said Shen Yu will behave differently from usual after encountering something like me?"
Li Xiaoheng hesitated for a moment before speaking, "I think so. Just like the incident with extreme fans insulting Yan Sheng, he could have stepped in personally to restrain the fans and handle crisis public relations in a timely manner. He did the same thing when you were scolded by his fans before. From what you said, he has a better relationship with Yan Sheng. Why hasn't he taken any action until now, but instead came to you and asked you to ban netizens from speaking? He should know that this request is totally unreasonable."
Having dealt with Shen Yu twice before, Li Xiaoheng had long discovered that Shen Yu was not incapable of listening to advice, but was just unwilling to listen most of the time. I just want to let my temper take its course. He wants the whole world to accommodate him. Once they encounter a tough guy, they will immediately change their attitude and admit their mistakes. But despite hitting a wall with Tao Mu several times, he still showed no remorse. Not even a hint of lesson learned.
"If Shen Yu really cares about Yan Sheng, then this behavior doesn't make sense logically. But think about it from another angle - maybe Shen Yu asked you to do this not for Yan Sheng, but to get closer to you?"
When Li Xiaoheng said this, he suddenly thought of the young master of the Shen family's inexplicable obsession and entanglement with Tao Mu, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Could he like you?" So he tried desperately to prove that he was special in Tao Mu's heart. Can Tao Mu do something special for him?
Tao Mu was frightened by Li Xiaoheng's guess and shuddered: "Don't tell ghost stories in broad daylight, okay? He still likes me. I think he wants to kill me."
Li Xiaoheng didn't know about the plot halo, but Tao Mu knew it very well. It is estimated that Shen Yu himself is also affected by the halo of the plot. He sticks to him whenever he has the chance, definitely for the sake of following the plot.
After a pause, Tao Mu teased again: "But Mr. Li's train of thought is quite unique. You can also think of this kind of logic. Could it be that Mr. Li likes to watch melodramatic idol dramas privately?"
"Not really." Li Xiaoheng only studied psychology as a minor when he was studying in Country M. "People's minds are unpredictable, and people have all kinds of train of thought. If you don't care about him, there's no need to figure out what he's thinking."
As for why Li Xiaoheng chose to minor in psychology, it was also to have more bargaining chips when negotiating with others or in business exchanges. Of course, Li Xiaoheng believed that the greatest benefit of learning psychology was that he was able to win over Mr. Tao from their family.
Considering that Li Xiaoheng was still negotiating, Tao Mu didn't talk for too long. He hung up in less than twenty minutes. Even so, Tao Mu still felt that his thoughts were much clearer.
He felt that Li Xiaoheng's idea was correct. Regardless of whether the plot halo can affect his IQ, or even if the plot halo wants to drag Tao Mu along with the plot, as long as Tao Mu can ensure that his actions are from his heart and will not cause too much negative impact on himself, and will not cause unsolvable hidden dangers, then he will do as he pleases.
It's not a good idea to keep it in. If the plot calls for a fight, then just do it. Anyway, he also realized that the halo of this plot was quite utilitarian. Only focus on the results, not the process. In other words, no matter what impression Shen Yu leaves on the people around him when he is following the plot, as long as he follows the plot at key points. The plot halo doesn’t care too much about other things.
If this is the case, then Tao Mu won't have to keep his distance from Shen Yu when facing him in the future. You can choose the appropriate counterattack.
Tao Mu touched his chin and felt that he was becoming more and more inflated. He actually wants to use the halo to cause trouble.
But Tao Mu is still unsure about what to do. Next time when Shen Yu can’t help but tease me again, I’ll slowly experiment with it. No matter how he hides or evades, the plot halo is determined not to let him go.
Then we should deal with the enemy with our own strength and counter the enemy's moves with our own weapons.
Tao Mu touched the photo of their president Li again. At worst, you can just recharge your blue from time to time!
After making a phone call, Tao Mu, who had a very clear mind, finally came to his senses. On the other hand, due to the sudden departure of Yan Sheng and Shen Yu, the originally scheduled scenes could not be filmed. Xu Musen called Yan Sheng several times but no one answered, so he hung the phone in anger. Let the props team prepare for the next scene.
——It’s the plot where Tao Mu goes to a nightclub with his childhood friend and dances with the beautiful proprietress played by Fang Ruoti. As a result, they provoke the small boss who is in charge of the shop and a group of thugs. The two sides fight and are both taken to the police station.
Because the crew cooperated with the police, this plot was changed to the eve of graduation, when Zhou Yuanting, played by Tao Mu, secretly ran out with his good police cadets to drink and celebrate. He was dancing passionately with the beautiful proprietress played by Fang Ruoti, but was stopped by the small boss and his henchmen. The two sides fought each other and were taken to the police station together.
Although there are slight changes in the characters, the plot remains unchanged. So the props set can be set up very quickly. At Xu Musen's urging, the assistant director also called the police academy and asked them to send police cadets to cooperate with the filming.
Anyone familiar with film and television production knows that filming is not done according to the plot line, but rather according to the scenes.
The scene where the male protagonist gets drunk in the bar and is questioned by Zhou Yuanting is the same as the scene where Zhou Yuanting meets Fang Ruoti by chance. So the two scenes were originally shot next to each other. Now that Shen Yu and Yan Sheng have run away, Director Xu can only move this scene forward.
Fang Ruoti had already done her makeup when she came early in the morning, and she lay on a lounge chair waiting for about two hours before her scene started. At this moment, she was sitting on a lounge chair, letting the makeup artist touch up her makeup.
The actor who plays the small boss is called Du Ze, also a famous actor from Mingxiang City. Although he has never played a leading role in many years since his debut, he often plays minor supporting roles in various movies. He is the kind of actor that the audience is familiar with but cannot name. He is less than 1.7 meters tall, chubby, and has a shaved head, which makes him look particularly funny.
Because the crew's filming location and the police academy were in the same area, Jiang Jingwen and his team set out immediately after receiving the call, hailed a taxi, and arrived at the set in less than 20 minutes. As soon as he came, he was like a newly hatched duckling, and he went straight to Tao Mu.
They had never acted before and were afraid that their performance would be bad and would delay the filming of the movie. Tao Mu didn't care. He smiled and said, "Just like the last time we skipped class to go to the bar, just act as yourself."
As for the fighting scenes, it’s even easier. Police cadets have to take combat classes every day. Even if it's the first time you do posed photos, you'll get used to it after doing it three or five times.
Du Ze looked at Tao Mu, who was surrounded by a group of police cadets, with some curiosity. Noticing Du Ze's scrutiny, Tao Mu smiled gently and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's okay." Du Ze came over and said hesitantly, "I just wanted to say that you have such a gentle personality, and I'm afraid you won't be able to act that kind of violent character when you're filming later. Let me tell you, if we fight later, I'm going to raise the syrup bottle and smash it on your head. You use your arm to block it. It won't hurt."
The crew of "Black and White" started filming for more than half a month, and everyone has joined the crew. Only Tao Mu went back to school to attend classes for half a month after the launch conference, and joined the crew only after filming the final drama. Therefore, the scenes of Shen Yu, Yan Sheng and Tao Mu today are also Tao Mu's first scenes after joining the crew. No one had ever seen Tao Mu act before, so they were all unsure. But due to Tao Mu's identity, he really wanted to make friends with Tao Mu.
Du Ze is no exception. So he told Tao Mu the plot in advance, because he was worried that he would scare Tao Mu when filming later.
Although Du Ze has been rejected as the protagonist due to his image issues. But Du Ze thinks he has good acting skills. He didn't want to offend Tao Mu because of his good acting skills.
Even Fang Ruoti, who had just put on her makeup, turned around coquettishly, blew a kiss in Tao Mu's direction, blinked and teased, "Don't worry, Mr. Tao, I'll take care of you."
Although mainland entertainment media often report that Tao Mu's acting skills are good, even comparable to Yan Sheng. But they had never seen it with their own eyes, and they just thought that the media were talking nonsense to praise Tao Mu. After all, Tao Mu's identity is different from that of an ordinary actor.
They believed that Tao Mu should have some acting talent and was serious about it. The overall quality should be good. But they didn't quite believe that Tao Mu's acting was so good that it could shock the world and make ghosts weep. I always feel that the mainland newspapers must be exaggerating. After all, Tao Mu is only nineteen years old this year and has just finished his freshman year. Yan Sheng is such a talented person, but he was already 20 years old when he made his first movie. Don't underestimate the one-year difference. This means an extra year of hard study and practice. What's more, Yan Sheng's talent is not comparable to everyone.
There are so many new people in the entertainment industry every year, but only one Yan Sheng emerges in all these years. It's not that they underestimate Tao Mu. But I sincerely feel that even if Tao Mu has talent, he won't perform better than Yan Sheng back then.
Faced with the careful advice and comfort from several partners, Tao Mu just smiled and said nothing.
It seems that I am being looked down upon.
Tao Mu walked to his position calmly. Ready to go.
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