Because I get up early in the morning. After breakfast, it was not yet seven o'clock. Tao Mu wanted to return to the crew as soon as possible.
Liu Yaomengqi and Mr. Song have never seen Tao Mu filming. It's a rare opportunity for me to come to Hong Kong, and I really want to visit the crew. Tao Mu certainly would not refuse such a request. He even drove the nanny car that Li Xiaoheng had given him to the set. I was afraid that the two fathers and a grandfather would be tired during the visit.
The first scene to be filmed today is the rivalry between the gangster boss and the police. So early in the morning, Zhou Yanqing and Wang Jinsheng also rushed over to put on makeup. As top superstars in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, they are also evergreens in China's film and television industry. The two big names are very well-known even in mainland China. At least people of Liu Yao and Meng Qi's age can say without exaggeration that they grew up watching the movies of these two superstars - or to be more precise, they grew up watching the DVDs.
That was the most glorious period for Hong Kong's film and television dramas, and it also represented the youth of a generation.
Tao Mu had been hanging out at night since he was a child, and had also seen the rare edition DVDs in Liu Yao's bookcase. Of course I know how much their fathers love the Hong Kong superstar. So I took the initiative to ask Zhou Yanqing and Wang Jinsheng for a photo and autographs. Zhou Yanqing and Wang Jinsheng knew that these were Tao Mu's family members, so of course they would not refuse. When Liu Yao, Meng Qi and Mr. Song came to visit the crew, they kept in mind the code of conduct that they must not embarrass Tao Mu. The first and foremost rule is that you must never ask for autographs from the stars in the crew, so as not to disrupt the normal filming of the crew.
As a result, Tao Mu took the initiative to bring it up, and Zhou Yanqing and Wang Jinsheng also showed great enthusiasm. They certainly wouldn't refuse. But I didn't expect that when taking pictures, I would meet Shen Yan and Zhuo Yan who also came to visit Shen Yu.
Shen Yan hadn’t expected that she would actually see this group of people on the set. What I didn't expect was that a bunch of old men would follow fashion and chase stars. With all the new and old hatreds added up, he rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: "You really have never seen the world."
Zhou Yanqing, who was taking photos with them, frowned and was about to speak to smooth things over. Chen Yan pointed at Liu Yao and the other two and said, "Your crew is too lax in management. You let in all kinds of people. How can we film well?"
Xu Musen, who came over later, frowned. As a well-known commercial director in Hong Kong. Director Xu has a strong desire to control the situation on the set. Although Shen Group is the investor of the crew, Director Xu still will not make too many concessions on filming issues. When the Shen family father and son forced Shen Yu into the group regardless of his wishes, Xu Musen was very dissatisfied. Fortunately, apart from this incident, the Shen Group did not participate in the specific management of the crew. The two sides can barely maintain peace.
Now that Shen Yan has just joined the crew, she has started to provoke trouble. Although Chen Yan's purpose was to embarrass Liu Yao and the other two. But to Director Xu, it was clear that the investors were dissatisfied with him as a director.
"Ms. Shen, when you say this, are you speaking on behalf of yourself or the Shen Group?" Director Xu said with a straight face, very unhappy.
Before Shen Yan could speak, Zhuo Yan smiled and said, "Director Xu, please don't misunderstand. Shen Yan just said that in anger. She can't represent anyone. In fact, we can't represent Shen Group. We came here just to visit Shen Yu. He had his birthday yesterday."
As Zhuo Yan spoke, his eyes unconsciously fell on Tao Mu.
Tao Mu replied expressionlessly: "It's good that Miss Shen understands her own identity. Since you are here to visit Shen Yu, you are a guest. It is the way of being a guest to follow the host. Miss Shen, please don't steal the show."
"What do you care!" If there was one person Chen Yan hated the most, it would be Tao Mu. Although she herself didn't know why she hated Tao Mu so much: "Our Shen family is the investor of the "Black and White" crew. Since I am from the Shen family, I can be regarded as half the owner of the crew. But you, as an employee, are not polite at all when you see the boss. It turns out that people without parents have no family education."
"It's not surprising that I have no parents and no family education. But Miss Shen always talks about family education, it seems that you are very confident in your family education." Tao Mu looked at Shen Yan from head to toe, and said without hesitation: "Or rather, the family style of the Shen family is unique."
Of course, Shen Yan could hear Tao Mu's sarcasm towards her: "You——"
"Alright." Zhuo Yan frowned so hard that he could kill a fly. He held Shen Yan's arm and said impatiently, "Stop messing around. If you continue to mess around, you will bring shame to the Shen family."
I don’t know what kind of magic potion Zhuo Yan gave to Chen Yan after he returned. Shen Yan, who never listened to advice, actually stopped talking when she saw Zhuo Yan's expression. He just snorted awkwardly: "You only know how to come at me."
Zhuo Yan ignored Chen Yan, but looked at Tao Mu apologetically: "Mr. Tao, don't bother with her——"
Before he could finish his words, there was a clang and Zhuo Yan was covered in red paint from head to toe. It turned out that an employee of the props team was passing by with paint buckets and accidentally bumped into Zhuo Yan, causing the top paint bucket to tip over and all the paint inside to spill out.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Shen Yan, who was standing next to Zhuo Yan, was also in a bad state. The hem of her dress, which looked very expensive, was stained with large patches of paint, making her look particularly embarrassed.
Chen Yan was so angry that she jumped up and down: "It's such a big place, why don't you go anywhere else, but you have to go this way. You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
The props team also felt wronged: "We are here to set up the set. Of course we have to go this way. But you, with such a big place, why don't you stand anywhere else but in the middle, blocking the way."
"You still dare to quibble? It's obviously you—"
“That’s enough!” Zhuo Yan grabbed Chen Yan, who was screaming and about to lose her temper. He felt deeply that he had found such an uncultured girlfriend, and that he had really lost all his dignity: "Director Xu, please find a place for us to change clothes."
Xu Musen shook his head and said directly: "Since you are here to visit Shen Yu, go to Shen Yu's dressing room to change clothes. Take a shower by the way." As for Shen Yan, she was naturally arranged in Fang Ruoti's dressing room.
Shen Yan complained that the props and costumes of the crew were not high-end enough, and asked Shen Yu's assistant to run to the downtown business district to buy clothes for her.
Before leaving, he did not forget to glare at Tao Mu fiercely. Chen Yan felt that she and Tao Mu were just incompatible, so she was unlucky every time they met.
This Tao Mu is definitely her worst!
Tao Mu looked up at the sky with an innocent look on his face. Wait until Shen Yan and Zhuo Yan left in embarrassment. Then he looked at Li Xiaoheng secretly.
Li Xiaoheng raised his eyebrows. Use eye contact: Didn’t you say you don’t want to see someone?
Tao Mu couldn't help laughing.
Xu Musen looked at the two prop masters with a frown on his face: "What are you doing? Don't you think the set is messy enough?"
The two prop masters knew they were in the wrong and put the paint buckets on the car dejectedly. But I'm not that scared. Not to mention that Director Xu has always been very protective of his people, even the price Li Xiaoheng offered to bribe them was enough to cover their salaries in the crew.
Director Xu also knew that the reason why the two prop masters were so bold was that there must be someone behind the scenes. But he didn't want to care about it, he just looked at Tao Mu helplessly: "Some netizens took photos of you clashing in Victoria Harbour last night and posted them on Feixun."
Director Xu sighed, "I know you young people all have tempers. But don't make it too hard for me. At least work hard on the set. If there are any grudges, let's settle them privately."
On one side are the investors of the crew, and on the other side are capital tycoons worth tens of billions. He can't afford to offend anyone, and doesn't want to offend anyone. I just want to finish filming the show in peace.
"Don't blame me. I never cause trouble." Tao Mu spread his hands innocently: "But if someone deliberately jumps in front of me to find trouble, you can't let me swallow my anger, right?"
Director Xu had nothing to say. He could only call the stage manager over with an annoyed look on his face: "Why haven't Yan Sheng and Shen Yu come yet? Go over and check and rush the styling and makeup. Are we going to let everyone wait for them?"
At this moment, Director Xu was particularly glad that the first scene of the day was a group scene. And it is a group play with Shen Yu as well. By then he will have to do more NGs to tire these people out and make them no longer have the energy to cause trouble.
The script supervisor was innocently implicated and could only jog to Shen Yu's dressing room to call for help.
Director Xu pressed his solar plexus with a headache. Before he could sit back in front of the monitor, he saw the assistant director leading a young man towards him.
"The director said his name is Yao Wenxiao and he came to visit Shen Yu on set."
Compared with half a year ago, Yao Wenxiao now looked rather down and out. This shabbyness does not refer to Yao Wenxiao’s clothing and appearance, but his temperament. The young man, who was originally so arrogant and domineering, became much more depressed after suffering many setbacks. There was a hint of gloom between his brows. Seeing Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng standing next to Director Xu, obvious hatred and hostility flashed in their eyes.
It can be said that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng were the ones who caused the Yao family to be in such a state today. No wonder Yao Wenxiao looked like an enemy meeting with jealous eyes when he saw the two of them.
Director Xu just felt his head hurting even more. He also couldn't figure out whether Shen Yu and Tao Mu were born incompatible. Anyway, the relatives and friends of these two people are definitely enemies.
"Just take Mr. Yao to Shen Yu's dressing room."
The filming was about to begin, and Director Xu didn't want to create any complications. Just separate the two groups of people. The assistant director also knew the situation here and nodded immediately: "Mr. Yao, please follow me."
Yao Wenxiao looked at Tao Mu deeply, then turned and left.
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