"You're going to play the overbearing president?"
When he got home in the evening, Tao Mu told Li Xiaoheng about the incident that happened when he visited the set today. Li Xiaoheng couldn't help but ask, "How do you act like a domineering CEO? Is there a wall-dong?"
"Like 'Woman, you've got my attention' kind of thing?"
"You seem to know a lot about it!" Tao Mu looked helplessly at Mr. Li who had started to act for no reason: "How about you also make a cameo appearance?"
"I saw my mom and my sister watching TV series when I got home. I overheard a sentence or two." Li Xiaoheng paused and explained with a smile, "So I was quite impressed."
"Have you gone home today?" Hearing this, Tao Mu said uncomfortably: "I shouldn't have asked you to come for dinner. Why didn't you tell me?" Because Tao Mu's new house was being renovated, Tao Mu still lived in the small snail house that Grandpa Song prepared for him. The main reason is that this place is close to Beijing Film Academy.
However, the apartment was too small and there was no place for Li Xiaoheng to live. So after dinner every night, Li Xiaoheng would go back to another house in the same community to rest. Tao Mu was used to Li Xiaoheng's schedule, and he didn't expect that Li Xiaoheng would go home. If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have made that phone call, and Li Xiaoheng would have saved the trouble of traveling back and forth between the two parts of the city.
"My mother heard us talking on the phone and kicked her eldest son out of the house." Li Xiaoheng smiled gently, "Besides, we still have work to discuss. Aren't we supposed to discuss how to organize a charity gala?"
Speaking of business, Tao Mu was too lazy to pay attention to his rare shyness. He said straight to the point: "I think this proposal is very good. Not only can it raise more donations for the Anti-Japanese War Veterans Charity Fund, it can also maximize the corporate image. It also caters to the National Day..."
When two bosses who are essentially workaholics start talking about work, time passes very quickly. When Tao Mu came to his senses, it was already past four o'clock the next morning.
Tao Mu patted his forehead, stood up and said, "Are you going to sleep or have breakfast?"
Li Xiaoheng took a cold shower and said with a smile, "Let's eat. Aren't you going back to school today?"
Beijing Film Academy requires students to report back to school on August 30th, and sophomores are also responsible for welcoming new students. Although Tao Mu is not a student union cadre, as a celebrity in the 2008 Performance Department, he must be on time.
For breakfast, Tao Mu made wontons by himself, the kind that you have to scoop up with chopsticks for fear that there is too much stuffing. The soup contains seaweed, coriander and pickled mustard tubers, as well as a handful of dried shrimps to enhance the flavor.
The two bosses ate two large bowls of food, their noses were sweating from the heat. After they finished eating, they felt cool from the inside out when they blew some air.
Mr. Tao, who was burdened with a ton of idol baggage, tidied up his personal image before carrying two large suitcases - the suitcases contained the gifts that Tao Mu bought for everyone when he was filming in Xiangcheng.
Prime Minister Tao, who temporarily acted as Santa Claus, received a warm welcome from the whole class as he deserved. When Tao Mu distributed the gifts to everyone, Du Kang, on behalf of everyone, asked Tao Mu hesitantly: "...Are you really going to guest-star as a domineering CEO in an idol drama?"
Tao Mu was stunned: "How did you know?" He got the script less than twenty-four hours ago, okay?
"The official news of Fashion Storm has been announced, right?" someone in the crowd answered. Relying on the fact that no one noticed him while blending in among the people, the voice continued to ask: "Tao Mu, President Tao, Mu Mu, do you think your crew still needs a guest star? A special guest is also fine! A graduate from □□ University, a professional actor, with good acting skills and the ability to act cool and cute?"
"Really? You guys actually want to act in an idol drama?" Tao Mu didn't expect everyone to know so quickly. I felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
However, the strong request of these classmates to guest star really broke Tao Mu's fixed mindset. He always thought that the students of Beijing Film Academy were all very artistic actors who were determined to become artists.
"I did that to promote the company. I had no choice. I just made a few cameo appearances. But I'm still worried that if our teacher knew about it, he would disagree!" That's why the crew arranged the schedule on weekends and evenings.
"You are too modest!" Chu Suian said with a smile, "Everyone knows that the ratings of the first episode of "Fashion Storm" broke 3.5%, directly creating a record for the ratings of the 10 pm weekly drama. Moreover, this drama has a tight rhythm and a detailed plot. Although it is under the banner of an idol drama, it is not the kind of shoddy idol drama. I think with your fussy personality, you would not allow a shoddy idol drama to be online, right?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Wen Bao stood on tiptoe and hooked Tao Mu's neck directly: "We are brothers. Just tell me directly, you eat meat, will you give soup to us brothers?"
Immediately, a female classmate raised her paw in the crowd and reminded them, “We are sisters here too!”
I see that everyone really wants to join the group as a guest star, rather than just making jokes. Tao Mu also thought about it seriously for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "If you want to join the crew as a guest star, I will definitely have no problem with that. The key is whether the teacher can agree. Don't think that I have led you astray."
Instead of pursuing the acting career and being good people's artists, they all want to act in idol dramas and the like.
Tao Mu could almost imagine how furious their teacher must have been when he found out about this.
The students were also a little worried about the school’s reaction. But the so-called young people, especially young actors, have all fantasized about starring in a popular idol drama when they are in their twenties, and then becoming an overnight sensation and becoming an idol in the eyes of all young people.
Unfortunately, once I entered the Beijing Film Academy, it was like being in a deep ocean, and from then on my idol became a passerby. Given Beijing Film Academy's teaching philosophy over the years, if they submit an application to the school themselves, even if they write a very elaborate application, the school will not let them go out to film idol dramas. But Tao Mu is different!
Tao Mu is not only an actor, but also an investor. If he invites his classmates to make a cameo appearance in a script he has invested in due to a shortage of manpower, there would definitely be no problem. After all, Tao Mu had invested in "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" before, and brought them all in. With this precedent, the students all felt that the teachers would definitely not reject Tao Mu's request. Moreover, the drama "Fashion Storm" has only aired two episodes, but its reputation has already come out. I guess the school will take this into consideration and will not refuse.
A group of students handed Tao Mu the filming application they had written in advance and said eagerly, "It's up to you."
Tao Mu: "..." What do you mean, just rely on me? !
Taking the thick stack of applications, Tao Mu wiped his face weakly. I had no choice but to go to the acting department teacher's office.
After not seeing each other for a summer vacation, Tao Mu is still the man who caused a bloody storm in the entertainment industry. The teachers of the acting department looked at Tao Mu's handsome face that often appeared in the entertainment headlines, and smiled and teased: "You came to see the teacher just after returning to school. Mr. Tao must not come to the temple for no reason, right?"
"Teacher, please stop teasing me." Tao Mu smiled shyly and presented the prepared gifts one by one.
The male teachers’ watches and the female teachers’ bracelets and necklaces are all classic models from international brands. For ordinary students, gifts of this level are definitely luxury items. But for a CEO worth nearly 10 billion, the gift is small but the sentiment is great.
Several teachers did not refuse and took Tao Mu's gift with a smile. He asked, "Tell me, what are you doing here?"
Tao Mu didn't waste any words and directly told his classmates about their idea of guest starring in the "Fashion Storm" crew. Of course, there are some skills in speaking. I just briefly mentioned the subjective needs of the students and mainly mentioned that I had just started investing in idol dramas and had no experience. It will take some time to find a young actor with the right age, image, and most importantly, good acting skills. So I had to ask my classmates in the school for help.
Director Huang from the Performance Department looked at Tao Mu with a half-smile. Of course, he also paid attention to the idol dramas funded by his students. As for the quality of the drama, the fact that it is broadcast weekly at 10 o'clock in the evening and can break the 3.5% viewership record is enough to prove everything.
Since the quality of the script is good, the production team is also good, and the TV series is invested and produced by their own students, then there is nothing much for the teachers to say if their own children want to satisfy their acting addiction.
People always say that Beijing Film Academy cannot produce idols. Perhaps this is an opportunity for Beijing Film Academy to prove itself.
"Students in the Department of Acting, whether they learn well or not, will eventually have to see their real skills in front of the camera. So without delaying their studies, we also hope that students can have more opportunities to appear on camera." Director Huang said tactfully: "Freshmen and sophomores have to attend classes, but starting from the junior year, your seniors can take on acting roles. You can go and take a look. If there is a suitable role but no actor has been found yet, you can also let them try it."
Tao Mu suddenly realized and saluted with a smile: "Yes, sir."
The news that Tao Mu himself was going to guest-star as a domineering CEO in "Fashion Storm" and that he had also brought a group of students from Beijing Film Academy to the crew for a guest role spread quickly.
Yan Ying from next door was the first to react. On the one hand, they laughed at Beijing Film Academy, an old-fashioned filmmaker who couldn't help but go into the adult industry, and on the other hand, they were envious and jealous of the opportunities afforded to Beijing Film Academy's students. After all, ever since its launch, "Fashion Storm" has been praised by the fashion, advertising and film and television circles for its excellent production and high-level sponsors. The 3.5% viewership rating for the first episode better reflects the nature of this weekly drama becoming an overnight sensation.
On August 31st, when the third and fourth episodes were broadcast during the students' return to school, the highest ratings exceeded 3.7%, once again proving that the audience of this drama is not limited to students, but is a big hit among all age groups. The market research data subsequently released by the TV station also directly confirmed that the audience of this idol drama actually includes all students and white-collar workers between the ages of 18 and 35.
Moreover, as the plot unfolds, the sales of various international brands appearing in the TV series also begin to increase. This idol drama that promotes sales has once again attracted the attention of the fashion and advertising industries. It is said that some advertising companies have studied this idol drama as a classic case.
And according to rumors, in order to promote the charity gala, Mr. Tao of Feixun.com actually wanted to invite some business people and company owners to guest star in the crew - that is, to put the real charity gala guests' entrance segment directly into the TV series as guest stars. Although this rumor has not been confirmed. However, a gossip reporter took photos of the "Fashion Storm" production team scouting out the charity banquet that would be held by Feixun.com.
It is conceivable that if you can play a guest role in this idol drama, you will not only have the opportunity to become famous overnight, but you may even be able to make friends with more big bosses.
After the rumor spread, many artists took the initiative to contact the crew of "Fashion Storm" and tactfully expressed that they could make a guest appearance. There are even entertainment media that have revealed photos of many big names on the crew, teaching Beijing Film Academy students how to film. This made the students of Yanying, who had always been at odds with Jingying, very envious.
While expressing envy, some people thought of Shen Yu, a freshman in their school. It seemed that he was personally sent here by the second son of the Luo Group when school started.
As we all know, Luo Group has a film and television company called Longteng Entertainment. And isn’t Longteng Entertainment another investor of “Fashion Storm”?
With this in mind, a student from Yanying immediately approached Shen Yu and asked him to ask Luo Shao if he could allow a student from Yanying to make a guest appearance as well.
"It's an unspoken rule in the entertainment industry for investors to stuff people into the crew. Since Tao Mu can stuff Beijing Film Academy's students into the crew, then Young Master Luo should also be able to have a say in the crew, right? You have such a good relationship with Young Master Luo, if you ask, Young Master Luo will definitely not refuse, right?"
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