"I really don't know what charm Shen Yu has!" After Mrs. Lin left Feixun.com, Lawyer Zhou said with emotion: "Even the old lady who I only met once before couldn't resist her."
Tao Mu looked hesitant and thoughtful. In his impression, although Mrs. Lin looked elegant, noble, amiable, she was not a good person at heart. This can be seen from the fact that the Lin family has no second or third branch, and the only person in power in the Lin Group is my old lady Lin’s biological son.
Zhou Shenxing suddenly said, "Hey, you said that Lin San became a eunuch because he wanted to drug Shen Yu. Although Shen Yu is also a victim in this matter. But Lin San has become like that, with his character and temper, can he let Shen Yu go?"
Tao Mu frowned slightly and said hesitantly: "It shouldn't be, right? I think Madam Lin has a good impression of Shen Yu."
"No matter how good he is, he is still an outsider. Lin Rong'an is her grandson. I heard he is her most beloved grandson. Now her grandson has become a eunuch. If she is really angry with Shen Yu because of this matter, can the old lady embarrass her grandson for an outsider?" Zhou Shenxing sneered. He felt that his boss's thoughts were sometimes naive. "In my opinion, this old lady Lin spent 5 million to buy out Shen Yu's agency contract and wanted to take Shen Yu to Xiangcheng. Who knows what kind of tricks she might have."
Still want to be popular in Southeast Asia? Shen Yu is a hopeless case, and Yan Sheng, a double-awarded actor, couldn't even motivate him. How can we still count on that shabby little agency of Xiangcheng Lin family?
"Anyway, if I were Shen Yu, I would definitely not accept this invitation. Signing with the enemy's agency and developing in the enemy's base camp, wouldn't that be like walking into a tiger's mouth?"
Zhou Shenxing always felt that there was something fishy going on here. Tao Mu also felt that something was wrong. But he was really fed up with Shen Yu and those plots, and it had nothing to do with him anyway. Tao Mu was too lazy to think about it.
With this energy, Tao Mu would rather put it on the recruitment propaganda drama that has not yet been prepared. After all, if it weren't for Mr. Luo's matchmaking, this kind of official-led, politically charged TV series would not have been able to take the lead, no matter how good Tao Mu's previous performance was, how well the TV series he produced was praised, or how high the ratings were. It would not have been his turn as a newcomer who had just debuted for less than two years and had never even played a leading role.
In order to show that Danmu.com took this matter seriously, Tao Mu personally called the two phone numbers that Mr. Luo had given him on the morning of the fourth day after returning from visiting the patient, and contacted people from the military and the Propaganda Department.
The reason why it took three days was because Tao Mu used these three days to carefully recall the TV series on special forces that had very good ratings and reputation in his previous life - including the screenwriter team and director production team of those TV series. Then they selected the three most classic dramas and submitted them to the military and the Propaganda Department for review.
In addition, Tao Mu also secretly smuggled some private goods. The social upsurge caused by "Fashion Storm" during its broadcast made Tao Mu taste the sweetness of making his own TV series. This sense of accomplishment not only refers to the huge increase in the ratings of the TV series, but it even broke the ratings record for the same period, creating a new round of craze for weekly dramas at 10 pm. There is also Tao Mu who makes his own dramas and promotes his own stars, and then watches the plot he has painstakingly thought out being eagerly discussed by netizens across the country, and feels proud like an old father that the newcomer he has promoted has become a new idol for the whole nation.
Tao Mu felt that this was probably the pleasure of being a behind-the-scenes producer. Stars enjoy the glory of being on stage, while producers behind the scenes enjoy the excitement of being in charge of the overall situation.
No matter in the last life or this life, Tao Mu is actually a person with a strong desire for control. It's just that Tao Mu has learned a lesson in this life, so his performance is not so obvious. However, the anxiety and sense of crisis that are deeply rooted in our bones cannot be eliminated in a short period of time. This can be seen from the fact that he controls more than 90% of the shares of Feixun.com and Danmu.com, which he founded, and even the managers must be his closest family members. As for Xiaoheng Capital, Tianwang Technology and Litao.com, which have relatively smaller shares, Tao Mu is only responsible for making business plans and hardly asks about the specific internal management situation.
In his previous life, Tao Mu committed suicide by jumping off a building because he was deserted by everyone and had lost all hope. At that time, people all over the world were accusing Tao Mu of being too greedy, too unsatisfied, too cunning, and too pressing. His relatives who share the same blood with him also reject and resist him because of this and are always wary of him. Not everyone can endure being treated like a jackal and guarded against by one's own parents and the brother one admires most. Even if Tao Mu was reborn, the shadow left over from his previous life was still there. To the point that Tao Mu subconsciously doubted whether he was really too greedy and vicious, which made people around him unbearable.
This led to Tao Mu taking his experiences in his previous life as a warning after his rebirth. Deep down, I make a clear distinction between my own things and other people's things. He holds on to his things, including his career, and his family very tightly, and will never allow others to have a share of them. As for other people's things, Tao Mu did not covet them. It is best if cooperation is mutually beneficial. Even if cooperation cannot continue, it is fine as long as the two sides part ways amicably.
Therefore, Tao Mu would subconsciously bring out this clear-cut attitude when socializing. He didn't want his partners and friends to think he was too greedy or even a threat to their careers. So we kept our distance during the collaboration. Relying on the experience and memory of his previous life, Tao Mu needs to maintain his say in the project. Because he wants to maximize profits. But apart from that, Tao Mu never questioned the internal management of his partners. Even after he became a senior partner of Xiaoheng Capital, every time Tao Mu issued a financial report or investment plan, he would send it directly to Li Xiaoheng via email. The two major partners are directly connected. Tao Mu never went beyond Li Xiaoheng to find other employees of Xiaoheng Capital to understand the internal operations of the company. Even if this is the power that Tao Mu should have as a partner.
So this is also the important reason why Li Xiaoheng always felt that Tao Mu was holding back on him when he was with Tao Mu. No matter whether Tao Mu was avoiding suspicion or really trusted Li Xiaoheng. From a certain perspective, this attitude of over-emphasizing separate management and independent operation is itself a form of rejection and exclusion.
Just like Tao Mu, to this day, he has not accepted the invitation from Li Xiaoheng and the Li family to visit the Li family. Fortunately, Li Xiaoheng was not in a hurry. Although he is an old man in his thirties, he has plenty of patience and can help Mr. Cheetah, who is extremely wary in their family, to slowly soften.
This has gone off topic. When Tao Mu went to meet the representative of the military propaganda department, he took out a total of four shooting outlines. The other three books are all classic TV series that Tao Mu summarized based on his memories of his previous life. Only the fourth part was the plot outline that Tao Mu came up with himself.
The representative of the military propaganda department was Mr. Luo’s old comrade-in-arms. As early as after Tao Mu went to visit the set, Mr. Luo took the initiative to contact his old comrade-in-arms and told him that he had told Tao Mu in detail about the filming of the conscription propaganda drama. It is estimated that Tao Mu will contact him soon to let his old comrade be prepared.
Mr. Luo also kindly reminded him, fearing that Tao Mu would rashly bump into him and get rejected.
As a result, the military representative waited for three or four days before he received Tao Mu's call. During this time, Mr. Luo's old comrades-in-arms had become impatient. I almost misunderstood that Tao Mu didn't take this matter to heart, so he was so lazy and procrastinating.
As a result, after this meeting, I realized that Tao Mu not only took this shoot seriously, but took it too seriously. In just three days, he came up with four script outlines.
The representative of the military propaganda department immediately turned from anger to joy and said with a smile: "General Tao came prepared."
Tao Mu relied on his young age and tender face, smiled shyly, and said obediently: "Leaders, please don't call me President Tao. Just call me Tao Mu."
The representative of the military suddenly smiled and said, "That's right. You are not even older than my son. My son has already graduated with a master's degree this year. He studied composite materials at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It's a pity that he is not as successful as you."
Tao Mu smiled and said modestly: "Leader, you are too kind. A tiger father cannot have a dog son. What's more, your son is a scientist. In terms of contribution to the country and society, it is much higher than us actors."
The military representative laughed. I feel that Tao Mu is worthy of being the talent strongly recommended by Lao Luo, and he is really good at speaking.
"The movie 'The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood' that you invested in is pretty good. It's really good." The representative of the military gave Tao Mu a thumbs up. It was probably because Tao Mu was too young and was introduced by his old comrade-in-arms. The most important thing is that Tao Mu has a very good reputation online. The two publicity campaigns launched by Feixun.com during the National Day period have indeed helped the military create a more positive and people-friendly image. With all these factors combined, the military representatives couldn't help but treat Tao Mu as their son or nephew.
"Many old generals and senior officers in our department felt that this TV series was very realistic and well-acted after watching it. Since the show was aired, there has been a trend of reminiscing about the good old days in the department. We old guys, when we have nothing to do, sit in the meeting room with a big teacup and reminisce about the good old days. We tell stories every day, and the young people are annoyed."
As the representative of the military spoke, he burst into laughter again. She blinked mysteriously at Tao Mu, and suddenly changed the subject: "I'll tell you an inside story. The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood has passed the internal selection and was directly shortlisted for the Lingxiao Award's Best Screenwriter, Best Director, and Best Actor. This year, the Lingxiao Award was reformed. In order to encourage young actors to focus more on their works and bring more and better works to the audience, a Best Newcomer Award was set up. You played a very good supporting role in the TV series The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood. It deeply analyzed the character's transformation from a decent role to a villain role, which was very layered and very sad. It is completely different from the one-sided and stereotyped villain image in many TV dramas nowadays. Your acting skills have also been recognized by the judges. So you are also shortlisted for this Best Newcomer Award."
Tao Mu was stunned. He looked at the military representative with some surprise. One is that I didn’t expect that the Lingxiao Award would suddenly launch a Best Newcomer Award this year. This is a change that has never happened in my previous life. Another one was that he didn't expect that he only played a small supporting role that appeared in less than three episodes. He was even nominated for the Best Newcomer Award for this supporting role.
The representative of the military laughed, patted Tao Mu on the shoulder, and said, "Whether your acting is good or not does not depend on how long you appear on the screen. We all have eyes and can see whether you have acted with all your heart. Young man, keep working hard. We are all optimistic about you."
Tao Mu smiled shyly and continued to act cute: "I will try my best."
Having said that, the military representative picked up the four plot outlines that Tao Mu had carefully prepared and started reading them.
I don’t know if it was fate, but the first plot outline that the military representative read was the one written by Tao Mu himself.
The military representative flipped through the plot outline and looked at Tao Mu strangely: "This male protagonist should be based on you, right?"
A handsome and talented young man, he was a popular figure during his school years. He has been learning Sanda fighting since he was a child and is also proficient in code programming. He is a well-known hacker in China. I like playing Counter-Strike. After graduating from high school, I was admitted to the communications engineering major at the best university in the country. During the military training, this favored child was punished by the instructor for being naughty and experienced the feeling of complete defeat for the first time. So he angrily dropped out of school and joined the army, vowing to save his reputation...
Tao Mu blushed and said shyly: "It's not based on me."
The military representative was about to tease Tao Mu and told him not to be modest, but Tao Mu continued, "...My writing skills are not good enough. At present, my charm is only one tenth of mine!"
The military representative was caught off guard by Tao Mu's trick. He was slightly stunned, and then burst into laughter.
"If that's the case, then it's settled." After laughing, the military representative patted the plot outline and said, "Let's just shoot this."
Tao Mu was stunned when he heard this. He took out four scripts, but this was the one whose reputation and ratings he could least guarantee.
"Why don't you look at other scripts?" Tao Mu advised cautiously: "To be honest, I wrote this plot outline myself. The other three plot outlines were extracted by me based on the most popular military works on the Internet. If you are optimistic about the other three, I will contact the original author immediately-"
"No need. This is good enough." The military representative waved his hand, and was more frank than Tao Mu: "We originally wanted to use you as the male lead. Since you also wrote such a script based on yourself, isn't that perfect?"
Moreover, the military representative subjectively believed that Tao Mu had previously supervised the production of "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood", a classic anti-Japanese war drama, and also produced "Fashion Storm", a phenomenal urban idol drama. His production talent has been fully proven.
Therefore, compared with those military forces on the market, the military representatives believed in Tao Mu's script more. I think Tao Mu is fully capable of personally producing another special forces military drama as classic as "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" and "Fashion Storm".
"But you have to polish this script. How can the leading actor be only one-tenth as charming as you? He has to be at least ten times as charming." The military representative teased with a smile.
Tao Mu didn't expect that this military representative was more confident than himself. However, Tao Mu was able to come up with this plot outline, and subconsciously he wanted to use himself as the prototype and tailor a special forces drama.
After all, young people, especially boys, all want to be heroes.
In Tao Mu's eyes, soldiers are the greatest heroes of this era.
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