The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Tao Mu turned his head and looked at Li Xiaoheng. Li Xiaoheng was looking at me quietly with an expression that said, "I'm not jealous, I'm just asking casually." The crystal chandelier above his head emitted a warm yellow light, reflecting a streak of light on Li Xiaoheng's gold-rimmed glasses. Even so, why could Tao Mu still see that Li Xiaoheng's eyes behind the lenses were emitting a "faint" light?
Why use the word "youyou"?
Tao Mu blinked his eyes and decisively concluded that it was because Li Xiaoheng's eyes were too penetrating! It was already possible to penetrate the lens and reach directly into the deep of his cerebral cortex.
Tao Mu swallowed his saliva, his mind working quickly, and answered carefully: "I think, regarding the question of a red carpet companion... I can actually walk the red carpet with the director and other members of the production team."
In a flash, Tao Mu felt that his answer was perfect. He was almost crying because of his own cleverness.
However, Mr. Li was not satisfied!
But Mr. Li didn’t say it!
President Li just continued to look at Tao Mu with a gloomy expression, and suggested with a smile: "Every season, our Li family will customize suits and evening gowns from an exclusive fashion designer. If you haven't decided what to wear on the red carpet, why don't I recommend the Li family's fashion designer to you?"
Tao Mu actually didn't want to be so troublesome. In fact, ever since the news that he was nominated for the Lingxiao Award for Best Newcomer spread, many international high-end menswear brands came to him on their own initiative, wanting to sponsor Tao Mu's red carpet dress. It has to be said that the popularity of "Fashion Storm" which broke the ratings record one after another also made the domestic fashion industry recognize Tao Mu's fashion talent. Therefore, the major brands are competing for Tao Mu's red carpet dress this time, and they also want to use Tao Mu to expand the publicity of their own brands.
So Tao Mu's original plan was to choose a set of clothes that suited him from the catwalk styles of these brands, and just wear it to walk the red carpet.
But Mr. Li from their family doesn't seem to think so.
Looking at Li Xiaoheng's overly calm expression, Tao Mu's strong desire to survive prompted him to swallow his refusal. After a moment's silence, Tao Mu tried to ask: "There is less than a month left before the Lingxiao Award ceremony. Is it too tight to order a dress in such a short time?"
"Not at all." Li Xiaoheng immediately took over and corrected Tao Mu's statement: "There is still nearly a month. The dresses that male stars wear on the red carpet are different from those of female stars. Even if they are carefully customized, they will not be as colorful as the evening dresses of female stars. So we have plenty of time to communicate with the designer. Don't worry, although this designer is not an internationally renowned fashion master, his craftsmanship is actually not worse than those international masters. Moreover, this designer is an old Shanghainese. During the tailoring process, he will focus on the body shape and bone characteristics of Oriental people. The suits he makes will be relatively more slim and casual, and Oriental people will look more energetic when wearing them."
Tao Mu looked at Li Xiaoheng trying his best to sell Amway, and couldn't help but smile: "If that's the case, then it's troublesome."
"It's not a problem at all." Li Xiaoheng hesitated for a moment and continued to test the waters: "Custom-made suits require measurements. Should I ask the designer to wait for us at the Li family, or should I ask him to come to you directly?"
Before Tao Mu could speak, Li Xiaoheng casually said, "New Year's Day is two months away. My parents also want to order two sets of dresses to attend various charity galas and company annual meetings. If you don't mind, you can come directly to our house. Let's measure the sizes together."
Tao Mu swallowed back the refusal that was already on the tip of his tongue. He looked at Li Xiaoheng somewhat helplessly, the man's angular face full of smiles. However, in Tao Mu's eyes, he seemed to be pretending to be calm.
Tao Mu hesitated for a moment and sighed softly: "If uncle and aunt don't mind, then I'll bother you."
"Of course I don't mind!" Li Xiaoheng was so excited that his voice unconsciously rose by two decibels. The face that was pretending to be calm became very excited: "To be honest, my family has been waiting for this day for a long time."
Without waiting for Tao Mu's response, Li Xiaoheng couldn't wait to ask, "When are you free? I'll ask the designer to come over?"
Tao Mu thought about it and said, "Then let's do it this weekend."
Tao Mu has to go to school on weekdays. He has just taken on a recruitment propaganda drama co-produced with the military. Because I took the initiative to ask for leave from the school. Make sure he can stay in the army and experience life with peace of mind. This approach actually goes against Tao Mu's original intention of going to school and studying. However, plans cannot keep up with changes, and Tao Mu did not expect that he would be lucky enough to cooperate with the military to shoot a main theme recruitment propaganda drama. Moreover, he can also play the leading role in this main theme military drama.
If this drama is performed well, Tao Mu will not only be able to stand out from a group of actors of the same age. It can also help you make friends with the military and even catch the attention of some big directors. The most important thing is that Tao Mu's newly established film and television company can also gain a firm foothold in the industry because of this drama and catch up with the first-line production team.
Opportunities like this are hard to come by. Tao Mu, who has always been able to distinguish priorities, certainly would not let his original ideas hinder his current opportunities. In fact, the reason why Tao Mu made up his mind to stay in school was to compete for the big movie produced by Beijing Film Academy and the military a year later. In order to increase the bargaining chips, Tao Mu even tried to get someone's cold butt with his warm face. Even though he knew Cheng Baodong didn't like him, he still tried to get close to him just to make himself familiar to him.
However, now, with Tao Mu's rising value, and the two TV series produced by Tao Mu breaking the ratings record of the same period and the same theme, it has aroused a phenomenal level of heated discussion. Tao Mu's voice in the entertainment industry is becoming more and more important. Today, Tao Mu is no longer satisfied with the conventional route of studying hard and waiting for opportunities.
Tao Mu even ambitiously thought that if the recruitment propaganda drama he cooperated with the military this time could be a great success, then a year later, he might be able to compete for the producer of that big movie with this qualification. Tao Mu believed that with the success of "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" and the military recruitment propaganda drama, coupled with the powerful propaganda tool of Feixun.com and the strong capital worth tens of billions, he might not be unable to compete with Cheng Baodong.
Of course, there is no point in imagining too much now. The most urgent task is to make this military recruitment propaganda drama well done, otherwise there will be no need to say anything else.
When it comes to his career planning, Tao Mu has always been serious and rigorous, with detailed plans, and he is determined to move forward. When he asked for leave, he was even prepared to take the initiative to ask to repeat a year if the school did not agree or was very reluctant. Anyway, Tao Mu was studying at Beijing Film Academy, not only to make connections in the industry, but also to hone his acting skills. I'm not in a hurry to graduate and find a job.
Therefore, Tao Mu was not in a hurry to graduate. It made no difference to him whether he studied for four years or five years. All he needs is the whole process of systematic learning. You need to make up for your shortcomings in all aspects and improve your acting skills steadily until they reach perfection.
Tao Mu's idea is very comprehensive. It takes into account both one's own actual needs and the rigor and dignity of school rules. He didn't want to leave a bad impression on the school that he was "getting cocky after becoming a little famous." I don't want other students to think, "Since Tao Mu can take leave to film, why can't I?" I don’t want to embarrass the school. So I took the initiative to suggest suspending school and repeating the grade. It will also allow freshmen and sophomores to think carefully when asking for leave to film. Do I really have to take the risk of suspending my studies and asking for leave to film? But is the work that they would rather take leave to shoot really worth their efforts?
"Beijing Film Academy does have a rule that freshmen and sophomores are not allowed to take leave to film. However, in the past two years, because the neighboring school has a very loose management of students, many talented child actors have applied for Beijing Film Academy under the lobbying of their agencies. Many students who have just enrolled in Beijing Film Academy will also become famous for filming some idol dramas. This has led to a general impetuous and anxious mentality among students in our school. After all, the career of an actor, especially a female actress, is very short. Many girls are worried that they will not start taking roles until they are 20 years old. Compared with those artists who started running crews at the age of 17 or 18 and have already played the leading role at the age of 20, they have no competitive advantage. Besides, the profession of actor still pays great attention to practical experience. No matter how good your grades are in school or how good your performance is on stage, it will not work if you lack camera experience."
So due to this anxiety, students of Beijing Film Academy began to try to take leave to take on other plays in their sophomore year. The school authorities saw this but turned a blind eye. After all, Beijing Film Academy has worked so hard to train good students, and they don’t want these students to become mediocre in the entertainment industry due to lack of experience or opportunities, or even have to retire regretfully under the pressure of life.
However, Beijing Film Academy's teaching philosophy is to focus more on students' acting skills. And students go out to film movies just after one or two years of school, without having learned the basic knowledge yet. One can imagine their acting skills. Therefore, in the past two years, the industry has often heard embarrassing remarks such as "Beijing Film Academy students' performance in front of the camera is not even as good as Yanying Film Academy students."
Acting is actually a skill. Like all skills, except for a small group of geniuses, commonly known as "God-given" geniuses, the rest of the people need time and accumulation. Without practice makes perfect, there is no way to make a difference in teaching quality.
In the past, people in the industry often said that "Beijing Film Academy produces actors, and Yan Film Academy produces stars." Although there have been such statements in the past two years, relatively speaking, the gap in acting skills between students from the two art schools has been visibly narrowing.
Fortunately, this embarrassing situation improved after Tao Mu entered school. Tao Mu used his own money to raise funds for the filming of "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" and "Fashion Storm". During the filming period, he constantly asked students from Beijing Film Academy to play supporting roles. On the one hand, it allows the students of Beijing Film Academy to become familiar with the camera movements and shooting atmosphere and become familiar to the audience. On the other hand, it also once again demonstrates the great potential and strength of the students of Beijing Film Academy. After all, in the eyes of Tao Mu, a veteran, he knows all the actors and stars who will be remarkable in the entertainment industry in the next ten years. So when selecting actors, Tao Mu also subconsciously chose familiar faces. And these people can stand out from countless actors and artists. Both his acting skills and audience appeal are remarkable.
The most important thing is that with Tao Mu as the backing, the students of Beijing Film Academy seem to have found someone to rely on. I am not so impetuous in my studies. Instead, I can focus on learning performance skills. Because they all know that as long as their acting skills are good enough, they will definitely have the opportunity to act. Even if outsiders don't give him a chance, Tao Mu will still give it.
The Beijing Film Academy saw these changes and privately approved of Tao Mu's approach. This time, Tao Mu asked for leave to film a play. Although it violated the school rules of Beijing Film Academy, the school also knew that Tao Mu was going to cooperate with the military to shoot a conscription propaganda drama.
With such an important political task coming down upon them, not only Tao Mu, but even the Beijing Film Academy felt that they had to be cautious. They don't want Tao Mu to be criticized for not filming the show well because he had to balance studying with studying after the TV series is broadcast. And the Beijing Film Academy has another consideration——
"You are cooperating with the military to shoot a military drama this time. How do you plan to select the actors?"
Tao Mu said directly: "I'd better prepare for the audition. Because we are cooperating with the military, I also plan to select a group of actors from the art troupe. But no matter who is chosen to play what role, all the actors must go to the army together for three months of experience after the audition. Including the screenwriter team, they must also go to the army for a field investigation."
Tao Mu's personality has always been either not to do something or to do it to the best of his ability. Anyway, he is not short of money, and the actors he wants to choose are not big names, so there is no need to consider the issue of schedule coordination. Everyone was thrown into the army and trained collectively. Those who can handle it have roles, and those who can’t just get out.
Moreover, Tao Mu has already bought the copyrights of several other military novels. Therefore, in the next few years, film and television companies will definitely continue to shoot dramas. Therefore, the hard work of these actors is not in vain. If they do not consider transformation, these military dramas alone will be enough for them to shoot for two to three years.
The reason why Tao Mu did this was mainly because of his consideration for other Beijing Film Academy classmates who signed with his company. The people have been signed, Tao Mu can't let everyone stay in the company stupidly without filming. So after buying the copyrights of those military novels, Tao Mu did not let the purchasing department sit idle. He continued to contact those websites and bought the copyrights of all the online novels with names in Tao Mu's memory one after another.
However, these are still being carried out secretly and are company confidential, so Tao Mu did not explain them in detail to the teachers.
Even so, the parts that can be said are enough for several teachers to ponder carefully.
So after approving Tao Mu's vacation, several teachers in class all expressed their attitude of allowing sophomores and above to suspend classes to film. However, considering the professional courses, students who want to take leave must complete the required credits and pass the assessment after the leave. If you fail the assessment, you will not be issued a diploma.
Compared with the relaxed management of students at Yanying next door, the regulations of Beijing Film Academy are actually still very strict. But even so, it still caused unanimous cheers and celebrations from the Beijing Film Academy students. After cheering, these students' first reaction was to run to the acting department teacher's office to ask for leave. As for the reasons for asking for leave, they all wanted to interview the TV series that Tao Mu co-produced with the military, and then go to the army with Tao Mu to experience life.
It has to be said that Tao Mu's successive investment in classic works such as "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" and "Fashion Storm" has won both good reputation and high ratings. Not only did the students of Beijing Film Academy taste the sweetness, but they also raised their standards by coincidence. Everyone wants to continue to participate in such classic works. And they all subconsciously felt that if they asked for leave to film the TV series invested by Tao Mu, it would probably be easier for the teacher to approve the leave. Some other students signed their agency contracts with Tao Mu's film and television company. If your own film and television company wants to invest in a TV series and you don’t rush to get an audition opportunity, do you have to go out and find a job on your own? They are not stupid!
Leave requests flew into the office of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy like snowflakes. Not only the sophomores, but also the juniors and seniors, as well as many graduated Beijing Film Academy students, rushed back upon hearing the news to prepare for the audition interviews for the TV series. Even Yanying next door and Shanghai Theatre Academy thousands of miles away heard the news and were eager to find out the specific time of the interview. Even secretly inquired about Tao Mu's preferences and character settings——
There are too many people and too little porridge, so we must be adequately prepared.
Tao Mu doesn't know the outside world's reaction yet. Time moved forward to Saturday afternoon, Tao Mu was invited to the Li family to measure the size.
This was also Tao Mu's first visit to the Li family. So before visiting, Tao Mu bought a lot of gifts for Li's father, mother, and Li's younger siblings. Tao Mu thought he was very polite, but when he arrived at the Li family, he realized that the gifts he bought were just a drop in the bucket for the people inside!
Looking at the bustling scene in the Li family mansion - it was crowded enough for a family party. Tao Mu looked at someone beside him expressionlessly: "Didn't you say... that your family would take your measurements and customize the dress?"
"..." Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu inexplicably aggrieved. He didn't expect so many people to come to his house. Obviously when he set out to pick up Tao Mu, there were only his parents and younger siblings at home!
It’s really not my fault this time!
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