While the Shen family was in chaos, Tao Mu and several main actors of "Soldier King" were conducting the final assault training before filming at a special forces training base.
At the time of the audition, 52 people were specially selected for "Soldier King". However, some of them could not hold on during the training in ordinary troops, and after they dropped out one after another, only 17 people were left. Tao Mu asked these seventeen people to sign a contract with the crew. These actors originally thought that the test was over and that the next step would be to receive acting training and start the actual filming. But I didn't expect Tao Mu to let a group of people stay in the ordinary army for three months - going through the complete recruit period. Then they took the group of people to the special forces training base and continued to torture them.
When we first brought them here, two girls couldn't handle the pressure of training and almost quit. When I was packing my luggage, I saw the penalty for breach of contract in the contract, so I stayed with tears in my eyes. But I no longer regard Tao Mu as my idol, and secretly call him "devil" with gnashing teeth.
Not to mention girls, the daily training of special forces is intense and stressful. Even if the instructors take the actors' physical fitness into consideration and continue to relax their training, the intensity of training after the reduction is not something that ordinary people can bear. If Tao Mu hadn't been training with the group during the special forces training and had performed well, the other actors would have protested long ago.
"Fuck, do you think our brother Mu has practiced this before? Look at his posture, it's completely different from ours, even the instructor praised him highly."
During the individual soldier demonstration, the other actors, wearing combat uniforms, stood in a row, staring at Tao Mu, who was demonstrating the "Scout Soldier 100-meter Sports Combat Rapid Fire" at the instructor's instruction in the middle of the shooting range. They were all stunned.
But in the dusty shooting range, there was a nimble figure in camouflage combat uniform holding a gun. He squatted, lay down, walked, or crawled according to the moving target that kept changing its position in front of him. He fired several shots in one minute and kept changing magazines as he moved in battle. Sometimes he attacks from both sides, and sometimes he takes turns to provide cover. The series of actions are smooth and completed in one go. Regardless of the final result, this set of movements alone is so standard that it can be used as a textbook demonstration.
The spring sunshine was warm and bright, and it was a little dazzling. In a trance, it seemed to outline a halo around the figure of the young soldier. Tao Mu's handsome face was mostly covered by oil paint. The way he ran with a gun and performed tactical movements was simply hormonal. Not to mention the little girls standing by with their faces in their hands and screaming, even the soldiers in the same training ground couldn't help but look at him again and again.
"Forty-seven seconds, twenty-four moving targets."
The target reporter standing by pressed the timer and announced the results loudly. According to the requirements of the troops, the training process of "Scout 100-meter Rapid Fire" is to give 30 moving targets within 100 meters, and the training requirement for soldiers is to shoot down 25 moving targets within 40 seconds to pass.
According to this requirement, Tao Mu's training results are certainly unqualified. But considering that this training program had just started in the morning, and Tao Mu's profession was a student and actor rather than a special forces soldier, this result was already quite good.
Even the special forces instructor couldn't help but pat Tao Mu on the shoulder and praised him, "He's a good seedling."
He then smiled and said: "If one day you don't want to be a boss or an actor anymore, you can try to be a soldier."
"Oh my god, Tao Mu, you are so awesome!" The three roommates who had a close personal relationship with Tao Mu came over excitedly, hooked Tao Mu's shoulders and pinched Tao Mu's neck to ask: "Tell me! Did you secretly practice behind our backs? Otherwise, why do you always perform better than us when we all come here to practice together?"
"I knew you were not a decent person. You have such a heavy image as an idol and don't want to lose face in front of us, so you must have given him some small favors in private!" Du Kang snorted.
"It's not just temporary extra training!" The special forces instructor in charge of training the actors was also very curious about where Tao Mu learned the tactical moves, and couldn't help but comment: "I think Tao Mu must have practiced for at least one or two years."
you do not say! In order to make a good movie in his previous life, Tao Mu trained in the army for a year and a half just to play that role well. Hard work pays off. Sure enough, after the movie was released, Tao Mu was successfully shortlisted for the Golden Crow Award and won the Best Actor award for his role. Although not long after that, Tao Mu was ostracized and driven out of the entertainment industry. But at least it proves that Tao Mu has acting ability. Even though his later situation was so embarrassing, he did not leave his favorite industry in disgrace.
In this life, Tao Mu's kung fu foundation is still there, and after so many days of training in the army, his physical memory has returned. Of course, it is easier for me to get started with these tactical moves than other actors. After all, he also comes from the martial arts world.
But I can’t explain these words to you. Faced with the curiosity and accusations of his friends, Tao Mu could only smile shyly and carry his idol burden to the end.
Seeing that Tao Mu really didn't want to say more, the others wouldn't force him to ask. She was very considerate and changed the topic to something else: "Mr. Tao, when will our TV series start filming?"
The training intensity of actors is different from that of special forces. Because they were worried that everyone's physical fitness wouldn't be able to take it, the training base only gave the crew members one-third of the training time and intensity of the soldiers, for fear of tiring everyone out. So after Tao Mu finished the "One Hundred Meter Scout Sports Combat Rapid Fire" demonstration, the instructor let everyone rest. A large group of people no longer cared about the image of the stars and sat on the ground in a very neat and tidy manner. Some little girls couldn't help but ask.
"I have discussed this with the crew's martial arts instructor before. According to our current training progress and training results, it is estimated that in half a month, everyone's movements will be almost practiced. Then we will familiarize ourselves with two actual combat exercises with the soldiers, and let the instructors take us out two 'tasks' to feel the atmosphere." Tao Mu said this, calculated in his mind, and concluded: "So the start time is set for early May. It's not too cold or too hot, the climate is just right."
In fact, the original start time was set for March, but Tao Mu was delayed for a few days because of the Golden Crow Awards and the release of "Black and White" in mainland China. He has always been a very serious person and doesn't like to start filming without making all the necessary preparations. In addition, the martial arts skills of the other actors were too poor to meet Tao Mu's requirements. So we simply let everyone train for a few more months. The purpose is to make the actors better fit the role.
However, for the actors who had hardly ever suffered any hardship, the extended training time of several months was really exhausting for them.
Now they finally see hope that the training will be completed and the crew will start filming.
"Yeah!" The little girls with their faces painted with oil were so excited that they cried and hugged each other. This devilish training course is finally coming to an end. Their faces were tanned and their skin was rough.
Thinking of this, the little girls glanced at Tao Mu inconspicuously. Seeing my idol classmate, who claimed that he would never get tanned no matter how much he sunbathed, getting a darker complexion, I feel much better.
The actors of the "Soldier King" crew rested for about half an hour before it was time for lunch. The actors got up from the ground, stood in line, and went to the cafeteria to have lunch with the soldiers who were also taking a lunch break. After finishing their meal, the soldiers will continue their training, while the actors will have an hour’s lunch break.
During this hour, those who want to chat online or make phone calls can go to the lounge, where there is Internet. But all actors signed a confidentiality agreement when signing the contract, so they naturally knew what to say and what they absolutely could not say. Those who don’t want to communicate with the outside world can also go back to the dormitory and get some beauty sleep.
Tao Mu was determined not to sleep. Although both fathers and a grandfather in the family believe in health preservation, Tao Mu insists on the life creed of "no need to sleep long when alive, you will sleep long after death". Even the sleeping time at night is kept within six hours. Of course I won’t waste time sleeping in broad daylight.
Rather than sleeping and resting, Tao Mu prefers to stay in the multimedia lounge and search for information online. Because the news in Shenzhen City has been quite explosive recently, Tao Mu can't help but pay attention to the dynamics of the Shen family. In addition, Li Xiaoheng also sent people to monitor the movements of the Shen family and Zhuo Yan. And he called Tao Mu regularly to report the progress of the matter...so Tao Mu knew all the little moves of these families.
For example, Zhuo Yan secretly instigated Shen Yan and Madam Shen to quarrel with Shen Shiyuan, joined forces with the Yao family to secretly acquire scattered shares of Shen Group, frequently contacted small shareholders, and kept Shen Yu as a mistress.
——When Tao Mu saw the news that Zhuo Yan and Shen Yu were together again, he couldn't help but smile. In the previous life, when Zhuo Yan was with him, he couldn't help but cheat on Shen Yu; in this life, when Zhuo Yan was with Shen Yan, he couldn't help but cheat on Shen Yu again. After many twists and turns, it seems that he truly loves Shen Yucai.
Thinking of Shen Yu and Yan Sheng, the official couple who were abandoned halfway through this life. Tao Mu suddenly had an idea, thinking that maybe Zhuo Yan and Shen Yu could really have a happy ending in this life.
"What are you thinking about?" Li Xiaoheng, who was on a video call with Tao Mu, looked at Tao Mu's expression, frowned and asked, "Don't think about other men in front of me, I will be sad."
Tao Mu came back to his senses and smiled: "I'm not thinking about other men. I just feel that some people are destined to be together."
Li Xiaoheng liked to hear this: "Just like the two of us, it's destined."
Although he reported the real-time progress of the Shen family to Tao Mu every day, Li Xiaoheng didn't want Tao Mu to pay too much attention to the Shen family and the man named Yan. It was an inexplicable anxiety. Because the things that Tao Mu cares about are probably things in the past that Li Xiaoheng could not participate in.
"You're dark again. Is the military training very hard? When will you have your vacation? What do you want to eat? Do you want to eat out or at home? Do you want the old man to cook for you or do you want me to cook for you?"
A series of questions really interrupted Tao Mu's thoughts, and made Tao Mu involuntarily think about what to eat on his day off.
"I want to eat--" Tao Mu had just opened his mouth when a phone call came in. Looking at the number on the caller ID, Tao Mu frowned. Answer the phone.
"Boss Shen, wake up—"
"Xiao Mu!" Chen Chen's voice came clearly from the other end of the receiver, with an emotion that Tao Mu had never heard before: "Are you in pain?"
"You fell from such a height. Does it hurt?"
With a "bang", the phone fell to the ground.
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