The three of them stayed at Feixun.com's headquarters for the entire afternoon. During this period, Tao Mu and Yun Yi enthusiastically introduced the functions and development status of each department of Feixun.com to Li Xiaoheng.
At night, Tao Mu took the initiative to pay for all the employees who worked overtime to have a takeaway meal from a five-star hotel. Then he took Li Xiaoheng and Yun Yi back to his small apartment opposite Beijing Film Academy.
"Brother Li said he wanted to eat the home-cooked meals I made. I'll show you my cooking skills tonight." Tao Mu took the two of them to the fresh food supermarket outside the community. When the clerk saw Tao Mu, she immediately greeted him warmly, "Isn't this Xiao Tao? Are you out buying groceries again? I think there are not many boys like you who are diligent and good at cooking. If a girl can find a partner like you, it would be a blessing in eight lifetimes. By the way, there is new mutton today, it's very fresh. Would you like some?"
Tao Mu smiled and exchanged a few words with the auntie who worked there, then turned around and asked Li Xiaoheng and Yun Yi: "Do you all eat mutton? Are you used to eating lamb scorpions?"
Yun Yi is a native of Yanjing, and he likes eating mutton very much. I have to go to Wen Juxiang for hotpot twice a month. Although Li Xiaoheng is also from Yanjing, he went to Country M to study at university after graduating from high school. After a few years, I don’t know if he can still get used to eating mutton.
Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, "I don't usually eat mutton. But I believe in your cooking skills."
Tao Mu was delighted when he heard this: "Then don't worry. I have good skills."
Tao Mu is not bragging, he can be considered as the last disciple taught by Mr. Song. When it comes to cooking skills, he is really not afraid of anyone.
Tao Mu bought ten kilograms of lamb spine, two kilograms of lamb leg bones, a large piece of lamb meat and a lamb chop under the enthusiastic introduction of the auntie who worked at the store. They went to the seasoning section and bought a bunch of seasonings such as fermented black beans, cinnamon, fennel, etc. that they didn't have at home. Then they went to the vegetable section and picked out a few fresh vegetables. The three guys each carried two large bags full of food out of the supermarket. Before going upstairs, Tao Mu went to the pharmacy and bought several large bags of Chinese medicinal materials such as Piper serrata, Radix Rehmanniae, and Astragalus membranaceus. Only then did they return home with all their luggage.
Yun Yi was here for the first time. After entering the room, he turned around curiously and finally stood in front of the photo wall. He expressed the same feeling as Li Xiaoheng: "Sure enough, Xiao Mu, you were so cute when you were a child."
Tao Mu was tidying up the ingredients in the kitchen. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "What do you mean by cute? That's handsome. I was very handsome when I was a child. The nurses in our orphanage liked me very much. The neighbors nearby also liked me. My old man wanted to take me in as his last disciple because he saw that I was handsome and had a unique character since I was a child. He also wanted to pass Song Ji to me."
Yun Yi took off his coat and wanted to go into the kitchen to help. Tao Mu chased him out: "Look, the kitchen is so small, can it accommodate a third person?"
The second person who was washing vegetables in front of the faucet looked at Yun Yi who was standing at the kitchen door with inexplicable pride: Who told you not to occupy an advantageous position as soon as you entered the house, but to wander around.
Yun Yi stood at the kitchen door, feeling very embarrassed: "You two can't work in the kitchen while I just watch from the side. That's not good."
"What's wrong with that?" Tao Mu smiled and said, "Do you think Brother Li can cook? At most, he can help me wash the vegetables. Later, you two can go to the living room and sit down. Just watch TV and chat. There are fruits, drinks, snacks and beer in the refrigerator. You can eat some first, but don't eat too much, otherwise you won't be able to eat it later."
Yun Yi's mind moved: "There are fruits in the refrigerator? How about I make a fruit salad?"
Tao Mu made a red soup lamb scorpion hot pot, as well as grilled lamb chops and braised lamb, which could be said to be half a full lamb feast. Yun Yi was worried that everyone would get a sore throat from eating too much mutton, so he thought making a fruit salad or something could help reduce the heat.
Tao Mu actually thought of this as well, and was planning to make some rock sugar, snow pear and white fungus soup and put it in the refrigerator first. But adding a fruit salad would also be fine.
Yun Yi added: "Let me help you cut the vegetables. Even though my cooking skills are not very good, I can still help you."
Tao Mu turned his head to check the time. It was already past five in the evening. We really need to hurry up, otherwise it will be too late: "That's fine. Then Brother Li, you go out first. The three of us really can't move around in the kitchen. Besides, you just flew back from Country M, so you must be tired. Go lie down for a while to adjust to the jet lag, and we'll eat in a while."
Li Xiaoheng, who didn't have any kitchen skills except washing vegetables, was squeezed out. He stood at the kitchen door, looking calmly at Tao Mu and Yun Yi who were cooperating very well, and made up his mind in his heart - he would learn how to cook when he returned.
It was early winter, and Yun Yi was wearing a white turtleneck sweater. He was standing in front of a chopping board, chopping vegetables with the sound of "tap, tap, tap". The continuous sound reached Tao Mu's ears. Tao Mu turned around and smiled, "Brother Yun, your knife skills are pretty good."
Yun Yi smiled slightly: "I studied surgery, basic operations."
Tao Mu looked at the neatly arranged lotus root slices under Yun Yi's knife and praised with a smile: "The person holding the scalpel is different. His hands are very steady."
Li Xiaoheng, standing at the kitchen door, subconsciously looked at his slender hands with distinct joints: his hands were particularly steady when he was operating the market. Knife skills should be no problem.
Tao Mu easily made a lamb scorpion hot pot, a roasted lamb chop, a braised lamb in red sauce in the kitchen, and used a casserole to cook a pot of rock sugar, snow pear and white fungus soup, and also made a sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root, which he put in the refrigerator for half an hour after cooling. Chef Yun Yi prepared a fruit salad.
Even though we rushed so hard, it was already 7:30 in the evening when all the dishes were served.
"It's a bit late." Tao Mu scratched his head, raised a can of cold beer and said with a smile: "After dinner, let's go to the gym by ourselves."
"Come on, let's all have a toast." Yun Yi also raised his glass: "Thank you, Chef Tao, for preparing such a sumptuous dinner for us."
"When you drink water, don't forget the well digger." Tao Mu raised his glass with a smile: "I am also very grateful for the friendship and help of Brother Yun and Brother Li. This meal can be regarded as a welcome dinner for Brother Li."
Li Xiaoheng smiled and clinked glasses with Tao Mu, then with Yun Yi: "Thank you, Xiao Mu, for your kindness. I accept it."
Yun Yi couldn't wait to pick up a piece of lamb spine and take a bite. Instantly, the rich aroma of mutton with a slight spicy taste filled his mouth. Yun Yi's eyes lit up and he gave Tao Mu a thumbs up: "Delicious. Really delicious."
"It must be delicious." Tao Mu boasted shamelessly: "A craft inherited from my ancestors. There is absolutely nothing to pick."
As he spoke, he used the serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of lamb spine for Li Xiaoheng, pointed at the plastic gloves on the table and said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't be reserved. You have to grab the lamb spine with your hands to make it delicious."
Li Xiaoheng put down his chopsticks, obediently put on plastic film gloves, lowered his head and took a bite of the lamb spine. The mutton is particularly delicate, tender and delicious, melts in your mouth and is not greasy at all. And although it tastes spicy, it doesn’t feel spicy enough to burn your heart at all when you put it in your mouth. On the contrary, I find it particularly fragrant. After taking a sip, I feel like I’m drunk.
In Yun Yi's words, it was so fragrant that it could lift the top of your head.
The lamb chops were also grilled to perfection. The skin is golden and crispy, sprinkled with sesame seeds, cumin seeds, chili powder and pepper powder, but the inside is very tender and fresh, without much juice, so it doesn't feel greasy, but it is definitely not dry. The taste is just right with a slightly burnt aroma. The braised lamb is so delicious that you want to swallow your tongue.
Even someone like Li Xiaoheng, who didn't eat much mutton, was surprised to find that he had eaten at least four or five kilograms of mutton after the meal. As expected, Tao Mu's cooking skills are amazing.
"You are all carnivores indeed." Tao Mu looked at the remaining half of the sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root and the almost untouched fruit salad, feeling a little amused: "All the meat was eaten. There were all the vegetables left for me. This contrast is a bit tragic."
Yun Yi couldn't help but laugh: "It's okay. I'm on duty at night. If you're worried about the leftovers being wasted, I'll pack them up and take them away. I'll definitely be hungry in the middle of the night anyway."
"Not only do you eat a lot, but you also have to bear the consequences." Tao Mu deliberately pretended to be incredulous: "Brother Yun, you are going too far!"
Li Xiaoheng touched his round and slightly swollen belly and blinked guiltily. It seemed like he ate the most at this meal.
Will Tao Mu dislike him?
Tao Mu didn't mean to dislike the boss. After having a good meal and a few drinks, he casually brought up a topic that he had carefully prepared: "Hey, what if the two of you work together to do a Sky Eye project?"
"Eye of the Sky?" Yun Yi and Li Xiaoheng looked at each other, wondering what Tao Mu was trying to say.
"It was Yun Duo's experience in H Town that inspired me." Tao Mu shamelessly showed off his skills in front of the two big guys who founded Sky Eye Technology in the future: "... I just want to make a nationwide monitoring software with a facial recognition system..."
Tao Mu told the two bosses little by little about the main operating projects of Sky Eye Technology in the future. He even wrote a detailed and comprehensive plan and handed it to the two bosses.
It seems that there really is God's will in the dark. Yun Yi was moved when he saw this plan. An inexplicable sense of familiarity came over me.
Tao Mu smiled and said to Yun Yi: "Brother Yun, you have been teaching yourself programming recently. I think you will definitely be interested in this project. The technical aspects depend on you~"
Yun Yi was shocked: "I have only been learning programming for less than two months. You think too highly of me, don't you?"
"Believe in yourself, you can do it." Tao Mu was so confident in the future richest man that he did not allow Yun Yi to doubt himself: "Anyway, we have plenty of time, so there is no rush."
Yun Yi looked at Tao Mu expressionlessly: Brother, do you know that you are trying to help the growth of seedlings?
Tao Mu, who finally returned the plan intact, was refreshed and said without any hesitation: "I believe in your ability, Brother Yun Yi. This little problem will definitely not be difficult for you."
He then asked Li Xiaoheng: "If Brother Yun really develops this technology, are you willing to invest in his project?"
Li Xiaoheng considered it very seriously and said solemnly, "It should be possible. The development prospects of this project are very good, and it also has the nature of public welfare. Once it is completed, both the return on investment and the word-of-mouth publicity for the company will be very considerable."
Tao Mu was immediately satisfied: "I knew that you two would hit it off right away. As expected, you have a perfect understanding."
What's the meaning?
Yun Yi and Li Xiaoheng looked at each other with question marks on their heads. I don't quite understand Tao Mu's routine.
Tao Mu, however, had an unrestrained demeanor, as if he was leaving after his work was done, hiding his achievements and fame. Previously, because he successfully rescued Yun Duo and the other two, he almost ruined Yun Yi's future of becoming the richest man.
Although Tao Mu never regretted what he had done, every time he faced Yun Yi, he would inevitably feel guilty. It seems like I have accidentally changed a person's future.
If this change is developing in a positive direction - such as Gou Rixin, Tao Mu will naturally be happy. But if it was someone like Yun Yi, Tao Mu wouldn't be sure whether his change was good or bad, and he would inevitably feel uneasy.
Now, no matter what Yun Yi chooses to do in the future, he has already put the second possibility in front of Yun Yi. Even if Yun Yi still feels that being a cardiac surgeon is happier than being the richest man, Tao Mu will no longer have any regrets. At this point, he has already regarded Yun Yi as his good friend. No longer having the mentality of clinging to others, thoughts will naturally change.
He now owns Feixun.com, and is also working with Li Xiaoheng to short international crude oil. After the international oil crisis came to an end, he had completed his initial accumulation and had ten years to invest in various emerging companies and produce various low-cost, high-return movies and TV series. He can completely rely on his own efforts to become a new capital and technology tycoon.
Just like a seedling trying to grow into a towering tree in a storm, just like a fledgling trying to grow into an eagle, Tao Mu is ambitiously accumulating strength.
He thought that even if his relatives and friends were indulging in a life of contentment with small gains, he could work hard to become a big tree and an eagle that provided shelter from the wind and rain. When the storm comes, open your arms and protect all your loved ones and friends under your wings.
Make up for the regrets of the previous life and cherish those who treat him sincerely.
Perhaps, this is what he should do most after being reborn.
Thinking of this, Tao Mu slept particularly soundly at night. Unfortunately, the next day, this good mood was broken -
After more than two months of selection, the National School Beauty and Campus Prince Contest finally reached the finals on December 12th. After several rounds of elimination and withdrawal, there were only four male and female contestants left out of the original one hundred contestants. Among these eight people, the ones who finally won the titles of National School Beauty and National School Husband were Gu Xun, a senior from Beijing Film Academy, and Chu Zi, a junior from Yan Film Academy.
These two people, one is a newly-minted film emperor who won the Golden Crow Award for Best Actor for his first film appearance, and the other is a popular young actress who became an overnight sensation with a costume idol drama. The election of these two people can be said to be what everyone expected.
However, after the notary invited by the program team announced the total number of netizens' votes. Because of Shen Yu's failure to be elected, Shen Yu's fans expressed great dissatisfaction. They posted messages online questioning the fairness of the voting process. I think the program team must have eliminated Shen Yu because of Tao Mu's attitude.
——After all, during the competition, Shen Yu once cried to the media that Tao Mu was not good to him, which once triggered netizens' criticism of Tao Mu himself.
Shen Yu's crazy fans think Tao Mu must be taking revenge. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that their beloved little prince would lose to that ugly Beijing Film Academy student in the voting. (Senior Yanying: It’s my fault for not having an idol face!) A bunch of brainless fans left messages everywhere on the Internet, questioning Tao Mu for using the national school hunk as a favor, deliberately favoring Jingying, and winning the championship to please his senior from the same school.
Some of the comments even became a hot topic on Weibo. Many gossip media also follow the trend and report on the matter. Some netizens who didn't know the truth were immediately led astray. Even the other two male contestants who entered the finals had complaints. The implicit suggestion is that the program team may be influenced by certain people——
After all, the two contestants who win the titles of Campus Beauty and Campus Husband can make their own choices and sign contracts with Longteng Entertainment or Xiaxing Entertainment. They can also make their debut directly by starring in idol dramas under the arrangement of the company. This kind of treatment would definitely be something that any contestant who aspires to enter the entertainment industry would envy.
With a jealous mentality, these young boys and girls are influenced by the outside world, so it is understandable that they say something uneasy.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the program team had to call Tao Mu. Ask what to do next.
Tao Mu...Tao Mu was also speechless!
It turned out that these people had a grudge against him in his previous life and they wouldn’t let him live a single day in peace!
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