Tao Mu hung up the phone, and suddenly he felt more cheerful. Even the cloudy and snowy weather outside the window seemed to be a little brighter.
Whether it is a person or a situation, what we fear is comparison. For the same terrible thing, he was condemned by thousands of people and abandoned by his friends and relatives in his previous life, but in this life, most netizens were able to remain rational and treat it differently, and all his relatives and friends stood by him without hesitation and spoke for him. My mood immediately changed.
Tao Mu then felt that even if he had a miserable life in his previous life, it didn't matter - he had experienced the most sinister human hearts and the worst situations. If he were to live his life over again, as long as someone could show him a little kindness when he was in trouble, it would be like a blessing after a long drought. Just like a traveler who has been walking in the dark for many years, seeing a little light can illuminate the whole world.
"Stinky boy, are you relieved now?" Liu Yao snorted coldly, and placed his warm and thick palm on Tao Mu's head, rubbing it hard. She directly rubbed Tao Mu's hair into a mess: "Look at your lack of ambition. You hide in the quilt and peed like a cat for such a small matter. Is it that serious?"
Tao Mu, with a messy head of hair, asked in a muffled voice: "Dad Xiao Qi, Dad Yao, why do you trust me so much?"
Tao Mu stretched out his hand to scratch his hair, still a little unsure, and asked: "What if I am really like those people said, that I am born bad to the core, and I am jealous that those two people treat their own children better than me, so I deliberately abuse the baby?"
"That was the couple who did something wrong first. What can a five-year-old child understand? Just because they had their own son and threw you back to the orphanage, anyone with a brain should know that the couple is not doing the right thing. It would have been fine if they didn't show up before, after all, it happened more than ten years ago. It would have seemed petty if I brought up the past for no reason. Now that they dare to show up and cause trouble again, if I don't teach them a lesson, they really think they can bully my people at will!"
Liu Yao snorted heavily, and began to think about how to make a fuss about the couple sending Tao Mu back to the orphanage. I don't know if I can sue those two people for abandonment.
Liu Yao rubbed his chin and suddenly remembered something: "The person who called you just now was Guo Yaning? That female star? What did she want to talk to you about?"
"Oh. I agreed to help her shoot the music video for her new album. She just called me and asked me when we can start shooting."
Liu Yao smiled, and his anger turned into joy: "She has good vision. She knows that you are the best at these fancy things. Then you must help her shoot it well. She can take the initiative to ask you to shoot the MV at this time, which means she trusts you. You must not let these bad things affect your mood."
Meng Qi also smiled and said, "Go help a friend shoot a music video, it's good to change your mood. Don't take those bad people and bad things to heart. After all, as long as you are alive, you will meet all kinds of people. Instead of getting angry with such shameless and heartless people, it's better to find a way to make yourself happy. By the way, when are you going to help someone shoot a music video, your father Yao and I will take you there."
Tao Mu was about to refuse, but Liu Yao said, "Let's just do it. You didn't sleep all night last night, and you're in a trance. If something happens to you driving by yourself, it's fine."
Tao Mu was speechless. I could only smile and say, "I made an appointment with her. Let's meet this morning at her studio."
So Liu Yao drove his Grand Cherokee, with Meng Qi sitting in the passenger seat and their baby son in the back, and sent Tao Mu all the way to the downstairs of Guo Yaning's studio.
When Tao Mu got off the car, Meng Qi rolled down the window, stuck his head out of the window, and called Tao Mu: "Go directly back to the orphanage tonight. Your father Yao and I will go too, and pick up your Grandpa Song. We'll make dumplings at the orphanage tonight. Big Mao, Little Fatty, Gou Rixin, and your friends from H Town will also go. See if you want to call anyone else. Dean Tao said it's more fun with more people."
Tao Mu immediately understood why everyone did this. Nodding repeatedly: "...I will definitely go back on time."
Liu Yao and Meng Qi sat in the car, staring at Tao Mu as he walked into the building, and then said in a deep voice: "There has been no news about the couple for so many years, and they suddenly popped up at this critical moment. Could it be that they took money from the Yao family?"
"We'll know if you ask someone to check," Meng Qi said. "If they really took the money, then it will be easy to deal with."
Tao Mu took the elevator directly to the top floor, Guo Yaning's private studio.
Guo Yaning and her agent Zhou Fengxuan had been waiting in the VIP reception room for a long time.
Seeing Tao Mu coming in, Sister Xuan stood up and greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Tao is really a busy man. We have been waiting for a long time. You finally found time to come here despite your busy schedule?"
Tao Mu heard this and said apologetically: "I'm so sorry, there have been too many things going on recently-"
"I'm kidding." Zhou Fengxuan didn't wait for Tao Mu to finish, and laughed again: "I can see that. Mr. Tao is probably born with a fire element, so he can easily make the headlines and cause a sensation. This luck is really enviable."
Zhou Fengxuan pointed at Guo Yaning: "...It costs me one or two hundred thousand every time to make the headlines. Even with this, I can't guarantee that it will make the headlines. Even if it does, I can't guarantee the publicity effect. If our Yaning is half as lucky as Mr. Tao, I will be grinning." How much money can be saved!
Tao Mu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sister Xuan, please stop teasing me. I really don't want to be on the headlines like this."
"Isn't it good that someone paid you to be on the headlines for free?" Sister Xuan said very seriously: "I would like to advise Mr. Tao that you should think more open-mindedly. This is obviously a revelation to discredit you. With a little manipulation, it can have a good publicity effect. The more netizens scold you, the more guilty they will feel after the truth comes out. Such a large amount of attention and such a strong discussion means real money for our artists. If it were Yaning, I would be so happy."
Zhou Fengxuan still holds the theory that "I'm not afraid of being scolded, I'm just afraid of no one scolding me" and "Being black and red is also red, and being red can make money."
"As for our Yaning, every time a new work is released, I have to spend money to attract two groups of reporters. One group praises our Yaning, and the other group scolds our Yaning. People from both sides cooperate to hype up the popularity, and only then will people pay attention to the new movie or TV series."
Zhou Fengxuan looked at Tao Mu with an expression of "not knowing how lucky she is" and confessed to him, "Just like Yaning is going to release a new album in February, no one paid attention to it. But Yaning asked Mr. Tao to help shoot the MV. Mr. Tao has been in a bloody storm recently. Don't you see that the attention has increased all of a sudden?"
Zhou Fengxuan smiled and said, "This is the reason why you have to take advantage of the popularity when you are not popular. So Mr. Tao, don't take it to heart. How many of the people who praise you and scold you now are really concerned about the matter itself? Most of them are just trying to take advantage of the popularity to increase their presence. In less than three days, if there is more explosive news, they will definitely chase the new hot spot. Who will care about your old things?"
The five-year-old child just made the one-year-old child cry, it didn't happen that the five-year-old child killed the one-year-old child. Zhou Fengxuan said something unkind. Even if there really was a shocking news that a five-year-old child killed a one-year-old child, how long would the hype last?
Spectators are forgetful. They only care about sensational news. Who has the time to think about the old things in life that have become commonplace?
Tao Mu was particularly concerned about a past event, but in the eyes of others, it was just a topic for idle chat after dinner. Since it's a topic of conversation, just eat it and drink it with wine, digest it overnight and then flush it into the toilet with excrement the next day. Who can keep it until the third day?
Although Zhou Fengxuan's idea was a bit extreme, she successfully enlightened Tao Mu.
Tao Mu nodded at Zhou Fengxuan and said gratefully: "Thank you, Sister Xuan, for your guidance. I think it's clear now."
"What are you thanking me for? I just said it casually. It's easy to say." Zhou Fengxuan said with a smile: "If I were to be criticized like this, and maliciously speculated and scolded by people who don't even know me, I would be so angry that I would explode."
"I hope Mr. Tao can think positively. If you really want to thank me, please make our Yaning look beautiful. I have seen the video you shot of Yaning in H Town, it was really great. I am even thinking of using this footage to make a music video for Yaning."
Guo Yaning, who had been silent, finally said with a smile: "I'll trouble Mr. Tao next."
"Don't call me Mr. Tao, just call me Tao Mu." Tao Mu smiled and said, "We are all so familiar with each other. I feel embarrassed to always call me Mr. Tao."
"Then I won't be polite." Zhou Fengxuan smiled and said, "But Tao Mu, I also have to give you a suggestion. You are also a professional actor. If you want to be in the circle in the future, you can't be so thin-skinned."
With Zhou Fengxuan's jokes, the atmosphere immediately became much more harmonious.
Several people went to the studio together. The lighting and scenery were ready long ago. Today I will shoot the indoor part first.
Although Guo Yaning wanted to ask Tao Mu to help him shoot the MV, considering that Tao Mu did not have much experience, he did not dare to let Tao Mu shoot the title song of the new album and those MVs with strong styles and complicated plots.
The MV she asked Tao Mu to shoot can be said to be the simplest in the entire album. The name of the song is "First Love". It tells the story of a mature woman in her thirties who accidentally meets her first love, and then goes home and laments the fleeting time. There are also some scenes where the heroine recalls the past. Guo Yaning had to wear a girl's school uniform and sit in the classroom to sing.
Overall, the plot is relatively simple.
The part that Tao Mu is going to shoot today is the scene where the mature heroine, who is nearly 30 years old, returns home after meeting her first love boyfriend, reminiscing while cooking.
The makeup artist gave Guo Yaning a very professional workplace makeup look. The makeup style is somewhat similar to the makeup of the heroines in various workplace TV dramas in Hong Kong in the 1990s. It is actually a very classic makeup. It also fits very well on Guo Yaning's face. She is wearing a classic OL suit consisting of a white shirt and black suit skirt. But how should I put it? From Tao Mu's aesthetic point of view over the next ten years, this makeup and dress is classic enough and pretty enough, but it is dull, not fashionable, and not stunning enough.
It seems a bit out of place with the shooting of the MV.
Tao Mu, who was particularly obsessive about this, immediately said: "Your look is not good. It doesn't match the image of a fashionable white-collar mature lady that I imagined. I want to change your look."
Tao Mu was a bit detached from his family after he started working. He is very particular, stubborn, and stubborn, and he has an uncontrollable obsessive-compulsive disorder of perfectionism. This was also an important reason why he was able to overcome the obstacles and gain a place in the entertainment industry despite the heavy suppression from Shen Yu's admirers in his previous life.
The strong aura of "I am the one who has the final say" when he gets angry will directly affect those who work with him. Most of the time, Tao Mu just competes with himself. If they are not satisfied with the shots, they will ask the director to do NG again and again, regardless of the shooting progress, until they are satisfied. I also had to drag the actors in the same group to NG together.
So this is also the important reason why many actors who have worked with him feel that Tao Mu is bossy and domineering on the set.
After being reborn, Tao Mu has tried his best to control his character flaws, but sometimes he still can't bear it anymore.
For example, if he doesn't agree to shoot a MV for Guo Yaning, then that's fine. Since he had agreed, he had to shoot the best MV in his mind and bring out all the most amazing aspects of Guo Yaning in the camera.
He at least wants Guo Yaning to outshine the entire entertainment industry in this MV.
The person responsible for Guo Yaning's styling is her professional design team, who are also well-known gold medal makeup artists in the country. It's inevitable to feel a little uncomfortable when hearing this. However, due to Tao Mu's identity as the CEO of Feixun.com, the makeup artist did not dare to express his dissatisfaction - people who are doing well in the entertainment industry always remember the golden rule of not offending capital. He could only look at Guo Yaning awkwardly.
Since Guo Yaning dared to ask Tao Mu to shoot a MV for him, she at least believed in Tao Mu's aesthetic and photography abilities. Hearing this, he smiled calmly and asked, "What kind of look do you think I should change into?"
Tao Mu looked at Guo Yaning carefully for a long time: "First, I have to change your hairstyle."
Guo Yaning's stylist gave her the common shoulder-length hair with a few waves. The simple style makes Guo Yaning look mature and beautiful.
Then Tao Mu gave Guo Yaning a perm-style bob and dyed it cold brown. The makeup is also the stick-style makeup that was very popular in later generations. In fact, before Tao Mu was reborn, the domestic entertainment and fashion circles were deeply influenced by Country H, and stick-style big flat eyebrows and stick-style nude makeup could be seen everywhere.
Although Tao Mu also admired the various styles of Hong Kong's female stars in the 1980s and 1990s, he had to admit that if he wanted to shoot an MV, stick makeup would actually make it easier to highlight the fashion sense of the look. After all, Chinese people have long remembered the slim, plump and charming actresses of Hong Kong in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
With these rare beauties in a century as examples, Guo Yaning’s imitation makeup is beautiful enough, but it will definitely not give people the shock of “outshining all the beauties”.
The stick makeup that emerged more than a decade later is different. No one had ever drawn it before, and naturally no one had ever seen it. Coming out of nowhere from Guo Yaning, it is easy to create the stunning effect that Tao Mu needs.
Tao Mu spent five or six hours in the dressing room trying to come up with a look, and when Guo Yaning appeared in front of people, she looked brand new. As expected, everyone was amazed.
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