On Saturday morning, Tao Mu brought a group of classmates to the entrance of Beijing Film Academy.
Because there were many people participating in the volunteer activity this time, Tao Mu asked Feixun.com to arrange a bus to wait at the school gate. After a dozen clean, handsome, beautiful and sweet handsome men and beautiful women got on the car one after another, the Feixun Entertainment reporter in charge of recording the program and Feixun.com's legal advisor, Lawyer Zhou, also got on the car with a smile.
In the car, Tao Mu asked Lawyer Zhou: "Why did you follow me?"
Lawyer Zhou smiled and said, "Boss Meng called me yesterday and asked me to go to the orphanage with you. Help with some legal education activities." He obviously knew what Tao Mu was going to do.
As he spoke, Lawyer Zhou bumped into Tao Mu's shoulder, looking like a "good brother", and said with a smile: "Don't worry. Today I am also participating in the volunteer activities. I won't ask you for overtime pay. As long as I can have a meal at Song Ji at noon, it will be fine. I heard that the old man has been studying recipes recently, and he makes a variety of exquisite dishes every day, which is almost a full banquet."
Lawyer Zhou couldn't help swallowing as he spoke. His drooling look is just like a sex-hungry ghost.
Tao Mu: "..."
"Do you like the food cooked by the old man so much?"
Zhou Shenxing nodded without hesitation: "You don't know, the work meals at the law firm I worked for before were terrible. Worse than our university cafeteria. I worked there for almost a year and lost about 17 or 18 pounds. It was simply torture. So when Feixun.com was recruiting, I immediately switched over. Not for anything else, but for our Feixun.com employee cafeteria. As the saying goes, food is the first necessity of the people. Working to earn money is so hard, so of course you have to eat better. To be honest, since I came to Feixun.com, I have become more passionate about my work."
Tao Mu: "..." Although he knew that Zhou Shenxing was probably asked by the HR department of Feixun.com to promote Feixun.com in the program. But he still couldn't accept Zhou Shenxing's consumption concept. And the placement of this ad is a bit awkward. There is no beauty at all.
Tao Mu, who was complaining, didn't know at the moment that in the near future, he would join several entertainment companies to prepare and shoot an urban fashion idol drama. In order to save costs and appease the advertisers who flocked to him, he was so good at inserting advertisements that it was a textbook classic - it became a reference that all TV dramas and even brands must study when shooting commercials in the next ten years.
Tao Mu is also affectionately and respectfully called "the advertising master in TV dramas" by the industry.
Of course, this reputation is not very good.
But at this moment, he still had the leisure to complain about Zhou Dazhang: "...You are a well-known lawyer in Beijing, and you earn a lot every year. How can you be so stingy?"
Tao Mu was also incredible. I've never heard of a big lawyer who earns tens of millions a year eating company meals every day. The key is that you complain that other people’s work meals are not tasty, but you force yourself to eat them every day. I lost 17 or 18 kilograms in a year. Is this a work meal or a diet meal?
"Can't you just go out to eat, or have the restaurant deliver the food to you?"
"That costs money!" Lawyer Zhou's logic is very clear: "Besides, the company provides free work meals. If no one eats them, then the food will be wasted. Although life is better now, there are still many people who can't eat. We can't waste food just to satisfy our appetite."
"Just like the children in your orphanage, even if the food is not tasty, won't they just eat it?"
Are we forcing a topic now? Tao Mu suddenly felt a little ashamed. He patted Zhou Shenxing's shoulder weakly and whispered, "Don't be like this. It's very embarrassing, okay?"
"Really?" Zhou Shenxing looked innocent and shamelessly asked the two cameramen, "Is it really that embarrassing?"
The two cameramen nodded, unable to bear to watch.
Zhou Shenxing spread his hands and said, "Then there's nothing I can do. When President Meng called me, he specifically told me to promote the image of Feixun.com. I practiced in front of the mirror at home for two nights. I was more serious than my first time in court." This was mainly because the first time Zhou Shenxing went to court, he was fighting a lawsuit for voluntary assistance. Lawyer Zhou, who has always been a profit-seeker, naturally has no passion.
"It's because you designed too many plots, so it's not real." Tao Mu commented with particular disdain: "I don't think you are suitable for making chicken soup. It's good to be sarcastic. You should just be yourself." Moreover, the protagonists of today's volunteer activity are the students of Beijing Film Academy, the children of the orphanage, and the greedy couple. Even if Zhou Shenxing adds more scenes for himself, they will have to be cut out during post-production and cannot be broadcast.
"Then tell Mr. Meng later. Don't deduct my publicity fee because of my poor performance."
Tao Mu: "..."
Tao Mu couldn't stand it any longer: "Don't you have overtime pay?"
Zhou Shenxing explained calmly, "It's not overtime pay. It's advertising expenses. When making financial statements, these two items are accounted for separately. Do you understand?"
Tao Mu took a deep breath: "You really deserve to be one of the best economic lawyers in the country... You make so much money, but you are still so calculative. Is it interesting?"
"What do you mean by haggling? I'm just seriously protecting my own legal rights. I've done the work, so why don't you pay me?" Zhou Shenxing said this and suddenly asked, "By the way, I heard that Xiaoheng Capital will soon shift its investment focus back to China. Will their company's financial management department also target domestic customers? Can I register an investment account with Xiaoheng Capital?"
Tao Mu was upset: "...5% management fee, 30% profit share. If you think it's okay, talk to Mr. Li during lunch."
Lawyer Zhou continued to ask, "Aren't you a partner of Xiaoheng Capital? I'm your employee. Do you have any preferential policies?"
Tao Mu looked at Lawyer Zhou expressionlessly. Zhou Shenxing touched his nose awkwardly: "If there is no answer, then there is no answer. I will talk to Mr. Li myself later."
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With Zhou Shenxing making jokes beside him, Tao Mu didn't even think about looking at the scenery outside the window before the bus arrived at the orphanage.
The volunteers got off the bus first. The cameraman followed and took some pictures of the orphanage's buildings and environment.
The Red Star Orphanage was established in the 1970s. Up to now, it has a history of nearly forty years. The building is old, but it is very clean. Led by Tao Mu, a group of volunteers walked into the orphanage and saw more than 20 simply dressed and well-behaved children standing in the yard, greeting them in unison.
A dark-skinned, handsome boy came up to him and said solemnly, "Brother Mu, the dean hasn't come back yet."
Worried that the greedy couple would become desperate and cause trouble for Dean Tao after he handed the account book to Xiaoheng Capital, Tao Mu tricked Dean Tao into going to the hospital under the pretext that Feixun.com would have physical examinations for its employees at the end of the year. With the cooperation of Dean Yun, this full-body physical examination took a total of three days. Not only do we need to check President Tao's various physical indicators, but we also need to observe President Tao's heart disease in real time to ensure that there is no risk of recurrence.
Dean Tao thought it was too much trouble, and under Tao Mu's persuasion that "the money has been paid, it would be a waste if it is not fully checked", he still patiently stayed in the hospital for observation.
Therefore, hearing Feng Yuan's words, Tao Mu just smiled and said, "Don't worry. Dean Tao will be back today. My father Yao and Xiao Qi's father will go to pick her up together."
Feng Yuan nodded and said nothing more.
Tao Mu was just about to introduce his classmates to the children in the orphanage when he heard a hoarse roar coming from the orphanage. Then two round figures appeared in front of Tao Mu and everyone else at lightning speed. The speed was so fast that everyone even had the illusion of seeing an afterimage.
Du Kang laughed and joked: "This old lady has practiced the Lion Roar and Light Footsteps quite well!"
Someone else chimed in mischievously, "A pair of male and female demons."
"Tao Mu! Why did you check the orphanage's accounts without my consent? Also, where did you take Dean Tao? Although she is the dean of the orphanage, she does not have the power to act arbitrarily. Why did you hand over the orphanage's accounts to others behind my back? Don't you trust me? Suspicious of me? Aren't you going too far? I have worked in the orphanage for almost 20 years. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. How can you treat me like this? Why do you check my accounts?"
The accounting couple was in such a hurry that they didn't notice the two cameramen following them. The students looked at each other in bewilderment.
Tao Mu patiently explained: "Accountant Xu, you misunderstood, didn't you? Didn't Dean Tao tell you that Xiaoheng Capital would donate one million to our orphanage to establish a charitable education fund? This time, they proposed the audit."
"You can ask them to transfer the money directly to the orphanage's account!" Accountant Xu couldn't help but reveal a greedy look. If it weren't for the one million, she wouldn't have gotten to this point.
That’s one million! If the money was transferred to the orphanage's account, she could at least get half of it with some adjustments. Although many kind-hearted people in the society have donated over the years, none of them have donated as much as one million.
"Tao Mu, you are still young and don't know that most of the orphanage's expenses are fiscal grants. Outsiders have no right to check the accounts. You just let them fool you. Isn't the CEO of Xiaoheng Capital your friend? Talk to your friend and ask him not to check. Money should be transferred and donations should be made. As for the accounts, your Aunt Xu will keep them in mind. Don't you trust your Aunt Xu?"
Accountant Xu's husband, Uncle Qian, who is in charge of purchasing at the orphanage, began to persuade her. The couple had discussed it at home, one playing the good cop role and the other playing the bad cop role.
Because of Tao Mu's deliberate paralysis, until this moment, the couple still hadn't realized that Tao Mu was actually scheming against other people. I thought Tao Mu was kind-hearted and specially asked his rich friends to donate to the orphanage. As for checking accounts, it's just a process.
It’s no wonder that Accountant Xu thought this way - the one-day audit time proposed by Xiaoheng Capital was really too short, and Accountant Xu was particularly confident in his accounting methods. She had no idea how big the audit department of an international investment company like Xiaoheng Capital was, or how efficient it was.
Therefore, Accountant Xu could not have imagined that Xiaoheng Capital's audit department could check the orphanage's accounts for more than ten years in just one day. In Accountant Xu's mind, he probably wouldn't be able to finish reading the account book in one day. Not to mention checking the accounts.
So, Accountant Xu still thought that he could get away with it as he did in the past. He even thought about how to cheat the one million into the orphanage's account.
Tao Mu was almost laughing out of anger. It was these two idiots who caused Dean Tao’s good reputation to be ruined in his previous life and caused him to die tragically in an ambulance. In this life, he actually dared to use the same trick again and took his one million.
Is it so easy to get Tao Mu's money?
"Aunt Xu, Uncle Qian, don't worry. Mr. Li from Xiaoheng Capital told me that, without exception, he will bring people to the orphanage today to announce the donation and the establishment of a charitable education fund. By the way, you have always been in charge of the accounts and purchases of our orphanage. Do you have anything to say?"
Accountant Xu and Uncle Qian looked at each other and smiled shyly, "What can we say? This is what we should do. As long as you trust me, after the charity fund is established, I will continue to manage it. I am not afraid of any hardship or fatigue."
Tao Mu sneered in his heart. He calmly called over two cameras and said with a gentle smile, "Like you said, you have worked in the orphanage for so many years. Even if you have no credit, you have worked hard. If it weren't for your diligence and patient care, the children in the orphanage would not be able to grow up healthily. So Aunt Xu, Uncle Qian, please say a few words."
"Mr. Li from Xiaoheng Capital also said that we should not only do charity ourselves, but also encourage and publicize the deeds of ordinary people doing charity. We can't let heroes be buried."
This sentence stimulated Accountant Xu and his wife. Uncle Qian straightened his chest and stood up impatiently: "Then let me say a few words. In fact, purchasing is a very hard job. Especially purchasing for orphanages. In order to buy cheap and fresh ingredients, I have to go to the morning market almost every day before dawn. It's not so bad in the summer, but it's very cold in the winter. The northwest wind blows so hard that my clothes get soaked as soon as I go out, and even a cotton jacket doesn't work..."
Accountant Xu saw this and said, "Then I'll say a few words. Actually, there's not much to say. It's just an ordinary job, but what we do is extraordinary. Being an accountant in an orphanage is different from being an accountant in a company. The salary is not good, and there are a lot of things to do. It's a job that requires a lot of patience and love..."
Tao Mu smiled as he watched the two of them talking in front of the camera, praising him non-stop.
Lawyer Zhou, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but roll his eyes. How thick-skinned is that! Lawyer Zhou has lived for so many years, and this is the second time he has seen someone so shameless and not at all guilty, except for the young master of the Shen family who is confused and always thinks he is in an idol drama.
In contrast, the Beijing Film Academy students who did not know the truth became a little impatient. They came here to do volunteer work, partly for Tao Mu's sake and partly for fame. Although there is a desire to do charity, other purposes are more important. But as soon as I arrived at the orphanage, I met these two unreliable employees.
Mr. Tao was just being polite, but they actually blocked the door and kept talking. It's winter, aren't you cold?
Accountant Xu and Uncle Qian talked in front of the camera for more than half an hour until Li Xiaoheng and the people from Xiaoheng Capital came over. They stopped only then, feeling unsatisfied.
Just as he was about to greet her with a smile on his face, he heard Li Xiaoheng say in a very serious tone, "There is something wrong with the account. The auditors from our audit department investigated and checked carefully overnight, and we found a huge financial loophole in the orphanage's accounts. Considering this, Xiaoheng Capital is unable to make a donation."
Tao Mu's expression also became serious: "How is it possible? Accountant Xu made the account book of the orphanage. She has worked in the orphanage for more than ten years. It is impossible for her to make such a big disclosure."
Accountant Xu's expression also changed. Hearing Tao Mu's words, he nodded repeatedly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Yes, I did this account. There can't be a problem. Sir, did your financial staff make a mistake? You only spent one night reviewing the accounts for more than ten years, so it's normal to make mistakes."
"What you said is possible. Xiaoheng Capital is not an officially certified auditing agency after all." Li Xiaoheng nodded slightly and said to Tao Mu, "So we called the police directly. The news that Xiaoheng Capital is going to donate to the Red Star Orphanage has spread in society. So even if we suspend donations, we must give the public a reason. Otherwise, it will affect the image of Xiaoheng Capital."
Tao Mu nodded in understanding: "I understand. Just call the police. Anyway, I believe Aunt Xu. Those who are innocent will be innocent. It's good to find out the truth and give Aunt Xu a clear name."
Before he could finish his words, Accountant Xu collapsed to the ground with a pale face.
Now, even the students of Beijing Film Academy who hadn’t paid much attention to this matter realized that something was wrong.
"You can't check the accounts!" Accountant Xu reacted, grabbed Tao Mu's sleeve tightly, and shouted loudly: "You can't check the accounts. You really can't check the accounts."
Uncle Qian also looked at Tao Mu nervously. I was so anxious that I was sweating all over.
Tao Mu half-crouched down under Accountant Xu's force, and asked in confusion, "Why can't we check the accounts? We want to prove your innocence, Aunt Xu? Isn't it better to find out the truth?"
"No." Accountant Xu's mind went blank, and he tried to find an excuse: "Because... because... Oh, because of Dean Tao. Dean Tao..."
"Tao Mu, I have no choice. She is the dean. She has devoted herself to the orphanage for so many years. Even if she has no credit, she has worked hard. How can I watch her..." At this moment, Accountant Xu was very grateful. When she was doing the accounts, she was timid and put a lot of accounts on Dean Tao's head.
Moreover, some of the accounts were indeed signed and confirmed by President Tao himself. Dean Tao knew nothing about the accounts, but he trusted the people in the orphanage very much. So no matter how she did the accounting, she could fool Dean Tao with just a few words. Anyway, the person who signed in the end was Dean Tao. Even if the accounts are to be checked, Dean Tao will not be able to escape the responsibility.
Tao Mu trusted Dean Tao so much that he treated her as his own grandmother. If Tao Mu knew that Dean Tao was also involved, he would definitely try every means to keep Dean Tao. By then, she and Lao Qian will be able to escape smoothly.
Tao Mu didn't expect that Accountant Xu would dare to associate with Dean Tao. The smile on his face suddenly disappeared. He looked at Accountant Xu expressionlessly, then smiled a little and said calmly, "If that's the case, we have to check it out more clearly."
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