After leaving Longteng Entertainment, Tao Mu, who was originally planning to visit the crew of "Fashion Storm", was hooked up to the filming site by a phone call from Long Tianao.
Because it was lunch time, all the actors and staff of the crew sat in the rest area of the studio set up in advance to eat. Knowing that Tao Mu was coming, Long Tianao carefully instructed his assistant to order two more tables of food from the five-star hotel, which could be considered as extra meals for everyone.
"Don't be so polite. I can also eat boxed lunches." Tao Mu said with a smile. When he was a stunt double in H Town, he couldn't even eat the boxed lunches provided by the crew to the actors. I can only eat the big pot meals ordered by the crew for the extras, and that's how I got through it.
"You can't say that." Long Tianao disagreed with Tao Mu's words: "It is because we have suffered hard times before that we have to work hard. After making money, we should enjoy it, right? Otherwise, why work so hard? It's better to be a salted fish."
Long Tianao's idea is that when he was a playboy, he lived a life of luxury and debauchery. Now if we work hard to generate income for the family, our living allowance must double! Otherwise, all his hard work would be in vain. He might as well just stay at home and be his own young master.
Tao Mu smiled and thought Long Tianao's theory was quite interesting.
The chief director of the weekly drama "Fashion Storm" is Xiong Bao, a muscular, eight-foot-tall, curvy man. She speaks with the unique coquettish voice of Wan Province, and she is a very pink girl at heart. He is the most famous idol drama director and producer in Taiwan.
There is no false reputation for a great person. At least after the first two episodes of "Fashion Storm", the highest national ratings of 3.5% in the 10 pm theater are enough to prove how powerful Director Xiong is.
What’s more, the most commendable thing about Director Xiong’s idol dramas is that he can bring out the most handsome, beautiful and lovely sides of all the actors. In other words, basically every actor’s appearance peaks in their lifetime when they star in Director Xiong’s idol drama.
With such high aesthetic taste, it is natural that Director Xiong is also a face-obsessed person. When Long Tianao came to the crew to supervise the production, Director Xiong tried his best to persuade Long Tianao to play a cameo role. Now seeing Tao Mu's overly three-dimensional and handsome face with no dead angles, Director Xiong felt that he could hardly breathe.
"Mr. Tao, are you interested in filming an idol drama?" Director Xiong came to Tao Mu with sparkling eyes, and looked up and down at Tao Mu's face and figure with green eyes. With his sharp eyes trained from years of filming idol dramas, he was sure that Tao Mu must have worked out regularly and had at least six pack abdominal muscles. And there will also be beautiful dimples and mermaid lines.
Director Xiong tried his best to restrain his hands from moving, and begged softly, "Mr. Tao, why don't you do an idol drama? You have such good looks, it would be a pity if you don't do an idol drama. Just think of it as a little benefit for your fans, right? Besides, isn't it the dream of all actors to be able to leave their most handsome moments on the big screen?"
"Mr. Tao, please believe in my professional skills. I will definitely make you look handsome and make you a new idol and superstar that is popular all over Asia. You know the group Flower Boys that made a sensation in Asia two years ago. I promoted the four of them. It was because they starred in my idol dramas that so many girls saw their handsome side."
Tao Mu chuckled, shook his head and said, "Sorry, I've been too busy lately. And Beijing Film Academy is about to start school. I have to go back to school to study and don't have time to shoot a TV series."
The most important thing is that Tao Mu is not interested in filming idol dramas. Moreover, Beijing Film Academy will not allow students to take leave to film idol dramas.
"That's fine. Mr. Tao, can you make a cameo appearance in the drama "Fashion Storm"? " Director Xiong still didn't give up and asked eagerly, "Just play yourself as a domineering CEO. Mr. Tao, this is your own drama, don't you care at all? I can guarantee that with your current popularity and influence, as long as you are willing to make a cameo appearance in the drama, the ratings of our drama will increase by at least two percentage points."
"And don't you want to promote your anti-Japanese war drama? You can make a cameo appearance in our drama, and I'll give you an extra shot, saying that you, the overbearing president of a film and television company, have also invested in a mainland anti-Japanese war-themed TV series called, what's it called? Oh, whatever it's called. Anyway, the ratings of our drama are 3.5% right now. I'll give you an advertisement, and I guarantee that when it starts airing, the ratings of your anti-Japanese war drama will exceed 3%."
When Director Xiong was filming idol dramas in Wanwan, he was often asked by sponsors to feature various brands in the dramas. Director Xiong racked his brains and always managed to turn those commodities into indispensable props in the script. There were even a few commercial breaks that were turned into classic scenes in idol dramas. So Director Xiong is just great at this kind of thing. You don't need to think about it at all.
Tao Mu heard this and tapped the table with his fingers thoughtfully.
The slender white fingers and the pink, transparent, and delicately trimmed nails tapped casually on the table. The incandescent light of the studio poured down from above. Director Xiong's eyes lit up, and it seemed that he was now not only obsessed with faces, but also hands.
"I just accidentally heard President Long talking to you on the phone. It seems like you are going to hold a charity gala? In fact, we can also add this plot to the story. Help promote your charity gala." Anyway, there is a plot about the charity gala in the story, so it can be used by modifying it.
Hearing this, Tao Mu stopped tapping on the table. His dark, clear eyes stared at Xiong Bao. That focused look actually gave Xiong Bao the illusion of deep affection. I couldn't help but exclaim in my heart that Tao Mu's appearance was indeed unique - he was simply a natural idol drama actor.
However, what this idol seed said was not so idol-like: "Director Xiong seems to be very good at changing the script in these minor details?"
Tao Mu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked politely: "Are you trying to turn my script into a 30-episode advertising film?"
Tao Mu vaguely remembered that this director seemed to be a commercial shooter. So when I was filming idol dramas, I also particularly liked to solicit sponsorship. Then various hard and soft advertisements took turns to add to the plot. Therefore, although the idol dramas shot by Xiong Bao are widely popular, they are often criticized by the industry as being a carnival for sponsors.
Tao Mu didn't want the business war idol drama script he carefully planned to become a classic in the advertising industry.
Uh… Director Xiong blinked his eyes and explained with a strong desire to survive: "Haha, how is that possible. When President Tao invited me to be the chief director of this drama, he clearly stated that the outline, main plot and role plays must not be changed. I will definitely not change these crucial parts."
But as Tao Mu said, when it comes to the details, of course we have to listen to the sponsor's ideas. This is also the best of both worlds.
"Don't worry, Mr. Tao. The changes I made were all at the request of the sponsors. I slightly changed the lines. The main purpose was to strengthen the connection between the plot and reality and enhance the audience's sense of involvement."
After all, it is a weekly drama, and the advantage of filming and broadcasting at the same time is that you can keep up with current affairs. Especially for the fashion-related parts, Director Xiong usually communicates with the sponsors and slightly modifies the details in the script to cater to the sponsors' real-life brand launches.
For example, when the first two episodes of "Fashion Storm" were aired, there was a plot in which the heroine was a new model who was preparing to participate in a fashion show for a new product launch under the introduction of the company. However, he was framed by his colleagues in the company and failed to arrive at the press conference on time.
After Director Xiong communicated with the brand owner, this press conference became a new product launch conference that the brand owner was about to hold. Even the shooting location was moved directly to the catwalk site that had just been set up by the brand. On the third day after the idol drama is aired, the brand will hold a new product launch conference. The sense of immersion is particularly strong.
This promotional model of idol dramas working closely with the fashion industry and coordinating with each other has also become a driving force for watching the dramas that industry insiders talk about with great relish. Many people in the industry, including those in the advertising industry, are studying the show to see if they can get some inspiration.
At present, this approach naturally has more advantages than disadvantages.
However, Tao Mu has always been thorough in his work and likes to think things through carefully before making any mistakes. After hearing Director Xiong's idea, I felt that this approach could indeed expand the influence of "Fashion Storm" in the fashion and advertising industries and increase its publicity. But he still warned, "There's a scene later in the plot where the heroine's design is plagiarized. You want to use the weekly drama format to keep up with real-life hot topics, which is a good idea. But you still have to be careful not to cause dissatisfaction among sponsors. Don't let them think that our filming is alluding to a real-life brand."
Xiong Bao felt relieved and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Don't worry. I remember all these things and will definitely not cause any trouble for the crew."
Director Xiong wiped the sweat off his face as he spoke. I don’t know why, but the Mr. Tao in front of him is only 19 years old this year, about the same age as his eldest son. But when he puts on a serious face, he actually has a very serious aura. Director Xiong was so scared that he didn't even dare to breathe.
Director Xiong was baffled and could only attribute this aura to Tao Mu being a born overbearing president. I was secretly sighing in my heart that there was really a difference between this business genius worth tens of billions and the small actor who was paid tens of thousands of yuan.
After deeply realizing the difference between the genuine overbearing president and the imitation overbearing president, Director Xiong couldn't help wanting Tao Mu to guest-star as the overbearing president. Even though he was frightened by Tao Mu's dark face just now, he still lobbied with all his heart: "Boss Tao, don't you really want to make a cameo appearance? Boss Long also made a cameo appearance."
"If you really can't spare the time, we can move your role to the weekend! They are both TV series you invested in. You made a cameo appearance in two or three episodes in that anti-Japanese war drama, but you don't have time for mine. Do you look down on me? You can't be partial to one and ignore the other..."
Tao Mu felt a little disgusted when he saw Xiong Bao, a big man with tears in his eyes. He could only rub his arms and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, which role do you want me to play? Bring me the script and have a look."
Although the main plot of "Fashion Storm" was provided by Tao Mu. But he really has no talent for writing scripts. Therefore, the specific script polishing was completed by the most professional team of screenwriters invited by Danmu.com. Tao Mu had read it briefly before and thought it was good, so he passed it. But the memory is not deep. I just remember that there were indeed quite a few overbearing CEOs in it——
After all, it’s an idol drama, so there’s never a shortage of overbearing presidents and Cinderellas.
When Director Xiong heard Tao Mu's secret, he became angry and immediately asked the stagehand to bring his script over. He quickly flipped to the middle of the script and pointed out a character to Tao Mu: "Here, this is the character."
Director Xiong stuffed the script into Tao Mu's hands, then took out a thick notebook from his bag and turned to one-third of the page. On the left is a pencil drawing of a comic character of a domineering president, and on the right are the various settings of the character, from name to blood type, height, hobbies, character background, important experiences, and mental changes. It can be said to be extremely detailed.
It can be seen that although Director Xiong has a hobby of casually inviting handsome men and beautiful women to play guest roles, he still has very strict requirements for the setting of the characters themselves and the logic of the plot.
He is indeed the man who can produce new idol superstars who are popular all over Asia!
Director Xiong pushed his non-existent glasses and said seriously, "Although I like your appearance, Mr. Tao. But for the sake of the quality of the whole drama, I still hope that Mr. Tao can study the role and the script more before the official filming. Of course, I am very relieved that Mr. Tao is dedicated to acting. I heard that in order to play the role of a drug addict well, you went to a drug rehabilitation center to experience life and closely observe the daily behavior of drug addicts."
"The requirements for our idol drama are not that strict. The role you are going to play as a guest star does not require the kind of shocking tension in your acting. You just need to show your handsomeness and aura in your true colors."
When Director Xiong talked about his professional field, his aura suddenly changed from the laughing and joking big man just now: "One week. I will give you a week to prepare. Next Saturday we will shoot the seventh and eighth episodes of "Fashion Storm". At that time, I need you to be in the best condition."
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