“You are so awesome!”
During the lunch break, Qiao Miaowei, the second female lead who was forced in by the investor, approached Tao Mu cautiously with a lunch box in her hand: "I see you are not that old, how come your acting skills are so good?"
Perhaps because the sponsor was exposed too early, and she herself was just a salesperson selling Donkey brand bags without any talent or background, Qiao Miaowei's position in the crew was very delicate. Those actresses who graduated from professional schools despised Qiao Miaowei's background and the way she rose to fame, and ignored her. Male actors like Ning Yuan are very careful about their reputation and are afraid of causing misunderstandings among investors, so they don't like to talk to her. In addition, director Zhao Xin made it clear that he didn't like her, and the crew members also tried to communicate less with Qiao Miaowei. So much so that although she was the second female lead with a very important role in the drama, she was neglected and ignored during the filming period.
Qiao Miaowei herself knew that she came from a bad background and was not well-received, so apart from the initial few tentative contacts, she seldom hung around actors from the same crew to avoid embarrassing herself. The reason she came to see Tao Mu this time was, firstly, because Tao Mu had just joined the group and his status was too small, so he would not offend her in person; secondly, Tao Mu's acting skills were really great. Qiao Miaowei hoped to get some truth from Tao Mu, at least to help her cope with the filming in front of her.
When Qiao Miaowei walked towards Tao Mu with a lunch box, she attracted the attention of many people in the crew. When they heard Qiao Miaowei's question, they moved their ears and pretended to listen.
Tao Mu couldn't say that he was used to being overshadowed by the movie emperor in his previous life, and that the accumulation of time eventually led to an explosion. Since he didn't have the ten years of polishing, Tao Mu could only shamelessly admit, "Maybe it's because of my good talent."
Qiao Miaowei: “…”
A sneer came from behind. Shang Xianyue, who played the heroine in the play, sneered without mercy: "Why don't you go back and look in the mirror?"
"You——" Qiao Miaowei looked at Shang Xianyue angrily.
As the leading actress of Xiaxing Entertainment, Shang Xianyue has had a very good career in the past two years. The two dramas she starred in last year were both ranked in the top three of the annual ratings. At the beginning of this year, she just won the Golden Lily Award for Best Actress for her role as the female lead in one of the TV series. It is booming and its momentum is at its peak.
When Qiao Miaowei just joined the crew, her sponsor repeatedly reminded her that she could offend anyone but Shang Xianyue. Therefore, even though Shang Xianyue scolded Qiao Miaowei again and again, she did not dare to talk back. He looks so pitiful, as he dares not speak out and is afraid to take any action.
It was lunch break time, and the other actors and staff members of the crew were sitting in groups of three or four on the set, and they all saw this scene. However, everyone either turned a blind eye or crossed their arms and watched the show, and no one was willing to stand up to help Qiao Miaowei out.
Tao Mu sighed and said, "Teacher Shang is right."
"What did you say?" Qiao Miaowei turned around suddenly and looked at Tao Mu in disbelief, her expression was both angry and fierce. She didn't expect Tao Mu to add insult to injury at this time.
Shang Xianyue looked over with a smile.
Tao Mu continued, "Ms. Qiao's problem is that she can't make natural expressions and movements in front of the camera. This is normal. After all, Miss Qiao is not a professional and has not received systematic training. Generally, amateurs will feel more or less uncomfortable when facing the camera. So what you need to do now is to look in the mirror more often after you go back. Rehearse your expressions, movements and lines in front of the mirror. You can also ask your assistant to help you with the rehearsal. When you feel less embarrassed, you can do it."
After a pause, Tao Mu added a few more words: "Of course, considering the problem of positioning, you'd better set up a few more cameras, practice and watch by yourself, and figure it out repeatedly. You can also find a few TV dramas and choose a few characters you like to imitate."
Tao Mu said this, glanced at Shang Xianyue again, and smiled and said, "Teacher Shang won the Golden Lily Award for the play "Xiao Xiao Yu Xi", in which the heroine's character is somewhat similar to Qing Ling in "The Legend of Heroes". If Miss Qiao is interested, you might as well try to figure it out. If you are lucky enough to get a few suggestions from Teacher Shang, at least this play will be more than enough."
Qing Ling is the second female lead played by Qiao Miaowei in the drama. The reason why Tao Mu said this was not because he really wanted Qiao Miaowei to ask Shang Xianyue for advice on acting. While helping Qiao Miaowei out of the situation, he also helped Shang Xianyue. So as to prevent Shang Xinyue from taking her anger out on him.
Qiao Miaowei could naturally see that she was so good at dancing with the sleeves and had such great tact. His anger turned into joy, and he smiled and took the opportunity to say, "So that's what happened. I was wondering why Miss Shang asked me to look in the mirror for no reason. Without further ado, I'll go back to rehearse and you guys can chat slowly."
Qiao Miaowei awkwardly saved her face and immediately hurried away with her assistant. Shang Xinyue folded her arms and looked coldly at Qiao Miaowei's slightly embarrassed figure. He raised his eyebrows and smiled: "You are a soft-hearted person."
Tao Mu's eyebrows were relaxed: "I am telling the truth. Teacher Shang has superb acting skills. His expressions and movements during filming are very beautiful, and his emotions are full. You must be an expressionist, right?"
Shang Xianyue smiled. She found that Tao Mu was particularly good at defusing the sharp edges in other people's words. Moreover, his skill of flattery is at level 10, and his skill of chatting people up is at least level 10.5.
"You'd better not call me Teacher Shang. We're all filming in the same crew, so just call me Sister Yue." Shang Xianyue said, and simply sat down next to Tao Mu. Wen Yan smiled and said, "I heard that you were admitted to Beijing Film Academy? Why didn't you go to Yan Film Academy?"
Generally speaking, Beijing Film Academy produces actors, while Yan Film Academy produces stars. Shang Xianyue could tell just by looking at Tao Mu's face that if he were to apply to Yanying, he would definitely be able to become a top star in the future, but he would definitely be able to become famous by acting in a few idol dramas. If she is lucky, maybe she can even reveal a "Tao Mu Nian", just like her "Shang Xian Yue Nian" last year.
But entering Beijing Film Academy may not be possible. As we all know, actors from Beijing Film Academy generally follow the orthodox route, and the style of their movies and TV series is mostly mainstream. That kind of drama basically doesn't consider appearance too much. Actors like Tao Mu who are too handsome and have too sharp temperament will make directors and producers suspicious - they are worried that Tao Mu's appearance will dominate the plot. Unless Tao Mu's acting skills are so good that people can ignore his face.
Thinking of this, Shang Xianyue suddenly remembered the little incident when Tao Mu was taking the makeup photos in the morning, and suddenly realized: "It seems that you are very confident in yourself."
If Tao Mu can suppress his face with his acting skills, then choosing Beijing Film Academy will undoubtedly add bricks and tiles to his acting career. After all, with the authority and influence of Beijing Film Academy in the Chinese entertainment industry, as long as Tao Mu can be branded with the mark of Beijing Film Academy and become a student that Beijing Film Academy focuses on promoting, then the connections he has accumulated in Beijing Film Academy will undoubtedly become the foundation for his career advancement.
Shang Xianyue thought of the rumors that several big agents wanted to sign Tao Mu, but Tao Mu declined on the grounds of abiding by school rules. She suddenly felt that she had seen through Tao Mu's ambition.
It’s called ambition, but it’s actually a gamble. After all, not all artists have the confidence to spend three years in obscurity in exchange for the opportunity to be favored by a big boss. In particular, one must constantly resist various temptations of achieving success and fame overnight during the three years. Shang Xianyue didn't know how long Tao Mu could hold on, but she firmly believed that if Tao Mu could really hold on and successfully get the favor of Beijing Film Academy, then Tao Mu would definitely have a place in the future Chinese entertainment industry.
Shang Xianyue was busy with her own imagination, and was shocked by Tao Mu's ambition. But they didn't know that Tao Mu's goal was more than just to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry - he had paid so much, and he must have half of the Chinese entertainment industry!
But it's too early to say that. Tao Mu lives in the present, and has to serve everyone honestly. This scene is the confrontation between the killer Wuming and the heroine. It is a mix of fighting and literary scenes. Tao Mu has five lines in total, ten words in total including punctuation marks.
During the filming, the atmosphere between the two was very harmonious because Shang Xinyue was interested in making friends. Ning Yuan, who played the male lead, just watched coldly from the side. He found that no matter how the camera lighting was adjusted, Tao Mu always had a way to find the most accurate and appropriate position and angle. Even if the shot was not the most handsome, it was the most textured.
Those tricks that worked every time on idol actors seemed useless on Tao Mu. As Tao Mu continued to show his brilliance, the lighting and camera that had secretly made things difficult for him before began to change their attitudes - this could be seen from Tao Mu's increasingly beautiful lighting and shooting angles in the camera.
We can't let this go on any longer.
Ning Yuan knew it very well. From a certain perspective, his action of hinting at the crew members to make things difficult for Tao Mu could be seen as Ning Yuan demonstrating his power of speech to the entire crew.
During the entire filming period, the director, as the uncrowned king of the set, must have his own say; investors and producers, as financial backers, must have their own say; actors, as an important standard of a drama, must also have their own say.
This was also the reason why Ning Yuan repeatedly hinted to the lighting, camera and makeup artists to make things difficult for Tao Mu, and Zhao Xin and others knew it but did not speak up to stop it.
But now, if Tao Mu can stand firm despite Ning Yuan's numerous difficulties, although it shows Tao Mu's own potential, it will also invisibly slap Ning Yuan in the face. By then, Ning Yuan's influence in the crew will be much less than before. What’s more serious is that it will even affect Ning Yuan’s position in Xiaxing Entertainment.
Ning Yuan was proud and arrogant, and of course he could not accept this situation. The agent standing behind Ning Yuan also didn't want to see Zhao Keping really sign Tao Mu, so that he could ask for more resources and more say in the company.
In other words, Tao Mu's momentum in the "Heroes" crew must be curbed.
* * * * *
Because the killer Wuming's weapon is a soft sword, Zhao Xin values Tao Mu's fighting scenes. In order to better shape the character, Tao Mu had to take more time to rehearse the soft sword movements in private. It is normal to go to bed at two o'clock and get up at five o'clock every day. In addition to practicing sword skills, he also did not forget to pay close attention to the stock market of Country M on the other side of the ocean, as well as changes in the international oil futures market.
Time is running out, but fortunately the scenes for "Purple Sky" are almost finished. On the third day after Tao Mu joined the crew of "The Legend of Heroes", his stand-in scenes in "Zixiao" were completely finished.
Although Tao Mu was just a stunt double, because Chen Yiqian was very optimistic about Tao Mu, he still held a small wrap-up party for Tao Mu. It was called a wrap-up banquet, but in fact it was just adding a meat dish to the lunch box that day. During this time, Shen Yu ran over and held Tao Mu's hand to say goodbye, and kept telling Tao Mu to remove his phone number from the blacklist, otherwise he would have to visit the crew of "Heroes" every day. Tao Mu was so annoyed.
On the other hand, after leaving the "Zixiao" crew, Tao Mu also had more time to think about the role of the killer Wuming. Especially in the fighting scenes, in order to practice the Green Snake Soft Sword moves more beautifully, Tao Mu also specially invited a teacher to teach him the water sleeves - mainly because teachers who teach whip techniques are too rare. Moreover, Tao Mu felt that the description of the killer Wuming's moves in the original work was smooth, feminine and ruthless, and it seemed that some of the movements of the water sleeves were more in line with it. As for temperament, Tao Mu felt that he could do it hard.
No matter how much those people in his previous life criticized Tao Mu, one thing that cannot be denied is that Tao Mu is a person who can endure hardships. Especially when it comes to "achieving his goal", Tao Mu can be cruel to others and even more cruel to himself. So every day I would shoot the night scenes until one or two in the middle of the night, and then get up at four the next morning to practice martial arts moves. Even though I had bruises and scrapes all over my body, I mastered all the moves to the point of being able to use them with ease in just seven days.
The people in the same crew witnessed how Tao Mu honed his martial arts moves from beautiful to stunning. Even if everyone didn't say it, they were all feeling the same emotion in their hearts. A large number of martial artists, including the martial arts instructor, were convinced by Tao Mu. Just when everyone thought that Tao Mu would definitely become famous overnight with the role of Killer Wuming, a piece of bad news came -
Director Zhao told him personally that he would not be needed for the role of the nameless killer. The person who replaced him was the son of a major shareholder of Xiaxing Entertainment, a rich second-generation who wanted to show off and enter the entertainment industry for fun.
* * * * * *
When Zhao Xin was talking to Tao Mu, Tao Mu was rehearsing moves with the male lead's stunt double. A big scene will be filmed in the evening, which is the chase scene where the male protagonist and the killer Wuming meet for the first time. Because they had to use wires and shoot the grand scene of the two people fighting around Jinling City in the studio, during which time extras were needed to play the role of palace guards and city defenders, holding torches and cooperating with the male lead in capturing Wuming in the streets and alleys - yes, this was a night scene, and all these factors combined made scene scheduling very difficult, so the crew delayed this scene to be shot later. The purpose is to allow Tao Mu to integrate into the crew as soon as possible.
As it turned out, Tao Mu's performance did not disappoint everyone. In just over ten days, Tao Mu got into the right state, and his performances in both literary and fighting scenes were very delicate and amazing.
He is indeed a good candidate, but unfortunately he is unlucky.
Zhao Xin looked at Tao Mu in front of him and sighed slightly. The hard-hearted man who had been in the industry for many years showed a few ripples of guilt: "...You also know that Xiaxing Entertainment is the largest investor and producer of this drama. The person who is going to replace you is the nephew of the major shareholder of Xiaxing Entertainment..."
Zhao Xin hesitated and looked at Zhao Keping. In order to get rid of Tao Mu smoothly, Zhao Xin even called his old friend. The main reason was that I was too embarrassed to persuade Tao Mu to leave. After all, after Tao Mu joined the group, everyone saw how hard he worked to play the role of Wuming well.
Unfortunately, no matter how sincere and sweaty a person’s efforts are, they cannot outweigh the words of capital.
Zhao Keping also felt guilty: "When the boss told me about this, I also strongly opposed it. But someone in the company reported that you are not a contracted artist of Xiaxing Entertainment, and that I privately found someone from outside to play the role of Wuming out of selfish motives and disregarded the interests of the company. Some people also said that I deliberately targeted Ning Yuan."
Ning Yuan is the male protagonist of "The Legend of Heroes". He is also a very popular young actor in the circle in the past two years, who has squeezed from the third line to the second line. He is currently on the rise because he has filmed several popular idol dramas and costume dramas in succession. Tao Mu knew that Ning Yuan had been very hostile and wary of him since the day he joined the group. It was probably because they were afraid that Tao Mu would buy articles to criticize him after the TV series was broadcast - after all, Tao Mu's performance in the crew was obvious to all, and Zhao Keping always liked to do bundled marketing.
"Ning Yuan's agent directly brought the matter to the big boss, leaving me no room for maneuver. Plus, you are not a contracted artist of Xia Xing Entertainment, and the company wants to make the major shareholder happy..." Zhao Keping once again emphasized that Tao Mu did not sign a contract with Xia Xing Entertainment, with a look of embarrassment and guilt.
But Zhao Keping's reason also makes sense. This drama was originally invested by Xia Xing Entertainment. Now the prince of Xia Xing Entertainment wants to play around and has set his eyes on Tao Mu's role, but Tao Mu is not an artist of the company. From any perspective, there is no need for Xia Xing Entertainment to sacrifice itself for Tao Mu's sake.
Zhao Xin actually feels more guilty than Zhao Keping. He originally insisted on using Tao Mu because Tao Mu's performance really met his aesthetic and shooting requirements. However, Xiaxing Entertainment's major shareholder is wealthy and directly expressed his intention to invest in Zhao Xin's film. Zhao Xin has been preparing for this original film for more than two years, but has not been able to find reliable investors and distributors, which has become a headache for him. Now that someone has stepped forward to take over, there is no way Zhao Xin would refuse this olive branch.
After all, Zhao Xin's friendship with Tao Mu was not to the point where he would sacrifice himself for Tao Mu.
Both Zhao Xin and Zhao Keping thought that Tao Mu would definitely make a fuss after hearing the news, and they were even prepared to be scolded.
Unexpectedly, Tao Mu didn't react at all after hearing what they said, and asked directly: "So am I leaving the group today?"
Both Zhao Xin and Zhao Keping were stunned.
Zhao Xin looked at Tao Mu curiously: "Don't you blame us?"
"There's nothing to complain about." Tao Mu looked calm. Zhao Keping and Zhao Xin were worried that Tao Mu was young and hot-tempered and could not stand such grievances. But I don't know that Tao Mu is not really eighteen years old. Even though Tao Mu was an orphan for 18 years in his previous life, his life had never been smooth sailing. It is not uncommon for good opportunities to be seized only to be taken away by others.
Since Zhao Xin and Zhao Keping were able to find him and tell him this decision, it proved that the matter was irreversible and it could not be changed by his making a fuss or begging. So instead of wasting energy crying and complaining, Tao Mu might as well make a prompt decision and withdraw from it.
Of course, there are some issues that must be resolved before you can get out.
"Although I don't know what happened in the middle, I don't think the crew would dismiss an actor who has signed a contract and performed well for no reason." Tao Mu said this, smiled at the two of them, and persuaded Zhao Xin in turn: "I think you must have tried your best and weighed the pros and cons. The decision you made in the end must be more conducive to the crew's filming."
"It would be a lie to say I'm not disappointed or sad. But I can't cause trouble to everyone because of my own emotions. Besides, the crew will pay liquidated damages if they breach the contract, so legally speaking, no one owes me anything. Although I've just entered college and haven't entered the society yet, I still have a basic sense of contract."
How can the world go as one wishes? Since he can't change the situation, Tao Mu can only win people's hearts. Because sometimes, winning people's hearts means maximizing benefits.
Sure enough, Zhao Xin was immediately moved after hearing Tao Mu's words. He almost revealed all his dealings with Xia Xing Entertainment, but fortunately, reason prevailed over emotion at the critical moment. Even so, Zhao Xin couldn't hide his excitement and patted Tao Mu's shoulder with admiration: "Xiao Mu, you are such a good boy..."
Zhao Keping didn't expect Tao Mu's reaction to be so open-minded and beautiful. To be honest, he really doesn't look like an eighteen-year-old boy. But when Zhao Keping thought of Tao Mu's life experience, he understood. Children from poor families have to grow up early. Although Tao Mu's performance did not quite meet Zhao Keping's expectations, Tao Mu's series of responses after knowing this matter were enough for Zhao Keping to see that this child had a high emotional intelligence. At least he is not someone who is swayed by emotions.
He is good-looking, has good acting skills, knows kung fu, and has visibly adequate emotional intelligence. If such a person cannot be signed, it will be a huge loss for Xia Xing Entertainment and Zhao Keping.
Thinking of this, Zhao Keping acted more and more regretful and said sincerely: "Xiao Mu, thank you for being so understanding. This matter was an oversight by Brother Zhao. Don't worry, Brother Zhao will introduce you to other audition opportunities."
Tao Mu smiled. Compared to this, Tao Mu was more concerned about another thing: "Seriously, what does Director Zhao think of my fighting scenes?"
Zhao Xin was still moved by Tao Mu. When he heard this, he blurted out the words from the bottom of his heart without thinking: "Very good. It can be called the first-class level in the country."
Tao Mu's brows relaxed: "Much better than the one who replaced me, right?"
"It's not comparable at all—" Zhao Xin was shocked and immediately stopped talking. He looked at Tao Mu and asked hesitantly, "What... do you want to say?"
"Don't worry, Director Zhao. I won't make things difficult for you. It's just a deal." Tao Mu smiled shyly at Zhao Xin.
After coming out of the director's lounge, Tao Mu went to the finance department to collect the penalty first. The finance department has been notified and the money was given very readily. By the way, he also expressed his regret: "You acted really well. Even if you didn't have this opportunity, you would definitely be famous in the future. Don't be discouraged."
Others said, "This is how society is. You can't go anywhere without people using backdoors. Just remember that gold will shine sooner or later. Once you become famous, this kind of thing will happen less often."
Finally, in order to make the children happy, a group of old ladies and young ladies from the Finance Department took the initiative to take out their new generation of smartphones to take photos with Tao Mu. The excuse is that they will auction it online when Tao Muhong becomes famous.
"At least it proves that we all have a good eye for talent. We discovered the childhood of a superstar."
"If you sign it for us, maybe one photo can be sold for more than 10,000 yuan."
How could anyone spend 10,000 yuan to buy a photo?
Tao Mu smiled, but was very grateful for everyone's careful protection of his emotions. I also took photos with everyone very seriously and signed autographs.
By the time Tao Mu came out of the finance department, basically the entire crew knew the gossip that Tao Mu had been kicked out. Unlike the finance ladies who had no vested interests involved, the reactions of the actors in the crew were varied. There were people who really felt sorry for Tao Mu - basically all of them were actresses, there were also those who didn't care at all, and there were also those who were clearly gloating but ran to Tao Mu to hypocritically express their regrets. There were all kinds of people.
Tao Mu dealt with them one by one, without crying as everyone imagined, nor with resentment. When he returned to the dressing room in a low-key manner amid the regretful gazes of the crowd, some sincere and some hypocritical, he found a young man with a decent appearance, dressed in designer clothes and with an arrogant temperament sitting in his seat.
"Are you the original actor of Killer Wuming?" The young man who was playing with his phone looked Tao Mu up and down without any hesitation. He raised his eyebrows and said aggressively, "I heard that you were a stunt double before, and you are very good at fighting scenes. How about you be my stunt double? Money is not a problem."
Oh, it turns out that this gentleman is the legendary "nephew of the major shareholder of Xiaxing Entertainment."
Tao Mu glanced at his "nephew" and calmly refused: "I can't be your substitute."
"What, do you look down on me? Or are you angry with me?" The eldest nephew sneered, threw his phone on the dressing table, leaned back against the dressing chair, and crossed his legs like a grandfather: "To tell you the truth, I don't really care what role I can play. I just play around on a whim, and everything is arranged by the people below. So even if you are angry with me, you can't be angry. After all, this TV series is invested by my uncle. Don't you agree?"
Tao Mu said nothing.
The "nephew" continued, "You are out here just for the money. There is really no need to compete with me. I have money and you have the ability. I would like to ask you to be my stand-in. You can name the price."
"This is not about money." Tao Mu stood in the dressing room, looking at the young man sitting on the chair: "I see you are less than 175cm?"
Nephew: “???”
Tao Mu continued, "I'm 182cm tall. Standing in front of the camera will only make me look taller than this. So I can't be your stand-in. In your case, the director will probably arrange a short martial arts stand-in for you. But don't worry, the martial arts team of the crew is Director Zhao's exclusive team, and everyone is great."
Nephew: “…”
* * * * * *
After changing out of his costume and removing his makeup, Tao Mu left his furious "nephew" behind him and calmly left the crew - he was stopped by an RV at the entrance of the film and television city.
The car door opened, revealing Ning Yuan's handsome face: "Get in?"
Tao Mu didn't move: "Is this necessary?"
Ning Yuan chuckled. Even though he was sitting in the RV, he looked down at Tao Mu. "You don't have to be so hostile to me. I admit that I really don't want you to stay in the crew. Of course, my agent has made some arrangements for this. I won't deny this. What I want to tell you is that Zhao Keping knew from the beginning that my agent went to the big boss. With his position in the company, if he really wanted to protect you, even the big boss would give him this face. After all, Xia Xing has invested in many TV series. Even if he wants to please the major shareholder, there is no need to take away your role. But the strange thing is that Zhao Keping said nothing from beginning to end."
Ning Yuan said this and looked at Tao Mu curiously. I want to find some clues from Tao Mu's expression. But Tao Mu had no expression on his face.
Ning Yuan sneered: "Do you know how Zhao Keping deals with those female artists who just joined the company but don't obey the arrangements?"
Tao Mu continued to look dead.
Ning Yuan said, "I'm not trying to sow discord. I just don't want to be used as a gun for no reason. I am a person who will do things clearly even if I do something bad. Zhao Keping is not suitable for you. With your personality, if you sign a contract with him, you will have a conflict sooner or later. You don't want someone like Zhao Keping to hold your dark history against you, right?"
"If this isn't an attempt to sow discord, then what is this?" Zhao Keping only said a few words to Zhao Xin, and immediately ran out in a hurry to find someone. But he didn't expect that he would be caught in the act of Ning Yuan trying to sow discord in front of Tao Mu.
"I'm telling the truth!" Ning Yuan sneered, "Who are you, Zhao Keping? Others may not know, but the artists of Xiaxing Entertainment don't know. Aren't you just trying to manipulate Tao Mu by giving him a slap in the face and a sweet date? Unfortunately, I don't think Tao Mu is someone you can manipulate."
After Ning Yuan finished speaking, without waiting for anyone to react, he closed the car door and signaled the driver to drive away.
Zhao Keping, who wanted to step forward to argue, was sprayed with car exhaust in the face. He wiped his face angrily and turned to explain to Tao Mu: "Don't listen to this kind of villain's instigation. I didn't handle the matter well this time. Don't worry, I will definitely compensate you with a better audition opportunity. You must take the words of a villain like Ning Yuan to heart. He is just worried that after I sign you, I will convince the company to support you. At that time, all resources will be tilted towards you, and you will definitely be more popular than him-"
"No need." Tao Mu chuckled: "I said that I would not sign with any agency before my junior year. We have known each other for these days, and I thought we had reached a consensus on this matter."
Zhao Keping was stunned when he heard this.
Tao Mu continued: "Ning Yuan is right. The two of us are indeed not suitable."
Zhao Keping frowned and opened his mouth to explain. Tao Mu waved his hand and interrupted: "It's not that I have doubts about Brother Zhao's methods. The relationship between agents and artists is both mutual cooperation and mutual game. I understand this principle. I just simply think that with my personality, maybe I don't need a too tough agent." Especially after knowing his wishes, the agent still ignored his request and made small moves behind his back.
Tao Mu's thoughts became clearer, he looked at Zhao Keping: "We are actually the same kind of people. Unfortunately, people with the same aspirations may not always share the same ideals." Compared to his superb skills, Tao Mu was more inclined to obey and do as he was told. Otherwise, he should have agreed to Wen Shijin's recruitment. After all, when it comes to the art of controlling people, the always smiling Wen Fox is much more capable than Zhao Keping. At least Wen Shijin won't be caught by so many people when he is training an artist.
Of course, it is also possible that Zhao Keping never took him seriously from the beginning to the end. He thought he could win people's hearts by using his power to pressure others and painting a few big promises. It's a pity that Tao Mu is not really eighteen years old, and he is not in a hurry to stand out and write a face-slapping and refreshing article.
He is paranoid and stubborn by nature. Once he sets a goal, he will never turn back. They will not change their ways because of Zhao Keping's tricks. And Zhao Keping would never allow his artists to act on their own. So in the final analysis, this is the fundamental reason why he and Zhao Keping cannot work together.
After saying goodbye to Zhao Keping, Tao Mu returned to the rental house in silence. Since Tao Mu finished filming "Purple Sky", Damao and Xiaopang also withdrew from the "Purple Sky" crew. However, the two did not sign up for the role again, mainly because H Town was too hot in late July. The two spectators felt that there was no need to embarrass themselves, so they stayed in the Internet cafe downstairs playing games every day. Occasionally, he would post on the H Film and Television City forum to brag and entertain young girls who came from outside with dreams of becoming stars. Help them solve problems such as rental documents, and exchange contact information.
In the evening, I would go to Sister Ping's small restaurant, enjoy the air conditioning and listen to the old extras chatting, collect some entertainment gossip for after-dinner entertainment, and enrich my mind. Because the two of them update the entertainment industry news that netizens pay the most attention to, in just half a month, their fans have exceeded 50,000. The two of them really enjoyed the treatment of "Internet celebrities".
When Tao Mu returned to the rental house, the room was quiet, and the clothes were scattered all over the floor. It was obvious that the two big V classmates did not clean up the room before leaving.
Tao Mu picked up a rattan basket, threw all the clothes into it, and placed it in the corner of the bathroom.
It was the height of summer and the room was stuffy and there was not a breath of wind. Tao Mu was sweating all over, and took a shower in the bathroom. The bruises and scratches on his body were painful under the stimulation of the hot water.
Tao Mu drugged himself, and other parts of his body were fine, except for his back, which was a little difficult to reach. Also, because fight scenes require the use of wires, the back and inner thighs are often the hardest hit areas for abrasions and bruises. Tao Mu tried hard for a while with his back to the mirror, and suddenly he got angry and threw the medicinal wine and the cotton ball soaked in wine on the ground.
The glass bottle of medicinal wine for traumatic injuries shattered, and the brown liquid splashed along with the broken glass fragments. The soft cotton ball rolled silently twice on the cement floor and rolled directly into the corner. The brown part stained with the medicinal wine was exposed to the air, and tiny dust particles floated in the air under the sunlight.
Tao Mu sat expressionlessly at the head of the bed, staring blankly at the corner. He found that the more sunlight there was, the more visible those dust particles that were usually invisible or not noticed became.
Being weak is not a sin. Incompetence is. Being angry is just anger at one's own incompetence.
Tao Mu breathed silently, and deeply reflected on the reason why he was angry. Then he sat quietly at his desk, turned on his computer, and continued to observe the stock market.
As the economic crisis expanded, foreign capital began to frantically withdraw from China starting from the second half of the year. The market index dropped from over 6,000 points to less than 2,000, and the entire stock market was bleak. However, even if the overall market is not good, there will still be a few stocks that go against the current. Tao Mu, who has the memory of his previous life, knows these stocks like the back of his hand. All he needs to do is invest all his money in these stocks and then withdraw them in time before the stocks fall.
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