In the name of nourishing the body with food, Tao Mu had been living a very comfortable life recently. When he was weighed, he had gained three pounds, and his cheeks were visibly rounder. In the words of my three roommates, they started gaining weight for the autumn right after the New Year.
"You are just jealous." Tao Mu sat cross-legged on the bed in the dormitory, peeling an orange in his hand, and chatted with everyone with a smile: "Can the things in the entertainment industry be called fattening? That's called storing energy--"
Before he finished speaking, the instructor of the 2008 Acting Department appeared at the door breathlessly, and shouted: "Tao Mu, why didn't you turn on the camera? Hurry up and go to our department office. The dean wants to see you."
Tao Mu was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously pulled his phone out from under the quilt - the screen was pitch black, and it was indeed out of battery.
"What does Lao Bai want from me this late at night?" Tao Mu asked as he crawled under the bed.
Lao Bai is the director of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. His last name is Huang, but because his skin is so white, his classmates call him Lao Bai in private. No one knows who gave this nickname. Anyway, every class of students calls us that. I heard that it can be traced back to Lao Bai’s student days.
"It seems to be because of the audition." The counselor said, looking at Tao Mu with envy and jealousy.
Because Tao Mu brought money into the crew of "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood", and was willing to endure hardships in order to interpret the role, his reputation is really good. Recently, there have been many crews holding scripts and looking for Tao Mu to discuss investment. In order to win over Tao Mu, some crews even promised to wait until the summer vacation to start filming. But Tao Mu showed little interest and didn't say a word. Those crews had no choice but to either send the scripts to Feixun.com headquarters or find ways to get in touch with the teachers at Beijing Film Academy.
So in recent times, Tao Mu has been called to the office quite often. Basically, each crew asked the Beijing Film Academy teacher to connect them with Tao Mu and ask for investment. As for the role, as long as Tao Mu is willing to invest money. Of course everything can be discussed. In the eyes of everyone, this scene was like a group of beautiful girls taking off their clothes and waiting for the emperor to visit them. The emperor still felt that his health was not good, so he insisted on sleeping in the imperial study.
"So many beautiful women took off their clothes and waited for you, but you didn't even bother to go. In this situation, how can we, a bunch of bachelors, feel?" Wen Bao, who was sitting with his legs crossed and eating melon seeds, sighed, and pretended to do a Peking Opera move, shaking his head and sighing, "How embarrassing!"
"That's right!" Du Kang also shook his head and said disapprovingly, "I think you should stop now. So many directors have come to you. And since they can ask for favors from our teachers, the scripts won't be too bad. You should at least choose a few. Even if you don't want to act, you can recommend them to us. Don't keep it to yourself. People who don't know would think you have kidney problems!"
What does this have to do with my kidneys? Tao Mu looked at Du Kang speechlessly: "Don't always worry about my kidneys. My kidneys are fine!"
Chu Suian, who always maintains a gentle and elegant attitude in front of outsiders, but is actually a bit mean inside, also shook his head and sighed: "It turns out that the capital dad is extraordinary. We, a bunch of white kids, are still studying hard in school in the cold. Some people have already enjoyed the comfort of being chased by the director holding the script. It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others!"
"Then why don't you kneel down and lick the capital daddy quickly, and wait for the future to film and join the crew, so that you can also enjoy the comfort of having someone behind you." Tao Mu snorted in a particularly arrogant manner, took the mobile phone that had just been charged and went into the bathroom, and did not forget to say to the counselor: "Wait for me for a while. I'll go to the kidneys first, and I'll be there soon."
Du Kang followed Capital Dad to the bathroom door, closed the door, turned off the light, and waited for Capital Dad, whose kidney function was particularly good, to poop inside. He said in a sinister and frightening tone, "Don't you feel a chill down your spine when there's someone behind you in the middle of the night? Aren't you scared walking through this long corridor alone? Looking at the pale face reflected in the glass window, do you feel wow——"
When the bathroom door opened, Du Kang was caught off guard by a huge white face and was almost frightened to death. The nearly 1.9-meter-tall man jumped up to three feet high, and cursed in shock: "Tao Mu, are you sick? You're just walking in the middle of the night, why are you applying a facial mask!"
"You are so cowardly, you dare to come over and scare me." Tao Mu sneered and took off the mask: "Wait until midnight tonight. I will stand by your bed with a mask on and sing "Black Friday" for you."
After Tao Mu finished speaking, he didn't wait for Du Kang to react, he put on his down jacket and jeans and ran out. Ran all the way to the acting department office. The department head, Mr. Bai, was sitting right inside.
Seeing Tao Mu knocking on the door and coming in, he immediately smiled and said, "You're just in time. Here's a script, take a look first."
Tao Mu didn't turn over the script, but placed it next to the desk. He picked up Lao Bai's empty teacup and filled it with a cup of hot water.
Lao Bai took the tea with a smile and took a sip. So he likes Tao Mu. It's not only because Tao Mu has the ability and capital, but also because this kid is so good at handling things. He also respects teachers and makes people feel comfortable when he talks and does things.
"Please sit down." Old Bai said with a big teacup in his hand, smiling, "This script is different from the crews that came here before. It's a movie produced jointly by our mainland and Hong Kong. The total investment is 50 million. The leading actor is Zhou Yanqing from Hong Kong, and Yan Sheng from our mainland. Many supporting actors are also first-line stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. Even the minor supporting actors who only have a few scenes are the most popular actors and actresses in the circle."
"They want you to play an undercover role." Lao Bai said this and suddenly laughed, "What a coincidence, the director of this play, Xu Musen, is said to have seen you dancing in a nightclub in H Town. At that time, he thought your appearance and temperament were very suitable for this role. But he couldn't find you. He searched for more than half a year and almost gave up. Later, I accidentally saw your dance video uploaded on Feixun.com and the promotional video of "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" and recognized you. At that time, he tried every means to inquire about your news, and finally sent the audition invitation directly to Beijing Film Academy."
Lao Bai smiled and said, "This movie has been in preparation for several years. We plan to start shooting in Hong Kong this June. You don't have many scenes, so you can join the crew during the summer vacation. And after joining the crew, most of your scenes will be opposite Yan Sheng, Zhou Yanqing and several top-tier celebrities. For new actors, this is a very good opportunity."
Tao Mu's face darkened slightly, and he looked at the script expressionlessly. Two huge bold words were printed on the white cover - "Black and White".
Even without opening the script, Tao Mu knew what the movie was about. The hero, played by Yan Sheng, is an undercover agent sent by the police to the gang. He lived in the gang for seven or eight years, and worked his way up from a small brother to eventually gaining the trust of the gang boss and becoming his confidant. However, during an anti-drug operation, the identity of another undercover agent cooperating with Yan Sheng was exposed and he was brutally killed, and his body was thrown into the sea.
In order to complete the mission, the police must send another undercover agent to cooperate with Yan Sheng. In order to gain the trust of the gang, the undercover agent must have a clean background that can withstand verification. So the police thought about it and finally decided to select students who had not yet graduated from the police academy. The undercover candidate finally chosen is the police academy student that Tao Mu is going to play.
In the script setting, Tao Mu is going to play the police academy student Zhou Yuanting, who is playful, likes to fight and cause trouble, is hot-blooded and impulsive but has a strong sense of justice. On the eve of graduation, Zhou Yuanting was instigated by his best friend to secretly run out of school to go to a nightclub. However, he offended the nightclub owner by dancing passionately with the proprietress, and got into a fight with the thugs guarding the place, and both of them were taken to the police station.
According to school regulations, Zhou Yuanting would be punished for skipping classes to go to a nightclub. What's more, he was taken to the police station for provoking trouble. Originally, Zhou Yuanting was to be expelled according to school rules. However, the police have been selecting undercover agents. Zhou Yuanting, who had a fight with the nightclub owner, came into the leader's sight. Because the nightclub owner who fought with Zhou Yuanting happened to be the leader of the gang where the male protagonist was undercover.
So the police negotiated with Zhou Yuanting, trying to persuade him to go undercover. Zhou Yuanting had worked hard for four years in the police academy, so of course he refused to agree. However, he disagreed, and the police academy was about to expel him. But if Zhou Yuanting agrees to go undercover, he can be promoted directly after returning to the police force after the undercover operation is over. With both threats and inducements, Zhou Yuanting had no choice but to agree.
So, under the deliberate arrangement of the police, Zhou Yuanting, who was expelled from the police academy, ran to a nightclub for revenge. After getting to know the nightclub owner, he was recommended by the other party to join the gang. However, Zhou Yuanting's actions were not understood by his good brothers. Zhou Yuanting's brother is Yan Yu. He and Zhou Yuanting were classmates who were admitted to the police academy, and they were also roommates.
Yan Yu has a very clear distinction between right and wrong, and what he hates most are gangsters. He had not thought that Zhou Yuanting would fall into such a state after being expelled from school. Every time he saw Zhou Yuanting, he either righteously advised him to leave the gang or scolded him based on his assumptions. The good brothers who originally shared the same ideals parted ways because of this.
Zhou Yuanting joined the gang as an undercover agent, which meant he had a lot of responsibility to bear. You have to be careful about the intrigues within gangs and endure the misunderstanding and even abuse from your relatives and friends. Even his father, who had always had high hopes for him, severed their relationship. Zhou Yuanting is like a stuntman walking a tightrope every day. You never know when his undercover identity will be discovered, and then he will be torn to pieces. The only thing that made him feel relieved was that his immediate superior, Stern, had saved him several times from being almost exposed. In the end, strictness became almost the only pillar that kept Zhou Yuanting going.
However, what made Zhou Yuanting most upset was that he accidentally discovered that Yan Yu was actually Yan Yan's biological younger brother. The undercover target the police originally wanted to select was actually Yan Yu. However, this decision was severely blocked.
There are only two children in the Yan family. Yan Yan has already embarked on this path, and he doesn't want his own brother to have such a hard life. And under strict insistence, the police changed their initial mind. Replace the undercover agent with Zhou Yuanting. In Zhou Yuanting's opinion, he was the one who took on all of this for Yan Yu, but Yan Yu could stand in the sun in his police uniform and train him like a dog...
Even after a lifetime, Tao Mu still remembers this movie vividly. Because he also got this movie in his previous life. And I met the movie emperor Yan Sheng for the first time in this crew. Then began a difficult career where I was outshined by the other party for six or seven years. The actor who played Yan Yu in the movie happened to be Shen Yu.
Tao Mu still remembered that in his previous life, he had gone to great lengths, and even used a lot of tricks in private, to get the role of Zhou Yuanting. After the film was released, both his and Shen Yu's roles received positive reviews from the industry, and he was nominated for the Golden Crow Award for Best Newcomer. It’s a pity that at the final award ceremony, he was overshadowed by Yan Sheng and ultimately lost to Shen Yu, who played his true self.
In this life, Tao Mu never even thought of this. I didn't expect that after going around in circles, the crew actually found me.
Tao Mu curled the corners of his mouth with a smile. It must be said that the plot aura is really powerful. He's avoiding it so much, but you still want him to go through the plot.
Then shouldn't he also follow the plot's wishes? You know, in his previous life, he was really suppressed by Yan Sheng in this drama!
I don’t know if Yan Sheng will be able to suppress him in this life.
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