After leaving Longteng Entertainment, Tao Mu, who originally had plans to visit the set of “Fashion Storm”, was even more firm in his decision after Long Tianao’s phone call.

Because it was lunch break, all the cast and crew sat in the pre-built studio rest area to eat. Knowing that Tao Mu was coming, Long Tianao also instructed his assistant to go to the five-star hotel to order two more tables of dishes, which could be considered as extra meals for everyone.

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“You don’t have to be so polite. I can also eat a boxed lunch.” Tao Mu said with a smile. When he worked as a stand-in in H Town before, he couldn’t even eat the boxed lunches that the crew provided for the actors. He could only eat the communal meals that the crew had prepared for the group extras but he still survived.

“You can’t compare it that way.” Long Tianao disagreed with Tao Mu’s words: “It’s because we have suffered hard times before that we have to work hard. After earning money, we naturally have to enjoy ourselves, right? Otherwise, why do you work so hard? Why not just be a salted fish.”

Long Tianao’s mindset was that when he was a hedonistic playboy, he lived an indulgent life of luxury. Now that he was working hard to generate income for the family, his living conditions must be twice the better! Otherwise, he had worked hard in vain, and he might as well remain as an idle young master at home.

Tao Mu chuckled and thought that Long Tianao’s mindset was also quite interesting.

The director in charge of filming the weekly drama “Fashion Storm” was called Xiong Bao, a Taiwanese man who was over six feet tall and had big muscles. But when he spoke it was with the cutesy accent that was unique to Taiwan, and his inner heart was also very teenage pink. He was the most famous idol drama director and producer in Taiwan.

And he did not disappoint his famous reputation. At least two episodes of “Fashion Storm” have been broadcast, and the fact that it managed to reach the highest national audience rating of 3.5% for the ten o’clock evening slot was enough to prove that Director Xiong was indeed an impressive director.

And the most commendable thing about Director Xiong’s idol dramas was that he could dig out the most handsome, beautiful and attractive side of all actors and actresses. In other words, basically for every actor/actress who participated in Director Xiong’s idol drama, it became the drama that recorded the peak of their attractiveness.

With such a high aesthetic taste, Director Xiong was of course also appearance obsessed. When Long Tianao came to supervise the production, Director Xiong tried his best to persuade Long Tianao to play a cameo role. Now seeing Tao Mu’s overly perfect, 360-degree handsome face without any flaws to speak of, Director Xiong felt that he could hardly breathe.

“Is Mr. Tao interested in filming idol dramas?” Director Xiong sidled over with bright eyes, and examined Tao Mu’s face and figure with eyes that glowed a wolfish green. With his sharp eyes trained in idol dramas over the years, he was sure that Tao Mu must be physically fit and at least possessed six-pack abs. And there would also be beautiful dimples of Venus and a sexy Apollo’s belt hidden underneath.

Director Xiong tried his best to restrain his eager hands, and begged softly: “Mr. Tao, do you want to be in an idol drama? You are so good looking, it’s a pity not to do idol dramas. Just consider it as giving your fans a little benefit? And isn’t memorializing one’s most handsome appearance on the screen what all actors yearn for the most?”

“Mr. Tao, you must believe in my level of professionalism. I will definitely film the most handsome you and make you be the most popular new idol all over Asia, a superstar heavenly king. You know that beautiful boy group which caused a sensation in Asia in the past two years? The four of them were discovered by me. It’s because they participated in my idol drama that so many girls are able to see their most handsome and charming side.”

Tao Mu chuckled, shook his head and said, “Sorry, I’ve been too busy recently. And Beijing Film will start school soon. I have to go back to school to study, so I don’t have time to shoot TV dramas.”

Most importantly, Tao Mu was not interested in filming idol dramas. And Beijing Film would not allow students to take leave to shoot idol dramas.

“That doesn’t matter. Can Mr. Tao make a cameo appearance in “Fashion Storm”?” Director Xiong still didn’t give up, and asked eagerly: “Just play a cameo role as a domineering CEO. Mr. Tao, you will just be acting yourself. This is a drama you invested in, don’t you care about your own drama? 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 Second Sino-Japanese War drama? You make a cameo in our drama, and I will add a scene for you, saying that you, the domineering CEO of a film and television company, also invested in a Mainland war drama. The TV series is called, what was it called? Aiya, no matter what it is called. In short, the viewership rating of our drama is 3.5%. I’ll put an advertisement for you, and I promise the ratings of your war drama when it starts broadcasting will be more than 3 percent.”

When Director Xiong filmed idol dramas in Taiwan, he was often asked by sponsors to put in appearances of various brands. Director Xiong searched and racked his brains, and was always able to turn those commodities into indispensable props in the script. There were even a few direct advertisements that he managed to twist into classic scenes from the idol dramas. Therefore, this kind of thing for Director Xiong was simply as easy as pie. No need to think about it at all.

Hearing this, Tao Mu thoughtfully tapped the table with his fingers.

Long, fair fingers with pink, transparent, and delicately trimmed nails tapped casually on the tabletop while the incandescent lights of the studio poured down from overhead. Director Xiong’s eyes lit up, and he felt that he was now not only an appearance obsessed, but also hand obsessed.

“Just now I accidentally heard Mr. Long talking to you on the phone. You seem to have plans to hold a charity gala? In fact, we can also add this scene to the plot. Help to promote your charity gala.” Anyway, in the script there was also a charity gala plot point, which could be adjusted before being used.

Hearing this, Tao Mu’s tapping on the table stopped abruptly. His dark and clear eyes stared at Director Xiong. Those focused eyes actually gave Director Xiong an illusion of deep affection. And he couldn’t help but exclaim in his heart that Tao Mu’s physical appearance was indeed blessed by the heavens——he was simply a natural-born idol actor.

However, the words of such an affectionate idol seed were not so idolish at all: “Director Xiong seems to be very good at changing the script in regards to these minutiae details?”

Tao Mu raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked politely, “You don’t happen to want to turn my script into a commercial with more than 30 episodes, do you?”

Tao Mu vaguely remembered that this director seemed to have a background in filming commercials. Therefore, when filming idol dramas, he especially liked to attract sponsors. Then all kinds of hard and soft advertisements took turns being included in the drama. Therefore, although Xiong Bao’s idol dramas were very popular, it was often criticized by the industry as a carnival for sponsors.

Tao Mu didn’t want his meticulously planned business war idol script to end up becoming a classic example in the advertising industry.

Uh…..Director Xiong blinked his eyes, and explained with a strong desire to survive: “Haha, how is that possible. When Mr. Tao invited me to be the director of this drama, you clearly stated that it was not allowed to change the main plot line and the scenes of the main roles. I definitely won’t touch those vital points.”

But as Tao Mu said, the minor details were of course allowed to follow the sponsor’s ideas. This was also the best of both worlds.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Tao. Some of the changes I made were at the request of the sponsors to slightly change some lines. The main purpose is to strengthen the connection between the plot and reality and enhance the audience’s sense of immersion.”

After all, it was a weekly drama, and the advantage of filming and broadcasting at the same time was that you could keep up with current events. Especially in the fashion-related part, it was usually Director Xiong who communicates with the sponsor, and slightly modifies the details in the script to cater to the sponsor’s brand conference in reality.

For example, in the first two episodes of “Fashion Storm” before, there was a plot line where the heroine was a new model who was about to participate in a catwalk event for a new product launch under her agency’s introduction. As a result, she was framed by her colleague from the same agency and failed to arrive at the press conference in time.

And this press conference, after Director Xiong communicated with the brand owner, had become a new product launch conference that the brand owner would hold soon. Even the shooting venue was directly moved to the catwalk venue arranged by the brand owner. On the third day of the broadcast of the idol drama, the brand owner would hold their new product launch conference. The sense of immersion and blurring of reality and fiction was particularly strong.

And this kind of idol drama that cooperated closely with the fashion industry for publicity had also become the driving force for the industry to follow the drama. Many people in the industry, including those in the advertising world, began to study the drama to see if they could get some inspiration.

At present, this approach naturally had more pros than cons.

However, Tao Mu had always been thorough in his work, and liked to be careful and thoughtful. Hearing Director Xiong’s idea, although he felt that this approach could indeed expand the influence of “Fashion Storm” in the fashion industry and advertising industry, and increase publicity. But he still reminded: “In the later stage of the plot, when the heroine’s design is plagiarized. You want to use the mode of weekly dramas to keep up with the real hot spots in current events, this kind of idea is very good. But you must still pay attention to not cause dissatisfaction with sponsors. Don’t let the other party think that we are filming a drama that insinuates whichever real brand is suspected of plagiarizing.”

Xiong Bao’s nervousness eased, and he nodded again and again: “Don’t worry. I remember all these things, and I would never cause trouble to the crew.”

As Director Xiong spoke, he rubbed his sweat secretly. Don’t know why, but despite Mr. Tao being only nineteen years old this year, about the same age as his eldest son, when his expression became serious, he had a very severe aura. Causing Director Xiong to be so scared that he didn’t dare to breathe.

Director Xiong couldn’t explain it and could only attribute this aura to Tao Mu being a natural-born domineering CEO. Sighing inwardly that this business genius with a net worth of tens of billions was really different from a young actor with a salary of tens of thousands of yuan.

After deeply realizing the difference between the genuine domineering CEO and the imitation domineering CEO, Director Xiong’s idea of ​​making Tao Mu cameo as the domineering CEO in the drama became more and more uncontrollable. Even if he was frightened by Tao Mu’s serious expression just now, he still did not give up, “Mr. Tao, you really don’t want to make a cameo? Mr. Long will also make a cameo appearance.”

“If you really don’t have time, we can film your part during the weekend! It’s also a TV drama that you invested in yourself. You already did a cameo of two to three episodes for that Second Sino-Japanese War drama, so why is it that you have no time when it’s my request? Are you looking down on me? You can’t favor one over another…..”

Tao Mu looked at Xiong Bao, this big six foot plus man with a tearful expression in front of him, and felt goosebumps. He could only rub his arms and say helplessly, “Okay, okay, which role do you want me to play as a cameo? Show me the script.”

Although the main plot outline of “Fashion Storm” was provided by Tao Mu. But he really didn’t have the talent for scriptwriting. Therefore, the specific script refinement was completed by the most professional screenwriter team invited by BulletScreen.com. Tao Mu had casually looked it over once before, and thought it was quite good. But the impression was not deep. He just remembered that there were indeed several domineering CEOs——

Anyway, it was an idol drama after all, there was never a shortage of domineering CEOs and cinderellas.

Director Xiong heard Tao Mu finally agree, and immediately asked the script supervisor to bring the script over. He flipped to the middle of the script and pointed out a character for Tao Mu to see: “Here, it’s this character.”

Director Xiong shoved the script into Tao Mu’s hand, took out a thick notebook from his bag, and flipped it to a third part in. On the left was a pencil drawing of the cartoon character of the domineering CEO, and on the right was the character’s various settings, from name to blood type to height and hobby to the character’s background. The important experiences and mentality changes could also be said to be particularly detailed as well.

It could be seen that although Director Xiong had a hobby of casually pulling handsome guys and pretty ladies to play cameo roles, he was still very strict with the character’s setting and plot logic.

As expected of a man who could successively make famous new idol superstars who gain popularity all over Asia one after another!

Director Xiong pushed up the non-existent glasses on his nose and said solemnly: “Although I like Mr. Tao’s appearance very much. But for the sake of the quality of the whole drama, I hope Mr. Tao can study more about the role before the official shooting. Of course, I am very at ease with Mr. Tao’s sincerity and professionalism towards acting. I heard that in order to play the role of a drug addict, you even went to a drug rehab center to experience life and closely observe the daily behavior of addicts.”

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“The requirements of our idol drama are not so rigorous. You don’t need that kind of shocking tension in this cameo role. You just need to act as yourself and show off your handsomeness and aura.”

When Director Xiong talked about his area of expertise, his aura was suddenly different from that of the tearful big guy from just now: “A week. I’ll give you a week to prepare. Next Saturday we will shoot “Fashion Storm” episodes seven and eight. At that point, I need your best.”

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Tao Mu looked at Luo Yang, whose temperament and mannerisms were the same as before, and nodded casually.

Speaking of which, the two haven’t met since he schemed for Luo Yang’s leg to be broken by Chairman Luo. Looking at how Luo Yang was jumping up and down now——

“Has your leg recovered?” Tao Mu asked politely.

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For some reason, Luo Yang’s recovered right leg subconciously took a step back. For some reason he felt an inexplicable pain in the calf bone: “It’s completely healed.”

Luo Yang paused and said, “Xiao Yu has transferred to Yan Film, did you know?”

Before he even finished speaking, Luo Yang began to regret bringing it up. Anyone who paid even a little attention to entertainment gossip knew about Tao Mu’s frosty relationship with Shen Yu. He was clearly lifting the pot that couldn’t be opened. (TN: touching upon a sore topic)

“But it doesn’t count as a transfer. Although Xiao Yu has made a few dramas and films, he is not professionally trained, nor does he have much acting experience. Yan Film didn’t accept Xiao Yu’s transfer application at first. Yan Sheng acted as a go-between and the Shen Group also promised to donate a library to Yan Film. Only then did Yan Film agree. But after Xiao Yu transferred his student status to Yan Film, he has to start as a freshman.” This way it could be considered to sound better.

“Actually, Xiao Yu originally wanted to transfer to the Shanghai Theatre Academy. It’s a pity that Shen Yan, that vicious woman, made a fuss, and Mrs. Shen also asked had her natal family put pressure on the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Chairman Shen probably didn’t want to upset the whole family for the sake of Xiao Yu, so Xiao Yu was sent to Yan Film.”

“It’s truly hateful, that vicious Shen Yan actually incited Mrs. Shen to go to the company to make a fuss because of this matter, and caused Mrs. Shen to force Chairman Shen to take back the apartment in Pudong District that he gave to Xiao Yu. By the way, even the film and television company that Chairman Shen gave to Xiao Yu was also snatched away by Shen Yan. Saying something like since Xiao Yu wants to devote himself to studying, there is no need to waste the resources of the film and television company. And dragging Xiao Yu to the bank to cancel the credit card that His elder brother gave to Xiao Yu. Only leaving 50,000 yuan for Xiao Yu’s living expenses every month.”

“I don’t know what Chairman Shen and Shen Chen are thinking, but they even let Xiao Yu report to the school and live in the dormitory. Say, Xiao Yu is a celebrity at least, aren’t they being too much, acting like this——”

“Okay, enough.” Luo Xi interrupted her stupid little brother’s complaints impatiently: “Shen Yu is not a child of the Shen family, so what right does he have to spend the money of the Shen family. Not to mention that while Shen Yu was still enjoying the resources of the Shen family, he allowed his fans to pour dirty water on Shen Yan, ruining Shen Yan’s reputation, and forcing her to take the blame for him. Although Shen Yan is a bad apple as well, if Shen Yu had the slightest gratitude, there is absolutely no way he could do such an ungrateful thing. I can’t believe you are speaking up for him so confidently.”

“Is 50,000 yuan a month too little for living expenses? Do you know how much an ordinary white-collar worker who just graduated earns in a month in Beijing? What’s wrong with living in a dormitory? There are so many college students all over the world who enroll every year. Aren’t they living in dormitories all the same? When you studied abroad in the past, and when Mr. Li studied abroad, didnt you both also live in a dormitory? Mr. Tao started FlyNews.com from scratch, and his net worth is now tens of billions. But he still lives in Beijing Film’s dormitory. Why Is it that when it’s his turn, he is too noble to live in a dormitory, and by forcing him to live in a dormitory he is being wronged?”

“Living in a dormitory helps to cultivate the team spirit and social skills of the freshmen. Shen Yu is a person who does not understand social cues, and Chairman Shen having him live in the dormitory is for the purpose of helping him to adapt to the new school, new environment and new classmates as soon as possible. When Shen Yan went to college, didn’t she also live in the dormitory? Fine, let’s take ten thousand steps back, even if Shen Yu really didn’t want to live in the dormitory. The Shen family gave him 50,000 yuan per month for living expenses, which is enough for him to rent a place near Yan Film, right?”

“But…..” Luo Yang frowned in dissatisfaction, trying his best to defend Shen Yu: “That’s different. Xiao Yu just feels a bit sad, he feels like he was kicked out of Shanghai by the Shen family and sent thousands of miles away to Beijing. This is not the place where he grew up, and even his eating habits are different. In an unfamiliar place all by himself, he is just a little sad.”

“The way I see it, he’s just had it too smooth up until now, acting spoiled at the littlest things. Whose child hasn’t gone to college far away from home. Right after you graduated from high school, our dad sent you abroad. Did you feel like you were being kicked out? Besides,” Luo Xi sneered: “Shen Yu is also nineteen years old this year, right? According to our country’s law, when a citizen turns eighteen, their parents will no longer be obliged to support them. Even if the Shen family really doesn’t want to raise an outsider like him, that’s normal. After all, Chairman Shen and Mrs. Shen are not Shen Yu’s biological parents.”

After this merciless round of sarcasm, Luo Yang was left speechless with no words to argue back. He could only rub his nose sheepishly.

Luo Xi glared at Luo Yang, turned her head to look at Tao Mu, who had been silent all this time, and said with a warm smile: “Mr. Tao is a magnanimous gentleman, please don’t blame my idiot little brother. His mouth has no filter, and his head is also unclear. Easily bewitched by certain people who only look pitiful on the surface.”

Tao Mu smiled slightly, and finally spoke a second time after Luo Yang entered the door: “Ms. Luo, don’t worry too much. Everyone has their own preferences for making friends. Although I hate the Shen family, I’m not so stingy that I don’t allow others to make friends with the Shen family.”

In contrast, Tao Mu was more surprised by Shen Yan’s fighting ability. As expected of the daughter of the Shen family. Just casually making a fuss, she was actually able to do something that Tao Mu hadn’t done in ten years in his previous life——she actually succeeded in making the Shen family father and son take back most of the benefits given to Shen Yu.

In an instant, Tao Mu didn’t know whether to lament Shen Yan’s outstanding combat effectiveness, or to pity himself for being so incompetent even as a vicious cannon fodder in his previous life. certainly. Shen Yan’s fighting strength and her influence in front of the Shen family’s father and son also proved one thing indirectly. That was, he indeed really had no status in the Shen family in his previous life.

Not only did he have no name on the household registration book, but more importantly, in the hearts of the Shen family, no one regarded him as a member of their own.

But what made Tao Mu ponder more was the way the Shen family’s father and son handled things——

“When making friends, one must also look carefully at how the other conducts themselves.” Noticing Tao Mu’s thoughtfulness, Luo Xi smiled and said directly: “Even if the other person has no ability or background, at least they can’t be too bad-natured. A person like Shen Yu who pretends to be weak, pitiful, innocent and kind on the surface, but in fact he is cold and selfish, without the slightest empathy. He does not know how to be grateful. Take his attitude towards Shen Yan and the Shen family as an example. Even though Shen Yan is vicious, she at least did her best to treat Shen Yu well. On the contrary, Shen Yu, who believes himself to be innocent and kind, actually has so many complaints towards his adoptive family who treated him so kindly just because of such trivial matters as living expenses and living in a dormitory——”

Luo Yang couldn’t help interrupting Luo Xi’s words: “Don’t misunderstand Xiao Yu. He never complained that the Shen family treated him badly.”

“Even if he didn’t say it directly, he at least thought so subconsciously. Otherwise, how could you, a complete pig head, be attentive enough to pick up on these trivial matters? And even ran over and complained in front of Mr. Tao?” Luo Xi glared at Luo Yang: “Also, why are you hanging out with Shen Yu again? Did you forget why Dad beat you in the first place?”

Hearing what Luo Xi said, Luo Yang instantly felt a dull pain in his calf again, and his expression changed slightly: “You don’t need to bother with my affairs. You just take care of yourself. Let me tell you, I went shopping with my girlfriend two days ago, and I saw brother-in-law visiting the lingerie store with another woman. I was so angry that I rushed over on the spot and punched him in the face. He didn’t dare to tell you when he went back, did he?”

Looking at Luo Xi’s slightly stunned expression, Luo Yang snorted: “You don’t know at all, do you? How many days since you last saw him?”

“Let me tell you, don’t be too busy working all day. You should pay attention to your own husband. Lest that little gigolo cheated on you, and you aren’t even aware!”

When Luo Yang said this, he felt angry again. Rolling up his sleeves and cursing, jumping to his feet and planning to go to his brother-in-law to settle accounts.

In Luo Yang’s heart, no matter how disagreeable jis relationship was with Luo Xi, they were still family. That little gigolo dared to cheat behind his sister’s back, did he really think that no one in their Luo family would support his elder sister, right?

“Enough!” Luo Xi felt a headache coming on caused by Luo Yang’s noisiness, and spoke with a dark expression: “Don’t go and get into a fight with your brother-in-law again. You don’t need to worry about my affairs. I will handle it myself. As for you, if you dare to get involved with that surnamed Shen again, I will tell Dad. Dad will send you to the army at that time. Don’t blame your big sister for not warning you. ” 

Since Luo Yang’s scandal broke out, Chairman Luo broke his leg in a fit of rage, and he was forced to spend more than half a year recuperating in the hospital. Whereas Luo Xi cooperated with Tao Mu to make Longteng Entertainment even more prosperous. Even in connection with several other important projects of the Luo Group, Luo Xi also showed very high business talent and management skills, and even when dealing with other shareholders of the board of directors she was also capable of carrying things out with ease, her speech and demeanor both quite worthy of praise.

With such contrast, Chairman Luo also seemed to have tacitly acknowledged that his son really did not have the ability to manage the company and began to slowly prefer to cultivate his daughter instead. Even repeating several times that he wanted to send Luo Yang to the army for training——

In the words of Chairman Luo, the most regretful decision he made in his life was to send Luo Yang to study abroad. He had thought that his son would inherit the family business, so he wanted to give him an elite education. As a result, after four years, Luo Yang hadn’t learned any skills at all abroad, was not even able to speak English well, and instead only learned the playful style of the hedonistic rich, such as dabbling in eating, drinking, gambling, playing little stars and models, speed racing——

Every time Chairman Luo thought of this, his entire person was filled with regret. So he made up his mind that if Luo Yang dared to cause trouble again, he would immediately throw him into the army.

Luo Yang knew that his father had always been one to keep his word, and so during this time he also pretended to be good and obedient at home. But he had grown tired of staying home for so long, and was incited to hold a party by his friends. It also happened that Shen Yu had just arrived in Beijing, and he also wanted to introduce his friends to Shen Yu. But because he was afraid that Shen Yu would be uncomfortable, he wanted to invite two artists from the company who were good at socializing to accompany Shen Yu. And at the same time they could also help Shen Yu to familiarize himself with the atmosphere of the entertainment circle in Beijing.

As a result, no matter who he called they all refused, expressing timidly that this was an order from CEO Luo Xi. Luo Yang instantly exploded, feeling that Luo Xi was deliberately making trouble for him, trying to make him lose face. Only then did he angrily storm over to Longteng Entertainment to have a chat with Luo Xi. Who knew that he barely even said a few words, only to find himself scolded speechless by Luo Xi.

——And also seeing Tao Mu!

 Luo Yang looked at Tao Mu with mixed feelings. Just a year ago, this person was still just an insignificant nobody, with no name and had no background in H Town. But in just one year, this person had transformed into a business genius worth tens of billions of dollars. He also became Li Xiaoheng’s most important business partner. And now his name was even known to the highest circle of power in the country.

Chairman Luo often sighed at home, saying that Tao Mu, as a child of the poor, was forced to grow up early. He also commented that Tao Mu was originally not just a fish in a pond, but a dragon that soars up to the skies when encountering a gust of wind. After saying this he would then scold him for not growing eyes, that he only made friends with hoodlums and was unable to make friends with a proper person. He and Li Xiaoheng grew up in the same neighborhood. After graduating from high school, they both went abroad to study together. But the result was that their friendship drifted further and further. Same with Tao Mu. As the saying went, don’t bully the poor because you never know if the poor kid you bullied won’t gain success one day. Unfortunately, Luo Yang did exactly that.

Chairman Luo felt that the reason why Luo Yang became like this was because his position was not firm, and he was corroded by the sugar-coated cannonballs of imperialism. He should be trained in the army to get rid of his stinky habits. Chairman Luo felt that he had come to terms with reality, and no longer had hopes that Luo Yang could be a useful person to society, he only hoped that he would at least not grow into a crooked tree.

After hearing this so often, even Luo Yang felt that he and Tao Mu were not from the same world. So when he saw Tao Mu, Luo Yang’s first reaction was to bring up Shen Yu. He didn’t even know why he did it.

It seemed that only by doing so could he prove that he and Tao Mu were from the same world. He was also not inferior to Tao Mu.

Tao Mu obviously did not know of Young Master Luo’s rich mental activity. But even if he knew, Tao Mu could only comment on one thing——they really were not from the same world. He had stopped being cannon fodder for more than a year, trying his best to live in the real world. While Luo Yang, who was likely affected by the plot halo radiation, was joyfully living out a dog-blood idol drama.

Tao Mu only picked up on the fact that Shen Yu had already come to Beijing. After walking out of Longteng Entertainment’s office building, Tao Mu made a call to Long Tianao. Going straight to the point, he asked: “I heard that Shen Yu came to Beijing. Have you met him?”

“What, Shen Yu came to Beijing?” Long Tianao was on the set of “Fashion Storm”, overseeing the filming crew as an investor. And by the way, leading the staff of Summer Star Entertainment to secretly learn the skills from the experts. Hearing Tao Mu’s words, he was particularly surprised: “No, he really transferred to Beijing Film? Didn’t Beijing Film say they won’t accept this young master?”

“It’s not Beijing Film. He transferred his student status to Yan Film to start his freshman year again.” Tao Mu explained: “I just came out of Longteng Entertainment and heard Luo Yang mention it.”

“Oh.” Long Tianao took a drag from a cigarette: “I’ve been very busy recently. And we haven’t been in touch for a long time.”

To be exact, after the defeat of the Yao family, and the fact that Shen Yu didn’t even give Yao Wenxiao a single phone call was revealed, Long Tianao directly blocked Shen Yu’s number.

Long Tianao knew that he was not a good person, and the friends that surrounded him were just casual drinking friends. It was fine to laugh and play together, but when something happened, they were not ones he could rely on, and to put it bluntly, even if they wanted to help, they just didn’t have the ability to help.

But whether they were reliable or not, whether they could help out or not was one thing, but the fact that you don’t even make a phone call or offer help out, now that was another thing.

Long Tianao knew that even when Yao Wenxiao was down on his luck, he still thought of Shen Yu and helped Shen Yu vent any grievances. The scandal that Liang Xiao was kept as a mistress was caused by Yao Wenxiao’s instigation of the water navy. Later, he also came all the way to Hong Kong to celebrate Shen Yu’s birthday. But in the end, how did Shen Yu treat Yao Wenxiao?

Long Tianao just felt very cold. He originally thought that Shen Yu was quite a unique little thing, different from the vulgar masses, from those superficial b*tches he knew before.

As a result, he was indeed quite unique, but f**k was he a no good rotten apple!

Long Tianao finally reacted: “No, wait, what were you doing in Longteng Entertainment? I say Tao Mu, what is the relationship between the two of us, how come you don’t come to me when you have something good? What business talk did you have with that cunning woman Luo Xi behind my back?”

“It’s not business related. I just wanted to discuss  with Ms. Luo about donating all the proceeds from “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” to the Second Sino-Japanese War Veterans Charity Fund.” Tao Mu explained the situation succinctly.

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On the other end of the phone, Long Tianao was immediately excited: “I want to donate too! I say, that documentary of yours is really touching. A grown man like me nearly even cried when I saw it. Made me really want to do something for those veterans.”

Tao Mu smiled warmly: “That’s fine. Let me know how much you want to donate.”

“Ai!” Long Tianao suddenly had a thought: “Why don’t we hold a charity gala?”

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Probably because Li Xiaoheng’s attitude was too calm and natural, after the reporters exchanged looks with each other, they didn’t feel that there was anything wrong. The reporter from FlyNews Entertainment also helped the two CEOs to save face: “…..So you actually used this method to name the website, so CEO Li, you and our CEO Tao are really bad with names, huh?”

Our CEO Tao?

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CEO Li, who was sitting on stage at the press conference, glanced at the employees of their family’s CEO Tao, and smiled gently: “Well, it’s not really because we are bad at names, we just wanted to show the outside world the cooperative sincerity of Xiaoheng Capital and FlyNews.com in this way.”

In fact, in terms of business cooperation, if two companies cooperate to establish a new company, usually the new company would be named after the two companies. This was especially the case with joint ventures between Chinese companies and foreign companies. This way of naming was very common in the business world. It was just that there were relatively few companies named after the surnames of the bosses of both parties.

The media in the audience thought about it and felt that the names of XiaohengFlyNews.com, FlyNewsXiaoheng.com, XiaoFly.com, and NewsHeng.com did not look like online shopping platforms no matter how you looked at them. After thinking about it carefully, it turned out that LiTao.com was indeed a more appropriate name.

Not only did it sound catchy, the meaning was also very auspicious, and it could also announce to the outside world the two major shareholders of FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital through their names, forming a three-pronged publicity model. The moment people saw the name, they would immediately think of the three companies. If one thought about it further, one could even think of the Li family’s Fengxing Group.

Thinking about it this way, the decision to name it LiTao.com was indeed a beneficial and cost-effective way of publicity.

Li Xiaoheng was a pure student of the sciences, of course he didn’t know the way of thinking of students of the liberal arts. Under the deliberate guidance of the reporters from FlyNews Entertainment Department, the group of media reporters quickly thought up a variety of business secrets to explain LiTao.com’s naming process that even Li Xiaoheng himself did not know.

So after the press conference, when Li Xiaoheng asked his assistant to search for relevant comments on the Internet, what he saw was that all major financial media praised LiTao.com’s naming process as a beneficial and cost-effective publicity method. Even the gossip entertainment media that reprinted various reports after the press conference put the focus of the gossip on the two diamond bachelor domineering CEOs. Of course, some daring gossip media were inspired to subtly post gossip about the capital’s Li family. In the end, based on Li Xiaoheng’s experience of starting his own business at a young age, they concluded that the eldest son of the Li family was excluded from the family and that there was even a grudge between the Li family’s father and son.

The ancients say that the imperial family consists of no father and son. Now it seemed that in the face of huge interests, the rich and powerful also did not possess familial affection!

Li Xiaoheng looked at the name of this gossip newspaper and found that it was actually a Hong Kong tabloid. Sure enough, the paparazzi of Hong Kong dared to say anything!

After the press conference, BulletScreen.com uploaded the first part of the Second Sino-Japanese War documentary “The Veterans Does Not Die”, titled “No Sichuan, No Army” in a timely manner, with FlyNews.com conducting real-time promotion.

Many netizens——to be precise, Tao Mu’s die-hard fans, after watching the press conference of LiTao.com, some of them went to LiTao.com to buy, buy, buy, while the others went to BulletScreen.com to watch the documentary.

Thanks to FlyNews.com’s nearly 200 million registered users, LiTao.com’s transaction volume exceeded 100 million yuan within 24 hours of its launch. A large portion of these trade orders were contributed by incoming students and freshmen. Tao Mu drew on the promotion methods of online shopping platforms ten years in the future, and directly launched a school opening gift package during the promotion period of the school season. It contained various stationery books and learning materials for all grades, all kinds of daily necessities that freshmen should buy before reporting to college, and even included a novice cosmetic bag in conjunction with fashion magazines and some affordable and easy-to-use cosmetic brands. While ensuring that all cosmetics were genuine, students could also enjoy the best prices.

Of course, there were people who were not interested in buying, buying, buying. After seeing the top link on the homepage of FlyNews.com, they moved the mouse and clicked into the documentary video. As a result, the number of views to “No Sichuan, No Army” also exceeded 10 million within 24 hours.

However, it was the “Dialogue 1937” call for essays organized by FlyNews.com that pushed the influence of this documentary on the Second Sino-Japanese War to the whole network.

In 2009, the purchasing power of 10,000 yuan was still very impressive. Even in some 18th-tier small counties, the annual salary of an ordinary employee may not even reach 10,000 yuan.

So under this hefty monetary reward, the netizens who were still on FlyNews.com were immediately tempted. Students in elementary, middle and high school took this essay writing activity as a composition essay. College students, graduate students and even doctoral students took this essay writing activity as their graduation thesis and research report. Photographers and other industry professionals all posted relevant photos and videos on the Internet, and even office workers and retired civil servants participated in the call for essays in the form of writing memoirs.

The year 2009 was originally the 60th anniversary of the founding of China, and the official government also attached great importance to this year’s National Day activities. For example, the military parade that had been rehearsed for a long time. However, in addition to this, the official government had also tried to carry out other forms of promotion as well. So that more people, especially young people, could understand the history of their motherland.

Meng Qi, on behalf of FlyNews.com, took the initiative to contact the officials, and proposed the tourism activity of “Veterans watching the military parade plus a three-day tour of the capital”, which especially echoed the official intentions.

In fact, the government was also paying attention to FlyNews.com. Although FlyNews.com was established not long ago, it held the 11/11 military uniform photo activity, established a charity fund for orphans and elderly, helped the Shen Group to promote the Gene Bank For Lost Children, and even later co-founded Skynet System with Xiaoheng Capital, Skynet Technologies, and the Ministry of Public Security. Promoting positive energy with a positive attitude.

Including the idea of “inviting veterans to the capital to watch the military parade”, as well as the Second Sino-Japanese War Veterans Charity Fund jointly established with Xiaoheng Capital, it was also very awesome indeed. It could be said that in the eyes of the government, FlyNews.com had become the kind of native emerging enterprises in China most worthy of publicity and praise.

As FlyNews.com had won the government’s favor, it had also been taken care of by various policies in its normal operation and management. This was also an important reason why Meng Qi strongly supported Tao Mu’s various ideas.

It was now late August, and there was only a little more than a month left before the National Day. They were actually on a very tight schedule. Since the government felt that the idea of ​​”inviting veterans to celebrate with the whole country” was a good idea, they immediately reported this idea upwards. In the end, it even reached the very top. Senior official No. 1 made the final decision in person, and even personally said that “FlyNews.com is one of China’s own websites, which can guide young people and promote positive energy. It is an excellent example of a national emerging enterprise”.

When the news traveled back to FlyNews.com, the entire FlyNews.com headquarters exploded in excitement. Even the programmers in the technical department didn’t code any more, floating out of the technical department in a state of dizziness one by one, all jokingly insisting Mr. Meng to give everyone a raise, as a way of universal rejoicing.

What could Meng Qi do? Of course, it was to happily allow a salary increase for all staff, directly issuing three months’ worth of monthly salary as a bonus.

At the same time, Tao Mu was at Longteng Entertainment’s headquarters, discussing with Luo Xi about donating all the proceeds from “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” to the Second Sino-Japanese War Veterans Charity Fund.

“Mr. Tao has been working with us for so long. But I think this is the first time you have come to the office building of Longteng Entertainment?” Luo Xi walked out from behind the desk, invited Tao Mu to sit on the sofa, and asked with a smile, “Coffee or tea?”

“Water will do.” Tao Mu finally finished a lot of things on his agenda, and wanted to get a good night’s sleep tonight. So he didn’t want to drink coffee or tea.

Luo Xi smiled and had the secretary pour the mineral water before saying: “Mr. Tao is a rare visitor. I see that you have been very busy recently. I wonder if there is a chance for us, Longteng Entertainment, to continue to deepen cooperation with FlyNews?”

Tao Mu drank half a glass of mineral water and said casually, “Haven’t we been working together all this time?”

“I’m talking about cooperation outside the entertainment industry.” Luo Xi smiled and said meaningfully: “For example, you and Xiaoheng Capital created the online shopping platform LiTao.com. The response has been very good. I wonder if you are interested in joining Longteng Entertainment in cooperating to create an online celebrity merchandise trading platform?”

“To tell you the truth, we have a lot of contracted artists under Longteng Entertainment. Among them, there are many A- and B-list stars. But you also know that our mainland stars, in regards to merchandise sales, have not been doing very well. Except for some merchandise sold when singers hold concerts and release new albums, the rest of the time we simply are unable to tap the purchasing power of fans. The merchandise sales of some A- and B-list stars are not even as good as those artists who gain popularity through variety talent shows.”

However, the specific hosting activities of such talent shows were all managed by FlyNews.com. Luo Xi found that FlyNews.com did better than their entertainment companies in this area.

“I heard that Mr. Tao sent people to South Korea to study in order to make the weekly drama “Fashion Storm”. I have to admit that South Korea’s fan economy and idol culture have always been better than our domestic ones. So I just wanted to ask Mr. Tao, are you interested in joining forces and digging into the domestic fan economy?”

Tao Mu glanced at Luo Xi without any surprise, and smiled warmly: “Ms. Luo has quite a unique idea.”

“As they say, wealth moves the heart.” Luo Xi smiled slightly, and added: “By the way, I wonder why Mr. Tao came over today?”

“It’s for the profit sharing of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”.” Tao Mu went straight to the point, directly explaining his plans to set up a charity fund for war veterans from the donation.

As CEO Li expected, after hearing Tao Mu’s idea, Luo Xi didn’t even think about it at all, and said directly: “This idea is very good, and I very much support Mr. Tao’s decision.”

After a pause, Luo Xi said with a slight teasing manner: “FlyNews.com is an outstanding national emerging enterprise hand-picked by the No. 1 senior official. As a partner of FlyNews.com, Longteng Entertainment must of course keep up. To be honest, my father called me specially after learning about this, and wanted to invite you to be a guest at home and by the way discuss some matters. The Luo Group also wants to donate a sum of money to the Second Sino-Japanese War Veterans Charity Fund.”

Tao Mu immediately smiled and said, “I remember that Chairman Luo is a retired soldier. He would definitely have more special feelings for those people in that period of history.”

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Luo Xi smiled, and was about to say something when the door of the office was pushed open with a bang, and someone shouted angrily, “Luo Xi, what right do you have to restrict the company’s artists from going to my party——”

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Yang, who rushed in angrily, saw Tao Mu sitting on the sofa and instantly had a stunned expression: “Tao, Tao Mu, why are you here?”

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After Tao Mu returned to Beijing, he directly asked the post-production team of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” to edit these videos into documentary form.

Starting from now to September 28, there was still more than a month until the official launch of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. Basically about five weeks. Taking into account the browsing habit of netizens who adhered to “too long to watch”, Tao Mu divided the documentary into five parts, each of ten minutes, respectively introducing the Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army, the Guangxi Army, the Guangdong Army and other combat troops’ history as well as veteran interviews. Tao Mu also had the post-production team search for historical clips of the relevant battles to be included in the documentary.

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In addition, Tao Mu also launched an online literary essay activity called “Dialogue 1937”. Though called a literary essay, netizens were actually just invited to publicize the heroic deeds of their elders who participated in the war. The activity was not limited to text, whether it was old photos or other materials, all were allowed to be submitted then voted on by netizens. The first place winner would receive a prize of 10,000 yuan. The second place winner would be awarded 5,000 yuan, and the third to tenth place would be awarded 1,000 yuan.

The time for the awarding of the awards was set at 10:00 am on October 1, 2009, which was also the time when the military parade for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China began.

In fact, Tao Mu also had an idea in his mind, that was, he wanted to organize a large-scale tour group, so that the veterans of the Second Sino-Japanese War could also go to Beijing to watch the military parade of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and then a day trip to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.

Tao Mu shared this idea with the top management of FlyNews.com, as well as the production team of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. Everyone agreed with Tao Mu’s idea. Director Zhou Hong and other members of the production team directly expressed their willingness to help with travel expenses and accommodation expenses.

Meng Qi also felt that Tao Mu’s idea was very good. However, exactly how to carry it out was a long-term discussion. Meng Qi thought it was best to communicate with the relevant departments. So Tao Mu then entrusted this important task to his Xiao Qi Dad.

The broadcast time of the first documentary part was selected to be on August 24th.

This day was a Saturday, an off day for both college students and office workers. However, Tao Mu’s itinerary was quite full.

At 9:30 in the morning, just one week before the start of the new semester, the online shopping platform LiTao.com, which Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng had been preparing for, was officially launched alongside the half-month long “School Season” full discount promotion. The homepage of LiTao.com also included the news that the urban fashion business war idol drama “Fashion Storm” with the creation of LiTao.com as the story background would be broadcast on Mango TV at 10 o’clock in the evening. A week ago, the opening screen of FlyNews.com became the cover poster of “Fashion Storm”, which printed the broadcast time of the TV series and the promotion news of LiTao.com.

At the same time, Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng also had to attend a press conference jointly organized by FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital.

At 10:30 in the morning, the press conference ended. The first promotion video of “Second Sino-Japanese War Documentary: The Veterans Does Not Die” was officially uploaded to BulletScreen.com, and at the same time, the relevant link was placed at the top of the homepage of FlyNews.com. Alongside the “Dialogue 1937” activity call for action.

At 8 o’clock in the evening, the variety show with the highest ratings on Mango TV was broadcast. Tao Mu brought the younger cast members from the two crews of “Fashion Storm” and “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” to promote the two dramas at the same time. At ten o’clock in the evening, the variety show ended. Immediately following was the weekly drama “Fashion Storm” was officially launched at the ten o’clock slot.

“…..The schedule arrangement is indeed very tight.” At nine o’clock in the morning, in the backstage of the press conference venue, Li Xiaoheng looked at the dense schedule recorded in Tao Mu’s notebook and couldn’t help asking: “There are so many things to do, why not spread it out?”

“In order to make a clear contrast. While improving the happiness of netizens, try to maximize publicity as much as possible.” Tao Mu closed his eyes and rested. He had been too busy with work recently and barely slept much.

Li Xiaoheng, who had minored in psychology, followed Tao Mu’s train of thought, and also realized Tao Mu’s motive.

Using the method of interviewing veterans to make documentaries of the Second Sino-Japanese War to tell the audience that peace and prosperity did not come by easy, and at the same time promote the drama “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. This would make the audience look forward to a TV series that could truly reflect the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Initiating the “Dialogue 1937” activity would inspire netizens to recall the past, and at the same time, let them know to visit LiTao.com, which would be launched soon, as well as the upcoming fashion idol drama “Fashion Storm”. Let netizens truly feel the convenience brought by the development of the Internet, while also guiding netizens to face the most luxury indulgent fashion circles and entertainment circles, and then connect the topic to the Second Sino-Japanese War documentary. Informing everyone who lives in the modern present in the most sensational way that the reason why we could have a happy life today where we were free to fool around on the Internet was because in those hard times, there were countless revolutionary heroes who sacrificed their lives to make modern peace and prosperity a reality.

Considering that there was still more than a month between now and the National Day, that was to say, this joint promotion could last for at least more than a month. Judging from FlyNews.com’s current publicity, if Meng Qi could really make that happen, then in a month, the publicity would reach an incredible climax. By then, whether it was “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, “Fashion Storm”, or LiTao.com, they would all definitely become household names.

As expected of the most anticipated business genius in the eyes of his peers. The joint promotion planned by Tao Mu could almost be included in the textbook as a classic case.

Li Xiaoheng touched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly said, “Actually, we can also establish a charity fund for war veterans. What do you think?”

In the past few days, Li Xiaoheng often went to the headquarters of FlyNews.com to pick up Tao Mu, and he also saw Tao Mu overseeing the post-production team of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” work on the documentary. He learned that the current situation of many war veterans was not very good. Xiaoheng Capital donated to charity every year. Last year, together with FlyNews.com, they had set up the Orphan Education Fund and the Elderly Charity Fund. This year, they could set up a charitable fund for veterans.

When Tao Mu heard this, he subconsciously responded: “That’s exactly what I had in mind. In fact, I originally wanted to donate all the proceeds from “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” to set up a charity fund for war veterans. It’s just that I’m not the only investor in this TV series. As for how to decide, it must be discussed with you and the people at Longteng. Though I didn’t expect you to bring it up first.”

Tao Mu considered himself to be a profiteering business man. But no matter how indifferent and greedy you are, some things would still be able to touch and shock you. Therefore, the ancients would say a gentleman should keep personal virtues when poor and benefit the public when successful. Tao Mu couldn’t do much by himself. But within the scope of his ability, Tao Mu was also willing to find a balance between good deeds and business interests. And to be honest, Tao Mu now owned all the shares of FlyNews.com and 5% of the shares of Xiaoheng Capital, and the dividends he earned from the international financial market every month totaled more than one million dollars. So in contrast, he really didn’t pay much attention to the revenue shares of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”.

Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with a warm smile, nodded in agreement, “I have no complaints.”

Tao Mu didn’t react for a while: “Huh?”

Li Xiaoheng repeated patiently: “I mean, if you want to donate all the proceeds of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, I have no problem. This TV series is about the story of the Second Sino-Japanese War. If the proceeds can help those veterans who survived the war, then it is also quite appropriate. As for Longteng Entertainment, they only invested two to three million yuan in total. I think if you speak with CEO Luo, CEO Luo would not object.”

As long as Luo Xi was not stupid, she would be able to see how much this would improve the positive image of Longteng Entertainment. A mere two to three million yuan investment was nothing to the Luo family.

“And isn’t the chairman of the Luo Group also a former soldier? If nothing else, I think he would support our approach.”

While they were talking, Assistant Jiang walked into the lounge, knocked on the door and reminded, “It’s time, could the two CEOs take the stage?”

Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng looked at each other and smiled, and got up on stage.

In view of the fact that FlyNews.com had been a hot topic since its establishment. This time, the LiTao.com online launch press conference jointly held with Xiaoheng Capital was not only recorded and broadcast by FlyNews.com, but also related media reporters were also invited. Even some smaller magazines who were not invited also came to attend the conference.

The host of the press conference was Hu Xiang, the male anchor who Tao Mu had recorded a variety show on Mango TV with. This male anchor had always been praised by industry insiders for his good character and high emotional intelligence. Tao Mu’s social skills have always been praised as well. With both sides having amiable intentions, Tao Mu and Hu Xiang maintained a very tacit and friendly relationship. When Tao Mu and the production team went to southern Hunan to make a documentary about Hunan Army veterans, he specially went to see Hu Xiang, a fellow Hunan resident. Hu Xiang also did his best to be a hospitable host, and indeed helped Tao Mu and the production team a lot. He also treated the production team to some of the most authentic foods in the area.

This time LiTao.com held a press conference, Tao Mu naturally invited Hu Xiang over to host the press conference.

Sure enough, Hu Xiang’s witty remarks came one after the other, and the rhythm of this conference was very well controlled. Not only did he explain the various concepts of LiTao.com very clearly, but also made the media reporters in the audience laugh. Especially after Li Xiaoheng, on behalf of Xiaoheng Capital and FlyNews.com, announced the decision to establish the Second Sino-Japanese War Veterans Charity Fund, Hu Xiang pushed the good atmosphere of the press conference to a climax.

An hour later, without anyone even realizing the passage of time, the press conference finally ushered in the final reporters’ question-and-answer session.

Li Xiaoheng, according to habit, when the reporters’ questioning session began, he immediately searched for FlyNews Entertainment reporters in the audience, choosing one to ask the first question.

They were all from the same family. The reporter from FlyNews Entertainment didn’t want to embarrass their boss’s partner. Instead, they directly asked a basic and common question that was of no danger: “Why is this online shopping platform named LiTao.com?”

According to LiTao.com’s public relations manuscript, the correct official answer to this question should be something like “LiTao.com, which symbolizes searching for the products you want with a beautiful mood”. (TN: Li=beautiful, Tao=select, search)

However, when Li Xiaoheng picked up the microphone, don’t know if he was too tired or a circuit got disconnected in his head, but he said, “Because calling it TaoLi doesn’t sound as good.” (TN: taoli=arbitrage)

FlyNews Entertainment reporter: “???” Huh???

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Li Xiaoheng looked at the FlyNews Entertainment reporter’s confused face, and further explained: “Because my surname is Li, and CEO Tao’s surname is Tao. At that time, we went through many similar homonyms. For example, LiTao.com, TaoLi.com, TaoLi.com……and finally, we settled on LiTao.com. It’s your CEO Tao who drew the lot and got LiTao. So you should be asking him this question instead.”

Tao Mu who was minding his own business: “…..”

Media reporters who were expressionless and silent: “…..”

Employees of Xiaoheng Capital, FlyNews.com and even LiTao.com: “…..”

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Thanks to the powerful publicity capabilities of FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com and the audience base of nearly 200 million, plus the classic plot of this TV series itself, after the upload of the trailer of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, the Internet instantly boiled over.

Tao Mu’s fans were the first to react. While the thoughts of other passers-by and audience were still immersed in the plot, face fans and acting fans began to excitedly promote Tao Mu’s acting skills and good looks everywhere. Like an endless stream of tap water, the eloquent compliments instantly flooded the entire FlyNews.com and other entertainment and gossip social platforms.

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The high profile of the Ceramics also attracted the dissatisfaction of some netizens. The first to charge forward was Shen Yu’s fans. (TN: the name of Tao Mu’s fans, originating from ‘Tao’ which means ceramic)

“Hehe, you can actually see acting skills from a trailer clip? Don’t you think your filter is too deep?”

“I took a look, and I didn’t feel it was all that good. I just felt that the last few scenes were really ugly. Completely incomparable to our little prince’s classic look in “Purple Cloud” and “Jianghu”. Blowing rainbow fart at such an appearance? Are Tao Mu’s fans blind or what?”

“The drug use appearance is so realistic, don’t tell me he experienced it himself? I remember that someone exposed the news that Tao Mu was taking drugs, I didn’t quite believe it at the time. But now looking at Tao Mu’s performance…..”

Tao Mu’s fans were just in the middle of kneeling and licking the screen. But hearing these slanderous words, they immediately rage-quit.

Unsurprisingly, the two fan clubs broke out in a fight again.

“A certain someone has already become a sewer rat that everyone detests. Yet the fans of a fake still have time to follow our Mu? You sure there’s nothing wrong with you? Has the school status problem of your fake little prince been solved yet?”

“Shen Yu fan is such a sour lemon, you actually still dare to praise “Purple Cloud” and “Jianghu”? Your fake little prince nearly turned these two dramas into PPT with his nonexistent acting skills, just look at the evaluations of professional film critics and sober up, okay?”

“Here’s a picture of the real-time box office of “Jianghu” for you to sober up. Because of the scandals following your fake little prince, the whole movie was boycotted by female netizens and feminists, the box office plummeted, and investors and producers are all crying in regret. It is estimated that no one will invite your fake prince to act in a movie in the future anymore. Of course, unless the Shen Group provides investment and support.”

“Speaking of this, I am reminded of how innocent and weak the fake little prince appears on the surface, while in fact, he possesses a cold-blooded nature underneath. Taking the money of the Shen family and enjoying the resources of the Shen family, and then pretending to be innocent and letting the members of the Shen family help him take the blame. Sure enough, he is indeed a high and noble little prince, he has no human sympathy at all…..”

So the negative reports that were finally suppressed by the Shen family were once again publicized by the Ceramics.

Tao Mu’s scolding fans have always been known for their explosive combat effectiveness, which was the main reason why other fans were reluctant to target Tao Mu. Not only because Tao Mu controlled FlyNews.com, but more importantly, Tao Mu liked to be an investor in addition to being an actor. Moreover, Tao Mu rarely accepted endorsements and entertainment gigs, and there was almost no conflict with other talent companies in terms of fighting over resources, so the fans of other idols and celebs were too lazy to offend such a big boss for no reason.

Of course. Other than Shen Yu’s fans who were always the exception.

While his fans and Shen Yu’s fans were caught in a new round of smack talk, Tao Mu also took the members of the “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” production team and other actors to various places to interview the veterans who were still alive after the Anti-Japanese War.

“…..To kill one Japanese enemy, we had to sacrifice four soldiers. Our equipment was of poor quality, so we had to just rely on luck and determination to survive…..There was no ammunition, so we could only charge forward with gritted teeth. Throwing ourselves at the Japanese…..taking them down with us…..”

“I was only sixteen years old when I joined the army, and I didn’t understand anything, I was completely illiterate. I knew that we had been bullied by the Japanese and had no way to survive. We will die if we fight, we will die if we don’t fight…..At that time, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army said ‘Fight to the end, remain unswerving. So long as the enemy army will not leave the country, then the Sichuan army will not return to home.”…..In my village, a total of five fellow villagers including myself joined the army together. After one battle, four died…..I dared not think about whether I would survive to see tomorrow or not. You simply can’t even see the enemy on the battlefield at all, and end up likely being hit…..”

“Too many people have died. A comrade who shared a smoke with you in the trench during the day may be gone by night…..”

“Faced with tens of thousands of Japanese troops, our troops fought for three days and three nights, until even the last surviving one was gone, no one surrendered, no one retreated. Even the division commander died for the country. I was dug out from a pile of corpses by the army that passed by later…..”

When we look at military-related historical materials, there has always been a saying that “if there was no Sichuan, there would be no army.” This sentence actually originated from the Anti-Japanese War. After the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Sichuan Army, who had been far away from the warring area, took the initiative to join and fight against the enemy. The seven army factions of the Sichuan Army, totaling more than 400,000 people, went to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War to fight and shed blood. Since then, a large number of young adults have been sent to the front line every year. In the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, a total of more than 3 million troops were provided. Which accounted for more than one-fifth of the country’s total military resources.

That was to say, among the troops participating in the Anti-Japanese War at that time, almost every five soldiers there was a Sichuanese. That was why there was a saying that “if there was no Sichuan, there would be no army”. And the most worth mentioning was that after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Sichuan Army took the initiative to propose to leave their homeland of Sichuan and offer their part in the Anti-Japanese War. Back then, the official party army believed that the Sichuan Army was the worst local army, with inferior equipment, lax military discipline, and poor quality of soldiers. The commander-in-chief of the first theater of operations at that time even said bluntly, “I don’t want this kind of rotten troops.”

However, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, this local army with the worst quality in the eyes of the troops of the same period never regretted fighting to the death and never surrendered.

In the Battle of Songhu, there were more than 4,000 people in the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army. When they were evacuated from the battlefield, there were less than 600 people left, and the casualties exceeded 85%. In the Battle of Nanjing, the Sichuan Army ran out of ammunition and supplies, the military commander chose to die in the service of the country. In the Taierzhuang military campaign, Battle of Teng County, almost all the Sichuan troops defending it were killed and none were captured as prisoners of war…..

The historical background of the TV series “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was that during the Battle of Songhu, the male protagonist was an officer in Sichuan Province who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. Therefore, when Tao Mu led the members of the production team of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” on this interview of veterans, the first stop was in the Sichuan area.

The veterans who survived the Anti-Japanese War were basically in their nineties now. With wrinkled skin, white hair and gummy teeth, as well as age spots on the face and hands, they were barely even able to speak clearly.

However, when they talked about the past events during the Anti-Japanese War and those comrades who died on the battlefield, the past events accompanied by blood and fighting were still vivid in their minds. One of the veterans even confessed tearfully that he remembered where every comrade was buried.

Some people also showed Tao Mu and the production team the old photos taken at that time and various medals awarded during the war.

The old black-and-white photos have turned slightly yellow with the passage of time, and the edges and corners were worn and curled. A total of five teenagers were standing side by side. They were all fifteen or sixteen years old. In this era, they were all at the age where one had just entered high school. Every day, their days were filled with trivial troubles such as finishing their homework, skipping classes to go play at Internet cafes, and keeping their puppy love secret from their parents. However, a few decades ago, in the era when the country was invaded by foreign enemies, they had to carry inferior equipment and charge onto the battlefield to fight against the invaders.

The old man said, “This was a picture taken when the five of us from our village first joined the army.” However, after the war, he was the only one who could return to his hometown alive. But the old man didn’t come back completely intact either. One of his arms was lost during the war.

“When I recovered, my superiors said they would assign me to a local police station. I didn’t agree. I said that I lost an arm, so how could I help the common people catch bad guys. If I can’t catch bad guys, how could I be a policeman?”

“I am already more fortunate than my comrades who died in the war. I was able to survive and return to my hometown to be reunited with my family. I didn’t want to be a burden to the country. Our country had yet to become strong and needed more useful people in more important positions.”

“The motherland needed to be stronger. Only when it is stronger will it not be bullied by other countries.” And his comrades-in-arms would not have died in vain.

“The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was a typical Anti-Japanese War drama, in other words, a drama with a main male cast. There were not many roles for female characters, even the scenes of the heroine and the second female lead added together did not take up much of the plot.

Therefore, most of the people who followed Tao Mu to interview the veterans were men. For example, the male protagonist Zhan Bin, who was in his late forties, and several other veteran actors who were also in their 30s and 40s.

However, even these firm and steely men couldn’t help but tear up when they heard the veterans recall those experiences. Not to mention the few women, using up two to three packs of tissues in a matter of moments.

In addition to Sichuan, Tao Mu went to Hunan, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces to interview the veterans of the Hunan, Yunnan and Guangxi troops who survived the Anti-Japanese War.

They interviewed many veterans of the Anti-Japanese War, and took many precious pictures of the old photos the veterans kept, as well as various shiny medals that have been shined and well-maintained all this time. They also went to the local Anti-Japanese War Museum and the Martyrs Cemetery. When they finally returned to Beijing, Director Zhou Hong said to Tao Mu with redden eyes: “I am very fortunate that I filmed such a TV series with all my heart. We used the best artitude, the most sincere acting, to complete such a work. I hope our efforts will not dishonour them.”

“I hope our efforts have lived up to that history.”

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There was no inserting of dramatic plot point, no jokingly uglifying or weakening the enemy invaders, and no putting too much concern for the so-called market demand and audience tastes, but upholding a serious and professional attitude by doing everything possible to restore the genuine history of that era.

Allowing more people to know that every inch of mountains and rivers signifies every drop of blood shed, the glory of the veterans does not die, and the war of resistance was not easy.

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Netizens who ate melons and watched drama play out on FlyNews.com every day suddenly discovered that, at some point, the homepage of FlyNews.com quietly put a link to BulletScreen.com. The title was also very simple, it was “”The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” ten-minute trailer version, September 28th National Television golden time tpot, so stay tuned.”

What the hell was “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”? Recently, the netizens who had been happily eating melon seem to vaguely recall that there was such a drama, but they did not have much of an impression. Only Tao Mu’s die-hard fans immediately thought of the war drama Tao Mu filmed during the winter vacation. More informed fans also know that Tao Mu chose the filming location of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” when he filmed the dance video that celebrated registered users of FlyNews.com reaching past 100 million.

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My Mu’s first TV series is about to start!

With all kinds of expectations, Tao Mu’s fans clicked carefully on the link.

The first thing that appeared was a black screen, followed by the beeping sound of telegrams, and white subtitles began to appear on the black screen——

On August 13, 1937, after the Lugouqiao Incident, in order to change the direction of the Japanese army’s invasion from north to south to east to west, in order to facilitate long-term battles, the Nationalist government launched the first large-scale counterattack in Shanghai.

The sound of gunfire and fighting went from small to loud, and when the camera turned, a tragic battlefield scene appeared on the screen. The war was raging, the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, and the soldiers hid behind the trenches to exchange fire with the enemy. The bugle sounded, the camera dove down, and all the soldiers rushed up from behind the trenches. The soldiers who were short of ammunition set up bayonets to fight with the enemy, blocking muzzles with their flesh and blood, and buying time for their comrades.

In the continuous sound of gunfire, many bodies were blown away, and the land was soaked with blood and detached limbs. The soldiers continued to charge forwards over the bodies of their comrades. This battle was extremely brutal. But no one took a step back. Although there was not a single speaking line in the whole scene, the netizens who watched the video felt the content that the film wanted to convey——

Because behind the soldiers was their homeland and defenseless common people. They couldn’t retreat at all.

The camera angle turned again, and the scene returned to the Shanghai City Concession, where there was singing and dancing and prosperity. In the luxurious banquet hall, the guests in suits and leather shoes and champagne glasses congratulated the host in unison. This day was the 60th birthday of old Mr. Su, the chairman of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. People from the entire Shanghai business community came to celebrate. Even Japan sent people to attend the birthday banquet. However, when the Japanese appeared at the birthday banquet, the atmosphere of the whole banquet suddenly changed.

Under the compliments of the Japanese businessman who spoke in accented Chinese, everyone learned that old Mr. Su’s youngest son, Su Dingbang, who was studying abroad, was about to return to Shanghai.

The scene switched again, it was the Huangpu River and the sun was setting. The river water was surging and amidst the long ship whistle and the splashing of the river water, a young man in a white three-piece suit wearing a monocle and carrying a suitcase appeared on the top of the ship ladder.

The dusky sunset poured into the surging river, where the luxurious ship docked at a busy and bustling port. The whole world seemed to be dyed a dark golden color, with white seabirds winging past.

The camera zoomed in to give a close-up, the young man had his black hair combed back, revealing a smooth forehead and excessively handsome facial features. The thin gold chain hanging down from the monocle perched on his nose drew arcs in the air as he moved. His back was straight, and his slender figure was full of indescribable elegance and nobility. The demeanor of an elegant and noble young master of the Republic of China and the mannerisms of an old-fashioned British gentleman combined naturally on his person.

Just a single appearance and already many face fans in front of the screen let out excited screams, wanting nothing more than to lick the screen directly.

The bullet screen comments also became so dense that the video screen was completely blocked by words. It wasn’t until the next scene that the barrage decreased slightly.

Although it was just a ten minute trailer, the rhythm of the plot was very tight. The male and female protagonists and important supporting roles mediated amongst the frontal battlefield and the battlefield behind the scenes. All kinds of intrigue and scheming, the country and the world affairs, as well as romance were included in just ten minutes. Causing all the netizens to hold their breaths in anticipation, even the hairs on their arms stood on end from anxiety.

At about four minutes in, Su Dingbang, played by Tao Mu, appeared again. In the scene, Su Dingbang, who was captured and held in the torture prison, watched his comrades being tortured by the Japanese. Under the great fear and panic, his revolutionary resolve was shaken, which happened to be discovered by a comrade. The dying underground party member finally opened his mouth to surrender, but after the Japanese released him from the torture rack, he threw himself on Su Dingbang, attempting to kill him.

Tao Mu once relied on this scene to completely conquer many veteran actors who participated in the filming. At this moment, with the excellent post-editing and accompanied by a suspenseful soundtrack, Tao Mu and the other actors performed explosively, which greatly infected the audience in front of the screen.

Whether it was the strong contrast of the underground party member pretending to surrender only to suddenly try to assassinate Su Dingbang, or the vivid image of Su Dingbang’s face turning purple when he was strangled by the throat, and his cowardice after escaping from death, or even the arrogance of the Japanese soldiers who put on compassionate and sympathetic faces but were cruel and disdainful, it all shook the netizens in front of the computer, breaking out in enthusiastic applause.

At this moment, netizens suddenly remembered that Tao Mu played a cannon fodder villain in this TV series. A villain who originally had lofty ambitions, but displayed cowardice in the face of cruel reality.

When Tao Mu took over the role, Tao Mu’s fans objected fiercely. They thought this kind of villainous role was too unpleasant, and if not careful, might arouse the disgust of the audience. The anger towards the character might even spill over to the actor.

However, at this moment, when netizens saw this scene in the film, many people suddenly felt that they could understand Su Dingbang’s choice.

When the country was in peril, every Chinese person wanted to join the revolution to save the nation. However, not everyone could become a revolutionary hero. In the process of participating in the revolution, cowardly surrendering because of threats of bodily harm might be shameful, but it was also pitiful.

——It was a pitiful thing that in those turbulent times, young people who should have enjoyed a stable life had no choice but to take the road where their lives were hanging by a thread.

The video continued, and the next few minutes were all scene fragments of the male protagonist’s participation in the revolution and interaction with all parties. The male protagonist was an officer of the Communist Party at the Whampoa Military Academy. During the Songhu Battle, he also joined the frontal battlefield as a representative of the Communist Party. Later, he was able to do work behind enemy lines. Although the screenwriter had not personally experienced that era, the script was clearly well researched. The whole plot connected logically. The post-editing also added an extra intensity. Netizens only felt that in the blink of an eye, the ten-minute trailer was almost over.

At this time, Su Dingbang, played by Tao Mu, appeared in front of the camera again.

——It must be said that the director and the production team really took great pains to please Tao Mu, the investor, and also to promote better publicity and attract more young people to watch the TV series. A small cannon fodder character who appeared in less than three episodes actually appeared three times in the trailer.

Of course, the reason why Zhou Hong allowed a large number of Su Dingbang’s clips to be included in the trailer was because Tao Mu’s acting skills were indeed stunning.

If Su Dingbang’s image was that of an elegant and noble young master who was full of splendor and full of a gentleman’s demeanor when he first appeared on the screen, someone who wanted to use his talent and hard work to contribute his own strength to the turbulent motherland, then at the end of the film, Su Dingbang had become an addict whose ambitions and dreams were shattered, only relying on drugs to numb himself every day. Seeing that Su Dingbang, who had become completely unrecognizable, finally committing suicide by swallowing opium, all netizens fell silent.

At the end of the video, the male protagonist who finally survived the Anti-Japanese War to see the establishment of New China was already gray-haired. He led a similarly gray-haired heroine and their children and grandchildren to visit the tombs of the martyrs’ cemetery.

The sky was a perfect blue, there were no clouds, and the doves of peace winged by. In the eyes of the aged male protagonist, memories of him once fighting on the front and behind the scenes flickered by. The camera also swept over the names on the martyr’s monument one by one.

Accompanied by the melodious soundtrack, the camera angle gradually rose, flying across the sky, across the jungle, across the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland——

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The reason why we enjoy our current peace and prosperity is because in those difficult years, countless revolutionary heroes shed their blood and built the most unbreakable Great Wall of the Chinese nation with their flesh and blood.

The world is bright, and the heroic spirit does not die.

Now this peace and prosperity is finally as you hoped for.

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