The news that on the day of the welcome reception, Tao Mu kicked out the investor in order to protect an actress from the crew quickly spread throughout the crew. Many staff members had a good impression of Tao Mu, this investor boss, and they secretly gossiped about whether Tao Mu was really as that weasel-like surnamed Huang said, that he saved Hu Ning because he liked her.

However, the Beijing Film students who knew Tao Mu well did not misunderstand. In their eyes, Tao Mu was such a person who was brave, had superior capability and protected those under his wings. So long as one was by Tao Mu’s side, it made people feel particularly secure.

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Many students were secretly waiting. After Tao Mu opened his celebrity studio, if he recruited other artists, they would directly sign with Tao Mu’s studio. At that time, not only would there be films to act in, money to make and resources for promoting publicity, but they also did not have to worry about some unspoken rules in the circle.

They believed that with Tao Mu’s temperament, he would never get involved with those filthy things.

As for whether they could get a good script and a good role after signing with Tao Mu’s studio, some classmates were not worried——Tao Mu was just a freshman, yet he could spend 9 million yuan to invest in “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. He also recommended so many character roles to everyone, and the discerning classmates could see that Tao Mu would definitely take the road of “self-reliance” in the future. He could cast TV dramas and movies with himself as the protagonist, but a movie or TV series could not always have only the protagonist alone. If they sign with Tao Mu’s studio, at least there was a guarantee that the general supporting roles could be obtained.

Thinking about it this way, these classmates became more active when facing Tao Mu. And also led by the three roommates, they began to suggest the usage of FlyNews.com to the entire cast——especially to the older senior actors.

Like Zhan Bin, a veteran actor in his 40s, who usually took care of flowers, dogs, and his children when not filming on set. He really knew nothing about the entertainment methods of young people. Even the mobile phones they use were old-fashioned machines, and they didn’t even buy a computer at home, let alone sign up for FlyNews.com.

“What’s the benefit of registering to this thing?”

Zhan Bin took Wen Bao’s mobile phone and browsed FlyNews.com’s web page with interest under the guidance of the children. Aiya, it must be said that this website looks quite fancy and rich in content. There was everything from entertainment, gossip, social hotspots and international news, and there were many old movies and TV series on the website called BulletScreen as well. The old stuff that was taken off the shelves after just one round of TV broadcasts, were actually now resources on this website which let you watch it online instead.

Wen Bao winked at Zhan Bin, glanced around furtively, lowered his voice and said, “With more than 100 million registered users, you can watch Tao Mu dance in women’s clothes.”

“What?” Zhan Bin was shocked. What was this operation?

Wen Bao repeated Tao Mu’s bet with netizens in front of Teacher Zhan: “…..Now there are more than 99.7 million registered users.”

Zhan Bin was instantly amused. After yesterday’s welcome reception, he had a particularly good impression of this young man Tao Mu. He was also happy to join in the fun: “Alright. I’ll ask someone to buy a computer for me later, and you can also register an account for me!”

Wen Bao immediately answered: “I can register an account for you now. Teacher Zhan, tell me your mobile phone number!”

At the same time, the same thing was happening in every corner of the crew. Using their mobile phones to register on FlyNews, and then use FlyNews to log in directly to BulletScreen to browse various movies and TV series. The older generation of actors were not interested in FlyNews.com’s entertainment model. Usually after work they would just go back to the hotel to rest. When they were bored, they would watch some old movies and TV series to pass the time.

Just when Tao Mu’s classmates were crazily hinting the whole crew to register on FlyNews, Li Xiaoheng finally arrived.

Last night, Tao Mu personally agreed to Li Xiaoheng’s request to fly to H Town for a field inspection. A certain someone originally wanted to fly over overnight, but Li Xiaoheng thought about it, considering that Tao Mu had just joined the group “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, he needed to get along with the director and other actors as well as a good rest. If he rushed over that night, Tao Mu would definitely not rest well in order to entertain him.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaoheng had no choice but to hold back his impatience and wait patiently until the next morning to take the early flight.

When he arrived at the crew, it was almost noon. Li Xiaoheng, who came to visit the set, treated everyone to lunch. He called Tao Mu in advance and let the crew know to not order the box lunches, and then had his assistant call the store to order takeout.

After arriving on the crew, Li Xiaoheng, the friend of the investor who came to visit the set, was immediately warmly welcomed by the crew members.

“Your visit this time saved our crew a meal’s worth of money.” Tao Mu picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork with pineapple using chopsticks. It was sweet and sour, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside and was very delicious.

Li Xiaoheng smiled slightly, and while peeling shrimp for Tao Mu, he said, “If you agree, don’t mention a meal, I am willing to pay for your lifetime of meals.”

Tao Mu’s chopsticks paused lightly, and then picked up a piece of lotus root: “After dinner, I’ll introduce you to Director Zhou and the other members of the production team. You can take a look at the script as well——”

“No need. Just tell me how much I need to invest.” Li Xiaoheng smiled warmly and placed the peeled shrimps into Tao Mu’s bowl.

“Since you trust me so much, why do you still want to come over for a field inspection?” Tao Mu frowned, disliking Li Xiaoheng’s way of mixing business affairs with private affairs.

“It’s because I trust in your vision. Besides, I’m a person who works in finance, and I don’t know much about filming TV dramas. Since I’m not professional, of course I have to trust the advice of professionals.” Li Xiaoheng smiled at Tao Mu: “At least I trust myself, you won’t hurt me.”

Tao Mu felt that he was about to be wrapped in a sponge. It was a helpless kind of feeling like he was unable to punch his fist out and was about to suffocate.

“Mr. Li,” Tao Mu frowned fiercely, “Can you please stop this during working hours?”

“I thought lunch is a time where one can communicate about private affairs.” A trace of loneliness flashed on Li Xiaoheng’s face, staring at Tao Mu with a tender gaze as he apologized warmly: “If it makes you feel uncomfortable, I apologize.”

Li Xiaoheng changed the subject, and before Tao Mu could speak, he added: “Actually, last night, I also asked people about Zhou Hong. This director has a good reputation in the industry, and the several leading actors are veteran actors who often participate in Anti-Japanese War dramas. Although this drama is not seen as very optimistic by the industry because of the script and character design. But I think that with such a reliable crew and male protagonist, at least the basic ratings can be maintained.”

“And I really believe in your investment vision. If you really like this TV series, I don’t believe this TV series will lose money.”

This was the important reason why Li Xiaoheng finally agreed to invest in this TV series——although he was very rich, they were superstitious in the investment industry. Never deliberately make a loss-making investment at any time in case it breaks the feng shui.

This was more reliable. Tao Mu glanced at Li Xiaoheng, and he knew that his partner was definitely not the kind of airhead blinded by love in idol dramas.

“Since you have already inspected the TV series in the early stages, the rest will be easier to handle.” Tao Mu said directly: “The investor invested a total of 3 million before. Now the crew also has a shortfall of 3 million yuan. But I personally suggest that if you have confidence in this drama, you can add another 2 million yuan. It will definitely not be a waste of money.”

When the crew was ready to broadcast in the later stage, Tao Mu could also include Xiaoheng Capital when promoting the TV series. He was committed to building Xiaoheng Capital into an internet celebrity in the venture capital field. It was best to make it so that all companies that need financing think of Xiaoheng Capital at the first time. Therefore, a high national and positive image was necessary.

And investing in this TV drama that would soon become a classic milestone of the Anti-Japanese War drama, and tying the coporate image with the TV drama to a certain extent, was the best marketing method.

Just like in later years, many audiences would have a good impression of an actor because of a character role. No matter how disappointing the actor was, everyone could maintain a large degree of tolerance towards the actor based on the affection they had for that classic character. What was more, with Li Xiaoheng’s shrewdness and personality, Tao Mu believed that Xiaoheng Capital would not do anything disappointing. So long as the corporate image was established, other aspects were easy to handle.

No one could understand the truth more profoundly than Tao Mu about “good reputation equating money”.

Tao Mu’s business attitude made Li Xiaoheng unable to talk about private affairs at all. So a certain someone also gave up the path of enhancing feelings with small talk, and began to discuss work seriously.

In fact, there was not much to talk about regarding the investment of the crew. Li Xiaoheng made up his mind to invest 5 million yuan. Of course, his lawyers and negotiators would talk to Zhou Hong about the remaining specific matters. The negotiating team hired by Xiaoheng Capital was the world’s top negotiating experts who have experienced major international affairs, and their ruthlessness was only greater than that of the weak and helpless Lawyer Zhou.

So Zhou Hong once again felt the charm and lethality of capitalists waving banknotes. After signing another contract, Zhou Hong slumped on the sofa weakly, as if his body had been hollowed out.

In the name of inspecting the crew, Li Xiaoheng stayed in H Town for another three days. On the afternoon of the second day, Long Tianao from Summer Star Entertainment and Luo Xi from Longteng Entertainment flew over to visit Tao Mu. It was worth mentioning that the other investor in “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was Longteng Entertainment.

Because Zhou Hong was invited by Longteng Entertainment before to make several TV series. So it could be said that everyone had some kind of acquaintance with each other. So this time when Zhou Hong insisted on filming “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, and although Longteng Entertainment was not optimistic about this drama. But due to Director Zhou’s face, they also invested 2 million yuan. And stuffed an actor signed to the company into the crew to play the second male lead.

But this time Luo Xi did not come to visit the set for her company’s artist. Instead, she wanted to discuss with Tao Mu’s FlyNews.com about joining hands again to host a selection competition.

Speaking of which, FlyNews.com held the “National School Beauty and Hunk Selection Contest” before, which ultimately benefited not only FlyNews.com, but also the two partners, Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment.

The shareholders and senior managers of the two companies had originally questioned Long Tianao and Luo Xi’s use of the company’s resources to help FlyNews.com which was not in the company’s interests. Especially during the time when Tao Mu was slandered by his adoptive parents, everyone was accusing Long Tianao and Luo Xi’s decision of damaging the company’s image.

For a while, there was boiling anger and accusations, and Long Tianao and Luo Xi were terribly scolded as spendthrifts. But once FlyNews.com held an advertising bidding meeting and a bid price of 80 million yuan came out, everyone fell silent.

Because according to this standard, Summer Star Entertainment and Longteng Entertainment, who acted as the brand sponsors in the talent show “National School Beauty and Hunk Selection Contest”, made the most profit. Compared with 80 million yuan, who cares about being scolded? Not to mention the fact that the adoptive parents were soon proven to have made false accusations. Now everything was all good and happy. When the talent competition ended, the slightly popular contestants were all drawn into their own bowls by the two companies. Compared with the title brand fee worth 80 million, these contestants were sustainable and affordable human resources.

This time, the shareholders and executives of the two companies were even happier. They began to turn around and flatter Long Tianao and Luo Xi for their wise decision-making.

Long Tianao had a playful temperament, and he was too lazy to pay attention to that group of soft bones from the company. Anyway, the biggest shareholder of Summer Star Entertainment was their Long family. He, Long Tianao, did not go back on his words. If others were not convinced, they could either go to his uncle to protest or keep it suffocated. Just let them suffocate to death.

In contrast, Luo Xi’s mood was much more complicated. The reason why she was willing to help Tao Mu in the first place was simply to win over Tao Mu and return his favor. But in the end, the favor was not only not paid back, but instead, she owed the other more and more. Luo Xi and Long Tianao naturally had different thinking and were in different situations. Long Tianao was purely doing a favor for his friend, it didn’t matter if he suffered losses or not, he just wanted to have a good time. But Luo Xi and Tao Mu were business partners. Since their identities were business partners, it must be a win-win situation. If it was only a unilateral benefit, this cooperation model would definitely not last long.

What was more, Summer Star Entertainment and Longteng Entertainment have tasted the sweetness of hosting talent shows, so how could they stop. So, just in time for the tenth day of the new year, the two companies sent Long Tianao and Luo Xi to visit the film set in H Town in the name of New Year’s greetings, and on the way, meet and discuss with Tao Mu about continuing to collaborate on a talent show called “National God and Goddess”.

——Actually, this was a result of the time when school beauties and school hunks were being selected. Because a large number of people already out working in society followed suit, Tao Mu had FlyNews.com divide several lists out at that time. One was the school beauty and school hunk, and the other was the god and goddess. Now that the selection of national school beauties and hunks was over, everyone would naturally pay attention to the gods and goddesses.

And in view of the difference in the number of participants and the target audience, the selection of the gods and goddesses was actually more popular than the school beauty school hunk, the scope was larger, and the influence was higher. Therefore, Summer Star Entertainment and Longteng Entertainment also wanted to gather the top 16 contestants in the country to shoot an idol drama after the selection competition of “National God and Goddess” and directly have all contestants make their debut.

Of course, these plans must have the full cooperation of Tao Mu and his FlyNews.com. Although a certain social platform had also actively contacted other entertainment companies about cooperation after seeing the popularity of the talent show. However, the shareholders and executives of Summer Star Entertainment and Longteng Entertainment agreed that, compared with a certain platform, Tao Mu, who automatically carried headlines and hot topics as well as often raised storms and bloodshed in the entertainment circle, and his FlyNews.com were more reliable.

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So Long Tianao and Luo Xi flew to H Town to visit the film set under such circumstances, carrying everyone’s expectations.

And at this moment, Li Xiaoheng, who was also visiting the set and crew, didn’t know it yet. The cooperation of the three companies was about to change the business direction of Xiaoheng Capital in the next ten years.

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Tao Mu sat on the seat with one leg crossed over the other knee, his hands laying casually on top of them, as he looked up at the coal boss who was passionately venting alone, but his aura was not weak at all.

“Why is Mr. Huang so excited?” Tao Mu asked, then picked up a pack of disinfectant wipes from the table and wiped his hands carefully. Originally a very ordinary action, but when Tao Mu did it, it somehow caused others to suddenly feel a chill run down their spine.

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“I heard Mr. Huang talking and chatting just now, and thought you liked this kind of communication.” Tao Mu smiled and looked at the coal boss, throwing the disinfectant wipes on the table: “Can’t you see that I’m totally adhering to your preference?”

“Don’t f**king pretend to be stupid with me.” Boss Huang sneered: “Mr. Tao is young and energetic, and has some methods. I know you have messed up the Sheng’an Group before. But don’t think I’m easy to mess with. If you want to be a hero to save the beauty, you will have to see if I agree.”

Don’t think that those who run coal kilns were as weak spined as those who run restaurants. If you want to step on his head to establish prestige and do a favor, then you are making a mistake. Boss Huang felt that his mood was spoiled, and now he didn’t even care about his face or little mistress, he forcefully sat down next to Hu Ning, regardless of the girl’s struggle, stretched his arms around Hu Ning’s shoulders, and said directly: “Today I put my words down here. If you want me to continue investing, Miss Hu has to apologize to me in person. Otherwise, I will withdraw the investment. But I will say the ugly words first, if I withdraw the investment, don’t think your crew will be able to continue filming peacefully. “

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the private room changed. Hu Ning was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she was about to cry.

Zhou Hong also deeply regretted it. If he had known this would happen earlier, he shouldn’t have had this meal. No, he shouldn’t have begged this demon to invest. Now it was easy to invite the demon but difficult to send off the demon——he had been filming for so many years, but he had never seen someone so lecherous to the point he completely did not want any face at all.

“Mr. Huang has misunderstood.” At this juncture where everyone’s face was turning blue, Tao Mu was still smiling and polite. Just when everyone thought that Tao Mu would also say a few polite words to persuade the other, Tao Mu changed his tone and said slowly: “I really didn’t compare you to Yao Shengan. As far as you are concerned, you are at most at his grandson’s level.”

Relying on the fact that he had some stinky money, this local rich man who acted recklessly regardless of the consequences, had the same level of brain damage as Yao Wenxiao. It was estimated that their behavior and methods were also similar.

“You——” Boss Huang flushed red down to his thick neck at Tao Mu’s words, his turbid eyes glaring fiercely at Tao Mu, and he gritted his teeth: “Young man, don’t be too arrogant. You are young and ignorant so I’ll give you another chance. As long as you are willing to kneel in front of me and admit your mistakes, I will let you off.”

Everyone’s expressions changed again. One must know that most of the people who run coal kilns at home were vicious and immoral, and their hands were not very clean. Especially like Boss Huang, it could be seen from his speech and behavior that he was usually not one for scruples at all, which showed how arrogant and audacious his actions were. They were really afraid that the coal boss would do something unfavorable to Tao Mu if he continued to offend the other.

“Tao Mu——” Zhou Hong looked at Tao Mu worriedly, hesitant to speak. He was the one who brought him over, and he must be responsible for this child.

Zhan Bin and several other veteran actors were also a little uncomfortable. They all opened their mouths to try to ease the atmosphere, the second male lead who had not spoken much, deliberately mentioned Tao Mu’s cooperation with Longteng Entertainment in front of Boss Huang, hoping that the coal boss would have some scruples.

“Doesn’t Mr. Huang’s family run a coal kiln? Why do you suddenly change to running a horse farm?” Compared with the nervousness of the group of people, Tao Mu himself was very calm. He really didn’t take the threat of the coal boss in front of him seriously.

It was not like he hadn’t seen a real coal boss——Wang Ye’s father was one. In Tao Mu’s previous life, that fellow was someone who could take out hundreds of millions of yuan to support female stars to popularity. Compared with Wang Ye’s father, the dude in front of him who just opened a small coal kiln in his hometown, and only invested a mere 3 million yuan in the crew and yet wanted to force an actress to sleep with him, was really too lame to look at.

“Mr. Huang wants to withdraw your capital, right? Alright then, I happen to know a coal boss who is also very interested in investing in the entertainment industry recently. I’ll give him a call for you to see if he is willing to take your place.” Tao Mu said, took out his phone, and really called Wang Ye’s father. And also directly pressed the speaker button.

Because of Tao Mu’s investment in Xiaoheng Capital, Wang Ye’s father, who originally relied on Tao Mu to help him invest in stocks, also naturally got acquainted with Li Xiaoheng. In less than half a year, his own assets have doubled at least a dozen times because of shorting oil. It made Wang Ye’s father so happy that he couldn’t stop smiling. Now receiving a call from Tao Mu, he was especially warm and enthusiastic, acting more sticky than Tao Mu’s own father.

“It’s Xiao Mu? How’s it going? I’ve heard everything on the Internet. If you need your uncle’s help, just say it directly. Don’t be polite. In uncle’s heart, you and our Xiao Ye are the same. Uncle will never let you be wronged outside. By the way, I heard from our Xiao Ye that you went to H Town to shoot a TV series during the New Year holidays, right? I heard that you even invested in it yourself. Aiya, didn’t I just say, you kiddo had not been ordinary since you were a child. Investing at such a young age, and being your own boss as soon as entering college. Now even investing in TV dramas, truly, the money is not enough for you to make…..”

Tao Mu patiently listened to Wang Ye’s father’s ramble, and finally had the opportunity to interject: “Uncle is also interested in investing in movies and TV series?”

“Ah, a little bit.” Wang Ye’s father followed Tao Mu’s words and continued: “The main reason is that those in our industry, everyone is following the trend of investing in the entertainment industry. If I don’t follow, I seem to be outdated. I can’t even get a word in at dinner parties.”

Everyone else at the dinner parties boasted that they had kept a little actress, or they were fortunate enough to have a night with a popular female star, and only he brought his pretty secretary to the dinner party. The apparent level was already different. In the last two industry meetings, he had been ridiculed for being old-fashioned.

“Then there is a chance now.” Tao Mu looked at Mr. Huang whose face had been shifting from blue to red and back again ever as if he was playing a face-changing game since he heard uncle Wang’s name and smiled slightly: “We have an investor in our crew, and he is also a coal boss, invested 3 million before, but now he doesn’t want to, and wants to withdraw. Do you think you have interest in taking over?”

“Also a coal boss?” Wang Ye’s father was taken aback when he heard the words: “Who is it?”

Tao Mu took the time to report Boss Huang’s honorable name. It was a pity, Boss Huang considered himself a local emperor, but in front of Wang Ye’s father, the real local emperor, he had no name at all.

“I’ve never heard of him.” Wang Ye’s father frowned: “Which province is he from? Did he go through any formal procedures? He wouldn’t be a nobody who bought a small rundown kiln from somewhere?” The procedures in the coal industry were particularly difficult to handle, so many people opened kilns secretly, and even the machines for kiln operation were borrowed from big companies.

Wang Ye’s father guessed that Boss Huang was probably such a person. Otherwise, why would he just pinch out a measly three million yuan when investing in the crew.

But no matter who it was, the fact he dared to provoke their god of wealth: “…..What’s the matter, he provoked you?”

“Yeah.” Tao Mu replied playfully, and smiled: “This Boss Huang thinks I have offended his dignity, and was making a fuss for me to kowtow to him to make amends.”

“No! It’s just a joke.” Boss Huang glanced at Tao Mu, took over the words aloud, and explained loudly, “Mr. Wang, please don’t misunderstand. I’m just joking with this CEO Tao…..Yes, yes, just kidding. I didn’t know he was actually the junior of your family.”

Boss Huang admitted that he was ruthless and immoral. But in this world, there would never be a lack of ruthless people who were more ruthless than him. Boss Huang could make a fortune on his acre of land, but if he encountered a more ruthless fellow, even a dragon would still have to coil up, and a tiger would still have to lie down. Therefore, if it was not necessary, Boss Huang did not want to offend a senior of the industry like Wang Ye’s father.

“What junior?” Wang Ye’s father also guessed why Tao Mu called him at this time, and immediately flattered: “This is not just our junior. He is also our god of wealth. Who the hell are you? What turtle pond are you from, daring to come out here and act like the dragon king?”

Wang Ye’s father was a pure coal boss, and his net worth was definitely inversely proportional to his education. The words were so simple and crude, that the corners of the mouths of everyone sitting here couldn’t help but twitch and almost didn’t laugh out loud.

Boss Huang was scolded terribly, but he dared not speak out. Don’t look at his arrogant remarks to Tao Mu just now, that was because he didn’t know what Tao Mu’s background was. He thought that Tao Mu was just a lucky young boss, but there was no backer. But if he really encountered Wang Ye’s father, who was more senior, ruthless, and vicious, Boss Huang would bend his spine faster than anyone else.

Of course, in Boss Huang’s view, he was just being flexible. A leader can submit or can stand tall as required, nor did he fear suffering the immediate loss: “It’s truly a misunderstanding. If I knew that Mr. Tao knew you, I would never joke with him like this.”

Having said that, in front of so many people, Boss Huang’s face was severely slapped by Tao Mu. He would remember this hatred and take his revenge.

“I don’t care who you are, you had better act smarter for me.” Wang Ye’s father said a few words on the phone, and then deliberately told Tao Mu: “…..Send me this person’s information. I will have someone take a look, just what kind of bigshot dared to make you kowtow to him!”

“It’s all a joke at the wine table, Boss Wang does not need to take it seriously.” Boss Huang stood up with a very ugly face, and looked at Tao Mu sinisterly: “CEO Tao has very good capabilities. I admit defeat today. I’m sure we will meet again some day.”

Tao Mu smiled slightly: “Leave well.”

Boss Huang walked away with a dark face. His little mistress looked around with an embarrassed look and then twisted her hips and followed out with her bag.

Only then did Director Zhou and the others breathe a sigh of relief. Hu Ning was so frightened that her eyes had turned red, crying and thanking Tao Mu.

Tao Mu comforted her simply and then went out with his phone. Wang Ye’s father was still on the other line.

Wang Ye’s father was really interested in investing in the crew. He also believed in Tao Mu’s vision. Just as he was about to agree, he suddenly thought back to a few days ago, he used an excuse to go to the Li family’s house to pay New Year’s greetings, and Li Xiaoheng asked him about Tao Mu. Wang Ye’s father’s heart jumped, and he said, “Xiao Mu, you also know it. Uncle has put most of my money on Xiaoheng Capital, and now you are shorting the international market. Uncle won’t be able to get the money for a while. How about we wait for the next opportunity before talking about investing in crews.”

“That’s right, why don’t you contact CEO Li? Aren’t you two partners? I went to their house to pay New Year’s greetings a few days ago, and CEO Li asked me about you. He asked about your high school days. CEO Li seems to care about you very much. If you mention this investment in the crew to him, he will definitely agree.”

Tao Mu frowned and after hanging up the call he remained standing in the corridor. He hesitated for a while before dialing Li Xiaoheng’s number.

As soon as it rang, it was connected.

Tao Mu was caught off guard, and was slightly taken aback when he heard the voice on the other end of the phone.

“Why suddenly call me at this time?” Even on the eighth day of the new year holidays, Li Xiaoheng was still sitting in the study, reading documents. But the only difference from usual was that his computer and mobile phone screensavers were set to be Tao Mu’s photos.

“At this time, you should be in H Town? How is the new crew?”

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Hearing Li Xiaoheng’s tone and how he was trying hard to find a topic to talk about, Tao Mu sighed slightly and asked, “I just wanted to ask if you are interested in investing in TV dramas?”

“Is it the TV drama you invested in? What’s wrong? I’m interested.” Then, Li Xiaoheng suddenly realized something and immediately said, “I’m interested in investing. So now, I really want to go and inspect the film set myself. Can I?”

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With the help of Boss Wen, Tao Mu suddenly had it a lot easier. He could now consider the matter of entering the “Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” crew on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

As a member of the traitorous duo, Wen Bao naturally must go to H Town with Tao Mu. In fact, it was not only the two of them who were traveling together, there were also other Beijing Film students who live in Beijing and have been selected by the crew of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. The senior brothers and sisters in the third and fourth years who have filming experience were better off. But the freshmen and sophomores have no filming experience, and some were even babies who have never stepped out of Beijing City so they were naturally feeling timid.

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Especially since last year, there was a case related to MLM abduction and trafficking in H Town that shocked the society. Before these children went there, they were already thinking about all kinds of things that ended up just scaring themselves. So they could only call Tao Mu, just like baby ducks that just hatched, they insisted on going with Tao Mu.

So the two-person trip became a group spring outing.

During this period, Gou Rixin also came over. He insisted on following Tao Mu in the name of his assistant to H Town together. He declared very reasonably.

“I’m familiar with that area. Say, you going there alone to film, what if you come across something you want to eat and buy, with me along I can run tye errands for you. I can even be your bodyguard.” After Gou Rixin recovered, Tao Mu had him stay in FlyNews Entertainment. Usually, he just ran errands with Da Fei and the others, and did interviews or something. In his spare time, while Mr. Song was studying recipes, he also learned a thing or two. His days were very content indeed.

This time Tao Mu invested in the crew of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, and actually wanted to give Gou Rixin a role. He also asked Gou Rixin to audition. But Gou Rixin himself refused. He didn’t want to be an actor, he just wanted to be an assistant by Tao Mu’s side.

“Brother Gou, you don’t have to do this.” Tao Mu frowned and persuaded: “I have you stay in FlyNews Entertainment because I hope you will have a better future. So you should also have some plans for your own career. Haven’t you always wanted to be an actor? Now that you have this opportunity, why don’t you agree?”

“I talked to the doctor. Although I am recovered now, I still need a long period of recuperation and recovery. He said that I should try not to do high-risk work for a year or two. And I can’t tire myself out either——”

“So I didn’t assign you a role that will be too tiring.” Tao Mu interrupted Gou Rixin: “It’s just a small supporting role that lasts less than two episodes, and there are no action scenes. I just want you to practice your lines and improve your camera sense. That’s it.”

“Tao Mu.” Gou Rixin looked at Tao Mu helplessly, he knew that Tao Mu was doing this for his own good. But there was something that must be said, he was a grown man, he couldn’t just accept his kindness without repaying it. Tao Mu was very capable, so even if Gou Rixin stayed by his side, he couldn’t help much. Even his current job was arranged by Tao Mu. But Gou Rixin kept thinking about this matter in his heart. Now that he finally got a chance, Gou Rixin really wanted to repay his kindness.

“Didn’t you ask me to think carefully about what I want to do in the future? I thought about it carefully, and I think it’s good to be an agent. If I want to be an agent, I have to start as an assistant. You don’t have to worry about me. In my heart I know very clearly. Now I just want to gain some experience at your side, and you say whether you agree or disagree. Or do you dislike my lack of experience, and fear that I will hold you back?”

After putting it this way, how could Tao Mu still disagree: “Okay. If you really want to be an agent, I’ll have you follow Sister Xuan for a while after we come back from H Town.”

Zhou Fengxuan was Guo Yaning’s agent. She made Guo Yaning popular all by herself, and now she was also a top agent in the circle. If Gou Rixin really wanted to do this, he would definitely learn a lot from Zhou Fengxuan.

Gou Rixin didn’t say anything. Things must be dealt with one at a time.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, including Tao Mu, Wen Bao, and about ten students from Beijing Film, a large group of people took a plane to Xiaoshan International Airport, and then took the airport bus directly to H Town to enter the “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” crew.

As an investor who provided 9 million yuan to support the filming of the crew, even though Tao Mu only played a small supporting role of a traitor that lived less than three episodes in the drama, Tao Mu’s arrival was met with a warm welcome by director Zhou Hong and the entire production team.

——It was just that Tao Mu didn’t understand, why did Director Zhou have to recite “If Life Deceives You” and the classic fragments from the book “Insulted and Damaged” aloud when he saw him.

But Zhou Hong obviously had no will to explain. He directly pulled the group of people to the hotel——because the filming funds of the crew were limited, Director Zhou always believed in the wise saying “money should be spent on the right parts”. Therefore, for places that have nothing to do with shooting and needed to spend money, it was all just passable.

For example, in the area of ​​accommodation, most of the crew members and actors live in inns. Even Mr. Zhan Bin, who was the male protagonist, and several other main actors only live in three-star hotels. Of course, as Tao Mu was the biggest investor in the crew, Zhou Hong didn’t dare to make the call for Tao Mu. After all, when the contract was signed, Lawyer Zhou’s performance was truly unforgettable. So Zhou Hong wasn’t sure what kind of temper Tao Mu had——what if the other was the kind of arrogant and spoiled young master who just had to stay in a five-star hotel.

Fortunately, Tao Mu was not the kind of willful person who insisted on going his own way. Although he liked to enjoy himself, he also knew that many times, he must follow along in order to integrate into the group. Moreover, Zhou Hong spent most of the funds on filming, which Tao Mu was very satisfied with. As the largest investor in the crew, he especially knew the filming dilemma of the crew from the memory of his previous life. So without saying a word, he generously took out nine million yuan. If Zhou Hong immediately upgraded the entire crew to a five-star hotel after getting the money, although Tao Mu wouldn’t say anything, he might not be all that pleased in his heart.

But Zhou Hong’s actions made people more comfortable. At least it could make investors understand that this crew really wanted to do good work.

“I’ll do the same as everyone else. It’s just that Teacher Zhan and the other teachers will have to suffer some grievances.” Tao Mu’s tone was very sincere: “According to the rules, you should be staying in a five-star hotel and enjoying the best treatment.”

“It’s all for the sake of shooting, so there’s no need for those empty things.” Zhan Bin waved his hand. As soon as Tao Mu entered the door, he began to examine this young man. He looked really handsome, and his demeanor was particularly able to put others at ease. He was the investor, but when old Zhou told him about the accommodation arrangement, the boy’s first reaction was to apologize to everyone.

It didn’t matter whether this remark was sincere or not, the fact that a big boss like him was willing to say this at the first meeting with everyone, it at least showed enough respect.

“CEO Tao just arrived——”

As soon as Zhan Bin opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Tao Mu: “Teacher Zhan, you should just call me Tao Mu. Although I created FyNews.com by chance, it is just a part-time job. My main job is still an actor, and I am just a freshman who had just entered college. In front of you all, I am just a junior. If you call me CEO Tao, I will feel embarrassed. “

Zhan Bin examined Tao Mu and saw that Tao Mu really meant these words, so he changed his words. He actually didn’t mind whether he had to call him CEO Tao or Tao Mu. But Tao Mu, as a big boss, was willing to show his favor and offer an olive branch. If he didn’t take it, he would appear to be a little petty.

But this Tao Mu really had a high EQ. As expected, he was able to create his own business just in his freshman year, and even managed to drag down the behemoth that was the Sheng’an Group to the point where it was almost dying.

Zhan Bin sighed with emotion. However, at the reception banquet, Zhan Bin truly got a glimpse of Tao Mu’s social skills.

Counting Director Zhou Hong and Screenwriter Fan, as well as two other investor representatives, there were 16 people at their table in total. Originally, it was said to be a welcome reception for Tao Mu, the last investor to come over. But in the end, when they arrived at the wine table, Tao Mu poured a glass of wine and stood up as soon as everyone was seated, and while introducing himself, he drank the glass of white wine with a very humble posture.

Then he started toasting everyone starting from Director Zhou. When he toasted them, he could even recount the past experiences and all works of the opposite person. Causing the other party who was flattered in just a few words to be particularly happy. The most important thing was that Tao Mu’s flattering words were not the usual old things that everyone was used to hearing. When he praised you, he never mentioned your well-known masterpieces in the industry. He could always pull out a lesser-known work, and then seriously evaluate how your performance in it moved him. Just a few words was enough to cause the target of his attention to become elated. After a round of toasts, these people wanted nothing more than to recognize him as a close friend and confidante.

In addition, Tao Mu also had a special feature when toasting. He did not compete on wine drinking or persuade others to drink. His slogan was always “cheers, at your will”, and when facing actresses or actors who have diabetes or high blood pressure he would try to persuade them to not force themselves: “…..Teacher, please don’t find an excuse to drink. When your family finds out, they will come find and settle the account with me.”

“Don’t drink too much. Otherwise, Director Zhou will probably kill me when the filming starts tomorrow.”

After all of this, not only did everyone feel pleased and happy, but he also smoothly integrated into the crew.

However, compared with Tao Mu’s excellent social skills, the other two investors were much inferior, and even annoying.

Especially one of them who was a coal boss who invested 3 million yuan in the crew at the beginning, and insisted on stuffing his little mistress into the crew as a condition. And even insisted on the female lead at first. But with that appearance, and pretentious tone, who would want to see her in the leading role of an Anti-Japanese War drama! After being rejected by Zhou Hong at all costs, she was randomly given the role of a warlord’s concubine, which could also be considered as acting her own self.

But they didn’t expect the coal boss to casually become interested with the female No. 3 after just a meal. This female No. 3 was called Hu Ning, who also graduated from Beijing Film. Her looks were a little above average, but she had a particularly good aura, both gentle and sassy, appearing very ladylike at first glance. In fact, she was also a frequent guest of various Republic of China dramas and war of resistance dramas as well as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law soap operas. She often played the female No. 2 or No. 3 in the dramas. This time, in “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, she played a female student who returned from overseas, and was a rich young lady. In an accident, she was almost caught by a japanese ronin, only to be saved by the male No. 2 who was on a mission in Shanghai at the critical moment. As a result, she fell in love with the second male lead and later sacrificed herself to protect the second male lead.

When the coal boss accompanied his little mistress into the crew, he met the girl at the door of the hotel, and his eyes immediately stuck on her person. He waited impatiently all afternoon, and finally at the welcome reception. After drinking a few cups of wine, he couldn’t hold back any longer.

“Miss Hu is so beautiful, why didn’t the crew invite you to be the female lead? I think you are good-looking and have a fine figure. You have a curvy chest and bottom that can’t even be covered with such a thick sweater. Aiya, such a good figure, it reminds me of a gourd. A gourd, you know?”

The coal boss also gestured and looked at Hu Ning lewdly: “Now that’s a graceful curve, and it feels very good under the hands. The polished gourd is very delicate and smooth. Ai, Miss Hu is also surnamed Hu, maybe you and this gourd are even from the same family five hundred years ago. Your body really look like that of a gourd demon spirit that has gained a human appearance.” (TN: hulu is Chinese for gourd, but the ‘hu’ character in the surname Hu and the word hulu are different, just sound the same)

As he spoke, the coal boss also thought he was quite humorous, and he laughed aloud.

As soon as these words came out, the originally lively and joyful welcome reception suddenly fell silent.

Hu Ning’s face flushed, suppressing her anger. But the coal boss was not finished, he asked Hu Ning with lewd eyes, “Miss Hu is so beautiful and your acting skills are so good, why didn’t the crew invite you to be the female lead?”

Hu Ning didn’t want to talk to the coal boss. But for the sake of the crew, it was not good to really ignore him either so she could only say reluctantly: “My acting skills are not enough, I still need experience, I can’t be the female lead.”

“Ai, it can’t be said like that. From my point of view, Miss Hu’s acting skills are very good. The key is that you have good conditions. Actresses rely on face and body figure. As long as they look good, they can be the female lead. The key here is whether Miss Hu is willing or not.” The coal boss revealed his true motive in just a few words.

The little mistress, who had been accompanying the coal boss the whole time, couldn’t hold back anymore. With a sneer: “These days, the good-looking ones are always popular.”

She gave Hu Ning a sideways glance, practically leaning most of her body on the coal boss: “Miss Hu’s surname is Hu, is it that all people with the surname Hu are so pretty, so attractive?”

Hu Ning’s pretty face turned red with anger. But she didn’t dare to be tough with investors. She could only hold back her anger and pretend she didn’t hear it.

The embarrassed and angry pretty face under the lamp light truly appeared more and more charming. The coal boss’s expression was even more unbearable to look at. He poured a glass of white wine and walked in front of Hu Ning, insisting on having a drink with her. Zhou Hong and several actors couldn’t stand it any longer, so they all came forward to stop him. Zhan Bin relied on his status in the industry that was considered a veteran in the circle, and offered to drink three cups for Hu Ning as she couldn’t drink alcohol.

Hu Ning could actually drink some wine, but only two or three bottles of beer, not hard liquor. When Tao Mu was toasting just now, he specially gave her a glass of juice. Tao Mu didn’t know if Hu Ning could drink wine, but he just thought that girls should try not to drink at the wine table, especially with the coal boss present, everyone could see his intentions. Tao Mu’s eyes were not blind, so he deliberately did not let Hu Ning drink wine, so as to avoid trouble later. He originally thought that as the largest investor in the crew, he had set the tone, and the other two investors would at least display some IQ. It was a pity that the coal boss was so blinded by greed that he didn’t hold any regard for Tao Mu at all.

Not only Tao Mu, the investor, but the coal boss also didn’t have any regard for the bunch of actors either. Holding the wine glass in one hand, and putting the other hand on Hu Ning’s shoulder, he tried to force Hu Ning to drink. Saying that if she didn’t drink it that meant she was looking down on him.

Just as the commotion was going on, three “slapping” sounds were heard. The coal boss turned around, covering his buttocks, and looked at Tao Mu with a confused expression: “CEO Tao, why did you slap my ass?”

“I just think Mr. Coal Boss’s butt is quite round, and it looks very much like the butt of a corgi.” Tao Mu raised his hands and gestured seriously: “A corgi, you know? That butt is quite round. Twisting left and right as it walks, and its legs are also very short. I think it looks very similar to you.”

The coal boss’s face turned green: “CEO Tao, what do you mean?”

“I don’t mean anything?” Tao Mu looked at the coal boss innocently, thought about it seriously, and suddenly realized: “Oh, I see. Corgis are so cute, you also think that I am insulting corgis by comparing them with you, right?”

As Tao Mu spoke, he also seriously recited a paragraph from “Insulted and Damaged”, and “If Life Deceived You”——this entire afternoon he had been practically brainwashed by Director Zhou.

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Tao Mu studied at a professional acting school. Ao when he recited lines it was with cadence and melody, and his words were very well-spoken. Moreover, he was handsome, which made the poems sound particularly good when recited.

However, the illiterate Mr. Coal Boss couldn’t appreciate such elegant and rich poems and classic writings at all. He was trembling with anger, and pointed at Tao Mu and scolded: “Who the f**k do you think you are? You also like this slut, don’t you? You want to help this slut? Okay, I want to see if you have this ability!”

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Mr. Song was going to establish a school!

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the main room of the Song family courtyard residence was full of people. Tao Mu called everyone together to discuss the idea of ​​running a school under the Song Ji brand.

“This sounds good!” Qin Miaoru patted her thigh and was the first to agree: “Mr. Song is so good at cooking, and Song Ji’s brand is also very notable. Establishing a school at this juncture just happens to rub off on the current heat on the Internet. Let Xiao Mu publicize it on FlyNews.com, and there will definitely be many people willing to sign up. At that time, Mr. Song will have disciples and grand-disciples all over the world, and all the good cooks in China will be from Song Ji. Let’s see if they dare to say that the Song family will die out without a successor.”

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The current editor-in-chief of FlyNews.com’s entertainment department, Da Fei, who once wanted to recognize old man Song as his godfather, also slapped his hands and cheered: “I also think this can be done. Aren’t Yao Shengan and the Sheng’an Group just relying on their large numbers to bully Song Ji. Now after opening a school and cultivating some students, training them to be good cooks, let them open Song Ji branch restaurants all over the country. We can also try to get Song Ji floated on the stock market as well. Push them out of the consumer market.”

In contrast, Liu Yao and Meng Qi’s thinking was much more realistic.

“It’s a good thing to establish a school. The Song family is upright and honest, and Song Ji is a century-old brand. If it can be passed down in this way, it will be a really good thing indeed.” Meng Qi said with a smile, “It’s just, about the teachers and teaching materials. Mister is getting old. If he really taught on the front lines, I am afraid that his energy will not be enough. Besides, it will also be too busy with just himself. It will be great if we can find other senior brothers and sisters of Song Ji.”

Tao Mu turned to look at the old man Song: “I remember that old Mr. Song accepted a total of two disciples at that time. Besides Yao Shengan, there was also a second disciple, called Wang Yipin, right? Can you still find this senior uncle now?”

The old man Song shook his head slowly: “He is long gone.” The Song family was not a big family, and after the disaster that year, the senior brothers and sisters in the same sect also died and scattered. In the years after Mr. Song returned to Beijing from the farm, he also inquired about the whereabouts of the other people. It was a pity that most of those senior brothers and sisters were much older than him. Some didn’t make it through that era. Some of them survived to their 70s and 80s, but they all also passed away one by one. The remaining family members of those senior brothers and sisters were fine at first, but as time passed, they gradually lost contact.

Song Daozhen was the only one left to guard the Song Ji plaque, quietly waiting for when he would also pass away and take the Song Ji plaque into the coffin with him.

But Song Daozhen did not expect that one day, he would have the opportunity to revitalize Song Ji.

“Although there were not many direct disciples of the Song family, Song Ji also trained a lot of apprentices. These apprentices were recorded disciples rather than direct disciples. Because of their poor talent, they were not included in the Song family’s direct teaching. They were not allowed to use the Song Ji signboard when selling food. Just don’t know if these people are still alive and if so, will they like to be teachers?”

Song Daozhen said this, but in fact he held no hope. At the beginning, the Song family disliked these people’s low talent, and did not allow them to use the Song Ji name even though they passed on their craftsmanship to them. So those people may not have any feelings for Song Ji. Of course, they would also have no obligation to revitalize Song Ji. Besides, the Song family looked down on them back then, but now that Song Ji had declined, they now thought of them again. Old man Song didn’t know whether those people would be agreeable or not.

Liu Yao frowned and said, “Actually, we don’t have to make things so complicated. It’s good to be able to recruit chefs who are related to Song Ji. Even if you can’t recruit them, it’s the same as recruiting chefs from outside. I remember that Wen Juxiang’s boss also studied at Song Ji back then, right? Boss Wen has been engaged in the catering industry for so many years, and he should have contact with many chefs. We might as well ask him to help introduce a few reliable chefs, and then let Mr. Song check them out. If there is no problem, just invite them to be teachers at the chef school.”

This was also a solution. However, Tao Mu knew the knot in old man Song’s heart. The old man wanted to revitalize Song Ji, and of course he wanted to find someone who had a relationship with Song Ji. Otherwise, when the school was opened and yet none of the teachers who taught were really from Song Ji. It was estimated that the old man would not be able to overcome this hurdle.

“I’ll call Wen Bao, forget it, I’ll go directly to Wen Juxiang and talk to Uncle Wen.”

“That’s fine,” Liu Yao said, “I’ll walk around with your Xiao Qi Dad, and see where there are locations to set up the school. If it doesn’t work, let’s buy land and build a school by ourselves. Mr. Song can sort out the Song family’s rules at home, and the ways the Song family trained their apprentices back then. Let’s first write out a curriculum, but if that doesn’t work we can visit other chef training schools for reference.”

When the school site was selected, they could also carry out the school establishment procedures on the way. Liu Yao also had the old man stay at home and think about the name of the school. With Song Ji as the reference, whether it was called Song Ji Chef Training School, Song Ji Cooking Academy, or Song Ji Cooking Art or something…..this was a big deal.

Originally, Mr. Song was depressed and worried because of Yao Shengan’s shenanigans, but after being urged by Tao Mu and his dads, he was no longer in the mood to feel frustrated and worried. Holding the book of Song family’s family motto and rules, he wrote for several days in the small study, and finally named the school Song Ji Apprenticeship Training School.

Just like when the Song family opened a restaurant and taught apprentices craftsmanship, and then picked out the apprentices who were pleasing to the eye and passed the test as entry-level disciples. This was the inheritance of Song Ji, which was part of Song Ji’s tradition. And Song Daozhen was in charge of teaching apprentices back then.

From Song Daozhen’s point of view, the reason they founded the school now was to recruit apprentices and then select entry level disciples from the apprentices. So the name of the school described to a certain extent the traditional history of Song Ji passed down from generation to generation.

When Tao Mu and the others heard the name of this school, they all praised Song Daozhen for coming up with such a good name.

“Song Ji Apprenticeship Training School. That is to say, the students who graduate from this school are only just qualified apprentices of Song Ji. But what we have to do is to make it so that even just apprentices from Song Ji will be better than those professional chefs.” Qin Miaoru praised with thumbs up. Then she asked with some puzzlement: “Then how long will the training period take?”

The training period at a general chef school ranged from three months to two years. Qin Miaoru was particularly curious about Song Ji’s training time. If it was short, she was also ready to apply and learn a few skills.

Song Daozhen fell silent. When Song Ji trained apprentices back then, the rules were not strict. Because the apprentice was not an entry-level disciple, he could not use the Song Ji brand. So they were generally free to come and go. Some people studied hard for three years to five years, and some people quit after studying for a few months.

“How many years do chefs who can usually stay in the back kitchen of Song Ji have to train?” Tao Mu asked in a different way.

This time, Song Daozhen answered quickly: “At least three years.” Chinese dishes were exquisite in appearance, flavor, and aroma. If it was less than three years, one couldn’t even master the basic skills, and couldn’t even get a small kitchen job in Song Ji.

“Then it will be three semesters.” The same time as that of vocational colleges: “The systematic study time will be three years. But our Song Ji can provide kob distribution. All apprentices who graduate successfully can stay in the Song Ji back kitchen. Anyway, in the future we will be opening branches across the country, and are not afraid of having too many chefs, just afraid that there will not be enough.”

“What about tuition fees?” Da Fei, who had already become the editor-in-chief of the entertainment department of FlyNews.com, was still haunted by his dream of being a chef. He wanted to polish his cooking skills when he had some spare time from work.

Tao Mu was a little stuck: “…..First take some time to visit other training schools and get a reference.” He felt that with Song Ji’s brand name, at least it had to be on the high-end level, right?

Mr. Song said, “When the Song family taught apprentices craftsmanship back then, but in fact we didn’t ask for any fees. Our family just wanted more people to master a craft to support their livelihood and families. Of course, if we want to run a school now, we can’t teach for free. But I still don’t think it should be too expensive. Just enough to keep the school running. At least it should be affordable for most people. As for those who can’t afford it but really want to learn the craft, the school can also pay for them to learn the craft. Anyway, in the future they will be working in Song Ji.”

Compared with Tao Mu, who was a shrewd businessman, old man Song’s thinking was very simple. He always believed that the Song family’s cooking skills were priceless, but the apprentices were not considered the descendants of the Song family, nor could they learn the essence of the Song family’s cooking art. So if they charged too much money, it seemed a bit unfair.

Tao Mu scratched his eyebrows with some regret, but decided to follow the old man’s idea, after all, this was all to fulfill the old man’s wish.

Tao Mu had always been resolute and decisive. After discussing with the old man about establishing a school, that afternoon he took the old man to Wen Juxiang to eat Mongolian hot pot, and on the way consult on the teaching staff part.

Boss Wen was Song Ji’s apprentice back then. It was also with the imparted skills that Wen Juxiang was opened. Now he was also a respectable boss himself. In fact, he was especially grateful to the Song family for their kindness in passing on the cooking skills back then. It had been so many years, yet he hadn’t found a chance to repay. Now that he learned that the Song family wanted to open a school and pass on their skills, Boss Wen directly stated that he himself would like to become a teacher at the school.

“Mr. Song, you don’t know. In fact, we apprentices are also very grateful to Song Ji. If Song Ji didn’t hand us the craft back then, we wouldn’t have the capital to start our own business. In fact, there are many apprentices of Song Ji who are all working as head chefs in major restaurants now. As long as you say a word, at least half of these people will be willing to come to the school to be a part-time teacher.”

Song Daozhen didn’t expect that he could hear such words from Boss Wen’s mouth. Looking at Song Daozhen’s appearance, Boss Wen gulped down some white wine and said sincerely: “Mr. Song, I know that us apprentices do not have much talent, and the Song family did not have much regard for us back then. And we were not allowed to use the Song Ji brand name. But no matter what you think of us, this craftsmanship has been passed down to us. The Song family had done good deeds for several lifetimes and taught so many apprentices. There are ungrateful bastards like Yao Shengan. But there are also many people who remember the kindness of the Song family.” He was one of them.

“Therefore, please don’t worry about this. Isn’t it just to be a teacher? Although we apprentices are not as skilled as you, we still have no problem in teaching students and sifting out good seedlings for you.”

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Boss Wen said so, and smiled again: “Speaking of this, I want to say one more thing. If you trust me, you can leave the specific matters of running the school to me. For example, the kitchen utensils and the ingredients needed. I can find cheap and good suppliers for you. And the materials that are used up every day, such as shredded potatoes, shredded radishes, etc., I can also help sell them. Although the money will not be much, it can avoid being too wasteful.”

Song Daozhen looked at Boss Wen several times. After a long while, he raised his glass and said, “Come, let’s drink together.”

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On the day Tao Mu uploaded the all-angle uncensored video to the Internet, the keyboard warriors who have always liked to point out their IQ on the Internet once again felt the fear of being dominated by “faceslaps”.

Yao Shengan said that he was tricked by the Song family to the ancestral tomb of the Song family at four o’clock in the morning, and waited for two hours in the dark and cold winter night while the Song family arrived at a late and leisurely time.

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——But the result was that Song Daozhen’s few words in the video wiped out the pitiful atmosphere created by Yao Shengan. #He said that he was willing to kneel for a day and a night in order to ask for forgiveness, but he refused to kneel for just two hours, and even complained that Song Daozhen should not let him wait this long. Sure enough, the body is more honest than the mouth #faceslap bam bam bam.

Yao Shengan also said that in order to win the forgiveness of the Song family, he was willing to give over the recipes he had studied for many years. But the result was that Mr. Song did not care for it at all. His words on returning what belonged to the proper owner, coupled with the sincere and unpretentious Song family motto, directly pushed Yao Shengan’s scheming shrewdness into the cracks in the ground. Faceslap again.

In the video edited by Yao Shengan, the most controversial and what most dissatisfied the netizens, the “expelling with cudgel and curses” part, in truth turned out to be a result of Yao Shengan cursing the Song family in front of the Song family’s ancestral tomb to have their bloodline end and even coveting the Song Ji brand.

Damn, don’t mention the only descendant of the Song family who had been pitted by Yao Shengan for most of his life, even unrelated netizens who heard this wanted nothing more than to yell at him and throw him out!

This was too shameless! Standing on the grave of the Song family and cursing the Song family to die out and their family skills to be lost forever. Yao Shengan, did you forget that the reason why the Song family fell into this place today was entirely caused by you, you old bastard?

How can you make such a request so shamelessly? The netizens’ three views were completely shattered, and all their jaws dropped in shock.

Sure enough, the people who could create such a big corporate group from scratch were different from us mere mortals. This black-hearted shamelessness was simply unmatched.

After uploading the complete video, Tao Mu asked the notary department to issue an appraisal to prove that the video had not been edited at all, and threw it all online. By the way, the online water army accounts hired by the Yao family, as well as the remarks posted by these accounts that deliberately provoked the rebellious psychology of netizens, were also circled and publicly exposed.

Things having progressed to this stage, all the truth and points of contention were now clear. If it was said that the ordinary melon-eating people were just in awe. The keyboard warriors who had been hired by the Yao family to lead the slander campaign completely felt their faces become swollen.

Once again, they felt that their IQ and conscience had been crushed and humiliated. In addition to their anger and embarrassment, these fickle keyboard warriors once again rushed to the FlyNews account of Sheng’an Group and Yao Shengan himself like a flood of beasts, venting their resentment with scolds and curses.

All kinds of foul language greeting the Yao family’s female relatives were simply outrageous. At the critical moment, it was Tao Mu who stood forward and tried to dissuade the keyboard warriors who were blinded by anger: “Mr. Yao is in his seventies. He is also an old man from the grandpa generation. You grandsons——I am only referring to age, can you have some of the most basic Chinese traditional virtues of respecting the old and caring for the young? Why are you swearing in such ugly ways?”

“Mr. Yao is in his 70s. He just posted a video on the Internet to set a rhythm, and when he was interviewed by the media, he just pretended to be pitiful. He didn’t point a gun at your head, forcing you to believe and sympathize with him and fight against injustice for him. Isn’t it all done according to your own will and pleasure? It’s currently the Chinese New Year holidays, yet you don’t play mahjong or watch TV with family and friends, but instead go online and vent your passion. Even if Mr. Yao wants to build and stage and sing opera, it is you people who are willing to cheer for him below. Now the song ends and the curtain falls so you don’t want to be a ghost and just want to pretend to be a human being? But you guys hiding under a layer of anonymity still appear like sneaking demons and monsters!”

“You guys actually dare to scold the founder of a corporate group worth tens of billions of dollars. I say, your heads are all quite inflated! Aren’t you afraid that Mr. Yao might become angry, and in a fit of anger, the powerful lawyers of Sheng’an Group will come and sue you all one by one. After all, Mr. Yao is a fierce character who dared to curse the Song family to die out while still standing in the ancestral. The fellow wasn’t even afraid of the Song family’s ancestors jumping out of the coffin to seek revenge on him, so how could he be afraid of you clueless and blind idiots who so easily fall into the trap set by the water army?”

“Although FlyNews.com defends your right to speak freely, it will not stop Sheng’an Group from using legal means to protect their legitimate rights and interests. Just as an advice, you guys scolding me at ordinary times is no problem. After all, I am the founder of FlyNews.com. Just for the sake of traffic, I won’t do anything to you. At most, I will just hand out some faceslaps and help you test your IQ. But some narrow-minded and thick-faced people are a completely different story.”

“It being the New Year’s, I advise everyone to eat more pig brains to supplement your own brains, and when looking for death don’t take shortcuts.”

Tao Mu’s way of talking and chatting, especially when it came to bitching out others, possessed the essence of Mr. Song. This whole typed statement was full of the mean and sarcastic sneering that made people feel refreshed and full of enthusiasm after reading it.

Not mentioning Yao Shengan and a group of keyboard warriors who were ridiculed by Tao Mu. Even the irrelevant melon-eating people broke out into a cold sweat and felt relieved they hadn’t followed along in the slander campaign after reading it.

Of course, there were also some keyboard warriors of unknown attributes who actually became Tao Mu’s fans because of Tao Mu’s long-winded scolding statement. Such fans didn’t care about Tao Mu’s career, nor did they care about Tao Mu’s scandals. They just eagerly waited for Tao Mu to have his next bitch out with someone on the Internet.

They were just that weird.

But these were all afterwords.

Just in time for the New Year’s, Yao Shengan, who was unprepared for Tao Mu’s installation of pinhole cameras and monitors on the tomb, once again tasted the bitter fruit of trying to gain an advantage only to end up worse off. Yao Shengan and the Yao family, who deliberately guided public opinion only to be bitten by the keyboard warriors, were both terribly scolded.

When Tao Mu’s hearty scolding speech was posted on the Internet, even the Sheng’an Group, which had been working hard to reduce its sense of presence, was not spared.

First, Yao Shengan’s old scandals were exposed, and attracted Tao Mu and Xiaoheng Capital to jointly attack Sheng’an Group, causing the stock price of Sheng’an Group to plummet; later, there was the incident of the Yao family’s eldest son-in-law embezzling public funds and waste oil scandal; then finally Yao Shengan cursing the Song family line to die out in front of the Song family’s grave and coveting the brand of Song Ji was exposed. Although Yao Sheng’an himself was scolded by netizens, the Sheng’an Group was also burdened with losing any image they managed to hold onto. The corporate reputation plummeted once again.

Things should not be done more than three times. This time, even the shareholders of Sheng’an Group, who originally supported Yao Shengan, or did not dare to easily remove the chairman because of their concerns, couldn’t bear it anymore.

In the absence of Yao Shengan himself, the shareholders of Sheng’an Group rushed on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year to hold another shareholders’ meeting to discuss the removal of Yao Shengan’s chairman seat. In the end, except for Yao Shengan and the Yao family who objected and Zhou Shenxing abstaining on behalf of Song Daozhen as usual, all the remaining shareholders voted in favor.

Yao Shengan, the founder of the Sheng’an Group, who used to be the chairman of the group, was undisputedly expelled from the board of directors.

After the news spread, Yao Shengan, who was still in the capital, instantly appeared to age more than ten years. He actually expected this day when Tao Mu took 20% of the shares of Sheng’an Group from the Yao family as Song Daozhen’s representative. And everything he did after that was just because he was unwilling to give in without a fight.

It was a pity that Tao Mu got in the way, and he couldn’t get his wish in the end.

Perhaps the Yao family’s luck was exhausted. When he hung up the phone, Yao Shengan stood silently in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel room, quietly staring at the snow-covered Beijing City.

If he didn’t have the attitude of calculating Song Daozhen when he came here, but discussed cooperation matters with Song Daozhen openly and honestly, would the development of things be different?

Yao Shengan asked himself and shook his head silently. Probably not. He knew the temperament of the Song family too well. This was a group of hard bones who were determined not to compromise with the enemy for the sake of profit. He believed that Song Daozhen would rather take the Song Ji plaque into the coffin than lend it to him to tide over the difficulties. Even if it was a win-win cooperation.

Fine! Even if Yao Shengan lost his seat as chairman of the Sheng’an Group, he still owned 20% of the shares of the Sheng’an Group. So long as the Sheng’an Group did not collapse, he would still be an entrepreneur with a net worth of tens of billions in this life.

He want to see with his own eyes how Song Daozhen will bring the plaque of Song Ji into the coffin after the Song family line died out!

On the other side, Tao Mu and old man Song obviously didn’t know that a certain someone was silently cursing them and wanted to wait and see the day when the Song family line and family skills died out. The old man Song looked at the two uninvited guests who came from afar, and was even more surprised by the invitation from the two.

“Invite me to be the chairman of Sheng’an Group?” Song Daozhen repeated in disbelief, and couldn’t help asking: “Are you well?”

Chairman Shen was displeased in his heart, but smiled amiably on the surface: “Don’t get me wrong, Mr. Song. We have absolutely no intention of joking with you. Otherwise, us father and son would not represent the Sheng’an Group to come knocking on your door. In fact, inviting you to serve as the new chairman of Sheng’an Group is a decision passed by all shareholders of Sheng’an Group after a collective vote at the general meeting of shareholders. We all know Mr. Song is a man of character, as well as the golden quality of the Song Ji brand. Besides, you also own 10% of the shares of Sheng’an Group. Please come to serve as the new chairman of Sheng’an Group, which is something everyone is happy about.”

This was indeed the case. The old grievances between the Yao family and the Song family were well known on the Internet. The reason why the company’s reputation and image plummeted was because of this damn thing when all was said and done. Therefore, asking Song Daozhen and Song Ji to join the Sheng’an Group was definitely a booster for the current Sheng’an Group. Not only could it successfully turn over the past events of Sheng’an Group’s unrighteousness, but also increase the publicity and positive image of Sheng’an Group.

One must know that the Song family motto Song Daozhen recited in front of the Song family tomb was now circulated all over the Internet. Many netizens were therefore particularly interested in Song Ji’s past and took the initiative to post on the Internet to ask about various anecdotes related to Song Ji. The Song family had a history that was passed down from the Qing Dynasty era to the present, and the historical accumulation of more than a hundred years was more likely to arouse the national pride of netizens.

So now, Song Ji was definitely a time-honored Internet celebrity that netizens were very concerned about. If they could borrow the Song Ji brand, then the scandal embroiled Sheng’an Group could definitely get a fresh start, if not totally forgiven.

It must be said that even if Yao Shengan’s methods were dirty, his calculations were excellent. The Shen family father and son were also inspired by Yao Shengan’s actions. They believed that the Sheng’an Group did not necessarily need Yao Shengan. If Song Daozhen could replace him and take charge of Sheng’an Group, it is likely that the effect would be better than Yao Shengan remaining as chairman. Other shareholders of Sheng’an Group watched the video and thought this move was particularly good as well.

Unfortunately, Yao Shengan underestimated Tao Mu’s combat power. The Sheng’an Group also knew nothing about the temperament of the Song family.

Song Daozhen even refused to accept the dozen or so recipes that Yao Shengan added to the “Song Family Cookbook”, so how could he accept the Sheng’an Group created by Yao Shengan himself?

“I’m not interested!” Song Daozhen’s face sank immediately after hearing the words of the Shen family. What was their meaning? Let him take care of the food group created by the enemy? This was to use his Song family’s reputation as a rag!

“Out! Out! Out!” Song Daozhen impatiently picked up the broom and pushed the people out of Song Ji.

It was the New Year’s, why were these people so annoying, couldn’t they let him have a peaceful New Year’s!

“Mr. Song, please think about it again.” When the father and son of the Shen family were kicked out of Song Ji, they did not forget to continue their lobbying: “The current situation of the Song family is indeed true that there is no successor. I believe that Mr. Song does not want Song Ji to end with you either and for this brand to disappear. Your joining the Sheng’an Group is a win-win for both Song Ji and Sheng’an Group. “

Father Shen turned his head to look at Tao Mu, judging others with himself: “Mr. Tao should also persuade the old gentleman. Isn’t the best way to get revenge on a person by watching his career after decades of hard work end up belonging to others? Besides, Yao Shengan’s craftsmanship was originally inherited from Song Ji, and now if Mr. Song becomes in charge of Sheng’an Group, it can also be considered a product of the karmic cycle——”

“Obviously our old man’s thinking is not the same as yours.” Tao Mu smiled slightly and interrupted Chairman Shen’s words: “Do not do to others what you don’t want to do to yourself. Back then, Yao Shengan coveted the recipes passed down from the Song family’s ancestors, and did not hesitate to harm the whole Song family. If today our old man went to the Sheng’an Group to be the chairman of the board for revenge, how would his behavior be different from that of Yao Shengan? The Song family’s clean reputation over several lifetimes built the Song Ji brand. We really don’t have the desire to be a rag cloth. I suggest that the Sheng’an Group invite another talented person to fill the spot.”

“But Song Ji——”

“Please!” Tao Mu firmly saw them out the door: “It’s freezing cold, be careful of slippery roads.”

If it was said that Song Daozhen and the Shen family had a dissidence of opinion, Tao Mu and the Shen family have nothing to say to each other at all. After sending the visitors away directly, Tao Mu turned back to Song Ji. He found that the old man Song, who had just now kicked people out with a broom so energetically, was sitting silently in front of the kitchen stove with his head down and silent.

Tao Mu knew that no matter how firm and strong old man Song appeared on the surface, those bastards’ words were actually stabbing into the heart of the old man.

The old man was really worried that after he passed away, there would be no successor to the Song family, and the brand of Song Ji would also die out. Tao Mu, as a direct disciple of the old man, since he had been carefully trained by the old man, even if he ran off to act and do business, he still had the obligation to inherit and carry on the Song Ji name.

He wouldn’t just watch the old man be troubled.

“Old man,” Tao Mu half-squatted in front of Song Daozhen, looked up at the old man’s gray hair and wrinkled face, and asked warmly, “Do you want to open a chef school?”

“Huh?” Just now immersed in his own thoughts, Song Daozhen hadn’t paid attention to what Tao Mu said.

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“I mean open a school to teach people cooking.” Tao Mu said patiently: “The way I see it, we can use the brand of Song Ji to open a chef school and recruit students from the whole society. The Sheng’an Group’s 10% dividend is enough to pay for opening a chef school. We can recruit people from here first. You can consider carefully to see which student’s talent meets the requirements of the Song family apprentices. We can accept some apprentices and then slowly cultivate them. We can even use the Song family motto as the school rules, and all students must recite the family rules. And the Song family rules will be taken as the code of conduct and professional standards. If there are people who are particularly pleasing to the eye, you can always accept them as direct disciples and pass on your craftsmanship in person. After they have completed their studies, they can go to open a branch of Song Ji or stay in Song Ji as chefs.”

“This should be a big project. But we can take it slowly. What do you think?”

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“Shock! The founder and current chairman of Sheng’an Group, Yao Shengan, went to the Song family’s grave to worship on the morning of the first day of the new year, but was driven away with a stick!”

“The chairman of Sheng’an Group sincerely repents, but the Song family refuses to accept it!”

“There is a video and the truth. The founder of Sheng’an Group stood guard at the Song family’s ancestral tomb at four o’clock in the morning on the first day of the new year, and waited for more than two hours, but the heir of the Song family scolded and beat the other with a stick. Mr. Yao was forced to leave in embarrassment..…”

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Clicking on the video, one could see Yao Shengan’s desolate figure supporting his old and sick self appearing alone at the end of the twelfth lunar month, which was full of New Year flavor, laughter and family reunion everywhere. However, Mr. Yao, who was in his old age, had to leave his warm and comfortable home and rush to the cold Beijing to fulfill his promise.

In the video, Mr. Yao arrived in the capital and checked into the hotel alone. After settling down, he first made a phone call to report his whereabouts to Tao Mu. He expressed his wish that if the Song family wanted to, he could even kneel before his teacher’s grave for a day and a night. Sure enough, Song Daozhen refused.

On the screen, one could clearly hear Song Daozhen on the phone telling Yao Shengan to go to the Song family grave at four o’clock in the morning on the first day of the new year. As a result, Yao Shengan came to the appointment. In the cold night, when thousands of households were enjoying the happiness and beauty of the festive reunion, a lone figure waited for more than two hours in the cold darkness. It wasn’t until the light of dawn appeared in the sky that the Song family finally arrived.

Of course, the edited video would not contain Song Daozhen’s rebuke of Yao Shengan’s dishonesty. Only Yao Shengan, who was coldly treated, kowtowing behind Song Daozhen and offering incense, expressing sincere shame and that he was willing to give the recipes he developed to the Song family to atone for his sins, only to be expelled by Song Daozhen with a cudgel and curses.

“Is it my illusion? Why do I think Mr. Yao in the video looks pitiful? He is already so old, yet can’t peacefully celebrate the New Year at home, and instead has to rush to the capital to apologize to the Song family. Only to encounter such an embarrassing situation.”

“Upstairs +1. I really think Mr. Song went too far. Although the Song family ended badly because of Yao Shengan’s report back then, but think about it carefully, Yao Shengan didn’t really do anything at the time. He just did what most people in that era would do. After all, he didn’t personally kill anyone. And he also regrets it now. Even if the Song family doesn’t want to forgive him, they don’t have to beat him with a stick and scold him so badly.”

“In any case, he’s in his 70s. Leaving his hometown on the first day of the new year to come to the capital all by himself to kowtow and make amends. And he was almost even injured by the Song family. Seeing Yao Shengan’s hurriedly leaving back, why do I feel so uncomfortable?!”

“Of course Yao Shengan was wrong back then. But he can give 20% of the shares of Sheng’an Group to the Song family, and he is willing to kowtow to the Song family’s grave on the first day of the new year to make amends. How can it be said that he is sincere? Even if the Song family doesn’t accept it, they shouldn’t treat Yao Shengan like this.”

“I watched the video and Mr. Tao was standing behind Mr. Song the whole time. Why couldn’t he persuade Mr. Song!”

“It’s too much.”

“Forget about Mr. Song. After all, the Song family was really hurt by Yao Shengan. I can understand his feelings. But I can’t understand why Tao Mu didn’t persuade Mr. Song. After all, Yao Shengan is in his seventies. He is also an old man of his grandfather’s generation. How can he watch Yao Shengan being driven away by Mr. Song with a stick. I really didn’t expect the person I like to be so vicious, I am so disappointed.”

“I’m very suspicious, are there really Tao Mu fans upstairs? Have you forgotten how the Yao family bribed the media and Tao Mu’s adoptive parents to discredit Tao Mu? Now they just want to whitewash themselves with this video. It’s so funny, right? Also, the netizens who said Yao Shengan has sincerity, don’t forget that Yao Shengan didn’t willingly apologize to the Song family. Clearly it was them who was forced by CEO Tao to a dead end, and that they would go bankrupt if they don’t make amends, and in the end had to admit defeat and make amends under the mediation of the Shanghai city officials, right? How come you say that this is Yao Shengan’s sincerity in making amends??”

“That’s right. Some people’s remarks are really inexplicable. When did losing and being forced to admit defeat become whitewashed into sincerity? It almost made me think I went insane. I thought that the big melon I was eating a few months ago was my memory loss!”

“And that video, anyone with a discerning eye would know that it was edited. I’m puzzled, if Yao Shengan really had the sincerity to kowtow and make amends, why did he have the extra mind to bring a cameraman over with him? The narrative perspective of watching this video is clearly from Yao Shengan’s standpoint, right? If Yao Shengan is not fishy at all, why doesn’t he dare to release the whole video? Who is he going to fool with such an edited video?”

“The people upstairs are Tao Mu’s fans, right? Your words don’t even make sense. Mr. Yao left Shanghai in the morning of New Year’s Eve and arrived at the Song family’s ancestral grave in the early morning of New Year’s Day to make amends. There were nearly a dozen hours in between. How can the video be uploaded without editing it? Of course, the key points must be extracted and released while the less important points are cut out. This is the case even when shooting TV dramas. It is impossible to upload all the material.”

“You also know that making TV is different from real life? But Yao Shengan really wants to turn his life into a TV series. If he loves acting so much, why didn’t he enter the entertainment industry as an actor?”

“…..”

Not mentioning how Tao Mu’s fans refuted what some netizens said. In FlyNews.com’s technical department, seeing that their boss was smeared by a group of unidentified netizens, the director of the technical department couldn’t help but suggest: “Mr. Tao. Many of these remarks are sent by proxy IPs. Shall we check it? At least ban a batch of puppet accounts?”

Tao Mu waved his hand: “Don’t pay attention to these remarks. You just need to identify which accounts are water army. Let them say whatever they want. Anyway, the more fun they have, the more heat they bring, the higher the website traffic. Why, they are also generating income for our FlyNews.com! So don’t be too harsh on them.”

“But they are leading on the netizens and smearing your name, which is also very detrimental to FlyNews.com’s image.” The public relations manager of FlyNews.com frowned. Although he had long realized his own boss’s bloody storm attracting physique. But he never imagined that Tao Mu would make the headlines on the first day of the new year. Now half of the people on the entire network are criticizing Tao Mu. If it went on like this, he was afraid that only more netizens would be affected.

“Don’t worry. Controversy leads to traffic. Look at the lively discussions they have online, almost half of them say they hate me. But you look at the background data of FlyNews.com. Are there really people who deregister from FlyNews.com because they hate me?”

The manager of the public relations department was taken aback for a moment. Of course no one deregistered and left. Not only that, there were more and more netizens registering on FlyNews.com in the past two days.

“You see.” Tao Mu smiled slightly, and said calmly: “Young people, don’t be impatient. Besides, you clearly know that those people were hired by the Yao family to smear me. Yet at the juncture you choose to ban accounts. Aren’t you afraid that they will continue to set the rhythm and even attract the fire to FlyNews.com?”

Everyone was stunned when they heard these words.

Tao Mu crossed his arms across his chest and smiled at the soaring background data. It had to be said that Yao Shengan, that old fox, really understood the human hearts very well. First, he made such an ambiguous video clip and uploaded it to the Internet——and it was also on FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com created by Tao Mu himself. Putting on a frank and fearless look that stated they were not afraid that Tao Mu would delete the water army accounts on the two websites.

In fact, Tao Mu could guess darkly, maybe Yao Shengan was expecting him to do so. At that time, not only could the water army lead the rhythm of smearing the Song family and Tao Mu himself, but they could even slander FlyNews.com and accuse the sight of disregarding human rights by refusing to let its competitors speak up; that Tao Mu in order to shield Song Daozhen, indicated FlyNews.com to take an unfair position of blocking and banning differing views. The so-called raking grass and beating rabbits, they put on a pitiful act while pouring cold water on the super popular FlyNews.com.

Unfortunately, Yao Shengan also miscalculated Tao Mu’s tough skin. In his last life, he had had the experience of being rhythmically slandered by people all over the Internet. To him, this bit of rain was like summer drizzle. Other than reducing dryness, it was completely useless.

Was Tao Mu the kind of glass-hearted person who was afraid of being scolded by others? Obviously not. This dude had thick skin as thick as a city wall. Even if you point at his nose and scold him to his face, he could take it all with a smile so long as there was benefit in it, not to mention the words of strangers on the Internet that neither hurt or itch. Separated by a layer of computer screen, who knew whether you are a human or a beast?

Think about it from another angle. On the first day of the new year, they don’t play mahjong with their family, and instead act indignant on the Internet to fight injustice for the perpetrators. How miserable and pitiful they must be in real life. So long as you think about these objective conditions, even if those netizens genuinely hated Tao Mu and hated him from the bottom of their hearts, Tao Mu was too lazy to get angry with them at all.

You have the time to feel sorry for Yao Shengan? It’s likely that this group of keyboard warriors with goldfish brains had forgotten that Yao Shengan, no matter how pitiful, was worth several times more than these people could ever earn in a lifetime. Besides, the only way they could express their hate for Tao Mu was to sign up for a FlyNews.com account and keep posting comments and contributing to traffic…..

With the facts in front of him, Tao Mu didn’t want to say anything superfluous.

The FlyNews.com employees, who were originally angry and indignant, didn’t want to say anything superfluous either when they heard their boss’s words.

Okay. We actually had the time to sympathize with the boss and fight for the boss. How could we forget that no matter how pitiful the boss was, this dude created FlyNews.com, the most influential social platform on the entire network. This dude was worth was at least hundreds of millions of dollars, which was a wealth that they couldn’t catch up to in their whole lives——oh, by the way, thanks to the whole network slandering their boss, these poor little fellows have to go back to the company to work overtime during the Chinese New Year. They didn’t even have the chance to squat with their family to play mahjong!

Not noticing that his words shattered several glass hearts on the ground, Tao Mu quietly waited for the video to ferment. As expected, after Yao Shengan tentatively posted a clipped video on the Internet and Tao Mu did not make any clarification, Yao Shengan seemed to become certain that Tao Mu did not take reporters to the Song family cemetery, so he also couldn’t provide strong evidence to refute his video. After that, Yao Shengan’s actions became indeed much more audacious. Not only did he buy the entertainment broadcast programs of major TV stations, but he even dared to accept interviews from major print media and entertainment magazines. And in front of the media, he packaged himself as a poor old man who was old but repentant, wanting to build the character image of “the prodigal son returned home is more precious than gold”. (TN: saying that means those who turn over a new leaf is rare and therefore deserve to be accepted with open arms)

——It must be said, Yao Shengan’s acting talent was really good. If he had not founded Sheng’an Group and immersed himself in the catering industry, but had entered the entertainment industry, with his acting skills, it should not be a problem to win himself a best actor award.

Anyway, for a while, the media and netizens who spoke and interceded for Yao Shengan sprang up like mushrooms after a rain. Tao Mu was sitting at home watching TV, and he could see the media’s follow-up reports on this incident on any random channel.

“Recently, the founder of Sheng’an Group went to Beijing to perform the contract. However, in reality, there was no laughing off and forgiving old grudges…..”

“The old grudge between Yao Shengan, founder of Sheng’an Group, and Song Ji in Beijing had always moved people’s hearts. Later, under the mediation of concerned people, the two reached a settlement. Song Ji requested that the founder of Sheng’an Group, Mr. Yao Shengan, worship and make amends to the Song family ancestors on the Chinese New Year. At four o’clock in the morning yesterday, Mr. Yao arrived as promised. However, after waiting for two hours, he was scolded and violently expelled by the Song family. Before that, the chairman of Sheng’an Group, in order to obtain the understanding of the Song family, once returned the private recipes that he had worked so hard on over many years, together with the Song family recipe book, back to the Song family…..”

“Mr. Yao was interviewed by this newspaper and said that he understood the feelings of the Song family very well…..”

With a “clack”, Mr. Song angrily turned off the TV and threw down the remote control. He asked Tao Mu with a stern face: “How long are we going to endure him? Didn’t you also record a video? Why don’t you release it to refute them? Instead, letting that Yao Shengan talk nonsense on TV and deceive all the netizens who don’t know the truth.”

Tao Mu cut the apple into pieces and poked one with a toothpick and handed it to the old man while comforting: “Don’t be angry. You just consider it as watching a big show. It is rare that Yao Shengan, the chairman of a group worth tens of billions of dollars, is willing to go to such an extent to put on a big show for you. You have to be happy and appreciate it to your heart’s content. It won’t be too late for us to deal with him later.”

“I’ve appreciated it enough now. Hurry up and use what trick you have up your sleeve. I don’t want to see him again. If it goes on like this, I won’t be able to have peace this year.”

“Okay.” Tao Mu nodded in agreement with a smile. Anyway, three days have passed, and everything was almost fermented. The first wave of enthusiasm from netizens was almost vented, and it was time to reverse the tide.

And Tao Mu’s method of reversing was actually very simple. It was so simple that it was practically boring——he just uploaded the video of the day they went to worship ancestors by a reporter from FlyNews Entertainment on BulletScreen.com.

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When uploading the video, Tao Mu even felt a bit sorry for Yao Shengan. Say, this old man was in his seventies this year, even if his skin had become hard and thick after years of honing, and even every wrinkle revealed a trace of shamelessness. But in any case, this fellow was at least an old man in his seventies. After such big ups and downs, strong winds and waves, he hoped that Mr. Yao was healthy enough to not pass out after seeing the full version of the video.

They all say that Tao Mu didn’t know to have respect for the old and tenderness for the young. But Tao Mu was actually very sympathetic——but usually, his sympathy was not worth a penny _(:з)∠)_

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