After the police confirmed the crime of misappropriation of public funds by Accountant Xu and her husband, the first thing they did was to recover the stolen money. Because of the solid evidence, the house under Qian Guihua’s name was directly checked by the court. The Accountant Xu couple were sentenced to three years in prison for misappropriating public funds. Qian Guihua was sentenced to one year in prison for the crime of harboring criminals. As for dean Tao, because during the investigation of the case, the Xu couple kept a firm bite on dean Tao, insisting that dean Tao was an insider, and each account also has dean Tao’s signature.

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Despite learning in the subsequent investigation that dean Tao was indeed deceived, during her tenure as the dean of the Red Star Orphanage, the fact that the Accountant Xu couple was able to embezzle a total of 1.07 million yuan in public funds…..a crime of dereliction of duty could not be escaped.

Dean Tao was hit hard by this. She didn’t expect that the Accountant Xu couple she trusted the most would be such people. Nor did she expect that the Xu couple would try to place the blame on her. However, more consideration was placed on herself and her mistakes, which caused a deficit of more than one million in the accounts of the orphanage.

On the Internet, many netizens have been paying attention to this matter. As the investigation of the case progressed, all the truth came to light. During this period, dean Tao was also questioned whether she had joined hands with the Accountant Xu couple to embezzle the orphanage’s donations.

After all, dean Tao was the dean of the orphanage, and every account and expense of the orphanage was signed by dean Tao. In other words, dean Tao was at least aware of it. Since she was aware of it, was it possible that she was also an accomplice?

In the face of doubts from netizens, Tao Mu directly asked FlyNews Entertainment to disclose all the property status under the name of dean Tao——in fact, there was nothing to disclose. Dean Tao did not own a house and had always lived in the orphanage. She also had no savings, and all her monthly salary was used to subsidize the orphanage. She also had no relatives, and over these many years she only got along with the old neighbors around the orphanage. She didn’t even have one good set of clothes. Tao Mu bought her her only down winter jacket. When dean Tao’s wardrobe was opened, most of the clothes in it were the styles of more than ten years ago. Some clothes were even washed of their original style and color.

Such a solitary and impoverished person, if you say that she had embezzled public funds, then there should at least be some evidence. At least be able to say what she did with the embezzled public funds.

In the previous life, dean Tao was slandered by the black-hearted developer and the Xu couple. The black-hearted developer directly credited dean Tao’s bank account with more than one million yuan bit by bit. And the Accountant Xu couple took the opportunity to transfer the deficiencies to dean Tao. The facts were there, and dean Tao couldn’t argue against it at all.

And the Accountant Xu couple became witnesses because of their merits in exposing the corruption. In the end, although they were sentenced to three years imprisonment, the sentence was suspended. Whereas dean Tao was sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzling public funds and accepting a huge amount of bribes.

In this life, under Tao Mu’s advance arrangements, although dean Tao also experienced a wave of doubts and false accusations, in the end there was no danger. She finally did what she believed, “the truth speaks for itself.”

Even so, dean Tao had become depressed recently and even got seriously sick. Fortunately, after knowing the truth, Xiaoheng Capital held a press conference again, and publicly announced Xiaoheng Capital’s decision to still establish a Red Star Charity Fund. Additionally, the more than one million yuan embezzled by the Xu couple also returned to the account of the Red Star Orphanage.

Dean Tao was finally able to cheer up a bit, she still had to take care of the children in the orphanage after all.

But once bitten by a snake, dean Tao experienced the betrayal and bite of the Xu couple, and she knew that the fact she had no financial knowledge really interfered with things. So she did not dare to take over the accounts of the orphanage again, nor did she dare to find outsiders to take care of the accounts.

The final decision after discussing with Tao Mu was to entrust the accounts of the Red Star Charity Fund and the orphanage to Xiaoheng Capital. In order to avoid trouble, Tao Mu simply proposed that the accounts of all donations be made public to the whole society.

In other words, Xiaoheng Capital would register an official account on FlyNews.com in the name of the Red Star Charity Fund. This account would be specifically used to publish the ins and outs of each donation to the Red Star Charity Fund, as well as the orphanage’s accounts. All the funds and expenses would be put on the Internet and accept the supervision of the public.

This was also because the matter of the Red Star Orphanage had become too big. Tao Mu was committed to charity, but he was worried that after the netizens experienced the misappropriation of public funds by the Accountant Xu couple, they would question the charity fund of the Red Star Orphanage and even Xiaoheng Capital. After all, there were many examples of using philanthropy to earn money for oneself. Even charitable funds led by many celebrities would frequently explode scandals such as “fraud” and “funding loopholes”.

Although Tao Mu believed in himself and also believed in Li Xiaoheng’s professional ethics. But he didn’t necessarily believe in the person who did the job below. Moreover, it was such a rare opportunity——since Xiaoheng Capital had been pushed to the forefront of the public eye due to taking over the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage and the decision to establish the Red Star Charity Fund, it was better to take this opportunity to make a big show. Directly push forward a selfless and upright image of Xiaoheng Capital to the public.

One must know that Xiaoheng Capital was a financial investment company. And in the business of financial investment, credit was often more important than capital itself.

Sure enough, when the Red Star Charity Fund announced that it would make public all funds and expenses on its official account registered on FlyNews.com, domestic netizens instantly boiled over. Even the lauded reputation of Xiaoheng Capital had been pushed to the top.

When Tao Mu announced this matter, he did not forget to let FlyNews.com and the charity event organized by FlyNews.com, which were mainly made up by Beijing Film students, to rub off on the heat.

He once again invited Li Xiaoheng to the program and asked Li Xiaoheng to represent Xiaoheng Capital, and solemnly announced that the Red Star Charity Fund would register an official account on FlyNews.com, opening its financial account to the whole society, and accept the decision of the whole society to supervise. He also asked dean Tao to read the bank account number of the Red Star Orphanage in front of the camera, telling netizens and viewers who would like to donate that money could be credited to this account.

Previously when Tao Mu wanted to deal with the Xu couple, he took advantage of the enthusiasm for Beijing Film students participating in public welfare activities. Now the case of the Accountant Xu couple embezzling public funds, as well as Xiaoheng Capital’s establishment of the Red Star Charity Fund, which took over the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage and would publish the accounts on FlyNews.com, had obviously become more popular than public welfare activities by Beijing Film students. So now Tao Mu turned around and had the public welfare activities by Beijing Film students rub the heat of the former. Anyway, no matter what was rubbing what, the water would not flow into the outsiders’ fields.

Of course, the happiest people were the Beijing Film students who signed to participate in charity activities. After this whole matter, at least they could become more familiar in front of netizens.

And also because the news of the Red Star Orphanage had caused intense repercussions in society. There were even TV stations who had taken the initiative to find FlyNews.com to negotiate the broadcasting rights of the program. As a result, the Beijing Film students who participated in charity activities also got a chance to show their face on TV. And it was to appear in front of the audience with such a positive image, naturally winning the audience’s good impression.

Fortunately, Tao Mu planned to keep doing this charity show. Otherwise, based on this, the Beijing Film students would even get in a fight for a spot among the permanent guests of the show.

When the influence of this charity program was getting bigger and bigger, there were even many celebrities who signaled their own brokerage companies or agents to take the initiative to contact FlyNews Entertainment to discuss the recording of the program and publicize their new works.

The first person to eat the main dish was naturally Guo Yaning, a domestic A-list actress. She had @ Tao Mu even before the show started, and said that she could participate in the recording of the show. After all has been said and done, it was not like she could go back on her words. Moreover, the show recorded by FlyNews.com happened to be at its hottest stage, and add to the fact that February 14th was the day when her new album was released, Guo Yaning must naturally go attend the show.

After Guo Yaning participated in the next episode of the show, it also caused an intense response outside the entertainment circle. First of all, because of Guo Yaning’s identity and influence, some entertainment fans who were not concerned about current affairs suddenly came into contact with this charity event that had been renamed “Joining Hands To Give Love” by Tao Mu.

Regardless of the times, things that were truly positive could always affect a numb mind and heart. When Guo Yaning came to record the show, what she thought in her heart was just to do a show. The main thing was to interact with Tao Mu, to support Tao Mu’s work, and by the way, to promote her new album to be released in February.

However, when Guo Yaning and her team really came into contact with the children of the Red Star Orphanage, and felt the atmosphere of doing charity seriously, Guo Yaning’s mindset changed. She offered to donate one hundred thousand yuan on the program. This one hundred thousand yuan would be used to buy new clothes for the children. She also wanted to take the children to the amusement park for a day.

The reason why such a fund was to be used like this was because Guo Yaning’s new album which she talked about when recording the show, had the theme of first love and nostalgia and one of the MVs was shot in the amusement park. In the chilly winter air, she had to wear thin clothes and sit on a wooden merry-go-round horse, practically freezing her butt of.

Guo Yaning related this anecdote to appear more approachable and more grounded in the show. Sure enough, after she said these words, the group of Beijing Film students laughed, including the permanent guests of the program group. Only the children in the orphanage looked at Guo Yaning with eager eyes and asked what kind of fun things were there in an amusement park.

None of them had been to the amusement park.

In the face of the children’s eager and clear eyes, Guo Yaning was moved instantly. Then on an impulse, she stopped following the original script. But her impulsiveness at this moment turned out to have a good effect. Since her debut, Guo Yaning had been relying on gossip hype and various operations condemned by the public to maintain her red and black popularity. Despite getting the popularity she was after, her negative image in the minds of the people had also been shaped.

This time, Guo Yaning took the initiative to devote herself to charity activities. During the filming of the show, she showed various sides of her true self, which immediately infected many viewers. The negative image suddenly improved a lot. In addition, Guo Yaning was also at the juncture of changing her image, and this kind of change in audience relationship was undoubtedly beneficial.

Originally, Guo Yaning only wanted to win over Tao Mu and promote her new work on the way, so her managing team did not expect this unexpected joy. Overjoyed, Zhou Fengxuan immediately decided to make a donation of at least 100,000 yuan to the Red Star Orphanage every year in the future.

Guo Yaning also sponsored a child in the orphanage, the child who blinked with innocent big eyes and asked her what kind of fun things were there in the amusement park.

However, the biggest beneficiaries were of course FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital. Tao Mu directly attached Xiaoheng Capital’s name at the beginning of the show, and Xiaoheng Capital changed from a participant of the show to a sponsor. As this program became more and more popular in the country, with more and more viewers, more and more praise and word of mouth, Xiaoheng Capital’s reputation in the country also got bigger and bigger.

Although it was only an investment company that had not completely shifted its investment focus to China. However, Xiaoheng Capital’s previous record in the international market was well known in the industry. It was originally a great white shark crossing the ocean with majestic power, so coupled with Tao Mu’s push, even people who did not engage in investment or finance knew that there was such an investment company called Xiaoheng Capital. The boss was particularly good and the company was particularly reliable.

In the words of later years, Xiaoheng Capital had completely walked out of the (financial) circle.

There was simply no need for the market research department and investment department of Xiaoheng Capital to take the initiative to investigate the new market. Good investment projects came knocking one by one. Most of these people were start-ups. They possessed projects, ideas and capabilities but just no money. They wanted to find financing channels, but were worried about finding an unreliable financing partner that would throw them in a hole. Now that Xiaoheng Capital suddenly showed up in public sight, these people didn’t have to think about finding other financing partners.

Anyway, Xiaoheng Capital’s business was on a big level and did not lack money, moreover its reputation was also pretty good. It was estimated that it would cherish its feathers and not do anything to kill chickens just to collect the eggs…..alrighty then, it’ll be you.

All of a sudden, good project plans were like cooked ducks, flapping their wings and flying into Xiaoheng Capital’s cooking pot. Such luck was too enviable, making people full of jealousy and hate!

Li Xiaoheng had always trusted his partner’s ability to stir up things. Starting from Tao Mu’s intention to deal with the Xu couple, step by step, steadily and orderly, like a spider forming a web, pushing the prey to meet its death and end step by step.

When Li Xiaoheng first made his move, he just wanted to do Tao Mu a favor. However, what he didn’t expect was that Xiaoheng Capital would actually become the biggest beneficiary in this incident.

But this was also Tao Mu’s style of doing things——when he worked with others he never disappointed his partners. A win-win situation was just the basis of cooperation, and maximizing benefits was what Tao Mu wanted and was best at.

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Tao Mu’s joint venture between FlyNews and Xiaoheng Capital immediately made the entire financial circle extremely jealous. Suddenly, don’t know how many investment companies and financial institutions secretly contacted FlyNews Entertainment, expressing secretly that they also wanted to play happily with FlyNews.com.

However, Tao Mu really had no intention of stirring up anything more lately——because the end of the term was approaching. He had to prepare for the end of term drama performance with his classmates.

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The police came quickly. As soon as the people from the investigation side came over, they took away the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage and also wanted to ask Accountant Xu couple to go back for investigation.

The Accountant Xu couple were so scared that they turned pale and refused to go with the police no matter what. Accountant Xu also clutched her chest and said that she was about to have a heart attack and needed to go to the hospital right away.

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Accountant Xu was in her 50s this year which happened to be the age group where a female’s combat effectiveness was the most explosive. She made a scene in the orphanage acting like a shrewd. Although the police received a call, they did not dare to be too tough when the case was still unclear. So as not to be criticized and questioned by the public.

Besides, Accountant Xu insisted that she had a heart problem and needed to go to the hospital. They could not tell whether Accountant Xu really had a heart disease or not so they could only help make the emergency call.

The Beijing Film students who were originally here for volunteer activities looked at each other. They didn’t expect that volunteer teaching hadn’t even started yet they would watch a big show for free.

Just when the orphanage was noisy and clamorous, everyone heard a voice from the door of the orphanage: “What’s happening?”

It turned out that dean Tao, who had her physical checkup, was sent back by Liu Yao and Meng Qi.

Accountant Xu, who was clutching her chest and saying that she had a heart attack, rushed to dean Tao and firmly held dean Tao’s hand: “Dean Tao, please persuade Tao Mu. He wants to call the police and arrest me!”

“Ah?” Dean Tao was immediately confused, and looked at Tao Mu anxiously: “What is going on? Why suddenly call the police?”

“Dean Tao, I called the police.” Li Xiaoheng stood up again and said, “I found that there was a problem with the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage. So I directly called the police.”

“Dean Tao, don’t listen to their nonsense. The accounts of our orphanage are all signed by you. What can be the problem?” Accountant Xu sadly clutched her chest: “They just don’t trust me. They insist that I tampered with the accounts. Dean Tao, the accounts of our orphanage are all signed and confirmed by you. If there are any problems, how can you not know?”

“That’s right!” Even now dean Tao still helped Accountant Xu speak: “Are there any misunderstandings here? The accounting for our orphanage is done by Accountant Xu. Every time she does the accounting, she will report to me and I have signed and confirmed it. It has been so many years, and there has been no problem. If you don’t believe it, you can check it out.”

There was a glimmer of joy in Accountant Xu’s eyes. She didn’t expect dean Tao to cooperate with her in this way.

How truly stupid!

But it’s a good thing she’s stupid. The more stupid dean Tao is, the safer she is.

“Do you hear that? All the accounts were signed and confirmed by dean Tao. All the expenses and income of the orphanage are checked by dean Tao. Even if you don’t believe me, don’t you still believe dean Tao?”

However, Accountant Xu was happy too early.

Tao Mu had long expected that with dean Tao’s temperament, she would definitely not stand by and watch Accountant Xu being taken away by the police. In the last life, someone questioned the orphanage’s accounts on the Internet. It was also dean Tao who first stood up to help Accountant Xu testify. She was upright and worthy of her conscience. She had never done a bad thing in her life, so she didn’t believe anyone could spill dirty water on her. And the reason why she would stand up to help Accountant Xu was also because she firmly believed that the truth would speak for itself, and shouldn’t be slandered by others.

It was a pity that dean Tao didn’t know that in the rampant era of self-media and marketing accounts for traffic and profit, the principle of truth speaking for itself no longer worked. In its place, was a lie, if repeated often enough, would be accepted as truth. What was more, the colleague she wanted to protect just happened to be the culprit who wanted to frame her.

In the end, dean Tao was framed by the Accountant Xu couple and the black-hearted real estate developer, and was forced to carry a black pot one after the other, eventually dying in an ambulance unable to give a convincing explanation for self-defense.

In this life, Tao Mu certainly couldn’t let this happen: “Dean Tao, I know you’re good-hearted and don’t want to doubt colleagues. After all, everyone has been together for so many years. I actually don’t want to doubt Aunt Xu either. But I’m even more trusting that Xiaoheng Capital’s audit department won’t make mistakes. So I think we should cooperate with the police in their investigations. I believe that the police will never treat a good person unjustly. Of course, they will never let a bad person go either.”

When Tao Mu said this, he took a meaningful look at Accountant Xu: “By the way, Aunt Xu, is your heart still hurting? You seemed full of energy just now, so do you still want to go to the hospital?”

Accountant Xu: “…..”

Liu Yao and Meng Qi almost didn’t laugh out loud. Their family’s little rascal was really a belly full of bad water.

At this moment, everyone present could basically conclude that Accountant Xu was just pretending to be ill. The police uncle also almost laughed aloud. He suppressed his smile and said solemnly: “If you want to go to the hospital, then that’s fine. Anyway, the ambulance has already been called for you. It’s better to go to the hospital for a checkup. We can record your statement in the ward.”

Before his voice even fell, the sound of the ambulance could be heard arriving outside of the orphanage.

Accountant Xu: “…..”

The police left with the account books and the Accountant Xu couple. Dean Tao, as the dean of the Red Star Orphanage, was also involved in accounting issues and had to make a statement in accordance with the procedures as well. However, dean Tao’s attitude was more cooperative. Two policemen stayed in the orphanage and immediately recorded the statement.

Before leaving, they specifically asked dean Tao not to leave Beijing within a short period of time. During the investigation of the case, they may need dean Tao to assist in the investigation at any time and hoped dean Tao could cooperate.

Dean Tao would certainly not leave Beijing. She believed that she had a clear conscience, and she also had to take care of the children in the orphanage.

During this period, Liu Yao and Meng Qi took advantage of others not paying attention, and dragged Tao Mu to the corner, telling him that they had prepared “reports from the masses” and at that time the police would learn that Accountant Xu’s family had bought a house in the Third Ring Road.

The Accountant Xu couple were particularly cunning. The two of them embezzled public funds to buy a house and because they were afraid of being found out, they did not use their own names but the name of Uncle Qian’s sister.

Uncle Qian’s sister was called Qian Guihua and she was 56 years old this year. Her husband died early, and she had no sons, just a daughter. Qian Guihua had a patriarchal attitude and treated her own daughter very badly. In contrast, she took good care of her younger brother’s son. Over these years, while the Accountant Xu couple worked outside, Qian Guihua served them at home and took care of her nephew. Even the house left by her husband after his death was transferred to her nephew’s name. From the perspective of later generations, Uncle Qian’s sister was a standard example of a brother complex who helped her brother regardless of any cost.

Therefore, the house bought by the Accountant Xu couple with embezzled public funds was listed under the name of Qian Guihua. This was why there was so much news that the Red Star Orphanage’s accounts did not match up in the previous life, but no one connected it to the Xu couple——aside from the black-hearted developer helping to cover up, it was also because Accountant Xu herself was very cautious.

In the last life, no one knew where the money that was embezzled went, and dean Tao had personally admitted that she signed every account of the orphanage for confirmation. As a result, if not dean Tao who carried this pot then who would?

It was a pity that in this life Tao Mu had already been prepared. He had someone follow the Accountant Xu couple for half a year and took advantage of the Accountant Xu couple not being on guard to do a thorough background check of this couple’s relatives and friends who were close to them. Eventually he finally got a hold on evidence of the Accountant Xu couple’s embezzlement of public funds.

Everything was ready now, just waiting for the program to be broadcast and cause an intense response in society.

Tao Mu not only wanted the Xu couple to admit their crimes, but also let the Xu couple experience the sadness and despair dean Tao had when being scolded by hundreds of thousands of netizens.

And everything happened as Tao Mu expected. That night, when the program team posted the post-production video to BulletScreen, it immediately attracted the attention of netizens.

The number of clicks exceeded 100,000 in just one hour. A large group of netizens who came in with the expectations of “Handsome guys and beautiful women offering love and warmth”, wanting to feel the warmth and sweetness of love. But starting from the beginning of the program, the netizens felt instead the impact of a “Suspense Solving Film/Law And Order Program”, instantly becoming a little confused.

After the initial confusion, the desire to eat melons hidden deep in the heart immediately exploded. Regardless of the times, news of embezzlement of public charity funds was always a social hot spot that the general public was most concerned about.

Orphanages, orphans, public welfare undertakings, donations, embezzlement of public funds for personal gain, these words were like stimulants that stimulated the surge of adrenaline, and instantly controlled all the attention of netizens who ate melons.

And with the passage of time, there was a continuous breaking of news by some netizens in the video’s comment section. Some people said that they recognized the dean of the orphanage and the Accountant Xu couple in the show, saying that they were all very good people, very kind, and they should not be able to commit such a disgusting thing. On the way, they also shared with many netizens the touching stories of dean Tao and the Accountant Xu couple.

Especially dean Tao, who had been working in the orphanage since the death of her husband. Diligent throughout her life, in order to take care of the children in the orphanage, she never even got married again and had her own children. All her life had been devoted to the orphanage, and even her salary was used to subsidize the orphanage. It was simply an example of boundless and selfless love.

Of course, because of the simple but very touching speech of the Xu couple before the camera, many netizens also felt that the Xu couple were not the kind of people who would embezzle public funds.

Here Tao Mu played a trick. He did not release those fragments of the police arriving and the Accountant Xu couple’s guilty behavior. Therefore, in the minds of many netizens, the Accountant Xu couple were as kind as dean Tao.

It was just that not even a few days passed since such remarks were made, when some people broke the news that they had met the Accountant Xu couple at the sales office of residential homes a few years ago. The person who broke the news claimed to be a sales lady, and the reason why she had an impression of the Xu couple was because the couple came to buy a house, but the name of the man’s sister was written on the lease instead.

“Because this kind of thing is so rare, I had a particularly long impression. After all, the brother who is already married and established in his fifties is doing something like buying a house for his single sister. It is very enviable. But thinking about it now, there is indeed something tricky about it.”

As soon as this comment came out, it immediately attracted the attention of netizens. A large group of people commented and responded, each expressing their own opinions under this comment. Some insisted on believing that the truth would speak for itself, while others suspected that the Xu couple were deceiving everyone. People from both sides came and went, and directly pushed this comment to the hot comments section on the homepage.

Some netizens called on the police to check the sister of Manager Qian: “Buying a house for his sister in his fifties sounds truly incredible. Could it be that the money for buying the house is actually the embezzlement of the orphanage’s donations, and fearing that it will be found out they placed it under the name of the sister.”

“Especially possible! Our family lives downstairs from this couple. They are old neighbors. The sister is very good to her brother’s family. She also has a very patriarchal attitude. I heard that her husband’s only house was transferred to the nephew’s name. Because of this, her daughter went to study at a university in another province and hasn’t come back for several years.”

With the indignation of online crowds, the attention towards this gradually increased, and the police also began paying even more attention to this case.

Although Accountant Xu’s accounts were done very subtly. However, under the careful review of professionals, a huge deficit of 1.07 million yuan gradually surfaced. There really was a problem with the accounts of the Red Star Orphanage.

And while the police were closely checking the accounts, a package was mailed to the police station anonymously.

When it was opened, it turned out to be evidence that the Accountant Xu couple took advantage of their financial and purchasing duties to intercept all the orphanage’s donations. Including photos and recordings of deliberately shoddy purchases, partnering with suppliers to increase supply prices and then dividing the money. There were even two photos of the Accountant Xu couple taking Qian Guihua to the sales office to inspect the house. There was even a CD, showing a video where one could clearly see the scene of the Accountant Xu couple paying money at the sales office.

Accountant Xu and Manager Qian’s monthly salary was quantifiable. According to the normal standards, they shouldn’t have this much money at all. So where did the money for buying a house come from?

The evidence was solid, and the police immediately announced the arrest of the Accountant Xu couple and even Qian Guihua.

Following the actions of the police, FlyNews Entertainment uploaded the progress of the case and evidence that the Xu couple embezzled public funds for personal gain. Accompanying the touching speech of the Xu couple at the beginning of the program, it was really a different sort of flavor.

At this time, FlyNews.com, under Tao Mu’s signal, also released the second part of the program, including the performance of the Xu couple in the program.

Netizens once again felt the anger of being fooled. The more good was the perception towards the Accountant Xu couple at the beginning, the deeper their disgust was now. Of course, some netizens expressed their dissatisfaction with FlyNews’ deliberate clipping out the truth. Tao Mu’s explanation for this was “Before the truth is revealed, FlyNews does not want to release controversial clips, so as not to affect the views of netizens on the Accountant Xu couple.”

“The news media should focus on reporting facts. When the case has not come to light, any inappropriate video clips may cause netizens to have misleading views. After all, the parties in the video are not public figures. It is not a documentary. Since the truth of the facts cannot be guaranteed, don’t blindly release the video for the sake of traffic. Especially before the police issue the results, the random reports of FlyNews.com are likely to cause unnecessary pressure on the parties involved.”

Seeing the “news media declaration” that Tao Mu personally wrote, including Li Xiaoheng, everyone was shocked by the thickness of Tao Mu’s skin.

Even the future richest man, who was particularly reserved and elegant, couldn’t help but blurt out: “You are really shameless!”

If he didn’t know what Tao Mu planned to do all along, or if Tao Mu wasn’t so gloating when he typed this manuscript, he would really believe it.

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But no matter what, as Tao Mu expected, the Accountant Xu couple became gutter rats that everyone shouted at and wanted nothing more than to exterminate. Unfortunately, the Accountant Xu couple did not feel the pressure of being cursed by hundreds of thousands of netizens.

Because just when the netizens were the most enraged, the greedy couple also entered the detention center. This time, they would be prosecuted by the court.

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On Saturday morning, Tao Mu brought a big group of classmates to the gate of Beijing Film.

Because there were a lot of people who went to volunteer activities this time, Tao Mu had FlyNews.com arrange a bus to wait at the school gate. After dozens of well dressed, handsome boys and beautiful girls filed into the bus, the FlyNews Entertainment reporter who was in charge of recording the show, and Lawyer Zhou, the legal counsel of FlyNews.com, also got on the bus with a smile.

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On the bus, Tao Mu asked Lawyer Zhou: “Why are you following along?”

Lawyer Zhou said with a smile, “Mr. Meng called me yesterday and asked me to go to the orphanage with you. Help out with the law popularization activities.” He obviously also knew of Tao Mu’s true purpose today.

As he spoke, Lawyer Zhou bumped Tao Mu on the shoulder in a “good brother” manner, and said with a smile: “Don’t worry. Consider me as participating in volunteer activities today too. I won’t ask for overtime fees from you. As long as at noon I can have a meal in Songji. I heard that Mr. Song has been studying recipes recently, and he has cooked all kinds of exquisite dishes every day, practically preparing a feast.”

As Lawyer Zhou spoke, he couldn’t help swallowing his saliva. That salivating appearance was comparable to that of a hungry ghost.

Tao Mu: “…..”

“Do you like eating the old man’s dishes that much?”

Zhou Shenxing nodded without hesitation: “You don’t know, the law firm where I worked before had a particularly unpalatable cafeteria. It was even worse than our university cafeteria. I worked there for almost a year, and I lost 17 kg of weight. It’s simply abuse I tell you. So when FlyNews.com recruited people, I immediately jumped over. For nothing else, the staff canteen at FlyNews.com is worth it. As the saying goes, food is the God of the people. It’s already so hard to work and make money so one must at least eat well. To tell you the truth, I have become passionate about my work since I joined FlyNews.”

Tao Mu: “…..” Although he knew that Zhou Shenxing was probably entrusted by the personnel department of FlyNews.com to promote FlyNews.com in the program. But he still couldn’t accept Zhou Shenxing’s consumption view. And also, the placement of this ad was a bit stiff. There was no aesthetic level at all.

Tao Mu, who was currently complaining secretly, didn’t know at this moment. But in the near future, he would work with several entertainment companies to prepare an urban fashion idol drama. In order to save costs, but also to appease the group of advertisers, he would be a master player at slipping in product ads within the drama itself, practically on a classic textbook level——to become the reference object that all TV series ads in the next ten years and even brand commercials must study.

And Tao Mu would also be kindly and respectfully referred to by the industry as the “advertising master in TV dramas.”

Of course, this reputation did not sound very good.

But at this moment, he still had the leisurely mood to complain about Lawyer Zhou: “…..You are also a well-known lawyer in Beijing, and you earn a lot every year. How can you be this cheap?”

Tao Mu was truly incredulous. He had never heard that a barrister who could earn tens of millions yuan a year only ate company meals every day. And the key was that even though he always complained that the food at work was nasty, he still forced himself to eat it every day. Losing 17-18 kg in a year. Was this a work meal or a diet meal?

“Can’t you just go out to eat by yourself, or call the restaurant to deliver food to you!”

“That costs money!” Lawyer Zhou’s thinking logic was particularly clear: “Furthermore, if the company provides free working meals, if no one eats it, then all the cooked meals will be wasted. Although life is better now, there are still many people who can’t afford to even eat fully. We can’t just waste food just because it isn’t to your appetite.”

“Like the children in your orphanage, even if the food is not delicious, don’t they still eat it?”

Was this beginning to forcefully promote the theme of the show? Tao Mu suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He patted Zhou Shenxing on the shoulder weakly, and whispered, “Don’t be like this, it’s particularly embarrassing, you know?”

“Really?” Zhou Shenxing looked innocent, and asked the two cameramen shamelessly: “Is it really embarrassing?”

The two cameramen couldn’t bear to look directly and nodded.

Zhou Shenxing said, “Then I can’t help it. When Mr. Meng called me, he specially asked me to promote the image of FlyNews. I spent two nights at home practicing in front of the mirror. I treated it even more seriously than I did my first time in court.” Mainly because Zhou Shenxing fought a voluntary assistance lawsuit when he went to court for the first time. Lawyer Zhou, who had always been profit motivated, naturally had no passion.

“It’s because you designed too many obvious scenes, so it feels unreal.” Tao Mu commented with particular dislike: “I don’t think you are suitable for cooking chicken soup. It’s actually better if you continue using your poisonous tongue. You should be yourself.” And moreover, the protagonists of this volunteer activity today were the students of Beijing Film, the children of the orphanage, and that greedy couple. Even if Zhou Shenxing added scenes to himself, he had to cut some when he went back to do the post-production stage, and it would not be broadcast.

“Then when you go back tell Mr. Meng. Don’t deduct my promotional fee because of my bad performance.”

Tao Mu: “…..”

Tao Mu couldn’t bear it anymore: “Didn’t you say you won’t ask for overtime pay?”

Zhou Shenxing explained calmly: “It’s not overtime pay. It’s publicity expenses. When making financial statements, these two items are counted separately. Do you understand?”

Tao Mu took a deep breath: “You really deserve to be one of the best economic lawyers in China…..is there a point to quibbling over such minor details when you already make so much money?”

“What quibbling? This is called earnestly safeguarding my own legal rights. Why shouldn’t I be given money after I have done my work?” Zhou Shenxing said this, and suddenly asked: “Right, I heard that Xiaoheng Capital will soon shift their focus of investment back to China. Does their company’s financial management department also face domestic customers? Can I register an investment account with Xiaoheng Capital?”

Tao Mu was annoyed: “…..The management fee is 5%, and the revenue is divided into 30%. If you think it’s okay, communicate with Mr. Li during lunch by yourself.”

Lawyer Zhou asked unwillingly: “Aren’t you a partner of Xiaoheng Capital! I am your employee, do you have any preferential policies?”

Tao Mu looked at Lawyer Zhou expressionlessly. Zhou Shenxing rubbed his nose in a sheepish manner: “If you don’t, then you don’t. I will talk to Mr. Li myself later.”

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With Zhou Shenxing chattering on the side, Tao Mu didn’t even think of looking at the scenery outside the window. Very soon the bus had already arrived at the entrance of the orphanage.

The volunteers got out of the bus first. Then followed the cameras, which filmed the buildings and environment of the orphanage.

This Red Star Orphanage was established in the ’70s. Up to now, it has a history of nearly forty years. The building was old but very clean. The group of volunteers walked into the orphanage under the leadership of Tao Mu, and saw more than 20 children in simple and neat clothes standing in the yard, saying hello in unison.

A dark-skinned boy with a cute face greeted Tao Mu with a serious expression: “Brother Mu, the dean hasn’t returned yet.”

Because he was worried that after dean Tao gave the account book to Xiaoheng Capital, that profiteering couple would jump over the wall and find trouble with dean Tao. Tao Mu directly deceived dean Tao to go to the hospital on the excuse that FlyNews.com had to perform physical examinations on employees at the end of the year. With the cooperation of director Yun, this general physical examination was done for a total of three days. It was not only necessary to check the various physical indicators of dean Tao, but also to observe dean Tao’s heart disease in real time to ensure that there was no risk of recurrence.

Dean Tao felt that it was too troublesome. But under Tao Mu’s persuasion that “the money was already paid, it would be wasted if it’s not a thorough checkup”, she still patiently stayed in the hospital for observation.

Therefore, upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Tao Mu just smiled and said, “Don’t worry. Dean Tao will be back today. Yao Da and Xiao Qi Dad will pick her up together.”

Feng Yuan nodded and fell silent.

Tao Mu was about to introduce his classmates to the children in the orphanage when he heard a hoarse shout coming from the orphanage, followed by two chubby figures, appearing with lightning speed before Tao Mu and everyone. The speed was so fast that everyone even had the illusion of seeing their afterimage.

Du Kang smiled and joked: “This Aunt Style Lion Roar skill and Light Step Work is quite skilled!”

There were also some people who agreed mischievously: “Don’t forget the Couple Attack skill.”

“Tao Mu! What gives you the right to check the accounts of the orphanage without my consent? Also, where did you hide dean Tao? Although she is the dean of the orphanage, she does not have the right to be arbitrary. What right do you have to hand over the accounts of the orphanage to others behind my back? Do you not believe me? Do you doubt me? Aren’t you being too much? I have been working in the orphanage for almost 20 years. Even if there is no merit, there is still hard work. Why are you doing this to me? What right do you have to check my account?”

The procurement and accounting couple was in a hurry and did not see the two cameras following behind everyone. The crowd of students exchanged looks with each other.

Tao Mu patiently explained, “Accountant Xu, are you misunderstanding? Didn’t dean Tao tell you that Xiaoheng Capital will donate one million yuan to our orphanage to set up a charity education fund. Towards this time’s check on the accounts, it’s them who asked for the audit.”

“You can just have them pay the money directly to the orphanage’s account!” Accountant Xu couldn’t help showing her greed. If it hadn’t been for this million yuan, she wouldn’t have made such a scene to this point.

That was one million yuan! If it was paid to the orphanage account, she would be able to cut off at least half by doing some tricks. Although many people from the community have come to donate for so many years, there was never such a large amount of one million at one time.

“Tao Mu, you are still young. You don’t know that most of the orphanage’s expenditures belong to financial appropriations. Outsiders have no right to check the accounts. You have been fooled by them. Isn’t the boss of Xiaoheng Capital your friend? Just tell your friend to not check it. Just donate the money, and as for the accounts, your Aunt Xu will remember it for you. Could it be that you don’t trust your Aunt Xu?”

Accountant Xu and her husband, Uncle Qian, who was in charge of purchasing in the orphanage, also opened his mouth to persuade. The two of them had already discussed it at home, one would play bad cop and the other the good cop.

Because of Tao Mu’s deliberate lulling of their senses, even at this time, the two hadn’t realized that Tao Mu had come with the motive to deal with them completely. They thought Tao Mu had a kind heart, so he specially invited his wealthy friends to donate to the orphanage. As for checking accounts, it was just a process.

It was no wonder that Accountant Xu thought this way——it was the fact that Xiaoheng Capital’s one-day audit time was too short, and Accountant Xu was particularly confident in her own accounting methods. She couldn’t imagine how big the audit department of an international investment company like Xiaoheng Capital was and how efficient it was.

Therefore, Accountant Xu did not expect that the audit department of Xiaoheng Capital could check the decades long accounts of the orphanage in just one day. In Accountant Xu’s thinking, one couldn’t even finish checking a single account book in a day. Not to mention checking accounts.

Therefore, Accountant Xu thought that she could fool people she did in the past. She even began to ponder on how to defraud the one million yuan into the account of the orphanage.

Tao Mu almost laughed from anger. It was these two idiots who destroyed dean Tao’s name and indirectly caused her to die in an ambulance in his previous life. In this life, they even dared to repeat the same tricks, and try to deceive his million yuan.

Was his, Tao Mu’s, money so easy to get?

“Aunt Xu, Uncle Qian, don’t worry. CEO Li of Xiaoheng Capital told me that, without exception, he will bring people to the orphanage today to announce donations and establish a charity education fund. That’s right, the both of you have always been responsible for the accounts and purchases of our orphanage. Do you have anything to say?”

Accountant Xu and Uncle Qian looked at each other, and smiled: “What can we say. This is what we should do. As long as you trust me, after the charity fund is established, you can continue to let me manage it. No matter how tired I am, I am not afraid.”

Tao Mu sneered in his heart. He calmly gestured over the two cameramen, and smiled gently, “As you said, you have worked in the orphanage for so many years, and you have worked hard without asking for credit. If it weren’t for your hard work and patience, the children in the orphanage would not have grown up so healthily. So Aunt Xu and Uncle Qian, please say a few words.”

“CEO Li of Xiaoheng Capital also said. We should not only do charity ourselves. We should also encourage ordinary people to do charity deeds as well. We must not let heroes be buried.”

One sentence stimulated the accountant couple. Uncle Qian straightened his chest and eagerly stood forward: “Then I’ll just say a few words. In fact, the job of procurement is quite hard. Especially for orphanages. In order to buy cheap and fresh ingredients, almost every day I go to the morning market when it’s not even bright out. Summer is okay, but in winter it is very cold. The northwest wind is blowing, and no matter how many clothes you wear, the cold chill still manages to leak in…..”

Accountant Xu saw this and also added her piece: “Then I will say a few words. In fact, there is nothing much to say, these are just ordinary positions, but the work we do is extraordinary. Accounting in an orphanage is different from that of companies outside. The salary is not good. There are also so many things to take care of. It is a job that requires patience and love…..”

Tao Mu smiled and watched the two chatting in front of the camera, continuously singing praises to themselves and giving themselves high hats.

Lawyer Zhou, who was standing next to him, couldn’t help but roll his eyes. What a thick-skinned couple! Attorney Zhou had lived for so many years, and except for the little young master of the Shen family who always thinks he is acting in an idol drama, this was the second time he had seen such shameless people who had no guilty conscience.

In contrast, the Beijing Film students who didn’t know the truth were becoming a little impatient. They came to do volunteer activities, partly for the sake of Tao Mu, and partly for fame. Although there was a heart for charity, other purposes were more important. But when they first arrived at the orphanage, they ran into two incomprehensible employees.

Mr. Tao was just being polite, yet they actually blocked the gate and talked endlessly, in the cold winter. Seriously, weren’t they cold at all!

Accountant Xu and Uncle Qian talked in front of the camera for more than half an hour, until Li Xiaoheng brought the people from Xiaoheng Capital to come over, only then did they stop reluctantly.

Just as they were preparing to greet him with a smile on their faces, they saw Li Xiaoheng say very solemnly: “There is a problem with this account. The auditor of our audit department investigated and checked carefully overnight, and we found a huge funding loophole in the orphanage account. Considering this, Xiaoheng Capital has no way to make donations.”

Tao Mu’s expression also became serious: “How is it possible? Accountant Xu does the account book of the orphanage. She has worked in the orphanage for more than ten years. It is impossible to make such a big slip-up.”

Accountant Xu’s face also changed. Hearing Tao Mu’s words, she nodded as if she had grasped a life-saving straw: “Yes, I did this account. There can be no problem. This gentleman, did your financial staff make a mistake? This account stretched more than ten years. You only spent one night reviewing the accounts, so it’s normal to make a mistake.”

“What you said is also possible. After all, Xiaoheng Capital is not an officially certified audit institution.” Li Xiaoheng nodded slightly and said to Tao Mu: “So we directly called the police. The news that Xiaoheng Capital is going to make a donation to the Red Star Orphanage has already been spread in society. So even if we suspend donations, we must give the public a reason. Otherwise it will affect the image of Xiaoheng Capital.”

Tao Mu nodded in particular understanding: “I understand. Just call the police. In short, I believe Aunt Xu. The innocent are innocent, so giving a thorough check is also good, so as to give Aunt Xu justice.”

Before his words even fell, Accountant Xu was already pale and fell to the ground.

This time, even the Beijing Film students who didn’t care much about this matter could see that something was wrong.

“You can’t check the accounts!” Accountant Xu reacted, grabbing Tao Mu’s sleeve tightly, and shouting: “You can’t let them check the accounts. You really can’t let them check the accounts.”

Uncle Qian also looked at Tao Mu nervously. So anxious he was sweating in the cold winter air.

Tao Mu squatted down following the strength of Accountant Xu. He was particularly puzzled and asked in confusion: “Why can’t we check the accounts? We want to prove Aunt Xu’s innocence? Wouldn’t it be good to check things clearly?”

“No.” Accountant Xu’s brain was blank, trying to find excuses: “Because…..because…..That’s right, because dean Tao. Dean Tao is…..”

“Tao Mu, I had no other solution. She is the dean. For so many years, she has been devoted to the orphanage. There is no merit but at least there is hard work. How can I just watch her…..” At this moment, Accountant Xu was extremely glad. When she did the accounts, because of her lack of daring, she kept a lot of accounts using dean Tao’s name.

Moreover, some of the accounts were indeed signed and confirmed by dean Tao. Dean Tao knew nothing about accounting and trusted the people in the orphanage. So no matter what she did, she could fool dean Tao with just a few words. In any case, the person to sign in the end was dean Tao. Even if the accounts were checked at that time, dean Tao won’t be able to get rid of the relationship.

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Tao Mu trusted dean Tao so much and regarded dean Tao as his own grandmother. If he knew that there were dean Tao’s signature on the accounts, Tao Mu would definitely try to protect dean Tao. At that time, she and old Qian would be able to get away with it smoothly.

Tao Mu didn’t expect that Accountant Xu would dare to drag dean Tao into this. The smile on his face instantly retracted. He looked at Accountant Xu with an expressionless face, and then curved up a corner of his mouth, saying in a leisurely manner: “Since this is the case, then it is even more necessary to investigate clearly.”

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When Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng arrived at Songji, Liu Yao, Meng Qi, dean Tao, Qin Miaoru, Gou Rixin and the rest were already all there. Even Da Mao and Xiao Pang specially came over for the feast.

Recently Mr. Song had been pondering over the recipes everyday, wanting nothing more than to make one dish a hundred or eighty times. The cooked dishes were too many to eat by themselves, so it all benefited this group of people. Especially Xiao Pang, who was prone to obesity and recently gained a roundness that could be discerned by the naked eye.

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Seeing Tao Mu bringing someone back, Da Mao and Xiao Pang immediately brought over a plate of hydrangea scallops that Mr. Song had just made, and asked with a smile, “Brother Mu, have you eaten dinner? The dishes cooked by Mr. Song are really delicious. Do you want some?”

“I already ate outside with brother Li.” Tao Mu refused with a smile. He took off his coat and prepared for work.

Mr. Song glanced at Tao Mu and harrumphed: “Eating outside again? Are the dishes cooked outside better than at home?”

Tao Mu chuckled, leaning over to the side of the old man and declaring: “Of course it is not as delicious as your dishes. In my mind, my old man’s cooking is the best in the world. There is no one else better.”

“Little rascal!” Song Daozhen snorted, and gestured at Tao Mu: “There is a simmering pheasant and swallow’s nest soup on the stove. You and Mr. Li drink a bowl first to drive away the cold.”

Tao Mu happily responded and gave Li Xiaoheng a bowl of swallow’s nest soup. Li Xiaoheng sat on the side holding the bowl of swallow’s nest soup, gazing warmly and intently at Tao Mu’s bustling figure at the stove.

Tao Mu was preparing the chicken soup, and suddenly remembered something. He ran to the front and said to dean Tao: “Dean, brother Li has heard about our orphanage and wants to donate one million yuan to set up a charity education fund. To ensure the orphanage’s children are not affected by their livelihoods and can study at ease. However, brother Li doesn’t know much about the financial situation of our orphanage. I want to ask an auditor to check the accounts before donating.”

This was a great thing. Dean Tao immediately looked at Li Xiaoheng in surprise: “Mr. Li, is this true?”

Li Xiaoheng glanced at Tao Mu subtly, and nodded: “Yes. If dean Tao doesn’t object, I hope I can bring the auditor over tomorrow.”

“Of course it’s no problem.” Dean Tao was a little dizzy about being smashed with the one million yuan mentioned by Tao Mu. All she could think of was how much money one million yuan was worth——

After a child entered high school, the annual tuition and fees for books and board were…..After college, the annual tuition and boarding fees were…..Li Xiaoheng wanted to donate one million yuan to the orphanage, that was to say, at least XX children could finish their studies at university. Now their orphanage only had one college student, Tao Mu, because most of the children couldn’t afford to attend high school, so they went to work directly after graduating from junior high school.

If Li Xiaoheng really wanted to donate one million yuan to the orphanage, the children in the orphanage could just focus on studying in the future, and no longer need to rush out to work in a hurry to support themselves. If they could smoothly pass the high school entrance examination and enter university, they would definitely become more meaningful people to the country and society in the future. They would also have more choices in their own lives.

For the fate of these children, don’t even mention just checking the accounts, even if Li Xiaoheng wanted to take over the accounts of the orphanage, dean Tao would not refuse.

Dean Tao’s heart was beating very fast and felt like her brain had heated up from all the blood surging upwards in excitement. She opened her mouth and agreed directly, not even thinking at all about whether Li Xiaoheng’s proposal would have any adverse effects on her.

But dean Tao was indeed such a person. She was selfless, so she saw everyone as upright people like herself as well. She never guarded against the people around her, and never thought that someone would plant evidence and frame her because of greed.

It was true that as the dean of the orphanage, dean Tao failed to know the accounts and fund flow of the orphanage well——to be precise, she didn’t understand it at all. It was her dereliction of duty at work. But dean Tao, who dedicated most of her life to the orphanage, should not be framed and lose everything or even tragically dying in an ambulance because of this dereliction of duty.

They all say that one shouldn’t ask about the future when deciding to do good deeds. In the previous life, the good dean Tao didn’t get a good end. The accountant and procurement manager couple who embezzled the orphanage’s donations and pushed all the blame on dean Tao were able to buy a house and a car with the money they got from the black-hearted real estate developer.

In this life, Tao Mu would not let go of even a single one of these bad people.

Dean Tao, who was dizzy by the one million yuan that dropped from the sky, didn’t notice the slightest bit about Tao Mu’s thinking, and sat in front of Li Xiaoheng to ask questions. Li Xiaoheng patiently explained to dean Tao that he and Tao Mu would each invest 500,000 yuan to set up a charitable education fund to help children in the orphanage go to school to develop their skills, and send them to learn professional skills if they didn’t want to go to school. If the children got sick and needed to be hospitalized, the charity fund would also be responsible for funding the children’s medical expenses. Not only that, the family members of the employees of the orphanage were also within the scope of the funding.

“In this society, there are not many people who can devote themselves to public welfare undertakings like dean Tao. Therefore, we should not only do charity, but also encourage other ordinary people who are willing to do charity. And spread this kind of mentality of doing charity.” Li Xiaoheng said warmly: “In fact, I think we can cooperate with major colleges and universities so that students from colleges and universities can spare time to volunteer in orphanages. For example, use weekends to help tutor children in orphanages and/or teach children talents. And then find the media to promote and report these behaviors.”

“As long as more and more people in society pay attention to charity, devote themselves to charity, and are willing to do their part in charity, then our country’s public welfare undertakings will become better and better. For those volunteers, this experience can also become a qualification that they can talk to the recruiter when they apply for a job in the future. This is actually beneficial to both parties. If done well, it can lead to a virtuous cycle.”

Of course, the most important thing was that after more and more people begin to pay attention to this matter, those who seek personal gain under the banner of public welfare would be exposed to more people. Li Xiaoheng had a discussion with Tao Mu, and he had already deeply realized Tao Mu’s desire to punish that accountant couple.

Li Xiaoheng believed that he could not help much, but he could do a good job of contributing bricks and tiles and help throw stones at a person who fell down a well.

Tao Mu tacitly said with a smile, “Okay. Today is Thursday, how about this, let’s wait for this Saturday, and I will bring a group of Beijing Film students to volunteer. On the way, I will also notify FlyNews Entertainment to send two reporters over to do follow-up reports. At the same time it can help Xiaoheng Capital do some publicity.”

Li Xiaoheng knew that Tao Mu had understood the underlying meaning in his words. In a very good mood, he hooked up a corner of his mouth in a smile, feeling that he and Tao Mu were indeed the most tacitly cooperative partners, and that their hearts were really linked as one.

Li Xiaoheng nodded and replied: “That’s good. With the ability of Xiaoheng Capital Audit Department, I think the accounts of the orphanage can be checked in one day. If things go as expected, then we will directly announce the establishment of the charity education fund in front of the reporter. What do you think of this, dean Tao?”

Dean Tao certainly had no problems. She was so happy that her eyes were squinted from smiling so widely.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi, who once helped Tao Mu investigate the orphanage accountant, smiled at each other and waited for the good show to play out.

The next morning Tao Mu had an acting class. During the break between classes, Tao Mu mentioned to everyone about going to the orphanage as volunteers.

“You all know that I came out of the orphanage myself. Children in the orphanage are affected by the environment and generally do not learn very well. So I want to organize a volunteer activity for college students. Use the weekend breaks to tutor the children and teach them talents or something. Anyone who wants to volunteer can sign up. Those who are interested can come to me to fill out a form, which is just to briefly explain what you can teach. By the way, I will have FlyNews Entertainment keep tracking and reporting on this volunteer activity. And on Saturday, people from Xiaoheng Capital will also go to the orphanage for inspection.”

Tao Mu bluntly pulled out FlyNews Entertainment and Xiaoheng Capital to encourage these fledgling classmates who were eager to become famous. Like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey, the eyes of the students who had originally already intended to volunteer brightened even more.

As an actor in the entertainment industry what advantages could they rely on to increase their competitiveness?

Appearance, acting skills, popularity, level of national recognition and backing.

The first two were basically natural conditions, or they could be changed by relying on their own efforts. However, the latter three were not so easy to obtain.

There were as many handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment circle as the crucian carp that crosses the river. Why should you stand out? Based on your works? Then fine, why should good work look for you? Based on your acting skills or your popularity?

So the question circled back.

Now Tao Mu was here to provide everyone with an opportunity to enhance their popularity, image and influence.

The classmates looked at each other, and immediately rushed to raise their hands: “I’ll go!”

“I can dance. I can teach the children to dance.”

“I can play the violin. I can teach them to play the violin.”

“…..”

Only Tao Mu’s three roommates were sitting on the ground next to Tao Mu calmly, and by the way helping Tao Mu with the registration. When the other students saw this, their eyes when looking at the three could not help but be jealous and envious. This was the advantage of a pavilion near the water. But towards this kind of luck, it was not something they could not get out of being envious.

No wonder these were students of the Beijing Film Acting Department, they were all very talented. Tao Mu noted down the names and talents of the enthusiastic volunteers with particular satisfaction. After class, he went to the Academic Affairs Office to report to the teacher——although there was actually no need to report this small matter. But Tao Mu was accustomed to doing things with sophistication. By notifying the school leaders he could not only seek support but also increase his good impression in their minds. Towards this he would not be humble and shrink back.

All in all, he would definitely never miss any opportunity to show his good side in front of the teachers.

A group of young and lively college students had their eagerness invoked under Tao Mu’s encouragement. Some people even took out their mobile phones and updated their FlyNews on the spot, expressing with excitement that they were going to volunteer at the orphanage on Saturday.

Soon, the classmates of other classes and other grades all heard the news. They ran to Tao Mu and condemned him for engaging in distance discrimination——why only recruit volunteers in the ’08 class 1? Class 2 and class 3 and even the sophomores and juniors also have the willingness to volunteer. Why weren’t they given a chance as well?

Gu Xun, a senior who had won the National School Hunk crown in the “National School Beauty and Hunk Selection Competition” before, had attracted a group of young fans as a result, and was currently busy with the end of term play rehearsal. Hearing this news, he took the initiative to find Tao Mu, expressing his willingness to also offer his part.

——Of course, Gu Xun’s original intention was not to promote his image or gain popularity, but simply his desire to pay back Tao Mu.

Tao Mu did not refuse, and said with a smile that he was welcome to volunteer with them in the orphanage.

Because of the FlyNews posts shared by the students of Beijing Film, the netizens who have been paying attention to the Internet gossip also noticed the news for the first time. Recently, Guo Yaning, who had been immersed in her album production, also took time out of her busy schedule to visit @ Tao Mu on FlyNews, saying, “To be able to see the place where Tao Mu grew up with my own eyes is really lucky, and I also want to be a volunteer”.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Boyuan also reposted Guo Yaning’s FlyNews. The joining of the two A-list superstars instantly pushed this volunteer activity in front of all melpn eating netizens.

The official account of FlyNews Entertainment also stepped forward and announced that it would shoot Saturday’s volunteer activities into a video and post it to BulletScreen.

When the Beijing Film students who had snatched this volunteer activity saw this, they were instantly overwhelmed with excitement. All of them began imagining in their minds about how they would behave in order to attract the attention of netizens. Some people couldn’t even sleep from the excitement, and stood in front of the mirror with their flashlight in the middle of the night to rehearse how they would comport themselves.

——Not afraid of ghosts it seemed.

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But what they didn’t know, when the day of volunteer activities arrived, it would not be any of them that attracted the attention of netizens. But two unexpected people.

And the so-called social voluntary activities program almost became a legal program.

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The entire Zhang family had experienced Tao Mu’s methods before. Even if Tao Mu decided to be kind and teach them craftsmanship now, Zhang Dafu and his wife still did not forget how Tao Mu dealt with them back then.

So they must inform him of the matter regarding the Tao Haiguo couple. In case Tao Haiguo and his wife suddenly show up in front of Tao Mu to make trouble and as a result cause Tao Mu to take his anger out on them because of this.

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Their days were finally looking up now, and Zhang Dafu and his wife really wanted to live their days well.

Before Tao Mu could speak, Zhang Dafu elbowed his wife from behind and said with an ingratiating smile: “The old Tao family is really not good people, but you can rest assured, Mr. Tao. I am the one who exposed the recording. Even if Tao Haiguo and his wife are really shameless and come to trouble you, I still have some methods to deal with him.”

Zhang Dafu only had one thought in his head now, that was, since he had received the benefits from Tao Mu he was even willing to be Tao Mu’s dog in this life if he had to. And what was the purpose of raising a dog? Of course it was to guard and look after the home. When a hostile guest came knocking it would pounce and bite the trespasser for its owner.

If Tao Haiguo and his wife really dared to trouble Tao Mu, they would have to get pass him first.

Zhang Dafu thought fiercely, proudly believing that his awareness was particularly high. Tao Mu glared at Zhang Dafu in irritation: “What are you thinking about. Let me tell you, this matter has nothing to do with you, and you shouldn’t get involved in it. When you gave me the recording I promised to give you a million yuan business. Now the storefront is also found for you, and the craftsmanship is handed over to you. From now on, you will do your business honestly. Don’t go out and fool around anymore.”

Zhang Dafu secretly glanced at Tao Mu and saw that Tao Mu was serious. He immediately bowed his back and smiled ingratiatingly, “Ai, I understand.”

Tao Mu was not completely reassured, and once again urged Zhang Dafu not to do things behind his back, especially not to use those shameless and underhanded tricks like intimidate Tao Haiguo and his wife. Only until Zhang Dafu really took his warning to heart did Tao Mu leave.

Before leaving, Zhang Dafu suddenly remembered something, and promised: “Mr. Tao, don’t worry. I will have Hanya resign from the restaurant where she works and return to school. If she can still be admitted to university in the coming year, I will pay for her studies.”

Tao Mu didn’t say anything, he didn’t even turn his head back.

After Tao Mu left, Zhang Dafu’s wife elbowed Zhang Dafu, winking and asking: “Why, does this CEO Tao have intentions towards our Hanya?”

Zhang Dafu sneered: “What are you thinking. What kind of person is Mr. Tao, what kind of beautiful girl hasn’t he seen. Just say Beijing Film, so long as Tao Mu shows any interest, don’t know how many of those future female stars would tush over at his call. Is your niece beautiful? Or is her figure good? Or does she know to dress up? Or can she speak well? She looks as plain as plain noodles and don’t even know how to make small talk. How could Tao Mu be interested in her?”

Aunt Zhang pouted: “Since he doesn’t have any interest in your niece, why are you still rushing to pay for that unlucky star to go to school?”

“That’s not an unlucky star we have here. It’s our family’s lucky star treasure.” Zhang Dafu was for once patient and explained: “If it wasn’t for our niece, would Tao Mu even know who I am? I wouldn’t even have the opportunity to work for him, right? Besides, when I went to Tao Mu I promised I would pay for her to finish college if he gave me the money. Now that Mr. Tao has fulfilled his side of the deal, we can’t assume that there is no such thing, right. “

Aunt Zhang curled her lips, disapproving: “I don’t think so. If Tao Mu really doesn’t have any interest, why would he even bother with you? It may be that he can’t put down his pride. As the saying goes, when girls chase boys it’s easy to get results. So long as it’s a male they will be interested in this kind of thing. In my opinion, don’t let Hanya go back to school. Let her work in our shop. Opposite is Beijing Film, like a pavilion near the water, such a good opportunity (TN: idiom meaning using one’s proximity to the powerful to obtain favor). Have Hanya appear in front of him now and then, while I then spread the news around in the shop. If she can seize this opportunity, she will be the wife of a rich man in the future. Isn’t that better than going to college?”

Their old Zhang family could also benefit from association.

Zhang Dafu became alert, and hurriedly said: “What nonsense! I think you have gone crazy thinking about money! Who do you take Tao Mu for? He will be an actor and a star in the future. Have you ever seen a big celebrity find an ordinary girl outside the entertainment circle to be his girlfriend? They find either a wealthy young lady or a female celebrity. It must be of the same status. I tell you, you must either do business honestly or go back and take care of the kids at home. Don’t you make trouble for me. Why don’t you even think deeper? If you dare to talk nonsense in the store and let those paparazzi hear it later, then that’s spreading rumors. What happened to the old Tao couple who spread rumors about Tao Mu, did you forget? Is your brain soaked in water?”

“If you really anger Tao Mu he doesn’t even need to do anything else, just take the shop back. At that time you can just expect to go back to suffering poverty all your life.”

Aunt Zhang also felt a little afraid after thinking of what happened to the Tao couple. She mumbled, “What did I say…..I just feel like he has that meaning…..”

“If he does have that meaning, it’s his own business. Anyway, you are not allowed to get involved in this, and you are not allowed to talk nonsense.” Zhang Dafu said, still not reassured: “Go home and make it clear to your sister as well. The way I see it, you two are idiots who are greedy for money but have no brains. Don’t think that you can climb up along the pole, turn into a phoenix just by flying up on a branch. A house bird is a house bird, don’t waste your energy daydreaming!”

There was something else Zhang Dafu didn’t say. Tao Mu had been working at Night since he was a child, and both of his fathers leaned that way. Under the influence, who knew if he didn’t have that preference too. You don’t even know if he liked men or women so what are you even doing daydreaming over there by yourself!

Tao Mu was completely unaware of the entanglement between Zhang Dafu and his wife. After school that night, Tao Mu called Li Xiaoheng again and asked him out for dinner.

“You want to open another account with Xiaoheng Capital, and also want to borrow an auditor?” Li Xiaoheng put the peeled braised prawns in Tao Mu’s bowl and said with a gentle smile: “Can I ask you what you want to do?”

“It’s about the orphanage.” Tao Mu swallowed the shrimp in one bite, a little embarrassed: “I bought a shop with that 1 million yuan I took out, situated right at the back door of our school. Now it is being used for Zhang Dafu to do business. So now the money to build a charity fund for the orphanage is gone. Besides, I was negligent before. Directly giving one million to the orphanage is not such a good idea after all as dean Tao doesn’t know how to invest. It’s better to leave it in Xiaoheng Capital, even the most conservative financial management is better than putting it in the bank for that bit of interest.”

“As for the auditor, I want to take this opportunity to check the accounts of the orphanage. You don’t know, towards money dean Tao is a little confused and unclear. Therefore, the accounts of our orphanage have been unclear for so many years. I had someone check the accountant who helps the orphanage manage the accounts, and found that she actually bought two houses within ten years. And her husband is also in charge of the purchase channels at our orphanage. I keep feeling that something is wrong. So I want a thorough check over.”

Li Xiaoheng understood, “No problem. Whenever you need the auditor, just call me directly.”

“Then tomorrow.” Tao Mu said: “This charity education fund, I am going to donate in the name of Xiaoheng Capital…..Don’t refuse. I am also trying to make it so that you have a logical reason to carry out the auditing matters. You don’t know, our dean Tao is very soft-hearted. That accountant and purchasing manager have been in the orphanage for more than ten years. If I donate in my name, and if they try to make a quibble, I am afraid that dean Tao will be fooled by them and following along in persuading me to keep things quiet. It’s better to be formal in the name of Xiaoheng Capital, so that they have nothing to say. Besides, Xiaoheng Capital originally had plans to shift the focus of investment to China. Establishing a charity fund in advance will also support the company’s future development and towards policy support there will also be advantages.”

Tao Mu liked to kill two birds with one stone when he did things, and his mindset was also very firm. The decision he made would not change easily. Li Xiaoheng didn’t intend to persuade him from it either. Not to mention that he liked to do things together very much, just to say that the establishment of a charity education fund itself was beneficial to the image of Xiaoheng Capital.

“Since the fund is established in the name of Xiaoheng Capital, I can’t let you take out the money yourself.”

Tao Mu frowned and was about to retort but Li Xiaoheng directly clamped a lotus root with his chopsticks to block Tao Mu’s mouth: “How about this. We each set up this charitable education fund with 500,000 yuan. As for the specific management of the fund, it can be handed over to Xiaoheng Capital. The company happens to have a department dedicated to charity. It’s just that before, most of the charity activities of Xiaoheng Capital involved international organizations. Doing charity in China is the first time.”

Tao Mu…..Tao Mu was already stunned speechless.

He chewed the lotus root in his mouth in a dumbfounded manner, swallowed it, and after a while he came back to his senses: “Brother Li, you can’t be like this.”

How can there be such a thing as gagging people with vegetables before they have finished speaking.

Li Xiaoheng smiled and asked knowingly: “What did I do?”

Before Tao Mu could speak, Li Xiaoheng asked again: “Let’s talk about you first? Why are you so good to the Zhang family? You teach them craftsmanship and find a shop for them. I remember the girl from the Zhang family was one of the girls you saved from the human traffickers in H Town. Did you save it in your hand? You not only saved the beauty, you also helped her family to do business. You don’t have feelings for the girl, do you?”

How did he come to such a conclusion!

Tao Mu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Unexpectedly, his business partner, who had always been the very image of an elite, would be so gossipy in private.

“I don’t have feelings for her. Our genders are different, how can I have feelings for her?” Tao Mu smirked, and looked sideways at his business partner: “But I didn’t expect that, big brother Li, you usually look so serious but you’re actually quite gossipy underneath.”

Li Xiaoheng’s mood was already flying from the bottom of his heart. He completely didn’t hear Tao Mu’s teasing comment at all. His head was only left with Tao Mu’s words “Our genders are different, how can I have feelings for her”. Forcibly resisting the throbbing in his heart, Li Xiaoheng asked with a serious face: “Do you like men?”

“En.” Tao Mu didn’t think there was any problem with this. It was already 2008, and the country had already allowed same-sex marriages for many years. There was nothing to hide about his sexual orientation.

Besides, his Yao Dad and Xiao Qi Dad were of the same sex and also married. Tao Mu glanced at Li Xiaoheng: “Why, is brother Li a conservative?”

Regardless of the stage of social development, there would always be people who fear and reject people or things they don’t understand. Don’t even mention 2008, even ten years later, a large number of people still hated homosexuals and thought that homosexuality was a mental illness. Especially in the entertainment industry, artists who dared to announce their sexuality were even rarer.

For the sake of his future acting career, Tao Mu did not intend to make his sexual orientation known to the world. But Tao Mu didn’t intend to hide it from the people around him either.

However, Tao Mu did not expect that Li Xiaoheng, a capitalist who came back from abroad, was actually a member of the conservatives. It was a headache to think about it, if Li Xiaoheng was really a homophobe then he had to think about how to try his best to pay attention to certain things in front of Li Xiaoheng in the future—

“No.” Li Xiaoheng resisted the surging emotions in his heart, and even the tips of his ears were a little red. He said, “I’m the same.”

As Li Xiaoheng spoke, he placed two shrimps that he peeled in excitement in Tao Mu’s bowl, and said inexplicably, “I like men too.”

Tao Mu: “…..” If you like men, then you like men. Why is your expression so serious and your aura so scary?

Tao Mu secretly slandered in his heart. Suddenly he realized something, weren’t the two of them discussing the establishment of a charitable education fund? How did the topic go off and veer into the realm of sexual orientation?

——Sure enough, you can’t be business partners with a good friend. When talking with each other, going off topic was a happenstance.

Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, “In any case we’re having dinner now, why not chat as we eat? You can make appointments for business affairs.”

“By the way, do you have any plans after dinner tonight?” Li Xiaoheng suddenly seemed refreshed and energized, and offered: “If not, how about going to the movies?”

Go to the movies again?

Tao Mu raised his eyebrows, not very interested in going to the movies.

“Then what do you want to do?” Li Xiaoheng put down his chopsticks, and there was a hint of eagerness in his gentle smile.

Tao Mu originally wanted to say return to work at FlyNews headquarters, but when he saw Li Xiaoheng like this, he was a bit unable to say so.

After thinking about it, he suggested: “How about you come back to Song Ji with me. Recently, our old man is busy studying recipes and tinkering with the dishes used in ancestor worship. I also have to learn eight dishes.”

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“If you are free, you can come with me. I’ll let you taste my craft.” Tao Mu said, and couldn’t help boasting: “I have made some really good pea cakes and kidney bean cakes recently. Tonight I plan to learn how to simmer deer tendons and shredded chicken white fungus in a casserole dish. How about I treat you to a late night snack after I’ve made it?”

Li Xiaoheng smiled, and agreed: “Okay.”

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The decoration in the cafe was particularly elegant, and there was also a female drama student working part-time as a pianist in the lobby. Mellow music flowed from the dancing fingertips to linger in the quiet and elegant lobby. The whole environment was incompatible with Zhang Dafu’s military coat.

Even if it was the second time, Zhang Dafu still hunched his shoulders uncomfortably. After the two of them sat down at a table near the corner, Zhang Dafu said eagerly: “Mr. Tao, uh, the case of Tao Haiguo and his wife is over now. Say, about the reward you promised me before…..”

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Tao Mu paused when he heard the words: “Is it over already?” He had been busy with the Sheng’an Group and the Song family recently, and he hadn’t paid attention to the Tao Haiguo couple at all.

However, the lawsuit was fought by Zhou Shenxing. Zhou Shenxing didn’t say anything to him though.

Just as Tao Mu was thinking about this, his phone rang suddenly. He took it out and saw that it was from Zhou Shenxing.

“Mr. Tao, we won the lawsuit against your adoptive parents who were instructed to slander you. I have just come out of the court, and I need to report some information with you. Shall I go look for you now, or do you want to stop by at FlyNews headquarters tonight?”

Just came out of the court…..

Tao Mu glanced at Zhang Dafu who was sitting across from him with a rather exasperated look. This guy was really too eager.

“I’ll stop by FlyNews headquarters tonight!”

After hanging up the phone, Tao Mu looked at Zhang Dafu who had an ingratiating smile on his face: “You are quite well informed.”

Zhang Dafu smiled and said: “Isn’t this related to my own interests? I have been keeping a close eye on it. Today, at the trial, I specifically asked my wife to go to the court to listen. As soon as the result came out, she immediately called me. I just want to share the good news with you as soon as possible.”

“You just want your one million.” Tao Mu snorted, too lazy to bother with Zhang Dafu. As long as it was for money, this guy dared to say anything and could say anything.

Zhang Dafu chuckled, and didn’t argue: “We poor people can only rely on this one chance to make a fortune. How can I not be eager? Mr. Tao, you are a generous and magnanimous person, so please go easy on me and quickly settle this matter. Otherwise I can’t even sleep well at night. To tell you the truth, I haven’t slept much in the past few months. Take a look at how much of my hair has fallen out. It was quite dense when I came to look for you last time. But now I’m almost bald. “

“Come on, you, don’t wag your tongue at me.” (TN: to speak glibly) Tao Mu chuckled, and thought that Zhang Dafu was actually quite interesting when he was not acting like a scoundrel.

“I thought about your matter and I also know the situation in your family. It’s indeed not easy supporting such a big family without any one of you having a proper job.” Tao Mu said, frowning again: “But you and your family. Honestly speaking, none of you have any academic qualifications or ability, and moreover your character is also not all that good. I don’t feel at ease letting you guys out in society. After all, this business is my idea and I’m afraid you guys will scam and cheat people in my name, something I really can’t afford to lose face on.”

Zhang Dafu hurriedly smiled ingratiatingly: “That’s not possible. What kind of person am I? I might not be good at anything else, but at least my eyes are sharp. People who shouldn’t be offended I will never offend, and things that shouldn’t be done I will never do. Honestly, not only are you afraid of losing face, I am also afraid of getting into trouble.”

Zhang Dafu’s words sounded pleasant. But after a pause, still a little unwilling to give up, he continued: “Of course. If you find it troublesome, you can just give me this million directly. I have no objection.”

“In your dreams.” Tao Mu glared at Zhang Dafu, got up and said, “Stop talking nonsense. Come with me.”

“Huh?” Zhang Dafu followed Tao Mu with a bewildered expression and left the cafe. They made a turn and entered the street behind Beijing Film, stopping in front of two shops with rolling shutters installed on both.

There was already a group of people standing in front of the two shops, four men and two women. The men had a sturdy and muscular build, and the tallest one was at least 1.9 meters tall. One of the two women was in her twenties and had hair that was dyed blue, wearing only a white cotton-padded jacket, small leather skirt and high boots despite the winter chill. Her face was also applied with heavy makeup and looked like a female ghost. With just a glance, one knew she was not easy to mess with. The other woman was an auntie in her fifties, dressed in a cotton-padded jacket, and looked very simple and friendly with a smiling face.

“You are here. Did you eat lunch?” Tao Mu nodded at the several people and asked, “Brother Gou, how are you doing?”

Qin Miaoru spoke first: “We came over when we received the call. We haven’t eaten yet.”

Gou Rixin smiled honestly: “Fully recovered a long time ago.”

Then he thought of something and rubbed his head, “I’m just a bit ashamed. Say, it’s you who helped me out for my treatment. Now that I’m discharged from the hospital, I have to trouble you to find me work as well.”

Gou Rixin was discharged from the hospital and was directly signed by Tao Mu to FlyNews Entertainment. Although FlyNews was not involved in the business of signing artists, Tao Mu would sooner or later set up his own studio. In any case, Gou Rixin was just a martial arts extra, so it was better to follow him than to go back to being an extra.

The response towards this year’s National School Beauty and Hunk selection contest was very good, and Tao Mu planned to host another talent show next summer. When the competition was over, he would hit the iron while it was hot, and shoot an idol drama, web drama or something. At that time, everywhere would be needing people. Even if Gou Rixin didn’t want to be an actor, he could also help run the set and learn how to be an agent. In any case, he knew the other well, and using familiar people was always less worrisome than using outsiders.

He also told Gou Rixin about this plan. Gou Rixin really didn’t expect Tao Mu to plan for him so far into the future, and he was immediately touched. He felt his blood rush in excitement, feeling like he had met a confidante worth dying for.

“We are all brothers, don’t say anymore.” Tao Mu smiled: “Since you all haven’t eaten yet, I’ll treat you all to eat Mongolian hotpot later. Let’s go and see the store first.”

Tao Mu signaled Qin Miaoru to open the shutters of the two shops, one of which Tao Mu was going to turn into an Internet cafe. Qin Miaoru’s Internet cafe in Houhai was particularly prosperous, earning millions of yuan in just half a year. Not only did she pay back the money she had borrowed from Tao Mu, but she also had surplus to expand her business.

According to Qin Miaoru’s plan, she originally wanted to follow Liu Yao and open another internet cafe next to Night. At that time, both sides could also take care of each other. But high-end places were too expensive, the rent couldn’t be afforded, and there was no particularly suitable store in Houhai either.

When discussing with Tao Mu, Tao Mu just happened to be pondering about how to settle Zhang Dafu. In the end, it was old man Song who came up with a solution and said casually at the dinner table: “…..If it doesn’t work, then open the Internet cafe near Tao Mu’s school. At that time, Xiao Qin runs an Internet cafe, and surnamed Zhang and his family can do some fast food business nearby. Just let Xiao Qin and the others keep a watch on them. If they dare not do business properly, then just have those big muscular guys frequent their store. See if they dare not do business properly.”

No wonder they say that having an elder in the family was the same as possessing a treasure.

This idea was the best of both worlds. Everyone’s problems were solved.

So Tao Mu immediately looked for a suitable store near Beijing Film. It just so happened that there were two shops next to each other on the back street for rent. The larger one was more than 500 square meters, with a total of three floors. It used to be a photo studio, mainly for taking portraits for students. Later, because Tao Mu’s photography skills amazed everyone with a single brilliant feat during the military training, instantly conquering his schoolmates from freshman to senior. Now whenever Beijing Film students wanted to take art photos, so long as they were not in a hurry, they would all shamelessly wait for Tao Mu to take some time out to help them. Even if the wait was a year or a half, they would still rather choose quality over speed.

Tao Mu was also accustomed to shooting photos outside every time he took pictures. Most of the time, he liked to use spots inside the school, or directly draw people to the photo studio where he worked part-time before, and solicit business for his former boss. After a while, the business at the photo studio just outside the school became less and less, and add to the fact the landlord kept increasing rent, the owner of the photo studio couldn’t continue anymore, closing the shop in a fit of anger and going back to his hometown to get married.

Who knew that this shop would now benefit Qin Miaoru. She came over for a look and found that the three floor shop was just right, with the first floor being the lobby, the second floor being private rooms and the third floor for e-sports, the design of the shop was quite authentic.

As for the smaller shop next to it, it was only slightly more than 70 square feet. It used to sell milk tea but the landlord was in a hurry to use money and wanted to sell the shop. So Tao Mu used the one million he took out of Xiaoheng Capital to pay the down payment and decoration of this small shop. As for the landlord, he received the full payment in his bank account.

Tao Mu said to Zhang Dafu: “I count you 200,000 yuan a year in rent for this shop. I won’t charge rent for the first five years. But after five years, you can either start anew or pay me rent according to market prices. Do you understand?”

Zhang Dafu wrinkled his face: “Mr. Tao, I’ll call you grandfather, okay? I know you have kind intentions. But, what can I do with this shop? I, I can’t do anything! You can’t be thinking of having a grown man like me sit here and sell milk tea, right? Just look at me, do you think those little girls from Beijing Film will dare to come in?”

Huh, so he was quite self-aware.

Tao Mu smiled: “You don’t have to worry about it. I already talked to my old man. This shop will sell braised chicken rice in brown sauce. Tomorrow you will come with your wife, and Aunt Gou, the three of you will learn to cook it with me. It just so happens that this shop will need half a month to be renovated. I estimate you’ll all learn how to cook it by that time.”

“I have already arranged the ingredients purchasing channel. I will give you the phone number. After the store opens, someone will deliver the goods to you regularly. When the business starts, you are not allowed to be greedy and change to a cheaper channel.”

Zhang Dafu promised again and again, his small eyes glanced at Aunt Gou, and asked: “Then this elder sister is the manager of our store?”

“Don’t be petty.” Tao Mu rolled his eyes: “Aunt Gou just wants to learn how to cook with me. She will not be working in your store, normally she just cleans the Internet cafe and helps to cook by the way.”

Zhang Dafu immediately pleaded guilty: “I didn’t mean that.”

“Enough of you. Don’t think that just because I don’t find someone to keep a watch on you, you can play tricks. You are not allowed to buy goods from bad channels when you are doing business in the future. I have a camera installed in the kitchen which is connected to Sister Qin’s internet cafe. Sister Qin will help me keep a watch when she has the time. If she finds out that you dare to be careless on hygiene and food safety I will definitely not spare you. What’s up with that expression? Are you dissatisfied with me?”

“How dare I.” Zhang Dafu defended with a bitter face: “I’m just worried. Mr. Tao, I know you are kind and want to find a living for our family. But our family, how can we do business? To tell you the truth, even if you wipe out my rent I don’t have the money to buy the goods. What braised chicken rice, I can’t even afford chicken feathers let alone chicken meat.”

“Don’t cry about being poor with me. I didn’t plan to let you pay.” Tao Mu gave Zhang Dafu an annoyed glare: “Starting from next month, I will pay for the ingredients for the following six months. I will settle the account directly with the supplier. You will just be responsible for running the shop, and I won’t take any of the money you make. But if you want to hire more people when your business becomes good, I won’t pay the money.”

Zhang Dafu’s expression was joyful, and he immediately rubbed his hands and said: “Aiyo, how embarrassing. Elder Tao, you are a living bodhisattva. As the old saying goes, knowledge is the best charity. Elder Tao has the style of the ancients.”

“Enough of you.” Tao Mu felt a headache. In just such a short time, he had risen from Mr. Tao to Elder Tao. This person really didn’t want face at all.

“Tell your wife. When doing business, be courteous and polite. Don’t make trouble for me, and your whole family can make money happily. If you dare to make trouble for me…..”

Tao Mu trailed off, squinting his eyes and looking at Zhang Dafu threateningly. Zhang Dafu nodded and bowed his waist very tactfully: “You can rest assured. I am sure to do things steadily and earn money honestly, and I will never shame your elderness.”

“Don’t elder this and elder that. You make me sound like I’m eighty.” Tao Mu waved his hand and said with annoyance: “Go away. Tomorrow at 12 o’clock noon, bring your wife over on time.”

“Ai!” Zhang Dafu didn’t expect things to go so smoothly. To be honest, although he believed in Tao Mu’s character, before coming, Zhang Dafu also guessed pettyly whether Tao Mu would not admit to it, or regretted it, and didn’t want to give him the money.

Zhang Dafu even imagined what he would do if Tao Mu really didn’t give him the money. Find a reporter to disclose this? He couldn’t afford to provoke Tao Mu and the group of people behind Tao Mu. But if he just swallowed his bitterness, he also won’t feel reconciled.

This had caused him much torment, and he indeed really had trouble falling asleep in the past few months. He had imagined all kinds of situations but he didn’t expect Tao Mu to be so righteous, directly giving over a livelihood that would support his family.

Don’t look at Tao Mu just waving away the rent and supplying the ingredients, seeming as if he didn’t pay him a penny, but Tao Mu was willing to teach him a skill.

Who was Tao Mu? Beijing Song Ji’s fame was probably known to most of China and not just in Beijing. Tao Mu was the only disciple of the old man Song. There was no question regarding his cooking skills. Even if he just taught their family a single dish, with the Song Ji brand and Tao Mu, this business would definitely not go wrong.

Besides, what kind of area was this? This was the Second Ring Road. The 70 square meter shop only counted him 200,000 yuan a year in rent, five years without rent increase and no payment, and he didn’t even need to pay for the purchase of ingredients the first six months.

Zhang Dafu was not an ignorant person. Although he was a scoundrel and hoodlum, he also knew clearly who treated him well.

Tao Mu was a busy big boss with his own affairs to take care of, and yet he was still willing to solve the mess in their family. Thinking about giving their family a means of making a livelihood instead of just lightly throwing a million at them. For a capable person like Tao Mu, throwing out a million in cash was actually much easier than teaching them a skill.

But Tao Mu didn’t use money to dispatch him. Although Zhang Dafu had a rascally smile on his face, he really appreciated this in his heart.

For so many years, only Tao Mu really regarded him as a person. Treated him as a man who could be the pillar of his family. Felt that he could do things and make things happen. Just for this, he had to work hard and not shame Tao Mu——

Of course, the most important thing was that Zhang Dafu was afraid of Tao Mu’s methods, and even more afraid of Liu Yao’s background. He really didn’t dare to do anything to embarrass Tao Mu. Zhang Dafu could still remember how Tao Mu dealt with him before. Although he didn’t care about other people’s opinions it was still really uncomfortable to be pointed and scolded at by neighbors and strangers.

And that matter had nothing to do with Tao Mu. It was just because he didn’t like that they wanted to blackmail the Yun family and the hospital, yet Tao Mu could use such a ruthless method to deal with them. If he dared to make trouble in the food shop this time, Zhang Dafu guessed that it would not be something as simple as just being scolded. With Liu Yao and that group of people supporting Tao Mu, he could at least expect to be beaten to the point he couldn’t even get out of bed.

Zhang Dafu was particularly self-aware, and when he returned home that day, he explained to his wife carefully.

At noon the next day, the two arrived more than half an hour earlier and waited for a long time outside, shivering in the winter chill. Only then did they see Tao Mu who came out of class, and Aunt Gou who came with Tao Mu. Now she was much smarter, waiting in the Beijing Film cafeteria which was especially warm.

“You’re quite punctual.” Tao Mu glanced at Zhang Dafu and his wife, opened the rolling shutter, and threw the key to Zhang Dafu: “I was in a hurry yesterday and forgot about this. You keep the key. The renovation will start tomorrow, and if you are worried, come over and keep a watch if you want.”

Zhang Dafu bowed with his wife and said with an ingratiating smile: “Towards the people employed by Mr. Tao, how can we not rest assured.”

“After all, it is your own business you’re running.” Tao Mu waved his hand. He gave the supplier in the morning a call, and the other had already delivered the ingredients in advance.

“I’ll teach you to practice hands first, it’s very simple, and you will learn it soon.”

Braised chicken rice was a fast-food snack, and actually didn’t require any secret recipe, let alone knife skills. Basically, those who knew how to cook could learn it just by looking at the process.

Zhang Dafu could be passed over, but his wife was actually a very hardworking person, and she did things very quickly. After learning with Tao Mu for more than an hour, she practically got the hang of it.

“Like this for now.” Tao Mu looked at the time, and seeing that his next class was about to start he washed his hands: “Go back and practice some more. Call me anytime you don’t understand something.”

Zhang Dafu’s wife was very fierce and bossy at home, but in front of Tao Mu, she didn’t even dare to breathe. Hearing Tao Mu’s words, she immediately agreed, and said hurriedly: “Uh, thank you Mr. Tao.”

“You’re welcome.” Tao Mu smiled: “I promised Zhang Dafu. After all, his recording helped me a lot.”

You c an fi nd t he la te st cha pte rs at ( th e bl mu se . c o m )

Zhang Dafu’s wife also knew how the recording came to be, and her face flushed red in embarrassment. Tao Haiguo and his wife lost the lawsuit and now they stood outside their door every day and accused Zhang Dafu of selling out his friends to seek riches. The neighbors also pointed and whispered.

“…..I’m not afraid of anything else. I’m just afraid Tao Haiguo and his wife will come to you to make trouble after they learn about this.”

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