When Shen Yu found Tao Mu, Tao Mu was currently having FlyNews’ staff upload the number of frames that each contestant appeared in the program to the official FlyNews page of “National School Beauty And Hunk”——because many netizens were questioning the program crew of unfairness, accusing them of giving more shots to a certain contestant than the others.

Tao Mu had anticipated this kind of accusation at the beginning of the filming, so he followed the practice of extreme fans from a certain neighboring country, and had the program crew edit in the post-production, ensuring that the number of frames each contestant showed up in was roughly the same number.

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Netizens who had been paying attention to the National School Beauty and Hunk Selection Competition probably did not expect that the program crew would carry out such a showy operation, and they were all shocked.

“Having watched movies and TV shows for so many years, it is the first time I know what a frame number is.”

“This program crew is ruthless enough. This kind of thing can also be done?”

“Those people before who said that the program crew was unfair and said Tao Mu used power for personal gain to give his friends more shots, stand up now. You questioned the program crew without evidence, you sure are amazing!”

“Looking at the official FlyNews page of the program crew, it turns out that Tao Mu already had this concern when they first recorded the program, so he personally urged them to ensure fairness. And even made extremely strict requirements for the number of frames. What to do, I always feel like my Mu is too cute.”

“For the sake of ratings, most program crews will definitely give more shots to contestants who are strong and liked by the audience. It is also understandable to take care of contestants with backgrounds. Those previous talent shows, the few contestants who signed with the TV station had so many shots they practically occupied half of the show, and I haven’t seen anyone say anything. What FlyNews did is quite rare.”

“Probably because my Mu is not short of money. So he doesn’t care about the background of the contestants and tries his best to ensure absolute fairness.”

“In the words of my Mu, rich and willful.”

“It’s a pity he was an MB…..”

“Why are you bringing this up again! It’s already proven that our Mu was never an MB, Yuxiao Media bribed more than a dozen media to pour dirty water on him. Tao Mu and Night have already taken them to court so why are there people who still don’t believe it? “

“Keeping their eyes open and pretending to be blind. Those who spread rumors only need to open their mouths but those who want to break rumors have to run tirelessly around. But our Mu is handsome, good at acting, talented and rich, simply the standard configuration of a winner in life. He simply doesn’t care about those blind eyed, dirty mouthed and black hearted antis who have nothing to do but smear his name. “

“Some people have a big fan face. I’ll admit Tao Mu is handsome and rich, but how do you tell that he has good acting skills? Just relying on Shen Yu’s unjustified and brainless words?”

“I think Shen Yu must have a particularly good relationship with Tao Mu? This time when Tao Mu was smeared by more than a dozen media, the contestants in the program basically didn’t speak out for him, and some contestants even wanted to forfeit the show in order to avoid suspicion. It was Shen Yu who was the first to stand up to help Tao Mu speak, and I was touched by his sincere words. Whereas on the contrary, Tao Mu usually ignores Shen Yu. I even feel distressed for Shen Yu. Anyway, if I could have Shen Yu as a friend who would speak out for me at such a critical moment, I will definitely spoil him fiercely.”

“Upstairs is Shen Yu’s fan! Sure enough, the fans follow the master, the way they speak is just as corny.”

“Speaking of which, isn’t Yao Wenxiao, the CEO of Yuxiao Media, Shen Yu’s childhood friend? I remember that the day when Shen Yu came to see Tao Mu, it was Yao Wenxiao and Shen Yu’s mother and sister who came with him. Then they should all know each other. So why did the situation get so ugly?”

“!!! What’s this!? Upstairs, tell me everything you know!”

“Actually, there is nothing much to say. So long as you are a native of Shanghai basically everyone knows this. Shen Yu is the youngest son of the chairman of the Shen Group, and Yao Wenxiao is the grandson of the chairman of the Sheng’an Group. The Yao family and the Shen family are originally family friends, Yao Wenxiao and Shen Yu grew up together…..”

“Damn, are these two sick in the head or what! One pays money to smear Tao Mu, while the other jumps around on the Internet to help Tao Mu speak out, these two would happen to have planned this beforehand, would they?”

“Thinking about it carefully. If Yao Wenxiao’s bribery of more than a dozen media outlets was not revealed by the boss of Night, what would happen in the end? Even if Tao Mu and Night took those media outlets to court, it also likely won’t involve Yao Wenxiao. And then with Shen Yu still jumping up and down on the Internet, setting himself an image of a person who is a very good friend. At that time, Tao Mu, who is suffering under the smear campaign of those media outlets, wouldn’t he be very grateful to Shen Yu who spoke out for him?”

“This is to sell Tao Mu and let Tao Mu help them count the money!”

“Fuck, isn’t this too much? A dumb airhead lile Shen Yu can have such a calculating and manipulative side?”

“What’s so impossible about it. Don’t forget that Shen Yu is the youngest son of the Shen Group. A rich second-generation from a wealthy family, what kind of intrigue hasn’t he seen before? Do you really think he is truly a silly white sweet?”

Just when netizens were pondering over conspiring theories, Shen Yu also found Tao Mu who was holed up in the technology department of FlyNews.

“Mu Mu, come out for a while. I have something to tell you.”

Shen Yu stood eagerly outside the technology department. There were two security guards behind him——because Tao Mu specially told them, so even if the two security guards hated Shen Yu, they did not do anything rude.

Tao Mu was afraid that the security guards would be affected by Shen Yu’s halo, and would accidentally meet with misfortune. However, the security personnel of FlyNews mistakenly believed that Tao Mu really regarded Shen Yu as a friend, and they were a little bit angry on Tao Mu’s behalf. These security personnel were all people who had followed Liu Yao over the years. Liu Yao saw Tao Mu as his son, and this group of people also regarded Tao Mu as their nephew, and the relationship was quite close.

“You guys go ahead first.” Tao Mu nodded to the two security guard uncles, and led Shen Yu back to his office, but did not close the door, letting the staff outside secretly listen to what was being said inside: “What do you want to say?”

“Mu Mu…..” Shen Yu plucked up his courage and looked at Tao Mu pitifully: “Can you let Ah Xiao go?”

Before Tao Mu could speak, Shen Yu continued speaking to himself: “I know that Ah Xiao went too far this time and you must be very angry. But I can guarantee that Ah Xiao was definitely not intentional. Just this time, can you let him go just this time, he will not dare to do such a thing anymore.”

“Mu Mu,” Shen Yu stepped forward, wanting to grab Tao Mu’s sleeve, but Tao Mu avoided him. He bit his lip with a look of disappointment: “Can you let him go for my sake? You are all my best friends, and I don’t want you both to be like this.”

Tao Mu suddenly remembered that in his previous life, when he was fighting tit-for-tat against Shen Yu, Shen Yu also stood in front of everyone, and said to him with this same innocent and grievous expression: “Why are you doing this to me? I have already returned dad, mom, brother, and sister back to you and was kicked out of the Shen family’s house by you. I said that I would not fight with you. I just occasionally miss dad, mom, brother and sister, so I secretly stood outside the Shen Group to catch a glimpse of them. You won’t even allow me to do this kind of thing?”

“Tao Mu, why are you so cruel?”

“Yes, because of that accident, you never had the chance to grow up next to your parents. But I have never met my biological parents either. We are both the same. It’s just that I am luckier than you and met good people like dad, mom, brother and sister. I know you hate me deeply because of this. I don’t want to excuse anything. But I must admit that it is precisely because they are so good to me that I can never break it off with them emotionally. Knowing that you are not happy seeing me at the Shen family’s house, I even moved out. What I can return to you has been returned to you. Can’t I even occasionally see Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen outside and have a talk with them. Can’t you even satisfy such a tiny wish of mine?”

“Mu Mu, can you promise me to forgive Ah Xiao this time?”

The memory receded like a tide, and Tao Mu came back to his senses. He looked at the exact same face in front of him but his mood was very calm.

He was actually very puzzled about one thing, and that was why Shen Yu could always make any request with confidence, no matter whether his request was reasonable or not, whether it would make it difficult for others or not, he could always make his request with such a righteous face.

“What position are you telling me this from?” If it was in the previous life, Tao Mu would likely already be completely overcome by anger when seeing Shen Yu’s expression at this moment. All kinds of bad and hurtful words would spill out, and then this scene would just happen to be seen by Shen Yu’s admirer or the Shen family. Those people would immediately feel distress for Shen Yu and turn the blame on Tao Mu. Then Tao Mu would retort with even more offensive words, and thus fall into a vicious cycle.

But in this life, Tao Mu felt that his psychological endurance was much stronger, and he could even ask such questions calmly.

“What?” Shen Yu didn’t seem to think that Tao Mu would ask him such a question, and he couldn’t help being shocked.

“I mean, what position are you saying this to me from?” Tao Mu repeated patiently: “The person who attacked me first was Yao Wenxiao, and he was the one who accidentally got caught in the act. I just countered passively and let him understand that adults must be responsible for their actions. He did something wrong, violated the law, and should face legal sanctions.”

“But, but I am willing to apologize to you for him?” Shen Yu’s eyes reddened: “He did something wrong and was caught by you. Can’t you forgive him just this once?”

Tao Mu suddenly chuckled.

Yao Wenxiao attacked him and was caught by him. That massive and premeditated smear campaign involved his reputation and the normal life of everyone in Night, causing the thriving FlyNews network to lose hundreds of thousands of registered users and advertising fees worth tens of millions. It also led to Tao Mu being cursed and vilified by those irrelevant people on the Internet using the most vicious words. The two sides quarreled to the point of confronting each other in court. And yet Shen Yu thought he could brush it all aside by apologizing.

In his previous life, his identity was taken by the other. His parents and family made him, a wealthy young master worth billions, to live in such a humble and inferior way. And yet Shen Yu believed that he could solve it by apologizing.

After being kicked out of the Shen family by him, Shen Yu would always appear in the Shen group and wherever the Shen family frequented. He clearly agreed not to meet with the Shen family and disturb his family and his life. However, he repeatedly broke the agreement and was caught by him. After being caught, he would cry and apologize, thinking that the problem could be solved in such a way.

Shen Yu had been this kind of person for both his lifetimes, and he had never changed.

“Not all mistakes can be solved with an apology.” Tao Mu smiled slightly, and he suddenly felt that he who had spent two lifetimes just to reason with someone like Shen Yu, who was not clear in his head, was the one not clear in the head.

“Mu Mu!” Shen Yu looked at Tao Mu hopefully. Tao Mu’s too peaceful attitude gave him hope: “I know you are angry, but I think people should apologize for doing something wrong. Yao Wenxiao was really wrong this time, and I will talk to him about this later. Can you forgive him for my sake this time?”

“No.” Tao Mu said decisively.

Shen Yu’s eyes reddened immediately. He looked at Tao Mu aggrievedly: “Why not? Just because he is my friend? I know that you have never liked me. You refused to let Ah Xiao off, just to punish me, right? Then fine, as long as you promise to let Ah Xiao go then I will do anything you tell me to.”

Tao Mu was instantly dumbfounded. He didn’t understand why Shen Yu suddenly said this. He thought he knew Shen Yu enough. But now it seemed that he still didn’t completely understand Shen Yu’s brain circuit.

“What does this matter even have anything to do with you——”

Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by a very high-pitched, shrill scream.

“Tao Mu, what are you planning to do to my little brother?”

Under the blocking of several security guards who tried but did not dare to push too hard, mother Shen, Shen Yan, and Yao Wenxiao barged into Tao Mu’s office angrily.

With an angry expression on her face, Shen Yan hugged Shen Yu who was crying in an extremely aggrieved manner, and glared at Tao Mu: “Tao Mu, you are too despicable. You dared to force my little brother with the matter relating to Yao Wenxiao. Do you really think our Shen family is that easy to bully?”

Yao Wenxiao also looked furious: “Tao Mu, I really didn’t misunderstand you. You are a villain who likes to take advantage of others. The one that found the media to smear you is me. If you have any dissatisfaction, just vent it out on me alone. Don’t even think about taking advantage of Xiao Yu.”

Mother Shen also hugged her son with a distressed look, and leveled complaints at Tao Mu: “Student Tao Mu, I don’t know just how Yu Yu managed to offend you. Back then you were still an unknown little extra in H Town and everyone in the crew looked down on you, but our Yu Yu treated you as a good friend. He even wanted Wen Shijin to sign you and make you a star. Even if you don’t like him, you could at least take into account how much he likes you and shouldn’t treat Xiao Yu like this. Xiao Yu is an extremely innocent child who treats others sincerely, and I don’t want you to hurt him.”

Tao Mu rubbed his temples, feeling a headache building. He felt that facing these people was more energy-intensive than short trading in the international crude oil market.

Already accustomed to the brain circuits and style of Shen Yu and his protectors, Tao Mu himself was not that angry, but the FlyNews employees who had been secretly watching and listening outside couldn’t bear it anymore.

“Mental! Boss, let’s call the police? You can’t talk sense with this group of people. I’ll call the police so let the police and lawyers communicate with them!”

Tao Mu’s newly recruited secretary chick couldn’t restrain herself anymore. She picked up her mobile phone and called the police. While calling, she complained and cursed: “If you are sick, remember to take medicine. Why do you run out into public and make trouble? This is the headquarters of FlyNews, not your home. You really think you are making idol dramas or what? You actually dare to shamelessly ask for forgiveness after doing such a vicious thing. And if we don’t forgive you then we are cruel and vicious. Even people who make idol dramas know that if an apology is useful then what need is there for the police!”

“You are willing to act out melodramas, but our CEO is not willing to accompany you!”

“That’s right! Even if you want to make a TV drama, you don’t have to come to our FlyNews to make it. Our FlyNews headquarters does not provide venues.”

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“It really disgusts me terribly. Is the Shen family of Shanghai really of this quality? Where is it reasonable to force victims to accept an apology in this world? So, what, if we don’t accept your apology, then the Shen family plans to suppress others with force?”

“It’s a good thing our boss is not an ordinary person. If it was an ordinary person in his place they would not even be able to talk about their injustices after being bullied like this by you!”

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Since Tao Mu appeared in the eyes of many netizens, he had always left the public with a positive impression——handsome, talented, approachable, young and promising.

Now suddenly, more than a dozen media jointly reported that Tao Mu had been an MB before. The first reaction of most netizens was to disbelieve. Especially many female fans who fantasized about Tao Mu as their ideal boyfriend.  While not believing the gossip media, they also fiercely refuted them on the Internet with an attitude of fierceness.

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“Oh please, our Mu Mu is only 18 years old this year. I found out that his birthday is on July 7th, and he has just become legal for three months. Actually saying that our Mu Mu is a nightclub MB, it’s really laughable. Which nightclub will use child labor as MB? Do you really think the law is just a piece of paper?”

“Our Mu Mu can create FlyNews at the age of eighteen. With such talent, why be an MB. It’s more believable that he is an MB’s bankroller.”

“The one above, with our Mu Mu’s looks, would he even need to pay for the attention of someone he is interested in? All he needs to do is open his mouth and there will be countless girls swarming over, okay?”

“Agreed. It is absolutely impossible for our Mu Mu to do that kind of thing!”

“I don’t believe that Mu Mu is that kind of person.”

Those who trusted Tao Mu fiercely supported him. Naturally, there were also people who did not believe Tao Mu and thought that so many newspapers and weekly magazines would not work together to lie and deceive the public.

“Still feels like there is a bit of a problem here. As the saying goes, there can be no waves without wind. If there is really no such thing, would so many media wrong a person who has no grievances with them.”

“The newspaper also published photos of Tao Mu entering and leaving Night. I know that this nightclub is arguably one of the largest nightclubs in Beijing, and it is even a chain store. There are also branch clubs in Workers’ Sports Complex Rd, Houhai, Sanlitun, and Yayuncun Subdistrict. They do provide that kind of service inside.”

“But isn’t Night’s boss Tao Mu’s brother? This is what Tao Mu said himself.”

“Isn’t Tao Mu an orphan? Where did this brother come from? Besides, Night’s boss is almost forty years old. It is even possible to say that he is Tao Mu’s father. Is your information reliable?”

“The information from the one above seems to be very abundant. What else do you know, why don’t you tell us all of it?”

“The boss of Night is called Liu Yao. When Tao Mu came to Beijing Film to report, it was this Liu Yao who drove Tao Mu over. Tao Mu called him brother.”

“What brother? The way I see it, he’s likely his bankroller. I always found it strange that an 18 year old boy who just went to college and is also said to be an orphan could have the money to create FlyNews and Bullet Screen Network. Even if he is that talented, do people really think it costs no money to rent a server or a villa? Where did he get so much money as an orphan! Maybe he was being kept by someone!”

There has never been a lack of people with dark thoughts and conspiracy theories in this world, and people who liked to make conjectures of other people using the greatest malice. Especially as during these few months, Tao Mu not only created FlyNews and launched the Bullet Screen Network. But also developed a rich network of social connections and could even interact with other industry leaders like Weibo’s CEO on an even level. It could be said that the limelight was all shining on him alone.

Everyone was around the same age, so how come you are so outstanding and so able to cause a stir?

No one in this world could win the love of the whole world. Tao Mu’s sudden spectacular appearance attracted the attention of many people in a short period of time. Among these people, some liked him, and naturally there were also some people who thought he was not pleasing to the eye. This mental state probably originated from envy, jealousy and hatred. It was just that there was no chance to vent previously, but now having latched onto a seeming weakness, all of them were buzzing around like flies that smelled something dirty.

“It’s disgusting. I really thought he was relying on talent, but I didn’t expect him to rely on selling himself.”

“Maybe FlyNews and the Bullet Screen Network were not created by him either. Maybe the two websites were given to him for having served his bankroller well.”

“Disappointed, I didn’t expect that the person I like would be this kind of person.”

“And every day it was like I was caught in some kind of spell, pulling people around me to sign up for FlyNews. Thinking about it now, it’s really not worth it at all. Saying if the users exceed 100 million, you will crossdress and dance to celebrate. Why don’t you just strip dance instead, maybe the gimmick will be even bigger.”

“It’s disgusting to me. I have cancelled my FlyNews account. Using Weibo from now on.”

In just one day, more than tens of thousands of netizens deregistered from FlyNews under the deliberate instigation of certain people with motives. There were hundreds of thousands of netizens’ messages under Tao Mu’s FlyNews page. Some believed him and supported him, some asked for an explanation, and some cursed and vilified him. Even the ongoing national school beauty and hunk selection contest had become affected.

Some netizens rushed to the official account of the program crew to comment ugly things like the program crew was not selecting the school beauty and school hunk, but to select national male hosts and hostesses——”Will the selected school beauty and hunk be picking up customers at Night?”

The cacophony of the situation was getting bigger and bigger, and more and more sensational. The parents and family members of some contestants also called to ask what was going on. Some people no longer trusted Tao Mu and FlyNews, and directly informed their children to go home over the phone. Many contestants were affected and found the program crew to drop out of the contest.

Among these hesitant contestants, Shen Yu, who had been jumping around and making his existence known, attracted everyone’s attention——

“Don’t talk about Mu Mu like this. Mu Mu will be sad. He is a particularly nice person. He certainly wouldn’t be an MB. He just worked in a nightclub. As an orphan growing up in an orphanage without a father or mother, is it wrong to support himself by working and earning money himself? Is it his own choice to not have a good family background?”

“Do you know how hard Mu Mu works? He is very talented, can sing and dance and his martial arts and acting are very good. He was a body double for me back in H Town. Our director even said that his acting skills are much better than mine. He also acted as a body double for Wang Boyuan in the crew of “Faraway Jianghu”. In some shots, even Wang Boyuan did not give people a better feeling than him. This was even personally acknowledged by Director Cheng Baodong and Wang Boyuan himself. Director Cheng Baodong also said that Mu Mu’s acting style is particularly similar to that of film emperor Yan Sheng.”

“Mu Mu is so talented but because he is an orphan and has no background and no backing do you know that he suffered a lot in H Town? When he was in our crew, he was given a lot of trouble by the investor…..He clearly entered “The Legend of Heroes” crew, and even the contract was signed only to be kicked away in the last minute…..I forbid you to speak about Mu Mu that way…..”

“Moreover, Tao Mu has money himself. He doesn’t need to find a bankroller. Do you know how much he made on the stock market in July this year? The market is so unstable right now that even my brother has lost a lot. But Tao Mu’s rate of return exceeded seven/eight times.”

There was a characteristic to Shen Yu’s speech, that was, he particularly liked to find comparisons. In the eyes of others this was praising one while stepping on the other. And the end result was that the happier he jumped and tossed around, the more people hated Tao Mu. Even fans of Wang Boyuan and Yan Sheng, who had no feelings about this incident, developed an extremely repulsed attitude towards Tao Mu because of Shen Yu’s remarks.

“Just how much benefit did he receive from Tao Mu to say such a thing without even feeling guilty! Just look at these words. Putting aside the question of Tao Mu’s handsome looks and talent, I also don’t know whether he is good at stocks. But just on the matter of acting, saying that a freshman who has just entered university and has taken classes for just a few days is actually better than Wang Boyuan in acting…..damn, even Yan Sheng didn’t dare to brag like that back then!”

“It’s almost the same. Didn’t you see that he dared to boast that Tao Mu’s acting skills are comparable to Yan Sheng? I just want to know, towards what Shen Yu said, do Cheng Baodong, Wang Boyuan, and Yan Sheng know this?”

A group of netizens @ Cheng Baodong, Wang Boyuan and Yan Sheng.

“Say, if he wants to flatter Tao Mu, then just flatter Tao Mu. He actually dared to step on Wang Boyuan and Yan Sheng, is his head flooded with water or what?”

Some netizens also found suspicious points with sharp-eyes: “Ai, did you notice? Shen Yu is saying that he and Tao Mu had known each other before? I knew something was wrong. This Shen Yu had a strong sense of presence during the recording of the show. I always felt that he had more shots than others and his scenes stretched a long time. And he can even show his face when shooting other people’s scenes. Do you think the crew knew that he had a good relationship with Tao Mu and so deliberately took care of him and gave him more shots?”

“Isn’t that too unfair?”

“I wanted to say this a long time ago. This Shen Yu is really annoying to me. Don’t even know where he even came from, feeling very good about himself and always wanting others to praise him and listen to him. He’s clearly a guy but everyday he goes about acting cute and coquettish everywhere. And also shamelessly squeezing into the screen no matter who is being recorded, crying for 20 minutes straight when stretching out the leg for dance practice, and screaming at a high Pavarotti tenor whenever he sees a bug. Isn’t this too damn sissy?”

“He’s just like a pug. Other than fawning and being a lapdog he can’t do anything else!”

This immediately provoked Shen Yu’s fans. Tao Mu had known from his last life that Shen Yu’s fans were particularly powerful, and all of them were that kind of mindless protective mama fans. It was fine that fans of Wang Boyuan and Yan Sheng despised Tao Mu, but daring to mock Shen Yu was unforgivable! These fans immediately could not take it. First, under Shen Yu’s FlyNews page, all the fans of Wang Boyuan and Yan Sheng were scolded, scolding them so badly that the two groups of fans had to withdraw from FlyNews. And even that was not enough, they even went to the forums dedicated to Yan Sheng and Wang Boyuan (both did not register a Weibo or FlyNews account because of their different celebrity image route). The fighting power of such a small group of fans actually succeeded in overrunning the forums of two famous movie stars and A-list superstars. Instantly, even the netizens and the entertainment media were shocked.

Many people’s attention immediately shifted from FlyNews and Tao Mu to Shen Yu’s side.

During this period, Tao Mu made no response at all. He only had FlyNews’ employees take a count of the losses suffered by FlyNews and Bullet Screen starting from when the dozen media outlets first released the black material as well as take screenshots of netizens’ remarks on the Internet. After collecting all the materials he directly hired a lawyer to sue the other side.

However, what Tao Mu did not expect was that Liu Yao’s actions were actually one step faster than his. Liu Yao not only sued more than a dozen media outlets that slandered Night and Tao Mu, he also sued Yuxiao Media, who was behind it all. He also directly posted the evidence of how Yao Wenxiao hired private investigators to invade the privacy of Night, and how he spent money to bribe more than a dozen media outlets to discredit Tao Mu onto FlyNews.

——As early as Tao Mu told him of the problem of Yao Wenxiao and Shen Yu, Liu Yao and Meng Qi had begun to make preparations. Liu Yao sent his subordinates to follow Yao Wenxiao 24 hours a day, and at the same time contacted Beijing’s most powerful financial lawyer to be ready for a lawsuit at all times.

During the consultation, the lawyer also mentioned that when the average artist sued the media, even if they won the case, they could only get a symbolic compensation. Whereas those media used artist consumption to gain great publicity and attention for themselves. Even if they published an apology in the end, the loss of face was not comparable to the profits gained.

Besides, Tao Mu would definitely become an actor and enter the entertainment circle in the future. If his relationship with the media was too frigid, it would not be a good thing.

However, Liu Yao and Meng Qi were confident that with Tao Mu’s ability, even if he entered the entertainment circle in the future, he would certainly not be constrained by these unscrupulous media. They insisted that the lawyer find a way to come up with a plan, in case there really was unscrupulous media planning to frame Tao Mu in the future, and to teach those gossip mongering media a heavy lesson. Liu Yao also promised that if the lawyer could satisfy their requests, he was willing to give one million yuan as payment.

Under such a heavy reward, the lawyer was also willing to work hard. It took a little half a month to investigate the law and past cases, and finally come up with a way. So half a month later, when Yao Wenxiao really joined with more than a dozen media to spread rumors and slander Tao Mu and Night, the well-prepared boss Liu, on the advice of the lawyer, directly sued for defamation, unfair competition, corporate spying, illegal use of Tao Mu’s own portrait rights and the Night’s trademark to obtain huge profits, bringing a dozen media outlets to court together with Yuxiao Media.

——If the case was won, it was visually estimated that these dozens of media outlets would have to apply for bankruptcy to get out.

As for Yuxiao Media, the situation would not be as miserable. After all, Yuxiao Media was backed by Sheng’an Group, which has deep pockets!

At the same time, Shen Yu, who had been fighting on the front line, realized that the reason why Tao Mu, the one he most wanted to befriend, was so miserable was because of his best friend.

“How could you do this!” The extremely shocked Shen Yu ran back to the hotel regardless of the shooting and blocked in front of Yao Wenxiao, who was currently in hot waters: “You knew that I really wanted to make friends with Tao Mu. Why did you hurt him like this? Don’t you know that after you did this Tao Mu will definitely not forgive me. Why must you do this?”

Yao Wenxiao looked at Shen Yu with a crumpled expression. He didn’t expect that his every move had been under Liu Yao’s eyes. Now Liu Yao was taking him to court with those media outlets, and with evidence that was extremely conclusive. The situation having become so big, Yao Wenxiao’s own strength was definitely not enough to take care of this matter. But if he asked for help from his family, he would definitely disappoint his grandfather. At that time, he would become another step farther away from the position of heir to the Sheng’an Group. After all, he was not the only grandson in the Yao family.

What made Yao Wenxiao feel aggrieved even more was that at this critical juncture, Shen Yu actually came to blame him: “You blame me? You look at those photos of Liu Yao uploaded online, we have been under their watch since we entered Beijing. That Tao Mu don’t believe you at all and that’s why he sent someone to keep a watch on me. You want to make friends with him, but does he even care a whit about you? And you actually still blame me for him now. Is your brain flooded with water?”

Shen Yu looked at Yao Wenxiao with great shock: “You are yelling at me?”

“You are actually yelling at me?”

“It is clearly you who did the wrong thing. How dare you scold me for having a flooded brain? Why are you like this?”

“I——” Looking at Shen Yu’s big clear eyes which revealed his grief, Yao Wenxiao’s fire was  immediately extinguished. Stepping forward and holding Shen Yu’s shoulder he said: “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it. I was just too anxious.”

Yao Wenxiao paused, and once again wanted to place the blame on Tao Mu: “It was all his fault. If they hadn’t deliberately set a trap for me and found someone to keep a watch on me, things wouldn’t have developed to the way it is now. That Tao Mu, he didn’t like us from the beginning. He was deliberately manipulating us. Xiao Yu, you don’t know, I’m in a very difficult situation now. Liu Yao and Tao Mu got the evidence that I had bribed those media outlets and sued me. If the lawsuit is lost, it will be over for me and Yuxiao Media.”

“Then why did you do it?” Shen Yu looked at Yao Wenxiao dazedly: “If you didn’t target Mu Mu, didn’t discredit him, didn’t deliberately break the news about his working in Night and twisted the truth, he wouldn’t have sued you either.”

“Aren’t I doing this for you?” Yao Wenxiao blurted out: “You always care about that surnamed Tao, I am jealous. And I always feel that he will hurt you in the future.”

“But you still can’t be like this! It’s wrong to hurt others.” Shen Yu blinked his eyes, but he still felt distressed for his childhood friend: “How about you apologize to Tao Mu. Just say that you are wrong. Go and beg him and let him forgive you this time, ok?”

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“I will never beg him!” Yao Wenxiao was instantly furious: “I, Yao Wenxiao, will beg anyone but him.”

“But if you don’t beg him and lose the lawsuit, you will lose everything!” Shen Yu blinked his eyes: “You are not afraid of making your grandfather so angry that he’ll take away your heir rights?”

Yao Wenxiao: “…..”

Shen Yu sighed softly: “Forget it, if you don’t want to beg him then let me beg him for you.”

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“Crossdress! Crossdress! Crossdress!” The group of contestants and four mentors clapped and heckled. The cameraman also came with the camera and took close-ups of Tao Mu’s face as if it didn’t cost any money.

Tao Mu looked at Du Kang with some exasperation. Du Kang chuckled gleefully and shrank back behind Wen Bao, doing good deeds and hiding it deeply——but with his 1.9m height, hiding behind Wen Bao’s 1.75m height was no different from not hiding at all.

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The school beauty selected by Beijing Film was Xu Yingying from class 01 of the junior year of the acting department. She still remembered Tao Mu’s talent for photography during military training so she smiled and jokingly said: “I have to tell you guys, Tao Mu is not only good-looking, but also very good at photography and makeup. I think if he dresses up in women’s clothing, he won’t even need a makeup artist to put makeup on him, he can take care of the styling perfectly and without problem.”

After a brief pause, Xu Yingying deliberately said: “I asked Tao Mu to help me take the art photos when I was doing my resume. It was very beautiful. The military training photos used during the preselection for the national school beauty and hunk competition by the girls of Beijing Film’s ’08 class were all taken with Tao Mu’s help.”

Listening to what Xu Yingying said, many contestants immediately recalled the various military training uniform photos uploaded by Beijing Film students when FlyNews was just launched. Many people were very curious at the time. But they also felt that the photos were very beautiful and gave off a unique aura. Later, the scope of the selection of school beauty and hunk was expanded, and many Beijing Film girls also changed to artistic photos. But in contrast, they actually did not leave a greater impression than those previous military uniform photos that lacked any makeup done.

They really didn’t expect that these photos were taken with Tao Mu’s help.

The female contestants who originally didn’t know now looked at Tao Mu with brighter eyes. If it was a woman’s nature to love beauty, then Tao Mu, who could take beautiful pictures, must be the type of boyfriend that all girls aspire to find——handsome, talented, good personality, rich, and could take beautiful pictures of his girlfriend.

At that moment, a male contestant asked Gu Xun: “Did Tao Mu take your photos for you?”

Gu Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head with a grievous expression on his face: “No. Tao Mu only takes pictures of girls, and they must be beautiful girls. Big grown men like us can forget it.”

One remark and the contestants bursted into laughter once again. Everyone clapped their hands and heckled, deliberately making weird “yo yo” sounds to tease Tao Mu.

Tao Mu had a helpless expression on his face as he raised his hands to defend himself: “Slander, absolute slander. Who says I don’t take pictures of boys? The key is that no boys asked me to. It’s not like I can take the initiative myself, right?”

Tao Mu felt he was very justified, only to be refuted back by Gu Xun: “Then how can you take the initiative to look for female classmates with your camera?”

“Acknowledge it. You are a gals before pals person. Your dorm’s classmate Du Kang has already told us all about it.”

Tao Mu turned his head abruptly, staring at Du Kang with piercing eyes. Du Kang looked up at the sky with an innocent look. Suddenly someone pulled the topic back on track: “Ai, don’t let Tao Mu lead you by the nose. Weren’t we talking about Crossdressing!”

“That’s right!” The words reminded everyone, and everyone clapped their hands again and heckled: “Crossdress! Crossdress! Crossdress!”

“Fine! Fine! Fine!” Tao Mu interrupted the contestants. Just when everyone thought Tao Mu was about to surrender, they heard Tao Mu outrageously saying, “Today is everyone’s rehearsal and it won’t be good for me to steal the show. Then how about this. When the number of registered users on FlyNews exceeds 100 million, I will wear women’s clothing and dance for everyone, okay?”

“No!” The contestants screamed and expressed their disapproval.

A school hunk from a 985 science and technology university said loudly: “According to the “Statistical Report on the Development of the Internet in China”, in 2008, the number of people who use the Internet in China as a whole is less than 230 million. You are clearly acting shamelessly.”

Worthy of being a top student from the 985 science and technology university, reciting statistics and providing evidence with just an open of the mouth. When this bunch of boys and girls heard this, the heckling became more and more fierce.

Tao Mu was forced into helplessness, so he could only put his hands together cutely to beg for mercy: “Come on. We young people should have some expectations for the future, don’t we? Anyway, I have given the conditions, and whether or not you can see my crossdress dance performance, it’ll depend on the sincerity of all Chinese netizens.”

“So it’s happily decided then!”

Tao Mu fled amidst the wailing of all the contestants and mentors. But he didn’t know that this small episode was quickly edited by the unscrupulous post-production group into the rehearsal footage and uploaded to FlyNews in one fell swoop. Moreover, it was even marked in bold!

The melon-eating netizens who saw this video all went crazy. As if they had been injected with chicken blood, they began urging their classmates, friends, colleagues, and family members to sign up for FlyNews. Then they took screenshots of the new accounts they worked hard to bring in and posted them on FlyNews, continuously @-ing Tao Mu and even including a line of limerick they came up with——Tao Mu must not only crossdress and dance, he must also take my photo stance.

Netizens’ trend following characteristic had already shown itself as early as the National Day military uniform celebration. Coming across such a fun thing, of course they would not miss it. So one by one, they all became the tap water of FlyNews, lobbying people around them to register for FlyNews accounts while offline, and then upload screenshots and attach a line of limerick. (TN: Chinese word for ‘lobby’ sounds the same as ‘tap water’)

In addition, celebrity artists who had already registered for FlyNews accounts, and school beauty and school hunk contestants also used their FlyNews accounts to urge fans to bring in new users. So in order to attract users, some fans posted on various message boards, forums, and campus websites. These children, who were on average between 14 and 20 years old, don’t know the difficulties of the world. They only heard a contestant saying in the video that the people on the Internet in 2008 China numbered 230 million.

So they thought: Then wouldn’t I just need to bring in less than half of the people to complete the request of FlyNews’ CEO in order to see Tao Mu dancing in women’s clothing with my own eyes? !

Adhering to such a simple mindset, these children began to jump actively around. Because the initial audience for FlyNews was students from various colleges and universities. Therefore, the initial registration mechanism stipulated by FlyNews was based on a system for identifying users——one must register with one’s student ID or mobile phone number. This decision was originally made to ensure the fairness of the voting. But in fact, one mobile phone number could register ten accounts. However, most netizens did not know this rule, or had never noticed it.

As a result, a lot of netizens also had a set mind-set when they pulled people offline, those people they pulled into FlyNews were all real registered users. When these newly registered netizens were drawn in, they all joined in the fun and followed the trend, adding their own effort to this publicity event.

Soon, this incident inexplicably turned into an Internet event. Almost all Chinese netizens joined this carnival. They watched the number of registered users of FlyNews increase from the original couple hundred thousands little by little, 200,000, 300,000, 400,000…..breaking one million…..breaking two million…..

In the end, even the news media got wind of this and began to publish articles to discuss the phenomenon of Internet carnival caused by FlyNews. There were even authoritative financial magazines and Internet magazines commenting that FlyNews’ blowout user growth was “unbelievable” and “spectacular”, and could be included in textbooks’ “classic marketing cases”.

As the group of netizens entertained themselves, they also suddenly developed a “simulation game” type of pleasure and accomplishment.

It was us who created this “miracle” spoken of in the industry. FlyNews being able to exceed tens of millions of registered users within just a few months of its launch was all thanks to us. There were even attentive netizens who remembered that the one millionth user of FlyNews, the ten millionth user of FlyNews was absolutely someone I had brought over.

There was a saying in consumer psychology that once consumers developed a special attitude towards a consumer platform, they could easily become loyal users of this consumer platform. And in a market economy, customer loyalty meant strong purchasing power.

It was just that this kind of customer loyalty was difficult to cultivate. Many big brands and companies that had been established for decades or even over a hundred years were trying their best to find and maintain such a customer loyalty base. FlyNews, which had only been online for a few months, actually managed to easily achieve this——of course, under the continuous shameless operation of a certain founder.

So, besides Tao Mu’s main job as an actor, his marketing talent was the first to attract the attention of the outside world.

For example, the Weibo platform that had always been paying attention to Tao Mu was the most dumbfounded——because of Tao Mu’s outrageous yet brilliant crossdance dance performance incentive plan, all netizens’ attention was once again attracted by FlyNews. In this extreme carnival mode, there simply were no people paying attention to the big event of “all Weibo employees taking over FlyNews” that was elaborately planned by the Weibo platform. The big news of Weibo’s CEO personally registering on FlyNews was like a drop of water dispersing into the sea under this frantic user recruiting mode that all netizens had fallen under. Even if it caused a slight ripple, it soon disappeared in the storm of the Internet carnival.

As a result, Gao Yonghuai couldn’t help but sigh at Tao Mu’s marketing methods once again. And also deepening his mentality to have a good relationship with FlyNews and Tao Mu himself once again.

But these were all things to follow. Now, all netizens were trying their best to pull people to FlyNews, all waiting to see Tao Mu, the young CEO who created FlyNews, to crossdress and dance after the website exceeded 100 million registered users.

Tao Mu didn’t expect that just a simple remark would cause such a big response on the Internet. Sighing with feeling, he looked at Yun Yi who was sitting in front of him with a smile. He was indeed worthy of being China’s richest man in the future, just a casual gesture from him could cause such a bloody storm——

That’s right, this time the publicity plan of “China’s Netizens Uniting to Join FlyNews, Just Waiting To Watch Tao Mu Crossdress” was planned and launched by bigshot Yun. It had to be said, he really had the potential of being China’s richest man in the future. Just a small test drive could become a classic marketing case sought after by the industry. Sure enough, excellent talents were excellent talents no matter what position they were in.

“That’s also because of your good cooperation.” Following Tao Mu’s overflowing praise, Yun Yi also entered the mutual praising mode with a smile: “If you were not so handsome, able to create FlyNews at such a young age and also willing to play around, possessing none of the airs of a domineering CEO at all. It is estimated that those netizens will not so sincerely solicit users for FlyNews.”

“So the top priority now is to find a way to reward everyone.” Tao Mu touched his chin, putting the crossdressing thing aside. It was not that he had any resistance to wearing women’s clothing and dancing. In fact, as an actor, Tao Mu had played all kinds of roles in his previous life, and dancing in women’s clothing was simply child’s play for him. It was just that having already said that, Tao Mu could not give the reward in advance before the number of registered users on FlyNews exceeded 100 million.

Besides, the netizens had worked so hard to help him and just a video of him dancing in crossdress could not express Tao Mu’s gratitude at all.

“Then what are you planning to do?” Yun Yi asked with a smile. He knew that his collaborator had always had many interesting ideas.

“Don’t worry, I have already prepared it a long time ago.” Tao Mu raised an eyebrow at Yun Yi and smiled. It wouldn’t be too troublesome, he just had to activate some of his development plans for FlyNews in advance.

That afternoon, Tao Mu met with Luo Xi and Long Tianao again to prepare to discuss with the two of FlyNews’ desire to purchase the copyrights of the two major entertainment companies’ backlogs of movies and TV dramas.

In 2008, the Internet had not developed as fast as in the later years, and copyright awareness was not high. Therefore, the movies and TV dramas produced by major film and television companies, other than being broadcasted on the TV station during a certain period of time, were all stored in the warehouse the rest of the time.

What Tao Mu wanted to do was to discuss with Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment on buying the copyright of these dust collecting movies and TV dramas, and broadcast them on the website for free.

“I have no problem here.” Luo Xi said immediately. Under Tao Mu’s guidance, she earned a lot of money in the international crude oil market. Within the company, she was trusted and seen positively by even more shareholders, and her authority was increasing day by day. Even if it was just to reciprocate the favor, Luo Xi would not refuse Tao Mu’s request. If it was not for the fact that she might not be able to explain it to the upper management, Luo Xi even wanted to give away all the films and dramas of Longteng Entertainment to FlyNews for free——anyway, it would just collect dust in the warehouse otherwise.

Long Tianao’s thinking was similar to Luo Xi’s. Because he strongly advocated that Summer Star Entertainment artists should register on FlyNews. At first, everyone didn’t care all too much, they mainly agreed to make the young master happy. But with the continuous shameless operations from FlyNews, those celebrity artists who were willing to register on FlyNews——especially those who were very active on taking everyday photos and engaging with fans and netizens, unexpectedly received unprecedented attention on the Internet. Even their recognition among the public had increased.

Especially those two mentors who could not reject Long Tianao’s request to join the competition. They were originally only C-list idol singers, the kind that no one cared about during commercial performances. But now just walking on the streets they could be recognized by passersby and be chased after for autographs and group photos. Even fans of other contestants came to cheer them on during commercial performances.

One must know that in the entertainment industry, the attention received by artists was directly linked to their interests and the future of their career. This change immediately attracted the attention of interested people. There were even celebrity agents starting to contact FlyNews, wanting their stars to serve as special guests on the national school beauty and hunk selection contest.

Even the companies, Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment themselves came to be noticed by many netizens because of the free sponsor name attached in front of the program. Some netizens who were interested in becoming celebrities and joining the entertainment circle even found their way to the official FlyNews accounts of Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment and asked how to become a celebrity artist.

This kind of thing happened frequently, bringing different degrees of benefits to both the company and the artists. Long Tianao, who had previously been a force to urge artists to join FlyNews, immediately became a “prescient” talent and  also received more regard in the company.

It was precisely because of this that Long Tianao’s position and influence in Summer Star Entertainment increased significantly. So now answering Tao Mu’s words, he was more confident and more decisive than before.

Sure enough, as the two rich second-generation classmates returned to their respective companies and discussed it with everyone. The company executives who had tasted the benefits from earlier immediately agreed to Tao Mu’s request for cooperation. Luo Xi was the most ruthless, and directly proposed to package all the film sources of Longteng Entertainment to Tao Mu at the cheap cabbage price of one million yuan.

Fortunately, Tao Mu was not the kind of person who killed chickens to get the eggs and only ate meat by himself without even letting his business partner have soup. He resolutely opposed Luo Xi’s proposal, and the final clause was one million yuan plus 10% of the advertising fee as a share to purchase the network broadcast rights of all of Longteng Entertainment’s film sources. The contract period was five years.

Summer Star Entertainment’s conditions were the same.

Then, Tao Mu returned to FlyNews with all the film sources of the two major film and television companies. He ploaded all videos directly to the Bullet Screen Network, and then added an enlistment of advertising companies at the beginning of the videos.

Netizens who had already fallen into the “hot-blooded event of pulling people” mode were caught off guard, hit on their heads by a large number of classic film and television dramas. It was such a delightful surprise that they simply ignored Tao Mu’s subtitles in the opening of the videos, and enthusiastically clicked into the video they wanted to watch, even forgetting about pulling more people.

The number of registered users of FlyNews which had been in a blowout state finally slowed down. Many competitors or industry colleagues who had been paying attention to the growth momentum of FlyNews shook their heads, feeling that Tao Mu was too young and didn’t know how to grasp such a good opportunity. Actually, giving out benefits himself and affecting the enthusiasm of netizens to attract more users.

Tao Mu didn’t mind at all. He always thought that it was meaningless for just himself to be happy and profitable, believing that everyone should have fun together. As the saying went “it is much more joyful to share the joy than enjoy alone”. The wisdom of the ancestors was always right in the end.

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After uploading all the videos, Tao Mu, who settled down to wait for the advertising companies to jump into his trap themselves, didn’t know that while he patiently waited for money to fly in, Yao Wenxiao, who had been hiring private investigators to investigate him, finally found his “black material.” And was currently making preparations to sharpen the sword and make a big move.

A storm of public revelation that “the founder of FlyNews turned out to be a nightclub MB” broke the news jointly by more than a dozen paper and television media. At this time when the development of FlyNews was in full swing, it was like a pot of cold water being poured on hot oil.

Suddenly stirring up a huge wave.

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“What the hell are you doing? Didn’t you say that Weibo will expose the black material of Tao Mu and FlyNews with Yuxiao Media? Why are you doing publicity stunts with FlyNews behind my back?”

Early in the morning, Yao Wenxiao broke into the CEO’s office at Weibo headquarters in anger, regardless of the secretary’s obstruction, and questioned loudly.

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“Mr. Gao, Manager Pei, I’m really sorry. Because Mr. Yao is the company’s future business partner, I don’t dare to stop…..” The newly recruited secretary girl looked at Gao Yonghuai and Pei Yirong with embarrassment, and tried to justify her dereliction of duty.

Gao Yonghuai, who was talking to the publicity director Pei Yirong about the success of yesterday’s publicity effect and preparing to continue with another wave, paused slightly before waving his hand to signal the secretary to leave first. Then, with a slightly curious look he focused on the young CEO of Yuxiao Media, who was in front of him.

Mr. Gao did not understand why Yao Wenxiao was so angry.

“Mr. Yao, I think you may have misunderstood.” In the face of Yao Wenxiao, who was more than a decade younger than himself, Mr. Gao behaved very patiently: “The Weibo platform is a service-oriented social networking site, not a gossip weekly. We need to promote ourselves. Only better publicity plans can let more netizens know about Weibo, use Weibo, and get used to Weibo. Therefore, all the publicity policies of the Weibo platform are carried out around this theme.”

Gao Yonghuai tactfully and firmly dismissed Yao Wenxiao’s ridiculous betrayal theory. Yao Wenxiao choked for a while, and his anger became more and more explosive: “But when we negotiated cooperation yesterday, you didn’t say that. Mr. Gao, one must stick to his words.”

Even though Gao Yonghuai’s self-possession was quite deep, he still almost laughed in amusement at Yao Wenxiao’s accusations. Pei Yirong, who stood on the side, was also quite speechless.

“Mr. Yao,” Pei Yirong’s temper was not as good as his boss, and he pointed out Yao Wenxiao’s impractical thoughts very straightforwardly: “Business is not fighting a war, even if it is a competitor, there is no need to go overboard. Not to mention that it is less than a month since FlyNews’ establishment and its founder is also just an 18-year-old college student who just entered college. You are deliberately looking for the black material of this kind of person but even if you find it, so what? This is the business field, and everyone only values ability. As long as the other party does not commit murder or arsonry, any black material on immoral behavior is irrelevant.”

What was more, based on Pei Yirong’s understanding of FlyNews and Tao Mu, the other might not actually even have any black material that could count as a career killing scandal. Could Yao Wenxiao have been in the entertainment and media business for too long of a time, so his mind had also become muddled and that was why he brought the same kind of method used against celebrities to the business field——what did he even think was market competition? Just a bunch of small stars discrediting each other in order to compete for roles and endorsements, therefore continuously exposing black materials and splashing dirty water?

“The nature of market competition depends on core competitiveness. If Weibo itself is not attractive, even if FlyNews can be discredited this time, FlyNews or other social platforms will continue to emerge in the future. As long as the market economy is in charge, there will always be many competitors like this.”

Pei Yirong also said a few more words of advice for Yao Wenxiao’s sake. Unfortunately, Yao Wenxiao’s response was very disappointing.

“I don’t care about other websites or other social platforms. I must destroy FlyNews, and destroy Tao Mu.” Yao Wenxiao said with certainty. However, he was also a person who had received nine years of compulsory education plus four years of university. As his anger value cooled slightly, he also slowly calmed down. He suddenly realized that he shouldn’t have broken into Gao Yonghuai’s office so recklessly.

“I’m very sorry, Mr. Gao.” Yao Wenxiao returned to his senses and quickly apologized to Gao Yonghuai: “I have some personal grievances with Tao Mu. This time I was too blinded by my own private grievances. Sorry to have made you laugh at this.”

“Young people, it is inevitable that they are reckless once in a while.” Gao Yonghuai smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn’t mind.

After Yao Wenxiao repeatedly apologized, he left with a grimace. It seemed that the interactive promotion of the Weibo platform and FlyNews still left a trace of grudge in Yao Wenxiao’s heart.

Watching Yao Wenxiao’s striding back, Pei Yirong suddenly laughed and shook his head: “It is said that this CEO Yao is actually a famous young talent in Shanghai. Now it seems that either there is no one in Shanghai or the talent of this young CEO of Yuxiao Media is questionable.”

“At any rate, he is still the favorite grandson of the chairman of Sheng’an Group. Even if it’s for the face of Chairman Yao, everyone has to treat him courteously.” Anyway, it was not like it cost money to praise him as a young talent.

Gao Yonghuai slowly picked up his chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea, and did not directly answer the words of his confidante, but his attitude was fully revealed in their discussion: “What are you going to do next?”

Pei Yirong returned to his senses in an instant, remembering the serious business interrupted by Yao Wenxiao, and immediately said: “Next, I am going to let all the employees of Weibo sign up at FlyNews, and then unify the copywriting to help Weibo advertise on FlyNews——didn’t that little CEO Tao say that FlyNews is a principled social platform and will never block netizens’ comments for no reason. We must give him a chance to prove himself.”

Gao Yonghuai was immediately amused by this strategic move from his confidante: “Not bad, young people really need more opportunities to prove themselves. Well, as a senior in this industry, I will give him this opportunity first.”

“Help me sign up for a FlyNews account. By the way, apply for a V as well. I will personally make this advertisement.” Then Gao Yonghuai also kindly expressed that he was just giving young people a chance to prove themselves——actually shamelessly posting this remark on FlyNews. He also changed the slogan of his website——Weibo, a social networking site willing to give young people opportunities.

Pei Yirong laughed loudly: “I wonder how this little CEO Tao will feel after seeing the response from our Weibo platform?”

Gao Yonghuai smiled and said, “You will know if you call and ask.”

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On the other side, the young CEO of FlyNews still had yet to know how two old, cunning foxes resolved his advertising slogan.

Because the production team of “National School Beauty and Hunk” was filming in the Beijing Film’s practice studio, Tao Mu went back to school with his three roommates after driving lessons in the morning. Wen Bao and the others also convinced him to visit the shooting team.

But they couldn’t go visit the set empty-handed. So after making some preparations, the young Mr. CEO and three roommates pushed open the door of one of the Beijing Film practice rooms. Seeing that everyone happened to be taking a break, he shouted: “Everyone has worked hard. Come over, I’ll treat you to the classic product launched by the world’s top 500 companies. Let everyone enjoy and relax a bit.”

The tone and words were so impressive that the instructors and contestants participating in the recording gathered around to take a look——Tao Mu and his three roommates held large buckets of fried chicken wings with french fries in their hands. The yellow paper bag was also printed with the classic logo of that amiable old man with a white beard.

The world’s top 500 companies——KFC; classic product——fries and fried chicken wings. Each word was particularly true, whether it was from data analysis or market research, there was nothing wrong with this statement.

But why did they want to punch a certain someone?

Originally, they had felt very moved, thinking that the benefits of FlyNews were particularly good. Of course, the benefits of FlyNews were indeed good. But with the boss Tao Mu being mischievous and playing pranks on them again and again, no one could stand it!

Entrusted by Tao Mu, Yun Yi, who had been following along with the filming, came over at this time. Looking at the takeaway bag in Tao Mu’s hand, he said helplessly, “Does being mischievous make you that happy?”

This remark was something Tao Mu often spoke. At this moment, the remark being used on himself, Tao Mu couldn’t help but chuckle. He put the takeaway on the table and clapped his hands: “Everyone has worked hard, come and eat.”

The handsome appearance with electrifying eyes was practically enough to shoot an ad for KFC.

Even though Tao Mu had already had a face-to-face meeting with everyone on the night of their reporting in, the contestants and some of the mentors present were still shocked by the attractive value and age of the CEO of FlyNews.

At such a young age, with such handsome looks, and even creating such an amazing social networking site as FlyNews which would always stir up a storm of attention and discussion on the Internet every time they did publicity. This kind of person who could just succeed with his appearance alone but just had to speak with talent was simply irresistible.

So Tao Mu only just appeared at the recording site and was immediately surrounded by a group of mentors and contestants. The four mentors mainly took into account Tao Mu’s friendship with their company’s senior management, and reflexively wanted to show goodwill to Tao Mu. The contestants’ mindset was much simpler. Everyone was a college student and around the same age. Back in school, they usually also liked to hang out with classmates who were good looking, playful and had good personalities. So coupled with Tao Mu’s cheerful and grounded personality every time he appeared, the contestants did not feel the gap between themselves and Tao Mu.

Tao Mu handed out Cokes to his senior brothers and sisters in a clockwise direction. Everyone thanked him politely, but it just had to happen that when it came to Shen Yu something would always go wrong.

Shen Yu took the chicken wings Tao Mu handed him and then threw an arm around Tao Mu’s shoulders and asked with a bright smile, “Why are you so free these days? When I came to find you the day before yesterday, you insisted m that you were not free. The day before yesterday when I asked you to accompany me on a campus tour you were also reluctant. But today you actually took the initiative to visit the set today. You wouldn’t be feeling guilty and want to be nice to me, would you?”

Before Shen Yu’s words even ended, some of the more sensitive contestants’ expressions immediately turned bad. Hesitating eyes looked back and forth between Tao Mu and Shen Yu. The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.

In order to avoid suspicion, even the senior brother of the same school felt embarrassed to say a few words to Tao Mu in front of everyone, but at this time his face also changed. He still remembered that on the day Shen Yu came to report in, he said a lot of inexplicable things at the gate of Beijing Film. Fortunately, Tao Mu was not that kind of frivolous person, otherwise even he would develop an ill-feeling against Tao Mu. But now it was like this again——

The Beijing Film senior glanced at Shen Yu, then subtly pulled the subject back to before: “That’s right. Tao Mu, why don’t you tell us straight, there are so many beauties and hunks here, who do you really like? But as a hunk I must warn you. Even if you like a beauty here, you can’t use your power for personal gain during the competition, got it?”

“Senior brother, don’t worry.” Tao Mu also knew this senior’s kindness, and immediately warmed up the atmosphere, “Even if I find a girlfriend, I have to find a woman who is prettier than me in women’s wear. If I can’t find one, I would rather remain a bachelor.”

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“Oh-ho, acting ratchet narcissistic there. You really think you are a daffodil!” Du Kang joked, “You have such confidence in your looks? Even if you are looking for a girlfriend, you just have to find one that is more beautiful than you in women’s wear. Then why don’t you crossdress and let us have a look.”

Du Kang’s words immediately attracted the attention of the contestants. All of a sudden, the practice room was full of wolf howling and heckling for Tao Mu to change into women’s wear for them to see.

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“…..Okay, okay, no problem, thank you very much, and I must trouble you to convey my gratitude to Mr. Gao. Thank you very much.” Tao Mu hung up the phone with a cloudy expression. He squinted his eyes slightly, his eyes dark and deep. Before he had time to plot and scheme, the next second, that chiseled and handsome face was squeezed into a bun with a sudden pair of hands.

“Little pup is still young, so always put on a face full of bitterness and hatred!” Meng Qi stretched out his hands and rubbed the cheeks of their little pup hard. The skin texture was actually not bad, soft and smooth and with a particularly good elasticity.

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Meng Qi couldn’t resist it, and stretched out his hands again.

“Brother Xiao Qi.” Tao Mu yelled helplessly.

“Ai~” Meng Qi answered very happily, the joy very obvious in his uplifted tone.

“Please don’t mess around anymore, I want to talk about business.” Though Tao Mu said so, he still sat still on the sofa, letting Meng Qi squeeze his cheeks. He was always like this. In front of his family and friends who were close to him, he was incredibly docile.

“Alright, go ahead.” Of course, Meng Qi knew of the particular trait of Tao Mu’s, so he stretched out his hand and rubbed his hair, replying with a smile.

“The person who just called me is from Weibo. Said that Yao Wenxiao had gone to Weibo headquarters to seek cooperation and wanted to break the news of my black material.” Tao Mu said with a cloudy face, adding without thinking, “I’m afraid he will implicate you.”

“Like I’ll be afraid of him?” Liu Yao, who was sitting on the sofa with legs propped up and watching the sports game on TV, raised his eyebrows, reached out and picked up the cup of wolfberry chrysanthemum tea that Meng Qi insisted on making for him, and took a sip: “Let him come if he wants. I won’t be happy if the methods are too gentle.”

“It’s not such a simple thing.” Tao Mu felt a little worried when he thought of the messy things in his previous life. He looked hesitatingly at brother Xiao Qi.

Yao Wenxiao was a person without a bottom line, and he did not care whether he involved innocent people. This time, if he wanted to deal with him and FlyNews, the easiest weakness was Night. It just so happened that brother Xiao Qi was the specific person in charge of FlyNews Entertainment. Tao Mu was really worried that the bastard Yao Wenxiao would start pouring dirty water with Meng Qi’s past experience.

Meng Qi keenly sensed Tao Mu’s worry, smiled slightly, and reached out and touched their little pup’s hair: “Don’t worry. Your brother Xiao Qi has a strong heart. What haven’t I seen these many years.”

Wasn’t it just making a commotion using his experience of being a popular male host at Night. Meng Qi had lived half a lifetime, and he indeed had a lot of regrets. But he had never regretted coming to work at Night.

——If he hadn’t come to work at Night back then, he would have no money to treat his mother’s illness. His mother wouldn’t have lived an extra ten years. If he hadn’t come to Night, he wouldn’t have known the big rascal Liu Yao, nor the little rascal Tao Mu. Then maybe now he might still be alone in some corner of the world, living the rest of his life like a walking corpse. How could there be such a happy life like now, having a family and a career, a husband and a son.

“Brother Yao, brother Xiao Qi, I’m sorry.” Tao Mu bowed his head and apologized: “It’s because of me that you are implicated.”

“Nonsense!” Liu Yao took another sip of his chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea: “You are just walking on the road and minding your own business, what does it have to do with you if a mad dog sees you and wants to take a bite at you?”

“Furthermore, there is a deep hatred between surnamed Yao and our family. Even if he didn’t make a move against us, we would still not let him off. Now he is going to deal with you, it is just something originally expected. What are you sorry for?”

“I’m just afraid that it might hurt you and Night.” Tao Mu still remembered the tricks Yao Wenxiao used in his previous life. Whenever he thought about it, it still hurt like his heart and lungs were being gouged out. Now, Yao Wenxiao’s actions reminded him once again how he was an ungrateful wretch. The more Liu Yao and Meng Qi consoled him, the more he felt ashamed. Because no one knew these things anymore. But those regrets and feelings of shame that have been precipitated over two lifetimes have already burrowed to the depths of his bone marrow.

“Don’t dawdle about!” Liu Yao frowned sharply, his thick eyebrows furrowed together, looking fierce: “I have discovered that you have become more and more timid? Is there such a thing as only allowing yourself to scheme against others and others can’t scheme against you? Look at your sorry self, do you plan to tear up as well? Are you so afraid of that bastard surnamed Yao? The other hasn’t even done anything, yet you yourself have already become so afraid?”

“Shameful!”

“If you are like this again, then don’t tell anyone that you are the cub raised by me, Liu Yao when you go outside. I can’t afford to lose this face!”

“Liu Yao!” Meng Qi pushed Liu Yao disapprovingly. Turning his head and comforting Tao Mu with a warm voice: “You don’t have to worry about Night. We run nightclubs, and the last thing we are afraid of is ordinary people’s prejudices. If Yao Wenxiao doesn’t make a fuss about Night, then whatever. But if he really dares to use Night to say ugly things, believe it or not, that bunch of shameless guys in our nightclub will immediately register for a Weibo account with V authentication, and directly recruit customers online!”

Tao Mu was successfully amused by the scene described by Meng Qi. He thought about the oddballs in the nightclub, especially Little Zero and the others, they really were capable of doing such a thing.

Liu Yao looked at their pup who finally showed a smile, and his heart was also relieved. His personality was naturally rough, and he didn’t know much on how to comfort people. He could only change the subject: “How is your national school beauty and hunk competition going?”

Hearing Liu Yao mention business affairs, Tao Mu settled his emotions and said: “Everything is ready and especially smooth going. Now I just have to wait for the first episode of the program to be recorded, and then put it online along with the video network.”

Liu Yao nodded: “Then do you want to go to the shooting site to see, we can drive you there.”

Tao Mu thought for a while: “Alright.”

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All Chinese netizens unanimously felt that this National Day celebration was particularly lively. First, on the day of October 1st, the homepage of FlyNews.com suddenly started a “Military Uniforms to Celebrate National Day” event. The background page of the entire website suddenly changed to a five-star red flag fluttering in the wind under the blue sky. A lot of celebrities suddenly uploaded photos of themselves in various military uniforms using their FlyNews accounts. These military uniforms included sea, land, and air forces, and the pictures were captioned with the sentence “Military uniforms to celebrate the National Day, we are grateful to our predecessors who shed tears and blood for New China. This prosperous time is as you have always wished for”. All of a sudden, the atmosphere of National Day was lit up.

Many psychologists have argued that “the vast majority of people will blindly follow the group and blindly follow authority.” After experiencing the Internet boom of the previous life, Tao Mu had a deeper understanding of netizens’ trend following attributes. So unsurprisingly, when the “Military Uniforms to Celebrate National Day” event was passed from the stars to the fans, from the minority to the majority, the deliberately planned publicity event finally began to show its power.

At first, celebrities and netizens began to post photos of their military uniforms, soon, many netizens began to upload photos of their parents and grandparents in military uniforms. These photos were all real experiences of their parents and grandparents. Looking at the old photos that have been yellowed and stained by the years, netizens seem as if they had witnessed with their own eyes how their predecessors established a new China step by step under difficult conditions.

Tao Mu also asked a professor of the Department of Choreography to personally write a few simple and emotional essays, and cooperated with the photos uploaded by netizens to organize a history of major events from the Republic of China to the present. The period also contained some photos that reflect social changes from before the founding of the People’s Republic of China to the present, allowing netizens to clearly understand how their motherland had developed from a time where many things were waiting to be done to a prosperous age.

The professor Tao Mu invited was a well-known writer and top screenwriter in the circle. His scripts on spy dramas and war dramas had won various awards many times. Needless to say, his writing skills were very excellent. Corresponding with the classic and sophisticated text of the professor, the photos documented a miserable country that could hardly claim sovereignty during the time of the Republic of China to the last one which was fixed at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games, spanning nearly a hundred years in total. Looking at these photos with the accompanying emotional text, even hard-hearted people would inevitably let out sighs, let alone sentimental netizens.

And the climax of the photo event occurred when Luo Changzheng, the chairman and founder of the Luo Group, suddenly registered a FlyNews account and uploaded a photo of himself wearing a big red flower on his chest when he joined the army 30 years ago, sighing at the passage of time, feeling deeply moved by the changes in the country and expressing gratitude for the good days now.

After Luo Changzheng, other company bosses who have business cooperation with the Luo Group also successively registered on FlyNews to upload military uniform photos. These were all CEOs and chairmen who had joined the army. There were also some who had no army experience and were too embarrassed to follow the trend and take photos so they only shared the photos and clicked on likes to express their gratitude as well. After these company bosses, there were also even some officials from the Publicity Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who registered with FlyNews.

To be honest, Tao Mu hadn’t expected this.

However, things having developed to the present, this Internet event started by netizens suddenly became high-ended and sophisticated. Many netizens who only treated FlyNews as a recreational topic to chat about when idle, suddenly developed a touch of acknowledgement and emotion for FlyNews. So much so that on October 1st, many netizens even forgot the ongoing national school beauty and hunk competition. They were wholeheartedly invested in the Military Uniforms to Celebrate National Day event.

However, on October 2nd, with the sudden launch of the FlyNews Bullet Screen Network, the national school beauty and hunk selection contest that had been silent for a day once again demonstrated its existence.

Adhering to the principle that the mainstream must be promoted during the National Day. The first video on the top of the FlyNews video network that just went live was the video of the national flag raising on the National Day on October 1st. The shocking and touching scene of hundreds of thousands of people standing in the Tiananmen Square singing the national anthem instantly attracted netizens who had not been able to go to Beijing to personally watch the flag raising.

As the video progressed, the comments that kept floating on the video also caused some confusion. Many netizens went to the help area to check the strategy, and finally figured out the function of the so-called “bullet screen”. After knowing how to block the on-screen comments to watch videos, and how to register an account to upload their own on-screen comments, these super adaptive netizens immediately embarked on a path of no return of checking out the bullet screen when watching videos.

Then, many netizens who were not used to the bullet screen took the lead in blocking it to watch the flag raising video several times intently. Some netizens even called their parents and grandparents over to the computer to watch the video together. Some of these elders were affected by the atmosphere of the video and couldn’t help but stand up and sing the national anthem. These actions were recorded by netizens with their mobile phones, and then uploaded to the FlyNews Bullet Screen Network according to the operation steps prompted by FlyNews. This also aroused heated discussions among other netizens.

Many netizens lingered under this video for a long time before they left still feeling eager for more. So they then looked for the videos of the national school beauty and hunk competition.

In truth, there was nothing serious to be filmed on the first day. Tao Mu asked the filming team to record scenes of the candidates first reporting in and taken on a tour of the dormitories, the competition venue and the training rooms of Beijing Film. The contestants were also asked to introduce themselves in front of the camera and express their thoughts.

Tao Mu also provided each contestant with a home video recorder, allowing the contestants to record themselves as they walked around Beijing City, which they then gave to the team later to select interesting parts to be edited into the first day’s shooting video. By the way, these video recorders were also sponsors that Tao Mu personally went out and found, and he did not spend a single penny. In fact, he even pulled an advertisement fee worth 100,000 yuan_(:з」∠)_

In addition, Tao Mu also tried the same trick, using the traffic data and analysis report of FlyNews to find various clothing brands, cosmetics brands, styling studios, bus manufacturers, and various other sponsorships. In the end, he not only succeeded in convincing several major brands to sponsor and cooperate with FlyNews he also got himself several advertising fees with values ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. But such trivial matters need not be mentioned.

The name of the video about the national school beauty and hunk competition that went online on the first day was called Reporting In Vlog.

——In order to complete the vlog part of the work, Tao Mu almost pulled over all of Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment post-production staff that were in Beijing, paying each person 1,000 yuan a day for the hard work in helping to edit the video.

This group of post-production staff couldn’t help but mutter among themselves, puzzled why Tao Mu wanted them to edit such trivial and meaningless videos, feeling suspicious that no one would watch it at all. But the result was that the number of clicks after the videos came out was so many that these people began to doubt life.

At the time when FlyNews’ military uniform event activities and the launch of Bullet Screen Network attracted the attention of most of the netizens. The Weibk platform, which had also been working on a big move, also began its own publicity campaign.

Unexpectedly, the slogan of the Weibo platform during the promotion period turned out to be——Weibo, a social software used by the founder of FlyNews.

Tao Mu’s Weibo account and the Weibo photo uploaded by Tao Mu to advertise FlyNews that had been blocked by the Weibo platform were attached below.

There was a bit of humor in this alternative approach, and the very down-to-earth advertising method immediately attracted the attention of many netizens.

At the same time, Tao Mu also uploaded a comment on his FlyNews account to respond to the promotion of the Weibo platform. On his FlyNews account he advertised——

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FlyNews, a social platform that will never block netizens from speaking for no reason. We may not agree with every word you type, but we absolutely defend your right to speak.

The promotion methods of these two major social platforms which mutually kicked and lifted up each other greatly amused the melon-eating netizens. Just when everyone was following with a train of hahaha, Yao Wenxiao, who had hired a private investigator and was currently working hard to search for Tao Mu’s black materials, noticed the interaction between the two platforms and was instantly furious!

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Tao Mu stood at the ticket window stupidly, feeling that the extent to which he was affected by Shen Yu’s IQ lowering buff must be deeper and longer lasting than he had thought.

“Hello, please show your passport?” The service staff behind the window kept a polite smile and reminded him again.

“Huh?” Tao Mu came back to his senses, feeling particularly embarrassed: “It’s nothing, I won’t be buying a ticket now. Sorry for the trouble.”

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Tao Mu pulled the suitcase and retreated a dozen steps away in embarrassment. Although he didn’t want to admit it, he still had to toughen his skin and call Li Xiaoheng.

Far away on the other side of the earth, taking advantage of the gaps between work time, Li Xiaoheng planned a perfect tour and travel plan. He was just waiting for Tao Mu to fly over and meet him. Li Xiaoheng looked at the suddenly vibrating mobile phone, and couldn’t help but smile as he answered the call:” Have you booked your flight ticket? What’s the flight number? When will it arrive? I’ll pick you up.”

“Um…..” Tao Mu scratched his nose and said with embarrassment: “I may not be able to go.”

As if his heart missed a beat, Mr. Business Partner who was full of eager expectations suddenly felt his heart sink slightly. After speedily suppressing the disappointment, Li Xiaoheng asked in a warm voice: “What’s wrong? Is it too busy at work there, so you can’t come over? That’s okay, in the future we can——”

“I forgot to apply for a passport and visa!” Tao Mu felt that his face was completely flushed red, and even his ears and cheeks felt hot. It was with extreme difficulty that he interrupted Li Xiaoheng’s words.

A few seconds later, muffled laughs came from the other end of the line. Li Xiaoheng coughed in a very gentlemanly manner. After suppressing his wide smile, he asked with understanding: “This is your first time going abroad?”

It was indeed the first time in this life!

Tao Mu drooped his head, unable to believe that he would make such a low-level mistake: “I’m sorry, I——”

Tao Mu rubbed his face with his hands in upset, feeling that he didn’t have the face to apologize——if this was a formal business negotiation, with this kind of IQ and work efficiency he would immediately be kicked out of the negotiation room. Someone asked him why he was kicked out——only for him to reply that his visa and passport were not processed and he got stuck in customs.

Maybe he could defeat a competitor this way, by causing the other to die of laughter.

Tao Mu wanted nothing more than to find a hole in the ground and bury himself inside. How could he always make such low-level mistakes in front of Li Xiaoheng!

It would definitely affect his think tank image in the eyes of the bigshot!

“You don’t have to apologize. It’s not your fault.” Li Xiaoheng consoled in a warm voice: “I didn’t know that you were going abroad for the first time, so I forgot to remind you.”

“It has nothing to do with you, I am too stupid.” Tao Mu didn’t know why he was suddenly so stupid. He felt that Li Xiaohang must definitely be secretly feeling disdain for his stupid mistake.

But he didn’t know that Li Xiaoheng was actually smiling brilliantly on the other end of the phone. Even he himself didn’t notice the indulgence and pampering in that smile.

He just felt it was terribly endearing that his business partner, who had always been shrewd and intelligent, would also make this common sense error. Both endearing and stupidly adorable.

It seemed that the distance had narrowed suddenly. Li Xiaoheng could even picture Tao Mu’s annoyed hair pulling directly in his mind. He patiently consoled Tao Mu: “It’s nothing. It’s just a pity that I can’t spend the holiday with you. As for the specific details of launching FlyNews in country M, we can talk over the phone.”

“En.” Tao Mu hung up the phone in a depressed mood, and tugged his suitcase back to Night.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi were in the store, watching the bartender Ah Wen experimenting with a new cocktail. Seeing Tao Mu coming in with a big suitcase, they were both surprised: “Why are you back? Didn’t you say you are going to country M?”

“I didn’t apply for a visa or passport.” Tao Mu was expressionless, he felt that he didn’t need face anymore.

Fortunately, his brother Yao never let him down: “Aren’t you just going on a trip?” Did one need a visa and passport for this kind of thing?

As soon as the words sounded, Night, which had been buzzing with the sounds of talking, suddenly fell silent. The waiters who had yet to work their shift and the young masters and princesses looked at each other, before finally turning their attention to Liu Yao.

Meng Qi sighed weakly, and stretched out his hand to push Liu Yao: “Don’t speak anymore.”

“What’s the matter?” Liu Yao was very upright: “I have never left Beijing in my entire life. Can’t I be short-sighted?”

“Sure, of course you can.” Ah Wen put the adjusted cocktail in front of Liu Yao and said with a smile: “Even if brother Yao goes to country M, it is estimated that he will have to smuggle himself there. So passports or visas or something, for brother Yao, it’s indeed not necessary. Brother Yao doesn’t have this mindset at all. It’s understandable. Say Da Hui, am I right?”

Da Hui put on a pair of sunglasses expressionlessly, his desire to survive was very strong.

All the employees roared with laughter. Liu Yao was angry: “Ai, how can you talk like that? Who are you looking down on! Why should I have to smuggle in order to go to country M? According to you, I should just not think about openly and justly setting foot on the land of capitalism in my life? I don’t believe in this nonsense.”

As he spoke, he stretched a long arm around Meng Qi’s shoulders: “We will go to apply for visas and passports after October. Doesn’t old M country have a Hawaiian beach that is very excellent. Brother will take you on a honeymoon. And you can bring your bikini——”

“Fuck off! You wear a bikini.” Meng Qi elbowed Liu Yao in annoyance, comforting Tao Mu: “It’s okay, after National Day we’ll get the visa and passport together. By the way, we can also get one for old Song, and when you have winter vacation, we’ll go on a family vacation.”

“I also want to go on a family vacation!” A few number zeros (TN: one=gong/seme, zero=shou/uke) sitting on the side giggled and raised their thin arms: “Brother Xiao Qi, how about you tell brother Yao, our employee benefit this winter is to go to Hawaii for vacation. We want to wear bikinis too~”

“Fuck off! Did you earn enough money to go to Hawaii for vacation?” Before Meng Qi could speak, Liu Yao snorted and said with a strong sense of survival: “Besides, what kind of bikini would you wear with that chicken figure you have? Aren’t you afraid that the foreigners will grow callus on the eyes from seeing your bikini self?”

“Then take it as me winning glory for the country!” Little Zero straightened up proudly: “And brother Yao, it’s stye not callus. Feet grow callus, do you have any common sense!”

“That’s right!” Another male host laughed and said, “Besides, brother Yao, if you take little zero to Hawaii for vacation, Little Zero might even earn some foreign exchange. What can you do with Tao Mu? He is now a college student and he’ll be a big star in the future. Didn’t you say that we can’t curry favor with him? Then why are you so partial——”

“Enough!” Liu Yao uttered loudly, and put the wine glass on the bar heavily: “Damn, is there any place for you to talk here?”

Seeing that Liu Yao was really angry, the male host who was speaking quickly stood up and defended himself with a scared expression: “Brother Yao, I just feel that it’s unfair for you. Someone has climbed onto a high branch and wants to be a phoenix, disdaining us lowly people.”

“Are you fucking finished——”

“Brother Yao.” Tao Mu interrupted Liu Yao and bowed deeply to everyone present: “I know I was ignorant before, which hurt everyone. I hope everyone will give me a chance.”

“No matter.” A resident singer with smoky makeup and a sleeveless leather vest snorted coldly: “You are a big boss now, and you will be a big star in the future. People like us don’t dare to claim connections with you.”

“Brother Sai Wen.” Tao Mu looked at the resident singer sitting behind the drum set, bowed his head and admitted, “I’m sorry.”

Sai Wen snorted out a laugh, poking his inner cheek with his tongue, and said nothing.

“Alright already!” Liu Yao glanced at Sai Wen: “You’re all grown men. It’s all in the past so forget it. Don’t be so narrow-minded. Sai Wen, you are nearly thirty, so what’s the point in squabbling with a kid?”

Meng Qi lectured Tao Mu: “What you did before was indeed a bit mean. It just so happens that everyone is here today, so hurry up and show everyone your cooking skills, treat us with a meal to make it up.”

Tao Mu quickly agreed: “Ai. I’m going to the back kitchen now.”

Tao Mu threw the suitcase aside and obediently went into the kitchen.

Little Zero, who was clamoring about going to Hawaii to earn foreign exchange, blinked his big eyes covered with mascara and eyeliner: “I will help too.”

“Ai, you get back here!” The male host who spoke earlier watched as Little Zero skipped into the back kitchen, and threw his clothes down angrily: “Why don’t you have any backbone at all. Just forget it like this?”

“Oh, so you have a backbone! Don’t eat when Tao Mu finishes cooking then.” Liu Yao squinted at the little male host.

The little male host straightened his back: “Fine!”

Before Liu Yao could get angry, he mumbled lowly: “I’ll just drink wine.”

This timid display caught everyone off guard, and the group of people bursted into laughter again.

Tao Mu was looking for ingredients in the back kitchen, and when he heard the laughter coming from the front, he also smiled slightly. Little Zero, who followed him in, shook his head and sighed: “You kid, don’t be like that anymore! It was very hurtful!”

Tao Mu laughed: “Speaking like you are much older than me.”

“Three years older is also older. You have to call me older brother.” Little Zero raised a pinky finger and delicately rolled his eyes: “Make me a dish of tofu Kung Pao Chicken. I am trying to lose weight recently and don’t dare to eat meat. I’m almost dying with the craving.”

“Okay.” Tao Mu dug through the refrigerator: “Are there any gluten? Help me find it.”

“Aiya, you find it yourself. My manicure was just done and I can’t work. Besides, brother Yao did not let the later cooks change the placing of the kitchen utensils and ingredients. Everything is in the previous position. Not~even~a~little~change~” Little Zero sung in an effeminate way. Seeing Tao Mu suddenly look stunned, he added with heartfelt emotion: “So, brother Yao and brother Xiao Qi are indeed really good to you. Now that you have come back this time, don’t make them angry in the future.”

After Little Zero finished speaking, without waiting for Tao Mu’s response, he left with a twist of his little waist. Tao Mu was left alone in the empty kitchen, picking up different ingredients and seasonings in his familiar spot, cooking up a meal smoothly and easily.

On the other side, Yao Wenxiao, who still wanted to teach Tao Mu a lesson, also found the Weibo headquarters to discuss cooperation with the Weibo platform. As for the first part in the cooperation, he wanted to join hands with Weibo to discredit FlyNews and the founder of FlyNews.

Yao Wenxiao was the most beloved grandson of Yao Sheng’an, chairman of Sheng’an Group, and Yuxiao Media, founded by Yao Wenxiao, was also very famous in Shanghai. Because its backing was the Sheng’an Group, Yuxiao Media’s influence even faintly covered the entirety of the Jiangnan area. The senior executives of Weibo originally thought that this cooperation would be a strong alliance, and they had been looking forward to it for a time.

However, as soon as the negotiation started, the senior management of Weibo felt that something was wrong. Although it was not clear why Yao Wenxiao targeted FlyNews and Tao Mu, when it came to business, Weibo would not give up this cooperation opportunity because of untimely curiosity. Under the excuse of “FlyNews was established not long enough, and there was no black material about its founder that could be found”, they patiently discussed other cooperation points with Yao Wenxiao.

Finally, they managed to fool Yao Wenxiao. Looking at the confident back of a certain young master, the director in charge of the publicity department turned his head and looked at the CEO: “Does our publicity plan need to be adjusted?”

“No need for the time being.” The CEO of Weibo disagreed: “We are doing business, and business people should keep in mind the saying, amiability makes you rich. How can one pour dirty water on competitors at every turn.” What the CEO of Weibo did not say was that even if one poured dirty water, one must not use too low-end methods to pour the dirty water. Did people really think that there was no backing behind FlyNews!

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“When you go back, find some time to call that young fellow from FlyNews. You don’t have to say too much. Just reveal a little bit of Yao Wenxiao’s attitude.” The CEO of Weibo felt that Tao Mu, who founded FlyNews, was a talent. Even if one day FlyNews was no longer popular——of course it was better to be acquired by Weibo. At that time, Tao Mu could also switch to working for Weibo, and everyone could then work together. Expressing goodwill in advance would always count as a favor.

They were all in the same circle so why bother to offend people to death. Did people really think that talents were that easy to find?!

TN: bonus chapter coming up!

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