The news that Beijing Film was going to make a big production movie spread quickly. The producer and leading actor were already decided to be Tao Mu, and the director was also finalized as Cheng Baodong. As for the subject matter, this was even easier to decide——just shoot the movie version of “Soldier Elite”. It would be released during the National Day next year. While catering to the mainstream, it could also ride the popularity of “Soldier Elite”.

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Though it was called the movie version of “Soldier Elite”, but in fact the plot had nothing to do with the TV series. At best, it was a side story of the TV series. That was to say, the story was about a male protagonist who had already become an elite special-ops soldier and several other important supporting characters going abroad for missions. This mainly took into account the time limit of the movie and the smoothness of action scenes, as well as the visual effects of various explosive special effects scenes.

Of course, another crucial reason for choosing this theme was that most of Beijing Film students have received military training for several months, and in addition the TV version of “Soldier Elite” had just finished wrapping up. Everyone was still immersed in the shooting atmosphere and yet to come out. The school felt that this situation was very suitable for actors to immerse in the plot. There was also no need to spend time on additional pre-filming training.

In general, Beijing Film wanted to make a big production movie to test the waters, but also wanted to ensure the basics of box office and word-of-mouth, coupled with the confidence in Tao Mu’s ability to supervise the production, so they took the lazy route.

All colleagues in the industry could see how much confidence Beijing Film had in Tao Mu from the actions of the Beijing Film Academy. But in this way, the situation of Cheng Baodong as the director became a bit embarrassing.

As we all know, Cheng Baodong had always been a tyrant on the set, and he was a director who emphasized a director’s power. Even investors and producers could not raise any objections to Cheng Baodong’s filming methods. In other words, even if there were conflicts and objections, Cheng Baodong’s way must be followed in the end.

However, Tao Mu’s methods and attitude at work were also very forceful. “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” and “Fashion Storm” which he supervised, including the mainland version of “Black and White”, all have a strong personal style. Making the saying “Tao Mu’s production means a high-quality product” spread throughout the industry and became a guarantee of box office and ratings. At the same time, it inevitably sacrificed the director’s and other people’s power in the crew.

What was more, the gossip that Tao Mu and Cheng Baodong have a bad relationship had already spread throughout the entertainment circle. Beijing Film brought these two giant Buddhas together, and even made it clear that they trusted Tao Mu more. So all the insiders began to secretly wait for a good show.

Sure enough, Cheng Baodong, who also heard the rumors, quickly expressed his attitude. He proposed to the Beijing Film Academy to hold an audition for all Beijing Film students during the film preparation period. He also strongly advocated that the school choose another script, which should describe the connotation and theme of the film while taking into account the commercial nature, and at least reflect the literary and artistic accomplishment and artistic independence of Beijing Film Academy.

Where did the director’s power in the crew reflect? Casting and changing scenes might not be the most important aspects, but it was definitely the most obvious and intuitive. Generally speaking, the male and female leads of a film or television drama were all stuffed in by the investor, producer or director. As the producer and investor of a big production movie, Tao Mu had already been appointed as the leading actor by Beijing Film. The leading actress of this movie didn’t have a lot of screen time, and was obviously a role that might not increase her popularity even if the film became popular. Cheng Baodong absolutely couldn’t tolerate Tao Mu’s putting all his people into the crew after already taking away the leading actor role.

As for the request to change the script, Cheng Baodong, as the director of the crew, even wanted to suppress Tao Mu’s team, so of course it was even more impossible for him to endure Tao Mu’s personal style coloring the script.

“Soldier Elite” was a mainstream military recruitment promotion drama co-produced by Tao Mu and the military. Although the Beijing Film Academy chose to shoot the movie version of “Soldier Elite” to ensure the film would succeed to the greatest extent. But for Cheng Baodong, these actions made the film heavily branded with Tao Mu’s personal brand. Under the basic situation that the TV series “Soldier Elite” had already been scheduled for National TV’s golden time slot, if the film version had good results then it was just to be expected, but if the film flopped, Cheng Baodong was afraid that it would be he alone to bear all the criticism.

Cheng Baodong had established his reputation over many years, so how was he willing to serve as Tao Mu’s scapegoat and puppet? Moreover, Cheng Baodong made his objection sound plausible. He believed that the Beijing Film Academy was too superstitious about Tao Mu’s personal ability. Although the TV version of “Soldier Elite” was a military-supported mainstream recruitment promotion drama and it seemed to be a good resource at present, after it was actually released, it might not become a big hit. If Beijing Film recklessly rushed to make a movie version, and the reputation of the TV series turned out to be bad after it was released, it might affect the word-of-mouth and box office of the movie version.

Besides, the plot of the movie version had nothing to do with the TV series version. It just used the names of a few main supporting characters. That being the case, why not just make a new movie. Moreover, Cheng Baodong also mentioned that other than Tao Mu as the leading male, they should try to choose the famous Beijing Film graduates in the circle for the rest of the supporting roles. Wasn’t this also to guarantee the film’s success? And it was more reliable than directly shooting the movie version of “Soldier Elite”.

Cheng Baodong’s suggestion also had some merit. But the current situation was that Beijing Film needed Tao Mu to play the three important roles of producer, investor and leading actor. The reason why they chose to shoot the movie version of “Soldier Elite” was not only the above considerations, but also the intention of supporting the students of Beijing Film Academy. In contrast, although Cheng Baodong was the director of the film, his voice was not as powerful as that of Tao Mu, who served as the producer, investor and leading actor, which was naturally understandable.

Of course, as Cheng Baodong said, he was the director after all. Even if he had less power, he still had the right to make suggestions in terms of casting and modifying the script. Moreover, Cheng Baodong’s proposal to let famous graduates in the industry participate in the film did take into account the box office performance. Not to mention that the one Cheng Baodong recommended was an A-list superstar in the industry, Wang Boyuan, who was also hailed as Cheng Baodong’s golden partner in the industry.

Cheng Baodong directly said that with Wang Boyuan joining the film, the basic performance of this film could guarantee at least 500 million yuan. It was just that with Wang Boyuan’s status and influence, if he joined, this movie couldn’t be Tao Mu’s absolute leading man movie——at least it had to have two male leads.

Cheng Baodong’s words sound reasonable. However, Tao Mu, who had the memories of his previous life, knew that in his previous life, when Cheng Baodong supported a third year senior brother as the male lead, he never mentioned making it a double male lead movie. So it was really aimed at him personally!

He didn’t like Cheng Baodong’s person in the first place, not to mention Cheng Baodong made things difficult for Tao Mu on several occasions. It didn’t involve his own interests before, so Tao Mu didn’t bother to care about it. Now that he was the producer and the biggest investor, he actually wanted to take away his main male lead and change it to a double male lead——it was not like Tao Mu had never done this kind of thing like spending money to promote others, but again no matter how he was used to it, Tao Mu had to be willing.

In the current situation, wasn’t Cheng Baodong just treating Tao Mu as a fool?

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Although Cheng Baodong was currently the most popular director of commercial films in the Beijing circle, Cheng Baodong was not the only director in the entertainment circle who could make good commercial films.

So overnight, the entertainment industry was shocked to find out that someone on the Internet suddenly broke the news that the big director used his authority and voice to cooperate with the film crew to scheme an increase of filming funds from the investors during filming.

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“Thank you Brother Cheng for writing a song for me.” Tao Mu smiled and pushed the sheet music back to Cheng Yi, and said with a shy smile, “But I want to try writing a song myself.”

Before Cheng Yi could respond, Tao Mu added shyly, “A song for our family’s Mr. Li.”

Caught off guard by the face full of dog food, Cheng Yi, who was about to speak, stretched out his hands and rubbed the goosebumps on his arms: Showing affection like this is immoral!

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Knowing that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng have just announced their relationship, and that the elders of both parties were already preparing for the engagement ceremony, Cheng Yi could understand the thoughts of young people in love. He just had no confidence in Tao Mu’s knowledge of music theory and composition skills. After all, Tao Mu’s tone deaf singing skills were really impressive.

Cheng Yi was a music producer who was very strict with himself. Since Tao Mu asked him to help make the single, Cheng Yi would take responsibility to the end. Tao Mu would never be allowed to write a song that was not on the standard line on his watch, smashing the brand of the top tier music producer in the Chinese music scene.

Of course, Tao Mu could also understand Cheng Yi’s rigor and strict requirements for work, he smiled and said, “Brother Cheng, just give me a chance and let me try.”

Cheng Yi nodded, and said: “Okay then. Show me your work as soon as possible. But we have to agree on one thing first, if your song is not up to standard, I will not pass it. So while composing your song, I suggest you practice this song, so as not to delay the release of the EP.”

“I understand.” Tao Mu smiled and said, “Brother Cheng, don’t worry, I will definitely not smash your brand.”

Although he was tone deaf, Tao Mu, who was taught how to play musical instruments by the resident band of Night since he was a child, actually knew a little bit of music theory. Besides, this time was to celebrate FlyNews.com’s breakthrough of 200 million registered users. Such a grand event was also related to FlyNews.com’s face. Tao Mu, who had always been a perfectionist, certainly didn’t want to trip up here. What’s more, Tao Mu wanted to sing this song to Li Xiaoheng himself at the engagement ceremony. So he was very serious about creating a good song.

——This manifested in everyday after filming, he would hold a guitar and play it around in the hotel. It was a pity that the gulf between each profession was like a mountain. By the time the drama “Soldier Elite” was officially completed, Tao Mu only had the first stanza of that song written.

On Cheng Yi’s side, because he had to prepare for a national tour concert, he didn’t have time to dawdle with Tao Mu. After the two agreed on a specific time to record the single, Cheng Yi put down Tao Mu’s affairs and went back to do his own thing.

After the wrap-up party, Tao Mu, who had nothing to do, returned to Beijing with the first and probably the only half-baked song composed by him. As usual, Li Xiaoheng was the one who picked him up at the airport.

Because the two have officially announced their relationship, the news that the two were preparing for the engagement ceremony was also uploaded on the Internet and in major newspapers. The media reporters and Ceramics who learned about Tao Mu’s specific itinerary arrived at the airport one after another, wanting to interview/see the couple who appeared in public together for the first time after announcing their relationship.

Even as a boss worth tens of billions, after dropping the double bomb of announcing his sexual orientation and announcing his relationship, Tao Mu had to accept the fact that he lost nearly a million fans overnight. However, this kind of data loss was not reflected in the airport pick-up.

Counting the filming schedule of “Soldier Elite”, Tao Mu had not appeared in front of the public for more than half a year since the mainland version of “Black and White” was released. And even when returning to the film studio some time ago, the itinerary was not announced. This time, if an entertainment reporter from a certain city hadn’t reported the news of the wrap-up of the crew of “Soldier Elite” in advance, the media reporters and fans in Beijing would not have known about Tao Mu’s flight. There was no public itinerary for half a year, and the only appearance before was the live broadcast of coming out of the closet announcing their relationship. Many fans even wondered whether Tao Mu had the intention of leaving the entertainment industry entirely. After all, Tao Mu wasn’t considered a full-time actor in the first place——his serious career was a self-made Internet entrepreneur.

Thinking about it this way, after experiencing a large wave of crying and loss of fans, the remaining fans became more determined and loyal, but also more panicked and afraid. They were afraid that Tao Mu would really take advantage of the situation and retire from the public eye. So they were eager to see Tao Mu and tell Tao Mu personally that no matter what his sexual orientation was or who he liked, everyone liked him as always. They hoped Tao Mu could stay in the entertainment industry for a long time, and never have the idea of going home to inherit the family business.

Under the urging of this kind of thinking, regardless of the fact that Tao Mu would go through the VIP passage every time, the Ceramics actively organized and planned this time’s plane drop-off and pick-up.

At the same time, many LGBTQ folks who dared not speak out also regard Tao Mu as an idol. Wearing rainbow ties, they all came to pick up his plane, and by the way express their support and blessings for Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng’s relationship.

In addition to staking out the airport lobby, some highly skilled media reporters and some Ceramics also bought first-class tickets and squatted in the VIP passage. So much so that the usually cold and peopleless VIP passage had almost become the scene of a fan meeting. The empty aisle was filled with people, and the crowds were like a sea of people walking shoulder to shoulder. Even the security check lanes and boarding gates were packed, seriously affecting the airport order. So much so that the airport had to communicate with Tao Mu who had yet to board the plane to Beijing, and asked Tao Mu to come forward to appease the fans and guide them. As a result, he even promised a fan meeting, which persuaded most of the fans to leave the airport.

“Why do I feel that Tao Mu has become more popular after he announced his relationship? The number of fans is almost catching up with those k-pop stars!”

In the waiting room of an airport in a certain city, looking at the equally crowded airport, the three roommates looked shocked. After seeing with their own eyes that Tao Mu actually had to cooperate with the airport to open a live broadcast in Beijing Airport in order to persuade the fans to leave, and even had to promise a meeting at the fans’ begging, the three roommates only felt that the world was becoming more and more fantastical.

“Why is a guy of Tao Mu’s sexual orientation and one who is already taken, soon to be engaged, have so many crazy and loyal beautiful female fans, but I don’t even have a single female fan!” Du Kang, who was really unwilling, wailed, acting cute at the fans in the VIP room with wet doe-like eyes: “My dear lady, there is no future for you in liking Tao Mu. How about climbing the wall to fan me? Look, I am 1.92 meters tall and weigh eighty-eight kilograms, with six-pack abs, a sexy v-line, and a firm narrow waist! If you are my fan, you’ll definitely have a good future!”

This guy, stealing fans so openly! Tao Mu raised his eyebrows, and was about to speak, when he saw the female fan on the opposite side directly stabbing Du Kang’s heart with a smile: “But you aren’t as good-looking as our CEO Tao!”

In an instant, Du Kang’s rich facial expressions seemed to be suffering from facial paralysis, with his mouth going crooked and his eyes going slanted.

The other people sitting in the VIP room laughed out loud. Chu Sui’an and Wen Bao also patted Du Kang’s shoulder playfully, showing no sympathy for this guy.

They flew back to Beijing laughing and in a good mood all the way. Li Xiaoheng was standing at the airport pick-up gate with roses in his hands. Tao Mu walked over amidst the heckling of the group of people, and asked while hugging him, “Why did you think of bringing flowers?”

“My dad’s suggestion.” Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, “There must be a sense of ceremony when picking up a lover’s plane.”

Alright!

The media reporters squatting at the airport came over excitedly. Although most Ceramics were persuaded to leave, there were still a small group of fans who were reluctant to leave, and they also didn’t intend to disturb Tao Mu, they just wanted to take a look from afar. Lest they be remembered by Tao Mu, who had a photographic memory, and lose the opportunity to participate in the fan meeting.

Compared with these lovely fans, the media reporters who were waiting to interview and report were not so self-aware. They rushed forward in a swarm, asking questions in a hurry.

Tao Mu answered seven or eight questions patiently, and walked forward surrounded by bodyguards. The classmates of Beijing Film and Yan Film who took the plane with him left long ago. Tao Mu would go home first with Li Xiaoheng, and then report to school the next day.

It was at this time that he learned something from the head of the acting department.

“The school wants to make a big production movie?”

“That’s right!” Director Huang nodded slightly, and said with a smile: “Actually, the school had always had this idea. In recent years, especially among the students of the acting department, the learning atmosphere has been very impetuous. It was becoming more and more common to ask for leave to film during school. As a result, the outside world has also developed some doubts about the teaching quality of Beijing Film. From the standpoint of the school, of course, we hope that students can concentrate on learning. It is not just for the sake of the school’s reputation. We felt that only by laying a solid foundation during the student period would they have better career development in the future. But we also acknowledge that the competitive pressure in the entertainment industry is very high. Our students, if they start acting in their junior year, their performance experience in front of the camera will definitely not be as good as those students who have just entered school and began filmimg, or have not yet entered but who have already filmed dramas and movies. So this was also one of the school’s points of conflict.”

In the end, it was Tao Mu’s approach that provided the school with inspiration. Before when Tao Mu filmed “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” and “Fashion Storm”, he had always provided opportunities for the seniors of Beijing Film. This time, in order to film “Soldier Elite”, he even asked the school to pause classes and ask for leave. When the students returned to school yesterday, the teachers conducted a batch of assessments on the students, and found that these students had different degrees of growth in their understanding of performance. It could be seen that if students wanted to improve their acting skills, it was not enough to just learn theoretical knowledge in the classroom, they must also have practical experience.

That was why the school made up its mind to make a big production movie.

“The initial idea was to select directors and actors who have graduated from Beijing Film Academy. Of course, both the hero and heroine must be students at our school.”

Considering Tao Mu’s own acting skill level, brilliant achievements and contributions to the school, the school hoped that Tao Mu would be the producer and leading actor of this film. As for the director, there were several candidates selected by the school. Of course the most promising was Cheng Baodong.

However, there was some disagreement between Cheng Baodong and Tao Mu, which was not a secret in the industry. Of course, the Beijing Film Academy didn’t take it too seriously. There were many private discords in the entertainment industry, and yet you don’t see anyone delaying normal work, right! What was more, with Tao Mu’s scheming, even if Cheng Baodong couldn’t control his temper, Tao Mu wouldn’t be unable to.

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Tao Mu’s eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile: “The school must really trust my ability to entrust such an important task to me. I feel very honored. I will also try my best to help Director Cheng make this film well.”

“That’s good.” Director Huang patted Tao Mu on the shoulder, and said again: “Of course, you are the producer of this film. In some aspects, you are the main voice.”

After all, the film and television works supervised by Tao Mu were there as shining examples. Whether it was word of mouth or box office, even Cheng Baodong, a veteran director, could not compare.

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Just as the Li family hoped, that night, their eldest son who was an eternal bachelor finally brought home the daughter-in-law whom everyone had been looking forward to seeing.

Drawing lessons from the previous few times, this time Grandpa Li personally spoke, telling Youngest Aunt Li to be restrained and not talk about this and that. It would be bad if they scared the granddaughter-in-law who hadn’t officially married into the family, causing detours in the road to marriage.

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Youngest Aunt Li nodded earnestly. As a result, she saw their eldest nephew, who had always been expressionless, enter the door holding Tao Mu’s hand with a foolish grin on his face. And there was a ring made of tissue paper wrapped around his ring finger, which he clearly treated as something precious.

“Our CEO Tao proposed to me.” At the dinner table, Li Xiaoheng cleared his throat and announced calmly.

Everyone in the Li family was in an uproar. Little Sister Li, who was the most impatient, kept asking: “Marriage proposal? Did Brother Mu propose first? When did it happen? Jow come we don’t know!”

“Today! On the way back!” Li Xiaoheng said, then suddenly remembered something. He took out a ticket from the pocket of his suit jacket, spread it out carefully, and showed it to everyone: “At that time, there were traffic policemen to testify for us!”

There was a sudden silence at the dinner table. Everyone in the Li family looked at each other. Wasn’t this witness and evidence a little…..unique?

The Li family looked at Li Xiaoheng and hesitated to speak. In fact, everyone was very smart, they have already figured out how this ticket came about from Li Xiaoheng’s few words. But seeing Li Xiaoheng’s appearance, everyone shook their heads in their hearts, wisely not revealing the truth.

The juniors of the Li family immediately took out their mobile phones and logged on to FlyNews.com to search for relevant news. Sure enough, the news that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng were fined by the traffic police for proposing marriage on the street had become a trending search. The several juniors waggled their eyebrows at each other, and finally congratulated their eldest brother tacitly——someone finally wanted him!

The Li family had always been very enthusiastic towards Tao Mu. But this time Tao Mu overcame the fear of being urged to marry, and also intended to please the Li family elders, so the atmosphere of the dinner was very pleasant.

After the meal, Tao Mu sat at the Li family home for a while and ate some fruit before being sent home by Li Xiaoheng himself——to be precise, the house where Liu Yao and Meng Qi lived. That way, they could let them know that the elders of the Li family would come to visit and discuss the specific matters of the engagement ceremony.

Liu Yao, Meng Qi and old Mr. Song had accepted the fact that they had come out publicly during Tao Mu’s live broadcast. But they didn’t expect Tao Mu to be so anxious. It had only been a few days since he announced his relationship, and it had now progressed to the point where there was talk about marriage.

Liu Yao was furious: “How old are you this year? Have you reached the legal age for marriage? Propose what marriage?”

“That’s why we are discussing the engagement ceremony.” Tao Mu answered with a smile: “Otherwise, we would directly discuss the wedding ceremony.”

Liu Yao was so angry that he clutched at his chest with his hands, as if the stupid son he had worked so hard to raise was taken away by a wolf with a big tail——and the stupid son in question couldn’t wait to pack up his luggage and follow along.

Sure enough, boys don’t want to stay when they grow up (TN: usually a phrase used for daughters)! Liu Yao glared at Li Xiaoheng. No matter how he looked at it at this moment, Li Xiaoheng didn’t inspire any happy feelings in him. Meng Qi also felt conflicted. He didn’t expect his son to be so unable to figure things out, why get married so early? Didn’t he know that men become different from when it was just dating once getting married!

Liu Yao, who was originally glaring at Li Xiaoheng, twitched his ears, and turned his head suddenly: “What do you mean? You think that after getting married, I am different from before we got married? Xiao Qi, this is how you see me?”

Meng Qi was about to join hands with his husband to put some sense in their stupid son! Unexpectedly, just saying an unclear word, there was now infighting within the husband and husband alliance. He hurriedly appeased: “Isn’t it! After we got married, you treat me much better than before. But aren’t our situation part of the minority? Most men won’t be as good as you after they get married.”

Li Xiaoheng quickly expressed his opinion: “I will definitely learn from Uncle Liu, and I will definitely treat Tao Mu even better after marriage.”

Li Xiaoheng brought tea and water to the two fathers with lowered eyes and submissive manners, and even went to massage old Mr. Song’s shoulders and back. The picture of a filial son and a virtuous grandson.

The three finally felt a little more appeased after seeing this. It was not because Li Xiaoheng was willing to please them. The main reason was that if a man couldn’t even put on a good attitude when he visited the future in-laws when the relationship had just been confirmed, it proved that the man didn’t really care about his partner that much. Then how dared they hope that this man would treat his partner better after marriage?

Just like before when Tao Mu was not ready to discuss marriage with Li Xiaoheng, he was very rejectful of the Li family’s overt urgings of marriage. But once he made up his mind, he would be very obedient and patient when he came to the door again, and he would take the initiative to make the Li family elders happy. This was exactly the same.

Moreover, the news about Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng’s marriage proposal had already become the top trending search. It was reasonable for the Li family to offer to visit and discuss the engagement ceremony. So Liu Yao, Meng Qi and old Mr. Song didn’t really have any disagreements. It was just the pride of the elders at play here. After being prideful, they must still get down to business.

In fact, the public opinion on the Internet about Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng’s public relationship was mixed. Although the “Same-Sex Marriage Law” had been passed in China, and the attitude towards homosexuality on the Internet had been very tolerant in the past two years, however in the real society, the attitude of not accepting or rejecting was the mainstream. So after the live broadcast ended, netizens and fans who heard the news left messages under Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng’s FlyNews. Among them, there were those who support the two, and naturally there were also those who criticize and oppose. Not to mention that there were also a group of fans who claim to be Tao Mu’s boyfriend fans and girlfriend fans. After learning that their idol came out and announced his relationship, they cried and said on the Internet that they would un-fan.

However, this kind of situation, after FlyNews.com, together with all subsidiaries of Fengxing Group, Litao.com, BulletScreen.com and Xiaoheng Capital, as well as all cooperative brand merchants who were willing to join in the fun, began online and offline price reduction promotions and member registration benefits, as well as a series of publicity and promotion activities on FlyNews such as gifting of randomly star-signed posters with the message wishing the “Taoli Couple” a happy marriage, was effectively curbed.

Probably because of the simple value of “accepting people’s benefits and returning the favor”, the netizens who benefited began to praise and bless the relationship between the two, even those who rejected and opposed them began to remain silent. In addition, Meng Qi supervised FlyNews.com and FlyNews Entertainment to continuously guide public opinion, and the relatives and friends who were close with Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng also came forward to express their blessings. There were even well-wishing starlets and bosses also publicly expressing their views——

The most amazing example being the husky Long Tianao who, relying on his family’s elder being the largest shareholder of Summer Star Entertainment, after convincing most of the company’s stars, he took the initiative to send a FlyNews to express his attitude. As long as the fancy blessings and rainbow farts for the Taoli couple tying the knot reached 10 million, he would live broadcast the company’s team building activity as a benefit. And this year’s Summer Star Entertainment’s team building activity was impressively a swimsuit party held on a private island.

As soon as this news came out, most of the star-chasers on the Internet went crazy. Not to mention that after Long Tianao, Luo Xi, the beautiful lady CEO of Longteng Entertainment, also joined in the fun, expressing her willingness to jointly organize the team building activity with Summer Star Entertainment. Even Zhou Yanqing, Fang Ruoti and other A-list superstars who were far away in Hong Kong also expressed that in order to celebrate their friend’s love, they were willing to give out 100 concert tickets as benefits. Now, the other half of the online star-chasers could no longer keep calm. After all, the lives of Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng were too far away from them, and compared with other people’s affairs, getting the coupons and benefits in hand was more practical and important.

It was worth mentioning that the companies under the two bosses that should have been affected by their coming out, but because of this wave of joint promotional activities, its publicity skyrocketed within a few days, and even Fengxing Group and Xiaoheng Capital’s shares went up two percent. This unexpected joy made the companies grin from ear to ear. They felt more and more that their boss was a lucky star. There were even some employees secretly guessing in private that the reason why the two families were so anxious to discuss the engagement ceremony was probably because they have seen the related interest growth points. Otherwise, the two bosses were already too busy solving the public relations crisis, so how would they have the leisure to organize the engagement ceremony?

As for other giants in the business world, after witnessing the grand sales phenomenon created by the joint efforts of the companies on both sides, what they only cared about was whether this powerful marriage alliance would affect the existing interests of all related industries. Would it hurt their vested interests, or whether they could also join in the fun and get a share of the pie…..In front of profits and benefits, who cared about the trivial matter of Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng being gay.

Under such circumstances, even before the elders of the Li family and Tao Mu’s family handed out invitation letters, old friends and business partners of the two families called to congratulate. They also took the initiative to ask about the specific time of the engagement ceremony, and they all said that they would definitely make a trip on that day to participate in the two children’s engagement ceremony.

The Li family was a wealthy and affluent business family. Tao Mu was not only the most topical star actor in the past two years, but also a boss worth tens of billions. Both parties attached great importance to this marriage. What was more, there were so many old friends and business partners coming to the engagement ceremony. In the outside world, all the entertainment media and financial media, as well as Tao Mu’s fans and FlyNews.com netizens were paying close attention to the actions of the two sides. One could imagine how much the elders of the Li family and Tao Mu’s family cared about this ceremony. And this kind of care was finally reflected in every process of the engagement ceremony, including the number of repeated tasting of even the small confectionery at the ceremony.

As a result of these many tedious and complicated details, Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng’s schedule was very full——after all, announcing their relationship publicly was done on the spur of the moment. After the two of them acted on a whim, they were shocked to find that they could not clear the schedule to accompany the elders in finalizing the details of their own engagement ceremony.

So after Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng discussed, they finally handed over the preparation of the engagement ceremony to the two sides’ elders. And one went back to work at Xiaoheng Capital and the other at the filming studio.

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Learning of CEO Tao’s successful marriage proposal, all the actors and staff of “Soldier Elite” raised funds and ordered a big cake to celebrate for Tao Mu. During this period, Cheng Yi, who had promised to make a tailor-made single for Tao Mu, also flew to the mainland at Tao Mu’s invitation.

The well-known top tier music producer in China was well aware of the truth that a promise was worth a thousand pounds of gold. Although he said he was reluctant, in fact, he had already begun to compose lyrics and music according to Tao Mu’s timbre characteristics as early as after agreeing to compose for Tao Mu. It took a long time, and finally he polished a work that made him very satisfied. However, what Cheng Yi didn’t expect was that Tao Mu would refuse!!!

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