Luo Xi forced herself to cheer up and said with a smile, “Mr. Tao, please.”

The two walked into the elevator one after the other and stood side by side. Luo Xi’s husband stood outside the elevator holding a thermal container, and explained sheepishly: “Xiao Xi, I actually——”

Luo Xi didn’t wait for the man to finish speaking, and just pressed the close button.

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The closed elevator space was awkward for a while, Luo Xi stared directly at the elevator door which showed their reflection, and apologized warmly: “I’m sorry CEO Tao has to experience that just now.”

Tao Mu knew that after this kind of thing happened, Luo Xi, the party directly involved, would definitely be more embarrassed than himself. Hearing this, he just smiled and said, “Every family has their own issues, so there is no need for CEO Luo to take it to heart.”

Hearing this, Luo Xi chuckled and said, “That’s right, who didn’t meet a few scumbags when they were young.”

Now these words were not for Tao Mu to comment on.

The atmosphere was quiet again. Luo Xi also felt that this comment was a bit rash. After all, her friendship with Tao Mu was far from the level where she could discuss personal topics.

Luo Xi thought for a while, and then brought the topic to Luo Yang: “…..Actually, I also think that my father sending Luo Yang to the army to gain experience is a good thing. Luo Yang was spoiled by my parents since he was a child, so he developed a domineering personality but has a confused mind. He also made friends with those people as well. I’m really worried that one day he would be instigated to do something he shouldn’t do, or offend someone who shouldn’t be offended, and would implicate the Luo family.”

Luo Xi also knew that Tao Mu had a bad relationship with Luo Yang. After all, with Tao Mu’s personality, they were lucky that Tao Mu didn’t want to bother quibbling about the bad things Luo Yang had done before. Let alone Tao Mu and Luo Yang really becoming friends.

But then again, if the relationship between Tao Mu and Luo Yang was really good, Luo Xi would not have reached a cooperation with Tao Mu. After all, though Tao Mu seemed to be a profiteer on the surface, gratitude and grudges are quite clearly distinguished in his bones.

As Luo Xi thought to herself, the two had already reached the door of Luo Yang’s room.

Luo Xi looked in through the window and found that Luo Yang had his left leg in a plaster cast and suspended at the end of the bed. The head of the bed was propped up at around 45 degrees, allowing Luo Yang to lean on the head of the bed comfortably, talking to the person sitting next to him who was helping him peel an apple. The person’s back was slender, revealing delicate facial features when he turned his face slightly.

Luo Xi’s face darkened, she pushed open the door directly, walked to the hospital bed and asked, “Why are you here?”

Shen Yu looked at Luo Xi who spoke sternly, and was startled immediately, standing up subconsciously and explaining embarrassingly: “I, I came to take care of Luo Yang.”

“Is the Luo family not able to hire a nurse?” Luo Xi took a deep breath and felt like her head was about to explode: “And you, didn’t Dad tell you to stay away from this kind of person? If it wasn’t for him, would your leg have been broken? Why do you never learn your lesson?”

“Sister, don’t say that to Xiao Yu.” Luo Yang habitually felt guilty in front of Luo Xi, but he didn’t want Luo Xi to misunderstand Shen Yu: “Besides, such a thing happening, you can’t blame Xiao Yu. It was clearly a scheme by surnamed Lin. Sister, you don’t know, if I hadn’t discovered it in time, Xiao Yu would have been ruined by them…..”

Luo Yang was embarrassed to go on, so he could only curse fiercely: “Those people are complete trash.”

As Luo Yang spoke up to here, he couldn’t help but ask: “Uh, so how is Dad now?”

“You still know to be worried about Dad? If you really listen to Dad, don’t stay in contact with those kind of people.” Luo Xi glared at Luo Yang angrily, and sneered: “You still think you are the hero who saves the beauty, don’t you? Despite being the middle of the night, as a student, instead of staying in the school dormitory, he went to the entertainment club with those kinds of people who are complete trash. I can only say that birds of a feather flock together.”

Shen Yu’s expression changed, and he looked at Luo Xi with a pale face, his figure shaking: “Sister Luo Xi, you misunderstood me. I’m not the kind of person you speak of——”

“Don’t call me sister.” Luo Xi said with a fake smile: “I don’t dare to be your sister. Besides, it doesn’t matter what kind of person you are, it doesn’t matter to me. Also, I remember that Mr. Shen, you and Yan Sheng haven’t officially broken up, right? Since this is so, I hope you can keep a distance from my brother. My brother is rather stupid and has a very impulsive temperament. I don’t want him to inexplicably get involved in other people’s feelings for no reason and become a third party. “

Luo Yang blushed at what his sister said, and was embarrassed to admit that he did have feelings for Shen Yu.

Shen Yu felt pierced by Luo Xi’s arrogant attitude. He looked at Luo Yang with tears in his eyes, and when out of the corner of his eyes he saw Tao Mu who was standing behind Luo Xi, he suddenly also felt indignant and humiliated. And couldn’t help but think of the lawyer’s letter sent to him by FlyNews.com.

“Seeing how miserable I am now, you must be very happy, aren’t you? I really don’t understand why, I clearly regard you as a good friend, but why are you always unable to get along with me? Must you throw stones at me while I am already down? Just because my life is better than yours? Because we are both orphans, but I grew up in the Shen family, while you grew up in the orphanage, so you are jealous of me?”

As soon as these words came out, both Luo Xi and Luo Yang were shocked. After thinking about it for a long time, they still couldn’t figure out the logic here.

Although Luo Yang felt sorry for Shen Yu, and even liked him romantically, he didn’t want to offend Tao Mu. But most importantly, Luo Yang really didn’t think Tao Mu was jealous of Shen Yu. On the contrary, it was Shen Yu who always brought up Tao Mu no matter the scenario. Under the pretense that everyone was friends here, when something happened, he would smear Tao Mu’s name.

Although Luo Yang was very fond of Shen Yu, he had to admit that Shen Yu was quite narcissistic and self-opinionated. It was obvious to all that between him and Tao Mu, who was trying to hang onto the other, and who was always wanting to throw stones at the other.

Tao Mu was too lazy to pay attention to Shen Yu, but he couldn’t tolerate Shen Yu’s slanderous accusations: “Who is it truly who can’t get along with others? Although your brain is a bit stupid, you should still have this self-knowledge, right?”

Shen Yu’s expression changed.

Tao Mu continued: “Having known each other for a while now, I advise you to think before you speak in the future, don’t open your mouth to spread rumors. I don’t know how many times the Shen family can take care of your messes, but I know that if you continue like this, I’m afraid that you will receive quite a lot of lawyer’s letters accusing you of spreading rumors.”

The most crucial point was that the assets under Shen Yu’s name were really running out. If it went on like this, even if the lawyers win the lawsuit, he was afraid they wouldn’t get much remuneration. People come out to work just to make a living, and Tao Mu didn’t want these lawyers to work hard only to not even be able to collect the most basic legal fees.

When Zhou Shenxing sent a lawyer’s letter to Shen Yu, he deliberately checked Shen Yu’s assets. Knowing that there was barely any money in Shen Yu’s account, he tried his best to make the Shen family pay for Shen Yu. Afterwards he also complained to Tao Mu. And even came to the whimsical idea that Shen Yu just spread rumors because he felt that he had no money, so if others sued him they would not be able to get much compensation from him, and if they gave up on suing him they would be too disgusted to get past this hurdle.

“But fortunately, now you have been blocked by related departments. In the future, there will be no media reports on your words and deeds. At least it can be guaranteed from the side that even if you spread rumors and cause trouble, it will not cause too much damage and you would not be caught and sent to jail because you can’t pay compensation.”

Tao Mu paused, then added truthfully: “If you can survive this time smoothly.”

“You’re too vicious!” Hot blood rushed to Shen Yu’s brain, and he blurted out: “How could you treat me like this?”

“Because I’m not your parents.” Tao Mu said indifferently, “I’m not obliged to endure your always inexplicably smearing my name.”

“I never thought of smearing your name.” Shen Yu stared at Tao Mu with wide eyes, and denied without thinking, “Isn’t whatever I said facts?”

“Conclusions that rely on the chain of evidence are called facts. When you open your mouth without thinking, or just rely on subjective speculation to say partial facts out of context, and then lead others to maliciously speculate, this kind of practice is called spreading rumors.” Luo Xi couldn’t listen any longer, and added: “Mr. Tao is right. Shen Yu, you are already an adult. Since you are an adult, you should be responsible for your own words and deeds. You have spread rumors and caused trouble many times without evidence, trying to discredit Mr. Tao. Not only has it affected Mr. Tao’s reputation, but also the corporate image of FlyNews.com. If FlyNews.com is a listed company, your actions may even affect the decline of FlyNews.com’s stock price.”

“Cutting off people’s source of livelihood is comparable to killing one’s parents. You grew up in the Shen family, so you do understand such a simple truth, right?” Luo Xi sneered. She hated people who pretended to be dumb the most. To spread rumors about others was not intentional, and to sue him was vicious and insidious. This double standard was used so naturally indeed. The key was that there was a brainless admirer on the side who was kissing his stinky feet.

Thinking of this, Luo Xi glared at Luo Yang fiercely again, and continued: “You don’t have to pretend that you are wronged and treated unjustly. If you really insist that what you say is the truth and all facts then you can explain to the judge in court. As long as the judge agrees with your actions, you can win the lawsuit. At that time, not only will you not have to compensate money and apologize, you will also be able to proclaim to everyone that you were right with the result of the lawsuit.”

“If you don’t have this ability, then I advise you not to stay here and pester my brother. Buy a plane ticket to fly back to Shanghai as soon as possible, and beg the Shen family, maybe the Shen family will help you out with the compensation money out of the affection from raising you for 19 years. Otherwise, you’re really going to go to jail.”

Shen Yu’s eyes were slightly red, and he bit his lips with his teeth with an aggrieved expression. He was frightened by the consequences described by Luo Xi, but still looked at Tao Mu stubbornly, and asked with a trembling voice, “You really must be so heartless?”

A white lotus flower that had been growing in the greenhouse for a long time was finally exposed to the strong wind and rain, and the petals swayed and trembled with the wind and rain. That appearance truly inspired tenderness in all who witnessed it. It was a pity that the three people present, Tao Mu and Luo Xi, were not soft-hearted people, and as for Luo Yang, the only one who had the heart to express tenderness, was too cowardly to speak up.

In the end, Shen Yu could only leave tearfully.

Luo Yang, whose leg was in a plaster cast, called out to Shen Yu anxiously, but was stopped by Luo Xi.

“You can’t even help yourself, so just leave him alone.” Luo Xi felt a headache when she thought of this: “You and that Lin Rong’an from the Lin family in Hong Kong got into a fight, and you even turned a perfectly healthy man into a eunuch. Do you think the Lin family will give up on this matter?”

Taking a few steps back, even if the Lin family did not dare to go too far because of the Luo family’s power in the capital, and just used some nasty means to get revenge on Luo Yang. But Shen Yu, as the main culprit of their jealousy, once caught by the Lin family, could the Lin family easily bypass him?

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So Luo Xi persuading Shen Yu to buy a plane ticket to return to Shanghai as soon as possible was also for Shen Yu’s sake. Shanghai was the Shen family’s territory, and the Shen family at least have some familial affection for Shen Yu. With their protection, the Lin family would not be able to take it too far.

Speaking of which. Just as Luo Xi thought of the Lin family, the Lin family also came knocking at the door.

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After finishing discussing business, old Mr. Luo pulled Tao Mu into a leisurely chat again. He also handed Tao Mu the apple that Luo Xi had peeled for him, and complained unhappily, “Making me eat apples every day. I hate eating fruit the most, it’s so disgustingly sweet, what’s so good about it? I said I want to eat braised pork, but no one will make it for me.”

When old Mr. Luo said this, he glared at Luo Xi and old Mrs. Luo, and snorted heavily.

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“This is what the doctor said. Let you eat more apples, bananas, blueberries, melons and cherries. They say it’s good for your health. You just listen to the doctor.” Old Mrs. Luo looked helplessly at her husband who only became more childish the older he got. She said to Tao Mu, “Xiao Tao, there are bananas and melons here, you can pick whatever you like.”

“Thank you, auntie.” Tao Mu thanked her with a smile. He picked up the apple and began eating it. This close attitude made old Mr. Luo more and more satisfied.

“That’s how it should be.” Old Mr. Luo said with a smile: “Young people should have this kind of vigor. Unlike some people who have lived together with you for so many years, yet their every move is still so restrained, not daring to stand or sit. Give him a fruit and he keeps holding it in his hand and doesn’t dare to eat it. Trembling like a little wife, as if someone would eat him up. Truly makes me feel uncomfortable.”

Luo Xi’s face turned red. Old Mrs. Luo hurriedly said: “What are you blabbering about in front of Xiao Tao?”

Old Mr. Luo didn’t say anything anymore. Glancing at the time, he asked Luo Xi to turn on the TV. A replay of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was being broadcast on the national channel, which happened to be the scene of Su Dingbang, played by Tao Mu, playing the piano at the reception.

In the Su Mansion, a young man wearing a three-piece white suit sat in front of the piano and played gracefully, the melodious sound of the piano flowing from his slender fingertips. Because of the transition between panorama, medium shot, and close-up, the audience in front of the TV could clearly see that Tao Mu himself played this part rather than just posing and using post-editing.

“You know how to play the piano too?” Old Mr. Luo said with a smile: “You act really well. When you appear on the screen, your every move, the emphasis you put on your words, really has the feeling of a student who had studied abroad during the Republic of China. Who did you learn it from?”

Tao Mu said with a smile, “I used to work in a piano shop. Not only does that piano shop sell pianos, it also teaches children how to play the piano. The teacher saw my good looks and would often teach me when not busy. As for the image of an international student in the Republic of China, I asked Beijing Film’s teacher to help introduce me to an old gentleman who had the experience of studying abroad in that era, and learned from him for a few days.”

“Sure enough.” When old Mr. Luo heard this, he suddenly sighed: “If my unworthy son had half of your smarts and hard work you put in, I would burn high incense.”

Old Mr. Luo prioritized sons over daughters, which could be seen in his words and deeds normally. Old Mr. Luo really wanted to train his only son to be the next successor of the Luo Group. Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, Luo Yang was trained according to the most elite model, and the level of painstaking effort was comparable to that of Li Xiaoheng being trained by the Li family. It was a pity that the son did not resemble the father, old Mr. Luo really hoped that Luo Yang could become a pillar of society, and Luo Yang really didn’t want to live up to his expectations. After going abroad, all he did was eat, drink, gamble and engage in other vices. The only thing he did not do was to learn what he should learn.

Now he even learned to get into fisticuffs over another man, and most importantly, he even got his leg broken for it. Whenever old Mr. Luo thought about this, he felt too angry to even breathe.

Tao Mu was afraid that the old man would be too provoked, so he quickly persuaded him: “I think Miss Luo is a woman who is not at all lacking when compared to men. Mr. Luo, you have such an excellent daughter, what is there to be unsatisfied with?”

When old Mr. Luo heard this, he turned his head to look at Luo Xi and smiled: “You are right. Isn’t there a saying that boys and girls are the same, women can also hold up half the sky. My son is disobedient, but my daughter is very considerate.”

Having never been praised so much by her father before, Luo Xi looked at her dad in surprise and joy, and then looked at Tao Mu with a particularly grateful look.

Tao Mu chatted with old Mr. Luo a bit more, and seeing that it was almost time, he said his goodbyes. So that the old man could take a rest. Old Mrs. Luo and Luo Xi saw Tao Mu out of the room. Old Mrs. Luo took Tao Mu’s hand and said with a smile: “Xiao Tao, as you just happened to be here, why not go and persuade Xiao Yang for me. This time, because of Xiao Yang, old Luo became so angry that he got sick, Xiao Yang is also quite frightened. During old Luo’s operation, Xiao Yang was lame in one leg yet still waited outside the operating room for more than two hours. Later, old Luo wanted to send Xiao Yang to the army, Xiao Yang got into an argument again with old Luo about this.”

“Don’t look at the fact that old Luo is scolding Xiaoyl Yang all the time now. He actually misses Xiao Yang very much. Father and son, how can there be overnight feuds. Help your auntie to persuade Xiao Yang and let him be more obedient.”

Tao Mu actually didn’t want to bother with Luo Yang, and old Mrs. Luo knew this. But Luo Yang really didn’t have many reliable friends: “…..Xiao Yang actually admires you. He told me privately that out of the many people he knows, you and Li Xiaoheng are the most serious ones. So auntie was thinking that if you persuade him, he would listen. “

It had to be said that Tao Mu still admired old Mr. Luo’s conduct. What’s more, old Mr. Luo had just helped him find a good project, which would allow him to make connections with the military department and the publicity department. In terms of favor and reasoning, Tao Mu would not refuse old Mrs. Luo’s request. Besides, if he went to visit Luo Yang, he could also happen to be able to ask about some things.

Seeing this, Luo Xi had old Mrs. Luo go back to accompany old Mr. Luo, while she accompanied Tao Mu to see Luo Yang.

Luo Yang’s ward was on the third floor of the Department of Orthopedics. While waiting for the elevator, Luo Xi suddenly said, “My dad has always looked down on my husband, you know about this, right?”

Tao Mu didn’t expect Luo Xi to suddenly bring this up, and couldn’t help but be a little surprised.

Luo Xi smiled bitterly: “I’m going to divorce him. It’s just that my dad suddenly fell ill, and I haven’t had time to bring it up. My mother doesn’t know about him looking for women outside.”

Tao Mu smiled and said, “Miss Luo, don’t worry, I’m not a talkative person.”

Luo Xi said, “I know you won’t mind something that is not your business. I just…..”

When Luo Xi spoke up to here, a “ding” sound was heard, and the elevator door opened, interrupting her next words. Inside, a man walked out with a thermal container, looked up and saw Luo Xi, instantly being stunned in place.

“Xiao Xi,” the man called nervously, his eyes fell on Tao Mu, and his expression changed suddenly: “Who is he? Is he the blind date introduced to you by your family?”

Before Luo Xi could speak, the man sneered and sneered: “I say, aren’t you Luo family a little too anxious? We haven’t even divorced yet you have already found a new candidate. It seems that your dad is busy even while lying on the hospital bed——”

With a “slap”, Luo Xi retracted her hand: “You really make me sick.”

The man rubbed his cheek with the back of his hand and sneered: “I’m disgusting? How much better are you than me? Luo Xi, don’t think I don’t know. You are the same as your family, you all look down on me. You all think I’m useless, and live off on a woman. I live like a dog in front of you. Every day I think about how to make you happy and how to make your family happy. Your dad was hospitalized for surgery, and I was thinking about making soup for him at home. But what is his response, in such a hurry to cuckold me——”

“This mister,” Tao Mu frowned and interrupted the man’s words when he saw people in the corridor poking their heads out to peer curiously their way, “I’m very curious, what prompted you to publicly, to be precise, right outside your father-in-law’s hospital room, think of the special role of a blind date when you see your wife standing in front of the elevator with another man and maintaining the distance that social etiquette should have?”

The man was stunned for a moment, and immediately became angry: “Who are you?”

“You don’t recognize my face?” Tao Mu raised his eyebrows: “Then you don’t surf the Internet or watch TV? Or, you don’t work in Longteng Entertainment?”

The man’s expression changed, and he asked back, a little embarrassed and a little guilty: “What do you mean? You think you are young and promising, that you are very amazing to start a business from scratch. So you look down on me, a useless waste who lives off of a woman?”

“It seems that this mister does know me.” Tao Mu smiled slightly and commented by the way: “That’s right. As an employee of Longteng Entertainment, if you don’t even recognize your company’s most important business partner then I really feel that there is nothing about you for me to appreciate in a person like you.”

“You——”

Before the man could speak, Tao Mu continued: “Since you know me, then I have to ask, what kind of mentality do you have to slander me in front of so many people in public as the blind date Mr. Luo found for CEO Luo in front of the hospital bed?”

“In view of the fact that you and CEO Luo still maintain a marital relationship, can I understand it this way, despite you clearly knowing the identity and relationship between CEO Luo and myself, regardless of the factual basis and logical relationship, you spread rumors and try to discredit me as a third party trying to destroy someone’s marriage. Are you intentionally trying to damage my reputation? Or, is it that you are trying to harm the reputation of FlyNews.com by damaging my reputation?”

“You, don’t talk nonsense!” The man’s expression was instantly frightened into changing. As Luo Xi’s husband and also the middle management of Longteng Entertainment, the man certainly knew Tao Mu’s identity. He also knew that FlyNews.com’s legal department had nothing to do recently and was issuing lawyers’ letters in batches. And he certainly didn’t want to receive a lawyer’s letter inexplicably.

“Since you know that you can’t talk nonsense, I hope this mister can apologize to me and CEO Luo.” As Tao Mu spoke up to here, he raised his arm politely and motioned at the passersby across the corridor who had raised their phones to record the scene: “I also hope that when you upload the video, you can put the full video online and not spread false rumors. Otherwise, the legal department of FlyNews.com would be happy to communicate with you.”

The few passersby who were holding their mobile phones to record videos smiled sheepishly, and came up to say hello: “Tao Mu, we like you very much. We’ve been watching “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” recently, and the young master you played in it is really handsome. No, it should be said that your character appears too gentlemanly and elegant. We really like him very much. Will this character really turn bad in the end?”

“Most of the spoilers have already been revealed in the long trailer.” Tao Mu said with a smile.

“Then, can I take a picture with you?” A girl raised her mobile phone eagerly.

The floor where old Mr. Luo stayed was a private ward. All the patients and their families were either rich or affluent people, so there were not many people on the entire floor. So there were only three to four standing around Tao Mu. Tao Mu thought about it and agreed to the girl’s photo request.

Several other passersby saw this and also stepped forward to ask for a group photo. After he was done, Tao Mu didn’t forget to ask Luo Xi’s husband to apologize to him. And also recorded it himself with his phone.

Luo Xi’s husband originally just wanted to take the opportunity to show his anger, and at least make it so that Luo Xi would be in the wrong in front of him once. But he didn’t expect Tao Mu to be so difficult despite such a young age. In the end, he only caused himself to lose face.

The other passersby who also watched the whole thing stood on the side and whispered amongst themselves. Some sporadic words drifted over, and all expressed that it was a pity that Luo Xi actually found such a man. Sure enough, such a thing as free love was not as reliable as a well-matched blind date.

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Luo Xi stood on the side without expression. She couldn’t figure out why she fell in love with such a cowardly and incompetent man in the first place, a man who also liked to cheat on her behind her back.

Tao Mu didn’t want to comment on Luo Xi’s family affairs. After teaching Luo Xi’s husband a lesson, he nodded at Luo Xi: “Let’s go.”

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Zhou Shenxing also knew that FlyNews.com received the ban notice. When the order arrived at the FlyNews.com headquarters in written form, all the employees of FlyNews.com applauded, the scene exploding in excitement.

After all, everyone remembered how that surnamed Shen hatefully tried to pull their family’s CEO Tao into the water in various ways on various occasions. A fake second-generation waste material who couldn’t act, couldn’t start a business from scratch, couldn’t do anything, and always wanted to rub off on their CEO Tao to gain popularity. It was just like having a caterpillar falling on you. Well now everything was all good, the motherland’s mother strikes with an iron fist, and daddy SARFT directly banned him from the public eye. Just say ban you, and you are banned, without even giving you a chance to cry out.

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Zhou Shenxing also felt very relieved. He himself was a man who handaggled over every cent and never forgot to take revenge on every grudge. The most important thing was that he had a great sense of professional ethics and professional honor. Shen Yu repeatedly tried to drag Tao Mu into the water to make Tao Mu carry the pot, which also affected FlyNews.com’s positive image. This kind of behavior clearly showed that he did not take Lawyer Zhou seriously. Indirectly, the reputation of Mr. Lawyer Zhou in the industry had been affected. If Zhou Shenxing was not already officially hired by FlyNews.com as the chief legal advisor, he was afraid that it would have directly affected the income of Mr. Lawyer Zhou.

For Lawyer Zhou, who aimed to make a lot of money as his life goal, this was simply a deep hatred. Therefore, after unilaterally declaring Shen Yu as the mortal enemy, Lawyer Zhou began to collect relevant evidence that Shen Yu smeared Tao Mu and caused huge economic losses to FlyNews.com.

The idea to send a lawyer letter to Shen Yu this time was also made by Zhou Shenxing in the name of FlyNews.com’s chief legal advisor and pushed forward with all his strength.

“I asked someone to investigate Shen Yu’s economic situation. I found that he actually has no assets to his name. There are only less than 100,000 yuan left in his bank account. Therefore, if we only sue Shen Yu, I’m afraid we won’t get much compensation. It’s also not my intention to put Shen Yu in jail either.”

After all, Lawyer Zhou only loves money. Apart from money, he had no deep hatred for Shen Yu. Furthermore, considering the reputation and image of FlyNews.com, Lawyer Zhou couldn’t really send him to prison. Although Shen Yu’s fans often provoked hatred. But sending a nineteen-year-old child who neither killed nor committed arsonry to prison, but was just too stupid that he could not communicate with others, was not Lawyer Zhou’s behavior either.

After all, being idiotic was not a crime.

“So it would be best to have the Shen Group come forward to pay for Shen Yu.” But this specific operation was a bit troublesome, and Lawyer Zhou still had to think about it carefully.

“…..I saw in the entertainment industry, there are a lot of fans who have crowdfunded concerts for celebrities and paid liquidated damages for their idols. It would be great if Shen Yu’s fans could stand forward and help Shen Yu raise the compensation money.” Mr. Lawyer Zhou suddenly had a whimsical thought, which was actually quite fresh.

Tao Mu chuckled and said, “Leaving this matter to you, I can rest assured. It’s for another matter that I came looking for you.”

Tao Mu was talking about the fact that a group of students from Beijing Film wanted to sign their brokerage contract to Tao Mu’s film and television company. In fact, as early as half a year ago, Wen Bao had already mentioned it at a class reunion. But at the time, everyone didn’t take it seriously. But with Tao Mu’s successive investments in “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” and “Fashion Storm”, these two TV dramas, which were not of the same genre at all, but both broke the viewing records of each time period respectively after they were broadcast, and even caused widespread influence in the society. The most important point was that whether it was the veteran actors who participated in “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” or the debut newcomers who participated in “Fashion Storm”, they have all become household stars after the TV series started.

In particular, Mr. Zhan Bin, who participated in the leading role of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, was now regarded as an idol by the entire public, from 70-year-old grandpas and grannies to 12-year-old tween boys and girls. His national popularity had risen to a level that was higher than that of the most popular idol stars nowadays. A few days ago, “Military News” and “China Daily” also mentioned the TV series “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” in the theme column of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. They felt that this TV series truly reflected the cruel and bloody history of the Second Sino-Japanese War. And Mr. Zhan Bin perfectly played the image of a revolutionary veteran of our party. His character got rid of the perfect hero stereotype, and let a real, flesh-and-blood general of the Second Sino-Japanese War appear in front of all audiences with a brand new look. Positively affirming the excellent production of this “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” drama.

And also in the report, the students of Beijing Film who played minor roles were briefly mentioned. They felt that they were the example of outstanding students cultivated by Beijing Film Academy. Students who study hard, pay attention to practice, and put more energy on the film work itself. Instead of attracting people’s attention through various hype and grandstanding. Whether actors or stars, they must seek truth from facts, speak with their works, and bring positive guidance to the majority of netizens and audiences.

Although the essence of the quotation in this part was to complain, that the majority of people who eat melon couldn’t focus on more positive publicity activities, but were attracted by those gossip and scandals, this kind of ideological level was really a bit low. But for the Beijing Film students, the fact that their performances could be positively exemplified by newspapers such as “Military News” and “China Daily” was something to celebrate in itself. Even the Beijing Film Academy felt honored.

All in all, Beijing Film’s students also saw Tao Mu’s ability in film and television production with their own eyes. Not only could he produce high-quality critically acclaimed TV dramas, but he could also take into account the viewership ratings. The most important thing was that while taking into account the ratings, he could also increase the popularity of the actors and stars. And could even have the official departments recognize them.

Considering that Tao Mu’s film and television company was backed by FlyNews.com and Xiaoheng Capital, and its publicity channels and capital strength were very strong, the students of Beijing Film couldn’t think of any other film and television company or talent company in the industry that could compete with Tao Mu’s.

So before it was just a topic of chatting at the dinner table, but now it was worth serious consideration. It was just that those classmates didn’t know Tao Mu very well. They silently rejected Tao Mu before, but now they were too embarrassed to take the initiative. They could only secretly find the three roommates who had a good relationship with Tao Mu, and wanted to ask them to help them connect with Tao Mu.

Wen Bao had long planned to sign with Tao Mu’s company. He himself admired Tao Mu’s acting skills, and he was also relatively clear about his own career path. He just wanted to be an actor, not a star. So after participating in the crew of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, Wen Bao made up his mind and signed the brokerage contract directly. This decision had also been recognized and approved by the entire Wen family. After all, with the relationship between the Wen family and old Mr. Song, Wen Bao signing with Tao Mu’s film and television company put them more at ease.

Similar to Wen Bao’s thinking, Du Kang also signed the contract directly. Du Kang’s personality determined that he was not the kind of person who had a particularly strong career plan. He belonged to the type that lived day by day and walked step by step. Otherwise, in the previous life, he would not have gone from an actor to a comedian and finally took the road of director behind the scenes. However, with Tao Mu watching out for him in this life, Du Kang’s career path would obviously be smoother than in his previous life.

Compared with these two roommates, Chu Sui’an originally had other arrangements. But seeing that his three roommates were all in the same film and television company, he didn’t want to toss about and go through the trouble. Chu Sui’an thought it through very well, in any case, with Tao Mu’s capital and connections, even if the company didn’t make any more dramas, Tao Mu could still introduce them to other crews. And he could also rest assured about signing with Tao Mu’s company. At least none of those unpleasant things that usually occurred in the industry would happen. Even if they didn’t want to participate in the wine and dinner parties, with Tao Mu in front of them, they could refuse without any worries.

Chu Sui’an was quite mischievous in front of his friends, but he was actually very introverted outside. He really hated the sociable atmosphere where all kinds of strangers got together and touted each other. Now that he signed with Tao Mu’s film and television company, from the boss to his colleagues, the working atmosphere was very comfortable indeed. It was estimated that he would not be like in the previous life, actually developing social phobia in the end.

As for the other classmates’ thinking, the three roommates also called Tao Mu to tell him. Tao Mu was busy with other things before and forgot about the whole thing. This time, when Luo Xi mentioned the celebration of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, only then did Tao Mu remember it. So he called Mr. Lawyer Zhou and asked about the brokerage contract——due to different closeness, and different potentials, Tao Mu obviously couldn’t sign the same contract he signed with Wen Bao and the others with the other classmates as well.

On this point, Tao Mu was particularly able to distinguish between insiders and outsiders. That was why sometimes even his Xiao Qi Dad laughed at Tao Mu, who was really not suitable for company management and was too nepotist. All those he could trust were his own family. In this case, it was really difficult for a newcomer to come forward. He also suggested that Tao Mu could adopt the professional manager system.

Tao Mu also knew that he had this problem, but he had experienced betrayal in his last life. Even the best company system needed people to manage it. Tao Mu didn’t want to work hard outside, only for someone to trip him up in the inner courtyard. So he would rather hand over the company to his own people than to an outsider he didn’t trust.

Fortunately, the family Tao Mu could trust were each worth ten talented people. Even Zhou Shenxing, who looked unreliable, used to specialize in economic law, company law, and commercial lawsuits. But after joining FlyNews.com, he also conquered the brokerage contract in time. Not only was he able to make more money, he also became more valued by Tao Mu.

Zhou Shenxing originally thought that Tao Mu called him to talk about Shen Yu, but Tao Mu didn’t mention him at all, and instead talked about a lot of matters related to brokerage contracts.

After hanging up the phone, the stingy Lawyer Zhou couldn’t help but sigh that CEO Tao deserved to be CEO Tao, no wonder he was able to create such a big family business at the age of nineteen. Look how open-minded he was, not even bothering to pay attention to those little fleas and caterpillars. Unlike him, who would feel uncomfortable all over unless he took revenge after suffering a loss.

As Lawyer Zhou sighed with emotion, he went to serve himself another large plate of shrimp.

The next morning, Tao Mu went to see old Mr. Luo with a basket of flowers and fruits.

Old Mr. Luo had just finished the operation. Although he was lying on the hospital bed, he looked very healthy. He also spoke with great enthusiasm. He shook Tao Mu’s hand and praised Tao Mu, saying that the TV series “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was too well made.

“Two episodes a day is too slow. I am completely hooked that I can’t sleep at night. I heard Luo Xi say that you have the complete drama episode in your hand. Is it possible that I can get a copy?”

Tao Mu said: “Of course this is no problem.”

Without Tao Mu’s instructions, old Mr. Luo said directly: “Don’t worry. I’ll only watch it myself. I definitely won’t leak the TV series. Those old fellas are also anxious to see what happens next, wanting to contact you but aren’t able to…..”

Tao Mu didn’t know who the old fellas that old Mr. Luo mentioned, but before he could ask, he heard old Mr. Luo ask: “By the way, do you know how to make military movies? Not like “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, but something more advanced, a TV series that depicts special forces?”

Tao Mu: “?”

Old Mr. Luo looked at Tao Mu’s confused expression and said with a smile: “I’ll speak directly. They’re all my old comrades in arms. Hasn’t the conscription period just ended. The quality of the recruits are not so satisfactory. In fact, in the past two years, the effect of army conscription has not been very good. Today’s young people are not willing to join the army, they all like to go to college. In fact, we also like to have college students as soldiers. But few college students want to be in the army!”

Old Mr. Luo came from the army, and even if he later retired from the army and changed his career, he still had contact with his former comrades in arms. This time, old Mr. Luo fell ill and was hospitalized, and those old comrades in arms came to see him. When chatting, they brought up the army conscription. Among them, an old comrade-in-arms mentioned that the drama “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was filmed very well, which made people feel particularly empathetic and wanted nothing more than to go back to that era again and fight for the motherland.

Sitting on the side, Luo Xi, who was cutting apples for these uncles, casually interjected, saying that they could ask Tao Mu to make a special forces film, with a little hot-blood and youthful excitement. A film that could make those college students want to be a soldier after watching it.

When old Mr. Luo’s old comrades heard this, they seemed to also have some similar thoughts. It was just that they were not familiar with Tao Mu, and they didn’t know how much Tao Mu could do. So they asked old Mr. Luo to feel out Tao Mu’s attitude. If Tao Mu also had this intention, both sides could make contact.

Tao Mu really didn’t expect that visiting old Mr. Luo would result in the task of producing an army conscription promotion drama. But it was also a really good opportunity. However, some things have to be said ahead.

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“Mr. Luo, it is my honor that you are willing to trust me and give me such an important task. But I am still a student. Even if I really want to film, I have to wait until the winter vacation. And the script is also an issue.”

Old Mr. Luo nodded: “I understand all this. I just wanted to tell you and let you know about it. If you are interested, you can contact them. So, just prepare first. Anyway, this year’s conscription period has just passed, and next year’s is still early!”

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Because of the shocking big melon involving Yan Sheng and Shen Yu was exposed, the seventh day of the broadcasting of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”, which was the fourteenth episode where Tao Mu finally made an appearance, passed in a state of non-attention, with ratings hitting 11% in a very low-key manner, directly breaking the domestic viewing record of the same period in 2009.

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At this time, the Yan family also happened to suppress all reports related to Yan Sheng. The domestic entertainment media finally broke free from this melon-eating feast and had the energy to pay attention to other gossip in the entertainment circle.

Only to be stunned to find that “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” broke the annual viewing record without any one even noticing, essentially seeming to be another dark horse in ratings.

It was a pity that the national channel had been busy recently broadcasting programs related to the 60th National Day Celebration Ceremony, and even specially set up a program crew to track and report the related matters of the veterans after coming to Beijing. There were too many things to be busy with, and simply didn’t have the energy to celebrate a TV drama. And as the producer, FlyNews.com did not publicize this matter, but was busy with…..emmm, gathering and recording comments from netizens who slandered Tao Mu on the Internet, and continuing to launch a new round of lawsuits.

However, this time, FlyNews.com’s increasingly powerful lawyers were not only targeting those netizens who thought they could spread nonsense without taking responsibility due to Internet anonymity, but also prescribe the right medicine to treat the main cause. After the seven-day National Day holiday week, with the accusation of “guiding public opinion to deliberately smear Tao Mu, thus causing damage to the reputation of Tao Mu and FlyNews.com”, they directly sent a lawyer’s letter to Shen Yu.

However, the lawyer’s letter carefully drafted by Lawyer Zhou did not get the respect and attention it deserved after it was sent out. Because the other party, Mr. Shen Yu, had managed to entangle himself into another extremely hot scandal, and had no time to take notice of the lawyer’s letter lying quietly in Yan Film’s mail room.

And Tao Mu was also shocked by the identities of the other two parties involved in this “extremely explosive scandal”.

“What, Luo Yang’s leg was broken again? The person who broke Luo Yang’s leg is Lin Rong’an from the Lin family in Hong Kong? And then Luo Yang actually kicked Lin Rong’an’s third leg during the fight?” What’s more, the reason why Luo Yang and Lin Rong’an, two playboys who didn’t know each other, got into a fight in a certain entertainment club was because they were fighting over Shen Yu?

“Right? My dad was so angry he had a heart attack. Fortunately, I discovered it early and sent him to the hospital in time. The doctor said that if it was even five minutes later, maybe my dad would have…..” When Luo Xi mentioned this matter, she felt a surge of anger again.

After old Mr. Luo knew that his precious son was not suitable to inherit the company, he made up his mind to give up on Luo Yang, and put all his energy and hard work on Luo Xi instead, and as a result, the relationship between father and daughter had warmed up quite a bit. Although Luo Xi was an ambitious career woman, she was young after all. She studied hard and worked hard since she was a child, just to win her father’s approval. Now that this wish had been fulfilled, she basically turned into a 24-hour filial daughter, who both hero worshipped and was filial towards old Mr. Luo. Incredibly caring and considerate.

This time, when Mr. Luo was angered into having a heart attack by Luo Yang, it was Luo Xi who sent him to the hospital in time. The operation was performed by Yun Xingjian, the director of the First People’s Hospital of Beijing City, and was fortunately successfully rescued.

“The ratings of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” broke the ratings record. It was originally agreed that there would be a celebration party for “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. But with my father in the state he is in, I can’t get away for too long. So I am unable to attend the celebration party.” On the other end of the line, Luo Xi stood in the hospital corridor with her mobile phone, and said apologetically, “I have to trouble CEO Tao to oversee the overall situation again.”

“That’s natural.” Tao Mu said with a smile: “How is your father now?”

“He’s already out of danger.” Luo Xi sighed: “My dad is a veteran, and he has always been loud and temperamental all his life, and also cares a lot about appearances. But my brother did not live up to his expectations. And now he even got involved in this shameful matter and got his leg broken. And all for someone who is not even worth it. Embarrassing himself and the family in front of the whole capital. My dad can’t stand the shame and is even now still punching the bed. Yelling about throwing him into the army to be re-taught how to be a person. But my brother’s leg is broken and can’t even get out of bed.”

When Luo Xi said this, she felt distress for both her father and her brother, so she could only curse bitterly: “That person surnamed Shen is really a bearer of bad luck. Whoever gets involved with him will meet with misfortune! My stupid brother, how many times have I told him, don’t pay attention to Shen Yu, don’t pay attention to Shen Yu, but why did they get involved again? Doesn’t he see that whoever even walks close to Shen Yu always ends up being cursed by him? Yan Sheng’s matter hasn’t even passed. You say, just why won’t that stupid brother of mine learn his lesson…..”

Tao Mu listened to Luo Xi’s complaints on the phone, and chuckled: “Fall into the pit, gaim some wit, let’s hope Luo Yang can grow up after going through this incident. Besides, as the old saying goes, if you don’t die, there will definitely be good fortune in the future. Since your father has passed this obstacle, he will definitely live a long life in the future.”

Tao Mu had already lived through this, and of course he knew that old Mr. Luo was destined to have this disaster. It was just that he thought that after he had schemed Luo Yang into breaking a leg once before, old Mr. Luo could avoid this disaster. Unexpectedly, at this critical time point, old Mr. Luo still did not avoid suffering a heart attack. But fortunately, with Luo Xi keeping watch on the side, old Mr. Luo was rescued in time, and finally survived this disaster safely.

As for Luo Yang and Lin Rong’an. Tao Mu really didn’t expect these two people to meet. After all, in the previous life, Luo Yang angered old Mr. Luo to death because of him coming out of the closet. According to the plot setting, Lin Rong’an was turned into an eunuch by Shen Yu’s admirer, the white paper fan of the Liang family, after his failure to date-rape Shen Yu.

But in this life, Liang Shuwen was sent by Li Xiaoheng to eastern Guangdong to take care of express delivery business. While Lin Rong’an inexplicably came to Beijing. Then at the same time node, he tricked Shen Yu into accompanying him to an entertainment club. Yan Sheng, the hero who was supposed to be in the story, went abroad. Shen Yu then encountered Luo Yang, the substitute knight in shining armor. And during the fight, Luo Yang actually broke Lin Rong’an’s third leg.

It seemed that Lin Rong’an was destined to be a eunuch.

“Then I shall accept your blessing.” Luo Xi said with a smile on the other end of the line. She also knew that FlyNews.com sent Shen Yu a lawyer’s letter, and said indignantly: “…..that kind of person should be taught a lesson. Why is it that other people are unlucky every time he causes trouble? From Shen Yan to my idiot brother, they all became his bulletproof vest. Say, why do you think there are so many blind people in this world, what do they see in him?”

She also reminded Tao Mu: “Don’t be soft-hearted. This time, you must give him a good lesson. Lest that surnamed Shen keep pulling you into the water every now and then. It’s like a caterpillar falling on you, it might not bite you but it sure is disgusting.”

Tao Mu said with a smile: “I want to visit your father. Don’t know if your father has the energy, is it convenient?”

Luo Xi smiled and said: “What’s the inconvenience? Our old man likes you. If you can come to visit him, he will be very happy.”

After hanging up the phone, Tao Mu was just thinking about how to prepare for the celebration of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” when he saw Meng Qi happily push the door and enter.

“Xiao Qi Dad, why are you smiling so happily?” Tao Mu greeted with a smile.

“SARFT is dissatisfied with some artists who have no proper film works but prefer to hype popularity, and can only bring negative guidance and negative public opinion to the public. They have ordered various media to block Shen Yu.” Meng Qi smiled with Schadenfreude amusement.

2009 was the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In order to celebrate this event, the country had arranged many activities during the National Day, such as a military parade, as well as other programs and promotions. Including the essay contest organized by FlyNews.com, in which the winner was also announced on November 11. There was also “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” drama broadcast by National Channel, which was also a very classic Second Sino-Japanese War film.

As a result, despite so many meaningful things, none of them got the attention of netizens. Instead, it was the scandal between Yan Sheng and Shen Yu that caused a stir on the Internet. Unsurprisingly, relevant departments were very dissatisfied. Coupled with the intentional pressure of the Yan family, Shen Yu, a C-list non-mainstream star who was riddled with black material, was naturally banned.

FlyNews.com just received the notification from above, and Meng Qi had the technical department block all related entries of Shen Yu. Only then did he rush to announce the good news to Tao Mu.

——Shen Yu relied on pretending to be weak to gain sympathy, and always dragged Tao Mu into the water on various occasions. The series of indiscriminate actions to smear Tao Mu had already angered Tao Mu’s family and friends. According to Liu Yao and Meng Qi’s thinking, they would have already attacked Shen Yu, the little bastard who bullies the weak and fears the strong. But Tao Mu just had to stop them and did not let them make a move.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi didn’t know that Tao Mu was worried that the two of them would be cannon fodder for the plot and thought that Tao Mu resisted because he didn’t want to offend the Shen family. But everything was good now, without them having to take action, the above directly ordered to ban such scandal ridden artists. FlyNews.com just needed to be obedient and do what the above says.

“It must be said that the Yan family is the most ruthless.” When Meng Qi said this, he smiled and sighed: “The old saying goes that one day a couple, a hundred days grace. That surnamed Yan appears deeply in love on the surface, seeming as if he could do anything for Shen Yu. Yet he could have such a ruthless hand behind the scenes. This is basically cutting off Shen Yu’s retreat route directly from the root. But the most amazing thing is that even though he could cut off his retreat route, he could still keep his halo of a man deeply in love and hide abroad to avoid the limelight. Causing those little fans who don’t know the truth to be moved to tears. As expected of a twice-award winning actor, his acting skills off-screen are even more realistic than his on-screen acting skills.”

With Meng Qi’s scheming and cleverness, coupled with FlyNews.com’s huge information pool and Liu Yao’s ability, as well as Tao Mu’s personal experience in his previous life, how could Yan Sheng and his management team’s actions be concealed from them.

It was just that Tao Mu was happy to sit back and watch the dog bite dog show, and didn’t want to offend the Yan family, so he didn’t bother to expose Yan Sheng’s true face. He could relive his life again, but he didn’t have a deep obsession with getting revenge. Instead of wasting time on Shen Yu and those other nasty people, it was better to live his own life well. Tao Mu always felt that the reason why he met such an end in his last life was because his own value was not as high as Shen Yu’s, so he was abandoned again and again. If Tao Mu must have an obsession, it was to make money and be self-reliant, so that he could do what he wanted to do without relying on others as well as protect those he wanted to protect.

If it wasn’t for Shen Yu’s overbearing actions, wanting to drag him into the water every time, Tao Mu was actually too lazy to even think of this person. This time, having Zhou Shenxing send a lawyer’s letter to Shen Yu was because he wanted Shen Yu to learn a lesson. Lest he always mention him in public in the future.

It was just that Tao Mu really didn’t expect that compared to him, the fated enemy, the lethality of Yan Sheng’s fan-turning-anti would be so great.

This was basically killing off Shen Yu!

Thinking of this, Tao Mu couldn’t help but admire Shen Yu a little. How did you manage to make the true love from the previous life turn against you? Was this a level of brain-dead that even the plot halo couldn’t even save?

Sure enough, the difference between reality and idol dramas was at least 18,000 Shen Yu. Tao Mu sighed with emotion, and called their pitiful and helpless Lawyer Zhou again.

The National Day holiday week had just ended, and FlyNews.com’s legal department actually didn’t have much work. However, Lawyer Zhou still did everything possible to remain at the company and work overtime, just to take advantage of the evening buffet provided by the company for its employees.

It was eight o’clock in the evening when he received Tao Mu’s call. Lawyer Zhou closed the computer and went to the cafeteria. He answered the phone while running. Out of breath, he said, “Mr. Tao, wait for me for a bit. I’ll call you back after I’ve finished picking up my plate at the cafeteria.”

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Tao Mu shook his head helplessly when he heard the beeping sound on the other line.

Their Lawyer Zhou, whose annual salary was almost over 30 million yuan, still kept to this…..diligent and simple style.

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