The entire crew knew that Tao Mu was very good at leading and immersing people into the scene, and while it might be a bit exaggerated to describe him as being able to lead you to sink into your role in a matter of minutes. But so long as one’s acting skills were up to the usual standard, and was well prepared before filming, their emotions were indeed more easily catalyzed when acting a scene with Tao Mu.

Unfortunately, no matter how powerful the king was, even he couldn’t do anything for a hopeless case. With Shen Yu’s current acting skills, even if Tao Mu wanted to lead him, it also depended on whether Shen Yu himself was up for the challenge. After all, Tao Mu was just an actor, not a kangaroo.

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What was more, although Shen Yu really wanted Tao Mu to take him flying, there was only one scene left involving the two of them——the chaotic battle scene at the dock which takes place at the end of the film.

Yan Sheng’s undercover identity was exposed, and he led the police to the wharf to encircle and suppress the gangsters who wanted to abscond to Southeast Asia. During the shootout, Yan Yu blocked the bullet meant for Zhou Yuanting, and after leaving a last word, Zhou Yuanting abandoned the body and fled, leaving with the mafia boss.

Of course, in the mainland version, because this kind of ending with the death of the good positive characters, while the evil underworld forces got away was frowned upon, the crew was forced to add another scene to the film, that is, the mafia boss and Zhou Yuanting who wanted to abscond ended up being caught and sent to prison anyway. However, Director Xu thought that this change was not in line with the gist of the script and the deeper meaning of the film, and did not agree with this change. So the two sides were deadlocked and it wasn’t until a year later that the crew finally compromised.

However, pirated DVDs of “Black and White” have been rampant in the mainland. In the end, after the film was released in the mainland, the box office did not even exceed 10 million yuan.

This was also an important reason why when Director Xu invited Tao Mu to invest money into the crew, but Tao Mu politely declined.

Pier.

For the classic scene that appeared in many Hong Kong gangster movies, the props team and lighting/cameras were busy arranging the set.

Tao Mu and several bigwigs were sitting in the dressing room, getting makeup applied while waiting for the show.

Because it was going to be a gun fight scene, and it was the climax of the finale, everyone’s image was very cool. The mafia were all in black suits and black shirts, and the police were all in the special uniforms of the Flying Tigers.

As one of the main characters of this scene, Zhou Yuanting used a Glock 17 pistol, caliber 9 mm. The main features of this gun were the extensive use of plastic parts, small mass, reliable mechanism action, and large capacity.

However, it was basically unnecessary to consider this problem when filming a movie. As we all know, when filming gun fight scenes, even if the protagonist was holding a pistol that could only hold six bullets, it was a common occurrence that so long as the plot required it, the protagonist’s gun would always have bullets in it.

Those who come up short with bullets in their gun could only be in supporting roles.

For example, Tao Mu. When filming this scene, there would be a lot of shots of him one-handedly changing his handgun magazine. Tao Mu’s movements were very skilled and on point because he had been trained in the police academy for several months. Unlike the special forces instructors with rich practical experience invited by the crew, Tao Mu also had to consider the camera angle and character temperament when performing his movements. When he was training at the police academy, he designed a lot of tactical moves for Zhou Yuanting in combination with the plot. After a few months of silent training, now that he was in front of the camera, he couldn’t be anymore handsome.

To use film queen Fang’s teasing comment about Tao Mu to describe it, that is, Mr. Tao’s handsomeness was definitely at a professional level. So much so that even Zhou Yanqing and several other bigwigs couldn’t help but come over to ask Tao Mu for advice on various tricks in changing magazines and posing at the most attractive angle.

The filming location chosen by the crew was an abandoned pier. Considering that this shootout was the last climax of the entire film, the scene was very grand, involving more than 200 actors, and the scene scheduling was very complicated. So Director Xu decided to shoot in several parts. First the speaking parts, then the close-up parts of the single-person fighting scene, and finally the group fight part.

Because it was an on-location shoot, it took more than an hour just for lighting and sound.

Director Xu learned from the previous lessons and finished filming the scenes of Zhou Yanqing, Yan Sheng, Wang Jinsheng, Fang Ruoti and several other actors. It was only until the end that the filming of Tao Mu and Shen Yu’s scene began.

After the police and the Flying Tigers entered the dock, Yan Yu frantically searched for Zhou Yuanting, and finally found Zhou Yuanting behind a container. It was a scene where the two confronted each other with guns.

“Ah Ting!”

Zhou Yuanting turned his head and pointed his gun at Yan Yu. Tao Mu’s movements were very standard. He raised his gun to point between Shen Yu’s eyebrows, his arm was straight and motionless, and his finger was on the trigger.

Shen Yu did the same with him. It was just that Shen Yu’s physical fitness was not very good. He was holding the gun in both hands, and his arms still wavered. Subconsciously, his shoulders were also a little hunched, and his posture was simply very bad. The most important thing was that Shen Yu’s finger also hooked into the trigger, whether it was because of nervousness or other reasons.

Tao Mu noticed this scene and frowned unconsciously.

“Cut!” Director Xu stuck his head out from behind the monitor and asked Tao Mu, “What’s wrong?”

“The posture is wrong.” Tao Mu rotated the gun in his hand. The action was so crisp and neat it brightened people’s eyes. This dude was definitely used to amping up the handsomeness on the set.

“You have to put your index finger straight next to the trigger guard, and keep the muzzle down. Because in the script setting, Yan Yu doesn’t want to kill Zhou Yuanting.” When they were training at the police academy, the instructor repeatedly told them that they must never put their finger in the trigger guard before firing a shot.

Since Yan Yu didn’t want to shoot at Zhou Yuanting, and he was a proper police officer, so he naturally wouldn’t make such a mistake.

Don’t think that small details don’t matter, Tao Mu liked to use various details to reflect the character’s inner workings when interpreting the character. Especially this kind of micro action. And the advantage of these small detail designs was that it could also allow the audience to have a more intuitive understanding of the character’s inner portrayal when watching the movie. The most important thing was that it had nothing to do with the actor’s acting skills——it did not test one’s acting skills, it just required one to experience the role sincerely. To a certain extent, it was a particular shrewd way of acting.

If the acting skills were not enough, you could use such small details to make up. Just try to avoid close-ups of faces though.

When Tao Mu got the script and designed the biography of the character Zhou Yuanting, he proposed using differing fighting techniques to reflect the changes in the character’s inner level. It greatly inspired Director Xu. But at that time Tao Mu was trying to make Zhou Yuanting’s character more profound and three-dimensional.

Now Tao Mu was designing moves for Shen Yu. Although there was some suspicion of overstepping, everyone knew that Tao Mu really disliked Shen Yu’s poor acting skills that dragged down the crew. This kind of proposal was definitely meant to take advantage of strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Shen Yu looked sheepish and couldn’t help defending himself: “But this scene is going to be a shootout at the pier. If I don’t hook my finger in, doesn’t it not fit with the overall background?”

Tao Mu did not say anymore. He had already given the suggestion. Whether Shen Yu was willing to listen or not was his own problem.

Seeing Tao Mu ignore him, Shen Yu couldn’t help feeling a little embarrassed. He asked pitifully: “Are you angry? Because I didn’t listen to your advice? I just think that my idea is also reasonable.”

Director Xu frowned and replayed the scene just now twice. He fixed his eyes on the close-up of Shen Yu’s face, pondered for a moment, and said, “Shen Yu, do as Tao Mu suggested.”

Obviously, instead of taking a close-up of Shen Yu’s face, he would rather zoom in on his hands. At least that way it could fully express Yan Yu’s mood at the moment.

In one shot, two gun-wielding hands faced each other. One had a finger hooked on the trigger, one didn’t. The visual impact and the inner conflict of the characters were instantly conveyed.

Shen Yu pursed his lips, a little unwilling. Recently, he had indeed rehearsed his parts well. Every night he practiced his lines until late at night, and he felt that he had made great progress. However, the director and the rest of the crew still prefered to trust Tao Mu.

Even big brother Yan, when practicing with him, kept telling him that he didn’t have to think too much when filming the last scene, just follow Tao Mu’s lead.

Even if it’s just for the sake of the camera effect, Tao Mu would not ignore him.

Before, Shen Yu was worried that Tao Mu would not lead him when he was filming, and he was always worried and afraid of not doing well. But now that Tao Mu really took the lead, Shen Yu was a little unwilling. He thought of the rumors circulating in the crew that Tao Mu was especially talented at immersing people into the scene. And had always worried that if he did well in this scene, others would put all the credit on Tao Mu, thereby obliterating his own efforts.

Shen Yu pursed his lips, feeling a little aggrieved for some reason.

However, on the opposite side, Tao Mu did not pay him any attention. He focused on adjusting his own emotions, waited for the clapper loader to call “action”, and immediately raised his gun.

Because there was a trace of hesitation and dissatisfaction in his heart, Shen Yu’s movements were half a beat slower than Tao Mu’s. On the monitor, it was sloppy and obvious to the naked eye.

“Cut!” Director Xu shouted unhappily, not understanding what was wrong with Shen Yu.

“Concentrate on filming.” Director Xu instructed and started again.

This time, Shen Yu had no problem. However, his movements were weak, and when he lifted up the gun the movement was too large, and he had to adjust the angle after raising it before pointing it at Tao Mu. The arms were even shaking slightly. Because the sun was too glaring, he also blinked subconsciously.

Compared with Tao Mu’s steady and resolute gun-raising action on the opposite side, it was obviously a big difference. It could only show that Zhou Yuanting was the one who came from the police academy.

Director Xu frowned, his perfectionist self breaking out again.

In the following, Tao Mu had to accompany Shen Yu for more than half an hour in the act of simply raising a gun. Fortunately, when Tao Mu was training at the police academy, he performed exceptionally well. Like the best police officer trainees, when he practiced raising his gun, he would hang a brick from the muzzle. So even if half an hour had passed, Tao Mu’s gun-raising movements were still standard and steady.

But Shen Yu couldn’t do it. His arms were already wobbling with a magnitude that was particularly large.

Director Xu could only shout “cut” and let everyone rest for ten minutes.

The makeup artist immediately stepped forward to touch up Tao Mu’s makeup. Hot weather, hot sun. Although Tao Mu’s movements were standard, his makeup did not hold up as well.

Director Xu looked at Shen Yu whose arms were sore and trembling slightly, and complained to the stunt coordinator who was sitting beside him with special regret: “Why didn’t I agree with Shen Yu’s use of a body double back then!”

It was just simply making trouble for himself, as well as for the crew.

The stunt coordinator sat on the little stool and laughed. He leaned into Director Xu’s ear and whispered a few words.

After ten minutes, filming resumed.

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This time, Director Xu asked the cameraman to find the right angle and directly shot a close-up of the hands. He also asked the prop master to hang a wire for Shen Yu to pose for a shot. Only then was the scene finally over. And it even turned out quite successfully.

Director Xu happily shouted “Okay”, resolutely not shouting “once more”, but tilted his head out from the monitor, and said to Tao Mu: “Come on, Tingzi, next up is your time to look handsome.”

“Don’t be courteous with me, please!”

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Hong Kong was very small, so news traveled fast. The Liang family’s father and son pair had also heard about the relationship between Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng. But they didn’t expect Li Xiaoheng to care this much about Tao Mu.

The next morning of the dinner, Liang Qiusheng received a call from Assistant Jiang. Hearing that the online shopping platform actually chose Liang’s Logistics Company as a partner, Liang Qiusheng was both surprised and delighted. While having breakfast, he didn’t forget to comment to Liang Shuwen: “As expected of a wealthy business genius in the mainland, CEO Li is really decisive and resolute, and very generous as well.”

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But it was not blind generosity. This one year contract was also an assessment period. If it worked well, they would continue to cooperate in the future. The Liang family could also take the opportunity provided by the situation to expand its market share in the mainland. But if it didn’t work well, no one could say anything with a one-year contract to repay the favor.

Liang Qiusheng was convinced by Li Xiaoheng’s method. He even prepared to personally oversee the collaboration. The other side was generous, and they themselves must not disappoint. As the white paper fan of the gang, Liang Shuwen, a top student at Hong Kong University, was also Liang Qiusheng’s most valued son, and naturally he had to assist his father to complete this cooperation. Liang Qiusheng even told Liang Shuwen to get along well with Tao Mu and try his best to win Tao Mu’s favor.

Liang Shuwen agreed seriously. But deep down, he always felt that Tao Mu didn’t seem to like him, and even felt a little bit irritated and wary towards him. However, it was the first time the two met, and Liang Shuwen felt that he was polite in manner and did not offend Tao Mu. After thinking about it, he could only attribute Tao Mu’s vigilance to his underworld background.

After all, they were gangsters. Even if they were whitewashed now and want to do business in a law-abiding way, their previous sins could not be wiped out. It was no wonder that ordinary people want to keep their distance when they see them.

Thinking of this, Liang Shuwen couldn’t help but feel gloomy.

Tao Mu naturally didn’t know what the Liang family’s father and son pair thought. He woke up the next morning and realized that Li Xiaoheng had signed a one-year provincial logistics channel cooperation contract with the Liang family’s logistics company.

Knowing that Li Xiaoheng was paying back his favor, Tao Mu still felt a little depressed.

That Liang Shuwen bit him like a mad dog in his last life, why should he still do business with the Liang family in this life. Tao Mu was not happy. Tao Mu also felt like throwing a tantrum. But Tao Mu couldn’t voice any of it. After all, what happened in the previous life had not happened in this life, so if he said it he would be taken as a lunatic.

Li Xiaoheng saw this, but mistakenly thought that Tao Mu was angry that he didn’t discuss with him before making a decision. He quickly pulled Tao Mu to him, put his arms around Tao Mu’s waist and apologized to him: “…..It’s all my fault. I should have discussed it with you in advance. The married couple must have a mutual relationship if they are to live together. I was wrong, can you forgive me this time? I will never dare to do so again in the future.”

That attitude couldn’t be more correct, and that tone couldn’t be more sincere. Just short of kneeling on the washboard and raising the whip. It was simply not giving any care to face and dignity at all. But what kind of appellation was ‘married couple’?

Tao Mu glanced at Li Xiaoheng. Seeing a certain decisive CEO lowering his head and drooping his ears, peering at him like a large dog. Even if he knew that Li Xiaoheng was acting, Tao Mu couldn’t help but feel his heart soften.

And he didn’t want Li Xiaoheng to misunderstand the reason for his anger.

Thinking of this, Tao Mu hesitantly said: “I’m not angry with you. I just had a dream last night. I dreamed that Liang Shuwen became Shen Yu’s suitor. In order to help Shen Yu vent his anger, he bit at me like a mad dog, making me suffer a lot. So when I woke up this morning and heard that the online shopping platform signed a one-year logistics contract with their family I was a little unhappy.”

Dream?

Li Xiaoheng blinked his eyes subtly. He was keenly aware that although Tao Mu was speaking in terms of dreams, his vigilance and grudge against Liang Shuwen was not fake.

“Then how did he make things difficult for you?” Li Xiaoheng rubbed his cheek against Tao Mu’s forehead, like a large dog being affectionate with its owner.

Tao Mu did not keep up a guard, and spilled out all the little things that Liang Shuwen did in his previous life. What sending subordinates to intimidate him, picking fights with him to protect Shen Yu’s honor, and instructing the Hong Kong gossip tabloid to expose the black material that he bullied Shen Yu. Although Liang Shuwen was from the underworld, he had always hated the mafia life, and Tao Mu was the biological son of the Shen family after all. Due to the power of the Shen family, Liang Shuwen did not dare to go too far. But even these small actions disgusted Tao Mu enough.

But later Liang Shuwen died at the hands of Liang Qiusheng’s enemy. Although the Liang family washed their hands of the mafia life, the blood debts over the years could not be cleared. Liang Qiusheng’s enemies couldn’t find a chance to attack him, so they naturally set their sights on Liang Shuwen instead. At that time, the Liang family had already undergone whitewash, and there was not much power left in the gang. The Liang family believed that this choice was correct, but some elders in the gang did not buy it. They didn’t like doing business the proper law-abiding way.

Liang Qiusheng’s enemy bribed the elders of the gang, and designed to kidnap Liang Shuwen and extort Liang Qiusheng for a huge sum of money. But in the end they killed the hostage. Liang Qiusheng lived in fought and killed all his life, but when he got old, he had to send off his child before himself. Under the grief, he chose to die together with his enemies, and even handed over all the criminal evidence of the gang to the police.

And Liang Shuwen’s death also catalyzed the relationship between Shen Yu and Yan Sheng. At that time, Shen Yu was already an A-list superstar in China, and Yan Sheng also began to move onto the international stage. Because of less meetings and more separation, the relationship began to cool down. But as soon as the news of Liang Shuwen’s death came out, Shen Yu and Yan Sheng immediately felt that life was fleeting and you should cherish the people in front of you more. So Yan Sheng confessed directly to Shen Yu at the Oscar ceremony, causing an uproar.

And when Tao Mu first saw Liang Shuwen, the reason why he didn’t have much reaction was because he didn’t want to bother with the dead.

Li Xiaoheng thoughtfully observed Tao Mu’s micro-expression. Being able to explain what Liang Shuwen did so clearly, and with such complete emotions, it really didn’t seem like a dream.

It was as if he had experienced it himself.

Thinking that Tao Mu had always claimed that he was not a genius, but always had a keen insight into various trends in the international financial market and the domestic economic market, the financial analysis reports written for him were as accurate as a prediction, and the data given were also incredibly detailed. Knowing so many gossip and secrets, and the partnership agreement that could only be maintained for ten years. And that Zhuo Yan, who he obviously exhibited strong emotion towards despite meeting each other for the first time——

Li Xiaoheng’s heart jumped, but he did not continue to pry. The arm around Tao Mu exerted a little more force, pulling the person into his arms. He rubbed the tip of their noses intimately, and prepared to do morning exercises.

“Biting you like a mad dog? How fierce was it?” Li Xiaoheng wanted to make Tao Mu happy, and pressed a kiss to Tao Mu’s lips while asking vaguely, “As fierce as me?”

“Don’t fool around.” Tao Mu recalled the bad things in his previous life, and he was in a bad mood. But after being so pestered by Li Xiaoheng, he immediately let go of all negative feelings.

After all, it was a past life thing. His life now was a good one, at least he was very happy right now. Since he was reborn, there was no need to always think about the unhappy things in his previous life.

——It could only be said that Mr. Li was too good at boiling frogs in warm water. Tao Mu, who had always been shrewd and perceptive, didn’t even realize that his most tightly guarded secret had already been detected.

Tao Mu was very happy when he got from the hotel to the studio. Then he found that Shen Yu and Yan Sheng were also very happy. The two got out of the nanny car together in a lovey-dovey manner. Shen Yu stopped in front of Director Xu, and with a change from his previous timid manner, offered to reshoot last night’s scene.

“I know that my performance was really bad. I didn’t have any intentions to act seriously before, I was wrong. I will correct this attitude. I hope Director Xu will give me this opportunity. Please hold me up to the strictest standards. I will try my best to act this role well.” Shen Yu bowed 90 degrees to Director Xu, and said very seriously: “Big brother Yan will also help me act this role well.”

“I don’t want to hold back the crew. I really like acting, not just casually.”

Director Xu looked at Shen Yu in surprise. He had lost his temper so terribly last night, and the main reason was that Shen Yu’s inattentive attitude when filming angered him.

Director Xu had been in the industry for many years and had long been accustomed to various unspoken rules. There never lacked cases of rich second-generation kids with money and capital entering the entertainment circle to play around, and it was not uncommon for capital to be forceful and pushy. No matter which movie Xu Musen filmed, there were always actors being forcibly inserted into his cast by the management. It was useless for Xu Musen to get angry, even if he were to die of anger nothing would be different.

He was just unwilling to waste such a good script, such a good crew, and such a good cast, and let everyone’s hard work be ruined by Shen Yu’s shortcomings.

Director Xu also knew that he really went a little too far last night. If Shen Yu really went to the Lin family to complain, he would not be able to explain it in front of old madam Lin. Director Xu was already prepared to be reprimanded by the Lin family, even be accused of being ungrateful.

But he didn’t expect that Shen Yu’s attitude changed drastically when he woke up. Instead of complaining to the Lin family, he actually came to him to make amends.

Director Xu was a little confused. He looked at Yan Sheng subconsciously.

Yan Sheng smiled and said, “I chatted with Xiao Yu last night. It’s no wonder Director Xu was angry, his performance had been unsatisfactory recently. Of course, I am also in the wrong. Today, I also want to apologize to Director Xu. I was too impulsive that night.”

It didn’t matter if there was a problem with Yan Sheng’s head. His attitude towards acting was still as serious as before. He also seriously loved acting, and hoped to create a film that would be a classic. If it was said that Shen Yu approaching the Lin family for help only made Yan Sheng feel a little embarrassed, then Shen Yu’s indifference to acting completely touched Yan Sheng’s inverted scale. (TN: below the throat of a dragon are inverted scales and will kill anyone touching them)

The biggest reason why Yan Sheng was so good to Shen Yu back then was because Shen Yu’s performance had potential. Although he did not have professional training, he worked very hard. As for the abuse of the use of body doubles, most of the body doubles used by Shen Yu were for martial arts and stunts. Moreover, the crew that Shen Yu and Yan Sheng met happened to be during the time when Shen Yu’s birth secret was revealed. From the noble young master of the Shen family to the adopted son who no one cared about, Shen Yu had experienced quite a bit of scolding and bullying by others. Yan Sheng had played the hero saving the beauty several times, which only increased his pity and tenderness for Shen Yu.

Afterwards, the Shen family used their status as an investor to put Shen Yu into the cast of “Black and White”. Although there was a suspicion of exerting force through capital, that Shen Yu could go to the police academy to experience life a few months in advance and prepare for the filming, Yan Sheng was also quite pleased. He just didn’t expect that after Shen Yu joined the crew, he would perform so poorly.

Last night, Shen Yu was left on the set by everyone and cried a lot. In the end, Yan Sheng still couldn’t be ruthless and leave Shen Yu on the street alone. So he had his assistant call Shen Yu into the nanny car.

Shen Yu didn’t even change out of his clothes, he sat in the car and cried all the way. Yan Sheng also ignored him. In the end, Shen Yu apologized to Yan Sheng first. Only then did Yan Sheng express his dissatisfaction. Shen Yu cried and promised to act properly in the future. Shen Yu was really frightened by Yan Sheng’s attitude, and cried and hiccupped. Seeing this, Yan Sheng was also very distressed and quickly held him in his arms. Eventually comforting moved to the bed and the two became completely reconciled.

In the second half of the night, Yan Sheng dragged Shen Yu up to practice acting all night. It was the scene where Yan Yu learned of the news of Ah Ze’s death, as well as a few other scenes to be filmed today. Yan Sheng carefully analyzed the mentality of the characters for Shen Yu, and even gave Shen Yu a demonstration. He made an expression and asked Shen Yu to copy the expression. It was like playing with a puppet for hours. After a long time it was finally passable.

Then came this morning. To recharge for filming, Yan Sheng also ordered coffee and sandwiches. The two entered the crew after breakfast and the first thing was to apologize to Director Xu.

Yan Sheng and Shen Yu didn’t come too early. Anyway, when they arrived on the set, most of the staff had already come to arrange the venue, arrange the set, arrange the cameras. So they all saw the apology.

Director Xu felt that he got back a lot of face, so he didn’t bother to quibble over this issue anymore. Everyone came out to work not to get angry. So long as the filming could be done well, even if Director Xu had to swallow down even more anger, he didn’t care. It was not that he had never seen a crew tyrant who had a bad temper and liked to act like a diva.

But it was always a pleasure to work with good-natured people.

Yan Sheng’s EQ with people and things have fallen below the standard recently, and Director Xu even thought that after this cooperation, he would never film with Yan Sheng again. But he didn’t expect Yan Sheng to realize it by himself, and such a big film king would actually apologize to him in front of everyone, so Xu Musen couldn’t say anything else.

“As long as the filming is treated seriously.” Director Xu waved his hand, his face very amiable: “Shen Yu’s scene yesterday was really not very good. Then we’ll move it to tonight’s filming. Anyway, it is a night scene. If Shen Yu doesn’t mind, after today’s progress is completed, everyone will work overtime and stay in the crew to make up for yesterday’s scene.”

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Shen Yu nodded again and again, and said quickly: “I don’t mind, I don’t mind at all. Director Xu, please be strict with me, I will work hard. I will minimize the NGs. I have memorized all the lines I am going to perform from yesterday and today’s scenes.”

As Shen Yu spoke, he turned to look at Tao Mu, who was passing by and was going to the dressing room: “As long as Tao Mu can lead me a little during the scene today.”

Tao Mu, who was was minding his own business but got hit with a stray bullet, glanced at Shen Yu and left with a blank expression.

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In order to catch up with the progress, Director Xu had been filming from morning to night until all the scenes were filmed. Only then did he have no choice but to film Shen Yu’s plot scene.

It was the scene where Yan Yu, who was patrolling the streets with his colleagues, saw the news being broadcasted on the shopping mall LCD TV about the gang fight in the Causeway Bay area. Instantly, he was stunned.

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He still remembered that this hoodlum was locked in the police station holding cell because he was involved in a gang fight, and wasn’t released until noon today. However, in less than a few hours, that hoodlum died in an alley in Causeway Bay. Ah Ze and Zhou Yuanting left together. Ah Ze was dead, so what about Zhou Yuanting?

Yan Yu watched the news and realized for the first time that Zhou Yuanting’s environment was not as simple as he had imagined before. In addition to gang fights, watching the territory, picking up girls, people really could get killed.

This plot scene should show Yan Yu’s empathy, and Yan Yu’s shock at realizing that life could really pass away so easily. It reflected Yan Yu’s concern and worry about Zhou Yuanting, and laid the groundwork for the plot point of Yan Yu’s guilt after learning the truth of Zhou Yuanting’s involvement in the mafia, and finally resolutely dying in Zhou Yuanting’s place.

It could be said that this scene was an important turning point in Yan Yu’s psychological state. If it was an actor with very delicate and superb acting skills, he could handle it very well with just one expression and one look from the eyes.

For example, the look Zhou Yuanting gave Ah Ze during the filming that noon. The charm of actors lay in this, many things did not need to be verbalized, just one look and one gesture could very fully convey an emotion to the audience.

But in terms of Shen Yu’s current acting skills…..even if it was just to make a shocked expression, there was really no need to widen your eyes, open your mouth, gape like a fish, and almost burst into tears, right? Yan Yu was a policeman, not an idol drama heroine who had never seen the world!

Director Xu, who was sitting in front of the monitor, shook his head expressionlessly. He didn’t bother to pay anymore attention to this piece of rotten wood, which was not talented enough and didn’t work hard enough. He casually called “pass” and told everyone to call it a day.

The depressed and lethargic cameramen, lighting engineers, and props engineers had already prepared to NG 180 times. But they didn’t expect Director Xu to pass it after one take——the scene just now, anyone with eyes could see what kind of acting Shen Yu had done. Director Xu, who had always had high standards and strict requirements, actually passed it on the first take?

It couldn’t be? Were they hallucinating?

All the camera guys looked at each other, and even the lighting engineer holding the lighting board was stunned.

“What are you doing, pack up!” Director Xu got up from the director’s chair impatiently and told everyone to call it a day.

Even Shen Yu himself felt something was wrong. He asked anxiously, “Director Xu, but I don’t think I did well just now——”

“You also know that you didn’t do well?” Xu Musen snorted coldly and interrupted Shen Yu rudely: “Like Tao Mu, you have been in the police academy for several months, right? In the face of emergencies, how should a policeman act at that time? Even if you have not seen a policeman you should have seen your instructor right. Ever heard of knowing how to run like a pig without eating pork? What kind of sh*t performance did you just give us?”

Shen Yu didn’t expect Director Xu to be so mean, and immediately burst into tears: “I’m sorry, I know that my poor acting skills are a drag on everyone——”

“Is this an issue of poor acting skills?” Director Xu had sat in front of the monitor for an entire day of filming, and his butt was numb. Now seeing Shen Yu’s tears, he suddenly became extremely irritated: “Do you even have any intention of acting? Everyone was filming for a day, but you stood there for a day without doing anything. If you have the heart, you would at least think about how you want to act, right?”

“But then again, I can understand it. You are the young master of the Shen family. So what if you are not good at acting? Anyway, it’s not like you rely on acting to support your livelihood. So you can just act casually and do whatever. You must be having a good time.”

Unfortunately, while you may be having a good time, we don’t have the energy to play with you. Director Xu sneered and asked loudly, “What are you still doing? Call it a day and go home!”

Director Xu’s remarks towards Shen Yu were precisely what the crew members wanted to say but didn’t dare to say after hearing what Shen Yan said. Now that Director Xu said it in front of everyone, even those who heard it felt vindicated.

The entire crew responded with a roar, and even the action of packing up became something to be done with elation.

Only Shen Yu stood there awkwardly, crying out loud in grievance.

Liang Qiusheng came out of the teahouse with his son Liang Shuwen and a group of brothers, and inadvertently saw Shen Yu who was crying particularly hard across the street, and he had some impression: “Isn’t that the son of the Shen family that you bumped into? What happened? “

“It seems that he was scolded by the director for not acting well.” Liang Shuwen replied.

After filming the mafia negotiation scene, the Liang family wanted to invite Tao Mu to dinner. So they simply stayed in the restaurant, waiting for Tao Mu to remove his makeup and change his clothes.

Tao Mu was covered in blood and sweat for filming. His whole person was fishy and smelly so he washed in the bathroom for over half an hour. When he got dressed and came out of the dressing room, he saw that the entire crew had started to call it a day.

Instantly, he felt a little puzzled. He pulled over a script supervisor and asked about it, and then found out that Director Xu couldn’t help getting angry again.

Tao Mu didn’t want to comment on anything related to Shen Yu. Cinoming to a stop in front of Liang Qiusheng and his son, he smiled warmly: “I called CEO Li. CEO Li said he is free in the evening. I don’t know where we should go to eat.”

Liang Qiusheng immediately smiled and said, “I’ve already booked a place. It’s my honor that Mr. Tao and Mr. Li are willing to give face.”

“Mr. Liang, please don’t say that.” Tao Mu said politely: “For the Hospital Authority and the media, it is all thanks to Mr. Liang’s help. Otherwise, FlyNews.com would be in trouble.”

“Mr. Tao is too courteous. Even if I don’t take action, with FlyNews.com’s status and influence, there would be no trouble in facing this kind of accusation. After all, the news media has the right to report the truth to the public.” Liang Qiusheng also expressed humility. Because he knew that this favor was originally something that was done with little effort.

Because they both know that this complaint could not shake FlyNews.com’s status in the news media industry. If the matter really became serious, they could just make an apology in the newspaper at most. Anyway, it neither hurt or itched, and many Hong Kong newspapers did this.

However, Liang Qiusheng deduced that with Tao Mu’s temperament, even if he really faced charges, he would not apologize. After all, FlyNews.com paid the money used to bribe the doctor and nurse to take the initiative to break the news, rather than sneaked into the doctor’s office to take pictures and steal.

So the Liang family father and son really didn’t take this matter to heart. Of course, there was no intention of exacting any favors for it. However, it was still very cost-effective to be able to use this matter to show goodwill to Tao Mu, and even befriend Li Xiaoheng.

Knowing that Tao Mu liked to eat at tea restaurants, the restaurant that Liang Qiusheng booked was the most famous one in Hong Kong with antique decoration style. When it was time for dinner, the hall was very lively. Liang Qiusheng booked a private room on the second floor, which was very elegantly decorated. There was also a musician playing the guzheng.

When the three of them arrived, Li Xiaoheng had not yet arrived.

Liang Qiusheng deduced that Tao Mu must be hungry after filming for a day and ordered a few tiers of refreshments. Among them was Tao Mu’s favorite shrimp dumplings.

Tao Mu also did not bother with courtesies, he could eat five tiers by himself. He just felt like he couldn’t get tired of eating it no matter how much he ate.

When Tao Mu finished eating the five-tier shrimp dumplings, Li Xiaoheng also arrived. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Tao Mu sitting at the dining table, eating with bulging cheeks that moved like a hamster’s.

Li Xiaoheng smiled: “You eat so many shrimp dumplings, what about dinner later?”

Tao Mu expressed fearlessness: “We martial arts people have a big appetite. And I’m only nineteen years old.”

Li Xiaoheng chuckled lightly. He stretched out his hand and said with a smile, “Hello, Mr. Liang, I’m Li Xiaoheng.”

“It’s a pleasure to finally meet you.” The father and son of the Liang family stood up. Liang Qiusheng reached out and shook Li Xiaoheng’s right hand slightly. This statement was absolutely from the heart. Even without mentioning the identity of Li Xiaoheng’s father, the huge profit that Xiaoheng Capital raked in when he was shorting the Hong Kong stock market last year was enough to make people look at him with admiration.

The two sides met, and after a few words of greetings, Li Xiaoheng sat down beside Tao Mu.

Liang Shuwen took the initiative to pour tea for Li Xiaoheng but was stopped by Tao Mu. He poured a cup of hot water for Li Xiaoheng. Tao Mu explained: “Mr. Li has a bad stomach, so he doesn’t drink tea at night.”

Li Xiaoheng laughed. He smiled and looked at Tao Mu. Tao Mu also turned his head and glanced at Li Xiaoheng casually. As soon as the eyes of the two met, the Liang family father and son sitting on the other side of the dining table immediately felt a kind of atmosphere.

The Liang family father and son looked at each other subtly. Then Li Xiaoheng turned his head and nodded solemnly: “Yes, I don’t drink tea at night.”

His appearance the image of utter obedience.

Liang Qiusheng muttered “henpecked” secretly, and then smiled: “I didn’t expect CEO Li to start focusing on maintaining good health at such a young age.”

Li Xiaoheng smiled slightly and raised his tea cup: “Although I don’t drink tea, I will still use water to toast instead of tea. Thank you Mr. Liang for your careful advice and help towards FlyNews.com in dealing with the aftermath.”

Liang Qiusheng also drank the tea in his cup with a smile. When Li Xiaoheng said this, it was clear that he was standing on the same line with Tao Mu. Liang Qiusheng also understood that if it wasn’t for the Liang family’s help in handling the aftermath for FlyNews.com, with Li Xiaoheng’s status, he would never have agreed to Liang Qiusheng’s invite.

During the meal, Li Xiaoheng chatted and laughed, his words humble. At the dinner table, his attitude seemed friendly and polite but in actuality it was also a way of maintaining distance. But Liang Qiusheng didn’t mind. Even the Hong Kong families might not be able to have much respect for his background. What was more, Li Xiaoheng was from the mainland. Liang Qiusheng knew very well that the rich and wealthy in the mainland liked to be red-topped businessmen, and least liked to be too involved with people like them. But he was also a proper businessman in his own right now.

No one talked about business at this meal. Just casually chatting about the customs of Hong Kong and the changes in the mainland, and then Liang Qiusheng and Tao Mu discussed acting, which turned out to be quite a fun chat.

After the dinner, Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng returned to the hotel. In the car, Tao Mu said apologetically, “Actually, you needn’t have come here.”

He was worried that the father and son of the Liang family would take the opportunity to cling to Li Xiaoheng, so he was reluctant to let Li Xiaoheng come forward. Only to find that Li Xiaoheng warmly took over the dinner table, and pushed him, the protagonist, to the back.

Hearing this, Li Xiaoheng said with a smile, “Why not? The Liang family’s father and son pair invited the two of us to come, which shows that they see us as one. If I didn’t come I wouldn’t have known that the food in this restaurant was also this delicious. Much better than the tea restaurant we went to last time. We should bring Uncle Yao, Uncle Xiao Qi and Mr. Song together tomorrow.”

“Alright.” Tao Mu nodded, leaning on the co-pilot’s seat tiredly.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoheng couldn’t help but slow down the speed of the car: “Aren’t you very tired from filming today? Go to sleep for a while. I’ll wake you when we get there.”

Tao Mu hummed and simply put the seat down to lie back.

That night, after returning Tao Mu to his room, Li Xiaoheng walked into the study and called Assistant Jiang: “I remember that Liang’s logistics company had always wanted to enter the mainland market. It had also bid for the logistics channels of online shopping platforms before.”

“That’s true.” Assistant Jiang gave a positive answer: “But Mr. Li, you said before that the logistics channels of the online shopping platform were all set up by ourselves. Even if we have to sign cooperation agreements with other logistics companies temporarily, the Liang family’s logistics company is only based in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province. They also do not meet our bidding requirements.”

To be able to cooperate with Li Xiaoheng, even suppliers and distributors must have the strength to establish business outlets nationwide. A provincial logistics company that was not even the most powerful logistics company in the province, there was really no need for cooperation.

“Then give him an opportunity.” Li Xiaoheng said directly: “You contact him directly. Sign a one-year contract first. Tell our people to keep an eye on it. It’s fine if he does well, if he doesn’t do well then there is no need to continue the cooperation.”

He had already given the opportunity. Whether it could be grasped or not depended on what the Liang family did.

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“I see.” Assistant Jiang paused slightly and asked, “Is it because of the matter related to Mr. Tao’s FlyNews.com?”

“Is there a problem?” Li Xiaoheng said in a deep voice, “Your CEO Tao is originally one of the shareholders of the online shopping platform.”

The logic might be this. But Assistant Jiang was just curious, what kind of appellation was ‘your CEO Tao’?

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