Guo Yaning’s studio was too far from the Houhai Orphanage, and Tao Mu did not have a car. So Li Xiaoheng had to drive to pick up Tao Mu first, and the two would go back together.

During the period, Tao Mu also called his Xiao Qi Dad, apologizing for forgetting the promised dinner when he was busy with work. By the way, he also brought a friend back to dinner. Because it involved Li Xiaoheng, Tao Mu put the phone on speaker.

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The reason why dean Tao suggested that everyone go back to the orphanage to eat dumplings was to comfort Xiao Tao Mu. Everyone around Tao Mu knew of Tao Mu’s habit of forgetting to sleep and eat as soon as he started to work. If it was in normal times, they would definitely call to remind Tao Mu. But today’s situation was different. If Tao Mu could forget the bad news on the Internet because of his focus on work, it would be a good thing for everyone.

However, this kind of habit of forgetting to eat when working must be criticized.

Li Xiaoheng drove on the side. It was already eight o’clock in the evening, and they had missed the evening rush hour, so the vehicles were speeding on the streets. While driving, Li Xiaoheng secretly glanced at Tao Mu from the corner of his eye. The dazzling neon lights converged into flickering light spots, and the brilliant nightlife was reflected on Tao Mu’s face, making his outline appear more gentle and deep.

“Is dean Tao the dean of the orphanage where you stayed?” Li Xiaoheng never avoided sensitive topics when talking to Tao Mu, not because he didn’t care about Tao Mu’s mood. On the contrary, it was because he cared very much, so he was always blunt.

“I feel this dean Tao soumds like a very amiable person.”

Tao Mu smiled and said, “En. The children in our orphanage like to call her Grandma Tao.”

“I heard about what happened on the Internet.” Li Xiaoheng steered the steering wheel, turned right along the lane, and after turning the corner, he continued, “You must be very unhappy.”

Tao Mu didn’t say a word. He didn’t know what to say.

“When you are not happy, think about happy things. I have a gift for you.” Li Xiaohang suddenly changed the subject, and signaled Tao Mu to pick up the two contracts he had the lawyer prepared for a long time: “Although I say it is a gift, actually it is a reward you deserve. Just don’t blame me for presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers.” (TN: idiom meaning to win favor or influence using someone else’s property)

What did he mean?

Tao Mu opened the folder suspiciously, then his gaze paused——it turned out to be the contract for Tao Mu becoming a business partner of Xiaoheng Capital. It clearly stated that after Tao Mu became a partner of Xiaoheng Capital, he would get 5% of the shares, belonging to technology shares.

“This is too much.” Tao Mu frowned. He didn’t finish looking through the contract and handed it back directly: “Brother Li, you don’t need to do this.”

“I think it is very necessary.” Because of the chat, Li Xiaoheng slowed down the speed of driving slightly and said: “Before you refuse, you should think about how much money you have made for Xiaoheng Capital in the international futures market in the past six months. There is an attachment in the contract. The table records the return on earnings of Xiaoheng Capital in the third and fourth quarters. We shorted oil in July and at that time, the price of oil was about 148M yuan per barrel. By now, the price of oil has fallen below 40M gold. In other words, your joining has allowed Xiaoheng Capital to increase its assets by dozens of times in just six months. Now the entire Wall Street is looking for you, the chief analyst. Don’t you think I should act first and directly recruit you over to my side, a short-selling genius, and firmly tie you to Xiaoheng Capital?”

Tao Mu became more guilty as he listened. He was well aware of his own affairs, he was not a stock market genius at all: “…..I am at most just luckier than others. Maybe if I change to another field, or in a few years, I will have no inspiration and there is no way for me to accurately predict the price trend.”

In a word, Tao Mu admitted that he did not deserve this. He originally agreed to Li Xiaoheng’s invitation to cooperate in order to make friends with the future capital boss and on the way, let his starting capital churn in the futures market a few more times. But now that Li Xiaoheng invited him to become a partner of Xiaoheng Capital, Tao Mu was a little dumbfounded. He was worried that Li Xiaoheng would find out that he was not a stock market genius after ten years, and he would become angry with him at that time. He was afraid that they wouldn’t even be able to remain friends.

Besides, about the matter of business partners, when you make money, you are naturally happy and everyone is happy, but when it came to dividing the money, once or twice was fine, but then too many times and it would be hard to guarantee that Li Xiaoheng would not feel unhappy because of the money being shared out. In particular, Tao Mu planned to focus more on the entertainment industry in the future. As for the financial market, at best, he would make some money when the market was good. It would not be like now, staring at the market constantly with regard to day or night. His body wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Li Xiaoheng might be happy making the decision now, but he might feel distressed at that time. He might feel that Tao Mu didn’t do anything, or had put limited efforts into Xiaoheng Capital, but still had to divide away such a large amount of money, and as a result his mood might feel unbalanced.

Tao Mu had seen many business partners and even relatives who had turned against each other because of money in his last life, and he never shied away from figuring out people’s hearts from the most evil angle. In order to avoid these bad things, he felt it necessary to make a clear distinction in advance. Sometimes, good positioning was more important than good work.

“Brother Li, don’t worry. I don’t know other people on Wall Street, nor can I trust them. And I think the cooperation between us is very pleasant. Even after this stint on the market, I will allocate some funds to maintain the normal operation of FlyNews while keeping the other half of the funds in Xiaoheng Capital, and you can help me take care of it. As for the financial market, no matter what you consult with me, I will tell you everything I know. But I will not put too much energy in the financial market in the future. After all, I am an actor. I will film in the future, I will set up my own studio, and possibly my own film and television company. I don’t have enough energy to pay attention to the financial market as well.”

Tao Mu’s attitude was sincere and earnest, and he did his best to dispel Li Xiaoheng’s doubts: “As for this division of shares, didn’t you hire me as your personal consultant and chief analyst? If you think my suggestions are not bad, you can follow Xiaoheng Capital’s analyst’s revenue share rewards to pay me. Just like we did before. I think this way of cooperation is already very good.”

Cooperating one time and ending it there. The price was fair, and there was sincere treatment to all.

“And I think, brother Li, you can’t completely attribute Xiaoheng Capital’s increased return in the second half of the year to me. At best, I have only done several analysis reports for you. The specific trader is you and your team. Besides, even if you didn’t have me, didn’t you also decided to go short on oil. So my existence is actually not that important.”

“No. Your existence is very important.” Li Xiaoheng ignored Tao Mu’s heart-to-heart confession, and said very solemnly: “I don’t know why you are so unduly humble. The fact is because of your existence, Xiaoheng Capital’s rate of return has been at least ten times higher than I expected. This is all your credit, and you deserve to be rewarded.”

Tao Mu smiled bitterly: “I’ve already got the reward I deserve. The money I saved in Xiaoheng Capital has been doubled dozens of times. And the income share I got is also very impressive. Add it up together and it is also $200 million, right? Converted to the Chinese yuan it is one billion. Just half a year ago, my principal was only ten million yuan.”

“I said it already. This is all deserved.” Li Xiaoheng suddenly changed the subject: “You were worried that your inspiration was limited, and you think you may not be able to accurately predict the price trend of stocks or futures in the future. Then how long do you think your inspiration will remain fresh?”

Tao Mu thought about it a little bit, and felt that this kind of thing could not be lied about——after being reborn ten years in the past, of course his inspiration would be kept fresh for ten years. If he lied and fooled Li Xiaoheng at this time, yet he himself would make big money in the financial market in the future, he was afraid that it would make Li Xiaoheng have ill-feeling. This didn’t conform to his original intention of making friends with Li Xiaoheng.

“Probably only ten years.” Tao Mu hesitated and told the truth.

“Then fine. Our partnership will be changed to a ten-year period. Within ten years, you will be a partner of Xiaoheng Capital and enjoy a 5% share of the revenue you deserve. Ten years later, we will base it on your performance to decide whether to continue the contract. During this period, all you need to do is to call me at least three times a week. Or meet once to discuss in detail our various views on the financial market.”

Li Xiaoheng spoke concisely: “You won’t refuse such a decision, will you?”

Tao Mu smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said frankly: “Brother Li, in fact, you don’t need to be like this. We are friends. If you have anything to consult with me, I will tell you everything I know. Xiaoheng Capital is your painstaking hard work, and I also have my own career. I think for the sake of our long-term friendship, we had better not get too involved in each other’s career.”

In Tao Mu’s view, a quick deal was the best state of cooperation.

“On the contrary.” Li Xiaoheng said: “I think friends should be open and honest with each other, and have a clear distinction of interests. In fact, your mindset is easy to lead into trouble. As the saying goes, inequality rather than want is the cause of trouble. If I always ask you for advice in the future on financial matters, and because of this, I have made huge profits, but am not willing to share it with you and even delay your own serious business because of this. Will you still be as willing as you are now?”

Nonsense, this was the future capital boss. He was already eager to hug the golden thigh, how could it be possible to blame the boss for not giving him money.

Tao Mu’s two-life experience made him accustomed to the mode of giving first and then asking for something in return. Especially when working with bigwigs, he would rather his interests suffer a bit in the beginning than for the other person’s heart to have ill-feeling towards him. He had always been someone who had no problem making compromises for his purpose. No matter who he was working with, Tao Mu was accustomed to letting the other party see the profit first and taste the sweetness first.

However, Li Xiaoheng’s acting style was different from that of most people he had met. Li Xiaoheng had studied in M ​​country for many years, and he had set up his own career in the working atmosphere of Wall Street where people squandered money like dirt or haggled over every cent. He had become accustomed to the cooperation model of “depending on how much you help me, I will give you equal repayment”. He liked to handle everything, including feelings, in a clear and organized manner. He also knew what an inspired financial genius meant to an ambitious financial institution that was on the rise——it was a priceless treasure whose value could not be calculated by simple addition and subtraction.

It was not that 1+1=2, but a wonderful evolution of 1+1= at least greater than one hundred. This time, the performance in the international oil futures market had perfectly confirmed this.

Li Xiaoheng knew Tao Mu’s abilities well, so he would not do the kind of stupid thing such as “exchanging friendship for profits”. Not to mention that this stupid approach was not in line with his style of doing things, and just to discuss matters, he did not want to exchange his friendship with Tao Mu for profits. Even if it was a huge profit, it was not enough to buy the friendship between them.

Or in other words, Li Xiaoheng clearly had a method that satisfied all demands. Not only could he satisfy his expression of appreciation and reward for Tao Mu, but it could also further win over Tao Mu and tie this little genius firmly to Xiaoheng Capital. So why must he consume the friendship between the two, and take great risks to try that model of one man’s loss being another man’s gain when getting along with each other.

“If you are unwilling to accept this invitation and share in fees due to our relationship, then how will I have the face to talk to you about the financial market from time to time?” Li Xiaoheng slowly tempted Tao Mu and described to Tao Mu what might possibly happen in the future according to Tao Mu’s method: “I will be too embarrassed to look for you from time to time, and dare not call you when I encounter a problem——after all, you just said that you will put more energy on your acting career in the future and that you have to devote yourself to the entertainment industry and run your own business. Then if I call you, I will have to consider whether you are free, and will my call cause trouble with your work? When this happens too much, maybe it will delay our time to deal with business matters and maybe our friendship will even cool down as time goes by.”

Li Xiaoheng’s eyes were very sharp, and he had already spotted Tao Mu’s desire to make friends with him. The direction of his persuasion immediately shifted from the discussion of etiquette to the long-term relationship between the two. The so-called attacking the heart barrier, he felt that Tao Mu seemed to care more about the friendship between them.

This little discovery really made his happy.

Tao Mu found that the ability to trick and persuade investors he was so proud of when used in front of Li Xiaoheng seemed not to work as well. This future financial tycoon seemed to have better negotiating skills than him. At least after this conversation, he actually felt that there was nothing wrong with Li Xiaoheng’s statement. He really should accept this partner’s invitation and this generous revenue share.

“Perhaps brother Li, you are right.” Tao Mu said this, and suddenly felt that his refusal just now seemed particularly pretentious.

——It was estimated that brother Li was likely already slandering in his heart about his dawdling and indecisiveness.

Tao Mu also vehemently reflected on his mentality that he couldn’t help but worry about gains and losses every time he met a bigwig. He felt that he could not continue to be like this——after all, he would be a bigwig from now on as well.

While Tao Mu shamelessly fantasized, he also decisively signed his name on the contracts, and then accepted his copy of the contract.

Li Xiaoheng was very pleased to see Tao Mu’s actions. While waiting for the red light, he couldn’t help reaching out and touching Tao Mu’s head, and said with a warm smile: “Now that’s a good boy.”

Tao Mu was stunned for an instant, and his whole person looked dazedly at Li Xiaoheng, as if he was an alpaca whose three views had been greatly shocked.

Li Xiaoheng forcibly suppressed the corners of his mouth that was about to rise, and forcibly pressed his eager paws on the steering wheel. The two fell silent, one focused on driving, and the other silently looking out of the car window. However, the atmosphere in the car had become inexplicably relaxed and warm.

When the two finally arrived at the orphanage, it was almost half past nine in the evening.

Dean Tao and the children of the orphanage, as well as Liu Yao, Meng Qi, Gou Rixin, Qin Miaoru, and Da Mao and Xiao Pang had already finished their dinner. Hearing the noise of a car at the door, a large crowd of people swarmed out. Their eyes were dazzled by the low-key, luxurious and self-possessed Maybach that was parked in the alley, and only then did they notice Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng who got out of the car.

Da Mao and Xiao Pang both startled, and immediately thought of the meal they had together back in H Town, as if they could still feel that fear of being dominated by a stern and dull parent. In their hearts they inexplicably rejoiced, fortunately, they had finished their dinner already, otherwise the meal would be really impossible to eat.

Liu Yao and Meng Qi also remembered Mr. Li who spoke justice for them during the out of court settlement. They instantly smiled and said: “It turned out to be CEO Li. I also mentioned to them, I wonder what friend Xiao Mu will bring back.” They had all guessed before that it might be Guo Yaning, after all, Tao Mu went to shoot the MV for Guo Yaning. The large group of fans and movie fans who had never seen A-list superstars in person were quite excited for a while. Byt who knew thay Tao Mu came back and didn’t bring that charming star. Instead, he brought a grown man who was almost 1.9 meters tall and looked like a Wall Street elite.

How boring!

Qin Miaoru and the others who didn’t know the identity of Li Xiaoheng curled their lips subtly, and could hardly hide their disappointment. Of course, even if they knew the identity of Li Xiaoheng, they would probably still regret that the person Tao Mu brought back was not a big star.

Although in real life, the power of capital was much greater than that of celebrities. However, in the minds of ordinary people, it was estimated that the presence of stars was more eye-catching.

After all, the dazzling brilliance of stars could wash their eyes, but the money in the capitalists’ pockets would not be shared with them.

The group of particularly realistic friends gathered around Tao Mu and his friend and ushered them into the orphanage. Dean Tao went to cook the dumplings herself and said with a smile: “Tonight’s dumplings are stuffed with leek, shrimp, and egg, and stuffed with green pepper, cabbage and pork. I wonder if Mr. Li has any diet restrictions?”

Li Xiaoheng glanced at Tao Mu, then said with a smile, “I can eat anything.”

Tao Mu said, “Dean, you should still cook in two pots. Brother Li may not eat leeks.” He at least had a few meals with Li Xiaoheng, but he never saw him eat leeks before.

Not only leeks, but also all the strongly flavored ingredients such as onion, ginger and garlic, Li Xiaoheng didn’t eat much of them either. Although Li Xiaoheng ate garlic lobster and garlic scallops.

So Tao Mu inferred that Li Xiaoheng was not unable to eat these heavy-tasting spices, maybe he just didn’t like them.

But Tao Mu himself liked to eat dumplings stuffed with leeks and garlic, and occasionally ordered two skewers of roasted garlic cloves when he went out to eat barbecue. His extremely serious idol baggage was always so unprincipled when it came to eating.

This point was also laughed at by Wen Bao and the others.

Thinking of this, Tao Mu realized that he had forgotten to call Wen Bao and the others. In the afternoon, Tao Mu was busy taking pictures of Guo Yaning and had muted the phone. Later, when he saw a series of missed calls, he adjusted the ringtone back easily, but forgot to return the calls.

Wen Bao probably guessed that Tao Mu might be busy, and they didn’t call Tao Mu afterwards. Now it was a bit late——

Tao Mu checked the time, and it was already 10pm. Don’t know if the three roommates were asleep or not.

Tao Mu thought about it for a while, and dialed Du Kang, who often stayed up late to play games. After less than two rings, it was picked up: “Oh, Xiao Mu? Where are you now? Do you need us brothers to accompany you? Wanna go eat barbecue? I’ll treat you.”

Du Kang was the cheapest among the four guys in their dormitory. Let him treat others once, and it would be a huge loss of blood for him. In order to force him to treat them to a meal, Wen Bao and Chu Sui’an had piled on top of him on the bed to extract a promise but even that was still ineffective. This time, Du Kang actually offered to treat him, apparently in order to comfort Tao Mu, who was very unlucky recently.

Tao Mu smiled slightly: “I’m fine. I’m eating dumplings in the orphanage. Do you want to come together?”

Today was Saturday and tomorrow was Sunday. There were no classes anyway. Du Kang discussed it with the other two roommates and said: “Okay. We’ll go there now. We’ll just stay at Grandpa Song’s house for the night. Let’s play Mahjong all night?”

Even though he would be filming the MV for the big star tomorrow, Tao Mu still smiled and said, “Okay. Come on over. Call me when you arrive at the alley and I will pick you up.”

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After hanging up the phone, Tao Mu returned the missed calls to Yun Yi, Long Tianao and others one by one. Yun Yi was on duty and couldn’t make it, and the rest, such as Long Tianao and others, loved to join in the fun. In the end, the people invited over grew more and more, and it was really not too far from becoming a party.

However, Tao Mu was probably the first one to have a dumpling party in an orphanage.

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Guo Yaning sported a combed bob in ash chestnut that gave people a stunning and domineering aura at just a glance. In addition, the big wave-like side bangs let Guo Yaning reveal a flawless forehead and the slightly messy inner curved tips not only gave Guo Yaning a capable look but also showed a bit of mature womanly charm.

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Her makeup was also very special. The first part was the base makeup, and because Tao Mu only used a little base cream and cushion foundation, it gave Guo Yaning’s makeup look a very clean appearance, and the makeup feel was also relatively light, which made Guo Yaning’s skin have a creamy and white delicate texture. To the naked eye, there seemed to be almost no visible makeup product applied.

The second part was eye makeup. He did not use the painting method with pearlescent layers and smudges, which was very popular nowadays. Instead, he used a variety of dark pink and light pink eyeshadows to gently sweep a layer from one end of the eye to the other end of the eye, then applied a layer of light cinnamon eyeshadow for color, and then used fuchsia eye shadow to outline the end of the eye. The eyeliner used was brown, applied lightly to the upper eyelid while the inner eyelid was applied relatively heavier and curving up slightly at the end of the eye to match with the fuchsia eyeshadow. At first glance, the makeup was very neat and capable, but looking carefully there was an indescribably charming and enchanting allure.

There was no highlight, no trimming, and the lips were painted with matte lipstick in a rose color that was not very popular nowadays. However, with this set of makeup, there was an indescribable style, that was, the beauty of a domineering mature older sister.

In terms of styling, Tao Mu discarded the original white shirt and black suit and skirt he was particularly disdainful of. Instead, he chose a white shirt with a more transparent texture, with an open neckline and no accessories, just showing off white skin and slender neck. He then followed that up with a pair of wide and crisp black suit pants with a particular drape, marching that with a pair of pointed red high heels 10 cm high.

When Guo Yaning stepped out in a standard model walk, with a graceful figure and domineering aura, the stunning effect and visual shock created for everyone at that moment could hardly be described in words.

“Wow!” The people in the entire studio couldn’t help exclaiming. Guo Yaning’s assistant covered her mouth and screamed excitedly: “Sister Ya Ning, you are so handsome!”

——That’s right. Neither beautiful nor charming, but handsome.

The charm of mature women and the strong temperament of women in the workplace could be described as “handsome”.

Tao Mu crossed his arms over his chest, stood in front of the camera very contentedly, and began to instruct the lighting techs to re-do the lights. After fiddling with it for a long time, he still felt dissatisfied, and finally said to Guo Yaning: “I think we should change the script, what do you say?”

The previous MV script was that the heroine ran into her first love boyfriend outside, and returned home to reminisce about the youthful years.

But Tao Mu was not very satisfied with the lighting in the studio, nor was he very satisfied with the setting. He felt that the studio was too narrow, and there was no way to perfectly express the heroine’s domineering older sister aura. So he wanted to change the setting of the shoot.

“How about changing to the subway?” Tao Mu thought suddenly and began to sketch the picture in his mind: “At one o’clock in the morning, the female protagonist who finished working overtime rushed home on the subway and ran into her ex-boyfriend on the subway. After separation, the heroine stood inside the subway train, staring at the dark windows, reminiscing about the past.”

But in fact, these previous briefs were not important. Tao Mu just wanted to shoot the scene of the heroine walking on the runway of the subway station with her feet on high heels. Passing through the streets with neon lights, leaving behind the busy traffic, walking down the long steps, standing on the empty but coldly lit platform. In the unmanned subway late at night, the heroine stares at her mature face on the speeding train windows. The past years were like the scenery outside the windows, speeding by and then standing still in their youthful years.

“What do you think?” Tao Mu looked at Guo Yaning with bright eyes, trying to win the heroine’s consent: “I think the space in the studio is too narrow. We should shoot on location. Only the neon lights, luxurious and dazzling night view of Beijing, as well as the cold and empty subway station, can fully bring out your aura.”

“By the way, I think your posture when walking just now is too deliberate. It doesn’t look like a strong woman who is decisive and keeps her words in the workplace. I think you should find a professional teacher to practice your catwalk.” Tao Mu said frankly, “What I want is not ‘I am the most beautiful in the world’, what I want is the feeling of ‘this queen’s aura is 2.8 meters tall’, ‘everyone shall kneel in front of me’.”

Tao Mu looked at Guo Yaning eagerly: “You understand?”

Guo Yaning also beamed with excitement: “I understand!”

“I didn’t quite understand it at first, but when I saw this look, I fully understood it.” Before today, Guo Yaning couldn’t imagine that she could also carry off this style. Moreover, Guo Yaning was a domestic A-list superstar, and her most important source of income was to endorse various high-end luxury brands. But if one wants to win the favor of these high-end luxury brands, one must first win the recognition of the fashion circle.

On this point, Guo Yaning and her managing team have been doing well. However, after this year, Guo Yaning could almost swear that she would soon transform from a female artist who possessed a keen sense of fashion and was a fashion chaser, to an A-list celebrity who led fashion trends.

Tao Mu brought all of this to her.

Guo Yaning looked at Tao Mu with eager eyes——He was not only a golden thigh with great potential, but also a cornucopia that guaranteed money when cooperating with him!

As Guo Yaning’s agent, Zhou Fengxuan’s mobility and sense of publicity could only be more acute than Guo Yaning. Hearing Tao Mu’s words, Zhou Fengxuan said immediately: “Even if the MV is going to change the script, can we take a set of makeup photos first? Ya Ning’s look is really amazing. I hope we can take a few shots right away or publicize a few still photos. This way we can attract more people to pay attention to Ya Ning’s new album. If we are lucky, there may be fashion magazines offering interview invitations or even cover photos.”

Female celebrities, whether they were A-list superstars or 18th-line newcomers, whether they had good or bad acting, the most important thing was still that face.

As the agent who first promoted Guo Yaning to her current status, Zhou Fengxuan knew the advantages and selling points of her own artists best.

Which was the perfect face that was hailed by the media as “three hundred and sixty degrees flawless”. Of course, there was also the 36D breast cup, slim waist, perk bottom, and long legs that all composed the devilish figure. No need to go into more details here.

However, Guo Yaning was 28 years old this year, and 29 after the new year. In the past, she was able to pick up some glamorous or gentle and coquettish heroine scripts based on her youth and beauty. But Guo Yaning could not act as an 18-year-old girl forever. In the face of the embarrassing situation of nearing her thirties, Guo Yaning also had to think about transforming her image.

However, when it came to image transformation, there was also a risk of failure. But if they continued to be so conservative and stereotyped, the audience might be able to bear the 30-year-old Guo Yaning pretending to be an 18-year-old girl on the screen. But what about when Guo Yaning was thirty-five or forty years old?

The domestic entertainment industry had very strict requirements for female artists. Moreover, the younger generations of pretty and youthful girls were also continuously cropping up. Guo Yaning got to this position with luck and strength. In order to consolidate this position, Zhou Fengxuan and her managing team were more conscientious than ever and did not make a misstep.

However, today, Tao Mu’s appearance brought a glimmer of hope for Guo Yaning, who had been stuck for quite a while.

This look was the best opportunity for Guo Yaning to make her image transformation! Zhou Fengxuan had even planned it in her mind. When this set of makeup photos came out, they would seize the time to record the MV, and once the MV was recorded it would be broadcasted on Valentine’s Day for promotion. Publicity appearances on various TV stations and various music charts must dominate the screen for two months, during which she would then go on all magazine cover, and then find a director and get a good workplace script. At that point, Guo Yaning could take advantage of this momentum to play the image of a strong woman in the workplace, and slam the new image of a coldly glamorous and noble queen into the hearts of thousands of viewers.

Then the transformation would be successful!

The more Zhou Fengxuan thought about it, the more happy she felt, her eyes becoming shiny and sparkling when she looked at Tao Mu, wishing nothing more than for both her pupils to turn into a “¥” shape.

Therefore, a person should be kind, be tactful, and take action immediately when meeting a potential talent. The vision must be accurate, the attitude must be steady, and the show of sincerity must be ruthless. Just like Guo Yaning, she offered an olive branch when Tao Mu was mired in trouble, and what she harvested in return was crisp minted money, as well as the infinitely beautiful scenery from up high!

It was a pity that he was a little too young. Otherwise, they could create an older female younger male love sensation. The image of the domineering older sister would be completely guaranteed!

Zhou Fengxuan looked at Tao Mu reluctantly, her brainwaves practically about to break through the sky.

Tao Mu obviously didn’t know that Zhou Fengxuan had already imagined a CP pairing for him. Because both Guo Yaning and Zhou Fengxuan strongly requested to take makeup photos and cover photos, Tao Mu did not refute it and immediately began to direct the lighting and scenery.

The previous set up in the studio was built based on Guo Yaning’s previous makeup look. The style was similar to the designer home decoration over in Hong Kong, and of course the styles from Taiwan was also used for reference.

But this was understandable. At this time, the styles of the various urban dramas filmed on the mainland still remained a bit old fashionef such as family ethics dramas and mother-in-law dramas. Any styling team with a little sense of fashion would not be able to bear it. So everyone who wanted to shoot fashion-related MVs would refer to the style of the Hong Kong fashion dramas and the Taiwan idol dramas.

It was a pity that these scenes didn’t look all that good in Tao Mu’s eyes either. If fashion also existed in a cycle of reincarnation, then we have to admit that even in the fashion world that reincarnated once every twenty years, the details of various fashion elements in each cycle were still different. It was precisely these details that could create a fresher sense of fashion.

Having already lived a lifetime, Tao Mu’s aesthetic views were naturally also affected by later generations, especially when shooting beautiful and exquisite MVs. Tao Mu believed that his vision and sense of style was at least not worse than others.

Therefore, under Tao Mu’s various suggestions that were so detailed that it could be called obsessive, in just one hour, the setting in the studio changed drastically. All the furnishings that looked classic or old-fashioned in Tao Mu’s eyes were removed, and only a set board and a few shading cloths of various colors were left in the end.

White, black, red, blue.

Tao Mu stood in front of the studio with the camera in his hand. The surrounding lighting techs almost vomited from the workout they were put under, but still Tao Mu felt unsatisfied.

Then Tao Mu thought for a while, and directly brought the group of tortured people back to Guo Yaning’s studio.

The office area, composed of various grids, was blocked by transparent glass. Tao Mu asked to turn on all the lights in the office, and then continued to direct the lighting techs to adjust the lights he needed. Immediately after that, a long camera shot was taken, having Guo Yaning sit in Zhou Fengxuan’s office and pretend to be an OL lady, then standing up and walking to the floor-to-ceiling windows to stare at the night view outside.

It was already past six o’clock in the evening at this time, and the sky was completely dark. The dots of neon lights lit up the city, and Guo Yaning’s face was reflected in the dark floor-to-ceiling windows, figure half-hidden. Tao Mu’s camera advanced, and Guo Yaning, with delicate makeup and looking a little tired, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows with her arms folded. The floor-to-ceiling windows were black, and most of the lights in the office appeared very dim. Only a desk lamp on the desk emitted a single warm yellow light.

The atmosphere came all at once. Tao Mu directly advanced the camera to take a close-up. Then Guo Yaning walked out of the office, passed through the empty office area, entered the elevator, and then went down to the first floor. The first-floor lobby was decorated in a very high-end office style. One could see one’s own reflection on the floor tiles. The elevator opened and Guo Yaning walked out of it. With red high heels stepping on the smooth and clean floor tiles, she walked out of the office building and down the stairs before arriving to stand in front of a bright red sports car.

Tao Mu refused to let Guo Yaning stage the pose for the shoot. Instead, he had Guo Yaning go down the stairs again and again, walk to the front of the sports car, bow her head to take out the key, bend down and enter the car, holding the wheel in her hand. Then come out again and repeat it over and over again.

Zhou Fengxuan was curious on the side, and couldn’t help asking: “Don’t you want Ya Ning to take the subway? Then why is she driving to the subway?”

“Who said that I want her to drive to the subway?” Tao Mu looked at Zhou Fengxuan blankly: “Did you not ask me take a cover photo?”

Zhou Fengxuan was also confused: “Then you have so many people following…..I thought you were filming the MV?”

Tao Mu pointed at Guo Yaning: “Do you think Sister Ya Ning is in the right state now? What I want is the ‘this queen’s aura is 2.8m tall.’ I feel that Sister Ya Ning’s performance just now is, at most, ‘I am seriously walking the red carpet’.”

Zhou Fengxuan: “…..”

Guo Yaning: “…..”

The group of people filming and eating melons: “…..”

They really didn’t expect CEO Tao to not only have sharp eyes, good skills, but also a very poisonous tongue.

The several cameramen who followed Tao Mu and listened to his command looked over with aggrieved expressions: Then why did you make us run around carrying the camera? Even arranging the camera track specially, this is very troublesome okay?

Tao Mu was a little embarrassed when he noticed the bitter eyes of the several cameramen, “…..I just want to create an atmosphere. I think it would be rigid and unnatural if you simply pose for shooting. After all, Sister Ya Ning is not a professional model. So I want Sister Ya Ning to be in an environment that makes her feel comfortable, but not lazy. This way, Sister Ya Ning’s body language can be fully mobilized. It is more convenient for me to take pictures.”

Everyone involved in the filming: “…..” Fine, you are the director and you say what goes. Anyway, it’s not like we dare to give you a beating, right?

This day of tossing around lasted until 7:30 in the evening, everyone was so tired that they practically wanted to pant with their tongues hanging out, before Tao Mu managed to harvest a few satisfactory snapshots.

——Tao Mu’s photography had a special characteristic. He didn’t like subjects to be posing for his photos, he prefered to capture candid photos. This was why he could discover the unique style of each girl in front of the camera.

However, the consequence of such shooting method was that those involved in the shooting would feel very tired. The lighting techs were tired, the cameramen and makeup artists were also very tired. Even Guo Yaning, who walked around the whole day, came away with sore feet. In the end, she sat in a chair and was so tired that she didn’t want to move a finger at all, but still couldn’t bear to remove the makeup. If not for the plan of surprising everyone with the new look, she probably would be unable to resist the urge to update her FlyNews page.

Tao Mu originally wanted to continue filming, but his passion for work was interrupted by a phone call.

Li Xiaoheng called and said that he wanted to invite Tao Mu to dinner. Tao Mu then remembered that he had promised Yao Dad and Xiao Qi Dad that he would go to the orphanage for dinner at night. It was almost eight o’clock in the evening when he finally glanced at his watch.

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“I can’t go out to eat tonight. I promised my Dads that I’ll go back to the orphanage. Everyone is making dumplings.” Tao Mu said, and then remembered that Meng Qi had told him to bring any friends who were available if he wanted, and that the more the merrier and so on. After hesitating for a moment, he said, “If you don’t mind, I just want to ask, would you like to go back to the orphanage with me to eat dumplings?”

On the other end of the call, Li Xiaoheng played with the gift he wanted to give Tao Mu, and said with a warm smile: “I am willing.”

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