After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn - Chapter 20

[Chapter 20]

Da Mao Xiao Pang came back before dinner. The two invited the life producer of the crew to have a meal relationship as early as Tao Mu entered the group “The Legend of Heroes”. In addition to hoping that the life producer could take care of Tao Mu in the details, they also wanted to get Tao Mu to join the crew. shooting schedule. The purpose is to ensure that the two of them can clean up the rental house before Tao Mu gets off work. Lest Tao Mu come back and nag them.

But today Tao Mu came back early. Big Mao and Xiao Pang couldn’t help but feel a little surprised, and also felt a little guilty about being caught: “Why did you come back so early today?”

Tao Mu was sitting at the desk reading a book—financial current affairs are related to laws and regulations, especially futures. The time node before his death in his last life was 2018. The financial market is inherently unpredictable, and in ten years, it is enough for the domestic and international financial markets and policy environment to undergo earth-shaking changes. Those policies and regulations that he is familiar with do not play a role at this moment. If he cannot familiarize himself with the current rules of the game as soon as possible, and only act arbitrarily with empiricism, he will make a big mistake if he is not careful.

Therefore, after Tao Mu was reborn, he began to consciously review these “old and rotten” knowledge, and then combined with practical operations to slowly make up for his shortcomings. On the one hand, it was to make money, and on the other hand, it was also to ensure that when Li Xiaoxiang consulted him again, Tao Mu’s suggestion would not turn into a joke full of mistakes because of some outdated memories. Thereby reducing the weight of cooperation in Li Xiaocheng’s mind.

In order to play the role of Killer Wuming well, Tao Mu spent a lot of time honing his acting skills. The progress of looking at the information is not stagnant, and the efficiency is not high. Now that he has been fired from the “Legend of Heroes” crew, Tao Mu has time to study finance. He is preparing to take a relevant professional certificate and systematically familiarize himself with the most basic policies and regulations. In addition, it is to continue to practice in the retail market.

On the other hand, Tao Mu was still thinking about his first pot of gold. He has found more than a dozen gambling platforms with good reputation and a large scale on the Internet. Just waiting for the opening of the Olympic Games to spend money to buy peripherals.

There were too many things to do, and Tao Mu really didn’t have the time and energy to waste in the unhelpful state of being angry. The vent just now was the pinnacle of his emotional exposure.

“Director Zhao informed me that the role of Killer Wuming is going to be replaced. So from today, I don’t have to go to the crew.”

“What?” Da Mao Xiao Pang thought he didn’t understand: “What did you say? I don’t need you anymore? Why, haven’t you already signed a contract? You’ve been in the group for more than ten days, and you’ve even finished taking the makeup photos, okay?”

They also reposted it on Weibo, a little face-controlled little guy. The girls and some of the Yan-controlled Shufen are all screaming excitedly under Weibo.

“That’s why they also gave me all the liquidated damages according to the terms of the contract.” Tao Mu turned around and looked at Da Mao and Xiao Pang: “Director Zhao specifically instructed the finance to give me six times the liquidated damages, ten times the liquidated damages. 20,000, plus the 20,000 given at the time of signing the contract, I earned 140,000 in less than half a month, which is quite a lot.”

This is also the compensation plan that he temporarily finalized after discussing with Zhao Dao – originally there were only three times the liquidated damages. But Director Zhao really couldn’t bear Tao Mu’s amazing fighting moves. Just embarrassed to speak. Tao Mu saw Zhao Xin’s entanglement, and before leaving, he offered to make a deal with Zhao Xin. He suggested that Zhao Xin should pay three times the liquidated damages to buy out his previous filming videos, so that in the later editing, he could add some medium shots, long shots and close-up shots that he shot without showing his face or height into the film.

This suggestion is right in Zhao Xin’s mind. The role of Killer Nameless has been changed twice in succession, which has already delayed the filming progress. This time, there is another living ancestor who has no experience in filming, and said that he can’t be scolded or scolded. Zhao Xinchou could not wait to smoke two more packs of cigarettes a day. Tao Mu’s suggestion does not mention how much room for improvement in the shooting quality of “The Legend of Heroes”, but the shooting progress alone has helped a lot.

Zhao Xin didn’t expect Tao Mu to be so considerate. He was excited for a while, but he forgot to politely hide his ecstatic emotions, and put his arms around Tao Mu’s shoulder and patted it several times. He repeatedly praised Tao Mu for being very sensible.

But he didn’t know that Tao Mu’s idea was purely profit maximization – he just felt that since he had withdrawn from the “Legend of Heroes”, the scenes he had shot had become a pile of useless waste. Rather than fall into the dark gray in the corner, it is better to leave it to Zhao Dao to use it as waste. After the film is broadcast, these shots of him as a stand-in can still play a promotional role.

Of course, before that, the issue of remuneration must be clearly explained.

An orphan since he was a child, Tao Mu has long understood the truth of not being self-willed in the face of survival pressure – at least before returning to the Shen family in his previous life, Tao Mu did not have the confidence to put up with life.

As for this life, although Tao Mu believes in his golden finger, it is a pity that some habits have already been formed. This kind of bad habit of people doing the best they can can’t be changed.

In the end, Tao Mu was never the kind of person who complained about others when he was wronged, and refused to make others feel better if he tried to do everything. Rather than wasting his emotions on pointless venting, he would rather look for opportunities to benefit himself in a dire situation.

In the eyes of outsiders, this kind of behavior may be “cowardly”, mercenary and without character. So when he first returned to the Shen family in his last life, the Shen family couldn’t get used to him in every possible way. Shen Yan even mocked him with the allusions of Zhuangzi’s “Phoenix and the Rotten Rat”. It seems that as a Shen family member, you should be born noble and moonlight. Even if you fall into the dust, you should not bow your head and compromise to any injustice. You have to get out of the mud and not stain like Shen Yu, not like him who has milk and is a mother.

He completely forgot that the one who struggled in the mud all day was Tao Mu, not the guy who lived in the phoenix’s nest since he was a child.

“Is this about money? We sent him tens of thousands of dollars?” Hearing Tao Mu’s narration, Da Mao was about to collapse: “Aren’t they playing people? They have already signed up to join the group, why? Can we change people so easily? Isn’t our hard work for the past ten days in vain? Is it too much?”

“It’s not a waste of hard work. Didn’t I get the money?” Tao Mu smiled. Next: “Besides, Director Zhao also said that many shots can still be used.” After all, he got 140,000 yuan, in addition to the liquidated damages, and the buyout of martial arts videos. Tao Mu believes that Zhao Xin will make the best use of all his money.

“What can I do…” Da Mao couldn’t bear it anymore and burst out a foul language: “It’s just bullying. It’s not like that. No, we have to find him.”

“Okay!” Tao Mu patted Da Mao’s head. , interrupted Faxiao and filled with righteous indignation: “What’s there to find? Even if Uncle Wang is in business, there are cases where he signs a contract and then breaks it. Everyone works according to the contract—”

“That’s different.” Xiaopang also Stuck on his neck to hold injustice for Tao Mu: “How can they do this! It’s too unfair.”

“There’s nothing fair or unfair. It can only be said that my value is not high enough for the crew to reject capital.” Don’t even think about it. “Besides, I’m not at a loss, right? Why do you all look like I’ve been bullied?”

Big Hairy Little Fatty gave Tao Mu a white look.

“What does it mean that the value is not so high that people refuse capital? To put it bluntly, isn’t it just a couple of stinky money!” The old story of Da Mao humming is repeated: “If you want me to say, we should let my dad pay, and we should invest ourselves. The script favors you as the male lead. Then I’ll see who would dare to go through the back door and snatch your role!”

Tao Mu lowered his head and smiled: “Okay. I won’t talk about it, I want to have a good time. My lord, I am also today. It’s a windfall. What do you want to eat tonight, I’ll treat you.”

Please! Da Mao was full of resentment, but he couldn’t vent it in front of Tao Mu, so he could only snort sullenly: “Then let’s eat butter hot pot. Anyway, it’s such a hot day, and this matter is so hot, just eat hot pot to fight poison with poison. ” Okay, just eat the hot pot.” Tao Mu closed the book, got up and smiled: “After eating the hot pot, you can also invite you to go for a dip

. It’s interesting, buddies.”

: “Hmm!”

* * * * * *

“I heard that your role in “The Legend of Heroes” was beaten?”

Tao Mu also did not expect that when he brought Da Mao Xiaopang to the hot pot restaurant, he actually met Gou Rixin And his vote of martial arts brothers.

As one of the most popular group leaders in Hengdian, Gou Rixin is very well informed. Tao Mu only left the crew of “The Legend of Heroes” in the evening, and Gou Rixin knew about it in the evening. It’s a pity that the big guy was talking for Tao Mu when he was chatting, and in a blink of an eye, Tao Mu also came to eat hot pot.

“Come and come, it’s better to meet by chance. Since everyone comes to the same restaurant to eat hot pot, it’s fate.” Probably out of admiration for culture, Gou Rixin, who has not even graduated from junior high school, encounters Tao Mu every time. College students, are unavoidable. I’m afraid of being laughed at if I say something bad. “I said you don’t have to wait for a table. It’s the peak time for dinner. If you wait for a table, you have to wait at least half an hour. If you don’t dislike

your brothers, then sit down and eat together.”

When the person spoke, Gou Rixin grabbed his neck and shouted to the waiter, “Give us a new pot, two dozen beers, and three sets of tableware.”

Gou Rixin was so enthusiastic that Tao Mu and the others could not refuse, so they found an empty seat and sat down. Da Mao glanced at the table full of fellow men, and asked politely, “Why didn’t you see my sister-in-law.”

“Your sister-in-law has an outside drama and left with the crew. It will take two or three days to come back.” Gou Rixin mentioned this. Son, your face is a little bad. He didn’t seem to want to talk more, so he poured a glass of cold beer for Tao Mu and changed the subject: “Your sister-in-law has been talking about you to me. She said that you will definitely have great prospects in the future. Let me make good friends with you, and let me invite you to another day. Eat at home. Your sister-in-law will cook by herself.”

As soon as these words came out, several Wu Xings who had a good relationship with Gou Rixin frowned. Tao Mu saw it in his eyes, and he was relieved.

Gou Rixin himself was ignorant, and he warmly invited Tao Mu: “Your sister-in-law will come back the day after tomorrow, will you come to the house for dinner?”

Tao Mu warmly thanked and politely declined. He didn’t have a good impression of Yu Mei, a woman, but he didn’t show any emotions in front of Gou Rixin. Everyone is just nodding acquaintances, and it’s good to eat, drink, and chat about gossip. There is no need to talk deeply.

Everyone pushed the glasses on the wine table for a change. After eating for a while, Gou Rixin looked at Tao Mu and hesitated.

Tao Mu and Gou Rixin touched the cups and asked with a smile, “What’s the matter, just say something.”

Gou Rixin hesitated: “I have a job, I don’t know if you want to do it or not.”

As long as you say the first sentence of some words, the rest will be easy. Before Tao Mu could speak, Gou Ri poured the beans into a new bamboo tube and said, “It’s a martial arts movie that we are new to the crew. You know “The Far Side”, right? Yes. He’s about the same size as you, and he’s happy to give him money. He’s willing to pay 100,000 yuan. If you have this intention, I’ll go back and ask for you?” After a

pause, Gou Rixin said again: “And the director and the male lead of this crew are the same. , let’s talk about it, you also have a bit of fate. They all graduated from Jingying. Cheng Baodong, Wang Boyuan, you know?”

Tao Mu’s heart skipped a beat. Of course he knew these two people, the famous directors and movie stars in the Beijing circle in later generations. The film that Tao Mu was eyeing was invested by Jingying, and the chief director was Cheng Baodong. On the other hand, Cheng Baodong brought in his royal hero Wang Boyuan to make a cameo appearance.

This is really drowsy to send pillows.

If Tao Mu wanted to refuse, he immediately put it back in his stomach, and said with a smile, “Then I’ll ask Brother Gou to help me ask.” After speaking, he

had another cup with Gou Rixin.

Gou Rixin waved his hands again and again, suffocating the beer in one gulp: “Don’t bother, don’t bother. I’m just asking for you. You can’t be the master if you build a bridge.” After

speaking, he hooked Tao Mu’s shoulder to dig his heart and lungs . The explanation: “…don’t worry about today’s affairs. In fact, if you have experienced more, you will know that there are many shitty things like this. Don’t feel unfair. You think, other investors are really gold. The silver spilled, and I finally invested in a film crew. I wanted to put two people in it. It’s normal, right? It’s just ordinary people going to work, and there are many people in a company who are relatives of the boss. , it’s alright and it will cause trouble for you. The same is true for the mixed crew. You can’t stop the boss from plugging people into the company, and the same reason can’t stop investors from topping the crew. The only thing you can do is to work hard, and when it becomes popular later, It’s you who pick and choose from the crew. They have to hold you with a smile.”

“I think you are sure to be popular. So don’t get discouraged. Don’t mess around when you enter the next production crew. You can do whatever you want. When you get ahead, they will naturally know that it’s their loss that you don’t need you.”

Gou Rixin worried about Tao Twilight threw her anger into her next job. At that time, he would also be implicated, so he kept coaxing Tao Mu one after another.

This old-fashioned enthusiasm is rare.

“Don’t worry, Brother Gou, if I can get into “The Far Side of the Rivers and Lakes”, I will definitely do a good job, and I won’t lose face.” Tao Muxin said that of course he couldn’t lose face. He also wanted to take this opportunity to make good friends with Cheng Baodong and Wang Boyuan. Certainly not to leave a bad impression in front of them.

At least you have to be diligent and hardworking, with a solid foundation and a familiar face, right?

Gou Rixin smiled, looking very honest: “I’m not worried. I’m just afraid that you young people will not be able to resist when things go wrong, and it’s not good to join the group with emotions.”

Tao Mu’s heart moved, and he suddenly remembered In his previous life, he had heard some rumors about Gou Rixin’s filming incident: “Brother Gou, generally for those of us who are acting as substitutes, the crew will buy us insurance, right?”

Gou Rixin replied: “Some crews have it, some don’t. Our industry is a high-risk industry, and insurance companies don’t care about it. A conscientious crew can at most insure a few accident insurances. , some people are willing to do it.” As soon as

these words began, a group of martial arts brothers sitting at the table also complained: “Don’t talk about insurance. Even if something really happened, it would be hard to pay compensation from the crew. It’s very good.”

“We do all the hard work and hard work, but we don’t earn as much as a fraction of the stars.”

“Then why don’t we protect it ourselves?” Big Mao and Xiao Pang, who had been listening in, didn’t understand the idea of this group of people: “This thing I don’t have much money a year. Let’s take accident insurance. Even if you want to insure one million yuan, you will spend tens of thousands of yuan a year. If it is group insurance, it may be even less—”

Da Mao’s family is a coal mine, and he is relatively familiar with these. It’s a pity that he was interrupted by a group of martial artists: “Who has those tens of thousands of dollars to waste? Besides, our experience is good, and basically nothing can go wrong.” In the

end, I still feel distressed about money . chant. After all, doing their business depends on opportunities. If you are lucky, you can earn tens of thousands of yuan a month, but if you are unlucky, you won’t be able to catch the show, and it’s normal to eat the last meal without the next meal. From a certain point of view, the hardships of these martial arts groups are no worse than that of migrant workers, and some guarantees are not as good as those of migrant workers.

So if you have money to eat or save, you are reluctant to buy insurance.

Can often walk by the river where there is no wet shoes. Big Mao and Xiao Pang looked at each other and looked at Tao Mu: “Why don’t we just stop doing it?”

Tao Mu waved his hand and looked at Gou Rixin: “If I can really join the group “Jianghu Zhiyuan”, I’m going to take some accident insurance. Brother Gou, do you want to be with me? It’s not good to say it, I’m not afraid of 10,000, just in case.”

Gou Rixin hesitated.

Tao Mu calmly persuaded: “With the current market situation of Brother Gou, if you don’t talk about making more money in a year, you will definitely be left with 200,000 yuan. Spend tens of thousands of yuan for accident insurance. If something goes wrong, there will be 1 million in Don’t panic.”

Gou Rixin hesitated: “Look, I haven’t been insured for so many years, no, I’m fine. If I have insurance and something happens, wouldn’t it be a bit unlucky?”

Tao Mu: “… …” What kind of brain circuit is this?

Seeing that Gou Rixin was really rejecting insurance, Tao Mu didn’t persuade him any further. It was just that he made up his mind, and it was a big deal to take the money to insure Gou Rixin for a million-dollar accident insurance. It is also a thought.

After all, the incident of Gou Rixin’s coercion accident really happened in his previous life. It’s just that Tao Mu had a general relationship with Gou Rixin in his previous life, and he never paid attention to this. The exact time and place of Gou Rixin’s accident are also unknown.

Tao Mu believes that since he has no way to avoid accidents, he should be fully prepared. It can be considered to live up to Gou Rixin’s intention to help him introduce the crew.

Of course, Gou Rixin didn’t know Tao Mu’s “tick for a tick” mentality. While still in the hot pot restaurant, I called the hero of “The Far Away”. Wang Boyuan had also heard of Tao Mu’s fame in martial arts. In fact, after Wang Boyuan expressed his thoughts on Wudi, someone recommended Tao Mu to him. It’s just that Tao Mu had just joined the group “Legend of Heroes” at the time, and he was still a well-known supporting role, and it was not easy for them to contact Tao Mu again.

Now that Tao Mu came to the door himself, Wang Boyuan was quite happy. Booked an audition tomorrow on the phone.

At eight o’clock the next morning, Tao Mu rushed to the filming site of “The Far from the Rivers and Lakes” – by coincidence, the filming location of “The Far from the Rivers and Lakes” in H Studio was also in the Shanghetu Scenic Spot during Qingming Festival. Only a few walls away from “The Legend of Heroes”. So much so that Tao Mu met an acquaintance on the way to the audition for “The Far Side”.

Someone asked Tao Mu about his intentions, but Tao Mu didn’t hide it. When they learned that Tao Mu was going to audition for the actor next door, Wu Ti, all of them had a stunned look on their faces, wishing Tao Mu a successful audition with various expressions and tones.

Even the “eldest nephew” who replaced Tao Mujin’s team came out with half-face makeup and shouted in dissatisfaction: “Since they are all acting as military substitutes, why can’t they be me? Isn’t it money?” “How much I’ll give you, I’ll double it!”

Tao Mu was too lazy to pay attention to this stupid and rich “eldest nephew”, and pushed him back to the “Legend of Heroes” crew: “Don’t make trouble, go back to your play, don’t give I’m causing trouble.” The

“eldest nephew” followed Tao Mu with his neck strangled. Tao Musheng was afraid that the “eldest nephew” would spoil the situation, so he patiently coaxed him: “Don’t you want to show off in front of the camera? How can you find Wudi in battle. When I have time to teach you two moves, it’s neither difficult nor hard, enough. You’re acting cool and attracting fans in front of the camera.” The

“eldest nephew”‘s eyes lit up, and he immediately stretched out his claws: “It’s settled, don’t lie.”

Tao Mu gave him a perfunctory high-five. sent people back.

When it came to the crew of “Far from the Rivers and Lakes”, it happened that Cheng Baodong and Wang Boyuan both came. One is directing the big picture in front of the monitor, the other is putting on makeup in the dressing room.

The field manager led the person to Cheng Baodong. Director Cheng glanced at him casually and pointed to the corner: “The crew is busy. You wait a while.”

Tao Mu waited for more than an hour. People in the crew come and go, and no one pays attention to him and no one asks him. Tao Mu was not in a hurry, and based on his various experiences in the crew in his previous life, he helped this person lift the props and help the other adjust the lights. It was neither high-profile nor embarrassing, so many staff members directly regarded Tao Mu as a new comedian.

Cheng Baodong and Wang Boyuan watched indifferently, and kept observing for more than an hour before asking someone to lead him to change clothes and try them on.

Wang Boyuan looked at Tao Mu’s back, and wentssip with Cheng Baodong with a smile: “It looks quite calm. I thought he had been left hanging for so long, not to mention losing his temper, at least he had to ask why.”

Cheng Baodong snorted coldly: “He If you will lose your temper, you will lose your temper in front of Zhao’s face. You won’t have to wait until now.”

Speaking of which, the two of them first knew about Tao Mu through Chen Yiqian’s mouth. Director Chen saw Tao Mu’s potential, and he also wanted to help newcomers.

Wang Boyuan wanted to look for Tao Mu to be a military substitute before, but Chen Yiqian also settled for him. Especially after knowing that Tao Mu had also applied for Beijing Film, Wang Boyuan had a natural affection for this little junior brother who had not yet entered the school. Knowing that Tao Mu took the killer of “The Legend of Heroes”, Wuming, also felt that Tao Mu was very lucky.

It’s a pity that Tao Mu was kicked out of the crew before this feeling took root. After Tao Mu’s series of responses to the bad news, Wang Boyuan looked at this little junior brother in a different way.

If nothing else, emotional intelligence is very high. Usually young people in their twenties can’t do that.

On the other hand, Cheng Baodong felt that it was not a good thing for a child to have such a deep city at such a young age. But it does not deny that with Tao Mu’s appearance and emotional intelligence, if nothing else, he will definitely have a place in the entertainment industry in the future. Maybe it’s another dark horse in their Beijing circle.

Therefore, today’s dismounting can be regarded as a test for Cheng Baodong and Wang Boyuan to the newcomers of the younger generation.

The test is over, and it’s still the same. Wang Boyuan admires the younger brother’s high emotional intelligence and good looks, and also appreciates Tao Mu’s ease and discernment when he was on the set. He has seen many newcomers. In order to create a very hard-working and approachable character, he usually helps the crew with work when there is no drama. But it’s rare for a newcomer like Tao Mu who can help every time. It can be seen that Tao Mu is very familiar with all departments of the crew, and it can be seen from this kid that his ambition is definitely not small. For example, in the future, the actor will be directed, or the actor will be the producer.

In contrast, Cheng Baodong rejected Tao Mu’s mature and deep, sophisticated and slick. Not the slightest youthful spirit.

However, the two also reached an agreement: that is, with Tao Mu’s temperament and conditions, he would definitely be able to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry.

[End of This Chapter]