Chapter 7 A! (Recommendations wanted!)

  It's a bit late, can't withdraw money, He Mu Li cultural directly returned to the residence. In Beijing, they still have several good classmates, He Mu is very eager to see them, but in August, most universities are not open yet, so it's impossible, if there is free time in September, he would like to visit them again.

  At night, He Mu was arranged by Li Wen Hua to sleep on the lower bunk. For the entire night, he didn't sleep well, not because of Li Xiao Pang's 160 pounds sleeping above him, but because the loud heavy metal music from next door was really disturbing.

  The basement was already stuffy, and with the wailing and howling from next door, He Mu finally couldn't take it anymore and wanted to go out and reason with them. However, Li Wenhua stopped him in time, "Don't go, that group of rockers often ***, sometimes they're not quite right in the head, you'd better not provoke them, there's no way to reason with them, and things might even get physical." It seemed like Li Wenhua was already used to this kind of night, which was even noisier than a vegetable market. He spoke very calmly and soon fell into a deep sleep, snoring loudly.

  He Miao wandered around on the ground for a few circles and finally lay down on the bed, thinking: I won't have a general understanding with those who take "medicine".

  The next day, exhausted He Mu dragged Li Wen Hua to take 25,000 yuan, then prepared to meet Tao Qu Duo's appointment. Director Tao rushed to the scene, estimating that filming can start tonight. The male lead, thinking of this, He Mu shook off his fatigue and took big strides with renewed energy.

  "Hey, slow down," said Li Huwen, who was a bit on the heavier side and had trouble walking quickly. "We need to wait for someone, and then we'll all go see Director Tao together."

  "Who is it?" He Mu was puzzled, and Li Wenhua hadn't mentioned this before either.

  "This isn't about signing a contract, I'll call my sister up." Li Wen Hua explained.

  "Oh." He Mu suddenly realized that the "sister" in Li Wen Hua's mouth was his aunt's cousin, Chen Xuehe, a double bachelor of law and business administration from Beijing University of Political Science and Law, who is currently pursuing an MBA at Peking University Guanghua School of Management.

  He Mu had met Chen Xuehe before, she wasn't considered beautiful, but rather delicate, and her learning ability was extremely strong. He Mu and Li Wen often secretly referred to her as "academic tyrant". The former Chen Xuehe was an existence that the two looked up to, now her achievements still required them to look up to her, Peking University Guanghua's MBA wasn't something easy to get into.

  This summer vacation, Chen Xuehe found a job under the introduction of her supervisor, so she is in Beijing. Given Snow River's exceptional skills in law, Li Wenhua didn't hesitate to call on her elder sister to prevent He Mu from being set up in the contract. One must not have a mind to harm others, but one must be prepared to defend against others. And that Tao Qu Duo isn't very familiar either, how can she easily trust him?

  After work, Xuehe sister wore a professional woman's suit, with light makeup on her face, looking more mature and beautiful, He Mu's sweet words made her blush, even the usually reserved Xuehe sister started to flutter.

  On the way, Li Wen Hua explained the detailed content to Chen Xue He. After a moment of contemplation, Chen Xue He said, "It shouldn't be a complicated contract, as long as there are no traps in the clauses related to profit distribution, it's fine."

  The agreed meeting place was a coffee shop, Tao Qu Duo didn't bring his girlfriend, but He Mu brought an extra woman. Facing Tao's puzzled eyes, Li Wen Hua explained: "This is my cousin, studying law, isn't this signing a contract? Let her take a look."

  Li Wenhua said frankly, Tao Qu didn't say much, anyway he was quite open-minded. He smiled and took out two copies of the contract and a formal script. The script was handed to He Mu, and the contract was given to Chen Xuehe.

  Because it's a short film, the script isn't long, but He Mu read it with great interest. From his not-so-professional perspective, Tao's script is very professional, and he can't wait to start filming as soon as possible.

  The contract was just two thin sheets of paper, from Chen Xuehe's professional point of view, it wasn't written very professionally, but it was passable. Anyway, it wasn't a particularly formal contract. She read it from start to finish, and then again from the beginning, and didn't find any maliciously set legal traps. For parts she didn't understand, Tao Qudu's explanations were satisfactory.

  After He Mu finished translating the script, Chen Xuehe also put down the contract and nodded to He Mu Li Wen, indicating that there was no problem.

  "It was nice working with you." He Mu stood up and shook hands with Tao Qiu Duo.

  "It's a pleasure working together," Tao Qiu said with a satisfied smile. "If possible, we can start filming now."

  "Of course, no problem." He Mu said with a pleasant smile, he was eager to try.

  ……

  After seeing Chen Xuehe off, He Mu, Li Wen and Tao Quan came to the shooting location by taxi, with Li Wen following as He Mu's temporary agent.

  The so-called shooting location is actually just a rented underground room of Tao Qu Duo, which can be referred to as Li Wen Hua's doghouse.

  It's even cleaner here, but the lighting is very poor and it's more gloomy. According to Tao Quan, this is to create a horror atmosphere. In Tao Quan's version, the scene of typing in the basement was shot for three days. After changing to He Mu, Tao Quan hoped to complete it within two days, he wanted to rush the progress.

  He nodded to show that he understood, but also didn't clasp his chest to promise to take it on, after all, filming is a collective cooperation, he had confidence in himself, but didn't dare guarantee the entire crew could do it efficiently.

  By five o'clock in the afternoon, after pulling up the curtains, there was little difference between the basement and at night, and filming could almost begin. The crew members also arrived one after another.

  First came photographer Wang Mingfei, He Mu and this tall beauty waved their hands to greet each other, then the scene recorder and deputy director, sound recorder and makeup artist, lighting and prop master all appeared one after another.

  It's possible that the filming work was interrupted for four or five days, or maybe the director gave a low salary, except for Wang Mingfei, the other three crew members didn't seem to have much motivation. Director Tao Qudu saw this and after everyone arrived, he first gave a speech, pointing out that the re-shooting was his fault, so he would definitely increase their salary to make up for wasting their time, trying to stimulate these artistic workers' enthusiasm, but the effect was minimal. Then he introduced He Mu, who replaced him as the male lead, He Mu smiled and greeted everyone, this new male lead seemed to bring a glimmer of hope to them.

  "Now everyone is in position, the lighting and props are ready, the makeup artist starts to put on makeup for the actors, the photographer finds a good angle, and filming will start in half an hour." After entering the shooting program, Tao Qu always showed his dignity as a director, and the small number of crew members worked in an orderly manner under his command.

  Of course, the makeup is for He Mu. First, he changed into a wrinkled and worn-out outfit, which made him look like a refugee at first glance. The sound recorder and makeup artist also messed up his hair to create a visual effect of not having washed it for a month. A pair of black-framed glasses covered the sparkle in He Mu's eyes, and his eye bags were also heavily taken care of, with darker colors indicating that he hadn't slept well these past few days.

  Tao Duo stroked his chin, scrutinizing He Mu's makeup style, then suggested: "Uh, make it even uglier."

  The director's words are imperial decrees, and the makeup artist applied another layer to He Mu's face. He Mu's skin tone, which was not white to begin with, looked even darker and bloodless. Then, several red pimples were added to his face, and the green leaf on his teeth was Tao Qudu's idea, who thought it was a stroke of genius. The leaf would vividly convey the protagonist's difficult situation.

  The lights are OK, the photography is OK, the makeup is OK, the assistant director holding the clapperboard is OK, and He Mu, sitting softly on the floor with his back against the bed and his eyes covered by his hair, is also OK!

  The Taoist behind the monitor counted silently for five seconds before shouting: "A!"

  The Buddha said: From now on, updates will be made at 11 am and after 7 pm when I'm at home. We'll discuss further after work.