Chapter 26: The Poor Child He Mu

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  After Hu Man, Dolly started his work as a stylist, fashion expert, and his job was nothing but...

  "Oh my, your hairstyle is so out of style, it's too outdated, change it, change it. And this clothes, it must be from a street stall, how can you wear this? It doesn't match your temperament at all, change it, change it. And your skin, don't you take care of it usually? Although young people have good skin foundation, they also need to learn how to maintain it, otherwise when you get old, you'll only be able to use sheep placenta..."

  In Dolly's mouth, He Mu, who thought he was still fashionable and good at dressing, became useless. In the end, Dolly led He Mu to change his hairstyle, buy new clothes, and have a makeover, instructing him to come back once a week.

  Contrary to He Mu's expectations, Dolly didn't dress him up like a sissy, and he actually looked pretty good. His hair was styled in a neat short cut, with each strand standing upright and slightly messy; his new clothes were avant-garde but not flashy, and they added a bit of a wild feel to He Mu's appearance; after finishing his grooming and walking out the door, even his pores seemed to be relaxed, and his complexion looked much better.

  Have to admit, after Dolly's professional guidance, He Mu can't say he's transformed, but he's indeed much more handsome and leaves a deeper impression on people. If his brightness was like a pearl before, now it's like a light bulb that can blind anyone's eyes wherever he goes.

  But the cost of becoming handsome is too high, He Mu looked at the long bill and his heart seemed to be bleeding. 80,000 yuan! What kind of hair salon is so expensive? In my hometown, it only costs five yuan and they do a better job than you. And these clothes, are they made of golden silk? Are these shoes made of dragon skin? How can they be so expensive? Is there no justice in this world? The most hateful thing is that beauty salon, a VIP card and they want me to pay so much money! Why don't you just rob a bank?!

  He Mian is after all from a small place, and his family background is not good enough to spend money like dirt. Except for the time he bought a car, when did he ever spend so much money in one day? If it was the company's money, that would be fine, but this is all going to come out of his own pocket. Although the company will temporarily pay for it, it will still be deducted from his salary for "The Young Yang Family Generals".

  He Mu's actor employment contract has been signed, and his salary is 4,000 yuan per episode after tax. This is a considerable remuneration for an actor who has never formally acted before and only has a small reputation online. The entire drama has 43 episodes, and Yang Qilang dies in the 39th episode. According to the script given by Tang Ren to He Mu, he will appear in about 35 or 36 episodes. Calculating based on 35 episodes, He Mu's total salary is 140,000 yuan. He gets 55% of this amount, which is 77,000 yuan. This means that He Mu's salary for filming a drama is not even enough to cover what he spent in one day. After the drama is finished, the company won't owe him any money, and he will still owe the company 3,000 yuan.

  "My goodness!" He Mu was on the verge of tears, no wonder those celebrities were so keen on shooting commercials and making money from appearances. It turned out that being a successful celebrity also required spending a lot of money, without sufficient financial support, life would indeed be very difficult.

  He Mu only hopes that the company can arrange a second play for him as soon as possible, because this is his only way to make money. Datang had told him before that he would not take those small brand advertisements for him until he had certain commercial value. Datang has high self-esteem and does not want He Mu to lower his image for the sake of making money, but how can he know that He Mu is now almost unable to open the pot?

  He Mu pulled back the clothes, shoes, cosmetics and other items he bought for Dolly to his new residence. As for the basement, it was temporarily occupied by Li Wen Hua, who was busy with his business, but only for this month. He Mu didn't have enough money to pay next month's rent. He even thought of letting Li Pang move in here and collecting rent from him to make ends meet.

  Just as He Mu was calculating Li Wen's move, this kid's phone rang and he was called to the basement to discuss important matters.

  He Mu rushed over in a hurry, and it turned out to be just confirming the company's LOGO. Pushing open the door, He Mu saw that apart from Li Wen Hua, there was also a tall and slender handsome young man. He Mu walked over and gave him an exaggerated bear hug: "Little Yueyue, I've missed you so much!"

  Zhang Yueyue, male, 19 years old, handsome and shy, studying at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Design Department. He Miao learned to paint with Zhang Yueyue's father, Zhang Quan teacher, when he was a child. Teacher Zhang once said that He Miao had an extremely high talent for art, not inferior to his son Zhang Yueyue, but He Miao didn't have much patience, gave up Baguazhang at the age of 12 and started learning art, fell in love with it after studying for less than two years, and gradually became interested in film. At the same time, he developed a great interest in trying various ways of cooking pork.

  Unlike a dog that picks up sticks and throws them away, He Mu still likes the things he has learned and will review them whenever he has time. However, after all, his skills are not as good as those who specialize in one area. In Baguazhang, he is not as good as his older brother He Zao, in art, he is not as good as Zhang Yueyue, and in cooking, he is not as good as his mother. But with his level of skill, he can easily fool amateurs.

  He Mu didn't expect Li Jun to call Zhang Yueyue over, which surprised him. He and Zhang Yueyue were elementary and junior high school classmates, but in high school, Zhang Yueyue went to a school with an artistic focus, while He Mu and Li Wenhua were junior high and high school classmates. As a result, the intersection of the three was only during their three years in junior high school, and Zhang Yueyue's acquaintance with Li Wenhua was also through He Mu as a bridge.

  I thought that with Zhang Yueyue's introverted personality, it would be difficult for her to get along with Li Wenhua, who had a very distinct personality and whom she hadn't seen in three years. But unexpectedly, the two of them attended university in the capital together, and without He Mu as a bridge, their relationship became increasingly close. With just one phone call from Li Jun, Zhang Yueyue was summoned over before she had even eaten dinner.

  "Because my and Muzi's company is about to be established, but the company's LOGO has not been thought of yet, so I called on Xiaoyueyue who excels in art design to help out. Everyone applauds!" Li Pang led the applause, He Mu also followed suit, only Zhang Yueyue smiled shyly.

  After referring to the logos of several industry leaders such as Boshu Tianjuan, Wan Can Shuye and Mo Tie Culture, Li Wenhua still had no clue how to make people remember "Tiandi Xuanhuang" at a glance.

  A logo may not play a decisive role in the success of a company, but a clever design can certainly add to the company's image and facilitate external recognition.

  To design a company logo that would make people's eyes and ears new, the three of them didn't sleep for one night, passing through discussions and disputes.

  Everyone was at a loss at first, you said this and I said that. Later, He Mu suggested using a ball of ink as the LOGO, inspired by his experience learning Chinese painting from Zhang Quan teacher for the first time. Li Wen Hua drew a strange thing that nobody knew what it was, only after he explained did we realize it was a logo made from the Chinese characters "culture" . He Mu and Zhang Yueyue gave him a cold stare, in the end it was still Yueyue's seal design idea that won unanimous recognition. Of course, the specific design still had to be handed over to this little genius Zhang Yueyue. With Li Wen Hua and He Mu's level, even if they thought of something very beautiful in their minds, once carved into stone, it would definitely become deformed. Professional things should be left to professionals.

  While Zhang Yueyue was working on the design all night, Boss He and Boss Li each took a bed and fell fast asleep. The next day when they woke up, Yueyue had already finished the design draft. Li Wenhua held up the design draft with a smile and said: "This is exactly what I wanted! It's great!"

  Zhang Yueyue yawned, "After returning to school, I'll help you make a pair of seals. One will be a positive seal and the other a negative seal. What material do you want for the seals? Our school still has many sources."

  Li Wenhua thought for a moment: "Just use ordinary seal stone, the company is newly established, everything is simple, wait until later when we have money to let you make a better one with chicken blood and yellow clay, remember to make it look nice."

  He Mu smiled and pushed Li Wenhua: "Forget it, you can't afford Huang Tian."

  After having breakfast together, they first sent Zhang Yueyue away. Before parting with Li Wen Hua, He Mu asked him what his company had planned.

  "In a few days, after I get the business license, I plan to go to Nantong." said Li Wen Hua.

  "What's going on there?"

  "Find someone, the author of a book." Li Wen Hua said with great enthusiasm.

  "What book?"

  "I've told you about it before, 'Co-habiting with a Sister-in-law', this book is very popular online and the radio drama also has a large number of loyal listeners. I've checked, this book hasn't been published in physical form yet, so what I need to do now is to get the publishing rights for this book before other companies do, then cooperate with Communication University of China Press to release it to the market. I believe this book will sell very well, and with our promotion, it will only sell even better!"

  ……

  With less than a month to go before the start of "The Young Yang Family Generals", several Golden Rooster and Golden Horse awards ceremonies will be held, but none of them are related to He Mu. His focus during this period is on television dramas. In order for He Mu to perform well in the drama, Da Tang specially invited a performance teacher from the Beijing Film Academy to teach him acting. Although He Mu has a talent for acting, there is still a certain gap between him and those who have received professional training. These gaps may decrease as his acting experience increases, but neither He Mu nor the company wants his performance in this drama to be "always improving". They hope that He Mu can make a good impression from the start and break some people's perception of him as "having no acting experience and not knowing how to act".

  In addition to the acting crash course, the company also arranged horse riding training for He Mu. The Yang family will be a war drama, even if there are not many war scenes and there are stand-ins available, but how can it compare to the actor himself riding a tall horse on screen to attract the audience? Therefore, He Mu had to learn to ride a horse in more than half a month's time.

  It's just horse riding, after all. The multi-talented He Mu would naturally know how to do it too. When he was five years old, his grandfather bought a mule and little He Mu had ridden on it in his grandfather's arms. By the time he was seven, he dared to ride by himself.

  Horses and mules are similar, after all; if you can ride a mule, you can ride a horse!

  This idea is very dangerous, He Mu paid a heavy price for this, falling off the horse back more than ten times, but the effect was also very obvious. After more than half a month of horse riding training, He Mu could already control the horse freely, no matter how it bucked, he wouldn't fall off, and at this time, the crew began to gather him as Yang Qilang, starting filming immediately...

  (Also ps: Thanks for the reward from Knife Cong Mou Xiao Shi, Xiao Shi is an old friend, thanks for the support!)