Chapter 175 What the hell is this?
It’s hard to say whether the investor and Wu Muqiu have a small feud.
In recent years, major financial platforms have started to look for celebrities to endorse and advertise, and many celebrities have been invited by various financial platforms to endorse financial advertisements.
Investor Li Hu is no exception. It is even said that one of the reasons why he invests in the entertainment industry is to attract celebrities in the industry to advertise and endorse his platform.
His company had approached Wu Mu before, but was rejected without hesitation by Wu Mu.
So investor Li Hu was more or less unhappy with Wu Mu. Now seeing that Wu Mu seemed to have no memory of their company at all, Li Hu naturally became even more unhappy.
However, although he appears to be a gangster boss on the surface, Li Hu is actually a cautious man with some tolerance. He would not cause trouble for Wu Mu over such a small matter.
After giving Wu Mu a cold look, he just pretended that Wu Mu didn't exist, directly skipped Wu Mu and got to know the next person.
Yang Rongfa was also very considerate and did not dwell on the matter any further, and continued to introduce the next person to Li Hu.
Agent Zhou Yu, who was standing next to him, looked delighted.
After introducing the project creators to each other and getting to know each other’s faces, the next step was to eat.
There were quite a lot of people coming to this cocktail party. In addition to some investors and people from cooperative companies, there were also people from Yang Rongfa's own company, employees from their crew, and the actors and actresses who had already been confirmed, etc. There were six or seven large tables full of people.
As the composer of the series and also because he was very famous, Wu Mu also sat at the main table.
In fact, because the investor Li Hu didn't like Wu Mu's affairs, and Wu Mu himself was a bit of a prick, Yang Rongfa didn't want to arrange Wu Mu at the main table. But he was worried that arranging Wu Mu at another table would offend Wu Mu, so in the end he had to make this arrangement.
Don’t think that it’s just a simple matter of arranging seats, but what it actually represents is each person’s status and position in the circle. If you don’t arrange it well, you can really offend people.
Fortunately, to his relief, Wu Mu did not jump out to attract attention after sitting down, but ate his meal quietly, and everything was peaceful.
The core figure at the main table was naturally the investor Li Hu. Yang Rongfa and several other people around him were all praising Li Hu.
Li Hu was in a good mood because of the praise. He happily talked about his "legendary" deeds of starting a business from scratch. At the same time, he acted as if he was giving everyone preferential treatment and helping them make money. He gave everyone some investment shares in his company and authorized them to invest the money in his company's new money-making projects.
Wu Mu naturally did not get involved in their affairs. He just ate his own food and kept a low profile.
Sun Yueqing sat next to him, not participating much. She mainly chatted with him about the various things that had happened to him in the past six months, and also helped Wu Mu block the drinking.
After helping Wu Mu block a wave of people from other tables who came to toast and wanted to get to know him, Sun Yueqing was a little speechless:
"No, you used to be able to drink, why don't you drink now? You used to block the wine for me, but now you need me to block it for you!?"
Just now, people from other tables came up to toast him, but Wu Mu actually said that he doesn't drink and could only respond with drinks or boiled water. This naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Those who were much lower in status than him did not dare to urge him to drink, but those who were not much different in status would persuade Wu Mu to drink by saying things like "I toast you three cups, you drink one cup".
Wu Mu naturally refused to drink, no matter how he was persuaded.
Then, seeing that Wu Mu was about to make people unhappy, Sun Yueqing had no choice but to step forward to help Wu Mu block it.
Wu Mu chuckled, "I used to drink, but now I have given up."
In fact, he never drank.
Those who can drink a little are predecessors.
He himself has never touched alcohol since his previous life.
It’s not that I’m allergic to alcohol or have any psychological trauma or anything like that.
These are simply the various little rules that I set for myself during my middle school years, such as not drinking or smoking, and I would always keep to these rules to show that I can resist the power of the "world" and insist on being myself.
Then I really persisted for more than 30 years, and now it has become a habit.
What else could Sun Yueqing say? She could only roll her eyes at him and say, "I owe you."
Wu Mu was planning to continue living a low-key life like this, but unexpectedly, someone stopped him from doing so.
After Zhou Yu's agent took Zhou Yu to toast the investor Li Hu and chatted with him enthusiastically, he seemed to remember something and said to Wu Mu, "Wu Mu, come sing a song for Mr. Li. Let's sing the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky". It just so happens that Mr. Li's new project is called the Spark Project. Let's wish him a good start."
Let Wu Mu come out and sing?
Everyone looked at Zhou Yu's agent in surprise. Was the stepping so obvious?
No pretense at all?
Even Li Hu himself looked at Zhou Yu's agent strangely. Was this guy obviously using him to step on Wu Mu?
If there was no conflict with Wu Mu, then Zhou Yu's agent's behavior would definitely make him feel uncomfortable.
But now he doesn't like Wu Mu in the first place, and the company behind Zhou Yu's agent is not simple either. If he traces it back layer by layer, he even finds investment from Penguin, which is a giant much bigger than him.
Especially for this project, there is a link that particularly requires the efforts of the company behind Zhou Yu. If he does not want to lose his investment money, then he really has to rely on Zhou Yu's company.
So Li Hu simply went with the flow and didn't say anything. He just cast his gaze towards Wu Mu, as if waiting for Wu Mu to perform.
It would be better to let this person come out and perform for me, so that he doesn't really think of himself as an important person. It would be fine if he didn't remember me when they met, but he actually came up to me and apologized to me. He didn't even know how to take the initiative to ease the situation.
Li Hu thought to himself.
Everyone's eyes turned to Wu Mu, and their expressions looked a little strange.
For normal celebrities, it is perfectly normal to perform for investors. In fact, many times, celebrities are invited to dinner parties to liven up the atmosphere by performing.
In the eyes of ordinary people, celebrities are dazzling, but in the eyes of those bigwigs who control capital, they are just actors.
So what if you are famous, so what if you are a good singer, if they ask you to dance, you have to dance, if they ask you to sing, you have to sing.
Even if it is a bit of a deliberate step against the norm, eighty to ninety percent of the celebrities in the circle dare not refuse such a request.
But everyone has also heard that Wu Mu, who became popular again after his downfall, seems to be a little less easy to talk to.
But no matter how difficult it is to talk to him, he shouldn't be so stupid as to lose face for the investors in this situation, right? After all, it's just a song, so he won't lose anything by lowering his head.
Everyone was thinking.
However, Wu Mu, the focus of the crowd, looked somewhat funny and helpless.
He has been keeping a low profile and not saying anything, so how could someone come out and step on him?
But sometimes there is really nothing you can do. This circle is a complete world of fame and fortune. They are rivals with whom he has a deep conflict of interest. He doesn't have a company behind him and can't threaten anyone. It is normal for them to jump out and cause trouble for him when they get the chance.
Wu Mu sighed, trying to ease the situation, "I'm sorry, my voice hasn't been good lately, so I can't sing."
Wu Mu really refused to bow his head. The people watching on the side were secretly surprised. Of course, even a fool could understand that the bad voice was just an excuse.
Wu Mu wanted to ease the situation, but Zhou Yu's manager was not willing to give in. "It's okay, just sing a few lines. It doesn't matter if you don't sing well. Just try to get some good luck."
Who really wants to hear him sing? What they want is this person's humble attitude.
If it were any other celebrity in the circle, Zhou Yu's agent felt that as long as they were not stupid, they would just keep their heads down and get away with it.
After all, it's just a few lines, so what's wrong with lowering your head? As an actor, you don't really think you are so great.
But noon wood.
Manager Zhou Yu secretly hoped that Wu Mu would be as tough as the rumors said.
Well, Wu Mu is still relatively soft, "I really can't sing. If I sing with a bad voice, it will ruin Mr. Li's mood."
He said in a sincere manner.
Not to mention, if he continues to be so aggressive, what is a very normal thing in the circle will make the investors seem unkind.
But when it comes to causing trouble, there are always excuses and reasons.
Zhou Yu's manager changed the topic, "Since you can't sing, we won't make it difficult for you. But if you can't sing, it's unreasonable for me not to toast Mr. Li and apologize. Your throat is uncomfortable and you haven't had white wine for a long time, so why not have a glass of red wine?"
A toast?
Everyone had strange looks on their faces. Everyone had heard Wu Mu say that he didn't drink. Now, Zhou Yu's agent wanted Wu Mu to drink. It was obvious that he was still trying to make trouble for Wu Mu.
But you know what, this kind of thing is really a trivial matter. As long as Wu Mu lowers his head, there won't be much loss at all.
What's more, on the surface, it seemed that agent Zhou Yu was stepping on Wu Mu's side, but seeing that investor Li Hu didn't say anything, it was obvious that he was happy to see it happen.
So no one dared to disturb the investor's interest and came out to smooth things over.
Except Yang Rongfa and Sun Yueqing.
Yang Rongfa is already very unhappy. The investors are happy to see Zhou Yu's agent's behavior of stirring up trouble, but he, the general producer of this project, is obviously not happy about it, because the conflict will delay their company's own project.
Although coming out to sing and drink was a very normal thing in his opinion.
But who made Wu Mu a troublemaker? Who made Wu Mu have power behind him? At least Lin Qingyue was there.
Yang Rongfa came out to smooth things over, "Forget it, forget it, Wu Mu, since your throat is uncomfortable, then don't drink it."
Sun Yueqing also helped Wu Mu to block the way. "I'd like to offer a drink to you, Mr. Li, on behalf of Wu Mu. He really is not feeling well and can't drink."
As she spoke, she stood up with the wine glass, trying to help Wu Mu Hu pass it over.
But just as she was about to raise the cup to drink, her wrist was grabbed by Wu Mu.
Before, when the toast was not malicious, he could ask Sun Yueqing to help block it. But now it was obvious that people were trying to offend him, so what was the point of asking Sun Yueqing to help him drink?
Wu Mu sighed in his heart, what a crap thing this is.
I can only say that this is indeed a circle of fame and fortune that is always full of rumors. It would be fine if you don't come out to socialize, but once you do, a lot of people will jump out who want to step on you and prove that they are superior to you.
Wu Mu took the wine glass from Sun Yueqing's hand, and then, in front of Sun Yueqing's stunned gaze, he smiled at the investor Li Hu and said, "Mr. Li, do we have to drink this wine today?"
Investor Li Hu looked unhappy. What did this tone mean? Did this guy really think he was something important?
But he gave Yang Rongfa some face.
Li Hu picked up the wine glass on the table with a calm expression, "Don't toast me, I really like your songs, it's a pity that I can't listen to them today, I toast you a glass."
As he said that, he took the lead and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
In his opinion, he had already given Yang Rongfa a lot of face by making a big concession and not making things difficult for this man.
However, Wu Mu understood from his words that he had to drink this wine today.
Wu Mu held the cup, sighed and smiled, "What if I can't drink it?"
Li Hu still had a calm expression, looking condescending, "Give me some face."
Okay, you want to save face, right? So I have to bow my head to you, right?
Wu Mu took the wine glass and raised it in front of everyone.
Then just when everyone thought he was going to bow his head.
He flipped his palm and the white wine spilled onto the ground bit by bit.
"Come, I toast you, Mr. Li."
(End of this chapter)
