The place where veteran opera star Gao Cheng lives is a courtyard with a rather quaint temperament!
As far as Shen Mu knows, a courtyard house like this is probably worth hundreds of millions, and it may not even be possible to buy it with money.
The money Gao Cheng earned in those years was certainly enough to buy such a courtyard house, but according to Shen Mu's guess, this should be a courtyard handed down from the ancestors of the Gao family, and was not purchased from outsiders.
Dong dong dong...
Shen Mu walked up and knocked on the door of the courtyard, then heard footsteps. When the door opened, what caught their eyes was a young man in his twenties.
"Who are you looking for?"
A look of surprise appeared on the young man's face. Apparently no strangers had visited their yard for a long time, so he asked this question.
"My name is Shen Mu. I am a director. I made a special trip to visit Mr. Gao Cheng today!"
Shen Mu handed over the business card he had prepared long ago, and then introduced: "This is my friend Ye Lan, she is the agent!"
"Director? Shen Mu...why does this name seem familiar?"
The young man took the business card, with a look of doubt on his face at first, and then as if he remembered something, he shouted: "Are you the director suspected of plagiarism on the Internet?"
"How to talk? Those things on the Internet are all false. Someone is slandering Shen Mu!"
Ye Lan's face darkened and she felt helpless.
It seems that this is indeed a bad thing that spreads thousands of miles. As long as there is an Internet connection and a mobile phone, and the other party is an insider, it is difficult not to know about it.
"If you say it's fake, it's fake, right?"
Not to be outdone, the young man asked with a sneer, and then said: "Our Gao family does not welcome people like you, please come back!"
"You brat, so rude!"
Gao Lan was so angry that she took one step forward to argue with the young man. Fortunately, Shen Mu next to her was calmer and reached out to stop her.
I'm here to beg for help, not to fight!
"Brother, I have a script that I would like Mr. Gao to take a look at. If he is not interested, we will not bother you again!"
Shen Mu did not hesitate about the other party's attitude. The only thing he could use now was the script of Langya Bang.
If Gao Cheng really likes acting and likes to challenge difficult roles, then the role of Emperor Liang will definitely impress him. Shen Mu is still very confident about this.
However, when Shen Mu handed over the script, the young man did not reach out to take it. Instead, he asked with a sneer on his face: "Did you copy this from somewhere?"
"Boy, I've tolerated you for a long time!"
Seeing that the other party's words were getting worse and worse, Ye Lan had a tendency to lose control.
As an outsider and a woman, she was even more excited than Shen Mu, the client.
"Yuning, what happened?"
At this time, a voice suddenly came from the courtyard, causing the young man's aura to instantly calm down, and he was no longer as arrogant as before.
"Dad, they're just two liars. Don't come out. I'll just send them away!"
Gao Yuning turned his head and shouted loudly, which made Ye Lan angry.
"Who are you calling a liar?"
Ye Lan, who always looked like a goddess in front of others, was very angry with this boy today. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush towards him. This made the sneer on Gao Yuning's face even more intense.
"Mr. Gao, I am director Shen Mu. I have a script and I would like you to read it!"
Shen Mu did not mess around with the guy at the door, but directly shouted loudly. He believed that Gao Cheng inside would be able to hear his words.
"You're still in high spirits, my dad..."
"Yuning!"
Gao Yuning was also a little surprised by Shen Mu's sudden move. Just when he was about to say something, his father's voice was already behind him, shutting him up immediately.
"How many times have I told you that you have to be calm in everything you do? What does it look like to be frizzy?"
As soon as the person arrived, Shen Mu looked up and immediately saw a figure with a square face and a calm and authoritative figure walking out of the courtyard.
This person was naturally Gao Cheng. The first time he saw this person, Shen Mu knew that he was the perfect choice to play Emperor Liang.
He made up his mind to invite this veteran actor no matter what method he used.
Because Gao Cheng has a special temperament, whether it is the things Ye Lan said last night or the attitude of the other party when scolding his son at this moment, there is a majesty that comes from the bottom of his heart.
This is something we are born with. Whether it is due to acquired performance learning or life experience, there will be such a difference in energy and spirit. This undoubtedly coincides with the temperament of Emperor Liang.
"Dad, he is the director who was scolded online. It is said that he plagiarized other people's scripts. Why would you come out to see such a person?"
Gao Yuning felt a little aggrieved. He knew that his father's life had been unsatisfactory in recent years. He had no place to display his talents. He wanted to act but couldn't. It was really frustrating.
I originally thought that the director's visit was an opportunity for my father, but I didn't expect that he turned out to be a rumor-mongering person.
This gave Gao Yuning hope, but naturally he was even more disappointed.
"You said it was something on the Internet, can you believe it?"
Gao Cheng's expression was still serious, and he heard him reprimanding: "As an old man, I know that only three points of information on the Internet can be trusted. Even if it is three points, you have to rely on your own analysis. As a young man, why don't you understand this? What’s the point?”
"That's what the Internet says, I..."
Gao Yuning wanted to defend himself, but when he saw his father's sharp eyes, he didn't dare to say anything anymore, at least he didn't dare to say that the things on the Internet were true.
"Come in!"
Gao Cheng is a very dignified person. Although he doesn't believe everything on the Internet, he doesn't completely believe it either.
As for the facts, you should be able to find out through a few conversations.
"Mr. Gao is still sensible!"
Ye Lan glared at Gao Yuning proudly, and pulled Shen Mu into the courtyard. Gao Yuning, who stayed behind, stamped his feet, but had no choice but to follow quickly.
"What's your name, sir? I'm only in my fifties. Am I very old?"
However, Gao Yuning did not dare to say more, but Gao Cheng himself was not very happy, which made Ye Lan a little embarrassed. Isn't he still old in his fifties?
"Mr. Gao is right. He is in his prime and can act in dramas for at least another twenty years!"
Shen Mu rushed forward and removed the word "老" from the title. He obviously heard Gao Cheng's underlying meaning and felt that there was something interesting today.
"Alas, the sword is not old yet, so it has no use for it!"
Gao Cheng turned around and took a deep look at Shen Mu. He didn't refute, but just sighed heavily.
The unwillingness in his tone was even heard by Ye Lan this time.
"We are here this time to give Mr. Gao a chance to unsheath his sword!"
Shen Mu followed Gao Cheng into the living room of the main room in the middle and said with a smile: "If Mr. Gao doesn't dislike it, you can read the script first and then make a decision!"
"Dad, you have to be careful. This script might be copied. When the time comes, after you have worked so hard to perform it, it will be taken off the shelves if you don't get it right!"
Hearing this, Gao Yuning couldn't help but remind him, causing Ye Lan next to him to glare at him, but Shen Mu's eyes stopped him from taking any further action.
"Mr. Gao, I can explain this to you first!"
Since he sincerely wanted to cooperate and believed that the other party was the best candidate for Emperor Liang, Shen Mu felt that it would be better to explain some things clearly to avoid being misunderstood by the other party.
"At the endless glorious celebration banquet, the Queen..."
At that moment, Shen Mu recounted what happened at the celebration banquet, but the version he told was very different from the version circulating on the Internet.
"There is a video online, it seems a little different from what you said!"
Gao Yuning thought he was very concerned about this matter, and he had a preconceived idea that Shen Mu was a shameless person who plagiarized other people's works. At this time, he sneered again.
"So, Brother Wang, who do you think posted that video? Why does it have no beginning, only a tail, and no sound?"
Shen Mu looked at Gao Yuning indifferently, and when he saw that the other party was silent, he added: "Now I can be sure that the video was edited and released by the queen. Because I rejected her, she wanted to completely block me!"
"Mrs. Wang's interview was just after the video. You can't say that the two have nothing to do with each other, right?"
Shen Mu once again told a fact, but when the matter involved the Wang family, Gao Yuning stopped talking.
A strange light flashed in Gao Cheng's eyes.
"Are you saying that this woman from the Wang family is behind all this?"
Gao Cheng's thoughts were spinning in his mind. When he mentioned the Wang family, he couldn't hear much anger, as if that incident had nothing to do with the Wang family.
"Who are the Wang family? Mr. Gao and Brother Gao must know each other well. I don't need to say more, right?"
Shen Mu made a point intentionally, Gao Cheng remained silent, but a look of anger appeared on Gao Yuning's face, obviously he couldn't calm down.
"So, now I feel the same pain as Mr. Gao. Looking at the current situation, even if the Wang family dares not kill me, I'm afraid they won't let me work in the entertainment industry anymore!"
In the end, Shen Mu concluded with these words, which made Gao Yuning's face turn green and red, with a hint of embarrassment.
After doing this for a long time, it turns out that we are all on the same side.
Originally, Gao Yuning didn't believe Shen Mu's words, but when this matter involved the Wang family, whom the Gao family hated most, his mentality changed instantly.
As the youngest son, Gao Yuning knows best how much his father loves acting.
Usually at home, my father would often watch the classic roles he played in the past.
But just because he reprimanded that guy from the Wang family who didn't understand anything, the Wang family used their power to block his father's acting career. It was simply abominable.
However, everyone knows that this matter is due to Gao Chengzhan. As an experienced actor, it is very common for young actors to scold them and teach them about their acting skills.
But the Wang family just felt that they had lost face. Although the two parties did not openly quarrel with each other, this secret method was even more disgusting, and there was nothing that could be done about it.