Chapter 399 Transformation

Chapter 399 Transformation

Chapter 399 Transformation
There are so many things that can be promoted about Mo Mo, such as his self-disciplined character, the loving family he grew up in, and his positive personality, which are all in line with the official propaganda direction.

As for Wu Mu, he has an overly permissive personality, a dark history of being entangled with his financial sponsor and his house collapsing, and even his family and past that have not been exposed yet.

Public opinion may reverse after these things are exposed, but the authorities may not like it as it is too dark and gloomy.

There are even some places that cannot be thought about deeply and cannot withstand scrutiny.

There are too many problems. Publicizing these will only cause trouble for yourself.

Wu Mu thought about it for a moment and chuckled, "That's it. I'm afraid I won't have any chance of official positive publicity."

Well, actually it’s not absolute. If he continues his current development trend and becomes famous enough abroad, the situation will be different.

Lin Qingyue hesitated for a moment, "That's not necessarily true. Various satellite TV evening parties and the Spring Festival Gala are also official channels. Hasn't the Spring Festival Gala production team responded to you yet?"

Wu Mu shook his head, "No."

He also felt strange when talking about this matter. The Spring Festival Gala program team contacted him very early. When he later drew the song "Tomorrow Will Be Better", he simply submitted the song directly.

Logically speaking, given the quality of this song, there should be no problem and it should be in line with the program positioning of the Spring Festival Gala.

But I still haven't received a reply from the director.

"I'll call and ask in the evening." Lin Qingyue took the matter naturally.

Wu Mu smiled and said, "Don't ask. If it's not over, then it's just a good time to take a break during the New Year."

Lin Qingyue did not continue the topic, but continued with what she said before, "In addition to official channels that can help people quickly break through the circle, the remaining channels include movies."

Although the film market has shrunk now, it is still an excellent channel to break the circle in terms of the population covered.

A commercial film with a box office of over 3 billion has an average of over 70 million viewers.

The number of direct viewers plus the heated discussions about the film on various channels represents a very huge coverage level.

In the national star rankings, those new generation stars who have risen to the top have basically achieved their success through multiple high-grossing movies.

In addition to these two, TV series count as half and music count as half. It is hard to say what the effect will be if we go the foreign route, but it is also a path worth trying.

Well, it’s the same as Shu Mei’s previous analysis, except that Shu Mei relies on statistical data, while Lin Qingyue relies on a top-down observation trend within the industry.

Although the stuff is nothing new, it did help Wu Mu summarize and refresh his current position in the circle, and the main path he should take if he wants to move up a level.

Wu Mu is probably now at a level that has clearly surpassed the category of top stars.

They are much more popular and discussed among the young groups that are most important to top stars, but they are still a long way from being national stars and cannot catch up with their accumulation of more than ten years or even decades, especially their popularity among other age groups is seriously insufficient.

Chatting along the way, the two soon arrived at the dining place.

A newly opened Xin Rong Ji.

"I have booked a private room, we can just go in. Xiao Min came here to eat last week and said it tasted good and the yellow croaker soup was very fresh." Lin Qingyue took Wu Mu's hand and walked in.

Wu Mu had already put on a hat and a mask. This was the trouble with being a celebrity. If he didn't want to be disturbed and stared at while eating out, he could only try to choose a private room or dress up in disguise.

However, even after the change of costume, the store staff who greeted him warmly as soon as he entered the store still frequently cast their eyes at Wu Mu.

Well, it seemed that it was mainly because of Wu Mu’s appearance, not because I recognized him.

Or it's too unknown.

Wu Mu didn't care and recalled, "I've eaten at the one on Xinyuan South Road before. The crispy pigeon was delicious."

When passing by the toilet, he let go of Lin Qingyue's hand and said, "Which box is it in? You go first, I'm going to the toilet."

After going to the toilet, Wu Mu walked towards the box that Lin Qingyue had mentioned before.

As a restaurant with an average per capita consumption of more than 2,000 yuan, this newly opened restaurant is quite busy. The open seating area in the lobby is already full of people, and most of them are wealthy people.

Further inside the seating area is the private room area, which is quieter and more elegant than the seating area. Both sides of the corridor are decorated with various potted green bamboos, which looks very stylish.

Wu Mu walked forward and then passed the door of a private room.

The door of the box just opened, and a man and a woman just walked out.

The man was probably in his forties or fifties, with a serious and steady look on his face, yet he still managed to hide the elegance and handsomeness of his youth.

The woman was about 40 years old and pretty. She was chatting and laughing with the man next to her.

Wu Mu originally just glanced at him casually and didn't care, but when he saw the man's appearance clearly, he was stunned.

Is this man Lin Xueming, Lin Qingyue’s father?

It’s not a big deal to run into Lin Xueming. His daughter happens to be here too, and we can have a meal together.

but.
After recognizing Lin Xueming, Wu Mu immediately turned his gaze to the woman holding his arm.

This person doesn't look like Lin Qingyue's mother, the veteran actress Du Lan.

Wu Mu's brows suddenly frowned.

Lin Xueming on the opposite side didn't recognize Wu Mu at first, after all, he was wearing a hat and a mask, but he quickly recognized him from Wu Mu's figure and features. Then, Lin Xueming, who was always serious, was obviously caught off guard and subconsciously tried to break away from the woman next to him.

It seemed that the woman didn't quite understand the situation and was looking at Wu Mu in confusion.

After looking at it for a few seconds, he was surprised and said, "Wu Mu?"

Wu Mu looked at her and suddenly felt that she looked a little familiar.

It seems to be a star in the circle named Tang Ya?
Wu Mu frowned even deeper.

Lin Xueming, on the other hand, quickly regained his usual calm demeanor after being caught off guard at first, and was the first to speak calmly, "Want to eat?"

Wu Mu hesitated and nodded, "Yeah."

After a pause, he added, "Qingyue is here too."

Lin Xueming didn't seem to have any special expression. "Oh, she's almost finished editing the film?"

"Almost, just finishing touches."

"Will we be able to catch up in time for the announcement of the list in Cannes?"

"We should be able to catch up."

Lin Xueming nodded, and there was silence for half a second. "Then you guys go eat first, we'll go back after we finish eating."

He raised his feet and was about to leave, but halfway through, he seemed to remember something and said, "Don't tell Qingyue that I'm back."

Such a profound language art
Don't you want me to stop telling you that you're back?

It's obvious that you want me to stop saying that you went out to eat with another woman.

Wu Mu sighed in his heart. If he had not been completely sure before, then this sentence would expose Lin Xueming's true intentions completely.

Lin Qingyue said a long time ago that her parents had a bad relationship since she was in junior high school and they often quarreled.

And they already sleep in separate rooms.

But the two of them definitely did not divorce.

In this case, there is no doubt that he cheated. If it was someone else, even if he knew about this, it would not necessarily be a good thing to tell him.

But he didn't tell Lin Qingyue about his girlfriend. When Lin Qingyue finds out, she will definitely be angry.

Wu Mu didn't say anything, just shook his head.

Lin Xueming, who always looked serious and calm, obviously couldn't keep his composure this time. His face darkened and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

He stared at Wu Mu for several seconds and then said nothing. He just raised his leg and walked past Wu Mu.

The actress Tang Ya who was following him immediately raised her leg to follow him, with an embarrassed look on her face.

This really offended my girlfriend's father.

Wu Mu looked at Lin Xueming's back as he left, and he no longer felt the relief he had when he came.

If Lin Xueming just disliked him before, then after this, he would probably be disgusted with him.

Wu Mu continued walking forward, and all the way to the end, he saw Lin Qingyue in a box by the window.

Lin Qingyue was still ordering food, unaware of what was happening outside. When she saw him come back, she smiled and waved at him, "I ordered that crispy pigeon for you. What else do you want to eat?"

Wu Mu's complexion had returned to normal. He picked up the menu and said, "Another serving of crispy hairtail and seafood noodles."

I definitely can't keep this matter to myself.

But no matter what, you have to pay attention to the method.

He flipped through the menu as if chatting normally, "By the way, I just ran into your dad on the way here. I didn't expect he was eating here too."

Lin Qingyue looked at him in surprise, "Didn't he go to Xi'an? And he's back?"

"I think so. There seems to be a woman next to her, Tang Ya? Is she your father's friend?"

Although they are a couple, Lin Qingyue may not be happy for him to know about this.

And he may also feel embarrassed that he knows.

So it’s best to pretend you don’t understand and just click on it.

With Lin Qingyue's wisdom, she should be able to sense that something is wrong if she thinks about it a little more deeply.

Lin Qingyue did feel that something was wrong.

Her smiling face suddenly froze and her expression relaxed a little.

But after a few seconds, she returned to her original smiling face and turned to Wu Mu, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Wu Mu, who was flipping through the menu, looked up at her in confusion, "What?"

Lin Qingyue looked somewhat helpless, "You are really an expert at playing dumb."

She looked out the window and sighed, "I know about them."

These Wu Mu were really stunned, "You know?"

"Well, although I don't know about Tang Ya, I've always known that he has someone else out there."

Lin Qingyue seemed quite calm and could even make a joke.

"You've seen the characteristics of the circle, right? Do you still expect him, who has been separated from my mother for so long, to have no one outside? Not only him, my mother probably has someone outside too. Although they are avoiding me, how can such a thing be kept secret forever?"

Lin Qingyue's tone was calm, as if she didn't take it seriously.

So both sides knew?
Even Lin Qingyue herself knows it?

It even defaults to everyone playing their own games?

The seriousness of the matter has been greatly reduced.

This is really a feature of the circle. Not to mention everyone playing with their own things, even couples appear in endlessly in various crews.

But Wu Mu suddenly realized something. He frowned and asked, "Have they always been like this? Were they like this when you were little?"

Lin Qingyue looked at him and smiled, "Well, I discovered it in junior high school. One time when I went to the set, I felt that something was not right between him and a producer at the time. At first, I was very angry for my mother, and I hesitated every day about how to ask her for help. Then one day, I suddenly found out that my mother seemed to be having an affair outside, and I worried for nothing."

Wu Mu didn't know how to respond. He looked at Lin Qingyue for half a second, stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms.

Lin Qingyue groaned and struggled, "What are you doing? I'm not that fragile."

"I feel sorry for you." Wu Mu touched her head.

If only it weren't that fragile.

Although Director Lin has always appeared to be very independent and self-reliant, after spending so much time together, he has long discovered that underneath this independence and self-reliance, Director Lin also has all kinds of little thoughts of his own.

Although they look cheerful and generous, in fact, many of their true thoughts and emotions are hidden.

Just like the inferiority and uncertainty that occasionally flashed through her mind, she would never express it to him sincerely with a worried expression, but would only say it in a joking manner that was hard to tell whether it was true or not.

It was like she was touched and liked someone, but it was difficult for her to tell him seriously. She could only express it through various small actions that she couldn't help but touch him.

She looks like she is good at everything, but actually she is like a little girl in many ways.

And perhaps because she was used to acting as if she was at ease with everything, when she was not at ease, she didn't know how to express her true emotions.

In fact, Wu Mu had always been a little puzzled a long time ago, how could someone from a family like Lin Qingyue have such a personality.

According to her previous photos taken every year, she was a carefree girl when she was young, but it seemed like she suddenly grew up in junior high school.

Before, Lin Qingyue only said that she found her parents arguing.

But he still felt that he was not convincing enough.

Now he understood what was going on.

It turned out that she discovered her father was cheating on her in junior high school.

This may be something that an adult can take lightly, but for a junior high school girl, it is enough to change their personality.

It turns out that the loving parents whom I regarded as role models and support were all fake.

They were just acting for themselves. Not only were they not in love, but they were secretly maintaining unclear relationships with some strangers and people who frightened her.

The parents who were as tall as mountains in my heart suddenly became smaller and were labeled with all kinds of labels such as hypocrisy, infidelity, promiscuity, etc.

Even without saying it explicitly, just by putting yourself in their shoes, you can imagine the insecurity and confusion Lin Qingyue would have felt at that time.

The parents whom I used to rely on are no longer my friends and I can tell them about any difficulties.

Junior high school was definitely the three years when Lin Qingyue's personality underwent a dramatic transformation.

Wu Mu immediately thought of Lin Qingyue in the previous filming of "Letter, Sakura, Farewell". That might really be the most true portrayal of her at that time.

She longs for someone to understand her.

(End of this chapter)