Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 104 The Man Who Was Rejected Continuously
Song Zhi's audition went very smoothly. The image of her cheongsam outfit was very suitable for the role of "Yu Manli", and her many years of drama experience in the People's Art Theatre had honed her acting skills. Coupled with some "off-field factors", the casting team voted almost unanimously to choose her.

The girl thanked everyone excitedly. After leaving the house, she didn't care about the awkward relationship with Meng Bai. She hugged his arm and was so happy that she almost cried again.

Meng Bai also understood her current mood, so he just patted her shoulder and waited for her to calm down.

Only after she went back and changed her clothes did she finally calm down a little. She walked up to Meng Bai and said solemnly, "Thank you."

"It's mainly due to your accumulation over the years. If you have to thank someone, just thank yourself." Meng Bai said indifferently, "Prepare well when you go back. Director Li is very strict when filming. If you don't shoot well or make mistakes all the time, he will really scold you and ask you to get out."

"Yeah." Song Zhi nodded seriously and confidently.

Seeing her put on that baggy down jacket again, Meng Bai asked, "Why are you still wearing this?"

Song Zhi was stunned, he looked down at his coat, then looked at Meng Bai: "This one... is warmer. And after you took mine away, I have nothing else to wear. Do you know how expensive a new down jacket is?"

In his senior year, Meng Bai was invited to write a short script for a film crew. Although the film has never been seen since then, at least he still received a screenwriter fee.

The money was not much. Meng Bai spent half of it on buying gifts for his parents, and the rest was basically spent that semester.

It was at that time that he bought two down jackets of the same style but different sizes, making them a couple's pair with Song Zhi.

After they broke up, Meng Bai took the wrong clothes when he moved. He left the big one with Song Zhi and took the small one for himself.

At first, he was thinking about sending it by express delivery within the city someday, but as time went by, he gradually forgot about it.

"Where is my dress?" Song Zhi asked.

"It's too small. I can't wear it." Meng Bai said, "Later, when my mother came to visit me in Beijing, she saw it and said it was a pity to leave it there, so I gave it to her. Well, at this moment, it should be playing mahjong with my mother."

"puff!"

Song Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "I thought you had thrown it away a long time ago."

"You must be kidding. I would never throw away clothes worth more than 4,000 yuan even if I hang them up as a door curtain."

After saying this, Meng Bai couldn't help but sigh, he was really brave back then. Thinking about the speed at which the revenue share of "Soul Ferry" "disappeared", he could only say that his fast spending speed was a sign long ago.

"Do you have time? I'd like to treat you to a meal to express my gratitude." Song Yi said, and smiled shyly: "But I don't have much money now, so I may not be able to afford a good meal."

"I'm busy with auditions recently, and the company has some financial issues to deal with. There's also an awards ceremony next month..." Meng Bai spread his hands and said, "Wait until after the New Year when filming starts. There will be plenty of time then. And you've got your pay, so you don't have to cry poor."

"Okay, it's a deal." Song Zhi agreed immediately, and then pursed his lips: "Then, I'm leaving."

"Have a nice trip. By the way, when you leave the park, tell the security guard that you are from Noon Sunshine so you can save the parking fee."

“…I came here by taxi.”

What kind of person is this? Do you expect someone who can't even replace the clothes left by her ex-boyfriend to have a car?
Meng Bai stayed at Noon Sunshine for more than a week. In addition to participating in auditions and casting, he mainly went over the script with Li Xue and others, and adjusted some settings and plots for some actors whose roles were finally confirmed.

It was already the end of November when he finished his work. In Blue Island, the filming of "Soul Ferry 2" had just been completed two days ago, and Meng Bai did not have time to rush back.

Fortunately, this was not the first time that everyone in the crew had worked together and they cooperated well. Plus, there were five hundred people to help, so he, as the producer, did not have to worry too much.

After finishing these two tasks, Meng Bai finally felt relieved. Chen Jing just told him that Leshi.com had transferred the first profit share of "Psychological Crime", so Meng Bai went back to Beijing directly and brought some local specialties with him.

After returning, Meng Bai first went to Arc Light Films to deal with some documents and signatures during his absence. Then he packed a few boxes of gifts and headed to the Leshi Building. Gan Wei hadn't been to Leshi for a long time. I heard from Qin Lan before that she seemed to be approaching her due date, so she should be waiting at home for the due date to "unload".

Since he was not there, Meng Bai did not delay and turned around and went to Liu Jun's office.

"Sister Su, you've lost a lot of weight in the past half month. What's wrong? Have you been troubled by love recently?" Meng Bai greeted Liu Jun's secretary at the office door.

Seeing that it was Meng Bai, Sister Su smiled with her hands covering her mouth, revealing the charm of a mature woman: "Mr. Meng, you are really something. I am already over 30 years old, how can I still be affectionate. Are you here to see Mr. Liu?"

"Is Brother Liu here?"

"Yes, but I'm talking to someone else right now. If you're not in a hurry, just sit down and wait for a while."

"Okay, I don't have anything to do here, just wait until he's done."

Meng Bai did not treat himself as an outsider. He greeted several familiar staff members in the office, found an empty workstation and sat down, and watched the workers' various ways of slacking off.

Sister Su poured Meng Bai a cup of tea. He thanked her and asked casually, "Who is in Brother Liu's room?"

"A producer from a small film and television company seems to have a web drama project and wants to talk to Mr. Liu about it." Sister Su smiled and said, "You know, since our Leshi's 'Super Web Drama Project' was announced, and Mr. Meng's 'Psychological Crime' became a big hit, there are people coming to discuss cooperation with projects almost every day."

Since the success of Soul Ferry and Darker at the beginning of the year, the online drama market has instantly become a new industry outlet. Those who used to shoot commercials, music videos, and micro-films all rushed into the online drama market with their project books.

Not only Leshi, but every video website's self-produced drama department is "overcrowded". At most, a website can receive more than a hundred project plans in a month.

In the eyes of these people, Arclight Pictures, which has carved out a niche in the market with two suspense web dramas, is their "role model". Everyone wants to make the next "Soul Ferry" or "Criminal Mind".

Unfortunately, most people’s projects are rejected at the first step.

Meng Bai curiously asked about the project information they were discussing today. Sister Su flipped through the reservation records and said, "It's a youth-themed project. The person who came is called Zhu Zhenhua. It seems that he has filmed a web drama before."

"Zhu Zhenhua?" Meng Bai frowned, the name seemed familiar.

After thinking for a while, he took out his mobile phone and searched the Internet, and then it suddenly dawned on him - isn't this the producer of the previous Sohu Video drama "Fleet of Time"?

I remember that the drama performed quite well at the time, with more than 6 million views, making it one of the top three online dramas this year.

With such great results, shouldn’t he continue to cooperate with Sohu for his new project? Why did he come to Leshi?
Just as he was thinking, Liu Jun's office door opened. Meng Bai took a look and saw Liu Jun walking out with a middle-aged man.

This should be Zhu Zhenhua, Meng Bai thought to himself. Seeing the lost and regretful expression on his face, it seemed that they didn't reach an agreement.

Now Meng Bai's curiosity was really aroused. How could a producer who had successful projects have his new projects rejected one after another?

Watching Zhu Zhenhua and Liu Jun say goodbye and leave with a document in their hands, Meng Bai squinted his eyes and tried to see the name written on the cover, but unfortunately it was too far away to see.

"Mr. Meng, Mr. Liu, please come in." Sister Su walked over and said.

Meng Bai stood up, walked to Liu Jun's door, turned back and said to Sister Su: "Sister Su, I would like to trouble you for a favor."

"No problem, go ahead."

"The guy who just left, please catch up with him and ask him to wait in the cafe downstairs for a while. Tell him that I want to talk to him about some cooperation."

(End of this chapter)