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

Chapter 107 National Drama Festival
December 17th, Beijing North, Zhongchuan Ceremony Hall.

The double-decker auditorium, which can accommodate thousands of people, was packed today, with a large number of students and fans crowding the second floor. Looking around, there were colorful signboards with the names of stars written on them everywhere.

Although not as authoritative as the Golden Eagle Awards and Feitian Awards, the National Drama Festival is still very popular and hot because it invites many popular big-name stars every year.

"Dear teachers, here is our seating diagram for today. Please take your seats according to the instructions." At the entrance of the auditorium, a volunteer student wearing a cheongsam etiquette dress looked at Meng Bai with starry eyes and introduced him enthusiastically.

Behind him, Wu Bai touched his forehead and said angrily to Yu Yi beside him: "Look what I said, walking next to him, the girl didn't even look at us."

Yu Yi pursed his lips and tried not to laugh.

Brother, let's be realistic. Even if Meng Bai wasn't here, the girl wouldn't look at you.

Previously, Liu Jun told Meng Bai that "Soul Ferry" was awarded the "Most Popular Online Drama" award at the National Drama Festival, and asked him to accept the award on behalf of the crew.

Meng Bai thought that coming alone would seem a bit "weak", so he sent invitations to Wu Bai and the three leading actors, asking those who had time to come and make up the scene.

I didn't expect to find out after asking that Li Qin and Zhang Ruoyun also had awards or nominations and had received invitations a long time ago. It's just that they represented other crews.

"If I hadn't received the invitation, I wouldn't have known that our male and female protagonists had left the team." Meng Bai complained in the WeChat group.

So today, the "Pendulum" members were divided into three groups. Li Qin and Zhang Ruoyun were on their own, while Meng Bai was with Wu Bai and Yu Yi.

Looking at the seating chart at the sidelines, Meng Bai realized that the popularity of the National Drama Festival was not in vain. Look at the guest list - Zhou Xun, Hu Ge, Huo Jianhua, and Liu Shishi from the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" group, Chen Weiting, Li Feng, and Qiao Zhenyu from the hit drama "Ancient Swordsman", Zhao Liying, the new "85 Flower", and Zhong Hanliang who took up half of the light signs at the scene...

"Where are we?" Wu Bai saw Meng Bai staring at the seating chart for a long time without moving, and couldn't wait to walk over and ask.

Meng Bai stretched out his hand and gestured: "It's in the middle to the right."

It was quite a coincidence that the crew of All Quiet in Peking was right next to them. Meng Bai turned around and looked in that direction, and indeed saw Hou Hongliang, Kong Sheng, Li Xue, Wang Jinsong, Ni Dahong, and Zu Feng, the main actors, from afar.

Looking at the seating chart again, Meng Bai found the seats of Li Qin and Zhang Ruoyun. Unfortunately, they were quite far apart.

However, the seats for this kind of activities are usually scattered, with many empty seats. If you are alone, it doesn't matter if you change to an empty seat.

Several people came to their own area. Meng Bai did not rush to find Li Qin, but greeted Hou Hongliang and others first.

"Congratulations, Mr. Hou." Meng Bai cupped his hands and congratulated him, "I heard that our crew of All Quiet in Peking had a great harvest tonight."

"Congratulations, you have also gained something." Hou Hongliang said with a smile: "This seems to be the first time that a web drama has won an award. This can be considered a breakthrough event. Congratulations."

The two of them were exchanging some "commercial praise", while Li Xue next to them was introducing Meng Bai's identity to Liu Heping and several other leading actors.

Strictly speaking, Meng Bai is actually a member of the crew of "All Quiet in Peking". However, at that time, he was just a small screenwriter for each episode, and he didn't even know the big guys in the crew, let alone their faces. But now it's different. Although online dramas are still a bit inferior to TV dramas, that's more for actors. Behind-the-scenes producers and company owners like Meng Bai are not that different from traditional film and television companies.

After chatting with Hou Hongliang and Kong Sheng, Meng Bai briefly greeted several senior actors next to him. Although they were just actors, their qualifications and achievements were there, so it was okay to be polite.

Everyone was quite polite to the young man Meng Bai. They all stood up and chatted with him with a smile.

This shows the difference between the actors and stars on stage and the creative bosses behind the scenes. If it were those traffic stars, no matter how popular they were, these senior actors would just respond with a few words and not care at all.

No matter how popular you are, it has nothing to do with me. Who cares how many fans or traffic you have?

But it is different for behind-the-scenes creators like Meng Bai. Although they are also young newcomers, they are taking the top-level route. With two hit dramas in hand, no one can predict how they will develop in the future.

To be honest, as an actor, you never know when you will find someone like him or her and contact him or her for a role. It is better to establish a good relationship in advance so that you can have a good relationship with him or her when the time comes.

No one said much. They just sat together and had plenty of time to chat after the ceremony started.

Meng Bai had already seen Li Qin sitting on the other side. He asked Wu Bai and Yu Yi, but they were too lazy to move, so he went over alone.

Li Qin came alone. After entering, she looked around and saw Meng Bai chatting with others.

Seeing that the guy finally finished talking and looked at her, her expression suddenly brightened and she waved at him.

Looking at Meng Bai walking towards her, Li Qin suddenly realized that she was a little too enthusiastic. Thinking of this, she quickly restrained her expression, sat back in her seat, and tried to maintain a faint smile.

She watched the other person getting closer and closer from the corner of her eye. Just as Li Qin calculated the distance between them and was about to stand up naturally, she saw Meng Bai suddenly stop, look around, and then start chatting with a short-haired girl not far away with a surprised smile.

Li Qin's originally joyful mood suddenly stagnated. She pursed her lips and snorted in her heart.

This guy really is the type who meets girls he knows wherever he goes.

Because she was sitting at the back, she couldn't see who the girl was. But judging from Meng Bai's expression, the two seemed to be quite familiar with each other.

Haha, still laughing, and quite happily!
On the other hand, Meng Bai naturally didn't know the complicated inner thoughts of Li Qin.

He was just walking towards this place when he heard someone calling "Meng Bai". He turned around and saw a baby-faced woman with short hair looking at him with a smile.

"I thought you looked like me when you came in just now, but I didn't dare to recognize you. I didn't expect it was really you." The woman said enthusiastically: "Why, you don't recognize me? I'm Zhang Jianing."

"How could I not recognize you?" Meng Bai said with a smile, "It's been many years since we last met. Senior Sister, you really haven't changed at all."

(End of this chapter)