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

Chapter 119 Is Mr. Meng so dedicated?

"Sorry, Mr. Meng, there was a traffic jam on the road. I kept you waiting for a long time."

Zhu Zhenhua walked quickly and came to Meng Bai and said repeatedly.

"It's okay, I just got here too." Meng Bai smiled and said, "The New Year's Day holiday is over, everyone has started working, and the roads must be congested. Let's go, let's talk while we walk."

After that, the two of them walked into the nearby Qiyi TV building together.

"Hello, sir, who are you looking for? I can help you contact them." The receptionist said with a sweet smile.

"I'm looking for Mr. Dai from our self-made drama center. I've made an appointment with him before."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The lady at the front desk picked up the phone and dialed a number, then talked to the other party for a while. Not long after, a young girl came out of the building and walked towards the two of them.

"You two must be Mr. Meng and Mr. Zhu, right?" The young girl said with a smile, "I am Mr. Dai's secretary. Please follow me."

The secretary took the two upstairs and led them to a reception room: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Dai will be here soon."

Meng Bai thanked them, and the secretary poured tea for them both before leaving.

Seeing the person leaving, Zhu Zhenhua finally had the opportunity to ask.

"Mr. Meng, I've always been curious." Zhu Zhenhua said, "Why do we choose to start with Qiyi TV?"

Before the New Year, Meng Bai and Zhu Zhenhua reached a preliminary cooperation, and Arclight Pictures and Xiaotangren Culture jointly developed the "Zhenhua Trilogy" series IP.

After failing to contact Leshi.com, Meng Bai turned his attention to several other video websites.

And Qiyi TV is their preferred platform.

Hearing Zhu Zhenhua's question, Meng Bai smiled and explained, "There are mainly two reasons. The first is that compared to several other video platforms, Qiyi TV is the most backward in the current battle for online drama content."

In the past year, the "self-made web drama" market, brought about by several hit web dramas such as "Never Expected" and "Soul Ferry", has quickly become a battleground for several video platforms.

Last year alone, several video websites broadcast 98 "self-made web dramas", more than the total number in the previous three years.

However, although there are many of them, there are very few high-quality ones.

Leshi.com is naturally ranked in the first tier. The two works "Soul Ferry" and "Psychological Crime" have a combined playback volume of more than one billion, leading the whole field.

Similar to Leshi is Youku Video, which is leading the field of mini-series with the two series "Never Expected" and "Report to the Boss" by Wanhe Tianyi.

Going further down, Sohu Video has "Diaosi Man" and "So Young", and Penguin Video also has "The Darker Side".

In comparison, Qiyi TV is a bit miserable. The performance and reputation of "Waste Brothers", which imitated "Never Expected" and "Diaosi Man", were mediocre, and did not achieve the expected effect.

Apart from this, the other projects are not very popular.

The only work that has gained some popularity is "School Beauty in White and Long Legs", which is riding on the popularity of Korean dramas. Unfortunately, this popularity is in the opposite direction.

After the title of this drama was released, it immediately became the "best material" for video bloggers who criticize movies and TV shows across the entire network.

Fortunately, they did have a "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" this year, which helped to prop up the scene. But the rumors of "revision of online drama censorship" that followed cast a shadow over this "congenitally deficient" project. Therefore, it is conceivable how eager Qiyi TV is now for high-quality IP with positive themes.

This is indeed the case. Meng Bai just contacted the person in charge of the self-produced dramas at Qiyi TV a few years ago. When the other party heard that it was Arc Light Films, he immediately said, "It depends on your schedule. We are available anytime."

Tsk, Party A is such a good person, but he actually expressed Party B's feelings.

Zhu Zhenhua nodded. Indeed, from this perspective, not only would the success rate of cooperation with Qiyi TV be higher, but more favorable conditions could also be obtained for specific cooperation.

"What else? Didn't you say there were two reasons?"

Meng Bai said: "The second reason is that among these video platforms, only the head of the original drama department of Qiyi TV is a woman."

"Ah? This..."

Zhu Zhenhua was puzzled. What does this have to do with gender? It can't be said that the person in charge agreed to cooperate because of Meng Bai's appearance.

Well, but then again, it does seem possible. Because in this industry, especially in traditional film and television and TV stations, this situation does exist.

As far as he knew, it was thought that most of the directors of TV drama departments of TV stations were men, so it was common for producers of small projects to bring the actresses in the group to dinner parties.

Later, with the change of positions, many TV station department directors were replaced by a group of middle-aged women. The producer still took the actors in the group to dinner, but the actors changed from actresses to actors.

Hot knowledge: in this circle, male actors often have a wider "path" than female actors.

Although Meng Bai is a producer, if his acting skills are not taken into consideration, he would be considered high-end if he were to play the male lead in an idol drama. If some "special social events" are needed, it might be better if he were to attend in person.

Of course, this was just Zhu Zhenhua's thinking along the lines of Meng Bai's words. If he thought about it a little, he knew it was definitely not because of such a ridiculous reason.

Just as I was about to ask for details, the door of the reception room suddenly opened. A tall, artistic woman in her thirties walked in.

The woman glanced at the two people in the room, then walked up to Meng Bai, smiled and extended her hand: "This is Mr. Meng from Arclight Films. Hello, I am Dai Ying, the director of the Self-Made Drama Center of Qiyi TV."

"Hello, Mr. Dai." Meng Bai shook hands with her and introduced Zhu Zhenhua next to her.

The three of them sat down, and Zhu Zhenhua took a look at Dai Ying. Don't say it, at first glance, this woman looks a bit like a combination of Qin Hailu and Wan Qian. Combined with the temperament of a professional woman, she is considered good-looking among ordinary people.

Now he was really unsure. No way, could it be that Mr. Meng was so dedicated?
If Meng Bai knew what Zhu Zhenhua was thinking, he would have to scold him, "Brother, you are really hungry."

The reason why he specifically mentioned Dai Ying's gender is mainly because "The Best of Us" is a fresh and youthful campus drama. In comparison, women will prefer this style.

And as mentioned before, the target audience of the entire "Zhenhua Series" is actually those who are no longer young and need to rely on memories to feel.

Coincidentally, Dai Ying belongs to this group.

Actually, this was not the first time Meng Bai and Dai Ying met. When he was soliciting investment for the script of Soul Ferry, the first place he came to was Qiyi TV.

Unfortunately, after discussing it for a long time, we finally rejected the "Pendulum" project due to the unclear market for online dramas.

Then, Meng Bai encountered a scammer and met Li Qin.

(End of this chapter)