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

Chapter 172 Uncle Police, there is a murder here!

The Oriental Movie Metropolis in Landao was jointly invested and developed by Wanda and the Landao government in 13.

The construction has been going on for two years, and so far only about half of the work has been completed, so there are not many film crews coming here.

Meng Bai has been here for more than half a month. Apart from the occasional curious construction workers and passing tourists, he has never seen any other film crews.

Although there were about a hundred people in the crew, the spacious park still seemed very empty.

It was fine during the day, but when it came to shooting night scenes, it became a bit creepy.

In particular, the crew has a lot of props like the "skull" before. If anyone takes a look at it suddenly, it is easy to be scared.

However, no matter how scary it is, there still needs to be someone on duty every night. After all, the equipment is kept here, and some people who want to take the "wrong path" may notice it.

What you fear will come true. Early in the morning, Meng Bai was still sleeping when he was woken up by his cell phone.

The person who called was Liu Zhi, who told me that the crew was almost robbed last night.

"Stolen?" Meng Bai woke up from his dazed state and frowned, "What was lost?"

"Well, we just took inventory and found that nothing seemed to be missing."

"what?"

Liu Zhi said in a strange tone: "Well, the thief came in from the prop room."

Meng Bai was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

The prop room Liu Zhi mentioned is the place where the crew uses to store those "custom props".

If he remembered correctly, in addition to the "skeleton" he saw on the first day, there should also be hanging "human skin", "headless corpse", "charred corpse" after burning, etc.

"Hmm--ahem."

Meng Bai covered his mouth, trying hard not to laugh out loud.

If you think about it carefully, the thief is also quite pitiful. He finally got through the door in the middle of the night, only to see those things in front of him.

Just thinking about that scene makes me sad for him.

"By the way, how did you find out?" Meng Bai asked curiously.

"Oh, it was the production crew on duty who heard someone screaming, but it was early in the morning, so they didn't dare to check. It wasn't until the morning when they checked the prop room and found it had been pried open that they figured someone had come in."

"Okay, since nothing is missing, don't bother calling the police." Meng Bai instructed: "Find someone to fix the broken doors and windows, and check if there are any other holes."

After saying that, he thought for a moment and continued, "Also, contact the security company and ask for a group of security guards to stand guard with the crew to prevent any danger."

Although he is a producer, Meng Bai has always believed that capital costs should be “saved where possible and spent where possible.”

"Thieves" are something that will happen again if they happen once. Considering that the park where the filming took place is indeed a bit empty, Meng Bai felt that some professional security personnel were still needed.

Anyway, the budget funds are sufficient and we don’t need this little money.

As for calling the police, forget it. In this situation where nothing is missing and the standards for filing a case are not met, there is no need to trouble the police.

Unfortunately, Meng Bai had good intentions, but "trouble" did not let him go.

That afternoon, Meng Bai was discussing the subsequent filming with Wang Wei when they suddenly heard a loud sirens coming from outside.

Then a staff member ran in and told them that several police cars were outside.

"Did someone call the police before?"

But even if the police were called, not to mention that they came a little slowly, it was just an attempted theft, wouldn't it be enough to just call a local police officer? Was it necessary to send so many people?

The two walked out with doubts in their hearts and looked outside. Wow, there were more than a dozen policemen getting out of four police cars, vaguely forming a surrounding formation.

Looking at a group of policemen not far away, Meng Bai suddenly had an idea.

Holy shit! Did the thief from last night call the police?
"Hello, police officer."

As the person in charge of the crew, it is natural for Meng Bai to be the one in charge.

"Hello, comrade." A middle-aged policeman came over and said to him, "I am a policeman from the Blue Island West Coast Police Station. This is my ID. Are you the person in charge here?"

"Yes."

"Are you the park management?" "No, we are a film crew renting this place for filming." Meng Bai gave an "innocent" smile.

"Drama, crew?" The middle-aged policeman was stunned for a moment, then seemed to have thought of something, took a deep breath and asked, "What drama is it?"

"Criminal investigation." Meng Bai smiled and said, "It's mainly about forensic medicine."

“…Are there any filing documents?”

"Yes, wait a moment." Meng Bai said, took out his mobile phone, pointed out the relevant documents and photos and handed them over.

The middle-aged policeman took a look and gradually began to show a somewhat amusing and helpless expression on his face.

He returned the phone to Meng Bai and explained, "This is what happened, comrade. We received a report at noon that someone had been found here... killing someone and hiding a body."

Meng Bai nodded: "The person who reported the case is a thief, right?"

The middle-aged policeman nodded helplessly and said, "Yes."

The police were naturally not stupid, and they roughly understood what was going on at this point.

However, even though we understand it, since it involves "human life", we cannot just believe it based on a few words. We still have to check what needs to be checked.

Meng Bai naturally couldn't stop him: "No problem, we will cooperate with the work."

The middle-aged policeman's surname was Li, and he was the captain of the police station. He waved his hand, and more than a dozen policemen with police dogs carefully searched the set of the crew.

Everything else was normal until he entered the prop room and took a look at the scene inside. Captain Li finally understood why the "thief" called the police.

"You guys did a really good job." Turning over a few "corpse" props, Captain Li couldn't help but praise them.

Meng Bai smiled and said, "Those who eat this bowl of rice always have to be more serious."

"That's true. There have been many police TV dramas in recent years that we find outrageous."

The police who were searching scattered the luminol reagent around and confirmed that they were indeed man-made props, and then ended the search.

The search lasted an entire afternoon and the entire crew was unable to film.

This is why Meng Bai was too lazy to call the police in the morning. If he had the time, it would have been better to take a few more shots.

"I'm sorry, Boss Meng, for delaying your filming." Captain Li said to Meng Bai before leaving.

"It's okay. It's all for the safety of the people. Everyone understands." Meng Bai said.

We've already investigated, what else can we do? Besides, this incident cannot be blamed on the police.

"This is my phone number. If our crew has any questions, you can contact me." Captain Li took the initiative to say.

"You're right, there's something I really want to trouble you with, but I don't know if it's appropriate?" Meng Bai said with a smile.

Captain Li was stunned for a moment, perhaps because he didn't expect Meng Bai to be so rude. But he didn't care, and nodded, "It's okay, go ahead."

"That's right..." Meng Bai said, "Our police station should also have the task of publicity and assessment."

"That's for sure. Every government department has it," said Captain Li.

"Then it shouldn't be easy to get on national and central media, right?"

"It's not so bad. We have some media partners. But for a county-level bureau like ours, there's not much material worth reporting." Captain Li said with a wry smile, "There are many interesting cases that can't be reported to the public. Ordinary trivial matters or administrative work don't seem necessary."

Meng Bai gave an expression of "I understand" and then leaned closer and said, "So what do you think of today's material?"

"You mean, you want to publicize this?"

"Yes, our crew also needs attention." Meng Bai did not mince words and said directly: "We have already thought of the title for us, 'A thief turned himself in and led to a wrongful murder case, and the law enforcement showed his loyalty to the people'."

Captain Li was stunned for a moment. You know what? You really have to say it, this question does sound a bit like that.

"Then the media..."

"Don't worry, our crew will arrange it." Meng Bai said, "But I may have to trouble you to accept a few more interviews later."

"That's fine, but I have to go back and apply to our leader. Don't worry, the leader should be happy with this kind of positive case."

After saying that, Captain Li patted Meng Bai on the shoulder and said, "It's you in the entertainment industry who are good at grabbing traffic."

(End of this chapter)