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

Chapter 196: A True Drama
After returning to Jingbei, Meng Bai first asked Chen Jing to transfer the funds in Qiming Venture Capital's account to Huang Zheng.

There was not much attention paid to this venture capital in the capital circle.

The e-commerce platform boom is a thing of the past, and a financing amount of $1100 million is completely insignificant in the VC market where funds are often worth hundreds of millions or even billions.

However, the other three shareholders of Pinhaohuo were somewhat curious about this partner who was suddenly "pulled" in by their good friend Huang Zheng.

However, one of the three is semi-retired, one works in courier business, and Ding Lei, the only one in the entertainment industry, is still working on games. None of them have anything to do with film and television.

So I just asked around, remembered the name "Meng Bai" in my mind, and didn't pay any further attention to it.

Meng Bai didn't care about it. He could only be considered a "sponsored student" at Pinhaohuo at most. His main focus was still on Huguang, his "own son".

In July, the promotion of "Forensic Qin Ming" officially began.

Zhang Ruoyun and several other leading actors were arranged by the crew to appear on various variety shows, changing cities almost every other day.

ArcLight is also not idle, with promotional videos, trailers, pre-production footage, on-set leaks...there are new materials every day.

At the same time, hired marketing accounts also went out in force, using different keywords every day to increase popularity on platforms such as Weibo.

Because of the previous "oolong murder case", "Forensic Qin Ming" originally attracted a lot of attention.

After all, that is the social and legal section, and the number of netizens who like to watch social hot spots is definitely greater than those who like film and television propaganda.

It can be said that "Forensic Qin Ming" has already "broken the circle" a little bit.

Coupled with the title of the second part of the "Green Ivy Series" and the audience fans that ArcLight Pictures already has, at least in terms of early popularity, it is no worse than "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

Regarding these two web dramas that were released at almost the same time, not only people in the industry, but also many viewers have gradually begun to look forward to the competition between the two.

There are even film, television and entertainment celebrities on Weibo who started a vote to predict the number of views of the two dramas.

Not to mention, there are quite a lot of participants. After one week, there are already more than 20,000 participants.

The result of the vote was also quite surprising. I originally thought that it would be one-sided towards "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", after all, the number of fans of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" crushed the other side.

Unexpectedly, the actual situation was only slightly advantageous, and the difference between the two sides was not that big.

To quote one of the highly-rated comments below - "We, the audience, don't care about the reputation of the show, we only care about which show is good."

……

Wednesday, the 15th.

When Xiaolin got home from get off work, he turned on the TV and connected the screen projection to his mobile phone as soon as he entered the door.

Compared to six months ago, the house is much emptier because he broke up with his girlfriend.

Although he left, the film and television accounts he had established before remained with him. After all, he was almost the only one in charge of them in the later period.

Now I work during the day, and if I have interviews I work overtime. If I don’t have overtime, I watch dramas and make videos. It’s actually pretty good.

Especially tonight, the new drama of Arclight Film and Television was launched. As an audience fan who has watched "Arclight" grow up, he has also been looking forward to it for a long time.

A few days ago, when he went to Arc Light to do a promotional interview for the director of "Forensic Qin Ming", he happened to meet Mr. Meng.

When I heard that he was also planning to watch the drama, I immediately recommended it as a drama to watch while eating.

Although the theme of "Forensic Medicine" made Xiao Lin somewhat skeptical about Mr. Meng's statement, he thought that it was just a film and television drama after all, and the main content was criminal investigation, so there shouldn't be any horror atmosphere, so he didn't take it seriously.

While waiting for the link to buffer, he laid out the food he bought on the table.

Lemon chicken feet, braised pork elbows, fried chicken skin skewers, peanuts, plus a can of fat house happy water.

A man’s happiness is that simple.

The buffering ended and the screen went dark. Xiaolin drank some happy water and pinched a piece of chicken feet, eating while watching.

Unlike the previous "Soul Ferry" and "Psychological Crime" which were all set in small scenes, this time "Forensic Qin Ming" starts off in a snack street in a busy city.

There are food stalls on both sides of the road, selling barbecue, seafood, teppanyaki, skewers... It is quite similar to the place where he just went to buy dinner, full of the flavor of life.

But then the scene changed and several swill buckets appeared, with dirty oil floating in them. A market supervision law enforcement officer caught the driver who was recycling and reselling waste oil.

Looking at the dark swill bucket on the screen, and the occasional close-ups of various snacks, Xiao Lin looked at the dinner in front of him and felt a little unhappy. "It's okay, Beijing North has recently cracked down on special measures and has strict management. There should be no problem." He comforted himself in his heart.

The plot continued, and a law enforcement officer fished out something similar to a "chicken claw" from the bucket. It was pitch black, and seemed to have been roasted.

“Are there chicken feet this big?”

Xiao Lin took a look at what he bought and found that it was obviously different from the one on TV.

But soon, the plot explained to him that it was not a "chicken claw" that was so big, but a human hand.

Moreover, the hands were fried.

"Goo-"

Xiao Lin swallowed and put the half-eaten chicken foot back.

"Do you have to come up with such a heavy taste?"

He muttered, and besides, it felt like the protagonist's character was a bit "BKing", not like a forensic doctor, but more like a domineering president.

He couldn't eat the chicken feet anymore, so he picked up the braised pork elbow instead. But before he could take two bites, the protagonists found the remaining bones in the sewer.

Looking at the bones with flesh still vaguely attached, and then looking at the pork elbow that I had just gnawed, I can't say they are exactly the same, but at least they are basically the same.

But this was just the beginning. Soon after, there was blood all over the house, debris in the frying pan, and a skull in the refrigerator...

Not only are the props realistic, but each one also gets a close-up shot.

Finally, when Kobayashi saw the "human skin" hanging in the closet, he retched and could no longer eat.

Damn it, he roared in his heart, can this be called a “TV drama to watch while eating”?
Of course, Kobayashi is not the only one who has this idea.

The next day, the entry #Forensic Qin Ming eating drama# directly became the second most searched topic.

Of course, he was "scolded" to death.

"Who the hell recommended this 'drama to go with meals' to me? I didn't eat a single pound of the two pounds of crayfish I ordered, and I ended up spitting out three pounds."

"I now understand why the thief turned himself in to the police. This prop is a little too real. Anyone who sees it in the middle of the night will shudder."

"Four or five friends watched it together, and all of them fell over the 'fridge skull'. The props teacher was going crazy!"

"Plot aside, the scale and detail of the shots are really comparable to American TV series. It really has to be a web series!"

"There are also rubbish online dramas. It's better to say that Arclight Films is the best!"

"Arc Light is awesome! Just for this prop set, I have to finish watching the whole show!"

"..."

These audiences are quite interesting. On the one hand, they "scold" their friends who recommended the drama to them, while on the other hand, they actively recommend it to other friends.

"I shared the drama with my friends and specially marked it as 'a good drama to watch while eating'. Do you think I did the right thing?"

"I've already subscribed to membership for my roommate. I have to make sure he finishes watching the first few episodes tonight."

"The child is afraid to watch it alone, so he plans to bring four or five friends to watch it together."

"..."

A considerable number of viewers who were "scared" by the film couldn't help but "drag their friends into it".

And if their friends are deceived, they will continue to spread the news.

As a result, a very strange phenomenon appeared in "Forensic Qin Ming".

On the one hand, the comment section was full of people saying "which bastard" had pushed this drama to themselves.

On the other hand, the number of views and popularity displayed in the background are visibly increasing.

(End of this chapter)