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

Chapter 202: The Scumbag's Daily Time Management

"Qinqin!"

Song Zhi walked towards Li Qin with a smile on his face and greeted her warmly: "Long time no see!"

Even if you don't like it, you still have to save face in front of so many people.

Besides, the progress bar on my side is almost finished, so there is no need to worry about this kind of "defeat".

Li Qin was stunned for a moment, obviously a little surprised by Song Zhi's attitude.

However, she did not show any abnormality, she stood up naturally, smiled and said: "Yes, it's been a long time. The last time I went to Jingbei, I wanted to play with you."

She is just an ex-girlfriend. If I hadn't backed down at the critical moment, I would have been "galloping across the Akina Mountain" by now. What's there to worry about?

The two girls hugged each other gently and chatted happily for a while, looking like normal friends reminiscing about the past.

Li Qin's character has basically no rival scenes with the other leading actors such as Jin Dong and Wang Ou, and they don't have much contact with each other.

Hu Ge, the only one who could be considered as a half-informed person, happened not to come today.

So no one thought it was strange that the two of them were talking and laughing.

There was not much time for free chatting, and the program staff quickly handed out the recorded script.

Everyone checked the process and there was no need for rehearsal or anything like that, they could just start recording right away.

As an old variety show that has been on the air for nearly twenty years, the current procedures of "Base Camp" are basically fixed.

First introduce yourself, then have a chat and interview, and finally play a few "team-building games".

Apart from the guests, there is basically no big difference between each episode.

The same was true for this episode of "The Disguiser". Several leading actors completed their self-introductions with the help of He Jiong's prompts, Xie Na's interruptions and Wei Jia's cold jokes.

Then they sat in a row on the tiered seats nearby, smiled when it was not their turn, and said a few words when it was their turn.

After the first few people finished speaking, the topic gradually shifted to Song Zhi. He Jiong asked a few common questions, such as how he felt about the role, interesting stories from the crew, and which lead actor he had a better relationship with.

"Well, it's mainly Sister Ou, and also Hu Ge and Teacher Liu Yijun." Song Zhi gestured to Wang Ou in the front row and said, "Because we don't have much interaction with everyone on our 'Mingtai Line', we don't see them very often during filming."

She hasn't been on many variety shows and doesn't have much experience, so she basically says whatever comes to her mind and her answers are pretty standard.

Wei Jia, who was standing on the other side, suddenly smiled maliciously and said, "From the plot, it seems that there are a lot of rival scenes with Li Qin. Didn't they say that she didn't do it because their relationship wasn't very good?"

Song Zhi was stunned. She had never thought about this question before.

Because the relationship between the two is indeed not good.

But she definitely couldn't say that, so she quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, Qinqin and I have a pretty good relationship. Just now, uh..."

Without any preparation, she really couldn't think of any good excuse for a moment.

"It's like this. Xiaozhi and I are very good friends. But in the plot, we belong to different camps and our identities are also opposite to each other, so we talked about reducing some interactions backstage just now to avoid the audience being distracted when watching the plot later."

Seeing that Song Zhi was about to get embarrassed, Li Qin, who was sitting next to him, took the microphone and spoke.

After saying that, he even held her arm, acting like they were close friends.

Song Zhi didn't expect Li Qin to help her out, but she reacted immediately, leaned towards the other person, and nodded repeatedly in response.

Fortunately, the hosts did not ask any further questions and continued with the next process.

Seeing that the topic was shifting away from himself, Song Zhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, in order to ensure that no mistakes would be discovered, she would constantly circle around Li Qin throughout the rest of the show.

When the show was broadcast, the audience saw this scene, which further confirmed the setting that the two had a "good relationship".

Even as the two had more rival scenes in the drama, some CP fans of "Cheng Jinyun X Yu Manli" appeared on the Internet, leaving both of them speechless for a long time after seeing these secondary creation videos.

Back to the present, the show started at noon and was recorded for four or five hours before it finally ended.

As the main MC of the show, He Jiong invited all the guests present to have dinner together, which has been his habit for many years.

Of course, it is not mandatory. If anyone has something to do, they can just say so and leave.

However, generally speaking, most guests will accept the invitation unless time does not allow.

Especially for newcomers, He Jiong's connections and resources in the domestic entertainment industry are more than just a variety show host. Even if they are not used, it is necessary to leave a good impression.

Although they are in the same industry, they belong to different circles after all, so the topic mainly revolves around the performance of the drama.

When it comes to the plot, we inevitably mention the screenwriter.

"It turns out to be Mr. Meng from Arclight Films." He Jiong said with a smile, "I was wondering why it was so rare to find a suspenseful spy war script with such a high-quality plot."

Xie Na at the side asked curiously: "Why, do you know him?"

"Mango TV is planning to launch several online variety shows next year. One of them is in collaboration with Arclight Films. We have met twice before."

Speaking of which, although Base Camp is the "evergreen" and "ace variety show" of Mango TV, its ratings and popularity have been declining in recent years.

On the one hand, everything from PD to the host follows the routine, with each episode having fixed segments, fixed characters and similar mini-games.

Unless they meet their favorite guests, many viewers will already be a little bored.

On the other hand, various outdoor reality shows and new generation online variety shows have emerged in recent years and are gradually replacing these honest studio variety shows.

Just as online dramas are slowly replacing TV dramas, these new variety shows are also slowly replacing traditional TV programs.

To be honest, the most innovative and crisis-conscious person at Mango TV is the oldest He Jiong.

In addition to the few shows he is still a regular on, he has also been trying new types of variety shows.

For example, the recently launched "Here Comes the Goddess", which is an imitation of the Korean variety show "Heroes", and "Please Take Care of My Refrigerator", which also bought the copyright of the Korean variety show.

Of course, this also includes "Star Detective".

As a weathervane of the popularity of domestic entertainment, Mango TV has always been committed to doing whatever is popular. For example, when Taiwan's idol dramas were popular, Mango TV liked to invite actors and artists there. Later, when Korean entertainment became popular in recent years, it turned to take advantage of the Korean wave.

Having said that, in the past two years, all satellite TV stations have basically been "feeling their way across the river" with Korean entertainment.

There are limitations to TV dramas, but there are no limitations to variety shows. It’s a similar format and game, just change the cast.

Therefore, any variety show that is popular in the Korean entertainment industry is poached by the Chinese entertainment industry along with the copyright and the team, and they are almost ripped off.

The meal ended quickly and everyone left.

Li Qin was waiting for her assistant to drive when she suddenly felt someone approaching from behind.

I looked back and it was Song Zhi.

"Thank you for recording today."

"It's nothing. It's not just your problem. There's no need to think too deeply about this kind of problem. Just brush it off. You'll gain experience when you appear on more variety shows in the future."

Li Qin smiled indifferently.

The two of them were indeed not familiar with each other. If it weren't for "the same man", they might not have known each other.

"Anyway, I want to thank you today. But thank you alone, it won't affect other things."

"Something else? What?"

"You know it in your heart, why ask more questions?"

The two women looked into each other's eyes and saw a hint of "hostility".

Fortunately, at this time, the assistants of both of them drove over. They looked at each other deeply, and then turned around and got into the car without saying a word.

Watching Li Qin's car driving away, Song Zhi thought for a while and called Meng Bai.

The person on the other end seemed busy, and I waited for a while before the call was connected.

"Are you busy?" Song Zhi asked curiously.

"Someone from Tencent Video came over this afternoon and we talked about cooperation on a drama. We'll go out for dinner in the evening."

Meng Bai's voice came from the phone, and listening to the background sound, he could indeed vaguely hear some noise.

"Ah, sorry, I didn't know." Song Zhi hurriedly asked, "Did I disturb you?"

"It's okay, your call is not a bother."

When Song Zhi heard this, he felt sweet in his heart and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Meng Bai asked.

"It's okay, I just suddenly missed you." Song Zhi said softly, "By the way, will you go to the premiere of Teacher He's movie next month?"

"Did you invite me?"

"Ah."

"Of course I'll go."

"Okay." Song Zhi smiled and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore. Go on with your work."

After hanging up the phone, she couldn't help but laugh, and then began to enjoy their next meeting.

On this side, Meng Bai had just put down his phone, and before the screen went dark, another call came in.

After glancing at the screen, he couldn't help but let out a soft click of his tongue. It was Li Qin's.

After counting a few seconds silently on the phone, Meng Bai finally answered the call.

"Are you busy?" Li Qin's voice came out, asking a familiar question.

"Someone from Tencent Video came over this afternoon and we talked about cooperation on a drama. We'll go out for dinner in the evening."

"Ah, did I disturb you?" Li Qin said hurriedly, "Then you go ahead and do your work, and we can talk again after you finish."

"It's okay." Meng Bai said, "I'm just tired of talking, so I'm going to use Teacher Li's voice to recharge myself."

"Well, can you charge it from such a distance?"

“Just listen to it.”

In the car in the colorful night, Li Qin couldn't help but let out a bright smile.

Actually, there was nothing wrong with her. She was just stimulated by what Song Zhi had just said, so she suddenly wanted to hear this guy's voice.

Although Meng Bai said he didn't care, Li Qin knew he was just accommodating her.

"Is it charged now?"

"Just so-so."

"It's OK, I have to keep some for myself." Li Qin said with a bright smile: "You go ahead and do your work. I will move to Beijing North at the end of the year, and I can be close to you to 'recharge'."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai let out a long breath.

It's really weird, why did these two girls think of making phone calls at the same time today.

Fortunately, both of them were very sensible and when they heard that I was "busy", they said a few words and it was over.

After deleting the two call records on his mobile phone, Meng Bai left the hotel lobby, walked a few steps along the corridor, and pushed open the door of a private room.

"you are back."

In the room, Li Yitong looked at Meng Bai who came in and smiled with her crescent eyes.

(End of this chapter)