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

Chapter 207 Other people’s weddings focus on a social

"What a great gesture!"

In the spacious banquet hall of Shanghai Exhibition Center, Meng Bai looked at the wedding scene with people coming and going around, and said with emotion.

"There are about two thousand guests and staff here, so of course it looks grand," said Yang Ming on the side.

After saying that, he gestured to Meng Bai with the number “two”: “It is said that the cost of this wedding is at least this much.”

"Only 20 million?"

"Add a zero."

"Sure." Meng Bai said with a light sigh.

On the way here just now, you can see that half of Yan'an Middle Road is covered with Huang Xiaoming and Yang Tianbao's wedding photos. The entire Shanghai Exhibition Center was booked today.

Outside the door of the banquet hall, a red carpet of 20 to 30 meters long was specially set up.

The guests walked the red carpet, took photos, and signed autographs, and it looked no different from a film or television awards ceremony.

In fact, there are some differences. In general award ceremonies, not so many big names can come.

Not to mention the stars and directors in the film and television entertainment industry, the business guests include the two Wangs of Huayi, Yu Dong of Bona, Yang Shoucheng of Emperor Entertainment, Xiang Huaqiang of Star Entertainment, Chen Ou of Jumei, Lei Jun of Xiaomi, and Boss Jia of Leshi.com...

It is said that Ma Ali was originally invited to be the witness, but due to some urgent matters, he only recorded a VCR of blessing words.

As for Wanda, Lao Wang didn't come, but Xiao Wang was one of the best men.

Only Tencent's Jack Ma has always been low-key and does not get involved in such activities.

Many netizens joked that this was the "wedding of the century." Judging from the luxury of the scene and the quality of the guests, it was worthy of the name.

But despite the high cost, they still make some money.

Before the wedding, Huang Xiaoming founded a fashion brand under the name of "AH" (abbreviation of Huang and Yang), and took advantage of the wedding popularity to run an advertisement with extremely high traffic.

In addition, normal weddings are all sponsored, from dresses, to souvenirs, to various wines and meals.

And there is also a gift money. Considering the net worth of this group of people, the minimum red envelope would be 8.

If you calculate all the profits, you might be able to make 300 to 500 million from a wedding.

It is not a loss for the guests, as this kind of event is generally a social occasion. The big guys can get to know each other and chat, and maybe there will be some new cooperation.

"Meng Bai!"

Hearing someone calling him, Meng Bai looked in the direction of the voice. A dark-skinned man was standing there, who looked a bit like Chen Sicheng.

After saying something to Yang Ming, he stood up and walked a few steps closer to take a closer look.

"Fuck, Senior Brother, did you just come back from Africa?"

Meng Bai was a little impressed with his own eyesight, it was actually true.

"That's about right." Chen Sicheng smiled and said, "We went to Thailand to select the scene. It's the rainy season there. When the sun comes out, it's over 30 degrees. It's too hot."

The 13 movie “Lost in Thailand” directly sparked the tourism craze in Thailand.

Since then, Lao Tai has always given great preferential policies and convenience to the filming of Chinese film and television projects.

Therefore, in the past two years, many movies that need to use foreign plots will choose Thailand because of its close distance and low cost.

Because there are so many film crews going there, a local extras organization similar to the one on Beijing Film Studio Street has been formed in Bangkok.

The price is also cheap, an ordinary extra only needs 60 baht ( yuan) a day.

Since "Detective Chinatown 3" focuses on "Chinatown", it must have been filmed entirely abroad, with Thailand being the first stop.

"By the way, let me introduce someone to you."

Chen Sicheng said, motioning to a woman behind him, "This is our film's producer, Chen Zhixi."

Meng Bai looked over there and saw a bright and beautiful woman approaching him. She smiled and extended her hand, saying, "Hello, Mr. Meng. Nice to meet you. I'm Chen Zhixi."

Meng Bai had heard of the name Chen Zhixi a long time ago.

She was the producer of "Lost in Thailand" in 13, "The Breakup Guru" in 14, and "The Pancake Man" this year.

Although the reputation of the movies varies, each one is a box office hit.

To be honest, for such a person, even if he has no ability at all, there are still many project parties in the circle who will be vying for him.

It’s simple, just for good luck.

"When I saw Producer Chen, I felt that our movie's success should be guaranteed." Meng Bai shook hands politely.

"Haha, this should actually be said to President Meng." Chen Zhixi laughed heartily, "Without such an excellent script like President Meng, what's the point of relying on us alone?"

Everyone carried the sedan chair, and the two of them started a wave of commercial mutual flattery.

"By the way, didn't Teacher Baoqiang come today?" Meng Bai asked.

Both Huang Xiaoming and Yang Tianbao were very familiar with Wang Baoqiang. Logically speaking, he would not miss this occasion today.

Unexpectedly, when Wang Baoqiang was mentioned, Chen Sicheng sighed first.

After asking, I found out that Wang Baoqiang participated in a variety show called "Real Men" some time ago, which mainly allows celebrities to have actual experience in the army.

Liu Haoran also participated, so that the audience could get familiar with the combination of these two in advance.

As a result, during the recording, Wang Baoqiang accidentally broke his leg and is still recovering. If it was any other time, it wouldn't be a big deal, he could just take care of it slowly. But the problem is that "Detective Chinatown" is already waiting, so this is a bit troublesome.

Wang Baoqiang was also very embarrassed and told Chen Sicheng that it was not possible and he wanted to find someone else.

Lao Chen was loyal to his friend and told him that if he didn't change the person, he should just wait for him to get better.

"We had originally planned to start filming next month, but with this delay, it will probably be the end of this year or early next year," said Chen Sicheng.

"It's the beginning of the year..."

Meng Bai frowned and pondered.

"what happened?"

"We at Arc Light have taken on the web drama of Ghost Blows Out the Light, and it will start filming around the beginning of next year. I'm afraid there will be a schedule conflict by then," Meng Bai explained.

Chen Sicheng thought for a while and said, "It's okay. The script has been completed anyway. If there are any problems with the plot, we can communicate remotely."

"Well, that's fine. We'll see what happens next."

Chen Sicheng nodded, then smiled again: "I remember that there is another movie based on Ghost Blows Out the Light coming out this month."

When it comes to this, Meng Bai can't help but wave his hands: "Don't mention it. What I hope most now is that the audience can quickly forget about this movie."

The movie released this month is the previously mentioned "Nine-story Demon Tower", which was written and directed by Lu Lu.

Before the film was released, audiences were actually quite interested in it. After all, this was the first movie remake of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series, and the special effects in the trailer weren't bad either.

But after the movie was actually released, I realized that I had been completely fooled by the director.

Apart from the names of the characters being the same as in "Ghost Blows Out the Light", the rest of this movie has absolutely nothing to do with the novel. It is just a pure "monster movie".

Douban opened with a score of 4.8, then plummeted to 4.3, which is not as good as "Gardenia Blossoms" from two days ago.

However, even so, this movie still took in nearly 8 million yuan at the box office, surpassing the National Day hit "Charlotte's Troubles" and the third film in the "囧 series" "Hong Kong囧".

I can only say that thanks to the rapid development of the mainland film industry in the past two years, this kind of film can now make money.

It doesn’t matter if this movie is bad, the key is that the plot of “Nine-story Demon Tower” is the story of the first part of the original work, “The Mysterious City”.

Isn't this just putting pressure on the promotion of the online drama project out of thin air?

"Oh, by the way, speaking of Ghost Blows Out the Light, I remembered it." Meng Bai said, "Director Wuershan happened to be here today, so I'll go ask him about his movie."

Wuershan is the director of "Mojin: The Lost Legend", which was released on New Year's Day and has an even more luxurious cast than "Nine-story Demon Tower".

I guess apart from their crew and producers, Tencent and Meng Bai are the ones who most want this movie to be a success.

It was precisely with this kind of "sincere blessing" that Meng Bai and Wuershan had a pleasant chat even though they had no interactions before.

After the chat, Meng Bai felt relieved.

I don’t know what the quality of the finished film will be, but at least the plot and casting sound pretty solid.

I heard that Meng Bai was going to inspect filming locations next, and Wuershan recommended several places to him.

It’s a pity that they are all grasslands, which doesn’t match the Gobi Desert style of “The Lost Tomb”.

But he was still very grateful. After all, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is a series, and maybe it can be used in the later parts.

After saying goodbye to Wuershan, Meng Bai was about to return to his seat as the wedding banquet was about to begin. However, after taking a few steps, he ran into Boss Jia who had just arrived.

"Long time no see, Boss Jia." Meng Bai greeted him.

This was not a polite remark. Because of the cooperation, he could visit Leshi.com once a month on average. But in nearly a year, he really had not seen the other party once.

"Yes, I have been abroad for the past year and haven't been back much."

Boss Jia said enthusiastically: "By the way, I heard that Arclight transferred the financing amount of Leshi Films before. Is there any problem?"

You, the guy who sold off his shares and cashed out 8 billion in one year, still ask me why I withdrew?

Meng Bai complained in his heart, but said with a regretful tone: "At that time, Arclight invested in a lot of projects, and the funds were not very sufficient, so we could only ensure liquidity first."

"I heard that you are cooperating with Wanda on a film project, right?" Boss Jia said with a smile, "In fact, if you are under financial pressure, you can also cooperate with Leshi Films."

"We also had discussions with Leshi Pictures at the time, but unfortunately they probably felt that the project wasn't suitable, so the deal didn't come to fruition in the end." Meng Bai also said with a smile.

"Really?" Boss Jia paused. "I really don't know. Maybe the film industry has its own considerations. It doesn't matter. Our cooperation with Leshi.com's online drama is still normal."

After saying that, the wedding hosts He Jiong and Cai Kangyong began to lead the clean-up on the stage. The two exchanged a few simple greetings and then separated.

Meng Bai thought as he walked to his seat.

The previous allegations of financial fraud against Leshi.com were gradually suppressed over time. In addition, Boss Jia finally returned to China, which stabilized the confidence of shareholders and investors.

The most important thing for Leshi.com at present is the merger and reorganization of Leshi Pictures starting at the end of the year.

Meng Bai had already sold the financing shares of Leshi Pictures, so whether the merger and acquisition was successful or not, it had little to do with him.

What he was considering was, given the financial situation of Leshi.com, how much liquidity it had now?
I have to talk to Liu Jun later and settle the revenue and investment distribution of "Forensic Qin Ming" as soon as possible.

As for the next film in the "Green Ivy Series", "Day and Night", it's best to wait and see.

It just so happens that I have the two projects "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "Detective Chinatown" as excuses, which is reasonable.

　Thanks to "壹挺好7", "绿熊brown", "天下虽大" and other big guys for the rewards!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)