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

Chapter 219 Senior Sister Tong Liya

"Brother Meng, do you think we really don't need to do anything?"

"Why, Brother Jun, are you planning to take him off the shelves?"

"That's not the case, but I always feel uncomfortable watching it catch up with our record little by little."

"If you think so, they are all dramas from your Leshi.com, so why bother to distinguish whose records they are."

"Anyway, it's awkward and panicking."

Listening to Liu Jun's emotional tone on the phone, Meng Bai laughed.

"Don't worry, it will be difficult to surpass our record. Don't forget, there is still a threshold waiting."

"Threshold, you mean...oh!"

Liu Jun suddenly reacted.

Yes, considering that this drama is a hodgepodge of time-travel and gay elements, it is only a matter of time before it is taken off the shelves for rectification.

The previous arc "Forensic Qin Ming" originally had a very good momentum.

As a result, due to a wave of product removals, more than a week of time was left vacant, which directly interrupted the growth rhythm.

The drama "The Rise of Phoenixes" originally became popular thanks to the popularity of the memes played by netizens and audiences.

Once the product is taken off the shelves for rectification, everyone’s enthusiasm will fade away and it will be difficult to achieve significant growth later.

only……

"Damn, this removal and rectification is even more disgusting than breaking the record!"

Liu Jun sighed: "Why do I feel that the censorship standards have become more stringent in the past few months?"

Meng Bai was not surprised: "In three months, the one-year trial period of the filing system will be over. The higher-ups must have some new ideas."

"What I'm most afraid of now is that Taiwan and the Internet will be required to follow the same standards, which would really hit us in the nick of time."

"It's okay. I think the higher-ups still have some considerations for the online drama market. No matter how strict they are, they will definitely not target TV stations."

After comforting Liu Jun, Meng Bai said, "Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. International long-distance calls are expensive."

“You went to Thailand?”

"Yes, today is the opening ceremony."

"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work." Liu Jun grinned, "By the way, help me see if transsexuals are really the same as women."

"Fuck, you can come and see it when you have time. I don't have the same taste as your brother."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai shook his head.

Brother Liu Jun's abilities and character are beyond reproach, but he's a little bit mean.

What if an arc really comes and corrupts my pure self?
Well, it seems that we have to dig him over quickly. If we make any mistakes in the future, we can just blame him.

Putting down his phone, Meng Bai walked around the green courtyard and returned to the hotel lobby.

He is now at the Royal Hotel in Bangkok, where the opening ceremony of "Detective Chinatown" is being held.

Compared with the previous launches, today's ceremony was quite grand.

In addition to the main creators, investors and the media, there are also official figures such as the Secretary-General of Thailand's Reform Committee, Director of the East Asia Department of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Director of the Film Bureau of Thailand, President of the Tourism Association of Thailand, and Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand.

Ever since the hit movie "Lost in Thailand" brought a wave of popularity to the tourism industry, Thailand has always attached great importance to investing in domestic big-budget films.

The investment scale of "Detective Chinatown" is 8000 million, which can only be regarded as a medium-sized project in China, but it is a standard large project in Thailand.

In addition, the theme of the "Chinatown" series coincides with the country's current strategic plan of "cultural going global", so it has received a green light from the top leaders.

The Thai side actively helped arrange the venues and facilities needed by the crew during the filming.

They even agreed to close the road in the core area of the Grand Palace in downtown Bangkok to allow the crew to shoot the final climax of the film.

To make an analogy, it is probably like closing Chang'an Avenue or Di'anmen Street in front of the Forbidden City to allow film crews to shoot movies.

This shows how much importance is attached to it.

As soon as he came back, Meng Bai was caught by Chen Sicheng.

"I've been looking for you for so long, where have you gone?"

"There was a phone call outside." Meng Bai asked, "What happened?"

Chen Sicheng smiled and said, "You've always wanted to meet Baoqiang, right? Let me introduce him to you."

Because Wang Baoqiang was injured while filming the show, the entire Detective Chinatown crew waited for more than a month for him to recover, which moved him very much.

So before it was quite ready, I told Chen Sicheng that we could start filming.

So when he came today, he was still using a cane.

"Hello, Teacher Baoqiang."

Meng Bai subconsciously wanted to shake hands, but when he saw that he was holding crutches in both hands, he just nodded and said hello.

"Hello, Mr. Meng."

Wang Baoqiang gave a signature "silly smile".

The first impression he gives people is that he is honest and simple.

Even though he has played Feng Yuxiu before.

After Meng Bai actually met him, he found that he was not honest, but he was indeed real. Wang Baoqiang did not come here alone today, and there was a woman following him.

"This is my wife, Ma Rong." Wang Baoqiang took the woman's hand and introduced her with a smile.

"Teacher Baoqiang is so lucky."

"Haha, I agree with this point." Wang Baoqiang put his arm around his wife's waist and said with a laugh.

Meng Bai glanced at Ma Rong, and the woman smiled at him seductively.

After chatting for a while about the character setting, a man wearing black-framed glasses came over. He seemed to be Wang Baoqiang's agent.

It seemed that there were some things to be dealt with. Wang Baoqiang and Meng Bai apologized and followed each other away.

"Hey, where's Baoqiang?"

Chen Sicheng came over and asked.

"He was called away by his agent."

"Humph, it's better not to cause any more trouble."

Meng Bai heard Chen Sicheng's strange tone and asked curiously.

"Bao Qiang's agent... Oh, forget it, let's not talk about it."

Chen Sicheng waved his hand, looked at Meng Bai and said, "Regarding Tang Ren's background story, I suddenly have an idea. I want to ask you to see what you think."

"what idea?"

"Did you notice the gold tooth in Baoqiang's mouth just now? He got it after he was injured. I just got some inspiration."

Chen Sicheng said that he felt that the current script lacked some reason why Tang Ren left his hometown and came to Thailand, and the character felt a little incomplete.

"This is what I think. Tang Ren was planning to get married, but at the wedding he found out that his wife was having an affair with his brother. He got so excited that he fell and lost a tooth. In order to leave the sad place and avoid the gossip of relatives and friends, he exchanged the betrothal gift for a gold tooth and came to Thailand with the remaining money."

"I feel that adding this paragraph will make the mission complete, and the emotional transitions later on will be more natural." Chen Sicheng said, "What do you think?"

"Tsk, how should I put it... it's a bit vulgar."

"It's a bit vulgar, it's true, but it's very convincing." Chen Sicheng spread his hands, "Or think of something that's not vulgar."

"It's okay, that's fine. As long as Teacher Baoqiang doesn't object, there will be no problem on my end."

"Okay, I'll go talk to Baoqiang."

Seeing Chen Sicheng leaving excitedly, Meng Bai went to talk to Liu Haoran again.

"The first episode of "Celebrity Detective" has been recorded?"

"Yes, I recorded it in the middle of the month."

"how do you feel?"

"It's quite interesting." Liu Haoran said enthusiastically, "Especially the evidence collection and discussion part, it feels almost the same as real reasoning. The plot is also quite interesting, but the difficulty is a bit simple."

"It's the first episode, I can't just tire you out in the studio right away." Meng Bai said with a smile: "Don't worry, you will have a chance to cry later."

"Ah, this..."

Liu Haoran suddenly hated himself for pretending to be so arrogant. In fact, they worked very hard for more than seven hours to record the first episode, but in the end they voted for the wrong murderer.

How could I have thought of saying it was simple in front of the chief planner?

Don't let Teacher He and Teacher Sa know about this.

"Haoran, have you seen your brother Chen?"

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard a gentle female voice behind them.

Then, a gentle-looking woman came over.

"Brother Chen seems to have gone to see Brother Baoqiang."

"No wonder. I said I didn't see him."

The woman looked at Meng Bai again, sized him up, and said with a smile, "This should be Mr. Meng Bai, right?"

"Hello, Senior Sister Tong, I'm Meng Bai."

This woman is naturally Tong Liya.

Strictly speaking, this is not the first time Meng Bai has seen this.

Meng Bai was a student of the 07 class of the Central Academy of Drama. When he was a freshman, this senior sister was a senior.

Of course, we just glanced at each other at the graduation ceremony and we didn't have much in common.

As for the "school belle" and the like...

Honestly speaking, in Meng Bai's impression, this senior sister was not considered to be one of the most beautiful girls in school, mainly because of her skin color.

Even now, if you look at her without the online filter, she can't be considered as having fair skin.

Compared to Meng Bai's carelessness, Tong Liya was quite interested in this junior fellow student.

She used to think that Chen Sicheng was very talented.

From an actor, to a director, and then to a filmmaker, he has grown rapidly step by step.

But compared with this junior brother, he seems to be a little worse.

(End of this chapter)