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

Chapter 221 The Girl with the Demonic Laughter
In the following days, Guo Fan went to China Film whenever he had nothing to do.

No matter who is there, you can always chat with them, the main purpose is to make yourself familiar with them.

China Film Group is also discussing the project planning for "The Wandering Earth". After the big boss made the decision, everyone agreed with it.

Next, as long as we wait for the resolution of the meeting, the project can be officially launched.

"Meng Bai, how about you be the producer of the project?"

"No, Brother Guo, I have a lot of projects lined up here." Meng Bai shook his head and said, "Let Gong Geer come. He will follow this project from beginning to end, so he is more suitable than me."

"Ah I?"

Gong Geer was suddenly called out and was stunned: "I don't know how to do it!"

"What else can a producer do?" Meng Bai imparted his experience, "Your most important job is to raise money."

"..."

Gong Geer thought about it and realized that it was true.

As long as there is enough funding, the rest of the stuff like actors, team, scenes, etc. will be easy to deal with.

"China Film Group can handle most of the investment by itself. With someone taking the lead, the rest will be easy." Meng Bai patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, I can still help with the investment."

With these words, Gong Geer felt relieved. In addition, Guo Fan also supported him, so he stopped refusing and decided to take on the task.

After finishing the project of "The Wandering Earth", Meng Bai stayed in northern Beijing for a few more days.

As the Spring Festival approaches, Arc Light Films has a lot of documents and financial statements that need him to deal with.

Last year, Arclight Pictures produced two dramas, "Soul Ferry 2" and "Forensic Qin Ming", and participated in the investment of three different types of projects, "The Disguiser", "The Best of Us" and "Detective Chinatown".

Except for "Detective Chinatown 3", which has just started filming, all other projects have been broadcast, and each one is a hit.

Based on comprehensive income, Arclight Films' total profit for the whole year is approximately 7000 million.

However, the funds in the account at present are not that much, only more than 4000 million.

After all, the two projects "Detective Chinatown" and "The Lost Tomb" have just started, and the payment for "Forensic Qin Ming" has not yet arrived.

Liu Jun told him that due to mergers and acquisitions and restructuring, the payment collection for various projects of Leshi.com would be slower during this period, and he had no good solution.

As a company boss, you can't keep all the money you earn into your own pocket.

There are now about seventy to eighty people in the entire Arc Light Films. After everyone’s hard work for a year, a year-end bonus is inevitable.

It just so happened that he had to go to the crew of "The Lost Tomb" in two days, so he simply held the annual meeting forward.

Different from other companies' annual meetings which have to include presentations and program arrangements, ArcLight's main focus is on eating, drinking, having fun and drawing prizes.

The total amount of year-end bonuses and prizes given out was over 200 million.

Arclight Films was just established last year and was not very big. At that time, we were busy with the launch of Soul Ferry 2 and didn’t have much energy. In the end, we took a vacation right after paying our year-end bonuses.

So strictly speaking, this is the first time that ArcLight holds an annual meeting.

Although it was a bit rushed, the employees were still very satisfied.

"Boss, I have two things to tell you."

Before her boss could leave, Chen Jing stopped him.

"What's the matter?" Meng Bai said with a smile, "Are you not satisfied with your year-end bonus?"

If we were to say who has made the greatest contribution to ArcLight this year, it would be none other than Chen Jing.

I have to manage finances and daily operations, and I have to work overtime every now and then to fulfill my boss' sudden ideas.

Naturally, Meng Bai would not treat such a useful "supervisor" unfairly.

In addition to a six-figure year-end bonus, they also plan to add one to two percentage points of dry stock dividends after the new year in order to better "bind" her to Arc Light.

So, the issue Chen Jing wants to talk about definitely has nothing to do with the salary, but is still about the company's operations.

"One is that the company is getting bigger and bigger, and the various business matters are also increasing, so we need a professional manager to take charge."

The boss Meng Bai follows the crew around every now and then, and it's good enough if he can spend a quarter of the year in the company.

As the company expanded, it was obvious that Chen Jing could not handle it all by herself, so someone was needed to take charge of the daily operations.

Meng Bai had already considered this question: "Don't worry, I'm digging right now, it probably won't take too long."

Chen Jing knew that her boss was talking about Liu Jun. She had met this person many times before. Objectively speaking, apart from being a little greasy, his ability was fine.

Moreover, the other party has been working in the video platform for so many years and has a lot of connections and channels, which is quite suitable for ArcLight's industry needs.

"What else?" Meng Bai asked, "Aren't there two questions?"

"The other one is actually similar. The company is getting bigger and bigger, with more and more employees, and the current office building is a bit insufficient."

Meng Bai had never thought about this question. After all, he was not in the company very often.

“Any new places that might be suitable?”

"I have selected several new office buildings based on the needs of our company and am waiting for your final decision, boss."

"Sure enough, it has to be Sister Jing."

Meng Bai gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, send me the selected information later and I'll study it. After the New Year, we can discuss where to move."

To be honest, he is a little reluctant to leave his current office building.

Not to mention that I have been here for two years, the surrounding environment alone is hard to find in the various industrial parks in northern Beijing today.

No, look back and keep this place as a branch.

After all, it is quite close to several film and television cities and audition points in northern Beijing, including the Central Academy of Drama campus, so it is still useful.

I stayed in Beijing North for more than a week and finished all the work that needed to be done.

I sent a message and asked around, and found out that Li Yitong and Song Zhi were both filming, and Li Qin was also filming a movie with Liu Yifei, so they were all out.

In that case, Meng Bai did not stay any longer and flew to the northeast with Hua Yan.
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Jilin, Jiaohe City, Songhua Lake Scenic Area.

Unlike the city with tall buildings, there are vast forests and continuous mountains here.

"call--"

Meng Bai got out of the car and took a deep breath.

"This is a nice place, suitable for seclusion."

Li Muge on the side said: "There is no electricity here. If you live in seclusion, it would really be like returning to a primitive life."

The two are now in a valley called "Laoyeling" in this mountain forest scenic area.

It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with deep forests and clear rivers, which is almost a perfect fit for the Niuxin Mountain where the Kwantung Army fortress was buried in the original work.

The crew is currently setting up locations nearby. There is also a racecourse in the scenic area, which is a good opportunity for equestrian training for several of the main actors.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

I had just arrived at the outskirts of the crew, and before I even went in, I heard a high-pitched and demonic laugh coming from inside.

"Whose general is this, laughing so proudly?"

Meng Bai looked at Li Muge, the voice sounded like a girl's.

Li Muge was obviously very familiar with this laughter: "You should know her, the little girl named Bai Lu from the last audition."

"Bai Lu?"

Meng Bai recalled and remembered.

She’s the girl who looks very much like Li Yitong.

I really didn't expect that a girl who looks so delicate can be so generous when she smiles.

Unlike Meng Bai's surprise, Li Muge, who had been with her for a few days, was more impressed: "This girl has a lively personality and doesn't pay much attention to her image. She is like this when she smiles. You'll get used to it."

"From this perspective, she is indeed quite suitable for the role of Yingzi."

"That's true."

Li Muge nodded, and his respect for Meng Bai increased a little more.

During the previous audition, Bai Lu's performance was quite consistent with that of an ordinary little girl, but President Meng was able to see through the surface and see the essence.

It’s really good!
Meng Bai naturally didn't know that Li Muge had thought so much in a blink of an eye. He walked in along the outdoor scene set up by the crew.

Coming towards me, I saw Bai Lu, with her short hair and wearing a thick brown-grey leather coat. She was sitting on a small stool against the wall, looking at Pan Yueming, who was stunned by the horse not far away, and she laughed devilishly with a row of white teeth showing.

(End of this chapter)