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

Chapter 240: Licking the dog gets nothing

North Beijing, CBD Wanda Cinema.

Although it was a weekday, there was still a long queue at the entrance of the cinema.

Today is the premiere of the movie "So Young", and because of the popularity of the male and female leads Wu Fan and Liu Yifei, there are a lot of fans coming to the scene.

In the main event hall, the ceremony had not yet begun. The film's leading actors and creative staff either gathered together to chat or went to look for invited guests and friends.

In the front row of the starring area, Li Qin sat absent-mindedly, checking her phone from time to time, as if waiting for some news.

After looking at it several times, the WeChat chat box where she was waiting was still empty, which made her purse her lips.

"Li Qin."

Someone beside her called out, and Li Qin looked up. It was Jin Shijia, the second male lead in the same crew.

"Here's some water for you."

Jin Shijia handed over a bottle of water with a somewhat attentive smile on his face.

"Thank you, but I have some here."

Li Qin replied politely and took out her water bottle from the side to gesture.

"Ah good."

Being rejected, Jin Shijia's smile froze. He gave a dry laugh and returned to his seat awkwardly.

Seeing him walk away consciously, Li Qin also breathed a sigh of relief.

When they were filming on the set before, Jin Shijia had also been attentive to her and it seemed like he wanted to pursue her.

This kind of thing is actually quite embarrassing for girls.

If you don't say it, it will seem like tacit approval and give people unrealistic fantasies.

But if you say it directly, and the other person doesn't do anything specific, it would seem like you are being too sentimental.

Li Qin's approach is to maintain a distant and polite attitude throughout the process. No matter what you say or do, I will ignore it.

Anyway, she didn't have many scenes, and the filming took only about half a month. After the filming was wrapped, they didn't have much interaction.

Fortunately, the other party was sensible and stopped asking for trouble after being rejected twice.

"Ah!"

He left somewhat dejectedly, and just as he sat down in his seat, Jin Shijia suddenly heard someone beside him snort and laugh.

I turned around and saw that it was the male lead of the movie, Wu Fan.

"What are you laughing at?" Jin Shijia asked with a frown.

Although they are collaborators in a drama, the relationship between them is not good.

He has always looked down on people like Wu Fan who have no acting skills or abilities and who rely solely on traffic and looks to get into the role.

"nothing."

Wu Fan shook his head, but the smile on his lips betrayed his thoughts.

Like the other party, he also looked down on Jin Shijia and acted arrogantly all day long as if he was "I'm so awesome".

But the key point is, looking through the resume, there aren't any outstanding achievements?

Wu Fan himself is a "bully king", so he is very disgusted with people of the same kind.

Just now, this guy tried to strike up a conversation, but ended up getting rejected. He saw it all.

Although he was not interested in Li Qin—he liked younger girls—it didn't stop him from laughing at the joke.

Looking at the contemptuous expression on Wu Fan's face, Jin Shijia's eyes became filled with anger.

But even so, he took a deep breath and held back his emotions.

He comforted himself in his heart that this had nothing to do with the other party's popularity, it was just that the current situation was not suitable for arguing with the other party.

He turned the bottle on his hand, took a big gulp of water, and the anger in his heart subsided a little.

He couldn't help but glance at Li Qin again, but he suddenly found that the other party had swept away her usual cold expression and was looking at her phone with a bright smile on her face.

Then, she seemed to reply to a message, and then stood up, looking towards the entrance of the theater with anticipation.

Following her line of sight, she saw a young man in casual clothes walking in. The man looked like a recent college graduate, but his temperament was very mature. Even in this occasion full of media cameras and audiences, he still looked like he was strolling leisurely.

Looking at Li Qin again, it was obvious that he knew the other person, and his eyes brightened instantly. He took two steps forward and waved at him.

Fuck! Jin Shijia cursed inwardly. It felt so fucking bad that the girl who was so cold to him was so proactive towards other men.

Li Qin naturally didn't know that she had stabbed someone again. Of course, even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

Now in her eyes, the only person was Meng Bai who had just arrived at the scene.

After walking a few steps forward, Li Qin was about to say hello, but suddenly found a woman coming out and blocking the other person.

She frowned subconsciously, but then relaxed.

She had seen that woman before. Her name was Chen Zhixi and she was one of the producers of today's movie.

When she was chatting with Meng Bai before, she heard him mention that he was cooperating with the other party.

As the boss of the company behind the scenes, it seems that I should say hello to others first on an occasion like today.

Therefore, seeing the apologetic look Meng Bai gave her, Li Qin smiled and indicated that it was okay and told him to get back to business first.

"Come on, Meng Bai, let me introduce someone to you."

Chen Zhixi pulled Meng Bai and walked to the side to see a middle-aged man wearing glasses: "This is our Ruyi chairman, Mr. Ke Liming."

"Haha, Mr. Meng's name, I've heard Mr. Chen mention it many times, and I've long wanted to meet him."

Curry smiled eagerly.

"No, it's me who should have met Mr. Ke earlier." Meng Bai said politely.

Speaking of this person, Cole Ming is quite capable.

He started out in book publishing in his early years. "Fleet of Time", "So Young" and "House of Cards (Chinese version)" were all produced by him, and naturally the copyrights of related movies are also in his hands.

Of course, the most well-known achievement is the promotion of the song "Little Apple".

At the beginning, he found the team of Psy's "Horse Riding Dance" in "Gangnam Style" to design dance moves and MV for "Little Apple", and paired it with a magical and brainwash melody, turning this song into a hit "divine song" in 2014.

When it was most popular, dogs on the street would dance along when they heard the melody.

"I heard that Mr. Meng is discussing cooperation with Huace Film & TV recently?" asked Ke Liming.

Meng Bai sighed in his heart, there really are no secrets in this circle. As long as he makes a move, the news will spread immediately.

He did not hide the fact and nodded, "Indeed, we have many common ideas on strategic planning with Huace Film & TV, so let's see if we can deepen our cooperation."

In fact, the deal is no longer just being "negotiated" but has basically been reached, with only the final details left to be finalized before it can be announced to the public.

Just as he had said to Liu Jun before, with the support of "BreakupLeshi.com" and "'Green Ivy Series' IP", the value of Arc Light has greatly increased, and the other party agreed very quickly.

Ke Liming smiled and said, "In fact, we at Ruyi also have many film and television projects. If Mr. Meng is interested, let's have dinner together someday and discuss it."

Ruyi Pictures not only makes movies, but also TV series.

Like Noon Sunshine’s previous "All Quiet in Peking" and "Langya Edition", they were both producers.

Meng Bai naturally agreed to Ke Liming's invitation.

Not to mention film and television projects, it would be good to deepen cooperation based on each other's film resources.

After a few more pleasantries, Ke Liming took Meng Bai towards the film's main creative area, saying that he wanted to introduce him to the director of the crew.

"This is the director of our film, Zhou Tuoru. He used to work on commercials and micro-films, and he's very capable."

Although he had never heard of this name, Meng Bai still greeted him seriously.

The track of youth film director is not easy, and many great directors started out from this.

Maybe this is the next Guo Fan.

After the director was introduced, it was the movie's leading actors' turn.

"This one probably needs no introduction."

Ke Liming pointed to the woman in front of him and said with a smile, "The star of our movie, Miss Liu Yifei."

(End of this chapter)