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

Chapter 247 "Rebirth: I am a Rich Lady"

Early in the morning, Yang Chaoyue came to the company early and began to prepare for today's work.

I have been working for less than a week and I don’t understand many things yet. I need to prepare in advance to avoid mistakes.

She knew that she was young, had low education and little experience, so she could only make up for it with hard work.

Although the job at the front desk is more complicated and difficult than she had imagined, she is very satisfied with it.

No matter what, the girl at the front desk is always better than the girl working in the factory.

What's more, Arclight is also a film and television company. From time to time, you can see those stars that you could only see on TV before.

Just like just now, she saw "Xu Xian" in the 06 CCTV version of "The Legend of White Snake", but unfortunately she forgot the actor's name.

"Girl, there is a project meeting today, right? Where is it held?"

"Just go to the meeting room on the second floor."

"Okay. By the way, is Mr. Meng here?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not sure about that."

Seeing a group of people going upstairs, Yang Chaoyue tilted his head and looked at them with some curiosity.

It seems that the company is going to launch some new project today, and many directors, actors and others have come.

Oh, I wish I were a star too. I heard they make a lot of money and can buy a house by shooting a movie.

When I have enough money, I will buy a house in northern Beijing, and then buy another one in Shanghai, and switch between them every month, hehe...

While I was fantasizing about the plot of "Rebirth: A Rich Girl" in my mind, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in my sight.

"Hello, Mr. Meng!"

Yang Chaoyue shouted out with some hesitation, and the look on her face, which had seemed a little dull due to a busy morning, became bright again.

"Good morning."

Meng Bai, who had just walked in, responded casually, took a few steps, then stopped, turned around and looked at her.

Upon seeing this, Yang Chaoyue quickly adjusted her posture and tried to straighten her flat chest.

"Are the clothes new?"

"Yes." Yang Chaoyue nodded, a smile on her face, "Thank you, Mr. Meng!"

As a film and television company, ArcLight does not have any system requiring employees to wear uniform work clothes.

After all, the crew and post-production technicians often work overtime all night long, and they do whatever they are comfortable with.

So as long as the style is not too weird, everyone wears it casually.

But Yang Chaoyue is different, she is the front desk, representing the first facade of Arclight. She doesn't have to dress too formally, but she can't be too casual either.

Her own clothes were all big shirts and the like, some of which were printed with other brands' logos, making them look cheap at first glance.

So Meng Bai asked the finance department to approve two thousand yuan for her to buy some clothes.

"Mr. Meng, is this okay?" Yang Chaoyue asked nervously but with a bit of anticipation.

"Okay, it looks good."

Meng Bai nodded. It’s true that “clothes make the man”.

When this girl came for the interview, she was dressed in a messy way and looked just pretty.

Now, after changing her clothes and hairstyle, she immediately turns into a young beauty.

She's just a little young, with a very childish face. She'll probably look better when she grows up.

Hearing the boss's praise, Yang Chaoyue immediately became happy. But she immediately said, "Boss Meng, you can just deduct the money for the clothes when you get paid."

"No, I bought it because I needed it for work. There's no reason for you to spend your own money."

He would not do such a shameless thing as spending his employees' money to do company business.

After instructing Yang Chaoyue to continue working, Meng Bai turned and went upstairs, but did not go directly to the meeting room. Instead, he went to the reception room next door first.

I pushed the door open and saw a woman waiting inside.

"Hello, Mr. Meng. I'm the agent of Mengyang Culture. You can just call me Xiao Qi."

When the woman saw Meng Bai coming in, she quickly stood up and introduced herself.

Mengyang Culture is a brokerage company that cooperates with Shanghai Ningmeng Films. The relationship between the two is a bit similar to that between Arclight Films and Taiyang Chuanhe. The founding time is also similar, both were established just one or two years ago. The most famous artists under their banner are Jiang Shuying and Chen Ruoxuan.

The woman in front of him, Xiao Qi, was Chen Ruoxuan's agent. As for the purpose of her coming today, it was mainly to apologize.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Meng, it's our fault that your company's plans have been delayed." Xiao Qi looked embarrassed and apologetic.

According to Arclight’s plan, the next two works in the “Green Ivy Series” should be “Psychological Crime 2” and then “Day and Night”.

Although the "silent agreement" with Leshi.com had prevented the project from being launched openly, the relevant preparatory work had already begun.

Naturally, it also includes the schedules of several leading actors.

Normally, the filming would have started at the end of the month, but Chen Ruoxuan suddenly told us that it might take some time before we could join the crew.

Meng Bai leaned on the sofa, propped up his chin with one hand, and said solemnly, "Arc Light has already discussed the start time with you guys. There has been a gap of two or three months between now and then. I don't think there should be any scheduling issues."

"Yes, yes, you are right." Xiao Qi wiped the sweat off his forehead, "We also didn't expect that the other drama had to make some temporary adjustments, which caused the filming to be overdue."

Chen Ruoxuan has been a popular newcomer in the past two years thanks to the hit drama "Psychological Crime".

He had previously rejected Meng Bai's invitation and did not join Arclight, but instead went to Mengyang Culture.

Lemon Studios, which is behind Mengyang Culture, is similar to ArcLight and is also a new brand that has grown rapidly in recent years.

Backed by Dragon TV, we have a lot of resources and channels. For example, the latest one we are shooting is Fighter of the Destiny, which we are cooperating with Penguin Pictures.

The male lead of this drama is Lu Han, one of the “Four Most Popular Stars”, and the female lead is Nazha. It is a rare big male IP in recent years.

As one of the company’s own artists, Chen Ruoxuan was given the role of the second male lead, and his role was quite important.

Originally, Mengyang Culture had a good idea. Before the filming of "Psychological Crime 2" started, they could take on another drama to ensure maximum profits.

As a result, the crew suddenly changed the shooting plan for some reasons, resulting in the scenes that were originally scheduled to be completed in mid-July being delayed until August.

By that time, Arclight should have been turned on.

This situation is a bit awkward.

"Fighter of the Destiny" has already been filmed halfway, so we definitely can't give up.

Mengyang Culture had no choice but to contact ArcLight through their relationship with Penguin Pictures to see if the release date could be postponed for a period of time.

If it were another project, Meng Bai would not waste any time and would directly block the person and replace him.

But "Psychological Crime 2" is a sequel, and the audience already has a preconceived impression of the first film.

Changing actors at this time, especially changing the male lead, will have a huge impact on the sequel.

In addition to the sincere apology from Mengyang Culture and the subsequent compensation for the actors' pay and other aspects, Meng Bai finally agreed to the postponement.

In this way, it is equivalent to swapping the shooting order of the two dramas, and the one that starts shooting first becomes "Day and Night Chase".

Fortunately, ArcLight has not officially started the project preparation, so apart from some troubles in adjustment, there is no loss.

"The filming of Psychological Crime 2 will be moved to September." Meng Bai tapped the table and said, "I think everyone doesn't want any more problems to happen, right?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Meng, there will be absolutely no problem this time." Xiao Qi quickly promised.

At the same time, she felt relieved. Although Mr. Meng's tone was unkind, he didn't make it too difficult, and finally the matter was resolved.

"Okay, that's it. I have something else to do here, so I won't see you off."

"It's okay, it's okay. You're busy, so I won't bother you any more."

Watching the other party leave, Meng Bai shook his head and sighed.

As expected, when the actors are not our own, there are many problems.

In addition to the two web dramas, the "Psychological Crime" series will also have a movie in the future.

There is no way around it for web dramas, as it is difficult to choose the leading actor.

But when it comes to the movie, he mentally removed Chen Ruoxuan from the list.

After pondering for a while, Meng Bai organized his thoughts and put the matter aside for the time being.

I got up and went out to the conference room not far away. The room was already full of people.

Liu Jun, Wang Wei, Liu Zhi, Pan Yueming, Wang Taling... and the main creative team of Arc Light.

This is the project launch meeting for "Day and Night".

(End of this chapter)