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

Chapter 248 The Scumbag’s Dilemma
Unlike the previous dramas, the leading actors of "Day and Night Chase" were basically decided from the beginning.

As early as when "The Lost Tomb" was just completed, Meng Bai gave the script to Pan Yueming.

The other party initially thought it was a "dual personality" setting, until he read the script and realized that there were actually two male protagonists.

In comparison, the difficulty of interpretation has undoubtedly increased a lot.

But for a real actor, the more difficult the play is, the more interested he is.

So after reading the script, Pan Yueming agreed without even having the chance to discuss the salary.

In the past few months, he has been studying the script almost every day.

He also wrote two "character notes" specifically based on the different personalities of the two brothers in the play, and designed two different sets of small movements by himself.

Even Wang Wei said that it was very comfortable to work with such a mature actor, and strongly requested that he should not be given any more opportunities in the future.

In addition to Pan Yueming, another leading actor who was confirmed early on was Wang Taling.

The reason is simple. His role in this drama is the same as in "Psychological Crime", still "Tai Wei".

"Well, let me ask."

Wang Longzheng raised his hand and looked at Meng Bai: "Is this "Day and Night Chase" a sequel to "Psychological Crime"? "

"From a timeline perspective, that's right." Meng Bai explained, "But in terms of the plot, apart from your character, there is basically no connection between it and Psychological Crime."

《心理罪1》的时间线，是从1998年到2002年。第二部则是从2003年，到2007年。

The timeline of "Day and Night" is set in 2018, which is ten years after the story of "Criminal Mind".

Wang Long was flipping through the script: "I read the script of "Psychological Crime 2" some time ago. Wasn't I already in the Green Vine City Bureau in 07? How come ten years later, I went to Binhai District?"

"Because after that, you committed a serious violation of discipline, so you were demoted to the Binhai District and became a partner with Captain Guan."

These are obviously the overall settings behind the entire "Green Ivy Series", but they are still in the undisclosed stage.

Wang Longzheng thought about it and asked a key question: "Then, where is Fang Mu?"

"..."

Meng Bai smiled, but he didn't answer this time. He just said vaguely: "Where Fang Mu went, we'll have to wait until the movie version of "Psychological Crime" to find out."

Wang Longzheng felt a chill in his heart.

Although it was not stated explicitly, something unexpected must have happened to make a police officer like Tai Wei give up his "old partner".

Combined with the "serious violations of discipline" mentioned above, it can be predicted that Fang Mu's ending will not be very good.

This junior fellow of mine must have dug a huge hole in the movie version.

Looking at Wang Longzheng's expression of doubt and speculation, Meng Bai couldn't help but feel happy.

Even the actors themselves were confused, so you can imagine what the audience was thinking.

He has already planned that when the series is aired, "Psychological Crime 2" will be shown first, followed by "Day and Night".

When the audience starts to be curious about Fang Mu’s ending, we will bring out "City Lights" and give everyone a "hard blow"!
Alas, I have worked so hard to give the audience the best viewing experience.

After praising himself in his heart, Meng Bai withdrew his thoughts, knocked on the table, and drew everyone's attention back.

"I want to emphasize that although this drama is the first time that the entire 'Green Ivy Detective Universe' has a common character, no matter in the shooting or post-production, don't think of it as a 'link' or 'playing with memes'. Just treat it as a separate film and television project."

Although the concept of "Green Ivy Detective Universe" was proposed by Meng Bai when he first filmed "Psychological Crime" two years ago, until now, each story has been completely independent.

There is basically no connection between the several projects except the name "Green Vine City".

This is not Meng Bai "selling dog meat under the guise of mutton", but in order to ensure the success of the entire project, he has exercised great "restraint" in the storyline.

Arclight is not Marvel. Without a generation of fans accumulated over decades, everything starts from scratch.

As a startup IP, the key to success does not lie in how grand the overall framework is, or how exciting the intersections between story lines are.

On the contrary, the bigger these things are at the beginning, the more dissuading effect they will have on the audience.

Because there is no stand-out character and no attractive story, simply creating a linkage is just for self-entertainment.

Even if Marvel wants to create the MCU film and television universe, it still has to start with a single hero like "Iron Man".

Even the entire "Iron Man" trilogy was Tony's one-man show, and other content about the "Avengers" only appeared in Easter eggs.

Similarly, each individual project in the "Green Vine Series" also has an independent story line.

Only when the audience is interested in the individual protagonists will they want to watch the "collective". After emphasizing the core of the creation to the main creative team and leading actors present, Meng Bai then began to discuss other preparations for the project.

"Brother Jun, has there been any response from Golden Shield?"

"We contacted each other a few days ago. After reading the script, they felt that there was no problem with the overall plot. They only raised individual opinions on some minor details," said Liu Jun.

"Okay, I'll talk to them later."

This time, the producers of "Day and Night Chase", in addition to ArcLight, Qiyi TV and Huace, also specially introduced the Ministry of Public Security's Golden Shield Film and Television Center to provide review guarantee.

There is no other way around this. The previous projects were all outside the system, and "Forensic Qin Ming" was also a relatively unremarkable technical work.

But this time it’s different. "Day and Night Chase" is completely centered around the police and the police, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the review.

So after Meng Bai and the others discussed it, they asked the regular army of Golden Shield to help hold the scene.

This is directly under the Ministry of Public Security. When they ask questions about it during the investigation, Hu Guang can just slap the sign in the other party's face.

People themselves think there's no problem, why are you still hesitating about it?
It’s refreshing just thinking about it.

Although the budget is not as good as "The Lost Tomb", the production cost of 250 million per episode is already "S+" level for an urban crime drama.

The total cost of 32 episodes is 8000 million. Qiyi TV was quite generous. Although it was not as wealthy as Penguin, it still took half of the investment in one go.

Not only that, Dai Ying also told Meng Bai that although suspense themes are not very popular in the traditional film and television industry, they are definitely a trend in the online drama market.

Qiyi TV plans to open a "Qi Suspense Theater" next year, focusing on suspense themes. "Day and Night Chase" will be the first drama to be broadcast on the theater channel.

It has to be said that after reaching a cooperation with ArcLight, the treatment offered by Qiyi TV was extremely generous.

If you need money, you will get money; if you need people, you will get people; if you need resource channels, you will get resource channels.

It's like an honest man who has been licking for many years and finally gets the favor of a cold goddess.

For Qiyi TV, the hard work has paid off. At least the goddess will give birth to several "children" for him in the future.

But the bad news is that this goddess is a sea king, and there are many other children out there besides him.

Otherwise, a company can easily be tainted by the personal style of its founder.

However, the founder is currently in a distressing situation.

The premiere of "Detective Chinatown 3" is imminent. As per convention, the creators will invite their celebrity friends to attend as guests, which can also be regarded as a kind of publicity.

No one knows who Chen Sicheng and the others are looking for, but Meng Bai does have a few troublesome targets.

Although we say “several”, there are actually only two main ones.

One is Li Qin. Meng Bai went to the premiere of "So Young 2" last time, so it makes sense that she should come this time as well.

In fact, before Meng Bai sent out the invitation, Teacher Li had already called to inquire about the date of the premiere.

He didn't care at first and told the other party the time directly.

But the next day, he received another call from Li Yitong, also asking about the time of the premiere.

When Meng Bai heard this, his face was filled with a mask of pain, but the key point was that he couldn't refuse.

Anyway, even if he didn't invite her, she has worked with Liu Haoran on "Who's the Detective", so she still has a reason to come.

Even Nini called him and said she was thinking of going to the premiere to show her support.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Song Zhi is currently filming and has no time, otherwise the situation would be even more chaotic.

Meng Bai thought about it and felt that he still had to do something behind the scenes.

By adjusting the order of several people entering the red carpet and separating the locations on the scene, it should be able to hold up the entire event.

After all, they are all artists, and there are so many cameras on the scene, it is impossible for them to just wander around.

As long as we don't meet and have nothing to talk about, everything will be fine.

I am still single and have no specific relationship with any girl, so there won’t be any situations that are too difficult to deal with.

By the way, should we add another insurance and call Meng Ziyi along?

This was his legitimate "niece", so he was always right no matter where she was. And with her around, it was easy to find excuses for many things.

Tsk, I never thought that this girl would be useful one day.

(End of this chapter)