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

Chapter 26 Young man, you don't have enough concentration

"Don't have long black hair. In the first season, Wang Xiaoya is portrayed as a lively and cheerful female college student with a bit of a social bullish personality. Don't make her look more artistic."

"I feel like I still lack the pure stupidity of a college student. Why don't I try tying my hair into a bun?"

"Hey, how about making an apple head, the kind with a little bun on top?"

"How about a smoky eye, for a bit of rebelliousness."

"Or try twin tails..."

"enough!"

Li Qin angrily said to Meng Bai: "Are you trying on makeup here, or are you making fun of me?"

"Ha, how could that be..." Meng Bai avoided his gaze and explained with a little embarrassment: "I just wanted to try more and see which style can better show your beauty, Teacher Li."

"Do you think I will believe your nonsense?" Li Qin held a large curling iron in her hand and glared at Meng Bai murderously.

"Hey, don't move. You're in a very good state right now." Meng Bai said loudly to the staff member who was trying to hold back his laughter, "Well, photographer, please come take some makeup photos. When we shoot later, just follow this feeling."

"Don't try to change the subject secretly!"

"Art! Art, please take a look at the atmosphere of this makeup. The promotional photos and posters should follow this."

"→_→"

Seeing Meng Bai's expression of "I'm busy, don't cue me", Li Qin had to put down the "weapon" in her hand angrily and followed the photographer to take pictures.

Meng Bai noticed Li Qin leaving from the corner of his eye. He wiped the non-existent sweat off his face and breathed a sigh of relief.

He originally planned to take Li Qin to the studio today to try out makeup and take final photos, and he was indeed trying out makeup very seriously at the beginning.

However, after changing a few sets, Meng Bai discovered that a beautiful girl was constantly changing her looks in front of him, just like the 4399 dress-up game he played when he was a child, which was very interesting.

What's more, this is a 3D live-action version.

I finally understood why in those Korean dramas and Taiwanese idol dramas seven or eight years ago, there were always scenes where the male protagonist dragged the female protagonist to buy clothes and change their looks.

Because watching beautiful girls change clothes is really addictive.

So later on, Meng Bai gradually began to care less about whether the changed look matched the character image, he just wanted to see what other effects he could create.

At first, Li Qin obediently followed Meng Bai's request to change, but soon found out something was wrong, so she immediately exposed his "bad intentions".

"Tsk." Meng Bai let out a light click and shook his head.

It turns out that I am still young and lack self-control.

……

Because today she was only here to try out makeup for the upcoming photo shoot, Li Qin finished her makeup very quickly.

Just after she thanked the camera and makeup staff, a cup of milk tea appeared in front of her.

Li Qin looked up and saw Meng Bai standing in front of her with a smile on his face.

"What does this mean?" Li Qin took the milk tea, looked at it for a while, and looked at Meng Bai suspiciously.

Meng Bai spread his hands: "It's mainly to express my apology. In order to achieve some of my own bad purposes, I have offended Teacher Li. I sincerely apologize here."

"Ah, but it's not that serious..." Li Qin didn't expect Meng Bai to apologize so formally, and she was suddenly at a loss.

In fact, she was indeed a little angry just now, not because of Meng Bai's "bad intentions", but simply because she felt that his approach was somewhat disrespectful to her.

However, this anger only flashed by. After being in the circle for a few years, she could still feel other people's kindness or malice, so she could also clearly feel that Meng Bai had no ill intentions.

She didn't take it to heart. In fact, during the filming period, she had forgotten all about it.

But she didn't expect Meng Bai to apologize to her so formally. While she felt a little embarrassed, she also felt very comfortable. "I'm not mad at you... not completely, but a little... uh, a little bit." Li Qin pinched her thumb and index finger together and gestured to Meng Bai, "About the amount of a cup of milk tea."

If she said she was not angry at all, it would seem that she was not reserved and Meng Bai's apology was unnecessary; if she said she was angry, she was afraid that Meng Bai would misunderstand her. After all, she did not really take it to heart, so she could only express that she accepted the apology in this way.

"Are you not angry anymore? That's good. We are still good partners." Meng Bai felt relieved when he saw Li Qin accepted his apology, and immediately returned to his normal tone.

He didn't think his apology was unnecessary, after all, his behavior was indeed somewhat offensive.

Just apologize if you do something wrong, it’s no big deal.

Meng Bai rented the studio for the makeup test and photo shoot temporarily, and only for half a day. So as soon as Li Qin finished what she needed, Meng Bai immediately directed everyone on the scene to leave.

"I'm telling you, are you going to save even the little money on renting a photo studio?" Li Qin looked at Meng Bai speechlessly.

"Wow, Miss, you really don't know how expensive it is to be in charge of a household." Meng Bai said, "Do you know how much money our crew has left?"

"How many?"

"Less than 600,000."

"How come there is only this much left?" Li Qin's eyes widened: "Don't we have three million? It's only been a short time since you spent it all!"

In a trance, Li Qin thought of the scene at the police station when he first met Meng Bai and reported the case. He still remembered that he spent money so fast that the police officers were confused.

"Do you think three million is a lot of money?" Meng Bai glanced at this "unworldly" girl and began to calculate her bills item by item.

First of all, there is the film remuneration. Just Li Qin, Wu Bai and Meng Bai, who received fixed remuneration, accounted for nearly one million.

Although this fixed remuneration is generally paid in two installments, the total amount remains unchanged.

Meng Bai estimated that it was unrealistic to ask Leshi for additional investment, and he himself could not pay out of his own pocket to make up for the crew's losses, so this part of the money was equivalent to being fixed.

Then there are the salaries of the crew members and the rental of filming equipment, which are usually charged on a daily basis. It took about two and a half months from preparation to completion of "Soul Ferry", which is about 70 to 80 days, and it cost about 800,000 yuan.

Although the money is still in the account, it must be guaranteed, so it is no different from having already been spent.

In addition, there are also the renovation of the set, purchase of props, food and water, transportation, venue rental, etc., which will probably cost two or three hundred thousand.

There is also the salary of the two male lead actors. Although the candidates have not been decided yet and their salary will not exceed Li Qin's, we must prepare a budget of at least 300,000 to 400,000.

Fortunately, most of the plots in the play "Pendulum" are small scenes, which do not require the use of extras, otherwise it would be another expense.

After counting all the money, there are only about 500,000 or 600,000 left.

The remaining money is not something Meng Bai can put directly into his pocket. It is equivalent to the crew's working capital, which is specifically used to deal with various emergencies.

For example, if a crew member is injured, they have to pay for medical expenses, if equipment and props are damaged, they have to pay for red envelopes during holidays, if there is a night scene, they have to buy supper and drinks, and if the shooting is delayed, they have to pay for extra expenses...

At the beginning, Meng Bai was thinking about how to get the money out if there was some money left.

But now it seems that it will be very difficult for him to ensure a balance in expenses in the end.

Otherwise, why do we often see producers and directors urging everyone to do fewer NGs and meet deadlines when watching behind-the-scenes footage of a film crew? It’s because every extra day this “gold-eating behemoth” stays open costs hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

"Oh, thank you for your hard work." Li Qin patted Meng Bai's shoulder with an expression that said "cheer for you".

"You know how hard I work, so you should work harder, prepare more, and have fewer NGs during filming."

Meng Bai raised his hand to hail a taxi and said to Li Qin, "Let's go. We have an appointment with our director to audition the actor for the male lead this afternoon. You can also come and take a look at your partner for the next two months."

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