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

Chapter 263 Men’s friendship is really strange

The three girls were preparing the dining table in the house, while Meng Bai and his friends were chatting on the terrace while tidying up the barbecue grill.

"Your yard is quite nice." Zhang Ruoyun looked around. "How much does it cost?"

"I booked it before the New Year, and it was much cheaper then." Meng Bai calculated, "Including the house and the decoration, it's about 6,000."

"Six thousand per square meter?" Bai Yu asked in surprise.

"What good things are you thinking? You have to go to Tongzhou to find ordinary houses for 6,000 yuan." Meng Bai said: "A total of 60 million yuan, but it should be more expensive now."

"Fuck, it turns out that the dog owner is right next to me!"

"You two rich second-generations, how dare you say that to me."

"Hey, don't count me in this." Zhang Ruoyun said quickly: "If we talk about the second generation of rich people, it has to be Lao Bai."

Bai Yu smiled and didn't respond.

But as Zhang Ruoyun said, if we talk about the rich second generation among the three people, Bai Yu himself is the only one who fits the description.

His father is the chairman of Shaanxi Salt, but he started his business relatively late, so as a "second generation", he grew up herding cattle and sheep.

"By the way, have you two not taken any roles recently? You seem quite free."

"Yes, I'll join the crew next month." Bai Yu pointed at Zhang Ruoyun, "We're in the same play."

"Whose project is it?" Meng Bai asked casually.

"Uh..." Bai Yu hesitated for a moment, but continued, "Director Zhang Jian."

"Director Zhang Jian...eh?"

Meng Bai was also stunned. Isn’t this Lao Zhang’s father?
Sure enough, Zhang Ruoyun nodded: "He contacted me and asked if I was interested. I happened to have a free schedule, so I agreed and recommended Lao Bai by the way."

"what--"

Meng Bai sighed softly. The relationship between this father and son was indeed a bit complicated.

Although they were friends, it was not appropriate to talk too much about such family matters, so he changed the subject and asked, "What drama are you filming this time?"

"A historical drama." Zhang Ruoyun said, "It's about Huo Qubing."

"Wow, the champion marquis!" Meng Bai became interested.

To be honest, although Huo Qubing has always been very popular, there are not many film and television works specifically about him.

Most of them, like "The Emperor of Han Dynasty", serve as side stories in other stories.

There is no way, the young man is rich and born to be a god of war.

He was conferred the title of marquis in the first battle of Xiangbei, the Hexi Corridor was opened up in the second battle of Hexi, and the third battle of Mobei led to the "conquest of the Wolf's Lair".

And unlike the unlucky guy Li Guang, this guy rushed thousands of miles across the vast desert, and went straight to Huanglong as if he had opened the Beidou positioning two thousand years in advance.

In my life, I have been able to fight smoothly and have never suffered any hardship.

The key is that he died early.

TV series are charged by the number of episodes. It takes ten episodes for others to finish the novice village, but it takes him ten episodes and it's almost the end of the whole series. Naturally, no producer is willing to do it.

"That's good. At least it's quick to shoot." Meng Bai joked, "This way we won't be delayed in shooting "Forensic Qin Ming 2" next year."

"Well, not really." Bai Yu said, "The schedule I signed is about four months, so the total time should be longer."

"Seven months." Zhang Ruoyun added.

"Are you so meticulous about it?"

"Not really. It's mainly because the script is long. I see it's planned to be 70 episodes in total."

"How many?!" Meng Bai's camera almost flew out. "No, do you know how many years Huo Qubing lived? Do you plan to start filming from the moment he was born?"

"That's about right." Zhang Ruoyun said, "When I read history books before, I didn't quite believe in the setting of a 'natural god of war', so I changed his childhood experience. He started as a soldier and grew up slowly. This will better fit everyone's impression of the heroic spirit of the Western Han Dynasty."

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"No, buddy, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

"what happened?"

"My aunt is Wei Zifu, my uncle is Wei Qing, I grew up in the palace, I was born into a wealthy family. This history is there, what else do you need to be convinced of?"

"But we are a film and television drama, so we have to adapt it according to modern ideas."

"Then you can't make it up. Also, with 70 episodes, there should be a lot of romance, right? Brother, that's Huo Qubing from 'How can I have a family if the Huns are not destroyed?' Where can I get the romance for you?"

"Yes, but..."

The two began to argue about this issue, and their voices became louder and louder, until finally even the girls in the inner room were alarmed.

"Stop! Stop!" Li Qin stopped the two of them: "What are you two arguing about?"

Meng Bai and Zhang Ruoyun didn't say anything, rolled their eyes at each other, and then walked into the house at the same time.

"I'm going down to get something."

"I'm going to the bathroom."

After saying that, the two of them left together.

The three girls who were still in a daze looked at each other and could only look at the only person who remained at the scene.

"What happened to them?" Li Qin asked.

"It's nothing, just some arguments about academic issues."

Bai Yu said leisurely while brushing oil on the grill.

Liu Mengmeng, who was the one with the least relationship with the others, walked up to her boyfriend and quietly asked, "Don't you need to try to stop the fight?"

"Don't worry, it's okay. You don't understand boys. You have this kind of argument more than 800 times a day. It will be over by itself in a while."

Obviously, Bai Yu, as a man, understands homosexuality better.

Not long after, the three girls saw the two men who were so aggressive just now coming up to them arm in arm, looking like a pair of good brothers.

"Tsk." Li Qin shook her head, "Men's friendship is really strange."

"Yes, it is true." Tang Yixin and Liu Mengmeng on the side agreed deeply.

Although they have reconciled, Meng Bai still advises that it would be better to change the plot, otherwise the film will definitely be criticized.

"Everything has been prepared, but it might be difficult to change it now." Zhang Ruoyun sighed.

"Or I can teach you a trick." Meng Bai said: "Change the historical category to ancient idol drama, and then change the name of the male protagonist to 'based on Huo Qubing'."

In the past two years, many ancient costume dramas disguised as historical adaptations have basically followed this path.

"Well, I'll go talk to him later."

This "he" naturally refers to director Zhang Jian.

Seeing that the two of them were talking and laughing again, the girls finally felt relieved.

"Why don't we find a movie or TV show to watch?" Tang Yixin said, "By the way, Mr. Meng, when will your drama The Lost Tomb premiere?"

"Next Wednesday."

The question was answered in seconds, but the person who spoke was not Meng Bai, but Li Qin, who seemed to have nothing to do with the show.

"Oh~~~~"

The others immediately started laughing, their eyes wandering between the two of them.

Li Qin's cheeks turned slightly red, and she pretended to turn her head away and not look at everyone.

In comparison, Meng Bai's expression was much more natural, and he even raised his eyebrows at a few people with complacency.

There was also a TV on the second floor. Meng Bai fiddled with it while asking, "What are you watching?"

"Whatever, it doesn't matter what you look at."

At a party, the main function of TV is to serve as background music.

Meng Bai casually opened the TV version of Qiyi TV, and the first cover show was "The Mystic Nine".

"Just look at this." Meng Bai joked, "It's a good opportunity to observe the enemy's situation."

I have to say that these video platforms are really good at playing nowadays.

Not only does it come with the TV, but it actually requires a separate membership.

Although the people present are all film and television practitioners, it is obvious that none of them are the type who would buy TV membership.

Anyway, it was originally just for the sake of having a voice, so there’s nothing wrong with watching the advertisement.

Meng Bai plugged in the speaker that Bai Yu had just given him, and immediately a burst of cheerful advertising music started to sound.

“Pinduoduo, Pinduoduo, the more you buy, the more you save.

If you want to play, you must play Pinduoduo. Play Pinduoduo anytime and anywhere every day.

Pinduoduo..."

(End of this chapter)