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

Chapter 268: Does Aquaman still need routines?
After walking out of Landao Liuting Airport, Meng Bai handed his luggage to Hua Yan, his assistant who came to pick him up. He took a deep breath of the moist air and stretched.

Although he has been in Beijing North for several years, he still feels more comfortable in Landao.

This is also why Arclight Pictures’ office building and his villa are both located next to the park.

At least the air quality will be better.

On the way to the set, Meng Bai glanced at the driver who came to pick him up from the crew, then turned to Hua Yan and said, "So, you have completely given up on learning to drive?"

"Boss, please stop bringing up irrelevant issues." Hua Yan said depressedly.

It took her more than a year to pass the second subject, and she still hasn't passed the third subject.

The driving school coaches all advised her that people should learn to give up.

Fortunately, transportation in northern Beijing is convenient. No matter where she goes now, she either takes a taxi or rides with Meng Bai's driver.

Speaking of which, this girl is also one of the veterans of Arclight. As Meng Bai's personal assistant, although her position in Arclight is not high, her invisible status is very high.

Her annual salary is hundreds of thousands, and apart from being a little short, she is a standard white, rich and beautiful woman.

"I've always been curious." Meng Bai said, "Why is there no one chasing you?"

"Yes, but I'm just too lazy to bother with him." Hua Yan said uninterestedly, "Men in the three-dimensional world are all pigs, they are not as fragrant as my paper man!"

"Hey, little girl, you are too extreme. There are still many good men. For example, your boss is a typical example of all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics."

"Haha, Boss, guess who my impressions come from?"

"Ha, the weather on Blue Island is pretty good today..."

After driving for more than twenty minutes, we slowly turned into a large courtyard.

The guardhouses and buildings in the compound are painted in classic blue and white. There are several police cars parked in the compound, and a sign that reads "Lüteng City Public Security Bureau Binhai Branch" is hung at the door.

Anyone who comes here will subconsciously feel that this is a legitimate public security bureau.

But in fact, this is an abandoned textile factory, which was rebuilt by the crew of Arc Light and turned into the "Coastal Police Station" in "Day and Night".

The biggest advantage of shooting the same series of works in the same city is that it can save a lot of location selection costs.

For example, many places used in "Day and Night" are scenes that were previously surveyed when filming "Criminal Mind" and "Forensic Qin Ming".

Including many props prepared previously, they can also be reused.

From large items like police cars and uniforms to small items like document paper, many of them are leftovers from previous operations.

In this way, the several works appear to be particularly unified in many details.

Although "Green Ivy City" is fictional, with so many details like this, many viewers will naturally start to regard it as a real city.

In fact, there are already many fans online who have started to create some secondary creations of the "Green Ivy Series" or play with memes.

There were even some netizens who joked that there were too many criminals in "Green Vine City" and that a provincial task force was urgently needed to crack down on them.

Although now no one even knows which province Green Vine belongs to.

"Old Wang, Senior Brother."

When he arrived at the director team, Meng Bai greeted Wang Wei and Wang Longzheng who were discussing something.

He looked around and asked, "Where's Mr. Pan? There's no footage of him today?"

“Oh, I gave him two days off.” Wang Wei said, “The Lost Tomb has become popular recently, and many media outlets have come to interview him. It’s also a good publicity opportunity for the crew, so I adjusted his schedule so that he can finish the work in two days.”

Generally speaking, the production crew does not like the leading actors to have to run other schedules during filming.

Firstly, it will be more troublesome to arrange the time, and secondly, it will interrupt the performance rhythm of the character.

But it's not absolute. For example, if an actor suddenly becomes popular halfway through the filming of a drama, most crews would still be happy to see it.

"What is the current shooting progress?" Meng Bai asked.

"About one third."

The crew of "Day and Night" are all veterans of Arc Light, and they cooperate with each other very well.

Except for the long shot at the beginning which took up a lot of time, the subsequent shooting progressed very quickly.

Meng Bai calculated that at this rate, the filming would be completed in about a month and a half.

After chatting with Wang Wei for a while, he had a general idea of the situation of the crew during the time he was away.

"Which scene are we going to shoot today?"

"The kidnapping case of the rich second generation."

As a screenwriter, Meng Bai naturally reacted instantly. This is a case that happened in the middle of the entire drama. The main plot is that the kidnappers wanted to kidnap a rich second-generation for ransom, but ended up kidnapping a nightclub waiter by mistake.

This waitress has a sister who had some disputes with Guan Hongyu before, but she mistakenly thought that the other party was Guan Hongfeng.

As she couldn't find her brother, she came to the police station to ask Captain Guan, with whom she had a "one-night stand", for help.

Here is a tidbit: the actress who plays "Sister" is called Ma Wei, who is Wang Taling's girlfriend in real life.

She also participated in the previous filming of "Painting Jianghu: The Bad Guys" by Wu Bai, and she is considered an actor who has collaborated with Hu Guang many times.

Meng Bai naturally thought of this matter, and took advantage of the fact that Wang Long was there to make a joke about it.

"Well, there is something I want to tell you."

Wang Longzheng, who was teased, coughed lightly and whispered to Meng Bai.

"what's up?"

"That's right." Wang Longzheng smiled, "I've actually been planning to propose to her recently."

"Wow!" Meng Bai exclaimed, and then said happily: "This is great! Do you have any plans?"

"Ah, does this require any planning?"

"You can't just wake up one morning, without washing your face or brushing your teeth, and just take a ring and propose to someone."

Meng Bai looked experienced: "As a girl, you have to have a sense of ceremony, right?"

Wang Longzheng thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.

"So what do you think we should do?"

When it comes to matters like this, many men always like to hear their buddies' opinions, regardless of whether the other party has experience or not.

"Well..."

Meng Bai touched his chin. To be honest, he didn't have any good ideas.

Don't think that Aquaman is very experienced. In fact, many times it may be just the opposite.

Just like Meng Bai, most of the time he can solve more than 90% of the problems with just his looks, without having to think of any tricks.

The two men pulled Wang Wei over, and the three of them started to think about it together.

As I was thinking, I suddenly heard a voice coming from beside me.

"Uncle!"

Meng Ziyi ran over in surprise and looked at Meng Bai: "When did you come back?"

"Just now."

"So, how long will you stay this time?"

"It should take some time."

Seeing the three people looking thoughtful, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you thinking about?"

Wang Longzheng briefly explained the matter to her.

"Propose!"

Meng Ziyi's eyes lit up, and he said with great interest: "Isn't this simple?"

"How to say?"

"Let's do this. Brother Wang and Sister Ma Wei will be performing a scene together tonight. Let's design a new plot then."

Meng Ziyi acted like a commander: "Just follow the plot first, and then tell her to see the evidence. Then show her some of your old photos and videos, and take this opportunity to kneel down and propose to her."

After saying that, she looked at the three of them and said with a proud expression, "What do you think of my idea?"

"..."

Wang Longzheng and Wang Wei looked at each other and thought it was not bad.

Meng Bai, who was standing by, commented: "It's a bit vulgar."

Meng Ziyi glanced at him and said, "Then tell me one."

"Being vulgar has its advantages. It is safer."

"what--"

(End of this chapter)