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

Chapter 271 Mom, Ex-girlfriend, and Niece
The drama "Sparrow" was produced jointly by Huanrui Century and the Golden Shield Film and Television Center of the Logistics Support Department.

It should be made clear that the "Golden Shield Film and Television Center of the Ministry of General Logistics" is not the same as the "Golden Shield Film and Television Cultural Center of the Ministry of Public Security", the co-producer of "Day and Night Chase".

The latter is a film and television agency directly under the Ministry of Public Security, a formal official organization. The "Golden Shield Film and Television" often mentioned on the Internet usually refers to it.

Strictly speaking, the "Golden Shield Film and Television Center of the Logistics Support Department" should be called the "Golden Shield Publishing House Golden Shield Film and Television Center". It is just an institution within the Beijing Golden Shield Publishing House.

However, because Golden Shield Publishing House is sponsored by the General Logistics Department of the Central Military Commission, it can also use an official brand to the outside world, which makes it much easier to operate many projects.

The cast of "Sparrow" can be said to be the strongest among the spy war dramas aired this year.

Li Feng, Zhou Dongyu, Zhang Ruoyun, Song Zhi, Zhang Luyi, Wang Jinsong... the standard "popular leading actors + powerful supporting actors".

This is also the most common actor pairing in film and television projects in the past two years. The popular leading actors are responsible for the ratings, while the powerful supporting actors ensure the overall quality.

The screenwriter is Hai Fei, who has won the People's Literature Award. The film is adapted from his novel of the same name. The prototype character is based on Tang Shengming, a "legendary spy" who is known as "lucky in all attribute points."

Obviously, the producers of "Sparrow" hope to replicate the success of last year's "The Disguiser".

Unfortunately, the final result was not as expected.

With the support of a group of popular actors, the ratings were pretty good, barely breaking 2 at its peak.

But the word of mouth was quite bad, and even at the finale, the Douban score was only 6.4 points.

The main points of complaint from the audience are that the actor Li Feng's acting is too bad, and the image of the heroine's character is too bad.

After the entire drama was aired, the most discussed and hottest characters were the second male and second female characters played by Zhang Ruoyun and Song Zhi.

"Why don't you let Song Zhi play the female lead? Her image is obviously more suitable."

In the comment section, many viewers expressed their sympathy for Song Zhiming.

"Oh, that's not the case. The heroine 'Xu Bicheng' is a growing character, and the previous plots definitely don't look as good as the second female lead."

Lying on the large hotel bed, Song Zhi spoke in a "rational and objective" tone.

Meng Bai glanced at her and said, "Girl, if you didn't smile so happily when you said this, I would really believe it."

"hey-hey……"

Song Zhi, who was caught, laughed a little embarrassedly.

After all, which actor doesn't like to hear praise from the audience?

Although the external statement is "Don't put down one and praise another, everyone has their own wonderful qualities", can't we be allowed to have some fun in private?

"By the way, please scroll down. When I looked at it before, I found that there were quite a few comments mentioning you."

"Mentioned me?"

Meng Bai raised his eyebrows and flipped back a few pages.

You know what, he actually saw a few discussions about himself.

"Sparrow 6.4, Rouge 5.9, Decryption 5.2. This year's spy dramas are really one lousy after another."

"If you want to blame someone, blame The Disguiser. It started the trend of 'spy idol dramas'."

"Forget it. The Disguiser has a score of 8.6. Isn't your comment just like 'I didn't get into Tsinghua University because I chose science with the top student'?"

"I wonder when I can see Noon Sunshine and Meng Bai team up again, maybe to make a "The Disguiser 2"."

"Forget about it, Noon Sunshine has also started filming web series this year, all of which are suspense and detective stories. It's good for both sides not to compete now, so how can they cooperate again?"

"Indeed, instead of thinking about cooperation between the two parties, it is more likely that Arclight will shoot the film itself."

"Don't mention it. I've never watched any spy-themed web dramas."

"..."

Meng Bai was just having fun at first, but as he watched, he gradually frowned and began to think deeply.

Seeing this, Song Zhi on his body asked curiously, "Why, are you really thinking of filming a spy war web drama?"

"It's hard to get approval for a web series based on suspense themes, but there's no need for that, as spy war themes are a legitimate genre." Meng Bai shook his head.

"So you mean you want to make a TV series." Song Zhi asked doubtfully, "Hasn't Arclight only made web series?"

"Where did you hear this rumor? Movies, TV series, and web series are all within Arclight's business scope."

Previously, most of Arclight Films’ channel resources were concentrated on video platforms, so the projects were mainly online dramas.

However, with the establishment of cooperation with Huace Film & TV and Ruyi Film this year, ArcLight’s resource channels have suddenly broadened.

In fact, as early as when he signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huace, Meng Bai had considered trying the TV drama field.

However, during this period of time, I have not yet considered which subject to start with.

After all, the censorship system for TV dramas is much stricter than that for online dramas, and the "suspense and criminal investigation" genre that Arc Light is best at is the hardest hit.

But today's comment inspired him.

Compared to ancient costume dramas, romance, urban dramas and the like, "spy war" is a pretty good entry point.

Firstly, there is the successful experience of "The Pretender", and secondly, this subject matter can actually be considered as part of suspense.

"So Arc Light is also planning to make a spy drama?"

"It's hard to say right now. I have to go back and discuss it with the company's project department."

"Well--"

Song Zhi blinked, leaned close to Meng Bai and said, "Then I can make an appointment for an internal audition in advance."

"Didn't you say you didn't want to film a spy movie?"

"If it were someone else, that would be the case, but if you want to take the photo, I can still give you some face."

Song Zhi tilted his little face to the side with an expression that said, "Look how good I am to you."

Meng Bai laughed: "There's not even a script yet, who knows if the role is suitable for you."

"We'll decide whether it's suitable or not when the time comes. Anyway, I'll make a reservation first."

"You can make a reservation, but you have to show some expression."

Song Zhi rolled his eyes at him: "I, I'm wearing all those messy things of yours, isn't that enough?"

"Let's put it one thing at a time. The previous one doesn't count."

"Then how do you express it?"

"I just suddenly remembered that there seemed to be several other types of props and costumes in the crew..."

Song Zhi's face flushed red, and he shouted, "You hooligan! Pervert! Pervert! I will never agree to your dirty idea!"

Meng Bai turned over and pressed her under him: "Sure girl, I hope you can still be so stubborn later."

"Ah, help... you, please be gentle..."
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The set of "Day and Night". Early in the morning, Meng Ziyi left the hotel and rushed over.

Because she is still a newcomer, she doesn’t have a management team or assistant and goes back and forth by herself.

After getting out of the car, she walked towards the crew's studio compound, muttering to herself.

I don’t know where my uncle has gone these two days. I haven’t seen him.

When I asked about his assistant Huahua, he just said he had something to do outside, but I didn't know what he was doing specifically.

Could he be secretly looking for a woman?
Meng Ziyi paused and said, "Don't say it, it feels very likely."

After all, if it’s serious business, Hua Yan would usually be brought along.

Humph! Sure enough, what they say on the Internet is right, all men are pigs!
Forget it, who does he go to find? What does it have to do with my "little niece"?

In the film set, a middle-aged woman with fashionable clothes and pretty face got out of a car and looked at the crew building in front of her.

While she was hesitating, she suddenly saw Meng Ziyi who had just walked in, and hurriedly called her: "Miss, can I ask you something?"

"Ah..." Meng Ziyi was stunned for a moment when he was suddenly called, but then he smiled and said, "Sure, what can I do for you?"

"Is there a crew filming here?"

"Yes, I'm from the crew." Meng Ziyi nodded, "Who are you looking for?"

"That's a coincidence. I want to find your person in charge." The middle-aged woman said with a smile, and then added: "Oh, his name is Meng Bai."

"Are you looking for Xiao...our producer Meng?"

Meng Ziyi blinked: "Are you his?"

"I'm his mother."

"what……"

Meng Ziyi was completely stunned, standing there with his mouth slightly open.

"Are you okay, girl?" Mother Meng waved at her.

"It's okay." Meng Ziyi shook his head subconsciously, and then suddenly burst out with the greatest enthusiasm: "You are my uncle, uh, my uncle's grandmother!"

Now it was Mother Meng's turn to be stunned.

What kind of mess did this kid Meng Bai make in the crew? How come he suddenly became "super senior"?

Fortunately, Meng Ziyi quickly explained: "Hello, uncle and aunt, my name is Meng Ziyi, my parents have met you before."

When Mother Meng heard the name, she immediately realized what was going on. She smiled and pulled her aside, saying, "You are Xiao Meng! Oh, this girl is so beautiful."

"Hehe, seeing my uncle and grandma, I think everyone in our family is good-looking."

Meng Ziyi smiled sweetly.

"Meng Bai is really something. He has been in Blue Island for so long, but he never brought you over to sit and get to know you."

"My uncle said you were busy and the crew was busy filming, so he thought he would come to visit you after the filming was finished."

"Uncle...oh."

It took Mother Meng a moment to realize that the "little uncle" was referring to her son.

"You two are really so different in generation... Just call him by his name, there's not much difference in age anyway. By the way, where is he?"

"Ah, he went out for something these two days and is not here with the crew." Meng Ziyi said.

"Today is the beginning of winter, and my family is making dumplings, so I thought of sending some to him." Mother Meng shook the heavy bag in her hand, "I just asked him a few days ago and he said it was here, but I haven't seen him yet."

"How about giving him a call?"

"Forget it. If he's not here, it means he doesn't have a good time. It's a good thing you're here, Xiao Meng. Here, it's stuffed with cabbage and pork. I don't know if you like it or not."

"The cabbage and pork are good, but this is too much."

Meng Ziyi grabbed the cloth bag with some difficulty.

"I made some extra on purpose, so I could share it with my friends and colleagues on the set."

Mother Meng noticed that she was struggling to hold it, so she quickly took it back and said, "Let me join you."

"It's okay, I can do it myself, you don't have to do it."

"Let's just keep it together. You girls nowadays are too skinny."

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a staff member outside shouting, "Hello, Producer Meng."

Meng Ziyi glanced outside, and then subconsciously felt happy: "It seems that my uncle is coming."

Mother Meng also looked over and, as expected, it was her son who came.

But he was not alone, there were two girls with him.

Mother Meng frowned, wondering why the girl walking in front looked a little familiar.

"Girl, weren't you stubborn last night? You still followed me here."

"Tsk, what does it have to do with you? I'm here to visit Sister Ou, isn't that okay?"

Meng Bai and Song Zhi walked into the building noisily, followed by the girl's assistant, who was busy placing orders with the coffee shop.

When visiting a set, you can't come empty-handed.

As soon as he came in, Meng Bai saw Meng Ziyi with a strange expression. Just as he was about to raise his hand to say hello, he suddenly saw the person standing next to her.

"Uh, Mom, why are you here?"

Meng Bai said in surprise.

"You haven't been home all year, and you don't allow me to come and see you?"

"Allowed, very much allowed."

Meng Bai smiled and walked over, hugged Meng's mother's shoulders, and motioned to Meng Ziyi next to him, "This is you... uh, Xiao Meng, I think you know me."

He really didn't know how to address someone of this generation, so he just called him by his name.

"Yes, we just met."

Mother Meng said this, then took a few steps forward and looked at Song Zhi, who was now frozen in place.

"Is it Xiao Song?"

"Yes. Ah, hello, auntie."

(End of this chapter)