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

Chapter 274 Mai Mai Becomes a Girl

Meng Bai smiled at Wu Bai's sigh, but didn't say anything.

Audience preferences are often a bit mysterious, and it doesn't mean you will get good results just by putting your heart into it.

Without the help of the fragments of inspiration that have accumulated in his mind since childhood, he would not be able to ensure that every project would be outstanding.

After comforting the old man with a few words, Meng Bai turned around and saw Zhao Jinmai standing not far away.

The little girl seemed to have been standing behind him for a long time, as if she wanted to come over and say hello.

But seeing that Meng Bai was chatting with Wu Bai, he didn't feel like disturbing him and just hesitated there.

"Long time no see, Mai Mai."

Meng Bai walked over, smiled and spoke.

"Meng, producer Meng, hello."

Looking at Meng Bai standing in front of him, Zhao Jinmai called out shyly.

"Hey, now you've become 'Producer Meng'. I remember when we were filming the first movie, didn't everyone call you brother?" Meng Bai said with a smile.

"hey-hey……"

Zhao Jinmai touched his hair and smiled embarrassedly.

She was still young at that time and had just graduated from elementary school.

The crew was full of middle-aged uncles, and Meng Bai was the only young and handsome "little brother", so people subconsciously called him brother.

But two years have passed, and she is now fourteen or fifteen years old, an age when she is delicate and sensitive.

Girls grow up early, and because they have been filming all the time, they are more mature than their peers.

Now it’s a bit embarrassing to call him “Brother Meng Bai” as before.

Fortunately, Meng Bai didn't care.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you don't call me uncle, you can call me anything." He said half-jokingly.

I took a look at Zhao Jinmai. Compared with the time when she was filming "Psychological Crime 1", she has grown a lot taller. Because of the need to keep her hair short to her shoulders for filming, the baby fat on her cheeks has also begun to fade.

Combined with the school uniform, the little girl has become a young girl today.

According to the plot, "Liao Yafan" in "Psychological Crime 2" is about the same age, which is a perfect fit.

"Mai Mai, I remember you should be in the third year of junior high school this year, right?" Meng Bai asked.

Zhao Jinmai nodded her head: "Yes, school starts in September."

"Do you use the 'May 4th' system or the 'Six-Three' system in Shenyang?"

"We are the sixth grade, and this is our last year of junior high school."

"Then we will take the high school entrance exam next year, right?"

"Well, there are still seven or eight months."

"The midterm exam is in June..." Meng Bai groaned after hearing that.

It just suddenly occurred to him that if a movie version of "City Lights" was to be made next year, the girl's age would still meet the requirements of the plot, and she could continue to play "Liao Yafan".

As for the high school entrance examination, it doesn't matter. According to ArcLight's current project schedule, the film should start shooting in the second half of the year, and the exams will be finished by then.

While he was thinking, Zhao Jinmai on the opposite side would secretly glance at this "producer brother" from time to time.

Compared to the bright and confident appearance in the first film, Meng Bai now seems much more restrained. His elegant temperament has not changed, but he has become more profound.

The only thing that hasn't changed is the face.

Hehe, it looks really good!

"Snapped!"

Meng Bai looked at the dazed little girl in front of him and snapped his fingers: "What are you looking at?" "No, nothing." Zhao Jinmai's cheeks flushed a little, "I suddenly thought of school just now."

Meng Bai thought she was worried about her homework, so he comforted her, "It's okay, your part here isn't that much, it should be finished in half a month, and it won't affect your schooling."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if I'm delayed a little." Zhao Jinmai said with a smile: "My grades are still pretty good."

"Really? If you want to be an actor in the future, you can apply to the Central Academy of Drama. I will protect you."

Zhao Jinmai blinked: "Is the Central Academy of Drama better than the Beijing Film Academy?"

"Of course." Meng Bai said in an unquestionable tone: "If you want to learn directing or something like that, that's another matter, but in terms of acting, Beijing Film Academy is far behind us."

"Is that so? Okay, then I will apply to the Central Academy of Drama in the future."

"Have vision!"

Meng Bai gave the little girl a thumbs up.

I have helped spread the school's reputation. I will have to talk to Professor Zou about it and ask him to give me an award like "Outstanding Alumnus of the School".
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With Wang Taling joining the crew, "Psychological Crime 2" began its full filming.

On the other hand, the filming of "Day and Night", which took nearly three months, was also completed.

Meng Bai stayed in Blue Island for a few more days and then returned to northern Beijing.

The finale of "The Lost Tomb" was aired in the middle of the month, and he had to come back to attend the celebration party.

Tencent Video's initial expectations for this drama were to match it with last year's Qiyi TV's similar drama "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", and they thought it would only take 20 to 30 billion views.

However, the final actual data far exceeded their expectations.

After nearly two months of broadcasting, the series has accumulated 56 billion views.

Driven by this drama, the number of paying users of Tencent Video has exceeded 2000 million, making it the second video platform to achieve this achievement after Qiyi TV.

Not only is the performance outstanding, but the audience's reputation is also satisfactory.

With a Douban score of 8.1, it leads all current tomb-raiding-themed works.

"In fact, I was a little worried when it first aired, after all, the momentum of The Mystic Nine was so strong at the time."

At the celebratory party, Fang Fang said to Meng Bai with a smile.

"After all, they have a full lineup of popular stars, and it's being broadcast on both TV and the internet, so the momentum is bound to be bigger," said Meng Bai.

"Yeah." Fang Fang said with emotion: "Fortunately, we won in the end."

Meng Bai smiled silently. How to explain the win or loss? Obviously everyone has their own understanding.

Actually, to be honest, the drama "The Lost Tomb" is not bad at all. At least it is much better than the online drama and movie version of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

It’s a pity that the original work was adapted quite a lot in order to be broadcast on satellite TV, resulting in the overall performance starting high and ending low.

But even so, the total number of views of the drama finally announced to the public reached 106 billion, making it the only online drama this year to have over million views.

It is also for this reason that fans of Qiyi TV and "The Lost Tomb" have always believed that they are the real winners.

However, fans of "The Lost Tomb" obviously disagree.

"One has 48 episodes, the other has 20, the difference is more than double. What's the point of comparing the total number of views? If you want to compare, you have to compare the average number of views per episode."

Obviously, the 2.8 million-yuan "The Lost Tomb" is better than the 2.2 million-yuan "The Mystic Nine".

However, these arguments are just confrontations between the two groups of fans.

For the producers and video platforms on both sides, as long as the revenue meets the target, it is considered a success.

"Teacher Meng, long time no see."

A familiar female voice came from behind him. Meng Bai turned around and saw Ni Ni looking at him with a smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)