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

Chapter 282 Bai Lu is not allowed to enter
When Zhao Jinmai heard Meng Bai's words, his eyes lit up.

"Thank you, producer brother!" the little girl said excitedly, "I'll tell my mom later."

Meng Bai looked at her happy face and joked, "I should have said it earlier. This way, I could have heard you call me brother a few more times."

"Hehe..." Zhao Jinmai smiled a little embarrassedly.

In fact, she is more accustomed to calling Meng Bai "producer brother" as she did when filming "Psychological Crime 1".

It's just that I'm a little embarrassed because I'm getting older.

“Is your mom on the set?”

"exist."

"Okay, then I'll go talk to her directly later."

Like most child stars, Zhao Jinmai has not signed with any company yet. Her mother is in charge of her agent and assistant team.

As a weak minor, the girl has no say on what film to film and must get the consent of her guardian.

In fact, generally speaking, no one would disagree. After all, Zhao Jinmai is not that famous.

The only thing I might worry about is that the filming period of the movie coincides with the high school entrance examination, which may affect my grades.

After all, even if you want to take the art exam, you have to go to high school first.

Bai Lu on the side looked at Zhao Jinmai with envy, and then raised her hand excitedly: "Boss, I can call you 'brother' too."

"..."

"..."

Looking at the two people looking at each other in bewilderment, Bai Lu withdrew her hand somewhat awkwardly: "Haha, I, I was just joking."

"It's a good drive, don't drive it next time."

Meng Bai glanced at her, but still added: "In the next year of Huguang, I will try to do some ancient idol projects. When there is a suitable role, I will contact your agent."

"real?!"

Bai Lu asked in surprise. Seeing Meng Bai nod affirmatively, she said happily, "Thank you, 'Producer Brother'!"

"…Hey, Xiao Yang, put up a sign at the entrance of the company that says 'No entry during Bailu'."

"I'm sorry, boss! I was wrong, please forgive me!"
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In the last month of 2016, the film and television industry has reached its year-end closing time, and various award ceremonies and galas have been opened one after another.

Unlike previous years, Meng Bai is also busy this year.

Although major mainstream awards still do not have online drama units, various video websites still have platforms like Weibo, and there are also many evening party events such as "Starry Night".

Especially this year there is also a "Golden Bone Flower Online Drama Festival" for new scripts.

Although because it is the first session, it does not attract much attention and cannot be considered authoritative.

However, as a rare award specifically for online dramas, the film and television companies and platforms in the industry are still quite supportive, and basically everyone who has time to attend will be there.

Meng Bai was naturally not absent, after all, the organizer personally invited him on Weibo.

In order to prevent him from coming, they even revealed the Arc Light's award in advance.

"Best Online Drama" "The Mysterious City", "The Online Drama with the Most Brand Value" "Soul Ferry" series, "Best Online Drama Actor" "Forensic Qin Ming" Zhang Ruoyun, "Best Online Drama Supporting Actor" "Soul Ferry 2" Yu Yi...

Because this was the first session, the works selected were from 2015 and 2016, which is why "Soul Ferry", which has been broadcast for a long time, was able to win the award.

Even Meng Bai himself has an "Outstanding Contribution Award in the Online Film and Television Industry".

This is indeed a well-deserved title. After all, he has many labels such as "the originator of online dramas", "the ceiling of online dramas", and "the first team of online dramas". It would be unreasonable to give this title to anyone else except him.

He even suspected that this award was specially set up for him.

No matter what, it is always a happy thing to win an award. It doesn't matter if it is not very authoritative, it is also good to take it back to the company's honor room to show off.

While attending various evening parties and celebrations, Meng Bai also took some time out of his busy schedule to pay attention to "The Great Wall" which was released in the middle of the month.

As a film with multiple buffs such as "co-production between China and the United States", "fantasy blockbuster", "all-star cast", "years of polishing", and "Jing Tian as the heroine", "The Great Wall" has been attracting much attention since the project was launched.

As the company's last and largest project this year, Leshi Pictures has been working hard to promote it.

Moreover, with the reputation of Zhang Yimou and the support of China Film Group and Wanda, the comprehensive screening volume is as high as 45%.

In other words, if you go to the cinema recently, there are only two choices: "The Great Wall" and others.

Chen Sicheng and Meng Bai also complained in a private chat that if "Detective Chinatown" had such resources, the total box office could increase by at least 5 million.

However, the opening performance of "The Great Wall" is worthy of such a big fanfare.

Including the advance screenings during the first three days of the weekend, the cumulative box office reached 4.96 million yuan, topping the single-day box office charts for three consecutive days.

Although this is also related to the lack of competitors during this period, the nearly 70% share of the box office still shows that the audience has trust in Master Zhang.

Unfortunately, the film's ratings seem to indicate that Zhang Yimou has failed this time. After three days of release, the rating is only 5 points, and there is a downward trend.

In various online movie communities, audiences also have a lot of complaints.

"It was a shortened version of the Olympic opening ceremony. Zhang Yimou used his usual human wave tactics to create a boring 'Ultraman Jingtian' fighting monsters."

"The number of complaints is as large as the appetite of a glutton."

"Master Zhang has been honorably included on the blacklist of those who have lost their integrity in their later years!"

"Zhang Yimou is dead."

"..."

Among all the negative reviews, more than half were directed at the movie, and the other half were all directed at Zhang Yimou.

But to be honest, Zhang Yimou was more or less wronged.

It is obvious from looking at the production team and main creative staff of this movie that more than 80% of them are from Hollywood.

Even industry insiders like Meng Bai have heard that this time several producers have almost completely copied Hollywood's "producer-centered system."

The entire shooting process and the final effect are almost entirely decided by the American personnel.

Zhang Yimou, the chief director, doesn't even have the final editing rights.

Even the classic Hollywood scene of "the white male protagonist and the oriental girl making out" took a lot of effort and negotiation from him before he finally convinced the American team to give up.

But what can I say? Reasons are reasons, but you still have to endure the scolding.

After all, the audience spent money to go to the cinema just for you, and then they found out that they were cheated, so they deserve to be criticized.

In fact, for the film's investors, whether the audience criticizes the film or not is a small matter, as long as the box office can be maintained.

Unfortunately, as the film’s reputation deteriorated, the box office of "The Great Wall" also plummeted.

It sold nearly 5 million yuan in the first three days of the first weekend, but by the second weekend the total box office was only million yuan.

Half a month after its release, the daily box office dropped to the level of 10 or 20 million, and it was very difficult to break through 1 billion.

At this growth rate, let alone making money, it is even a question whether the box office can exceed the production and promotion costs.

Being scolded is a small matter, losing money is a big matter.

As the main investor, Leshi's president Zhang Zhao posted seven Weibo posts in five days, cursing those who gave bad reviews to "The Great Wall" online, and even posted the accounts of several film review self-media.

In this regard, netizens have only one comment: he is anxious, he is anxious.

This movie was not only mocked on the Internet, but also received a lot of ridicule on the American Internet because of Matt Damon's participation in the film.

"Is this the movie that made Matt Damon give up this year's Oscar favorite Manchester by the Sea and travel all the way to the other side of the ocean to shoot?"

American netizens: (*^▽^*)→Matt Damon

Fortunately, netizens' criticism of "The Great Wall" did not last long.

Another movie "The Ferryman" released at the end of the year, sacrificed himself to block the wind for it.

This movie, produced by Wang Jiawei and directed by Zhang Jiajia, caused huge controversy as soon as it was released.

Most of the audience’s comments were that they “couldn’t understand it and didn’t like it”.

Then, I don’t know what evil King of Sunglasses did, but he just posted “I like it” on Weibo.

Soon after, dozens of celebrities followed suit and said “I like it” due to personal connections or company requirements.

It can be said that this wave has fully demonstrated the custom of "banding together and following the trend" in the film and television industry.

However, not everyone is so "obedient". Wang Chuanjun, who became famous for "Love Apartment", posted a Weibo saying "I don't like it".

Speaking of which, his fame and status are actually not that big, and he can barely be considered a third-tier star in the circle.

If I post something on Weibo normally, few people will pay attention to it.

But unfortunately, this node is a little special.

The audience's rebellious mentality has reached its peak under the wave of stars forming groups in the entertainment industry. As soon as they see someone starting a group, they immediately follow suit.

Not only did Wang Chuanjun’s Weibo post become a popular check-in point for netizens, the term “I don’t like it” also directly became a hot search.

For the celebrities who had previously participated in the group, this is simply a slap in the face.

As a result, fans of each film, the movie’s online troll army, angry audiences, and netizens who just wanted to have fun instantly started arguing with each other online.

The last days of 2016 passed amidst these complicated quarrels.

(End of this chapter)