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

Chapter 307 "Doing Justice for Heaven" and "Blessing Potion"

Li Yitong stayed in Changsha for three days before finally leaving.

Compared to the brisk pace with which she came, her steps seemed a little shaky when she left.

In addition, she also wore a mask and sunglasses.

Because of the sudden popularity of "Tong Ronger", she is now very popular and it is inevitable that she will be recognized.

With these covers, if fans discover her, it can slightly hide her slightly red and swollen crescent eyes and hoarse voice.

I have to say that Meng Bai is indeed a good screenwriter.

In just a few days, an entire plot was set up.

From the drugs at the beginning, to the coercion, to the training, then the hesitation and entanglement, half-heartedness, until finally being completely immersed in depravity...

Real-life role-playing + exclusive customized plot, it's simply awesome!
If Li Yitong's agent couldn't delay the schedule planning and called to urge her, she would probably have to stay for a few more days.

The only pity was that the clothes did not last until the end. They were in a terrible state by the next day, causing "Lady Huang" to be directly sent to the Beggars' Sect.

When she thought of her experiences over the past few days, Li Yitong's pretty face, hidden under the large mask, couldn't help but blush.

Bah! I said that guy is a pervert, and I was absolutely right.

But after cursing in her heart, she couldn't help but cover her face and laughed foolishly.

Compared to Li Yitong, Meng Bai's condition is slightly better.

As a veteran who has been through many battles, he naturally knows when to take shortcuts and when to save effort.

He did not follow Li Yitong back to Jingbei, but went directly to Landao.

……

Oriental Movie Metropolis, the filming studio of "Crazy Alien".

"Director Ning, thank you so much for lending us the space capsule scene this time."

In the studio, Meng Bai looked at a middle-aged man with a big forehead and a somewhat funny face and said.

"Haha, Mr. Meng, you're too polite. Anyway, we can't start filming until July, and this place is idle now, so you might as well trouble us to help with the running-in." Ning Hao said with a loud laugh.

Compared to Guo Fan, Ning Hao is much more famous.

The original "Crazy Series" became a classic domestic film that achieved great success with small investment, and has been played over and over again by entertainment protagonists of all generations.

In 2014, a "fun" movie "Lost in Thailand" beat out a number of blockbusters and won the annual domestic film box office championship.

It can be said that before "Happy Twist" came out last year, the iron triangle of Ning Hao, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo was the strongest comedy combination in China.

Not only that, he has also been cooperating with China Film Group for many years and can be considered half-family.

When China Film Group originally planned to prepare domestic science fiction films, it was not just "The Wandering Earth", but also several other IPs belonging to Liu Cixin, such as "Rural Teachers" and "Micro Era".

Ning Hao was also approached for the project of The Wandering Earth at the beginning, but considering the difficulty of filming, he finally gave up and chose The Rural Teacher instead.

Then, we have the upcoming "Crazy Alien".

Meng Bai had also read the original novel of "Rural Teacher" before. It was a short story of no more than ten thousand words.

The story is about a teacher in a remote mountainous area who, in the last stage of his life, made his students remember the "Three Laws of Newton". Then, in the selection of advanced civilizations, they passed the civilization test with these three laws and avoided the destruction of the earth.

"Crazy Alien" is a comedy story about an alien who accidentally lands and a monkey trainer played by Huang Bo, and the training and counter-training between them.

How to say it, anyway, apart from the setting of "interaction between alien civilization and ordinary people at the grassroots level", Meng Bai really can't see any connection between the two.

But it doesn’t matter what the script is like. With names like Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Shen Teng and Xu Zheng in the cast, the movie’s box office is guaranteed.

The filming studio of this movie is right next to "The Wandering Earth". During the preparation period, Guo Fan went there every day to get familiar with the audience.

Seeing that the space capsule scene built by the crew was big and beautiful, this guy shamelessly asked if he could borrow it.

Ning Hao was also generous and waved his hand - take it for free!

This saved "The Wandering Earth" millions of dollars in set costs.

Not only that, the space suits used by the astronauts in the "Navigator Space Station" were also borrowed from them.

Even Ning Hao himself was "pulled" over by Guo Fan and made a cameo appearance in the movie as the boss of a kebab shop in an underground city.

It really is, it is simply “the timely rain of the modern times”.

In the past, Meng Bai would have given him a banner that read "Doing justice for the heavens" or, no, "Providing timely assistance".

Perhaps because he was helped by China Film when he first entered the industry, Ning Hao has been helping the development of new generation directors and domestic films in recent years. Bad Monkey Pictures, which he founded, also proposed a "Bad Monkey 72 Transformations Movie Plan" last year.

This plan is somewhat similar to the "Arc Alliance" formed by Meng Bai and Wu Bai, both of which help young film and television practitioners complete projects.

However, "Arc Light Alliance" mainly targets online dramas, while "Bad Monkey" focuses more on movies.

Perhaps it is for this reason that Ning Hao and Meng Bai have a lot in common.

"I know Director Wu Bai. Although the film he shot, 'Car Washing', was a short film, the atmosphere and camera language were already at the level of a mature director."

"Indeed, I watched this short film when I first collaborated with Director Wu." Meng Bai said, "By the way, we at Arclight have a movie project in the second half of the year, and he is the director."

"Mr. Meng also makes movies?" Ning Hao asked in surprise.

But after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but slap his head.

If Arc Light doesn't make movies, what is Meng Bai doing here?
After listening to Guo Fan's introduction, I realized that in addition to "The Wandering Earth", they have already invested in and produced two other films, "Detective Chinatown" and "Wolf Warrior 2".

"Haha, it's no wonder Director Ning misunderstood." Meng Bai took the initiative to explain: "Previous films were basically investments, and this is the first film that Arclight is in charge of. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is a newcomer."

"I wish Mr. Meng a big box office success in advance."

"Blessings and blessings."

Ning Hao thought about it, looked at Meng Bai and said, "If Mr. Meng is interested in the newcomer movie, we can talk more about it another day."

His "Bad Monkey Project" has been calling on more filmmakers to join in recent years, but capital still trusts the "big directors, popular actors, and IP" approach more, and there are few supporters.

It's a rare opportunity to meet someone like Meng Bai today who is willing to help new talents develop. Although our tracks are slightly different, they are both in the film and television industry after all.

What's more, from what he said, the other party will probably add film business in the future, so we will meet sooner or later.

So Ning Hao also wanted to invite him to see if there was any possibility of cooperation.

Meng Bai naturally had no objection and agreed immediately. They agreed to chat after they were done with their work in the second half of the year.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Ning Hao said that he had something else to do and left first.

Watching the other party leave, Meng Bai and Guo Fan started chatting about their own movies.

"Brother Jing is here?" Meng Bai asked.

Guo Fan nodded: "He came last week and has been filming his scenes these past few days."

"What about the ground line? Are they shooting simultaneously?"

"No, it's temporarily suspended."

Meng Bai paused: "What do you mean? Is there any problem?"

Guo Fan waved his hand, "Don't be nervous, it's okay. Mai Mai has the high school entrance exam in a week or so, so she'll go back to review for now. Qu Chuxiao will graduate this year and has to go back to school to go through some formalities. Uncle Da's health isn't very good either, and Director Wu happened to be here, so I stopped there for a few days."

"Before I knew it, it's graduation season again."

Meng Bai sighed, "I was thinking a few days ago, if we shoot a youth film before, and take advantage of this time to release it, and then use the box office share to invest, then this funding problem will be solved."

“You’re using the money from A Chinese Odyssey to shoot Ashes of Time, right?” Guo Fan smiled. “What a pity. This is not the era of Hong Kong films anymore. If the funding is not resolved in the end, the gap will be even bigger.”

Meng Bai also smiled. The environment has changed. Many of the cool moves that were possible before are now difficult to replicate.

"Let's think of something feasible." Guo Fan said, "I was originally planning to talk to Brother Jing today to see if I could convert his guest appearance pay into investment or something like that. It just so happens that you're here today, so if we go together to discuss it, the chances of success should be higher."

"Hey, is Brother Jing's wife here?"

"I came yesterday, so today is just the right time to shoot their scenes." Guo Fan said.

Meng Bai had mentioned before that he wanted to invite Xie Nan to make a guest appearance as well.

Wu Jing went back and told the sister about it. When she heard that it was Liu Cixin's work, she immediately agreed happily.

Guo Fan arranged a role for her as a female astronaut, and she and Wu Jing were both on the "Navigator Space Station". He also specially arranged a line of dialogue for her and a scene where they appeared in the same frame.

"You came just in time." Meng Bai said with a smile, "Call me to chat later."

"Are you sure she can convince Wu Jing?" Guo Fan asked doubtfully.

Judging from his experience as a married man, Wu Jing is obviously a typical straight man with a more chauvinistic attitude, and he is definitely the one who takes charge at home.

"You haven't watched Brother Jing's previous variety show 'Courtship Period'." Meng Bai patted Guo Fan on the shoulder, "Whether it's useful or not, it's better than nothing anyway."

This is just like the props like "blessing potion" in the game. It's hard to say whether it is useful or not, but it can always provide some psychological comfort.
(End of this chapter)