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

Chapter 39: Little Fangirl and the Eavesdropper

In the lounge next to the "Convenience Store" set, Li Qin was boredly scrolling through the comments from fans on her Weibo.

"Qinbao is so beautiful! (﹃)"

"Sister, kill me!!!"

"Wow! Did Qinqin make a horror movie? I really want to watch it but I don't dare to do it!"

"Sister, let's just say why do you want to take on a web drama? It's too degrading!"

"Exactly, what's the standard of this studio! Don't they even read the script?"

……

"I accepted the role only after reading the script, okay?" Li Qin secretly complained while looking at the comments on Weibo.

Of course, she definitely couldn't say such things. The most she could say was "I chose this role because I really liked the script. This role is very challenging, so please look forward to it" and so on.

Just as she was about to reply to the fan who asked "Why did you take on a web drama?", Li Qin suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the lounge.

She was wondering what was going on when she saw her assistant Jia Jia push the door and walk in.

"What's going on outside?"

"Oh, a very beautiful girl came. She is said to be the replacement actor found by Producer Meng. The men in the production crew saw her and are watching." Jia Jia curled her lips, expressing her disdain for the men outside the door who "judged her words based on her appearance."

Li Qin became curious after hearing this, so he stood up, walked to the door and took a look outside.

Sure enough, a pretty girl was standing in front of Wu Bai with a nervous expression, listening to her arranging the scenes.

"She is indeed very beautiful." Li Qin nodded in agreement.

Meng Bai is a guy with good taste, and the actresses he chooses are all quite pretty.

"I think I'm far worse than you." Jia Jia stated her position decisively.

Li Qin turned around and smiled at her, "Although you are a hard-core flatterer, but... I like it. By the way, where is Meng Bairen?"

"Oh, I just saw him with another girl. The girl was quite friendly towards Producer Meng. I wonder if the two knew each other before."

“Ah, so…”

Upon hearing this, Li Qin responded with a subtle expression, then returned to her seat and sat down.

Jia Jia asked doubtfully: "Sister Qin, aren't you going to take a look?"

"Ha, what does it have to do with me? What should I go to see?"

"Oh——" Jia Jia added an ambiguous ending, smiled, and said nothing.

Li Qin reopened Weibo and thought of the comment she had not replied to just now.

I typed two words, but it didn’t feel right, so I deleted them.

I typed two more words, but still felt it was not right, so I deleted them.

Forget it, I won’t go back!

Li Qin was scrolling through the trending searches on Weibo in a somewhat annoyed manner, swiping her fingers back and forth, but only saw one post and had no interest in clicking on it.

"This trending search is really amazing. Any little thing can make it to the top."

Li Qin hung up her phone, stood up, and raised her voice, "I'm going out to get some fresh air and go to the bathroom."

After saying that, he walked out without waiting for the assistant to react.

After leaving the house, Li Qin walked towards the outside of the studio with a calm expression, looking around from time to time when no one was paying attention. Not long after she walked, she saw Meng Bai from a distance. As the assistant said, he was talking to a beautiful girl who was very close to him.

Li Qin pretended to be casual and slowly approached, stopping beside the fence of a film set.

This position was good, not far away, and I could barely hear the two people talking. The height and angle of the fence were just enough to ensure that she would not be seen.

Eavesdropping? What eavesdropping? These two people were chatting in public, anyone who walked over here could hear them. I just happened to pass by, how could I eavesdrop?

Li Qin stood next to the fence, trying hard to listen to the conversation between the two.

"...Brother Meng Bai, don't you remember me?"

A girl's voice came with some expectation, and Li Qin's eyes widened instantly.

Did you hear such exciting news as soon as you arrived?
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Seeing Zhu Xudan's slightly tilted face, with an expression of nervousness yet expectation, Meng Bai was too embarrassed to say "Who are you?"

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have met this girl on any film crew, otherwise she would have been his junior from the same school and he should have had some impression of her.

Since I haven't seen him on the set, it must have happened when he was in school before graduation.

Recalling Zhu Xudan's information, he remembered that this girl should be in the junior college class of the acting department. Although he often went to the acting department when he was in school, the junior college class and the undergraduate class of the Central Academy of Drama had different class hours and were not in the same dormitory, so there was generally no opportunity for communication.

The only possible place of intersection is the club drama performances at the Experimental Theater.

When his thoughts reached this point, Meng Bai seemed to have some vague memories.

"When we were rehearsing our senior year graduation drama at the Experimental Theater, several freshman girls went to help. One of them put the props upside down and almost got scolded. That was you, right?" Meng Bai searched the corner of his memory palace and dug out the few remaining memories.

Zhu Xudan's eyes lit up and he said happily, "It's me, it's me! Senior brother, you spoke up for me at that time! Hehe, you really still remember it."

Meng Bai was also somewhat surprised by this chance encounter, and subconsciously smiled and said, "Is it really you? Wow, you've grown so big after not seeing you for a few years."

"..."

"Pfft——" Li Qin who was behind the fence almost laughed out loud. How did you blurt out this "exclusive polite words for elders when going home for the New Year" that suddenly popped up?

On the other side, Zhu Xudan looked at Meng Bai in confusion, wondering how he suddenly became a "child who grew up under someone's watch".

"Sorry, sorry." Meng Bai waved his hands: "I just feel that saying this in this kind of situation seems to be a fixed combination. Sorry."

"It's okay." Zhu Xudan didn't care and said happily, "Brother Meng Bai, I'm very happy that you remember me."

"Well, I'm just a passerby senior among you. Remember, don't be happy." Meng Bai said with a self-deprecating smile.

"How could that be? We all thought you were amazing, senior brother!" Zhu Xudan said anxiously, "The sophomore and junior sisters introduced you to us. The script you wrote was used as the graduation play, and the novel you wrote online was also adapted into a movie. It's amazing!"

At this point, she seemed to remember something and continued, "And Senior Sister Song Zhi, you two were like the male and female protagonists in a campus drama in our eyes. A screenwriter and an actor, and both were so outstanding. We were so envious."

After that, Zhu Xudan asked curiously, "By the way, how is Senior Sister Song Zhi now? Are you all okay? I heard that she seemed to have been admitted to the People's Art Theater Troupe. I thought you would choose to work together."

"Ah, your Senior Sister Song..."

Meng Bai smiled calmly and said, "She should be doing fine now."

Although Meng Bai spoke calmly, everyone could hear the unfamiliarity in his tone.

The smile on Zhu Xudan's lips slowly faded, and she asked cautiously: "Senior Brother, you and Senior Sister Song...you..."

"We broke up." Meng Bai did not hide anything and stated the result generously.

Behind the fence, Li Qin widened his eyes.

It was worth it to wait here for half a day, I could actually eat such a big melon!
(End of this chapter)