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

Chapter 392: It’s hard to tell what the taste of rich people is
"Boss Meng, this is the company information we sorted out in the past two days."

In the office, a thin man in his forties handed a stack of documents to Meng Bai.

"Okay, Lao Sun, please find a place to sit first. I'll take a look." Meng Bai took the document and said to the man.

The man called "Lao Sun" is the deputy general manager of Huguang and has been serving as Liu Jun's deputy for the past few years. He is average in ability, but he is very capable and can handle things on his own.

It just so happened that this time they acquired Straw Bear Entertainment, so Meng Bai arranged for him to be in charge of the operation of the new company. As for the management team under Liu Xiaofeng before, except for the grassroots employees and some middle-level managers, the rest were all cleared out and replaced with Arc Light's own people.

What Lao Sun just handed over to Meng Bai was about Straw Bear Entertainment. Oh, no, it should be the situation of the new company that has been renamed "Apocalypse Entertainment".

Meng Bai looked at the information in his hand. Although Liu Xiaofeng and his people were engaged in "black industry", their company was also doing well. The revenue in the first three quarters of this year alone was close to 500 million, and the net profit was more than 40 million, and the year-on-year data was still growing.

It seems that what the other party said before was not an exaggeration. If it weren't for this accident, the product would indeed be available on the market in two years.

Although the new company had good assets, Meng Bai didn't care too much about it. He was more concerned about the resources left behind.

The most valuable thing about this new company is its complete set of TV drama distribution channels, including major second- and third-tier satellite TV stations, municipal TV stations, and overseas distribution systems.

Huguang negotiated the premiere of Peace Hotel on CCTV, but the second and third rounds of broadcasts and distribution at all levels were done through Huace Film & TV. Although the two parties are in a cooperative relationship and Huace has done its best, it is not as convenient and safe as controlling the channels by itself.

ArcLight has basically become the leader in the field of online dramas. If it wants to make further progress, it will have to rely on the expansion of the scale of the entire market, and it has reached a bottleneck.

Therefore, if we want to continue to maintain the trend of rapid growth, we must add new business models. The two fields of film and television dramas are the next targets for Arclight to explore, so it is necessary to lay a good foundation in advance.

In addition to distribution channels, the new Apocalypse Entertainment also inherited a not-so-small library of copyrights.

Meng Bai looked through the list of existing IPs to be developed, and Lao Sun and his team had already made notes. It's true, there are quite a few good ones.

Regardless of the character of this "old idol", Wu Qilong has a good business vision. As early as 12, he cooperated with Shanda Literature, which had not yet been sold to Yuewen, and stockpiled a lot of novel copyrights.

However, due to the limitation of their own production capabilities, many of them were resold again, and most of those left were projects that were not well-known but had great potential.

Of course, these film and television copyrights now belong to the newly born Apocalypse Entertainment.

After taking a rough look at the information, Meng Bai was quite satisfied with the situation of the new company.

The two were discussing the next development plan when there was a knock on the office door. Hua Yan poked her head out from behind the door and said, "Boss, Xiao Bai and the others are here."

"I see. Let her wait a moment."

"Ok."

Hua Yan responded, then closed the door and went to the reception room. There were two young girls sitting in the room, one was Bai Lu and the other was her assistant He Handan.

"How's it going, Huahua?" Bai Lu poked her head out and looked outside. "Is the boss busy?"

"He's talking to someone and said he'll have to wait a moment." Hua Yan said, "The drinks are in the small refrigerator. You're familiar with it anyway, so just take whatever you want. I have to go back and continue reading my unfortunate reports."

"Sure, Mr. Hua, start reading the report now." Bai Lu said jokingly.

"My boss told me that I have been working as an assistant and there is no room for growth, so he asked me to learn more." Hua Yan said angrily, "Alas, I just want to be an assistant!"

"You don't really sound like a complaint."

Watching Hua Yan's petite figure leave, He Handan, who had been silent until then, looked at her bestie and said, "Your President Meng is quite caring towards his own people."

"Yes, I told you before that Mr. Meng is a very nice person."

"Just a little bit fickle."

"This..." Bai Lu didn't know how to make amends for her boss.

But He Handan changed the subject: "It's actually quite good. Thanks to him, we were doing pretty well recently."

Bai Lu couldn't help but laugh, this was indeed the truth.

As a new actor and an unknown figure in the film and television industry, although he has good resources supported by the company, he is still bound to face all kinds of cold words and insults when he is in the circle.

But after the "rumor" broke out some time ago, she suddenly found that the atmosphere around her had taken a 180-degree turn. Whether she was on a show or doing promotional activities, everyone was particularly polite to her.

The senior teachers who had previously ignored her when she took the initiative to greet them had all become more lenient. Although they were not very enthusiastic, at least they would not ignore her.

Bai Lu naturally wouldn't think that the entertainment industry had suddenly become full of truth, goodness and beauty. She knew very well that this situation had occurred entirely because everyone mistakenly thought that she was someone belonging to Mr. Meng from Arclight Film and Television.

She tried hard to explain to others at first, but soon found that she was doing nothing. And slowly, she began to feel that this state of being bullied by others was not bad, at least she didn't have to suffer so much.

Of course, there are certainly a lot of rumors and sarcasm behind the scenes, but compared to the feeling of being respected wherever you go, they are nothing worth mentioning.

However, she knew in her heart that this was just a misunderstanding, and the enthusiasm she received would naturally dissipate after it was clarified, so she did not become arrogant because of it.

Sure enough, within less than half a month, with the convening of the Arc Light press conference, her "Big Star Experience Card" was also announced to expire. Fortunately, thanks to this wave of scandals, her popularity has also increased a lot, and her situation is finally much better than before.

However, she still misses the feeling of being the center of attention from time to time some time ago.

"Alas, there is actually no need for the company to clarify in such a hurry." He Handan also sighed.

Compared to Bai Lu, as an assistant, she often has to directly contact the program team and organizers, so she feels these attitude changes more obviously.

Since following her best friend, the recent period has been the best time in her assistant career.

"Hey." He Handan touched Bai Lu's shoulder. "Do you want to reconsider the plan I mentioned before, about you hooking up with your boss? Anyway, he also said at the press conference that he likes people like you."

"She said she likes this type, not me." Bai Lu rolled her eyes.

"Almost. I think you are no worse than Li Qin and Li Yitong."

Bai Lu suppressed her upward curve of her lips and said, "Well, subjectively, I agree with your perspective, but objectively, we still have to face the fact that there is indeed a slight gap."

"This is not called a gap, this is called different styles." He Handan encouraged her, "You also have your advantages."

"for example?"

"Uh..." He Handan pondered for a long time, and finally said hesitantly: "Funny?" "..."

Bai Lu turned her face away.

Really, can being “funny” be considered an advantage at a time like this?

"Maybe. Sometimes it's hard to tell the taste of rich people." He Handan spread his hands.

Bai Lu could no longer hold back her emotions, she turned around and grabbed her bestie's neck, yelling, "I'll let you taste it! I'll let you taste it..."

"Hey, Bai Mengyan, you are a dog, you turn hostile so easily!"

"I am a dog!"

"I……"

The two best friends were used to playing and fighting, and this time they were in a mess. Both of them were panting and their cheeks were red. Bai Lu even stood up wildly to suppress the other party with her height.

They were awakened from the noise until the sound of a door opening. They came to their senses and looked towards the door.

Damn it, the boss saw this terrible scene!
Looking at the two girls in a panic in the room, Meng Bai groaned and said, "How about you guys go ahead and do your work first, and I'll come over later?"

"No, no, boss, we are just joking."

The two of them quickly stood up. Bai Lu smoothed her hair and said embarrassedly, "Sorry, Boss, we thought you were still discussing something and it would take a while."

"Oh, it's okay. I was the one who asked you to come anyway."

Meng Bai waved his hand nonchalantly, motioning for the two to sit down.

Sitting down on the sofa opposite, he just looked at Bai Lu, but all he saw was a sea of white.

"Uh..." He pointed at the other person, "How about you tidy up first?"

"what?"

Bai Lu was stunned for a moment, then looked down at her chest, her cheeks flushed. She quickly turned around to tidy up her clothes, then sat back down, with a blush on her face that took a long time to subside.

As for He Handan, she no longer had the aura of the "king of big talk" just now. She just sat aside obediently and helped her best friend to straighten the corner of her clothes.

What made the two of them relax was that Meng Bai did not make any jokes at this point, but started talking about business as if he had forgotten what had just happened.

"The reason I asked you to come here today is mainly because of the scandal a while ago."

"Ah, hasn't this been clarified?"

Bai Lu was puzzled, wondering if her boss knew that she was taking advantage of the power of her boss, but she didn't seem to have any ostentatious behavior.

"It has been clarified, so I wanted to tell you that you have been troubled by the company's reasons."

"Ah, this, haha..."

Bai Lu smiled carelessly: "It's okay, boss, I'm just helping the company attract some attention. Besides, because of this, my popularity has increased a lot recently."

"This kind of popularity is fake and has no value. Once the heat of the matter has passed, it will soon dissipate." Meng Bai said: "As an actor, you still have to rely on your works and roles to speak for yourself."

"Yes, I understand, boss."

Seeing Bai Lu nodding her head seriously, Meng Bai continued, "Although your agency contract is signed with Taiyang Chuanhe, you are still a person who left. The company happens to have two good resources, which can be regarded as compensation for you."

Bai Lu's eyes suddenly lit up, and an excited look appeared on her face, but she still tried to pretend to be open-minded and said, "It's okay, boss. I don't have any loss, so I don't need any compensation."

"Really? Then forget it."

White Dew: o((⊙﹏⊙))o
She glanced at her bestie beside her - didn't you say that in the workplace, when the boss wants to give you something, you have to refuse it before accepting it? How come this routine is different?

He Handan rolled his eyes: What I'm telling you is, the boss has already given you the thing, so you can be polite. How can you refuse before you even get the thing?

Seeing the mask of pain on Bai Lu's face, Meng Bai smiled and stopped teasing her: "Okay, both of you stop looking away. Don't worry, since the company said it will give it to you, it will not take it back."

Bai Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but then couldn't help showing an embarrassed look.

As expected, I am still too young and am completely controlled by my boss!

Meng Bai introduced two resources to her. The first one was a new drama called "I Like You", which was a contemporary idol drama. It was a bit similar to the previous "Chef Fang in the Flower Room", which also used food as a special selling point.

He found this drama in the IP library of Tianqi Entertainment. It just so happened that Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhou Dongyu had filmed a movie with the same name last year. The plot is quite routine, but the tug-of-war between the male and female protagonists is quite interesting. It is a sweet drama that doesn't require much thinking to watch.

As for another resource, it is a variety show.

"Have you watched "Running Man"? " Meng Bai asked.

"I've seen it!" Bai Lu replied immediately.

"There may be some personnel changes in this program next year. The program team wants to revise it and add another female member to the team." Meng Bai said: "Among the several girls in the company, your personality is more suitable for variety shows, so I recommended you to go."

As the "flagship variety show" of Blue Channel, "Running Man" has already reached its seventh season. It is considered a "veteran" among domestic outdoor variety shows.

In fact, this show has had changes or additions to its cast every season, but the overall framework has remained stable.

But this time is different, including Deng Chao, Chen He, Lu Han and other C-position members will withdraw from the new season next year, the program team must bring in a group of newcomers. Yang Tianbao did not leave, so Taiyang Chuanhe just took advantage of this opportunity to grab a spot.

In the company, the only ones whose personalities are suitable for variety shows are Bai Lu, Meng Ziyi and Yang Chaoyue.

Yang Chaoyue will be participating in a travel-themed variety show next year, so her schedule conflicts with that of Meng Ziyi, who has taken on a new drama and doesn’t have enough time. Adding to the previous “scandal incident”, this opportunity finally fell on Bai Lu.

Although the popularity and popularity of "Running Man" has declined in the past two years, it is still a first-tier variety show brand in the domestic entertainment industry. For Bai Lu, a fifth-tier unknown, this is a blessing from heaven.

(End of this chapter)