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

Chapter 416 Internal Struggle
I don’t know if it was because of the “girlfriend’s best friend” status or the stimulation of time pressure, but this battle ended very quickly.

When Li Yitong came back, she only saw Jin Chen rinsing his mouth with a cup of water, and Meng Bai standing far away.

"Hey, Daxi, you woke up so early?" Li Yitong smiled and greeted him.

Jin Chen's expression was a little strange. She held a mouthful of water in her mouth, as if she wanted to spit it out but held it back. Looking at Li Yitong in front of her, she paused for a second, swallowed the water in her mouth, and then responded vaguely.

Fortunately, Li Yitong was still a little dazed from her hangover, so she didn't notice her abnormality.

Meng Bai, who was sitting on the sofa far away, saw this scene and couldn't help but smile. But then he saw Li Yitong walking towards him, and he said again: "Don't you want to go to sleep for a while?"

"Forget it, I'm already awake, I might as well wait until noon to rest."

Li Yitong sat next to Meng Bai. Normally, she would have gone straight into Meng Bai's arms at this time. But now, in front of her bestie, she couldn't show off her affection too much.

"That's fine, since we've finished filming anyway." Meng Bai said, "The movie 'The Great Girl' we talked about last night shouldn't start filming until April or May, so I can take a break for a while."

"Yes, I can finally take a rest." Li Yitong sighed.

As part of the "Zijin Chen Trilogy", "The Undocumented Crime" is actually much smaller than the other two. It does not have a complicated background, and the theme is not very profound. It is just a relatively pure suspense story.

But for Li Yitong, this is the most difficult drama she has ever starred in.

Zhu Huiru's character has a complicated identity. She grew up without a father or mother and was raised by her gangster brother. Later, in order to raise money for her brother's medical treatment, she became the lover of a gangster. After the gangster died, she was threatened by her sister-in-law to return the money she had collected over the years.

Later, she accidentally killed a gangster in self-defense and was saved by a mysterious uncle "Luo Wen". In order to avoid being caught, she tried hard to maintain one lie after another. Her boyfriend, who was her spiritual support, was also a scumbag.

It can be said that the further the plot goes, the more emotions are superimposed on the character of "Zhu Huiru". If you want to fully show the character, you have to show the characteristics of each layer.

Meng Bai also knew that this role was a bit difficult for Li Yitong, so he specially found several powerful actors to guide her.

One is Qin Hao, who plays the protagonist "Yan Liang". According to the background of the trilogy, this character can be regarded as the grown-up appearance of the "young Yan Liang" in "The Hidden Corner".

It is also for this reason that he specially pulled Qin Hao, who played "mountain climbing expert Zhang Dongsheng" in the previous film, back to play "Yan Liang" in this film.

Of course, Meng Bai also assured the old man that this time his role would definitely be a positive character, and he would be a father with children, which could be considered as paying off the previous pitfall of "The Bad Kids".

As for another equally important role, which can even be said to be the invisible male protagonist "Luo Wen" in the drama "The Undocumented Crime", it was also given to Zhang Songwen who had participated in the previous film.

In addition, there is Ning Li, who has appeared in "Hello, Old Times" and "The Hidden Corner", playing the real villain Li Toyota who is "cruel and taciturn" and "fond of reverse smoking".

Of the three, Qin Hao is naturally the most popular, but the acting skills of the other two are not inferior to his.

The plot of "The Undocumented Crime" is simple, but it also gives the actors a chance to shine. Li Yitong is sandwiched between three powerful actors. She has to watch them perform and listen to their instructions at the same time. The pressure is very high.

However, she also knew that this kind of opportunity was rare, and the three of them only took so much effort to teach her out of Meng Bai's consideration, so she was also studying very seriously while filming.

The price of doing so is that it is very energy-consuming, and she was always on edge during her time on the crew.

Li Yitong traveled a long way back to Beijing during the Spring Festival, not only to spend the New Year with Meng Bai, but also to recharge herself. With this breath of relief, she was able to persevere until the filming was completed.

But the effect is very obvious. Even she herself can feel that her performance in this drama is much better than before.

Give her some time to digest and absorb it, and her acting skills will definitely reach a higher level.

"Are you going out today?" Meng Bai asked.

"I will accompany Daxi to the company in the morning to prepare for the signing."

"Ah?" Meng Bai looked at Jin Chen who had just walked over, "You also want to sign with Taiyang Chuanhe?"

Jin Chen's mood had returned to normal at this time. Hearing Meng Bai's question, he laughed and said, "Why, Teacher Meng doesn't like me?"

"That's not the case." Meng Bai shook his head. "Of course I welcome you, but at this time... forget it, it's nothing to you."

Li Yitong felt his tone was a little strange, and asked curiously: "What's the matter, is there any problem in the company recently?"

"How should I put it..." Meng Bai said: "There is some internal competition for resources, but it has nothing to do with us."

The cause of the incident came from Wang Ziwen, who was signed by Taiyang Chuanhe just last year.

Wang Ziwen also became popular again because of the role of "Qu Xiaoxiao" in "Ode to Joy". After being signed by Yang Ming, he also paid special attention to her, specially poached Chen Pu, the former agent of Ni Ni, to take charge of her, and also gave her a lot of business and fashion resources, obviously treating her as the new "trump card".

Before this, Yang Tianbao had always been the top lady of Taiyang Chuanhe. She was one of the shareholders of the company, and she also had the background of Huang Xiaoming, so her position should have been very stable.

But her life in the past two years has not been easy. First, she was mocked by the audience for winning the "Hundred Flowers Best Supporting Actress" award. Then, her cutout performance and sky-high pay in "The Princess Weiyoung" made her popularity plummet to the bottom.

In addition, she had to temporarily leave the most important "Running Man" last year due to her pregnancy, and most of her popularity was taken away by Di Lieba who replaced her, causing her only popularity to drop a lot.

In fact, at the beginning, Yang Tianbao didn't care much about these things. What's the point of being an actor? After working hard on a movie, you have to be scolded by the audience. How can it be as comfortable as being a capitalist?

Moreover, looking at the actresses of the same generation, Yang Mi who had been in the industry for a while, the newly rising Zhao Liying, and the quietly rising Liu Shishi, almost all of them have turned around and become the capital side, so she naturally does not want to fall behind.

I just didn’t expect that the film and television industry would be in a cold winter at this time. If I want to continue playing with capital, my biggest backer Huang Xiaoming was fined a large sum of money last year because of an incident with his old classmate, and now is a sensitive time. If I want to withdraw and continue to be an artist, my popularity among the public has almost collapsed.

Of course, she still has popularity and fans. If she is willing to lower her pay and requirements, she can still continue to make it.

But as the saying goes, it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. I used to be a top star, with various high-end luxury spokespersons and top resources at my fingertips. How could I lower my requirements now?

The resources at the top are limited. If one company eats them up, another company has to spit them out.

The path of being an actor was blocked, and the only thing Yang Tianbao could rely on was fashion resources. However, many of these resources had already been handed over to Wang Ziwen.

On the other hand, Wang Ziwen, who is less well-known, is also not a good person. He has just become an adult and dares to get together with a big boss in the Beijing circle who is more than 20 years older than him. He has a very strong personality. How could he give up the resources he just got?

As a result, the two began to compete with each other internally.

"So things are so complicated here!" Jin Chen sighed.

"Where there are people, there is competition. Everyone's life has been difficult recently, so naturally there's a lot of fighting." Meng Bai said as if it was a matter of course.

Jin Chen nodded. Yes, it was his old employer, Tangren. Although their external image has always been touted as "humane", the internal resource conflicts were no worse than those outside.

Thinking of this, she became a little worried again: "Then is it appropriate for me to go in now?"

"The fight between gods up there has nothing to do with you, little Zuanfeng." Meng Bai said without hesitation.

"I……"

Jin Chen was choked and subconsciously wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, he felt that there seemed to be no problem. Compared with those top artists, he is just a "little diamond wind" now.

Meng Bai didn't care about her expression and continued, "Besides, you were introduced by Boss Li, so you are my person. In the company, we, the Arc Light Department, have our own sphere of influence and will not get involved in their affairs."

When Jin Chen heard Meng Bai say "my people", he was subconsciously startled and quickly glanced at Li Yitong. Seeing that she didn't react, he felt that he was a little oversensitive. Then he heard the following introduction and finally felt relieved.

She actually had a lot of things to do today. In addition to signing the contract at Taiyang Chuanhe, she also had to find a suitable place to live. Because of her previous company, she had always lived in Shanghai. Now that she had changed companies, she naturally moved to Beijing North.

"What? You don't plan to stay a few more days?" Meng Bai said.

Jin Chen glanced at Li Yitong who was not far away, and glanced at him with his eyes moving, and said meaningfully: "I'm moving out, so it will be more convenient for you next time, Mr. Meng."

"Then what's the point?" Meng Bai sighed.

Jin Chen's face turned red. These words reminded her of the exciting scene in the morning, and the strange taste seemed to emerge in her mouth again.

"I didn't expect that Teacher Meng likes this kind of tune." Jin Chen stretched out his finger and tapped Meng Bai's chest. "It doesn't matter. There will be another chance in the future."

Meng Bai glanced at the expression on Jin Chen's face, chuckled, then directly grabbed her hand and pulled her in front of him while she looked slightly panicked.

"Whether there is a chance depends on me, not you. Do you understand, Daxi-san?"

"..."

Jin Chen was suppressed by his aura, and was a little dazed for a moment, and could only nod subconsciously.

"Very good." Meng Bai smiled and patted Jin Chen on the head.

He didn't mean to show off, but to establish the initiative.

Are you kidding? As a senior sea king, it has always been our President Meng who raises other people's fish, so how could he be raised by others?

But what Jin Chen said just now was not wrong. There will be many opportunities in the future and he has plenty of time to have fun.

……

Li Yitong's return to Beijing also marks the end of filming of "The Undocumented Crime". As a result, the preparations for the third part of the "trilogy", "The Silent Truth", will also be put on the agenda.

Compared with the previous two films, the plot background of "The Silent Truth" is heavier and darker, which can be seen from the name of the original work "The Long Night".

[Jiang Yang, a prosecutor who once had a bright future, was sentenced to three years in prison for corruption and bribery. When he reappeared in front of the public, he had become a corpse in a suitcase.

The person who transported his body was a lawyer named Zhang Chao, who was also a good friend of Jiang Yang. When he passed the subway security check, he was undoubtedly stopped by the security personnel.

When the police officer Yan Liang arrived at the scene, Zhang Chao confessed his guilt without resistance. However, when the trial officially began, he completely overturned his previous confession and produced a perfect alibi...】

If you only look at this opening, anyone would think it is a suspense story of "criminal investigation and reasoning". But only after watching it, you will find that this is a group of people who have spent more than ten years, paying the price of their youth, career, reputation, future, family and even their lives, and finally found the truth.

The male lead Jiang Yang has already been reserved for Bai Yu, and the female lead "Li Xue" has also been given to Li Qin. As for the other roles, they will still be selected through auditions later.

When filming "The Undocumented", Arc Light used a lot of actors from "The Bad Kids", but they don't plan to do so this time.

Compared to the first two films, The Silent Truth has a wider span and the plots are not very relevant. In addition, Qin Hao and his team did not want to continue filming this series, so they did not ask them to continue.

(End of this chapter)