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

Chapter 418 Mr. Meng is really serious. I am crying to death!

"Boss, the final scene has been arranged."

In the last row of the theater, Hua Yan quickly walked to Meng Bai, greeted Li Qin on the side, and then reported in a low voice.

"okay, I get it."

Meng Bai nodded in response, and after waiting for a while, he saw Hua Yan still staying beside him and asked in confusion, "Why, are you going to stay here with us too?"

"Ah, no, no." Hua Yan waved her hands quickly, "I just wanted to say that I have something else to do at the company, so I won't watch the movie today."

"Huahua, don't you want to stay and watch with us?" Li Qin's muffled voice came from behind a large mask.

Hua Yan glanced at her boss carefully and forced a smile on her face: "No, Sister Qinqin, just watch it. I'm actually not very interested in Marvel."

Haha, after watching the same movie three times in a row, no one will think about watching it for the fourth time in the short term.

Really, it’s clearly the cause and effect of my “scumbag” boss, why should I have to bear the consequences as well!

Of course, she only dared to complain in her heart. Seeing her boss looking at her, she still smiled ingratiatingly.

Perhaps moved by her pitiful expression, Meng Bai finally said, "Okay, since the company has something to do, you can go back first. As for missing this game, I'll arrange a few days of vacation for you to make up for it later."

When Hua Yan heard about the holiday compensation, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her complaints towards Meng Bai instantly disappeared: "Thank you, boss! Then I'll go back. Goodbye, Sister Qinqin."

"Goodbye, Huahua."

Watching Hua Yan leave happily, Li Qin couldn't help but ask, "Don't you usually give Hua Hua a day off? Why does she look so happy?"

"That's normal. Who would complain that they have too many holidays?" Meng Bai said casually.

He knew what was going on. He had watched Endgame three times with Li Yitong and the others in the past three days. As his "number one lackey", Hua Yan was responsible for helping him to find out what he missed, so she also watched the same movie three times.

Fortunately, Meng Bai felt guilty today and finally didn't let her watch it for the fourth time.

In fact, it’s mainly because today is the last game, and it doesn’t matter whether she’s there or not.

"Forget it, forget about Huahua." Meng Bai changed the subject and looked at Li Qin beside him: "There's no one else here, isn't it hot wearing a mask? Or just take it off."

Li Qin glanced at the empty seats in the first few rows, and the seats filled with Arclight Films employees further ahead. She took off her mask and said with a smile, "I'm glad you could come up with this idea to book the entire theater."

Meng Bai spread his hands: "It's just a movie, it's not expensive, just treat it as a team building."

As a popular actor, it is actually quite inconvenient to go out to watch a movie. It is easy to be discovered if you buy a ticket for passers-by, and it is not only conspicuous but also a bit foolish to rent a theater for two people, so Meng Bai simply waved his hand and rented the theater for the employees of Arc Light to watch together.

In this way, he and the girls could blend into the crowd and not be so conspicuous to outsiders.

All employees who signed up were divided into four sessions according to their business groups, one group per day. As for why my boss was at every session...

The explanation given by ArcLight’s leadership is that Mr. Meng said that he would value every employee in all departments and treat them equally. Since it was a company team building, he would accompany everyone in every event.

In order to express his sincerity to his employees, he actually watched a movie four times.

Arclight employee: Mr. Meng is really like that. He made me cry to death!

Since she knew that the theater was full of Arclight staff, Li Qin naturally didn't need to be so careful. She took off the mask and hat that covered most of her face, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Since she became famous, she has rarely had the opportunity to watch movies openly in the cinema.

After taking off her coat and putting it on the empty seat beside her, Li Qin stood up and saw Meng Bai staring at her.

"What are you looking at?"

"I feel like you've lost a little weight." Meng Bai raised his hand and pinched her thin shoulders. "There's no flesh left."

"Really? Is it obvious?" Li Qin was instantly happy when she heard that. "Huh, I was wondering how it is possible that you don't lose weight after training so hard on the set."

After saying that, she glanced at Meng Bai's frowning face again: "Why, don't you look good when you're thinner?"

"It's pretty..." Meng Bai grabbed her white and tender little palm and laughed softly, "But it's not as comfortable to hold as a chubby one."

"Tsk, who wants you to hug me?"

Li Qin turned her head and replied proudly, but then she pretended to glance at her thin arms and hands casually - well, it seems that she is indeed a little too thin, it seems that she should eat more during this rest time.

Of course, this is to have the physical strength to better film the next drama later, not for the comfort of being hugged by some people!
The show was not about to start, and the big screen was playing advertisements and trailers of other movies. Li Qin leaned on Meng Bai's shoulder and asked, "Will "The Silent Truth" start filming next month?"

"Well, filming is scheduled to start in early May. What's up?"

"Nothing, I just suddenly remembered that Yi Xin's wedding is scheduled for June, and I'm afraid I won't be able to finish filming by then."

"It's okay, just take a few days off." Meng Bai said: "You are the boss's wife, is there anyone who dares not to let you take a leave?"

Hearing the word "boss lady", Li Qin's face was first happy and then embarrassed: "Don't say it, I have been too embarrassed in the crew of "Assassination of Novelist" these few months."

"What? Is there anyone trying to bully you?"

"No, no, Director Lu Yang and the others are all very polite."

"Is it not good to be polite to you?"

"The key is that they are too polite. Every time I finish my scenes, they ask me to come over and see how the scene is shot." Li Qin smiled bitterly and said, "I haven't studied directing, so how can I tell how the scene is? I can only say it's pretty good every time."

"Haha, this can't be blamed on Director Lu. It's mainly because he was scared by some big-name actors when he was filming other movies before." Meng Bai said with a smile: "But it will only be like this at the beginning. After filming for a while, he should know that our teacher Li is very professional."

After that, he joked, "Director Lu is so polite. I will definitely reward him later."

Li Qin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Do you really think you are the emperor? Do you want me to find you another 72 concubines?"

"Hey, seventy-two is too many. Three palaces and six courtyards are enough."

"You really got chosen, didn't you!" Li Qin sat up in a rage, and then raised her hand to pinch his arm and pinch it hard. Unfortunately, Meng Bai was prepared and tightened the muscles in her arm, causing her little hand to be unable to pinch at all. After trying for a long time, her fingers were sore instead.

"You are not allowed to tense your arms." Li Qin yelled angrily.

"No, girl, why don't you, the abuser, allow the victim to resist?" Meng Bai retorted.

However, seeing the girl puffing her lips in dissatisfaction, he held her small hand and helped her knead her fingers, whispering: "Okay, at worst, when we go back at night, you can bully me as you like."

"Bah, it's obviously you who bullies me every time!"

Li Qin replied with a blushing face, but feeling the warmth wrapped in Meng Bai's large palm, she slowly calmed down and leaned against him again.

After laughing for a while, the movie finally started, and Li Qin became quiet. However, she was not really interested in Marvel, and she had not seen many of the previous solo movies, and she did not recognize many of the characters.

The reason why she wanted to watch it was simply because she had heard Meng Bai mention this series before, and she also heard that this was the "last part", so she wanted to accompany him for a sense of ritual.

So at this moment, she was also looking at the screen intermittently, and most of her attention was still on the man beside her. Seeing him staring at the screen intently, she couldn't help but feel a sense of happiness.

Well, I am such a good girlfriend!

Alas, Purple Potato Spirit, we meet again. Meng Bai looked at Thanos on the screen with empty eyes. This was the fourth time he had seen this "ecologist" in the past few days.

When he watched the first show with Li Yitong, he was indeed very interested in the movie. Although Marvel has been repeating the same plot over the years, and you can guess how it will develop, it does not affect everyone's cheers for "On your left" and their excitement for Captain America's smooth combo.

But when he watched it for the second time, Meng Bai couldn't bear to watch it anymore. After watching a movie, he spent most of his energy thinking about the movie's visual effects and scene layout.

By the third time, he had completely lost interest in the plot and began to think about how he would maintain the development of the MCU after the first phase if he were the head of Marvel.

After watching it for the fourth time today, the only thing I can still think about is how much box office "Avengers 4" can get in China, and whether it will surpass the runner-up position of "The Wandering Earth".

In fact, judging from the current data, it is not without chance. As the final work of the "Ten Years of Marvel", the pre-sale box office of "Avengers 4" reached million. The number of viewers at the midnight show was over million, and the total box office on the first day of release exceeded million, and the popularity did not decrease in the following days.

To be honest, being able to achieve such results in a non-popular period is enough to prove Marvel's terrifying ability to make money.

However, this is the disadvantage of this movie. Although it can be released during the May Day holiday, it is definitely less popular than the Spring Festival holiday. Moreover, as an imported film, it cannot get a key extension and can only be released for one month.

From this perspective, it is still difficult to surpass the 5 billion box office of "The Wandering Earth".

After enduring three hours in the cinema and listening to Tony Stark shouting "I am Iron Man" again, Meng Bai finally ended this cyclical journey.

To be honest, at one point, he even doubted whether he had obtained the Eye of Agamotto.

If he could really go back in time, he would definitely express his hatred for Marvel to everyone from the very beginning and make it clear that he would never contribute a single cent to the box office of such a Hollywood movie.

"Ah, reincarnation and cycles are quite suitable as film and television creative ideas..." Meng Bai muttered to himself.

Not to mention, among the fragments of inspiration in his mind, there are actually a few stories with similar themes.

But now is not the time to think about these things. Finally, the movie ended, and Meng Bai and Li Qin, who put on their protective gear again, walked out of the theater.

After returning to the courtyard villa, the two ordered takeout. After eating, Meng Bai finally regained his energy.

"Teacher Li." He said with a smile: "Next, we should do something that everyone likes to see."

"It's not dark yet." Li Qin pretended to be reserved and declined.

Meng Bai stood up and pressed the control panel on the wall. The curtains in the villa slowly closed and the room became dark in an instant.

"It's getting dark now."

As he spoke, he walked to Li Qin's side.

"Wait, I just finished eating, I can't do any strenuous activities."

"Just those two bites of yours, can you say that you're eating?" Meng Bai said, "It's okay, take your time, there's still a long time left today."

"……Um."
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Just as Meng Bai expected, during this year's May Day holiday, Avengers 4 took up more than 75% of the box office in a crushing manner. Almost all the movies released during the same period became cannon fodder.

The reason why I say "almost" is because there are two other movies that survived in the gap under the huge body of "Avengers 4". One is "Capernaum" which has been well received overseas, and the other is "The Ex".

The former has previously won the Cannes Jury Grand Prix and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Many audiences have heard of it a long time ago, and now it has finally been introduced into China.

The latter is a love movie riding on the popularity of the "Ex-Boyfriend series". The producer also took advantage of the popularity of "Avengers 4" to bet on the audience's demand. Although the movie itself is quite bad, the box office performance is not bad.

As for the rest of the movies, they were basically wiped out.

Many film reports and big-name bloggers have said that this year's "May Day" period was the worst ever, with the domestic market basically dominated by two imported films.

Of course, some people also refute that it is because many film and television companies know that it may conflict with "Avengers 4", so they chose to change it to the summer season. After all, everyone knows that this Marvel movie will definitely become a big hit, so there is no need to force it to collide with it.

Just when people were arguing heatedly online about the performance of domestic films released during the May Day holiday, another piece of news diverted some attention.

"The Wandering Earth", which took second place in the domestic box office after being released during the Spring Festival for three months, has finally been taken off the screen.

The final box office performance of the film was 50.48 billion.

In fact, after the box office exceeded 50 billion, the box office potential of "The Wandering Earth" has basically been exhausted. Although there is still a month of release period, the single-day box office is declining rapidly every day, and the total box office has only increased by 4000 million, failing to surpass "Wolf Warrior 2".

But in fact, such an achievement is enough to amaze everyone. After all, a few months ago, no one dared to believe that a domestic science fiction film could reach such a level.

As for the open market, the biggest beneficiary is naturally director Guo Fan, who had only made one serious youth film before, and has become a top science fiction director in China.

Next is Wu Jing, who successfully surpassed Shen Teng and Huang Bo to become the highest-grossing Chinese-language film actor thanks to the huge success of "The Wandering Earth".

There are also leading actors such as Zhao Jinmai and Qu Chuxiao, who also became famous overnight. A few days ago, they were still unknown little actors, but in the blink of an eye, they have become new stars in the film industry with a box office of over 50 billion.

However, if we really talk about the biggest beneficiaries of this movie, it is actually the behind-the-scenes producers such as China Film and ArcLight.

(End of this chapter)