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

Chapter 437 Chaoyue has grown up
The entire parade did not end until 12:30 noon. As the last crowd and the women's volleyball float passed by, the entire square began to exit in droves.

"Mr. Meng, let's talk again when we have the chance." Before leaving, Su Hua said to Meng Bai enthusiastically, "If you have time someday, you can come to our Kuaishou and sit down. I will give you more guidance."

"Haha, I can't say I'm giving you any guidance, but I can still sit with you."

Meng Bai replied with a smile, and they added each other as friends before they said goodbye to each other.

Watching the other party leave, he retracted his gaze, took out his mobile phone and called Meng Ziyi to ask about their current whereabouts.

"We are at the east exit, but vehicles cannot enter due to traffic control, so we still have to walk a long way." Meng Ziyi said in a pitiful voice.

Meng Bai glanced at the map on his phone and said, "I'll send you the location later. You and Xiao Yang will wait there. I'll pick you up."

"Wow! I love you, little uncle. I knew you were the best... Hey, Chaoyue, come with me. We don't have to go out."

Meng Ziyi's cheerful voice came from the phone, and she could be vaguely heard talking to Yang Chaoyue.

Meng Bai chuckled and hung up the phone. He could imagine her proud expression without even having to meet her.

But thinking of Yang Chaoyue, it seems like I haven't seen this girl for a long time since the "scandal incident" last year. I wonder if there have been any changes in the past six months.

……

Although he didn't need to walk out like Meng Ziyi and the others, because there were too many people leaving, it took Meng Bai more than 20 minutes to reach a small path near the National Museum.

The driver, Lao Qi, parked the car on the side of the road. Meng Bai opened the window and looked out. He saw two girls of similar height and figure standing one in front of the other not far away.

The girl behind was wearing a white dress with her long hair falling down her shoulders. She surrounded the person in front from behind with her head resting on the other's shoulder.

The girl standing in the front is wearing a black T-shirt, a baseball cap and sunglasses, and looks much more mature than the one standing behind.

"This way!"

Meng Bai opened the car door and shouted, then waved to the two of them.

The two girls who heard the shouting looked over here, and then the girl in the white dress waved excitedly, and then pulled the other one and walked over quickly.

"Uncle, you are finally here!"

Walking to the front of the car, Meng Ziyi, who was dressed in white and looked pure and lovely, couldn't help but sigh: "If you don't come over, the two of us will be melted by the sun."

"There are too many people and the road is quite congested." Meng Bai replied casually, and then looked at the girl behind her who was dressed in black and looked obviously much more mature.

The other person raised his head, took off his sunglasses and mask, walked up to Meng Bai, looked at him with a gentle expression, and said with a smile: "Boss, long time no see."

"..."

Meng Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Yang Chaoyue who was trying hard to control her gaze and staring at him, then looked at Meng Ziyi who was pursing her lips as if trying not to laugh, and he had a clear understanding in his heart.

"Yeah, long time no see." Meng Bai said calmly.

Yang Chaoyue didn't seem to expect his reaction to be so calm. She looked flustered for a moment, but she still tried to remain calm and said with emotion: "In the past year or so, I feel that many people I know have changed a lot. When I first saw Sister Meng yesterday, I almost didn't recognize her."

Meng Ziyi looked at her bestie in confusion. Wasn't this line in the script we just agreed on? But she still cooperated and said, "Yes, yes, after all, everyone has experienced a lot. I meet my uncle quite often, and I can feel the changes."

Yang Chaoyue secretly gave her bestie a thumbs up, and then continued her conversation: "Yeah, indeed, I feel that the boss is much gentler than the last time we met."

Having said this, she stopped and looked at Meng Bai expectantly.

As she wished, Meng Bai really followed her words and continued: "Everyone is the same, Chaoyue is the same, compared to the last time we met, she has grown a lot in this period of time."

"Pfft - Chaoyue has indeed 'grown up', hahahaha..."

Meng Ziyi, who was standing next to him, couldn't hold back his breath and finally laughed out loud.

Finally, Yang Chaoyue couldn't hold it anymore and said with a wrinkled face, "Boss! This is called maturity and growth. What do you mean by 'growing up'?"

"Ah? Aren't they all meaning the same thing?" Meng Bai had an innocent expression.

Yang Chaoyue puffed up her lips and snorted, then looked at her friend who was laughing beside her: "I just said that there is no point in pretending, the boss will definitely see through it at a glance."

"Your acting is too bad." Meng Ziyi threw the blame back without hesitation: "Don't even mention my uncle, even a passerby would know you're pretending."

This was a prank that the two of them had discussed while waiting for Meng Bai. Because Yang Chaoyue hadn't seen him for a long time, she wanted to pretend to be a mature lady to see if she would be discovered.

I didn't expect that I would be exposed as soon as we met.

"Hehe, I was just joking." Yang Chaoyue returned to her normal self and said with a smile: "But I didn't lie. Boss, you do look different than before."

“When you get older, it’s always different.”

Meng Bai smiled and called the two of them: "Get in the car first, I'll take you out. Chaoyue, do you have anything else to do later?"

"No, I'm taking a rest these two days."

"Okay, it's noon, let's go eat together later."

"Yeah!"

Seeing the two talking to themselves, Meng Ziyi pouted in dissatisfaction: "Hey, hey, hey, you haven't asked me if I'm okay yet?"

Meng Bai glanced at her, but still cooperated and asked: "Do you have anything to do this afternoon?"

"No." Meng Ziyi shook her hair and got into the car.

I don't have to say it, but you can't help asking.

Meng Bai sat in the front passenger seat, and the two girls sat in the back. Seeing that everyone was seated, the driver, Lao Qi, slowly started the car and drove out.

"Is there anything you two would like to eat?" asked Meng Bai who was sitting in the front.

The two girls discussed for a long time but still couldn't decide what to eat.

"Now that so many people have left, there must be no room in the surrounding restaurants." Yang Chaoyue suddenly said excitedly: "Boss, how about going back to the company restaurant to eat? It happens that I haven't been back for a long time, I can still take a look."

"The company restaurant? That's fine too." Meng Bai said, "What about the other guy? Don't say I didn't ask for your opinion."

"Ah? Me?" Meng Ziyi, who was suddenly called, coughed lightly and thought for a second: "Well, then, just think of it as accompanying Chaoyue back to visit the old place again."

Since both of them had no objection, Meng Bai asked the driver Lao Qi to go back to the company. He also sent a WeChat message to Hua Yan, asking her to find a restaurant and prepare in advance.

The roads in northern Beijing are always congested, and today is a holiday and the season is special, so the traffic conditions are naturally worse. It's not a long way, but I finally arrived after driving for half an hour.

Although it is a holiday today, Arclight Films still has many employees working due to the nature of the industry. Since there are overtime pay and compensatory leave, employees who live outside the city are still willing to stay.

"No way, boss."

Yang Chaoyue looked at the posters with her image on the glass door at the entrance of the arc and couldn't help but ask, "Why are these two still posted here!"

"Everyone in the company thinks that this sticker looks good and can also absorb some good luck, so it has been left there." Meng Bai spread his hands.

Yang Chaoyue frowned, looked at her own poster, then looked at Meng Bai, and muttered, "Can't you change to two better-looking ones?"

"Sure." Meng Bai would not refuse such a request. "I'll ask someone to find two good ones to replace them."

"..."

The three of them entered the door and looked at the familiar hall. Yang Chaoyue instantly felt like she was back to the days when she was still a receptionist at Arclight. Unfortunately, the current receptionist was a girl she didn't know. She must have come after she left.

Arc Light’s restaurant is on the basement floor. It wasn’t there when it was first established, but was rebuilt later.

This is mainly because many employees in charge of post-production often have to stay up all night to work overtime. It is inconvenient to order takeout and they cannot always eat instant noodles. So Meng Bai arranged a restaurant to provide 12 hours of ordering service from noon to midnight.

"Hey, Chaoyue? You're back!"

"Chao Yue is really back!"

"..."

She met a lot of people along the way, some of whom had worked with Yang Chaoyue before. They all came over happily to see her back.

Yang Chaoyue didn't refuse and happily chatted with several former colleagues she was familiar with. She was much more popular than the boss Meng Bai.

"Huh, I come to Huguang often, but why don't I see such a welcome?" Meng Ziyi said enviously.

Meng Bai glanced at her and said, "Aren't you Princess Huguang? Everyone likes you, but they won't come to you for no reason."

“Hey, that makes sense.”

The best thing about Meng Ziyi is that she is easy to please. When she heard her uncle say "everyone likes her", she immediately became happy regardless of whether it was true or not.

"Are there any haters scolding you online recently?" Seeing that Yang Chaoyue's side would still be lively for a while, Meng Bai took the time to ask.

Meng Ziyi's expression paused for a moment, but then he smiled again: "There are some, but it doesn't matter, I just won't go to see it."

After that, she happily added: "And now I still have a lot of fans helping me fight back, they are all career fans. I just posted a Weibo about the ceremony, and they are all very happy."

"That's good." Meng Bai said, "But we still need to prepare well for filming. If the show doesn't perform well when it's aired, those haters will definitely counterattack."

"Don't worry, I'm very dedicated." Meng Ziyi said, "By the way, little uncle, Chaoyue and I are going to the Western Suburbs Racecourse tomorrow. Do you have time to play with us?"

"Western Suburbs Racecourse? Why are we going there?"

"Isn't 'Eastern Palace' a costume drama? I play a princess of a foreign race, and there are some horse riding scenes. I have never ridden before, so I thought I would get a feel for it before joining the crew. It should save me a lot of trouble when the filming of this drama starts."

Meng Bai smiled and said, "Okay, you're thinking pretty far ahead."

"That's right." Meng Ziyi raised his head proudly, "Uncle, do you have time?"

"Tomorrow..." Meng Bai thought for a moment, "I don't have anything to do, but why don't you two go? Why do you want me to do it?"

"We two girls are so unsafe."

Meng Bai glanced at her and said, "Don't worry. Unless the Trisolarans attack us at this point in time, there is absolutely no place on Earth safer than Jingbei."

"I'm not talking about that kind of safety." Meng Ziyi said, "Chao Yue and I have never ridden a horse before, so we don't want to find someone to go with us."

"There are coaches at the horse farm." Meng Bai looked at her expectant eyes and nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you. It just so happens that I haven't played this for a while."

When filming "The Lost Tomb", Meng Bai learned from the equestrian coach hired by the crew for a period of time. Thanks to his usual training and his height and long legs, he learned quite quickly.

After that, he would occasionally go and play with friends. He quite enjoyed the feeling of riding on a horse and feeling the wind blowing across his face. It was a completely different experience from driving.

"Haha, that's a deal!"

Seeing Meng Bai agreed, Meng Ziyi immediately became happy.

She didn't know why, but ever since she was attacked in the "anti-fan incident" and was comforted by Meng Bai, she wanted to stay with her uncle. She didn't think there was anything wrong with it, she just wanted to feel safe with Meng Bai.

On the other side, the employees of Arc Light also saw their big boss waiting on the side, so after agreeing with Yang Chaoyue that he would go up to find them after dinner, they dispersed one after another, ending this "idol colleague meeting".

"call--"

Yang Chaoyue let out a long breath: "It feels like everyone has changed a lot."

"The scale of Arc Light is expanding, and everyone is growing with it. There will definitely be changes." Meng Bai said as a matter of course.

Because it was past lunch time, there were not many people in the restaurant. The chef knew that his boss was coming to eat, so he prepared a table of dishes with the utmost care.

"Um--"

Yang Chaoyue tasted the food on the table and nodded, "The chef's cooking skills have improved!"

The three of them ate and chatted, mainly Yang Chaoyue and Meng Ziyi talking, while Meng Bai listened on the side.

"Boss, are you going with us tomorrow? Sure, sure."

Hearing Meng Ziyi talk about tomorrow's arrangements, Yang Chaoyue said without hesitation.

"Your schedule should be quite full. Would the leader of your team agree to let you take two days off?" Meng Bai asked.

"Originally it was not allowed, but I told the boss that you should come to me, and the team agreed."

Yang Chaoyue chuckled, "Besides, this isn't a complete break for me. The company said that since I have the opportunity to be at the ceremony, the benefits will be much greater than running other trips, and they specifically asked me to post more on Weibo while I'm at the scene in the morning."

This is indeed the case. As the most watched event in the country in recent times, being able to take advantage of the popularity of National Day is much more meaningful than participating in some small shows. It’s just that not everyone can get a spot to attend.

In fact, many celebrities were invited to participate today, such as Wu Jing, Tong Liya, Han Xing, Lang Lang, Tan Jing, as well as several from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Except for Meng Ziyi and Yang Chaoyue who relied on Meng Bai's influence, the others all had some relevant background or position needs.

After dinner, the two girls went up to greet the employees of Arc Light and chatted with them until the evening.

After a night's rest, we arrived at the racecourse in the western suburbs of Beijing early the next morning.

"Uncle, here!"

Meng Ziyi greeted Meng Bai who had just come over.

"It's just a ride, why do you have to get up so early?"

Meng Bai yawned and complained as he walked over.

"A day's plan begins in the morning!" Meng Ziyi looked at Meng Bai who was coming over and said with a flattering smile, "I'm afraid I'll come too late and won't have enough time to learn."

"It seems that you have a relatively clear understanding of yourself."

Yang Chaoyue also came over and greeted him energetically: "Boss, good morning!"

"Well, good morning."

Meng Bai responded casually, then raised his head and looked at her, his eyes brightening.

Because the weather was still a little hot, the girl took off her coat and tied it around her waist, wearing only a T-shirt. The neckline of the shirt was a little low, revealing a spectacular snow-white and delicate scenery.

Tsk, I didn’t realize that the small Chaoyue has such great power!

You've really grown up.

(End of this chapter)