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

Chapter 451: The Unspoken “Willingness”

"Uncle!"

Meng Ziyi walked out carefully, and when he looked up and saw Meng Bai sitting on the sofa opposite, his expression suddenly brightened: "I thought you wouldn't come this afternoon."

Because of the previous events in "The Untamed", basically everyone knows the relationship between her and Meng Bai now, so there is no need to be subtle and people just call him "little uncle".

"I was delayed for a while at noon because of something." Meng Bai stood up while speaking and looked at Yang Chaoyue who was walking behind and helping to hold up her wide skirt. "Chaoyue also came to visit the set today. What a coincidence."

"Hello, boss!"

Yang Chaoyue, who was called, greeted him energetically, and then secretly winked at Meng Bai when no one was paying attention.

Meng Ziyi didn't notice her bestie's little move, she lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands and turned it around: "How about it, little uncle, does it look good in this way?"

Meng Bai took a step back and looked up and down at his niece.

The slightly curly long hair falls down from one side along the ear, and the cold white skin looks particularly fair against the wedding dress. The strapless long skirt is slightly raised, and then outlines the slender waist downwards.

Compared to her usual cuteness, Meng Ziyi now has a bit more elegance and sexiness.

"Not bad." Meng Bai nodded, "It looks pretty good."

"Ha, I knew my vision was right!"

Meng Ziyi was very satisfied with Meng Bai's "serious evaluation" and said proudly and happily with his little head held high.

After changing clothes, the crew began to prepare for filming. Wang Wei called Meng Ziyi over to explain the emotional state required for the next scene, and the rest of the lighting and sound teams also began to adjust the equipment.

"Aren't you busy lately?"

Meng Bai walked over to Yang Chaoyue and said, "Didn't you say your schedule is full? You still have time to visit us."

Yang Chaoyue carefully looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so she moved closer to Meng Bai and said, "There's been a flu outbreak recently, and some of our offline activities have been cancelled, so we have more time. My teammates are also in this drama, so we came over to watch it together."

"It's the girl named Fu Jing, right?"

"Yes." Yang Chaoyue nodded. "It's a pity that she doesn't have any scenes today. I can only watch her after the filming is finished."

The second female lead "Gao Ge" in "Twinkle Twinkle Star" is a girl with a sour face and a arrogant personality, but a delicate and kind heart. The actor is Fu Jing, one of the members of Rocket Girls 101, and also Yang Chaoyue's good friend in the team.

The two good friends were in the same play, and she happened to be relatively free recently, so she came to visit the set.

Yang Chaoyue looked straight at Meng Bai with an unconcealable smile on her face.

Since the last time she went to the horse farm, she would think of Meng Bai and their strange "little interactions" whenever she had nothing to do. Even if her schedule was full, she would still think about chatting on WeChat every day.

Although most of the time she sent multiple messages filling up the screen and the other party only replied once, it still made her very happy.

Even the manager in charge of running their team specifically asked her if she was in a relationship recently. If so, it would be best to report it first, so as to avoid being exposed in the future and catching the company and management off guard.

However, Yang Chaoyue was obviously much more cautious about this. She was very clear about the professional requirements of her current idol status, so no matter who asked, she would just say that she was chatting with friends and didn't reveal anything.

Just like now, even though no one in the crew was paying attention to them, Yang Chaoyue was still very careful. She stood side by side with Meng Bai, blocking their sight with her body, and then secretly held Meng Bai's fingers behind her and shook them back and forth, pretending to be normal on her face.

Meng Bai found it funny but he didn't expose it. He just played the game of "idol's secret love" with her.

"Chaoyue!"

Meng Ziyi, who was not far away, suddenly shouted over here: "Get ready to come over and shoot."

"Ah good!"

Yang Chaoyue responded, and then quickly let go of Meng Bai's hand: "Then I'll go over first."

"Well, do your best." Meng Bai encouraged her.

The plot of the scene in the bridal shop is very simple. The heroine's mother and best friend dragged her to try on wedding dresses. At the same time, her past experiences with her boyfriend flashed through her mind. Unable to bear it, Lin Beixing broke down and cried, and finally said she wanted to cancel the wedding.

The focus of this scene is on the emotional changes of the heroine, and it places a lot of demands on the actors.

Meng Ziyi is, after all, a professional actor. His acting skills may not be that great, but he has no problem performing the routine emotional transitions of the character.

Meng Bai sat behind Wang Wei and watched the screen on the monitor. He discovered that this girl had an advantage, that is, she performed well in crying scenes. With tears in her eyes and a sad expression, she looked like a tearful girl.

After a take was finished, several actors gathered behind the monitor to watch the replay.

"Not bad acting." Meng Bai praised.

"Hehe, that's it." Meng Ziyi responded proudly while wiping the tears from his face.

But before she could brag about herself any more, she heard Meng Bai continue, "It's just that your expression was too artificial. Don't worry about whether you cry well in front of the camera. The director will naturally take care of that. You just need to be serious about your emotions and cry normally according to the character's emotional changes."

Wang Wei at the side also said: "Indeed, Xiao Meng, you are now acting according to your own imagination of crying, instead of expressing the character's current emotions naturally, which makes it seem too performative."

"I'm sorry, Director. I'll pay attention to that."

Before he could enjoy the happiness of being praised, he received two criticisms in succession. Meng Ziyi became depressed, but still nodded seriously in response.

Seeing this, Yang Chaoyue, who was standing by, patted her friend on the shoulder to comfort him. Meng Ziyi responded with a smiling emoji to indicate that it was okay.

It is normal for actors to fail in one take. Some novice directors who lack confidence in themselves will even “keep one take” even if there is no problem with the shot.

After the first take failed, the stage management and props team began to restore the scene, and the lighting, sound and other departments also returned to their original positions and began to prepare for the second take.

If it were another director, he might have relaxed some of his requirements on Meng Ziyi because of her identity, but Wang Wei, as one of the "veteran directors" of the Arc Light series, knew Meng Bai very well and knew that he never cared about this aspect, so he did not lower the standards at all.

In fact, because Meng Bai was here today, he was even more serious.

However, this led to the scene being reworked several times. It was not until Meng Ziyi felt that her tears were almost dried that she finally passed it.

"Wow, your director's requirements are so high." Yang Chaoyue handed a bottle of water to his friend and said with emotion.

"When you were filming those previous plays, did the director approve them directly?"

Yang Chaoyue recalled: "That's not the case, I'm just not as strict as you guys. By the way, was my performance okay?"

Meng Ziyi said without hesitation: "Very natural, baby. It's the kind that has a very spiritual feeling, you know."

"You didn't lie to me, did you? You can tell from the dialogue that it's spiritual?"

Yang Chaoyue asked doubtfully. Meng Bai happened to come over at this time, so she changed her target: "Boss, was my performance just now okay?"

Meng Bai was stunned by the question: "Uh... great potential."

Yang Chaoyue frowned. These words sounded like she was praising herself, but something seemed not quite right.

The bridal shop scene only had this one scene, and we shot it for an entire afternoon. It would have been too late to switch to the night scene as it was getting close to evening, so the crew finished work early today, which was a rare opportunity.

The staff were busy packing up the equipment and restoring the store to its original appearance. The two girls, Meng Ziyi and Yang Chaoyue, began to look at the wedding dresses in the store with great interest.

"Hey, Chaoyue." Meng Ziyi looked at his friend, "Would you like to pick one to try?"

Yang Chaoyue was a little moved when she heard this. Even if they were not getting married, many girls were interested in wedding dresses. "This, isn't good..."

"What's wrong with that? The crew has paid the rent anyway, so why not give it a try?" Meng Ziyi urged her friend, "It's a rare opportunity, so it's good to take some photos as a souvenir."

"That makes sense... Then I'll ask the boss."

Yang Chaoyue hesitated for a moment, but decided to ask Meng Bai out of habit.

"You can wear it if you want." Meng Bai supported decisively: "The crew still has to spend a lot of time to clean up anyway, so it won't delay us."

Hmm, it seems that I haven’t seen the wedding dress version of Xiao Chaoyue yet.

"thank you boss!"

After getting Meng Bai's permission, Yang Chaoyue immediately became happy. She dragged Meng Ziyi to choose for a long time, and finally picked one to go in and change clothes.

Seeing the door of the dressing room closed, Meng Ziyi was about to go to another room to change out of her wedding dress when she suddenly thought of something.

"Little uncle."

She called out to Meng Bai, and when he came over, she smiled sweetly, "Can you do me a favor?"

Meng Bai crossed his arms over his chest and said, "What do you want to do first?"

"It's very simple." Meng Ziyi said excitedly, "I have always wanted to try the wedding ceremony in TV dramas, with things like 'I do' and 'Do you do'. It's a rare opportunity today, can you cooperate with me to experience it?"

Meng Bai: ???
"No, girl, are you mentally ill?" Meng Bai looked at her, "You want me to experience this kind of thing?"

"Oh, it's not real, I'm just acting." Meng Ziyi said nonchalantly, "Uncle, don't be so old-fashioned."

After saying that, she hugged Meng Bai's arm, swayed and said coquettishly: "There is no one else suitable, so just play with me."

The wedding dress Meng Ziyi was wearing was a strapless style. The material was not thick. Meng Bai only felt that it was soft and solid on his arms.

It’s strange to say, but the figures of these “95 flowers” girls seem to be much better than those of the “90 flowers”.

"Okay, okay, I promise you." Meng Bai pulled out his arm, tapped her head and pushed her away.

Meng Ziyi didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "I knew you were the best, little uncle. I love you."

"Don't give me that." Meng Bai said, "What do you want me to do?"

"Stand in front of me."

Meng Bai walked over and stood opposite her.

Meng Ziyi continued: "Then just ask me."

Meng Bai was puzzled: "What should I ask?"

"It's all those 'are you willing or not?' and then I can say 'I do.'"

"You have to be the MC as well." Meng Bai sighed, but still cooperated and said, "Are you willing?"

Meng Ziyi frowned: "Uncle, please be serious. There is no atmosphere at all."

"Atmosphere you... forget it."

Shaking his head, Meng Bai took a deep breath to change his mood, then raised his head and looked at Meng Ziyi: "Just once, I asked seriously."

"Yeah!" Meng Ziyi nodded happily.

Meng Bai smiled, and then said in a distant voice: "Ms. Meng Ziyi, are you willing to marry the man in front of you? No matter he is poor or rich, successful or failed, sick or healthy, you will always love him until death."

"I……"

Meng Ziyi opened her mouth, but only said one word, and she couldn't say the following "willing".

In fact, she was just having fun at first and didn't take it seriously at all. However, as Meng Bai spoke, she couldn't help but think of the scenes she had spent with her uncle over the years.

The longing when we first met, the playfulness after we got to know each other, the bickering in daily life, the comfort when she was sad... and when he was attacked, he would stand behind her and help her fight back without hesitation.

One thing after another flashed before my eyes like slides.

Looking at Meng Bai standing in the light in front of her, for some reason, she suddenly didn't want to say this in such a playful way.

Meng Ziyi pursed her lips - it was clearly just a joke, but why did she seem to take it so seriously?

Meng Bai looked at his niece who suddenly lowered her head and asked curiously, "What are you doing? Do you want to play or not?"

"Forget it." Meng Ziyi turned around, "Suddenly it feels meaningless."

"Nima, I really am..."

Meng Bai looked at the girl in front of him speechlessly: "Meng Ziyi, if you do something like this again, don't call me."

Meng Ziyi suppressed his emotions and forced out a smile as usual: "I'm sorry, little uncle, don't be angry. Here, I'll give you some water, hehe."

Meng Bai glanced at her sideways and took the water bottle unhappily.

Having said that, he was used to this girl having one idea after another every day.

As they were talking, the door of the dressing room suddenly opened. Then, Yang Chaoyue, dressed in a wedding dress, walked out carefully.

Seeing Meng Bai and Meng Ziyi standing at the door and looking at her, she smiled uncomfortably, and then tugged at her skirt: "Boss, Sister Meng, do you feel okay?"

"This is more than okay!" Meng Ziyi even temporarily put aside the feeling of loss just now, and looked at her best friend in front of her: "You are really, so beautiful."

"Yes, that's right." Yang Chaoyue smiled a little embarrassedly, and couldn't help but look at Meng Bai.

Like Meng Ziyi, Meng Bai was also stunned for a moment by Yang Chaoyue in front of him.

The wavy long hair fell down, and the delicate face that had long lost its childishness was more elegant. The light golden dress outlined her superior figure, making her look no longer just a girl, but more mature.

Yang Chaoyue looked at the astonished look in Meng Bai's eyes, and she couldn't help but feel happy. She deliberately asked, "Boss, what do you think?"

"Very beautiful!" Meng Bai said with a smile, "The color and style suit you very well."

Yang Chaoyue smiled happily: "Thank you, boss."

After that, she shouted that she wanted to take photos and post them on Weibo. After all, she played a cameo role, so it was her responsibility to help promote the film.

Meng Ziyi, who was standing aside, looked at the way her uncle was looking at her best friend. For some reason, she always felt a sense of suffocation in her heart.

His evaluation of himself is "not bad", and his evaluation of Chaoyue is "very pretty". The contrast is too obvious.

Looking at his friend who was so happy in front of Meng Bai, Meng Ziyi secretly made up his mind -

No, Chaoyue is still too young. I can’t let her fall into the “evil hands” of my uncle. I must save her!
Yes, it is like that.

(End of this chapter)