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

Chapter 463 Three Body?

By mid-May, with the united efforts of the whole country, the domestic influenza trend was initially curbed.

In view of this, the authorities finally ordered the cancellation of the nationwide state of emergency and the gradual restoration of normal life and work order.

After staying at home for such a long time, many people feel suffocated. Although it is still not possible to go far, it is still possible to take a short trip around the city.

For the film and entertainment industry, the impact is not that great. Public places continue to be strictly controlled, and cross-regional mobility is troublesome. The best way for everyone to entertain themselves is still online.

Qiyi TV's hit variety show "Youth With You 2" has reached its final episode. Relying on the special node of "Group Night", it briefly surpassed "Sisters Who Make Waves" and won the championship of the online variety show popularity list that day.

However, in just one day, with the formation of the new group "THE9", the popularity of the show quickly declined and the top spot returned to "Sisters Who Make Waves".

As for Tencent Video's "Creation Camp 2020", we finally sent one away, but a new one came, so we can only continue to be frustrated.

For the program team and the thirty "sisters", what they naturally value most is the popularity of the program itself, and they hope it can be as high as possible.

However, for Meng Bai, Chen Zhixi and others, the popularity of the program itself is one aspect, but what matters most is how many new users the program can bring to the Heng Video platform.

It turns out that talent shows are indeed an effective strategy for attracting new users. Just half a month after the show started, Heng Video gained nearly one million paying users.

Another point is that the "three-month membership for one dollar" activity promoted by the platform has now expired or is about to expire for most users. If you want to continue buying, the price will return to the normal original price.

Monthly membership is 28 yuan, half-year membership is 160 yuan, and annual membership is 308 yuan.

Compared with the common monthly fees of other platforms, the fees for horizontal videos are more expensive. However, in the past six months, many users have become accustomed to the whole process without advertisements and the refreshing page, and they feel that the extra few dollars seems to be acceptable.

And if you compare it more carefully, the paid membership rights of Heng Video are actually comparable to the "SVIP" of several other platforms. If you calculate it at this price, it is basically the same.

The only problem now is that there are still too few exclusive resources for Heng Video. Except for users who originally used Tencent Video and can connect seamlessly, viewers of the other two companies are still hesitant.

"Twinkle Twinkle Star" made the platform visible to the public for the first time, and "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" attracted extremely high popularity for the platform.

The foundation has been laid, and the next priority is to increase the number of one's own works.

It just so happens that the situation has been initially relaxed and all major film and television studios can begin operations. Projects and crews that were previously suspended due to the flu can continue filming, which provides a lot of replacements.

The other two films in the "Backtracking Series", "The Beginning", will have to wait for a while because the heroine Zhao Jinmai is currently preparing for the college entrance examination and the re-examination of colleges and universities, but the other one, "Want to See You", can start shooting soon.

Similar to "Twinkle Twinkle Star", "Want to See You" also focuses on the female protagonist's perspective.

Huang Yuxuan, 27, is a department manager at a large Internet company in 2019. She is independent, capable and very capable. She has a boyfriend, Wang Quansheng, whom she has known since college. The two have been in love for many years and were about to get married, but he disappeared in a plane crash.

Huang Yuxuan, who was heartbroken, accidentally found a photo of herself and her boyfriend, but the photo was taken before they met. She collected clues and finally found out that the person in the photo was not herself, but another girl, Chen Yunru, who looked almost the same as her.

At this time, Huang Yuxuan received an anonymous express delivery, which contained an old Walkman and a tape. After plugging in headphones and listening to the familiar melody, she fell asleep, then woke up in a medical room, and then found herself as Chen Yunru in 1998.

In front of her was Li Ziwei, a high school boy who looked exactly like her boyfriend.

The main plot of "Want to See You" is actually similar to that of "Bright Star", in which the heroine searches for answers through the cycle of timelines to save herself and the hero.

But the difference is that the time travel in "Bright Star" is to a parallel world, and the two timelines do not interfere with each other.

The two plots of "Want to See You" take place in the same world, and every change in the past affects the future. At the same time, the actions taken by the heroine to change the "future" will indirectly promote the arrival of the "future".

Compared with the two, the complexity of the plot of "Want to See You" has obviously risen by several levels, and it is already a bit like a suspense film like "The Cruise".

"...Huang Yuxuan's consciousness traveled back in time and met Li Ziwei through Chen Yunru's body. At that time, Huang Yuxuan was just a kindergarten kid."

"Afterwards, Li Ziwei had an accident and his consciousness was awakened to the body of Wang Quansheng, who had committed suicide by jumping into the sea 10 years ago. He and the grown-up Huang Yuxuan were admitted to the same university."

"After that, the two of them were in a normal relationship until Wang Chuansheng encountered a plane accident, which then triggered Huang Yuxuan's consciousness to travel through time."

"Essentially, the whole story is a continuous circle. The past triggers the future, and the future shapes the past..."

In a courtyard villa in northern Beijing, Meng Bai projected the mind map on his computer onto the TV and explained the logic of the entire drama to Li Qin who was sitting opposite him.

Li Qin sat upright in front of a small table with a notebook in front of him, looking like he was studying hard.

After another round of teaching, Meng Bai tapped the screen and said, "Do you understand this time?"

"Yeah, don't worry, I really understand this time." Li Qin nodded hard.

However, having said that, Meng Bai couldn't help but sigh when he saw the girl's still confused eyes.

Alas, I finally understand how teachers felt when facing poor students when I was in school.

Fortunately, although this "student" is a little stupid, his emotional value is still full.

Seeing Meng Bai sitting down to rest, Li Qin quickly stood up and handed him a glass of water: "Teacher Meng, thank you for your hard work. Come, have a drink of water to moisten your throat."

After saying that, she stood behind the "teacher" and massaged his shoulders.

Meng Bai took a sip of water, feeling the warm touch on his neck, and said, "Do you really understand?"

"...Of course, it's very simple."

"Then answer me, who was missing in the plane accident, Wang Quansheng or Li Ziwei?"

"This one……"

Li Qin paused her hand movements and began blinking rapidly.

After a long while, she asked in a speculative tone: "Li Ziwei?"

"Is it right?"

"That's Wang Chuansheng."

"you sure?"

"...Anyway, it must be one of the two."

"..."

Meng Bai didn't say anything, but turned around and looked at Li Qin, who was smiling, and smiled back. Just when the other party relaxed, he suddenly raised his hand and pulled the girl into his arms, laying her horizontally on his knees.

Then, Meng Bai raised his hand and slapped the woman's little butt without hesitation as she cried for help.

"I've told you a thousand times, Li Ziwei and Wang Quansheng are the same person! What have you heard after listening for so long?"

"It's one person... Then why are you asking me to choose between the two of them!"

"This is not a multiple-choice question, this is a fill-in-the-blank question."

"Then it's my fault, put me down... Help!"

"Hey, just shout as loud as you can. The nearest yard is about thirty to fifty meters away from us. Let's see who can hear us."

Although his tone was harsh, Meng Bai didn't actually use much force.

Li Qin was struggling not because of the pain, but more because she felt a little embarrassed.

You are not a child, but you are still spanked. This is really too shameful.

Fortunately, there was no one else in the room, otherwise she would have died of embarrassment by now.

After a few "pa pa pa", Meng Bai finally let go. Li Qin stood up quickly, rubbed her little butt with one hand, and stared at Meng Bai with a "vicious" expression.

It’s a pity that with her blushing face now, she doesn’t look intimidating at all, but instead looks a bit more delicate and cute.

Meng Bai found it funny and waved at her: "Come here."

"What?" Li Qin looked at him with suspicion and couldn't help but take a step back.

A smile appeared on Meng Bai's lips: "I'll help you rub it, what are you afraid of."

"Ha, who's afraid?" Li Qin said, and then approached carefully. Seeing that her boyfriend really had no intention of "having sex" anymore, she sat on his lap with confidence face to face.

Meng Bai hugged his girlfriend with his backhand, and moved her down along her slender waist to her raised position.

"Humph~"

Li Qin snorted and patted him: "Where are your hands?"

"Of course I'm in the right place." Meng Bai reached out and unbuttoned her pajamas. "You're already an old married couple, and you're still shy."

"Bah! You are an old man, but I haven't had my birthday yet. I'm only 29 years old now, and I'm still a girl." Li Qin said firmly.

But she was only tough for a few seconds. After so many years of living together, Meng Bai knew every detail about her.

After a while, the girl's eyes were filled with lust and she clenched her teeth, trying not to make any sound.

Twenty minutes later.

"Ah-uh!"

With a long groan, the noise in the room finally calmed down.

"Are you going out later?"

Li Qin lay in Meng Bai's arms, looking up and asked.

"Yes, I made an appointment with Director Guo and the others to talk about The Wandering Earth 2. Have your uncle and aunt gone back?"

"Yes, he said he was worried about his family and wanted to go back to see them. At most, he can just stay at home for a few more days."

Li Qin rubbed her head against his shoulder: "Will you come back in the evening?"

"Probably. If nothing else, I'll come back after having dinner with them."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you."

Meng Bai lowered his head, held up her face, and teased, "Why, weren't you full just now?"

"Who will eat this much?" Li Qin licked her lips and looked at him tenderly: "I'll wait for you to come back in the evening and have a big meal together!"

"Haha, you're talking so cheerfully now, but don't run away after two rounds."

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Since The Wandering Earth became a huge hit, Guo Fan moved his studio to another location.

My current location is relatively close to Arc Light Film and Television, so it is convenient to run back and forth.

The new studio is more than twice as large as before, enough to accommodate hundreds of people. But despite this, when Meng Bai entered, the room was still packed.

Needless to say, these are all the models, props, drawings, etc. needed for "The Wandering Earth 2".

However, unlike when "The Wandering Earth 1" was being prepared, these things are no longer piled up in a disorderly manner. Each item is neatly arranged, but there are more of them.

"How's it going?" Meng Bai looked at Guo Fan and asked, "The script hasn't been finalized yet?"

"The main plot and framework are already ready, but some details of the plot are still being revised." Guo Fan sighed.

After the release of "The Wandering Earth" last year, Guo Fan took a break for a while and participated in various interviews and activities.

As one of the souls of the entire movie, his popularity is higher than the two leading actors Qu Chuxiao and Zhao Jinmai. Meng Bai once teased him that he might as well transform himself into an idol director in the future.

Of course, this is just a joke. Being in the circle, you have to attend many activities and cocktail parties.

Fortunately, it was only a month or two, and Guo Fan put his energy back into the next "The Wandering Earth 2".

According to the plan, the second part will be a prequel to the first part, which is about Liu Peiqiang's youth.

In this way, Master Wu, who died in the previous film, can naturally appear in this film.

Until the flu outbreak during the Spring Festival this year, the entire project team had already determined the overall direction of the second film. Compared to the first film, which was a disaster film disguised as science fiction, this one is more hardcore and has a more sci-fi feel.

However, in this case, the requirements for plot details and the scientific concepts that appear must be very accurate.

In order to ensure scientificity, Guo Fan contacted the Science Popularization Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. With their help, he invited more than 20 researchers from the Institute of Computing Technology, Institute of Physics, Institute of Mechanics and National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to form a special scientific advisory department.

The biggest role of these experts is to discuss with each other how to achieve what they want to achieve in the movie plot through scientific means as much as possible.

They are all experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and each of them is the most cutting-edge explorer in their respective fields. They all feel that there are bugs in the content listed by each other.

So the daily routine in the group is that Guo Fan first proposes a plot concept for the crew, then a group of big guys start discussing it, and finally overturn the crew's design and come up with something new.

"I was just talking to them about how the Earth could escape the Moon's gravity. The original design was the 'barrage plan', which was to install a cannon on the space elevator and fire projectiles at the Moon to accelerate its rotation, causing the Moon to automatically disintegrate."

"Yeah, it sounds reliable." Meng Bai, a liberal arts student, nodded just to fill in the gaps.

"Yes, everyone thought it was possible at first. But just now, Mr. Gou from the Observatory sent a long calculation, saying that the energy required for this plan is too large and cannot be supplied at all."

"What should I do?"

"He said that he had discussed it with several people from the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Computer Science, and they decided to use a phased array to detonate a nuclear bomb to cause changes in the moon's core, leading to its self-disintegration."

"Wow--"

"Do you understand?"

"No. I've heard of the Bagua Formation and Zhuxian Formation, but who knows what the Phased Control Formation is." Meng Bai spread his hands, "But formations that are called something are usually very powerful."

"Oh, that's great." Guo Fan patted Meng Bai's shoulder and said happily, "I finally feel like I'm not the one with the lowest IQ in this room anymore."

"grass!"

Meng Bai laughed and scolded: "What should we do now?"

"Just change it. It's not the first time anyway. But the art department will probably go crazy again. The last time I saw them, they seemed to have almost finished designing the cannon for the space elevator."

"Thank you for your hard work."

“I guess I’m tired but happy.” Guo Fan said, “Fortunately, the structure of The Wandering Earth itself is relatively simple. I can’t even imagine how much suffering I would have to endure if the project I took on was The Three-Body Problem.”

"Not necessarily. The first part of The Three-Body Problem, up until the Sword Bearer Project, was actually quite easy to film." Meng Bai said, "The first part doesn't have too many science fiction concepts. Instead, it's more like an urban suspense."

Guo Fan glanced at him and said, "From your tone, I can tell you've really thought about this."

"I thought about it when I was writing the script for The Wandering Earth 1." Meng Bai said, "It's a pity that our teacher Liu sold the copyright too early."

"Didn't the copyright holder make a movie?"

“It was filmed, and then it was sealed after the internal viewing.”

"That sounds terrible." Guo Fan said, "Teacher Liu told me before that if he had known Arc Light earlier, he would have given you the film and television adaptation rights for The Three-Body Problem."

"Yeah, what a pity."

"Well, if you really want to make it, you can ask the copyright holder. With Arclight's reputation, if they want to make it into a film, they generally won't refuse."

"This……"

Meng Bai touched his chin.

You know what, what Guo Fan said sounds quite reasonable.

With this in mind, he opened his phone and searched for the current copyright holder of "The Three-Body Problem".

Shanghai Youzu Network, its founder Lin Qi, and his wholly-owned holding company - Three-Body Universe.

(End of this chapter)