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

Chapter 467 How shameful!

Although she has been in the industry for several years and has starred in many hit dramas, Bai Lu's popularity has not increased very fast.

Bai Lu broadcast an ancient idol drama "The Legend of Hao Lan" at the beginning of last year. Because the male lead Xu Kai had just become popular for his role as "Fu Cha Fu Heng" in "Story of Yanxi Palace", the new drama was also very popular, but it could only be considered a small hit.

What really made her popularity soar was her participation in the revamped new season of "Running Man" last year.

As one of the only two female members in the entire program, Bai Lu was accepted by the show's old viewers after just one episode with her attitude of not caring about her image at all and her signature hearty laughter.

Afterwards, he used various slices and edits in the short videos to not only attract fans for himself, but also brought a lot of new viewers to the show.

It's normal, the audience watches variety shows for fun. If there is such a beautiful girl on the screen who doesn't care about her image, performs well in the show, and is cheerful every day, everyone is willing to take a second look.

It was thanks to her outstanding performance that she not only gained a firm foothold in the show "Running Man", but also increased her popularity.

The new season of "Running Man" has not yet ended, but many invitations to other programs have been sent to Bai Lu's agent, and the schedule is directly scheduled for half a year later.

The last person to receive this treatment was Yang Chaoyue - there are many artists with high traffic these days, but it is really hard to find ones with good show effects.

However, Meng Bai has told her team before that they should try to be selective in the variety shows they attend and not attend them too frequently.

Actors need to shape characters. There are too many personal labels on variety shows. Once they play characters with different personalities, it is easy for the audience to be distracted.

Sometimes, this kind of performance cannot even be compensated by acting skills.

But this time when he was going to make "Fifty Kilometers of Taohuawu", Meng Bai still added her in. In comparison, Meng Ziyi still has a heavier weight in his heart.

Another point is that he felt that putting these girls together would be quite effective, and who knows, they might come up with something new.

Bai Lu and Meng Ziyi were not very familiar with each other, but they knew each other's relationship with the boss.

After listening to Meng Bai's introduction to the new program, she vaguely realized that this might be something the boss made specifically for the other party.

I'm so envious!

Bai Lu muttered to herself, wondering why she didn't have such a good "little uncle".

By the way, if I take the initiative to admit it now, will the boss agree to it?

Meng Bai naturally didn't know what the girl in front of him was thinking, otherwise he would have to complain about why he had so many nieces when he had nothing better to do.

Looking at Bai Lu who looked thoughtful, he continued, "In addition to the new show, the company has a new drama coming up, and the female lead is quite suitable for you. I'll have someone send the script to your agent later."

Bai Lu perked up suddenly and looked at Meng Bai with bright eyes: "Boss, what drama is this?"

"A drama adapted from a novel. The original work is called "A Lifetime of Beautiful Bones". It involves two timelines, ancient and modern. One is sad and the other is sweet. It is a bit like reincarnation."

Meng Bai introduced that this drama is a collaboration between Tianqi Entertainment and Huace. Although the original work is a book, when the project was adapted, the two timelines were split into two stories, "Zhou Sheng Ru Gu" and "Yi Sheng Yi Shi". The backgrounds are different but the characters are the same, which is equivalent to "one book, two films".

"It sounds interesting." Bai Lu smiled and said, "Thank you, boss!"

After laughing, she couldn't help but murmur in her heart, the boss gave her both the program and the new script, does he really not need her to "sleep with him"?

Or is he waiting for me to take the initiative?

Well, it's not impossible. After all, the boss, a big boss in the industry, must have style. How could he be like those third-rate directors, pulling those little actors and directly telling them that they can get roles after sleeping with them? That's too vulgar.

"Snapped!"

There was a crisp sound, and Meng Bai looked at Bai Lu who was awakened: "Are you thinking about the filming of the new drama again? Is there any problem recently?"

"No, no, I just suddenly received such good news. I was a little excited. I thought that I must perform well when the time comes and live up to my boss's expectations of me!" Bai Lu said with a serious expression.

"Really?" Meng Bai looked at her suspiciously, "That's a good attitude, remember to keep it up."

"Yeah, no problem."

Bai Lu nodded a few times, then asked cautiously, "Um, Boss, after dinner, shall I go with you?"

"Sure." Meng Bai responded casually.

Here it comes, my guess turned out to be correct!
Bai Lu shouted in her heart, it had to come to this after all.

But why am I not unwilling at all, but instead eager to try?

Having said that, this girl is indeed quite pretty. Even the boss likes me.

Well, no, you have to be serious and not laugh out loud, otherwise it will ruin the atmosphere.

Thinking this in her mind, Bai Lu began to try to regulate her behavior and try her best to appear like a normal and pretty girl.

Unfortunately, after acting hard for a long time, she found that her boss didn't even pay attention to her and was always talking about work with Hua Yan.

Not to mention, the boss looks particularly good when he is serious. She couldn't help but think of the drama she was filming recently, "Half Honey, Half Hurt", the plot background setting of which is mainly based on investment, and the male lead is a standard "cold and domineering boss".

Bai Lu couldn't help but think of the leading actor Luo Yunxi who played opposite her, and subconsciously compared him with her boss.

Look at the face, the figure, the temperament, uh...

Forget it, there is no need to compare, they are not on the same level at all. Ronaldinho is just an actor, but the boss is the real "boss".

Oh, that’s not right. The boss is not that domineering. He is quite gentle most of the time.

What a pity, why didn’t I get to know the boss first? Otherwise, the position of “Arclight’s No. 1 Boss Lady” might be mine now.

Bai Lu finished the dinner without tasting the food as she was thinking about all sorts of things. It was not until she walked out of the restaurant and was greeted by the summer heat that she came to her senses.

"Get in the car."

Meng Bai said something when he came to the front of the car. Just as he was about to go around to the driver's seat, he suddenly found Bai Lu looking around at the street opposite, as if looking for something.

"What are you doing?"

"Boss, I think I saw some paparazzi following us just now."

Meng Bai was stunned for a moment, and looked across the street through the passing vehicles: "Is there anything? Why don't I see anything?"

"Yes, it's over there." Bai Lu raised her hand and pointed in a direction. "That white car over there should be it."

Meng Bai looked in the direction she pointed and indeed saw a car. There was a faint light coming from the car, which should be the reflection of the lens.

"You have good eyesight."

"Before the flu, we could see them every now and then. We all have experience with them." Bai Lu said, "Some of them have been with us for a long time and are familiar with us. Occasionally, we would ask them to help take some Reuters photos."

"Your ecology is quite harmonious..."

"It's all work. We want popularity and they want traffic and attention. Each one gets what they need."

Bai Lu said this with a smile, then her face suddenly froze as she reacted.

That’s not right. I was just photographed with my boss. I’m doomed.

"Boss, do you need to find someone to contact them and buy the photos?"

“Why buy photos?”

"They... should have taken a picture of you and me together just now." Bai Lu stuttered.

Meng Bai gave her a strange look and said, "If they take the photos, they take the photos. We are just talking about work normally. Is there a rule that bosses cannot treat employees to a meal?"

"This……"

Bai Lu blinked her eyes. What the boss said sounded very reasonable.

Wait, that's not right. So far, it seems that the boss has really been talking to me about work and hasn't said anything else.

Could it be that I was thinking too much, and we really were just here tonight to talk about work, not to "sleep with each other"?
Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly saw Meng Bai waving to the opposite side.

"Boss, what are you doing?"

"Just say hello, so they can take pictures of me looking handsome."

Meng Bai retracted his gaze: "Let them take the photos if they want. It's open and aboveboard, so what's there to be afraid of? Get in the car, I'll take you home."

"..."

Bai Lu got on the car in a daze and remained silent the whole way.

How embarrassing! The boss clearly didn't mean anything, but I spent so much time thinking about "sleeping with him". How embarrassing!
What? If you don't say it, it's not embarrassing? Haha, it's a good thing I didn't say it, otherwise I would have been socially ruined on the spot.

Meng Bai didn't pay much attention to the silence of the girl beside him. He was looking through the rearview mirror to see if the car was catching up with him.

I changed the speed and lane along the way to test it. I don't know if the other party gave up after being discovered or if the tracking technology was too good. Anyway, he didn't notice that there was a car following him.

They returned to the hotel entrance in silence. Meng Bai retracted his attention and looked at Bai Lu in the passenger seat: "We're here. Let your assistant come down to pick you up."

"Huh? Oh, good."

Bai Lu was still immersed in shame, she took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to her bestie. Then she turned off the screen without even looking at the big question mark on the reply.

No, I will go back home and wash up and go to bed. When I wake up tomorrow morning, I will forget what happened tonight.

(End of this chapter)