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

Chapter 482 I will work hard to serve my master
"Now, the winners of the 32nd Feitian Awards for Outstanding TV Dramas in the 'Times and Struggle' category are: Like a Flowing River, Emergency Room Doctors, Little Joy, and The Bad Kids! Congratulations to all four works!"

Hearing the invitation from the host on stage, Meng Bai stood up from the audience, smiled and thanked the invited guests who were applauding and congratulating him, and then walked onto the stage accompanied by passionate music.

After receiving the golden trophy and certificate in the shape of the "Flying Goddess" from the presenter, Meng Bai looked down and couldn't help but feel a strange feeling that something was wrong.

At the beginning of the year, he jointly initiated a proposal in the name of Arclight with several major video platforms and online drama production companies, asking the Feitian Awards to agree to include online drama projects in the award's registration list.

At the beginning, he always focused on the Feitian Award.

Firstly, he was the one who initiated the nomination of the web series, and “The Bad Kids” happened to be a representative of the overall level of domestic web series in the past two years;
Secondly, the Feitian Award is different from other awards. It has more places in the "Excellent TV Series" category, and can give out more than a dozen in one session, so there is no shortage of places for Arc Light.

Unexpectedly, the Golden Eagle Awards and the Magnolia Awards intervened and announced that they would join the online drama selection. Then the Magnolia Awards took advantage of its earlier time and gave out the grand prize first.

And once it was given, it was directly given to several web dramas, which can be said to be full of gimmicks.

As we all know, the Feitian Award has always liked to slap the Magnolia Award in the face. It often happens that one award chooses someone, but the other does not.

So although many online dramas were shortlisted for this year's Feitian Awards, such as "The Longest Day in Chang'an", "Suddenly This Summer", "Hello, Debaters", etc., only "The Bad Kids" made the final list of winners.

Meng Bai even suspected that if he had not made the reservation long ago, the Feitian Award would not be able to save face and go back on its word and would not even want to give him this one and only spot.

Of course, if this situation really happens, he will have to find someone to talk it out.

Perhaps this was taken into consideration, so the jury finally gave this spot to "The Bad Kids", saving both parties a lot of trouble.

After giving his acceptance speech and stepping down from the stage, Meng Bai returned to his seat. He placed the certificate and trophy in front of him, took a photo, and posted it to his Moments.

[Grand Slam achievement of "The Hidden Corner": 2/3, I hope to complete it next month. ]

The Golden Eagle Award is the last of the three awards, and will not be held until the end of October. The Bad Kids was also shortlisted for the final award.

At that time, whether you can get the only "Best TV Series" or the second-class "Excellent TV Series", it can be regarded as unlocking the "Grand Slam" achievement.

"Ding~"

The phone vibrated, Meng Bai glanced at the screen, it was a WeChat message from Meng Ziyi.

Meng Ziyi: [I’m the first one to like this! Uncle, please praise me! ]

Meng Ziyi: [Screenshot]

Meng Ziyi: [It still has to be me.jpg]

Looking at this confident expression, Meng Bai chuckled and replied: [Is it possible that WeChat Moments is not QQ Moments, and you can't see the likes my friends give me. ]

The girl seemed to have been waiting with her phone in hand. After the message was sent, she replied almost instantly.

Meng Ziyi: [I don’t care. Anyway, I see the first one here, which means that I care about it the most in our common scope.]

Meng Bai: [Wow, you are awesome! ]

Meng Ziyi: [(*^▽^*)]

This girl's personality is such that she doesn't care whether the other person is sincere or not. As long as you praise me, I will be happy.

Meng Bai: [You seem to be very free? Why are you finishing work so early tonight? ]

He was a little confused. This girl was recently filming the palace drama part of "Eastern Palace" in Hengdian and complained every day that there were too many night scenes.

Meng Ziyi: [No, I’m still on the set. I just finished filming a scene and am taking a break. The director said there is an important plot and it would be best if we can finish it all at once today. I guess we won’t be able to finish work until the second half of the night.]

Meng Bai: [What’s the progress? Director Xie told me that the Taohuawu variety show will start recording at the end of next month. If you can’t make it in time, I’ll ask him to postpone it.]

Meng Ziyi: [No, no, we only have about one-fifth of the scenes left, and we can wrap up by mid-October.]

Meng Bai: [Okay, then keep going. I've been filming for a few months, so I can take a break while recording a variety show.]

Meng Bai: [You can continue to stay up late. I will go back to bed after this ceremony.]

Meng Ziyi: [(へ╬)Angry! ! ]

On the set of "Eastern Palace" in Hengdian, Meng Ziyi angrily sent an emoticon.

She originally thought that Meng Bai's previous sentence was comforting her and she felt happy, but she didn't expect that the next sentence would "stab" her in the back.

My little uncle is so annoying!

On the other side, Meng Bai, who had just "hurt" his little niece, was looking at WeChat with a smile on his face, and he was still at the ceremony.

The Feitian Awards' "Outstanding TV Series" are divided into three groups. Meng Bai and his team are only in the first group, and it will take some time before they can compete.

While the second group of winners were giving their speeches on the stage, he flipped back to the message on his WeChat Moments.

As a person who seldom posts on WeChat Moments, after Meng Bai sent this message, the little red dot for the message notification basically never stopped displaying, with congratulations and congratulations everywhere.

He responded to a few girls including Li Qin, Li Yitong, and close friends including Guo Fan and Zhang Ruoyun, and directly replied to the rest with an emoticon pack saying "thank you".

He glanced at it briefly and was about to exit WeChat when he suddenly saw a new message. He clicked it and saw that it was from Zhao Jinmai.

Zhao Jinmai: [Congratulations, Brother Meng Bai! You will definitely be successful in the Golden Eagle Awards next month! ]

Meng Bai hesitated for a moment, but still opened her WeChat chat box.

Meng Bai: [Thank you, Mai Mai. Has the crew finished work?]

At the same time, in the crew of Blue Island's "Beginning", Zhao Jinmai, who had just finished filming the last scene of the day and was waiting to return to the hotel, suddenly felt his phone vibrate.

She quickly opened the screen and looked at the reply message from "Brother Meng Bai" that was pinned to the top of the page. She couldn't help but smile.

Zhao Jinmai: [It's over. The director said there are more scenes tomorrow and we have to go to a new location, so we're going to finish work early today.]

Zhao Jinmai: [Brother Meng Bai, do you know where we are going to shoot tomorrow? ! ]

Meng Bai: [I don’t know, where are we going? ]

Zhao Jinmai: [Amusement park! It's written on the filming notice that tomorrow's scene will be filmed at Fantawild Park!]

Meng Bai: [Wow, not bad, not bad. Then you guys should finish the filming early tomorrow, and you can still play there.]

On the other side, Zhao Jinmai's eyes lit up when he saw the message, and he quickly typed: [Really, Brother Meng Bai? Can we play there? ]

Meng Bai: [Sure, tomorrow's scene will be mostly during the day, so there should be two night scenes. If the filming goes well, it will be finished around 12 or o'clock. The crew has agreed with the park that it will be open until o'clock in the evening, so you can still play for a while after you finish.]

Zhao Jinmai looked at the message sent by Meng Bai and suddenly felt cheerful.

She has always wanted to go to the amusement park, but because of filming in recent years, she has been either working or taking classes during her vacation time, so she really doesn't have much time.

It's a rare opportunity to go to the amusement park because of the plot. I thought I could only look around, but I didn't expect to have a little time to play. This is really great!

But as she laughed, the expression on her face suddenly froze.

That’s not right. Brother Meng Bai even knows how many scenes the crew will shoot tomorrow, so how could he not know where to shoot?
Calm down and think about it again. He is the producer and all the movements of the crew have to be reported to him. How could he not know the arrangements for tomorrow's shooting!

Damn it, so embarrassing, I actually naively introduced him to...

Zhao Jinmai: [Brother Meng Bai... a liar! ] Meng Bai: [Where did I start? ]

Zhao Jinmai: [You clearly knew the crew's schedule for tomorrow, yet you lied to me and said you didn't know.]

Meng Bai: [Haha, don't worry about those details, just tell me whether you are happy or not.]

Zhao Jinmai: [It’s… not bad. ]

Meng Bai: [It happens that tomorrow is your birthday, so just consider this as a small gift from the crew. ]

In the plot, as the male and female protagonists repeatedly trace back and explore, they finally lock the murderer who detonated the bus. However, during the confrontation, Xiao Heyun accidentally stabbed the murderer "Auntie Guo" to death in order to save Li Shiqing.

In order to avoid being caught by the police and collect new clues, the two "fled" everywhere and ran into the amusement park, hoping to escape the pursuit through the complex terrain and crowds.

This plot is at the end of the whole drama, and it will take some time to shoot according to the normal shooting schedule.

It’s just that the National Day is just a few days away. Although the number of tourists may not be that large this year due to the flu, it will still be a peak period for the amusement park, and it will be difficult to rent a venue for filming at that time.

Therefore, Meng Bai discussed with Wu Bai and other director crew members and decided to finish filming this segment in advance before the National Day holiday.

As for negotiating with the amusement park to give more time to help the little girl celebrate her birthday, it was just a side job.

On the crew side, Zhao Jinmai felt warm in his heart when he saw the message sent by Meng Bai.

It turns out that Brother Meng Bai cares so much about his birthday that he specially moved the amusement park scene to his birthday. This not only gave him a gift, but also did not make other crew members feel too special.

The little girl pursed her lips, her big eyes reflecting the light from the screen, flashing an inexplicable brilliance in the dark night.

"What are you laughing at?"

Mother Zhao, who had just come over to pick up Zhao Jinmai from get off work, looked at her daughter's face with an unconcealable smile and asked curiously.

"Ah, Mom, you're here!"

Zhao Jinmai, awakened from the inner atmosphere, blinked and quickly quit WeChat: "Nothing, I just saw a short video that was quite interesting."

"Really? What are you filming?"

"It was just a funny joke, I can't find it after refreshing."

"Oh."

Mother Zhao responded. She was just asking casually: "Go back to the hotel and rest. You have to get up early tomorrow morning."

"it is good."

Zhao Jinmai responded obediently and left with her mother. While in the car, while she was not paying attention, she secretly sent a message to Meng Bai to explain and say good night.

After sending the message, she thought about whether she should ask him if he could come back tomorrow. But after a moment's thought, she was worried that this would disturb his work. She hesitated for a while holding the phone, and finally gave up.

It’s okay. As long as you know that Brother Meng Bai cares about you, it doesn’t matter whether you can come back or not.

It was already eleven o'clock when she returned to the hotel. After washing and getting ready, Zhao Jinmai lay down on the bed. She tossed from side to side and couldn't fall asleep because she had something on her mind.

Time passed little by little, and she watched the time on her mobile phone change from 11:59 to 00:00, staring at the screen without blinking.

"Ding~"

The WeChat notification sounded, and she nervously clicked on the small green square, only to see a "Happy Birthday" message in the topmost chat.

"call--"

Zhao Jinmai turned off the screen contentedly, then fell asleep holding the phone with a smile on her face.

Tomorrow, no, today is my birthday, I will definitely have a good dream tonight.
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There was an interview after the ceremony. After the interview, Meng Bai took Hua Yan and the others to have a midnight snack. They didn't go back to the hotel to rest until the early morning. When he woke up in the morning, it was already morning.

I took my phone and took a look, and found that I had sent Mai Mai a birthday greeting at midnight last night.

Oh, yes, I asked Xiaoyi to note the date and send her blessings automatically so that she wouldn’t forget.

"Xiao Yi."

"I'm here!"

"Well done."

"Thank you for the compliment. I will try my best to serve you, Master."

He ordered the hotel's food delivery service and asked them to deliver it in an hour and a half. Meng Bai put on a sports vest and went to the hotel's gym.

Since his birthday at the beginning of the year, he has officially turned 30. In order to stay energetic, he must stick to daily fitness and exercise.

There was no other way. Inspiration fragments were only used on the mind, not the body. Only if he polished his physique could he keep suppressing Teacher Li and the others.

Fortunately, as a boss, Meng Bai doesn't even have to work from nine to five and has plenty of free time, so it's not difficult for him to stick to it.

This is why many wealthy people seem to maintain a good figure - professional personal training guidance, sufficient rest time, carefully matched diet ratio, no pressure daily atmosphere...

With so many buffs, the effect will be good for any normal person.

So instead of saying "self-discipline gives people freedom", it is better to say "freedom makes people self-disciplined".

After finishing my workout, I went back to my room to wash up. When I came out, the hotel just delivered my meal.

He also came with his assistant.

"have you eaten?"

Meng Bai sat down at the table and asked casually, "If you haven't eaten yet, let's eat something together."

Hua Yan looked at the sumptuous brunch on the table and swallowed her saliva: "I have eaten, but since you asked, boss, I can't not give you face... Then eat a little more?"

The tone of her mouth was still questioning, but her body had already honestly sat down opposite, and she didn't know where she found the cutlery.

“Are there any plans later?”

"Gulu... I have several invitations to industry conferences this afternoon, and several interviews about the Feitian Awards..."

Hua Yan swallowed the food in her mouth while reporting the itinerary invitation in a familiar manner.

"The industry will pick the ones with the most people. As for interviews, just pick two and turn down the rest."

"it is good."

The young assistant agreed immediately.

If it was a celebrity, then he would have to attend all these interviews and events. But my boss is not one of them, so there is nothing wrong with just turning it down.

Besides, even if only two or three activities are left, the afternoon time is almost fully occupied and it is impossible to schedule them.

Hua Yan muttered to herself while eating, it seems that she can't go back to Blue Island today.

(End of this chapter)