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

Chapter 490 Uncle, I’m back!
"...Okay, that's all for today. Let's get back to the work at hand."

Hearing Meng Bai's voice coming from the conference room, Meng Ziyi, who was standing outside, hurriedly lowered his head and stood aside obediently.

Sure enough, after a while, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and a group of Arc Light staff members who looked more or less familiar to her walked out.

Many of them, such as Wang Wei, knew Meng Ziyi, and greeted her enthusiastically when they saw her standing outside the door. The girl also kept a sweet smile and responded to the greetings in a generous and appropriate manner, as if the lively figure just now was someone else.

It was not until everyone else had left and Meng Bai was the only one left inside that she regained her lively expression, pushed open the door and jumped in.

"Uncle!"

Meng Ziyi stood at the door and called out in a delicate voice. When she saw her uncle looking up at her, she stretched out her hand and ran over excitedly.

"I'm back, little uncle... ugh!"

Meng Bai put his fingers together and pointed them at his niece's forehead, stopping her from rushing over: "Welcome back... Just sit there."

"Hey! Uncle, we haven't seen each other for so long. Don't you want to give your beautiful and lovely niece a hug to express your longing for her?"

"..."

Meng Bai looked at the girl with bright eyes and white teeth in front of him, smiled, and said without hesitation: "I don't want to."

Meng Ziyi's smile faded upon hearing this. He snorted and stood up straight: "Tsk, rare! I thought of bringing you a lot of gifts."

"Gift?"

Meng Bai tilted his head and glanced at the empty ground behind her: "Why, you found a storage ring on the grassland, are you planning to transform into an urban cultivator in the future?"

"What? I can't possibly drag a suitcase here, so it must be at home. I'll pack it up tomorrow and send it directly to your villa."

"Could it be that you suddenly remembered that you didn't prepare anything just before boarding the plane, so you just bought something at the airport to make up for it?"

Meng Ziyi widened his eyes and said with an aggrieved tone: "How can you think of me like this, little uncle! I have prepared very seriously."

"Really?" Meng Bai nodded. "Okay, thank you in advance for your gift. I'm very happy."

The biggest advantage of this girl is that she is easy to coax. When she heard him say that, her emotions immediately disappeared and she became happy.

“This play took quite a long time to shoot.”

"Yes." Meng Ziyi sighed, "From the start of filming to the wrap-up yesterday, it took more than four months to shoot."

Meng Bai glanced at her expression and asked, "What's wrong? Did the shooting go wrong?"

"Not really. It's just that the plot of this drama is a bit cruel. When we were filming to the end, we couldn't stand it anymore."

Having not seen each other for nearly half a year, Meng Ziyi was now in a very excited mood, enthusiastically describing the interesting things that happened during the filming process.

"…When we were filming the scene where Xiao Feng committed suicide in front of Li Cheng Yin, Xiao Chen just couldn't stop crying. After the director turned off the camera, he took another hour or two to recover."

The "Xiao Chen" she was referring to was Chen Xingxu, who played the male lead "Li Chengyin, the fifth prince of Feng Dynasty" in the drama.

The character of this male protagonist can be described as being more career-oriented than love-brained. In order to compete for the position of crown prince, he personally wiped out the heroine's clan; after they met again, he used and hurt the heroine again and again for the throne.

Even if it is put in the male channel, it is the type of "killing the wife to prove the truth". In the female channel, where the atmosphere of "no one in the world is better than the heroine", it is even rarer.

In contrast, the heroine "Qu Xiaofeng" is very traditional in female style. She is bright, simple, kind, like a little sun that shines on people's hearts, but she is not completely brainless.

For this kind of role, as long as the actor's image is suitable and his acting skills are not particularly bad, the reviews after the show is broadcast in the future will not be too bad.

"From your description, the crew should have performed well this time."

"Yes, everyone is working hard to make the show a good one." Meng Ziyi said, then turned her head slightly, "I'm a little worried..."

The rest of the words were not spoken, but Meng Bai still understood what she meant - this girl was still worried whether her reputation would affect the performance of the show.

Although "Twinkle Twinkle Star" at the beginning of the year helped her turn around some of the situations, it can only be said that it was not as bad as the "entire network blacklisted" momentum after the broadcast of "The Untamed" last year.

Even though Arc Light's reputation is intimidating, to those traffic fans, it's just that the scolding is not that obvious.

Under the short videos or articles about Meng Ziyi, you can still see some slanderous remarks from time to time. Of course, in order to avoid affecting their brother, they usually add a sentence "I am a passerby" in front.

This kind of thing would be useless even if Arclight's power increased tenfold, after all, he couldn't control the entire online public opinion.

Having said that, even those "big hands" who can really control the entire online public opinion will still have corners that they cannot reach.

The arc light can at most help her keep her popularity among passers-by unaffected. As for whether she can change the public's impression of her in the future, it still depends on the girl herself.

Thinking of this, Meng Bai remembered the variety show project "Fifty Kilometers Taohuawu".

The program was originally planned to start recording during the summer vacation, but due to the impact of influenza, the start date of "Eastern Palace" was postponed, and Meng Ziyi's schedule was also postponed.

This project was originally set up for her, so naturally it had to be arranged according to her schedule. Now that the TV series was finally finished, Xie Dikui would start recording the first episode next week.

In fact, the impact is not that big, it is nothing more than changing the summer plan to winter plan. With the snowy scenery in northern Beijing about to enter winter, the program also has another style.

"Hey, Chaoyue seems to be in Jingbei too? Ask her if she's free tonight, and let's go out for dinner together." Meng Bai said, "Let's welcome you and chat about the upcoming show."

"Ah? Chaoyue?"

Meng Ziyi was stunned for a moment and rolled her eyes: "When we were chatting yesterday, she also said that she was recording a program on Oriental Satellite TV recently. She should still be in Shanghai now."

Meng Bai looked at her and saw the girl's big eyes, black and white, flashing with sincerity.

He chuckled in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He just said, "Forget it since you're not here. I'll just treat you to dinner tonight."

"It's good to be alone. I just like quietness." Meng Ziyi said shamelessly.

"hehe."

Seeing that her uncle didn't say anything, Meng Ziyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. She secretly took out her phone and opened WeChat, then opened the chat box with "Chao Yue" written on it.

Yang Chaoyue: [Sister Meng, are you coming back today? I happen to be in Beijing North today, I will come to see you in the evening. ]

Glancing at Meng Bai and seeing that he wasn't paying attention to him, Meng Ziyi quickly replied to a message with his fingers flying.

Meng Ziyi: [Sorry, Chaoyue, I was delayed today by something. If your time is not convenient, let’s meet in a few days when we record the show.]

After sending the message, she quickly put away her phone.

Phew, I'm sorry Chaoyue, although I know you seem to like little uncle a little, but I really don't want you to be my "little aunt".
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It was November now, and the filming of "The Beginning" was still going on at Landao, but Zhao Jinmai had already finished it.

Previously, she was asked to take leave to shoot the film under the pretext of military training, but as the National Day holiday was over, the Central Academy of Drama officially started classes, and it would not be good to delay too long. So in order to take care of her schedule, the crew gave priority to finishing the scenes related to her.

The girl was a little embarrassed but also relieved that she could "go ahead" because she finally didn't have to bear the pressure from the school. And she was also happy that after returning to Beijing, she could see her "boyfriend" more often.

With this expectation, she quickly packed her luggage, flew to northern Beijing accompanied by her mother, and then returned to the Central Academy of Drama.

As a result, once I entered, I couldn't get out.

"There's influenza in the city, what does it have to do with the Changping campus?"

The girl's unhappy voice came out from the phone: "The instructor said that the entire campus will be closed until the winter vacation, and no one is allowed to go out unless there is something special. But I clearly saw a lot of teachers, and I don't know if they are from the school, coming in and out every day, and they didn't seem to be affected."

"Students are always at the bottom of the food chain." Meng Bai said in a warm tone, "Do you want me to talk to your class teacher and ask him to approve a few notes for you to take."

"No, I'm just complaining. Everyone follows the rules, but I'm the only one who's special and a little too conspicuous."

She has been a star student for a long time, and her recent filming attracted a lot of discussion among her classmates. Now she just wants to be a good student and keep in line with everyone.

"As your domineering boyfriend, should I say now - these are just ordinary people's gossips, I will make them shut up!" Meng Bai joked in a deliberately low voice.

"Tsk, you don't look like them at all." Zhao Jinmai said with a smile on his face, "I don't like overbearing CEOs either. I feel like they are brainless."

"It feels like you are mocking me, but I have no evidence."

"Hey, that's not what I said."

Zhao Jinmai pursed her lips and said shyly: "Meng... um, have you missed me recently?"

After saying that, she pulled the quilt over her head to hide her blushing cheeks.

She originally wanted to call him "Brother Meng Bai", but then she remembered a post she had read online recently which said that always calling him that would make the other person accustomed to treating her as a "little sister" rather than a girlfriend, so she temporarily changed her name.

Sure enough, what people say on the Internet does make sense. At least after I said it myself, I felt like there was a little more of a romantic atmosphere.

Meng Bai didn't seem to notice the change in address, or rather, given his level, even if he noticed it, he would have just mentioned it in his mind at most.

"How have you been recently? I've been quite busy lately. There are many things happening in the company as the year draws to a close. There are also several new projects that are about to be launched..."

Meng Bai's voice came, but it was not the same answer Zhao Jinmai had expected. With every word the other party said, the expression on her face became less.

Until the end, when she was about to lose control, she suddenly heard the other end of the phone change the subject: "...But I still take some time every day to think about my girlfriend."

With just these words, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up, and a bright smile bloomed on the fair little face.

"Well, then you have to keep it up boyfriend...you have to think more about it today."

"Doesn't the time spent on the phone call count?"

"Of course not. Calling is calling, and thinking about me is thinking about me."

"Ha...Okay, I'll think about it for a while. Good night, and have a good rest."

"Good night, boyfriend."

Putting down the phone, Zhao Jinmai turned over, buried his face in the quilt and smiled happily.

I didn't call him "Meng Baige" today, which is a breakthrough victory. Next time, I can try calling him "Meng Bai" directly. Well, no, no, the progress is a bit too fast, I still have to do it step by step.

She fluttered on the bed, and the iron bed groaned softly.

"What's wrong, Maizi, why are you so happy?"

Wang Jiayi, the roommate in the next bed, heard the noise and said jokingly, "You've been on the phone for quite some time, boyfriend?"

"No...just normal friends." Zhao Jinmai said quickly.

Because she came late, she was not very familiar with her classmates. Even among her roommates, only Wang Jiayi was slightly closer to her.

The reason why he became closer to her was also very strange - the other party was from Blue Island.

Hearing her roommate's denial, Wang Jiayi had an "I understand" expression on her face: "Don't worry, I understand. A girl idol's secret boyfriend... well, this CP setting is a bit good."

"Knocking on anything will only hurt you."

"Wrong, taking everything will only make my nutrition balanced!"

"Haha, you who have a balanced diet should first think about how to spend tomorrow's physical training."

"Hate it, don't say these things before going to bed, it will give you nightmares..."

The two girls started laughing and joking on the bed.

the other side.

Meng Bai hung up the phone and let out a long breath.

This girl is in her first relationship and is in the excitement phase, so she is very motivated. She either sends WeChat messages or calls him every day, almost without missing a day.

"On a spring day, with apricot blossoms blowing all over my head, there is a young man on the road, so romantic."

He sighed, a faint smile unconsciously appearing on the corner of his mouth.

Shaking his head, suppressing the little girl's smiling face from his mind, he focused his energy back on the script in front of him.

The time for the "anti-gang drama" in cooperation with the Political and Legal Affairs Commission is tight, so Arclight has been busy with this project recently. With the blessing of Meng Bai's inspiration fragments, the script of this project has taken shape.

The story is set in "Green Ivy City". The various divisions, scenes, etc. involved in the plot also follow the settings of the previous "Green Ivy Criminal Investigation Universe", retaining familiar elements such as "Binhai Brigade" and "Longfan Public Security".

However, the characters are all brand new, so as to avoid some veteran viewers being distracted when watching the show or affecting the main theme of the show itself.

The Arc Light screenwriting department added some details based on the established framework, and will hand over the first version of the script to Meng Bai for review.

He read it carefully from beginning to end several times in the past two days, and was not very satisfied with some of the settings.

For example, the scriptwriting department added a reporter character named "Huang Xi", whose setting is somewhat similar to the "upright and brave" heroine in traditional film and television dramas, and who also serves as a clue to part of the plot.

However, in the current story, this character seems redundant, and her functions can be transferred to other characters. Moreover, after adding her, the whole plot seems to be dragged out a lot, and there are more bugs.

After thinking for a while, he reached out and tapped the screen, marking all the plots involving this character in red, and then added a note - the character is redundant, it is recommended to be deleted.

After marking, he went to the first page of the script and wrote in the empty title space: [Tentative project name: "Sweeping Black Storm."]

(End of this chapter)