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

Chapter 508 Li Qin: I recommend Teacher Li Yitong
2021 is an odd-numbered year. According to tradition, the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award, two of the "three major awards", are held every two years. This year, only the Magnolia Award remains.

In addition, at the beginning of this year, there were breakthrough masterpieces such as "Mountains and Seas" and "Awakening Age" that could compete for the title of "Drama of the Year", so many viewers are paying close attention to the Magnolia Awards.

Best TV Series, Best Director, Best Actor...these popular awards have been hotly discussed, and many people are wondering which drama will win the grand prize in the end.

In comparison, the competition for "Best Actress" this year is not that fierce.

Among the five nominated actors, Yan Ni just won the Magnolia Best Actress award last year for her role in Life of Pi, completing the grand slam of the three major TV drama awards. It is basically impossible for the organizers to let her win the award for two consecutive years.

As for the three young actors, Li Qin, Li Yitong and Tan Songyun, although they all had good roles in the past year, their overall performance can only be considered above average. It's okay to get a nomination, but if they win the award, it's a bit worrying.

The most popular character on the Internet is Reyiza, whose popularity has skyrocketed recently. She played the role of "Shuihua" in "Mountains and Seas", and her crying scene directly became a new classic in the hearts of the audience.

Although the Magnolia Awards often go against the public's opinion in order to reflect the purpose of "industry recognition", the gap between the candidates this year is indeed very large. No matter how independent the jury is, there is no better choice.

Therefore, although the Magnolia Awards will not be held until next month, the audience has already tacitly given this year's "Best Actress" title to Reyiza.

Fans of the other nominated actors are naturally aware of the current situation, and have left messages online, saying "We are very satisfied that Qinqin/Tongtong/Jingjing can be nominated, and we don't dare to expect to win any awards."

What is even more surprising is that fans of Li Qin and Li Yitong actually took the initiative to promote Reyiza, posting a lot of highlight clips and slices of her, as if they were about to climb the wall.

Of course, the truth is that the fans did not think about changing the "sister", the purpose of the two families is the same -

If my sister can win the award, that would be the best, but if my sister can't win, then the next priority is to prevent her from winning.

I would rather not be able to get on top than to pull the other party down!

"These fans are pure destructive competition."

In Arclight's office, Yang Ming looked at the messages from the two fans online and couldn't help but complain.

"That's normal. A double loss is better than a single win. This has always been the thinking of the fan circle." Meng Bai said indifferently.

Yang Ming shook his head and sighed, then looked at him again and said tentatively: "In fact, before the award is officially announced, it is not so certain who will win in the end. If you help Yitong with some work during this period, maybe you can also compete."

"No, Brother, please don't do that!"

Meng Bai immediately stopped him: "If you are not worthy of your position, you will suffer. Have you forgotten about the Golden Eagle Award?"

At the 2018 Golden Eagle Awards, Reba, under the operation of Jiaxing, carried out a "flooding the Golden Eagle" operation, which directly led to a sharp drop in her reputation and popularity.

Before this, although she didn't have many works, she was still a top star among the "90s Flowers". As a result, a wave of public opinion exploded, instantly hitting her rising momentum. With the rise of a new batch of young flowers in the past two years, her situation has become increasingly difficult.

"Whether it's Li Qin or Li Yitong, their current performances are not up to the standard for winning awards, especially given that there are still some hot favorites in this year's competition."

Meng Bai said, "If it's up to me, unless there's a phenomenal role that goes viral, it would be better to wait two or three years, get nominated for the three major awards twice, and then consider winning the award." "That's true." Yang Ming nodded, but then smiled bitterly, "But the problem is that your client's contract expires this year. I don't want to get her an award so that she will agree to renew her contract."

Li Yitong signed with Arclight in 2015, and later moved to Taiyang Chuanhe. Because of Meng Bai's relationship, her contract was relatively good among newcomers in the domestic entertainment industry, with a term of only seven years.

Taiyang Chuanhe has suffered a lot of losses in terms of actresses in the past year. Founding shareholder Yang Tianbao withdrew to set up his own studio, and Zhou Dongyu did not renew her contract after it expired. Wang Ziwen, who replaced her, is still there, but her contract is only two years and will also expire at the end of the year.

As for Zhang Junning, Zhang Jianing, Zhao Xiaotang, Kong Xueer, Hani Kezi, etc., they can't hold up the scene. So now, if we really talk about it, Li Yitong can be regarded as the "pillar" among the actresses in the company.

Because of this, Yang Ming hoped to keep her and offered very generous terms for the contract renewal.

However, he also knew that whether this person could stay or not depended largely on Meng Bai, so he took advantage of the "Magnolia Award" nomination to come and test the waters.

"It should be no problem to persuade her to stay, but the terms must be more favorable." Meng Bai said: "I won't interfere in this matter, you can discuss it among yourselves... I remember she said before that she wanted to set up her own studio."

"Yeah, that's right. Nowadays, any artist who is doing well doesn't want to have the final say." Yang Ming sighed, "Okay, then let's talk to her again."

As the two were chatting, Hua Yan suddenly knocked on the door and told them that Li Qin was here.

"Meng... Hey, Mr. Yang is here too?"

Li Qin, who was wearing a white top and a short skirt, wanted to call Meng Bai as soon as she entered the room, but when she found that there were outsiders around, her voice suddenly dropped eight octaves.

"Why don't you guys talk first, I'll come over later."

"No, no, I just finished what I was saying." Yang Ming stood up and said with a smile, "You guys chat, I won't disturb you."

After watching the other person leave, Li Qin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the dignified and cold smile on her face also relaxed.

Turning back to look at Meng Bai, she asked curiously, "Why is Mr. Yang here today?"

"Oh, he heard that you were nominated for the Magnolia Award, and came to ask if he could help you with the process." Meng Bai said casually.

"That's not necessary. I know my own abilities very well, and I'm not worthy of the Magnolia Award for Best Actress yet. I think this year's nominee, Ms. Li Yitong, is very talented, and happens to be an artist of our company, so why not help her out?"

Li Qin had a sincere expression on her face, and seemed to be very considerate of the other person.

Of course, as Meng Bai just said, no matter which of them takes it, it will arouse public anger. This girl obviously intends to push her "old rival" into the fire pit.

Meng Bai looked at her sincere expression and felt a cold wind blowing behind him. He laughed dryly, walked over to hug her and changed the subject: "Why did you decide to come to the company today?"

Li Qin's expression immediately became a little awkward when she heard this. After hesitating for a while, she coughed and said, "Well, I saw a novel a while ago and thought it was pretty good, so I bought the film and television rights. Mr. Meng, would you like to take a look? If you are interested, you can invest a little."

(End of this chapter)