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

Chapter 51 Celebration Banquet

"Five, four, three, two, one... Congratulations to Soul Ferry for reaching 500 million views!"

In the banquet hall of a luxury hotel in northern Beijing, everyone looked at the number "500000000" displayed on the screen in the hall and cheered in unison.

Meng Bai returned to northern Beijing on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. As soon as he came back, he received a message from Gan Wei - the performance of "Soul Ferry" skyrocketed during the Spring Festival, and the total number of views has reached nearly 500 million.

Such an achievement must be celebrated with a banquet.

Therefore, Leshi.com brought together the creative team, crew and actors of "Pendulum", together with Leshi.com and some invited friends, and chose today as the date to witness the key moment of this drama together.

Leshi.com specially set up a large screen on site to display the playback data in real time.

And as the last digit returned from "nine" to zero, it announced that the first online drama with over 500 million views was born!

"Finally I surpassed it..."

In front of the lounge in the hall, Wu Bai looked at the numbers still jumping on the screen and said to Meng Bai with emotion.

Meng Bai naturally understood his feelings. In fact, when the video exceeded 4.5 million views, the growth rate of this data had already slowed down.

"Pendulum" has been on the air for more than a month. By this time, the viewers who watched it have watched it several times, and few viewers who didn't watch it would choose to watch it. It has basically reached its playback limit.

Leshi.com and Meng Bai also thought of many ways to add fuel to the fire.

After all, 4.5 million and million seem to be only million apart, but in fact...

Well, actually, there is no difference. "Pendulum" is the first serious web drama adapted into a film and television series. Every bit of achievement is making history, so the only benefit of having 50 million more views is that it sounds better.

"Are there any plans for the second season?" Wu Bai asked, "I remember you said before that the script has been written."

"The script is almost ready, but we still need to discuss with Leshi when to start filming." Meng Bai said, "It also depends on the schedules of our three leading actors. Of course, I hope it will be as soon as possible. After all, no one knows when the gaps in the review and supervision of online dramas will be filled."

Works with supernatural themes such as Soul Ferry have always been subject to strict review. Meng Bai and his team have only skirted the rules by saying that "website-made videos only need to comply with website regulations and do not need to be submitted for review" in order to be successfully broadcast.

However, with the rise of the online drama market and the increase in the number of online dramas, supervision in this area will sooner or later become the same as that for TV dramas.

By that time, if we shoot "Pendulum" again, it will probably be like those bloody "domestic horror films", either mental disorder or dream fantasy.

"Ah, the review..."

Wu Bai sighed deeply. Obviously, all content creators in the country are full of "deep" emotions about this censorship mechanism.

"Director, Mr. Meng."

As Meng Bai and Zhang Ruoyun were talking, they came over with a glass of wine and expressed their gratitude to them.

When it comes to the traffic brought by the popularity of "Soul Ferry", Zhang Ruoyun is the one who benefited the most among the three leading actors.

Although Li Qin has been tepid since "The New Red Mansion", she does have a popularity base after all, so this time it can only be regarded as icing on the cake. On the contrary, it is more important because the character image has broadened her acting range.

Yu Yi originally followed the path of a traditional actor and didn't pay much attention to traffic and fans. Therefore, although the role of "Zhao Li" was very popular, he himself didn't care too much about it.

The only difference is that for Zhang Ruoyun, his popularity was low to begin with, and now he has left the background and is working on his own, which is not much better than a new actor. This wave of traffic addition can be said to be a great help to his future development. He came to Meng Bai to ask about the filming time of the second season. A new drama contacted him a few days ago. If the second season of "Pendulum" is not in a hurry to shoot, he plans to shoot that drama first.

"It's hard to say. Let me ask our teacher Li and see what her schedule is like."

Meng Bai picked up the wine glass, looked around the hall, and finally saw Li Qin sitting on a chair against the wall.

"Why are you sitting here?"

Li Qin raised her head with a dazed look in her eyes. Seeing that she seemed to be in a bad condition, Meng Bai frowned, sat down and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No." Li Qin shook her head and looked at Meng Bai a little embarrassedly and said, "I can't drink much. Everyone kept toasting me just now, and I drank a few more glasses. Now I feel a little dizzy."

"If you can't drink, don't you know to change the drink?" Meng Bai said helplessly: "Where's your assistant? If not, I'll get you a room. Go and have a rest first and then come down."

"Jia Jia... I'm going to buy some hangover medicine." Li Qin said with all her might, "Everyone in the crew and on the platform is here. I'm the female lead, so it's not a good idea for me to go and rest."

"What's wrong with that? I'm the producer, I have the final say."

Meng Bai "forced" her to make a decision. He first went to Gan Wei to tell her, then took Li Qin's phone and found her assistant's number to inform her to come upstairs to meet them later. Then he helped the dazed Li Qin up and walked upstairs.

There were people at the scene who noticed what was happening between the two, but seeing that the girl didn't resist and was very cooperative, they smiled at each other ambiguously and pretended not to see anything.

This kind of thing is quite common in the circle. As long as it is not forced or something goes wrong, no one will care.

Meng Bai didn't pay attention to everyone's misunderstanding. After all, his level was too low before, and he had nothing to do with these kinds of gatherings and drinking parties, so naturally he wouldn't think about it in this way.

"Di-"

An electronic sound rang out, Meng Bai kicked open the door, inserted the room card in his mouth into the card slot, and the room suddenly became bright.

The reason why he held the room card in his mouth was because Li Qin was currently being held in his arms in a "princess hug" posture.

He had no choice. The girl was somewhat sober when she was downstairs at first, but after getting on the elevator, she became more and more drunk and gradually began to lose her balance.

Meng Bai wanted to carry her on his back at first, but the girl refused to cooperate and kept sliding to the sides. In the end, he had no choice but to carry her like a princess.

Don’t think this is a “good job” - it’s hard to imagine for those who haven’t experienced it. A girl who looks light and petite and weighs only 80 or 90 kilograms can be really heavy when she is drunk and unconscious.

Meng Bai drove into a suite and carried Li Qin into the bedroom. He then half-threw and half-dropped the girl onto the bed, stood up, rubbed his sore arms, and took a deep breath.

Shit, after the revenue share from Leshi arrives in a couple of days, I have to find a personal trainer to give me some fitness training. Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing if I couldn't even hold such a young girl for long in the future.

After resting for a while, Meng Bai looked at Li Qin, whose face was wrinkled, and nudged her, saying, "Hey, Teacher Li, how do you feel?"

Li Qin opened her eyes, looked at him drunkenly, and asked, "Why are you here...where is this?"

"Are you going to ask 'what am I doing' next?" Looking at the half-drunk and half-awake appearance of the other party, Meng Bai shook his head: "Come on, lie down, I'll go get you a glass of water."

(End of this chapter)