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

Chapter 510 The boss has a young model

[Programmer Pan Sheng went to work in a foreign country, but was sent to an online fraud park and became a "dog pusher" who attracted others to gamble online. In the park, he met Liang Anna, a young model who was also deceived here. Under the coercion of Manager Lu of the park, the latter used her beauty to make huge profits for the fraud gang. The two struggled in this purgatory on earth, hoping to find a ray of hope and regain their freedom one day...]

The tentative name of this script is "Fishing Operation", which is derived from a "fishing game" that often appears in various "first online casino opened" videos, which is essentially online gambling.

Online gambling, online loans, and online fraud are three different businesses that basically belong to the same industry line. If you get involved in one, you will encounter the other two. So the code name "Operation Fishing" represents the fight against online fraud.

The script is mainly divided into three story lines, showing the perspectives from the police, the fraud park and the victims. However, the core plot is still the line of "Mr. Pan", "Anna Liang" and "Manager Lu" in the fraud park.

Among them, the heroine role "Liang Anna" is the one that Meng Bai wants to give to Li Qin.

His plan was good, but Mr. Li refused the role after reading the script.

As for the reasons, first, she thought that her image did not match the character of this role; second, as a former eyewitness of an online fraud case, she did not want to play such a character.

"Anna Liang is a young model by profession, so she should have a more seductive and flamboyant style, which is not suitable for me."

This was Li Qin's personal thoughts that she sent to him after reading the script.

Meng Bai frowned at this reply. Objectively speaking, what Teacher Li said made sense. Her temperament was indeed a bit mismatched with the young model role of "Liang Anna".

But then again, no one stipulates what young models must look like.

"You have to think carefully. The subject of this movie just hits the current hot trend of 'anti-fraud'. Under the premise of ensuring quality, the box office performance will not be worse than 'Assassination of Novelist'. Your current cumulative box office is 25 billion. If you add this movie, maybe you can reach 40 billion. By then, let alone the actors of the same period, even those senior big stars can't compare with you."

"I know my own abilities. The current box office results are just due to your movie. Even if you add another 10 billion or 20 billion, it will be the same. I think it is better to lay a solid foundation for the TV series first. I still want to adapt the novel first. I will consider the movie later."

Listening to his girlfriend's cheerful tone, Meng Bai couldn't help but complain in his heart - you know that the "young model" style is not suitable for you, so why do "female entrepreneurs" believe in themselves so much?

But since the girl said so, he couldn't force her. If she didn't want to act, then she didn't have to.

Of course, the theme of "Tenth Anniversary" can still be used. At most, when promoting the movie in the future, you can add a sentence "Adapted from the personal experience of the main creator Meng Bai" so that Mr. Li can understand it.

But since Li Qin doesn't want to play the role of "Liang Anna", he has to consider who else is suitable.

According to the usual stereotype, the image of a "young model" is usually a bit like an internet celebrity, with a good figure and a style that is mainly bright and charming.

Meng Bai touched his chin. If he thought about it this way, it seemed that his eldest niece met this standard.

It's just that he is a little young. It would be better if he could be two or three years older.

But if the filming starts next year, she will be around 27 or 28 years old, and there shouldn't be any problem if she has a more mature makeup.

Forget it, the project has just been launched, so there is no rush to choose actors. I will ask her to try when the preparations start.
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Blue Island, Liuting Airport.

“It feels a lot emptier than it did a few years ago.”

On the high-rise observation deck of the airport, Guo Fan, wearing a mask, looked at the apron and runway in the distance and sighed.

"This place will be closed in two months. Currently, most flights have been transferred to Jiaodong Airport in the west. With fewer passengers and flights, it will naturally appear empty." Meng Bai said, "This is actually quite good. We can start setting up the venue in advance, which can save a lot of preparation time."

After the release of the first part of The Wandering Earth, it directly boosted the number of tourists to the Oriental Movie Metropolis where the filming took place. Now that the second part is about to be filmed, the Blue Island government will naturally not let this IP be snatched away by others, and has offered a variety of preferential policies in the hope that Guo Fan's team will continue to stay here.

The most generous of these preferential policies is to lend the Liuting Airport, which is about to be closed, to the crew of "The Wandering Earth 2" free of charge as the main filming location.

Director Wang from the Tourism Department of Landao said with a smile, "Mr. Meng is right. Regarding the construction and venue plan submitted by the crew, we have also set up a special working group to handle all the procedures as quickly as possible. If Director Guo needs it, we can start the construction of the venue soon."

"That's great. Thank you Director Wang and our Blue Island leaders for your strong support."

“Director Guo, you are too polite. It is a recognition of us that an IP of the level of The Wandering Earth can be produced by Blue Island.”

Seeing that the two sides were about to exchange a few more rounds, Meng Bai hurriedly called out to them, "Alright, you two, this isn't the first time we've met, and we'll have a lot of cooperation in the future, so stop thanking each other like that."

Upon hearing this, Guo Fan and Director Wang both smiled, and the atmosphere became less awkward.

The purpose of their visit today was to do a preliminary on-site inspection. They walked around the airport, discussing briefly which places the crew would need to use so they could start setting up the scene in advance.

"By the way, have you contacted those large vehicles and machines involved in the movie?" Meng Bai asked.

Upon hearing this, Guo Fan smiled and said, "I was just thinking about telling you about this. We contacted XCMG Group before and wanted to ask them if they could rent us some vehicles and props. Unexpectedly, after hearing about our film project, they were particularly interested in it and finally decided to send a batch of equipment and engineers over according to our needs."

"What do you mean by 'sending a batch'?"

"We don't have to pay for the rental of vehicles and personnel. We only need to provide for the engineers' food and accommodation."

"...Awesome!"

Or maybe it's just the wrong name, not the wrong nickname. Guo Fan's nickname "Cyber Succubus" is widely circulated on the Internet, and it's not without reason. Just this efficiency in pulling teams, if it were in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it would be so high that Taishigong would write an extra "Biography of Guo" or something like that.

After walking around for a while, Meng Bai pulled Director Wang aside and asked, "I wonder what you plan to do with Liuting Airport after it closes."

“This has actually been discussed before. The current tentative development direction is to create a comprehensive base that combines film and television shooting, concert and music festival stages, indoor livehouses, and related entertainment industries.”

“This transformation is quite powerful.”

Director Wang smiled and said, "This is actually related to you, Mr. Meng. It is precisely because of the IP of The Wandering Earth that we are considering this aspect."

After that, he suddenly asked thoughtfully: "Why, Mr. Meng, do you have any ideas for industrial development or investment?"

Meng Bai did not hide it and nodded, saying, "Indeed, we have considered this. We have previously thought about whether we can use big IPs such as The Wandering Earth and The Three-Body Problem to create a domestic science fiction theme park."

Disney has the Disney theme park, Universal has Universal Studios, and Huaqiang Fantawild, the company behind "Boonie Bears," also has its own "Fantawild Park." There are also the likes of the Tang Dynasty City That Never Sleeps in China.

Domestic science fiction now has the successful IP "The Wandering Earth", and Meng Bai also has the upcoming adaptation of "The Three-Body Universe", so why can't we do a science fiction-themed cultural and tourism project?
(End of this chapter)