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

Chapter 521 I Have Become an Outsider
Meng Bai turned around and saw Zhao Jinmai blinking her bright big eyes and looking up at him.

"When did you come back?"

"The night before yesterday." The little girl said cheerfully, "I wanted to see you yesterday, but my mother insisted on getting me to clean up, so I didn't have time for the whole day. Fortunately, I finally convinced her to let me come over today."

At this point, she frowned in confusion again: "Come to think of it, my mother seems to trust you quite a bit. Every time I go out to play with other classmates and friends, she asks me all sorts of questions, but as long as I say I'm looking for 'Brother Meng Bai', she stops nagging."

Silly girl, what else could it be? Of course it’s because she knows we are just playing house here.

Meng Bai muttered to himself, but he definitely couldn't say this to his "girlfriend".

"Auntie has so many years of life experience that she can judge people well. She must have seen my kindness and honesty, so she trusts me so much."

"...I'd better hold it in. I feel embarrassed for you when I hear you speak." The little girl even spoke in Northeastern dialect in a hurry.

Meng Bai didn't care. He smiled slightly and hugged her back to the sofa.

"Why is Sister Meng here today?" Zhao Jinmai asked curiously.

Because of the age difference between the two girls, they didn't have much interaction, but they knew each other.

"There's a movie role that's quite suitable for her, so I thought of letting her try it."

"What movie? Did you write it?"

The school did not allow filming until her junior year, and she had no intention of getting any special treatment; she was just purely curious.

"A script about online fraud, about a park in northern Myanmar."

As Meng Bai spoke, he told the general plot of "All or Nothing" as a story.

"Can you still deceive people like this?"

Zhao Jinmai couldn't help but be amazed when he heard that "Liang Anna" took the initiative to choose to go to northern Myanmar for modeling work.

"It's normal. I've talked to the anti-fraud department of the police before, and they said that most of the people who went there chose to go there to make money. But after arriving, I realized that it's very difficult to get out once you're in this place."

"Ah, I think I've heard about it." Zhao Jinmai recalled, "I heard from my classmates that a senior from the previous class received an invitation from a film crew, and said that she would go abroad to shoot. Fortunately, she was cautious and asked someone to find out. She felt that the other party was not very reliable and did not agree. Later, I heard that there seemed to be similar cases where people were deceived in the name of the crew."

"Is there such a thing?" Meng Bai frowned, "Are there many similar situations?"

"I don't know about that. I just heard about it. But it shouldn't be a lot, otherwise the news would have spread a long time ago."

"Well, that's true."

Seeing Meng Bai's thoughtful expression, Zhao Jinmai couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Brother Meng Bai, is there any problem?"

"No, I was just thinking about whether I should contact a few film and television schools and casting studios to issue a reminder so that these young actors can be more careful and avoid being cheated."

"Wow! That's great. We've discussed before whether anyone would be cheated." The little girl's eyes sparkled with stars. "Brother Meng Bai, you are so responsible!"

"With great power comes great responsibility. As the industry leader, ArcLight has the obligation and responsibility to remind young people to pay attention to this matter now that it knows about it." Meng Bai touched his chin and said, "By the way, this incident can also be used to warm up the film project and gain popularity."

"……I knew it."

The little girl's originally moved emotions froze, and she said that based on her understanding of Brother Meng Bai, how could he not bring in some "private goods"?

"Hmph, capitalist!" she muttered under her breath.

Meng Bai didn't hear clearly, so he looked over and asked, "What?"

"Hehe, nothing." Zhao Jinmai quickly smiled and shook her head, changing the subject: "So, Sister Meng is going to play the role of the model?"

"Yes, a beautiful croupier, dealing cards online." Meng Bai said with a smile, "But it's hard to say now whether this role will be hers in the end, there are still several other options."

Meng Ziyi's bright image is indeed quite suitable for "Liang Anna", but she lacks a bit of "charm". Or to put it more bluntly, she lacks a bit of "worldly air". After all, although she looks like an internet celebrity and seems to be a green tea, in fact, this girl has a very soft and cute personality, and can even be classified as a "sweet girl".

Of course, this difference in temperament can be changed through makeup and the director's lens, which depends on the results of the audition later.

This is also Meng Bai's usual style - the opportunity is given to you anyway, and whether you can seize it depends on yourself.

By the way, her drama "Eastern Palace" is going to be aired soon, and I don't know how it will be broadcasted. It would be best if it could attract some popularity among the public, so that she won't be scolded by haters online all the time.

Zhao Jinmai looked at her "boyfriend"'s thoughtful expression and knew that he was thinking about Meng Ziyi.

Although she knew about their relationship, she couldn't help but say sourly, "You two seem to have a good relationship."

"People call me 'little uncle', I can't be an elder for nothing."

"That's right..." Zhao Jinmai muttered, "I have become an outsider."

Meng Bai glanced at his pouting "girlfriend", laughed, and took her hand and asked, "Why, are you jealous?"

"No! Who's jealous? Don't accuse me wrongly!"

"Okay, okay, our Mai Mai is not jealous." Meng Bai said with a smile: "It's almost noon, what do you want to eat? I'll have someone bring it to you."

The little girl's attention was diverted. She tilted her head and thought for a while: "It seems that there is nothing special I want to eat. Just take a look."

"Okay, then this is a good opportunity for you to taste the cooking skills of our cafeteria chef."

……

The chef of Arc Light Canteen has pretty good cooking skills, at least Zhao Jinmai is quite satisfied with it.

After lunch, she stayed with Meng Bai for another afternoon before finally going back at the other party's request.

What disappointed her was that she looked for many opportunities to kiss him throughout the afternoon, but each time her "boyfriend" seemed to casually avoid her.

Fortunately, she made a surprise attack before leaving and finally left a mark on the other person's face, so her trip today was not in vain.

She will be very busy in the next period of time. Although she has no film offers, she missed half of the military training last year because she was filming "The Beginning", so she has to make up for it this year with the freshmen, otherwise she will not get any credits.

I can only say that college students have a lot of rules.

Zhao Jinmai herself is quite calm and doesn't think there is anything wrong with it. As an actress, she doesn't have much private time, so it's rare for her to experience college life in the past two years, and she feels pretty good.

As for whether not filming for more than a year will reduce his popularity, well, there will be some impact but it’s not that bad.

She already has a hit drama this year, and her main task is to maintain this wave of traffic. The school does not allow filming, but it does not say that she cannot appear in variety shows or participate in activities, so it does not affect her.

As for the previous incident with Wu Fan, Zhao Jinmai had long forgotten it. After the show was recorded, there would probably be no chance for them to work together again, so why bother with him?

What was unexpected was that just when Qiyi TV announced that its latest variety show "Trend Partners Season 2" was about to be aired, a shocking piece of news suddenly broke out on the Internet.

At the end of August, just in the last few days of summer vacation, a long Weibo post became a hot search. The blogger who broke the news said that his friend had been in a relationship with a popular influencer, but was later ruthlessly abandoned by the other party.

Although no specific name is mentioned in the explosive article, anyone can tell at a glance that it is referring to Wu Fan, who still has huge traffic.

But if it was just this, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, there were rumors of him hooking up with someone and sleeping with his fans many years ago. Although the team later covered it up, the public's memory can't be erased.

So it's just a pure love story and it doesn't have any destructive power.

But this time it’s different. The content of the explosive article includes not only normal love but also words such as “multiplayer games”, which is a different nature.

For a time, this incident became the focus of heated discussion on the entire network, and many netizens turned into spectators, waiting for subsequent developments.

(End of this chapter)