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

Chapter 74 How can it be called "Forensic Qin Ming" without Qin Ming?

The next two days were still filled with busy script readings. In addition to communication during the day, the evenings were also busy. However, there was no more "booking the entire theater" like Li Yitong had done before.

Zhu Xudan also wanted to go to Meng Bai the next night, and even washed her hair and put on makeup in advance. However, when she changed her clothes and went to Meng Bai's room, she found that this place had almost become a public discussion area, which made the girl depressed for a long time.

A few days passed in a flash, and on May 15th, the crew of "Psychological Crime" officially started filming.

Meng Bai stayed in the crew for a week, and when he saw that everyone had almost gotten used to the work, he left Blue Island.

However, he did not return to northern Beijing, but turned around and headed southwest.

Anhui Province, Provincial Public Security Department Physical Evidence Identification Center.

In the quiet and somewhat cold forensic identification room, a middle-aged man of medium height and plump figure was wearing an isolation suit, carefully observing several reagent tubes on the table.

After a long while, after seeing the reaction he expected appear in the reagent tube, he relaxed his frown, stood up and stretched his neck.

It was also a coincidence that just as he finished his work, there was a knock on the door outside the examination room. Then, a young assistant walked in: "Qin Ke, there is someone outside who claims to be from a film and television company. He said he has an appointment with you."

"Film and television company?" "Qin Ke" was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that a company called Arc Light Film and Television had contacted him a few days ago and said they wanted to discuss cooperation.

"Xiao Wang, take him to my office and have him sit down first. Tell him I'll be there soon after I change my clothes."

After changing his clothes in a hurry and washing his hands carefully, Qin Ke walked out of the examination room. He pushed open the door of the office and saw a young man standing in the room, looking at the materials and books on his bookshelf with curiosity.

Hearing the sound of the door opening behind him, Meng Bai turned around and saw "Section Qin" standing at the door. He immediately smiled, walked forward and extended his hand, saying, "Hello, Section Chief Qin Ming, I am Meng Bai from Arc Light Films. I have contacted you before."

Qin Ming was stunned for a moment when he saw Meng Bai extending his hand, but he quickly reacted, shook hands with the other party, and then couldn't help but smile.

Seeing Meng Bai looking at him in confusion, he quickly explained, "Sorry, due to some professional habits, we don't usually shake hands with others."

Meng Bai suddenly realized that, indeed, the group of forensic scientists often carried a sense of "mystery" and "death" in the minds of ordinary people, and it was inevitable that many people would unconsciously want to stay away from them.

"I really like your personal signature on Weibo, Qin Ke, 'Speak for the dead, fight for the rights of the living.' We are all protectors of people's lives and safety. I don't think there are any 'taboos' in forensic medicine." Meng Bai said with a smile.

"No wonder. I was wondering what kind of person would want to make a TV series with a forensic doctor as the protagonist." Qin Ming said.

When Meng Bai talked about the planning of the "Green Ivy Series" on Heleshi.com, he proposed five different types of protagonists in the direction of criminal investigation. Among these five types, except for "detective" and "traditional criminal investigation", the remaining three settings are not very common in previous domestic dramas.

These three uncommon types include the "forensic doctor", which is the most common but also the most unfamiliar to many audiences of criminal investigation films.

In fact, the profession of "forensic doctor" should be considered a popular theme in criminal investigation dramas. "Bones", "Dexter", "Forensic Files", "Forensic Heroes"... Many of these familiar drama titles are the initial enlightenment of the profession of "forensic doctor".

However, these are basically American dramas, Japanese dramas or old TVB dramas. The only drama in the mainland film and television industry that seriously features a forensic doctor as the protagonist is "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty".

The reason why no one has filmed this is very simple. The most common "work objects" of forensic doctors are various corpses, body parts, and skeletons. It doesn't matter if they are just mentioned briefly in ordinary crime detective dramas, but if these scenes appear in large parts as the protagonists, the censorship label of "excessive bloodiness" will definitely not be avoided.

"So I was very surprised when you contacted me for the first time. Can it really pass the review with a forensic doctor as the protagonist?" Qin Ming asked doubtfully.

Meng Bai said: "Teacher Qin, have you watched the web drama?"

"I've heard of it, but I haven't paid much attention to it." "In fact, online dramas are the same as TV dramas, except that they are broadcast on video websites, so the censorship is much less stringent. For example, the first film we shot, Soul Ferry, is a supernatural horror work." Meng Bai emphasized again: "It's a real supernatural work with ghosts."

Qin Ming understood immediately after hearing this. You can even show up as a "ghost", so what else do you need from a forensic doctor?

"Then can I ask, what kind of cooperation do you want to have by contacting me?" Qin Ming said: "If you just want to find a career guide, there should be many forensic doctors who are more convenient, right?"

"There are indeed many convenient forensic doctors, but there are not many forensic doctors who can tell stories." Meng Bai took out his mobile phone, opened Weibo and followed it, and showed it to Qin Ming: "Teacher Qin, I can be considered an old reader of yours."

"Ah, this." Qin Ming pushed his glasses awkwardly. "It's just some random case records, to educate the public about the forensic profession. It can't be called a story."

"The truth is the most powerful. This is the creative concept my screenwriter teacher told us in class." Meng Bai said: "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. In addition to being a producer of a film and television company, I am also a screenwriter. My main focus is on criminal investigation and reasoning."

"Then we are half colleagues." Qin Ming said with a smile.

Meng Bai briefly told him about his ideas. First of all, he wanted to invite him to be a guide for future script writing and filming to help the crew avoid some professional mistakes.

In addition, because the project of this forensic drama will not be launched until next year at the earliest, he wants to invite Qin Ming to work with him. One of them will come up with the main plot and characters, and the other will be responsible for the professional content. The two of them will jointly create a forensic novel.

There are several advantages to doing this. First, the novel and the drama have the same name, which can be used as a warm-up; second, it can also be used to cultivate an audience group and do some science promotion.

As for whether the novel can be sold...

How should I put it? Strictly speaking, this is actually a promotion for a new project, and Leshi.com and its cooperating publishers will certainly promote it.

And to take a step back, it can be seen from Qin Ming's Weibo account with more than 200,000 followers that there are actually quite a few readers who are interested in forensic topics. As long as the content is well written, there will naturally be people who accept it.

"Novels..." Qin Ming pushed his glasses up again when the topic came up. "I've thought about integrating those individual stories posted on Weibo into a complete series. I've actually compiled some of them before."

Qin Ming took out a USB drive from the drawer and plugged it into the computer, then opened a document and said, "Teacher Meng, you can take a look."

Meng Bai came to the computer and looked at the title first, "The Eleventh Finger".

"This is what my professional instructor said to us when I was in school." Qin Ming explained: "The scalpel used by forensic doctors is like an extra finger for us. We also use it to find the truth."

Meng Bai nodded and took another quick look at the specific content. Compared to the short stories on Weibo before, although the current ones were still unit stories, each one had many more details and specific characters.

It must be said that this is actually a very complete novel.

"Teacher Qin, have you ever thought about publishing it?" Meng Bai asked.

"Several publishing companies have contacted me, but firstly, the first book has not been completed yet, and secondly, I am a little worried about the opinions of my superiors - the subject of forensics is still somewhat sensitive, and a lot of what I write is based on real cases. I don't know if it will cause controversy." Qin Ming said.

Meng Bai pondered and said, "It's nothing to take material from real cases. We can just make some major adaptations later. As for the opinions of the department, I can communicate with the publicity and cultural tourism departments of our province. This is actually a promotion of our work. As long as no specific names of people or places appear, they are generally happy to see it happen."

"If it's possible, that would be the best." Qin Ming was also quite excited about this. After all, it is the wish of every creator to have a bigger platform to showcase his or her works.

(End of this chapter)