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

Chapter 83: How Different is the Web Series from the Movie

Considering that he had been away for quite some time, in order to consolidate his image as a "dedicated worker", Meng Bai decided to hang around the crew when he had nothing to do recently.

"Brother!"

With a crisp shout, Zhu Xudan jumped out from behind Meng Bai.

"Why aren't you scared?" Looking at Meng Bai's calm face, the little girl asked puzzledly.

"Next time you launch a sneak attack like this, observe the surrounding environment first to see if it's suitable." Meng Bai pointed to the window next to him, and the reflections of the two people were clearly visible above.

Turning to look at the girl, Meng Bai's eyes lit up. The girl was wearing a white JK uniform with puff sleeves and a brown-gray pleated skirt, revealing two slender white legs. Of course, what attracted his attention the most was the twin ponytails on her head, which made her already fresh temperament even more lovely.

Zhu Xudan naturally noticed Meng Bai's gaze, shook her head, and her two ponytails swung left and right, and said happily: "How is it, Senior Brother, does it look good?"

"Very good." Meng Bai did not hide it and praised naturally: "This style is quite youthful. It really looks no different from a college girl."

"...Brother, I am a student to begin with."

"Oh, yes, I forgot you haven't graduated yet."

The junior college program at the Central Academy of Drama is a three-year program, and this girl still has one year to graduate, so she is still a student.

"Tsk, that's great." Meng Bai sighed. In a blink of an eye, it has been almost three years since he graduated.

Zhu Xudan was not so sentimental, she was full of joy now.

She originally thought that coming to the crew would allow her to spend more time with her senior, but she didn't expect that not only would there be competition from Li Yitong, who claimed to be her "friend", but her senior would also disappear at any time and could not be seen in the crew at all.

But the situation has improved recently. First, Li Yitong finished filming her own scenes and returned to Beijing North after her role was completed. Then Meng Bai finished his work outside and returned to the crew.

Doesn’t this mean that, for the next period of time, Senior Brother will be all by himself!

More importantly, through what happened just now, she felt that she had grasped Senior Brother Meng Bai's preferences, so what's next... hehehe, just thinking about it makes people happy.

"Brother, can I..."

Zhu Xudan was thinking about whether to find an excuse to go to his senior brother's room at night, but suddenly he heard someone calling Meng Bai.

Turning my head towards the direction of the voice, I saw a burly man with a beard standing nearby.

She knew this person. He was a supporting actor in the drama "The Seventh Reader's Case". His name seemed to be Gongger.

What surprised Zhu Xudan was that Senior Brother Meng Bai seemed to be quite familiar with this fat man, and the two of them greeted each other in a familiar manner.

"What did you say just now?" Meng Bai looked at Zhu Xudan and asked.

"Ah, no, nothing." The little girl whose topic was interrupted naturally did not dare to say it in front of other people. She wanted to find Meng Bai in the evening. After hurriedly responding, she walked away with depression.

"This world is really about appearance." Gongger teased Meng Bai: "How come I have never had a junior sister come to chat with me since I was a child?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have a junior sister, you still have Brother Guo. You two are just good friends and share the same quilt."

"Fuck, you're so disgusting!"

The "Brother Guo" that Meng Bai mentioned is the Guo Fan mentioned earlier. The two of them are good friends.

Don't be fooled by his plain appearance, but he was a serious idol who debuted as a "Super Boy". He has done dubbing and acting in recent years. This year, he participated in another web drama remake of Leshi.com, "Sha Seng Diary". After the filming, he was introduced to the crew of "Psychological Crime". Meng Bai arranged a role for him based on his image.

"Is Brother Guo's movie off the screen?" "Yes, it was released last month, with a total box office of 4.5 million."

"Sure." Meng Bai said with a smile, "This time his brother has finally made it through."

I remember asking about it when I attended the premiere. The total cost of the youth film called "My Deskmate" was only more than 20 million. The box office of more than 400 million is equivalent to a return rate of more than 20 times.

For the producers, a box office of three times will almost make them break even, five times will make them a huge profit, and ten times can be called a "box office miracle."

Now that he has a twenty-fold return on his investment, he is definitely a "newcomer" in the film industry. He will definitely have no worries about projects and investments in the future.

"You are the same, too. Your first drama was a hit, your second project was a huge investment of over 40 million, and you even created a film and television universe." Gongger said enviously, "It's hard for an actor like me to make a name for myself."

Meng Bai patted his shoulder and consoled him, "It's okay. The path of an actor requires a steady and long-term approach. Keep going. In another three to five years, you will slowly..."

"Can I get up?"

“I’m used to it.”

"..."

After a few words of laughter and cursing, Gongger said that he came to say goodbye because the filming of his role had just been completed.

Meng Bai said: "When you are not busy, ask Brother Guo to come out for dinner."

Gongger thought for a moment and said, "That will probably take some time. Lao Guo told me yesterday that he was selected for this year's 'China-US Film Talent Exchange Program' and will have to go to the United States in two months. This is a very busy time."

"Sino-US film exchange?" Meng Bai asked curiously, "What kind of activity is this?"

Gongger had specifically looked into this. Around 2013, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and the American Film Association reached an agreement on a "China-US Film Talent Exchange Program" aimed at enhancing cooperation and exchanges between the film industries of China and the United States.

Of course, this is the official statement. To put it bluntly, we are after their technology and model, and they are after our vast market, so we came up with this plan so that each of us can get what we need.

But no matter what the original purpose is, this kind of exchange is definitely beneficial to the development of mainland films.

Last year, the first batch of four directors, Zhang Yibai, Xue Xiaolu, Zhang Meng and Wuershan, were selected to visit Paramount, one of the old Hollywood "Big Six". This year, one more quota was added, in addition to Guo Fan, there are Ning Hao, Xiao Yang, Chen Sicheng and Lu Yang.

It can also be seen from this list that most of the directors selected by the state are commercial film directors with successful experience, such as Guo Fan's "My Deskmate", Xiao Yang's "Old Boy: Way of the Dragon", Chen Sicheng's "Beijing Love Story", and Lu Yang's "Blade of the Assassin".

Not to mention Ning Hao, he has almost been fleeced bald by all the Chinese entertainment companies.

Although these directors have different themes and styles, they have all created high-box office examples of "small wins big".

"Hollywood..." Meng Bai sighed enviously.

He didn't have any idea about Hollywood blockbusters. After all, as the domestic film market gradually grows, it will catch up sooner or later. What he wanted to see was the production system and production standards accumulated by others over decades. If this system could be established in the domestic film and television market, it would be more useful than producing a few more box office blockbusters.

Unfortunately, I am currently working on an online drama that is at the bottom of the "film and television contempt chain". No matter how high the number of views or how popular it is, I do not have the conditions to participate.

"Oh, the movie..."

Meng Bai took a deep breath and laughed at himself. It is said that people are greedy and will never stop wanting to watch an elephant. He has just finished watching the TV series and he is already thinking about the movie.

Forget it, I have to eat one bite at a time, let’s finish filming “Psychological Crime” first.

(End of this chapter)