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

Chapter 85 Social Terrorist

Pretty and can dance?

Li Yitong blinked and looked at Meng Bai with anticipation.

"Why, don't you know anyone?" Meng Bai asked, "It's okay, if you don't know anyone, forget it."

"Can't you really see that there is someone who meets the requirements right in front of you?"

Meng Bai looked around and asked in confusion: "Where?"

"..."

Li Yitong took a deep breath, then rolled up her sleeves, clenched her slender fingers tightly, and then punched Meng Bai: "I told you that I have tolerated you for a long time!"

A series of small pink punches hit his body, and the speed of the punches was no less fast than that of Ip Man.

"I'm just teasing you..." Meng Bai quickly grabbed Li Yitong's hand: "I want to find someone who can be funny and fairy-like. You are beautiful, but you are too sweet."

Seeing that both of her hands were firmly grasped by Meng Bai and she couldn't break free, and the other party took the initiative to admit his mistake, Li Yitong stopped her "attack".

She twitched her palm and sadly found that she had no strength left. She stared at Meng Bai and said coldly, "Why don't you let go?"

"Your little hands are so soft, but you're quite powerful when you hit people." Meng Bai complained and let go of his hands.

Li Yitong's palms are very beautiful, white and translucent, delicate and soft, with long fingers and distinct joints, but it seems a bit out of place on such a sweet girl.

Meng Bai coughed lightly and explained, "I need an actress who can play two roles in my new drama. One of the two roles is lively and funny, and the other is serious and fairy-like. You are beautiful, but your temperament doesn't match."

After saying that, he bumped Li Yitong's shoulder again: "If you say that with our friendship, I will definitely think of you first."

"Hmph, that's pretty much it."

The girl's anger came and went quickly. Seeing that Meng Bai admitted that she was pretty, she stopped pursuing the matter and happily began to ponder whether there was anyone suitable among her acquaintances.

"She's beautiful, can dance, can act, and is lively and fairy-like..." Li Yitong thought for a moment and said, "I actually know a senior from our Beijing Dance Academy who's very suitable, and you should know her too."

"I know?" Meng Bai recalled the name of the classmate that Li Yitong had mentioned: "What's the name?"

"Master Liu Shi."

"..."

Looking at Li Yitong who was trying not to laugh, Meng Bai took a deep breath and nodded, "Very good, you go back to the crew and get 200 yuan as advance payment, and be responsible for inviting her over."

"I'm just kidding, why are you so serious?" Li Yitong smiled sweetly with her eyes curved, "There is a girl in my class named Jin Chen, she won the Taoli Cup award for dancing and has also acted in a movie. I think she is quite suitable for what you are talking about."

Well, this one obviously sounds much more reliable. Meng Bai said: "Please help contact her and see if she is interested. If possible, come to the Blue Island crew to find me."

"There's no problem contacting her, but I remember she seems to have signed with an agency, so I don't know if she can come." Li Yitong explained.

"Which company?" Meng Bai asked casually.

Li Yitong recalled: "It seemed to be Tang people."

Meng Bai was stunned. He really had a connection with Tangren recently. This was the third time he had heard this name in this period of time.

"Let's ask her." Meng Bai said, "What's her personality like?"

Li Yitong thought for a while: "She... has a bit of social anxiety." "Being an actor also has social anxiety?" Meng Bai asked puzzledly.

But it’s nothing if you think about it. There are indeed many actors who look completely different in front of and behind the camera.

"No, when I say she is 'socially phobic', I don't mean 'social phobia'..." Li Yitong said with a strange expression on her face: "I mean, she is a 'social terrorist'."

"what?"

……

After the wrap party, Li Yitong quickly contacted Jin Chen.

Jin Chen was a little surprised when she received the call at first. Although she and Li Yitong were from the same hometown and classmates, they were not in the same class, so their relationship was only good and they did not have much contact in normal times.

It was not until she heard the invitation to audition for a role that she realized that this classmate had also started filming a movie like herself.

"You just said it was Arclight Films?" Jin Chen's deep voice came over the phone, and he asked excitedly, "Is it the Arclight that filmed Soul Ferry?"

Li Yitong didn't expect that her classmate was actually a fan of "Pendulum". When she heard that she was invited to participate in the second part, she immediately agreed.

"Uh, didn't you say before that you signed with an agency? Do you need to ask your agent for his opinion?" Li Yitong reminded in a low voice.

"It's okay, I'll talk to the company." Jin Chen said nonchalantly, "Besides, it's been almost a year since I signed the contract, and I've only filmed one movie. Don't you think I'm allowed to find resources on my own?"

Jin Chen was spotted by Tangren when she was filming "The Imperial Doctress" last year, and was asked if she was interested in signing a contract.

She was still a newcomer at that time. When she heard about the invitation from a large, established company like Tangren, she was extremely excited and agreed without much hesitation.

However, after the actual signing of the contract, it was discovered that Tangren is no longer the "King of Ancient Puppet Dramas" as it once was. With the changing times and the departure of talented people, it has become somewhat weak inside.

The specific manifestation of this downward trend lies in the resources of its own artists.

In the past, Tangren had sufficient self-production capabilities, so its actors had sufficient resources just by relying on domestic dramas.

But now, Tangren has fewer and fewer projects each year, with only one or two dramas a year. And because of the tradition of "making their own dramas", these dramas have to be given priority to the actors with high popularity, and there are basically no good resources for the newcomers below.

Take Jin Chen for example. After she signed the contract, the company only offered her one drama, which was an anti-Japanese war drama with little popularity and average quality. As for the drama "The Legend of Ming Fei" that she filmed when she signed the contract, due to some reasons, it was unknown when it would be broadcast, so she basically had no work this year.

Therefore, when I heard that I was invited to audition, and it was the first sequel project of a hit film, I naturally couldn't refuse.

And not to mention her personal preference, the performance and reputation of the first part of "Soul Ferry" are there, and the second part has a basic base. As long as the quality is not unexpected, the popularity will definitely not be bad.

Although she was only given a supporting role, as long as the plot is good, the popularity she will bring may not be worse than those starring roles in ordinary dramas that do not make much splash.

So Jin Chen acted first and asked for permission later. He accepted Meng Bai's invitation and went to talk to his agent about it.

Knowing that his artist had accepted an audition invitation without permission, the agent was naturally very annoyed, but after listening to his complaints, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Finally, under Jin Chen's tough attitude, the agent reluctantly agreed to her request and took the initiative to contact Arclight Films, turning this private invitation into a formal resource contact.

Meng Bai was naturally unaware of these internal disputes and just regarded it as normal cooperation. He set a time with the other party and planned to meet this girl who made Boss Li look strange whenever he mentioned her.

And the other party obviously did not disappoint him. After the normal greetings, he did not rush to introduce his filming experience or the like, but instead pulled Meng Bai aside to gossip about his relationship and feelings with Li Yitong.

Meng Bai was stunned by her familiarity. It was not until this moment that he finally understood why Li Yitong used the term "social terrorist" to describe her friend.

(End of this chapter)