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

Chapter 91: Psychological Crimes begins

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I regret my deep love, but when I look back, all I see is an illusion. Who is that person across from me?

People in the audience can’t see the old colors when they pass by
People on stage sing heartbreak farewell song

Love is hard to write, she must sing with blood
Whether the curtain rises or falls, you are still the guest..."

In the recording studio, as the sound of the melody slowly faded away, Li Qin looked at Meng Bai in the monitoring room and made two thumbs-up gestures, and finally felt relieved.

After leaving the recording studio, Meng Bai clapped his hands like a primary school student lining up to welcome her, praising her highly: "It is indeed Teacher Li, a professional is a professional. Not only is she a good singer, but her Kunqu opera recitation is also amazing!"

Li Qin smiled modestly and said, "No, no, I'm much worse than professional singers. If I really want to say it's good, it's thanks to Mr. Meng's good lyrics."

"Hey, even if the lyrics are good, they have to be sung well to let people know. Professional singers may have good singing skills, but they may not be suitable. In comparison, Teacher Li's singing is genuine and touching."

"Ah, it's really thanks to Mr. Meng's literary talent that we can have such a touching song..."

A Kun at the side put on his headphones again and opened the playback of the recording just now - are two of you from the same crew playing commercial flattery in front of me?

After a month of communication, A Kun finally finished the final arrangement of "Chi Ling" ahead of schedule. Meng Bai was very satisfied after listening to it. The sad and mournful yet generous style was perfectly integrated with the plot atmosphere of the original play. More importantly, it was highly adapted to Li Qin's voice and temperament.

Meng Bai had planned to let Li Qin sing this song from the very beginning, and for this purpose he specially discussed with A Kun and added a few lines of Kunqu opera in the interlude of the song.

"I regret my deep love, all I see when I look back is an illusion, who is that person opposite me?" This line comes from the lyrics of the heroine "Li Xiangjun" in the Kunqu opera "Peach Blossom Fan".

This play is also a classic piece of Kunqu opera. The original version was adapted from the storybook of the same name by the Qing Dynasty writer Kong Shangren. Through the love and hatred of a pair of lovers, it shows the pain of the Ming Dynasty's subjugation and the unyielding epic of the struggle against the Qing Dynasty. Together with "The Palace of Eternal Life", it is known as "the last two peaks of Kunqu opera".

Li Qin had recorded songs for movies and TV series before. She had released singles for the previous film Dream of Red Mansions and the subsequent film Return of the Daughter, so she was quite familiar with this process. But even so, it took her two or three days to record everything.

"Are you planning to use this song as the interlude of the "Chi Ling" chapter?" Li Qin asked.

Meng Bai shook his head: "It's a waste to use it only as an interlude. I plan to use it as a promotional song for 'Pendulum 2'."

"It's a promotional song..." Li Qin said worriedly, "You really don't want a professional singer to sing it?"

"No need. Movie and TV songs are best sung by the protagonist." Meng Bai said with a smile, "What I said just now was not a compliment. You understand the plot and the emotions within the song best. Only when you sing it can the connotation of the story be best expressed."

When it comes to serious matters, Li Qin has always trusted Meng Bai. Now that he said so, she put her worries aside.

After they walked out of the recording studio, Li Qin looked at Meng Bai and said, "We are going back to the crew. Aren't you going back with us?"

"'Psychological Crime' is going online today. I will stay in northern Beijing for the next few days to take a look at the broadcast data." Meng Bai said.

Li Qin was surprised and said, "It's online so soon! I thought we would have to wait until next month."

"As for online dramas, there's no need for censorship, film purchasing, or scheduling, and they're updated weekly. They can be filmed and broadcast at the same time, so naturally they can be released online faster," Meng Bai explained.

"Then when I get back I'll help everyone become members, and let everyone help you increase your playback data together." Li Qin looked full of righteousness.

Meng Bai wanted to tell her that in this information age, real-life data manipulation had been eliminated by the film and television industry ten years ago. But seeing how excited the girl was, he didn't want to discourage her, so he just smiled and thanked her.

After seeing Li Qin off, Meng Bai looked at the time and it was already afternoon.

Unlike "Pendulum 1" which was updated at night, "Psychological Crime" was updated every Thursday and Friday at noon. Four episodes a week, it took just one and a half months to finish.

Opening the WeChat group of the "Psychological Crime" project, the group messages, which had been very quiet for some time, went straight to "99+" today. The five hundred main creators and actors such as Li Yitong were excitedly sharing various data messages.

Meng Bai took a quick look, but didn't pay much attention to the current data. The show has only been on the air for a short time, so it's meaningless to look at the data now. The key is to wait for the key data of 24 hours, 72 hours and the first week of broadcast to see how the show will perform in the future.
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"Clap!"

With a crisp sound of the door closing, Xiaolin hung his backpack at the door and shouted into the house: "Baby, I'm back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a girl came out from the inner room. It was Xiao Chen, Xiao Lin's colleague who had sat at the next table with him before.

Of course, now this girl has resigned and switched to self-media at home. The main content is entertainment gossip and film and television works. After all, her previous job can be regarded as half an insider.

The young couple were in the passionate period of living together. Xiao Chen first threw herself into her boyfriend's arms and asked for a hug, and then went into the house with him.

After spending some time together after dinner, Xiaolin felt that he had gotten rid of the fatigue of a day's work and began to care about his girlfriend's career.

"A new topic? Oh, I'm having a headache now. I don't know which drama I should complain about or interpret next." Xiao Chen said with a distressed look on his face.

The main platform she manages is the WeChat public account, which has been very popular in the past two years. So far, after half a year, she has a good number of fans, about 20,000 followers. In addition, she is also an up master on Bilibili, named "The Talkative Wow Girl Watches Blockbuster Movies", and she also has 10,000 to 20,000 fans.

"Hey, isn't the first part of the 'Green Ivy Series' on Leshi.com, 'Psychological Crimes', online today?" Xiao Lin said, "The original creators of 'Pendulum', I was planning to come back to watch it tonight, why not choose this as the topic for the next issue."

"'Psychological Crime'..." Xiao Chen said in embarrassment, "It seems to be a suspense crime theme, right? I watched its previous promotional video and it feels a bit confusing. You know, I am usually stupid and I don't think I can do it well."

Having been together for so long, Xiao Lin naturally understood his girlfriend's subtext. Hearing this, he said half helplessly and half happily: "I see. I'll help you write the copy. Is that okay?"

"Hehe, I know you're the best, baby. Give me a kiss, mua!"

After a kiss, Xiao Chen went to prepare snacks and drinks, while Xiao Lin turned on the computer and visited the homepage of Leshi.com.

Sure enough, just like last time, the opening pop-up window and homepage cover of "Psychological Crime" almost filled the entire screen.

It seems that Mr. Meng from Arclight Films has a close cooperation with Leshi.com. Xiaolin remembered what Meng Bai said during the last interview, that he wanted to make a web series with high-quality content.

Okay, let’s see how high the quality of this drama is.

Opening the playback page of "Psychological Crime", Kobayashi first looked at the data displayed on the front end of the website out of professional habit, and then couldn't help but sigh.

The number of views has exceeded 400 million, with over 5 concurrent viewers and over 5 comments.

This data is a bit too exaggerated. You have to know that it has only been eight or nine hours since the show was launched at noon.

But it does make sense if you think about it. The outstanding performance of "Pendulum" won Arclight Pictures a lot of fans. This time, "Criminal Mind" carries the slogan of "produced by the original team", which naturally attracted a lot of fans who are still waiting for "Pendulum 2".

Moreover, this drama has been quite popular from the start of filming to before it was broadcast. The previously announced "super web drama" plan and Arclight Films' "Green Ivy Series Film and Television Universe" plan have attracted a lot of attention.

Many people want to see what the "super web drama" that claims to have a "200 million investment per episode" will look like.

With all this popularity, coupled with the full support of Leshi.com and the inherent appeal of the suspense theme, it is not surprising to have such a successful launch.

I just don’t know what the actual quality of this drama is.

As he thought about it, Xiao Lin became a little anxious. He called his girlfriend, and when she came over, he couldn't wait to click on the first episode.

Then, the first shot of the opening scene stunned him.

In a noisy office, policemen in uniform were arguing fiercely. Next to the whiteboard in the front stood a bearded man, frowning as he looked at the information and analysis charts posted on the board. Then there was a slight knock on the door, and a young man with a somewhat gloomy temperament appeared at the door.

It was not until here that the first shot cut finally occurred. In other words, before this, there was a long shot lasting twenty seconds!

(End of this chapter)