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

Chapter 165 This plot is too abstract
Meng Bai hung up the phone, apologized to He Chen, then waved to Song Zhi, and went to a corner on one side of the hall together.

"Why are you here?"

"I should be the one asking this question." Song Zhi had a look on his face that said "I must have caught you." "You told me you were busy and didn't have time, and then you were with another woman... Oops!"

With a crisp sound, Song Zhi covered his forehead and was bounced to the ground, glaring at Meng Bai.

"Speak nicely." Meng Bai took his hand back leisurely: "Think about it, who has nothing better to do than to come to a film and television company to go shopping?"

"I'm just kidding you." Song Zhi whispered softly.

She had seen Meng Bai outside the building just now. Although she didn't know who the woman walking with him was, she had never doubted their relationship.

In this regard, she still trusts Meng Bai more.

Oh, don’t get me wrong, this “trust” does not refer to character, but aesthetics.

"Tell me, why are you here?"

"I'm here for an audition."

"Audition?" Meng Bai asked in surprise, "Didn't you just finish filming? Don't you want to take a break?"

Song Zhi pursed his lips and said, "It's been almost half a month since the filming was finished. We should have rested enough. Besides, we young actors are eager to join the crew seamlessly. Who would want to rest?"

Meng Bai was busy during this period and the theater had no plays scheduled for her. Fortunately, a teacher at school helped her get an audition opportunity for a new role, so she came.

"Is it a movie?" Meng Bai asked.

As the leader of the Beijing circle, Huayi Film and Television also produces TV series, but the first thing that comes to mind is movies.

Song Zhi nodded: "Yes, it's a youth campus movie, and I auditioned for a small supporting role."

"Youth campus theme?" Meng Bai raised his eyebrows: "The name of the movie you auditioned for is not called "Gardenia Blossoms"?"

"How did you know?" Song Zhi asked in surprise, "It is indeed called this name. I heard it was adapted from a song I heard before."

Meng Bai couldn't help but sigh. It turned out to be this project.

After taking a look at his expression, Song Zhi asked, "Why, is this movie related to you again?"

No way, is it possible that I can’t “escape” from this guy?

Fortunately, Meng Bai shook his head and said, "No, I just happened to come to discuss cooperation with the director on another project."

"Oh."

Song Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little disappointed.

I thought the bond between the two would be so strong.

However, she suddenly looked at Meng Bai and blinked, with a hint of brilliance in her eyes.

"Hey, Mr. Meng..."

Song Zhi smiled sweetly, clenched his fist with a flattering expression, and gently hit Meng Bai's shoulder: "If you have any inside information, please reveal it to me."

"I thought you wanted to help me get a role." Meng Bai said.

Song Zhi smiled and said nothing.

She remembered that Meng Bai had just said that he came to discuss other cooperation with the director.

Although I don’t know what the specific project is, it must be very important if he can come to discuss it himself.

She didn't want to affect him because of such a small role as herself, so she just wanted to find out some information.

Unfortunately, Meng Bai just found out about it this morning and didn't have any inside information.

"Okay." Song Zhi didn't feel too sorry. "Then you go and get busy. I'm going to wait for the audition."

"Wait for me when you're done. I'll contact you then." Meng Bai helped her smooth out the wrinkles on her clothes, looked at her and said, "I'm free this afternoon, let's have dinner together."

"Great!" Song Zhi's mood immediately became cheerful again.

After watching her go upstairs from the other side, Meng Bai came back and said to He Chen, "Sorry, I kept you waiting."

"Mr. Meng, you are too polite. It was just a moment." He Chen said, "The girl just now was Mr. Meng..."

"Friend." Meng Bai said briefly, "He's also an actor. He just happened to come to audition for Teacher He's movie today."

"Really? That's quite a coincidence."

He Chen smiled. From a woman's perspective, the intimacy between the girl and Meng Bai just now did not seem like they were just "friends". However, she was not a newcomer and knew that the most important thing in this industry was to reduce curiosity. So she did not ask any more questions and pressed the elevator to go upstairs together.

After walking out of the elevator, He Chen took out his mobile phone and sent a message. Not long after, a young man came over.

The person who came was a staff member of Huayi, and he said politely, "Teacher He is discussing film production with our CEO Wang right now. You two can wait in the next room for a while."

Meng Bai and He Chen had no objection and followed him to an empty reception room.

After about 20 minutes of chatting and waiting, there was a noise outside, and then the door of the reception room was opened, and a short and thin man walked in.

This is naturally He Jiong.

"Sorry, sorry." He Jiong said enthusiastically as soon as he entered the door: "Sorry for the long wait, He Zi."

"No, no, we just arrived too." He Chen stood up with a smile on his face and gestured to Meng Bai beside him, "Teacher He, this is Mr. Meng from Arclight Films."

"Ah, hello, Mr. Meng." He Jiong looked very friendly and extended his hand to Meng Bai. "I didn't expect you to be so young."

"Teacher He, you're welcome."

Meng Bai took a step forward and shook hands with He Chen, who was standing next to him and wanted to introduce him, and said, "Teacher He, there's no need to introduce him. Not a few people don't know him."

"Haha." He Jiong laughed: "Mr. Meng, don't say anything. He grew up watching my show."

Obviously, as a top entertainment host in the domestic entertainment industry, almost all young people will say this when they see him.

"Almost. I grew up watching it." Meng Bai said with a smile.

After the greetings, several people sat down on the sofa.

He Jiong looked at Meng Bai and said with a smile: "Actually, this is not the first time I have heard Mr. Meng's name."

"Teacher He, just call me Meng Bai." Meng Bai asked curiously, "Has anyone mentioned me before?"

"It's Li Qin." He Jiong explained: "She came to our 'base camp' with the crew to promote the show before, and we happened to chat while eating."

Meng Bai was stunned. It was Li Qin who said that. He didn't expect that. He was a little surprised, but it seemed normal.

"Xiao Li praised Teacher Meng's script to us and gave it very high praise," said He Jiong.

Meng Bai smiled and said, "I have a good relationship with Teacher Li, and she praised me because of her friend's name."

By the way, I thought to myself that this girl is good and I will have to give her a thumbs up in person next time.

"I've watched several dramas produced by Arclight, and they've received high ratings, with audiences praising the plots." He Jiong said enthusiastically, "It just so happens that I met you today. I'm also planning to make a movie recently, so please take a look at the script and give me some suggestions."

"Ah? This, this is inconvenient, right?" Meng
Bai was a little confused by the sudden change: "I heard it's not a youth campus film? I'm a suspense film, I don't have much experience with youth films."

"It doesn't matter, you can just watch it as an audience member to help out." He Jiong said, and asked his assistant to take out a stack of scripts from his bag and "stuffed" it into his mouth.

"???"

Looking at the script in his hand, Meng Bai's face was full of black question marks.

But looking at He Jiong's enthusiastic attitude, he felt embarrassed to refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and turn it over.

What He Jiong gave him was a script with ready-made lines, rather than a "literary script" shown to investors or project parties.

The biggest difference between the two is that, except for a small number of scene changes and plot statements, the dialogue script consists entirely of the characters' lines.

Ordinary people might find it boring, but as a professional screenwriter, Meng Bai can naturally restore the complete story from it.

only……

As he watched, a strange expression gradually appeared on his face.

There is no way. The development of this story is really an abstract existence even in the category of "youth pain film".

The story of "Gardenia Blossoms" takes place on a university campus. The heroine "Yan Qi" is good at ballet dancing and dreams of being admitted to a famous dance school abroad. By the way, she also persuaded the other three girls in her dormitory to take the exam together.

But the other three girls, as background NPCs, obviously do not have such "grand" aspirations as the heroine.

So after several cycles of cooperation, quarrels, breakups, cooperation again, and quarrels again, the four of them finally set a common goal to strive for, but a car accident directly took away the heroine's three friends.

Yes, the three female roommates were killed directly.

Meng Bai took a deep breath. To be honest, when he saw the beginning, he almost thought he was watching a sequel to Tiny Times. But this wave of outrageous "car accidents" woke him up.

By the way, if I’m not mistaken, the role that Song Zhi auditioned for should be one of the three girls who were “forced to go offline”.

(End of this chapter)