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

Chapter 187: Sword Pointed at Leshi.com

The character that Meng Bai came to see Chen Chichi is called "Huang Landeng", the detective of the "Chinatown Police Station" in the play.

He is a rather mean person who is bent on doing great things. He keeps chasing after Tang Ren, who he thinks is the "murderer", but he always hurts himself. He can be considered a comedic villain.

Chen Sicheng originally wanted to find Huang Bo for this role.

Not to mention the compatibility of the characters, just the name "Huang Bo + Wang Baoqiang" is worth at least 300 million box office.

Meng Bai didn't know how Chen Sicheng contacted him, but in the end, the result was that he didn't agree.

Actually, think about it, Huang Bo is now a movie star with billions of box office revenue. It is impossible for him to play a "clown villain" in a commercial film.

In addition, the protagonist of this movie is Wang Baoqiang, so it is not appropriate for Huang Bo to play a supporting role for him.

If it was just a guest appearance, it would be fine, but the character of "Huang Landeng" has a lot of scenes at all, so it doesn't make sense to just call it a guest appearance.

It doesn’t matter if you get rejected, just find someone else.

Considering that the first characteristic of this character is "mean", Chen Sicheng immediately thought of a suitable candidate, Chen Chichi.

If it was half a year ago, although certainly not as good as Huang Bo, Chen Chichi was actually a pretty good choice.

With fans accumulated from several "Love Apartment" series and the popularity brought by the huge success of the first season of "Running Man", his popularity is still quite high.

Moreover, he is Chen Kaige's nephew. He doesn't have many big resources in the industry, but he still has a lot of small resources. He is definitely the "top star" of the new generation of comedy.

However, a wave of "cheating + divorce" scandals at the beginning of the year directly shattered the personality and popularity he had accumulated over the years.

Although it won't be silent from now on, it is unlikely to rise again.

Although his current reputation is a bit "mixed", he is still very popular after all, and he has a friendship with Wang Baoqiang through the variety show "Running Man", so Chen Sicheng still decided to find him.

Anyway, the character of "Huang Landen" itself is not a positive character.

It just so happened that he had also signed a contract with Taiyang Chuanhe, so Chen Sicheng asked Meng Bai to come and ask if he was willing to cooperate.

Under the guidance of Yang Ming, Meng Bai met the other party.

When he heard that it was the boss of Arclight Films, Chen Chichi immediately came over and said enthusiastically, "Hello, hello, Mr. Meng, I have heard of your name for a long time."

"Teacher Chen, you're welcome. I've always wanted to meet you and today I finally have the chance." Meng Bai shook his hand lightly and gave him a businesslike smile.

As the saying goes, "the place you live in changes your temperament and the place you take care of changes your body." Having been a boss and producer for so long, Meng Bai's temperament has changed a lot.

He can’t really be called a “big shot in the circle” or anything like that, but he is more or less a “local tyrant”.

Although he still looks lazy and casual when he is on the set or hanging out with friends, he already looks like an industry elite to the public.

Chen Chichi made a few polite remarks and introduced the "rumored girlfriend" Zhang Zixuan who was following him.

Meng Bai took a look at him and it reminded him of Yang Tianbao whom he had just met.

These two people are really a bit similar. Both started out as models and then became actors. They both have a lot of dark histories of "meddling to the top" and their style is also "sweet".

However, Chen Chichi's capital is not as strong as Huang Xiaoming's, so Yang Tianbao can still rely on his resources to push him to the top, but Zhang Zixuan directly retired from the circle and went home to take care of his husband and children.

When Chen Chichi heard that he was offered a role in a movie, and that it was a large project produced by Wanda Pictures with a scale of 8000 million, his eyes lit up and he agreed without thinking.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Meng."

"I'm just helping to pass on a message. It's mainly about the candidates decided by Director Chen and Teacher Baoqiang." Meng Bai waved his hand and explained that there was no need to take advantage of such a favor.

"You are the screenwriter. I have the opportunity to thank you for the characters you created." Chen Chichi said with an unchanged attitude: "In fact, I have always hoped to have the opportunity to cooperate with Arclight Films. If there is a suitable role in the future, I will have to thank President Meng for his care."

"Easy to say."

Seeing the two of them separate, Yang Ming came over to find Meng Bai and wanted to introduce Zhou Dongyu to him again.

As a shareholder of Taiyang Chuanhe, he had met the top three actors, Yang Tianbao and Chen Chichi, so there was no reason for him to miss any one.

Meng Bai had actually met Zhou Dongyu once before, and that was at the premiere of "You Are the One" last year.

It's just that he was there purely at the invitation of Guo Fan, so the two had no intersection at all.

Mainly because I have no interest in her.

Many people know that due to the aspect ratio of the screen, many people will appear wider in front of the camera. Therefore, many celebrities, especially female celebrities, are extremely thin in real life in order to look good on camera.

People like Zhou Dongyu who look thin in front of the camera actually look like a bean sprout in real life.

In addition, she has a young face, so even a dress that is quite revealing on other girls is completely legal on her.

"Arclight Pictures?"

After hearing Yang Ming's introduction, Zhou Dongyu looked at Meng Bai and said, "Sorry, I don't have much impression."

Yang Ming and his agent at the side couldn't help but twitch their lips.

Meng Bai's expression remained unchanged: "We at Arclight mainly produce web dramas, maybe you don't know much about it."

"Oh, web dramas, I haven't watched many of them." Zhou Dongyu nodded, "I feel like a lot of them are pretty low-quality."

After saying that, he started laughing to himself again.

"..."

Meng Bai and Yang Ming fell silent at the same time. The manager hurriedly stepped forward to hold Zhou Dongyu who was about to continue chatting, and forced a smile at them and said, "Sorry, Mr. Meng, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do here, so I won't disturb you two."

After saying that, he nodded apologetically to the two of them and dragged Zhou Dongyu away.

"...I'm sorry, Junior Brother." Yang Ming tried to make amends, "Xiao Zhou is a little...straightforward sometimes."

He and Zhou Dongyu's agent were high school classmates, and it was through this relationship that he got her signed to Taiyang Chuanhe, so he could only try his best to speak well of her.

"Young people." Meng Bai didn't say anything, but just asked: "Is she like this usually?"

"I can only say, almost..."

Now I understand, he is not targeting anyone, he is just simply brainless.

Meng Bai patted Yang Ming on the shoulder: "I hope you will work hard in the future, Senior Brother."

"..."

On the other side, the agent was looking helplessly at Zhou Dongyu who was arguing in front of him.

"…Why are you leaving? Those low-level people I mentioned weren't him. I already said I hadn't seen them."

"So do you think it's a good topic to tell people that they haven't seen this?"

"No, I don't have a low EQ. I just said it when we were chatting." Zhou Dongyu said nonchalantly, "It's okay. I'm not filming a web series. You don't have to worry."

“Heh, it’s just that his company mainly makes web dramas, not that he only makes web dramas.” The agent said unhappily.

She just heard from Chen Chichi that Meng Bai was working with Wanda on a medium-to-large-scale film project, and had been thinking of asking if there was any opportunity for cooperation.

Even if there is no such thing, we can establish a good relationship now, and who knows if there will be other projects in the future. But this person in my family was so good that he silenced the other person with just two words.

If I had known this earlier I would have gone by myself.

She also knew that her girl was just saying it casually, because this was not the first time she had done something like this.

Objectively speaking, the main disadvantage is the lack of education.

"He, also makes movies?" Zhou Dongyu blinked her small eyes, feeling a little regretful in her heart, but still said stubbornly: "It doesn't matter, I didn't say anything just now. Can he still make things difficult for a little girl like me?"

The agent glanced at her and said, "She's about the same age as you."

"Ah?" Zhou Dongyu was stunned. He had never expected this.

He is both a producer and a company boss. She thought he must be a post-80s generation and was even amazed at how young he looks.

"How about I go and apologize later?" Zhou Dongyu asked.

"Forget it, there's no need." The agent said with a headache.

This is indeed a trivial matter, and going out of your way to apologize would make the other person seem petty.

Now I just hope that Mr. Meng didn’t take it to heart.

In fact, it was pretty much what she thought, and Meng Bai didn't really take it to heart.

After all, it was just a casual complaint. Is there really anything you want to do about it?
So he just mentally put the other party on the list of "no need to cooperate" and put the matter behind him.

After socializing around a bit and seeing that there was no one else he needed to greet, he walked to the corner of the banquet hall.

Zhu Xudan was sitting here alone.

"Why are you sitting here alone?" Meng Bai asked.

"I'm a little uncomfortable with this." The little girl said timidly, "Besides, I don't know anyone."

Song Zhi went to Guangzhou to shoot Teacher He's melodramatic movie. Li Yitong had class today, Zhou Yutong had an emergency at home, and Bai Yu and the others were busy recording some dubbing for "Forensic Qin Ming" and didn't have time.

So the actor who came to Arc Light today was just herself.

This girl is the type who is "bullying at home". She is lively among her friends, but becomes "listless" as soon as she meets strangers.

As an artist, this is actually a disadvantage.

However, Meng Bai didn't say anything to her. It didn't matter whether she made any connections or not. Once she had her own management team, there would naturally be an agent to guide her.

"What are you doing lately?"

"Well, let's find another house." Zhu Xudan said a little embarrassedly: "I have saved some money from my recent film pay, and I want to move to a place closer to the company."

"You are not a clerk. What difference does it make whether you are closer to the company or farther away?" Meng Bai suggested: "I will arrange an agent and an assistant for you in a few days. You can ask them to help you find a suitable place."

"it is good."

Since it was said by "Senior Brother Meng Bai", it must be correct.

Zhu Xudan agreed immediately and looked at him and said, "Brother, I heard from Huahua last time that you are still living in the small apartment you rented before. Don't you plan to buy a house?"

"I want to buy it, but I have no money--" Meng Bai sighed.

"Hey, Senior Brother, are you out of money?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Meng Bai said, "The money is all in several projects of the company. I'm very short of money recently."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xudan opened his mouth, but hesitated and then held back.

Meng Bai raised an eyebrow: "What?"

"Nothing." Zhu Xudan shook her head. Seeing Meng Bai still staring at her, she said awkwardly, "I was just about to say that I still have tens of thousands of dollars saved. But... I guess that's not what you need, Senior Brother."

"I didn't realize that our Zhuzhu is actually a wealthy woman." Meng Bai smiled, "Aren't you going to move to a new house? How can you change it if you give it to me?"

"I can...well, I can wait for a while. It's not like you won't return it anyway, Senior Brother."

Zhu Xudan was secretly angry with herself. Why did she suddenly want to say "I can live with my senior brother"?
But I can’t blame myself for this, because it was Senior Brother Meng Bai who said “let’s wish you all” just now!

Hehe~~
"Snapped!"

Meng Bai snapped his fingers: "What are you doing here?"

"Ah, no, it's nothing."

"Thank you for your generosity, but you should keep the money and buy a better place to live. I really don't need it." Meng Bai said.

Not to mention tens of thousands, even millions could be obtained at any time, but there was no need to spend the money at the moment.

Otherwise, this girl is just a little stupid. Never believe your boss when he says "there is no money".

Other people's "no money" and your "no money" have completely different meanings.

The opening of Taiyang Chuanhe was quite successful. Yang Ming made a name for himself in the traditional film and television industry through his relationship with Huayi, and became a familiar face on the video platform through Arc Films.

He is now nominally the agent of all the contracted artists of Taiyang Chuanhe. Of course, in reality everyone has their own team, so there is no need for him to do anything himself.

For Arc Light, this finally saves one worry and allows them to concentrate on film and television production.

Meng Bai plans to be quiet for a while and complete the post-production of "Forensic Qin Ming".

He has not forgotten the competition with his "senior fellow student" Bai Yicong.

Although he always told others that he "didn't think of surpassing The Lost Tomb", in his heart, he was still somewhat unconvinced.

Big IPs do come with their own fan base, but ultimately it still depends on the quality of the film and television adaptations.

No one stipulates that big IP will definitely be successful.

It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

He had just been quiet for two days when an article titled "The money-burning model is difficult to sustain, LeTV is suspected of illegally concealing the company's profit and loss information" instantly ignited public opinion in the economic and financial fields.

The author of this article is Liu Shuwei, a researcher at the China Financial Enterprise Research Center and a well-known "financial anti-counterfeiting" fighter, nicknamed "the most terrifying woman in A-shares."

Her most famous achievement is writing a book called "Techniques for Identifying False Accounting Statements of Listed Companies". During the writing process, she discovered that the listed company "Lantian Shares" had inflated profits and defrauded loans.

So she wrote a 600-word "revealing" article, which was directly published in the "Financial Insider" which was only available to the central government.

Thanks to this article, Lantian Co., Ltd., whose stock price soared due to its "quadrupled profits in five years", was directly brought down.

Because of this incident, Liu Shuwei was named CCTV's "Economic Person of the Year" and "Person Who Moved China in 2002" in 2002.

After 13 years, she once again "targeted" Leshi.com.

It’s nothing for ordinary investors, but within the industry, Leshi’s financial situation instantly became the focus of everyone’s attention.

(End of this chapter)