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

Chapter 286 Soul Ferry: Huangquan
"What about the other one?" Zhu Xudan asked.

"You should be more familiar with the other one." Meng Bai introduced: "The Pendulum series is going to shoot a spin-off movie called "Soul Ferry: Huangquan". The character of the heroine is quite suitable for you."

"Pendulum? Movie?"

Zhu Xudan asked doubtfully: "But I already have a role in a web drama, is it appropriate for me to act in a movie?"

"It doesn't matter. The plot timeline this time takes place long before the main film. It's a prequel story, so it won't have much impact."

At this point, Meng Bai smiled and said, "Or you can understand it as, the first season's 'Cai Qin' is the reincarnation of the heroine in the movie version."

Zhu Xudan also laughed. This was indeed a very good reason.

"But can a movie about a pendulum really pass the censorship?"

"The genre of the movie version is mainly mythology and fantasy, and has little to do with horror and thriller, so it's considered a marginal ball."

Meng Bai frowned and said, "It's hard to say, so we have made two preparations. If it can pass the review, it will be released in theaters. If it can't pass the review, it will be broadcast online."

Compared with the growing prosperity of online dramas, the online movie market has always been lukewarm.

But in this quiet situation, the development momentum is actually quite good.

According to statistics from various video platforms, the current box office record for a single online movie has exceeded 3000 million.

Converted into the box office of theater movies, it is about 1.5 million.

Moreover, the production cost of online movies is generally low, basically around 500 million.

Therefore, in the past two years, many small film and television teams have chosen to go the online broadcasting route.

There is no share of the theater chain and distribution fees, and the investment can be recovered almost as soon as the film passes the screening. The profit margin is high and the risk is low, which is much more cost-effective than going to theaters.

"An online movie..." Zhu Xudan murmured.

"What, you don't like it?"

"No, no!" Zhu Xudan waved his hands quickly.

As a small-time actor who is not even a third-tier actor, how can I be picky?

She was actually thinking about something else.

"Senior brother, were you in charge of the filming of these two projects?" Zhu Xudan asked cautiously.

Meng Bai shook his head: "The web series will start filming after the New Year, and I have other projects to work on. But I will probably still watch the big movie."

As the first work, "Soul Ferry" means something different to ArcLight Pictures than other projects.

What's more, after the end of this prequel movie, the "Pendulum" IP may not have any major development in the future.

So even if it is just a "web movie" that may not be shown in theaters, Meng Bai will try his best to make this film perfect.

Thinking of this, he looked at the girl in front of him again: "Come to the company for an audition in a few days. Let me make it clear first, if the director thinks your performance is not good and doesn't want you, don't come to me and cry."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will never embarrass you!"

Zhu Xudan said in a decisive tone.

But after she finished speaking, she bit her lip again and called out hesitantly, "Senior Brother Meng Bai..."

"how?"

"……fine."

Forget it. Many things I said would be inappropriate in this situation. Anyway, my senior brother will be there when the movie is being filmed, so why not wait until then to talk about it? Thinking of this, Zhu Xudan raised her little face and showed a bright smile: "Senior brother, you are busy. I won't bother you anymore."

Looking at the other person's back as he left, Meng Bai couldn't help but let out a light sigh.

Why is this girl a little weird?
After Taiyang Chuanhe’s annual meeting ended, Arclight Films’ own annual meeting followed.

As a competent boss, Meng Bai deliberately chose Thursday, a working day, to hold the annual meeting.

"Mr. Meng, this is the itinerary for the annual meeting."

The head of the administration department handed over a document and said, "We will all leave by bus at 2pm. The afternoon will be free for fun. After dinner, you will give a speech, and then there will be a lottery. We will stay at the resort for one night and return the next morning."

After taking the schedule and looking at it, Meng Bai took a pen and made a note: "Cancel the speech session, and just do the lottery directly then."

We give speeches so many times throughout the year, so why ruin the atmosphere when everyone is having a good time?

As the scale expands, Arclight Films now has nearly 100 to 200 employees in its two office areas.

So the company directly booked a resort in Changping and rented three large buses to transport people.

Meng Bai deliberately waited until the dinner time was over. As he thought, everyone was very satisfied with the annual meeting which did not have any messy segments such as speeches by leaders and performances.

When they saw their young boss appear, they cheered.

"Alright, alright, hurry up everyone. The lucky draw after the dinner is our main business today." Meng Bai held the microphone and said to the employees, "Save your energy so you can cheer on the winners later."

"Good!" Everyone laughed.

Sitting down at the main table, Meng Bai said with emotion: "If it weren't for the annual meeting, I really wouldn't have realized that there are so many people in Arc Light."

"The main reason is that we have many business sectors, covering all aspects of online dramas, TV series, and movies."

Liu Jun said, "With our current scale, if we only focus on one field, about 70 to 80 people will be enough."

"There are many fields and projects." Meng Bai said: "By the way, is there any company interested in the movie "Psychological Crime" that can be contacted?"

"At present, it is mainly Anle, China Film, Beijing North Culture and Ruyi. In addition, Beijing North Culture and Maoyan Entertainment want to take on the distribution of the film."

More than a year ago, Enlight Pictures proposed to make a film version of "Criminal Minds".

Taking the continuity of the plot into consideration, both parties agreed to start the project after the second season of the web series.

As a result, because ArcLight and Leshi.com stopped cooperating, the "Green Vine Series" was interrupted for a time, and has been delayed until now.

Although Arclight Pictures is no longer the small company it once was and has many resources and channels in the film industry, Anle has waited for so long after all, so Meng Bai has never thought of kicking them out.

As for China Film Group, Beijing North Culture and Ruyi, they are all "acquaintances" with whom we have worked together before.

"When do you plan to start shooting the movie?" Liu Jun asked.

Meng Bai thought for a moment and said, "Maybe August or September. There are too many projects in the first half of the year, so let's slow down a bit."

"Okay, then I will connect with these companies."

The employees of Arc Light obviously understood their boss's advice to "seize the time". The dinner was basically over before seven o'clock, and they began to look forward to the prize-giving session.

The rewards are divided into three categories. The first one is the "Sunshine Award", which is available to everyone and contains a red envelope of 1888 yuan.

The second category is commendation awards, such as "Outstanding Department", "Outstanding Employee", etc. The awards are mainly various electronic products, cosmetics, red envelopes, etc.

The third one is the big draw that depends entirely on luck.

(End of this chapter)