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

Chapter 38 Brother, Don’t You Remember Me?

At the door of the convenience store studio, Meng Bai walked out with a man.

The man was quite tall, with a weathered look and a slight stubble on his chin. Standing next to Meng Bai, he looked ten years older.

However, in fact, he is actually the same age as Meng Bai, even one month younger.

The man's name is Bai Yu, and he is Meng Bai's classmate at the Central Academy of Drama.

Although they are classmates, Bai Yu is actually two years younger than him and is in the acting department.

At the beginning, Meng Bai had a girlfriend who was a student in the acting department at school. He went to the acting classroom every day and got to know a lot of people in the acting department, including Bai Yu.

But when I first met him, I almost mistook him for a new teacher.

As a result, just a simple "Hello, teacher" completely confused this new junior fellow student from the northwest.

However, because of this misunderstanding, the two people became friends in another way.

For the play "Pendulum", Meng Bai consulted many people from the Central Academy of Drama, and naturally did not forget Bai Yu.

It just so happened that in the second episode of the script, titled "Ghost Detective", the protagonist of the unit was an undercover agent who was killed. This image was quite suitable for Bai Yu, so Meng Bai contacted his "junior brother".

"Okay, Old Meng, that's enough. No need to send me off anymore." After walking out of the set, Bai Yu patted Meng Bai's arm.

"It's okay, it's just these two steps."

"Really, you're so busy here, go back."

"...Brother, I'm going out to pick someone up, and I'll give you a ride while I'm at it, just go!"

"Fuck! You're wasting my feelings." Bai Yu cursed with a smile, and then said with an ambiguous smile: "Are you going to pick up the girl?"

"Don't slander me. Can't I just pick up a man?"

"Come on, how can a man be so active?" Bai Yu pointed his chin not far away and said, "Those two girls over there should be them, right?"

Meng Bai looked in the direction Bai Yu pointed, and sure enough, he saw two girls standing not far away, looking in his direction.

"Why are there two people?" Meng Bai muttered, and then waved to Bai Yu: "Okay, let's stop here, take care."

"Brother, this is too real." Bai Yu looked down on this man who "valued love over friendship" and said, "Let's go, you are busy."

Meng Bai made a gesture of "let's talk later" and walked towards the two girls.

Just like what Wu Bai had said about Meng Bai before, he always liked to plan before he acted. So he had already considered the actor he wanted to replace, and he contacted him as soon as Wu Bai was convinced.

Meng Bai and the other party had agreed to come to the crew today, and he just received the message and came out to pick them up. But what he didn't expect was that there were actually two people coming.

When he got closer, Meng Bai could see the two girls clearly.

The girl on the left is tall, with delicate and bright features, a standard "Internet celebrity face", the type that makes people feel amazing at first sight.

The girl on the right is a little shorter, with a pretty and bright face. She doesn’t look very old and looks a little silly.

Meng Bai looked at the girl on the left and asked, "Zhang Yuxi?"

"Yes. Hello, Teacher Meng, I'm Zhang Yuxi, and we talked on the phone yesterday." The girl on the left said respectfully and politely.

It was this girl that Meng Bai had originally planned to meet today. Judging from her appearance alone, it would be very convincing for her to play the "reborn" female lead in the unit.

"I said yesterday that you will probably be playing a guest role. Is that ok?" Meng Bai said.

"No problem, no problem." Zhang Yuxi nodded quickly and said with some uneasiness: "But I don't have much experience in filming. If my performance is not good, please give me more criticism." The girl is also very nervous now. She was originally just a small model and had only played the role of the third female lead in a small web drama shot by Leshi.com before. Apart from that, she has no other acting experience.

Yesterday, a sister from Leshi.com whom she met while filming contacted her and said that the director of a drama wanted her to play a role. She agreed without thinking.

After all, she herself knows that an unknown "wild little model" like her won't last long.

If you really want to make it in the entertainment industry, you have to be an actor.

"It's okay. Your role doesn't have many shots and lines. If you have any questions, just do it a few more times." Meng Bai said nonchalantly.

Then, he looked at the girl standing on the right and asked, "Are you guys together?"

"Oh, no, it isn't."

The girl on the right was suddenly flustered when asked, and hurriedly said: "Master Meng Bai... Hello, producer, my name is Zhu Xudan, I am an actor of Leshi.com, and Sister Gan Wei asked me to come to you."

"Zhu Xudan?" Meng Bai thought for a few seconds and vaguely remembered.

Indeed, he had told Gan Wei before that if Leshi.com had any suitable contracted actors, they could also come over to play a few roles.

However, Leshi is not an artist management company, so they don’t have many candidates. After much deliberation, they finally chose Zhu Xudan.

No matter what, this girl at least graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, so there should be no problem for her to film.

"You are from the Central Academy of Drama, right?" Meng Bai vaguely remembered that he seemed to have seen this girl's name on the list that Director Lin had given him before, and it seemed that she was a classmate of Chen Ruoxuan who came for the audition.

"Yes, Brother Meng Bai, I'm from the Central Academy of Drama." Zhu Xudan seemed to have known Meng Bai for a long time. Seeing that he had an impression of her, she immediately became quite excited and even changed her address to "Brother".

Meng Bai didn't care. It didn't matter what he called his junior sister.

But I didn’t expect to meet someone from the Central Academy of Drama. The play “Pendulum” is almost becoming a troupe building of the Central Academy of Drama.

"Since you call me Senior Brother, I shouldn't be stingy." Meng Bai said with a smile: "Let me think... there are two female protagonists in the unit who are quite suitable for your image. I will tell you about the plot later and see which role you like."

"Really? Thank you, senior brother!" Zhu Xudan originally thought that it would be enough to have a small supporting role and appear on screen, but she did not expect to have an unexpected gain. She immediately thanked Meng excitedly.

Zhang Yuxi standing aside looked at the girl next to him with envy. He was just a small supporting role with few screen times, but she could pick any girl she wanted right away. It was really enviable.

But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, he graduated from a professional school and is a contracted artist by the investor. It's normal for him to receive such treatment.

After the introduction, it was time to arrange the work. Meng Bai looked at Zhang Yuxi and said, "Go first and find a man named Liu Zhi. He is the executive producer. Tell him that you are the replacement actor for the Lust, Caution unit and he will help you arrange it."

Zhang Yuxi listened carefully to Meng Bai's instructions and nodded seriously, "I understand, Teacher Meng. I'll go over first."

Watching Zhang Yuxi leave, Meng Bai said to Zhu Xudan who was standing aside and staring at him, "Come with me. I'll tell you about the roles that are suitable for you. Which one do you want to choose?"

"it is good!"

Meng Bai took Zhu Xudan to the crew and talked to her about the plot as they walked.

But what puzzled him was that the girl was looking at him with a smile on her face, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Ahem." Meng Bai coughed lightly and couldn't help asking, "Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"Ah, no." Zhu Xudan shook her head, and the twin ponytails hanging behind her ears also swayed.

"So what do you mean by staring at me?"

Zhu Xudan pursed her lips, hesitated for a while, and finally looked up at Meng Bai and asked, "Brother Meng Bai, don't you remember me?"

(End of this chapter)