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

Chapter 428 Almost Made Her Survive

"When filming The Untamed, the crew was worried about the censorship standards for gay dramas, so they increased the role of Ziyi's female character. As a result, a fan of the original novel got the filming schedule from the production staff and saw that there were many more roles for characters that were not in the original work, and conflicts arose at the time."

In the living room, Meng Ziyi's agent faced his boss and explained the situation with a little nervousness.

Meng Bai frowned and looked at his agent: "Why didn't you tell me about this situation at that time?"

"Well, at that time, it was basically just a small number of fans of the original novel who talked about this online, and it wasn't a big deal. Ziyi himself said there was no need to pay too much attention to it, and the crew later cancelled the additional plot, so we thought it was over."

"If she says she doesn't care, then you don't care? If you let the artist decide for herself, then just keep two assistants. Why do you need so many management teams?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Meng, it was our mistake. We didn't expect that after such a long time, those fans would still make such a big fuss."

Meng Bai let out a long breath and waved his hand: "Forget it, I can't blame you. These brainless fans are a pit for anyone who gets involved."

Seeing that the big boss had no intention of punishing them severely, the team members finally breathed a sigh of relief. The agent asked inquiringly, "Then, Mr. Meng, how do you think this matter should be resolved next?"

"Why are you asking me? I'm not your public relations department." Meng Bai glanced at the other party and continued, "I have already discussed this matter with your CEO Yang. He will form a special team to work with you to solve the specific solution."

The agent was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Oh, okay, okay."

After saying this, she couldn't help but secretly sigh in her heart.

You know, among the many artists under Taiyang Chuanhe, this one of ours is only in the upper middle level in terms of status, popularity and income. Unexpectedly, when something went wrong, the president Yang Ming was directly responsible.

Not to mention other artists of the same level, even Yang Tianbao, Zhou Dongyu, and Wang Ziwen, the current candidates for the "Thai and Western No. 1 Actress", do not receive such treatment.

The agent was thinking about what to do next when he suddenly heard Meng Bai talking and quickly collected his thoughts.

"How is she feeling now?"

"It was fine a few days ago, but not so good these past two days." The agent laughed bitterly, "There are a lot of criticisms online. She can see them everywhere when she is online. Although she didn't say anything, you can tell that she actually cares a lot."

"In addition, many fans of the main actors were dissatisfied with Ziyi and made up a lot of rumors to discredit her, labeling her as a 'superstar' or 'resourceful', which led to some ordinary audiences having a bad impression and her reputation was much worse."

At this point, the agent paused, glanced at Meng Bai carefully, and seeing that he was listening attentively with a serious expression on his face, he continued: "Then this morning, there was a program that we had arranged in advance. Ziyi was supposed to participate, but he called and said that the staff was full, so they couldn't cooperate..."

"What show? Whose show?" Meng Bai interrupted his agent.

"Well, it's a show produced by Youku called "Acting School". It's a type of acting competition show that has been quite popular in the past two years."

Meng Bai nodded. He had heard of this kind of program, which has been quite popular in recent years. The content of the program caters to the audience's dislike for popular actors and their expectations for talented actors, and the format is similar to talent shows.

The guests who participate in the show are either unknown newcomers who want to take advantage of the popularity, or out-of-date actors with good acting skills who want to become popular again.

Or, for young actors like Meng Ziyi, their acting skills are neither good nor bad. A good performance can increase their popularity and add a label of "good ability"; an average performance is also fine, and a "bad but hardworking" persona can also help them gain some popularity.

This kind of program is a good way to expose those actors who have good talents but have not had good resources due to luck or background. But for those artists who have good resources, it is actually not necessary.

If you really want to show some acting skills, just perform it through your role in the drama. Why bother with an "acting competition"?

Anyway, from Meng Bai's point of view, it really doesn't matter whether or not to appear on this kind of show.

But then again, it may not make sense, but since it has already been confirmed, it would be a bit too much to make a temporary change.

The production team is responsible for this, but they are obviously also worried about being attacked. So the source of the incident still lies with those fans.

Meng Bai glanced at the bedroom next to him: "She has been staying in the room all day?"

"Yes, Ziyi said she wanted to be alone and calm down, so we didn't bother her." The manager said, "But we did send her some food at noon, and it felt..."

The agent didn't finish her words, but from her expression it was clear that the girl's "quiet adjustment" was not very effective.

Meng Bai signaled to his agent and a few assistants to go and get busy first. He stood up, walked to Meng Ziyi's bedroom door and knocked.

"Sister, I told you I'm fine."

"it's me."

"Ah? Uncle... Ouch!"

Meng Bai heard the sound of something falling to the ground in the room and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"...Uncle, please wait a moment."

"It's okay, there's no rush."

Meng Bai waited for a while, and the bedroom door finally opened. Meng Ziyi appeared behind the door with her hair a little messy. Perhaps because she was at home, she wore a loose T-shirt with the hem hanging down to her thighs. Two long white legs extended from under the T-shirt, creating a "missing bottom" style.

"Uncle!"

The corners of Meng Ziyi's eyes were a little red, but when he saw Meng Bai, he still smiled brightly: "When did you come?"

"Just arrived a while ago."

"Ah, so that's it." Meng Ziyi responded blankly, then suddenly remembered that the two were still standing at the door, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, come in and sit down."

Meng Bai didn't say anything and walked in. He had been to this apartment twice before, so it wasn't unfamiliar to him. He glanced at the lunch box on the table not far away, which was not touched at all. It was obvious that the girl hadn't eaten lunch at all.

Meng Bai picked up a doll on the floor at the end of the bed and put it aside: "Did you fall off the bed just now?"

"It wasn't really a fall. I just lost my balance in my haste. After I got up, I sat on the bed again."

As Meng Ziyi spoke, he took a pillow and gave it to Meng Bai: "Little uncle, please sit down."

Meng Bai didn't hesitate and sat cross-legged on the carpet. Meng Ziyi came to the opposite side of him, slightly staggered half a body, and then also sat on the floor with his knees hugged, leaning against the edge of the bed.

"not in a good mood?"

"It's, it's okay. It's nothing, just a few scoldings. I've heard that a lot before."

"Because I'm jealous of your beauty?"

"How do you know? Alas, there's nothing I can do. Having good looks brings this kind of trouble, hehe..."

Meng Ziyi forced a smile: "So I said, little uncle, you don't have to worry about me. This kind of small scene is just a little bit of wind and frost for me."

As she spoke, she grinned, trying to look nonchalant. She knew her uncle had a lot of work to do, and she didn't want him to worry.

But anyone could see that this girl was obviously forcing a smile.

She obviously knew this herself, so she restrained her brows and calmed down.

The atmosphere in the room gradually became quiet.

After taking a look at the girl, Meng Bai took out his phone and opened a music app. After searching for a while, he put the phone in front of him.

Then, a somewhat bitter melody slowly sounded.

"You forgot, the cold wind that cut through the wound
If you believe it, you will live your whole life without any pain or itch.

Why do you want to sing when you see snow falling?
Why do tears fall when letting go?
......"

As the music played, tears welled up in Meng Ziyi's eyes. She bit her lips gently, sniffed her nose, and occasionally looked up at the ceiling to prevent the tears from flowing out of her eyes. However, once the sad emotions started to roll, it was difficult to stop.

"...

Because I enjoy its splendor
Because it endures its decay
You said don't love me, but you still can't let me go

So life is as bitter as a song..."

"Woo——"

Finally, with the blessing of this most tear-jerking BGM of the year selected by netizens, Meng Ziyi could no longer hold back her emotions, hugged her knees and buried her face, and then finally burst into tears.

Meng Bai took back his phone, but did not turn off the music - boy, this girl almost died just now.

He didn't necessarily want to make Meng Ziyi cry, but looking at her current state, it would be better for her to cry out loud instead of keeping her emotions bottled up in her heart.

Meng Bai patted her shoulder and whispered, "After crying, take a nap. When you wake up tomorrow morning, it will be a new day."

What he didn't expect was that the girl's emotional outburst seemed to be more violent than he had imagined.

She was originally crying with her knees hugged, but after being comforted, she completely lost control. She first raised her head and looked at Meng Bai with tearful eyes, then threw herself into his arms, grabbing his clothes and refusing to let go.

"It's obvious that the director added the scenes because he was worried about the censorship. It wasn't my request. Why are they blaming me for all this?"

"As an actor, I have no say in what scenes to be filmed, so why blame me?"

"I was also very sad when a fire broke out during filming. But I was clearly there to watch Chao Yue's performance that day. Why are you saying that the accident happened because of my extra scenes?"

"..."

Meng Ziyi kept muttering while crying, and it was obvious that she had been holding these words in her heart for a long time.

Finally, she raised her head again, her eyes red, her face full of tears, and she said with a look of disappointment: "The production team called this morning and said that they were full, so they didn't need me. It was clearly already booked, but they didn't want me anymore."

"They don't want me anymore..."

Meng Ziyi kept repeating this sentence. Apparently, being rejected by the program team was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Meng Bai didn't care to avoid suspicion at this time. He raised his hand and patted her back, saying softly: "It's okay, it's just a small show, it's not worthy of our sister Meng. They don't want you, but your uncle wants you. It's just a show, just tell me what you like. Arc Light is about to start a new project, so your uncle will give you a customized version."

"..."

Meng Ziyi raised her face, looked at Meng Bai with tears in her eyes, and asked stupidly: "Isn't Arc Light only filming dramas? When did they start doing variety shows?"

"Hey, that's not right. After all, Ming Detective can be considered half of it." Meng Bai smiled and said, "It wasn't before, but we have to develop new business recently, so we will try new things."

"Is that so..." Meng Ziyi held back her tears, sniffed, and said with a wrinkled face: "Forget it, if I participate, it will affect your new program."

Obviously, this incident had a great impact on her psychologically.

"Girl, you overestimate the influence of those fans. They just seem to be louder online because of their unified actions." Meng Bai snorted and laughed, then continued: "Do you know what is the most important thing for an actor?"

Meng Ziyi thought for a moment: "Acting skills? Popularity? Resources?"

"It's the work." Meng Bai said: "Many actors are like this, because of a certain incident, their reputation becomes bad. But as long as it is not a legal issue, if they produce a good work later and have a memorable role, their reputation will immediately turn around. Like the one who played Guan Gu in "Love Apartment"..."

"Wang Chuanjun?"

"Yes, that's him. He was criticized badly for this a few years ago, but when Dying to Survive came out last year, his reputation changed immediately. And Huang Xiaoming, one of our company's shareholders, gets criticized every time he plays a domineering CEO, but then he makes a good movie to restore his reputation."

Meng Bai looked at Meng Ziyi and said, "So, even if you feel that you are being scolded badly now, and your reputation and popularity are bad, it really doesn't matter. As long as you can come up with another outstanding role, you can turn things around immediately."

“But…” Meng Ziyi said hesitantly, “What if the crew also thinks that using me is risky and doesn’t want me…”

"I told you, they don't want you, but little uncle wants you!"

Meng Bai interrupted her directly and said in a decisive tone.

Meng Ziyi looked at his determined expression, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, then she nodded seriously, and a bright smile reappeared on her tearful face.

This time it was not a forced smile, but a smile that came from the heart.

"Are you done crying?"

"Ah."

"If you're done crying, get up now."

"I do not want!"

Meng Ziyi reached out and hugged Meng Bai: "A hug expresses gratitude."

"Thank you, you little furball. You don't mind the heat in the middle of summer." Meng Bai held up two fingers and pushed her away from him: "Were you secretly using my clothes to wipe your nose just now?"

"I didn't!" Meng Ziyi widened her eyes and said angrily, "I just wiped it on my clothes... No, I didn't have a runny nose at all, those were tears!"

"It's good that you didn't wipe it."

Meng Bai didn't take it seriously, he just shook off his clothes and continued, "I wasn't kidding you just now, just tell me what kind of show you like."

"Ah, you really want to do this?"

Meng Ziyi was stunned for a moment: "I don't really have any particular preferences. If I have to say... I think slow variety shows like "Longing for Life" are good. Or a lot of friends get together and chat and play."

This girl looks very aggressive, but actually has a good personality and is quite chivalrous. As long as we can chat for a few words, we are friends.

"Slow variety shows, experience, many friends..."

Meng Bai extracted a few key words and nodded: "Okay, I have a rough idea. When the project is launched, I will ask the production team to contact you. There is also a new drama. I just happened to see a few roles that suit you recently. You can try them later."

"Thank you, uncle!"

"The company will find a way to deal with this matter. You can take a break for a while." Meng Bai thought for a moment and continued, "You don't need to read the comments online. If you feel really bad, just call a friend and talk to him."

"Then uncle, can I give you a call?" Meng Ziyi asked expectantly.

Meng Bai nodded: "Okay, but it's better to do it during the day."

"why?"

"Because I can slack off during the day at the company." Meng Bai spread his hands.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The joke wasn't very funny, but Meng Ziyi still laughed at it.

She looked at Meng Bai, and a sense of security of being taken care of arose in her heart, her eyes full of little stars.

Sure enough, uncle is the best!

(End of this chapter)