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

Chapter 524 Groundhog Bai Mengyan
Zhao Jinmai naturally didn't know about the conversation between Meng Bai and Zhao's mother. She was still immersed in the atmosphere of "secretly dating while hiding from the adults."

She has been filming on the set since she was a child and has not had much of a school life, so her rebellious period came a little late.

However, she didn't come during this period because she had just finished military training and the girl felt that she was too tanned and wanted to wait until she was a little whiter before going out.

Although he was still unsure of what Zhao's mother's attitude would be, Meng Bai didn't dwell on it. He made a few plans in his mind and resumed his daily work.

Compared to the quiet summer season, this year's National Day season is a little more normal. The previously postponed "Changjin Lake" and the third film in the compilation series "My Fathers and Me" are the two main theme movies that best fit the schedule.

Ruyi also has a movie to be released, which is "Send You a Little Red Flower" directed by Han Yan, starring Qu Chuxiao and Liu Haocun.

Apart from these three, the rest of the films in this period are animated films. If you don’t know, you might think it is the "June 1" period.

I thought the box office would be average during the period, but I didn't expect that the momentum of "Changjin Lake" would be unexpectedly strong. Taking advantage of the current situation of Sino-US confrontation, the box office actually exceeded the record held by "Wolf Warrior 2" for five years, topping the list of domestic films with a score of 57.7 billion.

Even the producer Bona did not expect this number. After all, the film was originally planned to be released during the National Day holiday last year, just in time for the 70th anniversary of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Later, due to the impact of the flu, it was postponed to this year, but it still had a strong appeal.

Although the film broke the record at the box office, the main producer Bona felt a little uncomfortable. Because of concerns about risks, they had sold more than half of the film's shares early on, in exchange for the support of as many as 17 producers.

If the movie loses money, this would help control the risk. But now the movie is a success, which is a bit sad.

However, compared with "My Fathers and Me", "Changjin Lake" is still a small fry.

You know, this third "compilation" was jointly invested by 36 production companies. However, the final box office results were comparable to the small- and medium-cost "Send You a Little Red Flower", both of which had a box office of about 1.3 billion.

Ruyi and his group only have seven or eight investors in total. If each gets a share, they can make an average profit of 40 to 50 million. But if they divide it into more than 30 shares, then 5 million per person would be considered a lot, which is a huge loss.

It can only be said that after two consecutive years of "Motherland" and "Homeland", the audience is completely tired of this kind of compilation movie.

The overall performance of the National Day holiday seems to be good, but film industry insiders are not happy. Anyone who looks at the box office share will know that if it weren't for the unexpected hit of "Changjin Lake", this year's figures might be even worse than last year.

It is obvious that the aftereffects of the industry being shut down for more than half a year due to the flu last year are gradually beginning to emerge, and the overall box office scale is showing a downward trend.

Compared with the "strong on the outside but weak on the inside" film industry, the film and television drama market has been doing quite well recently.

Or to be more precise, the Arclight is doing well.

First, "The East Palace", which was aired after the summer vacation, became a small hit, and "Xiao Feng" played by Meng Ziyi suddenly became the "new daughter" of many viewers.

Afterwards, "Want to See You" achieved a double explosion in popularity and word of mouth with the data of "11000+ on the site, No. 9.2 in real-time popularity, and in Douban score", which brought a perfect end to the "Tracing Back" series.

But to be honest, the performance of these two dramas was actually within expectations. They were intended to be the "annual hit" when the projects were launched.

What is really unexpected is the "duplicate drama" "One Life, One World" and "Mr. Zhou".

When this project was first evaluated internally, it was just an ordinary "A-level". Although the popularity of the heroine Bai Lu has risen rapidly in the past two years, it is still just okay and belongs to the category of "wait to explode".

Unexpectedly, after the first half of the series, “Chow Sang-yu” was broadcast, it unexpectedly moved the audience with its “high-energy and heart-wrenching” plot and excellent production. The next series, “One Life, One World”, brought back the emotions with its sweet modern love.

The tug-of-war between the two successfully made the audience feel what "BE aesthetics" is. Fans of the drama began to promote it spontaneously, and managed to make an "A-level drama" earn "S-level" profits.

Now, Bai Lu has finally gotten her wish. She has risen from the ranks of "to be popular" to the table and has become the most popular new star in recent times.

"Boss, I, I, hahahahaha..."

Meng Bai held the phone away from his ear, and his rough laughter instantly echoed in the office.

He waited for a long time until Bai Lu's laughter on the other end of the phone subsided. He then frowned and said, "Bai Mengyan, tell me what you want to do? Use your laughter to trigger resonance and then assassinate me?"

"No, no, boss. I really want to thank you. It's just that when I think about this, I can't help but feel happy, hahahaha..."

Although they were separated by a phone call, Meng Bai felt as if the girl had appeared in front of him, grinning like a groundhog with her teeth bared.

Damn, this is spiritual pollution!

He rubbed his brows and said unhappily, "Alright, you've been happy and thanked, and now you can do whatever you need to do."

"Hey, come on, boss. I haven't finished yet."

Bai Lu listened to Meng Bai's tone and restrained her emotions: "I actually want to say that I am very grateful to you for giving me so many opportunities, otherwise I would not be here now. So I especially want to treat you to a meal. Although it is not a big deal, it is my sincere thanks."

Although no one could be seen, the sincerity revealed when she said this was so real that one could tell her true feelings. Even her usually heroic voice softened.

"Instead of thanking me, you should thank yourself for sticking with it for so long." Meng Bai said: "Besides, are you sure you have time to treat me recently?"

"Uh, this..."

Bai Lu was stunned for a moment. Indeed, the popularity of "Zhou Sheng Ru Gu" was a bit unexpected. Various activities and invitations came one after another, causing her and her team to be busy recently.

Activities like various award ceremonies at the end of the year, New Year's Eve concerts on major satellite TV stations, etc., have to be arranged one by one, so as to avoid letting the outside world think that she is "playing big" as soon as she becomes famous, or that her team is difficult to deal with, leaving a bad impression.

So in the short term, she really doesn't have much personal time.

"It's okay, I'll just wait until I'm done with this busy period. I'll make an appointment with you first anyway."

"You think long term. Okay, I'll save you a date."

"Thank you, boss!"

After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai looked at the screen and couldn't help laughing.

I have to say, this kind of girl who is always cheerful is quite likable. After chatting with her for a while, my mood also improved a lot.

Of course, it would be better if the laughter could be restrained a little.

(End of this chapter)