Chapter 1 If you have something to say, go talk to the police uncle

"Swindler!"

In an empty antique courtyard in Huairou Film and Television City in northern Beijing, a resentful shout broke the quiet atmosphere.

Meng Bai, who was blocked from going forward, looked up and saw a beautiful girl with a cool temperament, who was blocking him with red eyes.

Looking at the girl's cheeks that were a little red because of anger, Meng Bai sighed and said, "Miss Li, I have told you many times that I simply sold a script to that 'Producer Lin'. I didn't know him before, and I'm not in the same group with him."

The girl who stopped Meng Bai was called Li Qin, an actor who debuted less than two years ago and an investor in Meng Bai's new script.

At least before today.

"You're lying!" Li Qin was furious: "When you came to me to discuss script investment, you clearly said 'we've been working together for many years' and 'we have a wide network of contacts', but now you say you don't know him?

" "Girl, you're trying to get investment, so of course you have to say something nice to the investor. Besides, he said those things to you, I never mentioned them." Meng Bai said helplessly: "But I didn't expect that guy to be a liar and run away with the money."

"I don't believe you now!" Li Qin didn't believe Meng Bai's explanation at all, took out her mobile phone and dialed the "110" number: "You helped that liar to deceive me, you are an accomplice!"

"I said I didn't know anything, okay. Strictly speaking, I'm also a victim."

"Humph, if you have anything to say, go and talk to the police uncle!"

...

An hour later, in the interrogation room of the police station.

Meng Bai, who was placed alone in the room, couldn't help but sighed as he looked at the classic blue and white paint around him and the "Interrogation Room Precautions" hanging on the wall.

Meng Bai is a freelance screenwriter. Of course, "screenwriter" is a nice term. In fact, he has not yet had a work with a formal signature.

Since childhood, Meng Bai has found that he is a little different. There are often some fragments of pictures in his mind.

The pictures in these fragments are sometimes characters, sometimes dialogues, and sometimes scenes. They seem to come from another world, all of which are stories he has never seen in real works.

Different fragments of pictures form interesting worlds, attracting little Meng Bai to indulge in them and explore them constantly.

It is precisely because of this that when filling in the college entrance examination volunteers, Meng Bai, who has excellent science scores, gave up the computer, finance and other majors recommended by his parents, and unexpectedly chose the drama and film literature major of the Central Academy of Drama,

which is commonly known as the "screenwriting major".

"I hope that these stories in my mind can be seen by more people."

This is what Meng Bai said to himself when filling in the volunteers.

The ambitions of young people are always full of middle school and hope.

Two years ago, Meng Bai, who had just graduated, gave up the recommendation of professional mentors with excellent grades and youthful spirit in four years of college and became a freelance screenwriter.

However, reality soon told Meng Bai that as a new screenwriter with no family background, no capital operation, and no endorsement from bigwigs, how silent he would be in this industry with deep waters and waves.

Most of the time, he could only take on some promotional copywriting for media companies, or film and television scripts for third-rate small crews, and make a living in Beijing North. He was a small role at the outermost edge of the film and television circle. Occasionally

, he would take his own script to film and television companies or crews to promote it, hoping that a "Bo Le" would take a fancy to his script.

A few days ago, Meng Bai took his new script to a video website to discuss cooperation, but of course the result was still rejected as usual.

Meng Bai is now accustomed to being rejected, and he doesn't even feel lost. If

one company doesn't work, change to another one. After a long time, you will always encounter a "dead rat".

But what surprised Meng Bai was that the "dead rat" appeared a little quickly. He had just come out of that film and television company, and turned around and was approached by a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man who contacted Meng Bai claimed to be surnamed Lin and was a "producer" of a film and television company, mainly making online dramas for video platforms.

This producer Lin told Meng Bai that he had taken a fancy to his script and wanted to buy his film and television copyright.

Although Meng Bai was not a very experienced person, he had been in this circle for a year or two, so from the beginning of the meeting, he vaguely felt that this "Producer Lin" was a little unreliable.

However, Meng Bai didn't care much about whether it was reliable or not, as long as the money was enough.

After receiving the 50,000 yuan down payment from "Producer Lin", Meng Bai agreed to the other party's cooperation without hesitation, and accompanied Producer Lin to meet the investor.

That is Li Qin, who just called the police to send Meng Bai to the police station.

In recent years, the film and television industry has been booming, and hot money from all walks of life has flocked to the film and television industry. In the circle, the same is true. Any actor with a little fame has set up a studio and started investing in film and television projects.

Just like Yang Mi, the hottest "85 Flower" top streamer, who set up an exclusive studio at the beginning of this year, and then invested in the production of a TV series, becoming a representative of workers in the industry turning into capital.

Li Qin's first work after her debut was the remake of "Dream of Red Mansions", in which she played Xue Baochai in her teenage years.

Although the show was shot so-so, it received quite a lot of attention because of the gimmick of "famous works" and the blessing of the previous work.

As one of the leading actors, Li Qin also gained some popularity and was barely considered a third-tier artist. Therefore, although she is still a newcomer, she also established a personal studio this year.

Although this studio is still managed by the agency behind her, it is at least independent in name, and the girl's ambitions are a little bigger.

With the "pearls and jades" of the predecessor Yang Mi, Li Qin also wants to try to see if she can become the next "successful person".

However, she does not have the connections and qualifications like Yang Mi, and this kind of thing is not easy for the company to know, and there is no capital support behind it, so she can only choose some small projects to try through the little relationships she knows.

Unfortunately, the script projects that could be handled by a layman like her were either some cliché farces with nothing new, or "text garbage" written by newcomers who had just graduated with the "dream of being a director" or "dream of being a screenwriter", or some makeshift teams that were obviously trying to make money.

It was at this time that the producer Lin found Li Qin with Meng Bai's script.

The name of the script was "Soul Ferry", which was a story of a unit drama mode that mixed suspense, supernatural, and horror.

Li Qin was attracted to the script as soon as she finished reading the first story. After taking it home, she stayed up late to continue reading it. When she finished reading the first half of the script, it was already two or three in the morning.

Although she had never heard of the name "Meng Bai", she really liked this novel and interesting script, so she decided to invest without hesitation.

Of course, Li Qin was still somewhat vigilant. Before giving the money, she read the company qualifications and official website information of producer Lin, and even went to Beijing North to observe the crew.

Unfortunately, she forgot that things like qualifications and official websites can be forged. Moreover, she had been in Shanghai for many years before, and knew very little about the film and television circles in Beijing and North, so what she saw was just what the "Producer Lin" wanted her to see.

It can only be said that this girl has some brains, but not much.

After deciding to invest, Li Qin transferred the money to the project account of the crew. After that, the "Producer Lin" transferred all the money several times with various reasons such as "preparing the crew", "recruiting personnel", and "building the venue".

Then, he was silent.

When Li Qin realized that she had not received any news from the crew for a while, the "Producer Lin" had already been unreachable.

Li Qin, who couldn't find anyone, was confused at the time. She vaguely felt that she had been deceived, but she was lucky in her heart.

In a panic, she thought of Meng Bai, whom she had met with "Producer Lin".

Compared with the former, Meng Bai is much easier to inquire about.

After all, even in the film and television industry where handsome men and beautiful women gather, Meng Bai, whose appearance is comparable to that of a reader on Qidian, is a very eye-catching existence.

After asking someone to find out Meng Bai's location, Li Qin rushed over immediately and blocked Meng Bai.

Unfortunately, Meng Bai's words broke her last bit of "luck", and the girl finally confirmed that she was cheated.

"Alas..."

Meng Bai, who was sitting alone in the interrogation room, couldn't help but sigh for Li Qin. This girl was also miserable.

And speaking of it, it seemed that he also indirectly cooperated with the liar to cheat her. Although he really didn't know, he still felt a little guilty.

Well, a little guilt will do. Meng Bai doesn't have the habit of taking responsibility on himself.

It's his own script. Now he has to find a new "dead rat".

Just as he was thinking about what to do next, Meng Bai suddenly heard the sound of the door opening behind him. Looking back, he saw a young policeman in uniform standing at the door.

"Meng Bai?"

"Yes."

"Come out."

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