Chapter 26 Young people, you lack self-control.

"Don't wear long straight black hair. The image of 'Wang Xiaoya' in the first season is a lively and cheerful female college student with some social attributes. Don't make her look literary and artistic."

"She still lacks the clear stupidity of a college student. Why don't

you try a bun?" "Hey, how about an apple head with a little bun on top?"

"How about smoky makeup, to give you a rebellious look."

"Or try twin ponytails..."

"Enough!"

Li Qin said to Meng Bai angrily, "Are you trying on makeup here, or are you making fun of me?"

"Ha, how could that be..." Meng Bai avoided his gaze and explained with a little embarrassment, "I was thinking of trying more and seeing which style can better show off your beauty, Teacher Li."

"Do you think I will believe your nonsense?" Li Qin held a large curling iron in her hand and glared at Meng Bai murderously.

"Hey, don't move. You are in a very good state now." Meng Bai said loudly to the staff who was trying to hold back his laughter: "Well, the photographer, please come and take a makeup photo. When shooting later, just follow this feeling."

"Don't change the subject secretly!"

"Art! Art, take a look at the atmosphere of this makeup. The promotional photos and posters will follow this."

"→_→"

Seeing Meng Bai's expression of "I'm busy, don't cue me", Li Qin had to put down the "weapon" in his hand angrily and followed the photographer to take pictures.

Noticing Li Qin leaving from the corner of his eye, Meng Bai wiped the non-existent sweat on his face and breathed a sigh of relief.

He originally took Li Qin to the studio to try out makeup and take makeup photos today. At the beginning, he was indeed trying out makeup seriously.

But after changing a few sets, Meng Bai found that a beautiful girl kept changing her style in front of him, just like playing the 4399 dress-up game when he was a child, which was very interesting.

What's more, this is a 3D real-life version.

Finally I understand why in those Korean dramas and Taiwanese idol dramas seven or eight years ago, there were always scenes where the male lead dragged the female lead to buy clothes and change their looks.

Because watching beautiful girls change clothes is really addictive.

So later on, Meng Bai gradually began to not care much about whether the changed looks matched the character image, and simply wanted to see what other effects could be combined.

At first, Li Qin was still changing according to Meng Bai's requirements, but soon found something wrong, so she immediately exposed his "bad intentions".

"Tsk." Meng Bai said lightly and shook his head.

Sure enough, I am still young and lack self-control.

...

Because today is just a makeup test for the next shoot, Li Qin's side is over quickly.

Just after thanking the camera and makeup staff, a cup of milk tea appeared in front of her.

Li Qin looked up and saw Meng Bai standing in front of her with a smile on his face.

"What does this mean?" Li Qin took the milk tea, looked at it for a while, and looked at Meng Bai suspiciously.

Meng Bai spread his hands: "It's mainly to express my apology. In order to achieve some of my personal bad purposes, I have offended Teacher Li. I sincerely apologize here."

"Ah, it's not that serious..." Li Qin didn't expect Meng Bai to apologize so formally, and she was suddenly at a loss.

In fact, she was indeed a little angry just now. It was not because of Meng Bai's "bad intentions", but simply felt that his way was a little disrespectful to herself.

However, this kind of anger was only a flash. After being in the circle for a few years, she can still feel the kindness or malice of others, so she can also clearly feel that Meng Bai has no malice.

She didn't take this matter to heart. In fact, during the filming just now, she had forgotten all this.

It's just that she didn't expect Meng Bai to really apologize to her so formally. While she was a little embarrassed, she also felt very comfortable in her heart.

"I'm not actually mad at you... not completely, but a little... uh, a little bit." Li Qin pinched her thumb and index finger together and gestured to Meng Bai, "About the size of a cup of milk tea."

Saying that she wasn't angry at all seemed unreserved, and Meng Bai's apology seemed redundant; saying that she was angry, she was afraid that Meng Bai would misunderstand, after all, she didn't really take it to heart, so she could only say that she accepted the apology.

"Not angry? That's good, we are still good partners." Seeing that Li Qin accepted his apology, Meng Bai felt relieved and immediately returned to his usual tone.

He didn't think his apology was redundant, after all, his behavior was indeed a bit offensive.

It's no big deal to apologize when you make a mistake.

Meng Bai rented the studio for the makeup test and photo shoot temporarily, and only rented it for half a day. So as soon as Li Qin finished what she needed, Meng Bai immediately directed everyone on the scene to leave.

"I'm not saying, do you even want to save the little money for renting the studio?" Li Qin looked at Meng Bai speechlessly.

"Wow, young lady, you really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are." Meng Bai said, "Do you know how much money our crew has left?"

"How much?"

"Less than 600,000."

"Why is there only this much left?" Li Qin widened her eyes: "Don't we have 3 million? You've spent it all in such a short time!"

In a trance, Li Qin thought of the scene in the police station when she first met Meng Bai and reported the case. She still remembered that the speed at which he spent money made the police uncle confused.

"Do you think 3 million is easy to spend?" Meng Bai glanced at this "unworldly" girl and began to calculate her accounts one by one.

First of all, the film remuneration, Li Qin, Wu Bai and Meng Bai, who received fixed remuneration, took up nearly 1 million.

Although this kind of fixed remuneration is generally paid in two payments, the total amount is unchanged.

Meng Bai estimated that it was not realistic to ask Leshi to make additional investments, and he himself could not pay out of his own pocket to make up for the deficit of the crew, so this part of the money was equivalent to being fixed.

Then there are the salaries of the crew members and the rental of filming equipment, which are generally calculated on a daily basis. It takes about two and a half months from the preparation to the completion of "Soul Ferry", which takes 70 to 80 days, and it will cost more than 800,000 yuan.

Although this money is still in the account, it must be guaranteed, so it is no different from having been spent.

In addition, there are also renovations on the set, prop purchases, meals and water, transportation vehicles, venue rentals, etc., which probably cost 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

There are also the salaries of the two male lead actors. Although no one has been selected yet, and it will not exceed Li Qin, a budget of 300,000 to 400,000 yuan must be prepared.

Fortunately, most of the plots of the play "Pendulum" are small scenes, and group performances are not needed, otherwise it will be another expense.

After calculating all these, there are only 500,000 or 600,000 yuan left.

The remaining money is not something Meng Bai can put directly into his pocket, but it is equivalent to the working capital of the crew, which is specially used to deal with various emergencies.

For example, if someone is injured, they have to pay for medical expenses, if equipment and props are damaged, they have to pay for red envelopes for the holidays, occasionally they have to buy supper and drinks when they shoot night scenes, and they have to pay extra expenses in case the shooting is delayed...

At the beginning, Meng Bai was still thinking about how to get the money out if there is some money left.

But now it seems that it is not easy for him to balance the expenses in the end.

Otherwise, why do the producers and directors always rush to ask everyone to do less NG and rush the deadline in the footage of the crew? It is because the crew, this "gold-eating behemoth", costs hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan for every extra day.

"Oh, thank you for your hard work." Li Qin patted Meng Bai on the shoulder with an expression of "cheer for you".

"You know how hard I work, so you should work harder, prepare more, and make fewer NGs during filming."

Meng Bai raised his hand to hail a taxi, and said to Li Qin, "Let's go. We have an appointment with our director to audition the actor for the male lead this afternoon. You can also come and see your partner for the next two months."

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