Chapter 263 Men's friendship is really strange.

The three girls were preparing the dining table in the house, while Meng Bai and the others were tidying up the barbecue grill on the terrace and chatting.

"Your yard is pretty nice." Zhang Ruoyun looked around, "How much does it cost?"

"I booked it before the New Year, and it was much cheaper then." Meng Bai calculated, "Including the house and the decoration, it's about 6,000."

"6,000 per square meter?" Bai Yu asked in surprise.

"What good things are you thinking? You have to go to Tongzhou to find ordinary houses for 6,000." Meng Bai said, "A set costs a total of 6,000, but it should be more expensive now."

"Fuck, it turns out that the dog rich man is next to me!"

"You two rich second generation, you have the nerve to say me."

"Hey, don't count me in this." Zhang Ruoyun hurriedly said, "If you want to talk about rich second generation, it has to be Lao Bai."

Bai Yu smiled and didn't respond.

But as Zhang Ruoyun said, if you want to talk about rich second generation among the three people, then Bai Yu really fits the description.

His father is the chairman of Shaanxi Zhongyan, but he started his business relatively late, which resulted in this "second generation" growing up herding cattle and sheep.

"By the way, haven't you two taken any roles recently? You seem quite free."

"Yes, I'll be joining the crew next month." Bai Yu pointed at Zhang Ruoyun, "We're in the same play."

"Whose project is it?" Meng Bai asked casually.

"Uh..." Bai Yu hesitated for a moment, but continued, "Director Zhang Jian's."

"Director Zhang Jian... eh?"

Meng Bai was also stunned. Isn't this Lao Zhang's father?

Sure enough, Zhang Ruoyun nodded: "He contacted me and asked if I was interested. I agreed because my schedule was free, and recommended Lao Bai by the way."

"Ah--"

Meng Bai sighed lightly. The relationship between the father and son is indeed a bit complicated.

Although they were friends, it was not appropriate to talk too much about such family matters, so he changed the subject and asked, "What kind of drama is being filmed this time?"

"Historical drama." Zhang Ruoyun said, "It's about Huo Qubing."

"Wow, Marquis of Champion!" Meng Bai became interested.

To be honest, although Huo Qubing has always been very popular, there are not many film and television works that specifically talk about him.

Most of them are like "The Emperor of Han Dynasty", which is a branch in other stories.

There is no way, he was rich and noble at a young age, and he was born to be a god of war.

He was made a marquis in the first battle of Xiangbei, opened up the Hexi Corridor in the second battle of Hexi, and "sealed the Wolf's Lair" in the third battle of Mobei.

And unlike the unlucky guy like Li Guang, this buddy rushed thousands of miles across the vast desert, and went straight to Huanglong as if he had opened the Beidou positioning two thousand years in advance.

He has basically been smooth sailing in his life and has never suffered any hardship.

The key is that he died early.

TV dramas are charged by the number of episodes. It takes ten episodes for others to finish the novice village, but it takes almost the entire show for him to finish ten episodes. Naturally, no producer is willing to do it.

"That's good, at least it's fast to shoot." Meng Bai joked, "This won't delay our shooting of "Forensic Qin Ming 2" next year."

"Well, it's not fast either." Bai Yu said, "The schedule I signed is about four months, and the total time should be longer."

"Seven months." Zhang Ruoyun added.

"Are you so demanding?"

"Not really, it's mainly because the script is long. I see the plan has a total of 70 episodes."

"How many?!" Meng Bai's shelf almost flew out, "No, do you know how many years Huo Qubing lived in total? Do you plan to start filming from his birth?"

"More or less." Zhang Ruoyun said, "I read history books before, and I didn't quite believe the setting of 'born god of war', so I changed his childhood experience. He grew up slowly from a small soldier, which would be more in line with everyone's feeling of the heroic spirit of the Western Han Dynasty."

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"No, buddy, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

"What's wrong?"

"His aunt is Wei Zifu, his uncle is Wei Qing, he grew up in the palace since childhood, and he was born into a wealthy family. The history is here, what else do you need to 'believe it or not'?"

"But we are a film and television drama, we must always adapt it according to modern ideas."

"Then you can't make it up. Also, with 70 episodes, there should be a lot of romance, right? Brother, that's Huo Qubing from 'How can I return home if the Huns are not yet destroyed', where can I get the romance for you?"

"Yes, but..."

The two began to argue about this issue, and their voices became louder and louder, until finally even the girls in the inner room were alarmed.

"Stop! Stop!"

Li Qin stopped the two of them: "What are you two arguing about?"

Meng Bai and Zhang Ruoyun didn't say anything, rolled their eyes at each other, and then walked into the house at the same time.

"I'll go downstairs to get something."

"I'm going to the bathroom."

After that, the two of them left together.

The three girls who were still in a daze looked at each other, and could only look at the only party left at the scene.

"What's wrong with them?" Li Qin asked.

"It's nothing, just some arguments about academic issues."

Bai Yu said leisurely while brushing oil on the grill.

Liu Mengmeng, who was the most distant from the others, walked to her boyfriend and asked quietly: "Don't you need to stop the fight?"

"Don't worry, it's okay. You don't understand boys. There are more than 800 arguments like this a day, and they will be over in a while."

Obviously, Bai Yu, as a man, understands the same sex better.

Not long after, the three girls saw the two who were still aggressive just now, arm in arm again, looking like brothers.

"Tsk." Li Qin shook her head, "Men's friendship is really strange."

"Yeah, it is." Tang Yixin and Liu Mengmeng on the side agreed deeply.

Although they reconciled, Meng Bai still advised that it would be better to change the plot, otherwise it would be criticized after the filming.

"It has been prepared, and it may be a bit difficult to change it now." Zhang Ruoyun sighed.

"Or I can teach you a trick." Meng Bai said: "Change the historical category to ancient puppetry, and then change the name of the male lead, and say 'based on Huo Qubing'."

In the past two years, many ancient puppet dramas disguised as historical adaptations have basically taken this route.

"Well, I'll talk to him later."

This "he" naturally refers to the director Zhang Jian.

Seeing that the two of them were talking and laughing again, the girls were relieved.

"Why don't we find a movie or TV show to watch?" Tang Yixin said, "By the way, Mr. Meng, when will your drama "The Mystic Nine" be aired?"

"Next Wednesday."

The question was answered in seconds, but it was not Meng Bai who spoke, but Li Qin, who seemed to have nothing to do with the drama.

"Oh~~~~"

The others immediately laughed and their eyes wandered between the two.

Li Qin's cheeks were slightly red, and she pretended to turn her head away and not look at everyone.

In contrast, Meng Bai's expression was much more natural, and he even raised his eyebrows at the others with complacency.

There was also a TV on the second floor. Meng Bai fiddled with it and asked, "What are you watching?"

"Whatever, it doesn't matter what you watch."

At a party, the main function of the TV is to serve as background music.

Meng Bai casually opened the TV version of Qiyi TV, and the first cover was "Old Mystic Nine".

"Just watch this." Meng Bai joked, "It's just right to observe the enemy situation."

It has to be said that these video platforms are really good at playing nowadays.

Not only does the TV come with it, but it also requires a separate membership.

Although the people present are all film and television practitioners, they are obviously not the type who would buy a TV membership.

Anyway, it was just for the sound, so it’s okay to watch the ads.

Meng Bai plugged in the speakers that Bai Yu had just given him, and suddenly a cheerful advertising music sounded.

"Pinduoduo, Pinduoduo, the more you Pin, the more you save.

Pinduoduo is the best choice, Pinduoduo anytime, anywhere every day,

Pinduoduo..."

(End of this chapter)