Chapter 531 There is no threat, it's all about performance

"Uncle, I see that the reviews of "Detective Chinatown 3" on the Internet are quite bad. Are you going to be responsible for the next one?"

In the hotel room, Meng Ziyi looked at the movie reviews on the screen and said to Meng Bai who was sitting not far away.

Hearing his niece's question, Meng Bai said casually: "It's hard to say. The movie series of "Detective Chinatown" is now a self-contained system. Even if I join it, it may not be able to adapt."

"Will this IP be scrapped?"

"That's not the case, but it is true that we can't continue to shoot the fourth part. This series may have to be temporarily shelved, and the project will be restarted after the next development is discussed."

Meng Bai put down the documents in his hand and frowned slightly.

The question Meng Ziyi asked was indeed what he had recently discussed with Ruyi and Chen Sicheng. Although "Detective Chinatown 3" had a huge box office and won the Spring Festival championship, its reputation was indeed a bit broken.

Even the IP value of the entire "Detective Chinatown" series was affected. If we continue to make "Tang Detective 4" according to the current idea, then this series may really be ruined.

Neither Meng Bai, Chen Sicheng, nor Chen Zhixi are people who are eager for quick success. Seeing that there are problems with the movie, they naturally stopped the development of the sequel immediately.

As for how to solve this problem, the opinions of several people are inconsistent.

Chen Sicheng himself prefers a "soft restart" and wants to make up for the loss of the main line by shooting works like "prequels".

Meng Bai proposed another idea, which is to shoot a special episode to pull the "Tang Detective" movie version that has left the track back to the "criminal investigation universe".

The second phase of Arclight's "Green Ivy Series" has been opened. After a long time, "Forensic Qin Ming", "Day and Night Chase", "Hunting Crime Picture Book", and the sequel of the "Tangrenjie Detective" web drama will be launched one after another.

Just as Qin Feng began to face the "Q" organization in "Tang Detective 3", the second phase of the "Green Ivy Series" also brought Q to the surface, allowing several protagonists to officially start a showdown.

In this case, let's just bring all the protagonists together. To accommodate a story of this magnitude, it's a bit weak to rely on a web drama alone, so Meng Bai wants to make it into a movie.

With the movie version of the "Tang Detective Universe" as the framework, make a side story, bring out the "group battle" that fans have been thinking about for a long time, and by the way, whitewash the bad impression brought by "Tang Detective 3".

"So, which method did you decide to use in the end?" Meng Ziyi asked curiously.

"How can I decide so quickly? I have to wait until the script is written and then compare their respective advantages." Meng Bai said: "And "Tang Detective 3" has just been released. Even if a new movie is released, the audience will have to wait for a year or two."

"Well, that's right. If the time is delayed a little longer, there will be fewer people scolding." Meng Ziyi said happily: "I searched my name on the Internet recently, and found that I don't see those black fans who scold me anymore."

"Is there a possibility that it's because your disliked behavior is remembered by big data, and now it won't push it to you, trapping you in the 'information cocoon'." Meng Bai said calmly.

"Ah, is that so?"

Meng Ziyi pouted: "It's okay, I'm happy too, anyway I can't see it."

"Okay, girl, it's okay as long as you have this mentality." Meng Bai gave her a thumbs up.

However, speaking of it, the girl's reputation on the Internet has indeed changed a lot compared to the previous two years.

First there was the foundation of "Twinkle Twinkle Star", and then the show "Fifty Kilometers Peach Blossom Village" gave her a space to show her personality.

Then in the second half of last year, "Eastern Palace", although not a big hit, but the long tail effect is very strong, which attracted a large number of fans and passers-by. Even though the show has been broadcast for half a year, the "Qu Xiaofeng" she played is still compared by countless viewers with the heroines of other ancient puppet dramas.

The labels given to her by netizens have also changed from the previous "resource coffee" and "Internet celebrity face" to "stupid beauty", and even the name has become the honorific "Sister Meng".

"Anything else, Sister Meng?"

"Uncle, why do you call me Sister Meng--"

"It's important to say that this name is indeed quite easy to call."

Meng Bai stood up and pulled her clothes to lift her up: "Okay, the movie is about to start shooting. If you have nothing to do, go back to your room and prepare for your role. Don't come to me all the time to chat. If you don't perform well later, I will really replace you."

"Don't worry, I promise to work hard!"

Meng Ziyi made a "don't worry" expression, and then opened the door. However, she did not rush out, but stood at the door and turned to look at Meng Bai.

"Uncle!"

"What's wrong again?"

Meng Bai looked over, but saw that the girl did not smile as usual, but looked at him with all kinds of complicated expressions in her eyes.

"..."

Meng Ziyi opened her mouth, but didn't say anything. She took a deep breath, put on her usual look, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just want to thank you."

"Okay, you have a conscience."

"Of course, Sister Meng has always been grateful."

As she said that, she opened the door and made a heart shape to Meng Bai, pretending to be greasy: "Uncle, I love you!"

"... Go outside and close my door immediately."

"I'll go!"

Seeing the charming figure disappear outside the door, Meng Bai couldn't help but smile, but then he restrained himself.

After a long silence, he finally sighed.

Walking to the window of the room, the balcony window was open, and a soft breeze blew in from outside, caressing Meng Bai's face.

Although it was only March, the temperature outside was not cold at all, but the scenery was pleasant.

This is certainly not the chilly northern Beijing. "All or Nothing", which had completed the preliminary preparations, is about to start filming. He and the crew came to the filming location in Danzhou, Hainan.

The crew borrowed the Danzhou campus of Hainan University as the main venue of the "electronic fraud park" in the movie. Hainan's climate and old teaching buildings are very similar to the real "park".

The role of "Liang Anna" was finally given to Meng Ziyi, who was responsible for "dealing cards online".

For the other leading actors, Peng Yuchang was chosen for the male lead "Pan Sheng", and Wang Chuanjun was chosen for the villain leader "Manager Lu".

In addition, Meng Ziyi also recommended her new bestie Zhou Ye, who is also one of the leading actors. However, it is another story line in the movie, and there are not many rival scenes.

As for the director of the movie, he chose Shen Ao, who had worked with him once before. Although his previous movie "The Beneficiary" did not perform well, his level was still online.

Meng Bai pulled Ning Hao over as the producer again. After all, he is his man, and he must be asked to cover the bottom line.

"Xiao Shen, you don't have to think about the previous project all the time. Don't be so nervous."

On the movie set, Meng Bai patted Shen Ao on the shoulder to comfort him.

Although he is two years older, Shen Ao does not mind being called "Xiao Shen" at all. He said gratefully, "I understand, Mr. Meng. Don't worry, with Brother Ning helping to supervise the production this time, the movie will definitely be fine."

"Yes, I believe you." Meng Bai smiled and asked, "By the way, I heard that you received threatening text messages some time ago?"

"Ah, that's true."

Since the Ministry of Public Security announced that it would join hands with Arc Light Films to create a crime movie with the theme of "anti-fraud", there has been no discussion about this movie online.

Although the "Northern Myanmar Park" and "Fraud" have become hot topics among the people in the past two years, "All or Nothing" is the first to be adapted.

The audience is naturally very interested in the story of this theme. Especially after hearing that it is based on a large number of real "escaped persons", they want to see what the mysterious "park" looks like.

In a sense, this is actually a matter of "cutting off people's financial resources." What people didn't expect was that there were actually relevant practitioners who dug out the news about director Shen Ao and sent him a lot of threatening text messages.

"It's okay, Mr. Meng, these are just some harassing text messages." Shen Ao said with a smile, "If you said you were going to shoot abroad, I'd be a little worried. But since we're shooting in China, I don't believe anyone would dare to come."

Meng Bai nodded and said, "Indeed, I've talked to the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security about this, and they've already begun investigating the mobile phone number and account that sent you the message. As long as someone is in China, no one can escape."

"That's great, and it's another boost for the police officers."

Shen Ao said with a smile, and at the same time he felt a lot more relaxed.

Although he thought nothing would happen before, he was still a little nervous when he encountered this kind of threat for the first time. Now that he heard that there was official protection, his worries immediately disappeared.

(End of this chapter)