Chapter 15 A Chance Finally Won
After seeing the two of them make the decision, Boss Jia on the side congratulated them a few times and said that he had something to do and had to leave first.
Before leaving, he half-jokingly said that he felt Meng Bai was very suitable for the corporate culture of Leshi.com and asked if he was interested in working at Leshi.
Meng Bai naturally declined politely, saying that he was just a small screenwriter who could tell stories and had little knowledge of corporate strategies and was not qualified to take on such a big responsibility.
In his heart, he secretly complained that Boss Jia might think that his on-the-spot nonsense performance was very suitable and wanted to drag him to do "PPT research and development" together.
After seeing Boss Jia off, Meng Bai and Gan Wei talked about other aspects of the project.
Although the decision to invest in the film has been made, it is only a preliminary intention at present. Many negotiations will be needed later to determine the details of the cooperation. For example, copyright ownership, film remuneration, director selection, crew preparation and so on.
At this point, Gan Wei raised another question: "Leshi.com is just a video platform. Its resources in film and television production are average. We need to contact a qualified professional team to prepare the crew."
Meng Bai's eyelids jumped. He could finally take out another chip he had prepared.
"If you want to prepare the crew, I can help." Meng Bai said with a thoughtful expression: "I have a friend who works for Rong Xinda. I can 'borrow' Rong Xinda's production team through her."
"Rong Xinda?" Gan Wei thought for a while: "Is it the Rong Xinda directed by Li Shaohong?"
"Yes." "Wow——
" Gan Wei sighed and looked at Meng Bai strangely, as if she didn't expect him to have such a channel. She couldn't help but ask with some confusion: "You have this way, why didn't you discuss this script with Rong Xinda?"
"Of course I have discussed it." Meng Bai shook his head and said with regret: "But this kind of old-fashioned film and television company is more traditional in the subject matter and form of the script, so... you know."
Gan Wei nodded in understanding. Indeed, these traditional film and television companies have an innate "contempt chain" for online dramas, and most of them look down on them.
She has also met the two "Mr. Li" of Rong Xinda, and knows that their ideas are still on the old-fashioned bitter dramas and romantic costume dramas in the past. A supernatural suspense story like Meng Bai's is definitely not right.
"It would be great if we could get Rong Xinda's professional team and personnel." Gan Wei said generously, "You can tell them that the form of cooperation can be discussed. If necessary, Leshi can give up a certain share as a co-producer. If there are any other requirements, you can also tell me."
"There is no need for co-production. I am just asking my friend for personal help." Meng Bai said carefully, "But there is indeed a need."
"What?"
"My friend is a girl and a new actor. When the script was first created, I set the role of the heroine 'Wang Xiaoya' based on her, so..."
"The heroine..." Gan Wei naturally understood what Meng Bai had not finished saying. She frowned and thought about it, then asked, "Is your friend an actor from Rong Xinda?"
"Yes." Meng Bai nodded, "Her name is Li Qin. I wonder if Mr. Gan has heard of her."
"Li Qin?" Gan Wei thought for a while and seemed to have some impression of the name, "Is she the girl who played the young Xue Baochai in the new Dream of Red Mansions?"
"Yes."
"I remember she is a new generation actress that Rong Xinda has been promoting for the past two years, and she is highly valued by Director Li." Gan Wei asked, "Are you sure Rong Xinda will agree to her playing in this kind of low-cost web drama?"
"It's a friend's help, and she's also the heroine." Meng Bai said ambiguously, "Maybe he can help her expand her acting range."
"Then it seems that you have a good relationship."
Gan Wei looked at Meng Bai with a hint of ambiguity, and then she seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Meng Bai and said, "By the way, did you agree on this with her from the beginning, and planned to use this as a bargaining chip to persuade me to agree to cooperate?"
Meng Bai said without comment, "You always have to make more preparations."
Meng Bai didn't expect that this "bargain" was originally intended to be used to "send charcoal in the snow", but he didn't expect that his talks with the other party went smoothly, and now it can only be regarded as "icing on the cake".
But it's not bad to be able to add icing on the cake, at least when talking about profit sharing later, he also has the capital to fight for more shares.
Although Meng Bai did not answer, Gan Wei did not care about these small details at this time. As for the requirements of the role, she naturally agreed.
After all, Li Qin is a popular little flower in the past two years. For a low-cost online drama, even the heroine can be regarded as "marrying down".
Several major conditions have been agreed, and today's meeting has basically achieved its purpose. The remaining details will be discussed slowly later. After a few
more polite words, Gan Wei said goodbye and left first.
Meng Bai walked out of the Leshi.com building and breathed a sigh of relief facing the busy streets in the park.
It has been more than two years. From the high-spirited and high-spirited heart when he graduated from college, to the repeated setbacks and disappointments after entering the society, to the concentration and silent accumulation after suffering losses and maturity.
Until today, he finally caught a glimmer of opportunity!
After a long trance, Meng Bai smiled brightly. He
is still too young. He is excited just when he has a little hope.
Taking a deep breath, Meng Bai calmed down his excitement. He looked back at the LeTV building, and then strode away.
There was no time to waste, there were still many things to do.
I wonder how Li Qin was doing?
...
"Dong, Dong, Dong..."
"Come in."
Hearing the voice coming from the room, Li Qin took a deep breath, silently said "Come on", and then smiled sweetly, opened the door and walked into the room, and said happily to a middle-aged woman in the room: "Hello, Aunt Li, I'm here!"
The middle-aged woman in the room looked over and smiled gently, saying: "Qinqin is here, sit down first, I have a few documents to deal with first."
"It's okay, Aunt Li, you go first." Li responded, and sat down on the sofa next to him with familiarity, and then while thinking about how to speak later, he carefully looked at the middle-aged woman's expression.
After separating from Meng Bai last time, Li Qin has been in Beijing North for the past two days, preparing to talk to the company about the "new play" he had taken on.
Fortunately, her last drama had just finished airing not long ago, and she had not taken on any new roles for a while, so she had plenty of time.
However, whether the deal could be made ultimately depended on the middle-aged woman she had just called "Auntie Li", Li Shaohong, one of the "three giants" of Rong Xinda.
Compared with normal bosses and artists in other film and television companies, the relationship between Li Qin and Li Shaohong was much closer.
At the beginning, Li Qin was a key student of the Kunqu Opera Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy, and was called "a once-in-thirty-year boudoir dan". When Li Shaohong was reshooting "Dream of Red Mansions", she took a fancy to Li Qin, so she contacted her again and again for several months, and talked to the school several times, and finally got her out.
Of course, the title of "once in thirty years" was basically spread from the publicity draft issued by Rong Xinda, and its value was not much higher than that of "a once-in-four thousand beautiful girl".
In fact, the singing role of "boudoir dan" in Shanghai Theatre Academy is changed every three years, with three or four people in each batch. Li Qin was indeed the most talented among the same batch of students at that time, but she was far from being "once in a few decades".
However, Li Shaohong did think highly of Li Qin. Not only did she give priority to the dramas within Rong Xinda, but she also introduced her to many external resources.
Most of the dramas that Li Qin has filmed in recent years have been the female lead, and her treatment is much better than that of Jiang Mengjie, who also debuted in "Dream of Red Mansions" and was the female lead "Lin Daiyu" at the time.
For this reason, Li Qin has always been very grateful to Li Shaohong. But now she has to "cheat" her Aunt Li, not only is there technical pressure, but more of it is emotional pressure.
(End of this chapter)
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