Chapter 185 You can't really silence him, can you?
When Meng Bai mentioned the "treat", Zhou Yutong half covered her face in embarrassment.
At first, she thought everyone was just an ordinary "worker", so she said that. Unexpectedly, he was her "boss", which made her feel a little embarrassed.
It seemed that he had been very busy during the filming period and had forgotten about it.
Unexpectedly, he was still "caught" on the last day.
"I, I remember!" Zhou Yutong hurriedly said, "I wonder if Teacher Meng is free tonight, I... uh."
She was halfway through her words when she suddenly felt something was wrong.
The actress took the initiative to ask the producer out for dinner in the evening. This sounds like it is easy to be misunderstood.
Will Teacher Meng misunderstand what she meant? Should she explain it?
However, if he didn't mean that originally, and she took the initiative to explain, would it seem that she was doubting his character?
But if she didn't explain, what if he really misunderstood and agreed, then what should she do?
When Zhou Yutong was playing supporting roles in various small crews before, it was not that she had never heard of similar things.
It is said that some "powerful" girls, after joining the crew for two weeks, can be promoted from the stage manager to the assistant director, and the main theme is "the crew is a family".
But before, it was other people's business, and she just took it as a story.
As a result, it suddenly happened to her, and this might turn from a "story" to an "accident"!
But then again, if it was those bald and greasy middle-aged uncles, she would definitely explain it immediately.
But if it was Meng Bai, it didn't seem so unacceptable.
Well, I wonder if Mr. Meng has a girlfriend? I remember that when I was chatting with Zhang Ruoyun before, I seemed to mention that he was single.
Think about it this way, if he really misunderstood, can he go with the flow...
No, no, Zhou Yutong hurriedly shook his head, how could he have such an idea!
Meng Bai didn't know that the girl in front of him had written a small essay in his heart in just a few seconds. Listening to her talk about the evening, he shook his head and said, "Tonight is the crew's wrap-up party, everyone will go together. Tomorrow."
"Then tomorrow night?" Zhou Yutong blurted out.
Meng Bai was stunned: "Does it have to be at night?"
All the expenses of the crew are calculated on a daily basis, and the hotel room booked for the leading actor will expire at noon tomorrow.
You are making an appointment at night. Do you want the crew to pay for one more day's room fee?
"No, no, it depends on your convenience..."
Zhou Yutong was so embarrassed that her toes were about to dig a crack in the ground.
She had been thinking in her mind that it was already early summer in May, so should she change into a lighter dress at night. As a result, she suddenly heard Meng Bai's words and said it without thinking.
"Then tomorrow at noon." Meng Bai smiled and said, "It's just right, I have something to ask you."
"Okay, okay, then I'll contact you tomorrow at noon." Zhou Yutong quickly agreed.
A date at night sounds more or less ambiguous, but when it comes to noon, the atmosphere immediately becomes business-like.
This also shows that Meng Bai did not misunderstand her meaning at all.
Well, I feel so strange, I don't know whether I should be thankful or disappointed.
Gently shaking his head to get rid of the messy thoughts, Zhou Yutong asked curiously: "Well, Mr. Meng, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Oh, I observed you during the filming period and felt that your style is quite unique and your acting skills are not bad, so I want to ask if you are interested in signing with our Arclight?"
In recent years, the young actresses have basically followed the idol style. It is okay to shoot dramas such as fairy tales, ancient idols, and romances, but there will be a strange sense of disobedience when shooting realistic ones.
In contrast, Zhou Yutong has a special kind of fireworks, which is why Meng Bai chose her.
Although she can't be used in other works of the "Green Ivy Series", Arclight will have many other projects in the future, and many roles require actresses of this type of style.
Instead of looking for outsiders at that time, it is better to train one of our own directly from the beginning.
More importantly, Zhou Yutong and the other actresses of Arclight are different in type.
Li Yitong is sweet, Song Zhi is fresh, and Zhu Xudan is youthful. They each have their own style, and they don't occupy each other's tracks, so there is no problem of collision.
Hearing Meng Bai's words, Zhou Yutong's eyes lit up immediately.
Arclight Film and Television is now the leading company in the online drama market. It is a blessing for a small actor like her to sign it.
"I am willing to, I have no problem." She agreed without even thinking about it.
"Uh, it's okay, you can think about it for a few more days, there is no rush."
"No, don't think about it, I can sign it at any time."
Just kidding, think about it for a few more days, what if you calm down and don't sign it?
Meng Bai didn't expect this girl to be so positive. In his opinion, signing a contract is equivalent to a big thing like employment, so why not think about it more.
But since the girl is willing, he won't rush to persuade her.
"Okay, since you don't have any objections, I will find someone to contact you when I return to Jingbei. It happens that the brokerage company cooperating with Arclight will be officially operated in a few days, and you will be merged there at that time." Meng Bai said.
Yang Ming sent him a message two days ago, inviting him to attend the opening reception of Taiyang Chuanhe. By the way, transfer all the business contracts of several artists on his side, and only the film and television contracts will remain with Arclight.
Meng Bai has always believed that professional matters should be left to professionals.
As a film and television company, Arclight Film and Television should just focus on doing film and television projects well. For artist management, let others do it, and you can just participate in the shares and share the money. There is no need to do it yourself.
Many of the early domestic film and television companies were influenced by the industry model in Hong Kong, and they all took the path of "big studios". They
not only make films and TV series, but also sign artists. Some of them will also support their own directors, screenwriters, photography lighting, action stunts and other behind-the-scenes teams.
This model has many advantages in the stage of market rise. Your own projects support your own people, not to mention double the income, but also cheaper costs.
However, the disadvantage is that the scale is huge and bloated. Once the market is sluggish, the original projects and artists "achieve each other" and become "mutual loss".
The market is not good, the drama cannot be sold, the start of work is reduced, and the crew has no food to eat.
To support the crew, you have to start filming, but you can't sell it after filming, which increases the loss until the company is finally dragged down.
Shaw Brothers, which was once at its peak, eventually died in this "too big to fall" model.
The mainland entertainment industry developed late, and the market is large, so this model can still work until now.
Companies like Huanrui, Jiaxing and Xinli, which have emerged in recent years, have always used the "project + artist" cooperation model as a selling point to attract capital injection.
However, several old film and television companies have slowly begun to show signs of disadvantages in this model.
The most typical ones are Rong Xinda where Li Qin is, and Tangren.
Even Hou Hongliang once mentioned that he felt that the artist agency business of Noon Sunshine had somewhat affected the normal project production.
Meng Bai actually has this feeling now.
Take his cheap junior sister Zhu Xudan for example. After the contract with Leshi.com expired at the beginning of the year, she signed with Arclight.
But after signing, there has been no suitable role for her.
Arclight cannot change the long-established project plan for herself. If she wants to find an external play, she will not bring her agent.
The result is that in the past six months, apart from playing a role in a unit of "Forensic Qin Ming", she has been picking her feet at home the rest of the time.
If Meng Bai didn't know that this girl was also a poor student, he wanted her to use this free time to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
But it will be fine after transferring to Taiyang Chuanhe. With a dedicated agency team, she doesn't have to be idle every day and always think about getting Hua Yan to play with her.
It's not anything else, but mainly worried that his assistant will leak some information if he hangs out with her for too long.
After all, his junior sister is currently the only person who knows Li Qin, Li Yitong and Song Zhi at the same time. Although they are not familiar with each other, problems are bound to arise over time.
He can't really silence her at that time.
(End of this chapter)
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