Chapter 2 Starting with a debt of 50,000 yuan
Meng Bai followed the young policeman out of the interrogation room, walked through a long corridor, and came to a slightly larger conference room.
In the conference room, a middle-aged policeman sat at one end of the table, and a photo of a person was projected on the screen behind him. It was the "Producer Lin" who ran away.
On the other side of the conference table, Li Qin was sitting there in a low mood. Seeing Meng Bai coming in, she no longer had the previous anger and excitement.
"Mr. Meng Bai, please sit down."
The middle-aged policeman gestured to Meng Bai who had just entered the room, and waited for the latter to sit down before continuing: "You two are both parties to this case, so there are some things I need to tell you."
"First of all, based on the questioning just now, and some of the information we currently have, it can be basically determined that Mr. Meng Bai has no substantial connection with the suspect in this case, and he can get rid of the suspicion."
Meng Bai knocked on the table and clasped his fists to the middle-aged policeman: "Thank you, police comrade, for clearing my name."
After that, he looked at Li Qin sitting opposite him, spread his hands and made an innocent expression.
Li Qin took a deep breath, pursed his lips and turned his head.
The middle-aged policeman continued, "This 'Producer Lin' you are talking about is actually named Zhang Wen. He has no fixed job and has been working as an extra in several film and television studios in northern Beijing. He also occasionally does work as a production assistant or the like."
Meng Bai suddenly realized that it was no wonder that this guy was so familiar with the process of setting up a crew. He was actually an "insider".
"At the beginning of the year, this Zhang Wen became addicted to online gambling. After losing all the money he saved, he borrowed a lot of money. Adding up the new and old debts, he owed more than 300,000 yuan. It is estimated that this is why he planned to cheat a sum of money and run away."
Meng Bai was a little shocked. When did the police become so efficient? It only took an hour, and they even found out the man's financial situation.
Fortunately, the middle-aged policeman quickly solved Meng Bai's doubts: "You are not the only victims. In fact, someone came to report the case yesterday, saying that he was set up for fraud by someone using the same routine."
Talented people, they can even operate on two lines!
Meng Bai felt sad in his heart, it was a pity that this old man had run away, otherwise he would have to talk to him about the details, which could be regarded as "collecting materials on the spot".
Seeing that Meng Bai and Li Qin had no more information to provide, the middle-aged policeman said, "We have already deployed personnel to track the whereabouts of Zhang Wen. You two can go back and wait for our news. We will notify you in time if there is any new situation."
"By the way, Mr. Meng Bai." The middle-aged policeman looked at Meng Bai again and said, "You just said that Zhang Wen transferred 50,000 yuan to you as an advance payment for the purchase of the script, right?"
"Yes."
"According to regulations, this money is involved in the case and needs to be frozen and returned. I will notify you in advance."
"What?" Meng Bai sat up straight and looked at the middle-aged policeman and said, "No, comrade, this money was the advance payment he used to buy my script at the time. Let's put it one thing at a time. This money should be separated from the case!"
"Sorry, from a legal point of view, this money is also part of the evidence of the entire case and cannot be separated. But don't worry, after we catch the person and determine the nature, we will return it to you."
"Uncle police, is there a possibility that with my financial situation, I would not have been able to keep the 50,000 yuan until today?" Meng Bai said in embarrassment.
"Did you spend it all?"
"It can't be said that 'all was spent'... there is still a little left." Meng Bai spread his hands and said, "You know, we in the entertainment industry spend money very quickly."
You are just a nobody in the entertainment industry! The middle-aged policeman had a painful expression on his face.
After a long silence, the middle-aged policeman finally said, "Return as much as you have... The rest will be owed first, and I will make up as soon as possible."
"Well, officer." Li Qin, who had been sitting next to him in silence for a long time, finally asked, "Can the money I was cheated of be recovered?"
"..." The middle-aged policeman was silent for a long time, and said helplessly, "We will try our best to catch the man, but how much money can be left... I can only hope that the suspect does not spend money as fast as your friend."
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Walking out of the door of the police station, Meng Bai let out a long sigh of dissatisfaction.
When I was in the interrogation room before, I was still thinking that although this time I wasted some time and energy, at least I had 50,000 yuan as compensation.
Now, not only did I lose the compensation, but I also owed the police some money.
However, Meng Bai glanced at Li Qin who walked out behind him.
Compared with this girl, he seemed not bad.
Sure enough, happiness is achieved through comparison.
Am I a bit of an asshole?
It doesn't matter, just think about it in your heart, but don't say it out loud.
Meng Bai forgave himself in his heart, and then put on a heavy expression, and said to Li Qin: "Okay, now we both become victims, go back and wait for notification."
"Wait." Li Qin stopped Meng Bai and was about to leave, and asked helplessly: "What should I do next?"
"I'm going to sell my body or something, and quickly get the money from the police uncle. As for you..." Meng Bai spread his hands and said: "I suggest you go home, take a shower and sleep, and then do what you should do tomorrow, and wait for news from the police."
Meng Bai put one hand on his chest and bowed to Li Qin: "My benefactor, our fate has ended. The road ahead is long, let's say goodbye here."
After that, Meng Bai turned and walked out of the police station, leaving Li Qin standing there blankly.
Really, we are not familiar with each other, do you still expect me to help you find the person?
Meng Bai shook his head and put this matter behind him for the time being.
Now that it has been confirmed that the "Producer Lin" is a liar, the copyright agreement for the script signed by Meng Bai and him before will naturally be invalidated.
The most important thing for him now is to pay back the 50,000 yuan first.
It's okay to owe other money, but it's exciting to owe money to the police.
As for how to raise money, "selling oneself" is a bottom-line option. Meng Bai thought about it and felt that he still had to find a way to sell the script.
But who can he sell it to?
According to Meng Bai's original idea, he wanted to find a video website platform to see if there is any opportunity for cooperation.
The reason for choosing a video website instead of a traditional film and television company is that Meng Bai has set his sights on the new track of "online drama" after many setbacks.
After all, compared with traditional movies and TV series, the online drama market is still in a wild state.
In this situation, several video platforms are still slowly exploring the market, while traditional film and television companies have not yet begun to pay attention, which gives newcomers like Meng Bai a room to grow.
However, there is a problem. Most of the current mainstream video platforms are still following the TV stations as a supplementary channel for TV series.
The film and television resources purchased by the website are basically movies, TV series, variety shows and sports events that have been released and broadcast.
However, there are also several websites that have tried to make some self-made content.
For example, Sohu imitated the German drama "Diaosi Lady" to remake the funny drama "Diaosi Man", and Youku and Wanhe Tianyi cooperated in the "Wanwan Expected" series.
These two dramas are both popular works on the Internet this year. They are funny and sand sculpture style, and accurately target the "young audience", the main audience group of video websites.
However, these dramas are basically low-cost, small-investment mini-series, and each episode is only five or six minutes.
Meng Bai is good at medium and long dramas.
In other words, if you want to persuade the video website to invest money, Meng Bai needs to have a professional production team background first; and to have a team, you need to get the funds of the video website first.
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