Chapter 221 The Girl with the Magic Laughter
In the following days, Guo Fan went to China Film Group whenever he had nothing to do.
No matter who was there, he would chat with them for a few minutes, and the main purpose was to make them familiar. China
Film Group was also discussing the project planning of "The Wandering Earth". After the big boss made the decision, everyone agreed with it.
Next, as long as the meeting resolution is made, the project can be officially launched.
"Meng Bai, how about you be the producer of the project?"
"No, Brother Guo, I have a lot of projects lined up here." Meng Bai shook his head and said, "Let Gong Geer come. He has been following this project from beginning to end, so he is more suitable than me."
"Ah? Me?"
Gong Geer was stunned when he was suddenly named: "I don't know how to do it!"
"What else can a producer do?" Meng Bai imparted his experience, "Your most important job is to find money."
"..."
Gong Geer thought about it, and it was true.
As long as there is sufficient funding, the rest of the actors, team, scenes and so on are all easy to deal with.
"China Film can solve more than half of the investment by itself. With someone taking the lead, the rest will be easy." Meng Bai patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, I can still help with the investment."
With this sentence, Gong Geer was relieved. In addition, Guo Fan also supported it, so he stopped refusing and decided to take on this task.
After solving the project of "The Wandering Earth", Meng Bai stayed in Beijing North for a few more days. As
the Spring Festival is approaching, there are many documents and financial statements from Arclight Film and Television that need him to deal with.
Last year, Arclight Film and Television produced two dramas, "Soul Ferry 2" and "Forensic Qin Ming", as the main controller, and participated in the investment of three different types of projects, "The Pretender", "The Best of Us" and "Detective Chinatown".
Except for "Detective Chinatown" which has just started, all other projects have been broadcast, and each one is a hit.
According to the comprehensive income, the total profit of Arclight Film and Television for the whole year is about 70 million.
However, there is not so much money in the account at present, only more than 40 million.
After all, the two projects of "Detective Chinatown" and "The Forbidden City" have just started, and the payment for "Forensic Qin Ming" has not yet arrived.
Liu Jun told me that due to the merger and reorganization, the payment for each project of Leshi.com will be slower during this period, and he has no good solution.
As the boss of the company, he naturally cannot pocket all the money he makes.
The entire Arclight Film and Television now has 70 or 80 people. After everyone has worked hard for a year, the year-end bonus is definitely indispensable.
It just so happens that he has to go to the "Forbidden City" crew in two days, so he simply moved up the annual meeting.
Unlike other companies' annual meetings, which require reports and program arrangements, Arclight's main focus is on eating, drinking, playing and lottery.
The year-end bonuses and prizes alone have been paid out for more than 2 million.
Arclight Film and Television was just established last year and was not large in scale. Moreover, they were busy with the launch of "Soul Ferry 2" at the time, and they didn't have much energy. In the end, they went on vacation directly after paying out the year-end bonuses.
So strictly speaking, this is the first time Arclight has held an annual meeting this year.
Although it was a bit hasty, the employees were still very satisfied.
"Boss, I have two things to tell you."
Before her boss left, Chen Jing stopped him.
"What's the matter?" Meng Bai smiled and said, "Are you not satisfied with the year-end bonus?"
If you want to say who has made the greatest contribution to Arc Light this year, it must be Chen Jing.
Not only do you have to manage finances, but you also have to be responsible for daily operations. From time to time, you have to work overtime for the boss's sudden ideas.
For such a useful "big supervisor", Meng Bai will naturally not treat her badly.
In addition to a six-figure year-end bonus, he also plans to add one to two points of dry stock dividends after the new year to better "bind" her to Arc Light.
So, the problem Chen Jing wants to talk about is definitely not related to treatment, but still about the company's operations.
"One is that the company is getting bigger and bigger now, and various business matters are also increasing. We need a professional manager to be responsible."
Meng Bai, the boss, follows the crew around every now and then, and it's good enough to spend a quarter of the year in the company.
As the company expanded, Chen Jing was obviously not able to handle everything by herself, so someone was needed to take charge of the daily operations.
Meng Bai had already considered this issue: "Don't worry, I'm digging now, it probably won't be long."
Chen Jing knew that her boss was talking about Liu Jun.
She had come into contact with this person many times before. Objectively speaking, except for being a little greasy, there is no problem with his ability.
Moreover, the other party has been in the video platform for so many years, and has a lot of connections, which is quite suitable for Arclight's industry needs.
"What else?" Meng Bai said, "Aren't there two questions?"
"The other one is actually similar. The company is getting bigger and bigger, with more and more people, and the current office building is a bit insufficient."
Meng Bai really didn't think about this question, after all, he is not in the company very often.
"Is there any suitable new place?"
"I have selected several new office buildings according to the needs of our company, and I am waiting for you, the boss, to make the final decision."
"Sure enough, it has to be Sister Jing."
Meng Bai raised a thumbs up: "Okay, send me the selected information later, and I will study it. After the New Year, we will discuss where to move."
To be honest, he is really reluctant to leave the current office building.
Not to mention that he has been here for two years, the surrounding environment alone is hard to find in the various industrial parks in northern Beijing today.
No, look back and keep this place as a branch.
After all, it is quite close to several film and television cities, audition sites, and the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, so it is still useful.
I stayed in Beijing for more than a week and finished all the work that needed to be dealt with.
I sent messages to ask around, and found out that Li Yitong and Song Zhi were both filming, and Li Qin was also filming the movie with Liu Yifei, all of them were outside.
In this case, Meng Bai did not stay for long and took Hua Yan to the northeast.
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Songhua Lake Scenic Area, Jiaohe City, Jilin.
Unlike the city with high-rise buildings, there are vast forests and continuous mountains here.
"Huh-"
Meng Bai got out of the car and took a deep breath first.
"This place is good, suitable for seclusion."
Li Muge on the side said: "There is no electricity here. If you live in seclusion, it will really be a return to primitive life."
The two are now in a valley called "Laoyehling" in this mountain forest scenic area.
Surrounded by mountains and rivers, with deep forests and clear rivers, it is almost a perfect fit for Niuxin Mountain, where the Kwantung Army Fortress is buried in the original work.
The crew has been setting up outdoor scenes nearby recently. In addition, there is a racecourse in the scenic area, which is just right for training several leading actors in horsemanship.
"Hahahahahahahahahaha..."
Just as I arrived at the outskirts of the crew, before I even went in, I heard a high-pitched and devilish laugh coming from inside.
"Whose general is this, laughing so heroically?"
Meng Bai looked at Li Muge, and the voice sounded like a girl.
Li Muge was obviously very familiar with this laugh: "You should know her, the little girl named Bai Lu during the last audition."
"Bai Lu?"
Meng Bai recalled and remembered.
It was the girl who looked a lot like Li Yitong.
I really didn't expect that a girl who looked quite delicate could be so bold when she laughed.
Unlike Meng Bai's surprise, Li Muge, who had been with her for a few days, was obviously more touched: "This girl has a lively personality and doesn't pay much attention to her image. She is like this when she smiles. You will get used to it."
"From this point of view, she is indeed quite suitable for the role of Yingzi."
"That's right."
Li Muge nodded. His respect for Meng Bai has increased a little more.
During the previous audition, Bai Lu's performance was quite consistent with that of an ordinary little girl, but Mr. Meng was able to see through the surface and see the essence.
It's really good!
Meng Bai naturally didn't know that Li Muge had thought so much in a blink of an eye. He walked in along the outdoor scene set up by the crew.
He saw Bai Lu with short hair and a heavy brown-gray leather coat. She was sitting on a small stool against the wall, looking at Pan Yueming who was stunned by the horse not far away, showing a row of white teeth and laughing devilishly.
(End of this chapter)
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