Chapter 231 The front desk still needs to be pretty
"What are you thinking about?"
Meng Bai let go of his hand: "You, the leader, don't look at the road, where are you going to take me?"
Bai Lu grinned and said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I was thinking about something else just now."
After that, she asked carefully: "Producer Meng, can I take up some of your time? I have something to say."
"Okay, go ahead."
"Well, this is my first time to officially shoot a movie. What do you think of my performance?"
Meng Bai thought for a while: "As an actor, except for my poor acting skills, everything else is okay."
Bai Lu's expression was a little confused. Was this a compliment to herself?
But no matter whether it was praise or criticism, the arrow was on the string now. She took a deep breath and plucked up the courage to say: "Then do you think I have a chance to sign a contract with your company?"
After that, she seemed to be on trial, with a look of trepidation and expectation on her face.
"Want to sign with Arclight?" Meng Bai looked at her, "We don't have artist management business at Arclight."
"Ah..."
"But we have a cooperative agency, I can recommend it to you."
After a wave of ups and downs, Bai Lu's lost mood was washed away by the surprise behind before she could react.
"Thank you, producer Meng!"
the little girl said excitedly.
Meng Bai waved his hand indifferently: "I'm just recommending you, but I can't guarantee whether it will work in the end."
Before Taiyang Chuanhe was officially established, people like Zhou Yutong could sign with Arclight first and then transfer directly.
But now that the company has started normal operations, it would be a bit inappropriate to force people in without saying hello.
So even if it's just a pretense, the process still has to go through.
For Bai Lu, he actually admires her. Although her acting skills are lacking, she still has talent.
This girl has a lively personality and is a social bull. There is basically no time for her to care about her image. These are very demanding qualities for artists.
Even if the filming is average, it should be quite pleasing to appear on variety shows.
Anyway, for the agency, it is good for the artist to be popular and hot, and it doesn't matter whether he is an actor or not.
Moreover, Meng Bai has always had an idea, that is, to see when there is a chance to put her and Li Yitong in a drama to play sisters or something, it will definitely be very interesting.
Well, it's just his own bad taste.
Bai Lu naturally didn't know the thoughts of the future boss next to her. She was full of joy now.
After working hard for so long since childhood, she finally had the opportunity to be a star.
Although it is only a small supporting role at present, maybe she can become popular directly like Zhang Tianai with one drama.
Or she doesn't need to become popular with one drama. The first drama is well-known, the second drama is the heroine, the third drama is a hit, the fourth drama wins the best actress, and then goes international...
Wow, haha, it's really exciting and happy to think about it!
Meng Bai on the side looked at Bai Lu, who was grinning, showing a row of white teeth, and immersed in a daydream, and shook his head.
Alas, young people who have not been beaten by society.
...
Meng Bai stayed in Blue Island for a few days and flew back to Beijing North.
Chen Zhixi had asked him to go to see Wu Jing's new movie together before, and it was in the next two days.
Actually, when he said that, he just wanted to go along and take a look, and he didn't really plan to invest money.
After all, Arclight didn't have much working capital at the time, and it had its own projects waiting to be prepared.
However, with the arrival of 12 million from Leshi.com, Arclight Films currently has nearly 60 million in funds in its account.
In addition to keeping a portion of this money to maintain the normal operation of the company, about two-thirds of it can be used to continue investing in new projects.
The projects that were originally scheduled to be prepared now need to be postponed, so now it's really time to see if there is a chance to invest.
On the way, he also took a call from Huang Zheng.
"There is only Gaorong Capital in the A round of financing, and the total amount is 10 million US dollars." Huang Zheng said on the phone.
"It doesn't sound like much."
"Not much actually." Huang Zheng said with a smile: "According to the current development speed, this money can be burned in less than half a year."
"Then why are you so happy?"
"Having money is always a good thing. Moreover, our communication with Tencent has finally been settled."
Hearing this, Meng Bai finally came to his senses: "What did Tencent say?"
"Their requirement is that if the number of our paying users exceeds 30 million in the first half of the year, they will agree to lead the B round of financing."
"So how many do we have now?"
"The data I just saw shows that as of last night, the total number of paying users of Pinduoduo is 34 million."
"..."
Can you talk about investment like this now?
Huang Zheng could probably guess what he was thinking now, and smiled and said: "We are promoting very quickly. During the time we were discussing the requirements, the number of users has already increased."
With the convenient sharing form of WeChat and the mining of users' personal network channels such as "Kan Yidao", Pinduoduo's promotion speed can really be called "viral expansion".
Of course, for Meng Bai, an investor, this is definitely something to be happy about. Tencent
is rich and powerful, and it is impossible for it to be a small number of 10 or 20 million at the beginning, it must be a big deal.
If the B round of financing can exceed 100 million US dollars, Pinduoduo will almost be able to reach the threshold of a unicorn enterprise.
Unicorn enterprises refer to unlisted startups that have been established for no more than 10 years and have a valuation of more than 1 billion US dollars.
According to this standard, Arclight Films actually has a good chance of impact.
The premise is that Meng Bai is willing to accept financing.
To be honest, Arclight is not short of money now, but mainly channels, especially overseas channels.
So compared to simple financing, he hopes to reach a strategic cooperation with companies with such resources to make up for the shortcomings.
But don't worry, when the "Green Ivy Series" can be made public, there will definitely be a lot of interested companies coming up.
By then, it will be Arclight's home court.
Back in Beijing North, Meng Bai went to Arclight's office building first.
Eh? Where is the girl at the front desk?
Also, why does the company feel a lot emptier?
Meng Bai went to the company's human resources department: "Where is Xiao Lai at the front desk?"
"The new office building has started to be used, and she was transferred there." The head of the human resources department hurriedly explained.
"Ah."
Meng Bai suddenly remembered.
Previously, he asked Liu Jun to observe the new office building and make room for this side.
This brother is also a new official, and his efficiency is surprisingly high.
In less than half a month, the matter that Meng Bai had been dragging on for half a year was resolved.
Arclight's new office area is in Haidian, an office building that mainly operates a film and television company, with four floors rented out.
Most of the people transferred there are from the post-production department. There are many special effects companies and recording studios there, which is more convenient.
The office building in Chaoyang is still preserved. It is close to the airport, the Central Academy of Drama, and several large film and television bases in northern Beijing.
Each side has a division of labor.
"Hurry up and recruit new people. You can't have no one to greet you when people come to your door."
"Okay, Mr. Meng." The human resources manager responded quickly, "Are there any requirements for the candidate?"
"What else can I need for the front desk? Just find a pretty girl."
After all, it is the face of the company, and it can't be too ugly.
"Pretty girl? Okay, I understand."
(End of this chapter)
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