Chapter 258 Gentleman Meng Bai
The opening 8-minute long shot of "Day and Night" took a whole afternoon to shoot. It was not until the eighth shot that Wang Wei finally said it was okay.
Meng Bai looked at the results and had to say that the long shot did have a unique charm.
Even without any post-processing, the effect was still outstanding.
After solving this lens problem, the subsequent shooting was easy.
Meng Bai stayed in Blue Island for more than a day, watching the crew get on track, and then flew back to Beijing North.
After landing, he first answered Li Qin's call and told him that his audition was successful and he had time before October. He asked him when to hold the "moving party".
"This weekend, Lao Zhang, Bai Yu and others are also free recently."
"Yeah, okay." Li Qin's crisp voice came, "It's just right for me to see what gifts to choose in the next two days."
Meng Bai smiled ambiguously: "Actually, it's good for you to tie a bow."
"Bow?"
Li Qin didn't quite understand for a while, but she knew this guy's style too well, and knew that there was definitely no pure meaning.
After thinking for a while in the direction of Sese, she finally reacted.
Bows are usually used as decorations for gift bindings. In other words, if he asked her to tie a bow, wouldn't that be...
"Rogue!"
"Hey, little girl, how can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?"
"Bah! Where do you get your innocence from!"
"What do you mean? If you don't believe me, ask around in the film and television industry. The name 'Archlight Meng Zong' is synonymous with a gentleman."
"..."
Li Qin was speechless for a while holding the phone.
Although she had tried her best to predict this guy's shamelessness, she was still surprised by his low level of shame.
"Send me the location of your new home when the time comes, and I'll go find you."
"Okay, see you this weekend."
"See you this weekend."
After hanging up the phone, Li Qin rolled over from the sofa and excitedly began to prepare clothes for the weekend party in advance.
This one is nice, but it seems a bit too formal. It's just a gathering of friends, so it's not necessary.
And this one is okay, but it seems a bit revealing. It's okay if it's just that guy, but it's not appropriate with others.
This dress feels a bit too plain, but he seems to like his style...
...
Meng Bai went back to the company to tidy up, and when the time was almost up, he set off for the hotel for the celebration banquet.
As soon as they met, he was pulled over by Chen Zhixi.
"You knew about Baoqiang's matter before?"
"Ah, yes, Director Chen told me."
"So I was the last to know."
Meng Bai laughed: "For this kind of thing, Brother Baoqiang and the others are afraid that you will be embarrassed."
"I'm not a 20-year-old girl, what's there to be embarrassed about." Chen Zhixi rolled his eyes.
She started out as an actress, and later became a producer. It can be said that she has seen everything in the circle from top to bottom.
There is no fuss about this kind of man-woman thing.
"Then what impact will this have on the movie?"
Chen Zhixi shook his head: "Unless Baoqiang is caught doing something illegal or disciplinary, there will be basically no impact-oh, it may attract more subsequent audiences."
Wang Baoqiang is not an idol, and divorce is not a big deal except for netizens to eat melons.
Anyway, he was not at fault.
After hearing Chen Zhixi say that it had no impact, Meng Bai was relieved.
After chatting for a few more words about the sale of the film's copyright, he turned around and found Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang.
"Senior brother, Brother Baoqiang."
Meng Bai sat next to the two of them: "You said you had something important to talk to me about, what was it?"
"This is what happened. I'm planning to make a movie, and I wanted to ask if you're interested in investing?" Wang Baoqiang said.
Meng Bai narrowed his eyes: "Brother Baoqiang, when you say 'make a movie', do you mean the leading actor or the director?"
"Director."
"..."
Well, another actor turned director has appeared.
"Actually, I had this idea last year, but I happened to take on "Detective Chinatown", so I didn't think about it anymore. The movie has recently finished airing, and I plan to give it a try."
Wang Baoqiang's idea of becoming a director originally came from Xu Zheng.
When "Lost in Thailand" was filmed, because of the limited budget, Xu Zheng discussed with Huang Bo whether to transfer the film remuneration to investment.
The total remuneration at that time was only one or two million, and Huang Bo thought it was not much, so he agreed to this plan.
Unexpectedly, "Lost in Thailand" became the annual hit after its release. The box office directly exceeded 1 billion, topping the list of domestic film history.
Xu Zheng naturally made a lot of money, and Huang Bo, who followed the investment, also received tens of millions of income, making a lot of money.
Wang Baoqiang, who was also the leading actor, only received less than 2 million in remuneration in the end.
The gap between the two sides was too obvious, so he went to Xu Zhen to ask what was going on.
When he learned that it was a share of the investment, he didn't say anything more. After all, it was just a coincidence.
When Xu Zheng started to prepare for the second "Lost in Hong Kong", he still invited Wang Baoqiang at the beginning.
Then he proposed that he also wanted to participate in the investment, with a 5%-10% share.
However, Xu Zheng directly rejected him, saying that he had no shortage of investment and would only give a fixed salary.
How to say this, both sides actually have their own reasons.
In short, in the end, neither of them convinced the other, and they fell out in anger.
This is why "Lost in Hong Kong" was later replaced by Bao Beier.
It's a pity that the role of "simple fool" is not something that everyone can play.
The script of "Lost in Hong Kong" itself is not as good as "Lost in Thailand", and the remaining comedy part is also pierced by Bao Beier's poor acting skills.
Wang Baoqiang was also stimulated.
They all changed their careers halfway, so why can't they be directors themselves?
Instead of working for others, it's better to be your own boss.
And his good friend Chen Sicheng's two consecutive movies were a big success, which further inspired his confidence.
So after the movie was released, he finally decided to become a director himself.
"I plan to deal with the divorce and start preparing for the movie." Wang Baoqiang said.
Meng Bai sighed: "I thought that you, Baoqiang, didn't prepare anything else before the divorce."
"Well, let's put it one thing at a time. Life must go on, and work must go on. There's no need to delay." Wang Baoqiang habitually smiled.
"That's right." Meng Bai nodded and changed the subject and asked: "What kind of subject do you want to shoot in your movie, Baoqiang?"
"It's my first time shooting, and I think I'd better start with what I'm best at. I plan to make an action comedy, and the framework will also be in the form of a road movie."
After saying that, he looked at Meng Bai and smiled and said: "What do you think of this idea?"
"It's good, these two elements are very mature genre films."
This summer, Cheng Long's "Skiptrace" is an action comedy with road movie elements.
Looking further ahead, there are many similar films, just fill in the content and baggage according to the framework.
Wang Baoqiang himself has learned martial arts, and it looks good when he fights.
With better action design, a decent script and his own appeal, at least he won't lose money.
"Meng Bai, are you interested in being a screenwriter?" Wang Baoqiang asked.
This is actually what he really wanted to ask today.
The successful case of "Detective Chinatown" is right in front of us, and everyone knows how much credit the script has, so naturally they think of Meng Bai.
"This... I really can't help."
Unfortunately, Meng Bai didn't agree: "If it's a suspense film, I can still study it, but I really don't know anything about this action comedy type."
The "Green Ivy Series" also has action and drama elements, but that is completely different from "action comedy".
Don't interfere in areas you don't understand. This is the principle that Meng Bai has always believed in.
(End of this chapter)
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