Chapter 274 Mai Mai becomes a girl
Meng Bai smiled at Wu Bai's sigh, but didn't say anything.
Audience preferences are often a bit mysterious. It doesn't mean that you will get good results if you work hard.
If he didn't have the help of the fragments of inspiration accumulated in his mind since he was a child, he would not be sure that every project would be outstanding.
After comforting the old man, Meng Bai turned around and saw Zhao Jinmai standing not far away.
The little girl seemed to have been standing behind him for a long time, as if she wanted to come over and say hello.
But seeing that Meng Bai had been chatting with Wu Bai, he didn't feel embarrassed to disturb her and kept hesitating.
"Long time no see, Mai Mai."
Meng Bai walked over and took the initiative to speak with a smile.
"Meng, producer Meng, hello."
Looking at Meng Bai standing in front of him, Zhao Jinmai shouted shyly.
"Hey, now you're 'Producer Meng'. I think when we were shooting the first part, didn't we always call you brother?" Meng Bai said with a smile.
"Hehe..."
Zhao Jinmai touched her hair and smiled a little embarrassedly.
At that time, she was still young and had just graduated from elementary school.
The crew was full of middle-aged uncles, and Meng Bai was the only "little brother" with a tender face and good looks, so she subconsciously called him brother.
But two years have passed, and she is now fourteen or fifteen years old, which is the age of delicate and sensitive mind.
Girls grow up early, and they have been filming and are more mature than their peers.
Now it is a bit embarrassing to call "Brother Meng Bai" as before.
Fortunately, Meng Bai doesn't care.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you don't call me uncle, you can call me anything." He said half-jokingly.
Glancing at Zhao Jinmai, she has grown a lot taller than when she was filming "Psychological Crime 1". Because of the need to keep shoulder-length short hair for filming, the baby fat on her cheeks has begun to fade.
Coupled with the school uniform on her body, the little girl at the time has become the young girl today.
According to the plot, "Liao Yafan" in "Psychological Crime 2" is about the same age, which is a perfect fit.
"Mai Mai, I remember you should be in the third year of junior high school this year, right?" Meng Bai asked.
Zhao Jinmai nodded: "Yes, school starts in September."
"Is your Shenyang a 'May 4th' system or a 'Six-three' system?"
"We are six-three, and this is the last year of junior high school."
"Then the high school entrance examination will be next year, right?"
"Well, there are still seven or eight months."
"The high school entrance examination in June..." Meng Bai pondered after hearing this.
He just suddenly thought that if the movie version of "City Lights" was filmed next year, the age of this little girl would still meet the needs of the plot, and she could continue to play "Liao Yafan".
As for the high school entrance examination, it doesn't matter. Anyway, according to the current project schedule of Arc Light, the film should start shooting in the second half of the year, and the exam will be finished by then.
He was thinking, and Zhao Jinmai on the opposite side secretly glanced at this "producer brother" from time to time.
Compared with the bright and confident appearance when filming the first film, Meng Bai now seems much more restrained. The elegant temperament has not changed, but it has become more profound.
The only thing that has not changed is the face.
Hehe, it's really beautiful!
"Snap!"
Meng Bai looked at the dazed little girl in front of him and snapped his fingers: "What are you looking at?"
"No, no." Zhao Jinmai's cheeks flushed a little. "Just now I suddenly thought of school."
Meng Bai thought she was worried about her homework, so he comforted her, "It's okay, you don't have many scenes here, it should be finished in half a month, and it won't delay your school."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you are delayed." Zhao Jinmai smiled and said, "My grades are still pretty good."
"Really? If you want to be an actor in the future, you can apply for the Central Academy of Drama, and your senior brother will protect you."
Zhao Jinmai blinked, "Is the Central Academy of Drama better than the Beijing Film Academy?"
"Of course." Meng Bai said in an unquestionable tone, "If you want to learn directing or something, that's another matter, but in terms of acting, the Beijing Film Academy is far behind us."
"Is that so? Okay, then I will apply for the Central Academy of Drama in the future."
"You have good vision!"
Meng Bai gave the little girl a thumbs up.
He helped spread the reputation of the school again. He had to talk to Professor Zou later and give himself a commendation like "Outstanding Alumni of the School".
——With
Wang Longzheng joining the crew, "Psychological Crime 2" began to enter full shooting.
On the other hand, the filming of "White Night Chase", which took nearly three months, was also completed.
Meng Bai stayed in Blue Island for a few more days before returning to Beijing.
The finale of "The Mystical Ancient City" was broadcast in the middle of the month, and he had to come back to attend the celebration banquet.
Tencent Video's initial expectations for this drama were to benchmark the "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", a similar drama on Qiyi TV last year, and they thought that it would be enough to have 20 to 30 billion views.
However, the actual data in the end far exceeded their expectations.
After the nearly two-month broadcast period, the cumulative number of views of the entire drama reached 5.6 billion.
Driven by this drama, the number of Tencent Video's paying users exceeded 20 million. It became the second video platform to achieve this achievement after Qiyi TV.
Not only is the performance outstanding, but the audience's reputation is also satisfactory.
Douban's 8.1 rating leads all current tomb-raiding-themed works.
"In fact, when it first aired, I was a little worried, after all, the momentum of "Old Nine Gates" was too strong at the time."
Fang Fang smiled and said to Meng Bai at the celebration party.
"After all, they have a full-traffic lineup, and it is broadcast on both the TV and the Internet, so the momentum must be greater." Meng Bai said.
"Yeah." Fang Fang said with emotion: "Fortunately, in the end we actually won."
Meng Bai smiled silently. How to say this win or loss, obviously everyone has their own understanding.
In fact, to be honest, the drama "Old Nine Gates" is not bad, at least it is much better than the online drama and movie version of the main story of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".
It's a pity that the original work was adapted to a large extent in order to be broadcast on satellite TV, resulting in a somewhat high opening and low closing as a whole.
But even so, the total number of views of this drama finally announced to the public has reached 10.6 billion, making it the only online drama with more than 100 million views this year.
It is also for this reason that fans of Qiyi TV and "Old Nine Gates" have always believed that they are the real winners.
However, fans of "The Lost Tomb" obviously disagree.
"One has 48 episodes, the other has 20 episodes, the difference in size is more than double. What's the point of comparing the total number of views? If we want to compare, we have to compare the average number of views per episode."
Obviously, the 280 million "Jing Jue Xuan Cheng" is better than the 220 million "Old Mystic Nine".
However, these arguments are just a confrontation between the fans of the two groups.
For the producers and video platforms on both sides, as long as the revenue can meet the target, it is considered a success.
"Teacher Meng, long time no see."
A familiar female voice came from behind. Meng Bai turned around and saw Ni Ni looking at him with a smile on her face.
(End of this chapter)
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