Chapter 3 You look pretty when you cry
On the deserted roadside, Meng Bai stopped and frowned as he thought about his current predicament.
Judging from the current situation, unless he can meet another "investor" like Li Qin, if he wants to convince these video websites, he must solve at least one of the two problems, the team and the funds.
If you think about it this way, the team problem seems easier than the funds.
After all, money has to be taken out in a real way, but the team can be solved by "borrowing".
You know, in the film and television industry, "borrowing" is a basic skill that everyone must have.
For example, if a work gets a few comments from a big director, you can say that the work is a masterpiece promoted by "XX Director";
if you find a star to make a cameo shot, you can put up a slogan of "XX star" as the special starring role;
or if there is just a member of a big team in the crew, the publicity can write "XX team" joins with all their strength...
All these are achieved by "borrowing".
However, no matter how much you rub, you still need to have a point to rub.
Otherwise, if you just rely on your words, the video website is not stupid and will expose it in minutes.
Meng Bai pondered. If you want to get the background of a professional team, the best way is to find an actor who is backed by a big company and has some popularity to play the leading role.
With the background of a big company, it is convenient for you to "borrow the power of the tiger"; with popularity, you can increase your credibility.
Moreover, the actor is in front of the stage, and his appearance and information are all public, so you can find them without detailed investigation, which reduces the probability of the website platform investigating and causing exposure.
But where can you find such a suitable candidate?
Wait!
It seems that there is a suitable candidate just now!
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Watching Meng Bai leave, Li Qin looked back at the police station behind him, and finally walked out of the door slowly.
Without a purpose or direction, Li Qin walked slowly along the street in a distracted manner.
Although the police just comforted her that they would try their best to catch the person, she knew in her heart that the money she was cheated of was probably not recovered.
This money was all the salary she had saved from filming in the past few years, so she was not only sad about being cheated, but also felt that all her years of hard work had gone to waste.
She couldn't help but think of the time when she transferred the money to the liar, she still fantasized about becoming a "little rich woman" in one fell swoop and becoming the next "film and television tycoon" in the future...
Now thinking about it, it was just ironic.
Sitting down on an empty step on the side of the road, Li Qin took out her mobile phone, but didn't know who to call for comfort.
Call her parents? But they couldn't help with this kind of thing, but would only make them worry. Call her
agent? No way, she didn't tell the company about this, because it was not allowed for the agency to have artists privately contact with outside projects.
Call friends? She had lost contact with her friends from school a long time ago, and her friends after her debut either became distant with the changes in their careers, or were now busy filming and had no time and energy to comfort her.
Li Qin tried to call a close friend in Beijing North, but she didn't know if the other party was busy, and no one answered the call.
Li Qin hung up the phone dejectedly, and stood up, intending to go home first. But when she stood up and looked around, she found that she didn't even know where she was.
The girl couldn't help it anymore, and she squatted down and hugged her legs and cried.
"Is this really the breakdown of an adult? You should find a place where no one is around to cry."
Li Qin was immersed in sadness, and suddenly heard a familiar voice from above her head.
She raised her head, and through her tearful eyes, Meng Bai's somewhat hateful but bright smile appeared in her sight.
The sun shone down from above, hitting the man's body. Looking through the tears, it was as if a layer of warm light was spreading all over his body, dispelling the darkness in his heart.
Li Qin hurriedly stood up, turned aside and quickly wiped the tears from her face, and tried to look calm, and said to Meng Bai: "How did you find me?"
"I was worried that someone was not familiar with the roads in Beijing North, and I was afraid that she would get lost, so I came back to look for her so that she would not get lost." Meng Bai said.
"Tsk!" Li Qin snorted lightly, and said without any appreciation: "I have a mobile phone navigation, so you don't need to worry about it."
"Sorry, country boy, I have never seen such high technology."
Meng Bai looked at Li Qin. The girl in front of him still had tears in her eyes that had not been wiped away, and a few strands of hair hung down in front of her forehead. Her originally cold and delicate little face had a sad but pretending to be tough expression.
"Don't say that." Meng Bai said in a serious tone, "You look pretty when you cry."
"...Are you a pervert?"
"Tsk, I'm just giving a sincere compliment to beautiful things."
Li Qin stared at Meng Bai suspiciously, and only after seeing his sincere and natural face did she believe what he said.
She couldn't help wanting to laugh, but her bad mood prevented her from laughing. After a long pause, he calmed down and looked at Meng Bai and asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Meng Bai didn't care about Li Qin's attitude: "I mainly want to apologize to you. No matter what, I have indirectly cheated you."
"It's good that you know!"
"So..." Meng Bai spread his hands and said, "I wonder if you can give me a chance to make up for it?"
"Make up for it..." Li Qin blinked in confusion: "How to make up for it? Can you get the money back?"
"Maybe, but maybe in a different way."
Meng Bai nodded, and seeing Li Qin's puzzled expression, he didn't explain and made an invitation gesture: "I wonder if Miss Li has time to have a cup of tea together?"
Li Qin tilted her head and looked at Meng Bai. After thinking for a long time, she finally nodded and said, "Okay!"
...
On one side of the Dazhongsi Square on the North Third Ring Road, Meng Bai took Li Qin into a teahouse with antique decoration.
"Welcome, may I ask... Hey, Brother Meng!"
A petite young girl with a baby face at the front desk saw someone entering the store and habitually welcomed him. When she looked up and saw that it was Meng Bai, she immediately greeted him familiarly.
"Huahua, you're here." Meng Bai responded to the girl, "The two of us, let's take the seat by the window."
Maybe it was because it was afternoon, but there were not many tables of customers in the store. Meng Bai took Li Qin to a square wooden table by the window and sat down.
"You seem to be familiar with this store?" Li Qin asked as she sat down opposite Meng Bai.
"Yes, I've been here a few times. I don't like coffee, so sometimes I meet here to discuss scripts with others." Meng Bai explained.
Li Qin looked around the store and saw a wooden stage in the middle of the store. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is that?"
Meng Bai looked back and said, "Oh, that's a performance stage. When it first opened, there were regular dance performances in the store."
"Dance performances? In a teahouse?" Li Qin asked in confusion.
"The owner of this store graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy. Because he likes to drink tea, he opened a teahouse that combines dance."
(End of this chapter)
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