Chapter 364 The matter has become a big deal
"I heard that the two sides are now at odds?"
"That's right. It is said that it involves a film project that they have cooperated on before. It was originally planned to be released next month, but now it can't be released."
"Ha, now the matter has really become a big deal!"
"..."
Beijing North, Huaqing University Auditorium.
In the front row of the audience, Meng Bai, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and others gathered together to talk about the big news that the whole network has been paying attention to recently.
In July, the 2018 summer season officially opened. The first movie to be released was the "Dying to Survive" starring Xu Zheng and directed by new director Wen Muye, which was mentioned by Ning Hao before.
Meng Bai came here at Ning Hao's invitation and introduced Xu Zheng to him.
In fact, Xu Zheng also participated in last year's "Crazy Alien", and he completed the motion capture of the "alien" character.
It's just that he joined the crew late at that time, so the two didn't meet. Including Shen Teng, they all joined the crew after Meng Bai and others finished.
It is also interesting to say that the three leading actors of the movie "Crazy Alien", Huang Bo, Shen Teng, and Xu Zheng, all happened to have movies to be released in the summer of this year.
Xu Zheng's "Dying to Survive", Shen Teng's "The Richest Man in Xihong City", and Huang Bo's first self-directed and self-acted "A Good Show".
Three movies, one in early July, one in late July, and one in mid-August, completely cover the entire summer.
These three people, plus Wu Jing and Wang Baoqiang, have always been regarded by many audiences as the core of the new generation of domestic entertainment actors with the most box office appeal.
For this reason, as early as before the start of this year's summer, many audiences shouted "competing on the same stage" to see who can win.
This is also why Arc Light put "Psychological Crime: City of Light" at the end of the summer. It is really that the "battlefield" in the front is too fierce.
Meng Bai came early today. When he arrived, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and others were all there. Several people took advantage of the fact that the premiere had not started yet and got together to chat.
As for the content of the chat, it was naturally the "Cell Phone 2" incident that almost the entire network has been paying attention to during this period.
Since the conflict between the two sides broke out, the situation on both sides has been escalating every day.
One side eagerly said that it was all rumors, while the other side produced various evidences.
It is estimated that the film crew did not expect that they would run into a real iron plate this time.
Seeing that the other side was throwing out real evidence, the crew completely stopped and there was no movement.
But the netizens on the Internet will not give up easily. Many people have used various means to verify the authenticity of the pictures.
Otherwise, it should be said that the power of the melon-eating crowd should not be underestimated. This investigation really found something wrong.
As early as 2015, Hehe Films filmed a multi-party cooperative war film, claiming to be a big production with an investment of 400 million. But soon afterwards, it was revealed that the capital chain of the investors behind the crew was broken, and the production of the film was also affected.
However, only the production funds of the film were affected, and the pay funds were still normal because they were from another channel.
The problem lies in this part of the pay.
Now that the matter has become a big deal, it has attracted the intervention of the higher authorities and started to investigate the matter.
"How much do you think it can be?" Xu Zheng frowned and asked.
"Who knows about this stuff." Ning Hao had an amused expression, "Anyway, they're in trouble now."
"I'm afraid it's not just them who are implicated..."
Meng Bai, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said leisurely.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all fell into deep thought.
It's true that the current limelight is no longer limited to just one or two people.
It is very likely to evolve into a thorough investigation of the entire industry.
Not to mention others, even those present, including Meng Bai, dare not pat their chests to guarantee that they have no problems at all.
"If you ask me, it's best to hurry up during this period of time, make up for what needs to be made up, and deal with what needs to be dealt with. Otherwise, when the wind direction changes again, it may not be too late." Huang Bo interjected.
"Indeed, I heard that some people have started to cancel their companies in the past few days."
"Why don't you deal with it now before it gets in the way? I estimate that there will be a large wave of cancellations in the next few months."
"Okay, okay, let's talk about these later. Today is the premiere, let's watch the movie first."
Ning Hao stood up and looked at the time: "It's almost time to start, Lao Xu and I will go to prepare first."
The few people who gathered together dispersed and walked towards the guest area in the back row. But everyone frowned, thinking about what they had just said, and each had their own plans in mind.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Seeing Meng Bai coming back with a pensive look, Li Yitong, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but ask.
Yesterday, Meng Bai asked if he wanted to watch a movie. She thought it was a date to the cinema, so she agreed excitedly. But when they met, she realized that it was a date to the premiere.
In fact, Meng Bai simply felt that he was a bit bored, so he asked who had time. It happened that this girl was in Beijing North recently, so Meng Bai brought her here.
"Ah? Oh, nothing."
Meng Bai was awakened by the voice, and returned to normal and said: "We were just discussing the recent things on the Internet, and thought about it for a while."
Li Yitong suddenly realized and said with emotion: "Now the crews of her dramas are miserable, and they probably can't be broadcast."
"Most of them, the guest appearances can just delete the shots, but the leading roles probably can't be helped." Meng Bai said.
Hey, come to think of it, she seems to be the leading actor in Teacher Li's movie "She Killed".
Meng Bai's heart moved. This girl is really unlucky this year. A TV series was taken off the shelves, and now the movie is also out of the question. I guess she is very depressed now.
"What are you thinking about now?"
"Oh, I remembered that a friend I know seems to have a project affected. I have to comfort her later."
"Well, that's true." Li Yitong naturally didn't know that Meng Bai was talking about Li Qin. She nodded and said, "Alas, the risk of filming now is also high. It depends not only on whether the crew is reliable, but also on how the co-actors are."
"Forget it, you are paid a lot, so where is the risk." Meng Bai said, "We, the investors, are the ones who really take the risk."
However, Li Yitong's words reminded him. In the future, when selecting actors for filming, not only will they have to conduct risk control review first, but they will also have to sign an agreement. Once an actor has a problem before the show is broadcast, it will affect the operation of the project and the crew will have to compensate for the losses.
Wanting to make money and want to spend money at the same time, there is no such good thing in the world.
"By the way, the script you gave me last time is the spy drama called "Glorious Times". The crew has already decided on it and it will start filming next month." Li Yitong remembered something else.
"It's pretty fast." Meng Bai said, "I thought it would be
released by the end of the year." This drama is a project of Beijing North Broadcasting and Television. It is a spy war theme, and it rarely tells the history from the liberation of Peking to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Previously, they wanted to find Arclight to produce it. After all, among the few spy war dramas with a score of over 8 in recent years, two were produced by Meng Bai.
However, Arclight already had a plan for "Secret and Great" at that time, and the cooperation was not successful in the end.
However, Meng Bai thought the script was good before, and said that he could be a co-producer, and asked for the role of the heroine for Li Yitong.
"I haven't asked yet, who is the male lead?"
"Teacher Zhang Yi."
"Oh, him."
Meng Bai nodded. He naturally knew Zhang Yi. He was one of the most representative male actors in the middle-aged generation in the field of small screens in recent years.
Especially in last year's "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky", he played "Chen Jianghe" and almost won the TV King Grand Slam. He is a very capable actor.
While the two were chatting, the premiere had already begun. The auditorium of Huaqing is larger than the average cinema, and the two people's seats are also remote, so they can't be seen by the camera, so they didn't pay much attention.
They finally stopped talking until the introduction and interaction ended, the lights dimmed, and the movie officially started.
Meng Bai was watching the producer's animation on the screen, and suddenly felt his palm on the armrest of the seat being touched. Then, a slender and white hand held him.
Unlike other girls, Li Yitong's palms are not the kind of soft and fluffy. On the contrary, perhaps because she needed support when practicing dance before, her five fingers are slender, with distinct joints and obvious blue veins.
If you look at her hands alone, she doesn't look like a girl, but similar to Meng Bai, just two sizes smaller.
Seeing Meng Bai staring at her, Li Yitong couldn't help but say: "Why, you tricked me out, and I can't touch you?"
"I didn't say I can't."
Meng Bai smiled lightly, then tightened his fingers and interlocked his fingers with hers.
Li Yitong felt the warmth from her palm, smiled, and then watched the movie happily.
Unfortunately, her good mood lasted less than half an hour, and dissipated in the suppressed shouts of "Lv Shouyi" in the movie.
She bit her lips lightly, stared at the screen, and tears unconsciously appeared in the corners of her eyes.
Meng Bai did not have such an obvious reaction as her, but his face was no longer as relaxed as at the beginning, and he watched the plot seriously.
The story of "Dying to Survive" is a bit like the previous Hollywood movie "Dallas Buyers Club", but it is actually adapted from a real domestic case.
At first, I looked at the cast, Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, and thought it was a comedy. But halfway through, I found that this is actually a realistic movie with a very serious core.
Sure enough, Xu Zheng with hair is more reliable than without hair.
Although the director is a newcomer, with Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, the rhythm and technique are very mature. Several leading actors are also powerful and performed very well.
However, Meng Bai was most impressed by Wang Chuanjun who played "Lü Shouyi" and Zhang Yu who played "Huangmao".
(End of this chapter)
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