Chapter 398 You all have special skills
"...Mr. Meng, we have expanded the number of people in the script to nine. In this way, the functions that each character needs to be responsible for are reduced a lot, avoiding the feeling of forced turning. As for the ending, we thought about it for a long time, and finally designed an open ending, which can be regarded as bypassing the problem of the core concept..."
In the office, He Yihe, who had not been seen for a long time, held the script in his hand and introduced his plot setting to the big boss with a little nervousness. Next to him, there were two people with a big age difference. They were both members of the screenwriter team who completed the script with him.
Since the last chat with Meng Bai, he has been revising the script repeatedly according to the other party's opinions for more than half a year. He has revised it seven or eight times before finally settling on this one.
Compared with the one he took out at the beginning, most of the current script, including the story framework, is completely different from his original idea, and is full of Meng Bai's style.
But he had to admit that the changes made by his boss were indeed more exciting than what he had imagined, so He Yihe did not reject them on purpose and just put them in as he wished.
Meng Bai flipped through the script in his hand, which was named "Become Famous", and it was much more perfect than the first draft he showed him. It can be seen that the other party has been polishing it seriously for more than half a year.
"Not bad, a lot of progress. There is basically no problem with the logic of the plot, and the characteristics and images of the characters are also very clear." Meng Bai smiled at the three people opposite him, "It's a very interesting story, quite suitable for being made into a movie."
"Huh——"
He Yihe felt relieved, and the young man behind him showed a happy smile on his face, and the expression of the slightly older man on the other side was no longer so stiff.
"You also drew the scene shots?" Meng Bai asked curiously, "The drawings are good. Did you draw them?"
"Uh, Brother Yang drew them." He Yihe gestured to the older and somewhat silent man behind him, "Li Yang, Mr. Meng, you asked me to pick two people before, so I found him and Wang Yitong."
Meng Bai looked at Li Yang with interest, "How did you think of adding the pictures?"
"I used to study comics." Li Yang replied, and seeing that the boss was still waiting for him, he could only continue, "There are some scenes that I can't describe with words, so I drew them, and then Yitong helped me to retell them."
Wang Yitong, who was mentioned, smiled greenly, "Others can't understand Brother Yang's drawings, but I can understand them a little, so I'm responsible for translation."
Meng Bai took a deep breath and looked at the three people in front of him, "I heard that each of you three has unique skills. That's great. The screenwriter team is full of talents and it's worth celebrating."
The three people who were called looked at each other, not knowing whether the boss was praising them or talking about them. But logically speaking, there shouldn't be any need for any kind of Yin and Yang to them, just say it directly, so it should be praising them.
Meng Bai continued, "I will hand the script over to the film and television department and let them evaluate the feasibility and shooting plan. Whether the project can be launched and when it can be launched will be discussed by the company. Don't worry, you will definitely be the screenwriter by then."
He Yihe and the other two were excited at the same time. Finally, their hard work for more than half a year was not in vain!
"Thank you, President Meng!" X3
Meng Bai waved his hand and was about to draw another pie or something, when he suddenly heard his cell phone ring. He took a look and was a little surprised. It was Tong Liya.
He asked He Yihe and the others to go back first. After the office door was closed, he answered the phone.
"Hello, senior sister, do you have something to talk to me about?"
"Tsk tsk, President Meng is so busy now, how dare I disturb you if there is nothing to do." Tong Liya's gentle voice with a joking tone came from the phone.
Meng Bai leaned back in his chair and smiled, "Of course others can't do it, senior sister, it doesn't matter to you - just don't let senior brother catch you."
"Bah! You were caught."
Tong Liya's teasing failed, but her face turned red, and she immediately replied angrily. But after she finished speaking, she felt that it was not right. No matter how she talked about this topic, she would suffer a loss. She had to quickly talk about business.
"Jiaxing Media asked me out? Ha, it's because of their fans."
Meng Bai usually doesn't pay much attention to this kind of fight between fans, but this time because it involves Li Qin, the company reported it, so he roughly understood what happened.
How should I put it, it feels quite speechless.
Not to mention the casting of the project, which was full of variables before the final contract was confirmed. Lu Yang just asked Yang Mi if she was interested at the beginning, and did not make any agreement. Later, Arc Light participated in the production. As an investor, it was normal to ask for a role. There was no such thing as "grabbing the role".
Of course, he also knew that the fan group often cannot be considered with normal logical thinking. People may just think that whichever resource our family likes, it will be ours.
"What's so great about this? Senior sister, just tell them to control their fans and ask their own companies for resources instead of running around everywhere."
Tong Liya smiled and said, "You overestimate their company. If they can really control their fans, they wouldn't ask you to meet and explain."
As she spoke, she introduced to Meng Bai the years-long feud between Jiaxing Media and Yang Mi's fans. These were all mentioned by Yang Mi when she chatted with him occasionally, so she knew a lot even if she hadn't paid much attention to it.
In fact, she could understand the fans' boycott. After all, they support the artists with real money, and the agency makes money from the artists, so the fans are like parents who provide food and clothing.
Since they are "parents", they definitely hope that their children will listen to them.
"...That's why they want to explain it to you clearly to avoid you from mistakenly thinking that they are deliberately provoking you. It would be bad if they get angry for their beloved and ban them from the industry or something."
"Senior sister, please watch less stupid TV dramas. Do you think I'm from the radio and television station and can shut down a company?" Meng Bai said, "Okay, since they have already found a lobbyist, I will give you face... Tomorrow, I have time tomorrow night."
"Okay, then I'll talk to Mimi."
"Wait!" Meng Bai stopped her, "Who to talk to?"
"Mimi, Yang Mi, she's the one who sees you." Tong Liya teased, "How about it, do you suddenly feel that it's a good thing to agree?"
"Come on, what's the point of being able to look but not touch."
"Wow, you really dare to think about it!" Tong Liya sighed, "Sure enough, junior brother, your title of scumbag is really correct."
"Just kidding, senior sister, she's married."
"Divorced."
"Huh?" Meng Bai's melon-eating spirit surged instantly, "When was it? Why haven't I heard about it?"
"It's been a while, but it hasn't been made public yet." Tong Liya said, and then reminded: "When the time comes, don't say it was me who said it."
"Don't worry, the person who reveals the news to everyone must not be hurt or killed in the melon field, I understand."
"Haha, are you interested now?"
"What are you talking about, senior sister, I'm that kind of person." Meng Bai said sternly: "But since you invite me so sincerely, you have to give people a chance to reform."
"Haha."
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The place of the invitation was a restaurant in Sanlitun. Meng Bai went to the meeting alone as usual. Yang Mi had two assistants besides herself, probably because they were afraid of being photographed by reporters.
"Boss Meng."
Yang Mi's fox eyes flashed with a bright smile under the light. She smiled at Meng Bai and said in her signature baby voice, "I've always heard Yaya mention it, but I never had the chance to meet her. Today I finally saw her in person."
Meng Bai looked at the former No. 1 female lead in Chinese entertainment literature. Half of her wavy long hair was tied into a bun at the back of her head, and the other half fell naturally along her shoulders, which made her look much younger. She was wearing a light blue shirt, which was tightly pulled up at the chest, and she looked very powerful.
"You're welcome, Miss Yang. I often hear Senior Sister Tong talk about you."
Meng Bai said politely, of course, this was pure nonsense. If it weren't for today's incident, he really had never heard Tong Liya mention the other party.
The two sat down, and the seating arrangement was also very interesting. Yang Mi sat next to Meng Bai, and her two assistants sat a little further away opposite, and it seemed that the two sides did not disturb each other.
"The main reason I invited you here today, Mr. Meng, is to apologize to you." Yang Mi picked up the wine glass, "Because of my fans, you have been disturbed a lot."
"It is indeed quite disturbing." Meng Bai didn't hesitate and said directly: "So I came here to tell you, either take care of the fans, or issue a statement about this matter."
"Don't worry, we have prepared a statement."
(End of this chapter)
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