Chapter 428 Almost Made Her Survive
"During the filming of The Untamed, the crew increased the role of Ziyi's female character because they were worried about the censorship standards of gay dramas. As a result, some fans of the original novel got the filming schedule from the production staff and saw that there were many more roles for characters that were not in the original work, and conflicts arose at the time."
In the living room, Meng Ziyi's agent introduced the situation to their big boss with a little nervousness.
Meng Bai frowned and looked at his agent: "Why didn't you mention this situation at that time?"
"Well, at that time, it was basically only a small number of fans of the original novel who talked about this online, and it wasn't a big deal. Ziyi herself said that there was no need to care too much, and the crew later cancelled the added plot, so we thought the matter was over."
"Just because she said she didn't care, you don't care? If you listen to the artists themselves in everything, then just keep two assistants. What do you need so many management teams for?"
"I'm sorry, President Meng, it was our mistake. We didn't expect that after such a long time, those fans would make such a big fuss."
Meng Bai let out a long sigh and waved his hand: "Forget it, you can't be blamed. These brainless fans are a pit for anyone who gets involved."
Seeing that the big boss had no intention of punishing them severely, the people on the team finally breathed a sigh of relief. The agent asked inquiringly: "Then, Mr. Meng, how do you think this matter will be resolved next?"
"Why are you asking me? I'm not your public relations department." Meng Bai glanced at the other party, and then continued: "I have talked to your Mr. Yang about this matter. He will form a special team to solve the specific solution with you later."
The agent was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Ah, okay, okay."
After that, she couldn't help but secretly shocked in her heart.
You know, among the many artists under Taiyang Chuanhe, whether in terms of status, popularity or income, this one of theirs is just above average. Unexpectedly, something went wrong, and the president Yang Ming was directly responsible.
Not to mention other artists of the same level, even Yang Tianbao, Zhou Dongyu, and Wang Ziwen, the current candidates for "Taiyang No. 1 Sister", did not have this treatment.
The agent was thinking about what to do next, and suddenly heard Meng Bai talking, and hurriedly collected his mind.
"How is her mood now?"
"She was fine a few days ago, but not so well these past two days." The agent laughed bitterly. "There are a lot of scoldings online. She can basically see them everywhere when she is online. Although she didn't say anything on the surface, you can see that she actually cares a lot in her heart."
"In addition, many fans of the main actors are dissatisfied with Ziyi and have made up a lot of rumors to discredit her, labeling her as 'adding drama' and 'resourceful', which has led to some ordinary audiences having a bad impression and
her reputation has deteriorated a lot." At this point, the agent paused, glanced at Meng Bai carefully, and saw that he was listening seriously with a serious expression on his face, and then continued: "Then this morning, there was a program that had been contacted before. Ziyi was supposed to participate, but she called at the last minute and said that the staff was full, so they couldn't cooperate..."
"What program? Whose company?" Meng Bai interrupted the agent.
"Well, it's a program called "Acting School" produced by Youku. The type of acting competition program has been quite popular in the past two years."
Meng Bai nodded. He had heard of this type of program, which has been quite popular in recent years. The content complies with the audience's dislike for traffic actors and expectations for talented actors, and the form is related to talent shows.
The guests participating in the show are either unknown newcomers who want to get attention, or outdated actors with good acting skills who want to become popular again.
Or, they are young actors like Meng Ziyi, whose acting skills are neither good nor bad. A good performance can increase popularity and add a "good ability" label; an average performance is also fine, and a "bad but hardworking" personality can also gain some popularity.
This kind of program is a good way to expose actors who have good abilities but have poor resources due to luck or background. But for those artists with good resources, it is actually unnecessary. If
you really want to show some acting skills, just use the role in the play to show it directly, why bother to engage in "acting competitions"? Anyway,
from Meng Bai's point of view, it really doesn't make sense whether this kind of program is on or not.
But then again, it doesn't make sense, but since it has been confirmed, it would be a bit too much to change the person temporarily.
The production team is responsible for this, but they are obviously also worried about being attacked. So the source of the incident is still those fans.
Meng Bai glanced at the bedroom next to him: "She has been staying in the room all day?"
"Yes, Ziyi said she wanted to be alone and adjust quietly, so we didn't disturb her." The agent said, "But we sent her food at noon, and it feels..."
The agent didn't finish her words, but from her expression, it was clear that the effect of this girl's "quiet adjustment" was obviously not very good.
Meng Bai signaled the agent and a few assistants to go to work first, and he stood up and walked to the door of Meng Ziyi's bedroom and knocked on the door.
"Sister, I said I'm fine."
"It's me."
"Ah? Uncle... Oops!"
Meng Bai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard the sound of something falling to the ground in the room.
"...Uncle, wait a moment."
"It's okay, no hurry."
Meng Bai waited for a while, and the bedroom door finally opened, and Meng Ziyi, with a little messy hair, appeared behind the door. Perhaps because she was at home, she put on a loose T-shirt on her upper body, and the hem hung down to her thighs. Two long white and tender legs extend out from under the T-shirt, featuring a "missing bottom" style.
"Uncle!"
The corners of Meng Ziyi's eyes were a little red, but when she saw Meng Bai, she still showed a bright smile: "When did you come?"
"Just a while ago."
"Oh, so." Meng Ziyi responded blankly, and suddenly remembered that the two were still standing at the door, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, come in and sit down."
Meng Bai didn't say anything and walked in. He had been to this apartment twice before, so it was not unfamiliar to him. Glancing at the lunch box on the table not far away that had not been moved at all, it was obvious that the girl had not eaten lunch at all.
Picking up a doll on the ground at the end of the bed, Meng Bai put it aside: "Did you fall off the bed just now?"
"It's not that I fell down, I just didn't stand firmly in a hurry, and sat on the bed again after I got up."
Meng Ziyi said while holding a pillow for Meng Bai: "Uncle, you can sit anywhere."
Meng Bai was not polite and sat cross-legged on the carpet. Meng Ziyi came to the opposite side of him, slightly staggered half a body, and then sat on the floor with his knees hugged by the edge of the bed.
"Are you in a bad mood?"
"Not, not bad. Actually, it's nothing. I just got scolded a few times. I used to hear it often."
"Because I'm jealous of your beauty?"
"How do you know? Alas, there's nothing I can do. Having a good appearance is this kind of distress, hehe..."
Meng Ziyi forced a smile: "So I said, uncle, you don't have to worry about me. This kind of small scene is just a little bit of wind and frost for me."
As she spoke, she grinned and tried to look indifferent. She knew that her uncle had a lot of work and didn't want him to worry.
But anyone could see that the girl was obviously forcing a smile.
She obviously knew this herself, so she also restrained her eyebrows and calmed down.
The atmosphere in the room gradually became quiet.
After taking a look at the girl, Meng Bai took out his mobile phone and opened a music app. After searching for a while, he put the phone in front of his eyes.
Then, a somewhat bitter melody slowly sounded.
"You forgot,
you believed the cold wind that cut through the wound, and it didn't hurt even if
you spent your whole life. Why do you want to sing when you see the snow falling
? Why do you shed tears when you let go
..."
Along with the melody of the music, Meng Ziyi's eyes were filled with tears. She bit her lips lightly, sniffed her nose, and raised her head to look at the ceiling from time to time to prevent the tears in her eyes from flowing out.
However, once the sad emotions start rolling, it is difficult to stop.
"…
Because I enjoy its brilliance
, because I endure its decay,
you say don't love it, but you are reluctant to let
it go. So life is bitter like a song…"
"Woo——"
Finally, with the blessing of this most tear-jerking BGM of the year selected by netizens, Meng Ziyi finally couldn't hold back her emotions, hugged her knees and buried her face, and then finally cried.
Meng Bai took back his phone, but did not turn off the music-good guy, he almost let this girl survive just now.
He didn't have to make Meng Ziyi cry, but looking at her current state, it would be better to cry it out instead of holding back her emotions in her heart.
Meng Bai patted her shoulder and whispered: "Go to sleep after crying, wake up tomorrow morning, and it will be a new day."
What he didn't expect was that the girl's emotional outburst seemed to be more violent than he had imagined.
She was crying by herself hugging her knees, but after being comforted, she completely lost control. She first raised her head and looked at Meng Bai with tears in her eyes, then threw herself into his arms, grabbing his clothes and refusing to let go.
"It was obviously the director who added the scenes because he was worried about the review, and I didn't ask for it. Why do they put all these things on me?"
"I am an actor and I don't have the final say on what scenes to shoot. Why blame me?"
"When the crew was filming, there was a fire and the staff had an accident. I was also very sad. But I was clearly going to see Chaoyue's stage that day. Why do you say that the accident was because of my adding scenes?"
"..."
Meng Ziyi kept crying and muttering, obviously she had been holding these words in her heart for a long time.
Finally, she raised her head again, her eyes were red, her face was full of tears, and her eyes were full of disappointment. She said: "The program team called this morning and said that they were full, so they didn't need me. It was obviously already confirmed, but they didn't want me anymore."
"They don't want me anymore..."
Meng Ziyi kept muttering this sentence. Obviously, being rejected by the program team was the last straw that broke her back.
Meng Bai didn't bother to avoid suspicion at this time. He raised his hand and patted her on the back, saying softly: "It's okay, it's just a small show, not worthy of our Sister Meng. They don't need you, but your uncle wants you. It's just a show, just tell me what you like. Arclight is about to start a new project, and I'll give you a customized version."
"..."
Meng Ziyi raised her face, looked at Meng Bai with tears in her eyes, and asked stupidly: "Doesn't Arclight only shoot dramas? When did it do variety shows?"
"Hey, that's not right. "Detective Ming" can at least be considered half a show." Meng Bai smiled: "It's true that we didn't have it before, but we have to develop new business recently, so we will try new things."
"Is that so..." Meng Ziyi held back her tears, sniffed, wrinkled her face and said: "Forget it, if I participate, it will affect your new show."
Obviously, this incident still had a great impact on her heart.
"Girl, you overestimate the influence of those fans. They just seem to have a louder voice online because of their unified actions." Meng Bai snorted and laughed, then continued: "Do you know what is the most important thing for an actor?"
Meng Ziyi thought for a moment: "Acting skills? Popularity? Resources?"
"It's the work." Meng Bai said: "Many actors are like this, because of something, their reputation has deteriorated. But as long as it is not a legal issue, and they produce a solid work later and have a memorable role, their reputation will immediately turn around. Like the one who played Guan Gu in "Love Apartment"..."
"Wang Chuanjun?"
"Yes, it's him. He was criticized badly for this in the past few years, but you see, when "Dying to Survive" came out last year, his reputation changed immediately. And Huang Xiaoming, one of our company's shareholders, is criticized every time he plays a domineering CEO, and then he plays a good movie to make his reputation right."
Meng Bai looked at Meng Ziyi: "So, you think you are being criticized badly now, and your reputation and popularity are bad, but it doesn't matter. As long as you can come up with another outstanding role, you can turn the tables immediately."
"But..." Meng Ziyi said hesitantly: "What if the crew also thinks that using me is risky and doesn't want me..."
"I said, they don't want you, but I want you, little uncle!"
Meng Bai interrupted her directly and said firmly.
Meng Ziyi looked at his determined expression, the corners of his mouth moved slightly a few times, then nodded seriously, and a bright smile reappeared on his tearful face.
This time it was not a forced smile, but a real happy smile from the heart.
"Are you done crying?"
"Yes."
"If you're done crying, then get up."
"I don't want to!"
Meng Ziyi reached out and hugged Meng Bai: "Hug to show your gratitude."
"Thank you, you idiot, you don't feel hot in the summer." Meng Bai raised two fingers and pushed her away from him: "You didn't secretly use my clothes to wipe your nose just now, did you?"
"I didn't!" Meng Ziyi widened her eyes and said angrily: "I wiped it on my clothes... No, I didn't have a runny nose at all, it was tears!"
"It's good that you didn't wipe it."
Meng Bai didn't care, and casually shook off his clothes, and then said: "I wasn't kidding you just now, just tell me what kind of show you like."
"Ah, are you really going to do it?"
Meng Ziyi was stunned: "I don't actually have any special preferences. If I have to say... I think the slow variety show of "Longing for Life" is pretty good. Or a lot of friends get together, everyone chats and plays casually."
This girl looks very aggressive on the outside, but she actually has a good personality, and she has a bit of chivalry in her body. As long as you can chat with a few words, you are friends.
"Slow variety shows, experience, many friends..."
Meng Bai extracted a few key words and nodded: "Okay, I have a rough idea. When the project is launched, I will ask the production team to contact you. There is also a new drama, and I just happened to see a few roles that suit you recently, so you can try it later."
"Thank you, uncle!"
"The company will find a way to deal with this matter, and you can take a break recently." Meng Bai thought for a while, and then continued: "There is no need to read those comments on the Internet. If you are really upset, just call a friend and talk about it."
"Then uncle, can I call you?" Meng Ziyi asked expectantly.
Meng Bai nodded: "Yes, but it's best to do it during the day."
"Why?"
"Because I can slack off during the day at the company." Meng Bai spread his hands.
"Hahahaha..."
This joke is not funny, but Meng Ziyi still laughed.
She looked at Meng Bai, and a sense of security of being taken care of arose in her heart, and her eyes were full of little stars.
Sure enough, uncle is the best!
(End of this chapter)
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