Chapter 445: Rules of the Underworld, Three Knives and Three Holes
Looking at the name "Li Qin" on the screen, Ni Ni picked up the phone and looked at Meng Bai: "Boss Meng, your woman's phone."
Meng Bai looked at her strangely: "Do you want me to answer it?"
"No, just to tell you." Ni Ni said embarrassedly.
She almost forgot that this was her phone.
"Hello, Qinqin." Ni Ni answered the phone, her voice was a little hoarse but her tone was very warm: "Good morning."
"It's already morning, how can there be good morning." Li Qin's charming voice came from the other end of the phone, "I guess you should have rested late last night, so I didn't bother you in the morning."
"Well, baby is really thoughtful." Ni Ni smiled and praised.
Meng Bai on the side touched his chin, not knowing if it was an illusion, always felt that there was an inexplicable pampering in Ni Ni's tone.
"I saw you on the red carpet of the ceremony last night. Your dress was very beautiful."
"Haha, come on, who knows if you were looking at me or someone else."
"Seeing him doesn't prevent me from seeing you..."
It can be heard that the relationship between the two people seems to be quite good in the crew, and they started chatting enthusiastically over the phone.
Meng Bai was bored listening to it on the side. Just then, Ni Ni turned over and changed to a comfortable position and lay on the bed. Her white and tender little butt was right in front of him, and he touched it.
"You called, is there something?"
"Nothing, just asking when you will be back."
"I have a flight in the afternoon, and should be able to go back in the evening... Hum——"
Ni Ni was chatting happily, and the sudden stimulation made her hum unconsciously.
Li Qin naturally also heard the strange noise from the other side, and hurriedly asked curiously: "What's wrong, are you okay?"
"Oh, I'm okay, I'm okay."
Ni Ni responded in a panic, bit her lip lightly and turned to look at Meng Bai, shaking her head at him with a pleading look, and explained: "I was just about to go wash up, but I stood up too quickly and felt a little dizzy, and I didn't stand steadily."
Meng Bai couldn't help laughing and gave her a thumbs up. Good girl, this reason is much fresher than "seeing a cockroach" or "bumping into the corner of the table", and it is also more reasonable.
Sure enough, Li Qin had no doubts at all and warned: "This is what happens when you get up too quickly. You sit by the bed for a while, and it will be fine when you get used to it."
"Okay, I got it."
Ni Ni took a deep breath and tried to keep her voice steady: "Okay, I'll go wash up first, and I'll talk to you when I get back tonight."
"Okay, have a safe trip, and wait for you to come back."
"Yeah."
After hanging up the phone, Ni Ni finally groaned with relief, and then turned around and looked at Meng Bai with resentment: "You, aren't you afraid that Qinqin will hear it?"
"If she hears it, she doesn't know it's me." Meng Bai pulled her over and sat on his lap, "Tell me, did you seduce my woman while I was away? Why did she call you first and not me?"
"Yes, I did seduce her." Ni Ni narrowed her narrow eyes and said with great momentum.
Unfortunately, this momentum lasted less than a second before it was broken. Meng Bai grabbed her hands and put them together, stretched them upwards and pressed her on the bed.
"According to the rules of the underworld, if you hook up with the boss's woman, you have to be stabbed three times and six times. I'll give you a half-price discount, three times and three times. You've already had two holes, and you still need one hole, so let's do it all now."
"What do you mean by three holes and one hole? How can I..."
Ni Ni was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly realized what it meant. Feeling the contact in a strange position under her body, she pushed Meng Bai in a panic: "No, Mr. Meng, I was wrong, no, I have to go back in the afternoon, and I have a role to play tomorrow. I really can't, please, please...ah!"
A cry of grief resounded in the room, and Meng Bai carried out the punishment mercilessly, guarding the few remaining "underworld ethics" in modern society.
——Although
injured, Ni Ni still limped back to Shanghai by plane in the afternoon. Before leaving, she bit Meng Bai fiercely with shyness and anger, and the tooth marks were clearly visible even through the clothes.
Meng Bai received a call from Li Qin at noon. The girl called at this time because she was worried that he had gone to bed late last night and was afraid that calling too early would disturb him.
"You said before that you would come to visit the studio in Shanghai after the ceremony."
"Go, I promised you." Meng Bai said, "But it will take a few days."
"It will take a few days." Li Qin's tone was a little disappointed, but he still asked with concern: "Why, are you not done yet?"
"Yes, this year's Golden Rooster Awards are being reformed. The Film Bureau and the Executive Committee have asked us to discuss whether there are any suggestions for improvement. It will probably take a day or two."
"Well, is that so? Okay then." Li Qin heard that there was something important at work, so she didn't mind anymore and smiled and said, "Then you are busy, I'll wait for you."
After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai touched the teeth marks on his arm. Fortunately, the marks were deep but not broken through the clothes, and they would fade away in a day or two.
But he was not lying. The Golden Rooster Awards organizer, the Film Association, did invite some film and television company leaders and directors to discuss suggestions for improving the awards.
There were quite a lot of people who stayed for the meeting, including Chen Daoming, Fu Ruoqing, Chen Kaige, Huang Xiaoming, who were members of the Film Association, Meng Bai, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, who were the bosses of film and television companies, and directors such as Lin Chaoxian, Wu Jing, Xu Zheng, and Guo Fan.
"... There are still a few specific awards, including the regular sub-awards of international film festivals such as visual effects, songs, and best newcomers. We don't have them yet. In addition, for the 'Best Screenwriter' award, I think it can be divided into two categories: 'Original' and 'Adapted', so as to avoid conflicts in evaluation."
"In addition, I think that since the Golden Rooster Awards want to break through the limitations of the domestic market, they must first have an award such as the Best Foreign Language Film or the Best Overseas Film. Only with the participation of overseas films can it be regarded as the first step towards internationalization..."
In the meeting room, Meng Bai calmly faced everyone and talked about his previous thoughts on the Golden Rooster Awards. There were no overly radical proposals, all of which were suitable for change.
However, not everyone agrees with his point of view.
"I think the proposal of several sub-awards mentioned by President Meng is very good. The current awards are indeed a bit too few. But to say that there will be an award for foreign-language films is a bit too simplistic."
The speaker was Chen Kaige, who said slowly: "The Golden Rooster Awards have always been continued to honor domestic films. If we talk about it behind closed doors, the influence is limited to the domestic market. Even if we want to develop internationally now, it is not possible to achieve it by adding a foreign-language film award."
Many people at the scene nodded. Indeed, it is not easy for a regional award to develop into an international award. The Shanghai International Film Festival is nominally a global A-level film festival, but after so many years, its influence is still limited to its home.
Seeing that someone supported him, Chen Kaige continued, "I think at this stage, we should still focus on movies from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. We should digest this part internally first, and then consider the international market. This is a more mature development path."
Meng Bai raised his eyebrows. This was actually true, but the other party's tone of "young people are still immature" made people feel a little uncomfortable.
"What Director Chen said makes sense, but now is different from the past. In the global Internet era, information is transmitted very quickly. We put up the framework and put it out, and outsiders will naturally see it." Meng Bai said.
Chen Kaige was stabbed and frowned slightly: "Mr. Meng, we can't do internationalization just by wanting to do it. We need others to be willing to participate. Although the domestic film market has developed rapidly in recent years, it is still far behind the mature system in Europe and the United States."
Meng Bai smiled and said: "Director Chen, overseas films are not only from Europe and the United States. The film markets in Eastern Europe, Japan and South Korea, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South America... these places are also developing, and there are many excellent works. For them, our huge film market is very attractive."
After saying this, many older filmmakers at the scene were stunned.
In their minds, as long as they talk about overseas film markets, it is either Hollywood or Europe. At most, add Japan and South Korea, which are relatively close.
However, Meng Bai's words directly broke the fog in their vision. Indeed, with the advent of the Internet age, exchanges between various regions around the world are becoming more and more common. Under the influence of the Internet, the film market in many relatively backward countries has also slowly developed.
For example, India, a certain Eastern country, and Thailand in Southeast Asia used to be markets where Western films collected money, but in recent years, many works have begun to be exported to Europe and the United States.
Including the United States, Hollywood, which has been controlled by several traditional film giants for decades, has been gradually confused by the global strategies of new streaming platforms such as Netflix in recent years.
European and American films influence the world, but world films are not limited to Europe and the United States.
"We will first promote our influence, and then slowly consolidate it and develop to a higher level. If we always play with our own people, we will still be trapped at home in another ten years." Meng Bai said bluntly.
Seeing Chen Kaige's face turning pale, Chen Daoming, the chairman of the Film Association, quickly spoke up to smooth things over: "What Mr. Meng said does make sense. Since we are determined to reform the Golden Rooster Awards, we can't be too restrained. Of course, this international influence is not something that can be achieved overnight, but we must at least open up the field of Chinese-language films first."
After appeasing both sides, he continued: "Anyway, the award has been changed to one year now, and there are more opportunities for trial and error. We can try it first, and we can correct it in time if there are any problems."
Chen Daoming's son-in-law is Wang Liwei of New Classics Media, who has some friendship with Meng Bai, so he still gave him some face and didn't say anything more.
As for Chen Kaige, although he was a little embarrassed by the stab, the other party didn't say anything too much. In addition, with Chen Daoming's smoothing, he just walked over the stairs.
Seeing that the atmosphere had returned to calm, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
No one thought there was anything wrong with Meng Bai confronting Chen Kaige. Although he was young, he couldn't resist the strong power behind him. Many people present may have to beg for food under this Mr. Meng in the future, so naturally they would not say much.
After a whole morning, the suggestion meeting finally ended, and everyone said goodbye and left.
Wu Jing and Guo Fan gathered around and gave Meng Bai a thumbs up: "It has to be our Mr. Meng. He is confident and speaks firmly."
Meng Bai smiled and said indifferently: "I am just talking about the matter. I am not targeting anyone. What is there to be firm about."
Unlike many filmmakers present, Meng Bai started out as a web drama actor and basically grew up with the new Internet capital. He also cooperated with new generation directors such as Guo Fan and Chen Sicheng.
He really doesn't care about the seniority in the traditional film and television industry.
Like Chen Kaige, other filmmakers may care about his qualifications and past achievements, but for Meng Bai, he is just a director who has made achievements in the past but is now on the decline. There
are not a lot of directors of the same level, but there are indeed many, so he speaks as he thinks, without any scruples.
"Most of these older generation film practitioners are still stuck in the old ideas, and the filming and production methods are also the old-fashioned ones." Wu Jing sighed: "I have another movie to cooperate with him next year, and it gives me a headache just thinking about it."
"What movie?" Meng Bai asked curiously.
"It's called "Changjin Lake", which tells the story of the Volunteer Army. Next year is the 70th anniversary of the overseas combat, so it can be regarded as a tribute film."
Meng Bai understood after listening. Since "Wolf Warrior 2", the authorities may have found that the audience has a good acceptance of the main theme of commercial blockbusters, so they have been developing in the direction of main theme movies in recent years.
This "Changjin Lake" is obviously the same.
Meng Bai doesn't think there is anything wrong with this kind of main theme tribute film, anyway, it is a kind of genre film.
The only thing to worry about is that the domestic film and television market likes to follow the trend. Once the main theme patriotic theme is popular, I am afraid that the next few years will be all this type of film. No matter how delicious Buddha
Jumps Over the Wall is, it is easy to get tired of it every meal. What's more, if the chef always points to this dish, other skills will gradually be abandoned.
However, this relationship with the direction of the development of the entire industry is not Meng Bai's responsibility. I am the only one who shoots web dramas, so why should I care about your film market?
After the meeting, Wu Jing, Guo Fan and others returned to Beijing North. As for Zhao Jinmai and others, they left earlier.
Meng Bai stayed in Xiamen for two more days, but he was not idle. He observed several scenes suitable for filming and recorded them. This way, if any project needs it in the future, it will save some trouble.
Because there was no skin breakage, the tooth marks left by Ni Ni faded quickly. Meng Bai carefully checked his arm and confirmed that there was no trace of it with the naked eye. Then he flew to Shanghu leisurely.
——
"The Golden Years" is adapted from Yi Shu's novel of the same name. It tells the story of two girls from Shanghu who grew up in different family backgrounds and their friendship from college classmates to after graduation.
Because the story takes place in Shanghu, the behind-the-scenes production team also found people from the Shanghai circle. The screenwriter is Meng Bai's senior sister Qin Wen. She is from Shanghu herself and is very good at this kind of urban emotional drama. It is more appropriate for her to be responsible for the adaptation.
As for the director, he found Shen Yan who was recommended by Qin Wen. The two are old partners and have previously worked together on "Hot Mom" and "The First Half of My Life".
Let's not talk about the quality of these two dramas, but they are very popular in terms of awards, especially the Magnolia Awards.
This time, "The Golden Years" is a big production in itself. In addition to Li Qin and Ni Ni, the main cast also includes Chen Daoming, Yuan Quan, Tian Yu, Wang Xiao and other powerful actors.
With such a production team and cast, it can be said that as long as Li Qin, as the heroine, does not perform badly, she is basically guaranteed to be nominated for the "Best Actress" award in the three major awards.
But as for whether she can win the award, it depends on her own performance.
Li Qin naturally knows how good the treatment and resources she has received, so she also filmed this time very seriously. Even before joining the group, she specially found a line teacher to adjust her previous habitual pronunciation.
But today on the set, she was a little absent-minded. After each scene, she had to check her mobile phone to see if there was any new news, and then put it down in disappointment.
"As for it, sister." Ni Ni looked at her, took her hand and said, "Isn't it just a man? You have to come early or late. Why are you so nervous?"
(End of this chapter)
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