Chapter 469: Swearing is useful, so why do we need the police?
Meng Bai: [It's all nonsense on the Internet. Xiaobai and I are innocent. If you don't believe me, ask Huahua if it was a simple work dinner between a boss and an employee last night.]
Li Yitong: [Come on, Huahua has been on the same side with you for a long time. Besides, whose boss would ask an actress out for dinner late at night?]
Meng Bai: [God knows, Xiaobai and her assistant have always been inseparable. When I sent a message, I asked them to come together. Who knew that her bestie suddenly had something to do last night, leaving her alone. Besides, you can't not count Huahua as a human being.]
Li Yitong: [I'm just asking casually. Why does Mr. Meng care so much? You have so many peach blossom debts, and you still need this one.]
Meng Bai: [I must prove my innocence for something I didn't do. Your Mr. Meng is not such a casual man, okay? 】
Li Yitong: [Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't realize that our President Meng is actually such a chaste man. 】
Meng Bai: [Of course, I have always been devoted to Boss Li. Did you know that I recently bought a piece of land? 】
Li Yitong: [Huh? What land? 】
Meng Bai: [I am completely devoted to Boss Li. (^_-)]
Li Yitong: [……]
Li Yitong: [No, I have to go vomit for a while, President Meng, play in the land by yourself. 】
Putting down the phone, Li Yitong stood up and looked out the window to calm down the greasy emotions that had just been made.
However, although she tried to keep an expressionless look, she couldn't hide her crescent-shaped smiling eyes.
Although WeChat said it was a "seamless connection", Li Yitong was just teasing.
Based on her understanding of Meng Bai, if this guy really had any relationship with Bai Lu, it would be impossible for such news to be exposed.
Similarly, now that it has been exposed, and his behavior in the video is so open and aboveboard, it means that there should be nothing between the two of them.
Of course, this effect can only represent this time, and it is possible that it will come true next time.
But she is too lazy to pay attention to these "little flowers and grasses" now. She has only one real opponent from beginning to end.
Thinking of the woman who is always mentioned together by netizens, Li Yitong smiled lightly.
After that playboy dealt with herself, it is estimated that he will deal with that one now.
...
As a confidante who has known each other for many years, Li Yitong is very familiar with Meng Bai. He is indeed talking about this with Li Qin now.
However, there are still some mistakes in the details of the speculation. It is not Li Qin who is questioning Meng Bai, but the opposite.
"Why didn't you call me to explain this matter after seeing the news on the Internet, and wait for me to contact you actively."
Looking at Li Qin on the mobile phone screen, Meng Bai asked righteously.
"..."
Hearing such shameless words, Li Qin was stunned for three seconds on the video call, with an expression of disbelief on his face. .
"Hey, President Meng, do you want to listen to what you are saying? Now you are the one causing the scandal, you are cheating on me, and you even have the nerve to ask me so confidently?"
"Don't say that casually, there are scandals, but I'm not cuckolded at all." Meng Bai clarified: "And what I'm asking now is not about the scandal, but why didn't you call me immediately after you saw the scandal?"
"Recently it's the promotion period, recording programs and running promotions every day, I just saw it after I woke up."
After Li Qin finished speaking, she puffed her lips and muttered softly: "Besides, you, President Meng, have so many scandals. If I care about every one of them, I would have been pissed off a long time ago."
"Haha, it's just an excuse. When I first got together with her, I cared about her every day, but now you say this. To put it bluntly, you've had me for too long and don't value me anymore."
Meng Bai said "full of tea": "Humph, scumbag!"
Li Qin: (_)? ? ?
Wow, there are actually such unscrupulous men in the world who have the nerve to call themselves "scumbags"?
"Okay, okay, you're going to try this on me, right? Wait."
As she said that, Li Qin picked up her phone and sent a voice message to her assistant: "Jia Jia, cancel all your plans for today and buy the fastest flight to Shanghai. I want to represent justice and die together with the scumbag!"
Seeing that he seemed to have really pissed off his girlfriend, Meng Bai hurriedly said: "Hahaha, I was just joking, Teacher Li, we can talk it out."
"There's nothing to say to you. It's natural to eliminate the scumbag. Who else but me should do it!"
"It's my fault, it's my fault. I shouldn't have turned the tables on Teacher Li."
Li Qin seemed to be really sad. She looked at the screen with slightly red eyes and said with grievance in her tone: "You're always philandering everywhere. Either you're close to this girl or you're having a scandal with that girl. Every time I pretended not to see it, but now you're still saying this to me..."
As she spoke, she sniffed and bit her lips lightly, with tears faintly flashing in the corners of her eyes.
If women's tears are nuclear bombs, then Li Qin's tearful look is at least "Czar" level.
Meng Bai immediately said with a look of heartache and tenderness on his face: "Don't cry, Qinqin, I was wrong, I just wanted to play a joke on you. Where are you now, I will fly to find you."
Li Qin looked at the screen with tears in her eyes: "Do you know you are wrong?"
"I know."
"Will you be mean to me in the future?"
"Absolutely not."
"Then will you look for other girls in the future?"
"No, no one, I only have Teacher Li in my heart." Meng Bai raised his hand and said: "I would be a dog if I lied to you."
"Okay, this is what you said."
Hearing this, Li Qin suddenly wiped away tears, and the aggrieved expression on her face disappeared instantly, and she looked at Meng Bai with a smile on her lips.
Meng Bai looked at Li Qin who suddenly "changed her face" on the screen, was stunned for a second, and then laughed helplessly: "No, you were showing me a crying scene just now?"
"I'm an actor, crying scenes can come easily."
Li Qin replied proudly, but then she saw the man on the screen with a half-smile on his face, and couldn't help but feel nervous: "Well, it's not all acting, you asked me that right away, then I am indeed a little aggrieved... You, are you angry?"
Looking at the somewhat uneasy Li Qin, Meng Bai suddenly smiled: "Why would I be angry, Teacher Li cares about me so much, I am very happy."
"..."
Li Qin raised his hand to touch his nose, turned his face to the side, tried to maintain his expression, but couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.
This man is really annoying, always making me like him so much.
She suppressed her cheerful expression and coughed lightly: "Don't change the subject. I have recorded everything I said just now. I will send it to you every day from now on."
"Okay, it makes me happy just thinking about receiving teacher Li's loving videos every day."
Li Qin pursed her lips, and the corners of her mouth, which were already difficult to suppress, now widened even more.
Meng Bai naturally noticed this, and continued, "You seem to have a lot more schedules recently?"
"Yeah, the new drama is airing, and I'm the specially guest-starred female lead after all, so I have to promote it more."
Speaking of this, Li Qin's attention was diverted: "Obviously, "The Silent Truth" has a very good reputation, but the popularity data just won't go up, which is really frustrating."
Seeing the girl's frowning brows, Meng Bai laughed: "Sometimes the performance of a drama is not completely proportional to its quality. And I, the producer, am not in a hurry, so why are you, a specially guest-starred female lead, so anxious?"
"Of course I'm anxious. Those comments on the Internet mock me every day, saying that it is obviously a stronger lineup, and there is the popularity of the entire series, but the data is barely the same as the previous work. They say I'm not as good as... not as good as that person."
Meng Bai thought about it for a while, and then he realized that the "that person" the girl was talking about should refer to Boss Li.
How can I say this? There are many factors that affect the performance of a drama. This is not an idol drama where the male and female protagonists occupy most of the traffic. It is meaningless to attribute the data of the entire drama to a certain actor.
"You have been in the industry for so many years, but you still don't understand those fans. Even if the performance of this drama is good, they can find points to attack. Just pretend you didn't see it." "
I know, I just don't accept it." Li Qin muttered, "It's just that the ratings are a little higher. Who doesn't have a double-female lead drama? Wait for "The Golden Years" to start broadcasting and see what they say."
"The Great Girl" starring Li Yitong was filmed at the beginning of last year, while "The Golden Years" was filmed in the second half of last year, with a difference of half a year.
In addition, "The Golden Years" is a cooperation with CCTV, so it is more troublesome to set the release date, and it will not be officially broadcast until the end of the year.
Although in terms of age, the two girls belong to the category of "90 flowers", in fact, according to the conventional rules in the circle, they cannot be compared in this way.
Li Qin made her debut in "New Red Mansion" ten years ago, and her popularity has always been a second-tier goalkeeper. After becoming independent in the past two years, with the resources of Arclight, she has gradually grown into the top of the "90s Flowers".
In comparison, Li Yitong debuted four or five years later, which is actually equivalent to a generation difference. In addition to "Tong Ronger", there are not many roles that have gone viral. Even in "Celebrating Yu Nian", which was a big hit at the beginning of this year, she was just a side heroine.
Normally speaking, there is no point in comparing these two girls except that they look a little similar.
But the problem lies between the two people, there is an extra Meng Bai.
Since the "scandal incident" at the beginning, who is the "No. 1 boss lady" of Arclight Film and Television between Li Qin and Li Yitong has become an enduring discussion within the circle of netizens.
Over time, the fans of the two families have also been affected, and they regard each other as their first home.
From popularity to status, from appearance to personality, there is no one family that does not compete, and they all want to snatch Meng Bai, the "chosen brother-in-law".
This time is the same. Before the broadcast of "The Silent Truth", Li Qin's fans have been praising this drama.
The final chapter of the "Zijin Chen Trilogy" is based on the plot setting of real events. The popularity of the entire series is enhanced, and the cast is even better than the previous work. Even President Meng personally said that this is his favorite story in the trilogy...
With all these buffs, everyone thinks that this should be another masterpiece that will be as popular as "The Hidden Corner" last year.
Even before the feature film was broadcast, the total number of views of the trailer alone on the entire network exceeded 10 million. Arclight and Qiyi TV also attach great importance to this drama and have invested more resources in publicity.
However, the actual situation after the broadcast was somewhat different from what was expected.
The data of the first episode of the premiere was very good. After only 20 hours online, the popularity value exceeded 8,000. After 43 hours online, the popularity value exceeded 9,000, becoming the fastest drama on Qiyi TV to "break 9" so far.
At the same time, the site's hot list, Maoyan's total network popularity list, Douyin's drama list, etc., all rushed to the first place. The famous scene of "discarding corpses in the subway" at the beginning of the first episode directly rushed to the top of the hot search entertainment list opened by Weibo.
From any angle, such a start result is the next "big hit".
But then, the data of this drama seemed to solidify here. Nearly a month after the broadcast, the popularity value has remained stagnant in the range of 9,000.
Although the online attention is not low, and discussions and slices can be seen on various platforms and short videos, it is still a breath away from "The Secret Corner", which was almost hotly discussed by the entire network.
The score is not bad, with a premiere of 9.0, and then slowly rose to 9.2. Not to mention the entire series, even if it is taken from all the film and television dramas throughout the year, this score can compete for the first place.
Unlike "The Secret Corner", which is more of a group portrait, "The Silent Truth" is a complete male protagonist, and it is also a suspense theme. In fact, it is not Li Qin's turn to perform well or not.
But Li Yitong had filmed the previous work of the same series, "Undocumented Crime", which was smaller in size but not much worse in performance, and it just happened that the new drama "Wonderful Girl" was being broadcast simultaneously recently.
Naturally, Li Yitong's fans caught the "handle" and began to criticize Li Qin's popularity.
It was also for this reason that Li Qin ran a lot of publicity during this period. A special guest female lead, dedicated like a big female lead.
Unfortunately, the performance of the drama did not improve much, and it remained in the original range. Although
this girl was not convinced, there was nothing she could do. The publicity schedule was still running, but it was just doing her best and leaving it to fate.
After complaining for a long time in the video, Li Qin finally let out a sigh of relief. Seeing that the two had been chatting for more than an hour and there was still a show to put on makeup later, she waved goodbye.
Before hanging up, she did not forget to remind him again: "Mr. Meng is a big man, you must remember your promise and don't be a puppy."
"Don't worry, I remember."
After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai shook his head and laughed leisurely.
Silly girl, if this thing works, I would have been struck to death by thunder 10,000 times when I told my teacher in elementary school that my schoolbag fell into the river and I couldn't get out my homework.
——Meng
Bai stayed in Shanghai for another day, mainly to confirm the cooperation with Lin Qi on "The Three-Body Problem".
As always, only the adaptation rights of the TV series were confirmed. As for the movie, the other party said that they needed to consider it more.
"Mr. Meng, are you leaving now? Why don't you stay in Shanghai for a few more days? I can then do my best to play my role as a good host."
"Sorry, Mr. Lin, I have something else to do at the company, so I have to go back early." Meng Bai chuckled and said, "After the project preparations start, I will inevitably have to trouble Mr. Lin
again. I'll find a chance in the future." "Haha, that's right. Then I won't force Mr. Meng to stay." Lin Qi laughed and said, "Just look for me when you come over next time."
They shook hands and said goodbye to each other. Meng Bai suddenly said, "By the way, Mr. Xu who I met the day before yesterday, is there any impact on him?"
Lin Qi frowned, but immediately returned to normal and said disdainfully, "It doesn't matter. We just have some misunderstandings internally. I have already made arrangements for him, and it won't affect our cooperation."
After all, it was an internal matter of Youzu, so Meng Bai didn't say much. He nodded and said goodbye and left.
After returning to Jingbei, he first went to the film and television department and asked the person in charge to start connecting with Youzu during this period. After the matter was settled, he called a meeting with the Arc Light and the production center staff of Qiyi TV.
The theme of the meeting was to study why the performance of "The Silent Truth" failed to meet expectations.
"First of all, although this drama did not meet expectations, it does not mean failure. In fact, the current results are already very successful."
Meng Bai explained in advance: "So this time we let everyone discuss it together, not to hold them accountable, but to study the possible problems. Everyone just speak freely."
The employees of Arc Light have also been working in the company for many years and know that their boss is not the kind of person who says one thing to your face and another behind your back. Since he said he would not hold him accountable, he really would not hold him accountable.
"Boss, we think it may be related to the style of the plot."
The head of Arclight Film and Television Department spoke first: "Take "The Hidden Corner" as an example. This drama is a standard suspense drama. The audience and the protagonist start from the beginning and unravel the whole incident bit by bit, slowly perfecting the whole event. Before the ending, no one knows who is the good guy and who is the villain." "
But in "The Silent Truth", apart from the misleading at the beginning, the latter part is a clear confrontation between the good and the bad, and the audience lacks the interactive nature of speculation."
Meng Bai nodded. This is true. Compared with "The Hidden Corner", the entire plot of "The Silent Truth" is a standard kingly story. The protagonists are all righteous, and the villains are completely bad guys. The reversal of the few supporting characters has little impact on the plot.
This kind of story was very popular in the past, because good and bad can be recognized at a glance. But for the current online drama audiences who are proficient in various plot routines, it is a little less interesting. It
's not just this reason. The most important thing about suspense dramas is the "unknown sense" of the endings of various characters. However, "The Silent Truth" as a whole adopts the technique of "flashback". The male protagonist Jiang Yang knows clearly that he is dead when he comes up, and the rest is nothing more than restoring the process.
For many viewers, this also reduces the fun.
"Also, we have seen the hot searches of these three dramas and feel that "The Silent Truth" lacks the kind of stalks that people can play with." This time it was said by the staff of Qiyi TV.
When "The Secret Corner" was popular, the whole network was playing with stalks such as "climbing", "Do you think I still have a chance", and "Little White Boat".
The popularity of "The Undocumented Crime" was slightly worse, but there was also a "reverse smoking Li Toyota".
This time, "The Silent Truth", one is that the subject matter itself is relatively heavy, and secondly, there is no similar plot, so naturally there is less spread.
So in summary, although "The Silent Truth" has a higher evaluation, it is normal that it is not as popular as "The Secret Corner".
After finding the defects, the next step is naturally to summarize the experience and lessons and make up for the shortcomings of other projects in these aspects.
Meng Bai still has some regrets. He really likes the drama "The Silent Truth", but it's a pity that it didn't explode.
However, the role of the male lead "Jiang Yang" still attracted a lot of audiences. Especially with Bai Yu's good acting performance, it added a bit of color.
More importantly, although this drama is slightly inferior to ordinary audiences, it is welcomed by another group.
Just when "The Silent Truth" was broadcast for more than half and near the end, the official Weibo of the procuratorial system in various places, including the Supreme People's Procuratorate, began to forward their support for the drama.
(End of this chapter)
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