Chapter 474 Boss Li (Exclusive Limited Edition)
"Congratulations to "The Hidden Corner"!"
As the presenter's voice fell, the scene was instantly noisy.
It is known that this year's Magnolia Awards have given great support to online dramas, but no one thought that a web drama would actually win the final award.
But then again, after years of development, today's online dramas have long been able to compete with TV dramas in terms of popularity, quality and influence, and even surpass them. Let's
not talk about the distant past. Take the nominated works this year as an example. The online dramas include "The Hidden Corner", "Celebrating Yu Nian", "The Longest Day in Chang'an", "The Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red" and many other excellent works, while the TV dramas only have "Little Joy" and "Ice Breaking Operation" that can be considered impressive.
Even "Ice Breaking Operation" was launched on the video platform first, and CCTV did not start broadcasting until a few days later. In addition, due to the large number of side character plots being watered down in the later stage, the whole drama started high and ended low.
From this point of view, it is normal for online dramas to overwhelm TV dramas.
Among all the web dramas broadcast last year, the one with the highest comprehensive score is naturally "The Hidden Corner", which dominated the entire summer and made countless viewers suffer from "mountain climbing ptsd".
Since the slightly inferior "Celebrating Yu Nian" and "The Longest Day in Chang'an" have both won awards, how could it be possible to fall behind the first place.
At this time, the most excited people are naturally Xin Shuang and his team. Everyone was prepared to get nothing, but unexpectedly, they won the final award.
Several people looked at Meng Bai, who was sitting in the middle, with excitement, but found that he still had a calm and indifferent expression on his face. After a moment of stunned, they immediately reacted.
No wonder when the "Best Screenwriter" was missed just now, President Meng did not react at all, and even joked with everyone about "maintaining balance". It turned out that he had guessed it a long time ago.
"President Meng, you didn't say a word when you thought of it, which made us feel lost for a while just now." Xin Shuang shook his artistic semi-long hair and "complained" with a smile on his face.
Haha, what a joke! Meng Bai complained in his heart. He didn’t realize it until a while before the final award was announced. Both “The Longest Day in Chang’an” and “Joy of Life” won awards. How could “The Bad Kids”, which has better performance and quality, not win any awards?
If that were the case, the organizers of the Magnolia Awards would have sent him an invitation letter. That would be a slap in the face.
It was because he thought of this that he seemed very “calm” after hearing the result.
Of course, these are just thoughts in his mind. On the surface, he smiled lightly and said casually: "After all, everything is possible before the results come out. It's a good surprise for everyone."
"Hahaha, this is a good surprise. I hope it will happen every time in the future."
On the other side, watching his friend stand up and walk towards the stage amid the congratulations of the people around him, Zhang Ruoyun said relaxedly: "Well, this result is not bad. Everyone has gained something."
Li Yitong glanced at him: "You sound like you won the Best Actor."
"I didn't expect to win the award. It's enough to be nominated." Zhang Ruoyun took out his mobile phone and said, "Ask Teacher Meng if he wants to have supper together later?"
"He won't go." Li Yitong blurted out: "We have something to do later."
"Something?"
Zhang Ruoyun glanced at her, then reacted and said in an ambiguous voice: "Oh~~"
Li Yitong pursed her lips and looked forward, pretending not to hear it.
...
There were some interviews after the award ceremony. When Meng Bai left the venue, it was already past eleven o'clock.
He got into the car first, but he was not in a hurry to leave. After waiting for a while, he saw Hua Yan and Li Yitong coming over.
"How come you, who didn't win an award, are slower than me?"
"Those reporters and media didn't dare to stop President Meng, so they can only look for us little actors." Li Yitong sat down next to him, "Lao Zhang just said he wanted to have supper with you, and I said you were busy."
"What's the point of having supper with him, a grown man?"
"Oh, so you mean, if a girl asks you out, you go, right?"
"Yes." Meng Bai nodded, leaned over and kissed her on the face, raised his eyebrows, "I'm with the girl who asked me out."
Now Li Yitong finally smiled with her eyes curved.
Back in the room, the dining table was set with the red wine steak that the hotel had prepared on their way back, and the temperature was just right.
After they washed and tidied up, they came to the table and sat opposite each other.
"Ding~"
A crisp sound of glass collision rang out, and the wine glasses in the hands of the two people collided lightly.
"Congratulations, Mr. Meng, for winning the Magnolia Award." Li Yitong said with a sweet smile, "You don't know how conflicted we were when the Screenwriter Award was announced."
"Conflicted about what?"
"I felt that the award should be yours, but I also wanted my crew to get it." Li Yitong sighed, "So when I heard that the Screenwriter Award was not yours, I didn't know how to feel. Fortunately, the final award was yours."
Meng Bai took a sip of the red wine in the glass: "In fact, I didn't expect that the Magnolia Award would leave the final award to us."
Although all three major awards this year allow online dramas to apply, considering the regional circle advantages, Arclight has always focused its operations on the Feitian Award and has not paid much attention to the Magnolia Award.
Unexpectedly, it gave them a pleasant surprise first.
But just like what Xin Shuang said, I hope this kind of "surprise" will come more in the future.
With the grand prize in hand, Meng Bai felt quite excited. Looking at Li Yitong's pretty face close at hand, he suddenly remembered something.
"I remember some people said last night that they would send gifts today."
He knocked on the table and said, "Boss Li, where is your gift?"
The woman paused, and then her cheeks were flushed. Putting down the wine glass, Li Yitong glanced at him with spring eyes: "I remember... wait for me."
As she said that, she stood up and walked into the inner room. She looked back with some charm in her eyes, and then closed the door.
Meng Bai finally retracted his gaze until the door was closed.
Hiss - although I don't know what she is going to do, I suddenly feel so excited.
By the way, this girl won't lock the door from inside and never come out, right?
This somewhat nonsensical thought suddenly flashed through Meng Bai's mind, and then he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
After waiting for a long time, just when he was about to get up and knock on the door, the door of the inner room was finally opened, and then he saw Li Yitong poking her head out from behind the door.
When she met the man's gaze, she shrank back a little. But in a blink of an eye, she thought that they had a relationship that knew each other well, and she felt that there was no need to care about anything.
With certainty in her heart, she then walked out from behind the door.
Meng Bai looked over, and then his breathing couldn't help but stagnate.
I understand, I finally understand why this girl asked him to remember the appearance of the dress before.
After walking out of the door, Li Yitong was clearly wearing a dress of almost the same style as the one she had worn at the awards ceremony, but in comparison, a lot of fabric was saved in various places.
The part that covered the waist and abdomen disappeared, leaving only two narrow strips in front of the body to cover the key parts, and the fair skin was directly exposed to the air. The skirt that originally dragged the ground was also cut off, leaving only a small part, which could not cover the long legs below.
The material of the clothes has also changed. The original completely opaque dress has now become a translucent silk gauze, which appears and disappears with the movements, making people want to get closer to find out.
These are not bad, but more importantly, the girl still retains the makeup and hairstyle at the award ceremony, full of mature and elegant feeling.
The noble and cold makeup temperament, coupled with the charming dress, not only does not make people feel confused, but it is mixed together, forming a unique contrast atmosphere that is both holy and seductive.
"Da, da, da..."
The heels of the high-heeled shoes on the feet stepped on the floor with a strange rhythm.
Li Yitong slowly walked to Meng Bai, and under his gaze, she slowly sat on his lap. She hooked one hand around his neck, looked up at him, and her crescent-shaped eyes were full of stars.
"Meng Bai." She called sweetly, "Do you like the gift?"
"Gurgle..."
Meng Bai's throat rolled, and he looked at the woman in his arms with a little bit of heat: "Don't tell me, you just modified this dress in there?"
"How could it be? The dress was borrowed from the brand, how could it be moved. It's just that after I chose the dress a few days ago, I specially found this 'exclusive limited edition' of a similar style."
"Exclusive limited edition?"
Li Yitong leaned close to Meng Bai's ear and whispered: "Exclusive limited edition for you."
Meng Bai took a deep breath.
Who can resist this? Anyway, he can't.
Li Yitong thought that Meng Bai would carry her into the inner room as before, but she underestimated the man's ability to act.
Meng Bai roughly pushed the tableware aside, then picked up Li Yitong and put her on the table.
The battle started on the spot.
"I suddenly thought of something."
"What... um, what is it?"
"I should have taken a few photos of you first."
"Why... what? Do you want to... keep some as a souvenir?"
"Yes, of course I want to keep some as a souvenir."
"Wait until tomorrow... tomorrow to take photos, isn't it the same?"
"I can't guarantee that this outfit can be kept until tomorrow."
"Then take the photos later, you can only... only you can see it!"
"Don't worry, I'm not Teacher Chen."
——Somewhat
different from what Meng Bai expected, the durability of Li Yitong's "attack speed critical" double bonus suit was higher than he thought, and it successfully withstood the attacks all night and protected herself.
Unfortunately, the wearer of the equipment couldn't hold on, and took a day off the next day to recover.
At the same time, the results of the Magnolia Awards have also been announced. The popularity and discussion on the Internet are much higher than in previous years. Basically, they are discussing that "The Secret Corner" won the final award and that the online drama finally surpassed the TV series in the official awards.
Many film and television practitioners and some film and television bloggers have said that this result is actually foreseeable.
[From a subjective perspective, with the development of mobile film and television, the audience for television is getting lower and lower. Many TV series now are just multiple titles, and they still have to rely on video platforms in the end. The objective factor is the cold winter of film and television in 2018, which led to the cancellation or failure of a large number of TV series projects last year, but the impact on online dramas was not significant. ]
Of course, for most ordinary audiences, they don’t bother to care why TV series are not working. Everyone is here to have fun, and they watch whichever one is good.
So many viewers are happy to see that "The Hidden Corner" won the final award.
The biggest beneficiary of this wave of awards is Xin Shuang. He had previous achievements and now has awards to recognize him. He has suddenly become a widely recognized high-quality director from a newcomer.
Qin Hao and other leading actors have already reaped the benefits after the show was broadcast last year. Now that the work has won an award, it has little added effect.
As for Meng Bai, the screenwriter and producer, and the behind-the-scenes team Arc Light, the audience has become accustomed to it.
That's Mr. Meng, isn't it natural for him to have such an achievement?
After the Magnolia Awards, everyone went home. After a day of rest and recovery, Li Yitong left Shanghu first with some reluctance to say goodbye.
As for Meng Bai, he had to stay to attend the shareholders' meeting of Pinduoduo in two days.
Gu Fei's information was still very accurate. Huang Zheng did take advantage of this meeting to issue an announcement, saying that he would step down as the company's CEO, but would continue to stay on the board of directors as chairman.
As for why he resigned, he just said that he felt that Pinduoduo was no longer challenging and planned to switch to a new project.
"Remaining as chairman is for transition."
After the meeting, Meng Bai and Huang Zheng chatted: "When do you plan to leave?"
Huang Zheng smiled and acquiesced to his statement: "After a year or two, when everyone is used to it, I will leave."
"Any new plans?"
"Haha, Mr. Meng, are you planning to continue together?"
"Yes, I said it when I was in the first angel round. I don't understand the project, but I can still understand the people a little bit." Meng Bai said.
Huang Zheng laughed: "You may be disappointed this time. I don't plan to do business like Pinduoduo. I plan to do something that doesn't make money."
"For example?"
"Artificial intelligence, life science, brain-computer interface..." Huang Zheng spread his hands, "Probably something like that."
"...Okay, the new generation of 'biochemical environmental materials' has given you a lot of experience."
Although they have known each other for many years, their relationship is still just that of business partners. So Meng Bai didn't say much about his decision.
After finishing the work at Pinduoduo, he took the opportunity to visit Youzu again before leaving, mainly to pay attention to the progress of the cooperation on "The Three-Body Problem".
At present, the two sides are still discussing the specific details and conditions of the cooperation. The boss Lin Qi looks warm and friendly, but he is a bit penny-pinching when it comes to interests. At the current speed, it will be fast to sign a contract and successfully launch the project before the end of the year.
After finishing the mess in Shanghai, Meng Bai finally returned to Beijing North.
At the same time, "Sisters Who Make Waves", which has been popular for a summer, finally ushered in the last group formation night.
(End of this chapter)
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