Chapter 481 How could Mai Mai be so cute?
"Brother Meng Bai!"
A gentle voice sounded behind him, interrupting the conversation between Meng Bai and Wu Bai.
"Ha, I don't even need to look, I know who is here as soon as I hear the name."
Wu Bai said with a smile, then turned around and looked at the little girl standing behind him and teased: "Alas, we are all standing together, but they only called one person, you can imagine the difference."
Meng Bai also turned around and looked behind him, and sure enough, it was Zhao Jinmai.
Hearing Wu Bai's teasing, the little girl's cheeks turned red instantly, and she said with a little shyness: "I'm sorry, director, I was too anxious just now, so..."
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm a middle-aged uncle and I know myself very well. Especially when standing with certain people, I'm always the one who is ignored, haha." Wu Bai said with a smile.
Zhao Jinmai's face became more and more flushed, and he waved his hands in panic, trying to show that he didn't mean that.
Seeing that she was getting anxious, Meng Bai said, "Come on, you are already so old, why are you teasing a young girl?"
"You are already 30 years old, how dare you say how old I am?"
Wu Bai retorted, then waved at Zhao Jinmai, "Don't be nervous, we have worked together so many times. You two can chat, I'll go see how the props and scenery are. If there is no problem, we will start shooting in the afternoon."
After that, he said goodbye and left first, leaving the other two behind.
Watching Wu Bai walk away, the blush on Zhao Jinmai's face finally faded a little. She glanced at Meng Bai carefully, and called out sweetly: "Brother Meng Bai, when did you come? I didn't seem to see you."
"This morning." Meng Bai said: "There was a movie celebration party last night. Director Wu Bai was in a hurry to return to the crew so he came back overnight. I came directly to the scene after waking up in the morning."
Zhao Jinmai suddenly realized, and then asked excitedly: "Is it the celebration party for "Famous"? I went to see this movie with my classmates before school started, and it was very interesting."
"Thank you classmate Mai Mai for your contribution to the movie box office. If you leave your ticket stubs, I can reimburse you later so that you don't have enough pocket money."
"That's not necessary. Since the college entrance examination, my mother gave me part of her previous film remuneration. Now I don't need two tickets." Zhao Jinmai said happily.
Meng Bai raised her eyebrows: "Congratulations, you've become a wealthy woman in the blink of an eye. That's great, you don't have to follow me around every day and ask me to buy you milk tea."
"You're talking nonsense, how could I~~" The little girl immediately puffed her lips in dissatisfaction, "Besides, I don't follow you every day, just occasionally."
But after saying that, she felt a little embarrassed.
That was when she was filming "The Wandering Earth". Zhao Jinmai was still a junior high school student at the time. Not only was the pay cheap, but it was all in the hands of Zhao's mother, and she only had a little pocket money every week.
She was reluctant to spend her own money, but she was afraid of being nagged when she asked her mother for money. It happened that her "Brother Meng Bai" was always generous, so when she was on the crew, she would follow him and "eat and drink for free".
Thinking of the scene at that time, Zhao Jinmai couldn't help laughing: "Time flies so fast, it feels like I was still on the set of Oriental Movie Metropolis yesterday, but now the second part is about to be filmed."
"Yeah." Meng Bai said: "It's a pity that the plot of the second part is a prequel, and there is no role for you and your brother."
"I know, Director Guo Fan told me before. He said that he would find me when the third part is filmed."
"Hey, otherwise you must be smart, Director Guo, I'm afraid that you will become famous in the past few years and I can't afford it, so I took up your schedule in advance."
"Hehe, it's okay, as long as Brother Meng Bai calls me, I have time anytime." Zhao Jinmai said in a low voice.
Meng Bai smiled, did not respond, and looked at the bay in the distance.
Zhao Jinmai glanced at it, walked lightly to the railing of the bridge, and stood side by side with Meng Bai. After waiting for a while, seeing that the other party didn't care, he relaxed and climbed the railing to look into the distance, and at the same time couldn't help but secretly laughed in his heart.
At this distance, you can smell the smell of Brother Meng Bai. It's not perfume, but it smells good.
Meng Bai lowered his head and glanced sideways at the little girl whose head and shoulders were only exposed above the railing, and suddenly laughed.
Zhao Jinmai heard the laughter and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Meng Bai waved his hands. Seeing that she was still staring at him, he said with a smile, "I just suddenly realized that, Mai Mai, you don't seem to have grown much taller in these years compared to when you were filming "The Wandering Earth."
Zhao Jinmai's originally happy expression suddenly froze when she heard this. Her little face wrinkled and she said excitedly, "I said, it's all because the protective suit props were too heavy and I didn't grow taller. You are responsible for not growing taller!"
"Hey, every grievance has its perpetrator. You have to find your director Guo and producer Gong. It has nothing to do with me."
"Then I don't care. You are responsible!"
"Hey, you are blaming me, right?" Meng Bai glanced at her, "Okay, okay, I'll give you a pair of 20 cm thick shoes later. You will be 1.8 meters tall when you wear them."
"Huh~ Can you still walk then?"
Zhao Jinmai complained a little, but then she felt that what she said sounded weird.
A pair of 20cm shoes makes me look 1.80 meters tall, which means I am only 1.60 meters tall!
"Oh, that's good. I got it." Meng Bai gave her a thumbs up. "You are worthy of being the number one in our Central Academy of Drama. You are very smart."
"..." Zhao Jinmai was speechless for a long time. Finally, she said in a low voice angrily, "Hateful!"
But after saying that, her anger disappeared in less than half a minute. She coughed lightly and said, "Brother Meng Bai."
"What's wrong?"
"Do you think I have changed this time?"
As she spoke, she tried to pretend to stroke her hair casually, revealing her delicately made-up profile.
"Changes?"
Meng Bai glanced at her, "Yeah, my hair has grown longer."
"Anything else?"
"It seems to be a little darker. It seems that military training is very hard."
"..." Zhao Jinmai held his breath in his chest for a long time before finally saying, "I'm not talking about skin color! I'm talking about whether there is any change compared to when I was in high school."
Seeing the little girl trying to stay calm, Meng Bai couldn't help but chuckle.
He was also at this age, so he naturally knew what the girl meant. After graduating from high school and going to college, even if she hasn't turned 18 yet, she feels like an adult and doesn't want others to continue to treat her as a child.
Facing her face full of expectations like a little rabbit, Meng Bai was embarrassed to continue teasing her. He turned around and looked at her seriously.
Don't say it, this girl is indeed different from before.
The short hair that used to be like a student has now grown to the length of a shawl, falling down one side of her cheek, making her more demure and elegant. The baby fat on her cheeks has also subsided, and with the light makeup, it adds a little charm that has never been there before.
The blue shirt and jeans on her upper body not only outline her waist but also show her youthful vitality. You can feel her youthful aura at a glance.
It must be said that in just a few months, this girl has grown from a naive high school student to a young and beautiful college girl.
"It seems that the military training is still useful. You look like a standard college student now." Meng Bai said.
In fact, it has nothing to do with the military training. The important thing is the change in mentality after leaving her parents and family and finally going out to face the world alone.
Although Zhao Jinmai grew up in the crew and her experience and mind are much more mature than her peers,
she is still protected under the wings of her parents. But it was different after she went to college. This was the first time she was truly separated from her parents, free from their protection and restraint. Her mentality was completely different.
Just like the start of "Beginning" this time, she didn't even wait for Zhao's mother to pick her up, and ran to the crew alone.
Zhao Jinmai didn't expect Meng Bai to think so much in just a few seconds, but she could feel the difference in the tone of this "brother", and she immediately smiled with satisfaction.
Humph, I knew that Brother Meng Bai would definitely like a young and lovely sister like me. It was not in vain that I got up early in the morning to ask the makeup artist sister to put on makeup for me.
Worth it!
After chatting for a while, Zhao Jinmai suddenly remembered something: "Brother Meng Bai, I heard that our school does not allow freshmen and sophomores to go out to film."
"Theoretically, the acting department does not allow filming in the first two years. But the rule was strict in the past. Now it is definitely not allowed in the freshman year, but there is still a chance in the sophomore year."
"Then if I take leave now to film, will it be okay with the school?" She asked a little worriedly.
Although she knew that with Meng Bai's greeting, the school would definitely be easy to talk to, but she didn't want to make herself too special. After all, as celebrity students who became famous early, their every move was originally watched by the camera, not to mention this kind of thing that did not comply with the rules.
"Don't be so nervous. It's the military training period now, and classes haven't started yet. Let's just play it safe."
Zhao Jinmai breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest, "That's good." "
But after the official start of classes, you won't be able to take on any more roles except for the winter and summer vacations for the next year or so." Meng Bai said, "So, you have to work harder and try to finish the filming as soon as possible so that you can go back to class earlier."
"Don't worry, no problem!"
Zhao Jinmai said confidently.
"You are so confident. Okay, I'll wait and see." Meng Bai nodded and turned around, "Okay, let's go back. After we finish packing and preparing at noon, let's see if our director wants to arrange the filming."
"Okay, uh..."
Meng Bai turned around and saw the little girl pinching her fingers, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped. He couldn't help asking, "What's the matter? Is there anything else?"
"Nothing. Just a few days. My birthday is coming soon..."
Zhao Jinmai said in a low voice with her head down.
Meng Bai suddenly realized: "Oh, that's right, your birthday is this month. Let me think, which day is it?"
He acted as if he had forgotten about it, causing the little girl to puff up her lips again.
"Okay, I'm just kidding you." Meng Bai smiled and said, "How could we forget our Mai Mai's birthday? It's September 29th at the end of the month."
Seeing Zhao Jinmai immediately happy, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It's not that he has a good memory, but there are too many people who have birthdays in September.
Li Yitong's birthday is September 6th, Li Qin's is September 27th, and then there is Zhao Jinmai on September 29th.
He even vaguely remembered that when he looked at Bai Lu's resume, this girl seemed to have a birthday this month, but he forgot the specific day.
For a sea king, this situation has both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that they are all together, and if you remember one, you can remember all, without worrying about missing something in the fish pond. The
disadvantage is that the time is easy to overlap, and sometimes it may be impossible to arrange it.
Fortunately, the most important teachers Li and Boss Li are at the end and beginning of the month respectively, otherwise Meng Bai would probably be exhausted every year at this time.
Zhao Jinmai naturally didn't know how she was remembered, but she was happy to hear Meng Bai say it out loud.
"Brother Meng Bai, were you in the crew on the 29th?"
"It's hard to say. The Feitian Awards are on the night of the 28th, and I may have some work the next day, so I may not be able to come back."
Meng Bai thought that the little girl was worried about the birthday gift he promised her, and smiled and said, "Don't worry, I said before that the gift is valid before 12 o'clock on the night of the birthday. If you like it, you can tell me in the next two days. Even if I can't come back, I will have someone send it to you."
Brother Meng Bai is a big fool. Who cares about birthday gifts? I just want you to celebrate your birthday here.
Zhao Jinmai muttered silently in her heart, but didn't say it out loud. She sniffed and smiled sweetly, "It's okay, Brother Meng Bai, work is important, just send me a blessing when the time comes."
"..."
Meng Bai tilted his head. Why did this sound a little teary?
I should have thought too much. Mai Mai is so cute, how could she be tea?
——
The story style of "The Beginning" is actually a bit like a modified version of "Snowstorm Villa".
The bus scene setting is both open and closed. The passengers do not know each other, but for various reasons they are "forced" to stay in a closed space, and there is a murderer hiding among them.
The reason why it is called a modification is that one is because of the setting of "time reversal", and the other is naturally because the bus can get on and off. In order to investigate more clues, the male and female protagonists can leave the closed scene for a short time.
As the first female protagonist of this drama, Li Shiqing, played by Zhao Jinmai, can be said to be the core of the whole story, so her performance is naturally crucial.
I don't know if she was in a hurry to go back to class. This girl gave full play to her many years of acting experience and the talent of the first in the Chinese opera, and the performance was very complete. Including several scenes of "injured and dying", there was almost no need for NG.
The male lead actor who partnered with her is Lin Yi, who had previously filmed the arc light online movie "Soul Ferry · Huangquan".
Last year, he gained a lot of popularity with the role of "physics genius" Gu Weiyi in "A Love So Beautiful". It just so happened that this role was a bit similar to the male lead "Xiao Heyun" in "The Beginning". In addition, they had worked with Arclight before, so they chose him.
It's not that they don't give their own actors a chance, but Arclight has never had many young male actors.
Qu Chuxiao has already acted in the same series "Twinkle Twinkle Star", Chen Xingxu is filming "Eastern Palace", and as for Zhang Ruoyun and Bai Yu... well, they are too old.
Arclight's reserves of male actors have never been as sufficient as its female counterparts, mainly because the boss Meng Bai doesn't pay much attention to it.
Taiyang Chuanhe has also trained some newcomers, but none of them are too outstanding. They all rely on a group of middle-aged people in their 70s and 80s, which has led to the fact that the entire company has a bit of "dominance of yin and decline of yang" in terms of artists.
Fortunately, Heng Video is now slowly starting to discover newcomers. With Chen Zhixi, the "middle-aged aunt", the vision for finding male actors should still be good.
Meng Bai has also been staying in the crew of "Beginning" these days, but now as the chief producer, he no longer needs to be responsible for specific matters, as long as the final review is done.
At the same time, he can also guide issues related to the plot as a screenwriter.
He was busy until the 27th. He first returned to Beijing to celebrate Li Qin's birthday and adjust the harmony of yin and yang, and then flew to Hebei the next day.
The 32nd Feitian Awards for TV Dramas was held in Hengshui, Hebei.
(End of this chapter)
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