Chapter 496 This year went by so fast.
It seemed that he was too bored staying at home during this period. Tang Yixin dragged Li Qin to chat from the afternoon until the lights came on, and finally came to an end.
Meng Bai and his friends were invited by Tang's mother to have dinner together. Before leaving, they took a large bag of homemade Sichuan-style bacon and said goodbye.
"Going back to the villa?"
"Well, you stay tonight."
"Okay."
After a brief exchange, Li Qin drove the car and drove to Meng Bai's villa with familiarity.
They are "old couples", so there is no need to pretend to be reserved.
After returning home and entering the house, Meng Bai went to pack up his luggage and the things given by Tang's mother in return, and then washed up and sat down on the sofa in the living room. He
turned on the TV and waited for a long time before seeing Li Qin, who had changed into pajamas, coming down from upstairs.
"Why are you sitting so far away?"
Meng Bai patted the seat next to him. Li Qin rolled her eyes at him coquettishly, but her body still leaned over without hesitation and pressed tightly into the man's arms.
With the soft jade in his arms, the fresh fragrance lingered around him, causing Meng Bai to twitch his nose and sniff twice more.
"Hey, have you changed your perfume?"
"Yes, didn't I sign a Dior endorsement before? They gave me a new product." Li Qin lifted her hair, "How is it?"
"It's light and refreshing, and it smells good."
Meng Bai said, lowering his head to lean on his girlfriend, and then deliberately took a deep breath, and then made a contrived sigh.
"..."
Li Qin made a disgusted expression on her face, but she was quite happy in her heart. This guy doesn't like the kind of strong fragrance, and she also picked for a long time before choosing this one.
"What are you watching?"
She looked at the TV screen, which seemed to be a variety show she had never seen before. There was also a horizontal video logo in the upper left corner: "Hey, why did that girl just now seem to be Ziyi?"
"That's her. This is the new show she is recording recently, called "Fifty Kilometers Peach Blossom Village." Meng Bai introduced.
At the beginning of the month, the pilot episode of "Fifty Kilometers Peach Blossom Village" was broadcast on Heng Video. Although the program was less than an hour long, the discussion about it was directly on the hot search.
However, this hot search was not because of the high quality of the program or how good the effect was, but because Song Dandan "forced" all the guests to introduce themselves at the beginning of the program, which triggered the "relative ptsd" of the audience and netizens.
[It was so funny. This part made me dream back to my childhood when I was at a family gathering. My mother asked me to perform a show for everyone. ]
[Song Dandan is really too much like the elder relatives in my family. Every time we have a meal during the Chinese New Year, no matter how familiar we are, she will ask the three fatal questions "How is your work?" "How is your partner?" and "Is it time to have a child?" ]
[Am I the only one who thinks it's okay? Although Song's tone was indeed a little tough, she is both a senior and an elder, so it's normal for her to say that. Moreover, these guests are basically newcomers. Who would know them if they didn't introduce themselves? ]
[I looked at the lineup. Except for Uncle Guoli and Song Dandan, I only know Bai Lu from the rest, and I know her through the emoticons. (flowery cotton-padded jacket laughing.jpg)]
[What does Bai Mengyan's emoticon have to do with Bai Lu? (funny)]
[……]
As veteran actors who have been in the industry for decades and have more than a dozen representative works, the popularity of Zhang Guoli and Song Dandan, the two "Taohuawu chiefs", is naturally needless to say. As long as there is no TV at home for so many years, basically everyone knows them.
The remaining young newcomers are not so well-known. Even Wang Sulong, Guo Qilin, and Li Xueqin are only popular among a part of the young group. For most ordinary audiences, at most they have heard of such a name.
In comparison, Bai Lu is the most popular girl. She was a regular member of the newly revised "Running Man" last year and attracted a large number of fans. "Running Man·Yellow River", which was launched a few months ago, has become very popular with a wave of laughing emoticons. Especially
the classic "flowery cotton-padded jacket laughing", even if people who have not watched "Running Man" and don't know Bai Lu, many have saved this picture in their mobile phones.
As for Meng Ziyi, it can't be said that no one knows her. It's just that variety shows are different from TV dramas after all, and the audience groups they face are more complex, so naturally not that many people know her.
But then again, after all, it's just a pilot episode, and it's more about showing the whole program, and the shots of a single guest are limited. In particular, many clips with good program effects are placed in the subsequent feature films.
In fact, when editing the program before, Xie Dikui had implicitly asked Meng Bai whether to increase Meng Ziyi's shots.
In this regard, President Meng said that it was not necessary, and it should be produced according to normal specifications, as long as the clips of this girl with program effects are retained.
It's not that he deliberately "has high moral integrity". This whole program is specially opened for Meng Ziyi, and there is no need to pretend in this regard.
Although he has not been exposed to variety shows, as a senior film and television practitioner, Meng Bai deeply understands a truth, that reality show variety shows and film and television dramas are actually the same, and it is not that the more shots someone has, the better.
In film and television dramas, only if a character is well set and the plot is interesting, the audience will be happy to watch it. On the contrary, if the character itself is disgusting and the plot is also stupid and brainless, the more shots the more disgusting the audience will be.
This can be seen from the reputation of some inexplicably "added drama" characters in various popular dramas. The
same is true for variety shows, except that the characters are replaced by the guests' own personalities and program effects. And compared to film and television dramas, this situation is more obvious in programs. No matter
how annoying the character is, it is ultimately on the screen, and the show is over when it ends. The guest artist is a real person, and he is still there after the show is off, which will only make the audience continue this disgust.
In fact, there were many actors who originally had a good reputation in the past, but their popularity collapsed after they appeared on reality shows, and they have never recovered since then.
"Added drama" has always been a label that black fans have given Meng Ziyi, and it was not easy to regain some reputation with the show "Twinkle, Twinkle Star". Now if you add shots indiscriminately regardless of the situation, it will only allow black fans to find a "handle" again.
So instead of adding some useless reaction shots, it is better to add more highlights with good program effects.
And then again, Meng Ziyi's personality is destined to be indispensable for program effects. Judging from Xie Dikui's feedback on the first two recordings, there seems to be a lot of available materials.
According to the program plan, "Fifty Kilometers Taohuawu" has now aired the second episode. It's just that Meng Bai has been busy for some time, and now he has only started watching from the first episode.
In fact, when he was editing in the post-production, he had roughly watched some of the content, but they were all clips. This is the first time to see a complete film.
"This small courtyard of 'Taohuawu' is quite beautiful!"
Li Qin looked at the display of Taohuawu on the screen and said excitedly.
"The program team built it temporarily, just over in Pinggu. If you are interested, we will take you to see it directly." Meng Bai said.
It's a pity that the nature of this program is different from other variety shows. It can't have "flying guests" or the like, otherwise the program team can directly invite you to record an episode.
Although it feels a bit regrettable, Li Qin didn't take it too seriously. She has participated in many variety shows before, but most of them are for publicity and rarely stay on.
In general, artists like her are closer to the traditional actor style. In addition to publicity needs, they rarely show their faces to maintain the mystery of the actors themselves. In order to avoid appearing too frequently, the audience will see their characters out of the play.
It feels different to watch a show with two people and to watch it alone. Li Qin kept muttering while looking at the screen.
"I know this Li Xueqin. I have seen many talk show clips of her when I was browsing Douyin before."
"Hey, Guo Qilin is also a guest. There are many familiar people in this show."
"Well, Ziyi's makeup is pretty. Did she do it herself?"
"Mr. Meng, your sister Chaoyue is out..."
Meng Bai listened to the girl muttering for a long time and finally couldn't help it: "Hey, don't add attributives casually, okay? How did it become 'my Chaoyue'?"
"Hehe."
Li Qin replied with a perfunctory smile.
After the members of the show appeared one by one, they finally gathered in Taohuawu. Then, it was time for the "self-introduction" part, which has been hotly discussed by countless viewers and netizens for a long time.
It must be said that Song Dandan in this part really looked like an elder who likes to have awkward conversations at family gatherings, and the whole place was filled with an awkward atmosphere.
However, from the perspective of the program, it is not entirely a bad thing. First
, although this method is debatable, it is indeed a way for members to understand each other, and it also makes them feel "sharing weal and woe". Secondly, although there are many complaints online, it has also brought a lot of popularity to the program.
As far as Meng Bai knows, after the first episode was broadcast, the real-time popularity of "Fifty Kilometers Peach Blossom Wood" ranked third in the online variety show rankings of the same period.
In front of it are the new variety shows "Hahahahaha" and "Talk Show Conference 2". The former is the re-employment of Deng Chao, Lu Han, Chen He, the original "Running Group" members, and the latter has a fan base and the popularity of talk shows in recent years.
In comparison, "Fifty Kilometers Peach Blossom Wood", which is a new IP and a lineup that is not top-notch, can achieve such results, which is quite good.
"I didn't see that Ziyi's popularity is quite good."
Looking at the girls on the screen vying to be roommates with Meng Ziyi, Li Qin sighed.
Meng Bai nodded: "She has always been very talented in making friends."
It is easy to imagine that she is quite good at socializing, as she is respected as "Sister Meng" by all the friends around her.
One episode of the program lasts for an hour and a half, and Meng Bai has already made an evaluation of the program after watching most of it.
He looked at the time, it was just eight o'clock, it was still a bit early. He thought about it, exited the screen projection mode and switched to CCTV8.
"The Golden Years" is currently on air, and it happens to be a prime time.
The dual-female lead drama has also been a small trend in the past two years. Li Yitong's "The Great Girl" was very popular before. And "The Golden Years" has made another one. Thanks to the huge audience of CCTV, it has attracted many male viewers in addition to female viewers.
Although the ratings are average, only about 1.4, and CCTV-8 ranks only fifth throughout the year, the online broadcast volume and popularity are very high.
Especially the two female protagonists, Li Qin and Ni Ni, who originally had a lot of fans, and their popularity has increased a lot recently with the popularity of the new drama. In the real-time popularity ranking of female stars, they all rushed to the forefront.
"Why are you watching this? Change to something else."
Li Qin listened to her own voice coming from the screen and said uncomfortably.
"Why change? This will increase your ratings." Meng Bai said with a smile.
Li Qin rolled her eyes at him and puffed her lips. It doesn't matter to watch the monitor on the set, but watching her own play after the filming is finished always makes her feel awkward.
But for Meng Bai, he likes this feeling. It's quite enjoyable to watch the characters on the screen lying in his arms.
His palms gently stroked the delicate body, feeling the soft touch of soft jade in his arms, and he stood there a little.
Although it was winter, the floor heating in the house was very hot, so Li Qin's pajamas were also a thin layer, and it was easy to feel the abnormality under her body.
She raised her face, her eyes flashing with tenderness, forming a unique contrast with her beautiful face. She didn't say anything, just rubbed her chin on the man's chest, and the breath of her body penetrated into her nose.
Humph, stupid woman, do you think you can seduce Mr. Meng with this little trick?
Well, she can.
Just as Meng Bai knows the sensitive points of this girl, Li Qin also has a full understanding of Mr. Meng's preferences.
"Are you still watching now? Do you want to go up?"
"Why go up? It won't delay you here."
Meng Bai stood up, and then put the girl in his arms on the back of the sofa from behind.
In this position, you can see both the screen in front and the beauty in front of you.
Li Qin instantly understood the man's thoughts, and even though she was no longer a young girl, her cheeks were still flushed.
"Pervert!"
"Don't like it?" "
...I like it."
——I
don't know if it's because of the flu, the speed of time in 2020 seems to be much faster than before.
Many netizens on the Internet lamented that they felt that they were still staying at home to supervise the "Shuangshen Mountain" a few days ago, and how could it be the end of the year in a blink of an eye. As
New Year's Day approaches, Meng Bai has been in meetings at the company during this period, mainly to make plans for next year's development.
In terms of film and television projects, "Sweeping Black Storm" and "Police Honor" will be launched one after another during this period, and the web drama version of "Three Body" is the top priority.
In terms of movies, in addition to "The Accidental Manslaughter" and "Detective Chinatown 3" which have already confirmed the release date, there are also "The Journey Home" directed by Rao Xiaozhi, "Send You a Little Red Flower" by Han Yan, and "The Wandering Earth 2" directed by Guo Fan.
In addition, Meng Bai has also come up with ideas for the story about "Myanmar Northern Telecom Fraud" that he was conceiving before. He is currently writing the script and will also start shooting next year depending on the situation.
These are all at the specific project level, and there is also the company's major strategic planning.
Starting next year, he is going to start the group reform of Arclight. After all, the entire "Archlight System" now involves too many business areas, including investment, production, distribution, platform, artist brokerage, copyright operation...
All in all, it has almost covered the entire industry chain of the entire film and television industry, leaving only the Internet promotion channels such as "Dou Kuai B Hong" a little short.
However, in this regard, he has also been negotiating with short video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou, hoping to have more in-depth cooperation.
The "Arc Group" has more than a dozen business sectors, large and small, and each sector involves a large number of different companies. There is a lack of communication between them, which can easily lead to a waste of resources.
Liu Jun actually proposed a group reform last year, but it was temporarily shelved because of the flu. Now that the worst period has passed and the situation has become clear, the plan has been restarted.
This can be said to be the most important work of Arc Group next year, which is related to future development.
At the same time, since it is planned to establish a group, the current decentralized office model is no longer suitable. So he also plans to buy a building as the main venue for the future "Arc Group".
Just because of the flu, the development of the real estate industry has been hindered, and the price has become much cheaper after removing the bubble, so it is not a loss to buy now.
Thanks to the relationship of Hengten Network, Arc Light and Evergrande also have cooperative exchanges, so Meng Bai also consulted Zhou Cheng. Although they are mainly engaged in residential and cultural tourism real estate, it is an industry after all, and they always know more inside information than the outside world.
Not to mention, Zhou Cheng really recommended several good buildings and industrial parks, and also provided detailed information.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou, I will take this information back to the company to discuss it." Meng Bai thanked.
"Mr. Meng is polite, this is not a rare information, but we just happened to have collected it, and it can only save some time." Zhou Cheng said with a smile.
After chatting for a while, he suddenly said casually: "By the way, Mr. Meng, the year-end board meeting will be held in a few days. I have a proposal and I want to communicate with you first."
"President Zhou, please go ahead."
"It's like this. Last year, due to the development of Heng Video, the company's revenue data was very good. I was thinking whether we should increase the dividend ratio. This can drive another wave of emotions and show the company's healthy operating conditions, so that investors can be more assured."
"Increase the dividend ratio..."
Meng Bai narrowed his eyes slightly, "I personally have no objection, but Mr. Zhou also knows that Mr. Ke, Sister Xi and I have to keep in sync. So, I will talk to them later and ask them what they think."
At this point, he laughed again and said, "As for sharing the money, I think everyone should have no objection."
"Haha, indeed, who doesn't like to share the money."
Zhou Cheng also laughed, and then the two of them raised their tea cups and saluted from a distance.
Coming out of the office, the smile on Meng Bai's face faded. After thinking about it, he turned around and found Chen Zhixi.
As soon as they met, without exchanging pleasantries, he said directly: "Sister Xi, Evergrande's financial situation may be in trouble."
(End of this chapter)
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