Chapter 499 Balance exists between all things!
Seeing Li Qin and Jin Chen sitting together with smiles on their faces, Meng Bai felt a chill rising behind him.
Why are these two girls together?
More importantly, this seemingly peaceful scene always makes him feel a little weird.
He couldn't help but walk forward a few steps, and then heaved a sigh of relief.
In front of the two girls, there was a female reporter holding a CCTV sign microphone and a photographer carrying equipment.
Obviously, this should be a backstage interview arranged by the Spring Festival Gala program team.
That's right, although Teacher Li is not a cold person, and Jin Chen is a typical social terrorist, if the relationship between the two of them is also good, then Boss Li, who lost his bestie, will really cry on the bed.
"Tsk, day by day, why are you exaggerating the atmosphere of panic!" Meng Bai looked at Jia Jia on the side.
The little assistant blinked a little aggrievedly. For her, just watching her boss and the opponent together is already terrifying, okay.
What if the two of them don't like each other and suddenly start fighting backstage at the Spring Festival Gala?
On the other side, Li Qin, who was being interviewed, also saw Meng Bai coming in.
She subconsciously wanted to shout, but then she remembered that she was still being interviewed, so she had to suppress her thoughts.
But then, she couldn't help but mutter in her heart, this bastard is here, why is she so excited. I just thought about seeing his face later, but I can't forget it.
"Teacher Li Qin?"
Just as she was thinking about how she must keep a normal mind later, Li Qin suddenly heard someone calling her.
She came back to her senses, and saw the reporter in front of her handing over the microphone: "Jin Chen said just now that this is your first cooperation, so you have rehearsed many times before to get used to each other. What do you think of this cooperation?"
After all, she is an artist who has debuted for many years. Li Qin quickly switched back to business mode and said with a peaceful smile on her face: "The feeling of cooperation is very good. Although it is the first time to cooperate, we all cooperate very well. Especially with Jin Chen, she performed very well in our previous rehearsals."
No matter what their private relationship is, in front of the camera, especially the Spring Festival Gala camera, she can't say anything negative or sarcastic.
What's more, even if she really wants to be sarcastic, she will only be sarcastic to Li Yitong. As for Jin Chen, a "vanguard", he is not qualified.
Similarly, Jin Chen is the same. Although she has played several friendly matches with Meng Bai and was even forced to play double games, it has little to do with her in essence.
If Li Yitong was here, she could still help to play the side drums and be the atmosphere group, but now that she is here, what is there to fight for.
"It's my first time to be on the Spring Festival Gala, and it's Li Qin's second time. She's more experienced. So during the rehearsal, she told me a lot of things to pay attention to. It was very warm."
Jin Chen said, turned around and smiled at Li Qin, but the other party had just finished watching and was looking back. Their movements were a little misplaced, and there was no tacit understanding between the two.
"Are you two nervous about the performance later?"
"Of course I'm a little nervous, but because our performance is after the countdown at zero o'clock, there is still a lot of time left, so it should be relieved a little by then..."
Having had the experience of the Spring Festival Gala last year, Li Qin is now very familiar with these interviews, and the answers come out without much thought.
She even has the energy to answer the reporter's questions while paying attention to the situation on Meng Bai's side.
However, as soon as she turned her eyes away, she couldn't help rolling her eyes in her heart.
This dog man is actually chatting with another girl again!
...
"Hello, Mr. Meng."
Meng Bai was thinking about how to deal with this situation after the interview, and suddenly heard a voice behind him calling him.
He turned around and saw a girl of medium height and thin figure standing behind him.
The girl was wearing a small red suit and a short skirt of the same color, revealing two slender legs. She had a fluffy high ponytail tied behind her head, and her big black and white eyes looked at him brightly. She had a sweet smile on her face, and she looked quite like a little white flower.
But he didn't know if it was Meng Bai's illusion, he always felt that the smile was fake, just like a plastic doll.
"Hello, Mr. Meng, I am Liu Haocun, I have seen her in the crew of "Little Red Flower" before."
Meng Bai looked at the "fake smiling girl" in front of him, searched his memory, and remembered.
This girl named Liu Haocun was the final heroine chosen for the movie "Send You a Little Red Flower" mentioned by Chen Zhixi before, and she was also a new generation of "Mou Girl".
Although many parts of "One Second" directed by Zhang Yimou were cut when it was released in China two years ago, it still attracted many audiences after it was released.
In addition to the movie itself, the most popular one is naturally Liu Haocun, who plays the heroine.
At the age of only about 20, she can work with top directors to play the heroine. It is not an exaggeration to say that this treatment is "a step to the sky".
After that, she was recommended to join the "2020 Starry Sea Young Actor Plan" of the Central Propaganda Department, and then received an invitation to the 2021 Spring Festival Gala. At the same time, the second movie "On the Cliff" co-produced with Zhang Yimou was also scheduled for the Spring Festival.
It has only been two years since her debut, and all kinds of top resources are waiting for her to take them one by one. Among all the previous "Mou Girls", it can be regarded as extremely generous.
However, because of this, she has also been criticized by many netizens, thinking that her family does not know what the relationship with Lao Mouzi is, and they have made such great efforts to support her.
You know, among all the previous "Mou Girls", except Gong Li, no one else has worked with Zhang Yimou twice after their debut, including Zhang Ziyi, Ni Ni, and Zhou Dongyu, who are very popular.
But Liu Haocun can do it, and not only can he do it, he also gave her many other resources - like Heng Teng's "Send You a Little Red Flower", which was also contacted by asking for favors.
In this case, it is normal for netizens to have doubts.
Meng Bai had seen her on the set before, but they didn't have much communication. Just from the outside, she does fit the temperament of the little white flower of the heroine "Ma Xiaoyuan" in the movie. And between her eyebrows and eyes, she does have a similar charm to the young Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.
As we all know, many well-known artists have their own fixed preferences, such as Meng's "Qin aesthetics" and Zhang Yimou's "copying Gong Li".
So from this perspective, it is not completely unreasonable for Liu Haocun to be valued.
"Hello."
Meng Bai nodded and gestured, then stepped aside to make it easier for her to pass.
"Uh, thank you, Meng, but Sister Li Qin and Sister Jin Chen are interviewing, I have to go over later."
"Why, are you in the same group with them this time?" Meng Bai was curious.
Liu Haocun kept a smile on her face: "Yes, we are singing a song together."
The song they were going to sing is called "Let's Go, Spring", and you can tell from the name that it was written specifically for the Spring Festival Gala.
There are five singers for this song, in addition to the three girls, there are two young idols, Wang Junkai and Chen Linong.
Hearing her words, Meng Bai's mind moved: "You have rehearsed before, right? Is the atmosphere and coordination okay?"
This question was a bit strange, so Liu Haocun blinked his big eyes and looked at him puzzledly.
Meng Bai's reason came out immediately: "Teacher Li and I are friends. When we were chatting just now, she said that she didn't perform well in the rehearsal and was a little nervous, so I thought I would ask about it."
"Oh."
The girl returned to her "fake smile girl" state and said in a crisp voice: "It was fine in the rehearsal and everyone cooperated well. There shouldn't be any problems."
"No problem..." Meng Bai nodded, then smiled back: "No problem."
He was about to ask something else, but suddenly came a familiar voice from the side: "What are you talking about, Mr. Meng, you look so happy?"
Turning over, he saw Li Qin in a red dress standing on the side, with a sweet smile on her face, but her eyes were staring at Meng Bai like a cold light.
"Have you finished the interview?"
"Yes, it ended suddenly. Didn't it disturb President Meng's chat?"
"Uh..."
"Well, Sister Li Qin, you misunderstood." Liu Haocun said at the side: "Just now President Meng said that he felt that you were a little nervous about the performance tonight, so he asked me how we were preparing during the rehearsal."
While explaining, she flashed her black and white eyes, with an innocent expression on her face.
Li Qin was stunned when she heard it: "Yes, is that so?"
She couldn't help but look at Meng Bai, who spread his hands to indicate "As you can see."
"Ah..."
Li Qin pursed her lips. This was a bit embarrassing.
She was originally holding back her anger, but she happened to see this bastard chatting with the little girl, so she couldn't help but come over, but she didn't expect to make a mistake.
More importantly, it seemed like she was jealous - although she was actually jealous.
There was a slightly awkward atmosphere in the air, but fortunately at this time Liu Haocun's agent came over to urge her to put on makeup. The "fake smile girl" greeted Meng Bai, smiled at Li Qin, and left with the agent.
Seeing that the person had left, Li Qin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Turning her head to look at Meng Bai again, this bastard was looking at the distance with a serious expression on his face, but anyone could tell from his eyes and mouth that he was trying to hold back his laughter.
"It's fun to see me laugh, it's fun... it's fun, right?"
Li Qin was a little angry, and every time she said "it's fun", she reached out and pinched the other person.
After dodging twice, Meng Bai grabbed her hand and said, "Stop it, there are so many cameras around."
"Why, Mr. Meng, are you afraid of being photographed? Who will see it after it is broadcast?"
"Haha, what am I afraid of?"
Meng Bai said, then grabbed his girlfriend's hand and pulled it towards him, and then stretched out his hand to embrace her.
Li Qin was stunned for a moment, and didn't react until she was pulled in front of him. She was shy, happy and anxious, and hurriedly broke free from her hand and kept a distance, not forgetting to look around worriedly.
Fortunately, everyone was busy with their own things at this time, and there were no cameras around, so she was relieved.
"You are going to die!" Li Qin glanced at him angrily, "This is on TV."
She didn't care about showing affection, and she was even happier to show affection in front of others, but she was a little embarrassed to be so intimate in front of so many people, and in a public place like the backstage of the Spring Festival Gala.
But being separated for a moment, the momentum she had been brewing for a long time also dissipated. If she wanted to cause trouble to this bastard again, it would seem like she was deliberately looking for trouble.
Of course, she couldn't let it go so easily. She puffed her lips, said nothing, and turned back to her dressing table to sit down and rest.
Meng Bai naturally wouldn't do anything extra at this time, so he ignored Jin Chen, who was watching the fun, and dragged a chair from somewhere and sat next to Li Qin.
After sitting down, he paused for a moment, and then said nonchalantly: "I remember there is a midnight show of "Assassination of Novelist" tonight. I don't know if the box office results can be better than the pre-sale."
Speaking of her own movie, Li Qin couldn't keep calm.
"Assassination of Novelist" is the only movie in this Spring Festival that has a midnight show.
The main reason for this is that the previous pre-sale box office results were a bit poor. From the start of pre-sales to today, the total score is less than five million.
In comparison, Zhang Yimou's "On the Cliff" had a pre-sale box office of more than 19 million, and Jia Ling's directorial debut "Hello, Li Huanying" also had more than 11 million.
There are many reasons for the poor pre-sale results, such as the fact that fantasy themes are relatively niche, and the cast and director are not very famous, which will make the audience lack trust in a movie.
Fortunately, the pre-sale results of "Assassination of Novelist" are not the worst, and "The Order of the Samurai" and "Raging Fire" are at the bottom.
However, the pre-sale results only represent the audience's expectations for the movie at most. The final actual box office performance still depends on the performance after the release.
The producer added the midnight show mainly because he still believes in the level of the movie, so he hopes to drive the box office after the official release through word-of-mouth fermentation.
As for the effect... that depends on the results after the official release tomorrow.
Li Qin still attaches great importance to this movie. Although the previous "Psychological Crime: City of Lights" had good results, it was actually mainly based on the fan base of the online drama version, and it was still centered on the male lead. Her female lead is just a side.
Although "Assassination of Novelist" is not a big female lead story this time, the role is much more important than "City of Lights" after all. Although Meng Bai would not blame her if the movie flopped, she would be dissatisfied with herself.
Moreover, if the movie flopped too much, even if Meng Bai wanted to give her resources, other producers would have objections. By then, she might really have to go home to have children, and then be her "rich wife".
So when she heard Meng Bai talking about the movie, she ignored the little thoughts in her heart and began to understand the current situation of the movie.
It was not until nearly eight o'clock, when the party was about to start, that the two of them came to an end.
"Are you going to the scene?" Li Qin asked.
"Yes, the leader specially invited us, so we have to show up and give him face." Meng Bai smiled and said, "What about you? Are you going to the scene?"
"Forget it, we have to find a place to get familiar with each other and the positioning while there are few people backstage, so as to avoid mistakes."
"Okay, then after your performance, I will wait for you backstage, and we will go back together in the evening."
"Okay."
Meng Bai stood up and was about to leave, but turned back and said, "By the way, I wish you a happy new year in advance."
Li Qin smiled sweetly: "Happy New Year!"
After walking out of the big dressing room, Meng Bai did not rush to the scene directly, but stopped nearby.
Sure enough, within half a minute, he saw Jin Chen following him out of the room. After seeing him, he was stunned for a moment, and then pretended to walk over naturally.
"Tsk tsk, Teacher Meng is waiting for me? I'm so flattered."
"Haha, I don't know who was winking at me in there just now."
"How can that be called winking? That's clearly anger on behalf of a friend."
Jin Chen said with emotion: "Alas, poor Tongtong, she is alone during the New Year, while her man is out there having a sweet time with another woman. It really makes people feel sad for her."
Hearing this, Meng Bai did not respond, but said with a smile: "Classmate Daxi, I heard that the bathroom backstage at CCTV is very spacious. Do you want me to take you to experience it?"
Jin Chen was stunned for a moment, then she looked at the threat in the man's eyes opposite her, and suddenly understood the meaning of the words, and her cheeks immediately turned red.
She looked around in panic, and found that no one was paying attention to them, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hehe, I'm sorry, President Meng, I was just joking just now. Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut about what happened tonight, and I will never tell Tongtong."
She said it very firmly, mainly because from her previous experience, she believed that the threat from the man in front of her was not just talk.
After scaring Jin Chen for a while, Meng Bai waited for her to leave in fear, and then he retracted his gaze.
After thinking about it, he took out his mobile phone and called Li Yitong.
"Happy New Year, President Meng!"
Li Yitong's voice came from the phone, and judging from the background sound on her side, it seemed that there was someone else.
"Happy New Year, Boss Li." Meng Bai said as he walked, "What are you doing?"
"Having New Year's Eve dinner. I just happen to have time to go home today." Li Yitong seemed to have found a quiet room. "We still have to watch the Spring Festival Gala later. By the way, did you know that Daxi was also invited to the Spring Festival Gala this year?"
"Really? It seems that she has developed well this year." Meng Bai smiled and said, "The director team of the Spring Festival Gala has no vision. Why didn't they find you when they invited her?"
"They did, but my program was cancelled during the third round of rehearsals. They said it would be moved to the Lantern Festival Gala."
"Is that so? That's not bad." Meng Bai said, "Then I'll pick you up on the Lantern Festival."
"Hehe, don't think I don't know you want to..."
Li Yitong's voice gradually became lower, and the last few words were only heard by the two of them.
"Then I'll wait for you then. You must come!"
"Don't worry, I will."
(End of this chapter)
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