Chapter 50 A congenial director
For many young people working away from home, going home for the Spring Festival may not be easier than going to work. In addition to being nagged by their parents every day, they have to visit relatives non-stop during the Spring Festival.
For example, Meng Bai's family basically keeps going back and forth between the elderly homes of their parents from the evening of the New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the New Year.
On the second day of the New Year, Meng Bai followed his parents back to his grandmother's house according to custom. In previous years, this day was usually the most boring time for Meng Bai. His grandmother's house was in the village and had no Internet access. He used his mobile phone to go online, but the 3G network was stuck and expensive.
But this year, with the popularization of 4G, mobile phones can finally be used in this ancient village.
Meng Bai leaned on the sofa, holding his mobile phone and constantly replying to WeChat.
Although the audience generally does not pay attention to the producer and screenwriter when watching the drama, people in the industry will definitely not ignore it. With the popularity of "Soul Ferry", Meng Bai has also gained some fame in the industry, so this year there are a lot of people sending New Year greetings text messages and WeChat messages.
Although many people are just nodding acquaintances, they have little contact with each other. But Meng Bai's current position is not to the point where he can do whatever he wants, so he replied to all the New Year greetings.
"Teacher Li, Happy New Year!"
"Old Zhang, where are you? Oh, I forgot you are from Beijing North, let's get together when I get back."
"Boss Li, the teacher has made the contact for you. When you are done with the
New Year, I will take you there." "Junior sister, Happy New Year!"
...
Meng Bai replied to the messages one by one, either perfunctorily or seriously, and suddenly a phone call came in.
"Hello, Brother Guo, Happy New Year!" Meng Bai took the initiative to speak.
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year." A man's voice came from the phone.
The man who called was Guo Fan, a director Meng Bai had worked with before.
When Meng Bai was in college, he posted a short story on the Internet called "The Adventures of Li Xianji", which was a love story with science fiction elements.
This novel was later picked up by a company called Dasheng Film and Television, which bought the adaptation rights and planned to make it into a movie. They also invited Meng Bai, the original author, to be the screenwriter.
At that time, the director of this movie was Guo Fan. He was not a professional, but because he liked science fiction and movies, he went to school to learn by himself. When he was in the crew, he and Meng Bai had a good chat, and the two of them were quite like-minded.
Unfortunately, later, because of the constant revisions of the script by the investors and the leading actors, Meng Bai was dissatisfied and finally quarreled. As for the fact that the movie was released later because of mediocre reputation and Meng Bai was put on the gray list, that is a later story.
Guo Fan actually stood with Meng Bai at the time, but unfortunately his words were not important and did not play a role. However, because of that friendship that was considered "sharing hardships", the two have kept in touch.
When looking for a director, Meng Bai also thought of Guo Fan, but unfortunately he had just taken on a movie at that time, so he missed the opportunity for a second cooperation.
"How is it, Brother Guo, have you finished shooting that movie?" Meng Bai asked.
"We just finished filming on New Year's Day, and we've been busy with post-production during this period. We just finished it." Guo Fan said, "By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet. I kept watching your drama a few days ago, but I only found out today that you were the screenwriter. Congratulations, you finally made it."
"Well, it's just a web drama, how can you say it's a success." Meng Bai said, "Brother Guo, you've been offered a movie again, this is called a success. By the way, when will it be released?"
"I was just about to tell you. It's expected to be released in mid-April. If you're free, come to the premiere to join in the fun." Guo Fan said.
"Ha, sure, I'll definitely be there." Meng Bai smiled and agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai searched the Internet for relevant information, and then he found out that Guo Fan was shooting a youth film called "My Deskmate".
Isn't this a song?
Meng Bai was puzzled, and then he searched and found out that the producer of the film was Gao Dajin, the original author of this classic graduation song.
Wow, are these youth campus-themed films so popular now? Everyone wants to take advantage of
this wave of popularity. Should I take advantage of this wave of popularity for my next script? But the problem is that most of the themes I am good at are suspense, reasoning, criminal investigation and crime, which have nothing to do with campus youth.
"You lie here and play with your phone as soon as you come back. Can you go out for a walk if you don't work?"
Meng's mother, who was busy preparing lunch, looked at Meng Bai who was half lying on the sofa holding his phone with a "dull" look, and suddenly became furious.
Meng Bai is looking for a story that can "take advantage of the popularity" among the countless fragments of inspiration in his mind. Hearing what Meng's mother said, he got up obediently, went to the warehouse to get a broom, and began to pretend to clean up.
It's rare to go home once a year, why make my mother angry.
After walking around with the broom, Meng Bai saw his aunt's little cousin in the bedroom, who was also holding his phone and looking at it.
"What are you looking at?" Meng Bai asked, "Pleasant Goat or Big Bear?"
The little cousin glanced at Meng Bai and said calmly: "Brother, I am a freshman in high school this year. I am no longer old enough to watch cartoons."
"Ah, I am already a freshman in high school." Meng Bai said with a little embarrassment.
How can children grow up so fast? In his impression, this little cousin is still a little kid crying to watch Bald Qiang chopping trees.
"Then what are you watching?" Meng Bai tried hard to find some common language with young people.
"The latest online drama is called "Soul Ferry." "The little cousin said: "Many of my classmates are watching it, so I have to watch it too, otherwise there will be no topic to chat."
Meng Bai raised his eyebrows. Is the social interaction between high school students so social now?
But it is not bad. "Pendulum" has expanded to the group of high school students. This is another wave of playback volume. Moreover
, he accidentally discovered a point that he had not thought of before. "Pendulum" was just updated before the Chinese New Year, and then it caught up with the New Year holiday. There must be many young people like him who are bored when they return to their hometown and choose to chase the drama.
Especially students who are still in school, they will have lucky money when they go home for the Chinese New Year. Although the bulk of the money will be taken away by the parents on the grounds of "keeping it for you", there will still be some left, in case someone gets addicted and opens a membership or something.
Sure enough, it made sense for me to go online before the New Year.
But then again, as a web drama, some units of "Soul Ferry" are quite large in scale and horror. Is it not suitable for teenagers to watch?
Meng Bai glanced at his cousin's screen. As the "creator" of this drama, he could tell from just one picture that what he was watching should be the third episode of "Lust, Caution".
What you think comes true. This unit seems to have some "not suitable for children" plots, and it seems to be the one that the cousin is watching now.
Listening to the various "gasps" from "Zhao Li" and the heroine of the unit on the phone, Meng Bai tried to give his cousin some "popular science" on correct values.
"You may not understand, their current behavior, is..."
"Make an appointment to get a room, I know." The little cousin looked at Meng Bai calmly: "There are some boyfriends and girlfriends in our school. After school, they will make an appointment to go to a hotel near the school. We will occasionally meet when we pass by."
After that, he looked at Meng Bai and said, "Brother, if you still don't understand anything, you can ask me."
"Fuck, your brother is a veteran, do I need to ask you a little brat?"
Are high school students so awesome now? I still remember that when he was in school, he saw a boy and a girl holding hands and simply strolling around the playground, and they could talk for a week.
"You are not with them, right?" Meng Bai looked at the little cousin with a squint.
"No, those are basically some athletes or rich families, and they are not in the same circle as us."
"Then you don't have a girlfriend either?" Meng Bai asked gossipingly.
"No, I haven't finished my homework yet, so I'm not in the mood for that." The little cousin said, "Besides, the girls in our school are too ugly."
"Wow, you have high standards." Meng Bai said, "Then what kind of girls do you like?"
"How should I put it..." The little cousin said, clicking a few times on the phone, showing it to Meng Bai, "I think the girl who plays the heroine 'Wang Xiaoya' is very pretty. Hey, brother, I heard from my aunt that you are also in the film and television industry? Do you know her? Can you help me get an autograph?"
Meng Bai narrowed his eyes, then showed a kind smile and said, "Okay, I'll ask for you later."
"Thank you, brother!"
The little cousin thanked him happily, and then sent a voice message on QQ to a friend or classmate, saying, "Who's going out to play tonight? If there are a lot of people, I'll go talk to my mom and go back to the city at night."
Hearing this, Meng Bai volunteered, "It's okay, I'll talk to your mom."
"Ah, no, brother, I..."
Meng Bai interrupted the younger cousin halfway through his words. He shouted to the outer room at the top of his voice: "Aunt, my cousin said he wants to find a female classmate to go out and get a room to play tonight, and he plans to go back to the city."
Cousin:?
"What nonsense are you talking about, little bastard! Did your dad teach you that? You don't even look at how many points you got in the final exam, but you think about going out to play every day. Did you touch a word of the homework you brought back? I tell you, you are not allowed to go anywhere until you finish today's homework. Holding your mobile phone all day and reading these messy things..."
Accompanied by the scolding of his aunt and the begging of his younger cousin, Meng Bai nodded with satisfaction, and automatically ignored the following few words.
Young people, learning more is the kingly way, don't always think about playing all day.
Alas, I saved the flowers of the motherland again today, I am so kind.
Thanks to the big brother "Le Jianshen" for the reward!
(End of this chapter)
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