Chapter 520 Uncle is not such a beast.
Throughout the summer of 2021, the audience was almost surrounded by arc light, and it was surrounded from all directions from the big screen to the small screen.
At the beginning of June, the online drama "The Beginning" won a great victory and became the most popular drama in the first half of the year.
Then in mid-July, "The Accidental
Manslaughter" was launched. With the help of this "summer season" with almost no competitors, the total box office exceeded 2.5 billion, becoming the "only savior" of major theaters and cinemas. Not long ago, as the summer vacation was about to end, "Sweeping Black Storm" relied on sensitive themes and hard-core plots of "adaptation of real cases" to blast hot searches and short videos, becoming the hottest TV series at the moment.
Since its launch, this drama has occupied the "daily crown of the same period drama playback volume" for more than a week, and its popularity is catching up with the hits "Mountains and Seas" and "Awakening Age" at the beginning of the year.
Even the Political and Legal Committee was shocked by this result. They originally just wanted to do a project to report the results and show the results of "sweeping black and eliminating evil" in more than three years. Unexpectedly, the final film would become so popular.
The Political and Legal Committee even held a seminar and invited several leading actors such as Sun Honglei, Liu Yijun, Bai Yu and the main creators of the crew such as Wang Wei to "discuss" the influence and spread of the drama.
As a core figure, Meng Bai was invited to participate in the meeting - this time he met not the director of the Film and Television Center, but the core leader of the entire Political and Legal Committee.
In a sense, Mr. Meng can now be said to have "reached the ears of the heavens."
As for the content of the discussion, it was nothing special. The leader praised the creative level of Arc Light and encouraged the support of film and television works for political and legal work.
In the end, he also said that since the drama was so successful, the two sides could continue to cooperate and create the next work.
Meng Bai naturally would not refuse, and took this opportunity to ask for the personal contact information of the big leader.
No matter whether it is useful or not, it is always necessary to have a way to contact.
With three consecutive hits, Arclight's dominance is unquestionable, but it's not over yet.
According to the broadcast plan announced by Arclight at the platform launch conference at the beginning of the year, there will be the ancient puppet theme "Eastern Palace" in September, the third part of the "Retrospective Series" "Want to See You" in October, and two sets of "One Life and One World" and "Zhou Sheng Ru Gu" in November.
Each drama has a high level of attention. It can be expected that as long as the quality of the drama is good after it starts broadcasting, the results will definitely not be bad.
However, for Meng Bai, these dramas to be broadcast are already a thing of the past. The subsequent publicity, broadcasting, etc., are naturally the responsibility of the staff below.
In addition to the company's affairs, he is now busy with the filming of "The Wandering Earth 2" and the preparation of "All or Nothing".
"The Wandering Earth 2" is needless to say, this is Arclight's key project for the next two years, and its status is similar to that of "The Three-Body Problem" which is still in preparation.
On the Blue Island side, Guo Fan and his team have completed the preliminary scene and props work, and will start filming next month.
Because the story line of the second part is a prequel, mainly about the things before the start of the "Wandering Earth Project", "Liu Peiqiang", who died at the end of the previous part, "resurrected" to continue to play the male lead in this part.
In addition to Wu Jing, the starring actors this time also include Li Xuejian, Andy Lau, Sha Yi, Ning Li, Wang Zhi, Zhu Yanmanzi, etc. Compared with the first part of "one old and two new", the lineup can be said to be much more luxurious.
Of course, the production cost of the movie has also risen with the tide. Although there are people like Xugong Group, Zhongke Suguang and the Blue Island government who are willing to help for free, the total investment is still as high as 800 million.
Counting the publicity and distribution costs before the release in the future, it is equivalent to doubling the first part.
Meng Bai and several other producers have calculated that they should not lose money, but they may not make a lot of money.
However, the focus of this project is no longer on its own income. It can be said that as long as the performance of the movie is qualified after the release, they will be considered successful.
With Guo Fan and Gongger, there is no need to worry about the production of "The Wandering Earth 2".
What worries Meng Bai more now is another film project, "All or Nothing", which is the previous "Operation Fishing" about telecom fraud in northern Myanmar.
The reason for changing the name is mainly because there are too many movies called "XX Operation" in the past two years, especially the two directed by Dante Lam.
Arclight is worried that the audience will be confused after seeing the name, thinking that the main storyline is about how the police crack down on telecom fraud, so it was changed to the current name.
"The character of Liang Anna was very ambitious at the beginning, and at the same time, due to various subjective and objective reasons, she was thirsty for money. So after she arrived at the park, she quickly adapted to the life there and derived a unique set of survival rules..."
In the office, Meng Bai carefully explained the personality and character of the heroine of the movie. Meng Ziyi sat opposite him, holding the script in his hand, listening with a serious face.
"I feel this role is so difficult."
After a long time, Meng Ziyi finally said with a guilty conscience: "And I haven't made many movies before. Now suddenly I am asked to be the heroine of such a big production. Is it really possible?"
"Why not? Since I showed you the script, it means that you must meet the requirements of this role in some aspects. And there are more than one candidate for this role. The crew will have another audition later. The script is given to you so that you can familiarize yourself with it in advance."
After Meng Bai finished speaking, he looked at the girl who still looked worried, and comforted her: "Don't worry, I said, leave the work to me, you just need to use your own abilities."
Meng Ziyi nodded, then sighed and said, "Actually, I'm not too worried about this new role. At most, I'll be rejected after the audition. What I'm most concerned about now is whether the performance of "Eastern Palace" will be bad after it starts airing."
Although it's not the first time she plays the female lead, the last time "Twinkle Twinkle Star" was an S-level project, with the protection of her uncle, and she was just a female lead with a flat number, so the pressure would be much less.
But this time is different. Although "Eastern Palace" is also an "arc drama", the main producer is Tianshen Entertainment, and the internal rating of the platform is only A-level, and she is still the first female lead, and the situation she faces is different.
It's okay to be ridiculed, the key is not to affect my uncle. After all, it was he who supported her to take down these two female leads when she was being hacked the most.
She has been busy promoting the new drama during this period, and she cooperates with the drama party to participate in activities almost every day, just because she is afraid that the effect of this drama will not be ideal after it is broadcast.
"It's not as serious as you think. It's just a drama. Arclight has had failed projects over the years. Don't be so nervous." Meng Bai said, "What's more, according to the trailer data and the number of reservations on the platform, it shouldn't be too bad."
"Really?"
"Of course, why would I lie to you."
"Huh, that's good, that's good..."
Meng Ziyi patted her chest, and her worries were finally relieved.
As the two were talking, there was a knock on the office door. Meng Bai greeted, and then the door was pushed open, and a small figure walked in from outside.
"Meng... Sister Meng?"
Zhao Jinmai, dressed in casual clothes and with long hair draped over her shoulders, walked in happily. Just as she was about to raise her hand to greet, she saw Meng Ziyi sitting in the room and changed her words abruptly.
"Hello, Mai Mai!" The latter responded with a smile.
Although they knew each other, the two girls had very different personalities and ages, so they were not very familiar with each other. Meeting suddenly, both sides were slightly embarrassed.
Fortunately, Meng Bai was there.
"Hey, Mai Mai, you sit down first. There are drinks in the refrigerator. Take them yourself."
"Oh, OK." Zhao Jinmai responded obediently, "It's okay. You guys are busy. Don't worry about me."
The little girl went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of water, and then sat in the corner of the sofa, quietly waiting for the two.
Meng Bai didn't continue to talk at length. He told Meng Ziyi about the things to pay attention to in the audition, and then got up to send her away.
"Uncle."
"What?"
"Why did Mai Mai come to you?"
"Didn't "The Accidental Murderer" just end? She was recording a show abroad before. I came back today and I talked to her about the movie." Meng Bai explained naturally.
"Oh, so." Meng Ziyi looked at him suspiciously, thought about it, and couldn't help saying, "Uncle, you won't do anything to Mai Mai... Oops!"
Meng Bai retracted his hand, looked at his niece who was covering her forehead and crying in pain, and said calmly, "If you have the energy, read the script more, don't guess blindly every day."
Meng Ziyi rubbed his forehead and puffed his lips, but didn't say anything.
She didn't know why, but whenever she saw a girl and her uncle together, she couldn't help but feel suspicious.
There was nothing she could do, because he had a bad reputation in this area.
But then, Meng Ziyi comforted herself in her heart that this time it shouldn't be a big deal. After all, Mai Mai had just come of age not long ago, and her uncle shouldn't be so beastly as to attack a little girl... right?
She thought of the possibility of this incident, but she misjudged the positions of both parties. Among the two, Zhao Jinmai was the one who "attacked".
Meng Bai returned to the office after watching his eldest niece take the elevator downstairs.
As soon as he entered the door, before he turned around, he felt a petite body hugging him from behind.
(End of this chapter)
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