Chapter 8 Handsome guys are all starting to live off women
Sanlitun, north of Beijing.
It was early September, and the temperature hadn't dropped yet, and even at night it wasn't cool at all.
Meng Bai sat on a bench by the road, his eyes unconsciously jumping from a long-legged lady in simple clothes to another big bear lady in simple clothes, thinking about the results of the two days of discussing cooperation with various video websites.
Just as Meng Bai said to Li Qin that day, several websites were very interested in Meng Bai's script and his "development of video website online self-made dramas", but when it came to actual investment, they all showed a cautious attitude.
Youku's reply was similar to that of Qiyi TV before, and in terms of self-made dramas, there were only short dramas planned for the time being.
The person in charge of the Souhu Film and Television Project Department was very interested in Meng Bai's suspenseful and supernatural story, but he also told Meng Bai frankly that the website would only buy finished films at present and had no plans to invest in production.
In comparison, Penguin Video, which Meng Bai had not had much hope for before, was very interested in this matter. The manager of the film and television department who was in contact with Meng Bai even talked to him about the future development of online dramas for a long time.
It was also from this manager that Meng Bai learned that Penguin Video had actually cooperated with Ciwen Media to launch a novel-adapted web drama called "The Darker".
Ciwen Media is also a well-established traditional film and television company in the industry. Zhou Xun's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Liu Tianxian's version of "The Condor Heroes", and "Little Fish and Flower" which is known as "killing only the title" are all their works.
It can also be seen from the representative works that Ciwen has bought the film and television rights of many popular novels and is waiting in line for film and television adaptation.
The "Darker" that is cooperating with Penguin Video this time is also the same. It is an adaptation of Zhou Haohui's best-selling novel "Death Notice" series, a suspenseful criminal investigation novel that focuses on social reasoning.
This project is still in the early stage of preparation. Penguin Video invested in this drama mainly to explore the road of web drama in advance.
It is precisely because of this that although Penguin Video is very interested in Meng Bai's script and did not directly refuse investment, the answer to Meng Bai is to "wait a little longer." After the broadcast results of "The Darker Side" come out, we can consider Meng Bai's project.
"Huh——" Meng Bai sighed.
That's fine. If you think about it in a positive way, this is at least a way out. If there is really no other way in the end, you can try Penguin Video again.
Now the only hope left is here at Leshi.com. I just don't know if the person I want to invite today can help me make an appointment with the person I want to meet.
"Hello, little brother."
A crisp female voice interrupted Meng Bai's thoughts. He turned his head and saw a sweet-looking young girl standing next to the bench, blinking her big eyes at him.
"What's the matter?" Meng Bai smiled warmly.
"Um, I want to ask... Is Gongti in that direction?"
The girl's tone seemed a little nervous, and her cheeks were stained with a few blushes.
Meng Bai's eyes bypassed the girl and looked not far behind her. Two girls of about her age were looking at her with mischievous expressions, as if they were watching the fun.
Meng Bai was distracted for a moment, and then smiled knowingly. He didn't point it out, but just nodded and introduced: "That's right, go over there, go east at the first intersection."
"Okay, thank you." The girl paused, as if she had gathered up her courage, and continued: "Um... little brother, is it convenient for you to add WeChat? In case I can't find it, I want to ask you again."
Such a familiar rhetoric.
Meng Bai's mind was in a trance for a moment.
It seemed that he had used the same excuse to chat up another girl...
Memories flashed through his mind, Meng Bai came back to his senses, looked at the girl in front of him with a face mixed with expectation, nervousness and shyness, and smiled and said: "Sorry, I don't have WeChat. But my girlfriend does, you can add her and ask her when she comes over."
"You have a girlfriend!" The girl blurted out subconsciously, and then hurriedly said: "No, sorry, I disturbed you, I disturbed you..."
The girl apologized and walked away quickly, returned to the two friends who were still watching the fun behind her, and dragged them away. From a distance, he could hear her saying to her friends: "Damn Nan Nan, I said I wouldn't go over there. It's so awkward. She has a partner..."
Looking at several girls who were no more than college age leaving, Meng Bai couldn't help but chuckle and sigh, it's great to be young.
The group of little girls left, and a big woman came. A white Mercedes-Benz SUV stopped in front of Meng Bai, the main driver's window was lowered, and a woman wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses stuck her head out and called to him: "Meng Bai, here!"
Seeing that the person he was waiting for finally arrived, Meng Bai stood up. Parking is not allowed on this road, so he didn't say much nonsense, raised his hand to respond, and then quickly walked to the passenger side, opened the door and got in the car.
The girl who had just chatted with Meng Bai happened to look back, and when she saw this scene, she couldn't help but complain to her friend: "Wow, it's true... These days, handsome guys have also started to eat gigolos, what should we do!"
...
"I didn't realize that, Xiao Meng, you are quite popular with girls!"
Meng Bai had just put on his seat belt and sat down when he heard the woman in the driver's seat say in a teasing tone.
"Nothing." Meng Bai said in a tone of habit: "It's just that her appearance is a bit ordinary."
"Hehe, you are still pretending to me." The woman "tsk tsk" twice, and then asked in a gossipy tone: "I saw that girl ran away in the end, you didn't reject her directly?"
"I told her that my girlfriend would come to pick me up later, and if she is willing, she can talk to my girlfriend."
"Tsk tsk, the little guy is taking advantage of his sister, but it is indeed a very convincing reason, hahaha..." The woman laughed as she spoke.
Meng Bai on the side did not care about the ambiguity in his words. He glanced at the woman in the driving seat and couldn't help but said: "Well, Sister Qin Lan, although I respect everyone's different driving habits, but you wear sunglasses at night, can you really see the road clearly?"
"Ah? Sunglasses... Oh, I said why I always feel that the lights are so dim when driving tonight."
Hearing this, the woman glanced at the rearview mirror in the middle of the car, and then hurriedly took off the huge sunglasses on her face, revealing a face full of mature charm.
The woman's name is Qin Lan, and like Li Qin, she is also an actress.
Meng Bai knew her because they had worked together in a drama called "Legend of Chu and Han" before.
The main screenwriter of that drama was Wang Hailin. The script he originally wrote was called "The Biography of Liu Bang", but because of some problems between the investors and the production company, it was suddenly changed to "Legend of Chu and Han" when filming was about to start.
The theme of the drama has changed, and the script must change accordingly. But the volume of 80 episodes is definitely too late for the main screenwriter alone, so the production company recruited a group of episode screenwriters to share the script creation work.
Meng Bai was one of the episode screenwriters recruited at the time, and the plot he was responsible for included the part of Lu Zhi played by Qin Lan.
Because the crew had already started filming at the time, Meng Bai and his team basically wrote on the spot and submitted it for review, and then directly explained the next plot to the actors.
Writing and shooting at the same time, basically how long the actors shot, Meng Bai and his team stayed in the crew.
And Meng Bai became familiar with Qin Lan at that time.
As for why there are so many screenwriters, Qin Lan only knows Meng Bai - it can only be said that even if you work behind the scenes, face is still very important.
After the filming of the TV series, the two of them knew each other. From time to time, Qin Lan would take some of the scripts she received and ask Meng Bai about the quality, and the relationship between the two became more and more familiar.
It is precisely because of this relationship that Qin Lan will make a special appointment tonight.
However, Meng Bai's search for Qin Lan has nothing to do with her identity as an actor.
Meng Bai told Li Qin before that he knew someone who could help contact the boss of Leshi.com.
This "person he knew" was Qin Lan.
One of her good friends in the "girlfriend group" is the boss lady of Leshi.com, Gan Wei.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
