Chapter 83 How big is the difference between the web drama and the movie?
Considering that he had been away for quite a while, in order to consolidate his image as a "dedicated" person, Meng Bai decided to hang around in the crew recently.
"Senior brother!"
With a crisp shout, Zhu Xudan jumped out from behind Meng Bai.
"Why didn't you get scared?" Looking at Meng Bai with a calm face, the little girl asked puzzledly.
"Next time you make such a sneak attack, observe whether the surrounding environment is suitable." Meng Bai pointed to the window next to him, and the reflections of the two people on it were clearly shown.
Turning to look at the girl, Meng Bai's eyes lit up. The girl was wearing a white JK uniform with puff sleeves today, and a brown-gray pleated skirt underneath, revealing two slender white long legs. Of course, what attracted his attention most were the twin ponytails on her head, which made her already fresh temperament even more cute.
Zhu Xudan naturally noticed Meng Bai's gaze lingering on her. She shook her head, and her two ponytails swung left and right. She said happily, "How is it, senior brother, does it look good?"
"Very good." Meng Bai did not hide it, and praised naturally, "This style is quite youthful. It really looks no different from a college girl." "
... Senior brother, I'm a student."
"Oh, yes, I forgot you haven't graduated yet."
The junior college class of the Central Academy of Drama is a three-year system. This girl still has one year to graduate, and she is still a student now.
"Tsk, that's great." Meng Bai sighed. In a blink of an eye, it has been almost three years since he graduated.
Zhu Xudan was not so emotional. She was full of joy now.
Originally, she thought that she could spend more time with her senior brother when she came to the crew. Unexpectedly, there was a competition with Li Yitong who claimed to be a "friend". Not only that, her senior brother would run away at any time, and he could not be seen in the crew at all.
But things have gotten better recently. First, Li Yitong finished filming her scenes and returned to Beijing after her role was finished. Then Meng Bai finished his work outside and returned to the crew.
Doesn't this mean that in the next period of time, Senior Brother will be all by himself!
More importantly, through what happened just now, she felt that she had grasped Senior Brother Meng Bai's preferences, so next... hehehe, just thinking about it makes people happy.
"Senior Brother, can I..."
Zhu Xudan was thinking about whether to find an excuse to go to Senior Brother's room to find him at night, but suddenly heard someone calling Meng Bai.
Turning her head to look in the direction of the voice, a sturdy man with a beard was standing by.
She knew this man. He was a supporting actor in the crew's "The Seventh Reader's Case". He seemed to be called Gongger.
What surprised Zhu Xudan was that Senior Brother Meng Bai seemed to be quite familiar with this fat man, and the two greeted each other familiarly.
"What did you say just now?" Meng Bai looked at Zhu Xudan and asked.
"Ah, no, nothing." The little girl who was interrupted naturally didn't dare to say it in front of others. She wanted to find Meng Bai in the evening. After hurriedly responding, she walked away with depression.
"This world is really about appearance." Gongger teased Meng Bai: "Why haven't I had a junior sister to chat with me since I was a child."
"What's the big deal about not having a junior sister? Don't you have Brother Guo? You two are just 'good friends, sharing a quilt'."
"Fuck, you're so disgusting!"
The "Brother Guo" Meng Bai mentioned is Guo Fan mentioned before. The two of them are friends with a very good relationship.
Don't look at this buddy's plain appearance, but he was also a serious "Fast Boy" idol before. He has done dubbing and has been an actor in recent years. This year, he participated in another remake of the web drama "Sha Seng Diary" by Leshi.com. After the filming, he was introduced to the crew of "Psychological Crime". Meng Bai also arranged a role for him according to his image.
"Brother Guo's movie is off the screen, right?"
"Well, it was released last month, and the total box office was 450 million."
"That's good." Meng Bai smiled and said, "This brother has finally made it."
I remember asking about it when I attended the premiere before. The total cost of the youth film called "My Deskmate" was only more than 20 million. The box office of more than 400 million is equivalent to a return rate of more than 20 times.
For the producer, three times the box office is almost not a loss, five times the box office can make a lot of money, and ten times the box office can be called a "box office miracle."
Now that he has a 20-fold rate of return, he is definitely a "newcomer" in the film industry, and he will definitely not worry about projects and investments in the future.
"It's the same for you. Your first drama was a hit, your second project was a huge investment of more than 40 million, and you even created a film and television universe." Gongger said enviously, "It's hard for me as an actor to make a name for myself."
Meng Bai patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "It doesn't matter. The path of an actor requires steady progress. Keep going, and in another three to five years, slowly you will..."
"You'll be able to get ahead?"
"I'll get used to it."
"..."
After a few words of laughter and scolding, Gongger said that he was here to say goodbye, as the filming of his role had just been completed.
Meng Bai said, "Let's see when we are not busy and ask Brother Guo to come out for dinner together."
Gongger thought for a moment and said, "That may take some time. Lao Guo told me yesterday that he was selected for this year's 'China-US Film Talent Exchange Program' and will go to the United States in two months. This period is a busy time."
"China-US Film Exchange?" Meng Bai asked curiously, "What kind of activity is this?"
Gongger had deliberately learned about this. It was probably in 2013 that the State Administration of Film and Television and the American Film Association reached a "China-US Film Talent Exchange Program" to enhance cooperation and exchanges between the film industries of China and the United States.
Of course, this is the official statement. To put it bluntly, we want their technology and model, and they want our vast market, so we each get what we need and come up with this plan.
But no matter what the original purpose is, this kind of exchange is definitely beneficial to the development of mainland films.
Last year, the first batch of four directors, Zhang Yibai, Xue Xiaolu, Zhang Meng, and Wuershan, were selected to visit Paramount, one of the old Hollywood "Big Six". This year, one more quota was added. In addition to Guo Fan, there are Ning Hao, Xiao Yang, Chen Sicheng, and Lu Yang.
It can also be seen from this list that most of the directors selected by the state are commercial film directors, and they have successful experience. Like Guo Fan's "My Deskmate", Xiao Yang's "Old Boy: The Way of the Dragon", Chen Sicheng's "Beijing Love Story", Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Knife".
Not to mention Ning Hao, he has been almost plundered by various Chinese entertainment companies.
Although these directors have different themes and styles, they have all created high-box office examples of "small wins big".
"Hollywood..." Meng Bai sighed enviously.
He didn't have any idea about Hollywood blockbusters. After all, as the domestic film market gradually grows, it will catch up sooner or later. What he wants to see is the production system and production specifications accumulated by others for decades. If this set of things can be established in the domestic film and television market, it will be more useful than a few more box office blockbusters.
Unfortunately, he is still in the lowest end of the "film and television contempt chain" online drama. No matter how high the playback volume and how popular it is, there is no condition to participate.
"Alas, movies..."
Meng Bai took a deep breath and laughed at himself. As the saying goes, people are never satisfied, and he has just finished his TV series, and he is already thinking about movies.
Forget it, we have to eat one bite at a time, let's finish filming "Psychological Crime" first.
(End of this chapter)
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