Chapter 498 Why are these two girls sitting together?
New Year's Eve, CCTV building.
There are only one or two hours left before the 2021 Spring Festival Gala begins, and the entire CCTV backstage is in chaos. The host is busy rehearsing, and the singers
and dancers are rehearsing in time. Everyone is making final preparations for the show in a few hours. In the public dressing room, a group of artists sat in front of the dressing mirror, allowing the makeup artist to apply smears on their faces, and there was a mess of footsteps and laughter around them.
The space backstage of CCTV is limited, and the number of guests involved in the Spring Festival Gala is extremely large, so there is no such thing as an independent lounge.
Those older artists may have a small room shared by several people to rest, but the younger generation like them are all gathered in the public dressing room.
But this is not bad, it will be more lively when everyone is together. And most of the artists who can be invited to participate in the Spring Festival Gala are second- and third-tier artists who can be called by name, and they know or have seen each other more or less, so there is no embarrassment.
Especially if there are friends, it will be more convenient.
"Qinqin!"
"Sister Ni Ni!"
In the dressing room, Li Qin, who was sitting in her seat watching the makeup artist put on her makeup, looked at Ni Ni standing behind her through the mirror in front of her, with a sweet smile on her face.
Like last year, Li Qin received an invitation to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala again this year. After all, the "Golden Years" starring her is still on CCTV 8 and will soon be concluded.
Another female lead, Ni Ni, was also invited, but it was a pity that the two were not in the same show. Li Qin sang with several other artists, while Ni Ni performed a skit with Jia Bing.
I don't know how the Spring Festival Gala director team arranged it, but the "cp fans" of the two girls may be disappointed this time - if they watch the Spring Festival Gala.
Looking at her friend's outfit in the mirror, Li Qin said with some envy: "This white coat looks good on you!"
Ni Ni's skit role is a flight attendant, and she is a former lover of the high-speed rail conductor played by Jia Bing.
Putting the relationship between these two roles in this way, basically the context of the entire skit is revealed. The two broke up because of their busy work, and then met again on the high-speed rail. After a series of misunderstandings and the "assistance" of intruding passengers, they finally reconciled and made dumplings together on the high-speed rail.
Like most of the Spring Festival Gala sketches in recent years, it is a formulaic work of assembly line nature, and the main purpose is to highlight the hard work of high-speed rail staff, etc.
This kind of program is similar to canned food, not very good but edible. The only highlight is the "stewardess" ex-girlfriend played by Ni Ni.
This long white coat with a red stewardess lining inside, revealing two long white legs underneath, the whole person has a bright and warm temperament, and anyone who sees it will be attracted to her involuntarily.
Anyway, Li Qin now feels that her friend's outfit today is particularly amazing.
Ni Ni, who was praised, smiled indulgently, bent down and whispered to Li Qin's ear, looking at the beautiful face in the mirror that was even more beautiful than her own: "You're talking about me, aren't you the same? This little red dress looks sweet. If Teacher Meng was here, I wonder if her eyes would still stay in her eye sockets."
Li Qin's clothes today were a little red dress, her hair tied into a ponytail, and the whole person looked pure and sweet.
"Tsk, who cares about him." Li Qin snorted proudly, and then said: "Hey, how do you know he's here today?"
"Ah?"
Ni Ni was surprised, and quickly stood up and looked around: "Meng... Teacher Meng is here today too? Is he also participating in the Spring Festival Gala?"
"He's not going on stage, he said that he seemed to be invited by some leader, so he came. He just sent a WeChat message saying that he was here, but he had to go and say hello to someone first." Li Qin smiled and said: "He doesn't really like to participate in this kind of event, this time it should be more important to invite people."
Hearing that Meng Bai was not there, Ni Ni was relieved. Although the communication between the two was quite private, she still felt a little uncomfortable in front of her friend.
Thinking of this, she felt that she should not stay here.
"Qinqin, then you take a rest first, I'm going back." Ni Ni smiled and patted Li Qin's shoulder.
"Leaving now?"
"I just came to see you, I still have to go over the lines and performances with Teacher Jia Bing and others."
"Well, okay, then after the Spring Festival Gala is over, we can make an appointment someday when we have time."
"Okay, I'll wait for you anytime."
After seeing the other party off, Li Qin turned around and looked at her makeup in the mirror today. Thinking of what her friend had just said, she couldn't help but smile sweetly.
After thinking about it, she took out her mobile phone and took a photo of the mirror and sent it to Meng Bai.
After waiting for a while, seeing that the man didn't reply to the message, it was estimated that he was not busy yet. Li Qin didn't continue to disturb her. Anyway, he would definitely come over after it was over.
After chatting with her friend, her originally nervous mood was relieved a lot. Sitting back in front of the dressing mirror in a good mood, she asked the makeup artist to continue, humming the song she was going to sing.
While humming the melody and reviewing the lyrics in her mind, Li Qin suddenly heard the door of the dressing room behind her being pushed open, followed by a voice of greeting. There must be a new person coming.
Li Qin felt that the other party's voice was somewhat familiar, and before she could react, the newcomer had already come to the dressing table next to her.
She turned her head and took a look, and then the original expression on her face suddenly froze, and her brows couldn't help but frowned slightly.
The other party naturally saw her, and her expression was also a little strange, as if she had the same feeling as her.
If Meng Bai was here, he would definitely recognize at a glance that the newcomer was Boss Li's good girlfriend, classmate Jin Daxi.
"I'm here."
"Yeah, sorry, I was a little late for something."
"It's okay, I'm not late anyway, I just got here not long ago, there are others behind you."
"Haha, really, that's okay."
The two girls said a few words indifferently, although they both had smiles on their faces, their tone was full of politeness and alienation. If others saw it, they would probably think that the two of them had some deep conflict.
Of course, in fact, it is almost the same.
Li Qin knew that Jin Chen was a very good friend of Li Yitong, and Jin Chen also knew that the man in front of him was the rival of her best friend.
Even deeper, she actually slept with the same man. With such a complicated relationship, how could the two of them be close?
It just happened that the director team of this year's Spring Festival Gala arranged the two of them in the same program.
The two had met several times during the rehearsal before, and in front of outsiders and the camera, everyone still cooperated very professionally. But after leaving the camera, the two had nothing to say except for the politeness just now.
Therefore, for the next period of time, except for the occasional chat of the makeup artist, the two of them kept silent tacitly. Fortunately, there were people coming and going in the public dressing room, and it was noisy everywhere, so no one paid attention to this place.
Li Qin pursed her lips and muttered to herself: I haven't told that dog man about the other people in the program before. When he comes over, I have to take a good look at his expression.
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CCTV building, director's office.
"...Haha, Mr. Meng, if you have the chance in the future, please cooperate with CCTV."
In the office, an older, gentle man stood up with a smile and said in a warm tone.
"Minister Shen, you are too polite. Arc Light and CCTV have always cooperated a lot. If you need anything, just contact me." Meng Bai also stood up and shook hands with the other party with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll have to bother you more in the future."
"No, we really hope to have more opportunities to ask Minister Shen for advice." Meng Bai said, "You should be busy today, so I won't bother you any more. I'll come to listen to your guidance when you have a convenient time after the New Year."
"Haha, I welcome you to come anytime." Minister Shen made an invitation gesture, "I'm going to the recording site, would you like to come with me?"
"Sorry, I have to go backstage to see a friend first."
"Oh... I see." Minister Shen smiled, "Then I won't delay you, let's talk when we have time."
Meng Bai came out of the office with a smile on his face and walked to the stairs. Seeing that there was no one around, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fuck! Dealing with these old guys is more tiring than staying up all night on the set for two consecutive days to shoot a movie."
The reason why he came to CCTV to watch the Spring Festival Gala today was because he was invited by this "Minister Shen" just now.
The other party is the deputy minister of the Central Propaganda Department and the current director of CCTV. More importantly, this person is likely to replace Director Nie next year.
It is precisely for this reason that Meng Bai would give him such face. After all, as a film and television person, he must have a good relationship with the boss of the film and television industry.
Similarly, Minister Shen also attaches great importance to him. After all, Huguang is now related to too many capitals and industries, and it is no longer just a film and television production company.
Even if he is in charge of radio and television and has the power of life and death over the film and television industry, he can only interfere with Huguang at most, and he cannot control it as he wants.
In this case, it is better to be polite to each other. It just so happens that he is also the director of CCTV. In the past two years, he has cooperated with Huguang in the film and television field, and they have a friendly relationship.
Of course, as a leader, you can show goodwill. It is impossible to call someone over for no reason and directly say to him, "Young man, I think you are good." This is too embarrassing.
It happened to be the Spring Festival, so he sent Huguang an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala.
Meng Bai received the invitation, and with Director Nie's previous suggestion, he naturally understood the meaning of the next "leading boss", so he gladly accepted it.
Although we didn't talk about specific things during the meeting just now, we both understood each other's meaning, which was a very successful meeting.
The only problem is that dealing with such official people is too brain-consuming, and you have to think about every sentence to see if there is any deeper meaning.
In comparison, even the business competition between peers seems much cuter.
Shaking his head to relax himself, Meng Bai looked at the WeChat message that was sent just now while waiting for the elevator, and naturally saw Li Qin's photo.
Don't say it, although this girl looks cold at ordinary times, she is still very sweet when she smiles.
But if you really want to say that the smile is beautiful, it has to be Boss Li. Especially those crescent-shaped smiling eyes, every time they bend, it makes people's hearts melt a little.
Alas, when can these two girls be put together?
Although I know it is a bit unrealistic, President Meng has always been looking forward to this wish in his heart.
Coming down from the CCTV building and walking into the No. 1 studio on the west side, Meng Bai felt a noisy wave of sound coming towards him as soon as he entered.
For ordinary audiences, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is mysterious and grand, but those who have been here know that it is just the impression given to the public by the camera. The actual Spring Festival Gala is far less grand than what we see on TV.
More than one guest has complained before that because the backstage is too small, most people can only rest and prepare in the circular corridor.
Especially those famous guests, they have to try hard to find some corners, otherwise they have to prepare for the next performance while being disturbed by small artists who come to sign autographs and take photos from time to time.
Meng Bai has been walking and stopping since he entered the door. The main reason is that most of the people gathered here are artists and actors, so the probability of him being recognized is also very high.
When someone comes to say hello, he can't pretend not to see it. He always nods and some even have to stop and chat.
For example, now.
"Hey, Meng Bai!"
"Sister Tong, good evening." Meng Bai raised his hand to Tong Liya, who was wearing a fiery red dress opposite him.
"Good evening."
Tong Liya came over with a smile on her face and asked curiously, "Why are you here? You're not going to be on stage too, are you?"
"Recently, I feel that I can develop my idol career, so I asked the director team for a solo program."
"Really?!"
"Just kidding."
"..."
Tong Liya reminded herself that this was backstage at the Spring Festival Gala, and there were cameras everywhere, and she resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
Unlike Meng Bai's joke, she really had a program, and it was an opening song and dance.
After a few pleasantries, Meng Bai suddenly remembered the phone call from Chen Sicheng when he was in Tokyo. Although he didn't hear the whole thing, judging from the tone and content, it should be Tong Liya on the other end of the phone, and the two were arguing about something.
However, this thought only flashed through his mind for a moment before it was suppressed. As an outsider, there was no need for him to inquire about such personal matters, not to mention that this occasion was not appropriate.
In this case, he didn't bother the other party's preparations, and simply chatted for a few words before saying goodbye and leaving.
It is estimated that there are not many people in the entire backstage who are so leisurely except himself.
After walking for a while, Meng Bai finally saw the assistant Jia Jia who was waiting not far away. It was probably Li Qin who asked her to wait for him.
"Brother Meng, you are finally here!"
"You sound like you have been waiting for me here for a long time." Meng Bai laughed, "Is your sister Qin Qin in there?"
"Yes, but..."
Jia Jia frowned, "There is a delicate situation now, you'd better be careful."
"Be careful?" Meng Bai was puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Jia Jia scratched her head, as if organizing her words, "Well... I can't say, anyway, you will know when you see it later."
Meng Bai followed the other person suspiciously into the dressing room. With just a glance, he recognized Li Qin's familiar back.
He walked a few steps forward and was about to go over when he suddenly caught a glimpse of another figure sitting next to the girl. His steps suddenly stopped.
What's going on? Why are these two girls sitting together?
(End of this chapter)
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