Chapter 307 "Doing Justice for Heaven" and "Blessing Potion"
Li Yitong stayed in Changsha for three days before finally leaving.
Compared to the briskness when she came, her steps seemed a little frivolous when she left.
In addition, she also wore a mask and sunglasses.
Because of the explosion of "Tong Ronger", her popularity is very high now, and it is inevitable that she will be recognized.
With these covers, if she is discovered by fans, she can slightly cover up the slightly red and swollen crescent smiling eyes and hoarse voice.
I have to say that Meng Bai is indeed a good screenwriter.
In just a few days, a whole complete plot was set up.
From the drugs at the beginning, to coercion, to training, and then hesitation and entanglement, half-hearted, until finally completely immersed in depravity...
Real-life role-playing + exclusive customized plot, it's so cool!
If Li Yitong's agent couldn't delay the schedule planning, and called to urge her, she would probably have to stay for a few more days.
The only pity was that the clothes didn't last until the end. The next day, they were already in a mess, causing "Lady Huang" to fast forward to the Beggars' Sect.
Thinking of the experiences of the past few days, Li Yitong's pretty face, hidden under the wide mask, couldn't help but blush.
Bah! It's true that the guy is a pervert.
But after cursing in her heart, she couldn't help covering her face and laughing foolishly.
Compared with Li Yitong, Meng Bai's condition is slightly better.
As a veteran who has been through many battles, he naturally knows when to take shortcuts and when to save effort.
He didn't go back to Beijing North with Li Yitong, but went directly to Blue Island.
...
Oriental Film Metropolis, the studio of "Crazy Alien".
"Director Ning, thank you for lending us the space capsule scene this time."
In the studio, Meng Bai looked at a middle-aged man with a big forehead and a somewhat funny face and said.
"Haha, Mr. Meng, you're too polite. Anyway, we can't start filming until July. Now this place is idle anyway, so we can help to run it in." Ning Hao said with a loud laugh.
Compared with Guo Fan, Ning Hao is much more famous.
The "Crazy Series" at the time became a classic work of domestic films that made a lot of money with a small investment, and was copied over and over again by the protagonists of the entertainment industry.
In 2014, a "playful" film "Lost in Thailand" even beat a number of blockbusters and won the annual domestic film box office championship.
It can be said that before "Happy Twist" came out last year, the iron triangle of Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, and Huang Bo was the strongest comedy combination in China.
Not only that, he has also cooperated with China Film for many years, and he is half of their own.
When China Film planned to prepare a domestic science fiction film, it was not only "The Wandering Earth", but also several IPs such as "Rural Teachers" and "Micro Era" owned by Liu Cixin.
Ning Hao was also approached for the "The Wandering Earth" project at the beginning. However, considering the difficulty of filming, he finally gave up and chose "Rural Teacher" instead.
Then, there is the "Crazy Alien" which is about to start filming.
Meng Bai has also read the original work of "Rural Teacher" before. It is a short story of no more than 10,000 words.
The plot is about a teacher in a remote mountainous area. In the last stage of his life, he made his students remember the "Three Laws of Newton". Then, in the screening of advanced civilizations, he passed the civilization test with these three laws and avoided the destruction of the earth.
"Crazy Alien" is a comedy story about an alien who landed accidentally and a monkey artist played by Huang Bo, who trained and counter-trained each other.
How to say it, anyway, apart from the setting of "interaction between alien civilization and ordinary people at the grassroots level", Meng Bai really didn't see any connection between the two.
But it doesn't matter what the script is like. Anyway, with the names of Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Shen Teng, and Xu Zheng, the box office of the movie is guaranteed.
The studio of this movie is right next to "The Wandering Earth". When preparing before, Guo Fan ran here every day to get familiar with the face.
Seeing that the space capsule scene built by the crew was big and beautiful, this guy "shamelessly" asked if he could borrow it.
Ning Hao was also generous and waved his hand - use it for free!
This saved "The Wandering Earth" millions of dollars in set costs.
Not only that, the space suits of the astronauts in the "Navigator Space Station" were also borrowed from them.
Even Ning Hao himself was "plucked" by Guo Fan and played a cameo role as a boss selling kebabs in an underground city in the movie.
It really is, it's simply "contemporary timely rain".
In the past, Meng Bai would have given him a banner that said "acting on behalf of heaven", no, "helping charcoal in the snow".
Perhaps because he was helped by China Film when he first entered the industry, Ning Hao has been helping the development of new generation directors and domestic films in recent years.
Bad Monkey Pictures, which he founded, also proposed a "Bad Monkey 72 Transformation Movie Plan" last year.
This plan is somewhat similar to the "Arc Light Alliance" formed by Meng Bai and Wu Bai, both of which help young film and television practitioners complete projects.
However, the "Arc Light Alliance" mainly targets online dramas, while "Bad Monkey" focuses more on movies.
Perhaps it is for this reason that Ning Hao and Meng Bai have a lot in common.
"I know Director Wu Bai. Although the film "Car Washing" he shot at the beginning was a short film, whether it was the atmosphere rendering or the lens language, it was already the level of a mature director."
"Indeed, I watched this short film when I cooperated with Director Wu." Meng Bai said: "By the way, we have a movie project in the second half of the year at Arc Light, and he is the director."
"Mr. Meng is also making movies?" Ning Hao asked in surprise.
But after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but pat his head.
If Arc Light doesn't make movies, what is Meng Bai doing here?
After listening to Guo Fan's introduction, I learned that in addition to "The Wandering Earth", they already have two invested and produced movies, "Detective Chinatown" and "Wolf Warrior 2".
"Haha, it's not Director Ning's fault for misunderstanding." Meng Bai took the initiative to help out: "Previous movies were basically investments, and this is the first movie controlled by Arclight, so it's not an exaggeration to say that he is a newcomer."
"I wish President Meng a big box office success in advance."
"I wish you the same."
Ning Hao thought about it, looked at Meng Bai and said, "If President Meng is interested in newcomers' movies, we can talk more about it another day."
His "Bad Monkey Project" has been calling for more filmmakers to join in recent years, but capital still trusts the "big director, popular actor, IP" set more, and there are few supporters.
It's rare to meet Meng Bai, who is willing to help newcomers develop today. Although the tracks are not very different, they are all in the film and television industry.
What's more, according to the other party's meaning, the film business should be increased in the future, and they will meet sooner or later.
So Ning Hao also wanted to invite him to see if there is any possibility of cooperation.
Meng Bai naturally had no objection and agreed. They agreed to chat after they were busy in the second half of the year. After
chatting for a few more sentences, Ning Hao said that he had something else to do, so he left first.
As they watched each other leave, Meng Bai and Guo Fan started chatting about their own movies.
"Brother Jing is here?" Meng Bai asked.
Guo Fan nodded, "He came last week and has been filming his scenes these days."
"What about the ground line? Are they filming simultaneously?"
"No, it's temporarily suspended."
Meng Bai paused, "What do you mean? Is there any problem?"
Guo Fan waved his hand, "Don't be nervous, it's okay. Mai Mai has more than a week before the high school entrance examination, so she will go back to review for the time being. Qu Chuxiao will graduate this year and has to go back to school to go through some procedures. Uncle Da's health is not very good either, and Director Wu happened to come over, so I stopped there for a few days."
"Unknowingly, it's graduation season again."
Meng Bai sighed, "I was thinking a few days ago, if we had shot a youth film before, and took advantage of this release, and used the box office share to invest, wouldn't the funding problem be solved?"
"Use the money from "A Chinese Odyssey" to shoot "Ashes of Time", right?" Guo Fan smiled, "What a pity, this is not the era of Hong Kong films. If the funding is not solved in the end, the gap will be even bigger."
Meng Bai also smiled. The environment is different now. Many of the cool operations that were possible before are difficult to replicate now.
"Let's think of something feasible." Guo Fan said, "I originally planned to talk to Brother Jing today to see if his guest appearance salary can be converted into investment or something like that. It just so happens that you are here today. If we go together to discuss, the success rate should be higher."
"Hey, is Brother Jing's wife here?"
"She came yesterday, and it's just right to shoot their scenes today." Guo Fan said.
Meng Bai had mentioned before that he wanted to invite Xie Nan to guest star.
Wu Jing went back and told her about it. When the sister heard that it was Liu Cixin's work, she immediately agreed happily.
Guo Fan arranged a role for her as a female astronaut. She and Wu Jing were both on the "Navigator Space Station", and he specially arranged a line of dialogue for her and a scene with her in the same frame.
"You came just in time." Meng Bai smiled and said, "Call her to talk later."
"Are you sure she can convince Wu Jing?" Guo Fan asked doubtfully.
From his experience as a married man, Wu Jing is obviously a standard straight man who is more chauvinistic, and he must be the main person at home.
"You haven't watched the variety show 'Courtship Period' of Brother Jing before." Meng Bai patted Guo Fan on the shoulder, "Whether it is useful or not, it's better than nothing."
This is just like the props such as "Blessing Potion" in the game. It's hard to say whether it is useful or not, but it can always provide some psychological comfort.
(End of this chapter)
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