Chapter 473 Failed?
Although Meng Bai has taught him everything he knows, it turns out that high sugar and high protein alone cannot fill your stomach.
After less than two rounds, Li Yitong said that her hands and feet were weak and she had no strength.
After all, she was his girlfriend, and Meng Bai was reluctant to continue, so he called the hotel to have someone send food up.
Crystal shrimp, fried shrimp with lime oil, braised pork with preserved plums, pickled pork with preserved vegetables, crab roe steamed buns...
Although she is a girl and a star, Li Yitong is a standard "meat lover."
"Shanghai cuisine always feels sweet and tastes a bit strange."
She picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in her mouth to taste it, and said with some disdain: "It doesn't feel as good as the braised pork in Jinan."
"I'm sure you won't get used to it if you eat it all the time, but it's actually not bad to try it occasionally." Meng Bai said.
Li Yitong curled her lips calmly. This dog man's taste used to be similar to hers, but it has slowly changed in recent years.
He must have been influenced by that Kunshan girl.
So annoying!
She took out her phone and prepared to find a variety show to change her mood, so as not to lose her appetite.
A burst of music sounded, and Meng Bai glanced at the familiar UI interface on the screen. It was the horizontal video of "Sisters Who Make Waves", and it seemed to be the latest issue.
"You have been following it all the time."
"This show is really interesting, more fun than those ordinary talent shows." Li Yitong said.
This is true. As the hottest variety show this summer, "Sisters Who Make Waves" has been full of topics and popularity since its launch. Even if it has experienced such a big event as the release in the middle, the number of views still firmly occupies the top spot on the Internet variety show list.
Two days ago, Tencent Video's "Creation Camp 2020" broadcast the last group night, but both the hot searches and real-time data were suppressed by "Sisters Who Make Waves".
It just happened that Yang Chaoyue and her "101" limited group expired and disbanded, which also grabbed a lot of attention, causing the newly formed "Hard Candy Girl 303" to disappear almost as soon as it debuted, and the dignified "Penguin New Group" had no appearance.
However, there is only one episode left of "Sisters Who Make Waves". After the group formation night next week, the entire first season of the show will also end.
"I see that Daxi is very popular, so can she debut as a member of the group?" Li Yitong asked.
"Not necessarily. The program team communicated with her two days ago to see if she wants to join the group formation plan, but she said she needs to think about it again." Meng Bai said: "It happens that you have time these days, you can urge her and let her make a decision quickly, so that the program team will not have trouble arranging it at that time."
"Can you manipulate who will be in the group behind the scenes?"
"Of course, the vote is just a data, and it can be adjusted at will in the background."
Meng Bai saw Li Yitong's eyes widened, and smiled and said: "I'm kidding, it can be adjusted, but the scope of change is very limited, because these voting data are almost always watched by fans. A slightly larger fluctuation can easily arouse doubts."
"In that case, why do you still discuss with the contestants who will form a group and who will be eliminated?"
"Sisters Who Make Waves is different from other talent shows. The sisters are all artists who have debuted for many years, with rich experience and wide network channels. Although they have signed an agreement before the show starts, if anyone really doesn't want to form a group, we can't force them."
Meng Bai said: "Those who will come to participate in the show are basically for the purpose of maintaining popularity or becoming popular again. For people like Da Xi whose popularity has increased during the show, it is not so important whether they form a group or not."
"In order to avoid making things ugly at that time, the program team will confirm with several players in the swing position in advance. Those who don't want to form a group will give up, and those who want to form a team will be replaced according to the voting results. Of course, those who rank very high or very low will definitely not be discussed."
Li Yitong thought about it and felt that it would be better this way. It not only guarantees the subsequent operation of the entire plan, but also gives the "sisters" the right to choose.
She watched with relish while eating. Meng Bai was not so interested in this show, and listened to her talk in a casual manner.
The meal took more than an hour to finish.
"Hmm..."
Li Yitong touched her stomach: "I'm so full."
Meng Bai pulled her hand and said with a smile: "Get up and move around to speed up digestion. I want to play the second round."
"I don't want to move." Li Yitong was unmoved: "Who knows how many rounds it will take you to finish? I have to be busy all day tomorrow. You have to have a good rest tonight."
Meng Bai raised his eyebrows and said dissatisfiedly: "How can this be done?
How can you quit at the last minute?" "Save the game first and continue tomorrow." Li Yitong's crescent eyes suddenly showed a bit of coquettishness, "I have a gift for you tomorrow."
"Gift? What gift?" Meng Bai's eyes lit up. He liked gifts the most.
"It's boring to tell you now. You will know tomorrow night."
Looking at the sly smile on the woman's face, Meng Bai thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, then I'll wait and see. But let me make it clear first, if I am not satisfied with tomorrow's gift, you will not end up well, girl, hehe..."
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Under the temptation of the gift, Meng Bai saved a game, temporarily let his girlfriend go, and slept very healthily all night.
The next morning, Li Yitong got up early and woke up the man who was still sleeping with jealousy, and then she went to put on makeup and change into a dress with satisfaction.
There was no way, women took much longer to put on makeup than men, not to mention that they were all artists.
Not to mention the Magnolia Awards, even in the crew, especially in costume dramas, actresses usually sleep one or two hours less than male actors every day, all of which is spent on makeup. After
complaining in his heart, Meng Bai watched his girlfriend being picked up by the assistant and then fell asleep again, and did not wake up until the morning.
After washing and packing slowly, and having lunch, he took Hua Yan to meet with the crew of "The Secret Corner" first, and then rushed to the Magnolia Awards together.
"Mr. Meng is here!"
"Hello, Mr. Meng."
Xin Shuang, Qin Hao and others saw the big boss coming and came over to say hello.
"Hello, Uncle Producer!"
Wang Shengdi, wearing a cute little skirt, came over holding her mother's hand and shouted to Meng Bai crisply.
The most impressive character in "The Hidden Corner" is, in addition to "Little Mountain Climber" Zhang Dongsheng, there is Pupu, one of the "Three Children".
The audience obviously loves this "dark little lolita", and her popularity is even higher than that of the little male lead Zhu Chaoyang.
As a result, the popularity of this little girl Wang Shengdi has also risen, becoming the first "Post-10 Little Actors" to have an independent name.
Of course, her performance in the play is really good. This time at the Magnolia Awards, she was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress for the role of "Pupu".
Although it is impossible to win the award, she is almost the youngest nominee in the history of the Magnolia Awards.
"Didn't I say that I should call the producer brother?"
Meng Bai bent down and deliberately frowned at her.
The little girl blinked her eyes: "But if I call the producer brother, then the director uncle and others will take advantage."
"Hey, the little girl is quite reasonable."
Meng Bai patted her head lightly, then stood up and gestured: "This little girl is growing fast. When she was filming "The Accidental Murderer", she was only half a person's height, and now she has grown to her chest."
Girls usually develop earlier than boys. Wang Shengdi was born in 2010 and is ten years old this year. It is just the time for her to grow taller.
This girl, like Qu Chuxiao, has also signed an agency contract with Water Drop Agency and is also an actor of the "Arc Light System". Because of her popularity and strength, she has taken on many roles since "The Secret Corner". Like the previous "The Accidental Murderer", and "Assassination of Novelist" with Li Qin.
Unlike Zhao Jinmai, who is a "sister", Meng Bai really treats Wang Shengdi as a little kid. So although he complained about the title of "uncle", he actually didn't care much, just let the children call him whatever they want.
The group came to the waiting area of the Magnolia Awards, and then followed the staff's guidance to walk through the red carpet and enter the backstage.
As soon as they came in, Meng Bai looked around and easily saw the crew of "Celebrating Yu Nian" who entered the venue before them, as well as the leading actors Zhang Ruoyun, Li Yitong and others.
It's just that there are so many people and it's not convenient for them to get together directly.
"Ding~"
The phone rang, Meng Bai took it out and took a look. It was Li Yitong who sent a WeChat message.
Li Yitong: [I'm on the left side of your crew, can you see me? ]
Meng Bai: [I see. ]
He looked up and looked over there, and Li Yitong happened to look at him. The two of them met in the air, and then they couldn't help but smile at each other.
Li Yitong: [Does my dress look good today? ]
Meng Bai: [It looks good, it suits you well. ]
He had just seen that the girl was wearing a silver-white deep V dress today. The skirt was inlaid with broken diamonds and sequins from top to bottom, which looked shiny.
Li Yitong: [You need to look carefully and remember this dress. ]
Meng Bai was a little confused. What does "remember the dress" mean?
He turned his head and looked over again, giving her a puzzled look, but unfortunately the girl just smiled at him and didn't explain.
...
Compared to those "Starlight Awards" and "Weibo Night" and other activities, these formal award ceremonies are much shorter. They start at 7:30 and usually end around 10 o'clock.
"The Hidden Corner" has a total of six nominations, but there are actually not many chances to win them. Arc Light didn't put too much energy into the Magnolia Awards, but was more concerned about the Feitian Awards to be held next month.
Of course, that being said, it would be good to win an award. Especially for Xin Shuang and others, they are even more hopeful.
"Is this also the first time for Teacher Qin Hao to come to the Magnolia Awards?" Meng Bai asked.
Qin Hao nodded. He didn't mention it when he was filming a movie before. After he started to mix in the TV circle in the past two years, he had the best chance last time with "Peace Hotel", but he only mentioned the female lead but not the male lead, so he simply didn't come.
So, this is really his first nomination for the Magnolia Awards, although it is only for "Best Supporting Actor".
To be honest, although Zhang Dongsheng is the most popular character in "The Bad Kids", in the plot, the protagonists are actually the "three kids" Zhu Chaoyang, Yan Liang and Pupu, which can be seen from the name of the original novel "Bad Kids".
In addition, this character is a villain, and there is definitely no hope if he signs up for the male lead, so the crew asked Qin Hao for his opinion at the time and signed up for "Best Supporting Actor", and he was indeed selected for the nomination.
However, nominations are nominations, and he is competing with Chen Daoming from "Celebrating More Than Years", Sha Yi from "Little Joy", Wang Jinsong from "Ice Breaking Operation" and Tian Yu from "Celebrating More Than Years", all of whom were extremely popular characters last year and contributed many famous scenes. It
's really hard to say whether he will be selected in the end.
In fact, to be honest, except for Meng Bai's "Best Screenwriter (Adaptation)" which is a little more stable, the rest of the awards are hard to say.
The first half of the award ceremony was mainly about some small awards. Apart from the nominees and winners, not many people paid attention to them.
The main focus of the guests and the audience was on the grand prize in the second half.
"The next award to be announced is the Best Photography Award..."
With the introduction of the host, everyone who had been waiting for an hour became energetic. Starting from this technical award, the real essence is the following.
"The Secret Corner" also received a nomination for Best Photography, but it was not selected. It was given to "The Longest Day in Chang'an" together with another Best Art.
Although Meng Bai and his team felt a little regretful, they didn't care too much. As one of the popular costume suspense dramas last year, "The Longest Day in Chang'an" was indeed praised by many viewers for its pictures and lens aesthetics.
"Thinking on the bright side, it is actually good news." Meng Bai comforted everyone: "Both awards can be given to "The Longest Day in Chang'an", at least it shows that the jury has no prejudice against online dramas."
Several people in the crew nodded. Indeed, before this, what they were most worried about was the "contempt chain" between online dramas and TV dramas. What if the organizer just wants to use the web drama as a gimmick, and in the end actually still prefers the TV series, then there is really no hope.
But at present, it seems that the jury is quite fair.
After the two technical awards, it is the best supporting actor and the best supporting actress.
"The winner of the Best Supporting Actress Award is Tao Hong from "Little Joy."
"The winner of the Best Supporting Actor Award is Tian Yu from "Joy of Life."
As the names of the winners were announced, Qin Hao, who was sitting next to Meng Bai, sighed, but applauded calmly to express his congratulations.
"What a pity."
Meng Bai and Xin Shuang both said.
It was expected that Wang Shengdi would not be selected as the "Best Supporting Actress", but they actually thought about Qin Hao's "Best Supporting Actor".
"It's okay, I'm lucky if I get it, and I'm doomed if I lose it." Qin Hao himself is quite open-minded: "I thought the winner would be Teacher Wang Jinsong, but I didn't expect it to be him."
This is indeed true. After reading the list of nominees, many people thought that the winners would be either Chen Daoming or Wang Jinsong. After all, the former's "Emperor Qing" and the latter's "Uncle Dong" left a very deep impression.
In comparison, although Tian Yu's "Wang Qinian" was also very good, it always felt a little worse.
However, the awards have been given, and it would seem sour to say these things. So Qin Hao just sighed and said nothing more.
The "Best Actor/Actress" after the supporting role has nothing to do with the crew of "The Secret Corner". Meng Bai was looking forward to it for Zhang Ruoyun, but it was a pity that it was given to Chen Baoguo in the end.
In this regard, he can only say "It's not unfair to lose."
"The next two awards to be announced are the best original screenwriter and the best adaptation."
As the host's voice fell, the crew of "The Secret Corner" took a deep breath.
Meng Bai's screenwriter award is the one they are most likely to get tonight. If they lose again, it is really possible that they will not win one.
"Old Meng doesn't look very nervous?"
Zhang Ruoyun, who was sitting on the side, glanced at Meng Bai and said to Li Yitong beside him.
As a friend for many years, although he was a little worried about Meng Bai's "rich emotional life", he still stood on his buddy's side.
So even though he knew that the girl next to him didn't get along with his wife's best friend, he still maintained a normal attitude.
Hearing Zhang Ruoyun's words, Li Yitong glanced at Meng Bai, who was calm in the distance, and said with a smile: "Maybe he has won it once, so he doesn't think much of it."
"This..."
Zhang Ruoyun thought about it, don't say it, with Lao Meng's personality, it seems that this is possible.
The award ceremony continued on the stage, and the original screenwriter award was announced first, which was won by "Ice Breaking Operation". Next, it was the best screenwriter in the adaptation category.
"The winner of the Best Screenwriter (Adaptation) Award at the 26th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award is-"
"Wang Juan from "Joy of Life"."
As the awards were announced, applause broke out at the scene. Everyone from the "Celebrating Yu Nian" crew stood up to congratulate their screenwriter teacher.
While Li Yitong was applauding, she looked at Meng Bai nervously. Seeing that he didn't seem to be abnormal, she was relieved.
"How should I put it... I want to say it's a pity for Lao Meng, but it doesn't seem appropriate."
Zhang Ruoyun muttered softly after sitting down.
Indeed, one is a good friend, and the other is his own crew. It doesn't seem good for either of them to fail.
On the crew of "The Bad Kids", everyone sighed together.
"Well, Mr. Meng, don't worry about it. The jury may have considered that you won it once, so they gave it to someone else this time." Xin Shuang comforted carefully.
Meng Bai glanced at the people around him and chuckled, "Okay, I didn't say anything, why are you so regretful? Awards are something that can have any result. Just like Director Xin said, maybe the jury wants to balance and give us a big award later."
"Hey, that makes sense."
Everyone responded, but everyone knew in their hearts that this possibility was not very high.
Looking at the expressions of the people around him, Meng Bai shook his head.
It would be a lie to say that he didn't regret not winning the award, but he really didn't care much.
His current identity has gradually shifted from a screenwriter and producer to a company boss and industry leader. It's naturally good to win an award, but it's just a pity if he doesn't win one. There's nothing to be sad about.
The most promising "Best Screenwriter" didn't get it, and the crew of "The Secret Corner" lost hope a little.
Especially after the next "Best Director" also failed, this mood reached its peak.
So far, there is only one "Best TV Series" left.
Seeing the award presenter take out the envelope from his pocket, Xin Shuang and the others were ready to leave, but only Meng Bai was still sitting there with spirit.
"I announce that the winner of the 26th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award for Best TV Drama is..."
The presenter paused and glanced at the audience.
"Congratulations, The Bad Kids!"
(End of this chapter)
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