Chapter 286 Soul Ferry: Huangquan
"What about the other one?" Zhu Xudan asked.
"You should be more familiar with the other one." Meng Bai introduced: "The Pendulum series is going to shoot a spin-off movie "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", and the character image of the heroine is quite suitable for you."
"Pendulum? Movie?"
Zhu Xudan asked doubtfully: "But I already have a role in the web drama, is it appropriate to star in the movie?"
"It doesn't matter, the timeline of this plot takes place long before the main film, it is a prequel story, it doesn't have much impact."
At this point, Meng Bai smiled and said: "Or you can understand that 'Cai Qin' in the first season is the reincarnation of the heroine in the movie version."
Zhu Xudan also laughed, this is indeed a very good reason.
"But can a movie with a pendulum theme really pass the review?"
"The genre of the movie version is mainly mythology and fantasy, and has little to do with horror and thriller, so it's a borderline."
Meng Bai frowned and said, "But it's hard to say, so now we have made two preparations. If it can pass the review, it will go to the theater. If it can't pass the review, it will go to the Internet."
Compared with the growing prosperity of online dramas, the online movie market has always been tepid.
But in this silent situation, the development momentum is actually not bad.
According to statistics from various video platforms, the current box office record of a single online movie has exceeded 30 million.
Converted into the box office of a theater movie, it is about 150 million.
Moreover, the production cost of online movies is generally low, basically around 5 million.
Therefore, in the past two years, many small film and television teams have chosen to go the online broadcast route.
There is no theater share and distribution fees, and it can almost make a profit after passing the line. The profit margin is high and the risk is low, which is much more cost-effective than going to the theater.
"Online movie..." Zhu Xudan pondered.
"Why, you don't like it?"
"No, no!" Zhu Xudan waved her hands hurriedly.
As a small actor outside the third-tier, how could she be picky?
She was actually thinking about something else.
"Brother, are you in charge of the filming of these two projects?" Zhu Xudan asked cautiously.
Meng Bai shook his head: "The web series will start shooting after the New Year, and I have other projects to be busy with. But I should still take a look at the big movie."
As a start-up work, "Soul Ferry" has a different meaning to Arclight Films than other projects.
What's more, after the end of this prequel movie, the "Pendulum" IP may not have any major development in the future.
So even if it is just a "web movie" that may not be shown in theaters, Meng Bai will try his best to make this film perfect.
Thinking of this, he looked at the girl in front of him again: "Come to the company for an audition in a few days. Let's make it clear first, if the director thinks you don't perform well and doesn't want you, don't find me to cry."
"Don't worry, brother, I will never embarrass you!"
Zhu Xudan said firmly.
But after she finished speaking, she bit her lip again and called out hesitantly, "Brother Meng Bai..."
"What's wrong?"
"...Nothing."
Forget it, many things she said were inappropriate in this situation today. Anyway, Brother Meng would be there when the movie was being filmed, so why not wait until then to talk about it.
Thinking of this, Zhu Xudan raised her little face and showed a bright smile: "Senior brother, you are busy, I won't bother you."
Looking at the other person's back as she left, Meng Bai couldn't help but sigh.
This girl, why is she a little weird? ——After
the annual meeting of Taiyang Chuanhe, the annual meeting of Arc Light Film and Television will be held immediately.
As a competent boss, Meng Bai deliberately chose the annual meeting on Thursday, a working day.
"Mr. Meng, this is the itinerary for the annual meeting."
The head of the administrative department handed over a document: "We will all take a bus at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the afternoon is free time. After dinner, you will give a speech, and then there will be a lottery. Stay at the resort for one night and come back the next morning."
After taking the itinerary and looking at it, Meng Bai took a pen and made a mark: "Cancel the speech session, and just draw the lottery when the time comes."
There are so many speeches throughout the year, why ruin the atmosphere when everyone is happy like this.
With the expansion of scale, Arc Light Film and Television now has a total of about 100 to 200 employees in the two office areas.
So the company directly booked a resort in Changping, and then rented three buses to carry people.
Meng Bai deliberately waited until the dinner time was over. As he thought, everyone was very satisfied with the annual meeting without speeches by leaders, performances and other messy links.
Seeing their young boss appear, there was even more cheering.
"Okay, everyone, hurry up. The lucky draw after the dinner is our main business today." Meng Bai held the microphone and said to the employees: "Save your strength later, so that you can cheer the winners."
"Okay!" Everyone laughed.
Sitting down at the main table, Meng Bai said with emotion: "If it weren't for the annual meeting, I really wouldn't have realized that Arclight actually has so many people."
"It's mainly because we have many business sectors, covering all aspects of online dramas, TV dramas, and movies."
Liu Jun on the side said: "With our current scale, if we only focus on one field, about 70 or 80 people will be enough."
"There are many fields and many projects." Meng Bai said: "By the way, are there any companies interested in the movie "Psychological Crime"? "
"At present, it is mainly Anle, China Film, Beijing North Culture and Ruyi. In addition, Beijing North Culture and Maoyan Entertainment want to undertake the distribution of the movie."
More than a year ago, Anle Pictures proposed to make a movie version of "Psychological Crime".
Because of the continuity of the plot, the two parties agreed to wait until the second season of the online drama before launching the project.
As a result, because Arclight and Leshi.com stopped cooperating, the "Green Ivy Series" was interrupted for a time, and it has been delayed until now.
Although Arclight Films is no longer the small company it once was, and has many resources and channels in the film industry, Anle has waited for so long, so Meng Bai has never thought of kicking them out.
As for China Film, Beijing North Culture and Ruyi, they are all "acquaintances" with whom Meng Bai has worked together.
"When do you plan to start shooting the movie?" Liu Jun asked.
Meng Bai thought for a while and said, "August or September. There are too many projects in the first half of the year, so let's slow down a bit."
"Okay, then I will contact these companies."
The employees of Arclight obviously understood their boss's "hurry up" and the dinner was basically over before seven o'clock. They began to look forward to the next prize session.
There are three categories of rewards. The first one is the "Sunshine Award", which is for everyone, and each person will get a red envelope of 1,888 yuan.
The second category is the commendation award, similar to "Outstanding Department" and "Outstanding Employee", etc. The awards are mainly various electronic products, cosmetics and red envelopes.
The third one is a big lottery that depends entirely on luck.
(End of this chapter)
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