For some time before this, Frank Robinson had been pondering whether it was necessary to launch the four-seater R44, and the answer was, of course, yes, although the R22 was selling well and even opened up the market for government procurement, the limitations of the two-seater helicopter were too great.

For example, a very simple application scenario: news gathering.

Normally, the typical crew configuration for news interviews and live broadcast tasks is that a pilot in the front seat is responsible for driving the helicopter, a reporter in the back seat plus a photographer, if it is a more important or hot news, the co-pilot will also sit a scene director to be responsible for command, which is almost a typical way to use helicopters for news interviews and live broadcasts, and obviously, the two-seater R22 is simply unable to perform this kind of task, only a four-seat aircraft can do.

But if Robinson introduced the four-seat R44, there would be no problem at all, and Frank Robinson was confident that with its low purchase price and maintenance costs, the R44 would be marketed to the American press and all other individuals and businesses with four-seat helicopter needs, but before that, he had never considered a six/seven-seat helicopter.

But now, Mr. Fernández actually said that he wanted to launch the R66?

"A 6/7-seater helicopter ......" Frank Robinson frowned, his tone not very sure, "Do you think this is necessary?"

If it was said by anyone else, Frank Robinson would not take it seriously, but since it was said by Fernandez Chen, who has the ability to turn stones into gold, he can't ignore it.

"You are the CEO of Robinson Helicopters, if you feel that it is necessary, go on, and if you feel that you need to focus on the R44 for the time being, then you can't," Chen Geng did not mean to overstep his bounds, and said to Frank Robinson with a smile: "But I mean, since you are ready to do the second row, why not make the fuselage a little wider, so that the second row can be three people?"

In fact, in the history of the development of Robinson Helicopter Company, R66 is not a 6/7-seat aircraft, this is a five-seat helicopter, it can be considered that R66 is Robinson on the basis of the four-seat R44 replacement of the turboshaft engine, appropriately widened the width of the rear fuselage and the two seats in the rear into a three-seat R44 upgraded version, it can also be said that Robinson sells dog meat with a sheep's head, but it doesn't matter, this "selling dog meat with a sheep's head" situation will not appear now.

"That's ......"

Frank Robinson was really a little moved: yes, since they are all ready to make the second row, why not make the fuselage a little more spacious and have three seats under the second row? He thought for a while and said to Chen Geng: "I'll think about it." ”

Chen Geng nodded with a smile.

Such a big thing, of course, Frank Robinson can't make a decision right now, it must be carefully considered, Chen Geng didn't expect Frank Robinson to slap the table on the spot, and shouted: "Boss, you're right, let's do it like this!", that's unrealistic, Frank Robinson is willing to think about this carefully, which is already very satisfying to Chen Geng.

He thought for a moment and said to Frank Robinson, "Do you think if everything goes well, when will the four-seater R44 or the five-seater R55 be finalized and certified?"

"You know, my idea was to build the R44 on top of the R22, and let the R44 share as much of the R22 fuselage parts as possible," said Frank Robinson. ”

"Two years?"

Chen Geng frowned, as if he was a little dissatisfied.

Frank Robinson is such a clever person, seeing Chen Geng's action, he looked at Chen Geng and blinked: "Boss, you are ......"

Chen Geng didn't hide it from him: "I'm going to separate the film and television production, I'm going to add a little guy to them, and the media is developing well, and I also need to purchase a few helicopters as news gathering equipment......

Forget it!"

Chen Geng shook his head and said, "I still ordered a batch of Z-9 helicopters from COMAC to use them." ”

In fact, as a light-duty aircraft, Changfei's Z-11 is more suitable as a carrier aircraft for news interviews and film and television aerial shooting, but the Z-11 project has just been launched for a few years, and it will take several years for the Z-11 to be finalized, and Chen Geng really can't afford to wait.

“......”

Frank Robinson was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head in frustration: R22 is not suitable for media interviews and film and television shooting, and R44 is still a shadow, although this is a big business, but what can I do?

No way!

The R44 project must be implemented as soon as possible.

Looking at Frank Robinson, who was secretly gritting his teeth, Chen Geng smiled secretly in his heart: Some people, if you don't stimulate him, he doesn't know what hard work is.

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While Chen Geng and Frank Robinson were chatting and laughing, a 26-year-old man knocked on the door of Kelly Hicks' office......

"Miss Hicks," the 26-year-old coy introduced to Kelly Hicks, "My name is Michael Bay, born in 1965, I interned at George Lucas's company at the age of 15, and after graduating from university, I mainly worked in the production of commercials and music videos, in addition to shooting ......music videos for many celebrities."

Michael Bay is looking for a job.

After deciding to get rid of the previous "petty fights" and fully transfer to regularization, Chen Geng decided to expand the scale of his own film and television production company: First of all, at least there must be contracted directors and actors, right?

Fortunately, after nearly 10 years of development, although Chen Geng's film company has always been a "small fight", shooting so many movies every year, but after all, every movie is a big profit, and Chen Geng's film and television company is not low in Hollywood.

"Are you the MV director Michael Bay?" Hearing the 26-year-old young man's introduction, Kelly Hicks suddenly became interested in him: "Did you make a music video for Miss Karen Carpenter?"

"Uh...... Yes," Michael Bay was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly with joy: "I made the music video for Miss Karen Carpenter and Miss Richard Carpenter. ”

"Okay, you go ahead. ”

Kelly Hicks nodded, motioning for the young man named Michael Bay to continue.

At the same time, Kelly Hicks has silently put a tick on Michael Bay's name in her mind.

Yes, Kelly Carpenter knows Michael Bay's name, and the reason why Kelly Hicks knows Michael Bay's name is related to Karen Carpenter, once when the two chatted, Karen Carpenter happily told Kelly Hips, saying that the director she found last time to help her shoot the MV was very good, the performance of the camera was very tense, the picture was very beautiful, and the most important thing was that the kid was only in his 20s and was a very talented young man......

At the time, it was said that it was over, whether it was Kelly Hicks or Karen Carpenter, it didn't take it very seriously, but when Michael Bay mentioned that he had filmed MVs for many singers, I don't know why, Kelly Hicks suddenly remembered what Karen Carpenter had said.

Michael Becco didn't know that he had actually passed, and the somewhat nervous "Juvenile Exploding Bey" hurriedly nodded: "Okay, I'm not exaggerating to say that I still have some popularity in the MV directing industry, in addition, in the advertising film director industry, I have also shot a lot of well-known commercials, and have shot commercials for Nike, Reebok, Coca-Cola and other big-name companies, and at the beginning of this year, I also won the Cannes Golden Lion Award for advertising......"

"You won the Cannes Golden Lion?" Kelly Hicks was a little surprised.

The status of the Cannes Golden Lion Award in the advertising industry is equivalent to the Palme d'Or in the advertising industry, although Hollywood's big directors and directors don't look down on advertising film directors, but being able to win the Cannes Golden Lion Award is enough to show that this kid named Michael Bay is capable of directing, such as how to set up lights, how to capture shots, and how to point fingers at celebrities (such as NIKE commercials, which of course are indispensable sports stars and big names) and other fields, this kid has done a good job.

"Yes," Michael Bay was overjoyed, and hurriedly opened his file bag and took out a stack of photos from it: "Miss Hicks, look, this is the photo of me winning the award at that time, and this is a photo of me with some stars when I was shooting an advertisement, for example, this is a photo of me with Mr. Larry Bird in the NBA, and this is a photo of me with Mr. Abdul-Jabbar 'Skyhook'......"

This kid is really good, quite capable.

Kelly Hicks crossed this thought in her heart, but nodded quietly: "So, do you think your ability in camera capture, lighting arrangement, etc. is already up to the needs of film shooting?"

"Yes," Michael Bay gritted his teeth, "I think I'm good enough to make a medium-sized film." ”

"Oh......"

Kelly Hicks nodded noncommittally: "Then what do you think is the most important purpose that a movie must achieve?"

Michael Bey's heart was overjoyed to hear Kelly Hicks' question, and he knew that he was a little closer to success, otherwise Miss Kelly Hicks would not have asked him this question. He said without hesitation: "I think that a movie must make the audience happy." ”

"Oh?" Michael Bay's answer was a little unexpected, and she raised an eyebrow, "Can you go into more detail? Why do you have such thoughts?"

"Okay," Michael Bay, of course, didn't mind going into more detail, and he said immediately, "It was when I was still an archivist intern at Mr. George Lucasfilm's Lucasfilm, and there was another movie theater showing Blade Runner. The film made by Mr. Ridley Scott, the director of Blade Runner, was a failure, at least not successful, because the audience was not happy to watch it, and if I became a director in the future, I must make a blockbuster film that will make the audience happy. ”

Kelly Hicks nodded again and again, she admitted that this young man named Michael Bay made a lot of sense, as a commercial film, if you want to sell well and make money, the core element is to make the audience high, and the funny thing is that even today, there are still many commercial film directors who don't realize how important it is for them to "make the audience high".

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PS: Sorry brothers, please wait a few minutes.

Kelly Hicks crossed this thought in her heart, but nodded quietly: "So, do you think your ability in camera capture, lighting arrangement, etc. is already up to the needs of film shooting?"

"Yes," Michael Bay gritted his teeth, "I think I'm good enough to make a medium-sized film." ”

"Oh......"

Kelly Hicks nodded noncommittally: "Then what do you think is the most important purpose that a movie must achieve?"

Michael Bey's heart was overjoyed to hear Kelly Hicks' question, and he knew that he was a little closer to success, otherwise Miss Kelly Hicks would not have asked him this question. He said without hesitation: "I think that a movie must make the audience happy." ”

"Oh?" Michael Bay's answer was a little unexpected, and she raised an eyebrow, "Can you go into more detail? Why do you have such thoughts?"

"Okay," Michael Bay, of course, didn't mind going into more detail, and he said immediately, "It was when I was still an archivist intern at Mr. George Lucasfilm's Lucasfilm, and there was another movie theater showing Blade Runner. The film made by Mr. Ridley Scott, the director of Blade Runner, was a failure, at least not successful, because the audience was not happy to watch it, and if I became a director in the future, I must make a blockbuster film that will make the audience happy. ”