"Congratulations. Neil H. Moretz said to Andy with a smile on his face, this is to congratulate Lan Li on such an outstanding achievement in his first commercial film, which is really rare for a rookie actor from an independent art film background, and it can be said to be an important step.

Andy sat down on the sofa contentedly, and his whole body relaxed, because the air conditioning in this office was sufficient, which was really refreshing, and his tone was a lot more relaxed, "Congratulations." ”

This is to congratulate the gratifying box office of "Fast and Thrill/Love 5", Lan Li just gained fame, but Universal Pictures has gained fame and fortune, and Neil, as the lead producer, has made a lot of money.

Andy's gaze then fell on Michael Fortry, adding, "Congratulations." This made Michael smile and collect his chin in motion.

"We've just finished the 'Fast & Thrill/Emotion 5' session. Neil didn't continue to be polite, and directly provoked the topic, after all, nominally, Andy still has to go to the airport to pick up people in a while, and they only have thirty minutes, not to mention, all the politeness and temptation have been completed just now, and there is no need to continue to pretend to be a ghost now.

"In my and Vin Diesel's minds, a sequel exists. "But how to unfold the story was incredibly difficult, because we wanted to replicate the framework of the fifth installment, and we didn't want to repeat ourselves, and we wanted to take the film to a bigger, more exciting level." We talked many times for such a goal, and Van made a lot of positive and useful suggestions. ”

Andy lifted his chin slightly, nodding meaningfully, "It seems that some people have not been idle during the propaganda period. ”

Previously, because of the successive-for-tat incidents within the crew, under the deliberate impetus of Andy, the CEO of Universal Pictures, Ron Meyer, shook Universal Pictures, and gave orders directly from the top, which made Fan honest. But now it seems that the partnership between Fan and Universal Pictures has not been substantially shaken, and Fan still plays an important role in the negotiation of the sequel, does this mean -

In the fifth part, Dominic's constant handsome/forced and solo racing scenes will continue to the sequel? Correspondingly, is it difficult for Hobbes's role to be substantially improved? After all, even Paul Walker's Brian is almost reduced to a background board.

Neil's two sentences seem to be meaningful, meaningful, and very informative. Andy understood, and so did Michael.

Michael didn't winkle or change his face, just quietly took over the conversation, "We hope that the sequel can bring more surprises, not only faster speeds, bigger scenes, but also more exciting stories and fights." In other words, in the sequel, the shots of the racing cars will be more grand and exciting than the previous works. ”

Andy remained silent, and said a polite word with a smile, "That's really exciting." I can't imagine what a more exciting car would have been like. ”

Michael nodded in satisfaction, "In our opinion, the fifth installment is just a transitional work, and the bigger story is yet to come." Even Lang expressed high expectations for the sequel, and he hoped that we could make the film a work comparable to "Mission Italy" and "French Drug Network". ”

Both are classic crime movies and contain plenty of drag racing sequences. The former was released in 1969 and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and later in 2003 "Stealing the Day" was a remake, while the latter was released in 1971 and won the following year's Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and in 2014 there was a remake of the same name.

Andy's smile bloomed, and he exclaimed exaggeratedly, "This is a benchmark that is difficult to match." ”

Comparing the "Fast and Thrilling/Emotional" series with these two films, in Andy's opinion, it is more like inadequateness, and the expansion of ambition seems to be a bit excessive. But is this a real idea, or is it a strategic shock? What exactly Universal Pictures thinks about the sequel is unpredictable.

Michael didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Andy's words, but nodded in affirmation, "Lang hopes that there can be pure car culture in this movie, and can bring this culture into pure action movies, and let the culture and spirit represented by this series become a model for future films." ”

"Wow. Andy didn't make any comment, just an exclamation, but it was enough, it contained all kinds of rich information, and as for how to interpret it, it was Michael and Neil's business.

In the brief opening lines of Michael and Neil, the two men reveal the same message: the sequel will be more grandiose, but the focus of the two men is different, Michael focuses on the "movie" and Neil focuses on "Vin Diesel".

What does this mean? There can be different interpretations, but in Andy's view, it is a signal from Universal Pictures that in the sequel, drag racing is the absolute protagonist, and everyone else is a supporting role, which means that they will not give Lan Li a more important position, at least not in terms of salary. Neil's hints show that Fan still plays an important role in this project, and it is clear that the-for-tat situation between Fan and Lan Li is not good news.

Of course, this is just a blink of an eye, and Andy's first-time information processing may be biased. The specific situation will still be investigated, considered, and discussed again after we go back. Just like Dwayne Johnson's tug-of-war at the beginning, raising the level of remuneration is not achieved overnight.

But apparently, Universal Pictures has already begun to preemptively strike. This is not surprising, and the posture of Hollywood's six major studios is obvious.

In response to Andy's reaction, Michael nodded slightly, looking very satisfied, and then turned to look at Neil, showing a smile, Neil took over the conversation and continued, "In the past, we have been discussing the story, starting from the framework, and then to the context of the story, which is not an easy task, we need more people's wisdom. ”

"Gary-Scott-Thompson, who has been working with us since the first installment, Chris-Morgan who has joined us since the third installment, and Clayton-Tonsend, Alexander-Dostal, as well as Justin Lin, Vin Diesel, and me. We've been talking to each other trying to come up with a more plausible and ambitious script. ”

Neil's words are long and fragmented, and the amount of information is huge. Andy was keenly aware of one of the messages: Vin Diesel. This is the second time Neil has highlighted Van role, which is really interesting. Not because of Neil's repeated emphasis, but because of Neil's repeated emphasis in front of Michael.

If Neil was just trying to warn Andy, he could have mentioned it in private, but it's intriguing that he chose to be in Michael's presence and to communicate the grand plans for the whole film. It seems that there is also an inside story between Neil and Michael that can be slowly explored.

The larger the crew, the more complicated the interpersonal relationships. Not to mention the famous capsized work "Future Water World" in film history, a very part of the reason for the failure is that the internal relationship between the crew has not been able to coordinate successfully, and even the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is full of internal disputes, and Jerry-Bruckheimer's rampant domineering has really caused a lot of problems.

"I believe Michael's words now, and this time it's going to be more than I can imagine. Andy remained silent, said a polite word, and continued to listen carefully.

Neil chuckled, then nodded in affirmation, "Yes, we're going to have more roaring vehicles, more characters, and relationships between the characters." It's an unimaginably huge project. Then, we realized that there was simply no way for a single film to hold so much content, and now we had conceived at least 150 to 200 pages of scripts just for a framework. ”

According to the convention of Hollywood genre films, one page of script is equivalent to one minute of the finished movie, so this is the idea of 150 to 200 minutes. Although there is still a clear difference between the idea and the finished product, this aspect shows the strong ambition of Universal Pictures.

"So, we started to think, should we divide this sequel into two parts?" Neil's words made Andy's eyes light up slightly.

Warner Bros. divided the finale of "Harry Potter" into two parts, and with unimaginable success, Summit Entertainment also intended to make the fourth part of "Twilight" two parts. This trend is on the rise. It's a disaster for critics, but it's a way to make money at the commercial box office.

Universal Pictures is really menacing, and if it doesn't start, it will be two sequels together at the beginning. It is conceivable that the turbulent waves set off by "Fast and Thrill/Emotion 5" within Universal Pictures, 300 million in North America plus the series of works, which gave them more confidence, more imagination, and can't wait to create their own trump card project.

"In other words, episodes 6 and 7 are actually a story, and we intend to shoot these two films in a back-to-back fashion, and the drag racing culture, character stories, and vehicle modifications in the movies will definitely be refreshing. Neil continued.

Michael then continued, "In both works, the character of Luke Hobbes occupies an important position, and we are both very optimistic about the future of Lan Li. ”

After such a long and trivial foreshadowing, now the point is finally here. It's just that Michael's sincere words don't have any weight in Andy's eyes, and he chuckled, "It's a very pleasant process to star in this work, the movie has achieved such excellent results, Lan Li enjoys it very much, and it is even more interesting to be able to participate in the creation of the sequel." ”

The skin is not smiling, and the eyes are open and talking nonsense.