Sitting on the side of the conference table, Justin Lin looked at the four people opposite, for the position of director, he not only carefully studied the success or failure of the script and the series trilogy, found the reasons for the success of the first part of "Fast and Furious" and the failure of "Tokyo Drift", but also specially understood the power structure of the project and the characteristics of the decision-makers, knowing that the fourth part in the planning, from promotion to decision-making, it was Matthew Horner who really played a decisive role.

This is one of the reasons why he is keeping an eye on this project, he feels that with the lessons of the failure of "Tokyo Drift", he can avoid a lot of risks if he directs a new work on the same theme, and Matthew Horner's choice of this series fully proves that the "Fast and Furious" series definitely has a lot of potential to be tapped.

Who doesn't know that Matthew Horner's works have all been successful without exception? In the past, he only starred in the lead, and now he has taken out tens of millions of dollars in direct investment, and he must be more sure to do so.

From the moment he got the news and met Matthew Horner and David Ellison for the first time, Justin Lin was preparing to be the director of a new Fast and Furious film, and he had done his best.

"I know, I messed up Tokyo Drift......" Justin Lin said very sincerely to the four of them, including Matthew and Bearded Jack, "The first part of Fast and Furious is the best in the series, and the second one is not as good as the one. The last "Tokyo Drift" failed both word-of-mouth and box office. ”

Matthew crossed his hands on the conference table, looked at Justin Lin opposite, and if nothing else, a director who dares to admit defeat can regain success.

If even the admittedly failed is considered a success, this kind of director can only live in his own world forever, and is not suitable for making a popular genre such as a big-budget commercial film.

Justin Lim continued, "I heard all the criticism after the release of Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, and I was open to it, and there were some questions for me as a first-time filmmaker of this genre......

He paused for a moment and said slowly, "This time I think the story should be connected to the front, and the audience should also be interested in where the protagonists in the previous two episodes go, so the story of the fourth part of "Fast and Furious" will follow the second part, and the story will also develop according to the relationship between the characters set by the first two parts, I believe that the previous fans will feel very familiar." ”

Bearded Jack suddenly interjected, "You should have read the script, right? We're going to let Dominic Toretto die." ”

I thought about what to do with it, and I went to the video rental store to ask a lot of fans who rented the series. "Dominic Toretto only appeared in the first film, six or seven years have passed, and the audience has long ignored him, compared to Brian O'Connor, the audience has left a deeper impression on the audience, the audience doesn't really care about Dominic Toretto's return, they are more concerned about seeing more exciting drag racing and more hot action scenes." ”

He smiled and said, "So, for this one, I set a goal of only two words: faster and stronger." At the beginning of the planning of this part, the first thing we had to prepare was how to shoot the bridge of the car with a sense of speed and more thrilling, so we had to design a variety of different drag racing scenes, and test the feasibility of shooting again and again...... In addition, I want to make a summary of the previous story in this one, and the audience also needs an answer. ”

Matthew kept looking at Justin Lin and felt that what this guy said seemed to be quite reliable.

"We explain Toretto's fate to the audience in order to lead to new characters, and that's the answer. "Justin Lin is quite clear-headed," and the return of Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster is enough to remind existing fans that this is the "Fast and Furious" series. ”

He suddenly became very serious, and said solemnly, "I think I have found the direction of this series, the actors must be strong and have sparks, the plot must be full and solid, the scenes must be fierce and exciting, and commercial films will not be ugly if they do these three points, and the box office will not be bad." We want to add more metal creaks and glass shattering sounds, more noise, more engine roar, more action scenes, and more sexy chicks in tight miniskirts on the basis of the narrative soundness. Speed!Passion! is the best theme of this series......"

Speaking of this, he showed a slightly self-deprecating smile, "I used the price of messing up a Tokyo Drift to figure out these problems. ”

The bearded Jack nodded slightly, obviously thinking that Justin Lin's words made a lot of sense.

David Ellison looked at Matthew, but Matthew was silent, which was really touching and reminded him of the films that had been successful later in the series, but unfortunately the director of this series was not as bizarre as the Wachowski siblings, and he had no impression of the director's name.

Saying and doing are always two different things, and saying well may not necessarily be doing well.

Justin Lin opened the briefcase he was carrying, took out a thick stack of papers from it, put it on the conference table, and pushed it to the bearded Jack.

This stack of documents is five or six times thicker than the film script.

Justin Lin added, "This is the plan I prepared, which includes a lot of things such as the survey of the fans, the concept of the flying car scene, and the design of the emotional relationship between the characters, which I have personally made in the past few months. ”

The bearded Jack took the stack of papers, opened them and looked at them, then exchanged glances with Matthew and David Ellison, and then said to Justin Lin, "Justin, let's get here today, I will read your plan carefully, and I will inform you of the results as soon as possible." ”

"Okay. Justin Lin stood up, "Hopefully we have a chance to work together." ”

Led by the staff, he slowly walked out of the door of the conference room.

In the conference room, David Ellison was the first to say, "He's right, he's the closest to us of all the directors we've seen. ”

Matthew nodded slightly, "yes, if it weren't for the failure of Tokyo Drift, he might have been a good fit for the series." ”

"That's not a bad thing either. The bearded Jack suddenly said, "Some directors can learn from previous failures and make appropriate adjustments, judging from the situation just now, Justin Lin should be this kind of person." ”

Helen Herman chimed in, "I'll get in touch with him a little more." ”

Matthew understood what he meant, "You want to poach him into an angel agency?"

Helen Herman didn't deny it and nodded slightly, "We've seen a lot of directors before and after, and Justin Lim is the only one who is fully prepared. ”

David Ellison still has doubts, "but 'Tokyo Drift' ......"

This is an unavoidable problem, and it is precisely because of "Tokyo Drift" that Universal Pictures terminated the "Fast and Furious" series.

Matthew frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Well, let's study Justin Lin's plan first." He looked at Helen Herman, "You have a few more contacts with him." ”

He then said to the bearded Jack, "Jack, you examine him in all aspects. ”

"David. Matthew finally said to David Ellison, "How about we put him as the number one candidate for the time being?"

"If you think you can, he can. David Ellison has particular confidence in Matthew, "You have the idea. ”

This is the end of the meeting, although there is no final director candidate, but there is a real candidate target, but Matthew proceeds cautiously to conduct a more comprehensive assessment of Justin Lin.

This is related to his investment of tens of millions of dollars, and if he is not careful, he will wait to lose money.

Losing money, not to mention that he, a person who has managed to accumulate some net worth, even a real super-rich second generation like David Ellison, does not want it to happen.

Helen Herman was the first to leave Skydance Pictures and is expected to make contact with Justin Lin soon.

The bearded Jack found someone to make a copy of Justin Lin's plan, one for Matthew and one for David Ellison.

Matthew didn't leave, on the one hand waiting for a copy of the bearded Jack, and on the other hand, he wanted to talk to David Ellison about something.

The two of them went to David Ellison's office, and after muttering, David Ellison was so excited that his eyebrows flew into the sky.

"You must find me for this kind of thing! You forget about me for such a fun thing, I want to be anxious with you!" David Ellison rubbed his hands, "Matthew, there are fewer and fewer things that can make me feel excited now, and it's funny to think about making a big Hollywood star go bankrupt." ”

Matthew gestured to David Ellison, "Don't spread the word about this, it won't have any effect if it gets out." ”

David Ellison smiled, "Don't worry, we dug a small one first, and then we'll dig a big one together." He frowned suddenly, "Are you sure that project will not succeed? If the other party makes money from this project, we will be a joke." ”

"Eighty or ninety percent sure. Matthew deliberately put on a confident look, casually rambling a reason, "I've talked to Andrew Stanton many times, he's a great master of animated films, and he wants to make live-action movies like he did with animated films, which are two completely different genres!"

Because of the super success of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", David Ellison trusts Matthew very much, "I understand, like last time, I will cooperate with you." ”

The bearded Jack sent the photocopy, and Matthew didn't leave immediately, but got together with David Ellison and discussed a lot of implementation details, and in some ways, the two of them were like-minded.