In the conference room of Sky Dance Pictures, a director in his thirties turned around and walked out of the door of the conference room, and the conference room was quiet, Matthew, David Ellison, Bearded Jack, and Helen Herman were silent for the time being, as if they were making their own judgments based on the words and plans of the director just now.

Bearded Jack was the first to say, "He's not suitable, he has little experience, he has just moved from advertising to the film industry, and many of his ideas are still stuck in advertising shooting and production." ”

"Jack was right. Helen Herman spoke secondly, "We all hoped he was the second Michael Bay, but not every advertising director enters the film industry with the same level of clarity as Michael Bay." ”

David Ellison looked at Matthew, "This is not considered?"

"Hmm. Matthew nodded slightly, "Don't think about it, let's replace it with another one." ”

The bearded Jack waved his hand to a staff member who went out to bring someone over, and he said to Matthew and the three of them, "The next one, who has worked hard in the independent film industry before, has directed five works, has a lot of experience, and now he also has the idea of transforming into a commercial genre film." ”

Matthew nodded, the directors of some commercial blockbusters are also from the independent film industry, after all, compared with commercial films, independent films with small investment and small production are easier to accept new directors.

Sky Dance Pictures has been selecting the director of "Fast and Furious" for a while, but it has not been able to find a suitable candidate, just like a blind date between men and women on the other side of the Pacific......

To put it bluntly, in the series "Fast and Furious", the director selection is a bit high or low.

According to his and David Ellison's ideas, it is best to choose a well-known director with enough successful experience to direct, but the well-known director is not so easy to invite, the price or something is easy to say, and the requirement that the film be shot according to their ideas, and the post-production must have enough power is unacceptable to them.

Choosing a new director, who doesn't have enough experience in the past and no qualifications for success, who dares to rush to hand over such a big project to him?

A few of them even demanded that a gambling agreement-like step-by-step box office share be added to their salaries, and I really don't know if they had a problem with their heads, or if they thought he and David Ellison had a problem with their heads.

In the past, he was just an actor, and he often joined the crew a month or two before the start of filming, and before the main actor joined the crew, those large-investment commercial films may have been planned for a year or even longer.

Now, as an investor and producer, he has been involved in the operation of a big-budget film from the initial planning stage, and he has fully realized the complexity and difficulty involved.

Huge investments must bring great risks and pressures.

Not to mention anything else, the choice of the director alone is enough for people to have a headache, and the importance of the director to a film can be said to be second only to the producer.

The team of writers led by Gary Scott Thomson has completed the script and has not yet had a very suitable director.

The door to the conference room opened, and the staff walked in with a young director in his early thirties.

"I'm Michelle Gibson. The young director simply introduced himself, with inexplicable confidence in his tone, "I'm from ...... Illinois"

Matthew glanced at the director named Michelle Gibson, and the other party could be described as confident and energetic.

Come to think of it, a director in his early thirties has already shot and directed five films, even if they are all small-scale independent films, but at this age, he does have the ability to be confident.

The first impression of this man was very good, he was young, energetic, experienced and looked quite confident......

In the beginning, Matthew didn't speak, David Ellison and Helen Herman were also silent, and it was always the bearded Jack who was talking to each other.

Michelle Gibson's words to the bearded Jack also made Matthew nod his head again and again, and the other party was obviously a very professional director.

"The crew provided me with the script, and I read the script carefully. Michelle Gibson suddenly asked, "Excuse me, is this the final script?"

The bearded Jack thought for a moment and said directly, "No, it's just a first draft." ”

Michelle Gibson nodded slightly, "That's good, there's still a lot of room for improvement in the script." ”

Matthew heard something else and interjected, "Director Gibson, what do you think could be improved in the script?"

"A lot of places!" Michelle Gibson glanced at Matthew, a confident smile on his face, "It's better to overturn it all and rewrite it all!"

"Uh......" David Ellison was stunned.

Helen Herman frowned, and the bearded Jack remained silent and said, "If you can, please tell Director Gibson what you think." ”

Michelle Gibson said seriously, "The story structure of this script is too simple, the plot logic is not rigorous, and too much plot is left for speeding cars, fights, shootouts and explosion scenes, which will inevitably seriously compress the narrative time in the future." ”

"And!" he added, "it's all too simple and mindless. With all due respect, haven't you ever wondered why Tokyo Drift failed, why the previous trilogy was not as good as the other, because it lacked a deep theme, didn't pay attention to social issues, and didn't tap into people's hearts and human nature. ”

David Ellison's eyes suddenly turned to Matthew.

Matthew sighed in his heart, making sure that he had just looked away, ignoring the impact that a person would have after making multiple independent films in a row.

Michelle Gibson's words are not finished, and continued, "America is a country that lives on cars, and drag racing and illegal modification are becoming more and more serious, and such a subject matter can be made into a film with a profound theme, sobering and social significance, we ......"

Listening to these words, Matthew exchanged glances with David Ellison and Bearded Jack, who interrupted Michelle Gibson by opening his mouth.

"Director Gibson. "We see what you mean," he said. In this case, we will seriously consider your suggestion and inform your broker of the results within a week. ”

"That's good. Michelle Gibson stood up, confidence and pride on her face, "Goodbye, guys." ”

He turned and left the room.

"This doesn't work!" David Ellison was the first to speak.

The bearded Jack nodded firmly, "Don't think about him." ”

Matthew didn't say anything, but he also nodded in agreement, he couldn't say that Michelle Gibson's words were problematic, he could only say that the two sides had very different ideas, and it was okay to shoot independent films with his advice, and it was pure death to shoot big-budget commercial films.

This young director has good qualifications and high professional quality, but unfortunately he is not a person with them.

He and David Ellison, including Bearded Jack, have long agreed that the "Fast and Furious" series is a simple and pure popcorn entertainment movie, which is the most basic core idea, and everything that does not match it must be dodged.

"If the next person isn't suitable...... "we're going to have to find the right director." ”

Matthew also had a little headache, "Let's talk about it." ”

Even though most of the work of the crew is in charge of the bearded Jack, and he and David Ellison are the most hands-off shopkeepers, a lot of the work is still difficult.

Behind any successful movie, there are indeed efforts and choices that are difficult for outsiders to see.

The bearded Jack said to the staff again, "Let Justin come over." ”

Soon, a Chinese director walked into the conference room and sat across from Matthew's four people.

The director is also very young, but in his thirties, Matthew looked at his dark hair and dark eyes, and the bearded Jack was still in charge of communicating with the other party as before.

Matthew will not be sure that this is a director because of his appearance, it is simply an international joke, he may invest in more films in the future, if he only chooses a director based on this criterion, it is estimated that it will not be long before he goes bankrupt.

The bearded Jack was communicating with the other party, and Matthew was only listening for the time being.

Just got the copyright of the "Fast and Furious" series and was about to hire a screenwriter to write the script, the Chinese director took the initiative to come to the door and met with him and David Ellison, but out of concern about the word-of-mouth box office failure of "Tokyo Drift", the two of them dragged it off at the time, planning to wait for the official selection of the director.

This Chinese-American director is none other than Justin Lin, the director of "Fast and Furious 3: Tokyo Drift".

Matthew actually knows very well why Justin Lin is keeping an eye on this project, "Tokyo Drift" has lost word of mouth at the box office, which has put Justin Lin under great pressure, and he will not be able to receive a new director's job for a long time, such a failure is simply a fatal injury for a Chinese director in Hollywood.

Matthew can't deny this objective fact.

He didn't really talk to Justin Lin, and his impression of him basically came from the film "Tokyo Drift".

So, Matthew listened carefully to the conversation between Bearded Jack and Justin Lin, and the very talented director just now made him realize a problem, a good director is not necessarily the right director.

Justin Lin's gaze occasionally falls on Matthew and David Ellison, especially Matthew.

To save his career as a director, he needed a chance to prove himself to all Hollywood studios, but such an opportunity was too rare for him, so he chose to get up from where he fell.

He knew he was not only going to impress the bearded producer opposite, but more importantly to impress Matthew Horner.