Michael Bay was finally introduced into the trap that had been designed by Lin Mingyang "in a daze", and after reading the original script, his shooting ideas were exactly the same as Lin Mingyang's thoughts. Spielberg, as a bystander, saw all of this. This incident made his evaluation of Lin Mingyang more than one level.

After Michael Bay was officially confirmed as the director, the live-action movie-style Transformers styling design was also launched accordingly. Under the direction of Michael Bay, special emphasis is placed on the expressive tension of robot kinematics and real-world engineering techniques. To enhance the sense of realism, Michael Bay ditched the boxy, blocky shape and replaced it with a robot shape with a large number of detailed parts.

During a transformation, thousands of pieces of the robot will move at the same time, thus avoiding the phenomenon that the volume and mass of the Autobots in the Transformers cartoon can be changed at will, which is difficult to explain using normal physics. In addition, the unique style of the Transformers also highlights their fundamental alien origin.

After Michael Bay officially became the director of the film, Lin Mingyang kept his starring identity and no longer expressed any opinions on the filming concept of this film. But Michael Bay's shooting ideas have been influenced by his previous words, and he always feels that Lin Mingyang will have a lot of ideas that coincide with him, so he often calls Lin Mingyang to discuss some issues.

Since becoming the new Oscar winner, Lin Mingyang's life on the Harvard campus is no longer as calm as before. Being a student at Harvard could no longer hide the light on him, and the campus was no longer the peaceful haven it once was. Although he refused most media interviews on the grounds of "studying", there were always reporters who tried every possible means to approach him.

On the way to the library, someone would suddenly lean over and tell Lin Mingyang that he was a reporter from a certain newspaper; Sitting in a public classroom, there are often notes coming from the front and back, left and right, which are either mixed with the business cards of reporters, or make requests for interviews... The more Lin Mingyang avoided it, the more reporters felt that there was news that could be dug into.

If these reporters still have some professional ethics, then the paparazzi's ubiquitous candid photography has become the biggest headache for Lin Mingyang. His mix of casual suits and jeans at the Oscars became a fashion craze with his awards, and his more casual outfit on campus made him a great street shot material for paparazzi.

Annoyed by Bay, Lin Mingyang decided to disappear from campus for a while, just as Michael Bay invited him to Los Angeles. He left Harvard quietly without telling anyone else.

During this time, Michael Bay was busy determining the real protagonists of the film, that is, the "identity" of those Transformers, and many car companies have proposed to sponsor the filming of the film, and he is a little busy in order to deal with those sponsors.

In the preparation base of the film, as soon as Lin Mingyang entered the door, his eyes were attracted by the three cars placed side by side in the hall, the convertible sports car and the off-road vehicle were not very abrupt together, but there was also a heavy truck parked next to them, such a combination was peculiar.

These three cars are supposed to be the prototypes of the Autobots in the film, and Michael Bay, who was looking at the design drawings over there, looked up and found that there was actually a guy hanging out there in the busy hall. The grumpy man yelled at the man very unceremoniously, "Hey, what are you doing over there, I'll pay you a salary, but I didn't let you come to visit!" ”

As soon as the man turned around, the expression on Michael Bay's face became very embarrassed, because he found that the lazy guy was Lin Mingyang, who he had been waiting for. Michael Bay smiled sheepishly, "Felix, how are you?" He looked Lin Mingyang up and down, and then complained: "You are dressed too ordinarily today, and you have your back to me, and you are mistaken without looking carefully!" ”

"Is there anything I can do here?" Lin Mingyang shrugged indifferently, although it was a misunderstanding, but he still had a preliminary understanding of Michael Bay's temper.

Michael Bay put down the drawings in his hand, walked to Lin Mingyang's side, and then pointed to the three cars parked in the hall, "This is the prototype of the three Bopai Transformers I selected, and the new Pontic's new hard-top roadster on the far left, Solstice, is the Autobot Jazz; The shape of the Autobot ambulance is a rescue robot converted from an H2 Hummer off-road vehicle; The iron sheet is a Topkick medium-duty truck developed by GMC's GMC division. What do you think of the styling of these three Autobots? ”

"These three cars seem to be GM models?" Lin Mingyang asked casually.

"I have a good time working with General Motors, and I am very happy to work with them on this film this time!" Michael Bay explained:

"So where are the two most important Autobots in the film?" Lin Mingyang looked around, but didn't find the shadows of other cars in the hall: "Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, and my partner Bumblebee, they don't seem to be here." ”

"Optimus Prime is a big truck, and its original truck is Peterbilt, but it is too big, I didn't think about driving it over!" Michael Bay knew that Lin Mingyang would ask this, and he was obviously prepared: "As for the bumblebee, I guarantee that you will be very surprised to see it, come with me!" ”

In the parking garage at the back of the hall, Lin Mingyang saw a yellow GM sports car. Michael Bay knows the car inside out and has more to say than any other car: "When I saw the Chevrolet Camaro replica in GM's design department in 2008, I knew immediately that it would be the perfect face for the character of the Bumblebee. The lines of this model are beautiful and classic, and no car can compare to it. Because the car will not be available for another two years, it cannot be blatantly put out there. ”

"But I remember that the Bumblebee was supposed to be a Volkswagen Beetle?" Lin Mingyang asked suspiciously.

"You're talking about the look of the Hornet in the '80s cartoon, which now doesn't fit the visual style of this sci-fi superstar, and we need the latest, coolest, most dazzling modern and even futuristic concept car!" Michael Petain has been vocal in admitting that his adaptation deviates from the original book, but Hasbro has agreed with his revisions, as they will take advantage of the trend to release new movie toys after the movie is released. The old Bumblebee is obviously not as cool as the sports car in front of Lin Mingyang now.

"We did a survey online, and almost 70 percent of the audience was able to accept the new version of Bumblebee." In order to dispel Lin Mingyang's doubts, Michael Bay further explained: "The role and importance of the character of Bumblebee in this film are more important than those of cartoons, and it can be said that the film wants to create a new Bumblebee." ”

"And Optimus Prime, which is the most popular in Transformers, I will fully respect the original book when shooting. I guarantee that in this film, whether it is the shape of the head of the tractor truck with 6 wheels, or the shape of a robot, even the transformation process and sound are the same as the cartoons of 20 years ago, the only difference is that the cartoons of the year were created in 2D, and today's movies are made in full 3D, with the cooperation of advanced special effects technology, every transformation of Optimus Prime can be seen clearly by the audience! ”

The topic of the two has been chatting from the "Bo Pai" Transformers to the "Crazy Faction", in Megatron's team, the first to appear is the "Vertigo" who transforms into a gunship, and his partner is the "Scorpion" who is good at earth escape. They were followed by another pair of partners, "Barricade", who transforms into a police car, and "Confusion", who is good at stealing information, in addition to the "Red Spider" that transforms into an F22 fighter, "Noise", which transforms into a main battle tank, and "Bone Crusher", which transforms into a minesweeper.

It can be seen from this setting of Michael Bay that most of the "madmen" are military machines with strong offensive surnames, while the "Bo faction" are all civilian cars. Michael Bay wants to use this to establish a distinct camp position, where the "Boists" are peace-loving and the "Fanatics" are warmongers.

In the Transformers cartoon, Megatron, the leader of the "madness", transforms into a pistol. But in the film's setting, Megatron's transformation is followed by a huge alien jet.

In addition to making Megatron's look cooler, Michael Bay's madness in his bones also prompted him to increase Megatron's force value infinitely, so Megatron's combat effectiveness in this film is unique, even Optimus Prime is not his opponent, and he was almost crippled by Megatron in the final Armageddon. The most "bloody" scene in the whole film was also created by Megatron, when he turned into a jet fighter and swept Jazz into the sky, and after a sharp landing, he turned back into a robot form and cut Jazz off at the waist.

Michael Bay described to Lin Mingyang his vision of those battle scenes, this guy was born for big scenes, and with such a great platform as "Transformers", Michael Bay will definitely take his preferences to the extreme.

The two factions of robots are fighting heartily in the human city, and the human army naturally can't sit still, so in Michael Bay's conception, the American [***] team is also coming in. Michael Bay had a very happy partnership with the Department of Defense in several films, so when filming Transformers, he once again thought of using the power of the military.

With previous shooting experience, Michael Bay is still relatively familiar with some of the procedures in the military. However, at first, he couldn't help but worry, because the U.S. [***] team is deeply involved in two wars with the Middle East, and many troops have been sent out to deal with the so-called "terrorists", and may not have time to cooperate with the filming of the film.

The end result surprised Michael Bay, as things went surprisingly smoothly. When he once again invited the Ministry of Defense to provide support for the filming of the film, the other party not only accepted, but also came up with his own plan.

The generosity of the U.S. side was staggering, not only did they allow the crew to shoot at Horworthman, Crant and Edwards Air Force Base, as well as the Pentagon, but they also agreed to lease a number of high-end weapons that are rarely seen in normal times, from the CV-22 tiltrotor and the F-117 Nighthawk incognito to the C-130 Hercules transport plane, the C-17 Globemaster transport plane, in the words of Michael Bay, they were like boarding an aircraft carrier.

When Michael Bay talked about this topic, there was inevitably some ostentatious elements in his tone, but Lin Mingyang felt that the beauty [***] party might have another meaning in doing this. Since the Iraq War has been fought so far, the US military has not only failed to find the so-called weapons of mass destruction, but has been mired in the quagmire of war, the number of casualties has been increasing, and the anti-war sentiment of the people at home has been rising.

Lin Mingyang doesn't think that this matter is going so smoothly because of how big Michael Bay's face is. He estimated that the reason why the United States opened the door for the filming of this film was actually to reshape the positive image of the army in the minds of the people. Although "Transformers" is positioned as "science fiction", the description of the American [***] team in the script maintains the real surname to the greatest extent. The U.S. side also wanted the film to give the right feedback on their soldiers and technology, and this mutually beneficial partnership brought very significant results to the filming.

The United States actively participated in the filming of this film, in fact, it also wanted to use this film to convey the idea that when external threats attack the country or disrupt the peace, the significance of the existence of the military becomes extremely important. When 30-foot-tall robots wreak havoc in cities, it's hard to imagine what a terrible situation it would have been if the military hadn't done as fast as they could to keep people safe.

These insider situations can be easily guessed as long as you use your brain a little, but Michael Bay is in high interest at this time, and Lin Mingyang will naturally not be very disappointed to take out these judgments.

Lin Mingyang's only concern is that the excessive emphasis on the presence of U.S. troops in the film will hinder the film's overseas distribution. Now the story of "Transformers" only takes place in the United States, and it is understandable to show off his army, but Lin Mingyang knows that the sequel to the film puts the story overseas, and the US military shows off its military power everywhere, which is inevitably suspected of supporting hegemonism.

This is a question that Lin Mingyang will find the right opportunity to communicate with Michael Bay, starting with the robot protagonist of the film, and finally they talk about the human characters in the film. After solving a series of technical difficulties, the crew finally had time to find several other live-action protagonists in the film. Michael Bay knows a lot about cars and the military, but in the choice of the heroine, he has a hard time.

In front of Lin Mingyang, he expressed his distress: "All we need is beautiful and fresh faces and eye-catching figures, so that the audience can occasionally relax in the rampant robot jungle." ”

Regarding the heroine of the film, Lin Mingyang knows that it is actually just an insignificant supporting role, and she has little effect on the film itself, but the actor can get unimaginable exposure. There are a lot of people who have signed up, and Michael Bay has not yet found a suitable candidate for a while.

"Do you have any good suggestions?" Michael Bay just asked casually, but Lin Mingyang had an idea.

"I've got a good candidate!" He pulled out his phone, pulled up a private picture from the memory card, and put it in front of Michael Bay, "What do you think of her?" ”

(To be continued)