Chapter 259: Go Your Own Way

The long-distance call on the plane made Mr. Ackes realize that even as MGM's chairman of the board of directors, his status had changed dramatically, but Lin Mingyang still retained his inherent insistence on certain issues. From "Admission Letter" to "Three Fools", if Lin Mingyang's bold satire on the shortcomings of the education system at that time was still out of youthful rebellious impulses, works like "Blood Diamond" and "District 9" can no longer be explained clearly by rebellion.

Ex has never understood why Lin Mingyang has such deep thoughts in his head, the only difference is that Lin Mingyang did not hide these views that were even a little dangerous in Ex's eyes before, but now he has learned how to wrap those sharp thoughts, usually not easy to show the mountain dew, but the occasional sharp edge is still as sharp as before, which makes people's spines cold.

Lin Mingyang revealed his antipathy to the U.S. military when "Transformers 2" was about to be filmed, which made Exx have a bad premonition in his heart. After Lin Mingyang and Ex reached a consensus, Michael Bay, despite some reluctance, had to modify the filming plan of the film according to the opinions of the investors, increasing the fights of individual Transformers and reducing the number of overall Transformers.

And Lin Mingyang can be regarded as taking care of his emotions, the filming budget of the film was only cut by a fraction on the basis of 200 million US dollars, and in general, Michael Bay still has plenty of funds to complete his idea.

The film will be filmed in different parts of the world, and the final shocking battle of Transformers will finally be staged in the Egyptian pyramids, and Michael Bay's arrangement is somewhat to cater to many people's views that the pyramids are the product of an alien civilization. In addition to finalizing the shooting plan and determining the details of his role's performance, Lin Mingyang did not have any "fingers" for this film, and he even rejected the title of producer on the grounds of physical exhaustion during this time. Lin Mingyang was "lazy", and Ex really couldn't do anything about him, but what really worried Ex was what he said to himself on the plane that day.

Lin Mingyang uncharacteristically "ignored" this film, and Ex had already noticed something strange from it, and at the farewell reception before the crew went abroad for location shooting, Ex deliberately pulled Lin Mingyang to a secluded balcony.

After listening to Ex's worries, Lin Mingyang patted him on the shoulder and said with a relaxed face: "When can my ridicule make you so nervous, this is too exaggerated, don't worry, those are just some of my personal opinions on this film, how Michael Bay shoots is his business, just like the sentence you often hang on the edge, for film companies, the box office is the most noteworthy result"

Ex shook his head, "But every time I said that before, you could find a whole bunch of reasons to refute me, and now that you don't insist on it, that's what worries me the most."

Lin Mingyang suddenly laughed: "Worried that I will be as completely reduced to a businessman as you are?" ”

"Although I don't think there's anything wrong with becoming a businessman, after all, there are still artistic cells in film, and the existence of art cannot be quantified by money, so as you said, I am a successful businessman, but I can never become a good filmmaker." Ex looked at Lin Mingyang very seriously when he said this: "I hope you can stick to your own direction and path"

Lin Mingyang pointed into the hall with his hand holding a wine glass, and Ex looked in the direction of his finger and found Spielberg and Michael Bay talking there enthusiastically, and there were many people around them, they should be discussing a very interesting topic, and the scene looked lively.

"Faced with such an alluring subject matter as 'Transformers,' don't you think it's strange why Spielberg didn't make this film himself, but asked Michael Bay to do it?"

"You're saying he thinks the same way you do?" Ex immediately understood what Lin Mingyang meant.

"Spielberg may not hate the U.S. military intervention policy as much as I do, but he also understands that "Transformers" has a strong Cold War color, for a big director like him, the film does not have to be very brilliant, but it must have some connotations that others do not have, so as to show the level, but "Transformers" cannot meet such requirements, so it is not a pity to give up decisively."

As if sensing that someone was talking about himself, Spielberg and Michael Bay turned their heads to look over in unison, Lin Mingyang naturally picked up his wine glass, toasted them a glass, and when the two of them turned their backs, he continued to talk about the topic just now:

"There is a kind of person who is born to only make one kind of film, and this kind of person will not change from a successful commercial film director to a film master even if he has been mixed for ten years or eight years. In my opinion, Michael Bay is such a typical genre film director, and he is more pure than many genre film directors. He can only make one kind of film, and John Woo's violent aesthetics may also become a kind of film identity, a symbol, which people admire and follow. But Michael Bay is purely the spokesperson for the explosion special effects, and he doesn't care about any aesthetic improvement, and the audience can shoot as cool as they want. ”

Ex retorted: "From the perspective of the audience's needs, there's nothing wrong with him doing this. ”

Of course he is right, and the special effects are not wrong, but the problem is that special effects are never the whole of the film, "Superman" and "Spider-Man" sell character building, and special effects are one of the signature highlights of attraction; "The Lord of the Rings" sells epic plots, and special effects are the icing on the cake; "Titanic" sells stories and touches, and special effects are the bargaining chips of the atmosphere. The first part of "Transformers" can also be said to be people's memories of childhood, and now this promotion and movie from beginning to end show things, except for special effects or special effects. ”

"Look at the script and you will know how ambitious Michael Bay is this time, he plans to round up the 2 and a half hour story, and arrange every scene in the middle to be full of explosions and Transformers fights, which can certainly make the audience enjoy watching it, but he has completely killed the future of Hollywood's special effects road, and in the future, everyone will only think about taking it and comparing it with "Transformers" when they see special effects, and they all want to seek more and full, and the scene will be bigger. In the long run, it will only make the storytelling of the same type of commercial films thinner and thinner, and if the technology can't meet people's requirements for special effects one day, this kind of film will be finished."

"You see this trend, but you're not trying to stop it?" Ex looked at Lin Mingyang with an almost unfamiliar look, the Lin Mingyang he knew was not like this before.

"Michael Bay is just a typical representative of this trend, and it can be said that he is just an elected representative of the trend of the times, and changing him will not change the fundamental problem." When he said this, Lin Mingyang suddenly showed a wicked smile on his face, "The disadvantages of this model will not be apparent for a few years, at least for now, it can be regarded as a successful commercial film model." I always feel that the lessons of failure are more useful than the experience of success, and if you want others to follow you, you have to let others have no way out."

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"Transformers 2" was more than three months later than the original planned start date, and in order to get the film out as soon as possible, Michael Bay often filled the crew's schedule when making shooting plans. During the period of overseas filming, the crew has been constantly catching up with the schedule, and everywhere they go, the other members of the crew have endless work in their hands, as the protagonist of the film, Lin Mingyang has become the most idle person in the crew.

Filming in Egypt was definitely the most difficult experience for the rest of the crew, but for Lin Mingyang, this more than a week was more like a tourist vacation. Every day, in addition to shooting, he either visited the pyramids, or lay in the tent leisurely, holding a chilled coconut and sucking a few sips with relish.

Because of the particularity of Lin Mingyang's identity, all his requirements can be met, but he doesn't like to be special in the crew, so the other members of the crew also enjoy chilled coconut or coke. Michael Bay loses his temper at every turn when he is working, and everyone in the crew privately calls him "devil", and Lin Mingyang's existence not only brings benefits to everyone, but also when Michael Bay is angry, only he can suppress Michael Bay's anger when he comes forward to speak, so he seems to have become an "angel" in everyone's minds.

Lin Mingyang lives very comfortably in the crew, in addition to his good popularity, another important reason is that no matter where he goes to shoot the location, his tent is generally very close to Megan's tent, and Megan often comes to his tent to "sit" for a while.

It's a pity that good things between two neighbors are often disturbed. Once, when Lin Mingyang and Meghan were making out, he suddenly heard someone outside the tent calling his name again, and when he walked out, he saw an American soldier who cooperated with the filming standing there shyly, and he politely invited him into his tent, it turned out that he was here to ask Lin Mingyang and Meghan for autographs.

Lin Mingyang naturally would not refuse such a request, and the strange thing was that the other party kept saying sorry. Meghan thought that he had seen through the affairs of the two, and she was a little embarrassed about it. But when they sent this shy American soldier out, they found that suddenly a group of American soldiers with paper and pens appeared, all of them came to ask Lin Mingyang and Meghan for autographs, and the previous one was just the vanguard they sent.

Lin Mingyang and Meghan's tryst ended like this, so that Lin Mingyang kept complaining later, and if he was interrupted so suddenly, he would probably "collapse" from now on.

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