While Spielberg was talking to Goldner, Michael Bay was walking around the large president's office, pausing in front of the many related props and models, and just as he was stunned by the row of robot toys in the glass window, Lin Mingyang leaned in.

"Kids who grew up in the '80s like me might want to see the characters and stories they once loved coming to life, and that would be a wonderful feeling."

"That's why you agreed to star in this movie?" Michael Bay glanced at Lin Mingyang suspiciously.

"When I got the script and learned that I was going to be friends with the Autobots in the movie, I had an irrepressible excitement in my heart, which was a childhood dream that I can now achieve in the movie, and I think it's a very happy thing." Lin Mingyang had a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Of course, the main reason is Mr. Spielberg's sincere attitude, he personally invited me to join this movie, and brought me here." Since I liked the roles in the film very much, and DreamWorks offered me a lot of money, I couldn't find any reason to refuse. ”

"I agree with you, but that doesn't convince me!" Michael Bay put the Optimus Prime toy back in his cupboard, "Transformers is a comic book that many people love and care about as children, but it is really difficult to bring this story theme to the big screen! You have to remind yourself every moment that you like what you're after, it's going to be a lot of hard work, and it's going to take a lot of dull time to make your dreams a reality. ”

Spielberg walked over to them with Goldner and happened to overhear a conversation between the two. Spielberg didn't speak, but Goldner, who was next to him, interjected: "But the moment your dream becomes a reality, you will find that everything you do is worth it!" ”

There was a heated discussion between Michael Bay and Goldner about dreams, and the two ended up arguing a little red-faced, and Lin Mingyang, who was standing on the side, was about to mediate, but Spielberg motioned him to wait and see what happened.

During the argument, Michael Bay discovers that Goldner is a more manic guy than himself, and he also senses that Goldner's love for these toy characters is very pure, that he loves his work, and that his enthusiasm is very contagious. After calming down, Michael Bay began to seriously consider a viable last name for the live-action version of Transformers.

On the way back, Michael Bay asked for the first time to see the script of the film, which surprised Spielberg and caught him a little off guard, because he didn't expect Michael Bay's attitude to change so quickly, so he didn't come with the script at all.

John Rogers, who was tasked with designing the storyline for the film, was more than just a cartoonist, he was a fanatic in the field, and everyone at DreamWorks knew him as a weirdo because he always tried to maintain his 12-year-old mentality. John created a total of three main lines for Transformers, all of which ended up being the rich, textured central content of the story. Then the story framework has been warned of the polishing of talented screenwriter duo Kerryas Kotzman and Robert Oates, and I can guarantee that the story will definitely satisfy you! ”

Michael Bay shook his head and said with some regret: "I don't doubt your vision, but I trust my own judgment more, and I'm afraid it's difficult for me to give you an accurate answer until I see the script." ”

"Actually, I brought the script..."Lin Mingyang hesitated for a moment, and Michael Bay and Spielberg focused their eyes on him at the same time. Michael Bay's eyes were full of surprise, while Spielberg was more confused. Because when he got in the car, he clearly remembered that Lin Mingyang was empty-handed, and Lin Mingyang's pocket definitely couldn't fit any script.

"Felix, do you really have a script with you?" Spielberg hesitated and asked, "Where is it?" ”

Lin Mingyang pointed to his brain, "You forgot that I read the script, I wrote down the whole story, and I can describe the main line of the whole story with memory." ”

Spielberg slapped his head and said with a face full of chagrin: "Yes, how did I forget that there is still a genius screenwriter sitting next to me!" ”

As an excellent screenwriter, Lin Mingyang's memory is not necessarily better than others, but there should be no problem with a complete description of the general plot of the script. Spielberg was extremely happy, and Michael Bay couldn't wait, he urged Lin Mingyang: "Then you can talk about it!" ”

As Mr. Spielberg mentioned earlier, the plot of this film has three main lines, the first of which is about a captain who went to the Arctic Circle in the early 19th century, and fell into the abyss with a huge block of ice during the disaster, and fell into the palm of a robot buried under the ice. The captain wakes up to find the robot's eyes on him. And this robot is none other than Megatron, the leader of the 'madness' who left Cybertron a long time ago to go to Earth in search of the source of the fire. Megatron burned the map revealing the source of the fire on the captain's glasses. The glasses have been passed down from generation to generation as a relic of the captain to his descendant, Sam. ”

"This Sam is the male protagonist in the film, and this role has been confirmed to star Felix!" Spielberg added, and Michael Bay nodded. Compared with who will play the male lead, he is more interested in what kind of story will happen next.

On that day, his dad drove him around and decided to surprise Sam by buying him a car of his own. Sam was happy, even though his dad only had enough money to buy him a used car. Bobby, the black owner of a used car shop, recommended a rotten-looking yellow car to Sam, and Sam went up and tried it, and it felt good and bought it. However, don't look at the appearance of this car for a long time, but the surname can be quite good, Sam, who got a good car, smiled and fell asleep after playing for a day. ”

"That car is supposed to be a robot, but it's certainly not Optimus Prime." Michael Bay muttered to himself, "I'm supposed to be a bumblebee, I saw it in Goldner's office just now!" ”

You guessed it, in the middle of the night, Sam heard the sound of a car starting in the yard, and he went to the window to see that it was his new car and drove out. Sam thought that someone had stolen the car, so he hurriedly chased after it, but he didn't expect that there was no one in the car, and in the blink of an eye, the yellow car turned into a robot several stories high. This is how Sam first met Bopai Transformers Bumblebee. Bopai Transformers approached Sam in search of the eyes left by Sam's ancestors in order to retrieve the lost source of the fire. ”

Sam became friends with Bumblebee, and Bumblebee helped Sam find a girlfriend. Just as they were getting along, the mad Transformers also arrived on Earth, and Megatron's men launched an attack on humanity in order to rescue their leader. ”

"A U.S. Air Force base in Qatar in the Middle East was completely destroyed by the mad Transformer Vertigo, and he also got a lot of information from a computer. In addition, the stun unleashed the Scorpion to hunt down the surviving Captain Lennox and his Special Ops team. ”

"Captain Lennox made contact with the Pentagon, and the U.S. [***] side sent two A-10s and one AC-130 attack aircraft to temporarily repel the maniacs' small attack. At this time, Optimus Prime, the leader of the Bo faction, and his comrades began to unite with the earthlings to fight the enemy of the mad faction. The two factions engaged in an incentive war, and the Earth became a testing ground for this group of heavy living weapons. ”

"The plot is progressed in parallel with three story lines, and the final summary is in the form. At the end of the film, there is a shocking battle between Optimus Prime, the leader of the Bo faction, and Megatron, the leader of the mad faction, from Hoover Dam to Los Angeles, and a battle between robots and robots, robots and humans is fought in the city of Los Angeles. ”

Michael Bay listened so enthronishedly that he was completely immersed in the conception of the whole story, but he didn't notice that Lin Mingyang used some tricks when telling the whole story. Spielberg, who was on the sidelines, discovered the problem after listening to a paragraph. Lin Mingyang didn't spend too much time on those trivial life plots, but described some wonderful scenes in the story in detail.

At first, Spielberg was a little puzzled, because Lin Mingyang was obviously a little suspicious of avoiding the important by doing this, but seeing that Michael Bay was gradually attracted by the story, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and when it came to Michael Bay's background, Spielberg suddenly understood Lin Mingyang's intentions.

Before Michael Bay's contact, Spielberg had a detailed understanding of his entire experience. During this time, he heard an interesting fact, during an interview with reporters, Michael Bay revealed that his favorite childhood game was to build a small volcano and destroy it to simulate a volcanic eruption.

This may explain Michael Bay's unusual explosive complex. As a young director, Michael Bay started out as an MTV and commercial, and he doesn't have too many films, so he won't give up every opportunity that can make him enjoyable. From "Jedi Men" to "Brave Island", from "Pearl Harbor" to "Escape from Clone Island", each of his works is inseparable from bombardment.

In addition to the overwhelming explosion scenes, the fierce chase scenes in the Michael Bay movie are also a major feature.

In the film "Jedi Men 2", the most amazing thing is a big chase that takes place on the highway. To film this set of shots, Michael Bay closed the eastbound lane of MacArthur's Causeway for three days. They carefully conducted a series of experiments to determine the control of the truck at 70 mph and the effect of the vehicle falling on the truck itself.

In order to get the best visuals, Michael Bay hid five cameras in the truck, several of which were going to collide with the falling sedan and must have been scrapped. But Michael Bay doesn't care, everything he does is to create realistic visuals, and for that he can do whatever it takes.

At first, these two factors were important references for Spielberg to decide that Michael Bay was the best candidate to direct the film "Transformers", but he never thought that these two factors could be a bargaining chip to convince Michael Bay.

Lin Mingyang naturally thought of this, so in his description, the grand explosions and thrilling chase scenes in the story of "Transformers" were deliberately highlighted by him, and finally became a powerful weapon to attract Michael Bay.

After listening to Lin Mingyang's narration, Michael Bay immediately agreed to be the director of this film. But Spielberg shook his head, the real script was not as wonderful as Lin Mingyang described, and he was a little worried that Michael Bay would have a feeling of being deceived after reading the real script.

In the blink of an eye, an even stranger speculation popped into his mind. Objectively speaking, the plot told by Lin Mingyang did not deviate from the original script, but deliberately emphasized some parts. On the surface, Lin Mingyang is using his favorite methods to increase the bargaining chips to persuade Michael Bay, but Spielberg feels that Lin Mingyang may have another meaning in doing this.

Carefully recalling Lin Mingyang's description of the plot, Spielberg was stunned to find that Lin Mingyang seemed to be intentionally guiding Michael Bay's understanding of the film's shooting. He seems to have been sure that Michael Bay would definitely agree to be the director of the film, and Spielberg was not completely sure of this until Michael Bay himself nodded in agreement.

But Lin Mingyang did just that, and he told Michael Bay in this very clever way how the film should be made.

Although this judgment was just Spielberg's inner guess, he always felt that Lin Mingyang's true thoughts were like this. Before Michael Bay came into contact with the script, Lin Mingyang occupied a place in Michael Bay's preconceived notions with his own preconceived understanding. When Michael Bay reads the script himself, this perception will involuntarily affect him.

This is a subtle and subtle psychological suggestion, and the more Spielberg thinks about it, the more surprised he becomes. No matter how famous Lin Mingyang is now, even if he becomes the youngest actor in the history of the Oscars, in Spielberg's eyes, Lin Mingyang is still a young man who has advanced after school.

Such an evaluation is not low in the eyes of a character like Spielberg, but he now finds that he still underestimates this young man, especially when he misses an important option when examining the actor's background, Lin Mingyang's major at Harvard is psychology!

(To be continued)