Chapter 287: Barrus's Robot Legion

Since he was in Ex's office, Lin Mingyang's eyes followed his back and forth figure, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, like a pendulum shaking for a long time. By the time Ex reminded him of his footsteps, Lin Mingyang was already lying on his desk with a sleepy expression on his face.

"I haven't been a director, or even have any experience in crew management, what's the difference between such a person and finding someone on the street?" Ex looked at Lin Mingyang with a depressed expression, he hoped that the answer he wanted had been written directly on the other party's face.

Lin Mingyang sat up nonchalantly, yawning and stretching: "I heard that he did a good job in modeling, and I just said let him give it a try, if not, we can still change people"

"What if he passes your test?" Ex looked at Lin Mingyang eagerly, "Are you really going to hand over a blockbuster film with an investment of nearly $200 million to a guy who doesn't know anything to shoot?" Will you do this, will Warner's side accept it? ”

Facing Ex's questioning, Lin Mingyang said unhurriedly: "As long as he can come up with a plan that satisfies me, then he can make a satisfactory movie, what you just said is seriously questioning my ability, and your concept is not right... Could it be that Spielberg and Cameron were born with cameras in their hands? In this line of work, no one will have the first time. ”

Ex is still a little hesitant: "But Warner has to give them an explanation"

Lin Mingyang said nonchalantly: "The box office after the release of the film is the best way to say, just let them shut up before that"

Ex shook his head: "Without any valid reason, Warners will not accept it"

"If the box office of this film finally exceeds that of "Terminator 3", then the profit distribution ratio we signed with Warner will still be the same, and if the box office of the film is lower than that of the previous work, my share of the income will be given to Warner."

At first glance, Ex thought that Lin Mingyang was talking angrily, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that things were not as simple as he imagined. In the past, in order to reassure film investors, Lin Mingyang did a lot of tricks to hand over his interests to others. It turns out that in all the films he is optimistic about, in this kind of "gambling" game, he has never lost. This can be said to be an extremely inflated arrogance, and it can also be said to be a manifestation of outstanding strength.

Ex sighed softly, "You're so optimistic about that guy what's called?" ”

Lin Mingyang immediately corrected and said: "His name is Barus"

Before Ex could remember the name, the landline phone in his office rang, and his office assistant, Cod, told him that there was a man named Barrus who wanted to meet Lin Mingyang.

"Barruth?" Ex finally remembered the name, he put down the phone and shrugged at Lin Mingyang: "The person you are waiting for is here, are you going to talk to him here, or are you going to go somewhere else, and then return the office to me, so that I can continue to work." ”

"This would be your office, but your next job is not to stay here, but to come with me to the conference room to meet this Mr. Barrus." Lin Mingyang helped Ex close the notes on the desk, and then pulled him outside without saying a word.

Acks said the ugly words on the way: "You have to think clearly, call me up, if I don't like that Barus, I will definitely ask him a very difficult question, and I don't care if he doesn't come down when the time comes." ”

Lin Mingyang smiled at Ex: "If he can't even cope with you, then he definitely won't be able to pass my level."

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Walking into the conference room, Barrus carried a big broken bag and stood up in a panic The shape of standing up in a panic did "thunder" to Ex, if it weren't for Lin Mingyang's introduction, he would definitely think that the person standing in front of him was an urban homeless man.

And although Barus didn't close his eyes for two days and two nights and came up with a set of film shooting plans that he thought were very good, when he saw Lin Mingyang and a strange middle-aged man walking in, he stood up crampedly, and felt that the middle-aged man swept around him with a very different gaze, and he felt uncomfortable all over his body.

After Lin Mingyang's introduction, Barrus figured out Ackes' identity this time. Lin Mingyang's former agent and the current president of MGM, no matter which of these two identities are qualified enough to stand here and look at him with a very contemptuous gaze.

At the time of shaking hands, Barrus clearly felt the coldness of Ex's attitude towards him, although the inferiority complex in his heart repeatedly swelled up, when he kept cheering himself up in his heart, if he could not bear even this little contempt, all the efforts he had made for today would be meaningless.

Barrus himself felt that Lin Mingyang, as a bystander, of course knew Ex's attitude, and he did not break this problem because he wanted to use Exx's "intentional difficulty" to test Barrus's resilience. If he can overcome this disadvantage, he can at least prove that he is fully capable of directing in terms of psychological quality.

Lin Mingyang and Ax sat down on the left-hand side of the conference table, while Barrus stood next to the right-hand board and began to present his shooting plan.

"As far as the plot is concerned, I think Mr.'s script this time can only be regarded as decent, but for a commercial film, such a storyline can be regarded as a superior choice..."

Although Barrus was mentally prepared to be constantly found fault with Ex, as soon as he opened his mouth to say a few words, Ex caught a question and directly interrupted his statement.

"Since you think the script can only be considered decent, what are your good revisions?"

Barrus, who was interrupted like this, was naturally a little unhappy in his heart, but on the surface, he still pretended to be indifferent, and replied: "Your question is exactly what I am going to ask and explain next, Mr. Ke intends to start a new Terminator trilogy through the story of "Terminator 4", the story is placed in the future, and the focus of the theme performance has also returned to the protagonist John Connor from the robot, but the protagonist being chased by robots has become the most classic bridge in the Terminator series of movies, I suggest that in order to have a good connection with the previous films, this film should also have a robot killer. ”

"Do you think there is any essential difference between the robots chasing John Connor and John Connor leading the Resistance and the robots to fight, both of which are wars between humans and robots?"

There was a hint of unforgiveness in Ex's words, and Barrus's answer became more and more calm.

"One is the performance of the individual, and the other is the pursuit of the group, I think both of these should be shown in the film, but in order to show the difference and innovative attitude from the previous episode, the war should be more than fighting alone."

Unable to find fault with the general direction, Ex began to work on the details: "John Connor has been staying in the Resistance base, how can the robots assassinate him?" ”

When Barrus came, he thought that he would be asked this question, but he thought that it would be Lin Mingyang who asked the question.

"In the first three Terminator movies, the image of the robot killer is humanoid, and only when the final battle enters the white-hot stage will they lose their superficial camouflage and become steely robots. Mr. Schwarzenegger's T-800 is half human face and half machine, so I think the robots in the Terminator series, especially those advanced robots, should be human-like, so it is not surprising that they will blend in with the human form of the Resistance."

"Do you think that humans have already started a war with robots, and there is still a need for robots to disguise themselves as *humans?" Ex asked, sarcastically.

Barrus looked at Ex with a serious face, "If you consider it from the perspective of the realistic logic of the film, the point you mentioned is indeed problematic, but for the Terminator series of movies, such an insistence is necessary... If it's just about the war between robots and humans, the Terminator movie is simply pediatric in front of the "Transformers" series, do you expect the audience to be interested in our 'little fight' after the visual bombardment of films like "Transformers"? ”

There was silence in the conference room, and Ex was caught by Barrus's rhetorical question, and he only frowned and thought for a while, but Lin Mingyang smiled and applauded Barrus's imposing rhetorical question just now.

His applause indirectly announced the result of the brief "fight" between Ackes and Barrus. Exx, who had lost the upper hand, did not continue to blame the other party, and without his interruption, Barrus finally finished his entire plan for the filming of the film very smoothly.

Lin Mingyang only asked one question in the end.

"What kind of special effects technology are you going to use in this film to represent the humanoid robots you are talking about?"

"Basic simulation model plus high-end CGI special effects compositing, but if I can, I hope to make some high-fidelity models, this kind of shooting effect will be more textured than direct computer special effects" Barrus unzipped his broken bag, lifted the bag and shook it outward, and a pair of well-made miniature robot models were piled up in front of Lin Mingyang and Ex.

"You did all this in two days?" Ex's mouth widened in surprise, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Barrus was very different. He had to admit that in terms of knowing and employing people, he still didn't have Lin Mingyang's bold and unrestrained courage after all, if it was him, if there was no contact today, he would never dare to use a "wild road" like Barus.

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