Chapter 249: Reinforcements from all walks of life

After pouring a glass of cold beer, Lin Mingyang felt that his irritable mood on the road had become much calmer, and the last words of Ex and him that day had been lingering in his ears, which made Lin Mingyang suddenly very afraid to face Kate, afraid to face those women who were entangled with him.

In order to escape this difficult reality, he began to devote all his energy to his work, and MGM is still negotiating with Blizzard on the specific form of cooperation on the issue of the Warcraft adaptation of the movie. Putting aside the huge filming plan, the first thing to do is naturally the preparation for "Tales of the Night 2".

Within a week of the release of "Dragon Raiders", the North American box office exceeded 200 million US dollars, and the overseas market that was released at the same time had a revenue of nearly 160 million US dollars. Under the influence of this positive factor, the stock price of MGM soared again. With such good momentum, the $130 million filming budget for "Tales of the Night 2" was approved by the board of directors with little effort.

Such a huge investment is enough to show that Lin Mingyang attaches great importance to this film, the total investment of the first two films in the "Tales of the Night" series of films is less than 60 million US dollars, and the investment in the new film has more than doubled on this basis, which makes Aix, who originally supported Patrick Tattopoulos as the director of the film, a little worried, the key is that the director is not qualified enough, and some people are worried that he will not be able to grasp such a large film investment.

That's why Lin Mingyang appeared in the "Fire Eater" bar in Los Angeles, and the guest he met was the heavyweight role that MGM was preparing to invite to join and assist director Patrick in his grand success.

Watching Lin Mingyang drain a tempered cup of beer, Beckman Betov, who was sitting next to him, looked at him with a little surprise: "I remember that during the filming of "Wanted", Mr. didn't seem to drink much, I thought..."

"I remember when the film was filmed, your English was not as fluent as it is now," Lin Mingyang shrugged at Beckman Betov, "Things are always changing"

"Yes, it's been almost a year since I filmed "Wanted", and I've been in Hollywood for a long time, and I, a Russian, am about to become an American" Beckman Betov himself took a sip of his glass, "When I was in Russia, I didn't feel anything about beer at all, and now I don't remember how long I've not touched vodka"

Because of the cold weather in Russia, Russians are famous for drinking spirits, and having stayed in the United States for a long time, Beckmanbetov inevitably felt some emotion in his heart. Hollywood does give outsiders like him room to display their talents, but it's not going to be easy for him here. Although "Wanted" made Universal Pictures a lot of money, the filming of the sequel was delayed again and again.

Universal Pictures kept changing excuses, first shirking the fact that the funds were not in place, and then the schedules of several leading actors were difficult to coordinate, anyway, Beckman Betov waited for more than half a year, and there was still no reaction from there.

And with Lin Mingyang becoming the chairman of the board of directors of MGM Pictures, the most direct impact of this change in identity is that it is difficult to see him outside of the films invested by MGM. Many previous movies starring Lin Mingyang have postponed the filming of sequels because of this. On the one hand, his salary has reached a very terrifying point, not the kind of big film company, which is basically unbearable; On the other hand, even if he can afford the money, with Lin Mingyang's current status, he may not be willing to continue to play those roles.

Although Beckman Betov didn't know what Lin Mingyang's purpose was for suddenly asking him out, he still decided to ask Lin Mingyang in person, if "Wanted" shoots a sequel, will he still be willing to continue to star?

"Of course" Lin Mingyang nodded without hesitation, "As long as the characters are exciting enough and the plot is novel enough, I have no reason to refuse any roles."

Lin Mingyang's words were like a reassuring pill, so that Beckman Betov, who was still skeptical before, immediately unloaded his psychological baggage, although the action was a little grinding, but Universal Pictures recently revealed the idea of preparing to shoot a sequel to "Wanted", in Beckman Betov's view, as long as Lin Mingyang is okay here, there is no "hurdle" that cannot be crossed in other aspects.

Happy, Beckman Betov felt very uncomfortable drinking beer, and he asked the waiter to get a bottle of vodka. Beckman Betov wanted to drink with Lin Mingyang, but Lin Mingyang shook his head at the liquor in his hand, and he didn't feel disappointed, so he poured himself a glass by himself.

"MGM is preparing to make a new film..."Lin Mingyang was about to explain his intentions, and after Beckman Betov took a sip of strong wine, he felt a strong smell of alcohol from his nostrils, interrupting him.

Then he got drunk, and Beckman Betov asked, "Are you going to make me the director of that film?" ”

"Unfortunately, we had already decided on the director, but we were missing a VFX supervisor right now." Lin Mingyang didn't point out the words thoroughly, but when it came to this, if Beckman Betov didn't know what he meant, then he could only be said to be stupid.

Beckman Betov pointed to his nose, "You mean to let me come?" ”

"I was impressed by your grasp of action scenes and genius in working with Wanted, and I hope you can bring those wonderful ideas to this film." Lin Mingyang looked at Beckman Betov sincerely and earnestly: "I need your help"

It had been a long time since he had seen such a look of complete trust in the eyes of anyone else, and Beckmanbetov's heart was so hot that he drank the liquor from his glass, and then slammed the empty glass on the table.

"Just what you just said, I took this job"

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Beckman Betov was recruited to help, but Lin Mingyang was still a little worried. In the existing production lineup of "Tales of the Night 2", director Patrick is good at grasping the style of the picture, while Beckman Betov specializes in the design of those special effects action scenes, but there are many actions in the plot of the film that involve details, in order to fill this shortcoming, Lin Mingyang also needs to find a suitable action director.

has the experience of "Legend of the Night", Lin Mingyang's first consideration when looking for crew members is naturally the original crew at the time of the first filming, and the first thing he thought of as an action director was Chang Desheng, the uncle who lost all his money in the Hong Kong gambling racecourse, and then was accidentally met by him and Kate, and finally was selected by John Woo to participate in the filming of the uncle.

Since the filming of "Legend of the Night", Lin Mingyang has not been in contact with Chang Desheng, he made a phone call to Wu Yusen, originally wanted to inquire about Chang Desheng's contact information in Hong Kong, but Wu Yusen gave him an address in the United States.

It turned out that after the filming of "Legend of the Night", John Woo successively introduced some Hollywood martial arts work to Chang Desheng, not to mention that this old boy has a really good stomach, and he has become a little famous in the circle of Hollywood action directors. With a new round of kung fu boom in Hollywood, Chang Desheng also made a lot of money, and then simply took the family to the United States. To say that Lin Mingyang's luck is not bad, Chang De has been busy with immigration for a while before his death, and he has only officially settled down recently.

Although Wu Yusen left his address on the phone, Lin Mingyang still had a lot of effort to find the apartment where Chang Desheng's family lived. Compared with the tube building he lives in Hong Kong, the second-hand apartment that Chang Desheng bought is definitely much better. Of course, the neighborhood where the apartment is located is very remote in Los Angeles, at most it is a notch better than those slums, but in terms of facilities and security, it cannot be compared with the middle-class community in the United States.

When Lin Mingyang came over, he brought three bodyguards, one of whom was guarding the elevator entrance, and the remaining two leaned against the door of the apartment. The one who opened the door for Lin Mingyang was a middle-aged woman with curls of hair, her puzzled eyes looked at Lin Mingyang for a while, and finally stopped at the two tall black bodyguards behind Lin Mingyang.

"Is this Mr. Wu Desheng's house?" Afraid that she couldn't understand English, Lin Mingyang deliberately used Chinese.

"Our debts in Hong Kong have been paid off... What are you? Chang Desheng's wife said tremblingly, probably because Lin Mingyang's appearance was very similar to those debt collectors in Hong Kong, and for a while she misunderstood Lin Mingyang's identity.

"Mrs. Chang, right?" Lin Mingyang took off his sunglasses a little depressed, and put on a warm smile on his face, "You probably misunderstood, I'm not here to collect debts, I am old friends with Mr. Chang, and I came to him today to catch up." ”

"Reminiscing?" Chang Desheng's wife guarded the door tightly, staring at the two bodyguards behind Lin Mingyang, with a clear expression that she didn't believe Lin Mingyang's words.

Lin Mingyang, who was quite helpless, could only give an order to the two bodyguards behind him, and then smiled at Chang Desheng's wife: "They are waiting at the door, I can always go in alone, right?" ”

His remarks finally made the other party take off a little guard, "You're really not here to collect debts?" ”

Lin Mingyang shrugged: "Didn't you say that all of Mr. Chang's debts have been paid off... So what debt am I going to collect? ”

"You're really here to catch up with our family?" Chang Desheng's wife blocked the door, and she had the momentum of being a husband and a man.

"Mr. Chang is a martial artist in Hong Kong, right?" Lin Mingyang felt for the first time that middle-aged women were so difficult, "I have a play in my hand, and I want to ask Mr. Chang for help, so you should believe it, right?" ”

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