Chapter 30: Gold Medal Producer
Because the semester was approaching, Lin Mingyang and Megan Fox said goodbye to Hollywood and returned to Florida before the end of the first round of premieres of the film. There are no reporters who can't cope with it every day, and there is no need to attend such and such publicity activities, and life seems to have returned to its original peace, but Lin Mingyang found that his life had already changed dramatically because of "Youth Singing and Dancing".
The neighbors who were not familiar with each other in the community suddenly became enthusiastic, and strangers often appeared on the road to greet Lin Mingyang. Since a child in the community successfully asked for an autograph from Lin Mingyang, the teenagers in the community would wait in groups at Lin Mingyang's door every day, just to let Lin Mingyang leave a nice Chinese signature on their T-shirts or notebooks.
The residents in the community are quite friendly to this young star, and they did not disturb the normal life of Lin Mingyang's family because of their enthusiasm for chasing stars. Because of the popularity of "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth", the popularity of Moss Middle School has risen several steps at once. At the beginning of the school, a welcoming ceremony was held for Lin Mingyang and Megan Fox, which is also unique in the history of Mozhong Middle School.
Lin Mingyang used to be a well-known campus star in Moss Middle School, although the aura of top student and basketball genius put on his head made him different in this school, but he was still a normal student after all. But now, Lin Mingyang has become a popular idol in the eyes of teenagers across the United States. Everyone in Moss Middle School no longer regards him as a student, and there will still be many people who will take the initiative to greet him when they walk on campus, but their eyes are no longer the same when they look at Lin Mingyang.
In addition to the close friends, there are only a few teachers in the school who can maintain a relatively calm attitude towards Lin Mingyang, a special student, and Lin Mingyang really feels that there is a clear gap between this once familiar group and his own life. The ensuing amazement somewhat diluted Lin Mingyang's joy after becoming famous.
Coach Jefferson privately approached Lin Mingyang once, mainly asking whether Lin Mingyang was willing to stay with the Firefoxes this season. In the past, he would not use a consultative tone to talk to Lin Mingyang about this matter, he would use all means to force Lin Mingyang to comply. But now, Lin Mingyang suddenly spread his wings and broke through the small space of Moss Middle School, and Jefferson found that he could no longer control his thoughts. As long as Lin Mingyang refuses, even the principal of Moss Middle School will not force him, let alone a small team coach like Jefferson.
Lin Mingyang finally decided to stay after thinking about it, after all, he had a lot of good memories on the basketball court, he led the Firefoxes to lift the first league championship trophy in the history of Moss Middle School, there are still two years left in high school, and quitting after playing this season can be regarded as an explanation to so many enthusiastic fans in the school.
While agreeing to Jefferson, Lin Mingyang also pointed out that the Firefoxes' tactics this season cannot be completely centered on him, because for many reasons, he cannot participate in all the games completely. Lin Mingyang is ready to give up the organization guard and focus on scoring. The Firefoxes must find a suitable person to replace Lin Mingyang in the new season, so as to ensure that the team can operate normally in Lin Mingyang's absence.
In fact, after the end of last season, Jefferson began to think about it. Although the Firefoxes won the final finals, they also exposed the shortcomings of the team's over-reliance on star players. If it weren't for Lin Mingyang's physical strength recovered at halftime, he played well in the final quarter and led the team to overtake the score, the best result would be difficult to predict.
Someone must be able to take Lin Mingyang's place, this is the conclusion that Jefferson has long reached. It just so happened that the Firefoxes recruited a group of players from the freshmen, and Jefferson thought that several of them were very good seedlings to develop in this direction. At the beginning, he was just preparing to cultivate players who could replace Lin Mingyang when he was physically insufficient, but now that Lin Mingyang has taken the initiative to let out the main point guard, he can boldly train newcomers. Although the Firefox will probably never meet a player as good as Lin Mingyang again, Jefferson knows that Lin Mingyang will leave sooner or later. He was able to offer to stay with the Firefoxes, probably so that the Firefoxes had enough time to adjust.
Except for the occasional reporter breaking into the campus, Lin Mingyang's high school life is quite peaceful. In contrast, Meghan's life is much busier than his, and the success of "Youth Musical" has brought Meghan into a track of rapid fame. And this time Lin Mingyang's success also made her fully feel the power of accumulation, this little boyfriend who debuted later than herself, but whose reputation has faintly surpassed her own, gave her a sense of urgency.
In addition to going to school every day, Meghan also receives vocal and dance training, and also flies to Hollywood from time to time to receive professional actor training. Compared with Megan's hard work, Lin Mingyang is much more low-key. The first part of "Twilight", "Twilight", was successfully completed, and Ex was very concerned about it, and he had already handed over the first draft to a reputable publishing company, but there was no definite reply yet.
The sales of the soundtrack album of "Youth Musical" were hot, which made the top management of Disney Company move the idea of releasing an album for Lin Mingyang, but considering that he also had to write the script for the sequel to "Youth Musical" and the main creative music, this proposal was temporarily shelved. Kenny Ortega, who was officially appointed director of the opening ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, sent Lin Mingyang several tickets for the opening ceremony, but Lin Mingyang was not sure if he would have time to watch it live.
With such a change, the filming of the sequel to "Youth Musical" can only be postponed until next year. At this time, news finally came from Ex's side, but it was not about the progress of the publication of "Twilight", but someone wanted to meet Lin Mingyang.
Ex didn't reveal too many details on the phone, in short, this time he was going to take Lin Mingyang to meet a very important person. Lin Mingyang didn't ask much about Ex's arrangement, but it was the mysterious and important person of Exx's lipstick that aroused his great interest.
The second time he came to Los Angeles, it was still Ex who came to pick him up, and on the way, Lin Mingyang finally couldn't help but ask about that important person.
"Actually, I was already planning this the last time you came to Los Angeles, but you weren't as famous as you are now!" Ex played a big role in this matter, so you could hear a faint smugness from the tone of his voice, "Now the situation has changed a lot, the key is that the company's board of directors is very interested in you." Disney is working on a blockbuster movie with an investment of hundreds of millions, and I have won you the opportunity to audition for an important role in it! ”
"Cartoons?" Lin Mingyang was stunned, in his impression, Disney's works that can be called blockbusters are almost all cross-era animation works, and Exx won't let himself be a voice actor, right?
"Of course not!" Ex was not surprised that Lin Mingyang had such a misunderstanding, "In recent years, the competition between major Hollywood film companies has become fierce, and several other companies have begun to get involved in the animation industry. ”
Lin Mingyang hadn't seriously thought about this question before, and he heard more inside information from Ex's mouth. "The Disney Company has made a lot of determination this time and is ready to spend a lot of money to create a magical legendary movie. Compared to "Youth Musical", I think this role has a greater challenge for you! ”
From Ex revealing this information, Lin Mingyang suddenly thought of a Disney movie, calculate the time, that film will be released next year, and it should be in the early preparation stage at this time.
"The idea for that movie actually came from the Disney theme park of the same name. In fact, there will be such an attraction in Disneyland in the United States, where visitors can take a motorized boat floating on the water and enter the interior to see different sets. After briefly introducing the filming ideas of the early days of the film, Ex cut to the topic.
"The idea of filming this attraction was actually put forward a long time ago, and when Disney Studios was really ready to shoot this movie, the company's executives always thought that Jerry Bruckheimer was the best person to take on the role, and Bruckheimer just wanted to shoot a pirate film, and the two sides had the same idea, and then there was this collaboration!"
"Jerry Brooksheimer?" Lin Mingyang's eyes widened, that was a famous gold medal producer in Hollywood.
"That's why I said that you didn't lose money this trip, and if you can wait for Bruckheimer's approval, you will have more opportunities in the future!" Ex knows that his peers are powerful, so he attaches more and more importance to this movie. "Bruckheimer brought in Shrek screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rocio. In fact, after completing "Aladdin" in 1992, they wanted to write a pirate film script, but no film company was interested in the idea at the time, and the idea was brewing for 10 years. ”
Lin Mingyang nodded, in contrast, "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth" was able to be filmed so quickly, but there was mostly luck in it.
"I worked a lot to get you the chance to audition. What I want to tell you is that you have a strong competitor this time, and even starred in this movie, he has more experience than you! Seeing the excitement on Lin Mingyang's face, Ex said worriedly.
"Who is it?" Lin Mingyang is now almost certain that the movie that Ex is talking about is "Pirates of the Caribbean", and he also knows that he will never replace Johnny Depp's classic Captain Jack image. He didn't think that Ex would be able to get a starring role for himself from the beginning, so except for Captain Jack, the role he needed to audition for this time was actually about to come out.
"Englishman Orlando Bloom, who plays Legolas, the elven shooter in The Lord of the Rings!" Ex handed Lin Mingyang a copy of the information about Orlando Bloom, "I don't need to introduce more about "The Lord of the Rings", the key is that Orlando Bloom has just worked with Bruckheimer in the war documentary "Black Hawk Down", which is based on a tragic real battle in Mogadishu, in which Orlando Bloom played a small but very crucial role. Due to Orlando Bloom's outstanding performances in two blockbuster films in a row, the British media predicted that he would become a household name in the world. And I've heard that he has a good personal relationship with Bruckheimer, which is bad news for you! ”
Lin Mingyang was looking through the information carefully, but did not answer. Ackes also seemed to feel that exaggerating the strength of the opponent would be a big blow to Lin Mingyang's confidence, so he changed his words, "You know that the British always like to brag when they speak, and the British media also have similar problems. And you're not completely without advantages, you now have a high level of popularity among teenagers, which is a potential movie consumer group. Bruckheimer certainly knows this, so the chances you get in front of him are fair! ”
Gently closing the information in his hand, Lin Mingyang said a very frustrating sentence next, "If I were Bruckheimer, there is a good chance that I would choose Orlando Bloom!" ”
"You don't think you're a good fit for that role?" Lin Mingyang's attitude made Ex a little anxious, "This is the second actor in the film, you have to know the weight of this film!" ”
"The key is Brooksheimer's positioning for this role, and Orlando Blumzhan has a big advantage!" Before considering the various benefits, Lin Mingyang must first have a clear understanding of his current situation. Although the second male lead in "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a lot of temptation for him, he has not lost his mind because of this.
Seeing the gauze still wrapped around Lin Mingyang's fist, Ex suddenly had an idea, "You practice boxing so hard, don't you want to let more people know this kind of kung fu?" ”
"But I'm neither a writer nor a director, do you think Brooksheimer would let me ask the screenwriter to revise the script?" Lin Mingyang shook his head.
"I don't dare say anything else, but Brooksheimer will, if you have enough talent for him to admire!" Ex looked at Lin Mingyang with a firm gaze, "Didn't you once say that even if there is little hope of success, you have to give yourself a chance to fail?" Are you ready to back down just because of a little difficulty? That's not what Felix I know! ”
"I'll do my best!" Lin Mingyang nodded, although he didn't have much hope for what Ex said, since he had already come, he should always give it a try.
(Two more 8,000 words, which can be regarded as fulfilling the previous promise, cheekily ask everyone for a few recommendations.) )
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