Speaking of which, this is Lin Mingyang's second time at Kate's house, but he has never felt so uncomfortable as he does now. From the time he sat in the living room, Kate's mother, Judy, had been looking at him with that strange gaze.

Lin Mingyang pretended to drink coffee, glanced at the other party with his spare eyes, and then said to himself: "This coffee tastes good!" ”

"If you like it!" Judy smiled and nodded, but her eyes still didn't take her eyes off Lin Mingyang's face.

Lin Mingyang twisted his body uneasily, "Mrs. Judy, is there anything dirty on my face?" ”

"Dirty?" Judy reacted suddenly, and she giggled, "No, I just think you have a good beard." ”

Lin Mingyang smiled awkwardly, "Actually, I don't want to stay, but the director has to ask me to do it!" ”

Judy pouted, "I think you're more mature now... It's very manly! ”

If other people praised themselves like this, Lin Mingyang would probably accept it calmly, but it was Kate's mother who said this, so Lin Mingyang had to pay more attention. He smiled shyly and didn't speak.

Judy didn't seem to intend to let him go, and continued to ask, "I heard you dropped out of Harvard?" ”

Lin Mingyang cautiously replied: "I think I may gain more when I go out of school." ”

"Really?" Judy covered her mouth in surprise, "That's what Kate said to me at the beginning... You didn't negotiate it in advance, did you? ”

Kate, dressed in casual clothes, walked to the staircase and looked over with curiosity on her face, "What are you talking about?" ”

Judy smiled and stood up: "Felix dropped out of Harvard for exactly the same reason as you, don't you think it's amazing, my dear?" ”

"Mom, this news has been a long time ago!" Kate shrugged, she put on her sunglasses and looked like she was ready to go out.

Judy looked at her daughter, and then at Lin Mingyang, who was sitting on the sofa and was a little nervous, "Are you going to go out on a date?" ”

"Mom!" Kate protested loudly.

Judy spread her hands, "Okay, I won't inquire about things between you... Are you back for dinner? ”

"We're going to eat out today," Lin Mingyang replied with a "stammer".

"Great!" Judy shook her hand, "I don't have to prepare dinner, then I can go shopping until the evening... Well, have fun! ”

Under Lin Mingyang's stunned gaze, Judy patted him on the shoulder, then grabbed her bag, hugged her daughter, and couldn't wait to walk out of the house.

Soon only Lin Mingyang and Kate were left in the living room, the two looked at each other, and finally Lin Mingyang smiled: "Your mother is getting more and more interesting, she can't wait to leave, is it a hint that we should do something?" ”

Kate glared at him coquettishly, "She's busy shopping." ”

Lin Mingyang looked at his watch, "Then shouldn't we also go... Jon's side should already be waiting for us! ”

---Lin Mingyang came to Kate this time not to go out on a "date" with her, he was going to take Kate to visit the crew of "Iron Man", and then persuade her to join the film.

The script of "Iron Man", Kate just got it, out of curiosity, she was about to look through the contents in the car, but Lin Mingyang stopped her, and then explained: "Reading a book in the car is not good for the eyes!" ”

"But I don't know anything about the plot, I don't even know what kind of role I'm going to play..."Kate pouted, and there was only a charming look on her face.

Lin Mingyang said proudly while driving: "But you still agreed to come out with me without hesitation... No matter what, I won't fail to live up to your trust! ”

Kate picked up the script and smashed it lightly on Lin Mingyang, "You are embarrassed to say, who doesn't know that this kind of movie adapted from comics, no matter how well the heroine performs, it is just a vase." ”

Lin Mingyang shrugged: "Even if it's a vase, you are at least in the top 10 in Hollywood... If you feel that you are at a loss, it is a big deal that you will be filming in the future, and I will be a 'vase' for you! ”

Kate blushed, "Who's going to be acting with you bad guy!" ”

Lin Mingyang smiled: "It seems that we have acted together a lot!" ”

Kate changed her serious expression: "You have already played Spider-Man, why did Marvel still find you?" ”

Lin Mingyang said jokingly: "Because Spider-Man is masked when he appears, and Iron Man has to rely on his 'face' to eat when he performs." ”

"That's the answer?" Kate frowned slightly, she was obviously not satisfied with Lin Mingyang's answer.

"Well, you should know that in the beginning, Marvel Comics was just a subject matter supplier in the film industry that sold licensed patents. Less than $200 million is earned annually from this business. And the Marvel Company is happy to be in it and does not want to forge ahead. It wasn't until 2002 that Sony Pictures took "Spider-Man" to cut $800 million at the global box office in one fell swoop, and they realized their mistakes over the years. ”

Marvel is not stupid, so they immediately made amends and began to participate in the production of the film from "Spider-Man 2", which also made Marvel's performance begin to improve by leaps and bounds. After that, Magic took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the League of Legends such as "Fantastic Four", "X-Men", "Hulk", and "Ghost-faced Rider" attacked collectively, in the final analysis, just to grab money. Of course, Marvel is menacing in order to drain the pockets of fans. Nowadays, it is a matter of course that comic book hero movies blatantly grab money. ”

"The early fans of Marvel Comics are now grown up and they are starting to drop comic books and go to the cinema, so Marvel has begun to march into movies with great fanfare, as if spring has sown in the fields of comics, and now it is the season to harvest in movies. The other companies asked for too high a price, and Marvel had to choose to cooperate with MGM, which is the main reason why they wanted to play Iron Man. ”

"So you're also in it for the money?" Kate then asked.

"There are some reasons, but not all of them." In front of Kate, Lin Mingyang did not talk about the pursuit of film art in a pretended manner, and on the basis of acknowledging monetary interests, he talked about his preferences for this role.

"I'll admit, Iron Man is pretty much my favorite superhero of all the comics. Spider-Man was originally my favorite comic book hero, but after making it into a movie, it was inevitable to cater to the current theme of American society. And in the process of acting, I found that this character looks cool on the surface, but lacks something inside. Spider-Man has been constantly changing identities between superheroes and ordinary people, and the generation gap between different identities of the same character is huge, just like a split personality, the two identities are not well integrated. ”

After carefully pondering Lin Mingyang's words, Kate felt that he did make a lot of sense, "If this is the reason why you finally gave up on Spider-Man, then what is the difference between the role of Iron Man and Spider-Man?" ”

The reason why Lin Mingyang likes to communicate with Kate in depth about some questions is because this smart woman can always guess what you want to say next, and the two have a very good feeling together.

"Iron Man doesn't have any powerful special functions, and he hasn't been bitten by any bugs or anything, on the contrary, he has a heart that will die if he is not careful; Although he is also armed with high-tech, this high-tech is completely made out of his own extracurricular life, which also means that this guy's IQ is higher than that of Spider-Man and Superman; Of course, the more important thing is the surname, this cynical surname can be compared to the group of guys who want to write all the salvation of all mankind on their faces. For ordinary audiences, Iron Man's surname is undoubtedly more cute. To put it simply, this guy has a kind of cute handsomeness, and that kind of arrogance is even cooler to the bone. ”

Kai nodded, she probably understood what Lin Mingyang meant by now. Just like Venus with a broken arm, it is the superhero with a flawed surname who feels affectionate and cute. Lin Mingyang likes Iron Man so much, probably because he and Iron Man are very similar in some ways, both of them are talented and ambitious, but they both have such and such problems.

If Lin Mingyang is compared to a dazzling sun, then these shortcomings of his are the atmosphere, which can protect the people around him from being stabbed by his genius-like scorching light. Many geniuses are accompanied by loneliness, but Lin Mingyang has a lot of friends around him, and many people think he is an interesting guy, which is probably the reason.

Kate turned her face sideways and said very seriously: "If you really like this character so much, then I will be this vase for you!" ”

Lin Mingyang slowly parked the car on the side of the road, "What you said is true... Am I not dreaming? ”

Kate twisted his arm hard with her hand, and Lin Mingyang screamed with a grin.

Kate winkled at him playfully: "Does it hurt?" ”

Lin Mingyang nodded: "It hurts!" ”

"If you can feel the pain, it's not a dream!" Kate giggled.

"Okay!" Lin Mingyang restarted the car, but instead of continuing to drive forward, he turned around and drove back in the original direction.

Kate asked curiously, "Aren't we going to the crew?" ”

Lin Mingyang shrugged: "You have already agreed, what are we going to do with the crew?" ”

Kate was both surprised and delighted, "So where are we going now?" ”

Lin Mingyang smiled: "Now that I'm your driver, of course it's up to you where to go!" ”

In addition to Kate's promise to play the heroine, the powerful black actor Terrence Howard will also show his superb acting skills again in "Iron Man" to assist Lin Mingyang in achieving heroic causes. And Samuel L. L. L. Jackson, the "Jedi Master" who has a profound impact in Star Wars, will make a cameo appearance as a villain this time, and director Jon Favreau and Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank will also appear in the film.

The cast list alone is enough to get the Hollywood press excited, but MGM's promotional plans don't stop there. The first trailer was launched before the film even started filming, and the large-scale momentum was launched.

As his "first battle" as MGM, Acks adopted the same publicity strategy as Paramount to promote "Transformers": first, the stills were exposed in stages, and five or six trailers were unveiled in stages, and the appetite of fans was wave after wave; Then there were the overwhelming film commercials.

In order to have a preemptive effect, this wave of propaganda offensive has almost reached the point of spreading all over the world. Theaters in 30 countries and regions, including Asia, Europe, and the Americas, have finalized the full screening of "Iron Man" in the summer vacation at the end of April and early May next year, and are looking forward to the birth of another box office miracle after "Spider-Man".

The well-known toy company "Hasbro" has simultaneously developed and promoted the "Iron Man" toy series products. Sega Games Co., Ltd. contributed the online game "Iron Man" at the same time. And more companies in other industries are gradually being drawn into the whirlpool of the "Iron Man" global offensive. 6,400 7-Eleven stores are responsible for the distribution of peripheral products; The Burger King fast-food chain that will appear in the footage, and Audi, which will make a shining appearance in the movie with various new cars, naturally shared nearly $30 million in filming sponsorship.

On the way to confirm the progress of the film's preparations, Exx excitedly described to Lin Mingyang the experience of this time: "The whole world is crazy about a film, is this the charming charm of the movie? ”

"I don't think it has anything to do with movies, after all, it's the charm of the dollar!" Lin Mingyang poured a basin of cold water on his head, extinguishing the fanaticism in Ackes's heart. During this time, he has been in the euphoria of success, and now that he calms down and thinks about it, although the global propaganda campaign launched by MGM has been effective, it has indeed thrown a lot of money into it during this period.

Lin Mingyang has seen the financial statements during this time, in addition to the huge investment in the early promotion of the film, Audi provided a sky-high sponsorship fee of 18 million US dollars for the film, which also attracted his attention, and he always felt that what Audi wanted this time was not just as simple as showing his face in the film.

"Audi has spent a lot of money this time... I'm worried that there are too many ads inserted in this film, which will cause the audience to complain! ”

Ex waved his hand nonchalantly: "What's there to worry about, we took the money, but we can shoot it how we want." It's a big deal, and in the final film, Audi's new sports car is also written in the starring list... As silly as it may seem, the film is a clear way to get the business going to the end. As long as the film is exciting enough, the audience will not care about these details! ”

Lin Mingyang frowned, and his expression immediately became serious, "You came up with this idea?" ”

"Don't keep a straight face, I'm just kidding!" Seeing that Lin Mingyang's expression was wrong, Ex hurriedly explained: "However, in the film, all the vehicles that appear in front of the picture are provided by Audi, and its new supercar R8 will become your mount in the film, and the Audi A6 sedan and Q7 SUV will also be unveiled in the film." I've seen pictures of these cars, especially Audi's new R8 sports car, which has a very cool silver gray shape, and I'm a little worried that this car will steal the limelight from you in the film. ”

Lin Mingyang didn't take this matter to heart: "Don't worry, everyone is here to see people, not to see the car!" ”

"Speaking of the filming of this film... Felix, I always have a worry that the film "Iron Man" is somewhat close to "Transformers" in terms of plot and content, and after watching the Armageddon between Transformers, will fans think that the fight between the two robots in our film seems a bit pediatric? ”

This worry was present when Ackes was in contact with the script, but he didn't think about it so much at the time, and during this time, as the preparation of the film continued to deepen, his concern became more and more obvious.

The success of "Transformers" largely depends on its breakthrough in visual effects, this kind of animation theme is completely displayed on the big screen in a real image for the first time, which is definitely something to wait and see, and many viewers can't imagine it before watching it, until they watch it, they are addicted, deeply feel the development of science and technology, the advanced film technology, and sigh Michael Bay's ability to grasp this kind of big scenes. But personally participated in the filming of the film, Lin Mingyang, as an "insider", has a different understanding:

"The homogeneous competition between "Iron Man" and "Transformers" is inevitable, although this film is not as magnificent as "Transformers", but in terms of details, we can completely surpass that film."

"Details?" Ex is a little confused, the plots of today's commercial movies are fast-paced jumps, the audience is pursuing visual impact, and the details are slowly tasted after watching. Some films just pursue the perfection of details excessively, and ignore the overall objectivity, and in the end, the audience didn't understand what the plot was going on for a long time.

"I'm not referring to the details, but to the part of the picture that refers to the special effects... In "Transformers", do you see the details of the transformation of Optimus Prime or other robots? ”

Ex thought about it carefully, as if he saw the parts of the robot moving at that time, and the transformation process was very fast, and the camera flashed, and everyone didn't pay attention to this problem. Now that Lin Mingyang brought it up, Ex realized that it seemed that there was really no detail in that film.

"You reminded me last time of Michael Bay's filming techniques, why are you confused now... Although the 'human' factor is the most important to create the character of 'Iron Man', the performance of his armor is not just a visual gimmick. To convey this clearly, Jon and I discussed it and decided to focus on the design and manufacturing process of the Warframe. In this way, the Warframe is not a very eye-catching but cold prop, but a container that carries the character's last name. ”

Looking at Ex, he still didn't understand, Lin Mingyang further explained: "In this film, we will show the whole process of Iron Man putting on the armor on his body very completely and meticulously, every piece of iron, every combination of screws, will give a very detailed close-up of the shot, this kind of detailed close-up can definitely satisfy the audience's curiosity." And then with music, you can achieve the effect of visual and auditory integration! ”

(To be continued)