"Boss, do you really want to sign that separate settlement agreement with the Writers Guild?" Chris Anderson asked, confused.

"Why not? There is no benefit in waiting for the Producers Guild and the Screenwriters Guild to come to an agreement, but the benefits of signing an agreement with the Screenwriters Guild in advance are obvious. Lin Yuquan smiled, just like Senpatrick. Veron said that it is only a matter of time before the two sides reach an agreement on the conditions, which is the trend of the times.

Lin Yuquan naturally understands why the production company of the production association will take a tough attitude, because the Hollywood screenwriters' strike is a chain reaction, and if the screenwriters' request is agreed, then the behind-the-scenes personnel such as photography, editing, sound effects, lighting, and makeup will all ask for a salary increase, which is bound to increase the cost of directing the production company, which is very unfavorable to the production company.

But in the case of an increase in income from all walks of life, it is natural and impossible to avoid raising the salary of behind-the-scenes staff such as photography and editing, so even if the company has a tough attitude, there is no way, and the increase in the cost of production is not impossible to solve, and the most effective way is undoubtedly to reduce the remuneration of the actors.

Perhaps the income of top actors will not be affected because of their influence and needs, but Lin Yuquan predicts that the salaries of second- and third-tier actors will be greatly reduced by the production company in the future, because their replaceability is destined to be the target of oppression by the production company.

Chris. Anderson nodded.

"Later, you arrange for someone to contact the actors, negotiate the contract, and sign the agreement with the Screenwriters Guild tomorrow morning, and after signing the agreement, immediately find a suitable screenwriter to start writing the scripts for movies such as "Twilight: New Moon" and "Fatal Bend 3". It's about the production of our films this year. Urgently"

After a careful explanation. Lin Yuquan left Summit Entertainment and returned to Beverly Hills, and as soon as he got home, he immediately kept busy.

"Director Lin Yibin, it's a pleasure to meet you." In a quiet café in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Lin Yuquan shook hands with Lin Yibin opposite with a smile.

"Hello Nen (you), Lin Dao (guide), I'm also very happy to meet Nen (you)." Lin Yibin, who immigrated to the United States from Treasure Island very early, is no longer proficient in Chinese. Because Lin Yuquan used Chinese, he could only stumble in Chinese.

"You don't usually speak Chinese, okay, let's talk in English!" Lin Yuquan smiled and said in English, not thinking about this, this is normal, after staying in a place where everyone around is speaking English for so many years, Chinese reading and writing ability will definitely decline.

"Thank you!" Lin Yibin said gratefully.

"It's okay, I'm not polite. I'm really glad to see you, director Lin Yibin, a Chinese director who can carve out his own world in Hollywood. You are amazing! Lin Yuquan said from the bottom of his heart, unlike him, Lin Yibin has completely achieved this day through his own efforts.

Lin Yibin, 36, came to Orange County in Los Angeles from Taipei with his parents when he was 9 years old because of the 1979 wave of immigrants from Treasure Island.

After dreaming of making a movie, he was admitted to the University of California, and after graduation, as a newcomer to the film industry, and a Chinese face who had no investment from any Hollywood studios, he took out all his savings, borrowed money from friends and family, maxed out ten credit cards, and then independently directed his first feature film "Good Luck Tomorrow" with the funding of a kind rapper.

After the film was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, it not only won the Jury Prize, but was also bought by the newly formed MTV Pictures, and eventually grossed $3.8 million at a cost of less than $500,000.

Because of the success of this film, Lin Yibin suddenly became the leader of new directors in North America, and "Variety" magazine named him the top ten most watched rookie directors, and then directed "Conquer the Angry Sea" and "Fast and Exciting * Love 3", two mainstream Hollywood movies.

The difficulty of a Chinese director getting ahead in Hollywood is undoubtedly difficult, and to be honest, if he doesn't have the memory of a cultivator, he is unlikely to do better than Lin Yibin if he is in Lin Yibin's situation.

"Thank you! However, compared to the series of achievements created by Lin Dao, my achievements are insignificant, and I still have a long way to go. Lin Yibin said humbly, he is naturally very proud of his success to this day, but in the face of the person in front of him, who is also Chinese, much younger than him, his so-called success is really insignificant, the debut film directed by others won a global box office of 170 million US dollars, and Lin Yuquan was only 20 years old at that time, looking at the world, there is no director who is younger than him and has a higher box office.

"We're different." Lin Yuquan said softly, he is a person who has the memory of a cultivator.

In Lin Yibin's ears, he shouldn't compare himself with Lin Yuquan, it was purely self-inflicted.

Lin Yuquan didn't know Lin Yibin's thoughts, and after taking a sip of coffee, he said with a straight expression: "I must know the purpose of my appointment to meet you today, that's right, I'm testing your director and your ability, although I have watched your "Good Luck Tomorrow" and "Fast and Exciting * Love 3" directed by you in the past two days, but I prefer to have a face-to-face conversation to conclude that your "Fast and Exciting * Love 3" is a good shot, but unfortunately because the story did not take over the upper part, the actors changed blood, and there was a lack of stars to help, so the box office was relatively bleakHow did you come up with the idea of "Fast & Thrill 4"? ”

"I'm ready to take on "Fast & Thrill 2" and use the original fan. Diesel and Paul. Walker et al., tell the story of Don after parting ways at the end of the first part. Leto and Brian. The story of O'Connor's encounter again, this time Don and Brian came to Mexico, in order to avenge Letty, who was killed by a drug lord, the eldest brother and brother-in-law teamed up to break into the big drug lord group, and Brian also completely broke with the police in this episode and officially joined the flying car family" As soon as the movie was mentioned, Lin Yibin immediately threw away his inhibitions and told it with great interest.

Lin Yuquan listened carefully. Bian Mu showed appreciation. It's no wonder that Universal Pictures originally intended Lin Yibin to be the director of the fourth part. Lin Yibin is indeed an excellent commercial film director, and his thinking is completely correct, setting things right, and putting the film back on track, but.

"Very good, according to your idea, the film will definitely get good box office results." After Lin Yibin finished speaking, Lin Yuquan's words changed abruptly after a sentence of praise: "But this is not enough." As a sequel to the series, in order to succeed, in addition to the continuity of the story, it also lies in the fact that the film should give the audience more freshness, and your idea is obviously not new enough, okay, not to mention, how are you going to shoot the exciting drag racing scene you are talking about? ”

Lin Yuquan didn't talk much, and before he was sure that the other party was the director he wanted, of course he couldn't tell the other party his thoughts.

Because of Lin Yuquan's words, Lin Yibin, who was slightly stunned, quickly came back to his senses. Speaking quickly, he said, "The drift introduced in the third part is good, and I plan to reinforce this in the movie." At the same time, more and more interesting models are added, and the shooting adopts the method of hiring professional racing drivers and combining special effects."

Lin Yuquan remained silent, but secretly admired in his heart, it can be seen that Lin Yibin is very good at the shooting of racing movies, and his ability to schedule scenes is even more first-class, I have to say that Hollywood's high level, but it is only excellent, and it is far from breathtaking, but well! The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he clapped his palms: "Very good, congratulations to you Director Lin Yibin, you have passed my investigation, I hope we will have a happy cooperation in "Fast and Exciting * Love 4"!" ”

"Oh, Director Lin, do you mean that I will direct "Fast and Exciting * Love 4"?" Lin Yibin asked overjoyed, after telling the story before, listening to Lin Yuquan's words and looking at his expression, he originally thought that he was hopeless.

"Of course, although you are not the best one, you are definitely suitable to be the director of "Fast and Exciting 4"." Lin Yuquan smiled, of course he wouldn't say that he could actually decide so quickly, and he was busy and didn't have time to investigate more directors, since Lin Yibin was suitable, why hesitate?

"Thank you, Director Lin, I will definitely do my best to make a good movie." Lin Yibin said excitedly.

"Heh, you can't just do your best." Lin Yuquan chuckled: "Do you remember what I just said?" Your idea is not new enough, "Fast and Thrilling" can not only have drag racing scenes, in addition to drag racing, but also add more action scenes of police and bandit genre films, hot speeds, endless explosions, exciting gunfights, fist-to-flesh fights, making the film complete a qualitative leap in scenes and visuals, but this is not enough, the original series already has Paul. Walker and Fan. Diesel, then we need to further strengthen the lineup, and I am ready to bring Dwayne Johnson on board, his addition not only adds a strong weight to the box office appeal of the film, but also adds a strong weight to the box office appeal of the film. Diesel vs. Dwayne Johnson on Rock can make fans even more excited and excited. As for the strengthening of the drift scene you mentioned, I don't think it's necessary, what is speed and excitement, the drag racing scene is to be electric and sparkling, or to rumble on a rampage."

After signing a separate settlement agreement with Summit Entertainment, the Screenwriters Association almost couldn't wait to announce the news of signing a separate settlement with Summit Entertainment and United Arts Productions, as for why it did not announce a separate settlement with United Arts Productions for the first time, it is naturally because the current influence of United Arts Productions is not as good as before, far less than Summit Entertainment, which is now an upstart for independent films, and since then, Summit Entertainment and United Arts Productions have become the first and second film companies to accept screenwriting conditions.

The announcement of this news immediately caused a great repercussion in Hollywood and the media circle, and the well-known American film media "deadline" website commented that "if you consider the scale of United Arts Productions - only six employees, this settlement may only be symbolic, then the reconciliation between Summit Entertainment and the Screenwriters Guild has a huge psychological impact on major film companies." ”

"Oh, Lin, why did you quietly reach a separate settlement with the Screenwriters Guild?"

After meeting Lin Yibin and inviting the other party to lunch in a friendly manner, Lin Yuquan received Lang almost as soon as he returned home. Meyer phone.

"Lang, do I need to make a big deal of contact with the Writers Guild and then reconcile?" Lin Yuquan asked with a smile.

"Oh, of course not, mainly because if you do this, it will cause the big six film companies to be dissatisfied, why not wait?" Bright. Meyer said.

"Does that include Universal Movies?" Lin Yuquan asked again.

"There will definitely be people within the company who will be dissatisfied, after all, your actions will have a serious impact on our negotiations with the Writers Guild." Bright. Meyer said.

"No way, I don't have time to wait, I'm ready to start the preparation and filming of "Fast and Exciting 4"." Lin Yuquan said casually.

Immediately let Lang. Meyer became excited: "Lin, you're already planning to start preparing for Fast & Thrill 4?" ”

"Of course, I have already finalized Lin Yibin as the director, and I am preparing to launch it in full? The script is naturally one of them. Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Oh, that's good news, what do we need to do?" Bright. Meyer didn't care about Summit Entertainment and the Writers Guild at this time, and for Universal Pictures, the filming of "Fast and Thrill 4" was a big deal.

"Yes, for sure, but don't worry, it's just the beginning." Lin Yuquan said with a chuckle.

Yes, just at the beginning. (To be continued......) R1292