"After director Michael Bay got the script, the formation of the crew of "Transformers 4" began. At that time, I suddenly had an idea to try to get the company's artists to play a certain role in the movie. ”

Although it has not yet reached the 'reporter question' part of the program, when Li Xiuman said this, the reporters were already very excited, and many people raised their hands and said that they wanted to ask questions, quite a bit of 'don't want to continue to talk if you don't let us ask questions', in desperation, Li Jingyuan, as a temporary MC, had to click a reporter up first and gave him a chance to ask questions.

"May I ask President Lee so-man, based on what you just said, can we understand that 'Tiffany got this role because of the recommendation of S.m.'?" Finally got the opportunity, and after the reporter who was named stood up, he immediately asked a question that everyone wanted to know the answer to the most.

"It is undeniable that the company's recommendation does play a little bit or so. But I want to make it clear that this little bit has a very small effect, at most it just gets her the opportunity to participate in the interview. This is Li Xiuman's answer.

And after Li Xiuman finished speaking, Li Jingyuan added next to him: "Let me explain." First of all, looking at your expressions, I think your thinking may have entered a misunderstanding, and you unconsciously applied the normalcy of our side when making movies and TV series to "Transformers 4". ”

"On our side, there are actors who can get roles in movies and TV series with guò help. The reason for this is actually very simple, that is, we Orientals pay more attention to 'human feelings' and do a lot of things. will be affected by the 'human' relationship. Under this premise, if an actor has a good relationship with the producer, or has a good relationship with the screenwriter, he will have a greater chance of getting a role in a movie or TV series than others. ”

"However, this set of 'favors' does not work on the American side. Their consistent attitude is that 'personal relationships are personal relationships, not work', so. No matter how good the relationship between an actor and the screenwriter, producer, and director is, it is impossible to get the role in the play without going through an interview. Unless at the beginning, the script is tailor-made for this actor. Then it is possible that he does not need to go through an interview. ”

"Moreover, even if the U.S. side can have a 'favor' relationship, our company does not have that ability. Uncle Man and I, although they are both related to each other in the United States. But just by virtue of this little bit of a relationship. There is certainly no way to affect the casting of Transformers 4. In addition, don't forget, this film is produced by the company that sent Laimeng, and the initial capital budget has reached about 200 million US dollars. ”

"To sum up, here it is. Because I was the screenwriter of the film, director Michael Bay and Paramount were on my face. I gave our company a few recommended interview places. In the process of interviewing, it is still up to the artists to work hard, and neither our company nor I have played any role in this link. ”

I have to say that after deliberately concealing the fact that I am an investor, the effect is quite good. Putting aside Li Jingyuan's identity as an investor, it is really inconspicuous to compare Paramount with S.m alone, and with the '200 million US dollars', the reporters naturally accepted Li Jingyuan's statement that 'S.m is not qualified to participate in behind-the-scenes work'.

With the premise that S.m is not qualified to work behind the scenes, there is no need to doubt the statement that "Little T guò will work hard and get the role after the interview".

By this time, the journalists had new questions. "May I ask Tiffany, what advantages do you think you used to win over other competitors and finally get this role?"

This time, the reporter called Xiao T's name and asked her questions, so naturally Xiao T himself had to answer, not Li Xiuman or Li Jingyuan. And, after all, Xiao T is the protagonist of today, and she also attended the press conference, so she can't be allowed to say a word, right?

"Advantages? Hehe, my advantage should be that I am more familiar with Jingyuan OPPA. This question will inevitably be asked at the press conference, so after Li Jingyuan and Li Xiuman discussed, they have already been prepared, and now, Xiao T only needs to say the prepared answer. However, to Li Jingyuan's slight surprise, she actually said something that was not in the plan first.

This sentence is a little inappropriate, if it is not done well, it will contradict Li Xiuman and Li Jingyuan's previous statements. Therefore, after hearing Xiao T's words, Li Jingyuan unconsciously wanted to open his mouth to cover it up for her.

"Didn't Mr. Li Xiuman say it before? The script was written by OPPA and was given to him later to be forwarded to Paramount. However, you may not have guessed, right? In fact, OPPA handed it over to us after writing the script, and then we sent it back to the company to Mr. Li Xiuman, and finally the teacher handed it over to the U.S. side. Just when Li Jingyuan wanted to speak, Xiao T said a few more words.

Hearing these words, Li Jingyuan let go of his mentality. And at the same time, he was also unconsciously a little surprised. You must know that these few sentences are not in the original plan, if they were made up by Xiuying or Xiaoyang, then Li Jingyuan can still understand it to some extent, after all, those girls are already very ghostly, but now? But it was made up by Xiao T, thinking of Xiao T's usual character of 'sometimes a little confused, sometimes admitting death', Li Jingyuan suddenly felt a lot of contrast.

Xiao T's words continued: "Hehe, although I'm a little embarrassed, I still have to admit what I should admit." I and the other members of Girls' Generation did sneak a look at it before handing over the script~. I don't need to say anything about the rest of the story, right? ”

I read the script first. With experience, you will naturally have a little more certainty than others', this is the reason given in Xiao T's words. Sounds reasonable. But when you think about it, it's still not perfect.

As reporters in the entertainment industry, doing enough homework before the interview is one of the most basic examples, and before coming to the press conference today, these reporters have collected some relevant information and know that the crew of "Transformers 4" did not hold a large-scale audition for casting.

It's just a small interview, so it makes sense. Not only Xiao T, but other actors who participated in the interview should also be able to get a simple script a day or two before the final interview. Know which character in the play you want to interview and how this character is set. It doesn't mean that you don't know anything about it and just start the interview.

Among Xiao T's competitors, there may be some authentic vases, but it is also very likely that there will be really powerful professional actors. These people figure out what the characters are capable of. It's not something that a little T can compare. Even if Xiao T has already been exposed to the script a few months in advance. Her understanding and analysis of the role is not necessarily more than what those professional actors have summed up in a day or two.

In other words, T's statement that 'I won because I got into contact with the character first and got more information than others' is actually flawed, and it can't completely convince reporters.

Seeing that a few reporters still had suspicious expressions on their faces, Li Jingyuan took the first step to supplement Xiao T: "Let me add it." It's inconvenient to say more about the specific situation, because it will involve the specific content in the script. There is a possibility that the plot will be revealed. I'll just say one thing, Tiffany, both in terms of personality. or in other aspects, they all have some similarities with the characters in the play. Although it is not yet a true performance, it should be closer to the role than other actors, which is probably one of the reasons why director Michael Bay chose her to play the heroine. ”

With Li Jingyuan's addition, the reasons are much more sufficient, and the reporters have accepted it a lot.

The most crucial questions have already been answered, and the rest will be much easier. Although the reporters continued to ask a lot of questions, most of them were "Do you want to focus your work on the United States for a while now, and do you want to temporarily break away from the group of girls?" and "Will Tiffany open up a new career path as an actress in the future?"

The time lasted for about two hours, and the answers were almost answered, and the reporters were given enough information, and the press conference finally ended smoothly.

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Just because the press conference is over doesn't mean it's all done.

Since the news was confirmed, Xiao T has become a sweet spot in the eyes of the major program producers, large and small, and the invitations to programs that are not of enough grade have been handed over, in such a situation, how can Xiao T be idle? Either it was arranged by the company, or it was her own relationship, anyway, she has several shows to participate in in the recent period.

Compared with Xiao T, Li Jingyuan has more work.

Needless to say, the filming of "RunningMan" and "Infinite Challenge", as a regular member, he had to participate in every episode as before.

and "My Love from the Stars" has also entered the preparatory stage. Although Li Jingyuan invited Guo Zairong to be the director, many things can be handed over to him to sort out, and he confirmed early that he would not produce this TV series according to the previous way of filming and broadcasting, so there is no need to hurry. However, as a screenwriter, Li Jingyuan still has to pay part of his energy to participate in the preparatory work after all.

It's not that Li Jingyuan is unwilling to delegate power, but he can't do that. In South Korea, 'the screenwriter has the most say in the crew' is a default rule, and in turn, the most powerful screenwriter has to put in more energy in the preparation process, which is also everyone's subconscious opinion. Under this premise, if the screenwriter always does not show up during the preparation period and leaves all the work to the director to arrange, although it can increase the director's voice in the crew, it is also easy to reduce the enthusiasm of those staff in the director's crew. Plainly. is the so-called 'leading role', if Li Jingyuan doesn't work harder, the staff is likely to think, 'You are so hard as a screenwriter.'" Are you not optimistic about this drama? Then I'm an ordinary staff member, so naturally there is no need to be so serious.'

Just the variety show itinerary and the time spent in the crew of "You from the Star" has already been a lot, but in this case, Li Jingyuan also found a thing for himself.

This is related to "Transformers 4".

After selecting the actors, the casting of "Transformers 4" is not completely over. Don't forget that in the film, in addition to the characters played by real people. There will also be those large Transformers, and those Transformers also belong to the characters in the play.

Pick a live-action actor. and designing a new Transformer are part of the casting process, and are essentially the same.

Originally, Li Jingyuan didn't want to participate in the setting of Transformers, but. I don't know where Michael Bay heard about it. I know that Lee Kyung-won worked on "Mobile Suit Gundam" with Old Man Tomino a few years ago, and was in charge of the body setting in that cartoon. So, Michael Bay called over on a phone call and shouted a few words like 'Why didn't you say it earlier, I had such a headache when I got the first three parts', Li Jingyuan was cheated by him, and unconsciously became a member of the 'setting team'.

In "Transformers 4", there are quite a few new Transformers. For example, confinement, detectives, stingers, iron slag, etc., are completely new characters. And. In addition to these first-time characters, there will also be some changes in the appearance of characters such as Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, which also need to be redesigned.

Li Jingyuan traveled through the finished products of the movie he had seen before, and he already had the draft in his head, and it was not difficult to draw the images of these Transformers. However, the blame is that he didn't know which tendon was suddenly wrong, and he suddenly became angry.

Many people may remember that in "Transformers 4" there is a new Autobot called Drift, which is the only Transformer in the fourth part that has two morphing forms. In the first half of the film, it transforms into a helicopter, and in the back, it transforms into a Bugatti Veyron sports car.

What made Li Jingyuan angry was not the appearance after drifting and deformation, but the image of an island warrior in his human form. Whether it is the soul of the Celestial Empire within itself, or the flesh of being a Korean in this life. body, all of which made Li Jingyuan very unaccustomed to the drift of the image of the samurai of the island country.

"Let's change it", Li Jingyuan suddenly wanted to replace the drifting humanoid form. Or, just swap out the drift character. After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered a short video he had seen on the Internet before he was reborn.

In the short film made by the students of the Celestial Academy of Fine Arts, there is also an image of a new Transformers that is not inferior to the "Transformers" crew. After the magnification card is transformed, the humanoid state is like a transformer like Guan Gong.

When I saw this short film at that time, Li Jingyuan didn't applaud less. And now, when he thinks of the mechanical Guan Gong in the short film, he can no longer hold back the turmoil in his heart.

Without hesitation, I called Michael Bay, and found the short video on the Internet and sent it to him. Then, Li Jingyuan proposed the idea of 'replacing the appearance of the drift deformation with this, or directly replacing the drift'.

Regarding Li Jingyuan's suggestion, Michael Bay first disagreed. After all, the character settings from each of the Transformers allow the crew to show off the sports car and get a sponsorship from the car company, and if the drift that transforms into a Bugatti Veyron is deleted, it will lose a large amount of sponsorship from Volkswagen.

In the end, though, Michael Bay decided to listen to Lee's advice.

Speaking of which, the reason is actually quite simple.

First of all, in order to enter the Celestial Empire market, "Transformers 4" originally added many Celestial Empire elements. For example, the last plot set in Hong Kong, and Li Bingbing, who played an important supporting actress in the movie, have fully illustrated Paramount's attitude when making this movie.

Under such a premise, if we add another Autobot with the style of the Celestial Empire, then wouldn't it be possible to develop the Celestial Empire market on a larger scale? The conclusion is clearly yes. Moreover, this is Guan Gong, for all the people of the Celestial Empire, Guan Gong is not just an ordinary historical figure, more often, he is also a representative of the virtues of the Celestial Empire. If such a Transformer appears in "Transformers 4", it will naturally be more attractive to fans of the Celestial Empire. To put it mildly, it is estimated that just because of this Transformer with the image of Guan Gong, the box office of the movie in the Celestial Empire will come to a big increase.

Secondly, it is possible to show goodwill to the film industry of the Celestial Empire, so as to deepen cooperation between them.

As I said before, the mechanical Guan Gong in the short film was designed by the students of the Academy of Fine Arts, and if you want to use this image, you naturally have to contact the Academy of Fine Arts and introduce the copyright first. And in this process, you can leave a reputation that 'even Hollywood's Paramount recognizes the strength of the students of the Celestial Academy of Fine Arts'.

In such a situation, the Central Academy of Fine Arts will naturally stand on the crew's side to help promote, and under their activities and contacts, the "Transformers 4" crew and even Paramount will leave a good impression on the film industry of the Celestial Empire, and if they want to cooperate in the future, it will be more smooth. (To be continued......)