"It's a good script, and I'll admit I'm intrigued." Michael replied without the slightest hesitation.

"Okay, let me ask again, is the reason why you don't want to be an assistant director because you feel ashamed?" Brandt gets straight to the heart of the problem.

"Yes!"

"You're too bad to be worse, and this is an opportunity, isn't it?" Brant pointed to Michael's chicken-nest hair and haggard face.

Michael stared at the glass in his hand, silent.

Indeed, as Brandt said, it can't be worse, this is an opportunity, do you still have a choice?

Brant continued to analyze: "Lin Mu is a person, I know, there are several amazing movies born in his hands, look at the box office list of that film history, you can know his ability, and he also has a habit, he has made movies, he will not shoot the second one, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is, "Biochemical Apocalypse" is also. If "Transformers" becomes popular, he should not go to shoot a second part. Instead, it's handed over to someone else, and when the time comes, you can take over Transformers 2...... This is a great opportunity!! ”

"Taking over Transformers 2??" I have to say, Michael was moved.

"That's a nice idea!! You look at Robert Downey Jr., look at Brian ......" Brandt's voice was soft, but possessed a magical power.

Michael looked up at Brant, and his eyes, which had been confused, finally regained their luster at this moment: "If I hadn't known you for a long time, I would have thought you were a lobbyist invited by the other party." ”

"Hahaha~~" The two smiled at each other and drank the wine in their glasses.

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Three days later, Michael Bay sorted himself out and flew to the magic capital of China.

"Welcome Mr. Michael. Haha~~" Lin Mu met for the first time. Directly according to Western etiquette, Michael was given a closer hug. Michael couldn't help but be a little flattered, and the little estrangement in his heart was also put down.

"I guess there is Mr. Michael on board. It will definitely make "Transformers" even more exciting!! Lin Mu directly put a top hat on Michael.

Lin Mu knew the ability of this Michael Bay, and felt that he could afford this high hat.

Michael Bay has two more well-known directing abilities. The first is explosive, the second is chasing, and these two abilities of his are among the top in the whole of Hollywood

As a child, Michael Bay loved to play with model trains, and one of his favorite games was to build a small volcano and destroy it to play a volcanic eruption. I grew up and became a director. He can finally make his childhood dream a reality on the screen, and let his heart thoughts be freely swayed in the movie. From "Jedi Men" to "Death Island" to "Pearl Harbor", each of his works is inseparable from the bombardment.

Overwhelming explosions, intense chase scenes, and fast and sharp editing all made Michael Bay's film heat up quickly. The box office was a big hit.

Outstanding ability, and coincided with the low point of life, for Lin Mu, it is really a godsend.

This time, Lin Mu once again played the role of a hero. Rescue this victim, just like Brian and Robert Downey Jr. at the beginning.

The assistant director confirmed one. Lin Mu still lacks a domestic assistant director, and the positions such as the scene recorder have been determined, and there are actors and others who need to be recruited.

In the past few days, "Transformers" has successfully obtained 1.1 billion yuan in advertising revenue through advertising space competition, and there are more than 30 important advertising spaces because of the hot competition, and even more than a dozen famous domestic and foreign merchants have competed, so the merchants have not yet been finally confirmed.

One of the most popular is the advertising space of the Bumblebee car. There are already companies that have reached a height of 80 million yuan for these few seconds, but they have all been dragged down by Lin Mu, an insatiable guy.

"This price is not enough~~"

In the former spacetime. The product placement of "Transformers 1" received a total of 40 million US dollars, equivalent to 3.6 billion yuan, and this time and space also added the gimmick of 3D, and the time was delayed from 2005 to 2008, so the advertising revenue should be even higher.

And before the time and space, I tasted the sweetness of the first movie. "Transformers 2" added more than 30 King Kong models, making product placement even more widespread than the first one. However, since the storyline is all about cars, the models that appear in the film do not cause the audience to be disgusted. Many viewers even admitted that they went to watch "Transformers 2" precisely to see their beloved models. It's like whisky without Aston Martin, Omega and no rocks. Just as James Bond's charm will be halved, the "007" series will also become boring.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Mu is so desperate to implant so many advertisements.

Of course, in order to enhance some confidence of these merchants, Lin Mu also deliberately made an exception to reveal some details of the script, so that the bidding of these merchants was more 'competitive' and 'gnashing of teeth'.

And the product placement advertising revenue of "Transformers" is 'leaked' to the society from time to time, making countless people exclaim that Lin Mu's earning power is huge'! !

"So soon to get 1.1 billion yuan in advertising fees?"

"You can make a domestic-level blockbuster!"

Regarding Lin Mu's behavior of plucking geese (not geese plucking), people in the film and television industry can't help but envy, jealousy and hatred when they complain. Of course, I couldn't help but curse in my heart: "There are so many advertising placements, it must be a bad movie!" ”

There are also many people who fanned the wind and deliberately exaggerated and commented: "I heard that there are more than 200 advertising spaces, it is hard to imagine what will become of the two-hour movie after inserting these more than 200 advertisements, do you want the audience to spend so much money to watch a commercial film dressed in the garb of a movie?" ”

"Some people say it's going to be a great movie? Whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway, this is definitely a super bad movie, even if it is 3D, even if it is an investment of 1 billion! ”

For these gossips, Lin Mu naturally ignored them.

Just when the competition for advertising space was in full swing, Volkswagen Group, the automobile manufacturer in Huaxia, was the first to stand up and urgently dispatched Chen Yi, the president of the Huaxia region, to come to the door.

"We invested 1.5 billion to package the advertising placement of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime!!" Chen Yi directly made an offer to Lin Mu.

"1.5 billion?" Lin Mu couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, this Volkswagen Group can still spend money, but it is still a little short of his expectations. Bumblebee alone, Lin Mu feels that it is worth 1.3 billion in his heart.

However, Lin Mu did not show any expression fluctuations on the surface, his smile was gentle, he gently picked up the cup, and said unhurriedly: "Although the Volkswagen Group now says that there are a lot of sales in Europe, high, medium and low-end cars, I am afraid that it is still a little worse in the United States." Could it be that the U.S. market is worth 1.5 billion? ”

When I met Chen Yi. The secretary handed Lin Mu the analysis report of the Ministry of Commerce on the major advertising merchants, and the Volkswagen Group, as the top automobile group in China, is targeting the US market at this time. Although the European high-end, low-end and low-end car market has achieved good results in the past decade, the door to the American market has not been opened.

The movie "Transformers" can just impact Hollywood, whether it is its mass base in the United States or the development of the American film industry, it is destined to be a great opportunity for Longyun Automobile Group to open up the American automobile market.

Chen Yi looked at the calm and relaxed Lin Mu, and couldn't help but think of the explanation of the chairman of the group: "We have to try our best to win the bumblebee role, you can decide below 1.5 billion, and other cars can also strive for a little more." ”

Come to think of it. President Chen Yi quoted again: "Okay, our Volkswagen Group invested 200 million yuan to win Bumblebee and Optimus Prime!" 10 million per second for other cars! ”

"200 million? Better!! Lin Mu couldn't help but feel excited.

"This is the model we plan to arrange for the Hornet."

Chen Yi took out a car video and handed it to Lin Mu.

Lin Mu took the video and was immediately attracted by the car.

Covered in yellow, with a black strip on the front bonnet, the slender engine compartment, exaggerated grille and almost wedge-shaped body lines create a hardcore style unique to Chinese performance cars. The front air intakes and headlights are integrated, and the width of the car is wider than that of ordinary cars, making the front face shape of the Camaro look quite fierce.

The engine compartment looks very slender from the side, and the two-door coupe design looks low. It has a strong visual impact, and the slender design of the rearview mirror has a sharp feeling.

Lin Mu couldn't help but sigh at the power of fate. This car is similar to the image of the Chevrolet Camaro Camaro in the previous plane.

Chen Yi felt that this picture had successfully attracted Lin Mu, and hurriedly introduced: "This car is a car developed by us last year, and it is tentatively named Volkswagen-Zhenlong series ......."

Then he will introduce its structure, performance, and various data, and the orchid.

At this time, Lin Mu couldn't help but ask: "The price of this car, how much are you going to sell?" ”

"If we set a price, it should be around $50,000-$80,000. Prepare to enter the U.S. auto market on a large scale and seize the major families. ”

"Okay, you schedule a time, I'm going to see the actual car of this car."

Truth be told, the cost of Bumblebee advertising for "Transformers". The level of 80 million yuan is quite reasonable. Therefore, when Longyun Automobile Group quoted Bumblebee Optimus Prime 200 million, and saw this Longyun-Zhenlong, it was very in line with the image in Lin Mu's mind, and Lin Mu decided to put the advertising space in Longyun Automobile Group.

"You won't regret this deal." Lin Mu said to Chen Yi at the end.

Chen Yi also smiled and shook hands and said goodbye: "I believe it!" Happy working together! ”

When Lin Mu announced the Volkswagen Group's offer, it instantly scared off all the car companies, and the advertising investment of 200 million yuan was not a small amount.

Volkswagen Group's desire to get this advertising space is to open the door to the American auto market, which is a matter of seeking charcoal in the snow, so the demand is more urgent and the price is higher.

And other car companies want to win this advertising space in order to increase brand awareness, which is the icing on the cake. So the demand is naturally not so strong, and the quotation will certainly not be so high.

80 million is already high in their opinion.

did not get the advertising space of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, and these car companies quickly divided the remaining 30 or so King Kong car advertisements, and Lin Mu directly received 1.5 billion advertising expenses.

And in the past few days, the news about "Transformers" from the outside world has been continuous, and countless media have followed and reported it pervasively.

"The famous Hollywood director Michael Bay appeared in Hope Film and Television, 'suspicious appearance'."

"Michael Bay officially announced that he has joined "Transformers" and became an assistant director under director Lin Mu.

""Transformers" has so far earned 1.1 billion yuan in advertising expenses, and Lin Mu's speed of collecting money is amazing!!"

Lin Mu led the crew members of "Transformers" to visit the Volkswagen Group.

"Volkswagen Group announced that it has won the car advertising space of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime for 200 million."

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a huge sensation. But before the people could digest the news. Another piece of news followed-

"The advertising cost of "Transformers" has so far received 4.6 billion!!"

The country became a sensation!!

"me!!"

"I got 4.6 billion advertising expenses before I filmed??"

Major media have reprinted this news. And the '4.6 billion' was put on the front page headlines of the entertainment section and even the economic sector with a dazzling increase, bold and color.

"If you don't start filming, you will make money first!!"

At this time, the entire entertainment industry is the world of "Transformers", and others such as scandals and movie start-ups...... and so on, without exception, it was pressed under the bench.

Up and down the country. In addition to the hundreds of millions of fans who like to watch movies, other people who don't know the specific situation are also attracted by this 'big title'.

I don't know how to do it!!

"Look at people, the project has not started yet, and it has harvested hundreds of millions, which is like us, working hard for a year, and the company's profits are only hundreds of thousands."

"Just change careers and go to movies."

"You can only move bricks, what kind of movie will you make?"

"What's wrong with moving bricks? I don't believe that making a movie doesn't require menial work. ”

This time. Many unknown people in China were abducted by this news and turned into the giant pit of the film industry.

Lin Mu naturally didn't know the huge attraction of 4.6 billion to others, but he was also very surprised to be able to get 4.6 billion ($50 million) in advertising revenue, which was much better than the $40 million of "Transformers 1" in the previous plane.

"There are a lot of local tyrants." Lin Mu couldn't help but sigh.

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After the investment promotion was done, Lin Mu began to devote himself to the formation of the crew and the recruitment of actors.

The main persons in charge of all aspects of the crew have been recruited. In addition to Michael Bay, another assistant director is a director in Hope Film and Television Company, who has his own set of science fiction movies. The scene reporter, action director, cinematographer, set designer, makeup artist, prop master, ...... The people in charge of all aspects are employees of Hope Studio. (To be continued.) )