Chapter 260 - Unsolicited Foot to the Door

Egypt's pyramids is "Transformers 2" this movie is a very important plot point, some scenes are even in the pyramid tower body live action, but really not much to shoot things in Egyptian territory, the subject matter in question is mostly in the local U.S. military bases to take the scene.

Most of the film's final showdown was shot on the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Proving Ground in New Mexico, where the crew built Egyptian villages and temples that were used to emphasize the explosions during filming.

Lin Mingyang and Megan's "date" was interrupted by the American soldiers asking for autographs of the scene took place on the second day of the crew into the U.S. military base shooting, Lin Mingyang found that the U.S. military on the management of the soldiers is not as strict as he imagined, after that time after the U.S. soldiers came to find him to ask for a photo or autographs, the barracks so many pairs of eyes watching, and now he has a lot of eyes on him. With so many pairs of eyes staring at him, he no longer dares to "date" Megan in the tent as recklessly as before.

Although his private life was affected, Lin Mingyang gained a lot from his contact with these American soldiers. Most of the American soldiers invited by the crew were real soldiers who had just returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. On this day, a small group of American soldiers came to the tent, and their purpose of coming to Lin Mingyang was the same as the others. After learning the identity of the other party, Lin Mingyang invited them into the tent.

After entertaining these guys with beer, Lin Mingyang was easily able to obtain information from this group of American soldiers about their experiences on the battlefield.

This pair of American soldiers had just returned home from Iraq, and different people with different perspectives showed Lin Mingyang a full picture of how this war looked to the average American soldier. During the conversation Lin Mingyang clearly felt that most ordinary soldiers were tired of the war, which suddenly gave Lin Mingyang a vague idea in his heart.

After talking about their experiences on the battlefield, their conversation gradually turned back to the country, and it was at this time that director Michael Bay suddenly lifted the tent door and walked in. He didn't expect Lin Mingyang's tent to be so lively, and froze for a moment when he half stepped into the tent.

At first he thought he had gone to the wrong tent, and when he saw Lin Mingyang in the crowd, Michael Bay was sure he hadn't made a mistake. He smiled apologetically towards the group of American soldiers, "I didn't disturb your chat by coming in like this, did I?"

Lin Mingyang shook his head, while a captain officer at the head of the group looked at his watch at this time, and then rushed the soldiers around him, "It's about time, finish the beers you have in your hands, it's time for us to go!"

Under the officer's order, the other soldiers all put away the diffidence they had just had when drinking and chatting, and walked out of the tent in turn after saying goodbye to Lin Ming Yang, leaving only Michael Bay and Lin Ming Yang in the end.

"What's the matter Mr. Michael?"

Lin Ming Yang was still reminiscing about the story of the group of American soldiers who had just left those behind, so the tone in which he spoke to Michael Bay was a little rambunctious.

Michael Bay nodded, "Mr. Spielberg is coming over..."

Lin Mingyang gave a casual "Oh", which made Michael Bay mutter in his heart, he even suspected that Lin Mingyang hadn't even listened to what he had said.

Michael Bay added, half-remindingly, "They'll be here in a little while."

"They?" Lin Mingyang quickly gathered his thoughts before opening his mouth and asking, "There are other people besides Mr. Spielberg?"

"Traveling with them is Jeffrey Kassenberg."

To be honest Michael Bay didn't know what Jeffrey Carsonberg was following along for, but since Lin Ming Yang had asked, he could only answer truthfully. Don't look at Lin Ming Yang is not very old, usually how not to put on airs, but after all, it is the chairman of the board of directors of MGM Studios, sitting in that position, how the body will carry some of the air of the superior, this is the point as a director of Michael Bay feel clearer than anyone else.

"When they come to visit, I'll go over with you!"

Hearing Lin Ming Yang's words, Michael Bay's heart was relieved, this was what he wanted from this visit.

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After Michael Bay left, Lin Ming Yang made a call to Ecks.

Ecks told Lin Ming Yang a few things, Hollywood was never short of news, and naturally the most talked about thing during this time was Spielberg's decision to take DreamWorks, which he had created, and officially join Disney.

The terms and conditions of the partnership agreement between DreamWorks and Disney were almost identical to those proposed by David Geffen, then one of the DreamWorks triumvirate, when he approached Disney last summer. At the time, however, Spielberg was unable to sign with Disney because he had personal feelings for his old boss, Universal Pictures. But suffered the impact of the financial turmoil, Universal Studios itself is also cutting expenses, the good thing can not be DreamWorks can only turn to Disney has been interested in working with them.

For Disney, DreamWorks' joining the company will bring more films and allow them to fully utilize their underutilized global distribution channels. However, the industry is on the fence as to how DreamWorks will fit into the Disney family, as many of the films DreamWorks produces don't fit into the Disney family line of young and old. Some movies like "Revolutionary Road" and "Tropic Thunder", which are slightly more niche, would be difficult to predict if they were to be distributed by Disney.

This result was expected by Lin Ming Yang, what made him really dry interest is actually a piece of information added by Eckles later. DreamWorks and Disney cooperation, but by the former "DreamWorks triumvirate" one of Jeffrey Kassenberg, led by the DreamWorks animation production company did not follow the DreamWorks to join Disney. Spielberg this time to join forces with Disney, so that the old partner Kassenberg's situation is very difficult, because DreamWorks Animation production company is currently the biggest rival is Disney's Pixar Animation.

"Logically speaking, Jeffrey Carsonberg should be more looking forward to joining Disney than Spielberg, animated films have always been Disney's specialty, and Jeffrey Carsonberg should be more highly regarded there than Spielberg!" Lin Mingyang raised such doubts over the phone.

"Of the major movie studios in Hollywood, there's only one that Spielberg hasn't worked with, and that's Disney, do you know why that is?" Ecks had expected Lin Ming Yang to ask this question, "It's not surprising, because DreamWorks' Jeffrey Kassenberg was fired by Disney's current president Michael Eisner back then. This Carsonberg guy was known as a business animal with a remarkable sense of the industry winds, he had worked at Paramount for 11 years, creating classic sci-fi movies like Star Trek. He worked at Disney for 10 years, producing animated classics like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, and successfully introducing Pixar and Miramax to Disney, both of which have since salvaged a lot of viewers and word-of-mouth for a fading Disney."

"Because he didn't become Disney's president, he joined DreamWorks?" Lin Mingyang had grasped to something.

"Not joined, but created!" Ecks corrected Lin Ming Yang's statement, "I once worked with Jeffrey Kassenberg for a while, he was very good but also very conceited, he always thought that he would be Walt Disney's successor, and it was only when this wish was completely shattered by Michael Eisner that he had the dream of building up his own animation kingdom. When Spielberg indulged in his own world of light and shadow, and Geffen wandered away from film affairs, the DreamWorks stall fell on Carsonberg alone, who set up a two animated films per year for DreamWorks to push production, and after participating in the production of the film, he had to run to the theaters and film festivals personally for the sake of distribution. For so many years, he didn't take a penny for his work desperately, seemingly to beat his old boss, as if he was also competing with himself."

After listening to all this, Lin Ming Yang said flirtatiously, "Listening to your tone of voice very very appreciative of his appearance, are you not afraid that I will dig him over, and in the end, he will instead replace your current position at MGM Studios?"

In Eckels' impression, Kassenberg is very hardworking, no holidays, every week in addition to the office is flying in the sky. He woke up at 5:00 a.m. every day, arrived at the office at 6:00 a.m., and when he was working, he was often on the phone with two handsets in his hand, talking to two people at the same time. No matter what the occasion, you can not see him drink alcohol, only drink sugar-free cola. Extremely self-disciplined in his life, he speaks with a sense of humor.

"I recognize his unparalleled talent, but unless you want to turn MGM into a second Disney, he'll have a hard time taking my place!" Even the most brilliant genius will inevitably have flaws, Jeffrey Kassenberg's shortcoming is that he is too focused on animated films and knows nothing about other films, it is precisely to see this point that Eckles speaks with such confidence.

"According to you, I really can't let Jeffrey Carsonberg go, but this makes it difficult for me!" Lin Ming Yang furrowed his brows and asked, full of anguish, "For a guy who once served as a favorable candidate for Disney's president, just how much sincerity do I have to take out in order to impress him?"

"It depends on how you're going to play the animation card in the future... If you want to go big, you can use an equity swap to merge the animation company under his name into MGM, and then offer him the position of Creative Director of Animation... he should be able to accept it!" Ecks gave his suggestion after considering for a moment.

"If Jeffrey Carsonberg is really as capable as you say, it wouldn't be wrong to let him take full charge of the entire MGM's animation production in the future." After figuring out the background of where Jeffrey Kassenberg came from, Lin Mingyang couldn't help but look forward to the next meeting.