Chapter 1766 Speed and Passion 3: Another Fight with the God of Cars
Who is Justin Lin? Simply put, he is from Taipei, Taiwan. He was born in 1973 and is just 31 years old this year. He graduated from the Department of Theater, Television and Film at the University of California, Los Angeles. **He is an absolute newcomer in the American film industry. He has just filmed a not-so-successful movie, "The Boss".
But Lin Feng invited Justin Lin to Milan, and even invited his entire team and all the equipment to Milan. And Lin Feng's enthusiastic move naturally aroused Lin Justin's doubts. Since he is in Hollywood, he naturally understands the dispute between Lin Feng and Oscar. Lin Feng's move may be to win him over, but the problem is that he is just an unknown newcomer in the Hollywood director circle. He has no background and no achievements to show. Even if Lin Feng wants to win over the director to fight against Oscar, it is not his turn. Therefore, Lin Justin is very strange.
"Haha, Director Lin, your last name is Lin, and my last name is Lin. Maybe we were a family five hundred years ago!" Seeing that Justin Lin was very nervous, Lin Feng joked and resolved Lin Justin's nervousness.
"Mr. Lin, if you have anything to say, please tell me!" Justin Lin said respectfully.
Lin Feng smiled faintly. The Justin Lin in front of him was not as radiant as he would be in the future, so he was still very low-key and spoke carefully. Before Lin Feng was reborn, he had watched a press conference for his new movie. Although there was only a few clips, Justin Lin was full of energy at the press conference, which was a far cry from the cautiousness in front of him.
But it was also good, Lin Feng could build his own film team. If he relied on Spielberg and James Cameron to support his own film empire, it would be difficult.
"Director Lin, then I won't talk nonsense. I invited you here to make a movie. If it works, I will shoot subsequent series." Lin Feng said with a smile.
"Mr. Lin, what kind of movie is it? Do you have a script?" Justin Lin was not surprised by this, because he was a director, and Lin Feng invited him here. If he didn't make a movie, would he invite him to have tea? But if the script was too bad, he wouldn't take it. Although this might offend Lin Feng, he also has his own persistence. ####
"Haha, Director Lin, this is the script. I think you will be very interested!" Lin Feng said confidently.
Justin Lin took the script silently, opened it and was shocked!
"Fast & Furious 3: The Next Level"!
Boom! Justin Lin felt his head explode, and for a while he was dizzy and couldn't recover.
What is "Fast & Furious"? It is a super exciting and super masculine movie with all kinds of sports cars and all kinds of racing scenes.
It is definitely a racing movie that makes young people excited. The first two "Fast & Furious": "Fast & Furious" and "Fast & Furious 2: The Fast and the Furious" are both popular movies with box office of more than 200 million US dollars.
It can be said that "Fast & Furious" is definitely a series of movies that can continue to be popular. And such a popular movie actually let a newcomer like himself shoot it. How can Justin Lin not be surprised and excited!
The hands holding the script kept shaking and trembling, which was a symbol of inner excitement.
"Mr. Lin, are you really going to let me shoot this movie?" Lin Yibin was so excited that he couldn't finish his words.
"Haha, Director Lin, I spent so much effort to invite you here, naturally I want you to shoot this new "Fast and Furious 3: Fighting for the Car", how about it, are you interested?" Lin Feng smiled slightly.
"Yes, of course! I dream of making such a movie." Lin Yibin stood up and danced excitedly.
"Mr. Lin, no, SS, how much money are you going to invest in shooting this "Fast and Furious 3: Fighting for the Car"? "Lin Yibin's whole brain was running fast, and he was almost collapsing. He was too excited, too excited!
"Director Lin, I'm going to invest 100 million US dollars in shooting this "Fast and Furious 3: Fighting for the Car"!" Lin Feng said with a smile. **
100 million US dollars, this is the same amount of money as the first two "Fast and Furious" movies combined. So much money was given to a newcomer like him, and it was such an important movie. If Lin Yibin was not mentally strong, he would have fainted from happiness.
But in excitement, Lin Yibin gradually came to his senses. Why did Lin Feng ask him to shoot such an important movie, and it was such a big production.
"I can tell you directly that my reason is very simple, because I admire you! At the same time, I also want to discover my own film team and build my film kingdom!" Lin Feng said with a smile.
Of course, Lin Feng did not tell his real reason. The reason why Lin Feng found Lin Yibin was because Lin Yibin was the original director of "Fast and Furious 3". It's just that the original name of "Fast and Furious 3" was "Fast and Furious 3: Tokyo Drift", and when it came to Lin Feng, it was changed to "Fast and Furious 3: The Next Generation". After all, it's in Milan now, not in Tokyo.
Of course, there is one thing that Lin Feng didn't say, that Lin Feng also contacted John Singleton, the director of the first two "Fast and Furious" movies, but unfortunately the director was very hostile to Lin Feng because of the Oscars. Therefore, even though Lin Feng bought the copyright of "Fast and Furious" from Universal Music at a high price and provided a brand new script and high investment cost, John Singleton refused to cooperate with Lin Feng.
In desperation, Lin Feng had to look for Justin Lin to cooperate.
"By the way, Mr. Lin, what about the two protagonists of this movie?" Justin Lin suddenly stuttered.
Lin Feng knew what Justin Lin wanted to say. When "Fast and Furious" was popular all over the world, its two protagonists, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, also became popular because of this movie and became idols of hundreds of millions of young people around the world.
However, after "Fast and Furious" became a global hit, Vin Diesel did not join the second sequel because of the salary issue. In the end, he had no choice but to change the script and let Paul Walker take charge alone. This is how the second "Fast and Furious 2: The Fast and the Furious" came out. Although it was still a big hit, it lacked Vin Diesel and still disappointed countless fans.
"Director Lin, look behind you!" Lin Feng smiled and pointed behind Justin Lin.
Justin Lin looked back and saw that the two male protagonists of "Fast and Furious" - Paul Walker and Vin Diesel were standing behind him.
"Paul, Van, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation this time and create a top racing blockbuster for global fans again!" Justin Lin greeted the two protagonists excitedly.
"Director Lin, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation!" Paul Walker and Vin Diesel smiled and greeted Justin Lin, but their eyes were on Lin Feng.
"SS, we two came here just to verify one thing." Paul Walker asked after he and Vin Diesel looked at each other.
"Speak!"
"SS, we have carefully studied the script of "Fast and Furious 3: The Next Generation". According to the plot revealed in the script, there will be an active world-class racing driver joining. I wonder who this person will be?" Paul Walker's breathing was slightly rapid.
Paul Walker and Vin Diesel are both avid racing fans. When filming "Fast and Furious", they were addicted to racing. When filming the third part this time, they heard that an active world-class racing driver would be invited. They were quite surprised and excited. This is why they came to Lin Feng so urgently today.
Lin Feng glanced at Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and director Justin Lin. The three of them were all curious at the moment.
"Haha, this person is none other than the current number one in the F1 world - Schumacher!" Lin Feng said calmly.
Although Lin Feng's tone was calm, his words were definitely not calm. On the spot, the two leading actors and the director were all stunned. They were stunned for a long time. You know, who is Schumacher? The King of Cars, a super racing driver who has won four F1 Grand Prix championships, a well-deserved world king. Such a legendary figure would actually come to participate in the performance of "Fast and Furious", which is really awesome.
No wonder it is called "Fast and Furious 3: Fighting for the King", it turns out that the so-called God of Cars refers to Schumacher, the King of Cars. Thinking that they and others will race with Schumacher in the play, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel are very excited.
As for Justin Lin, he has already thought about how popular "Fast and Furious 3: Fighting for the King" will be after it is released in the future!
"Haha, and in fact, not only Schumacher will participate in this play, I will also make a friendly guest appearance!" Lin Feng said with a smile.
What! Lin Feng will also make a guest appearance? This, this, this is fucking awesome. Think about Lin Feng's identity, the world's richest man, and any guest appearance in the movie, even if it's just a one-second shot, can attract countless fans to watch. It's like letting President Bush of the United States act in a movie, it will definitely be a well-deserved box office champion.
"But SS, I didn't see your part?" Justin Lin asked in confusion. After looking through the script, there is no role related to Lin Feng!
"Haha, actually, it's like this, I didn't inform Schumacher, so Schumacher himself didn't know that he would participate in "Fast and Furious 3: The Next Generation." Lin Feng explained with a smile.
What? Schumacher didn't know? What does this mean - the three of them were dumbfounded.
"Haha, although Schumacher doesn't know he will be in this movie, he will race with me on the streets of Milan after three days. So, the most important scene of "Fast & Furious 3: The Next Level" will be staged after three days. There will be no chance of NG, and there will be no chance of repeating it, because not only Schumacher and I will be on the stage, but also the top drivers in Europe will gather in Milan. Of course, there will also be the Milan police. So, these three days, you will be very busy, very busy!" Lin Feng said very seriously.
Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and Justin Lin all paused for breath. There was no NG in the main scene. This was definitely the most challenging scene in their careers!
(To be continued)