How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 398 Spielberg and Michael Bay
The next morning.

Zhang Nan was still being pestered by Megan Fox when she was woken up by a phone call.

"Who?"

Zhang Nan answered the phone in confusion and asked.

"I'm Steven." An old voice came over the phone, it was Spielberg.

When Zhang Nan heard it was Spielberg, she was not polite at all, "It's so early in the morning, do you know that you are disturbing my dream?"

Spielberg apologized for a while, and then Zhang Nan asked: "Don't talk about what is or isn't, just talk about it."

"Michael Bay called me yesterday and said that you want to interview him to be the assistant director of [Transformers 1]. Zhang, didn't you direct and star in this project? Why are you suddenly looking for someone again? The project is a bit tricky? Really? If it's difficult, I can help you for free and anonymously." Spielberg typed out on the other end of the phone, his words full of eager words, as if he wanted to help Zhang Nan solve the problem.

But when Zhang Nan heard this, he didn't follow Spielberg's tactics at all, and said: "So... you talk so much, do you want me to pass Michael Bay's assistant director interview?"

Spielberg on the other side of the phone suddenly laughed, and then acquiesced.

Zhang Nan became more energetic at this time and asked curiously, "Why are you so interested in Michael Bay? Is it because you Jews just stick together like this, or is he your illegitimate son?"

Spielberg's face suddenly darkened on the other side of the phone, and he quickly explained: "The box office failure of the project [Escape from Clone Island] was because [-]th Century Fox secretly asked the distributor Warner Pictures to acquire DreamWorks at a lower price. Michael Bay was implicated by the tactics he used, so I just wanted to make up for it."

It's clear.

Zhang Nan nodded with the phone in his hand.

Zhang Nan is not surprised at all by the Hollywood giants' saucy maneuvers.

After all, Columbia Pictures once had the idea of ​​hacking his salary. If he hadn't resorted to the wolf-eating tiger strategy and roped in Bank of America, he would have probably suffered a loss at that time.

At that time, he only had some conflicts with Hollywood giants over money.

Spielberg started working on DreamWorks Pictures, but he did so with the foundation of several major Hollywood giants. Just encountering this kind of operation and persisting for so many years can be regarded as Spielberg's personal strength and the interests and background behind him. More powerful.

"Okay, if the ability is qualified, I will accept Michael Bay." Zhang Nan said to Spielberg on the other side of the phone, and agreed quickly.

Of course.

The reason why he agreed so quickly was not purely because Spielberg said hello.

It's because the original time and space has proved that Michael Bay still has the ability to direct "Transformers" when the first three "Transformers" movies still have the main plot line.

As a result, Spielberg over there was very excited when he heard Zhang Nan giving him face like this. He said sincerely: "Zhang, if the project really has difficult problems, the free and anonymous thing I said before is not a joke. of."

"It's tricky. It's really a bit tricky. I direct and act during the day. I don't have enough energy at night, which makes me very distressed." Zhang Nan understood and joked at the same time.

Spielberg didn't understand and asked, "Then take a rest. What's the problem?"

Coincidentally, Megan Fox woke up at this time and murmured.

Spielberg on the other end of the phone was silent.

Then Zhang Nan also wanted to ask Spielberg whether he wanted to tell Michael Bay about greeting him.

As a result, when I just opened my mouth, there was already a beeping hang-up sound coming from the phone.

Although it was a mechanized beep, Zhang Nan could feel that Spielberg was a little out of control when he hung up.But this is normal.

They are all 60 years old, mainly because they were romantic when they were young, but now they are suffering from bedridden syndrome.

What he did was really like catching a lame man and breaking his legs, grabbing a mute man and tearing his mouth apart, and launching a fierce attack on the opponent's weak points.

……

[Transformers] filming set.

Zhang Nan held her waist and looked refreshed when she saw Michael Bay.

When Michael Bay saw Zhang Nan, his mood was very complicated.

Because in terms of seniority, he debuted earlier than Zhang Nan. At the beginning, he also directed and starred in "The Island of Death" starring Nicolas Cage, and "Beijing Wu" directed and starred by Zhang Nan. Hall】Competed with the same level.

At that time, the box office data of "Bravely Entering the Death Island" was only lower than that of "Beijing Martial Arts School".

But now we meet again.

On the set of [Transformers 1].

This is another Hollywood A-level production directed and starred by Zhang Nan, but his directing career has hit rock bottom.

The contrast is too great.

"Michael, are you familiar with Steven?" Zhang Nan interrupted Michael Bay's thoughts and brought Spielberg up.

Michael Bay paused for a moment after hearing this. After all, there are quite a few people named Steven in Hollywood, but he quickly came to his senses.

After all, there is no one else but Spielberg who comes out of Zhang Nan's mouth.

So Michael Bay nodded quickly and replied: "It's okay. Steven takes good care of me. In my previous projects, Steven acted as the producer, and the funds were also invested by DreamWorks."

Michael Bay didn't say the words "Escape from Cloning", for fear that Zhang Nan would have a bad impression of him when he heard about this project that failed at the box office, so he just gave a general introduction.

"That's no wonder. He called me specifically this morning and asked me to take care of you. In that case, everyone is our own family, so I won't say any kind words."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Nan asked his assistant to bring over two documents and handed them over, and continued: "This is the script and shooting plan of [Transformers 1]. You can take it back and study it for a few days, and then give me an answer as soon as possible. If it works, this It’s called the assistant director, but in fact you have to perform most of the director’s responsibilities, so I leave it to you.”

After hearing this, Michael Bay thanked him repeatedly, and then went back with the script and shooting plan documents.

A few days later.

Zhang Nan once again met Michael Bay, who was a little exhausted, and got a positive reply from him.

"Michael Bay, welcome to join the cast of [Transformers]. Believe me, when this movie is released, although you will only be an assistant director, you will not lack opportunities to direct and direct alone. I can guarantee this." Zhang Nan He extended his hand to Michael Bay.

Michael Bay also held Zhang Nan's hand tightly and did not refute Zhang Nan's words.

Because the creative team members of more than one top series in the past have proven this.

For example, the assistant directors, photographers, and other personnel of the [Star Wars] series finally relied on their resumes in the [Star Wars] series to successfully obtain the position of director of a top project in Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)