Chapter 70 71. The Biggest Problem of Transformers

On February 4, the fourth week box office of "Saw" was released, with North American box office reported at 12.5 million US dollars, and the total North American box office reached 109 million. It will be the last week before the film is taken off the screen.

Overseas, the film has also begun premiering in South Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and other regions, but still not in China. After all, such R-rated movies are difficult to import, and even if they are imported, they will not sell for much money.

However, since it has been almost a month since its North American premiere, pirated copies have already leaked out, and the box office will definitely be affected.

This week's overseas box office closed at 44.75 million U.S. dollars, and the total overseas box office reached 99 million U.S. dollars. The global total box office of "Saw" has accumulated to 210 million U.S. dollars, which is a good result.

It is expected to earn another 300 to 400 million US dollars worldwide, and the total box office will reach 250 million US dollars, which will exceed the analysts' estimate of 220 million US dollars.

Today is a special day at Hofta Military Base in Nevada.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, several vehicles of various sizes appeared outside the gate of the base. The only thing these vehicles had in common was that they all had a lion head logo printed on them.

When the MGM motorcade appeared, countless weapons were pointed at them from different angles, scaring the staff so much that they dared not even breathe.

If a soldier accidentally fired a shot, the lives of an entire carload of people might be taken away.

In the co-pilot seat, Lieutenant Colonel Freeman made a phone call. A few minutes later, the gate of the base opened and Eric and his group were let in.

“Follow me!”

After getting off the car, Lieutenant Colonel Freeman took Eric to meet the head of the base, another tough-looking man named John Defar Adams.

His military rank was higher than Freeman's. Although he was only a colonel, Freeman said privately that he was about to be promoted to brigadier general.

However, this situation is actually very good, because at the moment of promotion, the other party will not act recklessly.

After showing the approval document from the Ministry of National Defense, the two sides communicated for a while, and John Adams expressed his willingness to cooperate with the filming.

But when Eric showed the other party the shooting plan, the other party immediately frowned.

"Director Eric, do you know how outrageous this list you wrote is? It doesn't matter what the soldiers are. We have as many as you want on base. Carbines, Brownings, any firearms are at your disposal."

"But 7 V22 Ospreys, no less than 5 Black Hawk attack helicopters, at least 5 low-altitude Pave IV helicopters, and a battalion of M60 and M1 Abrams tanks."

"Are you kidding me?"

Eric pointed and said, "There's more to come. You'd better read it all at once."

Hearing this, John Adams continued to flip back, then widened his eyes: "A squadron of F22s? Are you really planning to make a movie?"

Seeing John Adams' reaction, Eric's heart was also beating fast. As a military adviser, Lieutenant Colonel Freeman had certainly seen his filming plan.

While watching, he raised a question. The equipment Eric requested was a bit too rich. Even in the United States, there were not many military bases that could take out all of it at once.

Especially that squadron of F22s, a total of 26 aircraft, if deployed to Africa, they can bomb all countries to pieces.

But Eric also has his own ideas. Although the "Transformers" in the original time and space are also very good-looking, they always give people a feeling that this group of iron lumps seem too weak.

Apart from the base destroyed by Vertigo at the beginning of the movie, this segment is quite eye-catching and gives the audience a feeling that the Decepticons are very powerful.

But then things started to go badly. The scorpion's shells flew everywhere, it burrowed into the ground and danced wildly. It fought in a very fancy way, but the score was zero to five.

The villain Megatron was suppressed by several missiles and was forced to retreat repeatedly by the blast of tanks.

Please, you are Megatron, the leader of Cybertron's Decepticons. A mere human weapon can cause you so much trouble. Where is your face? Not only is it shameless, where is the energy cannon? Where is the shock wave? Where is the death ray? All the alien high-tech weapons are sealed. The boss's fighting power is not as good as his little brother. The best thing about the Decepticons is actually stun. How embarrassing!

In Eric's opinion, this is the biggest failure of "Transformers". There are reports that this is because Michael Bay embezzled a lot of money from it.

Because of his good relationship with the Department of Defense, Michael Bay used Paramount's funds to lobby the Department of Defense, and any savings went into his own pocket.

So should you add more airplanes and cannons to the movie for effect? ​​Or should you just make it about the same, but still pocket tens of millions? This is a choice that any normal person would make.

"Colonel Adams, we are going to shoot Transformers. I think you must have seen it when you were a kid. The opponents are aliens. If one or two planes and tanks can win, don't you think it's outrageous?"

"Moreover, the essence of this film is a military propaganda film. MGM and the Department of Defense have already agreed that they must do their best to show the strength of the US military. If the equipment is too small, not only will people in other countries not believe it, but our own people will not believe it either."

John Adams frowned and said, "No, the others are fine, but an M1 Abrams tank battalion and an F22 squadron, absolutely impossible, this is simply nonsense!"

"Colonel Adams, without these equipment, the film won't be effective. And I'm not trying to embarrass you on purpose. You see, there are also aircraft carrier formations and AC-130 Ghost gunships listed in the film. I know you don't have them, so I'll think of a way to do that."

John Adams glared at the young man in front of him and thought, you know I don’t have this, this is an army base, where can we get an aircraft carrier!

"No anyway. One squadron is too many. I can only send you five at most."

"Colonel, you are kidding. The Ministry of National Defense has approved it. Let me make a concession and give you 22 planes."

“Ten!”

“20!”

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“13!”

"19, no less!"

"At most 15. This is the total number in the base, including the ones delivered last month. If you are not satisfied, I will explain to the Ministry of Defense. Please leave my base!"

Seeing that the other party was about to get angry, Eric hurriedly held the other party's hand, thinking that local bullies should not be provoked.

"make a deal!"

"Director, here we come!"

As soon as Eric and John Adams had finalized the deal, Ryan Reynolds, Tom Hardy, Ben Foster, and Michael Fassbender came over from a distance.

I was arranged to train at the base for a month. When I saw them again, I could sense an unusual aura from afar.

To be more precise, they look more masculine and manly, and with the stubble on their faces and the military uniforms on their bodies, strangers will definitely mistake them for soldiers.

Eric smiled as he watched the changes in the four people.

"Very good. Now you have the aura of elite soldiers. How are the results of your training?"

Ryan Reynolds held an M16 in his hand, changed the magazine with one hand in front of Eric, and performed several tactical moves.

Eric didn't know whether it was up to standard or not, but it looked pretty decent and would pass muster on the big screen.

Then I looked at the other three people. Same movements, same standards. It seemed they were all very dedicated.

"Very good, then start the filming on time at 2pm!"

It's the weekend. Today I want to fuck 8,000. I won't sleep until I do that. I want to challenge myself.

Thanks to Lao Ma for the 500-coin tip, and thank you, boss!

(End of this chapter)