Chapter 123 When The Transaction Is In Progress (4/5)
In Boston, Lin Yu is conducting underwater training in his swimming pool.
David Alexander erected a wooden basket on one side of the swimming pool, then asked Lin Yu to swim from one side to the other and then throw the basketball toward the basket in the water.
"Lin, don't go so fast. You can swim slowly, don't worry, just keep your limbs in continuous motion."
"It's better to swim longer for better results."
In view of David Alexander's request, Lin Yu's swimming posture is dog crawling. This posture requires the least effort and makes it easier to shoot.
There was a floating ball near the center line of the swimming pool. Lin Yu swam over, picked up the floating ball, and then continued forward, throwing the basketball toward the basket at the bottom of the basket frame.
There was a clang, and the basketball hit the frame and bounced in.
"Pick the ball up, put it in the center circle, and do it again!"
Just like that, Lin Yu came again.
Jeff Schwartz suddenly appeared: "Lin, James Wan is here."
Under the water, Lin Yu made an OK gesture: "Okay, I'll end it now."
He threw another ball, then with the help of David Alexander, he went ashore, wiped the water from all over his body, wrapped himself in a bathrobe, and walked towards the living room.
"Are you going to talk about something? Lin?"
"Yes, David."
"It shouldn't involve privacy and confidentiality, right?"
"of course not."
"Then let Theresa give you physical therapy and talk about things while doing physical therapy."
"Can."
Walking into the living room, Lin Yu greeted Wen Ziren.
"Old Wen, my time is very tight. Let's go and go to the physical therapy room on the second floor with me to talk about your shooting arrangements. It just so happens that I also have other things to ask you."
In the physical therapy room, the Teresa described by David Alexander is a Chinese physical therapist, whose full name is Teresa Tan. She is about 30 years old. It is said that she comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine.
Most of the physical therapy she gave Lin Yu was massage, but also some Chinese medicine cupping and acupuncture.
As a Chinese, of course he would not reject these things from his ancestors.
"Old Wen, tell me about your shooting arrangements."
Wen Ziren sat on the sofa nearby and quickly informed Lin Yu of his shooting arrangements.
"So, my scene only took six days to shoot?"
"Yes, because most of the footage is on the court, I have contacted NBA officials and obtained the right to use those game videos."
"That's good, six days, great."
With only six days of filming, Lin Yu had a lot more vacation time.
After talking about the filming arrangements for "Linsanity", Lin Yu finished his physical therapy and sat up: "Besides the filming of 'Linsanity', there is one more thing. I accidentally got two good movie scripts. Can you help me read them?"
Do you look at the quality of the script?”
Wen Ziren was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Then, he followed Lin Yu to the study room and watched Lin Yu pull out two thick scripts from the drawer. One said: Inception, and the other said: Weakness.
James Wan first scanned "Weakness" and raised his question: "Isn't this a work by Michael Lewis?"
Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, I bought the film and television adaptation rights, and then found someone to write the script."
After Lin Yu bought the film and television adaptation rights, Amber hired a senior screenwriter from Hollywood to adapt the script at Lin Yu's request. The general plot was roughly the same as the one he had seen in his previous life.
"It's filmable. This script is perfect in every aspect."
Wen Ziren confirmed the "Weakness" in his hand, and Lin Yu then asked: "Are you interested?"
James Wan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No, I'm afraid I don't have time. During this period of time, I have to finish the filming of 'Linsanity' first, and I also took over the screenwriting job of Saw 3, and then next year, I have to film
Another horror movie with a full schedule."
"Okay, do you have any good candidates to recommend?"
"If you want to shoot this kind of sports inspirational film..." James Wan thought for a while. "Director James Gartner of Paths of Glory or veteran director John Hancock would be fine."
John Hancock, this was the director with weaknesses in his previous life. Lin Yu thought about it and decided to use the director from his previous life: "Introduce John Hancock to me."
"Can."
Then, Wen Ziren lowered his head to read the "Inception" again, and then, Lin Yu failed to get feedback from Wen Ziren for a long time.
About half an hour later, James Wan exhaled a long breath: "Inception, a great story, very imaginative, where did you get this script?"
"By chance, I bought it from an unknown screenwriter."
"It's great, I really want to direct it!" Then James Wan shook his head again: "But I have only directed horror films. I can't control this kind of science fiction film. I have to improve myself before I can direct it."
Wen Ziren then looked up at Lin Yu: "When are you going to shoot it?"
"Not for the time being. I don't have that much money to invest in it. I will shoot the movie "The Weakness" first. Its investment can be controlled within 30 million US dollars, which I can afford."
"Okay, then I still have a chance. I have to improve myself as soon as possible."
Wen Ziren was sent away, and Jeff Schwartz came back again.
"Lin, I got news that Danny Ainge may send you to Minnesota."
Newton District, Boston, Celtics headquarters.
Danny Ainge received support from Rivers and began contacting his old teammate Kevin McHale after returning to the office.
Kevin McHale is now the general manager of the Timberwolves. In his previous life, he was also the one who advocated sending Garnett to Boston.
In fact, many fans and media in previous lives believed that the Lakers robbed the Grizzlies and got Pau Gasol by relying on the logo man.
The Celtics acquired Garnett through a robbery by Kevin McHale.
You know, before the trade, Garnett's star rating was at least one level higher than Gasol's. One was one of the four power forwards, and the other was also a power forward, but he was not assigned a number in the league.
It seems that the bargaining chip the Lakers traded for Gasol was much lower than Garnett. In fact, Garnett himself was worth more chips at the time.
It's now 2006, and Garnett has begun to vocalize his desire to leave Minnesota.
At this time, his ideal next destination was the Los Angeles Lakers, but the Lakers couldn't afford the bargaining chip to trade for Garnett, so the deal remained stagnant.
Now that Danny Ainge has stepped in, Kevin McHale is naturally willing to negotiate.
"Kevin can be traded. Tell me about your leverage, Danny."
In the Celtics general manager's office, Angie made a list and read out the names on the list one by one.
"Al Jefferson, sign-and-trade Chinese Lin, Gerald Green and Ryan Gomez, plus two first-rounders. This offer is very sincere. Kevin, you are a famous star in the Celtics.
We have been friends for so many years, and I really don’t want to bargain with you."
On the other end of the phone: "Okay, okay, Danny, I don't know how to bargain, just China Lin? He seems to be injured?"
"It's just a hip injury, it won't have much impact."
"Really? I need an injury report. Send me one. I'll make a decision after I understand it."
