Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 131 Negative Public Opinion
Seeing this comment, Liu Yufei couldn't help but frowned cutely.

But when Liu Yufei saw that this comment had more than 20,000 likes, she became even more worried.

Currently, the video "Letter from the Future" has been viewed 109 million times.

Considering that many people have watched it many times and a considerable number of people do not participate in comment interaction, the fact that there are still more than 20,000 people who liked it can be said that the proportion is quite high.

Liu Yufei refreshed the webpage and found that in just a dozen seconds, the number of likes increased by more than a hundred.

"Is it necessary to react so strongly? He's just the main character in the short film, and he's the school quarterback."

In fact, when she said this, she also realized the problem.

Liu Yufei studied in a high school in New York for five years. Of course, she knew that the most popular boy on campus was the quarterback of the football team. He was like a prince charming.

The most popular girl is often the cheerleader captain.

Given Liu Yufei's appearance, if she were willing to join the cheerleading team, she might even be able to become the captain, because American society is still very willing to accept Chinese beauties.

After all, beautiful women are a resource that will be accepted everywhere.

And a Chinese like Lin Yuan would never be able to become a quarterback.

Such an opportunity to stand out in the whole school is mostly monopolized by white men. Even black people find it difficult to get a chance, let alone Chinese people.

If you try to search with the keywords "Chinese + quarterback", you will find that even in 2024, there are only a handful of related news on the Internet.

Chinese? Just study hard. You're so good at math, the future of engineering depends on you!
Therefore, when Lin Yuan played the role of a quarterback with a Chinese face, some people immediately felt strongly uncomfortable.

If this incident had not happened in rugby, the top sport in North America, it might not have received as much attention.

It’s like if in a domestic youth campus film, there is a classmate named Xiao Hei who beats all his peers and becomes the youth table tennis champion, or diving champion or something.

Although everyone may find it strange, they will just complain a few times at most.

But football is the number one sport in North America, and the Super Bowl final is comparable to the North American Spring Festival Gala.

The appearance of a Chinese quarterback in this national sport that is so popular among North Americans is like sprinkling a handful of salt on the wound and then wrapping it with gauze for the fragile nerves of many people.

Liu Yufei clicked on the comment section of this reply:
"Lin Yuan is a sinister guy. He's secretly brainwashing us. He wants to create an image of himself as a prince charming, even going so far as to violate common sense and trample on the sport we love most!"

This is a guy who is overly critical, but he also got over 5,000 likes.

"What else can Chinese people do besides studying hard? The most glorious moments on the sports field always belong to us, and the most beautiful girls in the school also belong to us. Please note that I am not provoking, I am just stating a fact."

"I feel that Lin Yuan has defamed our national movement. As a celebrity, he has set a bad example. Therefore, he should apologize to the entire nation for this matter!"

"I agree. I also demand an apology from Lin Yuan! Otherwise, more and more artists will follow suit and do anything to attract attention!"

"Lin Yuan has very good physical fitness. He once defeated Tyson. Why can't he play the role of quarterback?" Liu Yufei tried to post a comment to defend Lin Yuan.

But not long after, the background prompts her that she has received dozens of replies.

"That only proves that he's good at Chinese Kung Fu. Does that mean he can play football? Besides, being able to play football and being able to be a quarterback are two completely different concepts!"

"Football is a team sport. No matter how good Lin Yuan's Chinese Kung Fu is, it's difficult for him to play a decisive role in such a team game. Also, please don't change the subject. We are discussing the absurdity of a Chinese-American becoming a quarterback."

These two replies were considered relatively civilized, while the remaining replies were filled with malice and low quality, almost overflowing from the screen. "How much money can you make by flattering Lin Yuan like this? Find a job so I can earn some pocket money."

"F*CK! F*CK! F*CK!"

Seeing these comments, Liu Yufei became even angrier.

But she knew it was getting worse.

This public opinion storm against Lin Yuan has taken shape and has begun to spread from the Internet to the traditional media field.

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At this time, the Fox News reporter who interviewed Tyson last time was interviewing football rookie Tom Brady.

Not long ago, on February 2002, 2, in the Super Bowl XXXVI final.

Tom Brady led his New England Patriots as quarterback to win the championship by defeating the St. Louis Rams.

Tom Brady was named Most Valuable Player (MVP).

This is a rising star.

Later, he would lead the team to win the Super Bowl championship seven times, and he would personally win the Super Bowl MVP five times.

His career spanned more than 20 years, dominated an era, and is the most legendary quarterback in history.

Tom Brady's achievements in football are even greater than Jordan's in basketball.

He is 24 years old, 1 meters tall and weighs 93 kilograms. With long blond hair and a handsome face, he looks like a typical quarterback.

"Mr. Brady, first of all, congratulations on winning the MVP award of Super Bowl XXXVI," said the Fox reporter.

"Thank you, my career has just begun and there are still countless peaks to climb," Tom Brady replied.

After hearing the answer, the Fox reporter nodded and thought to himself: He is indeed much more polite than Tyson. This humble attitude is much higher than those old black athletes who are too proud of themselves.

"There's a video that's been going viral on the internet lately, sparking a lot of debate. It's about a Chinese quarterback. Did you know about it?" asked the Fox reporter.

Tom Brady was stunned for a moment, but still said with a smile: "I know what you are talking about. Lin Yuan is an excellent action actor."

"As a newly crowned Super Bowl MVP, what do you think of this? Have you ever seen a Chinese quarterback?"

This question is still malicious and is an old trick of this reporter.

No matter how Tom Brady answers, he will offend a lot of people.

However, he was in the limelight, in a state of high spirits, and did not care much about what others thought of him.

Tom Brady just wanted to answer from his heart.

So he said, "I've certainly never seen a Chinese quarterback, but appropriate exaggeration is reasonable in film and television production. As for this kind of public opinion storm, he just needs to come out and clarify it and it will be over."

(End of this chapter)