Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 17 Filming in progress

When you’re rushing to shoot, time always flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it is already mid-December, and the bitter winter in North America has quietly arrived.

It was already past midnight, and the work area of ​​the "Jurassic Park 12" crew was still brightly lit.

The entire crew is busy working in the company, even the logistics staff are setting up the shooting location.

Although long hours of high-intensity work make people a little tired, everyone's work passion is unprecedentedly high.

After these days of crazy work, the filming is progressing at a rapid pace and is expected to be completed in a few days.

The Christmas holiday is coming, and Director Johnston has promised a long vacation and a high bonus. How can the enthusiasm for work not be high?

Originally, because of Lin Yuan's joining, the script was revised, which increased the workload a lot.

However, thanks to everyone's hard work and overtime, the completion time was not delayed but was brought forward by more than ten days.

This fully demonstrates Director Johnston's strong personal ability. He knows that only by fully mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm can he truly save money.

Everyone is lazy, and knowing how to cheat is a required skill for all people in the workplace.

Therefore, understanding that great rewards will always motivate brave men is the optimal solution that saves both time and effort.

Bosses who are stingy with bonuses often pay higher hidden costs.

Of course, all this is thanks to the additional funds brought by Lin Yuan.

The injection of large amounts of funds allowed Director Johnston to do what he wanted.

Lin Yuan also got what he wanted: the script was significantly revised, and he became the lead actor with the most important role.

The original story of "Jurassic Park 3" is relatively simple, and the summary is:
A little boy was accidentally stranded on Dinosaur Island. In order to find him, his parents kidnapped dinosaur expert Dr. Grant as a consultant and went to the island to look for him.

As soon as the group landed, they were attacked by the game's villain, the Spinosaurus. The plane they were on was destroyed, and the satellite phone that could be used to contact the outside world for help was also swallowed by the Spinosaurus.

While escaping, the group accidentally found the little boy, and then were constantly chased by various dinosaurs. Finally, they were lucky enough to find the lost satellite phone in the feces of a Spinosaurus.

Then he called for help and escaped after being rescued.

There is nothing special about the story of the whole film. The only interesting design is the satellite phone.

The master key for the protagonist group to escape was swallowed by the villain boss Spinosaurus at the beginning of the story.

Then every time the protagonists hear the satellite phone ringing, it means that the Spinosaurus has arrived, which can be regarded as the boss's own BGM.

When the satellite phone was finally excreted in the Spinosaurus' feces, it meant that the protagonists could get their lifeline back, but the Spinosaurus's reappearance became more secretive and deadly, with a stronger sense of oppression.

When Lin Yuan watched this movie in his previous life, his biggest feeling was that the quality of the phone call was really good. Wouldn’t it be a product placement advertisement?

Also, how did that huge mountain of Spinosaurus shit come about?

Now he knew the answer: a large amount of dyed oatmeal mush.

If I let my third brother make this prop, it would definitely be more realistic.

In this life, the script of "Jurassic Park 3" has been adjusted significantly.

The main thing is that the role of the little boy was removed and replaced by a teenager played by Lin Yuan.

He is an orphan adopted by a white couple and is an extreme sports enthusiast.

This change was made to explain why he has a Chinese face but has white parents.

At the same time, it also allows him to have a reasonable character when performing extreme escape action scenes.

Of course, Lin Yuan also had a hidden plan: to leave a deep impression on the audience, so as to reserve the leading role in the future filming of the subsequent "Jurassic" series.

Although he felt a little sorry for Star-Lord, "Jurassic World" will also be a highly profitable film series in the future, and he doesn't want to miss it.

At this time, Lin Yuan was sitting in the rest area, reviewing the results of a whole day of shooting.

After being baptized by three movies, he is constantly learning and growing, and is no longer the naive new actor.

A voice interrupted his thoughts: "The takeaway has arrived! Everyone, take a break, have a midnight snack, and then get back to work."

Lin Yuan looked up and saw Director Johnston clapping his hands and greeting the crew members.

He really knows how to motivate the crew members. How can they work passionately if they are hungry?
So the director provides different midnight snacks every night, but no matter how he changes it, it is mostly Chinese food.

"Director, is it Chinese food again?" asked a staff member.

"Of course, besides Chinese restaurants, who else would be willing to give us takeout at this time?" Director Johnston joked. "Yeah, Chinese food is good. I'll have fried noodles and General Tso's chicken."

"I've been eating too much Chinese food lately. I'm definitely not going out to eat Chinese food with my family on Christmas Day!"

Hearing the staff member's complaint, Lin Yuan smiled knowingly.

Can you imagine that in North America, the Christmas custom is to go out for Chinese food?

Because if you go out to eat on Christmas Day, except for the Chinese restaurants, other restaurants are closed.

This has gradually led some Americans to develop the custom of eating Chinese food on Christmas.

It's a very American black joke, just like ordering Chinese food takeout in the middle of the night.

"Lin Yuan, are you still busy? I was afraid that all the delicious food would be snatched away by them, so I brought some for you. How is it? Are you happy?" A man came over and sat down next to Lin Yuan.

The man's name is Meng Tao, and he is the action director borrowed by Lin Yuan from Chen Long.

Through these days of working together, the two have become quite familiar with each other and can even make some jokes with each other without any taboos.

Since they are both Chinese, they spoke directly in Chinese.

But for the crew, the two men were having a coded conversation.

Meng Tao is a very easy-going person. The only thing that Lin Yuan criticizes him for is: Why do you like to speak Chinese mixed with English?
Although he knew that this was a common problem among many people in the Chinese-speaking world around 2000, and that speaking in this way was fashionable, it was simply torture for Lin Yuan.

"I would be happier if you didn't mix in English with your words."

"Isn't this fashionable?"

"I've had enough of you! Forget it, what did you get me to eat?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Ahahaha, here comes the chicken soup. Drink some hot soup first, it's good for your health." Meng Tao said with a smile.

“…” Lin Yuan didn’t move at all.

"Drinking soup is such a wonderful thing, why don't you drink it?"

"I drank too much when I was young and I haven't digested it yet. Just get me a bottle of Coke." Lin Yuan replied.

Meng Tao smiled and said nothing.

Who hasn’t had enough inspirational quotes when they were young?
He pushed a box of baked rice cakes in front of Lin Yuan.

"Just drinking the drink isn't enough. Try this rice cake. It's super delicious and has been on the news."

"It looks like just an ordinary rice cake. Are you kidding me? Can this even be on the food news?" Lin Yuan didn't believe it.

A New York man ate 30 Chinese rice cakes in a row and his intestines were completely blocked!

Meng Tao took out a newspaper and placed it in front of Lin Yuan.

"..."

Meng Tao said: "When I saw this news, my first reaction was, how could the rice cake be so delicious? I finally ordered takeout from them tonight."

"I won't eat it, you eat it yourself. No wonder you're so fat." Lin Yuan shook his head: "According to Brother Chen Long, you used to be super handsome, the brightest guy in Wan Chai."

"How dare you say that to me! Are you so impatient to die?" Meng Tao didn't care at all and pretended to be pitiful, "Forget it. You are the boss who brought money into the team, and I am just an outsourced worker. I can't be angry with you."

"Okay, give me a few pieces of rice cake. What else did you take?" Lin Yuan saw that he was acting pitiful and had no choice but to take the rice cake.

"Roasted brain! My memory has not been very good recently, so I want to replenish my brain." Meng Tao replied.

In response, Lin Yuan could only say, "The boss is awesome. He can not only make General Tso's chicken, but also roasted brain flower. It's a true fusion of Chinese and Western cuisine."

You ordered two of the same brain? Is it delicious?

"No, I looked at the menu and ordered a pig brain. Then I got curious and ordered a love brain."

"Does it taste any different?" Lin Yuan asked curiously.

"No, love brain is pig brain."

"..."

Lin Yuan was speechless for a moment.

(End of this chapter)