Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 265 Lin Yuan watching the Oscars in China

When the 75th Academy Awards ceremony came to an end, a domestic video immediately went viral on the Internet.

This video, titled "The Chinese Superstar, the Man Who Single-Handedly Boosted Oscar Ratings!", was immediately featured on the headlines of major portals as soon as it was released, attracting countless clicks and comments.

Immediately afterwards, CNTV, as the official media, also reported Lin Yuan’s wonderful performance at this year’s Oscars during prime time.

Lin Yuan’s popularity has exploded again, becoming a hot topic on the streets across the country.

At this time, Liu Yufei, who had been busy all day, had just returned to her home in Yanjing.

These days, she is busy with her studies, preparations for a new film, and supervision of two major projects entrusted to her by Lin Yuan, which has really exhausted all her energy.

In every field, she is an absolute newcomer and must absorb knowledge quickly like a sponge in order to be competent for her current job.

Especially the project supervision entrusted to her by Lin Yuan was too much of a trust for Liu Yufei.

The total amount of these two projects is as high as 100 billion US dollars.

Although she was not directly in charge of the operation and had professional assistance around her, Liu Yufei still felt that the responsibility was heavy and she was walking on thin ice.

Liu Yufei knew that Lin Yuan was doing this for her own good. As long as she could get through this hurdle, the resources she could handle would be drastically different from before.

Think about those classmates around you who are begging directors for resources to make films. You are already standing in a capital ecological niche where you can control the director at will, and you may even be able to control more platform companies in the future. That is simply a step to heaven.

Although the busyness during this period made Liu Yufei feel tired.

But this kind of fatigue is only physical, while the soul is very happy and there is a sense of full satisfaction.

She opened the portal website and clicked on the hottest news about Lin Yuan recently. Watching these news was her best way to relax.

When Liu Yufei clicked on the link to Lin Yuan's video, countless comments immediately caught her eye:
"Lin Yuan is so amazing! He single-handedly raised the ratings of the Oscars from 16% to 31%. Do you think the Oscars will invite him to every ceremony in the future just for the sake of ratings?" asked a netizen.

"That requires him to have a work nominated. He can't just sit there and do nothing, right? He probably won't be interested in just being an awards presenter. So the question is, will Hollywood favor him more in terms of awards?" another netizen replied.

"No way? I heard that the Hollywood judging panel discriminates against handsome guys. The more handsome and popular they are, the more picky they are. Those people are really twisted and can't stand others looking good!"

"Yes! In 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Heroes', I have watched Lin Yuan's several literary performances over and over again. I heard that they have been included as classic examples by the acting departments of many film academies at home and abroad."

"They only gave him a nomination for Best Actor. Why not just give him the Best Actor award?"

"You don't know, this award is more based on seniority. This unspoken rule exists everywhere. As a newcomer, no matter how strong Lin Yuan is, it's impossible for him to actually win the award."

Seeing these comments, Liu Yufei nodded vigorously.

She expressed her strong support. It was obvious that Lin Yuan worked so hard. Although he was not given much room to display his acting skills in the movie, his superb acting skills could be seen in every scene.

Since Liu Yufei enrolled in Yanying, she has gained more professional knowledge and has become more aware of how strong Lin Yuan is in acting.

Experts know the ins and outs of things. Even she, a freshman in the acting department, can see Lin Yuan's professional ability. It cannot be described as ability, perhaps it should be described as accomplishment.

Liu Yufei didn't believe that the senior judges in the entertainment industry, who were more professional than her, would not be able to see Lin Yuan's true ability.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the excellence, so why can't the judges see it?
Liu Yufei was still upset that Lin Yuan was only nominated for Best Actor and didn't win. Although she knew her chances were slim, she couldn't help but feel indignant. She continued to scroll down the comments:
"What do you think of Lin Yuan's current status? Is he considered the top Chinese male star?"

"We discussed this issue last year. At that time, some people even compared him to Andy Lau. At that time, I said that even Chow Yun-fat couldn't compare to Andy Lau! But some people still disagreed and thought Chow Yun-fat could be on par with Raymond Lam. What do you think now?"

"Hahaha! Chow Yun-fat? Forget it. 'Bulletproof Monk' was such a box office flop, he'll never get another leading-man role in Hollywood. How can he compare to Lin Yuan? Lin Yuan's movies are all box office hits, and he even won the annual global box office championship last year! They're no longer in the same league."

"Look at Lin Yuan's next movie. Would he be willing to invite Chow Yun-fat to play a supporting role? If he does, Chow Yun-fat will definitely be grateful to Dai De Lin Yuan for supporting him and helping him clean up his image as a box office poison."

"I guess not. Lin Yuan isn't doing charity. If he wants to do a favor, he'll only do it to his close friends. Why would he help someone he has no connection with?"

Seeing this, Liu Yufei felt emotional again.

When Lin Yuan just debuted two years ago, he was still a completely inconspicuous newcomer in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

At that time, Chow Yun-fat's status was many levels higher than Lin Yuan's, but in just two years, he had overtaken Chow Yun-fat and left him far behind.

Genius, or should I say peerless genius, is really so unreasonable.

In a short period of time, he traveled a distance that others could not complete in their entire lives.

Liu Yufei scrolled the mouse wheel and continued to read:

"So how do you compare Chen Long and Lin Yuan? You said before that it wasn't a good match, what about now?"

"I think Chen Long has decades of classic film work. Although his box office appeal is certainly not as good as Lin Yuan's now, he has accumulated a reputation over such a long period of time. Lin Yuan won't be able to reach his level for a while, right?"

"You're actually playing on sentimentality when you say this, but it also indirectly proves that Lin Yuan has surpassed Chen Long. According to you, even if Lin Yuan just lays down and does nothing, he will naturally surpass Chen Long in ten or twenty years."

"I think Lin Yuan has surpassed Chen Long. Putting aside other things, just look at the thrilling action scenes in Lin Yuan's movies this year. Which Chen Long can do that? Don't accuse me of bullying Chen Long because he's older. He couldn't do that when he was young either."

"I agree! I agree that Lin Yuan is already the number one Chinese star."

"Agree +1! There's really no point arguing about this. Lin Yuan has two more movies coming out this year. Once they're out, won't the outcome be crystal clear?"

"Yeah! Now that you mention it, I just remembered that 'King of Spy' will be released in 40 days. I'm so excited!"

"Lin Yuan confidently said this movie is the best action movie ever. I really hope the time jumps to 40 days later. I can't wait!"

As for whether Lin Yuan is already the number one Chinese star, Liu Yufei actually doesn't want to participate in the discussion.

In her heart, Lin Yuan has long been number one.

But she knew how dangerous was behind this first place.

She had never had the opportunity to make a movie with Lin Yuan before, but this time she saw with her own eyes how Lin Yuan went through life and death.

If he can't be considered number one, who deserves to be?

(End of this chapter)