Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 284 The Opponent's Despair

Columbia Pictures headquarters in Los Angeles.

A white man in his early 50s was sitting in the office with a serious expression.

His name is Leo, he is the vice president of Columbia Pictures and the person in charge of the sniper operation against Lin Yuan's film "The King of Spy Wars".

"Dong dong dong!" There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in!"

"President, your guest has arrived." The beautiful female secretary said at the door.

"Okay, please invite her in."

A beautiful lady in her early 30s, dressed in professional attire, walked in.

The woman, Lucinda, was a vice president of MGM. She rose to such a high position at such a young age, rumored to have had a murky relationship with one of the company's major shareholders.

She was the person in charge of the sniper operation at MGM.

The two vice presidents obviously wanted to communicate about the current situation.

"Leo, you look very down," Lucinda said.

"Will it ever get better? The whole situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse. I already regret choosing to use 'Bad Boys 2' to coincide with the release date. This movie did so well at the box office, but now I might become cannon fodder. How can I not be heartbroken?" Leo said.

"We at MGM have released two movies. If there is any loss, we will suffer a bigger one," Lucinda said with a wry smile.

"To be honest, I already regret taking this job. I knew Lin Yuan was not someone to be trifled with, but I didn't expect him to be so difficult to deal with," Leo said.

"I thought so too, but the board of directors' attitude is very tough, so we have no choice but to carry out the plan. Tell me, how much will we lose from this box office bet?" Lucinda said.

"That depends on the attendance rate of "The King of Spy", after all, the ticket price is so high." Leo said.

"Damn! When I saw the latest trailer for 'The King's Avatar', as a competitor, I couldn't help but want to go to the cinema and buy a ticket. I bet the audience will buy it." said Lucinda.

"From the perspective of our opponent, we have to admit that the trailer was amazing. Do you think this is just the only highlight? If other parts are not so exciting, maybe we still have a chance to turn the tables." Leo said with a glimmer of hope.

"Didn't they announce that a trailer will be released soon? It's almost time, so why don't we just take a look and find out?" Lucinda said.

"Well, even if I die, I want to die knowingly. Come, let me see this new trailer. What surprises will it bring? Scares?"

Leo opened the webpage and quickly found the new trailer for "The King of Spy Wars" which had just been released 3 minutes ago.

Just three minutes after being posted, this video has already received 3 views and 40 comments, which shows how popular it is.

"I have a bad feeling, Leo," Lucinda said.

"Just watch it. As an opponent, Lin Yuan gives people a strong sense of oppression." Leo clicked on the video.

The video opens on what appears to be an air force base.

A huge C17 transport plane was taxiing slowly on the runway, and the roar of its engine was deafening.

The huge dust stirred up on the runway was so heavy that the photographers nearby couldn't open their eyes.

Obviously, this is also an action scene shot on location, not in a studio.

As the C17's speed on the runway continues to increase, the transport aircraft is about to enter the ski-jump takeoff phase.

At this time, a figure jumped out from a high earthen slope beside the runway: it was Lin Yuan!
Lin Yuan, who was running, leaped up. "Bang!"

He jumped directly onto the wing of the C17 and continued to run along the wing.

Lin Yuan suddenly slid to the edge of the plane door and held on to it tightly with both hands.

At this time, the C17 plane really took off. The huge airflow immediately blew Lin Yuan up, and the whole person was suspended in the air, like a kite whose string was about to break.

Seeing this scene, Leo and Lucinda were stunned: Is there a way to play like this?
In addition to climbing to a height of 600 meters on the Burj Khalifa, it can also be said that as long as the safety rope is strong enough and you overcome your fear of heights and don't have a heart attack, there won't be much danger.

What about this one now?

If you jump directly onto the wing of a C17 ready to take off, you might be sucked into the engine and minced into pieces if you are not careful.

Hanging on the plane door is equally dangerous. If your hands loosen, even with a safety rope, there is no guarantee that Lin Yuan will hit where and in what posture. He may end up with a bloody head and be seriously injured.

Is this a filming?

This is simply playing with your life!
But this is not over yet, as the plane flies higher and higher.

Suddenly there was a violent vibration and one of Lin Yuan's hands was detached from the cabin door. He relied on his remaining hand to hold on to the cabin door tightly.

The whole person was like a dead leaf on a branch in the strong wind, swaying and falling.

"Oh! No!" Leo shouted.

"Oh my God!" Lucinda couldn't help but exclaim.

Fortunately, the cabin door opened the next moment and Lin Yuan was sucked into the cabin.

Seeing this scene, the two vice presidents also breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the screen went black and a subtitle appeared:
Wonderful?
After a few seconds, another subtitle appeared:
But that’s not all…

The screen lit up again, and Lin Yuan, wearing a pressure suit and a mask, stood in front of the wide-open cabin door.

The camera moved up, and below the plane were rolling thunderclouds with flashes of lightning.

In such a night sky, Lin Yuan jumped without fear!
The screen went black again, and a text appeared:
On May 5, "The King of Spy Wars" is waiting for your viewing!
At this point, the second trailer has finished playing.

After watching the trailer, Leo patted his chest and gave a wry smile: "What do you think?"

Lucinda also looked frustrated: "How can we fight this? The opponent is too strong!"

"For a movie like this, no wonder Lin Yuan is confident enough to say it's the best action movie ever. Even if it's a competitor, I'd like to go to the cinema and buy a ticket," Leo said.

Lucinda said, "Why do we have to go against Lin Yuan? Can we stop someone like him? Can't we just accept him and have a share of the pie?"

"You should ask those rigid-minded bigwigs on the board of directors! They only understand money, not movies, and think that they can block others' path to advancement with the financial advantage at hand. But they don't see that we make nearly 20 movies a year, and even if we put them together, they are not as good as one of theirs!" Leo said.

As an old veteran of the company, he had long been dissatisfied with the decline of Columbia Pictures over the years.

But the vice president is just a senior employee, what influence can he have?

Lucinda said, "Leo! Be careful! Now we should think about how to clean up the mess so the company can lose less money. Otherwise, we will both become scapegoats and be fired."

(End of this chapter)