Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 350: Water Floating & Super High Diving!
"You call this a good idea?"

After listening to Lin Yuan's thoughts, Meng Tao stood up from his chair and couldn't help but speak loudly.

"You know why I was so anxious before. I had no choice. We must try." Lin Yuan tried to persuade.

"There's really nothing I can do. You're Lin Yuan." Meng Tao said helplessly, "Okay, I'll help you do a feasibility assessment."

"Thank you!"

"But I have to be frank upfront. If you can't even pass the feasibility assessment, I will definitely not agree with you doing this!" Meng Tao added, emphasizing.

"Okay, then you should act quickly."

"Got it! I'll get ready now!"

Looking at Meng Tao's hurriedly walking away, Lin Yuan felt excited again.

His long-standing concerns were finally resolved after he acquired master-level running and jumping skills and redesigned the action scene.

"Lin Yuan and His Wife" is an excellent commercial film, which Lin Yuan has never doubted. This can be seen from the huge success of the previous version starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

The quality of his version in this life will only be better, but... the box office results may not be!

Because this movie is starring Lin Yuan.

Whenever he stars in a movie, audiences can expect to see breathtaking action scenes.

Lin Yuan can satisfy the audience's expectations with thrilling action stunts, such as he did in "Jurassic Park 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "King of Spy".

But if you don't play the thrilling game, you can still satisfy the audience's expectations by using cool cold weapon fighting techniques, such as "Hero".

In "Hero", Lin Yuan did not take any risks, but relied on the gorgeous action choreography, and the audience was still willing to buy it.

But the problem with "Lin Yuan and His Wife" is that there are no action scenes that meet the audience's expectations.

It’s not that the duel between Lin Yuan and Liu Yufei was not exciting, but it was not Lin Yuan enough!

In other words, if Lin Yuan hadn't filmed this scene, other actors could have done it.

What the audience wants to see is: the unique action scenes that only Lin Yuan can perform.

In this sense, "Lin Yuan and His Wife" lacks the most important link.

When the audience walked into the cinema with great expectations, hoping to see Lin Yuan bring them new shocks, but found that there were only good action scenes that lacked Lin Yuan's characteristics, it was difficult for Lin Yuan to guess whether the reputation of this movie would collapse.

To be honest, this kind of expectation from the audience is a bit harsh for Lin Yuan.

If others could achieve this, it would be considered a masterpiece, but for Lin Yuan, it would be considered a failure.

The audience's love for Lin Yuan is a double-edged sword: it not only gives Lin Yuan generous rewards, but also forces him to challenge himself again and again.

This is actually a dilemma that every action star will face.

Not only him, but also his elder brother Chen Long in his previous life had tried to transform several times.

But as long as the audience doesn't see the expected Chen-style action scenes, the movie's box office will immediately flop.

Lin Yuan did not dare to risk a box office flop. The production cost of "Lin Yuan and His Wife" was as high as 1.1 million US dollars. If the film failed, the company would not be able to obtain the expected profits and cash flow would immediately be a problem.

Lin Yuan wants to do so many things, and he has already pulled the levers to the maximum, with achievements in all areas.

Doing so would allow his career to develop extremely rapidly, allowing him to complete in one year what others would take five or even ten years to accomplish. However, it would also make him feel like he was walking on a tightrope, with no room for error.

If "The King of Spy" flopped, not only would the funding for his subsequent films become a problem, but those investors who had placed a heavy bet on him would also immediately re-evaluate his value.

It is hard to say what adverse consequences this will bring.

Therefore, Lin Yuan had to plug this loophole and add a sufficiently exciting action scene in the movie "Lin Yuan and His Wife".

Now, his idea has been conveyed to Meng Tao, and he is waiting for him to evaluate the feasibility and come up with a shooting plan.

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Three days later, in the meeting room of the crew of "Lin Yuan and His Wife".

Lin Yuan, Meng Tao and director Johnston participated in the meeting discussion, and Liu Yufei attended the meeting at her request.

"You guys take a look at this guy's crazy plan first, then we'll discuss the feasibility." Meng Tao took out several documents and handed them to everyone in the meeting room one by one.

Director Johnston flipped through two pages before his eyes widened in shock. "Lin Yuan, are you serious? This is crazy!"

This is his first collaboration with Lin Yuan since "Jurassic Park 3".

Director Johnston had never experienced the unprotected combat flips on the mast, clinging to an airplane with bare hands, falling from a height of 600 meters, passing through thunderstorm clouds with the naked body, and fighting sharks in the sea.

He just broke out in a cold sweat when watching the movie in the cinema afterwards.

But today, he will be the one shooting this equally thrilling scene himself.

Director Johnston still found it hard to believe.

Liu Yufei read every page silently, then put down the plan in her hand without saying a word.

This was not the first time that Lin Yuan took a risk. She could not persuade him and did not want to. As long as she could see confidence in Lin Yuan's eyes, she would choose to support him silently.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's eyes were full of confidence, so Liu Yufei didn't say anything more.

Simply put, the scene designed by Lin Yuan will be filmed at Niagara Falls, one of the largest waterfalls in the world.

In this scene, the enemy will ride a helicopter to chase the small boat that Lin Yuan is riding on.

Before the enemy's rocket launcher blew up the boat, Lin Yuan, wearing special flippers, jumped off the boat and performed a wonderful water walk.

Lin Yuan will run all the way across the Niagara River, walking on the water as if it were flat ground.

He ran to the section of Niagara Falls, jumped from the top of the falls, plunged into the pool below, and completely got rid of the pursuers.

This scene had to be shot in real time. If it could be shot, Director Johnston could now imagine how crazy the audience in the cinema would be.

Just think about it, seeing Lin Yuan running fast on the water, leaving a series of splashes and ripples behind him, it’s so cool!

But that’s not enough. At the top of Niagara Falls, where the momentum is like a galloping horse and the splashing water is deafening, Lin Yuan jumped into the water. Is there anything cooler than this?
But the question is, can it really be done?

How can people run on water?
The drop of Niagara Falls is more than 80 meters!

Jumping into the water from such a high place is no different from falling on the concrete floor if you don’t handle it properly!
(End of this chapter)