Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 365 Goodwill from China

"A bad movie?" Mr. Eisen asked in surprise. "Haven't you always been optimistic about that director? He even took the initiative to go to China to discuss filming 'Hero'."

"Hero has a good foundation, and I can save it by revising the script. House of Flying Daggers is completely hopeless, and director Chang Mou may not let me revise the script this time." Lin Yuan replied.

"How do you know the script isn't good enough? And how do you know he won't let you revise it?" Mr. Eisen asked.

"Do you know the sister Zhang Ziyu I know? She has been confirmed to play the leading female role. I learned a thing or two about the script from her." Lin Yuan replied.

Actually, Zhang Ziyu hadn't told him about the script, but Lin Yuan couldn't tell Mr. Eisen that I was reborn, right? So he had to use this as an excuse.

As for director Zhang Mou's refusal to let Lin Yuan revise the script, is there any need to guess?

"If he really wanted me to get involved like he did with 'Hero', he wouldn't have already finalized several important roles. Isn't that obvious?" Lin Yuan replied.

"Why would he do this? Didn't he say at the Oscars more than half a year ago that he wouldn't have won the award without you?" Mr. Eisen said.

"Whether I'm here or not, he's destined not to win the award this time. So he would rather lead the film himself to prove that he's not bad," said Lin Yuan.

Director Zhang Mou has already won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

This award has been given to Chinese-language films twice in a short period of time.

From this point of view, it is indeed almost impossible for Lin Yuan to win the award again regardless of whether he stars in "House of Flying Daggers" or not.

Director Zhang Mou is a very stubborn person. The reason he let Lin Yuan take the lead in "Hero" last time was because he valued awards too much.

And now, he wants to be himself and prove that he can fight too.

There is nothing wrong with this, and most people would choose to do so.

But the result is probably destined to disappoint him.

I just wonder if director Zhang Mou will choose to go back to Lin Yuan for another collaboration after this film's failure, or will he continue to forge ahead and film "Curse of the Golden Flower"?

Lin Yuan continued to scroll down to the third cooperation invitation.

When he saw the content, he immediately smiled.

The National Tourism Administration invited him to shoot a tourism promotional video.

It is somewhat similar to the promotional video that JNTO invited him to shoot in Japan.

The main purpose is to use Linyuan's international influence to advertise domestic attractions, attract more tourists, and promote Chinese culture.

Along with this agreement, there was also an invitation letter from the Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, inviting him to return to China to receive the "Overseas Chinese Contribution Award."

This award is held every two years. Its purpose is to showcase and commend the creativity and contributions of overseas Chinese after returning to China, so as to attract more overseas Chinese talents to serve the country in various forms.

Another invitation letter that arrived at the same time was from the Nanyue Municipal Government, inviting him to receive the title of honorary citizen and to hire him as the city's image spokesperson.

The three invitations from different departments all represent the goodwill extended to him by the country.

As Lin Yuan's international influence continues to grow, his domestic investment and industrial scale are also expanding. The authorities have begun to value his value and express goodwill through various channels.

For Lin Yuan, this is exactly the domestic recognition he has been pursuing.

Lin Yuan has never forgotten that he is a yellow person after all. No matter how well he develops in European and American countries, they are not places where he can truly take root.

The domestic market should be his ultimate guarantee. Although gaining sufficient status in the domestic market is not something that can be achieved overnight, Lin Yuan is still very young, and he is not even 22 years old this year.

He believed that as his career continued to move forward steadily, sooner or later he would have a higher status in the country.

"The last invitation you have is from Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Group," said Mr. Eisen.

"It's a bit troublesome. I postponed the visit to India that I had originally agreed to last time. It would not be good to refuse again this time." Lin Yuan replied.

"If possible, we should go and take a look. After all, India is the second most populous country, and we shouldn't completely ignore the opportunities there," said Mr. Eisen.

"Well, then please make an appointment for me two weeks later. By then, the stock price sniping war against MGM and Columbia Pictures should be over. Then I can go to India without any worries, and then rush back to participate in the release promotion of "Lin Yuan and His Wife." " Lin Yuan replied.

"You're really busy all the time, never stopping for a moment," said Mr. Eisen.

"There's nothing we can do. We're burdened with tens of billions of dollars in debt. Under such circumstances, the production team... uh... the donkeys on the farm dare not rest and can only keep running." Lin Yuan replied.

"You're reminding me in a roundabout way to talk about the movie's performance. Let's get started. Let's begin with the movie's ratings and let you know what kind of miracle we've created," said Mr. Eisen.

"Okay, I've been looking forward to this for a long time."

“As an aside, what do you think the IMDb score for MGM’s ill-fated Anger Management was?” Mr. Eisen asked.

"I guess around 5.2 points?" Lin Yuan guessed a more confident score.

In the previous life, the score of this movie reached 6.9 points. It is a very good result in commercial films, not inferior to the first "Fast and Furious".

In this life, he lost a lot of popularity due to the fierce battle with Lin Yuan. In addition, Amazon, which holds more than half of IMDB's shares, is eyeing the acquisition of MGM.

Naturally, they would not miss the opportunity to use IMDB, a tool they control, to further discredit and suppress MGM.

It is very likely that the score will drop from 6.9 to 5.2.

Of course, the quality of this movie is good after all, and maybe it will slowly climb back to its rightful position after many years.

But the score at that time had nothing to do with MGM.

"You've overestimated Amazon's bottom line. 'Anger Management' only got a 4.3," Mr. Eisen replied.

"Damn! It turns out that capitalists are always dirtier than you can imagine." Lin Yuan sighed.

It was manually adjusted to 4.3 points?
This score can only be obtained by a truly bad movie. No matter how you look at it, "Anger Management" does not deserve this score. It can only be said that it has become a victim.

"Okay, let's get back to our movie. Can you guess what the score of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' is on IMDB?" asked Mr. Eisen.

This is really hard to guess. Based on my experience in the previous life, it should be 7.6 points.

But Lin Yuan's performance in this life really adds too many points.

It is certain that it will exceed 8 points, but can it exceed 9 points?

"The King of Spy Wars" shot to the top of the list because it was too shocking and had the added bonus of the tragic story of the body traveling through the thunderstorm cloud.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" did not have such favorable conditions, so its score would definitely be lower.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said a number: "8.9 points?"

(End of this chapter)