Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 428: Record-breaking Movie King
Lin Yuan was not at all intimidated by Betty's teasing.

Lin Yuan whispered in her ear: "If you feel left out, you can come together."

Knowing that she wouldn't agree, Lin Yuan couldn't help teasing her.

Unexpectedly, Betty smiled and said, "Not with her. If it's Taylor, I can consider it."

After hearing Betty's answer, Lin Yuan immediately said that he couldn't keep up.

It's too cruel.

She did it on purpose.

Anne is a soft-hearted person and might actually agree to such a thing, so Betty firmly refused.

Taylor Swift has a strong personality. Not to mention that Lin Yuan hasn't eaten her yet, even if he did, Taylor Swift would never agree.

So of course Betty could pretend to be "generous" and agree.

But is it really impossible?
No matter how bold a man is, his girlfriend will never sleep with him enough.

So, Lin Yuan said seriously in Betty's ear: "Remember what you said."

"Clam?"

Betty didn't expect that Lin Yuan was planning to implement this matter?
After saying that, Lin Yuan didn't say anything more and just stopped there.

At this point, the Oscars ceremony has entered the award ceremony.

Starting with small awards, several were issued in succession:

The Best Animated Feature Film went to Finding Nemo.

This animated film, produced by Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, grossed nearly $10 billion at the box office last year.

For anime, it's a miracle.

The Best Original Screenplay Award was given to "Lost in Translation", the heroine of which is "Black Widow", Scarlett Johansson.

This is a low-budget film shot in Japan with a shooting cost of only 400 million US dollars, which shows the excellence of the script.

It is worth mentioning that the Sony Pictures department led by Lin Yuan participated in the investment of this movie, and Scarlett Johansson got the role of the heroine because of Meng Tao.

So I guess I have some connection with Lin Yuan.

In addition to the sporadic awards being given out, the crews of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Lord of the Rings 3" began a crazy sweep of the awards.

Among them, "The Lord of the Rings 3" won six awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound Effects, Best Art Direction, and Best Visual Effects.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" was only slightly inferior, winning five awards in total: Best Sound Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing.

During the award ceremony, there were also performances by some guests on stage.

For example, Annie Lennox performed "Into the West," a theme song from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."

Jim Carrey and John Travolta performed a wonderful song and dance together.

There was a joyful atmosphere at the scene.

But everyone's hearts began to slowly tense up, because the competition for important awards was about to begin.

Next up were the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards.

The Best Supporting Actress award went to Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain.

This is the actress in last year's hit movie "Chicago". She was the female lead but was always overshadowed by the second female lead, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Many people also spoke up for her. Anne once complained: The crew of "Chicago" is really interesting. They let the second female lead go on stage to sing a song, but left the first female lead aside.

(See Chapter 259 for details)
In the last two Academy Awards, Renée Zellweger was always only nominated, but it was all in vain.

This time, she finally won the Best Supporting Actress award. Although it is not as prestigious as the Best Actress award, it is still a very important award.

Renée Zellweger, who won the Best Supporting Actress Award, couldn't help but burst into tears on the stage.

Renée Zellweger's boyfriend is tonight's host Jim Carrey, so the audience saw the two hugging each other on the stage.

All the guests in the audience couldn't help but stand up and applaud them.

Everyone was happy for Renée Zellweger for winning this hard-earned award.

Lin Yuan knew that Renée Zellweger had a bumpy road to stardom but was unyielding.

After winning the Best Supporting Actress tonight, her career will be in a trough for a long time. It was not until 16 years later in 2020 that she won the Oscar for Best Actress for the movie "Judy".

Next up is the Best Supporting Actor award.

The winner is... Alec Baldwin for The Cooler.

This result was completely beyond Lin Yuan's expectations, and made him extremely confused about the award ceremony tonight!
Because the winner of the Best Supporting Actor in history belongs to: Tim Robbins for "Mystic River".

It doesn't matter who the winning actor is.

What’s important is that this movie “Mystic River” was the biggest winner in the previous life except for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, winning two important awards, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

But in this life, the Best Supporting Actor award has been lost.

And there is a high possibility that Lin Yuan will win the Best Actor award.

So will Mystic River be a total failure?

Unlikely, this is a film that the Oscar voters really liked.

Lost in one place, gained in another. How will "Mystic River" make up for the awards it lost?
At this moment, a sentence flashed through Lin Yuan's mind: The entire northwest Shanxi is in chaos.

At this point, there are only four awards left tonight:

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

Lin Yuan speculated that the Oscar organizing committee would most likely award him the Best Actor award.

Even if this creates the youngest Oscar winner in history, it is more likely than "The King's Avatar" winning the Best Picture award.

Because no matter how good "The King of Spy" is, it is just an action movie. Although there are many exciting scenes beyond imagination, it is a commercial film and certainly has many flaws.

As an actor, Lin Yuan not only performed well in "Lord of Spy" last year, but also in "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Lin Yuan and His Wife", and even in the past few years, he has conquered the audience countless times and created box office miracles.

Therefore, if the Oscar organizing committee packages all of Lin Yuan's past achievements together and uses "The King of Spy" as a shell, the possibility of giving him a Best Actor award is still much higher than winning the Best Picture award.

After he won the Best Actor award, the remaining Best Picture and Best Director awards will most likely be divided equally between "Mystic River" and "The Lord of the Rings: Rise of the Sky".

The most likely outcome is that "Mystic River" takes Best Picture and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" takes Best Director.

In the previous life, "The Lord of the Rings 3" won both the Best Picture and Best Director awards.

I may have to give one to "Mystic River" in this life.

Although the awards are based on hard skills, they also need to take into account human relationships and social skills.

The remaining four awards will be presented first for Best Actress.

The winner is the same as in the previous life, the starring actress of the movie "Monster": Charlize Theron.

This South African-born beautiful actress is 1 meters tall and has blonde hair. She is an absolute stunner.

She is also extremely popular on the domestic Internet in later generations. When domestic netizens mention her name, they often like to add the word "goddess" at the end, which shows how much she is loved.

This is also an actress that Lin Yuan admires very much, and he wants to bring her into his company.

But it is not easy. Most performing stars still prefer to operate as personal studios and cooperate with film companies on a short-term basis.

In fact, this model is good for both the film companies and the actors, especially for the film companies.

Because film companies don't need to consider the long-term market value of a star, they will work with whoever is useful at the moment.

Once it becomes outdated, you can easily kick it out and replace it with a popular one.

Anyway, the film companies are the ones who control the resources, and actors from all walks of life are begging for food.

But Lin Yuan doesn't like this model. He likes to sign people under his own command.

In this way, he can ensure his exclusivity over the actors and does not have to worry about suddenly wanting to use a certain actor but he (she) is busy filming someone else's movie and cannot spare the time.

In the past few years, he has signed four directors: Ang Lee, Cohen, Johnston, and Nolan.

In terms of actors, they have signed Vin Diesel, Liu Yufei, Gao Yuanyuan, Paul Walker and others.

If it weren't for Anne's desire for freedom and the complicated relationship between Johnny Depp and Disney, these two people would have been recruited by Lin Yuan long ago.

Now he wants to add one more: Charlize Theron.

As a Hollywood actor at the peak of his productivity, it is impossible for him to always act with Asian faces like Liu Yufei and Gao Yuanyuan.

As for Annie, she will not consider it for the time being because of the excessive number of collaborations.

He needed a few new Hollywood actresses to be his on-screen partners. It would be best if these partners could be signed to the company.

But if the conditions are not right, short-term cooperation is fine.

Charles Theron is one of the candidates, and there are several other beautiful women who are also within Lin Yuan's consideration.

After tonight's award ceremony, Lin Yuan planned to ask Mr. Eisen to help him start contacting the parties involved.

Whether it will succeed or not depends on fate.

After the Best Actress award was presented, the next award was naturally the Best Actor.

The guest presenting the award is: Nicole Kidman.

When this 1-meter-tall, hot and slender beauty with a pure and seductive face appeared on the stage, Lin Yuan almost called it a bad taste of the Oscar organizing committee.

Who doesn’t know that Nicole Kidman’s recently divorced ex-husband is none other than the former Hollywood star Tom Cruise?
Tom Cruise, known as the "Hollywood Dragon" for his handsomeness and hard work, is seeking transformation.

His status has been quite awkward in recent years. He wants to break away from the niche role, but he has never been recognized by mainstream film critics.

In his original ecological niche, the path of a young actor was occupied by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his selling point of hard work in action scenes was completely crushed by Lin Yuan.

Therefore, we are in a dilemma, neither going up nor down.

Tonight, his ex-wife will be responsible for presenting his most coveted Oscar, Best Actor, to another man.

And this man is most likely Lin Yuan, who is also an action actor but 20 years younger than him.

Isn't this a different kind of bull head?
Lin Yuan was really impressed by the Oscar organizing committee's ability to organize things.

In fact, he doesn't hate Tom Cruise. On the contrary, he admires his professionalism very much.

If there is no system, how many people can achieve the same level as Tom Cruise?
Lin Yuan felt a little sorry for his bad luck. In recent years, Tom Cruise has indeed been in a lot of trouble, with his career at a low point and his marriage breaking down.

On the big screen, the list of nominees for Best Actor was displayed, which were:
Sean Penn, Mystic River

Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

Lin Yuan, "King of Spy"

Jude Law, "Cold Mountain"

Bill Morley, Lost in Translation

In the previous life, the winner of the Best Actor award was: Sean Penn for "Mystic River".

In this life, Nicole Kidman opened the envelope in her hand.

She smiled and pulled out the award citation, reading: "This is a brave and fearless man."

"With his fearless courage, he presented us with an unimaginable miracle in the film industry."

"Over the past year, he has proven with his undisputed performance that he has surpassed all his predecessors and become the true 'King of Kung Fu'."

"Let us welcome the youngest ever winner of the Oscar for Best Actor!"

"Congratulations, Lin Yuan!"

Lin Yuan first hugged Anne and Betty on both sides one by one, then stood up from the chair with a smile and walked calmly to the stage.

The guests at the scene cheered and applauded him.

The vast majority of people were convinced that Lin Yuan won the award.

After all, his performance last year was truly shocking.

For any actor, the achievement he had in just one of his films last year would be enough to sustain him for a lifetime.

Not to mention that Lin Yuan actually has three such movies!
If people like this can’t win the Best Actor award, then who deserves it?

As for the issue of being too young and considerations of interests, they are not a problem at this time.

At this moment, everyone just wants to put aside those rational calculations, start from emotion and celebrate for Lin Yuan to their heart's content.

Lin Yuan came onto the stage and Nicole Kidman smiled and hugged her.

Originally, this hug was just a gentle hug out of courtesy, but Lin Yuan found that Nicole Kidman hugged him tightly.

I have to say that mature women in their 30s are like the juiciest peaches, exuding an alluring fragrance.

After a long while, Nicole Kidman finally let go of Lin Yuan. She smiled and said, "Only after getting so close to him did I realize that Lin Yuan is even more charming than I imagined. If I were ten years younger, I would definitely chase you!"

Facing the beautiful woman's compliments, Lin Yuan certainly didn't spoil the mood. He smiled and said, "Be more confident. You are just as beautiful and charming now. This is the most charming time for a woman."

"Really? Then I really have to take action?"

I have to say, mature women dare to say anything.

The audience immediately erupted in a clamor of excitement.

Lin Yuan didn't dare to respond. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled without saying anything.

"Haha, don't blame me for teasing you, because you are so cute. If you are really interested in me, your big sister, you are more than welcome to call me after the party.

But first things first: please accept the award and give your speech." Nicole Kidman said with a beautiful smile.

"Ouch~" There was another round of gossip-filled booing from the audience.

But Anne and Betty couldn't laugh at all, and they both held the armrests of their seats tightly.

When they noticed each other's behavior, they couldn't help but smile at each other, and a feeling of unity and common hatred for the enemy emerged in their hearts.

On the stage, Lin Yuan accepted his Best Actor trophy and walked to the microphone to prepare his speech.

"I would like to thank the Oscars committee for recognizing me and awarding me such an honor."

“According to the normal process, I should thank the fans, the director, the company, and everyone in a row.

But I bet you're tired of this kind of speech, so I won't say it anymore," Lin Yuan said.

"Hahahaha, he is indeed the Source God, he doesn't follow the ordinary path." The guests in the audience laughed.

Lin Yuan continued, "So I'm going to talk about my movies. This is why you like me. Before filming The King of Spy, I actually didn't think I could achieve this level.

If you thought my performance in the film last year exceeded your expectations, it exceeded mine, too.”

"I'm saying this to tell everyone that I'm always pushing the limits of imagination. I've accomplished many things in the past that I never imagined, and I'll continue to do so in the future. Please look forward to seeing me bring you more surprises in the future.

Rather than simply saying a few words of thanks, I would rather repay everyone's kindness with never-ending challenges.

That’s all I want to say tonight. Thank you again, everyone!

After saying that, Lin Yuan bowed deeply to the audience.

All the guests present were silent.

They originally thought that Lin Yuan was not going to make the usual thank you remarks and would just say some eye-catching "outrageous remarks".

This kind of thing would definitely not work in the country, but it has a huge market in Europe and the United States.

When you are happy in life, you should enjoy it to the fullest. When you win a prize, you should show off, be arrogant, and speak nonsense without any modesty.

In this way, people in Europe and the United States will think that you are a person of true nature.

Those who suppress themselves and always want to maintain their respectability are hypocritical bitches.

This is what people in Europe and the United States think, and this is why Anne was so disliked in her previous life.

However, Lin Yuan did not use this method to cater to the preferences of European and American audiences to deliver his acceptance speech.

He chose the most sincere way: to express his gratitude through his actual actions.

Lin Yuan told all his fans very frankly that although he has already achieved success and made a lot of money, he will not be greedy for comfort and stop moving forward.

"Isn't my courage the reason why you love me?"

"Then I will never be afraid of difficulties and will move forward."

Sincerity is always the greatest weapon for communication between people.

When Lin Yuan showed this sincerity, the guests present also gave him the greatest enthusiasm.

All the guests present stood up from their seats and applauded and cheered for him crazily.

"Director! The ratings have exceeded 35%!" the staff shouted in surprise.

The director stared at the data in disbelief. "He hasn't even started the guest performance yet! Doesn't that mean tonight's ratings will be over 40%? That's incredible!"

This level is almost on par with the Super Bowl, which is known as the "North American Spring Festival Gala"!

(End of this chapter)