Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 472: How the Richest Man Can Avoid Attracting Hatred (-Word Chapter)
The New York Times is a newspaper owned by Warner Bros.

Given Lin Yuan's current alliance with Warner Group, there is bound to be no shortage of praise in the news reports.

Lin Yuan knew that after the stock market closed yesterday, he would become the world's richest man, and all major media outlets would definitely follow up and report on this matter crazily.

Because this topic is bound to attract a lot of attention, the public is naturally interested in topics like the richest man, especially if this richest man is someone they are familiar with and like.

Then the attention and discussion of this topic will increase several times.

Today, media around the world must be promoting the birth of him as the new richest man in an overwhelming manner.

But Lin Yuan did not intend to read these news reports. At this "peak" moment of life, he needed to remain calm.

He knew that in his previous life, some people, after reaching the position of the richest man, began to lose sight of themselves and their speech became arrogant.

They dare to speak out in public about things like "small goals", "good fortune", and "top prestigious schools are not as good as courage".

Having wealth, especially a huge amount of wealth, is naturally envied by the public.

In the eyes of the public, people with huge wealth are seen as powerful and strong people.

And people naturally don't like the strong.

Therefore, the richer you are, the more you should always remind yourself: I am sitting on the edge of a volcano, and every move I make may attract the public's critical eyes.

Anyone who has studied journalism and communication knows an iron rule: in the field of public opinion, sometimes the truth is not important, and the stronger the person, the less trusted he is.

When the strong and the weak clash, the truth doesn't matter.

The public will instinctively stand on the side of the weak at the first moment.

For example, if a luxury car collides with an ordinary car, it doesn’t matter who violated the traffic rules. The public will definitely blindly stand on the side of the ordinary car owner and condemn the luxury car owner.

Some people even yell, "Putting aside the question of who violated the traffic rules, you're driving such an expensive car and could bankrupt people with compensation at any time. Don't you know you shouldn't be on the road?"

For example, when a company and its employees have a dispute over layoffs, it doesn’t matter whether the employees are incompetent or not. The public will generally blindly side with the employees and label the company as unscrupulous.

As a strong person, you are naturally at a disadvantage in the field of public opinion, not to mention that some strong people, after becoming self-inflated, take the initiative to give handles to their opponents. Isn't that courting death?
Therefore, Lin Yuan knew very well that what he needed at this moment was not to read these flattering words that would make him ego-inflated.

On the contrary, it would be more effective if you could read some neutral and rational articles criticizing him.

"I'm already so successful now, and I still read this kind of news reports. Aren't you afraid that I'm too self-inflated?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

Mr. Eisen shook his head. "Everything has two sides. I remember this is the value you Chinese people advocate, right?"

“Yes, dialectical view.”

"Then take a look at this New York Times press release. I don't recommend the others, but you should read this one."

"What's so special about it?"

"Well, through this article, you can get a glimpse into the mainstream American public's current view of you. How do they view you, the newly crowned richest man?"

Lin Yuan nodded, indicating that Mr. Eisen was right.

Although we should remain humble and not be arrogant or impatient.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t watch any news reports praising him.

So Lin Yuan opened the news report: "The new world's richest man of Chinese descent is the luck of this era!"

Just as he was about to read, Mr. Eisen stopped him: "I'm confused. What era is it now? Why are you still reading paper newspapers? Read the electronic version. That way you can see the readers' interactive comments."

A black IBM laptop was pushed in front of Lin Yuan, with the electronic version of the news report already opened.

The number of readers has exceeded 1000 million, and the number of replies and comments has exceeded 8, which shows how popular this news is.

This also made Lin Yuan curious. How did the New York Times write it?

What do readers think?

He skillfully manipulated his IBM notebook, and the "little red bean" in the middle of the keyboard began to read:
"Lin Yuan lost both his parents when he was young, and grew up with his father's good friend, Vin Diesel."

"He grew up in the slums of Pruecker, New York, and only in middle school, when his financial situation improved, did he come to attend MS67 in Queens."

The news report begins with a retrospective summary of Lin Yuan's starting point in life.

In this kind of news report, every line of text is not written casually, but has a profound purpose.

Lin Yuan could naturally see the purpose of the New York Times writing this way, which was to emphasize and implant a point of view in the audience:
Lin Yuan was not a rich second-generation who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He came from a low-income family who struggled to climb out of the slums of New York.

Placing such text at the very beginning can help the reader establish an identity with Lin Yuan.

If the media starts by bragging about how rich Lin Yuan is and how much he has earned in the past few years, they are most likely malicious and are taking the opportunity to incite people's jealousy towards Lin Yuan.

Although Lin Yuan did not watch the Fox News report, he could guess that this was how it was done.

Sure enough, a large number of readers left comments:

"So inspiring! Lin Yuan is an orphan. He must have suffered a lot as a child. I feel so bad for him when I think about the past. I really want to hug him."

"I'm very familiar with the slums of Brooklyn because I grew up there too. I want to say that growing up in that kind of place, it's easy to become a thief, a liar, or even a drug addict. It's really not easy for Lin Yuan to grow up there and still achieve such success!"

"It's not that successful people don't come from the ghettos. Aren't many black sports stars the ones who fought their way up from the ghettos? It's just that people who grew up in the ghettos, even if they become successful as adults, will inevitably exhibit many nouveau riche traits, such as crazy displays of wealth and retaliatory material consumption.

But you don't see any of these bad habits in Lin Yuan. He is truly amazingly perfect."

"I'm black. Lin Yuan and I used to go to the same school. He wasn't rich, but he was very generous to us black brothers. He always generously shared his limited snacks with us."

"Share? Not the passive 'sharing' I was thinking of, right?"

"What are you talking about! Do you think Lin Yuan is timid? What I want to say is that Lin Yuan has been a generous and sharing person since he was a child."

Seeing that the readers had almost the same understanding of him, Lin Yuan nodded and continued reading.

The New York Times then continued:
"In 2000, Lin Yuan ushered in a turning point in his life."

"As a minor actor in the Fast and the Furious crew, he boldly proposed a filming plan to Director Coen."

"This filming plan only had a short plot of less than one minute, but Lin Yuan had to risk his life to complete it."

"This is the first time that Lin Yuan has risked his own life to complete a thrilling and exciting scene in a film."

Seeing this, Lin Yuan could only say that the New York Times really knows how to lay the groundwork.

At the beginning of the article, his humble background is laid out.

Then, it paved the way for the low starting point of his career.

Write about his role as a supporting actor in the "Fast and Furious" crew.

Readers will immediately feel sympathy when written in this way because they have a strong sense of substitution. Everyone will feel that if they, who have no background, follow Lin Yuan's path, they will inevitably start out as a supporting actor.

Then the pen turns to write about how Lin Yuan, a supporting actor, was full of courage and won a turning point in his destiny.

Written in this way, readers will definitely feel super inspired and have a better impression of Lin Yuan.

Sure enough, readers left their own comments on this passage:

"It's really not easy for Lin Yuan. As far as I know, it was Vin Diesel who helped him get this supporting role."

"The car-jumping scene in 'The Fast and the Furious' left a deep impression on me. It was my first time seeing a Lin Yuan film, and my reaction at the time was, 'Is this guy going to die? Is Hollywood going to produce another Chen Long?'"

"Yes, I was deeply impressed by that. I was very worried that such a handsome actor would lose his life one day just because of his desperate efforts to attract attention."

"It wasn't until later that I realized what we were so worried about. That was the Source God! Compared to his subsequent performances, which were ten thousand times more thrilling, this car-jumping scene was child's play."

"But Lin Yuan is really ambitious and he seizes every opportunity he gets. Without 'Fast and Furious,' he wouldn't be where he is today."

In fact, many readers did not watch "Fast and Furious" when it was first released and remember Lin Yuan.

After all, "Fast and Furious" is not a particularly successful movie, and Lin Yuan does not play a particularly important role in that movie.

Most of the audience re-watched "Fast and Furious" as an "archaeological study" after Lin Yuan became famous.

Therefore, the reason why The New York Times mentioned this film in "Fast and Furious" was not because of how successful the film was or how important it was to Lin Yuan's career.

It’s because in this movie, Lin Yuan’s starting point is low enough to arouse the audience’s sense of identification.

In fact, Lin Yuan’s first movie was not "Fast and Furious", but "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

In "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Lin Yuan's role is the second male lead, Luo Xiaohu, who has a lot of screen time.

Lin Yuan’s first benefactor was actually director Ang Lee.

Director Ang Lee has always liked to train and use newcomers...newcomers who are good-looking.

Tang Wei, Winston Chao, Lin Yuan...are all new talents discovered by director Ang Lee.

But the New York Times was smart enough to avoid discussing this point and used the Spring and Autumn style of writing to select the points that were most favorable to Lin Yuan and start describing them.

This is the charm of journalism. There is no need to tell lies, and every word you say is true.

Many times the truth does not exist.

Everything has many sides, and showing the public one side in a targeted manner will lead to completely different conclusions.

No wonder the news industry is called the uncrowned king.

In any country, the field of speech, such as news, is the most crucial link in power.

Even when launching a coup, the first target is often the arsenal, and the second target is the airport and news TV station.

Therefore, even today, Lin Yuan has no intention of entering the media industry. As a Chinese, he feels too sensitive to touch this field.

It reminded him of the bad things that a company called TikTok encountered in North America.

With the Warner Group as an ally and Betty's Adams family's influence in the media field, for Lin Yuan at the moment, his offensive capabilities may be insufficient, but his defense is more than enough, and that is enough.

This report from the New York Times was quite outstanding. Lin Yuan had begun to understand why Mr. Eisen insisted on letting him read this news.

It really made him feel quite satisfied, and his level of guiding public opinion was at its peak.

He continued to read:

"Lin Yuan's life-threatening performance in 'The Fast and the Furious' conquered director Coen."

"He believed that Lin Yuan would become a legend."

"Out of admiration for Lin Yuan's talent, he wanted to help him get a bigger stage and have more people see him. Director Cohen began to use his connections to secure more performance opportunities for Lin Yuan."

"But has Lin Yuan's fate changed because of this?"

"Lin Yuan was humiliated the first time he recommended himself!"

"He originally wanted to get a role in 'The Mummy Returns'. To get this opportunity, he spent more than 100 hours carefully preparing a complete set of action design plans and even filmed it into a video. It can be said that he was full of sincerity."

"But Director Sommers didn't give him this opportunity at all. That white supremacist racist rejected him on the grounds that Lin Yuan was a yellow-skinned Asian."

There is no custom in the United States to conceal the fact that the deceased, unlike in Eastern culture, try not to say bad things about a dead person. But wouldn't the dead person be an easier target?

A target that doesn't resist is so easy to use.

The New York Times brought up this past incident in which Lin Yuan was rejected.

Lin Yuan was suppressed because of racial discrimination. In the United States, this is a high-pressure area of ​​political correctness that must not be touched, and it will immediately receive the widest support from the public.

Sure enough, the comments section was filled with outrage:

"I never thought that a genius like Lin Yuan would be discriminated against during his rise to prominence? This is so infuriating. That Director Sommers deserves a horrible death!"

"He certainly didn't have a good end... After his attempt to punish Lin Yuan failed, he went bankrupt and owed a huge debt. In the end, he had no choice but to jump from the Kailaid Hotel."

"It's such a relief. Now that I think about it, it's a good thing Lin Yuan didn't star in 'The Mummy Returns'. That kind of rubbish wasn't worthy of him at all."

"But if Lin Yuan starred in 'The Mummy Returns', maybe that movie wouldn't be a bad movie anymore?"

"Lin Yuan is so ambitious. The more he is suppressed, the more he wants to prove himself!"

"Lin Yuan not only represents the masses from the ghetto, nor does he only represent yellow-skinned Asians. I think he represents all ethnic minorities living in the United States. He is a true embodiment of the American dream."

Seeing these comments, Lin Yuan was really moved. The New York Times is really good at setting the pace.

After becoming wealthy, some wealthy people feel that the humiliation they suffered before their success is too shameful and like to whitewash their past.

But smart rich people like to highlight the suffering they have endured. Those scars are not only not shameful, but also a useful means to narrow the distance between themselves and the public and reduce public hatred.

Lin Yuan's past experience of being suppressed by director Sommers has never been told to the public before, so readers are basically unaware of it.

If it were suddenly presented to readers today, it would immediately arouse their anger.

In fact, strictly speaking, readers are from the perspective of latecomers. They already know how successful Lin Yuan is today. Looking back at director Sommers's rejection of Lin Yuan in the past, they will be even more angry.

If Director Sommers also had the perspective of a hindsighter, let alone rejecting Lin Yuan, he would have taken the initiative to come up and hug Lin Yuan's thighs tightly.

But the New York Times didn't point this out, and instead of pointing it out, it fanned the flames, further fueling the readers' emotions:

That is to detonate the huge bomb of racial discrimination.

Readers are already very angry that a genius like Lin Yuan was rejected, and the reason for the rejection was racial discrimination.

This will inevitably make readers even more angry, and therefore more sympathetic and supportive of Lin Yuan.

After so much preparation, readers begin to accept a point of view:
Lin Yuan represents the lower-class people born in slums. Lin Yuan not only represents yellow-skinned Asians, but also represents all minorities who have suffered discrimination.

It immediately brought everyone into the same trench with Lin Yuan. We are all one family!

This is what is called bucket dipping. Don’t think that Europeans and Americans don’t understand this.

But many times, even if I want to do something, I can't find the emotional bond.

But this trick works particularly well on Lin Yuan.

Because he is indeed a member of a minority group who comes from a poor family and is discriminated against. In the North American ecosystem, this can be considered a full buff.

The New York Times will naturally try its best to play this card well.

So far, this news report has been doing one thing:

That is to constantly show weakness, constantly make Lin Yuan look pitiful and having a hard time, and increase the public's sense of identification with him.

This is a very powerful means of strengthening his current supporters and weakening potential enemies.

The news report then continued:
"Fortunately, God still favors truly talented people, and Lin Yuan met the greatest benefactor in his life: Mr. Eisen."

"This gave Lin Yuan the opportunity to star in a series of thrilling films later on." "In 'Jurassic Park 3', Lin Yuan fell from a four-story building without any protection, suffering a concussion and sprains all over his body..."

"In 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' Lin Yuan had no safety protection and risked his life by tumbling and jumping on a mast more than 10 stories high..."

"In 'The King of Spy Wars,' Lin Yuan even climbed the Burj Khalifa with his bare hands, falling and leaving his head and hands covered in blood. At over 10,000 meters, he endured air pressure imbalance and ultra-low temperatures, and was hospitalized with injuries all over his body..."

"I'm grateful to Lin Yuan, because he was willing to risk his life to bring us one unforgettable classic movie after another."

"Some people make money just by sitting in front of a computer and tapping on the mouse and keyboard, and then they plunder the wealth of others."

"But there are people like Lin Yuan who have to risk their lives over and over again to make money. Every penny he earns is truly hard-earned money! Literally, it's filled with blood and sweat!"

These words are not just static words.

Because of Lin Yuan’s movies, they have accompanied countless people’s growth over the past few years.

When these scenic spots and scenes are mentioned, the most exciting and dangerous scenes will immediately emerge in the readers' minds.

Lin Yuan fell from a high place, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Lin Yuan's head was wrapped in bloody gauze, and the nails on his hands were cracked and covered in blood.

Lin Yuan was at an altitude of ten thousand meters, his face covered in blood, his facial muscles swinging wildly in the strong wind.

These most embarrassing, yet most touching and exciting scenes of Lin Yuan appeared before their eyes again.

A large number of comments continue to emerge:

"It was so dangerous! If anyone else had gone through the dangers Lin Yuan had experienced, even Chen Long would have died countless times! But he's still alive today, it's a miracle!"

"He's truly a man that even death avoids. He's incredibly brave. His films in recent years haven't reduced the level of danger, but have actually been increasing it. I've heard his upcoming film, 'The Glory of Tang Dynasty,' has even more dangerous action scenes than his previous films!"

"I'm so conflicted about Lin Yuan's movies. On the one hand, I always look forward to seeing more exciting action scenes, but on the other hand, I'm afraid that Lin Yuan will get into an accident because he's pushing himself too hard. But as a fan, I still hope he puts safety first and doesn't get hurt again. It makes me feel so sad every time."

"Every penny Lin Yuan earns is hard-earned money! It's really not easy! He deserves to make a lot of money and deserves to be the richest man!"

"Although it's hard-earned money, isn't Lin Yuan making too much?"

One person expressed some doubt, but his words were immediately drowned out by a flood of opposition:

"I object. If someone like Lin Yuan doesn't want to be the richest man, then why should those who just lie down and suck blood be the richest man?"

"If you can do what Lin Yuan did, I will support you to become the richest man! Hahaha, as long as you are still alive to spend this money."

"Lin Yuan's path is right there, and no one's stopping you. If you're jealous, you can still go there. If you can't do it, then don't complain. It will only make you look ugly when you're jealous."

All the comments expressed support for Lin Yuan.

After reading this, Lin Yuan basically understood the New York Times report.

This is truly an article written by a master. It’s not about how gorgeous the words are, but about how every argument and entry point is carefully selected.

When listing the films shot by Lin Yuan, "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are both his very important early works. He even appeared on the cover of "Time Magazine" with these two works.

But this report completely avoids talking about it.

It’s not because there are any shortcomings in these two movies, but because in these two movies, Lin Yuan is too comfortable and has not suffered any hardship, which has nothing to do with the emotions that I want to guide.

This New York Times article focuses on Lin Yuan's injuries and life-threatening situations during the filming, which in turn leads to a very important keyword: "hard-earned money."

It's still wealth, but the way you earn it will give the public a completely different impression.

If you rob and plunder, and suck blood while lying down, the public will just want to hang you on the street lamp.

But if you work hard and risk your life to earn hard-earned money, the public will only think: I really can't earn this money, you dare to take risks and suffer great hardships, you deserve to earn this money.

The purpose of this article is very clear. It shows weakness at the beginning and repeatedly emphasizes Lin Yuan's low-income background.

Then it describes the difficulties Lin Yuan faced in his early days as an extra, and the oppression and racial discrimination he suffered.

Then the suffering he endured during his rise to power is reenacted in order to undermine the public's envy of his enormous wealth.

It can be said that every step is based on the public's emotions. Only by advancing step by step and linking each step together can this resonance be naturally elicited.

Lin Yuan speculates that the next step should be to mention his status as the richest man, and to link this status with the "American Dream" of the grassroots people, but the scale of his wealth will not be highlighted, but will be glossed over or even skipped.

As he expected, the following text read:
“When we watch many movies starring Hollywood stars, we can’t help but have a thought:
That's because he is such a rich man. My income is so much lower than his, so why should I contribute to his box office?

I am poor, why should I watch him continue to increase his wealth?"

"But Lin Yuan is different. Like us, he came from the lower class. He used his life to bring us miracles. He represents our dreams of upward mobility. He represents the 'American Dream' for us, the immigrant minority."

"During the presidential election, we use our votes one by one to choose the best agent in our hearts."

"As Lin Yuan journeys to become the richest man, we use movie tickets one by one to tell this era: This is what we truly accept as a 'hard-working rich man.'"

"His becoming the world's richest man is a victory for all of us and a blessing for this era."

At this point, the New York Times report completes the entire logically progressive argument.

A large number of readers expressed their agreement in the comment section:
"I completely agree. It's inevitable that there will be wealthy people in this world. If wealthy people are inevitable, then why can't it be someone like Lin Yuan? His wealth came so cleanly that no one would be jealous of him at all."

"Hahaha, thinking about how Lin Yuan's status as the richest man was supported by our movie tickets, I inexplicably feel a sense of participation. If Lin Yuan continues to work hard as always and continues to bring us thrilling movies, I will always support him. I don't mind him being a little richer at all."

"Yes, compared to those old men with big bellies, a young, handsome and wealthy man like Lin Yuan is more pleasing to the eye and not greasy at all." This was obviously a female reader.

"Look at it from another angle. Buying a ticket to see Lin Yuan's movie is like paying the world's richest man a tip and watching him perform to impress you. Thinking about it this way is incredibly satisfying!"

"That makes sense! You're such a genius to be able to look at things from this perspective!"

These comments made Lin Yuan sigh at the power of the pen. It can really turn my ideas into your ideas through words.

Lin Yuan was somewhat relieved that the term coined by the New York Times for him was "hard-working rich man" instead of "commoner rich man".

It would be ironic if a term like "commoner rich" were really created.

No matter what, Lin Yuan experienced today what it means: After entering the pass, there will be great scholars to debate for me.

The New York Times's rhetoric successfully deconstructed Lin Yuan's potential risks.

Lin Yuan also has many enemies, and he doesn't believe that his enemies will not take this opportunity to discredit his image and thus achieve the goal of destroying his future movie box office.

After all, as an actor, he needs to gain the love and recognition of the audience so that the movie can achieve better results at the box office.

If many people become jealous of Lin Yuan's wealth because he is the richest man, it will be very detrimental to Lin Yuan's future development.

After all, Linyuan Pictures' PE is now as high as more than 70 times. If there is no breakthrough in performance, the stock price will soon suffer a heavy blow.

But he doesn't have to worry now. From the New York Times to various media, there are a lot of voices helping him speak out. Not only does he not bear grudges because of his status as the richest man, but he has gained more glory and more love.

Now he is almost becoming the spokesperson for the "American Dream" and a representative figure of the rise of the grassroots people.

This gave Lin Yuan an extra layer of immunity from death.

At this moment, Lin Yuan remembered what Betty said:

"You represent the interests of a great many people. As long as you can continue to bring benefits to everyone, your foundation will be far more solid than you can imagine."

As Betty said, the more people's interests he could represent, the safer he would be. Even his Chinese identity, which he had always been worried about, did not seem to be a problem.

It's just that Lin Yuan has new concerns. But when the public finds out that after he became the richest man, not only is he not hated, but many people like him, the capital market's pursuit of him may become even more fanatical.

Now the PE of Linyuan Pictures is 71 times. This public opinion trend is good news. Coupled with the upcoming release of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", won't the stock price of Linyuan Pictures rise further?
If the stock price really goes straight to $30, or even the PE reaches 100 times, the bubble will be too shocking.

Lin Yuan doesn't want the day when Lin Yuan Pictures' stock price is cut in half, cut at the knees, or even cut at the ankles.

That would be very hurtful, and if you want to avoid this situation, you must do something first.

After yesterday's lesson, Lin Yuan has deeply understood that his level of cognition is simply not enough to influence the stock price trend. If he wants to achieve this goal, he still has to go and discuss it with Betty.

With Betty's support, everything will be easy.

But that's the next step. I have just survived a potential public opinion crisis, which is good. Thank you to the New York Times and all my allies who have made money together.

"Do you understand now why I asked you to read this report?" Mr. Eisen asked with a smile.

Lin Yuan nodded. "I see. It's definitely different from what I imagined, that kind of report that mindlessly boasted about my status as the richest man."

"You have to believe that those guys who make a living by writing still have some skills. Now the question is, do you know what the next focus is?" Mr. Eisen asked.

"Of course, I will work hard to bring rewards to more people. To be more specific, it's time for me to make a new movie." Lin Yuan replied.

"Have you finally realized that you've been putting less effort into movies over the past period of time?" Mr. Eisen said with a smile.

"We've filmed six TV series and movies this year, too." Lin Yuan refused to admit that he had been slacking off before.

Film and TV series...

Naturally, it refers to "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", "This Messy Damn Life", "Movies Before Dying", "Yesterday Once More", and "Expiry Date".

The last three are short dramas that can be filmed in a few days.

In the movie "Yesterday Again", Lin Yuan even made a cameo appearance.

Bringing these three into the mix shows that Lin Yuan is feeling quite guilty.

This year, he has devoted a large part of his energy to other matters such as the Kendo Conference. Apart from "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", he really has nothing outstanding to show for his film work.

"I'm planning to start two new film projects," said Lin Yuan.

"What are you going to shoot?" Mr. Eisen was also surprised that Lin Yuan suddenly started working hard and started two projects at once.

It is already the end of August. By the time the crew is formed and the filming, editing and post-production are completed, it will definitely not be able to be released in time for this year.

But there should be no problem in getting into the summer movie season in May next year.

In this way, at least the tasks for next year will be basically completed.

"The first one is "Lord of Spy 2", and I plan to continue filming this series of movies." Lin Yuan said as he handed over a plan.

Mr. Eisen saw that Lin Yuan was well prepared and knew that he was not forced to move because of his words, but had been actively planning for a long time.

"I fully support it. As the most profitable film of our company, the "King of Spy" series must be filmed. But..." Mr. Eisen hesitated to speak.

The biggest reason for the great success of "The King of Spy" is the large number of extreme challenges. The tone of this series of movies was set in the first founding work.

Therefore, if "King of Spy Wars 2" wants to keep the audience's attention, it must be more thrilling and exciting.

In other words, Lin Yuan needs to be more reckless and come up with more thrilling tricks.

For Mr. Eisen, he really didn't want to see Lin Yuan continue to increase his intensity.

He didn't know where Lin Yuan's limit was. If he kept challenging him like this, there would always be a day when he would exceed his limit and completely collapse.

"Lin Yuan, you are no longer representing yourself. Sometimes you have to learn to stop." Mr. Eisen said.

Lin Yuan nodded: "I know, don't worry, I'm far from reaching my limit. The challenges I'm about to undertake will be more exciting, but I promise I'm absolutely sure of them."

He wasn't just saying this to comfort Mr. Eisen.

In Lin Yuan's vision, if two films were to be launched at the same time, he would choose to shoot the other film first.

In that movie, Lin Yuan could increase his agility attribute to 30 points by simply challenging an A-level action scene.

When agility reaches 30 points, there will be a magical qualitative change.

He believed that with the qualitative change brought about by 30 points of agility, he could successfully design S-level action scenes in "Lord of Spy 2".

With an S-level action scene as the finale, the visual impact of "King of Spy V: The Last Airbender" will definitely surpass the first film, creating a box office far exceeding that of "Avatar", and it is entirely possible that it will become a true box office legend in film history.

Since Lin Yuan said that he would control the risks, Mr. Eisen did not continue to dwell on this issue.

"Budget? Director? Crew?" asked Mr. Eisen.

"I estimate the budget to be around US$4 million," said Lin Yuan.

Mr. Eisen nodded in agreement. After all, this was the sequel to "The King of Spy", and the production cost of this top-notch masterpiece certainly couldn't be saved.

$4 million is the highest investment, crushing other movies on the market and even higher than "The Legend of Tang Dynasty".

However, considering the advantage of China's domestic purchasing power, the total production cost may not be higher than that of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty".

"Who's the director? Director Nolan? Or Director Cohen?" asked Mr. Eisen.

Since the two works "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" and "Batman", Director Nolan has won the consistent recognition of Linyuan Pictures.

Director Nolan can be said to be the strongest director of the company at present. If he is chosen to shoot "King of Spy V: The Last Airbender", it will definitely be the best choice.

But Director Coen was the director of the first "King of Spy" and was also the benefactor of Lin Yuan in the early stage of his career. Putting Director Coen aside and letting Director Nolan take over is somewhat embarrassing.

The choice of director Cohen was based on personal considerations.

The reason for choosing director Nolan was to ensure the best quality of the film.

Who will Lin Yuan choose?
After thinking about it, he gave his answer: "I'll choose Director Cohen. I won't betray him."

Hearing Lin Yuan's answer, Mr. Eisen nodded.

Mr. Eisen had long guessed that Lin Yuan would make this choice, because Lin Yuan always attaches great importance to friendship, and he would not be himself if he did not make this choice.

"What about the other actors? Is it still Vin Diesel, Ms. Liu and Depp?" asked Mr. Eisen.

"The main cast will remain the same, but a few new actors will be added to play the villains," said Lin Yuan.

"The composition of the main cast is actually a problem. You'd better confirm with Depp whether he is willing to continue to play a supporting role," asked Mr. Eisen.

"Okay, I understand." Lin Yuan nodded.

After all, after "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Depp has been completely established as the leading actor of top blockbusters. It is hard to say whether he is willing to continue to lower his price and play a supporting role in "King of Spy" 2.

"What about the supporting roles?" asked Mr. Eisen.

"The villain in this film is a beautiful woman, and I'd like Theron Charlize to play her," Lin Yuan continued. "I've wanted to work with her since the last Oscars. I wonder if she's available."

Theron Charlize, a national treasure-level beauty from South Africa, is 1 meters tall and is this year's new Oscar winner. She is the new partner chosen by Lin Yuan for long-term cooperation.

"Shall I go and talk?" asked Mr. Eisen.

"I'll go. After all, I'm the one who chose her as Anne's new partner, so it's more appropriate for me to talk to her in person."

(End of this chapter)