Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 500: The Treasure-like Old Director, the Filming Plan is Finalized
No danger?

The system's assessment has always been very reliable. If the conclusion is that there is no danger, it means there is really no danger.

This means that Lin Yuan is safe, but there are no attribute rewards to be obtained.

Lin Yuan didn't particularly care about this.

In the past, when Lin Yuan was filming a movie, he had to take risks and go ahead with it. If there was a mistake during the filming process, he would really be wiped out.

But as his status and wealth grew, he was already carrying the interests and expectations of too many people on his shoulders, and it was no longer appropriate for him to gamble his life casually.

Not to mention that he really died in an accident, even if he was seriously injured on the set, I'm afraid Linyuan Pictures' stock would plummet.

There is no limit on the US stock market, so it is not surprising that the stock price drops by 50% or more in one day.

The investors who placed a heavy bet on him were all allies who expressed their support for him with real money. Lin Yuan naturally could not let them suffer such losses.

In addition to investors, Lin Yuan also has a large group of employees who make a living by following him. Many of them have just leveraged their investments to buy houses. It would be too tragic if they were forced to lose their jobs because of something happening to Lin Yuan.

The above two types of people are those who have material interests tied to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan has many close female friends in his life. Although they have grown accustomed to being nervous when he's filming, he doesn't want to see them heartbroken.

Lin Yuan saw how much psychological burden Liu Yufei had to bear during the filming of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty".

Therefore, Lin Yuan has a very clear goal for his current action scenes:

As long as the action scenes are exciting enough and exceed the audience's expectations of him, that's enough.

His goal is to create exciting and thrilling real-life action scenes. This is what the audience expects of him, and it is also an unwritten agreement between him and the audience.

But excitement does not necessarily mean danger. If you can shoot something exciting without taking any risks, there is no need to force the intensity or create danger artificially.

In fact, since several movies ago, Lin Yuan has always had this idea when shooting action scenes:

It looked very dangerous, and the entire crew was worried for him, but the success rate given by the system was very high, and Lin Yuan himself knew that it was quite safe.

The action scene of fighting with the anaconda that is about to be filmed is the ultimate embodiment of this idea.

Lin Yuan took out a disgusting photo that had great shooting effects.

Director Eastwood and Meng Tao in the crew both felt it was very dangerous and kept persuading him to be careful.

The system's assessment is completely harmless and doesn't even provide a difficulty rating.

For Lin Yuan, this is actually the safest and most cost-effective option.

So, Lin Yuan said to Director Eastwood, "Trust me, this filming plan doesn't pose any risk to me. When Meng Tao arrives, we'll go over the plan again and try to get the best results."

Director Eastwood could only agree.

He took out his camera and walked around the area. "Wait a moment, I'll take some more photos of the on-site environment. That way, when we go back and discuss the plan, we won't have to just talk with drawings."

Lin Yuan nodded. Director Eastwood was no less meticulous and responsible than Director Nolan.

This film legend is the best in the three positions of actor, director and producer. He has been able to dominate Hollywood for more than 50 years, relying not only on his talent, but also on his decades of dedication.

While director Eastwood was filming, Lin Yuan was also wandering around the valley.

As an action actor, he knows better what position to take to achieve better results.

Soon, Lin Yuan chose a place beside the valley, next to a huge rock more than three meters high.

The anaconda in the movie is also called Amanda, which is the name given to her by her wealthy owner.

According to the script, the anaconda Amanda will suddenly attack Woody from the water.

Under normal circumstances, choosing a swamp with duckweed floating on the surface would be more oppressive.

The turbid environment where you can't see the underwater makes people feel nervous, as if a crisis is about to come.

This valley is so clean and the water is so clear that it makes the audience feel relaxed.

But it’s different with this big rock beside the valley. The huge rock blocks the light, and the water surface under the rock becomes dark.

Lin Yuan stood next to the stone, and the anaconda attacked from the water surface under the shadow of the stone. There was a contrast between the beautiful scenery and the sudden deadly murderous intent.

What’s even more amazing is that there is a small young forest just three or five meters away from this valley.

The trees in the forest are not yet mature and are only about the thickness of a bowl.

This way, there are destructible objects in the fighting scene after Lin Yuan's sneak attack on the anaconda fails.

As we all know, in order for an action scene to be exciting, half of the effect comes from the destruction of environmental objects on the scene.

In martial arts dramas, if the tables, chairs, jars and pots in the hotel were not broken to the ground, there would be no sense of destruction in the fierce confrontation.

The same is true for the Lin Yuan scene. If the surrounding objects are not destroyed, the effect will definitely be much worse. The most suitable objects to destroy in the jungle are trees.

If the trees were bigger, large enough for one person to hug, it would be difficult for anacondas to destroy them.

But if the trees are too small, it will seem childish.

The tree in front of us, which is as thick as a bowl, is just right for fighting against the anaconda. When the time comes, director Eastwood will temporarily arrange some shrubs and piles of rubble under the tree.

When hunting, anacondas, in addition to stretching their heads and biting with their mouths, also hope to use their long tails to sweep the prey's feet directly, which can also have the effect of knocking the prey down.

Imagine the anaconda's thick tail as big as a wheel sweeping over, and the trees as big as bowls broke and fell, smashing to the ground in a cloud of dust.

At the same time, the leaves of the bushes, whipped by the snake's tail, flew all over the sky like flowers scattered by a fairy.

In the face of the huge force, gravel shot out in all directions.

In this way, a full sense of power can be immediately captured, allowing the audience to intuitively feel how terrifying the power of the anaconda is.

After confirming the shooting location, Lin Yuan saw director Eastwood still shooting with a camera.

The director has more things to consider. He has to comprehensively consider where to set the camera in order to achieve the best shot effect.

This kind of scene involving fighting wild beasts requires the minimum number of crew members on site, but at the same time the number of security personnel must be increased.

Setting up the guide rail and remotely controlling the camera to slide on the rail for shooting is obviously a better choice.

Seeing that director Eastwood was still busy, Lin Yuan suddenly had an inspiration and took off his shoes and went into the stream.

This place is not far from the mouth of the Ganges River. In the northeastern part of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the blue crabs are famous for their plumpness.

In this pristine forest area of ​​Tukanba Village, the river is connected to the Ganges, and blue crabs swim upstream, and there seem to be quite a few here.

Soon, Lin Yuan took out a blue crab weighing one kilogram from the stone cave in the stream.

Faced with this ferocious guy, Lin Yuan skillfully tied it up with vines on the roadside.

Taylor Swift and GAKKI both love eating crabs. In Tukanba Village, where supplies are relatively scarce, it is a pleasant thing to be able to eat the local blue crabs that are abundant.

Soon Lin Yuan caught more than ten blue crabs, his efficiency was simply incredible.

On the one hand, this is because his nerve reaction speed is far beyond that of ordinary people, and his agile movements allow him to be successful in catching crabs. On the other hand, this is because this place is rarely visited and no one catches crabs here, so there are a lot of blue crabs.

Lin Yuan tied together a string of crabs, weighing about twelve or thirteen pounds.

At this time, Director Eastwood finally finished recording the scene and walked towards Lin Yuan.

Looking at the rich "trophy" in Lin Yuan's hands, Director Eastwood smiled and said, "Crabs are most delicious in autumn. Now is the season for eating crabs. Can you give me two? I'll trade them for the roasted wild boar meat that the village chief gave me."

Lin Yuan handed over four crabs and said, "If you like them, take them. There's no need to exchange them."

When they discussed collaboration at director Eastwood's house, their communication was more business-to-business.

As the filming began, the two became more familiar with each other in just one day and now look more and more like friends.

The two are more than 50 years apart in age, but the reason they can become friends is more based on mutual appreciation and recognition.

Director Eastwood took the blue crab with a smile and put it into the net bag of his backpack.

"Thank you very much. You have harvested such a rich harvest in such a short time. It seems that there are many delicious foods that can be discovered in this dense forest." Director Eastwood said.

"Yes, we will be filming in Tukanba Village for a month. We live off the land and ensure that everyone has good food here, so that we can be passionate about our work," Lin Yuan replied.

"I talked to the village chief yesterday and learned that there are many delicious foods in the nearby mountains. Not to mention the wild mushrooms and wild boar meat, the muntjac meat here is quite delicious. I ordered a few from the village chief. We must try the local roasted muntjac with yellow peppers." Director Eastwood said.

The mountain muntjac, also known as the yellow deer, is a deer species that mainly lives in subtropical hilly areas.

Around 2000, muntjacs were not protected species in China. At that time, farmers sold their captured muntjacs at the entrances of farmers' markets in many counties.

Because muntjacs are quite active, farmers choose to break their front and rear leg bones to prevent them from escaping.

For many children living in the hilly areas of the south, the sight of a bloody, broken-legged muntjac in the vegetable market is a childhood trauma that makes them feel the brutality of humans towards animals.

But when the cooked muntjac enters their stomachs, they will shout out the truth, and any sympathy will be immediately thrown out of their minds.

As the number of mountain muntjacs continued to decrease, their sale was banned in China around 06. Later, it even became a second-class protected animal. This childhood wild game has become a memory for many people.

But at this time in India, there is no problem in eating some muntjac. Lin Yuan believes that many crew members are willing to stay here for a few more days just for the sake of the muntjac.

The meat of mountain deer is very delicious. Ancient Chinese people believed that fish and mutton were fresh, which shows how much they admired the deliciousness of mutton.

But there is a big problem with mutton, which is that it has a strong smell. Some people are not used to this smell, while the taste of mountain deer meat is like mutton without the smell.

The skinned mountain deer meat and mountain deer meat steaks are the most essential parts of the whole body. Just thinking about it makes Lin Yuan's mouth water.

Discovering local delicacies is so important it could even make or break a film like "Bushel."

This is not alarmist. Making a movie is like marching to war, and morale is very important.

In fact, on the first day of inspecting Tukamba Village, Director Eastwood felt the resistance of the crew members.

Most of the crew members came from big cities with convenient living conditions, but they filmed in a harsh place like Tukanba Village, where there was no electricity, no running water, no mobile phone signal, and they had to use dry toilets with sewage flowing everywhere during heavy rain.

If the entire crew has to stay here for more than a month to film, morale will inevitably decline.

If the morale issue is not handled properly, everyone may be able to rely on their enthusiasm to get through the first week of filming.

But after a few more days, you will inevitably want to finish the filming and leave as soon as possible, and at that time you may become perfunctory about your work.

Director Eastwood has been working hard to deal with the morale problem. Today's point reward is one aspect, but improving the crew members' dining experience in Tukanba Village is also a very important part.

Being able to regularly enjoy delicious local specialties here will definitely put everyone in a better mood and help keep morale high.

Director Eastwood continued, "In a month it will be the end of October. We probably won't have finished filming by then, and the winter bamboo shoots here will be ready to eat. I'm really looking forward to the winter bamboo shoots here. They're even more appealing to me than mountain deer meat."

"Winter bamboo shoots? Don't they mature in winter? What's so special about the winter bamboo shoots here?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Normally, the winter bamboo shoot season runs from late October to February of the following year, but Tukanba Village is located at a lower latitude, so they enter the season two weeks earlier," said director Eastwood. "The winter bamboo shoots here are the local specialty, sweet dragon bamboo shoots. They can even be eaten raw. They are fresh, crisp, tender, and sweet, and the locals call them 'fruit bamboo shoots.'"

Director Eastwood is truly a director with all abilities maxed out and hexagonal attributes.

His expertise in filming, interpersonal relationships, motivating crew members, and even daily life arrangements impressed Lin Yuan.

"Director, thank you for your hard work." Lin Yuan said sincerely.

He took off the blue crabs tied in his hands, leaving only four, and handed the remaining seven to director Eastwood.

Director Eastwood waved his hand and said, "Giving me four is already a lot. You don't need to give them all to me. Keep them for yourself."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Take it and improve the food for the crew. If you're free during filming tomorrow, we'll come back and get some more."

During the conversation, Lin Yuan already understood the director's painstaking efforts.

He doesn't like crabs very much, so he kept four large blue crabs, each weighing about one pound, which was enough for Taylor and GAKKI to eat.

The rest would be left to Director Eastwood. He was only given eleven in total, which was clearly not enough to share with the entire crew. The thought of dividing the meat was giving him a headache, so Lin Yuan decided to leave it to Director Eastwood.

Director Eastwood understood Lin Yuan's intentions and without hesitation, he took the crab from Lin Yuan and put it away.

The two began to return the same way, with Director Eastwood walking in front and Lin Yuan walking behind.

On the way back, Lin Yuan, who was at the back, carefully observed the condition of director Eastwood. After all, he was already a man in his 70s.

Many young people would find it tiring to trek through the primitive dense forest to film, and Lin Yuan was worried whether his body could hold up.

After observing for a while, Lin Yuan was surprised to find that Director Eastwood's physical fitness was far better than his peers, and he did not show any obvious signs of fatigue.

He is indeed the tough guy who starred in the "Red Dead Redemption" trilogy when he was young. He can be said to be the incarnation of the American Western cowboy. With such a strong body, it is no wonder that he can still fight on the front line of film shooting in his 90s.

He has strong abilities, extensive connections, good moral character and good health. He is truly a precious talent who grows stronger with age.

Lin Yuan wanted to recruit this director more and more, but now was not the best time to extend an invitation.

After the film was successfully completed and released with good results, he formally mentioned the matter to director Eastwood.

The two quickly returned to the filming location. At this time, the crew members had finished packing up their tools and were having a pleasant conversation in the camp.

Seeing Lin Yuan, GAKKI and Taylor came over to greet him.

"Wow! Crab? Where did you catch it?" Taylor Swift was sharp-eyed and saw the crab in Lin Yuan's hand at the first time.

"The director and I just went to scout the filming location. There is a valley there, which looks very similar to the valley in Big Bear Mountain Park that we visited. I caught crabs there and I'll give them to you as a snack tonight," said Lin Yuan.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Taylor recalled the camping trip to Big Bear Mountain. (Chapter 247)
That place held her beautiful memories and was also the starting point of her first close contact with Lin Yuan. Thinking of this, her eyes softened a lot.

"My favorite is this big blue crab. Tonight I can try the difference between American crab and Indian crab." Taylor Swift said with a smile.

"What a big crab! One should weigh one pound. Although I like eating crabs very much, I should be full after eating just one." GAKKI also said.

"No, two for each of you. You need to eat more so you have the strength to work at night." Lin Yuan said seriously.

At night? Do you have the energy to work?

The two women immediately understood the meaningful metaphor.

GAKKI's face flushed red, but Taylor Swift, undeterred, took out a bunch of bananas and handed them to Lin Yuan: "Then you should eat more to replenish your energy. Come, try my big banana!"

Big banana?
Lin Yuan dared to bet that Taylor Swift definitely did it on purpose.

But he would not show weakness and took the banana handed to him by Taylor Swift.

Black leather?
A big black banana?

Is it too mature and about to break down?

Lin Yuan peeled the banana skin in confusion and found that the flesh inside was very fresh and did not look rotten or spoiled at all.

He opened his mouth and took a bite, and found that the banana flesh was very delicate, with a rich chocolate aroma.

This surprised him: "What a special banana! Where did it come from?"

Taylor Swift smiled and said, "Didn't we shoot in a banana forest just now? The crew found a small patch of chocolate bananas deep in the forest. They're a specialty of India. Pretty unique, right?"

After Taylor Swift finished speaking, GAKKI-chan handed over another bunch of bananas. These were not ordinary yellow bananas, but ones with a strange pink peel.

First came a bunch of big black bananas, then a bunch of big pink bananas. Lin Yuan felt that they were hinting at something, but he had no evidence.

GAKKI said with a smile, "Try this. It's also a red banana found in the forest. This type of banana is more common in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It's very sweet and has a soft flesh, so it's difficult to transport and rarely seen outside of its place of origin."

Lin Yuan took it curiously and ate another pink banana.

I have to say that compared with the previous chocolate bananas, the two bananas have their own characteristics.

It doesn't seem surprising that chocolate bananas, a specialty of South Asia, and red bananas, a specialty of Southeast Asia, exist in the bordering area of ​​northeastern India.

The saying "live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water" was felt even more deeply in Lin Yuan's heart at this moment.

"Is it delicious? Just now, the crew members were happily picking bananas in the woods. Many people also went to pick various mushrooms, and someone even caught a wild rabbit!" said GAKKI.

Lin Yuan nodded and responded to GAKKI-chan.

It seems that the crew members have gradually found the fun of being here, and director Lin Yuan and Eastwood's worries can be reduced a little.

It's time for the crew to return. It will take another two and a half hours. They have to get out of the forest area before it gets completely dark, otherwise it will be very troublesome.

The return journey was the opposite of the way we came, and it was downhill all the way.

As we all know, it is easy to go up the mountain but difficult to go down. Everyone needs to pay more attention to their feet to avoid slipping on the slopes without steps.

The guide walking in front swung his hoe more and more frequently, constantly digging out a few simple steps on the slope.

Perhaps the crew members had more experience walking on mountain roads when they returned. The originally more difficult downhill road only took them 2 hours and 15 minutes to return to Tukanba Village ahead of time.

The lights in Tukanba Village were still dim in the night, but after a tiring day, Lin Yuan and others felt extra familiar when they saw the vague outline of the village.

But when the entire crew finally walked into the village, Lin Yuan actually saw several trucks parked at the entrance of the village.

Although these trucks are just pickup trucks and not heavy-load trucks, this shows that Meng Tao's bridge-building work has been completed, allowing the vehicles to reach the village gate smoothly.

That anaconda should be in a pickup truck, right?
Lin Yuan quickly spotted one of the pickup trucks. The back of the truck carried a huge square cage with a black curtain hanging tightly on top. However, this did not prevent Lin Yuan from guessing that this was the cage containing the anaconda.

At this time, Meng Tao's round, mean face appeared in front of everyone.

"Lin Yuan, long time no see. Do you miss me?" Meng Tao asked with a smile.

Lin Yuan pushed him away with a look of disgust: "Why would I miss you? My sexual orientation is normal."

"But I miss you. I find that women are becoming less and less interesting. Only when I am with you will my face turn red, my heart beat faster, I sweat all over, and I feel like my heart is about to stop beating due to the stimulation." Meng Tao said.

Seeing Lin Yuan's eyes become extremely fierce, as if he was about to punch him in the face at the next moment, Meng Tao immediately said, "What are you thinking about? I'm talking about filming! Filming an action scene with you, that kind of thrilling feeling is really unstoppable."

"Don't think that you disgust me and I will change the filming plan. You know I never compromise." Lin Yuan replied.

Having worked together for more than four years, Lin Yuan knows Meng Tao's character too well.

There was no way he would change his sexual orientation or anything like that. The reason he disgusted himself was just to vent his helplessness in facing the filming plan proposed by Lin Yuan.

You make me scared and helpless, so I can only try my best to disgust you, so that we are even.

Facing Lin Yuan's indifference, Meng Tao said helplessly:
"Okay, okay, you're the boss and you have the final say. I just arrived in the village, go have a meal first, and I'll call the director over to your place later, and we can discuss the details of tomorrow's filming together."

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "It will take us longer to eat crabs. You can come back in an hour."

"Wow! There are big blue crabs? Did you catch them? Give me one." Meng Tao came forward.

Lin Yuan raised his foot and kicked him on the butt: "If you want to eat, grab it yourself, or ask the director for it. I don't have enough here."

Meng Tao rubbed his butt and said aggrievedly, "The director doesn't have enough crabs to share, right? Even if you give me one, I can't bear to take it."

"Here, I'll share one with you. We can't finish it anyway." Taylor Swift and Meng Tao are old acquaintances. She picked a blue crab and handed it to Lin Yuan.

"The boss lady is awesome!" Meng Tao cheered.

When Taylor Swift heard the title of "boss lady", she felt happy but also a little guilty.

"Go eat your crabs. Remember to wash them before cooking them!" Taylor changed the subject.

Seeing that the crab was already in his hands, Meng Tao smiled and said, "Let's go! See you later."

Meng Tao, who was very discerning, knew that he was not welcome at the moment. After achieving his goal, he trotted away.

"Let's go, let's go back and make dinner." Lin Yuan said.

"We don't have much time left. Let's cook noodles as the staple food first, and then cook the crabs." GAKKI replied.

The three of them returned to their cabin in the dark.

It's 7:8 in the evening now, and it will be : in an hour.

Lin Yuan planned to finish the shooting plan discussion in half an hour, and then move on to the more anticipated adult threesome segment.

Now the three of them started to cooperate, Taylor was responsible for processing the crabs, Lin Yuan made the fire, and GAKKI-chan cooked.

Soon, a simple but warm dinner appeared in front of them.

After finishing the noodles in a few bites, all that was left was to eat the delicious blue crab.

Eating crabs definitely takes time. By the time the two women finished eating the three large blue crabs and cleared the table, it was already half past eight.

A knock on the door sounded at the right time.

The door opened and Director Eastwood and Meng Tao walked in.

Without any unnecessary greetings, we went straight into the topic of tonight's memories.

The director was holding the shooting plan submitted by Lin Yuan. He handed a copy of the plan to everyone present. Taylor Swift and GAKKI, who were participating in the meeting, also held a copy.

Taylor Swift and GAKKI-chan looked at the plan in their hands with serious concern. Even though the light from the oil lamp in the room was dim, they still carefully checked each line.

As they looked at the plan, Taylor Swift and GAKKI's expressions became more and more solemn: This is indeed Lin Yuan's usual style, just reading the plan makes people break out in cold sweats.

Except for the two women, the three men had already read the plan, so they did not read it again at this time.

Director Eastwood picked up the plan in his hand. Lin Yuan could see that it was already full of the director's notes, which obviously recorded many of his concerns.

"Lin Yuan, since you insist on shooting according to this plan, Director Meng has also made a detailed shooting plan, but I have a few questions I hope you can answer." Director Eastwood said.

Lin Yuan nodded: "Director, you decide."

Director Eastwood pointed to the plan and asked, "At the beginning of this action scene, an anaconda will attack you from underwater. You know, snakes attack very quickly. Are you sure you can dodge this lightning-fast attack?"

Then, director Eastwood asked his second question: "You designed the action scene where the anaconda wraps around you. Do you know how much force Amanda exerts when she wraps around you? Not to mention you're a human, even if you were a bear, you wouldn't be able to withstand such force."

Lin Yuan had already thought about the two questions raised by Director Eastwood, and he concluded that there was no problem.

Under normal circumstances, each lightning-fast attack by a snake usually takes between 70 and 110 milliseconds.

Small snakes are faster, while large snakes are slower.

Giant snakes like anacondas can reach a level of 90 milliseconds, which can be said to be a perfect killer with both strength and speed.

Such attack speed far exceeds the limit of human nerve reaction speed, so it is impossible to dodge.

On the other hand, animals like cats are known for their fast reaction speed, and their nerve reaction speed can reach 50 to 70 milliseconds.

Therefore, you can always see cats playing with various snakes, easily avoiding attacks that seem as fast as lightning to humans, and playing with various poisonous snakes on their claws with ease.

After Lin Yuan's agility reached 29, his nerve reaction speed reached 35 milliseconds, far exceeding that of a cat. He could even catch a bullet fired from a hundred meters away and take evasive action.

From this perspective, Lin Yuan has already stepped into the inhuman realm.

Cats can easily avoid snake attacks, so it is no problem for Lin Yuan.

Therefore, it seemed to Lin Yuan that it was not difficult for the anaconda to launch a sudden attack on him from underwater.

Even if the anaconda's speed was twice as fast, he could easily dodge it.

So, Lin Yuan solemnly replied to Director Eastwood: "Don't worry, I am 100% sure I can dodge the attack. There will definitely not be any accidents."

Lin Yuan couldn't explain how abnormal his nerve reaction speed was, so he could only vaguely express his confidence and let the director and Meng Tao believe in him unconditionally.

"What about Death Coil? You can't say you have the confidence that you won't be crushed by Amanda's enormous strength? Even if your bones are made of metal, you can't withstand it." Director Eastwood asked the second question.

(End of this chapter)