Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 504 Lin Yuan is regarded as a god?
After the sixth cleaning, Lin Yuan completely gave up struggling.

If you want to completely remove the odor, you must wait until the dirt deep in the pores and skin crevices slowly dissipates. You can only leave it to time.

In two or three days at most, you shouldn't be able to smell the smell anymore.

Today's filming of this scene can be said to be the most tiring one for Lin Yuan in his film career.

In the past, there were certainly dangerous moments when filming action scenes, such as jumping from a height of 10,000 meters with semi-protection, or jumping into the Hukou Waterfall.

But most of the time it's not a hassle, it's just a shiver and it's over.

But this time, filming the action scenes with the anaconda really took up a lot of energy.

Lin Yuan fought with the anaconda himself, tamed the snake, and endured the danger of being entangled by the anaconda. In the end, his whole body was covered with a fishy stink. I won’t go into details about these.

After all, as an action superstar, this little bit of suffering is nothing compared to the rewards he gets.

Even if the return is only one tenth or even one hundredth, there are countless people in the world who are willing to endure the hardship in exchange for this generous reward.

For Lin Yuan, the real value of this scene lies in:
It laid the main tone for the extremely difficult film "Jungle Bully" and fully demonstrated the film's uniqueness and sincerity.

In order to film today's scene well, the crew even built a temporary floating bridge to ensure that vehicles could cross to the other side of the river.

The entire crew braved the pouring rain and traveled up the mountain road, walking for three hours in the heavy rain and finally trudged to the filming location.

Next, the crew needed to deal with a series of difficult problems such as lighting for shooting in the rain, noise reduction of audio, lens blur, etc.

These are important details that are very troublesome but often overlooked.

It can be said that it was thanks to the joint efforts of Lin Yuan and the entire crew members, who overcame countless difficulties, that today's filming was completed.

Such a scene is full of gold content, showing the highest production level in the film industry, and has reached perfection in all aspects.

Lin Yuan is sure that it will never be replicated by any other crew. When his colleagues see such a production level, they can only be intimidated and don't even have the slightest thought of challenging it.

When Lin Yuan finalized the two films to be released next year: "Jungle Bully" and "Lord of Spy 2", he had a very clear plan for the two films.

"King of Spy 2" focuses on explosive visual effects and is mainly based on box office performance. It does not put winning awards first.

The goal of "Jungle Bully" is to win awards.

Such a film, which combines natural scenery with superb production standards, can be said to be a show of skill.

This is somewhat similar to "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" released this year. Both are top-notch productions that can fully showcase the top-notch performances of other crew members except Lin Yuan himself.

Starting from this year, with "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" as a symbol, Lin Yuan's films have been slowly transforming.

Excluding the outlier "Hero," Lin Yuan's previous films include "Jurassic Park 3," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Lin Yuan and His Wife," and even "The King of Spy Wars."

These films can only be considered "box office hits", but they are clearly one step behind in terms of winning awards and critical acclaim.

Although "The King of Spy" won the Oscar for Best Picture, Lin Yuan had never expected this before winning the award. He thought that winning an Oscar for Best Actor was already the limit for him.

Although in hindsight it may seem strange that such an epic box office performance couldn't have won the Best Picture award, this also shows that the award of "The King of Spy" was not undisputed.

Lin Yuan still remembers the scene at the awards ceremony where Director Cohen looked at the Best Director award with envy, but knew with regret that he was destined to miss it.

From that moment on, Lin Yuan had made up his mind:

Not only must his movies make a ton of money at the box office, they must also win tons of awards!

What's just a Hollywood best picture?
Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, these three major awards must be won with an undisputed crushing advantage.

As for other awards such as Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing... these awards were also swept into their own pockets.

At the 2004 Academy Awards, Lin Yuan won the Best Director and Best Actor awards for his film "The King of Spy" released in 2003.

It was a bit of a fluke, but it was a pretty good start.

By the time of the 2005 Academy Awards, Lin Yuan believed that she would win all the major awards except Best Actress for "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" released in 2004.

Looking ahead to the 2006 Academy Awards, Lin Yuan of "Jungle Bully" hopes to continue to win all the major awards.

In this way, he achieved three consecutive Best Picture awards, which is an unprecedented achievement in Hollywood history.

After this, Lin Yuan announced that he would no longer participate in the selection of the Oscars.

If he wins all the awards within three years, any more will be meaningless to him. At that time, a high-profile exit will only bring him more praise from the entire industry.

While thinking, Lin Yuan had already put on his clothes, and his makeup had been completely removed in the washing just now.

It's already 4:30 in the afternoon and today's shooting has ended early.

The crew members were preparing to finish work, and the anesthetized anaconda was put back into the cage.

Lin Yuan and the two girls walked towards director Eastwood wearing raincoats.

When passing by the group of local villagers carrying snake cages, Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised to find that the looks they gave him were filled with fear.

As soon as they met Lin Yuan's gaze, they immediately dodged away in panic.

Although Lin Yuan felt a little strange, he could feel that there was no malice, so he stopped worrying about it.

When I walked up to director Eastwood, he was standing behind the camera, carefully checking the footage shot today.

"What? Any other questions?" Lin Yuan asked.

"No, I just checked again to make sure the shots that needed to be reshot were taken. If the shots really can't be connected, it would be too much trouble to find another rainy day like this to reshoot them." Director Eastwood replied.

Lin Yuan nodded, the director's caution was really necessary.

Meng Tao smiled and patted Lin Yuan: "How are you? Are you hurt?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and replied, "It's OK. My maximum bearing capacity should be around 2000 pounds. I used to think that 1800 pounds of pressure was enough for filming."

Meng Tao sighed, "Your physique is just like that of an animal. No, animals can't compare to you, you're more like a monster. If I were a biologist, I'd be curious about how you grew up like this."

"What are you talking about? I can't fly or spit fire from my mouth. I'm still an ordinary person." Lin Yuan said vaguely and changed the subject.

To be honest, Lin Yuan's physical fitness today, as shown in the film, has far exceeded the limits of ordinary people, which is bound to arouse the curiosity of many people.

The situation in science fiction novels where the protagonist awakens superpowers and is captured for scientific research is not an exaggeration.

But this has not happened until today.

On the one hand, it is because Lin Yuan did not directly use quantitative data to show the public how perverted he is.

All people can see are his exaggerated behaviors such as skydiving, jumping into Hukou Waterfall, and running on water. Although it is difficult to understand, when no one quantifies his data, they will not intuitively feel his perversion.

For example, the fact that Lin Yuan was entangled and under 1800 pounds of pressure today will not be announced to the public.

The behind-the-scenes footage only shows Lin Yuan being tightly entangled by the anaconda, but does not disclose the amount of pressure he is under.

On the other hand, it was because of Lin Yuan’s identity and status at that time.

If his only status as a superstar is anything to go by, it probably won't completely protect him from being studied.

But add to that the titles of the world's richest man, owner of Linyuan Pictures, chairman of Long Island Investment Bank, behind-the-scenes controller of Sony Group, shadow controller of Samsung Group, chairman of China Film and Television Investment Platform, and suspected lover of the future leader of the Adams Family...this is a series of titles.

Most people would think that there is no need to delve into how abnormal Lin Yuan’s physical fitness is.

Unless one day, Lin Yuan shows obvious extraordinary abilities in public, the kind that makes everyone in the world jealous, and cracking Lin Yuan's secret can change the huge benefits of all mankind, Lin Yuan will be put in danger of being studied again.

At least now Lin Yuan doesn’t have to worry about his personal safety at all.

By this time, the crew members were ready to call it a day. Director Eastwood shouted loudly, "Thank you all for your hard work today. We did an excellent job shooting in such extreme weather. I am proud of you all."

Having said this, he suddenly stopped talking.

Looking at the anxious eyes of the crew members, Lin Yuan sighed that the old man was too mean and was deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.

After a while, Director Eastwood suddenly said, "Okay, we're going back now. Everyone, please be careful on your way back."

After saying that, Director Eastwood took the lead and walked forward.

The crew members were stunned when they saw this scene. Where was the promised points reward? Why didn't they mention it?

But it was raining heavily at the time, and the entire crew couldn't just stand there in the rain, so everyone could only follow the director back with heavy steps.

After walking more than ten steps, Director Eastwood suddenly turned around, and the wrinkles on his old face could not hide his sly smile:

"Haven't you been expecting that? Why don't you bring it up? How would I know you wanted it if you didn't tell me?"

The crew members suddenly burst into laughter and heated discussion.

"Hahaha, Director, you did it on purpose! I've been going crazy thinking about it for a long time."

"I was so scared! I thought today's bonus points were gone!"

"Long live the director! The director is awesome! Director, I love you so much!"

The crew members celebrated wildly, after all, it was 20 points.

According to the crew's reward and punishment system, 1 point can be exchanged for 200 US dollars, which is a bonus of 4000 US dollars. For ordinary working-class people, this is an irresistible temptation.

In the enthusiastic eyes of the crew members, Director Eastwood said:

"Today, Group A scored 40 points, Group B scored 50 points, and Group C scored 50 points. I hope everyone will keep up the good work."

All the crew members were stunned when they heard what director Eastwood said.

After several seconds, the entire crew erupted in thunderous cheers again:

"Director, you're so arrogant! You actually gave me so many points! I won't be able to sleep tonight."

"I originally thought today was too hard, but now I wish I could earn points like this every day!"

"You're dreaming! If it were like this every day, wouldn't you retire 30 years early?"

Director Eastwood's wave of points rewards obviously exceeded everyone's expectations.

This means that all members of Group A received a bonus of $8000, while members of Groups B and C each received a bonus of $10000.

The originally expected reward was only 20 points, but now it has suddenly doubled. How can everyone not be ecstatic?
Seeing the sudden burst of high morale among the entire crew, Lin Yuan and Taylor Swift nodded silently, thinking that the money was worth it.

Although this bonus of $100 million seems to be a sky-high price, it has already been included in the budget.

The filming budget of the movie "The Jungle Bully" is 2 million US dollars. Although the production costs of Lin Yuan's previous films often exceed 3 million US dollars, the 2 million US dollars production cost of "The Jungle Bully" seems not very noticeable.

But in Hollywood, a production cost of over $1 million is considered an absolute top-tier production, and $2 million is an unimaginable super production.

The third and most expensive film in the "Lord of the Rings" series cost only $1 million to produce.

A movie like "Pirates of the Caribbean 2," which was produced almost entirely with special effects, only cost about $2 million.

It can be seen that the funding for "Jungle Bully" is absolutely sufficient. Apart from the post-production special effects, the most expensive part of the film is almost completely non-existent, which is the actors' salaries.

Compared to hiring a top Hollywood star and offering him a starting salary of $1000 million or even more than $2000 million, Lin Yuan felt that the $100 million bonus used for filming today was a great deal.

You have to know that on such a rainy day, the entire crew of nearly 100 people spent 3 hours walking several kilometers of mountain roads to the depths of the primitive dense forest to shoot the movie.

We also need everyone to be very active and maintain high morale, which is impossible without adequate rewards.

Don't think $100 million is expensive. If the crew members are not up to par and the filming effect is not ideal, you have to start all over again...

That would really be the end of me.

And who can guarantee that the effect will be good if you shoot it again?
If you think of this prize as spending $100 million to buy a great scene, it will immediately feel like it’s more than worth it!
After all, the entire movie cost $2 million, and only two hundredths of the cost was spent on these three most important segments. Don’t you think it’s worth it?
Lin Yuan thought it was worth it, but director Eastwood felt that even better results could be achieved.

In fact, at the beginning, Taylor Swift and Lin Yuan promised director Eastwood that they could give him a reward of 40 points, or even higher.

40 points was the original intended reward, but when we went out today, Director Eastwood said 20 points.

At that time, Lin Yuan and Taylor Swift thought that the director had taken the initiative to lower the price in order to help the crew save production costs. After seeing that using 20 points to incentivize the team was still very effective, Lin Yuan didn't say anything more.

I didn't expect director Eastwood to have such a hidden trick.

It was not that they were intentionally stingy and only willing to give 20 points, but because they promised 40 points in advance, everyone was happy, but the expected value was also raised to the level of 40 points.

In this way, after the shooting is over, when the 40-point reward is redeemed, everyone will just take it for granted and there will be no additional effect.

Director Eastwood first gave out a reward of 20 points to ensure that today's scene could be filmed with high morale.

After the filming was over, he deliberately pretended to have forgotten about the redemption of the points reward in order to calm everyone down.

When everyone was disappointed, he suddenly paid out the points reward, and it was not the 20 points as previously mentioned, but a double reward starting from 40 points.

This instantly widened the gap, directly and harshly shattering everyone's expectations and bringing about an ecstatic effect. Meeting expectations won't have a particularly good effect, but exceeding expectations is the real killer.

Seeing the crew members now so exhausted and looking like they wanted to shoot for three days and three nights in a row, Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh that the old ones are still the best.

Director Eastwood is truly an expert in leading a filming team.

If we had promised 40 points at the beginning, we would only have achieved the morale-boosting effect during today's shooting.

But using 20 points to motivate the team first, and then raising it to 40 points after the end, will not only inspire today's filming, but also keep the team in a frenzy for a long time to come.

This made Lin Yuan sigh once again that Director Eastwood is really the director with the strongest comprehensive ability among all the directors he has worked with. Even Director Nolan at this time is still not as good as him. His half-century experience in the film industry is indeed not to be underestimated.

Thinking that the old man still has nearly 20 years of career ahead of him, Lin Yuan wants to recruit him more and more.

Director Eastwood represents the present, while Director Nolan represents the present and the future. They will be the core reserve of director talents of Linyuan Pictures and will shoulder the core box office performance.

In addition to directors Cohen, Johnston, and Ang Lee... these directors can help Lin Yuan supplement the variety of films and increase box office revenue.

It can be said that the talent ladder of Linyuan Pictures is constantly taking shape.

Lin Yuan looked at director Eastwood walking in front and suddenly felt that the future was full of hope.

Perhaps influenced by the motivation, the return journey was unusually smooth. It took 3 hours to get there and only 2 and a half hours to return, and the crew members returned to Tukanba Village.

After a tiring day, as soon as the crew members entered Tukanba Village, the logistics staff stationed in the village immediately served them soup and tea to dispel the cold and prevent everyone from catching a cold.

Next was dinner together. Everyone was too tired to cook for themselves today.

After dinner, everyone returned to their residences to rest.

After Lin Yuan, Taylor Swift and GAKKI returned to the house, they did not continue to make trouble tonight, but turned off the lights and went to bed early.

It’s not that Lin Yuan is exhausted. With his physique, it’s no problem for him to fight for hundreds of rounds without sleeping tonight.

But Taylor Swift and GAKKI-chan are women after all, and their physical strength is naturally weaker than men.

They followed the filming throughout the day, and many of the male crew members were exhausted, let alone the two of them.

No one took a shower. They simply washed their feet, faces and mouths, and then the three of them went back to bed to sleep.

Originally, Lin Yuan was worried that he would have the stench of an anaconda on him, so he planned to sleep in another room alone.

But Taylor grabbed him and said, "Don't leave! We don't care about this little smell at all."

GAKKI-chan also nodded: "We cherish every moment we spend with you. How can we waste precious time for such a reason?"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh at the beauty's great kindness.

How many women after marriage complain about their husbands getting fat, not taking baths, and sleeping with pillows that turn yellow...

There are many men who have never felt a woman's genuine love in their entire lives, let alone this kind of unconditional pampering.

What Lin Yuan gained was not only the love of a woman, but also a lot of heavy love.

This love comes from those top goddesses who are both talented and beautiful in everyone's eyes. This really makes Lin Yuan feel that this life is worth it.

So Lin Yuan went to bed, hugged the two women and fell into a deep sleep.

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The next morning, Lin Yuan, who was still sleeping, was awakened by GAKKI.

"Lin Yuan, get up and take a look." GAKKI said.

"What happened?" Lin Yuan climbed out of bed with sleepy eyes.

He looked at the sky outside and it was still early.

Under normal circumstances, GAKKI would quietly get up and prepare breakfast first, and then wake him and Taylor Swift up to eat.

What's happening now?
Lin Yuan followed GAKKI to the door and found that the eaves were piled with various ingredients that came from nowhere:
Eggs, rice, noodles, matsutake mushrooms, chanterelles, russula, mountain deer meat, wild boar meat, wild vegetables...

"Where does all this food come from?" Lin Yuan asked in confusion.

"Not only that, the kitchen was also filled with firewood and the water tank was also filled." said GAKKI.

After hearing what GAKKI-chan said, Lin Yuan became even more confused.

So Lin Yuan took out his cell phone and called Meng Tao.

Why not call Eastwood? He's the one running the show.

Do you have the heart to wake up a 74-year-old man so early in the morning?

Of course, young people can only take on more responsibilities.

Meng Tao was awakened from his sleep by Lin Yuan. Before he could complain, he heard Lin Yuan's feedback.

This obviously exceeded his expectations, so Meng Tao quickly went to the village chief's house.

In order to prepare breakfast for everyone, the village chief and his family got up early and started working, and they took the opportunity to ask about the current situation.

After a while, Lin Yuan received a call back from Meng Tao.

After understanding what happened, Lin Yuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Simply put, the villagers in this village regard him as a god!

These ingredients delivered to your door are their "tribute" to express their respect.

At this moment, Lin Yuan remembered the fearful and evasive looks of the villagers who were carrying snake cages when they finished filming the movie yesterday.

So this is what they thought at the time?

It should be when they were filming the anaconda scene yesterday that the villagers first saw Lin Yuan’s bravery. No matter how frantically the anaconda attacked, it could not do anything to Lin Yuan.

Then I saw how Lin Yuan tamed such a huge snake step by step.

Finally, we saw Lin Yuan escape calmly after being entangled by the anaconda.

To the villagers who had rarely seen the world and lived in a small village on the edge of the primeval forest, Lin Yuan's performance was like a god descending from heaven.

Now facing such a large pile of gifts in front of him, Lin Yuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Although for the villagers, these things were earned through their own labor and did not cost much money, they were free gifts after all, so Lin Yuan still felt a little uncomfortable.

But even if he wanted to return the gift or pay to buy it, he had to know who sent it, which he obviously couldn't do now.

So he could only accept this kindness silently, thinking that when he left, he would repay the villagers' kindness in other ways.

Originally, Lin Yuan felt pretty good about coming to Tukanba Village to film.

Because most of the villagers in this village don’t know him.

Even though Lin Yuan is already the world's top superstar, he lives in Tukanba Village where there is no electricity.

Naturally, there would be no television, let alone movies. No one had seen his action movies, let alone knew of his wealthy identity.

Before yesterday, in the eyes of the Tukanba villagers, Lin Yuan was just an ordinary person.

At most, he is an ordinary person who is tall and handsome.

The villagers treated him with a very normal attitude, which made Lin Yuan feel quite comfortable.

Since becoming famous, Lin Yuan hasn't felt the same as an ordinary person for a long time.

He had to disguise himself wherever he went and carefully observe the purpose of everyone approaching him.

Lin Yuan would not hypocritically say that fame and fortune make people miserable. I want to be an ordinary person, but it is indeed quite wonderful to experience the life of an ordinary person again occasionally.

But this ordinary life was completely broken with the scene yesterday.

Lin Yuan could only feel helpless about this.

Lin Yuan explained what happened to GAKKI-chan, and then helped her make breakfast.

Having received so much food, we must make full use of it.

The ordinary accelerated meat-eating clear soup noodles were upgraded to red mushroom, mountain deer meat and egg noodles, and their value increased by who knows how many times in an instant.

The hot steam from the noodles spread into the house, and the rich aroma woke Taylor Swift immediately.

She jumped out of the quilt and asked, "What did you eat this morning? Why does it smell so good?"

Before she even left the house, she saw a mountain of food inside and asked in surprise, "Did you rob the village chief's house?"

GAKKI-chan explained with a smile: "Lin Yuan is regarded as a god by the villagers. This is the tribute given by the villagers."

In front of Taylor Swift's surprised gaze, Lin Yuan explained the whole story.

After hearing the whole story, Taylor Swift's eyes were filled with pride: "He is indeed the man I have my eyes on. He is dazzling wherever he goes and will never be lost in the crowd."

GAKKI also nodded in agreement. Lin Yuan’s brilliance was simply impossible to suppress.

If Lin Yuan was not such a person, how could so many goddesses be willing to follow him?

Lin Yuan naturally understood their thoughts. For many women, it would make them happier if their men were recognized than if they themselves were recognized.

He smiled and said, "Don't think too much. Let's eat quickly. Otherwise, we will be late for the meeting."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, the two women realized that there was not much time left.

Today's breakfast has been upgraded, so it takes a little longer to cook, and it will also take a little longer to eat, so we have to hurry up.

So the three of them buried their heads in eating and quickly finished this delicious breakfast which had been upgraded due to the accident.

After dinner, the three of them arrived at the meeting place.

Yesterday's rainstorm has disappeared quietly, and today's weather suddenly cleared up, which is a good day for taking pictures.

But an accident happened. There were only 3 minutes left before the assembly time, but Lin Yuan found that there were only about 80 employees present.

This means that nearly 20 people did not show up at the assembly site.

Confused, Lin Yuan walked up to Director Eastwood and asked, "What's wrong? Why is everyone late today?"

Didn’t you just motivate the team yesterday?
It is logically impossible to see a situation like the one we see now, where a large number of staff are late.

Director Eastwood said helplessly, "We were filming in that torrential rain yesterday, and quite a few people came down with colds and fevers, so they had to ask me for leave. Even though only 20 people asked for leave, many of the 80 people who were on set were also feeling unwell, but they forced themselves to show up because their symptoms weren't serious."

After hearing the explanation, Lin Yuan could only blame himself for not thinking of this.

Because he himself was too strong, he did not take into account the physical condition of ordinary people.

Yesterday, the crew ran back and forth in such a torrential downpour that almost everyone got soaked, yet they still had to film in the damp and cold. Today, only 20% of the crew lay down, which shows that everyone's physical fitness is very good.

Thinking that the old man was already 74 years old, Lin Yuan quickly asked with concern: "Director, how are you feeling? Are you feeling unwell?"

Director Eastwood shook his head: "I'm fine, I'm in good health."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh at the old man's answer. Who said that all old people are weak?
It all depends on who it is!
Not to mention the old men and women in later generations who squeeze into buses during the morning rush hour. They are all in good health, and young people may not live longer than them.

Many of the old men who exercise in the park in the morning can do 20 pull-ups in a row without getting red in the face or out of breath.

There are even internet celebrities who can do pull-ups with one hand. How can young urban office workers who lack exercise not be impressed?
Director Eastwood is obviously the boss among bosses.

He is 1 meters tall, one level taller than the already tall Lin Yuan.

His weight reached 83 kilograms, and when he took off his clothes, he was full of muscles, worthy of being the spokesperson for American tough guys half a century ago.

In addition to his physical fitness, his lifestyle is completely different from that of the old man. Instead, he lives a life of eating delicious food every day and having sex with young beauties every night.

No wonder such a person can fight for another 20 years. If there is no system, Lin Yuan has no confidence to compare with such a person.

Faced with such a high absentee rate, Lin Yuan said, "Director, let those staff members with mild symptoms take a day off as well. Don't let their condition worsen."

Director Eastwood nodded, turned to the crew and said, "Those who have symptoms, take a day off today."

After hearing his words, no one in the crew returned to their residence to rest, but they all stood there silently.

(End of this chapter)