Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 550 Betty's Arrival

Raja was hit by a stick and rolled violently on the ground.

"Woo~woo~"

As he rolled over, Raja kept wailing.

The scene in front of him was simply outrageous. A 360-kilogram, strong tiger would feel so much pain after being hit by Lin Yuan's gun?
The crew members watching from a distance were also full of curiosity.

Meng Tao asked quietly, "Director, what did Lin Yuan do? Logically, a tiger being whipped by a gun shouldn't be in so much pain, right?"

He just arrived today and was not aware of many of the details, so he could only ask the veteran director for advice.

"There are tiny thorns on the gun barrel, which are coated with the venom of the striped bark scorpion. The kind found in Mexico in the southern United States. He specifically asked me to bring it from the United States." The old director replied.

Hearing the old director's words, Meng Tao immediately took a breath and said, "How cruel."

Although Meng Tao used to live mainly in Hong Kong Island, he has spent most of his time in the United States in recent years since he followed Lin Yuan.

The striped bark scorpion, found in the southern United States and Mexico, is notorious and terrifies locals.

The striped bark scorpion is a very strange scorpion. It can be found in many places in the world, but in the southern United States and Mexico, it has evolved to be particularly venomous for some reason.

This is a unique neurotoxin that causes extremely intense pain once it enters the animal's body.

Anyone who has ever had severe shingles should have a rough idea of ​​what it feels like. It's the kind of pain that radiates throughout the body when touched.

That feeling goes straight to the top of your head and makes your scalp tingle.

What's even more incredible is that the striped bark scorpion is often hunted by mammals such as mice and cats, and has evolved a venom that is specifically effective against mammals.

This makes the pain that the striped bark scorpion causes to mammals reach its maximum value.

Lin Yuan's gun barrel was smeared with more than 50 ml of venom squeezed from the venom sacs of 3 striped bark scorpions.

How could Raja resist this?
Looking at Raja rolling on the ground, Lin Yuan calmly took a step back and waited silently.

Lin Yuan did not like to abuse animals. He chose the most reliable and safest way to quickly tame Raja.

Although the amount of venom used was not small, Raja's weight was such that it was impossible for him to suffer any serious injuries and there would be no sequelae. At most, he would just feel a little pain at the moment.

It will hurt for about thirty to fifty seconds, and after the effect subsides a little, it should feel much better.

As for this period of time, it will indeed be more difficult, but it is difficult to tame a tiger without teaching it a lesson.

It’s not that Lin Yuan is cruel, but it’s because it’s very difficult to make a tiger obey him absolutely.

Although both are cats, it is much more difficult to tame a tiger than a lion.

Lions are social animals and have an innate concept of hierarchy and obedience, but tigers do not.

Before, the tiger's attitude towards Lin Yuan was more of fear than obedience.

But Lin Yuan couldn't rely solely on fear to command the tiger. Animals, like humans, are prone to making mistakes when they become nervous, and this was obviously not the result he wanted.

Therefore, fear is only the first step, and absolute obedience based on fear is Lin Yuan’s goal.

Once Raja has established orders for Lin Yuan and he can obey unconditionally without thinking, the purpose of taming him is achieved.

After more than half a minute, Raja stopped rolling on the ground and stood up with fear in his eyes.

Lin Yuan used his eyes and body movements to tell it: "Obey, and you won't suffer."

Raja lowered his head and drooped his ears in submission.

"Eat, but only one bite."

Lin Yuan pushed the mutton in front of it and gave orders again.

This time, Raja no longer ate endlessly like before, and even didn't dare to eat too much. He just took a cautious bite and stopped immediately.

Obviously, the pain just now brought it an extremely deep memory.

Being able to make a carnivorous tiger restrain its desire to eat means that the taming process is more than half completed.

So at Lin Yuan's wave of the hand, Saragama delivered another box of raw eggs.

This kind of thing can only be done by Saragama, who will become Lin Yuan's assistant.

There was no way. Faced with such a ferocious tiger, which was neither chained nor caged, most of the crew members did not dare to step forward.

Lin Yuan picked up a raw egg and placed it on the ground: "Smash it, but don't do anything else."

"Snapped!"

Without any hesitation, Raja immediately swung his right palm and smashed the egg on the ground.

The sticky egg white and yolk were all stained with Raja's tiger claws.

Lin Yuan was quite satisfied with the speed of executing the command.

Raja instinctively wanted to retract his tiger claws and lick the egg liquid on his palms.

But when it thought of Lin Yuan's instructions, the tiger's paw that had been raised immediately returned to its original position, becoming more obedient and submissive than a domestic cat.

Seeing this scene, the veteran director sighed, "I never thought a tiger could be tamed to this degree. It's a pity that this segment can't be filmed or included in the behind-the-scenes footage."

"Of course we couldn't film it, otherwise animal protection organizations would start to complain about tiger abuse. In fact, apart from causing Raja to feel pain for a few seconds, Lin Yuan didn't use any extreme methods at all.

"This is the most reliable and effective method of taming an animal. Compared to circus trainers, Lin Yuan can be said to have achieved his goal in the shortest time and at the lowest cost," said Meng Tao.

"By the way, you will be on stage soon. Are you scared?" Meng Tao asked again.

The old director looked at Raja and said with his neck stiff, "What's there to be afraid of? Its hind legs are still tied! At worst, I can just run away..."

Before he could finish his words, the old director saw Lin Yuan in the distance using a spear to cut the straps tied around the tiger's hind legs.

This made the old director's face turn pale, turning blue and red.

But he still insisted stubbornly: "Anyway... I won't be afraid."

At this time, after his hind legs were untied, Raja instinctively wanted to escape and stay away from Lin Yuan.

But the instruction "No other actions allowed" immediately appeared in its mind.

So Raja immediately straightened his body and stood motionless like a piece of stiff wood.

Lin Yuan was quite satisfied to see Raja overcome two tests in a row.

So he continued to give instructions: "Taste the egg liquid on your tiger paw."

After receiving Lin Yuan's instructions, Raja immediately raised his tiger paws and licked it wildly with his barbed tongue, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Many people don’t know that tigers don’t eat carbohydrates and honey, and although protein-rich eggs are not disliked by carnivores, tigers will not eat them once they are cooked.

The liquid from this raw egg is naturally a delicious treat for tigers.

After Raja licked the egg liquid off his palm, he instinctively wanted to lick the remaining egg liquid on the ground, but he quickly stopped himself.

This means that Raja has begun to develop the habit of remembering Lin Yuan's instructions for a long time.

Just because they eat the egg liquid, they will not forget the previous instruction of "no other actions allowed".

At this point, Raja can be said to have achieved a level of obedience where orders were carried out strictly.

Then the entire taming process only has one last step left: the precise execution of the command.

Lin Yuan took out another egg and placed it on the ground.

As before, have Raja smash it and then lick it as a reward.

After doing this three or five times, Lin Yuan was sure that Raja was quite familiar with the texture of eggs.

So he issued a new instruction: "Shoot it, don't break it!"

This instruction seemed to be making things difficult for Raja, as if forcing a strong man to embroider with a needle.

But in fact, the tiger's control over strength is quite delicate.

Scientists did an experiment in which they put a pile of meat on a balloon and let a tiger eat the meat without bursting the balloon.

When the tigers used in the experiment stood on their hind legs and gently lifted and lowered the meat on the balloon, the scientists were amazed at the tigers' strength and control.

Therefore, it was not difficult for Lin Yuan to follow Raja's instructions.

Through so many previous experiences of breaking eggs, Raja already knew how fragile eggs were. As long as he controlled the strength well, the soft tiger paw would not break the eggs.

After receiving Lin Yuan's instructions, Raja gently patted the raw egg with his tiger paw.

In good condition.

"Move faster and don't break it!" Lin Yuan made higher demands.

Raja slapped it quickly, and it was still intact.

"Faster!"

……

"Faster!"

……

"Snapped!"

Finally, we reached the speed limit.

Raja couldn't control his strength and smashed the egg with one palm, sending egg liquid splattering everywhere.

The moment the egg broke, Raja instinctively raised his two tiger paws and held his head tightly.

After waiting for a long time, the whipping of the gun and the terrifying pain did not come as expected.

Raja let go of the tiger's paw and looked at Lin Yuan in confusion, feeling surprised that he was not beaten.

Lin Yuan understood its expression, but did not respond.

It's not its fault, it just reached its limit.

Lin Yuan is not a sadist, and he will not do meaningless punishment.

"Try again, don't break it, and do it as fast as possible." Lin Yuan gave the order.

This time, Raja slapped the egg as hard as he could, but failed to break it.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan knew that his goal had finally been achieved.

Through the taming steps just now, Raja has been able to absolutely obey orders and at the same time control his strength well.

It's time for the veteran director to personally test the results.

He waved to the old director in the distance, motioning him to come over.

The old director didn't move...

So Lin Yuan waved again.

The old director still didn't move...

"Lin Yuan is calling you, why don't you go over?" Meng Tao pushed the old director and said, "Are you afraid of the tiger and don't dare to go over?"

"Who's scared? Let's go! Let's go together!" The old director reached out and grabbed Meng Tao.

"I asked you to come over, not me. Why are you holding me?" Meng Tao struggled hard.

"You're the one in charge of security. This is your responsibility." The old director confidently pulled Meng Tao towards Lin Yuan. "F*ck! Why is it always me who gets hurt?" Meng Tao wailed as the old director pulled him over.

When Meng Tao and the old director moved towards Lin Yuan, Saragama calmly took a few steps forward, vaguely protecting them.

The old director could certainly sense Saragama's good intentions, but he still patted Saragama on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. Lin Yuan is here. Let me face it alone."

"You said you want to face it alone, so let go of my hand." Meng Tao protested.

"We face it together 'alone'." The old director did not let go at all.

Lin Yuan smiled as he watched Meng Tao and the old director come to him, pulling each other.

It has to be said that Meng Tao's despicable style always makes people around him have an irresistible urge to bully him.

But it is this kind of sarcastic and punching-bag style that has become the perfect lubricant for Meng Tao to interact with others.

Whether it is the directors and actors within Linyuan Pictures or other partners outside the company, Meng Tao can get along with them smoothly without any obstacles.

Depp is the best representative of them.

This also means that among all Lin Yuan's subordinates, Meng Tao is the most suitable member to do external liaison and act as a lubricant.

However, the reason why Meng Tao is so popular is not only because he can act like a bitch, but also because when there is hard work to be done, he really does it.

For example, he was jokingly asked to give Raja artificial respiration. If Lin Yuan hadn't stopped him, he would have really held the tiger's mouth and exerted force for a while.

The same is true now. Facing the unrestrained tiger, although Meng Tao screamed in pain, he still followed the old director to give himself courage. This loyalty deserves everyone's respect.

"Come, sit down." Lin Yuan saw the two people walking up to him, patted the floor beside him, and motioned them to sit down.

"Sit?" Meng Tao hesitated. "If we sit down in front of a tiger, what if it goes crazy? Wouldn't it be too late to escape?"

"Do you think you can run away just by standing? Now that you are here, just don't care about life or death." The old director mustered up his courage and sat down trembling.

It was obvious that his heart was not as strong as his words.

"I don't need to run faster than a tiger, as long as I'm faster than you." Meng Tao complained and sat down.

"Meng Tao! F*CK YOU!" the old director cursed.

The two of them sat down while bickering, and it seemed that most of their fear had been dispelled.

When sitting down, Meng Tao was very cunning and moved half a body length behind.

But he was immediately noticed by the old director. He held Meng Tao's hand tightly, and the two sat down side by side, looking up at Raja in front of them.

Gan!
The tiger is so big!

When Meng Tao sat down in front of Raja at a close distance, he deeply felt the huge pressure from the tiger.

This was a fear that came from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.

Lin Yuan actually fought with such a ferocious beast just now?

He actually beat such a ferocious beast so hard that it didn't dare to resist at all?
At this moment, Meng Tao knelt down to Lin Yuan again in his heart.

But he still refused to admit defeat and said, "Old... tiger... isn't that scary after all."

Lin Yuan waved his hand, and Raja immediately followed his movements and stood up.

Meng Tao immediately used his hands and feet, not even bothering to stand up, and took several steps back with his butt pressed to the ground: "What are you doing? Don't come over here?"

Seeing Meng Tao's embarrassed look, Lin Yuan smiled and gestured to Raja to sit down again.

"It's not scary. Don't go so far. Come here." Lin Yuan greeted Meng Tao with a smile.

Meng Tao sat back down with a wry smile. He said to the old director, "You're so brave. You didn't even take a step back."

"I want to retreat too, but my legs are too weak to move." The old director said embarrassedly.

Lin Yuan smiled at the two people's embarrassed appearance, but there was no contempt in his heart.

He knew very well how scared ordinary people would be in front of Raja. It was already amazing that he could sit in front of the tiger and talk to it clearly like the old director and Meng Tao, without being scared.

Lin Yuan's arrangement of having the old director sit in front of Raja was actually a well-considered strategy.

He agreed to let the old director make a cameo appearance in the movie and film opposite Tiger, but in fact it was very, very difficult to do so.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, this is even more difficult than performing an A-level action scene himself.

Because the idea of ​​filming opposite Raja was proposed by the old director, and he felt that he had the courage to face the tiger, but it did not mean that he would not be scared to the point of his legs going weak when he was really in front of Raja.

Many people think they have absolute courage when the time comes, but they find that their instincts are completely beyond their control before they actually face danger.

So if you want to help the old director realize his wish, the first thing you must do is to help him overcome his instinctive fear.

Otherwise, let alone completing the performance smoothly, it would not be surprising to be frightened to the point of having a heart attack.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's arrangement for the old director to sit in front of Raja is an act of risking his life.

When you give up all resistance in front of a tiger, you are subconsciously prepared to face death.

Once you get used to this mentality, your fear of tigers will be greatly reduced.

As for why Meng Tao was also pulled up to face the tiger together?

That's because they are worried that the old director is under too much pressure alone. With Meng Tao around, who makes him feel like a kindred spirit, the old director's unwillingness to lose to others will also make him stronger.

At this time, the old director and Meng Tao sat on the ground nervously, staring at Raja.

Raja also looked at the two men curiously: these two hairless monkeys seemed to be much weaker than the big devil!

Is the gap between hairless monkeys really so big?

Facing two weak humans, Raja felt his nervousness greatly reduced, and he opened his mouth and yawned.

Like domestic cats, tigers are fond of yawning.

But when it opened its mouth, its sharp and deadly canine teeth immediately made the old director and Meng Tao nervous again.

The fishy smell that hit them in the face also made them feel uncomfortable instinctively.

"Don't retreat! Act better, this part is being filmed." Lin Yuan said with a smile, "You don't want the audience to see your cowardly behavior, do you?"

When Lin Yuan finished training the tiger and no longer used violent means, he no longer had to worry about protests from animal protection organizations, so this segment was re-filmed as one of the easter eggs at the end of the film.

Lin Yuan believes that the audience must be very eager to see how the old director and Meng Tao, who are "ordinary people" in their eyes, will perform when they face the tiger.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, the old director gritted his teeth and moved forward instead of retreating, even taking a few steps forward and sitting down within Raja's reach.

It was he who asked to film the scene himself, how could he be so cowardly!
"Can I... touch it?" asked the old director.

Lin Yuan was very surprised that the old director actually took the initiative to make such a request. It was really courageous of him.

"of course."

Lin Yuan gave Raja an order: Do not attack anyone and endure the old director's touch.

The old director reached out, carefully approached Raja, and gently touched the tiger's head.

Raja shook his head impatiently, completely lacking the obedience he showed when Lin Yuan stroked him.

Is it the wrong method?

So the old director followed Lin Yuan's example and reached out his hand to Raja's chin and grabbed it a few times.

He remembered very clearly that when Lin Yuan tickled its chin just now, it closed its eyes and looked like it was enjoying it.

Unexpectedly, when it was the old director's turn, Raja showed an impatient expression, but he was helpless and did not dare to dodge, so he could only reluctantly let the old director tickle him a few times.

After the old director finished tickling him, Raja showed a very humane expression: That's enough.

This is like a prostitute in a brothel, who accepts customers reluctantly and just wants them to finish and leave immediately.

This huge difference in treatment caused great hurt to the old director.

This kind of differential treatment is like you try your best to please the goddess, but she ignores you.

You think she is always so cold, but when you turn around and see her kneeling down to lick her male god, it's a heartbreaking feeling.

Just when the director was feeling indignant, a woman's voice came from a distance.

"What are you doing? Petting a big cat? I want one too!"

Lin Yuan and others turned their heads and saw Betty walking towards them accompanied by GAKKI-chan.

Betty looked particularly heroic in a simple white T-shirt, jeans, a pair of work boots and a high ponytail.

Behind Betty followed Kane and other security personnel with nervous faces.

Lin Yuan stood up with a smile and walked towards Betty.

But when he left, the old director and Meng Tao were left alone to face Raja, and they immediately became nervous.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan didn't go far. He soon came to Betty and said, "Welcome."

"You're not surprised to see me at all. Did you know I was coming today?" Betty said dissatisfiedly.

"When I saw Gakki asking for leave from me in a sneaky manner, I guessed that she was going to pick you up. When I saw that Kane was not accompanying us to be responsible for security today, if I still couldn't guess that you had arrived, wouldn't that be stupid?" Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"You're so smart, can't you pretend to be surprised? To be frank, it's not interesting at all." Betty said dissatisfiedly, but her eyes were full of smiles.

"What you lack in romance, you can make up for in fun. Come on, I'll take you to pet a big cat." Lin Yuan said with a smile, "You've been looking forward to this experience for a long time, right?"

Betty didn't move, but smiled and opened her arms: "I missed you, let me hug you first."

Lin Yuan smiled and took a step back: "Later, is it inconvenient now?"

"Is it inconvenient?" Betty asked.

Lin Yuan pointed at his dark makeup outfit and said helplessly, "This makeup has been soaked in water and it's sticky. It will stick to your clothes. What's more, I just finished filming a scene where I fought a tiger, and my whole body is covered in the stench of tiger. Ugh..."

Before he could finish his words, Betty had already hugged him without any disgust: "Stop talking nonsense! Hold me tight."

The faint fragrance of Betty wafted into his nose, and he reached out and hugged Betty tightly.

Betty's curvy and mature charm was immediately conveyed through the touch of the hug.

Lin Yuan quickly pushed Betty away.

Betty asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Lin Yuan whispered in her ear with some embarrassment: "I don't even have pants in this outfit. I almost reacted when I hugged you just now. This is so embarrassing."

"Hahaha~" Betty laughed happily after hearing Lin Yuan's explanation.

She found Lin Yuan's answer both funny and satisfying.

She found it very interesting to see Lin Yuan's slightly embarrassed behavior.

Lin Yuan's reaction to her was an endorsement of her charm, and he was naturally quite satisfied.

Lin Yuan took Betty's hand and came to Raja.

Under the surprised gazes of the old director and Meng Tao, Betty walked straight forward, stretched out her hand fearlessly, and scratched Raja's chin.

Raja cooperated by closing his eyes and looking like he was enjoying it.

Seeing Raja's expression, the old director felt like he was hit by a mental attack again:

F*CK!

(End of this chapter)