Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 551 The old director’s wish comes true
Seeing Betty scratching Raja's chin with ease, the old director asked incredulously, "Ms. Adams, are you not afraid of tigers at all?"

"Of course I'm scared. It's my first time facing such a ferocious beast up close. How can I not be scared?" Betty replied with a smile.

"But I don't see that you are afraid at all. Your courage makes Meng Tao and I ashamed." The old director said shamefully.

Betty looked at Lin Yuan and said, "Because he is by my side, I know I am absolutely safe.

If Lin Yuan wasn't here, I would have immediately run as far away from the tiger as possible."

It turns out that Betty's relaxed attitude stems from her trust in Lin Yuan. This unreserved trust makes Meng Tao and the old director sigh:
Why is there no woman in my life who can rely on and trust me like this?
What they didn't know was that among all the people around Lin Yuan, Betty was the only one who truly knew how powerful Lin Yuan was.

Betty accompanied Lin Yuan in completing all those gray-area actions. She had witnessed how Lin Yuan accomplished those incredible feats.

"But why did Raja look impatient when I touched his chin, but when it was your turn, you looked so happy?" The director was quite concerned about this: "It can't be that just because it's a male tiger, it prefers women, right?"

Betty smiled and said, "Because just before I petted Raja, Lin Yuan glared at it, and it immediately became very cooperative."

After hearing Betty's answer, the old director was speechless.

He didn't expect the answer to be like this. If the facts were not in front of him, he wouldn't believe that Lin Yuan could make Raja become flattering with just a look.

This is truly a real-life druid!

"Can I ride it?" Betty asked Lin Yuan.

"of course can."

Lin Yuan waved to Raja, and the big tiger weighing more than 700 pounds immediately ran to Betty.

It bent its legs and lay flat on the ground, fearing that Betty would not be able to sit on its back smoothly.

This docile look once again shattered the old director's three views.

Betty rode on Raja's thick tiger back and found it surprisingly stable.

She asked, "Where should I grab my hands? The fur on my head?"

Lin Yuan said casually: "The fur is hard to grasp, just grab its ears."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, the old director was already shocked. No matter how absurd it was, it could not leave any ripples in his heart.

It is well known that cats extremely dislike having their ears pulled.

Cats have very good hearing and a lot of nerves in their ears. When you pull their ears, it is like someone banging drums and gongs in your ears. The noise is constant and it is extremely painful and uncomfortable.

Therefore, even a domestic cat can easily turn against its owner and give him a scratch when its ears are pulled.

But at this moment, under the tyranny of Lin Yuan, Raja not only did not show any dissatisfaction with Betty pulling his ears, but instead showed a flattering smile.

Is this still a tiger?
It's even worse than a dog!
Betty rode Raja around in a circle, and Raja even sped up a little and started to trot, which made Betty on his back laugh.

GAKKI-chan on the side also picked up the camera and helped Betty take many photos of her riding on the tiger's back.

I have to say that GAKKI's shooting skills are quite outstanding. She made Betty, who was already very heroic, look even more heroic.

When he saw the photo, Lin Yuan immediately thought of a popular character in the game: Tyrande.

As expected, the beauty riding a tiger has a unique beauty like a female war god.

Of course, White Tiger is better.

When Betty expressed that she had had enough fun and wanted to get down, Raja ran back to the crowd meekly and tried his best to lie on the ground to make it easier for Betty to get down.

"I remember there's an old Chinese saying, 'Once you're riding a tiger, it's hard to get off, right?'" the old director lamented, "If they saw this, they'd definitely throw that saying in the trash."

"Do you still feel nervous now?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, the old director was immediately stunned.

He suddenly found that he was no longer nervous when facing Raja.

Thanks to Betty's contact with Raja, the old director has unknowingly completely diluted the impression that Raja is a deadly beast.

After all, after a woman bullied Raja like a big cat in front of him, Raja's cruel image was completely shattered in the old director's mind.

Lin Yuan also successfully proved to the old director how strong his control over Raja was.

"I'm not nervous. I'm not nervous at all." The old director answered confidently.

Seeing the old director like this, Lin Yuan knew that all the conditions for filming were ripe.

From Raja's perspective, it is fully capable of enforcing orders and accurately controlling the force to avoid any shooting accidents.

From the old director's perspective, he no longer feels fear and doesn't have to worry about having heart problems during filming. He can even count on the old director to bring out his acting skills.

So Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Then get ready. We'll film your scene tonight."

"Tonight?" The old director was stunned for a moment, but he quickly nodded and said, "Strike while the iron is hot, let's shoot tonight!"

The old director walked towards the crew, picked up the microphone and said loudly: "We will shoot an extra night scene tonight. All members who participated in tonight's shooting will be awarded 5 points."

"Long live the director!"

“More overtime, please!”

The crew cheered.

According to the reward and punishment regulations, 1 point is equivalent to US$200, and there is also a share of the box office profits in the later stage.

Earning $1000 for a single night scene isn't considered too hard, so how could the crew members not be happy?

Lin Yuan smiled and looked at the cheering crew members. He knew that moderate motivation was very important.

Although tonight's filming was far less arduous than the previous one in the primitive dense forest of Tukanba Village, where we had to walk on the mountain road in the heavy rain.

But the crew arrived at Xiala Village after many twists and turns. These days, both water and accommodation are quite difficult. Even now, some people cannot even live in thatched houses and can only live in tents.

The old director’s wish is about to come true, and giving out points as rewards at this exciting moment is also a good way to regulate morale.

Lin Yuan patted Meng Tao on the shoulder and said, "Go over tonight's filming process with the director a few more times. We'll try to finish it in one take."

"Okay, you need to help me strengthen Raja's fire resistance training later." Meng Tao nodded.

"I know. I'll do it right away." Lin Yuan replied.

Tonight the old director will guest star as the grandfather of the protagonist Udi, and the plot is roughly as follows:

Grandfather took Udi to the dense forest, and his bonfire attracted the tiger king Raja.

During the fight, Raja killed his grandfather, but was also burned by the torch and fled in embarrassment.

Udi, who survived but lost his relatives, wandered blindly in the forest and accidentally entered a chimpanzee tribe. He was adopted by a female chimpanzee who had lost her child.

This scene takes place at night, and Raja has to fight his grandfather who is holding a torch.

Therefore, Raja had to be trained in fire resistance, that is, to prevent him from going crazy and losing control due to fear of fire.

Perhaps in many people's cognition, wild beasts are afraid of fire. If you light a bonfire in the wild, the wild beasts will not dare to approach.

Strictly speaking, this is not wrong. The scorching flames will make wild beasts instinctively want to escape.

But if there are sufficient reasons and motivation, beasts like tigers and lions will dare to face the flames.

For example, in the circus, trained tigers and lions are not afraid of the burning fire ring, but bravely rush forward and jump through it.

For humans who are used to using fire, many people may not dare to do this.

Raja had already undergone fire resistance training, and doing some intensive training now would only make the filming tonight more stable.

At this time, Raja was still forced to work and had no choice but to play with Betty.

Lin Yuan picked up the large plate of mutton on the ground and put it back into the cage. Then he gave Raja an order: "Go back to the cage and eat as much mutton as you want."

After receiving the order, Raja immediately ran back to the cage and started to eat the mutton with relish.

Lin Yuan pulled the lever of the iron cage and said to Betty, "Are you happy?"

"Very happy! I'm super satisfied! As soon as I arrived at Xiala Village, I experienced some wonderful things that I would never have experienced in New York." Betty said loudly.

"Do you want to be happier and more satisfied?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

"What are you going to do? It's not a good time to do this, is it?" Betty looked around but didn't object, her eyes almost tearing.

"What are you thinking about? I mean to take you to hunt a yellow deer, and we will roast it for dinner tonight." Lin Yuan said with a wicked smile.

"You're deliberately misleading me!"

"Would you like to go hunting?"

"Go! I also want to feed the hippos and walk across the Hippo Bridge!"

"it is good."

"I'm going to pick and eat red raspberries!"

"Okay, let the okapi lead the way."

So, Lin Yuan set off with Betty and GAKKI-chan.

Saragama immediately followed, and Kane followed with two people after leaving most of the security personnel behind.

After all, the boss came in person, how could Kane miss such a good opportunity to show his ability.

Meng Tao's eyes were full of envy in the distance, but he also knew that he had to focus on the work at hand first. There would definitely be opportunities for hunting.

Earlier, when he heard the old director bragging about hunting a big buck on the phone, he was really envious.

The old director beside him immediately guessed Meng Tao's desire: "Don't watch it. After we finish filming tonight, I will take you hunting."

"Really?" Meng Tao looked skeptical.

"Of course! I have led the team hunting several times in the past few days!" the old director said loudly.

He was quite confident. Indeed, there were several times when Lin Yuan was not present and the old director led the team to complete the hunt.

Of course, the old director did not mention the fact that Saragama was accompanying him.

"We agreed that you would take me hunting tomorrow." Meng Tao said anxiously.

"No problem, but I want to add another scene." The old director's true intentions were revealed.

Add drama...

As soon as he heard this word, Meng Tao got a headache.

He had been tortured by this word many times when filming action scenes with Lin Yuan, but he didn't expect that he would still have to add more scenes when filming action scenes with director Eastwood?
"How do you want to add it?" Meng Tao asked helplessly, secretly praying in his heart that it would not be too outrageous.

"Can you add a close-up of Raja choking me?" the old director asked cautiously.

"..."

Meng Tao rolled his eyes.

……

……

Night has fallen and a blazing bonfire has been lit in the center of the filming site.

Lin Yuan and Betty brought a doe they had hunted, as well as four rabbits that looked like brown weasels!
This kind of rabbit is called a tree hyrax. It doesn't look like the cute rabbit we imagine, but more like a squirrel or a brown weasel.

Tree hyraxes live in trees and feed on leaves.

Ordinary rabbits give people the impression of being quiet and only making some symbolic noises when they are excited. However, tree hyraxes are social animals with strong chatterbox characteristics, and they like to shout loudly to communicate in the rainforest.

So he was immediately discovered by Lin Yuan and others. To some extent, this can be regarded as "disaster comes from the mouth".

"What is this? Is it delicious?" Lin Yuan immediately asked a soul-searching question.

Saragama immediately gave a satisfactory answer: "It's delicious, much better than ordinary rabbit!"

This answer determines the fate of these tree hyraxes.

As we all know, rabbits are a very fertile species, and almost the vast majority of rabbits are not protected animals.

Therefore, when Lin Yuan learned that tree hyraxes were delicious, he immediately used his business card to order the tree hyraxes from the tree.

A family must be neat and tidy.

Betty would never be so pretentious as to say, "Rabbits are so cute, how can you eat rabbits?"

Such a delicious rabbit must be eaten to its full potential and put into our stomachs. This is the greatest respect.

So the tree hyrax family soon became rock-roasted rabbits.

The rabbit meat was full of greasy aroma and had a unique milky flavor, which made Lin Yuan exclaim that it was delicious as soon as he took a bite.

These four rabbits were not enough to eat, and Lin Yuan regretted not hunting a few more during the day.

But the lack of tree-hyrax meat did not dampen Betty's appetite. After finishing the rabbit meat, she began to taste the fresh and tender venison.

At this moment, all her expectations for Africa were perfectly fulfilled.

Seeing Betty eating so happily, Lin Yuan didn't disturb her and let her concentrate on enjoying the food with GAKKI-chan.

He stood up silently and walked to the old director's side: "Come on, follow me to find Raja."

"What's wrong?" the old director asked, "Is there any work left to do?"

Lin Yuan helplessly spread his hands and said, "It wasn't originally there, but who asked you and Meng Tao to bring up the chokehold scene?"

"Can you really do it?" The old director had just mentioned it at first, but now it seemed that Lin Yuan wanted to satisfy him.

"I promised you that I would do my best to make you enjoy your performance. I will strive for everything I can." Lin Yuan said.

Although the requirements put forward by the old director greatly increased the difficulty of filming, Lin Yuan did not show any impatience at all.

This old man, who was over 70 years old, followed Lin Yuan to the primeval forest of Tukanba Village and the tropical rainforest of Xiala Village. It can be said that he had experienced all kinds of hardships and even refused Lin Yuan's gift of shares. Lin Yuan kept all these in mind.

The old director's only wish is to re-experience the passion and enthusiasm of his youth at the end of his life, while he is still able to move forward.

How could Lin Yuan not try his best to satisfy him?

Choke the throat!
As long as the old director is not afraid, Lin Yuan dares to let Raja cooperate in performing this scene.

During the taming process this afternoon, the spirituality Raja displayed far exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations.

Not only can it perfectly execute Lin Yuan's instructions, it can even perform behaviors beyond Lin Yuan's expectations, such as flattery, forced smiles, etc. This makes Lin Yuan believe that Raja can also complete tonight's filming work excellently.

However, the prerequisite is that it would be better if it can be closer and more familiar with the veteran director.

Lin Yuan was seen pulling a deer leg weighing more than 30 kilograms to Raja's cage.

"Bang!"

Lin Yuan pulled the horizontal lock and opened the cage door.

"Go in and feed the venison to Raja." Lin Yuan motioned the director to go in.

"You're not going in?" The old director stopped talking as soon as he opened his mouth.

Because this question didn't need to be asked at all, it was obvious that Lin Yuan wanted him to get close to Raja on his own.

The fear that had been cleared away during the day when he saw Betty playing with Raja like a big cat came back to the old director's heart.

In the dark night, Raja's face looked particularly hideous under the light of the fire.

There is nothing to be afraid of!

I'm going to let it strangle me soon. If I don't even dare to get close to it now, won't I be scared to death later?
The stubborn old director would never allow himself to be humiliated.

He made up his mind, took a few steps forward, placed the deer leg in front of Raja, and then sat down with his legs beside him.

Seeing the food coming, Raja simply ignored the old director's existence and focused all his attention on the deer leg.

Raja took a step forward and instinctively opened his mouth wide to eat, but suddenly his whole body trembled.

It turned its head and looked at Lin Yuan stiffly.

Lin Yuan shook his head and expressed his thoughts: "Whether you can eat it or not depends on what the person in front of you says."

"Roar!" Raja let out a low growl.

If it was daytime, the old director would be so scared to feel the tiger's roar at such a close distance that his hair would stand on end.

But at this moment, he seemed to understand the meaning of Tiger's question.

He looked at Raja's two eyes that were like small light bulbs, and felt clearly that Raja was asking for his permission.

This scene was so magical. The old director never thought that he would have a moment when he could communicate directly with Raja.

"Eat it! If it's not enough, I'll get you more!" The old director picked up the deer leg and stuffed it directly into Raja's mouth.

Raja showed a look of delight and began to eat the deer leg in big mouthfuls.

Seeing Raja eating quickly, the old director reached out and touched its head.

Raja stopped eating, looked up at the old director, and then...

She actually cooperated by rubbing her head against his palm.

This action seemed to hit the old director directly in the heart.

Suddenly he felt his face getting wet, and two lines of tears slid down involuntarily.

"Director, are you okay?" Lin Yuan asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's okay! I'm fine!" The old director turned his head and wiped away his tears silently.

Maybe in the eyes of others, this is just getting the recognition of a tiger, what is there to cry about?

But Lin Yuan understood the old director's mood at the moment. What had just happened meant that he had achieved a breakthrough and done something that he had never thought of doing in the previous seventy years of his life.

For most elderly people, the rest of their lives are just reminiscing about the past. How can they have the opportunity to do something and then loudly declare: "I can do things that are even more awesome than my younger self!"

This kind of passion is the most precious thing to fight against the aging that tortures us all the time and the death that is approaching day by day.

Lin Yuan has never aged, but he knows that one day he will also grow old.

The old director taught Lin Yuan a lesson through his actions, allowing him to deeply understand what it means to:

Lao Ji Fu Chi, aspiration for thousands of miles; martyrs in their twilight years, full of enthusiasm.

Such an old man is naturally worthy of respect.

Lin Yuan also sat down outside the cage. He didn't say a word, but just silently accompanied the old director.

The field was completely silent, with only the sound of Raja smacking his meat.

But Lin Yuan and the old director both felt that the sound was quite comfortable and pleasant.

After a while, Raja finished eating the whole deer leg. The old director stood up and waved goodbye to it, preparing for tonight's filming.

Raja seemed to understand the action and stretched out his tiger paw, gently patting the old director on the shoulder.

"Bang!"

The old director opened the cage door and walked out.

"How is it? Are you no longer afraid now?" Lin Yuan asked.

The old director nodded: "Lin Yuan, thank you."

The old director did not answer Lin Yuan's question, but expressed his gratitude. However, both parties understood the ideas that each other wanted to convey.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Let's go. Tonight will leave you with the most heroic and fearless scene in your acting career."

The old director smiled and replied, "Although my scene isn't as exciting as your fight during the day, it's just as thrilling. After all, you didn't let the tiger bite your neck, hahahaha!"

"Let's go and scare the shit out of our future audiences together." Lin Yuan said with great pride.

……

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"The lighting team is ready!"

"The camera crew is ready!"

"The sound crew is ready!"

……

When all departments were ready, the assistant director in charge of filming this scene immediately issued the shooting instructions:
"Action!"

There was a bright moon like a round disk hanging in the dark night sky.

The camera moves down, and a ball of fire is dancing in the dense rainforest.

The old grandfather sat in front of the campfire, holding a two-year-old child in his arms, and said with a smile, "Don't make a fuss. I'll make dinner soon. If you make a fuss again, I won't give you any food later."

"Hehehe~" the child laughed mischievously.

"We're having noodles tonight. This is the most suitable food for us who have bad teeth." Grandfather smiled and pointed out the similarities between the two.

"Hehehe~" the child laughed in agreement.

There was a joyful and peaceful atmosphere in the camp.

At this moment, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes not far away.

Grandfather heard the noise and turned to look at the bushes.

His glance seemed to trigger some taboo, and the bushes began to twist violently.

The rustling sound quickly escalated into a loud crashing sound.

It seemed like something was rushing towards my grandfather from the bushes.

The grandfather put the child on the ground with a serious expression and protected him behind him.

He took out a lit piece of firewood from the campfire and used it as a torch, holding it horizontally in front of his chest.

"Ouch!"

A strong wind blew in, accompanied by countless fallen leaves. With a roar, a strong tiger rushed out from the bushes and pounced on my grandfather.

The grandfather holding the torch did not take a step back, but bravely stepped forward and waved the blazing flame in his hand.

The firelight shone on my grandfather's face, full of determination and fearlessness.

At this moment, he used up all his courage in his life.

(End of this chapter)