Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 552: Work! Life! Wealth!

"call!"

The rapidly waving torches drew a string of sparks in the night sky.

Raja jumped back suddenly and avoided his grandfather's attack.

It lowered its body and instinctively wanted to pounce forward again, but it saw Lin Yuan standing not far behind the director and making a palm-down gesture.

So Raja lowered his body and did not attack immediately, but instead let out a series of low growls.

Betty, who was standing next to Lin Yuan, said in disbelief, "It can actually understand your gestures and film exactly as you command it?"

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "The tiger can't understand the script, so it's impossible for it to know what kind of reaction it needs to have. I can only direct it with actions. Otherwise, how can we shoot it?"

In the afternoon, the fight scene between him and Raja had no script and relied entirely on Lin Yuan's on-the-spot reaction.

But it is obviously impossible for the old director to do this for tonight's scene, so Lin Yuan's participation is necessary.

At this moment, Lin Yuan was like performing a puppet show, standing in the distance and controlling Raja's actions, so as to cooperate with the old director to achieve the desired effect.

This is also the reason why Lin Yuan had to spend so much effort to tame Raja in the afternoon.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to direct Raja to film tonight.

Lin Yuan's fingers made circular motions.

Raja, who was in the shooting area, immediately lowered his body and began to pace left and right, as if he was looking for a suitable angle of attack.

My grandfather pointed the torch at Raja and nervously adjusted the angle of defense to prevent Raja from finding any loopholes.

In the firelight, the old director's white beard was reflected in red.

At this point, the old director has completely immersed himself in the role.

His eyes turned red and bloodshot, and his facial muscles were completely tense, perfectly showing his grandfather's fear and worry.

Behind him is his two-year-old grandson. If he fails, the child’s life will be in danger.

Even if it means risking our lives, we must drive away this tiger.

"Get out of here! Go back!"

The old director roared and waved the torch in his hand.

At this moment, he completely forgot that he was acting and became one with the role.

He no longer cared about whether the torch would hurt or anger Raja, but just used all his strength to try to force back the tiger in front of him.

The energy burst out from the old director made Lin Yuan in the distance nod his head continuously. This performance was so contagious that he was indeed a veteran actor who had worked in Hollywood for a lifetime.

The confrontation between the man and the tiger in the night creates an unforgettable picture.

"Roar!"

Raja, who couldn't find a suitable breakthrough, let out an angry roar.

It did not retreat, but became even more ferocious.

As Lin Yuan raised his fist to the sky, Raja bent his hind legs and pushed off the ground, suddenly jumping high.

This jump was more than three meters high.

With the momentum of his fall, Raja pounced on his grandfather.

"This scene has a really strong visual impact," Betty exclaimed.

Lin Yuan nodded. "When Chinese people describe ferocious momentum, they often use the term 'a tiger descending a mountain.' The action of leaping high and then swooping down is incredibly oppressive."

But this action is actually not in line with the tiger's hunting skills. It is purely for visual effect. I asked it to do this."

"That's amazing. You have trained Tiger into an actor with outstanding acting skills. I wonder if Raja can win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor with his outstanding performance in the two scenes today?" Betty said with a smile.

This problem completely stumped Lin Yuan.

According to management, the Oscars have never awarded an award to an animal.

But animal actors are also actors. Looking at Raja’s performance in these two scenes today, who can say that his acting skills are not superb?

Betty's proposal made Lin Yuan very excited. If he could really win an award for Raja, the movie "Jungle Bully" would definitely become unprecedentedly popular.

Given that Europe and the United States are now gradually beginning to emphasize the political correctness of diversity, the Oscar organizing committee may really accept Lin Yuan's suggestion.

After all, winning the award can also bring great reputation, and it all depends on how Lin Yuan operates.

At this moment, at the shooting scene, facing Raja who was pouncing on him from a high position, the grandfather rolled on the ground and dodged the attack in a panic.

"Snapped!"

Raja's tiger claws hit him less than 10 centimeters away, making a loud noise.

Seeing that his attack missed, Raja rushed forward like lightning and tried to hold down his grandfather while he was still lying on the ground.

My grandfather rolled on the ground desperately, but how could he escape Raja's hunting speed?

After barely rolling four or five times, my grandfather was hit hard on the right shoulder by Raja.

His hand shook and the torch fell to the ground.

Raja didn't give him a chance to fight back. He pressed forward with his two tiger paws like lightning, pinning his grandfather firmly to the ground.

Forced into a desperate situation, my grandfather struggled hard, his legs kicking the ground wildly, digging a shallow pit in the earth.

Seeing the old director struggling violently, Betty asked nervously, "Is the director okay? This tiger weighs over 700 pounds. Even if it doesn't use any force, it can break the director's bones with just its weight."

Lin Yuan shook his head. "Don't worry, I gave him instructions. Raja's pressure was just empty; his center of gravity was on his hind legs, so he didn't exert any force on the old director."

"Really? I saw him struggling so hard?" GAKKI-chan beside him asked worriedly.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "That's because he has good acting skills, and he acted like it was real.

But it was because he struggled so hard that I was absolutely sure that he was fine.

Think about it, if Raja really couldn't control his strength, then the old director's bones would have been broken by now. How could he still have so much strength to struggle?"

After hearing Lin Yuan’s explanation, GAKKI immediately understood.

If the old director was really crushed by a tiger weighing more than 700 kilograms, he would have been seriously injured and extremely weak. How could he have struggled violently?
"Rajya is so amazing, right? He can actually achieve this?" GAKKI-chan also felt incredible.

"In the afternoon, I focused on training it on precise strength control," said Lin Yuan.

The egg-beating training in the afternoon was Lin Yuan guiding Raja to find out the limits of his strength. All of this was preparation for tonight's scene.

After training, Raja's palm seemed extremely swift, but in fact it couldn't even break a raw egg, so there was no need to worry about the old director at this time.

But after Betty and GAKKI-chan put aside their worries, they looked at the old director struggling and kicking his legs, and couldn't help but sigh that the acting was really good.

At this moment, the camera close-up gave the old director's right hand, which was struggling and flapping around, groping around randomly.

Raja had already opened his mouth and roared: "Awoo!"

Lin Yuan waved his hand at it, so Raja didn't bite it, but continued to roar.

The old director's hands were still groping. According to the script, he had to touch the torch here and burn Raja before he died, thus saving the young Uday.

But when Raja knocked the torch down, it fell a little far away, so his right hand couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

Raja couldn't eat until he touched the torch.

So under Lin Yuan's command, Raja roared again, but he just didn't bite.

This scene made Betty laugh so hard that she fell over, holding her stomach and squatting down: This tiger has amazing acting skills!

Even tigers have learned to paddle and drag out the time to match the rhythm of filming.

Lin Yuan couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it hard.

"Boom!"

The stone hit the torch accurately, and the torch rolled forward twice.

Now it finally lit up, and the old grandfather grabbed the torch.

Seeing that the old director was ready, Lin Yuan waved his arm downwards to Raja.

Raja immediately leaned down like lightning and bit the old director's neck.

The invisible blood bag was bitten open, and bright red blood instantly gushed out from the tiger's mouth.

The old director's body twitched, as if in his last struggle.

Suddenly, he exerted force with his right hand, using all his strength to thrust the torch into Raja's face.

"Ouch!"

Raja let out a scream and jumped back suddenly.

It twisted its head quickly and ran into the depths of the forest.

The old director lying on the ground had already stopped moving, and there was endless worry and regret in his eyes.

"Cut!"

The assistant director gave the shooting instructions.

"The effect is very good, and it was passed in one take."

We will definitely need to add some lighting in the later stages, as well as the special effect of Raja’s head being set on fire by the torch, but this shot has already achieved more than 80% of the final effect, which can be said to be quite satisfactory.

Lin Yuan quickly walked forward and pulled up the old director who was lying on the ground:
"Are you okay?" He quickly checked the old director's neck, shoulders and back.

These parts are where I had close contact with Raja just now.

Intact skin means no external injuries, which makes Lin Yuan feel much more at ease.

He began to examine the old director's bones again.

"I'm fine, no need to check." The old director said, "I'm fine!"

But Lin Yuan still checked it meticulously with his hands. As a master-level massage technician, Lin Yuan is naturally quite familiar with the human skeleton.

After confirming that there was no problem, he pulled up the old director lying on the ground and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Amazing! This scene tonight was the most thrilling experience of my life." The old director's eyes lit up as he said excitedly, "Just now, when Raja bit my throat with his canine teeth, the sharp feeling made my neck feel a sharp pain."

"If it had exerted a little more force, I might have gone to see God. The feeling of being so close to death is terrifying yet also extremely exciting." The old director said, waving his fist.

"Lin Yuan, now I finally understand why you like to shoot those life-threatening action scenes, because the feeling of dancing with death is so wonderful." The old director was so excited that he started to talk non-stop.

Lin Yuan shook his head: "I don't quite understand the feeling you're describing. I've never experienced it."

"How could you not understand? Isn't this a common occurrence for you?" asked the old director.

"Because it's just you who thinks it's dangerous. For me, it's all pretty easy. I've never had a brush with death before." Lin Yuan said lightly, "So, please allow me to not understand your feelings at the moment."

Hearing Lin Yuan's answer, the old director was stunned:

So this is how the King of Force pretends?
hateful!

Suddenly, the old director felt that the challenge he had just completed was not so exciting anymore.

"Don't bully your seniors. The director's performance tonight was heroic. Can't you praise him?" Betty walked up and said.

"You don't understand, among men, bad friends are the real friends." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"Don't you want to go and see Raja? It was burned by a torch, and now the staff dare not get close to it." Betty said with a smile.

After hearing Betty's reminder, Lin Yuan remembered that there was another "animal actor".

He turned and walked towards the bushes that Raja had just entered. As soon as he pushed aside the bushes, Lin Yuan immediately saw Raja, who was covered in dust.

It lay on the ground motionless.

Obviously it didn't dare to disobey the instructions given to it by Lin Yuan: squat where it is after taking the photo and not run around.

Seeing Raja's face dark and his fawning appearance squatting on the ground, Lin Yuan felt angry, amused, and a little distressed.

He stepped forward and examined Raja's face.

Fortunately, there were no serious burns.

Raja just rubbed his face on the ground and put out the flames in time, so there were only a few small blisters from the burns.

The black spot on his face must have been rubbed against the ground.

"Come, follow me." Lin Yuan walked forward.

Raja followed him obediently.

A man and a tiger came to a pond not far away, the same pond where Raja almost drowned in the afternoon.

"Come, let me help you clean the wound." Lin Yuan walked into the water and waved to Raja.

Raja took a step forward, and Tiger Claw just stepped into the water and immediately stepped back as if he had been electrocuted.

Lin Yuan immediately understood its behavior:
Did Raja have PTSD about going into the water after nearly drowning in the afternoon?

Tigers are animals that love water, but unexpectedly Raja became a tiger that is afraid of water.

Is this considered a work injury?

But no matter what, this is all to cooperate with Lin Yuan in filming, so let's make up for it as much as possible.

So Lin Yuan did not force Raja to go into the water. Instead, he scooped up water with his hands, poured it on Raja's face, and began to help him clean the black burn marks on his face.

To avoid wound infection, cleaning is the first step.

Under the moonlight, the Rajah dog sat on the ground, allowing Lin Yuan to slowly wash its face with handfuls of water.

One person washed slowly and carefully, while the other was very patient and enjoyed it, forming a beautiful picture.

"Click!" Betty, who was not far away, captured the scene with a camera.

"It's like a fairy tale, isn't it?" Betty asked.

"Staying by Lin Yuan's side, life is like this every day." GAKKI nodded in agreement.

The two of them stood not far away, watching Lin Yuan's actions quietly.

After he finished cleaning Raja, he washed it again with disinfectant and applied burn ointment.

"Come on, you've been very good tonight, I'll get you some midnight snack."

Lin Yuan walked in front and Raja continued to follow behind.

A man and a tiger came to the cage.

"Bang!" The iron cage door opened.

Lin Yuan and Raja went in together.

Soon, according to Lin Yuan's arrangement, a large plate of venison and mutton, as well as a box of ice-cold beer, were carried out of the cage.

Lin Yuan placed the raw meat in front of Raja.

"Eat, you've worked hard tonight." Lin Yuan gestured to Raja to enjoy his meal.

Then he turned and began grilling the meat on the hot stones.

Grilling takes time, so Lin Yuan couldn't eat meat for a while.

However, Raja did not start to enjoy the delicious food in front of him immediately, but looked at Lin Yuan silently.

It was not until Lin Yuan's meat was roasted and they started eating that Raja growled and started tearing the mutton in front of him.

Seeing this scene, the old director and others not far away were stunned.

"Is a tiger so well-behaved? It doesn't dare to eat before the boss does?" the old director said in surprise.

"I don't know, it's too magical." Meng Tao was also puzzled.

"Bah!"

With the sound of bubbles opening the lid, Lin Yuan opened a bottle of ice-cold beer.

"Dun dun dun!"

Lin Yuan directly picked up the bottle and poured it into his mouth.

"Hiccup~"

Then he burped.

The comfortable expression immediately aroused Raja's curiosity. He leaned forward, as if he also wanted to taste the beer in Lin Yuan's hand.

"You can't drink this stuff." Lin Yuan shook his head.

"You really can't drink it. If you don't believe me, try it." Seeing that Raja was still eager to try, Lin Yuan could only put the bottle of wine in front of Raja's nose.

Raja sniffed it and immediately dodged away with a look of fear on his face.

Cats do not have the enzyme to break down alcohol. If they consume too much alcohol, they may suffer from acute liver and kidney failure.

So for a tiger, there is no difference between beer and poison.

At this moment, Raja's eyes were wide open, and he looked shocked:
You're worthy of being my boss! You can drink this kind of venom so easily! No wonder you're the boss!

Lin Yuan understood its thoughts and smiled without explaining.

He waved to the old director and Meng Tao in the distance: "Want to come over and have some drinks?"

"Yes! Of course! I've been shooting for a whole night and I'm already very thirsty!" The old director took the lead.

"This is the experience of drinking and eating barbecue with Tiger. I can't miss it!" Meng Tao followed closely behind.

"We want to participate too!" Betty appeared in time with GAKKI-chan.

So the five men and the tiger sat together in the Raja's iron cage.

This made the originally spacious iron cage suddenly seem crowded.

But no one mind at all, they sit a little more crowded to make it more lively, Lin Yuan and the old director even rubbed Raja's fur and sat next to it.

GAKKI took the barbecue tongs from Lin Yuan's hand very smoothly and began to take on the role of a little cook.

Betty opened five bottles of beer in one go and distributed them to everyone.

"cheers!"

“For the wonderful day!”

"For the director's bravery!"

"For Raja's tenderness!"

Under Raja's shocked gaze, everyone picked up the bottles and drank wildly.

Everyone in the cage was having a lively conversation, drinking and eating meat, and they could even pet the big furry cat. What a wonderful life!
Amidst the laughter and cheers of the crowd, Saragama and Kane, who were not far away, were still holding the tranquilizer gun diligently.

"Dark and skinny guy, don't you think this scene is amazing? A group of people actually got into the tiger's cage and drank and ate barbecue with the tiger?" Kane has seen too many incredible things these days and is almost going numb.

"Don't call me skinny, or you'd better not sleep, or I'll break your neck in your sleep." Saragama said disdainfully, "In my heart, Mr. Lin Yuan is a god. It would be strange if such miraculous things didn't happen around him."

Kane didn't take Saragama's threat seriously at all. He continued:
"This is the first time I've felt that security work can be so enjoyable. I really hope that days like this can last forever."

This time, Saragama nodded and said, "This is my ideal. I hope to always follow Mr. Lin Yuan. Ah, their wine is almost finished. Quickly ask the staff to bring some more."

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When Lin Yuan returned to the camp with Betty and GAKKI-chan in his arms, it was already past midnight.

The old director and Meng Tao were both already drunk and were carried back.

But Lin Yuan still walked steadily, as if he had not drunk any alcohol.

"Are you happy today?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

"It's incredible! I didn't expect the first day in Xiala Village to be so exciting." Betty said excitedly.

Petting big cats, riding tigers, watching veteran directors filming with tigers, and after the shoot, drinking and eating skewers in the tiger cage with everyone else...

Such a novel and exciting experience was a fatal temptation for Betty, who came from a wealthy family.

"As long as you like it, I will try my best to ensure that life is interesting and exciting. But the accommodation conditions are a bit worse. Here you can only live in a thatched hut and sleep on the floor." Lin Yuan said, pointing to their thatched hut.

"What's the big deal? I've slept on the floor in Dharavi before. At least the floor here is more spacious," Betty replied with a smile.

Lin Yuan smiled but said nothing. He knew that Betty even enjoyed this slightly "hard" life.

"By the way, Morio Mitsui is dying." Betty changed the subject.

"So fast?" Lin Yuan felt a little surprised.

The accident certainly did not affect Shigeo Mitsui's health. After all, it was he who personally introduced the highly toxic dimethylmercury into Shigeo Mitsui's body.

Even just one drop of this poison can be fatal, not to mention that Lin Yuan gave him several times the dose.

What surprised Lin Yuan was the timing. He said a few days ago that he had entered the state of illness and began to torture himself conservatively.

How long has it been? It's almost over?

"Yes, it's probably less than a week away," Betty said.

"It's too good for him. It can't be done so quickly. He can suffer less time." Lin Yuan said dissatisfiedly.

Lin Yuan felt no guilt at all about killing the former head of the Mitsui Zaibatsu, who was extremely ruthless. He even hoped that he would suffer more.

"You don't have to be so disappointed. In fact, his condition deteriorated so quickly because his mentality collapsed.

After he was diagnosed as incurable, the Mitsui family stripped him of all his power and handed over the management of the consortium to his younger brother, who had been his lifelong enemy.

That's why Mitsui Shigeo was so angry and his condition deteriorated rapidly," Betty said.

"It's what he deserves. It's retribution for his evil deeds." After hearing the news, Lin Yuan felt a lot happier.

"This is for you, take a look." Betty took out a document from her bag and handed it to Lin Yuan.

"Agreement for the transfer of 2% equity of Mitsui Bank?" Lin Yuan asked in surprise after opening the document.

"Well, it's for you, and it doesn't cost a penny," Betty said.

"No, I'm asking where it came from?" Lin Yuan asked.

At that time, Mitsui Bank had not yet gone public. It was not until 2010, after it was renamed and reorganized into Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, that it was successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange with a market value of over US$690 billion.

Even taking into account the equity dilution in future financing processes, this 2% stake in Mitsui Bank is worth at least US$5 million.

Just give it to yourself for free?
Who is so generous?

"It was given to you by Mitsui Shigeo's brother, your lifelong enemy." Betty replied with a smile.

　Thanks to the book friend [Grand_Lancer] for sending 12 monthly tickets at one time

　　
　
(End of this chapter)