Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 563 Two Months Later
Lin Yuan's answer stunned the AFP reporter.

He didn't expect that Lin Yuan would be so disrespectful and ungrateful.

News media reporters are the uncrowned kings, and AFP is one of the most influential media in Europe. He was so humble as to pass the conversation to Lin Yuan.

As long as Lin Yuan took over and talked about the important role he played in this matter, wouldn't he be able to gain a lot of fame immediately?
But he kept harping on the crimes of Samir Company?

And also asked everyone to focus on the "Xala Village Tragedy" and not mention "irrelevant matters"?
For a moment, the AFP reporter didn't know how to respond.

He came with politicians, hoping to use the press conference as an opportunity to reduce France's negative image as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, his question not only failed to whitewash the situation, but made it even darker.

Being pushed to the forefront, the AFP reporter could only reluctantly respond:

"We are just the media, not the French government, the International Court of Justice, or Samir. All we can do is to speak out for the victims and hope for justice.

However, we absolutely support the victims of this tragedy and hope they can receive adequate compensation."

"I am very happy to see friends from AFP willing to speak out for the victims. I also believe that your power will definitely force those unscrupulous companies to make adequate compensation," said Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan's words became kinder, but the AFP reporter felt an inexplicable chill in his heart, as if a big pit was waiting for him.

Sure enough, the next moment Lin Yuan said: "Therefore, we must speak out together, fight side by side, and force these unscrupulous companies to become 'kind'.

Don't think that my concern for the victims of the "Xala Village Tragedy" not being able to receive reasonable compensation is excessive.

In fact, justice is often absent in this part of Africa.

Dear friends from the media, please take a look at this: this is the aftermath of the terrible disasters caused by French companies that occurred in Africa in the past few years.

Following Lin Yuan's words, text and images immediately appeared on the large screen behind the podium:

In 1998, a gas explosion occurred at the Homa Bay coal mine owned by the French group Eramet in Kenya's Lake Victoria region, killing 187 people, leaving 98 missing, and injuring 276. A total of 30 francs in compensation was paid.

In 1999, the Capasin copper mine of the French Suez Environment Group in Zambia suffered a sudden geological subsidence during mining, resulting in 103 deaths, 107 missing persons, and 133 injuries. A total of 25 francs in compensation was paid.

In 2002, a riot at the French Eramet Group's tantalum-niobium mine in the Mushi region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, suspected to be caused by forced mining, resulted in 57 deaths and 287 injuries, with no compensation being paid.

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The past events that happened on the African continent showed the greed of French mining companies in the process of plundering resources, which was nakedly displayed in front of reporters.

After seeing these past records, most people's first reaction is: Samir's behavior is by no means an isolated case. It seems that such mining practices that disregard the lives and safety of Africans have long been the norm.

These records were all caused by the French mining company. Lin Yuan simply opened fire at the French mining company and completely exposed the Gallic rooster.

Since it is an insult to the law, then we should carry it through to the end.

The collection of these past bad events was like a combination of punches that made the AFP reporter dizzy.

He had only one thought in his mind: I am so stupid. I only knew how to please Lin Yuan, but I didn’t know that doing so would attract wolves. It seems that my job is in danger.

Lin Yuan looked at the media reporters in the audience:
The local African media began to cheer and applaud. They tried their best to encourage Lin Yuan and express their support. This was Lin Yuan speaking out for them and denouncing the injustice on their behalf.

Even President Kabila and Kano on the stage clapped wildly, their black palms turning red.

The reporters from mainstream Western media, on the other hand, began to look evasively.

Although Lin Yuan only mentioned France to save face for his own country, how could they not know how much better their own country could be than France?

They have long been accustomed to not taking the lives of Africans seriously.

At this moment, Western media are afraid that this fire will spread to their own countries.

Of course Lin Yuan guessed what they were thinking, and he had no intention of expanding the scope of the attack.

Seizing France as an example and taking the opportunity to gain more benefits for the victims is the limit of what he can do.

If we indiscriminately expose the crimes of all Western countries, it will make it impossible to get things done.

The only practical way is to divide and disintegrate the enemy's camp.

The reason why they are targeting France is, on the one hand, because the perpetrator of the Xiala Village tragedy is a French company, and on the other hand, because France is relatively independent in the Western camp, which makes it easier for Lin Yuan to take advantage of the situation.

Backed by several top American financial groups, the French government has taken away some of the interests of French companies, but has not affected the interests of countries such as Britain and Germany. Therefore, the French government cannot make any waves.

Lin Yuan picked up the microphone and continued, "I hope the international tribunal will inevitably punish the company's executives during the trial. However, the company's punishment should not be limited to fines, but should also specifically award reasonable compensation to the victims. Is it reasonable for the fine to be much higher than the compensation?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was applause and cheers from the audience again.

Obviously, people have been resentful of judicial decisions in Europe and the United States for too long.

If Lin Yuan had not stood up and made such a fuss today, the international court would most likely have fined Samir Company billions of euros, but the compensation awarded to the victims would have been only a few million dollars.

This is such a irony!

A large number of victims do not receive adequate compensation.

However, the French government can obtain billions of euros from Samir through the judgment.

This is ridiculous. Who is the victim?

"I would like to ask all my media friends, is my proposal reasonable?" Lin Yuan asked.

"It makes sense! Of course it makes sense!"

“That’s how it should be!”

"The victims and their families must be fully compensated and their trauma must be soothed as much as possible!"

Local journalists in the audience shouted their support.

"Friend from AFP, what do you think?" Lin Yuan continued to ask.

At this moment, the AFP reporter felt completely desperate, and his career was probably about to end here.

No matter how he answers, he will suffer no good consequences.

How could I be so unlucky? Why did I get this kind of mission?

The AFP reporter felt so painful that he wanted to cry.

At this moment, a note was suddenly stuffed into his hand.

He didn't know who had given it to him, but he immediately opened it as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and saw a line of words written on it:

Go ahead! You will gain fame and fortune beyond your imagination!
A flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and he seemed to have been enlightened and understood everything.

Although this is a dangerous situation, it also contains great opportunities. If he holds high the banner of justice, he can become a human rights fighter and will surely gain great fame.

As long as he becomes famous, what does it have to do with me, a working man, how AFP cleans up the mess?

The AFP reporter immediately said passionately: "Mr. Lin Yuan, I completely agree with your point! As a French person and as a French journalist, I am also disgusted by the behavior of many companies in my country.

We must do our utmost to denounce them!

Compensation! They should pay a painful amount of money to atone for the crimes they have committed!

The AFP reporter's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees, leaving his colleagues stunned.

Reporters from established media outlets such as BBC and CNN all looked surprised, but the atmosphere had already reached this point and the banner of morality had been raised high.

Worried about being affected by the war, they naturally expressed their support immediately!

After all, it is the French media. What does it have to do with them if they express their intention to ask their own companies to atone for their sins?

Naturally, I will stand on the moral high ground and support you with all my strength!

But the next moment, these Western media could no longer laugh.

Lin Yuan handed the microphone to Kano.

Kano took the microphone and said seriously: “Punishment for those who made mistakes can only be applied to past events, but we believe that the most important thing is to prevent future ones.

For a long time, due to the lack of laws and systems, our African countries have failed to protect their citizens well when welcoming foreign miners. This is a serious negligence on our part.

Fortunately, it is not too late to make up for it now, and we have a good model."

"Templates? What are they? Can you reveal them?" a reporter from Voice of South Africa stood up and asked.

Kano smiled and said, "This is thanks to Mr. Lin Yuan again. We have reached a cooperation agreement with Mr. Lin Yuan and contracted the mining area and the overall development of the local area to Mr. Lin Yuan.

Mr. Lin Yuan will provide vocational training and insurance to all miners working in the mining area, and will also provide medical insurance for occupational diseases such as pneumoconiosis.

At the same time, 20% of the profits will be used for mining area construction, overall development of mining area infrastructure, and overall planning of development to achieve sustainable and healthy development.

After saying that, some key terms of the cooperation plan were displayed on the projection screen behind Kano.

After seeing this agreement, all the Western journalists exclaimed in their hearts: WTF!!!

If they all act according to Lin Yuan's agreement, wouldn't the good days of these Western companies be over?

In the past, when Western companies came to Africa to mine, they only needed to pay a large sum of money to bribe the local tyrants and negotiate the distribution of profits with them.

The rest of you just lie down and count your money.

What labor costs? They don't require adequate safety precautions or extensive professional training, just pitifully low wages. Environmental costs don't even exist.

Anyway, they don’t need to worry about the environmental damage left behind after mining.

Now the super-volume king Lin Yuan jumps out and says, "You can take the mine, but you also promise to help with local infrastructure construction, environmental protection, and sustainable development?"
How can we play then?

But Western media also immediately realized that this Linyuan model is difficult to replicate.

Because many places are only valuable for mining and have no need for development, and Linyuan's approach is only attractive to African leaders in their own country and region.

Most local tyrants in Africa are only concerned about how much money they can make, and even worry that once the people in the areas they control become rich, it will be difficult to manage them, which will affect their rule.

Thinking of this, reporters from Western media felt much more at ease.

But they also knew that after Lin Yuan made this move, Western mining companies would have to follow suit and increase their salaries, otherwise it would look too ugly.

Different from the complicated emotions of Western media reporters, local African media reporters once again expressed their highest respect with thunderous applause.

When the applause gradually died down, the host Buta spoke:
"It's almost time. Next up is the burial ceremony for the victims. I'll hand over the last question of the press conference to the New York Times reporter."

The reporter from The New York Times took the microphone and didn't know how to start for a moment.

With the AFP reporter in front of him, he didn't want to see himself fall into the fire pit.

He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Mr. Lin Yuan, everyone knows that after you came to Congo, you saved hundreds of lives from a shipwreck. And by chance, you also made a considerable contribution to rescuing the survivors of the Xiala Village tragedy.

Excuse me, your film must be a good film full of positive energy, right?"

Lin Yuan was extremely cautious in dealing with the famous New York Times reporter, and he thought to himself: Am I that scary?

But the New York Times has always been a relatively kind media to him and has given him many positive reports. Naturally, Lin Yuan would not go against their will.

He picked up the microphone and said, "Out of respect for the deceased, it is not appropriate to talk about my film on this occasion. If you are interested, you can come to the set to interview us when we are filming.

Again, please pay attention and focus on today's topic. Thank you! "

After saying that, Lin Yuan put down his microphone and stopped talking.

Buta immediately introduced the press conference to the next process.

As the press conference ended, Lin Yuan, Kano and President Kabila Jr. came down from behind the rostrum together.

"Thank you for everything you have done for my country and its people." President Kabila took Lin Yuan's hand and said with emotion, "I never thought you could do this. You are just like the friends I met when I studied in China, you are all so warm and kind."

Lin Yuan smiled and shook his head, "Don't think so highly of me. I just know that only win-win cooperation can last and maximize everyone's interests."

"But many people just don't understand such a simple truth. It's simply because they are blinded by interests." President Kabila said disdainfully.

"By the way, when the engineering team arrives, a new town will be built around the mining area. I plan to name it 'Linyuan Town'." Kano said.

Lin Yuan knew Kano meant well, but he couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Come on, you can't mention the 'Xala Village Tragedy' in the future and say it was located in 'Linyuan Town', right? I appreciate the kindness, but I really don't need to give it to me."

"Hehehe, I miscalculated. Don't mind it, brother." Kano laughed awkwardly.

Next, the three of them participated in the grand burial ceremony of the victims' bodies, marking the successful conclusion of today's event.

Lin Yuan sent Kano and President Kabila Jr. to the village entrance.

"You still have a lot of things to do, so we won't bother you. I'll take the president back," said Kano.

"Okay, contact me if you have anything." Lin Yuan waved goodbye to them.

After seeing off the two black bosses, Lin Yuan turned around and returned to Betty.

"You've gained a lot from this trip to Congo," said Betty.

Lin Yuan nodded. "We've gained an inland shipping company, a village-level development zone, and in the future, an international shipping giant."

The inland shipping company is naturally a transportation company established by fishermen organized by the gangs in the Barkawi floating slum.

Don't underestimate this kind of inland shipping company. In Africa where road infrastructure is extremely poor, transportation often relies on waterways such as confluent lakes.

Whether it is the Congo River, Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi, or Lake Tanganyika, they are all resource-rich and densely populated areas in Africa. Mastering inland river transportation will be of great help to Linyuan's business expansion in Africa.

It is no exaggeration to say that inland waterway transport is the equivalent of Africa's railway system.

The village-level development zone, of course, refers to the overall development zone based on the huge gold and tantalum-niobium mines in Xiala Village, covering the entire Xiala Village.

The total value of mineral resources in this area has reached more than 200 billion US dollars, which can be said to be an absolute treasure trove.

Although it will take many years to complete the development, its value will definitely make countless people jealous.

Finally, there is the Greek shipping company that Betty has already started operating.

During his time in Congo, Lin Yuan gained enough to make his strength leap forward one or two levels.

Once a series of operations are completed, the Linyuan Group will be truly formed.

Although this is just a small consortium and cannot compete with a behemoth like the Morgan Consortium, it also means that Lin Yuan has entered the top class of power.

However, all this did not cloud Lin Yuan's mind. He knew very well that all his career was connected by the seemingly insignificant movie as the link.

Without Lin Yuan's films, his expansion in Africa would not have been so successful.

"Let's go. We still have filming tasks today. The most important scene will start filming today." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"Okay, after training Sulu for so long, he will definitely produce perfect results." Betty also replied with a smile.

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February 2005, 2, Edmonton, northern Canada.

Lin Yuan, director Cohen, and Meng Tao were sitting in a coffee shop, each holding a cup of hot drink to warm their cold hands.

After finishing all the filming tasks in Xiala Village three days ago, Lin Yuan rushed to Edmonton without stopping.

Edmonton is the capital of Alberta, Canada, and is located at 53 degrees north latitude.

If you have no idea about this latitude, you can compare it with HH City in China, which is around 50 degrees north latitude.

It can be said that Edmonton is even further north than HH City. Considering that there are no east-west mountains in North America, cold air can move directly down.

Winter temperatures in Edmonton can be quite harsh, with temperatures even reaching -1 degrees Celsius in January and February.

But even in such a cold region, the Edmonton metropolitan area has a population of 128 million, ranking as the fifth largest city in Canada. It can be seen that Edmonton still has something special.

This thing is Edmonton’s extremely rich timber resources. Even as early as 3000 BC, there were traces of human life here.

At this moment, the TV in the cafe was reporting the news:

"The burned area of ​​this forest fire has exceeded 3 square kilometers, and more than 2000 million hectares of forest have been burned. Citizens are advised to pay attention to dust prevention and avoid inhaling excessive dust, which can induce respiratory diseases."

After hearing the news report, Director Cohen said, "This wildfire is getting worse and worse. It's a fire that only happens once in a century."

"It's all the fault of those clueless environmentalists," Meng Tao said with a pout. "But if they hadn't caused such a huge fire, where would we have filmed such a thrilling scene?"

"Shh! Keep your voice down. If the environmentalists hear you, they might break your head." Director Cohen frowned and reminded.

"What's there to be afraid of? With Lin Yuan here, who can break my head?" Meng Tao said boldly.

"Scarlett Johansson and Miranda Kerr can often break your head and make you foam at the mouth." Lin Yuan complained.

"Hey! Don't think I don't understand! The wheels rolled over my face!" Meng Tao protested.

After a few people laughed and mocked each other for a while, Meng Tao said seriously: "Lin Yuan, let me ask you again, do you really want to shoot this scene?
I don't see how it can be accomplished, it's not something humanly possible!"

Lin Yuan also answered seriously: "If you miss this opportunity, it will be hard to find another store like this. This is a milestone scene in my action movie, I can't miss it. Even if it's dangerous, I have to go."

Lin Yuan's tone was very firm. He had made up his mind to complete this scene.

Three days ago, he finally completed all the filming tasks of "Jungle Bully".

Two months ago, the fight scene with Sulu was also quite brilliant, and he was quite satisfied with the whole movie.

All that remains is to wait for director Eastwood to edit the film and promote it for release so that audiences can enjoy the wonderful movie in the cinema.

This should have been the time for Lin Yuan to take a break and attend major film festivals to receive awards, but he did not stop at all and rushed directly to Edmonton.

Because the forest fires that occur almost every winter are bigger this year than in previous years.

The most thrilling "fire tornado" scene in "The King of Spy 2" had to be completed with the help of this forest fire.

If he missed this opportunity, he would never be able to create such a big scene and complete such a play by himself.

When they arrived in Edmonton, they immediately received two pieces of news, one good and one bad, which were actually the same news.

The good news is that the wildfires are burning more fiercely, and the resulting photos will definitely be unprecedented.

The bad news is that the danger is even higher. This time, Lin Yuan might be in real danger of his life. It is even more dangerous than when he first debuted and filmed action scenes.

Just as Meng Tao expressed his concern, the door of the coffee shop was pushed open.

An extremely slender pair of beautiful legs in stockings stepped in.

(End of this chapter)