Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 577 The Oscar Organizing Committee Begging for Mercy

2005 a.m., February 2, 27, Los Angeles International Airport.

The Boeing 737 had already landed on the runway of the airport, and Lin Yuan appeared at the open door.

At this time, he had removed the bandages all over his body, but he was still using a crutch, which looked very inconvenient.

It was especially uncomfortable when the plane was not docked at the terminal and he had to get off the gangway.

Although his injury had healed long ago, he still had to continue acting like a wounded person in front of the public.

After all, it has only been 25 days since he was injured. He can't be full of energy and vitality right away, right?

So, Lin Yuan, who was standing in front of the gangway with a crutch, began to think about how to go down the stairs more naturally.

But he didn't have the chance to hesitate for too long. The stewardess who had been waiting beside him, trying hard to hide her joyful expression, came forward and said gently, "Mr. Lin, let me help you down."

Lin Yuan, of course, guessed what she was thinking and said with a smile, "Thank you very much for your care along the way. Now I have to trouble you again."

"Mr. Lin, you are so polite. It is our duty to serve every customer well." The flight attendant smiled like a flower.

Lin Yuan just laughed it off as the flight attendant said.

It was indeed a good thing to be polite, but he knew that it was impossible for the flight attendant to be so considerate and gentle to every customer.

She smiled and put one hand tightly around Lin Yuan's waist, and with the other hand she pulled his arm over her shoulder. She pressed her body tightly against him and led him down the gangway step by step.

The round and elastic body and the light scent of white tea and oakmoss perfume create a gentle place that men can easily fall in love with.

This stewardess's appearance and figure are definitely top-notch among the group of stewardesses who are known for their outstanding appearance.

Long golden hair, sapphire eyes, 1 meters tall, dressed in an elegant and intellectual uniform. According to the standards of later Internet generations, this can be considered at least an 78-point woman.

After helping Lin Yuan down the gangway, she didn't argue too much, but let him go in a very reserved manner: "Mr. Lin, your escort is here. Please have a safe journey, and I hope we'll meet again."

She pronounced the word "fate" very clearly.

If Lin Yuan hadn't been holding a piece of paper that she had secretly slipped to him in his palm at that moment, he would have really thought that this kind of "fate" was just a matter of chance.

I have to say that this stewardess is very beautiful, has high emotional intelligence and a good sense of propriety. No wonder she dared to hook up with him.

In the past two years, it has been a long time since the flight attendant made any ambiguous hints to Lin Yuan when he was on a plane.

When he first became famous, every time he took a plane, the flight attendants would pass him notes to seduce him.

Because at that time, in the eyes of the flight attendants, he was an absolutely handsome and wealthy super rich son-in-law, and also the key to their destiny to achieve a leap in life.

But as his wealth and status grew, ordinary flight attendants began to become self-aware.

They would provide services to Lin Yuan very politely and would also ask Lin Yuan to give them a few more autographs, but they would not have any improper expectations.

Perhaps because the gap is so huge, their sense of unworthiness is maximized, so their actions are naturally more reserved.

Today's flight attendant, perhaps because of her good capital or her strong ambition, actually made Lin Yuan feel harassed for the first time in a long time.

Lin Yuan held the note in his hand and walked forward with his crutches. He planned to find a trash can and throw the note away.

Seeing Lin Yuan getting off the plane, Director Nolan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried to greet him.

The two of them hugged briefly, and Lin Yuan said with a smile, "Director, long time no see. Thank you for picking me up."

"Of course you should. You're my boss, and we're going to the Oscars together tomorrow."

"Of course I have to thank you. After all, you came to pick me up as a friend, and I didn't pay you for this. If you hadn't come to pick me up, it would have been inconvenient for me to move." Lin Yuan said helplessly.

Director Nolan didn't know Lin Yuan's secret, so he still had to act in front of him and act like he was inconvenienced.

He will have to play the role of a wounded person for two weeks. It will be quite inconvenient for him to appear in public without anyone by his side.

Lin Yuan didn't expect that he had so many women, but none of them was by his side at the moment.

This can only be blamed on him for dividing all the properties in his hands to them for management. Even GAKKI, who has always been the most considerate, is temporarily trapped in Japan and cannot get away. Fortunately, Charlize Theron will arrive at noon.

"Lin Yuan, why don't you take your private plane? Your injury hasn't healed yet, so it would be much more convenient this way." Director Nolan said.

"That's Betty's private plane, and there's no need to use a private plane for short distances. The cost-effectiveness is too low." Lin Yuan said.

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Director Nolan nodded.

It is indeed as Lin Yuan said, Betty's large private plane costs a lot every time it is deployed.

Although Lin Yuan is not short of money now, he still maintains the habits of his poor days and does not like to pursue ostentation and waste money.

Director Nolan and Lin Yuan supported Lin Yuan as they walked out. "I heard you had a lot of fun the past few months? Anacondas, tigers, elephants, and fire tornadoes."

"Are you envious? It's so exciting! Do you want to work together on another movie?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

Director Nolan shook his head: "I've said it publicly, I'll never work with you again."

He was referring to the premiere of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" in Chang'an, where he said that he would never work with Lin Yuan again.

"The public won't take it seriously. As long as you want to cooperate, I will handle public opinion and will never let you be criticized." Lin Yuan promised.

"No, I'm serious. I really don't want to work with you anymore." Director Nolan said seriously.

"Am I so disliked by you?" Lin Yuan said resentfully.

Director Nolan, who is always serious and reserved, laughed helplessly. "What are you talking about? You are my boss, how could I not like you? With your talent, what director could possibly dislike you?"

"Then why are you so opposed to cooperating with me?" Lin Yuan asked.

At the premiere of The Heroes of Tang Dynasty, Director Nolan said that he did not want to work with Lin Yuan again. The reason was:

"As a director, you must work with Lin Yuan once, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life."

"As a director, you can only work with Lin Yuan once, because the pressure is too damn great!"

But this is obviously not the real reason, but it is to match the rhetoric during the film promotion. Now it is director Nolan’s real idea.

Director Nolan said: "The real reason is that working with you on a film is too unfulfilling. The film will definitely be successful, but the audience will only praise you for being awesome, but not me.

I want the audience who sees my movies to say that the movies are good because of me and to praise me for being awesome.”

After hearing director Nolan's explanation, Lin Yuan understood that this was the real reason.

It is indeed as he said, any director with aspirations should not work with Lin Yuan.

Under the shadow of Lin Yuan, the director will lose the glory that should belong to him.

Director Nolan said seriously: "Do you know how many nominations we have received for tomorrow's Oscars?"

Lin Yuan nodded. "Of course I know. It was nominated for three major awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. In addition, it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup, for a total of six awards."

"The Legend of Tang Dynasty" was nominated for all major awards except Best Actress.

After all, "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" is a men's play, and women only play a decorative role. It is impossible for Liu Yufei to be nominated for Best Actress.

However, "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" is a film with original Chinese soundtrack, so it received double nominations for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film.

This has never happened in Hollywood history, which shows how much the organizing committee recognizes "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" or Lin Yuan.

Director Nolan said seriously, "Lin Yuan, have you ever thought about what would happen if all the nominees won awards at tomorrow's awards ceremony?"

Hearing Director Nolan's words, Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment: "Isn't that possible? How could all the awards be given to us?"

Director Nolan said seriously: "From the rumors I've heard from various channels, this year's Oscars ceremony may give all the honors to you at once."

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered that director Eastwood seemed to have told him about this when they were filming in Xala Village in Kisangani.

The old director told him that many old friends had expressed their goodwill in a roundabout way, and that this Oscar Awards ceremony would give Lin Yuan extraordinary honor.

Is the Oscars crazy?

Under normal circumstances, the evaluation of such awards requires a certain degree of balance between the awards, which is the so-called "master of balancing" and "dividing the pork".

Is it really too outrageous to give him all the major awards and let him sweep the entire Oscars alone?
"Why would the Oscars committee do this?" Lin Yuan had just asked the question when he vaguely guessed the answer: "Because I'm too young?"

Director Nolan nodded and said seriously, "Yes! Lin Yuan, you will only be 23 years old next month. You are really too young.

Have you ever thought about the pressure your age and the quality of the films you produce every year will bring to the Oscars?"

"I know. If I want, the Best Picture and Best Actor awards every year should be mine," Lin Yuan said. Lin Yuan's film competition is too strong, and it is getting stronger.

The previous "King of Spy Wars" and "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" have already formed an absolute crushing advantage over the films of the same year.

And "Lord of Spy Wars 2" will most likely go a step further and widen the gap!
How can other film companies compete with this?
If Lin Yuan wins the Best Picture and Best Actor awards every year, and given his age, he will probably monopolize these two awards for 30 years, other companies will really despair.

Because there will never be another Hollywood movie star other than Lin Yuan in the future, which will block the path for all male actors to become top actors.

After all, when you call yourself a top superstar but have never won the Best Actor award, it always seems a bit lacking in confidence, right?
Director Nolan said: "So the Oscar organizing committee can only kneel before you and beg you to show mercy."

"I understand. It seems like it's a foregone conclusion that all the nominations will win the award." Lin Yuan replied.

The attitude of the Oscar Organizing Committee is very clear. Instead of having Lin Yuan take away the two most important awards every year for the next few decades, it is better to give all the honors to Lin Yuan at once.

Lin Yuan, who has won many awards and no longer needs awards to prove himself, will most likely show his goodwill.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Indeed, the Oscars are no longer a thing of value to me. At this year's Oscars, I will announce my own film and will no longer participate in the awards process."

He was speaking from his heart. At his current position, he no longer needed to gain the approval of others to prove himself.

If the so-called "professional judges" are still allowed to comment on his own films and put his films in a position to compete for awards with other films, it only means that he has not yet been able to break the rules of the industry.

But he has had this ability for a long time, as can be seen from the fact that the Oscar jury only gave the award to him.

Therefore, at this moment, Lin Yuan finally made up his mind that his films would no longer participate in awards.

But it is only his film. Films directed by other directors of Linyuan Pictures will still participate in the awards, but they are not included in this list.

Director Nolan said: "I was worried that you were young and impulsive, and that the Oscars were using you as a tool to manipulate you and force you to withdraw from future awards."

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "They are not that stupid, and I really don't need them anymore. Do I still need others to judge whether my movies are good or bad?
Don't worry, I don't want to block the path for those who come after me to rise. This would not be a good thing for the entire film industry."

"Hearing you say that, I'm relieved. I'll convey your thoughts to the Oscars." Director Nolan sighed. "It seems like winning Best Director tomorrow is a sure thing. What a shame."

"Shame?" Lin Yuan asked curiously, but he quickly reacted.

Isn’t the director of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" Director Nolan?
This means that he will win the important award for Best Director tomorrow.

Director Nolan said: "Although my performance in 'The Legend of Tang Dynasty' was good, it is obviously not enough to win the Best Director award based on this movie. I am afraid that this is the weakest Best Director Oscar in recent years, and I am also sorry to Director Eastwood."

It was only after hearing what Director Nolan said that Lin Yuan remembered this matter.

If there had not been disturbances in this life, according to the development of the previous life, director Eastwood should have been the biggest winner at the 77th Academy Awards tomorrow.

He will win four major awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Million Dollar Baby".

Now the most important awards, Best Picture and Best Director, are about to be snatched away by "The Legend of Tang Dynasty".

Even if Director Nolan is not a reborn person, he knows that if there is no "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", the Best Director award should belong to Director Eastwood.

Lin Yuan patted Director Nolan on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to feel guilty towards Director Eastwood. We're all colleagues in the company. He would be happy to see you, as a newcomer, take up the company's banner."

"But that honor belongs to him. I feel ashamed to receive this award now," said director Nolan.

"It's okay. Director Eastwood is so satisfied right now. He doesn't care about the Oscar for Best Director, but he really can't take care of it either." Lin Yuan said.

"The old director?" Director Nolan asked puzzledly.

"You have no idea how much fun he had in Kisangani and Cherrapunji over the past few months. He picked mushrooms and bananas in the jungle, hunted in the rainforest, and even filmed a fight scene with a tiger and became good friends with him.

He's busy editing "Jungle Bully" right now, desperate to get the film released as soon as possible so audiences can see him fighting tigers. He didn't even answer my calls. So you really don't have to worry about him," said Lin Yuan.

After hearing Lin Yuan's explanation, Director Nolan nodded in relief. He really didn't expect that the old director would have such a great time filming with Lin Yuan. He was also a little moved and couldn't help but waver a little:
Isn’t it a bit hasty to say that I will never work with Lin Yuan again?

Lin Yuan then said, "If you feel that your Best Director award is a little weak, then prove yourself again with better films in the future."

Director Nolan nodded seriously: "I will!"

At this time, the filming of "The Dark Knight" has already started. As one of the highest-rated films on IMDB, this is definitely director Nolan's masterpiece and a milestone work that established him as a top Hollywood director.

Lin Yuan believes that with this movie he can clear his name.

Director Nolan in his previous life was unable to win the Best Director award for "The Dark Knight". It was not because the movie was not good enough, but because in his previous life he had to be ranked according to seniority, and his qualifications were not yet high enough to win the Best Director award.

But in this life, with Lin Yuan leading the way, Director Nolan was able to make a breakthrough early on with "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" and won his first Best Director award.

So when he already has the qualifications for Best Director, and he comes up with "The Dark Knight", it will be completely different from his previous life. It is very likely that he will win the Best Director award again with this movie.

Even if he didn't get it, it wouldn't matter. As an evil capitalist who is good at exploiting workers, Lin Yuan also prepared two works for director Nolan, "Interstellar" and "Inception".

These were all the works that director Nolan praised and called "masterpieces" in his previous life.

With these two films, Director Nolan can make another bid for Best Director. There is always a chance.

The price is that director Nolan will be busy around the clock for the next three to five years, or even ten years.

This is director Nolan’s “blessing”!
Director Nolan was clearly aware of Lin Yuan's sinister intentions: "Although I want to prove myself, you definitely make a lot of money, you evil capitalist!"

Lin Yuan smiled and put his arm around his shoulders, saying, "What are you talking about? This is a win-win situation for both of us, a win twice! Come, take a look at the incentive plan I've given you. You won't be working in vain!"

After saying that, Lin Yuan took out an agreement from his backpack and handed it to Director Nolan.

This is an equity incentive plan. After Director Nolan completes the agreed performance, he can receive corresponding equity rewards.

Although money smells like copper, few people really dislike it.

Director Nolan is naturally not among them. Lin Yuan wants to give him huge benefits, so he is obviously tempted.

But after reading just a few pages of the agreement, Director Nolan's face turned grim. "If you don't want to pay me, just say so directly. Why are you being so vague? How can I possibly achieve such a result?"

After hearing what Director Nolan said, Lin Yuan snatched the agreement.

It is written in large letters on it that director Nolan's performance goal for the next five years is: $100 billion in box office revenue.

An average of $20 billion per year...

Lin Yuan's face flushed: "Sorry, I took the wrong one! This is the one!"

He took out another agreement from his backpack and handed it to Director Nolan.

The five-year performance target of this agreement is: US$30 billion.

This was obviously much more reasonable. Director Nolan asked angrily, "Did you really get the wrong one? Why are there two agreements?"

Lin Yuan said helplessly, "The previous agreement was based on the goal that you and I would collaborate on two more films in the next five years. If you had filmed a movie with me, this goal would really not be difficult to achieve. But I didn't expect that you would never work with me again."

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Director Nolan nodded.
It is indeed as Lin Yuan said, Lin Yuan's action movies are a guarantee of box office success, so the goal must naturally be set higher.

Whether or not to collaborate with Lin Yuan on a movie should have different performance standards.

From this perspective, the $30 billion target in the second agreement is obviously more reasonable.

Lin Yuan extended his hand: "Congratulations in advance, you future billionaire."

"Serve the boss!" Director Nolan smiled brightly.

Of course it is brilliant, how could it not be brilliant?
Under this equity incentive plan, Director Nolan can obtain 500 million shares of Linyuan Pictures after completing the performance targets.

Over the past six months, Linyuan Pictures' stock price has fluctuated repeatedly in the price range of US$21 to US$32.

The lowest price of $21 was the result of Betty and Lin Yuan taking the initiative to suppress the stock price (Chapter 490).

After the release of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", the stock price of Linyuan Pictures was so crazy that the bubble had become very serious.

In order to protect the interests of investors, Lin Yuan had to take the initiative to clear the bubble.

At that time, Lin Yuan and Betty's goal was to suppress the stock price to the range of US$15 to US$20.

But in the end, Linyuan Pictures' stock price, despite all the negative news, never fell below $21. It was so strong.

This also made Lin Yuan feel both amused and helpless, and he didn't know how to face the market's favor.

The current stock price of Linyuan Pictures is around US$28.

Even if calculated based on the lowest price of $21, the 500 million shares of Linyuan Pictures obtained by Director Nolan will be worth more than $1 million.

It can be said that Lin Yuan is never stingy in sharing his wealth with his core team.

(End of this chapter)