Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 578 Fatal Crisis
"A performance of 5 billion US dollars in 30 years is not a problem for me at all. I am confident that I can accomplish it," said Director Nolan proudly.

Director Nolan, who has always been cautious and introverted, rarely shows this side of him.

Lin Yuan laughed and jokingly said, "You refused to star in my movie. $30 billion is not easy to come by. It would take three hits like 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Condor Heroes' to achieve that."

Director Nolan said confidently: "I am very confident about the filming of "Batman: The Dark Knight" now. I believe I can complete the performance target within three years."

Lin Yuan nodded. "The Dark Knight" is indeed a successful work that is both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

In his previous life, Director Nolan earned a total of $11.6 billion at the box office with this movie, which can be said to be a huge profit.

In this life, Lin Yuan will participate in the promotion of the film, and it is entirely possible that it will take in more than 13 billion US dollars at the box office.

It seems that director Nolan can achieve nearly half of his performance goals with just the movie "Batman: The Dark Knight".

He said that he would complete the performance target within three years, which can be said to be quite cautious and modest.

Lin Yuan believes that it may only take two years to achieve the performance targets of the equity incentive plan.

Lin Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Then I'll give you a suggestion. Don't sell until the stock price reaches $60. Remember to keep it a secret!"

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Director Nolan's eyes instantly turned into ecstasy, and then he looked around with some guilt.

This was Lin Yuan giving him insider information, telling him that the company's future stock price would reach US$60 or even higher.

What Lin Yuan said never came true, so this means that the stock price of Lin Yuan Pictures will double from the current price of US$28 in the next few years.

This is too outrageous!

You should know that the total share capital of Linyuan Pictures is 85 billion shares. Based on the share price of US$28, the total market value is US$2380 billion.

Linyuan Pictures' profit in 2004 was US$32 billion, with a price-to-earnings ratio of 68!

Such a high valuation must be digested by high profit growth, otherwise the stock price will not be able to continue to rise.

Of course, the current share price of Linyuan Pictures is much more expensive than it was in 2003 when it was first listed. This is the result of Linyuan Holdings' share price increase some time ago.

In 2003, Linyuan Pictures' profit was $20 billion, and its price-to-earnings ratio was as high as 85...

But if what Lin Yuan said is true, the stock price of Lin Yuan Pictures can rise to 60 US dollars in the next few years, it means that even if the price-earnings ratio remains unchanged, Lin Yuan Pictures' profits in the next few years will reach more than 75 billion US dollars!
This is simply an unimaginable achievement. After all, the ceiling of the film industry has an upper limit. Where does Lin Yuan get his confidence from?

But no matter what, this is definitely good news for director Nolan.

As long as he can achieve the performance target, he holds 500 million shares, although he is only a small shareholder with a shareholding of 0.06%, but the value of these shares will exceed 3 million US dollars!
This means that director Nolan has completely entered the wealthy class, and following Lin Yuan can really change his destiny.

What is more worth mentioning is that the information Lin Yuan told him was not just about not selling the stock price too early. If he could only understand it to this extent, his IQ was obviously worrying.

What’s even more valuable is that Director Nolan knew that the stock price would rise to $60, which is priceless information!

Although he has to keep it confidential and cannot tell anyone about the news, knowing that the stock price will 100% rise to $60, shouldn't he leverage himself and buy more to hold?

Director Nolan felt that his financial prospects were illuminated by the glittering gold coins.

Seeing Director Nolan's delighted expression, Lin Yuan smiled and said nothing more. For capable subordinates, sufficient benefits must be given, otherwise it would be too ugly to be greedy.

You can't just follow the example of South Korea and think that by doing some PUA and drinking some loyalty wine, your subordinates will be completely loyal to you, right?

Director Nolan's action of supporting Lin Yuan as he walked forward was even more pious.

As they were about to reach the airport parking lot, Lin Yuan finally saw a trash can 100 meters away.

I have to say, there are very few trash cans here in the United States. He planned to throw away the note that the flight attendant stuffed into his palm when he got off the plane just now.

"There's a trash can over there, help me over there." Lin Yuan said, pointing to the trash can in the distance.

"What kind of garbage are you throwing away so far away?" asked director Nolan.

"Just before I got off the plane, a flight attendant slipped me a note." Lin Yuan said jokingly, "She's quite pretty, above an 8.5. If you're interested, take the note and contact her yourself."

Director Nolan shook his head. “You know I’m not very interested in women. Give me the note and I’ll run over and throw it away for you.”

Lin Yuan handed the note in his hand to Director Nolan.

Director Nolan lamented: "Although I don't care about this, why have I never received a note from a flight attendant?
You know what, this note smells pretty good. I wonder what’s written on it?
A phone number? Or some corny expression of affection? Let me see."

Director Nolan jokingly opened the note in his hand.

When he saw the message above, his face immediately turned ugly.

"What's wrong? What's written on it?" Seeing that Director Nolan was not quite right, Lin Yuan asked in confusion.

"Take a look for yourself. This information is very important." Director Nolan handed it over solemnly.

There was no phone number or ambiguous message on the note, only a short sentence:

"Mr. Lin Yuan, someone is trying to murder you! Be careful!"

Seeing this message, Lin Yuan's brain immediately started working at high speed:
The flight attendant was giving me a warning. She seemed to have received information from somewhere that someone wanted to plot against me, so she took the opportunity to help me off the plane and secretly slipped the note to me.

Based on this information, a series of doubts emerged in Lin Yuan's mind:

Where did she get the information?

Why are you telling me?
Is this information true and reliable?

The first question is the least important. A woman as beautiful as her has plenty of opportunities to get close to the rich and powerful. Perhaps on some occasion, she accidentally got the information that someone wanted to murder her.

As for why she had to tell him, Lin Yuan already had the answer. Although she acted very restrained during their contact, the love and admiration for him in her eyes could not be hidden from Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was sure that the flight attendant had good intentions towards him, and perhaps was his fan or admirer, which could not be hidden from her gifted "mind reading" ability.

The last question is the key: is the information true and reliable?
It is most likely true.

First of all, the flight attendant did not deliberately approach her when she was on the plane, but instead gave the opportunity to serve her to other flight attendants.

This was an act of avoiding suspicion in public. It was not until she got off the plane and walked up the gangway that she took the opportunity to get closer.

The reason for doing this is obviously that he doesn't want people to think that she has too much contact with him. The purpose is naturally to carefully protect himself and reduce the possibility of being suspected of leaking secrets after the murder fails.

Of course, this is just speculation, and the existence of murder cannot be confirmed based on the behavior of the flight attendant.

The real reason why Lin Yuan believed this information was that if he wanted to assassinate him, now was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The fact that Lin Yuan is difficult to assassinate is no longer a secret in the upper class. Almost everyone knows that Lin Yuan is not only invincible in the movies, but is also equally powerful in real life.

In public, Lin Yuan has faced five real fights.

The first time was when he and Betty were assassinated, the second time was when he was chasing a murderer in India, the third time was when he was protecting Lee Boo-jin during the change of control of Samsung Group, the fourth time was when he was protecting the assassinated Mr. Kano in Kisangani, and the fifth time was when he single-handedly dealt with the French mercenaries in Xiala Village.

Even if all five fights are not mastered, it is enough to make those who want to attack Lin Yuan consider whether it is possible to deal with him without using heavy weapons.

Therefore, for a long time, even if someone had ideas about Lin Yuan, they would choose to give up after weighing the success rate and risks.

But now it’s different. After filming the wildfire scene in "King of Spy 2", the whole world knew that he was seriously injured.

This is the perfect time to assassinate him.

For the past 20 days, he has been staying in his villa in Douglaston, New York, and has not gone out under the pretext of recuperating from his injuries.

Today, his injuries seem to be still unhealed to outsiders, and he has to go to the Oscars ceremony, which is the best time to attack him.

If he missed this opportunity, he would have to retreat home to recuperate, and when he appeared again, his injuries would have been completely healed, so he would inevitably miss the opportunity.

Therefore, Lin Yuan believed that it was quite possible that some people intended to take advantage of this opportunity to attack him.

Who on earth is it?
It has to be said that he now has quite a few enemies.

The Rockefeller Group and the Citigroup Group have been hostile to him for a long time and have been on opposite sides since he began to rise.

If it weren't for the Morgan consortium represented by Betty, as well as the Boston consortium and the DuPont consortium supporting him behind the scenes, he might have been devoured without a trace left.

In addition, would the Mitsui Group, which seems to have expressed goodwill towards him, want to secretly avenge Mitsui Shigeo?
Because of the Shara Village tragedy, the Samir Mining Group was destroyed. Is there a person behind the scenes who is full of hatred towards him?

Was it the original owner of the Greek shipping company he was plotting against, the old Greek shipping magnate? Or was it his grandson who was cheated on by director Eastwood?
The part of Wall Street capital that wanted to earn bubble profits by driving up the share price of Linyuan Pictures, but suffered heavy losses because he took the initiative to burst the share price bubble?
Those conservative fighters who lost their dominance because of his reforms in the Japanese kendo and judo worlds?
Lin Yuan discovered that he had quite a few enemies without realizing it.

Each of these people had a motive to protect him, and in free-shooting America, it wasn't difficult to launch an assassination.

After all, the rate of gun ownership is so high, and various underground firearms are prevalent in the black market.

As long as they are willing to pay a huge sum of money to buy Lin Yuan's life, there are many organizations and individuals who do illegal work willing to take on the task.

Facing the stewardess's warning, Director Nolan said worriedly, "Since there's danger, let's not leave the airport yet. Contact Miss Adams and wait for her to dispatch security personnel before we depart."

Lin Yuan shook his head. "Forget it. This is Los Angeles, not New York. How long would it take for Betty to send security personnel from thousands of miles away? And if we hide in the airport and don't leave, it will reveal that we know the information, and the flight attendant who tipped us off might be in trouble.

I don't want to let the enemy retreat, but rather to let them show their faces and then defeat them, which is more in line with my style."

"But you are still seriously injured and we don't have any security personnel. It will be really dangerous if you encounter a killer." Director Nolan advised anxiously.

"Who said my injury hasn't healed yet?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile, "My previous injury wasn't as serious as announced."

Lin Yuan didn't want to reveal that his injury had healed so quickly, so he had to say that the injury was not serious.

"You..." Director Nolan was stunned. "You're already well, yet you're still bandaged and leaning on crutches, asking me to support you. Did you anticipate this and set this up?" Director Nolan instantly imagined a dramatic scenario: how Lin Yuan, so confident of victory, deliberately appeared weak, aiming to lure the enemy out and capture them all in one fell swoop...

At this moment, in director Nolan's mind, Lin Yuan's image became much taller and more invincible.

Director Nolan had a thousand words in his mind, but they all came down to one sentence: "The boss is awesome!"

Lin Yuan had no idea that he had been passively playing a big game for no apparent reason.

He simply asked, "What car did you drive to pick me up today?"

"Land Rover Range Rover 4.4 V8 version." said director Nolan.

Lin Yuan was happy to hear the answer.

Director Nolan liked the Land Rover Range Rover in his previous life, and in this life he made enough money early on and bought the top-of-the-line version, which cost as much as US$34, equivalent to RMB 250 million.

The Land Rover Range Rover 4.4 V8 version uses a V8 turbocharged engine with a maximum horsepower of 555 and a top speed of 270 kilometers per hour. It is definitely a powerful muscle car.

With such a car with outstanding driving and off-road performance, Lin Yuan believed that with his master-level driving skills, he would be able to lure out the target, safely avoid the assassination, and then catch the murderer and find out the mastermind behind the scenes.

So Lin Yuan said, "Leave the car to me, and find a way to go back alone."

"No, I won't leave. Don't even think about taking the risk alone." Director Nolan immediately refused.

Seeing the director's stubbornness, Lin Yuan said helplessly: "Please, I might be risking my life, why are you staying?"

"It is because of the danger that I want to be with you. At least when necessary, I can help you call the police or call for help. Even in the worst case scenario, I can help you collect the body, right?" said Director Nolan.

The more he talked, the more outrageous it became, and Lin Yuan's face turned dark.

But he could truly feel director Nolan's concern.

Seeing that Lin Yuan was a little uneasy, Director Nolan continued, "I came to pick you up, and suddenly you drove away alone. This is obviously unusual. It might alert the killer, and you won't be able to lure him out of his lair."

It is indeed as Director Nolan said, if the performance is too abnormal, it will expose the intention.

Lin Yuan was very confident in his driving skills. He believed that the killer could not do anything to him. Even if Director Nolan followed him, there would be no danger. He would also have an extra assistant and necessary witness.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, you drive when we get in the car. There's a tunnel after we exit the airport. Once we're in the tunnel, you can switch places with me."

"Hahaha, okay. You don't know how many times Director Eastwood has boasted to me about his exciting experiences over the past period of time. Today it's my turn!" Director Nolan said excitedly.

After learning that Lin Yuan had recovered from his injury, Director Nolan, who had seen many of Lin Yuan's strong performances, immediately felt a sense of security.

He knew that as long as Lin Yuan was fine, the killers armed with a few broken sniper rifles wanted to threaten the two of them?
It’s simply a fool’s dream!
Director Nolan continued to pretend to support Lin Yuan as they walked towards the parking lot.

Soon the two found the powerful Land Rover and drove away.

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The Land Rover drove out of the airport tunnel, and Lin Yuan was in the driver's seat.

The Land Rover Range Rover that director Nolan drives is a customized version with dark anti-peep glass, which makes it difficult for outsiders to notice that the driver has changed.

"Even if you fasten your seat belts, I can't guarantee that the vehicle will remain stable in a while," said Lin Yuan.

"Okay! You've already fastened your seat belts. Where do you think the killer will attack?" asked director Nolan.

"Los Angeles International Airport is 24 kilometers away from the city center. There are only three suitable locations for the attack. They will definitely attack before we enter the city center." Lin Yuan said.

As long as the killer is not stupid, he will not choose to attack after Lin Yuan enters the city of Los Angeles.

There are many surveillance cameras, a large flow of people and vehicles there, making it easy to locate and track the perpetrators after committing the crime, and making it difficult to evacuate quickly.

Therefore, if you want to kill Lin Yuan, the most suitable place is during his journey from the airport to the city.

Considering that an assassination requires a good field of vision, it is not difficult to guess the location where the attack can be launched.

Hollywood is located in Los Angeles. For Lin Yuan, this is his second largest base after New York.

Lin Yuan, who often flies from Los Angeles, is very familiar with the 24-kilometer road from the airport to the city center.

At this moment, three attack locations immediately popped up in Lin Yuan's mind:
The closest one is a church tower outside a small town 6 kilometers from the airport.

The second is an unnamed hill in the wilderness, which is more than 50 meters high and has a very wide view.

Finally, there is a six-story unfinished building in an abandoned town 5 kilometers away from the city.

Considering that the weapon the enemy is most likely to use is a sniper rifle, Lin Yuan selected all the commanding heights within 1200 meters from the road, and these three locations are the most suitable.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, which nameless hill is the most ideal location?
There is less traffic there, the view is the best, and it is closest to the road, only about 400 meters away, which is the optimal shooting distance for a sniper rifle.

For Lin Yuan, no matter which location the killer chooses, he is sure to win.

Lin Yuan was driving with his left hand and holding a specially made carbon fiber high-strength throwing knife in his right hand.

If he caught a bullet fired by the enemy, he would immediately split it with his hands, just as he did when Mr. Kano was assassinated in Kisangani.

As long as he locked onto the killer, he would drive over immediately.

With his driving ability, there is no way the killer could escape his pursuit.

Lin Yuan drove the car slowly in the middle of the straight road.

There were not many vehicles on the road at this time, and the first possible ambush location, the church bell tower outside the town, was about to arrive.

Lin Yuan silently tensed his nerves, waiting for the fatal attack that might occur at any time.

When the vehicle passed the church, Lin Yuan stared at the bell tower 800 meters away from the roadside.

But nothing happened until the vehicle completely passed.

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. It might be because this location was too far from the road, and it was not a sure thing for a sniper, so it was abandoned.

So the vehicle continued to move forward and soon arrived at the location that Lin Yuan thought was most suitable: an unnamed hill in the wilderness.

The terrain here is flat, the view is wide, and there is no dense traffic obstruction around.

As long as they occupied that nameless hill, all passing vehicles would be absolute sitting ducks. Lin Yuan didn't believe that the killer would miss such a good ambush location.

But the vehicle still passed safely and there was still no trace of the killer.

Then there was only one last ambush location left: a six-story unfinished building in an abandoned town 5 kilometers away from the city.

This is the killer's last chance. If they miss this location, they will never have another chance.

Because Lin Yuan was about to enter downtown Los Angeles, there was no suitable vantage point after the unfinished building.

The killer couldn't possibly risk the world's condemnation and launch a mass shooting in the city, right?

Even if they are not worried about making things worse and being unable to step down.

Even from the perspective of wanting to hide oneself and evade pursuit, the city is definitely not a suitable place.

The roads in many blocks of Los Angeles are not wide, and it only takes a "caring citizen" to park his car across the road and block it.

Then even if the killers wanted to escape, it would be difficult for them to do so.

Therefore, Lin Yuan believes that the most deadly attack should have occurred at this last location.

As the vehicle approached the six-story unfinished building, Lin Yuan looked at the familiar building and couldn't help but think of the night when he and Betty were attacked.

At that time, Kane also attacked him in an unfinished building.

If you think about it carefully, that unfinished building looks really similar to the one in front of you.

At that time and moment, it was just like this moment.

In Lin Yuan's eyes, this unfinished building was like a beast waiting for an opportunity, ready to launch the most ferocious attack on him at any time.

Lin Yuan tensed his nerves, adjusted his condition to the best, and entered a calm state.

At this time, Director Nolan, who was sitting in the driver's seat, couldn't help but hold the handrail on the roof tightly, straightened his body, and prepared to face the fatal attack.

However, the Land Rover Range Rover successfully drove out of the shooting range of the unfinished building.

The attack didn't happen. There was no more suitable ambush site ahead...

Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled:
Was I wrong? There was no assassin trying to take advantage of me, and I was just worrying too much?
The vehicle continued to move forward and was about to drive out of the abandoned town.

At this moment, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, a flying object trailing white smoke came towards the Land Rover at lightning speed.

Director Nolan hasn't realized what this is yet.

Lin Yuan, whose nerve reaction speed had exceeded the limit, discovered what was attacking him at the first moment.

He couldn't help but curse in his heart:
Gan!
Do you really need to make it so big?

I'm just an ordinary SUV, not even bulletproof. Do you really need to use a Javelin anti-tank missile to hit me?!
(End of this chapter)