Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 582: Romance Engraved in the Bones of the Chinese People
"The Mellon Group has always been known as the 'King of the Right' in the United States. It can be said that they are the most conservative among American financial groups," said Betty.

"Conservative? Then why did you support Chinese people like Lin Yuan before?" Charlize asked from the side: "Shouldn't conservative forces support white supremacy?"

Betty shook her head and said, "You still don't understand the difference between left and right. For true right-wing supporters, ethnicity isn't a fundamental principle. The real principle is emphasizing full competition and the survival of the fittest."

They believe that the strong who can win play a greater role in society and deserve more wealth. This is the true meaning of "freedom".

But blindly emphasizing fairness and unconditionally giving benefits to those who they consider to be the lower class, the lazy and greedy people, is truly heretical."

Betty said: "If you still don't understand, look at the two most successful American movies in recent years, 'Forrest Gump' and 'Titanic'. They are works that carry two different concepts."

"Why do you say that? I totally don't understand." Charlize Theron asked.

"In the narrative of Titanic, what kind of image does the protagonist Jack, a member of the lower class, have? He is passionate, sincere, brave, and loyal, embodying the virtues of the working people.

And what kind of image does the wealthy upper-class man, Ruth's fiancé, portray? He's afraid of death, hypocritical, and cowardly. The filmmakers clearly believe the lower classes are more moral and worthy of praise than the upper classes. "This is the film's left-wing narrative," Betty replied.

"What about 'Forrest Gump'? The protagonist Forrest Gump also comes from the lower class of society and is not from a wealthy class. But the movie obviously praises Forrest Gump," asked Charlize Theron.

Beatty said: "In the narrative of Forrest Gump, if you look at the whole story backwards, you will find that at the beginning of the movie, Forrest Gump was already a successful boss.

He is a typical capitalist, although his IQ is not very high.

But if you look back at Forrest Gump's life, you will feel that his success was hard-won, but also deserved.

A child with intellectual disabilities, but with his firm belief and indomitable courage, he finally achieved success.

Therefore, in the narrative of right-wing films, hard work, struggle, and struggle are worthy of praise.

Even if you are a person with intellectual disabilities, you can still achieve success through hard work."

Betty paused and said, "In 'Forrest Gump,' the heroine Jenny and her low-class friends are shown as decadent, boasting but achieving nothing. They are clearly objects of denial.

Therefore, background is not the issue; whether one strives hard and succeeds is the key.”

Betty ultimately concluded, "In the eyes of the fairness faction, or those on the left, the elites will inevitably oppress the masses. Therefore, the interests of the masses must be prioritized, and greater fairness must be achieved."

In the eyes of liberals, or those on the right, individual effort and struggle are the driving force behind social progress. Therefore, the success of the elite should be protected, celebrated, and emulated; this is true freedom.

After listening to Betty's explanation, Charlize finally understood the logic of the Mellon Group: "I understand. A strong man like Lin Yuan should be born right in the eyes of the Mellon Group.

They originally thought that Lin Yuan should be a natural ally, sitting at the top of the food chain with them and sharing the fruits of victory together.

But they didn't expect that Lin Yuan actually had a left heart.

He's actually making the world a fairer place."

Betty nodded and said, "Actually, I'm also curious. For Lin Yuan, choosing right would obviously bring greater benefits than choosing left, but he still chose left without hesitation."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Although I am of Chinese descent, Chinese culture is deeply ingrained in me. My ancestors, the powerful men who were praised and lauded, were never those who relied on their extraordinary abilities to exploit the people.

On the contrary, we ordinary people are always well protected by the bravest and most outstanding people."

Betty sighed, "It's so full of idealism, even a little anti-human. But perhaps this is the romance etched in the bones of you Chinese."

Charlize said helplessly: "I also agree with Lin Yuan's idea, but the Mellon Group has changed its attitude because of this."

"Are there many consortiums like the Mellon Group that have changed their attitude towards me?" Lin Yuan asked.

Betty replied: "A lot, or rather, most of them have negative views."

"How could this happen? Didn't Lin Yuan have a very good image and reputation before?" Charlize asked.

"Every country has its own national conditions. The founding principle of the United States is 'freedom,' which is an absolute political correctness that cannot be discussed," Betty said. "So, strictly speaking, there is no so-called left or right in the United States, only right. This is our historical tradition."

"All the left and right are just divided within the right, into the left that slightly considers fairness and the right that absolutely implements free competition." Betty continued.

Lin Yuan nodded. The so-called left and right in the United States are actually divided among liberals, but the essence is freedom first.

In the United States, anyone who proposes greater fairness and improved social welfare will often be accused of being a communist who supports lazy people.

Therefore, it is not surprising that so many conglomerates would change their attitude towards Lin Yuan. This is the most fundamental difference in values.

If values ​​are not recognized, they will inevitably lead to non-acceptance.

The behavioral logic displayed by Lin Yuan has made many financial groups feel uneasy. If this problem cannot be handled properly, I am afraid that Betty may not be able to protect him.

It can be said that without Lin Yuan knowing it, the biggest crisis in his life had quietly arrived.

If Lin Yuan relied solely on his own knowledge to solve such a difficult problem, he might feel at a loss.

But the great men before him had already pointed out the way for him.

At any time, we must learn to make more friends and fewer enemies, unite all forces that can be united, and resolutely fight against those enemies that cannot be united.

So Lin Yuan asked, "What are the attitudes of the current major financial groups? Which ones can be won over? Which ones will inevitably stand against me?"

There are currently ten major conglomerates in the United States, eight of which are old-established conglomerates. In order of strength, they are: Rockefeller Consortium, Morgan Consortium, Boston Consortium, First Citibank Consortium, Cleveland Consortium, DuPont Consortium, Chicago Consortium and Mellon Consortium.

After World War II, two new consortiums emerged: the Texas Consortium and the California Consortium.

It can be said that these ten conglomerates are the real rulers, and the world's richest people and well-known corporate founders who are more familiar to the public can only be regarded as their agents pushed to the front.

The attitude of these consortiums towards Lin Yuan will directly affect the success or failure of his career.

Of course, the power of the two new conglomerates that emerged after World War II is still far inferior to that of the eight old ones, and success or failure depends more on the attitudes of these eight companies.

Betty said: "The attitudes of the Rockefeller Foundation, the First Citibank Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation are very firm and almost impossible to reverse, so we must be mentally prepared to fight actively."

Lin Yuan nodded. Apart from the newly added Mellon Group, the other two companies had been hostile to him since the beginning of his rise to prominence.

The first, fourth, and eighth ranked old-established consortiums stood against him.

Betty continued, "The Morgan Consortium and the Boston Consortium will definitely stand on your side because of my relationship."

One of the core families of the Boston consortium is the Adams family, which is her base.

The Morgan Consortium has been exchanging interests with the Adams family over the years. Betty entered the Morgan Consortium as a pioneer. With her abilities and contributions, she also gained a significant say in the Morgan Consortium. This was also an important bargaining chip for Betty to become the helmsman of the family.

That's why Betty had the confidence to say that she could ensure the absolute support of the Morgan Consortium and the Boston Consortium for Lin Yuan.

Hearing Betty's words, Lin Yuan sighed: This is absolutely a thigh. Without Betty's support, perhaps the limit of my wealth would be one or two hundred billion US dollars. Just like those of the world's richest people, there is an invisible ceiling.

But he has now broken through the bottleneck and is moving towards his goal of becoming an independent consortium.

Is this a typical example of living off a gigolo?

"The DuPont consortium still has a mainly positive attitude towards you. They have made a lot of money from their cooperation with you in the past, so they will not change their attitude easily. You just need to offer more benefits and bind your relationship with them. I believe the DuPont consortium will continue to support you." Betty said.

Lin Yuan nodded. At the last premiere of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" in Chang'an, the future head of the DuPont Group personally attended the event to express his support for him.

The DuPont Consortium is the third largest shareholder of Linyuan Pictures, and its interests are firmly tied to Linyuan.

This means that the second, third and sixth ranked old consortiums support Lin Yuan.

From this perspective, it seems to be comparable to the current opposition strength.

If the Mellon Group had not defected, it would have even had the upper hand. This is also an important reason why Lin Yuan has been relatively successful in the past two years.

So, what remains are two old-fashioned consortiums: the Cleveland consortium and the Chicago consortium.

And the attitudes of two new consortiums: the Texas Consortium and the California Consortium.

Betty said: "Among these four consortiums, only the California consortium has a neutral stance. The other three are all negative and are very likely to stand against you."

Lin Yuan didn't feel surprised at all when he heard Betty's answer.

The Cleveland Consortium and the Chicago Consortium are both based in the Midwest of the United States. Their main industries are heavy industry and manufacturing, which is the famous "Rust Belt" in the future.

When talking about these areas, everyone's first reaction is old white men.

It is normal for old white men to dislike him as an Asian. Many of them have the idea of ​​"white supremacy" in their hearts. Although they cannot say it out loud, they definitely think so in their hearts.

Lin Yuan doesn't think this problem has no solution, because the older white male group is not impossible to win over. They dislike blacks and Latin Americans more than Asians.

As long as the benefits are given, it is definitely possible to win them over.

The Texas consortium's base is in Texas, the second largest state in the southern United States.

When it comes to this state, many people's first impression is "cowboy" and "tough folks." It is also the base camp of conservative forces in the United States. It was here that the loudest slogans of "build the wall" were shouted in later generations.

They insisted that the United States must belong to Americans and were the most hostile to outsiders. Therefore, Lin Yuan initially judged that it would be extremely difficult for him to win over this consortium.

If the benefits required are too great and not cost-effective, Lin Yuan will consider giving up on winning over the Texas consortium.

The last consortium left is the California Consortium.

As the "Guangdong Province" of North America, one of the states with the strongest economy, the California consortium was born after World War II, which shows the embarrassment of the California consortium.

Thanks to the development of cultural industries represented by Hollywood and high-tech industries represented by Silicon Valley, the California consortium has been able to stand out.

The two cities that serve as the core base: San Francisco and Los Angeles, can be said to have deep roots in Linyuan.

Therefore, the California Consortium's neutral attitude, which had no past conflicts of interest with Lin Yuan, was already a very friendly gesture.

Lin Yuan believed that this was the easiest of the four consortiums to win over.

If, as he expected, he could successfully win the support of three of the four parties, then his advantage over the opposition forces would be reconfirmed.

Although he did not expect these big conglomerates to charge into battle for him, it would be enough as long as they could support him in the game of key issues and prevent him from being ambushed by "outside tactics".

As for the fair and honest competition in the business world, Lin Yuan is not afraid at all.

Lin Yuan then said, "If I share the profits from the third phase of the Indian asset package and the Kisangani regional development project with them, will that impress them?"

Betty nodded. "The third phase of the Indian asset package is the most attractive and will generate the most money. I think the Cleveland and Chicago consortiums will be very interested. You're really cunning to bring this up for a deal."

Hearing Betty's answer, Lin Yuan laughed.

It was indeed as Betty said, Lin Yuan had already begun to consider getting rid of this project.

The cooperation with Mukesh Ambani on two projects has earned him nearly $400 billion in profits, which is real money, not virtual assets such as stock prices and market capitalization.

As soon as the profits come in, Lin Yuan plans to gradually hand over the later stages of this project to other American consortiums.

After all, if you earn this money, you will be scolded in the future.

Not making the last penny is also one of Lin Yuan’s principles. It is better to find someone to take over as soon as possible while there is still a lot of profit.

Consortiums such as the Cleveland Consortium and the Chicago Consortium, which rely on industry as their foundation, do not have many opportunities to reap huge profits in the financial field. Lin Yuan specifically distributed this piece of the Indian harvest cake to them, which can be said to be playing to their needs.

As long as they can suck India's blood to their heart's content, they won't care about being criticized in the future.

Emerging industry consortiums such as the California Consortium often hope to own down-to-earth industrial assets in addition to the high-tech industry with a high degree of bubble.

Lin Yuan used the development project in Kisangani as bait, and it was obvious that they would be very interested.

It is a comprehensive project based on super-large gold mines and strategic tantalum-niobium mines, covering inland shipping on the Congo River, water conservancy facilities construction, and regional ecological resource development.

As long as this project is successful, it can be said that it will control the economic lifeline of a region with a population of tens of millions.

This is a real project to expand influence, and the California consortium will definitely find it difficult to resist such temptation.

"Okay, now that you've brought out cakes like this, I'll help you negotiate the specific terms." Betty said with a smile.

Lin Yuan understood Betty's words, which meant that the current crisis had been initially suppressed.

This was due to the fact that he had developed enough business in India and Africa by chance, otherwise he would not have been able to come up with so many resources to buy off those consortiums.

A key factor in his success in luring those consortiums by using benefits was that Lin Yuan's actions that made the consortiums uncomfortable were not carried out in the United States.

As long as he does not aggressively promote the "fairness" line in the United States and shake their foundation, and his actions abroad can be said to be behind a firewall, then there is still room for negotiation.

But this also sounded a wake-up call for Lin Yuan. Having reached this point today, he could no longer just keep his head down and move forward.

The considerations for doing things are not just commercial, but more importantly, we need to take into account the empty field of ideology.

But no matter what, the crisis was temporarily eased today.

"So let's leave it at that for now?" Lin Yuan asked.

Betty nodded. "Well, I'm sorry to have to put you in such a difficult position for now. We know that the Mellon Group was involved in today's assassination, but we don't have enough evidence to immediately take countermeasures against them."

Lin Yuan was not discouraged at all. After all, it was a large conglomerate located in the highest ecological position in the United States. If they wanted to truly retaliate against him, it was not possible to achieve it by targeting Arthur Mellon.

Even if Lin Yuan could kill Arthur Mellon, it wouldn't have much practical significance.

Just like he killed Morio Mitsui, but the Mitsui Group is still the Mitsui Group.

What can really hurt the Mellon Group is to win over and form alliances with other groups that support it, allowing them to gradually encroach on the foundation of the Mellon Group.

The Mellon Group is already the weakest of the eight major groups and ranks last.

Therefore, it is also the target that is easiest to achieve results in terms of digging the economic foundation.

Lin Yuan has plenty of means, and he slowly leads his allies to undermine its foundation.

So Lin Yuan replied, "We didn't lose anything today, but we actually made a lot of money. Arthur Mellon will be furious when he finds out that not only did the assassination fail, but we also got a Toshiba at a low price.

Once we've consolidated the support of several other financial groups, we can slowly drain his blood. This matter won't be let go just like that."

"I'm glad you can let it go. I'll help you deal with the aftermath," Betty replied.

The aftermath of today's assassination is not easy to deal with. After all, a Javelin anti-tank missile exploded in public on the highway, followed by a 40mm grenade detonated by a grenade launcher and the sound of sniper rifles.

Even though it happened in an abandoned town with not many vehicles around, there were still quite a few onlookers.

Betty needs to deal with the public opinion issue and not directly involve Lin Yuan.

At the same time, the disposition of nine people including Hinata Kouwu who were captured also needs to be resolved.

Plus the placement of flight attendant Anna...

It is quite troublesome to deal with all these chores.

If Lin Yuan were to handle it himself, he would really feel overwhelmed, but fortunately Betty was there to take care of the aftermath.

Betty continued, "Why don't you focus on the 77th Academy Awards tomorrow? Is this your last Oscar?"

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, the entire film and television industry is eager to get rid of me from the award judging field as soon as possible, and they are willing to give me the highest honor. There is no need for me to be so tactless. After all, awards mean less and less to me."

Betty laughed and said, "Listen, is this human language? You're not even 23 yet, and you've already received all the honors. You're treating all the awards that other actors consider their lifelong goals as disposable straw. This is really infuriating."

Lin Yuan said helplessly, "I didn't expect this day to come so soon. But if I stay here, I'm afraid all the actors and directors in the industry will be hoping that I'll have an accident while filming soon."

"Haha, that's true. After all, you are still so young. If you continue to block the road, you will have to do so for at least 30 years. At this last Oscars ceremony, do you want Charlize to walk the red carpet with you?" Betty asked.

"Yes, we agreed on it before. Xixi and Yuanyuan have just returned to Yanjing and are too busy with their own work to make another special trip. So let Charlize accompany me for the last chance to show up. It just so happens that she will be my movie partner for the next period of time, so it is necessary to increase her popularity." Lin Yuan replied.

Tomorrow Lin Yuan will appear as the main creator of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty". Under normal circumstances, he should walk the red carpet with Liu Yufei or Gao Yuanyuan.

Unfortunately, the two have gradually shifted the focus of their careers away from the acting field.

Taking Charlize Theron with her is obviously the best choice.

The previous highly popular press conference for "King of Spy 2" helped Charlize gain a lot of popularity, making her one of the hottest actresses now.

Taking advantage of tomorrow's Oscars, they will promote a wave of CPs and their popularity will rise again.

This will be of great help to the box office of "Lord of Spy Wars 2" after its release.

Charlize smiled and asked, "Are you still using a cane tomorrow? Do you want me to help you walk?"

Just think about him catching an anti-tank missile with a throwing knife today, and walking the red carpet with a cane tomorrow. It was so funny that Charlize couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Of course! The outside world thinks I am still seriously injured and have not recovered, so of course I have to continue acting." Lin Yuan said.

"Okay, let me help you, the new Oscar winner, to walk onto your throne tomorrow," said Charlize Theron.

Even Lin Yuan is still full of anticipation for tomorrow's awards.

This is probably an unprecedented award ceremony in the history of the Oscars.

(End of this chapter)