Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 610: Such an Arrogant Idea
Lin Yuan: (1`1;)
Considering the current situation, isn't it like an endless wine of loyalty and an endless debt of gratitude?

I originally thought that he was just giving out money to win people's hearts.

But everyone is so enthusiastic, even too enthusiastic, which is obviously a very proactive attempt to lock up his entire golden thigh and hold on to him for a lifetime of worry-free food and clothing.

I guess even if he doesn't give a penny tonight, everyone will still raise their glasses of loyalty wine.

After all, the basic treatment and stability of Linyuan Pictures can be regarded as the North American version of landing.

And it wasn't just an ordinary shore, but the Gold Coast.

It is said that there is an employee who broke up with his original partner after joining Linyuan Pictures. Isn't this just killing the one you love first when you get ashore?
Lin Yuan felt a little tired. He thought he was a member of the CPU crew, but he didn't expect that the best hunter always appeared in the form of prey.

How can I make a good movie with a bunch of bugs like you!
Damn, how did the crew become like this?
Pooh……

How can you say that about your lovely employees?

After all, he was the benefactor who saved him, how could he be so disgusting? This was a two-way journey with like-minded people!

Together we make great movies and earn a lot of money, making money without any effort, and gaining both fame and fortune. This is our common goal and ambition.

Then everyone laughed, and the bonfire party was filled with a happy atmosphere.

After finishing his loyalty wine, Lin Yuan said, "Then I declare that tonight's barbecue party begins."

As soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, the crew members immediately scattered and rushed towards the barbecue grill they had been eyeing for a long time.

It's no wonder that everyone is so greedy. After squatting on the snowy mountains for so many days, enduring hunger and cold, even if they are given British food, they will regard it as a delicacy, not to mention this fragrant barbecue.

Lin Yuan carried an extra-large iron basin, the kind that can be used to wash clothes, and came to the barbecue grill. He quickly bought twenty skewers of lamb, five roasted chicken legs, three roasted eggplants, and ten skewers of roasted cucumbers. Finally, he did not forget to go to the roasted lamb leg and cut off a large piece of leg meat that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

He has always been a big eater, so this is only the first wave of food, and it is definitely not enough. He needs to eat more after he finishes it.

Don't worry about not having enough food. Tonight, a specially hired team of professional chefs will come to the Youcuo Lake to be in charge of the barbecue. The ingredients are well prepared and the production speed is also very fast.

Lin Yuan was carrying a large iron basin full of food. He didn't need to take special care of Charlize tonight because GAKKI-chan was with her, so he walked towards Director Cohen.

At this time, Director Cohen was holding a lamb skewer in one hand and stuffing it into his mouth, while whispering to a photographer who was filming.

Apparently, they were still working while everyone was enjoying tonight's feast.

Seeing Lin Yuan approaching, Director Cohen smiled and picked up a wine glass beside him: "Loyalty!"

"Aren't you too loyal? Everyone is enjoying the delicious food, but you are still working?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

After saying that, he placed his large bowl of food next to Director Cohen and the photographer: "Let's shoot later. Eat something first and then work. It won't delay anything."

The photographer shook his head and said, "It would be a shame to miss such a great view. It's not too late to eat after taking the photo."

Following the photographer's perspective, one can see that in the center of the camp, the flames of the bonfire dyed the night sky red, and tiny sparks kept rising, like red fireflies, dancing in the wind.

Around the campfire, the crew members held plates, drank wine, tasted delicious food, and chatted happily.

Such a scene is both warm and full of indescribable joy.

Lin Yuan took the camera from the photographer: "I'll take some pictures for you. Eat something first."

Seeing the boss do this, the photographer was stunned and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Yes, Lin Yuan is indeed very approachable, but for the employees of Lin Yuan Pictures, he is the boss after all.

Is it appropriate to let the boss do the work for him while he enjoys the delicious food?

So he could only turn to director Cohen for help.

Director Cohen smiled and said, "Just eat what I tell you to. When you're done, come back and replace me and Lin Yuan."

After saying that, Director Cohen followed Lin Yuan, who was setting up the camera and constantly looking for shooting angles.

"How is it? Do you think the video material is enough?" Lin Yuan asked.

Director Cohen shook his head and said: "You can never have too much. Shoot more and the documentary will be exciting enough."

"Are we being too arrogant? We actually want to record the filming process and make it into a documentary?" Lin Yuan asked.

This is such an arrogant idea.

Director Cohen smiled and said, "Overestimating your own capabilities? I think you're being overly cautious. 'King of Spy Kings 2' is destined to be a great film, and the filming of this film will definitely become an amazing documentary."

Seeing Director Cohen's persistence, Lin Yuan stopped worrying about it. Since the director wanted to do this, he would just support it.

This is also a somewhat incredible attempt. Under normal circumstances, the process of filming a movie is at most some behind-the-scenes footage, which is played at the end of the movie.

If someone said that the process of filming a movie could be a documentary in itself, they would definitely be laughed at.

How arrogant and inflated are you?
Do you think that there are people who would be willing to spend a few hours watching the filming process as a documentary?
However, director Cohen insisted on recording the entire filming process, restoring the process of "King of Spy V: The Last Airbender" bit by bit, and making it into a documentary.

In his opinion, "Lord of Spy Wars 2" is destined to be great, so the process of creating this great work is also of extremely high value.

This idea comes from the theme of "Lord of Spy 2": grandeur and insignificance.

When filming the first scene, the forest fire in Canada, director Coen had already started recording the entire filming process.

The recording process further verified his idea.

In that scene, the final effect of Lin Yuan wearing a fireproof suit and rushing into the center of the fire and physically entering the fire tornado was certainly wonderful.

But aren’t those stories that were told during the filming exciting, even though they were not included in the movie?
Whether it is Charlize's cry for Lin Yuan or the life-or-death decision when the fire tornado falls, it also constitutes a wonderful story!

Therefore, when shooting each scene, Director Coen did not forget to use another set of cameras to perfectly record the shooting process.

During the few days of filming in the Yala Snow Mountain, whether it was the difficult climbing process or the huge avalanche and ice avalanche, there were also too many stories outside the movie. It was impossible for him to waste so much material that was a director's dream.

In director Cohen's opinion, the documentary about the making of "King of Spy" is better than most movies!
Because Lin Yuan is so legendary, the off-screen stories surrounding him are incredibly exciting.

So Director Cohen couldn't help but propose a concept to Lin Yuan:
When "Lord of Spy Wars 2" is released in the future, the filming process will also be made into a documentary and released simultaneously!

To be honest, this idea surprised Lin Yuan quite a bit.

He still imagines that if the filming process could be made into a documentary and broadcast on TV, so that the audience in front of the TV can watch it for free, it is still within his imagination.

But treat this as a movie that is officially released in theaters?
Lin Yuan didn't know whether doing this would be considered too arrogant and would lead to him being criticized by public opinion.

But director Cohen insists that the vast majority of people will want to see this documentary, and are very eager to watch it.

He believes that after watching "King of Spy 2", the audience will be amazed and the indescribable excitement and stimulation will not subside for a long time.

At this point, the audience will inevitably want to watch the movie a second, third, or even fourth or fifth time, repeatedly watching this movie that amazed them.

But this kind of emotion also exists in every one of Lin Yuan's previous films, the only difference is the strength.

But in addition to this, they will have another emotion that is not being satisfied.

That is the need to learn more about the film and delve deeper into the production process.

In other words:
How did you manage to make such an unimaginable movie?
I really want to experience what it’s like to film "Lord of Spy 2" with you.

If you have this need, then come and watch the exclusive documentary!

Director Cohen firmly believes that when "King of Spy" and the documentary are released together, it will inevitably form an extremely powerful synergy effect:

After watching "Lord of Spy 2", the audience was filled with curiosity and anticipation, and went to watch the documentary immediately.

After watching the documentary, I liked "Lord of Spy Wars 2" even more, so I came back to watch the movie again.

This is simply mutual promotion, forming a closed loop.

I have to say that Director Cohen’s idea is very beautiful, and it is also a combination marketing model that has never appeared in film history.

Will movie fans really buy into this?
Don’t you really think that turning the filming process into a documentary is just an arrogant money-making scheme?

Lin Yuan couldn't answer this question because he had never seen anyone in the film industry do this in his previous life.

He knew that this could never be done with films shot by other filmmakers, even if they were "classics" shot by great directors like Spielberg and Cameron.

After all, every movie shown in a cinema requires the audience to pay real money to buy a ticket to watch it.

If you dare to let the audience spend money and they don’t feel it’s worth it, they will definitely criticize you.

No one is an exception, and Lin Yuan believes that even he is the same.

So the question becomes: Is the documentary about the making of "Lord of Spy 2" really better than most commercial films?

Lin Yuan still couldn't answer this question.

I don't know the true face of Lushan, I am only in this mountain.

Since he is in the situation, his perspective on the problem is destined to be subjective.

So he tried to ask the crew members for their opinions. Before asking, he told them very seriously that this was related to a major business decision and they must not give an objective and rational answer just because of their preference for him.

But almost every crew member expressed their support for director Cohen.

Everyone agreed that the documentary was absolutely captivating.

With this documentary, we can give those so-called "commercial blockbusters" a beating.

This one-sided attitude actually made Lin Yuan a little cautious. He knew the story of "Zou Ji's Advice to the King of Qi", so was everyone else putting on a filter because of their bias?
It’s not that Lin Yuan is too cautious, nor that he lacks confidence, but that he is at the center of the storm. Every move he makes will be magnified countless times and be subject to the scrutiny of the public.

So Lin Yuan chose a safe approach, which was to shoot a documentary first.

After the filming is completed, some clips will be released to test the public's preference.

If the public is very fond of it and strongly demands to watch it in theaters, then it will be released in the Christmas season at the end of the year together with "Lord of Spy V: The Last Airbender".

If the public's enthusiasm is not so high and they are not willing to pay to watch it, Lin Yuan will choose to broadcast it on TV, which is also a full use of the documentary.

As for scheduling the documentary and the main film for screening together, there won't be any difficulties in theaters.

Now Lin Yuan’s films have become an absolute giant. Any film that cares about the box office will actively choose to avoid being released in the same period as his.

Lin Yuan announces every year how many movies he will release and when the release dates are.

This is extremely important for other film companies. If their films are released together with Lin Yuan's films, no matter how good they are, they will be crushed into pieces.

This has led to the fact that in the past year, whenever Lin Yuan's films were released, they almost always received a screening rate of over 60%.

The remaining 40% was something Lin Yuan himself voluntarily refused, otherwise the cinema would have been eager to give him all the screenings.

But Lin Yuan still insisted not to do so. After all, he couldn't really let everyone go to the cinema and only have his movies to choose from, which would not be good for his image.

Otherwise, everyone has already watched his movies, even several times, but there are no other movies to choose from, which will inevitably lead to resentment and dissatisfaction.

Therefore, the domineering level of Lin Yuan's films when they are released now is very similar to GTA in the gaming field.

When many 3A blockbuster games are released, they deliberately avoid the years and schedules of GTA.

Otherwise, the release dates will clash and sales will be affected.

If the years clash, the award will definitely be lost.

Linyuan Pictures' dominance in the film industry is far stronger than GTA's dominance in the gaming industry, which shows how powerful it is.

In short, this documentary is a very important work for director Cohen and Lin Yuan, making them full of expectations and imagination about this new marketing method.

It's no wonder that while the entire crew was enjoying the food, Director Cohen and a cameraman were busy filming the grand bonfire party.

At this time, Lin Yuan had a camera on his shoulder and was skillfully moving the camera to capture the joyful atmosphere on the scene, while director Cohen followed behind him, giving him some shooting suggestions from time to time.

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, a burst of laughter came from a distance.

I saw a group of people surrounding Meng Tao, and Meng Tao was dancing in the crowd.

"Let's go and take a picture of Meng Tao's ugly face. He's drunk and dancing with his hips twisting." Lin Yuan said.

Director Cohen laughed and said, "What kind of wine did he drink? He's so drunk! He'll probably regret it when he wakes up tomorrow morning and finds out."

"Wuliangye and Luzhou Laojiao from Sichuan Province are Meng Tao's favorite wines." Lin Yuan replied.

Before 2005, the most sought-after liquor in China was not Moutai, the later "King of Liquor", but Wuliangye.

But 2005 was a major turning point, as Moutai surpassed Wuliangye in market value and profits for the first time.

It was not until 2013 that Moutai completely suppressed Wuliangye in terms of revenue and became the truly worthy "King of Liquor".

"I also like Wuliangye. Although it is strong, it is very mellow. Please prepare some more for me when you return to China," said Director Cohen.

"Okay, if you like, I'll prepare ten boxes for you." Lin Yuan said.

"Ten boxes? Are you planning to drink me to death?" Director Cohen was shocked by Lin Yuan's generosity.

"If you can't finish it, drink it slowly. The longer the liquor is stored, the mellower it tastes. I'll ask Gakki to send it to your home when the time comes." Lin Yuan replied with a smile.

"Why don't you deliver it yourself and let the girl bring me the wine?" Director Cohen said.

"Have you forgotten where we are going after leaving Sichuan?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Ah! I forgot that we will go to the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia immediately after we return," said Director Cohen.

"We still have a week of training to go. Is this time really enough?" Director Cohen asked again.

"In theory, it's definitely not enough to go out to sea with the submarine. But considering that we won't be filming too far away from the port, a week of training is barely enough." Lin Yuan replied.

"But it's still quite uncomfortable to enter a nuclear submarine to shoot a scene. Why don't you just go into the water with me and direct the filming from the shore. Look, didn't I shoot very well tonight? I can also help you shoot a lot of process scenes." Lin Yuan said.

"Impossible! I will go no matter how uncomfortable it is. This may be my only chance in my life to ride on the 'Big Blackfish'. I will never give up." Director Cohen insisted.

Seeing that Director Cohen refused to give in, Lin Yuan stopped talking. He understood Director Cohen's thoughts.

Which man can resist the temptation of the "big black fish"?
The answer is that once you ride it once, you probably won’t want to go in it again in your life.

After finishing filming at Yala Snow Mountain, the crew will move to the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia.

It is the famous attack nuclear submarine base of the US Navy. The next important scene of "King of Spy 2" requires entering this "big black fish" to shoot.

At first, Lin Yuan was worried that even though he was the richest man in the world, his Chinese identity would be too sensitive and he would not be able to use "Big Black Fish" to film.

Unexpectedly, with Betty's coordination and donation of another $500 million in "sponsorship fees", he easily obtained the Navy's permission.

I have to say, it's really capitalist.

It turns out that in capitalist countries, if you have money you can do whatever you want.

While talking, the two filmed Meng Tao's ugly dance with his hips twisting, and they all agreed that this would be an interesting highlight in the documentary.

"But Meng Tao's dance is a bit shabby. I need something with aesthetic value," said Director Cohen.

"What do you want?" Lin Yuan suddenly read something in Director Cohen's eyes.

"How about you perform a dance to liven up the atmosphere? There has to be contrast to create visual impact. Putting your dance together with Meng Tao's will double the effect," Director Cohen said with a smile.

Without giving Lin Yuan a chance to refuse, Director Cohen continued, "Don't say you can't dance! The Hu Xuan dance you performed at the premiere of 'The Song of Tang Dynasty' has become a video teaching material for dance academies around the world.

Come on, for our film, that's your job."

After saying that, Director Cohen walked to the table next to the campfire and picked up the microphone that Meng Tao and Lin Yuan had used in their opening remarks.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I have a great suggestion."

Hearing Director Cohen's words, the crew members all looked over.

"How can such a wonderful bonfire party tonight be without singing and dancing? Do you want Lin Yuan to perform for everyone?"

Director Cohen's suggestion immediately caused cheers from the audience:
"Yes! Absolutely! Director, your suggestion is great!"

"Yuan Shen's dance is so awesome. I was stunned by the Hu Xuan dance at the premiere of 'The Song of Tang Dynasty'!"

"I agree! I tried to learn the Hu Xuan dance before, but not only did I look terrible, I also fell down several times because I was so dizzy."

"Me too. My eyes and brain have learned the movements, but my hands and feet won't obey at all."

"Yuan Shen, come on!" Charlize and GAKKI on the sidelines shouted with red faces and waving their fists excitedly.

That night before, on the large flatbed boat in Kisangani, Lin Yuan and his black friends, including Buta, ate barbecue while singing and dancing in the moonlight.

That joyful scene became one of GAKKI-chan's most beautiful memories.

After the discussion, all the girls expressed their longing for this experience.

There was another such opportunity today, and Charlize and GAKKI immediately led the cheering.

Seeing someone taking the lead, the other crew members followed suit and cheered:
"Source God, come one!"

Faced with everyone's enthusiastic cheers, Lin Yuan did not hesitate to refuse.

The atmosphere tonight was so good, and with his two close female friends leading the fun, he naturally chose to follow public opinion.

So Lin Yuan walked to GAKKI-chan, whispered a few words in her ear, and then came to the center of the field.

There was immediate applause from the crowd.

"Today we are holding this joyful bonfire party on the beautiful land of China, so I will perform a Chinese folk dance," said Lin Yuan.

"The Source God is mighty!"

"Any dance performed by the Source God is bound to be a masterpiece!"

"loyalty!"

Lin Yuan: ()
Oops, the slogan of loyalty has been overused. Will it become a corporate culture next?
"I noticed that at tonight's barbecue party, roasted whole lamb, roasted lamb legs, and lamb skewers were the most popular. They all come from the Anxi region of China.

So I will show you a dance that is unique to the Parthian region, the Sainaim dance.

It would be a good match for everyone to watch this dance while eating roasted lamb," Lin Yuan said with a smile.

The next moment, the melodious accompaniment of the "Dutar", a musical instrument unique to the Western Regions, came from the speakers.

(End of this chapter)