Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 7 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Released

[Completed the first date with a Type B girl. Host performance rating: S]

After finishing his trip to Big Bear Mountain Park with Liu Yufei and returning to his home in New York, Lin Yuan immediately received a system notification.

S-rank rating? The rewards must be quite substantial, right?
Recalling the wonderful experience of yesterday, Lin Yuan felt that he had gained enough.

Thank you for rebirth, which allows me to make up for my regrets.

So, rewards don't matter?

How can it be!

He really needs the skill rewards given by the system.

Lin Yuan wants to be an action superstar. Apart from his good physical fitness, he knows nothing about other martial arts skills.

He doesn't know Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do, Bajiquan, Xingyiquan, Drunken Master...

Swordsmanship, spearmanship, knifemanship, stickmanship... he knows nothing about it.

Muay Thai, karate, sambo, wrestling, jiu-jitsu… all of them are outsiders.

How can you become an action star like this?

In the car jumping scene in "The Fast and the Furious", he relied entirely on his physical fitness.

If he could master various parkour techniques like Chen Long, his success rate wouldn't be so low.

It is not easy to become the god of furniture store.

So, what rewards will the system give?

Lin Yuan didn't have to wait any longer, as golden words immediately appeared before his eyes:

[Host obtains skill reward: Swordsmanship (Master Level)]

[Achieve the highest rating on a date, additional reward: Parkour skills (Master level)]

Lin Yuan didn't have time to think about it, and a memory suddenly appeared in his mind out of nowhere.

In my memory, he would get up at the sound of the cock-crow and practice diligently for more than 30 years.

All kinds of sword techniques were displayed in his hands one by one, and he continued to eliminate the unnecessary and retain the essential, making his moves more and more simple and concise.

His swordsmanship was only one step away from the elusive supreme realm.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel ecstatic after instantly acquiring the sword technique that he had painstakingly cultivated for over thirty years.
Not only did he master gorgeous sword techniques that could be used in film and television performances, he also acquired practical sword skills that could be used in combat.

It really kills two birds with one stone.

While he was still happy, another memory about parkour was also stuffed into his mind.

It also took years of hard training to master climbing and jumping techniques in various complex terrains, and even the experience of how to reduce injuries.

After mastering the master's parkour skills, Lin Yuan suddenly had an arrogant idea:

What are stairs? Do you really need them to go downstairs?
In his mind, he saw himself flipping over to the outside of the balcony and jumping down layer by layer along the air conditioner unit outside the window.

If you don't seek death, you won't die. The next moment, he immediately drove this thought out of his mind.

"I smiled triumphantly, and smiled triumphantly again, and drank and sang while the day was still fresh..." The cell phone suddenly rang.

Lin Yuan glanced at the caller ID and quickly picked up the phone: "Hello, Director Li Ang."

"Hey kid, have you finished filming "Fast and Furious"? "

"Yes, it ended yesterday."

"Why don't you join the promotional tour right away? The movie's already been out for two days, and you're the lead actor, so you can't miss it all, right?"

"Okay, I'll buy a plane ticket and come over right away."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan changed into formal clothes and went out with the suitcase that he had not had time to pack.

Yesterday, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was officially released in North America.

As a reborn person, Lin Yuan knew that the film would eventually gross $1.28 million in North America and an astonishing $2 million worldwide.

But he also knew that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was not smooth sailing in the early days of its release.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a martial arts film directed by a Chinese director, initially received little attention from North American theaters. Initially, only 16 theaters scheduled it, and the box office in its first week was only $60.

This was a terrible result, no wonder director Ang Lee seemed a little anxious on the phone.

But Lin Yuan wasn't worried at all. As word of mouth spread, the number of theaters showing the film increased to 31 in the second week, and more than 140 in the third week...

The screening schedule of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been increasing month by month, and the word-of-mouth effect has been increasingly prominent.

At its peak, more than 2000 theaters were showing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and it eventually grossed $1.28 million, becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in North America.

The foreign language film that surpassed the second place was the Italian film "Life is Beautiful", which only had a box office of more than 5000 million US dollars, more than 7000 million US dollars less than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

The fact that it has achieved such results is enough to prove that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is an extremely excellent martial arts film.

In fact, director Ang Lee has already clearly pointed out the theme of this movie in the title: "Hide" and "Lie".

Hiding means concealing, and lying means suppressing.

Hiding is a game of whether to face your inner desires directly.

Lying down is a form of oppression that comes from moral norms represented by etiquette and laws.

Therefore, this is a story that describes the struggles and choices that people make when faced with human nature, desires, fame, wealth, and etiquette.

The more desires you have and the less you learn to let go, the more tightly you will be bound.

But if you give up everything and pursue freedom, can you really bear the consequences?

In a few years, Chinese people will start shouting: Let’s Let Go.

So this is a story with an extremely oriental core, and it is not a work that pleases the West at all.

Director Ang Lee simply showed the struggle of human nature in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in a way that both Easterners and Westerners can understand.

Yu Jiaolong, played by Zhang Ziyu, is the heroine of this film and is a person who truly pursues freedom at all costs.

But what did she get in the end for this selfless dedication?
At the end of the film, she chooses to jump off the mountain. Perhaps in that brief moment, she has true freedom.

Westerners like this kind of story with philosophical thinking, and they can also easily understand the core of the game of desire and the pursuit of freedom.

Combined with the extremely beautiful oriental elements captured in this film: Chinese architecture, Jiangnan water towns, bamboo forests, Qinggong, eighteen kinds of weapons...

The combination of multiple attractions created the miracle of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It must be a blessing for Lin Yuan to be able to star in such a movie.

He wasn't worried about the film's performance, but he did have some unspoken concerns:
Lin Yuan has a sex scene in this movie!

The Luo Xiaohu he plays has a sex scene with Yu Jiaolong...

And it’s intense…

This movie will definitely be seen by Liu Yufei, she won’t be angry, right?
The key is that Lin Yuan cannot completely distance himself from Zhang Ziyu. According to his plan, he needs to get to know director Zhang Mou through her.

Inspired by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, domestic directors have begun to develop the ambition to make commercial blockbusters and enter Hollywood.

"Hero" and "The Promise" are corresponding products.

Lin Yuan decisively chose to avoid "The Promise", but he didn't want to miss "Hero".

This movie is a battleground for him.

If Lin Yuan only considers developing in Hollywood, then it really doesn't matter whether he stars in this movie or not.

But Lin Yuan is a Chinese, and his road to becoming a superstar cannot be limited to Hollywood. China should be his root.

The movie "Hero" pioneered the domestic commercial blockbuster and is the most unmissable hit in recent years.

However, his current resume is not enough to compete, and he has to wait until his wings are stronger.

It will be soon. Lin Yuan calculated that he would be able to raise enough capital in another year.

It is such a blessing to be reborn. Only by moving forward continuously can we live up to our youth.

[Feeling the host's fighting spirit, I'm issuing additional tasks.]

Please help "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" increase its box office through your efforts, and you will be rewarded with attributes based on the results.

Lin Yuan:? ? ?
(End of this chapter)