Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 9 The Wall of Prejudice

After completing the task of increasing the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", there are 2 more points of distributable attributes.

It is really timely relief, exactly what Lin Yuan urgently needs now.

He immediately added these two attributes to strength and constitution.

【Name: Lin Yuan】

[Age: 18 years old]

【Power: 13→14】

[Agility: 15]

[Physique: 13→14]

[Assignable attributes: 0]

[Skills: Master-level swordsmanship, Master-level parkour]

The attributes are enhanced again, and strength and physique are approaching the current limit of 15 points.

With stronger muscle strength, Lin Yuan feels that his jumping ability is no less than that of some professional basketball players, and his punching power is enough to rival that of professional boxers.

This enhanced physique not only brought him one step closer to achieving titanium knees but also significantly increased his endurance. Lin Yuan figured, maybe he could run a marathon?

As his physical fitness improved, Lin Yuan became more confident about the meeting arranged by Director Cohen.

Tonight Director Cohen will take himself to meet Stephen Sommers, the director and producer of "The Mummy Returns".

Speaking of "The Mummy Returns", it is definitely a classic fantasy movie.

With the release of the movie, classic elements such as the scarab, the Black Book of the Dead, the Golden Book of the Sun, and the High Priest Imhotep have become well-known to many people in China.

So many online novels use these classic elements. Even in many Zhutian Wuxian novels, "The Mummy Returns" is one of the dungeons that the protagonist must challenge in the early stages.

It is also worth mentioning that Dwayne Johnson plays the villain Scorpion King in this movie, which is his film debut.

When he was guest-starring in this role, he certainly didn't expect that he would accidentally complete the transformation from a wrestler to an action actor.

In short, this is a classic fantasy movie and also a beautiful memory of Lin Yuan’s youth, so of course he hopes he can star in it.

To show his sincerity, Lin Yuan not only choreographed action moves in line with the movie style, but also recorded them in a video.

He also considered that his own strength was limited and that he needed a team to help the entire crew improve the quality of the action scenes.

So, through Zhang Ziyu who was filming "Rush Hour 2", Lin Yuan contacted Brother Chen Long, hoping to borrow a few martial artists from his Chen Family Class to participate in directing the action choreography.

Although Brother Chen Long, who was filming a movie in Hong Kong, did not meet with him, he agreed immediately over the phone. His only request was that Lin Yuan also play a cameo role in "Rush Hour 2".

Rather than saying this is an exchange, it is more accurate to say that it is the support of the seniors to the juniors.

Lin Yuan was grateful in his heart.

We have done so much preparation and shown our sincerity.

Lin Yuan believes that he will be able to conquer director Sommers tonight and secure an important role for himself in "The Mummy Returns".

In order to appear serious, he carefully combed his hair into an adult style and put on a handsome suit.

Everything was ready, and Lin Yuan drove off.

We drove all the way to the Conrad Hotel in downtown New York City.

The Conrad Hotel is a famous luxury hotel in New York. It is located next to Central Park and offers a bird's eye view of the Hudson River. The lowest room rate for a night here starts at US$700.

Director Sommers is staying in this hotel tonight, which shows that he has high requirements for the quality of life.

When Lin Yuan arrived at his destination, Director Cohen was already waiting for him at the hotel entrance.

Director Cohen came forward when he saw Lin Yuan and said, "Let's go. Director Sommers is waiting for us."

"Is there anything I need to pay attention to?" Lin Yuan asked.

"You should talk less tonight and leave the communication to me. Director Sommers has a bad temper."

Hearing Director Cohen's reply, Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.

He still replied: "Please director."

Lin Yuan is very grateful to Director Cohen for caring so much about him and being willing to do his best to pave the way for him.

Although "The Fast and the Furious" and "The Mummy Returns" are both films produced by Universal Pictures, "The Fate of the Furious" is just a new series of films with an investment of only more than 1 million US dollars, and is a product that tests the waters.

The Mummy Returns cost nearly $100 million and was a sequel to a successful film.

It can be seen that for Universal Pictures, the difference in the importance that Director Cohen and Director Sommers place on the film is huge. Will Director Sommers give Director Cohen this favor?

Lin Yuan's worries deepened.

The two came to the living room of a luxurious suite, where director Stephen Sommers was sitting on the sofa waiting for them.

Director Sommers, born in 1963, is now 37 years old, at the prime age of a director, and appears to be even more powerful than director Cohen, who is already 51 years old.

He is 1 meters tall and his strong physique easily gives people the illusion that he is brainless, but when you see his sinister and cunning eyes, you will immediately realize that he is no ordinary person.

When he saw the two people come in, Director Sommers did not stand up to greet them. He glanced at Lin Yuan briefly, then spread his hands and gestured for them to take a seat.

"Director Sommers, this is Lin Yuan I want to introduce to you. Don't look at his young age. Give him a few years and he will definitely become a legend like Jackie Chen." Director Cohen introduced.

"Really? Then wish him good luck." Sommers clearly didn't agree.

"If he could participate in your The Mummy Returns, he would definitely help you make the action scenes more exciting. Look at this plan he carefully crafted."

Director Cohen handed over the plan prepared by Lin Yuan.

Director Sommers took it, opened it casually, flipped through it, and then threw it aside.

Seeing his actions, Lin Yuan felt his heart sink:
Director Sommers didn't even look at his plan. He didn't even move his eyes. He just pretended to flip through a few pages and then threw it away.

"The plan is okay, but my schedule for this movie is already full, so I can't fit him in."

"I've read the script, and the role of the leader of the Pharaoh's guards is very suitable for Lin Yuan. Believe me, he will give you a surprise!" Director Cohen continued to urge.

"That's not appropriate. I only use pure Westerners for important roles in my movies. Forget about Easterners."

"Can……"

Director Cohen was interrupted just as he was about to speak.

"Even black people are better than yellow people. I will never use Chinese people!" Director Sommers refused.

"..."

"Well, you really don't know what kind of genius you've missed. You'll regret it in the future."

Having said that, Director Cohen could only stand up and take Lin Yuan away.

Seeing the two men leave, Director Sommers sneered and said, "If I hadn't been so embarrassed, I wouldn't have wasted my time meeting them tonight. A yellow monkey wants to make it in Hollywood? How ridiculous!"

……

……

"Lin, I'm sorry to disappoint you tonight."

Coming out of Director Sommers' room, Director Cohen said apologetically.

"No, Director, you shouldn't apologize. I'm the one who caused you so much trouble."

"This guy is actually a racist, so damn arrogant!" director Cohen cursed.

Seeing Lin Yuan's bad face, Director Cohen continued: "Don't worry, I will introduce you to new opportunities!"

But he seemed to suddenly realize something and murmured, "But if you think about it carefully, there aren't many directors willing to use Chinese actors as the lead actors. These guys have tinted glasses..."

Lin Yuan was indeed feeling a little down because he suddenly realized that he was still naive and thought many things were too simple.

I am very brave and good at fighting, but is that enough?

This is Hollywood, a world dominated by white people and white supremacy.

Maybe black people can squat in the corner and share some of the leftovers, but Chinese people don’t even have this opportunity!
This is not just caused by the racist ideas of some directors, but is determined by the entire Western stereotype of Chinese people.

Westerners have a stereotype of Chinese people as being backward and ignorant, with squinty eyes and Fu Manchu...

The prejudice in people's minds is like an invisible high wall, and today Lin Yuan finally ran into it head-on.

You don't want to play a villain? You want to appear in a different image? You're dreaming!
But Lin Yuan just refused to accept it. Not only did he want to tear a hole in the wall like Chen Long did, he also wanted to completely tear down the wall!

Sensing Lin Yuan's faith, the golden system text appeared again:

[The host's ideal has been established, and a series of tasks has begun: Legendary Action Star.]

[Mission 1: Star in a Hollywood movie that surpasses The Mummy Returns at the global box office.]

【Attribute rewards will be given based on the host's performance. 】

(End of this chapter)