Huayu is here for you

Chapter 126 A Bit of a Angry Young Man

Xiao Ou didn't take Lin Yu's rejection to heart. After all, Xingguang was no less powerful than Huayi now. On the contrary, Huayi had to treat Xingguang with deference. So after talking with Lin Yu, Xiao Ou sent a text message to the two people surnamed Wang at Huayi, not even bothering to make a phone call.

On the other hand, Lin Yu's novel "The Witch," which he submitted before leaving the country, was approved the day after he arrived abroad, which surprised Lin Yu quite a bit!

Surprised as they were, the work still had to be done. Although "The Witch" was still more than half a year away from the release date Lin Yu had planned, the promotion could begin. One trailer was released first, and another was released three months later.

This way, the audience's enthusiasm and curiosity can be fully mobilized without losing their sense of anticipation.

Moreover, thanks to Lin Yu's memories of this film from his previous life, the post-production of the movie was also quite fast. Not to mention that the film had already been edited by Lin Yu, so there was plenty of time.

Time is like a handful of fine sand; the more you try to hold onto it, the faster it slips away. Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and Lin Yu had already embarked on his journey back home.

During this trip abroad, Lin Yu not only filmed "Aquaman" for Warner Bros., but also took care of the filming of the second part of "Twilight". Of course, Lin Yu did not film it himself, but just like the first movie, he found a director who was just a tool and filmed it strictly according to the script adapted by Lin Yu. It was cheap and easy to use.

It's worth mentioning that Lin Yu didn't keep all the profits for the second Twilight movie; he shared 25% of the investment with other companies. After all, Lin Yu still planned to stay in North America for the time being, and he couldn't keep going all the profits to himself.

However, it's impossible for them to ask for more. Twenty-five percent is already Lin Yu's bottom line, and that includes publicity and distribution. They also have to do the publicity and distribution for "The Witch" at the same time, but that will cost extra.

As for the lucky one, it was Warner Bros. After all, Lin Yu was also involved in the movie "Aquaman". In addition to his 5% share as the director, Warner Bros. gave him a total of 15% share. It was a trade-off, and they also managed to put Marvel in a bad light. They were very happy!

When Marvel received this news, a group of shareholders were furious. Not only did you make a movie for your old rival, but you also gave up your investment share in "Twilight"? Do you think Marvel is short of money? Well, it seems that it is indeed short of money now.

Because they were too ambitious, they invested in three of Lin Yu's film scripts at once: *Iron Man 2*, *Thor*, and more.

With "The Incredible Hulk," most of the money earned beforehand has been squandered. I really have no way to make it work. Otherwise, I would definitely call Lin Yu and give him a piece of my mind.

Meanwhile, our great director Lin had already returned home. His parents were filled with pride as they faced their son, whom they hadn't seen in a long time and who was becoming more and more successful.

"Xiaoyu, how long will you be able to rest after this busy period?" Lin's mother asked expectantly, holding her son's hand. "Hmm—I should be able to rest for a few more days, it depends. If nothing else happens, I plan to take a long vacation. I don't plan to do anything else until the movie 'The Witch' is released." Lin Yu smiled at his mother, "Hehe—that's good, that's good. Xiaoyu, you seem to have lost weight recently! Are you having trouble adjusting to life abroad? Or else—"

"You should go out less often in the future. Filming in China is just as good!" Lin's mother paused for a moment, somewhat bewildered, and said, "What do you know?" Lin's father, seeing his mother's "affected" manner, couldn't help but speak up. "Xiao Yu is going to make money off those foreigners. Why can't we let him go? It's okay for those foreigners to come and make money off our Chinese people's RMB, but not for Xiao Yu to make money off their US dollars? What kind of logic is that?"

Lin Yu: "??? I didn't expect my dad to be a bit of a radical?"

"Dad! That's not what Mom meant."

"What do you mean it's not like that? That's exactly what she meant. When you're not home, she keeps bringing it up every day, saying things like, 'Let me talk to you with her, tell her not to keep running around abroad all the time, just stay in China and develop your career. Why can't you go abroad? Xiaoyu, you've finally made something of yourself, you can go abroad and earn money from foreigners, why are you stopping us?'" Lin's father said with a righteous and indignant expression.

"What the hell! Dad, have you lost your mind? Or have you become incredibly audacious? How dare you talk to Mom like that? Aren't you afraid she'll beat you up? And what's even more amazing is that Mom hasn't retaliated yet?" Lin Yu exclaimed inwardly.

However, he still said, "It's okay, Dad. I can earn money from foreigners just the same in China. There's no difference."

"Don't make excuses for her. Besides—you're not dealing with a small business, and you're not doing anything trivial. You're directing things remotely from home, which is nothing compared to doing it personally abroad. We can't really help you much, but we can't hold you back either! We already told her before you came that we wouldn't bring this up, but she broke her promise! She still wants you to stay."

Lin Yu was a little dazed. "I'm just a moviemaker, why is my dad talking like I'm making some huge contribution to the country?"

After hesitating for a moment, he weakly said, "Dad, your son is just a movie director! Aren't you going a bit too far?"

"What do you mean 'too much'? Don't you know your influence in the country?"

"What influence? Dad, even if I have influence, it's only within the entertainment industry! Your son isn't at the level you're talking about, is he?" Lin Yu said with a puzzled look. "Sigh—it seems you haven't paid much attention to what we ordinary people think of you!" Lin's father said with some melancholy.

Lin Yu: "??? What the hell? Dad, do you know what you're saying? I'm getting less and less understanding. And Mom's reaction is weird too! Why is she holding me and not saying anything?"

"When I was a child, your grandfather would often recite a line of poetry to himself—"

Lin Yu: "!!! How come my grandfather has a role now?"

"Four hundred million people shed tears, where in the world is our homeland?" Lin's father recited, word by word.

Listening to the poem recited by Lin's father, Lin Yu became even more puzzled. "I know Tan Aiguo's poem, but does it have anything to do with what you just said?"

Lin Yu was completely dumbfounded. Why was his father suddenly acting like a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur)?