Huayu: King of Kung Fu

Chapter 116 He probably needs someone like me.

Just as Lin Hu settled into the hotel, leaders and seniors from the city's Sports Bureau, Culture Bureau, and Wushu Association, as well as Lin Hu's former coach, came to meet with him.

Lin Hu's two "Ong-Bak" films were released, and it was clear that the boxing style used was Angquan from Guangxi.

This made the previously nearly lost art of Angquan famous overnight.

Many people travel to Guangxi specifically to learn Angquan (Angquan).

The movie "Shaolin Temple" made Dengfeng a fortune back then.

Now that Lin Hu has made Angquan popular, Nanning should naturally develop its cultural undertakings.

They wanted to leverage Lin Hu's cultural influence to help Angquan (a style of Chinese martial arts) spread beyond Guangxi.

Even if it doesn't reach the heights of "Shaolin Temple" back then, it can still rake in a huge wave of political achievements.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau had previously contacted Lin Hu, who expressed his willingness to cooperate, but hoped to finish filming "Ong-Bak 2" first.

We'll discuss the release details later.

Given Lin Hu's international action star influence, the Cultural Affairs Bureau also indicated that it could accommodate his schedule and the city would begin promotion first.

In short, both sides were very considerate.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to return to their hometown to attend the Golden Rooster Awards, the two sides finally met.

The director of the Sports Bureau stated directly, "Xiao Lin, the municipal government hopes to appoint you as the image ambassador and honorary head coach of Angquan, to vigorously promote Angquan. What are your thoughts?"

Lin Hu naturally wouldn't refuse; it would be a good thing to bring an industry to his hometown and solve many employment problems.

Lin Hu humbly said, "Distinguished leaders, I am from Guangxi, so naturally I want to do my part for the development of my hometown. I am very honored to hold these two positions, but I am afraid that my abilities are insufficient."

The leaders immediately showered Lin Hu with compliments.

"Xiao Lin, don't be modest. You're an international action superstar now, the pride of Nanning!"

"Nanning needs big stars like you to promote its cultural undertakings!"

That evening, Lin Hu verbally agreed to serve as the image ambassador and honorary head coach of Angquan.

They also promised to participate in relevant promotional activities and attend promotional ceremonies in the future.

He also voluntarily donated five million to support the development of Angkor Wat.

Lin Hu was so savvy, and the media in his hometown were also very supportive. The subsequent Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival awards ceremony featured him prominently, showering him with praise.

These days, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festivals are held together.

The Hundred Flowers Award is a popular award, decided by audience votes; the Golden Rooster Award is a professional award, selected by a judging panel.

One of the rules of the Hundred Flowers Awards is that only films that have been released nationwide are eligible to participate in the selection.

Only when the audience has fully seen the film can they vote to participate in the selection.

Although Lin Hu was a newcomer, he had international influence and was arranged to sit in the front row with film industry bigwigs such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou asked, "How much did your film 'Ong-Bak 2' gross worldwide?"

Lin Hu did the math and said, "It's about $1.8 million."

The directors and actors around were all speechless with astonishment.

Chen Kaige laughed and said, "The global box office of one of his movies is higher than the total box office of all movies in China for the whole year."

Zhang Yimou gave a thumbs up and said, "Impressive, the younger generation is truly formidable."

Gong Li asked, "Are you almost catching up with Chen Long?"

Lin Hu shook his head and said, "No, 'Rush Hour' grossed $2.4 million worldwide. My success was mainly due to the support of domestic audiences, which is about $7000 million. If we really consider overseas box office, it's far behind Brother Chen Long's."

Someone said, "Money in China is still money!"

Everyone echoed, "Yes, yes!"

As they were talking, a heavyweight guest, Stephen Chow, appeared and presented the Best Actor award.

He announced the list, speaking in heavily accented Mandarin: "The winner of Best Actor is—Lin Hu, for *Ong-Bak 2*!"

The crowd applauded enthusiastically. Lin Hu went up on stage, and Stephen Chow presented him with the trophy, saying, "Congratulations, Brother Tai! Your film was fantastic. I hope to have the opportunity to work with you again!"

Lin Hu accepted the trophy and said politely, "Thank you, Mr. Stephen Chow. I also look forward to working with you sometime!"

In the original timeline, Stephen Chow originally wanted to present the Best Actress award to Zhang Ziyi, but the organizing committee wouldn't allow it and instead asked him to present the Best Actor award to Pan Changjiang. Chow then simply said four words: "Congratulations, congratulations!"

Now that Lin Hu has won the Best Actor award, Stephen Chow has become much more talkative and even took the initiative to invite Lin Hu to collaborate.

But why would Stephen Chow, a comedian, collaborate with Lin Hu?

Lin Hu took it as a polite remark and didn't take it to heart.

Lin Hu held up the trophy for reporters to take photos, and then gave his acceptance speech.

Yang Xiaoye's mother, Ye Wenlan, was mopping the living room floor when she suddenly received a call from her daughter: "Mom, are you watching TV?"

"I'm mopping the floor."

"Look at CCTV-6! You like watching Lin Hu, right? He won Best Actor!"

Ye Wenlan quickly switched to CCTV-6 and saw Lin Hu giving his acceptance speech.

"Thank you, leaders and audience members, for your support in awarding me this Hundred Flowers Award."

This is an award for performance, and I know that many of the senior actors present are far superior to me in terms of acting skills.

I am deeply flattered and overwhelmed that I was able to receive this award, all thanks to the audience's love and support.

My baby is about to be born, and this award is a wonderful gift. I want to give it to my baby.

I've decided that if it's a boy, his nickname will be Xiao Bai.

If it's a girl, her nickname will be Little Flower —

Upon hearing this, Ye Wenlan couldn't help but laugh.

In such an official setting, everyone was quite serious, but Lin Hu named his unborn child in public, which was both funny and heartwarming, and everyone gave him a round of applause.

Now, the whole country knows Lin Hu's child's nickname.

Lin Hu walked off the stage with the trophy, and the host said, "During the release of 'Ong-Bak 2,' it sparked great enthusiasm among audiences across the country."

It grossed 3.7 million RMB in China, breaking the box office record set by Titanic.

This year's Hundred Flowers Awards received approximately 79 votes, a full 22 more than last year.

Many of these tickets were for "Ong-Bak 2," proving that it is indeed a popular and well-received film.

As Lin Hu listened to the host's words, he thought to himself: This is really going to be "Tiger Wars 2". I wonder if I'll get a nomination for Best Feature Film?

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In the original timeline, Wu Jingzheng won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor and Best Feature Film for his role in "Wolf Warrior 2".

Sure enough, not long after, Ong-Bak 2, along with The Road Home and National Anthem, won Best Feature Film.

"Damn, am I stuck with Wu Jing's script?"

Lin Hu muttered a complaint to himself as he joined Zhang Yimou and Wu Ziniu, two fifth-generation directors, on the awards stage.

After watching the awards ceremony, Ye Wenlan had a long phone conversation with her daughter, Yang Xiaoye.

"Is Lin Hu's child a boy or a girl?"

"Mom, how would I know?"

Ye Wenlan said with some concern, "He's only twenty years old, not yet of legal marriage age, and he already has a child—"

Yang Xiaoye complained, "Mom, why do I feel like you care about that Lin Hu more than your own daughter?"

"Sigh, actually I'm a little confused too. The more I look at this child, the more familiar I feel with him, as if I've seen him somewhere before."

Yang Xiaoye said, "Mom, what do you think about me working at his company after I graduate?"

"Why did you decide to work for his company?"

"I find him very interesting. I can even help you investigate what the connection is between you two."

"He owns a film company, what could you possibly do there?"

"I studied journalism, so I can do public relations for their company. I'm a graduate of a prestigious university, after all; they should need someone like me, right?"