Huayu: King of Kung Fu

The crowd surged forward, pushing and shoving, chanting Lin Hu's name, creating chaos at the scene.

Upon seeing this, the school security guards immediately stepped forward to maintain order and took Lin Hu away.

Since Lin Hu was there for an interview, the school could only arrange for him to skip the queue and be interviewed first.

Lin Hu entered the classroom, where three interviewers were sitting. He politely greeted them, "Hello, teachers!"

The teachers were all astonished when they saw Lin Hu.

One of the teachers asked, "Are you Lin Hu from 'Ong-Bak'?"

"Yes!"

"You're already famous worldwide, why are you still applying to the Beijing Film Academy?"

Lin Hu thought to himself, "Wasn't that all for the sake of having a campus romance with my Yuanyuan?"

But the reason cannot be disclosed.

Lin Hu thought for a moment and said, "The reason is not important."

The teacher was taken aback and asked, "Then what's important?"

Lin Hu said in a very pretentious way, "Beijing Film Academy is very important because of me."

One sentence silenced all the interviewers.

Lin Hu's point is simple: his film "Ong-Bak" was a huge hit both domestically and internationally, making him a new generation of international action superstar after Chen Long and Li Lianjie.

Moreover, he directed and starred in this movie.

A film talent like him has a limitless future.

He was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy today, and he will become the face of the academy! The pride of the Beijing Film Academy! The Beijing Film Academy will be proud of him!

Someone like him, if the Beijing Film Academy doesn't want him, he'll go to the Central Academy of Drama, or the Shanghai Theatre Academy...

Others are scrambling to get it, and you're still asking why? What a load of rubbish!

The teacher, somewhat embarrassed, said coldly, "Student Lin, you're a bit young and impetuous, quite arrogant..."

Before he could finish speaking, a female teacher sitting next to him interrupted him, laughing and saying, "He's a national martial arts champion at such a young age, and his first movie caused a sensation across Asia. He has every right to be arrogant!"

Another teacher stepped in to smooth things over: "Youth is wasted on the young!"

The female teacher said to Lin Hu, "With your qualifications, you could have been specially admitted by contacting the school. Why did you choose to take the exam?"

"Because I think the college entrance examination is currently a relatively fair system in our country."

Even students from impoverished families can change their destiny through the college entrance examination.

Special admissions would undermine this fairness because it would be easy to engage in various underhanded practices.

I am now a famous actor with a certain social influence.

Therefore, I am willing to stand up and defend this relatively fair system.

I believe that getting in through the regular entrance exam, without relying on special admissions, would better demonstrate my abilities.

In a few months, I will take the college entrance examination again to test my academic subjects!

Lin Hu was previously full of chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), saying that the Beijing Film Academy was very important to him, which aroused the disgust of several teachers.

These words, however, broadened the perspective and impressed the three teachers.

The three exchanged glances, and the female teacher said, "Well said. Now let's begin officially. Although you've already achieved great success, we'll still follow the established procedures, okay?"

Lin Hu nodded and said, "Okay!"

"First, please demonstrate your talent!"

"My talent is martial arts!"

As Lin Hu was speaking, he suddenly did a somersault in mid-air.

Without any warning, none of the three teachers saw how he jumped. After the somersault, he remained standing in the same spot, as if they had imagined it, and Lin Hu hadn't actually jumped at all.

The three examiners were stunned and gave each other a thumbs up: "Impressive!"

In these interviews, teachers usually ask students some questions.

For example, during Huang Xiaoming's interview, the teacher asked him to demonstrate catching crickets, and he said, "Teacher, we don't have crickets in Qingdao!" This completely baffled the teacher.

After Lin Hu demonstrated his skills, the three teachers waived the performance test for him.

Because Lin Hu is already a famous actor, and his skills are so amazing, so what if he has a poker face?

The female teacher told Lin Hu directly, "Lin Hu, you've passed the interview!"

"Thank you, teachers!"

Lin Hu came out of the classroom, gave Gao Yuanyuan, who was about to go in for her interview, a fist bump, and said, "Good luck!"

Gao Yuanyuan smiled sweetly and walked into the classroom.

Lin Hu went back to the car to wait, and almost fell asleep, when Gao Yuanyuan and Huang Bo returned.

Lin Hu asked, "How is it?"

Gao Yuanyuan said, "We need to go back and wait for further notice!"

"Huh? So they just announced that I passed?"

Gao Yuanyuan retorted coquettishly, "Who can compare to you?"

Huang Bo said self-deprecatingly, "Yuanyuan is so pretty, she'll definitely pass. I'm doubtful!"

Lin Hu comforted him, "It should be fine. You performed very well in 'Ong-Bak,' and those teachers aren't blind."

Lin Hu started the car and first took Huang Bo, then Gao Yuanyuan.

The car arrived at Gao Yuanyuan's building, and Lin Hu said, "We're here!"

Gao Yuanyuan said somewhat reluctantly, "I...I'm going home!"

"Um!"

Gao Yuanyuan unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the car door, and was about to get out.

"Yuanyuan!" Lin Hu suddenly called out to her.

"What?" Gao Yuanyuan turned around.

Lin Hu looked at her incredibly pure face and felt a surge of emotion.

He took Gao Yuanyuan's hand and led her to his side.

The two were very close, their eyes met, and they could hear each other breathing.

Lin Hu lowered his head and gently kissed her petal-like lips...

……

Lin Hu returned home, where he was all alone.

Zhou Xun and Wang Baoqiang have not returned yet.

With nothing to do, he turned on his computer and found a lot of reviews about Ong-Bak.

Many of these works were written by internet celebrities he knew from later generations.

These posts are mostly praises, with many saying they went to the cinema specifically to see "Ong-Bak" and enjoyed it immensely!

Many netizens have analyzed in their film reviews what makes "Ong-Bak" so awesome.

Many netizens also frantically urged for more updates in the comments section of Lin Hu's post about "Ong-Bak".

"When will you film the second movie?"

"I really want to see a second season, I think they'll make one?"

"It's really good, much better than Chen Long's 'Rush Hour'! Please make a sequel soon!!!"

Lin Hu was engrossed in watching when Zhou Xun suddenly returned.

She threw down her luggage, sat in Lin Hu's lap, and asked for a kiss.

After a period of intimacy, Lin Hu asked, "Why are you back so soon?"

"Isn't it because China Film Group was established, and they wanted me to attend the listing ceremony?"

"Oh, right, I want to go too!"

In the late 1990s, the number of Chinese films produced declined year by year, with an annual output of less than 100 films.

The total box office for the year was less than 10 billion yuan, with more than half of that coming from Hollywood and Hong Kong films.

Under these circumstances, with the approval of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, China Film Group was officially established.

It integrated eight companies, including the former China Film Group Corporation, Beijing Film Studio, and Children's Film Studio.

With assets exceeding one billion, it covers various businesses including film production, distribution, and import.

With the formation of such a behemoth, a large number of well-known filmmakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan were invited to attend the listing ceremony of China Film Group.

Although Lin Hu is relatively inexperienced, he is a rising star at the box office and a newly emerging action star, and he is also among those invited.

Zhou Xun's experience isn't much more extensive than his, but as a newly crowned international film queen, she was also invited.

……

A few days later, Lin Hu and Zhou Xun attended the listing ceremony of China Film Group in formal attire.

The ceremony was attended by hundreds of well-known film figures, including film company owners, directors, and stars from home and abroad, making it a lively event.

After the unveiling ceremony, China Film Group invited guests to a banquet at the hotel.

Although Lin Hu and Zhou Xun are both newcomers, they have attracted a lot of attention, with many people taking the initiative to strike up conversations with them.

That's how the entertainment industry is; it's all about praising the powerful and belittling the weak. Once you're on the rise, everyone has to fawn over you.

Because they can make money off you, who would turn down money?

Lin Hu's first film, a first attempt, achieved the third highest box office ranking in Hong Kong that year.

The film grossed over 50 million RMB in just over half a month after its release in mainland China.

This upward trend is heading straight for the annual box office champion, and it might even break records.

A true box office darling!

The owners of several Taiwanese and Hong Kong film companies were all very approachable when they met Lin Hu.

They were all very friendly, but they just wanted to cooperate with Lin Hu and have him help them make money.

Lin Hu was casually fooling around with those people when he suddenly noticed Han Sanping talking to two people not far away.

One of the two men was Ang Lee, a renowned Taiwanese director, and the other was a foreigner.

Lin Hu recognized the man as James, who was Ang Lee's partner and the owner of a film company called "Good Machine".

Upon seeing James, Lin Hu immediately thought, "I missed the Sundance Film Festival; my hope of making a film in Hollywood might just rest on this guy's shoulders!"