Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 526 The Black Brother Feels a Bit Too Stimulating

"Lin Yuan?"

For many residents of the Barkawi slum, this was the first time they had heard the name.

Perhaps Chen Long and Li Renjie of later generations are also quite well-known in Africa.

But this is all based on the fact that cheap televisions, DVD players, and counterfeit smartphones began to become popular in Africa after 2015.

In 2004, many people in African slums couldn't even watch television, let alone movies.

Therefore, Lin Yuan, who is already a superstar internationally, is not as well-known as expected when he arrives in a place like the slums.

Buta knew very well that Lin Yuan had hired so many projection teams to come to rural Congo to show movies, definitely not to promote his movies.

These moviegoers won’t buy movie tickets, so simply promoting the movie is meaningless.

The only valuable thing is to promote Lin Yuan as a person.

Let Lin Yuan's name penetrate into the grassroots level of Congo and let everyone like him, so that it will be easier for him to expand his business in Congo.

This is the purpose of Buta's opening remarks. He needs to make Lin Yuan's name known to the audience before playing the movie, so as to better promote Lin Yuan.

If you think about it carefully, you will understand the significance of doing this.

If the movie is played directly, the audience will certainly be attracted by the excitement of the movie, and after watching the movie they will also admire Lin Yuan's courageous performance.

But my impression of Lin Yuan is just that he is a great action actor.

But if you give the audience an idea of ​​Lin Yuan's character before the movie starts, and then watch the movie with this impression, the result will be an effect where one plus one is far greater than two.

Lin Yuan has many sides. Which character setting would be the best?

Buta’s answer is: rich!
For the lower-class people in the slums, they are very sensitive to money, and they are full of curiosity and imagination about the lives of the rich.

They imagine that the rich wake up from beds of several hundred square meters every day.

They would imagine that the rich have hundreds of rooms in their homes and sleep in a different room every day.

They would imagine that the rich have hundreds of servants, that they could not spend all the money on a single meal, and then that they would lavishly throw away most of the food without touching it.

Therefore, when Buta gave Lin Yuanli the character of a super rich man, all the audiences immediately remembered him.

In order to make the effect better, Buta even carefully used herself to set off Lin Yuan.

He first showed himself as a rich kid, which attracted a lot of attention.

Then he brought out Lin Yuan and used himself as a step to further highlight Lin Yuan's greatness.

At this moment, Buta struck while the iron was hot and said, "Yes, Lin Yuan!"

"Congo is a forgotten corner of the world, and we are unaware of many things happening at the center of the world stage."

"Do you know who has been the most popular person in the world in recent years? Who has attracted the most attention?"

There was silence at the scene, and it was obvious that the audience could not answer this question.

An audience member asked uncertainly, "Is this the Lin Yuan you mentioned?"

"Congratulations on guessing it right!" Buta said affirmatively, waving his fist.

"In the past few years, the highest-grossing films worldwide were all directed by Lin Yuan."

"With these movies, he went from being a poor man like you and me to the richest man in the world in just a few years!"

When Buta said this, there was a sound of gasps at the scene.

The audience was shocked by Buta's words:
Were you still a member of the same poor community as them a few years ago?

Becoming the richest man in the world in a few years?
"Guess how much he is worth?" Buta further induced.

He knew that just saying "the richest man in the world" would give no idea who he was, and that more specific wealth figures would be needed to truly shock them.

"500 billion US dollars?" one audience member guessed boldly.

"How did you come up with this number?" Seeing the audience interacting, Buta immediately responded with a smile.

"Our country's former dictator, Mobutu, is known as the richest man in Africa. He is also a world-famous billionaire. As far as I know, his wealth is 200 billion US dollars. If Lin Yuan has 2.5 times his wealth, it would be quite incredible." said the audience.

This conjecture is in line with common sense. When most people guess about wealth, they add it based on the wealth of the rich people they know.

As one of the three greatest tyrants in Africa, Mobutu ruled Congo, a resource-rich country, for more than 30 years, and the wealth he accumulated was naturally far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In the 90s, his wealth reached 200 billion US dollars, which was comparable to that of the Iraqi. It was not until the Libyan colonel was exposed that the title of the richest man in Africa was changed hands.

Facing the audience's answer, Buta smiled and shook his head: "You can guess bolder."

After hearing this, the audience immediately knew that they had guessed too little.

He couldn't believe it. Is 500 billion US dollars still considered a small amount?

So he continued, "$700 billion?"

"Forget it, I won't make things difficult for you. Your boldest guess is less than half of Lin Yuan's wealth! Lin Yuan, the world's richest man, has a fortune of more than 1500 billion US dollars!" Buta said loudly.

Strictly speaking, most of Lin Yuan's wealth is supported by virtual stock prices, which is unfair compared with those wealthy people who control real industrial assets.

But Buta didn't care, he wanted this shocking effect.

Sure enough, after Buta announced the answer, the scene immediately erupted in a noisy discussion.

"$1500 billion? I can't even imagine how much money that is. It could fill up an entire warehouse, right?"

"I have no idea. This pile of money looks like a small mountain, right?"

"It could be a mountain!"

Buta smiled and said, "A $100 US dollar note weighs about 1.05 grams, so let's calculate it as 1 gram. So $ million would weigh one ton."

And $1500 billion is equivalent to 1500 tons, which is about the weight of 300 elephants."

Hearing Buta's words, the audience immediately became excited. They continued their heated discussion, completely unaware that Lin Yuan's wealth had nothing to do with them. It was as if they were the ones with so much money.

By this time, Buta felt that the atmosphere was already heated enough. He had been laying the groundwork for so long just to introduce these few words:
"Are you curious about what kind of movies Lin Yuan made that he could make so much money in just a few years?" Buta asked with a smile.

The audience responded enthusiastically:

"I want to know! I can't wait!"

"This movie must be really good! The kind that makes you itch all over without even watching it!"

"His movies must be so good that you can watch them over and over again without getting tired of them, right?"

Buta said with a smile: “You will find the answer in the movie in a while, I believe you will not be disappointed.

Lin Yuan's films will surely exceed your wildest imagination."

"Finally, I want to emphasize that when you see those extremely thrilling scenes in the movie, remember that this was earned by the world's richest man who risked his life to perform."

These few words are what Buta really wanted to say after laying the groundwork for so long.

"Now, let's start watching the movie!"

As Buta spoke, the lights on the large platform went out.

The big screen lit up and the movie officially began playing.

A blue background with white letters appeared on the big screen, reading "King of Spy Wars".

This gives people a feeling of blue sky and white clouds, and makes people feel as if they are high in the sky.

The metaphor in this opening secretly points out the biggest feature of this film: aerial scenes.

It can be said that "The King of Spy Wars" is the least friendly movie for people with acrophobia among all Lin Yuan's movies.

As the movie officially started, the entire audience area on the platform fell silent.

Apart from the sounds coming from the movie, no other talking voices could be heard. The audience, with their appetites piqued, stared intently at the big screen, looking forward to the plot that the movie would unfold.

Lin Yuan looked at this scene and felt it was quite amazing.

This wasn't the first time he'd watched a live audience's reaction to a movie playing up close.

Over the past few years, he has often bought a ticket to his own premiere to see how the audience would react.

He also hosted premieres for "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" and felt the feedback from upper-class guests. It was also quite interesting to watch them send text messages on the spot to increase their stock holdings.

Tonight was an experience he had never had before:

The movie was shown free of charge to the audience in the slums, and the number of viewers for a single screening reached 7,000, which was quite spectacular.

Most of these audiences know nothing about him. It is their first time watching his movie. How will they react?

Soon, the first shot was cut into the big screen:
In the dark night, under the dim street lights, a white Mercedes-Benz (sponsored) SUV broke the tranquility of the night and sped through the streets.

There were five black Cadillac sedans chasing closely behind, which seemed very oppressive.

"The King of Spy Wars" does not have a slow-paced narrative, but directly enters a thrilling car racing scene at the beginning.

This move immediately attracted the attention of the black guys.

They held their breath and stared at the big screen.

The wonderful scenes on the big screen are dazzling:

Racing, drifting, rapid direction changes...

All of this makes people's adrenaline rush. Even if the audience at the scene have been boating and fishing all their lives and have never driven a car, their most instinctive passion is still ignited.

"Boom!"

When the picture on the big screen suddenly shook and the SUV that Lin Yuan and others were riding in was hit hard by a large truck, all the audience felt as if their hearts were hit.

The audience saw the Mercedes SUV being pushed sideways by the huge impact, breaking the railing and falling into the river.

Next, the enemy rushed to the river bank and shot at Lin Yuan and others in the water, while the protagonists used red light signal sticks to attract the enemy's attention and escaped narrowly.

This first scene captured the hearts of the residents of the Barkawi slum.

Most of them were residents of stilt houses on the water, and had spent their lives with canoes and fishing nets. They had never seen such a scene. So, after a scene ended, the audience began to cheer and loudly expressed their love:
"It's great! It's a movie that can conquer the world. I feel like this is the best movie I've ever seen in my life! The opening credits made me fall in love with this movie." A black man shouted.

"I almost suffocated just now. You know, I've never felt so dizzy the first time I kissed a girl!"

"How was that scene filmed? Did they really use a car to hit the car? Oh my god, what a shame! Such a nice car was destroyed like that. If I had a car like that, I would never let it get even a scratch."

This kind of cheering, which was different from applause, felt very novel to Lin Yuan.

The heated discussion among the audience also made him clearly feel that the audience loved his movie very much.

In fact, strictly speaking, the opening scene of "The King of Spy" is very well shot. If it is put into many Hollywood blockbusters, it can be regarded as the climax.

But such a scene is not that great. As long as they are willing to invest money, many crews can complete this scene, and even shoot it better.

The reason why the residents of the Barkawi slum were shocked and thought this was the best movie was largely because they had never seen the world.

Lin Yuan felt a little unworthy of the praise they gave him at this moment.

But he knew that the wonderful scenes at the end of the movie were the essence of "The King of Spy Wars", and Lin Yuan absolutely deserved the praise they gave him at that time.

After the opening car racing scene, the next part is the plot of sneaking into the Kremlin.

This part of the plot serves as a link between the previous and the next parts. It not only displays high-tech spy equipment, giving people a sense of awe, but also serves to relieve emotions and adjust the rhythm of the film.

If the show is full of high-energy and exciting action scenes, the audience's nerves will always be on edge, and they will feel tired and numb.

As this humorous and interesting plot of sneaking into the Kremlin was played, bursts of laughter broke out from time to time in the audience.

The black man was so happy that he covered his mouth with his hands and shouted loudly. The scene was quite interesting.

As everyone's emotions calmed down, the first climax of the film came: Lin Yuan climbing the Burj Khalifa with his bare hands.

When the world's tallest building appeared in front of these African guys, they immediately went crazy.

They live in stilt houses on the water in the Barkawe slum, and the tallest building they have ever seen is the 20-story "Unity Building" in the center of Kisangani.

In their hearts, the 20-story "Unity Building" is already a shocking super skyscraper.

But now, what if they were suddenly shown the 828-meter-high Dubai Tower, equivalent to a 270-story building? It would be no less jarring than an Earthling walking into a high-tech alien city.

When the camera showed Lin Yuan opening the glass window of the hotel room, walking to the window and looking down.

The condescending scene made many people collapse directly:

"F*CK! Don't broadcast this kind of footage suddenly, my legs are weak!"

"Don't try to use your weak legs to cover up the fact that you peed yourself! I saw your crotch was wet!"

"It's not pee! It's just when I got here, the river water soaked my pants."

"Don't try to quibble. It's wet in the crotch. Even if it's not pee, it's still pee!"

"What happened to you? F*CK! Did you pass out?"

"Someone fainted here too! Not just one, but several!"

"Put them flat quickly, it will be fine in a moment."

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan discovered that the situation was completely different from what he had seen in other areas before.

When the Burj Khalifa was shown in the past, most viewers would feel nervous, but more excited. The reaction was definitely not as intense as today's in the Barkawi slums:
Quite a few people fainted, and some even peed their pants out of fright?
But Lin Yuan soon understood the reason, which was "the first time he discovered his fear of heights."

The main theme of "King of Spy Wars" is "the nemesis of those with acrophobia". It is quite unfriendly to those with acrophobia, but the wonderful plot and pictures make them want to watch it, which also played a very good public opinion effect when the movie was released.

But in the Barkawi slum, many of these viewers have never been to a "high-rise building" with more than five floors in their lives, and there are no mountains for them to climb in the flat Congo Basin.

So many people are "afraid of heights" but don't know it.

This is so exciting. For those who don’t even know that they have acrophobia, they can experience the scene of Lin Yuan looking down from a height of more than 600 meters.

Do you think this reaction is not strong?

It's so exciting that it's explosive.

But human nature is to like exciting things. If you really let them look down from a height of more than 600 meters, I guess most of them would lie on the ground and refuse to move.

However, knowing that it is just an image, they can indirectly feel the excitement through the movie screen, and it is possible that this excitement will only happen once in a lifetime, which will make them even more unable to stop.

All the spectators in the stadium were experiencing a crazy surge of adrenaline at this moment, and they were all in a state of extreme excitement.

But the next moment, in their incredulous gazes, Lin Yuan walked to the window and began to climb with his bare hands!
This scene was like a few drops of water dripping into a pot of hot oil, and the hearts of all the audience immediately exploded with a "boom":
How can you still play like this?
Don’t you want to die?
You're a super-rich man! Why are you working so hard?

Everyone stared at the big screen intently, their fists clenched so tightly that they didn't even notice the pain.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's figure climbing up was already deeply engraved in their hearts.

For the audience, the shock that Lin Yuan brought them was unprecedented. Many people felt that even their first night was not so shocking, exciting and unforgettable.

They will never forget this night and Lin Yuan's figure in their entire lives.

Although the scene of climbing the Burj Khalifa is considered a classic among classics when "The King's Avatar" was released in other parts of the world, the shocking effect in the Barkawi slums is doubled.

You can laugh because they are unworldly, which is true, but the result is as Bhuta said:
Lin Yuan showed them a world they had never seen before.

Such a tall building was far beyond their imagination, making their legs weak just by looking at it, and some people even peed their pants in fear.

Let them realize for the first time that they are actually afraid of heights?

But Lin Yuan actually dared to climb such a stunning high-rise building with his bare hands?
Against the backdrop of the Burj Khalifa, Lin Yuan's figure immediately appeared taller and was deeply engraved in their hearts.

At this moment, the scene on the big screen firmly captured everyone's heart.

The whistling wind seemed to blow past their ears.

The heavy breathing sounds seemed to come from themselves.

The sound of beads of sweat dripping... needless to say... they were already sweating profusely at this moment.

I have to say, the sense of immersion is so strong that everyone feels like they are climbing the Dubai Tower themselves.

"Bang!!"

At this moment, the laser cutting gun in Lin Yuan's hand suddenly exploded without any warning.

Lin Yuan's body shook violently, and he fell rapidly from a height of more than 600 meters.

Everyone felt as if their heart had been hit by a punch and their mind went blank.

The world on the big screen was spinning, and the whistling sound of the wind was like a death horn, making people break out in a sweat.

Lin Yuan, who was falling rapidly, stretched out his hand to try to grab the edge of the aluminum window. Everyone stared at the hand that Lin Yuan stretched out.

"Bang!!"

Under the huge impact of the fall, Lin Yuan's body suddenly stopped, but he did not hold on tightly and his hand slipped away!
Lin Yuan's body rolled over and continued to fall rapidly in an even worse posture.

This scene directly broke the defense of the black brothers present:
Don’t the protagonists always manage to turn danger into safety?

Why did it fail again?

"My heart can't take it anymore!" shouted a black man.

Everyone was staring at the big screen, waiting for the next part of the plot to unfold.

"Pfft!"

At this time, a sound of splashing water was heard.

What was that sound? Could it be that Lin Yuan had fallen into a puddle of mud?
But everyone quickly reacted:
No, even if Lin Yuan fell to the ground, he would not make such a sound.

At this moment, Lin Yuan on the big screen was finally falling. He kicked out his right leg like lightning, and with the help of the recoil force, he flew horizontally for several meters in the air and firmly grasped the frame of the aluminum alloy tube.

Under the huge impact force, the nails of Lin Yuan's right thumb and middle finger flew off, and the blood dyed the white magnesium carbonate powder red, turning into "blood mud" and dripping on his face.

Seeing that Lin Yuan was safe, the audience finally let go of their worries. Only then did they have time to care about where the "plop" sound came from.
So everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a black man crawling back from the waterway at the edge of the platform, all wet.

"F*CK! Were you so scared that your legs went weak? Did you just roll into the water?"

"Or did you piss yourself out of fear? Did you jump into the water on purpose to cover your wet crotch?"

The black man's dark skin couldn't hide the redness of his face. "What are you talking about? I'm just feeling too excited. My brain is about to burn out from the heat. I jumped into the water to cool down."

"Hahaha~ I don't believe you!"

"Whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway!"

"Stop talking about me and watch the movie! Look at what Lin Yuan is doing?" The wet old man suddenly shouted, covering his mouth.

On the big screen, Lin Yuan did not escape from danger by grabbing the aluminum window, but continued to start the next round of life-threatening situations.

When the audience saw Lin Yuan running in the air on the outer wall of the Dubai Tower, which is more than 600 meters high.

As he jumped high, he unbuckled the safety buckle on his body.

Everyone felt like they were going crazy!

Are you running and jumping at an altitude of more than 600 meters?

Everyone stared at the big screen, wanting to see clearly whether Lin Yuan jumped into his room.

The result is of course... No!
"Boom!"

On the big screen, Lin Yuan's head hit the edge of the window hard. The huge impact force made him lean back and fall backwards violently.

This scene made the black man, who had been broken down countless times tonight, collapse again.

Where have they ever seen such a thrilling and exciting scene with so many twists and turns?

You don’t follow martial ethics!
It unexpectedly triggered dangerous situations again and again!
"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

There were several splashing sounds from the edge of the large platform.

(End of this chapter)