Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Lin Yuan noticed the reporters' doubts.

The style of the Mad Max film series is so strong that it's almost outrageous, and it seems completely out of place compared to any of Lin Yuan's previous films.

In Lin Yuan's films, he always appears as a gentle and refined gentleman, or, in Western terms, a gentleman in a suit.

The public is already used to Lin Yuan's clean-cut, handsome, and sunny appearance.

And Mad Max...

This is a post-apocalyptic film.

Since it's a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the old image can no longer be maintained.

But that's exactly what Lin Yuan wanted.

With so many movies featuring similar protagonists, even those with more exciting action sequences can't compensate for the audience's growing aesthetic fatigue.

Lin Yuan hoped that he could change his previous gentlemanly image and fully show his wild side.

Moreover, Mad Max: Fury Road is a rare and excellent action film.

The plot of this movie is roughly as follows:

In a post-apocalyptic world where resources have been depleted, the tyrant "Immortal Joe" controls the water supply and the army.

Furiosa, one of Immortal Joe's most capable female henchmen, defected and fled with his five wives.

Lonely wanderer Max is caught up in this escape, teaming up with Friosa to fight against the relentless pursuit of "Immortal Joe," engaging in a life-or-death car chase across the desert.

The story seems simple, but this film is excellent in both its external presentation and its core message.

This film constructs a unique post-apocalyptic aesthetic, with orange-yellow deserts, eerie oases, and metal punk modified cars; every frame is like an apocalyptic oil painting.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, the visual effects are in no way inferior to those of "Hero".

In terms of filming, 80% of the special effects were shot live, reducing reliance on CGI. The car chases, explosions, and hand-to-hand combat were all full of realistic impact.

This is precisely Lin Yuan's strength; he can greatly enhance the film's performance in this aspect.

At its core, the film profoundly explores environmental protection and resource competition, with the symbolism of water, gasoline, and blood running throughout the film, reflecting the resource crisis in the real world.

It boldly portrays totalitarianism and resistance, with "Immortal Joe" using religion and violence to control the people, while the fugitives represent the awakening of free will.

It can be said that Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the best action movies in Hollywood in the last thirty years, comparable to Terminator 2 and The Dark Knight.

It is well known that the Academy Awards have always been discriminatory towards action films, because most action movies do have shortcomings in terms of their core themes and artistic expression.

Even Lin Yuan has to admit that most of his films win awards simply because of their amazing production quality, but when it comes to artistic expression, they are practically nonexistent.

However, Mad Max: Fury Road received nominations for numerous awards, from Best Picture to Best Director, demonstrating that the film itself is equally brilliant.

For Lin Yuan's films, the external skills have already been honed to the extreme, so supplementing the internal skills is naturally an effective way to take it a step further.

Faced with the reporter's questions, Lin Yuan simply smiled and asked, "Don't you want to see a different side of me on screen?"

The words had barely left his mouth when the reporters immediately realized what was happening:
Yes, who says Lin Yuan can only be gentle and refined on the big screen forever?

Once their fixed mindset was broken, the reporters felt more and more that the Mad Max film series and Lin Yuan were a perfect match.

This wild road movie will give Lin Yuan more room to showcase his talent, making it a film that is definitely worth looking forward to!

"Mr. Lin Yuan, could you talk about the depth of our collaboration on this film?"

"Mr. Lin Yuan, what should we do about the copyright of this film?"

Will you use your entire crew for filming?

A series of questions were raised by the reporter.

Lin Yuan nodded inwardly. As expected of the most elite reporters, they must have put a lot of effort into film. The questions they asked were all crucial and sensitive.

The film he's going to make, "Mad Max: Fury Road," is the fourth installment in the "Mad Max" film series. It's not a new film starting from scratch, but rather a building upon the foundations of the first three films.

Mad Max is a film series created by Australian director George Miller. The first film was released in 1979, starring Hollywood veteran heartthrob Mel Gibson.

The second and third films were later released in 1981 and 1985, respectively.

For such a long-running film series, it's difficult for Lin Yuan to avoid mentioning the film's creator: director George Miller.

The reporters were worried about how Lin Yuan would take over a film that already had a stigma attached to it.

Who decides the film's style during filming?

Who owns the copyright?
Will you use the original crew from "Mad Max" or the staff from Lin Yuan Film Studio?

These are quite sensitive and tricky issues.

Therefore, reporters don't quite understand why a superstar like Lin Yuan could start a completely new IP from scratch.

Lin Yuan said with a smile, "I know what everyone is worried about. Director George Miller and I have reached a consensus. Everyone just needs to wait and see, and look forward to our wonderful work."

Upon hearing Lin Yuan's reply, the reporters in the audience were no longer worried and instead gave him a warm round of applause.

But Lin Yuan knew in his heart that things were not that simple.

He failed to win over director George Miller.

The statement that a consensus has been reached refers to the fact that Lin Yuan Film Industry has signed a contract with George Miller.

Upon learning that he could collaborate with Lin Yuan, George Miller was even willing to give up the rights to his fourth film just to have the opportunity to work with Lin Yuan.

The smooth progress in the early stages was thanks to director Christopher Nolan, who is a good friend of director George Miller.

With director Nolan acting as a go-between, the negotiations naturally became much less fraught with friction.

But more importantly, which director in the world wouldn't want to work with Lin Yuan?

This is such a wonderful thing, something you could only dream of.

Therefore, director George Miller agreed to almost all the requests and happily signed the contract.

But Lin Yuan knew that there was one crucial thing that hadn't been discussed:

That's the control over the film!
Normally, the producer has the most power during filming, but the director holds the dominant position in the production.

If you can't control the filming process, what kind of director are you?

But Lin Yuan has always been the one in charge of making movies, and the director can only obey his filming ideas.

This is also a major reason why director Nolan no longer wants to work with Lin Yuan.

At this point, director George Miller had no idea that after giving up so much, he would have to relinquish even the final control to Lin Yuan.

This would probably make him very uncomfortable, but the agreement was there, and he would find it hard to refuse.

What Lin Yuan truly wanted was genuine cooperation from director George Miller, not reluctant, superficial compliance.

In fact, George Miller is to Mad Max what Zhang Mou is to Hero—both are absolutely indispensable key figures.

If Lin Yuan hadn't valued this point, he could have easily started from scratch; it's just a post-apocalyptic movie, after all.

Do we really have to borrow someone else's shell to film this?
Lin Yuan and director George Miller have not met yet; all previous agreements were negotiated by the company team.

After the press conference, he needed to meet with director George Miller. Lin Yuan was confident he could persuade this genius director.

Just then, Lin Yuan's phone rang; it was a text message notification.

Lin Yuan glanced at it; it was a text message from Betty.

Without hesitation, he immediately picked up his phone to check.

Lin Yuan laughed after only glancing at it a few times.

This scene was naturally witnessed by the reporters.

No one thought it was impolite for Lin Yuan to look at his phone, but they were very curious about what text message had made Lin Yuan laugh.

But no matter how curious they were, it was inconvenient to ask.

This really made the reporters very anxious.

"Do you want to know what I'm looking at?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

Reporters in the audience: "!!!"

Can I really say that?

"There's nothing I can't say. What I received was the stock price information for Lin Yuan Pictures," Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Upon hearing Lin Yuan's reminder, the reporters realized that they hadn't had time to pay attention at the press conference, but Lin Yuan Film Industry's stock price, which had plummeted by half a few days ago, should have surged by now, right?

It's impossible for it not to rise, after all, Lin Yuan appeared in public in such good condition.

This is enough to silence any dissent.

"Lin Yuan Pictures' stock price has almost recovered its previous losses," Lin Yuan joked with a smile. "Have any of you bought shares in Lin Yuan Pictures?"

"Wow~ This is incredible! Lin Yuan has only been in office for a few minutes, and this huge green pillar has already reached the sky!" (Green indicates a rise in US stocks, and red indicates a fall.)
"I missed out on a windfall by not buying a few shares earlier."

"Haha, I bought it. I told you before, you should always trust Lin Yuan."

A murmur of discussion arose from the audience.

Lin Yuan watched the scene unfold with a smile. The main purpose of his press conference today was to support his supporters.

Whether it's the big investors or the retail investors who are willing to suffer losses to support him.

He has helped his supporters turn the tide in less than five minutes since he took office.

But simply turning things around isn't enough. How can I live up to your trust if I don't let you make a fortune?

So Lin Yuan continued, "Since we've come this far, let me reveal a little more information."

《疯狂的麦克斯4》，将在2006年1月开拍，而《谍战之王3》的拍摄时间，放在了2006年5月底。”

This timing clearly indicates that Mad Max: Fury Road is aiming for the summer blockbuster season.

And The King of Spies 3 just happened to be released during the Christmas season.

The arrangement of the two time points is perfect, but it reveals more information.

It is now the end of November 2005.

If Mad Max: Fury Road could start filming as scheduled in January 2006, wouldn't that mean Lin Yuan's injuries could be fully recovered in a month?
Doesn't this further prove that his injury wasn't serious at all?
Now, the last trace of worry in the market will be completely eliminated.

Lin Yuan Pictures' stock price is going to rise!

Lin Yuan knew this would happen; he deliberately released the positive news.

Those who currently hold shares in Linyuan Film Industry will make a fortune during this press conference.

The reporters all thought to themselves, "Yuan Shen is so good to his own people. If you give him a drop of water, he will want to give you a whole cup of water in return."

After announcing the film shooting schedule, Lin Yuan said, "That's basically all I have to say today."

Don't worry about my health, everyone. Please focus on my new movie.

The remaining time is now dedicated to Ms. Kim Tae-yeon. Please give her your support, thank you.

Lin Yuan bowed slightly and then put down the microphone in his hand.

There was thunderous applause from the audience.

In just a few minutes, Lin Yuan had bombarded the reporters with a barrage of bombshell news, thoroughly satisfying their curiosity.

So it's not a problem for him to stay silent for the rest of the time.

The reporters were very accommodating and started interviewing Kim Tae-yeon.

The questions were all simple and friendly, mostly expressing concern for her health and asking about her feelings when the incident occurred; they were all easy to answer.

At first, Kim Tae-yeon was a little nervous, but she gradually got used to it and became more and more generous and poised.

Lin Yuan sat to the side, smiling as he accompanied Kim Tae-yeon through the entire interview.

The press conference then came to a close.

With Kim Tae-yeon's help, Lin Yuan waved goodbye to the reporters below the stage again before walking off the stage.

……

……

Back in his study, Lin Yuan had just settled into his seat.

GAKKI-chan walked in with director Nolan.

"Director George Miller has arrived," GAKKI-chan said.

"Then please invite him in quickly. It's not appropriate for me to go out to greet him right now," Lin Yuan said.

Director Nolan, standing to the side, seemed hesitant to speak.

"Just say what you want to say, why are you making that face?" Lin Yuan said.

"Talk to him properly later, don't embarrass him too much," Director Nolan said after a moment's hesitation.

He naturally knew Lin Yuan's work style and also knew that his friend was not psychologically prepared for this, so he could only offer this kind of advice.

"Do you think of me as an unreasonable bully?" Lin Yuan complained helplessly. "I do want to be in control, but is it possible that the direction I'm taking is actually the direction he approves of?"

Director Nolan: "..."

He was momentarily at a loss for words, for all of Lin Yuan's past decisions had ultimately proven to be correct.

But many decisions are not just about right or wrong, but also about emotions.

Director Nolan said helplessly, "You want to film Mad Max in Northwest China, but director George Miller is Australian. He is more familiar with and prefers to film in Australia, which makes him very uncomfortable."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Trust me, I can convince him."

Just then, a short, elderly white man with long, flowing silver hair entered the study. (End of Chapter)