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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: No Pain, No Gain

What? Nani? What? More?

The success rate for this action scene, which requires risking my life, is only 50%...

The success rate is too low; this won't do.

So Lin Yuan opened his attribute panel.

Name: Lin Yuan

Age: 18 years old

Strength: 12

Agility: 13

Constitution: 12

Allocatable Attributes: 1

For each attribute, the median value for an adult male is 10.

Lin Yuan's physical fitness comprehensively surpasses that of ordinary people; this is his capital for becoming an action actor.

However, to complete today's thrilling car jump scene, his physical fitness is still slightly insufficient.

He still has one allocatable attribute, which was a reward he received after filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

He hadn't used it until now, but he must use it immediately.

This scene most requires nerve reaction speed and body coordination, both of which are strongly correlated with agility, so Lin Yuan allocated the attribute to agility.

Agility: 13 -> 14

As his agility attribute increased, Lin Yuan immediately felt his body become more nimble, and his reaction speed also seemed to become faster.

This action scene has a D-level danger rating. Host success rate: 75%.

It worked as expected; the system's estimated success rate increased from 50% to 75%.

Although Lin Yuan would prefer a 100% success rate if possible, how can life always be without risk?

A 75% success rate is already very good; Lin Yuan felt he could take a gamble. If it truly ended in tragedy, then it would be fate.

After warming up, Lin Yuan approached the sports car driven by Vin Diesel, opened the car door, and got in.

"I'll try my best to drive the car as steadily as possible. Good luck," Vin Diesel wished.

"Thank you."

Lin Yuan didn't say much; the more he said at this moment, the higher the flag he would raise.

You could say it's metaphysics or superstition, but it seems to be the subtle rule by which the world operates.

The car brought Lin Yuan to the filming location, where everything was ready.

Director Cohen held a walkie-talkie, standing behind the camera, his face filled with deep worry.

"Director, are you really going to let that kid go to his death?" a tall, handsome blonde man stepped forward and asked.

Paul Walker, the male lead of The Fast and the Furious movie.

If you consider the later movies in this series, you might think Vin Diesel is the primary male lead. However, in the first two, Paul is undeniably the primary male lead.

"Do you wish him success?" Director Cohen retorted.

This question was a bit pointed, but not surprising.

Normal people don't want other characters in a movie they star in to steal the audience's attention with high-profile scenes.

It's perfectly normal for Paul, as the male lead, not to want Lin Yuan to steal the spotlight.

"May the Lord bear witness, I sincerely hope he can be safe and achieve great success," Paul replied earnestly.

"Haha, you fellow, it's enough that you're handsome and sunny on the outside, but can't you be a little darker on the inside? You're perfectly enviable."

"Speaking of handsomeness, Lin Yuan is no less handsome than I am. I bet he'll be more popular with girls than I am. So if anything happened to him, it would be such a pity.

Director, can he really succeed?" Paul asked.

Director Cohen shook his head and said, "I also hope he can succeed, but it's too difficult. Even if Jackie Chan at his peak came, it would still be very dangerous."

"Jackie Chan is my idol; I hope to see another Jackie Chan, so I hope Lin Yuan can succeed," Paul said.

"Perhaps today we will see a dream shattered, or witness the beginning of a legend, who knows," Director Cohen replied.

"Director, can we start filming?" a crew member's inquiry came through the earpiece.

Seeing that no instructions had been received for a while, the ready crew member couldn't help but ask.

"Ready." Director Cohen no longer hesitated.

"Action!"

"Clap!"

As the clapperboard snapped shut, three sports cars dashed forward like lightning, catching up to a large truck also speeding along.

The cargo on the large truck was a batch of valuable electronic products, which became the target of the street racers.

The skilled street racers split into three groups: one sports car drove in front of the large truck, limiting the target's speed.

Another sports car from the right side blocked the large truck between itself and the road's center divider, completely restricting the target's lane.

The last sports car, personally driven by Vin Diesel, the leader of the street racers, followed closely behind the large truck.

The three sports cars from three directions firmly locked down the moving large truck.

The driver of the large truck already sensed something was wrong and began frantically honking the horn, trying to drive away the three sports cars, but to no avail.

The sword is drawn; it cannot be sheathed without drawing blood.

Behind the large truck, Lin Yuan, a member of the street racing gang and the main attacker, calmly opened the sports car's sunroof and extended his body out.

Whoosh... Whoosh whoosh...

The strong wind blowing against him made his hair roots ache, and his eyes involuntarily squinted.

He tried his best to keep his eyes open naturally. In this scene, other street racing gang members wore helmets due to the need for identity suspense.

But Lin Yuan had clear facial close-ups; this was a respect for personally performing dangerous action scenes, to let the audience see who was so amazing.

Glory in front of others, suffering behind the scenes.

Lin Yuan lowered his center of gravity, squatted steadily on the car roof, and then immediately leaped forward without hesitation!

He soared like a large bird taking flight, his movements graceful and fluid, pouncing onto the truck's rear frame and gripping it firmly.

Steady, truly too steady.

"His movements are too beautiful, he succeeded!" Paul cheered excitedly from outside the set.

"This young man is amazing, perhaps he really will become a legend," Director Cohen couldn't help but punch the air excitedly.

Under the gaze of the entire crew, Lin Yuan climbed along the truck's rear frame all the way to the top, then quickly crawled towards the cab.

His movements were clean and decisive, giving a sense of ultimate fluid beauty; anyone who saw this segment would instinctively applaud and cheer.

Only one last move remained: Lin Yuan needed to jump forward to the side of the cab, open the door, and enter to complete this action scene.

But just as he leaped, an accident occurred.

"Thump!"

The speeding large truck seemed to have run over something; the vehicle shook violently and suddenly swerved sharply to the left.

Lin Yuan, who had already exerted force and leaped, immediately lost his balance and fell headfirst towards the outside of the car.

At such high speed, falling to the ground without protection, most likely headfirst...

"Oh my god!"

"What should we do?"

The hearts of the entire crew seemed to be gripped, skipping several beats.

At this moment, Lin Yuan clearly realized that something had gone wrong and his life was in danger. But he remained completely calm, maintaining his composure.

He had long trained himself to be extremely focused when filming action scenes.

Any negative emotions like fear or hesitation would only increase the danger. Learning to be calm and rational like an AI is the most valuable quality of an action actor.

All of Lin Yuan's attention was focused on a handle on the outside of the truck compartment.

"I should be able to reach it!"

Lin Yuan, falling from the outside of the truck, in that fleeting, lightning-fast window of time, extended his right hand and firmly grabbed the handle.

A huge pulling force came from his right hand, a piercing pain.

But Lin Yuan gritted his teeth, used the inertia to swing forward forcefully, and in one swift motion, leaped to the side of the truck's cab, quickly opened the door, and got in.

The entire crew was stunned by this scene: an accident suddenly occurred, but before they could even gasp, the young man immediately resolved the crisis with a brilliant performance.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, the entire crew immediately erupted in thunderous applause and cheers.

"This is too exaggerated, isn't it?"

"Not only did he turn danger into safety, but his movements were also so beautiful. How did he do it?"

"Lin, you're amazing!"

"This segment alone, when released in the movie, will add at least 30 million dollars to the box office!"

Director Cohen was completely speechless with shock, his mind filled with Lin Yuan's performance in that moment. Only when Paul reminded him did he hastily shout:

"Cut!"

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