Time suddenly came to early January 2001.
Lin Yuan originally planned to complete his guest appearance in Hong Kong within three days, but due to the increase in his role, he took more than ten days to shoot.
This disrupted Lin Yuan's schedule:
He couldn't go back to New York to spend Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve with Liu Yifei, so he felt a little guilty about it and called her to explain.
But Miss Celestial Being was always considerate. Not only did she not get angry, but she comforted him that his career was the most important thing and they would have plenty of time to spend together in the future.
Of course, she also asked, "Will you be bored being in Hong Kong, a place you don't know?"
Lin Yuan immediately replied, "When you're eager to go home, even the best days are meaningless."
The Celestial Being expressed disdain on the surface, but the smile in her expression could be felt through the phone.
But this answer was not true. If he answered truthfully, the answer was of course: It's actually pretty good in Hong Kong.
Although it was his first time in Hong Kong, Zhang Ziyi kindly took him around during her free time during filming.
There was no Disneyland in Hong Kong at that time, and it would not be completed and opened until 2005, so Lin Yuan went to Ocean Park.
Zhang Ziyi also took him to the top of Victoria Peak, where they could overlook Lantau Island and the panoramic view of Hong Kong.
As night fell, the two continued on the cruise to enjoy the brightly lit night view of Victoria Harbour.
These were things that Lin Yuan had never experienced in his previous life.
Although he lived until 2024 in his previous life, he had always lived in North America. What was even more tragic was that he had been paralyzed in bed for a long time since 2012.
He had never eaten a seafood feast, lived in a luxurious villa, or visited a theme park...
Nothing.
To sum it up in one sentence, he had never had a good life.
For him at that time, the wonderful world outside the window belonged to others, while he only had a broken life and a hopeless future.
So, when he traveled with Zhang Ziyi these days, he felt like the gaps in his life were being filled.
Maybe he might not like all these experiences, but it felt really good to try them.
On Christmas Eve, Zhang Ziyi smiled and took out the carefully prepared gift and handed it to him.
Lin Yuan was actually a little at a loss.
An Armani suit costing tens of thousands of yuan and a Rolex watch costing more than 600,000 yuan were also quite expensive for Zhang Ziyi, who was just starting to make money.
Lin Yuan did not value these material things, but the warmth of friendship could soothe his heart.
This trip to Hong Kong really calmed his mind.
Although he worked very hard before and always faced challenges head-on regardless of the consequences, it could not be said that this was a bit extreme.
It was a stress response in this life due to unwillingness in the previous life.
This mentality had both advantages and disadvantages, but for Lin Yuan now, the disadvantages actually outweighed the advantages.
Now it was time to slightly adjust his mindset, but not lose his fighting spirit. This was the best state.
After adjusting his mindset, Lin Yuan felt more at ease in the subsequent filming and the progress was extremely smooth.
After the script was revised, he had a total of six scenes in Rush Hour 2, three of which were action scenes.
When these scenes were edited into future movies, the total length was estimated to be only five or six minutes.
Although the time was not long, the scenes that Jackie Chan arranged for Lin Yuan were all the best.
He was not worried at all that Lin Yuan would steal his limelight, and the few scenes he arranged for Lin Yuan's character, Inspector Lin, were all brilliant highlights, so that the audience would remember this character.
Lin Yuan did not disappoint Jackie Chan's trust. There was a scene where he climbed up a seven-story building with his bare hands, which was filmed extremely well, even better than Jackie Chan's performance.
When the movie was released, it would surely shock many viewers.
[Completed a C-level dangerous action scene and gained 2 allocatable attribute points.]
After completing all three action scenes, Lin Yuan received a reward prompt from the system.
Only the stair-climbing scene that was just completed reached a C-level difficulty level, while the other two scenes were only D-level in difficulty.
Due to the lack of challenge, the system did not give attribute rewards for D-level difficulty scenes.
It was becoming increasingly difficult to earn attributes in the system.
Lin Yuan immediately opened his own attribute panel:
[Name: Lin Yuan]
Age: 18
Strength: 14
Agility: 16
[Constitution: 15]
[Allocatable Attributes: 2]
[Skills: Master-level Swordsmanship, Master-level Parkour, Master-level Throwing Knife]
How to add them?
The Constitution attribute limit was locked and could not be increased any further.
Lin Yuan's first reaction was to choose Agility.
Now he was very familiar with the role of the attribute. Although it was called Agility, it actually had nothing to do with speed.
If he wanted to run faster, the attribute he should increase was Strength. Only by increasing muscle strength could Lin Yuan run faster.
The true interpretation of Agility should actually be: sharp perception and quick response.
All of this was reflected in Lin Yuan's control over his body.
The higher the Agility, the better Lin Yuan could control his body.
Therefore, it was extremely appropriate to understand Agility as the "skill" of using the body.
"Strength" and "skill" always needed to be balanced, neither was indispensable and could not be neglected.
While Lin Yuan attached importance to the "skills" represented by the Agility attribute, he also knew the importance of "strength".
Thus, he overcame his obsession with using up all his attribute points.
Strength: 14 → 15
[Allocatable Attributes: 2 → 1]
The power increase provided by the system was amazing. While enhancing Lin Yuan's physical fitness, it would not turn him into a muscle monster.
If he really became a big muscleman because of the increase in Strength, then Lin Yuan had to think carefully.
He would never be favored by the opposite sex that way, and even Liu Yifei would complain about him.
A man's fitness muscles, like a woman's manicure, could only be appreciated by the same sex.
As his Strength increased again, Lin Yuan felt that he had once again achieved all-round improvement.
There was no need to explain the jumping ability and load-bearing capacity. This time the improvement in Strength was more reflected in the running speed.
Lin Yuan clearly felt that if he participated in the 100-meter race, he might not be able to beat Bolt, but he should have no problem running under ten seconds.
This was already the level of a top sprinter.
A faster running speed meant that Lin Yuan could jump farther and perform more difficult action scenes.
[The host's potential limit has been reached and this attribute cannot be further improved. Complete the mission: Establish a close relationship with any non-Type B girl to reward the host with a breakthrough in potential limit.]
As the Strength increased to 15 points, the system popped up again to remind Lin Yuan: If you want to become stronger, please take the path of Poseidon in time.
Lin Yuan ignored him and asked: Re-evaluate the probability of completing my action scenes.
[Action scene danger level C, host success rate: 80%.]
[Action scene danger level B, host success rate: 22%.]
So little?
C-level increased from 77% to 80%.
B-level increased from 20% to 22%.
What should he do?