Chapter 1. Rebirth of America

America, California, Los Angeles, UCLA Medical Center, this is an excellent hospital ranked among the best in the United States with a very high level of medical care.

In a single room, a young man slowly woke up. After seeing double in front of his eyes, his pupils slowly focused.

He frowned and looked around, and immediately realized that he was in a hospital. He seemed to be lying on a hospital bed with a woman accompanying him. However, it was already late at night and the woman was asleep.

“Ouch!”

Before he could figure out what was going on, the young man suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. Then countless visual memories appeared in his brain, flooding in like a tide.

After a brief moment of pain, the young man touched the gauze on his head and exclaimed: "Fuck! I traveled through time!"

The time traveler comes from the 21st century and is the assistant director of a film crew. The director is his third uncle. As long as he finishes filming this movie, he can direct the next one independently.

After work that day, he ate and drank to his heart's content with his friends in the crew. As a result, before he could even start his directing career, he collapsed at the table in a daze.

When I woke up, I had successfully traveled through time and occupied the body of this unlucky guy in the hospital.

The unlucky guy who was occupied was named Eric Cooper, a tall and handsome white guy, 22 years old. He just graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles last week and was considered a top student.

Some people may question that it is ridiculous for a student from a branch school to be called a top student, but this is a common sense mistake.

Just like different universities excel in different majors, USC is best known for its film arts major, while UCLA is best known for its economics, finance and other disciplines.

Many Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners have graduated from here, and this school is also known as one of the Public Ivy League schools. It is self-evident that any school with the word "Ivy League" has a high status in the education world.

In addition to his excellent appearance and learning ability, Eric Cooper also has a good family background.

Although he is not from a wealthy family, fortunately his father is still very capable and now works for MGM.

That’s right, it’s the MGM film company with the roaring lion head, and Eric Cooper’s father, Charlie Cooper, is the current CEO of MGM.

Mother Emily Cooper is a relatively traditional housewife. She is usually responsible for taking care of her husband and children. She has raised Eric Cooper's brother into an adult. Eric Cooper is the youngest son in the family and of course the most favored.

"After reading so many online articles, my time travel result can't be said to be top-notch, but it is also considered top-notch. Compared with those time travelers who started from scratch and struggled to make a living, my starting point is much higher."

"Besides, my cheap dad is the CEO of MGM. Even though MGM did go bankrupt and was acquired by Amazon, it is still a big company. It shouldn't be a problem for him to help his own son make a few movies."

"I don't have high requirements. I just want a low-budget film, a horror film, and I just want to be the director. I've always wanted that microphone!"

Eric Cooper was thinking about his situation, and the woman who was accompanying him seemed to have heard some noise and suddenly woke up. When she saw her son waking up, she couldn't help but scream and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.

"Oh my God, Eric, Eric, my son, you finally woke up!"

Looking at the haggard face of the middle-aged woman in front of him, Eric Cooper was stunned for a moment and then calmly accepted his new identity. Since he had traveled through time, it was time to say goodbye to his past self.

He patted his mother's back gently, wanting to say something comforting, but his throat was dry and hoarse from being in a coma for many days: "Mom, I think I need some water."

Emily Cooper hurriedly wiped away her tears, called the doctor and nurse, and poured a glass of water for the baby.

As a man in his 20s, Eric refused to ask his mother to give him water: "Mom, I can do it myself. Although I feel a little dizzy, it's not a big deal."

But Emily still fed him stubbornly. Although Eric was helpless, as a patient he had no right to refuse and could only accept it.

He also gradually recalled the cause of his injury, which was simply a fall from the balcony of his villa on the second floor, but headfirst.

There is no broken cervical vertebrae or high paraplegia, which shows that Eric Cooper's physical fitness is indeed good.

Soon, doctors and nurses rushed over. As it is a top-ranked hospital in Los Angeles and a private ward, the service attitude was very good.

After the usual examination, the attending physician, Charles, had a constipated expression.

"Mr. Eric, judging from the results of the examination, although your body is relatively weak, this is normal, and all indicators are within the normal range."

"But to be honest, I don't quite understand. Based on my more than 30 years of experience as a doctor, in your case, if you are in a coma for more than half a month, you will most likely become a vegetable. Of course, I don't mean to curse you, but this is too weird."

Eric thought to himself, my soul has changed, what the hell do you know?

"Doctor Charles, maybe I'm lucky, so can I be discharged from the hospital?"

Doctor Charles said hesitantly: "Theoretically, it is possible, but I suggest that you stay in the hospital for observation, um... at least a week!"

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Eric rolled his eyes: "Since everything is normal, I think there is no need to observe. What I need most now is not disinfectant, but fresh air!"

A series of examinations wasted more than two hours. When Eric walked out of the examination room, besides Emily Cooper waiting there, there was also a middle-aged man with her.

The man is wearing a suit, leather shoes, and even a tie. He most likely rushed over from the company and is definitely working overtime. Don't think that there is no overtime in America.

"Eric, my son, I am so happy to see you wake up." Charlie Cooper walked up quickly and held his son in his arms.

"Be careful, Charlie, you'll hurt him!" Emily quickly pulled her husband away.

Eric shrugged: "Mom, your son is not that fragile."

But Charlie Cooper quickly let go of his hand: "I was so excited that I didn't even know what to say. To be honest, I have never been so grateful to God as I am now!"

The doctor and the patient had a discussion afterwards. Eric strongly requested to be discharged from the hospital, but Dr. Charles suggested staying in the hospital for observation.

In the end, it was decided that a week of observation was impossible and three days was the limit. The Coopers felt sorry for their son, but they also respected the doctor's advice, so they had to compromise.

Eric accidentally saw a calendar on the nurse's desk, on which was clearly written May 20, 2002.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through my brain.

"2002, MGM, John Woo, Windtalkers, WTF! (horrified face)"

(End of this chapter)