Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 420: Unparalleled Riding Skills, Officially Started Filming

The horse is a very intelligent mammal. Scientific research shows that the IQ of a horse is equivalent to that of a human child aged 3 to 7, and it also has complex emotions.

Therefore, Lin Yuan did not find it strange at all when Hong Ma made a disdainful and provocative expression.

What are you looking at?
What's wrong with you?

Lin Yuan stared at the red horse, refusing to give in.

Whether it is horse training or hawk training, eye contact, letting the opponent feel your momentum and thus conquering the opponent psychologically, is the first step.

With the blessing of the talent of "Life is a Drama", the murderous intent in Lin Yuan's eyes was transmitted to Hong Ma without any error.

This is not just empty bluffing. Lin Yuan, who has already taken several lives, displays a murderous aura that is quite intimidating.

The red horse immediately felt the murderous aura and felt as if it was being stared at by a tiger, with all its muscles tensed.

The fear caused by its nature made it shiver and it actively avoided looking at Lin Yuan. The provocation in its eyes had disappeared.

"Give me the reins."

Lin Yuan reached out and took the reins handed to him by the person in charge of the stable, and immediately stepped on the stirrup and jumped onto the horse.

I saw him holding the reins tightly and sitting steadily on the horse's back.

It was not until this moment that the red horse realized that the somewhat scary guy had sat on his back.

Come down! Come down now!

It did not submit to Lin Yuan. At most, it was a little afraid and had no intention of becoming Lin Yuan's mount.

The red horse immediately began to struggle violently, raising its front hooves high and its back suddenly leaning back, trying to throw Lin Yuan off the horse.

"Be careful!" The person in charge of the horse farm couldn't help but exclaimed.

Lin Yuan clamped his legs around the horse's belly and held the reins tightly with both hands, without any panic at all. Such a little trick was not challenging at all for him.

Seeing that this trick didn't work, the red horse became exasperated and resorted to a more violent method of resistance. It twisted and jumped its body back and forth wildly, and its strong legs kicked wildly with each jump, making the shaking even more violent.

"Here it comes, this is the trick. The previous horse trainers were thrown off the horses, and two people had their bones broken by it." The person in charge of the stable became nervous.

Director Nolan standing by also clenched his fists nervously: Lin Yuan is the leading actor of the movie. If he is unfortunately injured, the filming of the movie will be postponed for a long time.

The horse's struggles were no less intense than those of an angry bull. With such strong jolts, one after another, it was impossible to stay seated on the horse's back.

But director Nolan forgot that the man in front of him once held a rope and tamed a great white shark that was 6.4 meters long and weighed more than 3 tons.

Compared to the giant beasts in the sea, what is this fierce horse in front of me?

Lin Yuan was seen adjusting his sitting posture and center of gravity with ease, and he easily resolved the bumps caused by every jump and twist of the red horse.

His expression was not tense at all, but rather a relaxed smile as he shouted, "You bad-tempered young man, if you don't obey, then use whatever skills you have!"

With his master-level riding experience in horse training, Lin Yuan knew that he had to give this wild horse a full beating until it was at its wit's end and would finally be completely convinced.

Otherwise, you can just give it a few punches and it will be subdued and accept your ride.

However, only by completely taming it can you make it cooperate with you in the future and perform various difficult riding movements.

Perhaps for other horse trainers, this would be a contest of will and strength, but for Lin Yuan, it was like playing games with a child.

He silently waited for this fierce horse to run out of tricks.

After struggling frantically for a while, Hong Ma discovered in despair that her resistance, which had always worked so well before, was completely ineffective against the man on her.

Not only did it not pose any threat, but it made him have a lot of fun?
What a disgrace.

The red horse became even angrier, but it stopped struggling.

"Is it convinced?" asked director Nolan.

"Maybe... fuck!" The person in charge of the horse farm suddenly screamed in the middle of his words.

Hong Ma suddenly bent his legs, knelt down, and then rolled his body to the left, trying to press Lin Yuan under him.

Since there is no way to push Lin Yuan off my body, I might as well lie down and turn over to crush him!
If the weight of 570 kilograms were to fall on Lin Yuan, it would definitely cause considerable damage.

Even if Lin Yuan could dodge quickly, the red horse at least achieved its goal of driving him away from its back.

Lin Yuan pushed the ground with his legs and tightened the reins with both hands.

The red horse, kneeling on the ground, was unable to roll smoothly to the left for a while.

"Is this possible? It's so powerful!" Director Nolan couldn't believe what he saw.

Lin Yuan was using his physical strength to directly confront the red horse.

He used his legs and hands to coordinate the force, holding the red horse in a position where it was neither up nor down, and he could only use 30% of his brute force.

Obviously, Lin Yuan's reaction made Hong Ma very uncomfortable.

"Huff~Huff~" It was breathing heavily.

Apart from his tense muscles, Lin Yuan did not seem to be struggling at all.

The two sides were deadlocked for more than a minute. The red horse seemed to have finally given up resistance. It completely relaxed and let Lin Yuan ride on it without resisting.

It was not until this time that Lin Yuan began to use his talent of "Life is a Play" and started to communicate with Hong Ma.

Although it is impossible to communicate at the level of a conversation, some emotions can be conveyed to Red Horse.

For example: If you listen to me, you will have better food to eat. If you dare to resist, you will die!
Simply put, it was a combination of coercion and inducement, and combined with Lin Yuan's performance of conquering it just now, it was enough to make the red horse completely surrender and actively cooperate with Lin Yuan's series of instructions.

Finally getting the red horse, Lin Yuan was naturally filled with joy. He smiled and said to Director Nolan, "I'm going to take it for a ride. Can you ride a horse? Do you want to come with me?"

"I know a thing or two. Let me go with you," said Director Nolan.

So the person in charge of the stable immediately sent a more docile horse and handed the reins to director Nolan.

The two men rode out of the stable side by side.

Director Nolan, on horseback, carefully observed Lin Yuan's riding skills and soon came to a conclusion:
Much better than himself. Lin Yuan's riding skills are so good that he can hardly imagine them. He is even better than those herdsmen who have lived on horseback since childhood.

Director Nolan was born in London, England. He grew up in a middle-class family and was exposed to equestrian training in aristocratic culture.

He knew very well that the most basic principle of horse riding was to learn to control the center of gravity and convey commands.

I won't go into detail about the center of gravity. When a horse is walking or running, the person on its back will sway. Controlling the center of gravity will help you stay on the horse and avoid falling off. This is not complicated. With a little training, at least normal riding will not be a big problem.

Commands are conveyed mainly by pulling the reins, squeezing the horse's belly with legs, and giving commands, so that the horse understands the rider's intentions.

These two points together form the basis of riding.

But in the eyes of director Nolan, Lin Yuan's actions simply violated these two cornerstones of riding, but they also achieved excellent results.

Lin Yuan was seen on horseback, completely ignoring the requirement to maintain a stable center of gravity. He made various swaying movements at will:

He leaned back and let go of the reins with both hands, and then relied on his legs and stirrups to steady himself on the running horse.

After a while, he twisted 180 degrees and turned around.

From time to time, he would hug the horse's neck tightly with both hands, loosen the stirrup of one foot, and hang himself on the side of the red horse with just one foot and two arms.

Director Nolan couldn't believe his eyes. Isn't this riding skill too outrageous?

Of course he knew that Lin Yuan was not doing these moves to look cool, but to test what difficult moves he could perform on horseback during the filming of the movie.

But this completely ignores the existence of "waves". How does Lin Yuan manage to "suppress the waves" and "push the waves"?

Director Nolan just doesn't understand it at all.

The so-called "wave" refers to the period of flight when the horse is trotting and cantering, so there is a clear up and down movement while moving forward.

The superposition of these two directions of movement forms a wave-like trajectory, which is also the main reason why people feel "bumpy" when riding a horse.

The rider's trajectory on the horse can be simply understood as a continuous parabola. The size of the waves usually refers to the slope of the parabola.

Most people prefer horses with smaller waves, which are relatively comfortable to ride. A small number of people prefer horses with larger waves, because horses with larger waves have a larger ups and downs range, which gives a more galloping feeling.

There are two main approaches to overcoming riding waves: neutralizing them and actively avoiding them. When trotting, a horse exerts a greater upward force on the rider than a smaller forward force, so when trotting, you primarily need to counteract the upward force, hence the name "squeezing waves."

When a horse is running, it exerts a greater forward force on the human body and a smaller upward force, so when running, it is mainly necessary to offset the forward force, which is the origin of the name "pushing the waves".

But no matter what, the essence is to use the hips, waist, abdomen, knees, ankles and other body organs to relieve the impact during riding.

In director Nolan's opinion, he had no idea how Lin Yuan managed to do what he saw.

In fact, it is not surprising that he cannot see it. Even if you ask a riding expert, he will still be confused.

Because Lin Yuan was able to achieve what he saw not only by relying on his master-level riding skills, but also with the help of his master-level martial arts.

No one is more experienced than him in transforming power.

Pushing the leveraging technique to its limit is something other riders can't even imagine.

When Lin Yuan swung his weapon on horseback, he could not only take advantage of the speed and his own strength, but also the power of the "waves" when the horse was running.

If he lived in ancient times, he would definitely be a peerless warrior charging into battle.

After trying various difficult moves, Lin Yuan stopped the test, resumed his normal riding posture, and began to concentrate on enjoying the feeling of galloping on horseback.

He and director Nolan galloped side by side across the Hulunbuir grassland.

After a while, we arrived at the Morigele River, which is known as "the best winding river in the world".

Looking at the river winding in front of them like a green belt, the two men couldn't help but tighten the reins and stop their horses from galloping.

"It's so beautiful! We need at least three cameras to put this scene on the big screen," Director Nolan exclaimed.

Lin Yuan felt quite speechless. This guy was really a complete workaholic. It seemed that the only thing in his mind was how to make a better movie.

When others see beautiful scenery, their first reaction is to appreciate the beauty of the world, but his first reaction is how to take a picture...

"What kind of flower is that?" Director Nolan pointed to the grass not far away, where red flowers dotted everywhere.

"In Mongolian, this flower is called Sarlang, and it is the most beautiful flower on the grassland. In Chinese, it is called Rhododendron," said Lin Yuan.

"When I saw this flower, I had an idea for the film's opening sequence. I started with a close-up shot, shooting from the base of the sarilang tree upwards.

There are bright red petals among the green grass, and above is the blue sky and white clouds.

Suddenly a horse hoof fell from the sky and crushed the sarilang into pieces. Then the camera pulled up to show a strong cavalryman moving forward.

This will highlight the iron-blooded atmosphere of war, what do you think?" Director Nolan said.

“…” Lin Yuan was speechless again.

He almost thought that Director Nolan was discussing the beautiful scenery with him, but he didn't expect that he was still focused on shooting.

This is indeed very Nolan.

"The Mozhgele River is estimated to be about 5 meters wide in this section, but we don't know how deep it is. Let's go over and take a look?" Director Nolan continued.

"Meng Tao has conducted an investigation and found that the width of the Morigele River bed is 10 to 30 meters, with an average width of 2 meters during the non-flood season and a depth of about 20 centimeters.

You can easily cross the river by wading, but you need to slow down when riding a horse across the river." Lin Yuan said.

“No wonder the opening encounter in the script was placed here. Firstly, it can show the beauty of nature and attract the audience.

The second is that the protagonist can use this river to delay the enemy's attack and create opportunities for battle.

The third can also be shown after the war, when blood dyed the originally beautiful river red and corpses blocked the flow of the river, highlighting the cruelty of war.

Killing three birds with one stone is perfect. I am now more and more confident about this movie!" said Director Nolan.

"..." In such a short period of time, Lin Yuan was speechless for the third time.

In fact, Lin Yuan didn’t think so much. He definitely couldn’t take care of all the details of the shooting.

Director Nolan is always thinking about how to make the movie better. He is really a person who has achieved the ultimate.

This also made Lin Yuan feel that choosing director Nolan to shoot "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" was a correct decision.

Among the directors Lin Yuan has worked with in the past, Director Nolan is indeed the one with the strongest comprehensive abilities.

With his help, the possibility of "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" creating a box office miracle that surpasses "The King of Spy" has increased a bit.

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"Action!" Director Nolan gave the order.

The first scene of "The Heroes of Tang Dynasty", which is also the opening scene of the movie, officially began filming.

This scene tells the story of Yuchi Yuan, played by Lin Yuan, who was ordered to go out of the border with his soldiers to wipe out the enemy.

At this time, both the Eastern and Western Turks had been wiped out by the Tang Empire, and the northern grasslands were mainly inhabited by nomadic tribes such as the Western Turks, Khitans, and Xi.

The purpose of Yuchi Yuan's trip was to suppress a post-Turkic tribe based on the intelligence sent by the scouts.

The film begins with a bottom-up perspective.

The lush green grass and fiery red sarlang flowers sway gently in the breeze.

A yellow butterfly flying on the petals of the sarlang flower adds a touch of vitality.

Against the backdrop of green grass and red flowers is the blue sky and snow-white, cotton-like clouds, creating a peaceful and tranquil scene.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a snow-white horse hoof fell from the sky and stepped hard on the sarrang flowers, turning the flowers into mud.

The camera moves upwards, accompanied by the "clattering" sound of metal armor rubbing against each other, and an elite cavalryman appears in front of the camera.

This elite cavalry consisted of about 400 people, all of whom were wearing armor, with an armor coverage rate reaching an astonishing 100%.

The camera focused on the armor of this cavalryman, but it was not all heavy iron armor.

Some wore the Ming Guang armor, a highly protective armor among the Thirteen Tang armors; some wore Shanwen chain mail; and some wore refined leather armor, but they were all standard armors, appearing neat and uniform, allowing one to sense at a glance the elite nature of this unit.

Seeing this scene, the assistant director said: "The camera arrangement is great. It shows the elite of this unit and the diversity of the cavalry organization."

Director Nolan nodded: "Armored cavalry for frontal charges, cavalry for flank harassment, and light cavalry for quickly seizing opportunities and pursuing scattered enemies. This is a perfect cavalry unit organization that can adapt to various enemies on various battlefields.

My goal in this opening scene was to show the audience the strength, professionalism, and complex tactical coordination of the Tang army."

Then, the camera continued to zoom out, and you could see that each person was equipped with three horses: a marching horse for riding, a charging war horse, and a baggage horse for carrying weapons and supplies.

Behind the troops, there was a carriage team loaded with various supplies.

War horses used for charging into battle require a concentrated feed mixed with barley, oats, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, hay, wormwood, and salt.

These expensive Hequ war horses are simply money-eating machines, and each horse needs to consume 4800 grams of feed every day.

The baggage horses and riding horses used were Mongolian horses. Although they had lower requirements for fodder, the number was not much less.

Therefore, there must be such a wagon team in the entire team to transport supplies such as fodder, arrows and food.

When all this was presented in front of the camera, director Nolan believed that the images were convincing enough.

There is no need for any character dialogue or subtitle narration, only the information presented in front of the camera.

The audience will fully agree that this is a cavalry with extremely strong combat capabilities.

This cavalry is a microcosm of the elite Tang army that was able to suppress the four borders and make the whole world submit.

It also indirectly reflects the powerful national strength of the Tang Empire.

The camera continues to move upwards, turning into an aerial perspective.

In the endless grassland, along the winding Morigele River, the Tang army became insignificant in the face of nature.

(End of this chapter)