Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 537: The old director suffers and tames the hippopotamus

When Lin Yuan walked towards this group of river overlords who were known for their violent temper, everyone held their breath nervously.

As the second largest land animal after elephants, hippos, with their strong territorial awareness, are obviously very dangerous.

Although hippos appear clumsy, once they launch an attack, they charge as fast as a heavy tank.

Not to mention being bitten by its long teeth, even being hit by it can cause fractures, internal bleeding and serious injuries.

In Africa, hippos kill approximately 3000 people each year, more than lions and only slightly less than the notorious Nile crocodile.

Therefore, Lin Yuan's behavior of approaching the hippopotamus group made everyone nervous.

As Lin Yuan approached, the leading male hippopotamus opened his huge mouth, revealing his sharp fangs, as if to demonstrate to him.

At this time, Lin Yuan had walked to a place less than 5 meters away from the hippopotamus group.

Facing the hippopotamus with its mouth wide open in protest, his first feeling was:
What a big mouth!

Few animals have mouths that can open to a maximum of 180 degrees like a hippopotamus.

When the mouth opens so wide, the muscles, gums, and yellow fangs inside the hippo's mouth are clearly visible, accompanied by an indescribable smell of decay and fermentation, which immediately gives people a very bad impression.

The image of a fat man who doesn't pay attention to personal hygiene immediately emerged in Lin Yuan's mind.

But no matter how much you dislike them, you have to get along well with them, otherwise you won't be able to cross the river today.

Although they could go upstream and cross the river, by the time they came back after making a big circle, the herd of yellow deer on the other side of the river would most likely have left.

It would be difficult to find such good prey again at that time.

Lin Yuan made paddling movements with his hands and whistled with his mouth.

This action and sound is an effective way for humans to convey friendliness to hippos and reduce their resistance.

Like many aquatic animals, hippos are very sensitive to sound.

Although the hippopotamus' ears seem small under its huge head, its hearing is very strong.

Even when disturbed by the water flow underwater, hippos can still hear tiny sounds one or two hundred meters away, and their ability to capture sounds in the air is naturally even stronger.

This "whoosh" whistling sound is very similar to the sound of water plants swaying when the wind blows across the water.

Following Lin Yuan's actions, the hippopotamus seemed to feel the joy of eating.

As a super fat guy, how could I not like to eat?

The hippos sensed Lin Yuan's harmlessness and closed their wide-open mouths, but their strong territorial instincts still made them stare at Lin Yuan.

But Lin Yuan completely ignored the hippo's vigilant look. He walked straight to the river, reached his hand into the water, pulled up a long bunch of water plants growing on the bottom of the water, and then came to the male hippopotamus that was the leader of the hippo herd.

Although hippos are omnivores and sometimes eat a little meat, their main food is aquatic plants.

Aquatic plants are rich in fiber and water, which can meet the nutritional and water needs of the hippopotamus's huge body.

Of course, if you feed it watermelon or other fruits, the hippo will still be very happy.

It turns out that a real fat person will gain weight no matter what he eats. Even if he eats vegetarian food every day, he can still grow into a super fat person.

When Lin Yuan grabbed a handful of water plants and put his hand to the hippo's mouth, the hippo naturally opened its mouth.

If someone offers you food, it is absolutely impossible to refuse.

As the hippopotamus opened its mouth, Lin Yuan couldn't help but roar in his heart:
"Gan!"

The close contact with this huge mouth made the taste so strong that it made my eyes sore.

It's like your college roommate shoving a pair of sneakers and socks in front of your nose that have stood up after being worn for a week without washing.

It is a fatal destruction to the olfactory cells.
But Lin Yuan had no way to escape and could only endure the stench and put the water grass into the hippo's mouth.

After receiving the water plants fed by Lin Yuan, the hippopotamus started chewing them with satisfaction.

The feeding action was completed smoothly. Although the hippopotamus is the second largest land animal and weighs 3 tons, its shoulder height is only about 1 meters, and it does not have the height oppression that a giant beast should have.

If an elephant, which is 3 to 4 meters tall, is a tall and strong man, then a hippopotamus can only be considered a short and fat man.

Lin Yuan, who is 1 meters tall, can stand in front of the hippopotamus and easily feed food into its mouth.

Looking at the hippopotamus chewing in front of him, Lin Yuan couldn't help but reach out and touch its head.

This male hippopotamus actually closed his eyes and looked like he was enjoying himself. Combined with his expression, it is easy to think of a dark fat man acting coquettishly towards you.

So Lin Yuan decisively withdrew his hand and tried to use his talent to convey his thoughts to the male hippopotamus:
"Step on your back", "Cross the river", "Food return".

Hippos are not very smart animals and can only accept simple, fragmented information, but Lin Yuan believes that this is enough.

Soon, he also received a reply from the hippo:
"Good", "Water plants are delicious."

It was so easy to fool that Lin Yuan easily reached a consensus with it.

In fact, it is not the hippopotamus’s fault that they are simple-minded. Most animals have very low intelligence and low emotional levels.

Not to mention a stupid creature like a hippopotamus, even among domestic animals tamed by humans, there are not many that have advanced emotions.

For example, sheep are a kind of psychopath whose brain circuits are completely incomprehensible. They will often butt you to death for no apparent reason, so they are not suitable to be kept as pets.

Although pigs are very smart, they still lack advanced emotions and can only be considered animals.

Animals like cats and dogs are much easier. Lin Yuan has tried to use his talents to communicate with them and can already exchange relatively complex information.

The domesticated animal that surprised Lin Yuan the most was actually the cow. It is an animal that truly possesses advanced emotions and is very human-like.

If cows were not that big, but were the same size as cats and dogs, they might be more suitable pets for human companionship.

As for the hippopotamus, although there is the word "horse" in its name, it is far inferior to ordinary horses.

When Lin Yuan was filming "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", he had a lot of communication with the big red horse. At the end of the filming, the horse even showed reluctance to leave and wanted to follow Lin Yuan.

So now the big red horse is kept by Lin Yuan in the backyard of his mansion in Beverly Hills.

Back to this hippopotamus, although he has a simple mind, fortunately he doesn't play any tricks.

As long as it agrees to be a stepping stone to help everyone cross the river, there is no need to worry about any accidents along the way. As long as they are fed, everything will be fine.

So Lin Yuan continued to walk to the water's edge and began to pull up water weeds, while calling out to everyone: "Everyone come and help me pull up the water weeds. The hippopotamus agreed to let us cross the river."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, everyone felt it was unbelievable, but they were already used to it.

"Have you finished communicating now? Are you sure you are not using some Eastern witchcraft?" Director Eastwood asked in surprise.

"Witchcraft? If we in the East have it, it's magic! But I really don't know that. I just had a simple communication with it." Lin Yuan shook his head.

Simple?
It’s simple, teach me!
Coach, I want to learn this too!
But this is obviously Lin Yuan's personal talent, which is impossible for others to learn, and no one even wants to learn it.

Lin Yuan's simplicity is too modest, and it has a strong Versailles flavor.

"Well, we can only do the physical work of pulling out aquatic plants, and the most eye-catching job can only be left to you." The old director continued to complain.

Although he was complaining, it did not stop the old director from leading everyone to the river to help pull out the aquatic weeds.

Even though Lin Yuan said there was no problem, everyone was still a little afraid to get close to the notorious bully beast like the hippopotamus. They just handed the water grass to Lin Yuan from a distance and then went back to pick new water grass.

Kane, who was not involved in pulling out the weeds but was responsible for guarding, gripped the assault rifle tightly in his hand, opened the bumper, and was always on guard against any accidents.

If these hippos go crazy and launch a surprise attack on everyone, he will shoot without hesitation.

He was not sure how effective the assault rifle bullets would be against such a heavy hippopotamus.

A few more shots would definitely kill the hippopotamus, after all, it is just a carbon-based creature, but this period of time is enough for the hippopotamus to knock and trample a few people to death.

Unlike everyone else who was on high alert, Lin Yuan calmly took the water and grass from them and fed them to the group of hippos one by one.

After feeding each hippo, Lin Yuan did not forget to touch their heads and briefly exchange information to ensure that they could cross the river smoothly.

With everyone's efforts, within ten minutes, all the dozen or so hippos by the river were fed.

After establishing a preliminary relationship, Lin Yuan began to focus on taking care of those that were not particularly satisfied, and brought water plants to feed them again.

Suddenly, GAKKI-chan, who was delivering the water grass, asked, "Can I try feeding the hippopotamus too?"

"Of course, if you don't mind the taste." Lin Yuan said.

"I don't mind! I've wanted to try it for a long time!" GAKKI said excitedly.

She knew that if Lin Yuan said it was okay, then it must be safe.

So GAKKI, under the guidance of Lin Yuan, carefully came to a hippopotamus.

The hippopotamus skillfully opened its mouth 180 degrees, waiting for food to arrive.

A familiar stench of decay also wafted towards me as its open mouth blew over me.

But GAKKI-chan didn't show any disgust. Instead, she smiled, stepped forward, and put the water grass into its mouth.

After all, the experience of feeding a hippopotamus up close and personal is something that most people only have the opportunity to do.

The novelty has outweighed the disgust at the stench.

Looking at the hippopotamus closing its mouth and chewing the water plants that she had fed herself, GAKKI felt that the hippopotamus looked much cuter, and it seemed that the flesh on its face and the fat on its body became pleasing to the eye.

"It's really interesting that such a big animal actually accepts my food like a cat." GAKKI said with a happy smile.

"Can I try it too, Mr. Lin?" Gary, who came forward holding the water plants, couldn't help but ask.

Lin Yuan nodded: "Of course no problem, I'll take you there."

He brought Gary to another hippopotamus, and that hippopotamus immediately opened its mouth as if it were a conditioned reflex.

So Gary was satisfied with the successful feeding and completed the achievement of feeding a hippo for the first time in his life.

"It doesn't seem like a big deal. I can feed hippos too. I don't need your help." The old director came forward holding a thick bundle of water plants.

He walked straight towards the other hippopotamus wagging its tail, unwilling to give in. In his opinion, the hippopotamus wagging its tail seemed to be a sign of goodwill, just like a dog wagging its tail.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan suddenly shouted:
"Director, don't go over there!"

"Why? Look, it's fine, isn't it? There's no danger at all." The director continued to move forward in disbelief.

The next moment, something happened that made him regret for the rest of his life.

The hippo's tail began to spin rapidly like an electric fan, and with this movement, a "puff" sound came from behind the hippo.

Then shit started flying everywhere.

Lin Yuan had already taken GAKKI and Gary to hide far away, but the old director who was close to them suffered.

"Paji!"

A thick ball of shit hit director Eastwood's face, and his body was covered with a lot of debris. He looked like he had been through a "shit rain".

"F*CK! F*CK! F*CK!"

The old director roared furiously and ran to the river. He wanted to wash his body with the river water as soon as possible.

But before he ran far, he fell to the ground and began to vomit violently.

"Ugh~"

"Ugh~"

The vomiting was quite violent, as if he was going to vomit out all his bile.

It must be that some filth was sprayed into his mouth just now. The extremely strong taste caused him to feel instinctively uncomfortable.

Lin Yuan walked forward without any disgust and helped the old director to the river.

"Wash your face first, then rinse your mouth. I have some chewing gum here, you can have a few more." After saying that, Lin Yuan placed the towel and chewing gum that GAKKI-chan handed him next to him. At this time, Lin Yuan had no intention of mocking him, nor did he say anything sarcastic like "I told you not to listen to me", but quietly helped the old director deal with the aftermath.

Seeing Lin Yuan's actions, the old director said with some shame: "I shouldn't have been so stubborn. I've caused you trouble and your clothes are dirty."

Lin Yuan looked at the filth on his sleeves and said with a smile, "It's nothing, just take it off and wash it."

After saying that, he took off his coat, leaving only a short T-shirt on his body. In a tropical area like the Congo rainforest, even in December, it was no problem to wear only a short-sleeved shirt during the day.

The reason for wearing a coat is to protect against mosquitoes in the rainforest.

GAKKI-chan, who was standing by, took out a spare sun-protection jacket from her backpack and handed it to Lin Yuan, then took his changed jacket to wash it in the river.

The old director also washed his whole body in the river, and then took the spare camouflage uniform handed to him by Kane and put it on.

Saragama advises that everyone should bring spare clothes before traveling.

At first everyone thought it was a bit cumbersome, but now it seems very necessary.

However, Saragama was quite speechless about how the spare clothes came in handy.

He was originally worried that clothes would be torn by the bushes while walking in the jungle, so he suggested bringing a spare one.

But no matter what, this unexpected episode ended here, and the work of feeding the hippos also came to an end.

At Lin Yuan's call, the group of hippos lined up in a row, and their exposed broad backs formed a bridge on the water.

"Let's go, we'll cross the river on the hippo's back." Lin Yuan said.

Is this possible?

Originally, everyone thought that Lin Yuan meant that after bribing the hippopotamus, they could cross the river and would not be attacked by the hippopotamus.

Who would have thought that the hippos could actually build a bridge for them to cross the river?

What kind of real-life fairy tale is this?

But the reality is right before their eyes, and they have no choice but to believe it.

Looking at the Hippo Bridge in front of us, everyone was hesitant to take a step forward.

It’s not because this bridge is difficult to walk on, in fact it is quite easy to walk on. After all, hippos are huge creatures weighing two or three tons. With a shoulder height of only about 1.6 meters, this must mean that their body length and width are quite outrageous.

An adult hippopotamus is over 3 meters long and over 1 meters wide. When lying in the water, its body looks like a very thick dark stone. There is no need to worry about stepping on air and falling into the river.

The reason why everyone was afraid to go on the bridge was that they were worried that the hippopotamus would suddenly open their mouths and bite them. After all, the hippopotamus's reputation for being vicious always made people nervous.

Lin Yuan guessed what they were thinking and jumped onto the back of the first hippopotamus with a smile.

"Snapped!"

The shoes made a crisp sound when they stepped on the hippopotamus's thick back.

The hippopotamus's back didn't move at all, without any shaking, and it stood steadily in the water.

"Look, isn't it very stable?"

"Yeah, it does look pretty stable."

Although everyone agreed, they were still a little afraid to step forward.

Lin Yuan knew that they still had concerns: You are a great druid, it’s okay if you step on it, but who knows if something unexpected will happen to us?
So Lin Yuan jumped hard several times on the hippo's back.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

For a giant animal like a hippopotamus weighing two or three tons, Lin Yuan, who weighs less than 100 kilograms, did not feel any pain at all when he jumped on its back twice. He might even feel that the massage was a little comfortable, but the strength was not enough.

But Lin Yuan's action still shocked a group of people:

You're dancing on the hippopotamus's back like this, don't they have any objections?

Is this still the river overlord known for its violent temper?

It's really eye-opening. Following Lin Yuan always gives me some pretty fantastic experiences.

After jumping a few times, Lin Yuan said with a smile:

"Look, there's absolutely no problem, right? These hippos are very well behaved.

You don't have to worry that they will only obey me. In fact, their minds are blank right now and it is impossible for them to know who is standing on their backs.

Both you and I can stand firmly on their backs."

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, GAKKI-chan stepped forward with a smile: "Let me go first."

GAKKI's absolute trust in Lin Yuan made her take the first step.

She stretched out her legs cautiously and stepped on the hippo's back.

The feeling from under my feet is quite solid, no different from standing on the ground.

So GAKKI-chan stood up with both feet confidently, firmly.

After confirming that there was no problem, GAKKI did not ask Lin Yuan to help her, but moved forward alone and stepped from the back of one hippopotamus to the back of another.

This section of river, which is more than 30 meters wide, has almost no large gaps due to the presence of more than ten hippos.

Therefore, GAKKI-chan just walked with her long legs and easily crossed the river without even jumping.

"I'm coming, you guys should hurry up too." GAKKI-chan waved and greeted when she reached the other side of the river.

Seeing GAKKI-chan crossed the river safely, the others also relaxed and lined up one by one to cross the river.

"I didn't expect crossing the river would be so easy. Otherwise, it would not be easy to swim across this 30-meter river." The old director sighed.

"I have to thank the hippo brothers for their help. I will feed them some water plants when I come back." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"I filmed the entire hunting process. The part just now..." asked the old director.

As a director, he naturally has the habit of taking pictures during his trip today, so the old director carried a portable camera with him and kept shooting videos.

Originally, he envisioned that these video footage would be excellent material, whether for future memories or as a movie's ending credits.

But I didn’t expect that the pictures I took today were so shocking.

If it were the part where they met the okapi at the beginning, Lin Yuan’s behavior would be understandable.

But the part where they tamed the hippo just now was really magical.

Even the hippo trainers in the zoo probably couldn't command the hippos they had trained for many years to perform such obedient actions as just now, not to mention that Lin Yuan and this group of hippos were only meeting for the first time and the hippos were still wild.

Is it appropriate to show such a picture to the public?

"No problem, just edit it and put it in the ending footage." Lin Yuan said.

"Is it really okay? Won't it cause you any trouble?" Director Eastwood asked uncertainly.

"It's okay. Those people in the circus make lions and tigers stand up and dance, and no one thinks there's anything wrong with it." Lin Yuan said: "The movie needs some publicity stunts, and these videos are very helpful for promotion."

After hearing Lin Yuan's answer, the old director could only agree.

Although the trained animals in the circus can perform better than Lin Yuan's tamed hippopotamus, that is the result of years of training after all. Can it be the same as taming wild animals to this level on the first encounter?

But this does prove that it is not impossible to make animals understand and obey human intentions to a certain extent.

This means that the abilities displayed by Lin Yuan are not so exaggerated, at least he will not be used as a guinea pig for research.

In addition to Lin Yuan's current identity, a little doubt will not cause any harm to him.

But if these videos are released as promotional materials, they will definitely create a wave of hype before the release and attract the interest of a large number of viewers.

This is a huge boon for the movie box office.

Director Eastwood plans to edit the video slightly to make it more reasonable so that it can be used with confidence.

Seeing that the old director was still thinking, Lin Yuan knew that he was very responsible and was still thinking about how to handle this matter perfectly, so he smiled, patted him and said, "Let's go, think about work when you get back.

We finally crossed the river and now it was hunting time.

If you don't hurry up, the deer will run away and we won't be able to have dinner tonight."

The old director immediately became excited when he heard about hunting: "They can't run away! I'll show you my archery skills in a moment."

Lin Yuan smiled and replied, "I'll let you guys take action first and see what your results are."

"If we take action first, we will have no chance immediately," said the old director.

Deer are very alert animals. Once the old director and his men take action first, the deer will start to flee in all directions regardless of whether they hit the target or not.

There are low bushes everywhere here. As long as the deer hide in them and Lin Yuan loses his sight, even if he has good knife throwing skills, he can't throw them blindly, right?
What the director said was correct, but Lin Yuan didn't care: "Don't worry, I'll let you guys do the first round of hunting. Don't feel pressured. Even if we fail, we can just look for prey again."

In fact, Lin Yuan was not worried. Saragama would also participate in the first wave of hunting. With him around, at least one prey would be harvested.

In fact, one is enough. The weight of the yellow deer is between 150 and 220 kilograms.

It would be difficult for them to take away just one deer.

If you kill a few more, you'll probably have to find someone to help carry them. Otherwise, you'll only be able to cut off the tastiest parts, and the rest will be wasted in the forest.

"Let's go, let's start hunting." Lin Yuan said.

He was about to approach the herd of deer when he found Saragama holding him back.

"how?"

"The direction is wrong, and the pace is wrong."

"Direction? Pace?"

Saragama pointed due east and said, "The wind is blowing from the east, so we must approach the deer from the west, downwind. Otherwise, the wind will carry our scent and the sound of our footsteps, scaring away the deer."

After hearing Saragama's explanation, Lin Yuan immediately felt that professionalism was different.

He really had no experience in this area, but fortunately Saragama reminded him.

"What about the pace?" Lin Yuan asked.

“The purpose of the pace is to reduce the sound of your footsteps as you move forward. There are three main points.

The first is to wrap your shoes with cotton cloth to reduce the noise when walking.

The second is to walk with your feet close to the ground, landing on the forefoot and minimizing the force of your heel hitting the ground.

Finally, avoid stepping on dead branches and other noisy objects when walking, and try to walk on grassy areas," said Saragama.

As he spoke, he also demonstrated the movements.

He is indeed a jungle expert. The way he bends down and walks like a cat looks very professional.

"Everyone follow Saragama's instructions and hopefully you'll reap a lot of rewards soon," said Lin Yuan.

So the entire hunting team began to put cotton cloth on their shoes according to Saragama's instructions.

These are all props prepared by Saragama in advance.

After everything was ready, everyone followed Saragama and began to bend down carefully as they moved towards the herd of yellow deer.

Saragama walked in front, carefully choosing the route, while the people behind him just had to follow the route of the people in the front.

Soon everyone arrived at a distance of about 30 meters from the herd of yellow deer, and the hunting operation was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)