Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 559 The Old Director’s Romantic Affair
While Meng Tao and GAKKI-chan were joking, Lin Yuan magically "produced" a few red raspberries out of thin air, shocking the male elephant Sulu again.

After performing "miracles" twice in a row, Sulu was completely conquered by the tiny human in front of him.

Sulu bent his front and back knees, knelt down in front of Lin Yuan, and lay on the ground.

This is an elephant's gesture of submission, meaning that Lin Yuan has completely conquered its heart.

In return, Lin Yuan walked forward and touched the elephant's trunk with his hand to express his acceptance of Sulu's submission.

The next moment, Lin Yuan quickly walked around to Sulu's side, and he jumped with all his might, jumping high into the air.

Lin Yuan, who was in mid-air, supported himself on the elephant's back with his hands, turned over and climbed onto its back, sitting firmly.

As Lin Yuan climbed onto the elephant's back, Sulu stood up from the ground and trotted around the elephant enclosure with Lin Yuan.

"Woo~woo~"

As Sulu ran, he raised his trunk and let out a joyful cry.

In the distance, the elephant trainer, Mobu, was completely impressed. "I never thought it would take Lin Yuan less than 10 minutes to completely subdue Sulu. I've been training elephants my whole life, and I never thought I could make an elephant submit completely without using any violence."

Meng Tao smiled and replied, "But taming is only the first step. If Lin Yuan just wants the elephant to obey his commands, then relying solely on your training will be enough. The next step is where he needs to think hard."

"I'm just an elephant trainer. I don't know what you plan to let Sulu do during the filming." Mob replied.

"I don't know either. Maybe let the elephant use its trunk to perform a set of 'elephant boxing'? Or let the elephant roll up a small tree and perform a set of stick techniques? It all depends on how far Lin Yuan can get Sulu to do." Meng Tao said.

Meng Tao had no idea how the final elephant fight scene would be filmed.

Lin Yuan's script is quite vague, because he had to first test the extent to which Sulu could do it before he could design the actions accordingly.

At this time, Lin Yuan, who was sitting on the elephant's back, jumped down and landed steadily on the ground.

After landing, Lin Yuan waved to them, signaling them to come over.

So Betty took the lead and walked forward, followed closely by GAKKI-chan.

In accordance with Lin Yuan's previous request, Meng Tao, together with Mobu and several other elephant trainers, carried a large tank of water and came to the elephant enclosure.

"Lin Yuan, have you tamed it? It's such a huge beast." Betty stood in front of Sulu, raised her neck and exclaimed.

"Well, now the instructions I give should be executed unconditionally. So the next step is to test a few shooting ideas to see if they can be realized." Lin Yuan said.

"What are your thoughts?" Betty asked.

"Let's test its nose's ability to spray water first." Lin Yuan said with a smile, "Meng Tao, prepare the pile of stones as well."

After hearing Lin Yuan's instructions, Meng Tao began to pile up small stones the size of fists, which gradually turned into a pyramid-like cone.

After instructing Meng Tao, Lin Yuan called Su Lu to the water tank that had just been carried over.

This water tank is made of transparent material, contains 60 liters of water, and has corresponding scales on the edge.

60 liters of water weighs 120 kilograms, and when you add the weight of the water tank itself, it is really not light.

"Come on, try to absorb water with all your strength and see how much you can absorb." Lin Yuan gave the order.

Hearing Lin Yuan's order, Sulu inserted his thick, long, black-haired elephant trunk into the transparent water tank without hesitation.

As Sulu began to absorb water, the water level in the tank began to drop visibly.

The elephant's trunk, as it absorbs water, continues to expand and grow, and seems to become harder, just like a tissue in the human body that is congested with blood.

The elephant's trunk is not a fixed "straw". It can expand rapidly when absorbing liquid: the radius of the nostril can expand by up to 30%, and the volume of the nasal cavity can expand by up to 64%.

Lin Yuan stared at the scale closely, the water level dropped from 60 liters to 49 liters.

"It's amazing that it can absorb 11 liters of water." Lin Yuan exclaimed.

"Is 11 liters of water a lot?" Betty asked.

Lin Yuan nodded: "The trunk of an average elephant can absorb about 7 to 8 liters of water. For a male elephant like Sulu, who is close to the extreme in size, to be able to absorb 11 liters of water is still considered a natural talent.

Even if we only look at the absolute value, 11 liters of water weighing 22 kilograms is quite impressive."

If we compare it with the bottled water commonly found in offices, the capacity of a typical bottled water is 16.9 liters. The amount of water that Sulu drew out with his nose is equivalent to more than half a can of bottled water.

"Come, push the water back into the tank." Lin Yuan continued to give instructions to Sulu.

Sulu immediately did as he was told and poured the water from his nose back into the water tank.

"This time you absorb water as fast as you can!" Lin Yuan gave the second water absorption order.

The thick trunk of the elephant was inserted into the water again. This time, Sulu exerted his greatest strength, and the more than 40,000 muscles in the trunk were fully mobilized.

The water surface in the water tank began to shake violently.

In just two seconds, Sulu finished sucking in the water. He raised his trunk with a proud look, as if to say, "Wasn't that fast? I'm awesome, right?"

Lin Yuan smiled and nodded, then touched Sulu's long, white tusks as a token of appreciation.

This speed is really fast, absorbing 2 liters of water in 11 seconds!
This water absorption speed is equivalent to turning on 35 shower heads and spraying water at the same time, or the flow rate when 40 toilets are flushing at the same time.

"The pumping speed is so fast, like a water pump. Is the suction power of an elephant's trunk so strong?" Betty asked.

"Not really. An average elephant can absorb about 3.5 liters of water per second. Sulu is truly stronger than his peers," Lin Yuan explained. "This means Sulu's trunk muscles are more developed. I'm looking forward to seeing how powerful he is when he sprays water."

"Are you going to test the strength of Sulu's trunk spray?" Betty asked in surprise.

"Of course, don't you think the scene of an elephant's trunk spraying out a rapid stream of water to attack people is quite interesting? But under normal circumstances, elephants spray water to wash the mud off their bodies. They don't like to spray water quickly, which will make their trunks bear greater force and not very comfortable." Lin Yuan explained.

This is why Lin Yuan wants to completely conquer Sulu. Only in this way can Sulu cooperate with him to the fullest extent and do things that it usually doesn't like.

At this time, Meng Tao, who was piling stones on the side, had completed his work.

Round pebbles as big as fists were piled up to form a conical stone tower more than one meter high.

Lin Yuan pointed at the stone tower and gave Sulu an order: "Spray water with all your might and see if you can break the stone tower."

After receiving the order, Sulu did not spray water immediately, but slightly bent his hind legs and raised his trunk high.

Then, Sulu stretched out his hind legs like lightning and thrust forward with his trunk raised:
"puff!"

A rapid stream of water suddenly shot out from the elephant's trunk.

At this moment, everyone seemed to see the high-pressure water jet shot out from the fire truck.

The water column suddenly hit the stone tower, and instantly blew the stone away.

"Boom!"

The stone hit the wooden fence of the elephant enclosure with a dull thud.

The entire stone tower collapsed with a loud crash.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

"Lin Yuan, have you ever thought that the water sprayed from an elephant's trunk could be so strong?" Meng Tao asked.

Although Meng Tao spent a lot of time building the stone tower, he was actually happier when it was actually washed down by the water flow from Sulu.

This means that more shocking effects can be produced in movies.

"No, I didn't expect it to be so powerful." Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "What would happen if such a force hit me?"

Meng Tao did a quick calculation and replied, "It's roughly equivalent to 4.5 standard atmospheres of pressure, or 5.1 kilograms per square centimeter. Being hit by this jet of water is equivalent to enduring a force of 180 kilograms, or about 400 pounds."

400 pounds...

Although it is not as powerful as Tyson's punch at his peak, it is equivalent to the power of Bruce Lee's punch at his peak.

Such a force is enough to cause serious injuries to ordinary people.

This result made everyone present sigh: Elephants are indeed the largest animals on land, and any means of attack they use are unbearable for humans.

"How did Sulu do it? I don't think elephants in nature can spray out such a powerful stream of water." Betty asked.

Lin Yuan explained: "I don't know how much Sulu's lung capacity is, but a conservative estimate is no less than 700 liters. Such a large lung capacity ensures that it has a huge breath drive when spraying water.

Elephants usually don't spray water like this because they don't need to protect themselves in this way. Whether they step on it directly with their feet, poke it with their tusks, or hit it with their bodies, it is more effective than spraying water.

We humans don’t like to blow our noses too hard, as it makes our noses and lungs uncomfortable, and elephants dislike it even less.”

Betty said happily: "It's amazing. I look forward to seeing Sulu's wonderful performance during the filming."

Lin Yuan nodded, happy that Sulu passed his water spray test.

But this is just one of them. There are many similar tests that need to be carried out step by step.

Therefore, Lin Yuan was not in a hurry to finish everything today.

More haste, less speed. The best results can be achieved by combining work and rest.

Lin Yuan took out all the remaining raspberries from his pocket and fed them into Sulu's mouth.

Sulu closed his eyes and chewed the sweet and juicy raspberries with great enjoyment, his expression almost flying with happiness.

After Sulu finished eating, Lin Yuan touched its nose again and waved goodbye to it.

Sulu reluctantly sucked up the water with his nose, raised the water splashes into the air, and tried to persuade Lin Yuan to stay.

Lin Yuan comforted Sulu and told it that he would be back soon.

Then the group left the elephant enclosure.

After coming out of the elephant pen, Meng Tao ran to Lin Yuan and asked, "How is it? When will the shooting plan be confirmed?" "Give me two days to test the limits of Sulu's abilities, and another three days to teach it the movements it needs to master during shooting. We'll shoot this scene in about a week." Lin Yuan said.

Meng Tao thought about it and nodded. The necessary adjustment time cannot be shortened.

One week is already the shortest time, but this week is not just for waiting, there are still many other scenes to be shot.

So Meng Tao said, "Let's hurry up. Christmas is coming soon. We definitely can't go back home for the holiday, and we probably won't be able to make it in time for New Year's Eve. But we should finish filming and return to New York before the Oscars, right?
Lin Yuan, there are so many things waiting for you to do. I'm sorry that there are many things I can't help you with. But I hope to help you reduce rework and shooting time as much as possible when shooting action scenes.

Hearing Meng Tao's words, Lin Yuan nodded in agreement.

In the customs of Europeans and Americans, Christmas is a very important holiday, but this year it is destined to be spent in Xiala Village.

This must be a frustrating thing for the crew members and will affect morale to a considerable extent.

But Lin Yuan handed over the task of boosting morale to the old director, and he believed that the old director could handle it well.

Besides, 2004 is almost over, and there is definitely no time to complete the filming this year.

To complete the New Year's Eve in the village of Xala, Congo, which is one year older, also requires a sense of ritual and activities, and Lin Yuan once again handed it over to the old director.

Betty should spend Christmas and New Year with Lin Yuan in Xiala Village, which will make him feel less lonely in a foreign land.

By 2005, Lin Yuan was also facing numerous problems:
First of all, we had to finish filming and return to New York before the Academy Awards ceremony in February 2005.

Secondly, the crew of "Lord of Spy V: The Last Airbender" has been formed, and director Cohen has called Lin Yuan several times to urge him to join the filming as soon as possible.

Besides that, whether it’s the development plan in Congo, the annual plan of the domestic platform company, or the new Kendo Tournament in Japan…

All this means that Lin Yuan’s next schedule will be very busy, with countless things waiting for him.

Even with the help of his virtuous wife, Lin Yuan is still so busy that he has to consider adding more helpers, otherwise he will not be able to handle the work even if he works 24 hours a day.

"Let's go and have lunch first. It's almost noon. Remember to ask the staff to clean up the feces in the elephant enclosure as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with when the afternoon rain comes." Lin Yuan instructed.

"I know, you guys go first. I'll come to see you when I'm done." Meng Tao waved goodbye to Lin Yuan.

So Lin Yuan took Betty and GAKKI-chan and walked towards his thatched hut.

"Today's elephant training was really interesting. I didn't expect it to be this good." Betty said with a smile.

Just as he finished speaking, the old director and the crew members appeared in front of everyone in the distance.

Apparently they had finished their filming and shooting work in the jungle for the day and rushed back to the camp before the afternoon rain.

This is how it works when shooting in tropical areas. The time available for shooting every day is concentrated between 8 am and 1 pm.

After that it started to rain. The ground was muddy and it was inconvenient to move around. If it was any later it would be dark again. There was really not much time that could be used effectively in a day.

This is also the reason why the filming time in Xiala Village is much longer than that in Tukanba Village.

When he saw Lin Yuan, the old director immediately waved and ran over.

"Lin Yuan, how was the elephant training today?" the old director asked with a smile.

"Of course there's no problem. When have I ever failed?" Lin Yuan answered confidently, "Now, if I ask Sulu to do something, he will definitely do his best to do it to the best of his ability."

"Will it really do whatever you ask it to do?" The old director suddenly showed a lewd smile.

Being disrespectful to the elderly is really not a burden for Europeans and Americans, let alone a playboy like Director Eastwood?
"Yes, it will obey unconditionally." Lin Yuan answered truthfully.

"I heard that the muscles inside an elephant's trunk are very soft and warm. I have a bold idea..."

Before the old director could finish, Lin Yuan immediately blocked his mouth: "Too disgusting! Don't you want your reputation anymore?"

"What are you thinking? I want the elephant to massage my feet."

"I don't think that's what you meant to say, but even a foot massage isn't okay!"

"Didn't you say you would obey unconditionally?"

"Don't let me look down on you!"

……

The two of them laughed and walked aside.

"Tell me, what is it that you really want to say?" Lin Yuan asked since there was no one else around.

"You knew I had something to talk to you about?" the old director asked in surprise.

"Of course, I deliberately brought up such a vulgar topic, obviously to distract Betty and the others. Now that they are not following us, you can continue." Lin Yuan said.

"You are so perceptive that it's scary." The old director sighed.

"Will you tell me or not? If not, I'll leave." Lin Yuan pretended to turn around and leave.

The old director grabbed Lin Yuan and said, "Stop, I'll tell you now."

Lin Yuan crossed his arms across his chest, waiting for the old director to speak.

The old director hesitated for a moment, then said, "Lin Yuan, I made a mistake."

Upon hearing this, and seeing the old director's hesitant expression, Lin Yuan immediately understood.

He asked in return: "What mistakes do all men make?"

The old director nodded.

"You are a playboy. If you had just messed with an ordinary woman, you would never be so entangled. Tell me, who did you get pregnant?" Lin Yuan asked.

"You can guess this?" The old director didn't expect that before he even opened his mouth, Lin Yuan had already guessed it almost exactly.

"Just tell me your name." Lin Yuan asked.

"After finishing the filming in Tukanba Village last time, I went to New York for vacation and met Paris Hilton," said the old director.

"..."

Hearing this name, Lin Yuan felt like thunder was rolling in his sky.

Lin Yuan had calculated everything, even guessing that the old director had hooked up with the female director of the camp, Gary, but he never thought it was that woman!
If you ask the wealthy class in the United States, which rich girl has the most chaotic private life?

That would undoubtedly be the blonde Paris Hilton, who has 35 publicly known boyfriends...

Moreover, most of them are not serious romantic relationships, but more like the relationship between a rich girl and a doll.

There were even wild videos leaked that were simply disgusting to watch.

Lin Yuan didn't expect that the old director actually had such a hobby?
According to his experience in his previous life, Director Eastwood and the playboy Paris Hilton had nothing to do with each other, but they actually had an intersection in this life?

And the old director is suspected of making her pregnant?
Yes! It is indeed very good!

He is worthy of being a lifelong playboy, living and playing until old age.

So he asked uncertainly, "Is her boyfriend here?"

The reason I ask this is that at this point in time, Paris Hilton should have a boyfriend who is the third-generation heir to a Greek shipping tycoon.

The old director nodded in shame. "Well, I received a call today saying that the third generation hired a killer to kill me."

"Hahahaha." Lin Yuan laughed.

Betty and GAKKI-chan, who were in the distance, heard the laughter and looked over here curiously.

"What's so funny? Can you help me?" the old director asked with a red face.

"I just think it's funny that they want to assassinate you." Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "We are filming in Xiala Village. How can a killer come here?"

"But we always have to go back to New York. I'm not afraid of the killer, but there must be a solution to this problem." said the old director.

"You're mine. Who dares to touch you without asking me first? I'll take care of this!" Lin Yuan said domineeringly. "I know that rotten boyfriend of Paris Hilton, the heir to some Greek shipping magnate? His roots are almost rotten, and he still wants to hire someone to kill him?"

Lin Yuan, who had the experience of later generations, knew that Greece would be in a long-term debt crisis in the future. The so-called shipping giants in Greece had already been hollowed out, but it had not yet been shown on the surface.

Paris Hilton's boyfriend was later known as a deadbeat debtor. In a transaction with a state-owned enterprise in China, he used a debt trap to cheat out a huge sum of money.

If this hadn't happened, Lin Yuan might not have remembered to give a lesson to that guy named Paris Latsis.

But now, taking advantage of the opportunity provided by the old director, Lin Yuan has the idea of ​​intervening both publicly and privately.

Personally, it’s naturally because of the old director.

Although the old director was at fault first, it was obviously Paris Hilton who seduced him. By dating such a loose woman, it would be difficult for Latsis to avoid being framed anyway.

Originally, Latsis was reasonable, but once he resorted to hiring someone to kill, he directly offended Lin Yuan's reputation.

After all, this person is Lin Yuan's man and one of the directors that Lin Yuan values ​​the most. He actually attacked Lin Yuan without even saying hello to him. This shows that he completely disregards Lin Yuan.

From a public perspective, it is naturally because this Latsis will severely harm China in the future, which gives Lin Yuan a reason to teach him a lesson.

What's more, Lin Yuan is in urgent need of a shipping company.

After taking over the mining area in Kisangani, his demand for sea transportation increased sharply.

As he will own more minerals in Africa in the future, Lin Yuan will need more and more ship transportation for a long time to come.

So taking this opportunity to crack down on and take down a shipping giant that is already strong on the outside but weak on the inside seems to be a natural and necessary thing to do.

However, it would be quite inconvenient for Lin Yuan to do this alone.

So he waved his hand and summoned his golden thigh again.

(End of this chapter)