Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 561 The Invincible Sulu

Faced with Su Lu's "enthusiasm", Lin Yuan also felt overwhelmed.

He took off his coat in a flash, and spun around like an electric fan, blocking a lot of flying feces and urine from being washed away.

Fortunately, after receiving Lin Yuan's instructions, Sulu immediately stopped expressing his excitement.

Lin Yuan could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Betty, who was hiding behind Lin Yuan, also smiled and said, "It really likes you."

"The taste of this favorite is too strong. I hope it can be expressed in a different way." Lin Yuan replied helplessly.

Lin Yuan walked towards the corner of the elephant pen where Sulu was, where props were placed, which were prepared by Meng Tao according to Lin Yuan's requirements.

He pushed out a cart with a three-cubic-meter leather test target on it. The LCD screen showed the data as 0 pounds.

"What is this?" Betty asked.

"The strength test target is used to test Sulu's attack power. When I was in Tukanba Village before, I also used a similar device to test the entanglement power of anacondas." Lin Yuan said.

"Hasn't the impact of Sulu's water spray been estimated today?" Betty asked.

In the afternoon, Meng Tao estimated the force to be around 400 pounds.

"Now let's see the power of hitting directly with the elephant's trunk and hitting with a stick." Lin Yuan said.

"What kind of data do you predict?" At some point, the old director came outside the elephant circle and spoke.

"Director, why are you here?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I went to your residence to find you. Miss Aragaki told me that you came to the elephant circle." said the old director.

"I'm asking you if there's anything I can help you with?" Lin Yuan said.

The old director pointed to the camera on his shoulder and said, "I'll follow and film your test process. This is the best behind-the-scenes footage. Otherwise, the audience won't be able to directly feel how powerful Sulu is."

Hearing the old director's words, Lin Yuan nodded in gratitude.

It is indeed as the old director said, with these shots of preparation for filming, the audience will know more clearly how much risk Lin Yuan took and how much effort he spent to increase his feelings with the animal actors. These are all materials that can greatly increase the popularity and discussion of the movie.

"You haven't answered my question yet. What kind of data do you predict?" asked the old director.

"I estimate that the force of the elephant's trunk hitting directly may reach 4000 pounds. If the elephant's trunk wraps around the tree trunk and hits it, I can't estimate how much force it will have," said Lin Yuan.

"..."

The data Lin Yuan said stunned the old director.

Having worked with Lin Yuan for so long, he is no longer a newbie who knows nothing about these strength data.

The old director knew that Tyson's peak punch was 800 pounds, and he also knew that Lin Yuan's punch was about 1300 pounds, and the power of a full-strength kick might reach 1900 pounds.

Such power can be fatal to humans. It is not as simple as breaking bones. It may even cause internal bleeding in the internal organs when the bones are broken.

However, the terrifying power of Lin Yuan's punches and kicks could only cause some damage to the thick-skinned tiger Raja, but not enough to cause serious injuries.

If the tiger stood still, like Wu Song did when he slew the tiger, and allowed Lin Yuan to hit it dozens or hundreds of times, then he could also kill it.

Now, the old director has learned the data of the elephant Rajah and understands why the African elephant can become the true overlord of the land.

Under normal circumstances, elephants would not use their trunks to directly hit the enemy because the cost-effectiveness of this attack method is too low.

A male elephant weighs over 6 tons, so whether it's a collision or a trampling, it can definitely cause greater damage than using the trunk muscles of only about 130 kilograms.

But even so, Sulu's predicted data still shocked the old director.

4000 pounds?
Such force is applied to humans...

Even if it was Lin Yuan, there was probably no need to send him to the hospital. A funeral could be held directly.

It was not until this moment that the old director realized more deeply how dangerous it was to shoot action scenes with Sulu.

It is far from comparable to the action scenes with Tiger Raja.

At this time, Lin Yuan took small steps forward and came in front of Sulu. Sulu knelt on the ground naturally and let Lin Yuan touch his head.

Lin Yuan gently stroked the elephant's head, then moved his hand along the elephant's head to Sulu's neck and behind his ears.

When Lin Yuan's hand touched the delicate part of Sulu's neck, he was stunned:

Sulu's neck was obviously rougher, with bumpy and uncomfortable feeling.

He pulled out a mini flashlight from his waist and shone it on Sulu's neck. He saw old scars all over it, densely packed together, stretching from the bottom of the neck to behind its ears.

These scars were obviously formed by hooks piercing and pulling the wounds, and they appeared to be a combination of sharp holes and tearing wounds caused by pulling.

Just by looking at these old scars, Lin Yuan could imagine the scene at that time:
The elephant trainer held the elephant hook and stabbed it hard into the elephant's delicate neck.

The severe pain made Sulu struggle violently, but the more he struggled, the more painful it became.

Sulu's heart was filled with fear. He didn't know what to do and could only struggle instinctively.

"Zi La~"

His muscles were torn by the elephant hook and blood gushed out. Sulu, driven by fear, trembled and could only kneel on the ground, begging the elephant trainer not to torture him anymore.

Lin Yuan had read Sulu's information. When it was one year old, it was taken away from its mother elephant by the elephant trainer and began the cruel training process.

For elephants, who reach adulthood at ten to fifteen years old, one year is at most equivalent to a two-year-old human baby.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh. No wonder many elephants tamed by humans have serious mental illnesses.

What's the difference between this and a child being abducted by human traffickers, being beaten since childhood, growing up with hunger, and then being forced to beg on the street or sell flowers?
These elephants have been working since childhood and have toiled all their lives. In theory, they should have a comfortable old age when they are too old to work.

But in poor Africa, is it possible for elephants that have to eat hundreds of kilograms of feed every day to have such a wonderful old age?

Lin Yuan knew that he could not save all the elephants. Elephants were not the only animals in the world that suffered from abuse and torture by humans.
Tigers and lions jumping through hoops of fire in the circus, black bears whose spines were deformed after being forced to stand and step on balls...

He is not a savior, how can he take care of it?
Lin Yuan doesn't have an excessive Madonna complex and doesn't have the energy to take care of so many things.

But Sulu and this group of elephants in front of him can be considered as Lin Yuan’s temporary employees.

Lin Yuan can arrange a happy future for them with just a little effort.

Sulu, who was standing by at the side, couldn't guess what Lin Yuan was thinking, but he could feel Lin Yuan's eyes and the compassion in his eyes when he touched his wound.

Big tears rolled down from the corners of Sulu's eyes.

Lin Yuan immediately understood Su Lu's mood at the moment. It was a feeling of grievance that came from years of fear. At this moment, when he received attention from others, his emotions were completely vented.

It is said that cows can understand human emotions, and the only animal that can understand human emotions better than cows is probably elephants. Now it seems really amazing that elephants can understand human emotions so well.

Lin Yuan wiped away Sulu's tears, patted its head and said, "After you help me, I will take you away. No one can bully you anymore."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Sulu immediately raised his trunk and let out a deafening cry:

"Woo!"

At this moment, Lin Yuan believed that Sulu had completely obeyed him.

Even if he asked Sulu to jump off the cliff now, it would do it without hesitation.

Seeing this scene, the old director expressed his complete confusion: "Aren't we supposed to test the strength of the elephant's trunk? Why did Sulu start crying after Lin Yuan touched it a few times?"

Betty said, "I don't know what happened, but I can clearly feel that Sulu's trust in Lin Yuan has deepened. In the afternoon, its obedience to Lin Yuan seemed more out of awe, but now it has clearly gone a step further."

"You can see this?" asked the old director.

Betty nodded. "Look carefully at Sulu's expression and eyes. Elephants are really like humans. When they are sad, the corners of their eyes droop and they shed tears. When they are happy, the corners of their eyes also rise."

The director agreed: "You're right, all of this was recorded on my camera. You said that Lin Yuan's comfort moved the elephant to tears. How is this topic being discussed online?"

"Of course it's a hot topic that will go viral on the Internet," Betty said with a smile.

"I'm feeling a bit distressed right now, a sweet kind of distress. I have so much material on hand to promote this film. From the village of Toukamba in Cherrapunji to the village of Shala in Kisangani, I've already accumulated enough topics that could ignite the film.

With so many topics put together, it becomes even more difficult to use them effectively.

I don’t think there has ever been a director like me. This is also the most talked-about film of Lin Yuan’s. ” said the veteran director.

It is indeed as the old director said, during the filming of Lin Yuan's movie, there was an abundance of material that could be used for publicity and promotion.

Even if Lin Yuan is not the leading actor in this movie, these materials can make the movie a hit that attracts the most attention.

Betty smiled and said, "Then hurry up and contact Taylor Swift now and have her publicity team come in. From now until the movie is released, they will keep the audience's appetite whetted. I'm really looking forward to the box office performance of this movie."

The old director nodded in agreement, and soon he pointed to the distance and said, "Look, Sulu is starting to move."

Betty turned her head and saw that under Lin Yuan's guidance, Sulu's trunk hit the test target heavily.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the data on the test target jumped rapidly.

Soon, the final impact results were displayed:
3197 pounds.

This result surprised Lin Yuan a little.

In his estimation, Sulu should be able to reach about 4000 pounds, but the current test results are far below his expectations.

As if sensing Lin Yuan's dissatisfaction, Sulu stretched out his trunk and rubbed him, indicating that he could do it again.

Lin Yuan stopped Sulu from trying again, because he knew that Sulu had tried his best.

So Lin Yuan began to recall the details of Sulu's action of hitting the test target just now.

He soon realized what the problem was:

When Sulu was hammering the test target, he stood still and simply raised his trunk to hit it hard.

Using this method, Sulu could only mobilize the muscle strength of his trunk, but could not fully utilize his own weight, neck and leg strength.

Relying on a 153 kg trunk, it is actually very impressive to be able to hit with such force. Therefore, this is not Sulu's problem. After all, elephants do not use this method in their daily attack movements. It is not surprising that it does not know how to use its strength.

So Lin Yuan came to Sulu and gently stroked its trunk to express his comfort.

Then he patted the elephant's legs, indicating that when using the trunk to whip, it should be coordinated with the forward pace.

Then he patted Sulu's neck again, signaling it to lift its neck next time, raise its trunk high, and then smash it down vertically with the downward force.

Sulu quickly understood Lin Yuan's instructions and demonstrated it several times on the spot as he requested.

After confirming that there was no problem, Lin Yuan brought Sulu to the test target again and motioned Sulu to try again.

This time, Sulu retreated a dozen steps.

After creating some distance, Sulu suddenly stretched out his strong elephant legs and sprinted forward at full speed.

Seeing this scene, the old director and Betty were stunned:
They didn't expect that the elephant, which looked so clumsy, could be so fast!
Although Sulu cannot lift all four feet off the ground at the same time, it can use its long legs to move quickly, and it can even use the "middle step", a unique elephant stride, to accelerate its sprint speed!

Lin Yuan was also quite surprised. He could accurately feel that if he were to race with Sulu, he would definitely lose, and be crushed by a large margin.

At this time, Sulu's speed has reached over 45 kilometers per hour!

Such a speed is absolutely impossible for a human running on two legs to achieve, not even Lin Yuan.

The reason why Lin Yuan and the other three were surprised was that African elephants on the grasslands have no natural enemies and usually do not need to run at full speed, so they always give people the impression of being clumsy and slow.

But in fact, thanks to their long legs and well-developed muscles, elephants can even reach speeds of 50 km/h when sprinting at full speed.

In ancient times, many countries liked to use "elephant soldiers", a powerful weapon. In fact, it was a reflection of the ancient people's ability to use elephants to charge at high speed.

If Sulu had not been completely conquered by Lin Yuan, it might not have run at its best.

But at this time, it ran at its maximum speed, and its four legs stomped the ground, making a "dong dong dong" sound, and rushed towards the test target with unstoppable momentum.

In an instant, Sulu arrived in front of the test target. While running, Sulu raised his trunk high and smashed it down with all his strength, hitting the test target hard.

"Oh!"

A thunderous explosion sounded, and the entire test target shook violently.

If it weren't for the cart under the test target with a special eight-legged fixing hook, Lin Yuan even suspected that the test target would be directly overturned at this time.

As the test target shook violently, the numbers on the display screen below also jumped rapidly.

Lin Yuan, the old director and Betty all stared at the numbers on the screen.

The final data was finally presented to them: 4797 pounds!
Seeing this data, Lin Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sulu is even more powerful than he expected. Such a strong force means that there will be more shocking visual performance when the movie is filmed.

The scene objects designed by Meng Tao can all show astonishing violence under Sulu's attack, which will inevitably make the fighting scenes full of suffocating oppression.

Sulu saw Lin Yuan's satisfied look.

It stretched out its trunk and placed it in front of Lin Yuan, like a child wanting to receive a performance.

Lin Yuan also immediately touched its trunk to express encouragement and praise.

But the test wasn't over yet. Lin Yuan grabbed Sulu's trunk and led it to a corner. He pointed at the four strange tree trunks covered with thorns on the ground and asked, "Which trunk is the heaviest and thickest for you to wield most easily?"

Betty asked, "What kind of tree trunk is this? Why is it covered in thorns?"

The old director said: "This is a sandbox tree, a tree that grows in tropical and subtropical areas, also known as 'monkeys don't climb'."

After hearing the old director's introduction, Betty immediately understood why it was called "Monkey Doesn't Climb".

From top to bottom, the trunk is densely covered with conical spikes about three centimeters long. People with trypophobia will immediately feel difficulty breathing and get goose bumps all over their body when they see this tree.

It is said that the roots, stems, leaves, and seeds of this tree are all toxic, especially the terpenoids contained in the milky white sap, which are highly irritating and corrosive to the skin.

"Lin Yuan is really crazy. He thinks it's not enough that Sulu beat him with his trunk 'barely', and he even wants the elephant to use a poisoned mace?" Betty complained.

"Mace? Hahaha, it's indeed very vivid. But if this mace hits your body..." The old director stopped talking before he finished.

It's been tested just now, and Sulu's trunk can generate a force of 4797 pounds. If Sulu were to then roll up a tree trunk, using the advantage of leveraging force to bring it down with a single blow...

Lin Yuan said he couldn't make a prediction, which shows that it was far beyond his imagination.

At this time, Sulu was picking and choosing among the four sandbox tree trunks.

The spikes at the bottom of these tree trunks had been cut off to make it easier for Sulu to roll them up with his trunk.

Sulu rolled up the largest tree trunk, waved it vigorously a few times, put it on the ground, and rolled up another one with his trunk.

Lin Yuan knew that it needed to test the "feel" of everything.

For Sulu, the thickness and weight of the tree trunk will affect the final choice.

Some people say that an elephant's trunk can roll up something weighing 2 tons, which is obviously too exaggerated.

In fact, the elephant's trunk can easily roll up a weight of about 450 kilograms, and Lin Yuan estimates that Sulu, a "strongman" among elephants, can roll up a weight of 550 kilograms.

This, of course, refers to the weight that the elephant's trunk can easily handle, and is also the weight of the tree trunk that Sulu can swing.

Although the sandbox tree is poisonous, it is still planted in large quantities because it is a high-quality wood. Its wood density can reach 800 kg/cubic meter.

Although this density is not as high as that of black ironwood, which weighs 1.3 tons per cubic meter and will sink in water.

But it is also much more solid and dense than pine, birch, oak and other trees, so Sulu picked the most "convenient" one among several tree trunks.

Smart creatures will hesitate. After hesitating for a long time, Sulu finally chose the thinnest but longest one.

Sulu used his trunk to roll up the weapon that was full of thorns and had an extremely solid and tight texture. Combined with its huge body, it was extremely oppressive.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan couldn't help but think of the "Mountain Giant" in WOW3.

Before a fight, you must pull up a tree with your bare hands as a weapon to have the most powerful deterrent effect.

Seeing that Sulu had chosen his weapon, Lin Yuan brought it to the test target again.

"Hit the target with all your might and see what happens." Lin Yuan said.

Sulu's strength when "holding" the tree trunk is of little significance to Lin Yuan. After all, 4797 pounds of "bare-handed" force will shatter him into pieces.

The power of a weapon attack is bound to be greater than that of an unarmed attack, so no matter what the value is, it actually doesn't mean much.

But it still needs to be tested because it is to be used as a reference for Meng Tao.

In Meng Tao's action design, Sulu's sweeping tree trunk could destroy many props, so he needed to have a rough estimate of the force.

This time, Sulu was already used to the technique of exerting force and did not need Lin Yuan's guidance again.

I saw Sulu retreat and sprint in one go.

When he rushed to a considerable distance from the test target, Sulu twisted his body violently and used his trunk to swing out the sandbox tree trunk with all his might.

"Oh!"

The thunderous roar sounded again.

But this time, the scene on the field shocked everyone, including Lin Yuan:

All eight fixing hooks that secured the test target were pulled out by the roots, and the entire test target rolled and flew out.

"Crack!"

Under the impact of the test target, the wooden baffle of the elephant ring let out an unbearable wail and broke.

"Too powerful! No wonder it is the absolute overlord that even lions dare not challenge." Lin Yuan sighed as he stepped forward and picked up the test target that had been completely destroyed.

The test target was completely twisted and deformed, with a huge tear extending from the middle of the target to the top.

"Lin Yuan, what's the data?" the old director shouted.

"I don't know." Lin Yuan turned his back to the old director.

"I don't know?" the director asked doubtfully.

"Because the test target was blown up, there is no data." Lin Yuan turned his head helplessly and spread his hands.

"God! The maximum bearing capacity of this target is 20000 pounds!" exclaimed the old director.

Obviously, the force of Sulu's previous blow exceeded 20000 pounds.

All eight fixed hooks were pulled out and the entire target was knocked away. The force was far beyond the limit of the test target.

At this time, the test target was broken and Lin Yuan did not have a second test target, so he could only say that he didn't know.

"What should we do? It's difficult to set up the scene without Meng Tao's data. We can't set it up first and then conduct actual testing, right? Not to mention the waste of money, we can't afford to waste time." The old director said dejectedly.

It’s no wonder that the old director was frustrated. The scenes arranged by Meng Tao must be natural objects such as bushes and trees.

It involves how many trees to plant, what kind of trees, and how thick they must be to be able to be cut down in one sweep.

If the transplant is completed and it is found that the fight is not going away...

Then the time wasted to transplant a new one would be at least a week.

Facing the old director's frustration, Lin Yuan laughed: "Who says we have to grope blindly without data?"

"Clam?"

"Even without the data, we know it was at least 20000 pounds. Based on the fact that the test target was able to crash into the fence of the elephant pen after being sent flying, I can roughly infer that the force of this blow was at least 27000 pounds.

Wouldn't it be better to design the scenario strength based on the lower limit of 27000 pounds? "Lin Yuan said.

"You're a fucking genius!" said the old director.

(End of this chapter)