Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 600: Difficult Journey to the Snowy Mountains

Every member responsible for constructing the advance camp couldn't help but feel a pang of relief when they saw the Yala Snow Mountain after the clouds and mist had dissipated.

I saw that the ridge of the West Second Line started at about 55 degrees, which was quite steep and difficult to walk on.

When climbing a mountain road at this angle, your thighs have to use all their strength with every step to support your body upwards.

I couldn't walk far before my legs started to swell and become sore that they felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

This is the feeling when hiking. If you add the weight on your body and the lack of oxygen in high altitude areas, the difficulty will be doubled.

Climbing along this ridge line, after rising 300 meters in altitude, you will reach the snow line, and the road will become more difficult to travel.

When we first arrived at the snow line, the ground was covered with slippery ice chips, and we could easily slip if we weren't careful. Fortunately, Director Coen had thoughtfully prepared non-slip boots.

Then they will continue to climb up to a position of about 4600 meters above sea level, where they will build Camp 2 to accommodate the crew members who will arrive later.

The work of building the camp will take about a whole day, and they will also spend the night in Camp 2.

Then we will continue to climb tomorrow and build Camp 5000 at an altitude of 3 meters.

As Camp 3 is closest to the filming front line, the conditions are definitely worse, but not many people need to live here, only about 10 people.

Above Camp 3 is...

Dangerous snow area.

Lin Yuan looked up and saw a thick layer of snow on the high hillside in the distance. However, with the moisture brought by a rainstorm a few days ago, the soft snow turned into ice chips, which mixed with the snow and piled up layer by layer.

Fortunately, the West Second Line is quite steep and cannot hold too much wet snow, so there are obvious signs of the snow layer sliding off. The remaining wet snow seems to be relatively solid, and the probability of avalanche is not very high.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan felt much more relieved. After all, he chose such a difficult climbing route in order to minimize the risk of avalanches.

After passing the snow area, the altitude rises to 5200 meters. Further up is the vertical ice wall that Lin Yuan and Charlize need to climb.

If you can successfully climb to the top of the ice wall, you will be close to the top of the mountain.

In short, the higher you go, the more dangerous the journey becomes.

However, the film scenes shot in such desperate circumstances are bound to conquer all audiences.

The "King of Spy Wars" series has always been famous for its thrills and excitement.

In the first movie, the key words are "height" and "falling", which can be said to be a deadly poison for people with acrophobia.

The second part also has its own keywords, namely "grand" and "small".

It means that in front of the mighty power of nature, individuals are so small and vulnerable.

Whether it is the fire area of tens of thousands of square kilometers in the northern forests of Canada, the flaming tornadoes rising into the sky, or the majestic Yarra Snow Mountain, they all interpret this theme.

It can be said that "King of Spy Wars 2" is the most oppressive action movie shot by Lin Yuan.

"Let's go. Let's get to the camping site early, so that we don't finish the work before dark." Meng Tao called everyone and took the lead forward.

55-year-old director Cohen followed closely behind, followed by other crew members.

Lin Yuan walked at the end with Charlize and GAKKI-chan.

The official filming has not started today. The main work is to build the camp. Originally, Lin Yuan did not plan to bring GAKKI and Charlize, but they insisted on coming.

Thinking that having two more laborers would be a good thing, Lin Yuan agreed.

The three of them were carrying backpacks of different weights. Charlize's backpack weighed 15 kilograms, GAKKI's backpack weighed 12 kilograms, and Lin Yuan's backpack weighed...

80 kg.

Climbing along such a steep mountain road, especially at an altitude of more than 4000 meters, is quite strenuous even for a man carrying a 15-kilogram load.

However, Lin Yuan carried the weight of nearly five people by himself.

He has good physical fitness and should carry more, which will reduce a lot of pressure on others.

After walking more than 700 meters along the ridgeline, their speed began to drop significantly, and everyone except Lin Yuan began to breathe heavily.

The wheezing sound was like an old broken bellows.

The crew members wearing cold-proof masks kept spraying hot air on the masks, making their faces sticky and extremely uncomfortable.

What’s even more uncomfortable is that the heat sticks to the snow goggles, forming a thin layer of fog.

However, you cannot not wear these equipment, otherwise the cold air will be inhaled directly into the lungs, which is not only very uncomfortable but also easily leads to respiratory diseases.

For example, bronchial edema, acute bronchitis, etc.

At this time, GAKKI, who was panting, pointed at the hillside and asked, "Why don't we take the gentler slope instead of the steeper ridge?"

Lin Yuan smiled, touched her head and said, "The snow all slides down from the ridge to the slopes on both sides. Those slopes that look flat are actually covered with unfathomable snow.

It may not seem deep, but if you step on it, you may sink all over and never reach the bottom.

What’s worse is that the snow covers the ground, and you can’t see the crevasses in the glaciers. If you fall into them…”

Lin Yuan didn't continue, but everyone understood even without him saying anything.

As we all know, crevices in mountain glaciers are the most terrifying killers.

There are many very deep crevices. Once a climber falls into one of them, it is difficult to even find the body.

"It seems there is no other way. We can only climb along the ridge line." GAKKI said helplessly.

Seeing Gakki-chan's tired look, Lin Yuan handed her a rope buckle: "Tie this around your waist, I'll pull you along."

"You're already carrying such a heavy backpack."

"It's nothing. If the backpack straps hadn't broken down due to the added weight, I could still carry an extra 20 kilograms. You know my physical fitness."

Hearing Lin Yuan say this, GAKKI-chan smiled and took the rope buckle and fastened it to her climbing belt.

With Lin Yuan dragging her up, she could save at least half of her effort.

Lin Yuan pulled out another rope buckle from his waist and handed it to Charlize: "I see you are quite tired, do you want it?"

Charlize Theron shook her head and refused: "I can still handle it. I don't need your help for now."

Seeing that she insisted on climbing on her own strength, Lin Yuan didn't say much.

He knew that Charlize had been doing special training in the mountains for more than a month, and her physical fitness was obviously much better than GAKKI-chan, who sat in the office and did not exercise much.

What's more, Charlize will have to climb the ice wall with him in a few days. If she can't even handle this little mountain road, then filming will definitely be difficult.

It now seems that although Charlize looks a little tired, she still has plenty of energy, unlike director Cohen who is at the front of the team and has to stop to breathe oxygen.

Lin Yuan and Charlize walked up side by side, with a GAKKI-chan dragging behind their straight waist ropes.

GAKKI-chan, who was being pulled, looked relaxed.

The two people in front were talking in low voices.

"It seems that the training during this period has been quite effective." Lin Yuan said.

"Well, during these days of special training in the Rocky Mountains, I have been able to successfully climb a 200-meter ice wall, although the challenge location is only 4500 meters above sea level," said Charlize.

Lin Yuan was also quite surprised to hear the results of this special training.

The 200-meter ice wall is really quite high, almost equal to the height of a 65-story building.

Climbing such an ice wall is not only a challenge to physical fitness, but also a huge test of courage.

The ice wall of the Yala Snow Mountain that they will challenge in a few days is only 150 meters high, which is shorter than the 200-meter ice wall that Charlize successfully challenged in the Rocky Mountains.

But it cannot be said that the ice wall of Yala Snow Mountain is simpler. In fact, it is much more difficult.

There are mainly two reasons:

The first is the ice wall of the Yala Snow Mountain, which is about 5600 meters above sea level, 1100 meters higher than the location where Charlie's special training took place, which makes the difficulty increase dramatically.

The second is the ice wall of Yala Snow Mountain, which is not a 90-degree vertical ice wall. Instead, the first half is almost vertical, and the second half of the 40 meters is chamfered at 20 degrees.

Anyone who has ever rock climbed knows that this kind of rock wall with an external chamfer is the most uncomfortable.

Compared to a vertical rock wall, you only need to overcome the downward vertical gravity, but it mainly relies on leg strength.

When chamfering outside, you have to rely more on your hand strength, which is even more unfriendly to women with weak arm strength.

"I know what you're worried about. I've done special training for climbing in various conditions," Charlize said.

"That's good. If I accidentally fall down, I hope you can catch me." Lin Yuan joked.

"No, I will cut the rope without hesitation." Charlize also said with a smile.

Obviously Charlize was joking, and she waited for Lin Yuan to protest.

But Lin Yuan said seriously: "If this situation really happens, you must do what you say."

"no, I do not……"

"You have to do this, I mean it. If I really fall, you will never be able to catch me. So one death is better than two."

"If I really can't save you, then let's die together. At least we won't be alone if we go on the road together."

Charlize Theron said it very seriously, without any hesitation.

After all, they were facing the most dangerous snow-capped mountains in the world. Even Lin Yuan was not absolutely sure about climbing such high-altitude cliffs.

Although Lin Yuan knew that the possibility of encountering danger was low, accidents could happen.

It is harmless to speak it out, but hiding it will bring more bad luck.

At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew from the bottom up, blowing the people in the team to and fro in an instant.

When the strong wind hit, Charlize immediately lay down on the ground in alert.

Lin Yuan quickly stepped forward and pinned GAKKI down to the ground.

This strong wind is extremely powerful and has a spiral force, like a wrestler grabbing your feet and pulling onions out of dry land.

A crew member was thrown off the ground and fell to the edge of the ridge, almost rolling down the slope.

The hillsides on both sides have a drop of hundreds of meters. If we roll down like this, we will probably be in great danger.

The crew member who almost died lay on the ground, holding on to the stone on the ground with his ten fingers tightly, seeking psychological comfort, even though he had nothing to do.

The other crew members were also on high alert, fearing that they would be blown away by the strong wind.

The whistling sound of the wind whistled in their ears, and it took a while for the wind to slowly weaken.

"It's okay, everyone can get up now."

Meng Tao's greeting came from the front of the team.

"What kind of wind is this? Why is it so weird?" said Director Cohen.

"The Yala Snow Mountain is known as a sacred mountain. Could it be that there really are gods out there who don't want us to climb to the top and are deliberately punishing us?" asked a crew member.

"What are you talking about?! Locals in western Sichuan and the Himalayas call this type of wind a 'groundspout.' It's a common... well... not uncommon phenomenon," Meng Tao said. "Groundspout? Another tornado?" Director Cohen asked curiously.

"It's not a tornado. This is a special phenomenon in high-altitude mountainous areas. When the strong wind blows from the east side of Yala Snow Mountain, it will quickly descend after passing over the top of the mountain.

Once it entangles with the low-pressure airflow at a lower altitude, it forms this spiraling wind," Meng Tao explained.

"This wind is disgusting. Normal wind blows from the top of the head to the bottom. But this kind of wind really blows from the bottom to the top, making it impossible to maintain the center of gravity. I felt like I was thrown out by a wrestler and almost fell to death." The crew member who was in danger just now said with lingering fear.

"I've told you long ago that climbing the Yala Snow Mountain is very dangerous. I asked you to carry more weight, but you kept complaining, and then a gust of wind would blow you away.

"Look at Lin Yuan, he was carrying so much weight, but he didn't move at all just now, did he?" Meng Tao complained.

Lin Yuan smiled and raised his hand: "Just do the preaching yourself, don't take me with you. We are all carrying heavy loads and it's very difficult to walk. If everyone carried as much as I do, we would probably have to rest before we could even walk 300 meters."

"You just pretend to be a good person." Meng Tao protested.

"Am I not a really good person?" Lin Yuan also protested.

Meng Tao was in the wrong, but he really couldn't deny that Lin Yuan had just dug a hole in the ground to save his life.

Director Cohen was already breathing heavily at this time. He tried to speak to help Meng Tao boost the morale of the team.

However, because he took off his thermal mask while breathing oxygen, as soon as Director Cohen opened his mouth, the cold wind with ice chips filled his mouth.

"Pooh... cough cough..."

Director Cohen bent over and breathed even harder.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan took GAKKI-chan and Charlize forward, crossed the entire team and came to the front.

"We have reached the snow line, and the road ahead will be even more difficult to walk on. I will be responsible for clearing the way in front. Everyone, please watch your step and don't slip." Lin Yuan said.

"I can lead the way." Meng Tao complained that Lin Yuan had taken his lead.

"Except that you are a little wider and stand at the front of the team to block the wind, you don't have any other advantages. Let me do it. What if you slide down the hillside and even more unfortunately fall into the crevice of the glacier? I don't want to have to dig a hole in the ground after reaching the snow mountain." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

When Meng Tao heard the word "hole in the ground", he obviously had a psychological trauma and immediately became obedient.

So the team changed their ranking smoothly, with Lin Yuan at the front leading the way.

"Crack!"

Lin Yuan raised his foot high and crushed the slippery ice on the ground with one step.

"Wow!"

Then he used both feet to sweep the broken ice to the sides.

"Crack!"

"Wow!"

As he moved, Lin Yuan quickly moved forward, clearing a relatively easy path along the way.

Although his movements seem easy, doing this set of movements continuously consumes a lot of physical energy.

Meng Tao also didn't know whether Lin Yuan had an infinite-endurance nuclear reactor installed in his body, otherwise where would he get so much energy to waste?
But it is undeniable that as Lin Yuan came to the head of the team, the speed of the entire team's actions accelerated.

Finally, at around 12 noon, the crew members arrived at the designated camp at an altitude of 4600 meters.

The staff were immediately divided into three groups. One group was responsible for clearing the camping area, the second group was responsible for setting up the tents, and the last group was responsible for preparing lunch.

When it comes to camping spots on snowy mountains, the most suitable one is definitely not the open flat ground, but the leeward location behind a small mound.

Strong winds are the biggest enemy. Even if the mound cannot completely block the airflow, any reduction will be beneficial.

Meng Tao brought a group of people and began to clean up the camp quickly.

A large amount of ice and gravel were pushed aside, revealing the yellow soil. It would be impossible to set up camp without clearing it away.

Lin Yuan brought another group of people and started setting up tents on the ground that Meng Tao had cleared.

Unlike the conical tents built on the plains, cocoon tents, or silkworm chrysalis tents, are used when camping on the snow-capped mountains.

This type of tent requires twenty-six fixing nails and has a round inflatable thermal insulation layer. It lies on the ground like a fat and big silkworm pupa, and looks like an alien camp.

Some people think this kind of tent is cute, while others find it disgusting.

But no matter what, this is the most suitable tent for high-altitude snow-capped mountains.

First of all, the large number of fixing nails, coupled with the low design, can withstand the howling cold wind on the snow-capped mountains at night, without having to worry about the entire tent being uprooted.

Secondly, these circles of round and plump "silkworm pupae" have up to four layers of isolated inflatable layers, which can not only effectively keep warm, but also repel gravel and hail mixed in strong winds, so there is no need to worry about the tent being smashed.

If we were to say what the disadvantages of this tent are, the biggest one is that it is a bit too low.

After getting into the tent, let alone standing up, a tall person like Lin Yuan couldn't even sit up straight and could only lie on his side in the tent.

If the camp is set up according to the standard of five people per tent, there will be at least 2 campsites in Camp No. 25.

Among them, 17 are for living and 8 are for storing supplies.

We have to complete the construction of Camp 2 today so that we can go to Camp 3 tomorrow and continue to replenish supplies.

Everyone works very actively and seriously, so time flies.

Lunch was soon ready, and we began the painful plateau meal process.

The altitude here is high, and the boiling point of water is further reduced. There are no conditions for living and cooking, so naturally we have to keep everything simple.

So today's lunch is... hot canned food.

Meng Tao, who was assigned a can of beef, looked extremely unhappy. "I feel like vomiting when I see cans now. Thank you for heating the cans for me. At least I didn't have to eat them cold."

"You're being pretentious. I ate a lot of canned food before. Now you see I'm eating it with relish." Lin Yuan ate very quickly, holding a can of beef as his staple food in one hand and a can of fruit as soup in the other.

Meng Tao continued to feel guilty and could only eat the canned food obediently.

At the moment he lowered his head in frustration, he did not forget to wink at Lin Yuan, indicating that Lin Yuan could speak.

Lin Yuan then stood up and said, "Dear colleagues, as you can see, the conditions at Camp 2 are indeed quite difficult. I can only ask for your understanding for the time being."

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, the crew members at the scene started to speak:
"It's not hard, and we're not really starving. Meng Tao can accept eating canned food, so it's okay for us to eat a few meals."

"If having meat and fruit is considered hardship and something that needs to be sympathized with, then what about the refugees living on the brink of starvation?"

"Source God, you don't have to worry about us. We will adapt to the environment as soon as possible and do our job well."

Hearing everyone's positive response, Lin Yuan nodded silently in his heart.

I have to say that Director Coen is indeed not as good as Director Eastwood. When he was filming "The Jungle Book", the environment was often very difficult.

But director Eastwood was perfect, using various methods to motivate the team morale, so Lin Yuan didn't need to worry at all.

But Director Coen couldn't do that.

When Lin Yuan saw the crew members working hard at such a high altitude but only being able to eat canned food, he immediately realized that if this matter was not handled properly, it would inevitably affect the morale during filming.

Therefore, Meng Tao was not really that pretentious and deliberately complaining, but was taking this opportunity to perform a double act with Lin Yuan.

Although the two had not communicated beforehand, Lin Yuan immediately knew what Meng Tao was thinking as soon as he opened his mouth.

Meng Tao plays the role of the pretentious "troublemaker", stirring up trouble and giving Lin Yuan a foothold to speak up, thus motivating the team.

Lin Yuan continued, "There's no way we can eat canned food here. If we can avoid it, I wouldn't want to eat it.

So we hurried together, finished filming as soon as possible so that we could go down the mountain and eat delicious food.

Let me tell you, Sichuan Province is famous for its delicious food. We have all kinds of delicious food waiting for you when we return to Shu City. I will treat you to your fill."

At this point, the crew members present were already visibly excited.

Lin Yuan struck while the iron was hot and said, "When the time comes, in addition to delicious food, I will also organize everyone to go see the pandas."

"Wow! Pandas! I almost forgot Sichuan Province is the home of pandas!"

"Hearing this, I can't wait to finish my work so I can rush down the mountain to eat delicious food and see the pandas!"

"I really want to have a panda!"

"You're kidding! Even the world's super-rich can't afford to keep pandas at home. They're China's national treasure! You know what? They're only loaned out, never sold!"

Lin Yuan had never expected that the pandas were so attractive that their morale was already high before he even used his trump card.

But he wasn't the kind of boss who'd save whenever possible, so he continued, "Are you satisfied with this? Then you don't have to give me the bonus points?"

"Ah! Yes, yes! Of course we need points!"

"Source God, I know you're very generous. Once you say something, you won't take it back, right?"

The employees present immediately cheered.

Director Eastwood's points system has been officially promoted in Linyuan Pictures.

Points are equivalent to cash and box office dividends.

Participating in a super IP project like "Lord of Spy 2", as long as you are willing to work hard, there will definitely be many opportunities to make money out of nowhere.

"If we finish shooting this scene within 3 days, everyone will get 15 points. For every half day early, each person will get an additional 5 points." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"What about more than 3 days?" a staff member raised his hand and asked.

"If it's more than three days, there will naturally be no points reward." Director Cohen took over the conversation and took the initiative to play the bad guy.

Upon hearing Director Cohen's words, everyone present stood up immediately.

"What are you doing?" Director Cohen asked.

"Get to work! We will build Camp No. 2 this afternoon and try to complete Camp No. 3 before tonight," said the crew.

Lin Yuan could only interrupt their behavior helplessly. He couldn't even stop eating his meal properly.

"It's very hard to shoot here. As long as you don't behave incompetently, you can get 15 points no matter how long it takes to shoot," said Lin Yuan.

"Long live the Source God!"

"The boss is mighty!"

“The boss is awesome!”

The cheers resounded through the sky and spread far away from the snow-capped mountains.

"Shh, keep your voice down. Aren't you worried about triggering an avalanche?"

"Are you stupid? Where does the snow come from? Avalanche? Where are you collapsing from?"

"Boom, boom, boom!"