Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 624: An Uncertain Route

Driving a Mercedes-Benz, Lin Yuan returned to the hotel outside the Bangor Submarine Base.

Lin Yuan took the elevator to the door of the room on the 5th floor and was about to take out the door card.

"Click."

The door of the adjacent hotel room opened.

"Lin Yuan, you're back?"

Lin Yuan turned his head and saw that it was Meng Tao.

He looked at the Patek Philippe watch on his wrist and saw that it was already past three in the morning.

"It's so late, aren't you asleep yet?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I'm worried that you didn't come back. If anything happens, I can call for help for you." Meng Tao said.

Hearing Meng Tao's words, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel moved.

Apart from his few close female friends, Meng Tao was the only one who had always cared about his safety over the years.

"I'm just participating in the interrogation, not violently arresting anyone. What could happen? Come in and talk. The noise in the corridor is too loud." Lin Yuan opened his door and motioned Meng Tao to come in.

The two walked into Lin Yuan's luxurious room and sat down on the sofa.

"It's not that I'm concerned about you, I'm just a little angry. I was ambushed and almost lost my life. I want to know if you taught that guy a lesson?" Meng Tao said.

So proud!

But women being tsundere is cute, but men...

Lin Yuan smiled and told him roughly what happened tonight.

"Wow! What a ruthless man! He was willing to give away his wife and even climb into the bed of an old woman. A guy like this, should we not get rid of him completely?" Meng Tao said.

"He doesn't dare to go against me again. Even if he dares, I can crush him to death again. I have already promised to protect his safety. My reputation is more important than eliminating this little danger." Lin Yuan replied.

"That's good. From now on we can finally focus on filming. This is the first time in so many years that we've been interfered with during filming," said Meng Tao.

Over the years, Meng Tao also knew that Lin Yuan had experienced a lot of ups and downs outside the film industry.

But no matter how noisy it is outside, when filming a movie, I can always be undisturbed and just focus on making the movie.

But this time during the filming of "King of Spy 2", Lin Yuan's enemies intervened, which had never happened before.

"I feel like I haven't done my job as safety director. What's even more frustrating is that no matter how hard I try, I can't ensure that if something like this happens again, I can detect the danger in time and develop a response plan," Meng Tao continued.
"As you move up the ladder, the situations you face become increasingly complex, and as the security director, my abilities are starting to fall behind."

After listening to Meng Tao's words, Lin Yuan finally understood what he was worried about.

Obviously, what happened today made Meng Tao feel very frustrated.

If Lin Yuan had not obtained information from Old Tommy by chance, there was a high probability that the Virginia would have suffered an accident.

Whether it is Lin Yuan, Meng Tao, Depp, director Cohen, or the more than 100 submarine officers and soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Louis, they may all be buried in the sea without any preparation.

Although in Lin Yuan's opinion, Meng Tao should not be responsible for this risk at all.

After all, it not only involves professional fields such as submarine routes, but is also affected by the confidentiality system of nuclear submarines. It is really a bit too much to ask Meng Tao to ensure safety.

Lin Yuan smiled and comforted him, "Meng Tao, you are only my film shooting safety director, not the person in charge of the security personnel responsible for my itinerary."

Meng Tao shook his head: "You're getting further and further away. If I can't keep up, I can only let someone who can take my place. This is the decision that is responsible for everyone."

Hearing Meng Tao's words, Lin Yuan sighed.

From Meng Tao's point of view, this was also correct. The objective result was that Lin Yuan was in danger, and no one played a role in this regard.

Lin Yuan's filming has reached this stage. If he wants to make his films stand out further, he will most likely have to use various equipment to reach various extreme environments, such as going into space or entering the ocean floor.

The security knowledge required during the filming of these scenes is beyond Meng Tao's current capabilities.

Lin Yuan patted Meng Tao on the shoulder and said, "Maybe there are other people with better abilities than you, but I don't trust them.

I will only feel truly at ease if I entrust my life to you for protection."

When saying this, Lin Yuan remembered that when he was in the fire tornado, Meng Tao shouted at him to fall in his direction. He was risking his life to increase his chances of survival.

While Lin Yuan was racing against time in the fire scene, every flame retardant bomb fired by the drone was just right to open up a way of survival for Lin Yuan.

Not to mention that when there was a big avalanche on the Yala Snow Mountain some time ago, it was Meng Tao who led the crew members and risked the danger of ice cracks under the snow to dig him out in the first time.

It can be said that if it weren’t for Meng Tao, Lin Yuan might have suffered an accident long ago.

"You are always indispensable in my movies," said Lin Yuan.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Meng Tao's eyes were a little red, but he still asked: "But, my current ability is a little insufficient."

"Isn't it enough to learn? I will make a list of areas that I may cover in future shoots.

We'll find experts in various fields to serve as consultants for you, and it's time for you to study hard and improve yourself comprehensively. "You don't have to worry about affecting your work; you can use your spare time to study."

Meng Tao: "Why do I feel like you are exploiting me, but I don't feel disgusted at all?"

"Because you have grown, this belongs to you and no one can take it away." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"Damn it! This empty promise is too strong! Damn capitalists, where are the street lights?" Meng Tao protested.

"Street lights? It's so late, you see, all the street lights are turned off, you won't be able to find it." Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Get out of here, I need to go to bed. This hotel is so expensive, I can't even sleep for 5 hours."

"Okay, you have a good rest. Lieutenant Colonel Louis informed us to meet at the dock at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning." Meng Tao said.

"The pier? Why not meet at the hotel?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Lieutenant Colonel Louis is not staying in the hotel." Meng Tao said.

"Where does he live then?"

"Aboard the Virginia."

"..."

Lin Yuan was completely speechless. The living environment on the Virginia was definitely not good, so when it did not set sail as planned tonight, Lin Yuan immediately asked Meng Tao to book a hotel.

"Why don't you book a hotel for him? Didn't I ask you to book a hotel?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I booked it, but Lieutenant Colonel Louis refused to stay. He said that his soldiers all lived in submarines, and he couldn't come here alone to sleep in a comfortable hotel bed." Meng Tao replied.

"I said we could book rooms for all submarine officers and soldiers. But Lieutenant Commander Louis said that this behavior is against the rules." Meng Tao said again.

Indeed, it is really eye-catching for a business owner to provide food and accommodation for all the officers and soldiers on the submarine.

"But why don't the officers and soldiers of the Virginia live in the sailors' dormitory at the Bangor Submarine Base?" Lin Yuan asked.

"The accommodation fee for applying for a dormitory on such a temporary basis is quite high, so everyone decided to save some money," Meng Tao replied.

Hearing Meng Tao's words, Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel happy.

The US military is really outrageous. They have to buy their own uniforms, purchase a lot of equipment for going to the battlefield, and even have to pay for accommodation.

This incredible thing actually happened so openly and no one could raise any objection.

For the Army and Marines, because the official equipment issued does not meet the requirements and soldiers do not want to lose their lives on the battlefield, they often choose to purchase their own equipment.

The most widely circulated saying in the US military is: Our individual soldiers' equipment is produced by the supplier with the lowest quotation and the lowest quality.

Although many pieces of equipment look very cool on the surface, they are often the kind that look good but are not practical.

Take the example of a soldier’s life-defense line: bulletproof vests.

The standard equipment is the Interceptor body armor, which costs $250.

Therefore, the American soldiers stationed in the Middle East at that time would rather throw away their bulletproof vests and buy a "Dragon Scale Armor" bulletproof vest with very high protective performance with their own money, spending $5000 for it.

You get what you pay for. This shows what soldiers really need and how much they have to pay out of their own pockets to ensure their lives.

In addition to bulletproof vests, everything from tactical vests to night vision helmets and even portable knives have to be purchased by yourself.

It was not just the army that was exploited in this way, the navy was not immune either.

On the Virginia, most of the deep and shallow diving suits used for escape in the event of an accident are upgraded versions purchased by officers and soldiers themselves, and each one costs more than $6000.

When Lin Yuan learned about this yesterday while visiting the Virginia, he immediately promised to donate a complete set of the latest protective equipment to all officers and soldiers on board, and also donated an additional 3,000 sets to Lieutenant General Joseph King.

Regarding the Virginia soldiers' behavior of saving money by living in a submarine, Lin Yuan could only say that if they continue to do so, the US military's combat effectiveness will foreseeably decline.

I have to say that Lieutenant Colonel Louis is a very good commander, and as a person he is also very principled and has good character.

This made him think of Andy Lewis during the interrogation tonight.

They are both Louis, why is there such a big difference?
It was almost half past three. Lin Yuan drove Meng Tao out of the room and quickly fell asleep.

This might be the last time he gets to enjoy a soft bed for some time.

A night of silence...

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……

The next morning, Lin Yuan got up at 7:.

After a simple breakfast in the hotel restaurant, he immediately drove to the Bangor Submarine Base.

Instead of going directly to the Virginia's berth, he came to Old Tommy's dining room again.

Old Tommy, who was busy serving breakfast, was obviously surprised when he saw Lin Yuan. He took Lin Yuan to his small office.

"Mr. Lin Yuan, I have received the money transferred by your assistant. Thank you so much!" Old Tommy said with a smile.

Having just received a huge sum of 5000 million US dollars, he did not show any impetuousness of a nouveau riche. Instead, he worked diligently as usual and was busy with the breakfast business early in the morning.

"You deserve this money, no need to thank me." Lin Yuan said.

"Mr. Lin Yuan, why did you come to see me so early? Is there something wrong?" asked Old Tommy.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "We arrested Andy Lewis last night, and he's become a tainted witness. I suspect they're already taking action against Major General Ross. I suggest you get out of the spotlight."

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Old Tommy was stunned. It wasn't because Lin Yuan was so quick, nor was it because he was surprised by Major General Ross's arrest, but Old Tommy didn't expect Lin Yuan to make a special trip just to remind him to be careful.

Lin Yuan's reminder was quite necessary. Once Major General Ross was arrested, he would still be implicated by Andy Louis.

Once the people behind him want to investigate the whole matter and find out why the information was leaked, it will be very easy for them to suspect old Tommy.

A small character like Old Tommy is so easy to manipulate, and you can imagine what kind of situation he will face.

It can be said that Lin Yuan’s special trip to remind him saved his life.

At this moment, Old Tommy suddenly felt his face getting hot.

He sent Lin Yuan a message and received $5000 million in return from him.

But Lin Yuan came to remind him, but did not ask for any compensation.

Lin Yuan could see the guilt in Old Tommy's mind, but he didn't think much about it.

Lin Yuan smiled and patted Old Tommy on the shoulder. "Good luck, I have to leave now. I like your cheese-baked Boston lobster. I hope I can have it again in the future."

After saying that, Lin Yuan turned and left.

"Wait! Mr. Lin Yuan."

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

"Are you planning to continue filming in Greenland aboard the Virginia?"

"It's a secret, I can't say more."

Old Tommy said sincerely, "You don't have to answer. I'm just saying a few words. Please listen."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"The previous route N-13 is no longer available. You must have changed the route. But as a veteran who has sailed underwater in Greenland for many years, I am sure that your new route is only one of the two, N-15 and N-17," said Old Tommy.

Lin Yuan had no idea what Old Tommy was saying.

N—15? N—17?

In Lin Yuan's opinion, these are just two code names and no more information can be known.

Old Tommy knew that Lin Yuan didn't understand, so he continued, "N-15 and N-17 are both less-used backup routes, and they don't overlap with the main waterways at all.

Because when you are filming, you need to use the Ohio-class strategic missile nuclear submarine, which means that you cannot shoot in common waterways.

Otherwise, various accidents, including leaks, will easily occur.”

Lin Yuan nodded in agreement, this was in line with logical reasoning.

The voiceprint data of strategic missile nuclear submarines is too sensitive. If it is collected, the concealment effect will be greatly reduced.

When filming a movie, it is impossible to complete the filming by just connecting two submarines underwater. It must be coordinated by surface ships.

GAKKI, Charlize Theron and the crew members boarded an icebreaking photography ship and headed to the filming area.

There, the crew on the filming boat needs to launch the underwater camera attached to the submersible, as well as other filming equipment.

If it were sailing in a normal channel, this action of stopping to take pictures would be too conspicuous and could easily be seen by other passing ships, and might attract onlookers.

Once this happens, the two nuclear submarines underwater must stop filming for confidentiality reasons.

In this way, it avoids the commonly used routes on the surface and is the intersection of the underwater routes discovered, so the only two routes are N-15 and N-17.

"Is there any problem with these two underwater routes?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Maybe? I'm not sure," said Old Tommy.

Maybe?
What does this mean!
Isn't it better to say it this way?

Listening to the Lord's words is like listening to the words.

But Lin Yuan knew that Old Tommy would not speak without purpose, so he waited for him to continue.

Old Tommy continued, "I have been sailing underwater in Greenland for many years, and have traveled the N-15 and N-17 routes many times without encountering any accidents.

Now is the El Niño period, so I don’t know if anything unexpected will happen, as we don’t have enough experience to verify it.”

Lin Yuan nodded. After all, the El Niño phenomenon occurs in cycles.

If there were no frequent sailing on those two routes during this period, it would be hard to say whether any accidents would occur.

Old Tommy added, “But there is an old man whom I admire very much. He is a legend among North Atlantic underwater navigators and can be called a walking underwater map.

Because he also loved the Boston lobster I cooked, I had the honor of going on several missions with him before he retired.

In my memory, when he was navigating on route N-15, he would always deviate from the center line of the route and deviate 100 meters to the east.

When sailing on route N-17, it deviated 60 meters to the west.

Hearing Old Tommy's words, Lin Yuan was a little surprised: "Can we really deviate from the course on our own initiative? What if we hit an underwater mountain range?"

When submarines are sailing underwater, they need to draw underwater maps and sail according to predetermined routes in order to avoid these accidents.

Since the underwater routes have been explored, why should we take the initiative to deviate a little?
“He has been sailing this way for decades. There has never been any accident, which means that even if he deviates according to his standards, it is still a safe route.

I don't know why he did it, but I believe there was a reason.

I'm telling you this information, but whether you adopt it or not is still up to you to decide.

"I'm an ordinary person with no special skills. I have no way to repay your kindness, so the only thing I can do is to tell you what I know." Old Tommy said sincerely.

"How can you not have any special skills? At least the cheese-baked Boston lobster you made is super delicious. The cooking time and seasoning are unmatched by others. I believe that the old man you admire also recognizes your specialty." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"Hahaha, now that you mention it, I do have something commendable about me. It's really thanks to this skill that I've had the opportunity to meet you," Old Tommy said. "Thank you for the compliment."

"No, I should thank you. Thank you for providing me with this information. If Lieutenant Colonel Louis really took those two routes, I would consider it carefully." Lin Yuan said.

"It's almost time, I should go." Lin Yuan looked at his watch and prepared to leave.

He reached out and shook hands with Old Tommy goodbye.

Old Tommy held Lin Yuan's hand tightly and said, "Good luck to you. Thank you for liking my cheese-baked Boston lobster. You're welcome to visit us anytime you're free in the future."

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Arrived at the berth where the Virginia was docked.

Directors Meng Tao, Depp and Cohen had already arrived.

But they were unwilling to stay in the submarine, and instead stood at the dock waiting for Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan jumped out of the car and said with a smile, "Just because you don't like the environment inside the submarine, you can't not wait inside. Don't you want to get used to it first?"

"Adapt? I'm afraid I'll never be able to adapt. I can only endure it." Depp complained.

"You're such a delicate man. No wonder you've made so many action movies but still can't be considered an action actor. I will never be an action director for a guy like you. It's simply ruining my reputation." Good friend Meng Tao complained.

"How dare you say that to me? If you're not so squeamish, why don't you stay in the submarine?" Depp immediately retorted.

"Huh! What were you doing when Lin Yuan and I were filming a fight scene on a mast dozens of meters high?

Oh, and you were trembling like a scared little chicken with its balls broken because you nearly drowned in the icy water! Meng Tao counterattacked even more forcefully.

Depp: “…”

In front of Meng Tao, he had too many dark histories and it was impossible for him to win with just words.

If we continue arguing, I might end up bringing up the painful experience of having my anus raped.

For Depp, it was a lifelong shame, so he wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.

Seeing Depp like a defeated rooster, Lin Yuan smiled and patted his shoulder: "Let's go, this trip is not really that boring. Maybe we can catch a giant squid to eat if we go to the sea."

Depp's face turned pale. "Lin Yuan, you did this on purpose, didn't you? The waters of Greenland are so cold. Are you going down there to catch giant squid or are you actively delivering food to your door?"

When filming underwater scenes in Florida, the southernmost part of the United States, Depp almost froze and drowned, and suffered from PTSD for many years.

Now in the even colder Greenland ice water, he resisted even more.

"Mr. Lin Yuan, you're here?"

As if he heard the conversation of several people, Lieutenant Commander Louis climbed out of the submarine and came over with a smile.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Mr. Louis." Lin Yuan said.

Under normal circumstances, you can address someone casually on land, such as Mr. or Captain.

But once on the submarine, you must respectfully address him as Captain Louis.

However, Lieutenant Colonel Louis disagreed. He thought it was fine for Lin Yuan to call him "Sir", which seemed more intimate and less distant.

So Lin Yuan could only let him do as he pleased.

"You didn't keep us waiting for long, and the preparations before departure have just been completed. Can we set off now?" asked Lieutenant Colonel Louis.

"Of course. Can I ask, what is our route this time?" Lin Yuan asked.

In order to avoid leaking the itinerary prematurely, under normal circumstances, the route and final sea location should not be informed to the photography ship until 36 hours after the Virginia leaves the port.

But Lieutenant Colonel Louis did not hide anything and had to tell the truth anyway. If someone really wanted to leak the secret, even a 36-hour delay would not stop it.

So he said directly: "Route N-17."

"The route that runs from the southeast of Greenland and passes under the Biehl Ice Sheet?" Lin Yuan asked.

He had just learned from Old Tommy the general directions of the N-15 and N-17 routes.

Unexpectedly, the route that Lieutenant Colonel Louis received was once again predicted by Old Tommy.

Lieutenant Colonel Louis was also very surprised by Lin Yuan's answer:

"You found out again?"

(End of this chapter)