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Chapter 86 Arrival in Southern Yunnan! The Hellish "Eight Bends of the Nu River"!

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

A passenger plane from Beijing landed smoothly at Lijiang International Airport in southern Yunnan.

The hatch opened.

A completely different atmosphere from that of Yanjing rushed towards me.

The air here is humid, and when you breathe it in, it carries a fresh, grassy scent.

The temperature was slightly low, and the sky was a flawless, pure blue. Large, fluffy white clouds hung low over the distant snow-capped mountain ridges.

This is southern Yunnan.

Located in the southwestern border region of China, the scenery is breathtaking, but the terrain is also rugged.

Lin Zhixing, wearing sunglasses and carrying a black backpack, followed the main group of the "Turbulent Times" crew down the gangway.

Outside the airport, several minibuses and a large bus that the film crew had arranged in advance appeared to have been waiting for a long time.

"Zhixing, this way!"

Xu Xing waved ahead, signaling the crew to board the bus.

Lin Zhixing got on the car and found a window seat.

He took out his phone, took a picture of the snow-capped mountains in the distance, and sent it to his family's WeChat group.

[Lin Zhixing]: Dad, Mom, I've arrived in southern Yunnan. The air is great here on set; we're getting ready to go into the mountains to film.

[Mom]: Received! Wear more clothes, the temperature difference between day and night is big there, don't catch a cold.

[Dad]: Focus on filming and listen to the director.

[Lin Wan'er]: Cousin! Take more landscape photos and post them on WeChat Moments!

Lin Zhixing smiled, replied with an "OK" emoji, and then put away his phone.

"What are you talking about? You're laughing so happily. Is anyone here?"

The light dimmed, and someone sat down.

"Brother Zhang." Lin Zhixing turned around, greeted him with a smile, "It's nothing, just letting my parents know I'm safe."

"That's good." Zhang Yue unscrewed his thermos, took a sip of water, and looked at the scenery rushing past the window. "Those of us in this line of work are often gone for ten days or half a month once we're on set. We need to keep in touch with our families more often."

The film crew's bus was driving smoothly on the highway.

It was already 6 p.m. when we arrived at the hotel we had booked in downtown LJ.

The film crew booked two floors of a hotel.

Xu Xing gathered everyone in the hall.

"Everyone, get some rest early tonight! We'll meet at 7:30 tomorrow morning sharp to take the bus up the mountain!"

"Conditions in the mountains aren't like those in Beijing; there aren't as many fussy rules. Everyone better be on your guard!"

......

the next day.

Six o'clock in the morning.

It wasn't fully light yet.

Lin Zhixing opened his eyes right on time.

He rubbed his eyes, rolled out of bed, and after a quick wash, changed into a set of comfortable sportswear.

Get out of the hotel.

It was a bit chilly in Lijiang in the morning, with a bone-chilling cold in the air.

Lin Zhixing began his daily five-kilometer morning run along the road outside the hotel, without fail.

This is the safest way to improve physical attributes.

After running five kilometers, he only broke out in a light sweat and his breathing remained steady.

I went back to the hotel and took a shower.

7:30.

All members of the "Warring States Period" crew gathered at the hotel entrance on time.

"Get on the bus! Get on this bus!" the stage manager shouted through a megaphone.

Lin Zhixing, carrying his neatly packed bag, boarded the yellow bus.

She sat with Zhang Yue again.

In the driver's seat of the bus sat a local man in his forties with dark skin.

He was wearing a faded yellow leather jacket, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and bragging to the assistant director next to him.

"Master Wang, is this road easy to travel?" the assistant director asked, somewhat worried.

"Goodbye?"

Master Wang exhaled a puff of smoke, grinned, and revealed a set of yellow teeth.

"Leaders, you come from big cities and have never traveled the winding mountain roads of southern Yunnan."

"You'll see once we leave the city and enter the mountains. That road is called 'The Eighteen Bends of the Nujiang River'!"

"Eighteen bends?" The assistant director was taken aback.

"right!"

Master Wang slapped the steering wheel, his tone revealing the slickness of a seasoned local driver.

"A full eighteen consecutive hairpin bends! Almost all of them are dead ends!"

"At its narrowest point, the road is less than four meters wide! When two cars pass each other, their side mirrors have to brush against each other!"

"On one side, there's a sheer cliff clinging to the car body. On the other side..."

Master Wang paused deliberately and lowered his voice.

"On the other side, there's a bottomless abyss! Below lies the raging Nu River!"

"Let me tell you, if you take that road and fall in, you don't need to call an ambulance at all. Just call the body retrieval team."

The makeup artists and child actors in the front row of the bus turned pale when they heard this.

"Holy crap, is it that dangerous?"

"Master Wang, you'd better slow down!"

"Yes, yes, we're not in a rush, safety comes first!"

Seeing the crew's frightened expressions, Master Wang laughed triumphantly and waved his hand.

"Don't worry, everyone!"

"I, Old Wang, have been driving this road for fifteen years! I could drive it with my eyes closed!"

"Even if you gave him ten times the courage, a driver from out of town wouldn't dare drive such a large bus on the winding Nujiang River!"

"In southern Yunnan, when it comes to driving a bus on mountain roads, I, Old Wang, am second to none!"

Hearing the driver's confident boast, everyone in the carriage finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Zhixing sat in the back row, listening to the commotion in front, then turned to look out the window, his expression blank.

"This driver's quite the braggart," Zhang Yue chuckled from the side.

"Maybe he's really skilled," Lin Zhixing commented casually. "Mountain roads are indeed difficult to drive, especially for large buses like this. The wheelbase is too long, and when going through hairpin bends, it requires an extremely high level of driving sense from the driver."

Zhang Yue looked at him with some surprise. "You know about cars? Ever driven one?"

Lin Zhixing rubbed his nose: "Never driven one. But... I just got my C1 driver's license recently, so my theoretical knowledge is pretty solid."

"..." Zhang Yue rolled his eyes speechlessly.

A new driver who just got his license is still talking theory without any real knowledge.

Half an hour later.

The bus drove out of LJ city and officially entered the mountainous area.

As the altitude increased, the scenery outside the car window became increasingly desolate and treacherous.

Master Wang wasn't bragging.

This road is definitely not for human use.

The asphalt road surface has been turned into a bumpy cement road.

The car began to shake violently.

Soon, they reached the first bend.

"Hold on tight!"

Master Wang roared.

He slammed on the brakes, and the steering wheel spun wildly.

People sitting by the window can clearly see that the edge of the car wheel is less than 50 centimeters from the cliff with just a glance down!

Below your feet is a bottomless abyss!

"ah!!!"

A series of suppressed screams suddenly erupted in the carriage.

Several female makeup artists were so frightened that they closed their eyes and gripped the back of the seats in front of them with both hands.

"Don't shout! Don't shout! It's perfectly safe!"

While skillfully shifting gears and accelerating, Master Wang loudly reassured everyone.

The front of the car scraped against the edge of the cliff, forcefully turning around and continuing to climb up the inner side of the mountain wall.

But the journey that followed was sheer torture for most of the crew.

A bend.

Two bends.

Three bends.

The course was filled with sharp turns, accompanied by violent jolts and an increase in altitude.

Someone in the carriage got carsick.

"vomit--"

One of the lighting assistants in the back row couldn't hold it in any longer and grabbed a plastic bag to start vomiting.

The others were also in terrible pain, and could only try to close their eyes, their faces turning pale.

Lin Zhixing's painting style is quite unique.

He was holding the script, discussing the scenes they were going to film with Zhang Yue next to him.

......

Forty minutes later.

"squeak--"

With a screech of brakes, the bus finally came to a stop in a relatively flat mountain valley.

"We're here! Everyone get off!" Master Wang pulled the handbrake and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

This road is indeed difficult to drive; even an experienced driver like him has to be extremely careful.

The car door had just opened.

The crew members rushed out of the car as if they were fleeing a disaster.

Several people were so dizzy that they leaned against the tree trunk and vomited violently.

Lin Zhixing, carrying a bag, stepped off the car with light steps.

He took a deep breath of the crisp mountain air, stretched, and felt refreshed.

"Everyone, rest for half an hour! Organize your gear! Get ready to film!"

Xu Xing gagged for a while, rinsed his mouth, and immediately reverted to his tyrannical nature, grabbing a megaphone and starting to give orders.

This is the site of an abandoned ancient village.

The ruins are overgrown with weeds, and behind them is a cliff.

It perfectly matches the scene in "The Flames of War" where underground party members secretly meet in this place, only to be surrounded and attacked by secret agents.

"Hello, Brother Zhixing!"

A crisp sound came from not far away.

Lin Zhixing turned his head to look.

A girl dressed in a Republic-era student uniform, with two braids and a very sweet appearance, was waving at him.

This is Tang Xiaoxiao, the second female lead in the drama.

In the play, she plays a passionate and patriotic female student who ultimately dies tragically at the hands of spies.

Tang Xiaoxiao ran over quickly, her eyes sparkling, making no attempt to hide her admiration.

"Hi Zhixing-ge! I'm Tang Xiaoxiao. I'm your die-hard fan! I even used three phones to vote for you on the night of the finals!"

"Your 'Dong Feng Po' is absolutely amazing! I listen to it every night before bed now!"

Faced with such direct praise, Lin Zhixing smiled.

"Thank you. Just call me Zhixing. I'm a complete newbie when it comes to acting, and I still have a lot to learn from you."

"Oh, not at all. The assistant director showed us your audition video from the day before yesterday." Tang Xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue and said in a low voice, "That look in your eyes was terrifying. When I saw you just now, I was a little afraid you would suddenly pull out a gun and shoot me."

"Don't worry, I'm a good person off-screen," Lin Zhixing joked.

The two were about the same age, and Tang Xiaoxiao had a straightforward personality, so they became familiar with each other after only a few words.

"All departments, take your positions!"

"The actors are coming on stage!"

The loudspeaker in Xuxing blared again.

Filming officially began.

This morning's main filming focused on the dialogue scenes where the male supporting character and the second female lead meet and exchange information.

Lin Zhixing had no scenes to film in the morning, but he did not go back to his car to rest.

He found a spot where it wouldn't get in the way, pulled up a small stool, and sat down quietly, watching.

Although he has skills to rely on.

But he knew very well that theory and practice were two different things.

Positioning, finding the right camera angle, and coordinating with lighting—these are all skills that require practical experience to develop.

Watching others act is also a process of learning from them.

Tang Xiaoxiao's acting skills are indeed quite good.

Despite her young age, she was full of emotion, perfectly capturing the determination of a female student in a chaotic world and her fear in the face of danger.

in the afternoon.

It was Lin Zhixing's turn to appear.

Lu Ming led his agents to surround the village and conduct a thorough search.

"Action!"

Lin Zhixing, wearing a black trench coat, slowly walked in from off-camera.

Get into character in a second!

That aura of a refined scoundrel, cold and ruthless, instantly emanated from him.

Several young women watching were impressed by Lin Zhixing's cool aura.

Why is this spy so handsome?

No NG (no good).

One take!

......

Before we knew it, the sun was almost setting.

It gets dark quickly in the mountains, and the temperature drops rapidly.

"Okay! The last one is approved!"

"Thank you all for your hard work! That's a wrap for today!"

"Hurry up and pack up the equipment, let's go back to the city for dinner!"

Xu Xing, holding a megaphone, shouted out the words everyone was eagerly anticipating.

"oh--!"

The crew cheered, finally relaxing after a long day of tension.

Everyone quickly began disassembling the lights and moving the equipment.

Lin Zhixing also shed his disguise as Lu Ming, took off his heavy trench coat, and rubbed his slightly sore neck.

"Brother Zhixing, you've worked hard!"

Tang Xiaoxiao walked over with two bottles of mineral water, handed one to Lin Zhixing, and had a sweet smile on her face.

"You've worked hard too. Your crying scene today was really good." Lin Zhixing took the water, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip.

"Hehe, none of them are as scary as your villainous character. My legs were spinning when I was acting with you just now."

Tang Xiaoxiao smiled and turned around, preparing to walk towards her assistant.

however.

Just as she turned around and took two steps,

Tang Xiaoxiao suddenly stopped in her tracks.

The mineral water bottle slipped from my hand.

"Clatter".

The water bottle fell onto the gravel-strewn ground and rolled a long way.

"Xiao Xiao?" Lin Zhixing sensed something was wrong and frowned.

Tang Xiaoxiao was seen clutching her lower right abdomen tightly with both hands.

Her once rosy face instantly lost all color, turning ashen white!

Large beads of cold sweat instantly covered her forehead, and her body fell straight forward!

"Bang!"

Before she fell, Lin Zhixing reacted quickly and caught her.

"Little one!"

"What's wrong?! What happened?!"

Hearing the commotion, Xu Xing also ran over.

At this moment, Tang Xiaoxiao was curled up in Lin Zhixing's arms, her whole body convulsing violently.

She bit her lip hard, drawing blood from her lower lip, and her face turned deathly pale.

"It hurts...it hurts so much...my stomach...it hurts so much..."

Tang Xiaoxiao squeezed out a few words intermittently through her teeth, her voice so weak it was almost inaudible.

"Quick! Call 120!" The assistant director frantically pulled out his phone.

"Call 120 my ass!" Xu Xing roared. "It takes at least an hour for an ambulance to get here from the city! By the time they arrive, it'll be too late!"

"Buses! Use our own buses to take them down!"

Xu Xing acted decisively, turning around and roaring at everyone around him, "Where's Lao Wang?! Where the bus driver Lao Wang went?! Get him here to drive right now!"

The entire place was in complete chaos.

The stagehands and assistants were frantically searching for someone like headless flies.

"Master Wang! Master Wang!"

A few minutes later.

A stagehand stumbled over from the makeshift dry toilet in the distance, his face ashen.

"Director Xu... Director Xu!"

"Something terrible has happened!"

Xu Xing grabbed the stagehand by the collar. "Where is he?! I'm asking you, where's the driver?!"

"Master Wang... I don't know what kind of wild mushrooms he ate for lunch..."

"I'm in the toilet right now... I'm completely exhausted from pooping!"

I rely on!

The only driver is exhausted?!

Looking at Tang Xiaoxiao lying on the ground, her eyes rolling back in pain and her consciousness gradually fading.

Looking ahead at the pitch-black Nujiang Eighteen Bends Mountain Road, known as the Road of Death, we saw a path paved with eighteen bends.

Xu Xing's hand loosened, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

It’s over.

This is going to be a fatal situation!