A few days later.Overseas somewhere.
At a small public airport, Zhang Ye was on the phone with his family. The signal wasn"t very strong and there was a lot of background noise. He had to speak as loudly as he could.
"Mom, I"ve arrived."
"Be careful."
"I know, but it won"t be dangerous."
"Still, watch out for your safety."
"I understand. It"s about time to start the shoot. I"m gonna hang up."
There were a total of three groups of people on the scene.
One group was made up of the locals.
Another group was Zhang Ye"s film crew.
The last group was sent by Central TV, and they were responsible for communication and ground coordination.
A person from Central TV ran over and said, "Director Zhang, the plane is ready to take off at any time. An advance party comprised of your people has already gone ahead. I"ve just established contact with them, and everything is progressing smoothly. We"ll leave the remainder of the filming and coordination to you now. If anything unexpected happens over the next few days, you all must send us a signal. The locals have repeatedly reminded us that it is very dangerous over there. It"s considered an uninhabited zone, so be very, very careful."
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I understand, thanks."
The person from Central TV shook hands with him. "All the best to you guys."
Zhang Ye said, "I"ll count on your blessings."
On the other side of him, the pilot stepped forward and handed them the parachutes.
Zhang Ye and Sun Kuang were the only two on the film crew who needed to skydive this time.
Sun Kuang took his parachute and went off.
However, Zhang Ye did not move. Instead, he unfolded his parachute amid everyone"s startled gazes.
Sun Kuang was taken aback. "What are you doing?"
The pilot said in English, "What?"
Zhang Ye said, "I"ll pack it myself."
He unfolded it.
He spread it flat.
He folded it properly.
He executed the steps in a flowing motion.
The pilot had a look of surprise on his face as he showed a smile and gave him a thumbs up.
Sun Kuang was also a little surprised. "You"re such a professional!"
Zhang Ye smiled. "I feel at ease knowing that I packed it myself."
Sun Kuang could be considered someone who knew his stuff when it came to skydiving, although he wasn"t exactly a professional skydiver. However, he had come across many such professionals before and knew that most experts would not usually allow others to pack their parachutes for them. Due to certain beliefs or safety concerns, they would only trust themselves with such a thing. They would only feel at ease if they folded and packed it themselves. There were not a lot of such people, but Sun Kuang was clearly not one of them. That was why he a little impressed by Zhang Ye as he didn"t expect him to actually know his stuff.
Soon after, the plane took off and headed straight to the filming location.
In fact, they had already started the shoot while on the plane.
Sun Kuang secured his recording equipment.
Zhang Ye started recording his narration.
Sun Kuang occasionally glanced down. "It"s so beautiful!"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Stick close to me in a bit. There will be time to enjoy the views in the coming days."
Sun Kuang confidently said, "Don"t worry, wherever you"re going, I"m going too. I guarantee you I won"t miss a shot."
"We"re almost there. Get ready." Zhang Ye took out an for visiting.
Tong Fu was so scared that he was trembling. "Hurry up and rescue him!"
Zhang Zuo called out, "Come down, Director Zhang!"
But Zhang Ye was very calm. "Why would I go down? Hurry up and start capturing this on camera!"
Sun Kuang turned on the camera in a speechless manner. "This is ridiculous!"
Then Zhang Ye muttered some words and started narrating the situation that he was in. After that, he took out a dagger with much difficulty and start saving himself. If he really fell from a height of over ten meters, even if he didn"t die, he would still be crippled. So the people standing below him could not be more terrified of watching him at this moment.
A few minutes pa.s.sed.
Zhang Ye jumped down from the tree looking pathetic.
Tong Fu said, "Your stunts are too dangerous!"
Wu Yi said, "Why did you have to purposely get yourself into trouble! There was flat ground for you to land, but you had to choose to land in the jungle! I really have to take my hat off to you!"
Zhang Ye looked at them. "Didn"t you guys go through the script?"
Sun Kuang was taken aback. "What script?"
"Our show"s objective is to teach others how to overcome difficulties," Zhang Ye explained.
Sun Kuang said dumbfoundedly, "What if there aren"t any dangers?"
Zhang Ye said, "Then we have to create danger."
Oh my G.o.d! You mean making something out of nothing, right!
Zhang Ye knew that they had never watched a similar show before, nor did they understand the value of this show, so he explained it to them. "The significance of this show lies in teaching others how to survive in the wild. Over the coming days, I will show everyone the different ways of survival and also tell the audience what they should do when they get into danger in the wilderness. So we can"t have everything go smoothly for us either. Whatever danger that other people go through or experience when they are trapped in the wilderness, I"ll also have to experience it once myself. It"s not as though a person who is truly in danger can make a phone call, and someone will be dispatched to come and rescue them. They couldn"t choose where they could land after parachuting out, or find hardtack the moment they flip their bags open. That"s not realistic. So from now on for the recording, I will enter a state of true wilderness survival. I want all of you to just treat me as someone who is trapped in this place and not try to help me."
Sun Kuang gasped. "You"re going to die!"
At this moment, they finally understood how dangerous of a show they were going to shoot!
The terrain was dangerous!
The environment was dangerous!
The wild animals were dangerous!
The director was even more dangerous!