Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 562: Funeral in Xiala Village
In the next few days, Lin Yuan filmed with the crew during the day and came to the elephant enclosure at night to conduct various adaptive training with Sulu.

The highlight of the next filming will be Lin Yuan and Sulu's first meeting, fight, and becoming friends.

The general plot setting is that Sulu, a stray male elephant, is particularly irritable because he can't find a girlfriend during the mating season.

It is well known that single male animals, regardless of species, are a destabilizing factor.

Therefore, Sulu, who was pushing down trees everywhere in the jungle to vent his anger, one day pushed down the tree where Uday was resting.

Faced with the threat of their homes being destroyed, the two bullies collided head-on.

Of course, Udi couldn't compete with Sulu head-on, but he still managed to make Sulu quite embarrassed by using various means.

The two of them became friends after fighting and recognized each other.

But if we want to solve Sulu’s problem, we must first help him solve his single problem.

With the help of the chimpanzee tribe mobilized by Udi, Sulu finally found the whereabouts of the female elephants.

But the embarrassing thing is that the clumsy Sulu didn't know how to please the mother elephant and was rejected.

Seeing this, Udi had no choice but to help Sulu, which led to a series of hilarious stories.

What if Udi doesn't help Sulu?
It's so funny, Sulu can't find a wife on his own!

When the sun was setting, Lin Yuan, who had finished dinner early, took Sulu away from the elephant pen and rode him to the river where he had encountered the hippopotamus before.

Seeing the arrival of the elephants, the hippos became instinctively alert. They opened their mouths and roared loudly, trying to drive Sulu away, but they seemed quite lacking in confidence.

As the third largest animal on land, the hippopotamus is no match for any other animal in the water unless it faces an elephant, but at this moment it is quite cowardly.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan jumped off the elephant's back, came to the herd of hippos, and calmed them down.

Following Lin Yuan's gesture, the hippopotamus dispersed, leaving this section of the river to Lin Yuan and Sulu.

But the hippopotamus did not go far. Instead, they squatted in the distance curiously, watching what Lin Yuan and the elephant were trying to do.

Lin Yuan pointed to the river and said, "Just like we trained before, get in the water."

Before Sulu could react, the hippos, who understood Lin Yuan's instructions, showed surprised expressions on their faces.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

With the sound of water splashing by the elephant's legs, Sulu stepped into the water, and soon his body, which was more than three meters tall, was submerged by the river.

This scene shocked the hippopotamus even more: Did the elephant commit suicide by jumping into the river?
The next moment, an elephant's trunk emerged from the water, like a submarine's periscope.

A column of water spurted out from the elephant's trunk. If you didn't know that there was an elephant under the water, you might even mistake it for a whale.

This was a secret code agreed upon by Su Lu and Lin Yuan in advance, indicating that it was quite good.

The hippos were worried that the elephant Sulu was safe underwater.
The elephant went into the water and nothing happened to it?
Are they really here to seize territory?

What should I do? I can't seem to win. Should I consider moving?

Sulu under the water had no time to care about the complicated feelings of the hippos. He moved his feet and paddled, swimming underwater.

Sulu's trunk suddenly sucked in enough air, and it sank into deeper water, its trunk no longer able to stay above the water.

If the old director and others were there, they might exclaim, "Is the elephant drowning? Save it quickly!"
But Lin Yuan knew that there was no need to worry about Sulu's condition.

Sure enough, more than 30 meters away from the place where Sulu had just dived, Sulu's trunk rose again. After completing another breath, it continued to dive into the deep water, having a lot of fun.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan couldn't help but sigh that the elephant's body structure was so exquisite.

It appears that the elephant simply enters the water and sticks its trunk out of the water to breathe air, allowing it to easily enter the water.

But the reality is not that simple. The elephant's diving ability is far beyond human imagination.

At least even if humans were equipped with a long snorkel, it would be difficult for us to dive as deeply and freely as elephants.

There are two layers of pleura on the surface of the lungs in the human body. The membrane that is closely attached to the lungs is called the visceral pleura; the outer layer is attached to the inner surface of the chest cavity, called the parietal pleura.

There is a closed cavity between them, called the pleural cavity, and the pressure in the pleural cavity is close to atmospheric pressure.

Even when the water depth is only 2 meters, the pressure of the pleural capillaries is 0 mmHg on one side and 150 mmHg on the other side, so the blood vessels are subjected to a huge pressure difference.

Therefore, 10 meters is the limit for humans to dive without protective gear. People like Buta who used to engage in deep diving and salvage business are all gifted humans.

Elephants can easily dive to a depth of 20 meters and hold their breath for more than 5 minutes.

This is because the space between the elephant's pleura is filled with relatively loose connective tissue, which allows it to slide when breathing.

The pleura is also composed of connective tissue up to 500 microns thick, which can protect the capillaries inside with thick connective tissue, thus preventing blood vessels from rupturing when elephants dive.

At the same time, the elephant's diaphragm is 3 cm thick, which is much thicker than that of other mammals. This prevents the diaphragm from rupturing when diving and breathing. Therefore, the elephant's lungs will not burst even in deep water.

Sulu's performance made the hippopotamus completely despair:
Why is this damn fat guy so flexible underwater?
Who is the overlord of the river?

At this time, Sulu stretched out his nose from the water and began to spin flexibly.

Then its nose quickly pointed towards the east.

The direction pointed by the elephant's trunk was exactly where Lin Yuan was standing.

Lin Yuan was also quite surprised that Sulu, who was underwater, could not use his eyes to observe the shore, but he could actually locate his position by relying on his sense of smell.

He worried that Sulu had just gotten lucky and happened to guess his location.

So Lin Yuan quickly moved to the left a dozen steps.

Sulu's trunk hesitated for a moment, then immediately pointed out Lin Yuan's location again.

Now Lin Yuan was completely relieved.

It seems that the sneak attack action scene he designed for Sulu in the movie can be perfectly realized.

In that scene, Sulu came diving with only his trunk above the water. He relied on his trunk's sense of smell to accurately locate Udi's position and completed a wonderful sneak attack.

At this point, Sulu's underwater testing work tonight was completed. Lin Yuan slapped the water surface to send a signal, indicating Sulu to come ashore.

"Wow!"

Accompanied by the sound of splashing water, the water surface churned violently and spread out in all directions.

The huge elephant's back and head suddenly rose from the water, as if a giant beast had emerged from the water.

This scene was quite oppressive. Lin Yuan could imagine the scene of Sulu suddenly rushing out of the water to launch a sneak attack, which must be quite exciting.

In this movie, Lin Yuan tried his best to design wonderful fighting scenes for the three animals: anaconda, tiger and elephant, bringing excellent visual enjoyment to the audience.

Especially this elephant fight scene, which is the most dangerous among the three action scenes.

"System, evaluate the completion of this action scene." Lin Yuan muttered to himself.

[This action scene is dangerous level A, host challenge success rate: 94%]

Lin Yuan nodded. After repeatedly polishing the details of this scene over the past few days, the success rate has increased from the initial 63% to the current 94%.

After a few more days of polishing, the coordination between him and Sulu will be closer, and the completion rate should reach over 98%.

Since "The Legend of Tang Dynasty", he has never challenged A-level dangerous action scenes again.

This action scene of fighting an elephant is no less dangerous than jumping off the Hukou Waterfall, but it is slightly less thrilling.

It's not that Lin Yuan is unwilling to fight, but the sense of oppression shown by the elephant can never be compared with the great power of nature like Hukou Waterfall.

Therefore, Lin Yuan took a lot of risks in this scene, but the visual impact he gained was not as great as before, which seemed to be a bit low in cost-effectiveness.

But for Lin Yuan, this action scene is necessary, because he urgently needs the attribute rewards brought by this action scene.

Lin Yuan's agility has reached the critical point of 29 points. With another point, he can reach 1 points, completing the qualitative change he has been looking forward to.

Maybe then, he would be able to challenge the S-level action scenes that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

In "The King of Spy 2" which will start filming soon, Lin Yuan designed the most dangerous action scene in his film career. Even if he shoots it in his current condition, there is no chance of survival.

He needs to achieve a qualitative change in agility to complete the craziest action scene in history, which may even be unprecedented.

"The King of Spy Wars" is a milestone in Lin Yuan's rise in film, and it is also a film that carries his most shocking film images.

Lin Yuan had very high requirements for "King of Spy Wars 2", so he kept delaying it until now, and only felt that the conditions for filming were barely ripe.

This may be the pinnacle performance in his acting career.

At this time, Sulu had shaken off the water droplets on his body and walked in front of Lin Yuan.

Sulu gently rolled Lin Yuan onto his back with his trunk, then walked towards the camp.

After swimming, Sulu seemed to be in a good mood. In the night, he trotted all the way and took Lin Yuan straight to the camp.

When they returned to the camp, the lights in the distance, the loud speakers and the deafening cheers were a form of noise pollution.

"Are you back?" Betty, standing at the entrance of the camp, had to shout to make sure Lin Yuan could hear her.

"Yeah! What time does the movie end tonight?" Lin Yuan also shouted loudly.

"There are still two shows! It won't be until after 12 o'clock!" Betty replied loudly.

"Then let's hurry up! It's the last night!" Lin Yuan jumped off the elephant's back, picked up Betty and ran towards the thatched hut.

According to the agreement reached between Lin Yuan and the villagers of Xiala, movies will be shown every day for a week.

Today is the last day, and the night can finally return to peace.

But Lin Yuan was a little reluctant, because with the help of the huge noise during the movie screening, Lin Yuan didn't have to worry about the poor sound insulation of the thatched house. He took Betty and GAKKI-chan and took the opportunity to perform scenes from classic action movies without worrying about the embarrassment of being overheard.

"Bang! Lin Yuan, hurry up! Faster!" Liu Yufei's character shouted loudly in the movie.

In reality, Lin Yuan also quickened his pace.

The lines from the movie continued to be heard in the distance:

"Lin Yuan! I can't hold on any longer!" "Hold on, I'm coming!"

This line is so fitting that it's unbearable to watch...

Thus, in this atmosphere of black humor, great harmony in life is achieved.

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The next morning, Lin Yuan was awakened by the sound of knocking coming from a construction site in the distance.

"Are you working so early?" Lin Yuan rubbed his eyes and sat up from the floor.

"There's no way. More and more reporters are arriving and there are not enough accommodations." GAKKI came over with a basin of water and a towel and gently helped Lin Yuan wipe his face.

"There are too many reporters lately... Betty, you should sleep a little longer." Lin Yuan reached out and pulled the sheet over Betty's curvy body.

"No need to sleep. There is a press conference today and we have to attend it." Betty stood up naked.

The proud figure was displayed in front of the two of them, big, white and round, making GAKKI, a woman, blush.

Thinking of the ridiculous things that happened last night, GAKKI's face turned even redder.

Betty generously grabbed the clothes and began to put them on one by one. "I was the one who contacted several media outlets. I didn't expect their editors-in-chief to come here in person, so I should go and greet them."

"Now that you mention it, it is indeed necessary. Then go ahead." Lin Yuan nodded.

"Sister Betty, I'll go get you some breakfast first." GAKKI turned and went out.

"Isn't it a bit too grand?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I want to completely defeat Sabel and make it impossible for him to recover. I also complain that there are not enough media present. Considering that this place is really too remote and many media reporters don't have time to get here, I guess it's barely acceptable." Betty said.

There was a press conference on the "Xala Village Tragedy" today.

When Betty arrived with her media team, the initial news reports caused an uproar throughout Europe, America, and even the world.

As more and more evidence and behind-the-scenes tragedies were unearthed, more and more reporters gathered in the mining area around Xiala Village.

Therefore, Betty suggested holding a press conference directly, and using this press conference to completely nail the enemy to the pillar of shame.

When Lin Yuan arrived at the press conference after breakfast, he found that the podium was surrounded by journalists from all over the country. It was conservatively estimated that there were hundreds of media outlets present.

Among them, The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg, BBC... are all old acquaintances.

In addition, there are many local African media, such as Africa News, South Africa Herald, Africa Times, etc.

The fact that such a grand press conference could be held in Xiala Village, which is so remote and has inconvenient transportation, shows that the "Xiala Village Tragedy" has huge news value worldwide.

Looking at the press conference from a distance, I found that it was completely different from the past:
The entire press conference site, except for a podium in the center of the venue, was hung everywhere with white curtains and white flowers.

Behind the rostrum, countless white coffins were densely packed.

Today's press conference is more like a grand funeral.

Lin Yuan knew that today's press conference was not only to condemn the murderer, but also to comfort the victims and console their families.

He walked to the podium and found Betty was already sitting there.

In addition, Kano, the host of today's press conference, was naturally also present.

Lin Yuan was surprised to see President Kabila Jr. He didn't expect that this press conference would be so important to the head of state that he would take the risk to come here.

As we all know, Congo's political situation is still very unstable. Powerful figures like President Kabila generally do not leave their territory because it greatly increases the risk of assassination.

Seeing Lin Yuan coming, President Kabila Jr. stood up and waved.

"Lin Yuan, come! Sit here!" he said, pointing to the seat next to him.

Lin Yuan climbed onto the podium, came to President Kabila Jr., and sat down next to him and Betty.

Sitting on the stage in order were: Kano, President Kabila Jr., Lin Yuan, and Betty.

With Lin Yuan's arrival, the reporters in the audience immediately started flash bombing mode, and the dazzling flashes illuminated the podium with a silvery-white light.

It was almost time for the press conference to begin, and the host, Buta, wearing a black Armani suit, came to the center of the podium.

Buta, who usually wears brightly colored and flamboyant-style suits, was wearing something very plain and simple today, with a white flower pinned to his chest, which made him look even more solemn.

When Buta stood in the middle of the rostrum, the entire venue fell silent and everyone looked at the stage quietly.

Buta picked up the microphone and opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

His red eyes showed his grief at the moment.

Seeing this scene, the reporters at the scene applauded softly to encourage him.

Bhuta took the microphone again and said: "It is with a heavy heart that I thank all the media friends for coming here today. Thank you for bringing the world's attention to the tragedy that happened here."

The reporters in the venue remained solemn, without clapping or making any noise, but just watched the stage quietly.

"As everyone knows, more than ten days ago, the world-shaking 'Xala Village Tragedy' was discovered here.

"More than 3100 black people from all over Congo have used their lives to tell the world what hell really looks like!" Buta said angrily.

As he spoke, a series of shocking images appeared on the big screen behind the podium:
Mass graves filled with corpses, blood-stained torture instruments, and survivors so emaciated they looked like the walking dead...

Many of these scenes were shown publicly to reporters for the first time. The tragic visual impact immediately caused a buzzing commotion at the scene.

What followed was a barrage of flashbulbs. Buta closed her eyes and let the reporters record this scene, which happened in her own country and brought humiliation and grief to countless Congolese people.

At this moment, as victims, they cannot hide their wounds and heal in silence.

Instead, they must take the initiative to uncover the bleeding and festering wounds and display them to the world so that they can fight for "justice."

Fuck justice!

I never want to rely on others to uphold justice based on their mood again!
I also hope that there will never be another opportunity like this to uphold justice!

As the flashes of light faded, Buta continued, "Of the 3119 people, 2602 were killed, and only 517 survived. Of these 517 survivors, 228 were left with lifelong disabilities that are difficult to recover from."

The devil-like culprit who caused this tragedy is none other than the French Samir Mining Company!
I can't imagine what kind of greed and shamelessness could make such a mining giant company do such a heartless thing.

We must seek justice for our compatriots who died and get them justice.

We have now gathered sufficient evidence, from the captives' torturers to mineral trading records and secret underground bank transactions. Sufficient witnesses and material evidence have formed an irrefutable chain of evidence.

To this end, we have filed a formal criminal lawsuit with the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

We look forward to justice and fairness, even if it comes a little late, so that we can comfort the hearts of all the victims and their families."

Behind the podium, a series of photos appeared again, including photos of Maer and other armed men captured by Lin Yuan, gold ore stored in a Kinshasa warehouse that had not yet been transported, and a large pile of printed bank transaction slips...

These evidences were presented to the media reporters, and everyone knew clearly that Samir Company was definitely finished this time.

Even the French government would never risk the world's condemnation to save Samir. It would only choose to completely cut ties with it and even actively promote criminal prosecution of Samir's actual controller in order to express that it has nothing to do with itself.

Buta came up to President Kabila Jr. and handed him the microphone.

President Kabila took the microphone and said solemnly:

“We the living are all waiting for the day when justice comes.

My fellow countrymen who have tragically passed away cannot wait any longer. They have endured so much. Now is the time to lay them to rest.

I hope everyone can send them blessings and wish them a peaceful and happy life in the afterlife, a life no longer soaked in blood and suffering.

I now declare the funeral officially begun."

Lin Yuan proposed to hold the funeral today with a grand press conference.

This is really a black humor irony. Although the Congolese people have suffered such a disaster, if they had only held a funeral, they would not be able to attract so many European and American reporters, and their voices would not be conveyed to the whole world.

It is necessary to use the name of a press conference and hot news as an attraction to attract so many reporters.

But no matter what, the goal of holding a grand funeral and providing the greatest comfort to the victims was achieved.

This funeral was a Western-style funeral, mainly because Congo had been colonized for hundreds of years, and many wedding and funeral rituals had become Westernized, making it seem even more sad.

There is no need to elaborate on the funeral ceremony. As the funeral ended, the white coffin behind the rostrum was lifted up by the crowd and carried away for burial.

The press conference entered the second stage, which was also the question-and-answer session that reporters needed most.

The first person to stand up and ask questions was a reporter from AFP.

"As a French media outlet, I feel ashamed that such a company exists in my country. I strongly hope that the executives of Samir will be severely punished by law.

I want to express my apologies on behalf of my country and I am sorry that such an unpleasant thing happened.

As far as I know, the crimes of Samir Company were exposed thanks to Mr. Lin Yuan who was filming a movie here.

So I would like to ask Mr. Lin Yuan, what is your opinion on this matter?"

Lin Yuan, who was called upon by an AFP reporter to answer questions, felt an instinctive wave of disgust:

The French are hypocritical!
Americans are clearly bad, the British are insidiously bad, but the French like to hide their badness.

How can the question raised by this AFP reporter be considered a confession?
It is obvious that they want to take advantage of Lin Yuan's popularity to divert attention and minimize the negative impact on France.

So Lin Yuan picked up the microphone and said directly:
"I want to emphasize one point. I hope everyone's attention today will be focused on the 'Xala Village Tragedy'.

Don't change the subject, don't dilute the attention.

My personal contribution to this matter is not worth mentioning at all, so please don't bring it up again.

What do you think? If an apology is just a verbal gesture, it's better to keep your mouth shut.

Shouldn't we use real money to compensate the victims?"

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Betty's eyes lit up: Lin Yuan has entered combat mode, it looks like there will be something interesting to watch today!
(End of this chapter)