The filming base was in the cold polar region in the far north, which meant that Qiao Yiyi and her team's trip was not like usual, where they could just fly for a few hours to reach their destination. Instead, they had to fly abroad and then take a train to a small border town.
The crew has already rented several houses in the local area. Located in the remote northern polar region, the living conditions of the local residents are naturally not as good as those in prosperous metropolises.
Even though we were mentally prepared, we were still shocked by the harsh shooting conditions.
Several actors have already started joking with the director, saying that if they had known the environment would be like this, they would not have accepted his script.
It was freezing cold with ice and snow everywhere. The outdoor temperature was as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius, to the point where even your breath would freeze.
Wu Daorong was very excited when he saw the scene in front of him.
No matter how realistic the technical synthesis is, it is far less shocking to people's hearts than the real scene.
It was just after three in the afternoon and the sky was already beginning to darken.
The director asked everyone to pack their bags and have a good rest for the night, and the filming will officially begin after the opening ceremony tomorrow.
Qiao Yiyi carried two large suitcases to the small house assigned to her. The town was sparsely populated, with a total population of less than two thousand. It was said that there were even fewer polar bears living here.
The houses are the kind of red-walled cottages with pointed roofs that appear in fairy tales, scattered across the white snow.
The snow-white mountains in the distance gradually blend with the sinking horizon. The small window with warm orange light is like a photo album in a stamp album, making people eager to escape from the cold weather and hide in the cabin to keep warm.
The owner of the house was very welcoming. She was a fat and strong old lady with gray curly hair. When she saw Qiao Yiyi carrying two large boxes, she hurried over to help.
She had a warm smile on her face, but she was mumbling the local language, and Qiao Yiyi couldn't understand a word she said.
Just when I didn't know how to respond, a tall figure walked down the narrow stairs and his head accidentally hit the wind chime hanging on the ceiling, making a crisp and pleasant sound.
"She's welcoming you into her home and telling you to make yourself at ease."
Qiao Yiyi looked at the person who was speaking, her eyes lit up with joy: "Chen Shi?"
Chen Shi was the male actor who had previously acted opposite her in "The Phoenix Road". He gained a lot of fans because of his role as the villain and tyrant Xiao Yan, which made people love and hate him.
In addition, he is a talented actor, but he has never had the opportunity to become famous. "The Phoenix Road" just happened to make it happen for him.
He has a rare appearance with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. When he is not smiling, he looks righteous, but when he smiles with his lips curled up, he looks a bit arrogant and evil.
That's why when he played the villain, many female fans couldn't stop watching him, and their values were almost influenced by his appearance.
The two had a lot of rival scenes at the time, so they were quite familiar with each other. Chen Shi also guided Qiao Yiyi a lot during the filming, so Qiao Yiyi had a pretty good impression of this person.
Shen Shi smiled and nodded: “We meet again.”
Then he translated the old lady's words to Qiao Yiyi. Qiao Yiyi finally understood what the old lady had just said. She quickly held one of the old lady's hands, bowed and nodded at her: "Sorry to bother you, grandma."
Shen Shi spoke to the old lady in a language she couldn't understand, and then saw the old lady helping her carry the box up with a smile.
"You live here too?"
The narrow corridor could not accommodate two people, so they could only walk one in front and one behind.
Shen Shi stepped on the upper step, turned his head and smiled at her: "Yes, and it seems that we are next door to you."
The two of them came to the second floor, and the old lady moved Qiao Yiyi's suitcase into a small room. Shen Shi pointed to the room next to her and said, "This is where I live."
Qiao Yiyi glanced at his house, then at her own, and saw that the layouts were similar.
There was no heating system like air conditioning in the house, but with the stove burning and it being so cold outside, she felt it was warm enough by comparison.
Outside the window are snow-capped mountains. Although they are now covered with a layer of grayish blue due to dusk and do not look so clear, the scenery is really nice.
In the evening, grandma steamed a kind of giant stone crab for them. This kind of crab was very big, much bigger than the king crab. The crab meat alone weighed four or five pounds, not to mention the crab legs which were as long as a child's arm.
Qiao Yiyi was enjoying the crab meat with sauce while listening to Chen Shi communicating with the old lady in the local language which she could not understand.
After dinner, grandma went to pack up.
Qiao Yiyi couldn't help but ask him out of curiosity, "How come you can speak the local language? That's amazing."
Shen Shi felt a little proud of her praise: "I stayed here for a while when I went on an adventure with my friends."
"Adventure?"
Qiao Yiyi was shocked. Do today's artists have such a wide range of hobbies?
Shen Shi nodded and said bluntly: “Cross the border with a few explorers.”
He told Qiao Yiyi that he loved outdoor adventure activities and when he was not filming, he would follow some explorers to explore various places.
Not only did he travel tens of thousands of kilometers along the cold border, he also went deep-sea diving and hiked in the desert.
And he knows a lot. Not only can he speak languages from many places, but he can also drive boats and fly planes.
Qiao Yiyi found it very interesting to listen to him telling about his adventure experience with his eyes shining.
"By the way, do you want to see an Arctic fox?"
"Arctic fox?"
The image of the snow-white little ball that she had seen on TV before came to Qiao Yiyi's mind.
"Well, there are Arctic foxes here. And," his eyes suddenly gleamed with longing, "it's said that if you see an Arctic fox under the Northern Lights, you'll meet the love of your life."
Qiao Yiyi: “…”
She yawned and said nonchalantly, "That's ridiculous."
The Northern Lights are hard to see, but Arctic foxes are even harder to spot.
The chances of seeing an Arctic fox under the Northern Lights are even lower.
She feels that she is more suitable to be a single dog for life.
Qiao Yiyi stood up and prepared to go back to the house.
Shen Shi said behind him: “Really, I really have a way to see the Arctic fox!”
Qiao Yiyi waved her hand: "Okay, then take me to see it when you have the chance."
The sky was completely dark at this time, but because of the reflection of the white snow, even in the darkness, it was not pitch black outside, but was glowing with a silvery-white light.
Someone in the crew group was organizing a party and said there was a bar nearby where the owner made a particularly delicious mountain martini. The ice cubes used were chiseled from the purest ice on the glacier by the locals, and with the addition of bitter cranberries, the taste was amazing.
Shen Shi asked Qiao Yiyi if she was going.
Qiao Yiyi wasn't interested in alcohol, so she said she wouldn't go. She also didn't know anyone on the crew, and since they were all big names, she felt embarrassed to join in the fun.
Shen Shi felt it was a pity and had to go by himself.
Qiao Yiyi returned to her room and planned to study the script.
"Polar" tells the story of a civilian airliner flying over the Arctic Circle that suddenly malfunctions and plunges towards an iceberg. Just when everyone thinks the plane will be destroyed by the iceberg and there is no hope of survival, the captain, in a desperate maneuver, forces the plane to slow down, avoiding the massive impact and causing death, but in doing so, the plane becomes stuck between two ice peaks.
Huge glaciers drift in the sea, and the endless ocean is visible everywhere.
Although he survived, it was even more despairing.
Upon learning of the plane crash, the country immediately dispatched rescue workers to the Arctic Circle. However, because it was winter and the polar winds and snow were raging, the rescue work could not be carried out at all.
Some people advised to give up, saying that the chance of survival was too low if the plane hit the glacier, and more lives should not be lost because of this extremely low chance.
But one of the rescue teams believed that as long as there was a glimmer of hope, they could not give up, and they could not betray their mission for fear of losing their lives.
While their superiors were hesitant, they rushed to the Pole, crossed the blizzard, broke the ice by boat, fought hungry polar bears, and finally found the floating iceberg and the plane on the iceberg.
Although many people were killed, some people still waited for rescuers with their great willpower and strong vitality.
He Yao plays the captain of the rescue team who disobeys orders and resolutely carries out the rescue mission. Qiao Yiyi plays a member of the team who has few scenes. She is swept into the sea by a polar bear that is starving due to food shortage caused by global warming. In order to buy time for her teammates, she resolutely feeds the polar bear with her own body.
It seems heroic, but in fact it is a film that makes people reflect - if we don't protect the environment, disaster will eventually befall humans themselves.
I have to say that Director Wu put a lot of thought into the script.
The next morning, after the opening ceremony, the staff loaded the filming equipment onto a huge snow loader and drove towards the filming location.
They set up a filming base on the snow under a nearby glacier mountain range.
Because they are all veteran actors, it is easier to act with them, and the weather is cold, so no one wants to stay outside for too long, so everyone tries hard to maintain their condition and get it right in one take.
Plus, it gets dark very early here, so people usually finish work and go home around two or three in the afternoon.
They finished work early that afternoon and had nothing to do after filming. Qiao Yiyi was about to follow the main group back when she saw Shen Shi walk up to her and pat her on the shoulder.
"Want to see an Arctic fox?"
Qiao Yiyi turned her head and glanced at him: "You really remember this."
Shen Shi: "I just want to prove that I really have a way."
Qiao Yiyi then slowed down.
In fact, she was indeed a little moved by what Shen Shi said.
Anyway, there is nothing to do if I go back so early, so I might as well go and take a look with Chen Shi.
After returning to their residence, Chen Shi borrowed an ice axe and a set of fishing equipment from someone, and also borrowed a snowmobile, and took Qiao Yiyi to the ice bank.
He Yao lived next door to Qiao Yiyi and was standing by the window drinking hot tea.
Seeing the two people disappearing into the distance through the window, he frowned, put down his teacup, went downstairs, borrowed a snowmobile, and followed them.
Shen Shi drove Qiao Yiyi in the snow for dozens of minutes and came to an ice surface.
He stopped his snowmobile, used an ice pick to cut a small hole in the ice, and fished from the hole.
Qiao Yiyi asked him what he was doing, and he said he was fishing for foxes.
Qiao Yiyi was even more puzzled.
Shen Shi said in a suspenseful tone: "You will know in a moment."
Qiao Yiyi watched him fishing with a puzzled look on her face.
The ice surface is sealed, isolating the oxygen. Once a hole is opened, fish will gather there to breathe in the oxygen.
Soon, Shen Shi caught a lot of fish.
Even though he was catching more and more fish, he didn't even see the shadow of the Arctic fox he had mentioned.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Qiao Yiyi said, "Why don't we go back?"
But suddenly they found a small snow-white ball not far away, staring at them eagerly. To be more precise, it was a fish in the bucket.
They actually caught it!
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