"Hurry, hurry, all the logistics staff, forget about the luggage over there, it's too late. Bring your cameras and equipment inside the shelter to avoid the rain!"
"And over there, don't you want to live anymore? Don't go down with the tree, come here, and quickly use all the emergency tools we brought. Remember, everyone must pay attention to personal safety--"
Although I know now how terrible it is when it rains in this tropical rainforest, knowing is just knowing, and experiencing it personally is another matter.
Seeing that such a simple thing had turned into a rain forest under a torrential downpour, Director Yang's face turned pale with fright. He immediately asked all members of the program crew to quickly set up the emergency shelter, first to ensure the safety of people and camera equipment, and to ignore other luggage for the time being.
However, the rainstorm came too suddenly. Even though the program staff had received emergency training, they still became panicked at this moment.
In the panic, before many emergency awnings were erected, one of them collapsed with a bang because the iron pillars supporting it at a dead corner did not hold it firmly during construction, crushing many people and causing a series of screams.
"What's wrong? What happened? Did something happen outside?"
These series of exclamations alarmed the guests who had returned to the base camp first and then went back to their own houses to rest.
Although they had been instructed by Director Yang and several assistant directors to stay where they were and not run around, they couldn't help but feel a little worried when a huge downpour suddenly broke out, fearing that the production crew wouldn't have time to take shelter.
Because there are so many people in the program crew, and people in the program crew have always valued camera equipment more than their own lives.
Therefore, when sleeping at night, many staff members would just lie down on the ground and cover their faces with their clothes to rest. Most of the tents were filled with important video equipment, for fear that it would rain suddenly at night and damage the equipment. Or they would take turns with their colleagues to rest in the tent.
At the same time, due to the limited space for filming on the island, many tents and awnings will be put away when filming starts during the day, and will not be set up again until night time or when it rains, etc. when needed.
However, Director Yang and his team had anticipated all the situations, except for the sudden arrival of this tropical rainstorm. Adding to the delay in returning to the camp from another beach, they had no time to set up all the awnings, and even encountered such an accident.
Seeing this, Director Yang was already panicking. He repeatedly said to Qin Zian and Han Tiantian who were standing behind him, "You artists, don't come out. The heavy rain is dangerous." Then he grabbed a towel to cover his head and ran out in one breath.
Seeing this, Qin Zian couldn't help but frown, and subconsciously wanted to run out after Director Yang. However, just as he moved, he felt someone grab his arm from behind. Turning around, he saw the female guest who seemed to be named Lin Ling'er. She pulled his hand and shook her head, saying:
"Teacher Qin, it's better for you not to run out. After all, we artists are not professionals. We can't help if we go over there. It's better for you to stay where you are and not cause more trouble."
Such a suggestion made not only Lin Ling'er, but also several staff members in the house nodded repeatedly, and they all suggested that Qin Zian should not go with them. It would be okay if their staff members suffered minor injuries, but it would be bad if a top artist like Qin Zian was injured.
"Let our staff handle it. We've learned how to handle emergencies, so we can handle it." One of the strong cameramen said this, and rushed out in the heavy rain with several other relatively strong cameramen.
Such a scene actually made the other two younger people in the house, Han Tiantian and Su Ran, a little panicked. For a moment, they couldn't tell whether it was better to go out in the rain to help, or to stay here and wait.
This is the house built by Qin Zian and Han Tiantian. Because the house built by Su Ran and Lin Ling'er is so simple, Qin Zian is worried that the house there will not be able to withstand the force of the heavy rain and will collapse, so he directly asked the two of them to come to his house to take shelter.
The same thing happened with Lin Yuanyuan and Liang Xu's group, but they didn't come to Qin Zian and Han Tiantian's house, but went to Feng Mo and Su Yan's house.
Seeing many people trying to dissuade him, Qin Zian hesitated for a moment, but gave up the idea of going out to help. However, not long after, about ten minutes later, the people on Qin Zian's side saw Feng Mo, Lin Yuanyuan and Liang Xu rushing past them in the heavy rain.
Seeing this, Qin Zian almost reflexively shouted at Feng Mo in the rain, asking directly: "Feng Mo - the rainstorm is dangerous! Where are you going?!"
"Qin Zi'an?" Hearing the shout, Feng Mo, Lin Yuanyuan, and Liang Xu, who were running in the rain, paused and asked anxiously, "We need to get to the front. Qin Zi'an, did Su Yan and the others run over there just now?"
"Su Yan? My sister? What happened to her? Did she just run away?"
Su Ran and Han Tiantian, who were standing behind Qin Zian, couldn't help but get a little nervous when they heard Su Yan's name, especially Su Ran. He thought that something had happened to his sister Su Yan, who always loved to cause trouble, so he rushed out and asked.
But the answer she got was Lin Yuanyuan shaking her head.
"No, Su Ran, your sister Su Yan should be fine. She seemed to be staying with us just now. But didn't the staff in front scream several times just now? We couldn't see anything in the rain, but Su Yan seemed to see it. She said, 'Go out, I'll go help,' and ran out in the rain."
"We've been out for about ten minutes now, and no one's come back yet, so the three of us couldn't help but run out too. We wanted to go ahead and look for Su Yan. If anything really happened, we'd like to see if we can help. At least one more person means more help."
After Lin Yuanyuan finished speaking, Feng Mo and Liang Xu also responded quickly. At this moment, a shrill scream from the staff suddenly came from the front, which immediately startled Qin Zian and Feng Mo. At that moment, no one cared about their identities as artists or not. Even the people on Qin Zian's side ran forward in the heavy rain.
However, the situation ahead is...worse than anyone imagined.
Maybe at the beginning, the awning was just blown down by the heavy rain and wind. Maybe it was not a big deal. In such a storm, it was not particularly surprising that it was blown down.
But the problem was that the side of the collapsed awning was right where the staff of the program crew were stacked. There was a lot of firewood and other sundries collected for burning piled here. When the awning collapsed, it actually pressed directly on these luggage and sundries, and under the scouring of the heavy rain, it was mixed with these luggage and sundries.
If it were just that, it would be fine. After all, personal safety is more important. Director Yang and several assistant directors were already desperately shouting at all the staff to stop worrying about the luggage and ensure personal safety first.
It just so happened that when the awning was about to collapse, several staff members who were racing against time to put up the awning on the other side were still unaware of it. With a loud 'bang', the staff members were crushed under the awning. They had no time to escape and could only let out several screams.
When Director Yang hurried over and learned about the situation here, he almost fainted and his face turned pale with fright. He was really frightened at this moment.
Fortunately, Director Yang is experienced and this was not the first time he had encountered a filming accident, so he did not completely lose his mind.
At this moment, several cameramen who had followed Director Yang arrived. Seeing this, they rushed over to help save the man without saying a word. As they rushed forward, they shouted loudly:
"Hurry up, everyone, work together to lift up this awning and rescue the people underneath first!"
"Yes, yes, everyone, come and help! Get them out first. How many people are trapped down there?!"
"There are two people in total, Director Yang, Lao Feng and Lao Lin were just pinned down. I just saw it!!" A staff member nearby said in shock. After he finished speaking, he slapped himself hard to calm himself down a little, and then he rushed forward and joined the rescue team.
However, the awning, which did not seem to be too heavy at ordinary times, was now in a state of panic. It took more than ten or twenty men to lift the collapsed awning but they were unable to do so.
Several men even tried their best, the veins on their arms and faces were throbbing, their faces were red with pain, but they still couldn't lift the collapsed awning. It was as if it was stuck there and couldn't move.
"What's going on? How come we haven't been able to lift the awning at all after trying for so long?" Director Yang was so anxious that he almost jumped up.
"It's very likely caught by the rubber ropes, Director Yang. Those are the ones that hold the awning in place. They have wire inside, so they're very strong and almost impossible to tangle. If it's really caught by one of those rubber ropes, then we'll have to free them before we can lift the awning! This situation would be fine during the day, but now in the pouring rain, we can't even see where it's stuck!"
"What should we do?! Hurry up, find a solution! Our people can't be suppressed for that long!"
At this point, Director Yang was already a little incoherent with anxiety. He knew that his loud shouting had implicated other innocent staff members, but the situation was too urgent.
The outer layer of the awning is made of rubber plastic, which is mainly used to keep out rain, which means it has strong sealing. Once it is exposed to heavy rain, the sealing will be even stronger. The two people trapped underneath may suffer from hypoxia for a long time, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
When Su Yan arrived, he saw such a chaotic situation at the scene. He learned the general situation from everyone's panicked words. He also learned that everyone wanted to lift up the collapsed awning, but it seemed to be firmly tripped by something and could not be lifted up at all. There seemed to be people trapped underneath who needed to be rescued.
Human lives were at stake. At this point, Su Yan didn't care about anything else. Seeing the emergency, she strode forward and ran directly to the side of the cameramen who were trying to lift the awning. She put her hands directly on the edge of the awning and said, "I'll help too."
The rainstorm was really too heavy. It was completely dark and the eyes were hurt by the rain. The cameramen had no idea who the visitor was. They only knew that at this moment, a woman ran up to them and said she was here to help.
Although they subconsciously wanted the woman to get out of the way, after all, women had much less strength than men, and they were worried that they wouldn't be able to help and might get hurt, the situation was urgent and there was no time for them to say anything. Besides, one more person meant more strength, so they had to rescue the person below first!
However, what they all didn't expect was that the awning, which had been impossible to lift before, finally moved a little bit after everyone worked together!
Furthermore, the force pulling was directed towards them, meaning it was the people on their side who lifted the awning. And on their side, the only person who had just come to help was... the woman who had said, "I'm here to help too!"
Before the cameraman could figure it out, the woman spoke again. She said, "I can lift this awning, but I'm not tall enough to exert the force. I need to use your backs to raise it a little higher so I can exert the force."
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