In the blink of an eye, it was noon the next day. Wei Ran, with Sui Sui personally driving him off, rushed to the airport with a small amount of luggage, and boarded the airport with a total of 54 tourists from China and an interpreter.
The Il-76 transport plane was about to fly to Inta.
As expected, shortly after he entered the cabin, he was recognized by some domestic tourists.
In addition to being inevitably asked about the attack more than half a month ago, these tourists who paid for their own abuse also took turns taking pictures with Wei Yan and the chatty captain Dmitry before the plane took off.
Took a group photo.
Chatting with many compatriots all the way, when the rumbling transport plane took off smoothly and gradually stabilized, Weiyan also stood up and walked into the cockpit, whispered an instruction into Dmitri's ear, and after the other party nodded, he simply
He turned around and left the cockpit, returning to his seat.
In this transport plane, in addition to Wei Yan himself and the various equipment produced in China fixed in the middle of the cabin, the more than 50 tourists from China sitting on both sides leaning against the bulkhead are also particularly interesting.
These contestants can be said to be both male and female. The older ones look to be in their forties, and the younger ones are probably only twenty-three or fourteen years old. But without exception, these people all have a stick in their hands.
A selfie stick or a mobile phone, and from time to time, Wei Ran would be pulled into the mirror to take a selfie and record a short video or something.
"Can you make back your money?"
After six or seven people changed seats next to him, Wei Ran finally couldn't help but ask an elder brother with a southern accent his doubts.
"Why not"
The dark-skinned elder brother said with great certainty, "No one sitting here is here for the prize money. Let me tell you, the last time I participated in this competition, although I only lasted for a week, but in those few days
The videos I shot not only earned back the entry fee and travel expenses, but also received outdoor advertising for several brands."
At this point, the elder brother pointed to the canvas bag at his feet and said, "This tent that asked me to advertise sponsored the travel expenses and registration fees."
"Why doesn't anyone sponsor me?"
Wei Ran pretended to grin in envy. He knew very well that the invitational competition held by Suisui not only required physical health, but also required the number of fans for the contestants. As for the reason why Suisui did this
Well, that's really Sima Zhao's intention.
"Brother, would you like me to sponsor you?"
A young man sitting on the other side of Wei Ran, a lesbian, enthusiastically took over the topic, "You are advertising this down jacket from my sister's house, and I will give you this number!"
Amidst this increasingly absurd chatter, the Il-76 transport plane finally landed smoothly at the private airport near the hot spring camp after flying for more than an hour.
Compared to those professionals who had already started shooting before the plane landed smoothly, Wei Ran just casually took out two action cameras Suisui had prepared for him and fixed them on his shoulders and forehead respectively.
Following the crowd to the cabin camp that had been reserved in advance, Misha immediately began to arrange accommodation for everyone to adapt to the environment under the translation of a girl who could speak Chinese.
After arranging the rest of the tourists, Misha took Wei Ran to a small wooden house that was far away from other tourists and was not open to tourists.
However, what he didn't expect was that Ji Ma was sitting on the kang in this wooden house!
"Why are you here too?" Wei Ran asked in surprise.
"Of course I'm here to be your substitute."
Jima had already poured a glass of vodka for Wei Ran as he spoke, "You and I are about the same height and shape. As long as I dress more tightly and stay further away from the camera, I will never be recognized.
Of course, you can thank me properly when you come back. In order to be your stand-in, I turned down the shooting of two commercials."
"Anfiya asked you to come?" Wei Ran picked up the wine glass and drank the vodka in one gulp.
"It's actually Teacher Anna"
Jima poured Wei Ran another drink and said, "She asked me to tell you to come back alive. She also asked me to tell you that Nineel is already on the way there. If you need help, you can contact him at any time.
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After saying that, Ji Ma picked up the cup and clinked it with Wei Ran. After drinking it in one gulp, he continued, "Finally, she asked me to tell you that after you called yesterday, the other party contacted her, so she
Made these arrangements.
Finally, a digression, Arili flew to Petersburg to pick me up last night, and now I am in the hospital with appendicitis."
Is it Isay Popov?
Wei Ran muttered to himself, and then he saw the cup he had just touched with Jima brought to his lips, and drank the second glass of wine.
"The next step is my arrangement. When it comes to filming, you'd better listen to me."
Ji Ma pointed to a set of cold-area hunting clothes placed on the edge of the kang, "Tomorrow you will wear this suit to attend the safety briefing course. The morning after tomorrow, tourists will take six An-2 planes to different venues. You
Then we need to perform a skydive for them."
"Shall I perform skydiving?" Wei Ran looked at him in surprise. This was an arrangement that Suisui didn't mention.
"Of course, skydiving. Many tourists who come to Inta have learned to skydive. How can you not know how to do it?"
Ji Ma said matter-of-factly, "All tourists will be sent to the competition venue after you land safely. Do you still remember the lake where you wanted to experience wilderness survival a few years ago?"
"Remember"
Of course Wei Ran remembered that when he first got the anti-tank gun, he went to experience some kind of wilderness survival just to test-fire that weapon.
"When the time comes, jump there."
Jima said, "It is also 20 kilometers away from the nearest other competitors, and this morning, Alili has already transported some outdoor supplies there in advance.
In the first two days, you should do whatever you need to do. Wait until the evening of the 12th. Arili will fly the plane from the north before dark. I will take over your job until you come back or if needed.
I'm going to save you."
"I'm almost touched by you." Wei Ran raised his third glass of vodka as he spoke, and took the initiative to touch it with Ji Ma.
"No matter what you do, come back alive."
After Ji Ma finished speaking, he drank all the vodka in the glass in one gulp, and then looked at Wei Ran's luggage with interest, "What outdoor equipment did you bring this time?"
"My antique shotgun and a random ax and a radio."
Wei Ran pointed to the antique gun case containing the World War II German survival shotgun, and then pointed to his backpack, "There are also shooting equipment and satellite phones. Aurora said the rest are here."
"Why did you think of bringing a radio?" Jima asked helplessly.
"I have to make Aurora believe that I am really here to participate in the competition, right?" Wei Ran responded matter-of-factly, "And this thing is the best alibi."
"That's true. When the time comes, I will always have the radio broadcast in the video." Ji Ma reluctantly made a promise.
In the blink of an eye, the next morning, Wei Ran wore the clothes prepared by Jima and participated in almost a full day of safety training with the eager tourists. Like the participating tourists, they each showed off some of the things they had brought.
tool.
Unsurprisingly, the antique shotgun he brought as a historian attracted quite a few people to try and take photos. At the same time, they also expressed incomprehension and belated envy that he actually brought an extra radio.
On the morning of the 10th, before the sun had passed over the Ural Mountains not far away, six An-2 aircraft also took off one after another, taking Weifan and many tourists into the sky one after another, and then climbed over the Ural Mountains one after another.
"Everyone, fasten your seat belts!"
In the cabin of the plane where Wei Ran was, a young hunter who had already learned some Chinese reminded him over and over again on the communication channel. At the same time, he also carefully checked the seat belts of everyone except Wei Ran.
At the same time, Wei Ran also took over the landing bag that Ji Ma had personally prepared for him and put it on.
"Brother Weiran, are you planning to jump?" In the same cabin, an elder brother who looked to be in his early thirties asked in surprise.
"Get your cameras ready." Before Wei Ran finished speaking, the young hunter with a safety belt around his waist had already opened the hatch.
Immediately, amidst the exclamations of the other passengers in the cabin, a biting cold wind poured into the cabin.
Deliberately leaving more than ten seconds of filming time for the contestants, Wei Ran waited until Alili, who was in charge of piloting the plane, sent a prompt, then buckled on his goggles, waved to everyone in a show-off manner, and jumped out of the cabin.
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At the same time, tourists on several other planes also received prompts through communication headsets, and each pointed their cameras at Weiyan.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wei Ran opened his bright red parachute early, slowly fell in the rising sun, and finally landed accurately on the frozen lake where he had tested the gun, and
After putting away the parachute, he immediately took out the orange smoke grenade prepared by Jima, opened it and threw it away.
When the conspicuous orange fog filled the air, the contestants in the six An-2 planes overhead also let out a cheer. These six planes also flew to the airstrip built near the abandoned military base.
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As for Wei Ran who had already landed, with the help of GPS, he successfully found the supplies Ji Ma had prepared for him at the edge of the lake.
The supplies were not that much, just a large piece of rubberized canvas and a bundle of rope, a cast iron stove with a chimney and a Dutch pot filled with various seasonings.
In addition, there are two thick reindeer skins and a bright red sleeping bag, as well as a kerosene gas lamp and only 5 liters of kerosene.
According to Misha, these things are standard equipment for this so-called wilderness survival competition. Of course, in addition to these, each person can also receive a shotgun with only four blank rounds as a self-defense weapon and a rescue weapon.
Use walkie-talkies - even if other contestants are less than 20 meters away, there is actually a one-on-one safety officer accompanying them throughout the process.
Looking around, Wei Ran found the supplies left behind when he left here last time.
It's a pity that after such a long time, these things that were wrapped in tent cloth and hung on the trees have long been scattered all over the ground. The only ones that have been preserved intact are a cast iron stove buried in the snow and a still-burning stove.
Stainless steel kettle hanging on a tree branch.
After digging out the rusty cast iron stove and throwing it aside, Wei Yan set up the shooting equipment and first built a not-so-large tent around the tree with the canvas provided by the unified organization, and then put the rest
Everything was arranged inside.
Waiting until the end, he opened the backpack he had hung on his chest in front of the camera, took out the gun bag from it solemnly, assembled the antique shotgun, and dug out a pack of cowhide bullet belts that he claimed to have cheated on.
Hanging on the waist.
Then, he took out the radio and adjusted it to the Lighthouse Radio and Television Station, which can be heard almost throughout Russia, and hung it on the branch of the pine tree in the middle of the simple tent, and gave a radio that was playing music
Close-up shot, then pointed the camera at himself, and pretended to say, "Today is the first day of the competition. I hope music will give me courage."
After saying this line, he carried a shotgun and an ax on his back, and walked towards the coniferous forest not far away under the action camera on his shoulder.
After taking several shots of cutting down dead trees, Weiran turned off the action camera in the name of saving power, then took out the half-track motorcycle from the metal book and dragged the hard-cut dead tree back two hundred meters.
On the edge of the simple tent a few meters away.
In the next two days, a hard-working historian took a total of seven video clips of getting up in the morning to put on new socks, and eight video clips of getting ready to listen to the music broadcast of the Lighthouse Radio when the sun went down.
Of course, there is also the title line "Today is the xth day of the competition, I hope the music will give me courage." In the middle, he did not forget to take a shot of pretending that an animal was coming in the middle of the night and firing a warning shot in panic.
Not only that, in these two days, he also spent "three days" to successfully hunt a wild wolf that really appeared unexpectedly.
After all this busy work, it was finally time for him to do some serious business.
