Chapter 50: First Stunt Performance

Even Henry, face-down with his face buried in the leather seat, heard the director's dissatisfied shout.

He could only pull himself out of the prone position, jump out of the car, and see what the director was dissatisfied with.

No need to ask; the director excitedly said, "It can't be a dive. You have to flip in the air, creating the feeling of jumping too late and being blown up along with the car, rolling into the back seat of the other car."

This... Henry was somewhat speechless. But the "as expected" expression on the people around him made Henry understand even better why the previous stuntman had left.

Relying on such unsafe safety measures, jumping out of the car at the moment of explosion was dangerous enough, yet they wanted to add a rolling action on top!

If I weren't a Kryptonian, I'd definitely kill this director first!

But as a bottom-tier actor with the least human rights in Hollywood, Henry certainly couldn't give up this opportunity he had fought for. He would do it even with tears in his eyes.

He wouldn't cry; Henry first gave a aggrieved expression. Then, under the director's encouragement and coaxing, he sat on the car window again, performed a front flip in the air, and lay down in the back seat of the convertible.

This time, the director was so delighted he shouted, "Yes, yes, yes! That's it. We're ready to roll."

Qian Ning quickly soothed him, saying, "Wait, wait a moment, Director. Let's try a moving jump out of the car, plus safety devices. See if you want to go to a shooting position to check the effect."

"Oh, oh, okay. Let's do it, try it again." The director, with his IQ weight back online, compromised.

For the moving jump test, the director went to the position of the safety vehicle, standing in the bed of the pickup truck. The safety steel wire was of course tied to Henry and adjusted to the appropriate length.

Before setting off, two safety personnel tested the steel wire once more, confirming that in an emergency situation, they could hoist Henry up rather than letting him fall onto the road and roll.

The driver of the brown car was Qian Ning personally, while the convertible driven by the female lead was driven by the female lead's stunt double.

For this kind of stunt performance requiring vehicle speed and directional stability, no one in the group would take that vase-like female lead seriously; it was safer to have her exclusive stunt double perform.

That female stunt actress was a member of Qian Ning's action team, specializing in the female lead's action stunts. Besides performing various stunt actions, her driving skills were impeccable.

Unlike other teams that had no good female stunt actors, most of the time they made relatively petite male stunt actors wear women's clothing to substitute for the female lead in stunt shots.

Henry's moving jump test action was the same as during the static jump test. A front somersault, and his whole body fell steadily into the back seat of the convertible.

Only a small problem appeared here: that safety steel wire. Because it started in a relaxed state, the wire was prone to flailing wildly in the air.

To avoid getting tangled by the wire in the air, Henry waited a little after the car reached constant speed. He jumped at the right moment, dodged the swinging wire, and flipped into the back seat of the other car.

It was this "slight wait" that made Qian Ning mistakenly think he wasn't very confident. Although the entire action was performed, the director was very excited, stating this was exactly what he wanted.

Before the official performance, the props team members of the action team gathered around the brown car loaded with explosives for final checks, including the speed control device and directional control.

The director went around confirming the camera positions to ensure all the shots he wanted would be captured.

As the big boss of the action team, Qian Ning quietly pulled Henry aside and said, "You hesitated just now. Is everything okay?"

Henry naturally didn't think there was anything wrong and confidently said, "No problem."

For people in their line of work, the biggest fear is lack of confidence. Although from his expression, one couldn't see any problem with Henry, Qian Ning still said, "If you're not confident, use your own method to jump into the red car. Don't worry about the director's requirement for a somersault or anything.

"There is only one chance. Whatever material he shoots, that's the material used to edit the movie. Although there are safety measures, I don't want our cooperation to be just this one time. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I know. Don't worry, Boss Qian Ning."

Although he said this with his mouth, Henry was very confident that his cooperation with Qian Ning's team would probably only happen once.

Even if he wanted to perform stunts, he didn't want to follow this third-rate team. If he weren't a Kryptonian, he really wouldn't dare to perform using the plan they designed.

Thinking that there might be similar cooperations in the future, it would be better to just obediently be a background extra. Staying under Qian Ning's command, the chance of his superpowers being exposed seemed a bit high.

However, the fact that Qian Ning was willing to say these things to him meant he knew how to take care of people.

Finally, after repeated checks in all aspects, it was time for the official performance. Henry was already sitting on the window of the back seat of that unmanned brown car.

"1, 2, 3, Action!"

At the director's command, the most expensive shot of this B-movie officially began filming.

The unmanned brown car accelerated rapidly to the target speed, while the red convertible, under the control of the female stunt actress, smoothly paralleled the brown car.

Facing the wind, Henry quickly adjusted his posture, changing to gripping the roof with his back to his hands; and facing outward, he moved both feet onto the frame of the open car window.

When passing the first road tree marked as a sign, he suddenly jumped forward.

Just as his feet left the window frame, the car passed the second marked road tree. The pyrotechnician in the control center activated the wireless detonation switch.

At the same time, the ground spring mechanism had already activated after the front wheels rolled over it. When the rear wheels pressed the mechanism, the rear of the car was immediately flung up forward!

The explosives and flame mechanisms under the back seat and in the trunk were activated by the remote switch, exploding into a fireball.

At this moment, Henry in the air just lowered his head, used force in his back and abdomen, and rolled forward. He was blown away as if pushed by the car's explosion.

This explosion made Henry realize that in movies, a grenade blowing a person several meters away is absolutely an exaggerated technique.

Anyway, the big explosion behind him did not overly affect his posture in the air. His whole body, just like during the jump test, landed steadily in the back seat of the convertible.

But the difference was that his pant legs were stained with some burning fuel oil, forcing Henry to hurriedly pat them off.

After getting out of the explosion range of the brown car, the red car braked quickly. Someone rushed up carrying a fire extinguisher; several people went to extinguish the burning brown car, and one person ran over to spray out the flames on Henry's feet.

Thus, the shot was completed. The director shouted in wild jubilation.

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