I had no dreams all night, and I washed away the hard work of a long day of traveling, and after breakfast early in the morning, Li Mu took the crew into the mountains.

He was accompanied by a guide sent by the local government, who grew up in Shennongjia since he was a child, and according to him, he had seen every tree in the forest area and walked every path.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, it can also show that he is quite familiar with this place.

The first thing to do was to frame the small scenes, which required some tall, bizarre peaks and trees.

Knowing Li Mu's request, the guide took the crew to a cedar tree, and saw a lot of scenery that is not usually seen along the way.

Shennongjia is really different from those overdeveloped forest parks, and the scenery inside is full of original flavor.

The cedar tree is lightweight, corrosion-resistant and moth-resistant, and is generally used in construction, bridges, shipbuilding, furniture, etc.

A quarter of the building materials of China are fir trees, giant sequoia native to North America, commonly known as "the world's lord", is the largest living creature in the world, a giant sequoia in the Sequoia National Park in California, more than 80 meters high, the diameter of the trunk is more than 10 meters, and the weight is about 3,000 tons, which is equivalent to the total weight of 500 African elephants, its age is about 3,500 years, the highest giant sequoia trunk is up to 140 meters, and the middle diameter is up to 12 meters.

And although the cedar tree in front of him is not as exaggerated as the one in California, after all, the kind of tree king that is thousands of years old is extremely rare, and it is impossible to survive thousands of years without bad luck.

According to the guide, this cedar tree has a history of thousands of years, even if it is not as good as the one in the United States, it is one of the few cedar trees in the world, which is enough to be called the king of cedars.

This cedar tree was planted in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,100 years. The height of the tree is 50 meters, the diameter at breast height is 2.5 meters, and the canopy covers an area of more than 500 square meters.

In the face of such a towering tree, the crew was really curious, and seven or eight young men discussed it and held hands to form a circle to barely surround this giant tree.

After the amazement, it was natural to take pictures, and hundreds of people in the crew took out their mobile phones to take selfies and uploaded the photos to Weibo and Moments.

And the guide also introduced to himself, "Once upon a time, there was a mountain tyrant Kang Yuan, who listened to the words of Mr. Feng Shui, saying that this ancient cedar is to harvest the aura of heaven and earth, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon to grow, and use it as a coffin, so that the flesh and bones can be immortal and lifelike. Later, Kang Yuanwai tried to monopolize this tree as a coffin. When the local people found out, they rose up to protect the tree and saved it. After the robbery, it still remains vibrant. ”

Li Mu smiled, "Your legend is not so outrageous, I have heard many legends about ancient trees, there are mother and son cypress, husband and wife cypress, an imperial tree in the Qing Dynasty said that every emperor succeeds to the throne, will grow a new stem from the roots, and over time and the old trunk together, was named "imperial tree" by Qianlong's decree. What else is the tree lady going down to the earth to subdue demons and subdue demons, in my opinion, you should change the story, at least it must be attractive. ”

The guide immediately retorted to Li Mu's slander of his own sacred tree, "I didn't make it up, but later in order to commemorate Shennong and pray for blessings and avoid disasters, people slightly repaired and chiseled the foundation of King Shan, which was damaged by lightning, and became a tree hole to worship the gods." After that, the incense was at its peak, people came and went, and a thousand years passed, and the wounds of the cedar king were also healed, and the statue of Shennong was wrapped in the belly of the cedar king. ”

Li Mu didn't argue about anything, each place has its own legend, which is also a kind of spiritual sustenance, even if the locals know that it is fake, they are willing to believe it.

"Bang Bang!"

"Everyone, get ready, let's start shooting, hurry up!" Li Mu clapped his hands and asked them to stop what they were doing and start preparing to shoot.

Of course, there is no difficulty in simple framing, just take some photos from all directions, and then choose slowly when you want to use them.

However, this tree is 50 meters high, and it is certainly impossible to use a rocker arm for a bird's-eye view, and of course it is impossible for the photographer to climb to the top of the tree to shoot.

As for the helicopter aerial photography, there is no need for it, Li Mu has already prepared the drone, put the camera in the right position, and the control through the remote control is quickly completed.

This kind of static scene is enough to shoot with a drone, and there is no need to pursue too much angle, anyway, it will be recreated with a computer in the later stage.

You can't do this in a large-scale war scene like that, after all, people are moving, and no matter how flexible the remote control is, it is definitely not as good as a photographer carrying a camera to shoot in the air.

Later, I saw the world's largest fragrant fruit tree near the Bancang Township Power Station, which is said to be more than 400 years old, with a height of 35 meters, a diameter at breast height of 2 meters, and a height of 4 meters under the branches.

"How can there be a section of the trunk here, it seems that it was not struck by lightning!" Li Mu said, pointing to a huge branch next to the big tree, the root of which had become a piece of charcoal, and nine times out of ten it had been struck by lightning.

The guide explained to Li Mu, "Mr. Li is right, this is a tree trunk that was struck by lightning two years ago, and it couldn't be dragged by Dongfeng heavy trucks in the district at the beginning, so it could only be put here!"

Won't the truck be looking for a crane if it can't be towed?" Li Mu complained silently in his heart.

And it's not necessarily that it was struck by lightning!

At the end of the day, the crew walked several places, all of which were relatively high and flourishing woods, and sometimes they would stop when they encountered some scenery that matched the background of the movie.

These are not directly used in the film, at most they are just some post-production materials.

It is possible to combine several places together, or to select only a subset.

In addition, these photos will be modified, enlarged, and retouched, so that they look full of quaint atmosphere, which is more in line with the feeling of the flood era.

Along the way, Li Mu also saw a lot of rare animals, some of which were white.

White snake, white bear, white roe deer, white muntjac, white turtle, white snub-nosed monkey, white Sumatra antelope, white stork, white egret, white-crowned pheasant, ...... And so the animals have seen the white variety.

As we all know, white bears can only live in the Arctic Circle and the Arctic Ocean, and Shennongjia belongs to the mid-latitude region, which is a transition zone from subtropical to temperate climate, and is absolutely not suitable for the survival of white bears according to common sense.

Speaking of these albino animal guides, it is also a great honor, "After I found out that we have white bears here, many experts and professors came to investigate, but after staying for two months, they actually said that these animals were transported from other places!"