Chapter 318 The insurance company thinks the risk is too great!
PICC is a cooperative insurance company of "Great Challenge", and Sha Bei said publicly once before that Yang An bought 200 million yuan of accident insurance for each of them, which was taken over by PICC.
Out of trust in Bell and Wang Shi's team, as well as the importance of the Yang An brand, PICC initially gave a preferential insurance price and sent a commissioner to follow the whole process.
At the beginning, everyone's plan was to go directly to the Himalayas at the end of March, but Bell was willing to come over a month in advance to play, and Wang Shi was also very interested, so in early March, everyone went to the rainforest to do a warm-up activity and play easy difficulty of wild survival, which is the content of the promotional videos broadcast by Shenzhen Satellite TV.
Before entering the rainforest, the PICC had already protested, but did not turn its back on the spot.
Unexpectedly, after returning from the rainforest, Yang An listened to the advice of the Bell team and Fang Weijie of the Pathfinder Association, and everyone took Nyalam as the first stop, and the ancient tea horse trail and the Himalayan exploration tour officially began.
The first stop is Nyalam, in this small county town, where everyone followed Tibetan customs, prayed for a smooth return from the expedition, and carried out the last cleansing and energy supply, and set off on the road in full gear.
The weather was good, and the team chose to use a helicopter to send it in the mountains, but in several characteristic ancient road areas selected by the choreographing team, everyone was put down for fixed-point shooting.
Don't think that this kind of adventure show is filmed all the time, there is no TV station in the world that does this kind of thing.
Even Bell is the same in "Survival in the Wilderness", in the key knowledge points and dangerous levels, Bell has become a good actor, he will also pose for many shots, the director will also cut again, sometimes small things like fire, Bell will even give Lion them to do, but in the end, it is all his credit.
Everything is for the effect of the show, Yang An always says this, and he does the same.
Take a helicopter up and down, regardless of safety, stop when you encounter a beautiful scenery, these things are for Bell, Zhu Weijie, Wang Shi and other adventure masters, pose for a picture, it doesn't matter, go to some dangerous areas, go to it, it doesn't matter!
But for the human protection commissioner, the anger accumulated in his chest became more and more, and Kathmandu, who had insisted on reaching Nepal, finally couldn't help but explode.
After entering the Kathmandu Wildlife Sanctuary, the commissioner of the PICC refused to accompany him and made solemn representations, arguing that the contract was invalid.
In the face of this request, Yang An called the three members of Bell's team, as well as Fang Weijie, and the security experts on his side, to have a showdown with each other in the temporary camp.
The commissioner was indignant: "Mr. Yang, what you are doing now is far beyond the scope agreed when the contract was signed, which is irresponsible to yourself, us, and everyone!" ”
Yang An said: "Survival in the wild is clearly written in the contract, I don't think it is beyond the scope of the contract, aren't we doing it now?" And our security team is very sure that no one wants to hurt anyone, and no one can afford to take this responsibility. ”
The commissioner sneered: "You choose to start from Nyalam and take the most dangerous ancient tea horse road, and I won't say anything. But you've all entered Nepal and come to Kathmandu, so why don't you set up camp near Kathmandu? Why do you want to be located in a wildlife reserve? I'm sorry, but it was because you repeatedly changed your itinerary at will and did not communicate with us in a timely manner, which was beyond the scope of the company's ability to bear, and the company decided to abandon this policy! ”
PICC is a commercial company, and initially chose to cooperate with Yang An to provide accident insurance services for the expedition, and the price was low, all because of the fame of Yang An's program.
And once the insurance evaluation team thinks that the risks outweigh the benefits, they will not continue to do it, the big deal is not to cooperate, and PICC is not unable to live without Yang An, for them, Yang An's small premium is completely negligible.
Fang Weijie and the security experts here are trying to explain, but the commissioner is holding on to one point: "There are a considerable number of wild elephants, wild boars, rhinoceros, crocodiles and other ferocious beasts in the reserve, and the most terrifying thing is that the king of the jungle, the Bengal tiger, is frequently infested!" In addition to these large wild animals, what do you do with poisonous snakes and poisonous scorpions? Bell can eat scorpions, what about you? The jungles of southern Nepal are so dangerous that we won't take them even if your insurance costs are high! ”
"That's a pity, so let's do it, Xiao Wang, you go and arrange it, and send the commissioner back to China immediately!"
Yang An couldn't help but give orders, turned around again, and said to the commissioner gratefully: "You have worked hard for this time, please contact my assistant as soon as possible to cancel the contract, we can't cooperate, and we can be friends in the future, right?" ”
The commissioner was dumbfounded, this is the rhythm of capsizing the ship without saying a word?
He said so much, just to convey the company's opinions, and he didn't want to make the relationship too stiff: "Mr. Yang, if you can provide ......"
Yang An interrupted him, waved his hand and smiled: "Since the senior management of your PICC company has decided to give up the policy, let's not say anything unpleasant, okay, that's it, I'm a little busy in advance!" ”
Walking out of the temporary camp, Yang An was not angry, and said to the assistant: "Inform Sunshine Insurance, those people from those companies of CPIC, we can add a little more premium, and strive to sign the policy within one day and take effect as soon as possible." ”
The People's Insurance came so suddenly, and Yang An was not comfortable.
To tell the truth, no matter how good Bell promises and how comprehensive the security personnel on their side are, they can't guarantee the safety of the artists 100%.
For the security of this expedition, he even used his connections and money to obtain gun carrying permits in both countries and handed them over to professionals like Lion and Fang Weijie.
But unless he has to, he will not use these people, otherwise he will really become a star tourist.
Yang An left the camp conference room and returned to the vicinity of the expedition jeep, and saw that everyone's faces were gloomy.
Sha Bei jumped out of the car, pulled Yang An a little farther, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" I heard from the staff that the kid is from the People's Insurance Company? Is he trying to find fault with you? ”
Yang An hummed in a low voice, pretending to be dazzled by the sun, turning his head, the corner of his eye swept over the jeep, and found that everyone was looking at him, he had a bad heart, he couldn't die before he got out of school, right? That's too demoralizing!
Yang An turned his face sideways and whispered quickly in Shabei's ear: "They think that the wild animals here are very dangerous, so they refuse to bail them." But Bell didn't think so, so I decided to listen to him, so I drove the PICC commissioner back! ”
Shabei cried and laughed: "You really don't want to play hard!" ”
After a while, the roar of the diesel engine came, and the two forward jeeps that explored the way came back, one was the expert team that had fought the outpost here a few days ago, Bell sat in the other car, he squeaked and braked the car, raising a puff of loess smoke, and he gave Yang An a thumbs up: "There is no problem with the survival place, let's camp first today!" ”
Three jeeps seat 10 people, the fourth car sits the production team, the fifth car sits the safety experts and team doctors, and the five cars roar along the wildlife sanctuary, and soon find a suitable location for camping - a rocky protrusion that looks like a small isolated island.
This protruding area is about 20 square meters, 2 meters high, is a small protruding hillside, as if cut vertically by a giant axe, the highest is a "cliff" of two meters.
There are three large trees growing at the bottom of the small slope, and there are a lot of various wild grasses and plants under the trees, and the ground is a mixture of dirt and gravel, and in general, everything looks normal.
Yang An asked, "Why don't we look for a waterhole or a lake?" ”
"Water is a must-go place for animals, so if you don't want to be prey, stay away from it!" ”
Everyone wailed, and Huang Bo couldn't believe it: "Is there really a human-eating animal here?" ”
Li Jingtian also asked: "I know there are elephants here, but aren't elephants docile animals?" ”
Shabei said: "No matter how docile an animal, you lie down in the grass by the waterhole and sleep, and it steps on you as it passes by, do you bear it?" ”
The thought of a multi-ton elephant leg stepping on him made everyone feel frightened, and Yang An said: "I'll tell you the truth, except for herbivores such as yellow sheep and gazelles, other carnivores and omnivores here are our enemies. In a wildlife sanctuary, our identity is not that of a hunter, but of a prey! ”
"Not as bad as you say!"
Bell came over, smiled and comforted everyone, diverted the subject, and then introduced the method of camping.
The terrain is very different from the rainforest, and the biggest danger is actually the sudden intrusion of aggressive animals and the poisonous insects hiding in the rubble.
Everyone first carefully inspected the gravel, drove the poisonous scorpion away from the crack in the stone, and finally sprinkled it with insect repellent powder, which was reassured.
Then, Bell took a few men to make a defensive trap, the trap was made very carefully, this delicate work had to be done at the end, but now, something else was needed.
Bell sharpened the arm-thick branch with a dagger: "This is the most important defensive weapon, which can be used against small herbivores that rush in." ”
Just herbivores? Or is it small? The listeners looked at each other, and Huang Bo asked, "What if you encounter wild boars, rhinoceros, and other omnivores?" ”
Bell continued to sharpen the spiked stick, without raising his head: "Run!" ”
As soon as the men made ten primitive spears, they were faced with the dilemma of finding food, and Bell ordered three people, each carrying two spiked spears, and began to search for food.
However, the expedition team had no hunting experience, so they could not get close to animals such as antelopes, so they could only try their luck and see if they could find small animals such as hares.
Fifty meters away, five wild boars stumbled out of the grass, Bell hurriedly stopped everyone's action, the cat bent over, half hiding in the grass, he introduced: "These wild boars weigh 100 kilograms, thick skin and rough flesh, not our spears can easily pierce. Look at their fangs, if you are stabbed in the vital parts of your body, there is only one end, and that is to die on the spot. (To be continued.) )