Chapter 161: A different kind of arm (1/2)

Chapter 161: A different kind of arm

Translated by me, edited by drpetro.

At noon the next day, ever since the lunch bentos had been passed out, Ding Yin had already been somewhat absent minded.

Today the wind was reported to be Category 5.

This wind speed could cause some tree shaking, as well as some waves on the water.

Normally winds under Category 5 shouldn’t affect filming, but those two film arms that anxiously waited for the wind to die down almost gave everyone a heart attack.

My god, it was as if they were swing dancing. If the camera crew didn’t retracted it back in time, it would’ve definitely snapped right now.

As to get to the bottom of why the wind was suddenly picking up here, Ding Yin specially asked two engineers from Zhongyun’s weather station to come explain this area scientifically.

Of course, all of this still wasn’t what was making Ding Yin absent minded. Yesterday, he finally found out that there was a company in the country that had skills miles ahead of the ones used in regular film arms.

He happily made a door call, yet was utterly rejected by the other party. It was almost as if making film arms for them was an embarrassment to their technical prowess.

Normally this deal was pretty much over right then and there, but what was coincidental was that this President Ye was actually one of Xue Ninggong’s old classmate.

And then this President Ye didn’t even bother to mention a price before he promised that two film arms would be ready for him the next day.

This huge difference had Ding Yin deeply hurt.

It was also this that made Ding Yin really want to see just how different these film arms from Monster Heavy Industry were from the regular ones available on the public market.

“Director, could it be just like an aluminum rod like thing that needs us to hold and ran around with?” This cameraman was called Fu Xiangqing, a winner of the best photography award.

“What can any company make in just one day’s time?”

“Why are you asking me? But I still wait with anticipation.” Ding Yin kept looking towards the gap in the distance. It was the gate to the lake, but for some unknown reason the lake dried up, so the local government blew the gate open to make it easier for the local farmers.

This gate only had two uses, but the ability to let traffic through was why he keep on looking.

15 minutes before the scheduled start time, a white, seven seater Honda blazed through the gap.

On the body of the Honda was the badge of Zhongyun’s weather station, and very clearly this wasn’t what Ding Yin was waiting for.

After the quick settling of dust, the people from the weather station began to unload all kinds of equipment from the car. Stuff like the mobile weather station, wind sensors, weather balloons, and so on, were all unloaded to try to unravel the mystery behind the strange wind within the lake.

This was a strange wind phenomenon because the wind speed inside wasn’t high. For example, the forecasted Category 5 winds, due to the surrounding hills, were at most Category 4. But the wind at higher altitudes was shockingly high, just 50 meters up it was already Category 6 winds.

Don’t underestimate this small difference whatsoever, as a Category 4 wind would only bring you comfort, but Category 6 could easily blow umbrellas away.

The two engineers from the weather station ran off to test the wind with their attendants. Ding Yin also didn’t bother to wait as he again started to film those scenes that didn’t require the following arm. Yet, just as he was about to begin, a Benz G-65 with two flatbed trailers behind it drove in.

Upon seeing the newcomers, Ding Yin’s eyes lit up with both anticipation and nervousness as he hurriedly got out of his director’s chair.

Because on top of each of the trailer beds was a folded, silvery white, square shaped equipment. Very clearly this was the custom wind resistant film arm the Monster Heavy Industry made for them.

“It’s here, it’s here.” Ding Yin hurriedly called for the cameramen as they went forth to welcome the owner who didn’t want to accept this task.

Xue Ninggong also ran out from her camper. For convenience’s sake, she was still dressed up in her spacesuit costume even during breaks.

This was a set of tight fitting leather clothing. On the surface of the suit was lots of white futuristic looking armor pieces.

With one glance, it would appear that she was into those things which couldn’t be mentioned.