Chapter 95 - Miraculous Ointment

The real shooting wasn't as dangerous as Jessica Alba had imagined, but it wasn't as easy as Lin Ming Yang had expected either. In addition to being physically fit, the stunt was also a technical endeavor. After bungee jumping training at the Royal Gorge Bridge in the U.S., Lin Mingyang had to learn how to "swing" like Tarzan of the Apes with the help of high-strength spider silk in the so-called "steel forest" between the New York complex, in addition to being able to balance in the air, sometimes with one or two objects in hand. In addition to being able to balance in the air, sometimes you have to carry one or two guys in your hand, which is Spider-Man's signature action in the movie to save people.

The most romantic scene in Lin Mingyang's imagination became one of the most difficult to film, as Spider-Man saves Winger from jumping off a building, and then takes her to experience the fun of gliding through the skyscrapers of downtown New York City. Director Sam Raimi had the idea from the beginning to produce a classic screen shot that would surpass the one in Titanic where the hero and heroine embrace on the bow of the ship. He wants to tell all viewers in action, the most romantic embrace in the 21st century is not in the Titanic's bow, but the superhero Spider-Man with his own gentle embrace on the "swing".

In order to show that romantic atmosphere, the picture can not only use a long-distance shooting, there must be a high flying close-up shots. Lin Mingyang with a Spider-Man mask does not matter, but this is a very test of Jessica Alba's acting skills, she not only have to forget the dangers of filming, but also immersed in the heroine's happiness and satisfaction, and then show the excitement on the face.

It was difficult to shoot this sequence in one take, as the set alone had to be divided into indoor and outdoor locations. The crew set up a temporary set in a studio in Los Angeles, which was used to shoot the shot of the heroine, Winger, tumbling out of a window, and then Spider-Man flying to catch her. This is actually only 5 meters high model, a realistic imitation of the reality of the scene in the hotel heroine Winger "jumped" the window of the room external shape, in order to prevent accidents, the model of the bottom of the 2-meter-thick cushion.

In order to complete this shot, the two leading actors are hanging on the body of the waiya, Lin Mingyang's initial action is not difficult, shooting when he slid down from the side of a high platform, the key is that he has to be like a swing, in the window and the pads between the range of 3 meters accurately catch the downward jump of Jessica Alba. This is not only rely on the two tacit understanding can be done, the movement is not in place, the strength of the staff of the Ravia Suo did not grasp, will lead to a constant do-over, Lin Mingyang and Jessica Alba have not been able to escape this.

The first shooting, because Jessica Alba some nervous, flying Lin Mingyang did not come in time to hold her, the staff hastened to pull the Weiya, two people in mid-air crashed hard together, to an incomparable mess "air embrace".

The second more unlucky, Lin Mingyang action faster step, jumped from the window Jessica Alba directly ride on him, and the third time the two are thinking to learn from the lessons of the last time, Lin Mingyang action to slow down, and Jessica Alba is accelerated speed, so the two pressure on the other side of the body did not touch each other directly in the air on the miss ... ... ...After eight tries in a row, Lin Ming Yang was able to successfully catch Jessica Alba, and all of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Putting the two down from the weavers, director Sam Raimi announced that the crew was wrapping up, this set of shots started at 3:00 p.m. and had been shot for four whole hours, everyone in the studio was starving. Because they were busy packing up the props, no one noticed that Jessica Alba looked a little different.

Lin Mingyang met Jessica Alba who was also preparing to leave in the underground parking lot. He found that the other party's footsteps were a bit abnormal when she walked, and only after asking did he realize that she had accidentally twisted her foot during the last shoot.

Lin Ming Yang quickly stepped forward to help Alba, "You should have told everyone just now."

"It's just a slight twist, I don't think there's any major problem." Jessica Alba smiled gratefully at him, because the twist wasn't particularly serious, she didn't say anything about it at the time, "You know that girls wear high heels and occasionally twist their feet, I've encountered a similar situation before, and I'll be fine after resting for a day or two!"

Lin Ming Yang was still a bit uneasy, "Can I help you take a look?"

"This... "Jessica Alba hesitated for a moment, but finally rolled up her pant leg and took off her shoes, revealing her ankle.

Lin Ming Yang squatted down and took a closer look, there was no obvious swelling at the ankle joint, it was estimated to be a slight soft tissue strain. Then he gently pinched twice in a few different parts, Jessica Alba did not feel any particular pain, basically certain that no bones were injured.

Lin Ming Yang stood up and clapped his hands, "The situation is not very serious, but you still have to stay honestly in the house after you go back, not walking around to avoid aggravating your injuries."

Although Lin Ming Yang simply checked it out, but looking at his expression and demeanor, he seemed to be very knowledgeable in this area, especially the last few pinches, it was very delicate, it didn't seem like he was pinching carelessly, all of this was enough to arouse Jessica Alba's curiosity, "You also know about medical care?"

"I practiced martial arts under my grandfather's guidance when I was young, and I would often get injured, so I'm more familiar with this area!"

"You were often injured as a child?" Jessica Alba blinked her big beautiful eyes in surprise.

Lin Mingyang's childhood "misery" made her think of herself, Jessica Alba was weak and sickly as a child, suffering from collapsed lungs, tuberculosis, acute appendicitis, nasal polyps, etc., and she often spent time in the hospital during her teenage years. For Lin Mingyang, she had a feeling of empathy.

"The situation isn't as bad as you think!" Lin Ming Yang realized that Jessica Alba had misunderstood her meaning, "The injuries I'm referring to are the same as what you have right now, just some very minor muscle or joint strains, basically you don't need to go to the hospital, you can handle it yourself."

"Handle it yourself?" Jessica Alba became more and more curious, "Is your grandfather a doctor?"

"He was just a lumberjack when he was young, and then he opened a lumberyard on the Canadian side by himself, but now it's been turned over to someone else to run." Lin Ming Yang shook his head, he realized that the more he explained, the deeper Jessica Alba's misunderstanding seemed to be, so he decided to explain all the questions at once: "You may not know that there is actually a very close connection between Chinese martial arts and Chinese medicine. Because injuries are inevitable in the process of practicing martial arts, so our ancestors found a solution a long time ago, they found some formulas of medicines for treating injuries from Chinese medical arts, and then passed them down together with martial arts until now. The ointment made according to these formulas will be very amazing for treating this type of bruises."

"There are quite a few Chinese in the United States, but I've never heard of such a medicine?" This was a time when Yunnan Baiyao had not yet made it out of the country, and Chinese treatments such as acupuncture and fire cupping were not yet officially recognized by the American medical community, and even gua sha was still a crime. Jessica Alba really had no small difficulty in understanding the ointment that Lin Mingyang was talking about right now.

"Because Chinese medicine and western medicine are built on different cognitive systems, many people still don't believe in the efficacy of Chinese medicine, and mutual understanding is a long process." Lin Mingyang didn't want to necessarily convince the other party in this issue, but Jessica Alba asking this kind of question reminded him of the ointment that he had been carrying around with him, which could be used to give Jessica Alba a try.

Jessica Alba's foot injury, so Lin Mingyang found an excuse to travel with a beautiful woman, together back to the hotel where the crew stayed, Lin Mingyang with his "magical" ointment knocked on the door of Jessica Alba's room.

Just finished showering Jessica Alba draped in a wide bathrobe, lazy expression with a beautiful face, a combination of a soul-stealing charm. Even Lin Ming Yang, who was used to seeing all kinds of beautiful women, had to admit that just from the point of view of looks, Jessica Alba was indeed the most exquisite of the women he had encountered.

Seeing Lin Ming Yang standing dumbfounded at the door of his room with a packet of dark green powder and a roll of white gauze in his hand, Jessica Alba suddenly felt that this handsome little hunk also had such a cute side. A woman's beauty needed a man's appreciation, Jessica Alba didn't feel that kind of naked desire from Lin Mingyang's gaze, so she didn't mind the other party staring at her like this.

Lin Ming Yang came back to his senses before realizing that he had just lost his temper, but fortunately Jessica Alba was also snickering on the side, which somewhat relieved his embarrassment.

Lin Ming Yang took a deep breath before stabilizing his mind, "Can I come in?"

"Of course!" Jessica Alba sidestepped to give him an aisle, "Is this what you call a magical ointment?"

"After you use it tonight, by tomorrow I guarantee you'll have a very deep understanding of its healing powers!" After Lin Ming Yang walked into her room, his eyes were honest enough not to glance around, but he still saw some details. Jessica Alba's bedroom didn't have the same kind of "shocking" scenes as Angelina Jolie's room, so it was obvious that she was a girl who loved neatness.

Lin Mingyang dragged a chair and sat down, and then watched Jessica Alba bare feet walking around the room, it seems that without his ointment, the other party's feet are already no big deal.

"You should try to walk around as little as possible, or the injury might get worse!" He warned kindly.

"So that your ointment can work!" Jessica Alba playfully poked her tongue out at him, "What are you going to do with the powder?"

Lin Ming Yang opened the seal of the medicinal powder bag, and a moment later, the refreshing medicinal scent filled the room, "I need a container that can be stirred!"

"Are you sure this is a medicinal powder and not a spice?" Jessica Alba loved the medicinal fragrance, she found the small jar she used to apply her mask, "Will this do?"

Lin Ming Yang received it somewhat helplessly, "Are you going to continue using this?"

Jessica Alba shook her head, then watched as Lin Ming Yang magically pulled out a raw egg from his pocket, cracked the shell and poured all the egg whites into that small jar, and finally he added a third of the medicinal powder to it.

"You're using a raw egg as a dissolving solution?" Jessica Alba couldn't help but exclaim.

"I also need a chopstick type of thing that can be used for stirring now!"

Jessica Alba froze, "What are chopsticks?"

Lin Mingyang then realized that he had spoken out of turn, and hurriedly explained, "Chopsticks are Chinese eating utensils, and it's fine if you don't have a spoon!"

Jessica Alba handed Lin Ming Yang what he asked for, then watched as he stirred it at an even pace for a while, and finally a dark green liquid ointment appeared in the jar.

"You're not making me it eat it in, are you?" Jessica Alba had a very difficult expression on her face, raw eggs plus a bunch of unknown medicinal powders, and the jar used for applying the mask, if something like this combination came out and Lin Ming Yang really wanted her to eat it, Jessica Alba would definitely refuse without hesitation.

"If it's something to eat, I would at least consider baking the eggs first!" Lin Ming Yang raised his head and smiled at her helplessly, "Just like applying a mask, put this on your ankles and then sleep, your feet won't hurt tomorrow!"

Jessica Alba let out a long sigh of relief, then snatched the medicine jar from Lin Ming Yang's hand, "I'll do this one myself."

Lin Ming Yang shook the gauze in his hand, "So you can handle this one yourself?"

"Fine!" Jessica Alba ended up obediently extending her foot to Lin Ming Yang, that kind of ointment that looked a bit disgusting, but applied on her foot had an indescribably cool and soothing feeling, and the pain in her foot seemed to have eased a lot as the medicine slowly seeped in.

Lin Mingyang's movements when applying the medicine were very gentle, along with the focused expression on his face, so that Jessica Alba sitting on the bed couldn't help but remember the first time they met, Lin Mingyang was composing the plot, and his face also had this expression.

She herself was actually angry at that time because she couldn't get the other party's attention, Jessica Alba shook her head in self-conscious amusement. By this time, Lin Ming Yang had already wrapped the gauze for her and gently tied a knot.

After doing this Lin Ming Yang didn't leave immediately, Jessica Alba ghostly asked, "Felix, do you have a girlfriend?"

Although somewhat surprised, Lin Ming Yang still nodded his head seriously.

"I thought all those rumors about you were fake, so you really do have a girlfriend already!" Jessica Alba sighed quietly, if Lin Ming Yang said he didn't have a girlfriend, Jessica Alba would definitely think he was lying. But Lin Ming Yang admitted this fact quite frankly, and Jessica Alba's heart again felt an indescribable loss.

In front of Jessica Alba, Lin Mingyang was very rare to be serious for a while, but it didn't last long before he was back in his original form.

"Any actress that I've worked with, aside from gossip, will encounter an identical obsession!"

"Oh?" Jessica Alba couldn't help but be a little curious, because she was included in the meaning of Lin Ming Yang's words.

"After having a pleasant cooperation with Felix Lin, it will be extremely difficult to find a guy better than him in the future!"

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