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Chapter 217: Climbing to the Peak

After a few days of rest and recovery, we went to a small town at the foot of another mountain to prepare for the next climb and photo shoot.

This is also one of the high mountains that I climbed in the past.

During this period, Gao You received news from Hong Kong.

"Cold Dew" was nominated for eleven major awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best New Actor, as well as Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, Best Action Direction and Best Editing.

Among them, Gao You was nominated for Best Actress and Best New Actor.

The awards ceremony was in mid-March, and Leung Ka-ying invited Gao You to attend.

Currently, "Cold Dew" has been released in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and many other regions and countries.

It has grossed over 55 million in Hong Kong, making it the highest-grossing film of the year so far and also the film that broke the record for the highest-grossing film directed by a female director.

In other regions and countries, it also achieved box office revenue of over 10 million dollars.

It also caused a great response among Hong Kong audiences and set off a craze for movie watching.

Many elderly people who experienced that era were moved to tears and told their younger generations about their tragic experiences, reminding them not to forget their roots.

Gao You took advantage of the crew's break to go to Hong Kong.

In addition to attending the award ceremony, Leung Ka-ying also talked with Gao You about preparing to send "Mulan General" to the Simona Film Festival.

The post-production of "General Mulan" had already been completed. Leung Ka-ying organized a film viewing party, and many filmmakers gave very high praise, so the chance of winning an award was also very high.

Gao You naturally had no objection.

She is also very satisfied with the finished product of "General Mulan". It is hard to say whether it will win an award, but participating in the exhibition is definitely a must.

Gao You walked the red carpet of the Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony again wearing the evening gown designed for her by Gao Shuang.

Gao Shuang would prepare several dresses specially for Gao You at several times every year. As soon as Gao You heard that she was shortlisted, she would let Gao You wear the clothes she designed.

Gao Shuang is now a very sought-after custom costume designer in the film industry.

Before each major award ceremony every year is her busiest time.

At the end of the award ceremony, Director Xu won the Best Picture and Best Director awards without any suspense.

Gao You won the Best Actress and Best New Actor awards.

Liu Diekun won the Best Supporting Actress award.

In addition, "Cold Dew" also won the Best Cinematography and Best Action Direction awards, making it the biggest winner of the night.

After receiving the award and attending a celebration banquet, Gao You returned to Xinjiang Province to continue his preparatory training for the next summit climb.

The environment for climbing and filming this time was more difficult than last time, but everyone had more experience and better coordination.

Half a month later, the crew completed their second summit climb and filming, returned to the foot of the mountain, and rested for a few days.

Then the crew took a train to the Tibetan area.

Gao You found the farm where Duopan worked, borrowed the location, and filmed Luo Feng's experiences when he was young.

During the filming breaks, the crew did not stop training, and everyone was preparing for the final climb to the summit.

After a month of filming, the filming of Luo Feng's scenes as a young man was completed.

The crew began to prepare for the summit.

This climb not only received approval from above, but also received strong support from the local mountaineering association. Lian Duopan herself brought her family to cheer for her daughter and Gao You.

If she hadn’t climbed too much and was not suitable for summiting now due to her age, she would have really hoped to climb the mountain again.

But this time it was her daughter who climbed the summit again on her behalf, and she was very happy and proud.

This was the most difficult and longest film Gao You had ever shot, but it was also the one in which she was most dedicated and focused.

What she climbed was not only Mount Everest, but also her life.

Because of the previous two experiences, all the crew members had already achieved a good understanding of each other, and the filming in the first few days went smoothly.

However, after reaching an altitude of 7,500 meters, various problems began to occur.

Many team members began to experience severe headaches, nausea, and numbness in their hands and feet due to the increase in altitude and the sudden drop in temperature.

But everyone was enduring and persisting, overcoming difficulties again and again and continuing to climb.

On May 21st, Du Shan, who was almost fainting several times due to poor health, received a message of encouragement and comfort from her mother at the foot of the mountain through the walkie-talkie, hoping that she could complete the task and persevere.

Du Shan, who has always been strong, held back her tears and silently promised her mother that she would complete the task.

Gao You, who was lying in the tent with a splitting headache and a little fuzzy, also received news from Hong Kong through the walkie-talkie. Leung Ka-ying called to congratulate her and said that "General Mulan" had been shortlisted for the Simona main competition unit.

It took Gao You a while to react and digest the good news.

Zhou Can, who had already collapsed, also received a call from her mother in Beijing Hospital through the walkie-talkie.

"Cancan, come on, mom is waiting for your triumphant return." Zhou Can listened to the voice from the radio operator and tears flowed from her eyes.

After a night's rest, the team members and the crew mustered up their energy and once again challenged higher altitudes.

When they reached an altitude of 8,300 meters, two athletes experienced severe physical reactions and had to stop there regretfully.

As the captain of the mountaineering team and the deputy captain in the film, Du Shan took the lead and kept encouraging the rest of the people to persevere, as victory was just ahead.

Gao You and Zhou Can repeatedly broke through their own limits and followed the team up step by step.

On May 27th, they finally reached the summit of Mount Everest as they wished!

Du Shan did not forget her filming task and completed her performance despite the physical discomfort.

She unfurled the five-star red flag on the cold peak.

Then, she did what her mother had done, lying on the top of Mount Everest, which is more than one meter wide, for six or seven minutes and remotely measuring the electrocardiogram.

Gao You and Zhou Can took pictures of this scene.

Only after completing all the filming work did Du Shan, Gao You and others have the opportunity to release their excitement about climbing Mount Everest.

However, in order to avoid accidents, everyone suppressed their emotions and took a precious group photo at the top of Mount Everest.

It is difficult to go up the mountain, and it is also difficult to go down the mountain.

Zhou Can finally collapsed on the way down the mountain.

As a logistics staff member, Qu Linglang had been on standby at the base camp. After receiving the news, he immediately organized rescue personnel to go up for rescue.

After everyone returned to the base camp, Gao You and the others rested for a few days before they slowly recovered.

One team member had frostbitten ears, another had frostbitten toes, and Zhou Can is still receiving treatment in the hospital.

But no one regretted this summit climb. There was only pride and honor in their hearts.

The local women's mountaineering team held a small celebration ceremony for them after they came down the mountain.