Chapter 382: The Eight Generals
Ren Zehua, who plays the role of a fruit stall owner, started out as a model. He later signed with Xiao Fenfen's film company before entering the showbiz industry, so naturally he has a first-rate manly figure.
However, the popular action film genre nowadays is no longer the masculine and heroic type of the 1960s and 1970s, but Chen Xuanlong's style of humor and antics. He has only been playing minor roles in recent years until Su Yun started recruiting people for "Grave Robbers 2", and he finally got a role in an ensemble with some screen time.
Looking at his muscular body that is particularly typical of a Shandong man, those who have done some research on ancient culture such as Qianmen basically believe that he is a "fire general" who is specifically responsible for being a thug.
The so-called "Eight Generals of a Thousand Gates" actually refers to eight people working together to set up a trap to plot against others. Since each person is responsible for different tasks in this trap, it is called "Eight Generals".
According to the different division of labor, it can be divided into eight categories: positive, promotion, counter, escape, wind, fire, elimination, and rumor: the positive general is the protagonist of the action, the promotion general is the strategist who plans the layout; the counter general caters to the target or provokes him to increase the success rate, and the escape general is responsible for helping his own people escape when something happens.
As the name suggests, the wind general is responsible for watching the wind and passing on information; the fire general is the thug who is responsible for resolving the problem by force. In addition to being responsible for making up the numbers and dealing with the aftermath of any incident, the rumor general is responsible for spreading false information and making up rumors to attract others to join the game...
"It's so complicated. Is there a simpler way to explain it?" Zhou Xingyi and Liang Shaowei both started working to support their families right after graduating from high school. Their knowledge and cultural level is still quite different from Huang Zhan who was sitting next to them.
Huang Zhan thought for a moment and changed his way of saying it: "According to the previous order of positive and negative, wind and fire to eliminate rumors, the corresponding ones are sales, planning, childcare, after-sales, statistics, security, accounting, public relations... Isn't this much simpler and clearer than before?"
Zhou Liang and the others suddenly realized: He is indeed the real-life Huang Lao Xie. After comparing the two, they immediately understood what the eight guys were responsible for...
"It's not what I thought. I was chatting with Mary at a charity dinner before, and she changed the way she said it to me - Gu Jiahui and I both composed the music for this film, so we were able to chat about it." Huang Zhan explained.
As expected, the scene where Zhuang Chen explained the meaning of the Thousand Gates and Eight Generals to Lin Susu soon appeared on the screen.
Ever since Fire General Ren Zehua and Escape General Wang Zheng successfully escaped from the bombing range of the pineapples sent by their enemies, the two men hurriedly drove away with a bronze cup each. However, they were caught up by a group of thugs who looked particularly ferocious within seconds, and immediately drove a tricycle to escape in a melee in the streets.
As a commercial blockbuster that does not require too much brainpower, Su Yun was most particular about the action scenes. The filming of this life-saving driving scene was particularly thrilling and exciting, keeping the audience on edge and unwilling to let go for even a moment.
Fire General Ren Zehua and Dismissed General Wang Zheng drove around a corner with difficulty. Qingxia and Zhuangni, who had been observing the situation from a high place for a long time, looked at each other and decided to help.
After a scuffle, the two were rescued. General Wang Zheng gratefully but helplessly took the two back to the pawnshop, and then told his father Ti Jiang about the incident.
"It seems that our 'game' has been discovered..." General Ti first thanked Qingxia and Zhuangni for their help, and then, in everyone's tacit eyes, he told them that the seven of them were setting up a game to cheat a Malaysian tycoon.
Looking at the pair of bronze cups on the table, Qingxia shook her head and smiled: "The real reason we came to you is not for money."
"Aren't you here for the things in the ancient tomb?" Now even the shrewd general was confused: these two people had clearly taken things and wanted to invite them out of the mountain...
So Qingxia showed them her ID, saying that she came to investigate the problem caused by the Tomb of the Goddess: "Ever since the recipe of the elixir in the Tomb of the Goddess was maliciously stolen and made into medicine to be sold all over the world, these monsters that were forcibly catalyzed have appeared one after another all over the world..."
"But in addition to monsters catalyzed by drugs, there are also some monsters that are affected by the 'problematic antiques' stolen from the Goddess's Tomb. This type of monster is far more terrifying than the low-level monsters catalyzed by drugs."
"We have traveled to many places during this period, and have gradually recovered many lost 'problematic antiques', and temporarily sealed those things that would affect people - in simple terms, you can think of it as a kind of radiation, and those who are irradiated will become sick."
When Qingxia said this, she looked at the expressions of everyone in front of her: Very good, although I don’t know how much information these people have, but at least when she said this, she basically showed some movement.
This means that they probably also know that these antiques, which seem particularly valuable and rare, have problems.
After knowing that his words were not regarded as nonsense, Qingxia continued to talk about a very strange thing they learned from the mouths of those "mild patients" who had recovered - since all the entrances to the Goddess' Tomb were destroyed, those who were affected but had not completely lost their minds would hear a calling voice in their minds at night.
The calling voice could not be distinguished between gender, age or youth; it simply appeared in their minds in a completely untraceable manner, calling them to the location of the goddess' tomb.
Coupled with the recent news of more and more monsters appearing around the world, it can be inferred that those monsters that have lost their minds and completely mutated have also heard this call, so they risked showing up just to speed up time and rush to the destination in the call.
"Although the destruction of the Goddess' Tomb has temporarily slowed down the monsters' power growth, if these 'problematic antiques' continue to circulate in the world, there will only be more and more monsters - after they are completely transformed, they can infect new people by biting people like patients with infectious diseases." Qingxia paused and looked at the general seriously, "This is why we want to ask you for help."
"We have found out that there is an extremely important antique with a core problem, which was used by a wealthy man in Nanyang as the protagonist of his collection exhibition." Qingxia drew a few lines on the paper with a pen, "This core has never emitted its 'radiation'. We initially thought that there was no problem with it, until we accidentally discovered that it was actually accumulating energy, waiting for the exhibition with tens of thousands of people on the full moon night a week later..."
Although Qingxia did not say anything else, everyone present, except Johnny who already knew this, couldn't help but feel a chill down their spine.
"Has it... become a spirit?" The Fire General asked with a stammer, as it was the first time he had seen this kind of strange creature that had been developing for many years and was waiting for the right opportunity to grow.
"In principle, it has no signs of life." Johnny shook his head. "To put it in another way, the entire Tomb of the Goddess is like a large machine, and this core is the most critical starter. It has a little intelligence and can simply identify the most suitable time, and then wait for the opportunity to come, and then start the function to achieve the desired goal."
"If we don't stop it, the exhibition with tens of thousands of people in a week will turn into a bloody slaughterhouse. Even if you mutate into a monster, it depends on your physique. Some people with poor physiques will just die under the influence of radiation, and then become the first food for the monsters that have successfully mutated..."
When they heard that people with poor physical conditions would lose their lives under the influence of "radiation", the expressions of Ti Jiang and his son changed instantly.
As his life was at stake, the general no longer cared about putting on airs and gave his son a look, which indicated that after they got the pair of bronze cups, the older general always felt very tired and listless.
"My father used to be in good health! There's a medical checkup report from the hospital to prove it!" Tuo Jiang gritted his teeth and said, "After my father developed these symptoms, we initially thought that these antiques were tampered with by the ancients to prevent theft. As a result, we went to the hospital to check again and again, but still couldn't find anything. In the end, we could only think that it was due to aging and aging of the functions..."
"If these things are really the cause of the trouble, please save Uncle Wang. I can do anything for you!" The Fire General also said quickly.
All of them were brought away from their homeland by the oldest and most experienced general, Mr. Wang, to come to Southeast Asia to make a living. In their hearts, they basically regard Mr. Wang as their elder.
"The special medicine developed by our police can only temporarily relieve the symptoms, not the root cause." Qingxia shook her head, "If we really want to solve the problem once and for all, we can only retrieve this core, send it back to the goddess' tomb, and then re-seal it according to the contents of the mural, so as to seal the abilities of these failed products of godhood..."
"No wonder you, the police, came all the way here to find us..." General Ti nodded thoughtfully: Indeed, apart from the descendants of the tomb-robbing family, only they understand these things passed down from ancient times.
And most importantly, before heading to the Goddess's Tomb to find a way to reopen the entrance, we must first retrieve the sealed core that has been spread to a foreign country.
In this situation, it is difficult to make the real reason public. Secondly, because the owner is a foreign tycoon, it is not easy to retrieve it through official channels. If you don't want to go through official means, you can only let Qianmen Zhongren "retrieve" it privately.
"But I still have a question..." Thinking of the reason why he went to a foreign country, the general could only point out his shortcomings. "For some reason, we, the descendants of the Eight Generals of the Thousand Gates, are currently lacking a main figure, a chief general. Maybe we need your help to get a 'chief general' who can take on the responsibility..."
When he said this, General Ti subconsciously glanced at Johnny who was sitting quietly beside him: Although this young man is obviously a mixed-race, his appearance and temperament are very good, and he has the demeanor of a general from the Zhuang family. If he is not too young to be fake, he may be able to temporarily play the role of the new general...
"You don't have to worry about this. This generation's general Zhuang Chen has already come to Southeast Asia. At this time... he should be contacting the other half of your people." Qingxia looked at his watch.
Before he finished speaking, Ti Jiang immediately jumped up and said: "What did you say? Johnson's street shovel is also here?!"
"Hey! What do you mean?!" Although he didn't know what grudges there were between this old man and his eldest brother, Johnny, who was shot innocently and had a strong brother complex, also stood up.
This unexpected incident made the recently depressed General Ti look at Johnny carefully again, and then his face changed drastically: "No wonder I said you, young man, look a little familiar - your eldest brother looks like your grandfather, and you look like your dead second uncle!"