Chapter 384 "Grave Robbers 2: The Eight Generals"
In the play, although Johnny grew up in the open-minded United States, he is still "conservative" in his thinking as he has just reached adulthood. He is somewhat embarrassed and envious of accidentally witnessing adults being intimate. However, outside the play, for a group of Hong Kong people who can occasionally experience midnight shows of Category III and Category III.5 movies, such "intimacy" in silhouette is not enough.
Although this short silhouette shot was indeed very Li Xuexiang-style aesthetic and subtle, and it also looked quite lingering and sentimental, many Hong Kong people who thought they were used to big spectacles had two words in their minds: That’s it?!
Marie Sue, where is your first screen kiss as you mentioned in the show interview?
This pair of silhouettes can be described as itchy, and it can't be considered a "kiss scene" in their opinion!
Amid the surging public sentiment, the most excited was Huang Zhan, who to put it nicely was a man of great passion and passion, or to put it bluntly was an old frivolous man. Among the four great talents of Hong Kong, he was truly a romantic man who loved and pitied beauties, and had no scruples about talking about matters between men and women. His words were particularly relaxed, yet there was no trace of vulgarity at all. Instead, he had the romantic and suave demeanor of the great masters of ancient times.
Of course, not everyone buys his tricks, for example, Li Bixia, who secretly expressed some contempt and helplessness towards Huang Zhan's "fierce protest".
The writing style of a writer is mostly derived from his or her personality. Li Bixia, who has a mysterious and beautiful writing style, seems to have a little bit of incompatibility with the sentimental and generous Huang Zhan.
However, she also felt that this silhouette scene was not enough: apart from the Di Jiang CP whom she has liked since her youth, the only other couple she can accept is the super good-looking combination of Su Yun and Zhuang Long.
As the saying goes, beauty is the prerequisite for love. Although Li Bixia and Huang Zhan have different personalities, they both have no disagreement on liking beautiful women. Therefore, when facing Su Yun, a "fellow traveler" who is both good-looking and has a good-looking partner, she naturally develops a like-minded liking for her.
After this little farce, which was not really a commotion, the audience quieted down again: they were just making a fuss because Su Yun was in the room. To be honest, this arrangement of Su Yun and Li Xuexiang was much more advantageous than filming it openly.
Firstly, it is not restricted by ratings and can attract audiences of all ages; secondly, it can extend the emotional line between the two protagonists a little longer - anyone who knows a little bit knows that there are at least several films in the "Grave Robbers" series. If the male and female protagonists are together in the second film, what will be the next film?
After all, the "tomb robbing" in the beginning hints at the action type, and the "infatuation" in the latter part hints at the emotional drama. If the second part is completed, can it be possible to shoot the adventure of getting married, the adventure of having children, and then open the line of the next generation?
Even if Su Yun can come up with an interesting script that keeps up with the times, and everyone continues to support her out of emotion, if this series is really made to make money, then the only possible ending is "being able to make money."
But Su Yun obviously wanted to treat this not just as a purely commercial movie, but also secretly inserted some subtle personal connotations.
Although the plot has only progressed to the second part, and the complete idea of this series of movies has not yet been revealed, the meticulous production and selection of actors have effectively washed away the Western vilification of Eastern faces and temperaments, and corrected many confused young people to the right path of recognizing appearance...
Moreover, the concepts of cooperation between the government and the public and the protection of national antiquities conveyed in the book have reduced the number of cases of fraud around this period: Westerners took advantage of the gap in knowledge levels and went to areas with poor education to steal antiquities with sweet talk and a small amount of money. There were many such cases every year.
After the release of "Grave Robbers 1" in some of the cooperating inland cities, not only the city residents, but also many town villagers who went to the cinema under false names to watch the movie also gained happiness and knowledge from this quick, yet effective method.
On the one hand, she "leads astray" foreigners, especially the young people who are most easily deceived but have the most hope, and on the other hand, she uses the simplest and most effective way to educate the people of her own country. No wonder even though the least profitable industry for Su Yun is the film industry, she still spends the most time and energy on it.
Zhao Qiming was determined to fight the real estate profiteers to the end, so he had no time to think about the ideological level. When he thought of this, he secretly poked his younger brother sitting next to him and said, "Brother, I am fighting against the real estate industry. You should work harder in the future and help Mary make movies with your cousin."
"Okay, okay, I would do it even without you telling me. In our production department, the only one who can make commercial films and enter Hollywood is Mary. The others are all focusing on mainland China, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea. If we don't support Mary, who else should we support?" Zhao Lizhong waved his hand.
That being said, this time around, "Grave Robbers 2" has clearly shifted its focus slightly towards the Southeast Asian market.
In this regard, Su Yun explained that the two sides must be strong. With the economic development, the box office market in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea has great potential that cannot be underestimated, so some Southeast Asian filming locations were used in this film to reap a new wave of box office: the first film has already shown a lot of Chinese flavor, and the second film has to add some other East Asian mainland cultural flavors that belong to the same Eastern culture but are different.
Americans really like this - after all, their history and British cookbooks are so closely matched in the competition for the title of the thinnest book in the world, so they always show an awkward two-faced attitude towards countries and regions with a long history.
On the one hand, he expressed disdain, but on the other hand, he loved it sincerely.
Taking the general public's IQ level into consideration, Su Yun did not set up too many brain-burning serial routines in the plot arrangement of the exhibition. Instead, she focused on the attributes of the main characters and various supporting characters, as well as the professional characteristics of their major responsibilities. They used routines that the audience could understand more or less, and combined them with difficult skills that the audience could understand but knew were difficult for them to do. This made the multi-person cooperation plan of this exhibition very clear.
Finally, with tense and exciting background music, a group of protagonists and supporting actors, some wearing evening gowns, some wearing waiter uniforms, and some wearing black suit-style "security uniforms", walked down the stairs at the entrance of the exhibition venue, which seemed to have ended perfectly.
Amid the hustle and bustle of traffic, the communication through eye contact and subtle body language was more eye-catching than the dazzling jewellery on the scene.
By the time the tycoon discovered that the ruby antique he had obtained through many means had been swapped, everyone had already returned to the village where the goddess' tomb was located.
"As long as we put this core back into the goddess' tomb, we can prevent the terrible future from happening." Zhuang Chen and Su Yun came to this conclusion through translating some of the murals.
Because all the entrances to the Goddess's Tomb had collapsed before, it was very difficult to go deeper this time. In the end, thanks to the help of the general who had entered the Goddess's Tomb intact with the assault team before, we were able to barely open up the old road again.
But the tomb passage on this old road had also collapsed, so it was not safe to walk on. Everyone was cautious and monitored all aspects as they moved forward, and it took a long time to reach the exit again.
Turning the corner, the bright light ahead is the collapsed tomb of the goddess.
After the collapse, the once miraculous beauty has lost its former heart-stirring shock, but the wasteland scenery, which seems like the starry sky has collapsed and the earth has been devastated, has a new kind of spiritual shock to the viewer.
It can even be said that the shock and sigh of accidentally entering the doomsday wasteland and vaguely seeing the former glory in it is even greater than the previous beautiful scenery - people always show their true shock and regret in front of destroyed treasures.
Looking down into the bottomless abyss, one could only see darkness in the distance. It was likely that the shadowy figures of the people who had once guarded the goddess's tomb on the ground, neither human nor ghost, had fallen into eternal sleep with the collapse of the goddess's tomb.
These sacrifices that failed to become "God" ultimately perished beside the "God" whose existence was unknown in order to guard it.
When Lin Susu took out the "core" she had brought, this bright red ruby emitted an extremely dazzling light, and then, before everyone could prepare, it suddenly flew and was sucked to the center of the altar.
In an instant, it seemed as if everything had changed.
Under the illumination of the red light, all the ruins that were lamented by the crowd, as if time had gone back, quickly returning to their former appearance.
Those who thought that everything was over, before they could be happy, heard a voice that sounded like both a man and a woman. It was not unpleasant, and could even be said to be gentle and pleasant.
At the same time, Lin Susu also suddenly floated up like the ruby that had just been sucked away. Even though Zhuang Chen next to her was quick-witted and grabbed her, it was of no avail. Instead, both of them were taken to the center of the altar.
Thinking of the fact that the center of the altar had absorbed the ruby, the others who were left behind were horrified.
But soon, the reason for all this was explained by the voice that sounded like both a man and a woman: he claimed to be the commander of the guard team guarding the Tomb of the Goddess, and now he was awakened by the ruby that served as one of the energy cores when time was reversed to restore the Tomb of the Goddess.
In addition to guarding the goddess' tomb, the guards also had to prevent the "awakening of the goddess" - these two are both enemies and companions.
It was unknown how much the commander knew about the situation, but one thing he was sure of was that the ruby, one of the energy cores, had consumed all the energy it had accumulated when restoring the goddess' tomb and was unable to continue sealing the goddess, so a suitable "sacrifice" was needed to replace the ruby and continue the sealing mission.
In order to allow others to leave safely, Lin Susu kissed Zhuang Chen, whom she had dragged over, and then told the commander that she was willing to be a "sacrifice."
The grief-stricken Zhuang Chen was forcibly knocked unconscious and taken away by the crowd. After waking up, he learned that this was not a farewell forever - the commander asked them to find all the ancient relics left in the goddess' tomb around the world within three years. When they come back, they can use them to replenish the energy core in exchange for Lin Susu's return.
As for the lost information of these ancient artifacts, the commander also left them several jade pendants for them to carry with them for sensing and tracking.
In order to prevent any accidents, the ruby without energy could not be left in the goddess' tomb, so it was made into a necklace for Johnny to carry with him - ignoring his protests, everyone unanimously decided that he became the last line of insurance.
Therefore, Zhuang Chen and the rest of the Qianmen people traveled around the world looking for lost artifacts from the Goddess' Tomb; while Johnny went to the United States, canceled his leave and continued to study his archaeology courses, and during the winter and summer vacations, he followed Zhuang Chen and others to learn traditional skills.
Ti Jiang sat in the convertible, watching Johnny, who was trying to wave his hands even when Qingxia held him down, begging everyone to change their minds and come back with him. He couldn't help but sigh again: "This kid is really like his second uncle..."
However, my brother, the spirit of sacrificing one's life for justice back then will eventually be returned to your descendants.