mysterious forerunner

Chapter 342 Weird Wrinkles
The North American pioneer group, from top to bottom, was very uncomfortable with it.

In the past, no matter where they went, they were always the most favored group, but this time they experienced the treatment of "third-class people".

Hughes has become a tired father. Not only does he have to protect them on the battlefield, but he also has to work hard to build up their psychological strength off the battlefield...

The Daying pioneer group was even more embarrassed.

The North Americans have really reached a new level of shamelessness. They already have their own pioneering group, but they did not withdraw the North Americans from the big-crying group.

He occupies half of Da Ying's quota, so he will also take away half of the gains.

After some calculations, the total number of our North American delegation has reached 110! This is 10 more than our first batch of partners!
There are actually only fifty of us!
There are ten fewer people than the “third-class people”!
You North Americans are messing around, why do you make us have to bear the consequences?
However, Da Ying still doesn’t have a leader. If they encounter powerful monsters, they have to seek Hughes’ protection. They can only endure it for a short period of time.

Charles ran to the Bear Country, settled his family, and then went to Yuan City by himself.

Watch a play nearby.

Da Ying is really bringing disaster to himself now.

There are enough strong people in the [Radio World], so Zhang Qingxiang returned to the Earth World to rest. Charles would come to Zhang Ju for dinner whenever he had time.

He is rich and generous to his friends, his only flaw is his big mouth.

For example, when he first opened his mouth, he said that he had a "close" relationship with Director Zhang.

This time, the old problem came back. Director Zhang invited him to drink a famous liquor. Charles drank half a catty of it and said, "Zhang, I promise you, this time, this time, I will let Da Ying reverse the entire policy!
I will never hang out with North Americans again. I have been cheated countless times.

From now on, Da Ying will be Huaguo’s closest partner..."

Zhang Qingxiang just laughed. At 12:30 noon, Charles was drunk. Zhang Qingxiang helped him out. When they walked out of the hotel, a young man in a navy blue suit passed by them in the revolving door.

The young man glanced at them.

Zhang Qingxiang sensed that the other party was a professional.

After Zhang Qingxiang came out, he told Tian Mingkun: "Check whether the man just now is from Shi Luo's association. If not, check his background."

Tian Mingkun immediately followed him into the restaurant. Zhang Qingxiang took Charles to wait in the car. After a full twenty minutes, Tian Mingkun came back and said, "The man disappeared after entering the restaurant!"

Many professionals have this ability to "disappear suddenly".

For example, invisibility, insect transformation, etc.

Zhang Qingxiang said: "He should have sensed that Charles and I are both professionals, so he asked the brothers below to check it out."

"Okay." Tian Mingkun agreed and drove Charles to the hotel.

The other person may suddenly disappear because he is just cautious.

It could also be that he has something to hide.

However, it is enough to leave this kind of thing to the agents below to pay attention to it.

After their car drove away, the figure of a young man in a suit emerged from a shadow across the street, staring at the car with an evil look in his eyes.

Then he walked to the side of the road and raised his hand. A car that happened to be passing by stopped after seeing him, got out and ran to open the door for him.

He got in the car and gave an address.

The car owner didn't know him at all, but the moment he saw him for the first time, he was very sure that this person could fulfill all his wishes!
He sent the young man in the suit to the destination. During the whole process, he was the "server", but for some reason, he felt that he enjoyed the process immensely!

He stood at the door of the young man in the suit, got out of the car and respectfully opened the door for him, then watched him walk into the building. Immediately afterwards, his whole body was shaking. The feeling of pleasure was like oxygen intoxication, making him feel dizzy.

The young man in a suit walked into this top hotel. From the moment he appeared at the door, all the service staff in the hotel rushed up to him and served him desperately.

He returned to his penthouse suite, and with a wave of his hand, everyone left and gently closed the door for him.

The young man closed the curtains, turned off all the lights in the house, and then knelt devoutly in the middle of the room.

"Your Majesty..."

He took off his clothes and prayed quietly.

He has a huge tattoo all over his body.

It made his body look as if it had been dyed with black and blue ink.

It took several careful examinations to recognize that the tattoo on his body was a curled-up giant beast.

"Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty..."

He continued to pray and call out, and his voice gradually created faint ripples in the air.

Finally, somewhere in the distant void, that being heard his voice.

In the tattoos on his body, more than a dozen eyes opened at the same time. These eyes had different colors. They opened and then closed one by one, and finally only one eye emitting yellow light was left.

Tattoos were running down his body.

The young man immediately became extremely weak, but he still held on, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

Only then could we see clearly that this "giant beast" was in the shape of a flat worm, its body covered with wrinkles, with hundreds of eyes hidden in these wrinkles, and now only one of them was open.

There was a ray of light in his eyes, and the young man hurriedly raised his head to greet it.

Light waves were injected into his brows and a mind link was established.

Despite his frail body, the young man experienced supreme joy.

It seems that all desires are satisfied.

This was not intentional on the part of the behemoth, but was the nature of its power. Once the mind link was established, the young man was unknowingly strongly affected.

"My Lord, I just followed your instructions and went to contact the strongest professional in this world."

"I used the ability you gave me to observe and found that I am far inferior to him."

"I still need your further blessing."

In the mind link, the young man transmitted to the giant beast the "feeling" of the moment when he and Zhang Qing crossed paths.

Perhaps because the distance was too far, or there was some kind of "barrier" in between, the behemoth took a long time to respond.

Its second eye opened.

This eye was originally orange-red, and after opening it slowly turned into the same yellow as the first one.

Then a second wave of light shot out from this eye and enveloped the young man's entire body.

The young man, like the car owner just now, felt so overwhelmed with pleasure that he finally couldn't hold on and passed out.

He fell to the carpet, and the light in the beast's eyes went out, turning into tattoos and returning to his body.

It was four full hours before he woke up. Mysterious energy surged in his body, like waves higher than the last!
Zhang Qingxiang, who had crossed paths with him not long ago and made him feel as weak as a bug, now seemed to be at most his equal!
He was ecstatic, but he had to suppress his joy. He immediately knelt on the ground and prayed devoutly and gave thanks for half an hour.

He put on his clothes - and while doing so, he discovered that the skin on his back had large wrinkles, just like his "master".

Not only was he not panicked, but he was very happy.

The distance between me and "my Lord" has shortened.

Then the next step is to turn this planet into the territory of our Lord, and turn all life here into the people of our Lord!

……

Bai Qian's new movie is almost finished. The Queen has not come to see Zhang Qingxiang during this period. Once she starts working, she is very dedicated, and Bai Qian herself loves acting very much.

Judging from the quality of the work, Bai Qian is very satisfied with the drama.

Her performance in it completely surpassed the first one.

However, during this period, several investors kept coming to the crew, and Director Ji often had to close the door and discuss with these investors for a long time after filming.

When Bai Qian went to the set the next day, she saw Director Ji drinking a lot of red beef.

Finally, when these investors came to the set for the third time, they invited Bai Qian and the male lead over.

In Director Ji's room, with the door closed, the leading investor said solemnly, "The market is getting worse and worse."

“The films released during this period have performed poorly.”

Bai Qian has been paying close attention to the box office. In the past four months, five big-budget movies have failed in a row.

But there is a box office dark horse, which has already earned 1.9 billion yuan in just half a month!

The investment in the drama "Bai Qian" exceeds 200 million yuan. Although there will be some subsidies in response to the policies from above, the pressure to recover the cost through box office is still very high.

Neither of the two leading actors spoke, and Director Ji's hair became even more messy.

The investor continued: “Mysterious people appear at night, which greatly reduces people’s willingness to go out.”

No one goes out at night, so how many people would go to the movies?
The three main creative staff in the room still didn't speak. This is an objective factor and we can't change it.

Seeing this, the investor gritted his teeth and said, "Sister Bai, if it really doesn't work...you guys should stir up some gossip.

This is your first scandal since your debut, the audience should buy it..."

Bai Qian glanced at a few investors and opened an APP on her phone. The most popular short video in the APP was a clip from the Dark Horse movie.

In the picture, a "strong man" is releasing his professional skills. Without any stunts or post-production, he can break a twenty-story building and flatten a small hill!

"Why did this movie become such a hit? Haven't you done any research on this?"

The investor pointed at the screen and said, "These battle scenes where Gan Fengjie made a cameo appearance are the reason why they sold so well!"

"Gan Fengjie is a genuine sixth-level expert! He is extremely popular on the Internet, far surpassing Chang Tianhong and others before him."

"Everyone lacks a sense of security in this mysterious era, so they are willing to spend money to watch Gan Fengjie's [Real Kung Fu]."

"I heard that they are already planning the second part and are going to let Gan Fengjie be the lead actor."

"But we can't learn this move. You are only at the second level. You can't do it to the level of destroying the world like others."

The investor was also very anxious: "Sister Bai, this is a two hundred million investment. If we lose it, we will be bankrupt. Please just pity us. This is just one time and it won't happen again.

The movie is off the shelves, you can clarify it immediately."

Bai Qian also knew what was happening on the Internet.

Zhang Qingxiang was considered the first generation of "professional" internet celebrities in the era of pan-cultivation. Then Chang Tianhong and the others were considered the second generation. At that time, they were quite latecomers who wanted to beat Zhang Qingxiang, the old wave, to death on the beach. Everyone knows what happened later.

Gan Fengjie is the third generation.

"I feel like these professional internet celebrities are like young handsome guys, they are updated and replaced so quickly." Bai Qian secretly complained.

Bai Qian would never get involved in any scandal. She was very resistant to it before, but now... I don't have any advantages to begin with, and if I get involved in a scandal with another male star, I'm afraid I won't have any chance.

But the investors have spent so much money, so we can’t just reject them outright. We have to consider other people’s feelings.

Bai Qian rolled her eyes and said, "We can also find a level 6 professional to guest star. I am also a professional, and let me correct you, I am already level 3, and can perform some secret skills similar to special effects - these are all our publicity gimmicks."

The investor still had little confidence: "Level 6? Is he handsome? Can he act well?"

The first person Bai Qian thought of was Guan Xuanbai. Guan was quite handsome, and he would definitely help if she asked, but his acting skills... were probably worse than those of an ordinary person.

Besides, if I ask Xiaoguan for help, wouldn’t it still cause Zhang Qingxiang to misunderstand me?

Then Bai Qian thought of Peng Shuangjie. This guy has a strong desire to perform and is now at level six - but to be honest, this guy has a face of a villain. If he comes to make a guest appearance, he might scare the audience, which would be counterproductive.

Bai Qian thought about it and decided that the most suitable person was... Zhang Qingxiang!

She was very depressed and said angrily: "Let's stop here for today. I will think of a solution."

Bai Qian got up first and left. The investors couldn't help but frown. The male lead also said goodbye. Before leaving, he said, "As long as Sister Bai Qian is willing, I will obey your arrangements."

The room fell into silence. Several investors smoked several cigarettes in a row, and finally someone spoke up: "If it doesn't work... let's change someone else."

"Chu Ruoyan's agent contacted me not long ago and they are now open to gossip."

"Although Chu Ruoyan's status is slightly lower, she also debuted as a beautiful lady. This is her first time to be involved in a scandal, so it is enough to attract attention."

"Everyone has actually seen that traditional stars will gradually be eliminated, and everyone is taking advantage of this last period of time to make as much money as possible."

"Only her..." The investor grumbled in dissatisfaction, but fortunately he was able to restrain himself and swallow the most unpleasant words.

……

Zhang Qingxiang only found out about this matter after receiving a call from Director Ji.

Originally, Zhang Qingxiang had rested for a few days and was preparing to return to the [Radio World] today.

The schedule changed, and I made an appointment with Director Ji to meet at a coffee shop in the morning.

Director Ji had two big dark circles under his eyes, and he looked like he was seriously sleep deprived. He ordered a cup of hand-brewed coffee, then took out his portable wine flask and poured half a pot of coffee into it!

Zhang Qingxiang grabbed his hand and asked, "What's causing you so much pressure?"

Director Ji picked up the coffee with his other hand, took a big sip, and muttered, "If I lose 200 million yuan in investment, I'm afraid no one will ask me to shoot big productions in the future."

Zhang Qingxiang was puzzled: "Two hundred million, that shouldn't be the case. Nowadays, movie investments can easily reach three to five hundred million..."

"That's all just bragging, or it's just for X amount of money." Director Ji scratched his messy hair, "I've won several important awards in the field of art films, and only the last commercial blockbuster was a success. If this second one fails... I can only make art films again, alas..."

Zhang Qingxiang asked: "What does this have to do with Bai Qian?"

Director Ji told the situation. He was drunk at this moment, his eyes were wide open and he spoke with a slurred voice for a long time. Zhang Qingxiang then asked several questions repeatedly before he finally understood everything.

Then Zhang Qingxiang found it a little funny that Queen Bai was really stubborn.

Creating scandals and pairing people up can even be considered part of a celebrity’s “jobs”.

If his girlfriend is a popular actress, Zhang Qingxiang will definitely understand that it is not convenient for her to make their relationship public, and to create scandals with other actors in the crew for the sake of box office.

Of course it would be better if this is not necessary.

Since Bai Tianhou didn't want to create any scandals, Zhang Qingxiang of course strongly supported her.

Zhang Qingxiang poured out Director Ji's coffee with strong liquor in it and asked for another glass of lemonade: "Leave this matter to me."

……

The crew is taking a break today.

Everyone smelled something unsettling. The schedule was very tight, so why would they suddenly have a holiday?
Yesterday, the investors came specially and held a closed-door meeting, and then they had a holiday today.

Something must have been unresolved.

There is no wall that is impenetrable, so the rumors pointed at Bai Qian.

No one has the courage to say it in front of Bai Qian.

However, the young actors and staff at the bottom of the crew were very dissatisfied with Bai Qian.

Especially the young actors: "I slept with that 200-pound casting director for seven days before I got this role. I'm counting on this show to make a comeback.

This movie is a failure, all my efforts before this have been wasted..."

"Why are you pretending? We're all in the same industry, so we all know each other. If I were the lead actor, I'd be willing to sleep with you, not to mention the rumors!"

Bai Qian locked herself in the room in the morning and became even more irritable in the afternoon. She put on a hat and sunglasses and prepared to go out. As soon as she walked out of the hotel door, she saw Zhang Qingxiang walking in.

Zhang Qingxiang grabbed her arm and pulled her into the car.

Bai Qian didn't resist, nor did she ask where they were going.

Until she found out that Zhang Qingxiang brought her to the airport!

"Where are you going?"

"Don't ask, keep it a secret." Zhang Qingxiang emphasized again: "It's not that I'm keeping it a secret from you, but I really want to keep it a secret. You can't tell anyone about it in the future."

After boarding the plane and flying northwest, Zhang Qingxiangcai told her after landing: "I will take you to the [Radio World], and you must improve your strength as soon as possible.

You are currently at level three. If everything goes well, you can be promoted to level five in twenty days.

You are a queen-level actress, and level five is more than enough.

I can only help you with the cameo role, but the future is for you as a professional star."

Bai Qian tilted her head and looked at him with eyes as gentle as water.

She has the naivety of a young girl, as well as the gentleness of a mature woman, coupled with her stunning beauty - Zhang Qingxiang couldn't stand it, coughed and turned away, his voice a little unnatural: "It's very dangerous over there, you have to listen to me when you go in."

"Well, I'll be obedient." The soft and tender voice made Zhang Qingxiang feel his ears a little itchy, as if being tickled by a soft feather.

Zhang Qingxiang had lived two lives as a human being, but he had never been treated like this by a diva-level disaster. All his life experiences were completely useless, so he hurriedly left.

After entering the [Radio World] and seeing He Xu, Bai Qian returned to her "normal" self.

He didn't care about his current situation, but instead analyzed it for Zhang Qingxiang: "Do you know who Gan Fengjie is?"

"He is from the Guangbei Municipal Bureau. This drama was filmed two months ago. He was already at the sixth level at that time. Now he is probably at the seventh level."

"Under his leadership, the performance of the Guangbei Municipal Bureau has soared. It is now second only to your original municipal bureau and ranks second in the country!"

"In addition to the Guangbei Bureau, many new strong men have emerged during this period. The Northeast Bureau has a man named Zheng Tonghe. In just over ten days, he broke through two levels in succession, from the fourth level to the sixth level. His momentum is very strong. The Northeast Bureau has decided to train him with all its strength."

"There are three people in the Southeast Bureau, four in the Central Plains Bureau, and only one in the Southwest Bureau. All of them have broken through to the sixth level, and it happened recently."

"As for the General Administration, my third grandfather supports you. Originally, the General Administration had a very unified attitude towards you, but now... some people have new ideas and think that besides you, there are many people worth cultivating..."

He Xu complained to Zhang Qingxiang: "You have created a lot of competitors for yourself!"

Except for Gan Fengjie, everyone else has emerged recently, apparently because of Zhang Qingxiang's vigorous promotion of the [Practice Formation Diagram] across the country, as well as the large amount of supplies they hunted in the [Radio World].

Zhang Qingxiang smiled happily and said, "Spring comes when all flowers bloom."

He Xu was so angry that he kept shaking his head and didn't want to talk to him.

Zhang Qingxiang saw a bolt of lightning falling outside and waved to Bai Qian: "Let's go, I'll take you out to kill monsters and level up!"

On the way, Zhang Qingxiang was secretly thinking about Gan Fengjie. He had reached the sixth level two months ago, but this person's name did not appear in his memory of his previous life.

Even among the star professionals in the early days, there was no such person.

"Where did he come from?" Zhang Qingxiang muttered to himself.

……

Tian Mingkun did not go to the [Radio World] with Director Zhang this time. The day after Director Zhang left, he remembered what Director Zhang had instructed him to do, and he wanted to check the mysterious professional in the revolving door of the hotel that day.

He handed the matter over to one of his squad leaders.

When Tian Suo asked this, the team leader suddenly remembered: "I checked this matter, but it's very strange. I went to the hotel to check the surveillance, and the hotel security department told me that the surveillance video was lost."

Tian Mingkun asked: "Then what?"

The team leader spread his hands and said, "We can't investigate further. We don't have any information about this person at all."

Tian Mingkun's face darkened. "Check the surveillance cameras outside the hotel! Find all the surveillance cameras outside the hotel and find the video from that time period."

When the squad leader saw that the director was angry, he grabbed his hat and ran out.

Two hours later, the team leader came back with a serious face: "Tansuo, something is wrong! There are four surveillance cameras outside the hotel, including a road traffic camera.

But all the surveillance videos from that period disappeared inexplicably.”

Tian Mingkun frowned. Feng Lintong happened to be standing by and asked, "Have you checked all the surveillance videos?"

“No, the three cameras belong to the surrounding shops, and the people in the shops told me that the surveillance video did not record that time period.

The one about road traffic, the comrade from the Transportation Bureau also told me that the video data was wrong and lost. "

Tian Mingkun also reacted and cursed: "You idiot!"

If you really check it yourself, you will find that all these videos have disappeared, which means that the ability of the mysterious professional involves the field of electronics.

But in this situation, it may also be that the mysterious professional has the ability to influence the relevant personnel to actively lie for him and provide protection.

Tian Mingkun immediately led his men to the outside of the hotel. In a convenience store on the corner, the clerk was deleting the surveillance video!

The surveillance video was brought back soon. Tian Mingkun personally checked the surveillance video and asked his men to interrogate the clerk.

Soon Tian Mingkun saw the man who passed by Director Zhang.

He grabbed a clear frontal photo from the video footage and entered it into the Secret Security Bureau's data system for a search, and soon got the result:
Agent of the Guangbei Bureau, Zhang Cangxiong.

(End of this chapter)