Tomb Raiding: The Bloodline of Dragons and Snakes, Starting from the Kunlun Divine Palace

It was obvious that Xu Zhengyang and Ai Chang'an were transporting a fake golden Buddha in their military vehicle; inside, there should have been a box of stones.

But the real golden Buddha statue is in the ambulance behind it!

Chapter 61: Filming Begins for the Movie "The Climbers"

"Ling Ling Er, you did a great job! Leave the rest to Ling Ling Yi. You stay on the film set and keep an eye on the thieves' movements."

"Yes." Ma Meng saluted.

"Be careful not to reveal your identity. Even if Ling Lingqi and her group are exposed, you should not reveal yourself."

"Understood, General!" The two then hung up the satellite communication.

Ma Meng put the communication equipment in a toolbox with a combination lock and then handed it to his assistant, wire stuntman Xiao Lizi, to keep it safe.

******

After the ambulance drove out of everyone's sight.

The little Jewish boy's expression wasn't as pained anymore. He opened his eyes and looked around.

“Don’t worry, they’re all on our side.” Fang Zhanbo pointed to two medical staff members in protective suits beside him and said, “They were arranged by Brother Tian to meet us.”

"Hello, my name is Steel Teeth." The two took off their masks. The man had one tooth made of steel, hence his nickname, Steel Teeth.

"Hello, my name is Ai Ai, and many people also call me by my nickname, Goddess of Beauty." Both of them are characters from the movie "From Beijing with Love," but they are both quite young at the moment, in their early twenties, and a few years younger than in the movie.

At the same time, with all four limbs intact, Aimee's body is no different from that of an ordinary person.

However, both of them were top agents under the Northern General.

"Zhanbo, how did I do just now?" Little Jewish suddenly became concerned about his acting skills.

"Your acting was so realistic!" Fang Zhanbo praised. "I thought it was real, it scared me to death!"

"That's good. So, the money you just received should also be considered our payment?" Little Jew wouldn't miss any opportunity to save money.

“Yes! Of course it counts. Did you think Brother Tian was trying to fob us off with money for props?” Fang Zhanbo said, taking out the banknotes he had just received from Wu Yutian. “Look, here’s some US dollars too!”

"There are US dollars too?" The little Jew was overjoyed. "Let me see them!"

The young Jew sat up to count the money, but when he got to the dollars, he looked disappointed. "It really is counterfeit money."

“How could it be counterfeit money? Little Jew, look closely. You’ve probably never seen a US dollar before, have you? To be honest, I haven’t either.” Fang Zhanbo said smugly, “We’re going to be rich! We’re going to be rich!”

"Although I've never seen US dollars, I've done cameo roles on film sets in Hong Kong and seen prop money. Look, the word 'prop' is printed on this corner."

"Damn!" Fang Zhanbo took the few hundred-dollar bills and examined them carefully. "I didn't expect Brother Tian to be so stingy. How am I supposed to hang out with him from now on?"

"There's another note here." The stutterer picked up one of the bills and read it aloud. "I'm sorry, everyone, I don't have enough cash on me. Please use the prop money from the film crew first. Once you successfully deliver the national treasure back to Kyoto, you can exchange this note for a reward of two thousand yuan at my company, Tianlong Pavilion. Wu Yutian."

"What?" Fang Zhanbo was dumbfounded. "If we don't count the US dollars, there are only 500 RMB here! The other 2,000 has to be sent to Kyoto to be picked up?"

"A swindler! A complete swindler!" Fang Zhanbo cursed, stamping his foot. "I bet this treasure is worth at least hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions! And they only gave us two thousand, and we have to pay upon delivery! How can this be acceptable!"

“Young man, the value of national treasures cannot be measured in money,” Steel Teeth said seriously. “Mr. Wu is a patriotic businessman. He donated it to the country free of charge. Your reward of two thousand five hundred yuan was also a private subsidy from him. It’s already quite good.”

"Yes, we must never covet the nation's property! Although this golden Buddha is worth at least tens of millions of yuan on the international market, we must never covet the nation's property!" The goddess of beauty's eyes were also filled with longing for a better future society.

"Hey! Why are you guys so inflexible?" Fang Zhanbo got itchy when he saw something valuable. "How about this, we go to Shenzhen first and use this golden Buddha as collateral to borrow a few million?"

"Then I'll buy a few stocks that night, and the next afternoon if they go up by a few hundred thousand, I'll sell them, and the four of us will split the profits equally, how about that?"

"That sounds pretty good," Steel Teeth said, his eyes lighting up.

"Forget it, Zhanbo. You've been losing money lately. It's one thing if you lose my dowry, but if you lose the country's assets, we'll never be able to hold our heads up high again." Little Jew was definitely not having it.

"Not only are you ashamed to lift your heads, but you also coveted national treasures. I'll send you all to jail!" As she spoke, Aimee suddenly pulled out a pistol and pressed it against the back of Fang Zhanbo's head.

"Hey, Miss Aimee, let's talk this out!" Fang Zhanbo raised his hands. "I was just kidding. I'm a model student, an outstanding youth. How could I let a national treasure take this risk, right?"

"Even talking about it won't work!"

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more, okay, Grandma!"

"Alright, this won't happen again!" Amy finally put the gun away. "I hate men like you who even cheat their girlfriends out of their dowry; you're even more disgusting than a gigolo!"

"What? She's not my girlfriend. I'm not a gigolo." Fang Zhanbo was very unhappy that people called him a gigolo who lives off women.

"Ah! You're lying even if she's not your girlfriend!"

"Investing is all about making money and losing money. If you lost money last time, you can always make it back next time, right, Steel Teeth Bro?"

“That’s right, that’s right.” Steel Teeth nodded repeatedly, but he also looked at Amy Goddess with trepidation.

"I think you two filthy men are birds of a feather!" Amy cursed. "You borrowed my salary last month and haven't paid it back yet!"

"Sigh, I was passing through Macau on a case and decided to play a couple of rounds, but I was unlucky." Steel Teeth looked helpless. It turned out that he and Fang Zhanbo were in the same boat, both of them losing all the money that the women who liked them had lent them.

"It's just two hundred yuan." Steel Teeth cleared his throat. "The general said that if the escort of the golden Buddha is successful, I'll get a five-hundred-yuan bonus and a raise!"

"Well, you'd better keep your word. Don't try to renege on your promise." Amy glared at Steel Teeth.

"I know, don't worry. Brother Tian has a close relationship with the general of our Northern Command. His company sponsored this mission for us." Steel Teeth was already looking forward to his life after leaving the military. "If I don't become a special agent in the future, I'll work for Brother Tian. He'll definitely pay me a high salary."

“There’s something wrong with your thinking. It seems you’ve been corrupted during your business trip to Hong Kong and Macau. I need to go back and give you a proper report.” Amy took out a notebook and meticulously wrote down what Steel Teeth had just said.

"I was just chatting casually, why are you taking notes!" Steel Teeth got impatient, realizing that his usual words and actions were being recorded and evaluated.

******

the other side.

Wu Yutian and the rest of the crew enjoyed a lavish opening banquet.

The reporters on set took photos of everyone, preparing to publish this exciting news in the newspaper.

Filming for the movie "The Climbers" has officially begun!

Newspapers such as *Aimin Evening News*, *Southern Metropolis Daily*, and *Jiangnan Daily* have all reported on the film, with people across the country eagerly anticipating it, hoping that a New Year's film will enrich the spiritual and cultural lives of the people this year!

Chapter 62: Qiu Xiaochi's two groups surround the Golden Buddha

After filming officially began, both Chan Ho-nam and Chicken left the crew and headed to Hong Kong.

Like them, Ding Xiaoxie first attended the opening ceremony as an investment representative, and then received a phone call saying that Crow from Tung Sing was leading people to harass Chung Ching Society. He quickly said goodbye to Xiao Fangting and left.

After a day of filming, everyone prepared to head to the snow mountain the next day.

For the purposes of the film "The Climbers", the Kunlun Mountains at an altitude of 4,000 meters were used as a natural filming set to simulate climbing the mountainside of the Himalayas.

Meanwhile, Ai Chang'an and Xu Zhengyang's escort convoy had arrived in Lhasa. After a brief resupply, they prepared to continue eastward along the Sichuan-Tibet Highway the next day.

Meanwhile, Fang Zhanbo and Xiao Youyi, who were escorting the ambulance carrying the real golden Buddha, followed about a kilometer behind them. This way, if the convoy encountered robbers, Fang Zhanbo and the others could turn around and escape in time.

Of course, with Xu Zhengyang and a dozen or so escorts, there was no need to fear ordinary bandits on the way.

The next day.

The two teams escorting the real and fake golden Buddhas set off early in the morning, but this time Fang Zhanbo instructed the drivers to keep a greater distance from Ai Chang'an's convoy.

He had already noticed a van that seemed to be keeping a close watch on Ai Chang'an and his convoy.

That's right, it was Qiu Xiaochi and his gang from the East Lake Gang.

However, since this place is close to the city and there are five vehicles in the convoy, with two escorts in each vehicle, Qiu Xiaochi does not dare to make any rash moves for the time being.

While closely following the convoy, he used his mobile phone to contact the Southwest branch of the Donghu Gang.

"Chuanhaozi, long time no see!"

"Vice Chief Qiu, what brings you to my name?" Chuan Haozi was the head of the East Lake Gang's branch in the southwest region, and he always respectfully addressed Qiu Xiaotian as Vice Chief.

In reality, the Donghu Gang does not have a deputy leader; the generally accepted successors are the siblings Haitang and Haiyuan.

Qiu Xiaotian was just the most senior hall master among them.

However, calling him "Hall Master" would not reflect his prominent status, so when the leader, Hai'an, was not around, Qiu Xiaotian's own confidants called him "Grand Hall Master" or "Deputy Gang Master."

"I'd like to intercept some cargo with you. I'm currently following a convoy heading east on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, and there's some cargo I need in there."

"Hey, how come this good thing happened to me?" Chuanhaozi hadn't received a big order here for a long time.

“They have five heavy trucks, each with two guards. I don’t have enough manpower here.” Qiu Xiaochi counted, and even though his own truck was crammed full, there were only eight people.

“Even if you add my men, you’re not entirely confident.” Chuan Haozi gestured to his men. “I only have ten brothers here. The mainland is heavily controlled, so I only have seven or eight guns.”

"That's alright, we don't necessarily have to fight head-on." The reason Qiu Xiaotian was able to become the leader of these people was not just because of his bravery and ruthlessness, but also because he had a deep strategy. "Your men should find an opportunity to stop them and draw their firepower away, and then I will launch a sneak attack from behind."

"This? This is a huge risk for me." Chuan Haozi felt it wasn't worth it, so he took on the heavy firepower himself and let Qiu Xiaotian get the goods first.

“Risk and reward are proportional. This item is worth over ten million. We’ll split it 30/70, I’ll get 70% and you get 30%.” Qiu Xiaotian said, glancing at his brothers. They all nodded slightly, agreeing that he was being fair.

"Although three million is no small sum, we're risking our lives, blocking the guns ahead! Vice Chief Qiu, could you add a little more? If we close this deal, our Southwest branch will forever support you, and you'll be the future leader!"

Chuan Haozi had a firm grasp on Qiu Xiaotian's psychology. It was impossible for him to be on equal footing with Qiu Xiaotian, but as long as it came to supporting him as the gang leader, he would definitely be willing to pay a high price.

"Four million, one price. Take it or leave it. I'll just call the brothers from the Northwest branch to help, or we can just delay our actions by a day."

"Do it! Of course we'll do it. Brother Qiu, you're my boss from now on. If you point east, I'll never go west! Don't let those poor bastards from the Northwest get involved in this." Chuan Haozi was anxious. He knew that the Northwest branch was dirt poor. They would risk their lives for even 82% of the money, let alone 73%.

“Every day we wait increases the risk. The best time to strike is before the Sichuan-Tibet Highway enters western Sichuan! I know this road very well!” Sichuan Rat boasted. “No matter who comes, we’ll cause a landslide, destroy their vehicle, and kill them! We’ll be clean, won’t we? If you enter Sichuan and wait for the next opportunity, even if you succeed, you’ll be surrounded and hunted down by the whole country!”

Qiu Xiaotian took a deep breath. What the Sichuan rat said made sense. If he obtained the golden Buddha in the basin, it would be difficult for him to escape.

The saying goes, "The road to Shu is harder than ascending to heaven." Being in the basin makes it easy to be trapped like a turtle in a jar by various police forces!

“A landslide is a good idea, but we can’t make too much noise. If the goods we need fall off the cliff inside, they might be deformed and worthless, and if the fuel tank explodes and catches fire, they might melt.” Qiu Xiaotian knew that the so-called golden Buddha was more likely a bronze artifact plated with gold.