Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Ah, this." Shang Luo pressed his forehead, "How about this, I go find her again?"

"Forget it. If I find her and tell her about hiding the photos, we won't be friends anymore. She is one of my two most important friends of the same age, the other one is Zhu Ling."

"Huh? Am I not your friend?"

"Hey, you're my idol, not my friend."

"Okay." Shang Luo also picked up the script, "I can understand, and I can cooperate with you. How do you plan to take the photo?"

"How about this!" Yanqiu suggested, "You and Phaethon go shopping later. There are a few stores I especially recommend you go to. When you go shopping, you have to act like a boyfriend! Then I will... hehe, I will wear a sun hat and sunglasses and secretly take pictures of you from behind."

"???" Shangluo blinked, "Any specific requests?"

"Yes, yes. Remember to stay longer at the key places so that I can capture the details. Also, it's best not to tell Phaethon. Hehe, she swallowed my stuff, and I want to tease her this time. After the shooting, I will ask her for the portrait rights, so don't tell her during the shooting."

"All right."

"Shangluo! If you can promise me, I will fully cooperate with this operation, okay? Please, just sacrifice once! Just meet my request! I'll treat you to a meal."

"It's hard to say whether this is a sacrifice or not. Well, this is all for justice. Miss Yanqiu, you have made such a great contribution to the future of mankind, and you actually have to ride that unreliable spaceship to go to the moon with us. You are the most dangerous in the process. I should do more for you."

"Ahaha! Great! I knew Shangluo you would agree to my request! You are such an honest person! You love your fans so much! You can even agree to such a request. What if you spoil me?"

[Oh my god. How thick is the filter she is wearing when looking at you.]

"Ahem." Shangluo coughed. "Anyway, let's finish shooting this part first. It should be quick, right?"

"It's super fast, there's no complicated plot."

"Let me see the script. Amusement park? Carousel? Wait, isn't that Wangzai Milk?"

"This is the ad for the pairing of Wangzai milk and Wangzai snow cakes. The snow cakes are with you, and I have the milk. Your part starts on page 42, and there are only two sentences."

Chapter 1058 Advertisement

"Hmm." Although Shangluo only had two lines, he still read the script from beginning to end:

Snowflakes, lovers, carousel. Mysterious lines, incomprehensible plot, and no mention of the product name from beginning to end.

"I have a question." He put down the script, "Our ad is for children's food, right?"

"Yes." Yanqiu replied, "The Wangzai series are all children's food."

"If it's children's food, why is the advertisement so artistic? Can children understand it?"

"This." Yanqiu also put down the script, "I didn't understand it at first. Later I thought about it and realized that it has something to do with the company's marketing strategy."

"How to say?"

"First of all, it was several generations ago that we entered modernization and comprehensive urbanization. As a classic product with a long history and deeply rooted in the memory of several generations of people, the Wangzai series of products actually does not need those... you know, those brainwashing advertisements with repetitive lines. Those advertisements were put on decades ago, even before the advent of radio. And the first batch of commercials that appeared on the radio included Wangzai advertisements."

[It sounds like the Coca-Cola in Shangluo. The influence is probably on the same level.]

"Ah." Shangluo nodded. "I see. So the ads we put out now don't actually need to be understandable to children, right? What's more important is to maintain the brand's presence among adults?"

Yanqiu replied, "That's right. Why does Guoxing attach so much importance to this advertisement? Because this is the second pioneering effort after Wangzai produced the first batch of radio advertisements. This is the first batch of television advertisements. In the early stage, it was mainly broadcast on public television and also on large screens such as cinemas. The viewing experience is also closer to a theater where you need to calm down and watch. So Guoxing feels that emphasizing the brand tone is more important than emphasizing the product itself."

"Because no matter how Wangzai advertises, sales won't change much, right?"

"Ah, if he heard what you said, it would be heartbreaking. The Wangzai series was built by the previous generation of Guoxing, and there is no room for expansion. In fact, every time Wangzai launches a new product line, there are brainwashing children's advertisements, such as banana and apple flavored Wangzai milk. But the sales of new products are not very good."

"But this kind of national product has such a solid foundation that there is actually no room for expansion."

"So Guoxing changed his mindset. Instead of marketing the product itself, he now began to associate the product with an abstract concept. For example, snow cakes were associated with cultivating immortals, and Wangzai milk was associated with childhood and festivals, and so on. This can be considered another form of brainwashing - shifting from promoting the 'product itself' to 'reasons for buying the product'. After all, if you don't eat this kind of snack, you won't die, and buying it is completely an impulse purchase. If you associate snow cakes with cultivating immortals, then people will want to buy snow cakes before the holidays. If you associate Wangzai milk with festivals, then there will be a buying spree before the Chinese New Year."

"Oh! So it's set to winter, right?"

"Yes. In winter, hot Wangzai milk can directly bring a warm feeling - in our modern society where development is almost saturated, advertising has to be more subtle and indirect."

"Isn't Guoxing a chemistry major? Why does he know so much?"

"Guo Xing probably went to college just to make friends," Yan Qiu thought for a moment. "I'm not very familiar with Guo Xing, and we don't have many friends. But I think a wealthy man like Guo Xing should have been taught the necessary knowledge by a tutor. Going to college should be purely for socializing."

"Tsk, it's so good to be rich." Shangluo picked up the script and turned another page - he really only had two lines. "So we can get all the work done this afternoon?"

"Try to pass it in one try. We have something else to do later~~~"

"Hey, hey, hey." Shang Luo helplessly hit his head with the script, "I'm wondering if I agreed too hastily. I'm just here to make a cameo appearance and show my face. Miss Yanqiu, this is your job."

"Hey, I'm just here to make a cameo appearance. I'm a serious Qigong practitioner."

"Are you practicing? Why do you seem to spend your time working or eating out every time I see you? You seem to have a lot of free time."

"That's what my master said," Yan Qiu replied. "My master said that my work is my practice, and my practice is my work. As far as my life goals are concerned, practice is the most important, and performing is a way to practice."

"What's the principle behind this? I see some Qigong practitioners rely on meditation, some on alchemy, and some on martial arts. Does your practice count? Are you practicing the Way of Blessing and Fate?"

"No, no." Yan Qiu shook her head. "I'm not so lucky to be able to practice the Way of Fortune. Although all Qigong practitioners have to have a certain amount of fortune to get started, the true Way of Fortune requires fate to practice. The Way of Fortune is really powerful. The only person I know of who practices the Way of Fortune is General Fu, who is 100% a celestial being. In the game, this is a hidden profession for a hidden character!"

"How do you want Master Sa to practice?"

"Well, the master said it was related to popularity. He hoped that I would create an image of a 'master' in the eyes of the public, as if this would help my cultivation? That's why the master asked me to play the role of Wang Lingguan. Wang Lingguan is really amazing - you don't know, this role was quite controversial at the beginning. Because Wang Lingguan is a red-haired and red-faced Jing role, not a Sheng role. In other words, his image is similar to the Hualian roles such as Sha Seng and Zhong Kui.

She pointed at herself again and said, "Do you think I can play a role of a clean-faced character? Of course I can't. My face is so ugly that even fake beards are not big enough for me. So the master specially selected the popular comic "The Invincible Wang Lingguan" as the basis. Because in the comic "The Invincible Wang Lingguan", Wang Lingguan is divided into two characters, Wang Shan and Wang E, and Wang Shan is just a male role."

"Wait, let me analyze this - so Master Sa Tianshi chose to start filming "The Invincible Wang Lingguan" in order to let you play a role that is both well-known and powerful? Because this role happens to be very powerful and well-known, and you can play it."

"Yes, that's right." Yan Qiu nodded. "By the way, why do you suddenly start to care about this?"

"Because Master Sa Tianshi's training with me is about to begin, I have a feeling that he won't ask me to meditate or give me some secret manuals. He will probably let me be the protagonist. That's my guess."

Chapter 1059 Training Plan

"Ah! You're right." Yan Qiu nodded vigorously, "This does seem to be the arrangement of the master. After I entered the sect, the master only taught me one talisman method, and didn't teach me anything else. It all depends on me to figure it out at work, or find others to learn from. But as I learn, I seem to be making rapid progress. Sometimes I think I'm pretty good."

[She is not just amazing, she is extremely amazing. Although her cultivation level is not very high, do you remember that when we first met, Yanqiu could actually vaguely see through our private chats.]

"Eh? Indeed."

[So it seems that Yanqiu, in the process of playing the "super strong role" of Wang Lingguan, has established the impression of "I am very strong" in her mind, and has been continuously consolidated through multiple movies. In the eyes of the public, she is also a very strong character. This seems to have made her state of mind enter the realm that a strong person should have, as if she is a strong person who "the whole world revolves around her". This is.]

"Taixu Illusion?"

【what is that? 】

"A setting that often appears in cultivation novels. In the setting, the protagonist can enter a world that belongs to him alone, and cultivate to a very powerful state in his own time - especially the cultivation of the mind. Although this is like dreaming, the cultivation in the Great Illusion may not be brought out, but the understanding of "power" can be brought out. So what Master Sa Tian prepared for her is an open Great Illusion?"

[Ah! So that's how it is. Movies are daydreams, a dream shared by everyone. By playing the roles in the movies and feeling the characters' joys, sorrows, anger and happiness, you may really be able to obtain the secrets of the strong - this is the same as textbooks. Textbooks are also books written by people who understand for people who don't understand.]

"So it's not that Master Sa didn't give her the secret book. On the contrary, Master Sa made a secret book that was unique to her, specially created for her, to immerse all the audience in the daydream. This is really a big production and a big cost. I think it's almost the same as the real secret teaching."

[So, the thunder method of the talisman series is actually practiced in this way? 】

"It's hard to say for others, but the training methods of Master Sa Tianshi's disciples seem to be very... very strange. Senior Fu's Fuyuan Dao, and Yanqiu's Daydreams. I wonder how he plans to provide me with training."

[No wonder Master Sa Tian was the first to teach you. It turns out that it's not just for learning supernatural powers. If he also arranged a series of personal movies for you, maybe you would become stronger.]

"You can't use the same trick twice, right? Besides, if he was making a movie for me, he should have started a long time ago. Why hasn't he started yet?"

[Yeah, it's true. I don't understand what these old men are thinking. They can't let you and Yanqiu make a movie of superheroes and use her to praise you? ]

"No, no, no, I've seen too many movies like Iron Man and Spider-Man. I don't really want to compete with Yanqiu for the box office. Besides, I'm experiencing a calamity now, so the way it happens will be very different from others."

[As I recall, he was preparing a sword for you? Along with the other old men.]

"Well, I don't know what it is yet. But it should be pretty powerful, I guess."

Shangluo came to find Yanqiu not entirely for personal reasons, but also to inquire about the cultivation methods of Master Sa Tianshi's disciples - but the results lacked reference value, because everyone in the disciples seemed to be different. The only thing that was certain was that the teaching effect was mostly very good.

Fu Yuanshan's few celestial beings were cultivated by him. Although Yanqiu was still in the early stages of her cultivation, she occasionally revealed traits that surprised Apollonia.

"By the way, the master has returned."

"Have they finished the meeting?"

"Yes. The master just came back this morning. He usually lives in Yingtian and Pontianak. He is in Pontianak now. He should be here for you."

"Eh? No way, if he came for me, why didn't he call me, but only told you?"

"It's hard to say." Yanqiu looked at the time, "Come on, let's quickly deal with the things here, and then go shopping together. You go shopping, and I'll go shopping with you."

"Why do you sound like you're buying me out? Okay, okay. Then let's keep our word and go together when the time comes?"

"Don't worry, with you here, I wouldn't even dare to go to Guanghan Palace, let alone land on the moon."

"Okay! It's over! One pass!"

Yanqiu is indeed a professional, and passed it in one take. Shangluo is not a professional, and did not use magic to assist this time. But because there are only two lines:

Give you

Ok

There is an interjection in both sentences, which greatly reduces the difficulty.

It’s so simple that even Shangluo can film it.

"Is my face shape a little stiff?" Shangluo wanted to watch the replay after leaving the court.

Zheng Shijie, who was standing on the sidelines, waved his hand and said, "No need, no need. Tianyi Guiren will do the training in due time."

"Is this also refined? It doesn't matter how I act, right?"

"Hey, it doesn't matter how you act, it's you that's important. Okay, okay, let's go on a date. You and Yanqiu want to go shopping, right?"

"No. I was going shopping with Phaethon, and Yanqiu wanted to watch us shopping."

Zheng Shijie was stunned for a moment: "Why can't kids nowadays understand? We thought kissing on the street was very bold back then. Can kids nowadays actually do such a thing?"

He shook his head violently. "Sorry, I don't think that you guys are doing this wrong. People are free to like what they want. This is a completely personal matter. I fully respect the relationship between the three of you."

"No, no, no, it's not what you think. It's not like that."

"Oh, I understand anyway." Zheng Shijie pressed his shoulders, turned him around, and pushed him to the door of the studio: "See you tomorrow! Have fun, whether it's two or three people. Don't play too late, you have to get up early tomorrow morning."

After pushing Shangluo out the door, Zheng Shijie breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master Husa, are you sure it's okay for them to do this?"

"What's the problem?" On the set, behind the camera, Master Sa Tianshi, wearing a big cap, raised his head. He had been sitting behind the camera, and neither Shangluo nor Yanqiu noticed that Master Sa Tianshi was right next to them.

"Will their relationship affect their cultivation?"

"It's nothing. You are free to like whatever you want. I don't care. I just want to see how Shangluo performs under the camera. Rewind those few seconds, yes, that part... um."

He pointed at the camera and said, "Cut this part of the film for me."

"Cut? But Shangluo only appeared for a short time, and his lines were just two sentences."

"Yes, cut them all out for me. Come to me tomorrow afternoon to get the negatives, and don't worry about the rest."

Chapter 1060 Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber

Shangluo and Phaethon sat side by side in the back seat of Grani. This car could be brought here in a compact package and used anywhere. Shangluo felt that this might be the most practical gift he had received recently, ranking first with the "weighted sandbag" given to him by Fu Yuanshan.

"Why do you suddenly want to treat me to a meal today? And you want to treat me to a meal in Nanyang. And you look like a know-it-all. Are you familiar with Pontianak?"

"Forehead"

"Why are you acting so weird? Forget it, ask someone else. Apollonia, why did he invite me to dinner?"

[Of course, I want to investigate what the Fujian Mapo Tofu that Victoria has eaten tastes like. ]

"Eh? Ah, yes, yes." Shangluo nodded vigorously, "That's right. Apollonia said it very well."

"Is that so?" She glanced at the menu Shangluo provided. "Then why did you send so many other things? Why don't we just investigate the thing she called 'Fujian Mapo Tofu' - which is actually the coconut rice called 'Nasi Lemak'?"

"I think we can actually eat something else?"

"Do both of us have such good appetites? To be honest, your appetite has been abnormal since you became a celestial being. Sometimes you eat a lot at a time, and sometimes you only eat a symbolic amount, as if you don't always have to rely on food to survive."

"Is that right?"

[It's like this. Sometimes you don't feel anything, because what happens to you is always rationalized by your subconscious. But in fact, your diet has always been irregular. It just became normal recently because you brought the sandbag. ]

"That's fine. It's just that my sleep is not as regular as before, 8 hours a day. "