novelraw Chapter 51 Could he really be a Feng Shui master?
Chapter 51 Could he really be a Feng Shui master?
Wu Yusen was at the peak of his boasting, just waiting for the people around him to exclaim in amazement and offer a few more compliments before he beamed with pride and headed towards the climax.
Shen Gongbao's words immediately put him to rest.
It wasn't just a simple rebuke; it was public ridicule and questioning.
John Woo has been touting the American film industry and drone aerial photography technology to elevate his status as a director who has worked in Hollywood.
Shen Gongbao directly warned that the drone might crash, which not only questioned the US film industry but also contradicted Wu Yusen's statement.
So John Woo just swore: "You son of a bitch! If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all, you're such a damn nuisance!"
Wu Yusen wanted to continue his tirade, but Shen Gongbao interrupted him.
He directly mocked her, saying, "I'm nowhere near as unlucky as you. You bankrupted MGM with Windtalkers. I'm ashamed of my own abilities."
I only have a slight understanding of feng shui, and I was kindly offering this advice from a feng shui and divination perspective to prevent unnecessary losses for the film crew. If you don't want to listen, then so be it!
Upon hearing this, Wu Yusen was so angry that he gritted his teeth and turned red with rage.
The Windtalkers and MGM were taboo subjects for him, and no one on the crew dared to mention them.
Moreover, Wu Yusen simply didn't believe it; what could a mere kid like him know about feng shui?
Han Sanping stepped forward and asked, "Is there any problem with today's aerial photography in terms of feng shui? Please explain, Daoist Master."
This was a very polite statement, using the honorific "you" (您), which surprised everyone.
I never expected Han Sanping to be so respectful to Shen Gongbao. Could it be that he really understands feng shui?
Seeing that everyone's attention had turned to him, Shen Gongbao pointed to the Bagua formation on the battlefield and spoke eloquently: "Zhuge Liang's Bagua formation is arranged according to the nine palaces and eight trigrams. Its core lies in the unity of 'favorable timing, advantageous location, harmonious human relations, and divine assistance'."
Soldiers must follow the flow of the formation when moving within it, so that they can benefit from favorable timing, location, and human factors, achieving a divinely aided effect and maximizing the formation's power.
If the position is reversed, misfortune will immediately appear!
I observed carefully that the route taken by the drone repeatedly passed by the "Surprise Gate" of the West Dui Palace and the "Death Gate" of the Southwest Kun Palace.
In Qimen Dunjia, these two gates represent unexpected fear and death, respectively.
The plane kept shuttling back and forth between these two ominous gates, essentially dancing a rave in the malevolent energy.
In addition, the Bagua formation we filmed mainly relies on metal shields to form the array, gathering the fierce aura of a battlefield with swords and spears.
If the metal element is too strong, the flow of qi will be sluggish and the circulation of the five elements will be obstructed.
In modern scientific terms, this means that the magnetic field of the metal interfered with the communication signal.
Finally, today the wind is blowing from the northwest, originating from the Qian position and blowing towards the Dui position. In Qimen Dunjia, this is called the "Tianfeng Gou Hexagram," which signifies the invasion of external evils and sudden changes in Qi.
Moreover, Qian (乾) also belongs to metal, and the wind amplifies the metal's power. The strong wind carries the metal's fierce energy into the formation, creating a situation of "metal and wind clashing".
If drones continue to fly erratically over the Bagua Formation, something bad is bound to happen sooner or later.
Even if the Bagua formation goes smoothly during the day, the drone will be affected by the evil energy, and the straw boat borrowing arrows will still cause trouble at night.
Therefore, I suggest that aerial filming be done with caution, and it would be best to film the Bagua Formation and the Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats scenes separately.
Shen Gongbao's words borrowed some feng shui terminology, and the logic was quite clear, which did make him seem like a feng shui master.
Everyone basically understood.
Han Sanping didn't speak, but Wu Yusen waved his hand and said loudly, "Don't show off your half-baked skills here!"
The Bagua Formation and the Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats scenes I filmed today were all pre-planned by a master. The northwest wind was even a wind direction specially chosen by the master!
By simply adjusting the direction of the camera, I can make the northwest wind appear as an east wind, which fits the idiom "everything is ready except for the east wind".
This is called flying against the wind! You can only take off against the wind! Do you understand?
Moreover, it's not easy to gather these thousands of extras together. You think you can just stop filming like that?
How ridiculous!
Wu Yusen's last words touched Han Sanping. The crew had mobilized so many extras, set up the venue, and rented props; everything cost money.
It's impossible to arbitrarily change the roles.
Moreover, the scenes of the Bagua Formation and the borrowing arrows with straw boats would take several days to film, and there was no way to take a break in between.
Han Sanping thought for a moment and said, "The Taoist priest's suggestion is well-intentioned, but we should still check the condition of the drone."
Seeing Han Sanping say this, Wu Yusen couldn't refuse, so he had the aerial photography team fly the drone back and carefully check its condition.
Nothing happened at all.
This made it seem as if Shen Gongbao was meddling and delaying the filming schedule.
Wu Yusen was cursing and swearing, clearly very unhappy.
The daytime shooting went very smoothly, and the drone aerial photography also turned out quite well.
Now many people are mocking Shen Gongbao, and even Han Sanping is starting to wonder if Shen Gongbao was right about what happened to Lü Le a few days ago.
Seeing this situation, Shen Gongbao was not in a hurry.
Drone aerial photography is bound to cause accidents sooner or later; even if it doesn't happen today, it will happen eventually.
What's more, during dinner, Li Yitong said with a smile, "Honey, you're always right, but you've finally made a mistake! That's rare!"
Taking the opportunity, Shen Gongbao said, "Really? How about we make a bet?"
"What are we betting on?"
"Let's bet on whether the drone will crash today. If I win, you'll have to bring Da Li Xue with you next time."
Li Yitong: "..."
Seeing that Li Yitong remained silent, Shen Gongbao provoked her, saying, "You're such a jinx, haven't you realized it yet? Last time you said our studio's press conference would be a complete success, but something went wrong."
"I'm not a jinx!" Li Yitong said angrily, "Fine, let's bet! What if I win?"
"If you win, then I'll bring Da Li Xue along to accompany you, is that fair?"
Li Yitong: "???"
Seeing Li Yitong's confused expression, Shen Gongbao laughed heartily.
With Li Yitong's "poisonous milk" (a Chinese idiom for jinxing someone), today's "fortune telling" is bound to be accurate.
Sure enough, at 9:11 p.m., quite coincidentally, a drone from the United States, while filming the scene of "borrowing arrows with straw boats," suddenly lost control and flew around like a headless fly.
It eventually collided with the ship's mast, causing a fire, severely damaging the drone, and requiring the giant ship to be rebuilt, resulting in significant losses.
Everyone was stunned by what they saw.
I checked the drone during the day and there was nothing wrong with it, but it suddenly went out of control at night. It's really hard to explain. Could it really be affected by evil spirits?
Shen Gongbao's prediction came true.
Is he really a feng shui master?
Those who had previously mocked Shen Gongbao have made a complete 180-degree turn in their attitude, and even Wu Yusen has stopped making things difficult for Shen Gongbao.
His attitude was certainly not friendly, but it wasn't as hostile either.
After all, people in Hong Kong and Taiwan really believe in these things, and John Woo himself believes them too.
Shen Gongbao quickly became popular on set, with many people trying to get close to him and ask him to do their calculations. Among them were Zhao Yanzi and Lin Zhiling.
Zhao Yanzi herself is not very superstitious; she has a rather rational and ruthless personality.
Moreover, she had met the so-called master Wang Lin and even had a "polite social interaction" with him, so she knew that he was a fraud.
But through Wang Lin, she met more people and expanded her network, so she kept flattering this master.
Zhao Yanzi sought out Shen Gongbao for fortune telling and face reading purely out of curiosity and to join in the fun.
But Lin Chih-ling is different.
She truly believed in these things and had repeatedly gone to Yangmingshan to pray to the gods and Buddhas for her to become famous and successful. She also tried many unorthodox methods.
For example, after falling from a horse and getting injured in 05, she felt that the feng shui of her house was bad, so she immediately moved to a new house to change her luck. She also found a feng shui master to set up a "Gu Yang Ru Shou Ju" feng shui formation to attract wealthy people and benefactors to help her.
She also publicly stated on a program that she had consulted Feng Shui master Li Dongshui for fortune telling, and that she had worn Buddhist beads. She was also later involved in an incident involving fox spirit amulets.
After all, environment shapes people. Taiwanese female celebrities believe in these things to some extent. On the bright side, this shows that folk culture has been well preserved. On the other hand, it is a problem of feudal dregs left over.
After getting a preliminary understanding of the situation, Shen Gongbao gave Zhao Yanzi a few perfunctory words and then set his sights on Lin Zhiling as his target for causing trouble.
After all, Wu Yusen had not yet fallen from grace and still enjoyed great prestige in China; Han Sanping relied heavily on him.
It would be difficult for Shen Gongbao to target Wu Yusen right away; it would be more appropriate to start with "small fry" like Lin Chih-ling and Liang Chaowei (hereafter referred to as Awei).
The Red Cliff film crew has had a lot of accidents, and there are still unexpected incidents such as "horse crushing people" and "ship sinking" to come. Lin Chih-ling is also a big believer in feng shui and metaphysics, so this is something that can be carefully planned and arranged.
So Shen Gongbao deliberately said in a half-hearted manner, "You are going to face a major calamity on set. If you can't get through this calamity, not to mention your career as a star, you may not even be able to save your life."
Hearing this, Lin Zhiling was half-convinced, as many fortune tellers like to fool people like this.
She wanted to ask what the specific calamity was, but Shen Gongbao didn't elaborate. He only said, "Be careful riding horses these days. Stay away from the crew's horses. I can't reveal anything else. The price of leaking secrets is too high."
It wasn't that Shen Gongbao liked to play tricks, but in this murky world of film crews, no one believed the truth, while playing tricks allowed him to get away with anything.
Lin Zhiling felt a sense of familiarity when she heard Shen Gongbao's words.
Some so-called masters are like that; on the surface, they say that heavenly secrets cannot be revealed, but in reality, they want personal gain.
He was simply attracted to her looks and wanted to sleep with her.
Lin Chih-ling doesn't care about this.
After all, as Zhao Yanzi said, in this circle, sleeping together is like shaking hands—it's a polite form of social interaction, and also the least costly sacrifice.
But Lin Chih-ling still felt confused.
Shen Gongbao immediately said that she had a life-or-death ordeal on set, without giving any specific reasons, which seemed like she was trying to fool a fool.
So she hesitated for a moment, then said thank you in a sweet, coquettish voice, and turned to leave.
Shen Gongbao wasn't in a hurry. The bait was already wrapped on the hook, and he was just waiting for the fish to take the bait.