Chapter 753: Ambition

Bai Lang had not come into contact with more of the tavern staff, but in his heart he actually had a very good impression of the man called Si Wu—this person was upright from head to toe, absolutely a gentleman, and his strength was probably not the slightest bit inferior to that of the thief's military advisor. As for this Zhou Xianda, Zhou the Immortal, he was certainly one of those unreliable scoundrels; Bai Lang had seen this type before, and they usually showed up as the client in construction projects—those who eat, drink, whore, and then try to get the contractor to foot the bill.

Yet this man claimed he was a typist before attaining the Dao, quite ordinary, "Typing? What kind of joke is that? Writing about LiuBei?" Bai Lang expressed that he had already seen through it. Now Zhou Xianda, having clearly taken the money, was preparing to go out and indulge, and Bai Lang had no intention of joining in, "Perfect timing, do you have the Five Ghosts Transport Technique here? Also the Bewildering Technique? First help me settle this 'legitimate' income and buying a house, then we'll talk."

Martial arts can communicate with the divine and achieve the position of Fighting God, but when it comes to various useful spells, Zhou Xianda this kind of Daoist has more of them. Moreover, they are more convenient to use; Zhou Xianda casually drew a talisman, "Actually it's not necessary, just needs a bit of ritual feeling." After that, this money was legally deposited, and Bai Lang also became a man with legitimate substantial wealth, and buying a house was no longer a problem.

The current problem is that the house is unaffordable; Bai Lang has so far scraped together over ten million from the Rinpoche, and if this money were deposited in a bank, given Bai Lang's spending habits it should sustain him happily for a lifetime, but using it to buy a house? He still can't afford it, the key being that Bai Lang doesn't want to buy an old, run-down small place—he wants a villa. Actually, what he likes most is a quiet building amidst the bustle, such as a five-story street-facing office building or something similar.

Converting such a building into a residence would be very comfortable...... so this is not a problem that can be solved by just over ten million; at least another zero needs to be added, and the key is that this guy doesn't want to buy a house outside of Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou. "You poor ghost still want to buy a house? Want the Touchstone Turns to Gold? You can't even sell gold." Zhou Xianda mocked, "Or just take on more performance gigs, earn more money, then talk."

Qianshan Zhenren shook his head and swayed his tail, "Old Master I have a personal cave dwelling that controls mountains and rivers in my palm, but...... forget it, bringing it out seems not very good at least transportation is inconvenient." Bai Lang shoved this immortal away, "Go play your own games!"

Bai Lang actually also wanted a personal cave dwelling; his martial arts cultivated true qi could similarly support this thing's expansion and contraction—true qi and mana are the same, at high levels they are just two sides of a coin. Application methods differ subtly, peaks converge though paths differ, only this Qianshan Zhenren ran fast, otherwise Bai Lang would have already asked him for one. Where could Qianshan Zhenren go? Besides indulging in wine and women, what else could he do?

Bai Lang was going to try out for a role—although he didn't care much, but in this world he decided to play the part of an entertainer, at least not to just give up easily, occasionally he also wanted to play "ordinary person" for fun. Regarding this world, Bai Lang merely disliked foreigners; domestically he had no extra thoughts. He was just a passerby.

This is a relatively peaceful world, there's really no need to fight and kill, even foreigners are no longer the late Qing era now. If it were that era, Bai Lang wouldn't mind coming out and displaying his powers, directly sweeping from East Asia all the way to Europe and America. These days foreigners have merely become more hypocritical, their outright wickedness has lessened. They are likewise walking down the road of decline, Bai Lang no longer wants to deliberately target them.

"Just maggots." He thought while going to the audition, Wei Yang drove him there. This is a costume martial arts TV drama; this world also has wuxia classics, although the names may not be exactly the same, but the plot and characters are identical. This TV series is an adaptation of who knows how many versions of the Four Great Constables, and they summoned Bai Lang to audition for one called Ling Jingbu—a general role—Bai Lang actually had seen it before, the problem is he can't remember whether the later part turned out to be a dud.

"I recall this is the Four Great Constables fighting the general? Seems like this general may or may not have been defeated, that sloppy author apparently stopped writing." Bai Lang flipped through the little character booklet; this is completely an adaptation, consisting of the first quarter of the show's antagonists. This general Bai Lang felt seemed quite suitable for him, after all it's just arrogance and domineering, the author of this work himself is a historical blockhead, although the works have connections, the timing is utterly chaotic and inverted.

Moreover, the period of the Four Great Constables coincidentally matches Liangshan Marsh, and later those were the Jin soldiers marching south; look at how his book describes those people in Bianjing City, how they act, the result is the Jin soldiers easily captured the city, leaving it scorched earth—you say those people's various extraordinary abilities, what use are they? Of course wuxia novels can't mix with history, that's fantasy. Only when Bai Lang thought of the Jin soldiers capturing Kaifeng Prefecture, the Four Great Constables were probably also middle-aged.

"Zhuge Shenhou probably belongs to the old monkey, that pursuer of life should also be a half-old monkey, the others should be sturdy men in their thirties, then they were cut down by the Jin soldiers." Bai Lang muttered, this terrifying general apparently also needs to shave his head, Bai Lang touched his short hair roots, basically irrelevant. Anyway, if CCTV films Water Margin again, they could have him play Lu Da, Wu Song is also fine, even any original work demanding high martial skill he could do—Qilin Blade, Big Sword, Leopard Head all pose no problem.

If Romance of the Three Kingdoms were filmed again, there would be no problem, Bai Lang could play all the Five Tiger Generals plus Cao Wei's eight great generals, then add Hebei's four pillars and the Warm Marquis Lü Bu—after all he had practically crossed paths with them before. Let Bai Lang shave his beard, fix his face, and play Zhuge Kongming, that wouldn't be impossible either... anyway, back then Zhuge Chancellor's stature wasn't short either, although his physique was indeed somewhat lacking.

In this version of the Four Great Constables, Wei Yang has already organized the materials on the road; it can only be said that they are the current popular fresh-faced young male actors, talented young male actors, and idol-type young male actors playing the Four Great Constables, of course the eldest, the pursuer of life, is still played by a talented near-middle-aged male actor, "This round we'll have to fight for screen time again." Bai Lang looked at this general's martial arts, still just the hard and forceful path, "The four-panel screen, general's order, just this well-drawing method is too unsophisticated, I don't know if it's butterflies..." Finally that was a particle word.

The car arrived at the guesthouse; this is where the production crew is located—right now this project is still selecting actors, inevitably there are many talent agencies, especially those of the four leads, and investors stuffing people into the crew, but the producer and director still hope that at least in some supporting roles they can bring fresh faces, which is also why the combat-experienced Bai Lang obtained this opportunity.

Also need to start preparing updates for pirates and Saiyans.