Chapter 1649 As Long as You Have a Dream (Extra Update at Month's End, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

From that day on, the protagonist lived the life of a homeless man, scavenging for food in trash cans.

Sometimes his shoes were stolen, forcing him to walk barefoot. Other times, he was robbed, and he fought back fiercely. No police officer would bother with disputes between homeless people.

But even so, he always remembered his mother's teachings: to be a kind person, to not harm others, so that the lucky stone would continue to work and protect him.

Until one day, two homeless men mistakenly believed that the stone the protagonist was wearing was valuable and worked together to steal it. The protagonist chased after them relentlessly, all the way to an underground tunnel, where he killed both men in a fierce fight.

From then on, he joined a gang, desperately completing every mission and gradually making a name for himself.

He didn't know if the lucky stone would still protect him, but he always kept it close to his body.

Afterward, the film used a montage technique to show the protagonist's activities at different stages.

That is, constructing juxtapositions through a series of related or unrelated shots to depict the protagonist's behavior at different times.

The protagonist receives missions from a contact and carries them out.

The protagonist acts as a contact, issuing missions to new subordinates.

The protagonist is ambushed by other gangs while carrying out a mission and barely escapes.

The protagonist ambushes other gang members who are carrying out missions, killing them all.

The protagonist is suppressed by the powerful firepower of other gangs and can't even lift his head, rolling in the sewers like a stray dog to avoid bullets.

With a single order from the protagonist, his subordinates open fire on the fleeing enemies, and the blood of the gang members running for their lives flows down the drainage ditches.

The former protagonist, seeing his comrades bleed and die and being tortured himself, showed sadness in his eyes.

The later protagonist, however, stood from the perspective of the perpetrator, watching all of this expressionlessly, even personally torturing the kidnapped wealthy merchants.

The gang office where he was originally interviewed also became the protagonist's private place, and the protagonist replaced the gang boss.

But one day, he made a huge mistake.

A subordinate, blinded by greed, robbed a batch of goods being transported by Nifeng Logistics, and as a result, Tenda Group's corporate army came to his door, wiping out the entire gang.

The protagonist was lucky to survive, but years of hard work were ruined.

He barely managed to gather the few remaining gang members, watching the armed airships of Nifeng Logistics gradually disappear into the distance.

The huge Tenda Group logo on them brought a suffocating sense of oppression.

This made him realize that even if he paid more, he was still just a rat rolling in the gutter. Occasional ups and downs changed nothing. If he wanted to climb out of the gutter, he had to find another way.

Late that night, after suffering a crushing defeat, he raised his head again and looked at the clouds that vaguely revealed the neon lights.

The clouds floated in the middle of the skyscrapers, seemingly like a chasm, completely separating the upper and lower layers.

And the reason for the existence of these clouds was very simple: the rich people who lived in the upper layers didn't want to see the dirty and chaotic conditions of the lower city.

They traveled by airship, from the upper level of one skyscraper to the upper level of another. For them, the whole world was a beautiful world floating above the clouds, and they didn't want the ugliness of those in the lower levels to affect their perception of the city.

From that day on, the protagonist resolved to climb above the clouds at all costs, to the top of those skyscrapers, to see the real sun.

Then, the film used a long segment to show the protagonist's strong personal abilities and execution skills.

Although the entire gang had been torn apart by Tenda Group, the protagonist once again organized street thugs by relying on his extraordinary abilities and made a comeback.

This time, he cautiously expanded his business, accumulated the necessary resources, and carefully searched for suitable targets.

He wanted to find a wealthy man of similar height and appearance to execute a cuckoo's egg scheme.

At first, the audience didn't know what he was looking for these people for, thinking that he was looking for an umbrella among the upper-class businessmen, but they didn't expect the protagonist to think even further ahead.

Because seeking protection from these big consortia as a gang leader might lead to rapid business expansion in the short term, but he would be abandoned immediately if problems arose.

No matter how big a pawn is, it's still just a pawn. The protagonist wanted to become the chess player.

Finally, after thorough preparation, the protagonist focused on a young wealthy man. This wealthy man was a new rich man without much power. He was energetic, active in his thinking, and full of adventurous spirit.

The protagonist seemed to see his own shadow in this young wealthy man.

The protagonist was very clear that it was this adventurous spirit that allowed this young wealthy man to achieve victory after victory in business, and this adventurous spirit would also provide him with an excellent opportunity.

Taking advantage of the young rich man's lack of security awareness, the protagonist collected a lot of relevant information, found plastic surgeons and prosthetic limb doctors, and constantly transformed his body to make himself more and more like that rich man.

At the same time, the protagonist also imitated the young rich man's walking and talking demeanor through a large number of videos and audios, and even bought the most advanced voice changer, until he completely became this rich man.

In fact, both of these characters were played by Lu Zhiyao, but their personalities were completely different.

This young rich man's glorious side was always a glamorous image, his eyes seemingly full of tolerance, kindness, adventurous spirit, and firm determination.

And the protagonist, who was now the gang leader, was a fierce and ruthless figure, an out-and-out desperado.

One day, while the rich man was traveling, his airship malfunctioned and caused an accident. However, he still attended the meeting unscathed and spoke eloquently at the meeting, successfully facilitating the contract.

Only after the meeting, sitting in the airship, did he gently touch his chest.

Then the rhythm of the film became cheerful. The protagonist, who had replaced the rich man, began to make drastic improvements. On the one hand, he had to continue to expand the company's business, and on the other hand, he continued to launder the black money earned by the previous gang through the company.

He himself finally managed to get rid of the underground gutter and become a man above men in the clouds.

The protagonist began to look less and less like himself and more and more like that rich man, and even the audience would have the illusion that it was as if two actors were playing the roles.

The protagonist was not only able to manage the business originally left by the rich man in an orderly manner, but he could even come up with new ideas and develop new businesses, and the company further developed and grew stronger.

The protagonist, posing as a rich man, began to appear frequently on various occasions, and he seemed to be getting more and more used to playing the role.

But soon he encountered new problems: whenever he tried to enter a new field, he would find that Tenda Group was already waiting there.

And no matter what method he used, using all commercial means, he could not cause any danger to Tenda Group's business.

Conversely, it was easy and even natural for Tenda Group to take business away from him.

In other words, as long as he achieved something in a certain area, Tenda Group would immediately come to pick the fruit. With Tenda Group around, he could only eat scraps.

However, there is no wall that doesn't let the wind through. No matter how seamless the protagonist made it, his identity would eventually be exposed one day.

The film does not directly depict the details and process of the protagonist's exposure, but it hints at it in many ways, such as the protagonist's unintentional touching of his chest, such as the protagonist's omissions in etiquette, or the protagonist's subtle but fatal differences in his views and ways of thinking on some issues compared to other wealthy people and the original owner.

No one knows when the protagonist was exposed, and no one knows which partner or competitor reported him.

In short, on a rainy night, the protagonist was comfortably drinking red wine in the top-floor office of a skyscraper, watching the rain outside the window.

Suddenly, his subordinates called to say that a gang fight had broken out. The other side seemed to be prepared and was besieging a very important warehouse of the protagonist's.

The protagonist was furious and took his company's bodyguards and hired mercenaries, left the building in an airship, and rushed to the bottom level.

The protagonist's bodyguards were strong and well-equipped, and it could be said that it was easy to deal with these gang members.

When they arrived, the other gang members collapsed without a fight.

However, just as the protagonist was sitting in the airship, leisurely drinking red wine, thinking that everything had passed safely, he suddenly found that there were dense enforcement units in the sky -- Tenda Group's corporate army. They were surrounded heavily, and the scene of the previous gun battle was also recorded in full.

With solid evidence, these enforcement units immediately opened fire on the protagonist's gang members and bodyguards. The protagonist resisted angrily, but the difference in firepower between the two sides was too obvious.

Obviously, Tenda Group wanted to wipe out all of the protagonist's forces. They wanted to solve the problem in the most appropriate way and would not allow any fish to escape the net.

In despair, the protagonist started the airship to escape, but Tenda Group's enforcement units were hot on his heels, and more reinforcements were on their way.

The protagonist returned to his top-floor apartment, took out his most powerful weapon, and fought stubbornly. With his clean and neat skills, he took down several of Tenda Group's enforcement units.

But subsequent reinforcements soon arrived, and the protagonist felt despair in the face of the overwhelming enforcement units and drones.

He didn't want to die at the hands of these machines, so he retreated while fighting, all the way to the rooftop, and jumped down in despair.

He took one last look at the rainy night sky, and then fell rapidly. He clearly saw the clouds below getting closer and closer.

At this time, he no longer needed to play the rich man, and seemed to have returned to the penniless homeless man. He vaguely felt that he was still that rat in the gutter. Although he had managed to climb to the clouds, he would eventually fall back into the gutter and never be able to turn over.

His hand groped for his chest, wanting to take out the lucky stone and take one last look. But at this time, the overwhelming enforcement units had surrounded him in the air and blew him into a firework.

And the stone passed through the clouds and finally fell to the ground, completely shattered.

A homeless man next to him, shivering from the cold and burning garbage in a tin bucket to keep warm, was startled. He poked his head out of the shed, but saw nothing.

Because the heavy rain had washed away the fragments of the stone.

Full of confusion, he looked up at the sky, but it was still covered by clouds, and he couldn't see what happened in the upper half of the building at all, only a faint light could be seen.

The homeless man was a little disappointed and shrank back into the shed, tremblingly warming himself by the fire.

Just then, he suddenly heard footsteps not far away and quickly shrank into the garbage heap next to him.

Several young gang members walked by, drunk and with wine in their hands.

"I didn't expect that small people like us could do things for Tenda."

"Yeah, although it was a bit risky and several brothers died, we also got the business of the gang in that area."

"One day, our brothers will make a name for ourselves and become real big shots!"

Several young gang members walked past drunk. One of them looked up at the skyscraper next to him.

"I wonder when we'll be able to afford a luxury apartment on the top floor?"

Another gang member laughed loudly: "Dreams! As long as we have dreams, we'll be able to climb to the top of that building sooner or later!"

The camera rises from the bottom up, passing over the chaotic streets and dilapidated buildings, and then through the clouds in the center of the building, finally reaching the high altitude.

The whole city is brightly lit, a scene of prosperity.

It's the last day of the month, if you have monthly tickets, please vote, otherwise they will expire~ In order to avoid breaking the chapter, I moved the extra update on Sunday in advance, and there will be no extra update tomorrow.

The book will be completed on the 10th. There is a little bit of manuscript saved so far, and I am continuing to work hard to write, no matter how much content is left, it will be released before the 10th, so everyone don't worry, it's just a matter of time.

The new book will be launched on the same day as the completion of this book.

Before the completion of the book, I recommend some books of friends, most of whom are old authors with certain strengths, and those who are interested can take a look.

Today I recommend the new book "The First Cause of All Worlds" by Tu Gou Ju, the author of "Projection of the Heavens"