Chapter 338: Dream Stealing 4

Chapter 338: Dream Stealing 4

Chapter 338: Dream Stealing 4
When Arthur was explaining to Qin Yanni what a "totem" was, Cobb stood up and took out the strange spinning top from the beginning of the movie and started spinning it on the table.

The gyroscope swayed and finally fell down, and Cobb finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Through this plot, the audience has already learned that entering a dream, or "stealing a dream", is not as easy and safe as imagined, and there are many dangers and hidden dangers involved.

Not only that, the audience, like Qin Yanni, also saw that Cobb had serious psychological problems.

And this problem seems to be related to the woman in his dream, his wife Li Li.

Combined with the previous conversation between Cobb and his father-in-law, something must have happened to the couple.

After all, Qin Yanni's identity was known, and she quickly deduced the general situation.

At the same time, she also understood why her master had given her the extra instruction "be careful" when assigning her a task.

Obviously, Cobb may be the best dream stealer in the world, but his psychological problems make the dangers of his dream entry more serious and unpredictable.

But this is her mission after all, so she can only remain vigilant and pay attention to special situations at any time while trying her best to learn and improve her ability to enter dreams.

As for Qin Yanni's talent for entering dreams, Cobb was extremely satisfied, and even had more confidence in future actions.

So after safely handing Qin Yanni over to his assistant Arthur for training, he immediately contacted Shi Qiang again and prepared to go to Fudan campus again to bring in another core person needed by the team.

"Is he really as important as you say?"

Shi Qiang and Cobb followed Dr. Ma Zhao side by side. As they were heading somewhere, the experienced head of the Special Affairs Department couldn't help but speak.

“We have sufficient manpower and can find all kinds of talents.

Just like the young man I found this time, he has an unparalleled talent in designing criminal plans."

Ke Bu glanced at Shi Qiang and asked, "Have you investigated him?"

Shi Qiang did not deny it.

"We always know that he is as unstable as you are now, and I don't think it would be a good choice for both of you to join the plan.

There are many good dreamers..."

"But there aren't many good 'Pretenders', and he's the best fit!" Cobb insisted. Shi Qiang didn't continue to argue, but just glanced at him and said calmly: "In fact, we also have the best Pretenders."

The two quickly followed Dr. Ma Zhao to the door of a faculty dormitory and pointed to a single dormitory. Dr. Ma Zhao said to Cobb:
"He's inside, go in yourself."

Cobb walked into the room alone, leaving Shi Qiang and Dr. Ma outside chatting idly.

"Do you think he can succeed?"

"It's good that they don't fight."

"Doctor, please forgive me for being so presumptuous. We have already read the files about your daughter's affairs, and we are very sorry about that incident.

But this mission is extremely important and concerns national security..."

"Don't worry, Captain Shi. I'm an old man who knows what's important and what's not. Just wait and see. If Cobb can't convince Ash..."

The two were communicating at the door of the dormitory when suddenly, the sound of objects colliding and breaking came from the room, and it was quite noisy.

Then after a while, Cobb walked out with blood at the corner of his mouth.

Behind him, Yin Xiu, the imposter played by Qin Hao, followed out with an expressionless face.

Cobb didn't say much, just said lightly "Let's go", and then took the lead and walked in front.

"Where are we going next?" Shi Qiang asked behind him.

Cobb said without even turning his head, "We also need an extremely good pharmacist. Do you have any suitable candidates?"

"Of course, no country's pharmacists have more experience in clinical applications than our Chinese doctors."

While Cobb and Shi Qiang were looking for people to form a team, in the warehouse on the other side, assistant Arthur was also instructing Qin Yanni in her dreams on how to become an excellent dream maker.

For example, they need to construct an "impossible building," which is a dead end with no end, such as a suspended ladder or a Penrose staircase.

The movie uses clever camera angles to replicate this kind of staircase in a dream.

This circular dead end can also help dream stealers hide the boundaries of their dreams.

As for how big a scene the dream builder needs to design?

There are all kinds of possibilities, from a floor to a city, and each situation needs to be analyzed specifically.

But what needs to be made sure is that this scene must be complex enough, the more complex the better, so that the dream stealers have a place to hide, and it will also be more difficult for the dream defenders to find them.

After the training, Qin Yanni woke up from her dream, and then saw her master and Cobb walking in with three strangers.

At this point, all members of the Dream Stealing Team were finally assembled and had their first meeting.

Among them, in addition to Cobb and his companions, there are three new members. Among them, Yin Xiu, played by Qin Hao, is the imposter in the dream stealing team. He is responsible for imitating the target's acquaintances in the dream in order to gain their trust and guide them.

The other slightly younger one is Bai Jingting, who recently played the protagonist Qin Feng in "Detective Chinatown". This time, as the planner of the dream stealing plan, although he will not enter the dream world, he will provide mental help to everyone.

The remaining pharmacist was a black actor randomly found by the film crew from Hollywood.

Regarding this, Cobb in the movie couldn't help but complain to Shi Qiang:

"Didn't you say that all the pharmacists in China are experienced and skilled? In the end, you only found this one?"

Shi Qiang explained calmly:
"Considering that if there are too many Chinese people in your team, it will inevitably arouse the target's suspicion, so we specially selected the best student among the international students in the medical school.

Don't worry, he also has rich clinical experience. He has been an anesthesiologist trainee in the hospital for a long time."

Cobb was speechless when he heard this. He looked around at his team members and for a moment he even doubted whether his decision was reliable.

A black pharmacist, a high school student who stutters, a female new dream builder, and a pretender who looks miserable and seems to have lost all hope in life. This team does not seem to be that reliable.

Then the scene changed, and Saito, the new client, looked at the five-member team headed by Cobb, and his face showed the same suspicious expression as his.

However, even though he had doubts, Saito couldn't find a better dream stealer than Cobb.

What follows is a montage of interlaced editing and comic-style split shots, splicing together the discussions between Saito and the five dream stealers, as well as the discussions between Shi Qiang, Qin Feng and the five dream stealers.

Through this plot, the audience also learned more information.

First of all, on Saito's side, the target he commissioned Cobb and others to enter into his dream was a man named Robert Fisher, who was the heir to the "Fisher Mora Energy Group".

This company controls a lot of the world's traditional coal energy supply and is also involved in the fields of oil and natural gas. It can be regarded as a giant in the industry.

As for Robert Fisher himself, although he is not very famous, he actually has a good reputation in the circle.

"We've seen him in every way."

Cobb looked at the information in his hand, then looked at Saito with a questioning look on his face.

"He is young, handsome, wealthy, and smart. He has several doctoral degrees and is passionate about charity. For a man like Ru Meng to voluntarily give up his inheritance rights to his own company, to be honest, compared to what you said about this being a good thing, I would rather believe that you have some grudge against him."

"This has nothing to do with you. I employ you and you do the work. That's enough." Saito said coldly.

“No, no, no, Mr. Saito, you have to understand that this is not corporate espionage in the ordinary sense.

You are asking me to implant an idea, and I hope you understand the seriousness of this task.

We want to implant an idea into the target's brain, and this implanted idea may change his personality.

It might even change everything for him.

Therefore, if we cannot fully understand all the information related to him, at least all the ins and outs, and analyze clearly his mental state and motives for doing things, then the act of implanting ideas is likely to backfire, and in turn make some of his ideas more firm.

This is no joke! "

When Cobb said this, his face was so serious and his tone was so firm that Saito had to consider it.

After a while, he finally revealed all the secrets behind it.

It turns out that Saito, Robert Fisher and his father are all members of a mysterious organization.

Although Saito did not give a detailed introduction to the origin and membership of this organization, the fact that the bosses of two multinational groups are members of the organization is enough to judge how terrifying their power is.

However, the slogan of such an organization is "Eliminate human tyranny and the world belongs to the Lord."

According to Saito, the organization believes that human society has reached a point where it is difficult to reverse its course and has numerous problems, and will inevitably end up self-destructing in the future.

It is impossible to solve these problems by relying on human's own strength, nor is it possible to suppress one's own madness by relying on one's own strength.

Therefore, they believe that they should ask the "Lord" to come to the world and use its power to carry out compulsory supervision and transformation of human society in order to create a new, bright, and perfect human civilization.

"host?"

Cobb was a little dismissive of Saito's statement. Not to mention that he was an atheist, just as a dream stealer, he had experienced the feeling of being "God" countless times in his dreams.

However, he did not refute Saito's statement, but listened quietly.

“I have indeed witnessed the so-called miracles of the ‘Lord’, and the leader of that organization does indeed possess extremely great wealth and power.

But I don't want to accept the constraints and control of the 'Lord' and hand over my future destiny to this mysterious existence that I have no idea what it is.

What we do is actually more dependent on the organization's vast network of contacts and power to develop our own strength and gain benefits and wealth."

"More than that."

Cobb directly pointed out the loophole in Saito's words.

"Given the size of your Brilliant Company, your connections and influence are already very strong. Steady development is the most correct choice for a giant enterprise like yours. Why take such a big risk and participate in the terrorist plan of such a secret organization?

Unless the 'Lord' has your Brilliant Group, or something you desire, in his hands. "

"Technology, technology that transcends the times."

Saito finally squeezed out some more information.

"The development of Earth's science and technology has begun to stagnate. Only the technology in the hands of the 'master' can enable our Brilliant Group's biotechnology to take a step further and touch upon the secret of immortality."

"Eternal life!"

Cobb seemed to remember something after hearing this, paused for a long time, and finally sighed.

“That wasn’t necessarily a fun experience either.

But you should have another plan, right? If the so-called 'Lord' really comes, you can also use this advantage of joining in advance to gain privileges or protection, right?"

Saito did not deny it.

“In that organization, there are actually quite a few people who share the same ideas as me.

Robert Fisher's father, Robert Fisher Sr., was also a conservative, or a survivor, like us.

However, Robert Fisher was different. Although he looked gentle and well-mannered, with outstanding talent and talent, he was suppressing a terrifying crazy flame in his bones. "

"He didn't join you?" Cobb asked.

Saito nodded.

“When old Fisher first became ill, he brought the kid into the organization, but before he could join our little circle, his father fell ill.

Later, Robert Fisher chose to join the Adventists.

That was the earliest faction in the organization and also the craziest group of people.

They believe that humans are an evil species that has caused harm to the Earth and other civilizations and should be punished.

Therefore, those people are extremely eager for the so-called "Lord" to come to the earth and destroy the entire human society. They can be said to be a group of complete anti-social elements."

"Adventists, Survivors, it seems that your organization is quite complicated."

Cobb couldn't help but make a joke, but Saito didn't care at all.

“This is also normal. As long as one is a human being, he or she will have his or her own demands.

If little Fisher went crazy and joined the Adventists alone, we would not care about him at all.

But he actually wanted to bring the entire Fisher Mora Energy Group to join the Adventists, which was unforgivable.

Our large companies have long formed a community, spanning multiple fields such as biomedicine, energy and fuel, military weapons, etc., in order to occupy a place when future changes come.

He now wants to take Fisher Mora Energy Group away, how is that possible?"

"Then why don't you let old Fisher change his will, or just kill little Robert?"

Cobb made a gun gesture with his hand and made "bang bang bang" sounds with his mouth.

"This will solve the problem once and for all. Isn't it more convenient than implanting thoughts?"

Saito shook his head.

"You think we haven't thought of other solutions?

Old Fisher is now completely in a coma and has no ability to control the group at all.

As for killing Fisher Jr., he has already joined the Advent sect, and brought the Fisher Mora Energy Group with him, which gives him a considerable status in the Advent sect.

Moreover, the leader of the Adventists is also one of the founders and heads of our organization. Killing Little Fisher at this time would be tantamount to a complete break with the Adventists within the organization, which is not what we want to see.

What's more, the leader of the Adventists can communicate with the legendary "Lord". With that Lord's presence, it would be impossible for us to assassinate Fisher Jr."

(End of this chapter)