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Li Banfeng said, "My surname is Ye. It the Ye that means night. I want to buy your cinema."
The owner of Triple Blessings Cinema was rather knowledgeable. He had once read about rare surnames in a magazine, and Ye was indeed one of them.
"So it's Boss Ye," he said. "You really plan to screen The Legendary Bloodspear Detective here?"
Li Banfeng nodded. "I like the movie."
The owner clenched his jaw. "I like it too. It's a damn good film. If I were a few years younger, I would stand with you and take on those bastards myself…"
As he spoke, his voice caught in his throat. The injustice burned in his chest, and he simply couldn't accept it.
Good, Li Banfeng thought. This means the fire in you has not gone out yet.
"Boss Ye, I can sell you this cinema. What are you offering?"
"You name a price first."
The owner hesitated, then said, "Two hundred silver dollars."
The price was low. It was ridiculously low mainly because the owner was desperate to sell. The cinema had been smashed so badly that it was barely more than an empty shell.
Fortunately, this was Blackstone Slope, where supplies were easy to come by.
Li Banfeng handed the repairs over to Little Chuan. The place didn't need much, just enough work to get the projector running again. Three days, he said. That was all the time Little Chuan would get.
The cinema was registered under Bai Qiusheng's name. He had lived in Blackstone Slope before, so no one would find it suspicious.
As soon as work began, news spread quickly.
In the southern part of Blackstone Slope stood an old, elegant mansion. Inside, in a quiet study, Tang Peigong, an elder stationed there by the Pure Conduct Society, sat reading.
Mansions like this were rare in Blackstone Slope, and neither the street in front nor the one behind had any railway access.
Tang Peigong had devoted his life to study and the ancient ways. He revered the sages of old and clung to their teachings with near-obsessive...
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