The Fire Cloud Evil God is a character in the movie "Kung Fu", he is a generation of martial arts wizards, who have fought invincible hands all over the world, but they can't be defeated. However, he was too extreme, liked to compete and kill people, and when he was seriously ill, he also went to a mental hospital for recuperation, and never asked about the world. When he first appeared, he was wearing a white tank top, shorts, crossed Jiro's legs, and a plastic slipper hanging from his feet, very lazy. In order to deter the Axe Gang, he immediately performed a unique skill - receiving bullets with his bare hands.
The wonderful thing is that as early as 100 years ago, there was really a "fire cloud evil god" in the United States, and his stunt was also "picking up bullets with bare hands".
William Robertson, born in 1861, was an authentic American, but in order to make better money, he gave a Chinese name - Cheng Liansu. In fact, the reason why Robertson came up with a Chinese name was actually inspired by Zhu Liankui. Zhu Liankui was the first Chinese magician to perform magic in the Western world, and his Chinese folk tricks in the United States shocked the entire American magic community.
As a result, many American magicians have learned from each other, not only wearing Chinese robes and horse coats, but also shaving their heads and leaving a small braid, like a Clean dress. Robertson is also one of Zhu Liankui's admirers, in the early years, he went to England for a period of time to learn Chinese style magic, after learning a seven seven eight eight, he changed his name to "Cheng Liansu". In order to attract attention, Cheng Liansu not only claimed to be Chinese, but also hired a "translator" to accompany him in acting.
Unexpectedly, the Americans were really deceived by him, because Cheng Liansu never spoke on the stage again, and few people had ever seen the real Chinese, so they believed his lies. However, in 1905, Cheng Liansu "met" Zhu Liankui in London.
At that time, Zhu Liankui was performing at the Imperial Theatre, and when he heard that Cheng Liansu was nearby, he immediately challenged him, saying that if Cheng Liansu could perform 10 of his 20 magic tricks, he would admit that he had lost, but if he could not perform any of his magic tricks, he would lose 1,000 pounds to the other side.
However, on the day of the game, Cheng Liansu arrived as promised, but Zhu Liankui did not show up, and some people said that he discovered the truth about Cheng Liansu's "bloodline" and did not care to be present at all. But no matter what, Cheng Liansu's reputation for winning without a fight was beaten, and he once again captured a large number of loyal fans. In fact, Cheng Liansu's magic is still a bit interesting, and his most famous magic trick is "picking up bullets with bare hands".
Before the performance, he would have several spectators go on stage to check if there was a problem with his gun, whether the ammunition was genuine, and if there was no problem, he would put the bullet into the gun in public and have his assistant pretending to be a "boxer" shoot at him. But in fact, Cheng Liansu's gun is specially made, and there is a fake chamber under the real gun chamber, and after the bullet is loaded, the gunpowder will detonate in the fake gun chamber, creating the illusion of shooting. Therefore, the bullet never left the pistol, and Cheng Liansu only showed the bullet in his hand in advance on the stage.
However, as the saying goes: often walk by the river, where are the shoes that are not wet? On March 23, 1918, when Cheng Liansu was performing in London, he accidentally went on fire, and the wear and tear of the prop gun caused the gunpowder to enter the real gun chamber, and Cheng Liansu was shot on the spot, and eventually died of his wounds.