Chapter 284: Legendary Spy
"Ten!"
"Nine!"
"Eight!"
"Seven!"
The audience counted down loudly, only to see the black cloth shake for a while, as if Moqi was desperately struggling to break free from the rope control. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
The three of them put down the black cloth in their hands at the same time to see what was going on inside?
"I'm not dazzled, am I?
"Wow, you can escape in less than ten seconds?"
"No, look, Mochi's clothes!"
In the audience's exclamation, Mo Qi handsomely opened his arms, and under his feet were white flowers, all three of them were there, and he didn't know how to break away instantly.
Not only that, but the audience was surprised to find that the original Moqi's black dress turned white at some point, which means that in just ten seconds, he not only escaped the rope, but also had time to change clothes!
"Escape Magic!"
Ding Jianzhong sighed, after the previous baptism, he already had a sense of honor and disgrace, anything could happen to Mo Qi! This is obviously the most dangerous and exciting escape magic in magic, and Mo Qi actually can!
Since the competition, from the magic trick, to the pigeon magic, to the prophecy magic, and then today it is the escape magic, every time Moqi will challenge a new category, every time it shocks the audience, isn't this all-rounder!
"Convinced!"
Chen Guanglin also sighed, and shook his head helplessly, he really admired Mo Qi! I have never seen a magician who can be so comprehensive, magic is broad and profound, even David can only be proficient in one or two, most magic masters only study one category in their lives, and they will achieve something with all their energy.
For example, the originator of escape magic was Houdini, and in 1913 he performed the most famous stage illusion - the water prison escape. He was tied hand and foot, hanging upside down in a Chinese-style water prison made of clear glass and steel, filled with water. Three minutes later, Houdini, who had been holding his breath, managed to escape from the water prison in full view of everyone. Since then, he has indisputably earned the title of "Master of Escape".
Later, Houdini and his team immediately planned a wonderful series of performances, and "escape master" became his well-known name. He's going to move the escape technique out of the theater and into reality.
Houdini's first challenge was the New York Police Department, where he was tied up and thrown into an empty cell. But the next morning, all they found in the cell was a pile of chains. Houdini is gone.
The reporters pressed the shutter like crazy, and the news of Houdini's escape from his cell spread across the country. Next, Houdini challenged the major prisons in the United States one by one, whether it was a newly renovated high-end prison cell or a terrifying century-old prison, Houdini won them one by one.
He later revealed some escape techniques on his own, such as most locks or handcuffs that can be easily unlocked with skill, and some with the help of shoelaces. In addition, there are other times when he will secretly carry the unlocking tool or key, and regurgitating the small key is a breeze for him.
When tightly bound by ropes or restraint garments, he expands his shoulders and chest and stretches his arms outwards to gain room to writhe, then dislocates his shoulders. Houdini can dislocate both of his shoulders and quickly get out of the situation.
But the most talked-about is the 80th anniversary of the death of the master magician Houdini, and the new book by American writer William Caloosh - "Houdini's Secret Life: The Growth of America's No. 1 Superhero" was published.
The author of the book consulted no less than 700,000 pages of historical material and revealed for the first time a little-known side of the world-famous entertainment star at the beginning of the last century - a double spy who worked exclusively for British and American intelligence agencies under the cover of a profession as a magician.
At that time, both the American and British intelligence agencies approached Houdini, hoping that Houdini would take advantage of the tour to gather intelligence for them. For the intelligence agencies, Houdini was the perfect man: he was famous, very wealthy, and at the same time polite, and all the dignitaries and celebrities were willing to invite him to their private parties.
Last but not least, everyone believed that he would not die, that he would not be trapped by anything, and that Houdini, who was the last to be adventurous, was moved.
From then on, Houdini's off-stage life may be more exciting than his performance on stage, hovering between life and death. He and his wife Beth also became one of the wealthiest couples in European and American society at that time.
Once the Scottish theatre asked Houdini to go to the German consulate to get a secret document, Houdini thought about it and decided to take advantage of the performance to complete the task. He set the venue for the performance at the Grand Theater, which was only two blocks from the consulate. By the time the audience saw him locked up in a "state-of-the-art" safe, he had already quickly emerged from the partition behind the safe, quickly exited the theater backstage, climbed to the roof, and ran to the consulate.
Many people in the consulate went to see his performance, and Houdini entered the German ambassador's office without any problems, and opened the safe according to the code he had obtained earlier. Just then, there was a sound of footsteps, the door was pushed open, and Houdini didn't even have time to think about it, and slipped into the safe.
The German ambassador returned with a woman with heavy makeup, and they were drinking and flirting in the office, and in the middle of the fight, they hit the hidden safe door, and with a bang, the door closed tightly.
It was the most advanced safe of its time, and Houdini felt that it was dark before his eyes, and a wave of despair struck him. He adjusted his mind, carefully recalled the details of the safe he had just observed, and thought about how to open the lock. To make matters worse, the two outside had no intention of leaving, and Houdini felt the oxygen getting thinner and thinner in the small space, and according to his judgment, the air here could only last for 20 minutes.
Houdini adjusts his breathing to be extremely slow, and he wants to use it for as long as he can, for 30 minutes or more.
Half an hour later, when the German ambassador finally left, Houdini opened the safe with the last of his strength and collapsed to the ground, soaking wet. That wasn't the end of the story, he had to hurry back to the theatre, the audience had been waiting for a long time, and if he didn't show up in time, it would be suspicious.
By the time Houdini returned to the stage, a full hour had passed since he left, and the entire theater was agitated, shouting to open the safe, and some audience members were even rushing to the stage to save people. Fortunately, Houdini told his faithful assistant to delay and do nothing no matter what happened, so there were no accidents.
As for the mysterious cause of Houdini's death, the book reveals that Western countries have always had a precedent of hiring "psychicists" to serve him, and Houdini traveled between the intelligence agencies of the two countries, perhaps mastering some secrets that should not be known, so he was killed.
But there are still many crazy fans in the world who firmly believe that the escape master is the embodiment of death and will not die, he just fakes his death and hides incognito, so the greatest escape master in the world is still Houdini!