More than the scroll itself (you can look at it yourself whenever you want), you have questions about why Jielun didn’t use to blackmail his boss…

“Honest question, why didn’t you use this to blackmail Youhao?” With no subtlety at all, you ask.

“HaHaHa! This clan is as good as mine. I’m the big bucks, my businesses are clean, and I’m the only one who can protect this flimsy scroll. Youhao took out anyone else, he didn’t see them eye to eye. I’m different.” Jielun shakes his head. Not anymore he can... “This paper splits atoms. Nobody else can stand the radiation but me. I’m irreplaceable, but I learned from the patriarch. Play it slow, make sure the editing phase is PERFECT before going to post production. I was building momentum. You can’t rush perfection. But with you, Chef, my efforts came to a screeching halt.”

“You don’t look like you wanted to have it.” You noticed.

“Guess what? It’s not easy to enjoy a movie when you’re paranoid. Least when you’re correct about it more than once.” Jielun sees you as an example of the ‘trouble’ the scroll creates. “And there’s this other mystery…”

“Other thing?” You wonder.

“There’s always a thread on movies from the same era to convey a similar underlying message. Not the moral of a story, no. It’s a common belief. An open secret. And it caught my attention that all the early classics talked about a language being lost. Old pyramids, lost civilization, strange tribes...” Jielun crosses his arms. “The message on the back of the scroll is gibberish, and it got me thinking that I should show it to an expert. But the risk wasn’t worth it. I’m leaving the thought to you, since you’ll be holding it.”