![]() She learned that he had sold her arsenal to Fang in exchange for jade mines in China thanks to one of his aides. In the process he insults Queen Victoria, who arrives on the scene. Monique, Fix and other ministers attest to Kelvin's unfair methods and his bullying nature, but Kelvin scoffs at them. Lord Kelvin sends police to arrest them for robbing the bank, in order to stop them from making it to the top step of the Academy, and proclaims himself the victor when Big Ben strikes noon, seemingly ending the wager. They reach London, where the machine falls apart and they crash in front of the Royal Academy. Using an altered version of the Wright brothers' plans, Phileas builds the plane while the ship's crew builds a catapult to launch it into the sky. They board an old ship and Phileas convinces the captain to let him build a plane out of the ship's old wood in exchange for a new ship. Phileas feels he has lost, but the other two say they may still make it if they catch the next ship. A battle against Fang and her minions commences in the workshop where the Statue of Liberty is being constructed, resulting in Phileas missing a boat to help Xing, Fang being knocked out by Monique with a punch (revealing Monique to be the fabled 11th Tiger) and Fang's minions being either killed or knocked out. Fang reveals the nature of their arrangements with Lord Kelvin to take Lanzhou and tap the jade reserves underneath it. In New York City, Fang's disguised minions trick the trio to an ambush site. Phileas, feeling used by Xing and Monique, leaves for San Francisco alone, only to be proven wrong when the latter decide to help him win his bet. The Buddha is returned to the village temple. The Tigers drive the Black Scorpions from the village and free the Westerners. Xing challenges the leader of the group to a fight, during which he is joined by the martial arts masters of the " Ten Tigers of Canton", of which Xing is a member. His real identity is revealed and they are held captive by the Black Scorpions. Xing leads his friends to his village, Lanzhou, where they are happily greeted. Xing notices this and warns his companions, disguising themselves as Indian women to evade capture and successfully flee to China. Lord Kelvin, learning that Phileas has been abetting a thief's escape, orders the British colonial authorities in India to arrest both. The statue is destroyed, much to Hapi's anger, but the trio escape from the guards. The men blackmail Prince Hapi into releasing Monique using a prized but apparently flimsy " The Thinker" statue of the Prince. During the Prince's banquet, he orders Monique to stay as his seventh wife while the men are ordered to leave. Guards climb onboard and inform the trio that they are greeted by Prince Hapi. They travel to Turkey, where the train stops. Monique keeps his secret in exchange for him convincing Phileas to let her travel with him. Whilst on the Orient Express, Monique learns that Xing is trying to return the Jade Buddha back to his village, and is travelling with Phileas to get there quickly. ![]() They depart in a hot-air balloon, chased by Fang's warriors. When Monique learns of Phileas's ambition, she convinces them to take her with them. Fang had previously given it to Kelvin in exchange for military assistance in China. There, Xing is attacked by disguised warriors, the Black Scorpions, sent by General Fang, a warlord from China who is after the Jade Buddha that he stole. Pretending to take Phileas to a convention with Thomas Edison, Xing leads him to an art school where Phileas meets Monique La Roche, a would-be impressionist. Phileas and Xing start their journey around the world, taking a carriage and leaving London after a confrontation with Inspector Fix, a corrupt officer hired by Lord Kelvin to stop them. If he wins, he will become Minister of Science in Lord Kelvin's place, if not, he will destroy his lab and never invent anything again. ![]() After a debate between the scientists about the bank thief, Phileas is pressured into a bet to see whether he can travel around the world in 80 days. There, Fogg is insulted by the other "brilliant minds", in particular Lord Kelvin, who believes that everything worth discovering has already been discovered. ![]() Phileas, just before Xing arrived, had been trying to break the 50-mph speed barrier, and after succeeding with the help of Passepartout, they head to the Royal Academy of Science. To evade the police, Xing becomes the valet for Phileas Fogg, an inventor, taking the pseudonym Passepartout. In the late 19th century, a Chinese man, Lau Xing, robs the Bank of England. ![]()
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