PS: Since this version of "A Better Tomorrow" does not have Zhou Runfa, Yang Ye does not play the protagonist, but only makes a guest appearance.
Then how the subsequent plot develops can only be decided by the author himself.
And the plot writer of this movie must be perfected.
Otherwise, the author cannot explain why it is still a box office hit even though the plot has completely changed.
The author couldn't have written that this version of "A Better Tomorrow" bombed the box office!
As for the plot of the author's magical transformation... Dear readers, please give me a light comment!
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Kudo Shizuka couldn't help complaining: "Why did brother Ye die again?"
She was convinced, as long as the title of the film said Yang Ye was special In all the movies he stars in, this guy will definitely die.
Because Brother Ma was too popular before, and his death was too painful, and he was gone with a cold shot, so the audience hated the big brother very much.
It's okay to die in the hands of enemies. The most annoying thing is to die in the hands of traitors.
This is somewhat different from the original version. The original version did not point out that the eldest brother was a traitor at the beginning.
When Song Zihao and Ah Cheng were chased by the police, they were still living and dying together and running away together.
Song Zihao did not want to implicate his brothers, so he forced Ah Cheng to leave with a gun.
When Song Zihao returned to Hong Kong after serving his sentence, he was shocked when he saw his eldest brother throwing a few pieces of money on the ground for Xiao Ma to eat like a beggar.
The original version of "A Better Tomorrow" had a BUG. Since the eldest brother wanted to attack Brother Hao and sent people to deal with Brother Hao's father, how could he let Brother Ma go?
What if Brother Ma helped Brother Hao get revenge and was not injured? Then shouldn't Brother Ma take the eldest brother's position? What would Ah Cheng do without him?
The current version has corrected this bug. The eldest brother knew that Xiao Ma was going to take revenge, so he hid in the dark and killed him. It was natural that he should take the seat.
Of course, the subsequent storyline will be different if there is one less person.
Even Yang Ye was curious about how John Woo would film without Ma.
After watching it for a while, Yang Ye understood that John Woo had made two changes.
First, the character of Big Brother Cheng was strengthened and he became more sinister and cunning.
Secondly, Song Zijie’s character has been improved, and he is no longer a second-stringer.
The original version of Song Zijie can make people mad, he is a manic, brainless, impulsive fool.
So during the release of that version of "A Better Tomorrow", the audience cheered when they saw Pony Ma on the stage, and booed when they saw Song Zijie on the stage.
After the movie was released, Ti Lung became famous again, and Zhou Yunfa was at the top of his game, but Zhang Guorong was miserable. The protagonist became a supporting role, which did not add any benefit to his career.
The manager also complained that he was opposed to you taking this role in the first place and insisted on taking it.
For the movie "A Better Tomorrow", I had to cast Leslie Cheung because:
Johnny Woo, Ti Lung and Zhou Yunfa had to find a popular idol to attract the box office for the entire cast.
Otherwise, in the eyes of investors such as Maijia Huang Baiming, this is just wasting money, and they really dare not invest.
Judging from the subsequent results, John Woo felt sorry for Leslie Cheung, and it can even be said that the New Art City gang took advantage of Leslie Cheung.
They are friends enough to come over and help you without saying a word, and you make them look like this.
Although John Woo later explained that it was because Leslie Cheung's schedule was insufficient, so there was no way to flesh out his character, and expressed regret.
But in Yang Ye's view, it was clearly to set off Brother Ma, so Wu Yusen secretly slandered Song Zijie.
Doesn’t this comparison make Brother Ma look more brotherly and loyal?
Closer than a biological brother!
Talking back to the current version, after Yang Ye died after pretending to be cool, the audience hated the eldest brother.
But Song Zihao didn't know this. The news he got was that Xiao Ma died in a fight with the Japanese gang in order to avenge him.
After the eldest brother Cheng Yin died of Xiao Ma, he pretended to collect his ashes and brought them back to Hong Kong for burial. He was very loyal.
Song Zihao returned to Hong Kong after serving prison time to pay homage to Xiao Ma.
The eldest brother Cheng appeared in time and "brothers met". The scene was very sincere and touching.
The eldest brother Cheng sincerely invited Song Zihao to join the team: "Brother Hao, you will always be my eldest brother. I have been waiting for you to come back."
Song Zihao has long wanted to wash his hands and start a new life. , and also because of Xiao Ma's despair.
He was grateful to his eldest brother Cheng for burying the pony, but refused his invitation.
Subsequently, Song Zihao went to see his younger brother Song Zijie.
When the brothers met, it was another scene. Song Zijie hated Song Zihao because of his father's death and beat Song Zihao.
Song Zihao then knew that his father had died because of him. He did not fight back and silently endured the punches and kicks from his younger brother.
Song Zijie raised his fist: "Don't let me see you again!"
In the heavy rain, Song Zihao stooped and left with his luggage, staggering.
In this world, his dearest people have abandoned him.
Song Zihao went to the United Taxi Company to find Uncle Jian and became a taxi driver, living a relatively stable life.
The eldest brother Cheng refused to let Song Zihao go, and still pretended to be benevolent and recruited him to join the gang, asking Brother Hao to lead him to do something big!
On the other side, because Song Zihao came back and had an encounter with his eldest brother Cheng, his boss did not trust Song Zijie and asked him to hand over his eldest brother Cheng's case. Song Zijie's misunderstanding of his brother deepened.
"Ajie, all our brothers know that you are very capable. I originally wanted to recommend you for promotion, but your superiors did not approve it!"
"Why?"
The boss took out a photo of Song Zihao: "You should be familiar with this person. He came back from prison in Japan and got together with his old brother, Big Brother Cheng."
"What does this have to do with me? "
"The bureau is currently investigating the underworld's infiltration into the police force, and the last thing they want is for the family members of police officers to be underworld members. Do you understand?"
Song Zijie said helplessly? : "When I was on my mission, I never thought about having such a brother."
After saying this, he turned around and left, but was stopped by his boss again.
"Ajie, don't be involved in the case that big brother is involved in. I'm afraid you will miss something important."
Song Zijie was very sad and went to the bar to drink away his sorrows.
At the same time, Song Zihao got out of the car and drank and relaxed in the bar with the brothers who drove the taxi.
The eldest brother Cheng is here again. This guy does a full show and is very respectful to Brother Hao.
Song Zihao decided to make it clear to his eldest brother Cheng, so the two found a private room to talk in detail.
In the box, eldest brother Cheng said sincerely: "If you are still our boss, many old customers still need to be brought back by you."
Song Zihao said: "That's it?"
"If If your brother Song Zijie is in charge of the police line, everything can be done. What else can be compared to having someone serving in the police? "
"What if I don't agree?"
The eldest brother showed his true colors and threatened: "Brother Hao, your brother does not know whether to live or die. He stares at me all day long. If I didn't respect you, he would have died long ago."
Song Zihao said: "My brother is a good policeman. If I promise you, will I still be a human being? Ah Cheng, I treat you as a brother. But if you dare to touch my brother in the slightest, then you don't even have to be a brother."
Song Zihao walked out of the box, but was grabbed by Song Zijie and dragged into an alley.
Song Zijie personally saw his elder brother and his eldest brother hanging around together and conspiring in the private room, and he was furious to death.
"Brother, are you ready to discuss business with you?"
"No!"
"Stop playing tricks on me. Will the goods arrive the day after tomorrow?"
"I don't know!"
"Where and when will the goods be unloaded?"
"No. I know!”
Song Zijie was furious: “How can you be the big brother if you don’t know anything?”
"Ajie!"
"Don't call me Ajie anymore, call me SIR!"
Song Zihao said with tears in his eyes, "SIR, I haven't been a big brother for a long time. "
Cheung Guorong's performance in this place is very exciting. There was a hint of unbearability in his eyes, but thinking about his father's death and his brother's continued depravity and hanging out with the underworld, he still hardened his heart. , continue the cross-examination.
Song Zihao pleaded: "SIR, I know I owe you a lot, can you give me a chance?"
Song Zijie angrily said: "If I give you a chance, who will give me a chance? Do you know that because of you, I don't even have a chance to get promoted? Just because you are a gangster!"
Yang Ye felt that this line It was too silly, making Song Zijie look like a bad guy. He said to John Woo: "Can the lines here be changed?"
Wu Yusen was stunned and asked: "Change it to what?"
Yang Yedao : "Change it to 'Give you a chance, who gives dad a chance? Do you know that dad was killed by you? Just because you are a gangster.'"
Wu Yusen thought about it and thought it was okay, because If it were to be blamed on his promotion, Song Zijie was just doing it for himself, which seemed rather selfish.
Placing the blame on his father shows that Song Zijie couldn't get over the hurdle because of his father's death, and his hatred for his brother is even more convincing.
He said: "Okay, I'll go back and ask Ah Rong to dub the voice again."
Yang Ye nodded and continued watching!
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Because Song Zihao did not cooperate, the eldest brother Cheng decided to frame Song Zijie and deliberately made false news for Song Zijie to see.
Song Zihao ran to Song Zijie's house and kindly reminded him, but Song Zijie didn't listen and the two brothers were very unhappy.
The original version is that Song Zijie got false news and ran to the dock. He was shot coldly by his eldest brother Cheng's men and was seriously injured.
There are two things Yang Ye didn’t understand about this plot. First: Since the eldest brother is determined to plot against Song Zijie, then just beat him to death!
A warning for injury, holy shit, the underworld boss is still afraid of killing the police?
Don't say that they are different in nature. They all attacked the police, used guns, wounded and killed them. There is no difference.
To put it bluntly, because of the needs of the plot, Song Zijie cannot die yet, and this little bug can only be like this.
Anyway, Song Zijie is a middle-aged young man. He was deflated and injured, but the audience was actually quite happy.
Some more extreme viewers even felt pity: "Damn it, why don't you kill this bad boy?"
Second: Song Zihao knew Song Zijie was in danger, but he just reminded him Well, what about the deep brotherhood we promised?
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Since Xiao Ma died, many scenes were missing later on. John Woo had to add scenes to the two brothers Song Zihao and Song Zijie, so a heated gun battle was added here.
After Song Zijie got the news, he ran to the dock. Girlfriend Xiaoqi was worried that something might happen to Ajie, so she ran to find Song Zihao.
For the safety of his younger brother, Song Zihao finally decided to return to the world!
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After Song Zijie got the false news, he found the dock and found a group of sneaky people, and immediately chased them.
At this time, Cheng Kui'an, the subordinate of eldest brother Cheng, was hiding in the dark and took a shot from Song Zijie.
Song Zijie was shot in the arm and fell to the ground. Just when Cheng Kui'an was about to step forward to replenish his gun, Song Zihao was wearing a windbreaker and sunglasses, and a magic weapon descended from the sky!
Without Brother Ma, John Woo chose to let Brother Hao show off.
Brother Hao is holding a Remington 870 shotgun, just like Li Kai in "Terminator". With a "bang" shot, Cheng Kui'an was beaten to the point of peeing.
Cheng Kui'an happens to be the robot in Yang Ye's version of "Terminator".
Seeing this, Yang Ye was happy!
Obviously, John Woo was stunned after watching Yang Ye's version of "Terminator" and actually made a wave of tributes.
The enemy rushed up, the wind blew on the pier, and Brother Hao's windbreaker floated up.
Classic slow motion, shotguns are fired one after another, full of domineering!
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Big Brother Cheng's men rushed to the street.
After a fierce battle, Brother Hao ran out of bullets, and he and his brother were suppressed behind a bunker.
Cheng Kui'an knew that Brother Hao was out of bullets, so he walked out arrogantly.
At the critical moment, Ajie rushed out risking his life, rolled over, and faced the danger of being shot, kicking the pistol he had dropped on the ground to his brother.
Brother Hao took his younger brother's gun and shot it into his soul. Cheng Kui'an was shot between the eyebrows, killing him on the spot.
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"Yes, this part was well shot, very cool!" Yang Ye gave a thumbs up.
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Song Zihao sent his younger brother to the hospital!
Seeing his brother risking his life to save his own life, Song Zijie felt very guilty. He told Song Zihao a secret: "According to the information given by Interpol, Xiao Ma was killed by his eldest brother Cheng!"
Song Zihao was shocked. .
Song Zijie said: "Don't be impulsive. I will definitely catch my eldest brother with my own hands. You promise me to be a new man."
Song Zihao comforted his younger brother: "Don't worry!"
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Brother Hao decided to kill his eldest brother Cheng.
The show-off moment when Brother Ma single-handedly snatched the computer disk later was, of course, left to Brother Hao.
After Brother Hao grabbed the disk, he asked his eldest brother Cheng to trade in Xisha Bay. He planned to kill his eldest brother Cheng to avenge Xiao Ma.
This version of Big Brother Cheng is more insidious and cunning. How could he not have a back-up plan?
Eldest Brother Cheng’s men pushed Song Zijie’s girlfriend out.
The eldest brother Cheng sneered: "You should know this girl, right?"
This guy kidnapped Song Zijie's girlfriend.
So the two sides decided to exchange hostages!
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On the other side, the police got news of the internal strife between the eldest brother Cheng and Song Zihao, but unfortunately they did not know the time and place.
The boss announced that everyone would cancel their vacation. Song Zijie was discharged from the hospital early and asked to participate in the operation, but his boss refused.
"Since my dad had an accident three years ago, I have been tracking my eldest brother Cheng. I have been waiting for three years. I want to take a breath, not to prove that I am great, but because I am a policeman. He is not a family member of the criminal, I must bring him to justice."
Yang Ye wanted to laugh a little. Although Xiao Ma was dead, Wu Yusen still used Zhang Guorong's mouth to say something similar.
Although the aura was a bit off, coming from a policeman, it was quite stern.
As a director, John Woo has been unlucky for three whole years. He is holding his breath. He wants to tell the world that he is a director and he must get back what he has lost!
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After being refused by his boss to call the police, Song Zijie returned home depressed, only to find that his girlfriend Xiaoqi was not there. He was about to go out to look for her when Uncle Jian from the taxi company came.
He handed a brown paper bag to Song Zijie: "Ahao asked me to give this to you!"
The original version is that Song Zihao found Xiaoqi, handed the disk to her, and asked her to hand it over. To Song Zijie.
In this version, Xiaoqi was kidnapped by her eldest brother Cheng. John Woo cleverly arranged for Uncle Jian to deliver the disk and also said a heartfelt message to Song Zijie, to the effect that Song Zihao had really changed his ways.
Song Zijie opened the brown paper bag and found the criminal evidence of the counterfeit banknote group and his brother's tape.
Song Zijie turned on the tape recorder, and Song Zihao's voice came from inside.
"Ajie, the tape I am handing over to you now is evidence that Acheng printed counterfeit money. I have an appointment with Acheng to negotiate in Xisha Bay tonight. You can catch me or chase me away by then. It’s okay, I decided not to stay in Hong Kong anyway.”
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The original version of Song Zijie going to Xisha Bay was a huge black spot.
The second-in-command pushed his girlfriend away, grabbed a gun and rushed out without thinking. Then he stepped into the ambush formed by his elder brother and was caught and taken hostage.
Originally, Song Zihao had a chance to kill his eldest brother, but in order to save his younger brother, he had no choice but to exchange hostages, and finally tricked Brother Ma to death.
It’s like riding a horse with too little success and more than enough failure!
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This version has become a two-parter movie. Of course John Woo will not arrange such a plot for Song Zijie to attract gangsters.
Add highlights, add highlights to me!
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Xisha Bay, Song Zihao held his eldest brother Cheng in custody and exchanged hostages with him.
The other party suddenly opened fire, and Song Zihao pushed Xiaoqi away desperately. In the chaos, Song Zihao was unfortunately shot and injured!
Song Zihao protected Xiao Qi and fought a fierce battle with his eldest brother Cheng!
Song Zijie came. He was sitting on the yacht, holding a machine gun, and fired wildly. The oil barrels exploded, flames shot into the sky, and the enemies rushed to the street.
This horse riding is the highlight of Ponyboy, and John Woo is all given to Song Zijie.
Zhang Guorong, a pretender, is no worse than Zhou Runfa. He holds two guns and fires while running, killing a large number of enemies.
Rushing closer, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled. All their past grudges were over.
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In this gun battle, someone needs to be sacrificed. In the original version, Xiao Ma was sacrificed, but in this version, Xiao Qi was sacrificed.
This is a tear point, someone must die, no matter what.
The death of Wang Zuxian made the audience's emotions explode to the extreme.
The police finally came to clean the floor.
"Song Zihao, you have been surrounded by the police. Now you have three minutes to put down your weapons and come out."
The eldest brother Cheng walked out triumphantly. Song Zihao angrily shot the eldest brother Cheng, but there was no bullet left.
"Are you out of bullets? I'll go out and turn myself in now. Nothing will happen to me, and nothing will happen to you!"
"I have money. In two or three days, I will be released from the court. Come out!”
“I have money, and I can turn black into white. I learned this from you!”
“Your brother is so pitiful, he can turn into white. Chenghei, you killed him!”
After the eldest brother Cheng finished speaking, he walked out triumphantly, raised his hands, and surrendered!
At this moment, an angry bullet hit his chest, and the arrogant eldest brother Cheng finally died.
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It is different from the original version. In the original version, Song Zijie gave the gun to his brother, and Song Zihao killed his eldest brother Cheng to avenge Xiao Ma.
But in this version, this shot was shot by Song Zijie, who wanted to avenge his girlfriend.
At this moment, he is a real man!
I’ve done something wrong with the police who went to hell!
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The last shot.
The two brothers supported each other and walked towards the police together.
The picture freezes, leaving a silhouette, and the movie ends here.
Brothers, let’s sit in jail together! (End of this chapter)