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Foshan Guild Hall

I am wanted?

There's one thing I dare not tell Wing-shing

Mr Cheung is now at the cliff's edge

He will be executed at 9 pm tonight

You never believed me

You don't have to either this time

Lam Ching-shan, what do you want?

I have nothing to do with the execution

I am not in a position to be behind it

But I have a piece of good advice I wonder if you want it

Alright, let Wing-shing's heart be broken

She's always seen Uncle Cheung as her father

Wait

Beg me

So you don't love Wing-shing that much

Alright, Lam Ching-shan, please help us

Not enough, beg me on your knees and kowtow to me

Just kidding

Take it easy

I am not done with you yet

Lady Wong is attending a charity dinner this evening

I've got you two invitation cards

You go beg her yourselves

Lady Wong

Wing-shing, take it easy

Miss Cheung

Lady Wong, you know me?

Cheung Yam-tong's niece Of course I know you

That's good, Lady Wong, my uncle...

Let's not talk about that today

Come sit down

Lady Wong, can we begin?

Friends, the revolution has been going on for a while

Yet we still have not set up a national revolutionary government

We have failed the people

Let me take the lead

I'll donate USD5,000

Bravo

Ching-shan, you are young

Your pay is not high

If you donate so much

How can you live?

Lady, you know I grew up in the lp family in Foshan

I donated the money on behalf of the lp family

Let me introduce

This is the heir of the lp family, lp Man

He has not taken up the family business

He has spent his efforts on martial arts

He's now a famous martial arts practitioner

Martial arts practitioner?

What's a martial arts practitioner doing here?

Lam Ching-shan

Yes?

Lp Man, what do you think about the revolution?

Ladies and gentlemen, our country is rife with theories

Some say the way to strengthen the country is through education

Some say through industrialisation

Some say through political reform

Each of them has a point

So everyone has a way to strengthen the country

I myself have practised martial arts since I was a kid

Then martial arts is my way of strengthening the country

Let me show you a routine as my support for Lady Wong

Lady Wong, please

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope it can be popularised

So that every Chinese can practise it

our 400 million fellow countrymen can have a strong physique

And our people's spirit reinvigorated

Thank you, lp Man, for your wonderful gift

Master lp, thank you

Charge, come on

Thank you for your support of the revolution, thank you

Wing-shing, be patient

Time is running out

Lady Wong knows about your uncle be patient

Lady Wong

Wing-shing, come with me

Lady Wong

Be patient, hear me out

I have heard a lot about you

Now that I have seen you

I find you truly a fine lady and I like you

I want to be your matchmaker

The young man is outstanding

Don't look at him I am not talking about him

Ching-shan, come on over

Yes

He's my godson, Lam Ching-shan

You two should have known each other well

Ladies and gentlemen, aren't they a perfect match?

Yes... a perfect match

Ching-shan has been working hard for the revolution

He has made revolution his life

But young people should get married

He's not impatient, but I am

Ching-shan, what do you think?

My parents died early

I have seen revolution as my family

Lady as my mother

Now that my mom wants to be my matchmaker

Of course I have to listen to you

But Lady Wong, my uncle...

Wing-shing, I know about it

Once you say "Yes", we are family

Mr Cheung will be my in-law

Of course I will ensure his safety

Lady Wong, you don't know

I already have a man in my heart I mean to spend my life with him

You mean... this Mr lp?

Yes

It's getting late

Your uncle's fate is not looking good

Lady, if you mean to use his niece's marriage as a political deal

I don't think Mr Cheung will say "yes" to it

Once he is free

I am sure he'll call it off

You mean my godson Ching-shan is not good enough for Wing-shing?

Mr Cheung is an honest man

He won't accept such a marriage of convenience

lp Man, it's not for you to say it

Have you thought of Mr Cheung's safety?

What attracts you to this man?

Only this man can make me proud

He makes you proud?

A martial arts practitioner

Many of you here, including Ching-shan don't know lp Man well

He's a much better man than you think

He's a man of wisdom and perception

Then you should know Mr Cheung's fate

Lady Wong, Mr Cheung has been loyal to the revolution

He spent his early years working for the northern expedition

Now he navigates the globe for the Nationalist Government

Whatever his fate tonight

I think to him, it's worse than death

Despite his ideals, he lifelong work

He's not given a fair treatment

His heart is already dead

If he's shot tonight

the bell will be tolling for you too

Because it means a new beginning

The party is no longer what it should be

Mr Cheung is being framed

But an honest man's name cannot be tainted

If one day the truth is out

Lady Wong, will you not feel bad?

Lady Wong, you should know more about such political intrigues than I do

Well said

Go, say I vouchsafe for Mr Cheung

Yes, Lady Wong

Thank you, Lady Wong

Thank you, Lady Wong

Wing-shing, let me be your matchmaker tonight

Godmother

It's my good fortune that I have met you and fallen in love with you

Wing-shing, I hope we will always be in love and never be separated

Godmother, pull up... wait

Ching-shan, you lied to me

You said you and Cheung Wing-shing loved each other

But she didn't even look at you

You mean nothing to her

Ching-shan, you are not lp Man's par

He's much better than you are

Just live with it

I'll make you take it back

I will show you

I am much better than he is

I am much better than anyone

Master, congrats, Lady, congrats

Young Master, congrats

Thank you

Sis

Wing-sing

Wing-sing

Sis, a gift for you

Thank you

I am pregnant

You are going to be an uncle

What are you going to do with them?

The two have been practising martial arts with you

But they are not recognised as your disciples

or even as Wing Chun practitioners

It's not fair to them

I am thinking about it

It's popular among pregnant women in Shanghai

To take pictures during pregnancy

For future reminiscences

But only photo shops in Canton can do it

But you are frail...

I am fine

It's not good to sleep all day during pregnancy

I should move about

I know you miss Brother Fu

Now the northern expedition is in full swing

If I were not pregnant

You would have gone to Canton to see the latest development

So the photo shoot?

Down with the warlords... Support the Northern Expedition...

Who do you want?

Fu Jing-wan

Please come in

Let me announce you

Let me be honest with you

lp Ting and his men

In order to capture Wuchang

Very often, a company would go to battle

but only a platoon could return

You are going into such tough battles

I can't guarantee every one of you will see victory of the revolution

You sacrifice your life for the revolution

But you may not be around to see the birth of a new China

It's not fair

But it's the fate of a revolutionary

The fate of the earnest hot-blooded young Chinese men

Let me ask you now

Dare you live up to the uniform?

Yes

Will you sacrifice for your country?

Yes

Dare you go to the front?

Yes

The front is now in stalemate

We may be ordered to go any time

The time for your training is running out

Slackers should just go home to your wife and kids

Alright, let's begin

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Carry on

Yes

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Brother Fu

How come you are here?

What?

Go back to Foshan at once

What's going on?

We are preparing for the northern expedition

Is Wing-shing here too?

Yes

Go back to Foshan at once, just go

We didn't take any bridal shoots

Now we can make up for it

Please go change inside

This is the latest fashion, do you like it?

This one then

Then go change

Good, after the shoot

I'll go back to Foshan

It's more convenient for you to be alone here

No, we can't be separated

I know you worry about Brother Fu

It's alright

Wing-shing, let me check it out

Run

Brother Fu?

Is this for purging of the communists?

Brother Fu

Be careful

Wait for me here

Let me go with you

No

Run... this way... run...

What is going on?

KMT... they have taken action

Run...

Take no prisoners

What is going on? Why are you killing our own people?

It's the purge, we are weeding out the red bandits

Red bandits?

Wing-shing

Wing-sing...

Wing-shing

How's Brother Fu?

Will Wing-sing be alright?

What about him?

Do you think... if Wing-sing is a communist?

I think so

He's not around

You have some sleep

Let me go find out

You're here for Fu Jing-wan?

What happened last night?

You don't know?

He's gone

What happened?

I don't know, you just go

Let me go in

Suit yourself

Let me repeat

Red bandit sympathisers are enemies of the Nationalist Government

Traitors of the revolution

Bear it in mind

The Red bandits are our foes

If they live, we die

Say it out loud

Kill the Red bandits

Say it out loud

You are a sympathiser of the Red bandits or Fu Jing-wan?

Take him away for investigation

Go

Sympathising with the Red bandits means sympathising with your enemies

How can you go to battle?

Traitors

Commander Lam, your visitors are here

Ask them in

Please

Man, Wing-shing is now pregnant

You shouldn't let her go here and there

He painted me as an executioner to you?

He never speaks ill of you in front of me

Then it's petty of me

But I am working for the party

Often times it's not up to me

I am just following orders

Come sit down first

Drastic times call for drastic measures

As for what happened last night

It's bloody

But it's for the consolidation of the party and the government

Killing the communists is for consolation?

Alliance with the communists is Dr Sun's teaching

How can you override it?

I believe...

You remember it when Mr Cheung was arrested

Communism is like the plague

It is spreading out fast

Now the revolutionary army has almost all turned red

if we don't stop it in time

lt'll not be for us to do the purge

We can just wait here for the Communists to take over

Hence you have to kill them all?

Because they are ambitious

Do you know... They are plotting a revolt?

They mean to steal our fruit of success in the northern expedition

If we don't kill them now

they will kill us later

It's your guess only

How can you kill passionate young men based on your guess?

And Brother Fu, what has he done?

He only has the revolution in mind

He spared no efforts for the northern expedition

What crime has he committed?

This is politics

But you don't have to worry about him

He has slipped away

He has not been caught yet

But even if he's caught I won't kill him yet

I admire him very much

I would be nice to him

If he were caught I would talk him over

I would give him a way out

What if he refuses?

I don't want to see it happen

Alright, I promise you

I won't harm him

But it's chaotic out there

I can only speak for myself

But if he's caught by others

Then I can't help him

So, if you have news of him tell me as soon as possible

Lam Ching-shan, so that's what you are doing in Canton

Yes, it's politics

Now I am KMT's special commissioner in Canton

I am here for the purge

Your eyes are telling me you are not helping Brother Fu

You want to kill him

Wing-shing, now you see it

I said no one would believe me

You said I am not as big hearted as lp Man

But you can see it, he doesn't trust me at all

It depends on what you have done

Let me show you

This is a confidential report on Wing-sing

Wing-sing?

It says he's an active Red bandit

If the senior officials find out about this

Wing-sing will be executed

I have kept this with me

I've not shown it to anyone else

Moreover, I have covered him up

Red bandits use linear liaison

I've killed his senior contact

What?

To protect him, I had no choice

If it's found out, I would be executed too

I've said it, I'll love you all my life

Even if you are married...

Let's not talk about love

lp Man, you can blame me

You can call me cunning

You can say I am treacherous

But why?

Because I have always been on the forefront of the revolution

I have to protect myself

I am not as lucky as you are

You talk about revolution hiding in a haven

Ching-shan, thank you

But I hope you really mean to save Wing-sing

Why would I not?

I don't look sincere to you?

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Second Brother has been arrested

He's a communist too?

Who else has been caught?

More than ten of us

We live by the sword why join the communists?

Now we are in trouble

It's not about the dozen of our people

The Shahe Gang may be wiped out

Mentor, lp Man is here

Brother Lo

Brother lp

Halt, take a break This way

Brother Lo

Why are you here in Canton? You don't want to live?

Brother Lo, I need your help

Say it

I want to look for a man

Who?

Fu Jing-wan

Fu Jing-wan?

We have nothing to do with the Communists

What do you want?

Just go away

Shut up

Big Brother, the Shahe Gang didn't come easy

We all count on you

Nothing can happen to you

Just shut up

Mentor...

Brother Lo, it's my fault

I shouldn't put you in a difficult position

Wait, I am somebody

You all get up

Let me ask you

How did we get to where we are?

It's all because of loyalty

We live and die by loyalty

lp Man, I'll help you

If you still see me as your big brother

Go look for Fu Jing-wan

Go

Brother Lo, thank you

Cut it out

You all listen

You've been called back suddenly from the front

It's for an important mission

There is a group of Red bandits hiding here

Our mission is to get every one of them

Wing-sing, bear it in mind

Take no prisoners

Our mission is for the revolution

It's more important than going to the front

Yes

Go! Let's go!

Hold it

The boat is ready, we'll go to the Soviet region tonight

Not tonight, it may be a trap

The KMT won't let us leave Zhujiang

There will be people everywhere

I suggest we split and slip away

Even if we are ambushed

It will concern only one or two of us

We will not all be caught

We can't afford more losses

Oh no... we've been surrounded

Run...

Run...

Just run...

Halt

Quickly!

Brother Fu, run...

Wing-sing lp Man

Run with me

Don't let them slip away...

Run

Wing-sing, be careful

Run

Brother Fu, come on

Brother Ching-shan

Hush

Brother Ching-shan, why?

Lp Man is helping Fu Jing-wan

Fu Jing-wan killed you

I have been good to you

Blame it on lp Man

He did you in, go in peace

I will be good to Wing-shing

I won't let her suffer

I can promise you

I will send lp Man down to keep you company

This way