Back to the movie, Lu Liangwei and Zheng Zeshi, Ye Tong cooperated in "Lame Hao", but also the work of Ma Dangxiong, a little earlier period of the biographical film of Ma Dangxiong was once a scenery, when Mai Dangxiong (screenwriter and producer) Xiao Ruoyuan, Pan Wenjie (director) for the Iron Triangle production of "Lame Hao" is the most brilliant, known as the Hong Kong version of the godfather, won the Academy Award, the second year after the success, by the original team of personnel to produce this Shanghai Emperor originally intended to make a Chinese version of the godfather, this theme is relatively grand and difficult to control, many things are twisted and pinched, Some of the ambiguities and paradoxes of the filming are indeed suspected of beautifying Du Yuesheng, so the box office is not ideal, but I personally think it is still a good work of high quality.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the three tycoons of Shanghai dominated Shanghai Beach, and had a deep relationship with the politicians of the Republic of China, Lu Yunsheng had a wife and two concubines, but he still remembered Xiao Dong, the lover of Qingmei Bamboo Horse ~ Today, I will look at the lower part of "The Emperor of Shanghai".
In 1936, the lu government was still full of high-ranking friends every day, greeting people from all walks of life. Every day at any cost to socialize and give gifts, so that Lu Yunsheng, who pays attention to the scene of human feelings, is somewhat economically overwhelmed, so he is shrewd and plans to use his prestige position to open a bank to meet the daily huge expenses, when the banking industry has its own rules, newly opened peers will generally come to save money to support each other, and help each other. Lu Yunsheng invited the banking tycoons to come to dinner at the Shanghai Hotel, but there were very few people who wanted to boycott Lu Yunsheng's entry into the banking industry, and the president of the Commercial Bank who pretended to come to lu Yunsheng told Lu Yunsheng that he would do his best to help him open a bank, but behind his back, he insulted Lu Yunsheng for having a bag, and he didn't know how to open a bank, and he looked down on Lu Yunsheng's origin from the bottom of his heart, and it just happened that this was heard by Lu Yunsheng's protégé and told Lu Yunsheng. Angry Lu Yunsheng let his subordinates set fire to the warehouse of the Commercial Bank, and then published rumors in the newspaper slandering the commercial bank's financial tightness, everyone began to squeeze the commercial bank, for a time the commercial bank was on the verge of bankruptcy, on the occasion of the collapse, Lu Yunsheng announced in a high profile that he had invested in the commercial bank to stabilize the people's will, the banking industry saw that Lu Yunsheng had such a skill, began to seduce Lu Yunsheng, and from then on Lu Yunsheng began to join the banking industry
The following year, the National Government carried out the anti-opium campaign throughout the country, Lu Yunsheng practiced it, and quit opium with amazing perseverance, in response to the government's call, Lu Yunsheng decided to reorganize the Youth Gang, set up a legal organization called Hengshe, and began to shut down the profitable opium business one after another.
The Japanese army began to invade China in an all-round way, Lu Yunsheng donated a large amount of anti-war materials, in order to raise funds to support the War of Resistance, Lu Yunsheng contacted Xiao Dong to organize a Peking Opera charity performance in Shanghai, the Battle of Songhu broke out, in order to defend Shanghai, Lu Yunsheng arranged a large number of protégés to assist in the War of Resistance, but under the asymmetric military force, there were still heavy casualties, the Japanese army air raided Shanghai, Shanghai fell, the Japanese army began to burn and loot the people of Li, Hou Fei, who was previously imprisoned, defected a lot of Shanghai intelligence, and organized the assassination of Lu Yunsheng, but did not succeed. Lu Yunsheng, who escaped the disaster, was worried that he would be blackmailed by the Japanese and chose to take refuge in Hong Kong temporarily.
Jin Rong's concubine Lu Lanchun also took advantage of the situation to run away his huge assets and elope with people, and Jin Rong has been in a slump ever since. After the Japanese entered Shanghai, Yuan Xiaojun completely defected to the Japanese and became traitors.
In 38 years, Lu Yunsheng was always inquiring about the situation of the war in Hong Kong, and arranged for his nephew Wu Qiang to go to Chongqing to develop, to cooperate with the actions of the Nationalist government, the Nationalist government demanded that the military command agents Gu Yu and Lu Yunsheng rely on their power in Shanghai to eliminate the traitors by means, including Yuan Xiaojun, Hou Fei and others, the traitor Yuan Xiaojun tried to win over Jin Rong to japan, was fooled by the yellow-clad crazy betrayal, and saw that Yuan Xiaojun had completely become a lackey of the Japanese, Jin Rong agreed to Lu Yunsheng's assassination plan, and the traitor Hou Fei was shot in public. His underlings also took the opportunity to assassinate Yuan Xiaojun.
In 1945, after the victory of the War of Resistance, Lu Yunsheng returned to Shanghai, because of the merits of the War of Resistance, Gu Yu promised to help Lu Yunsheng become the mayor of Shanghai, and his nephew Wu Qiang also became a politician, but the supreme authorities did not intend to make Lu mayor, gave the mayor to other candidates, Wu Qiang became the vice mayor, in order to draw a clear line with Lu Yunsheng, Wu Qiang let his subordinates distribute leaflets everywhere, indicating that they wanted to fight the evil forces, and Lu Yunsheng, who started his family on tobacco soil, was embarrassed, Wu Qiang pressed step by step, and arrested Lu Yunsheng's son on trumped-up charges. Lu Yunsheng couldn't bear it and decided to fight back by political means, mobilizing all the forces of the Hengshe Society to prepare to run for the presidency of the Shanghai Municipal Senate, but politicians have more means than hooligans, the highest authorities instructed that because of his social background, he could not participate in politics, the victory of the War of Resistance cancelled the concession, there was no concession, there was no soil for survival, Lu Yunsheng's value was also greatly reduced, helpless, his arm could not be twisted after the thigh, Lu Yunsheng had to resign on the same day after he was elected, Gu Yu rushed from Nanjing to Shanghai in order to appease Lu's resentment, and released Lu's son. Wu Qiang was arrested for embezzlement.
When Nanjing was liberated in 49 years, Lu Yunsheng decided to take Xiao Dong and his family to Hong Kong. In the last few years, Lu Yunsheng took Sister Ah Gui, who had the grace of knowing and encountering, as an elderly filial piety and service, until he was old, before leaving, he also paid homage to sister Ah Gui, who had already passed away, and solemnly bid farewell to the golden glory that had brought himself to Hong Kong, at this time Lu Yunsheng, who was already in poor health, planned to go to the United States for medical treatment, Xiao Dong asked a sentence that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, in what capacity did I go to the United States this time? Lu Yunsheng understood that he owed too much to the people around him, and decided to cancel his trip to the United States, held a wedding with Xiao Dong, and finally scattered his family wealth and died in Hong Kong in 52 years.
The movie is based on the real historical facts to change, to achieve the greatest degree of restoration, in the final wedding with Xiao Dong, Lu Yunsheng while inhaling two breaths of oxygen, while kissing the last lover or deeply impressed me, in front of the sickbed, Lu Yunsheng burned all the previous IOUs with fire, do not want these to become the burden of children, and confess the last words, "I have no hope, you have hope, China still has hope!" He deeply understood the hardships of life, and finally ended this article with the story of the dragon he often said, you were originally a carp, after practicing for 500 years, you jumped over the dragon gate to become a dragon, and I, originally a loach, had to cultivate for 1000 years to become a carp, before I was qualified to jump that dragon gate, if you didn't jump over, you were still a carp, and I turned back into a loach, so how can I not be cautious in doing things?