Heroes Among Heroes (蘇乞兒)

Near the end of the Ching Dynasty,

there was a large influx of opium into China,

and a large amount of silver left China.

The country was rapidly becoming poor,

and people's standard ofliving was deteriorating.

This, in turn, led to a breakdown in law and order.

China saw the need to ban opium,

so in the 1 8th year of the Emperor Tao Kwong's reign,

special commissioner Lin Ze Xu was sent to Canton...

to enforce an Imperial opium ban.

- Your Honor. - Master Wong.

I would thank you for your warm welcome.

I shall need your full cooperation if we're to succeed with the opium ban.

You can count on me, sir.

As head of the martial arts association,

I shall do my utmost to wipe out the sickness that is destroying us.

Good. We shall work together to get rid of opium.

- Right? -

Destroy opium! Strengthen China!

Destroy opium! Strengthen China!

Destroy opium! Strengthen China!

Destroy opium! Strengthen China!

- - Hello.!

Greetings!

This is the government permit.

- Oh! Very good! -

- Let's go! - Come on!

- Protect them! - Right.!

Come on! Come on, you!

The commissioner has arrived.!

- Master Wong. - Welcome, Your Honor.

- Out of the way! - Out of the way!

Close in.

Let me, teacher.

Excuse me.

Okay, brothers! Let's destroy the opium now!

Come on! Get outta here!

On your feet!

Come on! Come on! Get outta here!

- Druggies! - Come on!

Come on! Up the stairs!

- Out! Out! - Get outta here!

- Move 'em out! - Get outta here!

- Outside! - Get 'em outside!

- Burn it. - Yes, sir.!

Come on. Give me a hand.

Come on. Move it up. Move it up there.

That damned Lin Ze Xu and Wong Fei Hong...

have cost us great losses today.

If the ban isn't lifted soon,

I'll order my fleet to sail into the harbor and show them how powerful our guns are.

We mustn't cause an international incident.

You need a Chinese to deal with the Chinese,

I think he means the 1 2th Prince.

But he's miles away in Peking. What can he do?

- Anyway, by the time he arrives-- - His Highness, the prince.!

Your Highness!

You shouldn't be frightened by a mere commissioner.

And Wong Fei Hong is nobody. They are not strong enough to stop us.

Besides, Lin Ze Xu is a Han Chinese.

But Wong Fei Hong is tough.

He's nothing to me.

Let me tell you this.

I also have a tough fiighter on our side.

He is known as Beggar So.

With him we need not fear Wong Fei Hong.

- Good! - Very clever!

I wonder what he wants.

Thank you, everybody, very much for coming today.

First, to all you charitable people,

let me say I'm honored to have you here.

The reason I've asked you here today...

is to introduce to all of you a drug which I've been working on for a long time--

the magnifiicent anti-opium pill!

- - Poor Kwan.

Since he married into that family,

he's suffered even more than when he was a beggar.

That's why he made those pills-- to earn himself a name and get out from under.

Quiet, please.

Quiet, everybody. Be quiet.

Now, I witness every day...

the harm that opium does to our people.

It's sad. It really makes me want to cry.

So I've spent countless sleepless nights, as well as money,

trying to come up with a solution,

and I tell you this does work!

So we're saved at last!

- - And China will be saved.!

- But... -

too bad the drug is not cost-effective.

It costs too much to make.

Ordinary smokers may not be able to afford it.

- - That's a shame.

Therefore, I've asked you all to come here today...

to contribute to a charitable cause.

- If you have money, give it! -

- Help in any way you can! -

Support the Sos.!

Support me, the son-in-law!

That is me! Support me! Support this worthy cause!

Aaaah.! Ohh.!

- Ohh! - You okay?

- You can see me? - Support me!

Get away! Get away! Get off him!

I see you've undertaken something.

So he wants you to support him, to be a real man.

- What were you yelling so loudly for? -

You trying to defy me? You want to control me, huh?

You want to help people? You just want their support.

I think you're just doing it for yourself.

Check if the young master's up and tell him to come and eat.

- So you want to defy me. - Please,Jean, let me get up. All right?

I don't want my son to see me like this. It's embarrassing.

You're the embarrassment 'round here, selling phony drugs!

- Get up! -

All you know is money--

- Ah, honored son. - Son!

- You're up already? - Hi.

Hey, what is it this time?

What is it you've done?

Your father will ruin the So family one day.

What are you doing? You only sit after me!

Hey, Auntie, sit down. Relax.

- Sit down. - You don't know what he's done.

He's broken our family rule--

Don't get involved in politics.

No, no, no, look.

I just made those pills because I believe they'll make a name for our family.

You mean you've successfully made the anti-opium pills?

Don't you believe in that.

What anti-opium pills? They're just a laxative.

You shouldn't do that. It's fraud. You'll get us all into trouble.

It won't kill anybody. Just loosen up the bowel movement.

- It cleans up the system. - Shut up!

I was talking to your son!

- You shouldn't cut in like that! -But he's my son!

All right, calm down, both of you. Let's eat, huh?

I thought I was the beggar.

But you're worse than me. You two look as if you haven't eaten for three days.

- -

- Have you two fiinished then? - I have.

- I'm off. - Hey! Hey, where are you going, son?

You haven't eaten any!

You crazy? Don't you remember?

- It's the 1 5th. He has to go beg, you old fart! - Oh, yeah-- Yeah! Enough!

- You're living in a daze! - All right! Don't use bad language!

- So what if I do, huh? -

Hey, you ready?

- Yeah, yeah, I'm coming. - Ain't got all day.

- Mr. Chang! - Here you go.

- Hi, Mr. Wong! You're looking prosperous! - Here you are.

- A beggar's giving money out? - That's Beggar So.

The So family are the richest people here.

He's the only boy in the family, so the granddad, being superstitious,

believed a fortune-teller and adopted a beggar to be the boy's godfather.

he has to go and beg.

Hey, here we are.

- Come on! Food time! -

Hey, a roast goose! Come on!

Hey, don't fiight. There's plenty for everyone. Come on. Don't fiight.

I'll have a bite! Mmm!

- Hey! Careful, Dad! - No!

Great!

Mmm! Mmm!

Dad, the two strikes you taught me last time were excellent!

- Of course! - Thanks!

But one goose is not really enough for all of us.

Well, I've come prepared. Here, catch!

How's that? Is that enough?

Wow. Did you see how my godfather catches them? His kung fu is really amazing.

He's a real master, for sure.

- Yea! - Come on!

Son, now so far I've taught you almost everything I know.

I must say, I never thought I'd have an heir to carry on my skills.

But, Dad, you're a true master.

If you agree to come out of retirement,

I'm sure the Beggars Clan would once again become famous.

Mmm. I'm an old man now.

If I were ten years younger, maybe I would set up a branch.

Right! We'd be famous again!

Now, you must have a drink with me, and you can't say no.

But, Dad, you know I don't drink! I'll get drunk easily!

- No, Dad, you're wasting it. Don't do that. - All our clan members drink.

I really can't drink. It has nothing to do with being a beggar.

Hey, listen to me, boy.

Wine takes you to another world.

- If you don't drink, you'll never know the clan. - No, Dad.

- Come on! Drink now! - No!

- Come on! - I don't want any!

You're gonna waste it! Stop it!

Get off me. Get him off me, huh?

Master, the Fire Lotus gang,

they're having another ritual.

- They're having a parade too.! - What's that?

in return for their blessings.!

- They want to drive us out ofbusiness. - Really?

- Yeah. - Huh? Hey! Where you going?

Hey! You keep away from those people!

The Fire Lotus are pretty strong.

He should fiind out about those people.