Gone with the Bullets Page #5

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Ma Zouri is your buddy.

But he just saved your ass.

Me?

Your father wasn't really

going to hurt them.

He just needed an excuse to let you go.

But you kept the horse out of my bed.

In spite of his bullshit, Ma's true blue.

Miss Wu-Six, be my witness.

Should Ma come to me one day...

- ...I'll die a thousand times to help him.

- Thanks.

Thanks for the ride. And my life.

- Your hat!

- Hey, your hat!

About that stallion...

...please tell no one.

Least of all my French bosses.

Relax. See you.

Ma Zouri! Ma Zouri!

You're wanted for murder!

You're acting kind of weird.

- Weird?

- Something's bothering you.

No. I'm fine.

- You sure?

- Of course.

If you have a problem, come tell me.

I can't. Your father would shoot me.

Miss Wu treated me nicely that day.

She kept asking if she could help me.

I kept insisting I was fine.

How could I be fine?

They think I'm a murderer now.

I don't understand.

Why was I so free with Wanyan...

...but so nervous...

...and tongue-tied around Wu-Six?

The old Peking crowd is upstairs.

- Wanna join us?

- I'll park the car.

- See you upstairs.

- Okay.

- Sir. Yes, sir.

- Give the key to that lady.

- And money for you. Thanks.

- Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Want a ride?

Where to?

That's too much.

- You hop on.

- But this is not proper.

Does this count as being unselfish?

I went to the general to save my life.

Instead, I saved Xiang's life

by accident.

Xiang's evolved back into a human.

But he's coming after me now.

Is he being ungrateful?

I can't blame him really.

Everyone needs help at some point.

But no one wants to be

reminded of it afterwards.

For years, I eluded his grasp.

He started arresting innocent men

for crimes of passion...

...they didn't commit.

That's how he made

a name for himself...

...and became Shanghai's...

...top Chinese detective.

As for me, I have to keep running.

As time passes...

...I don't even know who I am anymore.

Hey, friend.

Where can I find some Peking opera?

No Peking opera, Shanghai opera.

Shanghai? No, no. Peking opera.

Ma Zouri.

- The play about him, you mean?

- Ma Zouri.

- Only Shanghai opera.

- Executing Ma Zouri.

Wanyan, Wanyan...

...you ungrateful slut!

You had it coming.

She's Wanyan, the whore.

I'm Ma Zouri, the son of a b*tch.

We're a pair of deviants.

When she became president,

she stopped giving me cash.

And stopped giving me ass.

I've no more use for her.

So don't blame me for going psycho.

I'm just doing God's work!

Oh, no, the ditch is too small.

Can't find a shovel.

Can't modify the ditch.

So I'll have to modify the b*tch.

- Which one should I use?

- The big one!

The big one!

Madam President

You had a change of heart

So I ripped you apart

Now you are la carte

Hey, who are you?

They said you waited for me all night.

I would've waited a year

to get an audience with you.

- Autograph?

- No.

I've been asked to deliver something

to you.

- From who?

- Ma Zouri.

His cousin.

Is that so?

Oh, my, this is too much.

Drinks, please.

Besides the gold coins,

did his cousin...?

- Tea, sir.

- Thanks.

- What else did he want?

- He asked me...

...to relay three messages.

- Go ahead.

- The first one is, he hopes...

...you stay honest...

- ...and be a serious actor.

- That goes without saying. Number 2?

The second message is...

...he hopes that you...

...stop performing Executing Ma Zouri.

- Why?

- Because...

...it's not good for Ma Zouri.

And it's certainly not good for you.

- And the third?

- The third message is.... Got it?

I meant the cousin's third message.

That is the third message: Got it?

Ma's cousin....

What's he do for a living?

This cousin?

His cousin.... Everything.

And nothing. He's a fixer.

An enforcer.

He doesn't ask twice.

Yesterday, I was threatened

by someone.

I was offered a bribe

to stop acting in this show.

I want to hear from you.

Should I keep acting?

- Yes!

- And should I slice and dice?

- Slice! Dice!

- Which knife should I use?

The big one!

No need for these!

And after I cut her up?

Rape and kill!

Today, I will kill, but not rape.

Tomorrow, I will rape, but not kill.

And the day after tomorrow,

I'll rape and kill.

So to see it all...

...you have to come

three days in a row.

Madam President

You had a change of heart

XIANG FEITIAN EXECUTES MA ZOURI!

Starring:
Xiang Feitian,

Wanyan Ying, Ma Zouri

Directed by:
Wu-Six

Shanghai Louis Studio

His name is Ma Zouri.

A scheming, conniving man.

She loved him. He made her.

"Today we make history."

"I will auction myself for the poor."

"Give it away? What's in it for me?"

He decides to murder her.

"Wanyan! President!"

His mind is made up.

"You ungrateful b*tch!

I'm going to kill you!"

"Ma, let go of me!"

"You want to leave me penniless?"

"Help! Help!"

He killed her and took off.

Xiang Feitian was torn.

But he decided

he had to arrest Ma Zouri.

"I've known him since childhood.

But I have to uphold the law."

Xiang kills all prisoners

who commit crimes of passion.

Wang Tianwang

lured Ma Zouri out of hiding.

English and French detectives

jointly arrest Ma Zouri.

Ma Zouri is incarcerated.

Xiang is a genius.

A great hero, Xiang Feitian,

a promise fulfilled, and justice served.

"Xiang, please save me!"

"I am good, you are evil."

"I'm justice, you are damned."

"I will execute you personally."

Escort Nation's president

was found dead.

Murdered by her lover.

He was on the run.

But I got him after two years!

And the whole thing, incredibly...

...was filmed by Miss Wu.

All of it.

Locations! Characters! Pathos!

It's unprecedented, even in Paris!

- Unprecedented!

- It's an unprecedented feat...

...brought about solely by my efforts.

Lucky bastard,

stumbling on such good fortune.

Fortune favours the prepared.

But let me ask you, what's our plot?

- Inspector Xiang kills Ma Zouri.

- Why?

- Because he killed Wanyan Ying.

- When?

Why? How? Any witness?

If you don't show all this,

the movie is incomplete.

But it's water under the bridge.

- What to do?

- Hire a few actors.

Your mother loves cross-dressing.

- She can play Ma Zouri.

- Your mother can!

She can only play Wanyan.

She can't play a man.

- Only your mother can.

- Your mother can!

Let's talk movies.

All mothers are women.

Obviously. Obviously.

What I really appreciate

is your way of life.

A man can marry many wives,

have many kids....

Lovely! Make me Chinese!

By the way,

isn't your father marrying again?

- Ask your father.

- I'd rather not.

We must find a good actor. A star.

Wang Tianwang.

His most popular play

Executing Ma Zouri...

...sold out 1000 performances.

- And made it to the headlines.

- Ma Zouri.

Ma can play Ma Zouri.

Genius! Genius!

Leading man as murderer.

- Genius!

- Genius!

Realism is the key to a good movie.

We'll show a real man

who killed his friend...

...and the climax:

His friend shoots him for real.

Wait, what's the climax?

- Executing Ma Zouri.

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