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Chapter 173 Multiple Twists and Turns! No Humanity Given to the Bad Guys! (34)

In the original version, the photo in Li Chenggong's wallet belonged to his mistress.

When they arrived at the ferry, Niu Geng snatched the photo and guessed the mistress's identity.

Then a gust of wind blew the photo into the Yangtze River.

The film uses cinematic language to metaphorically represent the fate of Li Chenggong and his mistress; the mistress will fly away.

Li Chenggong saw the IOU. Being shrewd, he noticed that the borrower and the signatory were not the same person, making it impossible to recover the debt.

In Shen Shandeng's version, the photo in Li Chenggong's wallet is not of his mistress, but of his ex-wife.

Compared to the original, this version of the dairy factory owner's image is more positive.

The IOU given was not a fake one, but a normal one.

At the same time, the character setting of Niu Geng in this part of the original storyline was actually flawed.

Especially during the "guess the mistress" segment after snatching the wallet, she lost her innocent and cute image and became aggressive, eager, and greasy, giving people a disgusting and repulsive feeling.

In Shen Shandeng's version, Niu Geng is still portrayed as honest and kind.

Meanwhile, the recovery of photos of his ex-wife and daughter foreshadows the later recovery of the car prize, and also foreshadows the happy ending.

Li Chenggong jumped up and grabbed the photo, then glanced at the distant shore and saw a familiar figure.

He shoved the photo into his wallet and said, "Hey, look what that is! A scammer!"

Li Chenggong caught a photo of his ex-wife that had flown back to him, and saw the figure of a female swindler in the distance.

Pointing it out to Niu Geng, he said, "Look, isn't she a female swindler?"

Niu Geng excitedly shouted towards the river, "Female liar! Female liar!"

He finally met the female swindler who cheated him out of his money again.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet!

Li Chenggong was utterly speechless: "Couldn't you have waited until the boat docked and you were closer to her before you shouted?"

Niu Geng was stunned; he had forgotten about this.

Li Chenggong roared, "Take the luggage and chase after them!"

The chase scene began.

They kept chasing and chasing until they reached a house.

Compared to the original version's old and dilapidated setting, the place where the female lead lives seems to have returned to the 1980s and 1990s.

For this scene, Shen Shandeng chose a normal street scene.

I don't deliberately seek out the best, but I also don't intentionally seek out the worst.

The home he arranged for the female swindler was quite nice.

A small villa.

He was a professional con artist and lived a very comfortable life, better than most people.

Li Chenggong and Niu Geng chased her all the way to the small villa, and then all the way to the female swindler's house.

When I opened the door, I saw three children drawing.

Two women and one man; their paintings hung on the wall, childlike and naive.

The eldest daughter asked the female con artist, "Mommy, Mommy, who are they?"

Ma Li, playing a con artist, looked pleadingly at the two men.

Li Chenggong and Niu Geng stood there, too embarrassed to accuse the female swindler in front of their child.

Ma Li delivered a phenomenal performance, perfectly capturing the essence of innocence.

She fed a piece of candy to her eldest daughter: "Mommy will give you this candy. You can play by yourselves. Mommy will be right back."

The female swindler led Li Chenggong and Niu Geng out, closed the door, and went into the living room.

Li Chenggong asked, "Why did you run away?"

The female con artist said, "You wouldn't believe me if I hadn't brought you here."

“My boyfriend and I are both teachers at Shuguang Elementary School. He teaches art. These three children are not my children; they are all orphans.”

"We promised the children that when spring comes, we will take them to see the rapeseed flowers and to do some sketching."

"Then my boyfriend and I went to buy oil paints and drawing boards for the children."

"On the way back, there was a car accident. My boyfriend pushed me out of the car, but he... died."

“The child who just called me Mom is so pitiful. She has congenital retinal detachment. She looks fine on the outside, but she can’t see anything at all.”

"Even with surgery, the chances of regaining sight are only 30%."

"I had made a promise with my boyfriend that we would get married once her eyes were cured."

At this point, Ma Li burst into tears.

“I really want to cure her eyes, and I really want to take her to see the rapeseed flowers.”

"I felt I should hold on, no matter what, but I just couldn't hold on any longer."

“When I met you that day, I didn’t have a single penny on me. My child was lying on the operating table, and the hospital had reached its limit.”

"I'm really desperate. You're right not to believe me because I'm a liar."

"The only wrong thing I've ever done in my life is that I lied to you. But that ID card is real."

A plot twist!

It turns out the scammer was a good person!
Li Chenggong thought of his wife and children leaving him and almost cried.

So touching.

Having been scammed so many times before, Niu Geng's intelligence seemed to have increased, and he asked skeptically, "Your place looks nice, you don't seem poor at all."

Li Chenggong, overflowing with sympathy, stopped Niu Geng, saying, "Don't suspect people so easily. This house might just be something left behind by someone else."

The female swindler's eyes were filled with tears: "You are my benefactors, and also my child's benefactors. Thank you. I kowtow to you, brothers."

This performance by Ma Li is not only in a small theater style, but also has a bit of a two-person comedy style.

Li Chenggong said to Niu Geng, "Bring her ID card."

He then took out another wad of money and placed it on the table.

Just as he was about to leave, his little daughter ran out: "Uncle, uncle, here."

He handed a painting to Li Chenggong, who opened it and found portraits of two people.

The female con artist is holding her young daughter.

The little girl waved and said, "Goodbye, Uncle."

The scene was very heartwarming and touching.

In a moment of emotional appeal.

The son ran out happily, shouting, "Mom, don't let them get away, Dad's back!"

A plot twist!

A second reversal!

A moment.

The tears in the eyes of the female con artist played by Ma Li disappeared, her expression suddenly changed, and she burst into laughter.

"Gaga, gaga! Fool!"

There's no emotional appeal involved; it's just a delaying tactic.

Li Chenggong and Niu Geng sensed something was wrong and ran outside.

As soon as I entered the yard, I heard the sound of the door opening.

Shen Teng, playing the husband, walked in first, followed by five or six brothers.

The atmosphere was stagnant.

Shen Teng and his group spread out in a circle and surrounded the two people in the courtyard.

The female con artist, abandoning her previous act of feigning helplessness, adopted a bossy demeanor and said, "My husband only has these two, and they've come all the way to my house."

Shen Teng, wearing a gold chain, coldly stared at the two of them.

He grabbed a bag and threw it at Niu Geng's head, yelling, "Fuck you!"

Niu Geng rolled his eyes, his anger beginning to build.

Li Chenggong quickly grabbed him.

Two fists can't beat four hands. These guys are no good. It's fine if you don't fight back, but if you do, you'll get beaten even worse.

Shen Teng stopped when he saw that they were frightened.

Ma Li stepped forward: "Look, look! They've followed us to my house and scared my child!" "What do you suggest we do?"

Li Chenggong said, "Consider it a favor that we gave you money."

The female swindler interrupted, saying, "That was a voluntary gift from you."

Li Chenggong said, "We are willing to pay you compensation for emotional distress."

The female swindler quoted a price: "Ten thousand."

Li Chenggong hesitated: "Ten thousand?"

Shen Teng threatened, "I'll fucking kill you!"

Li Chenggong explained, "I'm afraid I won't have enough money."

He pulled all the money out of his wallet, but the female con artist snatched it away, counted it, and said, "Less than a thousand. Do you think you're doing justice to the act I put on?"

Do you know how hard it is for me to make up stories?

The other henchmen went to search Li Chenggong's bag.

Another person went through Niu Geng's bag.

Niu Geng gripped the IOU tightly; it was his evidence for getting money back from his coworkers, and he couldn't afford to lose it!

The more he held on to it, the more the conman's henchmen tried to snatch it.

Niu Geng's anger, which had been building up, finally erupted.

He kicked one person down, then went to kick a second person.

Niu Geng is no weakling; he's a dairy worker who sometimes has to contend with the cows.

He's been working for a long time and has a lot of strength.

Having been scammed twice and bullied, his anger was already at its peak.

He took down four people in a row.

On the other side, Shen Teng was stunned: "Holy crap!"

He pulled out a document.

I instinctively opened it and saw a picture of Li Chenggong.

Upon closer inspection of the name, it turned out to be a police identification card.

This is the beginning. Li Chenggong's eccentric employees forged police identification cards, a replica pistol, and a silver bracelet, but they couldn't bring them on the plane because of security checks, though they left the identification cards behind.

Shen Teng's voice changed; it was a cop.

"Holy crap, cop, no, bro, you're a cop!"

When I turned around again, I was even more dumbfounded.

Niu Geng unleashed a devastating attack, knocking everyone except himself to the ground.

Ma Li was also stunned. She took the documents handed to her, and her expression changed.

The performance was excellent, conveying the emotions from pride to surprise to fear.

Then he just threw her down and started acting like a madman.

He collapsed on the spot.

"Oh my god, my legs, my arms, my knees!"

She's desperately trying to gain sympathy.

"Oh my god, my legs, my arms, my knees!"

Shen Teng rolled his eyes and immediately started rolling around on the ground.

The other henchmen had already fled in a panic, bowing and apologizing profusely: "Big brother, we're so sorry, big brother, I..."

This certificate, coupled with Niu Geng's abilities.

Clearly, these two are police officers.

Those who frequently commit crimes know this.

Police operations are never conducted alone; they are always carried out in pairs.

Li Chenggong realized what was happening, grabbed the documents, and said: "Don't move, don't cause a scene! Confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely."

An aerial view of Ma Li.

"Is it fun to lie to me? You liar, you unrepentant deadbeat liar, taking advantage of other people's kindness."

As Li Chenggong reprimanded the female swindler and her husband, his other henchmen scattered like birds and beasts.

There's no such thing as loyalty here.

At this point, only the female con artist couple and their three children remained in the room.

Niu Geng was stunned, not understanding why his boss had become a policeman; he didn't react at first.

Li Chenggong then used clothes to tie up the female swindler and her husband, and called 110 (the police emergency number) to report the crime.

They saw him using clothes to tie people up, without handcuffs, and even called the police.

The female con artist and her husband were dumbfounded; she dared to forge fake documents and impersonate a fake police officer!
They're even better at lying than them!
Li Chenggong went to see the three children.

They were all very clever and even tried to rebel.

None of them have disabilities; their eldest daughter, who is said to have congenital retinal detachment, is perfectly normal.

Li Chenggong was convinced and questioned the female swindler.

This scene is a radical departure from the original.

First, it revisits the foreshadowing from the beginning: the eccentric employee creating a replica product.

The first scene features a gun, and in this scene, a gunshot finally rings out.

Shen Shandeng changed Li Chenggong's identity from the original doll factory owner to the toy factory owner for this very purpose.

This part was actually inspired by Ning Hao's "Breakup Buddies".

In Ning Hao's "Breakup Buddies," there's a prop gun, but "Breakup Buddies" involves driving, while "Lost in Thailand" involves traveling by plane and train. Prop guns are definitely not allowed, and handcuffs are also prohibited. Only this ID card is permitted.

The second point to learn is "I'm fucking stupid," a classic line from the movie "Breakup Buddies" when the characters encounter a group of thugs. It was said by Lei Jiayin, but Shen Teng's version is even funnier.

Especially Shen Teng and Ma Li, Shen Shandeng knows their chemistry from their past lives, with a little training, they become a hilarious pair of con artists.

In addition, there was the adaptation of classic scenes from Shen Teng and Ma Li's later classic skit "To Help or Not to Help".

"Oh dear, my corset, my elbows, my hip joints!"

The couple, who were actually con artists, ended up trying to gain sympathy from the "police officer" Li Chenggong.

of course.

The biggest difference between this climax scene and the original is its core!
If the husband doesn't show up with other people, the female con artist's storyline is basically the same as the original melodramatic version.

The original version forced in values, resulting in a mishmash. It whitewashed the female con artist, trying to find humanity and redemption for the villain.

Fraudsters are considered enemies until they have served their full sentences.

We must not confuse enemy with enemy!

To whitewash those who do evil and bestow upon them the title of the highest good not only shields the wicked but also insults those who do good.

The nature of the matter has been confused.

Whether it's good or bad, in the end, it all seems the same.

The female swindler is the antithesis of the people; it's not an internal contradiction, but a contradiction between the enemy and ourselves.

Scammers, especially professional scammers, are definitely not normal people.

For them, lying is commonplace. The true goodness and beauty of humanity are seen as foolishness and stupidity.

It's shameful to lie; if you succeed in lying, it's a sign of skill; if you fail, it's a sign of incompetence.

Therefore, Shen Shandeng used the original plot to reverse the female con artist's con artist persona, and then carried out a second reversal, turning it back, resulting in multiple reversals.

In fact, Shen Shandeng had considered further interrogating the swindler.

It shows how well the three children work together with their con artist mother.

After thinking it over, Shen Shandeng gave up.

In reality, children from such families may indeed develop distorted values, but it won't manifest itself in a negative way.

It's still a problem of portraying adults.

It's a comedy film after all, so it only touches on the surface.

Comedy movies are meant to make people happy!

(End of this chapter)