Gangsters came downstairs to catch noodles friends, bar owners, fat old mo. He couldn't stand the torture and told us where the noodles were going.
At the moment, noodles are lying in a Chinese-run smoking room in Chinatown, smoking. He had a newspaper of the day in his hand. On the front page of the newspaper, three young people were shot dead by the police for resisting arrest. These three people are noodle brothers, childhood friends of life and death. It was Noodle who called the police yesterday, so he felt deeply guilty about the deaths of his three brothers. The people in the cigarette shop reported the news of the bandits' search, and the noodles quickly escaped from the back door.
Touch the noodles back to the bar and kill the gangsters there? Saved Lao Mo. He grabbed a key from behind the door and went upstairs to meet Eve. Lao Mo told him that Eve had died at the hands of gangsters. Noodles thought for a moment, turned and walked to the door. Old Mo's voice sounded behind him: "What do you need? Money? " Noodles walked and answered, "No, I have a key. I can get more. "
Near the railway station, Noodles opened their private lockers and then opened their suitcases, but they were suspicious. The money he wanted to take was gone, and there was only a pile of old newspapers in the box. The train whistle sounded, and the noodles left new york with the mystery of the cash box, feeling guilty and confused.
35 years later, 1968, Frost Bones returned to new york. At midnight, he found this old friend in Mo Fat Bar. Noodles took out a letter sent to Robert Vinson and asked Lao Mo if he sent it. Fat mo is at a loss. The letter said that the three dead friends of Noodles had been moved and buried, and asked him to come back and go through the formalities. There is no signature at the end of this letter. Among them, only Lao Mo is still alive. He lived in anonymity and was isolated from the world for 35 years. Since Lao Mo didn't do it, who sent the letter and for what motive? Noodles took out the key and gave it back to Lao Mo. "I thought at that time, I will give you 1 10,000 after I get the money." Lao Mo exclaimed, "I thought you had it all!" "No, that box is empty." "What have you done all these years?" "Turn over a new leaf and live honestly under the name of Robert Vinson."
It's still late at night, and noodles are not tired. He seems to have returned to his childhood, and the past is vivid.
Also in this bar, he often peeks at a beautiful girl practicing dancing in the warehouse from a hole in the toilet wall. She is fat Xiao Mo's sister, and her name is Debra. Noodles like her, but Debra is arrogant to him.
On a street in Brooklyn, there are three poor children. They are good friends of noodles. Noodles are the most loyal and thoughtful. Those three poor companions often follow him to play some practical jokes to cheat money. Soon, they met another boy named Mequez. At that time, during the prohibition of alcohol in the United States, Mequez and his gang started the business of selling bootleg liquor, selling black liquor in greasy hotels and making a lot of money. Mequez thinks he is old and claims that the money he earns belongs to everyone. He kept it in the locker of the railway station, and it was stipulated that all five brothers should be present before unpacking and withdrawing money. The key is kept by the fat man in the bar. The five brothers vowed to share weal and woe. The police bribed another gang of hooligans, led by Bugsy, to crack down on them. Bugsy killed their little brother for no reason. Noodles stabbed Bugsy with a knife in a rage and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Noodles 1933 released from prison. After 12, Mequez and his gang are not what they used to be. They set up a company to sell bootleg liquor, and opened a brothel in the basement of the bar, taking advantage of it and doing evil. Noodles will naturally join in when they come back. Once they robbed a jewelry store, and after they got the diamonds, Mequez killed the jeweler, not counting, but also killed their partner. Noodles are also involved, but they feel too vicious. Besides, he doesn't want to be controlled by others, so he has differences with Mequez in his heart.
By this time, Debra had realized her childhood dream and became a dancer. She welcomes noodles back. One night, noodles packed a whole luxurious restaurant for Debra and invited her to dinner, taking this opportunity to show her mind. Debra couldn't help being moved by the sincerity of noodles, but she said that she couldn't delay her future for noodles, and she would go to Hollywood to continue her development the next day. Seeing/kloc-the sweetheart who has always wanted to be a goddess for 0/2 years so easily refused the love she has been pursuing, Noodles was very depressed and raped her in a rage. Afterwards, I regretted it. From then on, I met Eve, a beautiful and docile prostitute.
Just as the government lifted the ban, Mequez was planning to rob the Federal Reserve Bank. Noodles think that this is tantamount to driving the two brothers to the wall and strongly oppose it. Mequez didn't listen to advice and went his own way. Carol, the jeweler's secretary, is now Mequez's concubine. She didn't take Mayquez's decision seriously, so she asked Noodles to find a way. Noodles didn't have the heart to exchange their brothers' lives for money, so they called the police before the action, so that the police could arrest them on a lighter charge and make the bank robbery impossible. Unexpectedly, his kindness actually killed his brother.
Noodles return from past memories 1968. He came to the riverside cemetery according to the instructions in the letter. Facing the deceased, he couldn't help feeling the vicissitudes of the world. To his great bewilderment, the tombstones and memorial halls of three old friends were not only well built, but also the names of the builders engraved on them were actually the noodles themselves! There is a locker key hanging on the wall, and the key is still shaking, as if it had just been delivered. Noodles came to the railway station and opened the suitcase in the locker. There is a box of banknotes neatly placed inside, with a note on it: "Advance payment for next operation."
That night, Noodle accidentally saw a TV news: Senator Bailey was accused of accepting bribes from O 'Donnell, the leader of the transportation union, and was about to appear in court. Seeing the reporter's interview with O 'Donnell, Noodles couldn't help thinking of a past event. The year Noodle was released from prison, Mayquez and his gang protected the then trade union activists O'Donnel, Mayquez and Noodle. In the hospital, they made an "exchange plan" for the newborn only son of the police chief who suppressed the union strike, forcing the police chief to make a compromise. From then on, they became O 'Donnell's bodyguards.
Noodles went back to new york to visit their old friends one by one. When he went to the nursing home to visit Carol, he learned that Mequez had colluded with the police before Noodles called the police. He has long wanted to keep the property of five people for himself. The so-called bank robbery is just a way for the police to get rid of his brother. Since then, he has changed his name and surname, not only doing business, but also becoming a red-hot political figure.
Debra has become a big star now, and she is famous. She starred in Cleopatra. In Debra's dressing room, Noodles met her. Noodles told Debra, "I came to you for two reasons. The first is to see if you refuse me. It seems that you are right. The second is to ask you if I should attend Senator Bailey's party tomorrow. " Debra knew that noodles were close to the truth. She said bitterly, "We are all old, but we still have good memories. If you go to the meeting, this beautiful memory will disappear. I beg you not to go to the meeting, go through the back door, go straight and don't look back. "
Noodles didn't listen to her. At the exit of the stage, he saw a teenager like Mequez. Debra told him, "This is Senator Bailey's son. His name is the same as yours. " Tears blurred the sight of noodles. He didn't expect that Debra didn't marry him, but she had a son with Mequez.
In Senator Bailey's luxurious villa, a grand party is going on. Noodles came to the host's reception room as promised. A voice said, "Why don't you do it?" The host turned around, and Senator Bailey in front of him was Mequez, still bullying the weak and fearing the hard. He said in an almost commanding tone, "I am a dead man, and I want to pay off the debt I owe you before I die." They want to execute me, but I can only accept your execution. I took your money, your lover, and left you with 35 years of torture. They are all money-making ghosts ... you should take revenge. "
Noodles said slowly, "I have a story, too. Many years ago, I had a friend, a very close friend. I called the police to save him and killed him. This is a great friendship between us ... I hope that your investigation will finally prove your innocence, otherwise his life will really be in vain. " Mequez is holding an old pocket watch engraved with the past in his hand, thoughtfully.
Noodles came out of the villa, and Mequez came out. A huge garbage truck parked at the door was starting, and the shredder of the garbage truck suddenly sounded. After the garbage truck, Noodles saw the pieces of Mequez's clothes stirring in the shredder.
The taillight of the garbage truck turned into the headlight of 1933, and the car was full of young men and women celebrating the lifting of the ban.
In the Great Smoke Hall in Chinatown, the shadow puppeteer swayed on the stage, and the young noodles smoked on the sofa ... He smiled and the past was like a dream. ...