After entering the 1990s, it was Yuan Biao’s most difficult period.

At that time, the little tail who followed Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung was already in his thirties.

Seeing that his eldest brother Sammo Hung established the "Debao" film company, Jackie Chan also had "Weihe". Although he had "Tahoe", it was just a puppet company under Jiahe, and it was not as good as the two senior brothers. Speech and freedom.

Guan Hu, who shot "Eight Hundred", has a famous saying in the industry: "Put the money on the table for me, and then don't worry about what I shoot!"

Yuan Biao also once He thought about having this kind of right, but when he cautiously went to negotiate with the boss of Jiahe, he waited for a trial that could change his life:

"Jackie Chan's movies can't have Yuan Biao in the future!"

Afterwards, we can find that after entering the 1990s, Yuan Biao basically did not have in-depth cooperation with the two senior brothers. Even the movies produced by Jiahe were very few, and they were basically produced by some newly established film companies. , and Yuan Biao also started a long journey of finding a way after leaving his senior brother.

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the sky.

For Yuan Biao, making a good movie is the first and easiest step. The real difficulty is how to defeat his senior brother.

In the heyday of the "bi-weekly success", Yuan Biao, who had left his senior brother, starred in many movies, but they all fell into the sea, and even more than 10 million was a luxury. "Asura" 7.53 million, "The Dragon and the Phoenix Thief" "Thief" 4.04 million, "Ma Yongzhen" 3.01 million.

Of course, the worst thing is the costume film "New Blood Sword".

Not only did it fail miserably at the box office, but as the leading actor, Yuen Biao was also upstaged by Li Xiuxian. To this day, viewers who have watched the film will still comment:

The only one who remembers it is Li Xiuxian.

In the film, Li Xiuxian plays the role of "The Golden Snake Man". Although he is not the protagonist, he is a ruthless character who controls the entire power territory at all times.

"New Blue Blood Sword"

During the Chongzhen period, treacherous ministers were in power, the power of Dongchang was in power, and the 'Wen family' was its first minions.

At the beginning of the movie, Sun Zhongshou (played by Wu Ma) was paying homage to General Yuan Chonghuan. The Wen family soldiers came after hearing the news. The two groups started a fierce battle, but the battle was soon turned around by an uninvited guest.

He saw that the soldiers and horses of the Wen family had a bloody feud, and everywhere they passed were broken arms and limbs, but this man did not represent justice. Even the Yuan family army died because of seeing the 'Golden Snake Sword' he was holding. Fortunately, Sun Zhongshou stabbed himself in both eyes and escaped with his life.

This person is none other than the Golden Snake Man (played by Lee Xiuxian) who is frightened by people in the world.

On the other side, the Ninth Princess (played by Zhang Min) escaped from the palace for fun and wandered around the world. She hijacked goods with her master (played by Ng Meng-tat) and was arrested by Yuan Chengzhi (played by Yuan Biao) as a female bandit. .

Since all the imperial goods were lost in the chaos, the escort fled because they were afraid of being blamed by the higher-ups. Yuan Chengzhi took over the task and planned to take the Ninth Princess back to Tongzhou to plead guilty.

But before going to Tongzhou, Yuan Chengzhi was going to the Wen family to attend the martial arts conference. Due to time constraints, he had no choice but to take the Ninth Princess with him.

On the way, Yuan Chengzhi and the two men encountered the Five Poison Sect who snatched the Golden Snake Sword from the Golden Snake Master.

Although the enemy was outnumbered, the Golden Snake Master still defeated the Five Poison Sect. At the last critical moment, a teacher sneaked in and got the Golden Snake Sword, but threw it on Yuan Chengzhi.

Yuan Chengzhi upheld justice and returned the Golden Snake Sword to the Golden Snake Master without a moment's hesitation, so he met the Golden Snake Master and had a good impression of him.

During the fight, the Ninth Princess was seriously poisoned. Yuan Chengzhi took her to an inn to seek medical treatment. Unexpectedly, this was the leader of the Five Poisons (Anita Yuen) and Master Wu (Shi Baohua). , the base camp of the second son of the Wen family (played by Long Fang).

These three parties have joined forces to steal the Golden Snake Man's weapon, the Golden Snake Sword.

Yuan Chengzhi was ill and sought medical treatment in a hurry. He kicked open the door and escaped the trouble caused by the master of Ninth Princess and his wife, and successfully cured Ninth Princess.

The Ninth Princess kept concealing her identity because she did not want to go back with her master. She accidentally discovered Mrs. Wen (played by Li Meifeng) and the Golden Snake Man having a secret meeting in the backyard.

It’s just that Mrs. Wen rejected the Golden Snake Man.

At night, the venomous snake "Dragon" of the leader of the Five Poisons ran into the Ninth Princess's room and tried to cannibalize her. Yuan Chengzhi rushed to the rescue, but Yuan Chengzhi was stunned by the dragon's poison.

The leader of the Five Poisons came after hearing the news. Since Shenlong was dead, he took advantage of the opportunity to practice Yuan Chengzhi as a "medicine man" and transformed into a good woman, deceiving Yuan Chengzhi.

The three of them went to Wen's house together.

On the way, the three of them met the Golden Snake Man again. He shouted angrily in front of the grave built for him by Mrs. Wen. Just as the wind was blowing, lightning and thunder, the Golden Snake Master suddenly lost his mind and became bloody. hair.

It turns out that the former name of the Golden Snake Man is "Xia Xueyi". Many years ago, Xiajia Village was destroyed during a thunderstorm night, and the Golden Snake Master also suffered from a serious illness.

Later, Yuan Chengzhi helped the Golden Snake Man again, and despite the temptation of the Golden Snake Sword, he still had no selfish desires, and the relationship between the two became subtle.

Later, the group finally arrived at the Wen family, but the owner of the Wen family (played by Xu Jinjiang) turned into a madman due to the conspiracy of the second son of the Wen family.

Mrs. Wen's "little discussion" finally agreed to meet the Golden Snake Man, and the story behind the Golden Snake Man was also revealed:

It turns out that the man who wiped out the entire Xia family village 10 years ago She was from the Wen family, so Xia Xueyi cut off her relationship with Xiao Yi and practiced swordsmanship incognito for ten years, taking the name "Golden Snake Master", just to avenge the Xia family.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoyi became the Wen family’s wife, and she only lamented that fate had a way with people.

After learning about this incident, Yuan Chengzhi regarded himself as a detective and wanted to arrest the Golden Snake Master regardless of his brotherhood.

On the night of the full moon, the two were fighting fiercely, and the second son of the Wen family and Master Wu took advantage of the situation. In the end, Yuan Chengzhi, Golden Snake Langjun, Ninth Princess, and Xiao Yi were all beaten away, forming a The camp that resisted the Wen family.

Later, Master Wu made a sneak attack again, beating everyone back steadily, and finally got the Golden Snake Sword.

However, Huang Que, the owner of the Wen family who stopped pretending to be crazy, became the big winner.

At the end of the movie, under the coercion of the Wen family master, the Golden Snake Master and Xiao Yi committed suicide because of their love.

And Yuan Chengzhi got the heirloom that Sun Zhongshou brought - the Blue Blood Sword. At the critical moment, he activated the divine sword with his own blood, defeated the master of the Wen family, and avenged the golden snake man. feud.

"Blood Sword" was released in 1994. From the plot introduction and movie posters, it is enough to tell that this movie is star-studded and luxuriously produced.

Yuan Biao, Li Xiuxian, Zhang Min, Wu Mengda, Anita Yuan, Li Meifeng, Xu Jinjiang, etc. were all at the peak of their integrity at that time.

Even Wen Jiabao's daughter "Qing Qing" who is not introduced in the plot is played by Ye Quanzhen, who shined in the "Oolong Yuan" series.

Moreover, the film is 96 minutes long, and the plot is full of ups and downs.

From the mystery of the golden snake husband’s life experience to his love history with Xiao Yi, and then to the subsequent reversal of the master of the Wen family, it is amazing, and the design of the supporting characters is even more profound. The Ninth Princess From cynical to well-versed in world affairs, the leader of the Five Poisons went from cold and vicious to affectionate, and there is no need to mention the Golden Snake Man and Xiao Yi.

But the fly in the ointment is that the screenwriter designed a character change arc for every supporting character in the film. Only the protagonist Yuan Chengzhi remained unchanged from the beginning to the end.

He has been talking about justice from the beginning. Apart from promoting the plot, he has no deeply rooted past and decisions. Even the emotional line is mainly based on the portrayal of the leader of the Five Poisons and Qingqing. .

Except for defeating the boss at the end, the sense of presence is extremely low.

On the other hand, look at the golden snake man played by Lee Xiuxian.

Although Li Xiuxian almost always acted in modern films, and most of them played police roles, and "New Blood Sword" was the first time that Li Xiuxian acted in ancient costume after becoming famous, but the 42-year-old Li Xiuxian at the time played a hero. No less impressive.

When he raised his eyebrows and frowned, the red mark between his eyebrows was looming, just like the arrogant and peerless master in Jin Yong's works, whose domineering power could not be concealed.

Moreover, the small discussion about forming a CP with the Golden Snake Man is also eye-catching, charming and yet solemn.

The protagonist Yuan Biao, dressed in plain clothes in front of the two of them, is like a child who has not lost his innocence.

It is no wonder that most of the comments under "New Blood Sword" praise Lee Xiuxian and Lee Meifeng, but avoid talking about Yuan Biao.

"New Blood Sword" only received 1.51 million box office that year, and the producer lost money.

Moreover, at that time, the film represented the first batch of Hong Kong films cooperating with the Mainland. It was conceivable that it was tragic, and it probably also caused a lot of harm to Yuen Biao himself.

However, Yuan Biao should be used to it, after all, he had no blockbuster movies in those years.

You must know that this was the heyday of the "bi-weekly sales". The audience's demand for movies has formed the habit of not watching the story but only watching the starring actors. This has also caused Yuan Biao's movies to hit the wall repeatedly and box office. During the downturn, the film company established with Yuan Kui was also defrauded by Xuanfa Company, and the company was destroyed in an instant.

At that time, almost all of Yuan Biao's films had fallen into disrepair. He had tried modern crime films, period martial arts films, and even the fantasy film "Asura".

But without exception, the response was mediocre, which paved the way for his subsequent withdrawal from the film industry.

But looking back at Yuan Biao's works from that period more than 20 years later, there are actually some excellent films, but bad luck and fate.