Fighting Page #2

it for 50 cents at the supermarket.

Comedians.

Come on.

I don't...

We're going to

make some money?

Yeah.

I feel stupid.

If they invite you over,

tell them you can fight,

'cause you can,

you know?

Better yet, don't even say nothing

to them, let me do the talking

and I'll take care

of everything.

Yo, Harvey,

you want a stove?

Hey, Christopher, you guys are

still doing the fight stuff, right?

I've got a guy right here.

Hey, Z, bring him over here!

This kid right here is

an incredible fighter.

CHRISTOPHER:
Oh, yeah?

Jack. Jack.

Tell me, when was the last

time that you had a white guy

that looked like this

in one of your fights?

And you did college

and everything, right?

You went to college?

That is remarkable.

He's the real thing.

A white kid who went to

college, that's amazing.

How come I never

heard of you?

Well, he's from...

No offense, but I've

never heard of you either.

Look, I'm sorry, you know,

sometimes he's a wiseass.

But he's...

I'm not joking here.

I'll give him a peep.

Yeah,

I'll give him a peep.

White boy who

went to college.

Thanks, Jack.

Can I get my jacket back, please?

Why'd you go

talking to him?

He asked me a question.

You got to let me do the talking

from now on, okay? Please.

Okay.

Please.

You know, I'll beep you

if he calls me. Come on.

Beep me?

Well, I'll page you,

text you, whatever.

Where are y'all going?

What, you lonely,

you need a friend?

We got things to do.

We'll text you.

Now there's these junk stores and

these vendors and these big signs and

overhead construction

cranes and all this...

Lady! What are you

yelling about?

You know, they used to

sell drugs in that building.

Well, that's okay,

but now they've got

men riding elevators

to wash the windows...

Well, let them...

Move on, it's okay.

And you take your life in your

hands just crossing the street,

there's so much demolition

stuff all around. Look at it...

After you.

Hey, Giovanni, you got

a refrigerator in there?

Last one, baby,

get it while it's hot.

Baby, come and get one,

buy one, get one free.

Come on over.

They had money on you

not making it.

So this thing's

for real?

Yes, it's very real.

Very real.

$5,000?

Yes, but minus costs.

Hey, be careful with

those shoes there.

Minus what?

Costs. This is Alexander.

Ray, Alexander.

Ray, Shawn.

You roughed them up

the other day,

so they're gonna ride

in the front and drive

and you're going to be

in the back with me.

No, no, I'm driving,

this is my car.

And it's

a very nice car.

You know, if your boy

wants to go, we can go.

Wait a second.

Come on, man, look,

I wasn't interested in no trouble

with you, so you need to relax, okay?

Where's this

hostility coming from?

Text me again, and I swear

to God I'm gonna hurt you.

He keeps sending me these

stupid little things, you know.

Just costing me money.

Come on, Harvey.

Why am I sitting in the

car and it ain't moving?

Come on, these little texts

that you keep sending me

are costing me $1 a minute.

So, what, I'm going to fight

this guy, then what happens?

Well, we go in,

you win, you get $5,000.

You lose, you get nothing.

So we get

paid tonight?

Yes,

we will get paid.

You keep asking me

the same question.

All right, Harvey.

So what, they got rules or something?

They don't like scared,

okay. There's the church.

Yeah, if you kick him

in the nuts, you win.

Right.

There's Sydney up there.

Gouge the eyes,

everything.

Come on. Come on, Z.

This is Brooklyn, huh?

Yeah,

as you can see.

Hey, there, Sydney.

How you doing?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're late.

We have to have this place cleaned

up by the morning, so hurry up.

Okay.

Excuse me.

Here you go, do what you got to do.

Excuse me.

Scratch, bite.

Thank you.

Yo, smells like farts and

ass in here, you smell that?

Smell like pure vodka.

The place is a

playground, but, like, bad.

Filled with bad people.

Fighter.

You ready?

Go make some money.

Hey, Jack.

Harvey, you running on

Caucasian people time, huh?

I'm running. I'm running.

You're running?

Yeah.

Yeah,

you keep running.

Na zdorovie, brother.

Let's see what

you got, Shawn!

Let's see it, Shawn!

Go, go, go, go!

Ow!

Yeah.

Excuse me,

excuse me, excuse me.

Hey, come here.

It's over, it's over.

Come on, have a seat.

Don't smile at nobody.

Just sit down.

Watch yourselves.

You got some tissue in your

pocket? Anybody got tissue?

Give him some tissue.

He can fight, right?

On the water fountain.

Told you

he could fight.

So you both should come to the

club. He's going to need a jacket.

I got to get out of here.

Give him your jacket.

I can't stand Brooklyn.

You tell Jack I know

what I'm doing.

Yeah.

No, we're special guests of Mr. Dancing.

Could you just

see for me?

I'm telling you,

we're on the list.

Will you let Renee know

I'm on the list, please?

Let them through.

Two of you.

Now, come on, Harvey.

Harvey!

I feel like a bum.

No, you look great.

Cordell!

Cordell, Harvey Boarden.

We're VIP.

We're VIP. Hi.

We got VIP.

That's reserved for us. Right

here. They ain't gonna tell us.

Try to ink out. Come here, have a drink.

You gonna introduce me to your friend?

Shawn, this is

Shevonne Dubai.

Am I pronouncing

that right?

Mmm-hmm.

Have a seat.

Have a seat.

Yo, yo, yo!

Come here,

where you going?

Yo, man. I heard you were great

out there in Brooklyn today, man!

He's a winner,

he's a real winner.

Yeah, look, I meant

to say hi to you

the other day on the

street, but with Harvey,

you never know when anybody's

anybody, you know what I'm saying?

Yeah, I think

I saw you out there.

Yeah, yeah, you guys are just coming

from dinner, right, something like that?

Right?

No.

Yeah, listen, man, you ever want

to dine, I'll take you to a place

where you don't have to sit at a

counter, you know what I'm saying?

Shawn, right?

Yeah, that's his name.

Listen.

It seems we're going to be

working together, okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know,

I heard he'd already lined up

to fight big boy

over there.

Yeah, yeah, well, I was

talking to him about that.

What is this, Harvey,

$10,000?

Since when are you into

this kind of stakes?

Can he just rest for a

minute? He just had a fight.

You want some water?

Yeah, yeah.

Can I get you some

water? Poor Harvey, man.

Let me ask you something.

You think you could beat

big boy over there?

Do we think

he can win?

MARTINEZ:
Harvey,

I wasn't asking you.

I was asking your friend here in

the nice blazer, with the blonde.

Can I do that?

Can you all pardon

me for a second?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Hey, Harvey, you're gonna

lose that real quick. Watch.

Excuse me,

Harry Potter book.

You got to be kidding.

Okay.

I knew I was going

to see you again.

Look, I feel bad

about that book.

Look, you remember me?

You remember me,

don't you?

I remember you.

We spoke, you...

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah?

Hey, look, I just wanted to

take you to dinner or something.

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