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Mm-hmm, yeah.

On.

My father...

Taken before June 4.

June 4th?

You call Tiananmen Square

[indistinct] Day in West.

Oh, um, was he involved

in the massac--

I mean, um,

was he killed?

No.

My father was in the army.

He was one of the first

to enter the square.

Do you know much

about June 4?

Urn, yeah.

I mean,

I was young at the time,

but, uh, I remember the kids

at school would ask rne

if I was a Communist.

When I was 14 I was

questioned by tourists,

found out the world

saw China very different.

So I think my style

should be very Chinese

because China

not poor anymore.

We are much stronger,

so I-- I don't want to wear

those Western-style clothes.

I want to represent

a new China.

Can you do that, Lyan?

For the new China?

[Amanda Lear's "The Queen Of

Chinatown" playing]

[singing] It was down in

Chinatown

That I met the opium queen

Baby-face

girl from Shanghai

Never smiled

and never cried

She now rules

the underworld

Down in Chinatown

She runs all the opium dens

Down in Chinatown

Bring her your gold

Bring her your worries

And when life gets

A bit too dreary to stand

Give a ring to the queen

of Chinatown

[song continues playing faintly]

[all speaking native language]

Hey, your office

is very small.

Well, it certainly feels

cramped now.

Do you guys always

travel in a group?

Oh, my fans are more women.

They're very important.

I need women tell me

what to think.

Mm, okay.

Hmm, here, try this on,

please, all right?

The titling rooms are outside.

Wear this?

Yeah, I'm only interested in

the concept, okay?

And if it works out,

we can specially design a pair

for you made with real silk.

I want to look

strong and manly.

And if we get them tailored,

you will look strong and manly.

He look like he's in bed.

[laughter]

Or "Come to bed with me

because I'm hot."

- Hot?

- Yeah, sexy.

All right, look, Asian men

are rarely seen as sex symbols

in this country, okay?

So we're trying something new

and refreshing here.

[speaking native language]

What's he saying?

Don't listen to him.

Look, just try it on.

It's not gonna kill you.

[women speaking native language]

Urn, too tight?

Yes, too small.

Well, at least try

the pants on. Here.

I-- I ask my girlfriend.

What, your girlfriend?

Why?

- I want her say.

- No, no, keep it on.

Let me just take a picture.

[speaking native language]

Where are you going?

You guys coming back?

[club music thumping]

Shouldn't you be asleep?

Your baby can't live

off caffeine.

What the tuck did you do

this time?

Ryan:
What?

Ning dropped us.

That f***ing homophobe.

I don't f***ing care

what he is.

I told you before you have

to please your clients.

He's going to be interviewed

by "Culture Chic" next week.

"Culture Chic?"

Francesca:
Yes, "Culture

f***ing Chic," Ryan.

Look, just calm down, okay,

Francesca? I'll talk to him.

I don't care what you do.

Just f***ing fix it.

Hi, urn, 1602?

[speaks native language]

Hey, Ning, it's Ryan.

Can we please talk?

Ning:
We don't match.

How many stylists

do you intend to go through?

Ning:
We don't match.

Look, there are only

a handful of Chinese stylists

in New York, so--

Wh-James, he said

he can find another one.

Well, yeah, a lousy one.

I mean, all the good ones are

booked up well in advance, okay?

So can I just please come up?

[sighs] Um, so, uh,

you don't want

to wear the pajamas?

No.

We can try something else.

But it has nothing to do

with that, has it?

Is it because I'm gay?

No.

Well, let me tell you

something, okay?

All the good stylists are gay.

All right, listen, urn,

you have a interview next week,

so let's just please

try and work together.

We are fire and water.

We do not mix.

Fine.

Unless--

Unless what?

Unless you don't show

your homo side so openly.

My homo side?

Are you serious right now?

You must--

wait, what do you mean

by my homo side?

You know what I mean.

Ah.

Mm, okay,

let rne tell you something.

I might be gay,

but I have absolutely

no interest in you whatsoever,

if that's what

you're worried about.

Yeah, I'm what they call

a potato queen.

I'm only interested

in white men.

I've never slept

with a Chinese man before,

and I never will,

so don't worry.

You're safe.

Deal?

I-- okay.

Okay, thank you.

F***ing biscuit.

[sighs]

[elevator dings]

[melancholic music]

So how did you do it?

Look, this Rosemary's Baby's

really f***ing up my hormones.

I'm sorry I snapped last night.

Look, Francesca,

he hates gays.

I can't work with him.

Ryan, if you want

to get ahead,

you have to learn

how to deal with a**holes.

Maybe-- maybe you just need

to get to know him better.

Let me book you a table, okay?

Okay.

[smooth music]

So you like French food?

J'adore

la cuisine francaise.

I beg your pardon?

I adore French cuisine.

Good evening, gentlemen.

Would you care to start

with a drink?

Hmm.

'95 Opus One, not bad.

Um, what do you fancy?

Fancy?

What do you want to drink?

Sake.

A sake, sir?

Do you have it?

I'm afraid not.

Whiskey then.

I'll have the petite syrah.

Very good choice, sir.

This is a French restaurant.

So?

In Beijing, Americans,

they always order dim sum

at a Sichuan restaurant.

What does restaurant do?

[Snaps fingers]

Put dim sum on menu.

So your-- your family,

uh,

what do they work?

Oh, my father's a lawyer,

and my mother teaches

art history at NYU.

And they-they don't want you

to be lawyer or doctor?

No, they're not Chinese

in that way, no.

And they know that

you are...

you know,

abnormal?

I'm not abnormal.

Uh, unusual then.

They're okay with it.

I can't imagine any parent

being okay their son's--

I can't imagine you've never

worked with someone gay.

We must exist in China.

Yes, many time, but never

someone like you, so...

no shame.

You know, it's not all

that hard being gay nowadays.

You never problem?

No laughing?

Well, when I was younger

my parents sent me

to Sunday School

to learn Chinese,

and yeah, some of the kids

there were stupid.

How?

They called me names.

Nothing creative;

things like

[speaking foreign language]

Hate you?

They'd try to

make rne cry many times,

but I never cried

in front of them.

And that's why I'm so happy

to be in this industry

where being gay is not

just accepted

but celebrated,

until now.

[clears throat]

[rock music playing faintly]

[bouncy electronic music]

[phone buzzing]

[phone continues buzzing]

Hello?

Hey, Lyan, it's Ning.

Do you know what time it is?

Oh, you asleep?

I call you tomorrow.

No, no, no, no, I'm good.

So what can I do for you?

Ning:
I, uh, don't know

wear what for my interview.

Uh, you go shopping with me?

About dinner--

[computer chimes]

F***ing a**hole.

What?

Urn, no, not you.

I'm sorry.

You-- you're busy.

I-- good night.

No, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Um, yeah,

I-- I'll go shopping with you.

Oh, you will help me?

Ryan:
Yeah, I just want you

to look good, you know?

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