Little Saigon Page #3

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He's a man of great

influence in Little Saigon.

Many people even come to him

to have their disputes settled.

Can you buy those uniforms anywhere

around town, do you know?

No.

I like it.

What happened is we landed

right here at Phu Yen,

Phu Yen, and what happened

was is when we were comin' in

off the ships, well the objective was

to take the battalion and move 'em north.

The further north we got,

the more fire kept comin' in.

- Jack.

- Hey.

- Hamilton Hopper.

- Oh, hi, hi, hi, Hamilton.

How you doin'?

Uh, this is Tuan over here.

Hi.

How are you.

Yeah, uh, uh, uh, this is

your lovely daughter, I take it.

She's not my daughter.

Sorry.

This here's Star.

Starla.

Okay.

Jack, I was impressed by your story.

I was a chopper pilot with

the 145th Combat Aviation...

Ach, I need vodka.

Vhere is apple martini?

- Jack, Jack.

- Yeah, yeah?

I was a chopper pilot with the 145th

- Combat Aviation Battalion.

- Okay, okay, yeah, yeah.

What about you?

Well, I was a grunt, you know,

5th Battalion, 46th Infantry.

Well, it's always a

pleasure to meet a fellow vet.

Boy, I'll say.

We'll always have that bond,

you and me, absolutely.

Hey, Jack, you know, I got some

real estate issues that I'd like...

That's all you gotta say.

Just stop talkin' right now,

soon as I get you a card.

I got a card for ya here.

- Good, good.

- It's magnetic, too.

You got a fridge at home?

- Absolutely.

- Course you do.

Where else are you gonna

put the cold ones, right?

- Huh? Okay.

- There you go.

Hey, uh, good to go.

I'll give you a call.

Give me a call.

Absolutely.

Hey, I'm your guy, Ham.

That was brutal.

Huh, yeah.

Absolutely brutal, jeez.

You did good, though, Jack.

Hm.

I can't believe you came up

with that infantry backstory.

I amaze myself.

[Tuan] How accurate is it?

Let's just put it this way,

now you can shoot for the kill shots.

You don't need that second shot.

(chuckles) This shoots

paintballs and pellets?

You kiddin' me?

You get his by one of these

it'll bring a grown man

to his knees like that.

(Tuan chuckles)

Hey, Tuan, um, what's up with the kid?

Jack, this is Spike.

I'm gonna buy his paintball gun.

It's a Paintblaster M3.

Oh, how 'bout that.

Do you paintball?

No, hey look...

He doesn't dig it.

Reminds him too much of Vietnam.

Tuan, this looks very

unprofessional, okay?

Kinh's comin' by in a few minutes,

so lose the gun and lose the kid.

And shouldn't you be in school?

Shouldn't you be in a retirement home?

Not bad, not bad.

Hey.

(both laughing)

So we got a deal?

Oh, yeah.

All right.

Good morning, beautiful,

I brought you some donuts.

Ooh.

You should eat them before too long.

They're already a day old.

Hey, Jack, what's the occasion?

No occasion, just because.

Well, look, I just wanted to express

my gratitude for what you did

yesterday with the police.

I mean that was pretty

amazing, so thank you.

Oh, any time.

(elevator beeps)

Oh, Kinh.

Hello, Jack, I hope I

have not come at a bad time.

No any time's good for you to come by.

I mean that, really.

And I would like to

discuss the case with you.

Case, what, what case?

The case involving my father's murder.

Um, okay.

Please come with me.

This is my cousin, Thi.

Hello, Mr. Mackie.

Hello, Thi.

So where are we going?

Different places.

I think this is important

we get to know one another.

Do you agree?

Yes, of course.

Why are we stopping here?

To burn incense for my father

and all the relative

that I lost in the war.

(folk music in Vietnamese language)

You know, if our guys were as big

as those soldiers right there,

we never would have

lost that war, you know?

You...

I hope you don't mind that we came here.

Oh, no, not at all, I'm glad we did.

This memorial is very important

to the Vietnamese people.

And you know I think it's great

that we have a memorial

right here in our city

that honors those who

died in the Vietnam War.

Vietnamese people actually

call it the American War.

They do?

Yeah.

Wow, I didn't know that.

Jack, I think we can help one another.

Yes, I'm, I'm sure we can.

My father left me a great deal of money

and I can use your help to

make some wise investment.

Kinh, let me tell you something,

I can give you all the

help you'll ever need.

Thank you, Jack.

And I can help you improve your business.

May I be honest with you?

Well, yes, of course.

I was not impressed with your office.

Well, yeah, well, I know

it's a small operation,

but, yeah, well, you know what they say,

big things come in small packages.

Yeah, but most of the time,

small things come in small packages.

Hey, (speaking Vietnamese).

Normally I would not do business

with such a small company,

but you knew my father,

so I wanna give you a chance.

But first I must ask you

to prove yourself to me.

Uh, prove myself?

I need someone to help

me find my father's killer.

Okay, well, fine, but

that's a job better left

to the police, don't you think?

The Vietnamese people

don't trust the police.

Okay, but, that's fine,

but here's the deal.

I'm a real estate salesman.

But you were also a soldier,

and I think you would

give a strong effort,

because this would be personal to you.

This is $10,000 for your trouble.

If you can find my father's killer,

you will get an additional $100,000.

I hope that sound fair.

How can I say no?

I mean after all, you're father, Dr. Le,

he saved my life, so,

yeah, I'm gonna do it.

Let's do this.

(doorbell ringing)

Oh, hi, Kinh.

Tuan, how nice to see you again.

Jack Mackie told me to meet him here.

Follow me.

(upbeat music and water rushing)

Jack, you have a visitor.

Oh, hey, hey, Tuan,

how's it goin', buddy?

Hey, where's your suit?

I told you to bring it.

Would you like some lemonade, Tuan?

[Tuan] Uh, that'd be nice, thanks.

What about you, Jack?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, and this time, let's

dress it up a little bit, huh?

Dress it up?

Put a skirt on it.

Rum, honey, rum.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

(chuckling) Jeez.

She's not real swift, Tuan, but

she's really cute and sweet.

What's going on, Jack?

My friend, we have fallen

into a load of dough.

What's the angle?

We're going to be private detectives.

She's hired us to be private detectives

and find, uh, her father's

killer, I don't know.

What?

And just how are we gonna do that?

I don't know. (laughs)

[Tuan] I think maybe you're

in over your head, boss.

Maybe so, but she's already

given me a retainer of $5,000,

which I will split with you.

And besides how could I say no?

I mean after all, her

old man saved my life.

(laughing)

Oh, god.

Hi, uh, hey.

Hey, are you Kenny?

[Kenny] That's right.

Hey, I'm Jack Mackie, this is Tuan Vu.

Yeah, I know who you guys are.

I've seen your commercials.

Yeah.

How can I help you?

Well, uh, we're working on the case.

What case?

You know, the case involving

Dr. Le's, uh, murder.

I thought you were real estate salesmen.

Well we are, but we've been retained

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