Little Saigon Page #9

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to do your little dirty

work, you know, like,

including killing Judge Jerry, Quan Le,

oh, and god knows what else.

Why would I do that?

Oh, come on, how the hell would I know?

If you look, hey, look, General,

I'm just an innocent bystander

in a war, you people...

(ringing)

You fool.

War was over.

There's 18 million of my people

still under the grip of dictatorship,

and I won't rest until they're free.

Right, right, right.

After Saigon fell I was

in the reeducation camp.

They told me I'd be there for one month.

How long were you there?

Seven whole years.

Well, that's a long time.

They lied to ya, General.

I know Quan Le.

He was in the camp, he was

collaborating with the enemy.

What a jerk he was.

Well, and then you see him here,

and then you decide to get revenge on him.

I can, uh, I can dig that.

Nah, nah, nah, nah.

Yeah, no?

No, no, no.

Not until I find out that he's wanted

normalized relationship with

the communist government.

Yeah, that's no good.

It seemed like our friend

still collaborating with the enemy.

Oh, boy, yeah, forget that.

And that's why Judge Jerry

had to get killed then.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Mr. Mackie, I'm explaining myself because

as a former soldier

Right.

fighting in Vietnam

Right.

you would understand my motive, right?

Right, no, sure, me, yeah,

former soldier, which I am.

Hey, and I don't blame ya for

snuffin' Judge Jerry, you know,

and Quan Le, I mean, I understand that.

Those guys had to go.

But, General, I mean, come on, man.

Tuan was my buddy, man, and

he didn't deserve to die.

And not like that, with

his taken clear off

like it's a friggin'

cantaloupe or somethin'.

I'm afraid, my friend,

your friend is just a casualty of war.

I'm a busy man, let's wrap this up.

You mention a trade.

Yeah, the trade, okay, the trade.

I give you back Kim and Thi, right?

You got them back, and then you guarantee

my safety and Shonte, I

continue to do business

in Little Saigon, everybody

lives happily ever after.

(Luc laughing)

And maybe you and I could,

do, do you golf?

Yeah, well...

Do ya?

No, Tennis?

- Mackie, Mackie.

- What?

I'm sorry, Mr. Mackie,

I don't have a counterproposal for you.

All I can say is this.

All I can say what gonna happen, okay?

I don't care about Kim or Thi

and I think it time for you to

withdraw from Little Saigon.

You have 48 hour.

To do?

And not one minute.

To leave?

48 hours, you expect me to

get outta here in two days?

I have a business, General!

I got TV commercials runnin' right now.

I just ordered a thousand

new magnetic business cards.

You know how much those things cost?

That not my problem.

Now leave.

Let me enjoy my lunch.

Look, come on, General, really,

I mean, this is my business.

I, I, I can't just, I can't

just drive off, right?

Come on, come on, we can work this out.

Come on, we just negotiate...

- Mr. Mackie!

- What?

Ah, hey, hey, what?

What?

This not my problem.

All right, now I...

All right, you know what?

- Leave!

- Hey!

(sizzling)

(sighs) Well, good news for you.

You get to be Babylift B*tches again.

How about that, huh?

(jet engines droning)

Can you please wait

until I'm through praying?

Yeah, fine, take your

time, I got all day.

Thanks for meeting me here.

Detective Agnew said something about you

that make me sad.

Agnew, when have you talked to him?

Don't worry, I haven't

told him anything yet.

I think he just want me to know

what kind of person you are.

Well, cops lie a lot.

He said you were never in Vietnam.

And you were never even in the Army.

Yeah, well, he's not lyin' about that.

Why did you lie to me?

Why did you say that my father

saved your life in Vietnam?

Did you even know my father?

Actually, no.

Then why did you come to his funeral?

I was networking.

[Kinh] What?

I was networking.

Come on, man, I mean, I was

just handin' out business cards,

tryin' to meet people, maybe

get a listing, that's all.

There's something wrong

with your soul, Jack.

Yeah, well you know what,

I've been told that before,

but there's a matter of $100,000,

which I think you owe me.

You said you would give me that money

if I found your father's

killer, which I did.

Which you and Tuan did.

True, but Tuan's dead.

But you didn't recover my money.

Well talk to Luc about

that, I did all I can do.

If I ever get my

money, I'll let you know.

Oh, thank you, I'll

email you when I'm settled.

Hey, look, you know, I

wasn't trying to hurt anybody.

I mean, I'm just a guy

tryin' to make a buck.

I will pray for you.

We can be friend no longer.

Oh, oh, really, we can

be friends no longer.

Well, I'm devastated.

You know, knowing you hasn't exactly

been a picnic either, lady!

(sighs)

(somber music)

Are you a soldier?

Yeah, yeah.

Did you lose family in the war?

I lost two son and my lovely wife.

I'm sorry.

And you?

I lost my best friend.

[Elderly Man] I'm sorry, too.

Hm.

And no money.

Nope.

So where we goin'?

I don't know.

Where do you wanna go?

I love Florida.

How about Miami?

Uh, no can't do that.

Had some misunderstandings there once.

Right.

New York?

Um, yeah, no.

I lost my real estate license there.

Wasn't my fault, though, I was

- Right.

- totally set up.

Hey, you know where I've

always wanted to go?

Toronto.

(folk music in Vietnamese)

Hi, I'm Jack Mackie from

Jack Mackie Real Estate

and Immigration Services

located right here

in the heart of Little Saigon.

You know what, now is the best

possible time to buy a house.

And now is the best possible

time to come pay me a visit.

And you know why?

'Cause I'm givin' away

free donuts. (laughs)

But you better hurry,

because they're goin' fast.

Gina, what kind of

donuts do we have today?

We got sprinkles, Jack.

We got sprinkles, Jack.

That's exactly right, we got sprinkles.

So come on down today.

Let me put you in the home of your dreams.

No job, no credit, no money, no problem!

Or as we like to say in Little Saigon...

Khong Thanh Van De.

Khong Thanh Van De, baby!

And remember my motto is always

nothing down in Little Saigon.

(speaking Vietnamese)

Yeah, she just said what I said.

(folk music in Vietnamese)

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