Overheard 3 Page #5

Synopsis: In the 1970s, the Hong Kong government enacted a policy that granted each male heir of New Territories villagers the privilege to build a house without paying any dues to the government. Since then, those grants have become a commodity that village leaders can profit from.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Felix Chong, Alan Mak
  6 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Year:
2014
131 min
40 Views


The 4 of them...

Ding Grants are snatching and land.

If they're fighting NT Land...

why put in all this effort?

Who are you calling?

Hello? Yes.

Oh.

I was just about to sign.

Really?

I see... All right.

Paul.

What is it?

I won't sell.

Why not?

A developer just offered me...

$1,000 per sq ft.

$1,000?

How is that possible?

That won't help.

When the development starts...

...she still has to sell it cheap.

That's later.

At least she has a place to live now

I'm going to follow Paul.

Uncle To is back.

We'll meet him tomorrow

Try this on!

Didn't you want me to rest?

Didn't you want to work?

You changed your glasses?

I got it in Tsim Sha Tsui yesterday.

No, they look like the pair...

Yu gave you years ago.

Similar style, I guess.

It's been over 10 years.

When Uncle To ordered me...

...to take Yu for an abortion...

...that was the end for you and her.

Do you understand?

How can I forget?

When you...

...took Yu to the car...

...the two of us...

...got in a big fight.

I know

If you hadn't thrashed me...

I'd have got killed.

I'm glad you understand.

Don't think too much.

We'll get rich!

Men should make their marks.

So how can I help you?

I'll tell you later.

Something's up, I need to go!

664/233652/8893003/11

739/738/857RP58RP

What'd you find about those numbers?

I've searched...

...but got nothing.

I'll hack into the game...

...to try to find the phone.

How long will it take?

2 days.

I've hacked into over 1,000 computers.

I'm using it...

...to help me find the phone.

Since we have time, watch this!

Just making a connection,

what's special about it?

Stay tuned.

Why's he gone to Fu's place?

For Fu's wife!

How's my editing?

You deserve an Oscar!

Don't watch so much porn.

Get to work.

What's his name?

Luk Jing-Hing.

Eldest son Luk Jing-Hing.

Light the lantern!

First bow!

Second bow!

Third bow!

Live long.

Be smart.

This is yours.

Uncle To.

Jau comes to see you.

Why bring him?

To threaten me?

You want him to rat on me...

...because you didn't get shares?

Will you tell I ordered Yuen's murder?

Huh?

If I upset you, I'll leave.

Why?

You've helped the company a lot!

You need not go!

So you worked for the company.

Haven't I paid you already?

Look at you.

In just a few years...

...you're already decked up in bling.

You're prosperous.

Isn't that enough?

In your heart, you know damn well...

...if I've had my fair share.

Whatever you won't give...

I'll take them myself.

You want to take me on?

With what weapon?

664DD233, 652DD889, 57RP58RP

57RP58RP

003DD11, 739B738CDD8...

Hold on...

...those are lands held by my company.

What the f*** do you mean?

What the f*** do I mean?

All of your land has been...

...exchanged by Wan and Szeto.

Soon, the 4 major developers...

will own half the N You're getting senile!

Now you know what I've got.

Are you ready to talk?

Everyone!

A toast to Uncle To!

Bottoms up!

Please sit down.

Uncle To.

What conditions did Keung propose?

Szeto...

will exchange his wasteland...

...for my surplus land.

What were their conditions for you?

That we have to work with them...

...if we want NT Land listed.

You'd rather work with them...

...than with me?

It's not just you and me...

...the boss have decided.

The boss?

You use them to threaten me?

Tell them that...

we won't listen anymore!

Tell them...

...to go f*** themselves!

That goes for you too!

Uncle To.

In the NT...

...only males can be heirs.

If NT Land doesn't get listed...

Yu...

...can never be your heir.

That's...

...my family business.

It has nothing to do with you!

Dad.

It was me who decided...

...to cooperate with Szeto, not Wan.

Back then...

I was just a small-time village chief.

The tycoons came to snatch our land.

They all but bullied us.

Your mother.

It's your mother...

who asked me to stand up...

...for those powerless villagers.

I told them...

I would fight for them to the end.

You know what happened?

They had someone run a

car over your mother!

And now you want me...

...to work with those murderers?

Don't, dad!

How can I work with them?

Dad!

Dad, are you all right?

Get the medicine!

Are you OK? Get the medicine!

It's OK, dad.

Dad... Are you OK?

It'll be fine.

Hurry!

You're all right now

No, something's going to happen...

...for sure.

My dear.

You can't beat them.

It's impossible.

I know

Let's go home.

Go home.

Give me that.

Uncle To just gives us 5% of the shares?

That's only $2 billion!

Do we look like beggars?

Wait.

What does he want in return?

Handle the chiefs of 20 odd villages.

How?

Are they getting a cut from our shares too?

No way!

You don't even have the shares yet!

Even if you do...

...there won't be enough to go around.

Wan is backed by...

...some American banks.

With a few tricks...

...he can dilute our holdings to nothing!

You're only looking at this bottle.

If it's too diluted...

...add more liquor!

How?

Wan holds the bottle!

No, look again.

The bottle's in our hands.

Right.

we've collected over 900 grants lately.

We haven't transferred

all of them to NT Land.

And the land?

Over 600,000 sq ft in our village

are still in our hands.

There's more land in nearby villages.

Hang on.

Where do we get the money?

If each village chief

chips in $100 million...

we'll be in business!

Once we start building...

...investment will flood in!

Our own company?

Yes, the 4 of us!

We can get listed!

So the fortune teller was right!

"The man in charge is too

obsessed with power"

"It's time for new blood to take over"

We can keep what we earn!

OK, loudmouth.

How about a company name?

There're 4 of us, how about

Four Aces Corporation?

Good!

We're gonna kick some asses!

Wait...

...you think the government will approve?

We decide, not them.

Right?

Four Aces Corporation will prevail!

Nothing tops a hand with four aces!

Come on!

Cheers!

This sounds nice...

...but they're all misers...

...they won't bring cash to the table.

And if they join, won't

our shares be diluted?

Hey.

A month ago...

...the lands Keung talked about...

were still under NT Land.

But recently they were

transferred to shell companies.

And it looks like...

Szeto holds shares of all of them.

These are government documents.

The one who tipped off Keung...

...must be very high up.

As Four Aces Corp...

...of course we'll run the show!

Why bother?

Those morons won't even understand!

Are these plot numbers?

No!

I booked plane tickets for you and Sunny.

A study tour to Europe tomorrow

I am busy...

...can't go on a trip.

Who's that woman?

Moon.

Yuen's widow

True...

...but I can't just go tomorrow

He's on holiday.

It'll be good for him.

Are you eating here?

I came to eat with you!

Just half a bowl.

I'm on a diet.

You're not eating?

Sunny's doing his homework.

Don't wait, you go ahead.

No...

...a family...

...should eat together, I'll wait for him.

About Sunny's tuition...

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Felix Chong

Felix Chong Man-Keung (simplified Chinese: 庄文强; traditional Chinese: 莊文強; pinyin: Zhuāng Wénqiáng) (born January 1, 1968, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong screenwriter, film director and actor.He is one of the most celebrated screenwriters in Hong Kong and has won several prestigious awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Chong is known for frequently working alongside cinematographer/director Andrew Lau, and writer/director Alan Mak. Chong's best known film as a screenwriter is Infernal Affairs, which he co-wrote alongside Alan Mak. Other films written by Chong include Infernal Affairs 2, Infernal Affairs 3, Initial D, Dance of a Dream, and Confession of Pain. As of May 2017 filming of “Project Gutenberg", a big-budget Chinese-language action film, started. The picture is written and being directed by Chong. more…

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