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Carter is also overpowered by two men, who lift him over

their shoulders.

EXT. HONG KONG HIGHWAY - DAY

Ricky Tan's black limo SCREECHES to a stop. The door flies

open and Lee and Carter are TOSSED out onto the highway.

Both men are completely naked.

EXT. HONG KONG POLICE STATION - DAY

A packed street - Lee and Carter dodging in and out of

people. The CAMERA PANS and we see Lee and Carter from

behind.

CARTER:

Goddamn you got a small ass.

LEE:

Don't look at my ass!

INT. HONG KONG POLICE STATION - BULLPEN - DAY

PANDEMONIUM:

The station is packed with Americans -- FBI AGENTS, SECRET

SERVICE... they've set up shop right in the middle of the

bullpen.

SUPERINDENDENT CHIN is arguing with SPECIAL AGENT STERLING, a

50-year old hard ass who is in charge of this circus.

SPECIAL AGENT STERLING

Chin, you have been ordered by the

Ministry of Public Security to assist

the FBI and Secret Service with our

investigation, to provide us with

whatever we need. If you have

information, it belongs to us.

SUPERINDENDENT CHIN

This is still Hong Kong.

SPECIAL AGENT STERLING

Two Americans have been killed on United

States Government property -- this is

our investigation.

SUPERINDENDENT CHIN

Chief Inspector Lee will brief your

people...

SPECIAL AGENT STERLING

No. He will report to me. Do we

understand each other?

SUDDENLY ALL EYES turn as Carter and Lee enter the bullpen.

Out of breath, still robed: Lee covering himself with a trash

can lid, Carter using a red construction cone.

SPECIAL AGENT STERLING (CONT'D)

Who the hell is that?

SUPERINDENDENT CHIN

(humiliated)

That is...Chief Inspector Lee. The

detective in charge of our

investigation.

SPECIAL AGENT STERLING

Put a diaper on him, Chin. I want to

talk to the great Inspector Lee.

INT. LEE'S OFFICE - DAY

The shades are down as Lee frantically gets dressed, putting

on a suit and fixing his tie.

Carter finishes putting on a BLACK CHINESE STYLE SUIT from

Lee's closet, then moves for the door.

LEE:

Where are you going?

CARTER:

Back to Heaven on Earth. I need my damn

passport back. I'm going home.

LEE:

Fine. Go home. Who needs you.

CARTER:

Why you mad at me? You needed back-up,

so I backed you up. I was about to take

out Ricky Tan and those bodyguards.

LEE:

Stop! I'm sick of your bullshit!

CARTER:

My bullshit? I'm not the one who goes

to a karaoke bar filled with gangsters!

I'm not the one who goes to massage

parlors to bust crime lords!

LEE:

It's my job!

CARTER:

You're pathetic, man. When's the last

time you had some fun? When's the last

time you took a night off, had a date?

LEE:

I have plenty of dates.

CARTER:

Really? When's the last time you had

some Mu-shu Let's hear it, Lee, when

was it? Year of the rat?

LEE:

You would never understand my life.

You're not Chinese.

CARTER:

And you ain't black!

The two men look at each other for a long BEAT. Lee quickly

walks out, slamming the door behind him, leaving Carter half

dressed.

INT. SUPERINDENDENT CHIN'S OFFICE - DAY

Lee walks in, sees Sterling sitting at Chin's desk. Chin

stands in the back.

SUPERINDENDENT CHIN

Lee, this is Special Agent Sterling from

the United States Secret Service.

LEE:

The Secret Service? Why?

STERLING:

What I'm about to tell you cannot leave

this room. The men who were killed

yesterday were not American translators.

They were undercover U.S. customs agents

trying to break a Triad smuggling ring.

We don't know what they're transporting

out of Hong Kong, but whatever it is, it

got the agents killed.

LEE:

How can we help?

STERLING:

Stay the hell out of our way.

LEE:

I can get to Ricky Tan.

STERLING:

We know all about Tan. That's why we're

leaving him out there as bait. We think

this is a lot bigger than just Ricky Tan

and his Fu-Cang-Long Triads.

INT. LEE'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Carter is on the phone, his feet on Lee's desk. As he talks

he opens a drawer, pulls out a wad of cash and pockets it.

CARTER:

Captain, you're gonna have to speak up.

I'm on a car phone!

INT. CAPTAIN DIEL'S OFFICE - LAPD HEADQUARTERS - DAY

CAPTAIN DIEL sits behind his desk talking on the phone.

CAPTAIN DIEL:

Is it true, Carter? Are you in Hong

Kong right now?

CARTER:

Hong Kong? I'm not in Hong Kong. I'm

in Hollywood -- right at Sunset and

Vine, two minutes from the station. How

about I pick you up right now and take

you to dinner?

CAPTAIN DIEL:

It's nine-thirty in the morning.

CARTER:

Did I say dinner? I meant diner.

Biscuits and gravy, you love that sh*t.

CAPTAIN DIEL:

Do you know what happened yesterday,

Carter? I was officially nominated for

the Commissioner's post for the LAPD.

There was a dinner last night, two

hundred LAPD officers were there.

CARTER:

Two hundred cops? Was Mario Sanchez

there? He owes me money.

CAPTAIN DIEL:

I've waited my whole life for this job,

but I don't have a shot in hell of

getting it. Do you know why?

CARTER:

Is it because of the hookers, sir? You

tell them there's no crime in being

lonely.

CAPTAIN DIEL:

No, Carter. The reason I'm screwed is

because the entire department is about

to find out the stolen credit cards we

impounded were used to buy two first

class upgrades to Hong Kong. And what

the hell is Heaven on Earth?

CARTER:

Sir, I'm working on a big case over here

-- and by the time I get back they're

gonna make you Governor. Captain, you

there? Hello? Sh*t!

As Carter walks out the DOOR, he brushes past HU LI, who is

standing in the hallway disguised as a FED EX DELIVERY

PERSON. Carter checks her out as he exits.

EXT. STREET - DAY

CARTER starts walking down the street, making his way past an

outdoor BUTCHER MARKET, getting strange looks from locals and

tourists alike. He motions to an OLD WOMAN who is selling

LIVE DUCKS, PIGEONS AND CHICKENS

CARTER:

How you doing? Can you direct me to the

Heaven on Earth massage parlor?

The OLD WOMAN stares at Carter, starts motioning to her CAGES

filled with birds.

CARTER (CONT'D)

No, I don't eat live birds. I like my

birds dead and deep fried. You ever

been to Popeyes?

The Woman takes out a bird, holds up a HATCHET.

CARTER (CONT'D)

No, don't do that, I had a big lunch.

I'm warning you, I'm a police officer --

just put the blade down and let the bird

go.

INT. HONG KONG POLICE STATION - BULLPEN/LEE'S OFFICE - DAY

Lee walks out of the Captain's office, heads for his own

office - but never gets there.

AN EXPLOSION rips through the second floor of the station.

Lee diving for safety as glass and debris shoot over his

head. Sheer pandemonium as Lee quickly looks up at his

destroyed office, tries to get to his feet.

STUNNED POLICE OFFICERS and DETECTIVES are crowded around

Lee's office, looking at the rubble. Lee pushes through the

crowd -- it's all smoke and fire. Now way anyone held back

by the heat.

LEE:

Carter! CARTER!

EXT. HONG KONG STREET - DAY

Carter walks down the street holding a CAGE WITH A LIVE RED

BIRD inside. He stops a MAN who is sweeping in front of his

store.

CARTER:

How you doing? I'm looking for Heaven

on Earth.

The man stares at Carter, watches as he pulls out his:

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