Shanghai Kiss Page #7

a phone that I could use?

A telephone...

I can-- I can use?

(man speaking Chinese)

You-- you have a-- can--

Hi, you have a phone?

Phone?

(speaking Chinese)

Jesus.

Sir, do you have a--

do you have a phone?

Hey!

- (speaking Chinese)

- Hey!

Ma'am, ma'am,

can I use your phone?

Please please please?

(continues talking)

Here, look look look!

- Look, I give you--

I give you this,

(phone beeps off)

You give me--

you let me use that.

Okay? Can I use that?

I'll give you money.

Oh-- look! Look!

This is all I have,

okay? Take it.

Take it. I'll give

it right back.

I'll give it right back.

Be right here.

Ma'am, please please.

Thank you.

See? Good, happy.

(touchtones)

Thank you.

Micki!

I wanted

to tell you, Liam.

I really did,

but Jai Li is not

the most reasonable man.

He gets violent.

Does he beat you?

Who is this guy?

We are

to be married.

That's terrific.

Congratulations.

Am I invited to the wedding?

You don't understand.

(speaks Chinese)

A-- a bowl

of won tons, please.

Won tons!

Won t-- won tons.

- (speaks Chinese)

- Yes, thank you.

What don't

I understand?

Do you love him?

It's not about love.

Then what?

I used to work

as a waitress.

And about a year ago,

Jai Li comes in,

Throwing his money around,

Telling me how beautiful

I am and how he wants

to take care of me.

So this is

all about money?

You see, that's why

you would never understand.

What don't I understand?

You know, you're what

we call a gold digger.

How many siblings

do you have?

I don't have any.

I have five,

Three sisters

and two brothers.

How much does

the average American make?

I don't know.

Maybe $35,000.

I make $1,200 a year.

My family,

all seven of us,

Live in

a one-bedroom apartment.

My father died

years ago,

leaving my mother

to raise all of us

all by herself.

So no, this is not

about love.

I'm with Jai Li to ensure

my family have a better life.

So you're gonna

stay in a loveless,

abusive marriage

For the rest

of your life?

Trust me,

there are worse things.

(speaks Chinese)

Thank you.

- You're hungry.

- Oh...

getting the sh*t

beat out of me,

spending the night

in a ditch can be

pretty consuming.

But on the upside,

I did my cardio

for the week.

Go back to America.

What about you?

I'll be fine.

(speaking Chinese)

(Adelaide laughing)

Have you ever seen

Sinatra in concert?

-Nuh-uh.

- What about Billie Holiday?

How old do you

think I am?

Well, my favorite's

Nat King Cole.

You listen

to Nat King Cole?

My mom used to play

a lot of old records

when I was little.

She'd sing

to me a lot.

You're still little.

(sighs)

What's wrong?

Just miss her,

that's all.

Just unfair.

I mean how can someone

die from lung cancer

When they've

never even smoked?

I know what you mean.

How?

Um...

I don't know.

I-- I don't,

I guess.

Do you talk

to your mom a lot?

Every night.

Really?

Yeah, right before

I go to sleep.

You're a good son.

Ling Ming:

hey, Liam?

(snaps fingers)

Liam?

Liam, just sign this,

and then you are

all set.

I can't.

(speaks Chinese)

(couple shouting

in Chinese)

Okay, this was fun.

Call me the next time

you want to do this.

Hey hey!

Can you help me

transfer the deed

to someone else?

I-- I cannot

accept this.

Jeez Louise, if you

learn anything in life,

learn that when somebody

gives you a house,

you don't say

you can't accept it,

you say "f*** yeah!"

Go ahead, try it.

- Okay. F*** yeah.

- F*** yeah!

- (laughs)

- All right,

we'll work on that.

No one has ever done anything

like this for me before.

All I know is

if you marry Jai Li,

you're gonna regret it.

Maybe not today,

maybe not tomorrow,

but soon

and for the rest

of your life.

Oh.

Can you do me a favor,

Um, before you kick me

out of your house?

Anything.

Can you read one

of these letters to me?

Of course.

This is

from your father.

"My...

(speaks Chinese)

I have missed you

these past few months

and I regret that

I cannot be with you

during this

vulnerable time.

I hope that my mother

is taking good care of you,

because she is

so excited

to become

a grandmother.

I am working hard

in Suzhou

to save enough money

for us to go to America.

I hope to

make enough... money

so that we can go

before you give birth.

I want our son

to be born there,

so he can become President

of the United States one day.

Please know

you will always

be with me.

Liu Yi."

Wow.

Yeah, I'll say.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Thank you

for everything.

Hey.

Dad?

Dad?

Dad?

- Dad?

- (snorts)

Hey.

(crying)

I loved her.

I know.

I'm sorry.

You forgive me?

You look skinny.

I-I-I take you

to lunch.

I'll take you to lunch.

I have a job now.

I'm peddling cappuccinos

at Starbucks.

(laughs)

My son...

I cannot believe it.

You work for the man, huh?

- Working for the man?

- Yeah.

Like the kids want

to say, huh?

Nobody says that, Dad.

Sure. You've been

away too long.

That hippie down the street,

he say it all the time.

(laughs)

One at a time.

(mexican music

playing)

Damn, I missed

that taste.

What about this girl?

Over there,

the blonde.

Like a 7.6, 7.7?

- What do you think?

- She's okay.

Okay?

What, you don't want

to play anymore?

Joe, you ever think

that assigning women

a numerical value

between one and 10

based on artificial

qualities is--

that's kind of

superficial.

Look, if you don't think

she's cute, just say you

don't think she's cute.

You know what I think?

I think I made

a big mistake with Adi.

Liam...

You can come up with a list

of hundreds of qualities

that-- that you think

are important in

another person,

but in the end,

the heart wants

what it wants.

You spend your entire

life fighting that,

I mean, god, you just--

you go crazy.

Yeah, I'm sort of going

crazy just listening to you.

- Sorry.

- So...

You could ramble on

about it with me

for the rest of the day,

Or...

Or... You could call her.

You know, no.

I'm not gonna call her.

I'm gonna go over there.

- I got it,

I got it.

Thanks.

How you gonna get there?

You sold your car.

I'll-- I'll walk.

I'll walk, I'll run,

I'll fly over there.

All right,

catch you later.

Come on,

nobody walks in L.A.

(whispering)

You see that guy?

Hi.

Hi.

I made

some bad decisions

and I'm trying to

get them right

I've chalked them

up to living

and I've stored them

out of sight

I've gotten

a reputation

of running

from a fight

when the situation

gets out of my hands

sometimes you've got to

go to stay

let the ace of spades

fall where it may

drop the masquerade

like a live grenade

and give it

all away

we had a conversation

it was more

than what we said

we had a destination,

we could see it up ahead

is it my imagination

running rings around my head

trying not to face that

slipping away

sometimes you've got

to go to stay

let the ace of spades

fall where it may

drop the masquerade

like a live grenade

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