The Corruptor Page #14

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Lee doesn't speak right away. He makes Wallace wait.

LEE:

There's a tin shop on Hogan.

EXT:
TIN SHOP - HOGAN STREET - MORNING(DAY)

Wallace steps from the subway, crosses to a

newsstand, buys a paper and checks the timepiece

hanging over the porn mags. 5:58AM.

LEE (V.O.)

A Malaysian runs it. Tomorrow at six AM, he'll

be receiving two bricks of heroin from a Colombian.

He clocks the tin shop. He can make out the

MALAYSIAN guy behind the counter and a MALE

CUSTOMER, Chinese, checking the racks.

LEE (V.O.)

These men are scum, they deal to children. I'd like

you to stop them. He takes position at the bus stop

on the corner and waits. He sees an HISPANIC MALE,

40's, enter the store. The Malaysian locks the front

door and leads the Hispanic to the rear of the shop.

He moves quickly across Hogan. He reaches the front

door, slides the slim jim from his jacket, and easily

opens the lock.

INT:
TIN SHOP - CONTINUOUS - DAY

Wallace pulls the Glock from his holster. He hears

voices from behind the rear door. Cold sweat runs

down his neck as he takes position. He steadies

himself, then kicks open the door.

INT:
TIN SHOP, OFFICE - DAY

WALLACE:

POLICE! NOBODY MOVE!

He aims his gun and nearly fires when he hears

YELLING from one of the men and sees the barrel of a

.45 pointed at his face.

But he doesn't shoot because the gun belongs to

Chen, in the middle of busting the two drug dealers.

Eyes wild and still YELLING, Chen nearly squeezes the

trigger himself, but his brain registers Wallace faster

than his finger.

The two cops, breathing hard, stare at each other

knowing exactly how the other got there. After a

moment, Chen cuffs the two prisoners to the radiator

and pushes Wallace back into the store.

INT:
TIN SHOP - DAY

CHEN:

You son of a b*tch. When did Lee approach you?!

The bust on Chrystie, right? The porn operation?

WALLACE:

Yeah.

CHEN:

I knew it. I knew your story was full of sh*t.

WALLACE:

Well here you are. When did he approach you? I bet

quite a while before that. When was it, two years

ago, five years? How long have you been working

for him? Or can't you even remember?!

Chen grabs Wallace by the neck.

CHEN:

You're dead. Your life is over. I thought you were

smart. You're not, you're as dumb as they come.

Chen lets go of Wallace. It takes a moment and then

it hits him.

WALLACE:

You gave him the Fed didn't you?

Chen looks back at Wallace.

WALLACE:

That's why we were watching them. That's why

you pressed that kid so hard to wear a wire. Yeah

I heard about that. You want to see if it was the

Fukes who killed the agent or if it was Lee.

They hear something behind them and turn with guns

pointed at a seventy year old Woman stepping

through the door.

15. PLUMS AND PEACHES

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INT:
GAMBLING PARLOR-DAY

Chen moves purposefully through the crowded room

but he doesn't stop to play. Instead he strides up to

Henry Lee, grabs him and forcefully pushes him down

the hall and out into the back alley.

INT:
GAMBLING PARLOR, STAIRWAY - DAY

He punches Lee to the floor. Lee's Sumo and two other

triad SOLDIERS race into the room, guns drawn, but

hold back from firing because Chen's gun is pointed at

Lee's head.

CHEN:

We had a deal.

LEE:

You brought him in, not me. I couldn't risk it.

CHEN:

I had him under control.

LEE:

Says you.

CHEN:

Let him go.

LEE:

What's done is done. You know that better than

anyone. You want to help him? Smarten him up.

Make sure he doesn't trip over his toes and f***

both of you. I hear dirty cops have an extra rough

time of it in prison.

Chen looks right into Lee's eyes.

CHEN:

I find out you killed that Fed, I'll kill you.

Chen strides from the room, keeping his gun pointed

on target.

EXT:
SECOND STREET- DAY

Chen and Wallace move across the street. The mood is

solemn.

CHEN:

Wires. You never know who's wearin one so

assume everyone is.

Chen stops at an outdoor fruit stand and samples the goods.

CHEN (cont'd)

Another thing. If you hear something in the precinct

you think we should pass along, always double

check. It could be a bogus tip they wanted you to

hear to see if it got passed along. Black or red plum?

WALLACE:

I don't like plums.

CHEN:

You don't like plums?

WALLACE:

I like peaches.

CHEN:

Peaches are sh*t. Didn't you ever hear that song

Sinatra sang, "Out of the tree of life I just picked

me a plum?"

WALLACE:

I don't care if he picked a raisin out of Sammy Davis'

eye socket. I like peaches.

CHEN:

Then I'm not paying for it. Chen pays for his plum and

Wallace pays for his peach. Chen stops to watch a bunch

of KIDS playing soccer in the park.

WALLACE:

How'd they get to you?

CHEN:

I was the first Chinese cop in the Fifteenth.

Thought I was gonna clean up Chinatown. But

white cops wouldn't work with me and the

people wouldn't talk to a cop, Chinese or not. Only

Uncle Benny paid me any attention. He became my

godfather, took care of my debts. Henry Lee was

his lieutenant. He fed me a few busts, made me

look good and I liked it. Then one night my father

walks into a gambling house and ends up dead.

Turns out Lee knew there was a contract on him.

Made it clear he could've told me, I could've

stopped it...Got me thinking I was better at

my job with him, than without him.

The soccer ball rolls over and Chen kicks it back into

the game.

CHEN (cont'd)

And he was right.

Chen takes a bite from his plum as the sound of a

shutter on a 35mm camera clicking stops the action in

beautiful black and white. Suddenly, a hand reaches in

and pulls the photo off the wall.

16. BENNY WONG CUTS A DEAL

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INT:
FBI HEADQUARTERS HALLWAY -DAY.

Schacker walks briskly through the hallway carrying

the picture and talking on a cordless mouthpiece.

SCHABACKER:

It's Schabacker. I want everything you have on a

Detective in the Fifteenth Precinct. His name is Daniel

Wallace...Yeah his old man worked crooked outta the

two five, check on him too.

He rounds a corner and approaches his office where

Benny Wong his lawyer and two Fed minions sit

waiting for him.

INT:
SCHABACKER'S OFFICE

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