The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Page #6

Is he a nice guy?

Notice how upset he was

about that Chinese massacre?

- Will you excuse me, please? I have to freshen up.

- Sure.

How long were you and Mort married?

- Listen...

- I really don't remember.

You don't remember?

You were married to him,

and you don't remember how long?

- Don't worry about it.

- No.

So I gotta put up a chimney

to carry the smoke out.

Why can't the smoke go

in the house? Hi, Mort.

Flo, I gotta talk to you... alone.

Screw. Have yourself a whistle.

You, take off with him. Get her ready.

- I'll be with you in a while.

- Guess what. I got a message from Marty.

- You see Marty?

- I'm always looking at Marty.

- Say hello to Marty.

- Greatest guy in the world.

- You know what he told me?

- There he is.

- That's him.

- The two-finger salute.

- It's all right, Marty.

- You know what he just told me? Stopped by the table.

- Yeah, what'd he tell ya?

- He said the Chinaman is dead.

The Chin...

I thought you'd be happy. Now I'll

give you something to cry about.

You gotta go get Vittelli and kill him.

Good evening.

Bonsoir.

Well, I see that the booze

is plentiful tonight...

which is good...

because it's good for the house, and what is good

for the house is ultimately good for yours truly.

Now I shall... mesmerize

you... all of you.

- Hypnotize you.

- How's it goin', Sonny?

- Busy.

- And make you use your imaginations...

to take you on another trip...

to another day...

to another dream...

another dollar.

Imagination.

Imagination

Is funny

It makes a cloudy day

Sunny

Makes the bees

Think of honey

Just as I

Think of you

Imagination

Is crazy

Your whole perspective

Gets hazy

Starts you asking a daisy

What to do

What to do

Have you ever felt

A gentle touch

And then a kiss

And then

And then find it's only

Your imagination again

Oh, well

Imagination

Is silly

You go around

Willy-nilly

For example

I go around

Wanting you

Take it off now.

And yet

I can't

Imagine

Fabulous place.

- Thanks.

- For times delizioso.

Good girls.

Just like home. I've

been waiting a long time.

I've been playing games.

Do you know Match One?

- Five, four, three, two, one.

- Yeah.

- Do you play?

- Well, not now.

Got a little problem here.

You know...

I gotta meet some friends at 11:00.

Maybe you should, like, come along.

We're all fairly interested

in your experience.

Well, I'll tell you about it,

you can tell them, because...

I don't feel too hot.

No one could have pulled

that off. I know myself.

- Ten years ago I shoot some Mexican...

- Hey.

- How you doin'?

- I'm gonna buy you a diamond ring.

You're kidding.

- You love me?

- You know I do.

- Say you love me.

- I love you. I gotta get back.

And then

And then find it's

only your imagination

I don't want to keep

my friends waiting any longer.

Again

Over again

Imagination

You're a hell of a nice guy.

I never believed I could

tell that to anyone.

It's too bad I wasn't nice.

Where are your friends?

Anybody home?

That jerk Karl Marx

said opium was the...

religion of the people.

I got news for him. It's money.

Money. That's... Jesus Christ.

My father was right.

Although my father put it

another way. You know, capisce?

He says... Mio padre...

mi ha detto...

"Hai fatto...

una bella cacata."

Yeah. It's a great

enjoyment, a good crap.

You know what's wrong

with the world, Cosmo?

Including me and everybody

else that might be here.

The whole world needs

to fart at the same time.

There's nothing wrong with

you, Cosmo. Money. Money.

My father was a nice guy. You

should have met my father.

He could listen to me like you could.

That's why I like you.

There's not many people that

can listen like my father.

You cry when your father died?

He promised me one thing. He said, "Hey"

"Don't let 'em bury me."

Didn't like the electric company,

the gas company, the water company.

Why don't you do yourself

a favor and get out of here?

You're an amateur.

Take a walk.

Where are you going?

That's my friend in

there. Take care of him.

He's your problem.

Say hello to everybody

and give them my love.

"Za," play ball.

A**hole.

Vittelli.

Cosmo?

"Cosimodo"? It's Mort.

Cosmo.

Hey, Cosmo.

Sorry about that.

In fact, I'm sorry about the

whole thing, Cosmo, but...

it couldn't be helped, you know.

I mean, that's why we're

here to talk about it.

It just happened to be you. I like you.

I personally like ya. I felt it when

I met you. It was instincts, ya know.

I just know the whole

mess is on the news.

I don't know if they know who you are.

I don't know if they know

you're connected with us or not.

But we can get you out of town for a while.

We'll take care of the joint for you.

You come back in, you run

the joint just the way you wanna.

It's your place. Fire the acts, hire 'em.

Stage it. Whatever you wanna do.

You've got some kind of guts, man.

You know who that was?

You know who the Chinaman was?

He was the heaviest cat

on the West Coast, Cosmo.

You did what we couldn't do.

I mean, you knew you

were set up, didn't you?

I mean, it was a plan, and

I was part of it, but...

I like myself, you know. I mean...

I believe you could kill me right now,

and if that's what you want to do...

then go ahead...

but you've got enough heat on

you already, and we can help you.

Hey, Phil.

Dago!

I'm gonna kill you!

Hey, champ!

I think it's about time to make a deal.

Answer me, ya son oaf b*tch!

Vittelli?

Vittelli!

The Dow Jones industrial

average went up...

Because I had to cal

I her at the club...

and tell her there was a accident.

He was hurt.

Could you come over a few minutes...

And now the world at a glance.

California congressman...

Because I don't know

if he's coming home.

I don't know if you know

a doctor or whatever.

I said I don't know if he's coming home.

Mom, would you get off the telephone.

Lashes out at the general assembly.

He... He might try and call. And if he calls and

the line is busy, he won't call back again.

- Mama, get off the darn telephone.

- I don't know if he's coming home or not.

- Who you talking to anyway?

- Your brother.

Mama.

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To receive 100% ownership

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Why isn't your daughter at work?

Are you serious?

I mean, there's a show goin' on.

She's my girlfriend, but

she also works for me.

Are you really serious?

I mean, people are struggling

to keep the show alive.

Oh, by the way, I feel wonderful.

I mean, in case you were

wondering whether I was dying.

We were a little bit curious, yes.

Never felt better in my life.

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