Year of the Dragon

Come on, back up.

move back a little bit.

Let the funeral through. Stay back.

Get Laura. That's the daughter.

Get a close-up. Go to her.

Come on. Excuse me.

Hey. Don't touch the camera.

miss, please don't cause any problems.

We're not causing any problems.

John, let's get mcKenna.

Captain mcKenna?

Any leads in Jackie Wong's murder?

- Nothing at this time.

Do you think this means

there's a war in Chinatown?

No, I don't.

It's a situation where the youth gangs

are lashing out at the establishment.

The community's cooperating.

The situation's under control.

Hey, kid. What's going on?

- We gotta talk, Lenny. Privately.

Sure. Some funeral, huh?

So, what's new, kid?

Listen, no news this week.

But I got some uptown you should try.

Give you a taste, for nothing.

You greaseballs don't listen.

- What?

You want to play games with me?

I thought it was loud and clear,

this is our street now.

You wanna stay on this street,

pay us.

Come on, Ronnie, me?

You wanna extort money from me?

You know who you're talking to?

You know who my cousins are?

I know what I need to know.

You listen to me.

F*** your cousins. No one rides

free anymore. You owe me money.

It's 300 a week to operate here.

Four weeks, that's 1 200 bucks you owe.

You come across Canal Street,

throwing your weight around?

Little Chink. You'll end up

with a wire around your neck.

Now get out of here before

I kick your ass. Hey, kid.

The rumor is that Jackie Wong was more

than the unofficial mayor of Chinatown.

That he was also the head of a secret triad.

Jackie Wong, no question, will be missed.

He was loved.

He made money for his people.

But the head of a secret triad?

There's no triads in New York.

I'm sure you've heard old rumors

that Wong's successor, Harry Yung...

...was a corrupt Hong Kong policeman

who came here with $1 5 million.

Fifteen million dollars?

That's a good one.

Somebody should tell Harry Yung that.

I have no further comments.

- You have that?

Yep.

- okay.

You're a hell of a reporter, honey.

You're talking to a guy with a bag

on his head and cotton in his ears.

Stick around, you might learn something.

Who are you?

Just ask for Stanley White.

- Which Stanley White?

There's only one Stanley White.

Hello, Will, how's the view up there?

- You can see a long way.

Still believe in keeping

a high police profile, huh?

If you wore your uniform, you'd know...

...that police visibility is

the strongest deterrent to crime.

It doesn't look like you're

deterring much around here.

Aren't you in the wrong precinct?

- No. They gave me a new command.

oh, yeah? What'd they give you?

- Chinatown.

That's right,

they just cut off your oats.

Why? Because of this?

How was I supposed to prevent this?

How am I supposed to prevent anything

around here?

Come on, I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

- Now what the hell?

Like I told you before,

man, no pictures.

John.

Go to her. Right there. Get Laura

Wong. Get the close-up, come on.

That's the daughter.

l'm not gonna tell you--

- Don't touch the camera.

Get rid of the camera.

Lose the camera.

This camera is none of your business.

Go away.

Hey, that's enough. Hey. What'd l

tell you before? Get on out of here.

Come on, move aside. move aside.

- He's over there in the back.

Tell me when, okay?

Tell me when.

okay?

And so with the passing

of Dai Jackie Wong...

...a piece of Chinatown history

passes with him.

This is Tracy Tzu. WKXT News.

mott Street, Chinatown.

What are you a**holes

doing around here?

Just hanging out.

Yo, man. What the f*** are you doing?

Get off, you f***ing bastard. Get off.

You can't come down here.

Get the f*** off me.

It's no raid. Keep on playing.

No problem.

I'm looking for Uncle Harry.

Not here, white devil, get out.

Where's Harry?

- Not here. maybe bank.

Hey, he's going to be back soon.

You tell Harry, l'm coming over.

Get out.

Let's play.

You let the white devil into our place?

What the--?

What's going on with you?

I'm looking for Uncle Harry.

Where's Harry Yung?

Where are you going?

- Harry in there?

Where are you going?

Thought we should all have a little

talk since we're both new at our jobs.

Why did you go

to the gambling place, huh?

We had the same arrangement over

a long period of time.

No policeman ever go to gambling club.

Foolish man. Rude. I'm going

to have to tell your superiors.

Well, it won't be the first time,

Uncle Harry.

I'm glad you guys are here.

Saves me some lung power.

This is it. I'll give it to you fast.

There's a new marshal in town.

me. New marshal means new rules.

New rules means no more street

violence. You collar the gangs.

I don't wanna see their f***ing faces

unless they're serving me in a restaurant.

I don't care what you do.

Get them jobs catching cockroaches.

Get them off the streets.

- Nobody can control the gangs.

Everybody knows that.

Too big a problem.

Captain, Chinatown behind you

all the way.

In favor of what you do.

You take gang kid in the alley.

You put bag over their head.

You beat them with club.

Chinatown behind you 1 00 percent.

- one hundred percent.

Good, because l'm gonna need your help.

I'm gonna put a stop to all this

bribe-paying and extortion to gangs.

I want the help of all 60 families...

...and merchant associations.

I want you people--

Wait a minute, captain. This is

very difficult. Very, very difficult.

There's a long history.

For thousands of years,

Chinese do not go to the police.

If they go to the police,

they'll get in trouble.

So I'll tell you straight.

Nobody will come to see you.

You tell him what we mean.

No disrespect is intended

to the police by our remarks.

But if the citizens of Chinatown regard

what you call extortion and bribery...

...as part of the cost of business, and have

felt that way for thousands of years...

...why should you be so concerned?

What about the ones

that don't wanna pay?

You tell him.

When I first came to New York,

I worked as a waiter in a restaurant.

Something terrible happened

because my boss did not want to pay.

I signed a complaint against

a gang leader who was arrested.

Next day, he was out on the streets again.

Now, six months go by before his trial...

...and the police chief was transferred

to the Bronx.

This was, what, six or seven

chiefs before mcKenna?

Seven.

And the new chief dropped the charges.

Three months later I

got stabbed right here.

Show him. See?

You must understand, captain. To us,

your Good Samaritan was a fool...

...to risk the security of his family

to help a stranger.

You're too impressed with yourself.

F*** you.

What did you say?

- I said, f*** you.

I'm tired of all this

'Chinese this, Chinese that.'

You people, you think gambling,

extortion, corruption are kosher?

Because it's 1 000 years old?

Well, all this 1 000-year-old stuff,

it's a lot of sh*t to me.

This is America you're living in,

and it's 200 years old.

So you better get your clocks fixed.

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