Year of the Dragon Page #2

You're not special,

and you're not beyond the law...

...any more than the Puerto Ricans

or the Polacks.

So we're all gonna obey the law

the way it says.

So start doing something about it,

and fast. or you're all gonna suffer.

You can believe that.

How will we deal with this?

morning, Stan.

morning, Stan.

- Hi, Stan.

morning, Stan.

- morning, Stan.

He's early.

- He's always early.

I got a complaint about you already.

- There's a line around the block.

Harry Yung is very upset

about you busting...

...into his place of business

on a day of mourning.

He says you're threatening

the arrangement we've always had.

What is this arrangement? Is it carved in...

stone? Did it come

out of a burning bush?

What the hell did you rush in there for?

You made them lose face,

you made us lose face.

They were just sitting there,

having breakfast.

What kind of evidence

did you have to go in there?

With these people, you won't have any.

- You're talking sh*t, Stanley.

Lou, I didn't buy this job.

You gave it to me.

I told you to kick ass

on the youth gangs, not the old guys.

You lay off them, you hear?

The 5th Precinct's a nice,

quiet area, Stanley.

Good springboard for promotion.

Lou, l've been down there one day.

Doesn't take a genius to figure out

something's going on.

Blood's gonna flow in the gutters.

They're gonna muscle across Canal.

They're gonna push the mafia out.

I'm talking banks, real estate, drug money--

Who told you this? The DEA?

They've been peddling that

Chinese mafia theory for years.

And they never made a case

in Chinatown. I wouldn't believe nothing.

You don't know what you're talking about.

The mafia concept's not even ltalian.

It's Chinese.

It's Chinese.

It was invented in China 1 000 years ago.

They call them triads.

That's what we have here. We have

the offshoots of the Hong Kong triads.

You're letting your imagination run.

- No, Lou, like hell I am.

These people are the biggest overall

importers of heroin in this country.

And the fact that we don't have

one single bust...

...against one of these guys

tells me something.

They're smart, Lou. They're smarter

than you and Kearney, this lrish Sphinx.

At least I didn't change my name, Wizynski.

What do you want?

You want to attack Chinatown

with the 82nd Airborne?

You're not in Vietnam here, Stanley.

There, I never saw the enemy. Here,

they're right in front of my eyes.

They got no place to hide, no jungle.

This is just like the South Bronx.

You got a bunch of juvenile delinquents.

Youth gangs. Call them what you want.

Snot-nosed Chinks, scumbags.

Now go and kick their asses.

You're good at it.

Youth gangs? These are midget hit men.

- You know what your problem is?

You move through this department

like heavy machinery.

Nobody likes you, Stanley.

They tell you you're a great cop,

but they don't like you.

So what?

Just put my request through, will you?

Kearney, talking to you

is like one hand clapping.

All of a sudden this job's

made you an expert.

He's got a thing for Chinks.

Connie, l'm home.

- ln here.

Where you been? I've been calling

for two days.

You don't answer the phone anymore?

Connie?

What the hell's going on here?

Don't ask. It's the washing machine again.

And while I was at it, I fixed the sink.

Jesus. Connie, why don't you

ever call the repairman?

You're living in the past, Stanley.

You find one.

Hey, look at this mess.

Buy me a new machine.

But don't break my balls, Stanley.

Been trying to fix this thing

for three hours, and l'm not in the mood.

I didn't say anything.

- You were gonna, weren't you?

I can always tell.

What the hell's wrong with you? I walk

in the door, you don't even say hello.

You don't smile. All you do is say,

'Stanley, don't break my balls.'

What kind of relationship is this?

- You don't care about our relationship.

I do care.

I do care about our relationship.

oh, come on.

I just wanna know why

you're so angry all the time.

Well, Stanley, it's because you have

become an arrogant, self-centered...

...condescending son of a b*tch.

There's a lot to be arrogant about--...

oh, don't start, okay? I'm not

taking any more of your sh*t, Stan.

You wanna fix the f***ing washing

machine? You go ahead and fix it.

You fix it. I gotta go to work.

Hey, look, l'm not having

such a great day, either.

I thought you said you had the night off.

I thought maybe we could go out.

- They shifted me back to nights.

What is biting your ass?

Don't tell me it's the washing machine.

No. Nothing.

I don't expect anything from you.

- What is that supposed to mean?

It means you bombed out.

You forgot. You weren't here.

You missed target practice.

What?

- Wednesday.

Wednesday.

It's the day of my ovulation.

I guess I forgot.

Don't bullshit me, Stan.

I don't like it.

I'm getting the picture, okay?

It's clear as ice.

lf you really wanted a kid--

- of course I want a kid.

No, no. You'd take care of yourself a bit.

You'd sleep decent hours, you'd eat

regular, you'd take your vitamins.

You promised me you'd

take your vitamin E.

I paid 50 bucks for this.

You'd screw me once in a while

at the right time of the month.

How do we stand a chance?

Hey, l'm sorry.

- I know.

You said that last month

and the month before that.

I'll tell you what, next month,

we'll take a weekend off.

We'll go up to that place in the Poconos.

The place your brother-in-law's

always talking about.

The place with the heart-shaped tubs?

We could try there.

Don't give me all that.

Don't treat me like an idiot.

It doesn't work anymore.

It doesn't work.

Sh*t.

Good evening, miss Tzu.

- Hi. How are you?

We're very happy you

are joining us tonight.

Thanks.

- This way, please.

This is miss Tzu.

How do you do?

- Hello.

We're so pleased you've come.

- Thank you.

I didn't think you'd show up.

I wanted a closer look at the jerk

who insulted me on the street.

What would you like to drink?

- Tea.

Why didn't you tell me who you were?

- Hostile, aren't you?

I showed up, didn't l?

Why don't you have some spareribs.

They have great spareribs here, but

lousy lighting. Ever wonder about that?

Why the inside of a Chinese restaurant

makes you feel like you're at the DmV?

Feel like l'm waiting for an eye test.

You know, the atmosphere is not the thing.

Besides, I like ltalian food better anyway.

I'm impressed.

Are you doing your homework?

Scratching the surface.

You're from Hong Kong?

No, American-born.

San Francisco, the Bay area.

How many generations

have your people been here?

my great-grandfather came,

worked in the railroads, went back.

my grandfather worked in a gold mine.

He also went back.

They went back because the law

wouldn't allow their wives to come.

my father married a Japanese woman

and settled here in the '40s.

Yeah, I know the story.

It's a pretty sad one.

Thousands of you Chinese

came over here...

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