Year of the Dragon Page #4

You drive worse than you shoot.

Stay out of the left lane, all right?

- Yes, sir.

What hours am I working?

You're on 24 hours a day,

seven days a week.

What about sleep?

- Forget sleep.

But I got a second job.

- Herbert, quit. I'm serious.

You wanna be a cop or f*** around?

What's the point of the exercise?

- lt's not an exercise, it's the Chinese mafia.

They eat people like you for breakfast.

I told you to stay out of the left lane.

Ever notice Chinese guys

always block traffic?

They drive like their music,

from right to left.

Ever see a Chinese Grand Prix driver?

No.

Goddamn cab doesn't know how to drive.

Come on.

Central to 2-7 Adam Boy.

Two male Asians shot dead

in a cellar at 6 Eldridge.

They match the description

of the Shanghai Palace suspects.

That's us. out of the car.

You're undercover now.

Where's White?

Alan Perez, captain.

Nobody, of course, saw nothing.

most of these people are illegal.

They're sweating a bust.

Building's registered to Tan Wan Lo.

He lives in Hong Kong.

If you ask me,

he's probably been dead for 1 0 years.

Building ownership down here makes

a Chinese fire drill look organized.

Where are they?

- Tony, get out here.

This is the guy that tipped us.

Calls himself Tony.

Says he's been working

down here 40 years.

Tony, you wanna show the captain

what you showed me.

Come on.

You people.

You can take off your shoes.

Right here. Go look.

Get a flashlight.

You're a good man, Tony.

Not too many of you left.

I know.

You don't have to tell me. I know.

All good men gone.

Long time.

Everything change.

Young people, no respect.

Steal, shoot, kill,

like white man.

Chinese man is not afraid to work hard.

I work 40 years here.

I put every dollar in Chase manhattan Bank.

Young people have no respect no more.

old men afraid.

Not me.

Not me.

I been here long time.

I have seen many things.

I see things lot of people

don't even think I see.

Tony, there should be more men like you.

Bullshit.

Some say it was an act of revenge

linked to the restaurant massacre.

In this once quiet community,

tourists are beginning to stay away...

...and the people here

are beginning to ask:

'What's happening to Chinatown?'

Connie's waiting at the restaurant.

- Where's the place?

Captain White?

Can you give us any idea who and what's

behind this wave of violence?

Who? What?

A thousand years of civilization. That's

who, that's what. You ought to know that.

Now get that goddamn thing

out of my face.

What's the matter?

- lf you don't know, you don't know.

You're acting like there's

something between us.

Auntie, stop worrying.

I have to go.

Have something to eat.

Don't worry.

mr. White, l'm so glad you came.

Joey, congratulations. I hear

Harry Yung's out and you're in.

Stuart, hi.

Have you met my favorite lady, Connie?

This is Joey Tai, he owns the place.

my wife.

lt's a pleasure to meet you, mrs. White.

- Hi, how are you?

Look, l'm sorry l'm late, something

came up. Why don't we just order--

I told you, I got a late shift tonight.

We can talk after dinner.

- lt might disturb my digestion.

You really are something, Stanley.

Just come over here.

Let's call it a truce.

How about some good

champagne, Joey?

Sure. mrs. White, come this way.

Harvey, get me

the best champagne in the house.

You have an eye for beauty, captain.

- She's a real rock. She's the best.

You must've heard we dug up

those two midgets that hit Harry's place.

Found them in a soybean basement.

- No, I didn't.

my guess is, somebody didn't

want us to find them.

You think it was the friends of the boy

who was killed?

If you accept the surface of things, Joey,

which most people do.

Why the bodyguard?

Does it come with the new title or what?

Just a precaution. There's been

too much violence lately.

I agree.

What are we gonna do?

How's it going?

Are you enticing those to be conquered

in coming to the conqueror?

You should try our exploding lobster.

my chef does it better

than anybody in the world.

Hey, what do you want, Joey?

Spit it out.

Cigarette?

- No.

This is not the Bronx or Brooklyn.

It's not even New York.

It's Chinatown. It can be very easy,

or it can be very hard.

Well, why don't you make it easy?

I'll help you get

some of these renegade youths.

Witnesses, evidence,

everything you need.

You get headlines, your superiors

will relax, everybody happy.

Then you can stay in Chinatown,

no transfer, and we can do business.

You understand what l'm saying

to you, mr. White?

Yeah. I get the punks.

What do you want in return?

Nothing.

Just work with us.

Chinese people come here to prosper,

not to change things.

This cross-eyed conversation

we're having, Joey...

...gets me confused.

See, l'm a stupid Polack.

A peasant.

You gotta make things real clear to me.

- Sure. How clear do I make it?

oh, I don't know.

I'm thinking.

Would a contract with us for security work

after you retire be what you need?

We got some late-night clubs

you could keep an eye on.

Could mean 1 00,000 a year.

And we could put it anywhere in the world.

I don't think 1 00,000 is gonna be enough.

okay.

How much, then?

I'll take the same amount that you're gonna

make off your next 50 keys of heroin.

At last.

The clouds part to show the true sky.

most drug dealers are morons, Joey,

but I gotta hand it to you.

You're one silky son of a b*tch.

This the way you deal with the ltalians?

This the way you moved out Harry Yung?

How about your father-in-law,

Jackie Wong?

Rumor has it, it your hand that

was on the knife that killed him.

You're a smart guy, Go Joey,

but you made one mistake.

I'm not ltalian.

I'm a Polack.

And I can't be bought.

I'm gonna burn you down.

I'm gonna drag you...

...and your dirty laundry out on the street.

And l'm gonna humiliate you.

You are very stupid...

...and you're not gonna last.

I'll last long enough to piss on your grave.

Connie, what's wrong with you?

I was only 20 minutes late.

What's the matter with you?

Hey, look, you're right.

I thought it over.

I tried very hard to suppress it...

...but I think there's definitely

something between us.

Get in the car.

I'm not some gook hooker

on the streets of Saigon.

Does that work with all the girls?

- Comme ci comme ca.

Give me a break. It's not every day

I get to meet a famous person.

Listen, I got a legitimate story for you.

Want some wine? White or red?

Both.

Wow, this is some place.

Hey, listen, forget what I said

in the restaurant.

I know you got your ethics.

I respect that.

Listen, you got a great human

interest story in Joey Tai.

Kid from the slums of Kowloon

comes over here...

...works his way up...

...marries the boss's daughter.

maybe knocks off the boss,

becomes the boss.

That's the American dream. Why don't

you shine a light on the son of a b*tch?

What if he's involved in nothing?

What if he's just a successful

businessman, like my father?

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