Year of the Dragon Page #5

The Chinese are always involved

in something.

They're never involved in nothing.

You remember that.

You're really cracked, you know that?

The first time I saw you, I knew

you were cracked. And a racist too.

Were you in Vietnam?

Yeah, why?

- I knew it.

It ruined you.

The first time I saw you,

I hated your guts.

I think I even hated you

before I ever met you.

I hated you on TV.

I hated you in Vietnam.

You wanna know what's destroying

this country? It's not booze.

It's not drugs. It's TV, it's media.

It's people like you. Vampires.

I hate the way that you make your living,

sticking microphones in people's faces.

I hate how you lie every night at 6:00.

I hate the way you kill real feelings.

I hate everything that you stand for.

most of all, I hate rich kids.

And I hate this place.

So why do I wanna f*** you so bad?

maybe you're right.

maybe I got no ethics.

I can't. Stop it.

- What do you mean, you can't?

I spent all afternoon here making

love with my boyfriend. I can't.

So why did you invite me here?

What year are you living in?

We're not in the back seat of some car

at a drive-in.

You don't have to get

your money's worth.

Who is he? What's his name?

What is he, rich?

You wanna know if he's Chinese, right?

That's what you wanna know. So ask it.

That's the question,

so why don't you answer it.

He's white, all right.

He went to Princeton.

His name's Roger. And he's a lawyer.

Well, I hate lawyers.

I wouldn't wanna make love to a woman...

...who just got done screwing

a lawyer anyway.

What's he got, money?

Roger Pumpernickel lll?

And he's not a crackpot racist.

He's a gentleman.

oh, yeah? What does he do?

He plays tennis and golf

and goes out sailing on a yacht?

What's with all these machines?

What are you, at AT&T?

You got everybody in town jumping

in and out of your bed?

You're acting like a child.

A great man is one who, in manhood,

still keeps the heart of a child.

Why don't you go home?

I can see this was a big mistake.

Yeah, it was a mistake,

it was a giant mistake.

It was a giant mistake.

I'm gonna go home to a woman

who at least acts like a woman.

If this Roger's so great,

how come he didn't he marry you?

He didn't want a little slant-eyed

Roger lV at Princeton?

We've never discussed it.

We just meet here to f***.

I wanna arrest the gang members for

loitering, spitting in the gutter, anything.

What about their civil rights?

- F*** their civil rights.

I want the honchos around here

to go ape-sh*t.

I wanna disrupt the entire commerce

of Chinatown.

Do you understand me?

I want chaos.

You know, you people, you're starting

to look like the Chicago Cubs.

I'm not kidding.

You look like you already lost.

The world has f***ed you over.

So now you don't give a sh*t.

I know. I've been there.

I've been in the job 1 5 years.

I know all the stories.

my heart has been broken 1 00 times.

I've got scar tissue on my soul.

But let me tell you something.

I give a sh*t.

I'm gonna make you people give a sh*t.

I don't care what you think of me.

You guys are gonna go

through the numbers

on this one. Now, that's it. Get out of here.

Whoa. one last thing.

The next cop...

...that I hear about who's

taking money in this precinct...

...I'm gonna personally bust their mouth.

Are there any questions?

What if it's a woman?

She better bend over.

mr. Wong, do you think Joey Tai is

responsible for the death of your father?

No way. I want my lawyer.

Double-parked cars have been towed.

Captain Stanley White, the most

decorated cop in New York City...

...has declared war on Chinatown.

Today there were 43 gang arrests...

...three gambling parlors raided,

six sweatshops busted.

And now in an opening blow at the man...

...who's been called the Godfather

of Chinatown, Joey Tai...

...Captain White closed his restaurant

on a health violation.

Needless to say, a crackdown

is in the works.

And although the district attorney

denies it...

...a major drug conspiracy case

is rumored to be pending...

...against various respected

older members of the Chinatown elite.

mr. Tai, can you tell us if there is

such a thing as the Chinese mafia?

It sounds very exciting.

Like a comic book.

The existence of triads is documented

by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Documentation without proof.

This farce is further evidence

of the consistent discrimination...

...against Chinese in this country.

mr. Tai, are you saying there is no

criminal element in all of Chinatown?

of course not.

But why do you media people insist

on emphasizing...

...this sinister Charlie Chan image?

Why don't you talk about the chair

in Chinese history...

...our association has endowed

at Yale University...

...or our $1 2 million fund

for our 1 0,000 members...

Positive things.

- What is your comment on Jackie Wong?

mr. Tai, do you have any comment

on Jackie Wong?

I'm happy you could make it, Teddy.

I'm really happy you are okay.

my doctor would kill me

if he knew I was here.

They just took my voice box out.

They keep taking things out.

I have nothing left, Fred...

...but my brain.

my brain says I'd rather do business...

...with a smart thief than

an honest man who is stupid.

A stupid man is dangerous,

like a defective time bomb.

You never know when

it's gonna go off on you.

But a thief, you can control what he steals.

I think, Teddy, you are going

to find Joey a very smart young man.

Not cautious as Jackie or Harry,

but aggressive.

He wants power.

All young men want power.

That's what it means to be young, Fred.

I wanna see his face, his eyes.

I wanna know if he's reckless.

one look in his eyes, I will know.

Bring him in.

But leave the n*gger outside.

my esteemed friends are diplomatic.

- How's the sound?

A little background noise,

but not too bad.

The point, mr. Tedesco...

...is that we are happy to let you

continue the distribution of our software.

But, with a 50 percent reduction

in volume...

...and at a reduced fee.

Something like 1 7 or 1 8 percent.

The rest stays with us

till we weigh other offers.

Jackie Wong made these arrangements

with me.

We were pioneers when you

were sucking your mother's tit.

And I don't see

why anything should change now.

Because Jackie Wong is dead.

And Harry Yung has stepped down,

and I am the Cho Kun now.

Hey, Joey.

And I say we can't afford to sell

to old men the old way.

You know, Fred, in all my years...

...nobody, and I mean nobody's

ever talked to me like that. Nobody.

No insult was intended, mr. Tedesco.

But you people don't control

Canal Street anymore.

We do.

I think when you think

through my offer to you...

...you'll see that it's not unprofitable

to both sides.

Who you gonna sell to?

The n*ggers? The spics?

You people don't have

that kind of weight here.

They will bury you so fast

like you never was here.

And if they don't, I will.

Don't talk like that.

- Don't sweat it.

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