"Papa Papa" "You all right?" "Papa..." "You all right?" "Papa, you are awesome" "You are virtually unscathed" "He is out..." "No photo..." "Take one..." "Stop it!" "Back off" "You scum" "What are you doing?" "You shut up" "Give way..." "You scum..." "You could only kill woman Shut up!" "You could only kill woman I dare you to kill me" "Shut up!" "You hear me?" "You scum..." "Shut up..." "Beasts!" "Scum!" "You mad dogs..." "You are a grownup" "Don't just play game boy here" "Read the files if you have time" "Which is your case?" "Law Wai-ling" "You have given the deposition?" "Then you can go" "Why are you still sitting here" "Hold it" "You come on over" "What is it?" "He has a contract on his head" "It is said he will be dead if he steps out of here" "You have nothing to worry about" "We will back you up" "Those rascals" "You don't have us in their eyes" "What nerve" "Boss, your bottle of whisky is finished" "Open another one Yes" "He is awesome I am awesome" "Superintendent Cheuk, what a coincidence" "Enjoying drinking game?" "You don't mind?" "Hau, there is a man named Fong Chin-pok" "You know him?" "It is said you have put a contract on him" "If he goes out of the police station" "He will be dead" "Cheuk, if you want to join us for fun" "Or if you want a drink with us" "You are welcome" "But please bear this in mind" "We are not your informants" "If you want leads, you can't get it here" "It is all right" "The police want to pull all the stops too" "Good, it is only to our advantage" "Don't be so cheeky" "Tat Sir, I am joking only" "I can cheek in my own place, right?" "I don't need to ask the police for permission, right?" "Yik, cut him some slack" "Superintendent Cheuk is here" "You let him show off a bit" "To claim credit" "Hau, if you know who is so idiotic" "To pull out the big guns to kill Fong Chin-pok" "Then please relay to him" "Just forget it" "Don't act like a mad dog" "Yes" "Cheuk, our businesses are now all legitimate" "With proper license from the Hong Kong Government" "We have washed our hands of gangland affairs" "Moreover, Fong Chin-pok is a family friend" "If there really is no one that can protect him" "Just tell us" "We brothers are willing to do it" "Yik Yes" "This joint is a bit quiet" "Give it some noise" "No problem" "What about that song" "My Days in the Triad" "You really are uncultivated" "It is embarrassing in front of Superintendent Cheuk" "It is the name of the movie" "That theme song is called, sand something" "Sand in the Wind" "Caught in the storm, blowing about" "Coming and going..." "Cheuk, if there is nothing else" "Excuse me, I have to sing" "Sue me for assaulting police" "This is not assaulting police" "Come on...sing" "Caught in the storm, blowing about" "I have bought you" "Towel, tissue" "Peanuts to munch on if you are bored" "Toothbrush, toothpaste, a glass" "And a walkman" "I don't know if you like these tapes" "And a sleeping bag" "The air-con in the police station is strong" "And slippers" "You have a pair of slippers with you?" "But it is for girls, and not in pair" "When is Sister Ling's funeral?" "The day after tomorrow" "You don't go, leave it to me" "I mean it, you can't go" "Pok, you listen to the police" "You leave it to the police" "They will find a place for you to hide out" "My colleagues will tackle it for you" "I mean it" "You can't leave the police station" "You will die" "They mean business" "They said once you step out they will kill you" "Police or no police" "You know those beasts are mad" "I am not afraid of them" "I didn't leave here" "I just want to stay alive" "So that I can see Sister Ling off" "If I can't go" "What's the point of staying alive" "No, you listen to me, you can't go" "I remember when we were small" "They came to our house to play all the time" "Ting Yik-hai still had a running nose" "The youngest one" "He slept in the garden after eating" "Ting Lei-hai loved food" "Ting Hau-hai loved my train" "These rascals" "No matter what, you can't see Sister Ling off" "If heavens want us all to die" "There is nothing I can do" "Papa, it is Kei-man" "You are back" "My throat has been dry" "You make me papaya soup" "Put more preserved date in" "It is soothing for the throat" "And...we have run out of American ginseng" "You get some back" "Papa" "You have to help me this time" "You have to help Pok" "Pok is now in the police station" "Ting Hau-hai has out a contract on him" "If he steps out of it, he will be dead" "Papa, you have to help me" "You know Pok is obstinate" "He wants to attend Sister Ling's funeral" "He will go no matter what" "You help me, you have to help me" "I am not what I used to be" "I have retired for many years" "I no longer have the influence I used to have" "I really can't help you" "Papa, there is one who can save Fong Chin-pok" "Papa, however hard I begged him" "He just wouldn't go it" "Papa, he is your friend of decades" "One word from you...he will do it" "I still have such powerful friends?" "It is Chow Tsai-sang" "No..." "Papa No" "Papa, you do me this favour" "No" "Man, Tsai was under my wing" "We are not of equal status" "Now you want me to beg him" "I had been Chief Inspector for decades" "Others came to beg me" "I never begged people" "I never did, and I never will" "Papa, I begged him hard" "He just wouldn't" "That's why I am here to beg you" "Papa, you do me the favor" "You do it for my sake" "Man, I will do anything for you" "But to beg Tsai?" "No way" "Papa, it is a human life, please" "You save it" "Just a word from you" "I will not go to beg him" "Just a word and you can save his life, Papa" "Your Papa is not that down and out" "Uncle, please You" "You" "You just shut up in front of me" "You two girls really piss me off" "What do you mean by this?" "One girl, two girls" "There are the three of you" "What are you up to?" "What kind of relationship is this?" "You are in such a mess" "You really piss me off" "Papa, I have nothing now" "You are my only kin" "If you don't help me I have no others to turn to" "Papa, Chin-pok is my good friend" "I have to help him" "I can't watch him die" "If no one will help him" "I am going back to Hong Kong" "I will be there with him" "I don't care, I have to go back" "I will be with him" "All right, so you won't help me" "If you really won't help me" "I will not bother with you" "I will not see you for the rest of my life" "If that rascal is saved" "You will stay with him?" "All these years, I used to have dozens of wives" "Dozens of kids" "But now at this age" "I only have one daughter by my side" "Papa, no" "I promise you" "If you will save him" "I will stay by your side I will stay in Taiwan" "If that rascal is saved" "If I can help him" "This I am sure" "He will stay in Hong Kong for his revenge" "You love him so much" "You will go with him" "Then I..." "I can't go back to Hong Kong" "No, Papa" "I have to spend my life in Taiwan" "There is only just me" "No, Papa" "I will be bored to death, you know" "I promise you, it won't happen" "I will stay here" "I will be here, I will stay here" "I will not go" "You can say anything now" "It has always been my wish" "Papa, I want to save Pok" "It is not that I want to be his wife" "I just don't want to see him die" "You save it, you save it" "Papa You don't have to go on" "Papa, I know..." "I don't believe you" "He doesn't love me, I know" "I know I don't the chance to be with him" "You leave me alone" "You help me, Papa" "I will not save him You believe me" "I will stay here with you" "I will not beg Tsai" "How will you believe me?" "I just don't want you to be in such an entanglement" "All right" "If what you said is true, you swear" "If I will make the oath you will save him?" "I never went back on my word even to outsiders" "All right, I swear" "I, Lung Kei-man, swear to heaven" "If Papa will beg Uncle Tsai to save Fong Chin-pok" "I will not be with him" "If I don't keep my word" "I will be disemboweled" "I will be struck by lightning" "I will be burnt to death" "I will be lonely for the rest of my life" "Call Chow Tsai-sang" "I am sorry" "I have kept you waiting" "Uncle Tsai" "All these years I have quit a lot of bad habits" "Just this one, being late" "I still can't correct it" "I just went to pray in the Taoist temple" "Founder taught me the breathing method" "It was quite an honour" "So I was late in coming" "All right..." "Tsai, you cut it out" "You asked you to come here" "I have one thing to talk with you" "You are not hungry?" "I have not eaten since morning" "Yu, come on, write me some dishes" "Brother Tsai, what do you like to have?" "Snow fungus and mushrooms" "The dried mushrooms have to be thick" "Poor ones are tough an bitter" "Garlic slices and mustard greens" "Garlic has to be in sliced" "Meshed garlic stick to the teeth And the flavour too strong" "Put more oil in it" "Mock barbecued pork" "And vegetable soup" "Put more pickles in it" "Serve as a hotpot" "Vermicelli on the side" "We put it on ourselves" "It will become mushy if overcooked" "Then mock chicken" "Don't forget to put on my own spring onion oil" "Of course" "What else do you want?" "Nothing" "And dessert" "Dumplings in sweet soup, that's it" "Let me some steamed pancake and sesame flakes" "As starter" "Oh yes, one more" "Fresh lily bulb Yes" "Lily bulb braised with lotus seed" "Make sure it is fresh Yes" "Brother Bong, it is good to eat light" "All right...we have been friends for so many years" "You spare me that" "You be honest with me" "How long we have known each other?" "If not 30, then at least 25 years" "Right" "I remember when we were in Hong Kong" "We had had hard times together" "We had had good days together" "We shared our money" "All these years, I have never asked you for a favour" "This time, I have to beg you" "I have to ask you for a favour" "Brother Bong, you don't beat around the bush" "Then let me be honest too" "If you ask me" "How can I say no?" "Good..." "Except vouchsafing safety for that Pok boy" "I will say yes to anything" "That's what I want from you" "To vouchsafe for that boy's safety" "Then I am sorry, Brother Bong" "You can say I am not a friend" "But you don't have to go on" "Tsai, you do that to me?" "Brother Bong, you do me this favour" "You do it for the sake of my founder" "Lung Shing-bong asks me for a favour" "How will I say no?" "I can't vouchsafe for the boy's safety" "I don't have to make up an excuse" "I really can't" "Founder showed him to the Holy Lady in her dream" "That I can't vouchsafe his safety" "If I do it, my lifespan will be shortened" "You really are that superstitious?" "If you believe in karma" "You shouldn't have sold drugs when young" "For a drug deal" "You killed Buck Tooth Chat" "And drowned his wife" "Then who framed Shortie Chuen" "Who put a gun on him and framed him for snatching police gun" "To make him confess" "You beat him so hard his eye flied out" "I never deny what I have done" "I never expect a good end" "I have been through bad times and I never complained" "I know, I am old" "I am now a lonely man" "I have no son to see me off" "I know" "But you" "You have done your share of wicked deeds Brother Tsai" "Now you are old" "You become religious" "You turn to Buddha for blessing" "For wealth and fortune" "Let me tell you" "You have harmed so many" "Just by praying for one for a year" "You will have to pray till you are 200 years old" "You don't have to vouchsafe for that boy" "There are so many gods and deities" "They still can't save you, Tsai" "Brother Bong, you are entitled to your opinion" "Brother Tsai, I beg you" "I promised you I would be a vegetarian for life" "I am now a vegetarian" "You went back on your word last time" "Four lives were lost" "If Pok dies as well" "There is no one left in his family" "I just don't get it" "What kind of god you are worshipping" "You don't save lives and you will have a good twilight years?" "You save people and you will be doomed?" "What kind of god is that?" "It is good if his family dies out?" "Not even one is spared?" "Then you will enjoy longevity and fortune?" "All these years we all prayed to Gwan Gong" "What do you think he will think?" "You will not save lives You have no loyalty" "What will Gwan Gong think?" "You now believe in that Holy Lady" "Soon you will worship this table" "Some rocks or dog shit" "You remember back in the old days?" "For your drug business" "Whenever you asked me out for dinner" "You would be there half an hour early" "But now it is different" "You have such airs" "Being late is your habit" "Brother Bong, let us not talk about this" "Let us tuck in" "No, thanks" "I don't have anything now" "I only have this daughter" "She is a big girl now" "She has never begged me for anything" "If I can't even do this for her" "Then I..." "Brother Tsai, now I humbly beg you" "You do me this favour" "Brother Bong, I am sorry" "Founder is efficacious" "Brother Tsai" "Stop!" "Don't go after him don't beg him" "Don't cry, he won't vouchsafe for that boy" "I vouchsafe for him" "Sit down" "I just don't believe I can't do it" "I just don't believe Lung Shing-bong is forgotten" "I used to have so many underlings" "They are now calling the shots" "I just don't believe my word is no longer heeded" "I just don't believe Chow Tsai-sang can pull so many strings" "I just don't believe Ting Hau-hai can be so high and mighty" "Man, you papa can still call up dozens of people who owe me a favour" "They have to return the favour to me" "I have to go to talk with Fatty Chan" "On that Tuen Mun plot of land" "Brother, here it is" "An invitation card from Lung Shing-bong" "It is obvious it is Fong Chin-pok's girl's doing" "She wants us to leave him alone" "Lung Shi ng-bong?" "What does he mean?" "What is he doing?" "No idea" "You have heard of him?" "He still thinks this is the 60s?" "He must have senile dementia" "He still thinks he is the Chief Inspector" "Who else got the invitation card?" "I have got news" "Shing Chun of the wholesale market" "Old Kau of Yuen Long" "And Chicken Ming of North Point" "And some minor inspectors" "I can bet on it, no one will go" "It took the cops dozens of years to get to where they are" "Will they be so foolish as to get involved" "With a wanted former corrupt cop?" "Who will bother with him?" "Who will be such a fool?" "Flying all the way to Taiwan to attend his dinner?" "Who does he think he is?" "Who will bother with him?" "Brother What?" "Will you go there for fun?" "To see him humiliated?" "That's cruel" "You just go, Brother Tsai will not see you" "I know, he doesn't have to see me" "I just want to treat him to some snacks" "Can you give this to him for me?" "To let him try out" "Brother Tsai..." "I made it myself, please" "I know" "Brother Tsai can have any snacks he wants" "He will not try yours" "Please, do me this favour" "Please, you help me" "Uncle Tsai, that girl still won't go" "You tell her to go, I won't see her" "I told her many times" "She said she didn't ask to see you" "She just wanted to treat you to some snacks" "The mung bean cake looks good" "This is not mung bean cake" "This is called grass dumpling" "A Suhang snack" "You tell her to go" "I have relayed your words to him" "He didn't want it" "I left it with him" "He doesn't like it, it is all right" "I still have other snacks" "They are made for Brother Tsai" "You help me out again" "Please, do me the favour" "You show him every one of them" "See if there is one he likes, please" "Don't waste your effort, he won't try them" "I know I am troublesome" "But please, do me this favour" "It took me a lot of effort to make them" "Please" "Your effort was wasted, he won't try them" "He can throw them away if he doesn't like them" "But please take them to him, please" "When he sees them" "If he is hungry, he may like to take a bite" "Please, do me the favour" "If the throws them away, it is not my fault" "Thank you" "Uncle Tsai Leave me alone" "I told her many times" "She insisted I take two boxes in" "To let you try them out" "See if there is one kind you like" "You tell her to go" "I tell her to go" "Now" "Ngan..." "Yes" "Get me a piece of cake" "Master, cake" "What is this?" "Let me pick it up" "Take it out Yes" "You are lucky" "Brother Tsai has showed interest" "He asked you how you could make this black rice pudding" "Uncle Tsai, I asked her" "She said she is a native of Hangzhou Linan" "Her mother taught her how to make this black rice pudding" "Hangzhou Li nan" "Kwai, you know which is the most delicious Suhang snack?" "I don't know" "It is chestnut cake" "Chestnut cake" "You first melt the sugar" "Add in rice flour and glutinous rice flour" "Stir it into a paste" "Then steam it for several minutes in a steamer" "Then remove the lid" "Add in some glutinous flour" "And put paste mixed with raw cane sugar on top" "Top it with fresh chestnut" "Steam until it is done" "It is mustard in colour" "A bit sticky" "It has a chestnut flavour" "And the light sweetness of raw cane sugar" "Sister Wah knew it was my favourite" "She made it for me all the time" "Uncle Tsai, is this what you said" "Look" "I didn't want to take it in" "But she kept begging me" "She said this was the most delicious Suhang snack" "Ask her to come in" "Ask her to come in?" "Yes..." "Uncle Tsai, here she is" "You are Yuen Mui?" "Yes" "It is no use for you to make them" "I will not vouchsafe for your friend" "I know" "Even though I have drunk the cup of tea" "I still will not vouchsafe for your friend" "That's not what I mean" "You didn't find my tea wanting" "I am happy" "I won't vouchsafe for him I have my own reason" "Founder said I can't" "If I vouchsafe for him" "My lifespan will be shortened" "As a man" "We first have to ensure our own wellbeing" "I know, I understand" "You are a native of Hangzhou Linan?" "I have gone back there for several months" "You know how to make sun-dried pig's liver?" "Yes, when I was small" "A piece of sun-dried pig's liver could go with a bowl of rice" "Not too many can make this dish nowadays" "But lantern stick is still being made" "Lantern stick, you mean braised pork" "Braised pork takes a lot of effort to make" "First marinade it with salt, sugar" "Ginger, rock sugar, cooking wine, aniseed" "And cinnamon" "Yes, but you can't braise it like that" "My mother taught me" "First press the piece of meat with a wooden board" "Then put a rock on it" "The piece of meat will stay in shape" "It has to be braised for at least 4 hours" "The layer with more fat than lean meat ls called jade belt" "The second layer is called the eye" "Half fat half lean meat" "The third layer is all lean meat" "With a rib" "It is the lantern stick" "It really is aromatic" "Marinade it for several days" "Then braise it in the marinade sauce" "The aroma is unbelievable" "I am not exaggerating, it is true" "It was the post-war period" "I came to Hong Kong from Chiu Chow" "In those days, a flat could house a dozen families" "I lived in the first partitioned room" "Wah in the middle one" "Her family members all died in the war" "She was the only surviving one" "She was not simple" "A woman by herself" "She came to Hong Kong from Hangzhou on her own" "I was working as a coolie in the pier" "I had to endure the elements" "I was dark and rough" "I was not some handsome guy" "I didn't know why" "Whatever she made she saved me some" "I asked her why, she said there was no reason at all" "She just wanted to treat me to it" "She cooked and I ate what she made" "And in time she became my wife" "She wouldn't make braised pork however hard others asked her" "She only made it in the new year or festivals" "Or when I was not in a good mood" "When I was throwing tantrums" "She would have it readied for me" "Like she knew it beforehand" "I was very poor then" "I didn't know why she would like me" "I asked her" "What do you see in me?" "She said there was no particular reason" "But she knew I would be somebody in time" "She seemed to know that in future" "I would become rich" "My family members were all dead" "They all died of genetic heart disease" "My papa, mama, sister and brother" "My Granny was dead too" "I am the only one living" "When I was small, I made up my mind" "I would not have a boyfriend when I grew up" "I would not get married or have kids" "But I didn't know" "I moved to the public housing estate and I met him" "Then I wanted to marry him" "To have children with him, to wait on him" "If I can cook for him, I will be happy" "His mother's funeral is tomorrow" "He is in the police station" "He is restless" "He is full of helplessness" "He is not afraid of death" "He is very obstinate" "I know he wants to see his mother off no matter what" "That means he may die tomorrow" "I am his wife, it breaks my heart" "Kwai" "Let me help you" "Come on, be careful" "What smells so good?" "It is that girl again" "You let her come in yesterday, so..." "She wanted to make you something" "You again" "It is not done well" "I botched the braised pork" "I didn't have enough time" "It was not marinaded long enough" "It was not rubbed long enough" "I thought that a smaller piece" "Would take a shorter time" "But I was wrong" "It was not pressed hard enough" "The meat is fallen apart" "If only I were given more time" "It would have been much better" "I am not lying" "It should take 3 to 4 days" "But I only had 4 hours to prepare" "I knew it would be a long shot" "But I still wanted to give it a try" "But I botched it, I was useless" "But I was not given enough time" "If I were given more it would have been much better" "I am so useless" "Papa, Taiwan's roads are not easy to navigate" "They need time getting here" "They will come, don't worry" "Let me take a look" "Chief Inspector Lung" "Uncle Lung, a little token" "We brothers don't know why we are invited to dinner" "That's why we have this gold plaque made for you" "You hear me?" "Once a hero" "You don't have to shout" "I am worried that he is old" "He may be hard of hearing" "I have shouted my voice hoarse" "You think I want to?" "We come to enjoy the dinner" "Not come here to fight" "Sit" "Uncle Lung, I don't think many will come" "So we have brought some underlings along" "To learn from you" "But what a pity, the tables are still not filled" "Don't be so sure" "It is to present my godson" "From today on" "Fong Chin-pok is the godson of us inspectors" "Congratulations to him" "I am an unreasonable man" "Whoever lays a hand on my godson" "It is provocation to me" "He will regret it" "What, will regret not having done it?" "Uncle Lung, being unreasonable is not every thing" "What do you have to back it up?" "You think by being unreasonable" "Others will give you wide berth?" "I dare you to lay a finger on him" "I host this dinner party" "I mean to match you step by step" "I mean to go for broke" "Uncle, can't you read?" "Let me read it to you again" "Once a hero" "Once, it means decades ago" "You are in no position to speak here" "Yes" "Uncle Lung, we brothers respect you" "You are our idol" "We admire you for you guts Your ruthlessness" "You made the time" "Brothers, we are in the gangland" "We should be as ruthless as Uncle Lung" "It is the way to do big things" "But look at you, you are so old" "You are sissy, you just go home" "That's all I wanted to say" "You just do what you want" "But you have to pay for it" "I could throw the woman I loved down the rooftop" "What's your daughter's man to me?" "You hit my brother?" "How dare you!" "You all right?" "Brother Tsai" "It is our family affair" "You stay out of it" "I am not such a busybody" "That boy has nothing to do with me" "I said I would not vouchsafe for him" "You can call me superstitious" "Founder said I shouldn't" "And I won't" "I come here today" "It is to make use of Brother Bong's dinner" "To present my goddaughter to you" "Yuen Mui, come on" "Greet the uncles" "I care for my goddaughter very much" "She is now one of my family members" "My goddaughter's affair is my family affair" "People know me should know" "I see family highly" "People who don't know me should know" "We Chiuchowese see family highly" "If their family members are bullied" "Hell will break loose" "Mui" "You leave Chin-pok alone" "Your father beat his father to death" "He was wanted by the Hong Kong Government" "He had nothing to do with it" "You threw his sisters down the rooftop" "Your father is alive and well" "And wealthy" "Can you leave him alone?" "Miss Yuen" "You don't know about the feud between us and the Fong family" "But what I ask is not too much" "His family members were all dead" "He is the only one surviving" "You won't leave him alone?" "Brother Tsai" "Let us put it on the table and have it talked over" "It is between us men Women know nothing about it" "Yes, I am a woman" "I know nothing" "But women are petty" "I am unreasonable and petty" "Fong Chin-pok is my husband" "If anything happens to him" "I will not let you off" "If anything happens to Fong Chin-pok" "A cold, a flu, headache or fever" "I will make you accountable" "You scum!" "You all get lost!" "What a crowd" "How can we Royal Hong Kong Police miss it" "Hau, you are still here" "You brought so many to attend the dinner" "Why didn't you tell me?" "We could have chartered a flight" "I hear that you have been locking horns with the police" "And don't mean to let go" "I am a busybody" "I am also a nobody" "But in the police force" "Only one won't take orders from me" "I know you have many followers" "But I have done the math" "Two to one" "I still have more than 10,000 as reserve" "Anytime you want a game" "Just tell me" "Lung Sir, I am sorry, I am late"