"1990, the US Government passed a law" "That authorizes the confiscation of illegal gains" "American top gang the Hess Family" "Used Chung Ching Society to launder their money in Southeast Asian stock markets" "From 1991-1994, Chung Ching Society Led by Ting Hai" "Took a lucrative cut from laundering money" "For Japanese, Korean and Dutch gangs" "And Columbian drug lords" "Even Italian mafias" "From 1987-1991, the Ting's amassed a fortune from legal and illegal means" "It is estimated the family is now worth" "More than 5 billion dollars" "Autumn, 1994" "We bide our time in Tai Sun side" "Let the Westerners fret" "If Dor Lei really means to acquire W0 Yee Building" "You transfer the money from the fund into the market" "Frankie, you have made the company a lot of money this time" "I mean to give you a 10% cut" "Thank you" "You are welcome" "The gold market is a bit unusual lately" "I am worried the price is going to fall" "You pay attention to it" "You like fishing, look" "You can fish to your fill" "How awesome" "The chairman of Wo Fu also acts strangely" "Some actions are coming" "You keep an eye on him" "Because I don't know what he has set eyes on" "These two women are amazing" "They run a Hong Kong video store in Taiwan" "But it is open for business for 3 months a year" "They go out for trips in the other 9 months" "They are amazing" "Oh yes, and the Japanese stock market" "I think something is going to happen" "That's all for today" "May we be excused" "They say they will stop here for 3 days" "Then they will go to Beijing" "You are like a husband in separation" "But you are lucky, you have two wives" "Both unwedded" "Unwedded?" "If I had failed to catch it It would have been broken" "That rascal seagull shat on my head" "Now I know why Westerners like to wear hats" "It has this use" "You have the nerve to bring it up" "You were so scared you almost pushed me into the sea" "Let me do it again" "Stop it" "Pick songs" "Which one?" "You?" "This one is good for you" "How many?" "My friends are here" "This one is too old" "I want some new ones, OK?" "New ones?" "But you know them?" "You often stop half way" "Don't embarrass yourself in front of this diva" "Diva?" "My foot!" "Der*ri*ere is more like it" "You out of your mind?" "This is gross" "But you are I am not" "You are Hi" "You two seem to have a lot of fun" "Really You are" "Mr Fong, what can I get you?" "Beer, please Coming" "There are VIP rooms here" "Why not go into one?" "You ask her" "VIP room?" "My singing is so good" "I have to let others hear it" "VIP room?" "Why not stay at home?" "Oh yes, let me show you some photos" "They are awesome" "The twins of trips, most photogenic" "We really do look alike" "Talking about this trip" "It was fun and it was economical" "We went to Paris first, then Switzerland" "Then Italy and Spain" "We took the train to Nice" "It took us just a bit more than 10,000 dollars, a bargain, right?" "You don't know, this girl here" "We were in Switzerland" "I wanted to try fondue" "Just a bit over 300 dollars" "But she just wouldn't let me have it" "I had to beg and plead" "And she only said yes when I said it was my treat" "Speedboat was more money for value" "Speedboat in Nice was fun" "It was used for water-skiing" "And skiers could fly up to the sky" "Like in a hot balloon" "It was exciting" "Yes, it was exciting" "But you dared not try it" "You just swam in the water" "I wonder who was groped in Italy" "And chased the groper down the street" "You promised you would not tell" "Who?" "I don't know" "You didn't stay long every time" "Would you stay longer this time?" "We have to make full use of the time" "Man and I are going to Tokyo tomorrow" "Then we go to Mexico" "Then have fun this evening" "Night snacks after karaoke" "No, Man and I have to catch the midnight show" "Let us sing now or we will miss it" "Just any song" "Our favourite" "Deja Vu" "Look for it" "00230" "Again 00230" "OK, excuse me" "Call you later, something to tell you" "It is about Scrimpy" "OK" "I just mentioned your name" "And it is our turn" "So quick Come on" "Oh yes, this song ls not dedicated to you" "There is no special meaning" "Don't you get it wrong" "Enjoy the photos" "Come on" "Fellow travelers sharing the same dream" "Meant to be a pair" "When dreaming the dream of the young" "Not knowing there will be separation" "Who ends up sharing meals and the bed with you?" "Those that are beyond reach or in the past" "Are always the better choice" "On the stage, I am doing" "What you want to do" "The past, old acquaintances" "Will the forgetful you still remember" "Laughter and tears, life and death" "Hardly the stuff of legend" "The lovers on stage or in real life" "Are not you and me" "Hello?" "Yes" "Coming" "Customs of men, the will of heaven" "Took you away from me" "Words of sadness and the mournful rain" "It is deja vu again" "Scrimpy, you and I are good friends" "I think you have the right to know" "I think you know her family has genetic heart disease" "Four years ago when we went to look for her in the school" "She already had a heart attack" "These few months" "Her condition has seemed to get worse" "She was admitted into hospital a few days ago in Jamaica" "That's all I wanted to say" "You should do what you should do" "Why are you still standing here?" "She is waiting for you" "Pok, you and Scrimpy have wasted 7 years" "There is no more time to waste" "Scrimpy is my bosom friend" "If you are mean to her" "I will chop your head off" "Don't worry" "I am not as loyal as Scrimpy 4 years, whatever it was it was forgotten" "I have no feelings for you now" "Just go, she is waiting" "Come on" "What a coincidence" "I couldn't sleep in the hotel" "Man was nowhere to be found" "What's on TV was boring" "So I came out for walk" "We are leaving tomorrow" "I don't know when we will be back" "I suddenly had this urge to see Hang On Estate again" "Hong Kong has changed a lot" "If I didn't come to see it" "I might not have the chance" "I went upstairs to check out Rm 1201" "Where I used to live" "I wanted to see who live there now" "But I could see nothing" "The light was off, the door was locked" "I could see nothing, I was so disappointed" "You remember the fat lady in 1208?" "Who spoke very loudly" "Oh yes, Mrs Chan, that's right" "She spoke so loudly" "When she talked at home" "I could hear her even in the lift" "She really was loud" "Oh yes" "The herbal shop downstairs" "The daughter who had an upturn nose" "It was more like a snout" "The girl wanted plastic surgery when she was 13" "You remember her?" "I just saw there was a notice outside" "The shop was closed for a day for wedding" "So she could marry after all" "You know everything?" "I told Man not to let you know" "But it is all right" "I am fine" "I was happy in the past few years" "It was the life I wanted" "I know I..." "The past few years" "It was the happiest time of my life" "I could go to places and see things" "It is a different world out there" "I have learnt a lot" "It was the kind of life I dreamt of" "Go where I want to go" "Do what I want to do" "Scrimpy You shut up" "These few years" "I lived better than I had imagined" "Hundreds of times better" "I would have contented to be by myself" "But I ended up having a company" "Kei-man went everywhere with me" "I know...you had gone through..." "I was happy, you just cut it out" "You didn't say it four years ago" "You shouldn't say it now" "Scrimpy" "I am leaving, you let go of me" "No, you stop it" "You stop it, you stop hitting yourself" "You stop it!" "You just stop it, we're over now" "You gave it up yourself" "You rascal, rascal!" "You leave me alone" "You come when you feel like it" "You leave when you feel like it" "Since the day you made handstand here" "You have been treating me like this" "I can't take it any more" "Seven years ago in Taiwan" "I made perfumed paper napkin for you" "You remember what you said?" "You said you would marry me" "I was so happy to hear it" "I thought it was true" "I had been waiting for you" "Four years you went to Taiwan, what for?" "You still couldn't make up your mind" "All these years I have seen you dozen times" "I came full of hope every time" "I left disappointed" "The song I sang in the karaoke bar" "It really was for you" "When I first heard it tears came down" "I didn't know why" "But I just felt so lonely" "Whenever I hear the song I want to cry" "I can't control myself" "You don't have to say anything" "You don't have to pity me" "This ring" "You begged Brother Tsai in Taiwan to give me protection" "I could leave the police station and I went to buy it" "When I saw the wreath you sent in the funeral parlour" "I knew I couldn't put it on your finger" "Then I found that you might not like the style" "Sol bought this one" "I thought you might like it" "When you came back after your first trip" "You were so occupied You had to leave again" "Then I found the ring might not suit the new you" "I passed by ajewelry shop and I saw this" "I thought it suited you and so I bought it" "This ring" "I bought it after your trip to Japan" "And this" "I bought it when you went to Europe" "It has become a habit of mine" "When you came back from a trip" "I bought a ring" "I have bought 8 rings in the past few years" "Now looking at them" "I don't know which one is best for you" "Actually..." "Actually every time you left" "I had a strange feeling" "I told myself" "Fong Chin-pok, next time" "You pluck up your courage to propose to her" "But every time I saw you" "I didn't know what to say" "I know I had been hurting you, but..." "I didn't know what to do" "I bought 8 rings in the past 7 years" "And this one" "I bought this one from a hawker in Taiwan" "I bought it for 150 T D" "It was that day I said I would marry you" "I slipped out to buy it" "Honey, you have your passport with you?" "Come on..." "let us go to the airport" "We leave everything behind" "We board the first flight there" "We fly where it takes us" "Let us get on board first" "I know you have been to many places" "France, Paris, many places" "But you know there are still a lot of places" "You have not visited yet" "I want to go ride camel in the Sahara" "Cruising on the Nile" "Bathing in the Niagara Falls, all right?" "Let us go to see the monster in Loch Ness" "Let us go... where" "The Northern Pole" "We go there to see the penguins" "We go fishing there" "Hawaii, we sunbathe in Hawaii" "Let us go...all right?" "I don't like running around" "I like to be here in Hong Kong" "I want to stay home" "I don't want you to be affected by my illness" "I know, for me" "There are many things you want to do but can't" "I don't want to see my husband bullied" "I all the more don't want to see my husband bullied and can't fight back" "Whatever you want to do, just go ahead" "Even if you will lose all your money everything" "I don't mind it at all" "I just want you to come home" "Hello Hello" "Chin-pok, where are you?" "Come back here, it is going to be fun" "We are all here waiting for you" "You have not heard the news?" "Something happened in the Middle East" "The Americans may send troops" "The stock markets in New York and London took a tumble" "Dow Jones Index fell by more than 100 points" "It is going to be fun, it is our chance" "You just rush back" "We are waiting for you in the office" "Chin-pok" "I know what to do, come on" "Mr Fong, you are home" "Call them all out, come on" "Come out all, come on..." "Hurry UP" "What is it?" "Come on" "Mr Fong" "She is Mrs Fong" "Ma'am" "That's it" "You can go back to your sleep, goodnight" "Scrimpy, you had waited for me for 7 years" "You wait for another 7 days" "In these 7 days, don't watch news or TV" "You don't have to heed any happenings 7 days, whatever happens" "I will be back in a week" "Anyway, in this week, I go out for fun" "I will not give anything a thought" "I eat, I go to bed" "I wake up and I eat, all right?" "I just enjoy life" "You don't have to call unless it is very important" "Hello, he will be back in 15 minutes" "Bye bye" "I am married, congratulate me" "Congratulations, Chin-pok Thank you" "Congratulations Thank you" "How is it?" "A coup in the Middle East" "That maniac overthrew the government and attacked other tribes" "The Americans have sent troops" "They will go to war in any minute" "Stock markets over the world were shaken" "Hong Kong will not be the exception" "Local stock market has been boring in the past few years" "It will be very volatile this time" "And it means our chance to mount an attack" "A friend in Wall Street called me" "He said the chance of war was 80%" "Because the US deployment costs 500 million a day" "They can't afford to tarry" "When the market opens" "If we can beat others to it" "We will make money" "We do nothing" "We wait for the market to open" "I am going to play the most basic game" "What?" "The world is in chaos?" "Both sides are ready for war" "It will break out any minute" "What's wrong with the Americans?" "Fire a missile over no matter what" "The more chaotic the better" "Don't be impatient" "The war is inevitable" "What remains to be seen is the casualty" "That will even be better" "Calamities are the times to make money" "If you don't do it, others will" "Papa, what about it?" "When war breaks out" "Commodity futures like soybean or gold will go up" "We can make money there" "What a fool" "Such chance doesn't come often We don't go for peanuts" "We go back to our forte" "When there is war, the market crashes" "We go back to index futures, we buy put" "Ruby, check it out for me" "What the Tings are doing" "They are buying put on index futures" "They have bought 500 contracts on out once the market opened" "They just bought 500 contracts on put" "Buy me 1000 contracts on call" "Chin-pok, what's wrong with you" "You are buying call at such a time?" "Anyway, how many put contracts they buy" "We buy as many call contracts" "Let us go for broke" "Such a chance doesn't come often" "Hau, buy me 20,000 put contracts more" "They just bought 20,000 put" "Got it" "They just match them in call" "Chin-pok, it can't be done" "You are wealthy, but you shouldn't throwing away money like this" "Rub)!" "Let us calm down first" "Papa, we are making money" "It has fallen more than 20 points" "More than 20 points so soon" "What if war really breaks out?" "Come on, buy 20,000 put contracts more" "Just match them" "Match them?" "Halt!" "We can buy call any more" "You find some other way to die" "You out of your mind?" "He buys put, you buy call" "You think this is gambling on dice?" "One company is weird" "It keeps matching us in call contracts" "It seems to be deliberate" "Who is such a fool?" "Buying call at such a time?" "Exact match?" "It looks like it" "Buy three put contracts" "They bought three call contracts" "Then follow suit" "Who is the rascal?" "Buy 500 put contracts" "Check it out" "Who is doing such an insane thing" "Papa" "Mr Fong, HSI has dropped 30 points more" "They just bought 500 put contracts more" "Follow suit" "Let us hold it" "You tell me, what are you doing?" "It is not the time to be spiteful" "Even if this is playing dice" "The odds is against you" "Everyone knows the market will fall" "You still buy call?" "Are you blind?" "Frankie, buy No" "It is my money" "Papa, I found it" "It is Time Securities" "Time Securities?" "It is that rascal Fong Chin-pok's company" "Rascal, really" "What is he up to?" "He seems to be gambling with us" "Papa, now if we win, he loses" "If he wins, we lose" "He is gambling with us" "The drop of one point means 3.5 million to us" "I have waited for 7 years" "I am impatient too" "Precisely we have waited for so long" "I can't watch you go to your death" "All these years I have been waiting for his luck to run out" "But it never happened" "What if he winning streak goes on and on" "I have finally figured it out" "To beat a man with luck" "There is only one way" "You have to be luckier than he is" "Just let him go to his death" "Papa, what's there to be angry about?" "We are bound to win" "But it is so irritating" "Hold it" "He has got winds of news we don't know?" "My foot" "He is making blind bets only" "You think about it" "We have never lost in these few years" "How do you know you are luckier than he is" "That what I am betting on" "If I don't take the plunge I will never know" "Luck cannot be calculated" "You have to take the plunge to know" "Mr Ting, he bought 500 call contracts" "Good" "I pulled my punches and he thought I could be bullied" "Fine, let me send you to your doom" "Buy me 50,000 put contracts to finish him off" "They rolled out the big guns" "They bought 50,000 put contracts" "Chin-pok, we have been winning with our expertise" "That is what they lack" "But now we leave it to take the gamble" "And gambling is not our forte" "Why?" "Because I have no time" "You are gambling with your whole fortune and life" "You have not given yourself time" "You are now being led by them" "They put the bet and you follow suit" "It is as stupid as it can be" "We have waited for so long" "Let us wait for some time longer, all right" "I spent the past seven years looking for a way to beat the Tings" "But do you know that" "A woman had been waiting for me for 7 years" "She has heart disease" "She may die at any moment" "I have no time" "I have to strike back" "Whether I win or lose this time" "I will give my time to my wife" "I have to settle it as fast as possible" "Otherwise, even if I can buy time" "It is meaningless to me" "What's wrong with him?" "He bought 50,000 call contracts" "He is insane" "Papa, good news" "The Association of Banks raised interest rate by one % 5 minutes ago" "With immediate effect" "It can't be better" "It seems the banks can't wait to see the stock market crash" "It strikes it while it is down" "The 50,000 contracts on put was a right move" "I estimated it would drop by 120 points" "The interest rate hike added 40 points to it" "He really is that lucky?" "Markets closed" "A drop of 150 points" "Good!" "He can't blame me" "He asked for it" "Served him right" "As if money burns" "He asked for it" "He doesn't deserve to be alive" "I too used to be a stock market guru" "I went bankrupt because of Ting Hai" "You want to gamble?" "Let me have a bet with you" "We each draw a card" "See whose is bigger" "If you lose to me" "You stop your gamble with Ting Hai" "Draw one" "We are off, let us go" "Many years ago I asked my mentor" "How to beat a man who seems to have endless luck" "On his deathbed, my mentor said" "I had nothing to worry about" "Based on his lifetime study" "And my father's advices" "He finally found out a formula of invincibility in the stock market" "The formula is very short" "Just dozens of words" "How to be invincible in the stock market" "Greed, loss, and profit" "Bloodshed is not losing" "People and bloodshed promotion" "Killings and fund raising" "Purpose, profit and prosperity" "Sharing, turning and conscience" "Lives in paradise and purgatory" "Aim and twists in battlefield" "Stock, market and countless fortune" "Expense spent, way to quit" "Always the victor" "Wise winner" "If my father and mentor were alive" "What would they do?" "A drop of another 100 points" "They bought put again" "Should we follow suit?" "Follow suit" "To-to, everyone knows it will fall" "We can't fight the tide" "Never mind, follow suit" "Has the rascal chickened out?" "We bought put, he still bought call" "He just won't give up" "He is mental" "Good...heaven wants him to die" "What can we do?" "We buy another 5000 put contracts" "They bought another 5000 put" "No problem" "We match them call for put" "The interest rate may go up again" "In the government land auction" "The prices all hit new low" "The stock market fall will continue" "Don't bother, just do it" "It has dropped more than 1000 points" "I know" "When the news came out" "It dropped 300 points more" "Sons, how is it?" "Papa, we are so full we can't move" "I know" "I mean that annoying fly" "It is still buzzing around?" "That nasty fly, so annoying" "Papa, bother with him" "I don't bother" "But if his father's spirit knew he plays the stock market this way" "He would be turning in his grave" "Good, let him meet his demise" "Follow suit" "The US airborne division is now in Middle East" "They are ready to launch the attack" "It is bad enough as it is" "When war breaks out" "The market will crash" "Not even war yet and it has dropped by 100 points" "He is doomed this time" "Now that he is stuck deep in the mud" "Strike him while he is down" "30,000 put contracts, come on" "Papa, we have bought a lot today" "We have used up the money from the Columbians" "Save it, the market is about to close" "Come on, do it" "They bought another 30,000 contracts" "We still follow suit?" "Pok, you know what you are doing?" "Market closed" "We made it in time" "HSI fell to 9050 points" "A drop of 2500 points" "Congratulations, Mr Ting" "I make a fortune in every market crash" "You have to believe my luck" "Papa, when the market opens on Monday" "We cover our position" "You have forgotten about the last market crash" "It fell by more than 400 points the first day" "Yes" "And fell by 1100 points the following day" "Papa" "We have bet too much on put" "What's there to be afraid of?" "After Monday" "Everyone will have to give us wide berth" "We will be richer than the government" "Did we kill that fly?" "He is mortally wounded if not dead" "He is better dead than alive" "I am not pestering you" "But when will you call it quits?" "Look" "I don't get it" "I want you to input it into the computer again" "To find its possible combinations" "To see if it means anything" "You know how many possible combinations there are?" "More than a 20 digit calculator can display" "It will take a computer 6 months or a year" "The key now is whether war will break out" "You don't go to analysis the situation" "But spend your time on an insane man's words" "You out of your mind too?" "The market is falling" "Look at the staff outside" "They are disheartened" "We managed to ride with the tides of the past few years and get to where we are" "But now you are throwing the money away" "Where is your intuition?" "If we lose this time" "We will be doomed forever" "If we have nothing" "How can we have our revenge?" "We have waited for so many years" "It is for spite or revenge?" "All right, you hold on to your father's vest" "Only you can save yourself" "If the market falls on Monday" "You and your wife will have nothing to live on" "You can jump to your death" "But the woman has to jump with you" "And she has heart disease" "It is not for you, it is for her" "Pok, if we lose this time" "We are giving our hard-earned money to Ting Hai on a silver platter" "To-to, what is it?" "Spare me several computers" "I have something to work on" "Wai Ka-shing" "Ho Sun" "Kwok Ying-chung" "Your father was our good friend when he was alive" "Our condolences" "My wish can finally be fulfilled" "Your late father did us a great favour when he was alive" "Now what can we do for you?" "You have not had it figured out before coming to see us?" "Actually..." "I..." "I didn't know if it was true" "I just wanted to give it a try" "It is all right, our promise is always open" "Right" "You three must have been through many ups and downs" "Then..." "I mean" "You three are movers and shakers" "You are captains and kings" "But I think, capable as you are" "The credit didn't go to you every time" "What is in your mind, just say it" "I don't know what is in my mind" "What I mean it" "There were times it was just dumb luck?" "You can say so" "What about this?" "You have it figured out" "Then you come to us" "I have it figured out" "I want to borrow your luck" "Borrow our luck?" "Yes, I want you to put your luck on me" "This is a gamble of luck" "Monday when the market opens" "Could you buy up stocks?" "You buy call" "You want us to use our money to push up the market?" "Whatever" "I really need people with luck on my side" "To be honest" "With our fortune and status" "If we three join hands" "We can push the market up" "But we three can't go against the world" "If war breaks out" "However much money we inject into it" "It is like throwing money into the ocean" "I understand, thank you" "How is it?" "No clues yet" "Leave it aside" "I have seen Wai Ka-shing and co" "They promised to lend me their luck" "Three tycoons putting their luck on me" "I can't lose this time" "I have finally figured out the way to beat a man with endless luck" "You have to have more luck than he has" "Ruby, get ready for the market on Monday" "Bet the assets of Lung Shing-bong and Brother Tsai on put" "They are at the end of their luck" "We put them on Ting Hai's side" "To counteract his luck" "Miracle" "That maniac has sent his foreign minister to Geneva" "To hold a talk with the US" "War may be averted" "Our luck is coming" "Trust me, it will be all right" "The Yankees are not that righteous" "If they don't go to war How can fish in troubled water?" "Papa" "You know..." "Trust me, war is sure" "They will go to war" "Mr Fong, it is said several funds in the US" "Are poised to snap up stocks" "How to make it clear to those westerners" "If it were me, I would go to war too" "What's there to worry about?" "Papa, the three inside are not small potatoes" "One is a mafia godfather" "One is a Columbian drug lord" "The least runs a protection ring in Wall Street" "They are people to reckon with" "Still, they have to be reasonable" "But, Papa, there is news that the war may be averted" "We are gambling with our lives this time" "Chicken like you are not for big things" "Trust me" "It will be fine" "I have got news" "Wai Ka-shing, Kwok Ying-chung and Ho Sun" "They have transferred their money back from London and New York" "They will go into action" "The Americans agreed to move their troops back 5 miles" "Don" "Tell your father, we won't take any risks" "Papa, he said..." "Cut it out" "The same thing" "You tell them" "Money won't go to the needy" "We have to be patient" "We are for big things" "I will take full responsibility" "OK" "Sorry" "Why said sorry to them?" "OK lam OK" "The manic has gone back" "The US president said in the press conference" "They are ready to withdraw the troops" "They want you to cover all our positions" "It won't go that way" "It won't go that way, believe me" "Papa, I am not afraid of death" "I just want we can die with dignity" "So we are doomed?" "Shit" "Mr Fong, that manic attacked US troops" "US warplanes are on their way"