"Mr Fong Mr Fong" "Let me Thank you" "You can go, let me lock it up" "See you then" "Is this the right one?" "And two ice cubes" "They said whenever you are troubled" "You will drink this" "How did you know I am troubled?" "They said when you are troubled" "You will come here" "So I see this as my sanctuary" "I see this as my sanctuary" "Have a drink" "All right" "Thank you" "I met my wife here" "She worked part time here every Saturday and Sunday" "She was in Form 7" "I was in my third year in Hong Kong University" "We married once I graduated" "I have since been busy" "She stayed home to take care of the kids" "One day I drove here on a hunch" "This bar was about to go bankrupt" "So I bought it" "That time she finished her shopping in the supermarket" "She meant to cross the road" "To go to my car" "It was a one way road" "There was no car coming" "And she crossed it" "But a car came from the opposition" "And knocked her down" "She could still get up" "But the woman driver panicked" "She meant to stop the car" "But she stepped on the throttle pedal instead" "My wife was thrown over to the lamppost" "The driver then tried to reverse the car" "But she made the wrong gear" "My wife was dragged for tens of feet" "You know it?" "It was her first day behind the wheel" "She bought her driving license" "They said you like this song" "I asked Ben taught me" "Were it not for you" "I would have still been in my nightmare" "But every time I saw you" "You were unhappy" "I really want to do something for you" "I am sorry, my playing is poor" "Do you find me rash?" "Give me an example" "You threw the money at the cop" "You don't find him obnoxious?" "What if he drew his gun out of anger?" "He would have committed murder" "But you would have been dead" "Wouldn't it be a shame?" "I said something wrong?" "No, I was thinking" "If people around you were all rascals" "What would you do?" "I would leave there" "But you like the place You don't want to leave" "All of them are rascals?" "All of them" "Then throw them out" "H ow?" "I will make myself the one who calls the shots" "I said something wrong" "You will help me, right?" "Almost anyone can be a shareholder" "Of this World Antenna" "It has no assets, no past records But it can be listed" "It is raising funds by the millions" "There are many more such junk stocks" "From today on" "You are my personal assistant" "This is for you" "These are fake stocks" "Many are in circulation" "I am being pushed to the wall" "I have no choice" "This evening, a gun was pointed to my head" "I was forced to take this dirty money" "I need help" "Someone I can trust" "I want you to buy these stocks in your name" "You will help me, right?" "Mr Ma" "Please sit" "Sit" "Mr Ma, you apply for listing" "Then our listing committee" "First has to know..." "Mr Ma, I just want to know" "How many stocks you will allocate for our members" "Fang" "Or cash, how much?" "100 lots for each of you" "Too little, at least double the amount" "Triple for Mr Chan and I" "What are you doing?" "150 lots the most" "Double for Mr Chan and you" "You are frank, congratulations" "Your listing application is approved" "OK, you can go now" "What are you up to?" "You told me, either join you or get lost" "I don't want to get lost so soon" "Either we don't do it" "Or we do it big" "We shouldn't be so cautious like what we used to be" "We should systemize it" "We have to set a price for everything" "How much for listing" "How much for a broker license" "We set a price for everything" "We need rules, and a system" "You used to sit here" "And wait for them to come to you" "From now on, we go to our potential clients" "If we want to make money We have to be aggressive" "The market may collapse at any moment" "We grab as much as we can" "Hello Kwok, it has been some time" "This is not the tennis court" "How come you are here?" "On someone's behalf" "Kwok, you remember Sun?" "He and I helped you with the casino deal" "I don't" "I just know he is one of those on the take" "Brother Ying-chung" "You should know the saying" "Cross the Rubicon" "Sun means to be a banker" "To take on Chan Man-yin on North Star" "Chan Man-yin is selling short" "He is going long" "You know that North Star's lawsuit with the British Government" "The chance of its being lost is 80%" "There is still 20% that it will win" "If I win, I can throw Chan Man-yin out" "If I lose, he still has to go" "If you lose, how can you throw him out?" "I tried to talk him out of it" "I won't help you" "You are playing with fire" "If I help you" "I will be sending you to your death" "You are out of your mind" "You will help me" "I won't" "Mr Wai, my assistant Miss Law" "Mr Fong, you asked me to come here" "I read your Yellow River Enterprise development proposal" "I find it the best I have read" "Thank you" "You are right" "Real estates will be the key sector in Hong Kong in the coming 30 years" "Looking at this dockyard, what do you see?" "A housing estates of more than 50 buildings" "Good" "You know whom does this dockyard belong to?" "Wham poa" "Whampoa has warehouses in Tai Po" "And a container terminal in Kwai Chung" "It also has many premium sites" "Which can be developed into housing projects" "Good" "If Yellow River Enterprise can be listed to raise funds" "I will acquire Whampoa" "Good, congratulations, Mr Ng" "Your Yellow River Enterprise's listing application is approved" "Mr Fong, I don't give out stocks" "Nor grease palms" "I have paid it for you" "Why?" "Because I appreciate you" "I like the way you do things" "I all the more like your refusal to grease palms" "Moreover, while I can still hold sway" "I want to do a good thing for ASE" "Let your company be listed" "So that you can have funds to acquire Whampoa" "If I am still in the stocks sector" "I can help you with the acquisition war" "Thank you" "In ten years" "He will be one of the movers and shakers of Hong Kong" "What I have not done yet?" "You need a good rest" "Tomorrow will be here very soon" "What will happen when tomorrow comes?" "What if you lose?" "Broke" "Go to jail" "What about Lung Shing-bong?" "What's harder than death?" "Ling lam fine" "I am fine, really" "My mom used to say I cry and laugh easily lam a silly girl" "I can cry for nothing" "I am sorry, I find myself useless" "You go back first" "I want to stay here for some fresh air" "Don't stand here, I will cry" "I am angry with myself" "I am by your side" "But I can do nothing for you" "I am angry with myself" "I find myself stupid" "I stay awake all night" "Except making coffee for you when you are tired" "I can do nothing else" "When I see you the following day I am filled with worries" "It really hurts me to see you like this" "You are a good man" "I don't want to see you unhappy" "There are two men in my life" "The first gave me nightmares" "I don't want to mention him ever again" "I..." "I don't know what I am talking about" "You leave me alone" "I don't want to give you pressure at such a time" "At night when I close my eyes" "I would dream that you had lost" "And I would wake up crying" "In the day time I would worry that the market would crumble before opening" "I am worried that Lung Shing-bong will come to you" "I am sorry, I am blabbering here" "I have this feeling it will be fine tomorrow" "I just hope that tomorrow will never come" "Whatever, I know I will miss this period of my life" "I will still remember it even when I am old" "I am happy I have met you" "I am sorry, I am out of my mind, I am sorry" "Mr Fong, looking for someone?" "Happy birthday!" "Thank you" "You can blow the candles" "Happy birthday..." "Give the money to Mr Fong" "I am busy, I have no time, get off the car" "I have many things to ask you" "Let us find a place to sit down and have coffee" "I have no time, I call you this evening" "No, I don't want to wait for your call" "You may avoid me now" "But you can't avoid me forever" "I am not avoiding you" "I really have no time" "But you had time to take pictures with my Ling?" "All right, there is a restaurant next door" "I just want ten minutes from you" "Come on" "Give it back" "Come on, just a drink" "Let's have a drink" "Go over to have a look" "A drink" "Let him go" "Just a drink, what now?" "I said let him go!" "I am not hitting him, I won't hit him" "I just ask him to go for a drink" "I said let him go!" "It is not your business" "Tell me to give me the car key, come on" "Give the key back to Brother Sun" "What now?" "You don't know what is going on" "You stay out of it" "What did you say?" "I just ask my friend to go for a drink" "And you hit me" "What do you mean?" "A big brother has to be reasonable" "You are not the law!" "Get him Yes" "Freeze..." "Freeze, or just shoot him" "What now?" "I just want a drink" "What's the big deal?" "Brother Sun, you all right?" "He is crazy" "I am something very important to do" "Don't let me get in my way" "You just go" "I will lock him up" "Lock him up Yes" "We are brothers, I just want a drink with you" "You have me locked up" "You are so ruthless" "You stole my girlfriend" "You fired my mom" "You hit me, you have me locked up" "Friends of 30 years 30 years" "Friends of 30 years" "You" "Even in beating a dog you should know who is the owner beforehand" "Fong Tsun-sun is making money for me" "Cream is my right-hand man" "Beating them means beating me" "Inspector Lung, I am a human being too" "You stop it" "You scum, you only see money" "You beat people up" "You let go" "Come..." "Beat him up, beat him into a pulp" "Beat him to death..." "They are all there?" "How come you are so late?" "I have not taken Ting Hai into account" "But it is not a bad thing" "At least Lung Shing-bong knows he and I have fallen out" "If anything happens today He will not put the blame on him" "Why?" "How is it?" "Brother Tsun-sun" "You can take my word for it" "I have found you the best dealers in Hong Kong" "Mr Fong" "Please sit" "What can I get you?" "What do you want?" "Coffee, please" "Two cups of coffee, please OK" "It is rude of me to call you here so suddenly" "I hope you can do me a favour" "I hope you can come with me" "You be my dealers and fight a tough battle with me" "With whom?" "Chan Man-yin" "How much do you know about North Star Shipping" "North Star is having a lawsuit with the British" "The result will be known at 2:00 pm Hong Kong time" "Good" "But we don't have to wait till 2:00pm to know the outcome" "The British will not lose" "Good" "North Star has taken away the British's business in the tens of millions pounds" "They hate its guts" "This is their chance to wipe it out" "Good" "Everyone thinks it will lose" "I say it will win" "You have insider information?" "No one knows what the verdict is" "Then why don't you bet that it will lose?" "Because Chan Man-yin bets that it will lose lam taking on him" "I bet it will win" "This is not a bet" "There is an 80% chance you will lose" "This is suicide" "How many North Star shares you think Chan Man-yin has?" "Anyone who knows stocks will dump them" "What do you think Chan Man-yin will do?" "Sell it short and wait for the verdict" "When the price plunges he can pick it up on the cheap" "Selling short at high price and buy back at low price is his trick" "You too think he will sell short" "He sells short, we buy long" "We buy in as many as he can sell" "You mean you will gamble with him till 2: 00 pm" "When the verdict comes out" "The British is going to win" "If North Star goes bankrupt, you..." "What if North Star wins?" "What if?" "I am sorry, I won't help you" "You will help me" "Tsun-sun" "This is the second time I chatted with you" "But I already see you as my good friend" "Seeing my good friend is already drenched in gasoline, how will I light the match?" "You have to help me" "You know my chance of winning is slim" "What if he doesn't sell short?" "What will you do?" "If he doesn't do it" "I will leave the stock sector" "I will own no stocks" "I will retire, I will enjoy life" "All right" "I will assume you have insider information" "Your North Star cannot fail" "If he sells short, you call me" "We gotta go" "Your coffees" "Give me the menu Coming" "Miss, menu Thank you" "It will be a long day" "You take a bite All right" "Peter, any news in London?" "Uncle, I managed to buy the news release that will be announced in an hour" "Really?" "Smart" "How does it say?" "The North Star directors begin to change their stance" "They admitted they have moved their capital to other companies" "The North Star stock price now is worth 20 US cents a share" "Less than 80 Hong Kong cents" "It seems North Star will lose the case" "It has to compensate the British Government" "Good, smart" "Thank you, bye" "Ben" "What did North Star close at yesterday?" "2.2 dollars, Boss" "Good, sell short all I have" "Push it down from 2.2 to 1.5" "Come in" "Boss, it is urgent" "Good, let's go" "Push it down from 2.2 to 1.00" "Good..." "What to do?" "No other way, we have to bet on it" "Any takers?" "If we don't take it, it will be over" "Any takers?" "2 dollars, I take it" "Can you give me 20 dollars?" "I bought this ring in Stanley for 20 dollars" "It is now yours" "Will you give it to me?" "Wait for me" "Mr Chan" "North Star has gone up instead" "We have lost more than a million in an hour ls your information really true?" "Will I be fooled?" "It is gone up, let us stop" "You listen to me..." "It is not enough, push it to 2.8" "You rascal 2.8 dollars" "Tony, give it to him" "Take them all, take them" "Tell Fong Tsun-sun to come and see me" "What?" "Tell Fong Tsun-sun to come and see me" "I am not free" "You get him yourself" "I am wanted?" "Sit" "I got three telegrams" "This one at 9:30 this morning" "The British shipping union says" "If North Star wins" "The shipping workers of the country will go on strike" "This one at 10:30 am" "The Labour Party says" "If North Star wins" "They will topple the ruling Conservative Party" "This one at 11: 30 am" "That's 15 minutes ago" "Even the directors of North Star admit they don't see they will win" "I just know that you have lost 4 million to me" "Don't you try to get anything from me" "Or insider information" "I have neither" "I am gambling luck with you today" "Gambling luck with such a big stake?" "You will go bankrupt" "The first day I laid my hands on stocks" "I learned this" "The bigger the risk, the bigger the return" "Good, I won't get in your way of winning big" "Just go down and buy like hell, fool" "You can only be a hero for several hours more" "I will" "But if I win when it is 2 o'clock" "You will be the one going bankrupt" "400,000 lots 300,000 lots, 200,000 lots" "Well, you take it or not?" "You dare not?" "100,000 lots?" "50,000 lots?" "Tsun-sun..." "Yes" "How can you have so much money?" "I do" "How many you are selling?" "I take them all" "I take them all at 3 dollars" "You are buying crazy here" "You have the money?" "You have the stocks?" "Gentlemen, the trading of North Star is abnormal" "I now exercise the right of the chairman of the Supervision Committee" "I now announce the trading of North Star is halted" "The brokerages that have traded North Star today" "Send your dealers to the conference room for an emergency meeting" "Let me repeat" "The trading of North Star is halted" "Meeting" "As director of ASE" "And chairman of the Supervision Committee" "I convene this meeting" "On the abnormal trading of North Star Shipping" "We all know" "The verdict of the North Star Shipping case will be known at 2:00 pm" "Speculation on stocks is unavoidable" "But it cannot go too far" "The North Star stocks in circulation are about 20 million shares" "But before its trading was halted 10 million shares were traded within two hours this morning" "More than half in circulation" "Let me warn you, gentlemen" "Some unscrupulous dealers are selling short and buying long without stocks" "If the verdict at 2 o'clock is to their favour" "They will have made a big fortune" "But if it is not to their favour" "They may just flee" "Hold it" "The turnover was so huge" "Because many of our peers were selling short" "The market was in chaos" "They are the real culprits" "Mr Fong, you are thief crying thief" "As I know, just this morning" "You have bought more than 8 million North Star shares" "Yes" "Let me ask you" "You have enough money to pay for them?" "It is nearly 20 million dollars" "I don't have to answer you" "According to trading regulation" "I only have to complete the deal within 48 hours" "Moreover, many of our peers don't complete their deals after 3 days" "But you have never said a thing" "You just turn a blind eye to it" "This time it is different The case is special" "To ensure the sellers' interest" "I now exercise my right as chairman" "You have to show that you have the financial strength" "Only then will the deals be recognized" "I object" "Objection overruled" "I second" "You have to show you have the money" "All right, I will show you" "10 million in one briefcase 20 millions here" "There are four briefcases more That is 40 million more" "You can now sell your stocks to me" "Chairman, I have shown I have the money" "Good" "All right, I now announce" "Nothing abnormal in the trading" "Meeting adjourned" "Hold it" "You have seen my money" "You have to ensure my interest is protected" "I want to know those that have sold short" "You really have to shares in hand?" "I want to see them" "What?" "This is your first day in the market?" "How can we get you the thousands of actual shares at so short a time?" "Mr Fong" "I understand" "But if you were not selling short illegal" "I think at the very least" "You should have the sellers' trading record" "I want to see if they really have the shares" "It is not necessary, it is too time and resources consuming" "I object" "Objection overruled" "Double standard, is not fair to me" "I am the chairman" "I call the shots, Mr Fong" "Meeting adjourned" "Hold it" "Though I am not the chairman today" "But it is a closed door meeting" "Let us be frank" "We all know who sold short" "Let me remind the brokers who have sold short" "If North Star goes up to 3 dollars" "I don't think you will have the money to cover your position" "If it goes to 3.2 dollars" "Even the wealthiest here will go bankrupt"