1 00:01:34,929 --> 00:01:37,348 We could put shelves here 2 00:01:37,599 --> 00:01:41,770 to hold the tape deck, VCR, speakers, and TV. 3 00:01:41,936 --> 00:01:44,272 Then you could watch movies in bed. 4 00:02:23,436 --> 00:02:26,231 It'll cost you a lot to fix it up. 5 00:02:26,356 --> 00:02:29,651 I can save up and pay in installments. 6 00:02:30,235 --> 00:02:32,695 Ms. Mei is making me her special assistant. 7 00:02:32,821 --> 00:02:34,614 I'm getting a raise. 8 00:02:59,848 --> 00:03:02,976 Hey, you'll still be in the States when I move in. 9 00:03:10,024 --> 00:03:12,110 What do you think, Lung? 10 00:03:14,362 --> 00:03:15,864 Not bad. 11 00:03:31,921 --> 00:03:35,383 Presented by LAM WING-FUNG. 12 00:03:36,384 --> 00:03:39,929 Starring HOU HSIAO-HSIEN TSAI CHIN. 13 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,267 Screenplay by HOU HSIAO-HSIEN CHU TIEN-WEN EDWARD YANG. 14 00:03:45,101 --> 00:03:47,312 Edited by WANG CHI-YANG. 15 00:03:47,437 --> 00:03:50,023 Cinematography by YANG WEI-HAN Sound by TU TU-CHIH. 16 00:03:51,024 --> 00:03:55,778 Produced by HUANG YUNG LIU JUNG-FENG LIU SHENG-CHUNG. 17 00:03:57,655 --> 00:04:02,201 Directed by EDWARD YANG. 18 00:04:16,591 --> 00:04:18,927 - Who is it? - Phone company. 19 00:04:21,512 --> 00:04:23,431 You got here fast. 20 00:04:42,241 --> 00:04:44,035 Here's your new number. 21 00:04:44,911 --> 00:04:46,454 Thank you. 22 00:05:09,143 --> 00:05:11,062 Ms. Mei's office. 23 00:05:11,771 --> 00:05:14,732 Ms. Mei isn't here anymore. Who's calling? 24 00:05:15,149 --> 00:05:18,111 I remember you, Mr. Wang. This is Chin. 25 00:05:18,361 --> 00:05:19,988 How can I help you? 26 00:05:20,947 --> 00:05:23,992 Sure, hold on. I'll write it down. 27 00:05:25,034 --> 00:05:26,744 And the company number? 28 00:05:28,287 --> 00:05:31,499 Okay. I'll call you when I find it. 29 00:05:31,791 --> 00:05:33,334 My pleasure. 30 00:06:04,323 --> 00:06:08,036 - What are you looking at? - The guys from Guo-sheng are here. 31 00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:15,710 Which is Mr. Liu? 32 00:06:15,877 --> 00:06:17,712 The one in the glasses. 33 00:06:20,381 --> 00:06:22,383 Which one in the glasses? 34 00:06:32,351 --> 00:06:35,313 How's it going? Let's get a beer later. 35 00:06:41,402 --> 00:06:43,780 Lung just got back from the States. 36 00:06:46,741 --> 00:06:49,077 Are you still wrapped up in that lawsuit? 37 00:06:49,243 --> 00:06:51,829 All this paperwork is for the lawyers. 38 00:06:52,705 --> 00:06:56,084 It was a 10 cm miscalculation during the survey. 39 00:06:57,043 --> 00:06:59,378 I'm responsible, of course. 40 00:06:59,796 --> 00:07:03,591 After they bought up our company, Ms. Mei quit... 41 00:07:04,592 --> 00:07:07,512 and I won't be here much longer either. 42 00:07:08,596 --> 00:07:11,057 I really don't understand these big corporations. 43 00:07:11,182 --> 00:07:14,143 Why buy a company facing a lawsuit? 44 00:07:15,311 --> 00:07:17,855 Maybe it's their niche. 45 00:07:18,564 --> 00:07:22,443 These things make you gradually come to believe in fate. 46 00:07:23,861 --> 00:07:27,073 However meticulous and painstaking you are, 47 00:07:27,615 --> 00:07:30,743 the tiniest error can be fatal. 48 00:07:33,079 --> 00:07:36,374 Don't you agree? - I don't like being so pessimistic. 49 00:07:36,499 --> 00:07:39,627 Looking at things that way makes me sad. 50 00:07:57,979 --> 00:07:59,647 Look at these buildings. 51 00:07:59,981 --> 00:08:02,316 It's getting harder for me to tell... 52 00:08:03,192 --> 00:08:06,612 which ones I designed and which ones I didn't. 53 00:08:06,988 --> 00:08:08,990 They all look the same. 54 00:08:10,241 --> 00:08:12,785 Whether I'm involved or not 55 00:08:12,994 --> 00:08:15,413 seems less and less important. 56 00:08:51,782 --> 00:08:53,117 Mr. Lai. 57 00:08:53,242 --> 00:08:55,203 Traffic jam in Yuanshan. 58 00:08:57,538 --> 00:09:01,000 This team is great. Better than last year's. 59 00:09:03,961 --> 00:09:07,340 But not as good as you boys were. 60 00:09:12,303 --> 00:09:14,388 What was Los Angeles like? 61 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,475 A lot like Taipei. 62 00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:20,144 I was mostly around Taiwanese people. 63 00:09:20,269 --> 00:09:22,939 I stayed in every day and watched TV. 64 00:09:23,356 --> 00:09:26,150 I taped some ball games for you. 65 00:09:26,359 --> 00:09:28,110 I'll bring them by later. 66 00:09:28,236 --> 00:09:30,529 - You taped them yourself? - Yeah. 67 00:09:36,911 --> 00:09:38,913 How long were you in Tokyo? 68 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,498 A week. 69 00:09:42,041 --> 00:09:45,002 Gwan wanted you to know she won't be back soon. 70 00:09:45,127 --> 00:09:48,256 There are still some legal proceedings over the kid. 71 00:09:49,048 --> 00:09:50,841 How's she doing? 72 00:09:51,008 --> 00:09:54,595 She's fine. Kobayashi got another raise. 73 00:09:55,096 --> 00:09:57,265 She got a lot in alimony. 74 00:10:04,522 --> 00:10:06,691 When things like this happen, 75 00:10:07,275 --> 00:10:09,026 I wonder... 76 00:10:10,569 --> 00:10:12,822 if maybe I should retire. 77 00:10:13,322 --> 00:10:17,660 I don't understand what you young people are thinking anymore. 78 00:10:19,704 --> 00:10:22,331 But I felt the same back then too. 79 00:10:25,459 --> 00:10:28,963 I still don't understand what went wrong 80 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:31,716 between you and Gwan. 81 00:10:37,430 --> 00:10:40,224 How can you swing if you're all tense? 82 00:10:45,438 --> 00:10:47,815 Don't throw it when it's too late! 83 00:10:52,153 --> 00:10:54,071 Last batter up! 84 00:11:51,379 --> 00:11:53,047 Chin! 85 00:11:54,507 --> 00:11:56,008 Chin! 86 00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:27,957 They put in the new phone. 87 00:12:35,089 --> 00:12:36,757 Here's a set of keys. 88 00:13:32,062 --> 00:13:35,441 Thanks. I'll meet you at the same place. 89 00:13:55,669 --> 00:13:57,171 Lung! 90 00:13:57,796 --> 00:13:59,715 Back from the States? 91 00:14:01,008 --> 00:14:02,885 Have a good time? - Yes. 92 00:14:03,135 --> 00:14:05,471 How's your mother? 93 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:07,264 Same as always. 94 00:14:09,350 --> 00:14:11,477 Come have dinner with us. 95 00:14:18,025 --> 00:14:20,486 What are you doing back here? 96 00:14:20,653 --> 00:14:23,197 Getting our household registry. I'm moving out. 97 00:14:23,364 --> 00:14:25,491 Times sure have changed. 98 00:14:25,616 --> 00:14:28,369 An unmarried daughter moving out? 99 00:14:29,578 --> 00:14:31,413 Go get me a beer. 100 00:14:34,083 --> 00:14:37,962 Lung, when are you going to get married? 101 00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:42,424 You have to carry on the family line. 102 00:14:44,885 --> 00:14:47,137 Your sister married into a different family. 103 00:14:47,263 --> 00:14:50,307 Her kids belong to her husband's family. 104 00:14:50,432 --> 00:14:52,768 They're not your family. 105 00:15:03,237 --> 00:15:05,239 When's your mother coming back? 106 00:15:05,406 --> 00:15:07,074 I don't know. 107 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:09,910 She's not feeling well enough to fly. 108 00:15:10,119 --> 00:15:13,163 The weather in the States is better for her. 109 00:15:14,456 --> 00:15:17,835 - She stays at your brother-in-law's? - Yeah. 110 00:15:20,379 --> 00:15:22,756 That guy's really something. 111 00:15:23,424 --> 00:15:26,385 He's doing great in the import business. 112 00:15:27,845 --> 00:15:30,180 Well, cheers! 113 00:15:34,768 --> 00:15:38,022 I have so much rejected merchandise 114 00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:40,899 piling up downstairs. 115 00:15:41,317 --> 00:15:45,112 They say I cut corners and skimped on materials. 116 00:15:47,323 --> 00:15:49,450 But how in the hell 117 00:15:49,575 --> 00:15:52,494 can I make a profit if I don't? 118 00:15:52,870 --> 00:15:55,497 I make bottle caps and plastic tubes. 119 00:15:55,664 --> 00:15:58,125 I'm not running an auto plant! 120 00:15:58,292 --> 00:16:00,586 Who needs quality control? 121 00:16:01,086 --> 00:16:02,588 Drink up. 122 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:07,676 Dig in. 123 00:16:23,692 --> 00:16:26,820 Lung, ask around and see 124 00:16:26,987 --> 00:16:30,449 if you can find someone to buy those rejected goods. 125 00:16:30,616 --> 00:16:32,993 It would cut my losses. 600,000 would do. 126 00:16:33,661 --> 00:16:36,163 Sure, I'll ask around. 127 00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:38,999 Eat up. 128 00:16:51,929 --> 00:16:55,349 Chin, I'm going with your dad to see Mr. Lai. 129 00:16:55,724 --> 00:16:57,893 I have some videotapes for him. 130 00:16:58,727 --> 00:17:01,271 I might stay and watch them play chess. 131 00:17:01,730 --> 00:17:03,857 You staying here tonight? 132 00:17:05,067 --> 00:17:06,694 Yeah. 133 00:17:07,236 --> 00:17:08,987 Okay, I'm off. 134 00:17:10,864 --> 00:17:12,366 Lung? 135 00:17:16,161 --> 00:17:17,705 What? 136 00:17:19,289 --> 00:17:21,875 Did you stop in Tokyo coming back? 137 00:17:23,794 --> 00:17:26,422 Just a layover at the airport. 138 00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:11,925 Lung is more like Dad every day. 139 00:18:20,768 --> 00:18:23,061 The price of food keeps going up. 140 00:19:08,023 --> 00:19:10,275 Hey, you're back! 141 00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:15,113 What have you been up to? 142 00:19:15,322 --> 00:19:17,491 My new boyfriend has a great place. 143 00:19:17,658 --> 00:19:20,452 We're there all the time. Come visit us. 144 00:19:20,994 --> 00:19:23,330 What's this? Green nail polish? 145 00:19:23,497 --> 00:19:26,416 No, I did it with a marker. 146 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:29,169 I can't afford nail polish. 147 00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:34,007 Sis, lend me 5,000, will ya? 148 00:19:35,634 --> 00:19:37,094 Come on. 149 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:38,846 Please? 150 00:20:12,004 --> 00:20:16,717 Guo-sheng will be taking over here the first of next month. 151 00:20:17,718 --> 00:20:20,971 I informed the other employees this morning. 152 00:20:21,513 --> 00:20:24,433 Of course, our management and personnel structure 153 00:20:24,558 --> 00:20:27,686 won't be exactly the same as what was here before. 154 00:20:56,924 --> 00:20:59,760 In our estimation, your position is rather... 155 00:21:00,302 --> 00:21:01,845 peculiar. 156 00:21:02,846 --> 00:21:06,600 You're not a secretary but you're not a manager either. 157 00:21:07,184 --> 00:21:11,104 Such a position doesn't exist in our system. 158 00:21:11,688 --> 00:21:14,399 I understand. No need to beat around the bush. 159 00:21:15,943 --> 00:21:19,821 We need you to be a secretary. 160 00:21:21,949 --> 00:21:26,286 I was special assistant to Ms. Mei. I can be a secretary anywhere. 161 00:21:27,913 --> 00:21:31,291 Since Ms. Mei quit, I have no reason to stay. 162 00:21:32,334 --> 00:21:35,128 Thank you. I understand what you're saying. 163 00:22:36,356 --> 00:22:39,109 Is Ms. Mei in? 164 00:22:40,902 --> 00:22:42,863 She's not? 165 00:22:43,864 --> 00:22:45,323 This is Chin. 166 00:22:45,657 --> 00:22:47,325 It's nothing important. 167 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:15,288 Hi, this is Lung. I'm not available right now. 168 00:24:15,789 --> 00:24:19,209 Please leave a message, and I'll call you back. 169 00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:21,503 Or call me at the fabric store. 170 00:24:32,264 --> 00:24:35,225 Welcome to TTV News. 171 00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:38,645 The National Assembly convened for three days 172 00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:40,939 and approved 199 bills. 173 00:24:41,064 --> 00:24:43,567 The session ended this afternoon. 174 00:25:14,514 --> 00:25:16,141 Hi, Lung. 175 00:25:17,517 --> 00:25:21,521 How you been? When did you get back? 176 00:25:21,813 --> 00:25:25,066 - Any calls for me? - That's all you care about! 177 00:25:28,195 --> 00:25:30,363 Lady, the phone's for you! 178 00:25:30,864 --> 00:25:33,366 Three beers over here! 179 00:25:51,259 --> 00:25:54,304 I saw your car downstairs, so I came up. 180 00:25:57,057 --> 00:25:59,226 I heard that you resigned today. 181 00:26:01,102 --> 00:26:02,646 It's no big deal. 182 00:26:02,812 --> 00:26:05,023 I could use a little break. 183 00:26:07,317 --> 00:26:09,527 Wanna get a beer? 184 00:26:10,946 --> 00:26:12,405 A beer... 185 00:26:12,572 --> 00:26:14,574 It's always drinking with you. 186 00:26:14,741 --> 00:26:17,577 Is it a habit or a hobby? 187 00:26:24,751 --> 00:26:26,378 I'm hungry. 188 00:26:27,003 --> 00:26:31,258 How about getting a bite before calling it a night? 189 00:27:48,501 --> 00:27:50,253 Your noodles. 190 00:28:08,938 --> 00:28:10,857 You're home late. 191 00:28:18,823 --> 00:28:20,533 You must be hungry. 192 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:23,286 Have your noodles and come to bed. 193 00:28:38,885 --> 00:28:40,678 Don't wake her up. 194 00:29:16,256 --> 00:29:17,424 What's wrong? 195 00:29:19,717 --> 00:29:21,344 There's a mosquito. 196 00:31:28,137 --> 00:31:31,849 I'm home late. Don't you care where I've been? 197 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,310 What did you say? 198 00:31:35,728 --> 00:31:39,399 I'm home late, and you don't want to know why. 199 00:31:55,164 --> 00:31:56,874 I'm out of work. 200 00:32:06,384 --> 00:32:08,052 Did you quit? 201 00:32:16,102 --> 00:32:18,062 Or were you fired? 202 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,446 What do you plan to do? 203 00:32:27,238 --> 00:32:30,742 Take a little break, then find something else. 204 00:32:32,910 --> 00:32:36,331 You got enough money? You need money? 205 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:39,250 I can lend you some. 206 00:32:41,628 --> 00:32:45,465 After all this time together, you don't know what I need? 207 00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:47,592 I don't need anything. 208 00:32:51,387 --> 00:32:56,100 You haven't really talked to me since you got back from the U.S. 209 00:32:56,476 --> 00:32:58,686 What was it like? 210 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:02,023 Nothing special. Just what you'd expect. 211 00:33:06,277 --> 00:33:08,029 While you were gone, 212 00:33:08,154 --> 00:33:10,823 I got scared you wouldn't come back. 213 00:33:18,915 --> 00:33:22,418 What if we moved to the States? 214 00:33:26,047 --> 00:33:28,049 What would we do there? 215 00:33:28,508 --> 00:33:32,720 I'd need a lot of money to be partners with my brother-in-law. 216 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:38,851 What's your brother-in-law like? 217 00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:41,312 Tell me about him. 218 00:33:41,479 --> 00:33:44,941 Hasn't he always wanted you to be his partner there? 219 00:33:48,903 --> 00:33:51,072 He's a big guy. 220 00:33:52,031 --> 00:33:53,950 Over six feet tall 221 00:33:54,534 --> 00:33:56,369 and over 220 pounds. 222 00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:05,128 He's worked hard for what he has. 223 00:34:05,670 --> 00:34:08,464 He started from scratch with his bare hands. 224 00:34:08,881 --> 00:34:12,552 Now he lives in a wealthy neighborhood. 225 00:34:15,930 --> 00:34:20,017 I heard it used to be only for white people. 226 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,231 Others couldn't buy houses there. 227 00:34:26,649 --> 00:34:30,153 But some Taiwanese paid cash for houses there. 228 00:34:31,446 --> 00:34:34,490 Now lots of Taiwanese immigrants live there. 229 00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:38,161 He likes guns. 230 00:34:39,454 --> 00:34:41,414 While I was there, 231 00:34:41,539 --> 00:34:43,958 he'd take me to either a baseball game 232 00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:46,085 or the shooting range. 233 00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:52,008 He killed someone once. 234 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,511 A black person. 235 00:34:58,055 --> 00:35:00,016 Later the police came... 236 00:35:00,892 --> 00:35:02,894 and he was acquitted. 237 00:35:08,441 --> 00:35:11,736 He said that in the States... 238 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,617 if you see a suspicious person in your yard, 239 00:35:17,742 --> 00:35:19,911 you can shoot them dead... 240 00:35:21,370 --> 00:35:23,581 drag them into your house... 241 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:28,294 and plant an unregistered gun on them. 242 00:35:31,714 --> 00:35:34,926 They call it self-defense. You're not guilty. 243 00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:46,854 When I first moved in, I was scared all by myself. 244 00:35:47,563 --> 00:35:49,440 I often couldn't sleep. 245 00:35:50,316 --> 00:35:53,069 I thought back to elementary school. 246 00:35:54,946 --> 00:35:58,407 You'd have baseball practice after school. 247 00:35:59,909 --> 00:36:03,329 I'd hide in our doorway... 248 00:36:04,664 --> 00:36:06,749 looking out and waiting... 249 00:36:07,834 --> 00:36:10,503 for you to walk by after practice. 250 00:36:14,674 --> 00:36:17,844 I don't know if it was the dim light... 251 00:36:19,345 --> 00:36:23,641 or the clanging sound of your empty lunch box... 252 00:36:25,518 --> 00:36:28,312 hanging from your baseball bat... 253 00:36:30,857 --> 00:36:33,276 that makes me remember everything so clearly. 254 00:37:32,209 --> 00:37:35,963 Sure, sales are down this year, but it's not a big deal. 255 00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:39,926 Don't take it too seriously. It's bad for you. 256 00:37:41,010 --> 00:37:43,679 You and I getting out of the industry 257 00:37:43,804 --> 00:37:46,390 wasn't necessarily a bad thing. 258 00:37:49,727 --> 00:37:51,771 You have any plans? 259 00:37:56,817 --> 00:38:00,279 If a good opportunity comes along, don't pass it up. 260 00:38:00,947 --> 00:38:03,366 You've worked for me a long time, 261 00:38:03,491 --> 00:38:07,161 but don't feel awkward if you get a good offer elsewhere. 262 00:38:07,954 --> 00:38:12,124 Of course I hope you'll stay with me... 263 00:38:13,167 --> 00:38:16,003 but if I have no suitable job for you, 264 00:38:16,504 --> 00:38:18,464 it wouldn't be right 265 00:38:19,256 --> 00:38:22,385 to keep you hanging on either. 266 00:38:26,973 --> 00:38:30,601 Do you have any plans with this Lung? 267 00:38:31,727 --> 00:38:34,438 He plans to move to the States 268 00:38:34,981 --> 00:38:36,941 and go in as partners 269 00:38:37,066 --> 00:38:39,485 with his brother-in-law in the import business. 270 00:38:44,323 --> 00:38:46,200 What about Ke? 271 00:38:47,827 --> 00:38:49,870 What's going on with you two? 272 00:38:52,581 --> 00:38:54,291 I don't mean to pry... 273 00:38:55,001 --> 00:38:56,919 but just a word of caution 274 00:38:57,044 --> 00:39:00,840 to never get involved with a coworker. 275 00:39:01,215 --> 00:39:03,718 It's a big mistake. You understand? 276 00:39:10,182 --> 00:39:13,519 ABANDONED BUILDING DANGER - STAY OUT 277 00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:38,210 Is Ling here? 278 00:39:41,088 --> 00:39:43,382 Ling, someone's here for you! 279 00:39:56,020 --> 00:39:59,398 It's like you can see everyone from up here, 280 00:39:59,815 --> 00:40:01,817 but no one can see you. 281 00:40:08,574 --> 00:40:10,701 What do you want the money for? 282 00:40:13,079 --> 00:40:15,790 Really? Go see Dr. Li. 283 00:40:16,082 --> 00:40:21,045 The cheap doctors aren't reliable. I'll call her, okay? 284 00:40:22,171 --> 00:40:26,092 I want you to move in with me. Stop this running around. 285 00:41:04,380 --> 00:41:06,132 I have to go, Mr. Lai. 286 00:41:06,298 --> 00:41:07,591 Okay. 287 00:41:17,184 --> 00:41:18,811 Lung... 288 00:41:37,371 --> 00:41:39,373 Money's tight right now. 289 00:41:42,668 --> 00:41:46,338 Just for a month. You gotta help me. 290 00:42:21,790 --> 00:42:25,669 Damn it! What the hell? 291 00:42:27,046 --> 00:42:29,048 Lung, it's me! 292 00:42:29,215 --> 00:42:32,051 I kept honking and you just ignored me! 293 00:42:32,218 --> 00:42:35,971 - Is that your cab? - No, it's borrowed. 294 00:42:36,555 --> 00:42:39,391 Long time no see. Wanna go to my place? 295 00:42:39,558 --> 00:42:42,394 - Sure. Same place? - Yeah. 296 00:42:42,937 --> 00:42:45,105 I've been driving for two days without sleep. 297 00:42:45,272 --> 00:42:48,817 I need the money, so I gotta keep driving. 298 00:42:51,362 --> 00:42:53,030 What's your wife up to? 299 00:42:53,364 --> 00:42:55,199 Still gambling? 300 00:43:03,249 --> 00:43:05,459 Don't you try to stop her? 301 00:43:11,590 --> 00:43:14,885 You remember? I was this tall when I was ten. 302 00:43:15,427 --> 00:43:17,805 They wanted me to be a pitcher. 303 00:43:18,347 --> 00:43:20,432 Those damn curveballs! 304 00:43:20,766 --> 00:43:22,768 They ruined my arm. 305 00:43:23,769 --> 00:43:26,563 I'm over 30 now and still the same height. 306 00:43:28,148 --> 00:43:30,985 We played baseball every day, 307 00:43:31,110 --> 00:43:33,737 practicing and thinking about Williamsport. 308 00:43:33,862 --> 00:43:37,616 We never studied, so college was out of the question. 309 00:43:39,243 --> 00:43:42,621 My life's gone downhill since military service. 310 00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:46,625 I even went to jail. 311 00:43:47,626 --> 00:43:50,421 Then I couldn't find work when I got out. 312 00:43:51,714 --> 00:43:54,466 What else can I do but drive a cab? 313 00:43:55,009 --> 00:43:58,220 Damn air conditioning ruins my arm. 314 00:43:58,762 --> 00:44:01,557 Fuckin' thing tells me when it's gonna rain. 315 00:44:29,168 --> 00:44:32,129 - What are you doing? - For the kids. 316 00:44:32,254 --> 00:44:34,673 - No, I can't. - Just take it. 317 00:44:38,344 --> 00:44:40,304 Say bye-bye. 318 00:44:42,431 --> 00:44:44,475 Don't wear yourself out driving. 319 00:44:50,898 --> 00:44:53,817 I'm going to Harajuku someday. 320 00:44:54,276 --> 00:44:58,697 Lots of people there dance on the subway. 321 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:02,993 In Shibuya too. 322 00:45:03,952 --> 00:45:06,622 Everywhere in Japan is fun, 323 00:45:06,747 --> 00:45:08,665 and everything's so pretty. 324 00:45:08,791 --> 00:45:10,793 I'll get there sooner or later. 325 00:45:17,383 --> 00:45:18,967 Tell me. 326 00:45:19,218 --> 00:45:21,887 How can I know if you don't tell me? 327 00:45:35,025 --> 00:45:37,736 What's wrong? Tell me. 328 00:46:01,385 --> 00:46:03,929 Something wrong with Dad's business? 329 00:46:11,728 --> 00:46:13,856 Recount it, please. 330 00:46:29,455 --> 00:46:32,082 Mom, here's 100,000. 331 00:46:32,583 --> 00:46:34,460 Don't tell Dad. 332 00:46:36,545 --> 00:46:38,213 This is for a cab. 333 00:46:38,422 --> 00:46:40,591 I'm late. 334 00:47:36,188 --> 00:47:39,066 - Listen to me. - What? 335 00:47:39,358 --> 00:47:43,320 How about getting Chin a job at your company? 336 00:47:43,445 --> 00:47:45,864 A little company like ours? 337 00:47:46,031 --> 00:47:48,784 It would be a waste of talent. 338 00:47:59,628 --> 00:48:02,381 Lung's here. I'll introduce you. 339 00:48:02,673 --> 00:48:05,008 Mao... Lin... 340 00:48:05,717 --> 00:48:07,344 and Allen. 341 00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,429 My business card. 342 00:48:13,058 --> 00:48:15,602 Sorry. I don't have one. 343 00:48:17,688 --> 00:48:19,398 What'll you have? 344 00:48:21,233 --> 00:48:22,526 A beer. 345 00:48:22,651 --> 00:48:24,570 Two beers! 346 00:48:25,779 --> 00:48:30,075 - Lung, what do you do? - I'm in fabric. 347 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,451 Textiles? 348 00:48:31,743 --> 00:48:34,246 No, just fabric. 349 00:48:34,830 --> 00:48:37,791 - So... textiles? - No, fabric. 350 00:48:37,916 --> 00:48:41,169 I have a fabric store on Dihua St. 351 00:48:41,378 --> 00:48:43,297 So you sell fabric? 352 00:48:43,463 --> 00:48:47,384 So what was the answer to your riddle? 353 00:48:47,593 --> 00:48:49,094 Yeah, tell us. 354 00:48:49,261 --> 00:48:52,472 Lung just got here, so I'll repeat it. 355 00:48:53,223 --> 00:48:56,643 The Chinese have a short one. 356 00:48:57,144 --> 00:49:00,856 Michael Jackson had a long one. 357 00:49:01,273 --> 00:49:04,901 The pope has one too, but he's never used it. 358 00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:08,780 - Just like you! - What are you talking about? 359 00:49:08,947 --> 00:49:11,533 Come on! Tell us the answer. 360 00:49:11,783 --> 00:49:13,619 Don't be like that. 361 00:49:13,744 --> 00:49:16,496 Okay, I'll tell you: A last name. 362 00:49:21,001 --> 00:49:24,171 Don't come to a pub if you don't speak English. 363 00:49:24,630 --> 00:49:27,132 Don't laugh. I'm talking about you! 364 00:49:28,634 --> 00:49:30,636 And you're a trader? 365 00:49:31,011 --> 00:49:34,473 You're not qualified to be a trader. 366 00:50:36,702 --> 00:50:38,578 You play often? 367 00:50:39,037 --> 00:50:41,832 Just for fun. How about a little bet? 368 00:50:42,708 --> 00:50:44,459 I gotta go soon. 369 00:50:45,502 --> 00:50:47,879 Show me some respect, will you? 370 00:50:49,506 --> 00:50:51,425 Here's the deal. Just one bet. 371 00:50:51,550 --> 00:50:53,885 I want nothing but your time. 372 00:50:54,177 --> 00:50:56,054 If I hit a bull's-eye, 373 00:50:56,221 --> 00:50:59,474 you stay another half hour. 374 00:51:00,058 --> 00:51:03,478 If you hit a bull's-eye, you can leave right now. 375 00:51:04,563 --> 00:51:06,022 Okay. 376 00:51:35,677 --> 00:51:38,096 You owe me four hours. 377 00:51:45,771 --> 00:51:47,481 Way off. 378 00:51:50,233 --> 00:51:52,694 Didn't you used to play baseball? 379 00:52:09,586 --> 00:52:11,379 What are you doing? 380 00:52:11,671 --> 00:52:13,757 What about me playing baseball? 381 00:52:15,717 --> 00:52:18,178 What are you doing? Don't fight! 382 00:52:18,970 --> 00:52:22,516 What the hell? What do you think you're doing? 383 00:54:15,795 --> 00:54:19,633 Did it remind you of how I'd get in fights at school? 384 00:54:27,182 --> 00:54:30,226 I fight with others to stick up for myself. 385 00:54:33,730 --> 00:54:36,149 And maybe out of a sense of justice. 386 00:54:49,454 --> 00:54:52,040 Maybe we should move to the States. 387 00:54:54,459 --> 00:54:56,586 I want to sell the old house. 388 00:55:03,009 --> 00:55:08,306 Chen Chi-yuen of the Taichung Golden Dragons... 389 00:55:08,974 --> 00:55:11,559 delivers his first pitch. 390 00:55:11,685 --> 00:55:13,311 Strike! 391 00:55:18,483 --> 00:55:20,610 So what do you think, Yang? 392 00:55:21,361 --> 00:55:22,862 It's a nice house. 393 00:55:27,742 --> 00:55:29,786 Your dad was really looking ahead, 394 00:55:29,911 --> 00:55:32,455 buying a house like this on Yangmingshan. 395 00:55:32,580 --> 00:55:34,499 It was just luck. 396 00:55:35,083 --> 00:55:38,211 When the Vietnam War ended, the foreigners went home. 397 00:55:39,129 --> 00:55:41,965 At first we rented it out. 398 00:55:42,298 --> 00:55:44,884 My mom moved in when my father died. 399 00:55:45,051 --> 00:55:48,555 - Where is she now? - Living with my sister in the States. 400 00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:52,142 Oh, right. We met before she left. 401 00:55:58,189 --> 00:56:00,316 How long will it take to sell? 402 00:56:01,026 --> 00:56:04,112 Not long. It's an easy sell. 403 00:56:05,864 --> 00:56:08,324 If you need money, I can lend you some. 404 00:56:08,491 --> 00:56:11,828 I have your title deeds, 405 00:56:12,037 --> 00:56:14,456 so it's not like you'll get away. 406 00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:19,044 Where's Chin? 407 00:58:13,283 --> 00:58:17,328 These damn kids. Nice uniforms but lousy skills. 408 00:58:20,832 --> 00:58:23,877 - They're tall. - They eat well. 409 00:59:01,539 --> 00:59:03,082 You're good. 410 00:59:03,249 --> 00:59:05,835 - Try this. - I can do it. Watch. 411 00:59:08,379 --> 00:59:10,048 Chin, I'm going. 412 00:59:10,173 --> 00:59:11,716 You're leaving? 413 00:59:12,425 --> 00:59:15,803 My brother-in-law's gonna call about the money I'm wiring him. 414 00:59:15,970 --> 00:59:19,599 I'm busy tomorrow night. When will you come by again? 415 00:59:21,059 --> 00:59:24,854 I have to stay home. He could call anytime. 416 00:59:25,271 --> 00:59:28,191 I'll be back when everything's taken care of. 417 00:59:31,569 --> 00:59:33,905 He looks like that yam farmer. 418 00:59:35,281 --> 00:59:36,699 They look like brothers. 419 00:59:36,866 --> 00:59:39,118 He tried to hit me. - Nonsense! 420 00:59:39,285 --> 00:59:42,080 But I ran away just in time. 421 00:59:43,748 --> 00:59:46,584 Chin, watch this. 422 00:59:53,216 --> 00:59:54,550 Hello? 423 01:00:01,266 --> 01:00:03,268 How have you been? 424 01:00:04,936 --> 01:00:06,521 Wanna get a beer? 425 01:00:07,689 --> 01:00:10,400 It's late. Did you work overtime again? 426 01:00:23,997 --> 01:00:25,832 Is it that bad? 427 01:00:28,793 --> 01:00:31,212 We've even talked about divorce. 428 01:00:36,092 --> 01:00:38,845 I have company. Some other time, okay? 429 01:01:31,314 --> 01:01:33,024 Hey, Lung. 430 01:01:33,566 --> 01:01:35,526 What? 431 01:01:35,735 --> 01:01:37,612 We've got a problem. 432 01:01:38,571 --> 01:01:40,281 What kind of problem? 433 01:01:42,617 --> 01:01:44,786 This check. 434 01:01:44,911 --> 01:01:46,704 Come on, let's talk. 435 01:01:49,874 --> 01:01:52,585 You and I are friends. 436 01:01:52,877 --> 01:01:54,921 That's why I called you. 437 01:01:55,213 --> 01:01:58,216 This check has bounced three times. 438 01:01:58,549 --> 01:02:01,094 He promised to pay yesterday. 439 01:02:01,219 --> 01:02:04,847 I told my boss he's your friend, that he's good for it, 440 01:02:04,972 --> 01:02:06,974 but I couldn't reach him. 441 01:02:08,101 --> 01:02:11,437 What do I tell my boss? 442 01:02:15,441 --> 01:02:17,735 How about next month? 443 01:02:18,569 --> 01:02:21,114 Next month? Impossible. 444 01:02:27,870 --> 01:02:30,123 How could you lend my dad the money? 445 01:02:30,248 --> 01:02:32,166 How will we move to the States? 446 01:02:32,291 --> 01:02:34,585 Wasn't your brother-in-law waiting for that money? 447 01:02:34,836 --> 01:02:36,671 I'll handle it. 448 01:02:37,588 --> 01:02:40,842 I knew it. I've told you a hundred times. 449 01:02:41,259 --> 01:02:45,138 - Who else would help him? - Doesn't he have friends? 450 01:02:46,055 --> 01:02:48,391 Friends! You don't understand. 451 01:02:48,724 --> 01:02:50,685 Oh, like you do, right? 452 01:02:50,810 --> 01:02:53,187 You don't know a thing about my dad. 453 01:02:55,106 --> 01:02:58,192 He knows nothing about business. He's hopeless. 454 01:02:58,317 --> 01:03:00,778 He's always taking advantage of people 455 01:03:00,945 --> 01:03:03,197 and complaining about his bad luck. 456 01:03:03,322 --> 01:03:06,784 He's ruined our plans, and you helped! - Shut up! 457 01:03:38,941 --> 01:03:40,443 Chin. 458 01:03:46,032 --> 01:03:47,658 Come on. 459 01:03:54,081 --> 01:03:56,292 Who else would have helped him? 460 01:04:00,671 --> 01:04:02,340 He's your dad. 461 01:04:08,721 --> 01:04:10,848 I'd rather we not leave Taiwan. 462 01:04:26,948 --> 01:04:28,407 Qin! 463 01:04:38,209 --> 01:04:39,710 Rui! 464 01:04:53,182 --> 01:04:55,726 - Where's your dad? - Driving. 465 01:04:56,727 --> 01:04:58,521 And your mom? 466 01:05:11,909 --> 01:05:14,078 So what if I lost? 467 01:05:14,245 --> 01:05:16,372 I'll clean you out tomorrow. 468 01:05:17,957 --> 01:05:19,417 Mom. 469 01:05:35,766 --> 01:05:37,768 I'll teach you a lesson! 470 01:05:37,977 --> 01:05:39,895 Where are you going? - I'm going! 471 01:05:40,062 --> 01:05:42,398 You left your kids alone to come gamble! 472 01:05:42,523 --> 01:05:44,275 Okay, I'm going! 473 01:05:44,609 --> 01:05:46,944 Let me go! I'm going! 474 01:05:47,153 --> 01:05:48,529 I'll go on my own! 475 01:05:48,654 --> 01:05:51,866 Where are you going? Come back here! 476 01:05:51,991 --> 01:05:53,701 I'm going! 477 01:05:56,078 --> 01:05:57,705 I'm going! 478 01:06:08,090 --> 01:06:09,467 Hello? 479 01:06:10,843 --> 01:06:13,054 Lung's not here. 480 01:07:12,697 --> 01:07:14,198 That's a good boy. 481 01:07:16,867 --> 01:07:19,829 You're with Grandpa. Are you happy? 482 01:07:20,204 --> 01:07:22,790 I'm your grandpa. 483 01:07:22,957 --> 01:07:24,709 Say "Grandpa." 484 01:07:42,893 --> 01:07:44,437 When did you get back? 485 01:07:44,562 --> 01:07:46,105 This morning. 486 01:07:46,605 --> 01:07:50,025 Don't cry. Be a good boy, okay? 487 01:07:52,737 --> 01:07:55,156 You're a good boy. 488 01:08:00,035 --> 01:08:02,997 - Where are we going? - You decide. 489 01:08:09,712 --> 01:08:11,756 - You hungry? - No. 490 01:08:29,940 --> 01:08:32,443 Look, the swings are still there. 491 01:08:59,970 --> 01:09:04,558 I used to stand upstairs with Chin and watch you practice. 492 01:09:05,935 --> 01:09:07,853 She was my best friend. 493 01:09:11,941 --> 01:09:13,943 Does she know I'm back? 494 01:09:19,782 --> 01:09:23,661 If she knew you were out with me, she'd be furious. 495 01:09:27,623 --> 01:09:31,961 I hear she's living alone and has a good job. 496 01:09:34,547 --> 01:09:37,925 I always thought she should be a boy. 497 01:09:40,344 --> 01:09:41,846 A boy? 498 01:09:42,513 --> 01:09:44,348 You don't understand. 499 01:09:48,936 --> 01:09:50,855 It's awful being a girl. 500 01:09:51,522 --> 01:09:54,650 You could see that even when she was little. 501 01:09:55,276 --> 01:09:59,613 She'd take beatings from her dad to protect her mom. 502 01:10:00,573 --> 01:10:04,034 She'd show up at school all black and blue. 503 01:10:05,953 --> 01:10:08,038 Didn't know about that, did you? 504 01:10:13,711 --> 01:10:16,088 How's she get along with her parents now? 505 01:10:16,213 --> 01:10:19,383 She moved out to get free of her father. 506 01:10:21,176 --> 01:10:22,803 And her mother? 507 01:10:23,929 --> 01:10:25,723 Same as always. 508 01:10:26,974 --> 01:10:29,101 What else can a mistress expect? 509 01:10:29,226 --> 01:10:31,353 Just a life of servitude. 510 01:10:36,066 --> 01:10:40,404 I was really in a bad way when you saw me in Tokyo. 511 01:10:45,993 --> 01:10:49,079 Are the legal issues with your child taken care of? 512 01:10:53,876 --> 01:10:56,211 I thought about lots of things... 513 01:10:57,671 --> 01:11:01,467 driving back from the airport that day. 514 01:11:04,970 --> 01:11:07,097 Why think about that stuff? 515 01:11:15,022 --> 01:11:16,607 Let's go. 516 01:11:19,944 --> 01:11:22,196 Why don't we go to your place? 517 01:11:22,905 --> 01:11:24,365 It's late. 518 01:11:24,698 --> 01:11:26,659 You should go home. 519 01:11:29,036 --> 01:11:30,955 Chin's really something. 520 01:11:34,750 --> 01:11:38,879 You know full well you'd have ended up like this 521 01:11:39,004 --> 01:11:43,759 whether it was me or Kobayashi you married, right? 522 01:11:46,261 --> 01:11:50,140 I think you only know how to pity other people. 523 01:11:50,641 --> 01:11:53,143 You've never really loved anyone. 524 01:11:54,895 --> 01:11:57,356 You're living in your own fairy tale world 525 01:11:57,815 --> 01:12:00,484 where only your pity can save us. 526 01:12:02,695 --> 01:12:04,113 Lung... 527 01:12:06,031 --> 01:12:10,619 this world isn't like your simple world of baseball. 528 01:12:11,245 --> 01:12:13,330 Everything's different now. 529 01:12:14,999 --> 01:12:17,001 Only you've stayed the same. 530 01:12:19,044 --> 01:12:23,424 I think even Chin is drifting away from you. 531 01:12:57,833 --> 01:12:59,418 What are you watching? 532 01:12:59,626 --> 01:13:02,671 Japanese commercials. They're really interesting. 533 01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:04,715 Have you ever seen them? 534 01:13:06,300 --> 01:13:08,886 Where'd those tapes come from? 535 01:13:10,429 --> 01:13:13,348 That bag. There's a lot more. 536 01:13:13,474 --> 01:13:15,225 Aren't they yours? 537 01:13:54,223 --> 01:13:55,933 I'm going in now. 538 01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:36,890 When will you come to Tokyo again? 539 01:15:05,294 --> 01:15:07,713 Really? You're at Debby's? 540 01:15:10,007 --> 01:15:11,967 No, I don't want to go. 541 01:15:15,846 --> 01:15:18,515 Listen, I'll talk to you later. 542 01:15:21,977 --> 01:15:24,354 Call you back in a bit. 543 01:15:39,953 --> 01:15:41,622 What's wrong? 544 01:16:09,900 --> 01:16:11,401 What is it? 545 01:16:14,363 --> 01:16:17,616 You saw Gwan in Tokyo! Why did you lie to me? 546 01:16:42,015 --> 01:16:43,433 Lung... 547 01:16:48,355 --> 01:16:49,940 Don't go. 548 01:18:05,182 --> 01:18:06,683 What's up? 549 01:18:17,027 --> 01:18:18,445 Cigarettes. 550 01:18:32,876 --> 01:18:34,920 I'm outta here. Take my place. 551 01:18:37,047 --> 01:18:39,049 Lung, sit down. 552 01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:43,678 How much? 553 01:18:43,804 --> 01:18:45,680 7,500? 554 01:18:47,599 --> 01:18:50,352 - How much you playing for? - Two hundred. 555 01:18:50,685 --> 01:18:53,397 Two hundred. That much? 556 01:18:53,688 --> 01:18:56,149 It's 600 when I play with Yang. 557 01:18:59,069 --> 01:19:00,904 How much you usually play for? 558 01:19:01,029 --> 01:19:04,199 At the store we play for 30 or 50. 559 01:19:04,324 --> 01:19:07,285 - Thirty? Get outta here! - See ya. 560 01:19:07,661 --> 01:19:09,329 See you around. 561 01:19:11,706 --> 01:19:13,375 Don't wanna cut? 562 01:19:13,583 --> 01:19:15,127 Fine. 563 01:19:35,897 --> 01:19:37,441 Come on. 564 01:19:41,153 --> 01:19:44,114 My registration's in the car. Cover my losses with that. 565 01:19:44,239 --> 01:19:46,283 How much is it worth? 566 01:19:47,159 --> 01:19:49,828 Just let me know if it's not enough. 567 01:20:20,442 --> 01:20:22,360 Hey, taxi! 568 01:21:49,489 --> 01:21:51,074 Is Ling here? 569 01:21:53,451 --> 01:21:55,537 Are you the only one here? 570 01:22:08,967 --> 01:22:11,344 You're taking the college entrance exams? 571 01:22:13,638 --> 01:22:15,849 When did you get out of the service? 572 01:22:24,274 --> 01:22:26,067 My turn. 573 01:22:33,408 --> 01:22:34,784 Your turn. 574 01:22:42,751 --> 01:22:44,252 Go again. 575 01:23:53,863 --> 01:23:56,491 Here comes the cake! 576 01:26:36,734 --> 01:26:38,820 She went off and killed herself. 577 01:26:38,945 --> 01:26:42,031 Didn't even fuckin' say good-bye! 578 01:26:54,377 --> 01:26:56,212 What are you crying for? 579 01:26:57,630 --> 01:26:59,674 You'll survive without a wife. 580 01:27:05,013 --> 01:27:08,016 Get up. Move around. 581 01:27:08,516 --> 01:27:10,226 Get up! 582 01:29:02,380 --> 01:29:06,134 Sis, where'd you run off to? I was looking for you. 583 01:29:51,137 --> 01:29:54,223 LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA 584 01:32:36,010 --> 01:32:38,596 Is Ms. Mei there? 585 01:32:41,015 --> 01:32:43,017 She's in the States? 586 01:32:43,267 --> 01:32:45,228 When will she be back? 587 01:32:47,730 --> 01:32:51,192 This is Chin. It's nothing important. Bye. 588 01:32:59,659 --> 01:33:03,537 I've been trying to reach him long distance! 589 01:33:04,413 --> 01:33:07,250 He promised to call! I've been waiting! 590 01:33:11,170 --> 01:33:14,966 He'd have gotten hold of me if he really wanted to! 591 01:33:17,760 --> 01:33:21,222 I don't care how the Americans do things, sis. 592 01:33:22,598 --> 01:33:24,392 We 're family. 593 01:33:24,517 --> 01:33:26,978 If he doesn't trust me, just forget it. 594 01:33:27,228 --> 01:33:30,314 You know how I deal with people. 595 01:33:33,859 --> 01:33:36,988 Why is he insisting on seeing the money? 596 01:33:37,113 --> 01:33:38,447 He'll get his money. 597 01:33:38,614 --> 01:33:42,076 I might as well go into business with a buddy instead! 598 01:34:36,005 --> 01:34:37,506 Turn left. 599 01:34:55,524 --> 01:34:57,693 Left or right, miss? 600 01:34:59,445 --> 01:35:02,865 Please take me back to Ximending. Sorry. 601 01:36:09,598 --> 01:36:13,727 Hi, this is Lung. I'm not available right now. 602 01:36:13,936 --> 01:36:16,939 Please leave a message, and I'll call you back. 603 01:36:17,106 --> 01:36:19,024 Or call me at the store. 604 01:36:21,402 --> 01:36:23,237 Hi, Lung. 605 01:36:23,654 --> 01:36:25,990 It's me, Chin. 606 01:36:27,408 --> 01:36:31,120 Can you come get me at the karaoke bar? 607 01:36:31,454 --> 01:36:33,289 I'm in a fix. 608 01:36:33,789 --> 01:36:35,791 I can't go home alone. 609 01:36:44,133 --> 01:36:48,971 I'm sorry to have dragged you into this, Lung. 610 01:36:49,096 --> 01:36:51,640 You won't be able to cash that check. 611 01:36:51,974 --> 01:36:53,976 Hold onto it for me. 612 01:36:54,268 --> 01:36:58,939 I'll give you your money back as soon as things turn around. 613 01:37:00,149 --> 01:37:02,485 It's okay. Don't worry. 614 01:37:03,569 --> 01:37:08,282 Will this cause problems between you and Chin? 615 01:37:16,290 --> 01:37:18,250 Don't worry about that. 616 01:37:29,345 --> 01:37:31,805 Come on. I'll buy you a drink. 617 01:37:34,016 --> 01:37:35,434 Come on. 618 01:37:36,519 --> 01:37:38,103 It's okay. 619 01:37:38,479 --> 01:37:41,357 How long you think you can hide out here? 620 01:37:41,482 --> 01:37:43,734 They'll find you sooner or later. 621 01:37:52,910 --> 01:37:57,706 There used to be a theater over there. 622 01:38:00,709 --> 01:38:03,879 And that was a vegetable store. 623 01:38:06,382 --> 01:38:08,801 There wasn't a single car around here. 624 01:38:09,051 --> 01:38:12,221 Now they're all over. 625 01:38:14,557 --> 01:38:19,603 I remember that your granddad used to live on that corner. 626 01:38:19,937 --> 01:38:23,691 He had a nice car, you know. 627 01:38:25,359 --> 01:38:29,029 That was around the time your dad got married. 628 01:38:30,656 --> 01:38:34,535 There were lots of pretty girls right across the street. 629 01:38:35,869 --> 01:38:37,580 I was 17 or 18. 630 01:38:37,705 --> 01:38:42,084 I'd borrow money from your dad to take girls to the hotel. 631 01:40:27,773 --> 01:40:29,441 What are you doing here? 632 01:40:29,650 --> 01:40:32,861 I thought you were here. I saw your car downstairs. 633 01:40:33,987 --> 01:40:36,198 The car isn't mine anymore. 634 01:40:37,074 --> 01:40:39,368 Come on. Let's take a cab home. 635 01:40:39,535 --> 01:40:41,286 You sold your car? 636 01:41:15,654 --> 01:41:17,573 He must have left. 637 01:41:22,911 --> 01:41:24,872 Come upstairs with me? 638 01:42:42,324 --> 01:42:45,410 I'm sorry. I overreacted the other day. 639 01:42:47,955 --> 01:42:49,498 Forget it. 640 01:42:50,415 --> 01:42:52,668 Let's let bygones be bygones. 641 01:42:54,628 --> 01:42:57,548 Lung, let's get married. 642 01:42:59,758 --> 01:43:01,343 Get married? 643 01:43:09,935 --> 01:43:13,856 Marriage isn't a cure-all. You know that. 644 01:43:14,982 --> 01:43:19,361 Do we have to wait till we move to the States? 645 01:43:21,154 --> 01:43:23,115 Forget about the States. 646 01:43:24,283 --> 01:43:26,535 That's not a cure-all either. 647 01:43:29,371 --> 01:43:31,331 It's just like marriage. 648 01:43:38,046 --> 01:43:40,340 Just a fleeting hope. 649 01:43:42,426 --> 01:43:45,762 The illusion that you can start over. 650 01:43:50,809 --> 01:43:52,811 What about your brother-in-law? 651 01:43:54,688 --> 01:43:56,356 My brother-in-law? 652 01:43:57,357 --> 01:43:59,359 He's like everyone else. 653 01:44:00,652 --> 01:44:03,655 Jerks me around 'cause I'm powerless. 654 01:44:05,699 --> 01:44:08,285 Why didn't you tell me this before? 655 01:44:10,621 --> 01:44:12,915 You still don't get me, do you? 656 01:44:26,845 --> 01:44:28,180 I'm going. 657 01:44:35,562 --> 01:44:38,231 Stay with me tonight. 658 01:44:42,194 --> 01:44:43,737 Not tonight. 659 01:44:46,073 --> 01:44:49,534 I'll get all confused again if I stay. 660 01:44:51,370 --> 01:44:53,288 I need to be alone. 661 01:44:57,292 --> 01:44:58,961 I've made... 662 01:45:00,921 --> 01:45:02,965 a lot of mistakes lately... 663 01:45:05,133 --> 01:45:07,511 and no one was there to warn me. 664 01:45:09,554 --> 01:45:11,640 I need to think things through. 665 01:46:39,728 --> 01:46:41,563 Wait just a minute. 666 01:46:53,366 --> 01:46:55,160 Go home to bed. 667 01:46:55,494 --> 01:46:57,496 And stop bothering Chin. 668 01:47:01,291 --> 01:47:04,878 What's over is over, get it? 669 01:48:44,644 --> 01:48:47,606 That motorcycle has been following us. 670 01:48:47,731 --> 01:48:49,608 A friend of yours? 671 01:48:51,860 --> 01:48:53,945 Slow down and let him pass. 672 01:49:02,537 --> 01:49:04,206 Shit. 673 01:49:04,623 --> 01:49:06,082 Pull over. 674 01:49:14,341 --> 01:49:15,967 Wait a minute. 675 01:49:16,092 --> 01:49:19,429 You mind if I take off? I don't want trouble. 676 01:49:23,058 --> 01:49:24,643 Yeah, go ahead. 677 01:49:38,573 --> 01:49:39,991 Fuck you! 678 01:50:49,352 --> 01:50:51,146 Son of a bitch. 679 01:53:16,624 --> 01:53:19,461 To applause and flying flags, 680 01:53:19,711 --> 01:53:23,756 Chinese Taipei has won first place in Williamsport. 681 01:53:24,215 --> 01:53:28,303 In the fourth inning, Tsai Song-huei hit a fly ball. 682 01:53:28,928 --> 01:53:32,515 Yu Hong-kai raced home for the fourth run. 683 01:53:32,974 --> 01:53:36,895 Then Chuang Kai-ping grounded out, 684 01:53:37,228 --> 01:53:42,859 but Chen Hong-qin came home from third base. 685 01:53:43,067 --> 01:53:46,112 The final score was 5-0. 686 01:53:47,322 --> 01:53:49,991 With the roaring sound of gongs and drums, 687 01:53:50,158 --> 01:53:52,952 Yu Hong-kai and Chen Hong-qin 688 01:53:53,119 --> 01:53:55,788 have become Taiwan's favorite sons. 689 01:53:56,664 --> 01:53:58,124 The games are over, 690 01:53:58,666 --> 01:54:02,504 and our Little League baseball team 691 01:54:02,670 --> 01:54:06,841 has won the 1969 world championship... 692 01:56:02,749 --> 01:56:05,043 - Hello? - Chin? 693 01:56:05,335 --> 01:56:08,713 I wanted to catch you before you left for work. 694 01:56:09,130 --> 01:56:11,382 Have you found a job? - No. 695 01:56:11,507 --> 01:56:14,469 Good. Let's meet right away. 696 01:56:14,886 --> 01:56:17,096 Sure. Where? 697 01:56:45,708 --> 01:56:49,671 Why don't you start in our temporary offices tomorrow? 698 01:56:50,755 --> 01:56:52,715 I've been so busy! 699 01:56:53,049 --> 01:56:55,843 I need several more employees. 700 01:57:45,852 --> 01:57:50,481 And this'll be the computer room, with everything state of the art. 701 01:57:52,400 --> 01:57:56,070 My office will be over there, 702 01:57:56,571 --> 01:57:59,240 with yours right next to it. 703 01:58:00,575 --> 01:58:02,618 As for the conference room... 704 01:58:04,662 --> 01:58:08,791 how about over there? 705 01:58:20,636 --> 01:58:22,930 Everyone's gone to Southern California, 706 01:58:23,222 --> 01:58:25,933 but it's actually nice here. 707 01:58:26,434 --> 01:58:30,605 Now we have a big American company right in our hometown. 708 01:58:30,772 --> 01:58:32,648 Why go abroad? 709 01:58:33,107 --> 01:58:36,986 You'd just end up in some big company in the States. 710 01:58:41,240 --> 01:58:44,619 Are you still moving to the States with Lung? 711 01:58:51,125 --> 01:58:52,877 Probably not. 712 01:58:55,463 --> 01:58:57,590 He hasn't worked it all out. 713 01:59:00,218 --> 01:59:02,595 He hasn't made a final decision. 714 01:59:08,976 --> 01:59:12,104 Starring TSAI CHIN HOU HSIAO-HSIEN WU NIEN-JEN. 715 01:59:12,230 --> 01:59:14,482 LIN HSIU-LING KO SU-YUN 716 01:59:14,649 --> 01:59:16,901 KE I-CHENG WU PING-NAN 717 01:59:17,026 --> 01:59:20,363 MEI FANG CHEN SHU-FANG LAI TE-NAN 718 01:59:42,844 --> 01:59:46,639 Cello Pieces Performed by YO-YO MA