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I'm Sammo Hung. My stage name was Yuen Long.

I'm their "Big Brother."

We started training at 7 every morning.

We had to train till noon before we could eat.

The first thing we did was the handstand.

It was really tough!

I'm Yuen Jing.

I'm the lookout!

Master's coming!

Master's coming! Master's coming!

Good morning, Master!

I accepted you into the school,

but the rest is up to you.

Fail to train during your youth,

suffer the consequences when you're old.

You better work hard on your training!

Stick your bellies out.

Lift your heads!

Arms closer!

Lift your head!

What are you doing?

The alarm went off, Master.

I call the shots! Get back up!

Come down!

The wrists were always sore after 30 minutes of handstand.

We dreaded that Master would follow it with the...

back arch.

Back arch!

Keep your butts down!

Sparrow Flip!

Small Back Flips!

Northern Fall Flip!

The Hopping Tiger!

You call that a Short Flip?

That's just a Monkey Flip!

That's still a Monkey Flip!

What's wrong?

I don't know how to do it, Master.

Then step aside!

I don't know it, either, Master.

Step aside!

The Rolling Tiger.

Left-Right Fly Kick.

All right, that's all for now.

- Sammo! - Yes, Master.

Lead the training while I'm away.

And teach the young ones how to Short Flip!

Yes, Master.

Thank you, Master!

When the Master's not up here,

I led the training.

Master would listen in from downstairs.

Left-Right Fly Kick!

Short Flips.

Northern Fall Flip!

Triple Short Flips and a Hop.

The Hopping Tiger!

Not bad at all!

As the saying goes,

"Play with fire, and you'll get burned."

One day, we really did get in trouble.

Get up!

Get up!!

Get up!

I'm sorry!

I asked you to lead the training,

and you're slacking off with all of them?!

I'm sorry, Master.

You're sorry?!

Get down here!

- Handstand! - Yes, Master!

Show me all the flips!

What are you doing over there?! Come out here!

I'm sorry, Master!

Only losers cry before getting hit.

Fall in line!

Yes, Master.

Lift your head!

Master... I can't... hold it anymore!

Big Brother!

Mind your own business!

Why is my sweat so warm?

Get some tobacco to seal his wound!

Since that time,

We didn't dare to slack even when Master wasn't around.

Let's go, one at a time!

Hurry up, move it!

Come on, one at a time!

Time flies like an arrow, it moves only forward.

The past is but a memory.

"Directed by Sammo Hung"

Back then...

I didn't care for the phrase

"Epiphyllums bloom fleetingly."

"1961"

Morning.

Rise!

Good morning, students.

Good morning, Headmaster!

Somebody isn't standing.

Why aren't you...

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't realize you're so short.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry, Headmaster,

the others call me Shorty all the time.

Why don't you sit in the front?

You're tall, you can see the board from the back.

All right...

Sit down.

This class is on composition.

Can any of you tell me...

Wait until I finish the question.

Sorry! I've spilled water on you...

- Let's go get you changed. - OK.

Get up.

Return the pants to me tomorrow.

- OK? - Yes, ma'am.

Good.

Thank you, Miss Wong.

You're welcome.

- Thank you, Miss Lin. - You're welcome.

Get up, the three of you!

Is it so hard

to pay attention in class just once?!

If you hate studying so much,

then I'll ask the Headmaster to let you drop out of school.

Sure, we'll go if you refund our tuition!

Here are three $5 bills, Headmaster.

Thanks, Miss Lin.

Take this... Take this... Take this.

I'm not expelling you.

Take your $5 back first.

You won't have to pay tuition on the first of the month.

Keep the money...

and hand it to me here

at the end of the month instead.

Before that time,

if you misbehave again...

or spend any of the tuition money,

I won't accept your tuition.

Instead,

I'll expel you right away.

It's your fault for asking to see the headmaster!

It's your fault!

You swiped my toy papers!

Why are you blaming me?

- Why are you pushing me... - Let's go...

This one?

No, this one.

I want these two.

Two?

These two are nice...

Miss Wong!

Yee! Watching the stall on your own?

That smells nice.

Want some dessert soup? On the house.

That's nice of you, but no thanks.

Come on, don't turn me down...

Ma'am, can she sit here?

Sure.

Have an egg.

Thanks.

Fill it up.

The headmaster is all skin and bones.

Thanks.

It's "bear", not "bare".

"The rabbit was approaching the finish line."

"Redemption was within reach."

"The turtle was moving slowly."

"Yet, it remained calm ."

"At the peak, it shrunk its head and feet into its shell."

"And it hopped into the air."

"Like a rock, it rolled down the slope."

"and rushed past the finish line..."

That word's misspelled, kid...

"2001"

Aren't you Shorty?

I am.

I'm Beanstalk, the class monitor!

Wow, Beanstalk!

You've changed so much.

I'm about the same.

He hasn't changed one bit, I recognized him right away!

That's because you're smart!

Headmaster's here!

Headmaster...

Happy birthday!

Do you remember?

We weren't allowed to stay in the classroom during recess.

But those three guys secretly stayed in.

When we came back, the fluorescent lamp was broken.

Guess what happened?

Turns out they were tossing scissors.

They were having too much fun and broke the fluorescent lamp!

These three were monsters in class!

Especially you, Yee!

Me again?

Miss Wong once caught them playing toy papers

in the middle of class.

She sent them to the headmaster's office!

We stopped goofing around after that.

Right, Headmaster?

I remember you three the most.

I didn't even pass you your report cards after graduation.

That's you!

Yes... It's me...

That's Shorty!

That's the headmaster.

Shorty really was the shortest.

Where was this taken?

Beanstalk got into Chinese University,

so we all went to tour the school.

That's when it was taken.

Isn't that Miss Wong?

Miss Wong...

I had a stall on the street

selling plastic swords and stuff.

Miss Wong walked over and whispered to me,

"The cops are coming!"

I looked over, and there really was a cop.

I grabbed everything in a hurry and ran.

My toys kept dropping as I ran

and Miss Wong picked them up along the way.

She then dragged me up to a restaurant and ordered dim sum.

The cop came up and didn't catch me.

She saved your butt.

Before my second son was born, I called Miss Wong to tell her.

She sounded like she was in pain.

So I visited her in the hospital.

She kept warning me to avoid Chinese patent medicine.

Once, she fell and bought those bear bile pills.

But she didn't know it was bad for her liver,

especially considering her heart condition.

After my son's birth, I called Miss Wong again.

That's when her family told me that she'd passed already.

I went to see Miss Wong after graduation.

Remember how I once asked her why she never married?

She said that she always had health problems.

She knew she wouldn't live long

and didn't want to be a burden to anyone.

That's why she never got married.

So that's why...

S.C. Yau's words about epiphyllums blooming fleetingly

reminds me of...

pines and cypresses staying evergreen,

chrysanthemums braving frosts,

and plum blossoms overcoming the cold.

Even wild flowers lacking in beauty

do not grow and exist for others to see.

Aren't there so many more plants on this land

that live and die on their own,

whether they are seen or not?

An epiphyllum will bloom, no matter what.

Countless plants

have continued to grow,

bloom, bear fruits and reproduce...

They live on, one generation after another.

Hello?

Hello, Headmaster? It's Yee.

I've found Miss Wong's niche in the columbarium.

You found it?

Yes.

Was it hard to find?

Not at all.

Where are you now?

At the columbarium.

This early in the morning?

I have to work later.

Oh... Then you should get to work.

Should we visit Miss Wong's niche together, Headmaster?

"Wong Siu Fong 1942 - 1983"

Headmaster...

Here's Miss Wong's niche.

Miss Wong, this one is mine.

A plane crashed into the harbour last year.

If it had hit on us instead,

Ivy and I would have been together forever.

To this day

I still cannot deny that Ivy was my first love.

Though the time we were together was shorter than expected,

the impact on me was far greater than I could have imagined.

We had never been in the same school.

Hers was an elite school,

mine wasn't,

That's why I feel we were destined to be together.

So what?

Everything has an end.

She still has to depart eventually.

People say

'First love never ends well.'

But when love comes,

we still plunge into it recklessly,

regardless of the outcome.

There's always a first time for everything.

Sadly, first love never lasts.

I could never have imagined that falling in love with Ivy,

was my first time and my last.

Ivy Yu was my first... my only dream.

Hello?

I'm leaving the day after tomorrow.

I am desperate to see you.

Can you come to see me?

It's tomorrow or never.

What time?

Afternoon.

Can you come over?

Yip Ka Lam.

Where are you off to?

Close the door please.

You want to let the thieves in?

Look, is there anything left for the thieves?

You don't want to see me right?

Yes.

You still want to leave?

You're the one who is leaving, not me.

Why are you taking it out on me?

You think I want to leave?

If you can't bear to lose me,

why did you keep evading me the whole week?

I had been to your school,

you avoided me.

I waited till midnight but didn't see you home.

I wrote to you. You never replied.

I called, but your Mum said you were out.

Did you need to try so hard to shun me?

Where were you?

I was petrified.

You are leaving me anyway.

Why bother to know where I was?

Why did you refuse to see me?

You don't love me anymore?

I was trying to get used to living without you.

Can you?

I don't know... hard to say.

Don't be like that.

I've never wanted to leave you.

Can you stay?

I shouldn't have come.

I feel more desolate after seeing you.

Don't you think I feel good?

Why? At least you can go and start a new life.

You'll forget me soon after you get there.

Eventually you'll forget everything about Hong Kong.

I won't leave then, okay?

Will your Mum and Dad agree?

Obviously not.

But I'm already eighteen,

No one can control me anymore.

I will do what I want.

I won't let you go.

You must stay with me tonight.

I won't go,

neither will you.

Hey, the phone.

Who cares?

Come on... may be something important.

Don't move an inch!

Hello? Hello?

"Island, On the island,"

"How I long to stay. Tender is tonight."

Memory is time in abundance,

The sole reality,

The present is also contained in it.

That which is rooted in the earth,

To earth it must return...

Come,

Come near me,

Nestle between the mountain and the sea,

Come,

I am the mountain,

I am the sea,

I am all you pine for.

When I lean close to you,

You will dream again of ancient times.

Fade far away,

dissolve, and quite forget

What thou among the leaves hast never known,

The weariness, the fever, and the fret

Here, where men sit and hear each other groan;

Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last gray hairs,

Where youth grows pale,

and spectre-thin, and dies;

Where but to think is to be full of sorrow

And leaden-eyed despairs,

Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,

Or new Love pine at them beyond tomorrow.

Hey, stop.

There's only one photo left.

I want to use it on you.

You sit here-

Don't move.

You know, I've been waiting for a week

to take this photo.

Relax-Cheese!

I can't.

You know what?

I deliberately left everything untouched -

Just to show you how my room looks,

so that you will remember me.

You look way more excited taking the photo than seeing me.

May I go now?

You want your first visit to end like this?

How callous of you!

First visit?

Yes, for you it's the first time.

But for me, it's the last.

Don't you see how funny you are?

The whole flat is empty.

And you are moving out.

But you keep everything here,

deceiving yourself that nothing has changed.

Wake up will you-Ivy Yu?

Yip Ka Lam-

Can you be more mature?

Do you know why my Mum and Dad want to leave?

They want a brighter future for me.

If you really love me,

you can come and visit me.

I know I’m going to miss you,

and miss this place, that's why I took the photo.

Whenever I miss you,

I'll look at it.

I want you to stay in my world forever.

Do you really know how I feel about you?

It's no laughing matter.

Do you think it funny?

Do you know your words hurt me?

Come on,

'Let's drink a cup of tea and eat a bun!'

And calm down!

Don't play Stephen Chow with me.

Stop mucking around.

Where will you be staying in England

when school begins?

It's a boarding school.

Will you settle in?

Not without you.

I'll take all these with me.

Whenever I think of you, I’ll look at them.

You must write to me.

I was here the other night.

What?

I had a dream.

I was in here.

But you weren't.

All of the sudden, you opened the door

and came back with your luggage.

You told me that you wouldn't go anymore.

You had a massive row with your parents.

You would stay with me forever,

and never leave me.

Shall we die together?

Let's die together.

Fantastic.

Yes?

Remember this gift you bought me on our first date?

The night is changing, dazzling as diamonds, yet so cold.

Watching thousands of neon lights rippling thousands of dreams

On the harbour,

Why are my eyes misty with tears?

Amid the silence, I finally sigh.

You are soon to vanish, vanishing, never to return.

The road ahead is short, let's slow down our pace,

And not depart too soon.

I beg you to stay, and hold this dream in your arms.

I will never get used to all the cold stares around me

If living without you.

Hear the North wind howling, so cold.

Hurry and hold me tighter.

The long skirt dances in the wind, so romantic

But at this moment when people are parting.

The black silk scarf, fluttering in the lonely wind,

Drifts down the harbour.

Standing by thousands of neon lights, alone in the wind,

I watch from afar the ferry sailing away.

The North wind is howling all around

But I no longer feel the cold,

Tonight, the coldest place is within my heart.

I gotta go.

You take good care of yourself.

Can't you stay?

I want to do it with you.

My first time has to be with you.

I want to remember you forever,

remember this place,

this night.

No-please!

We're running out of time.

What am I to you?

Do you know how selfish you are?

You are leaving tomorrow.

What can I do here on my own?

I'll never be able to leave.

Have you thought about how I feel, Ivy?

After sleeping with me,

are you going to pretend that nothing has happened?

Is that it?

Hey-where are you off to?

Don't come near!

What are you doing, Ivy?

I want to jump.

Even now,

you are still so selfish!

What?

You just want to dump me.

You don't really love me!

Do you believe I’ll jump?

I don't!

I'm sorry.

Let's go downstairs okay?

With the blue sky gazing at me,

I contemplate the night,

While it reflects on timeless infinity.

Gathering all senses on the summit,

To hear the murmuring of Night.

Dreams are hard to capture,

I fell captive to dreams,

In dreams I fly with you.

Away! Away!

for I will fly to thee,

Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,

But on the viewless wings of Poesy,

Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:

Already with thee!

tender is the night!

Now more than ever seems it rich to die,

To seize upon the midnight with no pain,

While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad

In such an ecstasy!

Island,

On the island,

How I long to stay.

Forlorn!

the very word is like a bell

To toll me back from thee to my sole self!

Love awakening from its siesta-

Was it a vision,

or a waking dream?

Tender is tonight.

Fled is that music:

Do I wake or sleep?

People say

'First love never ends well.'

But when love comes,

we still plunge into it recklessly

regardless of the outcome.

There's always a first time for everything.

Sadly, first love never lasts.

Yip Ka Lam was my first...

my only dream.

"1997"

"1955 Martial Arts Competition First Prize"

"I, Wong Fei-Hung, don't use violence."

"I love to talk things out."

"Let me grab a chair..."

Wong Fei-Hung is such a virtuous warrior.

"ls this your turf..."

Hello?

Pops!

You haven't left yet?

We're about to board the plane. Is Baby there yet?

Not yet!

She's seeing her friends one last time

before she immigrates to Canada.

Let your granddaughter take care of you for a while.

When she's done with her exams

and I find her a good school, I'll have her join us.

I don't need anyone to take care of me!

I've taken care of myself all these years!

Don't worry, I'll watch Baby for you.

Pops, she doesn't like to be called Baby.

I got it! Bye!

Pops!

Grandpa!

Baby!

It's Samantha now.

What are you talking about?

Something to do with your luggage?

You must love this!

You don't?

You loved these when you were a kid!

You said so yourself. I was a little kid.

I was a toddler then. I'm a teenager now!

People change.

They do?

I used to love Kung Fu

and I still love it after all these years!

If you don't like it, I’ll change them.

Never mind! I love them!

It's good to be nostalgic sometimes.

I got steamed rice rolls and pudding cakes. I'll get them for you.

Eat while it's hot!

It's no good if it's cold.

No need! I already bought a burger.

Western food's no good! Have steamed rice rolls!

I don't like steamed rice rolls!

Then have a pudding cake.

I'll toss this away.

I shouldn't be wasteful...

Jeez, this is pretty good...

I was going to leave after my exams,

but Dad wanted me to keep you company.

I don't need company!

Fly off if you want to!

Grandpa, you're eating my hamburger!

And you're making me eat pudding cake?

Western food aren't as good as pudding cakes!

You never give up on a fight.

Sit down for dinner!

Have some fish.

Thanks.

Grandpa, this tastes too fishy!

Don't spit it out! Don't be wasteful!

But the bones...

Then have some vegetables.

It's so bland... Do you have eggs?

I'll buy some tomorrow.

Then don't worry about me.

I'll make instant noodles later.

I don't have any.

I don't eat junk food.

Eat up!

This rice is hard.

I don't eat soft rice. Just eat.

Good thing I’m not staying long...

Will I miss this place?

I'll miss chatting with you guys on the phone.

We'll just have to rely on e-mail.

You'll have to respond right away, though!

Oh, where were we?

The second question in section A1...

Oh, it's just my grandpa.

I'll call back. Bye.

You should've knocked, Grandpa!

But I'm your grandfather!

Well, I’m a girl!

I get it.

I'm just curious how you can talk on the phone

and study at the same time.

Well, I can't study with you here, Grandpa.

Then I’ll get out of your hair.

There, I knocked!

Don't stay up too late!

Oh my God...

Oh, no...

What's wrong?

Just come in!

What's the matter?

Why didn't you wake me up?!

You didn't ask me to!

Let me help you.

Today's the first day of exams!

Then get a move on!

- Let's go. - Where's my shoe?!

I'll help you look.

My calculator!

Here's your shoe.

Sit down and put it on.

I'll take you to school.

It's fine!

You look like Wong Fei-Hung...

What's wrong with that?

Never mind, I gotta go!

You forgetful girl...

Baby, you forgot your book!

You stepped on my foot!

My foot's injured!

You better pay up!

Let go! I'm in a rush!

People like you need to be taught a lesson!

Take your book.

Grandpa, you're an old man, not Wong Fei-Hung!

Butt out, old fart!

Old fart?!

Apologize!

Sorry, sorry...

In Chinese!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Not to me, to her!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Scram!

Grandpa...

Grandpa!

Are you OK?

I'm fine... Go take your exams!

Will you be OK?

I'm fine, get to your exam.

- Are you sure? - I'm fine, go!

Then I’m going.

- I can walk... - Careful going home!

- I'll be fine. - Take your time.

- You be careful too! - Don't rush...

Be careful!

Spraining my ankle while kicking someone...

I'm getting old!

I can't believe you're such a great fighter, Grandpa.

Of course!

I earned that prize fair and square.

I could fight ten guys at once back in my day.

Now I run out of breath fighting just three guys.

I'm getting old...

You were young decades ago.

Fighting three guys is pretty good at your age!

You were incredible!

Of course!

I don't know what your dad's thinking.

He quit his job and sold his home,

all to start anew somewhere else.

For what?

Why don't you come with us, Grandpa?

No way.

I can't speak or understand a word of English

and I don't know how to drive.

I might as well be deaf, mute and crippled!

Don't worry about not knowing English.

I'll teach you!

Then I’ll teach you a few moves so you won't get bullied over there!

Sure!

I'll teach you English and you'll teach me Kung Fu.

That's a deal!

Who starts learning English at my age?

Can't teach an old dog new tricks!

A for Apple... That's "ping gor".

A for "ping gor".

No, "ping gor" in English is apple.

- You're too fast, Grandpa. - What?

I knew it'd be too fast.

I'll slow it down for you.

A... A po...

Apple!

A... Ai... Forget this!

Give me a boxer's stance.

Boxer's stance!

One, two, three...

Good!

A for apple...

That's right!

Let's do B.

B for boy.

B for boy...

Good!

How did I do, Grandpa?

Good. Now you can protect yourself.

I'm leaving tomorrow, Grandpa.

Write me a letter when you arrive.

I can call you on the phone...

Long-distance calls are expensive.

Just write a letter.

Sure.

Forgive me as I bid farewell

and set off on my own

Who would choose to say goodbye

and go to a far off place?

Forgive me...

- ...as I let your tears fall. - I really can't do those ABCs.

- I feel helpless - It's better to stay here with you,

- and conflicted - don't you think?

If we had a choice,

who would choose such a life?

Who still wants to speak of

right and wrong?

Who understands the circumstances

of our love and resentment?

We may not meet again

after my departure

We shall only meet again

in our dreams

You know our separation

pains and perplexes me

Even when we have no choice,

we must keep facing life head-on

Who is it?

I'm coming!

Surprise!

Speak Chinese!

It's a surprise!

Oh, Baby!

This really is a surprise!

Come sit down.

You've become prettier the last few years.

Let's have dim sum.

Mom and Dad are getting a table now.

Aren't we eating burgers?

You like steamed rice rolls more!

We've been eating burgers the last few years.

We've earned a break!

- Let me get changed first. - OK!

I'm ready!

Ankle-length pants and Hawaiian shirt?

Do I look cool?

Very cool...

But I like the old look better.

Let's go!

You guys aren't going back?

Mom and Dad are staying to keep you company.

I don't need company!

Of course you do.

It's better to have family around.

That's true. It's better...

When we pass the herbal shop,

remind me to buy some flower tablets.

What for?

To kill the millennium bugs!

Homecoming

Yuen Wah Ashley Lam

Directed by Yuen Wo Ping

Make the call!

Buddy, how much is Tom.com at now?

$5.75?

It was $3.50 before lunch!

We have 30 grand.

$5.75, 5,217 shares...

If it hits $8,

we'll each make 4 grand.

Any share on hand?

A target price?

Limit order or market order?

What's the difference?

Sorry, give me a sec.

Limit means you set it at the current price.

Market means you buy whatever's available.

It's at $6 now?

Sorry, let us get back to you.

$6... Will it really reach $8?

That's what the insider scoop said.

Iced milk tea... Iced lemon tea.

My shop's in Wanchai.

I do phone shells and ringtones. Call me!

I don't get it...

How do websites make money?

How can they change the future?

"Internet firms' wealth aren't defined by profitibility."

"Experts and investors believe that these companies have"

"promising prospects and vision that can't be expressed."

"Most internet companies are operating"

"at losses that can be described as bottomless,"

"but it seems they have no problem raising funds for now."

In the future, people will access the internet on their phones

to watch films, listen to music,

check e-mails, book tickets,

read the news, check their stocks and banking...

So what? Buffett has dismissed Internet stocks.

It seems awfully risky.

Investing in internet stocks is progress.

We'll be out of touch if we don't follow.

Without risk, Colombus wouldn't have discovered the Americas.

But he was trying to go to India!

I'm still wary of it...

Then people wouldn't be willing to pay 3 mil

for just 2,000 shares.

We should've bought it at $3.50 yesterday.

Now each of us will make $4,000 less.

I didn't know if my card was maxed out or not!

Wow, it's already at $6.10.

When did you buy in?

At $3.50.

You're still holding it?

Of course I am!

Experts say it can hit at least $40.

I'll think about it when it hits $30.

It's $6.30 now.

Set the price at $6.40.

At least we can make $2,000 each.

Hey, buddy, we want to set $6.40.

People are setting $6.80 now?! We should set $7?!

$7? Will we even make a profit?

I won't even make the interest back...

$7.25... $7.35...

It's $7.50 now!

Put in more money!

What money?

Sorry, we'll call you back!

My mom only lent me $10,000...

I'm scared!

I was just bluffing, I've got no cash either.

Come on! If you guys can do $7,

then so can I.

No way... it's $6.25 now.

It's plummeting... $6?!

Will it really reach $8?

That's what Fat said...

This is crazy! $5.85...

Hello?

There are shares at $5.75. Want it?

Sorry, we don't want it anymore.

In March 2000, Tom.com rose from $1.78 to $15.35.

After the dot-com stock bubble burst in mid-March.

Its price fell to $3.925 in May.

By December, it fell to $1.85.

Amoy residents have been in quarantine for over a day.

Police officers in protective clothing

brought additional metal barriers

to expand...

Poor people...

It looks like they're being shipped off to jail.

One sneeze

and the germs can reach the escalator, stairwell,

lobby, the whole building, then the mall...

People in Guangzhou say white vinegar can kill germs

and isatis roots can stop coughs.

I don't know if that's true,

but isatis root capsule prices are up fourfold

and a bottle of white vinegar now costs $100!

Hey, this is the health product I’m selling.

It's great for weight loss!

Call me for a sample!

Let's talk business first!

These are the best Amoy Garden flats on the market.

Block J, 501 square feet, $800,000.

Block O, 442 square feet, $780,000.

Block E, 462 square feet, $550,000, a bargain!

All looking to cash in A.S.A.P.!

We'll take Block E!

You know you can't see the flat, right?

Ask the owner if she can go lower.

The market's hit rock bottom already.

The land itself costs $2,000 per square feet!

Hi, Mrs. Chan, I have a potential buyer here.

Are you willing to go any lower?

She wants to know how low you want to go.

540 grand.

540 grand... Yes!

520 grand!

520 grand... Yes!

500 grand...

How about 500... Yes!

That's half the original price.

500 grand, 30% down payment, 50 grand each.

We each pay $1,750 a month on a ten-year mortgage.

$970 a month if we choose a 20-year mortgage.

- Stop right there! - Cousin...

You're from Amoy! Stop!

- We went through hell to get out! - Get out of here!

The owner will take 490 grand!

We're buying to sell, we're not living in it...

Don't worry, the value will go back up.

You can't even build a flat for that price.

A bus has arrived at Amoy Garden's Block E.

Residents are queuing to board with their belongings...

They're being quarantined!

They're watching the news.

The owner will go down to 450!

It's so cheap, how can you not take it?

It's so cheap, how can we take it?

When will I see the end of the tunnel?

No way!

I'll get killed if I let you in our home.

Can't we just spend the night in the diner?

Spend the night?! You want me to get shut down?!

I'm dead if anything happens to my diner!

Please, I beg you, just go and leave me alone.

Go away!

Are we being too scared?

During the SARS crisis, property prices plummeted.

In May 2003, the average square-feet price was $1,906.

By May 2019, it rose 760% to $16,397.

Yup... Yup... Uh-huh...

Thanks so much.

Check out these stock numbers!

The firm says they'll skyrocket soon.

Braised tofu and roast pork rice.

Curry brisket rice.

Rice noodles in fish soup.

Write the numbers down!

"Through-Train" connects the HK and Mainland markets,

allowing limitless outflow of capital.

Mainland tycoons can move billions into the market.

And when's the "Through-Train" arriving?

It'll be too late to cash in by the time we know!

What're we supposed to do then?

"Merrill Lynch's report,"

"named 'Millions of Mainland Investors Coming to HK',"

"says Mainland residents can..."

Can what?

Wait, it's loading.

Didn't you download it?

It still takes time to load.

"Mainland residents can trade stocks"

"outside the border."

"The previous annual purchase limit of"

"US$50,000 will be lifted."

Even Merrill Lynch says so!

"The percentage of Mainland investors were 8% in 2002-03"

"and 5% in 2005-06."

Once it starts,

it'll go way higher than just 5 and 8%!

But I hear the U.S. mortgage crisis is serious.

I hear

the government, Wall Street and rating agencies will sweep

the crisis under the rug.

Their stock prices have been skyrocketing.

Hundreds of billions a day in trading volume!

"Through-Train" is just the remedy that the mortgage crisis needs.

The mortgage crisis is due to Americans

spending money they don't have.

The Chinese like saving money. They make money with money.

Even that tycoon says SOE stocks are promising.

Stop overthinking it.

I'm going in hard even if you guys aren't.

The government just raised its stake in HKEX.

How much harder?

$100,000 for each of us!

Sure...

I'm in!

Hey, 0761,

5790, 9413,

at market price, 100 grand's worth each,

sell at double!

That's right. Thanks!

Ice cream sundae...

Fruit salad...

Borscht soup.

We didn't order these.

What the hell...

You ordered 0134, 8547 and 6012, right?

You people must be asleep...

Wait, these are the right numbers...

What the hell did we just buy?

0761, Flower Land.

5190, Extraordinary Electronics.

9413, Chasing Dream Holdings!

What are these?!

We're screwed.

He's not answering...

Keep calling him.

Curry brisket rice is going up...

So are the tofu pork rice and rice noodles...

They're among the top-ten traded stocks!

Even a blind pick can make money?

- A new mini-storage, check it out! - $96.

Thanks. Look at this.

Your change.

Why don't we go in hard again and buy the other three stocks?

My mom only lent me 100 grand.

Forget it, greed will turn into fear.

I've got no money anyway. Let's talk when we cash in.

- See ya! - Bye!

Hey, got a very nice mini-storage here.

I'll leave you two be, bye...

New mini-storage!

See ya...

In November 2007, the "Through-Train" scheme was scrapped.

In 2008, the mortgage crisis broke out.

The HSI dropped from 31,958 to 10,676.

In 2018, the index hit 33,484, a record high.

Where are you?

Where am I?

Excuse me...

Pardon me...

Sir, excuse me...

Sorry, sorry...

I'm at the pier.

I took the ferry here.

Are you at Central Pier?

I guess so.

I haven't been here in ages.

Everything's changed.

Do you see City Hall?

Hello? Hello?

I don't see the damn thing.

Excuse me, is this Central Pier?

Why can't I see City Hall?

(Mandarin) Walk down the bridge and you'll see it.

Over there.

Take a taxi over.

OK, OK...

Queen's Theatre in Central, please.

That cinema's been gone for ages!

Just take me there.

It'll take forever with the traffic, man!

It's faster via the footbridge.

Where are you going?

Central, Queen's Road.

It's close, just walk across the bridge.

Hello?

Talk outside, dude.

Get out.

We'll wait here. Take your time.

Forget it, you guys go shopping.

I want to see how the neighborhood's changed.

You should've said so earlier.

Call me when you're nearby then.

Your old man's lost his way.

Wasn't it better the way it used to be?

The way it used to be?

Before you were born,

this was part of the harbor.

There was no City Hall.

This used to be right next to the water.

Central Pier was the landmark here.

Rebuilding it elsewhere is like digging up the ancestral shrine...

Where's Mom?

There's nothing left for her in Hong Kong.

Everything she knows has been demolished.

She doesn't want to come back...

Kneel. That's right...

Bride, look cuter...

Look this way... That's right...

That's a wedding? That's not traditional...

Forget tradition.

If we don't become westernized, we become fossils.

Even the kids are calling us out of touch!

That's right! Society should be progressive!

Look at digital cameras now.

Just press a button and that's it.

No need to develop the negatives.

But we have used film for so many years.

There's got to be something good about it...

Sir, you can't smoke here.

Really?

Pal, do you know what this is?

This is City Hall.

That's where we are right now.

So what? You can't smoke here.

Why can cigarettes be bought and sold,

but not smoked?

The file's corrupted?

What? Did you lose all the photos?

- No way. - We spent all day taking them.

- Now what? - Don't worry, the camera's fine.

Sorry...

- Can they be recovered? - Sure, don't worry.

It's too loud, I can't hear you.

Are you at Queen's Theatre?

The cinema's gone.

I know. What do you see?

People. Cars.

A lot of buildings.

What else?

People and cars!

Why are you so irritated?

I told you to spend Chinese New Years in the U. K..

I'll go to you, all right?

Do you hear me?

Why are you swearing?

I didn't swear!

You're still swearing!

Daddy, don't swear.

I didn't!

You can't hear a thing I say,

but you hear my every damn thought.

I sent you a Wechat message. Did you get it?

The map shows our location.

Don't go anywhere.

I'm coming over.

Nice shoes, sir.

Visiting from the U. K.?

It's Chinese New Year.

It's a good time to visit the other villagers.

They won't be around after New Years.

This area will be redeveloped soon.

Young man, this will be your world soon.

You guys call the shots.

That's a nice house.

My dad built it in 1954.

Mind we take a look inside?

Come in.

Chinese wedding gown. How traditional!

It's so old-fashioned.

We should've had a destination wedding.

The ceremony was hell on my legs.

Honey, we'll get Western-style bridal portraits taken.

You've been saying that for decades.

Out of the way!

Don't swear.

Are you OK?

Oh, photo time!

One, two, three!

The Groundskeeper God shrine is here!

My name's not "Hello"!

Can you turn down that music?

Stay away from the shrine.

Don't make your dad angry.

Bye...

Pops, our house was so small,

but you could stand that loud rock music I listened to.

I couldn't stand my son's music today...

Now I know how good you were to me.

Remember what I told you?

I do, I tell my son all the time...

Whatever you do,

the most important thing is to live happily.

Our son says he wants to work in America.

Sure!

There are so many guns there. People get killed!

Don't let him go.

Tell him to find a job in Hong Kong.

Sure.

So what kind of job should he get?

Speculation! Gold, silver, real estate...

He'll be rich!

What if he loses money?

Too bad he doesn't want to take over your business...

What's so bad about life now?

He's free all the time

and we can spend time as a family.

Very good! I like it!

Hey, Mr. Hello! Mr. Hello!

Your mom has a headache.

See if she needs to go to the hospital.

Are you in pain?

Does it hurt here?

So? Will Dad let me go to America?

It hurts... It really hurts...

Careful.

Take care of your mom.

OK, I will. No problem.

It's New Years.

Pay the restaurant's bills right away.

I know. Take care of yourself.

Call me when you get to the U. K..

I will.

Gong Hei Fat Choy!

How lovely.

- Thank you. - What do you want to do when you grow up?

You don't know?

Little Wah, what do you want to be?

I want to be a director.

Great answer!

Do you know what a director is?

"The ancestors sow the land" "The young reap the fruits"

Your dad said he liked peace and quiet

and that all he needed was nature.

Isn't it better to bring him back to the U .K.?

There's plenty of nature and land is cheap.

He loved Hong kong!

Do you hear that?

Your dad's swearing...

No...

he said, "Earning a living is tough."

"We should take a break when we can"

"and spend some time with family."

"Help those in need if we can."

Remember, it's not that hard to live happily...

"There are many places better than Hong Kong,"

"but nothing can replace my love for my home."

"Directed by Ringo Lam"

"A mental hospital"

"Emotion Cheung"

So...

"Cheung Tat Ming"

You're from zone A, level 4, room 8.

For today's therapy session,

I'll ask you a few questions, as usual.

For each question,

you'll have three seconds to answer. Understand?

First question. Your name is...

Ann Hui!

You said I had three seconds, so there!

I wasn't finished. I was asking your...

Ann Hui.

You ask me the same question every time.

I may be crazy, but not that crazy.

Don't you know that Ann Hui's a woman?

Hey man, it's like asking if moms are women.

Of course Ann Hui's a woman.

Why don't you ask your mom if she's a woman?

Then are you a man or a woman?

What's wrong with being a woman?

You got something against women?

A woman can't be a director?

Guess what? I'm a director!

Calm down. According to medical evidence,

man and woman do have different organs.

How can I be calm? You're threatening me with organs.

Come on, how am I threatening you with organs?

You may be crazy,

but I should explain myself anyway.

You see, this is backed by medical evidence

and science!

Science?

Don't you know that science is destroying the world?

And you're still dropping science on me?

All right, come on, turn me into a cyborg!

Here comes the cyborg!

Now, science has contributed plenty to humanity as well.

Take recycling, for example.

I support recycling.

Everyone should protect the world.

We should be anti-pollution, anti-war and protect world peace, OK?

Back up your words with actions then. Don't just say it.

What do you have against Ann Hui then?

Is it because I'm a female director?

No, no, no...

Profession is the second question.

I'm asking for your name.

Let me ask you again.

What's your...

Maggie Cheung.

She's an actress, not a director.

Yes, she's a woman,

and I must add:

I'm not against Maggie Cheung becoming a director.

You said profession's the next question.

Figure out what you want to know first, man!

What's your name?

Ann Hui.

You took 4 hours to answer a question,

and you say you're not crazy?

What's your profession?

You're really something...

Now what, Miss Hui?

Of course Ann Hui is a director.

She's not selling steamed rice rolls!

Is this hospital legit?

I haven't had the chance to ask you a question.

What's your name?

Who are you?

I'm your psychiatrist.

Miss Hui, you have Complex Comprehensive Paranoia

and a serious case of Complex Schizophrenia.

I'm here to untangle your complex emotions.

I'd like to help you return to your complex normal life...

I appreciate that.

And you're acting very normal right now...

Much appreciated.

Now you may hypnotize me.

That's not part of this session.

My family hails from Liaoning.

When I was 26, I met a professor in London.

He taught me what love is made of...

I haven't hypnotized you,

so don't pretend that you are.

And no one wants to know how you make love...

You're running away from such an important issue?!

I'm not running away.

I just want to ask you again about your...

Ringo Lam.

I wanted to ask the second question...

Look, the second question is about your profession,

not your name.

And let me remind you,

Mr. Lam is a man.

So decide what your gender is.

Then I’m Johnnie To.

What is this?!

Don't you know?

Ringo Lam and Johnnie To are the same person.

What are you on about Johnnie To?!

How can they be the same person?

They're the same person.

They're not the same person.

They're the same.

- Not the same! - They're the same.

Not the same!

- They're the same. - Not the same!

Not the same!

Not the same... block!

They're not the same!

What are you blocking?

Not the same, block!

The same, block!

Block!

My block!

Block and no bounce backs! That's it!

Profession?

I'm Johnnie To, 15 years old.

Johnnie To doesn't have a hand fetish.

I'm holding... an Austrian Glock 17 pistol.

Assembled in 7 seconds!

Tell me right now:

Who are you?!

Oh, now he's using that trick.

Looks like Dr. Cheung's using every trick he has.

- "Lawrence Lau" - Do you think this treatment will work?

He switched the roles of the doctor and the patient.

If it really works,

it'll be hard to tell who's the doctor

and who's the patient in this hospital.

- "Lam Suet" - If it works, then who cares?

But if it only works halfway,

then doctors and patients will get mixed up.

We won't know who's sick and who's not.

Right. If there's a fire

and all the records burn up,

the people will go out there and rebuild the hospital.

If it goes wrong,

people will mistake a patient for a doctor.

The healthy becomes the sick

and we're royally screwed.

Say, this hospital was burned down before.

It was Dr. Cheung who rebuilt the place.

That's why he set many of the regulations.

Is it possible that Dr. Cheung was a patient?

Are you saying that Dr. Cheung is mentally ill?

Which Dr. Cheung?

The one standing and posing.

I'll ask again: Who are you?

Since you're so hung up on it,

I'll tell you: I’m Ringo Lam.

You quack doctor,

prove that you're him.

I came back to Hong Kong from Canada in the 80s.

I didn't talk about anything else.

All I talked about was loyalty!

After all, men can't be brothers without loyalty!

Brothers must... Bam!

You got it wrong, Brother.

That's John Woo.

It doesn't matter. They're both tough dudes.

Hey, hey, don't mess around...

Don't take my book, man.

Give it back!

So you're not a doctor, either, you nonsensical man.

I've suspected you all this time. Now I'm going to expose you.

You won't guess who I am. Hand me that book back.

I finally forced your real identity out...

You're Tsui Hark!

Seriously? Are we going there?!

- We're going there! - I'm not him...

You love to argue, so you must be Tsui Hark!

When you were 8, you didn't know how to communicate with the world.

Kids wouldn't play with you.

Those who wanted to play with you didn't know how to.

You hid away and pretended to be cultured,

but you were secretly reading wuxia novels!

Tell me, what do you do?

I'm a director!

A director?! What are you making?

Septet: The Story Of Hong Kong

Septet?

So are you a director or a conductor?

Chinese or Western music?

What are you talking about?

It's a film with 7 directors, each telling a different story.

Where's the orchestra? Are you shooting an MV?

They are different.

Open your mind, man!

What matters is that they're shot on film.

It's a tribute to film.

Film? What's that?

People still use that stuff?

No one's developing them anymore.

Have a cake.

I can't make it when I’m stuck in here.

Let me out, and I'll show you.

You're a nut! What if you lose your marbles on set?

That's poppycock.

Who's the crazy one here?

Who's the doctor?

I'm the doctor, of course.

I have the white coat on!

Heh heh, white coat?

One, two, three! Go!

Hypnosis over.

And that's a wrap on today's session.

Why am I here?

We're done!

Who's treating whom?

It's a wrap!

The new treatment we used today

seems to be getting a response from the patients in the next room.

Keep them under observation.

I think they're benign and curable.

Go watch the video of the session

and write me a report.

Yes, Chief.

I wonder which one was the normal one.

We'll treat the one that looked abnormal.

Well, it's not like we have anything better to do.

Might as well do something to kill time.

And you are?

Ann Hui.

Maggie...

- Maggie Cheung. - My pleasure...

Shall we exchange business cards?

Who uses business cards? Scan me.

Scan me first. Let me get the QR code...

Right here. I’ll scan you.

That's not it. This is a QR code.

It says right here.

QR codes don't look like that.

I'll scan you. I'm above you.

I don't like being under you...

Get someone to take care of it...

Man, that story was deep.

What do you think?

It's trying to be stylish, I guess, but that was such a dud!

Aren't you Ann Hui?

Come on, you called us here.

Don't play dumb.

I just got confused by them...

By the way...

Aren't you Maggie Cheung?

You look more like Maggie Cheung, Tsui Hark!