Year of the Dragon Page #2

very difficult. Very, very difficult.

There's a long history.

For thousands of years,

Chinese do not go to the police.

If they go to the police,

they'll get in trouble.

So I'll tell you straight.

Nobody will come to see you.

You tell him what we mean.

No disrespect is intended

to the police by our remarks.

But if the citizens of Chinatown regard

what you call extortion and bribery...

...as part of the cost of business, and have

felt that way for thousands of years...

...why should you be so concerned?

What about the ones

that don't wanna pay?

You tell him.

When I first came to New York,

I worked as a waiter in a restaurant.

Something terrible happened

because my boss did not want to pay.

I signed a complaint against

a gang leader who was arrested.

Next day, he was out on the streets again.

Now, six months go by before his trial...

...and the police chief was transferred

to the Bronx.

This was, what, six or seven

chiefs before mcKenna?

Seven.

And the new chief dropped the charges.

Three months later I

got stabbed right here.

Show him. See?

You must understand, captain. To us,

your Good Samaritan was a fool...

...to risk the security of his family

to help a stranger.

You're too impressed with yourself.

F*** you.

What did you say?

- I said, f*** you.

I'm tired of all this

'Chinese this, Chinese that.'

You people, you think gambling,

extortion, corruption are kosher?

Because it's 1 000 years old?

Well, all this 1 000-year-old stuff,

it's a lot of sh*t to me.

This is America you're living in,

and it's 200 years old.

So you better get your clocks fixed.

You're not special,

and you're not beyond the law...

...any more than the Puerto Ricans

or the Polacks.

So we're all gonna obey the law

the way it says.

So start doing something about it,

and fast. or you're all gonna suffer.

You can believe that.

How will we deal with this?

morning, Stan.

morning, Stan.

- Hi, Stan.

morning, Stan.

- morning, Stan.

He's early.

- He's always early.

I got a complaint about you already.

- There's a line around the block.

Harry Yung is very upset

about you busting...

...into his place of business

on a day of mourning.

He says you're threatening

the arrangement we've always had.

What is this arrangement? Is it carved in...

stone? Did it come

out of a burning bush?

What the hell did you rush in there for?

You made them lose face,

you made us lose face.

They were just sitting there,

having breakfast.

What kind of evidence

did you have to go in there?

With these people, you won't have any.

- You're talking sh*t, Stanley.

Lou, I didn't buy this job.

You gave it to me.

I told you to kick ass

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