Birth of the Dragon Page #3

Shut up. Shut up.

Slick. Really slick.

That's auntie blossom?

She doesn't look like a gangster.

She doesn't even look like an aunt.

Well, she shakes down

half the shops in Chinatown.

And that scary guy behind her...

That's Bobby chen, her bodyguard.

Nobody messes with that guy.

Do you see those two tree stumps behind me?

Mm-hmm.

That's wai fu and king lau,

they run collections for her.

Word is aunt b is gonna raise

the street tax again

and guess what?

Bruce Lee don't pay,

Vinnie wei don't pay either.

Vinnie, you're no Bruce Lee.

Come on, let's go.

I ain't eat nothin' yet.

I can't afford this stuff.

What's bugging you?

Wong Jack man.

-Just ignore him.

-I can't, Frankie.

He may be the only person in this world

who can tear down everything

I've been working so hard to build up.

Has he challenged you?

Not yet.

So it doesn't matter then.

It does matter, Frankie.

A lot of people in Chinatown

don't like the fact that I teach whites,

that I married one.

And if wong establishes himself

as a top dog here,

everything could change for me.

Sooner or later...

Gonna have to fight him.

Xiulan.

You cannot do this. They will see us.

I got you something.

It's an English grammar book.

Thank you.

I was tired this morning.

You were tired this morning.

He was tired this morning.

We were tired this morning.

Quan xiulan,

do not speak to any outsiders.

Not as long as you're under my roof.

Please, furen, when will my service end?

When I say that it ends.

So,

if king lau ever sees you

teaching English to other bi nu again...

Hey!

Master wong!

Mr. mckee.

Where you headed?

I have always wanted to see

the golden gate bridge.

Well, hop on.

-Really?

-Yeah, come on.

Thank you.

It is truly magnificent.

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

The bridge is the first thing

i saw when I moved here.

You're not from San Francisco?

I'm from Indiana.

What wonders do you have in Indiana?

A big car race in Indianapolis once a year,

and corn. Lots and lots of corn.

Do they have kung fu there?

I never heard of it until I came here.

-Really?

-Mm-hmm.

Tell me about sifu Lee.

He has big plans for kung fu.

He's making a movie,

and he wants to get into TV.

Kung fu on television?

For what purpose?

To make more people aware

of the importance of kung fu.

Even in everyday life.

Ah...

What is the value of kung fu to you?

The tougher you are,

the more people respect you?

Is that why you took kung fu,

to be tough?

Stand up for myself.

In northern Shaolin,

kung fu

is about self discipline and self discovery.

For us,

kung fu does not reside in the fists,

it resides in the soul.

Let me give you a lift back into town.

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