Shadow Magic Page #4

a new grandfather.

His life is suddenly full of hope.

And there's Xiao Xing...

with her lover.

What a smile she has for him.

I can capture all this

with that machine.

You see what I mean?

What do you think?

What does it matter what I think?

It matters.

It matters very much.

You're important to me.

I think about you often...

Miss Tan.

Revenues have dropped

considerably, sir.

Lord Tan, how have you been?

Please, sit.

Your photograph.

It's kind of you to bring it to me.

It's my privilege, sir.

See how it captures

your magnificence?

The lighter background...

makes your shoulders appear broader.

The darkness of the foreground...

suggests strength.

He means to say

you're very photogenic.

Greetings, Master Ren.

Lord Tan, I have news for you.

It's the same foreigner...

who disrupted your photo session.

They call it Shadow Magic.

Shadow Magic?

Master Ren,

there's a Western show in town.

They play ghostly tricks

in the dark.

It's surprising...

how many of our people...

are captivated by its spectacle.

Our opera is an ancient art.

It takes years to turn a student...

into an artist.

Why should we compare ourselves...

to this "Shallow Magic"?

It's called Shadow Magic.

The foreigner had trouble at first.

But then...

after a young Chinese man...

started helping him,

business picked up.

Pathetic.

Our culture will be destroyed...

by our own people.

I'm gonna show you

a new foreign trick.

I'm gonna show you

a new foreign trick.

There we go.

Here, put that in the middle.

Then you get a little bit of glue.

It's called "splicing."

Okay.

Ready?

Yeah.

Hey, how did that happen?

- That's called editing.

- Editing?

- Editing, yeah.

- Editing.

Watch this. Ready?

Watch.

Just fooling around, you know?

How'd they get on this reel?

Family. Your family.

That's right-- family.

To my sister.

To my nephews.

Don't worry.

Now...

I take care of Raymond.

Raymond...

how can put that

on the Shadow Magic?

Put what?

- Kissing.

- Kissing.

Kissed many girls, have you, Liu?

No, never.

You know how to flirt,

don't you?

Flirt?

You tell her that...

she's the most beautiful woman...

you've ever seen

in all your life.

No, no.

Exaggerating.

Women can't believe.

She'll believe it if you mean it.

When you fall in love,

you'll mean it.

Raymond.

I have a beautiful woman...

in my heart, here.

But my father...

want me to marry...

a rich widow, you know?

- Yeah.

- He think it's good for me.

But I want to marry--

Why can't you live your own life?

Why not marry her?

How? No possible.

Why not?

Her here, rich.

My family, you know.

Long distance.

I thought Shadow Magic...

could change my situation.

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