Now where has the Monkey King gone?
Oh, the great Monkey King!
There's no hurry, Monkey.
The Celestial Emperor has asked you to look after his horses.
To look after his horses!
But the Monkey king didn't kneel down.
He didn't understand the rules of Heaven.
"Kneel!" said the Celestial Emperor.
"Monkey is ignorant of the rules of Heaven!"
"He shall look after my horses!"
Oh, how the Monkey king ran those horses!
No one could run the horses as fast as he!
How many more sacks are there, Black Skin?
Two sacks.
Then you and Longhair can each carry one.
Done!
How much money do you have now?
You guys take it easy.
If you want to help him, just offer him something to eat.
If it's money they want, no way!
Alright?
Anyhow, if you want to help him out, just offer him a bite to eat.
There's nothing more you can do.
How many times do you go to the recycling plant everyday?
A few times.
Sometimes I go once every two or three days.
Sometimes once a day.
How many half-kilos was that?
Twenty-one.
So that's 21 plus fourteen.
And that was 14 half-kilos, right?
Right fourteen plus 21.
I'll bring some more this afternoon.
When I first came here, you know, it felt like the big city.
It felt different. The feeling was different.
But after I came! Geez!
I realized it was really tough making money here!
Just making ends meet was hard.
At first I was full of hope. It was even fun.
Especially when I first came to Nanjing Road.
There used to be an overpass in front of the First Department Store.
When I first arrived, I saw so many people and cars there.
The views were great. The lights were so beautiful!
Like me they're just to make a living, you know. What else can they do?
What a pain in the ass!
We haven't known each other that long, right?
I don't want to bother with it now. What's in it for me?
What's in it for me if I go to the recycling plant?
I'd rather enjoy myself.
Why work so hard just so they can live it up?
Just think about it!
And you can't go there by yourself, right?
You need two or three people.
On the way, you also have to buy stuff to eat and drink.
It's at least three yuan per person Three times five makes 15.
And with drinks it comes to 20 or 30 yuan!
How much can you make? Not enough even for food!
And what if they order more?
One yuan here two yuan there. Doesn't sound like a lot.
But there are so many people it adds up!
You're talking a lot of money!
It's a lot of money. And they borrow from me too.
Why the hell do I lend them money?
Crap! I just scrape along!
If I treat them it'll break me. No way!
Working here I can earn two or three hundred in 10 days.
Look how much time you waste!
Yeah, I make nothing. What I do make they eat!
It's not that you don't make enough.
It's that you waste too much.
There's no Mob Boss on Nanjing Road.
General Chiang Kai-shek was the only Mob Boss.
Chiang Kai-shek was head of the Big Rascals Gang in Shanghai.
Chiang Kai-shek. Now he was a tough one!
His army was eight million strong.
But Mao Zedong beat them off to Taiwan!
Jiang Zemin waved his hand.
And there were laid-off workers all over the land!
I was on China Central Television this one time.
The newspapers did a story about me too.
Reporters came and interviewed me.
That was on Tienanmen Square in Beijing.
How many bottles did you collect today?
Shit! Someone stole my bottles! I had 61 yesterday.
Fuck. Why didn't you sell them?
It's been a while since I've surfed the Web.
[Black Skin and Ah Qiao strip wiring to remove the valuable copper.]
More than three weeks.
It's just over a quarter kilo. About seven liang.
How much money is that?
Just over 4 yuan.
Hiya, Boss!
Here little brother! Put this shirt on. It's wet.
Oh! No No.
Come on. Swap it!
Hurry up! Otherwise we'll take it from you!
Listen, there's competition everywhere.
I have a hand buggy. Others have those big tricycles.
Some earn 5 cents from a half-kilo of cardboard.
Some just earn 25 cents. Screw that!
How do they do business? They compete, that's how.
Competition. That's how they do it.
The other day, I was collecting cardboard.
"They want to put us hand buggie guys out of business."
They get 85 cents for one kilogram of cardboard.
I wonder if they're crazy.
But if they buy stuff for that price I do it too. I'll take whatever they bring to me.
But there's no profit in it. Nothing!
[A bicycle recently stolen.]
It seems alright, huh?
Do you want it or not?
Come on! Do you want it or not?!
If you don't want it I'll lock it back up.
Does the bicycle work. OK?
One brake works but not the other.
Come on, pay up!
Can you call Black Skin over?
Because he runs things around here.
(Ah Qiao) Fuck you! I'll bust your teeth into pieces!
Fuck! Just pay up!
Yeah! Just what he said. Pay up.
How much for each one?
Eight altogether.
You've got a helper.
There's Anhui. Then there's "Little Anhui".
Anhui and his posse were just released a few days ago.
And Long Hair too. Yeah, he's the deaf one. They're in a gang together.
That other guy, "Big Gorilla", and Shangdong. They'll be in jail until National Day on October 1.
They made decent money, that gang.
They stole electrical cable and made a few hundred yuan a day.
They did gutsy stuff. Like stealing manhole covers to sell.
They would steal a ton at a time or three thousand yuan worth.
The last time they stopped a taxi to help carry their stuff.
They hid the manhole covers in a bag.
They loaded them into the back of the cab.
But the driver called the cops and they got caught.
The whole thing happened just over there.
By stealing scrap metal you make money a lot faster than we do.
After he got caught, Anhui changed his ways.
One, two, three!
Put a bit of muscle into it!
Bye. See you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow, Anhui.
Where the hell is Black Skin?
You can't make much from collecting bottles.
For these bottles you'd get two cents at the most.
Less than Black Skin earns.
Crap! It's such bullshit!
Sometimes Anhui buys them at 15 cents or 13 cents.
We pay more for our bottles.
Our profit is lower that way. But for us it's all about quantity.
Come on 14 yuan? Give him 15.
Ten bottles. That's 1.6 yuan. Two bottles. How much is that?
Give him more. One yuan more. It's more than 17 yuan.
Shut up!
But you always underpay people!
Black Skin is always off drinking with the delivery guys. He drinks and drinks.
He just left the handing of the money up to Ah Qiao.
They had a few beers after packing up the stuff. Then they sold it.
Ah Qiao split right after that.
Where can they go looking for him?
He's long gone.
The money my friend loaned me is gone too.
I'll just have a drink I don't give a shit.
I've just now been cheated There's nothing I can do.
When I have money, I'll pay him back. Then I'll split.
Seven half-kilos.
That's 22 yuan.
You should give me another half yuan change!
How many half-kilos? That's two kilos.
Four times four makes 16.
25 yuan. You should give me another half yuan! Right?
Isn't that right?
Sometimes I'll pull the copper out of the electrical wires. A half-kilo fetches more than 20 yuan.
My head hasn't been clear since Ah Qiao cheated me.
Now I've got maybe 100 yuan left.
Black Skin will never make any kind of real money.
He can't do anything right.
He makes just enough to eat on.
He still owes me 100 yuan. He's never paid me back.
Now Black Skin only has 100 yuan to his name.
He cheats money from others. Others cheat it right out of him.
When things were going well for him three days ago.
He acted like a big shot.
He treats everyone and starves himself!
He's such an ass!
He always gets things mixed up in his head.
And he talks like an idiot.
I settled accounts with him fairly.
It was 450 yuan.
450 yuan.
So he owes you 450 yuan?
(Speech unintelligible)
What do you mean?
Hubei. Hubei owes me money.
He borrowed 150 yuan from me to see the doctor.
(Speech unintelligible)
So you're saying Shandong owes you a total of 450.
And now he's gone to his sister to ask for money.
(Speech unintelligible)
Is he going to repay you when he gets back?
No, he won't.
He won't even if I keep pushing. Even if I piss him off.
If he has the money when he comes back, will you ask for it?
No I won't.
I'd ask for it if I wanted it.
You know?
So you're not planning to ask for it back?
I'll see what kind of mood he's in.
If he's cool I'll ask him to pay it back. If not, forget it.
So where is his sister?
She's at the train station.
I've had it with this begging bowl
I can't stand it here in Shanghai.
When I have enough money I'll leave.
This bowl is OK. But it's a disgrace to beg with it.
I paid one yuan for this bowl.
I feel ashamed today.
Because in one whole day I got just 12 yuan from begging.
Watch me I'm going to bust this bowl into pieces!
I don't need it anymore. I'll earn money by recycling bottles.
Screw begging!
People look down on you.
Nobody gives you anything.
Shanghai people say "You goddamned country beggar!"
I answer: "Back in the 1970s [the Communists] Packed you off to Anhui."
"And where were you, dammit!"
"You lived in our cattle pens. We didn't even let you live with human beings."
You know, you've got to have your own style to beg.
A good heart and you live to the full.
Husband and wife together growing old!
The mayor is free from care.
In the next life he'll be charge d'affaires!
Just depends on your ability!
When the queen calls you Son.
When the time comes you'll rule all Heaven!
A man of good heart and deed.
Will find a pretty wife indeed!
The earth will be their bridal suite.
And they'll make love all nice and sweet.
By five or six their son recites verses.
He enters college at twelve.
He goes abroad at fifteen.
He travels to the corners of the earth.
Visits every province under the sun.
You ask, what is his position?
Jiang Zemin waved his hand.
And there were laid-off workers all over the land!
Chairman Mao lived in glory.
But he never saw a mobile phone!
Great waves rippling on the Yangtze River.
Hong Kong and Macao have come back to us. So why not Taiwan?
Because Taiwan hatched a rotten egg.
That dirty scoundrel Lee Teng-hui.
President Hu Jintao had so little grace. When SARS came around he wore a mask on his face.
Under Mao we were all dirt poor.
Deng Xiaoping had perks galore.
Just a glance from President Jiang.
Do you know Shanghainese? Please, help a guy out.
(Shanghainese) I won't say anymore.
Two nights ago there was this Chinese girl looking for foreigners here.
"Hello! Kiss me! Hug me!" Then she asked for money.
She cheated the foreigner out of his money.
I say, are all the Chinese men dead?
He has a big cock and lots of money. Is that why?
But many foreigners are perverts.
In Shenzhen, if a foreign lady is interested in you.
She'll change your clothes. It doesn't matter how dirty you are.
When the sun comes up, she'll give you 500 in cash.
You'd kill yourself trying to make that much by collecting bottles.
I won't go stealing if I haven't had a drink first.
After I've gotten some liquor in me, then I'll go steal stuff.
But without drinking I wouldn't dare.
If someone's stuff was sitting right here I still wouldn't take it.
Because I feel weird about it. Not afraid, just weird.
If I take it they'll be anxious about it.
Actually, I'm a decent guy.
But when I'm drunk I just can't control myself.
I steal the insignias from luxury cars.
You know, like the Mercedes Benz symbols.
The older model symbols.
The new symbols cost about 20,000 yuan in the auto repair shop.
I steal them and sell them to the repair shops.
Some of the better bosses give me about 5,000 or 6,000 yuan each.
The cheaper bosses just give me 4,000 yuan.
You know, the original Benz symbols.
They were made of silver.
The new Benz symbols are stainless steel.
But they're still worth something.
So I think now you understand.
When a boss drives up to a restaurant.
Why he takes the Benz symbol off...
When he comes out, he'll put the symbol back on the car.
How long did they lock you up?
One year and three months.
Do you see how young this fellow is? He just got out of jail too.
He's been out for just a few days.
They locked him up for about five months.
Do you know Anhui's brother?
Yeah, everyone here knows that.
Anhui's father died long time long ago.
They're from a poor family.
As they say, "Small shoulders can bear heavy burdens".
Which university does your brother study at?
Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei city.
Is going to college something you want to do too?
Sure. But I can't.
My brother came here to see me.
That was around Spring Festival.
He's gone back now.
I'm awake.
I'm wide awake.
You cried again yesterday, Black Skin.
Do you know why I cried?
I spent a hundred yuan in two days. How could I not cry?
Besides, I owe people money.
If I hadn't cried yesterday, would Big Fatty have given me that money?
Huh? Who would've given me the 100 yuan?
Either you owe money, or other people owe you.
The bill was 55 yuan each. That's what Big Fatty said?
He said it would be 55 for each of you and 50 for Little Anhui.
I went into the restaurant with Big Fatty.
We both went into the restaurant and ordered something.
A while later, Black Skin...
We were sitting there and we saw Black Skin come in.
He said, "Why do you think I followed you guys in?"
He was really pissed off.
Don't make fun of me, Anhui. It's not funny.
What is there worth saying?
The 900 yuan I lost to Ah Qiao is my own business!
How would I explain myself if it was me who took the money?
I owe Big Fatty 500 yuan.
But Ah Qiao ran off with the cash.
I didn't spend a cent. I'll pay all of it back to Big Fatty.
What then?
I wouldn't do something so dishonest.
I wouldn't give people cause to look down on me.
If someone else owed Fatty they'd have split.
What kind of person owes that much and just splits?
OK, I've said enough.
My love, fly slowly, slowly.
The flowers are intoxicated for you.
My love, fly together with me.
The flowers are intoxicated for you.
My-love, fly slowly, slowly.
We'll fly to the riverside.
My love, masquerade with me.
There is no sadness in this Spring of love.
Be careful.
When did you get here this morning?
You don't know?
I didn't wake up until 6am this morning.
Stop! Stop! Stop!
They said they had some newspapers and wanted to know if I wanted them.
I knew I did if I could underweight it.
Five kilos I weighed it up for her.
She didn't have any idea how you weighed it, right?
That's because she hadn't weighed it herself.
Weigh up a little less for her next time.
It's shameful you know.
You've done the same thing before haven't you?
I cheated her last time by telling her it was 70 cents for a half kilo.
She said 65 cents per half-kilo.
I told her it's 70 cents on Nanjing Road.
How much did you buy this stuff for?
I bought it for 45 cents per half-kilo.
I gave her too much anyway.
I gave her an extra 20 cents. That means I worked for free.
Don't film any more. We're thieves trying to do our work
I sleep over there everyday. Near the place that sells sports lottery tickets.
Just over there. That's where I sleep sometimes.
I slept there today too.
Over there by the bank.
I don't have memories of home anymore.
I just want to go back and see my younger brother.
That's all.
Nobody there is going to give you money.
I'll care care of that problem myself.
Do you have any idea how you would do it?
Well, let me see.
I don't have any money on me today.
But then maybe.
I'll think of some work I can do.
You're so young! Nobody will give you work
I'm sure someone will.
Sometimes I just go hungry. There's no other way.
If nothing works out I'll starve.
Nobody gives me money to go to school.
My father is at home right now.
He has to borrow money from others just to eat.
What does your father do?
Nothing. He just screws around.
What about your mother?
She's gone.
She left when I was six years old.
Do you have any idea where she is?
She might be here in Shanghai.
Does she know you're here?
Yeah, she knows.
My mother knows I'm here.
I've been to her house before.
I went to her house I even showed her my train ticket.
She didn't believe at first that I'd taken the train back to Shanghai.
So I showed them the ticket.
Does your mother treat you well?
If she did she'd come looking for me, right?
I'm sure she would be good to you.
Be good to me?
I wouldn't be like this if she was good to me.
Actually, my younger brother is worse off than me.
How old is your younger brother?
He's 10 years old.
And what about you?
I'm 14 years old. 14.
I sold some bottles and got just over one yuan.
I saw ferries on the river but didn't know how much to ride one.
It said "50 cents" on the sign, so I paid.
It took me over to the east side of the Pu River.
I saw the Oriental Pearl Tower. Not such a big deal actually.
I imagined it would be beautiful. With lots of flowers.
That's what others told me. But when I saw it, I wasn't impressed.
No big deal really.
All I saw was people moving really fast.
Over there on the east side you'll die if you're too slow.
Really, I'm not joking.
There are crowds of people jostling with each other.
It's silly. You'll kill yourself that way.
I'm not joking with you.
I'm not kidding.
Even if you're a star like Jet Li it doesn't matter.
What did you get into a fight about?
You know, Fatty Lee, who buys bottles off other people.
He's over there by First Department Store.
So that's why I fought him.
It wasn't a big deal.
But that kid was so little.
And Fatty Lee grabbed him by the neck.
Then he just threw him.
He's a decent kid. We should protect him.
I told Fatty Lee, "Look, we're all trying to survive."
"If you kill someone's kid, what are you going to do then?"
I may be rough.
But if you mess with me I'll stab you dead.
Just try me out and see.
I'll slice you up.
I don't have a diploma. No qualifications.
That's what I know.
Hacking with a knife.
I don't know anything else.
If I'm really pissed off, I'll hack someone to pieces.
I can't do anything other than that.
What do I know? That's it.
If Fatty Lee lays a hand on the kid again I'll slice him up.
Who was the kid? Little Guizhou?
The kid with the narrow eyes.
Little Guizhou's in jail for stealing right now.
I walked over and said, "Hey, kid"
"You go over and give Fatty Lee a good whipping"
You know, using an iron chain.
I meant he should go after Fatty with a chain.
After the kid whipped Fatty with the chain, Fatty grabbed him.
So I went over and slashed at him with my knife.
I got him once.
The knife caught him on the arm, right here.
Then I took another slash at him.
I slashed twice.
After that, the last time I went over to Fatty.
I said, "Hey, Fatty!"
"I'm sorry about all that. Let me buy you a drink"
He said: "You'll give me two slashings while we're drinking."
Want to know who I fear most? This guy here.
Not anyone else.
When I was sent to jail this one time.
He was the only one who waited for me to get out.
He didn't even go home.
I was released in June. He was here.
He's a true friend.
I'm not saying I can't get over it.
But you just can't mess around with guys like Anhui.
I could press charges and the cops would lock him up tomorrow.
But he's already spent a year in jail. No use at all.
If it had been you, you'd have gotten him to cover the medical costs.
Money is the toughest part about the whole thing.
If you're arrested for fighting, the cops ask if you have money.
They'll say "Why did you fight if you don't have money?"
Every cop talks that kind of shit.
That's all. I'll stay away from Anhui.
Water under the bridge. I'll keep my month shut.
Let's grab a bite to eat.
Crawl in a hole and die!
You crawl in a hole and die!
Me? I'll live to be 500.
OK, count them.
Live to 500 and you'll see the Communist Party collapse.
Seven, eight, nine, ten.
Nine. This is mine I dropped it.
What? You dropped it?
Mmm Nine, ten.
That's 42 yuan.
Why 42 yuan?
Twenty-five bottles.
Ah? But 20 bottles comes to 34 yuan!
20 bottles comes to 34 yuan.
Does five bottles come to 80 cents or 90 cents?
So it's 4.3 yuan.
Do you want the 30 cents?
Why don't I hold on to it for now?
It's my sweat and toil Why wouldn't I want it?
If an esteemed sister helps me out with just 20 cents.
I can buy oil and salt with it.
And two bags of fertilizer for my fields.
The soybeans and corn will earn over 20,000 yuan.
I'll be able to buy pigs and sheep after that.
Then warplanes, battleships and grenades.
What fear will I have then of the foreign aggressors?
The longsword chops, the short sword stabs.
The bosses are out there making stabs.
They slaughtered all their hogs.
They bought automobiles and apartment blocks.
Too much to spend, so they put it in the bank.
A young girl, 17 and not a week.
A nice short skirt showing off her cheeks.
When the boss sees her he grins.
Another girl is ten plus eight.
She marries a man who's 88.
Never mind that I'm up in years, he said
I've got cash coming out my ears instead.
Tonight I'll make at least 800.
If I don't find work tonight.
There's no work left in Shanghai.
Last year I stole handbags.
I did whatever I had to. Shit!
We stole this one guy's bag while he was on the crapper.
His name was Li Yaowan, I think.
A manager.
I returned his notebook computer and he gave me 3,000 yuan.
One of those portable computers.
His mobile and digital camera we sold for.
Maybe 18 or 19 thousand.
It was all cash.
You know, last year.
I was on Nanjing Road. I'm not kidding you.
I was walking on Nanjing Road.
And I walked with this 500 yuan bill stuck to my shoe.
I walked all the way to the restaurant.
You know, on Fujian Road there's that northwestern joint.
We were hanging out there, getting a bite to eat.
So we were at the northwestern restaurant eating.
The waitress saw the bill and said, "Brother, you dropped your money."
What? Dropped my money? Where?
On your shoe, she said. So I looked down and saw the 500.
I had no idea where it came from.
500 right there on my shoe!
It was stuck there with chewing gum.
Last year, in the afternoons...
It was packed with people here. Four o'clock.
Tons of people were selling lamb kebabs, gum and stuff.
There aren't that many this year.
Now there aren't so many people. The cops don't let them in here.
Now there's nothing. Nothing.
You mean I'm cheating you?
Are you saying you didn't screw me?
I should give you 30 yuan. Is that it?
You tell me. Did I cheat you?
It's 25 yuan for the plastic ones.
You sold me the plastic ones at 35 yuan. You're made bundles!
The cardboard boxes should be weighed separately.
Hey, spot me three yuan so I can eat.
Give me a cigarette first.
I'll give you one back when Anhui comes.
Where's Anhui?
Oh, you're filthy!
Give me a cigarette.
Okay.
You tried to grab one! Forget it!
You get nothing!
Trying to rob me, eh?
If you hadn't tried to steal it you'd have one now.
It smells so good!
Do I smoke? Yeah, I do.
Actually, I don't smoke.
I'll see you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow, dumbshit!
Give me some money so I can eat.
Give me money so I can buy a box of fried noodles.
If I give you this I'll have nothing left.
All I want is three lousy yuan!
That's nothing!
I still owe 20 yuan.
Idiot! No, you're not an idiot, alright?
Do you really mean NO?
I don't care if you eat or not Fuck!
Please. Please give me some money to eat!
Leave me alone!
Don't screw with me again!
Yeah, whatever.
Oh, 17 cents for each bottle!
Trying to put me out of work?
I can't earn anything gathering bottles? Nothing.
What were you doing just now?
Nothing.
Say it again! Say it again and see what I do.
So what if I collect bottles here?
[Black Skin is in Anhui's territory]
There's one more. Who took it?
What are you shouting about? You come do it.
I don't get in your way.
I don't care who you are.
Who the hell do you think you are?
Try saying that again!
I'm keeping quiet.
I lost my work.
I've got nothing to say.
When I finish this, I'm going to bed.
Crap! You guys have made me broke!
Was it me who spent all your money?
Don't come bitching to me.
I'll give you 300. You can pay it back tomorrow.
You're lending me 300?
Count it up yourself.
If you eat it all up, you'll be broke tomorrow.
Everyone knows that when my cash comes out, it's for the lottery.
No money in my pockets. Just lottery tickets.
Yeah, he knows that's the way it is.
Brother Hu, even if I use the cash up now.
I'll pay it back later. Believe me?
They want my cash to get food and drinks.
They feel sorry for me and give me 3 or 4 yuan.
Fatty Lee called me over there to help out.
I took my bottles over.
I told Fatty the price for my bottles was negotiable.
He thinks I wanted to go to him.
At the recyclers I can sell them for 29 or 3 yuan.
I was with Fatty for two hours today I got there at 430.
I was there helping him all day but didn't even get a bite to eat.
Fatty Lee is a cheap bastard!
This morning, really early.
He asked me how much liquor I could drink in a sitting.
I told him two big bottles of strong wine.
Wine in bulk or bottles. Or beer by the can.
You know, I get into fights when I'm drunk.
But not like Black Skin. He grabbed the cop's hat.
You know?
He wasn't fighting actually.
He went in trying to break up a fight.
When he went in and beat his fist on the table.
He put the cop's hat on his own head!
He was drunk as a skunk!
Hubei was getting into this fight, right.
And Black Skin went over.
The police passed by just as he was getting them to break up.
He just kept drinking.
When the police came by, he started talking shit to them.
Then he snatched the cop's hat and put it on.
He even shoved the cops around a bit.
If he's lucky, he'll be out of jail today. More likely in 10 days.
If it's bad, he'll be in jail for a few months.
Maybe even a whole year.
Out-of-towners like Black Skin have a tough time here.
There's no way to get an income.
No. And even gathering bottles is tough.
It's really hard!
It's really tough to live like this.
The only way for them is to steal.
They stole some stuff last winter.
During wintertime some guys head south.
Those are the ones who can't steal.
They head south.
Others support themselves by saving up for wintertime.
They collect fewer bottles in the winter.
And supplement that with savings.
There's another group of people.
They steal bicycles to get by.
Or street lamps to recycle as scrap.
Or electrical wires.
Or copper signs like they have in the shopfronts.
They steal that kind of stuff.
Billboards too.
Anything made of stainless steel or aluminum alloy.
Who was it that asked me to bring the beer bottles over?
[Hubei owes the man money for beer bottles]
The bottles from Guangming Store?
Not me I usually buy bottles from over there.
Guangming Store?
That was during the National Day holiday.
You're confused.
Yeah! You broke a bottle and the shopkeeper made me pay for it!
What's the matter?
Crap!
Fuck it! They all think they're tough shit!
Give it to me!
Why? What for?
Come on! Come on.
Hey, Big Brother!
Where are you right now?
The Hong Kong cops are on the look out for you.
So you want to play games?
OK, let me see who I'll play games with.
Do you think you can outwit me?
Yeah, I just sent two guys out for the goods.
What do you mean two more are dead?!
We're still getting to the bottom of what happened yesterday.
Hey, you don't know Big Brother!
My Big Brother's name is "BULL".
Yeah, I'll be your Big Brother's name is "Bullshit".
Let's get out of here.
Yo! Brother Dragon!
Where are you now?
Oh, Taiwan!
I'm in Shanghai right now.
I called Big Brother yesterday. He's in Hong Kong.
He seems to be doing OK.
He can pull together about 15 million US dollars.
You should come back and help him out!
Look, you're a mob boss. You can't wash dishes in Taiwan forever!
No, I can't go back now.
The Hong Kong police are hunting us down.
I'll call Big Brother. We'll find a way to get you out of there.
After I make my wad, we'll go touring in U.S. And Thailand.
Hey, you're the best!! I don't deny it.
You're more famous than a superstar!
Got 200 yuan? If you do, I'll show you where to find some girls.
Go ahead. Take Shandong along with you.
It's cold now. There are no bottles to gather. He's bored.
Shandong's been in a funk these days.
Black Skin was OK before.
But he was arrested a second time.
He was arrested first for stealing copper wire.
Let's see. How long was he in?
How long was Black Skin jailed?
They threw him in jail for stealing the sign.
They put him in for stealing the sign, and after they let him out...
Before he stole the shop sign, he was already crazy.
Off to surf the Web again, eh?
I didn't surf yesterday.
After they let Black Skin out, he wasn't too bad.
Of course, he was already a little crazy.
After that the police beat him again.
It was really bad.
They beat him all over. He was a total mess.
Hey, Mr Policeman!
No Mr Policeman! I didn't steal the pistol!
I didn't steal it.
I didn't do it.
They went off to eat.
Wow! What a nice policeman!
On top of that, Black Skin was under a lot of pressure.
And they abused him at the police station.
They must have beaten the crap out of him.
They kept him in detention.
The prison guards did whatever they pleased with him.
Whatever they wanted.
They beat him. Screwed around with him.
Finally he was released.
But he stole another copper sign off Nanjing Road.
He went on a spending spree after that.
Bought two packs of Peony brand cigarettes.
He passed out cigarettes and lighters to everyone he saw.
He made a pile!
One day we went out and drank a whole bunch.
Sleeping outside Damn! I was freezing my ass off!
He slept until noon. Then went out. I didn't know where.
But he was arrested again!
He spent another two weeks in jail!
When he finally got out, he was crazier than ever.
It was like he was just pretending to be crazy before.
He was abused in there and that made him crazy.
I don't want it OK, 50 cents.
50 cents. 50 cents.
[A stolen bicycle]
I can give you a good deal on this bike.
Pay him 35 yuan.
Twenty-five if you pay cash.
Twenty-five!
Thirty-five? How can you just give it away like that?
OK, pay me cash.
It's OK if you don't want it.
So with this lottery ticket, what if I get six numbers right?
You'll win more than a million yuan!
A few million.
Alright. Tomorrow I'll be buying myself a Mercedes-Benz for sure!
"Curse you, Monkey! You've crossed me!"
"Now you must pay!"