WEBVTT 00:00:01.956 --> 00:00:21.956 ..:: Presented By ZarFilm Website ::.. ‏.:: www.bolboljan.net ::. 00:02:13.980 --> 00:02:19.386 In the year 2046 a vast rail network spans the globe. 00:02:19.541 --> 00:02:24.885 Every once in a while a mysterious train leaves for 2046. 00:02:25.575 --> 00:02:29.246 Every passenger going there has the same intention: 00:02:29.910 --> 00:02:32.045 They want to recapture lost memories 00:02:33.008 --> 00:02:37.248 because nothing ever changes in 2046. 00:02:38.276 --> 00:02:40.253 Nobody really knows if that's true 00:02:40.410 --> 00:02:43.854 because nobody's ever come back 00:02:44.008 --> 00:02:45.486 except me. 00:02:49.343 --> 00:02:52.650 998. 00:02:55.010 --> 00:02:57.818 997. 00:02:57.977 --> 00:03:01.183 If someone wants to leave 2046 00:03:01.877 --> 00:03:04.251 how long will it take? 00:03:04.944 --> 00:03:07.318 Some people get away fairly easily. 00:03:08.277 --> 00:03:11.776 Others find it takes them much longer. 00:03:12.778 --> 00:03:16.414 I forget how long I've been on this train. 00:03:17.376 --> 00:03:19.583 I'm starting to feel very lonely. 00:03:24.743 --> 00:03:28.883 As I recall, many have gone to 2046. 00:03:29.045 --> 00:03:31.989 You're the first to come back. 00:03:33.178 --> 00:03:37.281 May I ask why you left 2046. 00:03:43.077 --> 00:03:46.419 Whenever anyone asked why I left 2046 00:03:46.578 --> 00:03:50.420 I gave them some vague answer. 00:03:53.712 --> 00:03:55.212 Before 00:03:56.046 --> 00:03:59.080 when people had secrets they didn't want to share 00:03:59.246 --> 00:04:01.190 they'd climb a mountain 00:04:01.911 --> 00:04:04.550 find a tree, carve a hole in it 00:04:07.145 --> 00:04:09.680 and whisper the secret into the hole 00:04:10.946 --> 00:04:13.786 then cover it over with mud. 00:04:16.377 --> 00:04:21.756 That way, nobody else would ever discover it. 00:04:23.810 --> 00:04:26.085 I once fell in love with someone. 00:04:27.845 --> 00:04:30.652 After a while she wasn't there. 00:04:32.049 --> 00:04:34.082 I went to 2046. 00:04:35.148 --> 00:04:39.455 I thought she might be waiting for me there 00:04:40.945 --> 00:04:43.049 but I couldn't find her. 00:04:46.614 --> 00:04:50.580 I can't stop wondering if she loved me or not 00:04:53.414 --> 00:04:56.359 but I never found out. 00:04:58.078 --> 00:05:00.249 Maybe her answer was like a secret 00:05:01.882 --> 00:05:06.153 that no one else would ever know. 00:05:07.044 --> 00:05:11.618 ALL MEMORIES ARE TRACES OF TEARS 00:05:28.582 --> 00:05:31.421 Didn't you promise not to come back? 00:05:32.516 --> 00:05:34.495 I came to see you. 00:05:37.283 --> 00:05:38.450 Why? 00:05:40.684 --> 00:05:42.683 I have no prospects here 00:05:42.848 --> 00:05:46.222 so I'll see how things are in Hong Kong. 00:05:51.816 --> 00:05:53.725 When are you leaving? 00:05:55.082 --> 00:05:57.454 The boat sails in 2 days. 00:06:05.081 --> 00:06:07.058 Why are you telling me? 00:06:16.683 --> 00:06:19.248 I thought we might go together. 00:06:29.882 --> 00:06:32.187 You know nothing about my past, do you? 00:06:37.017 --> 00:06:39.651 If you'd rather not tell me, I don't mind. 00:06:54.416 --> 00:06:56.760 If you win, I'll join you. 00:07:32.818 --> 00:07:35.625 She found an indirect way of rejecting me. 00:07:36.317 --> 00:07:37.952 As I recall 00:07:38.118 --> 00:07:40.788 that was the very last time we saw each other. 00:07:40.851 --> 00:07:41.850 Right after that I left Singapore. 00:08:07.952 --> 00:08:10.623 I got back to Hong Kong at the end of 1966. 00:08:10.786 --> 00:08:12.590 It was the time of the riots. 00:08:15.385 --> 00:08:17.556 I wasn't sure how long I'd be staying 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:19.921 so I took a room in a small hotel in Wanchai. 00:08:20.082 --> 00:08:21.617 I wrote columns for newspapers. 00:08:23.352 --> 00:08:25.626 They paid 10 Hong Kong dollars per thousand words. 00:08:26.420 --> 00:08:29.057 It was pretty tough at first. 00:08:43.742 --> 00:08:45.481 As long as I could make ends meet 00:08:45.645 --> 00:08:48.887 it made no difference what kind of stuff I wrote. 00:08:49.409 --> 00:08:51.391 Diary of the Bazooka Hero. 00:08:52.215 --> 00:08:54.161 The new star at Club Luk Kwok is Fei Fei 00:08:54.317 --> 00:08:56.693 a knockout beauty with amazing bazookas 00:08:56.851 --> 00:08:59.089 a smash hit with tit lovers 00:09:00.016 --> 00:09:04.326 Hang on. I'm exaggerating, of course. I can't say her tits are fake, can I? 00:09:14.420 --> 00:09:16.759 I soon got used to this kind of life. 00:09:16.918 --> 00:09:19.087 I became an expert ladies' man: 00:09:19.251 --> 00:09:21.522 lots of one-night stands 00:09:21.686 --> 00:09:24.891 but nothing lasts forever anyway. 00:09:40.317 --> 00:09:44.126 24-DEC-66 00:09:51.285 --> 00:09:53.762 Is that really true? 00:09:54.285 --> 00:09:56.055 Why would I lie to you? 00:09:56.753 --> 00:09:57.526 Do you really know me? 00:09:59.451 --> 00:10:02.258 Weren't you in a show in Singapore in '64? 00:10:02.420 --> 00:10:03.419 Yes. 00:10:03.583 --> 00:10:05.360 You're Lulu. 00:10:17.550 --> 00:10:19.552 I was then 00:10:19.721 --> 00:10:21.561 but not anymore. 00:10:21.719 --> 00:10:23.663 What's your name now? 00:10:26.619 --> 00:10:28.655 Why should I tell you? 00:10:30.420 --> 00:10:32.262 On Christmas Eve, 1966 00:10:32.418 --> 00:10:36.489 I ran into a friend from Singapore in a nightclub. 00:10:36.653 --> 00:10:38.358 We'd been rather close 00:10:38.521 --> 00:10:39.999 but that night 00:10:40.153 --> 00:10:42.530 she seemed to have forgotten me. 00:10:46.287 --> 00:10:48.233 Have we really met before? 00:10:50.553 --> 00:10:52.722 How could you forget? 00:10:53.852 --> 00:10:56.162 You said I looked like your late boyfriend. 00:10:56.322 --> 00:10:58.391 You taught me the cha-cha. 00:11:09.555 --> 00:11:11.792 Go on. 00:11:17.221 --> 00:11:19.563 You were always dragging me to the casino. 00:11:21.024 --> 00:11:23.091 You'd hit a losing streak. 00:11:23.255 --> 00:11:25.093 You owed a fortune. 00:11:25.955 --> 00:11:28.934 My friends and I paid for your passage to Hong Kong. 00:11:31.188 --> 00:11:33.665 You talked a lot about your late boyfriend 00:11:34.688 --> 00:11:38.792 a Chinese Filipino from a rich family. 00:11:39.924 --> 00:11:41.487 You'd been planning to marry him 00:11:42.754 --> 00:11:44.733 but he'd died young. 00:11:45.786 --> 00:11:48.266 You said he was the love of your life. 00:11:51.317 --> 00:11:53.457 I shouldn't bring back sad memories 00:11:54.954 --> 00:11:57.124 at this time of year 00:11:58.355 --> 00:12:00.923 but do you remember that Christmas night 00:12:02.487 --> 00:12:04.795 how we went drinking? 00:12:17.355 --> 00:12:18.887 We talked a lot. 00:12:20.621 --> 00:12:23.792 Was she just pretending she'd forgotten me? 00:12:25.554 --> 00:12:27.156 I took her back to her hotel. 00:12:27.321 --> 00:12:29.266 She was dead to the world. 00:12:47.956 --> 00:12:49.862 She'd had too much to drink 00:12:50.553 --> 00:12:52.530 so I left quickly. 00:13:16.423 --> 00:13:17.455 2046 00:13:21.691 --> 00:13:25.328 On my way out I noticed a very familiar number. 00:13:27.522 --> 00:13:30.799 If I hadn't run into her that night, I wouldn't have seen that number 00:13:32.156 --> 00:13:35.134 and I wouldn't have written "2046". 00:13:45.625 --> 00:13:47.399 Can I help you? 00:13:47.557 --> 00:13:49.033 Is Miss Lulu in? 00:13:49.188 --> 00:13:52.633 Lulu? There's no Miss Lulu here. 00:13:52.793 --> 00:13:55.630 There was a Mimi but she moved out. 00:13:56.955 --> 00:14:00.560 But I was here two days ago. Do you know where she's gone? 00:14:01.891 --> 00:14:04.061 No. What do you want with her? 00:14:04.757 --> 00:14:06.236 Nothing really. 00:14:06.922 --> 00:14:09.830 I have her key. I wanted to return it. 00:14:09.990 --> 00:14:12.992 - You can give it to me. - Thanks. 00:14:18.189 --> 00:14:20.067 Do you want to rent the room? 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:23.563 I'm just back from abroad. I don't have my own place yet. 00:14:23.724 --> 00:14:25.826 If the room's vacant I could take a look. 00:14:25.990 --> 00:14:28.095 This is just a small hotel 00:14:28.258 --> 00:14:31.427 but our residents are all decent people. 00:14:31.591 --> 00:14:34.468 - What's your line of work? - I write for newspapers. 00:14:34.627 --> 00:14:38.296 Great. A fellow artist. 00:14:40.023 --> 00:14:43.595 I haven't always done this. I used to be an artist too. 00:14:43.756 --> 00:14:44.759 Really? 00:14:45.292 --> 00:14:48.064 I took singing lessons, in Harbin. 00:14:48.224 --> 00:14:51.067 Back then I was a tenor. 00:14:51.225 --> 00:14:53.601 It'll be a pleasure to have you here. 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.737 - When will you move in? - As soon as possible. 00:14:57.426 --> 00:15:02.030 But 2046 has to be redecorated. 00:15:02.190 --> 00:15:03.761 2047 is vacant. 00:15:03.924 --> 00:15:05.733 Take a look at it. 00:15:13.194 --> 00:15:16.169 Never mind. I'll come back when it's ready. 00:15:17.758 --> 00:15:19.568 Why that particular room? 00:15:21.093 --> 00:15:23.299 Maybe it's the number. 00:15:23.457 --> 00:15:25.495 It has some significance for you? 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:27.035 I'm joking. 00:15:27.195 --> 00:15:28.794 I'll tell you what... 00:15:28.958 --> 00:15:33.267 Take a quick look at 2047. If it's OK, you can move in. 00:15:33.428 --> 00:15:38.595 Then switch to 2046 when it's ready. How about that? 00:15:42.358 --> 00:15:45.859 - Can I see the room? - Of course. Please. 00:16:02.896 --> 00:16:05.132 Once I moved in 00:16:05.291 --> 00:16:07.530 I found out what had happened the night before. 00:16:07.691 --> 00:16:10.467 Lulu had been stabbed by a jealous boyfriend 00:16:11.762 --> 00:16:14.326 a drummer from the club. 00:16:14.492 --> 00:16:16.632 She'd really liked him 00:16:16.795 --> 00:16:20.102 and compared him to a bird that could never land. 00:16:20.261 --> 00:16:22.326 All these years 00:16:22.926 --> 00:16:26.029 she's been looking for her "legless bird." 00:16:26.194 --> 00:16:29.795 Most of her affairs ended badly but she didn't mind sad endings. 00:16:31.493 --> 00:16:33.404 No matter what happened 00:16:33.562 --> 00:16:36.038 at least she was always the leading lady. 00:17:23.029 --> 00:17:24.659 Good. 00:17:26.024 --> 00:17:27.659 Sure. 00:17:28.524 --> 00:17:29.561 Go. 00:17:32.164 --> 00:17:34.103 Let's go. 00:17:35.630 --> 00:17:37.231 Let's go. 00:17:37.396 --> 00:17:39.135 I'll go with you. 00:17:40.063 --> 00:17:41.542 Good. I'll go with you. 00:17:41.696 --> 00:17:43.503 Sure. 00:17:45.763 --> 00:17:47.740 I understand. 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:53.406 Do you know what I mean? I know. I understand. 00:17:54.497 --> 00:17:56.235 I've got it. 00:17:59.163 --> 00:18:01.503 Can I go? 00:18:03.231 --> 00:18:04.501 I can go. 00:18:05.395 --> 00:18:06.998 Sure. 00:18:08.096 --> 00:18:09.734 I understand. 00:18:10.465 --> 00:18:12.907 Got it. 00:18:17.764 --> 00:18:21.971 It didn't take long to finish redecorating 2046 00:18:22.129 --> 00:18:24.076 but by then I was used to 2047. 00:18:24.231 --> 00:18:26.173 Sure. 00:18:26.331 --> 00:18:29.274 I started hearing a strange voice through the wall. 00:18:29.430 --> 00:18:31.774 I thought someone had moved in 00:18:31.932 --> 00:18:34.272 but it was the daughter of Mr. Wang, the hotel owner. 00:18:34.433 --> 00:18:36.069 Please take me with you. 00:18:37.097 --> 00:18:38.697 Certainly. 00:18:39.432 --> 00:18:41.309 I'm definitely going. 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:44.007 OK. Let's go. 00:19:04.098 --> 00:19:06.543 I had no idea what she was saying. 00:19:09.301 --> 00:19:12.608 The bellhop told me it was Japanese. 00:19:14.332 --> 00:19:17.799 It seems she had a Japanese boyfriend. 00:19:17.966 --> 00:19:22.103 Tell the driver, 220 Granville Road. 00:19:22.264 --> 00:19:25.369 - Granville - 220 Granville Road. 00:19:25.533 --> 00:19:27.773 Turn from Humphreys Avenue, near Kimberley Road. 00:19:27.933 --> 00:19:28.932 Can you say that again? 00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:31.636 - Don't turn down Salisbury Road. - Slowly, please. 00:19:31.801 --> 00:19:34.337 - I'll draw you a map. - That's my pen. 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.999 I'll repeat it once more. 00:19:36.166 --> 00:19:39.236 Turn from Humphreys Avenue, near Kimberley Road 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:41.570 but don't turn down Salisbury Road. 00:19:41.733 --> 00:19:43.232 Understand? 00:19:43.398 --> 00:19:45.307 I'll draw you a map. 00:19:45.468 --> 00:19:47.104 Granville Road. 00:19:47.266 --> 00:19:51.176 Turn from Humphreys Avenue. Don't turn down Salisbury Road. 00:19:52.569 --> 00:19:55.204 Remember: Don't turn down Salisbury Road. 00:20:04.136 --> 00:20:06.737 His company in Japan had sent him to Hong Kong. 00:20:07.435 --> 00:20:10.773 When he got here he checked into this hotel. 00:20:12.033 --> 00:20:13.909 The world's full of men. 00:20:14.068 --> 00:20:16.567 Why do you have to choose a Japanese? 00:20:16.736 --> 00:20:18.179 Get rid of him. 00:20:18.332 --> 00:20:20.833 I'll never meet him. 00:20:21.003 --> 00:20:23.345 Do you want my blessing? 00:20:23.502 --> 00:20:25.739 Not while I'm alive. 00:20:27.631 --> 00:20:29.512 It had been going on for ages. 00:20:29.668 --> 00:20:31.011 Their family suffered under the Japanese in the war 00:20:32.368 --> 00:20:33.607 so they had to break up. 00:21:09.770 --> 00:21:12.905 Can you tell me what you feel? 00:21:17.966 --> 00:21:20.040 Do you like me 00:21:22.904 --> 00:21:23.971 or not? 00:21:29.667 --> 00:21:32.376 I'm scared to hear your answer 00:21:40.666 --> 00:21:42.807 but I have to ask anyway. 00:22:05.570 --> 00:22:07.070 Leave with me. 00:22:48.072 --> 00:22:49.071 Goodbye. 00:23:08.704 --> 00:23:11.147 The man finally went back to Japan. 00:23:12.767 --> 00:23:17.238 That's when Miss Wang started talking to herself. 00:23:45.103 --> 00:23:48.050 Hey. Ask your boss to turn it down a bit. 00:23:48.771 --> 00:23:51.579 Mr. Chow, you'd better ask him yourself. 00:23:54.370 --> 00:23:55.407 Mr. Chow. 00:23:55.572 --> 00:23:57.482 Hasn't he left already? 00:23:57.637 --> 00:23:59.138 Why is he back? 00:23:59.307 --> 00:24:01.213 I won't see him. 00:24:01.374 --> 00:24:03.111 If you won't give him up 00:24:03.273 --> 00:24:06.445 Get out. Take him away. 00:24:09.971 --> 00:24:12.143 I assumed Mr. Wang played it so loud 00:24:12.306 --> 00:24:14.217 because he loved his opera. 00:24:14.371 --> 00:24:18.475 Actually he didn't want anyone to overhear the family row. 00:25:09.576 --> 00:25:13.313 What are you doing? 00:25:21.975 --> 00:25:24.146 Come back for me when you're a little older. 00:25:26.510 --> 00:25:27.578 Wait till you grow up. 00:25:32.709 --> 00:25:34.778 I like it. 00:25:35.810 --> 00:25:39.845 Mr. Wang thought about very little but his two daughters. 00:25:40.009 --> 00:25:42.075 The elder one was crazy about her Japanese man. 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.717 The younger one was precocious. 00:25:43.875 --> 00:25:45.820 She always came into my room for drinks. 00:25:46.908 --> 00:25:49.411 Then she ran off with some man 00:25:50.107 --> 00:25:52.917 another drummer from a club band, I heard. 00:25:53.609 --> 00:25:56.588 After she left, her elder sister got into trouble too. 00:25:56.742 --> 00:25:59.721 Have a word with your boss for me. I'm a bit late with the rent. 00:25:59.875 --> 00:26:01.978 Anyway he has my deposit. 00:26:02.142 --> 00:26:06.176 Mr. Chow, tell him yourself. He's in a foul mood these days. 00:26:06.341 --> 00:26:08.013 What's eating him? 00:26:08.174 --> 00:26:11.279 First one daughter ran away. Now the other one's in hospital. 00:26:11.444 --> 00:26:14.043 - That's why he's so angry. - Why is she in hospital? 00:26:14.209 --> 00:26:18.520 He wouldn't say. He was quite strange. Keep clear of him. 00:26:18.676 --> 00:26:20.383 So that's it? 00:26:20.544 --> 00:26:23.646 Anyhow, give him my invitation. It's my father's birthday banquet. 00:26:23.811 --> 00:26:25.683 He can deduct his gift from the rent I owe. 00:26:28.442 --> 00:26:31.750 On May 22, 1967 they imposed a curfew in Hong Kong. 00:26:32.775 --> 00:26:34.721 Homemade bombs caused panic. 00:26:34.876 --> 00:26:37.548 The economy stopped dead. 00:26:39.076 --> 00:26:40.576 I stopped going out. 00:26:41.275 --> 00:26:43.253 Some thought I was a reformed character. 00:26:43.407 --> 00:26:45.886 Actually I was writing: 00:26:46.041 --> 00:26:47.280 a story called "2046" 00:26:48.241 --> 00:26:50.343 all about men and women looking for love 00:26:50.507 --> 00:26:52.885 risking everything to get to a place called 2046. 00:26:53.042 --> 00:26:55.608 What's that? 00:26:56.577 --> 00:26:59.180 Let's go to 2046. 00:26:59.843 --> 00:27:02.820 I made it bizarre and erotic without crossing the line. 00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:05.215 The readers liked it. 00:27:06.109 --> 00:27:09.883 Some didn't take to the science-fiction angle 00:27:10.045 --> 00:27:13.887 but all "2046" meant to me was the number of a hotel room. 00:27:16.912 --> 00:27:19.047 I made the whole thing up 00:27:19.210 --> 00:27:22.552 but some of my own experiences found their way into it. 00:29:45.347 --> 00:29:49.084 People I ran into in the normal course of things turned up in my stories. 00:29:49.747 --> 00:29:52.088 I felt more and more at ease in my fictional world. 00:30:02.982 --> 00:30:06.221 Around that time Mr. Wang's music got louder again: 00:30:07.083 --> 00:30:08.752 more trouble with his two daughters. 00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:11.388 But also, because of the bad state of the economy 00:30:11.548 --> 00:30:13.455 lots of the rooms were empty. 00:30:14.247 --> 00:30:17.452 Then in September the rioting ended. 00:30:17.612 --> 00:30:19.351 Life went back to normal. 00:30:25.749 --> 00:30:29.555 Soon someone moved into 2046. 00:30:37.082 --> 00:30:40.992 Have you nearly finished? It's too early in the day for that. 00:30:41.146 --> 00:30:43.817 Some of us are trying to sleep. 00:31:39.382 --> 00:31:40.621 Peeking? 00:31:41.649 --> 00:31:44.787 The woman next door's quite a dish. What are my chances? 00:31:44.950 --> 00:31:48.791 You're off your head. A father-to-be shouldn't have that on his mind. 00:31:48.947 --> 00:31:51.481 Now she's pregnant, my wife won't let me touch her. 00:31:51.651 --> 00:31:54.288 Come on. Put a word in for me. 00:31:57.782 --> 00:31:59.159 OK. 00:31:59.317 --> 00:32:01.317 How much? 00:32:01.483 --> 00:32:03.429 How much have you got? 00:32:04.516 --> 00:32:07.015 - Only $100. - Wait for my call. 00:32:07.184 --> 00:32:08.785 Mr. Chow 00:32:08.950 --> 00:32:10.550 Mr. Chow 00:32:10.715 --> 00:32:12.387 Mr. Chow, a call for you. 00:32:12.549 --> 00:32:14.789 Bright and early, huh? 00:32:14.950 --> 00:32:17.224 She's not up yet. 00:32:18.317 --> 00:32:21.557 Why come over? I told you: It has to be arranged. 00:32:22.414 --> 00:32:25.362 She's not some streetwalker. 00:32:26.486 --> 00:32:29.982 A fellow artist like you... Show her a little respect, will you? 00:32:31.284 --> 00:32:34.787 Yes, I'll tell you right away. 00:32:35.450 --> 00:32:37.622 Miss Bai, your key. 00:32:38.452 --> 00:32:40.087 You're back, Miss Bai. 00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:51.990 Who is it? 00:32:53.750 --> 00:32:57.060 - Who are you looking for? - Mr. Chow suggested I come by. 00:32:57.984 --> 00:32:59.962 You're back, Mr. Chow. 00:33:00.116 --> 00:33:02.893 - Did you win on the dogs? - I lost. 00:33:03.051 --> 00:33:05.086 I won a little. 00:33:26.118 --> 00:33:27.822 Looking for me? 00:33:32.118 --> 00:33:34.791 I think you know this person. 00:33:35.719 --> 00:33:38.750 - What are you doing in that room? - You said you'd arrange it. 00:33:38.916 --> 00:33:41.556 - I paid you! - I said that room. 00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:46.094 - I said this one. - Your girl's in that room! 00:33:46.254 --> 00:33:48.321 How embarrassing. Please excuse him. 00:33:48.486 --> 00:33:51.556 - I told you, the room on the left. - I said I wanted that one! 00:33:51.719 --> 00:33:52.959 Shut up. 00:33:54.387 --> 00:33:56.331 Who is it? 00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.660 Oh, you again. 00:34:03.352 --> 00:34:06.761 I just wanted to apologize for last night. 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:09.589 Forget it. Go away. 00:34:16.850 --> 00:34:20.953 Ping, my editor, was out of line but he's not really so bad 00:34:21.116 --> 00:34:24.288 just a bit stingy. He never pays his way. 00:34:24.451 --> 00:34:26.691 He always says he's broke when the check arrives. 00:34:26.850 --> 00:34:28.125 Sol played a trick on him. 00:34:30.118 --> 00:34:34.154 At my expense? Didn't you go a bit far? 00:34:35.718 --> 00:34:38.062 He only fell for it because you're so beautiful. 00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:41.096 You're quite a flirt. 00:34:42.153 --> 00:34:44.720 I'm just stating the fact: 00:34:45.252 --> 00:34:47.662 a small token of apology. 00:34:48.386 --> 00:34:51.625 Please accept it. 00:34:51.787 --> 00:34:53.528 I don't want it. 00:34:53.685 --> 00:34:57.427 You're still cross, aren't you? 00:34:57.586 --> 00:34:59.427 - Please accept it. - No. 00:34:59.588 --> 00:35:01.963 - Come on. It's just a token - No. 00:35:04.923 --> 00:35:06.695 Don't make fun of me. 00:35:06.854 --> 00:35:09.832 I mean what I say! Now get out. 00:35:13.923 --> 00:35:17.297 That's good. Let it all out. 00:35:17.457 --> 00:35:20.331 Slap me again if you want. 00:35:20.490 --> 00:35:23.590 You think I wouldn't dare? Come closer. 00:35:29.789 --> 00:35:31.664 Bastard! 00:35:39.590 --> 00:35:41.294 Don't be so petty. 00:35:41.456 --> 00:35:43.662 That's enough. 00:35:43.826 --> 00:35:47.064 I'm courteous enough not to slap you again. 00:35:47.224 --> 00:35:49.394 That doesn't mean you can take advantage of me. 00:35:50.990 --> 00:35:54.093 This time I'll give you face. 00:35:54.957 --> 00:35:58.233 If there's ever a next time, I'll be less polite. 00:35:58.388 --> 00:36:00.388 It won't happen again. 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:03.229 My face is still numb. 00:36:03.390 --> 00:36:05.334 Accept it. 00:36:07.789 --> 00:36:09.698 They're just a token of my regard. 00:36:09.856 --> 00:36:12.461 I chose them myself. 00:36:12.956 --> 00:36:15.332 See if you like them. 00:36:15.490 --> 00:36:17.898 If you don't, just throw them away. 00:36:26.925 --> 00:36:28.925 Good. 00:36:36.624 --> 00:36:38.499 I'll leave now. 00:36:55.458 --> 00:36:59.128 Calm down. 00:37:00.523 --> 00:37:05.128 It's none of your business who I dated last night. 00:37:07.192 --> 00:37:08.726 Who? 00:37:10.023 --> 00:37:12.127 Dabao? 00:37:13.393 --> 00:37:15.801 Which Dabao? 00:37:15.958 --> 00:37:18.628 The fat one or the skinny one? 00:37:18.791 --> 00:37:21.565 From Shanghai or from Shandong? 00:37:21.724 --> 00:37:23.465 The trouble is 00:37:23.625 --> 00:37:25.500 I know so many men named Dabao. 00:37:25.661 --> 00:37:28.398 How should I know which one you mean? 00:37:30.692 --> 00:37:32.168 Yes, I did. 00:37:32.326 --> 00:37:35.065 What are you going to do about it? 00:37:36.858 --> 00:37:38.098 Fine. 00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:40.830 I'll be waiting. 00:37:44.927 --> 00:37:46.802 Let me just say 00:37:47.393 --> 00:37:49.065 Get out! 00:37:49.224 --> 00:37:51.364 Do you think I can accept this? 00:37:51.525 --> 00:37:53.527 Her or me. 00:37:53.692 --> 00:37:55.297 You'd better choose. 00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:57.200 Now get out. 00:38:32.793 --> 00:38:36.636 24-DEC-67 00:39:04.027 --> 00:39:06.166 You're back early. 00:39:06.330 --> 00:39:07.636 It's Christmas. 00:39:07.796 --> 00:39:10.172 Shouldn't you be having dinner with your boyfriend? 00:39:10.328 --> 00:39:12.739 What boyfriend? 00:39:16.130 --> 00:39:17.902 Then let's have supper. 00:39:18.060 --> 00:39:20.132 Come on. 00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:24.639 You have so many girlfriends. Do you need company? 00:39:24.796 --> 00:39:26.136 Go out with them. 00:39:28.561 --> 00:39:30.938 They all want to be with me, but I can't choose. 00:39:31.096 --> 00:39:34.165 The fairest thing is to see none of them. 00:39:34.330 --> 00:39:37.933 Come on. There's no point in staying cooped up in your room. 00:39:38.096 --> 00:39:40.040 I'm not in a good mood tonight. 00:39:40.828 --> 00:39:42.830 I might get drunk 00:39:42.994 --> 00:39:45.473 and slap you again. 00:39:47.627 --> 00:39:49.301 That's OK. 00:39:49.464 --> 00:39:50.998 I'm used to it. 00:39:51.630 --> 00:39:55.665 If slapping me would make you happy, take that as my Christmas present. 00:39:58.464 --> 00:40:00.000 Come on. 00:40:00.163 --> 00:40:01.936 Come with me. 00:40:02.330 --> 00:40:04.103 Let go. 00:40:28.694 --> 00:40:32.265 I didn't expect to spend Christmas like this. 00:40:32.430 --> 00:40:34.704 What did you expect? 00:40:37.030 --> 00:40:39.473 We'd made plans. 00:40:39.863 --> 00:40:42.399 He was taking me to Singapore. 00:40:43.696 --> 00:40:46.867 He says it's warm there at Christmas 00:40:52.296 --> 00:40:55.569 so I didn't even pack winter clothes. 00:40:56.627 --> 00:40:59.106 What I'm wearing now 00:40:59.694 --> 00:41:01.571 is for summer. 00:41:09.131 --> 00:41:11.370 Have you been to Singapore? 00:41:13.464 --> 00:41:16.031 I worked there for several years. 00:41:19.763 --> 00:41:21.865 What kind of work? 00:41:22.031 --> 00:41:23.803 On a newspaper. 00:41:26.231 --> 00:41:28.298 Is it fun there? 00:41:29.464 --> 00:41:31.305 It's OK. 00:41:35.763 --> 00:41:38.039 Tell me more. 00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:40.834 I won't be going 00:41:41.399 --> 00:41:43.636 so I'll just have to imagine it. 00:41:49.030 --> 00:41:51.133 What do you want to know? 00:41:57.432 --> 00:41:58.997 How's the climate? 00:42:03.232 --> 00:42:05.107 Pretty warm 00:42:05.763 --> 00:42:07.800 all year round. 00:42:08.401 --> 00:42:11.376 Sometimes you can't tell what season it is. 00:42:13.798 --> 00:42:16.140 The food stalls are great. 00:42:16.767 --> 00:42:19.175 Ping and I ate there after work. 00:42:19.999 --> 00:42:22.839 We'd eat and drink till dawn. 00:42:28.665 --> 00:42:31.075 Our landlord was a funny man: 00:42:31.232 --> 00:42:34.437 short and fat and he always wore a skirt 00:42:34.934 --> 00:42:38.376 what the Malays call a sarong 00:42:40.867 --> 00:42:43.175 but when you're away from home 00:42:44.131 --> 00:42:46.167 it gets boring sometimes. 00:42:56.867 --> 00:42:58.867 That was a dull meal. 00:42:59.633 --> 00:43:01.939 Another drink somewhere else? 00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:05.004 You really like to drink? 00:43:05.702 --> 00:43:07.508 It makes things easy. 00:43:07.667 --> 00:43:10.670 When I'm drunk I have no worries. 00:43:11.834 --> 00:43:16.472 Won't your girlfriends be missing you tonight? 00:43:16.635 --> 00:43:18.472 They're not stuck to me. 00:43:18.633 --> 00:43:20.510 They see other men too. 00:43:20.667 --> 00:43:22.975 We just have fun together. 00:43:23.135 --> 00:43:25.475 They still need to make a living. 00:43:27.001 --> 00:43:28.979 I don't get it. 00:43:29.135 --> 00:43:31.636 Where does all that fun get you? 00:43:32.202 --> 00:43:35.807 If you find the right person, why waste time on the others? 00:43:35.970 --> 00:43:38.207 If I find the right person? 00:43:38.367 --> 00:43:42.106 A man like me has nothing much except free time. 00:43:42.266 --> 00:43:44.742 That's why I need company. 00:43:45.733 --> 00:43:47.804 So people are just time-fillers to you? 00:43:47.967 --> 00:43:50.206 I wouldn't say that. 00:43:50.632 --> 00:43:53.009 Other people can borrow my time too. 00:43:55.367 --> 00:43:57.471 And tonight? 00:43:57.768 --> 00:44:00.074 Are you borrowing me, or am I borrowing you? 00:44:00.233 --> 00:44:02.233 There's no difference. 00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:04.242 Maybe I borrowed you earlier 00:44:04.402 --> 00:44:07.641 - and now you're borrowing me. - That's ridiculous. 00:44:12.369 --> 00:44:14.674 Don't get me wrong. 00:44:15.501 --> 00:44:18.480 I don't mean to take advantage of you. 00:44:19.201 --> 00:44:22.669 If that was what I wanted, I've had plenty of opportunities. 00:44:23.203 --> 00:44:25.078 I just want us to be drinking pals. 00:44:26.934 --> 00:44:29.210 Is that OK? 00:44:30.703 --> 00:44:33.838 It's hard but I'll give it a try. 00:44:36.936 --> 00:44:38.536 OK. 00:44:39.436 --> 00:44:41.503 Let's try. 00:44:45.268 --> 00:44:47.405 - Where to? - Let's drink. 00:46:17.904 --> 00:46:20.313 Mr. Chow, you seem happy tonight. 00:46:20.472 --> 00:46:23.815 I certainly am. My friends are buying me dinner. 00:46:23.971 --> 00:46:26.346 This way, please. 00:46:27.873 --> 00:46:30.078 Ping! Is it someone's birthday? 00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:33.614 Better than that: Chow has a new girlfriend. 00:46:33.770 --> 00:46:36.009 Definitely worth celebrating. 00:46:36.172 --> 00:46:38.208 What would you like to eat tonight? 00:46:38.371 --> 00:46:41.612 Something expensive. 00:46:41.771 --> 00:46:43.478 - Snake? - Yes, snake would be good. 00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:46.948 - Snake isn't cheap. Can you afford it? - Are you sure you'll win the bet? 00:46:47.105 --> 00:46:49.208 Shut up. Don't mind him. 00:46:49.371 --> 00:46:51.405 - What'll it be, Mr. Chow? - Snake 00:46:51.573 --> 00:46:53.606 and a lamb casserole too 00:46:53.771 --> 00:46:56.148 and bring Hoi's whiskey. 00:47:12.337 --> 00:47:15.578 I can't let this go to waste. It's delicious. 00:47:15.738 --> 00:47:20.013 Where's your girl, Chow? It's already 2 a.m. Is she coming? 00:47:20.173 --> 00:47:23.377 She can't be coming. 00:47:23.538 --> 00:47:25.312 I don't think she's coming. 00:47:25.772 --> 00:47:27.341 It's all your fault. 00:47:27.506 --> 00:47:28.743 You're why this happened. 00:47:28.904 --> 00:47:31.747 Why blame me? You brought this on yourself. 00:47:31.904 --> 00:47:35.973 You said she was gentle and obedient. Now we know the truth. 00:47:37.140 --> 00:47:39.377 I said she was obedient sometimes 00:47:39.540 --> 00:47:42.312 and gentle sometimes 00:47:42.473 --> 00:47:44.975 but she's full of surprises. That's part of the fun. 00:47:45.140 --> 00:47:47.846 - So what next? - Yes, what now? 00:47:48.006 --> 00:47:51.107 Whatever you feel like doing. 00:47:55.807 --> 00:47:57.875 And then what happened? 00:47:58.374 --> 00:48:00.374 Tell me. 00:48:05.073 --> 00:48:07.551 How are you going to thank me? 00:48:11.776 --> 00:48:14.015 Pervert! 00:48:21.640 --> 00:48:23.345 Open up! 00:48:23.508 --> 00:48:26.452 - Who is it? - Open the door! 00:48:28.640 --> 00:48:30.346 It's late. 00:48:31.410 --> 00:48:34.113 You played a fine joke on me tonight. 00:48:34.276 --> 00:48:36.149 I finished work late: 00:48:36.308 --> 00:48:39.377 too late to get there 00:48:39.540 --> 00:48:41.577 so I didn't come. 00:48:44.439 --> 00:48:48.816 - What's this? - That's your fault too. 00:48:50.006 --> 00:48:52.279 How could I know you'd stand me up? 00:48:52.975 --> 00:48:56.111 I thought I'd win a few hundred. 00:48:56.274 --> 00:48:58.683 Instead, I lost my moustache. 00:48:58.841 --> 00:49:00.615 This is all your fault. 00:49:01.509 --> 00:49:03.918 You deserved it. 00:49:04.609 --> 00:49:06.312 Who pushed you into the bet? 00:49:08.274 --> 00:49:09.947 I'll tell you something. 00:49:10.109 --> 00:49:12.450 Ping asked me not to show up. 00:49:13.408 --> 00:49:14.817 Anyhow 00:49:14.977 --> 00:49:17.747 I wasn't that fond of the moustache. 00:49:19.109 --> 00:49:21.486 You look younger now. 00:49:22.276 --> 00:49:24.412 Don't you like it? 00:49:25.375 --> 00:49:30.343 You're making fun of me. You tricked me. I'll get you for this. 00:49:33.642 --> 00:49:36.381 How will you make it up to me? 00:49:38.109 --> 00:49:41.779 At least give me a kiss. 00:49:43.875 --> 00:49:46.080 You bit me. 00:49:46.609 --> 00:49:48.519 Come and get me. 00:49:50.410 --> 00:49:53.285 You're in for it when I catch you. 00:49:56.109 --> 00:49:57.348 Don't touch me there. 00:50:15.745 --> 00:50:17.549 Bastard! 00:50:17.711 --> 00:50:19.950 You've bruised me. 00:50:20.113 --> 00:50:22.520 Think you were any better? 00:50:22.678 --> 00:50:25.779 Look. I'm bleeding. 00:50:25.944 --> 00:50:27.890 Maybe it's because winter's coming. 00:50:28.044 --> 00:50:32.384 See what happens when I eat lamb? 00:50:34.708 --> 00:50:37.278 It brings out the beast in me. 00:50:40.342 --> 00:50:42.947 - What? - Don't move. 00:50:44.376 --> 00:50:46.907 - What are you doing? - Shaving you. 00:50:47.076 --> 00:50:49.144 Don't! 00:50:49.309 --> 00:50:52.083 Who knows where that shaver's been! 00:50:52.577 --> 00:50:54.746 It could bring me bad luck. 00:51:01.110 --> 00:51:03.588 Let's go for round two. 00:51:03.744 --> 00:51:05.742 No way! 00:51:30.478 --> 00:51:32.514 Why are you dressed? 00:51:36.344 --> 00:51:39.412 I'm going back to my room. I'm exhausted. 00:51:44.778 --> 00:51:49.018 This is all I have, aside from loose change for the bus. 00:51:50.077 --> 00:51:52.487 Here's $200. 00:51:53.946 --> 00:51:57.115 - Please take it. - I don't want it. 00:51:57.378 --> 00:51:59.516 I wasn't selling. 00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:01.952 That's not how I meant it. 00:52:02.114 --> 00:52:05.816 I want to pay for your torn dress. 00:52:05.978 --> 00:52:07.286 Please take it. 00:52:10.612 --> 00:52:12.885 I see. 00:52:13.045 --> 00:52:16.148 You're afraid I'll cling to you. Is that it? 00:52:20.813 --> 00:52:22.153 Fine. 00:52:22.313 --> 00:52:24.292 I'll take $10. 00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:27.181 Think of it as a discount rate. 00:52:30.315 --> 00:52:34.655 If you ever want to come over again, I'll charge the same. 00:55:11.817 --> 00:55:13.558 I'm going back to my room. 00:55:41.852 --> 00:55:43.989 Come here. 00:56:13.817 --> 00:56:15.765 Not tonight. 00:56:16.185 --> 00:56:18.161 Why not? 00:56:18.620 --> 00:56:21.426 Not in the mood? 00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:24.991 I can't take the strain tonight. 00:56:26.451 --> 00:56:28.794 Anyhow I'm a bit short of cash. 00:56:29.718 --> 00:56:31.754 Never mind. 00:56:32.553 --> 00:56:34.859 You can owe me. 00:56:36.652 --> 00:56:40.426 I don't like being in debt. 00:57:01.754 --> 00:57:03.629 The reception's at 6 p.m., dinner at 8 p.m. 00:57:03.786 --> 00:57:06.495 I don't mind if you can't make it. Just send your gift. 00:57:06.654 --> 00:57:07.926 No more than you do. 00:57:08.089 --> 00:57:11.964 You hold banquets all year round. You've had 4 birthdays this year. 00:57:12.120 --> 00:57:14.498 I'll send some more invitation cards over later. 00:57:14.654 --> 00:57:19.156 Think of people with money. Write down their names and send them invitations. 00:57:19.321 --> 00:57:21.560 Holding another banquet, Mr. Chow? 00:57:21.721 --> 00:57:24.288 You know we have birthdays in different calendars? 00:57:24.453 --> 00:57:27.431 - Another one of mine's come up. - No doubt. 00:57:28.621 --> 00:57:30.655 - Here's one for your boss. - All right. 00:57:30.820 --> 00:57:32.492 Tell him, since we're so close 00:57:32.653 --> 00:57:35.258 he can deduct his gift from the rent I owe. 00:57:35.421 --> 00:57:38.525 - Make sure he gets it. - OK. 00:57:42.633 --> 00:57:44.612 It's late. What's so urgent? 00:57:44.767 --> 00:57:48.141 I just got back from Macao. Chow asked me to bring you a present. 00:57:50.101 --> 00:57:51.476 You two went to Macao? 00:57:51.633 --> 00:57:55.407 Yes. We had some days off so we went to the casino. 00:58:01.997 --> 00:58:04.102 Oh. It's beautiful. 00:58:04.267 --> 00:58:07.574 He says he found some money in his pocket 00:58:07.733 --> 00:58:11.233 so before losing it all at the tables 00:58:12.266 --> 00:58:13.767 he bought you a present. 00:58:15.465 --> 00:58:16.706 Where is he? 00:58:16.867 --> 00:58:20.311 Not back yet. You know what he's like: 00:58:20.467 --> 00:58:23.874 extravagant at the start of the month and broke well before the end. 00:58:24.034 --> 00:58:26.307 He made several thousand, holding that party 00:58:26.467 --> 00:58:29.034 so now he's really enjoying himself. 00:58:29.200 --> 00:58:30.939 Is he there alone? 00:58:31.099 --> 00:58:35.773 Of course not. There's a gang of them. He likes company. 00:58:36.400 --> 00:58:37.843 Was he always like this? 00:58:37.999 --> 00:58:40.671 Let's not talk about him. Let's have a drink. 00:58:45.534 --> 00:58:48.034 But I should warn you: 00:58:48.200 --> 00:58:51.700 I know you like Chow a lot. Don't waste your time on him. 00:58:51.867 --> 00:58:53.505 He's not serious. 00:59:14.200 --> 00:59:16.112 Guess who. 00:59:16.267 --> 00:59:18.838 There's only one possibility. 00:59:19.601 --> 00:59:21.637 Let me have a bite first. 00:59:29.336 --> 00:59:30.472 What are you doing here? 00:59:34.334 --> 00:59:36.280 What am I doing here? 00:59:37.003 --> 00:59:38.878 What do you think? 01:00:10.003 --> 01:00:12.641 I thought I was pretty wild 01:00:12.804 --> 01:00:15.146 but you're much wilder. 01:00:16.271 --> 01:00:17.713 Pay LIP. 01:00:18.670 --> 01:00:21.441 I haven't seen you for ages. 01:00:22.371 --> 01:00:24.574 I've been busy. 01:00:24.737 --> 01:00:26.715 Liar. 01:00:26.869 --> 01:00:28.974 Tell me the truth. 01:00:30.202 --> 01:00:31.909 I am. 01:00:35.468 --> 01:00:37.947 Who was that woman the other day? 01:00:39.735 --> 01:00:41.372 What woman? 01:00:42.072 --> 01:00:44.016 Don't pretend. 01:00:45.637 --> 01:00:48.512 I saw her leaving your room. 01:00:49.237 --> 01:00:50.680 Who is she? 01:00:51.872 --> 01:00:54.438 - A friend. - A friend? 01:00:57.670 --> 01:01:00.149 What was she doing in your room? 01:01:01.138 --> 01:01:03.306 Don't be nosy, all right? 01:01:03.469 --> 01:01:06.707 Go back to your room. I have work to do. 01:01:11.534 --> 01:01:13.310 I won't. 01:01:14.803 --> 01:01:16.906 I'm sleeping here tonight. 01:01:17.770 --> 01:01:21.112 - An overnight stay's expensive. - No problem. 01:01:21.270 --> 01:01:23.371 Name your price. 01:01:24.270 --> 01:01:28.044 I'd pay anything to be with you, every day. 01:01:29.504 --> 01:01:32.844 Retail's fine. Wholesale's out of the question. 01:01:33.402 --> 01:01:34.781 Why? 01:01:34.937 --> 01:01:36.313 I just don't like it. 01:01:38.737 --> 01:01:41.080 Could you make an exception for me? 01:01:41.237 --> 01:01:43.080 No. 01:01:45.505 --> 01:01:47.982 Do you treat all women like this? 01:01:48.938 --> 01:01:51.781 - Except one. - Who? 01:01:51.938 --> 01:01:54.574 - My mother. - I'm serious. 01:01:58.438 --> 01:02:01.044 I don't mind you having other women 01:02:01.539 --> 01:02:04.176 but I won't be treated the same as them. 01:02:09.272 --> 01:02:11.443 I don't care if you love me or not. 01:02:12.304 --> 01:02:14.444 I'll love you anyway. 01:02:17.337 --> 01:02:20.408 Since we got together, I haven't brought other men back. 01:02:21.938 --> 01:02:24.542 I hoped you'd think the same way. 01:02:26.573 --> 01:02:29.607 - Will you promise me that? - No. 01:02:42.371 --> 01:02:44.214 I see. 01:02:45.607 --> 01:02:47.846 Then we're through. 01:02:53.005 --> 01:02:54.917 I'll never bother you. 01:02:55.074 --> 01:02:56.743 And I never want you in my room again. 01:03:01.739 --> 01:03:03.448 Here: $10. 01:03:04.140 --> 01:03:06.448 Tonight I'm paying. 01:03:11.542 --> 01:03:13.245 Thank you. 01:03:14.109 --> 01:03:17.313 If you're ever in the mood, feel free to come over. 01:03:18.007 --> 01:03:20.178 I'll charge you the same. 01:03:36.440 --> 01:03:38.384 Having fun? 01:03:39.241 --> 01:03:40.775 What do you care? 01:04:09.777 --> 01:04:12.083 You were rather loud last night. 01:04:12.609 --> 01:04:14.453 I meant to be. 01:04:15.076 --> 01:04:18.318 You bring back women. Why shouldn't I have men? 01:04:19.210 --> 01:04:21.449 I want to see if you really don't mind. 01:04:40.776 --> 01:04:44.119 I won't go. Why don't you come here instead. 01:04:51.644 --> 01:04:53.452 Forget it. Don't come. 01:06:13.579 --> 01:06:17.249 After Bai Ling moved out, she started dating Dabao 01:06:17.778 --> 01:06:19.653 and I saw other women too. 01:06:19.812 --> 01:06:22.586 If our paths ever crossed we'd pretend not to see each other. 01:06:22.744 --> 01:06:24.483 Rather pathetic, I know 01:06:24.646 --> 01:06:26.952 but it was better for us to end it this way. 01:06:27.111 --> 01:06:29.111 I've never seen her since 01:06:29.278 --> 01:06:32.985 but sometimes she pops up in my stories. 01:06:43.146 --> 01:06:45.318 Your change. Please check it. 01:06:45.812 --> 01:06:47.222 Thank you. 01:06:48.044 --> 01:06:51.352 - Are you going out later? - Why? 01:06:53.012 --> 01:06:55.923 Could you post this letter for me. 01:07:01.879 --> 01:07:03.222 Sure. 01:07:04.646 --> 01:07:06.555 Then Miss Wang came back. 01:07:06.711 --> 01:07:09.782 I knew from the familiar sound through the wall. 01:07:11.546 --> 01:07:13.718 Please take me with you. 01:07:15.182 --> 01:07:16.682 Good. 01:07:17.514 --> 01:07:18.753 What are you doing? 01:07:19.278 --> 01:07:22.280 Wasn't I clear? Don't contact that Japanese man. 01:07:22.847 --> 01:07:26.983 Why are you writing to him in secret? Aren't you ashamed? 01:07:27.544 --> 01:07:29.524 Return his letter. 01:07:30.981 --> 01:07:32.617 No? 01:07:58.013 --> 01:07:59.922 What are you reading? 01:08:00.446 --> 01:08:02.322 A martial arts novel. 01:08:02.480 --> 01:08:04.252 You like them? 01:08:12.813 --> 01:08:14.949 If your friend wants to send you more letters 01:08:15.114 --> 01:08:17.112 and you don't want your dad to know 01:08:17.279 --> 01:08:21.313 tell him to send them to my room. I'll pass them on to you. 01:08:29.912 --> 01:08:33.515 She looked happier when she came back this time. 01:08:33.679 --> 01:08:36.456 We talked more often. 01:08:36.614 --> 01:08:39.523 Mr. Chow, another letter for you. 01:08:42.647 --> 01:08:44.648 Another. 01:08:45.513 --> 01:08:48.014 Those Japanese girls get so carried away. 01:09:12.616 --> 01:09:15.591 Let's see each other again. 01:09:17.815 --> 01:09:19.555 Then 01:09:20.282 --> 01:09:23.555 if you still think we shouldn't be together 01:09:24.613 --> 01:09:26.853 tell me so frankly. 01:09:29.880 --> 01:09:32.052 That day, six years ago 01:09:33.350 --> 01:09:36.449 a rainbow appeared in my heart. 01:09:37.114 --> 01:09:38.819 It's still there 01:09:38.983 --> 01:09:41.052 like a flame burning inside me. 01:09:43.715 --> 01:09:47.590 But what are your real feelings for me? 01:09:49.451 --> 01:09:55.655 Are they like a rainbow after the rain 01:09:58.415 --> 01:10:00.519 or did that rainbow 01:10:02.884 --> 01:10:06.724 fade away long ago? 01:10:12.018 --> 01:10:14.322 I'm waiting for your answer. 01:10:26.950 --> 01:10:29.393 Why do you write all that stuff about sex? 01:10:29.983 --> 01:10:31.825 So that I won't starve. 01:10:32.818 --> 01:10:35.521 Don't you worry about your reputation? 01:10:38.117 --> 01:10:39.460 Maybe I'm not such a nice guy. 01:10:41.318 --> 01:10:44.522 - Why not try writing something else? - Who'd read it? 01:10:45.085 --> 01:10:48.358 How about a martial arts novel? People love them. 01:10:49.317 --> 01:10:51.054 That's too hard. 01:10:51.550 --> 01:10:54.859 I tried once, co-writing it with someone. 01:10:55.417 --> 01:10:58.022 We locked ourselves away for months 01:10:58.686 --> 01:11:00.457 and just got sore heads. 01:11:01.751 --> 01:11:03.093 Those were good times. 01:11:06.318 --> 01:11:08.093 I like writing too. 01:11:08.254 --> 01:11:10.821 It's hard to make a living by writing. 01:11:11.852 --> 01:11:14.456 I just do it for fun. 01:11:15.287 --> 01:11:18.127 - I'll show you some of my stuff. - Please do. 01:11:27.386 --> 01:11:29.988 Here you are. Read this first. 01:11:35.718 --> 01:11:38.661 Wow. You're prolific. 01:11:38.817 --> 01:11:40.762 When you've read it tell me what you think. 01:11:40.918 --> 01:11:43.919 - And don't forget to return it. - Sure. 01:12:05.884 --> 01:12:08.557 - Have you read my story yet? - I have. 01:12:09.253 --> 01:12:10.924 What did you think? 01:12:14.387 --> 01:12:16.798 I think you should never write another word. 01:12:18.386 --> 01:12:19.988 Why not? 01:12:23.319 --> 01:12:26.526 You're so good, you could put me out of work. 01:12:33.687 --> 01:12:38.995 The Spider Sage thrusts out his fist. Two chopsticks take off like rockets. 01:12:39.156 --> 01:12:40.598 They land with explosive force. 01:12:40.753 --> 01:12:42.663 The mountain splits apart. 01:12:42.822 --> 01:12:45.423 Slow down. I can't keep up. 01:12:45.588 --> 01:12:47.326 Come on. They're waiting for it. 01:12:47.486 --> 01:12:49.329 All right. 01:12:49.489 --> 01:12:51.262 Caught up? 01:12:51.421 --> 01:12:53.022 Go on. 01:12:53.589 --> 01:12:55.157 Where was I? 01:12:55.322 --> 01:12:56.926 "The mountain splits apart." 01:12:57.089 --> 01:12:59.588 Right. The mountain splits apart 01:12:59.755 --> 01:13:01.696 smashing Iron Abacus to the ground. 01:13:01.853 --> 01:13:03.594 Iron Abacus? 01:13:03.754 --> 01:13:05.493 Isn't he dead? 01:13:08.455 --> 01:13:11.830 Is he? Then make it Iron Head. 01:13:11.991 --> 01:13:14.464 Where did Iron Head come from all of a sudden? 01:13:14.621 --> 01:13:17.964 Hey! Anything goes in martial arts novels. 01:13:19.757 --> 01:13:22.360 Why don't you get some rest. I'll finish it for you. 01:13:23.488 --> 01:13:25.161 OK. 01:13:33.924 --> 01:13:35.923 It felt like having an assistant. 01:13:36.691 --> 01:13:40.000 When I was late with my copy I asked her to ghost it for me. 01:13:41.724 --> 01:13:43.723 She was just a girl 01:13:43.888 --> 01:13:46.993 but she could write as raunchily as the best of us. 01:13:48.357 --> 01:13:50.494 We got along very well. 01:13:51.657 --> 01:13:54.691 That was my happiest summer ever 01:13:57.456 --> 01:13:59.298 but it didn't last. 01:14:16.326 --> 01:14:19.168 I encouraged her to face up to her father 01:14:19.322 --> 01:14:21.428 but she didn't dare. 01:14:21.923 --> 01:14:24.426 She wanted to pay her own way 01:14:24.589 --> 01:14:27.797 so I got her a job in the cloakroom at a club. 01:14:28.959 --> 01:14:30.629 Thanks. 01:14:31.891 --> 01:14:33.960 She told her father 01:14:35.222 --> 01:14:37.224 she was going out with me. 01:14:45.357 --> 01:14:49.301 Sometimes I found an excuse to pick her up after work. 01:14:49.457 --> 01:14:52.494 - You're here late. - If you're ready to go 01:14:53.092 --> 01:14:56.295 I have a taxi waiting. I can give you a lift back. 01:15:01.824 --> 01:15:03.565 No, thanks. 01:15:07.458 --> 01:15:09.367 Then I won't wait. 01:15:32.856 --> 01:15:35.859 Feelings can creep up on you unawares. 01:15:37.557 --> 01:15:38.557 I knew that, but did she? 01:15:45.025 --> 01:15:48.970 She was always asking if there was anything at all that never changed. 01:15:50.156 --> 01:15:52.298 I could see what was on her mind. 01:15:53.159 --> 01:15:56.762 I promised to write a story for her, based on my observation: 01:15:56.927 --> 01:15:59.667 something to show her what her boyfriend was thinking. 01:16:00.260 --> 01:16:02.101 As a joke 01:16:02.260 --> 01:16:03.430 we thought of calling it 2047 01:16:11.828 --> 01:16:13.803 but maybe I was being too oblique. 01:16:14.392 --> 01:16:17.098 I'd begun to feel it wasn't about her boyfriend at all. 01:16:18.559 --> 01:16:20.539 Rather, it was more about me. 01:16:50.026 --> 01:16:52.936 So I began imagining myself as a Japanese man 01:16:54.293 --> 01:16:56.829 on a train for 2046 01:16:57.828 --> 01:17:00.860 falling for an android with delayed reaction. 01:17:10.494 --> 01:17:14.132 If someone wants to leave 2046, how long will it take? 01:17:14.293 --> 01:17:16.202 No one can say. 01:17:16.360 --> 01:17:18.735 Some people get away fairly easily. 01:17:19.360 --> 01:17:23.271 Others find it takes them much longer. 01:17:24.195 --> 01:17:27.932 It takes great strength and it can hurt terribly. 01:17:28.994 --> 01:17:31.495 I forget how long I've been on this train. 01:17:31.660 --> 01:17:33.262 I'm starting to feel very lonely. 01:17:33.427 --> 01:17:39.168 It's rather boring at first but slowly you get used to it. 01:17:39.329 --> 01:17:41.566 We have a range of cabin attendants. 01:17:41.727 --> 01:17:44.001 They can satisfy your every need. 01:17:44.162 --> 01:17:47.766 They'll serve you devotedly, like an intimate friend 01:17:48.530 --> 01:17:51.664 but you must never 01:17:51.829 --> 01:17:53.828 fall in love with them. 01:17:53.997 --> 01:17:56.030 Who'd ever fall for an android? 01:17:56.963 --> 01:17:58.370 Who can say? 01:17:58.528 --> 01:18:02.440 Events can creep up on you without you ever noticing. 01:18:03.430 --> 01:18:06.497 It can happen to anyone. 01:18:53.131 --> 01:18:55.663 Paragraph 201 in the Passengers' Guide 01:18:56.261 --> 01:18:59.036 warns that Area 1224-1225 01:18:59.195 --> 01:19:01.604 is especially cold. 01:19:02.296 --> 01:19:04.966 The train heating won't be strong enough. 01:19:05.127 --> 01:19:08.199 Passengers are advised to hug each other to keep warm. 01:19:09.430 --> 01:19:11.429 Since I'm the only passenger 01:19:11.599 --> 01:19:14.074 I hug my android cabin attendant. 01:19:18.663 --> 01:19:22.039 I wonder if it's her mechanism or just my imagination 01:19:23.596 --> 01:19:26.302 but I sense some responsive warmth in her artificial body. 01:19:38.862 --> 01:19:41.864 Why do you want to leave 2046? 01:19:47.762 --> 01:19:49.672 Do you know 01:19:50.596 --> 01:19:54.565 what people did in the old days when they had secrets 01:19:54.729 --> 01:19:56.506 they didn't want to share? 01:20:02.762 --> 01:20:05.243 They'd climb a mountain 01:20:05.398 --> 01:20:07.498 find a tree 01:20:08.364 --> 01:20:11.170 carve a hole in it 01:20:11.331 --> 01:20:14.310 whisper the secret 01:20:15.799 --> 01:20:17.672 into the hole 01:20:19.332 --> 01:20:24.174 and cover it up with mud. 01:20:26.597 --> 01:20:28.269 That way 01:20:28.433 --> 01:20:32.966 nobody else would ever learn the secret. 01:20:45.230 --> 01:20:47.368 I'll be your tree. 01:20:48.597 --> 01:20:52.601 Tell me, and nobody else will ever know. 01:20:57.434 --> 01:20:59.105 I always 01:21:02.166 --> 01:21:03.904 I always 01:21:05.434 --> 01:21:07.431 I always 01:21:12.366 --> 01:21:15.435 Very funny. I always 01:21:19.466 --> 01:21:21.275 I always 01:21:22.632 --> 01:21:26.404 Whenever anyone asked why I left 2046 01:21:26.565 --> 01:21:29.067 I gave them some vague answer. 01:21:29.799 --> 01:21:31.538 I always 01:21:36.132 --> 01:21:38.340 I once fell in love with someone. 01:21:39.499 --> 01:21:42.669 I couldn't stop wondering whether she loved me or not. 01:21:44.966 --> 01:21:47.638 I found an android that looked just like her. 01:21:48.966 --> 01:21:50.741 I thought the android might give me the answer. 01:23:18.768 --> 01:23:21.908 10 HOURS LATER 01:23:52.471 --> 01:23:54.845 I have a secret to tell you. 01:23:58.769 --> 01:24:00.803 Leave with me. 01:24:08.738 --> 01:24:10.875 I have a secret to tell you. 01:24:13.337 --> 01:24:15.374 Leave with me. 01:24:21.506 --> 01:24:23.571 I kept on asking 01:24:24.971 --> 01:24:27.175 but she never answered. 01:24:29.935 --> 01:24:32.576 I began dreaming up excuses for her silence. 01:24:33.805 --> 01:24:36.875 Do you know the Buddhist canon? 01:24:37.035 --> 01:24:38.845 The five decays of celestial beings? 01:24:39.006 --> 01:24:40.345 The five decays of celestial beings. 01:24:42.038 --> 01:24:45.015 It's all about the gods 01:24:45.171 --> 01:24:47.912 and how they go through this process too. 01:24:48.073 --> 01:24:52.980 Our cabin attendants are superbly designed 01:24:53.973 --> 01:24:56.779 but there's one problem: 01:24:57.372 --> 01:25:00.374 When they've served on so many long journeys 01:25:00.540 --> 01:25:02.814 fatigue begins to set in. 01:25:02.973 --> 01:25:04.813 For example 01:25:04.973 --> 01:25:09.882 they might want to laugh, but the smile would be slow to come. 01:25:10.604 --> 01:25:12.879 They might want to cry 01:25:13.039 --> 01:25:16.880 but the tear wouldn't well up till the next day. 01:25:18.539 --> 01:25:22.174 This one's failing fast. 01:25:40.040 --> 01:25:43.016 I think you'd better give up. 01:25:58.839 --> 01:26:01.010 I grew desperate. 01:26:01.773 --> 01:26:03.807 I felt like giving up 01:26:05.938 --> 01:26:08.281 but I was soon trying again. 01:26:18.907 --> 01:26:21.647 I have a secret to tell you. 01:26:22.873 --> 01:26:25.044 Will you leave with me? 01:26:34.473 --> 01:26:38.415 I have a secret to tell you. 01:26:52.240 --> 01:26:54.806 Will you leave with me? 01:27:20.773 --> 01:27:23.684 Do you know what people did in the old days 01:27:23.840 --> 01:27:25.821 when they had secrets? 01:27:37.474 --> 01:27:40.918 They'd climb a mountain, find a tree 01:27:41.773 --> 01:27:43.808 carve a hole in it 01:28:02.308 --> 01:28:08.253 and whisper the secret into the hole. 01:28:16.177 --> 01:28:18.677 990. 01:28:18.842 --> 01:28:21.616 991. 01:28:22.644 --> 01:28:25.518 992. 01:28:25.677 --> 01:28:28.050 993. 01:28:29.107 --> 01:28:31.851 994. 01:28:32.911 --> 01:28:34.410 995. 01:28:34.575 --> 01:28:38.178 I slowly began to doubt myself. 01:28:40.645 --> 01:28:43.178 Maybe the reason she didn't answer 01:28:43.343 --> 01:28:45.584 was not that her reactions were delayed 01:28:45.745 --> 01:28:48.481 but simply that she didn't love me. 01:28:49.977 --> 01:28:52.477 So at last, I got it. 01:28:52.642 --> 01:28:55.315 It's entirely beyond my control. 01:28:55.476 --> 01:28:57.544 The only thing left for me 01:28:58.776 --> 01:29:00.414 was to give up. 01:29:35.713 --> 01:29:36.712 24-DEC-68 01:30:53.998 --> 01:30:56.274 Why are you inviting me to Christmas dinner? 01:30:56.433 --> 01:30:59.432 You know how much I'll lose in tips by not working? 01:31:00.564 --> 01:31:05.200 Wouldn't it be awful to be alone tonight? 01:31:05.365 --> 01:31:07.400 I need company. 01:31:09.031 --> 01:31:10.700 That means me? 01:31:16.765 --> 01:31:19.141 Your boyfriend hasn't written in a while. 01:31:23.399 --> 01:31:25.343 I told him not to. 01:31:26.966 --> 01:31:29.066 Anyway it's hopeless. 01:31:30.499 --> 01:31:32.477 There's no point waiting for me. 01:31:35.101 --> 01:31:38.339 Why is it hopeless? Go and look for him. 01:31:39.030 --> 01:31:41.408 If you don't, it really will be hopeless. 01:31:45.897 --> 01:31:48.004 My dad will never give his consent. 01:32:01.266 --> 01:32:02.938 If you were him 01:32:03.867 --> 01:32:05.842 what would you be doing tonight? 01:32:09.068 --> 01:32:10.737 Why don't you ask him. 01:32:10.900 --> 01:32:13.001 Have you got his phone number? 01:32:32.901 --> 01:32:35.069 I can't hear you! 01:32:35.234 --> 01:32:37.732 Can you speak louder? 01:32:40.101 --> 01:32:43.078 I'm already shouting! 01:32:43.966 --> 01:32:47.172 I felt like Santa Claus that night. 01:32:48.333 --> 01:32:50.276 I took her to the newspaper office 01:32:50.434 --> 01:32:53.275 and let her make a long-distance call to her boyfriend. 01:32:54.068 --> 01:32:58.069 I was happy to see her so happy. 01:32:59.401 --> 01:33:01.775 In fact, Zone 1224-1225 01:33:02.467 --> 01:33:05.672 meant Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 01:33:06.601 --> 01:33:08.104 On the night before Christmas 01:33:08.270 --> 01:33:10.405 many people need more warmth than usual. 01:33:12.100 --> 01:33:15.101 That night I didn't get that. 01:33:17.034 --> 01:33:18.410 Maybe that was for the best. 01:34:07.635 --> 01:34:11.479 10 HOURS LATER 01:34:12.002 --> 01:34:13.607 I realized 01:34:14.503 --> 01:34:16.447 the reason the android didn't answer 01:34:16.604 --> 01:34:19.409 had nothing to do with her mechanism wearing out 01:34:19.569 --> 01:34:21.274 nor that she didn't like him. 01:34:21.869 --> 01:34:23.574 More likely 01:34:23.735 --> 01:34:26.305 she already loved someone else. 01:34:29.235 --> 01:34:31.941 Soon after that she went to Japan. 01:34:33.168 --> 01:34:37.373 I gave her a copy of my story, 2047. 01:34:38.302 --> 01:34:40.338 I hope she read it. 01:34:42.936 --> 01:34:46.811 100 HOURS LATER 01:34:51.369 --> 01:34:55.315 1000 HOURS LATER 01:35:16.503 --> 01:35:18.538 Love is all a matter of timing. 01:35:20.171 --> 01:35:22.614 It's no good meeting the right person 01:35:22.771 --> 01:35:24.645 too soon or too late. 01:35:36.403 --> 01:35:39.279 If I'd lived in another time or place 01:35:40.604 --> 01:35:43.138 my story might have had a very different ending. 01:36:31.606 --> 01:36:35.310 - I have to tell you. - Yes? 01:36:35.805 --> 01:36:40.013 I'll be away for a couple of days. Pay my daughter this month's rent. 01:36:40.738 --> 01:36:43.342 - Is she back? - Not Jing Wen. 01:36:43.505 --> 01:36:46.416 I mean, pay my younger girl, Jie Wen. 01:36:48.071 --> 01:36:50.608 So your worries are over. Going on holiday? 01:36:50.772 --> 01:36:53.339 No. I have to go to Japan. 01:36:54.039 --> 01:36:56.380 But you hate the Japanese. Why go to Japan? 01:36:56.938 --> 01:36:59.145 Jing Wen's getting married. 01:37:02.808 --> 01:37:04.283 Congratulations. 01:37:04.840 --> 01:37:08.080 I wasn't sure whether to go or not. 01:37:08.238 --> 01:37:09.683 Now I've decided 01:37:09.840 --> 01:37:12.283 I just want her to be happy. 01:37:13.707 --> 01:37:16.277 When do you leave? Can you help me choose a present? 01:37:16.440 --> 01:37:17.939 There's no need for that. 01:37:21.270 --> 01:37:24.717 - She wanted me to ask you something. - What is it? 01:37:24.872 --> 01:37:28.510 She read your story, 2047. She likes it a lot 01:37:28.675 --> 01:37:31.649 but she finds the ending too sad. 01:37:31.806 --> 01:37:34.444 She wonders if you can change it. 01:37:37.372 --> 01:37:39.317 I'll see what I can do. 01:37:54.372 --> 01:37:58.217 AN HOUR LATER 01:38:11.344 --> 01:38:15.183 10 HOURS LATER 01:38:23.274 --> 01:38:27.118 100 HOURS LATER 01:38:52.476 --> 01:38:53.714 Taxi! 01:38:53.873 --> 01:38:56.646 I'd also like the story to have a happy ending 01:38:57.175 --> 01:38:59.344 but I don't know how to write it. 01:38:59.874 --> 01:39:03.376 Some years back I had a happy ending in my grasp 01:39:04.009 --> 01:39:05.508 but I let it slip away. 01:39:20.908 --> 01:39:22.353 Don't turn your back on me. 01:39:23.075 --> 01:39:24.816 - Has he been here? - What's it to you? 01:39:24.975 --> 01:39:28.012 While I was depressed, I ran into Lulu again. She hadn't changed. 01:39:28.177 --> 01:39:29.742 Still intensely jealous. 01:39:29.907 --> 01:39:32.442 You think he's yours? I thought you knew him well. 01:39:32.611 --> 01:39:34.110 That's the way he is. 01:39:34.274 --> 01:39:38.847 We've just been amusing ourselves so control yourself, missy! 01:40:07.144 --> 01:40:09.486 Watching her taught me something. 01:40:11.443 --> 01:40:13.352 When you don't take no for an answer 01:40:13.508 --> 01:40:16.180 there's still a chance you'll get what you want. 01:40:33.343 --> 01:40:37.187 18 MONTHS LATER 01:40:45.710 --> 01:40:49.179 Hello. Is Mr. Chow there? 01:40:52.146 --> 01:40:56.350 I know I have no right to ask 01:40:57.144 --> 01:40:59.817 but they say I need a guarantor. 01:41:02.179 --> 01:41:08.022 The man who recruits girls for the nightclub says he knows you. 01:41:09.611 --> 01:41:11.590 Can you talk to him for me? 01:41:16.613 --> 01:41:18.089 No problem. 01:41:18.945 --> 01:41:20.751 I know the man you mean. 01:41:23.111 --> 01:41:24.952 I'll see him in a day or two. 01:41:26.345 --> 01:41:28.326 Why did you choose Singapore? 01:41:29.845 --> 01:41:32.414 I don't want to stay here any longer. 01:41:33.378 --> 01:41:36.916 I've been thinking about it for some time. 01:41:37.080 --> 01:41:39.057 I want to take a look at the place. 01:41:42.414 --> 01:41:44.255 Don't drink too much. 01:41:44.980 --> 01:41:46.615 You don't look well. 01:41:50.045 --> 01:41:53.956 Don't worry. It won't kill me. 01:41:59.915 --> 01:42:01.619 Do you know what? 01:42:03.112 --> 01:42:05.785 I came by here at Christmas. 01:42:08.879 --> 01:42:10.687 I thought I might run into you. 01:42:11.680 --> 01:42:14.058 Why didn't you call me first? 01:42:15.115 --> 01:42:16.956 I don't know. 01:42:18.483 --> 01:42:20.617 I came on impulse. 01:42:30.379 --> 01:42:32.485 I don't know why. 01:42:35.446 --> 01:42:38.016 That night I suddenly missed you so much. 01:42:43.614 --> 01:42:47.855 We're drinking pals. Of course you'll miss me. 01:42:55.748 --> 01:42:57.554 You're right. 01:43:01.612 --> 01:43:03.888 "We're drinking pals." 01:43:15.045 --> 01:43:16.493 Let's go. 01:43:18.415 --> 01:43:19.757 - Waiter. - Yes? 01:43:19.915 --> 01:43:21.985 - The check. - Yes. 01:43:24.715 --> 01:43:26.625 Where are you staying? 01:43:27.682 --> 01:43:31.557 In a hotel, a rather small room 01:43:32.949 --> 01:43:34.393 but it's not too bad. 01:43:35.250 --> 01:43:36.691 I'll see you back. 01:43:37.984 --> 01:43:39.460 No, thanks. 01:43:40.250 --> 01:43:42.987 I've just moved in. It's a mess. 01:43:44.647 --> 01:43:47.354 I'll invite you once it's cleaned up. 01:43:49.214 --> 01:43:50.487 I'll go first. 01:44:08.316 --> 01:44:10.294 Seeing how much Bai Ling had changed 01:44:10.447 --> 01:44:12.892 I was suddenly overcome by a feeling of grief. 01:44:13.048 --> 01:44:14.721 Indeed, last Christmas 01:44:14.882 --> 01:44:16.826 I was not in Hong Kong. 01:44:17.883 --> 01:44:21.383 24-DEC-69 01:44:41.879 --> 01:44:43.589 Have you seen Miss Su? 01:44:43.750 --> 01:44:47.489 Miss Su? Not for some time. 01:44:47.651 --> 01:44:49.217 Any idea where she might be? 01:44:49.380 --> 01:44:51.790 Probably back in Phnom Penh. 01:44:52.482 --> 01:44:55.687 I didn't want to spend Christmas 1969 in Hong Kong 01:44:56.384 --> 01:45:00.089 so I visited Singapore and went back to the casino. 01:45:01.281 --> 01:45:04.229 I waited for several days but Black Spider never turned up. 01:45:04.884 --> 01:45:06.986 No one knew where she was. 01:45:07.151 --> 01:45:09.352 Some thought she'd gone back to Phnom Penh. 01:45:09.514 --> 01:45:11.553 Others thought she was dead. 01:45:15.718 --> 01:45:18.752 Ping and I began working in Singapore in 1963. 01:45:20.219 --> 01:45:22.287 When my life lost most of its meaning 01:45:24.317 --> 01:45:26.521 I started gambling every day. 01:45:31.715 --> 01:45:35.026 Those were hard times for me. Only one person came to my rescue: 01:45:35.752 --> 01:45:37.420 a professional gambler. 01:45:37.585 --> 01:45:39.619 Some said she was a cheat. 01:45:40.417 --> 01:45:43.861 She always wore black. They called her Black Spider. 01:45:44.884 --> 01:45:47.861 She kept her black glove on 365 days a year. 01:45:48.651 --> 01:45:50.560 Nobody knew why for sure. 01:45:51.653 --> 01:45:54.890 Had her hand been chopped off for cheating? 01:45:55.050 --> 01:45:57.530 Did the glove cover up a fake hand? 01:45:58.418 --> 01:46:00.156 Nobody really knew. 01:46:20.253 --> 01:46:22.492 Why do you wear that black glove? 01:46:24.486 --> 01:46:26.190 It's a habit. 01:46:27.787 --> 01:46:29.557 You're not from here? 01:46:31.153 --> 01:46:32.959 I'm from Phnom Penh. 01:46:34.587 --> 01:46:39.119 What a coincidence. I was just in Cambodia. 01:46:43.186 --> 01:46:45.892 It's in chaos. Why were you there? 01:46:47.851 --> 01:46:49.627 The newspaper sent me. 01:46:52.686 --> 01:46:54.222 You're a journalist? 01:46:55.422 --> 01:46:57.159 Not anymore. 01:46:58.854 --> 01:47:00.330 Why's that? 01:47:03.752 --> 01:47:08.061 They made some changes and I'm now a consultant 01:47:08.221 --> 01:47:11.325 on half pay with next to nothing to do. 01:47:17.454 --> 01:47:20.159 So why are you spending your time in the casino? 01:47:22.253 --> 01:47:24.959 I tried to win enough to pay my way back to Hong Kong. 01:47:29.088 --> 01:47:30.360 You lost a lot? 01:47:31.488 --> 01:47:33.226 A few thousand. 01:47:38.856 --> 01:47:41.626 You should never set foot in a casino in a bad mood. 01:47:42.356 --> 01:47:44.061 You won't win. 01:47:47.419 --> 01:47:50.865 I didn't expect to win. I just hoped to get back my stake. 01:47:57.756 --> 01:47:59.894 If you have any money left 01:48:02.057 --> 01:48:03.761 I can help you 01:48:04.823 --> 01:48:06.494 on one condition: 01:48:06.655 --> 01:48:08.964 When you've got your money back 01:48:09.122 --> 01:48:10.655 stop gambling. 01:48:18.155 --> 01:48:19.791 Why are you helping me? 01:48:21.356 --> 01:48:23.131 I take a commission: 01:48:24.088 --> 01:48:27.296 10 percent of whatever I win for you. 01:48:32.992 --> 01:48:34.797 Think it over. 01:48:41.189 --> 01:48:44.225 What good to her were her tiny commissions on my winnings? 01:48:45.687 --> 01:48:48.396 After that we went back to the casino night after night. 01:48:48.556 --> 01:48:51.624 We'd eat at the stall next to the railway station. 01:48:52.588 --> 01:48:56.034 She won back all the money I'd lost. 01:49:04.722 --> 01:49:06.293 Thank you. 01:49:07.324 --> 01:49:09.321 Don't thank me. It's yours. 01:49:13.856 --> 01:49:15.833 If you need me again tomorrow 01:49:15.989 --> 01:49:18.797 I'll be waiting here after dinner. 01:49:22.690 --> 01:49:24.564 I still don't know your name. 01:49:30.590 --> 01:49:33.725 It's Su: Su Li Zhen. 01:49:39.256 --> 01:49:42.721 A few years ago I fell in love with another man's wife. 01:49:42.890 --> 01:49:45.027 Her name was Su Li Zhen too. 01:49:49.358 --> 01:49:52.337 It was because of her I moved to Singapore. 01:49:54.058 --> 01:49:58.469 I never dreamed I'd meet another Su Li Zhen. 01:50:03.625 --> 01:50:07.068 I told her a lot about the other Su Li Zhen. 01:50:07.791 --> 01:50:09.565 At first we kept it secret 01:50:10.426 --> 01:50:12.528 but gossip soon spread. 01:50:13.324 --> 01:50:15.233 Later we moved into a hotel. 01:50:15.858 --> 01:50:17.769 We had room 2046. 01:50:21.358 --> 01:50:24.199 When I think back, the whole thing was like a dream. 01:50:25.256 --> 01:50:27.293 You loved her deeply? 01:50:33.123 --> 01:50:34.729 It's history. 01:50:36.958 --> 01:50:39.163 Let's change the subject. 01:50:39.326 --> 01:50:41.859 You, what did you do before? 01:50:48.460 --> 01:50:50.299 You want to know about me? 01:50:59.525 --> 01:51:01.525 Come on. We'll play high-low. 01:51:01.694 --> 01:51:04.102 If you win I'll tell you everything. 01:51:22.193 --> 01:51:26.264 It struck me that her past was like the hand she always kept gloved: 01:51:26.793 --> 01:51:28.029 a mystery with no solution. 01:51:44.854 --> 01:51:47.261 Of all the men I've met 01:51:48.154 --> 01:51:50.257 you've been the best to me. 01:51:54.785 --> 01:51:56.993 I'm already missing you. 01:52:05.087 --> 01:52:06.623 Why won't you come with me? 01:52:12.523 --> 01:52:14.227 Didn't you 01:52:15.954 --> 01:52:17.864 promise not to ask? 01:52:23.054 --> 01:52:25.760 Hold me. 01:52:28.185 --> 01:52:30.827 It may be years before we meet again. 01:53:18.087 --> 01:53:21.557 The last time we saw each other, I told her: 01:53:21.721 --> 01:53:23.529 "Take care." 01:53:25.790 --> 01:53:28.393 "Maybe one day you'll escape your past." 01:53:29.822 --> 01:53:31.993 "If you do look for me." 01:54:55.491 --> 01:54:56.901 Now it strikes me 01:54:57.057 --> 01:55:00.193 that what I told her was actually meant for myself. 01:55:01.921 --> 01:55:04.367 In love you can't bring on a substitute. 01:55:05.156 --> 01:55:08.693 I was looking for what I'd felt with the other Su Li Zhen. 01:55:10.358 --> 01:55:12.265 I didn't realize that myself 01:55:13.291 --> 01:55:15.493 but I'm sure she did. 01:55:31.724 --> 01:55:33.598 WHEN THE PEONY BLOOMS 01:55:33.756 --> 01:55:36.997 SHE STANDS TALL AND THEN GOES AWAY. 01:55:37.157 --> 01:55:39.568 DOES SHE MEAN "NO" OR "YES"? 01:55:40.059 --> 01:55:42.536 All for me? Do you want to get me drunk? 01:55:42.693 --> 01:55:44.568 I know you're a good drinker. 01:55:44.726 --> 01:55:48.863 Let's drink as much as we can. 01:55:49.626 --> 01:55:51.934 If there's any left over 01:55:52.459 --> 01:55:55.197 finish it next time you're here. 01:56:04.559 --> 01:56:06.763 There's one small thing I have to ask you: 01:56:06.926 --> 01:56:09.063 Here's some money. Please take it. 01:56:09.558 --> 01:56:11.228 What for? 01:56:12.023 --> 01:56:15.992 I know you borrowed from a friend for my plane ticket. 01:56:16.692 --> 01:56:18.566 Pay him back. 01:56:18.726 --> 01:56:22.295 If there's any left, pay my rent for me. 01:56:24.791 --> 01:56:26.737 Where did you get so much money? 01:56:29.324 --> 01:56:31.393 An old customer. 01:56:32.624 --> 01:56:34.967 He's always been fond of me. 01:56:35.125 --> 01:56:37.124 He treats me well 01:56:37.593 --> 01:56:41.697 but he's too old for me, so I never paid him much attention. 01:56:45.027 --> 01:56:48.062 I ran into him yesterday while I was shopping. 01:56:48.226 --> 01:56:49.670 He insisted on buying me dinner. 01:56:53.658 --> 01:56:57.535 I needed money, so I went. 01:57:00.128 --> 01:57:04.129 After dinner I told him I needed money. 01:57:05.758 --> 01:57:09.728 He said I could have as much as I wanted. 01:57:14.392 --> 01:57:16.768 I told him I needed $5,000. 01:57:19.927 --> 01:57:22.961 At first I planned to save it for Singapore 01:57:25.228 --> 01:57:27.366 but I'm using it now. 01:57:32.629 --> 01:57:34.663 Don't be silly. 01:57:34.827 --> 01:57:38.998 You're still young. You have great prospects. 01:57:40.193 --> 01:57:42.605 I borrowed the money from my friends. 01:57:42.760 --> 01:57:44.862 They don't need it back yet 01:57:45.795 --> 01:57:48.364 so keep this for yourself. 01:57:52.595 --> 01:57:55.072 Pay me back later. There's no rush. 01:57:59.262 --> 01:58:01.467 Why are you so kind to me? 01:58:02.827 --> 01:58:04.830 Perhaps it's fate. 01:58:13.794 --> 01:58:15.929 Too bad it didn't last. 01:58:17.861 --> 01:58:20.272 I wish it could have gone on longer. 01:58:22.896 --> 01:58:24.840 Don't be like this. 01:58:24.996 --> 01:58:26.803 Let me buy you dinner tonight. 01:58:27.629 --> 01:58:29.732 - Waiter, the check. - Coming. 01:58:30.193 --> 01:58:31.901 No. Let me. 01:58:33.061 --> 01:58:35.437 You're too kind. 01:58:36.428 --> 01:58:39.670 You've spent enough time and money on me already. 01:58:40.762 --> 01:58:43.105 I don't want to owe you too much. 01:58:49.728 --> 01:58:51.730 I need to make a phone call. 01:58:52.461 --> 01:58:55.269 Please settle the check. I'll be outside. 01:59:56.729 --> 01:59:58.570 Will you come in? 01:59:59.631 --> 02:00:01.472 No, thanks. 02:00:01.629 --> 02:00:03.610 Get some rest. 02:00:03.763 --> 02:00:05.933 I'll see you to the airport tomorrow. 02:00:06.995 --> 02:00:08.734 Please don't. 02:00:09.395 --> 02:00:12.169 I'll be terribly sad if you're there. 02:00:15.731 --> 02:00:17.539 Take good care of yourself. 02:00:33.297 --> 02:00:36.400 Why can't it be like it was before? 02:00:39.262 --> 02:00:41.003 Please don't go. 02:00:42.732 --> 02:00:44.869 Stay with me tonight. 02:00:48.932 --> 02:00:50.467 Let me borrow you. 02:00:51.698 --> 02:00:53.676 Do you remember? 02:00:55.066 --> 02:00:56.941 You once asked me 02:00:57.566 --> 02:00:59.939 if there was anything I wouldn't lend. 02:01:01.198 --> 02:01:03.236 I've given it a lot of thought 02:01:05.299 --> 02:01:07.173 and now I know 02:01:09.132 --> 02:01:11.267 there is one thing 02:01:13.966 --> 02:01:16.276 I'll never lend to anyone. 02:02:01.834 --> 02:02:06.039 As I recall, that was the very last time we saw each other. 02:02:07.200 --> 02:02:10.268 I haven't seen her since that night. 02:02:22.468 --> 02:02:25.504 Why can't it be like it was before? 02:02:34.134 --> 02:02:36.012 HE DIDN'T TURN BACK. 02:02:36.168 --> 02:02:39.544 IT WAS AS IF HE'D BOARDED A VERY LONG TRAIN 02:02:39.700 --> 02:02:41.768 HEADING FOR A DROWSY FUTURE 02:02:41.933 --> 02:02:44.414 THROUGH THE UNFATHOMABLE NIGHT. 02:02:48.303 --> 02:02:51.475 Everyone who goes to 2046 has the same intention: 02:02:52.335 --> 02:02:54.747 They want to recapture lost memories 02:02:55.604 --> 02:02:57.740 because in 2046 02:02:57.901 --> 02:03:00.243 nothing ever changes 02:03:01.037 --> 02:03:04.015 but nobody really knows if that's true or not 02:03:04.640 --> 02:03:07.944 because nobody has ever come back. 02:03:07.968 --> 02:03:27.968 Telegram Channel and Instagram Page .:: @bollbolljan_com ::.