H EN RY: My name is Henry Chi ng ,
I was i n construction i n the South Sea,
I had hoped to build homes for people,
I never thought
that I'd end up in debt,
on the run ,
A few months ago,
the British government
bought cement from all over Asia
and shi pped it to the same place,
I decided to try my Iuck here,
This place could be
where I turn my l uck around ,
Down with the ICAC!
Dignity for the police!
Down with the ICAC!
"I n 1 974 , Hong Kong establishes the I ndependent Comm ission Against Corruption ,"
Si nce the ICAC's creation two years ago,
it has charged many corrupt pol icemen ,
H undreds of officers are protesti ng ,
Criminal scum
robs my l ivel i hood !
Criminal scum
robs my l ivel i hood !
Criminal scum
robs my l ivel i hood !
Today,
we're here to ask the H K government:
do you want the police
or the ICAC
to enforce the law?
Bastard !
Why bother?
It's poi ntless!
It needs the police!
Cut the crap!
Screw the I CAC!
Follow me!
Com'on ,
Follow me,
Let's go,
Screw the I CAC!
Hey, stop it!
Stop!
You're breaki ng the law!
Step aside!
Douchebag !
Stop!
Hey! Don't touch them !
Turn over your fi les on me!
Stop, right now!
Tel l them to stop!
Stop it!
Stop!
You were a cop once,
Now you turn agai nst your own ,
shame on you ,
You're assaulti ng an officer,
I have every right to shoot you ,
You're assaulting my boss,
I also have every right to shoot you ,
Drop the gun ,
Shooti ng a cop is a serious crime!
If anyone pul ls the trigger,
do you thi nk the brass wi l l cover for you?
Put your gun away,
return to the peaceful protest,
I 'l l pretend this never happened ,
Sarge,
don't do this,
Gwei lo's rifle?
Mounted in his office,
There is no cartridge,
Put it back,
"To pacify the protesters,"
"Hong Kong's Governor announces an am nesty"
"for minor offenses comm itted before January 1 st, 1 977,"
- M r, Tsang , - Next Wednesday,
M r, Tsang ,
You ,
Screen the appl icants!
Don't waste my time!
PIease give me a chance, si r,
We need a clerk,
You're an engineer,
I have enough engi neers,
- Should I fi re them and hire you? - Screw You !
- A waste of time! - Now you want out?
I'II mess you up,
How dare you ,,,
This is an office,
Sorry, brother,
I really need this job,
(DIALECT) We are paisans,
Paisans?
A few Hokkien words and we're related?
Is this a charity?
You ,
Cal l security, get him out of here,
Take care of it,
Hey,
(D IALECT) You're a paisan?
M r, Wu ,
H K$3 million
for all 24 houses,
I 'd Iose my shi rt!
K, K, ,
I'm the only sucker
willing to pay H K$3 m i l l ion ,
Your brother asked me to look after you ,
otherwise I 'd never come out to this dusty and Iousy place!
Buddy,
I know you borrowed H K$2 million from the bank,
and the Ioan matures soon ,
Reject my offer,
and your Iittle project
is doomed ,
You'd lose everything !
Dad ,
Dato M uhammad has arrived ,
M i nd your steps,
Dad ,
Dato and I have an understandi ng ,
He is very interested i n these houses,
- U m brella! - This way,
PIease stay shaded ,
(D IALECT) Listen ,
My final offer,
H K$9 m i l l ion ,
Take it or leave it,
Deal !
- Get the contract, - Right away,
M r, Wu , please excuse me,
Take care,
Dad ,
do you thi nk he'l l fall for it?
Wu is a sly guy,
With a H K$9 million offer
how can he resist?
He's leaving !
What did he say?
Nothi ng !
What do we do?
Thank you , M r, Tsang ,
M r, Ching ,
this way,
H EN RY: How come no one is helpi ng your dad?
JOH N NY: Dad is the youngest son of a concubine;
his half brothers bul l ied him all his Iife,
That land back there?
No water, no electricity,
One of my stupid uncles brought it,
and unloaded it onto my dad ,
Actual ly,
Iosing a million or two
is not a big deal for the Tsangs,
But it makes Dad Iook bad
in front of my uncles,
M r, Wu is
an uncle's gam bling buddy,
I bet they want to ri p off my dad ,
M r, Wu , do you need hel p?
Old fart,
Brickhead ,
Smoke,,,
Smoke this!
Well , M r, Ching ,
where should I drop you off?
H EN RY: I only wanted
to pul l a prank on Wu ,
yet this prank
changed my l ife,
Sir, how many?
Somewhere comfortable,
This way please,
A cigar, a glass of brandy,
Yes, sir,
- Hold on , - Yes,
Thank you , sir,
(DIALECT) M r, M uhammad ,
We've j ust met,
My name is Wu Ren Song
from the Xin Song Group,
Do you mind?
PIease,
Put it on my tab,
Leave us, we're tal king busi ness,
Did I outbid you on the houses?
Apologies if I did ,
No worries,
You are a man
with an unique vision ,
What makes you think
24 houses
are worth H K$9 m i l l ion?
They are not,
I want the land ,
That piece of land
has no water or electricity
and it's hard to get to,
What can you do with it?
It has potential ,
Are the Brits
buildi ng a power plant there
as part of the urban expansion plan?
Dato,
what's the scoop?
Care to share?
J ust a wi ld guess,
Another thing ,
Dato,
How much deposit did you pay?
H K$ 1 0 ,000,
Ah ,
the rest is due next week,
How about this?
I have a proposition ,
AIIow me to purchase
the property for you ,
No matter how much I pay for it,
I will sell it to you
for H K$7 million ,
You save H K$2 m i l l ion ,
Not very nice, is it?
I made an offer;
I ought to keep my word ,
Keep your word?
How about keeping your money?
Your cost is only H K$ 7 m i l l ion ,
I just saved you H K$ 2 m i l l ion !
H K$6 m i l l ion ,
Fi nal offer,
Deal !
Hey, pay up,
Rent is due,
You're a month behi nd ,
Take a hike if you can't pay,
And you ,
quit smiling ,
pay me!
M r, Tsang?
After you Ieft,
Wu paid H K$4 million for my Iand ,
Then he went to The Peninsula Hotel
Iooki ng for M r, M uhammad ,
He went up to the room
and found a black dude
who's buck naked !
The dude claimed to be M uhammad ,
M uhammad !
Wu wouldn't bel ieve him ,
charged i nto the room ,
and saw a half naked black lady!
Wu ended up with four broken ri bs,
a fractured fem ur
and a couple teeth knocked out,
Turns out that M uhammad
is a heavy weight cham p!
Now you ,
why didn't you come back?
I was paid i n ful l ,
We're square,
You made H K$ 1 million for me,
and you tell me
that we're square?
I ndebted to you ,
K, K, Tsang ,
Nonsense, M r, Tsang ,
Henry Chi ng , at your service,
Good ,
From now on ,
I wi l l cal l you brother!
"Eleven years Iater,"
K, K, Tsang and Henry Chi ng became partners,
After Carmen Century col lapsed ,
Tsang disappeared ,
No record of him Ieavi ng H K,
Accordi ng to I mmigration records,
Chi ng never had a Hong Kong I D,
We can charge him with visa violation ,
M i ng ,
how much is an average apartment in H K?
About H K$ 1 60K?
Chi ng stole over H K$ 1 0 billion from this city,
enough to buy 60,000 units,
Charge him with visa violation ;
he gets deported ,
and takes everythi ng with him !
Boss,
11 3 accountants
have all arrived ,
Let's go,
ICAC,
Senior I nvestigator,
Lau Kai Yuen ,
Good morning , si r,
We were making arrangements
for your colleagues,
Apologies for the delay,
This way please,
J ust a moment, please,
Officer Lau ,
my boss wi l l see you now,
Wait outside,
Officer Lau , is it?
Take a seat,
I often have Iow blood sugar,
plus I got a cold this morning ,
I need to eat something ,
or I might fai nt,
Are you hungry?
Joi n me,
M r, Ching ,
this is an arrest warrant,
The ICAC is arresti ng you
on suspicion of fraud and bribery
i n connection with Carmen Century,
It is my duty to i nform you
that everythi ng you say
wi l l be recorded
and used against you i n court,
Do you understand?
Fraud and bribery,
Sounds serious,
It's very serious,
You face 1 4 years in prison for fraud
and 1 0 years for bribery,
And there are multi ple counts,
Prison? Real ly?
I 'm a businessman ,
Even if I breached a regulation ,
the penalties should be monetary,
We will also freeze al l your assets,
AII?
Let me fi nish this congee first,
Excuse me,
Everything here
is considered evidence,
PIease,
No handcuffs, right?
Are you hiri ng?
These rooms are full ,
M r, Ching ,
this way,
Ah ,
M r, Ching ,
you're awake,
Happy to see you here,
How long was I out?
Two days,
Ah ,
that's 48 hours,
I can Ieave now,
The court ordered you to be
remanded in custody,
Joseph is negotiati ng ,
we'II hear from him soon ,
And my friends?
Don't worry,
I have sol icitors from top Iaw firms
Iooki ng after them ,
Keep a good eye on them ,
If they misspeak under duress,
they may get into trouble,
M r, Ching ,
you need not worry about such things,
You think you can get away?
You want to take the rap for the whole case?
M r, Chi ng , you don't have to answer that,
Tel l me
who else is i nvolved ,
Maybe there's a way out for you ,
A way out?
You thi nk I 'm stupid?
Don't you have enough evidence to nail me?
I can't help you if you think that way,
What kind of hel p?
You want me to spill the beans,
take a deal ,
What's i n it for me?
For you?
Fi ne,
I'II Iay it out,
I n 1 975,
Tsang started his own firm ,
and you joi ned him ,
I n three years
you made a couple m i l l ion ,
I n J uly that year,,,
Cheers!
I can't believe it,
The government paid H K$7 m i l l ion
for that rundown factory!
We didn't do jack shit and made H K$3 m i l l ion !
H K$ 1 m i l l ion , Your share,
Thank you , K, K,
I came to Hong Kong as an engineer,
Now I 'm a property speculator,
An engi neer?
You would've starved !
Buddy,
whatever you're good at, do that,
Hong Kong is no place for daydreaming ,
Don't you see?
See that buildi ng? You know the story?
The Golden H ill House,
the priciest office bui lding in Hong Kong ,
1 0 years ago,
Golden H ill Construction outbid the Brits,
bought the land and bui lt it,
The Brits lost face,
Last year,
Golden H ill tried to go publ ic,
and got swindled by brokerage fi rms,
Golden H i l l was short on cash ;
the Brits started a buyout,
Two days ago, the Brits com pleted a takeover,
The bui lding is now
back in British hands,
How about that for a dream?
A nightmare, brother!
What a strange place Hong Kong is,
People go to war
over an office buildi ng ,
May I have your attention ,
please welcome our chairman ,
Ladies and gentlemen ,
for the Yarden Group, today
is a historic day
with the reacquisition of the
Golden H ill House,
It feels,,,
It feels just a l ittle bit l i ke
Victory Day,
Rule Britannia!
God save the Oueen !
My partner,
Henry Chi ng ,
Hello,
My partner,
Henry Chi ng ,
K, K, , how are you mate?
Henry Chi ng ,
Terry,
Vice President of Hong Kong Bank,
My partner, Henry Chi ng ,
LAU : That year,
your fam i ly Iost a fortune in the U ,S,
Your uncles sent your dad to San Francisco to sort it out,
Before he left,
your dad gave Chi ng
H K$2 , 3 m i l l ion ,
Is it true?
Not that much ,
Dad told me
it was about H K$ 1 , 5 m i l l ion ,
I'm not really sure
what had happened ,
The glass panels are cracked ,
Better replace them both ,
Are you hiri ng?
Wow, You're a good typist,
Ms, Carmen Cheung ,
Your CPA is from the Rose Garden School ,
Which school is that?
I got my CPA from a juvenile center,
Do you mind?
Not at all ,
Okay then , from now on ,
you're hi red as my personal assistant,
H K$3K per month ,
Any questions?
H K$3K?
You mean H K$800,
I mean H K$8K,
Is there a problem?
Do I get year-end double pay and bonus?
Of course,
And stock options
if we're profitable,
Go to the Business Registration Office;
my company isn't registered yet,
Thanks,
Carmen Transportation , at your service!
Ms, Cheung ,
Ching had j ust met you ,
and he names
dozens of com panies after you ,
Is your relationship
strictly professional?
Ms, Cheung ,
Bid increment is H K$500K,
11 , 5 m i l l ion ,
1 2 , 5 m i l l ion ,
1 2 , 5 m i l l ion once,
1 3 m i l l ion ,
1 4 m i l l ion ,
1 6 m i l l ion !
Sold !
Hey, was the auction fun?
I wasn't tal king to you , I'II call you later,
How was it?
Each bid is over a m i l l ion !
Over a m i l l ion !
Are you kidding me?
My heart was pounding
so fast!
I thought
I was having a heart attack,
Stop exaggerati ng ,
No, real ly!
My mom died of a heart attack,
Really?
- Maybe it's hereditary, - Do you need a check up?
Hey!
I 'l l take you to the hospital ,
Why are you laughi ng?
I'm messi ng with you ,
You're not a kid , stop mucki ng around !
Doing busi ness i n Hong Kong is a Iot of fun ,
Fun for you , sure,
You called al l the shots,
I wasn't always the shot caller,
You weren't there when I took a beating ,
Good morni ng , M r, Wu ,
I know you Iike tea ,
please accept this box of Pu'er
as my gift to you ,
Sam !
I took the l i berty of
treati ng your bodyguards to Iunch ,
You bastard !
I was i n a hospital for 6 months,
I oughta come after you ,
how dare you come here?
You made a big profit on K, K,'s land ,
I know the government paid H K$3 m i l l ion for it,
otherwise I wouldn't dare come here,
You're a big man , Forgive me,
I hear Sunny Properties, which you own ,
is looking for a buyer,
I 'm interested ,
What's your offer?
This is?
Ki ng of Stocks, Chung Yam ,
Don't you know the players in the game?
He is my man at the exchange,
To buy Sunny Properties,
you gotta go through him ,
Now then ,
what's your offer?
Sunny Properties closed yesterday at H K$ 1 ,25,
I 'm offeri ng H K$2 , 50 a share,
total i ng H K$ 1 00 million
for 50o/o of the company,
Fi ne,
63
- 50,000 shares, - Buy'em !
311
20,000 shares,
Buy'em !
309
30,000 shares,
Buy'em !
Buy another 40 ,000 shares!
Some fool wants to buy Sunny,
Let's get in on it,
Buy'em !
Boss, we have com petition !
Do something !
H K$2 ,20, 274
50,000 shares,
Buy'em !
1 78
Buy'em !
301
How many?
It's at H K$2 , 30 now,,,
I got a scoop: Sunny's dealer is buyi ng ,
It's wild !
It's headi ng toward H K$4!
Good , , , G reat!
Look, it's at H K$4!
How high will it go?
Hey,
no matter the cost,
- I can't hear you ! - buy it all !
Buy it al l !
Keep buyi ng !
He has 8 brokerage firms
pushi ng the stock price,
You just spent H K$40 million for less than 1 0 percent,
He may wel l drive the price above H K$5!
Sel l some whi le the price is high ,
at Ieast you'd make some money,
- I don't care-- - Wow!
It's droppi ng !
No!
Why is it dropping?
It dropped from H K$3, 50 to H K$3,
H K$2, 50!
It's sti l l dropping !
H K$2!
M r, Chi ng , you're being played !
Traders!
Some fool wants to take Sunny with H K$ 1 00 m i l l ion ,
I 'l l take his money, Who else wants in?
Anyone?
Me!
G reat! Feast and party tonight,
my treat!
I'II take you to the cleaners,
idiot,
Chung ,
you have it made,
Shush ,
He's right outside,
Aiya!
Another crap tile,
Really?
I 'm quitting ,
Till next time,
I'II give you a l ift,
Okay,
Tailing me al l day is useless,
I sim ply want to know
how m uch would it take?
Wel l ,
it's not up to me,
Whatever offer you make
has to satisfy M r, Wu ,
I 'm not tal king about Sunny Properties,
I want you to be my broker,
U nscrupulous, aren't you?
Chung ,
I real ly want to work with you ,
Get lost!
Chung ,,,
M r, Ching ,
My personal assistant, Ms, Carmen Cheung ,
This is Chung ,
How do you do?
Excuse me,
I must go now,
Goodbye,
Thank you ,
I need to make a cal l ,
I got the bi l l ,
Where did Henry go?
He has a meeting with M r, Wu ,
Would you Iike to go to a hoteI
in Kowloon Tong or Central?
I can make a reservation ,
Acqui ring wealth makes a man amoral ,
An amoral woman
acquires wealth ,
Okay,
You got Sunny Properties,
How high do you want this stock to go?
500 million?
One bi l l ion?
I want it to go as high as I want,
I want to issue as many shares as I want,
j ust l i ke the Americans pri nt money,
Look,
the Americans have nukes,
what do you have?
I have her,
The Golden H ill House,
I will buy the whole bui lding ,
Buddy, don't you get it?
This is prime commercial real estate,
People buy one floor at a time,
never the whole buildi ng !
Exactly! No one ever tried this,
That's why it'l l work l i ke a nuke,
Bing !
Bam !
Awesome, eh?
The Brits own the Golden H i l l House,
Would they sell it?
Little rascal ,
how quickly you forget
- your old boss! - M r, Wu !
Relax,
You sold Sunny Properties to Henry,
and made H K$ 1 00 m i l l ion for me,
I 'm grateful ,
We have some new col leagues,
G M of investments from Yarden Group,
Martin ,
Financial supervisor from Yarden Group,
Joey,
And Ian ,
G M of accounti ng from Yarden G roup,
They will be joi ning our company,
Please be seated ,
A house ful l of thieves is easy to rob,
These guys have i nside i nformation :
Yarden G roup is short on cash ,
It has no choice but to sel l low,
With this Al l-Star l i ne-up,
you name the price, M r, Chairman !
I'm not the Chairman ,
Friends,
Chai rman of Carmen Century G roup,
Ms, Carmen Cheung ,
Let's take a picture,
Come on boys,
It is my pleasure
to unvei l our acquisition
of the enti re Golden H i l l House from Yarden G roup
for a grand total of 600 million dollars,
Before the deal was complete,
rumor has it that a buyer
offered us H K$ 1 , 1 bi l l ion for the bui lding ,
Carmen Century's stock price doubled ,
The Golden H i l l House
cost us only H K$ 1 00 m i l l ion cash ,
We paid the balance with stocks,
We made H K$ 1 bi l l ion
on the deal ,
Everyone wants to buy the stock
that makes money,
I kept issuing stocks to keep up with the demand ,
And the price kept goi ng up!
Soon enough ,
Carmen Century became a blue-chi p,
He is not bul lshitti ng ,
You Iiteral ly can use stocks as cash ,
Before the I PO , he spent hundreds of millions
to buy com panies and properties,
Where did the money come from?
We have a travel agency, remem ber?
Here is the bus,
M ind the steps,
Be right with you ,
Let me help you--
JOH N NY: Rumor has it,
Henry met the President's wife
i n a shoe shop i n the Philippines,
Your excellency,
I would Iike to i ntroduce M r, Ching ,
He is an accom plished busi nessman from Hong Kong ,
Later,
he became the President's fi nancial advisor,
and managed his US$ 1 billion portfolio,
I know,
Years ago,
as a tour guide in the Golden Triangle,
he got caught i n a battle with the guerillas,
Here,
Get i n ,
Shoot!
WU : He and the opium warlord became buddies,
And the warlord gave him
one ton of sol id gold to Iaunder,
Ah ,
a few years back,
some bankers told me this story,
Apparently, this guy
was at a train station i n Moscow
where the KG B was chasing a spy,
Stop,
Don't run !
HO : With dum b Iuck,
he tri pped the C IA agent,
Catching a C IA agent i n Moscow!
Wel l ,
you can't get Iuckier than that,
From then on ,
he moved
KG B money
to Asia
and laundered it,
You bel ieve al l that?
What a load of crap,
I can't mess
with any of these people!
So whose money is it?
It's al l here,
M r, Ching ,
The court has set your bai l
at H K$ 1 0 million ,
My wife wi l l wire the funds tomorrow,
No need ,
I know your wife and daughter are i n South Asia,
I've appl ied for your wife's extradition ,
Leave the family out of this,
I beg your pardon ,
I'm talki ng about you ,
Your wife just gave bi rth to a son ,
Your daughter wants to go to school in the U ,S,
It costs a Iot to study abroad these days,
Luckily, I sponsor a few scholarshi ps,
If your daughter is i nterested ,
she should talk to Kelvi n ,
It's quite sim ple,
She fills out a couple forms;
she gets tens of thousands a year,
That's not all ,
If the appl icant is a friend ,
we can add a zero to the amount,
That's what friendshi p is about,
hel ping each other out,
How can I help?
It's up to you ,
If I hel p you beat the case,
how many zeros is that worth?
What were we talki ng about?
About extradition ,
- Your wife and daughter-- - Show him the way out,
Don't waste my time,
M r, Lau ,
Our medical team recommends
only 6 hours of questioni ng each day,
Time is up,
PIease,
Scum bag ,
Where's your mom and brother?
They went to the restaurant,
Let's take a picture with mom ,
Thank you ,
Would you l i ke to take a family photo?
Here,
Cheese!
Thank you ,
Sorry, I forgot,
It's fi ne,
I'm glad you showed up,
Let me hold him ,
- Do you m iss me? - Hey cousi ns,
how about a family photo?
Stand closer, Wing ,
There, better,
Ready,
1 , 2 , 3, cheese!
- G reat, thanks, - Thank you ,
Take a seat,
I want you to take the kids
and Ieave Hong Kong for a few months,
J ust the kids and myself?
I'm i nvestigati ng a dangerous criminal ,
You're not goi ng with us?
I 'm not,
- Hear me out-- - You real ly thi nk
I'm OK with you being AWOL?
Answer the page,
- PIease understand my situation , - I don't understand--
I don't care!
- I really-- - You're scaring the baby,
I have to answer the page,
These are records from Carmen Century,
We spent days with the accountants,
and got through Iess than 1 0C/c ,
These boxes here
are clean ,
These yel low tabs
may or may not be clean ,
Now these,
these with blue tabs are very fishy,
What's fishy about them?
College boy,
explai n to the Boss,
Al l these numbers
have 2 decimal places,
Sir, why would a transaction
cost exactly 660 thousand
3 hundred 64 dol lars and 21 cents?
Check this out,
H K$660 ,864,21 ,
66036421
Spl it it i nto four parts,
66 , 03 , 64 , 21
Part D pl us part B, 66 plus 64 equals 1 30,
Minus the sum of parts C and A,
08 plus 21
equals 29,
1 30 m i nus 29
Bam !
1 01
This means
the num ber is divisible by 1 01 ,
They did the math ,
Al l 400 settlement prices
are divisible by 1 01 ,
We can't figure out why,
we thought you should take a look,
CH U NG : "The Golden H ill House
cost only H K$ 1 00 million cash ,
We paid the balance with Carmen stocks,
We made H K$ 1 bi l l ion
on that deal ,
He is not bul lshitti ng ,
You l iterally can use stocks as cash ,"
Brilliant,
These are stocks,
To settle a transaction with stocks,
you pay a 1 o/o commission ,
The stock price times 1 01 C/c ,
Chi ng uses stocks
at the stock exchange,
Then he bri bes people with stocks,
At the same time
his stock price goes up!
That's it!
Stay calm ,
Double check the numbers,
I want to know who ended up with these stocks,
Let's get to work!
These can't be shown i n court,,,
Check this out,
What are you doing?
Put it down and move aside!
You're stealing evidence!
Let me go! I 'm a Oueen's Counsel !
What ki nd of counseI
steals evidence?
This is obstruction of justice!
Let's start,
Between October 1 982
and May 1 983 ,
on 51 occasions, Chi ng transferred 1 5, 3 million
Carmen shares
to your friends' and relatives' companies,
With this evidence,
you have no chance i n court,
Bring my Iawyer back,
Your Iawyer?
Those are Chi ng's Iawyers,
I have nothing to say without a lawyer,
Isn't it easier to speak
without a Iawyer?
Hey,
The Golden H i l l buyer pulled out?
That means our stocks wi l l be worthless!
You are worthless!
I never said there's a buyer,
Your job is to move stocks,
The buyer is none of your freaki n' busi ness!
Fi ne,
Look,
we're on the same boat,
If not for me,
do it for Carmen ,
Okay,
I'II find a buyer, Hang in there,
After work, Iet's have di nner
- and go danci ng , - Really?
We'l l party all night!
What the,,,
K, K, came back,
and it made al l the difference,
Are you fam i l iar with the blue bloods?
Hey, Robert,
- Dad , - Hey Charles!
You have some gal l to come here,
Aren't you worried about your wife?
Robert!
I could've met you downstairs,
No need , K, K,
Al low me to introduce someone,
Henry,
M r, Henry Chi ng ,
This is M r, Chan , of Fortune Grain and Oi l ,
M r, Lee, of Arctic Shipping ,
M r, Law, of Southern M i l ls,
M r, Ho, Celestial Hotel and Casino in Macau ,
The Lau brothers of Ping Shan Construction ,
This is Robert,
We go way back,
Hei r to H K's Iargest Chi nese owned bank,
M r, Ho Ho Wan ,
This party is popping ,
The Brits can only hope
to match such pizzazz,
You m ust be esteemed by al l , M r, Chi ng ,
I am humbled by my esteemed guests,
Your forefathers built this city,
Without the foundations
they Iaid ,
where would I be?
Right?
Screw you !
To hell with your foundation ,
You dare call us trust fund babies?
J ust kidding ,
Are you shitting bricks yet?
I know you're kidding ,
Thick-ski nned , aren't you?
I l i ke that,
Someone told us that you spent serious money
on an antiques col lection ,
You can't get good antiques
by throwing money at them ,
Robert is an expert,
Sotheby's and Christie's
often seek his advice,
If Robert spots a fugazi ,
that would be embarrassi ng !
Whoa ,
that's perfect!
Please have a Iook,
Come,
This way,
PIease,
This way,
PIease,
Robert,
isn't that Cheri ,
the starlet who stood you up?
Tomorrow,
let's push Carmen stocks to H K$9,
M r, Lee,
you buy 1 00 lots at H K$6, 50,
M r, Chan ,
buy them at H K$7, 50,
M r, Ho,
H K$3,
M r, Law and Lau Brothers,
H K$3, 50, 200 lots each ,
Then we wilI
i nform the press and media
that your families are i nvesti ng--
Shut the hell up,
Why am I paying the highest price?
Don't worry M r, Law,
the shares and the money
are al l held by us,
No matter who buys at what price,
there's no risk,
Are you stupid or what,
The price does not matter,
What a bonehead ,
Let's swap then !
Good idea! We don't want to go Iast,
- Yes, lets swap, - Good ! Let's swap,
Okay, we wi l l switch with you ,
Let's swap now,
Swap your mother!
Hey now,
gents,
please calm down ,
How about this: whatever price
the stock ends up at,
you pay H K$5 a share,
I guarantee I'II buy them back at H K$ 1 0,
OK?
Words mean nothing ,
Guarantee? How?
H K$7,20,
H K$9 , anyone?
I'II buy them al l !
Yours!
Morni ng , chums,
Henry!
Thank you Henry!
Long Iive Henry!
I made reservations at the restaurant,
Henry, Ride i n my car,
Your driver sucks, Take my car,
- I have dri nks in my car, - My car is more spacious!
Next time we'II get a l imousi ne,
we can ride together,
It'II be a riot,
For now,
I'm smoki ng , better take the convertible!
See, I told you !
Don't j ust stand there, get the door!
Ah ,
I almost forgot,
boat party on Sunday,
I 'l l bri ng 20 models!
No wives and gi rlfriends allowed !
- Bring swimming trunks only, - I 'l l come i n my bi rthday suit!
See, I was right,
- Johnny, - Yes,
Get everyone seated ,
Got it,
Who wants some of this?
Robert,
K, K,
We are celebrati ng ,
Come and joi n us,
You guys made a fortune,
- it has nothing to do with me, - Why you ,,,
You bought 500 Iots at H K$7 this morni ng ,
you made bank,
Come celebrate with us,
Sure, I got i n on it,
Do you want a cut?
Of course not,
Actually, Henry real ly wants to work with you ,
Work with me?
You mean work for him ,
A partnership,
We'd Iike you to buy something from us,
What?
The Golden H ill House,
My old man isn't dead yet,
I don't have that ki nd of money,
With your pedigree, who needs money?
Your name is worth a fortune,
Look, I sel l it to you for H K$ 1 , 6 bi l l ion ,
then I fi nd a buyer to buy it for H K$2 billion ,
Your cut is 30o/o ,
You'd make H K$ 1 20 m i l l ion
without spending a dime,
Heir to China Commerce Bank
buys Golden H ill House for H K$ 1 , 68 billion ,
How do you thi nk the market reacts?
He Iined up an army of brokers,
From Garden Road to the Peak,
every household got in on Carmen stocks,
I n Iess than a week,
stock price went up to H K$ 1 6 a share,
The top brokerage firms
pegged the target price at H K$30,
Carmen stocks
are worth more than money!
H K$20,
Anyone?
Stocks can be used as cash ,
It's shopping time!
Shopping ,,,
H E N RY: What should one buy?
What should one buy?
U , K, Century Shipping ,
H K$ 1 ,2 billion ,
U ,S, Anyan I nsurance G roup,
H K$ 1 , 3 billion ,
Henry is the best!
H EN RY: Lida Hotel , Tsim Sha Tsui ,
H K$2,8 billion ,
Pricier than The Landmark i n Central !
I n Canada, a 50 hectares urban development,
H K$3, 5 billion ,
Perpetual Petroleum I nternational ,
H K$4, 5 billion ,
Pl us the biggest movie studio in Japan ,
I n Iess than 6 months,
Carmen became an international conglomerate,
With more than H K$ 1 0 billion in assets,
and market capital exceeding H K$20 billion ,
it was bigger than the blue chips,
We were flush with cash ,
and everyone wanted to do business with us,
H i , M r, Chi ng ,
I am Terry, Vice President of Hong Kong Bank,
You probably forgot, Terry,
we've met before,
The party at Yarden Group,
Of course we did ,
PIease al low me to announce
a quarterly Ioan of US$ 11 0 m i l l ion to Carmen G roup,
Pardon me?
Is there a problem , M r, Chi ng?
Tell him 11 is unl ucky for me,
M r, Ching says,
US$ 11 0 m i l l ion
resem bles 11 ,
11 bri ngs him bad l uck,
I 'm sure there's a way around this,
Would M r, Ching m i nd picking a l uckier num ber?
1 68
I would say,
US$ 1 68 million ,
It's a l ucky saying in Chi nese,
A path to wealth , OK?
Al right,
US$ 1 68 million it is,
A path to wealth !
Good negotiator,
Hong Kong Bank was such a pushover,
Hey,
Bank Deutschland cal led as wel l ,
How much should we ask for?
These days,
every bank is at your beck and cal l ,
Henry,
I want H K$30 million ,
Sure,
I'II tel l Chung to transfer some stocks to you tomorrow,
I want cash ,
H K$30 million in cash?
Not even a bank has that much cash ,
Of the US$ 1 68 million from Hong Kong Bank,
only 1 00 showed up i n the com pany account,
You should be flush ,
Fi ne,
I'II get you the cash tomorrow,
Here,
M r, Chi ng is in a meeti ng--
M r, Ho,
You didn't go yachting today?
- Fi ne, - Sorry, M r, Chi ng ,
I'm drowning here!
Care to join?
You promised me a buyer for Golden H i l l ,
- Stay out, - Where is he?
You got me
to join your l ittle charade,
your stocks went up,
you made bank,
and I end up holdi ng the bag?
The Brits in the DOJ told me that
the Commercial Crime Bureau is
looking at me for market mani pulation !
What do I do?
Calm down ,
I 'm going to jail ! Calm your ass!
- Stay calm , - Calm down ,
This is a promissory note
from M r, Ho to Carmen Century,
i n the amount of H K$ 1 ,63 bi l l ion ,
Once you sign it,
technical ly,
the deal is complete,
As Iong as the check is not cashed ,
you don't have pay a penny,
You opened an account in my name?
Why not do it at my bank?
Are you nuts?
This is fraud !
How is this fraud?
With your signature, the deal is done,
I wi l l sel l Golden H i l l floor by floor,
I 'l l fi nd buyers,
We'II share the profit
among us,
Here,
No,
If we are going to share,
I want my share now,
As they say,
wi ne reddens one's cheeks,
gold blackens one's heart,
Spl itti ng the loot always
makes enem ies of brothers,
There never is honor among thieves,
Welcome to Carmen's,
I named the restaurant after you ,
because you deserve something truly yours,
Hey,
Change the name,
People m ight get the wrong idea,
Who might get the wrong idea?
Henry Ching?
Each month
I make a deposit to his account in Tim urlaysia,
H is wife's name is also Carmen ,
Carmen Law,
Actual ly,
I met M rs, Chi ng two years ago,
I know her,
Don't worry,
I 'm not a fool ,
Stay here tonight,
Tell me,
the firm has so much debt,
aren't you worried?
That's nothing ,
Our stock is still cl imbi ng ,
It's been clim bing for a year,
You sure it won't fall?
Silly girl ,
"I n 1 982 , the British and Chi nese governments commence negotiations regarding Hong Kong ,"
"The Hong Kong Association of Banks increases the Prime Lending Rate to 20C/c ,"
"Hong Kong's largest British conglomerate decides to re-domici le,"
News from the stock exchange:
the Hang Seng I ndex continued to decline,
from 91 0 at market open
to 71 0 at market close,
Trading volume was down 60C/c ,
- H K$ 1 4,20! - H K$ 1 4,20 , anyone?
H K$ 1 4,20!
Financial news:
Bank of Chi na purchased ,
at the price of H K$ 1 billion ,
a site i n Central
to house its new headquarters,
far below the market expectation
of H K$2, 5 billion ,
The Hang Seng I ndex declined again ,
"The Hong Kong dol lar depreciates to H K$9,6 to US$ 1 ,"
"The publ ic swarms to banks to withdraw money,"
"Many deposit-taki ng companies col lapse,"
Financial news:
continuing its downward trend ,
the market opened Iower today,
Withi n 1 5 m i nutes of market open ,
the Hang Seng I ndex
fel l over 1 00 points,
Decline conti nued afterwards,
At market close,
the I ndex fell to 463,4,
H K$2,90 , Anyone?
What were the m istakes
that Ied to this crash?
M r, Chairman ,
i n the m iddle of a market crash ,
do you have any contingency plan?
Carmen has hundreds of millions of Ioans
maturing next quarter,
Can you make scheduled payments
at a time l i ke this?
Carmen Century has heavy debts,
and banks are unwi l l i ng to keep Iendi ng ,
Is this true?
Please respond ,
Your shareholders deserve an explanation ,
Care to comment, M r, Ching?
M r, Chi ng , you rarely attend these functions,
does your appearance today mean
there is trouble?
We're not ebul l ient on the local market,
but Carmen Century has a global outlook,
Which is why
we remai n profitable
despite the market downturn ,
Our share price will quickly recover,
Recover? How?
The US market is also i n decl i ne,
does it affect your US property projects?
To reward our investors,
we wi l l distribute a dividend
of H K$0, 1 2 per share!
Thank you all ,
Can you give a straight answer?
Carmen stocks are tradi ng below H K$3,
Yet you're payi ng 1 2 cent dividends!
A generous man !
To buy us some time,
It's al l over if we fall under H K$2 ,
Buy some time?
For your company, sure,
My com pany is finished !
If it goes under, we go to jail ,
What does it have to do with me?
Nothing to do with you?
How dare you say
it has nothing to do with you?
You mortgaged my com pany stocks
over and over again ,
You borrowed ni nety dollars on every dollar!
The police are onto me,
If I go down , you go with me!
Don't touch me,
I j ust don't have the cash to bai l you out!
- Cal l him ! - Call whom?
Cal l your backer!
When we made money, everyone's happy,
When things go to shit,
I 'm the fal l guy,
Call him ,
Do it now!
Or I'II call the police!
My partner, K, K,
US$5 m i l l ion ,
It's al l there is,
What's the matter?
You don't want it?
This is our fi rst meeting ,
AIso the Iast,
We've never met, agreed?
U nderstood?
Henry, you stay,
Douchebag !
What the hell is this?
He promised US$20 m i l l ion ,
This is only US$5 million ,
What's wrong?
Stop it, K, K,
We can't afford to mess with him ,
LAU : Did your father ever tell you
who the backer is?
JOH N NY: I real ly don't know,
I only know he's from Southeast Asia,
LAU : When was the last time
you saw K, K, Tsang?
Where did he go?
Gone i nto hidi ng?
Or gone?
When ICAC comes for you ,
pay attention :
are they asking for assistance
or is it an arrest?
If they want assistance,
say what I j ust taught you to say,
If it's an arrest,
say nothi ng ,
J ust do what Kelvi n tel ls you to,
Have you found the Southeast Asian?
Chi ng has
over 200 com panies in H K,
with shareholders from al l over the world ,
Among them , about 1 90
Southeast Asian nationals,
We need some time,
Fi ne,
When was the Iast time you went home?
Three, four days ago,
Go home and see you wife,
It's okay,
Wing is here,
I brought some soup,
Thank you for the soup,
No need ,
Your daughter made it,
She used sugar,
No way!
I didn't sweeten it,
Hey,
Let's--
Let's go out to dinner tonight,
It's okay,
We're okay now,
Lau--
Hey!
Your boss was Iucky,
Special Branch got wind of this
and sent us to his house,
Don't worry,
I CAC man ,
Al right,
I 'l l go have a Iook,
Appreciate it,
Thanks,
Boss!
- No! - Stay cool !
Stay cool ,
Hey!
Lau Kai Yuen ,
don't come home unti l you put him away!
Scum bag ,
Hey,
Where're you goi ng?
You just assaulted my client,
What is this?
Police,
Is there a brawl?
That woman assaulted my client,
Who assaulted that woman?
H is wife assaulted my client!
Is that true?
Anyone saw his wife?
Auntie, did you see his wife?
No?
There's no witness,
Do you need a doctor?
The pol ice i n cahoots with the ICAC?
The common man is screwed ,
Wait,
M r, Henry Ching?
Homicide, New Territories,
I am M r, Chi ng's solicitor,
What's the matter?
This is an arrest warrant,
The Royal Hong Kong Police
suspects that you're connected to a m urder case,
Please assist us i n our i nvestigation ,
SARG E : The victim's name was Ahn Wencescala ,
from Tim urlaysia,
He worked i n H K for a year
as a manager for a fi nance com pany,
He rented a hotel room and stashed 50 boxes
of confidential fi les on Carmen Century,
We contacted Timurlaysian pol ice,
He turned out to be an undercover agent
of Timurlaysia's M inistry of I nterior,
He came to Hong Kong
to investigate Carmen Century's dealings with the fi nance com pany,
Boss,
A week before his murder,
Ahn Wencescala stopped
a US$ 1 0 million Ioan
to Henry Ching ,
This fi nance com pany has only US$ 1 00K i n registered capital ,
How can it make a US$ 1 0 million Ioan?
It sure can ,
Its parent company,
Bank Persekutuan of Timurlaysia ,
is loaded ,
20 years ago,
oil was discovered in Tim urlaysia,
The country became a crude exporter,
earning US$ 1 0 billion annual ly,
Bank Persekutuan was established
to invest these petrol dollars global ly,
I n 1 978,
the bank's rep in Hong Kong is M usharra Hafa,
Hafa happens to be a shareholder
of a dozen Carmen affiliated fi rms,
Looks Iike Hafa and Ching used the petrol dol lars
to bankroll Carmen Century,
SARG E : That makes sense,
Wencescala has i ncrim i nati ng evidence,
Ching had every reason
to want him dead ,
LAU : Ching has plenty of money,
yet he hired an i nept ki l ler
who Ieft clues all over the place,
After the hit,
he didn't clean up;
once caught,
he fingers Chi ng right away,
SARG E : Are you saying
Ching didn't hire the ki l ler?
Then who did?
News from a pol ice briefing :
an hour ago,
the suspect i n the
Ahn Wencescala murder case
overturned his earl ier testimony,
He now denies that Henry Ching ordered the hit,
Due to Iack of evidence,
the police has released Henry Chi ng ,
What the hel l? What's the angle?
M r, Lau ,
I am M r, Chi ng's new sol icitor,
I have spoken to your supervisor,
M r, Chi ng is wi l l i ng to cooperate
i n exchange for the release of his associates,
None of them knows anythi ng ,
Let's not waste everyone's time,
al right?
Based on new evidence,
the court decrees that
you turn over the contents of your safe,
Here is the combi nation ,
We came prepared ,
We are cooperati ng ,
Chi Chi ng ,
Let's begin ,
M r, Henry Chi ng ,
do you know M usharra Hafa?
He is a shareholder of a dozen companies
i ncl udi ng Carmen Pest Control and Carmen Tours,
You are the majority shareholder;
you should be wel l acquainted with him ,
M r, Ching ,
do you know M usharra Hafa?
I'm asking you a question !
Henry Chi ng !
M r, Ching ,
On J uly 11 th 1 930,
did you transfer to Hafa,
though Carmen Pest Control , one m i l l ion shares of Carmen Century?
I n return , did he
approve a US$ 1 0 m i l l ion loan to you?
On February 24th ,
and March 24th ,
of 1 931 ,
did you transfer through Carmen Transportation ,
i n 3 i nstallments, 600 ,000 shares of Carmen Century to Hafa?
I n return , did he authorize
a US$20 m i l l ion loan to you?
Do you understand?
I'II ask again ,
On February 24th ,
and March 24th ,
of 1 931 ,,,
,,,at Bank Persekutuan , to Hafa
and his superiors,
Is that correct, M r, Ching?
Doesn't matter if you talk or not,
Governments of Hong Kong and Timurlaysia
are cooperating ,
Hafa is a wanted man ,
Once he is caught,
it'l l be too late even if you want to tal k,
Now that you've m ucked thi ngs up,
what more can I say?
I m ucked thi ng up?
Rich as you are,
you don't call the shots
on what's right or wrong ,
Of course I don't call the shots,
officer,
H EN RY: I n the past few months,
Carmen Century's stock fel l from H K$20 to H K$0, 1 5,
H K i nvestors Iost H K$20 billion ,
But the OTC brokers,
After-Hour traders and Rat-traders,
offshore players Iost hundreds of billions,
Some genius thought
m urdering the auditor and fram i ng me
ki l ls two bi rds with one stone,
But if I go to prison ,
who will take the rap for the Iosses?
Those guys?
Thei r backers may well get burned ,
Hey,
these backers are serious people,
People who run countries,
Therefore the ki l ler must recant his testimony
so I can be the scapegoat,
You keep aski ng me who my backers are,
At my level , I don't even graze their shadows,
You thi nk I 'm a wizard with the M idas touch ;
i n fact I'm j ust a frontman , disposable,
How does the sayi ng go?
Every bei ng under heaven
has its purpose,
We know our positions,
We act our roles i n the financial market,
There's no room for improvisation ,
The plot goes where the money flows;
we sim ply follow orders,
Do your best,
I 'd Iike a fish ,
What's fresh?
H EN RY: Lau ,
I know you have enough evidence to put me away,
but has it occurred to you
that you are also a performer
in this piece of drama?
Boss,
Go ahead ,
Si r,
we opened the safe,
There's nothi ng i n it,
The bastards cut a hole through the roof of his office,
Hello? Hold on ,
Line two,
It's the pol ice,
Lau ,
Ching's lawyer, Kelvi n ,
drowned i n his own swimm i ng pool ,
We found a suicide note,
but also found his body in chains,
Boss,
Timurlaysia's M inistry of I nterior called ,
Hafa and other bank executives
have disappeared ,
Si r,
I 'm here to turn myself in ,
I'm responsible for everything ,
Here is
the evidence,
M r, Lau ,
we deposited H K$50 million bail money,
and with guarantees from ten J ustices of Peace,
the court has granted bail to M r, Chi ng ,
Scapegoat or not,
did you thi nk that I 'l l j ust sit
and Iet you pull my strings?
I didn't get to where I am
by bei ng a pushover,
LAU : K, K, Tsang's son
pleaded gui lty to fraud and bribery,
He got 1 4 years,
Ching thought he got away clean ,
but the Department of J ustice
charged him for
the false sale of the Golden H i l l House,
A few months Iater,
we put him on trial ,
Ouiet i n court,
Court,
LAU : I thought the story was over,
Who knew
it was only the begi nni ng ,
Hel lo, M r, Ching ,
How nice of you to be in court with us today,
Thanks for your ki ndness,
your honor,
Please make yourself comfortable,
We know M r, Chi ng has a tight schedule,
For the benefit of Hong Kong's economy,
I'm hoping that counsels for both parties may proceed expeditiously,
Sit,
"A month later,"
"the judge acquits all defendants,"
"citing procedural errors by the prosecution ,"
"The defendants may not be tried agai n for the same offence,"
LAU : Six months Iater,
we tracked down Hafa
and other bank executives
in the U , K, ,
France and Germany,
ICAC sought cooperation from these countries,
and Iocal authorities arrested them ,
I will not go to Hong Kong ,
M r, Hafa ,
you've been incarcerated
for quite a while,
If you cooperate with us,
a Hong Kong court
wi l l only give you 2 years,
With time served here,
after the trial ,
you'd be out i n no time,
Com i ng with me
is a better deal , right?
Better?
Do you know what kind of a man Chi ng is?
If he finds out I 'm going back,
do you thi nk I 'l l make it to the plane?
M r, Hafa , your Chinese is quite im pressive!
Oh ,
i n Timurlaysia ,
my ex-em ployer is Chi nese,
Ah ,
And your l i ne of busi ness?
My new employer
sent me here
to Iook for i nvestment opportunities,
Hong Kong is indeed full of opportunities,
Is that so?
Here,
My name is Henry Ching ,
Thank you M r, Chi ng ,
Pleased to meet you ,
HAFA: At fi rst,
I invested
in his travel agency;
we made over US$ 1 00K,
Next, we put a few million
in real estate,
It doubled i n no time,
Then came the I PO ,
No matter how m uch we put in ,
we'd at Ieast double it,
With this ki nd of RO I ,
my bosses didn't care
that I took kickbacks,
I was transferred back to headquarters,
return on investment dropped ,
but kickbacks remained the same,
However,
the Ioan amount got bigger and bigger,
Henry, you've maxed out your Ioan l imit,
it's hard for me to explai n to my bosses,
It'II be harder to explai n if I go under!
HAFA: By then , Ching had became
an international frontman ,
for god knows how many backers,
The amount he handled
far outval ues any human Iife,
Henry, you stay,
The scariest thi ng is that
if he wants someone gone,
it'II be done
without him l ifti ng a finger,
Henry,
what do we do now?
The M i nistry of I nterior is investigating !
Come on , Do it,
Do what?
Finish the show,
What're you doi ng?
I'm saving your neck,
I never should've told him
Wencescala was an investigator from the M i nistry of I nterior,
I killed him !
I killed a man !
Your testimony is vital , Come back to Hong Kong ,
I won't go to Hong Kong ,
I don't want to die,
I won't go back with you ,
Open the gate!
- Calm down , - Open the gate!
- I said calm down ! - Open !
- Calm down !
You better calm down !
LAU : Maybe he was right,
That same evening ,
the judge who acquitted Chi ng
died in an auto accident in Cyprus,
"Five years Iater,"
I n 1 938,
several U ,S, bankers
were arrested for taking bribes,
They all took bri bes from Chi ng
and gave loans to Carmen Century,
The Hong Kong government
charged Ching agai n ,
This time,
with new evidence from the FBI ,
we couldn't lose,
Court,
LAU : However,
the judge's wife had bought
1 000 Carmen shares 7 years prior,
Ching's lawyer
cited confl ict of i nterest,
I n the end ,
the judge had to declare a mistrial ,
Yes!
Thank you ,
Wel l done sir,
Congratulations,
I need a drink,
Ronnie!
Congratulations, boss,
- Thank you , - My pleasure,
"Eight years later,"
Your extradition order,
The court decreed that you should stand trial i n Hong Kong ,
I appealed that decision ,
The H igh Court dism issed your appeal ,
I 'm applying for political asyl um ,
The M inistry of I nterior
rejected your application ,
I wi l l appeal at the U N ,
Wi l l you stop!
PIease come in ,
Hey,
do you know the cost of an apartment these days?
H K$ 1 5K per square foot!
Had you not brought me down ,
my shareholders would be fi lthy rich by now,
Would you l i ke some? Join me,
I 'm fine,
I had Iunch ,
How many times have you arrested me?
This is the 3th ,
Last time, you confiscated my house,
I've been Iivi ng i n a hotel si nce,
I n the presidential suite,
M ust be tough ,
By my calculation ,
through these years,
l itigation costs must ran
north of H K$200 m i l l ion ,
I nvestigation costs, say H K$ 1 00 m i l l ion?
1 0 years of your l ife spent on one case,
no promotion ,
What's it al l for?
To punish wrongdoers? For justice?
Get off your high horse,
Ask yourself,
are you doi ng this out of spite?
You hounded me al l these years,
what's the beef?
Did I murder your fam i ly?
Look,
you endangered certain people,
that's why they came for you ,
Don't pin that on me,
If they really wanted you dead ,
would you sti l l be here today?
My son is i n m iddle school now,
He tells me that
canned food
was invented in 1 772 ,
But the can opener
wasn't invented until 1 353,
Some 80 years later,
Late, perhaps,
sti l l plenty useful ,
As you said ,
every bei ng under heaven has its purpose,
Without a guy l i ke me,
who wi l l look after guys l i ke you?
For more than a decade,
we worked with many countries,
and arrested over 50 criminals
connected to this case,
Courts handed down
over 200 hundred years of prison time,
We've frozen
and confiscated
over US$80 bi l l ion ,
And most importantly,
they've all testified agai nst you ,
They've all testified agai nst you ,
Do you real ly thi nk you're going to get away?
H E N RY: What a ridiculous place,
We came to Hong Kong to make money,
Suddenly we have to obey the law?
The deck is stacked , for sure,
Case num ber:
H igh Court Crim i nal Case 11 6 , 1 996
M r, Henry Ching
and M r, M usharra Hafa
are charged with violations agai nst section 9
of the Prevention of Bri bery Ordinance
between 1 930 and 1 983,
On multi ple occasions, the defendants
offered pecuniary advantage
to the Di rectors, CEO and CFO
of Bank Persekutuan of Tim urlaysia,
i n order to obtai n bi l l ions in bank loans,
Defendants,
how do you plead?
Your honor,
my cl ient pleads
gui lty,
Order i n court!
Fi rst defendant,
do you understand the charges agai nst you?
Fi rst defendant,
do you understand the charges agai nst you?
I do,
The defendants' unlawful conduct
seriously undermined
the rule of law long established
i n Hong Kong ,
an international financial center,
For well over a decade,
they tried to imped
this inevitable indictment,
Such crimes must not go unpunished ,
As the defendants pleaded gui lty,
and returned most of the pecuniary resources,
I must careful ly consider the sentences,
I now order that the defendants
be remanded i n custody
unti l sentenci ng ,
LAU : Over ten years of work to put one person away,
Was it worth it?
Cannot be measured ,
"The H igh Court of Hong Kong sentenced Henry Ching to three years in prison ,"
"A few years Iater, Carmen Century Group com pleted the l iquidation process,"
"Proceeds were distributed among major creditors,"
"whi le general shareholders received nothi ng ,"