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China Post Office

Here you are

Thank you Thank you

Please, have I got mail?

Your mail?

My name is lp Man, from Sangyuan

So you are lp Man

You know me?

Yes, everyone here knows about lp Man of Sangyuan

He can't wait for the postman to come every day

We all say you are such a Romeo

Have I got mail?

No Thank you

If you are so impatient

You can try the telegram

Alright

Just a moment

Here you are Thank you

Please

No one writes so long in a telegram

How should it be done?

See?

"Come home quickly. Mom"

"Are you there?"

What?

"Are you there?"

"Are you there?"

How long will I get the reply? If there's one

One day

Thank you You're welcome

Hey, send the telegram Yes

Sir, rooms upstairs are clean with hot water

We charge a fair price indiscriminately

How much for the cheapest?

Four dollars

I don't have enough... sorry

It's alright

Crispy large wontons...

Fresh and crispy large wontons...

Sir, try our wontons... come on

Crispy large wontons... Sir... try some

Want to try? It's tasty. Try them

Boss, give me a bowl Coming...

I have it ready for you

Thank you

I reserve one for you every day

Good

Lau Yat-woon!

Wontons...

Foshan Commercial Daily

Hey, how come you are dozing off here?

I forgot to bring money with me

Then take a nap inside

My name is Lau Yat-woon

I am a reporter for this newspaper, come on

Run...

It's alright now

Thanks to you

Or I would have been beaten to a pulp again Thank you

Who are those people?

Trashing up martial arts schools I understand

But why are they trashing up a newspaper agency?

It's that Ng Pak-lam

Ng Pak-lam?

He thinks by trashing up our newspaper agency

I'll be cowered

I won't dare to write exposes about him anymore

Dream on

What have you written?

You want to know?

Then buy a copy of our newspaper

What a salesman

Let's go back to the agency

Still?

It's alright now

It happens all the time

It's just some trashing up

They don't dare to go too far

It's alright now, come on

Let's go

lp Man, wake up, come on in

Thank you

Hey, breakfast Thanks

You have one Thanks

Thank you... You're welcome

Telegram

lp Man, your telegram

Thanks

"Yes"...She says she's there

Please, send me another one

Sure, what's it about?

"Have you replied to the letters that I wrote you"

Ten characters, 60 cents

Ten characters?

Yes

Twenty-ninth, have you replied to the letters that I wrote you

Twenty-ninth?

That's the day

Cut it

Then it's eight

Still too long

Have you replied to my letters yet Seven characters

Have you answered my letters Five now

Five, that's right, you sure?

Yes Alright

6 cents per character Five words...

Exactly 30 cents, please

Just a moment

"Have you answered my letters"

Have you found him?

I've asked everywhere, not a sight of lp Man

He has not come home the whole night

Has he gone to Canton to look for Cheung Wing-shing?

Cheung Wing-shing?

Because he got no letters from her and so became impatient?

Cheung Yam-tong has not written back

If he shows up out of the blue lt'll be embarrassing

He's a big boy now, we can't watch his every step

But it still worries me...

Please come in

Change them into notes Alright

Cashier Wah, so much money today

My savings of decades

To be frank, you save a few coppers a day You must have saved a tidy sum by now

Cashier Wah, you live so frugally

It's for your nest egg

See? Perseverance is the key to success

Many a little makes a mickle

Young man, learn from him

I am not a spendthrift

You mean there's more than you can spend

Cashier, take some out and let us spend it for you, right?

Get off now! Go!

You want to change all into notes? Yes, all of these

Cashier, you mean to leave Foshan?

Foshan is a nice place, why should I leave?

You are a moneychanger

You need coppers for change

Now you're changing them into notes

So you mean to retire?

I have set some aside

This money is for use elsewhere

It's for buying a house or for an investment?

You keep it safe

Of course, I have other use for it

Be careful Sure

It's not easy to save so much

Be careful...

I gotta go Take care

lp Man, here you are

Let me tell you

If you mean to pick up Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun

Ask me first

Cooking for me like a woman does won't make me say "yes"

He owes it to me, he has to repay me

Why so quiet? Say something

You want a fight again? Come on

What are you doing here?

To repay my debt

So much? So you are loaded

I saved hard for it

It's for your leg treatment

For my leg treatment?

What do I need your money for?

You know what I want or not?

It's simple, either you pass me your kung fu

So I can beat all bad men into cripples

Or you break one of your legs

Is that clear? Do you get it?

I do, I owe it to you

I... I got it now

You don't have the guts to break your leg

Hence you mean to repay me with money

It can't be done

Whatever, you have to take the money

I will take the money

But you still have to pay what you owe me

China Post Office

lp Man...

Wake up, you are wanted

lp Man, wake up...

Your telegram...

Open it, come on Be quick

What does it say?

Lp Man, get in, come on

Don't suppress your grief for others' sake

Life is full of ups and downs

How do you know I am sad?

I could tell from the way you walked

She sent me a telegram

Have you answered my letters

No

Just tell me, what can I do to cheer you up?

Sing me a song

Alright

Clouds drifting in the sky

Breezes blowing on the ground

Breezes blowing through my hair

How can I not think of her?

Step aside

lp Man, well?

Boss, come out...

Pull up please, thank you

What is it?

Let's talk it over

What is it about? It can be talked over

Ask him

Young Master lp

He wanted to break up this large note

I got suspicious and asked him some questions

He got mad and meant to beat me up

What asking him some questions?

Your men said he's in rags He must have got it by some dubious means

You really...

It's just a misunderstanding

Do carry on with your money exchange

Just a misunderstanding...

Young Master lp, I have had it checked

It's given to Cashier Wah yesterday

How come it's with him now?

Maybe he stole it?

What?

It's just a misunderstanding

Manager

He's my friend, he wants to break it up

You just do it

I'll be his guarantor

If anything goes wrong, you can come to me

If Young Master lp says so, alright

Siu-sam, get me the money

It's a misunderstanding, I am sorry

Please count the money

Thank you

Zi

You want to know where I got the money?

I know it's not by stealing or robbing

You have money, I am happy for you

Then why are you following me?

We are going in the same direction

He thinks he can repay me with money?

Not so easy

He? Repaying you? You mean Chan Wah-shun?

Yes, he gave me the money

So much money and he still owes you?

How come he owes you so much?

He doesn't owe me money

Then what actually do you want?

What else can I get from him?

His life?

If it were, I would have already taken it

He knows Wing Chun

You want his kung fu

Don't you?

I do, of course

But you can't

Why?

Wing Chun can only be mine

Why can't good things be shared?

What about your house, your family fortune

Your woman, will you share them with me?

Yes, except Wing-shing

Wing Chun can only be passed to one protege

I'll pass it to you after I have learned it

Do you forget you already have a mentor

But he left me a letter and went away

Zi, where could he have gone?

Does it mean he has disowned me?

How would I know?

Zi...

Why are you still following me?

Hear me out first

I went to town and sent Wing-shing a telegram

I asked her if she was there

She said "yes"

Then I asked her if she had replied to my letters

She said...

"No"

You knew she hadn't

But I was not 100% sure

Hence I asked her

For things we don't know

For people we don't understand

We should get to the bottom of it, right?

I have asked many times

I never got an answer

I still don't know why

You have asked Wing-shing?

I mean Chan Wah-shun

I wish I could open up his brain or his heart to find out why

Zi, what an absurd idea

Or I would never get what I want

You are mad

You are the mad one

Zi, violence is not the way to deal with things

I don't need you to teach me how to deal with things

Again

No more playing now...

Hey...

I gotta go

Come back...

Zi, why drank so much? Come on

Sit down, let me get you some water

Zi... where are you?

Zi... Zi... where are you?

Zi...

Come on

305 coppers for a dime

10 dimes for a silver dollar, right?

You make 5 coppers from a dime

50 coppers from a dollar

For a dollar you have to count thousands of coppers, right?

You love Yam Kee brawn

But you wouldn't spend on it

You scrimped hard, and for how many years before you could save this dollar?

Madam Fong who sells wonton at East Street liked you

I know you liked her too

But you wouldn't spend a copper on flowers for her

Hence she didn't bother with you

You want to play it too?

Join me, come on

Old dog

What are these?

He picked them up from the pond one by one last night

Let me help you

No, thanks

Last night I said I would help him

But he said "no"

I asked him why

He said he's doing it for the most important person in his life

He had to do it himself

I thought hard about you two

Then I figured it out

You are his son

This one...

Guild Hall

This gives the details of the iron-and-steel works joint venture

As to how funds are to be raised

for importing commodities and machinery from overseas

I want to hear it from you to see what you think

Mr Lam, if we all take part in this large iron-and-steel plant joint venture

If something goes wrong

It means we will be all tied to it and have no escape?

Indeed... Right

But if you each do it on your own

The scale will be small

This is not the way to promote our industries

How can we compete with western countries?

Chairman lp, what do you think?

Lp Man, what do you think?

Brother Ching-shan's suggestion is of course good

We need to promote our industries if we want our country to be strong

We need to replace workers with machines to improve efficiency

Iron-and-steel works is vital

But Foshan doesn't have quality iron ores

If we build an iron-and-steel plant

we'll have to import iron ores from Xinan which is thousands of miles away

Brother Ching-shan

As for the iron-and-steel plant

I can vote for the lp family

We are not investing in it

Gentlemen, if the lp family says it can't be done

Then it is beyond us Right

We should take it from the lp family Right

Gentlemen, I have a suggestion

Foshan is a centre of silk production

Maybe we should consider investing in a large-scale silk weaving mill

lp Man is right, I meant to...

The iron-and-steel plant is my first proposal

And a silk weaving mill is the next

But lp Man beat me to it

That's what I have in mind too

I'll present you with the proposal as soon as possible

Good...

How come I am here again?

Lp Man, waiting for your mail again?

I know there won't be letters or telegrams for me

I am here out of habit only

Where are you going? Let me give you a ride

No, thanks, I am stretching my legs only

OK, I bid you goodbye

Have I got mail? Have I got mail?

You knew there wouldn't be any letters or telegrams for you

Why did you ask?

Out of habit

Habits die hard

You have no letter

But you have a telegram Really?

Here you are Thank you

"No more letters or telegrams"

What does it say?

"No more letters or telegrams"

What do you mean?

Wing-shing

It really is you?

You are here?

I thought you had dumped me

I thought... you didn't want this country bumpkin friend anymore

But here I am

I thought... the Canton days were over

How come?

Have you got my letters?

Yes

Why wouldn't you write me back?

You asked me so many hard questions

How could I answer you?

This book can help you with your question in the first letter

And this one for the question in the second letter

You may want to read these books too

They are all very good

Actually I had written you the replies

But I was worried I had not answered the questions properly

So I didn't post them

Let's go home

Clouds drifting in the sky

Breezes blowing on the ground

Breezes blowing through my hair

How can I not think of her?