1. BLOCK 2 PICTURESCopy !req
2. ANDCopy !req
3. StarringCopy !req
4. Special Appearance byCopy !req
5. In the year 2046,
a vast rail network spans the globe.Copy !req
6. A mysterious train leaves for 2046
every once in a while.Copy !req
7. Every passenger going to 2046
has the same intention.Copy !req
8. They want to recapture lost memories.Copy !req
9. Because nothing ever changes in 2046.Copy !req
10. Nobody really knows if that's trueCopy !req
11. because nobody's ever come back.Copy !req
12. Except me.Copy !req
13. 998.Copy !req
14. 997.Copy !req
15. If someone wants to leave 2046,Copy !req
16. how long will it take?Copy !req
17. Some people get away fairly easily.Copy !req
18. Others find that it takes them
much longer.Copy !req
19. I forget how long I've been on this train.Copy !req
20. I'm starting to feel very lonely.Copy !req
21. As I recall, many have gone to 2046.Copy !req
22. You're the first to come back.Copy !req
23. May I ask why you left 2046?Copy !req
24. Whenever anyone asked why I left 2046,Copy !req
25. I gave them some vague answer.Copy !req
26. Before...Copy !req
27. when people had secrets
they didn't want to share,Copy !req
28. they'd climb a mountain.Copy !req
29. They'd find a tree
and carve a hole in it...Copy !req
30. and whisper the secret into the hole...Copy !req
31. then cover it over with mud.Copy !req
32. That way,
nobody else would ever discover it.Copy !req
33. I once fell in love with someone.Copy !req
34. After a while, she wasn't there.Copy !req
35. I went to 2046.Copy !req
36. I thought she might be
waiting for me there.Copy !req
37. But I couldn't find her.Copy !req
38. I can't stop wondering
if she loved me or not.Copy !req
39. But I never found out.Copy !req
40. Maybe her answer was like a secret...Copy !req
41. that no one else would ever know.Copy !req
42. ALL MEMORIES ARE TRACES OF TEARS.Copy !req
43. Didn't you promise not to come back?Copy !req
44. I came to see you.Copy !req
45. Why?Copy !req
46. I have no prospects hereCopy !req
47. so I'll see how things are in Hong Kong.Copy !req
48. When are you leaving?Copy !req
49. The ship sails in two days.Copy !req
50. Why are you telling me?Copy !req
51. I thought we might go together.Copy !req
52. You know nothing about my past, do you?Copy !req
53. If you'd rather not tell me, I don't mind.Copy !req
54. If you win, I'll join you.Copy !req
55. She found an indirect way of rejecting me.Copy !req
56. As I recall, that was the very last time
we saw each other.Copy !req
57. Right after that, I left Singapore.Copy !req
58. I got back to Hong Kong
at the end of 1966.Copy !req
59. It was the time of the riots.Copy !req
60. I wasn't sure how long I'd be staying.Copy !req
61. So I took a room in a small hotel
in Wan Chai.Copy !req
62. I wrote columns for the newspapers.Copy !req
63. They paid ten dollars per thousand words.Copy !req
64. It was pretty tough at first.Copy !req
65. As long as I could make ends meet,Copy !req
66. it made no difference
what kind of stuff I wrote.Copy !req
67. "Diary of the Bazooka Hero."Copy !req
68. The new star at Club Luk Kwok
is Fei Fei!Copy !req
69. A knockout beauty with amazing bazookas!Copy !req
70. A smash hit with tit lovers!Copy !req
71. Hang on. Of course I'm exaggerating.
I can't say her tits are fake, can I?Copy !req
72. I soon got used to this kind of life.Copy !req
73. I became an expert ladies' man.Copy !req
74. Lots of one-night-stands.Copy !req
75. But nothing lasts forever anyway.Copy !req
76. DECEMBER 24, 1966Copy !req
77. Is that really true?Copy !req
78. Why would I lie to you?Copy !req
79. You really know me?Copy !req
80. Weren't you in a show in Singapore in '64?Copy !req
81. Yes.Copy !req
82. You're Lulu.Copy !req
83. I was then.Copy !req
84. Not anymore.Copy !req
85. What's your name now?Copy !req
86. Why should I tell you?Copy !req
87. On Christmas Eve, 1966,Copy !req
88. I ran into a friend from Singapore
in a nightclub.Copy !req
89. We'd been rather close.Copy !req
90. But that night,
she'd apparently forgotten me.Copy !req
91. Have we really met before?Copy !req
92. How could you forget?Copy !req
93. You said I looked
like your late boyfriend.Copy !req
94. You taught me the cha-cha.Copy !req
95. Go on.Copy !req
96. You were always dragging me to the casino.Copy !req
97. You'd hit a losing streak.
You owed a fortune.Copy !req
98. My friends and I
paid for your passage to Hong Kong.Copy !req
99. You talked a lot
about your late boyfriend...Copy !req
100. a Chinese Filipino from a rich family.Copy !req
101. You planned to marry him,
but he died young.Copy !req
102. You said he was the love of your life.Copy !req
103. I shouldn't call up sad memories
at this time of year.Copy !req
104. But do you remember that Christmas night?Copy !req
105. We went drinking.Copy !req
106. We talked a lot.Copy !req
107. Was she just pretending
she'd forgotten me?Copy !req
108. I took her back to her hotel.
She was dead to the world.Copy !req
109. She'd had too much to drink.Copy !req
110. So I left quickly.Copy !req
111. On my way out,
I noticed a very familiar number.Copy !req
112. If I hadn't run into her that night,
I wouldn't have seen that number.Copy !req
113. And I wouldn't have written 2046.Copy !req
114. Can I help you?Copy !req
115. Is Miss Lulu in?Copy !req
116. Lulu? There's no Miss Lulu here.Copy !req
117. There was a Mimi, but she's moved out.Copy !req
118. But I was here two days ago.
Do you know where she's gone?Copy !req
119. No! What do you want with her?Copy !req
120. Nothing really.Copy !req
121. I have her key. I wanted to return it.Copy !req
122. You can give it to me.Copy !req
123. Thanks.Copy !req
124. You want to rent the room?Copy !req
125. I'm just back from abroad.Copy !req
126. I don't have my own place yet.Copy !req
127. If the room's vacant, I could take a look.Copy !req
128. This is just a small hotel,Copy !req
129. but our residents are all decent people.Copy !req
130. What's your line of work?Copy !req
131. I write for newspapers.Copy !req
132. Great! A fellow artist!Copy !req
133. I haven't always done this.Copy !req
134. - I used to be an artist too.
- Really?Copy !req
135. I took singing lessons in Harbin.Copy !req
136. Back then, I was a tenor.Copy !req
137. It'll be a pleasure to have you here.Copy !req
138. - When will you move in?
- As soon as possible.Copy !req
139. But you can't.Copy !req
140. Room 2046 has to be renovated.
2047 is vacant.Copy !req
141. Take a look at it.Copy !req
142. Never mind.Copy !req
143. I'll come back when it's ready.Copy !req
144. Why that particular room?Copy !req
145. Maybe it's the number.Copy !req
146. It has some significance for you?Copy !req
147. I'm joking.Copy !req
148. Tell you what.Copy !req
149. Take a quick look at 2047.Copy !req
150. If it's okay, you can move in.Copy !req
151. Then switch to 2046 when it's ready.Copy !req
152. How about it?Copy !req
153. Can I see the room?Copy !req
154. Of course! Please.Copy !req
155. Once I moved in...Copy !req
156. I found out what had happened
the night before.Copy !req
157. Lulu was stabbed by a jealous boyfriend...Copy !req
158. a drummer from the club.Copy !req
159. She'd really liked himCopy !req
160. and compared him
with a bird that could never land.Copy !req
161. For all these years...Copy !req
162. Lulu has been looking
for her legless bird.Copy !req
163. Most of her affairs ended badly,
but she didn't mind sad endings.Copy !req
164. No matter what happened,Copy !req
165. at least she was always the leading lady.Copy !req
166. Good!Copy !req
167. Sure!Copy !req
168. Go!Copy !req
169. Let's go!Copy !req
170. Let's go!Copy !req
171. I'll go with you!Copy !req
172. Good. I'll go with you!Copy !req
173. Sure!Copy !req
174. I understand!Copy !req
175. You know what I mean?
I know. I understand.Copy !req
176. I sot it!Copy !req
177. Can I go?Copy !req
178. I can go!Copy !req
179. Sure!Copy !req
180. I understand!Copy !req
181. Got it!Copy !req
182. It didn't take long
to finish redecorating 2046.Copy !req
183. But by then, I was used to 2047.Copy !req
184. Sure!Copy !req
185. I started hearing a strange voice
through the wall.Copy !req
186. I thought someone had moved in.Copy !req
187. But it was the daughter
of the hotel owner, Mr. Wang.Copy !req
188. Definitely!Copy !req
189. I'm definitely going!Copy !req
190. Okay, let's go!Copy !req
191. I had no idea what she was saying.Copy !req
192. The bellhop told me it was Japanese.Copy !req
193. It seems she had a Japanese boyfriend.Copy !req
194. Tell the driver 220 Granville Road.Copy !req
195. - Ga... ran... wai.
- 220 Granville Road.Copy !req
196. Turn from Humphreys Avenue.Copy !req
197. - Near Kimberley Road.
- Can you say again?Copy !req
198. - Don't turn down Salisbury Road.
- Slowly, please.Copy !req
199. I'll draw you a map.Copy !req
200. That's my pen!Copy !req
201. I'll repeat it once more.Copy !req
202. Turn from Humphreys Avenue.Copy !req
203. Near Kimberley Road.Copy !req
204. But don't turn down Salisbury Road.Copy !req
205. Understand?Copy !req
206. I'll draw you a map.Copy !req
207. Granville Road.Copy !req
208. Turn from Humphreys Avenue.Copy !req
209. Don't turn down Salisbury Road.Copy !req
210. Remember, don't turn down Salisbury Road.Copy !req
211. His company in Japan
had sent him to Hong Kong.Copy !req
212. When he got here,
he checked into this hotel.Copy !req
213. The world is full of men!Copy !req
214. Why do you have to choose a Japanese?Copy !req
215. Get rid of him!Copy !req
216. I will never meet him!Copy !req
217. You want my blessing?Copy !req
218. Not while I'm alive!Copy !req
219. It had been going on for ages.Copy !req
220. Mr. Wang's family suffered
under the Japanese in the war,Copy !req
221. so they had to break up.Copy !req
222. Can you tell me what you feel?Copy !req
223. Do you love me...Copy !req
224. or not?Copy !req
225. I'm scared to hear your answer.Copy !req
226. But I have to ask anyway.Copy !req
227. Come away with me.Copy !req
228. Goodbye.Copy !req
229. The man finally went back to Japan.Copy !req
230. That's when Miss Wang
began talking to herself.Copy !req
231. Hey, ask your boss to turn it down a bit!Copy !req
232. Mr. Chow, you'd better ask him yourself.Copy !req
233. Mr. Chow.Copy !req
234. Hasn't he left already?Copy !req
235. Why is he back?Copy !req
236. I will not see him!Copy !req
237. If you won't give him up, get out!Copy !req
238. Go away with him!Copy !req
239. I assumed that Mr. Wang played it so loud
because he loved opera.Copy !req
240. Actually he didn't want anyone
to overhear the family argument.Copy !req
241. Come back for me
when you're a little older.Copy !req
242. I said wait till you grow up.Copy !req
243. I like it.Copy !req
244. Mr. Wang thought about very little
besides his two daughters.Copy !req
245. The older one was crazy
about her Japanese man.Copy !req
246. The younger one
was precocious for her age.Copy !req
247. She kept coming into my room for drinks.Copy !req
248. Then she ran off with some man,Copy !req
249. another drummer from a club band, I heard.Copy !req
250. After she left,
her older sister got into trouble too.Copy !req
251. Hey, have a word with your boss for me.Copy !req
252. I'm a bit late with the rent.Copy !req
253. Anyway, he has my deposit.Copy !req
254. Mr. Chow, tell him yourself.Copy !req
255. He's in a foul mood these days.Copy !req
256. What's eating him?Copy !req
257. First, one daughter ran away.Copy !req
258. Now the other one's in the hospital.Copy !req
259. - That's why he's so angry.
- Why is she in the hospital?Copy !req
260. He wouldn't say. He was quite strange.Copy !req
261. Steer clear of him.Copy !req
262. So, that's it?Copy !req
263. Anyhow, give him my invitation.
It's my father's birthday banquet.Copy !req
264. He can deduct his gift
from the rent I owe.Copy !req
265. On May 22, 1967,
they imposed a curfew in Hong Kong.Copy !req
266. Homemade bombs caused panic.Copy !req
267. The economy stopped dead.Copy !req
268. I stopped going out.Copy !req
269. Some thought I was a reformed character.Copy !req
270. Actually, I was writing —Copy !req
271. a story called 2046...Copy !req
272. all about men and women looking for love,Copy !req
273. risking everything
to get to a place called 2046.Copy !req
274. What's that?Copy !req
275. Let's go to 2046.Copy !req
276. I made it as bizarre and erotic
as possible without crossing the line.Copy !req
277. The readers liked it.Copy !req
278. Some didn't take
to the science fiction angle.Copy !req
279. But all 2046 meant to me
was the number of a hotel room.Copy !req
280. I made up the whole thing,Copy !req
281. but some of my own experiences
found their way into it.Copy !req
282. People I ran into
in the normal course of thingsCopy !req
283. turned up in my stories.Copy !req
284. I felt more and more at ease
in my fictional World.Copy !req
285. Around that time,
Mr. Wang's music got loud again.Copy !req
286. More trouble with his two daughters.Copy !req
287. But also, because of the bad state
of the economy,Copy !req
288. a lot of the rooms were empty.Copy !req
289. Then in September, the rioting ended.Copy !req
290. Life went back to normal.Copy !req
291. Soon someone moved into 2046.Copy !req
292. Have you nearly finished?Copy !req
293. It's too early in the day for that!Copy !req
294. Some of us are trying to sleep!Copy !req
295. Peeking?Copy !req
296. The woman next door is quite a dish!
What are my chances?Copy !req
297. You're out of your head.Copy !req
298. A father-to-be
shouldn't have that on his mind.Copy !req
299. Now that she's pregnant,
my wife won't let me touch her.Copy !req
300. Put in a good word for me.Copy !req
301. Come on.Copy !req
302. Okay.Copy !req
303. How much?Copy !req
304. How much have you got?Copy !req
305. $100.Copy !req
306. Wait for my call.Copy !req
307. Mr. Chow! Mr. Chow!Copy !req
308. Mr. Chow, a call for you!Copy !req
309. Bright and early, huh?Copy !req
310. She's not up yet.Copy !req
311. Why come over?Copy !req
312. I told you. It has to be arranged.Copy !req
313. She's not some streetwalker.Copy !req
314. A fellow artist like you.Copy !req
315. Show her a little respect, will you?Copy !req
316. Yes, I'll tell you right away.Copy !req
317. Miss Bai, your key.Copy !req
318. You're back, Miss Bai.Copy !req
319. Who is it?Copy !req
320. - Who are you looking for?
- Mr. Chow suggested I come by.Copy !req
321. You're back, Mr. Chow.Copy !req
322. Did you win on the dogs?Copy !req
323. - I lost!
- I won a little.Copy !req
324. Hey.Copy !req
325. Looking for me?Copy !req
326. I think you know this person.Copy !req
327. What are doing in that room?Copy !req
328. You said you'd arrange it! I paid you!Copy !req
329. When did I say it was this room?Copy !req
330. - I said that room.
- I said this one.Copy !req
331. Your girl's in that room.Copy !req
332. How embarrassing! Please excuse him.Copy !req
333. I told you the room on the left!Copy !req
334. - I said I wanted that one!
- Shut up!Copy !req
335. Who is it?Copy !req
336. Oh, you again.Copy !req
337. I just wanted to apologize for last night.Copy !req
338. Forget it.Copy !req
339. Go away.Copy !req
340. Ping, my editor, was out of line.Copy !req
341. But he's not really so bad.Copy !req
342. Just a bit stingy. Never pays his way.Copy !req
343. Always says he's broke
when the check arrives.Copy !req
344. So I thought I'd play a trick on him.Copy !req
345. At my expense? Didn't you go a bit far?Copy !req
346. He only fell for it
because you're so beautiful.Copy !req
347. You're quite a flirt.Copy !req
348. Just stating a fact.Copy !req
349. A small token of apology.Copy !req
350. Please accept it.Copy !req
351. I don't want it.Copy !req
352. You're still cross, aren't you?Copy !req
353. - Please accept it.
- No.Copy !req
354. - Come on.
- No.Copy !req
355. It's just a small token. Accept it.Copy !req
356. Don't make fun of me. I mean what I say.Copy !req
357. Now get out.Copy !req
358. That's good. Let it all out.Copy !req
359. How can I make you feel better?
Slap me again.Copy !req
360. Think I wouldn't dare?Copy !req
361. Come closer.Copy !req
362. Bastard.Copy !req
363. Don't be so petty.Copy !req
364. That's enough.Copy !req
365. I'm gracious enough
not to slap you again.Copy !req
366. That doesn't mean you can take advantage.Copy !req
367. This time, I'll let you save face.Copy !req
368. If there's ever a next time,
I'll be less polite.Copy !req
369. It won't happen again.Copy !req
370. My face is still numb.Copy !req
371. - Accept it.
- No.Copy !req
372. They're just a token of my regard.Copy !req
373. I chose them myself.Copy !req
374. See if you like them.Copy !req
375. If you don't, just throw them away.Copy !req
376. There.Copy !req
377. Good.Copy !req
378. I'll leave now.Copy !req
379. Calm down.Copy !req
380. It's none of your business
who I dated last night.Copy !req
381. Who?Copy !req
382. Dabao.Copy !req
383. Which Dabao?Copy !req
384. The fat one or the skinny one?Copy !req
385. From Shanghai or from Shandong?Copy !req
386. The trouble is,
I know so many men named Dabao.Copy !req
387. How should I know which one you mean?Copy !req
388. Yes, I did.Copy !req
389. What are you going to do about it?Copy !req
390. Fine.Copy !req
391. I'll be waiting.Copy !req
392. Let me just say.Copy !req
393. Get out!Copy !req
394. You think I'll stand for this?Copy !req
395. It's either her or me.Copy !req
396. You'd better choose.Copy !req
397. Now get out!Copy !req
398. DECEMBER 24, 1967Copy !req
399. You're back early.Copy !req
400. It's Christmas.Copy !req
401. Shouldn't you be having dinner
with your boyfriend?Copy !req
402. What boyfriend?Copy !req
403. Then let's have supper.Copy !req
404. Come on.Copy !req
405. You have so many girlfriends.
You need company?Copy !req
406. Go out with them.Copy !req
407. They all want to be with me,
but I can't choose.Copy !req
408. The fairest thing is to see none of them.Copy !req
409. Come on. No point
in staying cooped up in your room.Copy !req
410. I'm not in a good mood tonight.Copy !req
411. I might get drunk and slap you again.Copy !req
412. That's okay.Copy !req
413. I'm used to it.Copy !req
414. If slapping me makes you happy,
take that as my Christmas present.Copy !req
415. Come on.Copy !req
416. Come with me.Copy !req
417. Let go of me.Copy !req
418. I didn't expect
to spend Christmas like this.Copy !req
419. What were you expecting?Copy !req
420. We'd made plans.Copy !req
421. He was taking me to Singapore.Copy !req
422. He says it's warm there at Christmas.Copy !req
423. So I didn't even pack winter clothes.Copy !req
424. What I'm wearing now is for summer.Copy !req
425. Have you been to Singapore?Copy !req
426. I worked there for several years.Copy !req
427. What kind of work?Copy !req
428. On a newspaper.Copy !req
429. Is it fun there?Copy !req
430. It's okay.Copy !req
431. Tell me more.Copy !req
432. I won't be going.Copy !req
433. So I'll just have to imagine it.Copy !req
434. What do you want to know?Copy !req
435. How's the climate?Copy !req
436. Pretty warm...Copy !req
437. all year round.Copy !req
438. Sometimes you can't
tell what season it is.Copy !req
439. The food stalls are great.Copy !req
440. Ping and I ate there after work.Copy !req
441. We'd eat and drink till dawn.Copy !req
442. Our landlord was a funny man.Copy !req
443. Short and fat, and he always wore a skirt.Copy !req
444. What the Malays call a sarong.Copy !req
445. But when you're away from home...Copy !req
446. it sometimes gets boring.Copy !req
447. That was a dull meal.Copy !req
448. Another drink somewhere else?Copy !req
449. You really like to drink.Copy !req
450. It makes things easy.Copy !req
451. When I'm drunk, I have no worries.Copy !req
452. Won't your girlfriends
be missing you tonight?Copy !req
453. They're not stuck to me.
They see other men too.Copy !req
454. We just have fun together.Copy !req
455. They still need to make a living.Copy !req
456. I don't get it.Copy !req
457. Where does all that fun get you?Copy !req
458. If you find the right person,
why waste time on anyone else?Copy !req
459. If I find the right person.Copy !req
460. A man like me has nothing much
except free time.Copy !req
461. That's why I need company.Copy !req
462. So people are just time killers to you?Copy !req
463. I wouldn't say that.Copy !req
464. Other people can borrow my time too.Copy !req
465. And this evening?Copy !req
466. Are you borrowing me,
or am I borrowing you?Copy !req
467. No difference.Copy !req
468. Maybe I borrowed you earlier
and now you're borrowing me.Copy !req
469. Ridiculous.Copy !req
470. Don't get me wrong.Copy !req
471. I don't intend to take advantage of you.Copy !req
472. If that was what I wanted,
I had plenty of options.Copy !req
473. I just want us to be drinking pals.Copy !req
474. Is that okay?Copy !req
475. It's hard. But I'll give it a try.Copy !req
476. Okay.Copy !req
477. Let's try.Copy !req
478. - Where to?
- Let's drink.Copy !req
479. Mr. Chow, you seem happy tonight.Copy !req
480. I certainly am.
My friends are buying me dinner.Copy !req
481. This way, please.Copy !req
482. Ping. Is it someone's birthday?Copy !req
483. Better than that.
Chow has a new girlfriend.Copy !req
484. Definitely worth celebrating.Copy !req
485. Mr. Chow, what would you like
to eat tonight?Copy !req
486. Something expensive.Copy !req
487. - Snake?
- Yes, snake would be good.Copy !req
488. Snake isn't cheap. Can you afford it?Copy !req
489. Sure you'll win the bet?Copy !req
490. Shut up. Don't mind him.Copy !req
491. - What'll it be, Mr. Chow?
- Snake.Copy !req
492. And a lamb casserole too.Copy !req
493. And bring Hoi's whiskey.Copy !req
494. Yes. Good.Copy !req
495. Can't let this go to waste.
It's delicious.Copy !req
496. Where's your girl, Chow?Copy !req
497. It's already 2:00 a.m. Is she coming?Copy !req
498. She can't be coming.Copy !req
499. I don't think she's coming.Copy !req
500. It's all your fault.Copy !req
501. It's because of you that this happened.Copy !req
502. Why blame me?Copy !req
503. You brought this on yourself.Copy !req
504. You said she was gentle and obedient.Copy !req
505. Now we know the truth.Copy !req
506. I said she was sometimes obedient
and sometimes gentle.Copy !req
507. But she's full of surprises.
That's part of the fun.Copy !req
508. - So, what next?
- Yes, what now?Copy !req
509. Whatever you feel like doing.Copy !req
510. And then what happened?Copy !req
511. Tell me.Copy !req
512. How are you going to thank me?Copy !req
513. Pervert.Copy !req
514. Open up.Copy !req
515. - Who is it?
- Open the door.Copy !req
516. It's late.Copy !req
517. You played a fine joke on me tonight.Copy !req
518. I finished work late,Copy !req
519. too late to get there.Copy !req
520. So I didn't come.Copy !req
521. Where is your mustache?Copy !req
522. That's your fault too.Copy !req
523. How could I know you'd stand me up?Copy !req
524. I thought I'd win a few hundred.Copy !req
525. Instead I lost my mustache.Copy !req
526. This is all your fault.Copy !req
527. You deserved it.Copy !req
528. Who pushed you into the bet?Copy !req
529. I'll tell you something.Copy !req
530. Ping asked me not to show up.Copy !req
531. Anyhow,
I wasn't that fond of the mustache.Copy !req
532. You look younger now.Copy !req
533. Don't you like it?Copy !req
534. You're making fun of me.Copy !req
535. You tricked me.Copy !req
536. I'll get you for this.Copy !req
537. How will you make it up to me?Copy !req
538. At least give me a kiss.Copy !req
539. You bit me.Copy !req
540. Come and get me.Copy !req
541. You're in for it when I catch you.Copy !req
542. Don't touch me there.Copy !req
543. Bastard. You've bruised me.Copy !req
544. Think you were any better?Copy !req
545. Look, I'm bleeding.Copy !req
546. Maybe it's because winter's coming.Copy !req
547. See what happens when I eat lamb?Copy !req
548. Brings out the beast in me.Copy !req
549. - What?
- Don't move.Copy !req
550. What are you doing?Copy !req
551. - Shaving you.
- Don't.Copy !req
552. Who knows where that razor's been?Copy !req
553. It could bring me bad luck.Copy !req
554. Let's go for round two.Copy !req
555. No way.Copy !req
556. Why are you dressed?Copy !req
557. I'm going back to my room.Copy !req
558. I'm exhausted.Copy !req
559. This is all I haveCopy !req
560. aside from loose change for the bus.Copy !req
561. Here's $200.Copy !req
562. Please take it.Copy !req
563. I don't want it.Copy !req
564. I wasn't selling.Copy !req
565. That's not how I meant it.Copy !req
566. I want to pay for your torn dress.Copy !req
567. Please take it.Copy !req
568. I see.Copy !req
569. You're afraid I'll cling to you.
Is that it?Copy !req
570. Fine.Copy !req
571. I'll take ten dollars.Copy !req
572. Think of it as a discount rate.Copy !req
573. If you ever want to come over again,Copy !req
574. I'll charge the same.Copy !req
575. I'm going back to my room.Copy !req
576. Come here.Copy !req
577. Not tonight.Copy !req
578. Why not?Copy !req
579. Not in the mood?Copy !req
580. Can't take the strain tonight.Copy !req
581. Anyhow, I'm a bit short of cash.Copy !req
582. Never mind. You can owe me.Copy !req
583. I don't like being in debt.Copy !req
584. The reception's at 6:00.
Dinner's at 8:00.Copy !req
585. I don't mind if you can't make it.
Just send your gift.Copy !req
586. No more than you do.Copy !req
587. You hold banquets all year round.Copy !req
588. I've had four birthday invitations
from you this year.Copy !req
589. I'll send over
some more invitation cards later.Copy !req
590. Think of people with money.Copy !req
591. Write in their names
and send them invitations.Copy !req
592. Okay, that's settled.Copy !req
593. Mr. Chow, holding another banquet?Copy !req
594. You know that we have birthdays
in different calendars.Copy !req
595. Another of mine has come around.Copy !req
596. No doubt.Copy !req
597. - Here's one for your boss.
- All right.Copy !req
598. Tell him that, since we're so close,Copy !req
599. he can deduct his gift
from the rent I owe.Copy !req
600. - Make sure he gets it.
- Okay.Copy !req
601. It's late. What's so urgent?Copy !req
602. I just got back from Macau.Copy !req
603. Chow asked me to bring you a present.Copy !req
604. You two went to Macau?Copy !req
605. Yes, we had some days off.
So we went to the casino.Copy !req
606. Oh, it's beautiful.Copy !req
607. He says he found some money in his pocket.Copy !req
608. So before losing it all at the tables,Copy !req
609. he bought you a present.Copy !req
610. Where is he?Copy !req
611. Not back yet. You know what he's like.Copy !req
612. Extravagant at the start of the month
and broke well before the end.Copy !req
613. He made several thousand
hosting that party.Copy !req
614. So now he's really enjoying himself.Copy !req
615. Is he there alone?Copy !req
616. Of course not. There's a gang of them.Copy !req
617. He likes company.Copy !req
618. Was he always like this?Copy !req
619. Let's not talk about him.
Let's have a drink.Copy !req
620. But I should warn you.Copy !req
621. I know you like Chow a lot.Copy !req
622. Don't waste your time on him.Copy !req
623. He's not serious.Copy !req
624. Guess who.Copy !req
625. There's only one possibility.Copy !req
626. Let me have a bite first.Copy !req
627. What are you doing here?Copy !req
628. What am I doing here?Copy !req
629. What do you think?Copy !req
630. I thought I was pretty wild,Copy !req
631. but you're much wilder.Copy !req
632. Pay up.Copy !req
633. I haven't seen you for ages.Copy !req
634. I've been busy.Copy !req
635. Liar.Copy !req
636. Tell me the truth.Copy !req
637. I am.Copy !req
638. Who was that woman the other day?Copy !req
639. What woman?Copy !req
640. Don't pretend.Copy !req
641. I saw her leaving your room.Copy !req
642. Who is she?Copy !req
643. - A friend.
- A friend?Copy !req
644. What was she doing in your room?Copy !req
645. Don't be nosy, all right?Copy !req
646. Go back to your room.Copy !req
647. I have work to do.Copy !req
648. I won't.Copy !req
649. I'm sleeping here tonight.Copy !req
650. An overnight stay is expensive.Copy !req
651. No problem.Copy !req
652. Name your price.Copy !req
653. I'd pay anything to be with you,
every day.Copy !req
654. Retail is fine.Copy !req
655. Wholesale is out of the question.Copy !req
656. Why?Copy !req
657. I just don't like it.Copy !req
658. Could you make an exception for me?Copy !req
659. No.Copy !req
660. You treat all women like this?Copy !req
661. Except one.Copy !req
662. - Who?
- My mother.Copy !req
663. I'm serious.Copy !req
664. I don't mind you having other women.Copy !req
665. But I won't be treated the same as them.Copy !req
666. I don't care if you love me or not.Copy !req
667. I'll love you anyway.Copy !req
668. Since we got together,
I haven't brought other men back.Copy !req
669. I hoped you'd think the same way.Copy !req
670. Will you promise me that?Copy !req
671. No.Copy !req
672. I see.Copy !req
673. Then we're through.Copy !req
674. I'll never bother you.Copy !req
675. And I don't ever want you
in my room again.Copy !req
676. Here. Ten dollars.Copy !req
677. Tonight, I'm paying.Copy !req
678. Thank you.Copy !req
679. If you're ever in the mood,
feel free to come over.Copy !req
680. I'll charge you the same.Copy !req
681. Having fun?Copy !req
682. What do you care?Copy !req
683. You were rather loud last night.Copy !req
684. I meant to be.Copy !req
685. You bring back women.
Why shouldn't I have men?Copy !req
686. I want to see if you really don't mind.Copy !req
687. I won't go.
Why don't you come here instead?Copy !req
688. Forget it. Don't come!Copy !req
689. After Bai Ling moved out,
she started dating Dabao.Copy !req
690. And I saw other women too.Copy !req
691. If our paths ever crossed,
we'd pretend not to see each other.Copy !req
692. Rather pathetic, I know.Copy !req
693. But it was better for us
to end it this way.Copy !req
694. I've never seen her since.Copy !req
695. But sometimes...Copy !req
696. she pops up in my stories.Copy !req
697. Your change. Please check it.Copy !req
698. Thank you.Copy !req
699. Are you going out later?Copy !req
700. Why?Copy !req
701. Could you mail this letter for me?Copy !req
702. Sure.Copy !req
703. Then Miss Wang came back.Copy !req
704. I knew it from the familiar sound
coming through the wall.Copy !req
705. Please take me with you.Copy !req
706. Good.Copy !req
707. What are you doing?Copy !req
708. Wasn't I clear?Copy !req
709. Don't contact that Japanese man.Copy !req
710. Why are you writing to him in secret?Copy !req
711. Aren't you ashamed?Copy !req
712. Return his letter.Copy !req
713. No?Copy !req
714. What are you reading?Copy !req
715. A martial-arts novel.Copy !req
716. You like them?Copy !req
717. If your friend wants
to send you more lettersCopy !req
718. and you don't want your dad to know,Copy !req
719. tell him to send them to my room.Copy !req
720. I'll pass them on to you.Copy !req
721. She looked happier
when she came back this time.Copy !req
722. We talked more often.Copy !req
723. Mr. Chow, another letter for you.Copy !req
724. Another one.Copy !req
725. Those Japanese girls get so carried away.Copy !req
726. Let's see each other again.Copy !req
727. Then, if you still think
we shouldn't be together...Copy !req
728. tell me so frankly.Copy !req
729. That day, six years ago...Copy !req
730. a rainbow appeared in my heart.Copy !req
731. It is still there,
like a flame burning inside me.Copy !req
732. But what are your real feelings for me?Copy !req
733. Are they like a rainbow after the rain?Copy !req
734. Or...Copy !req
735. did that rainbow fade away long ago?Copy !req
736. I'm waiting for your answer.Copy !req
737. Why do you write all that stuff about sex?Copy !req
738. So I won't starve.Copy !req
739. Don't you worry about your reputation?Copy !req
740. Maybe I'm not such a nice guy.Copy !req
741. Why not try writing something else?Copy !req
742. Who'd read it?Copy !req
743. How about a martial-arts novel?Copy !req
744. People love them.Copy !req
745. That's too hard.Copy !req
746. I tried cowriting one with someone once.Copy !req
747. We locked ourselves away for months.Copy !req
748. Just got sore heads.Copy !req
749. Those were good times.Copy !req
750. I like writing too.Copy !req
751. It's hard to make a living by writing.Copy !req
752. I just do it for fun.Copy !req
753. I'll show you some of my stuff.Copy !req
754. Please do.Copy !req
755. Here you are. Read this first.Copy !req
756. Wow, you're prolific.Copy !req
757. When you've read it,
tell me what you think.Copy !req
758. Don't forget to give it back.Copy !req
759. Of course.Copy !req
760. Have you read my story yet?Copy !req
761. I have.Copy !req
762. What did you think?Copy !req
763. I think you should never
write another word.Copy !req
764. Why not?Copy !req
765. You're so good,
you could put me out of work.Copy !req
766. The Spider Sage
thrusts out his right fist.Copy !req
767. Two chopsticks take off like rockets.Copy !req
768. They land with explosive force.Copy !req
769. Kaboom. The mountain splits apart.Copy !req
770. Slow down. I can't keep up.Copy !req
771. Come on, they're waiting for it.Copy !req
772. All right, all right.Copy !req
773. Caught up?Copy !req
774. Go on.Copy !req
775. Where was I?Copy !req
776. "The mountain splits apart."Copy !req
777. Right. The mountain splits apart,Copy !req
778. smashing Iron Abacus to the ground.Copy !req
779. Iron Abacus?Copy !req
780. Isn't he dead?Copy !req
781. Is he?Copy !req
782. Then make it Iron Head.Copy !req
783. Where did Iron Head come from
all of a sudden?Copy !req
784. Hey, anything goes in martial-arts novels.Copy !req
785. Why don't you get some rest?
I'll finish it for you.Copy !req
786. Okay.Copy !req
787. It felt like having an assistant.Copy !req
788. When I was late with my copy,
I asked her to ghostwrite it for me.Copy !req
789. She was just a girl,Copy !req
790. but she could write as raunchily
as the best of us.Copy !req
791. We got along very well.Copy !req
792. That was my happiest summer ever.Copy !req
793. But it didn't last.Copy !req
794. I encouraged her
to stand up to her father,Copy !req
795. but she didn't dare.Copy !req
796. She wanted to pay her own way.Copy !req
797. So I got her a job
in the cloakroom at a club.Copy !req
798. Thanks.Copy !req
799. She told her father...Copy !req
800. she was going out with me.Copy !req
801. Sometimes I found an excuse
to pick her up after work.Copy !req
802. You're here late.Copy !req
803. If you're ready to go,
I have a taxi waiting.Copy !req
804. I can give you a lift back.Copy !req
805. No, thanks.Copy !req
806. Then I won't wait.Copy !req
807. Feelings can creep up on you unawares.Copy !req
808. I knew that, but did she?Copy !req
809. She was always askingCopy !req
810. if there was anything at all
that never changed.Copy !req
811. I could see what was on her mind.Copy !req
812. I promised to write a story for her
based on my observations,Copy !req
813. something to show her
what her boyfriend was thinking.Copy !req
814. Kind of a joke.Copy !req
815. We thought of calling it 2047.Copy !req
816. But maybe I was being too oblique.Copy !req
817. I'd begun to feel that it wasn't
about her boyfriend at all.Copy !req
818. Rather, it was more about me.Copy !req
819. So I began imagining myself
as a Japanese man...Copy !req
820. On a train headed for 2046...Copy !req
821. falling for an android
with delayed reactions.Copy !req
822. If someone wants to leave 2046,
how long will it take?Copy !req
823. No one can say.Copy !req
824. Some people get away fairly easily.Copy !req
825. Others find that it takes them
much longer.Copy !req
826. It takes great strength,
and it can hurt terribly.Copy !req
827. He forgets how long
he's been on this train.Copy !req
828. He starts to feel very lonely.Copy !req
829. It's rather boring at first,Copy !req
830. but you gradually get used to it.Copy !req
831. We have a range of cabin attendants.Copy !req
832. They can satisfy your every need.Copy !req
833. They will serve you devotedly,
like an intimate friend.Copy !req
834. But you must never fall in love with them.Copy !req
835. Who'd ever fall for an android?Copy !req
836. Who can say?Copy !req
837. Events can creep up on you
without you even noticing.Copy !req
838. It happens all the time.Copy !req
839. Paragraph 201 in the passengers' guide...Copy !req
840. warns that Zone 1224-1225
is especially cold.Copy !req
841. The train won't be able
to generate enough heat.Copy !req
842. Passengers are advised to hug each other
to keep warm.Copy !req
843. Since he's the only passenger,Copy !req
844. he hugs his android cabin attendant.Copy !req
845. He wonders if it's her mechanism
or just his imagination...Copy !req
846. but he senses some responsive warmth
in her artificial body.Copy !req
847. That hurts.Copy !req
848. Why do you want to leave 2046?Copy !req
849. Do you know...Copy !req
850. what people did in the old days when they
had secrets they didn't want to share?Copy !req
851. They'd climb a mountain...Copy !req
852. find a tree...Copy !req
853. carve a hole in it,Copy !req
854. whisper the secret into the hole...Copy !req
855. and cover it up with mud.Copy !req
856. That way,
nobody else would ever learn the secret.Copy !req
857. I'll be your tree.Copy !req
858. Tell me, and nobody else will ever know.Copy !req
859. I always...Copy !req
860. I always...Copy !req
861. I always...Copy !req
862. Very funny. I always...Copy !req
863. I always...Copy !req
864. Whenever anyone asked why he left 2046...Copy !req
865. I always...Copy !req
866. he gave them some vague answer.Copy !req
867. I always...Copy !req
868. He once fell in love with someone.Copy !req
869. He couldn't stop wondering
whether she loved him or not.Copy !req
870. He found an android
that looked just like her.Copy !req
871. He thought the android
might give him the answer.Copy !req
872. 10 HOURS LATERCopy !req
873. I have a secret to tell you.Copy !req
874. Leave with me.Copy !req
875. I have a secret to tell you.Copy !req
876. Leave with me.Copy !req
877. He kept on asking...Copy !req
878. but she never answered.Copy !req
879. He began dreaming up excuses
for her silence.Copy !req
880. Do you know the Buddhist canon?Copy !req
881. The five signs of decay
in celestial beings?Copy !req
882. The five signs of decay
in celestial beings.Copy !req
883. It's all about the gods
and how they go through this process too.Copy !req
884. Our cabin attendants
are superbly designed...Copy !req
885. but there's one problem.Copy !req
886. After they've served
on so many long journeys,Copy !req
887. fatigue begins to set in.Copy !req
888. They might want to laugh,Copy !req
889. but the smile would be slow to come.Copy !req
890. They might want to cry,Copy !req
891. but the tears
wouldn't well up till next day.Copy !req
892. This one is failing fast.Copy !req
893. I think you'd better give up.Copy !req
894. He grew desperate.Copy !req
895. He felt like giving up.Copy !req
896. But he was soon trying again.Copy !req
897. I have a secret to tell you.Copy !req
898. Will you leave with me?Copy !req
899. I have a secret to tell you.Copy !req
900. Will you leave with me?Copy !req
901. Do you know what people
did in the old daysCopy !req
902. when they had secrets?Copy !req
903. They'd climb a mountain, find a tree...Copy !req
904. carve a hole in it...Copy !req
905. 990...Copy !req
906. 991...Copy !req
907. 992,Copy !req
908. 993...Copy !req
909. 994,Copy !req
910. 995...Copy !req
911. He slowly began to doubt himself.Copy !req
912. The reason she didn't answer...Copy !req
913. was not simply that
her reactions were delayed.Copy !req
914. It's simply that she didn't love him.Copy !req
915. So at last he got it.Copy !req
916. It's entirely beyond his control.Copy !req
917. The only thing left for him...Copy !req
918. was to give up.Copy !req
919. DECEMBER 24, 1968Copy !req
920. Why did you invite me
to Christmas dinner?Copy !req
921. You know how much I'll lose in tips
by not working?Copy !req
922. Wouldn't it be awful to be alone tonight?Copy !req
923. I need company.Copy !req
924. That means me?Copy !req
925. Your boyfriend hasn't written in a while.Copy !req
926. I told him not to.Copy !req
927. Anyway, it's hopeless.Copy !req
928. No point waiting for me.Copy !req
929. Why is it hopeless? Go and look for him.Copy !req
930. If you don't, it really will be hopeless.Copy !req
931. My dad will never give his consent.Copy !req
932. If you were him,
what would you be doing tonight?Copy !req
933. Why don't you ask him?Copy !req
934. Have you got his phone number?Copy !req
935. Hello?Copy !req
936. I can't hear you.Copy !req
937. Can you speak louder?Copy !req
938. I'm already shouting!Copy !req
939. I felt like Santa Claus that night.Copy !req
940. I took her to the newspaper officeCopy !req
941. and let her make a long-distance call
to her boyfriend.Copy !req
942. I was happy to see her so happy.Copy !req
943. In fact, Zone 1224-1225Copy !req
944. meant Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.Copy !req
945. On the night before Christmas,Copy !req
946. many people need a bit more warmth
than usual.Copy !req
947. That night, I didn't get that.Copy !req
948. Maybe that was for the best.Copy !req
949. 10 HOURS LATERCopy !req
950. I realized that the reason
the android didn't answerCopy !req
951. had nothing to do
with her mechanism wearing out,Copy !req
952. nor that she didn't like him.Copy !req
953. More likely,
she already loved someone else.Copy !req
954. Soon after that, she went to Japan.Copy !req
955. I gave her a copy of my story 2047.Copy !req
956. I hope she read it.Copy !req
957. 100 HOURS LATERCopy !req
958. 1,000 HOURS LATERCopy !req
959. Love is all a matter of timing.Copy !req
960. It's no good meeting the right person
too soon or too late.Copy !req
961. If I'd lived in another time or place...Copy !req
962. My story might have had
a very different ending.Copy !req
963. I have something to tell you.Copy !req
964. Yes?Copy !req
965. I'll be away for a couple of days.Copy !req
966. Please pay this month's rent
to my daughter.Copy !req
967. She's back?Copy !req
968. Not Jing-Wen.
I mean pay my younger girl, Jie-Wen.Copy !req
969. So your worries are over.
Going on holiday?Copy !req
970. No, I have to go to Japan.Copy !req
971. But you hate the Japanese.
Why go to Japan?Copy !req
972. Jing-Wen is getting married.Copy !req
973. Congratulations.Copy !req
974. I wasn't sure whether to go or not.Copy !req
975. Now I've decided.
I just want her to be happy.Copy !req
976. When do you leave?
Can you help me choose a present?Copy !req
977. No need for that.Copy !req
978. She wanted me to ask you something.Copy !req
979. What is it?Copy !req
980. She read your story 2047.
She likes it a lot.Copy !req
981. But she finds the ending too sad.Copy !req
982. She wonders if you could change it.Copy !req
983. I'll see.Copy !req
984. 1 HOUR LATERCopy !req
985. 10 HOURS LATERCopy !req
986. 100 HOURS LATERCopy !req
987. Taxi!Copy !req
988. I'd also like the story
to have a happy ending,Copy !req
989. but I don't know how to write it.Copy !req
990. Some years back,
I had a happy ending in my grasp...Copy !req
991. but I let it slip away.Copy !req
992. Don't turn your back on me!Copy !req
993. - Has he been here?
- What's it to you?Copy !req
994. While I was depressed,
I ran into Lulu again.Copy !req
995. She hadn't changed —
still intensely jealous.Copy !req
996. You think he's yours?
I thought you knew him.Copy !req
997. That's the way he is.Copy !req
998. We've just been amusing ourselves.Copy !req
999. So control yourself, Missy.Copy !req
1000. Watching her taught me something.Copy !req
1001. When you don't take no for an answer,Copy !req
1002. there is still a chance
you 'll get what you want.Copy !req
1003. 18 MONTHS LATERCopy !req
1004. Hello. Is Mr. Chow there?Copy !req
1005. I know I have no right to ask...Copy !req
1006. but they say I need a guarantor.Copy !req
1007. The man who recruits girls
for the nightclub says he knows you.Copy !req
1008. Can you talk to him for me?Copy !req
1009. No problem.Copy !req
1010. I know the man you mean.Copy !req
1011. I'll see him in a day or two.Copy !req
1012. Why did you choose Singapore?Copy !req
1013. I don't want to stay here any longer.Copy !req
1014. I've been thinking about it for some time.Copy !req
1015. I want to take a look at the place.Copy !req
1016. Don't drink too much.Copy !req
1017. You don't look well.Copy !req
1018. Don't worry. It won't kill me.Copy !req
1019. You know what?Copy !req
1020. I came by here at Christmas.Copy !req
1021. I thought I might run into you.Copy !req
1022. Why didn't you call me first?Copy !req
1023. I don't know.Copy !req
1024. I came on impulse.Copy !req
1025. I don't know why.Copy !req
1026. That night,
I suddenly missed you so much.Copy !req
1027. We're drinking pals.Copy !req
1028. Of course you'd miss me.Copy !req
1029. You're right.Copy !req
1030. We're drinking pals.Copy !req
1031. Let's go.Copy !req
1032. - Waiter.
- Yes.Copy !req
1033. - The check.
- Yes.Copy !req
1034. Where are you staying?Copy !req
1035. I rent a apartment, a rather small place.Copy !req
1036. But it's not too bad.Copy !req
1037. I'll see you back.Copy !req
1038. No, thanks.Copy !req
1039. I've just moved in. It's a mess.Copy !req
1040. I'll invite you over once it's cleaned up.Copy !req
1041. I'll go first.Copy !req
1042. Seeing how much Bai Ling had changed,Copy !req
1043. I was suddenly overcome
by a feeling of grief.Copy !req
1044. Indeed, last Christmas,
I wasn't in Hong Kong.Copy !req
1045. DECEMBER 24, 1969Copy !req
1046. Have you seen Miss Su?Copy !req
1047. Miss Su? Not for some time.Copy !req
1048. Any idea where she might be?Copy !req
1049. Probably back in Phnom Penh.Copy !req
1050. I didn't want to spend Christmas 1969
in Hong Kong,Copy !req
1051. so I visited Singapore
and went back to the casino.Copy !req
1052. I waited for several days,
but Black Spider never turned up.Copy !req
1053. No one knew where she was.Copy !req
1054. Some thought
she'd gone back to Phnom Penh.Copy !req
1055. Others thought she was dead.Copy !req
1056. Ping and I
began working in Singapore in 1963...Copy !req
1057. when my life lost most of its meaning.Copy !req
1058. I started gambling every day.Copy !req
1059. Those were hard times for me.Copy !req
1060. Only one person came to my rescue,
a professional gambler.Copy !req
1061. Some said she was a cheat.Copy !req
1062. She always wore black.
They called her Black Spider.Copy !req
1063. She kept her black glove on
365 days of the year.Copy !req
1064. Nobody knew why for sure.Copy !req
1065. Had her hand been chopped off
for cheating?Copy !req
1066. Did the glove cover up a fake hand?Copy !req
1067. Nobody really knew.Copy !req
1068. Why do you wear that black glove?Copy !req
1069. It's a habit.Copy !req
1070. You're not from here.Copy !req
1071. I'm from Phnom Penh.Copy !req
1072. What a coincidence.
I was just in Cambodia.Copy !req
1073. The place is in chaos.
What were you doing there?Copy !req
1074. The newspaper sent me.Copy !req
1075. You're a journalist?Copy !req
1076. Not anymore.Copy !req
1077. Why's that?Copy !req
1078. They made some changes,
and now I'm a consultant —Copy !req
1079. on half-pay, with next to nothing to do.Copy !req
1080. So why are you spending your time
in the casino?Copy !req
1081. I tried to win enough
to pay my way back to Hong Kong.Copy !req
1082. You lost a lot?Copy !req
1083. A few thousand dollars.Copy !req
1084. You should never set foot in a casino
in a bad mood.Copy !req
1085. You won't win.Copy !req
1086. I didn't expect to win.Copy !req
1087. I just hoped to get back my stake.Copy !req
1088. If you have anything left...Copy !req
1089. I can help you.Copy !req
1090. On one condition.Copy !req
1091. When you've got your money back,
you stop gambling.Copy !req
1092. Why are you helping me?Copy !req
1093. I take a commission.Copy !req
1094. Ten percent of whatever I win for you.Copy !req
1095. Think it over.Copy !req
1096. What good to her
was her tiny commission on my winnings?Copy !req
1097. After that, we went back to the casino
night after night.Copy !req
1098. We'd eat at the stall
next to the railway station.Copy !req
1099. She won back all the money I'd lost.Copy !req
1100. Thank you.Copy !req
1101. Don't thank me. It's yours.Copy !req
1102. If you need me again tomorrow,Copy !req
1103. I'll be waiting here after dinner.Copy !req
1104. I still don't know your name.Copy !req
1105. My family name is Su.
My full name is Su Li-Zhen.Copy !req
1106. A few years ago,
I fell in love with another man's wife.Copy !req
1107. Her name was also Su Li-Zhen.Copy !req
1108. It was because of her
that I moved to Singapore.Copy !req
1109. I never dreamed
I'd meet another Su Li-Zhen.Copy !req
1110. I told her a lot
about the other Su Li-Zhen.Copy !req
1111. At first, we kept it secret,Copy !req
1112. but gossip soon spread.Copy !req
1113. Later we moved into a hotel.Copy !req
1114. We had Room 2046.Copy !req
1115. When I think back,
the whole thing was like a dream.Copy !req
1116. You loved her deeply?Copy !req
1117. It's history.Copy !req
1118. Let's change the subject.Copy !req
1119. You, what did you do before?Copy !req
1120. You want to know about me?Copy !req
1121. Come on, we'll play high-low.Copy !req
1122. If you win, I'll tell you everything.Copy !req
1123. It struck me that her past was like
the hand she always kept gloved —Copy !req
1124. a mystery with no solution.Copy !req
1125. Of all the men I've known,
you've been the best to me.Copy !req
1126. I'm already missing you.Copy !req
1127. Why won't you come with me?Copy !req
1128. Didn't you...Copy !req
1129. promise not to ask?Copy !req
1130. Hold me.Copy !req
1131. It may be years before we meet again.Copy !req
1132. That night, we saw each other
for the last time.Copy !req
1133. I told her...Copy !req
1134. Take care.Copy !req
1135. Maybe one day you'll escape your past.Copy !req
1136. If you do, look for me.Copy !req
1137. Now it strikes me that what I told her
was actually meant for myself.Copy !req
1138. In love, you can't bring on a substitute.Copy !req
1139. I was looking for what I'd felt
with the other Su Li-Zhen.Copy !req
1140. I didn't realize that myself...Copy !req
1141. but I'm sure she did.Copy !req
1142. WHEN THE PEONY BLOOMS,Copy !req
1143. SHE STANDS TALL AND THEN GOES AWAY.Copy !req
1144. DOES SHE MEAN NO OR YES?Copy !req
1145. All for me? You want to get me drunk?Copy !req
1146. I know you're a good drinker.Copy !req
1147. Let's drink —Copy !req
1148. as much as we can.Copy !req
1149. If there's any left over,Copy !req
1150. finish it next time you're here.Copy !req
1151. There's one small thing
I have to ask of you.Copy !req
1152. Here's some money. Please take it.Copy !req
1153. What for?Copy !req
1154. I know you borrowed money from a friend
for my plane ticket.Copy !req
1155. Pay him back.Copy !req
1156. If there's any left, pay my rent for me.Copy !req
1157. Where did you get so much money?Copy !req
1158. An old customer.Copy !req
1159. He's always been fond of me.Copy !req
1160. He treats me well.Copy !req
1161. But he's too old for me,
so I never paid him much attention.Copy !req
1162. I ran into him yesterday
while I was shopping.Copy !req
1163. He insisted on buying me dinner.Copy !req
1164. I needed money, so I went.Copy !req
1165. After dinner, I told him I needed money.Copy !req
1166. He said I could have as much as I wanted.Copy !req
1167. I told him I needed $5,000.Copy !req
1168. At first,
I planned to save it for Singapore.Copy !req
1169. But I'm using it now.Copy !req
1170. Don't be silly.Copy !req
1171. You're still young.
You have great prospects.Copy !req
1172. I borrowed the money from my friends.Copy !req
1173. They don't need it back yet.Copy !req
1174. Keep this for yourself.Copy !req
1175. Pay me back later. There's no rush.Copy !req
1176. Why are you so kind to me?Copy !req
1177. Perhaps it's fate.Copy !req
1178. Too bad it didn't last.Copy !req
1179. I wish it could have gone on longer.Copy !req
1180. Don't be like this.Copy !req
1181. Let me buy you dinner tonight.Copy !req
1182. - Waiter, the check.
- Coming.Copy !req
1183. No, let me.Copy !req
1184. You're too kind.Copy !req
1185. You've spent enough time and money
on me already.Copy !req
1186. I don't want to owe you too much.Copy !req
1187. I need to make a phone call.Copy !req
1188. Please settle the check. I'll be outside.Copy !req
1189. Will you come in?Copy !req
1190. No, thanks.Copy !req
1191. Get some rest.Copy !req
1192. I'll see you to the airport tomorrow.Copy !req
1193. Please don't.Copy !req
1194. I'll be terribly sad if you're there.Copy !req
1195. Take good care of yourself.Copy !req
1196. Why can't it be like it was before?Copy !req
1197. Please don't go.Copy !req
1198. Stay with me tonight.Copy !req
1199. Let me borrow you.Copy !req
1200. Do you remember?Copy !req
1201. You once asked me
if there was anything I wouldn't lend.Copy !req
1202. I've given it a lot of thought.Copy !req
1203. And now I know.Copy !req
1204. There is one thing...Copy !req
1205. I'll never lend to anyone.Copy !req
1206. As I recall, that was the very last time
we saw each other.Copy !req
1207. I haven't seen her since that night.Copy !req
1208. Why can't it be like it was before?Copy !req
1209. HE DIDN'T TURN BACK.Copy !req
1210. IT WAS AS IF HE'D BOARDEDCopy !req
1211. THROUGH THE UNFATHOMABLE NIGHT.Copy !req
1212. Everyone who goes to 2046
has the same intention.Copy !req
1213. They want to recapture lost memories.Copy !req
1214. Because in 2046, nothing ever changes.Copy !req
1215. But nobody really knows
if that's true or not...Copy !req
1216. because nobody has ever come back.Copy !req
1217. Written, directed and produced byCopy !req
1218. Executive Producers
CHAN YE CHENG, REN ZHONGLUNCopy !req
1219. Producers
REN ZHONGLUN, ZHU YONGDECopy !req
1220. Coproducers
JACKY PANG YEE WAH, ZHUO WUCopy !req
1221. Associate Producers
ZHONG ZHENG, FU WEN XIA, LI XIAO JUNCopy !req
1222. Coproduction byCopy !req
1223. Production Design byCopy !req
1224. Cinematography by CHRISTOPHER DOYLE
LAI YIU FAI, KWAN PUN LEUNGCopy !req
1225. Original Music byCopy !req
1226. Edited by WILLIAM CHANG SUK PINGCopy !req
1227. CastCopy !req
1228. WANG SHAN, SIU PING LAM
KONG TAO HOI, CHEUNG YUI LINGCopy !req
1229. NG TING YIP, MIAO FEI LIN
CHING SIU LUNG, HONG WAHCopy !req
1230. Hong Kong has overcome many challenges
to arrive at the current situation.Copy !req
1231. Many buildings have been destroyed...Copy !req
1232. Hong Kong is going through
an economic stagnation...Copy !req
1233. Last night, the government announced
that it will be electing...Copy !req