The Banquet (豪門夜宴)

Ladies and gentlemen, she is Mo Shun-kuan.

He is Andy Lau.

The Eastern China Flood of 1991…

destroyed numerous of homes and acres of crops.

Hong Kong citizens thus offered great help immediately.

For us, the filmmakers,

we’d like to offer our support through making this film,

“The Banquet”

We made this film speedily.

It is an unprecedented collaboration among filmmakers.

Now, this film is finished and shown today.

Thank you for viewing, and we wish to take this chance,

to wish you all the best for being kind-hearted.

Ladies and gentlemen, “The Banquet”,

For disaster relief, now begins.

It’s a Rolls Royce, great!

Boss, here we are.

Mind my business!

You should have sprayed it earlier.

Of course!

I am not buying this, no…

You bastards!

Boss, let me tell you my analysis.

In the auction held yesterday, you bought this building.

Hung Tai-bo bought the one at the end of the street.

But there are 4 buildings in between.

If we can get all these four buildings,

we can make big money!

I know, but what's next?

This is why I take you here.

The owners of these 4 buildings are having breakfast here.

Who are they?

Look! See those two old men over there?

There are many old men.

The guy who is eating chicken feet and the one who is eating chicken roll.

They are the owners of these 2 buildings.

Are you sure? That’s right.

Chicken feet and chicken roll?

That’s right.

Chicken feet and chicken roll, here you are.

We haven’t made that order. Take them away.

Are you kidding me?

Nuts! You moron!

How does she know you’re a moron?

It’s not difficult to tell.

Go ahead.

And the owners of these 2 buildings, guess where they are.

Where are they? Over there.

The left one is eating roast pork bun and the right one is eating lotus seed bun.

Pork bun and lotus seed bun? That’s right.

Pork bun and lotus seed bun, here you are.

I want chestnut cake, please take them away.

You want chestnut cake? Go to Hilton.

This is Regent.

You name this tiny restaurant as Regent?

That’s right.

Boss, I know one in Happy Valley, that’s even worse,

That is named Mandarin.

You don’t want it? I'll take it.

What is the name?

Mandarin.

My friends, let me remind you,

If you don’t order food, the tea price will be doubled.

Okay, stop singing please.

Don’t forget, no food, double tea price.

Leave us alone please. Boss, let’s go on.

We should get this done before Hung takes any action.

Don’t worry.

Hung will not get up this early.

Of course, you know him better than I do.

Let’s take action now.

Hello…

You must be Uncle Chicken Feet and Uncle Chicken Roll.

My name is Chicken Feet and he is Chicken Roll.

Who are you?

I am Mario Tsang, the director of Tsang’s Property Ltd.

I know that you are the owners of two buildings.

Would you like to sell them to me?

Could you tell me what price you have in mind?

The buildings are from our ancestors.

We won’t sell them.

We won’t sell them even you offer a high price to us.

Boss…

For those 2 buildings you said, we have fixed them.

We stuffed the ditches and cut all the cables.

We broke the stairs… people can no longer live there.

What have you just said?

We plan to run some brothels and gambling dens there.

Mind your tongue!

How dare you think of such bad deeds?

You know these two old men?

They contributed so much to our society before.

Now they have retired, enjoying life.

How can you give them hard time?

What a kind-hearted young man!

Uncle, not everyone has a kind heart.

This is a heartless moron! You know what?

If you give them hard times,

how can we tell others that...

we are planning to demolish those two buildings,

and to build free elderly homes, kindergarten

and free clinics for the public.

I have just been told.

Young man, we seldom see such a kind-hearted guy like you.

We plan to build a multi-story building for housing the old people.

Among them, I plan to give two stories to you.

One for you, Uncle Chicken Feet.

One for you, Uncle Chicken Roll.

They are free for you.

No!

You don’t want it?

We only need one story.

Ok, that’s the deal.

One is enough for us.

Jacky, give them the contracts.

No problem, boss.

About the price, that’s a good price.

All right… Okay…

I am in a hurry, please sign if there isn’t any question.

Let me buy you a drink later.

It's so kind of you!

I’ll bring you the floor plan later, it’s beautiful.

See you, see you…

Boss…

You slapped me heavily, see, it hurts.

Ask the driver to take you to hospital for stitching.

I’ll pay half of the medical fee.

It’s okay, it can be covered by insurance.

Boss, are you sure you'll give them a story for free?

If I build a charity block, yes, I will.

What if I build a mall? I will give them shit!

Boss, that’s Hung Tai-bo!

Why did he get up this early?

Boss, let me handle the contract first.

Uncles, it’s all right, please sign.

Brother Hung. Good morning.

Good morning? You mean good night, right?

What time is it now?

Early birds get more worms.

While you are sleeping,

I have already bought two buildings.

Oh my god! You always work by yourself, right?

Poor you!

My staff has already fixed another two for me.

Your staff?

Give way.

How is it going?

It’s done.

Thank you, Uncle Pork Bun, thank you, Uncle Lotus Seed Bun.

This is my boss, Mr. Hung Tai-bo.

Thank you. Thank you.

It’s fixed. Signed contract?

It’s fixed. Boss, it’s fixed.

Stupid! Didn’t you see Hung’s man here?

Boss, I didn’t see him.

Fatty. Yes, Big Fatty?

We both get two blocks.

With what we got from the auction, we both have 3 blocks.

It’s a tie.

Do I have to share half of my mall to him?

Mall?

No, he means the home for the elderly.

That will be named “Mall”

Boss, let’s discuss the construction plan, okay?

Come on…

Now, you have 3 blocks, and you have another 3.

Why not collaborate and build a 5-star hotel?

It can make all of us happy, okay?

No problem, my blocks are near the main street,

I’ll take 70% of the profit, the entrance should be on my side. Right.

To hell with you! You nuts!

I’ll take 70% of the profit, and the entrance should be on my side.

You are right.

So, forget it.

Wait…

Let’s make the entrance in the middle.

And make it a bigger one, for Fung Shui.

So we can make more money, you know?

Put a Chinese lion on the left, a tiny one.

It represents Mr. Tsang.

On the right, we’ll put an elephant, a big and strong one.

It’s as strong as you, Mr. Hung.

An elephant?

Let’s name the hotel “Lion Elephant Hotel”.

You’ll share the profit evenly, isn’t it a great idea?

This idea is good, “Lion Elephant Hotel”,

Lion is in front of the elephant, I like it.

You nuts!

I wanna teach you a lesson. No…

Mr. Hung, let’s talk outside. Come on…

Mr. Hung, you have only 3 blocks,

if you build a hotel by yourself,

It will be a 2.5-star hotel at most.

I won’t work with him.

You can have a 5-star hotel if only working with him.

Mr. Hung, for money!

Okay, for money’s sake, I’ll work with him.

That’s right.

But you know, he’s a bastard!

Of course we know.