You're now officially employees of Useful Store.
Now we'll assign your duties.
What's your specialty, Sir?
I'm a woman!
Ferocious! Security thou shalt be.
What's that?
Security guard!
You're next, Miss!
My name is Wu Gai.
I'm good at making soup.
Soup stand!
My specialty is protests.
My interest is to uphold justice.
Why do I protest?
Because there's too much injustice in the world...
Fine! Stock room!
Hello, I'm Chow Lai-man, Vivienne.
I'm good with numbers
and I know how to communicate with...
Cashier!
Shiu Lung-pau, you didn't fill in your bank account number,
how can we pay you?
The Bible says, "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt...
You don't want money?
I want cash!
What's your expertise?
Before I started preaching, I use to work with a knife.
Doing what?
Separating bones and flesh.
Meat stand be thy place!
Ma Lei-ah!
Just call me Mario.
What would you like me to do?
I want...
Coolie!
Get to work!
Hong Kong Island has the Peak,
Tsimshatsui has the Avenue of Stars
and we have the Useful Store.
The landmark in this area...is my poster!
Whenever you see my cordial smile,
you'll think of the Useful Store and love this neighbourhood more.
Vivienne, it's hot and stuffy in here!
Open the windows, Wu Gai!
Done, but there's no wind.
Then turn on the air-con.
Done, but it's not cool.
Why?
Because the poster is blocking the vent.
The hot air is trapped indoors.
The ice in the fridge has melted.
This is the last pack!
We don't have many customers to start with.
Now nobody would come for sure.
Lan, turn off the light!
I did!
Why is it still so bright?
See for yourself!
3,331...3,332...
3,333...3,334...
Why are you lying on the sofa?
Go sleep in your room!
We couldn't sleep last night.
There was a horrible smell.
Could it be some sort of gas leakage?
You're a growing boy, son!
Put on a mask. Don't breathe that in.
Inferior PVC plus too much plasticiser.
When heated up, that emits toxic BPA.
What does that mean?
Don't breathe! Close all the windows.
What? Close the windows!
What time is it?
Sorry, we're late!
We couldn't sleep last night.
The poster blocked the vent and it was hot and stuffy.
The lights were too bright!
The poster blocked the sunlight,
Vivienne couldn't tell the time.
Give me air, give me sunlight...
I couldn't sleep last night,
my biceps have shrunk...
That's serious light pollution.
Last night's NSB in this area
must have been way below the standard of 15.6 magnitude per arc-second square.
I counted sheep till I started coughing!
I couldn't breathe or sleep.
The poster has created the wall effect and the urban heat island effect,
that will cause congested nose, dry cough,
rhinitis, headaches and hypersomnia.
When the sun came out this morning,
the poster started to stink to high Heaven, worse than my body odour.
That's the worst part!
The low grade PVC emits toxic BPA.
Once inhaled, it is 1.39 times more likely cause heart diseases,
1.39 times more likely to cause diabetes.
It will also affect the growth and immune system of children
and may even cause cancer.
What?
We must remove this poster!
That's right!
We must take it down!
Take it down!
Thanks for your support!
Thank you, everyone!
Thank you for showing up...
Mr Yau Tin!
Thank you, neighbour! Thank you!
I'm your employee, for the Stock Room, Lam Tsoi-yeh!
Then you should call me Boss!
But I'm not talking to you as your employee.
I'm talking to you as a neighbour!
I want you to take down the poster!
Taking it down would mean tearing down a major landmark in this area.
Will you tear down the Queen's Pier?
Boss, the Queen's Pier has been demolished.
Your poster blocks the sunlight from the building.
It blocks air circulation, creating a wall effect.
We couldn't sleep because of the light pollution at night.
It's also emitting a toxic gas that affect our health.
This is so refreshing!
You wouldn't be coughing if it was!
This is too inorganic. Please take it down!
Well, call me a free spirit.
Do you live inside or outside the building?
Hanging the poster on the outside is none of your business.
Well, call me a free spirit.
If you don't take it down,
we'll take further action.
Take it down...
Don't gather around over something so petty.
The neighbours wouldn't be here if it's a petty matter.
This low-grade poster will affect our health
I urge you to take it down.
No! What can you do about it?
We'll start a sit-in right away!
Sit-in...
Boss, attract worthy people, avoid mean ones.
OK!
OK is good!
I'm agreeing with my assistant, not you.
I should avoid trouble makers like you.
Give me air, give me sunlight, give me health...
Air and sunlight are none of my business.
You should exercise if you want health.
I'm calling the Police if you won't go.
I urge you to respect the will of the people
I only care about doing business!
Take down the poster...
I don't want to!
Take it down...
Officers, please arrest these people!
Take down the poster...
Mom, I'm scared of the crowd!
A crowd is nothing to be afraid of.
I'm only afraid there are no reporters.
Kwok Po, see if there are reporters around.
Auntie, whose side are we on?
We're only on our side.
Don't worry, Honey.
Kwok Po, get the glasses.
Take down the poster...
Fujian Fried Rice Association, for you, for him, for the community!
Employer, employee or neighbour, I'll do my best to help you all!
You can always come to me, Counselor Chai Tsau-shui!
With Chai Tsau-shui your go-getter, the community gets better and better!
Take it down...
If you don't take it down,
we'll escalate our action.
You should consider if I should promote or demote you.
We'll go on a hunger strike!
Hunger strike...
Quiet!
Did you apply for this gathering?
He didn't apply for permission to hang that poster either.
Call me a free spirit,
I didn’t know I need permission to hang a poster on my Daddy's building.
Quiet down! Who's in charge?
Your poster is too inorganic!
We demand that you take it down right away!
I will not!
We won't wait for it to fall down!
We'll see if it'll fall down on it own!
Look!
Your stinky, toxic, low-grade poster is too inorganic!
Call me a free spirit,I really don't know...
What's your name?
Yau Tin. What's yours?
You feel dizzy?
Not until I saw you!
Time to take your temperature!
Good! Thank you!
What are you doing?
Taking my temperature!
What?
Call me a free spirit,
I prefer the more direct approach.
I forgot to wash my hands after I wrapped up a dead body!
You must be kidding!
Oh Baby! Mommy!
Are you alright?
I feel weak, feverish, cold.
I'm throwing up and have diarrhea.
My goodness! What did the doctor say?
The doctor said...
He said I can only have liquid food!
My goodness! Don't do anything!
Get some rest and I'll make you bird's nest.
Poor me! I can't have abalone.
But because of Useful, I am willing!
What a good boy!
How is he, Professor Robert?
Don't worry, he's fine and can go home.
Aren't you a gynaecologist?
That's my second specialty. I'm a GP.
You can be discharged after clearing the paperwork.
Thank you!
Thank you! Thanks!
You're fine!
Look!
Daddy, they were bullying me!
Bullying you?
Don't...
This is outrageous!
You became the laughing stock as soon as the supermarket was open.
You ruined my corporate image!
Daddy, they ruined our corporate image!
I'll fire them all!
You did! Don't blame it on the employees!
If you fire them, I'll fire you!
Don't fire me, Daddy!
You made me lose money on grand opening.
You have 3 months to make up for the loss,
or else you are fired!
What you did was outrageously humiliating!
Wait up...
Mommy...it's not bad to get fired.
I can sit back and do nothing and wait for my inheritance.
You'd better be on your toes!
Do as your Daddy says or you can kiss your inheritance goodbye!
That's it! Honey, wait up...
I can't fire people or get fired?
No inheritance?
I'm so confused!
I'd better watch TV.
A giant poster fell down yesterday.
The supermarket said it wouldn't put it back up.
Let's hear what the neighbours say...
People have such bad temper.
Try our cupping therapy at the Super Massage Centre, to reduce internal heat...
You can't advertise on TV, Sir!
I'm a woman!
Vivienne won't advertise for Super Massage Centre,
especially not the Thai style lavender aromatherapy spa.
Pig's liver soup with fritillary bulb and pears are free with each massage.
It's best for reducing internal heat and acnes.
Look at me...yeah!
We have heard from the neighbours,
but what about the counselor?
Through my effort
and with the help of members of the Fujian Fried Rice Association,
the supermarket has finally agreed not to hang up the poster again.
With Chai Tsau-shui your go-getter,
the community gets better and better!
As the head of the protesters,
do you think you have won?
I only did what I should have and they're doing what they should.
If they hang up the poster again,
I will fight them till the end.
You're not worried they'll fire you?
That's a commercial decision.
If they fire me,
it only proves the road of protests is very tough.
But they have not yet fired you.
Then it means it's not easy to get fired.
You should help your father.
It's not easy that we got your brother home.
Why? What's the big deal about him coming home?
Be a good girl!
You know I'm not!
I can't talk to you right now.
Just watch what you say when you're home.
Yeh! Mom?
You're home? Yes!
I thought you're having an interview downstairs.
I just answered a few questions.
Don't you have to work?
I do, but I want to check on you and Dad.
I'll keep an eye on him!
Go to work.
You didn't get fired when the poster fell down,
you should get back to work.
I still have time!
I bought Dad a pineapple bun. Where is he?
I'll give it to him. He's in the kitchen.
He's not there!
In the toilet?
Dad...
Dad is gone!
Who are you calling, Mom?
Nobody! Wrong number!
Give it to me, I'm calling the Police.
They won't take the case until it has been 48 hours.
You've been watching too much TV.
The Police never said that!
I remember where your Dad is!
Hello?
Sorry, wrong number!
What are we doing here?
I thought we're looking for Dad!
Recognise this place?
This used to be the Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park.
15th July 1978, Sunny.
All my classmates have been to the Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park except me.
I really want to go!
Dad, can you take me there?
Can't you see I have to work?
I want to go...
I'll hit you if you don't do your homework.
Go inside!
After you left home,
your Dad wanted to know what you were thinking,
so he read your diary.
He realised he had let you down when you were a child.
He spent so much time shooting films, he neglected you.
Now that he's sick, he doesn't remember anything,
except when you were 3, he didn't feed you the bottle.
When you were 6, he didn't take you to the Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park.
When you were 7, he didn't take you to school.
Now that he's sick, he doesn't remember anything.
He only remembers...
places he didn't take you to,
and things he promised, but failed to do with you.
Rather than saying he's sick,
let's say he's trying to make it up to you.
Where else did I want him to take me?
He said he never took you to the Star Ferry,
to the Yucca de Lac restaurant,
to the Broadcast Drive to catch the stars
or on a plane.
Where's the Star Ferry?
Moved!
What about the Yucca de Lac?
Demolished!
What about the TV station?
Moved long ago!
The pier is now a highway,
the airport is now a pier.
Hong Kong has changed so much!
Forget that! Let's go look for your father!
Are you alright, Mom?
I'm tired from running around with you.
Let's sit down and get some rest.
I'll keep looking for Dad, OK?
Lam Chi-wing!
Hello...Come on, pick up the phone!
Old Lam! Dad...
Hi, On! Hi, Yeh!
Are you protesting against the travel agency for people on the cruise?
I'm working on this story.
Do you have the scoop?
I'm too busy for protests now!
I'm looking for my father.
Your father is missing?
Old Lam, when are you getting off work?
I can't hold him off' much longer.
Show him around a bit longer.
The director is into overrun.
I've been taking him from Kowloon to Hong Kong and back again.
You expect me to take him to the Mainland?
If you don't show up soon,
I'm afraid he'll call the Police!
Let him call the Police!
I have a scene with the Best Actor,
I won't give up that chance.
I can't talk now. I have to get ready!
As a professional actor, I must turn off the phone.
Hello...
Mom, who were you talking to?
Did you find Dad?
You'll find my husband if I give you $100K?
My family is doing very well.
Don't believe in that, it's useless!
She's a reporter from the TV station.
She can help us find Dad.
Let's go to the TV station now.
TV station?
Yes! Come on...
Hold on...I need to make a call!
We'll wait for you down there.
Old Lam! Hi!
How nice you're working again!
The TV station has allocated more resources.
That's why they got experienced actors like me here...
You mean extras!
How many lines do you have? "Oh" or "Ah"?
5 lines, opposite the Best Actor no less!
What kind of lines?
Are you hungry? Want some noodles?
You show no regard for my feelings!
No one wanted this to happen.
What matters is for the family to stay together and be happy.
It's always the same lines!
What's the big deal, you're an extra!
Listen I'm a processional actor, I not an extra.
Whatever lines I'm given,
I'll deliver them with life and a different perspective.
You beast! Traitor...
No matter what you do to me,
I will not give you the list of the revolutionaries.
Are you hungry? Want some noodles?
I won't eat your food,
because you're a dog, a running dog!
You show no regard for my feelings!
Sorry, I only show regard for human feelings,
definitely not a dog's feelings!
No one wanted this to happen.
No? Because of you, my Father is dead,
my Mother is dead,
my kid brother and sister are dead.
Even my turtle Shing is dead!
What matters is for the family to stay together.
You killed Shing to clear internal heat!
You turned him into turtle jelly!
How dare you laugh!
One must try to be happy!
I'm so happy---
Hi, Old Lam!
Hello!
You delivered such a forceful performance!
I may have won Best Actor,
I find it hard to deliver them on a deeper level.
How did you manage to do it?
Have you read the book by...
StanislavskFs An Actor's Work on a Role and My Life in Art...I have read them all.
No, those are out-dated.
You must read Peter Brook's The Shifting Point,
The Open Door and The Empty Space?
He mentioned if an actor repeats the same lines 100 times...it's serious!
You're quite right.
Quiet!
What do you want to say to him?
Are you hungry, Dad? Please come home.
Want some noodles?
Are you ready for the worst?
What if something bad happened to him?
Don't ask me that!
You show no regard for my feelings!
Let's drop that! Why did you leave home?
No one wanted this to happen!
I heard you also have a sister.
Your father and sister are both gone.
What wish do you have now?
What matters is for the family to stay together.
Don't be so upset!
I won't! My Dad taught me to stay happy.
If anyone has any news about Mr Lam Chi-wing
please contact us right away.
Your family is waiting for you at home to have noodles.
Thank you!
They're looking for you!
Shall I call On?
How can they say that? I'm in deep trouble!
Hello, Lan? Yeh is at the TV station.
Let's go!
It's too late now!
He's over there!
Dad!
Now what?
What should I do now?
One, leave from that door!
No!
Two, pretend to pass out!
You've used that before!
Three, can you hold him off?
No way!
What should I do?
How can I explain to him what I'm doing here?
My cover will be blown!
What are you doing here, Dad?
You had me worried sick!
I meant to take you to see 430 Space Shuttle
and sing along with Tam Yuk-ying.
There's no more 430 Space Shuttle!
It crashed?
It's Flash Fax!
Nobody uses fax machines anymore.
It's Kids Click!
No, it's called After School ICU. Is there anything that hasn't changed?
Me!
You're still hosting children's programmes?
I'm now the consultant.
I still keep an eye on children's programmes.
Tam Yuk-ying, my Dad is sick.
He came to the TV station because...
Can you do me a favour?
What a tear jerker! OK, I'll help you!
4...3...Z...
You'll want it when you see it,
like a happy lollypop
I want to share with you...
all kinds of joy.
Please share the sunlight that has lit up every corner.
It is jumping around you,
jumping in your heart,
making you happy and cheerful!
The bright sun is filled with joy,
making you more energetic...
Happiness is expanding!
The bright sun is cheerful,
bringing you joy and happiness...
Good job! Let's prepare for the next scene.
OK! OK!
Sister Tam Yuk-ying!
Thank you for making Dad's wish come true!
The kids won't be happy without you.
Sister Tam Yuk-ying...
You've done a great job keeping fit.
Don't say that! Just buy me a drink.
It hurts? Slowly...
Is your leg alright, Dad?
He must have sprained it when we were singing.
Let's go to the hospital for a check-up.
Good idea!
You can check your condition too!
That's not a good idea!
But you just said OK.
He has a cognitive disorder.
He won't remember what he said 3 minutes ago.
What did I say?
See?
He's old. He should have his bones checked.
No, it was a minor sprain.
You can carry me upstairs.
I'll be fine when I'm home.
Let's see if the massage centre can loosen it up for you.
I tried it before and they're good.
Alright...
Peter, I sprained my leg,
why are you massaging my hand?
Are you challenging me?
No.
Chinese medicine is about reflexology.
I massage your hand to fix your leg,
and your leg to fix your head.
Just like in soccer when the ball bounces off the pole into the goal.
Understand? Yes!
You'll be fine!
It worked!
Vivienne, which acupoints should be pressed for dementia?
Dementia?
It's too complicated! Don't ask them.
It's incurable!
That's right! Just leave me alone!
As your neighbour, Vivienne didn't know you're ill.
But it's OK, acupuncture can help you.
All I need to do is to apply needles to your Sishencong points,
shuigou point, shenmen point, houxi point,
zusanli point, taixi point, neiguan point...
Enough! That sounds painful already!
He'll be like a cactus with all the needles!
You'll feel better if you drink this hippo toe nails and turtle head soup.
What is it good for?
It can improve your memory.
I drink it all the time.
Wait! What illness do you have again?
I told you. He has dementia.
Who are you? Did you tell me?
Give it here...Drink it and we'll leave!
Alright...we can go!
Hold it!
What?
Acupuncture after the soup!
You're kidding!
It's good for you! Acupuncture?
Sit down!
What are these long needles for?
For knitting!
Why? You want me to stab you with them?
No! Just relax...
This one is similar, right?
This is for knitting too?
No, I'm using it on you!
Where?
Your head!
My head? How? My head is not as wide as it is long!
You must be kidding!
I remember everything now!
See? They're very effective even before use.
Then there's no need to use them.
No! You'll get well sooner if we use two together.
That's going to hurt!
He has cognitive disorder. He won't remember.
Don't you do it...
So we can go now! Let's go!
Hold it!
Now, the last part of your treatment.
Stepping on back massage.
You're tiny, I can take it.
No, it's Vivienne!
What?
The room is ready! It won't hurt!
Oh my goodness...
Old Lam! Dad!
Old Lam!
Be careful...Sit down!
After 3 different treatments,
can you remember better now?
I can't remember anything now
I just need rest.
When Vivienne stepped on you,
you seemed to enjoy it.
Leave your father alone. He needs rest.
Alright, get some rest, Dad!
Mom, keep an eye on him!
I will! This can't go on, Old Lam!
How much longer do you want to play this game?
I only wanted to act.
I didn't expect the fat girl to really step on me!
It's probably time for a curtain call
or I will be worn out.
What about I recover tomorrow?
That would seem unreal.
You expect me to get stepped on every day?
Call Suet and get her to come home.
When the family is reunited, there's the happy ending.
You can suddenly get well then. Alright?
No, that brat would threaten me with something.
I'd rather she doesn't come home.
Will you pay for damages or not?
I took you to the hospital
but you chickened out!
Someone died in that hospital!
They got someone else killed, not you.
Someone wanted jaw bones like Lee Da-hae's,
but got her aorta severed instead.
Someone else wanted liposuction so she'd look like Lee Hyori,
but got her intestines sucked out.
How can you send me to that hospital?
You only need blepharoplasty.
Someone wanted double eyelids like Song Hye-kyo,
but became blind instead.
We're an agent for plastic surgery. We do everything fairly and justly.
We let you exchange for another service of the same value.
It's you who don't have the guts to go through the breast implant.
Sorry, I can’t walk around with something so heavy!
There's nothing we can do if you reject all our suggestions.
Refund!
The contract says "No refund".
The contract didn't say someone would get killed.
I told you that was an accident.
There'll be another one if you refuse to give me a refund.
What do you want?
Multiple blepharoplasty for you.
Anything is negotiable.
Refund is no big deal!
Thank you, Uncle Hong! Uncle Man!
Don't mention it!
Your father is an extra,
I didn't expect his daughter to have a job for us.
Thanks for helping me get a refund!
I should take you to dinner!
No need! We have to go to class.
That's right!
To improve your skills? On acting? Yes!
We don't want to be extras for the rest of our lives.
Good for you! Go for it!
BYE! Bye!
We'll take attendance...Man!
Hang! Here!
Kelvin! Here!
Mario! Mario?
Sorry, I'm late, Sir!
The air-con is too high!
You're late again, Mario! Sit down!
What is "SRK", remember?
S for soft, R for rice, K for king,
soft rice king, yeah!
It means to be a fancy man!
Yeah!
You must eat rice to have strength!
You can't absorb if the rice is not soft.
I want everyone to recite our motto...
Eat soft rice to firm up your pectorals!
Yeah!
That's right! Did you do your homework?
Did you eat soft rice this week?
Yes !
What kind of soft rice?
A nurse!
You !
Executive assistant!
And 'Nu?
Owner of a restaurant chain!
What about you, Mario?
I've been working!
Working? Big mistake!
One of the biggest taboos of the SRK is...
making money from work.
How can you violate our principle?
What kind of job have you?
As stock assistant in a supermarket.
Oh no! Get up!
You work in a supermarket with a body like that?
What a waste!
As a cool and sexy hunk,
you should be ashamed of yourself!
Remember the SRK index?
How much money must a woman spend on you
to qualify for a bowl of soft rice?
$1,000 a day makes you an infantry.
$10,000 a day makes you a general.
$30,000 a day will make you a king!
I want to spend $30,000 a day!
I want to be a Soft Rice King!
Good! Keep up the good work!
I don't want you to be a nobody!
I want you to be the pride of everybody!
Yeah!
I want to have $30,000 to spend a day and be an SRK!
Can I help you, Miss?
Which peanut oil is better?
Peanut oil is not for cooking. It's for massage.
Shall I send you a few cases?
It's so expensive! Any discount?
Never mind! Bye!
Would you like our fried beef cake?
Sure!
Here...
Is it good?
Very good!
You should eat more!
Buy a few catties!
How much?
Not much, just $200.
Can they be cheaper?
Never mind! Bye!
Women have no money!
Is it really that hard to find a bowl of soft rice?
I thought she was in Korea!
She was, for plastic surgery!
How many times did I tell you not to go?
See? It's a failure!
One eye is bigger than the other.
Your nose and mouth are crooked!
And your figure...
Forget the figure!
Look at her face...She didn't do anything!
My figure often gives people the wrong idea I've had plastic surgery!
But you and you gave me this face!
You didn't do it? Why didn't you say so?
Did you get us any souvenirs?
I forgot!
You didn't have plastic surgery or buy us any souvenirs.
Then you should pay me back!
Fine! Here...
Your Maths is terrible!
You borrowed $30,000 but you're only paying me back $1,000!
Who's counting? You're my father!
I lent you $30,000 for a trip!
Pay up!
Didn't you say you needed a favour of her?
Right! You're right, Suet!
Father and daughter should not dwell on this.
Let's forget about this, OK?
I know! You want me to lie to Yeh!
Sorry, I can’t!
Take the money and help me out, OK?
No, a debt is a debt!
Don't turn me down!
No, I'm obviously not helping you.
I've shown you enough courtesy,
please help me out!
I've shown you enough courtesy too.
But you're still too cheap!
$30,000 is not cheap!
How much do you want?
Let me start out in show biz.
She's obviously threatening you.
Brat! How many times have I told you?
I won’t let you become an actress.
But you were an actor!
I learnt my lesson and I want to spare you.
You won't let me be an actress?
Then I won't put on an act for you
and let him know you're not sick!
Who's sick now?
Oh no!
What now?
Scared now?