i'm busy at the moment. i know you, detective carter, right? you're lee's american friend. enjoying your visit? lee, i've missed you, brother. i heard about the two americans, i'm so sorry, you must be under great pressure. i don't think so. it's no problem. but i must excuse myself, inspector. congratulations. and good day. come on, shaq, hit a damn free-throw! you can do it, big guy. shit! he still doesn't follow through. i just lost five grand. why don't we go on the deck, get some air. and some privacy. leave us alone. could you have your partner wait for us outside? despite what people suspect. what you suspect -- if your father were alive, i would be turning to him now. i didn't blow up the american embassy, but i believe some of my people did. my enemies are trying to frame me. there is a war going on within the triads -- and i am going to lose. my name has been written into the book of death. nobody can protect me. i'll make a deal with you, lee. but only iff you'll get me out of hong kong. there is a ship, in the hong kong harbor. imagine a business where people hand you money. and you hand them back absolutely nothing. now that's a true american dream. thanks to a few pieces of metal and a very greed driven us customs agent. look at you, you're ridiculous. you know it didn't have to be like this. but it's too bad! like father, like son. look at this old fool, what does he think he's doing? it's almost impossible to find a partner that's trustworthy and loyal. wouldn't you agree, lee? well, at least you will die with honor. but choy gien. chai hu li. have fun. american's love to gamble. don't they, mr. reign? and my plates? i enjoyed that little story you told about the dragon and the treasure. my mother used to tell it to me all the time. do you know the moral of that story, mr. reign? i hate that fortune cookie shit. you're just like your father, lee. all these years hiding behind his badge. i wanted to help him, to share with him, but he was too afraid of change. when you think about it, i didn't really kill him. i just put him out of his misery. i don't think it's over. there are casinos all over this country. let me make you a rich man, lee. don't make the same mistake he did. don't you remember? i'm already dead. would you like me to tell you how your father died? he never begged for his life. or tried to make a deal. all that he asked me, just seconds before i pulled the trigger, was that i promise not to kill you. do you have it in you, lee? or are you gonna spend the rest of your life hiding like your father? that's what i thought.