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TONY, late 30's Korean, nice and likeable is at the cash register of the sandwich shop. His uncle BILL, late 50's, Korean works with him. Two people wait to pay. Tony speaks very little English. Bill gives Tony the sandwiches. BILL: Two sandwiches. Here you go. TONY: Ten dollar. Tony gives Customer wrapped sandwiches. MRS. VARGAS: (speaking fast) Today, I want to pay for these separately. TONY: Separately? MRS. VARGAS: Yes not together. Separately. How much for each? TONY: How much? Two sandwich, ten dollar. MRS. VARGAS: No, no, no. (speaking louder) I want to pay for these separately. Where is Pedro? He understands me. TONY: Pedro not work here anymore. MRS. VARGAS: Oh great. The second customer, EVA Pacheco, a sophisticated, intelligent, kind woman has been witnessing the exchange. EVA: (to annoyed customer) Excuse me, ma'am. He's not deaf. You just need to speak a little slower. MRS. VARGAS: It doesn't matter how slowly I speak. He doesn't understand. Here. Take the ten dollars. TONY: (to customer) Thank you very much. (to Eva) May I help you? EVA: Yes, could I get a vegetarian sandwich? TONY: Vegetarian sandwich? EVA: Vegetarian. No meat. TONY: Oh! Meet! Nice to meet you too. EVA: (smiling) No, um, never mind. Um, I will have a tuna sandwich. TONY: Tuna. Okay. Eva takes out a card. EVA: Maybe it's not my place to say anything, but I teach English at the school here. And it's free. Maybe you should come. TONY: English class. No. EVA: No, why not? TONY: (hiding his pride) No time, no time. (re: her sandwich) Five dollar. Eva hands Tony money. He rings her up. EVA: Well, here's my card. It has the address of the school. If you change your mind, you come. Okay? Thank you. Eva leaves. Tony looks at the card. CONRAD TRAN-ZA, Asian, mid 30's, smooth, con-man with one of his Bad Men. He examines it. CONRAD: Oh, this is good. This is good! NICK 1: Why is this good, boss? CONRAD: Because, the sandwich shop I want to buy finally belongs to Tony Park. NICK: Who is he, Boss? CONRAD: An immigrant. His old man died and he got the shop. He doesn't know that in a few months, that property is going to be worth millions. NICK: When are you going to buy it, Boss? CONRAD: Oh, very soon. Don't worry about that. Tony and Uncle Bill play cards. MICHAEL, Tony's 10 year old son, does his homework. TONY: (in Korean) I'll take three cards, please! BILL: (patiently) Let's speak English, Tony. TONY: (in Korean) Why can't a Korean speak Korean? BILL: Remember this morning? TONY: (in Korean) The lady spoke so fast. How could I understand her? BILL: Tony, we cannot hire anyone else now. You have to do Pedro's job. You need to practice listening and speaking. TONY: (a bit proud) I am professional. No more learning. BILL: Yes. You finished learning to be a pharmacist in Korea. But you are in the United States now. And we sell sandwiches. TONY: I'm working to fulfill my father's dream. BILL: I know. But if you don't learn English, you may lose everything your father worked for. TONY: Why do I need English to sell sandwiches? Michael approaches Tony with a homework question. MICHAEL: Dad, can you help me with this? I just don't get it. Tony looks at the work. He's clueless. TONY: (gives the homework back) Michael, I'm sorry. Tony gets up and leaves. Bill and Michael watch. BILL: Michael, show me what the problem is. MICHAEL: Number 25. BILL: It's nineteen. Tony wipes tables. Conrad enters. CONRAD: Wait a minute. You look like that Korean movie star. Are you new owner of this wonderful place? TONY: Well...I... CONRAD: (interrupting) I know. I am so rude. My name is Conrad Tran-Za. Bill looks up. Tony nods. TONY: Nice to meet you. Sandwich? CONRAD: Well, my friend. I did not come here to eat. I came here for business. TONY: Business? CONRAD: Yes, business. I want to buy your sandwich shop. I want to give you a lot of money for it. TONY: Money? CONRAD: Yes. Money. A lot of money. I want to buy your shop for a lot of money. TONY: How much money? CONRAD: (hesitates a bit) Oh, don't worry about that. You will be very happy. Conrad takes out papers. Just look this over, my friend. TONY: (return papers) No sell. No. CONRAD: No problem. Take your time. (lays papers on the table) I'll be in touch. Conrad leaves. TONY: That man wants to buy our sandwich shop! BILL: That guy is bad news. He is not a friend. I don't trust him. CONRAD'S OFFICE NICK: Did he sell, Boss? CONRAD: No, not yet. First, he needs a little visit. A little visit from my good friend, Mr. Cucarocha. Conrad admires closely a fake cucaracha. His hired men snicker with anticipation. NICK: Hey, I like that boss!
