screenwriter/[U.S.] Robert Towner
Translated/
Sheren is written by Robert Towne (Robet Towne) and produced by Paramount Pictures in 1974. The film "Chinatown" (Chinatown) ) Won the Oscar Award for Best Screenplay in the United States in 1974. The film directed by Roman Polanski in 1980, based on Hardy's famous book, "Tess Girl", was also nominated for an Academy Award. The heroine of "Chinatown" is played by the famous actress Faye Dunnawei, who has starred in "Leaving the Sea of Bitterness".
The main characters are
Kittis, the former Chinatown sheriff, later the private detective
Noah Klaus, the owner of the large farm,
the daughter of the boss of the hydropower station, Evelyn Klaus , and the wife of
Murray, the chief engineer of the Murray Hydropower Station. The former partner of Routh, the
deputy chief engineer of
Iberton Hydropower Station , Ait Sessings, a film actor, was hired to pretend to be Evelyn
Catherine Evelyn’s illegitimate daughter
Escoba Sheriff, and Kittis’s elder. Colleague
Palmer Nursing Home Dean, Klaus’s associate
De Figitis’ assistant
Walhi Gitis’ assistant
Melville Reservoir bodyguard
1.
[In the office of the private investigator Gitis, he is burly and tall. Kolai, a fisherman in overalls on the sea, stared at a photo of men and women having fun with an extremely painful expression. He looked more and more angry, the sweat dripping from his forehead on the shiny glass surface of Kittis.
〔Gitis looks at the sweat dripping from Cole. The ceiling fan hanging under the ceiling is fanning. Kittis glanced at the ceiling fan. In this hot day, although he was wearing a straight white suit, he did not seem to feel the heat. He stared at Cole, took the lighter on the table, and lit a cigarette.
[Colay groaned in pain, suddenly, angrily punched the wall, and kicked the wastebasket over.
Cole: (Wailing) My God! Oh my!
[Korai’s punch made a small hole in the wall, and the photo of the star on the wall was also skewed.
[Coulee held it along the foot of the wall to the window, her legs so soft that she couldn't stand it. He fell to his knees, his head sunk in the blinds. He cried loudly and bit the blinds hard to vent the pain in his heart.
[Gitis is still sitting in the office chair.
Kittis: Alright! All right! enough! enough! You can't eat the shutters, Cole! This is Xin'an only on Wednesday.
[Cole didn't respond to his words, he slowly stood up, still crying. Kittis took out a glass from the small cabinet of the desk and quickly picked a bottle of cheap bourbon from the row of whiskeys.
[Gitis pours a large glass for him. Push the wine glass towards Cole.
Kittis: Cheers.
[Colay stares at it blankly, then drinks it from a toast. Cole slumped in his chair, crying softly.
Cole: (seems to be better) She's simply outrageous.
Kittis: What should I tell you, boy? You are right... You are right.
Cole: It's not worth missing her again!
[Kittis simply gave him the bottle.
Kittis: You are absolutely right. If it were me, I would never look at her at all.
Cole: (pours wine for yourself) You are a good man, Mr. Kittis, this is your job, but you are a good man.
Kittis: (leaning back towards the back of the chair, it seems to feel better) Thank you, Cole, call me Jack.
Cole: Thank you, let me say a word to you, okay? Jack!
Kittis: What are you talking about, Cole?
Cole: I want to kill her.
2.
[In the office of Kittis’s assistants Defee and Walsh, a well-dressed black-haired woman sits between their two writing desks, nervously playing with the veil under her elegant hat.
Women: I hope Mr. Gitis can handle this personally.
Walsh: (Almost comforting the surviving person) If you allow us to complete this preliminary inquiry...At that time, Mr. Kittis will be available to meet you.
[From inside Kittis's office, there is another sound like breaking glass.
[Gitis and Cole stand at the desk. Kittis looked at the panting tower-like figure contemptuously, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat dripping from the desk.
Cole: They will not shoot such a person.
Kittis: Wouldn't they?
Cole: We will not shoot the husband to kill such a wife. This is an unwritten law.
[Kittis slaps the picture on the table. Shouting.
Kittis: Let me tell you what an unwritten law is, you idiot! If you want to kill someone, you must first have enough money. To kill someone, you must have enough money to slip away. Do you have so much money? Do you have this style?
[Colay seems to understand a little bit.
Cole: No.
Kittis: Of course you don't. You don't even have the money to pay me.
[This sentence seems to make Cole even more frustrated.
Cole: I will definitely pay the debt next time I come back from the sea. This time I went to San Bernardi and only caught six tons of bonito. The price of bonito is far lower than that of tuna.
Kittis: (to get the opponent off the stage) It doesn't matter. I'm just raising this point to illustrate the problem...
[Gitis escorted Cole out of the office, passing by Secretary Sophia's desk, Sophia seemed to avoid her gaze on purpose. Kittis opened the door for Cole, and the frosted glass on the upper half of the door read "J.J. Kittis and Assistant-Private Detective Agency".
Kittis: I won't make you a pauper.
[He puts an arm around Cole’s shoulder and smiles at him.
Cole: Thank you very much, Mr. Kittis!
Kittis: Call me Jack! Be careful when driving back.
〔Gitis closes the door and her smile disappears immediately.
〔Gitis shook her head and cursed in a low voice.
Sophia: There is a Mrs. Murray waiting for you. She is talking with Mr. Walsh and Mr. De Fei.
〔Gitis nods and keeps walking forward.
[Gitis enters the house. Walsh stood up.
Walsh: Mrs. Murray, please allow me to introduce Mr. Gitis.
〔Gitis walks towards her with a cute and gentle smile on her face.
Kittis: Hello, Mrs. Moreey!
Mrs.
Murray: Mr. Kittis... Kittis: Well, Mrs. Murray, what can I do for you?
[Mrs. Murray seems to be hesitant to speak.
Mrs. Murray: My husband has an affair.
〔Gitis expressed a little surprise and asked his two assistants a little suspiciously.
Kittis: Really? Is it really like this?
Mrs. Murray: I think it is true.
Kittis: Regret.
〔Gitis pulls a chair and sits beside Mrs. Murray, which is between Defi and Walsh. De Fei chewed on the gum and cracked. Kittis glanced at him, and De Fei quickly stopped chewing.
Mrs. Murray: Can I talk to you individually? Mr. Kittis.
Kittis: I can't do it, Mrs. Moreey, the two of them are my executors, and sometimes they play a big role. I can't do everything by myself.
Mrs. Murray: I agree with you.
Kittis: Okay... You said that your husband has a mistress. On what basis did you come to your conclusion?
[Mrs. Murray speaks again and again. It seems that she is very nervous about this problem.
Mrs. Murray: ...I feel like being a wife.
[Gitis sighs.
Kittis: Do you love your husband, Mrs. Murray?
Mrs. Murray: (in horror) Of course love!
Kittis: (Intentionally) Then, go home and forget about it!
Mrs. Murray: But...
Kittis: (Looking at her) I can say with certainty that he loves you too. There is an old saying: "Let the dog that wants to sleep lie down", you'd better pretend not to know.
Mrs. Murray: (sincerely) I can't do it!
[It seems that she has made up her mind. Kittis glanced at his two assistants.
Kittis: Okay! What's your husband's name?
Mrs. Murray: Hollis! Hollis Murray!
Kittis: (surprised) Hydropower expert!
[Mrs. Murray nodded a little shyly. At this time, Kittis began to pay attention to Mrs. Moreey's attire-her leather bag, leather shoes... but tried to appear as indifferent as possible.
Mrs. Murray: Yes, he is the chief hydropower engineer!
Delphi: (with some admiration) Chief Engineer?
[Mrs. Murray nods.
〔Jitis' eyes make Deffey feel that Kittis seems to want to know something.
Kittis: (Frankly) This type of investigation may not be suitable for your wallet, Mrs. Moreey. It's not a matter of three days and five days.
Mrs. Murray: Money is not a problem for me, Mr. Kittis.
〔Gitis breathes a sigh of relief.
Kittis: That's good. Let's look at how to proceed immediately.
〔Hot weather. In front of the City Hall. A drunk was blowing his nose in the fountain in front of the steps.
[Gitis, well-dressed, walks by the drunkard. Go up the stairs.
3.
[In the meeting room of the city council, former mayor Sam Bergby is speaking. Behind him is a large map with text instructions on the side, and a large line on the top of the map: A plan for the Alto Valejo Dam.
[Some congressmen are not listening to Bergby’s speech, but reading comics and lace news in the newspaper.
Bergby:-Gentlemen, today, you can step out of the city gate here, turn right, jump on the tram, and you will reach the shore of the Pacific Ocean in 25 minutes; you can jump into the Pacific Ocean for a swim; You can sail at sea; you can open nets to fish. However, the Pacific Ocean cannot quench your thirst, wet your lawn, and even irrigate your orange grove. Please don’t forget that we live both by the sea and on the edge of the desert. Los Angeles is built on the desert. Under the foundation of this building, in the depths of every street, there is a desert. If there is no water, the grains of sand will rise out of the ground and keep burying us in the sand, as if we had never existed on earth!
〔He stopped for a while, which impressed everyone a little bit.
[Gitis sits with a few sloppy farmers, looking a little impatient. He yawned and stayed away from the farmer next to him.
Bergby: (Voiceover) (Continued) The Alto Vallejo Dam can help us avoid that bad luck. I solemnly declare that we spent 8.5 million yuan to prevent our streets from turning into deserts. This is a very reasonable price.
[Among the audience are farmers, businessmen, and employees. Some people listened with gusto. Several farmers applauded. Someone booed them.
[The city council is continuing.
One Senator: (Proposal to Bergby) Mr. Mayor... Let us listen to the opinions of the relevant departments again. I propose to listen to the hydropower station first. Listen to Mr. Murray's opinion.
[Gitis is interested in this and looks up from the tabloid newspaper reading news about the horse racing.
[Murray walks towards the big map. Morey, lanky, wearing glasses, walking agile. He glanced at the younger, shorter man first, and nodded. The man opened the drawing on the side of the map.
Morey: Gentlemen, if you have forgotten it, I would like to remind you that five hundred people died when the Van der Rip Dam collapsed. …Geological sampling proved that the bedrock here is of the same type as the permeable shale of Van der Rip’s bedrock. They simply can't withstand such a lot of pressure. (Pointing to another picture) And now I am advocating the construction of another 120-foot-high reservoir with a slope of two to one and a water surface area of 12,000 acres that is bound to cut corners. It is simply impossible to bear such a heavy weight. I disagree, I will not undertake this project. Simply put, I will never make the same mistake again. My words are over, gentlemen.
[Murray leaves the map and returns to his original seat. Suddenly, there was an uproar in the back seat, and a blood-red peasant drove several lambs with skinny skulls and bleating into the venue.
Speaker: (Roaring to the farmer) What are you trying to do? Drive these sheep out quickly.
〔The lamb yells and walks forward in the middle of the lane.
Farmer: (answer casually) Where do you want me to drive them? You can't answer this question all at once, can you?
[The bailiffs and guards hurriedly stopped the group of lambs and the farmers, and watched a farmer who seemed to use force against Moreey.
Farmer: (pointing to Murray, continuing to yell)...you stole the water in our village, destroyed the crops, and the animals were starving. Who instructed you to do this and how much did he give you? You say it!
4.
[The Los Angeles River is so dry it almost reaches the bottom. The cement banks on both sides of the strait were eroded and cracked by the sun, exposing mud and growing a lot of weeds.
[Suddenly, Murray drove into the screen and stopped on the breakwater about fifteen feet from the river bed. Murray got out of the car and looked around.
[Gitis is hiding in the weeds on the breakwater downstream, watching Murray with a telescope. Murray walked towards the center of the riverbed.
〔Murray stops and turns around slowly, as if looking towards the bottom of the riverbed, and as if looking at nothing.
〔Gitis is tracking in the telescope, and Murray’s glasses flash strong reflections.
[Not far from Kittis, it sounds like a "boom" sound like a champagne cork. Then, a Mexican kid rides on horseback to enter the picture.
[Murray stops after hearing the sound of the horse. The sun was raging above the head, and high-voltage cables crisscrossed vertically and horizontally; under the feet was dripping fishy sea water. He moved swiftly in the direction of the sound, that is, to the place where Kittis was downstream.
〔Gitis flinches back. Murray walked towards the Mexican boy along the curved river bank, and finally stood face to face with the Mexican boy on the muddy bank. Murray speaks to the Mexican child.
[The Mexican kid ignored him at first. Morey pointed to the ground, the child made a gesture, and Morey frowned. Murray knelt on the mud, watching. It seems that he is studying something intently. After a while, he stood up, thanked the child, and quickly walked upstream. He climbed onto the shore and walked to the car.
〔He reaches into the car, pulls out a blueprint-like thing, stretches it on the front of the car, he uses a pen to jot down something on the diagram, and looks back downstream from time to time.
[The high-voltage cable above my head buzzes. He listened carefully, then rolled up the blueprint, walked into the car, and drove away.
[Gitis quickly ran back to his car. He got out of the car immediately after getting in the car, and the leather sofa was so grilled that he couldn't stand it. He took a towel from the back seat and placed it on the front seat. Drive away.
5.
[At dusk, the street lights are getting brighter. Fleming Point Park.
[Murray stops. After getting off the car in a hurry, walk through the park lawns, bushes and some buildings.
[Gitis stops. Go through the park from another angle, but of course also head in the direction of Murray. When I got out of the bushes, I just saw Moreelli landing from the edge of the cliff to the seashore below. It seems that he is on the way in a hurry. Kittis followed him... but not as neat as Murray.
〔Gitis looks to the right of the seashore below the cliff. This is a long half-moon bay, empty. Looking to the left again, it was a rock with canine teeth protruding from the sea. Obviously, Morey was going in that direction. Kittis hesitated for a moment, and then also moved in that direction. However, in order to be able to see Moreey, he stayed on the top of the rock.
[Walking to the drain, Kittis finds Morey under his feet. Murray kicked the yellow sand, then picked up a piece of mollusk-a starfish, and wiped it off. His eyes were staring in the direction of Gitis.
〔Gitis steps back, sits down near the drain, and yawns.
[The light on the Cape Fleming lighthouse flickered in the mist.
〔Gitis sits down. Suddenly stood up, cursing softly. I found myself sitting in a puddle of water, and my buttocks were all wet.
[Murray watched the water gushing down from the drain near Gitis from underneath Gitis. He stood, watching the water flow motionlessly, expressing visibly surprised. Just as Kittis saw Murray staring at the water in a trance, the flow and speed of the water were gradually increasing, and finally rushed into a rapid, rushing into the sea, stirring up a bunch of white waves.
[Gitis took off a small piece of paper held under the rain sweeper of the car's windshield, then got into the car and turned on the small dashboard light. The paper read: "Save our city! Los Angeles is dying of thirst! Protect your property! Invest in the future of Los Angeles! Please vote for the Save the City Committee on November 6. Committee Chairman, former city Long Sam Bergbike." Gittis grunted, squeezing the paper into a ball, and threw it out the window. He noticed that several parked cars also had flyers with other words on them.
[Gitis leaned over and opened the small cabinet next to the dashboard in the car. Inside are full of cheap "Ingersoll" brand pocket watches. There is also a price tag attached to each watch. Kittis took out one, wound it casually, and dialed it according to the time on his watch. It was 9:37. Then he walked to Murray's car and placed the pocket watch behind the front wheel. He yawned again, then returned to his car.
6.
[Gitis walks into his office door whistling.
Kittis: Good morning, Sophie (Note 1).
[Sophie hands him a small stack of papers, and Kittis flips through it.
Kittis: Is Walsh here?
Sophie: He is in the darkroom.
[Gitis walks across the office to the offices of De Fei and Walsh. A small red light was on in the corner of the room, and the door was closed under the small red light. Kittis walked over. Knock on the door.
Kittis: Where did Murray go last night?
Walsh: (Voice behind the door) Three reservoirs... the toilets of a Richiefer gas station on Flois, as well as the Pig and Fessel restaurants.
Kittis: God! This person really has that "water" muscle in his mind!
Walsh's voice: What are you going to do? This is his job!
Kittis: Dude! We can't always coax that woman like this, we must make something famous!
Walsh voice: I think I got something.
Kittis: Really? Did you find the watch?
Walsh voice: Put it on your desk. Hi, have you heard that story-the story of going to the North Pole with Admiral Bolt to find penguins (note 2)?
〔Gitis walks to her office. On his desk was the squashed "Ingersoll" card pocket watch-the hand pointed at 2:47:1.
Kitty Smerley stayed there all night.
[Gitis drops the watch. sit down. Walsh came in with a large stack of photos and dried them one by one in front of the blackboard.
Kittis: (eagerly) What did you get?
[Wolsh points to show him the photos: A series of photos of Murray with another dignified, older person at the entrance of a restaurant. In two of the photos, one can see multiple sections. Cane cane.
Kittis: (angrily) That's all?
Walsh: The two of them had a real quarrel at the entrance of the Pig and Fessel restaurants.
Kittis: What are you arguing about?
Walsh: I don’t know. There were a lot of cars on the road at the time. I just heard what they said about Apple Heart.
Kittis: Apple Heart?
Walsh: (shrugs) Yes.
[Gitis throws the pictures aside angrily.
Kittis: God, Walsh, you got these all day long.
Walsh: Didn't you let me take pictures? I took so many photos.
Kittis: Let me remind you, Walsh. There must be some know-how in our business.
[The buzzer sounds on the desk. Sophie pressed it outside.
Kittis: Sophie, what's the matter? (Pick up the phone) Delphi, where are you?
〔
De Fei's very excited voice on the phone: "I got it, I got it. He found himself a beautiful chick... on a boat, in Eco Park." Kittis: Okay, speak slowly... Eco Park (speaking to Walsh) Oh my God, it's exposed to water again.
7.
[In the park, Delphi is rowing a boat, and Kittis is sitting in the stern. They stroked Murray and a blonde girl's little stroke. Morey was paying great attention to the slender girl in a calico summer dress.
Kittis: (Talking to De Fei, passing their little tricks) Smile happily, buddy!
[He expertly took several photos in a row. Murray and the girl didn't notice it at all.
〔De Fei goes around in a circle, and then passes over Murray's little stroke. Kittis took a few more pictures in a row.
8.
[In El Mackento's apartment, Murray and the girl are eating on the balcony. Kittis, who had been hidden on the roof of the apartment beforehand, hooked his feet on the roof and leaned down on the roof, holding the camera at Murray and the girl, and took a few photos in succession. The roof was a little loose.
[Gitis slowly slid to the edge of the roof—probably falling to the ground from three stories high. He tried hard to slow himself down. The loose mud on the roof ridge is also sliding down.
〔Gitis finally stopped at the eaves and made a dangerous turn to block the sliding mud and put it gently into the gutter. However, a small fragment fell on the balcony below.
[Murray, who is on the balcony at this time, looks at the fragments at his feet and looks at the girl. He looked very concerned. So he stood up and looked up to the roof.
〔The roof and the words of the apartment on the roof still stand as they did before. Morey sat down slowly, staring at the debris.
[The headline of a newspaper: The chief engineer of the hydropower station uses public funds, Jinwu Cangjiao.
[As usual in the yellow inserts of Hearst system newspapers, the newspaper uses a "heart" edge on the photos secretly taken by Kittis, and there is a small headline on the side: "J·J·Ji Tees is employed by a jealous woman."
[In a barbershop, Kittis is sitting in a barber chair for a haircut while someone shines his shoes. Kittis had the newspaper in his hand. Other customers are also reading the newspaper. Barney, the barber, was talking to Kittis.
Barney: You are famous now, but it won't be long before you will get bored.
〔Gittis's face shows complacency.
Barney: Hold your chest out! You are already a movie star!
[Other customers in the barber shop are talking about drought. Someone said: "If it doesn't rain again, water will be rationed!" Another said: "It's only enough to wash cars." The third person said: "There must be no water for lawns; you can only wash it a week. A shower." The first person said again: "If you don't have a lawn or a car. Then, can you take one more shower?"
[Gitis looks out the window. A car broke down and the hood was lifted. The man looked at the water tumbling in the radiator.
Kittis: (Can't help laughing) Look at his miserable look.
Barney: It's too hot!
Another customer: The people who suffer are all ordinary people.
[Gitis hears these words and sits upright.
Kittis: (smiling to this customer) What do you mean, friend?
This customer: (pointing to the newspaper) Nothing... You really have a way to make money!
Kittis:...really? What do you eat?
This customer: First National Bank, Mortgage Department.
[Gitis laughs.
Kittis: Then tell me, how many people's collateral have you confiscated in a week?
This customer: But, I can tell you. We never make it public in the newspaper.
Kittis: Didn't I announce it in the newspaper!
This customer: No! You have an agent in the press!
〔Gitis wants to get up from her chair. Barney noticed that it was not so good, and hurriedly tightened the haircut around Kittis' neck.
Kittis: Barney, who is this ass? Is it a regular customer?
Barney: Jack, forget it! never mind!
Kittis: Tell you, buddy! ...I am a well-behaved businessperson. People who come to me for help have problems that cannot be solved. I help them out of the sea of misery, unlike you idiots who eat bank meals, who specialize in driving people out of their homes.
Barney: Forget it, Jack!
〔Gitis stands up, trying to get rid of Li's release.
Kittis: Come on, let's talk outside the store...
[The customer simply lay down in the barber chair.
Barney: Jack, sit down, sit down... I'll tell you a story...
[Gitis asked him to drag him back to the barber chair.
Kittis: Actually I don't know how to get to the newspaper... and it surprised me so fast. I am a respectable businessperson.
Barney: Of course, Jack!
Kittis: It's really well-behaved!
9.
[Gitis almost rushed into his office, he slapped the newspaper on his thigh.
Kittis: Delphi! Walsh!
[Wolsh comes out of his office, and Delphi comes out of the other door.
[At this time a beautiful young woman appears at the door, followed by a short man with gray hair. The young woman seemed less than thirty, so pretty that Kittis was almost dumbfounded.
Young woman: Is it Mr. Kittis?
Kittis: What's the matter?
Young woman: Do you know me?
Kittis: This...I think...I can think of it.
Young women: Have we met before?
Kittis: This...no!
Young women: Never met?
Kittis: Never seen before!
Young women: I think so too. do you know? I am Mrs. Evelyn Murray-Mr. Murray's wife.
[Gitis is taken aback and looks at the newspaper.
Kittis: Isn't it the Murray?
Evelyn: It's the Murray, Mr. Kittis. Since you admit that you have never seen me, then you will also admit that I have never hired a name...never asked you to spy on everything about my husband. I find that you like to be famous all over the world, Mr. Kittis. Well, you will achieve your goal...
Kittis: Mrs. Moreey, please wait a moment...
[She is walking towards the door, and he stops her.
Kittis: ...probably there was a misunderstanding. I can’t get along with me, and it’s not good for you...
[Evelyn sneered at him.
Evelyn: I never have trouble with people, Mr. Kittis. My lawyer will have trouble with people.
〔Evelyn walks out the door, and Kittis follows her. The gray-haired old man squeezed in front of him.
Grey-haired old man: I have something for you, Mr. Kittis.
[Hand him a stack of paper with a subpoena and indictment. Evelyn went out the door.
Grey-haired old man: (happy tone) Your lawyer will contact us.
〔Gitis stares at the stack of paper in her hand.
10.
[In the interior of Kittis’ office, there are empty coffee cups, subpoenas and indictments on the desk, as well as the newspaper Kittis brought back from the barbershop.
[Gitis, Walsh, and Delphi sit silently. Walsh made a loud noise while chewing gum. Kittis glared at him severely, and Walsh stopped chewing.
〔Deffi squeezes out the cigarette butt in the saucer of a coffee cup.
Kittis: (To De Fei) There are seven ashtrays in this room.
Delphi: I know!
Kittis: This is a bad habit.
Delphi: I'm used to saying "get it", Jack!
Kittis: Yeah, yeah... If she says here that she is Shirley Temple (Note 3) and you also say "I know", then take her seriously?
Walsh: Jack... At that time, she told Murray's real address and phone number.
Kittis: She will find out by checking the phone book.
Walsh: No, no... She also said not to call, for fear of her husband coming to answer the phone.
Kittis: ...as long as I find out who the fake female dog is...
huh ... [Gitis looks at the newspaper and decides to find out the woman who came to him as Mrs. Moreey last time. Suddenly, he grabbed the phone and dialed. A smile appeared on his tight face. He rang for Sophie.
Kittis: Sophie.
Sophie: Yes, Mr. Kittis.
Kittis: Take me to the Times... to Mr. Whitty Melholtz... (speaking while waiting for the phone) and the proud woman...too self-righteous, so fucking irritating, The lawyer got it, relying on her to have money. I don't think she is a good person.
[Sophie presses the buzzer.
Kittis: (to the phone) Whitty? What's good, friend! ... By the way, where did you get those photos in the newspaper... By the way, it was the report of Kanaya Cangjiao... That's great, Whitty... Who gave you the photos... I gave it to you ? (Kittis laughs hysterically) If I gave it, why should I ask again? ...Whitty? ...Whitty? … Tell me the truth once, I'm too forced to bear it... Yes... Yes... Yes.
[Hang up the phone.
Walsh: He said you gave him the picture?
Kittis: (Pauses) It's all a bunch of scammers.
11.
[In the hydroelectric power station building, Kittis stopped in front of a door that said "Chief Engineer-Hollis Murray".
[Gitis walks into the outside of the office. The secretary was surprised.
Kittis: I'm looking for Mr. Murray.
Secretary: He is not here, are you...?
Kittis: Kittis.
Secretary: Can you tell me what it is?
Kittis: It's a personal matter. How long has he been out?
Secretary: I went out after lunch.
Kittis: So early? (Looks at the watch) I'm late too.
Secretary: Did he make an appointment with you?
Kittis: A quarter of an hour ago. Why don't I wait for him inside?
[Wait for any response from the secretary, he just walked in. The secretary is about to get up, he has entered the door.
[The walls in Murray’s office are covered with certificates and photographs of Murray on various construction sites, as well as photos of various river basins and reservoirs in the city. There is a photo frame on the desk, which is a colorful photo of Evelyn wearing a riding outfit.
〔Gitis walks to the desk and notices the movement of the translucent glass above the door. He looked at the top of the desk and pulled the drawers. One of the drawers couldn't be opened. He pulled the top one away again, and the bottom one also opened.
[He finds a checkbook, turns over the stub like shuffled cards, and puts it down. I found a bunch of keys, a phone book, and a menu at the dinner party at the Butmore Hydropower Station in 1913. He also pulled out the blueprint that Morey had laid on the head of the car. The name of the picture is: a detailed map of the Los Angeles Basin watershed and sewers. He browsed quickly... and saw Murray wrote in correct handwriting: "Tuesday night. Oak
Shuguan Reservoir-using seven pipes." [Gitis sees the figure outside the translucent glass, growing bigger and bigger. He quickly put the items back into the drawer, and closed the drawer hard with his knees-almost knocking a pair of Murray's spare glasses on the table to the ground. He grabbed it quickly and put it back on the table. When the office door opened, he was pacing indoors.
[At this time Les Iberton, the deputy chief engineer of the hydropower station, walked into the office. The secretary followed behind him.
Iberton: What can I do for you? (Stretching out his hand) This is Les Iberton, the deputy chief engineer of the hydropower station.
Kittis: (also very happy) My name is J.J. Kittis...not official.
Iberton: I wonder if you would like to wait for him in my office.
[It is not so much an invitation as it is a request. Kittis nodded and followed Iberton out of the house, through the outer room, into the hall, and then into Iberton's office.
Iberton: (Speaking as he walks) That thing in the paper makes us chokeful!
[Iberton’s office is slightly smaller than Murray’s office. The most eye-catching thing on the wall is a double-ended rope painted with real paint. There are also two photos taken by Iberton with yellowtail and other fish. There is also a pennant embroidered with a fish and the letters A and C on the wall.
Iberton: In short, after you have worked with a person for a long time, you will get to know him, including his habits, his behavior... etc. Even if he likes to engage in women, he will understand.
Kittis: So, does Morey belong to the type who doesn't like to engage in women?
Iberton: He never even said a joke about this kind of thing.
Kittis: Maybe he is very serious about it?
[Gitis blinks. Iberton giggled appreciatively, and the atmosphere seemed a little more lively.
Kittis: Don't you know where Mr. Murray has lunch? Iberton
: I'm sorry, I...
Kittis: Well, well, tell him I'll come next time.
[Gitis sees a plate with business cards on the desk.
Kittis: May I have a business card of yours? Maybe I will come to you in the future!
Iberton: Please do it yourself!
[Gitis took a few and put them in his jacket pocket. When I walked out the door, I almost bumped into someone at the secretary's desk... This person was about his age, but a head taller than him. He wore a suit that looked like a concrete bag of kraft paper.
Kittis: Mooreville, why are you here?
[Reservoir bodyguard Melville stares at Kittis, standing motionless by the desk.
Melville: They broke my water, what are you doing?
Yantis: How did you know? If you neither drink it nor take a bath in the water, maybe they will send you a letter. However, that requires you to be literate.
〔Mellville walks towards Kittis angrily, and Iberton hurriedly walked between the two of them.
Kittis: Don't be too nervous, Melville, it's nice to meet you. (To Iberton) Did you meet Claut Mooreville here?
Iberton: He works for us.
Kittis: What are you doing?
[Iberton looks at Mooreville awkwardly.
Iberton: Frankly speaking, someone threatened to blow up the reservoir.
Kittis: For what purpose?
Iberton: ...for this damn drought. We have to implement freshwater rationing in this basin. The farmers are desperately anxious... What can we do? City dwellers are also eager for drinking water.
Kittis: Then you have good luck, Mr. Iberton.
Yi Burton: What do you say?
Kittis: When the Vandura administration was at the Palace of Justice in Merville, the liquor dealers did not lose a drop of the liquor that they transported to Spurs. He must be able to keep your fresh water for you.
12
[Gitis decides to visit Murray's house. On the outskirts of the city, Kittis drove into a detour leading to the foot of the hill. He suddenly turned the front of the car, avoided a lazy dog lying on the road, and honked and yelled furiously at the lazy dog.
[The car stopped at a curved intersection. Morey’s house is situated semi-concealed on a steep hillside-designed and built ingeniously in accordance with the curved terrain. After the car was turned off, you could hear the sound of sea waves hitting the shore in the distance.
[Gitis walks to the door. Stand and wait to open the door after ringing the doorbell.
[A Chinese butler with thick hair and half a gold tooth in the front teeth rushes to open the door.
Kittis: This is J.J. Kittis, come to see Mr. Murray.
[Gitis takes out a business card. The butler took the business card and entered the room, leaving Kittis to stand at the door. At this time he saw a Japanese gardener repairing a bamboo fence. You can hear the "squeak" sound.
[Inside the door, a driver is rubbing a cream-colored Parker limousine with deerskin. There was heat on the hood. The sound of "squeaking" was made when rubbing the car with deerskin.
[The Chinese butler appears at the door.
Steward: Please come in.
〔Gitis follows him into the house, he wants to remember every room silently. There is a maid cleaning in the study. They passed the study, and through several French doors in the corridor of the scaffolding, to a large pool of living water.
Steward: Please wait a moment.
[Gitis stands alone by the pool and waits. The gurgling water overflowed from the pool. After a while, the gardener came, and he smiled at Kittis, then stretched his head to look at the sink.
[There is a gleaming thing on the bottom of the pool, and Kittis sees it too. After another while, the gardener explored the pool with a long stick. ...The water overflowed again.
Gardener: (To Kittis) It's not good for glass.
Kittis: (Didn't understand) Yes! Not good for glass.
[Gitis didn't understand what the gardener said for a while, but he secretly remembered this sentence in his heart. After the gardener walked away, he was still looking at the gleaming thing at the bottom of the pool. He glanced at the stick used by the gardener, hesitated, picked up the stick, and explored the shining object.
[Later he saw Evelyn walking on the curve ahead, and she had already reached the corridor of the scaffolding. He took the long stick closer to prevent it from shaking.
〔Evelyn wore a pair of coarse blue trousers. The two strands had been worn white, and the trousers were trimmed with brown tassels. She was wearing riding boots and sweating, but she looked younger than when she was in his office.
Evelyn: What's the matter, Mr. Kittis?
〔Gitis saw Evelyn, a little surprised and a little annoyed. However, he was very polite.
Kittis: Actually, I came here to find your husband, Mrs. Murray.
[He is smiling nervously, waiting for an answer, but she doesn't say anything. At this time the butler came.
Evelyn: Would you like to drink something?
Kittis: What are you drinking?
Evelyn: Ice tea.
Kittis: Okay...that's good, thank you.
[The butler nods. Leave.
[Evelyn sits at a glass-surfaced table. Kittis was also sitting there.
Evelyn: My husband is in the office.
Kittis: Actually he is not there. And he has moved away from his El Mackendo house.
Evelyn: (Sharply) That is not his apartment.
Kittis: But I... The problem is, Mrs. Moreey, I don't want people to like me in this business, but it's my profession. Believe me, the one who made your husband a family and a business is also the one who made me a family and business. Los Angeles is a small city, and people like to talk...
[He wants to wait and see. Then he continued to speak, uncomfortable.
Kittis: I just make money to live. I don't want people to laugh at me...
Evelyn: Mr. Kittis, you convinced me that I will withdraw the wrongful lawsuit against you.
Kittis: What?
Evelyn: I said I will withdraw the lawsuit.
[Raymond brought out a tea tray with iced tea.
Evelyn: (happily)...Okay, let's... Forget about it all... Want sugar? Do you want lemons? Or do you want both?
Kittis: Mrs. Murray!
Evelyn: (Stirring iced tea) What's the matter? Mr. Kittis?
Kittis: I don't want you to revoke...
[Evelyn looks up at him. Kittis smiled coyly.
Kittis: I should discuss with your husband.
Evelyn: (with some concern)...why? ...What is necessary? This matter... It seems that Hollis thinks you can't be blamed.
Kittis: But, Mrs. Murray, although I have been accused of many times in the past, it didn't end in this way.
[He smiles nervously again, but the other party still has no response.
Kittis: (Have to go on) In fact, someone has been in a lot of trouble, so no matter whether someone sue me or not, I want to make it clear. I'm not the kind of person who is willing to accept it...so I would love to see your husband...unless someone feels inconvenience.
Evelyn: (Some are offended) What do you mean by this?
Kittis: Mrs. Murray, can I just say it?
Evelyn: Of course you can. If you can, Mr. Kittis.
Kittis: (I want to say it politely)... Regarding the little mistress, she is indeed very beautiful, of course, from the perspective of judging Xiaojiabiyu,...but she is missing, it may be that they hid together Up.
Evelyn: (more annoyed) So what? none of your business?
Kittis: Of course it’s not my personal business...Mrs. Murray...I’m just...
Evelyn: This is entirely a personal business, and it can’t be more personal than it is. Do you treat it as a business or Are you a bit fanciful yourself?
Kittis: Let’s look at the problem like this... Regarding the fake lady, forgive me for calling her that way. She pretended to be you, and she paid the money. This is not a bad thing for me. They are aimed at your husband. If I can meet your husband, I can do something for him... Have you spoken this morning?
Evelyn stroked the tassels on her pants.
Evelyn: No. I went out to ride a horse early this morning.
Kittis: ...It looks like you rode far away...
Evelyn: No, I just rode a bareback. However, you can go to the Oak Shuguan Reservoir or Shidongxia Reservoir to try...Sometimes he will go to those two places at noon...Otherwise, he will go home at 6:30 in the evening.
Kittis: Then I will come tonight.
Evelyn: You call first.
[Gitis nods.
13.
[Gitis drove on a mountain road leading to the Oak Shuguan Reservoir, next to the road is a flood drain. When he reached the entrance of the reservoir, he saw two fire department cars at the door. One of them is an emergency vehicle.
[The fence that was originally connected by a chain is now open, and many people surround it in groups. The reservoir below can be seen from here.
〔Gitis' car is stopped by two uniformed policemen.
Police: Sorry, sir, this place is not open to the public.
[Gitis hesitated for a moment.
Kittis: It doesn't matter, I am Les Iberton, the deputy chief engineer of the hydropower station.
[He takes out an Iberton's business card from his jacket pocket and hands it to the guard.
Police: Ah, sorry, Mr. Iberton, please come in!
〔Gitis drove in the door and drove along the edge of the reservoir. He saw a police car, and the other, although unmarked, must be a police car.
[Gitis stopped the car. get off. Several people turned their backs to him, all looking into the reservoir, and one seemed to be talking softly. Someone in the reservoir was rowing a few small boats, salvaging something.
[A person turns around and sees Kittis. He knew Kittis and looked surprised.
Loche: Kittis...Oh my God...
Kittis: Loche...
Loche: (coming to Kittis, supporting him)...Go fast, get out of the reservoir, otherwise...
〔Detective Luo Qi said as he walked, seeming to comfort him.
Kittis: What's the matter? What happened?
[He raises his voice, and then sheriff Louis Escoba, who is talking with two boys in swimming trunks by the waterway, turns around. He is a tall, thin, Mexican man in his thirties.
[Gitis and Escoba were old colleagues before, and they both expressed surprise when they met here at this time. The people next to him also felt unnatural.
〔Loche is sweating. Finally, Escoba smiled first.
Escoba: Hello, Jack!
Kittis: (No smile) How are you? road!
Escoba: ...I have a cold, so I can't shake hands with you, but other than that, I'm all right!
Kittis: The worst cold in summer!
Escoba: Exactly.
〔Gitis reaches into her pocket and takes out the cigarette box.
Fireman: Don't smoke, sir... This month is the most prone to fire.
Escoba: I think we'll make an exception... Let him be careful when lighting his cigarette.
Kittis: (After lighting the cigarette) Thank you, Lu.
Escoba: How did you get in the door?
Kittis: To tell you the truth, I lied a little.
〔Escobar nodded. They walked a few steps... Another policeman, two plainclothes, and a police officer watched them.
Escoba: After you stopped working as a sheriff, did you have a good time?
Kittis: It's fine.
Escoba: Some people often find the best way for them after a period of exploration. You probably fall into this category.
Loche: It's all in the scandals of others.
Kittis: That's it! By the way, how are you doing? Are you still catching those Chinese people who use their mouths to iron clothes in Chinatown?
Escoba: You are behind the times, Jack... They used steam irons a long time ago... (laughs) And I'm no longer in Chinatown.
Kittis: When did it start?
Escoba: After being promoted to a sergeant...
[Although Gitis was also a sergeant, he was obviously surprised.
Kittis: Congratulations.
Escoba: Thank you... what are you doing here?
Kittis: Find someone!
Escoba: Who?
Kittis: Hollis Murray. Did you see him?
Escoba: I saw it.
Kittis: I want to talk to him.
Escoba: You are welcome to try it. He is there.
[Escobar points straight to the bottom of the reservoir—two people are digging in the reservoir with hooked poles. I can see that one of them seems to have hooked something.
[He shouts. Another person also hooked with him, and they pulled up together, revealing one's back... They finally pulled the body into the boat.
l4.
[At the forensic office, Evelyn and Escoba are standing next to Murray's body. Escoba pulled the sheet over his head. Evelyn nodded.
〔Escobar laid the sheets flat, the two walked away and spoke softly, as if afraid of being heard by the dead.
Escoba: ...It seems that he was rushed here all the way from the end of the channel-can't he swim?
Evelyn: Of course he will.
Escoba: It must have passed out when he fell.
〔Evelyn seems to nod her head. Escoba coughed.
[The autopsy staff pushes the body out of the room.
Escoba: (Continued by himself)...His thing that was reported by others...is said to be everywhere. Does this make him depressed?
[Gitis has been sitting on a long bench outside the forensic office, smoking while listening. When he heard this question, he stood up and walked to the door to look around.
[Escobar sees him, but doesn't care. Evelyn did not see him.
Evelyn: ...Of course it didn't make him happy...
Escoba: Surely it's impossible to commit suicide, right?
Evelyn: (firmly) impossible.
Escoba: (somewhat unhappy) Mrs. Murray, do you happen to know the young woman's name?
[A look of disgust flashes on Evelyn’s face.
Evelyn: ...I don't know.
Escoba: Do you know where she might live?
Evelyn: How would I know?
〔Eskoba and Evelyn walked slowly towards the door.
Escoba: You and your husband never talked about her?
Evelyn: (pauses, hesitatingly) He...we talked...he wouldn't tell me her name. We quarreled about her...Of course-I didn't expect this at all.
Escoba: Didn't expect it at all?
Evelyn: ...Yes.
Escoba: But, I know you hired a private detective.
Evelyn: Private detective?
Escoba: (pointing out vaguely) Mr. Gitis.
〔Evelyn looks up and sees Kittis standing in the doorway, only a foot or two from her. Suddenly shut up, the two looked at each other for a while.
Evelyn: (Looking at Kittis) But...I...the reason for doing this...is...I want this terrible rumor to stop...
[After she finished speaking, she looked sadly Kitties.
[Escobar is standing behind her. Kittis did not speak.
Escoba: ...however, when did Mr. Kittis tell you that these rumors have a certain factual basis?
[Evelyn looks at Kittis, not knowing how to answer this question.
Kittis: (calmly) Just before it was reported in the newspaper, Lu!
〔Escobar nodded. They walked slowly, and someone pushed other corpses past them.
Escoba: (to Kittis) You probably don't know where the young woman is now, do you?
Kittis: ...I don't know!
Escoba: Where's her name?
Kittis: ...I don't know!
[They walked another way in the corridor.
Evelyn: Is there anything else you want to ask me? police officer?
Escoba: There is nothing more, Mrs. Moreey. Of course, allow me to express my deepest condolences. If...we have to ask you anything, we will come to you again.
Kittis: I will drive her into the car and be back soon.
[Evelyn takes a look at Kittis, and then they pass through several doors and pass in front of several reporters. A group of reporters were staying in the outbuilding, talking and laughing, with words such as "It only happens in Los Angeles" and "In a small cafe in the south" in the end of the speech.
[Reporters flocked to ask Evelyn questions, and Kittis guarded her and blocked the reporters.
〔Evelyn and Kittis walk into a small parking lot together. Next to Evelyn's car, she frantically looked for something in her handbag.
Kittis: Mrs. Murray... Mrs. Murray.
Evelyn: (face flushes. Sweating)...wait a moment...
Gitis: (touching her lightly)...Your key is not pulled off the starter button...
Evelyn : Ah...thank you.
[She looks down, leaning against the car.
Evelyn: Thank you for staying with me. I just don't want to make things clear... I will send you a check.
Kittis: (Confused) Send me a check?
〔Evelyn gets into the car.
Evelyn: As a formal procedure for hiring you.
[Evelyn drives away, and Kittis stands in shock.
15.
[Gitis returns to the forensic office. He met Luis Escoba in the corridor.
Kittis: Lu, are you trying to pull me to testify?
[Escobar shrugs.
Escoba: No need anymore.
Kittis: No more?
Escoba: No more! ...This is an accident.
Kittis: You mean, you will treat it as an accident.
[Eskoba looks up at him.
Escoba: Right. (Contemptuously) To pay tribute to his status in society.
〔After talking, start and move forward.
[Gitis laughs.
Kittis: What did he offend you, Lu? Didn't he molest your sister?
[Escobar stops.
Escoba: No... but he drowned five hundred people, including my cousin. They are all small people, just a bunch of poor Mexican boys living near the dam. Forget it, Kittis, you're not the kind of flower that is not stained in the mud.
Kittis; is it? Can you figure out what I have done wrong so that you can report it?
Escoba: I will tell you when I figure it out.
〔Gitis nods, turns around, and walks down the corridor.
[At the entrance of the autopsy, Kittis stood by a morgue, with Murray's name hanging on the toes of the corpse. Morty, the funeral worker, stood at the door of a nearby room. The radio in the room was on, announcing that the program of the life of Lorenza Jones was about to begin. Another staff member was sitting at the table listening to the radio and eating sandwiches.
〔Gitis walks into the room calmly.
Morty: (with a cigarette in his mouth) Jack, why are you here? Is there a problem?
Kittis: It's okay, Morty, I have nothing to do at noon, let's see who is dead!
[Kittis lifts the sheets away. Murray's body appeared for the first time. His eyes were wide open and his face was full of scars.
Morty: Really? I saw it for you, is it interesting? There was a drought, and the chief hydropower engineer drowned—this kind of thing only happens in Los Angeles.
Kittis: (Looking at Murray) Yeah...very badly hurt...
Morty:...I fell from a
height ... Gitis:...How are you doing recently, Moore Di?
[Morty is pushing another corpse with another assistant.
Morty: ...not very good, you know, Jack.
[As he pushed the body into the cold storage, he coughed violently.
[Gitis sees another corpse, and he pulls on Murray's sheets.
Kittis: (between Morty coughing)...oh... which one is this?
[Morty pulls down the sheet.
Morty: It's the drunk of Lilloe Schhart... the guy who usually wanders in Ferguson Alley...
[Morty squeezed the sand away from the man's face and laughed haha. Then...
Morty: What a weird person. For a while, I've been living in the big sewer in the downtown area... there is everything underneath, and there is a dressing table.
〔Gitis has long been disinterested and walks away.
Kittis:...really? ...
Morty: Drowned too.
[This sentence makes Kittis stop.
Kittis: Drowned too?
Morty: Yes! Drunk and delirious, reimbursed at the bottom of the river bed.
Kittis: Is the Los Angeles River?
Morty: (somewhat puzzled) Yeah, under the Hollenbeck bridge, what's the matter?
[Gitis returns to the corpse and looks closer.
Kittis: It's all right there, Morty.
Morty: Not completely dry.
Kittis: That's right! But it won't drown in a wet river bed! No matter how drunk, it is tantamount to drowning in a teaspoon.
[Morty shrugs.
Morty: He was drowned, Jack. I also found water in his stomach!
[Kittis grunts and walks away.
Kittis: Oh my goodness, there are all weird things here...
16.
〔Gitis drove to a bridge and stopped on the bridge. You can see the words "Holenbeck Bridge" written on the piers. Kittis looked down at the river bed.
[Gitis sees the remnants of a collapsed shack scattered on the bottom of the river bed. Between the river bank and the sewer, there is a billboard with the power to fill the roof. The sign read: "The office in this building is sold at a price of five to six thousand US dollars." Downstream, the dressing table, an oil drum, a car sofa, a margarine empty can, etc., are all the relics of the drunk Schhart.
〔Gitis goes down the river bank and creeps forward. When it was about to reach the sewer pipe, one foot sank into the mud, ankle-deep. Kittis pulled out his foot and cursed.
〔Gitis continues to go downstream, and suddenly hears a familiar sound of horseshoes in the muddy ground.
[He sees that across the bridge is the Mexican boy he saw last time, riding a horse on the muddy bank of the river again.
[They looked at each other for a while.
Kittis: (Shouting to the child) You were also riding here that day, didn't you?
[The child ignores him.
Kittis: Can you speak English? ……(In Spanish) Can you speak English?
Child: (answered him in Spanish) Yes!
Kittis: A few days ago...Have you spoken to a man with glasses...here...?
[The child nods.
Kittis: What did you talk about? Can i ask?
[The two left a long shadow on the ground.
Child: (After a long time) Talk about water!
Kittis: What about water?
Child: ...when the water comes.
Kittis: When the water comes? What did you tell him?
Child: When the water comes, it comes from different parts of the river...different every night.
[Gitis nods. The horse snorted. The child rode away slowly.
17.
[Gitis decides to find out the ins and outs of the water. At dusk, on the bed of the Los Angeles River, Kittis climbed up along the bank to see where the drain next to the Hollenbeck Bridge came from. He found that it was coming from the direction of the Hollywood Hills at sunset.
[Night falls. Kittis drove up from the foot of the Hollywood Hills. Relying on the spotlight on the car to recognize the road, the car moved along a drainage channel.
[When driving up the hill, it was already very dark. The car came to the fork, and he continued along the drainage channel.
[Going up, the road is narrower. Kittis slowed down, and there were many small trees growing in the channel, so he couldn't see to the end.
〔Further on, the road is very dirty and the bushes are densely covered with oak and eucalyptus trees. very quiet. After another turn, I could see a circle of lights in the city of Yamashita. The roadside is a fence made of chains. There is a sign in front of it that reads: "Oak Shuguan Reservoir, no idlers can enter, no one can borrow it."
[The chain fence crosses the channel and goes deep into the channel. Therefore, it can no longer proceed along the channel.
[Gitis reverses the car. Turn off the fire. Turn off the lights. A light above the high-voltage cable became the only light source here. The only sound at this time was the ominous hum of high-voltage cables.
〔Get out of the car and climb over the chain fence. Then he walked cautiously through the thick bushes and came to the second fence made up of larger chains. From here you can see the lights of the upper reservoir.
[Suddenly, there is a gunshot and another sound. Kittis quickly dived into the drainage channel, which was four feet deep and six feet wide. Someone can be heard hurrying through the bushes, approaching Kittis, and then backing away. Kittis was hiding in the ivy in the channel, watching quietly. After a while, the voice was gone, but another voice was heard—like some kind of echo that was getting louder and louder. Kittis felt at a loss and couldn't help looking up to find the source of the sound.
[After a while, a fierce stream of water rushed towards him at the end of the channel, his hat was washed away, and he couldn't even stand. The water flowed at him a great distance, causing him to rush around. He wanted to catch the branches in the channel, but couldn't catch it. The water kept rushing him to the first chain fence before he was stopped by the fence.
〔He cursed, breathless, climbed up on the chain, and climbed to the car step by step. When he got to the car, he took the car key from his trouser pocket and looked down and found that he had lost a shoe.
Kittis: (grunts) What the hell are the famous Floating shoes, what a fuck!
[He wants to step into the car, and suddenly Merville and another person a little shorter than him stop him. ...Mulville peeled off his shirt and held onto his shoulders tightly, and the shorter man raised a small scalpel to an inch and a half from his left nostril.
Short man: (severely) Don't move! Kitty.
〔Gitis can't move at all, the knife has been inserted into his nostril, and the knife gleams under the light of the street lamp.
Short man: Your nose is too long, it has grown into other people's affairs, kitty... Do you know what happens to people with long noses?
[The short man talks, hating him as if his whole body is trembling. Kittis didn't move.
Short man: Do you want to guess? Unwilling to guess? Okay, let me tell you! It is to remove the nose of the long-nosed person.
[The man swishes back with the knife, cutting Kittis' nose by about an inch.
〔Gitis screams, blood dripping down her shirt.
[Gitis bends down instinctively to prevent blood from dripping on his clothes. Melville and the short man looked at him.
Short man: Kitty, if you come again next time, you will have to lose your entire nose and I will feed it to my goldfish. Understand?
Melville: Answer him, you know, Kittis.
〔Gitis is now lying on her knees, kneeling on the ground.
Kittis: (whispering)...I understand...
[Gitis can see the brown and white leather shoes of the person who abused him from the ground. There are still some blood on the shoes.
〔Saw the pair of leather shoes slowly lifted up and kicked Kittis on his back to the ground. Then the footsteps went away. Kittis gasped in embarrassment.
18.
[In Kittis' office. Kittis sat blankly on the office chair. Delphi's eyes were dumb, and he didn't know what he was looking at. Walsh paced hurriedly in the office.
[The bell rings. It was the buzzer that Sophie pressed outside.
Kittis: [Press the dialogue device] What's the matter, Sophie?
Sophie: (Voiceover) Miss Serchings is calling!
Kittis: Who?
Sophie: Ait Sechings.
Kittis: I don't know. Write down the phone number.
[At this time, Kittis has gauze and tape on his nose.
Walsh: It can be said that because the builder wanted to contract the construction of the dam, it paid for some people to guard it. What can you do like this?
〔Gitis slowly turns to Walsh and strokes her nose gently.
Walsh: (Go on) You don't want to engage in Melville. They can say that you broke in without permission.
Kittis: I don't want to engage in Melville, I want to engage in big people who pay.
De Fei: Then what do you do?
Kittis: Accuse him severely.
Walsh: Really?
Kittis: Of course...what's the matter with you guys? Be optimistic! Find them and report them again, and we will win a big victory. (Freshly dancing) We can go to the Qisheng Hotel for dinner twice a week, and we can prosper so much that we can never endure it in our lifetime.
Walsh: The kind of person you want to report must be the kind of person who eats with the judge.
〔Gitis shows a look of disgust. At this time the bell rang again.
Sophie: (Voiceover) It's still Miss Eit Sessing. She said she knows you.
Kittis: All right!
[Gitis picks up the receiver of the phone and winks at the other two.
Kittis: Hello, Miss Serchings! However, I don't think we were lucky enough to meet each other.
Ait: (Voiceover)...Yes, we did have the privilege to meet...Are you alone, Mr. Kittis?
Kittis: (winking at the two of them) Can I help you? Miss Serching?
Ait: (Voiceover) Let me tell you, Mr. Kittis, I'm an actress... I didn't come on my own behalf that time.
Kittis: When did you come here?
Ait: (Voiceover) I came here pretending to be Mrs. Moreey, remember?
Kittis: Ah! I remember...Miss Serchings.
Ait: (Voiceover)...Because I want to tell you, I never imagined that this would happen to Mr. Murray. I want to tell you that if something happens in the future, I want to let people know. I didn't imagine it would be like this.
Kittis: I understand, I understand... If you can tell me who hired you, Miss Serchings , it will be beneficial to both of us
...
Ait: (Voiceover) No... Gitis: ...So why don't you tell me your address? We can discuss it.
Ait: (Voiceover) No, Mr. Kittis... You just have to look at the obituary board in the Times today...
Kittis: The obituary board? Ait:
(Voiceover) You will find one of these people...
Kittis: "These people"? Miss Sehings...
〔Syhsing hung up. Kittis looked at the two of them in the room.
19.
[In the restaurant of a large hotel, Kittis is reading the newspaper, and when he reaches the obituary board, he should search in the obituary board. Suddenly he tore off this column and folded his pocket.
[When he folded the newspaper, the headline was revealed: the water conservancy bond proposal was approved by the city council. The ten million yuan project will be finalized by the public by voting.
[Mrs. Murray has come to the table while Kittis is busy.
〔Gitis gets up hastily and asks Mrs. Moreey to sit down.
〔As Evelyn Murray slowly takes off her gloves, Kittis pays attention to her attire; she is wearing a plain, dark gray padding costume, very delicately cut.
Kittis: Thank you for your honor... Would you like to drink some wine?
[The waiter comes to the table. Evelyn noticed Kittis' nose.
Evelyn: The iced fruit bar... please add limes instead of lemons.
〔Evelyn looks down and strokes the gloves on the table. When I raised my eyes, I looked at Gitis, expecting him to say something.
[Gitis takes out an envelope, which is torn open. There are three gold letters ECM on the corner of the envelope.
Kittis: I received the check from you.
Evelyn: Yes, I also said that I am very grateful.
[Kittis hands the envelope. Cleared his throat.
Kittis: Mrs. Murray, I don't think this will work.
Evelyn: (Somewhat embarrassing) How much do you want?
Kittis: No, that's not what it meant. You are generous with money, but you owe me a debt for the truth.
Evelyn: (coldly) Really?
Kittis: I think so. It is not only the death of your husband that troubles you. You are upset.
Evelyn: Mr. Kittis... (coldly) I don't need you to guess my emotions.
[The wine is coming. The waiter put it in front of them.
Kittis: I'm very sorry. However, the fact is: You filed a lawsuit against me, but after your husband died, you can't wait to withdraw the lawsuit, as fast as a duck fart... Please forgive me. Then you asked me to lie to the police again.
Evelyn: Not exactly lying.
Kittis: ... If your husband was killed, it's a lie. (Signing a check)...This, it seems to be for me to conceal it for you.
Evelyn: But he was not killed.
[Gitis laughs.
Kittis: I think you are hiding something, Mrs. Murray.
〔Evelyn remains silent.
Evelyn:...well, I am...actually I knew he had an affair.
Kittis: How did you find out?
Evelyn: It's my husband.
Kittis: He told you?
[Evelyn nods.
Kittis: Then...Are you not bothered at all?
Evelyn: ...I thank him.
[This is the first time Evelyn has expressed embarrassment.
Kittis: Would you please clarify that, Mrs. Moreey.
Evelyn: ...why?
Kittis: (Somewhat annoyed) Hear me, I also had a marriage business. The wife is very happy because her husband cheated on her. I have never heard of it.
〔Gitis looks at Evelyn.
Evelyn: Except under what circumstances?
Kittis: (staring at her) She deceived him too.
〔Evelyn makes no response.
Kittis: ... are you like this?
〔Evelyn is visibly angry, but she controls it.
Evelyn: I don't like the word "deception".
Kittis: Do you have a lover?
Evelyn: (eyes
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