Xiao_Jie_sides

							                                                          13.


                    DAD
          What kind of business?

                    CISSY
          Carpet cleaning.

                    MOM
          (smiling, trying to be supportive)
          Oh.

                    CISSY
          So, Jun, how's your work?

                     JUN
          Awesome. Finally met the Board of
          Directors.

                    CISSY
          Cool!

                    JUN
          Get this - their total net worth's over
          ten billion.

A WAITRESS passes by.

                    DAD
          You'd better watch your money, Jun.
              (to the waitress)
          Xiao jie, xiao jie!

The waitress (xiao jie) returns, none too happy to be
diverted from her path. Dad turns on his charm.

                    DAD
          Ni de ming zi shen mo?   (What's your
          name?)

                    XIAO JIE
          Mei Li.

Dad and Xiao jie ("Miss") twitter into a rapid-fire Mandarin
dialogue that sounds a lot like flirting. Annoyed, Cissy
looks at Dad.

                    DAD
          Yi ge Tsing Tao. (One Tsing Tao beer.)
              (to Jun)
          You want one?

                    JUN
          Sure.



                                        Pretty Rosebud 4/27/11
                                                              14.


                    DAD
          Liang ge Tsing Tao. (Two Tsing Tao
          beers.)

Cissy tries to get Dad's attention.     Xiao jie leaves.

                    CISSY
          Could I please have some wine?

                     DAD
          Sure.   When she gets back.

                    JUN
          Dad, what do you mean about my money?

                    DAD
          Candace is a lawyer. She divorces you,
          she'll take you to the cleaners. And
          she's divorced already. And you know
          that-

                     JUN
          Dad, she got divorced because she married
          too young.

                    DAD
          In God's eyes, divorce is a mortal sin.

                    JUN
              (under his breath)
          Lots of people get divorced nowadays.

                    DAD
          If lots of people jumped in the lake,
          would that make it all right? We need to
          send you to China to find a wife.

Jun looks at Cissy. She shakes her head.     Now is not the
time to break the news.

                    JUN
          Dad, you didn't marry a Chinese wife.

                    DAD
          Yes, but your mom's the exception.

Playing peacemaker, Mom comes to the rescue.

                    MOM
          Your dad is saying that similar
          backgrounds will increase the chances of
          a family staying together. We were both
          born in the Philippines, we're Catholic-


                                          Pretty Rosebud 4/27/11