The Troubleshooters,' by Wang Shuo

16 CHINESE EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
Close up: In the smog, two hands hold a notice “3-T Company Grand Trial
Opening,” and post it on the shop window.
4 ON THE STREET /EXTERIOR / DAY
At the intersection of a busy downtown street, radiant with happiness, YANG
ZHONG is marchng toward a girl waiting under a police tower, whom he has
never met before.
YANG ZHONG: Sorry I’m late. I tried to rush, but I’m still late. Have you been
waiting long?
GIRL: (Looking at YANG ZHONG curiously) That’s all right. No need to say sorry.
I’m not waiting for you anyway. It wouldn’t matter if you didn’t come.
YANG ZHONG: Actually you are waiting for me, but you don’t know it. No one
else will be coming today.
GIRL: Yeah? You seem to know better than I what I’m doing. Don’t bother, the
cop’s just next to you.
YANG ZHONG: (Smiling, feeling not at all awkward) Did I get the wrong person’?
Isn’t your name Liu Meiping? You work at the department store as the team head
of the handkerchief counter. You’re waiting for Wang Mingshui, a proctologist.
Who really’make a mistake, you or me?
LIU MEIPING: But there are two moles next to Wang Mingshui’s nose.
YANG ZHONG: Sure, the two moles are still there. He was driven away this
morning to see a leader who couldn’t stop bleeding. He didn’t want to upset you
so he made an urgent call to our company and requested a substitute for his date.
My name is Yang Zhong, an agent from the 3-T Company. Here’s my card.
LIU MEPING: (Hesitantly taking his card and glancing at it) 3-T Company?
5 MA QINGS APARTMENT / INTERIOR / DAY
YOUNG WOMAN: (Frowning, with angry eyes, curses hh QING) Why the hell
did you come back, you bastard? Go ahead, go bullshit with your buddies!