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PEIK LIN: These people aren't just rich, they're crazy rich.
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Look, there's new money all over Asia.
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We got the Beijing billionaires, the Taiwan tycoons,
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but the Young family, they're old-money rich.
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They had money when they left China in the 1800s
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and they went all the way down here.
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Not there. Here.
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They came to Singapore when there was
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nothing but jungle and pig farmers.
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There's a snake here eating an apple. You know what I mean?
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And they built all of this.
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Now they're the landlords
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of the most expensive city anywhere you can go.
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These people are so posh and snobby, they're snoshy. Ew.
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RACHEL CHU: Yeah, but Nick's not like that.
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PEIK LIN: Even if he isn't, I guarantee you the family is.
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Which is why tonight, you need to not
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look like Sebastian of the Little Mermaid.
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You know the little crab guy?
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[MUSIC] Look at this guy, he's sleeping.
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Come on. This isn't your grandma's, bro. God damnit.
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RACHEL CHU: Thank you for joining me.
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PEIK LIN: It's my one chance to see the Young family Mansion. [MUSIC]
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GPS: At the next intersection, make a U-turn.
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Make a U-turn.
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PEIK LIN: Are you sure you gave me the right address?
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The GPS says there's nothing here. Literally nothing.
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RACHEL CHU: I don't know why we're here.
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I mean, I put in the exact address.
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PEIK LIN: You copied and you pasted it?
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RACHEL CHU: Yeah.
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PEIK LIN: Did you just copy and paste jungle
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and kinda just threw it in there?
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RACHEL CHU: No.
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PEIK LIN: Because I feel like you actually used. Okay. All right.
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What's up. Hi. Someone just... Hello, sir.
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How are you? We're here for the party
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and we come in peace.
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RACHEL CHU: Do you know where the Young family house is?
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Nicholas Young. I'm Rachel Chu. I'm here to...
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PEIK LIN: Rachel Chu for the list, if there is a list.
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He's on the phone. Is that a gun knife?
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It's a knife gun. Okay, and there's a friend.
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Hi. Be very nice. We can go through? We're going through. Okay.
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Don't stab the car.
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RACHEL CHU: Thank you. Bye. [SOFT MUSIC]
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Oh my gosh. It's beautiful.
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PEIK LIN: Beautiful. It's 200 mill worth of real estate.
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It's spectacular.
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[MUSIC] Damn, Rachel.
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It's like the Asian bachelor.
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NICK: Hello, Gorgeous.
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Wow, I think I've just fallen in love
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with you all over again.
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PEIK LIN: Ahem. Rachel.
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NICK: I missed you too.
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RACHEL CHU: Yeah?
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NICK: What'd you get up to?
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PEIK LIN: Pst. Rachel.
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RACHEL CHU: Oh. This is my friend Peik Lin.
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NICK: Hi there.
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PEIK LIN: Howdy?
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NICK: Thank you very much for bringing Rachel.
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PEIK LIN: No worries.
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NICK: Do you want to stop by for some dinner?
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PEIK LIN: No, I couldn't impose.
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NICK: No, it's not a problem.
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PEIK LIN: I had some dinner plans...[OVERLAPPING] Yeah, I'm coming through.
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RACHEL CHU: I missed you.
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NICK: Did you?
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RACHEL CHU: Yeah.
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NICK: How was your day?
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PEIK LIN: No.
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RACHEL CHU: You have a cocktail dress in your trunk?
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PEIK LIN: I'm not an animal, Rachel. [LAUGHTER]
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RACHEL CHU: I thought this was just a family thing.
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NICK: My grandmother has invited
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some of her friends over tonight. [INAUDIBLE]
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It's a whole thing. Are you ready for this? [BACKGROUND NOISE]
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PEIK LIN: Oh, damn, Nick. It's a party, though. Okay. [MUSIC]
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NICK: The good bathrooms are upstairs
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and you can get changed in there.
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PEIK LIN: I'll be good. I'll find it. Thank you.
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RACHEL CHU: When you said you grew up in your grandma's house,
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I wasn't expecting this. Thank you.
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NICK: No, no, no. Those are for your fingers.
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Thank you very much.
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A little bit much, I know.
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RACHEL CHU: This place is gorgeous. I like the rolling green hills.
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I mean, there are armed guards out there and a giant tiger.
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NICK: That is Mr. Harriman.
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Well, my great-grandfather actually shot him
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when he ran into the house.
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Astrid and I, we used to light cigarettes in his paws.
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RACHEL CHU: Do you want to head in?
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NICK: Actually, I wanted to bring you over to my mum first.
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Come on.
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[MUSIC]
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[FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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NICK: Mom.
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NICK'S MOM: You need a haircut, so unkempt.
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And you look tired from your trip.
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I'm going to ask the cook to make you some herbal soup.
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[FOREIGN] I'll send it to the hotel later.
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NICK: Mom, this is Rachel Chu.
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RACHEL CHU: Oh, my gosh. I'm so happy to meet you, Mrs. Young,
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or [FOREIGN], right?
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I'm learning the lingo.
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NICK'S MOM: I'm very glad to finally meet you, too.
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I'm sorry Nick's father couldn't be here.
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He was called to business in Shanghai.
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NICK: I told Rachel when duty calls, Dad answers.
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NICK'S MOM: As it should be.
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Nick tells me you're a professor, too. What do you teach?
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RACHEL CHU: I teach economics.
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NICK: And she's brilliant. NYU's youngest faculty member.
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NICK'S MOM: [FOREIGN] Economics, sounds challenging.
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Are your parents academics as well?
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RACHEL CHU: No. Well, my dad actually died before I was born
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and my mom didn't even go to college.
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She actually hardly spoke any English
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when she immigrated to the United States.
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But she worked really hard and she studied
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and she earned her real estate license
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while she was waiting tables to support us.
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Now she likes to say that she's Flushing's
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top real estate broker.
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NICK'S MOM: Self-made woman.
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She must be so proud of you.
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RACHEL CHU: Well, she knows that I'm passionate about what I do
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and she's always wanted that for me.
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NICK'S MOM: Pursuing one's passion. How American.
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Well, your mother's very open-minded,
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not like here, where parents are obsessed
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with shaping the life of the children.
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Go ahead. I'll be out in a minute.
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Rachel, it was lovely meeting you.
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RACHEL CHU: Thank you, you too.
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Okay, she hates me.
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NICK: She takes a little minute
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to warm up and get there.