I agree. I relate to that line, especially at my job when I dealt with a customer who spoke only Spanish. Not even a single word of English he knew. I went and did all the talking. That was when I started working.
This scene is great, I loved Mr. Wu's process of seeing which car hit his store. Such as which sound the car made by the horn and even finding a dried squid in the car. 😆The part where he speaks English to Tennessee and Jim was the cherry on top. Love this movie
Beautiful Video I love herbie and I love that Tennessee speaks in cantons, it is a pity that from this great movie there are very few actors alive, dean jones died, buddy hackect died, and davis tomlinson also died, but herbie is still there after all. A hug from sanabria (zamora, spain ) .
As of November 2023, the only cast members remaining are Michelle Lee (Carol), Nicole Jaffe (the girl in the dune buggy), and Peter Renaday (the young cop on the Golden Gate Bridge).
I believe when Buddy started speaking Cantonese, Michelle Lee was watching and supporting from behind the camera. Buddy was nervous to mess up and make Benson Fong upset.
Not speaking Cantonese myself, I used to think this was a toned-down version of Hackett's cringey old "no tickee, no shirtee" routine. Learning how dedicated he was to getting it right for this scene has really improved my opinion of him.
Sorry for the brutal translation because i can only barely understand about 70% of what Tennessee is saying... greetings sir, how are you? good health, etc... and something about my friend loves this car (this part i couldn't understand)? this is a fast car, look at the number, it's 53, is it this car (referring to the print article)? i want herbie!
If Jim Douglas had no money to live on and he couldn't pay Mr. Wu for the damages to his shop, then why didn't Mr. Wu claim on the insurance for his shop? Was Mr. Wu not insured for vandalism or damages to his shop? Also, if Mr. Wu was extremely wealthy and had a number of varied enterprises, surely he could have afforded to pay for the damages. Mr. Wu should have let Jim Douglas keep the prize money that he made in El Dorado, as Jim and Tennessee barely had enough money to eat or sleep, whereas Mr. Wu was very rich (like Peter Thorndyke was).
Circumstances. His shop might be struggling and even being a man of respect in the Chinese American community outside San Francisco is enough to keep it afloat. The damages will cut in whatever profits he made that year. Some certain customers coming to his shop might not believe in money and try to barter with songs or flowers in order to have dried squid. Some lingering anti-Chinese sentiment was still present and Wu could have accused Jim and Tennessee of working for some white supremacist trying to run him out of business out of bigotry (thankfully, he does not). To let Jim off the hook in his eyes would be like caving to bullies and embolden more racial violence in a time when there was plenty of it. Then there's Alonzo Hawk in the next movie who, according to Nicole, "drove 30-old-time Chinese families off the Grand Avenue just to make room for his skyscraper." I like to think Wu was one of the victims of that. So, if Wu only did what you suggested, he was going to lose long term in the last chance. For all we know in the current canon, his acquiring of Thorndyke's dealership allowed for Wu to have something to fall back on after Hawk came along (and Hawk is rich enough to make Messrs. Wu and Thorndyke look like men of limited means by comparison), assuming he was still alive in the events of Herbie Rides Again.
It's a little challenge between both men to both get what they want. Jim needs to finish the race matches and can't just let Herbie go, since without him he won't win and especially Jim will look like a disgrace as a person to forfeit. Since he already had enough previously. Mr. Wu needs payment for his damages that Herbie accidentally caused, but instead wants herbie since actually having him is payment itself in his eyes and he would find another way himself to pay for the damages. Now, with Jim's offer is a nice way of saying without eventually getting him back from Mr. Wu to Mr. Wu's face. It's like this, "I will borrow YOUR (Previously my Car) car to get the money you need". Asking only $1 in return for the car, which is very small, only $7.27 in this years worth which Jim could only afford, since he is poor already and desperately wants Herbie back. The Second half of this is hilarious to me. Mr. Wu knows this is either him keeping Herbie forever or getting the prize money. He doesn't know yet at this point. Since after all he has to wait and see if Jim wins or not. I am sure Mr. Wu doesn't have an immediate plan before Jim mentions his offer on what he would exactly do to satisfy both or one of the other satisfactions either his personal and/or business situations. But that's a whole other story to talk about. Bottom line. It's in most men to have a satisfying bet, and to more play with these men in this and become friends with them for this temporary sake (eventually becomes life long in the end) is more rewarding in itself than either just getting the money and leave, or herbie and leave OR money AND Herbie and leave! Since after all, Mr. Wu is a "car buff" and part of the vehicle atmosphere is competition! With Jim's offer involving racing, it screams for him to be excited to watch. Which causes him to say (my point of the funny part) "Now you speak MY Language!" -That line cracks me up every time HARD every time I see it!
@@michaelbutorac5114 Its a win-win bet for Mr. Wu. If Jim wins,Mr.Wu gets the prize money. If he loses, Mr. Wu gets to keep Herbie. You better believe Wu and Jim speak the same language.
Because Herbie caused the damages to Mr. Wu's business, Jim couldn't afford to pay. Tennessee barters with Mr. Wu. Jim says that if he wins the El Dorado, the prize money will benefit Mr. Wu, but Wu will have to sell Herbie back to Jim for $1.
