Li and Zhou: Wang Enters…
[Li and Zhou are having noodles outside of the office.]
Li
I’m not sure they had to go to that extreme and take down the maps.
Zhou
Well, what could they do? Go over it with a magic marker?
Li
Why didn’t they just put another map next to it?
Zhou
There can’t be any disputes about it, you know that.
Li
I suppose.
Zhou
Just because you like their food.
Li
I like the naan bread.
Zhou
You like more than that.
Li
I also like the things you mix with the naan bread, but it wouldn’t be the same without the naan bread.
Zhou
Do you see what I’m saying?
Li
Look this has nothing to do with my love for Indian food.
Zhou
So you admit it.
Li
I admit nothing.
[Wang, an internet censor walks over to the table and sees them talking.]
Wang
Hello, friends.
Li
Hi.
Zhou
Hello.
Wang
What are you working on? Something important?
Zhou
Well, we were just discussing –
Wang
I’m cracking down on the newest expression of freedom on the internet. People are chopping off the heads of characters to say “freedom.”
Zhou
Oh, I heard about that. It’s clever.
Wang
Yes, I bet you thought of it, didn’t you?
Zhou
No, of course not.
Wang
Of course not, you’d never be so clever.
Li
We’re just about to leave, Wang. I’m sorry, but we’ll have to have lunch some other time.
Wang
Going to spend the day nitpicking maps of China in newspapers?
Li
Well, yes.
Wang
That’s good. It affects a lot of people, the questions with the outlying provinces.
Li
Yeah-
Wang
I mean, it’s almost as important is internet issues, which affect all of China directly.
Li
I-
[Seeing Li is clearly agitated. Zhou tries to help him out:]
Zhou
Li, there’s that thing we have to do.
Li
Oh, yeah. Goodbye.
Wang
Goodbye!
Zhou
Goodbye!
[Li and Zhou walk out of the noodle shop.]
Li
Prick.