Ping Pong

Sam Wong dies in a London Chinatown telephone booth after making a final call. His sudden death triggers the will's execution and sets the stage for family tensions to unfold.

Law clerk Elaine Choi is tasked with executing Sam Wong's will. She becomes the central mediator tasked with persuading the reluctant beneficiaries to sign.

Choi attends Wong's funeral and reads the will to the family. The document outlines multiple bequests and the conditions attached to each gift.

The will leaves Mike a restaurant on the condition that it is run as a traditional Chinese restaurant, while Jimmy Lee may receive a separate restaurant if he agrees to run it. These stipulations reveal tensions between preserving tradition and pursuing modern business plans.

Ah Ying is bequeathed the family home and the warehouse, securing a base for the Wong family. This allocation deepens the sense of duty and foreshadows future family frictions.

A total of £90,000 is to be shared equally among Mike, Jimmy Lee, and Cherry. The windfall highlights how wealth can cement family ties or fuel competing ambitions.

Cherry is awarded the family store in addition to the cash bequest. The loss of the warehouse and the store's gift deepen the family rifts and disappointment.

The family farm is left to Mr. Chen on the condition that he visits weekly. Chen, an immigrant with deep Chinatown ties, becomes a focal point in the evolving loyalties of the clan.

Sarah Lee is named as a beneficiary of a vintage sports car, but only if she learns to drive. The inclusion of this unknown recipient underscores how the will tests unlikely heirs.

Mr. Wong's final wish is to be buried in his home village in China, but the Chinese embassy requires a family member to accompany the body. The relatives initially refuse, delaying the process.

Choi acts as the go-between, negotiating with wary relatives to obtain signatures. The process reveals stubborn loyalties and threatens to derail the will.

Ah Ying signs and agrees to accompany the body to China, prompting Cherry to sign as well. Choi's negotiations push forward, and she begins to fall in love with Mike, adding a personal twist to the arrangements.

On the day the body is to be sent to China, Mike signs and agrees to accompany his mother. The farm scene reveals that Mr. Chen has left Chinatown and the farm is now in his hands, while Choi and Mike's relationship deepens as she receives a traditional dress from him. Choi discovers Wong's last phone call to his brother in China about their visit to the village.