FADE IN
Act 1
MONTAGE OF PETER'S MORNING AND AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES
A. Urban home. PETER completes his daily streaks in Duolingo.
B. Golden bay. Peter strives to swim against the curents.
C. NT home. Peter starts up dust-covered cars.
D. Management office. Peter files a return and gets forms.
E. Home studio. Peter practises the piano by playing: A Summer Place.
F. Highway, Peter drives a silver coupe with tired eyes.
END MONTAGE
INT. BEDROOM - 16:30
Having set a phone alarm, Peter rests in bed.
PETER (V.O): I felt sleepy while driving home...but a 18:30 reception is coming up.
Act 2
INT. HONG KONG CLUB - 18:15
Lobby. Peter and CK walk up the stairs to the China room.
CK: Your concept of IP trading is now taking shape...
PETER: You've been so supportive of my initiative...you've a hand in it too.
A backdrop depicting "APAA (HKG)'s 50th Anniversary". HENRY greets Peter.
PETER: Thank you for including me...I'm early.
HENRY: Someone has to come early...Do you know there's an APAA song?
PETER: No, Who wrote it?
Later, OWEN chats with Peter.
OWEN: I still remember your promotion of smell marks...You said Hong Kong, as the Fragant Harbour, should market smells...
PETER: I still believe in it...and other non-device marks ie sound, taste and touch.
Later, TIM chats with Peter.
TIM: I go to all World IP Day celebrations...the one at Tsimshatsui was special.
PETER: Oh yes, it was an open concert...
TIM: And you wrote a World IP Day song...
PETER (V.O): Oh, I 've nearly forgotten about it.
Later, BRENDA, JOYCE and OTHERS chat with Peter.
BRENDA: ..You didn't see me at the BIP Asia Forum...
We then hear Brenda humping:...Let's get together...
PETER: Oh, you can still sing my song...
Later, BARRY chats with Peter.
BARRY: ...You've been doing voluntary work at HKUST...I happened to know Nancy's husband Clive...
PETER (V.O): When I left Govt, Barry organised a talk so that I might do indirect marketing...
Later, seeing DAVID and THOMAS chatting with ANDREW, Peter intervenes.
PETER: You know...I learn everything from Andrew!
ANDREW: No!
DAVID & THOMAS: We learn from both of you!
Andrew and Peter look lost.
DAVID & THOMAS: We're still studying the LRC Report on the Law Relating to Copyright.
PETER (V.O): Andrew and I worked on it tirelessly from 1988-1994.
Later, we see ANDREA and RUBY shaking hands warmly with Peter. Then, when Peter sees a gentleman in wheelchair on a large screen, he chats with ANGUS.
PETER: Robin was lucky. He survived the 1972 landslide that wiped out his apartment...
ANGUS: My friend also escaped, as he had gone out to buy cigerettes.
Soon, SHIREEN and ANNIE approach Peter.
PETER (To Shireen): How's Alfred, your Dad?
SHIREEN: Err...he has just been hospitalized...
PETER: Oh dear, let me visit him tomorrow...
Act 3
INT. BEDROOM - 22:45
Peter inserts an AI drawing entitled: "The Ties That Bind..." to a draft in his laptop.
PETER (V.O): There is value in connection - I even learned some Jeet Kune Do from Lewis!
Thinking.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): The ties that bind us in friendship is tougher than I imagine.
Reflecting.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): True friends are never apart, might be in distance, but never in heart.
FADE OUT
THE END
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