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[footsteps]

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[phone alarm ringing]

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[Mayly Tao]
If you are a son or a daughter

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of an immigrant family
who runs a small business,

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you can definitely identify with

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spending a lot of time

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in the shop.
-[toothbrush vibrating]

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Oh, it's just hard
to wake up at four.

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Everybody else is asleep
in the world.

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-[car engine revving]
-♪ [indistinct] baby ♪

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♪ [indistinct] baby ♪

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♪ [indistinct] ♪

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♪ Cash rules everything
around me ♪

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♪ Quick get the money ♪

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♪ Dollar dollar bill y'all ♪

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[man 1] My parents
had strong work ethic.

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It was seven days a week,
365 days out of the year,

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no days off.

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[man 2] All your donuts
are ready.

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[man 1]
My dad woke me up 5:00 a.m.

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every Saturday morning,
to come in and help him.

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[woman 1] It's hard labor.
It's physical, and no breaks.

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I was working since I was 10.

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-We have the next generation
helping here.

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We don't just have kids.
We have future employees.

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[woman 3] You did it, thank you.

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[woman 4] Growing up with
my parents, helping them out.

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This is the only thing I know.

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[woman 5] When I was younger,

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I kind of always thought
everyone owned donut shops

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'cause my parents
owned donut shops.

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No matter
how much donuts we make,

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it's just all gone,
all the time.

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I went to my uncle's house
when I was in fifth grade,

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he pulled out
this newspaper scrap.

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When I found out
about Ted, I was like,

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"Oh, actually, this is what
our family does for business."

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♪ Cash rules
everything around me ♪

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♪ Quick get the money ♪

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♪ Dollar dollar bill y'all ♪

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-Uncle Ted has a very
interesting reputation

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in our family.

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[violin playing]

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[woman 1] I don't know much
about Uncle Ted.

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I've only met him once.

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[man] I don't know much
about him.

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I-I used to see him a lot
when I was a kid.

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[woman 2]
What I heard about him

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was that he had a lot of money, had a lot of shops.

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[woman 3] He established a path
for Cambodian refugees

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to actually have
an opportunity in America.

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[Chuong Lee] I love America.

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I'm so proud
that I live in America.

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I have my freedom.
I can do whatever I want.

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I'm not the only successful
Cambodian-owned donut shop.

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There are many,
many out there,

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because Uncle Ted
brought us here.

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And they are all
hard-working people.

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[violin notes playing]

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[woman] It really is about
tryin' to understand

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where you've come from.

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[woman] Ted Ngoy shaped
an entire ethnic community.

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[man] He's a legend and...

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he's the king of donuts.

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In most of America,
there's an average

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of about one donut shop
for every 30,000 people.

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[skateboard slides]

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In LA, there's one donut
shop for every 7,000 people.

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[man] Donuts are--
are everywhere here.

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Seems like there's one
in every strip mall,

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all originated
with Ted Ngoy.

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[man] I mean, 5,000
independent donut shops

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in California today...

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90% owned by Cambodians.

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[woman] Customer favorite.

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[man] Time to make the donuts.

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[Homer Simpson] Mm, donuts.

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[man] Donuts. Go nuts.

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[man] Dunkin' Donuts
found it so hard

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to break into the LA market
that in the late '90s,

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they gave up.

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The Cambodians
have that market on lock.

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[woman]
This is an important story.

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This is an exciting story.

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[man] A very new one to tell.
Everybody knows it.

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[woman] America's Donut King.

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[footsteps]

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[door opens]

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[Greg Nichols] Ted started
working in a gas station.

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[Ted sniffs]

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[Greg Nichols] One day,
he smelled this,

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this great fragrance,

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and he asked his coworker
what it was.

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And his coworker said,
"Oh, that's a donut shop."

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[Ted Ngoy] I remember,
it was a slow night

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about midnight,
and there was no traffic.

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I run real fast...
come to this window right here.

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I say, "Lady, I would like
to buy some donut."

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She said, "OK, I'll sell you
a dozen donuts."

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I fall in love with donut,

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from that moment
that I have a bite.

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Donuts remind me
of a cake called

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"Nom Kong" in Cambodia.

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[Mayly Tao] Donut tastes like
a little bit of your
childhood...

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when you're eating it
and experiencing it.

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This nostalgic feeling,

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it just sticks with you
throughout your adulthood.

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-Very tasty! [chuckles]

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[Greg Nichols] He saw that
the doughnuts were delicious,

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of course, but he also saw
something else,

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that it was the middle
of the night

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and this donut shop
was doing a brisk business.

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-So I ask, "Lady,
if I can save up to $3,000,

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do you think I can open
a donut shop like this?"

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And she said, "No!
Don't open your own donut shop,

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just go to learn
from Winchell's."

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[advertisement] Our reputation
for quality, service,

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and cleanliness began here.

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This is our first
Winchell's Donut House.

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[entrance detector rings]

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-Well, it's been long time, sir.
-It's good to see you.

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Yes. Good to see you.
-Oh, oh,

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very good to see you. Wow.
-You're lookin' good.

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-I'm looking good?
-You eat a lot of donuts, huh?

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-[laughs] A lot of donuts...

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I still love eating donuts.

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-Good, good, good
-Yeah.

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-What kind of donuts
do you want?

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-Well... always like
my favorite one is glazed donut.

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Glazed donut should be OK.

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So beautiful!

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And I need one small
cup of coffee.

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Mmm.

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You trained me in La Mirada.

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[Mel Allison]
La Mirada store out front.

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[Ted Ngoy] The headquarters,

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you remember?
-[Mel Allison] Yeah.

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After the first week
in training,

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I knew he was gonna be good,

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'cause he listened to me,
accepted everything.

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And he was very aggressive
and very interested.

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And the donut business
is not easy.

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-It's been 44 year now.

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-Yeah.
-I remember that I was

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only 33-33 years old. 33.

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Now, I'm 77.

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[Mel Allison] Seventy-seven?
You're still a kid.

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-[laughs] Still
a kid to compare you, 91!

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-Yeah.

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[Ted Ngoy] In 1975, I feel that
Winchell's training program

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will give me the opportunity
to become somebody.

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[advertisement] Winchell's
great place to work,

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to grow, and to park.

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[Ted Ngoy] When I started,

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they asked me, "Ted,

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what did you do
in Cambodia?"

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I said, "I was a major
in the army."

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"Why you here for?"

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"Because of the war."

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[bomb explosion]

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[Ted Ngoy] If I stayed,
they would killed me."

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[bomb explosion]

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[rapid gunfire]

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[reporter] For years,
Cambodia lived on the edge

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of the Indochina War.

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Now, suddenly, it is in it.

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[army truck revving]

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[Ted Ngoy] When I see
all these old tanks,

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I remember the war.

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[army truck revving]

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Phnom Penh
is a totally chaotic,

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every day, every minute,

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there's gunfire,

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there's a rocket bomb.

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[army tank gun shoots]

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We lived in hell.

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[Christy]
They're getting so close.

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[speaking Cambodian language]

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[army tank gunfire]

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Sometime, we were sleeping,

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we heard the bombing,
everybody say,

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"Come down, come down!"

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[reporter] In Cambodia,
the Communist forces there

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are the Khmer Rouge,

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and their goal is to
overthrow the government.

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-My brother-in-law,

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he was a general
in the army.

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He gave Ted a position.

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[Ted Ngoy] My job is to
take care of the payroll,

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take over
the training program.

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We need to train soldiers

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to go back and fight
against the communists.

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[Christy] They assigned him
to go to Thailand.

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So, we followed him,
me and my two kids.

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[reporter] In Cambodia,
enemy forces fought their way

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to within 10 miles

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of the Cambodian capital
of Phnom Penh,

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and US B-52 bombers
and helicopter gunships

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were called in
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One result of the fighting

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has been to create a lot more
Cambodian refugees.

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More than one million people
have fled Phnom Penh.

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Government welfare workers admit

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the new surge is due mostly to
American bombing.

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Congress has said,
"Enough of the bombing,"

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and the president,
angry and disappointed,

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has promised to obey the law.

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[Christy] The Khmer Rouge

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just keep bombing

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almost every night.

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I told my parents,

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"I live in Thailand...

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Why don't you come
and live with us?"

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But they're older,
so they don't want to come.

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[somber violin notes playing]

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[truck engine revving]

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[Ted Ngoy]
On the 15th of April 1975,

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I was in Phnom Penh

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to collect the payroll.

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[truck engine revving]

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We were surrounded
by Khmer Rouge.

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[soldier whistling]

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Every day,

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we know we are closer to fall,

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but we do not know when.

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[people panicking,
rumbling explosions]

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[child crying]

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[ambulance siren wailing]

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[Ted Ngoy]
Everybody want to get out,

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but couldn't get out.

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All civilian airline
stopped flying already.

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[people clamor in panic]

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The only chance I can
get out from Phnom Penh

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is through
the military airplane.

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[telephone ringing]

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So, suddenly I received
a call from American pilot.

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He said, "Ted,

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do you want to go back
to see your family?"

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My father-in-law said, "Son,

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you must leave. Now."

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When he sent me
to the airport, he knew

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Cambodia is falling.

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"Please take care
of my daughter."

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See, that was still fresh
in my mind.

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And I waved for him,

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and he waved and he left.

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The rocket... shelling...
everywhere...

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so I had to wait to see
where the rocket fall.

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The captain said, "Ted, are you ready? Let's go!"

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[bomb explodes]

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[Walter Cronkite]
After five years of fighting,

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and 250,000 deaths,
the war in Cambodia is over.

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What was left of Cambodia's
non-communist government

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surrendered unconditionally
today

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to the Khmer Rouge insurgents.

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-My father, we lost him...
I don't know where he is.

259
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We don't hear anything from him.

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[reporter] From the air,
of the city of Phnom Penh

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seemed almost deserted.

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There was some traffic,
but very little of it.

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We were able to see a car
here and there.

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There were also
tales of executions,

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none of them
firsthand reports.

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[Ted Ngoy] They closed door and
they killed people by million.

267
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I was in Bangkok,
happy we were family,

268
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but we know it's end of it.

269
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We can never go back
to the country.

270
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But then, where we go?

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[William Mimiaga]
1975, I was, uh,

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stationed with the 11th Marines,

273
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and I was a warrant officer
at the time.

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And April 30th,
we had gotten the word

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that refugees would be coming
to, uh, Camp Pendleton.

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We all wondered where.

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[Faye Jonason]
There were tons of refugees.

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I mean, you have thousands
and thousands of people

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trying to flee for their lives.

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The world's looking at you
for one.

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What were you going to do?

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[William Mimiaga] Gerald Ford realized that this was a crisis.

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They did serve us,
they supported us.

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We have a moral obligation,
if anything,

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to bring these people in.

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[reporter]
But a lot of people,

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including the governor
of California,

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are deeply concerned

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that these refugees
are being brought here.

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[Governor Jerry Brown]
When we have a million people

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out of work... uh,
when we have uh, our own people

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taxed to the hilt,

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uh, I'm just very slow to just uh, open the floodgates

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and say, "Come on in"

295
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unless we provide a way
to put Americans to work.

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[President Gerald Ford] I understand the attitude of some.

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We have serious
economic problems.

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But we're a country
built by immigrants.

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And despite
our economic problems,

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I'm convinced that the vast
majority of Americans today

301
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want these people to have
another opportunity

302
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to escape the probability
of death.

303
00:14:07,294 --> 00:14:10,194
And therefore, I applaud those
who feel that way.

304
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[William Mimiaga] And once the commanding general

305
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gives an order,
oh, you follow it,

306
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whether you like it or not.
And that's what we did.

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-They had 24 hours
to set up the first camp.

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Digging trenches, getting coats, getting blankets,

309
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getting cots, getting food,
whatever they had to have.

310
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-Eighty-two
of my Marines and myself,

311
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we helped construct tent camp
number five, up in Talega.

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[Faye Jonason] We had
over 50,000 people

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through this space.

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[Ted Ngoy] I can go
to any country,

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but I choose to America
because I love America.

316
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-"I pledge
allegiance to the flag

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of the United States
of America..."

318
00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:11,634
-We don't know much
about America,

319
00:15:11,772 --> 00:15:14,775
only some music, you know,
we heard on the radio.

320
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[music playing on radio]

321
00:15:17,364 --> 00:15:19,125
-Well, I like
cowboy movie, you know?

322
00:15:19,263 --> 00:15:20,712
[horse neighing]

323
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The cowboys...
the horse... fighting.

324
00:15:23,060 --> 00:15:24,130
[rapid gunfire]

325
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[horse neighing]

326
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[♪♪♪]

327
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[reporter] They are
America's newest immigrants,

328
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the first refugees,
on their ways to

329
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temporary shelter
at Camp Pendleton.

330
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[Ted Ngoy] It's a long flight,

331
00:15:40,870 --> 00:15:43,011
but it's comfortable.
It's OK.

332
00:15:43,149 --> 00:15:44,840
I just pray to Buddha,

333
00:15:44,978 --> 00:15:46,531
to bless my family

334
00:15:46,669 --> 00:15:48,671
to start a new life.

335
00:15:48,809 --> 00:15:50,432
[Christy] When we got here,
it was like,

336
00:15:50,570 --> 00:15:51,709
early in the morning

337
00:15:51,847 --> 00:15:53,504
like 2 or 3 in the morning.

338
00:15:53,642 --> 00:15:55,955
It was so dark and so cold.

339
00:15:57,646 --> 00:15:59,234
Oh, my god!

340
00:15:59,372 --> 00:16:01,305
I was scared, really.

341
00:16:02,927 --> 00:16:04,480
You feel like...

342
00:16:04,618 --> 00:16:06,379
lost. You know?

343
00:16:10,176 --> 00:16:11,832
[William Mimiaga]
You just left your home.

344
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You left all your possessions.

345
00:16:13,765 --> 00:16:15,871
Whatever you carried with you,
that was it.

346
00:16:17,562 --> 00:16:18,770
And come to Camp Pendleton,

347
00:16:18,908 --> 00:16:21,221
and then be put in a tent
on a hard cot.

348
00:16:21,359 --> 00:16:22,740
And that's tough.

349
00:16:24,535 --> 00:16:27,227
[Ted Ngoy] Eight of us
went to US.

350
00:16:27,365 --> 00:16:29,505
Me and my wife,
my three children,

351
00:16:29,643 --> 00:16:32,267
my nephew
and my two cousin.

352
00:16:32,405 --> 00:16:34,027
The first thing in my mind is

353
00:16:34,165 --> 00:16:36,167
"How are we going to survive?"

354
00:16:37,237 --> 00:16:39,343
[reporter] There are still
a lot of unanswered questions

355
00:16:39,481 --> 00:16:40,689
about life in America.

356
00:16:40,827 --> 00:16:43,036
Where will they settle
eventually?

357
00:16:43,174 --> 00:16:44,865
How will they live,
raising their children

358
00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:47,178
in a new and unfamiliar place?

359
00:16:47,316 --> 00:16:49,077
But there really
is no alternative.

360
00:16:49,215 --> 00:16:53,115
The old familiar place
is home no more.

361
00:16:53,253 --> 00:16:55,635
-We sold all our belongings.

362
00:16:55,773 --> 00:16:58,810
We make like $3,000,

363
00:16:58,948 --> 00:17:00,916
that's all we had.

364
00:17:01,054 --> 00:17:02,055
-It was very important

365
00:17:02,193 --> 00:17:04,713
to help the refugees
get settled,

366
00:17:04,851 --> 00:17:06,853
and to make them feel safe.

367
00:17:06,991 --> 00:17:09,442
Whatever was needed,
people were willing to help,

368
00:17:09,580 --> 00:17:11,306
and there were ads
put in on the radio

369
00:17:11,444 --> 00:17:14,205
and in the newspapers,
and people answered.

370
00:17:15,413 --> 00:17:18,382
There was a lot of
entertainment going on.

371
00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,661
Education classes
to teach them English,

372
00:17:21,799 --> 00:17:23,249
medical services.

373
00:17:23,387 --> 00:17:25,044
[♪♪♪]

374
00:17:25,182 --> 00:17:27,080
-The kids could go out and play.

375
00:17:27,218 --> 00:17:28,806
Uh, I-I mean, all night long,
you could hear

376
00:17:28,944 --> 00:17:31,119
their little voices
chirpin' out there.

377
00:17:32,534 --> 00:17:34,294
It warms your heart.

378
00:17:34,432 --> 00:17:37,918
It was a new life.
It was a beginning.

379
00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:40,956
[♪♪♪]

380
00:17:41,094 --> 00:17:42,682
[Betty Ford]
The road may seem long.

381
00:17:42,820 --> 00:17:47,894
But I'm sure that you will find when you're diligent,

382
00:17:48,032 --> 00:17:49,309
you will be happy.

383
00:17:49,447 --> 00:17:53,141
And we will be proud
to have you as citizens

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00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:56,178
of the United States.
Thank you.

385
00:17:56,316 --> 00:17:57,524
[crowd applauds]

386
00:17:57,662 --> 00:17:59,906
-We know our lives
are safe, we're safe.

387
00:18:00,044 --> 00:18:02,426
Food is a lot... better.

388
00:18:02,564 --> 00:18:04,324
-Food...? No... [laughs]

389
00:18:04,462 --> 00:18:07,707
[drumroll]

390
00:18:07,845 --> 00:18:09,985
Mashed potato...

391
00:18:10,123 --> 00:18:11,435
...macaroni...

392
00:18:11,573 --> 00:18:13,333
...this and that...

393
00:18:13,471 --> 00:18:16,198
I couldn't take it anymore...
[laughs]

394
00:18:16,336 --> 00:18:17,993
-It was SOS, what we called,

395
00:18:18,131 --> 00:18:19,305
you know,
shit on the shingle.

396
00:18:19,443 --> 00:18:21,583
You have your bread right there, you have meat,

397
00:18:21,721 --> 00:18:26,070
and then you have this...
gray matter poured over it.

398
00:18:26,208 --> 00:18:28,486
-No, we don't like it.

399
00:18:28,624 --> 00:18:31,662
Not to me... no! [laughs]

400
00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,733
We just eat to survive,

401
00:18:33,871 --> 00:18:35,976
because we don't have
anything else.

402
00:18:36,805 --> 00:18:38,324
[Ted Ngoy] I stayed in the camp
for one month.

403
00:18:38,462 --> 00:18:41,637
We heard this family left camp,
that family left camp...

404
00:18:41,775 --> 00:18:44,261
And we wondered,
"When will be our turn?"

405
00:18:44,399 --> 00:18:46,746
[reporter] The key to getting out of the refugee camp

406
00:18:46,884 --> 00:18:48,541
is having an American sponsor

407
00:18:48,679 --> 00:18:51,268
who promises
at least temporary lodging.

408
00:18:51,406 --> 00:18:53,718
Church groups
and the Red Cross

409
00:18:53,856 --> 00:18:56,721
are trying to find sponsors
for the refugees.

410
00:18:56,859 --> 00:18:58,309
[Ted Ngoy] Finally,

411
00:18:58,447 --> 00:19:00,139
there's an announcement
that a church

412
00:19:00,277 --> 00:19:03,797
in Tustin
will sponsor my family.

413
00:19:08,008 --> 00:19:10,632
[Faye Jonason] A sponsor
needed to find a way

414
00:19:10,770 --> 00:19:13,324
to house them,
get them a job,

415
00:19:13,462 --> 00:19:14,912
make sure
that they got their kids

416
00:19:15,050 --> 00:19:19,054
enrolled in the school,
got transportation.

417
00:19:19,192 --> 00:19:21,436
It's something like you would do
for your own kids.

418
00:19:22,954 --> 00:19:26,751
[Christy] Peace Lutheran Church
in Tustin sponsored us.

419
00:19:26,889 --> 00:19:29,754
[Ted Ngoy] Pastor Dean Beaumont
and his family

420
00:19:29,892 --> 00:19:32,757
always come and take care
of our daily living.

421
00:19:33,965 --> 00:19:36,209
He's very, very gentle

422
00:19:36,347 --> 00:19:38,211
and very kind.

423
00:19:38,349 --> 00:19:40,386
-They put us in a church

424
00:19:40,524 --> 00:19:42,974
temporarily, for a week.

425
00:19:43,112 --> 00:19:44,976
They don't have shower, right?

426
00:19:45,114 --> 00:19:47,427
So, our sponsor,
every couple days,

427
00:19:47,565 --> 00:19:50,913
he took all of us to his house
and take a shower there.

428
00:19:51,776 --> 00:19:53,261
[Savy Ngoy]
I don't remember coming here.

429
00:19:53,399 --> 00:19:55,263
I don't remember on the plane.

430
00:19:55,401 --> 00:19:57,023
But I remember that clearly.
-[Chet Ngoy chuckling]

431
00:19:57,161 --> 00:19:58,266
-God, we were so happy.

432
00:19:58,404 --> 00:19:59,681
"Oh, we get to go shower!"

433
00:19:59,819 --> 00:20:01,545
[water sprinkling]

434
00:20:01,683 --> 00:20:04,272
-Once in a while, they invite
my children and myself

435
00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:08,103
for barbecue
and swimming at his pool.

436
00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:12,728
-It was so happy.
Oh, so nice. [laughs]

437
00:20:12,866 --> 00:20:15,628
[water splashes]

438
00:20:15,766 --> 00:20:18,562
[Ted Ngoy] I was a custodian
at the church.

439
00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:21,668
When I need something,
I just come here

440
00:20:21,806 --> 00:20:24,637
to use the broom
and use supplies

441
00:20:24,775 --> 00:20:27,122
to clean the church.

442
00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:29,883
I asked Dean Beaumont,
my sponsor,

443
00:20:30,021 --> 00:20:34,233
I said, "I don't think I can raise my family on $500/month."

444
00:20:34,371 --> 00:20:35,958
Then, he found me another job

445
00:20:36,096 --> 00:20:38,651
as a gas station attendant

446
00:20:38,789 --> 00:20:42,206
and also salesperson
at a Builder's Emporium.

447
00:20:42,344 --> 00:20:43,966
working almost 24 hours a day.

448
00:20:44,104 --> 00:20:46,072
We managed to do it because

449
00:20:46,210 --> 00:20:48,247
when you're poor,
when you need something,

450
00:20:48,385 --> 00:20:50,801
you always, uh...
make it happen.

451
00:20:50,939 --> 00:20:53,459
[Chet Ngoy] I went to school
behind the church there.

452
00:20:53,597 --> 00:20:55,668
I remember stealing
kids' lunches.

453
00:20:55,806 --> 00:20:58,049
[Chet and Savy laughing]

454
00:20:58,187 --> 00:20:59,223
-Me too.

455
00:20:59,361 --> 00:21:02,088
I used to...
during break time,

456
00:21:02,226 --> 00:21:04,021
'cause my parents were poor
and they didn't have money,

457
00:21:04,159 --> 00:21:06,057
so they wouldn't
send us any food.

458
00:21:06,195 --> 00:21:09,854
So, I would go in all the lunches and take snacks,

459
00:21:09,992 --> 00:21:12,201
Twinkies, and Ding Dongs,
and eat them

460
00:21:12,340 --> 00:21:14,273
because I was so happy.
I was so hungry.

461
00:21:14,411 --> 00:21:16,654
Like, "Oh my god,
this is so yummy."

462
00:21:16,792 --> 00:21:18,380
And then one day,
I got caught.

463
00:21:18,518 --> 00:21:19,795
-Uh-oh.

464
00:21:19,933 --> 00:21:20,693
-[Chet Ngoy laughs]
-And they took

465
00:21:20,831 --> 00:21:22,626
me to the principal's office.

466
00:21:22,764 --> 00:21:26,250
I was so embarrassed but,
you know, we were hungry.

467
00:21:28,735 --> 00:21:30,323
[William Mimiaga] Everyone
wants the same thing.

468
00:21:30,461 --> 00:21:33,153
They want the peace of mind
knowing they're safe,

469
00:21:33,292 --> 00:21:35,086
knowing their children are safe,

470
00:21:35,224 --> 00:21:37,744
being able to provide
and put food on the table,

471
00:21:37,882 --> 00:21:39,194
clothes on the back.

472
00:21:39,332 --> 00:21:41,541
Always wanting more
for your own

473
00:21:41,679 --> 00:21:44,475
than that you had for yourself.

474
00:21:44,613 --> 00:21:47,202
Cambodians were no different.

475
00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:50,688
Sad part about it is, they
lost their country.

476
00:21:52,172 --> 00:21:53,450
That doesn't leave you.

477
00:21:55,003 --> 00:21:56,936
[♪♪♪]

478
00:21:59,456 --> 00:22:00,698
[Ted Ngoy] So, for my family,

479
00:22:00,836 --> 00:22:02,735
American dream
is very, very important.

480
00:22:02,873 --> 00:22:05,945
[children saying pledge
of allegiance together]

481
00:22:06,083 --> 00:22:09,051
[Ted Ngoy] If you can
achieve American dream,

482
00:22:09,189 --> 00:22:10,881
you can achieve any project.

483
00:22:11,019 --> 00:22:12,952
We know our future's
going to be different

484
00:22:13,090 --> 00:22:14,678
and we live in high hope.

485
00:22:14,816 --> 00:22:17,232
[peppy music]

486
00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:20,373
[rapper]
♪ Man! I'm so hungry man ♪

487
00:22:20,511 --> 00:22:22,271
♪ And I need bread

488
00:22:22,410 --> 00:22:23,790
♪ And I'm parched huh ♪

489
00:22:23,928 --> 00:22:25,136
-[cash register clicking]
-[rapper] ♪ Man I need to...

490
00:22:25,274 --> 00:22:26,724
♪ I need to get
This bread man ♪

491
00:22:26,862 --> 00:22:28,036
♪ For real ♪

492
00:22:28,174 --> 00:22:29,244
♪ I need that bread
That dough ♪

493
00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:30,935
♪ I need them donuts though ♪

494
00:22:31,073 --> 00:22:32,765
♪ No color for all I know ♪

495
00:22:32,903 --> 00:22:34,353
-♪ Just spin them donuts
slow... ♪ -Wow!

496
00:22:34,491 --> 00:22:35,388
[cashier chuckling]

497
00:22:35,526 --> 00:22:36,596
[rapper] ♪ So bro... ♪

498
00:22:36,734 --> 00:22:37,735
[Bob Rosenberg]
The donut is an absolute

499
00:22:37,873 --> 00:22:39,875
quintessential
American food.

500
00:22:40,876 --> 00:22:43,051
You know, the ability
to pick out your own donut,

501
00:22:43,189 --> 00:22:44,224
that's a great thing.

502
00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:45,536
And you don't forget that
very quickly.

503
00:22:45,674 --> 00:22:48,367
-[chuckles]
We're going to get a donut.

504
00:22:49,989 --> 00:22:52,543
Humungous good.

505
00:22:52,681 --> 00:22:53,786
[woman] We come here
after the dentist.

506
00:22:53,924 --> 00:22:56,340
-Right after the dentist.
-After the dentist.

507
00:22:56,478 --> 00:22:58,860
[man] We come here every night
to drink the best coffee

508
00:22:58,998 --> 00:23:00,344
in the world.

509
00:23:00,482 --> 00:23:02,588
And the best donuts too.
-Yes.

510
00:23:02,726 --> 00:23:06,419
[Mayly Tao] I'm like
the food porn curator.

511
00:23:06,557 --> 00:23:10,354
Post it at a time where
you like, kinda want donuts.

512
00:23:10,492 --> 00:23:14,600
-I'm here for my
chocolate-chocolate fix.

513
00:23:14,738 --> 00:23:15,773
[Bob Rosenberg]
The average person eats

514
00:23:15,911 --> 00:23:17,016
like three donuts a month.

515
00:23:17,154 --> 00:23:18,327
-Take a look, very busy.

516
00:23:18,466 --> 00:23:20,053
You have to do
a lot of running,

517
00:23:20,191 --> 00:23:21,779
a lot of exercise here, yes.

518
00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:22,780
You have to be quick,
quick, quick!

519
00:23:22,918 --> 00:23:24,057
[customer] Thank you.

520
00:23:25,265 --> 00:23:27,923
[Bob Rosenberg] The doughnuts
are universally loved

521
00:23:28,061 --> 00:23:29,338
from all people.

522
00:23:29,477 --> 00:23:30,788
[employee] Would you like
anything else?

523
00:23:30,926 --> 00:23:32,065
-That's why you can
build a business from it.

524
00:23:32,203 --> 00:23:33,860
[rapper] ♪ I'm really do-nuts ♪

525
00:23:35,137 --> 00:23:38,175
-In 1955, when
President Eisenhower

526
00:23:38,313 --> 00:23:40,729
signed the Highway Act,

527
00:23:40,867 --> 00:23:44,319
so you saw a proliferation
of the building of highways

528
00:23:44,457 --> 00:23:45,665
across America.

529
00:23:45,803 --> 00:23:49,048
[♪♪♪]

530
00:23:53,777 --> 00:23:56,020
-People were going to work
in their cars.

531
00:23:56,158 --> 00:23:58,333
In California especially, yeah,

532
00:23:58,471 --> 00:24:00,162
there wasn't a lot of
public transportation

533
00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:01,370
for people to take.

534
00:24:01,509 --> 00:24:03,165
Urban sprawl had
spread people out,

535
00:24:03,303 --> 00:24:04,960
so they were really
on the go a lot.

536
00:24:06,306 --> 00:24:09,206
-And that created a demand
for the portability of food.

537
00:24:09,344 --> 00:24:12,312
[♪♪♪]

538
00:24:16,316 --> 00:24:19,458
[James Verney] And Winchell's
and the donut shop chains

539
00:24:19,596 --> 00:24:21,080
answered that call.

540
00:24:21,218 --> 00:24:23,462
-Time to make the donuts.

541
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,394
[Greg Nichols] There was
a fractured donut landscape

542
00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:27,155
in the US at this time.

543
00:24:27,293 --> 00:24:29,675
So, Dunkin' Donuts
had the Northeast on lock.

544
00:24:29,813 --> 00:24:32,056
In California,
it was really Winchell's.

545
00:24:32,194 --> 00:24:33,782
[advertisement]
Ooh, I can taste those cherries!

546
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,716
Go ahead,
keep it up, Winchell's.

547
00:24:36,854 --> 00:24:38,166
[James Verney]
Two donuts and coffee;

548
00:24:38,304 --> 00:24:40,686
breakfast for a good many
Americans at that time.

549
00:24:40,824 --> 00:24:44,103
So, we had Dunkin' Donut
that was coming west.

550
00:24:44,241 --> 00:24:48,694
So, what did Mr. Winchell do?
Start expanding east.

551
00:24:48,832 --> 00:24:51,731
[reporter] The need
for qualified people...

552
00:24:51,869 --> 00:24:54,562
at all levels
is increasing daily.

553
00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:57,116
[James Verney] Whenever you see
a tremendous expansion,

554
00:24:57,254 --> 00:25:00,360
you need hard-working,
energetic,

555
00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,431
honest people
that will work

556
00:25:02,570 --> 00:25:04,848
in those donut shops.

557
00:25:04,986 --> 00:25:07,195
-Winchell's hopes
all of its employees

558
00:25:07,333 --> 00:25:08,507
become long-timers.

559
00:25:11,130 --> 00:25:12,027
[Ted Ngoy] Winchell's
training program

560
00:25:12,165 --> 00:25:13,960
lasts for three months.

561
00:25:14,098 --> 00:25:16,100
I learned a new skill,
to be a baker

562
00:25:16,238 --> 00:25:18,309
and to run a donut shop.

563
00:25:18,447 --> 00:25:20,657
After that,
they give me a store

564
00:25:20,795 --> 00:25:23,418
in Balboa Peninsula,
Newport Beach.

565
00:25:23,556 --> 00:25:26,455
That day when they turned
the key over to me...

566
00:25:26,594 --> 00:25:29,597
just excited and...
don't know how to describe.

567
00:25:29,735 --> 00:25:32,910
From the time
I came to Pendleton

568
00:25:33,048 --> 00:25:34,774
until I get the key

569
00:25:34,912 --> 00:25:36,535
to open the door
for the Winchell's,

570
00:25:36,673 --> 00:25:38,537
it took six months.
Very fast.

571
00:25:39,607 --> 00:25:41,401
-And so,
Ted entering that program,

572
00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:42,920
um, is kind of ironic

573
00:25:43,058 --> 00:25:46,096
because in some ways, they--
they trained the enemy.

574
00:25:46,234 --> 00:25:49,651
[merry music]

575
00:25:49,789 --> 00:25:51,308
[oil boiling]

576
00:25:51,446 --> 00:25:52,930
-♪ When you walk the street
You'll have no cares ♪

577
00:25:53,068 --> 00:25:54,898
♪ If you walk the lines
And not the squares ♪

578
00:25:55,036 --> 00:25:57,901
♪ As you go through life
Make this your goal ♪

579
00:25:58,039 --> 00:26:00,006
♪ Watch the donut
Not the hole ♪

580
00:26:00,144 --> 00:26:02,077
[Ted Ngoy] I am so encouraged,
because I know

581
00:26:02,215 --> 00:26:03,216
this my future.

582
00:26:03,354 --> 00:26:04,977
I got the skill,

583
00:26:05,115 --> 00:26:06,323
I know how to place order,

584
00:26:06,461 --> 00:26:08,083
I know how to control
the payroll.

585
00:26:08,221 --> 00:26:10,879
So, I think I can do very well.

586
00:26:11,017 --> 00:26:13,779
But, the first few months
working,

587
00:26:13,917 --> 00:26:17,817
people always make fun of me
because my language.

588
00:26:18,887 --> 00:26:20,509
-We don't speak any English.

589
00:26:20,648 --> 00:26:22,650
When people talk,

590
00:26:22,788 --> 00:26:25,963
we don't even understand,
you know, [laughs]

591
00:26:26,101 --> 00:26:27,724
what they're saying.

592
00:26:27,862 --> 00:26:30,140
They talk so fast.

593
00:26:30,278 --> 00:26:32,280
[peppy music]

594
00:26:32,418 --> 00:26:34,834
[Greg Nichols] In 1975,
when Ted lands,

595
00:26:34,972 --> 00:26:37,665
he lands in Orange County.

596
00:26:37,803 --> 00:26:40,322
Most of the people
he met had never before

597
00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:43,740
laid eyes on
a person from Cambodia.

598
00:26:43,878 --> 00:26:45,569
Most people
didn't know any Asians.

599
00:26:46,639 --> 00:26:48,158
[Ted Ngoy]
The manager said to me,

600
00:26:48,296 --> 00:26:50,539
"Just like any place in America,

601
00:26:50,678 --> 00:26:53,266
people have a strong
prejudiced feeling."

602
00:26:53,404 --> 00:26:54,751
[gong resonates]

603
00:26:54,889 --> 00:26:57,339
-What's happening, hot stuff?

604
00:26:59,445 --> 00:27:01,689
-"If they want, they
don't like you. Don't worry...

605
00:27:01,827 --> 00:27:04,381
let Christy take care
of the front counter."

606
00:27:04,519 --> 00:27:07,246
She's so friendlyand
people love her! [laughs]

607
00:27:07,384 --> 00:27:10,145
[Greg Nichols] His wife really built bridges in the community.

608
00:27:10,283 --> 00:27:13,528
And over time, that donut shop,
they had allowed them

609
00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:16,565
to become part of the community in a big way.

610
00:27:16,704 --> 00:27:19,534
-We were so happy,
now we all work together.

611
00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:22,157
We all helping each other.

612
00:27:22,295 --> 00:27:25,022
[Savy Ngoy]
They wanted a life for us.

613
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,334
-We go to school
on the weekdays,

614
00:27:26,472 --> 00:27:28,474
and go to work in the weekends.

615
00:27:28,612 --> 00:27:30,303
[Savy Ngoy] We were like
eight or nine years old,

616
00:27:30,441 --> 00:27:31,650
selling donuts.

617
00:27:31,788 --> 00:27:33,928
People would even ask,
"How old are you?"

618
00:27:34,066 --> 00:27:36,758
5 a.m., 6 a.m. pouring coffee,

619
00:27:36,896 --> 00:27:39,312
packing doughnuts
in pink boxes.

620
00:27:39,450 --> 00:27:40,659
-I was the youngest one,

621
00:27:40,797 --> 00:27:42,315
so I didn't usually
have to do a heck of a lot

622
00:27:42,453 --> 00:27:44,455
besides mess around.
-[child laughs]

623
00:27:46,699 --> 00:27:47,596
[Savy Ngoy] Sometimes
when it's slow, I'm bored,

624
00:27:47,735 --> 00:27:49,529
and when I'm bored, I eat.

625
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:51,531
And one day,
I ate eight doughnuts.

626
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,119
Like, oh my god,
it was so bad,

627
00:27:53,257 --> 00:27:54,258
but I love donuts. Like...

628
00:27:54,396 --> 00:27:56,536
Till today, I love donuts.

629
00:27:56,675 --> 00:28:00,368
[Ted Ngoy] At that time,
the plain donut was 8¢,

630
00:28:00,506 --> 00:28:02,888
the cake with decoration: 10¢,

631
00:28:03,026 --> 00:28:05,269
glazed: 12¢ or 15¢,

632
00:28:05,407 --> 00:28:08,065
a dozen donuts is $1.20.

633
00:28:08,203 --> 00:28:10,136
-Now it's like $10 a dozen!

634
00:28:10,274 --> 00:28:12,518
-$12. Even more.
-I can't believe it.

635
00:28:12,656 --> 00:28:15,038
This is so crazy expensive.

636
00:28:15,176 --> 00:28:17,178
-But then,
the payroll was cheap.

637
00:28:17,316 --> 00:28:18,593
[Christy] We were working hard,

638
00:28:18,731 --> 00:28:23,460
we don't hire anybody, making
good money in the family.

639
00:28:23,598 --> 00:28:26,532
[peppy music]

640
00:28:27,326 --> 00:28:29,984
[cash register tings]

641
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,573
[Ted Ngoy] Asian people
try to save a lot.

642
00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,817
Everything
is save, save, saving.

643
00:28:35,955 --> 00:28:40,719
We put $5,000 down to buy
a condo in Newport Beach.

644
00:28:43,031 --> 00:28:44,964
I quit the job as custodian,

645
00:28:45,102 --> 00:28:48,105
I quit a job as a Builder
Emporium salesperson,

646
00:28:48,243 --> 00:28:50,349
I quit the gas attendant.

647
00:28:50,487 --> 00:28:54,146
When I got into donut business,
I tried to save everything.

648
00:28:54,284 --> 00:28:57,563
[dramatic music]

649
00:28:57,701 --> 00:29:00,221
[Christy] People uses
the stir stick, right?

650
00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:03,293
And then, we'd have a container,
they'd toss it there.

651
00:29:03,431 --> 00:29:05,674
So, we don't throw it away.

652
00:29:05,813 --> 00:29:08,091
[garbage rustles]

653
00:29:08,229 --> 00:29:10,921
We'd wash it.

654
00:29:11,059 --> 00:29:12,578
We don't have to order again.

655
00:29:12,716 --> 00:29:13,752
It saves money.

656
00:29:15,236 --> 00:29:17,963
Well, people don't put
in their mouth, right?

657
00:29:18,101 --> 00:29:19,481
-We appreciate the fact

658
00:29:19,619 --> 00:29:23,106
that you're looking out for
every penny in this business.

659
00:29:23,244 --> 00:29:25,177
However, you've got to make sure

660
00:29:25,315 --> 00:29:27,938
that you take care
of our guests.

661
00:29:28,076 --> 00:29:30,734
So,we would have a chit chat.

662
00:29:30,872 --> 00:29:32,115
-[laughs] So, I know...

663
00:29:32,253 --> 00:29:34,324
I know it's not
the right way to do.

664
00:29:34,462 --> 00:29:35,566
[chuckles]
I'm so sorry!

665
00:29:35,704 --> 00:29:36,913
[laughs]

666
00:29:37,051 --> 00:29:39,018
[Greg Nichols]
Ted is a shrewd businessman.

667
00:29:39,156 --> 00:29:42,125
Another good example of
that is a box.

668
00:29:42,711 --> 00:29:44,817
[Ted Ngoy] Before we come
to the picture,

669
00:29:44,955 --> 00:29:48,959
American people always
use a white box.

670
00:29:49,097 --> 00:29:51,513
One day, I asked a salesman,

671
00:29:51,651 --> 00:29:55,207
say, "How about we create
some kind of pink box?"

672
00:29:55,345 --> 00:29:57,485
Because pink box
cost a lot less.

673
00:29:57,623 --> 00:30:02,007
Even a dime or two dime,
we can save a lot of money.

674
00:30:02,145 --> 00:30:03,111
[Greg Nichols] He did that,

675
00:30:03,249 --> 00:30:04,561
he saved some
on his bottom line,

676
00:30:04,699 --> 00:30:07,357
and now, that's the iconic
donut box that we all know.

677
00:30:07,495 --> 00:30:08,565
-Good morning to you both!

678
00:30:08,703 --> 00:30:10,843
Donuts, go nuts. [laughs]

679
00:30:10,981 --> 00:30:13,259
-Accept this little
gooey-ooey present.

680
00:30:13,397 --> 00:30:15,675
-Ah, can I get a selfie?

681
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,367
-Yea-- yeah.
We need doughnuts.

682
00:30:17,505 --> 00:30:21,336
[peppy music]

683
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,169
[Ted Ngoy] I really want to buy
a donut shop for myself,

684
00:30:26,307 --> 00:30:28,205
instead of working for
Winchell's,

685
00:30:28,343 --> 00:30:29,724
because I don't want to work

686
00:30:29,862 --> 00:30:31,968
for people for my whole life.

687
00:30:32,106 --> 00:30:34,142
One customer,
he bought a newspaper.

688
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:37,387
And he circled,
"Ted, this one is a good buy."

689
00:30:37,525 --> 00:30:39,596
$45,000!

690
00:30:39,734 --> 00:30:41,770
I bought my first
private owned donut shop,

691
00:30:41,909 --> 00:30:44,532
Christy, in 1976.

692
00:30:44,670 --> 00:30:46,430
I still running Winchell's.

693
00:30:46,568 --> 00:30:49,917
So, we have to shop to run,
and we work double harder.

694
00:30:50,055 --> 00:30:52,333
Christy, she support me
all the way.

695
00:30:53,541 --> 00:30:56,440
-Sometime,
I go help Ted baking

696
00:30:56,578 --> 00:31:00,306
from like eight o'clock
at night until

697
00:31:00,444 --> 00:31:01,894
the next day.

698
00:31:02,032 --> 00:31:04,793
And then, I take care
of the counter there until

699
00:31:04,932 --> 00:31:09,764
like 2, 3 in the afternoon
until I come home.

700
00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:12,663
I never had a day off. No.

701
00:31:13,906 --> 00:31:17,323
[Ted Ngoy] Right after
we got the donut shop,

702
00:31:17,461 --> 00:31:19,532
Suganthini changed her name
to "Christy".

703
00:31:21,155 --> 00:31:23,743
My Chinese name called,
Bun Tek.

704
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,538
So, I when I got a citizenship,

705
00:31:25,676 --> 00:31:27,437
I changed my name to "Ted".

706
00:31:27,575 --> 00:31:29,163
"Ted" and "Christy",

707
00:31:29,301 --> 00:31:31,993
more "American". [laughs]

708
00:31:32,131 --> 00:31:33,995
Quite a... memory.

709
00:31:37,033 --> 00:31:38,034
Time go fast...

710
00:31:42,624 --> 00:31:44,316
[phone ringing]

711
00:31:44,454 --> 00:31:45,938
-Time to make the donuts.

712
00:31:46,076 --> 00:31:47,319
[vibrating]

713
00:31:47,457 --> 00:31:49,735
[Ted Ngoy] When I really
start doing business,

714
00:31:49,873 --> 00:31:51,840
I don't even know
who is a "Dunkin'",

715
00:31:51,979 --> 00:31:54,360
I just worry about
my Christy's Donuts.

716
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,813
[Greg Nichols] California
was kind of the epic

717
00:31:58,951 --> 00:32:01,126
car culture of the time,

718
00:32:01,264 --> 00:32:03,335
and because there were
so many commuters...

719
00:32:03,473 --> 00:32:05,820
Dunkin' Donuts saw California
as an opportunity.

720
00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:08,064
And they wanted to make
a big push into the state.

721
00:32:08,202 --> 00:32:10,790
-[horn honking]
-Hi, Freddie.

722
00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,966
-We forayed lightly
into California.

723
00:32:14,104 --> 00:32:15,485
We opened one or two

724
00:32:15,623 --> 00:32:17,107
in Santa Clara, San Mateo...
-[blooping]

725
00:32:17,245 --> 00:32:21,146
...and San Francisco and then
a couple in Orange County.

726
00:32:21,284 --> 00:32:24,149
[Ted Ngoy] Donut
is American breakfast.

727
00:32:24,287 --> 00:32:27,497
While they driving, they bought a few donut with coffee.

728
00:32:27,635 --> 00:32:29,982
So, there's such big demand.

729
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,261
Every day, I look at
the business opportunity.

730
00:32:33,399 --> 00:32:36,678
Fast food places, they always
chose the prime locations,

731
00:32:36,816 --> 00:32:38,818
close to the freeway,

732
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:41,338
it's perfect location
for running a donut shop.

733
00:32:43,444 --> 00:32:45,204
[Greg Nichols] It really was
this perfect time and place

734
00:32:45,342 --> 00:32:47,758
for someone to set out
to be a donut entrepreneur,

735
00:32:47,896 --> 00:32:50,692
which is not like the likeliest thing to try to become.

736
00:32:50,830 --> 00:32:53,419
But Ted saw the opportunity
and he made it work.

737
00:32:54,144 --> 00:32:56,181
[Ted Ngoy] By 1979,

738
00:32:56,319 --> 00:32:58,804
I got about 25 donut shops.

739
00:33:01,117 --> 00:33:02,187
[cash register clicks]

740
00:33:02,325 --> 00:33:05,362
[rapper]
♪ Donuts I love donuts ♪

741
00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:07,709
♪ Donuts I love donuts ♪

742
00:33:07,847 --> 00:33:10,919
-[oil boiling]
-♪ Donuts I love donuts ♪

743
00:33:11,058 --> 00:33:12,852
[Chuong Lee]
I took over in 1988,

744
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:14,509
we build it up step-by-step.

745
00:33:14,647 --> 00:33:16,201
[rapper]
♪ Donuts donuts ♪

746
00:33:16,339 --> 00:33:17,547
[Chuong Lee] Some of
my customer

747
00:33:17,685 --> 00:33:21,551
coming to DK, 30 years,
and they still say,

748
00:33:21,689 --> 00:33:23,656
"Miss Lee,
you still look good."

749
00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:27,729
[chuckles] "What do you eat?"
I said "Donuts."

750
00:33:28,696 --> 00:33:30,180
-And--
-How long have you

751
00:33:30,318 --> 00:33:32,251
been coming here?
-Oh, I would say 20,

752
00:33:32,389 --> 00:33:33,873
I guess--
-[Savy Ngoy] 20 years?

753
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:35,185
-Yes, 20 years.

754
00:33:35,323 --> 00:33:36,186
[Savy Ngoy] Do you remember
when I was little?

755
00:33:36,324 --> 00:33:37,394
-Yes.
You and your brother?

756
00:33:37,532 --> 00:33:38,740
-[Savy Ngoy] Yeah.
-Yes.

757
00:33:38,878 --> 00:33:40,018
[Savy Ngoy] What keeps you
coming back here?

758
00:33:40,156 --> 00:33:42,986
-It's great. I-I love--
I love the donuts.

759
00:33:43,124 --> 00:33:44,988
They're good. Very good.

760
00:33:47,853 --> 00:33:50,062
[Ning Yen] We're proud
of this country,

761
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,237
it gives us
a lot of opportunity.

762
00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:54,998
When we first came in,
we see

763
00:33:55,136 --> 00:33:56,344
you can make money.

764
00:33:57,690 --> 00:33:59,209
This is my favorite donut...

765
00:34:00,245 --> 00:34:01,177
[woman] That's your
favorite donut?

766
00:34:01,315 --> 00:34:04,732
-Yeah.
With bacon! [laughs]

767
00:34:07,528 --> 00:34:10,910
[Chhay Bun Ngoy] I've spent
35 years making donuts.

768
00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:12,119
-He does really well.

769
00:34:12,257 --> 00:34:13,154
He still has his touch.

770
00:34:18,953 --> 00:34:22,439
[Susan Wahid] My father worked
every day for 25 years.

771
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,649
My parents did a good job
providing for all of us.

772
00:34:25,787 --> 00:34:30,447
We all went to school...
and we all got married,

773
00:34:30,585 --> 00:34:33,036
and pretty much, you know,
living the American dream.

774
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,763
San Clemente is
a really, really

775
00:34:35,901 --> 00:34:38,041
great small community, um,

776
00:34:38,179 --> 00:34:39,387
and there's lines
out the door,

777
00:34:39,525 --> 00:34:40,664
because they're so loyal to us,

778
00:34:40,802 --> 00:34:43,633
and they want to come and
supporting us.

779
00:34:43,771 --> 00:34:45,428
A cinnamon roll.

780
00:34:46,739 --> 00:34:48,569
There you go.

781
00:34:49,501 --> 00:34:51,054
You would think by now

782
00:34:51,192 --> 00:34:52,918
most people would know
about Cambodia,

783
00:34:53,056 --> 00:34:54,506
would know about the genocide,

784
00:34:54,644 --> 00:34:55,886
would know about
all the killing,

785
00:34:56,024 --> 00:34:58,441
but there are a lot of customer,
my customer,

786
00:34:58,579 --> 00:34:59,718
they approach me,
or I approach them,

787
00:34:59,856 --> 00:35:01,202
talking about Cambodia.

788
00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:03,963
They have no clue where,
where it is.

789
00:35:08,278 --> 00:35:09,797
[Ted Ngoy] This place
used to be a school,

790
00:35:09,935 --> 00:35:10,936
a primary school.

791
00:35:11,074 --> 00:35:14,146
It's a school name Tuol Sleng,
but then

792
00:35:14,284 --> 00:35:16,010
they use as a prison center.

793
00:35:16,217 --> 00:35:20,118
[sedate piano notes]

794
00:35:27,366 --> 00:35:29,851
After I stay one year
in California,

795
00:35:29,989 --> 00:35:32,199
I have no news about,
from my family.

796
00:35:32,337 --> 00:35:34,718
When the Khmer Rouge took over, that's it.

797
00:35:34,856 --> 00:35:37,169
All communication is closed.

798
00:35:37,307 --> 00:35:38,170
We're in the dark,

799
00:35:38,308 --> 00:35:39,344
everybody is in the dark.

800
00:35:40,448 --> 00:35:41,863
-From now-Communist Cambodia,

801
00:35:42,001 --> 00:35:44,211
there was little
authenticated news today.

802
00:35:44,349 --> 00:35:46,040
No Western news reports at all,

803
00:35:46,178 --> 00:35:48,215
and the rest rumors
and counter-rumors.

804
00:35:48,353 --> 00:35:51,908
[sedate piano notes]

805
00:35:52,046 --> 00:35:53,979
[Ted Ngoy] We're just
thinking about my parents,

806
00:35:54,117 --> 00:35:55,360
and Bun Chhay my cousin,

807
00:35:55,498 --> 00:35:56,740
my sisters, but...

808
00:35:56,878 --> 00:35:58,501
there's nothing
we can do except

809
00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:00,537
cry and pray for them.

810
00:36:03,091 --> 00:36:04,265
[Walter Cronkite]
Communications are emerging

811
00:36:04,403 --> 00:36:06,750
that the communist conquerors
may be planning

812
00:36:06,888 --> 00:36:09,305
one of the most unusual
political, social,

813
00:36:09,443 --> 00:36:11,652
and economic revolutions
in history.

814
00:36:11,790 --> 00:36:14,241
That they may intend to
seal off Cambodia

815
00:36:14,379 --> 00:36:17,071
from the outside world
and inside,

816
00:36:17,209 --> 00:36:19,694
create a completely peasant
society

817
00:36:19,832 --> 00:36:21,627
with a virtual abandonment
of the city.

818
00:36:21,765 --> 00:36:23,457
[crowd applauds]

819
00:36:23,595 --> 00:36:26,874
[Ning Yen] When the Khmer Rouge
took over the country,

820
00:36:27,012 --> 00:36:28,565
at the beginning,
we feel, "Oh!

821
00:36:28,703 --> 00:36:31,119
No more war.
We're so happy."

822
00:36:31,258 --> 00:36:32,569
[reporter]
You can see the people.

823
00:36:32,707 --> 00:36:33,984
They're already
out on the streets,

824
00:36:34,122 --> 00:36:36,401
waving and cheering
as Khmer Rouge arrives.

825
00:36:36,539 --> 00:36:38,955
[crowd applauds]

826
00:36:39,093 --> 00:36:42,717
[Ning Yen] But, they
evacuate us to the village,

827
00:36:42,855 --> 00:36:45,030
and then we'd start to scare.

828
00:36:46,238 --> 00:36:47,274
[Susan Wahid]
There's no warning

829
00:36:47,412 --> 00:36:48,965
and we're just
following people,

830
00:36:49,103 --> 00:36:52,451
and they're just marching
lines and lines of people

831
00:36:52,589 --> 00:36:55,558
out of the cities.

832
00:36:55,696 --> 00:36:56,869
It's people everywhere.

833
00:36:58,457 --> 00:37:00,114
[Chuong Lee]
Seven o'clock in the morning,

834
00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:01,460
they come out all--

835
00:37:01,598 --> 00:37:05,292
with all the gun
and all this black clothing.

836
00:37:05,430 --> 00:37:08,674
And they say, "Everyone
from the house, get out!"

837
00:37:09,779 --> 00:37:10,849
[Susan Wahid]
They said now

838
00:37:10,987 --> 00:37:12,057
we're coming
back in three days.

839
00:37:12,195 --> 00:37:13,472
We were walking
for a long time,

840
00:37:13,610 --> 00:37:16,751
from early morning
until evening.

841
00:37:16,889 --> 00:37:19,823
Three days later,
we realized that it's a trick.

842
00:37:19,961 --> 00:37:22,757
[reporter]
Every city is dead.

843
00:37:22,895 --> 00:37:25,484
There are no people,
only a few soldiers.

844
00:37:27,072 --> 00:37:30,386
It's just a dead city,
and a dead country.

845
00:37:31,766 --> 00:37:33,320
[John Chancellor]
What is happening in Cambodia

846
00:37:33,458 --> 00:37:36,599
is one of the strangest
forced migrations in history.

847
00:37:36,737 --> 00:37:39,464
Phnom Penh was a city
of over two million people,

848
00:37:39,602 --> 00:37:42,398
a population equal to
that of Cleveland, Ohio.

849
00:37:42,536 --> 00:37:43,709
And now it's empty.

850
00:37:44,917 --> 00:37:46,919
[Ning Yen] We overheard
that they killed

851
00:37:47,057 --> 00:37:50,095
soldiers, the
government officers,

852
00:37:50,233 --> 00:37:52,753
all those students,

853
00:37:52,891 --> 00:37:54,617
the high educated.

854
00:37:56,170 --> 00:37:57,309
[Susan Wahid]
Before the war started,

855
00:37:57,447 --> 00:38:03,177
my dad was the principal
of Chinese school.

856
00:38:03,315 --> 00:38:05,973
And so, my dad pretend
that he was uneducated.

857
00:38:07,492 --> 00:38:10,322
[Chuong Lee] I only think
the next hour, the next day,

858
00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:12,738
because there's no hope at all.

859
00:38:14,568 --> 00:38:16,294
[reporter] The regime
emptied Phnom Penh

860
00:38:16,432 --> 00:38:17,571
of millions of people,

861
00:38:17,709 --> 00:38:19,297
forcing them into
rural labor camps,

862
00:38:19,435 --> 00:38:21,299
and killing thousands.

863
00:38:21,437 --> 00:38:22,265
[Chuong Lee]
They would make us work

864
00:38:22,403 --> 00:38:25,061
from 5:00 to 5:00 every day.

865
00:38:25,199 --> 00:38:29,514
Cambodia is like more than
100 degrees every day.

866
00:38:29,652 --> 00:38:31,723
The sun is very, very hot.

867
00:38:31,861 --> 00:38:35,347
It's very easy to get sick,
and they don't care.

868
00:38:35,485 --> 00:38:37,315
Whoever lazy, kill.

869
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,939
[Susan Wahid] You're forced
to go to work in a rice field.

870
00:38:41,077 --> 00:38:44,218
They use those rice
to buy weapon

871
00:38:44,356 --> 00:38:45,840
instead of feeding
their people.

872
00:38:45,978 --> 00:38:47,221
[Chuong Lee]
The whole family,

873
00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:49,879
we only have
one little bowl of rice.

874
00:38:50,017 --> 00:38:53,020
We have to share
to nine people.

875
00:38:53,158 --> 00:38:54,573
-It's not enough
to go on the next day,

876
00:38:54,711 --> 00:38:57,093
and work in the field.

877
00:38:57,231 --> 00:38:59,854
[Chuong Lee] People die
right in front of me.

878
00:39:00,752 --> 00:39:02,719
[Chhay Bun Ngoy]
At night, I slept

879
00:39:02,857 --> 00:39:07,621
with piles of dead bodies.

880
00:39:07,759 --> 00:39:13,351
Hands and feet exposed,
it smelled terrible.

881
00:39:14,559 --> 00:39:16,699
[Chuong Lee] At first,
we all together,

882
00:39:16,837 --> 00:39:19,391
but after like a year
and a half, they split us.

883
00:39:19,529 --> 00:39:22,670
[Susan Wahid] They separated
children from their family.

884
00:39:22,808 --> 00:39:24,672
[Ning Yen] The family,
we're all separate.

885
00:39:24,810 --> 00:39:27,399
You don't even hear
how are they doing.

886
00:39:27,537 --> 00:39:29,988
Are they fine?
Are they sick?

887
00:39:30,126 --> 00:39:31,403
-I ran home a few time.
-[thunder roaring]

888
00:39:31,541 --> 00:39:33,336
[Susan Wahid] My father
actually was threatened

889
00:39:33,474 --> 00:39:35,407
by one of the leaders
saying that,

890
00:39:35,545 --> 00:39:38,099
"If I caught your daughter
running home again,

891
00:39:38,237 --> 00:39:40,239
then the family
will get killed."

892
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,622
♪ So, he ran after me
with a butcher knife...

893
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,762
-[butcher knife clanks]
-...threatened to kill me,

894
00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:47,350
because he had to do it
in front of them

895
00:39:47,488 --> 00:39:50,353
to show them that he's not
encouraging me to run home.

896
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,531
I thought he was serious,
and so I never came home.

897
00:39:58,706 --> 00:40:00,639
We were separated
for five years.

898
00:40:01,813 --> 00:40:03,055
I thought maybe they're dead.

899
00:40:04,332 --> 00:40:05,541
They probably thought
I was dead.

900
00:40:07,922 --> 00:40:09,441
I was seven years old.

901
00:40:12,237 --> 00:40:14,791
[Chuong Lee]
I was 11 years old.

902
00:40:16,793 --> 00:40:18,692
[Ning Yen] I was 18 years old.

903
00:40:19,589 --> 00:40:22,868
[somber music]

904
00:40:24,801 --> 00:40:26,285
[Susan Wahid] You would think
after 30 years, you--

905
00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:28,149
you don't remember,
but you do.

906
00:40:29,737 --> 00:40:30,876
That moment.

907
00:40:36,606 --> 00:40:39,195
[Chhay Bun Ngoy] My family,
it was tragic.

908
00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:43,302
My older brother died,
my younger brother died...

909
00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:46,098
I am the only survivor.

910
00:40:46,236 --> 00:40:49,067
[somber music]

911
00:40:55,832 --> 00:40:57,006
[reporter]
Cambodia's militarism

912
00:40:57,144 --> 00:40:58,421
was even too much

913
00:40:58,559 --> 00:41:01,459
for its one-time ally
and neighbor, Vietnam.

914
00:41:01,597 --> 00:41:03,495
Saying Cambodia threatened
its borders,

915
00:41:03,633 --> 00:41:06,567
Vietnam helped
overthrow Pol Pot.

916
00:41:06,705 --> 00:41:09,501
Since January 7th,
the Hanalei-backed government

917
00:41:09,639 --> 00:41:10,985
has been in power.

918
00:41:11,123 --> 00:41:12,918
Vietnamese troops
are everywhere,

919
00:41:13,056 --> 00:41:15,645
patrol the streets,
run the city.

920
00:41:17,371 --> 00:41:19,338
[Chuong Lee] The soldier
came to the area and say,

921
00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:23,826
"Hey, you guy are free.
Let's get out."

922
00:41:23,964 --> 00:41:27,519
Oh, my God. We're gonna
have our future now.

923
00:41:27,657 --> 00:41:31,178
The government of Thailand,
they send the people,

924
00:41:31,316 --> 00:41:32,869
come pick us up.

925
00:41:33,007 --> 00:41:36,424
They put us in a little camp,
which is like 15,000 people

926
00:41:36,563 --> 00:41:39,393
and we said, "Okay,
we're not gonna die anymore."

927
00:41:39,531 --> 00:41:41,602
We're like reborn.

928
00:41:41,740 --> 00:41:43,742
Finally, I see light

929
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,227
because Cambodia, there's
no light for all those years.

930
00:41:46,365 --> 00:41:48,471
We live in dark.

931
00:41:48,609 --> 00:41:49,921
[Susan Wahid] When we got
to the border of Thailand,

932
00:41:50,059 --> 00:41:51,612
the Red Cross were there.

933
00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:53,752
I don't know who these people,
who they are.

934
00:41:53,890 --> 00:41:56,548
But for me, we're just happy
to see food.

935
00:41:58,999 --> 00:42:01,035
My mom, my dad came
and picked me up

936
00:42:01,173 --> 00:42:02,865
from children's camp.

937
00:42:03,003 --> 00:42:04,625
And I don't know
how they found me,

938
00:42:04,763 --> 00:42:05,971
but we just want to get out.

939
00:42:06,109 --> 00:42:07,248
My parents
just want to get out.

940
00:42:09,078 --> 00:42:10,044
[Rosalynn Carter]
As the wife of the President

941
00:42:10,182 --> 00:42:11,425
of the United States,

942
00:42:11,563 --> 00:42:13,600
I can only say
that I want to go home

943
00:42:13,738 --> 00:42:17,500
and do all I can
to mobilize our people

944
00:42:17,638 --> 00:42:20,503
and see that we do all
that we possibly can

945
00:42:20,641 --> 00:42:23,057
to help the situation here.

946
00:42:23,195 --> 00:42:25,404
[Chuong Lee] Red Cross, say,

947
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,476
"So, we're willing
to take you out.

948
00:42:28,615 --> 00:42:30,755
Which country
do you want to go?"

949
00:42:30,893 --> 00:42:34,897
My dad say, "We don't want to go
anywhere but America.

950
00:42:35,035 --> 00:42:38,245
I want to take all my kid
to America."

951
00:42:39,246 --> 00:42:41,144
[President Jimmy Carter]
All over the world,

952
00:42:41,282 --> 00:42:43,940
there are refugees

953
00:42:44,078 --> 00:42:46,356
searching for freedom.

954
00:42:46,494 --> 00:42:49,463
And whenever you think back
on the history of our country,

955
00:42:49,601 --> 00:42:53,225
you'll recognize that our nation
is a nation of immigrants.

956
00:42:53,363 --> 00:42:55,124
We're a nation of refugees.

957
00:42:57,126 --> 00:42:58,645
[Chuong Lee]
When the plane take off,

958
00:42:58,783 --> 00:43:01,786
I looked down there,
I said, "Goodbye, Cambodia.

959
00:43:01,924 --> 00:43:05,099
I will not come back
to Cambodia again."

960
00:43:05,237 --> 00:43:09,034
[airplane engine revving]

961
00:43:09,172 --> 00:43:10,864
[Susan Wahid]
I do not know where's America?

962
00:43:11,002 --> 00:43:13,832
All I know that my mom said
that Uncle Ted

963
00:43:13,970 --> 00:43:16,801
are waiting for us,
and I asked her,

964
00:43:16,939 --> 00:43:17,940
"Who's Uncle Ted?"

965
00:43:18,078 --> 00:43:19,389
[telephone ringing]

966
00:43:19,527 --> 00:43:21,046
[Ted Ngoy]
I receive a phone call

967
00:43:21,184 --> 00:43:23,601
from the US Embassy in Bangkok.

968
00:43:23,739 --> 00:43:25,948
My relationship with them
is very good, very close,

969
00:43:26,086 --> 00:43:28,985
because I was a major
in the Army.

970
00:43:29,123 --> 00:43:31,298
My family knew
that I-I survived,

971
00:43:31,436 --> 00:43:33,680
and they want me
to sponsor them.

972
00:43:33,818 --> 00:43:37,028
The embassy asked me,
"Ted, can you sponsor them?"

973
00:43:37,166 --> 00:43:38,546
I said, "Yeah, of course!"

974
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,241
They all come at the same time,

975
00:43:43,379 --> 00:43:45,692
my both sister,
my mother, my father,

976
00:43:45,830 --> 00:43:47,383
children and everybody

977
00:43:47,521 --> 00:43:49,627
come in--
in the same big group.

978
00:43:52,146 --> 00:43:54,390
[Susan Wahid]
When we landed to LAX,

979
00:43:54,528 --> 00:43:59,913
I was just looking everywhere.
Taking in everything, you know.

980
00:44:00,051 --> 00:44:03,468
Big, tall people, white people, blond hair, blue eyes,

981
00:44:03,606 --> 00:44:06,678
I mean, they are all so tall
and I'm like tiny little girl.

982
00:44:06,816 --> 00:44:09,370
-When I see them
walk out from the airport,

983
00:44:09,508 --> 00:44:10,820
I couldn't recognize them

984
00:44:10,958 --> 00:44:13,098
because they are so skinny,
just...

985
00:44:13,236 --> 00:44:16,619
you know,
just skin and bone.

986
00:44:16,757 --> 00:44:19,760
[Susan Wahid] The house,
the road, the freeway, cars,

987
00:44:19,898 --> 00:44:21,728
you name it,
everything just

988
00:44:21,866 --> 00:44:22,867
different, different.

989
00:44:23,005 --> 00:44:24,075
I mean,
it's almost like a dream.

990
00:44:24,213 --> 00:44:26,871
[slow, peppy music]

991
00:44:29,183 --> 00:44:31,185
When we got there,
I run around in the house

992
00:44:31,323 --> 00:44:32,670
and I open the refrigerator.

993
00:44:32,808 --> 00:44:34,257
It's like, "Oh my god,
there's food."

994
00:44:34,395 --> 00:44:38,606
And we couldn't stop eating.
We're eating all his food.

995
00:44:38,745 --> 00:44:39,849
Auntie Christy
would have to buy more food,

996
00:44:39,987 --> 00:44:42,196
constantly going grocery.

997
00:44:42,334 --> 00:44:44,060
I remember she's saying, "God,
you guys have been starving."

998
00:44:48,582 --> 00:44:50,653
[Chuong Lee] First day,
I was in San Francisco.

999
00:44:50,791 --> 00:44:52,690
I got a jacket,
and I got a green card.

1000
00:44:52,828 --> 00:44:53,829
I don't know anything.

1001
00:44:53,967 --> 00:44:57,764
I did not know
what's an a-a-a-an apple.

1002
00:44:57,902 --> 00:45:01,802
I don't know what's pennies.
I did not have anything.

1003
00:45:01,940 --> 00:45:06,013
When I want to go to the store, I have no money to take the bus.

1004
00:45:06,151 --> 00:45:07,566
I have to walk.

1005
00:45:07,705 --> 00:45:11,294
I did not have money
to buy a shoe.

1006
00:45:11,432 --> 00:45:15,574
But I-I feel like
I'm a brand-new person.

1007
00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:18,923
Like, uh, I'm not gonna die.

1008
00:45:21,063 --> 00:45:22,305
I'm so happy.

1009
00:45:22,443 --> 00:45:25,723
I have my own freedom.

1010
00:45:25,861 --> 00:45:29,071
I'm willing to work hard
for my life.

1011
00:45:29,209 --> 00:45:32,557
It's not too late.
I was only 17 and a half.

1012
00:45:36,250 --> 00:45:38,908
-I sponsor
more than 100 families.

1013
00:45:39,046 --> 00:45:42,084
[keyboard keys clacking]

1014
00:45:54,234 --> 00:45:57,858
[Chhay Bun Ngoy]
When I first came to America,

1015
00:45:57,996 --> 00:46:00,896
I was willing to do anything.

1016
00:46:01,034 --> 00:46:05,176
Scrubbing toilets?
Sure, I didn't mind.

1017
00:46:05,314 --> 00:46:07,661
I just needed to survive.

1018
00:46:07,799 --> 00:46:10,353
-I'm looking for a job...

1019
00:46:10,491 --> 00:46:13,943
anything...
cleaning, or whatever...

1020
00:46:14,081 --> 00:46:16,532
We just get any job
that we can get.

1021
00:46:17,671 --> 00:46:20,122
[Chuong Lee] My dad,
he's interesting to do

1022
00:46:20,260 --> 00:46:21,433
the donut business.

1023
00:46:21,571 --> 00:46:24,333
So my dad decided to
look for Ted Ngoy

1024
00:46:24,471 --> 00:46:26,473
because everybody goes to him.

1025
00:46:26,611 --> 00:46:28,233
[Ted Ngoy] So, everybody
come to me, they say

1026
00:46:28,371 --> 00:46:30,373
"Hey, let's go learn
from Uncle Ted."

1027
00:46:30,511 --> 00:46:32,824
So I see opportunity here,
you know,

1028
00:46:32,962 --> 00:46:35,862
because there's such big demand.

1029
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,658
[Chhay Bun Ngoy] I had no idea
what a donut was.

1030
00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:46,320
Ted knew donuts, so I went
with him every day and learned.

1031
00:46:46,458 --> 00:46:48,667
[Ted Ngoy]
Everybody come to learn.

1032
00:46:48,806 --> 00:46:51,498
And I pay for airfare,
and I-I give them food.

1033
00:46:51,636 --> 00:46:53,431
I give them lodging.

1034
00:46:53,569 --> 00:46:55,709
I just want to see them
successful.

1035
00:46:56,952 --> 00:46:58,850
-That very first night,
I remember,

1036
00:46:58,988 --> 00:47:01,197
my dad did not rest at all.

1037
00:47:01,335 --> 00:47:02,854
I said, "Where are you going?"

1038
00:47:02,992 --> 00:47:05,098
He said, "Well, I'm gonna go
with Uncle Ted to go to work."

1039
00:47:06,962 --> 00:47:08,895
[Chris Ngoy] Imagine
going to any other country

1040
00:47:09,033 --> 00:47:11,345
where you don't know
the culture, the language

1041
00:47:11,483 --> 00:47:13,969
or anything else.
How do you survive?

1042
00:47:14,107 --> 00:47:17,835
My father gave them
that opportunity.

1043
00:47:17,973 --> 00:47:19,837
[Ning Yen]
We don't know nothing.

1044
00:47:19,975 --> 00:47:21,355
We don't know the culture,

1045
00:47:21,493 --> 00:47:23,702
we don't know the food,

1046
00:47:23,841 --> 00:47:25,773
but he allows me
to get close to him,

1047
00:47:25,912 --> 00:47:27,914
to learn so quick.

1048
00:47:28,052 --> 00:47:31,987
[Ted Ngoy] Ning Yen, in 1980,
he came to-to look for me.

1049
00:47:32,125 --> 00:47:34,230
And he said, "Uncle.
I heard about your name,

1050
00:47:34,368 --> 00:47:36,370
and I want to be
successful like you."

1051
00:47:36,508 --> 00:47:38,890
So I said, "I want to
train you to be a baker."

1052
00:47:39,028 --> 00:47:40,305
If you know how to bake,

1053
00:47:40,443 --> 00:47:41,928
then you learn how to
take care of payroll.

1054
00:47:42,066 --> 00:47:43,722
Then, you can run
the whole store, you know.

1055
00:47:43,861 --> 00:47:45,863
If you don't know how to bake,
forget it.

1056
00:47:46,001 --> 00:47:47,968
And he made a good donut

1057
00:47:48,106 --> 00:47:49,832
and he saved a lot of money.

1058
00:47:49,970 --> 00:47:52,973
Then, he want to open
his own store.

1059
00:47:53,111 --> 00:47:57,046
[Ning Yen] I opened up
Mag's Donuts in 1981.

1060
00:47:57,702 --> 00:47:59,738
[merry music]

1061
00:47:59,911 --> 00:48:02,086
[Ted Ngoy] More people
demanding shops,

1062
00:48:02,224 --> 00:48:04,812
me and Christy,
we talk among ourselves

1063
00:48:04,951 --> 00:48:07,781
then we created
a leasing program.

1064
00:48:08,782 --> 00:48:12,475
One store, after overhead,
it makes $7,000 net.

1065
00:48:12,613 --> 00:48:14,961
I lease out for $3,000,

1066
00:48:15,099 --> 00:48:18,654
I let the family
make $4,000.

1067
00:48:18,792 --> 00:48:20,414
I only lease
to Cambodian Americans.

1068
00:48:20,552 --> 00:48:22,589
[Chhay Bun Ngoy]
I never imagined

1069
00:48:22,727 --> 00:48:27,318
that I'd be the owner
of BC donuts.

1070
00:48:27,456 --> 00:48:29,044
[chattering]

1071
00:48:29,182 --> 00:48:30,942
[Susan Wahid] After a few years,
my parents save up

1072
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:32,806
and they bought their own
first donut shop.

1073
00:48:32,944 --> 00:48:35,050
They have to figure out a name.

1074
00:48:35,188 --> 00:48:36,637
And so,
because we all love roses,

1075
00:48:36,775 --> 00:48:39,019
they named Rose Cafe.

1076
00:48:39,157 --> 00:48:42,229
My mom, my dad did help
quite a bit of people

1077
00:48:42,367 --> 00:48:44,059
when they settled here.

1078
00:48:44,197 --> 00:48:46,164
They just give them
an opportunity.

1079
00:48:46,302 --> 00:48:48,097
[Chuong Lee]
The first donut shop I work

1080
00:48:48,235 --> 00:48:51,825
was run by Ted Ngoy's sister,
Rose Donut.

1081
00:48:51,963 --> 00:48:54,793
I knew less than
10 word of English.

1082
00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:58,487
"Hi, hello. Thank you.
Goodbye.

1083
00:48:58,625 --> 00:49:00,938
Point it."
That's all I know.

1084
00:49:01,076 --> 00:49:05,908
And I learned
only the donut name,

1085
00:49:06,046 --> 00:49:07,668
but back in those times,

1086
00:49:07,806 --> 00:49:11,465
there's no-no-no more
than 10 item.

1087
00:49:11,603 --> 00:49:14,468
It's only glazed sugar,
chocolate, glaze twist,

1088
00:49:14,606 --> 00:49:16,125
sugar twist,
soft chocolate twist,

1089
00:49:16,263 --> 00:49:19,542
bear claw, apple fritter,
cinnamon roll. That's it.

1090
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,476
[Ted Ngoy] I was always
thinking about expanding,

1091
00:49:22,614 --> 00:49:23,546
expanding, expanding.

1092
00:49:23,684 --> 00:49:24,962
Never have time to relax.

1093
00:49:25,100 --> 00:49:28,482
You know, my full mind,
every day, is thinking about

1094
00:49:28,620 --> 00:49:31,037
how to get more shops.

1095
00:49:31,175 --> 00:49:32,348
[Chuong Lee]
You help one family,

1096
00:49:32,486 --> 00:49:33,832
and they--they bring
the relatives,

1097
00:49:33,971 --> 00:49:37,146
and then they open up
more shops and more shops.

1098
00:49:37,284 --> 00:49:38,803
[Ted Ngoy] It spread
like wildfire, you know,

1099
00:49:38,941 --> 00:49:40,425
so fast so fast!

1100
00:49:40,563 --> 00:49:41,840
[blooping]

1101
00:49:41,979 --> 00:49:43,152
-I remember 25 donut shops,
but--

1102
00:49:43,290 --> 00:49:44,153
-Fifty-two.

1103
00:49:44,291 --> 00:49:45,672
-Oh, 52 donut shops?
-Mm.

1104
00:49:45,810 --> 00:49:47,294
[Savy Ngoy] Mm. Wow!

1105
00:49:48,606 --> 00:49:50,435
[Ted Ngoy] I think
I have 65 shops.

1106
00:49:50,573 --> 00:49:53,749
[peppy music]

1107
00:49:55,026 --> 00:49:57,442
[Greg Nichols] Ted becomes
really surprisingly wealthy

1108
00:49:57,580 --> 00:49:59,548
off of these,
these donut shops

1109
00:49:59,686 --> 00:50:01,860
that he leases
to other Cambodians.

1110
00:50:03,310 --> 00:50:05,450
And, at one time,
he estimates his wealth

1111
00:50:05,588 --> 00:50:07,590
at something
like $20 million.

1112
00:50:07,728 --> 00:50:09,592
[Christy] We're making
good money, yeah,

1113
00:50:09,730 --> 00:50:12,354
because we lease
all the donut shops, you know.

1114
00:50:12,492 --> 00:50:16,289
Some of 'em
$3,000, $5,000 each.

1115
00:50:17,531 --> 00:50:20,120
-I enjoy making money here.

1116
00:50:20,258 --> 00:50:23,261
By 1985, I make about
$100,000 net, every month.

1117
00:50:23,399 --> 00:50:25,056
They call me "Donut King."

1118
00:50:25,194 --> 00:50:27,783
[dramatic music]

1119
00:50:33,375 --> 00:50:35,308
[Chet Ngoy] I realized
that we were pretty wealthy

1120
00:50:35,446 --> 00:50:37,551
when we moved
to Mission Viejo.

1121
00:50:41,210 --> 00:50:42,522
[Ted Ngoy]
It's an expensive house,

1122
00:50:42,660 --> 00:50:44,213
it cost me about
$2 million dollars.

1123
00:50:44,351 --> 00:50:48,183
Wow!
This is my master bedroom.

1124
00:50:48,321 --> 00:50:51,393
This is the bathroom.

1125
00:50:51,531 --> 00:50:52,842
Unbelievable.

1126
00:50:54,568 --> 00:50:55,569
It's so beautiful!

1127
00:50:57,606 --> 00:50:59,056
[Savy Ngoy]
It was a great house.

1128
00:50:59,194 --> 00:51:00,436
Three stories.

1129
00:51:00,574 --> 00:51:02,128
It was amazing.

1130
00:51:02,266 --> 00:51:04,130
[Chris Ngoy] At school,
I was referred to as

1131
00:51:04,268 --> 00:51:06,684
"the kid with the elevator."

1132
00:51:06,822 --> 00:51:09,204
How many people have an elevator in the house, right?

1133
00:51:13,346 --> 00:51:14,554
-Can you believe it?

1134
00:51:16,590 --> 00:51:19,490
Swimming pool
next to the lake?

1135
00:51:19,628 --> 00:51:21,630
Own boat dock.

1136
00:51:23,114 --> 00:51:24,322
It's beautiful.

1137
00:51:25,599 --> 00:51:28,499
[Savy Ngoy] My dad loves people,
and he loves entertaining.

1138
00:51:28,637 --> 00:51:31,502
We had parties
all the time.

1139
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:35,954
[Ning Yen] Every month,
they invite us to the house,

1140
00:51:36,093 --> 00:51:39,199
make special food for us.

1141
00:51:39,337 --> 00:51:42,306
[Christy] Every weekend, people come visit all the time,

1142
00:51:42,444 --> 00:51:44,687
non-stop.

1143
00:51:44,825 --> 00:51:46,655
[Savy Ngoy] I remember
people coming in and out.

1144
00:51:46,793 --> 00:51:48,243
Different people
living with us.

1145
00:51:48,381 --> 00:51:51,211
Strange people,
and "Why are they here, Mom?"

1146
00:51:51,349 --> 00:51:53,455
[Chris Ngoy] And there was
a Cambodian dance troupe

1147
00:51:53,593 --> 00:51:54,801
that was touring,

1148
00:51:54,939 --> 00:51:57,493
and they ran out of money.

1149
00:51:57,631 --> 00:51:59,564
[Ted Ngoy] I feel sorry
for these kids,

1150
00:51:59,702 --> 00:52:02,843
so I invite everybody...
50 of them,

1151
00:52:02,981 --> 00:52:04,328
come to live in that home.

1152
00:52:04,466 --> 00:52:06,088
We had to feed them
three meal,

1153
00:52:06,226 --> 00:52:08,194
breakfast, lunch,
and dinner.

1154
00:52:08,332 --> 00:52:10,817
-You can imagine
how chaotic it was.

1155
00:52:10,955 --> 00:52:13,337
You know, there's
people everywhere.

1156
00:52:13,475 --> 00:52:15,028
-I told them,
"Whatever you enjoy,

1157
00:52:15,166 --> 00:52:16,823
just do it!"

1158
00:52:16,961 --> 00:52:18,445
They jumped in the lake,
they use my boat,

1159
00:52:18,583 --> 00:52:20,482
pool, everything...

1160
00:52:20,620 --> 00:52:24,175
-My parents definitely enjoyed
the fruits of their labor.

1161
00:52:24,313 --> 00:52:27,351
[Ted Ngoy] We have fun because
Christy and I love to travel.

1162
00:52:27,489 --> 00:52:30,077
[slow melodious music]

1163
00:52:43,677 --> 00:52:45,541
[Chris Ngoy] Life was good.

1164
00:52:50,512 --> 00:52:51,823
[Ted Ngoy] We bought
a Cadillac, but later,

1165
00:52:51,961 --> 00:52:54,895
Christy say, "How about
change to the Mercedes?"

1166
00:52:55,033 --> 00:52:56,380
So we went to Europe,

1167
00:52:56,518 --> 00:52:59,072
to pick up Mercedes
from Stuttgart, Germany

1168
00:52:59,210 --> 00:53:01,281
and we shipped to California.

1169
00:53:01,419 --> 00:53:03,249
And we both love it!

1170
00:53:03,835 --> 00:53:06,321
[melodious music continues]

1171
00:53:19,817 --> 00:53:20,887
Wow!

1172
00:53:21,025 --> 00:53:22,371
What a memory.

1173
00:53:24,477 --> 00:53:27,721
-...has made millions of dollars from donuts.

1174
00:53:27,859 --> 00:53:30,034
Elizabeth Anderson
has his story.

1175
00:53:30,172 --> 00:53:31,967
[Elizabeth Anderson] A man
who didn't know the difference

1176
00:53:32,105 --> 00:53:34,590
between glazed or sprinkled,

1177
00:53:34,728 --> 00:53:37,455
Ning Yen now manufactures
and distributes supplies

1178
00:53:37,593 --> 00:53:41,183
to donut shops
throughout the Western states.

1179
00:53:41,321 --> 00:53:43,599
Two-thirds are owned
by Cambodians.

1180
00:53:43,737 --> 00:53:47,879
[Ning Yen] In '80, there was
only one distribution company.

1181
00:53:48,017 --> 00:53:51,400
It was very hard to get
the credit to buy their product.

1182
00:53:51,538 --> 00:53:56,647
So, me and Ted's nephew,
Bun Tao,

1183
00:53:56,785 --> 00:54:00,202
start a small,
small distribution company.

1184
00:54:01,721 --> 00:54:04,896
Then, I started
Santa Ana Packaging.

1185
00:54:05,966 --> 00:54:08,452
-He supplied all
the ingredients and boxes

1186
00:54:08,590 --> 00:54:11,765
to Cambodian American
donut owners.

1187
00:54:11,903 --> 00:54:14,354
[Ning Yen] Cambodian
store open up,

1188
00:54:14,492 --> 00:54:17,668
like, 100 stores every month.

1189
00:54:17,806 --> 00:54:19,773
Growing that fast!

1190
00:54:19,911 --> 00:54:21,292
[blooping]

1191
00:54:21,430 --> 00:54:22,638
[Greg Nichols]
Growing up in California,

1192
00:54:22,776 --> 00:54:26,401
I knew in, I guess,
kind of a-a naive way

1193
00:54:26,539 --> 00:54:29,576
that everybody who owned
a Mom-and-Pop donut shop

1194
00:54:29,714 --> 00:54:31,129
was Asian.

1195
00:54:33,477 --> 00:54:37,860
[Ning Yen] Every day,
we get a new account.

1196
00:54:37,998 --> 00:54:39,206
[James Verney]
One of the struggles we had

1197
00:54:39,345 --> 00:54:41,519
was that we would train 'em,

1198
00:54:41,657 --> 00:54:43,383
and when they had enough money,

1199
00:54:43,521 --> 00:54:47,145
then they would go
and compete with us.

1200
00:54:47,284 --> 00:54:49,009
[reporter] Donuts
have come full circle.

1201
00:54:49,147 --> 00:54:53,669
Winchell's dominated donut land with their West Coast '40s icon.

1202
00:54:53,807 --> 00:54:54,946
Now they're down to 300 stores

1203
00:54:55,084 --> 00:54:59,157
compared to 2,500
Cambodian shops.

1204
00:54:59,296 --> 00:55:03,679
[Ted Ngoy] They trained me and now they're falling one by one.

1205
00:55:03,817 --> 00:55:06,820
Of course, I feel--
I feel very sad,

1206
00:55:06,958 --> 00:55:09,375
but that's the way of life,
you know.

1207
00:55:09,513 --> 00:55:12,654
The competition is good
for the country.

1208
00:55:12,792 --> 00:55:13,827
It makes the country strong.

1209
00:55:13,965 --> 00:55:16,243
[Nancy Parker]
We have some individuals

1210
00:55:16,382 --> 00:55:17,935
that come over,
get successful,

1211
00:55:18,073 --> 00:55:20,662
and then they help others
really be successful.

1212
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:22,388
And that's really
what's happened, um,

1213
00:55:22,526 --> 00:55:23,699
with the Cambodians.

1214
00:55:23,837 --> 00:55:25,218
[Christy] The donut shop
is a good business

1215
00:55:25,356 --> 00:55:27,082
for them to start with,

1216
00:55:27,220 --> 00:55:28,808
because they all have kids.

1217
00:55:28,946 --> 00:55:30,154
[reporter] Every day at 4 a.m.,

1218
00:55:30,292 --> 00:55:33,847
[indistinct] begins
baking doughnuts.

1219
00:55:33,985 --> 00:55:36,747
To help, the entire
[indistinct] family works.

1220
00:55:36,885 --> 00:55:38,714
[Susan Wahid] We basically
work every single day,

1221
00:55:38,852 --> 00:55:41,130
all of us, to be successful,

1222
00:55:41,268 --> 00:55:44,444
to live comfortable
here in America.

1223
00:55:44,582 --> 00:55:46,101
[Bob Rosenberg] There were an awful lot of Asian immigrants

1224
00:55:46,239 --> 00:55:48,448
that had started their own
independent donut shops.

1225
00:55:48,586 --> 00:55:51,900
That was sobering for me.

1226
00:55:52,038 --> 00:55:53,073
[Greg Nichols] Dunkin'
was losing market share

1227
00:55:53,211 --> 00:55:54,523
to the Cambodian
donut shop owners

1228
00:55:54,661 --> 00:55:57,595
which could operate much, much,
uh, more efficiently,

1229
00:55:57,733 --> 00:56:00,874
much cheaper than the--
the big corporation could.

1230
00:56:01,012 --> 00:56:03,118
So they realized they just
didn't have what it takes

1231
00:56:03,256 --> 00:56:05,569
to dominate in that market.

1232
00:56:05,707 --> 00:56:07,122
[Ted Ngoy]
Dunkin' had to make

1233
00:56:07,260 --> 00:56:10,815
like $50,000 a month
for survive.

1234
00:56:10,953 --> 00:56:13,784
A Cambodian donut shop,
make $10,000, they can survive.

1235
00:56:13,922 --> 00:56:15,130
[Greg Nichols]
Dunkin' had really been

1236
00:56:15,268 --> 00:56:16,718
driven out of the state.

1237
00:56:16,856 --> 00:56:18,927
And it was the Cambodian
donut shop owners,

1238
00:56:19,065 --> 00:56:21,067
the Mom-and-Pops,
that had done it.

1239
00:56:22,620 --> 00:56:27,556
[Ning Yen] Anything
Ted doing, very success.

1240
00:56:27,694 --> 00:56:32,458
[Chris Ngoy] My dad was very active in the Republican Party.

1241
00:56:32,596 --> 00:56:34,563
[Ted Ngoy] I have a lot of
connections to the top,

1242
00:56:34,701 --> 00:56:36,876
they all know me.

1243
00:56:37,014 --> 00:56:38,774
When we come to America,

1244
00:56:38,912 --> 00:56:41,536
I said, you know,
"I have to pay back."

1245
00:56:43,503 --> 00:56:45,747
Most important
is helping, you know,

1246
00:56:45,885 --> 00:56:49,854
the country grow
by doing business.

1247
00:56:49,992 --> 00:56:54,238
Imagine, a man with nothing,
penniless...

1248
00:56:54,376 --> 00:56:58,380
come to the most powerful
country in the world

1249
00:56:58,518 --> 00:57:00,106
and he build something.

1250
00:57:00,244 --> 00:57:02,902
This guy can change the market.

1251
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:06,664
[♪♪♪]

1252
00:57:06,802 --> 00:57:09,495
In 1991, President Bush Sr.

1253
00:57:09,633 --> 00:57:12,636
flew from the White House
to California

1254
00:57:12,774 --> 00:57:14,603
to give me
a Presidential Award

1255
00:57:14,741 --> 00:57:17,434
for achieving
American Dream.

1256
00:57:17,572 --> 00:57:20,678
And I felt so proud.

1257
00:57:20,816 --> 00:57:24,441
In Cambodia,
it's a different country...

1258
00:57:24,579 --> 00:57:27,202
only the rich people
can become more rich,

1259
00:57:27,340 --> 00:57:29,791
but the poor,
the chance to become rich

1260
00:57:29,929 --> 00:57:33,450
is very seldom,
like impossible.

1261
00:57:33,588 --> 00:57:36,591
[♪♪♪]

1262
00:57:43,598 --> 00:57:46,601
[train honking]

1263
00:57:48,499 --> 00:57:51,709
We are on the road
on the way to Sisiphon.

1264
00:57:53,366 --> 00:57:55,955
I was born here in 1941.

1265
00:57:57,991 --> 00:57:59,855
I was born poor,

1266
00:57:59,993 --> 00:58:01,995
we lived in a wooden house

1267
00:58:02,133 --> 00:58:05,723
and the floor
is right to the dirt.

1268
00:58:05,861 --> 00:58:09,624
So, sometimes we see
some snakes and it's scary,

1269
00:58:09,762 --> 00:58:12,868
but that's how
the poor people live.

1270
00:58:14,905 --> 00:58:17,839
My mother, she is Chinese.

1271
00:58:17,977 --> 00:58:21,670
She moved to Cambodia
at 18 years old.

1272
00:58:21,808 --> 00:58:24,293
I was 5 years old
when my father left

1273
00:58:24,431 --> 00:58:27,883
and my poor mother, she didn't
speak any Khmer language.

1274
00:58:28,021 --> 00:58:31,853
So that make it
very hard on her.

1275
00:58:31,991 --> 00:58:34,856
So living is very hard because

1276
00:58:34,994 --> 00:58:37,203
we were lacking of everything.

1277
00:58:40,413 --> 00:58:42,380
I always come here
to pick up my mother.

1278
00:58:42,519 --> 00:58:46,350
My mother had to make
a hard living.

1279
00:58:48,455 --> 00:58:52,459
[Dao Tak Lim] His mother
was smuggling goods.

1280
00:58:52,598 --> 00:58:55,877
At 9 a.m. when the train came,

1281
00:58:56,015 --> 00:59:02,435
she would go to the Thai border
to get goods...

1282
00:59:02,573 --> 00:59:07,544
then bring the goods
back to sell.

1283
00:59:07,682 --> 00:59:09,856
-She fell twice
from the train, right?

1284
00:59:09,994 --> 00:59:11,962
But she stand up again,
she do it again

1285
00:59:12,100 --> 00:59:14,585
because she had no choice.

1286
00:59:14,723 --> 00:59:16,414
I learned a lot from her,

1287
00:59:16,553 --> 00:59:18,796
the fight for survival.

1288
00:59:18,934 --> 00:59:21,488
She was working so hard,

1289
00:59:21,627 --> 00:59:25,078
she tried to save
as much as she can.

1290
00:59:25,216 --> 00:59:27,771
Not for her, but for
her children, the education.

1291
00:59:28,426 --> 00:59:31,050
[kids chattering]

1292
00:59:33,362 --> 00:59:35,951
[kids applaud]

1293
00:59:36,089 --> 00:59:40,749
-Starting from the age
of seven, eight, or nine,

1294
00:59:40,887 --> 00:59:45,271
we always played together.

1295
00:59:45,409 --> 00:59:48,481
All of Battambang
knew his name,

1296
00:59:48,619 --> 00:59:50,863
Ted Ngoy.

1297
00:59:51,001 --> 00:59:52,968
[kids applaud]

1298
00:59:53,106 --> 00:59:58,940
He was a quick learner,
much smarter than I was.

1299
00:59:59,078 --> 01:00:01,667
[Ted Ngoy] My mother,
I know she saved some money,

1300
01:00:01,805 --> 01:00:03,496
she asked me to leave home

1301
01:00:03,634 --> 01:00:05,981
because she wanted me
to have a brighter future.

1302
01:00:06,119 --> 01:00:09,433
That is how I end up
at Voltaire High School.

1303
01:00:09,571 --> 01:00:12,332
I must work and study hard.

1304
01:00:12,470 --> 01:00:14,472
I wanted to learn more things,

1305
01:00:14,611 --> 01:00:17,165
what the world can offer.

1306
01:00:17,303 --> 01:00:19,270
Suganthini was my classmate,

1307
01:00:19,408 --> 01:00:21,031
[bell rings]

1308
01:00:21,169 --> 01:00:24,034
she sit in a couple rows
in front of me.

1309
01:00:24,172 --> 01:00:29,211
To me, she was so beautiful
and I fall in love.

1310
01:00:29,349 --> 01:00:30,385
-I-I didn't notice him,
you know,

1311
01:00:30,523 --> 01:00:34,492
because there's so many guys...
[laughs]

1312
01:00:34,631 --> 01:00:37,599
and we don't talk to guys.

1313
01:00:37,737 --> 01:00:39,359
[Ted Ngoy chuckling]

1314
01:00:39,497 --> 01:00:42,811
[cracking thunder]

1315
01:00:49,335 --> 01:00:53,270
[Ted Ngoy] After rain,
the whole city is so quiet.

1316
01:00:53,408 --> 01:00:55,203
I'd start blowing the flute...

1317
01:00:55,341 --> 01:00:59,552
[Ted Ngoy playing flute]

1318
01:00:59,690 --> 01:01:01,347
My balcony, you know,

1319
01:01:01,485 --> 01:01:04,661
is right across the street
from the big villa,

1320
01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:07,422
that's the villa of Christy.

1321
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:10,597
[Christy] You cannot see
each other, but, you know,

1322
01:01:10,736 --> 01:01:13,635
when it's quiet,
everything quiet,

1323
01:01:13,773 --> 01:01:16,569
you can hear it. [chuckles]

1324
01:01:16,707 --> 01:01:18,226
[Ted Ngoy playing flute]

1325
01:01:18,364 --> 01:01:21,436
[Ted Ngoy] One day, she sent
her maid from the villa

1326
01:01:21,574 --> 01:01:23,921
to send me a note saying,

1327
01:01:24,059 --> 01:01:26,579
"You blow a very nice flute."

1328
01:01:26,717 --> 01:01:29,064
[Christy]
We don't really speak,

1329
01:01:29,202 --> 01:01:31,446
we just write back and forth.

1330
01:01:31,584 --> 01:01:33,690
[Ted Ngoy] The last note
I wrote to her said,

1331
01:01:33,828 --> 01:01:35,588
you know what...
"How about, if some night,

1332
01:01:35,726 --> 01:01:37,417
I jump into your room?

1333
01:01:37,555 --> 01:01:38,695
She replied,

1334
01:01:38,833 --> 01:01:40,904
"What happens if you jump
to the wrong room?"

1335
01:01:41,042 --> 01:01:43,492
If you jump
into my mother's room?"

1336
01:01:44,735 --> 01:01:49,775
[Christy] He's from a poor
family so, I... It's just...

1337
01:01:49,913 --> 01:01:54,089
no way that my parents
gonna let us

1338
01:01:54,227 --> 01:01:56,643
be together, you know?

1339
01:01:56,782 --> 01:02:05,583
[Chhay Bun Ngoy] Her father was
a very high ranking official.

1340
01:02:05,722 --> 01:02:08,863
A family with a lot of
influence in Cambodia.

1341
01:02:09,001 --> 01:02:12,142
Her father told him,

1342
01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:16,871
"Don't come into our house or
I'll kill you."

1343
01:02:18,355 --> 01:02:20,944
[Ted Ngoy] It was two or
three o'clock, after the rain.

1344
01:02:21,082 --> 01:02:23,532
I was up the roof,

1345
01:02:23,670 --> 01:02:25,189
I look at downstairs...
"Wow."

1346
01:02:25,327 --> 01:02:28,675
It's dogs and police
and security... everywhere.

1347
01:02:28,814 --> 01:02:32,507
I just sit there, quiet,
for maybe five minutes.

1348
01:02:32,645 --> 01:02:33,957
I said,
"Wow, should I go back home

1349
01:02:34,095 --> 01:02:35,993
or should I continue?"
[chuckles]

1350
01:02:36,131 --> 01:02:38,064
It's so scary!

1351
01:02:39,617 --> 01:02:42,448
-The house was full of guards.
-He had guts.

1352
01:02:42,586 --> 01:02:47,108
Lord I'll say,
his balls are BIG!

1353
01:02:47,246 --> 01:02:48,661
[Ted Ngoy] I opened the door.

1354
01:02:48,799 --> 01:02:50,283
I cannot see her face,

1355
01:02:50,421 --> 01:02:52,769
I don't know if it's her...
or her cousin...or sister...

1356
01:02:52,907 --> 01:02:54,391
I have no clue.

1357
01:02:54,529 --> 01:02:57,152
[Christy] And then he come
and grabbed my mouth, saying,

1358
01:02:57,290 --> 01:02:58,602
"Don't scream..."

1359
01:02:58,740 --> 01:03:00,052
[Ted Ngoy] I said,
"Don't worry, don't worry...

1360
01:03:00,190 --> 01:03:03,365
I will hide under your bed."

1361
01:03:03,503 --> 01:03:05,091
I stayed there for 45 days!

1362
01:03:07,507 --> 01:03:09,302
[Chhay Bun Ngoy] I never
would have dared to do that.

1363
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:14,066
He really has no fear.

1364
01:03:14,204 --> 01:03:17,172
[Ted Ngoy] There's two
reasons that I go after her.

1365
01:03:17,310 --> 01:03:19,140
Number one,
she's so beautiful.

1366
01:03:19,278 --> 01:03:23,178
I definitely love her
with all my heart.

1367
01:03:23,316 --> 01:03:27,907
But secondly,
I found my life is hopeless.

1368
01:03:28,045 --> 01:03:32,325
So I think, "Well,
maybe this is a chance..."

1369
01:03:32,463 --> 01:03:34,431
If I'm not succeed,
if I get killed...

1370
01:03:34,569 --> 01:03:36,191
so, that's the end of my life.

1371
01:03:36,329 --> 01:03:37,986
But if I succeed,

1372
01:03:38,124 --> 01:03:40,230
then I get
a beautiful woman as my wife

1373
01:03:40,368 --> 01:03:41,714
and I can
climb up the ladder

1374
01:03:41,852 --> 01:03:43,820
and my life
is not so difficult.

1375
01:03:43,958 --> 01:03:46,374
[train whooshes past]

1376
01:03:46,512 --> 01:03:48,859
-I was so young, you know,

1377
01:03:48,997 --> 01:03:50,792
all I wanted to be
is just with him.

1378
01:03:52,173 --> 01:03:55,452
[Ted Ngoy] We cut our fingers...

1379
01:03:55,590 --> 01:03:59,870
-We swear to each other
to be together forever.

1380
01:04:01,320 --> 01:04:04,530
[Ted Ngoy] We swear that
we do not betray each other.

1381
01:04:05,151 --> 01:04:07,878
[♪♪♪]

1382
01:04:19,545 --> 01:04:21,098
[Ted Ngoy] In lifetime,
maybe chance come to you

1383
01:04:21,236 --> 01:04:22,997
one or two times,
that's it.

1384
01:04:23,135 --> 01:04:25,068
It won't happen daily.

1385
01:04:25,689 --> 01:04:28,899
[chanting]

1386
01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:32,454
There's a risk,
but we have to have courage.

1387
01:04:35,526 --> 01:04:38,598
Just don't let the good chance, you know, slip away.

1388
01:04:41,256 --> 01:04:42,740
[President Ronald Reagan] What
we've done only prepares us

1389
01:04:42,879 --> 01:04:44,397
for what we're going to do.

1390
01:04:44,535 --> 01:04:47,366
Let me just say,
good habits are hard to break.

1391
01:04:47,504 --> 01:04:50,472
[crowd cheering and applauds]

1392
01:04:50,610 --> 01:04:52,267
[Savy Ngoy] I don't remember
who took us there,

1393
01:04:52,405 --> 01:04:54,373
but it was amazing.

1394
01:04:54,511 --> 01:04:58,066
Lots of lights,
and everything was so beautiful.

1395
01:04:58,825 --> 01:05:00,655
[Ted Ngoy] It's just completely
different from where we live

1396
01:05:00,793 --> 01:05:02,001
and where we work.

1397
01:05:02,139 --> 01:05:04,901
[♪♪♪]

1398
01:05:06,212 --> 01:05:08,283
Show and exciting.

1399
01:05:09,906 --> 01:05:12,080
Just like the first time
I tasted a donut.

1400
01:05:13,875 --> 01:05:16,533
-My dad was amazed by Las Vegas.

1401
01:05:16,671 --> 01:05:18,984
[♪♪♪]

1402
01:05:19,122 --> 01:05:21,193
[Ted Ngoy] First trip,
we did not gamble anything,

1403
01:05:21,331 --> 01:05:24,161
just see the show and
a couple nights we come home.

1404
01:05:24,299 --> 01:05:27,544
[♪♪♪]

1405
01:05:27,682 --> 01:05:29,132
And the second time,

1406
01:05:29,270 --> 01:05:31,479
I just tried
a little bit on the table.

1407
01:05:31,617 --> 01:05:33,791
[President Ronald Reagan] We're
enjoying the largest increase

1408
01:05:33,930 --> 01:05:36,208
in real,
after tax personal income

1409
01:05:36,346 --> 01:05:38,693
since World War Two.

1410
01:05:38,831 --> 01:05:41,006
[Ted Ngoy] Just all
started with blackjack.

1411
01:05:41,144 --> 01:05:42,283
[Christy] It started small.

1412
01:05:42,421 --> 01:05:43,629
[Ted Ngoy] Bet $5... $10

1413
01:05:43,767 --> 01:05:45,665
[Christy]
He learned really fast.

1414
01:05:45,803 --> 01:05:47,529
I didn't know anything.

1415
01:05:47,667 --> 01:05:51,085
I never gambled,
my family never gambled.

1416
01:05:51,223 --> 01:05:52,017
-He even taught me like,

1417
01:05:52,155 --> 01:05:53,604
"Hey, here's how
you make money."

1418
01:05:53,742 --> 01:05:56,124
-Not everyone
is fortunate enough

1419
01:05:56,262 --> 01:05:59,369
to know my techniques
of how to make a lot of money.

1420
01:05:59,507 --> 01:06:00,922
-You win,
you double down.

1421
01:06:01,060 --> 01:06:02,475
You lose,
you double down again.

1422
01:06:05,064 --> 01:06:07,722
[Christy] He get to know
the pit boss and...

1423
01:06:07,860 --> 01:06:11,001
they give him
free room, free food.

1424
01:06:11,139 --> 01:06:13,314
Then they start
going...and going...

1425
01:06:13,452 --> 01:06:15,695
-The illusion has become real,

1426
01:06:15,833 --> 01:06:18,284
and the more real it becomes,

1427
01:06:18,422 --> 01:06:20,321
the more desperately
they want it.

1428
01:06:20,459 --> 01:06:21,667
[Christy] He'd just disappear...

1429
01:06:21,805 --> 01:06:24,049
somewhere in the casino,
you know?

1430
01:06:24,187 --> 01:06:26,637
Until late at night.

1431
01:06:26,775 --> 01:06:28,639
[Ted Ngoy] Because
I'm a high roller,

1432
01:06:28,777 --> 01:06:31,090
they gave me 20 tickets
for Mike Tyson boxing.

1433
01:06:31,228 --> 01:06:34,921
I was there when
he bite Evander Holyfield.

1434
01:06:35,060 --> 01:06:39,064
Yeah, I was there! [chuckles]

1435
01:06:39,202 --> 01:06:41,031
So funny!

1436
01:06:41,169 --> 01:06:42,791
[Christy] He seemed so excited,

1437
01:06:42,929 --> 01:06:45,518
he doesn't sleep all day,
all night.

1438
01:06:45,656 --> 01:06:48,004
[Ted Ngoy] Every time,
they invite me as a VIP.

1439
01:06:48,142 --> 01:06:51,938
They give me a suite,
a $2,000/night room.

1440
01:06:52,077 --> 01:06:53,975
-We're going to keep
the mighty engine

1441
01:06:54,113 --> 01:06:56,322
of this nation revved up.

1442
01:06:56,460 --> 01:06:58,428
-He's--he's not tired.

1443
01:06:58,566 --> 01:06:59,567
[Ted Ngoy] When you win,
you cannot sit still,

1444
01:06:59,705 --> 01:07:00,947
you cannot sleep.

1445
01:07:01,086 --> 01:07:02,363
Oh... it feels so good.

1446
01:07:02,501 --> 01:07:04,641
[Ronald Reagan]
To each one of you I say,

1447
01:07:04,779 --> 01:07:06,367
"You ain't seen nothing yet."

1448
01:07:06,505 --> 01:07:07,920
[crowd cheer and applaud]

1449
01:07:08,058 --> 01:07:09,818
[Savy Ngoy] We're gonna
be truthful, right?

1450
01:07:09,956 --> 01:07:11,924
Yeah,
he wasn't the perfect man.

1451
01:07:12,062 --> 01:07:13,132
He was just--

1452
01:07:13,270 --> 01:07:14,789
I don't know
what was wrong with him.

1453
01:07:14,927 --> 01:07:16,377
[Ted Ngoy] In three words:

1454
01:07:16,515 --> 01:07:18,344
excitement, money, and greed.

1455
01:07:18,482 --> 01:07:20,588
[Savy Ngoy] When he wins,
he's so happy,

1456
01:07:20,726 --> 01:07:23,453
and we're
all so happy for him.

1457
01:07:23,591 --> 01:07:25,110
But when he lost
a lot of money,

1458
01:07:25,248 --> 01:07:27,353
he's in a very bad mood.

1459
01:07:31,668 --> 01:07:34,774
[Chhay Bun Ngoy] Every month
he earned tens of thousands.

1460
01:07:34,912 --> 01:07:35,879
[Dao Tak Lim]
Too much money.

1461
01:07:36,017 --> 01:07:37,087
-Too much money.

1462
01:07:38,813 --> 01:07:40,987
He was bored
and had nothing to do.

1463
01:07:41,126 --> 01:07:43,335
So he would go to Las Vegas.

1464
01:07:43,473 --> 01:07:48,823
-It just got worse and worse
and he always hide it from me.

1465
01:07:48,961 --> 01:07:52,171
[Chris Ngoy] And one time,
we flew to Vegas...

1466
01:07:54,139 --> 01:07:58,246
and he dropped us off
at Circus-Circus,

1467
01:07:58,384 --> 01:08:03,113
gave us like 20 bucks each,
and we had a blast all day.

1468
01:08:03,251 --> 01:08:06,012
He got to gamble,
and we got to play games.

1469
01:08:06,151 --> 01:08:07,945
And so, on the way home,

1470
01:08:08,084 --> 01:08:10,707
he went and bought
some fish from the store.

1471
01:08:10,845 --> 01:08:13,192
[Savy Ngoy] Told my mom,
"Oh, we had so much fun!

1472
01:08:13,330 --> 01:08:15,367
Look at all this fish
that we got."

1473
01:08:15,505 --> 01:08:17,817
[Chet Ngoy] My grandma's like,
"Hey, these fishes

1474
01:08:17,955 --> 01:08:18,887
feel like frozen." [chuckling]

1475
01:08:19,025 --> 01:08:20,751
[Savy Ngoy chuckles]

1476
01:08:20,889 --> 01:08:22,926
-So Grandma knew. [chuckles]
-Yeah.

1477
01:08:23,064 --> 01:08:23,996
-Who would go through
all of that,

1478
01:08:24,134 --> 01:08:27,448
just to get to Vegas
for seven hours?

1479
01:08:27,586 --> 01:08:28,932
But he did.

1480
01:08:30,451 --> 01:08:33,868
[Ted Ngoy] When I really
want to gamble, I disappear.

1481
01:08:34,006 --> 01:08:36,836
I pretend to order
supply or collect money,

1482
01:08:36,974 --> 01:08:40,392
but then I fly to Las Vegas.

1483
01:08:40,530 --> 01:08:42,083
-I go look for him many times.

1484
01:08:42,221 --> 01:08:43,809
[Chris Ngoy] Because
she knows which casinos

1485
01:08:43,947 --> 01:08:47,019
are his favorite
casinos to go to.

1486
01:08:47,157 --> 01:08:48,848
My mom would drop me off
and run in there,

1487
01:08:48,986 --> 01:08:50,022
looking for him.

1488
01:08:51,713 --> 01:08:54,060
[Ted Ngoy]
One time in The Mirage,

1489
01:08:54,199 --> 01:08:56,408
I saw them come in...

1490
01:08:56,546 --> 01:08:59,204
I went behind
the slot machines.

1491
01:08:59,342 --> 01:09:01,067
I feel so much pain,

1492
01:09:01,206 --> 01:09:03,000
but I cannot show my face.

1493
01:09:04,968 --> 01:09:06,694
-We would finally find him,

1494
01:09:06,832 --> 01:09:08,799
drive him back home,
and you know,

1495
01:09:08,937 --> 01:09:11,008
then he would
cause a lot of trouble.

1496
01:09:11,975 --> 01:09:13,494
[Christy] We'd fight.

1497
01:09:13,632 --> 01:09:16,876
He throw things,
he'd break

1498
01:09:17,014 --> 01:09:20,017
the coffee table,
glass and stuff, you know.

1499
01:09:20,156 --> 01:09:22,917
Kick the door and this,
and that...

1500
01:09:23,055 --> 01:09:25,506
they'd all go hiding
in their room.

1501
01:09:27,991 --> 01:09:30,856
[Ted Ngoy] It's a devil,
it's a monster.

1502
01:09:30,994 --> 01:09:32,271
It's a monster in me.

1503
01:09:33,721 --> 01:09:35,343
-I always forgave him,

1504
01:09:35,481 --> 01:09:37,276
but then he never stopped.

1505
01:09:37,414 --> 01:09:40,693
He'd do it again... and again...
and again.

1506
01:09:40,831 --> 01:09:42,868
[Ted Ngoy] It just draws
you to go to the table.

1507
01:09:43,006 --> 01:09:44,801
You cannot say no.

1508
01:09:44,939 --> 01:09:47,700
You took my money,
I want to chase my money back.

1509
01:09:47,838 --> 01:09:49,081
Badly!

1510
01:09:49,219 --> 01:09:50,945
If I lose $100, I want to get
$200 or $300 back.

1511
01:09:53,016 --> 01:09:55,121
The more you chase,
the more it's gone.

1512
01:09:55,260 --> 01:09:58,435
[♪♪♪]

1513
01:10:01,024 --> 01:10:03,129
The bad and compulsive gamblers,

1514
01:10:03,268 --> 01:10:04,648
they do whatever it takes

1515
01:10:04,786 --> 01:10:07,203
to get money
and go to the table.

1516
01:10:10,309 --> 01:10:12,346
-Ted said,
"Okay, you want a store,

1517
01:10:12,484 --> 01:10:15,141
you gotta have
$20,000 to deposit

1518
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:19,042
in order for me
to find a store for you.

1519
01:10:19,180 --> 01:10:20,699
[Ted Ngoy] People
trust me at that time.

1520
01:10:20,837 --> 01:10:24,392
Whatever I say to them,
of course they listened to me

1521
01:10:24,530 --> 01:10:26,394
because people need the shop.

1522
01:10:26,532 --> 01:10:28,465
And if I need $20,000...

1523
01:10:28,603 --> 01:10:29,777
they will give me $20,000.

1524
01:10:33,194 --> 01:10:35,714
[Chuong Lee] You know to,
to save for $10,000,

1525
01:10:35,852 --> 01:10:37,578
$20,000, it's not easy.

1526
01:10:38,889 --> 01:10:43,169
I work from 7 a.m. from
to like 10 o'clock at night.

1527
01:10:43,308 --> 01:10:46,242
Every day
I make a thousand shirt.

1528
01:10:46,380 --> 01:10:48,623
I make $10 a day.

1529
01:10:48,761 --> 01:10:50,936
I've worked so hard
for three years

1530
01:10:51,074 --> 01:10:56,010
in order to save the $20,000
to deposit to Ted Ngoy.

1531
01:10:57,494 --> 01:10:59,462
[Ted Ngoy]
I need money to gamble

1532
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:01,809
because I have no more money.

1533
01:11:01,947 --> 01:11:03,673
The money I collect,

1534
01:11:03,811 --> 01:11:05,226
already gone.

1535
01:11:05,364 --> 01:11:08,816
So, I even borrow money
from refinancing my house.

1536
01:11:10,714 --> 01:11:13,096
[Chuong Lee]
He cheat all these people.

1537
01:11:13,234 --> 01:11:17,134
You can say he help, but
he want to get something back.

1538
01:11:17,273 --> 01:11:19,516
Not free at all,

1539
01:11:19,654 --> 01:11:21,725
that's why easy come, easy go.

1540
01:11:23,348 --> 01:11:26,937
[man 1] Cambodian community is
very tight knit, very small.

1541
01:11:27,075 --> 01:11:30,113
Everyone knew he was a gambler.

1542
01:11:31,977 --> 01:11:34,013
[man 2] He would do
anything for money.

1543
01:11:35,774 --> 01:11:37,293
[Savy Ngoy] He used to go
to the donut shops and said,

1544
01:11:37,431 --> 01:11:39,018
"Let me borrow 50,000,

1545
01:11:39,156 --> 01:11:40,813
and I will pay you back
next month.

1546
01:11:40,951 --> 01:11:43,057
If I don't, then
you can have the donut shop."

1547
01:11:44,714 --> 01:11:45,922
So, when he doesn't pay back,

1548
01:11:46,060 --> 01:11:47,717
the donut shop
belongs to them, now.

1549
01:11:47,855 --> 01:11:49,891
It doesn't belong
to my dad or my mom anymore.

1550
01:11:50,029 --> 01:11:52,515
And my mom never knew this.

1551
01:11:52,653 --> 01:11:55,414
[Christy] He forged
my signature all the time,

1552
01:11:55,552 --> 01:11:57,899
even on my own account.

1553
01:11:58,037 --> 01:11:59,832
What can I do?

1554
01:11:59,970 --> 01:12:03,595
If I report it,
he goes to jail, right?

1555
01:12:03,733 --> 01:12:06,080
I-I cannot do that.

1556
01:12:06,218 --> 01:12:07,461
I just have to live with it.

1557
01:12:09,048 --> 01:12:10,429
[Savy Ngoy]
We lost all these donut shops

1558
01:12:10,567 --> 01:12:12,431
because of gambling.

1559
01:12:12,569 --> 01:12:14,191
And she didn't have
control over that.

1560
01:12:18,541 --> 01:12:20,266
-One day, my parents said, uh,

1561
01:12:20,405 --> 01:12:22,372
"Hey, I need you to
go to Bakersfield

1562
01:12:22,510 --> 01:12:24,374
or something tomorrow with us.

1563
01:12:24,512 --> 01:12:26,514
We're selling
the last donut shop,

1564
01:12:26,652 --> 01:12:28,930
and it's in your name."

1565
01:12:29,068 --> 01:12:30,415
The next day, um,

1566
01:12:30,553 --> 01:12:33,349
we drove up there,
met some Cambodian people,

1567
01:12:33,487 --> 01:12:37,422
and they paid us in cash,
$85,000.

1568
01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:41,357
We jumped in the car
and started driving home.

1569
01:12:41,495 --> 01:12:43,945
[Ted Ngoy] My son drove
the car so fast...

1570
01:12:44,083 --> 01:12:46,120
-I was going
maybe 60 or something.

1571
01:12:46,258 --> 01:12:48,950
-There's a police car
in the front...

1572
01:12:49,088 --> 01:12:52,575
I told my son,
"Don't ever pass that car."

1573
01:12:52,713 --> 01:12:54,162
[Chris Ngoy] Like,
I'm going the speed limit.

1574
01:12:54,300 --> 01:12:56,302
So, you know,
what's the big deal?

1575
01:12:56,441 --> 01:12:57,959
-He didn't listen,
he's too young,

1576
01:12:58,097 --> 01:12:59,167
and he passed...

1577
01:12:59,305 --> 01:13:00,306
-[siren wailing]
-[chatter on police radio]

1578
01:13:00,445 --> 01:13:02,826
[Chris Ngoy]
He pulled us over,

1579
01:13:02,964 --> 01:13:04,966
and they had
their guns drawn at us.

1580
01:13:05,104 --> 01:13:07,555
We're like,
"What the hell is going on?"

1581
01:13:07,693 --> 01:13:09,937
They handcuffed
all three of us

1582
01:13:10,075 --> 01:13:12,767
and took us
to the CHP substation,

1583
01:13:12,905 --> 01:13:16,115
and we're sitting there,
you know, waiting, waiting.

1584
01:13:16,253 --> 01:13:18,739
[Ted Ngoy] I didn't make payment
for the last six months.

1585
01:13:18,877 --> 01:13:22,432
So, they report
that car is a stolen car.

1586
01:13:22,570 --> 01:13:25,297
-In the meantime,
there's $85,000

1587
01:13:25,435 --> 01:13:28,887
in a Carl's Jr. brown paper bag
in the back, in the trunk.

1588
01:13:29,025 --> 01:13:31,924
My parents, you know,
were scared to say anything

1589
01:13:32,062 --> 01:13:37,654
because obviously, who walks
around with $85,000 in cash?

1590
01:13:37,792 --> 01:13:39,000
-After everything is clear,

1591
01:13:39,138 --> 01:13:41,727
I said,
"I have cash in the trunk."

1592
01:13:41,865 --> 01:13:44,005
-Five minutes later,
someone calls back and says,

1593
01:13:44,143 --> 01:13:46,629
"Yeah, there's--there's
no money in the trunk."

1594
01:13:49,252 --> 01:13:53,498
I remember seeing my mom just
bust out in tears.

1595
01:13:55,327 --> 01:13:57,605
[Ted Ngoy] I really need
that money, and it's gone.

1596
01:14:01,264 --> 01:14:05,958
[Savy Ngoy] He lost all his donut shops, he filed bankrupt.

1597
01:14:06,096 --> 01:14:09,514
[Chris Ngoy] The house on the lake went into foreclosure.

1598
01:14:09,652 --> 01:14:11,377
We own it
for nine or ten years,

1599
01:14:11,516 --> 01:14:15,278
and they had to walk away
from it, gave it all up.

1600
01:14:19,420 --> 01:14:21,249
-I miss this big house so much.

1601
01:14:26,082 --> 01:14:27,186
[Chet Ngoy]
It's hard to believe

1602
01:14:27,324 --> 01:14:28,705
that he could
allow that to happen

1603
01:14:28,843 --> 01:14:30,638
when he came to
this country with nothing,

1604
01:14:30,776 --> 01:14:32,468
you know, absolutely nothing.

1605
01:14:34,124 --> 01:14:39,060
[Chhay Bun Ngoy] What a pity!
I yelled at him in my heart.

1606
01:14:39,198 --> 01:14:42,478
I'm his cousin,
so I can do this.

1607
01:14:42,616 --> 01:14:44,790
I told him,
"You're foolish... "

1608
01:14:44,928 --> 01:14:50,037
"You were a millionaire,
a mogul."

1609
01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:54,559
-My parents
went back to Cambodia.

1610
01:14:56,975 --> 01:14:57,976
They were done.

1611
01:14:59,011 --> 01:15:01,497
["Rom Changvak [A Go Go]"
performed by Pen Ron]

1612
01:15:24,692 --> 01:15:26,625
[Ted Ngoy] A lot of
thing come back to me.

1613
01:15:28,972 --> 01:15:30,664
Before the war,

1614
01:15:30,802 --> 01:15:33,908
Cambodia
is a beautiful country,

1615
01:15:34,046 --> 01:15:35,427
everywhere is green...

1616
01:15:37,256 --> 01:15:39,189
It reminds me of my childhood,

1617
01:15:40,743 --> 01:15:43,539
the love story
that I have with Christy,

1618
01:15:44,816 --> 01:15:47,508
and I thought
I can change myself.

1619
01:15:48,474 --> 01:15:49,717
[muted chatter]

1620
01:15:49,855 --> 01:15:53,100
["Rom Changvak [A Go Go]"
performed by Pen Ron]

1621
01:16:00,832 --> 01:16:04,352
[Christy] We've been
together for so long

1622
01:16:04,490 --> 01:16:07,735
and we have
a lot of things together.

1623
01:16:07,873 --> 01:16:10,911
So, if I leave him...

1624
01:16:11,049 --> 01:16:12,809
what--what I'm going to do,
you know?

1625
01:16:15,778 --> 01:16:17,124
I've never been by myself.

1626
01:16:17,262 --> 01:16:20,230
[♪♪♪]

1627
01:16:24,303 --> 01:16:26,547
[Savy Ngoy]
My mom came to visit us.

1628
01:16:26,685 --> 01:16:29,239
And my dad had an affair.

1629
01:16:33,450 --> 01:16:36,108
[Ted Ngoy]
I denied it, I said, "No..."

1630
01:16:36,246 --> 01:16:38,317
but let's be honest...

1631
01:16:38,455 --> 01:16:41,458
I do have a little affair.

1632
01:16:41,597 --> 01:16:44,427
[Christy] Why do I hang out with him for so long, you know?

1633
01:16:44,565 --> 01:16:47,016
For... for what?

1634
01:16:47,154 --> 01:16:50,364
Finally, that's the last
thing for me.

1635
01:16:50,502 --> 01:16:53,678
I went to court here
to file divorce.

1636
01:16:53,816 --> 01:16:55,127
[Savy Ngoy]
My dad was on his own.

1637
01:16:55,265 --> 01:16:58,027
We didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore.

1638
01:16:58,165 --> 01:17:01,030
Took care of our mom and,
you know,

1639
01:17:01,168 --> 01:17:03,515
she's been through a lot.
A lot.

1640
01:17:07,692 --> 01:17:10,522
["Rom Changvak [A Go Go]"
performed by Pen Ron]

1641
01:17:13,663 --> 01:17:15,354
[Ted Ngoy]
I got cursed from God,

1642
01:17:17,529 --> 01:17:21,222
because I broken
my agreement with her.

1643
01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:24,605
["Rom Changvak [A Go Go]"
performed by Pen Ron]

1644
01:17:25,813 --> 01:17:26,780
[Ted Ngoy] I lost everything.

1645
01:17:26,918 --> 01:17:28,505
Believe me... everything.

1646
01:17:28,644 --> 01:17:31,957
["Rom Changvak [A Go Go]"
performed by Pen Ron]

1647
01:17:41,657 --> 01:17:44,176
[dog barking]

1648
01:17:45,212 --> 01:17:48,146
[dog barks]

1649
01:17:49,872 --> 01:17:51,149
[pounding spices]

1650
01:17:51,287 --> 01:17:53,599
[Mayly Tao] That's one chili,
two chilies,

1651
01:17:53,738 --> 01:17:56,948
three chilies,
four chilies. [giggles]

1652
01:17:57,086 --> 01:17:57,880
-The more the better.

1653
01:17:58,018 --> 01:17:59,088
[Mayly Tao giggles]

1654
01:17:59,226 --> 01:18:00,261
-Spicy.

1655
01:18:02,401 --> 01:18:05,025
[Mayly Tao] Literally, no
measurements, just eyeballing.

1656
01:18:05,163 --> 01:18:06,923
[Chuong Lee] When you want
measurement, I cannot do it.

1657
01:18:07,061 --> 01:18:08,787
Because that's how I cook.

1658
01:18:08,925 --> 01:18:11,721
[oil sizzles]

1659
01:18:13,343 --> 01:18:16,070
[Mayly Tao] Home cooking
is the best cooking.

1660
01:18:16,208 --> 01:18:19,211
I'm super lucky
to have my mom.

1661
01:18:19,349 --> 01:18:21,455
She'll like,
get up if she's sleeping

1662
01:18:21,593 --> 01:18:22,559
or tired or whatever,

1663
01:18:22,698 --> 01:18:25,562
just to make sure
that I'm well fed.

1664
01:18:25,701 --> 01:18:28,151
And I think that's like
definitely her love language.

1665
01:18:28,289 --> 01:18:29,463
It's food.

1666
01:18:29,601 --> 01:18:32,880
-When you care someone,
you--you always,

1667
01:18:33,018 --> 01:18:36,194
you know, want to make--
make sure, you know,

1668
01:18:36,332 --> 01:18:39,611
like good food for them.
Take good care of them.

1669
01:18:41,061 --> 01:18:42,545
[oil sizzling]

1670
01:18:42,683 --> 01:18:44,581
[Mayly Tao] You know my mom,
she's a certain type of way.

1671
01:18:46,031 --> 01:18:47,067
She's a fighter.

1672
01:18:48,620 --> 01:18:53,729
[Chuong Lee] DK'S Donut, it was owned by Mayly's dad's parents.

1673
01:18:53,867 --> 01:18:57,077
They bought the store in 1981.

1674
01:18:57,215 --> 01:19:01,322
I took over 1988 with
my ex-husband, Mayly's dad.

1675
01:19:01,460 --> 01:19:02,945
-Today, I'm 56,

1676
01:19:03,083 --> 01:19:06,431
and I still put
10 to 12 hour every day.

1677
01:19:07,432 --> 01:19:09,917
I get up, my knees hurt.

1678
01:19:10,055 --> 01:19:11,781
My hands hurt.

1679
01:19:11,919 --> 01:19:15,474
But I say, I have to
stand up and go, you know.

1680
01:19:15,612 --> 01:19:17,304
The store like, need me.

1681
01:19:17,442 --> 01:19:20,997
[♪♪♪]

1682
01:19:21,135 --> 01:19:23,620
I don't want my kid
to work hard like me.

1683
01:19:24,794 --> 01:19:27,314
-My parents,
they want to give us everything

1684
01:19:27,452 --> 01:19:28,902
that they didn't have.

1685
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:31,111
We have a house,
we have cars,

1686
01:19:31,249 --> 01:19:34,528
I got to go to a private
Catholic school.

1687
01:19:34,666 --> 01:19:36,530
[Chuong Lee] I want my kid
to have good education

1688
01:19:36,668 --> 01:19:40,258
because I never been
to any school at all.

1689
01:19:40,396 --> 01:19:43,606
[Mayly Tao] I went to
CST from 2008 to 2012.

1690
01:19:43,744 --> 01:19:46,643
And I came back, and my brother and my mom were like,

1691
01:19:46,782 --> 01:19:50,130
"Hey, we need some help at DK's, do you wanna come help us?"

1692
01:19:50,268 --> 01:19:53,927
And I thought DK's was always
gonna be Plan B.

1693
01:19:54,065 --> 01:19:54,962
[Chuong Lee]
The old generation,

1694
01:19:55,100 --> 01:19:56,343
back in my time,

1695
01:19:56,481 --> 01:19:57,723
80% already retired.

1696
01:19:57,862 --> 01:19:59,346
They don't
want to do it anymore.

1697
01:19:59,484 --> 01:20:03,626
I told my kid, I said,
"Can you guys do it?

1698
01:20:03,764 --> 01:20:07,250
Please, Mom need to take off."

1699
01:20:07,388 --> 01:20:09,045
[Chris Ngoy]
A lot of the old donut shops

1700
01:20:09,183 --> 01:20:12,324
with the original
first-generation owners,

1701
01:20:12,462 --> 01:20:14,050
they're all run-down.

1702
01:20:14,188 --> 01:20:16,570
The signs are all yellow.

1703
01:20:16,708 --> 01:20:19,159
Just looks
very old and outdated.

1704
01:20:19,297 --> 01:20:21,678
[customer]
I'll do one of the glazed.

1705
01:20:21,817 --> 01:20:22,852
Yeah, I'll do the maple one

1706
01:20:22,990 --> 01:20:24,820
and then the chocolate one.

1707
01:20:26,304 --> 01:20:28,202
-That's it.
-[stamps carton]

1708
01:20:28,340 --> 01:20:29,238
[Gwendolyn Lao]
Before when I was younger,

1709
01:20:29,376 --> 01:20:30,515
I would always
love doing this.

1710
01:20:30,653 --> 01:20:32,241
And then, I actually
started working here,

1711
01:20:32,379 --> 01:20:33,829
and then I hated doing this.

1712
01:20:33,967 --> 01:20:35,727
But, um, it's not that bad.

1713
01:20:35,865 --> 01:20:38,074
It's just, you know, tedious.

1714
01:20:38,212 --> 01:20:40,076
Gives me like,
you know, memories

1715
01:20:40,214 --> 01:20:42,872
like flashbacks and stuff
like that when I was younger.

1716
01:20:43,010 --> 01:20:45,150
Because when I was five,
me and my brother,

1717
01:20:45,288 --> 01:20:48,050
we would, used to like,
make boxes together.

1718
01:20:48,188 --> 01:20:49,327
And so, I would
try to race him.

1719
01:20:49,465 --> 01:20:50,673
[chuckles]

1720
01:20:50,811 --> 01:20:52,054
[Greg Nichols]
That cheap labor force

1721
01:20:52,192 --> 01:20:56,058
that the Mom-and-Pops
had in the 1970s, 1980s,

1722
01:20:56,196 --> 01:20:57,818
has kind of gone away.

1723
01:20:58,854 --> 01:21:02,927
-The donut business
is not an easy business.

1724
01:21:03,065 --> 01:21:05,343
I was introduced
to the shop very young.

1725
01:21:06,413 --> 01:21:08,311
I can remember my dad
picking me up from school,

1726
01:21:08,449 --> 01:21:11,797
kindergarten, and bringing me
here to come help him.

1727
01:21:11,936 --> 01:21:15,560
I honestly resented my
parents for that.

1728
01:21:19,564 --> 01:21:21,773
[Amanda Tang] Right now,
I'm at junior college.

1729
01:21:21,911 --> 01:21:23,430
I think everyone's kind of
rooting for me to take it over.

1730
01:21:23,568 --> 01:21:25,639
But of course, I kind of
wanna do other things too.

1731
01:21:25,777 --> 01:21:28,469
So right now, I'm just
trying to figure it out.

1732
01:21:28,607 --> 01:21:30,575
-In some ways
the Cambodian donut shop owners

1733
01:21:30,713 --> 01:21:32,266
have been victims
of their own success.

1734
01:21:32,404 --> 01:21:34,372
Their children
are well educated.

1735
01:21:34,510 --> 01:21:35,718
They're professionals

1736
01:21:35,856 --> 01:21:37,099
and they don't want to
be in the kitchen

1737
01:21:37,237 --> 01:21:38,617
baking donuts anymore.

1738
01:21:38,755 --> 01:21:40,585
So, it's been very hard
for the Mom-and-Pops

1739
01:21:40,723 --> 01:21:42,725
to continue that legacy
because of that.

1740
01:21:42,863 --> 01:21:44,934
-I do think there is
more opportunity

1741
01:21:45,072 --> 01:21:47,488
in massing together
and building a brand

1742
01:21:47,626 --> 01:21:51,907
than there is in lot of
these independent operations.

1743
01:21:53,253 --> 01:21:55,634
[Amanda Tang] Dunkin's
moved in across the street,

1744
01:21:56,221 --> 01:21:57,878
literally right across
the street from Roses,

1745
01:21:58,016 --> 01:22:00,432
and we were very worried.

1746
01:22:02,918 --> 01:22:03,780
[Greg Nichols]
This time, Dunkin'

1747
01:22:03,919 --> 01:22:05,196
is coming back swinging.

1748
01:22:05,334 --> 01:22:06,887
They're trying to
establish a huge footprint,

1749
01:22:07,025 --> 01:22:10,132
which is a big difference from
their first push in the 1980s.

1750
01:22:10,270 --> 01:22:11,719
-Dunkin Donuts just opened here,

1751
01:22:11,857 --> 01:22:14,308
there is a line
all the way down the street.

1752
01:22:14,446 --> 01:22:16,448
[Greg Nichols] They're opening
tons and tons of locations

1753
01:22:16,586 --> 01:22:19,141
to try to establish that
critical mass that's necessary

1754
01:22:19,279 --> 01:22:20,970
for a big chain
to survive in California.

1755
01:22:21,108 --> 01:22:23,214
-We're gonna open up
about 50 of those this year.

1756
01:22:23,352 --> 01:22:24,560
-And the question
all the time is,

1757
01:22:24,698 --> 01:22:25,975
"When are you
going to California?"

1758
01:22:26,113 --> 01:22:27,321
-And so far, this year,
Dunkin's has surged

1759
01:22:27,459 --> 01:22:28,426
higher and higher.

1760
01:22:28,564 --> 01:22:29,806
-The consumer
and the franchisees

1761
01:22:29,945 --> 01:22:31,739
are responding
incredibly well to this.

1762
01:22:31,877 --> 01:22:34,742
-We've had competitors move in,
but they weren't donut shops.

1763
01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:37,435
-There's a lot more Easterners
now in California,

1764
01:22:37,573 --> 01:22:38,988
people who are
addicted to Dunkin' coffee

1765
01:22:39,126 --> 01:22:40,990
and to the brand
and to its donuts.

1766
01:22:41,128 --> 01:22:42,302
[Amanda Tang]
And it had that name,

1767
01:22:42,440 --> 01:22:43,544
it had the money.

1768
01:22:43,682 --> 01:22:45,132
And I was concerned,
I was very concerned.

1769
01:22:45,270 --> 01:22:47,617
-Your Money Matters,
and your favorite

1770
01:22:47,755 --> 01:22:50,103
Mom-and-Pop shop
may be in danger--

1771
01:22:50,241 --> 01:22:51,414
[male reporter]
A local donut shop owner

1772
01:22:51,552 --> 01:22:53,347
now fearing for
the life of his business.

1773
01:22:53,485 --> 01:22:54,831
-We are seeing growth,

1774
01:22:54,970 --> 01:22:57,110
uh, hundreds of stores
every year.

1775
01:22:57,248 --> 01:22:58,835
Some independents
have closed down

1776
01:22:58,974 --> 01:23:00,527
based on our investigation,

1777
01:23:00,665 --> 01:23:03,495
but we're taking share
from those independents.

1778
01:23:04,151 --> 01:23:06,291
[Amanda Tang] The first day
that they opened, actually...

1779
01:23:07,844 --> 01:23:09,846
that was our busiest day
in history.

1780
01:23:09,985 --> 01:23:11,848
Still to this day.

1781
01:23:11,987 --> 01:23:13,850
We had customers
wait in a long line

1782
01:23:13,989 --> 01:23:16,267
that wrapped around the building
just to show us support.

1783
01:23:16,405 --> 01:23:19,408
-I passed Krispy Kreme
and Dunkin' Donut to come here.

1784
01:23:19,546 --> 01:23:20,685
[Amanda Tang] I was like,
"Oh my goodness,"

1785
01:23:20,823 --> 01:23:21,410
like we needed
more people that day.

1786
01:23:21,548 --> 01:23:22,790
It was crazy.

1787
01:23:22,928 --> 01:23:24,930
-These doughnuts are amazing.
Seriously.

1788
01:23:25,069 --> 01:23:26,415
[Amanda Tang] Usually
we're busy for a couple hours

1789
01:23:26,553 --> 01:23:29,038
like, nonstop,
but it was like the whole day.

1790
01:23:29,176 --> 01:23:30,453
Honestly, it makes me
starts crying every time,

1791
01:23:30,591 --> 01:23:31,903
like, "Hoo." [chuckles]

1792
01:23:32,041 --> 01:23:33,111
[Greg Nichols] One of the
reasons that Mom-and-Pops

1793
01:23:33,249 --> 01:23:34,595
have been able to hang on

1794
01:23:34,733 --> 01:23:37,081
against this corporate
onslaught from big brands

1795
01:23:37,219 --> 01:23:39,186
like Dunkin' Donuts
is that the community

1796
01:23:39,324 --> 01:23:41,878
really has come out
and supported them.

1797
01:23:42,017 --> 01:23:43,432
[male customer]
I've been coming to Roses

1798
01:23:43,570 --> 01:23:45,606
since 1995.

1799
01:23:45,744 --> 01:23:49,576
I prefer to come here
than any other donut store.

1800
01:23:49,714 --> 01:23:52,372
There are no donuts
better than Roses.

1801
01:23:53,200 --> 01:23:54,788
[Amanda Tang] And we're
still kicking it even with

1802
01:23:54,926 --> 01:23:57,101
like all these other
corporations moving in--

1803
01:23:57,239 --> 01:23:58,964
I know Starbucks moved in
and we're still around.

1804
01:23:59,103 --> 01:24:01,277
The Habit Grill moved in,
we're still around.

1805
01:24:01,415 --> 01:24:02,451
Dunkin's moved in,

1806
01:24:02,589 --> 01:24:04,763
we're still around.

1807
01:24:04,901 --> 01:24:07,076
[Ning Yen]
When we first came in,

1808
01:24:07,214 --> 01:24:10,424
we see a lot of opportunity.

1809
01:24:10,562 --> 01:24:12,495
Easy for us to just work hard, work hard...

1810
01:24:12,633 --> 01:24:14,083
make money, you know?

1811
01:24:14,221 --> 01:24:17,397
Now it's the 21st century,

1812
01:24:17,535 --> 01:24:18,467
I think the donut shop

1813
01:24:18,605 --> 01:24:21,608
has a lot of room to grow.

1814
01:24:21,746 --> 01:24:25,129
But you have
to be willing to change.

1815
01:24:25,267 --> 01:24:27,062
-And so, I came back,
and I worked.

1816
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:29,271
And I started to think

1817
01:24:29,409 --> 01:24:32,757
that to really
support my family,

1818
01:24:32,895 --> 01:24:34,793
there needed to be
something innovative

1819
01:24:34,931 --> 01:24:36,623
to separate it from being

1820
01:24:36,761 --> 01:24:40,213
just this normal
donut shop on the corner.

1821
01:24:40,351 --> 01:24:42,456
[Ning Yen] Nowadays you have to upgrade your store,

1822
01:24:42,594 --> 01:24:44,079
and your food.

1823
01:24:45,908 --> 01:24:49,049
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

1824
01:25:01,406 --> 01:25:03,857
[Mayly Tao] I really
wanted to rebrand DK's.

1825
01:25:03,995 --> 01:25:06,101
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

1826
01:25:06,239 --> 01:25:08,793
So I started
off simply with the logo.

1827
01:25:08,931 --> 01:25:11,278
[oil boiling]

1828
01:25:11,416 --> 01:25:12,728
And then with the logo,
it was like,

1829
01:25:12,866 --> 01:25:15,040
"Why don't we
use social media?"

1830
01:25:15,179 --> 01:25:18,527
Glaze waterfall.
Instagrammable donuts.

1831
01:25:18,665 --> 01:25:20,322
Thanks for
all the hearts, guys.

1832
01:25:21,323 --> 01:25:23,394
And, "Oh, let's start
creating...

1833
01:25:23,532 --> 01:25:26,051
all these new
experience type things."

1834
01:25:26,190 --> 01:25:28,399
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

1835
01:25:28,537 --> 01:25:32,437
We have over 120 different
kinds of donuts in the showcase.

1836
01:25:33,438 --> 01:25:35,337
-I love the donuts.
It's so fresh.

1837
01:25:35,475 --> 01:25:36,579
[woman] You like one more?

1838
01:25:36,717 --> 01:25:37,787
-Yeah, this guy right here,
he helped me.

1839
01:25:37,925 --> 01:25:40,997
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

1840
01:25:41,757 --> 01:25:42,792
[Mayly Tao] Shelby!

1841
01:25:42,930 --> 01:25:44,656
-I just saw you
on live and I was like...

1842
01:25:44,794 --> 01:25:46,037
-[giggles]
-I needed donuts.

1843
01:25:46,175 --> 01:25:47,625
[Mayly Tao] So that makes
you really want a donut?

1844
01:25:47,763 --> 01:25:49,627
[Shelby] Yeah, it did. My mom
wanted a cinnamon roll too.

1845
01:25:49,765 --> 01:25:50,697
-Oh, my god, your mom.
[giggles]

1846
01:25:50,835 --> 01:25:51,629
-Yeah.
-Your mom was watching?

1847
01:25:51,767 --> 01:25:52,837
-Yeah.
-[giggles]

1848
01:25:52,975 --> 01:25:56,254
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

1849
01:25:59,464 --> 01:26:01,570
[donut boxes clatter]

1850
01:26:01,708 --> 01:26:03,710
[skateboard sliding]

1851
01:26:03,848 --> 01:26:08,128
[Mayly Tao] Around 2013-ish,
DK's just exploded.

1852
01:26:09,302 --> 01:26:10,372
[phone camera clicks]

1853
01:26:10,510 --> 01:26:11,269
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

1854
01:26:11,407 --> 01:26:13,133
And it happened overnight.

1855
01:26:14,686 --> 01:26:15,791
-Yeah.

1856
01:26:15,929 --> 01:26:18,932
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

1857
01:26:20,761 --> 01:26:22,142
-Thank you very much.
-Thank you.

1858
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:23,039
[police officer]
I am a police officer,

1859
01:26:23,178 --> 01:26:24,109
so we have to eat donuts.

1860
01:26:24,248 --> 01:26:26,111
You can tell.

1861
01:26:26,250 --> 01:26:28,321
Svelte. [chuckles]

1862
01:26:29,736 --> 01:26:31,600
[Mayly Tao]
We just took advantage of

1863
01:26:31,738 --> 01:26:36,950
the demand of this amazing
donut-croissant pastry.

1864
01:26:37,088 --> 01:26:39,953
[reporter] They've been queuing for hours under the rain,

1865
01:26:40,091 --> 01:26:42,266
all for a taste of
the latest food craze

1866
01:26:42,404 --> 01:26:44,233
in New York: the cronut.

1867
01:26:44,371 --> 01:26:45,441
-The cronut?

1868
01:26:45,579 --> 01:26:47,719
-The cronut craze
is sweeping New York City.

1869
01:26:47,857 --> 01:26:49,204
But there's only one place

1870
01:26:49,342 --> 01:26:51,861
to get your hands on this sweet, flaky croissant-doughnut hybrid:

1871
01:26:51,999 --> 01:26:54,001
Dominic Anzel's bakery
in Manhattan.

1872
01:26:54,139 --> 01:26:57,419
[♪♪♪]

1873
01:27:01,077 --> 01:27:02,527
[Chuong Lee]
Mayly, she told me,

1874
01:27:02,665 --> 01:27:05,289
"Okay, Mom,
there's a guy from Thrillist.

1875
01:27:05,427 --> 01:27:08,119
Which is, I don't know
who is Thrillist.

1876
01:27:08,257 --> 01:27:11,709
"Just pack six cronut.
He will pick it up."

1877
01:27:11,847 --> 01:27:14,298
And I say, "Mayly,
I haven't make money yet."

1878
01:27:14,436 --> 01:27:17,818
So, she said, "Mom, just
make six and give it to him.

1879
01:27:17,956 --> 01:27:20,096
He will be here
at 10 o'clock."

1880
01:27:20,235 --> 01:27:22,306
This guy is so rude,
he not even say thank you.

1881
01:27:22,444 --> 01:27:24,169
I didn't get paid.

1882
01:27:24,308 --> 01:27:28,691
The next morning,
he released the news:

1883
01:27:28,829 --> 01:27:32,247
"The cronut has
arrived to Santa Monica."

1884
01:27:33,178 --> 01:27:35,353
[Mayly Tao] The phone
just would not stop ringing.

1885
01:27:35,491 --> 01:27:37,942
It's like, "Do you have this?
Do you have this?

1886
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:39,357
[whispers] The cronut."

1887
01:27:39,495 --> 01:27:42,187
And I immediately called my family, and I'm like,

1888
01:27:42,326 --> 01:27:43,775
"Something's happening."

1889
01:27:43,913 --> 01:27:45,190
I was like,
"I think I did something."

1890
01:27:45,329 --> 01:27:46,882
[giggles]

1891
01:27:47,020 --> 01:27:49,574
-I told Mayly,
"Come on. Let's go for it.

1892
01:27:49,712 --> 01:27:52,922
We don't have much chance.
We hit jackpot.

1893
01:27:53,060 --> 01:27:55,580
We have to work hard, okay?
Don't go anywhere.

1894
01:27:55,718 --> 01:27:57,582
Don't take vacation.
Just try it."

1895
01:27:58,480 --> 01:28:00,413
-And then, Dominic Anzel,

1896
01:28:00,551 --> 01:28:03,139
who was the originator
of the cronut,

1897
01:28:03,278 --> 01:28:05,763
sent us
a cease-and-desist letter.

1898
01:28:05,901 --> 01:28:07,005
And, you know,
my mom and I were like,

1899
01:28:07,143 --> 01:28:09,594
"We didn't steal your recipe."

1900
01:28:09,732 --> 01:28:11,803
[Chuong Lee]
I make my own recipe cream,

1901
01:28:11,941 --> 01:28:14,081
and everybody like it.

1902
01:28:15,151 --> 01:28:16,705
And there's no teacher at all.

1903
01:28:16,843 --> 01:28:18,120
This is from my mind,

1904
01:28:18,258 --> 01:28:20,916
and nobody
can copy that cream.

1905
01:28:21,054 --> 01:28:24,678
We have people coming
from all over the world

1906
01:28:24,816 --> 01:28:26,922
just to have that cronut.

1907
01:28:27,060 --> 01:28:31,340
When I walk out from the DK,
my feet is like flying.

1908
01:28:31,478 --> 01:28:34,930
When I sleep, my hand
still squeezing the cream,

1909
01:28:35,068 --> 01:28:36,863
still feeling the cream.

1910
01:28:37,622 --> 01:28:40,245
After that, I'd really
appreciate Mayly's,

1911
01:28:40,384 --> 01:28:42,247
"Oh, you did it right."

1912
01:28:44,457 --> 01:28:46,182
[woman]
We need more donut boxes.

1913
01:28:46,321 --> 01:28:47,839
[Adam Vaun] Alright.

1914
01:28:48,530 --> 01:28:51,705
I never intended to take over
the business at all.

1915
01:28:51,843 --> 01:28:54,156
I got a college degree
in marketing.

1916
01:28:54,294 --> 01:28:57,884
And that helped me build
the business a little bit.

1917
01:28:58,022 --> 01:29:00,265
We try to make things
pleasing to the eye

1918
01:29:00,404 --> 01:29:02,406
because people
want to take pictures

1919
01:29:02,544 --> 01:29:03,648
and post it
on their social media.

1920
01:29:03,786 --> 01:29:06,133
That's a unicorn donut,

1921
01:29:06,271 --> 01:29:07,825
fruity pebble,

1922
01:29:07,963 --> 01:29:09,896
Cookie Monster.

1923
01:29:10,034 --> 01:29:11,415
I'm always
looking for inspiration

1924
01:29:11,553 --> 01:29:12,933
anywhere I can find it.

1925
01:29:13,071 --> 01:29:17,524
And I was just on my phone.
Um, I saw the "poopy guy,"

1926
01:29:17,662 --> 01:29:20,389
smiling, looking into my eyes,

1927
01:29:20,527 --> 01:29:21,735
and I never thought
in my wildest dream

1928
01:29:21,873 --> 01:29:25,705
that it would be
the most popular donut to date.

1929
01:29:25,843 --> 01:29:27,879
[phone camera clicking]

1930
01:29:28,535 --> 01:29:30,399
[Greg Nichols] There's
all of this innovation

1931
01:29:30,537 --> 01:29:31,538
in the donut space right now
where people are

1932
01:29:31,676 --> 01:29:34,127
really bringing this creativity

1933
01:29:34,265 --> 01:29:35,646
to the process
of making donuts.

1934
01:29:35,784 --> 01:29:37,164
And people are responding.

1935
01:29:38,200 --> 01:29:40,547
It's like,
hip to go get a donut.

1936
01:29:42,100 --> 01:29:44,344
[reporter 1] Donut lover's
paradise in downtown LA.

1937
01:29:44,482 --> 01:29:46,519
[reporter 2] The second
annual Donut Festival.

1938
01:29:46,657 --> 01:29:50,177
[reporter 3] More than 3,000
tickets to this event presold.

1939
01:29:50,315 --> 01:29:53,008
[reporter 4] Everyone
has a favorite donut

1940
01:29:53,146 --> 01:29:54,250
and donut shop.

1941
01:29:54,389 --> 01:29:55,562
But at this festival,

1942
01:29:55,700 --> 01:29:56,701
bakers from
the West Side to Whittier

1943
01:29:56,839 --> 01:29:59,048
bring their wares to you.

1944
01:29:59,946 --> 01:30:02,362
-I've eaten so much donut today,
I'm gonna be fat.

1945
01:30:02,500 --> 01:30:03,536
[kid 2] Okay.
Go get your box.

1946
01:30:03,674 --> 01:30:06,159
[lively chatter]

1947
01:30:06,297 --> 01:30:07,816
[Mayly Tao]
Who eats donuts?

1948
01:30:07,954 --> 01:30:10,646
Well, even the skinny girls
eat donuts.

1949
01:30:10,784 --> 01:30:12,993
Even the bodybuilders
eat donuts.

1950
01:30:13,131 --> 01:30:15,237
People who work
at the city eat donuts.

1951
01:30:15,375 --> 01:30:16,652
Everybody eats donuts,

1952
01:30:16,790 --> 01:30:19,655
[giggles] whether they'd
like to admit it or not.

1953
01:30:19,793 --> 01:30:21,933
[woman] Go ahead.

1954
01:30:22,071 --> 01:30:25,040
-Any ingredient under the sun...

1955
01:30:25,178 --> 01:30:27,732
is on a donut today.

1956
01:30:27,870 --> 01:30:31,943
And so, you're seeing
a whole new industry evolve

1957
01:30:32,081 --> 01:30:35,499
of gourmet doughnut shops
throughout the United States.

1958
01:30:36,707 --> 01:30:39,641
[Bob Rosenberg] If bacon chips
and maple flavoring

1959
01:30:39,779 --> 01:30:41,677
is something
the consumer wants,

1960
01:30:41,815 --> 01:30:45,267
we're never too arrogant
not to borrow a great idea.

1961
01:30:45,405 --> 01:30:48,477
[♪♪♪]

1962
01:30:53,448 --> 01:30:54,932
[Mayly Tao]
Donuts are my life.

1963
01:30:56,140 --> 01:30:58,349
It's not easy.

1964
01:30:58,487 --> 01:30:59,764
It's hard work.

1965
01:31:00,316 --> 01:31:02,836
[Susan Wahid] The younger
generation's taken over.

1966
01:31:02,974 --> 01:31:07,047
In the '80s, it just your
old traditional doughnuts.

1967
01:31:07,185 --> 01:31:08,463
It's different now,

1968
01:31:08,601 --> 01:31:11,949
so you have to
step up a few notches

1969
01:31:12,087 --> 01:31:13,468
in order to survive.

1970
01:31:18,576 --> 01:31:19,543
-Hey, what's up guys,

1971
01:31:19,681 --> 01:31:21,648
I'm here at
DK's Donuts and Bakery

1972
01:31:21,786 --> 01:31:23,305
in San Monica, California.

1973
01:31:23,443 --> 01:31:26,170
And I have a very special guest.

1974
01:31:26,308 --> 01:31:28,828
This person
is my Great-Uncle Ted.

1975
01:31:28,966 --> 01:31:30,588
He is a legend. Here he is.

1976
01:31:30,726 --> 01:31:32,072
-Hello.

1977
01:31:32,210 --> 01:31:33,936
[Mayly Tao] He is here
all the way from Cambodia.

1978
01:31:34,074 --> 01:31:36,042
Ted, this guy right here,

1979
01:31:36,180 --> 01:31:37,181
-[chuckles]

1980
01:31:37,319 --> 01:31:38,562
-opened up 70 donut shops

1981
01:31:38,700 --> 01:31:41,426
up and down southern
and northern California.

1982
01:31:41,565 --> 01:31:44,222
And he gave Cambodian refugees
a chance

1983
01:31:44,360 --> 01:31:46,431
to really make it in America.

1984
01:31:46,570 --> 01:31:49,573
[Chhay Bun Ngoy]
His gambling, borrowing,

1985
01:31:49,711 --> 01:31:51,540
I can't be mad at him.

1986
01:31:51,678 --> 01:31:54,957
because of how much
he helped me before.

1987
01:31:55,095 --> 01:31:56,890
-Yeah, I've always
wanted to like,

1988
01:31:57,028 --> 01:31:58,374
meet him in real life.

1989
01:31:58,513 --> 01:32:00,584
Find out, like,
what he looks like in person

1990
01:32:00,722 --> 01:32:03,587
and like, you know,
try to ask him questions

1991
01:32:03,725 --> 01:32:06,313
about like, the truth
behind all these stories

1992
01:32:06,451 --> 01:32:07,694
and stuff like that.

1993
01:32:10,145 --> 01:32:12,043
[Chhay Bun Ngoy]
Others felt the same way.

1994
01:32:12,181 --> 01:32:13,217
Let bygones be bygones.

1995
01:32:16,185 --> 01:32:18,947
[Ted Ngoy] Two young men making
the donuts... [chuckles]

1996
01:32:19,085 --> 01:32:21,501
Two young... 80 years old.
[chuckles]

1997
01:32:24,159 --> 01:32:26,575
-This is the Chocolate Poop
Emoji Donut.

1998
01:32:26,713 --> 01:32:28,059
-Ahh.

1999
01:32:28,197 --> 01:32:29,958
[Adam Vaun]
People just look at donuts

2000
01:32:30,096 --> 01:32:32,167
as just being a sweet treat.

2001
01:32:32,305 --> 01:32:33,858
To us, it's more than that.

2002
01:32:35,411 --> 01:32:38,000
[Ning Yen] To me,
I'm very grateful for him.

2003
01:32:38,138 --> 01:32:40,727
Otherwise,
a lot of refugees come here,

2004
01:32:40,865 --> 01:32:43,281
they-- they don't have a job,

2005
01:32:43,419 --> 01:32:46,008
they don't know what to do.

2006
01:32:46,146 --> 01:32:47,769
[Susan Wahid]
Uncle Ted brought us here,

2007
01:32:47,907 --> 01:32:50,634
and I don't think we would be
owning donut shops.

2008
01:32:50,772 --> 01:32:53,740
And we may not even able to
come out from Red Cross

2009
01:32:53,878 --> 01:32:56,191
in the camp in Thailand.

2010
01:32:56,329 --> 01:32:59,401
[Chuong Lee] I feel
like I have a nightmare.

2011
01:32:59,539 --> 01:33:01,127
It's not real at all.

2012
01:33:01,265 --> 01:33:03,439
The life that I have now
is real,

2013
01:33:03,578 --> 01:33:06,132
and I never want to
think about that nightmare.

2014
01:33:06,270 --> 01:33:08,686
I think about
from now to the future.

2015
01:33:08,824 --> 01:33:11,758
I'm proud of myself
that I did everything,

2016
01:33:11,896 --> 01:33:12,621
I built everything,

2017
01:33:12,759 --> 01:33:15,590
and I'm very success now.

2018
01:33:15,728 --> 01:33:18,075
-Chuong, can I have
a glazed donut?

2019
01:33:18,213 --> 01:33:19,663
Well, I never have this...

2020
01:33:19,801 --> 01:33:21,630
so... I want to try it.

2021
01:33:21,768 --> 01:33:24,253
-I gotta take a little bit of
what my parents did,

2022
01:33:24,391 --> 01:33:26,083
you know, that American dream,
that hustle,

2023
01:33:26,221 --> 01:33:28,188
and really like make them proud

2024
01:33:28,326 --> 01:33:30,432
and see how far
can we take this?

2025
01:33:32,296 --> 01:33:35,333
[Ted Ngoy] Everybody,
try Donut King's donut!

2026
01:33:35,471 --> 01:33:36,956
-I mean, this is all,
the footprint

2027
01:33:37,094 --> 01:33:38,543
of what my dad provided,

2028
01:33:38,682 --> 01:33:41,685
from first generation to--
second or third generation.

2029
01:33:41,823 --> 01:33:43,031
It all evolves, but...

2030
01:33:43,169 --> 01:33:46,034
it wouldn't be here
without my dad.

2031
01:33:46,172 --> 01:33:48,105
-Donut time! [chuckles]

2032
01:33:49,865 --> 01:33:51,384
I think it's very
important for me

2033
01:33:51,522 --> 01:33:52,696
to say "hi" to everybody

2034
01:33:52,834 --> 01:33:55,837
and--and say, "I'm sorry."

2035
01:33:55,975 --> 01:33:58,667
I have remorse
for hurting them.

2036
01:33:58,805 --> 01:34:00,669
-When I took
over the Rose Donut,

2037
01:34:00,807 --> 01:34:01,774
[Ted Ngoy] Mhm.

2038
01:34:01,912 --> 01:34:03,845
-I was working
like 18 hours a day.

2039
01:34:03,983 --> 01:34:05,881
[Ted Ngoy]
Yeah, I know. I know.

2040
01:34:06,019 --> 01:34:08,366
Right now,
I feel very peaceful.

2041
01:34:08,504 --> 01:34:12,543
I want to be a regular,
ordinary person.

2042
01:34:12,681 --> 01:34:16,064
I want to live humble,
to live simple,

2043
01:34:16,202 --> 01:34:18,514
until I'm gone from this earth.

2044
01:34:18,653 --> 01:34:20,378
[♪♪♪]

2045
01:34:20,516 --> 01:34:22,173
[President Ford] [archives]
The United States has had

2046
01:34:22,311 --> 01:34:27,144
a long tradition of opening its doors to immigrants

2047
01:34:27,282 --> 01:34:28,697
from all countries.

2048
01:34:28,835 --> 01:34:33,012
We're a country
built by immigrants

2049
01:34:33,150 --> 01:34:35,739
from all areas of the world.

2050
01:34:36,671 --> 01:34:37,844
[Ted Ngoy] Someone
told me that there's

2051
01:34:37,982 --> 01:34:39,881
5,000 private donut shops,

2052
01:34:40,019 --> 01:34:42,677
but Cambodians
own 95% of them.

2053
01:34:42,815 --> 01:34:45,196
So, I'm so proud
of my countrymen.

2054
01:34:46,370 --> 01:34:47,129
[President Ford] [archives]
In one way or another,

2055
01:34:47,267 --> 01:34:49,442
all of us are immigrants,

2056
01:34:49,580 --> 01:34:52,100
and the strength of America
over the years

2057
01:34:52,238 --> 01:34:53,964
has been our diversity.

2058
01:34:54,965 --> 01:34:57,243
And the people
that we're welcoming today

2059
01:34:57,381 --> 01:35:01,316
are individuals who can
contribute significantly

2060
01:35:01,454 --> 01:35:04,112
to our society in the future.

2061
01:35:04,250 --> 01:35:07,702
They are people of talent.
They are industrious.

2062
01:35:07,840 --> 01:35:10,049
They are individuals
who want freedom.

2063
01:35:10,187 --> 01:35:12,465
And I believe
they will make a contribution,

2064
01:35:12,603 --> 01:35:15,882
now and in the future,
to a better America.

2065
01:35:23,027 --> 01:35:26,030
["Doughnut"
by Yogi Braz & MRF playing]

2066
01:38:36,462 --> 01:38:38,913
[music fades out]