Stephen Lee

Stephen Lee
Character Information
Appearance	Scarface: The World Is Yours
Status	Alive
Country	China
Gender	Male
Occupation	Drug dealer Restaurant manager/owner
Type	Front manager
Fronts	Chi Peso Trattoria
Ally	Montana Cartel Tony Montana
Enemies	Annoying gangsters Gomez Cartel

"I don't need your tiny protection! I control my own destiny."

―Stephen Lee, rejecting Montana's offer

Stephen Lee is the owner of Chi Peso Trattoria in Scarface - The World is Yours.

Background

Stephen Lee appears to have come to the United States from China, judging from his appearance and name, although he doesn't have much of an accent. He has himself for a strong, no-nonsense and independent bistro owner at Chi Peso Trattoria and is not above killing gangsters who disrespect him or try to make moves against his establishment. However, he also seems to care little for the quality of the food his business makes or his employees, frequently making degrading comments towards both, in a similar manner as Mr. Lee.

The World is Yours

By the time Tony Montana sets his eyes on South Beach, he targets the Trattoria as one of the places to smuggle in drugs. Stephen Lee refuses Montana's offer in a second and explains to him that he can take care of himself, even ironically saying that he killed "a mob boss yesterday just because he was so fucking fat". Just then, Gomez Cartel attacks the Trattoria and Montana decides to help out Stephen in defending the establishment. During this mission, the players need to make sure the Gomez gang doesn't kill Stephen.

After "proving himself" to Lee and giving him a couple of threats, he decides to go work for Antonio Montana and sells him his business, who can then use it as a drug front.

Quotes

"I don't know what that shit is. You spread it on toast, it looks just like mayonnaise."

―Stephen Lee on the spread that looks oddly suspicious to mayo

"Tell Luigi to make his shift or I'll personally fillet his scrotum."

―Stephen Lee on one of his employees

"You tip 20% or I'll let the waiter piss in your coffee!"

―Stephen Lee wants his costumers to tip

"I've worked here all my life... and hated every second of it."

―Stephen Lee on his work

"I hate pasta. But if some fat, wop wants to pay... I'll serve it with a smile."

―Stephen Lee

"Sorry, we have no tables at the moment. Would you like to donate some?"

―Stephen Lee

"Add 10 bucks on the table's bill. We call it a 'Fuck you' tax."

―Stephen Lee explains why the prices have gone up

"This may be a service industry, but that don't mean I take any shit."

―Stephen Lee

"Most people that come here deserve a terrible gastrointestinal infection."

―Stephen Lee on his costumers

"You dumb, motherfucker. Get the fuck out of here right now!"

―Stephen Lee, rejecting Montana's offer

Trivia

• In the determined conversations with Tony, due to Stephen being unfamiliar with Spanish, he mistakes "que pasa" with "pasta", and "yeyo" with "yo-yos", which angered Tony to the point of threatening him with death, and calling him "Kim Jong", an anachronistic reference to the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il (in reality, Kim Il-Sung was the supreme leader at the time of the game's setting). Stephen eventually complies in his own way, telling Tony that they'll only be selling "yo-yos" in the restaurant from then on and no more "pasta". Out of annoyance, Tony does not reply.
• Stephen Lee wears an unique sleeveless, Chinese-styled poncho, known as a hanfu, over a shirt with a black tie.
• Him, Mr. Lee and Ana Yamada are all the Chinese fronts owners in the game and possibly the only Chinese people in the game in general. It is also unknown if he has any relations to Mr. Lee or not.
• His negligence of the restaurant's food quality is evident by his quotes and also by the cook he employs, Alonso, who can be seen picking his nose and putting his mucus into the dishes in the kitchen.
  • Macau Fast Food has the same issue, and like Stephen, that owner doesn't seem to mind about it at all either.