YOU can spot them a long way off - the suits, the mobile phones, the well-rehearsed smiles and the flawless banter. Only this time, Hongkong's real estate salesmen are basking in different waters.
The sharks in question have taken to the stage at the City Hall for Spotlight Productions' stab at a play which could have been written with Hongkong in mind: David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.
The award-winning drama may be set in Chicago, but it seems perfect for transposition to Hongkong . . . and Cantonese.
Mamet's ingredients - ambition, greed, materialism in extreme and pithy language - are all in plentiful supply in the territory.
Let there be no mistake, this is an aggressive drama, peppered with bad language and worse intentions. And any salesmen brave enough to watch it will get more than entertainment, they may get a shock.
Life is indeed ''nasty, brutish and short'' in Mamet's story of the rivalry between four Chicago salesmen in their bid to hold on to their jobs and come out top in their company's competition for the leading salesman.
