'If you have something to say', 'say it nicely') is a 1997 Chinese black comedy directed by Zhang Yimou and adapted from the novel Evening Papers News by Shu Ping.

The film, which is about a bookseller in love in 1990s Beijing, marked a move away from Zhang's earlier period pictures to a more realistic cinéma vérité-like era in his career that also saw him make Happy Times (2000) and Not One Less (1999).

The next day, the temperamental An Hong becomes impressed enough by Xiaoshuai's efforts to take him up her apartment for a quickie, but their tryst is interrupted by another man downstairs, reciting some nonsensical poetry through a megaphone.

The angry Xiaoshuai refuses to compensate, insisting Zhang finds Liu Delong - the main culprit - for payment.

Some time later, Zhang interrupts Xiaoshuai (again) during his tryst with An Hong to inform that Liu has agreed, somewhat belatedly, to pay up and apologize.

The next scene shows Zhang and Xiaoshuai waiting at a karaoke restaurant for Liu to make his indemnity and to end their entanglements with one another.

Xiaoshuai apologizes in a well-phrased letter for the troubles he caused, promises to curb his violent temper, and pays Zhang a new laptop.

It is Zhang's first urban comedy, and uses a hip, rock soundtrack and a roving handheld camera with multiple jump cuts to give a feel of contemporary Beijing.

[2] Chinese censors additionally asked for Zhang to implement substantive changes to the film's story, most notably adding a happy ending.