01x17 - Episode 17

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Mr. Ma.

President. Ma Is Yao here?

He's in there. He didn't go anywhere.

I'll let you crack on.

Is he the Taoist living in the

yard who failed in his business?

He is not a Taoist.

He must be over 50 years old.

He's 40. Ten years older than me.

Really?

He is that typical macho type of millionaire.

He worked so hard that it made him look old.

Let's go.

The oranges need to be baked a little longer.

Let's have tea first.

Yao,

the money you got in the Series A

funding round is far from enough.

I think it's enough.

You are doing business.

It's normal they asked

you to contribute a portion

so that you'll share the risk as well.

If it goes on like this,

I'll have to keep selling my apartments.

Do you still have apartments?

Didn't you sell all your apartments

and houses in Beijing

to pay off your debts?

The apartments in my hometown.

In the first few years when I earned some money,

I bought my parents two apartments

on the same floor across the hall

in my hometown

so that I could live close to them

when I go back,

and it's more convenient

for me to take care of them.

They were cheap back then.

Now the price has gone up a lot.

Then you have to think it through.

I don't need to tell you the

risk of investing in a business.

You know it better than anyone.

I do.

How should I talk to my parents about it

without irritating them again?

I need to think about it.

When did you need to think before acting?

How bold you were before.

Your parents had saved most of their lives

to buy you a small apartment in Beijing.

But what did you do?

You didn't even hesitate

when you took the money

and started a business with your classmates.

Well,

a hero won't mention his past glories.

At that time,

I was like a newborn calve

that is not afraid of tigers.

I was so fearless.

I had good luck at that time.

I made money no matter what business I did.

I dared to tell my parents

only after I had earned money.

But at that time,

my parents were proud of me.

All our relatives and neighbors knew it.

The son of Ma's family

owned a big company in Beijing.

They wanted my parents to pull some strings,

asking me to find a job in

my company for their children.

At that time

Later,

I was done and out,

so this group of people began to dish the dirt.

Slanderous gossip.

How hard it was for my

parents to hear about it.

Mr. Ma,

You are so different now.

You began to consider

the feelings of your parents

and also began to

look before you leap.

The limitless scenery can only be seen

at the perilous peak.

But it is the high and mighty

who have the longest way to fall.

I am the man who fell from the peak.

It hurt.

It made me scared.

That means

you are getting older.

You used to be so young and reckless.

If I didn't invest in your business,

you would point at my nose and hurl abuse at me.

How dare you do an investment

with such a lack of vision

and decisiveness?

Well, well, well.

Don't slap me in the face.

Leave some dignity to me.

Who hasn't been

young and reckless back then. Right?

That's the price of youth.

Wait a second.

Granny, the piece

should be put right here.

You haven't reached the end yet.

I got 5 on my dice.

I didn't move further.

Granny, you got 4.

No. It's 5.

You got 4 on your dice.

It's 5. I don't care.

My plane has reached the end.

Give me peanuts.

We need to keep a close eye on it.

Granny has known bad tricks.

She learned from you.

I really got it wrong in the last round.

Be quick. Hurry.

It's just a game.

Don't be angry.

One more time.

One more.

One, two, three, four. Strike.

Granny, your plane was

struck back to the start again.

Two of your planes was

struck back to the start.

Granny, you're not angry, are you?

Who just said, "It's just a game.

"Don't be angry" just now?

Granny. It hurts!

It hurts.

It's your turn.

♪ Mung beans are delicious. ♪

♪ Gingers are tender. ♪

♪ Tender gingers taste pungent. ♪

♪ They pile up like a tower, ♪

♪ And the tower is tall. ♪

♪ With a slim figure. ♪

♪ My baby, let's go to sleep. ♪

♪ And the tower is tall. ♪

♪ With a slim figure. ♪

♪ My baby, let's go to sleep. ♪

Mr. Ma.

I just wrote a song according

to Mr. Xie's father's preference.

I just finished writing the score.

I haven't had time to fill in the lyrics yet.

You're the first one that I share the song with.

Listen to it.

What the hell.

What the hell am I doing here?

I have fallen.

No.

I need to calm down.

No.

I have to work hard.

♪ Mountain to mountain, cliff to cliff ♪

♪ Bees pick flowers from deep in the mountains ♪

Hei. Jiahui.

Hello.

You have been working for just two days.

Why do you sit down and slack off again,

and scare people with your eyes wide open.

Why do you laugh? What are you laughing at?

I'm waiting for you.

Waiting for me?

Why?

I would like to ask you something.

Again.

I told you that you

are a straight-A student

but I'm merely an old woman

graduating from elementary school.

What help can I offer you?

No, you're wrong.

You have great wisdom.

Aunt Gui, come here.

Please be seated.

Okay, okay.

Since you have kindly invited

me, I'll sit down and listen.

Let's see if I can give you some advice.

No rush. Have a cup of tea first.

Thanks.

Here's the thing.

As you know,

I'm starting up a business.

Of course,

This is not my first business venture.

My first few business ventures

can be said to be smooth

and quite successful.

I almost reached the peak of my career.

However, In the middle

of my last venture,

I failed to predict

the changes in the market

and went bankrupt.

After that, I carefully summarized

my previous successes,

and I found that

luck had played a more important role.

As you know, nine out

of ten business ventures

are doomed to failure.

Failure is much more than success.

The last one who can go to

the top is the best in the industry.

But

of course, I do think that

what you taught me previously

is quite right.

I must take my parents into consideration.

My parents

are very old now.

If I fail again in this

venture, it will come as

a terrible blow to them.

That's where my concern lies.

So I would like to hear your opinion.

Should I

start a business again?

Mr. Ma.

What you said

is nonsense.

Didn't you just say that

you are already in business?

If you are starting a business,

why are you asking me

if you should start a business?

Isn't it nonsense?

Right.

I didn't make myself clear.

Let me ask again.

Should I still continue to start a business?

You're asking me if you

should give up halfway through.

Right?

Okay.

Even if you give up halfway through now,

what are you going to do next?

Sitting here and meditating all day?

Seeing you like this

will not be a terrible

blow to your parents?

Meditation is irrelevant to this.

As Sutra of Pure and Calm goes,

If one can always keep a clear and pure mind,

then even heaven and earth

will be subsumed in your nature.

Don't recite the sutra to me.

Let me ask you.

you have cleared your own mind,

but have you thought about your parents?

Although they won't blame you,

what will they think in their hearts?

Won't they be sad?

Won't they be upset?

Here's what I think.

In my opinion, you might as

well fight for your career again.

Do something.

Carve out your own career.

In this way, Your parents

will not be worried about

you becoming a monk.

When thinking of your parents,

you must put yourself in their shoes.

Understand?

How can I put myself in their shoes?

I have two children.

You know it.

My daughter Xi

has been close to me since little.

She always ran around me

like a little puppy, calling "Mom! Mom!".

When she was still at school,

she would tell me about

what happened at school,

what lessons the teacher taught them,

which classmate's home they

went to play at, and whatever

every day after she came home.

Yang is a boy.

He didn't talk much,

but whenever you asked him

he would tell you all about it.

So when the two children were little,

their father and I

were seldom worried about them.

Because no matter what happened

they would not hide from us.

Definitely.

But now it's different.

They've both grown up.

They have their own families and kids.

And they live far away from us.

So making phone calls is the

way we communicate on daily basis.

And every time I call

them, I can ask nothing but

"How have you been?"

"Have you eaten?"

"How's your work?"

"How's your physical condition?"

"How's the weather?"

"Are there typhoons?"

And they will only answer,

"We have eaten."

"Our work is fine."

"We have been doing good."

Anyway, we both tell each other

the good news, not the bad news.

Usual greetings.

Yes.

The same.

My parents asked me the same thing.

If you don't talk about these trivial matters,

what else can you talk about?

To be honest,

Even if they tell us about

their work, we can't understand.

If young couples like them

have a fight, if their kids are sick,

or if there is something unhappy,

they will never tell us

because they are afraid that we will be worried.

And we also know that

they have a lot of pressure.

It's hard for you to make money.

We don't want to add to their burden.

So we always told them that

we have been great as well.

There was nothing serious anyway.

Once Yang had a bad cold.

He was so seriously ill that

he was hospitalized in the ICU.

But we didn't even know it.

Then the Spring Festival came,

and they came home to

celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Xi spilled the beans.

I was so pissed off that the

whole New Year holiday was ruined.

Think about it.

Such a cold can nearly k*ll a person

and make him admitted to the ICU.

So if something really happens,

how much regret do you have to leave?

Mr. Ma,

look at you.

When you are talking sense into

others, you are so clear-minded

and sensible.

But when it comes to yourself,

why do you become confused?

Don't shoulder everything on your own.

You need to communicate with

your family, especially your parents.

You need to talk to them.

You need to learn to give and take.

You're not a teapot without a spout.

My children Xi and Yang

are very filial. That's good.

Yang just called me the other

day, asking me and his dad

to go to Qingdao and stay for half a month.

The apartment that Yang bought is large.

It has been a year

since the interior decoration was finished.

We haven't been to his new home yet.

Xi also said that

♪ What can I do? ♪

♪ I have piles of mung beans. ♪

♪ Mung beans are delicious. ♪

♪ Gingers are tender. ♪

♪ Tender gingers taste pungent. ♪

♪ They pile up like a tower, ♪

♪ And the tower is tall. ♪

♪ With a slim figure. ♪

♪ My baby, let's go to sleep. ♪

Let me ask you a question.

Guess what materials are used to make the dyes

in these three dye vats.

I heard they're made of Banlangen.

Exactly.

They are made from

fermented Banlangen and lime

so that the color does not fall off easily.

Look at this craftsman.

He is rubbing the cloth.

Actually,

he is dying the cloth in the uniform color

like the cloth you see in the back.

And the master here

is dying the cloth

into a gradually lightened color.

Look at it.

It has been divided into three phases.

And the color becomes lighter

and lighter gradually and slowly.

♪ What can I do? ♪

♪ I have piles of mung beans. ♪

♪ Mung beans are delicious. ♪

♪ Gingers are tender. ♪

♪ Tender gingers taste pungent. ♪

♪ They pile up like a tower, ♪

♪ And the tower is tall. ♪

♪ With a slim figure. ♪

♪ My baby, let's go to sleep. ♪

She hid quietly behind the kitchen and said

"You jerk. You're a wanton."

Bravo.

That's hilarious.

Look.

Yang Guanjun was pole dancing on a tree.

Have you ever written a script?

Nope. It's my first time.

It's hard, isn't it?

Not too hard.

When I think it is the people

we know who are going to act,

I am so inspired.

I have to say that I think it's so funny.

It is!

When I was watching

TV, I can't help but wonder

what the scriptwriter was writing.

I think I can be a scriptwriter.

Then, do you think there is

anything that you are not satisfied with

in this writing?

I am 100% satisfied so far.

Let me put it this way.

I think my writing is so coherent

from the beginning to the end.

What do you think?

I think

it can't be called a script.

Indeed.

I created this script in

the way I write a novel.

You call it a novel?

I know a novel needs to have a

complete story But what we are doing

is a promotional video after all.

So I have deliberately

added a lot of funny stuff to it.

Funny stuff?

For example?

For example.

For example.

You laughed so happily just now.

Tell her what you were laughing at.

So

Huang Xinxin was scared by the dog at the beach.

Hulu, Tuotuo, Huzi, and

Guobao stood up to protect her.

The four kids didn't defeat the dog.

The five of them were

chased by the dog, crying.

It's like It is more

about using a running shot

to show the audience the

coastal scenery of our village.

And here.

Xu Hongdou was in Youfeng Yard,

laughing while she was riding a bike.

Meanwhile, Nana was spraying water at her

with a hose for watering flowers

Under the shining sun,

Xu Hongdou was smiling,

as beautiful as the rainbow.

Hongdou, this is not for fun.

This is more to reflect a

kind of ultimate romance

and the vibe of friendship among people.

The ending is the most hilarious.

Xie Zhiyao grabbed a

flag from the villagers.

He rode his horse across the sea

and mountains and planted a flag

flying in the wind which

read Welcome to Yunmiao

at the highest point

overlooking Yunmiao village,

Actually, the function of this plot

is that the audience does not know

what he actually grabbed so as to trigger

a kind of suspense.

Suspense.

It's so funny, isn't it?

So funny.

I laughed so hard that

I got a runny nose.

I can't stop laughing.

It's for you.

For me?

So cute!

Thanks.

And more!

Damai.

Come here.

Go.

Who wrote the script?

It's written by someone

you don't know very well.

I admire the courage.

Damai, Don't you think

there is a little bit of merit in it?

A little bit.

What is it?

I just said courage.

Do you know how to write?

I don't.

But you're a novel writer.

Novels are novels.

Scripts are scripts.

They belong to different industries.

Then can you step into

script writing for a while

and help us write a script

for our promotional film.

You can get paid.

I won't do it even if I can get paid.

I can not stand the suffering

of being a scriptwriter.

Suffering?

What suffering?

The suffering of your script

that take you several days and nights to write

being criticized randomly

by people irrelevant.

As a novel writer,

won't you suffer from the readers?

Some readers will criticize my work,

but there's no middleman

to pocket the difference.

Nice talk, Damai.

Nice to meet you.

My name is Sunzi.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Please enjoy.

Morning, Nana.

Morning, Sunzi.

What would you like to eat today?

A pot of white tea and

spicy potato patties with beef.

Got it.

Why are you on your own today?

There aren't many people in

the store today so I'm on my own.

By the way?

How's your script?

Still working on it.

I'll sit inside.

Sure.

I'll bring your food to you later.

Granny.

Good morning.

Junzi is here.

Granny, my name is Sunzi.

Sunzi.

Yes!

Sunzi.

I'm going inside.

Sure.

Sunzi.

Junzi.

Damai.

Morning.

Morning.

Seaside.

Damai,

what do you think of the

scene of children chasing

and catching insects

with nets on the beach?

I heard Mr. Xie said they

often went to the beach

to catch dragonflies when they were young.

And there is a tree in

the middle of the water

which will look beautiful

if we take a picture of it.

That would be great.

Thank you for the recognition.

However,

there might be some

potential safety hazards.

Parents won't let their

children play at the river.

It must be even more dangerous

to play by the sea.

It's just my opinion.

Many readers are very

concerned about this issue,

thinking that you're promoting

something dangerous.

So we need to pay extra

attention to it while creating.

If you have to add this

sentence, I suggest that

you specify in the author's message

that "it is dangerous for children

to play at the beach.

Please don't imitate at will."

Something like this.

It's so strict.

Thanks for the reminder.

Damai, sorry to interrupt you again.

I saw someone playing

the Longtou Sanxian (a plucked string instrument

with a dragon headstock and three strings)

when I was strolling in the

square I really enjoyed the vibe.

I think we can add a bit of drama here.

Romance?

Yes.

Don't people here do

Antiphonal Singing on March 3rd?

I'll tell you my opinion.

See?

We have written a lot

in the previous plots.

But look at here.

We can add something more

Hello.

Hello.

Villagers of Yunmiao

Village, attention please!

We recently will sh**t a

promotional video in the village,

so we need extras.

If you can sing and

dance well, please apply!

A great opportunity to

showcase your charisma.

Join us!

Apply at the village committee office.

Turn around.

Very good!

You have great potential.

Come on, tell us your dream.

Huang,

don't be like this.

I'm a little scared.

We have been waiting for two

hours, how come no one came?

Where is everyone?

Maybe they're all occupied.

No rush.

We can do the scenery shot first anyway.

It's a beautiful day today.

We can do a sunset

shot later in the afternoon.

It's noon now.

What about having lunch first?

Okay.

Sure.

Galsang Flower Restaurant. My treat.

Let's go.

Xinxin.

Candy.

Can I sign up?

Absolutely!

How about a few more people?

No problem.

Come in.

Come inside.

Hello,

they're all my friends.

Hello.

Sunzi went to sh**t the sunset scene

on the mountain with the assistant.

They might be caught in the rain.

I am afraid that

the machine will be damaged by rain.

It's expensive.

The machine is alright.

When they saw the weather was

getting worse, they came back.

They are at Huang Xinxin's home now.

Did Junzi tell you this?

Sunzi.

Sorry.

Sunzi.

Since when are you

so familiar with Sunzi?

Sunzi asked me to help come

up with some ideas with her.

Why are you so obliging?

I was lured into the cage by her,

getting involved in

this stuff unconsciously.

What do you mean by "was lured into the cage"?

I was led by the nose.

But the way Sunzi talks

makes people feel comfortable

so that you're willing to

be led by the nose by her.

Uncle Qingze,

Don't worry.

I'll be right over.

Okay. See you later.

What's wrong?

The pony was missing.

The one which you watched

deliver the baby last time.

I need to look for it.

I'll go with you.

Don't come with me.

It's raining. Stay here.

Let me borrow an umbrella.

The umbrella is useless.

Wear my raincoat.

It followed other

horses into other stables.

I was also looking for it but a

large horse blocked my view,

so I didn't see it.

It's my fault that I didn't make

things clear before I called you.

No problem. As long as you found it.

Yes. You're right.

You must be frozen!

I I've made a fire in my office.

You two go warm yourself

and drink some warm water.

Don't catch a cold.

Hurry.

Okay.

It's nothing.

I'm truly sorry.

It's okay.

I'll take you upstairs

to dry your hair first.

The pony wasn't missing.

but you almost got lost.

I told you not to go too far, didn't I?

And why did you lend your raincoat

to other people?

I met a tourist who was with kids.

They were stuck there.

Why did you give away the umbrella as well?

Two kids.

Fine.

Come closer.

Dry yourself first.

Don't catch a cold.

Why is it raining so heavily all of a sudden?

Raining is good.

Mushrooms grow after the rain.

Don't you like to eat mushrooms?

You must be hungry.

Here, have some roasted sweet potatoes.

Thank you.

Thank you Uncle Zeqing.

Don't be a stranger.

Eat before it cools down.

Okay.

It's hot!

Eat slowly.

It just came out of the oven.

Eat half of it first.

Why don't you eat?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Usually, I'm the one who takes care of others.

You're touched?

Not necessarily.

When I take care of others, I

don't see others moved so much.

They usually just say thank you.

Shouldn't you answer, "I'm

touched" at such a time?

You already have the answer in

your mind before asking me, right?

Then I'm moved.

I dare not to be not moved.

You're so How can you be like this?

A glib talker.

You really have a gift of the gab.

Who did you learn it from?

From you.

When have I been like this?

You've always been like this.

You are not wronged.

Granny said

when you were in junior high school,

you took the girls home for dinner.

Nonsense.

When did I take the girls home for dinner?

It's said that she ate at

yours for more than a month.

You did remind me of it.

She's a classmate sitting in front of me.

At that time, her parents

went downtown for surgery,

so there was no one at

home, and she was on her own.

Therefore, I took her home by the

way and let her have dinner with us.

How kind-hearted.

Of course, I am.

I used to be the vice monitor of our class.

Prestigious.

Indeed.

And you?

I was the assistant

of our English teacher.

I'm not talking about this.

I'm asking, did you bring

a boy home for dinner?

Surely not.

If I had taken the boys home for dinner,

my mother would have crippled me.

I'm not talking about when you were in school.

I'm asking, did you bring your

love of life home for dinner?

Yes.

When my grandmother passed away,

my love of life asked for leave

to accompany me home,

helping me with everything about the funeral,

so my family liked her a lot.

Just

a very, very likable person.

Is that person that good?

Yes.

Couldn't be better.

I can't explain it with a word or two.

I need to

start with the time when we went to college.

You went to the same college together?

Then you've known each other

for more than 10 years.

I was in the same class

with Chen Nanxing in college.

Chen what?

Chen Nanxing.

C-H-E-N Chen.

X-I-N-G Xing. Just like the star.

(Xing means stars in Chinese)

The one and only star.

The one and only star.

Let bygones be bygones.

I almost let it go now.

You see.

I can now talk about her with

you while eating sweet potatoes.

I can't do this before.

It's like

a cactus thorn in your flesh.

It doesn't affect you to do anything,

but it has such a strong presence

that it'll remind you

that it's right there whatever you do.

Do you know what it feels like?

I guess I can get you

after you made this analogy.

On one occasion I went to pick cactus fruit,

a thorn stuck in my palm.

Whenever I touch it, it hurt.

Although it hurt, I couldn't take

it out no matter how hard I tried.

But in the end

the wound would recover certainly,

or it would fester and become

inflamed, or it would suddenly disappear

before you realized it.

Sometimes I think

it's good to just leave it there.

I know how you feel,

refusing to let it go.

However,

there're many things

that we can't even control ourselves,

let alone others.

In fact, people around us come and go.

Most people can only walk with

you for a short period of time.

They'll keep leaving on the way.

Isn't this what life is like?

The rain is never-ending.

♪ I've been alone ♪

♪ into the unknown. ♪

♪ Can navigate ♪

♪ through the dark. ♪

♪ I'm searching for ♪

♪ a meadow of mine ♪

♪ till you came in with the breeze. ♪

♪ A feeling rushing out to me ♪

♪ spills my heart into the field ♪

♪ Listen to the rain

falling into the silent forest ♪

♪ Enjoy the mountainous landscape at sunset ♪

♪ The raindrops on the roof

fall into the eyes secretly ♪

♪ The world is like a quiet island ♪

♪ The sky is turning bright silently ♪

♪ Waiting for the seabirds

to call forth the ripples ♪

♪ Waiting for the sunlight to shine into

my heart across the lake ♪

♪ Set sail when it's windy ♪

♪ The reflection of clouds, the changing moon

and the stars all over the sky ♪

♪ The lost footsteps will be gradually erased ♪

♪ The light and shadow of four seasons ♪

♪ I've seen the meteor

that lights up the night sky ♪

♪ When the wind rises,

the sky will be cloudless ♪

♪ The sky is turning bright silently ♪

♪ Waiting for the seabirds

to call forth the ripples ♪

♪ Waiting for the sunlight to shine into

my heart across the lake ♪

♪ Set sail when it's windy ♪

♪ The reflection of clouds, the changing moon

and the stars all over the sky ♪

♪ The lost footsteps will be gradually erased ♪

♪ The light and shadow of four seasons ♪

♪ I've seen the meteor

that lights up the night sky ♪

♪ When the wind rises,

the sky will be cloudless ♪

♪ Go to a windy place to meet you ♪