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♪My feelings lay deep in my heart♪

♪Till you wandered by♪

♪Effortlessly♪

♪With just a smile, you awakened me♪

♪I once buried my truth out of sight♪

♪Yet your intuition traced its light♪

♪How lucky to be♪

♪The one you see♪

♪Our hearts close the distance between us♪

♪Every word in daily life spells our chemistry♪

♪And just for now, I wanna hold you tight♪

♪Come let me see you in the morning light♪

♪If our eyes can't hold back love's tide♪

♪Let it come roaring inside♪

♪Stay with me♪

♪Eye to eye♪

♪Come feel my heart♪

♪Burning bright♪

♪A heartbeat shared in perfect harmony♪

♪Every stroke of ink screams I miss you♪

[Eat Run Love]

[Adapted from Chen Zhiyao's novel, Materialistic Romance]

♪So don't let me go♪

[Episode 22]

Lishi is a family business

with many internal factions.

We can find a breakthrough from this.

Right.

- Excuse me. - Go ahead.

Hello?

Hello, Ms. Ding.

I'm Li from the front desk.

A gentleman named Gan Yang wants to see you.

Is it convenient for him to come upstairs?

I won't see him.

- Sorry. - You can go on.

It's okay.

According to my investigation,

the head of Lishi

is not in good health recently.

Why is he here?

Tong.

I have nothing to say to you.

Tong.

I haven't made it clear yet.

I have a lot to say to you.

I don't want to listen.

Security officer.

Ms. Ding.

I don't know this man.

Don't let him follow me.

Tong.

Mister.

Tong.

Sir, if you harass Ms. Ding again,

I'll call the police.

[Matching Tech]

Guys, I brought you afternoon tea.

- Thank you, Ms. Song. - Thank you, Ms. Song.

- Everyone gets it. - It's so nice of you, Ms. Song.

I'll have this.

It looks delicious.

Here, these are for you guys.

- Thank you, Mr. Song. - Thank you.

Hand these out.

She doesn't look like someone who just got a divorce.

Here, this one.

Mr. Deng, if you expect to see

a little girl who begs you desperately

hearing that you want a divorce,

then you shouldn't have married Song Mingmei back then.

Hand these all out.

Take the same as mine.

You can have this.

Why are you here?

Can't I be in my company?

I didn't know you were here. I didn't prepare your part.

You wouldn't prepare for me even if you knew.

What did you say?

Nothing. You guys can talk.

Mr. Qin, I'll leave first.

Mr. Qin, you've worked hard.

Have some afternoon tea and take a break.

You're in a good mood today.

I'm in a good mood for sure.

I signed a big order yesterday.

And when the equity transfer transaction is completed,

Deng Boting and I will be just even.

I will call the shots in Matching Tech by then.

It's hard to be unhappy.

Won't you be afraid that Deng Boting and I

would play tricks on valuation?

If so,

does it mean you still keep me in your heart?

Will you?

Mr. Qin, I believe you'll keep your work and personal life separate.

I doubt it.

Put it here.

Next up, the publicity

should be implemented as we planned just now.

Okay. No problem.

That's all for the meeting then.

- Thank you, Ms. Xu. - Thank you, Ms. Xu.

Thanks for your hard work.

Let's go back and check it out.

You workaholic, are you working overtime?

You don't eat regularly.

You must be uncomfortable now.

Do I even have time to eat?

I feel like I need to clone myself to get everything done.

I especially bought it from An Ni's.

Try it.

What's wrong?

You are feeling so bad.

How about I take you to the hospital?

No need.

I'll be fine in a while.

Then I'll send you home.

I haven't been home for several days.

I have been staying in a hotel recently.

Why?

It's all because of Yang He.

Your ex-boyfriend who doesn't eat pig intestine?

Did you get back together?

That's no way.

He feels like it though.

He's been lying in wait for me at my house every day.

Gosh. I'm so annoyed.

I can't beat him, so I can only hide.

How can he do this?

Eat up.

I'll escort you back when you finish.

Sorry for this.

I made you do the hard work again.

I'll treat you to a meal next time.

What's wrong?

Just leave now. Yang He is here.

Yang He?

Don't let him see you!

Why is he like this?

He keeps haunting you.

I'll talk to him.

You are no rival to him.

He's a boxer.

So what if he's a boxer?

Forget it.

But you can't hide from him for good.

I have no idea. Send me home first.

What if he goes to your home

if he can't find you here?

Then what should I do?

How about staying at my house for some days?

OK.

It's good to stay in your house.

I don't believe he can find me again.

Hurry up.

[Executive Director]

Come in.

Ms. Ding.

The boss notified us to have a meeting at 10:30 AM.

Is there anything?

I have no idea, but I heard there are important guests.

I see. Thank you.

Then I'll take my leave.

But you haven't made any progress.

You must visit me next time when you're in Hong Kong, China.

I haven't been there for a long time.

Alright. Got it.

Let's have a meal later.

Ding, come here.

Mr. Ye.

Mr. Gan has a project to discuss with you.

The first project

Mr. Gan, I already upset you in our first project.

Why do you need me for another?

Mr. Ye.

May I have a few words with Ms. Ding?

No problem.

Ding, Mr. Gan's has a great project.

I'll leave it to you, okay?

Okay.

I'll leave first. Bye.

Bye.

Just take it as I'm pitching here today.

Mr. Gan, you are already a PE now.

Why do you come to pitch at our agency?

Before we start talking about business,

you have to know our company first.

Our pitch book

contains introductions of our company and team.

[Gutong Securities]

But I don't have ready-made information.

So I can only talk

about how we got to where we are today.

Please sit.

In 2018,

I returned to Putian.

The company run by my family

failed because of IPO,

and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

With various debts and holes in repurchasing shares,

[Fangshi Capital] the debt was 200 million in all.

Hello.

Is your manager, Fang here?

I'll give you a reply within three days.

Hello, Mr. Cai. I am Gan Yang from Yongjuan Shoes.

What did you say?

Please do pay the money you owe our company.

I can't hear...

We have no choice.

Go away! I can't hear it clearly.

I didn't mean you, He...

Not you, He. Okay.

Cai.

Every day, I received various debt collection calls.

But I still couldn't bear

to break up with you.

Right at that time,

my father sued me in court.

My filial son.

See how seriously your dad is hurt.

It's very simple.

Give me the official seal

and this matter is over.

Otherwise,

don't blame me for being merciless.

I've checked the law.

Intentionally causing bodily harm to others

can lead to imprisonment.

Chenxi.

Take the official seal. Give it to him.

Gan Yang.

Go.

Gan Yang, are you crazy?

I'll leave alone all this mess.

Let it be.

You'll never live up to your mom!

My mom didn't want me to handle this.

You won't solve this, right?

OK, I won't either.

Kunliang.

Don't spare him mercy this time.

This is settled, you know?

It's all done now.

Kunliang...

What are you doing, brat?

What do you want to do?

Aren't you quite agile?

Even faster than my second uncle.

It turns out you're pretending.

Fine.

You guys trick me together, right?

You did so many things

just for money, didn't you?

Name a price.

How much can we buy your equity?

You want to force me out, right?

It's not that easy.

It's okay if you don't agree.

I'll see you at the police station.

I've checked.

Forge evidence to falsely accuse others

will lead to criminal charges.

So you can choose.

Do you want money

or go back to prison for a few more years?

Kunliang.

Even if the lousy company gets the official seal,

they may not be able to make money in the market.

Why don't we take the money and leave?

Brat.

You win.

Ten million, and we are even.

Gan Kunliang.

You're taking advantage of our misfortune!

Don't you know the factory's situation?

Where can we get ten million?

The factory doesn't have that much.

I know.

But he has.

I believe Ms. Liu

must have left a way out for her own son.

Have you lost your conscience?

Isn't he your son?

Right, he is my own son!

But he has never

kept me in his heart!

You can force me out.

But you must pay the price.

Ten million.

Deal.

But mark my words.

From now on,

there are no more ties

between you and us,

Yongjuan Shoes.

Fine.

The property you asked me to deal with before

were sold at a total of 39.6 million.

Part of it was paid back to the bank.

Some urgent debts were also paid off.

There are 9.37 million left now.

Yang, how about...

Mei, I know what you want to say.

Gan Kunliang is a poisonous tumor.

Keeping him here will never benefit the company.

We might as well give him some money and let him quit.

But...

I'll find a way with the money.

Mei, thanks for the hard work.

Go back early and rest.

You should rest early, too.

Gan Yang.

Chenxi, you're still here.

This is the pocket money I saved.

You can take it for emergency first.

No way.

You've helped me enough.

I can't take the money.

Just take it as a loan for me.

Gan Kunliang asks for ten million the day after tomorrow.

Mei said there wasn't enough money in the company's account.

Where can you get the money in such a short time?

Mei helped me

sell ​​all the properties under my name.

I'll receive the money recently.

Chenxi.

Help me sell this tomorrow.

What's this?

I planned to keep it for a proposal to Ding Zhitong.

But now it's useless.

Sell ​​it for me.

I used to tell you

that health is the capital of all matters.

It was not until then did I realize

that in desperate situations,

one cares the least about their body.

And then?

Gan Kunliang's matter has been resolved.

But we still didn't get enough money.

At that time, I went to dinner parties every day,

drinking and eating with all kinds of people.

Finally, in October, 2018,

there was a turnaround.

Good.

Good.

Young man, you are straightforward.

You feel like your mother back then.

You flattered me.

Gan.

Is your family all right recently?

Thank you for your care.

Everything went well.

Mr. Zhang, why do you whisper to Gan?

You can't just let Gan

take good orders alone.

That's it.

Wan is joking with me again.

I have never forgotten you when there are orders.

- Oh, you... - Right.

All of us here rely on you.

Guys, am I right?

Mr. Wang, you are right.

Enough of the praise.

Today, I really have an order.

I just wonder if you are bold enough to take it.

A new upper material was released recently.

But the foundries are required to buy the machines,

which should be exclusive for the material.

What is such a delicate material?

Can it be promoted on a large scale in the future?

I can't guarantee this.

Mr. Li.

It depends on you guys whether to take it or not.

If interested,

feel free to check the samples and try the machine

in my place, okay?

Okay.

If you ask me,

Mr. Zhang's order is quite unreliable.

That's it.

There's no guarantee.

Who knows what will happen in the future?

That's not reliable.

Hello.

Hello?

Mei.

Book a flight to Ningbo for me.

I have to check an order there.

How about it, Gan?

This fabric is indeed lighter

and more breathable.

Young man, you are quite discerning.

Look.

So how many units do you plan to order this time?

But just you know,

I'm offering you a friendly price.

If you don't place an order this time,

I'm going to sell them to someone else.

How about this, Mr. Zhang?

Please wait for me for a while.

I'll make a phone call.

No problem. I'll wait for you here.

Thanks.

Hello, Wang Yi.

I need your help.

This is the lightest, most breathable and most durable running shoes

I've never tested.

But there is bad news.

To produce it, special machines must be used.

Currently, I haven't found any method

to produce it with existing machines.

But this type of shoe

is technically innovative indeed.

Gan Yang, you can make a decision.

Producing the lightest and most durable running shoes

is our goal.

But the technological advancement of a pair of shoes

doesn't necessarily mean success in the market.

Let's take a gamble.

Okay.

How can we ever afford a thousand equipment?

Have the factory emptied

for the new machines.

I'll find a way for the rest.

Ever since your family's incident,

I've been waiting for you.

I didn't expect you to hang in there for so long.

I underestimated you.

I didn't turn to you because I thought

even if we had a good relationship,

I couldn't let you do an unprofitable business.

So have you found a way out?

Actually, I'm here today

to borrow some money from you.

How much?

Twenty million.

It's neither too much nor too little.

In three years,

I'll give you back 30 million.

What if you can't pay me back?

If I can't pay you back,

I'll have nothing to give you though.

If I can't pay it back,

then you brat

should work for me for free

in a lifetime.

You're worth 20 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chen.

December, 2018.

The economic situation changes dramatically.

Local factories in Putian

closed down one by one.

Only I

got sufficient orders

because of those one thousand equipment

specially for the material,

running the assembly line nonstop.

[Sample Research and Development Center]

I paid off Dr. Chen's money within two years.

[Production Line]

He was very interested in my business blueprint,

and he introduced several capital companies to me.

In that very year, we founded LT.

Under debt pressure,

we develop new products with limited funds.

Finally, the LT1.0 was born.

Its sales exceeded expectations.

LT and shoe factories began to develop smoothly.

With considerable cash flow,

during this period

[LT Capital]

my mother's condition

was getting better gradually.

Mom.

I've already paid off the money

we owed Dr. Chen,

and also obtained some investment.

Son, thank you for your hard work.

Mom.

We will get better in the future.

Yeah.

I believe it.

In 2023,

the company lifted the debt crisis,

and LT becomes free.

The company begins to layout the running shoe matrix.

[Capital Injection in Training Box]

After that, we invested in the Training Box.

This is everything that happened

in the past six years.

Shall we have dinner together tonight?

It's getting late.

I'll have a meeting later.

Then I'll leave first.

[2018, Yongjuan Shoes failed the IPO wager]

[Xu Wei, As Free as the Wind, Hong Kong, China]

Do you want a ticket?

Tickets for sale.

Take care.

Hello, do you have any tickets?

Yes, scan the code.

Okay.

Are there any tickets left?

Yes.

Give me a discount.

It's already cheap.

Two tickets, please.

Okay.

I paid.

OK.

May you be wealthy and prosperous.

Hello.

Do you have tickets to Xu Wei's concert?

Yes, the last two.

May you be wealthy and prosperous.

Hurry up...

It's about to start.

I like him very much.

So am I.

- Hurry up. - Wait for me.

[Xu Wei's concert, As Free as the Wind, Hong Kong, China]

Tong.

Let's go to the concert at 8:00 PM.

[Xu Wei's concert, As Free as the Wind, Hong Kong, China]

[Tong. Let's go to the concert at 8:00 PM.]

[Weather Warning. The city will have a heavy rainstorm]

Gan Yang.

Tong.

You're finally here.

It's raining heavily. You'll get sick.

Do you remember?

We used to be like this now,

sitting outside.

It's too heavy.

Go back quickly.

Tong.

Stay with me till the concert finishes.

Okay.

I thought you wouldn't come.

If I hadn't come,

would you keep drinking here?

Tong.

I was scared

that you wouldn't leave me

even if I told you the whole fact.

I haven't looked for you these years

because I thought

it was okay as long as you are happy.

I didn't want you to get into the abyss with me

where we can't see our future.

Maybe I won't be the person that makes you happy,

but...

Now I don't want to miss it.

Tong.

♪I'm free as the wandering wind♪

Let's get back together.

♪Like your touch I couldn't detain♪

Okay?

♪You pushed away my reaching arms♪

We can't be together.

♪Just walk away. Don't look back♪

♪Endless drifting, thirst for freedom♪

When I came to Hong Kong, China,

I met Feng Sheng at the airport.

♪Every storm I'll face alone♪

He told me everything.

♪I offered you tenderness, but you refused to accept♪

♪I gave you my hands, the touch was real♪

♪I granted you freedom, memories that lasted♪

Gan Yang.

We can't get back.

♪I gave you all I have, yet I can't stay♪

Why?

♪I'm free as the wandering wind♪

I believe as long as both of us

can love each other,

it will certainly do.

Tong.

I still love you.

♪I'm free as the wandering wind♪

Do you still love me?

♪Like your touch I couldn't detain♪

♪You pushed away my reaching arms♪

♪Just walk away. Don't look back♪

♪Endless drifting, thirst for freedom♪

♪Every storm I'll face alone♪

♪I offered you tenderness, but you refused to accept♪

I love you, too.

♪I gave you my hands, the touch was real♪

What did you say?

♪I granted you freedom, memories that lasted♪

♪I gave you all I have, yet I can't stay♪

Nothing.

I said...

Let's listen to the song.

♪I'm free as the wandering wind♪

Gan Yang.

How I wish those things didn't happen.

If so, I can love you bravely.

[Xu Wei's concert, As Free as the Wind, Hong Kong, China]

Xu Chenxi.

I like you.

Me, too.

Gosh. It's so early in the morning.

If you don't sleep, I still have to.

Don't sleep.

Talk with me.

So you mean

you explained everything to her

and confessed to her again,

but she didn't respond?

Yes.

Do you think she lost her feelings for me

after so many years?

It doesn't make sense.

Wait, don't think too much.

Could it be that this is too shocking,

and she needs time to think?

I'm telling you.

Women

are very sensitive.

You need to give her time.

Now that you stimulated her all of a sudden,

[Tong] she must be unable to react.

Let's have dinner together.

She asked me to have dinner tonight.

I'll hang up for now.

Wait, she asked you...

She asked you for dinner,

but it's only 7:00 AM now!

[Ding Zhitong. Let's have dinner together.]

Okay.

♪Long-lost memories come flooding back♪

♪As we searched for love's missing part♪

♪We longed to stay♪

♪Couldn't help but glance back as we parted♪

♪That tenderness we couldn't keep♪

♪Hidden in silence, buried deep♪

♪Someone once gave you heart and soul♪

♪Someone let warm times slip from control♪

♪All the courage from pain was to let go♪

♪And to let you grow♪

♪Someone asks me to forget, whenever thoughts arise♪

♪Someone once stood firm behind me♪

♪Someone risked it all to hold me♪

♪Now lost and found, I'm left here♪

♪Down the roads we raced♪

♪Someone never truly erased every longing space♪