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{\an8}[Legend of the Magnate]
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{\an8}[Episode 25]
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Please have a seat.
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Let me.
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Have a taste, Lord Gu.
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This is what they usually drink.
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It's similar to our tea.
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How do you like it?
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Similar?
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Not at all.
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The British don't drink tea?
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They do.
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They just add milk to it.
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Captain.
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Greetings, sir.
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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A handshake will do.
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He said it's a pleasure to meet you.
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How are you?
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How are you?
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I'm fine.
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He's great.
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{\an8}[Tod, British Warship Captain]
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The captain says
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this warship belongs to
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the British Empire's Indian Navy,
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protecting the Indian Ocean routes.
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He's
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going back to India to report for duty.
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This ship is not for sale.
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Okay.
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I was just about to ask
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about India.
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Thank you.
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See you.
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No problem.
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Mr. Zhang from Lu'an Salt Shop.
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I'm here.
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Excuse me.
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Our Master wants to see you.
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Mr. Li.
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You're here, bro.
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Have a seat.
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Mr. Li,
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I won't lie to your face.
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I'll be frank.
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This salt field
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has been in my family for 3 generations.
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I heard
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you were buying salt fields in bulk,
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so I rushed over with the deed.
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It's just that...
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if I just sell it
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like this,
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I'd be betraying my ancestors.
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Taking someone's ancestral property
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is unforgivable.
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This salt field deed
is not that important to me—
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I can take it or leave it.
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But if I don't buy it,
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brother,
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can you go back?
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If I'm not mistaken,
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that outfit
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is what you just redeemed
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from the pawnshop.
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There are
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more than 390 salt households in Jiangnan.
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Since I'm getting into the salt business,
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I must be careful.
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Please forgive me if I offended you.
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To be honest,
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life is indeed a bit hard right now.
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How about this?
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I'll give you some money
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to open a salt shop
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so you can make a living.
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In name, the shop
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will be yours.
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Once it turns a profit,
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we'll split it eighty–twenty.
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I'll supply the goods.
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Take
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this deed back.
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Mr. Li,
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you're truly a living Bodhisattva.
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You're helping me at a time like this
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so that our whole family can live.
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I...
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I don't know what to say.
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You...
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Take him down
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and hand over the money
and the salt license.
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Let's go.
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Father.
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I've been waiting for you for a long time.
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Just a few hours feels long to you?
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It's not that I can't wait.
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I've been waiting for more than 20 years.
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Are you upset?
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Then tell me, what have you been waiting
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for all these years?
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I'm waiting for a chance.
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Waiting for your trust.
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I've barely been here a few days,
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my seat isn't even warm,
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and here you are.
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When will that old fox Hu
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surrender?
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Soon.
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I followed your arrangement
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and gave him 3 days.
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Three days?
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How do you know it'll be soon?
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He's at a dead end.
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But I heard him tell the tea merchants
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that if they can't hold out,
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they can sell the tea to him
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and he'll buy it back
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according to the previous price.
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He was just spouting nonsense.
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He's afraid we'll split his power.
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He's still reluctant to admit his failure.
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This old man
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has been in charge of a province's tea
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for most of his life.
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You think he'd be scared
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of a naive young man like you?
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He's hoarding tea
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to challenge us.
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Challenge us with what?
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We could just not buy his goods
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and let him cry
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over that old tea.
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Don't pile it here.
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How can we get in?
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{\an8}[Tea]
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Has Mr. Gu
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brought any news?
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No.
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Is there no room in the warehouse?
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Go.
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Mr. Hou Er,
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the warehouse is full.
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Full?
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Yes.
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Old Master Hu.
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Old Master Hu, Old Master Hu.
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Waiting like this
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isn't going to work.
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The nearby tea merchants
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all know you have a way,
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so they keep
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sending tea here.
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The money in our counter
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flows out like water
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and never comes back.
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The tea gets older every day.
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Spring tea has a daily price.
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What do we do if we don't wait?
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Well...
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Right now, the whole market
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follows the same price—
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that's set by Li Wantang.
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You tell me, do I accept it or not?
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Well, why does Li Million
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hold a grudge against us?
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Don't you know that?
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Isn't it because
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that Mr. Gu
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ruined his plan?
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If you ask me,
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you should just compromise a little
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and beg Li Wantang for some leniency.
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The lives
of all the tea merchants in Anhui
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are in your hands.
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Wait, you...
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Old Master Hu, you have an invitation.
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Invitation?
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I'm busy.
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It's a guest from the capital.
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From the capital?
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Come on.
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{\an8}[Yours Humbly, Li Wantang]
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Old Master Hu.
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Li Wantang is inviting you personally.
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This is a way out.
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He's showing you some respect.
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It would be inappropriate
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if you don't go.
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If I go,
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it's for the Tea Merchants' Association.
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Of course.
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You never said anything
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about buying a ship.
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See you again, my friend.
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When did I ever say
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I wanted to buy a ship?
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Are you even here to handle
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the tea business or not?
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Isn't that exactly
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what I'm doing now?
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Come on, Pingyuan,
focus on what's important,
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will you?
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You came here
just to drink some black bitter water?
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You didn't like it?
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I found it interesting.
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I like it.
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I like it.
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Go back now.
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Why?
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You didn't get it done,
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Pingyuan.
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That British guy said
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the imperial court
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has given the authority to sell tea
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to the Li family.
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If they don't buy it from us,
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many people in Anhui
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will hang themselves
or jump into rivers this year.
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How is that considered "done?"
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Your logic is getting
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clearer and clearer.
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Not bad.
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Pingyuan,
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stop teasing me.
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Just tell me—
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do we have a solution or not?
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Here's what we do.
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Rent a fast boat immediately.
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You must go back
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before dawn tomorrow.
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Impossible.
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I can't make it back even if I know magic.
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Didn't you hear
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that foreigner just now?
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Li Million has to deliver
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within 3 days.
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He's not in Beijing right now.
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My only worry is
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Old Master Hu
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getting soft
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and selling the tea.
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If that happens,
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there will be no place for us
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in Anhui.
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When you get back,
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tell Old Master Hu
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to give me one more day and night.
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I will definitely
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get this done for him.
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One day...
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and one night?
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Tell him exactly what I said.
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Well... so where are you going?
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I have my things to do.
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Those foreigners can scheme against us,
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and we can scheme against them too.
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Before, our disadvantage
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was that we knew too little
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about them.
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Just wait and see.
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Once this is over,
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we'll have plenty of big business to do.
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Pingyuan,
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can you just give me a hint?
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No.
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It's not the time yet.
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Don't worry.
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You'll understand when it's done.
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So what if Li Million
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is strong?
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Since he wants to
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drive me into a dead end,
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he can't blame me.
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I told you to keep an eye
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on that Gu.
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Where is he now?
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I-I don't know.
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I'm not sure.
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Master,
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he left it to us.
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So soon?
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He agreed to leave the deed here
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{\an8}[Official Certificate]
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as collateral.
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This family
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smokes opium every day.
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I don't think the deed
will last more than 3 days.
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They're suffering
but still want to look dignified—
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what's the point?
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{\an8}[Tax Receipt]
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Do I
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have a dinner with Old Master Hu
295
00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:07,320
tonight?
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Yes, Master.
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Go tell the people outside
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00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,049
to head home
299
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and come back tomorrow.
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00:11:17,870 --> 00:11:18,509
Wait!
301
00:11:19,870 --> 00:11:20,389
Father,
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00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:21,840
you promised
303
00:11:21,860 --> 00:11:23,460
to let me handle things here.
304
00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:24,840
I just came here today, and you're now
305
00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,299
stirring things up again.
306
00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:27,870
If you go to this dinner tonight,
307
00:11:27,870 --> 00:11:29,200
I'll go back to the capital!
308
00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,200
I'll just leave everything behind!
309
00:11:36,389 --> 00:11:36,919
Go ahead.
310
00:11:54,149 --> 00:11:55,029
Angry?
311
00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:18,840
Was it you who suggested Gu Pingyuan
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00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,019
go to Shanghai?
313
00:12:21,149 --> 00:12:22,110
Was it?
314
00:12:25,269 --> 00:12:26,360
He doesn't understand
315
00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:27,240
how the Qing Empire's customs work
316
00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:27,960
at all.
317
00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,549
He's just a small-time tea farmer,
318
00:12:29,549 --> 00:12:31,500
a prisoner who escaped from exile.
319
00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,360
I don't understand,
320
00:12:33,509 --> 00:12:34,870
why do you have to be friends
321
00:12:34,870 --> 00:12:36,029
with him?
322
00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:38,440
You'd rather
ruin your own family's business
323
00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:39,690
to help an outsider!
324
00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:47,360
Father,
325
00:12:49,399 --> 00:12:51,129
you had people eavesdrop on me.
326
00:12:55,669 --> 00:12:56,840
Whether this tea deal
327
00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,029
makes or loses money—
328
00:12:58,029 --> 00:12:59,669
I don't care at all.
329
00:12:59,750 --> 00:13:02,279
There are
plenty of business opportunities.
330
00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,240
But I have
331
00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:06,549
only one son.
332
00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:10,389
Tell me,
333
00:13:11,549 --> 00:13:12,870
why did you do that?
334
00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,269
Why?
335
00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:19,200
I just thought
336
00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,529
we couldn't do business like that.
337
00:13:25,389 --> 00:13:27,120
Then how should we do business?
338
00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,080
It doesn't have to be a fight
to the death.
339
00:13:32,629 --> 00:13:35,830
The roads of the world
should be open for everyone to walk.
340
00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:38,090
Why do you have to
341
00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,179
force others into a corner like that?
342
00:13:55,789 --> 00:13:57,480
I regret it.
343
00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,000
I should've let you
344
00:14:00,029 --> 00:14:01,389
keep studying.
345
00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,480
You're not cut out for business.
346
00:14:08,909 --> 00:14:11,240
As long as you don't smoke opium
or gamble,
347
00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:12,960
our family fortune
348
00:14:13,029 --> 00:14:14,889
will last you several lifetimes.
349
00:14:17,909 --> 00:14:18,720
Fine.
350
00:14:19,750 --> 00:14:21,009
Go back to the capital.
351
00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,730
I'll hire an old Hanlin scholar
352
00:14:23,870 --> 00:14:25,929
to help you pick up your studies again
353
00:14:26,870 --> 00:14:27,840
and teach you
354
00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:30,870
the classics.
355
00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,860
That would be good too.
356
00:14:34,389 --> 00:14:34,909
Father,
357
00:14:37,870 --> 00:14:38,629
you want me
358
00:14:38,629 --> 00:14:40,759
to withdraw from the family business?
359
00:14:41,509 --> 00:14:42,080
Yes.
360
00:14:44,789 --> 00:14:46,450
You're not made for business.
361
00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,769
And you don't understand the Qing Empire.
362
00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:50,840
I don't!
363
00:14:52,269 --> 00:14:53,080
You do!
364
00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:54,789
You are always right!
365
00:14:56,909 --> 00:14:58,720
I'm the one who suggested Gu Pingyuan
366
00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,120
go to Shanghai.
367
00:15:00,789 --> 00:15:01,360
I didn't even
368
00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,559
want to come to Anhui in the first place.
369
00:15:04,549 --> 00:15:06,600
You want to buy the goods
from those tea merchants
370
00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,169
at 20 percent of its value—
371
00:15:08,909 --> 00:15:10,549
that's bullying!
372
00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:11,789
That's pushing them
373
00:15:11,789 --> 00:15:13,480
to the brink!
374
00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,019
What kind of business is this?
375
00:15:18,149 --> 00:15:20,250
If you had troops,
376
00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,000
you might as well send soldiers
to rob them!
377
00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:24,720
Wouldn't that be easier?
378
00:15:24,870 --> 00:15:26,120
Kid, kid,
379
00:15:27,750 --> 00:15:31,809
a kind man can't command troops,
and a righteous man can't manage wealth.
380
00:15:32,549 --> 00:15:34,789
Whose path is really easy?
381
00:15:39,870 --> 00:15:40,799
So you're saying
382
00:15:41,870 --> 00:15:43,750
I can't do business
383
00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,720
because I can't be a bad guy?
384
00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:07,200
We're exploiting Anhui this time
385
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,129
because His Highness wanted us to.
386
00:16:09,750 --> 00:16:11,320
He was furious that the Anhui people
387
00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,440
ruined his plan
at the Grand Tea Competition.
388
00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,659
You think I can afford to show mercy,
389
00:16:15,870 --> 00:16:16,509
let them go,
390
00:16:16,509 --> 00:16:17,909
and offend His Highness?
391
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,440
I can't.
392
00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,299
If His Highness fails,
I'll be dragged down.
393
00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:27,799
I can only be Li Million
394
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,720
if he doesn't fail.
395
00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,049
This is the Qing Empire.
396
00:16:54,059 --> 00:16:59,779
{\an8}[Baixiang Restaurant]
397
00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,250
{\an8}[Baixiang Restaurant]
398
00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:03,330
Greetings, Old Master Hu.
399
00:17:03,909 --> 00:17:05,710
I'm Master Li Wantang's butler,
400
00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:06,960
Zhang Guangfa.
401
00:17:07,588 --> 00:17:09,000
Nice to meet you.
402
00:17:09,588 --> 00:17:10,828
Is Mr. Li here?
403
00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:12,848
I'm late.
404
00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,200
I'm terribly sorry.
405
00:17:14,828 --> 00:17:15,680
Our master
406
00:17:15,750 --> 00:17:17,348
told me to give you a message.
407
00:17:17,348 --> 00:17:17,880
He
408
00:17:18,108 --> 00:17:19,368
won't be coming today.
409
00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:24,789
He's Li Million, after all.
410
00:17:24,789 --> 00:17:26,190
Of course he's very busy.
411
00:17:26,588 --> 00:17:29,349
Please ask Mr. Li
412
00:17:29,589 --> 00:17:31,000
when he'll be free.
413
00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,309
I'll visit him then.
414
00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,079
I brought some gifts.
415
00:17:34,109 --> 00:17:34,829
I wonder...
416
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,089
Our master wouldn't dare accept them.
417
00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,000
One shouldn't take rewards
without earning them.
418
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,160
Our young master
419
00:17:40,309 --> 00:17:41,509
didn't handle the tea matter well.
420
00:17:41,509 --> 00:17:42,720
The foreigners suppressed the price
421
00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:43,549
too low.
422
00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,000
Yes.
423
00:17:45,029 --> 00:17:46,430
Our master said the quota
424
00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,880
for this year's spring tea
is already enough.
425
00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,480
There's no need to offend our peers.
426
00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,440
That's right.
427
00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,119
Keep it for yourself.
428
00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:54,569
We don't need it now.
429
00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:56,920
Sir.
430
00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:57,720
Sir, please wait.
431
00:17:57,039 --> 00:18:00,930
{\an8}[Baixiang Restaurant]
432
00:17:57,829 --> 00:17:58,829
Sir, please wait.
433
00:18:03,509 --> 00:18:04,240
Sir,
434
00:18:05,109 --> 00:18:06,880
that's not how it works.
435
00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:12,180
{\an8}[Baixiang Restaurant]
436
00:18:09,309 --> 00:18:12,109
The price is just too low.
437
00:18:12,829 --> 00:18:15,230
He can't be pushing us over the edge,
right?
438
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,589
How about this?
439
00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:19,920
Please
440
00:18:20,069 --> 00:18:21,160
help us ask Mr. Li.
441
00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:22,769
As long as he gives us
442
00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:24,829
at least a little for our hard work,
443
00:18:24,829 --> 00:18:25,960
we'll treat the rest
444
00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:28,829
as free labor.
445
00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:31,240
Consider it an apology to Mr. Li
446
00:18:31,309 --> 00:18:32,619
on behalf of Mr. Gu.
447
00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:33,609
How about it?
448
00:18:33,750 --> 00:18:35,150
Do you have the final say?
449
00:18:35,349 --> 00:18:36,319
Of course.
450
00:18:36,589 --> 00:18:37,240
It's settled then.
451
00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:37,720
Okay.
452
00:18:37,789 --> 00:18:38,720
Tomorrow morning,
453
00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:39,980
you can go to Tianfu Inn
454
00:18:40,549 --> 00:18:41,680
with the goods list.
455
00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:42,200
Okay.
456
00:18:42,269 --> 00:18:45,170
It's better to resolve grudges
than keep them.
457
00:18:45,269 --> 00:18:46,029
So how about my...
458
00:18:46,029 --> 00:18:46,589
Alright.
459
00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:53,990
{\an8}[Official Certificate]
460
00:19:00,549 --> 00:19:01,680
It's fine. Go ahead.
461
00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:03,920
Master,
462
00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:05,829
your not showing up scared him badly.
463
00:19:05,829 --> 00:19:07,029
He kept begging for leniency.
464
00:19:07,029 --> 00:19:07,789
In the end, he said
465
00:19:07,789 --> 00:19:09,650
Young Master's price was too low,
466
00:19:09,750 --> 00:19:10,750
forcing the tea merchants
across the province
467
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:11,549
to a dead end.
468
00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:13,440
He said they just didn't want
their hard work to go to waste.
469
00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:14,269
I told him to bring the goods list
470
00:19:14,269 --> 00:19:15,400
to the inn tomorrow morning
471
00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:16,269
to see you.
472
00:19:16,849 --> 00:19:18,150
They have no way out?
473
00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:18,920
Yes.
474
00:19:19,069 --> 00:19:20,269
There's something more funny.
475
00:19:20,269 --> 00:19:21,730
When I was leaving, he said
476
00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,309
you can just consider
their work this year for free
477
00:19:24,309 --> 00:19:25,529
as their apology to you
on behalf of Mr. Gu.
478
00:19:25,529 --> 00:19:26,529
{\an8}[Official Certificate]
479
00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:28,980
Who knows what that Gu put
480
00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,670
in his head?
481
00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,779
Apologizing for him
with an entire province's tea?
482
00:19:47,589 --> 00:19:48,200
Alright.
483
00:19:51,309 --> 00:19:52,680
Your young master wants to bet with me.
484
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,509
Do you know?
485
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,480
He thinks I don't know how to do business.
486
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:57,609
At least I'm not as good
487
00:19:57,609 --> 00:19:59,170
as his friend Gu.
488
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,170
That's childish talk.
489
00:20:03,269 --> 00:20:04,349
I'm not a child.
490
00:20:06,509 --> 00:20:08,400
Are you going back to the capital with me,
491
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,799
or do you want to go first?
492
00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:12,829
I'll go with you.
493
00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,759
I know what you're thinking.
494
00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,359
I will fulfill your wish.
495
00:20:26,589 --> 00:20:28,240
Hey-oh, hey-oh!
496
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,400
Row it!
497
00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,470
Hey-oh, hey-oh!
498
00:20:32,589 --> 00:20:34,640
Row it!
499
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,349
Dragon Boat!
500
00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,180
Fly onward!
501
00:20:39,309 --> 00:20:40,880
Dragon Boat!
502
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,200
Fly onward!
503
00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,029
Guys!
504
00:20:44,269 --> 00:20:45,109
Guys!
505
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,759
You're the boss here, right?
506
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,829
I want to discuss something with you.
507
00:20:50,829 --> 00:20:52,509
Can you give me a ride?
508
00:20:53,589 --> 00:20:54,549
Sit, sit.
509
00:20:54,589 --> 00:20:55,069
Wait...
510
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:56,480
Sit down.
511
00:20:56,829 --> 00:20:58,029
Master spent a fortune
512
00:20:58,029 --> 00:20:59,160
to secure the exclusive rights
to tea trade
513
00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:00,549
from His Highness.
514
00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,109
The Grand Tea Competition
was just an event
515
00:21:02,109 --> 00:21:03,589
to give His Highness face.
516
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,069
"Top Tea Under Heaven" was supposed
517
00:21:05,069 --> 00:21:06,160
to be granted to the Li family,
518
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:06,920
and then it would be natural
519
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:08,200
for the Master to gain the right
520
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,240
to trade with foreigners.
521
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,109
Who knew that Gu
522
00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,490
would ruin everything?
523
00:21:11,549 --> 00:21:12,480
If we don't teach the Anhui people
524
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:13,680
a hard lesson,
525
00:21:13,990 --> 00:21:16,049
not only will the Li family lose face,
526
00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:17,160
we won't be able to explain ourselves
527
00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:18,089
to His Highness.
528
00:21:18,509 --> 00:21:20,640
So you were sent ahead to shake them up.
529
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,680
Master agreed to invite him to dinner,
530
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:23,309
but he
531
00:21:23,789 --> 00:21:25,509
never planned to attend.
532
00:21:31,349 --> 00:21:32,880
He never planned to attend?
533
00:21:34,829 --> 00:21:35,720
Of course.
534
00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,440
He first raised
535
00:21:37,509 --> 00:21:38,589
his hopes high,
536
00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,680
then threw him straight into despair.
537
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:41,880
Once he panics,
538
00:21:42,069 --> 00:21:43,920
the Anhui Tea Merchants' Association
539
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,720
will be in our hands.
540
00:21:46,750 --> 00:21:48,880
That so‑called "Top Tea Under Heaven"
541
00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,160
is merchandise
exclusively controlled and sold
542
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,549
by the Li family anyway.
543
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:04,549
We're a dragon boat team,
544
00:22:04,549 --> 00:22:05,750
not a passenger boat crew.
545
00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:06,400
Go.
546
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,160
We're preparing for a race.
547
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:08,750
Go!
548
00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,369
You misunderstood.
549
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,640
Honestly,
550
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,549
I do have something urgent to do.
551
00:22:16,549 --> 00:22:17,509
I must be there
552
00:22:17,589 --> 00:22:18,849
before dawn tomorrow.
553
00:22:21,029 --> 00:22:21,970
By dragon boat?
554
00:22:22,269 --> 00:22:22,880
Really?
555
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:24,109
It's all yours.
556
00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:25,170
Take it or leave it.
557
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:30,980
500 taels—
558
00:22:31,289 --> 00:22:32,609
for a trip to Anhui!
559
00:22:33,069 --> 00:22:34,019
Brothers,
560
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,000
this is enough for us
561
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:35,829
to get wives!
562
00:22:36,029 --> 00:22:36,750
Are we doing it or not?
563
00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:37,680
Yes!
564
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:39,720
You beat the drum
565
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:40,700
and cheer us on.
566
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:41,720
Me?
567
00:22:50,589 --> 00:22:51,160
Let's go.
568
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:52,400
Beat the drum!
569
00:23:59,029 --> 00:23:59,829
Young Master,
570
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:01,609
go back and rest.
571
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,400
I just want to see
572
00:24:05,029 --> 00:24:06,269
how Old Master Hu
573
00:24:06,309 --> 00:24:08,000
will surrender tomorrow.
574
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:10,690
Why put yourself through this?
575
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,220
Has Master
576
00:24:13,549 --> 00:24:15,269
ever miscalculated in business?
577
00:24:15,269 --> 00:24:16,819
With all his moves,
578
00:24:17,109 --> 00:24:18,769
how could that Hu be his match?
579
00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:27,990
{\an8}[Maojian from Mount Huangshan]
[Taiping Hou Kui]
580
00:24:24,829 --> 00:24:26,430
Just wait for the final news.
581
00:24:27,069 --> 00:24:28,259
Mr. Gu said 3 days.
582
00:24:28,049 --> 00:24:34,519
{\an8}[Tea]
583
00:24:28,549 --> 00:24:29,549
It's been 5 days.
584
00:24:29,589 --> 00:24:30,160
And we are still waiting?
585
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:30,589
Indeed.
586
00:24:30,589 --> 00:24:31,640
How long are we supposed to wait?
587
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:32,960
I told you from the start—
588
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,640
Orchid Snow tea is a monster
589
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,029
and shouldn't have been brought
to the capital.
590
00:24:36,029 --> 00:24:36,589
And what happened?
591
00:24:36,589 --> 00:24:37,880
He went on his own
592
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,769
and stirred everything up.
593
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:40,880
And the result?
594
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:42,089
What happened?
595
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,400
All the tea merchants in the province
596
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,920
are apologizing on his behalf.
597
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,680
What kind of nonsense is that?
598
00:24:47,109 --> 00:24:48,720
Sun Wukong was very capable,
599
00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:50,029
but when he ruined the Peach Banquet,
600
00:24:50,029 --> 00:24:51,029
he still got trapped
601
00:24:51,029 --> 00:24:52,759
under Five Elements Mountain.
602
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,720
Sun Wukong at least had a cudgel.
603
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:55,440
That Gu
604
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:56,309
only has his mouth.
605
00:24:56,309 --> 00:24:57,269
That's right.
606
00:24:57,349 --> 00:24:58,670
What kind of situation is this?
607
00:24:58,670 --> 00:25:01,680
Then why don't you come up with an idea?
608
00:25:02,309 --> 00:25:04,670
What good is all this useless talk?
609
00:25:04,789 --> 00:25:05,309
When he won the title
610
00:25:05,309 --> 00:25:06,589
of "Top Tea Under Heaven,"
611
00:25:06,589 --> 00:25:07,549
you all rushed
612
00:25:07,549 --> 00:25:09,400
to ask for his recipe and tea seeds.
613
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,839
Why are you all just talking now?
614
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:16,109
Mr. Hu,
615
00:25:16,549 --> 00:25:18,220
spring tea waits for no one.
616
00:25:18,279 --> 00:25:19,680
Let's not talk about
617
00:25:19,789 --> 00:25:20,880
what Gu is like for now.
618
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,430
We need to get through
619
00:25:22,549 --> 00:25:23,609
this crisis first.
620
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:24,900
Otherwise,
621
00:25:25,029 --> 00:25:27,029
everyone will be doomed.
622
00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:27,829
That's right.
623
00:25:27,829 --> 00:25:28,750
Everyone will be doomed.
624
00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:29,680
All of us.
625
00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:32,829
If any of you think
626
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:33,750
you're capable
627
00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:35,240
of getting us through this crisis,
628
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,369
I'll kneel and step down immediately.
629
00:25:37,829 --> 00:25:39,960
If you have no ideas, then just shut up.
630
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:41,069
What?
631
00:25:41,269 --> 00:25:43,109
Li Wantang is using official power
to pressure us.
632
00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:44,579
Even if we hand over
633
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:45,480
Mr. Gu's head,
634
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:46,900
will he stop?
635
00:25:47,029 --> 00:25:48,109
Who got us the plaque
636
00:25:48,109 --> 00:25:49,509
of "Top Tea Under Heaven?"
637
00:25:49,509 --> 00:25:51,910
Who works their butt off
every day outside?
638
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,529
I'm honestly embarrassed for you all.
639
00:25:54,549 --> 00:25:55,400
Shame on you.
640
00:25:55,549 --> 00:25:56,890
You seriously think
641
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,700
Master will lose?
642
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,000
When I first arrived,
643
00:26:01,029 --> 00:26:01,809
I said
644
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,480
the tea business in Anhui
645
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,920
shouldn't be handled this way.
646
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:05,960
If we want to run
the "Top Tea Under Heaven" brand,
647
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,640
we could negotiate with them.
648
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,680
Why bully them
649
00:26:09,750 --> 00:26:10,829
so arrogantly?
650
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,240
Who does business like that?
651
00:26:15,269 --> 00:26:16,579
At first, I thought
652
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,269
Master was just venting his anger.
653
00:26:18,269 --> 00:26:19,640
Now that I think about it,
654
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,200
what he said makes sense.
655
00:26:22,309 --> 00:26:23,369
As the saying goes,
656
00:26:23,589 --> 00:26:25,269
"No merchant is without cunning."
657
00:26:25,269 --> 00:26:26,680
It's a bit harsh,
658
00:26:27,029 --> 00:26:28,400
but it's right.
659
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:51,579
You're Pingwen?
660
00:26:51,789 --> 00:26:53,049
Where is your brother?
661
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:56,500
Did he leave a message?
662
00:26:58,720 --> 00:26:59,680
What did he say?
663
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:00,819
What did he say?
664
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:07,240
Servants!
665
00:27:07,789 --> 00:27:08,880
Take him inside.
666
00:27:09,549 --> 00:27:11,150
Make them some hot porridge.
667
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:18,200
Old Master Hu,
668
00:27:18,309 --> 00:27:19,150
let's go.
669
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,960
Even if you want to die,
wait a little longer.
670
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,289
What are we waiting for?
671
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:24,269
Look at him—
672
00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,069
what can he even say?
673
00:27:25,069 --> 00:27:25,930
I remember now.
674
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:29,779
My brother said...
675
00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:31,680
What did he say?
676
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:35,450
He said to wait for him
for one more day and night.
677
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,680
Is there ever an end?
678
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:37,539
Get him inside!
679
00:28:29,829 --> 00:28:31,069
He really dares?
680
00:28:33,069 --> 00:28:34,309
He really dares.
681
00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:38,009
Is it funny?
682
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:38,880
No.
683
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,130
Have you sent people to ask around?
684
00:28:44,549 --> 00:28:45,720
Is he afraid to come,
685
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:46,900
or
686
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,500
is someone among them against it?
687
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:51,809
No one's against it.
688
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,519
It's just that old guy Hu
689
00:28:53,549 --> 00:28:54,789
holding out on his own.
690
00:28:54,789 --> 00:28:56,000
Master, please don't be angry.
691
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,589
I don't think he can hold out much longer.
692
00:28:57,589 --> 00:28:58,349
It's not like
693
00:28:58,349 --> 00:28:59,809
he can turn things around.
694
00:29:00,069 --> 00:29:01,349
I can't believe it.
695
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,289
By logic,
696
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,309
he should've been cornered.
697
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:06,960
So how did he stand his ground
698
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,160
after just one night?
699
00:29:09,109 --> 00:29:10,109
Something's off.
700
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:12,480
Something's off.
701
00:29:13,509 --> 00:29:14,579
Nothing's off.
702
00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:16,109
If he wants to drag it out, let him.
703
00:29:16,109 --> 00:29:17,569
We can outlast him anyway.
704
00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:23,880
It must be
705
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,750
that brat Gu causing trouble.
706
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,200
Send some men to Shanghai
707
00:29:34,269 --> 00:29:35,509
to dig around
708
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,259
and see what he's up to.
709
00:29:38,549 --> 00:29:39,109
Okay.
710
00:29:43,589 --> 00:29:44,109
Father,
711
00:29:44,349 --> 00:29:45,680
I'm going back to sleep.
712
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,720
Our business is not going well.
713
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:49,109
How dare you go to sleep?
714
00:29:51,269 --> 00:29:52,109
It's your business,
715
00:29:52,109 --> 00:29:53,240
not mine.
716
00:29:59,509 --> 00:30:00,319
Go back.
717
00:30:00,349 --> 00:30:01,589
So many people are waiting for you.
718
00:30:01,589 --> 00:30:02,240
Yes.
719
00:30:06,829 --> 00:30:07,680
Go back.
720
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,519
Old Master Hu, there's a letter!
721
00:30:12,789 --> 00:30:13,589
Old Master Hu.
722
00:30:20,670 --> 00:30:22,079
{\an8}[To Old Master Hu]
723
00:30:26,059 --> 00:30:27,539
{\an8}[Cover]
724
00:30:27,630 --> 00:30:28,500
{\an8}[I caught a chill last night
and was unable to keep our appointment.]
725
00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:29,380
{\an8}[I feel deeply sorry about it.]
726
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:30,430
{\an8}[I have arranged a banquet
at Baixiang Restaurant at noon today,]
727
00:30:30,430 --> 00:30:31,029
{\an8}[and I sincerely invite you to attend]
728
00:30:31,029 --> 00:30:31,630
{\an8}[so that I may offer my apologies
in person.]
729
00:30:34,309 --> 00:30:35,240
It's Li Million.
730
00:30:36,589 --> 00:30:37,299
Li Million?
731
00:30:37,319 --> 00:30:37,980
He said that
732
00:30:39,269 --> 00:30:41,130
because he stood me up yesterday,
733
00:30:41,349 --> 00:30:42,809
he wanted to make it up to me
734
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,660
by inviting me to a banquet
735
00:30:45,069 --> 00:30:47,890
at Baixiang Restaurant at noon today.
736
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,829
Go. You should go.
737
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:50,680
Old Master Hu,
738
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,289
we must accept the face he's giving us.
739
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,099
I should go?
740
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,170
Yes.
741
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:56,960
You should go.
742
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:57,750
Hey,
743
00:30:58,440 --> 00:30:59,769
where is the messenger?
744
00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:00,750
Old Master Hu,
745
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,180
he's waiting for your reply downstairs.
746
00:31:03,589 --> 00:31:04,160
Well,
747
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,569
tell him this...
748
00:31:07,589 --> 00:31:08,640
Why did you...
749
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:09,880
Why did you tear it up?
750
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:10,720
Why did you tear it up?
751
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:11,549
Yes.
752
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:14,440
Yesterday,
753
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,059
if that Li Million
754
00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:21,180
hadn't acted so overbearing,
755
00:31:22,349 --> 00:31:23,529
I would have sold him
756
00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:25,670
all the tea in the province
757
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,349
for cheap.
758
00:31:28,309 --> 00:31:29,269
That was close.
759
00:31:32,150 --> 00:31:33,279
Where are you going?
760
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,109
I
761
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,900
didn't sleep well last night.
762
00:31:36,069 --> 00:31:37,069
I have a headache.
763
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:39,549
If anyone comes looking for me,
764
00:31:39,549 --> 00:31:41,509
just say I'm unwell
and won't see visitors.
765
00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:47,269
{\an8}[Top Tea Under Heaven]
766
00:31:43,349 --> 00:31:44,349
After you go back,
767
00:31:45,509 --> 00:31:47,200
tell all your clerks
768
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:48,480
not to sell
769
00:31:49,269 --> 00:31:51,960
a single ounce of tea today.
770
00:32:08,109 --> 00:32:08,750
Master.
771
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:11,640
That Hu
772
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:12,970
is still that stubborn?
773
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:15,069
Yes.
774
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,640
He hid away
under the pretext of recuperating,
775
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:18,720
saying he had a headache
776
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,450
and wouldn't see anyone today.
777
00:32:21,509 --> 00:32:23,299
I made a wrong move.
778
00:32:26,269 --> 00:32:27,720
I thought Hu
779
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:29,480
was just arrogant and foolish,
780
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,480
and I wanted to knock him down a notch
781
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:32,960
to push the price lower.
782
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,170
If I'd gone
783
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,660
to that dinner last night,
784
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,940
things would probably be settled by now.
785
00:32:43,299 --> 00:32:44,470
Let's wait
786
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:45,880
and see what miracle
787
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,200
he can pull off.
788
00:32:53,069 --> 00:32:54,400
I've been thinking.
789
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,289
I thought about it the whole afternoon
790
00:33:00,309 --> 00:33:02,170
and still couldn't figure it out.
791
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:03,480
Master,
792
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:04,680
we've already
793
00:33:04,829 --> 00:33:06,309
taken care of the foreigners.
794
00:33:06,309 --> 00:33:08,160
And everyone at the imperial court
is on our side.
795
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,690
He has no room to make a move.
796
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,240
What can he even do?
797
00:33:12,309 --> 00:33:13,789
Don't talk too big.
798
00:33:17,549 --> 00:33:19,309
Time has changed.
799
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,619
Now there are foreigners
and the Southern Army.
800
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:24,880
This world
801
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,079
belongs to young people now.
802
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,289
I'm not going anywhere.
803
00:33:33,589 --> 00:33:35,319
I'll stay right here and watch.
804
00:33:35,829 --> 00:33:36,589
Where is Qin?
805
00:33:39,029 --> 00:33:40,000
He's in his room.
806
00:33:43,309 --> 00:33:44,750
I'm already this old,
807
00:33:45,349 --> 00:33:47,880
and I'm still competing with my own son.
808
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:51,480
Let it be.
809
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,210
I'm curious about the outcome.
810
00:33:56,250 --> 00:33:58,799
{\an8}[Jinyang Villa, Shanxi]
811
00:33:56,509 --> 00:33:57,960
How did he make himself like this?
812
00:33:57,960 --> 00:33:59,089
Go get a doctor.
813
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,369
Get the master here.
814
00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:00,920
Also,
815
00:34:01,509 --> 00:34:02,680
get Mr. Li here.
816
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:03,400
Hurry.
817
00:34:27,590 --> 00:34:28,190
Mr. Gu.
818
00:34:29,030 --> 00:34:30,000
M-Mr. Li.
819
00:34:31,070 --> 00:34:32,280
You didn't have to
put yourself through this
820
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:33,550
just to drink this wine.
821
00:34:33,550 --> 00:34:34,630
I finally made it.
822
00:34:35,230 --> 00:34:36,119
You're lucky.
823
00:34:36,510 --> 00:34:37,280
In one day
824
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:38,230
I'll be on my way to Inner Mongolia.
825
00:34:38,230 --> 00:34:39,960
We almost missed each other.
826
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:42,980
Master Jin,
827
00:34:43,079 --> 00:34:43,679
Madam Jin.
828
00:34:43,710 --> 00:34:44,670
I knew it.
829
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:45,670
Don't you think
830
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:46,730
our luck
831
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:47,920
is getting better and better?
832
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:48,800
Indeed.
833
00:34:49,150 --> 00:34:49,760
Yes.
834
00:34:51,110 --> 00:34:52,239
Please, take a seat.
835
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,420
Alright, alright.
836
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,480
Wencai told us to take our seats.
837
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,480
This way, please.
838
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:56,239
Come, Mr. Gu.
839
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:57,280
This way, please.
840
00:34:57,710 --> 00:34:58,150
Okay.
841
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:06,440
Mr. Li.
842
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:11,500
What are you doing?
843
00:35:11,630 --> 00:35:12,230
I've never handled
844
00:35:12,230 --> 00:35:13,630
such a large deal before.
845
00:35:13,630 --> 00:35:15,440
Now the fate
of all the tea merchants in Anhui
846
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:16,960
rests on me alone.
847
00:35:17,710 --> 00:35:18,440
So, Mr. Li,
848
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,340
I really need your help this time.
849
00:35:25,449 --> 00:35:26,480
Come, sit down.
850
00:35:27,590 --> 00:35:28,260
I
851
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:29,840
was just about to ask you.
852
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:30,670
That thing of yours,
853
00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:31,920
the "Top Tea Under Heaven"—
854
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:32,980
what exactly is it?
855
00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:35,670
I'm in the tea business myself,
856
00:35:35,670 --> 00:35:38,269
yet I didn't even know
what Orchid Snow tea was.
857
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:39,719
Only after asking around
858
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,159
did I find out it's yours.
859
00:35:42,099 --> 00:35:43,300
As long as you want it,
860
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:44,360
I can supply as much as you need.
861
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:44,920
Okay.
862
00:35:45,230 --> 00:35:46,159
It's a deal then.
863
00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:47,400
Now,
864
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:49,159
let's talk business.
865
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:50,380
What was it you said
866
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,110
about Anhui tea?
867
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,440
Here's the thing.
868
00:35:53,710 --> 00:35:55,320
Li Wantang got the exclusive rights
869
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,110
to the tea trade between
the imperial court and the foreigners.
870
00:35:57,110 --> 00:35:58,880
He holds a grudge
because I ruined his plan
871
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,150
at the Grand Tea Competition,
872
00:36:00,150 --> 00:36:01,150
and now he's determined
873
00:36:01,150 --> 00:36:02,670
to crush Anhui's tea business.
874
00:36:02,670 --> 00:36:04,230
I can't just sit and wait to die.
875
00:36:04,230 --> 00:36:04,710
I've decided
876
00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:05,840
to fight him.
877
00:36:08,570 --> 00:36:10,030
Li Million in the capital?
878
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,070
He's not so impressive.
879
00:36:25,030 --> 00:36:26,449
Wencai means
880
00:36:26,550 --> 00:36:28,550
Li Million isn't anything special.
881
00:36:29,110 --> 00:36:30,690
That may be,
882
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,360
but this time he got the exclusive rights
883
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:33,590
to the tea trade
884
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,440
between the imperial court
and the foreigners.
885
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:36,230
This
886
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,280
can't be solved with just money now.
887
00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:41,480
Mr. Li,
888
00:36:42,550 --> 00:36:44,949
for the sake
of all the tea farmers in Anhui,
889
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,150
please help me.
890
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:54,960
Okay.
891
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:55,960
Bro,
892
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,530
I'll take all of Anhui's tea this year.
893
00:36:59,030 --> 00:37:00,070
Worst case, I'll make
894
00:37:00,070 --> 00:37:01,230
a few more trips to Inner Mongolia.
895
00:37:01,230 --> 00:37:02,760
It will be sold eventually.
896
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:03,360
Right?
897
00:37:04,230 --> 00:37:04,670
Mr. Gu,
898
00:37:04,710 --> 00:37:06,039
I still have to say this—
899
00:37:06,070 --> 00:37:07,440
for something this minor,
900
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:08,800
you could've sent someone
901
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:09,400
to tell us.
902
00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:11,329
Or you could've sent us a letter
903
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,760
through any of our shops.
904
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,030
Why did you have to come all the way
in person?
905
00:37:15,030 --> 00:37:16,550
Your health is more important.
906
00:37:16,550 --> 00:37:17,360
Don't end up
907
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:18,550
getting sick all over,
908
00:37:18,550 --> 00:37:19,710
just like my husband.
909
00:37:19,710 --> 00:37:20,630
Then we really wouldn't be able
910
00:37:20,630 --> 00:37:21,889
to forgive ourselves.
911
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:22,630
Yes.
912
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:24,289
I know
913
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,650
you truly care about me.
914
00:37:26,030 --> 00:37:26,769
But I can't
915
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:27,590
dump every burden on your shoulders
916
00:37:27,590 --> 00:37:28,469
whenever
917
00:37:28,670 --> 00:37:30,190
I encounter something.
918
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:33,860
As for this matter,
919
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,030
I do have a few ideas
920
00:37:35,150 --> 00:37:36,510
we can discuss together.
921
00:37:36,510 --> 00:37:37,030
Okay.
922
00:37:37,710 --> 00:37:39,909
Although I only spent a day in Shanghai,
923
00:37:40,070 --> 00:37:41,190
I've come to believe
924
00:37:41,190 --> 00:37:42,630
that this so‑called
exclusive tea‑trade right
925
00:37:42,630 --> 00:37:43,920
isn't such a big deal.
926
00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:46,320
The imperial court has no real control
927
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,050
over the foreigners nowadays.
928
00:37:48,110 --> 00:37:48,920
So I was thinking—
929
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,050
could you support me
930
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,500
in making a deal with the foreigners?
931
00:37:53,030 --> 00:37:53,630
Go ahead.
932
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:55,840
According to my sources,
933
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,480
the British East India Company
934
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:58,510
is based in India.
935
00:37:59,000 --> 00:37:59,630
If we leave
936
00:37:59,630 --> 00:38:01,300
from Shiliupu Pier,
937
00:38:01,630 --> 00:38:03,630
pass through the Strait of Malacca,
938
00:38:03,679 --> 00:38:05,360
and then travel by sea
for another 2 days and nights,
939
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,510
we can reach India.
940
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,000
Tea sells
941
00:38:08,070 --> 00:38:09,380
extremely well there,
942
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,320
and the price they pay is far higher
943
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,840
than what the foreigners pay here
944
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:13,880
in our country.
945
00:38:14,710 --> 00:38:15,969
So I've been thinking,
946
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,320
instead of relying on Xianghe Trade House
947
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:18,920
to deal with the foreigners,
948
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,289
why don't we sell our tea
949
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,440
directly to India?
950
00:38:26,739 --> 00:38:28,510
I'm not dreaming.
951
00:38:29,030 --> 00:38:31,360
I've actually found
a few possible channels.
952
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:32,360
We're listening.
953
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:34,840
Before I say it,
954
00:38:35,929 --> 00:38:36,800
could you help me
955
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:37,710
with one thing?
956
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,010
Anhui tea can't wait even one more day.
957
00:38:41,230 --> 00:38:43,590
Li Wantang has gone mad with greed.
958
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,480
He wants to swallow it in one bite.
959
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,289
Could we find someone
960
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,440
who can take over
all of Anhui's tea at once
961
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:50,769
and ship it to Shanghai?
962
00:38:51,510 --> 00:38:53,190
Then I'll go to Shanghai with you,
963
00:38:53,190 --> 00:38:53,880
and from there
964
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,340
we can make a trip to India.
What do you think?
965
00:38:59,150 --> 00:38:59,880
Mr. Li,
966
00:39:00,190 --> 00:39:01,360
your draft bank in Hefei
967
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:02,820
hasn't opened yet, has it?
968
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:04,250
Are you short
969
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:05,190
on ready cash?
970
00:39:05,550 --> 00:39:06,349
How about
971
00:39:06,510 --> 00:39:07,510
I invest?
972
00:39:08,110 --> 00:39:09,110
You invest?
973
00:39:09,710 --> 00:39:11,110
There's no need for that.
974
00:39:11,710 --> 00:39:12,960
What I'm thinking is that
975
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:13,760
we need someone
976
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,019
with enough influence
977
00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:16,360
to take over all the Anhui tea—
978
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,070
someone who can suppress Li Wantang
so thoroughly
979
00:39:18,070 --> 00:39:19,550
that he can only tuck his tail
between his legs
980
00:39:19,550 --> 00:39:21,210
and slink back to the capital.
981
00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:23,670
Only then will our Association Head's face
982
00:39:23,670 --> 00:39:24,400
stay intact.
983
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:25,880
At a time like this,
984
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,440
saving face doesn't even matter.
985
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:28,039
No, no, no.
986
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:29,800
Please wait for a moment.
987
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,650
I'll arrange for someone
to deliver the message.
988
00:39:34,550 --> 00:39:35,110
Mr. Gu,
989
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,070
how about I show you the garden?
990
00:39:38,630 --> 00:39:40,030
Let's go.
991
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:41,840
He's doing that again—
992
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,699
conducting business in silence.
993
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:44,840
When you buy your coffin,
994
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:45,960
let me invest.
995
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:47,070
Fine.
996
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:49,760
Mr. Gu,
997
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:51,639
the water in this lake
998
00:39:51,670 --> 00:39:52,869
is from the Jin River.
999
00:39:53,150 --> 00:39:54,679
A feng shui master once said
1000
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,630
that it leads straight
to the Dragon Palace.
1001
00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:57,400
Businessmen
1002
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:58,630
like auspicious symbols,
1003
00:39:58,630 --> 00:39:59,389
so I named
1004
00:39:59,510 --> 00:40:00,280
this place
1005
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,150
"Seven Treasures Garden."
1006
00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:04,590
"Mountain spirits burn the alchemy stove,"
1007
00:40:04,590 --> 00:40:05,880
"the Dragon King offers a treasure boat."
1008
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:07,809
This is a sign of world domination.
1009
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,650
Gu, you don't mean it sincerely.
1010
00:40:16,070 --> 00:40:17,469
In such an elegant place,
1011
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:18,710
it would be a pity
1012
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,480
to talk business.
1013
00:40:21,070 --> 00:40:21,880
But now,
1014
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,010
the Anhui Tea Merchants' Association
1015
00:40:24,030 --> 00:40:25,710
is really at a critical point.
1016
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,110
If you could lend a hand
1017
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,820
and save us from disaster,
1018
00:40:30,030 --> 00:40:31,360
wouldn't that kindness
1019
00:40:31,550 --> 00:40:32,469
outweigh
1020
00:40:32,469 --> 00:40:33,670
even the beauty before us?
1021
00:40:33,670 --> 00:40:34,800
I never help anyone.
1022
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:36,550
Never.
1023
00:40:37,590 --> 00:40:39,320
You can't show kindness.
1024
00:40:40,190 --> 00:40:41,110
When a beggar
1025
00:40:41,630 --> 00:40:42,690
calls out "Master,
1026
00:40:42,710 --> 00:40:43,510
Madam"
1027
00:40:43,710 --> 00:40:45,440
and receives a bowl of leftovers,
1028
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:46,550
it's only because of
1029
00:40:46,550 --> 00:40:47,840
those two words.
1030
00:40:50,070 --> 00:40:51,199
That's how business
1031
00:40:51,630 --> 00:40:52,670
works.
1032
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:54,510
Mr. Gu,
1033
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:55,920
do you understand
1034
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:57,280
what I mean?
1035
00:40:59,030 --> 00:40:59,760
Yes.
1036
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,590
Nothing in this world comes for free.
1037
00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:04,190
If you beg with your face raised,
1038
00:41:04,190 --> 00:41:05,360
you'll get nothing.
1039
00:41:06,190 --> 00:41:06,880
Yes.
1040
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,150
This time,
Li Million got an imperial edict
1041
00:41:10,150 --> 00:41:11,679
from a noble in the capital.
1042
00:41:11,909 --> 00:41:13,480
With the authority of the imperial court,
1043
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:14,630
he wants to dominate
1044
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,070
the tea and medicine market
in the Southeast.
1045
00:41:17,070 --> 00:41:18,320
If I act rashly
1046
00:41:18,670 --> 00:41:19,800
on my own,
1047
00:41:21,110 --> 00:41:22,239
would there be risk?
1048
00:41:23,110 --> 00:41:23,760
Besides,
1049
00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:25,280
overseas matters
1050
00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:26,590
are uncertain.
1051
00:41:27,150 --> 00:41:27,880
If I
1052
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:29,710
board an ocean liner
1053
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:30,769
and go out there,
1054
00:41:31,030 --> 00:41:33,230
it would be like a human
stepping into a beast's den—
1055
00:41:33,230 --> 00:41:34,559
how could I do business?
1056
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:36,480
Of course, for a friend,
1057
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:38,000
it's okay to take a risk,
1058
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,059
but it can't be a long-term strategy.
1059
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,030
I'm a businessman.
1060
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:45,519
I have no reason to go against
1061
00:41:45,710 --> 00:41:47,639
the imperial court and Li Million.
1062
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,489
As for which path should I take,
1063
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,059
I defer to your advice.
1064
00:41:54,590 --> 00:41:56,320
You specialize in the tea trade
1065
00:41:56,550 --> 00:41:58,110
and dominate the market in the Northwest.
1066
00:41:58,110 --> 00:41:59,510
But if Li Wantang
1067
00:41:59,590 --> 00:42:01,159
grabs the entire
1068
00:42:01,190 --> 00:42:02,320
Southeast tea monopoly
1069
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:03,739
for himself,
1070
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,920
he will inevitably
become a great rival of yours.
1071
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:06,840
That's the first reason
1072
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:07,900
you should help me.
1073
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,030
This is a political talk.
1074
00:42:11,710 --> 00:42:13,199
Nowadays, business
1075
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:14,710
is no longer like in the past,
1076
00:42:14,710 --> 00:42:16,230
when merchants stayed in their lane
1077
00:42:16,230 --> 00:42:16,960
and the imperial court
1078
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,489
could control everything.
1079
00:42:19,230 --> 00:42:20,909
With the rebellion in Jiangnan,
1080
00:42:20,909 --> 00:42:22,550
the regime's hold on local affairs
1081
00:42:22,550 --> 00:42:23,510
is weakening.
1082
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,400
This is a situation unseen
1083
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:26,760
in 300 years.
1084
00:42:28,210 --> 00:42:29,739
Yet Li Wantang still thinks
1085
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,940
he can use the imperial court's power
1086
00:42:32,070 --> 00:42:33,440
to suppress the provinces,
1087
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,639
imagining he can dominate everything.
1088
00:42:36,070 --> 00:42:37,670
That thinking is outdated.
1089
00:42:38,670 --> 00:42:40,070
Since we are in merchants' associations,
1090
00:42:40,070 --> 00:42:41,429
we should join hands
1091
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:42,550
and make money together.
1092
00:42:42,550 --> 00:42:43,750
If you are willing,
1093
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,269
I can offer Anhui tea
1094
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:46,610
at the lowest price
1095
00:42:46,670 --> 00:42:48,869
and guarantee you a fixed yearly quota.
1096
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:49,949
We can
1097
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:51,820
expand outward together—
1098
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:54,889
that's the real way to win.
1099
00:42:55,150 --> 00:42:57,280
Why bother fighting among ourselves?
1100
00:42:57,710 --> 00:42:58,510
Cooperation?
1101
00:42:59,329 --> 00:43:00,250
That's good.
1102
00:43:00,550 --> 00:43:01,400
Let's join forces
1103
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:02,440
and make money
from the foreigners together—
1104
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:03,070
wouldn't that be better?64370
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