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Created & Directed by
WONG KAR WAI
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EPISODE 27
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KINDNESS OF STRANGER
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I had never thought
my 1993 would end this way.
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This--
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I pour my heart out to help you
cross the Huangpu River.
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All you care about is the Suzhou Creek.
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Everyone was trying to leave
his mark in his limited time,
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even just a few words,
even if they would fizzle in the air.
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What did you do that for, Miss Wang?!
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For pride.
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The night lights blossomed like flowers.
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Blooming and withering at the same time.
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Tonight, we'll have dinner
with President Wang to celebrate!
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Almost ¥10 million...
Just to prove yourself?
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Is it worth it?
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It is.
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At least my company
will complete this order.
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I'll be qualified to win better orders.
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If I relied on Mr. Bao's help,
it would be his accomplishment, not mine.
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But what about the profitability?
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I did the math. I just need to
keep the unit cost below ¥25.
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As long as Mr. Lu can deliver on time,
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I'm confident I'll at least break even.
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How is that possible?
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The numbers are right here.
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You'll magically turn ¥1 into ¥2?
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It's 1994 now!
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Times are changing. Anything is possible.
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Let me ask you,
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how much did you make
from your first order?
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Definitely more than this.
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Just watch, I might just beat you.
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I'm getting more. You want some?
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Could I get some more?
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-Happy New Year!
-Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
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I'm not happy.
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We can do it!
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Happy New Year!
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We can do it!
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That was December 31st, 1993.
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Even as midnight struck,
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I couldn't figure out
why Miss Wang did this.
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The truth was, I couldn't figure it out
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because she was no longer
the Miss Wang I once knew.
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On January 1st, 1994,
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the government unified exchange rates.
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The RMB became pegged to the US dollar.
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Devaluing China's currency from ¥5.80 per
US dollar to ¥8.70 per US dollar.
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Overnight, Miss Wang's order
became profitable.
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What she pulled off
turned her into an industry legend.
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Happy New Year!
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-Happy New Year, Mr. Bao.
-Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year, my friends.
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Happy New Year, Mr. Bao.
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Mr. Bao, Happy New Year!
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The lamb today is--
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I'll get back to work.
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What a coincidence.
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What happened to your friend?
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Couldn't make it.
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I guess I'm not the only one
who's alone today.
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Little sis, take your time.
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I'll be in the back.
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-You too, Mr. Bao--
-Madame.
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Utensils.
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Oh, how could I forget. So sorry.
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-Happy New Year.
-Happy New Year!
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Is your business taken care of?
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Mm, how about you?
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Are you ready for your IPO?
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I've done everything I can.
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Our dinners usually have an agenda.
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Every drink, every word,
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every ulterior motive
is carefully planned out.
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Let's make today an exception.
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No business.
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Just a relaxed first meal of the year.
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Sure.
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Relaxed it is.
We'll drink as much as we want.
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Madame,
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two more lambs.
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Right away!
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Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year...
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Things are so different now.
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How so?
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Back then, for hot pot,
we'd go to Hong Hot Pot in Caojiadu.
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One big pot on a big round table
shared by a dozen people.
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If the table was full,
everyone else had to wait in line.
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And?
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When you looked at the person
__next to you,
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you could only see his body.
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The face was blurry,
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covered in steam.
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A section of the pot
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was set out for me.
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There were nets on each side.
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But I had to be careful.
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One slip-up,
and the chopsticks next to mine
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would take my lamb.
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People who weren't strong enough
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would pass out before they got a seat
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from a lack of oxygen.
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Did you go often?
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Passed out a few times.
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Mr. Bao is a nostalgic person.
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I have nothing to be nostalgic about.
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In the end, Xuezhi never made it to 1997.
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She died in Hong Kong in November 1993,
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only six months after I last saw her.
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"Miss you forever, Ah Bao"
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The person I saw the other day
was Mr. Qiang.
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When Mr. Jin died, his death reminded me
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that hiding would only lead to one result.
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Chen Zhen.
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And Shenzhen.
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They're my inescapable past.
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"Li Li" and "Mr. Bao"...
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it's all temporary.
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"Li Li" will put The Grand Lisbon on
the line for Mr. Bao, but Chen Zhen won't.
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The check that bought The Grand Lisbon
came from Mr. A.
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All that is "Li Li" came from Mr. A.
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He's gone.
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I can't pay him back.
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Chen Zhen did everything
that Mr. A taught her.
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"Li Li" gave you honest warnings.
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But you didn't know when to quit.
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That's the price of being "Mr. Bao."
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The difference between Chen Zhen
and "Li Li" is an ID card.
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The difference between Ah Bao
and "Mr. Bao" is The Grand Lisbon.
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If you win, you'll still be "Mr. Bao."
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We'll part as friends.
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If I lose,
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the next time we meet,
I'll have become Ah Bao again.
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You should be more like me.
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Always make yourself a lifeboat.
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Ah Bao is my lifeboat.
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But you can't be Chen Zhen again.
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Other than becoming Mr. A,
you have no way out.
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That's not a way out,
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it's memory and faith.
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Mr. Bao,
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I have another piece of advice.
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Never believe in a stranger's kindness.
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You and I are not strangers.
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Ah Bao.
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Li Li.
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For your rose at home.
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My wife will be thrilled.
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And some fruits.
I put them in the trunk for you.
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So much stuff?
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I should be thanking you.
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This whole time in Shenzhen,
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you've been buying me food.
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I haven't even treated you once.
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Did you figure out your profits?
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Yes.
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Deducting travel cost,
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and adding everything up,
I'll make ¥80,000.
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You beat my first order after all.
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I only made ¥65,000.
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-That's a lot for back then.
-That's true!
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Miss Wang,
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for decades, generations of people
have braved the storms
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just for pride.
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Your pride has rattled the earth.
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I must learn from you.
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From Shanghai to Shenzhen,
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from No. 27 to Mingzhu Company,
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you have helped me my whole way through.
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What are you saying?
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When I first arrived in Shanghai,
you and Mr. Bao took care of me.
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Miss Wang.
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There's an old saying,
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"When you eat rice,
remember that crops are not easy to grow."
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In reality,
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I wasn't the only one helping you.
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I know.
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I'll stay until after the holidays,
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-and go back once production is done.
-Great.
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Then I'll go home to spend the holidays
with my wife.
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Okay.
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Thank you, Mr. Fan.
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Don't be so polite.
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-Take care of yourself.
-I will. I'll see you.
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-President Wang, could you come?
-Coming!
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-I'll get back to work then.
-Okay.
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Till we meet again.
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No, Mr. Fan.
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It's "see you around."
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Okay.
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See you around!
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-Okay.
-I'm going to go.
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Mr. Fan!
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Mr. Fan!
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Out in the world!
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Out in the world!
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See you!
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Come by for dinner sometime!
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I will!
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Until next time!
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Until next time!
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Miss Wang...
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See you out in the world.
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After Uncle Ye left, my life was the same.
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I thought it would be a new beginning,
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but the past had never left.
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"TOKYO NIGHTS - General Ledger"
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"General Ledger & Purchase Ledger"
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"Account Name: Ling Zi"
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Did you put this bankbook in my drawer?
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Didn't you say I had to pay
for my insurance?
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Where's Mr. Gu?
I haven't seen him in a while.
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Mr. Bao.
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Sorry. Let me take that.
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My grandfather?He retired.
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He deserves the rest. What's your name?
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Little Gu.
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My grandfather told me to learn from you.
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Learn what?
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He told me you know magic tricks.
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You turn ¥1 into ¥10, ¥10 into ¥10,000.
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You need to make the ¥1 first.
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This way.
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-How much in tips today?
-None yet.
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Your grandfather can say "welcome"
and "good night" in 26 languages.
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He made every guest feel at home.
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Welcome back. You look beautiful.
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-You look refreshed.
-Thank you.
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-So how was your day?
-Oh, very nice.
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Good. So where did you go?
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-[In Russian] This is your floor.
-[In Russian] Thank you.
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Good night.
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This is your first ¥1 of the day.
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From now on,
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for every language you learn,
I'll add another ¥1.
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for every language you learn,
I'll add another ¥1.
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Okay.
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[In Russian] Please come again.
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[In Russian] Please come again.
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-[In Russian] Thank you.
-[In Russian] You're welcome.
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[In Russian] Thank you, my friend.
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-[In Russian] Please come again.
-Goodbye.
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You're back, Mr. Bao?
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Not bad. Russian?
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Thank you, Mr. Bao.
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Want a chocolate?
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[In Italian] Perfect.
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You know Italian now?
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I guess not.
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Where's your grandfather?
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He retired.
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Mr. Bao, this way.
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Forgetting means you don't know it.
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Give me ¥4 back.
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We'll continue tomorrow.
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Here's a gift for you.
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Didn't you want to learn magic?
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This is magic.
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It will teach you
all the languages of the world.
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I'm fine.
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I finally understood the benefit
of living in a hotel.
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Everyone here was just passing through.
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Someone you see today
might be gone tomorrow.
267
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:42,550
You could greet people with just a nod,
and leave without saying goodbye.
268
00:28:42,550 --> 00:28:45,760
Not a care in the world.
Rise alone, fall alone.
269
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,860
The three rooms upstairs are all reserved.
Or rather, rented. For three months.
270
00:28:55,940 --> 00:28:56,940
And the deposits?
271
00:28:56,940 --> 00:29:01,200
They've agreed to pay for three months
up front when they arrive tonight.
272
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,160
-All stock brokers?
-Looks like it.
273
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,580
The Huanghe Road Madames
want to have dinner here tonight.
274
00:29:06,580 --> 00:29:09,830
I'd like to reserve a room
if one's available.
275
00:29:09,830 --> 00:29:11,960
Let me call and ask, okay?
276
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000
Okay.
277
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,630
Are they coming to mess with us again?
278
00:29:17,130 --> 00:29:19,760
-Come with us!
-Don't feel like it.
279
00:29:19,970 --> 00:29:23,140
-Why not?
-Just come.
280
00:29:23,140 --> 00:29:24,970
-Come on--
-For what?!
281
00:29:26,930 --> 00:29:30,600
You guys can go, but I won't.
282
00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:34,310
I can't convince her. You try.
283
00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:35,310
Fine.
284
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,320
Appetizers are on the house.
285
00:29:37,820 --> 00:29:40,280
Take your time.
286
00:29:41,610 --> 00:29:44,110
Meilin, she's right next door.
287
00:29:44,410 --> 00:29:46,780
Sure, we were just jealous before.
288
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,660
But now, think about it,
289
00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:57,920
The Grand Lisbon and Mei Lin Garden
aren't in the same league anymore.
290
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:02,800
If we can't beat her,
then we should play nice, no?
291
00:30:06,890 --> 00:30:10,390
I, Lu Meilin, was born stubborn.
292
00:30:11,890 --> 00:30:14,230
I've never known how to play nice.
293
00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:18,020
My restaurant had its heyday too.
294
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,230
She just didn't see it.
295
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:21,530
Right.
296
00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:24,860
The pendulum swings in both directions.
297
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,120
Nobody knows what will happen
in the future.
298
00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:31,870
You've known me for a long time.
299
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,960
When have you ever seen me
kiss up to anyone?
300
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,510
You're too stubborn.
301
00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:44,130
Make way.
302
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,550
Should we still go if the Big Sis won't?
303
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,600
Li Li is our Big Sis now.
304
00:31:25,220 --> 00:31:28,800
Come another time?
We're running special deals.
305
00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:32,560
Oh, Mrs. Chen! It's been a while.
Is that your daughter?
306
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,270
She's so pretty.
307
00:31:34,390 --> 00:31:36,390
Special deal today.
308
00:31:36,390 --> 00:31:37,900
Discount on seafood.
309
00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:40,100
Come eat at Mei Lin Garden. Come on.
310
00:31:40,110 --> 00:31:43,610
-Next time. I have a reservation.
-Okay, I'll be waiting.
311
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:46,150
I won't take part in your gang.
312
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,160
I came to Shanghai only to
do business and make money.
313
00:31:50,370 --> 00:31:52,870
I have no interest in anything else.
314
00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:57,920
If you have a profitable proposal,
my door is always open.
315
00:31:58,290 --> 00:32:00,790
If you get in my way making money,
316
00:32:02,340 --> 00:32:05,880
I won't be polite or soft.
317
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,180
-What does that mean?
-Shut it.
318
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,740
It means...
319
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,410
We focus on our own businesses.
320
00:32:35,450 --> 00:32:37,540
With harmony comes prosperity.
321
00:32:50,340 --> 00:32:54,720
"Mei Lin Garden"
322
00:32:55,220 --> 00:32:57,810
Mister, why not eat here tonight?
323
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:02,980
Mister!
324
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:11,780
I wish I had the money
to move Daily Fresh here.
325
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,410
It's the best location on Huanghe Road.
326
00:33:15,490 --> 00:33:17,540
Money isn't the problem.
327
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:20,960
Being next to The Grand Lisbon
has pros and cons.
328
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,630
The key is how to play a smart neighbor.
329
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:29,000
Any problem money can solve
is no real problem.
330
00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:30,090
That's right.
331
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:35,430
On Huanghe Road,
the new is always better than the old.
332
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,220
I'm going to renovate.
333
00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:42,520
The restaurant can be renovated,
but the person can't.
334
00:33:44,770 --> 00:33:47,980
An old person is an old person.
335
00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:55,700
I did ask everyone else first
before coming to you.
336
00:33:56,530 --> 00:34:00,660
I know you don't like me,
but you should help me.
337
00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:02,500
Why?
338
00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:07,630
You're on a winning streak now,
but so was I once.
339
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,090
I don't gamble.
340
00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:15,430
You think I gambled my way to where I am?
341
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,060
No.
342
00:34:19,850 --> 00:34:22,770
It's just our shared fate on Huanghe Road.
343
00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:27,270
Look.
344
00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:33,070
The day you first lit that neon sign,
you boarded this ship.
345
00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:35,280
There's not a lifeboat in sight.
346
00:34:35,950 --> 00:34:39,660
The waves are so high
you can't even see the top.
347
00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,950
Either someone catches you at the bottom,
348
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,420
or you crash and die,
349
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,300
to make space for the next person.
350
00:34:53,590 --> 00:34:58,220
You still haven't given me
a reason to help you.
351
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,850
Right now, the wind's in your sails.
352
00:35:00,850 --> 00:35:05,480
Help me past this storm.
I'll pay back every cent.
353
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,310
And if you run into trouble one day,
I'll definitely return the favor...
354
00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:14,780
even if I'm no longer on Huanghe Road.
355
00:35:14,990 --> 00:35:19,410
If the other Madames see your goodwill,
they'll also help you in the future.
356
00:35:19,490 --> 00:35:22,790
Just think of it as an insurance premium.
357
00:35:28,630 --> 00:35:30,840
What if you can't get the money?
358
00:35:33,710 --> 00:35:35,260
It's not a big deal.
359
00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:41,930
Life goes on no matter what.
360
00:35:48,860 --> 00:35:52,900
If I leave,
someone new will take over the shop
361
00:35:53,690 --> 00:35:55,570
and open it right next to you.
362
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,950
Mr. Landlord, how much is the rent?
363
00:35:59,030 --> 00:36:01,490
A lot of people are interested.
364
00:36:01,530 --> 00:36:02,700
The price--
365
00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:04,490
Don't show it to anyone else.
366
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,540
This place is mine.
367
00:36:10,750 --> 00:36:12,960
We abandon the old for the new.
368
00:36:13,750 --> 00:36:17,420
Huanghe Road especially...
prefers the new and flashy.
369
00:36:18,590 --> 00:36:23,600
The day a new restaurant opens,
is the day you start to sink,
370
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:32,060
One day, you'll suddenly notice
your restaurant is quieter.
371
00:36:32,820 --> 00:36:36,570
Then you'll see a sea of people next door
372
00:36:36,990 --> 00:36:38,990
Cars parked bumper to bumper.
373
00:36:39,490 --> 00:36:41,740
More lively than ever.
374
00:36:46,580 --> 00:36:48,080
Is this a threat?
375
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,340
It's a reminder.
376
00:36:58,010 --> 00:37:02,140
I'm tight on money right now.
Sorry, I can't help you.
377
00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:23,910
Out there,
everyone says Li Li is ruthless.
378
00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:27,160
They weren't wrong.
379
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,880
How'd it go?
380
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:50,560
Madame.
381
00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:52,480
Hello, Madame.
382
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,520
Hello, Madame.
383
00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:55,390
Did the doctor discharge you?
384
00:39:55,390 --> 00:39:57,390
It was too expensive to stay.
385
00:39:58,520 --> 00:39:59,810
I'm fine now.
386
00:40:02,110 --> 00:40:03,820
I need to find a new job.
387
00:40:03,820 --> 00:40:06,490
Who would hire you
when you look like this?
388
00:40:10,570 --> 00:40:12,530
I knew when I came here
389
00:40:13,580 --> 00:40:16,960
that we'd be the supporting cast,
not the stars.
390
00:40:18,370 --> 00:40:20,790
Why can't we be the stars?
391
00:40:21,630 --> 00:40:25,000
Who's to say those stars
are better than us?
392
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,460
If you have what it takes,
then why not open your place?
393
00:40:27,470 --> 00:40:29,800
Why do this to yourself?
394
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,930
What did I do? I didn't break any laws.
395
00:40:34,010 --> 00:40:36,310
Your broke the rule of the heart.
396
00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:41,980
The way you are now,
you'll have to give up on Huanghe Road.
397
00:40:48,110 --> 00:40:50,280
We can look elsewhere.
398
00:40:50,820 --> 00:40:53,820
I have friends who run restaurants
in Yangpu and Hongkou.
399
00:40:53,830 --> 00:40:55,450
They're smaller, but--
400
00:40:55,450 --> 00:40:57,580
I'll think of a way.
401
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,840
Do you have any money on you?
402
00:41:15,220 --> 00:41:16,890
-I'll go get more.
-No.
403
00:41:16,970 --> 00:41:19,480
-Me too. I'll go get more.
-No.
404
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,350
However much you have will do.
405
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,150
Take this ¥300.
406
00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:37,990
Jiangxi!
407
00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:44,380
You're all alone out there.
408
00:41:45,340 --> 00:41:47,300
Take care of yourself.
409
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,800
Even though we should aim high,
410
00:41:52,470 --> 00:41:56,010
when it's time to accept our fate,
we should.
411
00:41:59,140 --> 00:42:00,520
Why?
412
00:42:02,690 --> 00:42:04,650
Why should I accept my fate?
413
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,190
Neither should you.
414
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,320
We are only in our 20s.
415
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,740
It's too early to say that.
416
00:42:32,130 --> 00:42:33,260
Min Min,
417
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:37,840
I owe you some money,
but I can't pay it back yet.
418
00:42:37,850 --> 00:42:40,720
-This should be worth something.
-I don't want it.
419
00:42:40,810 --> 00:42:44,850
-I don't want it. Take it--
-Keep it as a lesson learned.
420
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,090
Huanghe Road is an opera stage
where we all perform.
421
00:44:33,090 --> 00:44:37,550
Everyone waits his turn,
and gets off the stage when he's done.
422
00:44:37,550 --> 00:44:41,140
The parts are different,
but the process is the same.
423
00:44:42,100 --> 00:44:45,720
As they say,
"Better to watch than to perform."
424
00:44:45,930 --> 00:44:48,680
"Every entrance is followed by an exit."
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