All language subtitles for American Dreams In China 2013

After your studies, do you have
any plans in the United States?

No, I'll come back to my country.

Who are your idols?

Who's someone you admire?

Meng Xiao-jun.

Meng Zi?

Meng Xiao-Jun.

Mr Meng Xiao-jun, congratulations.

Come back Friday
to pick up your visa.

Thank you.

Sorry, I give up my application.

Why?

I love my country.

He'll never imagined
that in 20 years,

I'd make a career out
of getting people to America.

Some see this place,

only as an English language school.

But for them, they think
it's the coolest place on earth.

These are the TOEFL,

GRE and ACT scores
from New Dream students.

The Americans said to me.

Such high scores are impossible,
you must be cheating.

Americans can be so naive sometimes.

Cheers!

Out of all Chinese students
studying in America,

three quarters
came out of New Dreams.

Our red flags were planted
all across America.

Another flag, Wisconsin!

Wang Yang said,
in the past hundred years.

Chinese people spoke English
with their mouths shut.

Why are you afraid
to open your mouths?

Because traditional education
has destroyed your confidence,

you're embarrassed
by your broken English.

But don't you forget,

the audience of your bad English
is the real victim here.

So what have you gotta lose?

Meng Xiao-jun hates public speaking,

he prefers private consultations.

It's because you lack confidence.

He appears
to offer advice about visas,

but he's actually
teaching you about America.

Self-confidence is pivotal
in the American culture.

I just don't have it in me,
I'm terrified of rejection.

Courage is resistance to fear,
the mastery of fear,

but not absence of fear.

Mr Meng.

I've had a crush on you
for over a year now.

I'm married.

I know.

But at least,
I got to show you my courage.

Meng's grandfather

got his PhD in the US
and returned to China in 1925,

who gave Meng
his first English dictionary.

Meng's father got his PhD in the US
and returned to China in 1955,

who gave Meng
his 2nd English dictionary.

Studying in the US
was a Meng family tradition,

it was his destiny,

so as his love affair
with Liang Qin.

I suppose that men's dreams

usually begin with women.

Before I met my first girlfriend,

I carried buckets of hot water
for a girl I liked.

Then I discovered
she already had a boyfriend,

so I asked her.

Why she still allowed me
to service her.

She said her boyfriend
needed a break.

Even though she rejected me,

I still wanted to see her everyday

because she was my dream.

So what are dreams?

They are what makes you happy,

even when you are
just trying forever.

20 years ago, I was the one
who usually gave the speeches.

According to your former employee
Niu Yong-xiao,

you're one of the most
unscrupulous men he's ever met.

Do you agree with his assessment?

He should have left out
the words "One of".

20 years ago,

Cheng didn't know
how to tell a joke in public

and Meng wasn't
as serious-looking as he is now.

Only I haven't changed.

Meng said he once loved America,

he used the word "Once".

While I am a professed Godfather
of Overseas Students,

have never been to America.

Until today,
we were being sued by America.

Mr Cheng.

Mr Cheng.

Mr Cheng.

Do you acknowledge that your company
used unauthorized test materials

from my client, Educational Exam
Services of Cornell, New York State,

so that Chinese students
would have an unfair advantage

during exams?

-I completely disagree,
-I'd like to remind you that

- the phrasing of your question is.
- In order to make authorized use,

- an insult to all Chinese students.
- We've made regular payments to you.

Mr Cheng, in spite of
your mediocre academic record.

The school that you founded enabled

half a million Chinese students
to study abroad in the US.

To them, you may be a hero.

But to me, you're a thief.

In 1979, Cheng was still a loser,

who failed the entrance exam twice.

I must take the exam again.

We can't afford it.

If you insist, we'll need a loan.

- Get up now.
- Uncle, Get up...

Son, accept your fate
and be a farmer.

Get up...

Mrs Cheng,

perhaps he deserves another chance?

Yeah, our crops will still grow
without him.

Right,
let him take the exam again...

Alright then,
this is your last chance.

It's the right thing to do!

- Let's go then.
- Alright.

Finally, let's go.

- Wait.
- It's lunch time.

I need a loan.

A loan?

American will never understand

how Chinese heroes can kneel

and even crawl for the right cause.

Yenching University.

English studies.

Sheng Qing, I love you!

Fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight.

The first day
I arrived at the university,

I met Wang Yang and Meng Xiao-jun.

Half broken-hearted
to sever for years

if I should meet thee
after long years.

How should I greet thee?
With silence...

Keep it down!

Someone's trying to study here!

- Off you go.
- Idiot.

- Crazy!
- Are you insane?

How dare you!

Stop that, you've hit someone!

- Stay where you are, don't leave!
- Oh, no!

Brother, I am sorry...

It's all because
that piece of nothing.

Who do you mean exactly?

You're dead, what do you want?

Are you alright?

I'll beat you up, you know?

Well, come on then.
And don't you holding him back.

- I will beat you, you know?
- Let him try!

From then on,

I started to hang out
with them in school.

- So, where do you most want to go?
- Tiananmen.

- Tiananmen?
- Why?

Cheng, listen.

Look, everyone in line
for hot water here...

According to Meng,

everyone wanted to go to America
at the time.

Okay, that's it for today.

Before we go,
I have one last request.

Well, please use one word

to describe our generation.

- Ambitious.
- Idealistic.

- Impulsive.
- Free.

- Skeptical.
- Barbaric.

- Lonely.
- Starved for truth.

Cheng, what about you?

Forever Reds.

Ever wonder why we continue to

rehash various movements,
ideologies and strategies?

Why?

It's because we want easy answers.

We want someone to tell us

how to live our lives.

But the truth is,

no one can tell us how to live.

Our lives belong to us,

we must find the answers
for ourselves.

That is why in my opinion,

the most important concept
for our generation is to change.

Change the people

as well as everything around you,

yet we must keep
our newfound courage forever.

If we can do that,
we can change the world.

Are we changing the world?

"Or is the world
changing you and me?"

Meng told me,

there was only one place where one
could affect change in the world.

USA.

So what do you think of the USA?

Wang was always busy socializing,

he also accepted interviews

even though it was prohibited
by the school.

USA means America,

which being translated in Chinese
meaning as a beautiful country.

In Japan, the translation of America

sounds like a rice country.

- Rice country?
- Yes!

Wang later kept asking Lucy
to come back to interview him.

Our generation desires
all things American.

Thanks.

Comparatively speaking, we also
have a better understanding of you.

Do you think that
we don't truly understand you?

Americans even believe that we have
to play a few rounds of ping-pong

before we can get down to business.

Is it not like that?

I've seen over
a hundred Hollywood movies,

I have a deep understanding of all
intimate facets of American kiss.

Okay, number 1.

Progressive.

Passive.

Number 2.

- Hope.
- Despair.

- Idealism.
- Realism.

- Achievement.
- Failure.

Why pronouncing like that?

Host.

Parasite.

Gentleman.

- Louse.
- Correct!

Cheng,
did you study Japanese before?

Hey, your dictionary is outdated,

you should get
the latest Oxford Dictionary.

Here.

That is how you pronounce louse
in English,

The bug that crawls on you.

Do you think I can...

"The Property of Meng,
Not to be loaned."

Sorry.

It doesn't matter.

That day I vowed that

to be like Meng one day,

I would read 800 books in 4 years.

I must conquer
the Yenching University Library!

So I asked Wang for help,

He coaxed a female librarian
to give him a spare key.

I thought I was the first person to

sneak into the Yenching University
Library who is not stealing books.

Stop following me.

Some girls

reject you
before you even make a move.

Wang said love is like
a video cassette recorder machine,

sometimes it goes fast forward
while sometimes it rewinds.

And sometimes, there are pauses.

Sorry.

At this moment,
Lucy just hit fast forward.

Lucy.

That was perfect.

You have the most beautiful
Chinese body I've ever seen.

How many have you seen?

Just one.

Wait

Lucy, this is illegal in China.

He puked?

Puke and cried the whole time.

Only one thing would make me cry,

the time when I make the cover
of Time Magazine.

Why not just saying
when you are the president?

Well, it is just the only thing
that I can't do.

I had to be born in America
to be the president,

America will never be rid of racism.

If a white man is alone

and sees three black men entering
the same elevator with him,

he'll jump out of the elevator
before the doors close.

In the eyes of white people

blacks will forever be a lazy,
uneducated and uncivilized race.

As for Chinese-Americans,

they're considered
smart and hardworking at least.

But they're often accused

of stealing the local jobs.

- What is more...
- Professor.

Have you been to the US?

Your views on the US
are culled from books.

That's right, professor.

Truth comes
from practical experience.

Which department do you two...

The so-called the American Dream

is about everyone has
an equal opportunity,

and America is the only place
on earth where that's possible.

You're still too young, too naive.

Professor, I will go to America.

I'll find out for myself.

Sit down!

Class is not over!

Who are you?

He's my teacher.

So what?

We must treat our teachers
with respect.

You can't behave this way.

- Beat them up!
- Run!

If I wasn't worthy

to be their friend before,

now.

I'm worthy!

Meng said courting Su Mei
would be an uphill battle,

and Wang promised
to help push me uphill.

She's here!

- I'll hide the ladder.
- Hurry up.

Hold on tight.

Good luck.

Love.

The ladder.

- What was she looking at?
- The ladder!

Robert Frost once said,

a mother takes 20 years

to make a man out of a boy,

it takes another woman 20 minutes

to make a fool out of him.

He's making a move!

If you say no,

I'll pull you into the lake with me.

She'd rather die.

Go after her!

I can't swim!

Jump!

Well, Su Mei ended up
catching pneumonia.

Wang said we could
only win this uphill battle

by waging a war of attrition,

wearing down the enemy

until she is tired
and willing to give up.

Get lost.

You heard me, get lost!

Just leave.

I'm contagious.

Cheng Dong-qing.

Why you?

Why did it have to be you?

Why not me?

Daiyu left her grandmother's garden
and walked ahead.

Gracous Buddha! said Zijuan,
catching hold of Daiyu's arm.

One day during my stay
in the hospital,

Wang invited Meng

to came along visiting me.

I'm off.

- Gracious Buddha.
- Bye-bye.

- I didn't see anything, Daiyu.
- Bye-bye.

I really can't.

I'm taking the TOEFL test soon.

What if I go visiting him, and.

I can't risk getting infected.

This test is too important.

Give him this.

I read 800 books like I vowed.

People no longer mistook
my spoken English for Japanese.

But in the end,
America still rejected me.

On what grounds was I rejected?

I have all my papers here,
I've come here dozens of times.

Listen to me, please let me explain.

America needs me.

Please let me in!

Lucy said that
she didn't want to leave China,

so Wang gave up his visa for her.

Come on.

Why? Why did you reject me?

USA, here I come!

USA, here I come!

Let's go,
America doesn't need you yet.

Meng.

Thanks for your note
in the dictionary.

I hope to make you jealous one day.

Sure.

Meng said,

he was born to see that day.

His grandfather and father traveled
to America by ship.

Take care.

And they both returned by ship.

Take care.

As for Meng,
he broke with family tradition.

I'm not coming back.

Meng.

Think you're a big shot?

Don't bother coming back,

get off and never come back!

Mr Cheng.

My client,
Educational Exam Services,

has issued a warning
to all US universities

of the possibility
that New Dream students

have cheated
on the TOEFL and the GREs.

The universities
have been advised to investigate

any New Dream students
with exceptionally high marks.

You can't issue such a notice.

It has already been issued.

What do you accusation based on?

They've already
been presumed guilty,

a violation of the fundamental
principal of American law.

Mr Meng, if that's how you feel,

why would you travel
all the way here for this meeting?

I know what we've done wrong,

but you don't know
what you have done

and you don't even care.

I admire your quick thinking,

it just proves you received
a good education in the US.

I came across an interesting fact
about Chinese culture.

When the Imperial Examination system
was first established,

the tradition of cheating
began in China

with many documented techniques
on how to cheat.

This is off the record,

it's just an interesting anecdote
I wanted to share.

Where are you going?

To take a leak,
do yu want to go with me?

I'm going with him.

Meng, I've been quite busy lately,

the students enjoy my class.

Their other classes
are too demanding,

and they get to nap in my class.

Also,

I love my country.

Sorry.

I was denied a visa two more times.

I love my country.

And mass production became
possible for the first time,

the factories were built...

Class dismissed.

Mr Cheng, a package from the US.

Meng.

You didn't send me Time magazine

because you didn't make
the cover yet.

Am I right?

This magazine will suit Wang more,

but I need to censor it first

without prejudice.

Water please?

Sure.

The latest TOEFL exercise books

are so expensive.

Just be patient,
I'll get paid soon and...

Forget it, never mind.

Drink slowly.

Meng, you would never guess this.

Rooster?

Well, someone as gutless as me...

Rooster.

- Rooster.
- Good!

What about "Crow"?

I would dare
to moonlight for extra cash now.

Crow.

- Crow!
- Very good!

Daybreak?

Daybreak?

Cheng,
even you started moonlighting!

What a wonderful world!

As for me,
I'm now a teaching assistant

at Columbia at the lab
run by Professor Oliver.

Meng Xiao-jun?

Zhang Xi?

- Hello, how Are you?
- Long time no see.

How are you?

I got my masters degree in biology.

Oh, really? Where do you work now?

I graduated a while ago,
but can't find a job.

Why do roosters crow
before daybreak?

Why?

How's Liang-qin?
Did you two get married?

She gives piano lessons
on Long Island.

What brings you here?

I had a job interview.

- I have to go to work.
- That's great.

- Call me when you Are free, okay?
- Okay, I won't keep you.

- Let's have dinner sometime.
- Okay, see you.

Bye...

China's first automobile factory

have a deal about 150,000 cars
with Volkswagen,

and they will have the contract
signed 5:00pm today in Japan.

Director Gao.

I've been teaching Dong-dong English
for some time.

Mr Cheng, grateful.

Well, it's my job.

Director Gao,
I wanted to ask you something.

About my salary,
we've never discussed it.

Mr Cheng,

do you know why I chose you?

Because you're an honest man.

Education isn't about profit,

money corrupts everything.

These are for you, don't be shy.

When everyone got paid in money,
I got paid in dumplings.

Where did you get the money?

From private tutoring.

Have more,
I ate quite a lot earlier.

Now I'm the visa officer,

why do you want
to study in this college?

Because my professor
encouraged me to study here,

the curriculum of this university
was quite suitable for me.

How long do you plan to stay here?

Will you return to your country?

No need to practice.

I got my visa.

"All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go"

"I'm standing here
outside your door"

"I hate to wake you up
to say goodbye."

"But the dawn is breaking,
it's early morn."

"The taxi's waiting,
he's blowin' his horn."

"Already I'm so lonesome,
I could cry."

So kiss me and smile for me.

"There's so many times
I've let you down."

So many times I've played around

Cheng.

I told the visa officer,

when I finish my study,
I will return to my country.

Lucy broke up with Wang.

She said her video cassette recorder
only goes fast-forward now,

and she wanted to return to the US.

She already had enough baggage,

adding Wang
would be too heavy for her.

No one will publish my poems,

so you're all just trash now.

I'm just an idiot!

When we two parted
in silence and tears,

half broken-hearted to
sever for years... 50800%.

Wang said, his eighties died today.

Of course they're cheap.

Then get me a few train load.

Got any US dollars?

FX certificates are fine too.

Come on, let's do business.

The secrets of success

12 ways to survive and thrive

Dale Carnegie.

What's wrong with you?
Still reading Carnegie?

He's a liar.

Why did you move here?

The Americans opened
a store up the street.

Do you have enough soap,
toothpaste and towels?

Tell me if you run out,

Zei started a business in Hainan

and sent you
coconut-flavored instant coffee.

It tastes horrible,
so I'm not sending to you.

Cheng came here each week

to call Su Mei long distance.

Su Mei said
apart from going to school

and earning her scholarship,

her life was washing dishes
at a restaurant.

Make it quick, we're closing up.

Su Mei ended every call by saying...

That's it, I'm exhausted.

Cheng.

Professor Oliver treats me well,

the students are very friendly.

Bye...

See you Monday.

- See you next week.
- Bye, see you.

- Everybody, have a good weekend!
- See you later!

They set the bar high
for teaching assistants.

Although the job is very demanding,

but this place is just paradise
when compared to washing dishes.

Xiao-jun.

See you next week.

May be it'd better
if you found yourself another job.

Sorry, I don't get it.

It's has nothing
to do with your performance,

it's just that
we found a Biology major.

It seems a better fit for the job,
he's also Chinese.

Does it take a biology degree
to feed lab rats?

Xiao-jun, I'm sorry.

Cheng, Liang-qin and I
rented an apartment

so close to the college
that only two blocks away.

It's a little noisy but bright.

Mark!

I'm giving so many piano lessons,

my fingers will fall off soon.

At least,
you have the job at the lab.

Soon we can afford
to move out of here.

We're lucky
to still work in our field.

This isn't what you wrote
in your letters.

About my private tutoring business,

the school might fire me
if they found out.

Congratulations,

you'll live on
in the hearts of your students.

To send me to school,

my mother borrowed
from everyone at our village.

She can't pay my debts too.

If I were you,

I'd quit before they fired me.

Quit?

I'd starve to death.

I quit, I'm still alive.

You'd be dead if it wasn't for me.

The world has changed,

even egg venders
make more than you these days.

You won't starve to death.

Watch the movie!

I organized unauthorized classes
violating Yenching University rules,

so I accept any disciplinary actions
you deem fit.

But I beg my board directors
for leniency

and a chance to redeem myself.

The accused Cheng Dong-qing.

The Beijing Olympics bid delegation

is welcoming IOC president Samarach.

The Chinese People hope the Games

will help stimulate economic growth.

Hey, come here.

Yeah, come on in.

However, looking at China's
current situation

the future of the bid
does not look good for Beijing.

Cheng.

Let's break up.

That day Beijing lost their bid
to host the Olympics.

Both of them stayed behind.

Both of them stayed behind.

Stayed behind.

Stayed behind.

Would you mind
not sleeping in class?

You've come to the best university,

your parents didn't
spend their life savings

so that you could sleep here!

If you hate my class,

just leave!

Why do you want to learn English?

I want to go to America, sir.

Do you like English?

No...

Me neither, I never liked it.

But you know my volcabularies
are quite good, right?

It's all because of you guys.

One day,
a student came up to me with a word

and asked me
how does it should be pronounced?

It looks familiar,
but I don't have a clue.

I was so ashamed
and began memorizing dictionaries,

one by one as they come out.

No one will be able
to challenge me again.

You know what?

I was afraid to be rejected
by my peers when I was in school,

because I was a village boy.

I was always trying to please them.

My best friends Meng and Wang
compared me

to a baby born out of wedlock,
an idiot.

But I don't understand that
back then,

so I told them

my parents were married
when I was borned.

I went on to date
the prettiest girl in school.

After the graduation,

we took the TOEFL test
and applied for a visa.

In the end,
she got her visa while I didn't.

I became...

The man who was left behind.

The man who was left behind.

She took my virginity
the night she left for America.

Mr Cheng,

your class seems different today.

Students.

Mr Cheng Dong-qing, an instructor
in the Foreign Languages Faculty

organized unauthorized classes
outside the university,

whose actions corrupt and undermine
the education system

that causing
very serious adverse effects.

After careful deliberation,

the board of directors has decided
to dismiss Mr Cheng.

Mr Cheng Dong-qing, an instructor
in the Foreign Languages Faculty,

organized unauthorized classes
outside the university,

whose actions corrupt and undermine
the education system

Cheng became the first instructor

ever to be fired publicly
in the Yenching University,

who set a new precedent
in the school history.

That is something
even Meng never accomplished.

He was immediately evicted
from the staff dormitories.

Mr Cheng...

Where do you hold your classes?

I'm taking the TOEFL test
next month.

But I'm afraid that I won't pass,
so I want you to tutor me.

No one knows him better than me,
he just had no choice.

His other option was
to return home in disgrace

and teach English to his crops.

You should have known

that Su Mei
would never leave America,

that's why she left you.

Are you alright?

I feel like my youth is over

and it's buried right here.

You make me sick.

When a person
fails in love and life,

he's bound to behave strangely.

Cheng couldn't stand the sight
of an empty wall,

or he would plaster it with posters
whenever he saw one.

Nearly every wall
in the neighborhood

felt his wrath.

That idiot even climbed every
lamppost in Yenching University.

The way that I taught him
to get girls,

now he used it
to promote his classes.

Normally, with this word

Cheng chose this place
to have his English class opended

for one reason only,

to buy a piece of chicken
and you could sit here all day.

To keep forging ahead and innovate.

Progressive...

To keep forging ahead
and innovate...

Keep it down.

Progressive!

Be quiet.

Just go buy
another piece of chicken.

Let's move on to the ambulance.

Ambulance.

Remember it this way.

I, but no lies...

Ambulance.

Pregnant...

Please land a boy, pegnant...

Experience shows us,

decisions made under duress

usually turn out
to be the right ones.

I can't teach in this place forever,

I want to find someplace bigger

and take in more students.

Let's join forces, okay?

You are better than me
who speak perfect English.

Let's do it together
you can have whatever I have.

Here you are.

All successful men have the ability
to adapt the changing times.

- Who said that?
- Carnegie.

Didn't you say he was a liar?

But we were the biggest liars.

We thought we could change the world

but we couldn't
even change ourselves.

As long as we have food.

We have this place all to ourselves.

This used to be
a state owned factory.

Since they kept closing shops
in the early 90s,

Cheng took advantage like a thief.

After exploiting the Americans,

he was ready
to exploit his own country.

Students.

Learning English
is like learning bird calls.

If you make a bird call
in the forest

and 4 birds land on your shoulder,

it means your English
has reached level 4.

If 6 birds land on your shoulder,

it means your English has
reached level 6.

If you attract a flock of birds,

it means you've passed
the TOEFL test!

It means you've become a bird man.

Just now,

a female student came to me.

She said,
I've fallen in love with a boy.

"But he has nothing to offer,
other than his good looks."

What should I do?

I told her,

if she pursues a boy
just for his looks

we call that horny.

Horny.

But if a boy pursues a girl
just for her looks

we call that aesthetics.

Aesthetics.

I kept my aesthetic

always pursuits
within the legal limit,

and I ended up dating
the prettiest girl in law school.

That idiot used his past love affair

to keep his students engaged,

but he must have been
suffering inside.

You don't understand!

I could have had class,
I could have been a contender.

And I used Hollywood films
to keep them interested.

Instead of a bum,

which is what I am, let's face it.

Don't you get it?

Kind of, but...

Has no one here seen this film?

The On the Waterfront,
starring Marlon Brando?

No...

What's the last film you saw?

Ghost.

I love you, Molly.

I've always loved you.

I love you.

I've always loved you.

Ditto.

Ditto.

As previously stated,

as well as "Me too".

Using the word "Ditto"
seems less trite.

But it conveys the deep connection
between the characters.

I love you

I've always loved you.

- Ditto.
- Perfect.

I love you.

I've always loved you.

- Ditto.
- Perfect.

Wang and I taught
12 classes each day,

from morning till midnight.

Really tired.

Wang said our memories
are not as good when we are tired,

who won't remember to question
the purpose of what we are doing.

As a result, we are happier.

We're rich!

We're rich!

Brother!

- Brother!
- Come here.

What if your life
is filled with lies?

You're drunk.

Then tell the lies
to get another life.

Giving up on your dreams is easy.

"I'm not afraid of the day
when it's just you and me."

Oh, no.

"One day, I'm afraid
I'll fail miserably."

Giving up on your dreams is easy.

"I'm not afraid that one day
when it's just you and me."

Meng, we didn't change the world,

but the world changed us.

Meng, I need your help over here!

Got it.

- Meng, please clear Table 12.
- Okay.

Meng.

That's yours.

Thank you.

Young man.

Yes, can I help you?

No, I'm not allowed.

- Yes, you've earned it.
- No...

You're still very young,
you're gonna go places.

As for her,
she's stuck here for life.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Laundry.

I did lie to you,

but you lied to me too.

You vowed to do
something great in America.

Meng.

Why did we come here?

Everyone, attention, please...

Flight BA9884 from New York

have already arrived here.

My village has an old custom.

After a long journey, you must cut
your hair before entering the house.

- It's Wang.
- The place is quiet.

Bring some girls over tonight,

a friend of mine
came back from America.

No, he's not married.

Reserve your biggest room for us.

It's Wang, Mr Wang.

Fine, see you tonight.

The teachers are here.

Mr Cheng, Mr Wang!

- Is That yours?
- Yeah.

Hello, yeah...

We're in the outskirts of the city,

so we give the students
a place to stay.

But, Meng.

I believe our venture has potential.

Of course it can't compare
to your life in the US.

Comrade, let our leader speak.

How many students do you have?

Not many, around 2000 of them.

Students,

let me introduce you
to our speaker today.

Mr Meng Xiao-jun.

Mr Meng just completed
his studies in America,

who has been my idol since we met.

Each time I try to catch up,
he outstrips me again.

Please give Mr Meng a warm welcome.

Being confident, honest,
sensible and organized

are the four keys
to getting a US visa.

Keep going!

Why stop?

What's going on?

Without confidence,
you'll appear weak...

Very weak.

They...

What's going on now?

They think the weak are...

Get off.

Sorry.

Students.

Mr Meng just arrived yesterday,
he's still jetlagged,

as well as suffering jetlag.

Suffering Jetlag...

Suffering Jetlag...

Yes, very good!

I'm okay.

There's another seminar tomorrow.

Cancel it.

Why?

He just needs some sleep.

I don't think that's it,

he'd rather work himself to death.

Maybe it's stage fright?

Impossible,
he never had this problem before.

You haven't seen him in years.

I've thought it through,

no one knows America
better than I do.

From now on, I won't conduct
large-scale seminars,

but one-on-one mock interviews.

Anyone wants to go to America
will have to come through...

New Dream.

As for his stage fright,

Meng never mentioned it
and we never asked about either.

We all acted as if nothing happened.

I don't understand,

What's your girlfriend got to do
with your visa rejection?

She ruined me!

She broke up with me
a month after she left for the US.

Good, she didn't lie at least,

she could have wait for a year
before telling you that.

Let's return
to your visa application.

It states that you were rejected

because they thought
you wanted to immigrate.

Why would I do that?

I wouldn't immigrate
even if they asked me to.

No matter what I said,

they refused to listen.

Well, if you didn't plan
to immigrate,

why did you state
in your application

that your purpose in the US
was to increase your income?

I am telling the truth.

Everyone knows that
you can make more money in the US.

Am I right?

Student visa applicants
with any motive

other than receiving an education

are automatically rejected.

How could you not know
something so basic?

You were rejected because
you know nothing about the US.

You blame your girlfriend because
you know nothing about women.

The truth of the fact is,
you know nothing about yourself.

Now go fix your application.

Mr Meng, thank you very much!

Next.
29-Jun-02.

Listen, those Visa officers
only want to see

confident and enthusiastic students.

You can't even speak clearly.

The next day,

coming for mock interviews with Meng

hordes of students
lined up all the way out there.

You think lying to Americans
are easy?

Just say something.

I can't help you with anything
if crying is the only thing you do.

You need to show that green card
is just like a toilet paper to you,

which is even too rough
to wipe yourself.

Today,

Wang came for a mock interview
with Meng.

Using film references
to teach English

is slow and ineffectual.

You've never set foot in the US,
yet your spoken English is better.

Why?

It's because within us three,

you are the only one
who had an American girlfriend.

Are you still in touch with Lucy?

None of your business.

I don't need any pointers from you.

You're probably aware
the essence of spoken language,

it isn't about expressions,
but thinking.

Because you know
how Americans think,

so that you can speak like one.

That's what
you should teach your students with,

while no one else can teach that.

A student came to me and said.

My pronunciation is perfect
and my grammar is accurate,

even my vocabulary is huge.

I read the China Daily more easily

than Chinese language papers.

Do you think
I have a good command of English?

So I gave him a copy
of the Wall Street Journal

which covered
the same story as the China Daily,

but he couldn't understand a word.

He was shocked and asked me, "Why?"

I told him.

China Daily
may be written in English,

but the Wall Street Journal embodies
the American way of thinking.

If you want to master English,

you must first learn
to think in American English.

Well said,

but what about something specific?

For example,

If an American visits you at home

and you answer the door
when he knocked,

what's the first thing
you would say then?

Welcome.

Americans don't greet friends
that way,

they're more direct and less formal.

They would simply say, "Come on in."

Just go and that's it.

Can you...

Be even more specific?

If you were in a relationship
with an American girl for 4 years,

and suddenly one day, she said.

I'm going back to America alone.

How would you respond?

Don't you love me anymore?

Don't go, stay with me.

No.

Don't say anything,
just turn around and leave.

Otherwise, she'll treat you
like any excess baggage.

Perfect.

The last person to have
a mock interview with Meng was me.

Cheng, do you have dreams?

Do you always
embarrass your clients?

Be serious, okay?

I offer visa consultations

and Wang teaches
the American way of thinking.

But they're just gimmicks,

but what gives New Dream
its competitive edge?

You.

- You think that's funny?
- I'm being sincere.

Well, let me put it this way.

I don't know if you have dreams,

but you just have to get this.

A loser turned headmaster
talking about dreams now,

whoever can top this?

Cheng Dong-qing.

You're our ultimate weapon
against the competition.

I've drafted a speech for you.

The theme is What are Dreams?

It's your Showtime now.

Students, I've never had dreams.

I don't even know what dreams are,

but I understand failure.

I may not be a a good speaker,

but I'm an expert on failure.

Chinese students

have the highest failure rate
in the world,

because we have the harshest
exam system in the whole world.

According to the statistics in 1993,

only 44.1 percent middle school
students went on to high school.

In other words,
nearly 6 million failed.

And the matriculations rates
are 39.9 percent,

which means the rest 1.4 million
suffered from failures.

Among all the New Dream students

preparing for TOEFL and GRE exams,

Every four of them in the research,

only one can earn
the scholarships to the US.

That means another 30,000 failures.

Failure is undeniable,
while life is so despairing.

It's a fact of life!

So what should we do now?

Being in deep water alone
won't drown you,

but not making any move will.

So you have to keep
swimming forever, non-stop.

Those who give up from the outset
do avoid failure,

because they have already failed
for their decisions.

Failure is nothing to be afraid of,

but the fear of failure
is the only thing matters.

We should seek victory in failure.

And in despair?

We find hope.

Who's in charge here?

I am.

You converted an abandoned factory

into a school without authorization,

it's a serious violation
of building codes.

Besides, you don't have
a license to operate too.

So, we would shut you down
according to the law.

You're not serious, right?

We applied for a license long ago,

but the approval was delayed.

- We just cant't help with it.
- Yeah...

To qualify for a school license,

the applicant must be an
associate professor at minimum,

who also need the approval
from the university.

Yet you failed
to meet both conditions.

We've already talked
to the various departments,

they've all agreed to help us.

Sorry, we're just enforcing the law.
We can't help you.

You can't just shut us down
at your whim?

The Government now encourages
opening private schools, right?

We're protected
under the law too, okay?

Who said you could speak?

Why can't I speak?

We applied for a license,

the approval is just delayed, right?

Also, we're protected under the law.

If you abuse your authority,
I'll sue you!

Go ahead, sue me.

I'll be right here waiting for you.

- No, don't go...
- we Are sorry.

He's had too much to drink.

My friend just returned
from America,

who is suffering from jetlag.

So he's been to America?

The smart ones don't return,
you now?

No.

- Please sit...
- What did you say?

So, tell me.

How much is the fine? We'll pay.

Meng.

This is China, not the US.

The American approach

won't work here.

I never imagined
you'd be more impulsive than me.

- Get in.
- I'm not leaving.

Cheng.

I'm staying.

I'll work for you from now on.

If New Dream was
a video cassette recorder machine...

How does our beloved headmaster
memorize words?

The remote control of it
was always in Meng's hand.

Ambition.

I'll be singing.

There is only one button
on his remote,

Fast-forward.

Pest.

Press on it.

Good marketing
is not about fancy gimmicks.

Right, also...

It's about sharing.

Within a year,
he launched over 25 initiatives...

There are 30 to be exact,

here are the proposed course
offerings for the Internet.

Ponderous...

One of them was...

Pound to be sealed.

Meng said teachers traditionally
rule the classroom,

but it's the reverse at New Dream.

Our students
get to rate their teachers

and decide which teacher stays.

You can try teaching then.

If you can't even teach,

you will have only one option left.

Even an idiot can do it,
be a headmaster.

Isn't it going a bit overboard?

No way, he can still go further.

Wang and I believed that

because Meng returned from the US

he could see things that we missed.

The Internet?

It sounds like something
far in the future.

If it's easy for us,
then it's easy for others too.

That's why I gave responses
to his plans with only one-word.

Yes.

Head master Cheng,
your campus is the coolest,

as well as the biggest
private school in China.

What's your formula for success?

Is there one?

Well, I don't know about it.

From my experience,

when you realize that
failure is only a bump in the road,

you're already
on the right path to success.

Mr Cheng, over here please.

Come on, camera ready.

Wait.

- A few more pictures.
- Go.

Godfather of Overseas Students,
Cheng Dong-qing.

You made the front page?

How do I look?

Sir, this is a proposal
for shareholding reform.

Cheng.

Yes or no?

This time I must say, "No."

Yes.

I know this is a big decision,

Take your time, okay?

I think I heard "No"?

Zhang may be the teacher
with the lowest score,

but he wasn't born
with a sense of humor,

just like me.

We accept that
he refuses to be coached,

but he publicly denounced
our teaching methods.

Well, Zhang has been with us
from the start,

since our days
at the abandoned factory.

Let's just put him
in administration, okay?

In other words, he's being promoted,
instead of firing.

If you can't even fire one employee,

how do you expect
to head a corporation?

I'll slowly adapt.

Li Ping.

Any food left?

Yes.

Back to
the shareholding reform issue,

what have you decided?

Meng, can't we just
wait a bit longer?

I'm fed up.

Why are you stalling?

Just answer me with one word,
either one will do so.

Yes or no?

Is it because you don't want
to give up control?

It never entered my mind.

Yes.

I agree.

You deserve the lion's share
of the credit, this is your share.

I will get 51 percent,

You and Wang will get
the other 49 percent.

You get 25 percent
while he gets 24 percent.

You made all these?

It's good!

Let's set a time to sign
the purchase agreement then.

Cheng Dong-qing.

Do you have a dream?

Stop saying these,

isn't it enough
that I talk about it every day?

Do you have a dream?

How about wet dreams?

You know what?
When you really listen to someone...

Don't listen to what he says,

but what he didn't say.

So what didn't you say?

Oh, no.

You had an affair

and even knocked up a student?

Meng, you must stop this.

Liang-qin and I
are good friends too!

How dare you to be unfaithful...

Shut up...

In our tutorials,

we used questions
from old GRE and TOEFL exams

without acquiring the rights from
the US Educational Exam Services,

this could lead to
future litigation.

Please step over there, sir.

Excuse me?

Your bags need to be checked.

Hi.

I have an appointment
with Mr Bonnard.

Okay, sure.

If you want to go and take a seat,
just down there on the right.

And I will let him know
that you're here.

Okay, thank you.

Sir, would you like a coffee?

Yes, please.

Cheng, we've failed.

- Initial public offering?
- Yes, Initial public offering.

Don't stress yourself out,

no one blames you for failing
with the Educational Exam Services.

When I returned from the US,

I told you on the 2nd day

that we're not creating
just any school.

I just didn't reveal my whole plan
because I don't want to scare you.

So, tell me.

Why we need to go public?

To be the Number one.

Aren't we already number one?

Not outside China.

That's why we need to launch our IPO
as soon as possible.

This time I must say...

No.

No.

Someone gave me
a bottle of 1982 Lafite.

We're not strapped for cash,
why go public?

I'm a teacher, I just want to teach.

New Dream is ours,

private companies
have the lowest overhead.

Once we go public,
the shareholders own us.

It's like entering a cage.

Who doesn't live in a cage?

His thinking has trapped him
in an even smaller cage.

New Dream needs to go international
It needs to go public.

He's not against the idea,
now just isn't the time.

Our competitors are racing

to be the first publicly traded
education corporation in China.

Can we afford to wait?

You know what?

No one remembers
the 2nd man to walk on the moon.

Why are we going to the moon?

He's being rash.

Education to financial is just like
slow and steady versus speed,

their capital are just antithetical.

We three aren't
the only passengers on board,

and those 50,000 students too.

I have to ensure
that our ship doesn't sink.

He won't take risks
because he's afraid to fail

and return to being a loser again.

- There is only one simple reason.
- What?

Because he doesn't think
that he deserves his success today.

He really said that?

Yes.

He said that with your success now,

he was proud of you.

Have you considered what Meng wants?

Merry Christmas.

Surprise!

What's the meaning of this?

You find this funny?

Cheng Dong-qing,
enjoy your Christmas.

This was his gift to me.

Sorry, Dong-qing.

A 300 sq meters property
with land rights for 70 years.

He had no idea what I truly wanted.

He didn't know
what Meng truly wanted,

he could only put a stop
to what he didn't want.

Today is our first
major shareholders meeting.

Please take a look
at the business proposal.

What's this?

There's a limit
to what the three of us can do,

so we need the support and strength
of everyone assembled.

New Dream is now co-owned
by all the shareholders here.

Why has my share been reduced?

Mine was reduced too.

I increased the number of
shares issued by 30 percent.

Some were distributed
to the senior employees,

while the rest
goes into an options pool.

Everyone's share has been dilutedm

but you and Wang

are still the biggest shareholders
after me.

You knew about this, right?

I found out just now.

But, I agree.

So I'm the last to know about it.

Why?

I arrived at this decision
after careful consideration.

You did this to stop us
from going public, right?

Am I right?

You're rushing things,
I want to slow down.

Otherwise, we'll miss
the bigger picture.

Fine, it's all over for me now.

You are using bribes
to built a majority coalition,

That means from now on,
anything I propose can be vetoed.

You're taking over, correct?

Yes.

Now, this is the system.

So this is what they call
getting at the root, right?

Your tactics won't work.

But Cheng,
we're in a different day and age.

I think you've misunderstood.

This meeting is over!

Didn't you say
you have a swimming lesson?

- Go!
- That's right, he can swim now!

- I'm surprised at what you become.
- Meng Xiao-Jun.

Can't we discuss this in private?

The three of us aren't
the only passengers on board here,

But this ship won't stop
once it sets sail.

It only moves forward,

and no one can stop New Dream
from going public.

I have the biggest stake
in New Dream,

all final decisions are made by me.

Because I'm the leader of New Dream.

Leader?

I put New Dream
in the right direction!

Wang provided all technical support!

And you?

You only put money under the bed.

Cheng Dong-qing, Chinese traitor!

New Dream is for traitors!

Traitor!

Who are you calling a traitor?

Call the police.

Traitor!

Why am I have to be blamed?
Why am I branded a traitor?

Traitor!

When Americans bombed our embassy,

you attacked an English school.

If aliens attacked the earth

would you destroy
the Aerospace headquarter?

He always stepped up
when it counted,

that is something I couldn't do.

You're no different
from people 30 years ago,

who only knew how to bully their own
and beat their fellow countrymen!

Cowards! Savages!

You should learn from the oppressors
until you're stronger than them!

They now call him
the Godfather of Overseas Students,

and everyone thought I would leave.

The total number of New Dream
students exceeds 3,888,888!

Well, did you just don't
happy with it and came back then?

So, you are now

I used to stay there,
and seldem here.

After Yenching University fired me,

I began organizing classes.

I took a bucket of glue
with me everyday,

and plastered every lampposts
with advertisements on the road.

Whenever I see a lamppost now,

I still get the urge.

That's life, we're businessmen.

Kowtowing and be humble
is just the way of life.

We're all girls behaving like widows
while benefiting with the groups.

What is he up to these days?

He reads books
on business management

and studies IPO proposals
from other companies.

I compiled a viability report

with assessments from all sides,

and now is not the time
to go public.

We should wait
for the right opportunity.

- What opportunity?
- I'm still waiting.

Like a Feng Shui master?

We've waited 4 years, right?

4 years,

even a new company
would be public by now.

We are an education corporation,

we can't just blindly go public.

The US stock market is a mess.

The Chinese companies listed
on US exchanges

are all suspended
or trading below par,

mostly are now penny stocks.

Penny stocks are still stocks,

they generate more
than just leaving money in the bank.

Just ask all the shareholders here

if they want to go public.

I recommend delaying
New Dream's IPO plan indefinitely.

Those in favor, raise your hands.

Cheng Dong-qing,
the people have spoken.

Then I must exercise
my power of veto.

I'm the largest shareholder.
I hold the deciding vote.

I vote against going public.

You're such a coward.

Mr Cheng,
as an investment consultant.

I must remind you that
the RMB appreciation is good,

which is also expected
to impact many domestic industries.

But benefiting overseas education

- is also being expected as well.
- And you are?

Xu Wen, a former student of mine.

I am now New Dream's IPO consultant.

You're fired.

I took your advice
and learned how to fire people now.

Cheng Dong-qing,
you're a piece of nothing!

- Mr Meng!
- Director Meng!

Cheng Dong-qing, you idiot!

What do you mean by this?

Are we just pawns in your game?

How dare you do this to us!

Are you done?

I have an announcement if you do so.

I'm getting married.

Well, but to who?

Bravo!

I'd like to thank everyone here
for attending my wedding.

Getting married

is the best thing
that I've ever done.

I'm grateful to my wife, Li Ping,
for agreeing to marry me.

She made me realize
that true love just come by

when you least expect it.

I will always love you.

Echo!

I have three pieces of advice
for all the men here.

Never play cards
with your mother-in-law.

Never sleep with women
more ambitious than you are.

And never start a business
with your best friends.

Let us all eat and drink
as well as enjoying ourselves.

It's time to toast, come on!

Drink up!

- Cheers.
- Congratulations!

Come on!

Cheers!

I used to only know one way of life,

just the opposite of other people.

Now I know that

the life most people choose
is worth it,

that's why I married Li Ping.

I'm very happy today.

I want out.

What?

What did you say?

I'm done.

Meng, New Dream can't survive
without you.

I've decided.

We've been friends
for over 20 years, man.

Friends?

Should we talk emotionally now?

When you defended Wang and me
from the mob at Yenching University.

I believed we were friends.

When you two sent me off to America.

I believed it.

But not anymore now.

Alright, let's come clean.

Remember that dictionary?

The note inside

wasn't meant for you,

I wrote it to myself.

I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.

I knew that in your eyes,

I was always just a moron.

Meng, you've gone too far this time.

If it weren't for Cheng,

we wouldn't be friends.

You always think that
the world revolves around you.

Do you remember when he contracted
phthisis back then,

you didn't even visit him once
just because of the TOEFL exam.

You selfish idiot.

So that is it, right?

It all started
that you thought I despised you?

So you've been waiting for
the chance to thwart me

and teach me a lesson, am I right?

What's the point, Cheng?

Right, I had a point.
I've made my point.

Just leave if you want,

I'll buy you out
at a million yuan per share.

Are you insane?

What is this all about?

Ever since
you convinced him to stay,

he's been working himself off.

Is this how you treat your friends?

Didn't I do the same?

Do you think that
I just did this all for myself?

I may be selfish.

At least,
I have the guts to admit it.

Enough, stop acting like that.

Just fight and get it over with!

Go hit him, fight!

You suggested
splitting up first, right?

You haven't been the same
since you returned from the US,

why?

At least, I put up a fight!

As for you?

Only one American girl
was enough to crush you!

What did you say?

Get off, stop it!

Get off!

Now what?

Yes, I'm an idiot.

You are the godfather
of Overseas Students.

He is the elite from America.

You two are the dog's bollocks.

But, look.
What's become of the three of us?

I'm no elite after all.

Do you know what I did in America?

How should I know?

I was a busboy, not even a waiter.

Busboy don't get tips, you know?

I had no future there so I returned!

I had no friends,

except for the two of you!

Even if it offended you,

I always told you everything.

But you?

Stage fright.

I had stage fright, I was afraid...

And neither of you
have ever asked me about it!

Why can't we discuss about it?
Isn't that what friends do?

Is it?

And Wang, you're wrong.

I only used to think that
the world revolves around me,

only a long long time ago.

I'm going to Shenyang tomorrow,

someone wants to start
a English school there.

Year after year,

I worked day and night.

I did all those for the two of you,

I'm fed up now.

I quit.

I imagined our reunion
a million times,

imagining she would tell me that.

I'm proud of your accomplishments.

Are you thirsty, honey?

Orange Juice?

Cheng Dong-qing.

Did we change the world?

Or did the world change us?

Mr Cheng's here!

Mr Cheng...

Is the success of New Dream
founded on piracy?

Mr Cheng, is it true that
because of the lawsuit,

classes have to be suspended?

Have the US filed a motion
to shut down New Dream?

Are you ready for America
for the first time?

New York City, here we come!

At least, you should give me
the directions.

Mr Bonnard,

you claim our tutorial materials
gave Chinese students

an unfair advantage during exams.

Can you define what you mean
by unfair advantage?

You should know what that means
better than I do.

But we'll get to that later.

Right now, I want you to admit

to the unauthorized use
of that material.

We've filed a motion with the courts

ordering you
to cease your infringement,

and destroy unauthorized copies of
Educational Exam Services materials.

We're seeking 15 million in damages,

this figure
does not include punitive.

That's ridiculous!

The damages you seek
far exceeds our total profits,

you leave us no choice
but to go to court.

Please repeat what you just said.

You heard me,
loud and clear in English.

I suggest that we take a break.

Fine.

Let's get some Chinese food, okay?

Great, I'm dying for a bowl of rice.

Come on...

Where are we going?

Let's eat at an very American diner.

This is where I used to work.

- Gentlemen, Pastrami on rye.
- Thank you.

Yes, this is whom
I mentioned before.

It turns out that those small change
she gave me from her tips at times

are the least out of everyone.

- Thank you.
- Is everything good?

- We're fine.
- Okay.

The first time I came to America,

I fed rats in a lab

and bussed tables here.

When I came here the second time,

I held my head high with our career,

the successful career that we had.

I just wanted to show them
that I wasn't a loser,

but they just didn't...

They didn't even extend
the most basic courtesy to me.

Please step over there, sir.

They kept going through
my things for an hour.

Americans still think that everyone
going there wanted to stay behind.

I know we were here 10 minutes ago,

do you think I'm a fool?

I know where I'm going.

I got to go down the 9th avenue
before I can take you downtown.

I have an appointment
with Mr Bonnard.

And I will let him know
that you're here.

Thank you.

And w hours
and 8 cups of coffee later.

I'm afraid that
Mr Bonnard actually just left,

but he did say that you could have
an appointment a week from today.

Are you kidding?

I flew 20 hours from Beijing
to have this meeting

and my return flight is tomorrow.

It was then I realized that

we are really too young
and too naive.

Then I figured that

only when we were listed
in the New York Stock Exchange,

would they finally
recognize us, admire us

and show us respect.

Cheng.

You were right all along,
New Dream didn't need to go public.

I wanted it for selfish reasons.

I'm sorry.

Meng.

After we finish eating,

we'll take America!

Mr Bonnard, it's a gift from me.

Did you go to Chinatown?

Chinese moon cakes.

Next week is the moon festival.

And if a fight breaks out later,

I'll have something to throw.

Oh, you got the joke.

For you.

Mr Bonnard, we officially
offer a formal apology.

We acknowledge that
we committed copyright infringement

and are prepared to settle,

but not 15 million.

Please, pick any clause you want,

any clause that is related
to our court case.

Clause 11.

The World Intellectual Property
Organization Copyright

of Performances
and Phonograms Treaties,

Implementation Act of 1998
amended section 101

by adding the definition
of Geneva Phonograms Convention.

Pick another one, please.

Clause 35.

The World Intellectual Property
Organization Copyright

of Performances
and Phonograms Treaties,

Implementation Act of 1998

requires that subparagraph D of
the definition of eligible country

take effect upon entry into force of
Performances and Phonograms Treaties

with respects to the United States,

which occurred on 20th May 2002.

It's because I memorized
the entire text

on the plane coming here.

It's a skill that I mastered
when I was 18.

That year, I memorized
the whole Xinhua English dictionary.

For your information,

I was only considered mediocre
among my peers.

Chinese students
are extremely adept at taking exams.

You can't imagine
what they're willing to go through

only to succeed.

You don't understand
Chinese culture.

Mr Bonnard,
regardless of the final ruling,

this meeting marks the start
of our formal partnership.

We hope
the Educational Exam Services

can enforce its copyrights
in the Chinese market,

we don't like being called thieves.

We come here today hoping to
educate you about one thing,

China has changed.

Unfortunately,
you're still stuck in the past.

Mr Meng, may I remind you,

Yao Ming is in
the National Basketball Association.

That's because it was trying
to tap into the Chinese market.

China is already
the world's largest market

for English language education.

Mr Bonnard.

Before we came to the States,

we debated whether to list New Dream
on the stock exchange.

Now, I've come to a decision.

New Dream's IPO will be
officially announced today.

What makes you think I care?

But you will care,

I've been waiting for the right
opportunity for us to go public.

That's right, it's you
who gave us this opportunity.

Thank you, Mr Bonnard.

You have gotten us the attention of
potential investors from Wall Street

and they will see us as a company
with integrity and courage

that takes responsibility
for its mistakes.

The more we pay you in compensation,

the greater the valuation
we'll get in the future.

In addition,

there will be at least one more
benefit from listing New Dream.

Someday when we're
no longer teacher,

but representatives of the world's

largest educational
service corporation,

you might finally show us
the respect we deserve.

Mr Bonnard,

the playing field
has never been even.

According to a Chinese proverb,
I'm like a trionychidae.

Some soft-shelled turtle that
afraid to go out and take risks.

Now?

I am standing here
being terrified even as we speak.

But as my friend once said,

some things are so important

that they force us
to overcome our fears.

We've got them by the guts.

Mr Meng?

- It's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
- Hi.

Meng.

This lab has been named
in your honor now.

Donated by Meng Xiao-jun

I made a donation in your name.

Oh, no.

I wasn't happy
with my last gift to you too.

What do you think about this one?

What a trionychidae would do,

but I like this very much anyway.

The next day, we went to Vegas.

Cheng had a massive nosebleed
after losing big.

I often reminisce about the past,

those glorious golden days.

Su Mei invited us to dinner
at her home.

She told me that
success wasn't important,

but keeping your dignity matters
even if you lead an ordinary life.

That night, I dreamed about Meng.

He was walking down the streets
of New York in the 1980s,

who looked so bright and confident

just like the sunshine
on the streets.

I told him later that

wrinkles may crease your forehead,

and all you can do is never
allow them to crease your heart.

Cheng uses public speaking
as a substitute for personal life,

who said things that
no one dares say in public.

He makes me sick.

He dims the lights not to
be romantic, but to save money.

He never really wanted
to change the world,

but he never let the world
change him at least,

who always be the same guy
as he used to.