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Winter Begonia

Episode 30

Good news! Good news!

Great news!

[First Theater in Peking will perform 3 days in a row to celebrate Mr. Shang’s victory in the competition. 50% discount.]

Everyone.

To celebrate Shang to be the winner of the competition

and thank the fans,

Shuiyun Theater

will perform

in the royal theater three days in a row.

50% discount.

-Bravo! -Bravo!

Buy tickets now!

Buy tickets today

or never have the chance.

Three days in a row.

50% discount for all tickets.

Come and buy tickets!

Good news! Good news!

Hi, Miss Cheng.

It’s been a while.

Mr. Cheng rarely goes out with you.

Miss Cheng is so pretty.

Chacha’er is on her vacation.

She wants to have fun somewhere.

I think

this is the best place to go in Peking.

You bet.

Nothing is more fun

than my opera.

Mr. Cheng.

Mr. Cheng.

Let Mr. Cheng be seated.

No, thanks.

Miss Cheng.

You... You...

Just look.

Don’t touch it.

Fengtai.

You’re here as well.

Xirui.

Listen.

You become the winner of the competition now.

Some businessmen

invite you to endorse products.

Xiao Lai.

Serve Mr. Fan tea.

Sure.

No. No.

Xirui.

I see what you mean.

I'm going to turn them down right now.

Wait.

What factories are they?

Cigarette factory, floral water factory,

rouge shop and satin shop.

By the way,

the soap factory offers the most money.

Alright. Soap factory.

Xi... Xirui.

Are you sure?

They’re looking forward to it.

Please

don't let them down.

I’ve agreed. I won't go back on word.

Negotiate the price for me.

Don’t make me lose out.

You agreed, finally!

Xirui.

You should’ve agreed earlier.

Look.

The performers inferior to you

make records

and also endorse products.

They get both of fame and fortune.

Right?

I agree.

As long as I can get money,

I’ll do anything.

Xirui.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

Fengtai...

He... He hasn’t come to that end.

He still has tons of money.

He is

just angry at my sister.

He’s kidding.

Is it true?

Yes.

I have plenty of money.

I can get as much as I want

from my home.

I didn’t expect

Xirui could agree to endorse products.

He does see himself as the money tree

and makes money for you.

Whoever takes advantage

of his silliness

is unforgivable.

I didn’t mean you.

I mean his

former wicked fellows.

Xirui is

really

kind to you.

He wasn’t willing to do it,

but now he agreed.

He is well-known.

He deserves it.

It’s easy for him

to make records and endorse.

His bad temper

keeps him away from fortune.

He must change it.

Mr. Cheng.

Mr. Cheng.

The police director asks for you.

How come they come here?

What’s the matter?

He didn’t say it.

He said it’s urgent.

Don’t let them in.

If fans see the police at the backstage,

they’ll gossip.

I’m going to meet them.

Take Chacha’er back to the box.

Sure.

Chacha’er.

Come on.

Second Chief Gu broke out of jail?

When did that happen?

This afternoon.

Mr. Cheng, be very careful.

He hates your guts.

Maybe he’ll come to revenge.

But rest assured.

I’ll add more men around your house.

Buy drinks to your men.

No.

You’re kind to us.

This is our duty.

If anything happens,

make calls to my office.

I appreciate it.

[First Theater]

Bye.

Miss Cheng.

Miss Cheng.

Who are you?

I’m a waiter in this theater.

♫ I have to fight in person to wipe them out ♫

Mr. Cheng

asked me to call you out.

♫ Put on armors, mount the horse with sword in hand ♫

He’s waiting for you at the door.

♫ Put on armors, mount the horse with sword in hand ♫

Why didn’t he come himself?

He’s talking

with some gentlemen.

♫ Goddess of Warfare descends from Heaven ♫

He can’t come.

He asked me to call you out.

♫ Majestic-looking ♫

-Bravo! -Bravo!

♫ I’m going to the battlefield ♫

Chacha’er.

Fengtai.

Did you see my sister?

Isn’t she watching opera in the box?

Nobody is there.

Nobody?

I told you to watch her closely, didn’t I?

Chacha’er.

Chacha’er.

Chacha’er.

Chacha’er.

Mr. Cheng.

-Mr. Cheng. What’s wrong? -Mr. Cheng.

Have you seen Chacha’er?

-No. -No.

Have you seen her?

-No. -No.

Nor did us.

Mr. Cheng.

Step back!

Step back!

Step back now!

Step back!

Step back!

You look familiar.

So, you are the stammerer.

I’m not a stammerer.

I’m the Second Chief

in Laozi Ridge.

I beat you up last time.

Didn’t you draw a lesson?

Cut the crap.

I don’t know you.

What do you mean last time?

La... Last time?

Who... Who are you?

I’m the bane of you.

It... It’s you.

Stin... Stinking...

Second Chief Gu.

-Fengtai. -What do you want?

Let go of my sister.

You can do anything to me.

Don’t move!

Right.

It’s worthy of ... my ...

Your coming.

Right.

All of you are...

are....are...

Are here.

You bastard. Don’t speak... my words.

Say it again

and I’ll shoot... shoot her to death now.

Fine. Fine.

I won’t speak your words.

Put down the gun first.

Put down the gun.

Let’s talk.

Alright?

Put it down?

No way.

I lost everything.

It’s all your fault! All your fault!

Listen up, Cheng Fengtai.

I’ll let you

try the feeling of losing everything.

You hate me.

Let go of my sister.

I’ll go over.

You may torture me. Alright?

Torture me!

-Fengtai. Torture you?

You think I’m a fool?

Right. Right.

I will torture you.

Your sister is adorable.

Watch it when I have fun with your sister.

I... I’ll piss you off.

I’ll torture you.

I’ll piss you off.

Let’s kiss. Let’s kiss.

Second Chief Gu.

-Let me go! -Don’t move!

You feel bad?

I’ll make you feel bad.

I’m happy when I see you suffer.

I’ll piss you off.

Come on.

Let’s kiss again.

Second Chief Gu.

Hasn’t anyone told you the truth?

Do you really think

you’re the Second Chief?

Do you know

how people talk about you behind your back?

What?

They say you’re a fool,

a pig.

Whom are you talking about?

Stinking stammerer.

I’m not!

Coward!

You’re the coward!

You don’t dare to shoot me.

Who says I don’t dare?

Shoot me then!

You think I don’t dare?

Shoot!

Move any further and I will!

Fire!

Move again and I will!

Fire at me!

I will...

Fengtai.

Fengtai. Fengtai.

You... You stinking shrew.

You are dead!

You blind bastard.

Open eyes and see your grandpa.

It’s OK. It’s OK.

It’s fine.

Let... Let go of me!

Let go of me!

You... You stinking shrew.

Let... Let me go!

Cheng Fengtai.

You jerk!

You are dead!

Don’t talk if you can’t, stammerer.

Shut up.

Screw you.

You bastard.

You jerk.

Let me tell you.

As long as I come out

and... and see... your sister,

I’ll kill her!

I’ll have fun with her!

Mr. Shang.

Screw you!

Come here.

I’ll have fun with her!

Protect her.

Wait for me in the theater.

You bastard.

You bastard.

You’re a stammerer.

You idiot.

Do... do you dare

to kill me?

Don’t you dare!

Don't look back.

Go.

You dare not.

Mr. Cheng.

Business cards, keys, and passports are all ready.

What are you doing?

Go to the embassy in a while.

The cultural counselor at the British Embassy

is my friend.

Go to him and do the paperwork.

I’ll send Chacha’er to Hong Kong.

Should you tell Mrs. Cheng

about this?

No.

If she knows,

she’ll be worried.

Fengtai.

What are you doing?

I won’t leave.

I have an appointment with classmates

to go to the park tomorrow.

You should do this long ago.

My fault.

I don’t want you to leave,

and it’s postponed until now.

I killed him.

You can’t stay here any longer.

My business isn’t good.

It’s too dangerous in Peking.

But... But my classmates...

You’ll have new classmates soon.

Why doesn’t Mrs. Cheng leave?

Why don’t you leave?

Just do

as I told you.

Mr. Ge.

Send her away.

Fengtai.

Chacha’er.

If you stay here,

it’ll make me anxious.

Just do me the favor, alright?

I promise you.

When everything is settled,

I’ll get you back from Hong Kong in person.

You must promise me.

When I grow up

I’ll make decisions by myself.

You can’t object.

OK.

When you grow up.

Miss.

Let’s go.

Chacha’er.

No one will comb your hair for you.

You should learn to braid hair yourself.

Mrs. Cheng.

Is Ge still kneeling outside?

He hasn’t moved

since he came back.

Should we let him take a rest?

Leave him alone.

Let him keep kneeling.

He told all the news in the family to Fengtai

and I turned a blind eye.

They even sent Chacha’er behind my back

to distant Hong Kong.

A 14-year-old girl

goes there alone.

I’m heartbroken

once I think of this.

How about reasoning with Mr. Cheng?

He didn’t discuss with me on such a big issue.

I’ll be humiliated if I go to him.

Ge.

Are you still kneeling here?

Ma’am.

Isn't it good to send

that stinking lass

to Hong Kong?

She isn’t abroad.

Why bother worrying about her?

I’m going to play mahjong with Mrs. Huang.

I won’t eat dinner at home.

She’s ridiculous.

Miss Cheng is her sister.

How could she say so?

Shut up.

Mrs. Cheng.

The person you want from Mukden comes.

Thank you.

Remember.

Never again.

Tell the bookkeeper

to deduct his three-month wage.

Go back and rest.

Eat.

I’m wondering where Chacha’er is now.

She might have gone on board.

She just left

and you’re so anxious.

What about the future?

Why not get her back?

No.

You’re nuts.

Why did you send her far away?

You couldn’t protect her if anything happened.

That’d be even worse.

You should let her live in Shuiyun Theater.

I could protect her.

How could Mr. Shang

perform so well?

Mr. Cheng.

Mr. Han.

Where is Mr. Ge?

Mrs. Cheng told him to do something else.

Mr. Cheng.

I take someone to you.

[Junior Chunxuan]

Are you Mr. Cheng Fengtai?

You’re...

I’m Chunxuan’s apprentice.

Hey, enough.

Leader will be angry.

Go. Go. Leave.

It’s leader. It’s leader.

Leader! Leader! Leader!

Go! Go! Go!

Master never told me

about the past.

What's your name?

My name is Chunxuan as well.

After my master retired,

she passed on the name to me.

Doesn’t she perform?

She can perform highlights of opera,

but can’t do

full performances.

How is she doing?

She’s well.

She recruits several apprentices

and performs around the city.

Large troupes are reluctant to accept her,

for she’s too old.

She doesn’t care at all,

and performs in small places.

The operas she performs

are mostly about rural life.

So,

they’re quite popular.

The letter she wrote to me

was ruined accidentally.

Do you know

what the letter said?

She thought

she had performed all her lifetime.

So, she made a record at her own expense,

and wrote to her friends and relatives

and asked them if they wanted one as a souvenir.

Since you’ve told me,

it doesn’t matter if the letter was gone.

Would you like her record?

Yes,

of course.

It's my honor.

[Record]

If you need help,

feel free to come to me.

You don’t perform.

Nothing you can help me.

I can introduce you to a good troupe.

Such as...

No, thanks.

My master once said

performing was to amuse ourselves.

Is this girl your mother's apprentice?

She’s decent

and fearless.

Your mother must be an amazing actress.

♬ Isles scatter in the sea ♬

♬ See the moon ♬

♬ Rise from east again ♬

In my lifetime,

I ever loved,

hated,

became a popular star,

and married into a wealthy family.

I had a child,

and recruited many apprentices.

There’s no regret

to live like this.

But as a mother,

I feel guilty.

Please do something for me.

After I die,

you may use

my stage name Chunxuan.

Go to

look for my child,

Cheng Fengtai.

Ask him

if he still remembers his mom.

If he does,

give him this record

as a souvenir.

Tell him

I am very well.

I live happily,

and still perform operas.

Mrs. Cheng.

How about we find a way

to get Mr. Cheng back?

You wear a long face every day.

You even have more gray hairs.

I feel bad.

Don’t.

If he still cares about this family,

he’ll be back sooner or later.

But you...

Hi.

This is Cheng’s family.

Bad news from Shanghai Cotton Machine Factory.

What?

Tell me.

A serious accident happened

at the factory in Shanghai.

What should we do?

What else can we do?

It...

Since the mechanical blast got people injured,

send them to hospital right away.

And then?

How to repair machines?

How to comfort workers?

How to cope with news agencies in the concession?

Tell me what to do in detail.

It...

It was managed by Fengtai.

I’m just a nominal manager.

You ask me all of a sudden.

I have no idea either.

How about this?

We give them more money

and let them do whatever they want,

as long as it is settled.

If you are rash like this,

all the money will be squandered by you.

Among the injured workers,

several are our sharecroppers

for generations.

They watched you grow up when we’re in northeast.

If they feel slighted,

they will curse us behind our back.

What to do then?

Sister.

What do you think?

I’ll do whatever you say.

Is it OK?

You studied

abroad in vain.

My teachers abroad

didn't teach me this.

Sister.

Teach me once.

I’ll try my best to learn.

You

should find an expert to check machines

and tell workers

it’s an accident,

and visit workers in the hospital.

We’ll pay their medical expenses.

Then find someone in the concession

to talk to news agencies and the authority.

Sister.

It occurs to me that

I know an engineer.

He proposed

to import the boiler back then.

He speaks foreign language well

and can talk with foreigners fluently.

How about

I ask him for help?

Will he agree?

I’ll try to talk with him.

I think he will.

What are you waiting for?

Should I go now?

Go!

OK. OK. OK.

I... I’m leaving.

Engineer?

One, two, three.

Mr. Shang.

Don't be stiffened.

Relax.

Take it as performing on the stage.

There are no cameras on the stage.

You let me stare at the camera and stand still.

I surely get stiffened.

Alright.

Try another pose. OK?

Try to find the feeling.

Try it.

Mr. Shang. Are you

striking an enemy

with a brick?

Easy.

Relax your elbows.

Don’t take it tightly

like holding a gun.

There you go.

Where is your finger pointing?

How come it bends?

Be straight.

Point at the soap.

Move chin here.

Don’t frown too hard.

Relax.

Turn up the corners of month.

That’s it.

Look.

There you go!

That’s cool.

Well.

Mr. Shang.

Do it as Cheng said.

Invite Cheng to do it then.

Why do you invite me?

Mr. Cheng is a big shot.

We can't afford him.

Mr. Shang.

I watched your operas.

Your stage presence was excellent.

You are just nervous here.

Don’t flatter me.

I... I’m afraid

the flash light dazzles my eyes,

but you let me stare at it.

Do you have a gramophone?

Gramophone?

Yes.

Hey, bring the gramophone here.

Mr. Cheng.

Jiulang and Hous’ Yang Yanhui Visited Mother.

Right.

That’s much natural.

Come on. Hurry.

Mr. Shang should also make records.

Those not going to theater

can listen at home.

I made two records

when I debuted.

That’s too bad.

My voice recorded isn’t good.

It gets deep and low,

not sharp.

When the record technology is improved,

it will be clear.

Good. Good.

Well done. Well done.

That’s what I want.

Some dry plates are left.

Mr. Shang.

How about taking some life photos?

I should wear my own clothes then.

The suit

is too tight.

Mr. Cheng.

Let’s take life photos together.

I’m standing here alone

like an idiot.

No.

I’m not an actor or a star.

I don’t endorse products.

I won’t disturb you.

It doesn’t matter.

Mr. Cheng.

I’m not bragging.

Even the photographers

are no better than me.

I think

you may take photos with Mr. Shang

to be as souvenirs.

OK.

We may take photos as souvenirs.

After all, we’re good friends.

Mr. Shang.

Get changed then.

Move away

these things?

Move them away.

Come and move the phonograph away.

Stop moving around.

Look. What a coincidence.

Shuiyun Theater has a begonia tree as well.

Mr. Shang.

This is fake.

Alright.

That’s it.

Do it.

OK, Mr. Cheng.

Look at the camera.

Three. Two. One.

Keep up.

Hold on.

Raise hands a bit.

Help! Fengtai!

Fengtai!

Help me!

Fengtai.

The yarn factory in Shanghai is killing me.

I heard about it.

How was it going?

Not good.

How can I settle it?

Fengtai.

I can’t handle it.

So, I come to you.

Why do you come to me?

You were in charge of it.

If you didn’t help me,

who else would?

I was driven out by your sister.

Your factory isn’t my business.

Fengtai.

Fengtai.

You must help me.

Don’t listen to him.

He is

pretending.

He has been idle for days.

He desires some work to do.

Really?

Fan!

Come in.

What did I say?

I’ve told you many times.

Lower your leg.

Hold on.

What's wrong with you?

Raise your hand.

Don’t move.

Straighten up.

Fengtai.

You’re so hot.

Stop flattering me.

Take my bag.

Send me to the train station.

Rest assured.

I’ve bought the tickets.

I’ll drive you there.

What are you doing?

Have you memorized the lines for the show tonight?

What are you looking at?

Who told you to look?

Pose.

Lower it.

He’s supposed to be like this.

Mrs. Cheng.

The chef made fungus and lotus seed porridge.

Have some.

Wait a while.

Chunxing said

you’ve worked late for several nights.

Your pretty face

have dark circles on eyes.

Take a break.

No one cares about my face.

It doesn’t matter.

Who said no one cares about it?

Fengtai would be worried

if he saw you like this.

He wouldn’t.

We’ve been a couple for years.

We seem to be in love.

Actually, we just take on the roles

like business partners.

He does business,

while I do the accounts.

We work together

to run the Cheng family.

He is kind to me

because he is a good man,

not because he loves me.

Who said he doesn’t love you?

Besides,

all men are like this.

I don’t think

he is the same as ordinary men.

He isn’t like a businessman.

He’s naive,

and spends money

on the profitless matters.

He is devoted

to Shuiyun Theater

and works hard on it.

He has never been

dedicated like this.

He is

like his mother.

His mother is a performer

and loves operas.

You...

But

after I read the accounts,

I get to admire him.

I was furious that day

and said wrong words.

He didn’t fully rely on

my family

or Commander Cao for business.

Not exactly.

All in all,

he has to rely on himself,

taking risks,

being courageous

and intelligent.

Business is the war

without bullets.

Or else, he’d have squandered all the money

in my family.

If you could

say these words to him face to face,

you’d have made up.

Alright. Alright.

Stop working.

Hurry

and eat some food.

Here.

It’s fragrant.

No, thanks.

Mr. Cheng.

Mr. Cheng.

You come a long way.

Go to take a bath

and rest first.

Thank you,

guys.

My duty.

What are you doing?

This piano is an antique.

The keys are made of ivory.

How much will you pawn it?

Tell me!

Sister.

Forget it.

We have to pawn it for money.

We don’t need the piano.

Mr. Cheng. Miss Cheng.

We have families

to feed.

Where are you going?

We have to seek livelihood.

Mr. Cheng. Please let us go.

We won’t ask for wages.

Mom!

Mom!

Mom! Don’t leave!

Mom!