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Thank you, thank you.

My name is Sean Landry

and I am honoured to stand in front of you

as the new chief architect of this development.

I am excited to bring my western perspective...

to China.

Growing up in rural Minnesota,

I dreamed of building homes for people who needed them.

But then to come here and have the opportunity to build a city,

from the ground up,

a skyline for generations to come,

well, it... it truly is a dream come true.

I look forward to working with Golden Happiness Properties...

for the Residencia de Jia!

My life is beginning to improve.

I believe in myself.

I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.

I am a happy and successful person.

I am growing every day.

I am talented.

I am important.

I will succeed. Hi.

Hi!

Would you mind if I joined you?

No! Go ahead.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

What's your name?

Uh, I'm Sean.

- Sean? - Sean.

- Angie. It's nice to meet you. - Yeah, you too.

- What are you doing? - Oh, I'm, uh,

I'm an architect, just doing some work.

- You're an architect? - Yeah.

That's so cool.

Yeah!

You know, um, we're looking for architects.

- Oh, really? - Yeah.

Are you a developer, or...?

Oh, no, no, no, not really, but we like architects.

Oh.

And doctors, CEOs, CFOs, sort of, you know, people like that.

You fit right in.

I guess so.

Do you play any instruments?

Uh...

I played the oboe in middle school.

- The oboe? - Yeah.

- Cool. - Yeah.

- How about dancing, do you dance? - I can dance.

Why are you asking me these questions?

Well, most of our work is in third or fourth tier cities,

so, if you like to travel, it's good.

I'm not a model.

I appreciate that,

but I'm not... I'm an architect for real.

No, I know, I know.

No, no, it's kinda, it's not really like...regular modelling.

- But it pays really well. - Oh.

Do you speak Chinese?

- No. - Perfect.

Bye, Sean. Call me. Well, how much does she, does she want?

She seems not to care about the money.

Of course she cares about the money.

- You have to negotiate. - Yes, we know.

But, unfortunately,

we cannot release any more funds for the project.

You should understand what I mean.

Well, there's something we should do, I mean, she's playing hardball.

Let me talk to her.

Say what?

Yeah, I'll talk to her. I'll see what she wants.

You mean, you can do that for us?

Yeah. Yeah, I can, I can do that. You are truly the face of La Residencia de Jia.555 I'm just gonna talk to her. I am the CEO of...

of Smith and Perkins USA

and I am delighted to announce the beginning of a new partnership

with Future Malls China!

I have worked tirelessly for five long years

and I can truly say

that the close collaboration

between the best Chinese and American talents

has proven

that once and for all it is...

a mall world, after all.

Hi! It's Angie.

Sorry I had to run out early, but great job today.

I've got an even better gig for Friday, though.

You'll be an ambassador for China European City.

Keep this up and you won't even need your day job.

But give me a call back, okay? Talk soon. Bye! I really do hope you'll consider our offer.

It takes into account the market rate

for each one of your champion pigeons, plus a nice premium.

Would you like to see them?

See what?

Come.

My birds.

Wow.

They like you.

Have a look.

- Uh-huh. - Bai bai.

This Mao Mao 1,

inside...

Mao Mao 2.

- They brothers. - Oh, they're brothers.

Mao Mao 1 not fast.

This...

- my best. - Oh, it's your best...

Red Sun.

Oh, yeah. He looks strong.

That's pretty.

- Over 2,000 kilometre. - Wow.

He will always...

find home.

That's amazing.

- Close. - Yeah.

Hey, you know I know this is really difficult for you.

But with that...money,

you're going to be able to buy a brand-new place with...

modern amenities and...

This...

my family home.

I was born here.

My brother too.

Oh, I'm sorry you feel that way, but...

..but they're gonna...take care of you.

I assure you we're gonna build a beautiful community here.

We're building homes for people who need them.

- I don't want to... - It's okay. It's okay.

All right.

There.

Fly from there.

Three seconds, fly home.

You know, she said it was her family's house.

She mentioned her brother, maybe she's not the only one on the deed.

Good idea, Mr Leadry!

I will investigate.

Ah, well, wait, hold on.

All right, buddy.

One, two...

three!

Wow.

Hey. Sean!

Sean Landry.

- How the fuck... - Holy shit!

Phll Johnson, what the fuck? No way.

How are you, man?

- Wow! - Uh.

- Yeah! - How are you?

Hey. What are you doing here?

Uh, I live here. A year and a half now.

No way! Congrats, that's cool!

Yeah, how about you, what are you doing here?

Oh, I'm just out here with DLR. Yeah, scoping out some new projects.

Thinking about opening a satellite office, like OMA and Zaha.

- Nice! - You know.

- Uh, this is my colleague, Jonathan. - Jonathan.

Sean. Nice to meet you.

Sean and I did our BR together.

- Yeah. - When was that, '07?

- Yeah. - Shit. Time flies.

It does fly.

Yeah, and, well, then you kinda fell off the face of the earth.

What happened, I heard uh...

didn't get through the AREs, or...?

Oh, no, I did. That's false.

Okay, yeah, cause there were all these rumours...

Well, yeah. Yeah, I've just been here and...

and doing, uh, I uh,

I did.

- I did, yeah. - Good. Good.

Well, we should definitely keep in touch, man.

- Yeah. - I'm in town for a couple more days,

so, I'll look you up on Facebook.

- You can't get on Facebook... - Sounds good.

- Totally man. - Totally.

Well, hey, it's nice to see you end up on your feet.

Nice to meet you!

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Thank you, Mr Wong, for meeting with us.

Thank you, thank you.

Can you translate for a quick second?

Sure!

Look, I understand you don't want to sell your sister out, I get it.

She's lovely.

I met her a few days ago, and she gave me a pigeon.

But this is important, all right?

You selling this house is going to benefit a lot of people.

We can get back to work!

You know, we can get back to work building a community

we've been working on for a long, long time.

And that's you, you putting people back to work!

And also this is a lot of money for you, you know?

With this money, you can buy your sister a new place,

and still have money left over to do things,

things you haven't even dreamed of.

Uh, start a new business!

You can move to the city!

You can start all over again, the world is your oyster!

- The world is...oysters. - Just want you to think about it,

really hard.

Because, chances like this

don't come very often in life, if ever.

And I can see, sir, my man,

that you have something to prove.

I can see the fuego

in your eyes.

And don't let anybody tell you that you're not...

good enough...

or that you don't matter...

or that you're stupid, because you're not.

All right? You're not stupid.

You're smart. Right?

And you are...

You are worth it.

You are worth every second.

898 01: - Okay. - Okay?

Okay.

Okay. Woo! Go, Sean! Smile! - Belarus. - Belarus!

Yes.

Well, maybe...

Do you feel weird here?

- Do you feel like...? - Mm, yes.

Yes.

Yes, oh...

Oh, it feels so good to hear someone say that too!

Hi.

Sure, yeah, do you want to go to, like, another...

- another bar? - Maybe to yours?

One thousand.

- Okay? - What?

No? Yes? Hey! Mr Landry!

Thank goddess you're here!

Please... please talk some sense into her!

Come on, now.

She likes you.

Get her down! No, no, wait, wait, wait, wait!

Wait, wait, wait! Stop! Stop!

Stop, stop, stop! Stop!

Stop! Go back! Go back!

Go back!

Get back!

I-I-I am the chief architect of this development!

And we got this! All right, so just go back! Whatever happened to Ms Wong?

She's in a modern apartment now.

Huh.

Actually...

I want to talk to you about a new project we have,

just north of here.

Maybe Paris?

Maybe Paris.

With an Arc de Triomphe,

and Eiffel Tower larger than the one in France.

We'd like to offer promotion,

to Chief Architectural Vision Officer...