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The Justice

Episode 8

Innovation Construction

I nominated Innovation Construction.

Picking on it is picking on me.

I do things fairly.

I promoted Dr. Xu

because of his great talent.

What's wrong with that?

Come on in.

It's you, Lizi.

Mr. Jiao, are you hungry?

Have some snacks, please.

Put it there. We'll eat it later.

Thank you.

Then I'll take leave of you.

The extended construction needs technologies.

But these people only think about

the lucrative job!

The lucrative job!

What do they want to do?

What do they want to do?

Innovation Construction

Though we failed to buy the things we want today,

we can see this as a joyride.

In the case of a joyride,

people don't drive as fast as you are doing now.

Shenqin Cotton Mill

chose Jing'an Branch for financing today.

Really?

Today I planned to bring you

double happiness.

But it was thoughtless of me.

Things didn't turn out perfectly.

In fact,

you needn't mind me so much.

Don't overthink this.

I am not expecting anything from you.

Edssendine Bar

I made a fool of myself yesterday.

I thought that Shenqin Cotton Mill

would definitely choose our Shanghai Bank for financing.

I was even so cheeky and arrogant

to invite

Mr. Cheng to work with me.

But in the end,

Mr. Cheng won the bid.

Come on, Mr. Chen.

A toast to you.

Come on.

Mr. Cheng,

you won

because of your outstanding ability.

I am flattered.

Secretary Feng, you gave me more credit than I deserved.

As a matter of fact,

I can't

take all the credit for it.

We won the bid because our entire Longying Private Bank

has ramped up support to

industry.

Come on, cheers to you two.

Come on.

Mr. Cheng, if you support industry

for the sake of vanity

instead of for the interests of the factory,

I am afraid that things won't last long.

I am afraid that

you have misunderstood me, Professor Lu.

If I hadn't taken into consideration the good of the factory,

I couldn't have put myself in the workers' place

and developed the financing plan

that seeks benefits for them

and Director Zhao couldn't

have accepted my plan.

Lu,

Mr. Cheng's financing plan

is really novel.

You are right.

Director Zhao did choose you.

But at the same time,

he chose Zhaozheng Bank.

If you think about the good of the factory,

won't you worry that the Japanese yarn will be dumped,

won't you worry about

the real purpose of

Zhaozheng Bank's involvement in the financing

and won't you worry Shenqin might be harmed?

If you care about the good of the factory,

you should be on tenterhooks now

instead of being complacent.

Awaken, compatriots!

Closed to traffic

If you think about the good of the factory,

won't you worry that the Japanese yarn will be dumped,

won't you worry about

the real purpose of

Zhaozheng Bank's involvement in the financing

and won't you worry Shenqin might be harmed?

Innovation Construction

Business hours

Hello, is anybody in there?

Innovation Construction

-Hello, is anybody... -Yes.

Here.

Hello, you are...

Hello!

I am a reporter from Harold Daily.

My name is Judy.

This is my business card.

I am very glad to hear that the building of Jinghua No.2 Middle School

designed by your company

is about to be completed soon.

So I especially came for an interview.

Harold Daily.

How do you do?

-I am Secretary Guan. -How do you do?

Ms. Judy, this way, please.

What would you like to drink?

Coffee or tea?

Thanks but no thanks.

I want to know

when Dr. Xu Shu,

the chief responsible person

of your company

can give an interview to me.

Dr. Xu

is taking a vacation these days.

When will he be back?

I'm not sure when he'll be back.

His vacation might be as short as two or three days

or as long as four or five months.

Secretary Guan,

are you suggesting I should leave?

No, not at all.

Miss Judy,

don't get me wrong.

Dr. Xu

is an artist.

There's always no limit to the duration of his vacation.

We can do nothing about it.

I heard that

Dr. Xu was not only young,

but also erudite.

He graduated from

a university based in Naples, Italy.

Yes.

Dr. Xu studied

civil engineering at first.

Then he changed his major to architectural design.

He is a rare all-rounder of architecture

in Shanghai.

Moreover, he is good-natured.

He is friendly to the employees.

Since he is so talented,

he must have undertaken

many projects.

Not really.

Till now, Dr. Xu

has only finished one project.

It's the building of Jinghua No.2 Middle School

mentioned by you just now.

Only one?

Secretary Guan, are you sure?

Yes, only this one.

Well, where does Dr. Xu

usually go for vacation?

Here is the thing.

Dr. Xu

doesn't like

uninvited guests.

That's really a pity!

Our paper

only carry the report

of the person we interviewed.

In this case,

it's really

a great pity

for Dr. Xu

and your company.

Stop! Stop!

Ju...

Ms. Judy.

Don't take this the wrong way.

I intended to

give some publicity to your company.

In the current situation,

I'd better be off.

Ms. Judy,

there is a place

Dr. Xu often visits.

Mrs. Wang.

Madam.

Mrs. Wang.

Are you ill?

I...

Madam, take a seat, please.

You are having a fever.

Has a doctor been sent for?

Madam,

don't worry.

Gui has sent for a doctor to examine me.

I have taken medicine.

But your fever is too serious.

Gui, go cook gruel.

Let Mrs. Wang drink it to perspire.

Madam.

Master is cooking it in the kitchen.

I'll go and check.

If Mrs. Wang sees you

do this for her,

she must be moved a lot.

You are back.

How did you perform in the card game?

Need you ask to know the result?

Mrs. Song and others are all veterans.

There's no chance for me to win.

Wait. It's almost done.

Mrs. Wang, eat the hot gruel.

-Master, Madam, be seated. -Master.

I'll ladle the gruel for Mrs. Wang.

Let me do it.

Gui is so hard-working.

Madam, be seated.

Master, be seated.

Mrs. Wang, do you feel better?

I have taken the medicine. I am feeling better now.

I can eat it by myself.

Be careful. It's hot.

Master.

Come on, Lizi.

Taste it.

♫ When the fate of the light ♫

♫ Lighten our appearance in the past ♫

♫ I've learnt to be strong on stumbling ♫

♫ I am resistless in front of you ♫

♫ I forgot what I saw and what I thought ♫

♫ Life is like a dream Love in life ♫

Madam, do you want more?

♫ Hope there is light in your eyes ♫

Yes. I'd like another bowl of it.

Has it cooled?

I'll go heat it.

♫ Lighten the dream you had ♫

You need not.

It is tasty even if being cool.

♫ Standing in the prosperous world ♫

♫ Looking for everything ♫

I ate so much. I am full.

♫ Being flighty and brave while young ♫

Really?

♫ Making for tomorrow ♫

♫ Hope sincerity could outsmart lies ♫

Who taught you cooking?

The red bean soup you made is so yummy.

♫ Hope you and I could get back to the day ♫

I learned cooking from the ladies.

When I worked in the dried food shop,

♫ The moment I got moved as seeing you ♫

the red date, lotus seed,

tangerine peel and brown sugar

♫ Forgetting everything ♫

were all regular stock of the shop.

♫ Being soft is the most beautiful language ♫

Then customers asked

how to cook them to make them yummy

♫ Being moved is normal ♫

and how to stew them to make them yummy.

♫ Hope you and I could let resentment go ♫

I was only an assistant.

How come I know that?

So I consulted the ladies.

♫ Let's get back to the day we met ♫

I consulted Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wang.

Then I could know what to say

and how to cook with the ingredients.

Actually, in the past...

Pa...

Pa-past.

I want to say

if you want to eat it later,

I can cook it for you anytime.

You need not.

I mean that

if I want to eat the soup every day

and eat it every day,

I'll put on a lot of weight.

You won't.

You don't look fat at all.

You are obviously slender.

It's late.

Let's go to sleep.

Night-night.

Night-night.

Zhaozheng Bank

Shimazaki.

Chief.

You can't forget that

in this building,

you must do things

in a down-to-earth manner.

You mustn't do things in your way.

Yes, sir!

However,

you did a good job in the financing bid

of Shenqin Cotton Mill.

Thank you for your support, Chief.

Mr. Shimazaki.

Mr. Cheng.

Be seated, please.

Would you like to go out

to have a cup of coffee?

Of course.

After you.

OK. OK. We arrived.

Thank you.

Heath Coffee

Dr. Xu Shu.

Mr. Cheng, Director Zhao told me

you were three years younger than me.

But to my mind,

you are more like

an elder brother and senior.

Mr. Cheng, I sincerely hope that

our cooperation can go smoothly.

I also hope

you can help me.

Mr. Shimazaki, take a seat, please.

As a matter of fact,

I have been admiring you

for your work attitude.

But I am very sorry that

I don't want to cooperate with you

and Longying Private Bank

is unwilling to

cooperate with Zhaozheng Bank.

Why?

Mr. Shimazaki.

On your Chinese business card,

your post is

Chu Shimazaki Clerk of the Credit Dept.

Clerk of the Credit Dept.

But

your Japanese business card suggests

Chu Shimazaki Investigator of the Credit Dept.

you're the investigator of the Credit Dept.

Mr. Shimazaki,

what are you investigating in Shanghai?

Mr. Cheng, you misunderstood me.

When Japanese is translated into Chinese,

the meaning of words might vary a bit.

But in every Japanese-funded company,

there is an investigator

who is responsible for analyzing data and investments.

I am one of them.

Is that so?

There's nothing wrong with

my investigations.

Mr. Zhao told me that

you were transferred to Shanghai

one year ago.

You still dare to say so

after one year of work here.

All right.

Even if you arrived in Shanghai

one year ago,

and even if it is only one year,

I believe that

you have come to know

the May Thirtieth Movement.

More than 20 Shanghai-based spinneries

run by Japanese businessmen

exploit the Chinese workers

ruthlessly.

The shutdown of the factories

and the dissolution of the labor union caused public outrage.

Chinese workers went on demonstrations

and then got shot to death.

These basic rights

Chinese workers claimed

are nothing compared with

what you mentioned in the Shenqin Cotton Mill proposal.

But the Japanese spinneries

colluded with the concessions

to suppress the Chinese protestors brutally

and caused them to die miserably on the spot.

The sponsor

of the Japanese spinneries

is Zhaozheng Bank you work for.

Mr. Shimazaki,

your sincerity,

enthusiasm

and empathy

are only used to

cover up

their economic invasion of us.

Right.

They use friendly people like you

as a disguise

to get close to

Chinese industrial enterprises

like Shenqin Cotton Mill.

Once they succeed in their scheme,

they will grab them.

And you

will be their major accomplice.

I am not.

Really?

Mr. Shimazaki.

You just can't

do things as you wish.

When your bank tries to seize

Shenqin Cotton Mill,

what can you do to protect it?

Mr. Shimazaki.

I hope you can think this over.

Excuse me.

Stop, rickshaw puller.

Thank you.

Yizhi.

Did you buy new clothes?

I visited Xinxin Department Store

to pick some clothes for Ms. Lan.

But it turned out that

I bought myself these clothes.

You look beautiful wearing them.

Why are you walking back today?

I want to freshen up

in the cold wind.

Is anything wrong with the bank?

Nothing. I just think that

being the manager of the bank

is more complicated than I imagined.

Why do you think so?

Take Shenqin Cotton Mill for an example.

I thought it's enough

to ensure it has funds for production.

But now I know that's far from enough.

The competition between Chinese and Japanese spinneries

not only concerns the development of industry,

but also concerns our national interests.

Because you are so long-sighted

that you can think it deeply.

It is proved that

Mr. Cheng is not a common manager.

My I regard it as a praise?

Maybe.

Afterwards,

could we take a walk like today?

How did you get this candy?

Guess it.

Do you mean you already got that box of candy?

I remembered when I left there,

you already had moved away.

So how did you get that?

I won't tell you.

Why not?

Then why didn't you tell me the truth?

I don't want you to be sad.

Moreover, I did nothing.

Do you know

how my mom praised you?

She said

you could cook, do house cleaning

and sew clothes.

She even wanted you to be her son.

I'm her son-in-law now.

Okay, could you tell me

how you got this?

I did move away.

But on the way,

I suddenly found

I lost my brooch there.

French Toffee

Did my mom

bother you to buy the candy?

No.

Then why did you

buy the candy?

Your mom told me

you were still a kid.

But the God

never sweeten

your life.

I got a lump in my throat when hearing that.

So I thought

to buy some candies for you.

Okay, forget it.

Or you may be in a low mood again.

I am fond of eating this candy.

Only this

instead of others.

But I can't eat them all.

As I'm afraid I have none to eat

later.

I have been looking for this brand

but I just can't find it.

I can buy it nowhere.

If I had known that,

I would have bought more.

Where did you buy it?

Wharf market.

Wharf market?

What kind of place?

It's the place of goods delivery and receipt

for trading firms.

It's also a place for commodity distribution.

Take the candy as an example.

It's hard-to-get even for foreign firms.

Once arriving at the port,

it will be sold to everywhere.

So you can only buy it

in wharf market.

I never heard this place before

in Shanghai.

But for my experience

as a seller of dry cargo for years,

I wouldn't know

this magical place either.

Do you want to have a visit there?

Of course.

Then I'll take you there on a sunny day.

Okay.

Longying Private Bank Jing'an Branch

Hello.

Could you connect me with coffee shop of Huiwen Restaurant?

I'd like to order a buttermilk cake

with Happy Birthday on it,

which should be sent on the 14th.

-Could you write down my address? -Mr. Cheng.

Hello, Mr. Cheng.

Hello, Director Zhao.

Clerk Shimazaki just informed me

Zhaozheng Bank

had canceled their financing scheme

on Shenqin Cotton Mill.

I asked him the reason,

but he just apologized

without any excuses.

Director Zhao,

have a seat here.

No need for the tea.

Thanks.

Mr. Cheng?

Director Zhao,

blessing in disguise maybe.

Large Japanese cotton mills

in Shanghai are

more or less

intervened by the capital from Zhaozheng Bank.

If they intervened in your fund raising,

they would

take over your mill one day.

But this time,

you let me share the creditor's rights equally with them.

That disrupts

their tricks.

Their loan to you

can only bring threat for them

because of my containment.

If I were them,

I would give it up too.

What I mind

is not their money

but the technique and machines

monopolized by them.

Director Zhao,

you do not fight alone.

You are strongly supported

by Longying Private Bank.

As for advanced machines

and the latest technology,

I will help you to handle them.

Huang Residence

Mr. Huang Ruhong was elected as the director of the General Chamber of Commerce

Congratulations.

Mr. Huang Ruhong was elected as the director of the General Chamber of Commerce

Congratulations, Mr. Huang.

Madam Huang, you look so beautiful today.

Congratulations, madam Huang.

-This way, please. -Come in, please.

Come in, please.

Yizhi.

Hello, Director Guan.

Take this gift.

Welcome here.

You look so beautiful.

Please come in.

This way, please,

Congratulations, Mr. Huang.

To my son-in-law.

For the position of the director of General Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai,

you deserve it.

My father-in-law, Commander Liao,

has a successful operation and is recovering.

Thanks to him,

in the campaign for the director of General Chamber of Commerce

the day before yesterday,

I was elected.

Thanks to all.

Congratulations, master.

Congratulations, commander.

Thank you so much.

Dad, may I propose a toast to you?

Dad, a toast to you.

I wish you boundless happiness

and a long, long life.

Good job recently.

Ruhong always praises you.

I have a gift

for Lizi.

It's so kind of you.

This is the French perfume.

When my father was in hospital,

she helped me a lot.

Thanks for her help.

Thank you so much.

Master.

Mrs. Wang.

May I prepare you for the lunch?

No need. I already ate it.

Is Madam home?

Madam just went out to have tea with Mrs. Huang.

Do you mean Mrs. Huang?

Yes, Madam left fifteen minutes ago.

Master.

I have been busy with

the preparation of Bixun Road Casino.

For your election

of the director of General Chamber of Commerce,

I did nothing.

May I ask for your punishment?

Punishment?

As you said,

Cheng Yizhi dealt with this successfully

in public,

earning himself reputation indeed.

You are no worse than him.

Bixun Road Casino

is with large scale,

but you made full preparations within three months.

Your merit won't be forgotten.

Thanks for your praise, master.

I wonder

whether we could

take advantage of

No. 136 Rue Amiral Bayle.

General director Merieux from Municipal Council

called yesterday

to congratulate your election

of the director of General Chamber of Commerce.

It's quite clear that he wants to get along well with us.

Thank him for me.

I think

if we gifted the land on No. 136 Rue Amiral Bayle

to general director Merieux

and vice general director Schweitzer,

in the French Concession,

you would be more invincible

and successful than ever.

No, we act too frequent recently.

In case of blame from the public,

we'd better put it aside.

Got it.

I have another task for you.

Did you see this before?

Master, is this the Rejuvenation Agent?

How much do you know about it?

I heard it becomes

increasingly popular in market.

If you dislike it,

I will check it out.

Go for it.

Yes, master.

Please come in.

Yizhi.

Just come back?

Are you busy now?

I bought you a gift.

Open it.

Did you buy it

with Ms. Lan this afternoon?

Is it beautiful?

How do I look?

Do you like it?

Of course I like your gift.

The color suits you.

Wear it.

I won't bother you.

Go on with your work.

Lizi.

Thank you.

No need for that.

Rickshaw, here.

I am going to see a movie with madam Song

from Tongtai Private Bank.

So I may back home late.

Okay. Take care, madam.

Okay.

Be careful.

No problem.

Thanks.

Innovation Construction

Innovation Construction

Longying Private Bank Jing'an Branch

Clerk Shimazaki, welcome.

I like the working environment here.

Simple but with good taste.

Mr. Cheng,

could I work here?

Clerk Shimazaki,

did you hear an old saying in China that

there is no room for a giant Buddha in a small temple.

It's a waste

for an able man like you

to work for

Jing'an Branch only.

Then I can only go back to Japan.

What you said to me last time

impressed me a lot.

I always desire to work in China.

Not only because I learned Chinese before,

but my mother...

My mother is also a Chinese.

Please have a seat.

The family like mine

is rare in Nagasaki.

When I

went to university in Tokyo,

I found all my classmates

despised China as an ignorant, underdeveloped,

weak and poor country.

That worried me a lot.

Maybe I already regard China

as my hometown.

So when professor told us,

in the Great East Asia,

we would like to achieve economic cooperation

and mutual prosperity,

I had no doubt at all

but full of hope

from Tokyo to Shanghai.

I was looking forward to my job.

But now I realize

all my expectations are absurd.

I'm too naive.

If what I did

is just a fig leaf,

what's the sense

of staying in Zhaozheng Bank?

Clerk Shimazaki,

I'm sorry I can't answer you.

What should you do?

Where should you go?

I'm afraid

you must find the answer yourself.

But

if you want

to help Director Zhao

and Shenqin Cotton Mill,

we do need you.

What do you mean?

We'd like to learn

Japanese latest technology,

but we don't know

how to contact

Japanese textile schools.

We also want to buy

Japanese most advanced machines,

but Japanese firms

prevented us from getting them.

What you can do

maybe far more than

what you thought before.

Maybe you needn't

to change your working place.

Mr. Cheng,

maybe I understand what you mean.

You mean

if I found methods,

even in Zhaozheng Bank,

I could realize

my dreams.

I believe you can make it.

Thanks, Mr. Cheng.

I know what I should do.

Tell Director Zhao,

please wait for my news.

Thanks.

Things done?

It's Jing'an Branch of Longying Private Bank.

Thanks, Secretary Guan.

I will be there in time.

Innovation Construction

Mr. Cheng,

welcome to our Innovation Construction.

Your visit

is a great honor for our company.

Dr. Xu just completes his construction,

so I'd like to make friend with him.

Maybe we could have any cooperation later.

Mr. Cheng, this way please.

Okay.

Look, Mr. Cheng,

this is the design studio

of Dr. Xu.

This way, please.

Dr. Xu, this is Mr. Cheng.

I only know Dr. Xu

is a talent in civil construction,

but I never expect him

to be so young.

Dr. Xu is not young

but designs boldly.

Mr. Cheng, have a look here.

This is Dr. Xu's latest...

Secretary Guan.

Okay. I won't bother you.

I have to go on with my work.

It's your time.

Mr. Cheng, why are you here?

Because of my wife.

Who is your wife?

Did she see my design before?

It doesn't matter.

The point is your design

is so distinctive in Shanghai

like the marble pillar

and fountain garden.

You can understand my design.

I am just curious

why you have such a design.

The first time

I was interested in architecture

was when

I played hide-and-seek in the yard.

Though a small yard,

it was decorated with rockery, earth and stones.

The long corridor and pavilions integrated with each other.

There was also a glassless window in the attic.

It was in there

I was familiar with each brick clay.

As you said,

architectures in Shanghai

are being strongly influenced by the West.

I am confused

in our country,

why can't we see

any classical architecture of China?

So you want to

combine architecture of the west

with that of China?

I appreciate western tall buildings

for making fully use of space.

But I expect more

for the renaissance of Chinese buildings.

At the top of a building,

a rose garden is not a must.

An ever-green garden is a better choice.

The central viewing area

should not always be decorated with sculptures or fountains.

The long corridor and pavilions can also be an option.

And the walkway

can be designed as a quiet path.

There could be glassless windows in the wall.

Shanghai

needs such a building.

It can be both modern

and traditional.

It's both with western image

and Chinese style.

If it were to build in the concession,

the public

would know the essence of beauty.

It should be constructed.

But Dr. Xu,

what is this building designed for?

For house, office, or...

I don't know.

Pardon?

We will know that after completion.

Once seeing it,

people know its use naturally.

I'm afraid you can't.

Dr. Xu,

if you designed a building

without any clear purpose,

you wouldn't get any investment.

I don't care about that.

If you thought

my display just now

was for your investment,

then you are too arrogant.

I misunderstood

that you could resonate with me,

so I explained my conception in detail.

Dr. Xu,

I just showed you the reality.

Thanks but I needn't.

Why are you so resentful for investment?

Because sordid merchants are the same.

With some money,

you think you could criticize others' meticulous design.

Sorry to disappoint you.

I don't care about

your money.

If you hold such view,

good luck.