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[Out Of The Dream]

[Episode 01] ©English subtitle by iQIYI

[the Shandengting troupe]

These desks and chairs

have to be

extremely clean.

Every spot has to be clean.

Yes. Put it there.

Yes.

Master.

I have bought the fruits you asked for.

Good.

You could check if they are enough.

Oh gosh!

Couldn't you be more careful?

You're so clumsy.

OK. After the cleaning,

do not forget

to put them on every table.

OK.

Huizi!

Where is it?

Huizi! Where is she?

Hello, Master.

Did you see her?

Nope.

Hi, Master.

Master.

Have you checked all the costumes, cosmetics and props for tonight?

Yes. Everything is ready except for Li Feng's apron.

All the clothes cannot be missing. Go find it more carefully.

Where did it go after the laundry?

You look great in your outfit today!

There you are!

Nice!

Remember to keep it that way.

Uncle! Uncle!

I've found the apron!

I'll have it ironed now.

You can go do your make up now.

OK.

If you want to practice, don't spare yourself.

If you want to spare yourself, don't even think about going on stage.

If you don't go on stage,

you will never be famous.

Go! Go! Come on!

What are you all waiting for?

Why are you

not hiding in the box this time?

Sister.

Please stop chasing me! I...

- After... After I... - Stop right there!

Stop right there!

It's just

the perfect chance for me

to get your mind out of the gutter.

Doesn't Master always tell us

to persevere in everything we do?

Where do you think you're going?

Why would a Senior Male like you practice the skills of an Acrobatic Male like us?

Because you have been sparing yourself since little

and I have to be the supporting role for you.

Sister. Sister.

Sister. Wait a minute.

You should keep up with the changes in the would.

Yu Fei! Dude!

I'm in the middle of a game.

Stop playing!

Sister. Please hold on a minute.

It's going to end very soon!

Really. Wait a minute. Very soon.

Give it to me!

Why would do that?

I'm not playing with you.

How did you even win the game?

Xiao Wu told me that

you have been obsessed with this game.

I'll give it back to you after you practicing

the Iron Bar skill and show it to us.

Don't break your words.

But I wonder

how you won the game.

Have you played this game before?

The last time I took away your phone,

I did a little research on it.

And I adopted the movements and blockings from it

during the rehearsal.

Uncle said I was not bad.

Look at you.

In my mind,

only uncle

can get you under control.

Nonsense.

You little bastard.

Stop right there!

Yu Fei.

Yu Fei.

Master.

I have been looking everywhere for you.

Where did you go?

You are about to go on stage.

Tonight's show

is very important.

Don't screw it up.

Trust me.

When have I ever gone wrong

performing The Dragon Meets the Phoenix on the stage?

Just show them how confident you are.

As long as it goes well today,

the provincial league leaders will be recommending you

to take part in the National Competition for Young Peking Opera Actors this year.

Me?

[the Shandengting troupe]

I've prepared a new whisker for you.

Use it tonight.

Give them your best show.

Thank you, Master.

Do not

embarrass the Shandengting troupe.

[the Shandengting troupe]

Come in.

Uncle.

Look.

This is the new whisker Master bought for me.

When I started to play the Senior Male role,

I always complained how stinky the whisker was.

Didn't you tell me that when I become famous,

I would have my own whisker?

It's not about you being famous or not.

It's that artificial whiskers are not so valuable now.

Master even said

that provincial leaders are here today to watch me sing.

If I sing well,

they will send me to the National Competition for Young Peking Opera Actors this year.

So you're one of those fame and gain seekers?

No, I'm not.

It's that I wanted...

Uncle, you...

Lanting, just get in there.

Congratulations, uncle.

Why didn't you bring us wedding candies?

Even if you have never been married,

have you not attended a wedding before?

Wedding candies are always given out after the wedding.

Uncle.

You are getting married?

Sister.

You must be shocked, too.

Uncle's fiancee

is Shi Meiqing, the Qing Yi actress from a Peking Opera family.

It's said

to be a love story of Romeo and Juliet.

It is such big news

in the Peking Opera circle.

Is it true?

Can people fake this kind of thing?

Uncle has already asked for a leave.

He's going to get the marriage certificate tomorrow.

Give your best show today.

I won't be your partner after today.

Are you going to stop singing

after getting married?

Sister. There is a new Senior Male in our troupe.

Uncle's going to be the newcomer's mentor.

Right.

Master has decided to start a new play for you.

You may be the main role in the future.

Boss Yu!

Yeah, sister.

Your time has finally come.

I don't wanna be the main role.

I only wanna go on stage with uncle.

Oh, right, sister.

It's not gonna be the last time you two get on the same stage today.

We are planning

that you will be uncle's best man at the wedding.

Best man?

# - Sister. - Isn't it funny?

It suits you just right, sister.

Are you done?

We have a show later.

I appreciate you two for showing up.

Enjoy the food.

OK.

We didn't prepare much.

But these foods are made by the apprentices themselves.

They made these themselves?

Lou.

This is quite exquisite.

Then have some more.

Here. I'll pour you some tea.

A female is playing the Senior Male role today?

I heard so.

A female playing a Senior Male role? Does that work?

I heard she's quite young.

Can she act out the essence of The Dragon Meets the Phoenix?

Let's wait and see.

I heard she's not bad.

Just watch.

[Leaving the capital and hiding jewels.]

[Traveling the country to investigate people's conditions.]

There aren't many female apprentices in the Shandengting.

There aren't many female Senior Males in the country as well.

Yu Fei has been sent here

to learn Peking Opera since 12.

Lou.

This is really rare in our Liyuan Opera circle

in Shanghai.

It's true.

You're flattering me.

Li does not have a lot of hobbies

except for watching Peking Opera.

And he's got a sharp eye.

So you can put a stop to your modesty.

This girl is good.

She's really gifted.

Here comes the antiphon.

[Succession]

[Whether you are a good girl or a bad girl,]

[you shouldn't wear this flower on you.]

[It does look good on you.]

[But it's also the begonia that makes you look bad.]

[Begonia sure is pretty,]

[but it is also the reason why you are laughing at me.]

[So I'm gonna toss it on the ground]

[and never wear it again.]

[Succession]

Yu Fei.

Don't regard what goes on the stage as a trifling matter.

[It's not a reasonable thing for you to do so.]

Less in ten days,

[You shouldn't have tossed this flower.]

I am going to find a new Liu Xichan.

Emperor Zhengde

[I am going to pick it up]

does not seem to be teasing Li Feng.

[and put it back on you.]

He doesn't seem so excited.

[If...]

When a female plays a Senior Male role,

she tends to be more attentive.

[If you have it back on...]

It must be a little different

from what we saw before.

You're right.

They have made some slight adjustments in rhythm

according to emotions.

I didn't come all the way here

to see her forget her lines.

What kind of a play is this?

Calm down. Calm down.

Refund!

[Trying every means,]

[I will chase you to the end of the world.]

What happened? Is the electricity off?

Who is it?

The person who helps you get off the stage

and saves you.

Help me?

It's time to take a look at the bigger stages.

Did you watch too many shows?

Do you also wanna play the role

of an immoral villain

who always gets away without being blamed?

Actually I need an actor.

I just saw an accident happen to you on stage.

So I had to

meet you in this way,

Let me take you out of here.

I'm not going. Neither will you.

Master, I have found the person who turned off the switch.

Ungrateful!

Don't run! Stop!

[Succession]

Have you known your mistake?

The provincial league leaders seemed disappointed.

They didn't even told me before leaving.

You have completely humiliated the Shandengting troupe.

Do you know that

you're ruining your own future?

It's not only your future you're ruining,

but also the Shandengting troupe's future.

Master.

Sis... Sister has always been the most hard-working during practice.

It was only a small mistake today.

What mistake?

I saw what happened on the stage with my own eyes.

Others might think that you forgot your lines.

But I know what you're capable of.

You have done thousands of shows.

You have never made this kind of basic mistake.

Why on earth did you do that on purpose?

Were you trying to change the lines on spot again?

Master.

Usually sister only does this to spice things up a little.

She knows the boundaries.

This is against the rules. It's inappropriate.

Yu Fei.

You really think those fans of yours

have made you look so famous, don't you?

Have you forgotten about the four skills and five means

that our predecessors passed on to us?

Master, you can't hit her!

If you do, it'll be against the the Labor Law.

Lanting.

Stay out of this.

Master is right.

If I made a mistake, I should be punished.

But I have something

I want to ask.

Uncle.

Did I sing well?

How dare you even ask uncle if you sang well?

Yang Xiaolou has a beautiful figure.

Cheng Yanqiu knows how to make use of the sleeves.

Zhou Xinfang can put on a show just with eyes.

They fly their own colors.

It's because they are gifted

and they have all worked so hard for years

before finally figuring it out.

What do you call it

when you messed things up on the stage?

Sis... Sister.

You should just admit your mistake to Master.

How will you be able to perform

if you keep getting punished like this?

Sister, don't be so stubborn.

Master is punishing you for your mistake now.

But what he really wants is for you to learn from this.

Master, if you're going to hit me,

go ahead.

Yu Fei. You...

You wanna go against me on purpose, don't you?

Do you know how long I have not

put the flogging our predecessors passed on

to use?

Do you know

what it means

if I flog you?

Uncle, I'm begging you.

Please talk some sense into sister.

You know she listens to you the most.

It's none of my business.

I only care about opera.

I committed a crime of disobedience.

I have fallen in love

with uncle.

Yu Fei.

I'm telling you today.

As long as you're still in the Liyuan Opera troupe,

you will have to follow the rules.

I can overlook how you mess around everyday.

But you can never mess with the seniority in the Liyuan Opera troupe.

I know.

But I started singing

because of uncle.

I want to perform The Dragon Meets the Phoenix

with uncle forever.

I know what I said was outrageous and inappropriate.

But if I don't speak out,

I would never forgive myself.

Those who committed a crime of disobedience

shall be expelled from the Shandengting troupe

and shall not perform for three years.

[Shenzhi Space]

Annoying mosquito. Stop messing with me.

There is an old saying that when you knock off, you go home.

Time of get off work.

Shuji.

Yu Fei?

Shuji's herbal medicine

will make sure that you'll get well tomorrow.

I have just applied the medicine. Do not move.

Shuji.

I just got kicked out of the Shandengting troupe.

I knew it would happen.

Otherwise your master wouldn't have whipped you.

Uncle

is getting married tomorrow.

I just wanted to give myself an explanation.

Didn't I tell you your fortune last time?

I told you that there would be a fork in the road in your life.

I think you're standing at the fork now.

Stop fooling me around like I'm still some kid.

I do wish you were still the twelve-year-old kid

who slept on the floor

for an year to straighten your back just to learn opera.

Don't you regret it

in the future.

Shuji says to take your analgesics.

Otherwise tomorrow

you won't be able to go to sleep.

You should lie on your belly.

Silly.

I'll take care of the

dirty and wet laundry for you.

You can take them back later.

Uncle.

Is it you?

Shuji.

Could you read my dream for me?

[Advanced Event of the Suzhou Animation Carnival]

Beautiful!

It is said that there is a genius planner

in the stage play circle.

But no one knows who he really is.

All they know is that he is one of the two founders

of the Jiubai Studio.

His cosplay name is

Guanshan Qianzhong.

I think those who actually met him in person

must have done

so many good thing since little.

Are you two done talking?

Mengru, is the back stage ready?

I will get them ready now, boss.

The spot where Guanjiu enters the stage tomorrow

should be moved two centimeters to the left.

Only in this way,

the lighting can be set between her eyebrows.

If I can see it...

There must be someone

who can see it as well among those 100 audiences.

I will get them ready now, boss.

[There is a beautiful woman in the north.]

[The one and only.]

[Her first look can shock the whole town.]

[Her second look can shake the whole country.]

[No one would have known that...]

Bai Feili.

Bai Feili. Bai Feili.

Oh, no.

Is Guanjiu's microphone dead?

Her mic is dead.

Ma Fang, get her a new mic.

OK.

Let the moving lights sweep across the audience.

Add some more rhythms and drumbeats

and change into assassin dance music mode.

The lights have changed.

The assassin dance music?

The assassin dance music?

Isn't it from the South Song?

Why would he use it here?

I think boss is trying to use it

to distract the audience.

Turn on the holographic projection programme.

OK.

Look! What are those?

Bass drums in the air!

He is quite bold.

Fireworks! Fireworks! Look!

Look over there! Look at them!

So beautiful!

Hurry.

Here you go.

Get the spot light ready!

Three.

Two.

One.

Push.

[No one would have known that she could have such a big influence

[It is quite difficult to find a beauty like her.]

[It is quite difficult to find a beauty like her.]

Boss, you're so good at this.

Shorten the aria in the eighth scene.

No props for the third scene of the second act tonight.

Isn't driving while talking about work

against the traffic laws?

You know how to do your work right.

But why can't you try to know how to advertise?

Why won't you go to Miaomiao's

Shining Palace live streaming room?

Ms. Miaomiao is the most famous anchor

in the stage play circle now.

This is the most important advertising

before the Suzhou Animation Carnival.

If you don't cooperate,

how do I explain to

the other founder of the studio, which happens

to be me?

Speaking of the Suzhou Animation Carnival,

the South Song is going to be

our next highlight.

There are only ten days left

before the debut of the South Song.

Where's the Liu Xichan you're looking for?

You didn't pick up your phone yesterday.

Lingjiu went to the studio drunk in the middle of the night

and smashed half of the props.

Zhuang Sheng is now making props in the studio.

Why could she still enter the studio?

Because she is Liu Xichan.

Why would you seriously say yes when she wanted to quit?

How can a show go on without the heroine?

She is not Liu Xichan.

Li Hentian has been waiting for a chance to go directly against you.

He's even found a chance to swoop in.

Juliao even said that

his Feiwo Studio was surely going to sign a contract with Lingjiu.

Let me, an outstanding student from Tsinghua University majored in computer,

do a scientific data analysis for you.

Go find Lingjiu.

Make her happy.

It's 99 percent success rate.

If you go look for some other people,

which means you're waiting for god to give you a Liu Xichan,

it's going to be only 1 percent success rate.

I choose the 1 percent.

And,

I will success.

Thank you.

This is the fine white cubilose from southeast Asia.

Tell your mom to have a try.

The quality this time is definitely better than last time.

OK. Thank you so much.

I don't know if it is enough.

How old are you exactly?

Middle-aged women are now all

using e-payment to pay at the food market.

You are still binding the paper money with a rubber band.

Is it not money when you bind it

with a rubber band?

A rubber band is not gonna make it less worthy.

Fine.

You and I are not that distant.

You still don't know how to use a bank card, do you?

Luckily I am not so busy later.

I can take you to the bank.

It is the most annoying thing to come to this kind of place.

There is no place to park my car at all.

Are those two about to leave?

We should go.

There are many drivers on this street waiting for a parking spot.

What's wrong?

Nothing. I'm just looking for the key.

You always can't find anything. Hurry!

Where is it?

Could it be in the back again?

Last time it fell into a crack.

How is it possible for me to make the same mistake twice?

Maybe it is possible.

Hurry up. What are they doing?

The fish is out of the bag.

The fish's out? Let me see.

Let me. Let me.

Be careful.

So much water!

- What happened? - Be careful!

I told you you didn't tie the bag fast.

# - Stop moving. - Wait. Wait.

Stop coming... Don't lay yourself on me!

I know!

What

are they doing?

When are they going to stop?

I'll go take a look.

Be careful.

So exausted.

Why am I so unlucky

these days?

Are you guys in a big rush?

Why can't you go home and do it?

Sorry. We're in a huge rush.

Aren't you the expensive one?

OK. OK. OK.

We're leaving now.

I can see you're in a rush, too.

You can have the spot.

We're in the rush for different things. Hurry up.

Don't hurt your crotch.

Why are people so impetuous nowadays?

Hurry up and go.

You have it all this time?

You lost it out there somewhere again?

You have been missing this and that since little.

You're still so forgetful even now you've grown up.

Thats why we make

such a great team.

Nonsense.

Can you two

finish all these foods?

You want a free meal again?

Recently my mom is going through her menopause.

You don't have to stay and go through it with her.

Actually,

it's not so bad to stop singing.

Why would you say so?

You just can't stop gloating, can you?

No.

You have to think from a different perspective.

There's still a long way for you to go.

You can't just keep going in one direction.

It's a big big world. You should go out and see things.

Are you trying to persuade me

with such colorful words?

Let me tell you one more time.

This is called Sales.

I am one of the best salesmen at night time

in the whole Suzhou, okay?

Fine. Big salesman.

Wait. Why didn't you sound

respectful and impressed?

Give me.

Right. I have arranged some work for you.

They pay daily wages.

I'm occupied tonight.

So I can't go with you.

You don't need to.

You're not going anywhere at the moment.

Shouldn't the fine white cubilose be served

every day to the Empress Dowager?

There's nearly nothing

in your cracker box, is there?

Stop being ridiculous.

Why would you give it back?

What are you saying?

The money is taken as the money I borrowed from you.

OK. Let's go with the old way.

You can pay me back with hard work

No problem, Your Highness.

Nobody knows me better.

Go home already. I'm going home to cook food.

Take off your shoes.

You can be as casual as you want in the troupe.

But you're at home now.

We're having fish tonight. I bought a fish.

It's been more than ten days since you came back.

Is there no one in the troupe asking you to go back?

I asked for a leave.

I came back because you're in poor health.

Also, there are so many actors in the Shandengting troupe.

They can be fine without me.

You're good for nothing.

You have been singing since 12.

Why are you still not the main pillar in the troupe?

There's only one main pillar.

Not everyone can be the main pillar.

Have you seen a stage

that can be supported by only one pillar?

Even if there is only one pillar,

I sent you there so that

you could be that one pillar.

Here's the cubilose you want.

How many times do I have to tell you

that what I want is the Red cubilose we bought last time.

Clean the floor already.

Don't get my treasure chest all dirty.

Right.

What a treasure this chest is.

Don't let the ordinary cubilose

make your chest dirty.

It still contains the treasure from the first half of your life.

Yan Peishan.

What's happened to you?

You wanted cubilose, so I asked someone to buy it for you.

Now you tell me you want a specific brand.

You wanted to wear cheongsam, but you only wanted Taoruixiang's cheongsam.

The cheongsams from Taoruixiang are all customized.

But you only wanted the ones off-the-rack.

Then you shouldn't have wanted the ones from Taoruixiang.

What do you know?

The clothes' style and material Taoruixiang has are both very fine.

Of course I should be the one to accommodate some fine clothes.

OK.

I have nothing to say about what you like doing.

But if you're sick, go see a doctor, OK?

There is no one in such a small place

who can cure your illness of affluence.

Are you saying that I don't deserve it?

Yu Fei.

Except the certificate of merit,

what else have you brought home?

Since you were six,

I not only had to send you to school,

but also had to send you to learn opera.

After so many years,

I don't think I can still count on you to make me

live in ease and comfort.

Whatever. Have it or leave it.

If I don't go to work,

I really won't have money to buy food.

Hold on. Hold on.

This is the cubilose Brother Dao bought for you.

Thanks.

Are you coming tomorrow?

[Yan Peishan]

I'll come if I need money.

I should go. Goodbye.

[Stars are smiling in the night.]

Guanshan has really

never met with difficulties before.

[Waiting for the encounter in dreams]

I hope the world

can show him a lesson for once.

For God's sake!

[My thoughts are going away with the moonlight.]

[I blushed when the wind and the petals are in love with each other.]

[I slept sweet and sound.]

Can I have some beer?

[I have no idea when I fell in love with you.]

[Do you feel the same way as me?]

Thanks.

[We're getting closer and closer.]

[Two hearts are getting closer and closer.]

[As long as you're near,]

[until]

[time stops at this very second.]

[I may even forget my breath and my heartbeat.]

[Trying every means,]

[I will chase you to the end of the world.]

You know how to perform in opera, don't you?

[Yan Peishan]

Yan Peishan.

Can you sing what you just did there

for one more time?

I'll buy you drinks!

You don't have to.

If you wanna hear it, I'll sing for you.

[Trying every means,]

[I will chase you to the end of the world.]

This voice must belong to

someone from the Shandengting that day.

Bai Feili. Where are you?

That girl is about to get wasted.

Don't mess it up this time.

Also,

today's bills all go to the company.

Where is she?

Uncle.

Eventually

you're here to take me back.

Uncle.

Was my singing

so bad?

What?

What are you talking about?

Wrong person.

Tell me.

Why is

the trash can so tall?

As long as you shake your head

to make sure you won't vomit, I will let go of my hand.

Take me home.