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Mr. Zhang, I hope that

you'll think about it.

It's so important that

I have to listen to the state.

Don't worry.

We can talk
about the corresponding compensation.

The state won't compete with the people.

That's good.

Yes.

INSPIRED BY REAL PEOPLE AND HISTORY

What are you doing here?

Is Mr. Fu-ji here too?

What happened?

His fertilizer killed someone.

Who died?

Wu mien.

Don't worry. Leave it to the company.

Are you chatting here?

Miss?

Shan-mei needs you urgently.

What's wrong with Nikko?

So much trouble here!

Let's go!

Get in.

Get in.

Your name?

Liu Kun-kai.

Are you KK?

KK?

KK?

KK?

Is that you, Mr. Fu-ji?

It is you.

What the hell?

It's not you who's carrying it.

What? You haven't fixed the machines.

What the hell?

I've calculated it.

If the machine can't be fixed,

we'll never produce enough quantity.

We don't have the money, Shan-mei.

We have two days left

and 150,000 pounds of tea.

Tell us what to do.

It's done. Try it.

No, still broken.

I have an idea.

Mr. Mu taught me something.

That's it then.

We have to produce them on time.

It's a good idea.

Yi-xin,

I can't help your dad.

You should ask Great Uncle for help.

Great Uncle?

And don't tell them that I told you.

I know.

Thank you, Uncle Qiu.

NIKKO OFFICE

I've sent Mr. Lie to pick up Wu Zi.

Don't worry.

Mr. Fu-ji,

I'm sorry that the fertilizer plant
has got you into this.

It doesn't seem easy

to be a fertilizer king.

Also,

I've told the company.

They'll be responsible for your loss.

It's not important.

You've invested a lot in the plant.

I know you'll run it well.

Thank you for your understanding.

I'll try my best
to keep the plant running.

Hopefully, I won't let you
and others down.

We've done everything for Beipu.

Since I was elected to be the chairman,

trouble has kept coming.

Now I'm in jail.

I can think about some things.

KK?

Yes?

I'm in jail now.

Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.

If something happens to me,

can you help Yi-xin, please?

Of course.

That's good.

I know you're liberal.

The wedding will be

up to you young people.

If you're marrying into the family…

What are you talking about, Mr. Fu-ji?

What wedding?

I haven't thought about it.

Yi-xin is a nice girl,

but I don't deserve her.

Who deserves what isn't important at all.

Yi-xin has broken off an engagement twice.

Mr. Fu-ji,

getting married has nothing to do
with running a business.

And I've been alone for so long.

It's not for me
to work in a family business.

Listen, KK.

Working for the Americans

is working for others.

If you come to Nikko,

you'll be the owner.

I don't want to be the owner.

What I think about the future is,

like Rockefeller

or Coca-Cola in the States,

the founders didn't hand

the companies to their offspring.

They've hired professional agents to run--

Don't tell me about

those weird concepts of the Americans.

Just tell me

if you like Yi-xin or not.

Can we do that?

One, two, three.

We've talked all night.

To be honest,

I just want somebody to inherit Nikko

and take care of my daughter
for the rest of her life.

KK, I can see that

Yi-xin likes you very much.

As her father, I'll ask you the question.

I know that I can trust you with her.

Can you understand

a father's love for his daughter?

Mr. Fu-ji…

Mr. Liu Kun-kai,
your wife has bailed you out.

What are you doing here?

To bring you home.

Yes.

Yes, sir.

Yes.

Mr. Zhang, everything is okay now.

Thank you very much.

Yi-xin,

they'll release your dad.

Really?

Get the procedures done now.

Okay.

Come on, Manager Lin.

Yes.

Fu-ji,

you've suffered a lot.

Here. Have a smoke.

I don't smoke that.

Don't be so difficult.

Look.

Your face is dirty.

Here. Wipe it.

I can do it.

Luckily, you have a smart daughter.

She got you out in no time.

Just tell me directly, Uncle.

The small fertilizer plant of yours

has caused you enough trouble.

Give it up. Don't run it anymore.

I built the plant

to give the people in Beipu more income.

I'll have to run it at any cost.

I know what you want,

but…

we don't want trouble.

I don't know what the trouble is.

I just want to get things done.

Put it away, Manager Lin.

Of course.

Thank you, Great Uncle.

Not at all. We're family.

This way, please.

Good luck.

I called your company,

but nobody speaks Chinese.

I know nothing about English.

Luckily, Ms. Xia has connections.

She knows some of your coworkers.

Thank you.

I've asked my friends.

The superiors are watching you.

Whatever you do is dangerous.

Things about the fertilizer plant
are complicated.

Everyone wants a share.

But I'm from White after all.

With the Americans,

I don't think I'll be in much trouble.

And I'm alone and single.

Don't worry about me.

But we will.

Yes, we will worry.

Thank you.

-Hello, sir.
-Hello, sir.

-Hello, sir.
-What's going on?

Those tea inspectors

have too much time on their hands

and ask for trouble all the time.

Mr. Fu-ji,

it's reported that

someone complained you've added

something illegal to your tea.

Something illegal?

But it's impossible.

I've manufactured tea of quality

for over 20 years.

I'll guarantee with Nikko's reputation

that it's impossible.

Fine. It's all right.

You don't have to shout at us.

Let's inspect your tea.

You want that?

Fine. Come on!

Damn you!

When I opened my first tea factory,

you weren't born yet.

Let's inspect it.

How are you going to do that?

I'll add iodine to your tea.

If the tea changes color,

it means there's powder in it.

Got it.

Mr. Chairman,

your tea looks great on the surface,

but…

it's in fact not as great inside.

Mr. Fu-ji,

Nikko has violated
the rules of the industry.

According to the regulations,

all the tea leaves will be confiscated

-and then dealt with.
-What's going on?

We'll shut down the factory

and suspend your permit.

Don't be mad, sir. Have a smoke.

-No.
-Have a smoke.

-But we can add glutinous rice flour.
-No.

It's a new technique to make green tea.

I don't care
if it's a new technique or not.

The regulations of the industry

state clearly that

you can't add anything.

Glutinous rice flour makes the tea better.

The North Africans love it.

You should amend
your regulations with time.

But the current regulations

state that you can't add anything.

What the hell?

Were they here to investigate or rob us?

Look at this.

They went too far.

Sir,

the tea has no bad effect on us.

Shan-mei,

please don't come to work anymore.

Yi-xin doesn't know tea.

But as the chief tea master,

how could you do that?

The tea that you made,

I'm disappointed
with your professional judgment.

Shan-mei was trying
to solve my problem, Papa.

Adding glutinous rice flour
increases the weight

and saves the time to roll tea leaves.

Everything was to produce them on time.

Sir,

we haven't made green tea.

We can't understand everything.

No more mistakes again.

Shan-mei, haven't you heard me?

They won't examine
if green tea has additives.

It's all right to export them.

Give me a tea bag, Manager Lin.

Yes, sir.

It's all right, Shan-mei. Go.

Everybody, get out!

Get out!

Don't stand there.
What are you waiting for?

Get out!

Rong, give me a tea bag.

Okay.

Papa,

we've lost money with the batch

and have to explain to the inspectors

that our tea is okay.

If we can't ship it out on time,

our loss will be up to 2.5 million.

2.5 million?

Do you think that

you and Nikko are worth

only 2.5 million?

I've given you only the best of everything

since you were little.

Whatever you wanted,

as your father,
I tried my best to give you.

But you've sold yourself

for 2.5 million today

and Nikko's reputation too.

If I knew it would turn out like this,

I shouldn't have let you

make the green tea.

You've ruined the reputation

that I've accumulated for 20 years.

But I didn't ruin it.

My tea factory
doesn't need a new technique.

All I need is to manufacture tea
in an honest way.

Am I asking too much?

I've manufactured tea for 20 years

and have never had a complaint before.

It's your first time making green tea

and you've caused us enough trouble.

To ship it out on time,

you've added things to it

and you're selling it in Nikko's name.

That's ruining our reputation.

But times have changed.

We have to go with it.

You don't go with it by adding things.

It's dishonesty.

You've been lucky to get a few orders.

And you think you're a businesswoman?

You have the talent to do business,

but you don't have the conscience.

All of us in Taiwan
learned to make green tea from Mr. Mu.

He said we can add glutinous rice flour.

It's a legal additive--

It's legal?

If so, what's with the investigation?

If the business is slow,

we'll figure something out.

But you can't do anything dishonest.

Tea is for people to drink.

If you add so many things

in my Nikko tea

and turn it into undrinkable

dog's shit,

I'd rather

roast cabbages in my tea factories.

Yes. Times have changed.

But it isn't time for you to give orders.

From now on,
you'll keep away from the company.

I don't want you to run it.

You should get married and have kids.

Stay away from the company.

Get out!

Get ready to lose money, Manager Lin.

We won't ship out the tea.

Lose money?

Papa,

I'm not good-for-nothing.

I have my values.

I have my values

because I care.

I'm not as ambitious as you.

I don't want to do things
for all the people in Beipu.

All I care about is

if we'll be able
to pay our employees next month

or if we'll have an order next season.

Honesty is important.

If we ship it out,

we're not honest about the quality.

But if we don't, we're not honest at all.

How to minimize Nikko's loss

is what I care about.

I know you love Nikko very much, Papa.

But you sold our land and got loans.

Losing money can't get us far.

If it goes on like this,

Nikko will eventually go bankrupt.

She has done it to help the company.

And…

What are you doing there?

Get out! Go downstairs, all of you!

Just go!

You dropped it, Uncle.

I went to your tea factory

to see if everything was okay.

Why did you interfere with my factory?

Fertilizer is a great business.

When I saw the 1,500 employees,

I was happy for you.

Really?

Yes.

But…

In Beipu,

we're the largest family.

But even so,

we're no larger than the state.

If you don't hand in your fertilizer,

your tea factory won't operate again.

If you hand it in,

the state won't make
any more trouble for us,

and you'll have peace in the tea factory.

Fu-ji,

as the owner,

you should think it over.

NIKKO CO., LTD.

NIKKO CO., LTD.

Sir.

It's late.

Why are you still here?

I want to tear the machine apart

to see what the problem is.

I'll assemble it again and fix it.

We've been notified that

the batch of tea

does absolutely no harm to the human body.

To maintain our international credit,

it's good to go.

What the hell?

I'm sorry.

The deadline is tomorrow.

Are we going to make it?

Papa,

we'll have to ship it out on time.

Shan-mei, ship it out on time.

But don't add anything else.

Come on!

-Let's begin!
-Let's begin!

Yes! Come on!

Come on! Hurry up!

Work harder!

Hurry up!

After the batch, without my consent,

you can't get any orders.

Done!

It's fixed!

What? Good job!

Yes. It has taken me much time.

Come and help me.

Okay.

Yi-xin,

you haven't eaten since yesterday.

I don't think you can take it.

I'm not hungry.

They've made the tea.

Don't worry.

I won't.

Miss, the car is ready.

You went through a lot, sir.

But Yi-xin didn't take a rest at all.

In order to bail you out,

she kept running around

and asking people for help.

It was hard for a girl

to take so much responsibility.

Chun-tao, don't speak for her.

You've spoiled her, you know.

The batch of tea will be rejected.

But the inspectors said
that it's good to go.

The government let it go,

but what about the customers?

Some of it was made by Wen-gui
and some by Nikko.

The sizes of the tea leaves differ.

If they don't accept it,

we'll lose money for sure.

But we've lost lots of money.

What will happen if it's rejected?

If so, we'll have to drink it.

They've worked so hard for it.

But it'll be in vain.

You're back.

Have you shipped it out?

Yes, it's done.

You didn't make it

and want to comfort me with that?

No. We've already made it.

Hellyer & Co. wants two million
more pounds of green tea.

No need to confirm it?

No.

They said that the sizes differed,

but it was acceptable.

The tea leaves that Wen-gui sold us

have balanced the quality?

Sir, can we take the new order?

Stop acting now.

But I'm not acting.

I was so reckless

that I made so much trouble for Nikko.

I'm sorry, Papa.

That's business.

Every business person has setbacks.

Having setbacks isn't a shame.

What's a shame is that

you can't stand up again.

I've manufactured tea for 20 years

and never thought that

I'd be put in jail because of that

or add powder to make tea.

But if you stop now,

they'll remember only that.

As long as you've learned the lesson,

the money I lost isn't in vain.

Papa,

so I can keep manufacturing tea?

We've bought the machines.

If not, we'll lose money.

New president.

TAIWAN FERTILIZER COMPANY,
HSINCHU FERTILIZER PLANT

TAIWAN FERTILIZER COMPANY,
HSINCHU FERTILIZER PLANT

SINO-AMERICAN COOPERATION

First,

we'd like to say thank you to White.

They've designed and built

the first fertilizer plant in Taiwan.

Once we have fertilizer,

farmers get rich.

To celebrate the opening

of the state-run Hsinchu No. 5 plant,

we'll give 1,000 kg of fertilizer

to all the tea farmers

in Hsinchu for them to take on a trial.

Now, sirs,

the machine that you're going to see…

I'm sorry, Mr. Fu-ji.

What you've invested
in the fertilizer plant…

Never mind.

The state has given me some shares

in exchange for all my shares
of the plant.

The state wants a better relationship

with the US.

They've nationalized the plant.

What else can you do?

It's all right.

They're doing what has to be done.

I'm sorry.

I've known you for so long,

and I didn't know that you're married.

Mr. Fu-ji…

And I even asked you to marry my daughter.

I'm really sorry.

I'm not a fertilizer king,

but at least I've got the cups.

-Can you do it?
-Yes.

Try it.

In a year,

we'll have a tea sapling
the same as its stock plant.

Mr. Fu-ji?

-Hi, Mr. Ma.
-Hi, Mr. Fu-ji.

Mr. Ma,

I'm sorry about your brother.

He died of complications.

What could you do?

You and the manager
have taken care of his family.

I should say thank you.

I sincerely want to adopt his son.

But my brother

wanted the kid to live with me.

You're willing to buy his tea garden.

I'm really grateful.

Don't mention it.

I promised your brother

that I'll make the tea garden green again.

But the tea isn't worth much now.

Wu Zi.

Let's grow Huang-Gan, okay?

No.

Why not?

Huang-Gan sells great.

Dad said that Chin-Shin-Dapan is the best.

With it, we can make black tea, green tea,

Pouchong, oolong,

Tieguanyin, and jasmine tea.

And Nikko's signature tea too.

It's the best one.

Good.

I'll help you grow Chin-Shin-Dapan tea.

FREE CHINA

Why haven't I seen your family here?

They're all gone.

How many bowls of mung bean soup

has your one-dollar bill got?

To my advantage, I guess.

Where are you going to live in Taipei?

The company has got me a place.

Give me your address.

When I'm free,

I'll bring you mung bean soup.

Okay.

Do you live alone?

Yes, I do.

Come to me if you need help.

HSINCHU FERTILIZER PLANT
IS OFFICIALLY IN OPERATION

Welcome to Taipei.

Chief Editor Xu.

Sir. Let's eat.

-Ying-chuan?
-Come in.

Why are you here?

A welcome party.

For celebration.

What are you celebrating?

That you're away
from the fertilizer plant.

You're here now.

You don't have to go to the plant.

You can write some more articles

for our magazine.

He needs a rest now, Chief Editor Xu.

Let's eat.

I'll help you.

-Sit down. I'll do it.
-Come.

Listen to me.

The state keeps changing the rules

for settlement.

They have nine versions now.

I don't know what to do.

Hi, Mr. Mu.

Mr. Wu from Shui Lu Tea Company.

Mr. Chen from Gu Chun Tea Company.

Mr. Zheng from Swire.

Mr. Li from Tien Tien Tea Company.

Nice to meet you.

You have such charms, Mr. Mu.

You've got different girlfriends
each time.

What girlfriend?

This is the daughter
of the Nikko owner, Ms. Zhang.

-Nikko?
-Mr. Fu-ji's daughter?

We can only depend on Nikko.

You mean

that you want Nikko

to fight against Guo Hua?

Do we have to do that, Mr. Mu?

Guo Hua has a share
of my North African market.

Maybe it'll be
your American market next month.

Come on.

But from what I've heard,

Guo Hua has connections with the above.

There they are.

Sir,

you'll need iron, sugar,

and lumber too.

You'll need them all.

Guo Hua sells everything.

We sell everything.

We'll do whatever needs to be done.

Thank you, everyone.

Sit down.

Have a seat.

Hey, boy!

Take care of them for me.

My Moroccan friend told me

that Guo Hua has already
given them a quote.

They're very ambitious.

They try to steal orders with low prices

and monopolize the North African market.

If you quote them at a lower price,

you'll get an order.

Why don't you get it then?

Only Nikko has the ability to do that.

A trading company doesn't have resources.

Nikko is a big manufacturer.

You can reply immediately
when you get a telegram

and quote them at the lowest price.

Guo Hua is trying to bypass us to export.

-They're challenging our limits.
-This flyer…

You've got the biggest tea factory
in Taiwan.

And I have enough information.

-We'd better work together.
-Handle it carefully.

How much did Guo Hua quote them?

It's like a battlefield.

You'll have to find it out yourself.

Chat no more, Mr. Mu.

Sit down.

Yes, General.

Consider it done.

Mr. President.

Wen-gui, they want us to join

the North African green tea market.

You're going to France

to see them.

Yes, sir.

A man has to see the world.

Yes, sir.

Put it away in the office.

Yes, sir.

Ms. Zhang.

Mr. Fan.

I'm sorry for last time.

It's all right.

You'll pay sooner or later.

But it's not right, Miss.

We don't have time to worry.

Rong?

How did you get in, Miss?

Rong, come in now.

Come on.

Can you do that?

Someone is coming!

Miss, do you think
Manager Liu can understand it?

I believe that he can.

Guo Hua has sent a telegram.

And we have to hurry up.

Wait for me here, Rong.