Original subtitles

♫ She makes her dream linger in memory ♫

♫ Her dream is faraway but it never ends ♫

♫ He realizes his promise through action ♫

♫ His life is bright and extraordinary ♫

♫ He sings and dances for his past ♫

♫ She sings and cries for her pain ♫

♫ He tells cowardice and kisses his bravery ♫

♫ She writes her dislike and plays her love ♫

♫ Walk in the light towards the dreamy distance ♫

♫ Live for brilliance towards the bright distance ♫

♫ The stars that sleep in the sunlight ♫

♫ hide themselves with ordinariness ♫

♫ They suddenly appear above the sea in the night ♫

♫ light and shine with brilliance ♫

♫ They close their eyes in the storm ♫

♫ to restrain themselves with ordinariness ♫

♫ They suddenly become dazzling in crowds ♫

[The Justice] ♫ show that they are extraordinary ♫

[Episode 03]

You haven't had Siruchun's pastries for a while.

No, t-t-this can be a gift for someone, why did you open it? Close it.

Mom, that one is for someone else and this one is for you.

How can I eat that expensive dessert? I won't eat it. I won't.

You eat it if you want. You work hard at work.

I'll eat it if you eat.

If you don't eat it, I'll throw it away.

Okay, fine. I'll eat it.

It's so expensive.

You eat it too.

Mom, I…

You're the one who likes desserts, not me. I love candy.

Do you remember the toffee Dad bought last year?

Yes, of course, I remember that.

Fragrant and sweet.

It melted in my mouth just like chocolate.

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Lizi, I know you like eating the toffee.

So if you like that, just buy some for yourself.

Don't shortchange yourself.

Mom, I tried to buy for myself. I just didn't buy it.

I went to many candy stores, but they don't sell it.

And I don't know where... dad bought it.

Mom, when will that young man come?

I'll eat this with you. I'm eating too. Quickly.

It's really nice.

You eat it.

[Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank]

You go back.

No. They fired you, and I'm not going back. I'll go wherever you go.

Will you go wherever I go?

Then I'm going back, you go back too.

Really?

They made me suffer a lot, so don't blame me for going back to fix them.

Not only do you need to go back now,

but you need to say all the bad things about me in front of them to get rid of me.

Why? I won't do that.

Listen to me. The only way you can deceive them is to get rid of me.

I want you to be my mole, do you understand?

- Mole? - Understand?

If you do, then just get out of here!

- Get away! - Fine!

- Get away! - No one wants to be with you. I'll go back!

Mom, I don't think he will come.

Well, we can't blame him. He has no relationship with us.

Anyway, he needs to do his own things.

So untrustworthy, and even I waited for him.

All right. Go to bed early.

Mom, you go to sleep first. I have to go to rehearsals.

What kind of work are you doing? Annoying.

I'll leave now.

Be careful on the way.

[Linfu Grain Store]

Have the people from Lung Ying Bank come here yet?

You're the clerk, right?

Where's your boss?

Let me help.

- Are you the boss? - Yes.

- Sir, are you here to buy rice? - No.

- So? - I'm here to save you. And I also need you to save me.

Sir, what do you mean?

Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank claims that you owe them 4,000 taels. You don't know that, right?

4,000 taels? I only owe them 1,000 taels.

If you trust me, just give me your account book.

Let me help you.

Yesterday, a man and a woman were chopped up

and dumped on the road.

Did you hear about that?

Yes, I know that.

I read all about it in the tabloids.

Do you know who did that?

White Face Wei Delong.

The most freak one is Wei Delong. He is bloodthirsty.

Boss Wei?

But I truly heard that he killed a lot of people.

Wasn't there a banker who had a dispute with him?

Dispute?

That person has already been killed by him.

Killed?

Did you read the newspaper?

The guy who died a few days ago, called Wu Zhifu,

the general manager of Shanghai Savings Bank.

Didn't he commit suicide?

White Face Wei vowed to take him as a wise brother

and sent him to Heaven.

Mr. Hu, you have a phone call.

Okay.

Miss Lizi, wait a minute. I'll be right back.

Hello, who do you want?

Is Zhifu there?

Lizi, did you find the book?

Dad, there's a call for you.

Hello, who's there?

Lizi, I have some work to talk about.

Go to the living room with your mom.

- Go. - Okay.

What do you mean?

What's your purpose of calling my home?

Mr. Lin, I'm done using the account book.

Why are you still picking that?

You don't know that there is always something wrong with the rice sent by the Rice Bank.

The mid-grade rice is mixed with low-priced rice.

And the low-priced rice is mixed with low-quality rice.

So I have to pick and choose.

Did your business get better after you doing that?

It's hard to do business these days.

If the quality of this rice is not good, it will be even worse.

Mr. Lin, can you tell me that which other rice store in Shanghai would do this besides you?

Linshou Grain Store.

Don't you know how long Linshou Grain Store has been opened, how big that store is,

and how many people they have?

While you can't even manage your own clerk.

Speaking of Linshou Grain Store,

aren't you too much like it?

The stores are similar.

And the signboard is just one word different.

Is that what's affecting your business?

How could it?

It'll inevitably give people a sense of copying.

I think you should redecorate the store and change the signboard.

Maybe your business can be better.

I won't do that.

Why not? Maybe your luck will get better after the change.

I say I won't change it.

It's none of your business.

Okay, fine. I don't care.

I'll shut up, okay?

Mr. Lin,

remember not to let the people of Lung Ying Bank take your account book away. Okay?

I know.

Coming.

Boss Lin, it's been a long time.

Tan, it's so early this morning, you…

If we don't come to you, you'll pretend to know nothing. Right?

Give back the 1,000 taels of silver you owe us. Right now!

Right now!

Can you give me more time?

No. Can't hand it over, right?

It seems that you can't hand it over. Go ahead!

- Search there! - No, stop!

What are you doing?

Tan! Tan!

Get away!

Don't throw them.

- What are you doing? - Boss.

I found it.

Tan, this is my account book.

What are you doing with it?

It's what we were looking for.

Take it away!

No, Tan, you've gone too far.

- How dare you hit my boss! - How dare you?

- Robbing the account book? - Give it back to me.

- Cheng Yizhi. - Get away!

- Catch it! -That's all my accounts.

- Give it back! - Catch them!

Give my account book back!

Mr. Lin, catch them!

Give my account book back!

Stop!

Goodbye, Cheng Yizhi.

Stop! Stop!

Assistant Manager Wan, I've got the account book of Linfu Grain Store for you.

What happened? Why did your face get hit?

Cheng Yizhi was also there.

But he was half a step late.

So he failed to grab the account book.

I thought he was so pathetic that I didn't hit him.

So I got a punch.

What's he going to do with it?

Stunned like a fool,

he was the one bluffed by Manager Xu.

Yes, Manager Xu is really smart.

Hello, this is Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank.

I'm really unlucky.

Why should I be involved in the firing of Cheng Yizhi?

You say.

I've been working well as a broker,

why should I be demoted to be a clerk?

Who is up short?

Roundface, you should be demoted.

Okay, I know.

Didn't you just rush out with him when he was fired?

I tell you that

you two are just like a pair of difficult brothers.

Difficult brothers, my ass!

I was asking for my money.

He still owes me ten silver dollars.

Bastard, what's wrong with you?

[Grand Stage]

Brilliant!

Charlie,

government bonds collapsed.

Boss Hu didn't finish his drink,

and ran away when he heard the news.

D-D-Did you buy into government bonds?

I didn't buy it.

But didn't you buy a lot?

It seems you really take me as your friend.

Well, how could government bonds collapse?

It means someone shorted it.

Speaking of shorting it, I was the first one.

I'd already made enough money and left.

Didn't those who bought government bonds lose a lot?

Brilliant!

He performed like this and you still applaud,

shouldn't you be booing?

I…

You know nothing about it.

This is an aged male role played by a woman.

Who's she?

Her stage name is Guan Xiuyue.

She debuted only half a year ago,

and her female voice is still strong.

However, look at her costume and figure,

it's truly handsome.

Every movement is so charming.

I'm sure that it won't take a long time

before she becomes the number one in Shanghai.

- Brilliant! - Brilliant!

Charlie, can you help me to meet White Face Wei?

- Cheng. - How's it going?

Did Manger Wan check that account?

I didn't even have to do anything,

because he didn't have time at all.

As soon as the market opened this morning, the three-year 2.4% bond fell by 30%,

and has not stopped until now.

I... don't want to have anything with... that guy.

If you want to meet him, you can only make it by yourself.

How do I meet him?

White Face Wei only goes to two places for fun,

one is Fuxiang Hall,

a romantic place where you can't get into.

Another is the casino, The Great Atlantic Club.

But this guy only plays Five Card Stud

and plays nothing else.

And he only sits at the big stakes table.

You just need to bring enough money,

sit down, and play with him,

then you'll be able to catch his conversations.

How much money is enough?

At least…

- 80? - 800.

800? That much?

You are not in a hurry, so save it slowly.

I'm in a hurry.

I can't sleep until avenging my father's death.

I want to borrow some money.

Sit down.

Miss, how much do you want to borrow?

800 with a one-month loan period. Two months.

Miss, it's your first time to do this. Right?

You can't borrow such a large amount for two months.

How long can I borrow for?

Eighteen days at most.

How much is the interest?

The interest…

As you look so beautiful,

I won't charge you the interest.

However, if you can't pay it when it's due,

you have to pay for it yourself.

I know.

[The Great Atlantic Club]

Boss Wei,

would you like a pack of gold Jia Li'ke cigarettes?

I'll take one.

You're the best, Boss Wei.

Boss Wei.

You look so beautiful,

but how could you be so stupid?

- Boss Wei! - Let me take a look.

Boss Wei.

Boss Wei.

I really hate the smell of burning flesh.

It stinks.

If you don't mind,

I'd like to sit here to change my bad luck.

[Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank]

Because unknown people maliciously shorted

the three-year 2.4% government bonds,

a conservative estimate of the loss is 16,000 taels.

I ask for your punishment!

Boss Huang.

Manager Xu. Assistant Manager Wan. How are you?

Cheng Yizhi,

you're no longer qualified to be here.

- Please get out. - Get out!

- Boss Huang, please allow me to finish. - Get out!

Let him finish.

Yes, Sir.

Boss Huang,

I'm afraid that in addition to the apparent loss of the bank

caused by this government bond catastrophe,

there's a new loss caused by the private misappropriation of the bank's capital

by Manager Xu and Assistant Manager Wan.

Cheng Yizhi!

Such an accusation without proof is libelous.

Do you know the consequences of that?

If you still remember,

a week ago I was fired by Manager Xu

for disobeying his advice

and lending 4,000 taels to Linfu Grain Store.

Indeed the 4,000 taels contain a large amount of false debt.

Cheng Yizhi, stop lying.

Too bad.

You two haven't had time to deal with the account book

you took from Linfu Grain Store, right?

Boss Huang, that account book is my evidence.

Manager Xu, where is the account book?

My Lord,

because of today's inventory of government bonds,

the books are in a mess.

So…

I remember that Assistant Manager Wan always puts the newly collected account books

in the first drawer on the left.

How about I bring it to the boss?

My Lord,

it is true that there is a discrepancy of 3,000 taels

between Linfu's account book and our register.

But this matter is entirely his responsibility,

he is the one who asked for 4,000 taels of money in the name of Linfu.

Manager Xu, you're truly experienced.

And as expected, you beat me back.

Why not take a look at this book by yourself

to see how much Linfu Grain Store owes us?

Let me tell you! It's clearly written that

Linfu Grain Store borrowed exactly 4,000 taels from Jing'an Branch.

It's impossible, I haven't…

What?

You haven't changed the 1,000 taels to 4,000, right?

Let me tell you that this is just a fake account book.

But it made you confess your crime.

Stop! Stop!

Your acting was so good just now.

They would never recognize that it was a fake one.

To be honest, it's my first time to punch someone.

If you can put this momentum in your business,

maybe you can save your store.

The real account book is still kept by the owner of Linfu Grain Store,

you can check it yourself.

But I'm afraid that Linfu Grain Store

is just one of the many tools they use to digest the false accounts.

I don't know how many other merchants have been used by them like this.

If you do things wrongly,

you'll suffer from them.

Farewell.

Wait.

What else can I do, Boss Huang?

You made this place into a mess like a storm,

and you just want to leave?

Without cleaning it up, do you?

From tomorrow,

you'll be the manager of Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank.

I hope you can purge bad ethos and restore the dignity of the bank.

Farewell, My Lord.

I give up.

You only have 300 bets and four days to pay off your debt.

Instead of practicing your gambling skills, what else do you want to do?

I have to make him interested in me.

At least after playing cards, we can have a late dinner and dance together.

Otherwise, I have no chance to get close to him.

Miss Lizi, didn't you know that he just dumped the woman he loved in the street

with her arms and legs cut off?

Has White Face Wei always had such a thin and shrill voice?

Yes. So what?

Is he like that in private?

I'm not clear about that.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Limited Company]

Chen Chen Tung Oil Company owes us up to 11,000 taels,

which has not been paid off for eight months.

Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank demands you to pay off within this month, which is absolutely not excessive.

Assistant Manager Cheng, it's our fault for delaying the payment.

But please, you have to at least give us two more months.

Will two months help?

You spent 10,000 taels on that machine. Is it worth it?

Does it work?

Our machine doesn't work, but our tung oil is good.

So what?

The ordinary color can already meet the daily use of brushing.

As I know, the highest price on the market is not more than eighteen taels per load.

No matter how good your color is, can you exceed twenty taels per load?

Even if I give you four months or six months, it would make no difference.

Because you will never be able to repay this money.

Assistant Manager Cheng, we really can't go bankrupt.

My wife has run away with someone,

and I need to borrow money to send my son to school.

So I look forward to the growth of tung trees all day long, then the oil can be extracted. (Vernicia fordii, usually known as the tung tree, is a species of Vernicia in the spurge family native to southern China)

When the good oil is extracted, everything will be fine. (Vernicia fordii, usually known as the tung tree, is a species of Vernicia in the spurge family native to southern China)

Now we are finally making out such good oil,

while the factory is going to close down.

Director Gao,

you dug this bottomless hole yourself.

The bankruptcy of your factory is inevitable.

Xiaocong!

Assistant Manager Cheng, please don't let us go bankrupt.

Miss Lizi, it's been a long time.

Yes.

Your furnishings here have changed.

Yes.

I'll go in. Thank you.

Excuse me. Are there any books about tung oil?

Books about tung oil…

Go in and go straight,

the books are on the right shelf where the economics books are.

- Innermost, right? - Yes.

Okay, thank you.

[Ten Lectures On Tung Oil Trading]

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Brother Yizhi.

Xiao Lingdang, I need you to use the best fabric

to make a tunic for me in a hurry. I need it tomorrow.

Tunic?

Brother Yizhi, have you been promoted?

Now I'm the manager of Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank.

Manager?

- Who? - Who?

Who has become the manager?

Thanks to everyone.

Brother Yizhi!

In the past, I could only share the difficulties with you.

But now, I have money to share the happiness with you.

- For you. - Thanks, Brother Yizhi.

Brother Yizhi, you're going to achieve great things.

- I have known that already. - Yes.

- Measure the size. - I knew that earlier.

Me too.

Thank you, Brother Yizhi!

You're welcome. Buy yourself something to eat.

Okay.

Please place your bets.

If the concealed card is a five, then it's a straight.

If it's not, then I can win all my chips back.

Are you trying to mislead me?

I'm not fooled.

Raise you a 100.

Call. Please open the cards.

Sorry, Miss.

[Five]

Two pairs and one straight.

Straight won.

Miss, you're my lucky girl.

Thank you.

I'm sorry. Thank you.

Thank you, Sir.

See you next time.

[Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank]

Congratulations, Manager!

Our Lordship appointed me as the new manager of our branch.

And you all have seen the consequences

of the former Manager Xu, Tan, and Assistant Manager Wan.

They embezzled public funds, used their power for personal gain,

slandered their colleagues, and planted evidence against subordinates.

So they were dismissed and will never be rehired.

The three of you had been a part of them,

but fortunately, you're diligent in managing the bank's business.

So you will be retained.

Thank you, Manager.

As for Roundface Pang Feng, as for your outstanding work,

you can succeed me as an associate manager.

Thank you, Manager.

I hope that all of you can work hard with me

to maintain the credit and honor of our branch.

Everybody, keep up the good work!

Yes, Sir!

Dismissed!

Miss, are you looking for Charlie?

I'll give you back 800 taels tomorrow, no less.

I believe you.

After all, your background is great.

The daughter of the Wu family.

Miss Lizi, if you can't pay me back tomorrow,

you'll be mine.

Let's talk about it tomorrow.

How's it going? Can you pay it back tomorrow?

I only have 100 taels left.

I did make some money from trading bonds.

It's not that I don't want to lend it to you.

I've really spent it all.

I bought an apartment for Guan Xiuyue.

That female who played the old man?

- You know that I... - Charlie,

I need you to prepare some poison for me,

which is colorless, odorless, and easily dissolved.

Director Gao, on behalf of Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank,

I'll lend an additional 3,000 taels to your Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory.

Starting from such good tung oil,

the refraction index of your tung oil is as high as 1.52,

which can be comparable to the first-class Sichuan tung oil.

And the first-class Sichuan tung oil

can be sold directly to foreigners at a high price.

Of course, it's not used for painting boats or wooden houses,

but for artificial leather and synthetic rubber.

But now we can only produce at most 200 loads of oil per month.

So our priority now is to improve the machine.

With such a fee,

your loan should not be difficult to be paid off.

That's great.

Director Gao, time is limited,

our machine must improve successfully.

Did the guy go out to the theater again?

Cheng…

No, now I need to call you Manager Cheng.

Thanks for your helping me before.

Today, it's my turn to help you.

Help me?

Bring me your account book.

Wait a minute.

Here you are.

- Give me the bag. - Okay.

Although Linfu Grain Store's debt is not 4,000 taels,

if it can't be paid back,

I'm afraid that your store is going to bankrupt.

To be honest,

the last time I checked your account book, I was very curious.

The quality of your rice is far higher than other rice stores.

And your price is slightly lower than others.

I can't figure out why your business is so bad.

So...

I secretly researched a bit.

In fact, your Linfu Grain Store has something to do with Linshou Grain Store.

Stop it!

Manager Cheng,

I don't need you to worry about my business.

No, I'm in charge of it.

What about being an illegitimate child?

It's not your fault.

Mr. Lin, you have nothing to fear.

You're not me,

so how do you know what I'm afraid of?

No one would understand.

Those kinds of looks.

That kind of humiliation.

Bastard!

How could Cheng Yizhi not understand him?

At least, Mr. Lin knows who his father is.

While he's been called a bastard since he was a kid.

Children of the same age insulted him.

His mad mother tormented him.

He always had scars on his face.

How could he not remember

such a humiliating childhood?

Perhaps I don't understand your grievances,

but I know that if you continue to be so weak,

you'll only fail your father's expectations.

The Lin family made all kinds of difficulties for Linfu Grain Store.

But you insist on not changing the signboard

because of your father, who loved you

and took good care of you and your mother.

Even though your mother was just a servant.

Linfu Grain Store is the link between your father and you.

So you carefully select every grain of rice

in order to live up to his legacy.

But Mr. Lin,

if this rice store closes down,

what can you do to comfort your father?

Manager Cheng,

but the power of Linshou Rice Store is far above me.

What can I do to fight against them?

Since you want to resist, that's fine.

You don't want to expose that you are the illegitimate son,

and neither does the Lin family.

So I've asked Assistant Manager Guan of Beidang Branch

to make an agreement with the boss of Linshou.

Since they don't want to expose your identity,

they shall stay out of any business of the Linfu Grain Store.

Manager Cheng, are you serious about that?

Mr. Lin, from now on,

you can fight against them in business.

Wait for your bonus next month.

Manager Cheng, your Roundface wants you to come over.

- Roundface? - Yes.

[Fuxiang Hall]

Cheng.

I am Cheng Yizhi.

I wonder why my brother Pang Feng was detained here?

Let Mr. Pang tell you himself.

As soon as I received my salary,

I came here happily,

drank a bottle of foreign wine,

smoked some good cigarettes,

and listened to Molly singing a song.

When I wanted to ask for some supper,

I found that my money was missing.

I don't know who pickpocketed me on the way.

My brother is not a jerk.

So please forgive him

for his negligence tonight.

Mr. Cheng is generous,

so I believe your brother is not a bad guy.

It's just… this money...

for the snacks, foreign wine, Molly, Fushou cream, and tea... It's too much.

That's not too much.

I have one more request.

What?

As a man, if the rumor of repudiation is spread,

I'm afraid he will lose his face.

So I beg everyone here

to save my brother some dignity.

Don't worry, Mr. Cheng.

I, Lu Zhu’er, promise that

tonight's episode will not be spread outside.

Thank you very much.

Big Brother... [Fuxiang Hall]

Big Brother, I seldom come here.

It's true.

Don't come back again.

I promise.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Limited Company]

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♫ The charming notes through the alley ♫

♫ mutter and cry like all kinds of loneliness ♫

♫ The dense fog over the calm sea ♫

♫ turns into deep emptiness ♫

♫ The touching loneliness in my heart ♫

♫ Two stars dance separately and then cease ♫

♫ On the bustling stage ♫

♫ the arcs of fate intersect occasionally ♫

♫ What I missed is waiting for me ♫

♫ I'm the most embarrassed one in the world ♫

♫ I don't want to listen to sad songs ♫

♫ I won't fawn on anyone ♫

♫ Don't torture me by means of fate ♫

♫ I'm blamed for all the faults ♫

♫ I'm the humblest one in the world ♫

♫ I don't want to talk back ♫

♫ I'll take all the blame ♫

♫ Don't tease me in the tone of love ♫