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 ♫

♫ show that they are extraordinary ♫

[The Justice]

[Episode 08]

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[Innovation Construction]

Dingxin is my opinion.

Picking on it is picking on me.

My behavior is decent.

I promoted Dr. Xu because he's talented.

Any problem?

Come in!

Lizi, here you are.

Uncle Jiao, are you hungry?

Would you like some desserts?

Leave it there and we'll have it later. Thanks.

Then I'll go.

A building extension requires skills.

But what these people care about is the profit.

The profit!

What would they do? What?

[Innovation Construction]

Even though we didn't buy anything today,

let's just take it as a ride.

A ride cannot be as fast as you are driving.

Shenqin Cotton Mill

chose Jing'an Branch for financing today.

Really?

I planned to celebrate both good pieces of news.

Sorry that I didn't think thoroughly.

It still missed a bit.

Actually,

you don't have to think about me.

Don't think too much.

I won't ask for anything.

[Ascending Lounge]

I was ashamed yesterday.

I thought our Shanghai Bank would win in Shenqin's financing bidding.

And I dared to invite Manager Cheng to cooperate with me.

In the end, it was Manager Cheng who won.

Come on, Manager Chen. A toast to you.

The reason he won was that

Manager Cheng is intelligent.

Thanks. Secretary Feng, I'm flattered.

Actually, it's not my own contribution

but the progress of Lung Ying Bank in supporting industry.

Come on! Another toast to you two.

Cheers.

Manager Cheng, if you support industry

not for the sake of the factory

but for the vanity of your own,

I'm afraid it won't last.

I'm afraid Professor Lu misunderstands me.

Were it not for the sake of the factory,

my financing plan wouldn't

seek the benefit of the workers on their stand.

Director Zhao wouldn't accept my plan, either.

Manager Lu, Manager Cheng's plan impressed us a lot.

You're right.

Director Zhao did choose you.

But at the same time, would win in Shenqin's financing bidding.

If you really think about the factory,

don't you worry about Japanese yarn dumping?

Don't you worry about Zhaozheng Bank's

real purpose of joining the bidding,

and that Shenqin Cotton Mill might be hurt?

If you really think about the factory,

you should be on pins and needles right now

instead of being smug.

[Our compatriots, wake up!]

If you really think about the factory,

don't you worry about Japanese yarn dumping?

Don't you worry about Zhaozheng Bank's

real purpose of joining the bidding,

and that Shenqin Cotton Mill might be hurt?

[Opening Hours]

Hello?

Excuse me, is anybody here—

Here.

Hello, who are you?

Hi, I'm a reporter from Harrods Daily, Jody.

Here is my business card.

I'm glad to hear that, designed by your company,

the building of Jinghua No. 2 Secondary School is about to be completed.

So I'm here to do an interview.

Harrods Daily.

Hello. I'm Secretary Guan.

Please, Miss Reporter.

What would you like to drink? Coffee or tea?

Don't bother.

I just want to know about

General Director Dr. Xu Shu of your company,

when can I interview him?

Dr. Xu has been on vacation lately.

When will he be back?

I'm not sure.

From several days to months.

Secretary Guan, are you refusing me?

No, Miss Reporter. Don't get me wrong.

Dr. Xu is an artist.

There are never any limitations to his vacation.

We don't have a choice.

I heard that Dr. Xu Shu is not only young and knowledgeable,

but graduated from Napoli University in Italy.

Sure.

Dr. Xu learned civil engineering at first,

and then switched to architectural design.

He's one of the few architectural all-rounders in Shanghai.

Besides, he has a great personality.

He's nice to our employees.

Well, since he's so talented,

he must have conducted many projects. Right?

Not really.

Dr. Xu has just worked on one project so far.

That's the one you've mentioned,

the building of Jinghua No. 2 Secondary School.

Just one?

Secretary Guan, are you sure?

Sure, just this one.

Then, where does Dr. Xu usually go on vacation?

Well, Dr. Xu doesn't like to be disturbed by strangers.

That's really a pity.

Our newspaper only publishes reports interviewed in person.

So, for Dr. Xu and your company,

that's a great pity.

No, Miss... Miss Jody.

Don't get me wrong.

I was considering offering you a publicity chance.

It seems that the chance may lie in the future.

Miss Jody, there's still a place Dr. Xu usually goes.

Nanny Wang.

Madam.

Nanny Wang, are you ill?

I...

- Madam, sit down please. - Why are you so hot?

Have you called the doctor?

Madam, don't worry.

A'Gui has called a doctor for me.

I've already taken my medicine.

But your temperature is so high.

A'Gui, make a pot of hot porridge.

It'll make Nanny Wang sweat.

Madam,

Master is making that in the kitchen.

I'll go to see him.

If Nanny Wang sees you working so hard,

she'll be touched.

You're back.

How about your playing cards?

You don't even have to ask.

Mrs. Song and the others, they are experts.

How could I win?

Wait a minute. It's almost done.

Nanny Wang, have some hot porridge first.

Sit down, Master and Madam.

I'll give it to Nanny Wang.

I'll take this.

A'Gui is so diligent.

Sit down please, Master and Madam.

Nanny Wang, are you feeling better?

I took some medicine and feel better.

I can take it myself.

Be careful, it's hot.

Master.

Come on, Lizi.

Try it.

♫ When fate shines a light ♫

♫ light up what you and I used to be ♫

♫ I learned to be strong in the collision ♫

♫ I can't resist in front of you ♫

♫ Let me forget what I saw and thought ♫

♫ Life is a dream of love ♫

Madam, do you want another bowl?

Sure, I'll have another.

Is it getting cold? I'll go and heat it up.

No, the cold porridge is good, too.

I'm full, really.

Really?

Who did you learn that from?

The red bean porridge is so delicious.

I learned it from the ladies.

In the dry goods store before,

red beans, lotus seeds, tangerine peel, and brown sugar.

They were always sold in the store.

Then the customer asked how to cook it

to make it delicious.

How could I know as a salesperson?

So I went to consult with the ladies.

Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Wang.

The more I asked, the more I could say.

Then I learned how to cook.

Actually, before...

Be...

Be... Before?

I mean,

I can cook for you whenever you want.

No.

I mean, if I ask to have it every day,

how fat would I be?

Not at all. You're not fat.

You're thin.

It's quite late.

Maybe we should sleep.

Good night.

Good night.

[Zhaozheng Bank]

Mr. Shimazaki.

Chief.

You seem to forget that, in this building,

you can only do things one step at a time.

Don't do anything different.

Yes, Sir.

However, winning the financing bid of Shenqin Cotton Mill,

you did a good job.

Chief, thanks for your help.

Secretary Shimazaki.

Manager Cheng.

Please have a seat.

Why don't we go out and have a cup of coffee?

Sure. Please.

All right, here we go.

Thank you.

[Heath Cafe]

Dr. Xu Shu.

Manager Cheng, as Director Zhao said,

you're three years younger than me.

But in my opinion,

you, Manager Cheng, are more like my senior brother.

Manager Cheng, I sincerely hope that

we can work well together.

And I hope to get your help.

Secretary Shimazaki, please have a seat.

Actually, I always admire your work attitude.

But I'm sorry.

I'm not willing to cooperate with you.

Lung Ying Bank doesn't want to

cooperate with Zhaozheng Bank, either.

Why?

Secretary Shimazaki,

on your Chinese business card,

your job title is Secretary of Credit Section. [Secretary]

But on your Japanese business card,

the title is Investigator of Credit Section. [Investigator]

Secretary Shimazaki,

what are you investigating in Shanghai?

Manager Cheng, you misunderstood.

This is the translation difference between Japanese and Chinese.

In every Japanese bank, there are investigators

responsible for data analysis and investment.

I'm just one of them.

Really?

My research has nothing improper.

I heard from Director Zhao that you came to Shanghai a year ago.

So through this year's work,

do you still dare say that?

Right.

Even if you came to Shanghai for a year.

Just one year.

I believe that you must know about the May 30th Massacre.

More than twenty Japanese mills in Shanghai

exploited Chinese workers ruthlessly.

The shutdown of factory and

the dissolution of the labor union aroused public indignation.

Chinese workers made a demonstration

but were shot to death.

These basic rights asked by Chinese workers

were not as good as what you've got

in your plan of Shenqin Cotton Mill.

But those Japanese mills that suppressed and killed Chinese workers

with the help of foreign settlement,

their sponsor is your Zhaozheng Bank.

Secretary Shimazaki.

Your sincerity.

Your enthusiasm. And your empathy.

It's just a fig leaf of their economic invasion of us.

Right,

they use seemingly friendly people like you

to get close to Chinese industry like Shenqin Cotton Mill.

And once they've succeeded,

they must occupy the industry.

And you,

you are the biggest accomplice.

- I'm not. - Really?

Secretary Shimazaki,

you can't even preserve your own will.

Once Shenqin Cotton Mill is seized by your bank,

how can you preserve it?

Secretary Shimazaki,

I hope you think about it.

Bye.

Wait a minute.

Thanks. Yizhi.

New clothes?

I went to Xinxin Department Store

to buy clothes for Sister Lan.

It turns out that

I dressed myself like a colorful cat.

A colorful but beautiful cat.

Why are you walking home today?

I just want to feel the cold air and get chilled.

Anything wrong with the bank?

I just felt that, being a bank manager,

it's more complicated than I thought.

Well, why?

Take Shenqin Cotton Mill for example.

I thought we just needed to keep producing from a financial perspective.

But now I found it's not enough.

The competition between Chinese and Japanese mills.

It's not just about industrial development

but also related to national interests.

You can see the big picture.

That's why you think so deeply.

That's what makes you extraordinary.

Are you complimenting me?

Kind of.

In the future,

let's take a walk like now.

Where did you get this candy?

You guess?

So you got that box of candy.

When I left, you had already moved out. Right?

How did you get it?

I won't tell you.

Why?

Then why didn't you tell me?

I was afraid you'd be upset.

And I did nothing, actually.

Then you don't know how my mom praised you.

She said you can cook, clean, and sew clothes.

She wanted you to be her son.

Now I'm her son-in-law. That's the same.

All right, tell me.

How did you get this?

I did move out.

But on the way,

I suddenly found that I left my brooch there.

This candy,

did my mom ask you to buy it?

No.

Then, how did you know to buy this candy?

Your mother told me that you were still a child.

But you couldn't get a tiny bit of sweetness in your life.

I felt bad about that.

So I wanted to buy you some candy.

All right, no more about this.

You'll feel upset again.

I'd always wanted this candy.

Just this.

I didn't want anything else.

It was too precious to eat.

Because I was afraid that if I ran out of it,

I could never get more.

I looked for it everywhere.

But I couldn't find it.

I couldn't buy more.

If I had known that,

I'd have bought more boxes for you.

Where did you buy it?

- In the dock market. - The dock market?

What's that?

A place where trading companies send and receive goods.

And also the place where goods are distributed.

For example, the candy. It's most demanded in foreign firms.

Basically, after arriving at the dock, it'll be distributed everywhere.

So you can only buy it in the dock market.

There's a place like this in Shanghai.

I've never heard of it.

If I hadn't sold dry goods for years,

I wouldn't have known about a great place like this.

Do you want to go there?

Sure.

I'll take you there on a nice day.

Okay.

Hello.

Transfer me to the Cafe of Huiwen Hotel.

I'd like to order a butter cake.

Deliver it on the 14th.

Write "Happy Birthday" on it.

- Please write down the address. - Manager Cheng.

- Manager Cheng. - Director Zhao.

Secretary Shimazaki just informed me that

Zhaozheng Bank that he represents

canceled the financing plan to Shenqin Cotton Mill.

I asked him why. He didn't explain it.

He just asked me to excuse it.

Come on, Director Zhao.

Sit down, please.

No, I don't drink tea.

Okay.

Manager Cheng.

Director Zhao.

This is not a bad thing.

In the Japanese mills with such scale in Shanghai,

more or less, there is Zhaozheng Bank's capital intervention.

If they get involved in your financing,

in the future, they may occupy your factory.

But this time, you let me split the financial claim with them.

That's a failure for their plot.

Lending you money is only cultivating a rival.

Because I'm the restraint in this.

If I were them,

I would have given up.

I'm not reluctant to lose their money.

I'm reluctant to lose their technology and equipment.

Director Zhao,

you're not doing this alone.

You have the full support of Lung Ying Bank now.

The advanced technology and equipment,

I'll help you with that.

[Huang Mansion]

[Congratulations - Chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce]

Congratulations.

- Congratulations, Boss Huang. - Mrs. Huang is dressed beautifully today.

Congratulations, Mrs. Huang.

- Come in please. - Please.

- Yizhi. - Boss Guan.

- Take this. - All right. Welcome.

You're beautiful today.

Please come in.

Come in.

Congratulations, Boss Huang.

To my great son-in-law.

Chairman of Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce

will definitely be you.

Commander Liao, my father-in-law,

who recovered from a successful operation.

Thanks to you,

in the General Chamber of Commerce board competition,

I won with the majority of votes.

Thank you all.

Congratulations, Master.

Congratulations, Commander.

Thanks.

Here's a toast, Dad.

Here's a toast to you, Dad.

I wish you a long and happy life.

You have done a good job lately.

Master is always praising you.

I have a present.

Take it back to Lizi.

It's very kind of you.

This perfume was imported from France.

When my dad was in the hospital a while back,

she helped me around.

Thanks.

Well, let me thank you for Lizi.

- Master, you're back. - Nanny Wang.

- Let me make lunch for you. - No, I already ate.

Is Madam home?

Madam went to tea with Mrs. Huang.

Went to tea with Mrs. Huang?

Madam left the house a quarter hour ago.

Master.

These days, I'm busy with the construction of the Route Pichon Casino.

For your competition of Chairman of General Chamber of Commerce,

I had no help. Please punish me.

Why should I punish you?

As you say, Cheng Yizhi stood out and got things done.

His remarkable achievements are known to all.

But so are yours.

The Route Pichon Casino has such a great scale.

You got it all ready in three months.

I'll keep your effort in mind.

Thanks, Master.

I think, No. 136 land in Rue Amiral Bayle,

maybe we can use it.

Yesterday, President Meriere from the board called

to congratulate you elected as Chairman of the General Chamber of Commerce.

He's more friendly than ever.

Thank him for me.

I think if we give the land in Rue Amiral Bayle

to President Meriere and Vice President Schweitzer,

in the French concession,

Master, you'll succeed everywhere.

We've been moving a lot lately.

Inevitably it'll provoke criticism.

Let's lay low for a while.

I understand.

I need you on another matter.

Have you seen this before?

Master, this is the Life-Restoring Pill.

How much do you know about it?

I heard that on the market,

it is gaining in popularity.

If you think it's trouble, Master,

I'll find out.

Go.

Yes, Master.

Come in.

- Yizhi. - You're back.

Are you busy?

I bought you a present.

Look.

You went to buy it with Sister Lan this afternoon?

Is it nice?

- How's that? - Like it?

Of course, it's your gift.

The color suits you.

Well, wear it.

I'll leave you alone. I'll go.

Lizi.

Thanks.

Don't say thank you to me.

Rickshaw!

I'll go watch a movie with Mrs. Song of Tongtai Bank.

I might be back late tonight.

All right, Madam. Be careful on the way.

Okay.

- Be careful. - Okay.

Thanks.

[Innovation Construction]

[Lung Ying Bank]

Secretary Shimazaki, welcome.

I really like your place.

Simple and easy. Manager Cheng,

can I work here?

Secretary Shimazaki, there is an old saying in China.

A small temple cannot house a big Buddha.

A man of your ability. If you only work in Jing'an Branch,

that's a waste.

I guess I'll just have to go back to Japan.

What you said last time,

I can't forget at all.

I've always wanted to work in China.

Not only because I've studied Chinese.

Actually, my mother...

My mother is Chinese.

Sit down, please.

Right, there are not

many families like this in Nagasaki.

When I was at university in Tokyo,

I found that in my classmate's heart

China is just a backward and ignorant country. A cowardly and barren country.

This made me feel strangely worried.

Maybe I see China as another hometown of mine.

So when the professor told us

in Great East Asia, we'll have economic collaboration and common prosperity,

I had no doubt.

Full of expectations, I came from Tokyo to Shanghai.

I expected my work.

But now I realize that...

my expectations were ridiculous.

I was naive, too.

If everything I try to do is just a fig leaf,

what's the point for me to stay in Zhaozheng Bank?

Secretary Shimazaki,

I'm sorry I can't answer you.

What should you do? Where should you go?

I'm afraid you need to find out for yourself.

However.

If you want to continue to help Director Zhao

and Shenqin Cotton Mill,

we need you.

Need me?

We want to learn Japanese advanced technology.

But we have no access to the textile school in Japan.

We want the most advanced machine in Japan.

But Japanese firms set up strict limits to this.

You can do far more than you think.

Maybe you should not go anywhere else.

Manager Cheng,

I think I get it.

You mean, if I can find a way,

even in Zhaozheng Bank,

I can realize my goal.

I believe you can.

Thank you, Manager Cheng.

I know what to do.

You and Director Zhao, please wait for my message.

Thanks.

Why is he leaving?

Jing'an Branch of Lung Ying Bank.

Thank you, Secretary Guan. I'll be there on time.

[Innovation Construction]

Welcome, Manager Cheng, to visit Dingxin Company.

You come to visit us. It's a pleasure for our company.

Dr. Xu just finished the building.

I'm here to make a friend for future cooperation.

- Manager Cheng, please come in. - Okay.

Manager Cheng, look. This is the design studio of Dr. Xu.

Please.

Dr. Xu, Manager Cheng has arrived.

I know that Dr. Xu has a double major in civil engineering and architecture.

I didn't expect that you were so young.

Dr. Xu is not only young. His design is also quite advanced.

Manager Cheng, here.

- Here's Dr. Xu's latest— - Secretary Guan.

If this is okay,

I'll go to work.

You can chat.

Why did you come here, Manager Cheng?

Because of my wife.

Who is your wife?

Has she seen my designs elsewhere?

It's not important.

What matters is your design.

It's different from the popular Roman column

and the garden fountain in Shanghai.

I can't believe you appreciate it.

I just don't get it. Why is it designed this way?

The first time I got interested in buildings,

I was a child playing hide-and-seek in the yard.

Though the garden was small, there were rock gardens with soil and rocks.

Corridors and pavilions depend on each other.

The window enjoys the view from the attic.

Right there,

I know every brick and grain of soil.

Just like you said,

in Shanghai construction, western elements are en vogue now.

I was wondering, on our own land,

why can't we see any traces of our own classicism?

So you thought to combine tall buildings and pavilions together?

I prefer western high-rise buildings

which have good use of space.

But I wish the return of the Chinese form.

At the top, it doesn't have to be a rose garden.

It could be an evergreen grove.

In the center, it doesn't have to be a sculptural fountain.

It can be bridges.

And the walkways, it can be a path.

The wall can be the carved windows.

I think Shanghai needs a building like this.

It is both modern and traditional.

It has both Western form and Oriental style.

It's better to stand in the concession.

Tell people what is the most essential beauty.

It should be built.

I wonder, Dr. Xu, what's the function of it?

Residence, office, or—

- I don't know. - You don't know?

We'll know when we build it.

When people see it, they'll know what to do with it.

I'm afraid that's not right.

Dr. Xu, if there is no specific use for a building,

it's impossible to get investment.

I don't need investment.

If you think that

I showed it to you only for your investment,

then you're too arrogant.

I just thought that you resonated with my idea.

So I explained it to you.

Dr. Xu, I'm just showing you the reality.

No, thanks.

Why do you hate investment?

Because the stench of capital is similar.

If you have some extra money,

you think you can judge the ideas that others have thought over for a long time.

I'll let you down.

I don't care about your money.

If you think so,

good luck with that.

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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 ♫