Episode 15
Jie.
I got the teacher to take your picture.
You did?
Invite your teacher in.
Qiang Zi, where is he?
Are you Qiang Zi?s sister?
I can?t make it, can?t make it.
Could I have another bowl?
I want you to take a picture for my sister.
Help your sister?
Then have her come to the school.
But she can?t get to the school.
Didn?t I tell you?
Tell your sister to come and I?ll take it.
My sister can?t come.
Why can?t she?
Laoshi,
you must be the one who gave Qiang Zi this.
I thought it was strange.
These two days,
Qiang Zi has been coming home with sweets
saying his teacher gave him them.
He thought they?re delicious,
so he left me two pieces.
How about you take them back?
No, no, no.
I have some.
You guys eat.
Do just you two live here?
Where are your parents?
My mom and dad are working elsewhere.
They?ll come back after a few years.
It?s just me and Qiang Zi here.
Two people passing the days by.
But the whole village
is in a similar situation.
If it weren?t for my leg being like this,
I would also go find work.
But staying here is fine as well.
I can look after Qiang Zi.
Look here, don?t be nervous.
Smile.
You just got here.
I hate to part with you.
Study hard in school.
Listen to your professors.
Remember to rest.
Don?t wear yourself out.
Mom, don?t worry.
I?ll rest.
Ayi, don?t worry.
We?ll look after Min Qiang.
That?s right.
Wang Min Qiang?s doesn?t have any shortcomings,
except maybe studying too much.
Enough chatter, the bus?s here.
Let the kids get on the bus.
Come on, kids, on the bus.
Come on, come on.
Look, this is the flat bread I made you.
Your favorite.
Eat it on the way.
Thank you, Mom.
I?ll get it.
Come back often.
Bye-bye.
Come back when you can.
Take care of yourself.
Come whenever you want, all of you.
Son.
Bye-bye.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
Goodbye.
Bye-bye.
Shushu, wait.
Wait, shushu.
Hold on, shushu.
Driver, driver.
Stop a second, stop.
Qiang Zi,
what are you doing here?
Thank you for helping my sister with the picture.
These eggs are for you.
Thank you, Qiang Zi.
Um... don?t worry.
When I get back,
I?ll definitely mail you that photo.
I have to go now.
Laoshi,
don?t steal eggs anymore!
Jun Cai, what did he mean, steal eggs?
No... nothing, it?s nothing.
About yesterday...
I?m sorry.
Just... just forget about it.
Like... like nothing happened.
What did you say?
Sometimes, men
a-after they get drunk
loose control.
I apologize.
Jerk.
Jun Cai.
We have so many eggs.
Let?s try to hatch them when we get back.
Sure.
As long as you?re happy.
This is the flat bread my mom made.
Try it.
Thanks, Min Qiang.
Luo-shixiong, have some.
Since when were you so caring?
Good?
Xiu Qi, this flat bread is really good.
You want some?
I?m not hungry.
Are you okay, Xiu Qi?
Are you feeling unwell?
No. I?ll be fine after I rest.
Come out.
Why are you being so secretive?
I?m not.
I...
I passed by here on my way
to the school.
You mean me being behind the tree...
I...
I was afraid it would be awkward between us,
so... the result was...
was being discovered by you.
Okay then. Since you don?t need anything, I?ll go.
Um...
Dressed like that, you?re going to exercise.
Mm.
After I exercise,
I still need to meet a friend.
I?m very busy.
I?m going ahead.
That jerk. What does he want exactly?
It?s just a confession, isn?t it?
Ding Ling-xiaojie.
I?ll take responsibility for what happened.
Ding Ling-xiaojie.
Um... agree to be my girlfriend.
I like you.
Hello?
Hello, is this Mr Luo Hai Bin?
It is.
Your credit card bill total is 23,938 Yuan.
*Approx. $4,000
I?ve already sent you several emails,
but they?re always returned.
If you still don?t pay it off this month,
we will start litigation with the court.
Please be prepared.
Luo Hai Bin.
You owe a butt-load of debt.
How can you go on dates?
What? Need me for something?
About yesterday...
I?m sorry.
J-just forget about it.
P-pretend it never happened.
This man.
Drank too much.
Didn?t control himself.
Director, you?re looking for me?
Hurry in.
We?ll be having our
annual student seminar in a few days.
I...
I especially invited a professor for you.
It looks like they?re referring to the real print book Justice: What?s the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel, a Harvard professor.
Isn?t this
that famous American professor from Harvard?
This professor
is ordinarily quite busy.
I used an extraordinary amount of energy
to get him.
It?s been hard on you, Director.
Inviting a foreign professor to lecture here
is the student government?s
most important activity all year.
I can?t stand by and watch
you be the only one busy.
So this time,
I?ve personally gone into the field.
I?m really grateful, Director.
Don?t thank me.
Thank your parents.
My parents?
Your parents
raised you to be so extraordinary
and good-looking.
I can?t help but want to cultivate you.
Don?t let me down.
Your praise is too much, Director.
I will work hard.
Hurry up and go.
Making posters, sending out invitations,
so much work is awaiting you.
Go on and get to it.
Okay, Director. I?m leaving then.
Don?t worry.
He is filled with unlimited possibility.
Exactly the same as the younger me.
Stop, stop.
What?s wrong?
The exam is coming up.
Do you think this level can pass?
I?m sorry.
Shu Qing,
I?ve always considered you a serious child.
Why have you been so out of sorts lately?
I didn?t come to the concert
to find my boyfriend.
I trust him.
How did you get these?
They?ve been sold out for so long.
Go see it if you can.
I know you like rock music.
Cello...
Okay. Please make sure again.
Right.
It was approximately two hours ago.
I didn?t memorize the plate number.
It was around Zhong Shan Road.
After you find the driver, please contact me right away.
Please.
Why were you so careless?
Even leaving your cello in the trunk.
It?s fine.
If you really can?t find it,
I?ll buy you the same one.
There isn?t another like it.
The cello was custom ordered by
my dad years ago in Italy.
Don?t worry.
I?ll find a person who can make an identical one.
What aren?t you understanding?
There isn?t another one like it on this Earth.
The way instruments produce music is different for each one.
If you?re scared your father will blame you,
I?ll help you explain it to him.
I?m not scared of him blaming me.
I?ve had that cello for so long.
Getting used to a new one isn?t very easy.
It?s almost exam time.
I?m so careless.
Yes.
We need to have the original English print of that professor?s book sent to us.
This way, we can then make a summary from its contents,
then give that to everybody.
That one.
Make 100 copies.
How long will it take?
Three days.
Two days.
We don?t have that much time.
Student Memo:
We invite you to participate in a seminar the famous Harvard professor Michael Ham
will be giving at our school this month.
Excellent, professors.
The student body president
Li Xiu Qi is working terribly hard
to put this seminar together.
He talks well.
As professors, help him out if you can.
It isn?t easy for
young people to do things.
Yes, yes, yes.
We will, we will.
We will take care of
the student you are cultivating, too.
Right, Professor Wang?
Yes, yes.
Don?t worry, Director.
We will take care of him.
Li Xiu Qi has big potential.
The last dinner party
didn?t come to be.
Yes.
I think
there?s no better day than today.
At any rate
it?s my treat after our meeting.
I think this is a good place.
We... we can?t come here.
What?s the issue, Professor Luo?
I think you have another complaint.
No... no, that?s not it, Director.
I... I?m saying...
The atmosphere isn?t very good.
Let?s change to a better place.
What?s wrong with the atmosphere?
How is it bad?
Where will we go?
Let?s go here!
Let?s go, let?s go.
Come on.
Yes, yes, let?s go.
Let?s go wherever you want, Director.
Come on, Professor Luo.
Let?s go.
What?s with the vigor today?
Break another glass?
Order whatever.
Sit, sit.
Dad.
Ding Ling-jie,
my dad?s here with other professors.
Okay. Go ahead.
Take care of them.
Okay.
Hello, Director.
You?re a student at our school, aren?t you?
Mm.
Working here to save money?
Mm.
Working here?
Good.
Supporting yourself.
Here?s the menu, Director.
Okay.
The quality of the school has somewhat dropped.
Professor Wang, have you...
You didn?t know that about Professor Luo?
How could I not?
That?s all in the past.
Professor Wu...
How is it in the past, Professor Luo?
You know when you first came to our school,
you gave me a fright!
Why am I nervous?
What?s it got to do with me?
It?s fine. Perfect.
Do you have a photo from then?
The tests aren?t rigorous.
Right, right, let me see.
Let us see, let us see.
It?s a very serious situation.
For table 7?
I?ll take it over.
Any others? Any others?
This is so stylish.
This, this.
Later, we can do it.
Right?
This is a good photo, too.
Excuse me.
Your dishes.
Red-cooked pork.
Please enjoy.
Thank you.
That photo just then, you were really handsome.
That photo just then.
Where were you performing?
Where was it?
That photo just then.
Hey, why isn?t Xiu Qi back?
I haven?t seen him in the dorm lately.
The student government?s having a seminar.
He must be busy with that.
What seminar?
The student government
is inviting a famous professor from abroad.
Xiu Qi?s taking on major responsibility.
He?s been super busy these past few days.
You didn?t know?
Looks like it.
Min Qiang, where are you going?
To wash.
That?s a good idea.
But the showers are closing soon...
What?
Wang Min Qiang actually wants to shower.
He?s going to shower!?
Ma Jun Cai.
Get up.
Why are you freaking out over coins?
You don?t understand.
I?m someone who?s going to have a wife.
I?m collecting money to support Wen Ting Ting.
Each and every coin is very important to me.
Okay.
Continue.
Found it all?
Forgot to bring clothes to change into.
Hey.
Why didn?t you tell me you?re putting on a seminar?
I only knew about it from Zhang You Tiao.
I?ve been busy I forgot.
You dare forget that?
Zhang You Tiao, give me a hand.
You rest, we got it.
Okay.
Okay!
Well? Not bad right?
It?s a little crooked.
No it?s not.
Your eyes must be.
Oh please.
See? It?s crooked.
Okay.
I?ll do the rest myself.
You guys head back.
Hey.
This guy
has been talking so harsh lately.
This is my job.
I don?t need anyone else to take the trouble.
Xiu Qi, we?re doing this out of kind?
Bye, Xiu Qi.
See you later.
Let?s go, let?s go.
What?s going on with Xiu Qi?
Acting all strange.
He wants to take charge of such an important event himself.
I can understand.
He?s up against a lot of pressure.
As friends,
we ought to empathize with him.
You?ve spent a lot of time with him.
You sound just like him.
But this sort of job
must be a piece of cake to him.
As far as I understand him,
he shouldn?t be that nervous.
It?s not that you don?t understand him.
He?s feeling the importance
weighing on his body.
True.
If this event fails,
he?ll fall flat in the next student elections.
He?ll definitely feel down
if he can?t get reelected.
You?re making sense.
The position of president is very important to Xiu Qi.
He?s told me before,
Failing once will produce a negative mindset.
Following that, you?ll take a pessimistic view of your life.
A negative attitude.
A negative attitude
represents you want to delay working.
If you delay working,
the Director won?t think highly of you.
That?s even more depressing.
Leads to you giving up on yourself.
Then you can?t find a job.
Then you?ll be all pessimistic.
Done for, done for, done for. What to do?
Li Xiu Qi won?t suffer clinical depression, will he?
Luo-shixiong.
You didn?t hear me making a joke?
Anyway, we have to help him more.
You?re right.
Help him divide the pressure from his job.
Like I said,
I never believed in such luck.
There?s still time.
Let?s check the next place.
It?s here.
Is that yours?
Mm.
It?s not broken.
Where did you leave it?
Around Zhong Shan Road,
where I got out of the car.
That?s the same as what the person who brought it said.
Should be yours then.
Come sign the forms.
Sign here.
Thank you.
You?re welcome.
Could I ask you
who brought the cello here?
Oh that? I don?t really remember.
He didn?t leave any contact information.
If later on, you have a way to contact this kindhearted person
could you let me know?
I want to thank him.
That?s not a problem.
You were right.
Some things
you can?t just give up on.
Are you talking about the cello or me?
I have a phone call.
I got it.
Good work.
GM Tang.
Why did you want the cello
anonymously left at the taxi company?
It wasn?t easy to find.
You had to personally go to Guangzhou.
Forget it.
This way is fine.
So many people.
Even though I always sleep through seminars,
as a friend, I?ll bugger through.
Mm.
Hold on.
Did you forget about working?
How could I?
How can two things happen at the same time?
How about we skip work?
Skip work?
No.
Haven?t you been scolded by the librarian enough?
True. The sub said
if I take off without notice again,
he?ll get someone else.
Then what are you going on about?
Let?s do our job well.
Try to get off early, okay?
Okay.
Put that flower pot over there.
Hello?
The professor has arrived, right?
Excellent. We?re prepared over here.
Hurry up.
Xiu Qi.
It?s so pretty.
You?re amazing, Xiu Qi.
Everyone pitched in.
How come it?s just you two?
Where?s Luo Man?
Luo Man went to the library with Zhang Hao really early.
Probably won?t make it.
Xiu Qi.
Director, you?re here.
Director.
Xiu Qi.
Hello, Director.
Look at our Xiu Qi,
doing things so neat and orderly.
He?s the same as me at his age.
You?re the same as me at your age.
You?re too kind, Director.
In a bit,
the school leader will be here.
Demonstrate your hard work.
Mm, I understand.
What time is it?
Why isn?t our instructor here?
Just now a classmate told me he?s arrived.
I?ll phone him again.
Okay.
Director.
How about you take a rest?
Sure, sure, sure.
Have a seat, sir.
Okay, okay.
Hello? Xiu Qi.
Hello, Jiang Yu, where are you guys?
We?re still on the way.
There?s a serious traffic jam here.
What? A traffic jam?
Hello? Ting Ting.
Is the seminar starting soon?
Save me a seat.
I?ll be there soon.
How can it start soon?
The lecturer is stuck in a traffic jam.
There?s still 10 minutes before it begins.
So troublesome.
What?
He?s still not there?
I don?t know if there?s been a car crash,
but he said the road?s all congested.
The important thing is, everyone has arrived.
What can we do? I?m so anxious.
What about Xiu Qi?
What?s Xiu Qi saying?
What?
The cars haven?t moved in 40 minutes?
You can?t take another route?
So many people in the auditorium.
Luo Man and Zhang Hao will probably have to sit in the aisle.
Look at Xiu Qi.
Xiu Qi,
how is it? Where?s the lecturer?
They?re still quite a way away.
They won?t be able to make it on time.
What are you going to do?
How should I know?
Everyone?s here.
These
are the freshly arrived books and materials.
You
put these bar code labels on their surface.
Don?t ruin or lose them.
Understood.
Don?t worry.
When have I made a mistake?
Don?t let this time be like last time.
A lot of these are
precious materials the school spent a lot of money on.
This random book
costs more than your semester tuition.
So take this seriously.
Don?t damage or lose them.
Understand?
Yes, yes.
Leave it to me. Go ahead and eat.
Don?t worry.
Okay then. I?m taking my lunch.
Okay.
What precious materials
actually cost more than my tuition?
Let me see.
Zhang You Tiao! It?s not good, not good.
Be more careful, would you?
Something?s happened.
The professor for the seminar still hasn?t arrived.
Everyone?s waiting for him.
Got in an accident?
Jinx. A traffic jam.
Where at?
On the bridge north of the pub.
What?re you doing?
Where?d he go?
Gone in the blink of an eye.
Zhang You Tiao!
Why are you going?
Driver, could you please think of something?
Let?s go from over there.
It?s first time I?m meeting my Chinese students.
I just can?t be late!
My apologies.
This is the situation China is in.
Even if this were your first meeting with the American president,
I can?t do anything about it.
Zhang Hao!
Professor Ham?
Yes.
Okay.
Come on, I?ll take you.
Come on, we don?t have time.
You take care of my luggage.
Yes, Professor, no problem.
Okay, let?s go.
What to do?
Did something happen to the professor?
People are leaving.
Classmates.
Classmates, the professor is almost here.
Almost here.
I?ve read his essay over time.
He said what?s most important is being on time.
He can?t even do that himself,
so on what basis should we listen to him lecture?
Aren?t we wasting our time this way?
That is...
What is going on here?
That?s right. We?ve waited for so long.
A little accident has occurred.
The professor?s stuck in a traffic jam.
He?ll be here really soon.
Professor. You... you?re leaving, too?
I was just here to fill up a seat.
The time has passed.
I have to pick up my kids.
Professor, don?t leave.
What to do?
What should we do?
Don't leave
The pro-professor?s almost here.
He'll be here soon.
What is going on?
Hello?
Please quiet down.
Classmates,
due to circumstances,
today's seminar might be?