Sis Tik-tik.
Yes?
We're eating hamburgers for lunch. Why don't we eat sushi next time?
Sushi is very expensive. You want to bankrupt me?
A hamburger only costs $20 or so.
You'll be full eating it.
But this is junk food. There's no nutrition.
Where's the ketchup?
I don't know. Perhaps they forgot it. It's fine.
Fries without ketchup have no soul. I'll go get some.
Go ahead then.
Is it good?
What's the matter?
There's ketchup on your lips.
Really?
I'll get the ketchup, OK?
Don't bother. This really is junk food.
It seems Brother Ka-ming has finally found someone who suits him.
A woman spends her whole life
looking for someone who can buy her more than a hamburger.
When will I find that guy?
I'm always here for you.
Can you lend me $30 please?
Lunch just now was so expensive. I'm not really full. I need a hamburger.
I mustn't think of the wrong guy and go on the wrong path again.
I've suffered for so many years. That's enough.
I don't want to be a woman who can only afford to eat hamburgers.
I don't want to be a woman who has to treat a man to hamburgers.
This is Diamond. He's one of us.
He works for our company on a long-term basis.
The records he's produced have made several of our singers famous.
When I heard you were putting on a show, Sis Fong. I immediately thought of him.
Diamond, we don't have Brother Tang now.
You must work harder for me and take good care of Sis Fong, OK?
Don't worry. I will do my best.
I see. Mr Tsang is personally nominating him.
So?
Your boss wants to replace Brother Tang.
So Mr Tsang is personally supervising things now.
He's also telling your boss that
there will be a commissioner following her around.
He's telling your boss not to act capriciously.
I see.
Very good. You played so well.
Thank you. Of all of Ms. Wah's songs, I like this one the best.
It embodies the initial passion for music and the most innocent drive.
Good. I agree this song should be used in the prologue.
But as the prologue for a glamorous concert,
I don't think the arrangement for this song is rich enough.
So I want to add an orchestra
and pick up the beat in the middle.
And I'll add some guitar to make it
a bit more rock.
I want to present this old song in a new form.
I don't agree to that.
As you said just now, this is my first song on stage.
This is the first song where someone wrote the melody and lyrics for me.
This is also the first song that made Wah Fong-ying famous.
I must respect its writer Mr Kat Leung. I want to keep his original work.
Music is a living thing.
Adding in element of the time can keep it alive.
I absolutely respect this original writer.
Why don't you set up a meeting between this Mr Kat Leung and me?
We can discuss how to rearrange this song.
You can rearrange all my other songs except this one.
I will keep singing this song in its original version.
If you insist on rearranging this song, I won't sing it.
We know Sis Fong's temperament. Don't worry. We can work this out.
If we want her to step out of the box,
why don't we go to my home studio next time?
It's in the Mid-Levels.
There's a huge French window facing the harbor.
We can play the guitar and listen to music.
It's an extraordinary feeling.
Good.
It's so much like the idol drama I'm watching.
The male lead also plays the piano
for the female lead by the sea.
It works for you only, Tik-tik. But Sis Fong won't buy that.
Never mind. We can talk about this again. Let's go.
OK.
Ask her to come one day.
OK.
Bye.
Tik-tik, if you're interested,
I'll play the piano for you in front of the sea next time.
Really?
Let's fix a time later.
OK.
Bye.
Bye...Then I'll become the female lead in the idol drama?
What's the matter with you?
Hi, female lead of an idol drama.
Wake up. Your boss is calling a meeting. Back to your role as her maid again.
I can't stand this. It's lukewarm.
Sorry. I'll make another one.
What were you saying?
I was suggesting that you and Diamond could mix a new song for the show
to give the audience a surprise.
Give him more room for creativity.
I believe he can create a totally new image for you
so you'll be more in line with the current trends in music.
So you mean I'm outdated?
I can't make it without him so I have to give in to him, right?
I didn't mean that.
You have so many diehard fans to support you already.
But there are never too many fans.
I believe Diamond can develop a market among young people.
Take Tik-tik for example. She's a typical Hong Kong girl.
She likes Diamond a lot.
Why pull me into this?
Miss Wah, I've tested it. It's exactly 60 degrees.
Do you really like Diamond?
I just think he's gifted.
Just now the song he played had the touch of the original work.
It's just close to it.
No one is coming to my 40th anniversary concert because of him.
Of course there may be exceptions. Anyway this isn't a bad things.
You can discuss with Diamond how we should jam songs on TV.
Thank you, Ms. Wah.
But I think there's enough of a gimmick with just Diamond.
I hope you can be the focal point in town
and appear in the C1 section headline.
What? How could there suddenly be so many stories?
Elaborate.
Entertainment news is about hype.
What's most worth hyping in your network
is your second ex-husband Tong Sze-chit.
One is a best actor and the other is a singing queen.
You were once a perfect couple in the entertainment business.
When you guys divorced, so many people thought it was such a shame.
You're putting on a retrospective concert now.
I'm sure Mr Tong will be a hot topic.
Don't mention him again.
I've already deleted this person from my life.
Whether it's my concert or anything else,
I don't want to be related to this person.
Hey...Oh, no. That's my minibus.
Do you need to take a minibus?
Call Diamond and ask him to take you in his sports car to his studio
to enjoy the air-con there and listen to him play a song for you.
You eavesdropped on our conversation. You're so cheap.
You two were flirting so loudly. You think I wanted to listen to that?
Let me remind you:
There's a one-carat diamond right in front of you now.
If you don't grab it, someone will.
You think it's that easy? He and I are from two different worlds.
You call yourself a diehard fan of Marjorina?
You haven't learned any tricks?
Do what he likes?
Of course.
I have limited training in music. I can only play several nursery rhymes.
I'll help you. Come to my place. I'll give you a crash course.
Stop...Are you sawing wood or hammering a nail?
If you play like this, you'll ruin any fantasy he has of you.
I told you I haven't played since I graduated from high school.
Being able to distinguish do re mi is already incredible.
It's like this. Listen to this.
It's your turn. Da...
No. You don't put your fingers there. Here. Put them here.
It's in the way you smile.
And when you hold me close...
Da...OK. Let's do it all together.
The whole wide world just disappears. It's only you and me.
I can see it in your eyes. It's in the way you look at me.
OK. OK. I'm sweating too...
I'm tired even if you aren't. Would you like a drink?
Sure.
OK.
I've never felt this way before. In my heart I know that we are meant to be.
This is yours.
OK. Thank you.
It's so hot.
Hey, wake up. You're staring at them. They're embarrassed.
How could you do that? You suddenly take off your clothes.
This is my home. I do as I like.
When you're alone with Diamond at his place,
he might suddenly give you some sex appeal signals.
What will you do then?
Remember to stay calm. Don't behave the way you did just now, OK?
Diamond is a gentleman. He's not like you.
Is he a man? A man has the genes of a hunter.
If you let him to catch you too soon, he'll be bored.
So you mustn't let him hook you so soon.
On the other hand, if you respond too slowly
he'll lose interest.
The best reaction is to linger between yes and no
to keep him wanting you.
What does that mean?
Look at me.
That's the gaze. Remember that, OK?
Hey, Law Bun.
What a coincidence!
Right. Hey, tonight the girls and I are having a barbecue.
Would you like to join us?
All girls?
Are you scared?
I've never tried that before. But if you guys don't mind, why not?
I'll count you in then. I'll go buy something first. Bye.
Where are you taking me?
What's the matter? Are you scared?
It's more exciting when you don't know where you're going.
Ah...I'm really scared.
How are you? Are you terrified?
I've never been so excited before.
It's fun, right?
What does your tattoo mean?
You mean this one? It's Sanskrit. It means no regrets, no fear.
I'm not like you.
You can be like me as long as you're willing to try. No fear.
Law Bun, you're still here?
Yes. Your tattoo. I mean the one on your back.
Does it mean, "no regrets, no fear"?
Yes. It's Sanskrit. You know it too?
I have a friend who has an identical tattoo on her shoulder.
Could your friend be Teresa?
You know Teresa?
Yes. She's my yoga mentor. I really adore her. I see freedom in her.
She never confines herself to a box. She pursues excitement and novelty.
She follows her heart and trusts her feelings.
She does whatever she feels like doing.
I can't do that. I can only get a tattoo like her.
Teresa is a very special woman. I haven't seen her in a long time.
You're right. She never stays in one place.
After going to see the flying art in Dunhuang,
she went to Nepal to see the Tonga art.
She goes to the ends of the world. You never know where she's gone.
I don't know if I'll get a chance to see her again.
If you want to see Teresa, ask her out then. Hello, Teresa.
Why is it so dirty over there?
OK.
It needs to be cleaned up.
OK.
That girl...Is she Lancy's younger sister?
I'm not sure. She's the center's new yoga instructor.
Hello.
This is your super fan. This is Gordon.
Hello, Gordon. It's been a long while. What is it?
My resort in Yilan has just been renovated. I want to invite you to come and enjoy it.
I'm quite busy these days. Maybe later.
Relax. No matter how busy you are, you still need to enjoy family life.
Is Nam-sze there?
Not Lancy. It's your younger daughter, Tong Yan.
Where is everybody? I was told there'd be a meeting.
Szeto Tik-tik.
I'm sorry. Ms. Wah packed her stuff and went to the airport just now
because something urgent came up.
She said she might not be able to hurry back tomorrow.
She told you guys to cancel the recording.
Cancel it?
Hello.
Hello, Ms. Wah.
How could you just decide to cancel the recording without talking to me?
Everything is ready now. I prepared another song for you too.
I mixed two of your songs. I changed the style.
If you sing it on the show, I'm sure the response will be...
Diamond, I need to attend to something really urgent.
Besides, I've thought about it.
I don't like mixing my songs like this. It's like putting everything into one dish.
Think about it some more.
Maybe it's not a bad thing
that we don't do the recording for the time being.
Ms. Wah, how could you just ban my work without listening to it?
You need to do something important. This show is very important to me too.
I went for two nights without any sleep to prepare this song for you.
Now you just cancel the recording.
I don't think you respect me as the musical director at all.
You better ask someone else to do this job for you.
Hello, Diamond.
Diamond...
Please don't leave. Please listen to me.
That's the way it is. It's hard to serve a superstar.
I'm a musician. I came here to make good music.
I didn't come here to serve a superstar.
You're right. But...
Diamond, Ms. Wah really does appreciate your talent.
Tik-tik, you don't need to pacify me.
Ms. Wah has a completely different concept of music than mine. We can't sync at all.
We'd be wasting our time to keep on.
I believe that I must insist on my style in order to write good music.
But I'm really glad that I got a chance to meet you this time.
If there's a chance, I want you to listen to my music seriously.
What?
Excuse me, boss.
Tong Yan, why did you call me boss like a stranger? I'm your Uncle Gordon.
Have a seat please...What's the matter?
Did you employ me because you know my mom?
Of course not. I didn't know until they had hired you.
You're a surprise to me.
Look. I'm throwing a surprise party tonight to welcome you on board. You must come.
I have an appointment tonight.
How can that be? I've set up everything already.
How can the star be absent?
Mr Lai, I don't care whose fan you are.
Business is business. I don't need any special favors.
Can I grant you special privilege for just one night?
Tonight there's a special guest.
She's coming just to perform for you.
Special guest?
Yes.
Wah Fong-ying, right?
Yeah. You're really clever. That's correct.
Sorry. I don't have her acting genes. I can't act.
And I'm resigning.
Why?
Wherever you find her, you won't find me.
Hello. Welcome.
Wah Fong-ying?
Law Bun? Why are you here?
Aren't you preparing for your concert?
I came to see Tong Yan, Why are you here?
I have an appointment with Tong Yan too.
You have an appointment with her? How come?
Let's talk inside.
Fong-ying.
You're here too?
This place belongs to you too?
Yes. So you're not going to come in?
I don't care how long you two want to carry on fighting.
I want to see my daughter. Can we talk inside?
Go inside.
Come on. Have a drink. Enjoy tea.
Our desserts are prepared by a French chef. They're really good. Try them.
Is Tong Yan working? I want to see her now.
I have an appointment with her at 3pm.
Sorry. I'm afraid to disappoint you both.
As soon as she heard you were coming, she resigned and left.
She's gone?
Just now I came out to chase her but I had already missed her.
Law Bun, you're in contact with her. You must know how to reach her.
I'm already trying.
Obviously she wants to avoid you. She's not answering.
Let me ask Nam-sze.
There's no point calling Lancy.
Once she knew you were coming, she left immediately.
That means she wants to stay away from you.
Why would she call someone you know?
It was so hard to find out where she is.
I dropped everything with the concert and flew here to see her.
When did you know Tong Yah was here?
You didn't tell me even though you knew?
Why was she seeing you?
I made an appointment with her.
But it wasn't to see her.
Boss, a Miss Tong left a message in your office.
Someone called Law Bun-hon.
That's him.
6:30pm. Shimen Cave beach.
Teresa will be waiting for you by the stone bridge.
Why did you read my stuff?
Teresa? Is that woman with a tattoo?
You know her too?
Teresa? Is that woman with a tattoo?
You know her too?
Do you remember the letter Ming Ha didn't get to send me?
She mentioned that woman in her letter.
She saw the photos you printed of that woman. She remembered her tattoo.
She knew that was your other woman.
No regrets, no fear. So romantic.
You started a romance with another woman. You forgot that you were a married man.
Thank God there's poetic justice. You even gave her letter to me yourself.
I didn't cheat on Ming Ha.
Teresa was just a good friend. That's it.
Ming Ha told me that although you were physically there with her,
your heart was no longer with her.
She didn't complain
because she thought it was already so tough for you
to take care of her because she was sick.
She didn't want you to add to your unhappiness.
She didn't want to be your burden.
Law Bun, you made your wife feel like she was a burden to you.
You dare say that you never betrayed her?
Since Ming Ha had decided to suck it up, there's nothing for me to say about it.
But I really admire you. You're even more fake than me.
You didn't just deceive the whole world you also lied to yourself. I'm sorry.
I don't want to hang out with such a fraud.
Fong-ying...
Lover's Bridge.
The sunset is so beautiful. Why are you so unhappy?
I miss my wife.
Where is she now?
She went to a very faraway place. She's never coming back.
Ming Ha, I want to tell you that you were never a burden.
There really was a woman called Teresa.
I had once thought of running away from reality
and getting together with her.
But in the end I didn't leave.
That's because I loved you. You're so important to me.
Ming Ha, I should have told you this long ago.
Then you wouldn't have had to suffer these silly thoughts.
This is my fault. I shouldn't have let you to endure everything on your own.
So you want to apologize to her.
Too bad I can't do that now.
What if I can help you?
What's wrong? You don't like the food?
Actually I want to see you and Ms. Wah working together.
Why don't you reconsider?
I thought we were dating today so we wouldn't talk about work.
You've put so much effort into Ms. Wah's concert.
You're suddenly quitting now. Don't you think it's a shame?
We can work together if we can get along. Otherwise we should just part.
Too bad I'll have less opportunity to see you in the future.
That's just an excuse. You're seeing me now.
I know how to write songs. I really don't know how to make excuses.
Tik-tik, why don't you resign and come work for me?
Well...
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to Marjorina...
Marjorina?
Happy birthday, Marjorina.
Thank you.
Marjorina...Hello. Do you know Song Sheung-hang?
Sean? You are...?
I'm his friend. I've read his book.
So I know he met a charming woman in both his book and his life.
He even used this woman's name as his pseudonym.
He called himself Marjorina.
I was with Sean before. But that's history already.
On the same day two years ago, it was our 30th birthday.
It was also the day I decided to leave him.
You both?
Yes. We were born on the same day in the same month of the same year.
So we used to celebrate our birthdays together every year.
His birthday wish every year was to get rich and famous.
In the end it was the book's Marjorina who got famous.
The real Jori couldn't wait any longer.
Why didn't you keep waiting? Didn't you think he would get famous?
What about you? How long can you wait for a man?
Perhaps someday you will make the same decision as me.
Have you ever regretted your decision?
Romance is just probabilities. There's nothing worth regretting.
Whether it's in Sean's book or in real life,
Marjorina is just a name.
Wish you a very long and blessed life. Happy birthday to you.
Wishing you happiness every year. Happy birthday.
Yeah, happy birthday.
How did you know it's my birthday today?
You can find out. But I won't tell you.
Stop talking. It's almost midnight.
Hurry and make a wish.
I wish Song Sheung-hang will be famous soon.
Hey, you said it out loud. How can it become true now?
Right. Make another wish then.
I want to be famous and popular.
Famous and popular. Sorry. Make another wish.
I want to excel and become rich.
This one's good. But you said it out loud.
Really, how did you know it's my birthday?
Buddy called and mentioned it.
How did you know I was there?
That was a coincidence too.
How can there be so many coincidences? Tell me the truth.
It was really a coincidence just now.
But before that, I had walked around for three hours
hoping I'd run into you so I can celebrate your birthday with you.
Why do you think birthdays are so special? There's a birthday every year.
But this year you ate hamburgers with me. Thank you. I mean it.
If you're the one, I wouldn't mind just eating hamburgers with you.
Are you drunk on soda? Wake up. You've got a diamond already.
Diamond asked me to be his assistant. I turned down his offer.
Are you stupid or what?
Yes, I'm stupid.
Every woman wants to marry a rich guy. Me too.
I meant every word I said in the Charming Cheap Lady video.
I once worked really hard on that because I wanted to find that diamond.
I've finally found it. It's even so beautiful. It's glittering too.
But I'd rather pick up a pebble
that I really want and don't mind that it's just a pebble.
A couple days ago I was still swearing that
I didn't want to be a woman who could only afford to eat hamburgers.
But now I really want to be the woman who can eat hamburgers with you.
I'm always here for you, no matter how hard sometimes life can get.
I know we'll make it through, as long as we have...
How is it? Is it fixed?
The car has broken down.
Fong-ying, I've arranged another car to come pick you up.
I wonder if I'll make the flight.
If you can't leave, it'll be God's will.
Even God wants you to stay behind to keep me company...
Actually the music director for my concert has resigned.
Everything's Topsy-turvy in Hong Kong. I need to take care of the problems.
Relax. Relax. I was like you before. I worked really hard.
I paid all my attention to my business. I neglected my family.
Let me tell you, I've been married four times. In the end I divorced four times too.
But I'm different now.
When I find the right target, I will put her as top priority.
Why is it so hot? I'm so thirsty.
I'll buy you a drink.
No, thanks. I see it. It's over there.
No, let me go with you.
Don't bother. Wait here for the car.
Be careful.
Tong Yan.
What do you want now?
Do you really want to stay away from me forever?
We meet time and again. This is God's will.
Whether you like it or not, you're still my daughter.
You can't run away. Sit down.
Hello, Teresa. Law Bun didn't show up? I left him a message.
Hey, I can't talk to you right now. Let's talk later.
Why do you hang out with such an indecent woman?
What are you talking about? Don't smear my friend.
This Teresa was Law Bun's ex-lover.
They saw each other when his wife was still alive.
How long has his wife been dead?
He already wants to rekindle his love with this woman.
This is my friend's personal life. You have no right to make any comments.
I want you to choose your friends wisely.
A lot people aren't what they seem Law Bun is a good example.
Aren't you a good example?
I watched you and dad perform the wonderful face-change trick
even when I was a little girl.
You knew very well that he had a mistress.
But you could still pretend to be deeply in love with him on TV.
You even got my brother and me to pose as a model family.
Who can be more fake and hypocritical than you?
That was my second marriage already.
Back then you and your brother were still young.
I didn't want my family to break up again.
I did my best to salvage it.
Enough. There aren't reporters or cameras around. Quit the act, OK?
If you cared about your children,
you wouldn't have made us act in front of the cameras.
You didn't get a divorce not because you wanted to keep the family intact.
You only wanted to protect your image.
Do you know what my birthday wishes were when I was a little girl?
I wished you would get a divorce sooner.
Fong-ying...
I want to be alone.
No. They told me Law Bun's missing.
The owner of the guesthouse said Law Bun left early in the morning.
He hasn't come back. His backpack is still in his room.
Didn't he say he was going to see that woman Teresa? Are they together?
Do you have her number?
Tong Yan asked Teresa. She said Law Bun didn't show up.
Could there have been an accident? Did he fall into the sea?
Then we must call the police.
I must tell my friend who's a general in the air force.
I'll ask him to send military aircrafts to look for him.
Calm down. I think Law Bun is fine.
He just chickened out because he thought he had cheated on Ming Ha.
Agree. But where would he go if he thought he had cheated on his wife?
We really need to ask his wife.
I know he's got this habit.
He leaves messages in his wife's voice mail
so he feels like he's talking to her.
Do you have Ming Ha's number?
Perhaps he'd tell her where he's heading.
I do have Ming Ha's number.
But how can we listen to the messages without the password?
I know the password.
Ming Ha mentioned in her letters to me
that she used my birthday as her cell phone's password.
In heaven and on earth, in this life and the hereafter,
I wish you a blessed and happy eternity.
That's all I can do for you. Now you have to rely on yourself.
Stop...Hey, Law Bun, what are you doing here?
Someone told me that
when the lantern floats across the sea to the end of the sky,
the person in another world will know my thoughts for her.
I've been in Taiwan for so many years. I've never heard of such a story.
Someone most likely made up the story to cheat you out of your money.
If you insist on doing this, let me help you
No. The flying lantern is my blessing for Ming Ha.
I must do this by myself.
How come it can't be lit?
Why did you drive your car over here?
To shield it against the wind.
I'm not doing it for you. I'm just doing it for Ming Ha.
Hey...What are you doing? You'll get killed.
It's OK. You can come again.
Ming Ha's gone already. I've hurt her. I can't make it up to her anymore.
Ming Ha, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You'll be fine.
Law Bun, is this room OK for you? This is your camera. It should be fine.
But my assistant made a mistake.
She opened your camera and the film got exposed.
It's my fault.
It's not.
I didn't mean the film.
I mean your life could have been completely different if it weren't for me.
I decided to live my life this way.
Anyway I was way too selfish. I betrayed my friend.
You lost the chance to venture abroad because of what I did.
You were forced to live a monotonous life because of what I did.
You fell for someone else because of such a monotonous life.
That's normal. Don't blame yourself for that anymore.
You've already spent so many years with Ming Ha.
As a man and a husband, you've already done everything you could.
Let it go, Law Bun. Ming Ha would understand.
Do you know why I bought you the shop earlier?
It wasn't because I wanted to make myself feel better.
I thought if spending some money could make you happy,
I wouldn't mind doing it.
I've been in business for so many years. I don't have friends.
I only have partners and enemies.
Perhaps I can say that ever since I left school,
I've never had any real friends.
We're not young anymore. We have fewer and fewer friends left now.
You may think I'm rambling nonsense.
After all these years, it's just you, me and George left.
So I'm going to say everything I want to say.
I won't leave it until I have to release the flying lantern.
That's all I want to say. I won't keep you. Get some rest.
You did destroy a very important roll of film.
But film is just for recording things.
As long as the camera still works,
we can still take some nice photos by putting in another roll of film.
I've had a wish all along.
I hope the three of us can take a photo together again.
We failed to do that on the boat earlier. I hope we have a chance to do it next time.
So we're still friends?
You do ramble nonsense sometimes. But you're not completely wrong.
I've had enough regrets. Why not let it go if I can?
As you said, fewer and fewer friends are left.
No matter how many years have passed, we will still befriends, Robin.