Episode 9
We are here. You can go in.
Mei Hua (Beautiful Cream)
This place is big.
Did you say this is a company or a park?
I'm sorry. What kind of company is this?
You don't even know what this company is?
Then why are you here to test?
I...
MeiHua is the biggest cosmetics company in ShangHai.
The company's environment is nice, profiting.
Also, working here,
you can get MeiHua cosmetics for cheap.
So, girls in all of ShangHai,
all want it.
Wow, it's that great?
What are you doing?
Everyone, welcome
To MeiHua company's interview.
Everyone wait here,
Come in according to the order.
Come in one by one.
Whoever I call out, follow me.
First, Zhou Xiao Bing. Is she here?
Yes.
Come.
You five, come in with me.
Let's go.
Director, these are the last five.
You will scare the customers like this. Dismissed.
Your appearance,
how can you sell cosmetics? Eliminated.
Look at your collar.
One who doesn't pay attention to details,
how can you bring beauty to others?
Get out. Eliminated.
Elegance is the spirit of MeiHua Company.
-You definitely cannot shame yourself in front of people.-You.
I'm sorry.
That's because your body
has Buddha's-hand (fingered citron) and also musk fragrance.
so I couldn't help it and sneezed.
And also?
Also
Mint
Rose
Cedarwood
Vanilla
I can't smell the other ones distinctly.
Manager,
this girl is quite meaningful.
Leave her here and give her a try.
But Miss Deng,
this girl is the one who is the best today.
Do you want to take a look?
Then I'll give you three minutes.
Yell me what other scents are on my body.
I...I
I understand Miss Deng.
Eliminated. Go.
What is your name?
I am Rong Jin Xiu.
Rong Jin Xiu
Let me ask you one last question.
What do you think the word "rose" in the title of our company,
means?
Based on the surface,
it is your name, Grand Manager Deng,
It also means "gorgeous" when the word is flipped.
Perfectly matching HuaMei Company's
Cometics' literal meaning.
But I think the real meaning
shouldn't be like this.
Let's hear it.
If I must really say it,
I would say "the most beautiful of China"
Rong Jin Xiu, I welcome you into Mei Hua.
Thank you Grand Manager Deng.
Jin Xiu!
You really aren't an ordinary person!
You can even get into the Mei Hua company!
That's too great!
That's right. Could you help me
bring an envelope
from inside the Mei Hua company?
Envelope? They're sold outside, I can buy you some.
It's not that. It's not the same.
Jin Xiu! Promise me, okay?
Okay, if I see one, I'll definitely get it for you.
Okay! That's right. Wait a second.
Jin Xiu, this outfit is for you.
Tomorrow is your first day working at Mei Hua.
You must dress prettily.
This dress,
is something you saved up a long time for.
You don't even dare to wear it.
I can't take it.
You're being wishy washy about clothing at this kind of place?
We can't let others think light of us.
Take it!
From now on, you're going to live in
MeiHua's dorms.
I have no time to give it to you.
That Second Master Zuo would take me out for wine,
it wouldn't be for that little lady?
Thank you for taking Jin Xiu.
No need to thank me.
If he doesn't thank you is he to thank me?
I didn't take her
because I looked upon your faces (reputation).
On the contrary,
When you looked for me on the weekend,
I was very surprised.
I originally decided that I'd never use her.
Then later why did you..?
Rong Jin Xiu is more superior than I originally thought.
She is very special. She made me think of
me when I just arrived in Shanghai.
-I really like her.-Then that's good.
I've never seen
you use this kind of method to help someone.
This is the first time.
Say it, is it that you
have something ulterior towards the little lady?
You think Zuo Zhen is the same as you?
Just wandering around all day with nothing to do,
and a mouth full of nonsense!
So what if I do?
Is that so?
I have something I have to leave for first. You take care of yourselves.
If you want to pursue her, why do you have to do it so secretly?
Be a bit more forward!
I've been forward many times, and I was rejected.
Women are such a pain.
Enough, I already worked hard to help you.
Who would know that a Rong Jin Xiu would pop out half way?
Elder cousin, I must definitely enter Mei Hua!
I know, but-!
This Rong Jin Xiu, don't let me run into her again!
Or else, I won't let you go.
Hello, the administration department sent me here.
The director wants me to enter the office department first.
The administration already told me.
From today on, I am your direct superior.
You can call me Yao Jie.
Hello Yao Jie.
That's good. Come with me.
She's the new girl who made Chen Xiang Mei's sister
get eliminated?
She really stepped right in the target.
Knowing that she's working at the warehouse department,
She's still dressed so fancily?
-Who is she wearing it for? -Right?
Warehouse department, in charge of all of MeiHua's goods,
and materials.
Being in charge of this warehouse well
is the best responsibility of the warehouse department.
All the warehouse sections I just talked about, did you take note of them all?
Yes.
That's good. Before getting off work today,
Clean this whole place up.
Before taking off work today?
-Is there a problem? -No. -Very good.
Rong Jin Xiu can actually get into MeiHua Company?
Yes. Hu director heard it from XiaoLan.
JiLing, my good friend,
I haven't seen you for a while.
How did you think of meeting up with me? Is there a problem?
Since we are such good friends,
then I will just get straight to the point.
I came to find you
Is hoping that you can help me with a favor.
What can I help with?
If I can do it, just say it.
Recently, your company hired a new employee,
named Rong JinXiu. You know her right?
Yes. What?
I want you to sacrifice your all,
to kick her out of MeiHua.
I don't need you to say. I will take care of her well.
She still owes me.
Did you take note of everything?
Other than the 12 containers of good mentions earlier,
also remember to give the U.S.
that batch of raw materials.
That batch of raw materials is more expensive than your head.
Be careful when you're adding the limestone.
Look at what you did.
I told you to do well on
that batch of raw materials for the U.S.
How did you do it?
I did it as your instructions,
Added 10 limestones in there.
Did you add it in your dreams?
There is no limestone dust in the container.
It has been raining all these days. Look at the inside,
It all molded!
That's impossible. Sorry, excuse me for a bit.
Impossible.
How can that be?
Director, look.
Take it away.
Director, this is all because of Rong Jin Xiu.
I know that these few days were rainy days.
So I directed her to do it well.
I didn't think she wouldn't do as I say.
Director. I didn't.
I really added limestones.
Forget about this batch, order another batch.
This previous batch of materials,
was the result of a long discussion with the U.S.
to just get this little amount.
If we have to order them again,
I estimate that the price will double.
Did you calculate? How much is our loss?
Roughly estimating,
the loss is at around,
$130.
-Director...-I don't have time and
I don't want to hear you explain.
You have disappointed me.
According to the company's requirements,
This money must be paid by you.
If you can't pay it,
then just wait to be fired.
This much money. From my current salary,
I have to work 2 years in order to repay it to Ying Master.
Would he be willing to lent me the money?
Ying Master,
Jin Xiu. Why did you come?
Wow, why is your hair wet? What happened?
I have something to say to you.
You don't seem very happy.
Is there someone bullying you?
Zou Zhen is bullying you! I didn't think
he would dare to bully you. I'll go give him a piece of me right now.
No, no, no. He didn't bully me.
It's. It's something business related
I wanted to tell you.
Then come out with me for a bit. I'll treat you to coffee.
I want to hear what has happened.
I'm saying, anything upsetting,
you can just come back to Lion Forest.
The past is the past.
I trust you that you were misunderstood.
What?
Could it be that because of that matter,
you still feel awkward so you don't want to come back to Lion Forest?
That's not it.
I'm very happy working in MeiHua company right now. Really.
Even though this job is kind of tough.
But this is very important to me.
I feel that it really worth it.
I know you're really good to me. So if
you are really good to me,
stop pushing me to go back to Lion Forest Hotel.
I really like MeiHua's job.
I wanted to prove that with my individual power,
I can survive.
If I borrowed money from Ying Master,
He would look down on me.
I am saying that I'm really happy. Really.
Okay, okay. I'll stop.
I just wanted to say, if you encounter any difficulties,
Lion Forest's big doors are forever opened.
Today, I'm not going to chat with you more,
In the afternoon, my brother has an appointment
I'm going to discuss with them.
Later, call a cab to take you back.
Search yourself.
Why did you make yourself so helpless again?
Zou Zhen.
You.
Can you lend me $130?
What do you want this money for?
I really need this money.
If you can lend it to me, I will
pay you back.
And I would be really thankful.
What use is your gratefulness to me?
This is not a small amount of money.
What are you doing with it?
You have to tell me.
If you don't say clearly,
I won't consider lending you the money.
I won't lend you money.
Sorry.
I shouldn't have borrowed money from you.
Somethings is not a money issue.
This thing, there is definitely someone sabotaging you from the back.
If you pay the money,
you would be admitting that it's your fault.
But I have to pay them the money.
If I don't,
They will fire me.
I really need this job.
I can't let them fire me.
When Teng Hai and I just came to ShangHai,
We did labor at the dock.
People came to bully us, put nails in our shoes,
At the time, we ignored them.
And then this group of people amplified their actions.
The worst time was
Then they threw Teng Hai up on a tree.
Hung him upside down for three days.
When I found him,
He only had one more breathe.
And then I decided that those three people,
Thought of a way to
gradually swallow their business.
At the end,
No one dared to bully Tang Hai and I.
And no one would dare to steal my work.
If someone is bullying you,
You can't just surrender,
You giving up,
Would only allow your enemy to be more powerful.
This is big ShangHai.
If you don't depend on yourself,
No one will help you.
Zou Zhen is right.
If I can't take care of my own problems,
Then no one would come and help me.
I have been wrong from the beginning.
What I have to do is not repay the money,
But to clearly investigate this matter.
And take back my innocence.
The limestone could not have just disappeared.
If it was the container that was switched,
There would be a trace.
Director. Hello Director.
About the problem with the raw materials,
I still have a meeting.
Director, sorry,
I really have to explain this...
I don't have time to listen to your useless explanations.
Director.
Sorry,
I know that doing this is really bad of me,
but please
I just need two minutes of time.
I really need to
Explain this matter to you from the beginning to the end.
Just two minutes.
Okay.
Yao Jie, in the early morning
was called by the director to her office.
Don't know what the problem is.
I don't know either.
You are pretty good.
What did you say?
Making the director not punishing you.
Do you have time? I want to speak with you.
Say it.
Yesterday, I already thoroughly explained to the director,
And I also found the change in limestones
and the container.
I also asked the person in charge of the front.
That day, it seems that you and Chen director
left the company really late.
Can't we work overtime?
You just said it to the Director like that?
I'm not sure if you were working overtime,
But don't worry,
I didn't tell the Director anything.
Yao Jie, being a new person, maybe I
have places to improve on.
I will definitely take responsibility on my mistakes.
But for those that I didn't do, I don't let others bully me.
Today, I just want to confront you clearly.
Do you understand?
From now on, please take care of me.
How is it?
Your Miss Jin Xiu,
defeated her superiors,
Staying peacefully at MeiHua Company.
Didn't see it coming, she was pretty strong.
-Really? -Really.
I never saw
you being so interested in a girl.
You're caring about everything,
Even taking effort
and thinking about how she feels.
From what I'm seeing, are you in love with this girl?
So you like this type of girl?
You can go now.
You, so early in the morning,
Took me out from my bed,
Just to get some news on JinXiu.
Now that you have the news, you are treating me like this?
TangHai, escort the guest out.
I can go myself. I can go myself.
Look, my butt.
Shanghai's accomplishment is the Far East number one city.
Is our country, Japan's
Top priority for future invasion plans of China.
Your secret documents this time,
We're able to cause a destructive strike to the beloved Shanghai.
The high level Army Government has praise you exceedingly.
The military council has decided
- To promote you to overseeing the invasion plans. - Yes.
Recently in Manchukuo (North Eastern State of China), a number of turmoil has taken place.
Many of the officers were killed on duty.
I've just received orders.
I'm about to leave for Manchukuo to hold office there.
Because of your recently outstanding performance.
You will replace me.
Become Shanghai's
highest officer of the spy agency.
I'm afraid,
I'm unable to meet your expectations.
You are my best student, I believe in you.
Besides, war may break out at any moment.
We continue to support and push forward Dui Dadong-Ya's crusade.
In a single day, war starts, we'll need a lot of military supplies.
Your present mission is to go to Shanghai and make it into
a place where there is gold everywhere.
Accumulate enough wealth,
- and military supplies. - Yes.
Come.
- Hello. - Hello.
Hello.
By the way,
why are there so many Japanese flags hanging here?
Just now we came in such a hurry, I didn't get a change to tell you.
Mr Xiang, how are you?
The host of this party is Japanese.
I've heard he and the Japanese Military,
are closely linked.
Recently all the well known rich businesses
are established by him.
So it's estimated that in future, there's opportunities to co-operate.
But co-operating with the Japanese,
are you not afraid of those extremists?
That's just a pity.
In Business, there is no difference in countries.
Boss Ma is here, I'm going there to chat with him.
I've heard Chairman of the Commerce world is Mr Xiang.
He has a house hidden concubine.
A woman who's as beautiful as a fairy.
Today, we meet,
Is indeed beautiful.
I'm like most people in ShangHai Bund.
Because of Mr. Xiang's care, I'm like this.
Miss MingZhu has reason.
Looks like I've offended so I'll drink as punishment.
I hope that from now on, we will, together
be taken care of Mr. Xiang.
This gentlemen is probably not a local.
How did Miss MingZhu know?
In all of ShangHai Bund,
No one would speak to me like this.
Miss MingZhu's personality,
I really like.
Somethings, when said out loud, there are consequences.
The consequence, I am willing to pay.
I just have to see if Miss MingZhu,
would you give me this opportunity?
Ya, not that kind of opportunity.
That man is really annoying.
He is this party's host.
QianTianLongYi.
In a bit, I still have to discuss business with Mr. Ma.
How about I'll let the driver take you back first?
-Okay.-Okay.
Okay, please.
Miss MingZhu,
This present, please take it.
No work, no award. This gentlemen's award today,
I don't think I will take it.
Don't know if you have heard,
In the west, there is a
Legend about the Pandora box.
What?
Pandora is a princess from ancient Greece.
Because the gods are jealous of her beauty.
Gave her a mysterious box.
And made sure to tell her
To never open it.
But one day,
Pandora was curious,
opened the box,
And the contained disease, misery,
Destruction,
Everything flew out.
Like a gray fog, blurred the sky.
Blinded mankind.
What this box contains,
Aren't you curious?
I don't understand what you are saying.
MeiZi.
You should wake up from your dreams.
It's time for you to open the box.
MeiZi.
You should wake up from your dreams.
It's time for you to open the box.
Mother, Are you okay?
Ming Zhu.
Mother has been wrong her whole life.
You must not make more mistakes.
Today, we are like this,
It's all because of Rong jinXiu and her mother.
Mother, you'll be fine, nothing will happen.
MingZhu,
You have to remember,
It was them who chased us out.
who cased us to be displaced.
with no house to call home.
It was them.
Who took away everything that were ours.
I... I hate them. Mother.
MingZhu.
Mother can't live any longer.
Mother really can't live on any longer.
Mother, everything's fine.
Don't say that.
MingZhu,
Take this,
If I'm still alive,
Then you will never take revenge for this.
MingZhu.
Mother! Mother!
Mother!
You're mother, we already burried her.
Together burried,
Is your past.
Your name now is PunYuanMeiZi
You will train you to be
involved in a special plan.
Your life, now
Has a new meaning.
Until you finish your mission,
I will give you back your true freedom.
You target is him.
Why?
This time still came.
Cruel Romance
He said that he wants to come see me from ShangHai.
That's really good. Why are you crying?
I lied to him, saying,
that I'm working in ShangHai's best MeiHua Company.
Making money for his college tuition.
Doing business for a beauty?
I'll go through fire and water, will not refuse under any circumstance.
We can make up a MeiHua Company.
Set up a company to forget MeiHua's products.
I would like to see how JinXiu
Could finish this mess.
No one move.
♫ Time is so easily changed. ♫
♫ What hasn't changed is our promise. ♫
♫ Some people can only long for memories. ♫