[Episode 9]
Your neighbourhood has a lot of blind spots.
And the three gates are often unguarded.
The security door lock is also broken, which means there is zero security.
Before the police figures anything out, just stay here.
Ma Feng and Hou Zi can also help you.
The condition might not be great but at least it's safe.
-I hope you don't mind. -I..
-Here, I'll help you. -Put Miss Lin's stuff on the 2nd floor.
Thank you.
If you need anything, call me.
From now on, we are neighbours.
Has the cooperation with Mr. Varna been confirmed?
The other employees and I have been working on the confirmation.
There are no more problems.
The letter of authorization is on my table, the seal inside my clothes. Take them and go to the meeting.
I go?
I'm like this, how am I supposed to go? Everything has already been confirmed.
You'll just be there to seal the deal.
Okay.
Then...
Then... you rest well.
The seal.
Why are you daydreaming?
Don't say anything yet, let's go meet Mr Varna first.
No, not yet. Let me ask you,
This president Li hasn't come to the company for 3 days.
Do you know anything about it? It can't be that the company is going bankrupt?!
It won't. Don't start speaking nonsense.
Sit down and listen to me.
You didn't know. There have been rumors in the company that
Manager Li got sick because he's too mad
for worrying about not getting the project. The company doesn't have much money.
No. Don't listen to the nonsense. It's not true.
- Li Zhicheng went on a business trip. Don't overthink... - Li Zhicheng?
Somebody was calling him Manager Li before.
Now you're calling his name directly.
- Is that so? - Tell me, what have you two done behind my back?
What could we have done? Nothing.
Stop covering it up. If you can't tell me, who else can you tell?
I'm your good friend, good sister, and the worm in your tummy, right?
- Well... - Tell me!
We are just normal employer and employee. Nothing else.
You're lying. Let me give you another chance. Tell me.
I found out about something.
Can you say it in a complete sentence? Blurt it out.
- He... - What?
Actually he was...
that captain who saved me in Yun'nan.
Oh my god.
It's not like this in TV shows at all.
When did you find out he's your Mr. Right?
No. What Mr. Right? You can't tell others about it.
It's between me and you.
In two hours, Varna's fabric will be
shipped into Aida's warehouse.
Manager Ning, we've put together a list of other good fabric suppliers.
We don't need fabric suppliers. I don't care the outcome of the damn project!
Let me be clear, the Mingsheng project
is just a medium project from the perspective of profit. There are so many projects like this out there.
But for Aida Group, it's like their savior.
What you want is to crush Aida.
We can't see Aida growing. If Aida is alive,
Wenda will get back to life. Think about when Wenda was the monopoly in the market.
If that's the case, all of our previous efforts will be in vain.
So we have to get Varna's fabric
to completely defeat Aida.
Manager Ning, the chairman was very clear about not buying the fabric.
We can't force the deal on Varna.
Why dwelling on so little money?
Never mind. You can leave now.
In the first few days, he escorted me to go back home,
and there was a thief in my place. It was very dangerous.
So he fought the thief. He got hurt because he wanted to protect me.
He's actually trying to recover from it. He's actually in his room upstairs right now.
- Then... - Then what?
Then what?
To make sure I'm safe,
he took me to his place and have me stay next to his room.
- You're living together! - I know you will say it like this! No!
I can bet a million dollars, when a single guy and single lady stay in the same place and the guy saved the lady,
this is the dream couple in a TV show!
If you guys aren't together,
it wouldn't make any sense! It's all meant to be. If you missed it, you would regret it forever!
Don't let it go! Don't let it go!
Well, Yayi,
I'm very reserved. We are just colleagues.
Although we spend lots of time together.
But I only... only look up to him.
Look up to him? Stop the nonsense
I know you too well. You never tell the truth.
Besides, haven't you been looking for him? Now you found each other,
and Manager Li is so wounded. How do you plan to take care of him?
- Well... - Pin him down! Pin him down!
Oh my god, Yayi, you're insane.
- I'm being serious. - You want to go or not? Hurry.
I was wrong a moment ago. Hear me out again.
Let the accounting department and legal department get prepared.
Come in.
Dad.
I brought you two bottles of your favorite white wine.
It's not a good time to drink wine. And it's not a good place to drink wine either.
I know. You're here to investigate on Ning Weikai, right?
You know everything.
But dad, Aida is putting all chips on the rescue jacket. It's very possible that they'll become a black horse.
I think Ning Weikai's analysis is right. If we don't...
I knew. I've been having people keeping an eye on it.
Then why aren't you worried?
I'm waiting for someone.
Someone to talk to Ning Weikai, and changing Ning Weikai's mind.
The person is right in front of me.
Go then.
Hanjing, why are you here?
Manager Ning, I'm here to tell you the good news.
How did you persuade the chairman?
My dad sometimes can be unwise.
But he never questioned your loyalty.
And I also trust your judgment.
That's great. I'll have the legal staff come here now.
I've already told her to be here.
Manager Ning, the contract has been drafted and stamped.
Call Mr. Varna now.
Hangjing.
You did me such a big favor...
We are all fighting for the same goal.
Thank you.
Hello, Mr. Varna.
Manager Ning, I don't know what else we can talk about.
I know. I've let you down.
But don't worry. I won't let you down again.
Mr. Varna. It's been a while.
I thought we would meet in the warehouse.
I've prepared the catalog.
Please sit down first.
Ms Lin, I need to tell you something.
I figured the atmosphere here is more peaceful.
If it's not very important,
we can talk about it after the hand-over.
I've given it a lot of thoughts.
What we need more is cash.
Aida's deposit
is too little for us.
Most of the fund
can only be paid in 3 months.
We can't wait that long.
What do you mean?
I'm asking to terminate the project.
That's being irresponsible. We signed the contract.
You're right.
But contracts can also be terminated.
Mr. Varna. I respect you a lot.
I also cherish our friendship.
But you...
Ms. Lin, I'm a businessman.
I'm only talking business.
The deposit and the penalty
will be paid to you within 3 business days.
But don't forget,
Aida Group helped you out when you were in trouble.
I think your decision is not wise.
Ms. Lin. I'm responsible
to get more profit for my own company.
Friendship and business are different.
Sister Lin Qian, why wasting time with such an unloyal person?
Let me tell you,
you did something like this in China,
if I let the word out, you will have a tough time.
We have the technology.
China needs our technology.
Besides, we will follow the contract
and pay you the penalty.
It's not enough. You haven't conveyed his charisma in your article.
Enough, you don't have to explain anymore. When can you finish the draft?
Sister. Sister.
Why yelling? What's up?
Do you know? Li Zhicheng is injured.
Is it serious?
I heard he got stabbed.
He got stabbed?
Grace. Why are you here?
Don't get up.
Is your injury serious?
It's nothing. I got injured a lot when I was in the military.
I've been used to it. I also recover faster than normal people.
Where's your wound?
It's still bloody.
Did you see the doctor?
- It's OK. - No, it's not. It's very hot, what if your wound get festered?
Let me get you a doctor.
OK?
Thank you.
Why thanking me?
Your elder brother used to help me a lot.
I'm supposed to take care of you.
Let me get you some water.
Grace.
I'm curious. How did you meet my brother?
Drink first.
Thanks.
Wanna know how we met?
It's interesting to talk about it.
I was a junior editor at the time,
and the chief editor scolded me a lot.
Look at the Year-end edition of "Design Times".
They got get William's article.
What about you? You could only get no-named obscure designers.
In a nutshell,
you have one week, no matter what you do,
if you can't get Dai Fei's article,
I have to reconsider you value to our company.
Mr. Dai Fei, hello.
I'm from the fashion magazine "H".
I've been trying to get one of your articles on our magazine but you didn't reply.
Mr. Dai Fei.
I've been waiting for you for a while, please...
Mr. Dai. I've been waiting for a long time.
Mr. Dai Fei.
Babe, you're here?
Hi.
I miss you so much.
You're not afraid your wife will find out?
Why will I be afraid? My wife is not in Linhai City.
Enough.
Someone's here.
You, what are you doing?
Hello, a paparazzi took my picture.
She went downstairs. Stop her at the gate!
Sorry, I'm so sorry.
Hi, what can I help you?
Sorry, someone's chasing me outside.
I happened to take the picture of him cheating on his wife.
I'll leave as soon as he's not around.
Please, please.
You're not afraid to offend him?
For the sake of my work, I do want him to write for me.
But from the perspective of consciousness, I despise
what he did. I have to let his wife know what he's doing.
I don't consider it a conflict, understand?
You're right.
I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Li Zhiqian.
The president of Wenda Group is also named Li Zhiqian.
Yes.
So you're...
I'm him.
Then what happened?
Later on...
didn't you ask how we met?
I only want to know more.
Later...
excuse me, I gotta take the call.
Hi, Cindy, what's up?
I'm outside.
OK, I'll be back soon.
Bye.
Sorry, I can't chat with you anymore. Gotta go back to the company.
You make sure you recover.
I'll visit you soon.
Hanjing.
Fellas,
this is Manager Ning of us New Baorui Group.
This is Manager Han,
this is Manager Liang.
He's so handsome.
Ms. Zhu put a lot of thoughts in this dinner.
It's rare to see so many important figures get together.
You guys happened to have time today, so I organized this.
Well, nice to meet you guys.
My pleasure. My pleasure.
Sit, please.
This is the sample clothes from my company.
If you don't mind, you can change it on.
I can escort you downstairs later. It's safer that way.
Try their Macarons. I heard they're amazing.
So delicious.
- If you like them, have them all. Take your time. - Thank you.
Although I don't make as much as you do, I can still pay the bill this time.
Check, please.
OK.
Next time it'll be my treat.
Why you're asking so little?
I'm afraid you'll be shocked if I ask for something complicated.
Tomorrow noon, our usual place. Show me how intimidating it can be.
You're never late. Today will be the exception.
I've been waiting for you in the restaurant for a long time.
The deceased is Li Zhiqian, the president of Wenda Group.
It's impossible.
I've talked to Li Zhicheng
about you a lot today.
It's like...
you're right beside me. Like you never left.
I'm actually afraid to think about you.
I'm not willing to think about you either.
Smells so good, Lin Qian.
I didn't expect you can do this.
Sorry. He took a higher offer from another firm.
It's not your fault. It's my fault. I overestimated Varna.
How can you say it's your fault? I didn't do well enough.
What should we do now? We don't have Varna's fabric anymore.
- Other fabric... - Lin Qian,
let's talk after dinner, ok?
I'm so sorry. I...
Lin Qian, thank you. You did you best.
If you have a better job offer, I'll...
You want me to leave?
I'm the captain, and Aida Group is a big ship.
I can take care of a lot of things.
But I wouldn't force my staff to stay on a sinking ship.
Then I'm the sailor.
As long as the ship is not sunken,
I'll... jump.
Don't underestimate me.
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I'm very happy today. Just now, Varna's fabric
has been shipped into our warehouse.
The mass production has started.
So we have to follow up the victory with hot pursuit
and crush Aida completely.
Manager Ning is right. As long as we try our best, Aida is just a sinking ship.
Losing the fabric is just Aida's external trouble.
Now we need to think about Aida's internal trouble.
Boss Ning, we have given out the information about Aida failure cooperation with Tax to boss Chen.
Simeiqi has a special department of internet trolls.
Chen Zheng will not waste any opportunity to mess with Aida.
We should add some fire to this war.
Tell the HR, target their talents and recruit them.
Yes, boss Ning.
This time I will see, how you struggle your way out of this, Aida.
Resignation Letter.
What's wrong?
Where are the other?
Boss Gu, you don't know?
Know what?
This is what happened in the employee's group chat.
Li Zhicheng, come out!
Come out!
You even come in work in groups.
There is no next time.Now change and go run with me.
Run my ass, there's such a big accident, and you still want to run?
Who said that?
I m not talking to you, you can't make any decisions, get Li Zhicheng.
He is on a business trip.
Then you call him.
Call him.
Call him. Call now.
Come in.
You are awake.
Sit.
That...
I have been thinking about it all night.
I...I decide from today, I will go find new fabric providers.
If you have any needs, just tell Yayi, she is always ready.
Don't be formal because she is no outsider.
If you need anything, just contact me.
You don't want to call Li Zhicheng in front of us?
I think he is not on a trip, he is on the run.
You said.
When Ming Sheng Group get the deal, you will give us bonus.
Now, everything is gone.
Without the fabric, all the previous plan is useless.How can we compete with those big companies?
No resource, no background, you are just wasting our time here.
There are big companies hiring us.
Maybe we should consider that, we need a plan b.
Yes. We can't just leave here with nothing, right?
Yes, we can't just leave with nothing!
Everyone listen to me.
For the past month, we run with them everyday, and that's real hard work.
At least you should compensate us something.
Yes, compensation.
Please calm down.
It is true that the rumors were saying we had a problem with fabrics.
But even there's a problem, we should figure out how to solve this, right?
I think this time Li Zhicheng has no power to save this company again.
The fabric provider has broken their contract.
The Mingsheng project is gone.
The promise of Li Zhicheng is gone!
Get him out!
What's wrong?
Let me go see. Don't move, I can go check.
Tell him to come out!
Come out! Please calm down and listen to me.
Now the Ming Sheng project hasn't been decided yet.
Do me a favor and don't make a scene here!
Stop the crap, Li Zhicheng is upstairs, you think we don't know?
Let's go up and find him!
Don't! You can't go up!
What are you guys doing?
Don't cross the line here.
Lin, you are also the victim here, you have been working here so long.
Actually Li Zhicheng has no resource to produce your design.
You should be on our side.
Why should I be on your side?
You think there are backup plans outside Aida?
But there are companies trying to hire us with a higher salary.
So what?
You think they offered you that much money, and you worth that price?
Can you please think outside the box here?
You need to see the truth through the appearance.
They want you only because you are in Aida.
That's a strategy they use, don't be fooled by that.
But you can't also depend on Li Zhicheng.
If you can't depend on him, who else can you depend on?
It was him who brought you here.
What did he do for the past two months? Don't pretend you didn't see that.
We are just worried the hope might be too small.
If there is any hope you all just ruined it.
The company is having a problem, not only you don't want to solve it together.
And you try to embarrass ourselves.
If you turned against Aida.
Walk out of this door, who else would hire you?
You can't just enjoy the results.
But refuse to take the risk during the process.
I m the newly hired designer, and I am in charge of the Ming Sheng's project.
I cherish the opportunity.
And I m grateful to have the job. I want to try my best.
So I hope everyone, and beg everyone.
To be united at this difficult time.
Trust me, and trust boss Li. Give us a chance.
You can see our actions.
If you still think there's no hope.
It's not too late to go then.
Sister Lin Qian, I support you.
Do you have any more problems?
You are still in Aida anyways.
Then we still need to follow the rules.
And go run.
I will lead.Give me the whistle.
I will go run now.
This is the sample we made followed by your request.
We have tested, and there is no risk of leaking anymore.
Lin Qian, the rescue clothes I want.
is to protect those people who risk their lives so they can save others.
I specially designed the rescue clothes with a brim on it.
How is that?
Qianqian?
Thanks.Take this for me.
What's wrong? She is not happy with it?
No, no.
It's because we didn't close the deal with Tax.
This sample is probably useless now.
Hello, where did you get this fabric?
This was a waterproof fabirc we invented last year.
But after we produced the first sample, the project ended.
It's a shame to just dump it, so we keep it here.
I assume it was someone who found the leaking tap, so they just used it to cover the tap.
Can you still produce this?
Technically yes, but you need to ask boss Huang.
I remembered, there was cut in half.
We did the market research.
The upper buyers still believe the imported stuff is better.
They are not sure about the domestic product.
And we have no money to advertise, so that's it.
That's a shame.
This product can totally compete with the best imported stuff.
I m sure of that. Since the research period.
I made a very high standard on its thermal insulation and aeration.
But our fabric is only semifinished.
We haven't tested the safety of it.
Although we are an exemption company.
But if we just give it to you, when there's a problem.
It's your Aida's responsibility or ours?
Boss Huang, can you please let me and your experimentalist.
We can redo all the safety tests.
It must be above the standards, that's also Aida's bottom line.
If so, your time is running late.
You can rest assured, boss Huang.
No one can compete with our Lin Qian.
I will try my best.
Are you feeling better?
I m fine. Why are you in a rush?
Tell you a good news, we just found this really good fabric, it's so good!
Our old plan can still work.
Really?
So from now on, we need to every second.
I m planning to stay at the lab with Yayi, I m just here to grab some stuff.
It's all yours.
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♫ Thank you for waiting for my confession in the river town. ♫
♫ Making me wait in the ashes of time. ♫
♫ I wait for you in the green grass. ♫
♫ We missed each other but I can still feel your temperature. ♫
♫ I understood it because of love. ♫
♫ Understood your admiration. You love for the sake of love. ♫
♫ The plum blossom fell and the cherry blossom is in bloom. ♫
♫ Thank you for being here. ♫
♫ You're no longer on the lonely platform. ♫
♫ You left with the memory of a city. ♫
♫ When I see your clothes blowing in the wind, I thought of ♫
♫ the beginning of the story. The teenage boy came back. ♫
♫ At the end, we will find out. ♫
♫ We've made wishes and passed by the houses. ♫
♫ When the lake is deep and the river is shallow. ♫
♫ Thank you for being here. ♫