" Our Glamourous Time "
Episode 43
The second-tier products of DP...
are all over the online-retailing platform of Si Mei Qi.
It's highly promoted and getting popular.
Do you still stand a chance to reclaim Si Mei Qi?
It's a bit of a long shot.
Peter said that...
he must reconsider the place Si Mei Qi holds.
But I haven't got any replay yet.
Si Mei Qi is now in a tough spot.
If this goes on,
DP might conquer the fashion market of Linhai City...
sooner or later.
I am sure Xin Bao Rui is affected as well.
DP's outlets have surrounded Xin Bao Rui's outlets.
The sales are now plummeting.
If this situation continues, the future could be very worrying.
We must join hands to overcome DP's threat.
Li Zhi Cheng talked to me.
He proposed the cooperation of the three companies.
Are you interested?
Li Zhi Cheng?
You two seem to be very close lately.
We were once foes to one another,
are we really going to be allies?
I think you don't have to decide now.
Talk to him and give it some thoughts.
The mood here is so classy.
Miss Zhu, how did you find this place?
Gorgeous and elegant indeed.
I can finally see why he likes you so much.
I can tell he's been in a bad mood.
He won't tell me what happened either.
- So... - He asked you to talk to me?
Of course he won't do that.
I know he doesn't love me.
But he is a good man.
I can't bear to see him in this shape.
Those videos from the Fashion Star Contest he joined,
I have replayed them countless times.
But for the round that he won the first place,
I have only watched it once.
That moment,
I seared the daring and spiritful look on his face into my mind.
I remembered how true he was at that instant.
At that moment,
I had no choice but to admit...
he has someone he loves.
Why are you telling me this?
I don't know what happened between you two,
or is there misunderstanding.
But I know he won't lie to you.
Our relationship is far more complicated that you thought.
When it comes to love,
what I can't stand the most...
is deception.
Deception?
After all these years,
I was hoping he can spare the time to tell me some lies.
I could have done even more for him.
But he doesn't even bother to lie to me at all.
Either the way,
I hope you can be honest with each other on everything.
Clear the misunderstanding.
He is a good man.
I don't want to see him be in pain.
He missed the chance with you.
It's such a pity.
Thank you.
We have been fighting for a long time.
It's time for us to reflect on our mistakes.
Yes, now that I think of it, it's was all for nothing.
Many great local businesses are defeated by foreign companies.
They are using bombers planes, we are fighting with rice and rifles.
A head-on fight is not the way.
Mr. Ning!
Have a seat.
Now that everyone is here,
I shall tell you my plan.
Si Mei Qi is now in the hands of DP,
but the vast networks and internet celebrities are your advantages.
And your plans for online retailing and the execution...
are still standing strong.
So, I hope to use your resources to promote our companies.
Xin Bao Rui suffers greatly at the revenues.
You refused to join hands or being absorbed.
My plan is for you to clear some of the outlets...
to sell our products.
So, Mr. Chen is in charge of marketing.
I will be handling the outlets.
This is only temporary.
What about Wen Da?
What is your role in this?
Wen Da will provide the production lines for you.
We will contribute the man-power, and you'll provide the resources.
The plan sounds complicated.
It involves too many details.
The execution of the whole plan won't be as easy.
It is difficult indeed.
But we must join hands before DP takes up more than half...
of the Linhai City fashion industry market share.
I have made the plan, Gu Yan Zhi will commence it.
So, I hope you can consider my plan.
Since we are cooperating,
we would need a leader.
I will lead you.
Mr. Li, a former member of special force indeed.
You came in brave and bold.
Xin Bao Rui is pushed to a corner.
DP won't affect Wen Da the least.
So,
I should lead this operation.
Mr. Li, since we are cooperating,
I will be honest with you.
Now, we are completely surrounded by DP's outlets.
I this trying time,
it's hard to persuade the board to provide any resource or shop.
Even if they do agree,
they would demand the right to speak.
Before you provide us with any detailed plan,
I can't promise you anything.
I have but one question for you.
Do you think the right to speak comes before winning the battle?
As a former soldier, you should know.
There are winner on the battlefield,
there will also be those who lost.
This is a desperate time for Xin Bao Rui.
I need to be sure what's best for my company.
I can't simply take any risk.
Mr. Ning?
Mr. Ning, do you need me to drive you home?
Gao Lang,
I am in face of an important decision.
DP is now...
slowly invading the fashion industry of Linhai City.
For the local companies,
this could bring a devastating outcome.
The three fashion companies...
went through so many feuds.
Perhaps it really is time to put an end to this.
Mr. Ning, when it comes to business,
I may not know much. But I am sure of one thing.
You actually have the answer all along.
Whatever choice you make,
you will have my full support.
I have met Peter before.
I can sense he is ambitious.
Chairman Zhu, I came here today hoping you can persuade Mr. Ning.
We need to join hands and fight our common enemy.
I heard that DP...
plagiarized the designs from Glamourous.
Is is true?
I made some investigations.
DP is involved in plagiarism...
in most of their products world-wide.
Right after I found out about this, I stopped the production.
I terminated the partnership.
You did the right thing. A brave move.
We cannot allow this ill-conduct to corrupt Linhai City.
Come in.
Chairman.
You came just in time. Come.
Li Zhi Cheng told me about his plan for the cooperation.
I think it's time for us to work together.
To wage this war against DP,
we need more than mere bullets.
We need a nuke.
As long as we team-up,
DP will have no chance of defeating us.
Wei Kai, I hope the two of you can work together.
Not just for the good of your own company,
but for the greater good of Linhai City fashion market.
- May we make a good team. - Mr. Li,
may we make a good team.
Wei Kai.
I want to know about the situation at DP's stores.
They are doing well.
What does that mean?
The news from internet says the shops of DP are crowded with customers.
They even have to wait just to use the fitting room.
Is this a publicity stunts from DP?
Or is this the truth?
I want you to be honest with me.
Chairman, frankly speaking,
DP is growing with tremendous speed.
The market share of Xin Bao Rui is greatly impacted.
I am not going home.
Drive me to the outlet of Xin Bao Rui.
Yes, sir.
Wei Kai.
Tell them not to stand here so formally.
Dismiss.
- Get back to your work. - Yes.
Xin Bao Rui,
when do we start having more employees than customers?
Foreign is always better in people's eyes.
Chairman, don't worry about this.
Since Xin Bao Rui decided to work with Ai Da and Si Mei Qi,
We shall unite as one. We will make it through this.
I believe in you.
To bring Xin Bao Rui success,
I spent more than half of my life for it.
Today, I shall become the customer...
instead of the owner.
Is there a suit here that will look good on me?
Find me a good one.
Of course, Chairman.
Lee.
see if there is a suit that fits the chairman well.
Chairman, which colour do you prefer?
As long as it makes me look younger.
Sure. A moment, please.
Wei Kai.
How does it look on me?
Sir, you look dashing in this suit.
Now, give Han Jing a video call for me.
Sure.
Wei Kai.
It's me, your father.
Father?
What's with the suit?
How is it? Do I look younger now?
You look ten years younger.
Right, why did you go to the outlet?
Today, I want to show off for once.
Right, father. Come home earlier today.
I made your favourite garlic chives dumplings.
Feeling hungry now?
Sure, I can almost taste it.
Han Jing.
Xin Bao Rui's outlet...
is not doing very well.
Do you know why?
- Because of DP. - No.
Because the Chinese culture...
prioritize the forming of families over the career.
Back then, I met mother...
when my career hit rock-bottom.
After we got married,
the business slowly got well again.
I believe if you can get married with Wei Kai,
Xin Bao Rui will be back to its prime again.
Sir...
Father, why are you telling me this?
I am old now.
I am concerned about your marriage.
If Wei Kai is willing to marry you,
and you ended up as a couple,
Xin Bao Rui will be your dowry.
I will make sure to give you...
a grand and marvellous wedding.
Father, I am hanging up now.
Remember to come home for the dumplings.
Wei Kai.
If you choose Han Jing to be your wife,
not only will you get Xin Bao Rui...
or a handsome amount of fortune,
you will have a girl that truly loves you.
Chairman, Han Jing is just like...
a family to me.
She is like my sister.
Don't worry.
I will lend Han Jing my help...
and make Xin Bao Rui great again.
How I wish I can use this approach...
to make your relationship with her more intimate.
Wei Kai,
can you really not see how much...
Han Jing loves you?
Can you not see...
how much I wish to help her as a father?
Wei Kai.
If you two can get married, Xin Bao Rui will be...
changed for the better.
I am sorry, sir.
To be honest with you,
I already have someone in my heart.
Chairman.
Han Jing is a good girl.
I believe she will find someone who loves her even more,
someone who will be better than I am and loves her truly.
Fine, enough about this.
Send me home.
Send...
Chairman, are you all right? Are you okay?
Help!
- Han Chong. - Ning Wei Kai?
Where is my father?
He is still in the ICU.
Ning Wei Kai, what did you do to my father?
I am...
- What did you do? - Han Chong!
- Tell me! - Han Chong, enough of this!
We are in the hospital.
Wei Kai.
What happened to my father?
He was still fine while video calling.
Then, he wanted to go home.
But he passed out suddenly.
I don't know what happened.
Ning Wei Kai!
I always knew you are planning to take over our family wealth.
Are you happy now?
I am warning you, Ning Wei Kai.
If anything happens to my father,
I will make you pay!
- Doctor! - Which of you is the family member?
- I am his daughter. - I am his son.
The patient had a heart attack.
It was already too late for him when he was sent here.
We tried our best. My condolences for you.
Doctor, don't give up now! Doctor!
Sister!
Father is gone!
Father!
Sister!
You are back.
I have a good news for you.
I sent the sample of Xue Yan Twill to the material research centre.
If it's a success, we can start producing in batches.
What's wrong?
Is something wrong with your head?
Chairman Zhu just passed away.
When did that happen?
This afternoon.
He had a heart attack.
Xin Bao Rui will soon undergo a huge change.
This is so sudden.
But Ning Wei Kai will be fighting with no ally in Xin Bao Rui.
Can he even have control over the situation?
It's too hard for him.
After all he is not one of them.
Now that my father has left us,
I must fulfil his dying wish.
Make Xin Bao Rui great again.
Defeat DP.
You trust me?
I know my father well. I know you too.
I know you won't lie to me.
Ning Wei Kai, how dare you come here!
You have no right to mourn him!
Do you really think you are one of us?
- Take it off! - Han Chong, stop the nonsense!
Nonsense?
Our father was all right not long ago, how can he die so suddenly?
Ning Wei Kai is the biggest suspect here!
You know it very well.
Father always had heart problems.
But why did he have a heart attack at this moment?
I want an explanation.
Otherwise I am calling the police.
Very well.
If calling the police can make you feel better,
I shall not get into your way.
Han Chong, that's enough.
Zhu Han Jing!
Are you still one of us?
Our father is dead!
I suspect this is his plan all along.
He is been preying on our wealth.
He murdered our father!
I will host today's meeting.
I propose...
that everyone has a moment of silence for the late chairman.
Okay.
My father passed away and he left the company in my hands.
I will do my best. I won't let him down.
I shall fight to the very end for the company.
Gentlemen,
you contributed much as you built this company with my father.
I hope you can support me like you did my father.
The first agenda for the board meeting today...
is to cut off all financing to Xin Bao Rui.
Zhu Han Chong.
How could you do this?
Xin Bao Rui the life's work of your father.
Ning Wei Kai, you are not a member of the board.
You have seat here today...
all because the late chairman trusted you.
I hope you won't let this trust go to waste.
Very well, start voting.
All those who agree, raise your hands.
I don't agree with this.
Father's last wish was to save Xin Bao Rui.
He wish to see Xin Bao Rui work together with Wen Da...
and fight off DP.
Work together with Wen Da?
Do you know how much time the late chairman spent...
fighting Li Zhong Ming from Wen Da?
Why would he say that as his last wish?
I bet you didn't hear this with your own ears.
You heard it from Ning Wei Kai.
As for why he made up all those lies,
I am sure you can all understand.
Han Chong, do not accuse without evidence.
If I had the evidence, he would be in jail now!
You are asking for evidence now?
Mr. Ning.
The Zhu Corporation just made the announcement.
They revoked our right to loan from the Zhu Corporation.
Han Chong is overstepping this time.
We lost the financing from Zhu Corporation.
We can only rely on the cash-flow now.
Give me the report of company cash-flow.
Get back to your work.
That is all that we have? We can barely do anything,
let alone be a threat to DP.
It's okay, Han Jing.
You should go home now. Leave the rest to me.
I want to stay and figure out a plan with you.
It's okay.
I ma deeply grateful for what you have done.
Leave the rest to me. Don't worry about it.
Will you be leaving Xin Bao Rui?
I assure you,
I will stay.
I will give it all I have and hold up to the very end.
Let me know if you need help.
There is a saying in China.
'New officers rushes for changes'.
Chairman Zhu, since you are now the chairman,
you need to have some achievements.
That's how you convince the others.
Any bright idea?
Right now, the fashion market of Linhai City...
is divided into three portions.
Wen Da, Xin Bao Rui, and DP.
If Xin Bao Rui and DP join hands,
we can crush Wen Da for good...
and conquer the market.
Good.
My father never got to settle the score with Wen Da.
Now is our chance to strike Wen Da down.
I will be fulfilling his dying wish.
Tell me, what should I do?
Kick Ning Wei Kai out of the game.
Take control of Xin Bao Rui.
Great, I have been planning to do this all along.
Cheers.
After the passing of the chairman,
Xin Bao Rui went through a lot of changes.
So this time,
I have to apologize.
About the cooperation, I might not be able to...
You know?
Zhu Han Chong will stop at nothing to beat you.
Yes.
Take a look at this.
Do you know how Vatti became the premium brand of China's...
kitchen electrical appliances?
That's because they know what the consumers want.
They have the quality of international brands and modern designs.
They work with the other local companies...
to build up a wall and secure the market share.
Foreign companies won't get in so easily.
Why can't the fashion companies do the same?
But Mr. Li,
a cooperation...
is easier said than done.
I have an overall plan.
The three of us will hold a meeting together.
I have a plan to deal with DP.
I wish to hear your opinion.
Do tell.
All the consumers know about DP,
but they never knew what the full name is.
We can use this flaw...
and stir the water.
I need to introduce foreign companies. The smaller the better.
Something like a brand of domestic workshop.
As long as the names sounds like DP and the logos look similar.
Something like DB, DC, DE, or DF.
Mr. Ning, you have a network at Europe.
I need you to introduce some...
small companies that share the same styles as DP.
This could be a viable option.
It would be better if they are Italian brands.
They can sneak into the market and disrupt the recognition for DP.
DP wanted to forge a image that only Italian brands...
are more premium than the others.
Anything foreign looks better.
We will get more foreigners...
and let them fight each other.
We will let everyone know that...
foreign goods are no better than ours.
So, we need you to make the first shot.
Right, Gao Lang.
Book me a first class ticket to Italy right away.
Okay.
- Han Jing? - Wei Kai, I am so sorry.
Han Chong is very determined. I couldn't talk him out of it.
It's okay. I don't want to be the reason...
for you to have a fallout with your brother.
Stop blaming yourself.
I just don't want him to be so reckless...
or ignore the greater good of our company.
I know what the late chairman wished for.
His wish is for us...
to run our own companies.
We can't let it fall into the foreigner's hands.
So we must work together and fight off the threat.
Li Zhi Cheng and I are figuring out a plan.
I am heading to Italy.
This time,
we have to use some plots.
How does it feel?
How is it?
It feels cool.
Yes. I found out this fabric has a unique feature.
It lowers the temperature.
- Are you sure? - Of course.
I have many feedback from the customers.
They said the clothes feel cool and comfortable.
So, I sent it to the lab to run some tests.
And I found out that...
the fabric can lower the surface temperature for about 2°C.
I have a bold idea.
I want to use this unique feature...
to make something that is more functional.
But I haven't had any idea. Can you give me some suggestions?
If it were up to me,
I would choose a shirt.
A shirt?
Right.
Wearing a shirt in summer and the chest and arm-pit will sweat.
It's awkward.
If we use this fabric to make shirt,
we can avoid those awkward situations.
And the shirt is more widely used.
Both men and women can use it.
Men and women?
Yes, this is what Glamourous is about.
We will make everyone who wears it feel comfortable.
Very well,
let me think about it and make an feasibility analysis.
Dominica Di.
Dita Di Rose.
I thought you would only bring two or three of them.
But you actually brought back so many. This is great.
These minor companies are common in Italy.
When I told them there is a chance to enter the Chinese market,
- They are overjoyed. - Is that so?
They would even come here for free.
Seeing that it's within our budget,
I accepted all of them.
Great.
Next, it's up to Chen Zheng.
These are the new one-stop stores.
Inform those in I.T. department to put it on the website.
Mr. Chen, according to the latest regulations,
any changes to the websites must be informed to DP.
It's okay, it's just some regular maintenance.
- Go on. - Okay.
Mr. Peter.
Welcome again.
What's wrong? Why are the other customers?
I heard this from the customers.
The other mall has a new Italian hand-made brand.
It's something called the DF.
It's much cheaper than ours.
- What is it called? - DF.
Mr. Chen, this is the printed ads that Peter approved.
You can release it on the website now.
Sure, no problem.
Zhi Cheng, the ads from DP is ready.
I am sending it to your e-mail.
- Okay, next pose. - Lu Cong, two horizontal shots.
Okay.
Got it.
Take a break.
Jin Yuan, take a look.
This cheap wig is stinging my scalp.
Take it off now.
I am Chinese, why must I pretend to be a westerner?
Fine, don't get mad.
DP is trying to widen the gap of aesthetic...
as a mean to show off its foreign features.
What's wrong with people nowadays?
Why do they even worship the western cultures?
Is the moon really brighter on the other hemisphere?
Fine, the main objective of our plan...
I know.
To copy DP. I know that.
When did these ads go online?
Not long ago. The ads are all over the timeline.
Our ads just got out...
and theirs went online the next day.
They came prepared.
Our ads designs and creativity are leaked beforehand.
It must be Chen Zheng. He is in charge of these.
From now on, avoid him in all procedures.
But this...
must be the doing of Li Zhi Cheng.
This guy is full of tricks.
I made the analysis.
Cloned ads?
I am pressing charges.
I want them to pay with all they have.
Come in.
- Mr. Chen, how may I help you? - Ji, have a seat.
I want to talk about the ads.
The ads? But I am from the I.T. department.
I know, that's why I asked for you.
Those pop-up ads,
- are you in charge of those? - Yes.
I want to have a pop-up ads.
Something that can't be closed no matter what.
Or something that can be closed,
but the button is too small to click on.
That is simple. What are we promoting?
I don't want you to promote anything.
I want you to make a pop-up ads and...
cover the cart.
when the customers want to add something to the cart,
they can't do anything and will get frustrated.
You mean to obstruct the shopping experience of the customers?
Mr. Chen, do you know the gravity of the consequences?