Respond, 417.
That's a dangerous altitude.
Three million silver dollars. It's the life of a banker.
Your dad is a bank manager.
He can't just leave like this.
I'll follow you wherever you go.
If you're getting married, I'll stop you.
Watch me.
You can't even remove that Air Force jacket!
You can't even step out of the base!
How are you going to follow me?
BASED ON PAI HSIEN-YUNG'S WORK A GREAT LITERARY FIGURE OF TAIWAN
Is your uncle in the north?
Did Zhen tell you that?
He asked me for a favor.
He asked me to encourage you
to stay by his side.
I don't actually want to help him.
Do you remember what I told you?
You're not fit
to marry a pilot.
You're not suitable because you're too strong.
A strong woman
thinks that she can accept the matters of life and death.
So she will leave a special place in her heart
for someone special.
But as time goes by,
that place will be left empty.
It becomes a quicksand
that drowns people into nothingness.
By that time,
she's numbed by her strength.
It'll be impossible for her
to have feelings.
Why don't you go with me to Luoyang?
My husband and I will think of a way to help you settle down.
It's okay.
I'd rather travel alone.
By the time you reach Luoyang,
I will have found a place to settle down, too.
And I'll write to you.
You must remember to reply my letters.
You need to let me know
if you're leading a better life.
It seems like
you are determined to leave alone.
Actually, I'm not fit to be around pilots as well.
I just want to be with my husband
and lead a normal life.
I was dismissed from college at that time
and I had nowhere to go.
And I got myself this.
You can have it now.
Hurry and leave this place.
Go somewhere far.
I'm afraid that Zhen wouldn't let you go.
When the semester ends
and the first snow falls,
I'll make my move.
I'm not escaping.
And I don't need anyone to give me the courage either.
Lieutenant Colonel's health is in good condition.
I've looked at your records.
You were forced to land several times in war
and that has damaged your brain.
Let's test your memory.
No side-effect will be good enough.
I'm afraid my memory is worse than yours, Doctor Zhao.
Then let's begin with big events.
When did you become the captain of 11th Wing?
I don't remember.
It was during wartime.
I was busy taking over and settling other matters.
Then suddenly, I received a message saying that I got promoted.
It was too confusing.
I don't remember much. Can we talk about small events instead?
Sure.
Then can Lady Qin be my assistant?
Help me check if they are correct.
I remember...
what happened
at the Lingjiang River in Zhejiang.
I blew up a Japanese ship.
It was 500 tons.
The moment I landed,
I was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and became the captain
of the Wing.
How was the weather?
The weather?
The thick mist was above the river.
It took us a long time to find that ship.
We actually thought of returning.
But I thought of my wife.
I was almost full of meritorious conduct.
I thought if I bombed that ship,
I could get promoted.
If so, I could get her a bigger house.
So without hesitation, I turned around and dropped the bomb.
To think about it, it was my wife who bombed that ship.
I should leave now.
Mo-ting has exams tomorrow.
I need to go back to prepare.
Made a mistake?
Goodness.
Years ago,
a pilot had accidentally bombed a theatre and injured many citizens.
In the end,
he was jailed for three years.
If someone were to bomb a bank's cargo ship
filled with gold and silver dollars...
That would be a destruction of country's property.
That pilot must've been jailed for sure!
I believe
it must be a 30-year jail sentence.
Hey.
Why are you asking about this?
I had a relative.
He was working in a bank.
During war,
he was asked to send the country's money to the home front.
In the end, that ship was bombed.
People accused him of embezzlement,
No one trusted him.
Eventually, he hanged himself.
How awful.
How about his family members?
He only had a daughter.
After his daughter buried him,
she ran.
Goodness.
I wonder if the pilot's sight was blinded.
He had committed a big crime.
From what I understand,
that pilot is retiring soon.
I guess that's fair.
Think about it,
that pilot is innocent as well.
It was during wartime.
All of the soldiers in our country had retreated.
There was only one ship on that river
surrounded by thick mist.
If I were in the pilot's shoes,
I too would think that it belongs to the Japanese and I'd bomb it.
I might even have bombed it a few times more.
So, you think that the banker who hung himself
was not innocent?
Hey, listen.
Zhen is still under punishment.
Vice-Captain told him
not to take leave during his training.
I don't know what has gotten into him.
He insisted on taking leave.
Great.
Now he has pissed off the vice-captain.
He has been punished since morning.
These pilots
deserve to be punished.
Qing!
Has Lady Qin told you?
She promised to help me and she really did.
Don't you dare to leave!
I'll ask the guards to stop you so you can't go anywhere!
Goodness.
Have a good talk, lovers.
You pilots...
Why can't you guys just leave me alone?
Right.
Lady Qin did do you a favor.
Qing.
Don't go.
I'll look for the vice-captain and ask for a wedding leave.
It's not Vice-Captain.
Go and look for my dad.
My dad is back from Hong Kong.
You should talk to him about our marriage.
He's only here for a few days
and will bring me back to Zhejiang later.
I'll be at the hotel tomorrow night.
This is your last chance.
The Squadron is in operation.
It's the preparation time now.
I can't be on leave or leave this place now.
Lieutenant Colonel has stopped flying.
He chose to leave with his wife.
He's not afraid, but you are.
We must see preparation as war.
If I leave, I am a deserter.
I might be shot to death.
You hid in the Army's hospital for so long
and you weren't afraid that time, but now you are.
That's not the same.
I had let my comrades down.
So I was too ashamed.
It's the same!
Now you've also let others down
and left them nowhere to go!
It's either you hide in the base or go to Luoyang to lead a normal life!
Luoyang School has just been built.
The teaching staff and soldiers' dorms
are small but compact.
There are only two rooms.
I'm glad as long as I'm close to you.
Then I can at least look at you
when you lead the comrades to workout in the morning at the field
and scold them.
The company commander issued a special order
-Qing. -and expects all scholars
-Have dinner with us. -to promote
-I'm only here to grab my bag. -the spirit of Chinese culture
-I'm not eating. -by being courageous
and stay adventurous.
Trick me?
I'll never let you go.
Zhen!
Zhen, we need to discuss battle technique and arrangement today.
What are you doing?
You disobeyed Vice-Captain
and the military orders.
Take him!
Zhen has requested for leave many times.
You even punished him, too. You should have kept a tab on him.
It's the handover period now.
Such issues should've been expected.
How can I go Luoyang in peace now?
Go check on him at the base.
Don't lock him up.
Let's go!
This morning, the headquarters
went to their wing for checks and attendance taking.
Yet Zhen wasn't around.
A deserter.
The whole wing couldn't find him.
In the end, Gong and Wei-cheng found him.
They seized him back.
He didn't say anything when asked.
Even Gong kept silent.
These are the earrings you gave me.
I've chickened out.
I'm going to spare these pilots.
I'll go to the base to see Zhen later.
They should have put those pilots in jail a long time ago.
Let's go.
The first snowfall...
I doubt I can wait for it anymore.
-Hey! -What are you doing, Zhen?
-Zhen! -Hey!
-What are you doing? -Stop it, Zhen!
-Lock him up! -Zhen!
-Get him into the car!
Get in the car!
-The Mayor has expressed his view -Against persecution!
-that he hopes all colleges -Pro-democracy!
-will restrict their students -Against persecution!
-from creating troubles on street. -Against civil war!
-He also requested for all security corps. -Against hunger!
-to maintain the order in Nanjing -Against persecution!
-as to ensure the citizens' safety. -Against violence!
Against civil war!
-Against persecution! -When we reach Luoyang School,
let's take a picture
without uniform
and airplanes.
Luoyang School is not an Army school.
I'm sure there are still airplanes.
On peaceful days, airplanes are just for decoration.
Since everyone has different opinions, it's normal to see protests on the street.
That's the thing about peaceful life.
If everyone shares the same view,
it means the days aren't peaceful.
That means it's time for war.
Against persecution!
Pro-democracy!
Against persecution!
Against civil war!
Against hunger!
Against persecution!
Against violence!
Don't worry.
Those college students can't do anything.
However, you should try to stay in.
Against hunger!
Against persecution!
Guard.
Don't allow any wife to leave without my permission.
-Yes, Lady Qin. -For nationalism!
Against persecution!
Against civil war! Against hunger!
The boys are always so eager to create the world.
Yet, they destroy the world into pieces with their own hands.
Then, the girls
will pick those broken pieces up
and keep them.
Little Qing.
Your trick
has really got him in trouble.
Lieutenant Colonel and Vice-Captain
asked him why he escaped.
He didn't want to explain.
I guess
he felt embarrassed
that he got tricked by you.
Vice-Captain wanted to forgive him
but the lieutenant colonel got angry and scolded the vice-captain.
Mo-ting.
Let's go to Lady's house for our lessons, shall we?
I want to accompany Mr. Guo.
Lieutenant Jiang said once he's done dragging the plane back,
he'll be dismissed.
Zhen, don't scratch. If you continue, your skin will come off.
Gong!
Vice-Captain!
Help him drag the plane back.
Okay.
First aider! Bring me the aids!
Gong!
Salute!
Lieutenant Colonel!
Qing.
Zhi-jian.
Yes, sir.
Seems like we need to be more disciplined like the Army.
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Jiang, I want to take a break.
Mo-ting.
Aren't you supposed to learn at home?
If Mr. Guo doesn't pass, I can't finish today's lesson.
I see.
All right, take a break.
Zhi-jian.
Yes, sir.
Let him go today.
But no aids allowed.
We'll ask him again tonight for his reason at the hotel.
Lock him up for three days if he refuses to answer.
And no meals for him.
Yes, sir.
Hang in there.
Let me do it.
Go ahead and pull more pranks on me.
No more tricks?
I can still take it.
Help me find Lieutenant Colonel.
I'll tell him
that it was me who tricked you into going there.
No.
I want you to find him
to get today's weather report.
I want to know
when the first snow will fall.
I hope for the snow to fall soon.
So you can leave faster.
I'll not repair 513 anymore.
Let it scrap.
If not,
I'll destroy it.
I hope that the semester ends quickly.
It doesn't matter if you want to find your dad or uncle,
go away.
I won't send you off. Goodbye.
Stay away from me.
I hope to meet someone to spend my entire life with.
Time's up.
It's time to leave.
Zhen, pull harder!
Pull it in!
Then you'll be done for the day!
Keep it up!
Gong, turn around!
Turn around!
Little Qing.
Why are you dressed up like this today?
This is really jaw-dropping.
Gong, you don't have to help him.
He's useless.
He's indeed useless. Look, he can't pull it anymore.
Gong, you may return first.
I wish to speak with him alone.
Stop it!
Believe me. I'll kill you!
Get lost!
I'm sorry.
I've cleaned the pilot jacket for you.
There were even molds on it.
Thank you.
By the way, the protests are over, but I still have it on.
It's for safety.
Tomorrow, Lieutenant Colonel will do a handover.
I've asked Gong to send both of you to the base.
Do you think
there will be war?
We're soldiers. We won't beat students.
College students can't do anything.
We did protests in the past as well.
It's not the same.
That year, all of you were shouting to kill the Japanese.
And now, they're shouting to drag their own people down...
I'll be the new Lieutenant Colonel after tomorrow's handover.
The bitter days will end.
The future depends on me.
Then I'll be Lady Zhou.
Yes.
Can I ask you of a favor for a pilot?
Go on, Lady Zhou.
Stop punishing Zhen.
Sure, I'll abide.
I'm a newly appointed, like the chairman, so I can give amnesty.
Since Lady Zhou requested, Zhi-jian will definitely abide it.
Stop it.
It's embarrassing.
And this is...
The new primary school uniform. She got in.
-Really? -Yes.
Great!
A good dad has a good daughter.
School is going to open soon.
Why is there only the first name?
Go to your room and read some books.
Mo-ting...
She got mad for the whole day when I try to sew your name on it.
Just sew "Jin."
Mo-ting Jin.
She would feel more comfortable with it.
That's more convenient.
If not, who knows, I might have to change it back 10 years later.
I can save myself the trouble now.
-But... -Aren't you going for the handover?
Can't you see that I'm busy?
I need to help Mo-ting sew her original last name.
I have a training exercise after the handover.
I may not have time to return home.
Go ahead!
If you can't return, then so be it.
HAPPINESS
Zhen hammered it in.
I've tried but I can't get it out.
Forget it.
If you pull it out,
there will be a hole.
It would look bad.
You're not fit.
I've told you.
Don't play with fire.
Even the vice-captain's wife told you that.
Qian-yi, don't go to Luoyang.
You don't leave after the semester ends as well.
I'm serious.
Return to my hometown and I'll get someone to build terrace houses.
The three of us live together, and be neighbors forever.
We shall stay like this forever, okay?
We'll regret it if we do that.
There will be leakage during rainy days.
What?
The three of them will chase us
and fly their airplanes above our houses.
The roof will certainly be blown off.
Well...
Zhi-jian won't care that much.
I guess we'll only get chased by Wei-cheng
and Zhen.
What?
Is she not around?
Hey.
Don't you bite me.
I'm here to give things to her.
This is the school tradition.
Seniors have to give sweets to juniors before the snowfalls.
I'm giving her my wedding card as well.
WEDDING INVITATION CARD
"Now I'm on your bed because I am injured.
I hope to meet someone to spend my entire life with."
She really is an hillbilly who knows no shame.
Air Force Headquarters, Order 32.
Lieutenant Colonel Wei-cheng Jiang from the 11th Wing
is transferred to Central Aviation School in Luoyang.
The new leader is Zhi-jian Shao.
A graduate from the fifth batch of Central Aviation School,
Vice-Captain,
will now take over as Lieutenant Colonel of the 11th Wing.
Effective from now.
Everyone, salute to new Lieutenant Colonel.
Salute, Lieutenant Colonel!
Zhen.
Everyone is celebrating at the New Life Club.
Are you not going?
I'll go later.
There's a new lieutenant colonel, and you're the 1st Squadron leader.
You have to help him.
Stop thinking about other stuff.
Lady Qin,
I don't think about other stuff anymore.
Behind you
is a new airplane with no number.
That's mine.
According to the old Air Force rules,
one can't use the same number for two airplanes.
But my number
remains.
You should return first.
The weather is getting cold.
It's going to snow soon.
I need to repair 513 in time.
If you bring Ms. Zhu out,
we'll not disturb you any longer.
Please.
I've never heard of this student.
Entering this school requires one to notify the consulate,
then the court.
Does the search warrant from the court
needs to be in English?
Do you need it to be translated?
Bring it here and I'll understand.
You are on the land of China,
and I'm a Chinese police officer.
The weather is going to change.
It's likely to snow soon.
According to the weather report, it will snow in the afternoon.
The wind direction is north northwest.
All bases should be prepared for the snowfall.
Mr. Guo, fly me up to see the snow.
I can't bring you up.
This time,
I'm going to go up myself.
Gong
Pup and Dan.
Remove the stoppers.
Roger that.
Come, Mo-ting. Let me carry you.
What a beautiful scenery.
It's the last time, 513.
Everything has a beginning and an end.
Girl,
Goodbye.
Goodbye, 513.
Okay.
I'll now announce
that you are not a student of this school.
She is no longer restricted to the school rules.
Even so,
you are still restricted to God's rules.
Please be aware of your actions,
Mr. Pilot.
I was praying for you.
I hope that, after I left,
you can fly safely in the sky.
May the good weather be with you.
I've prayed for you, too.
I pray to God,
hoping there's always snowfall,
so that
there'll always be a girl missing me.
The students are coming in for prayer.
I'll get my bag.
I have to send documents to the engine factory too.
It's time to discard 513. It can't be kept.
There's no space in the hangar.
It's okay.
I've kept a space for 513 in my heart.
There will always be a space for it.
But Gong is not in there, is he?
Aren't there two 513s?
One is over there.
Can I take them and leave with you?
When you go to the new primary school, you'll make lots of friends.
However, you can send me off to the entrance.
All right?
Lady Qin and Madam Zhou,
I'm leaving.
Didn't you say that you'd wait until the semester ends?
Sooner or later it'll end someday.
It's good to leave now.
Before I mess up others' families.
What do you mean?
I thank you both
for this trip to Nanjing.
I'm leaving now.
Wait.
Read today's paper before you leave.
"Zhejiang's bank manager, Yuan-cheng Zhu
and his daughter, Qing Zhu, messed up the economy.
Great reward if found."
This is from Zhejiang Police Station.
The same name and location.
Is this you?
You dad is in Hong Kong
for a mission or hiding?
My dad is not in Hong Kong.
Is he in Zhejiang?
Not in Zhejiang.
Isn't this about you?
You don't want to talk?
I'll call the police. There's a reward anyway.
All of you don't want to know
about how my dad and I messed up the economy.
You have no place to go.
Stay here.
I can't take care of your dad,
but I can take care of you.
I'll protect you.
Are you thinking of bringing me to Luoyang with you?
Lady.
You'll regret it.
I don't want to ruin your relationship
with Lieutenant Colonel.
That day, on the street,
I saw the Zhejiang police officers.
They even came to school to announce
that they are here to capture me.
You'll put me in danger
if you let me stay here any longer.
Where exactly are you going then?
I'll just leave first.
I'll go somewhere far.
Soon, I'll know where to go.
How about Dongbei?
After I sew Mo-ting's name that day,
I've been wanting to leave with her.
Take this ticket.
There's an old saying.
Dongbei is big enough to hide anywhere.
Thank you.
We'll meet again in the future.
If I get infuriated again, I'll return home with my daughter.
Then I'll call for a search
to find you.
However, I'm not that generous.
I'll call for a search without a reward.
Then I'll build terrace houses
and we can be neighbors.
I'll send her off.
If you still wish to change anything,
look for Madam Zhou.
I'm leaving with Lieutenant Colonel soon.
You can try to pull it out.
We've all tried before but failed.
I'm back.
She's already on the train?
No.
I wanted to send her off but she rejected.
She said she might cry.
Send who off?
Your schoolmate, Qing.
No wonder.
I heard that she withdrew from school.
Maybe she couldn't find that person.
Find who?
She wasn't around when I went to deliver my wedding card.
Then I found a note below her pillow.
It's about
spending the entire life with someone.
A piece of note.
All wives in the village have a pile of notes.
This is called being romantic.
Lady Qin and I can make books out of them.
Unlike you
who chased the guy.
You've never gotten a note.
You wrote one to the pilot instead.
And when he didn't receive it, you wrote another one to him.
That note is very tantalizing.
It says something like...
"Now I'm on your bed because I am injured.
I hope to meet someone to spend my entire life with."
From 513."
513?
Could it be their first-anniversary date? No idea. I saw no name on it.
I only saw 513 written below it.
I want to go to the base.
513 needs milk.
Qing's cat is also named 513.
It's Zhen's plane number.
Qing said when she was at school, she saw Zhen's plane
circulating their school at low altitude for a round.
The words on the note sound like what Zhen would write.
Ouch!
What did you just say? Repeat what you said.
"Now I'm on your bed because I am injured.
I hope to meet someone to spend my entire life with. From 513."
The Arabic numerals.
"Now I'm on your bed because I am injured.
I hope to meet someone to spend my entire life with. From 513."
Zhen guarded Zhejiang before
and injured himself.
We even went to the hospital to visit him.
We went to the hospital later.
I remembered when Zhen fell, we couldn't find him.
Wei-cheng panicked.
After that,
he learned that Zhen was sent to a girls' dormitory
by a civilian.
So when Zhen was in the dorm receiving treatment for his injury,
his written note...
Was his note picked up by Qing?
Goodness, the train!
Gong.
Hurry! Drive over here.
The train is almost here! That suspect is escaping soon!
Tell Zhen, me as the new lady...
What are you doing?
Isn't it safer for Qing to escape far away?
The police are here for her in Nanjing.
She's a suspect.
Tell me, who can protect her?
What can both of them do?
Let her board the train.
Wei-cheng and you can have a happy ending.
Meanwhile, it took me an entire night to ponder over
whether Mo-ting's last name should be Jin or Shao.
What's so bad about letting the others have a happy ending?
I'm the Lady now.
Hello?
Are you looking for me, Madam Zhou?
Your written note...
The 11th Wing Main Intercom.
Airport will be closed in five minutes.
Calling Lieutenant Colonel to report at the base.
I repeat, the airport will be closed in five minutes.
I'll get Qing back.
Why is the 8th Wing's cargo plane here?
That's our chief's airplane.
I'll go to the base to have a look.
Why is this plane flying so close to us?
There's a number on it.
It's 513.
Stop right there.
Capture him!
RENAI VILLAGE
The clearance papers
are still in my dad's drawer.
I'm really sorry,
but my husband can't go to prison.
Hurry!
Subtitle translation by Esther Neo