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[My Story For You]
[Episode 10]
Denied? [Your friend request was denied.]
- No way. - It's okay.
Isn't that Zhang Chang Gong's username?
It was her idea! She said we should test him.
What for?
To test his sincerity towards you!
What for? He and I don't have a special relationship.
That's why I have to test him before you two get to that point.
Geez.
Weren't you going to tell me before doing that?
Actually, when I went home
I saw my younger brother chatting with seven or eight girls.
He called each of them his "Honey."
I was suddenly reminded of you.
I'm afraid he's as untrustworthy as my brother.
I'm testing him for your own good.
Seven or eight?
Impressive.
Are you scared now?
What for? He didn't even accept your friend request.
That's okay. I'll try again tomorrow.
If I do find out he is fooling around
Li Mu Zi, you'll be crying.
We don't know who will be crying yet.
Just keep on waiting for him to accept your friend request.
So confident!
- There's definitely something going on. - Exactly.
I'll try again.
[QQ Friend Request]
Hello?
Hey, it's me.
Why didn't you page me?
You went back to the office.
I thought I'd try calling your office number.
- What are you laughing for? - I wasn't.
I have a question.
Our school has a computer science seminar today.
I got two tickets. Want to go?
Sure! What time?
6 p.m. I'll wait for you at the library entrance.
Okay.
6 p.m.!
Hurry, hurry.
We made it.
There are so many people today.
I felt guilty saving these two seats for you.
We made it. Thank you so much.
The professor is coming.
Okay, students. Let's get started.
It's starting.
Let's go back to three years ago.
The term "IT upstarts" hadn't appeared yet.
Now, everybody is in a frenzy.
Venture capital funding in technology is seen everywhere.
Oracle and Lucent are hiring like mad.
Why is he listening so intently?
Of course. He came so far to listen.
How come you're so good to him?
If you were as smart as him-- no, if you took your studies as seriously
I would be good to you too.
Focus on the seminar.
I think he's interested in you.
I can't hear you.
Okay, we'll now have 10 minutes for questions.
Don't make me do all the talking. You can all join in.
Okay, you.
Professor, everybody is talking about the dot-com bubble right now.
Do you think this global dot-com bubble really will burst?
Yes. I definitely do.
But you said the age of the Internet has arrived.
So, this industry should continue to grow.
Why are you condemning it?
Have you noticed this market is too wild?
Stocks of any dot-com company rise rapidly.
In the last two years, hundreds of companies have applied for a name change.
Why? So their stocks will grow.
Any stocks connected to the Internet are rising.
Don't you find this phenomenon abnormal?
Answer him.
In my opinion...
The industry is booming. The market is booming.
Have you heard of this saying?
"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad."
It's complete mania in the IT industry!
Something bothering you?
No.
Let me tell you something. Don't tell anyone I told you though.
The one requesting to add you on QQ messenger is Lin Jin.
Her?
Her username is a bit cliche.
That's a strange thing to be curious about.
Testing me?
It's really not my fault.
I really don't understand these games you girls play.
Is there any point?
No. It's really not my fault!
Would you believe me if I said you're my only friend on QQ?
I... As if!
It's true.
Ever since making the chatroom, I don't use QQ much.
You're the only one I've added since.
So I should feel honored.
You really believe me?
Don't test me anymore because I don't play around.
You haven't put down your cell ever since you bought it.
It's new and exciting.
Who are you texting?
I wouldn't dare send a text. It's so expensive.
Besides, nobody else--
The only other person I know with a cell phone is a tenant at my house.
I just saw the manager outside on the phone.
He said something about performance decline
and had a long face.
Did you guys know?
Performance decline?
Is it that serious?
You were hired later.
When we were busy last year, we had to rent out other offices.
But we've already withdrawn from all the places we rented last year.
This doesn't affect us though, right?
Leave those things to the higher-ups.
The company is so big. Everything will be okay.
I hope so.
They take the conference room 80 percent of the time.
Chairman Lin spent last weekend having a meeting with a client.
Maybe they really are that busy.
Working on the weekend? In the conference room?
He couldn't get the projector to work and needed help.
The receptionist was afraid to inconvenience anyone, so she called me.
You sure are popular with the ladies.
I'm usually quite friendly but the receptionist pays no attention to me.
She could call you.
But would you want to come to work on the weekend?
- Nope. - There you go.
Wait.
You don't work for the real estate side. Why did you help them?
Come to the conference room after you're done eating.
Chairman Lin is using the conference room.
Are they trying to push us around?
It's okay. Come to my office.
Everybody.
I hope you can all step out of the office and find business and clients.
Everybody is moving into e-commerce now.
We must not sit at our desks and watch others take over!
We should be like wolves and fight fiercely!
- Do you have faith? - Yes!
We're engineers, not sales reps.
Exactly.
- Where are you going? - What are you doing?
Where am I going? To find business! Didn't you hear him?
[Cool Music and Video]
Sell CDs online?
What if there are counterfeits?
There is seller verification.
What if the merchandise is broken during transit?
Who covers that?
Look at Amazon. They've been doing it so well.
You'll have to take it step by step.
Your noodles are becoming even more tasty.
Go get me some cucumber.
There is shredded cucumber in there already.
There isn't enough. I like it mixed with garlic.
Please.
I'll be leaving soon and won't get to eat it anymore.
- Am I not pitiful? - Enough, you.
I can't eat that much.
- I want cucumbers. - Here.
[Cool Music and Video]
Slow down.
- Zhang Chang Gong! Come with me! - Where?
Oh, take your time eating. I'll look at CDs in the meanwhile.
Pick what you like and you can just take them.
I'm here to support your business, not drive you into bankruptcy.
You're done?
Mu Zi is here to see me. I'm going to go.
Chang Gong!
You come too.
Since you ate my noodles, you'll have to do something for me.
This contract transfers ownership of this CD store.
Jia You, sign as the recipient. Chang Gong, sign as the witness.
Why are you giving me the store?
I'm leaving soon. Who else would I give it to?
Do as I say.
Business has been good the last two years. You can keep it up.
We can take a look at the market situation in two years.
You can decide whether to sell it or keep it open.
You're making our relationship so complicated.
It was complicated to begin with!
Think about it.
You're my first love.
My girlfriend.
My future wife.
The mother of my future child.
No, wait. You're already a mother.
Just for that, am I a man if I don't give you some sort of guarantee?
Don't argue. Sign it.
Hurry up. Zhang Chang Gong has to go.
[Chong Jia You]
Chang Gong, you can go after you sign it.
[Zhang Chang Gong]
Why does it feel like I'm witnessing a wedding?
Is that a hint?
I'll ask you to be our witness when we get married.
May you two have a lifetime of happiness.
- Bye. - Bye.
Bye, Mu Zi.
Where is Han Dong going?
Studying abroad.
Another one who leaves for abroad.
It's no longer uncommon.
If your family can afford it, going out to see the world would be nice.
- What if I go abroad? - I'll support you.
- Where to? - I don't know.
You don't know? I'm asking you where we're going right now.
To meet someone.
[Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank]
We're here.
Why are we here? Are you withdrawing money? I'll wait out here.
Park your bike here.
Come in with me.
Why?
Voila!
Oh! You really came!
Yes, Uncle. We agreed on it. Are you busy?
I wouldn't dare.
My dear niece asked to meet. Would I not make time?
Hello. This is our second time meeting.
Hello, Uncle.
Sit, sit.
I heard you're now a network engineer.
Our company was in the server business but is now specializing in e-commerce.
That's keeping up with the trends.
Uncle, can we skip the small talk? Let's get down to business.
Sure thing.
Isn't your bank getting into online banking?
Their e-commerce business must include some banking service.
I thought I'd bring him here, so he can learn something from you
so he'll be able to hold a conversation with future clients.
Learn something? No problem.
But I personally have a question.
Don't you think your company is too ahead of the times right now?
That'll allow us to be the first to seize the market.
That is the trend but it's still too early.
The Internet has seen explosive development
and is growing many times faster than traditional industries.
Maybe in the next year or the year after, this market will have matured.
That's too idealistic.
Hear me out first.
In terms of online banking
Bank of China was the first to dive in.
They tested the waters in '96.
Merchants Bank followed in '97.
China Construction Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank
just started last year.
We're only in the exploratory stage.
The public is not familiar with this service
and people don't trust online banking.
That is the situation now.
We are the means for payment and we've only just begun.
It's useless for e-commerce to be in such a rush.
You have to wait for us.
You're absolutely right.
However, Amazon and eBay already exist overseas.
We will have the same.
Even if we don't do it, others will.
Okay, let me ask another question.
Do you know Nasdaq crashed?
It was the dot-com companies that fell.
I'm aware of that situation.
Besides, this is China, not America.
You're wrong.
The online industry is global.
China's online industry also has to go to Nasdaq to be listed.
This is the news in your industry. Aren't you concerned?
I know all about it.
Aren't you aware of the crisis?
I still stand by my viewpoint. China is China.
One must not be overly pessimistic
nor blindly optimistic!
Uncle, I asked you to give him some ideas, not lecture him.
Nobody likes hearing the truth.
All right, I won't talk about it.
My uncle just likes to rain on other people's parades
and pretend like he knows everything.
Your uncle is right.
How so? Based on what he said, all dot-com companies are doomed.
He's right.
That is the state of things now.
I'm going to go.
You're home?
Who did she learn to be so impolite from?
She's just mad at me.
She brought a young man to my bank today
saying she brought him to learn about online banking from me.
He seemed excessively naive, so I taught him a lesson.
Her friend?
A classmate.
Maybe he's even her boyfriend.
Boyfriend?
I haven't heard her mention one.
I just carelessly mentioned it, so don't take it too seriously.
The impression I got from the young man was that he's full of youthful vigor.
He seems eager to excel.
I don't like that.
Keep an eye out.
If there are signs of things developing, nip it in the bud.
He's not good enough for Mu Zi.
I suggest you cut your losses and close down your business.
Give me another month.
My people are all complaining
that their year-end bonuses are being used to pay your employees' wages.
Give me another month.
I know you don't want to lose.
It would also be unfortunate for those employees to become unemployed.
If my business does go bankrupt, I'll sell my own house to pay them.
My company needs two IT guys.
I told Human Resources to hire internally.
I'll save two of your employees from unemployment.
Thank you.
Hello, Chairman Lin.
Chairman Lin.
Everybody, listen up.
Due to the growth of our real estate business
we'll be hiring network administrators internally.
The prerequisite is that you must know web development.
- You're hiring some of us? - Of course.
This will be completely voluntary. Take some time to consider it.
Don't be too worried. We're all in the same company.
I've already cleared this with CEO Dong.
Chairman Lin, how will we be interviewed?
There will be a written exam tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the conference room.
- How many openings? - Two.
Will there be a big salary difference from the Sales Department?
Not much difference. Everyone will be treated fairly.
You just might have less commission.
Really?
Everybody think about it.
Come try out for the position at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
- Look at at these numbers. - Help me see.
This looks wrong but it should be fine.
Lately, the company's performance has been very unsatisfactory.
The number of new customers has declined by 76 percent.
The head office has decided to close down some of the paging centers.
What about our office?
Our office has the most severe deficit and is performing below average.
Human Resources will post a list of names this afternoon.
List of names? What list?
Personnel changes.
Some will be transferred to other call centers
and some will go back to the head office.
The rest will be paid a month's wages according to the contract.
Good luck in the job search.
How could they just close us down like that?
It wasn't just decided today.
Human Resources began preparing for this two weeks ago.
They were afraid it would cause a commotion if they announced it early.
Why didn't you tell us earlier?
- HR told me to keep it a secret. - I...
I don't even know what to say. What do we do now?
Wait for the list to come out.
Yao Yao, taking a break?
[Police Station]
Can I speak with Li Ning Feng?
Are you busy later? I want to treat you to dinner.
No special reason.
Spending money to avoid a disaster.
How about the diner?
I spent too much this month. I can't afford Mongolian hot pot.
Please, give me your blessings.
Get me through this disaster.
Don't let me be unemployed again.
The list is up.
- Hurry. - Let me see.
- Help me look. - Is that you?
- Look here. - Darn, I see my name!
Am I on there? Help me look. I can't see.
Let me see.
You're lucky. You're being transferred.
A-Kai didn't come.
[List of staff being dismissed]
[Zhang Yao Yao]
I didn't notice.
I don't think you're on there.
Not working late today?
No.
Oh, right.
I don't feel like bringing these. Take them.
Who wants those? They're outdated now.
That's not what you used to say. You loved to play this as a kid.
Is the pager also out of fashion now?
Yes, the cell phone is popular now.
When are you leaving?
Next month.
After you leave, we'll lose the rental income.
Little money grubber.
In this world, only currency is the most lovable.
Stop making such a face.
You'll age faster.
Enough talking. I have to pack up and then go to the store.
Have you found a shop assistant for your store yet?
Yes.
I have to go. Remember to lock the door when you leave.
You won't even stay a bit longer to chat with me.
Stop playing on the phone and eat!
How high are your phone bills every month?
Why don't you use that money to help out the family instead?
The 200 yuan you pay each month for food expenses
isn't even enough to feed you for two weeks.
Two eggs and four Chinese crullers for breakfast.
You bring lunch to work, eat at home for dinner
and have noodles for late-night snack.
Are you done yet?
You gave me a scare. Did you get up on the wrong side of bed?
Apologize to Mom before you leave.
You never say a word when she criticizes me.
She's always harping about my spending but never says one bad thing about you.
Why are you dragging me into this?
I'm mistreated just because you're male.
You're not eating, Yao Yao?
You're wrong too. Why are you always scolding Yao Yao?
It's just a little bit of money. You go on about it every day.
Why would I want her money? I'm just helping her save!
She spends so much.
If I don't curb her spending now, when will be the right time?
The shirt.
Great! There goes our month of profit!
It's all your fault!
You said you were treating me to dinner.
You only ordered one cob of corn and you're nibbling on it already.
I can't afford anything else.
What happened?
You're single and live alone, so life must be difficult for you.
Stop right there. I'm not going in to Urology. I'm fit as a fiddle.
I can still serve my country for another 40 years.
Do you need a housekeeper? Someone who cooks delicious meals?
Housekeeper?
I don't have enough money. I want some extra income.
Based on my experience, I say you're lying.
Tell me what happened this time. Let's see if I can help you.
I lost my job.
I thought I'd treat you to dinner to avoid a disaster. It didn't work at all.
Why aren't you effective at all?
You're blaming me for that too?
You should blame your job for being too unstable.
You should console me! Why are you lecturing me?
Why did you kick me? If you do it again, I'll count that as assault on an officer!
What are you doing?
I'll wash your clothes and cook for you.
Just hire me for two months, so I can have a respite.
You can pay me the bare minimum.
Zhang Yao Yao, have you set your target on me?
I don't want others to know and I'm afraid to tell my parents.
Aren't you single? Nobody does your laundry or cooks for you.
Besides, you're a civil police officer.
You work to serve the people.
What else do you want to eat?
Chicken wings.
Wait here. I'll go buy some.
You're not eating breakfast?
Wait, take a bun with you!
Yao Yao! Yao Yao!
Why is she still mad at me?
Here, Mom.
This is this month's food expenses. I'll cover Yao Yao too.
No need for that. You just joined your company not too long ago.
- You really don't have to. - Take it.
I'm really not trying to take your money. I'm just saving it for you two.
Yao Yao spends indiscriminately.
I understand. You don't have to explain.
Yao Yao hasn't been in a good mood lately. Don't criticize her so much.
Arguing all the time is irritating for both of you.
It also worries me and Dad.
Eat up.
- I'll keep this for now. - Okay.
Do you buy pagers?
Nobody wants those anymore.
Mine can display Chinese characters.
These cost thousands of yuan in stores. Take a look.
Nobody wants these anymore, Miss.
Come in.
Are you a man? It's so clean!
This is my house key.
Just tidy up as necessary.
If you think my house is too clean and feel bad that there's nothing to do
you can do some cleaning next door where there's an elderly man who lives alone.
You sure are the perfect Samaritan.
I live to serve the people.
What other instructions do you have?
Why are you so well-behaved today?
When living under your roof...
I wouldn't dare. I didn't ask you to live here.
Just cook meals for me and the elderly man.
Lunch and dinner.
Don't think about living here.
I'm here to be a housekeeper. It's not like I'm marrying you.
I wouldn't live here even if you wanted me to.
That's good.
Tidy up whatever you can. I'm leaving now.
Chang Gong, you're not going to take the test?
I don't want to keep jumping jobs.
Besides, I don't know much about real estate.
Dot-com companies out there are all laying off employees.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
You go on.
There are only two openings anyway. I won't add to the competition.
All right, I'm going ahead.
Manager.
Come in.
CEO Dong.
You're not going to take the test?
I've been to 40 bookstores and 8 libraries recently.
This is information I put together.
I believe we can try our hand in the book industry.
This is mainly because a publishing house
has a more mature returns process than most other industries
and provides better after-sales service.
Most importantly
I believe the literature industry is relatively stable.
There will always be people who want to buy books.
Selling books online?
I think people are already doing that.
Yes, I came up with some statistics.
Since last year, there have been over 300 websites selling books online.
- Over 300? - Yes, but that's okay.
Even though there are a lot of competitors
I'm confident we can blaze a trail for ourselves.
I was right about you. You have the drive.
Yao Yao, you don't have to work this weekend?
Is the company not doing so well?
It's the slow season lately.
Even the paging center has busy and slow seasons?
Dad.
For you.
Have fun with it.
So that means I have a pager too!
Yao Yao is the best.
Now you know?
What are you doing?
What?
Trying to get you to talk to me.
All you do is bully me.
Enough, you.
Go get the door.
Auntie Wei? What's wrong?
My stomach hurts so much.
Dad! Mom! Hurry!
What is it?
What's wrong? Your stomach hurts?
Take her to the hospital!
Hurry! Go get the three-wheeler.
Be careful.
Just a moment. Sorry.
Yao Yao, I don't have enough money on me. Give me some.
I don't have any money.
No money? Don't you usually have a lot of money in your pocket?
Go to the nearest bank and withdraw some money. Hurry.
I don't have money in my account either.
What? No more money?
What do I usually tell you? Save money! You just wouldn't listen.
See? Now you don't have money for emergencies!
You don't have money either. You put it all into stocks.
Why are you getting on my case?
What's taking so long?
Mrs. Wei is waiting for the medication for her IV.
You'll have to ask your daughter.
I told her to go to the bank to withdraw some money.
Guess what? Her bank account is empty!
Auntie, how is my mom?
Acute appendicitis. She's on an IV now.
The doctor says to wait to see if she needs surgery after her fever goes down.
Why are you all standing here?
To pay the fees. We don't have enough money.
Don't look at your sister. She doesn't have any money either.
I have money on my payroll card. I'll go to the bank.
No, don't. You don't have much either. I'll go home to get money.
I'll withdraw some now. Going home will take too long.
Go see your mom. I'm going now.
Be careful!
- Auntie, I'm going to see my mom. - Slow down.
Look at you. You get paid more than your brother.
In the end, we still have to count on him.
Why are you walking away? Wait for me.
You're always spending all your money.
I don't even know where all your money has gone.
You don't like it when I scold you.
You'd better go home and come up with a savings plan.
If you can't save up money
then you can just leave your money in my care.
I'll give you a set allowance every month. What do you say?
Can you stop already? All you talk about is money.
I don't have a job! I'm unemployed!
What? Unemployed?
Yao Yao! Why didn't you tell me?
This child.
I told her, didn't I?
The hospital job is more stable. See? Now she's in trouble.
Don't heed the wise words of the old and you will suffer the consequences.
Enough! You've been harping on her the whole way.
Why are you being so crabby? You spoiled her!
Society is changing so fast.
Who knows which industry will remain stable?
The wool factories used to be booming. Haven't they all closed down now?
Yao Yao's situation is an industry-wide layoff.
What's the use in blaming her?
You'd better not put any pressure on Yao Yao.
You just make me so furious.
Aren't you going to help me out?
I'll get out on my own.
What's the big deal?
You can forget about having lunch. I'm not making it for you!
Why did you come to my place instead of resting at home on the weekend?
Rice is in the pot. The food is a bit too salty.
Where are you going?
- Home. - I'll walk you.
Don't be so good to me.
I'll fall for you.
You fall for people so easily.
I feel grateful.
I'm good to whomever is good to me.
So... treat me with care.
Okay, I'll treat you with care.
Or else you might fall head over heels for me.
Come on.
All right, go on in.
Communicate properly with your family. Don't be so willful.
I know. I'm not a kid.
You think you're not?
All right, bye.
Come on, I'll walk you in and then I have to go to work.
Back to work? Why are you always working overtime? And sometimes all night.
You're not as unlucky as I am, right?
No.
If you lose your job too, Mom and Dad will have a breakdown.
Why am I so pitiful?
My office closed down and laid off employees just like that.
Why don't you be louder?
Mom and Dad are just inside. They'll hear you.
They'll sort you out.
Everybody's using cell phones now.
It was inevitable that pagers would die out.
I went to the hospital with Auntie Wei today
and I suddenly saw the truth.
The hospital is still the best. They'll always need workers.
Then try going back.
I left to change professions. Going back would be embarrassing.
As long as it's not illegal, it's not embarrassing.
Come, let's go in.
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