(Lost in 1949)
I'll see you off.
Madam,
last night,
Miss Li Wen and that...
Young Master Zhi Cai from the Qiao's...
went over to Doctor Tang's.
I heard that from the maidservant.
Now, everyone in the lane knows.
What?
The thing is,
this Doctor Tang,
he's a gynaecologist.
He handles pregnancy.
Preg...pregnancy?
-Yeah. -A gynaecologist!
Oh my god.
Tell mommy,
are you feeling ill?
It was just a regular check-up.
I'm fine.
What stage are you at...
with Qiao Zhi Cai?
Did you two...
do that?
Mom!
I'm just having a menstrual delay.
How many months has it been?
How can you be so careless with this?
You should always come to me first.
Got it?
I've been through this!
I know many...
doctors for things like this.
You...
Don't ever go looking...
for these community doctors.
If word gets out,
how will you be a fair maiden then?
-Mom! -Do you really want to...
spend your life with him?
Can you please stop...
these trail of worries.
Where are you going?
Hey, hey. I'll get that.
Let me get that.
Li Wen.
Thank goodness you're fine.
Anything I can help you with, Mr. Qiao?
You can't talk now?
Can you hear that?
No, I can't.
I've been kidnapped.
Then take care of yourself.
Of course I will.
But I'm worried about you.
The Secret Service are not nice people.
Alright.
I'll bear in mind.
I think it was the man named Chu...
who was behind this.
He must be up to something.
Later on, you have to think about...
how to explain things.
I get it, Mr. Qiao!
Why are you talking to me...
like that?
Rumours of us are spreading down the lane,
it's best if we don't meet.
But we are friends!
Who cares what they say?
But I don't want to be misunderstood.
I'm sorry.
I asked you to buy antacids...
from San Jiu Pharmacy,
and what have you bought me?
Yi Ying.
Have a look at the master bathroom later.
Looks like the hot water pipe...
is slightly leaking.
I'll fix that...
with Zhi Cai later.
Okay, Zhi Cai?
Mom.
That Secret History of Qing Palace...
you wanted to watch,
there's now new releases.
Why not ask Zhi Cai...
to buy the tickets for you?
Yue Rong.
I heard that...
a classmate of yours...
is moving to Taiwan with her family.
Yes,
and they bought Taiping Ship tickets.
Second class too.
Is it hard to get?
Of course.
They couldn't even buy them with gold bars.
They had to go through some connections...
to get them.
Mrs. Qian wants to go to Taiwan too.
Now, where should I go?
Li Jie has got quite a few connections too.
But I guess he doesn't have time...
for such trivial things,
does he?
Zhi Cai has connections too.
Why don't you have a go at it, Zhi Cai?
Zhi Cai.
What's wrong with you?
Why didn't you answer Mom?
Did you get into trouble again?
About that foreign bank deal,
did you fail again?
Brother, just leave me alone.
Zhi Cai.
I'm with you, you know?
You can't keep doing this.
That family in the lane,
you shouldn't see them.
You have to end things with Miss Huang...
as soon as possible.
This family...
How should I end things,
when we were never friends?
How's Zhenning Village?
Si Nan has already...
reached Huang Li Wen.
Turns out that Mr. Ye’s radio...
is really with her now,
and Si Nan is making use of it.
Good thing Huang Li Wen...
is keeping safe Mr. Ye’s radio,
after all his efforts.
She is lucky there weren't any issues...
after she carelessly disclosed...
her relationship...
with 32 Hefei Road.
Good thing Si Nan...
is now in Zhenning Village.
If anything happens to Huang Li Wen,
he will know of it first hand.
(Zhenning Village)
What are you looking at?
Let me have a look.
Who's that?
What a modern motorcycle!
Mrs. Zhang!
Come and have a look!
Yun Fu.
Li Na!
Mom!
Why is she hugging Lin Yun Shang,
and calling her Mom?
Oh, I remember.
She's that second daughter...
of Lin Yun Shang.
Really?
You know what...
her second daughter does?
The prima Donna at The Paramount.
A dance hostess?
She was on the cover...
of the Young Companion magazine.
Getting famous...
at such a young age.
This young lady...
is now a dancing queen.
She dances.
Come on in, my girl.
Do you miss me, Mom?
How can I not miss...
my darling daughter?
Come, come.
Look who's back.
Who's this?
Your elder sister.
I...
Li Na, to welcome you home,
A-Er and I have prepared a few dishes for you.
Try it.
-Are you okay? -Yeah.
Only these?
That's a few indeed.
A-Er.
Have you made bird's nest?
Oh no. I'll make that now.
Bird's nest takes time.
Why not let's try the dishes here first.
Oh yeah.
A-Er, and wine too.
Mom,
tell you what,
Guangzhou is so much fun!
There's tons to eat and shop.
We went to Liwan for boat congee,
ate ice cream,
watched Cantonese Opera,
went to Tao Tao Ju,
and Shangxiajiu too!
Really?
We wanted to go to Hong Kong too.
I'll bring you there next time.
Great.
Next time, you can bring us all there.
But I'm afraid someone...
has already been there.
You know,
being away from home for so many years,
life must have been merry.
Li Na.
Eat a little first.
You'll get drunk easily...
drinking on an empty stomach..
Don't you treat me like a...
thirteen-year-old little girl.
Li Wen.
Take it easy.
Look at your little sister.
Isn't she more pretty now?
Li Na has always been a pretty girl.
By the way, Li Na,
who was that rich guy...
who saw you off just now?
Guess.
If he's not your fan,
then he must be your boyfriend.
He's my...
fiancé.
What does he do?
What's his name?
His name is Wu Yun Fu.
He is a chief pilot...
I met in Guangzhou.
A pilot!
Boss.
Hurry up.
Mr. Wu, Huo Lian is here.
Hello, Huo Lian.
Hello, Mr. Wu.
(Tian Xin Laundry)
I'm assigned by Si Nan to...
announce the latest news of...
the Homecoming Operation.
The captain of First Carrier Division,
Wu Yun Fu, is from Shanghai.
He has just returned to Shanghai from a holiday in Guangdong.
Captain Wu...
is skilled in battle combat.
He is the key target of Guangdong Committee's...
Homecoming Operation.
We just don't know...
how his attitude is like,
whether he will work with us.
As of now, we have no idea.
We've lost contact...
with our associate...
who contacted him alone.
Under such circumstances,
it will be very dangerous...
to reach Wu Yun Fu rashly.
Indeed.
But we're running out of time.
We have to find an opening as soon as possible.
Li Na.
Listen to me.
You can't be with an army officer,
not to mention a pilot!
They go into war every day.
Airplanes fall from the skies...
every now and then.
Be a good girl.
Don't marry him.
Take another guy.
Mom.
You married man after man.
Yet now,
you're still a loner.
Li Na.
Don't talk to mom like that.
She's been through a lot.
You hear that?
That's what she said,
as if she knows everything.
The last person who can...
say this here,
is you.
it's best if we don't meet.
But we are friends!
Who cares what they say?
But I don't want to be misunderstood.
Young Master Zhi Cai, there's a guest here.
He said he's here for you.
Who's that?
I don't have any guests.
He has been here before.
Chief Jiang.
He's right out there.
He said if you don't come out,
he will come straight to you...
like before.
That devil.
Brother Qiao, how do you do?
Chief Jiang,
what's the matter this time?
The HSBC bond you gave me,
every single one requires the...
genuine signature of the creditor.
Who's the creditor?
You.
You did that...
just to let my boss know...
that you exist, didn't you?
That's too flattering, Chief Jiang.
They didn't need a...
genuine signature for bonds...
two years back.
It has nothing to do with me that...
banking procedures have changed.
Don't you think it's too late...
for all that nonsense now?
Master Six knows...
you exist now,
and he wants to...
see the creditor tonight.
Wait.
That Master Six,
is he the one...
who can shake...
the whole Shanghai with just the stomp of his foot?
I don't think I'm entitled to meet him.
I'm not entitled.
When you meet Master Six tonight,
you should be able to figure out what you should say...
and what you shouldn't.
Dance on the left
girls on the right
Give me some light
just enjoy the show
Everything in your eyes
now come to the life
Nothing will fade
just enjoy the show
Everything has a price
including you, young man
Go and dance with the girl
Drink, have a good night
People passing one by one
playing games at last step
Nothing like your dreams
just enjoy the show
You might be a little shy
I know, I know that
'cause you're wearing black
looks cool and nice
If people keep guessing
where is your homeland
somewhere dark and quiet
just enjoy the show
Master Six, Qiao Zhi Cai is here.
Ladies and gentlemen,
here comes the finale...
of our show tonight!
Let's welcome our dancing queen,
Miss Fei Li Na!
Soon, I will...
leave the stage and become a wife.
So tonight, I'm going to auction...
my last kiss.
The highest bidder wins!
Here are the rules.
Raise your hand once for 10,000.
The auction begins now!
Yeah!
Ten thousand for each time.
Twenty thousand!
Master Six, if you like her,
I'll ask someone to bid for you.
Why?
You think I won't win?
No...
That's not what I mean.
Qiao Zhi Cai.
Give a toast to Master Six.
It's thanks to Master Six that you're here.
-Got it. -Any higher bids?
Two hundred thousand, once.
Two hundred thousand, twice.
Three hundred thousand!
Master Six.
Three hundred thousand!
You look pretty smart, boy.
And you know accounts.
But why,
didn't you make profits in the cotton mill,
but you losses instead?
Well...I was also confused...
by the losses of the cotton mill...
two years ago.
I ate and lived with my workers every day.
I know every detail from the materials to...
the production in the cotton mill.
But...
Then how do you explain the loss?
That. we'd have to start with Chief Jiang.
Qiao Zhi Cai.
Now, how is this related to me?
Without loss,
there will be no gain.
In fact,
I have to thank Chief Jiang for that.
Two years ago, he told me that...
it's too slow earning money by industry.
When it comes to finance, we have compound interest.
That's the way to earn.
So cotton mill is an industry.
We were facing deficit.
So we used the future capital...
to purchase bonds, and shares.
From the surface,
the cotton mill was making a loss.
But behind the losses,
there were still profits.
They are already...
in our investment documents.
I suppose you have read that.
Three hundred thousand, twice!
Four hundred thousand.
Good! 40,0000 once!
Any higher bids?
I'll pay 50,0000.
Five hundred thousand.
Great! 50,0000!
So lavish.
Bravo!
Mao Rui Lun
Five hundred thousand, once!
Now the Party needs some helping hand.
Five hundred thousand, twice!
I'll let you work at my place,
okay?
Master Six...
I've been away from society for 2 years,
stuck in prison.
You're overestimating me.
Anyone higher?
Five hundred thousand!
I'm just not capable.
That gentleman!
That gentleman in the booth!
How lavish of you!
Fifty thousand on the left,
and 50,000 on the right!
You're really overestimating me.
-Really. -Six hundred thousand.
Six hundred thousand, once!
Six hundred thousand, twice!
I really can't.
-Really! -Six hundred thousand.
Deal!
Congratulations, sir!
Congratulations to the man...
in the private booth.
Congratulations, sir!
Congratulations!
Sir, please come to the stage.
What now? I don't dance.
Why am I called on stage for?
It's 600,000, sir!
You're so lavish!
Wh...what do you mean?
Sir, please close your eyes.
Why should I close my eyes?
Close your eyes...
What are you doing?
Why do you kiss me?
Oh, so the 600,000 dollars...
is for your kiss?
I'll pass on that.
Sir.
You sure you don't want it?
Give me then. I'll pay 800,000.
Without the handkerchief!
Eight hundred thousand! Go ahead.
Sir, you may be a bit shy,
I can understand.
But it's the kiss from me, Li Na!
Everyone desires that!
Yeah!
Right!
You've got to show some face here.
Tonight, I'll leave you 2 choices.
You either pay the money.
Or you...
drink this bottle of brandy.
All of it.
Drink it all!
Drink it!
Hurry up!
I can't drink.
Hurry up!
Drink it all!
Drink it all...
Now,
we will auction this man's kiss.
Who wants it?
That girl is something.
Li Wen.
Here I come.
-Mom. -Come on, have a look.
Look.
These are all the...
skincare products your sister bought.
All the way from Guoben!
Come, have a look.
This Shea butter...
is a bestseller.
Li Na said that...
every rich girl in Shanghai has one.
Take it.
These are Li Na's things.
How can I have it?
You two are sisters.
Don't act like strangers.
No, I'm not.
It's Li Na who doesn't like to see me.
I know that.
Your sister...
She may have a sharp tongue,
but she's nice inside.
She earns a lot,
and buys a lot,
but she also gives a lot of them to me.
After all... it's my fault.
I owe her too much.
No more nonsense.
Li Na said that...
this single bottle of...
Shea butter can cover for...
four bottles.
Just take it.
Take good care of your skin.
Soon, Mom will take you out...
and meet some rich guys.
Mom, I'm not meeting any rich guys.
I just want to stay home with you.
Nonsense!
I have to...
get you married before you get old.
Did you break up with...
Qiao Zhi Cai?
There's nothing going on...
between me and Qiao Zhi Cai.
Then look into mommy's eyes,
and say that again.
I swear, okay?
How come you broke up?
You... don't you want me...
to stay away from him?
I do hope that...
you stay away from him.
But how can you do that...
so soon?
You 2 have already...
done that thing.
He's got the upper end...
now that you broke up.
It's too stuffy here.
I need some air.
Li Wen, I tell you,
you can't be so soft-hearted.
The Qiao family...
are all just playing nice!
She doesn't hate me, does she?
Give you one more chance.
She doesn't hate me.
No, the last time.
Doesn't hate me.
She doesn't hate me.
How can you hate me?
I did nothing wrong.
Why were you so cold?
Qiao Zhi Cai.
How much wine did you drink?
Why don't you go home?
No, I...I didn't drink.
You don't hate me, do you?
I know you don't.
But why were you...
so cold to me?
Just go home now,
or you will catch a cold.
Let's go home.
I did nothing wrong.
Why were you so cold to me?
But I thought and thought,
and now I know why.
You're helping me.
You're afraid that...
someone will spread rumours,
and get me in trouble.
That's why you did that.
Right?
Take it as that, then.
You don't have to protect me.
Didn't you say...
I'm your only friend?
For me too.
In and out of the family,
I only have you as my friend.
I will feel lonely,
if you ignore me.
Stop that.
So,
I don't care what the others say.
Say what they like.
I have to help you.
I have to help you find the organization.
-I have to... -Qiao Zhi Cai!
Never say that word in public.
Which word?
Organization.
I won't...
I won't...okay?
I just...
Remember, watch your words and actions.
Keep a distance from people.
For example, Qiao Zhi Cai.
Qiao Zhi Cai.
We...
we can't be friends.
We...
we can't be friends.
Why?
Thank you, Qiao Zhi Cai.
You found it.
That's what it is.
You found it.
So you don't need a friend like me anymore.
Right?
Go away.
Go away. Go away!
I'm sorry.
Wait.
I have something for you.
It's yours.
A political inmate...
gave me this in the prison.
His name is Xu Hui.
He asked me to take it to the Handel Leather Shop,
and look for the boss Mr. Ye.
It should be yours.
Here.
From now on,
me and you, and your people,
are strangers.
Young Master Zhi Cai...
Young Master Zhi Cai, wake up!
It's almost noon!
Young Master Zhi Cai,
why are you drinking so much again?
If you continue like that,
Madam will surely not care about you.
Young Master Zhi Cai!
It's already 10,
and Zhi Cai's still in bed?
Gui Fen, take that away.
Don't leave it here.
Mom. Sister-in-law.
Gui Fen, where's my breakfast?
Zhi Cai.
You wake up so late every day,
but why do you look more tired than the servants out there?
Young Master Zhi Cai, you were drunk last night.
Drink this yoghurt for your stomach.
Madam has saved some breakfast for you.
But it's getting cold.
I'll go heat it up for you.
Zhi Cai.
Forget about the fact you don't work.
But can you at least...
not give Gui Fen extra work?
Now that we just finished our meals,
she still has to heat up food for you.
Isn't it tiring?
(Mei Li Stockings & Underwear)
What is it?
Urgent information...
from Si Nan.
It was given by Huang Li Wen to Si Nan.
Huang Li Wen said that...
these leather gloves were given by...
a political inmate in Tilanqiao Prison...
to Qiao Zhi Cai,
who asked him to send them...
to the Handel Leather Shop.
It is confirmed that...
this political prisoner...
is the one who contacted Wu Yun Fu...
directly.
Inform Huo Lian at once.
-Quick! -Got it.
The scrambled eggs with tomatoes... has improved.
Tastes good.
A-Er made them.
She told me you made it.
That girl's lying again!
-Li Wen. -I'm back.
Why are you so late?
Come on, lunch is ready.
Look what I've bought.
You went all the way...
to buy salted chicken gizzard!
Must have been a long queue.
About an hour.
Look.
Sister bought you your favourite food.
I don't know what you like to eat now,
so I bought something you liked when you were little.
Remember the time...
when you craved for the...
pork tangyuan near our home?
I went there to have a look,
and the shop is still there.
So I bought some back home.
I'll go and make that for you.
I'm full.
I have to keep fit...
for my job.
So I haven't eaten tangyuan for years.
Don't let that get to you.
Leave this to Mom.
You two will be reconciled.
There's nothing that can't be overcome...
between sisters, right?
Boss, Huo Lin is here.
Any progress, Mr. Wu?
According to the latest information,
some Air Force officers of the Nationalist Party...
intend to get close to us.
There were 3 words in the message.
Grasp Yun Fu.
So it means...
Captain Wu is leaning towards our side.
Not just leaning.
They used the word “grasp”.
It shows that the...
lobbying for unity is already done.
How's your observation...
on Captain Wu these days?
The supervision on him is strict...
since his return to Shanghai.
In his mansion,
from the steward to the gardener,
all are under investigation.
I tried to enter Wu's mansion...
as a driver,
but now his house...
has stopped recruiting new staff.
That seems to be...
a hard situation.
We have to find a way...
to get a connection...
to contact with Captain Wu.
Well,
perhaps,
there is another way.
It's here.
Gui Fen,
ask Zhi Cai to come and have dinner.
Okay.
Li Jie,
how can you stand...
running 5000 metres every day?
Five thousand metres is just a basic.
When I was studying...
in Boston,
I joined a marathon every year.
It was 42.195 kilometres long.
Over 40 kilometres!
That's a long one!
I wouldn't have let you run...
if I had known that.
That's too exhausting.
Young Master Zhi Cai says he is unwell,
so he'll eat later.
What's wrong with Zhi Cai lately?
Sleeps till noon every day,
has his life all upside down.
And now he's unwell.
That absurd kid.
Such a piece of trash.
Go and call him down.
Just eat.
Brother.
What? Get out!
Brother, are you okay?
You're here to gloat at me.
Come, go ahead.
Why are you drinking so much?
As a great scientist like you,
all you've got...
in your mind are researches, studies.
You don't have a heart.
So you won't have to experience...
a broken heart.
A broken heart?
My heart's been aching...
since she ignored me.
Someone broke up with you?
One party in the romantic relationship...
suggests ending the relationship,
leaving the other in pain.
In this case,
seems like you are the one in pain.
Why did she want to...
end the relationship?
I have no idea.
Then why did she...
start the relationship?
I didn't start that.
Brother, your logic...
is a bit confusing.
If you don't start a relationship,
then this is not a romance.
If this is not a romance,
how can you break up with someone?
Then I'm having a crush.
And I even failed that!
There's no failure in crush.
Crush is a...
one-sided behaviour.
If I work harder,
is there any hope?
There is some hope,
but in the end, there won't be...
too much benefit.
So you're trying to say...
I will fail, aren't you?
Every day in the laboratory,
I face dozens,
hundreds of failed experiments.
But without those failures,
I will not be able to get...
the final result.
My mentor taught me,
if you face failure,
the first thing you have to do,
is to cheer yourself up,
and try again.
If you've accepted failure in your mind,
you shall fail forever.
Stop...
Mo Geng.
You're taking a jog?
You just came back from outside?
A few days ago,
I bought some calligraphy painting home.
But I can't read them.
So I'd like you to read them,
and identify them for me,
so that I have some idea.
Just come to my house for a minute,
so that we can catch up.
The last time you came,
you didn't even stay for a sip of water.
Okay.
Come on.
Master Qiao!
You're exercising again!
Just a bit of a stretch.
Mo Geng.
This way...
Go this way.
Maybe next time.
Don't...
There's no time like the present,
no time like today.
Let's do it now!
Or we can go through the back door.
The back door. Here.
After you.
Master Qiao!
I just received a calligraphy of Youren,
but I don't know if it's real.
Can you help me to identify it?
I do know a bit about the writings...
of this man in beard.
You are a master indeed.
This way, please.
Thanks.
Mo Geng! Mo Geng!
Madam, I just made rice soup.
I'll go and buy fried bread sticks now.
Okay.
Fried bread sticks, and soy milk.
I'll go buy them.
Good morning, Mom, Gui Fen.
Young Master Zhi Cai, you're awake...
so early today.
From today on,
I'm going to start a new life.
I'll wake up and sleep early, and earn lots of money.
Mom, I know you're ignoring me.
But from today on,
I'll make a clean break...
with the Lin house daughter.
You just wait and see.
When you're happy with me,
you can talk to me again.
Young Master Zhi Cai,
you should have done that long ago.