All I want to know is what did I do wrong? How could he outwit me?
and it turned out like this in the end.
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Episode 17
Hoi-sum doesn't have a class tonight, why hasn't she come home yet?
She must be working overtime, she's back.
-I'm back. -You're back.
What's the matter with you? Did you work as a collie?
I worked overtime, luckily someone helped me, otherwise I can never finish in time.
Let me reheat the soup for you.
Thanks, mom.
What kind of a boss is that? He's so mean, don't work in such kind of job.
What are you babbling about?
You ignore the one who is good to you, for the one who isn't good to you...
Long Ko, why did you yell? Have you lost too much and gone mad?
Shut up!
Dear, quit if it's too harsh.
Don't worry, dad. I can take it.
Go! Go!
Go! Go! If it's that easy, I'd be rich.
I've never won once in years.
You're cursing me, I can't win.
What is this? How can I lose like that? What kind of a horse is that?
Darned horse!
Shenzhen, China
Long, this is the one.
It has nice decoration.
Right, today is weekday. It's totally packed on weekends.
The owner is selling it only because he is migrating.
I'd be rich if I own this place.
Of course, you are in luck.
I should have placed the bet with you, then I would have won the race, too.
Don't say like that, Kai Ko. You have taken good care of me.
Now that I'm rich, let's earn money together.
Long, how faithful you are! Let us earn money together!
Please take care of me, Kai Ko.
Mister, a room for how many?
We are meeting your owner, Mr. Tsang.
Mr. Tsang has told me about you,
you are Kai Ko and Long Ko.
That's right.
Please follow me.
Boss, your friends are here.
You are Kai Ko and Long Ko whom we've talked to on the phone?
Right, Mr. Tsang. I'm Kai.
Kai Ko.
Hello, we've come here to talk about the details of the deal.
Alright, let's talk in my office.
Okay.
No, it's stuffy there.
Let me buy you a drink, we'll discuss it in a room here.
We can survey the place at the same time.
Mr. Tsang is so thoughtful.
Boss Tsang.
These people will call you Boss Lee later.
Boss Lee, that sounds good.
Boss Tsang.
Keung, get a fine XO to Room 7, those are my friends.
Alright.
Get the best wine you have in here, I am having a business meeting.
Alright.
Keung, ask the Account Department not to bug me any further, I will sign the cheques.
We must settle the payroll on time. Come in.
-My name card. -Thank you.
Mr. Tsang has so many businesses in and out of the country.
Right, I have moved most of my businesses to Canada in recent years.
Why?
My wife and family live there, they have asked me to join them repeatedly.
Therefore I am closing my businesses to emigrate over there.
The business is very good here.
Right, today's business is low, on normal days it's packed.
Actually I don't want to sell this place, if it's not because of migration. You know how troublesome women are.
These are the income records of the karaoke in the past years.
It grosses much at the end of every year.
You sure earned a lot.
Of course, this business is mature, you'd earn enough with regular customers.
The management is very simple here.
You can manage it well even if you are a green businessman.
Young man, I can tell that you have the heart to start up your business.
You are an owner of a karaoke now.
With some efforts, soon you'll become the owner of an IPO!
IPO, can I?
Surely you can! Business is all about timing.
Let's stop discussing if you aren't sincere.
A few people are interested in buying this place.
Mr. Leung is coming to talk about it later.
Let's call it a deal! Do you take Hong Kong dollar or Renmenbi?
What a decisive young man! Cheers.
Cheers.
You seem quite nervous.
No, I'm not. The project is huge, I can't allow any mistake to happen.
I know that you wish to build your dream on this piece of land all along.
Now that the government is reclaiming this old area for redevelopment.
You treasure the chance very much.
The government is inviting big developers for tenders, this is my opportunity.
As long as I can persuade the big three developers to join forces,
with their resources, money and my idea,
I'm confident in securing the right of development.
I fell that persuading them is not difficult.
What's difficult is to ask them to let you head the project.
With three corporations working together, they would fight to head the project.
I am an independent party, it'd be easier for me to act as the mediator.
I believe that they'd agree to form a joint venture to work on the project,
with me heading the whole project.
Ever success!
-Mr. Poon. -Hello.
Ms. Yip, Mr. Leung, hello.
Mr. Ko, all of us are very busy, we can only stay for 15 minutes.
I hope that it won't take that long, please have a seat.
What do you think?
Martin, can you finish it in 18 months?
It'll be completed in 18 months, I hope that Tung Shan Garden can be finished soon.
Alright, you'll head the project.
Thank you.
Mr. Ko, General Manager would like to see you.
Send him in.
Mr. Chairman, you sent the report back to me without even taking one look.
I trust you, otherwise you cannot become the General Manager.
What is this? Are you ignoring our business in order to work on your own hotel?
I have just informed the board of directors, have you received the memo already?
Ko Fung, what do you want to do?
You let someone snatched Royal Court Shanghai,
now you're starting your own business.
Are you letting Royal Court go?
I've never said that. I am still the Chairman and the biggest shareholder of Royal Court.
What about your hotel? Are you trying to ruin Royal Court?
That is my private business, I have informed the board of directors about it
and I have stated clearly in my memo.
My private business won't affect my work in Royal Court
and I won't harm Royal Court with it.
You won't do that? You are trying to ruin Royal Court.
First you released the operation right of Royal Court Shanghai,
then you plan to start your own business.
If you can't explain your case, I won't let it rest in the board meeting.
Better start typing your resignation letter.
Have you read the news? Is the operation that bad without Royal Court Shanghai?
Of course it is. Do you know how much Royal Court Shanghai has earned for us?
Ever since the news was announced, all the bankers have been calling us for repayments.
Fearing that we have no money to repay them.
No wonder General Manager was so mad, he threw a tantrum at the Chairman today.
Asking him to explain it to the shareholders.
Chairman was responsible for the contract deal, General Manager will surely blame him.
If he can't explain himself, General Manager will kick him out of the board.
But Chairman is the largest shareholder, General Manager can't kick him out.
When the largest shareholder does something wrong, even the General Manager keeps quiet,
the other shareholders won't let it rest.
Chairman is in trouble this time.
Miss Koo.
Let's get back to work.
-Becky? -Elaine?
Mr. Ko invited me to come back.
He invited you? But he fired you.
It was an act, he wanted to find out the real traitor of Royal Court Shanghai.
He said that whichever director looked for me, that'd be the insider.
One director did look for me.
Who is it?
Cheng Wing Fatt, when old Mr. Wong was around,
he has been plotting something. Therefore Mr. Ko paid special attention to him.
I should be better and help him find concrete evidences.
He has done such a mean thing to you.
Aren't you mad at him? Why are you helping him to find the traitor?
I was mad in the beginning but he's doing Royal Court some good
and he has compensated me well, apart from the company's severance payment.
He has given me money out of his own pocket and he has helped me to find a new job.
He helped you to find a new job?
Candy said that you were running around Cheung Sha Wan, looking for jobs.
Cheung Sha Wan? No, I was looking for product samples for my friend.
Mr. Ko is really nice, he calls me once and awhile, asking me how I am.
He's quite a good boss.
Is he really that kind?
Could I be lying?
Excuse me.
Hello?
Are you going to visit Aunt Han tonight?
Yes, I'm going over there after work.
I want to visit her, too. See you at the hospital tonight.
Alright, see you.
Brother, teach me to make an airplane.
Just fold it up.
-Martin? -Becky.
Why are you here?
I promised Kan that I would teach him to make an airplane.
As I am free today, I went to pick him up after school to teach him.
He wanted to make one for his grandaunt, therefore we're here to visit Aunt Han.
Kan, where is the auntie who picks you up from school?
She said she has something to do after picking him up from school.
Don't worry, I will escort Kan home.
Thank you.
Becky, Mr. Ko is so kind.
He offered to introduce a specialist in the States to me.
Since I am fine now, I don't want to bother Mr. Ko too much.
It's no bother, health is most important.
I'm going out to make a call.
Come on, pick it up.
-Becky. -Mr. Zheng.
You've come out, why don't you stay inside to accompany Aunt Han?
Mr. Zheng, let us talk first at here.
-Let me visit her first. -Mr. Zheng.
-Kan. -Uncle Zheng.
Good boy. How are you feeling today, Aunt Han?
Much better, thanks for asking.
Becky, Kan wants to drink hot chocolate.
Take him out to get one, there's a hot drink machine around the corner.
Alright, Kan, let's get hot chocolate.
Please have a seat, Mr. Zheng. I want to discuss something with you.
Why have you come out here?
The nurse is washing Aunt Han, I shall go inside to help.
Can you keep an eye on Kan for me?
No problem.
Kan, drink hot chocolate with Brother.
Don't come in until I ask you to, alright?
Kan won't go into a girl's room.
Of course, I won't.
Sit down.
Mr. Zheng, how kind of you. You are so busy, yet you've taken an effort to visit me.
We're a family, don't be too kind.
Mr. Zheng, aunt is tired, let her rest.
We can talk outside.
Alright, have a good rest.
Becky, I need your help.
Here is information about the Koreans.
The Koreans who have snatched Royal Court Shanghai?
Right, feed this into Ko Fung's computer.
Why?
I have changed them into evidence proving Ko's alliance with the Koreans.
You've changed your name into Ko Fung's name.
You're framing him as the traitor who betrayed Royal Court with the Koreans.
Right, smart girl. I will accuse Ko Fung at the next Royal Court board meeting.
I will mobilize the other directors to check his accounts.
Once they see this information, he can never wash the blame away.
It's difficult to feed the information into his computer.
It's difficult indeed.
But I am sure you can do it.
Let me handle it for you.
I depend on you to kick Ko Fung out.
I will inform you of any new moves.
I shall go first.
I'll wait for your good news.
Becky, you're out?
Yeah, Aunt has finished washing.
It's late, I want to say goodbye to Aunt Han and escort Kan home.
-Okay. -No, go on a stroll.
You have school tomorrow, you must sleep early tonight.
Brother.
-A short stroll is fine. -Hurray!
Kids are great, they can sleep whenever they feel like it.
It's so tiring to take care of him, thank you for your help today.
Do you need to take a nap?
I can stay awake until I get home.
You seem to be bothered by the Royal Court Shanghai incident.
The new General Manager has talked to you. What are you planning to do?
I've expected him to see me, I will tell the truth.
I don't care what they'd do, the worst thing that can happen is to fire me.
You can't leave, our hotel needs you.
Why did you say that?
At least Elaine thinks you're a good boss.
What about you?
Come with me.
Do you see that place?
That will become the brightest and the most populated area in Kowloon.
The government is planning to redevelop that old district.
I have lobbied the big three developers to work on my project.
A 6-star hotel will be built there, it will be called Tung Shan Garden.
A new plan of Royal Court?
No, it's my own project.
I don't care whose project it is.
All I want is to fulfill my dream.
Your dream?
When I was young, my father and l did not have our own home.
We stayed in one motel after another.
My dream is to build a hotel that feels like a home.
So that my father and I can live comfortably and never have to move again.
Therefore you enter the hotel business and you excel in it.
Unfortunately, there has never been any hotel that feels like home to me.
What kind of a hotel can make you feel that?
Be it a lair or a fancy mansion.
Wherever I can live at ease feels like a home.
You feel uneasy because your father is not around your side.
Probably, I used to live here with my father.
Do you know why I am building a hotel here?
I want my father to see my effort, so that he will come back for me.
I am sure your father will do that.
I have planned it all, I will leave one floor as my father's apartment
and I am planning to spare one more floor
to become a wine cellar, what do you think?
Why are you asking me? It's between you and your father.
The wine cellar is made for you, of course I should ask you.
For me?
Becky, I don't want to be your boss and I don't know how to make you feel at ease.
All I want is to do something for you. Make you realize your dream.
So that you can live happily in your dreamland.
Thank you.
Kan is asleep?
Sound asleep.
Ms. Koo, you can go now. I will take care of Kan for you.
Alright.
I want to stay here tonight.
-I will prepare Aunt Han's room now. -Thank you.
I spend too little time with Kan, I will stay here with him tonight. Go home.
Okay, take care.
Bye.
What's the matter with our Chairman? He's late and he isn't here yet.
He must be feeling guilty, therefore he is trying to evade us.
Can he evade us?
I'm sorry, I was wrapping something up, therefore I am a bit late.
Wrapping something up? Were you packing to leave here?
Chairman, I'm sure you know the reason why we're having this meeting.
Please stop wasting our time.
All of you want to know my role in the Royal Court Shanghai incident.
I have tried hard, however, someone has leaked our price out.
Giving the Korean corporate the opportunity to outbid us.
You are putting off the blame.
More than that, he's covering the truth.
Uncle knows the truth.
Our Chairman has made a deal with the Korean corporation
to snatch Royal Court Shanghai from us. Chairman is the real traitor.
Mr. Zheng, you must support your claim.
What evidence do you have?
Check his personal correspondences and files in his computer.
We will know it for sure.
Ko Fung, I guess you've nothing else to say.
I propose a motion to remove all the duties that Ko Fung carries on this board.
Whoever seconds me, please raise his hand.
All you want is to read my correspondences and computer files, no problem.
So this is the truth. Outrageous!
Mr. Zheng, this is too much.
Uncle, you...
I think Mr. Zheng would like to show this information to you.
What is this? It isn't real, don't trust him.
Do you need to call for a witness? There are still a lot of evidences.
Mr. Zheng, you can't explain this away.
Mr. Zheng plans and acts the whole thing.
He told the Korean corporation our price, passing Royal Court Shanghai to them.
Put it in another way, you gained Royal Court Shanghai yourself.
Ko Fung...
Cheng Wing Fatt, you betrayed Royal Court and then you blamed it on Ko Fung.
That's so dishonorable, Royal Court doesn't need a director like that.
I propose a motion to withdraw all duties of Cheng Wing Fatt from Royal Court.
I agree.
Uncle, why did you leave so early? Are you too ashamed to face us?
We consider you as our family, why did you harm us like that?
No wonder our father refused to let you join the board of directors.
If not for dealing with Ko Fung, I wouldn't beg you to come back to Royal Court.
Yet you did something like that.
What did I do? You are as stubborn as your deceased father!
How can you say that?
Right, I am exposed of my plan of snatching Royal Court Shanghai, so what?
Did I betray you? Did I betray Royal Court?
I have my share in Royal Court, too.
If not for me and my deceased sister,
your deceased father can never make something out of this.
What's wrong for me to take back Royal Court Shanghai?
You're something, you betrayed us and you try to make it credible.
At least I'm better than you, if not for Ko Fung, you'll still dumbfounded.
Brother-in-law shouldn't passed the business to an outsider.
He should pass it to me, it's better than being ruined by the three of you.
Royal Court is our father's labor of love, we will take it back into our hands.
Into your hands, let me advise you.
You are no match with Ko Fung.
You were lucky to win him last time.
Alright, wait and see how we beat Ko Fung and get back Royal Court.
I shall wait and see that.
Be careful with a brother like that.
I am impressed, you can cheat such a smart woman.
No matter how smart a woman is, she can never outsmart love.
However, I wasn't sure that Becky would disobey Cheng Wing Fatt and support me.
First you let her meet Elaine by chance.
Then you let her see how caring you are towards Kan and Aunt Han.
Finally you even shared your dream with her.
If I were a woman, I would be hooked.
What's important is for me to see the content of her document bag.
I saw Cheng Wing Fatt passing the information to Becky in the hospital.
When I escorted them home that night, while Becky carried Kan into his room.
I took a peek of the content.
Cheng Wing Fatt was trying to use the Korean corporation to work against me.
That cunning old fox, we found nothing between him and the Koreans.
Without Becky's information, we could never kick him out of the game.
If Becky used that material against you, you'd be the one who's dead now.
I took a bet and won.
Now that Cheng Wing Fatt is out, you can work on your Tung Shan Garden in peace.
-Not yet. -Why?
Cheng Wing Fatt still has 5% shares of Royal Court.
I'll be at peace when he has given up that 5% of shares.
I won't be able to go on holiday in the foreseeable future.
-What an occasion, let's open another bottle. -Sure.
Mr. Zheng?
What would you like to drink? Coffee?
Nothing can pacify me right now, do you have poison?
I'm sorry, I know that you've lost your directorate.
I don't need your apology.
I don't know what happened? I did what you asked me to do
Have you fed all the information to Ko Fung?
Of course, don't you trust me, Mr. Zheng?
I do, I am disgruntled, that's all.
Sorry, I wasn't any help this time.
He is better than me, I can't complain.
You are a good man and businessman, leave Royal Court alone
and concentrate on Kwong Fatt and the other businesses.
Perhaps you're right, I won't bother you.
-Let me see you out. -Alright.
Goodbye, Mr. Zheng.
Here is information about the Koreans.
Feed this into Ko Fung's computer.
Shenzhen, China
You've won a race secretly and you've even bought this place!
I'm taking you here now, ain't I?
Right, Uncle Kin, how docile Long is.
When I sign the papers next week, I'd be the new owner of this place.
I'm happy just to think about it.
A room for how many people, sir?
Miss, are you new here? Where's the girl with gold hair last time?
I know she's new just by one look.
Get a room for your boss' father, come on.
-Master Kin. -Boss didn't inform me.
Miss, you sure are a new girl, they are the owners of this place.
Them? No, our owner has just left.
No, we have paid and bought this place.
What is it?
They claim to be the owner.
You're were here last time, do you recognize me?
I do, you were here a few days ago.
That's great. I was here with Boss Tsang, right? Did you see us?
I did.
Be our witness, Boss Tsang has sold this place to me.
We are the new owners of this place.
Our boss hasn't sold this place to you.
He is not a Tsang, either.
Your boss is not a Tsang, why did you call that man Boss Tsang?
All our customers are our bosses.
We call everyone of them our boss.
No, your staff bowed to him last time.
No, I have never seen you.
I am not referring to you, I was talking about the lady with gold hair.
You're mistaken, none of our staff has gold hair.
This doesn't feel right. It might be a hoax.
I read it in the news, someone cheated a few hundred thousand dollars
by pretending to be the owner of a Chinese restaurant.
It couldn't be.
It seems so.
You went to have fun at a karaoke, do you wish to be dead?
Mum, calm down.
Calm down? How can I? Your father sneaked to China for fun!
I went to sing there, Long said he's become the owner of the place
Therefore I went to check it out.
Owner, huh? How could a guy like him win a race and become an owner?
Say something, will you?
Shut up! I have been cheated of several hundred thousands!
Isn't that bad enough?
How dare you lie to defend your father!
I did win the race! I did buy a karaoke!
That old folk cheated me, he looks so honest.
Yet he is more cunning than me.
If I ever see him again, I will surely tear him apart in pieces!
What do you think this old district would look like with a 5-star hotel in it?
I'm sorry, I said we're going to the country club for lunch, yet I drive here instead.
That's alright, it's just a ride around, I have never seen this place up close before.
The old buildings haven't been demolished, you can't see it clearly yet
I'd like to see the completed hotel soon.
If my father is still alive, he will surely come back for me
when Tung Shan Garden is built.
You're so docile, the deities will definitely help you find him.
You might bump into him later.
Dad?
I've found you!
Aren't you singing karaoke in China?
Enough with that! Don't play a fool, pay me back, you con!
Martin, what's the matter?
Becky, I saw my father.
Have you mistaken him with someone else?
No, my father is alive, he is alive.
I am a tough beat, you've cheated me several hundred thousand dollars.
You can't run away after losing them all.
If you don't repay me, don't blame me for being cruel, scared?
Cheung Ting Wong! Stop running!
You cheated me by pretending to be a famous qigong master!
Guys, kill him!
Wait! It was my fault, I was too old and my eyes too blurry.
I don't have so much cash with me.
Can you lend me a few thousand dollars for emergency use?
Cheung Ting Wong the Qigong master! You're doing this to rip my last penny! Save it!
I am serious!
Stop acting in front of me.
Help me, Long!
That's so real, get into the film industry, you'll get a Best Actor award someday.
Help me, Long!
You apply makeup so quickly.
Hey, don't break a bottle.
If you kill him, you and I can never get our money back.
Take this before I change my mind.
Take it or leave it.
If you kill him, both of us cannot get our money back, that's bad.
I will come back for you, let's go!
Be careful.
How are you doing?
I guess you still have money to take me to a bone setter, right?
Long, don't let him move, I'll prepare the medicine for him.
Thank you, Uncle Chui.
I never expect you to help me.
If you die, I won't get anything.
You're just saying so, I have met many thugs in my life.
They talk of valor and run away at the earliest sign of danger.
You're different, you have a bad mouth but you are a real valorous man.
I admire you, kid.
Although you admire me, you still have to repay me.
Wallet, you don't have any money on you!
I never have any money on me, I'll earn it when I have spent it.
Identity card! You have identity cards issued by Hong Kong, China and Macau
and you have different names on them.
Which one is real?
-Give them back to me. -You wish!
This is the one, Chan Ta Hoi, Hong Kong citizen. This is you!
You're not that bad after all, you're smart.
I was just guessing.
Now that your identity card is with me, don't try to run away, pay me.
That was tens of thousands, with the medical fee and what you cheated me last time...
No matter how much I owe you, I don't have to money to pay you.
All I have is my life, you've just saved it.
Let me repay you with it, hit me with this.
You're such a slimy prick.
I shall follow you wherever you go.
You must stay within a 10-feet radius of me.
You are so troublesome.
Alright, I will repay you in installments, follow me to get your first installment.
Alright, I fear not. I will follow you.
Why are you picking up the phone?
That pig must be listening to the races, and he is not taking care of the cashier.
Pig head, boss is asking for you.
Pig head, I am going to deduct your salary if you're slacking off again!
I will be late, later someone called Sai Wah
will come to settle the bill for frozen meat pay him HK$10,000 cash.
You've only placed HK$8,500 yesterday.
Alright, pay him HK$8,500 then. Don't pay him a penny more.
Alright, goodbye.
Follow me.
You are that Sai Wah.
Go and collect HK$8,500 in that restaurant.
Go just like that?
Watch the traffic, you can't go there if there's heavy traffic.
Welcome.
I'm here to settle the bill for frozen meat.
Pig head, he comes for money.
I'm here for the money, I'm Sai Wah.
-Sai Wah. -Right.
HK$8,500, count it.
-I'm leaving then. -Alright.
-Thank you. -Bye.
You're great! How did you fool them?
Don't go, teach me to be so good.
You asked me to teach you.
You owe me money anyway.
Alright, consider what I owe you as the tuition fee, I owe you nothing.
That's several hundred thousands!
That's nothing, with just one call.
I earn almost ten thousand dollars.
That's right, if I work hard enough, I will earn a hefty sum in a day.
Right, that beats winning the races.
Alright, you owe me nothing.
A promise... is a promise!
Con artist needs to be brave and sensitive.
You need to observe carefully around town.
Possess sweet talks, good acting and enough courage.
I observed that restaurant for a month.
After careful observation, I found that everyone working there are idiots.
They are the easiest to fool.
The police has mentioned my trick in their anti-crime program many times.
People hate to watch television.
They only have hearts for karaoke and mahjong, they deserved to be cheated.
Isn't it too cold blooded to cheat others?
Economy is bad, the owner earns little.
Yet he has to pay the salaries for all the staff, that's too evil to do.
Con artists should never be sympathetic.
However, l, Chan Tai Hoi, have my rules.
I cheat neither the young nor the old.
The owner of that restaurant is mean and he is a loan shark as well.
Consider himself lucky to be cheated by such an expert as myself.
Right, I feel better.
So, I owe you nothing now.
-Shifu! -What is this?
Since I have paid my tuition fees, you are my shifu
Good protege, you must take care of my daily needs of lodging and food.
No problem, I am willing to take care of you as long as you teach me everything.