Standing in the Time Episode 19
As a proofreader,
how can you
not even respect the manuscript?
As proofreaders, we are not allowed to proofread the books we like.
I want to invite you over for dinner.
Li Xiao, I love you.
How about the sales of Insect with No Feet?
You can't open my buried secret and hurt me like this!
I did this because I want to help you increase the sales of your book!
Do you know that?
I don't need such way of help with my book.
Did someone make it difficult for you?
Still, you can do nothing about it other than tolerate it.
What if you no longer like me?
Or maybe I no longer like you.
Then what you tolerated now means nothing.
Well.
Why do you think this way?
Sorry.
I don't mean that.
What a coincidence!
Xiao.
You even date at lunch!
Have a seat.
Thank you.
Xia Fan came to me and asked me about the sales of your book
Insect with No Feet.
I really don't understand why you didn't tell her about that.
I've told her the truth.
You have 300 printed copies in total and 107 sales.
Thank you.
Well, do you feel embarrassed?
Or you just can't tell her in person?
If you knew it earlier, you should ask people to help you do some advertising.
If so, you can sell more books.
Your books are piled up in my place.
They really take up a lot of room.
And the truth is that people who have read the book complain that
it is unintelligible.
Those who haven't read it consider it a pure literary work.
So advertisement is very important and a must-do.
Especially those people who like reading RESA
and only focus on its photos with "high IQ".
If only you do enough advertisement, they are sure to take Insect with No Feet
as a top level pure literacy work.
They will never admit that they can't understand it.
You always think highly of yourself…
Wu Yu!
Stop that!
Li Xiao.
Have you finished it?
Yeah.
Let's go.
Okay.
Enjoy yourselves.
The shrimps today are fresh.
We're leaving.
Zhou Zimo.
Don't forget the work this afternoon.
You see?
I've told you that he is just like a stubborn donkey.
That's true.
Believe it or not!
Good!
You are doing so good today.
You are in the mood today.
Very good.
Zhou Zimo. Come on.
Once more.
Very good.
We can shoot a few more photos.
Keep that expression.
Very good.
Good. Alright.
Very good.
Good.
Let's call it a day.
Thank you, Zhou Zimo.
Thank you, guys.
Hold on. Just wait.
We can't leave now.
We should shoot more photos.
Take it.
What do you mean?
Your image for advertisement is a writer model.
We can make people know you are not only a model but also a writer,
which is good for publicizing your book.
Xia Fan.
I have done what I have to do.
Don't go too far.
Come with me.
What have I done wrong that makes you unhappy?
This is work.
Is it your first time?
Work?
This is my privacy.
You have promised me.
All people in RESA know that you are a writer.
And all your readers know that.
Do you still think it is your privacy?
I did promise you to publicize this label, but I didn't promise you that
I have to take photos with my book.
You have 3,000 printed copies of the book Insect with No Feet,
but only have 137 sales.
I ask you to take photos with it because I want to help you increase the sales.
Don't you understand that?
To be a writer is my ideal and pursuit.
I have promised you that you can publicize it.
You can do anything for that.
But I will never take photos with my book in hands.
Then tell me.
Isn't it a way of advertisement?
Isn't it?
Why are you so reasonable now?
Fine.
I quit.
I won't be a model.
You just enjoy yourselves.
Stop!
We have signed the contract, haven't we?
It makes it clearly in the terms.
It is a contract with legal effects.
If you quit now, you should pay one million yuan as the penalty.
Take the photos or not?
Zhou Zimo.
Is that you in the photo?
Look at the camera.
Sit straight.
You should take the photos
no matter you enjoy it or not.
It doesn't matter if you smile or not.
It doesn't matter in which way you hold the book.
But I believe that with that expression,
your readers must doubt whether you are really the author of the book.
Li Xiao.
It's getting late.
You should go back.
Okay.
I will go home after finish it.
Do you really want to have this?
Leave him alone.
Do you know Yu Xuan?
She?
Her books are unreasonable.
There is nothing to read.
Love is like a matchstick.
Its passion only lasts for ten seconds.
If you have no congenial friends,
you still can travel afar.
Do you think it is reasonable?
I think this book
puts on a beautiful label of the self-protection sense of women
who don't want to do anything they don't like.
Actually, some of the thoughts are much intolerable and even wrong.
Xia Fan is…
Do you know her well?
What do you mean?
Nothing.
I've finished it.
Well, I'm leaving.
Okay. Take care.
Please come in.
Are you writing something or just in a daze?
Please don't bother me.
Bother?
Even if I give you a pile of paper,
you can't write down a character if you don't have anything to write.
Tell me.
Did you do it on purpose?
You asked Xia Fan to force me to take photos with my book today
and receive that interview, didn't you?
Right. It's me.
So what?
Good for you!
Xia Fan did it for your sake.
She protects you so well in RESA.
It's really hard.
Look at you now.
You at least get a high salary now and lead a good life.
You should be grateful and do as she tells you.
Whom do you think you are?
You are just a popular writer with no good sales of your book.
You should do more advertising to sell more books.
Is that correct?
You know
there are two kinds of men that people hate most,
one is those
who forget friendship for profit,
and the other is who value passion more than friends.
And you just have the two qualities.
You forget friendship for passion.
What do you mean?
If you don't think I am kindhearted,
you must forget that it's me who took you in when you were homeless.
I have done too much for you.
If you think I am greedy, then tell me what I've got from you
since you just sold out 137 of the printed book Insect with No Feet.
Do you think that Xia Fan will take fancy to you
if you keep speaking these ironic words to me?
Speaking these ironic words to you for my sake?
You think so highly of yourself!
Let me tell you.
That is a kind of
care.
Care in daily life.
At least we know each other well what we really want.
Do you understand that?
What about you?
Do you know what Li Xiao wants?
Well.
It has nothing to do with me.
To be honest,
you are so unreasonable, but she is so pure.
You even don't know what you yourselves want.
How can you know what she wants or how can she know what you want?
So you have no future
from my point of view.
Just leave me alone.
Please get out.
Okay.
Li Xiao.
You shouldn't be emotional when you do proofreading.
But at the end of the story,
the scene of the heroine Xiao Qing playing at the seaside really affecting.
That is the climax of the whole story
and also the internal monologue of the author.
That is really difficult.
Love is beautiful
only if you endure vicissitudes.
That's all you got?
Actually she means that
you don't need love
if you endure enough vicissitudes.
It's just a superficial understanding.
But finally
she is at the seaside…
I have read Yu Xuan's books
for 20 years.
I know her well.
Actually, the heroines in her books are herself.
In her books, she expresses her view on love.
Li Xiao.
Do you want to go to the script reading meeting of
Alone in Her Beauty held in the Drama Center this afternoon?
Yes, I want to go.
Excuse me?
I want a cup of Espresso.
Okay, madam.
You've been here for a long time.
Are you waiting for someone?
No. Just myself.
I am just waiting for the sunset.
I am waiting for the sun disappearing from the sea level.
Sunset makes people feel lonely.
After the sunset, you can enjoy the beautiful starry sky above the sea.
The setting sun is also warm.
The loneliness you just said
is also beautiful.
That beauty
is purer
and simpler.
Xiao Qing just sits quietly in the café at the seaside.
The sun is setting slowly afar.
Xiao Qing's silhouette
is left in the sunset glow.
The warm color red is spreading over the whole beach.
When the sun is disappearing below the sea level,
a silhouette appears from afar,
getting closer and closer.
When it appears nearby,
Xiao Qing finds that it's Qin Jun.
They smile to each other's eyes.
Hi.
Are you alone?
Sorry.
Sorry, the Espresso you order is sold out.
Well, give us two cups of Americano.
They sit side by side, drinking the coffee and looking afar
with no words.
They look at the sun setting and disappearing.
And then it is replaced
by the starry sky above the sea.
The End.
It's not the ending!
It's not!
It is the ending.
Ms. Shi.
It's not!
They must have corrected the ending.
The book has been published for 20 years.
You must remember it wrong.
That's impossible.
About the scene when they are at the seaside, I remember it clearly in my head.
I will never forget it.
I will never remember it wrong.
You won't!
Shi Lei. It's been a long time.
Yu Xuan.
Shi Lei. How are you doing?
Ms. Yu Xuan.
Do you know each other?
20 years ago,
The first proofreader of
my book Alone in Her Beauty was Shi Lei at that time.
She proposed a lot of suggestions on my book.
So I made a date with her.
It proved that we felt like old friends at the first meeting.
We talked happily.
Do you remember that?
You even have such a story!
Ms. Shi.
You never told me about this story.
With all due respect,
I want to ask
why you corrected the ending?
You've told me more than one time in your books that you can't give in to love.
Maybe I have changed my mind
in 20 years.
As for love, experience and process,
the persistence and the compromise
the forbearing and the explosion,
the happiness and the sorrow,
as for me now, are beautiful.
But love in reality is different from the ideal one.
If you need to give in to love, it won't be perfect,
how could it be a beautiful one?
Carrying a perfect dream
and leading an imperfect life is the most beautiful.
You have given in to love from the bottom of your heart.
It's not perfect.
Perfect is not that beautiful.
You can recall your love story in the past.
Do you think so?
You…
…are still single?
Have I ever misled a lot of people?
So good.
You can't just imagine love.
If only you have a try,
you will know whether he is your Mr. Right or not.
You would rather have a try than
just imagine it in your head.
Life is also like this.
There will be changes in life
including everything, every people around you and also yourself.
However, it's beautiful no matter what changes.
And it is
the most real beauty.
I understand what you said just now.
You mean
we shouldn't just make guesses in mind or just imagine it, we should try to
make it clear, am I right?
You got it.
Are you in a relationship now?
But now
I have some doubts.
I thought
a single woman is the most independent woman.
They never make do with or give in to love.
They keep a pure land in their hearts.
But gradually,
I find that I just refuse everything from the very beginning.
While the real independence is not refusing people from the very beginning.
We should tolerate and try it.
And living like this is really beautiful.
These women
are really independent.
Kid.
I hope you can harvest love at last.
Ms. Shi.
I've finished the first proofreading.
Don't you go home?
Then I'm leaving.
You go back home earlier.
This one.
This character "Yi" is wrong.
That stroke is not correct.
It must be printed wrong.
When did you come in?
What a surprise!
I just came in.
I wonder if I can do something.
What can you do?
Don't say that.
I just found a mistake.
It's just a sheer blind chance.
Who is blind?
If I am blind, I won't find out the mistake.
I have no time to argue with you.
I still have work to do.
You put the books at the door.
Why do you still proofread her book?
It's just a favor I do for my colleague.
She is young with less experience and not careful enough,
so it's easy for her to make mistakes.
Stop that. I know you!
You have kept these books for 20 years.
You treasure them.
You can't just throw them away with no reasons.
Tell me. What happened?
Did you go to the Drama Center for her reading meeting this afternoon?
Books are records of the Author's growth.
She even denies what she was like in those years.
I have no reasons to keep her books.
It's just because she changed the ending?
Why are you looking at me?
I am the director of the Proofreading Section
and also the third proofreader of the book, I have to study it carefully.
Lu.
She changed her mind
through several lines of characters.
Do you know how I feel?
I once took her as an example.
But now it's gone.
I even start to doubt about myself.
I often think that you like to be a single.
That is impractical.
But now I really understand you.
In the past, I at least have those books
which make me keep the pure land in my heart.
But now she told me that she was wrong.
I feel collapsed.
You just said that a book is a record of its author's growth.
Books are also a witness of people's growth.
It's Yu Xuan who has changed, but her books never changed.
Has your wife gone for Shenzhen again?
Yes, she has.
She left yesterday.
The two of you often live in two places.
Do you think it's reasonable?
We have married for years.
We don't care about that.
Can I consider it as yield?
Just forget it.
Sort of.
Anyway, Haisheng is in America now.
We now have time to do something we want to do.
That's good.
But you can't just stay here instead of go home every day.
What's wrong with that?
I feel at ease when I am here.
Alright. Just stay here.
Later, if you want to come here at night, just tell me since I live nearby.
I can cook you dinners.
Well, you are not a young man now.
How can't you cook a meal?
Why do you often order meals on line?
Well. It's true.
I haven't enjoyed homemade food for a very long time.
The pork stewed in soy sauce you made is really delicious.
I still remember that everyone kept thinking about your meal
when I just recruited in Dongfan.
If someone married you, that would be…
That would be…
What the hell are you talking about?
Sorry for that.
I just mentioned the pork stewed in soy sauce.
And now I feel hungry.
How about that?
I am going to buy you some food.
You have to eat something when working overtime.
What do you want?
Beancurd sheet packs or noodles in scallion.
Beancurd sheet packs.
Alright. I'm leaving.
Coming.
Surprise.
Come in.
How long haven't we got together?
Look at this.
Crawfish.
Thank you.
Let me tell you.
We have to have a good drink today.
I haven't had it for a long time.
This is for you.
Your favorite Xiaomihu Water Mask.
Thank you.
Is it the Ribecs sponge cream?
It has really great moisturizing effect.
I have been using it for long.
It's good.
Li Xiao.
Come over here and look at Zhou Zimo.
He is so handsome in this photo.
Look at his pose and hairstyle.
I was choosing photos just now.
This is the model for the latest edition, right?
It suits him.
You stop looking at photos.
Let's get started.
What happened between you two?
-Nothing. -Nothing happened.
So weird.
Alright.
I won't ask. I won't ask.
Let's have dinner.
Come on. Come over here.
What a desolate back!
The youth don't know what sadness is.
Silent, solitary, I step up the western tower,
I force myself to feel sad in order to write new articles.
Have a drink.
You won't put on weight because of this.
Why do you like Xia Fan?
Why do you ask me this question again?
Nothing.
It's just a random question.
Then you tell me first why do you like Li Xiao?
Well.
What happened between you two?
Or is it because you live in Xia Fan's place
and now you don't contact each other till now?
We have contacts.
But we don't know what to say.
What Li Xiao needs most now is the sense of safety.
You should care her more and
care about what she cares.
Sometimes,
I don't know how to care about others.
That's because you don't know what she needs.
Let me teach you the first lesson about romance.
Do you know what love is?
Love is not something you own by yourself.
Love is to share not
ask for.
You should give her something.
Sure, at first you should know what she wants.
And then you can ask yourself if you can give her what she wants.
Understand?
Do you want to hear more?
Pay me.
Cheers.
Yu Xuan was right.
When you fall in love with someone,
you will treat him well and
pay everything for him.
As time goes by,
you will fall in.
And sure you are going to get hurt.
Since you are going to get hurt,
then just don't give it up.
Wrong.
You're wrong, Xia Fan.
Yu Xuan did say that before, but now she has changed her view.
Now she says that you will never know if he is your Mr. Right or not before you
have a try in romance.
You shouldn't just imagine it in your head.
You'd better have a try in real life.
She said so now.
So, Xia Fan, you don't need to be afraid of romance.
Love is so beautiful.
You don't even get started, but now you feel scared.
What happened to you?
You will regret it.
Naïve.
When you get hurt,
it will be too late to regret.
Can you just stop talking nonsense?
When you fall in love, you must pay for it.
The problem is
whether it is worthy of your devotion or not.
If You rush forward before making a plan, you are silly.
If
You just stay put after making a plan, you are stupid.
I don't want to teach you a lesson.
You should figure it out that what do you
really want in love.
And then…
And then just wait and see.
Why are looking at me like this?
Are there any problems?
You know nothing.
Come on.
Let's drink. Drink.
Cheers.
Ms. Shi.
You are so awesome.
I have ignored so many mistakes.
Li Xiao.
Have you finished the first proofreading of Yu Xuan's Drama Collections?
Yes, I've finished it.
Well, give it to me.
Liangzi.
You do the second proofreading.
Director.
Ms. Shi is so careful.
She will never mess up the second proofreading.
Why don't you ask her to do the second proofreading?
Well. Li Xiao.
Can you just hold your horses?
Li Xiao.
This is the rule.
I don't care whether I have the chance to proofread this book.
Ms. Shi.
You are an old hand of the Proofreading Section.
Don't be so petty.
Everyone,
I am going to announce it that I have got the approval from the superior that
the Proofreader in Chief of this book is going to be
Shi Lei.
Director.
What the hell!
Sorry. I don't need it.
This is the rule of our section.
And you are the Director.
You can't break the rule you made.
Well.
I have done it for you.
I even can't hear any good words from you?!
You are so brilliant!
Li Xiao.
They are just bickering.
You can't just break in.
Well, Chen.
It's none of your business.
Li Xiao. Mind your own business!
How about this?
The Drama Collection is the first well-known piece of work of Yu Xuan.
You did the first proofreading.
20 years later, you have different views now.
If you do the third proofreading for her book, this would be a good ending
of the story between the two of you.
If you let me do the third proofreading,
can you satisfy the performance indicator in the end of this year?
Well.
I don't need to satisfy that indicator this year.
If so, I'm going to retire soon.
I still want to be stay with you for a longer time.
That's true.
Yu Xuan's style of writing is exquisite.
Are you afraid that you can't do it well?
Fine.
Well.
I have another thing to announce today.
From today on, I officially cancel the rule that
proofreaders are not allowed to proofread the books they like.
Your passion and deep understanding on the books you like
will help you do better in your work.
I have to say that Mo has a really good taste.
Look at the model she found.
He is born to be a model.
Congratulations.
Zhou Zimo got so high attention.
James is a resilient person.
Maybe he…
The result is going to come out.
You two should make great effort.
Come on!
No matter who wins, she is going to be RESA's model anyway.
We will.
I want to tell you a piece of good news.
We really got good evaluations this time, especially the supplement.
It is awesome.
The superior has appraised our department.
You guys should keep it up.
And another thing is about the person in charge of
the supplement's fashion content.
I've decided to assign Mo to take charge.