Our Shiny Days
Episode 9
Be Young While You're Young
Mr. Sun said
we can't turn the main light on,
so we don't get caught.
Alright.
Brothers…
no, I mean...
teammates,
we only have one precious hour.
Let's not waste any time and rock on!
Alright.
Let's decide our next song.
I have an idea.
There's a song that's normally played on the Yangqing called The General's Order.
It's super cool.
I've always wanted to...
No way.
What a humble artist you are.
How do you know if you can do it without trying?
I've seen how fast you can play.
I can't...
practice here.
It's too dark.
I'm scared.
Scared?
Are you afraid of ghosts?
Don't worry, there are plenty of us here.
Even though I've heard that this little hall in this building
is haunted,
no one has ever seen a ghost, right?
I'm full of positive energy.
Do you know
what an exorcist is?
I'll get another lamp tomorrow.
Okay?
No?
Then forget about it. No need to force it.
If we can't switch to another place
then
I'll quit.
I'm quitting with her.
There's nothing to feel bad about
since we haven't even started yet.
N-n-n-n-no…don't.
Didn't we all agree to this?
Do you know what good faith means, my friends?
The figurines...
don't you want them?
Even if Su Bei is okay with this,
this band doesn't have much of a future anyway.
What can we play
with just a few of us?
Our set up is too rudimentary.
Although I really want the figurines
we're schoolmates,
I don't want to criticize you.
But it's impossible for just a few of us
to perform on stage.
It's harder than reaching for the stars.
Just give up.
So, this is what it feels like to have your dream crushed.
Shen Jing...
Are you going to give up now?
A reflection of stars on a muddy puddle
is the brightest.
I remember this quote
from a comic book.
It's hard to reach for the stars,
and it's also hard for a band like us
to make it to the stage.
But what do we have to lose, right?
Aren't we at the age where
failure means nothing?
Being able to make it when the means are against you-
that's the most amazing thing to do.
Su Bei.
You weren't even afraid
to play by a high window.
It's just a little
dark here.
Why is that?
You can tell me.
We're on the same team.
Su Bei is a Yao ethnic minority girl,
did you know that?
She grew up in a very different environment than us.
Don't know since when I started to love singing.
I can hear the autumn rain.
I want to gently sing with,
the flowers on the mountain across which also love to sing.
There is a person I love in the wind.
Have some watermelon.
Dad...Mom...
We have almost made enough money.
One more year,
We'll take over the factory
and buy a house,
then the two of you can enjoy your lives over there.
Don't worry too much about us.
Look at us.
We're so healthy.
It's just that my granddaughter,
she really misses you two sometimes.
Where did my daughter go?
Probably playing with her instrument.
A little while ago
a performance group came by
and she had so much fun with those musicians.
Before they left,
a woman
gave her a musical instrument.
What is it called again?
It's a Ruan.
Oh...a Ruan.
It has a circular body.
When she plays it,
it's like she's holding a chopping board.
She plays that thing every day,
she loves it.
I mean...no one is teaching her how to play,
so she tries to figure it out herself.
Seems like
she is playing pretty well.
Honey.
There are things that
we can't wait around for too much longer.
Another year
is too long.
Focus on your practice.
Two hours, don't slack off.
We've spent so much money to develop you.
Not only have you not practiced,
you also broke your instrument.
Stay in the here and self-reflect...
Don't come out until you're ready to repent.
Mom! Mom! It's all my fault!
Let me out, Mom!
I'll practice!
I'll make it to Beijing!
That's why...
I'm really afraid of the dark.
Sorry.
Actually, if we change the way we think,
we can form a band that caters to animals...
perhaps we'll make it to the stage one day.
Well, by then
you might want to tell our audience
to not wear normal human clothes.
Let's head back.
We'll come up with something else.
Shen Jing, isn't your home in the Yanjin district?
then...who's the exorcist?
I didn't say I'm an exorcist.
This place
is so creepy...
I'm also afraid that I'll piss those ghosts off.
Woah, what a goddess!
Next, Su Bei, please step up on the stage.
She's a far cry from the previous girl.
I can't psychologically handle this.
She can be considered a goddess too, right?
Isn't she the one who practices on the tree?
A rural goddess.
I think she really is from the mountains.
Right?
She must be very depressed that
there aren't any monkeys who can listen to her play, right?
Let me ask you.
How do you write the Chinese character for god (xian)?
A human.
A human on the left...
and a mountain on the right.
So...
a goddess is a human who comes from the mountains, get it?
Say another word
and I'll take you to the mountains and kill you.
Su Bei, remember...
no freestyling,
and play according to the notes.
Even birds came to listen to her play.
Chen Jing.
Why didn't Miss Chen come to work today?
Do you know?
Is she sick?
I haven't heard anything about that.
Skipping work without a reason...
that doesn't sound like her.
Why did my sister turn off her phone?
Is she sick?
There's no way.
She's practically a robot.
Did she malfunction
and get sent back to the manufacturer?
If you're worried, then you should go check on her.
Classical Music Appreciation Class in the afternoon
has been pushed to night time.
You don't need ask off.
I'm not planning on asking.
No folk music students will show up.
Even if I go, those people from the Western Music department are going to make fun of me anyway.
"Do you even understand?"
"Doesn't this sound so beautiful?"
They talk like they write their own music.
What a scumbag...
Why did you do that?
You all look so serious, are you having a meeting or something?
What happened?
She bought something online
and got scammed.
Did they scam your money or your feelings?
You can complain and get the money back if this is money-related.
Both.
Is it that serious?
What did you buy?
Which website did you buy it from?
Your case won't be ignored! This is a society with law and order!
She bought a second-hand dress.
So the transaction is private.
She sent the money over
and waited awhile to get the dress.
But the dress they sent over
is fake...
and it's not wearable.
She wants to return it
but the seller refused
and blocked her on Wechat.
They wouldn't even answer her call.
It's just a dress, right?
It shouldn't be too expensive, right?
I can understand how you feel.
But it's just a piece of clothing...
fate has determined how many clothes you can have,
and they come and go.
Don't get mad. It's not good for your health.
This isn't any ordinary dress.
It's a special edition from Balenciaga.
I wasn't able to get it when it first came out.
So I had to pay more to get it second hand.
I saved up for a long time for this dress.
and I bought the hair accessories and shoes
to pair with the dress as a set.
But now...
What language were you just speaking?
I didn't understand a word you just said.
It's pointless to try explaining to her.
It looks good!
You look like a goddess in it.
It looks really good.
Why are you upset about it?
The only thing missing
is a long red carpet.
You can't walk on a dirt road
when you're wearing that.
That's the seller's picture.
Well, then the dress you received...
It looks way different from the photo!
How much did you get scammed?
1200.
One thousand and two hundred?
You paid a thousand two hundred for a dress.
Where are you wearing it to?
Do you have family members in the Forbidden City
asking you over for dinner?
Sorry.
That was insensitive of me,
but you all look so calm...
are all of you
a couple of rich girls?
Yueta saved up for a long time
to buy this dress.
It costs 1,200,
but she was on a payment plan.
She needed to send 200 each month to the seller.
200 yuan
was her breakfast
and soda money.
She didn't drink much
coke last summer.
We were going to buy her drinks, but she refused.
She said it was so she could lose weight for the dress.
Oh my, I want to cry just listening to you.
But you suffered so much
to buy a dress like that,
where are you going to wear it to?
I just like it.
I'd be happy
just to look at it every day,
even if I didn't have the chance to wear it.
Does your family know about this?
If my dad knew that I skipped breakfast
for a dress like this.
He'd probably take me to the Buddhist temple
to read mantras, so I'd wake up.
You can't tell your family about this, right?
Did you talk to the seller?
I've posted the situation on my Weibo
and complained on Weibo.
But my follower count is too small.
I've only received 3 likes
all morning.
The seller said she's not afraid of me,
and told me to have my parents talk to her.
I'm pissed!
How could she do this in a society with law and order?!
What's her number?
Hello, who is this?
I'm Liu Yueta's schoolmate, Chen Jing.
Who?
Liu Yueta, the girl you think you can pick on.
Liu Yueta, the girl who bought your dress.
You've lost your mind, haven't you?
You've got the wrong number!
I used my online alias to buy that dress.
What is your name online?
Elizabeth Is Tired
I'm a schoolmate of Elizabeth Is Tired,
who bought your dress.
You guys are relentless!
I told her very clearly.
No exchanges or returns!
Can you understand Chinese?
Elizabeth?
You're clearly bullying her!
Your pictures and reviews
are way too different from the real thing!
Can you sleep at night, knowing you scammed a poor student's money?
I've been in this industry for many years!
I don't need to scam your money!
How dare you try to smear me online!
It's useless!
You said the pictures are different
but did you ever consider that
you're way too different from our model?
You brats!
Listen up!
You spent half a year to save up for a dress,
do your parents know about this?
If you really want your money back,
then have your parents talk to me!
I'm not afraid of you!
How arrogant of this woman!
Scammers like her
know that we secretly
save up our money
and that we don't have the guts to tell our parents.
So, she thinks that we won't want to make a big deal out of this.
Don't worry.
I have to go to my sister's home,
since she's been missing all day.
I'll come up with an idea when I come back.
Forget it.
We're just kids.
What can we do?
If there's no other way,
then I'll just look at this as a lesson.
No way!
I...
As the leader of our band.
I'm responsible for my band members' mental and physical wellbeing.
Who are your band members?
Me?
Will you dare to step up
if I call you Leader?
You misunderstand.
What I'm trying to say
is that I'm the backend support
of this organization.
Don't touch my jellyfish.
They're germaphobes.
Alright then.
What are you doing here?
I was waiting for you.
For what?
I'm going to my sister's place.
I...
I'll go with you.
Why?
We're only business partners,
we're not at the point where we see each other's parents.
No...no...
You seem like you're really worried about Miss Chen,
so I'm worried too.
If anything happens,
how are you going to deal with it yourself?
Also,
Miss Chen invited the whole class
to go to her house on National Day
for dinner.
So it's not like this will be my first time going to her place.
I just went to the cafeteria
and got you some green bean soup.
You should drink it on the road.
This isn't a school picnic.
Alright, let's go.
I won't pay for your metro ticket.
That's fine.
I'll handle it myself.
Why green bean soup?
You should have brought champagne.
We'll need to celebrate
if my sister really has been recalled by the factory.
What the heck, Feng Anyu?!
You haven't been back since you left.
I drank too much at your place.
What am I supposed to do? I spent the night at your place.
It's too late notice.
Wake up.
You're not dreaming.
Miss Chen.
Do you remember what happened last night?
I don't either.
I don't think we did anything...
special.
What do you think?
We were just drinking and talking.
I won't tell anyone.
I'm not worried about that.
I know what kind of a person you are
since you've scolded me before.
Well...I've gotta go.
Looks like I made a mess in your home.
Well...
If you don't mind...
I can tell my assistant
to come clean up for you later.
Don't worry about it.
But can you really go out
with your face looking like that?
Is it really that bloated?
It's okay, I'll drink a cup of coffee
and do a ten-minute handstand when I get home.
Well then...
It has nothing to do with bloatation.
Nothing to do with bloatation.
This face of mine
was voted by my 30 million fans
to be the most beautiful face in China.
You practically vandalized a cultural relic,
you know that?
Call the cops on me then.
I have to shoot an ad this afternoon.
What will the company think of me
when they see these two words on my face?
They have good taste in picking their
spokesperson.
Why did I write on your face?
Why would you ask me?
Whatever.
Don't be so gung-ho about this, alright?
My head hurts like hell.
You should go.
How am I supposed to go out like this?
Do you have a face mask here?
Give me one.
Even your medicine drawer is so organized.
I just realized that
you organize your books by color.
They became butterflies,
not moths.
I have to take some pictures.
I'm going to post these pictures of butterflies
on Weibo.
It's graduation season,
I have to encourage the students.
An idol is supposed to be filled with positivity.
But what should I write?
Break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly!
That's a little cliche.
Is there a more sophisticated way to describe this?
Miss Chen.
Help me think
since you've read so many books.
I'm afraid that you won't understand what I say.
Impossible.
I...
obtained a Level 8 on the Chinese Pinyin test.
Metamorphosis (same pronunciation as pervert)
You don't have to help if you don't want to.
What are you calling me a perv for?
There are two types of insects,
insects that go through complete metamorphosis and insects that go through incomplete metamorphosis.
Butterflies go through complete metamorphosis.
Complete metamorphosis...
They really let go of their original self, eh?
Then...
What about insects with incomplete metamorphosis?
Crickets, beetles and locusts
are insects with incomplete metamorphosis.
That is to say, walking on the edge of metamorphosis.
Did you not study biology in secondary school?
Explain it to me again about insects with complete metamorphosis?
Insects with complete metamorphosis
experience stages, such as egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages.
When they break out of their cocoon,
they might fly like a butterfly
but their lifespan will be shorter.
Insects with Incomplete metamorphosis
don't turn into cocoons.
However, most of them don't fly.
They live on the ground from the time they're born,
but their lifespans are longer.
After years of studying for facing the Gaokao exam...
Take this chance to go through your complete metamorphosis
and spread your wings like a butterfly!
I don't think I can write it like this,
it sounds weird to me.
Miss Chen, you should be my tutor.
What?
For real.
You've read so many books for so many years.
Teach me.
Help me to be more educated.
Enough for me to sound smart on Weibo.
Don't even think about it.
Nope.
During World Book and Copyright Day,
my manager insists on me posting a Weibo post about me reading a book.
I was filming in the mountains
and I couldn't find a book.
So I had my assistant find a picture of a foreign book
in the new book recommendations online
and it wasn't easy for him to find it.
I ended up
getting scolded by my manager
because I wrote:
"Good book, I need an autograph from the author."
Poor me, right?
Now I have trouble posting on my Weibo...
because I get yelled at whatever I post.
Chekhov...
an old dude from Russia.
You know him, right?
A happy person is whoever can be young
while they are young.
His short novels always mention this saying.
This is it.
Sophisticated.
Chekhov said,
A happy person is whoever can be young
while they are young.
Good luck, examinees.
That quote is not from Chekhov.
It was Pushkin who said it.
Who?
Who? What kin?
See? You see?
I almost got scolded again.
Pushkin.
"Eugene Onegin".
What?
I thought you said you reached Level 8 on your Chinese Pinyin Exam.
Everything I just said is Chinese.
Miss Chen.
I just realized your books are organized by
color.
Don't touch my books.
I bet you're upset now.
Put it back.
What an eyesore, right?
Don't forget that
I know taekwondo.
Agree to be my private tutor,
I'll put them back in place.
No need.
Secondary School Memorial Book.
Let me see what you looked like
when you were in secondary school.
Miss Chen.
If I'm guessing this right,
with your personality...
you must not have had that many friends
in secondary school.
If I'm guessing this right,
you're going to get your butt kicked tonight.
It's a memorial book after all.
It needs to be opened every once in a while
for the sake of nostalgia.
Chen Hexu,
you are a very serious person.
I wish you a bright future.
Don't read it out loud.
Chen Hexu...
Even though we've never interact in the last 3 years.
I still respect you from the bottom of my heart.
Chen Hexu,
I don't remember you ever doing one thing wrong.
You'll definitely be an outstanding teacher
in the future.
Teacher's comment:
Chen Hexu is a very disciplined
and well-organized student.
Although she's not a very talkative or outgoing individual,
she's very responsible and serious with all her homework
and is always polite with her schoolmates.
She's a student who never worries her teachers.
Her discipline is a rarity
and I believe she has a good future ahead of her.
Miss Chen.
Did you actually experience being a teenager?
I didn't.
So what?
What about you?
Are you still a teenager?
Miss Chen,
be my private tutor.
What makes you think I'd say yes?
I can pay you.
Knowledge is not free in this era.
I understand.
Do I look like I'm lacking money?
I can give you something
that you're lacking.
I'm lacking nothing.
Do you know what you're lacking?
You're lacking passion in your daily life.
Be my private tutor.
You've been so disciplined for so many years.
It's time to free yourself.
Your dream
shouldn't only be to become a teacher.
but...
be my teacher.
Sure.
I'll be your teacher.
Here.
Let's revise the things I've taught you.
That's more like it.
Don't get physical with me now.
Today, we've talked about metamorphosis in butterflies.
Let me write you some notes...
make sure you study, okay?
Miss Chen, did you have too much to drink?
Is this marker water based or oil based?
Dreams.
Do you know what my dream was
when I was a secondary school student?
I know, I know, I know...
How can a woman like you be so strong?
I hope that one day I can do something
that will shock people.
Be young, while you're young.
Miss Chen...
Are you...
Are you starting to remember something?
I'm a lightweight when it comes to drinking.
I started to get dizzy when I came back in from the backyard
and when the air conditioner blew cold air on me.
Then what about what happened after?
It's blurry.
I think you messed with my bookcase.
But I don't really remember.
What about you?
Pretty much the same as you.
The past is the past anyway.
You should hurry up and go.
I haven't shown up to work for the entire morning.
The words on my face...
do you know how to get rid of them?
There must be a way.
Use vinegar.
It'll come right off.
When I first got into the entertainment industry,
they always did that on those variety shows.
They would draw things on my face.
Sis...are you still alive? Sis?
Don't panic.
It's me.
This is my schoolmate, Dreg.
I can get rid of him whenever I want.
Don't worry.
Shen Jing.
I...I didn't see anything.
You...
Dreg, cover your eyes yourself.
Delete the photo.
Sis, help me out here.
Help me and I'll delete it right away.
Or I'll send it to my aunt.
Kid, auntie isn't the problem here.
You have to understand the risk I have to bear.
Okay?
So...
Help me out here, Sis.
Are you her boyfriend?
No...
What about you? Are you her boyfriend?
What do you think?
Who is this?
I'm...
Elizabeth Is Tired's mother.
What do you want?
I know
my daughter bought something from you.
And I'm supportive of her.
But you went overboard this time.
So?
Refund her, we'll put this behind us.
Okay?
Why?
I thought the kid didn't know better, I can't believe an adult is like that as well?
I stated everything clearly when she bought the dress.
No returns.
My daughter has exposed you online.
You can't just let your reputation get ruined
for that little amount of money?
Exposed me?
I read the Weibo post.
I haven't done anything wrong.
Why should I be scared of her?
Ma'am...
Let me be honest with you,
I'm an internet celebrity too.
Watch out for my fans
before your daughter tries to mess with me.
I have a lot of fans.
A lot of fans?
How many are we talking about?
Don't harass me ever again.
Poor ass!
Delete the photo.
Alright.
I'm heading out.
Let me see the Weibo post.
Alright, I know what to do.
A lot of fans?
Sis...
Did something happen last night?
Alright, you can tell me now.
Sis, we're family.
There are certain things that you're obligated to let me know.
If my brother-in-law is going to be a celebrity,
then as a family...
I have to start
mentally preparing myself, right?
I have to be aware of my reputation.
So I don't affect my brother-in-law's reputation.
If you say one more word
about this...
I'll kick you out of my car on the highway.
Be good and shut up.
Don't talk to me
before we get to school.
Why did my brother
like a post like this?
That's mysterious.
Did he accidentally do it?
What's a lolita?
Don't tell me that's my husband's type.
Is Anyu's manager even doing his job?
Can he control him and stop letting him randomly post on his Weibo?
Lolitas are so cute!
It's better than
the conniving type that he likes.
Did you all read the post?
That seller is ridiculous.
Anyu's like is a call to us.
Alright, let the scammer know
what we can do!
Let's mess her up!
This is my first time doing this!
Refund her!
Refund her, seller!
Refund her!
It's my fault...I'm really sorry.
I'll refund you right away, okay?
Show me mercy, I know I messed up.
Sorry.
I'm going to compensate you.
I won't sell fakes anymore!
Really, you can watch me.
Can you delete the Weibo post?
I beg you.
I'm going to send you the money now.
Hang on!
Who exactly is
Chen Jing?
Doesn't seem like a bad thing
to be friends with her.
Recently, actress Huan Yina stated
she enjoys being intensely pursued by Feng Anyu
and that she won't exclude
the possibility of them entering a relationship or a marriage.