Second Time is a Charm
Episode 32
I felt that my physical strength was totally out of line with
my consciousness.
If Lawyer Shen didn't exercise with me,
I wouldn't exercise at all.
I feel like I'm about to enter middle age.
I need to pick up the thermos cup to soak ginseng and wolfberries.
Don't say that in front of a thirty-something
like me.
Just be nice.
Even if you stare at the sky,
a rainbow will not appear.
What do you mean by that?
I think you need to
pay a little attention to eye management.
Is it so obvious?
It is good that it is obvious.
Lawyer Shen is so excellent.
I think she's a good match for Lawyer Xu.
I think you're excellent, too.
You are the business president of
the five-star hotel of Yu's Group.
You're her boss.
Moreover,
you have one big advantage.
You're younger than her.
Lawyer Lei, don't say that.
Really, I think you two are quite suitable.
She has a story,
while you have a future.
Maybe I'm too influenced by my family.
From small to large,
in front of Mr. Yu,
I was afraid of doing wrong and saying wrong.
In front of my mom,
I put her needs first.
I hope she is happy every day.
In front of my brother, I do my job quietly
and I'm afraid to make trouble for him.
So in the end,
I don't know my temper
or character.
You're wordy.
Stop talking nonsense.
Just ask her out to dinner.
Let me find a suitable opportunity.
Come on.
Let me ask you,
what do you see?
A single woman is alone in the rest area.
This is the most appropriate opportunity,
right?
You need to understand after practicing kendo.
Kendo means
to seize the opportunity
and kill with one stroke.
Go ahead.
Go quickly.
Lawyer Shen,
let's have dinner sometime?
That's OK. Let's find time.
How about today?
I mean, maybe today.
You don't have a plan for the evening, huh?
I don't have any special plans.
Good. Just today.
Tell me what you want to eat.
I will treat you to dinner.
Take a seat, please.
You choose a good place.
This is my favorite restaurant.
Really?
That's my pleasure.
It shows that our taste is the same.
But I can only book here in such a short time.
Just make do with it.
Thank you.
I've ordered the dishes.
They are recommended by the chef.
I hope you like them.
You're very kind.
We were supposed to relax.
You ordered a rich meal.
Thank you.
I'm embarrassed.
Thank you.
My favorite dish.
Good. Then you can eat it.
Then I won't stand on ceremony.
Enjoy yourself.
It's quite fresh.
It's fresh.
Don't you eat?
Do you have something to tell me?
I...
You like me?
Sorry.
Why do you apologize?
In front of the person I like,
I may be more at a loss than you.
I'm not better than you.
Do you have someone you like?
Yes.
Is it Lawyer Xu?
Yes.
Should I tell you this
before dinner?
No need.
It doesn't matter.
You don't have to think too much.
Hello, Miss Shen.
Next is the song Salut D'Amour
Mr. Hu ordered for you.
It's old, but it's classic.
How about a different song?
What do you want to hear?
Canon.
Hello, can I use the violin?
Sure.
You can play the violin?
Aunt.
Did a girl
newly move to Room 1105?
She went out. She is not here.
She is not here. She went out.
Aunt.
What's wrong?
Nothing. Nothing.
I find that your eyebrows
are not symmetrical today.
I brought it to you. I have to go.
...are always rolled into balls
and piled high.
I don't know when
to finish the painting once without needing any alteration.
In discomposure and panic,
I pack my suitcase suddenly.
In the envy of others,
I start my uneasy journey.
What can you do with me?
Do you like it?
The more scared, the more embarrassed.
Stop.
Don't go on.
OK. Thank you.
I'm done.
Enjoy yourself.
Forget what I said just now.
OK.
Thank you.
An An.
Dawang, what can I do for you?
Mr. Yu is looking for you.
Please look at your cell phone.
He even called me.
Mr. Yu said he was waiting for you in the coffee shop downstairs.
What can I do for him?
You will know when you go there.
An An,
no matter what happens,
don't affect your work in Dawang Studio.
Sure.
Don't worry.
I go first.
Sorry.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
It's OK. Let me introduce him to you.
Mr. Tang?
How could it be you?
You know each other?
We met once.
What about this one?
This is Mr. Bai Jinyu,
general manager
of Eraser.
Hello.
Take a seat.
We're here today
to talk to you about characters of your vertical comics,
Miao Xiaohei and Wang Xiaobai.
We want to use these two characters
as the hero and heroine
of our new game "Pocket Love".
Do you agree?
Why?
It's the same thing that you and Mr. Tang
talked about before?
Yes.
But Mr. Tang wasn't satisfied with
my vertical comics before.
So...
So
We invite you
to correct this mistake.
Mistake?
Mr. Tang,
what changed your mind?
It's changed anyway.
Mr. Yu attaches great importance to the author's copyright.
When I told him about it,
he wanted me to talk to you face to face.
"Extraordinary Comics" hopes that
all partners can enjoy themselves...
Wait a minute.
Mr. Tang,
do you have anything to say?
Mr. Tang,
do you have anything to say?
Nothing.
That's a good thing.
What are you worried about?
Why do I feel that
Mr. Tang doesn't seem to accept my work
from his heart?
So what?
So I doubt that
this is not the kind of warm and comfortable situation
Yu mentioned at all.
It's my painstaking work.
Why should I sell it
to people who don't like it?
Is the price high?
Yes.
That's OK.
But I care more about my work.
I don't want to embarrass Mr. Tang either.
Isn't this annual product development
a gift he gives his wife?
How can we...
Dozens of people in their company
are waiting for a popular product
to come out to support themselves.
Isn't that significant?
So I can't be a businessman.
Indeed.
I just want to draw my work well
and find a good home for it.
What are you doing?
Are you going to shoot for Tik Tok?
I want to do intelligence work, OK?
What are you doing?
I'd like to see
how Xu Lang offers Guoguo
interview counseling.
Can't you look openly?
His mom is there.
I really admire you.
It is long enough.
Get your phone.
It's connected.
What do you want to do?
Come on.
I lift it?
I can't do it.
I will watch.
I have to watch.
Hurry up. Hurry up.
Your arms are long.
My arms are long?
- My arms are long, but this movement looks ugly. - Come on.
Come on.
Is it OK? Enough.
Put it out a little more.
Here.
Put it in a little more.
Is it OK?
A little higher. A little higher.
How many fingers do you have?
I have...
OK. OK. I see it.
...10 fingers.
OK.
How many eyes do you have?
I have two eyes.
OK.
How many ears do you have?
I have two ears.
OK.
I like pink. What do you...
His mom is coming out.
Come back. Hurry up.
I am dazzled.
No, mom, what are you doing?
I'm doing a simulation interview for Guoguo.
How can she go on
if you disturb her so much?
Fine. Fine. Fine.
Fine. Fine.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Grandma, you shouldn't say thank you.
You should say sorry.
Don't speak.
Can't you be a little normal?
No.
I just want to make effort at the last moment.
I must know
how Xu Lang tutors Xu Guo.
Do you have any other way?
Yes.
Now look at this one.
OK.
Do you see it? Do you see the exercise book?
Put it in.
Put it in a little more.
OK.
Don't move.
I see it.
Don't shake. Don't shake.
And...
Lift.
How many people are there?
Five.
What color is it?
Red.
What color is this?
Let's go.
Put it in a little more.
Less.
More.
Less.
Are you kidding me?
You need a sense of rhythm.
I have a great sense of rhythm.
Extend it.
Stop.
Hold still.
I see it.
Green.
It is green, too.
What is this color?
An An.
Yes?
I feel like the pole is about to break.
Hold still.
No, the cell phone is about to drop.
Hold still.
We can win.
It's not stable.
It's not that I can't hold it still.
Lift it up a little bit. Lift it up a little bit.
I really can't. I really can't.
Lift it up a little bit.
I really can't.
I really can't. I really can't.
And...
I...
Mom.
My Little Black.
Who is Little Black?
My cell phone.
Let's go.
What are you doing?
You even name your cell phone.
Are you really out of mind?
What time is it? You haven't prepared your meal yet.
She will be hungry later.
Grandma, I'm hungry.
Do you hear? She said she was hungry.
Hurry up and make the meal.
It's fast to cook.
It's fast.
The kitchen is there.
I'm scared to death.
Guoguo, let's have a rest.
Go get yourself a glass of water.
OK.
Go ahead.
Is she gone?
We have no way.
We are noticed.
Hello, good neighbor.
What are you doing?
We're doing housework.
Aren't you working on high technology?
What?
Are you looking for us?
What is this?
Have you seen it?
No, no, no.
Isn't it yours?
No, no, no.
Who is this?
Who is it?
Are you two out of mind?
At two o'clock in the afternoon,
my mom is going to the art troupe to meet amateur performers.
You come to my home with Doudou.
Would you like to teach me?
Don't you want to know how I interview?
In the afternoon, I will have a mock interview with Guoguo.
You come to my home with Doudou and watch it.
Be quiet.
I will. I will.
Your high technology.
Thank you.
I'm leaving.
At two o'clock sharp.
Are we on time?
You don't have to dress like this.
It's an atmosphere.
OK.
Let's begin.
Come on, Doudou.
Hello, two kids.
Now let's start our interview.
Please introduce yourselves first.
Who comes first?
You first, Xu Guo.
My name is Xu Guo.
I'm five years old.
OK.
What about you?
My name is Yu Doudou. I'm five years old.
OK.
And Xu Guo,
what's your favorite food?
I like pizza very much.
What's your favorite color?
I like yellow.
OK.
And what's your favorite animal?
I like Hello Kitty.
Good.
And you? What's your favorite color?
What's your favorite color?
Here's the case.
Doudou is not good at
English and math.
If there are fixed problems,
I can let him memorize them by rote in advance.
But if the examiners ask questions casually on the spot,
it may be rather troublesome.
How can you teach him to memorize by rote?
You need to teach your kid the logic behind the answer.
If he doesn't know the answer, he can just say he doesn't know.
The examiners won't embarrass him.
Guoguo is awesome.
She can answer
even harder logic questions fluently.
It can't be achieved
by intensified training for a dozen days.
It depends on the normal accumulation.
Usually, I often do this exercise with Guoguo,
so she can answer the questions fluently.
Right, Guoguo?
What should I do?
Parents need an interview, too.
Oh, no.
I'm sure I'll screw it up.
So remember,
examiners usually ask four questions.
First, what is your educational philosophy?
Second, why do you choose the school?
Third, what is your education plan?
Fourth, it's about bilingual teaching.
OK?
How should I answer these questions?
And what's the difference
between the first and the third?
In short,
educational philosophy is how parents
want to educate their children.
Education planning
is how parents realize their own educational philosophy
step by step.
Do you understand?
What kind of answers does the school want to hear?
Of course, it's your real idea.
But it would be nice
if you could surprise them.
What is surprise?
Isn't that what you're good at?
Are you praising me?
Have some confidence in yourself, OK?
Have some confidence in Doudou, OK?
Go for it, Doudou.
Are you really praising me?
Where is the manuscript? Where is the manuscript?
Didn't she say she would hand in the manuscript last night?
She didn't improve herself much.
But she is good at delaying the manuscript more and more.
Where is she? Where did she go early in the morning?
She seemed to be going to Extraordinary Studio.
The cooperation with Eraser
is already in progress.
Now we need
your authorization as an author.
We're here today
to talk to you about characters of your vertical comics,
Miao Xiaohei and Wang Xiaobai.
We want to use these two characters
as the hero and heroine
of our new game "Pocket Love".
...but it's not right.
I think
it's...
I have a few questions.
Go ahead.
As far as I know,
"Pocket Love" has long been on the agenda.
Why hasn't it been pushed forward?
Because we haven't found
the right characters.
Who in Eraser
is in charge of
the characters?
In theory, it is Mr. Tang.
So let me tell you,
"Pocket Love"
is a kind of role-playing game for girls.
They just want to cooperate on the excellent images
of Chinese comics.
They picked some of them,
but the key characters can't be decided.
What is Mr. Tang's standard?
His standard is no standard.
That's impossible.
There will be standards in everyone's heart.
What's more, it costs more than 10 million and even 100 million to develop a game.
How could it be so sloppy?
Last time he said no.
Believe it or not,
he never chooses his works regularly
and never explains his logic to anyone.
But today's achievements
of Eraser
can at least prove that Mr. Tang's intuition
and sixth sense
are correct.
If there's any standard,
it's his wife's preference.
Every new product of his
is a gift for his wife.
Even Eraser
was created
to please his wife.
After every successful proposal,
Mr. Tang should be the happiest,
because he has found the best gift for his wife.
You can understand it like this.
An An,
I think you should focus on
your future career.
You know, once your anime image...
Sorry.
Excuse me for a moment.
There are some things I have to figure out.
Boss,
this is a plan of Good Weather.
Take a look at it.
An didn't sign it?
She may have her own ideas and insistence.
Mr. Tang.
Why are you here?
Can I ask you a question?
Is it about "The Daily Life of Wang Xiaobai"?
Yes.
You really changed your mind?
It was Bai Jinyu who wanted to use that image.
So you still don't like Wang Xiaobai
or you don't want to use
the images of Wang Xiaobai and Miao Xiaohei,
do you?
But you are the developer of this game.
I know.
You're like the father of the game.
I know.
Oh, I see.
I will not sign the power of attorney.
If you don't like it, you should express it.
It's not that simple.
My work is like my kid.
If I want to hand it over,
I must hand it over to people who like it.
I also hope you can really find
the characters that make you happy.
I won't sign the power of attorney.
I'm sorry.
Got it.
Hello.
An An, if you don't hand in your manuscript,
Dawang is going to piss off.
I forgot.
I'll be back soon.
I will hand in the manuscript today.
Thanks to you.
He just fell asleep.
He fell asleep?
He was waiting for me?
He is really my son.
I was late,
so he couldn't fall asleep.
Have an early rest today.
I will go to bed first.
You're nice.
I think so, too.
Be a good girl.
I'm leaving. Bye.
Bye.
I'm dog-tired.
Doudou,
after you go to primary school,
you may meet many of
your former friends and teachers.
So don't be nervous.
You just think
it's a big party.
Forget about it.
Mom,
do we really have to dress like this?
I don't want to, either.
It is comfortable to wear this shirt.
Well, let me have a look.
Is it too tight?
What kind of answers does the school want to hear?
Of course, it's your real idea.
Have some confidence in yourself, OK?
Have some confidence in Doudou, OK?
Doudou,
are you sure you want to attend today's interview?
You may not go if you don't want to.
I'll go where Guoguo goes.
OK.
If you don't want to wear this dress,
what do you want to wear?
Can I wear anything I want?
You can wear anything you want.
What's your name, kid?
Yu Doudou.
Very nice.
My name is Xu Guo.
Can you speak a little louder?
My ears don't work well.
My name is Xu Guo.
Do you speak English?
Just a little bit.
My name is Xu Guo.
I'm five years old.
OK.
Take it easy, kid.
O-OK.
Xu Guo,
let me ask you a math question.
There are seven kids
in front of Xu Guoguo.
There are six kids
behind Xu Guoguo.
Now let me ask you,
how many kids
are there in this team?
1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6,
7, Xiaohong.
13 ones.
Would you like to think about it again?
It is 14 ones.
I know it.
I'm sorry, teacher.
I was careless.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5....
Let me ask the next question.
The lowest temperature in Shanghai yesterday
was two degrees below zero
and the highest was seven degrees.
What's the temperature difference in Shanghai yesterday?
This question is a little difficult.
Teacher, can you give me a hint?
The highest was seven degrees above zero
and the lowest is two degrees below zero.
What's the difference between the highest and the lowest?
Nine degrees.
Very good.
Xu Guo,
here is a picture.
What do you think it is?
It's a fire-breathing dragon.
Do you need to look closer?
Yes.
It's a dragon.
But it's an inverted dragon.
It seems to have fallen into the lake.
Turn it over and you'll see it.
Not bad.
I'd like to hear
what you think about your clothes today.
Go for it.
I'm just wearing something
that's comfortable with me and my son.
Let's talk about
your plan for your kid's education.
First of all, I have a very clear goal,
that is, my kid must have her skills.
So in the future study,
the most important thing for me is to explore
and discover her specialty.
I will respect Yu Doudou's opinion very much.
He should be the one who gives me directions.
What I can give him may be
just a general scope
or several options
I can give him.
So you mean
to give your kid absolute freedom?
For children's learning,
it needs planning and management.
Sometimes children's interests
may not be their strengths,
so parents should give
necessary guidance.
If Xu Guo insists on doing one thing,
but you don't think it's right.
Or Xu Guo refuses to do
what you ask her to.
What will you do?
Falling in love sometimes is a very troublesome thing.
You like red. He likes green.
Do you wear red or green
on your date?
To put it simply,
should we become what lovers want us to be?
Can we really become
what lovers want us to be?
It's like when we were kids,
parents always asked us what our dreams were,
and who we wanted to be when we grew up.
Can't we just be ourselves?
You still have terrible taste in clothes.
The same to you.
Isn't it because
I am who I am and he is who he is
that we become a couple?