Second Time is a Charm
Episode 52
Hello,
Lei.
Hello.
What took you so long, Linsu?
Why are you so worried?
Weren't you busy just now?
I need your help.
Sure.
What can I do for you?
Yao,
what are you doing?
Shut up.
I'm muttering an invocation.
Muttering an invocation?
I gather the power of the universe
to my phone.
Then my phone
will receive a WeChat message.
As I check,
it's from An An.
She's a candidate for the CNF this year.
Yao,
are you crazy?
You're crazy.
Go to hell.
Here he is.
Linsu, here you are.
Sit.
The noodles are served.
Eat.
Linsu,
what's your girlfriend's instruction?
Well,
she asked me to do something for her.
Linsu, what's the matter?
Can we make money?
Come on. You're always concerned about money.
How vulgar you are.
Aren't you concerned about money?
You.
Aren't you vulgar?
Why don't you ask some profound questions?
I...
Stop that.
It's her personal affair.
I'll do it myself. I don't need your help.
Hello, dear audience.
This is Shanghai Noon News.
Recently, burglaries happened frequently
in the suburbs of Shanghai.
The police think it's a group crime.
And they have strong anti reconnaissance awareness.
They chose residential areas without cameras
on the outskirts of the city.
What to do?
Don't worry.
Eat the noodles.
It's charged.
What do you think?
Apart from my relationship with An An,
if I'm the brand side,
I will offer the highest price.
Don't brag.
I'm not
100% sure now.
Why hasn't An An come?
What time is it?
What's going on?
What's wrong
with her?
You know,
if she doesn't show up today,
she's not eligible for bidding.
Jane,
did you inform An An?
Why hasn't she come yet?
Ms. Qiu,
that day, you told me that you would inform An An in person.
The signal is full.
Hello?
How is it?
I haven't received any call.
The bidding will start in an hour.
I think I can't attend the CNF all my life,
not just this year.
I have to hang up.
Ms. Qiu is calling me.
Hello.
Come.
Is there enough time?
Do you want me to pick her up?
Don't bother.
Her home is less than an hour away.
It's a waste of time for you to pick her up.
It's OK as long as she gets here before bidding.
Have you arrived?
Wait for
the result here without worry.
Hi.
What's up?
You go to the CNF today, right?
Let me drive you there.
Don't bother.
I'll drive myself.
I have something to do tonight.
Didn't I say you didn't need to send me?
I know.
He's angry?
Why is he angry?
My leg is broken. You hit me.
You hit me.
You hit me with your car. My leg.
How are you?
Did you get hurt?
My leg is broken. I can't move my leg.
Sorry. I didn't see you.
Your speed was too fast.
What do you mean?
You're blaming me?
See what this is.
Zebra crossing. You drove a car.
Sorry. It's my fault.
Sorry.
Sorry?
Apology accepted.
Take me to the hospital.
My time...
What's wrong?
You don't have time?
No, I do.
That's good.
Go.
Don't move.
Step back.
What're you doing?
Stop. Don't take pictures.
You violate my privacy.
Sir, how are you?
Should we go to the hospital?
Of course. The car hit me.
Sir, listen to me first.
The cylinder capacity of motorcycle
is designed to be more than 38 cc,
or it drives
more than 20 kilometers per hour,
so it's defined as a motor vehicle.
Zebra crossing is called pedestrian crosswalk.
No motor vehicles are allowed on it.
If a motorcycle crosses the zebra crossing
when it drives,
it's an Illegal act that
a motor vehicle drives on non motor vehicle lane.
Besides, the direction of the lady's car
is green.
You ran the red light.
If you have any objection,
there are surveillance cameras here.
The judicial organ will check the video inside.
Stop that.
I can't understand you anyway.
I was hit. Do as you see fit.
Well, I'll call the police.
They will come to deal with the accident.
You don't need to call the police.
They come too slowly.
I can't wait for them.
Don't worry.
There is no traffic jam here.
The police will arrive in five minutes.
Well.
Don't.
I have an idea.
I'm unlucky.
Compensate me for motorcycle repair and medical expenses.
I'll go now.
No one knows how much to pay.
It's not certain who will pay for it.
Let's wait for the police to deal with it.
Come on.
Hello.
The police come too slowly.
Yes. I want to report an accident.
Right?
There's a traffic accident.
My motorcycle.
A...
My motorcycle.
A car collided with a motorcycle.
Are you all right?
Well,
I want to check whether my motorcycle still works.
He lies on the ground.
He said he was hurt.
Are you OK?
Look. I can't turn the engine.
Yes.
What's wrong with my motorcycle?
Specific location?
The specific location...
The specific location is at the next intersection.
Is his leg all right?
Why did you show up suddenly?
It's not sudden.
I've been following you since you left home.
I thought you left.
Your driving skills are poor.
The CNF is such an important thing.
What if you miss it?
I want to see you safely enter the hall
and then I'll go.
Well,
don't say anything.
Let's talk after the CNF is over.
Get on the car. It's late.
I'll follow you.
This way, please.
Ms. Qiu.
I don't see the work of An An
in the bidding area.
She doesn't attend the bidding
because she hasn't shown up.
She misses such an important occasion.
Then follow the rule.
Ms. Qiu.
Has An An arrived?
No.
Let An An participate in the bidding.
We can't.
Do you know who that was just now?
The chief designer of Branding,
Leo.
Their company set the rule.
I think it makes sense.
Think about it.
If the author doesn't show up and pay attention from the very beginning,
the brand companies won't
have confidence in their cooperation.
How about calling An An again?
No need.
It's such a good opportunity,
but she doesn't cherish it and come.
I think since she doesn't seize this opportunity,
she should take the consequences herself.
Mr. Yu,
the bidding is about to start.
An An can't make it.
She will make it.
There is still time.
Hello. Is it done?
Hello, Lei.
Forget it.
What do you mean?
Lei, you have no idea.
Originally, it went smoothly.
As you said,
that woman was very kind
and was about to send me to the hospital.
Then
her boyfriend came suddenly.
Her boyfriend is a worldly-wise person.
He said he would call the police.
The police was coming,
so I ran.
Hello?
Linsu. Linsu.
Don't. This is the only phone we have.
I'm really pissed off.
Linsu, calm down.
Linsu, well,
when our business gets better and better,
we won't need to beg women.
Instead, they will beg us.
You know nothing.
You've been working very hard.
OK. Thank you.
Here you are.
You've been working very hard.
Thank you.
The bidding is about to start.
Why don't you wait for the result inside?
I'm nervous.
I come out to breathe.
Wang Lei?
I know you.
The author with the most votes from brands in the intranet.
Are you still nervous?
Of course. If the result is not good,
I'll be disappointed.
It won't. Don't worry.
According to our experience,
the final result
is the voting result of every intranet.
It's like the Golden Globe Awards
predicting the Oscars.
Thank you.
Why don't you go in now?
We're waiting for an author who just joined.
It's late.
The bidding is about to start.
No one will come.
Just now they were so busy inside.
Ms. Qiu said
she was short of hands.
She'll be angry if she sees you here.
Well.
OK. Thank you, Wang Lei.
We'll go in after packing our things.
Pack our things.
Wang Lei.
Mr. Yu,
are you here to wait for An An?
Why do you come out?
I'm too nervous. I come out to breathe.
Don't be nervous.
Even if your work doesn't come first,
I'm sure
there will be another excellent brand
that will take a fancy to your work.
You know,
it fully proves that
you're good enough
to compete with so many excellent contestants on such an excellent platform.
Thank you, Mr. Yu.
Let me tell you the truth.
I aim at the first place.
Of course.
It's right to think that.
But I hope you have a normal attitude.
There may be a different result.
I'll go inside.
OK.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the bidding has begun.
Those who intend to bid can go to the bidding area.
Ladies and gentlemen, the bidding has begun.
Those who intend to bid can go to the bidding area
Jane.
This way, please.
Ms. Qiu.
Has An An come?
Not yet.
Almost all the guests have come.
The staff has come in to help.
The staff has come in?
No.
Send a worker to wait at the door.
Hurry up.
OK.
Jane.
Don't forget
to keep An An's badge ready.
OK. Rest assured.
Hello.
Please show me your ticket or badge.
Badge?
I don't have a badge.
But I am an author.
I'm sorry.
Only those with badges or tickets
can enter.
I am really an author.
Maybe I just joined.
- I'm sorry. - Only those...
We come without preparation.
Come on.
You can't enter. Didn't you hear him?
Do you have a badge or ticket?
How to prove that you're an author?
They have their own rules and regulations.
Don't embarrass him.
Sorry to trouble you.
Let's go.
Hey, you...
You can't enter.
Where are you taking me?
You can't enter.
I have to enter.
Where are you taking me?
I have to enter.
The exhibition will begin soon.
I'll be late.
It's not a secret lab.
You can't go in via that door,
but there's another door.
As Qiu Tian said,
we can enter all the doors in Shanghai.
How lucky
we are.
I didn't expect that
you would ignore the rule.
I didn't.
You should be here.
I helped you indirectly.
Exhibition hall.
Go.
What's wrong?
You're nervous?
What if no one likes my work?
Let alone the first place in the bidding,
what if no one bids?
Then accept the result
and start all over again.
Let's go.
Why hasn't she come?
She won't be long.
Ms. Qiu.
Hurry up.
Give me the badge.
Well.
Listen.
I won't ask what happened.
But from now on,
you wait quietly.
Give yourself to fate.
Go.
Ladies and gentlemen, hello.
I now announce
the author An An's work is available for bidding.
Ms. Qiu, what are you doing?
The author An An has come.
She comes so late.
Can she also participate in the bidding?
It's not fair to other authors.
According to the conventions of the CNF,
before the announcement of the result,
all the authors present can participate in the bidding.
But has this ever happened
in the history of CNF?
No.
Those who take part in this activity
are cautious,
for fear that there might be something wrong with any part.
They always come early.
No one shows up in the last minute.
I don't think
she has much respect for this activity
and other authors present.
There's a reason why I'm late.
Whoever is late has a reason.
The alarm clock didn't go off. You didn't feel well.
No.
I'm late
because I'm a late writer.
It took all my courage and strength
to get to this point.
One of the doors
is the staff passage of your exhibition hall.
What?
Are you curious?
Give me five minutes if you're curious.
I'll tell you in five minutes
how I created my work
and how I got here.
In this city of tall buildings,
every one of us is busy
and under different kinds of pressure.
The most irritating thing is,
we may not succeed despite our efforts
and gain the rewards for our efforts.
But why are we standing here?
Why don't we give up?
Because we believe.
We believe our future will be better.
Maybe we don't know
where our starting point is
and how many hardships and frustrations will happen,
but eventually
we will find a way
to our hearts,
namely the blue space in my picture.
OK. Good.
Use different angles
to create multiple virtual spaces.
Let the audience choose
how to watch the roadside scenery.
It's creative.
And my story.
My story with Miss Rabbit.
Ladies and gentlemen, hello.
Now it's time to finally announce the bidding result.
I think you are looking forward to this part.
You wonder
if the bidding result
is consistent with the brands' selection in the intranet.
In fact, they were consistent to no one's surprise in the past years.
But this year,
there is an accident.
Due to many reasons,
there is only one ticket
for an author's bidding in the end.
And this ticket is
from Branding.
According to current statistics,
in the final bidding
for the works of this CNF exhibition,
the highest bid goes to
An An's "Miss Rabbit."
Well,
according to the conventions of CNF,
let's invite Leo, the chief designer of Branding,
to come onto the stage
and tell us why he chose An An's "Miss Rabbit."
Some of you present
may know
or may not know
Miss Rabbit
is a queue jumping work,
an unconventional black horse.
This never appeared
in the history of CNF.
But just because it never happened before,
It seems more meaningful,
as if
turning a new chapter.
I like the meaning of Miss Rabbit.
It tells me that
no matter how complicated the world is,
we should also insist on being us.
But I prefer
the entire process of
creation of Miss Rabbit.
The author An An told me
Miss Rabbit
was inspired by her two previous works.
"The Daily Life of Wang Xiaobai"
and "Pet Lovers."
One of them
gave her the opportunity to participate in the Star Comics Award.
But she was frustrated in the competition.
The other
could have been sold to a good platform, but
it was copied.
Finally, in the end,
An An thought of
the process of creating this character and story
as well as the original intention
and then draw Miss Rabbit.
She told me
this is
back to basics
and the good result of never forgetting the original intention.
And what I see
is her insistence on dreams,
so what I bought
is more than just a comic image
but the story of this comic image.
And I am willing
to invest in
its creator
An An.
A little lost, right?
Sorry.
I failed to get the highest bid.
I originally wanted to win the highest price
for "Extraordinary Comics."
Actually whether you can't get the first place
is not important at all.
Why.
The first place
is too early
and too heavy for you now.
I'm afraid that this halo will overwhelm you.
Why do you always have no confidence in me?
I don't need you to figure this out now.
But I hope you can
accept this result calmly
and sincerely bless the opponent.
This is real quality
that an excellent creator should have.
Wang Lei, remember.
No matter how high your ability is,
without a normal heart
and kindness of being willing to share experiences with opponents,
you will never be
an excellent creator.
All right.
You have worked very hard
for CNF recently.
I will go back at night.
Let's have a meal together.
Let's talk later, okay?
Can you eat slowly?
Nobody robs you.
This is the correct way of eating at the roadside stall.
I don't know who said in the morning
to handle something important when driving out.
You let Qiu Tian drive away now.
Please teach me.
What's the important thing?
My godmother and Leo love that
Especially quiet bars.
I call those places as
"Form Over Content."
Form is over the content.
I was so hungry.
And I cold only eat cocktails to ease hunger.
I feel so poor when I think about it.
Eat less at night.
It's bad for stomach.
Besides, you are not afraid of getting fat?
Who cares about this?
Let me tell you.
Girls can eat hard
but won't get fat in these few years.
While my metabolism is fast,
I should enjoy delicious food heartily,
enjoy delicious food heartily
with the one I like.
What did you say just now?
While my metabolism is fast
I should...
The last sentence.
Not this sentence.
Enjoy delicious food heartily
with the one I like.
Thank you.
You are so boring, uncle.
You always think about taking advantage of me at this moment.
You said it.
I like listening to it.
Did I take advantage of you?
You never say what I like
to make me happy.
So what?
You can still punch my chest with your little fist?
You actually know this joke?
I learned it from someone around me.
Before I met you,
I didn't know anything about it at all.
Just after knowing you,
I know something that I shouldn't know
Or after knowing you,
I know something that doesn't work for me.
Like this.
Is life better?
Okay.
You can be cold.
Okay, uncle?
Microwave ovens like me
can't melt you completely.
Actually I hope Guoguo can be like you.
Be as kind,
optimistic and brave
as you.
Can accept the goodness of this world
and also face bravely
the badness in this world.
Don't want her to be like me.
How I wish she can be as strong as you.
Don't be like me who always want to control my destiny.
But if I want her to be such a girl,
she should first be treated frankly.
So you are going to tell her?
Yes.
But not now.
I need some time.
She's growing up at a rate we can't imagine.
This thing is a time bomb
placed between you two.
Sooner or later she will know it.
If you are lucky,
she will understand you
and your good intentions of your concealment.
If you are unlucky, she will blame you
because she has the right to know
her biological parents.
I know.
Before this bomb detonates,
I till tell the truth to Guoguo.
Little fist.
Eat slowly.
Mind your work, Aunt Lu.
Okay.
Let me do it.
Here you are.
Have some soup.
Come on, don't think about it anymore.
CNF will hold it once every four years.
You still have chances.
Mr. Yu.
I really can't beat An An,
right?
Why do you have to think so?
And why do you have to compete with An An?
Do you regret divorcing her?
I did before.
But now I don't.
Although divorcing An An
is the worst decision I have ever made,
it's good for her.
During this period of time,
she seems to be a different person.
As she is better,
you love her even more,
don't you?
My love for Ann
shouldn't be that affection.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Rest early after drinking the soup.
Mr. Yu.
I don't hope that you can fall in love with me.
I just hope you have no one in your heart.
So there are infinite possibilities in the future.
Wang Lei.
Don't refute me.
At least not tonight.
Wang Lei.
You need to get yourself busy now.
There will be several projects in the studio next.
I want you to join me
to make new friends
and find new opportunities.
This may be better for you.
Remember.
Don't place your own possibilities
on anyone alone,
even if that person is me.
I believe you will have a better future.
You woke up so early? Do you have to eat...
You just won the first place yesterday.
Don't be so proud today.
Why did I sleep at your house again?
I remember it.
I got drunk again.
Why do I have such a poor capacity?
So don't drink so much
by depending on your young age.
You carried me
back home for the second time while I was drunk?
So?
How do we celebrate it?
Oh, my god!
I didn't throw your phone
to the ice bucket again, did I?
No, of course not.
That's good.
You just threw my computer
into the toilet.
Then closed the toilet lid
and flushed hard there,
saying to update the system.
How amazing!
Really?
This is not my style.
I have notified the programmer of the law firm
to ask them to see if they can recover
the computer backup.
Sorry.
Well,
can you have breakfast with me
to make up for it?
Do you think
it's more ambiguous to invite a woman for breakfast
than asking her for supper?
It seems something
indescribable has occurred.
What are you thinking about?
Can you be serious for a day?
So manly.
Continue to act.
Are you feeling intoxicated now?
I like you.
You took it down?
What if Guoguo sees it?
Yeah, I was going to give this to Guoguo.
But after I thought it twice,
I thought it was a bit earlier and I should wait a bit longer.
You should have let her
heard her mother's real voice at least.
Until now she thought
the voice of that voice recorder
is her mother's voice.
Is it too pitiful?
I know.
Anyway, you have to promise me.
Before I am ready,
don't say anything to her.
If Guoguo learns it from...
Promise me.
I promise you.
57 years old.
What?
43 years old.
People said man should be famous early when young.
But in the real world,
there are always some weird rules.
These rules accuse us of being too young.
Why do they only focus on seniority and age
instead of the work?
They always think we can wait
and can be honed longer.
But in fact,
no one's time and talent
should be consumed.
Everything depends on strength.