Second Time is a Charm
Episode 8
I won't be a judge or a guest.
Can you just leave me alone?
Ms. Dawang,
maybe
it's not up to you this time.
You must participate in the judgment of the Star Comics Award this time.
You must participate in the whole process of the Star Comics Award
until the award comes into being.
Why?
What are you going to do with me?
I'll make it public that the work which made you famous
is a plagiarism.
That's not true.
I remember that the character setting and frameworks of your work "Black Snow"
is a copy of
Master Qingshan's singles.
But if people haven't seen
all of Master Qingshan's works,
they can't imagine that you copied them.
Unfortunately,
I'm a big fan of Master Qingshan.
I've seen and studied
all her works.
No wonder your painting style seems familiar to me.
You are imitating Master Qingshan.
You accused me of plagiarizing others' character setting and frameworks.
But you don't even have your own style
and have to imitate others.
You seem to be off the subject.
What's wrong with you?
Are you flustered?
No.
It's funny.
The work which made me famous
was created many years ago.
Do you want to
make me or yourself disgusting
by raking up the past?
Even if I admit that
I copied Master Qingshan's work,
it's not the only work
that I got affirmation.
My efforts in later creation
and personal style building
are obvious to all.
They will forgive me.
Maybe.
As you know,
Mr. Yu attaches great importance to copyright,
so in the original contract terms
between you and Extraordinary Comics,
you are specially required that
you once or future works
cannot exist the phenomenon of plagiarism,
otherwise Extraordinary Studio will have the right to sue you,
and you will face termination and compensation.
Moreover, I believe that
no author would really not mind
being accused of plagiarism.
Ms. Dawang,
why should we be so embarrassed?
As long as you are the judge of the Star Comics Award this time,
everything will be fine.
What do you want me to do?
It's nothing.
Just do me a favor.
You have really attended the Star Comics Award?
Yeah.
Awesome.
But then I'll be busier and busier.
No problem.
We'll travel together after you win the prize.
Sure.
No matter how busy you are, you still have to go to
the kindergarten's reading party this week.
Did you forget?
I really forgot.
Luckily, you reminded me.
Don't worry, I will go.
No matter how busy I am, I will go.
Take your cell phone and keep it down.
Come on, take it down now.
OK. OK. I know.
You're really annoying.
Aunt An An.
Doudou.
Guoguo.
Hello.
I heard that you will come to the reading party.
Dad and I will go, too.
Doudou,
let's sit together then.
All the best in the Star Comics Award.
Do you know the Star Comics Award?
Guoguo often talks about it.
Right, Guoguo?
If Guoguo likes it,
I can give you two tickets.
Of course, with your permission.
If you have time to take her there...
Such a good thing
sounds not so good
in your mouth.
Xu Lang.
She is coming.
Is it her? Is it her?
Yes, that's her.
Xu Lang.
You're Xu Lang, right?
A false face.
It's you.
Sorry, I don't seem to know you.
It's great that it's you.
It's Gu Ying who asked me to come to you.
My mom?
My mom asked you to come here to see me?
Yes.
Let's go. Have a meal together.
Your treat.
We're leaving.
Doudou, say goodbye to Guoguo.
Goodbye, Guoguo. Goodbye, Xu Lang.
Well,
you have to cook at home anyway.
How about having a meal together?
Let's have a meal together.
Let's have a meal
together?
- Great. - Great.
Well, he shouldn't
bring Guoguo on this occasion.
Two unrelated people even go with him.
You don't care about
our son at all.
Come on.
No.
You know our son's personality well.
How could he have listened to you?
Why hasn't he dated anyone for so many years?
That's because
he can't get over it.
Don't force him like that.
So we have to help him.
I have only one son.
I have to help him
get over it.
I have to help him
live a good life in future.
Live a good life. Live a good life.
Mom,
can I take Guoguo
to read comic books there?
Yes. Go ahead.
Dad, can I?
Go.
No.
I suddenly remember...
No.
I'm the waitress here.
No, thanks.
I'll get you the menu.
I'm not hungry.
I, I, I...
Do, do you want to go there?
Yes.
Enough. Don't come over. Don't come over.
It's too much for us to come here.
Don't come over.
What's going on?
It's not your shift today.
It is a long story. Here.
Who is the girl next to Xu Lang?
It is a long story.
Here.
Come on.
Don't keep saying
it is a long story.
All in all,
Xu Lang is in trouble this time.
Well, why does someone
stop at the gate of kindergarten
to find a middle-aged man for a blind date now?
What's wrong with her?
Is she blind?
Let's be direct.
OK.
I'm very satisfied with you.
It's so direct.
Why don't we
let our parents meet?
It's not necessary.
You are not satisfied with me.
We just met
and talked for ten minutes.
I can't talk about whether I'm satisfied or not.
I thought lawyers were efficient.
OK.
Let me ask you.
Do you think we are suitable?
I'm excellent and you're not too bad.
We're suitable.
Don't you mind that I have a daughter?
I don't mind.
Because after we get married,
we will have our own kid.
I have a daughter now.
As you said,
we will have our own kid after we get married.
Who will take care of the two kids?
I won't live with our parents,
and I can't trust the baby-sitter,
so we'll take care of them ourselves.
Now
I work eight hours
and have to work eight hours overtime a day.
The remaining eight hours don't belong to me,
but my daughter.
I don't even sleep enough every day.
I run instead of walking.
When I'm too busy,
I need to ask my parents
to take care of my kid.
So you need me.
I can share it with you.
I know something about you.
You have just joined a foreign company
and graduated from graduate school.
You belong to a middle class.
So you work
more than ten hours a day.
Then our working hours
will be highly overlapped.
How can you help me share?
We...
If you want to share it with me,
can you take care of my daughter?
No, you don't have time.
I don't need you to help me increase my income.
So...
unless,
unless you can give up your current job.
I'm afraid not.
This job in the foreign company is very important to me.
According to what you just said,
what you may need is a housekeeper.
Very accurate.
So I don't think we're suitable.
Sorry.
You just said we should be direct,
so I'm too direct.
Never mind.
I understand.
You're forced to come for a blind date,
so I can forgive you
for being biased against me
or for deliberately screwing up this date.
After all, you don't know me.
But I think
you are
my ideal marriage partner.
Guoguo,
is that aunt your dad's friend?
I haven't seen her before,
but I don't like her.
Let me help you.
Xu Lang, you can't do this.
You already have my mom as your girlfriend.
How can you date another beautiful aunt?
Kid,
you say your mom is his girlfriend?
Is that true?
Yes,
they're bickering.
Xu Lang,
you can't do this even when you're bickering.
It's a waste of my time.
What, what happened?
They just had a good chat.
Girl,
didn't you just have a good chat?
Mrs. Gu,
you're elder, so I won't complain about you.
But he already has a girlfriend.
Can you make it clear first?
No, he doesn't.
I'm sorry. There must be a misunderstanding here.
Indeed.
There's no misunderstanding.
Yes, it must be a misunderstanding.
Listen to me.
There must be a misunderstanding here. Sure.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I didn't mean it.
You, you know each other?
How do you know each other?
Guoguo and Doudou are in the same kindergarten.
So both of us...
Mrs. Gu, I'm so sorry today.
I didn't mean to.
This kid is so naughty.
Apologize to her.
I'm sorry.
I let Doudou do it.
It's none of Doudou's business.
Really?
Guoguo.
How do I usually teach you at home?
What should you do
when adults talk?
What should you do?
But I don't want you to make a new girlfriend,
so I asked Doudou to help me get rid of her.
What are you talking about?
I don't care.
I just don't want it.
Guoguo,
when did you learn to talk back to your dad like that?
Grandma,
dad and I are already very happy.
Really.
Take your time.
We're leaving.
She...
It hurts. It hurts.
It hurts.
Yu Doudou, you're great.
I wouldn't say anything about you if you just played a prank.
But you involved me in it.
Did you ask me about it?
Did you get my approval?
I did it for Guoguo.
Come on.
You have made so much trouble.
I warn you very seriously, Yu Doudou.
First of all, you involved me in it when playing a prank.
Second, just now I asked you to apologize. You didn't.
It made me lose face.
I'm going to change your game password
now.
I'm so good to Guoguo.
Can she feel it?
Sure.
Really?
Good friends always feel it.
You're suspended for a week.
Wipe your eyes.
It's so funny.
Dracula went for a blind date.
I think it's funny.
I'm scared to death.
How can you still laugh?
And you
almost made a big deal today.
Mom, I knew I was wrong.
You've criticized me
at Susan's.
What does Doudou know at such a young age?
It's Xu Lang
who should thank Doudou.
That's right.
He took you for coffee.
Obviously, he didn't want to go on a blind date.
What Doudou did
just did him a big favor.
Doudou,
here you are.
You're best.
Call me sister.
You're great, sister.
You're heartless.
Stop laughing.
But in this case,
Xu Lang should have been divorced.
That's for sure.
Who can stand such a perverted man?
Forget it.
I won't speak ill of him.
Maybe he has his own difficulties.
Gossipy Miss Qiu,
please raise your butt.
You're sitting on my quick note.
I will be back to the room.
An An, you have changed.
I know.
I have become beautiful.
You have become taller.
You fatty. You have become a fatty.
How dare you talk about me!
You ask for an extra competition?
Why?
To be a judge
of this year's Star Comics Award,
I only ask for an extra competition.
I'll choose among them via another round myself.
It's not out of the question
within reasonable limits.
But how is the competition held?
It's up to me.
They have to turn in the work in three days.
Moreover, I'll judge it myself.
I'm afraid not.
Mr. Yu,
the gold medal of the competition
is the long-term author of Extraordinary Comics.
I'm also a long-term author of Extraordinary Comics.
I'll judge it myself.
What else do you worry about?
You know my style, too.
If it's not something I really like,
I won't participate in it.
OK.
Let me think about it.
Isn't the final a live competition?
The atmosphere is tense and time is limited.
This extra competition can help the contestants
adapt to the harsh competition system in advance.
I got it.
Ms. Dawang,
thank you.
I've done everything you told me.
I don't know if Yu Feifan
can promise me.
In fact, few people
have paid attention to the Star Comics Award in these years,
but this time, Extraordinary Studio
is the main organizer.
People all hope that
the Star Comics Award will return to its glory
Mr. Yu hopes so too.
He hopes that the author will be valued
and paid attention to,
but now you are the only one who can stir
the whole Chinese comics circles,
so Mr. Yu will keep asking you to attend it.
In order to make you join it,
Mr. Yu will agree.
You're interesting.
There are many ways to win.
Why do you have to do this?
If Mr. Yu knows you are doing this kind of thing
behind his back,
I'm afraid...
There are too many variables in the future.
I can't control it.
Now I can only be ruthless.
Besides,
how can you blame me
as you're a person who is famous for copying other people's works?
Are you so afraid of An An?
Do you think you will lose
if you compete fairly with her?
Even if
you win her,
do you think
you can please Mr. Yu?
This logic
is really an eye-opener.
I wish the extra competition will be over soon.
Then I don't need to talk to you here.
I think the same thing.
This is the proposition of the extra competition.
Just tell Mr. Yu according to it.
You just need to make sure
An An doesn't make it.
I have another activity here.
You and Yu Doudou have dinner yourselves.
Well, it sounds like
you're cooking for us every day.
This activity is really frustrating
and even leads to a legal dispute.
I really give it to the interns.
Interns without experience
are prone to make mistakes.
What is the legal dispute?
Do you want to ask Lei Yuhao to help you?
Isn't he very excellent?
No, thanks.
This is nothing serious.
I have many lawyer friends.
There is no need to ask him for help.
He told me last time that
any beautiful girl who asks him to file a lawsuit
would get a 30% discount.
Is he so nice to beautiful girls?
I have a call coming in.
I'll hang up first.
OK.
Hello, speaking.
Is that Qiu Tian?
I'm Lei Yuhao.
Lei Yuhao?
I'm here.
What can I do for you, Lawyer Lei?
Why do we have to meet?
Sit down and order a drink.
Let's be honest. I'll have a meeting later.
It's about An An's case.
Hang,
I'd like an iced American.
OK, Qiu Tian.
An An is lucky to have a friend like you.
Come on, come to the point.
Here's the thing.
I take An An's case.
But
I don't know
a lot about her.
I can't ask her directly.
I'm afraid I'll stimulate her.
You find the right person.
Yu Feifan is my cousin.
I know about both of them.
Yu Feifan is your cousin?
Then you don't help your cousin but help An An?
It's weird.
Because she's my best friend.
Friends and relatives are different.
We were born to be relatives.
Our veins are bounded and we grew up together.
We are familiar with each other,
so we seem to be close to each other.
But friends are different.
Friends must be selected by us personally,
and not be affected by any innate factors.
It only depends whether their personality is in harmony or not.
Think how hard it is
for her to meet such a person.
Are you looking for friends?
You're looking for a boyfriend, huh?
Hello.
Extra competition?
Where is An An?
Since she knew
she was going to have an extra competition,
she has kept herself in the bedroom all day long.
Is she creating seriously
or giving up on herself?
I don't know.
It's said that the proposition this time is two worlds.
How can I understand
the world of artists?
I have a way.
Come with me.
An An.
I got the ice cream.
If you don't eat it, we will finish it.
I really don't know
what's good in a TV drama like this,
in which we know from the beginning that
hero and heroine will be together.
I'm 100% sure that it is about how a mindless woman meets a ruthless man.
The heroine always lives a showy life
and can't take care of herself.
The hero
is aggressive
and can't talk nicely.
Something bad happens whenever they meet.
What's worse,
they'll even involve their friends and relatives in trouble.
If people like this
are placed in a real life,
they should hold each other
and explode in situ.
It makes sense.
Stay away from the explosion.
Or you may get hurt.
Indeed.
What do you think
she's done to people around her?
There's no one like her.
Indeed.
I think the most pitiful one is the second actress.
She is the bosom female friend of the heroine.
She has a rich family and is beautiful.
She should live a life of a princess instead of a life of a servant.
Right.
I really don't understand.
Look,
this second actress is always around the heroine.
She doesn't do anything else.
She's just too free.
You!
Looks like she's not too young.
Why doesn't she look for a boyfriend?
She is a good-for-nothing.
She has sacrificed a lot for the heroine.
She even takes the heroine to her home
and supports her well.
Does she have time to date someone?
Come on,
this is nothing.
Look at the third actress.
She doesn't have many lines.
When others talk, she can only say,
"Oh, yes?"
"Oh, really?"
However, the audience even gossips about her,
saying she gets in through the back door.
She still lives a good life.
What are you two doing?
Are you cold?
I have finished it.
Anything else?
No.
You have relaxed enough.
Back to work.
I have no inspiration.
I can't create.
Come on.
You must work harder.
Come on.
The first audition promotion was a fluke.
Look,
I'm helpless in the extra competition.
Only three days are given.
Today is the second day.
I told you that
I'm out of practice.
You insist that I must participate in the competition.
I haven't created for six years.
How can I participate in the competition?
It's the Star Comics Award.
The Star Comics Award.
Do you think
I'm just as glamorous
as the heroine in the TV drama?
I have nothing
but increasing fat.
You!
Don't stop me.
Can you stop being so headstrong?
You should have backbone.
You have to think about
why you want to take part in this competition.
I know.
I understand.
What you said is very inspirational,
but
my ability is limited.
Push yourself.
It's the second day. So what?
Isn't there another day left?
All right.
Don't pull me away.
Every time, you,
you don't allow me to criticize her.
Fine. Fine. Fine.
What does she mean?
She always behaves like that.
When she has a problem, she goes back.
When she was in college, she hid behind her mom.
After graduation, she hid behind her husband.
Now she's hiding behind her throw pillow.
She's a coward.
Don't force her.
The Star Comics Award is a good chance.
She has to wait for another year if she misses it.
Maybe this is not her chance.
It's all destined.
Come on, I don't believe in life.
Come back.
Open your...
Little eyes.
Lift your...
Little ears.
Very good.
Welcome to all the kids and parents today.
Excuse me, miss.
I'm late. It won't happen again.
Kids, look ahead.
Today, I'll tell you a story
of "The Ugly Duckling", OK?
OK.
Fine. Sit up straight.
Under the shady trees in summer,
the mother duck is hatching the ducklings.
One by one, the ducklings come out of the shells.
Only the biggest egg remains motionless.
The mother duck waits patiently.
Finally one day, the little guy comes out.
It's very different from other ducklings.
As soon as they see it, they say,
"Look,
why are you so ugly?"
After that, a duck comes to catch it.
They don't like the ugly duckling,
and even its brothers and sisters hate it.
They wish the cat could
catch the ugly duckling.
Doudou's mom.
OK. Come here. How is that?
Kids, let' welcome Doudou's mom
to tell you the story of "The Ugly Duckling"
with warm applause, OK?
OK.
Applaud.
What kind of animal
do you think this is, kids?
Ducklings.
Guoguo, let me tell you.
The duck's eyes Aunt An An drew
are not right.
Guoguo's dad,
do you have any questions?
No.
My dad said the duck's eyes are not like this.
Guoguo.
Let's welcome Guoguo's dad to tell us
what the duck's eyes are like.
Come on, let's welcome Guoguo's dad to tell us
what the eyes of ducklings look like.
Applaud wildly.
Kids,
in fact, as I drew,
most of the eyes of birds
are not on the same side and the front side
as Doudou's mom drew.
Basically,
birds have eyes on both sides of their heads,
one on the left and one on the right.
If we stand in front of a bird
and you think the bird is looking at you,
you are actually wrong.
Birds don't look at you.
Instead, they look at everything on both sides.
Its brain can at the same time
judge and analyze the different things it focuses
on both sides.
If we can attract
the attention of birds,
how do they look at us?
They will turn their heads
to the left or right
and look at us with one of their eyes.
At this time,
they are really looking at us.
Moreover, the eye structure of birds
is different from that of humans.
Does it have two eyes?
One on the left and one on the right.
Actually, its eyes look to the left and right.
Yes.
This kid, you're particularly right.
Moreover, the eye structure of birds
is different from that of us.
They're going to rotate very little.
Unlike human beings,
we can roll eyes around,
because we have only one layer of eyelids
while birds have one layer of inner eyelids...
Good.
What Guoguo's dad said is great.
Thank you, Guoguo's dad.
Come on, applaud.
Kids,
did you understand?
No.
Don't care about the outer eyelids or the inner eyelids.
Let's go on to tell the story
of "The Ugly Duckling".
The ugly duckling is chased by hyenas and roosters
because it's too ugly.
Unfortunately, the ugly duckling can only jump into the river.
It's so sad.
Why do they chase it?
Because it's ugly.
When the big dog leaves,
the ugly duckling comes out of the pond.
He goes to the river and looks in the mirror.
It says, "Why do I look so ugly?"
So the ugly duckling sheds sad tears.
Then the ugly duckling gets into the grass
and cries bitterly.
Next, the ugly duckling is not going home.
It comes to the edge of the straw and drills in,
ready to spend this sad winter here.
The ugly duckling finally becomes a white swan.
He thinks that
when it was an ugly duckling,
it never dreamed that
it would have such a happy day.
The story of "The Ugly Duckling" is over.
Is there any kid who can tell me
what the story
tells us?
Don't judge people with their appearance.
No.
Think about it.
Appearance doesn't matter. What matters is the beauty of mind.
In fact, this story wants to tell us
the key that the ugly duckling is no longer alone,
and finally finds its companion
lies in the magic of time.
The reason why the ugly duckling can become
a white swan
is that it is a swan.
However...
Although it has experienced hardships,
and been chased by all kinds of small animals
and said to be ugly,
it is only the experience of time.
It will eventually grow up and change.
Am I right?
Yes.
Kids,
today's reading party is over.
Say goodbye to me.
Goodbye, miss.
Bye.
Doudou's mom, goodbye.
Goodbye.
Doudou, do you have everything with you?
Go. Go home later.
I drive.
OK.
Weird.
- We're leaving. - Bye.
Bye.
- Bye. - Bye.
Say goodbye to Doudou.
Bye.
What happened to that woman?
Don't listen to
what Doudou's mom said today, OK?
Yes.
How did you teach kids?
What's wrong with you?
What's wrong with me?
It was too special for you
to tell a fairy tale today.
Why do you talk in a weird way?
It doesn't matter what I say.
It's important and should get your attention
if those parents speak in a weird way.
What do you mean by that?
Go.
Go out and play. Wait outside for me.
OK.
Go.
Don't you think
the parents were upset
after hearing your fairy tale?
Why?
Because you told the truth.
Isn't it good to be honest?
The most attractive thing about fairy tales is that
it is what people want to hear,
not the truth.
Don't complicate simple problems.
Besides,
fairy tales
are different from our world.
For example, if the queen of our world
has a mirror
that only praises others' good looks,
she doesn't have to fight
to kill Snow White.
She just needs to go to
a plastic surgery hospital with good technology.
For another example,
if Cinderella is really abused by her stepmother,
is marrying the prince
the only way out for her?
She can totally create
her own career
and become a stronger woman
with more money than the prince.
They are two worlds.
Can we upgrade the rules of the game?
Well,
you're right.
But anyway,
the eyes of birds
are mostly on both sides of their heads.
Two worlds.
So it's not right to draw like this.
Moreover, birds can...
I know what I should draw.
I've never seen An An work so hard.
I have faith in her.
Sure.
It seems that my mom has no time to play with me today.
My mom and I can only spend two days on the weekend together.
Next weekend.
I promise
An An, Susan and I
will take you to Happy Valley.
Really?
When did I cheat you?
It's a deal.
You're not going to catch a cold, huh?
Maybe.
Go. Go. Go.
Where did you put your cold medicine?
It's in that box.
Find it yourself.
This?
Yes.
Is this one?
Yes.
How much do you eat at a time?
A bag and a half.
Really?
As an adult,
can you read the manual carefully?
Four to six-year-old children
weighing 16 to 21 kg
take one to one and a half bags.
Three times a day.
OK.
Thank you for telling me.
I didn't expect
you to live so carefully at a young age.
You can even teach me.
It'll be ready soon.
Here.
Drink it quickly.
Boy,
here's your admirers' respect for you.
Please enjoy.
That's great,
Doudou.
Now I finally understand that
what others give is affection and dependence.
What I strive for is a sense of security.
Do you need any help?
No, thanks.
I want to learn to be independent.
Don't stand on ceremony.
Xu Lang, put your feet aside.
I lost my sense of security.
People always learn to be independent by losing.
Eat fewer carrots and exercise more
to lose weight.