Second Time is a Charm
Episode 21
Here comes the vehicle. Be careful.
Mind your head. Mind your head.
Are you okay?
You must take care of boss.
OK. No problem. No problem.
Be sure to send me a WeChat message when coming to Shanghai next time.
Rest assured.
I wish you a happy voyage.
Bye.
Qiu Tian, what happened to you?
Why did you drink so much during the day?
Lei Yuhao, why are you here?
I didn't drink too much.
I talked to someone inside.
Those three bandits
only talked about friendship with me.
I wanted to talk about business with them.
They only talked about friendship with me.
They said
that was home-made wine.
I think the home-made wine
should be...
Wait. Wait.
How come you also do what you don't like?
Yu Feifan cancelled
all cooperation with Yu's Group.
His new book promotion conference
has to be held in another place.
Here. Wipe it. Wipe it.
Wipe it.
Let me do it myself.
You will mess your face.
Let me wipe it for you.
Ugly.
Be careful.
What are you doing?
Enough. Go.
I can send you back.
I have a lot of meetings in the afternoon.
I, well...
Inside there...
Can you attend the meeting?
How old are you?
You can't take care of yourself?
Do you want to die?
Go.
Let me send you back.
I still have to attend the meeting. I want to go to the toilet.
Where can I find a toilet for you?
I have something to say.
I, I...
You said you didn't drink too much?
Just charge on time.
What the hell is labor mortgage?
When did this guy
become so casual?
Forget it.
I should pay him.
Please.
You must prove that I'm innocent.
I'm worn out.
Take a rest.
Boss,
a bowl of the same noodles
and a trayful of steamed buns.
Okay.
Would you like some vinegar?
Here is some.
Sir, here are your noodles.
Thank you.
And steamed buns.
Please enjoy them.
What on earth do you want to do?
Tell me.
Long time no see.
I don't want to see you.
I didn't come to trouble you.
I want you to do me a favor.
You?
Xu Lang,
Lawyer Xu, will ask me for help?
No.
I can't stand it.
Don't forget that
you and your professor
who studies copyright
brought great trouble to me.
My mind,
my mind remembers
everything clearly.
This time I came to you to talk about a deal.
You can think about it seriously.
Deal?
You, the honest and upright Lawyer Xu Lang
came to trade with me, a base man?
What a joke!
Don't forget,
don't forget that
you and your professor
sued me for piracy,
which caused me to close my chain bookstores.
What does it mean?
Now you settle on my Daxi Comics again?
Right?
Haven't you left for many years?
I advise you
to honestly
be a divorce lawyer.
Since you know how good I am,
you also know how I do things.
I advise you to listen carefully
every word I say.
Otherwise you won't know at all
what kind of situation are you in now.
See what I brought you.
What?
Fried chicken?
High calories.
All calories.
It's enough for you to stay overnight.
Only you understand me.
How is auntie?
She has been asleep.
She is in good condition.
But she has too heavy psychological burden.
She always cares about her roadside stall.
She is kind of pessimistic
and always feels that she is a burden to others.
Has that authoritative doctor in brain
recommended by Qiu Tian come yet?
He said
now is the best time for surgery.
It'll be bad if we miss it.
I also borrowed money from relatives and friends.
I've paid the deposit.
Thanks to Qiu Tian this time.
Otherwise the dean
won't do the surgery personally.
That's good.
You spend more time accompanying her.
Try not to work overtime.
I can handle the work.
Anyway, the long serial
is stopped now.
An An.
Don't worry.
I will not give up
or be bullied casually.
I must
figure out what happened.
Don't worry about me.
I'm really fine.
I have many ways.
Is it someone?
What do you mean?
I think it's a bit weird.
Since you came to work in Dawang Studio,
things happened one after another
and you never went well.
You just lost your manuscripts.
And now you are suspected of plagiarism by Dawang.
Do you know something?
I just remember one thing.
But it may not matter.
What is it?
Nothing. Nothing.
I don't have any evidence.
Xiaoyao,
you have to know that every clue now
can help me.
Don't worry.
I will not wrong others casually
for my own advantages.
Tell me.
Okay.
During the period of time when you were in Yiwu,
one night,
I saw someone.
Maybe I think too much.
What are you doing?
This...
You...
This makes my eyes hurt.
What are you doing?
I...
You... You...
What do you want to say?
Listen.
What should happen or shouldn't happen
had all happened.
Once I get drunk,
I won't remember what I did.
If I did something that hurt you,
please forgive me.
You are a man.
Be strong.
What do you mean?
You don't want to be responsible for it?
How come you have no principle?
Listen up.
I won't let you go in this life.
Okay.
Lei Yuhao.
I will be responsible to you.
Do you want to get a marriage certificate or hold a wedding first,
or get the marriage certificate
after I get pregnant?
What are you thinking about?
I was joking.
Nothing happened.
Don't defile my innocence.
I didn't know the address of your new home.
I had no choice
but to take you to my hotel.
Besides, I just wanted to give you a lesson.
In addition,
as a girl, you should
drink less wine outside.
How dangerous it was!
Not all men
are as decent as me.
Enough.
I've brought you a bathrobe.
Change it.
What about my clothes?
Your clothes were dirty with vomits.
A ma'am took them off and sent them to the dry cleaner.
Nothing really happened?
By the way,
I remember you like
to use that moisturizing products of Wetherm,
so I bought a suit for you.
Remember to use them yourself.
Not bad.
He knows Wetherm for moisturizing.
Yu Doudou.
Can you play
after tidying up your toys?
You now have your own wardrobe
and drawers.
You need to learn to tidy up your stuff.
Got it?
Okay, mom.
Do we have to live here?
I don't want to live with Guoguo.
Although I don't know why you
conflict with Guoguo,
you should give in
or apologize when needed
because you are a boy.
Got it?
No.
Fine.
You have your freedom.
But don't come to me if you regret by then.
Doudou.
Hurry up to tidy your toys.
But they are not my toys.
Don't be lazy. Hurry up.
What on earth did you break again?
I don't remember I bought this toy for you.
It looks
not cheap.
Is this our box?
Mom,
why are there so many toys?
Gosh.
Oh my god.
You broke Dracula's stuff.
What should we do then?
You, you have to cover me.
Who?
An An.
I almost forgot
I have an appointment with Xu Lang for something.
Pack them up quickly.
Wait a minute.
It's messy at home.
I'm coming down.
Let's chat.
Where is Guoguo?
She went to my parents' house.
Is it convenient for me to come in?
Come in please.
Okay.
I have talked with
Editor Wang
of Daxi Comics App.
How is it?
I need to figure it out now
what your purpose is.
I just want to prove that I haven't plagiarized.
You may not understand me.
You just want to prove to Dawang alone
that you are the original author
or also want to sue Daxi Comics for plagiarism?
What's the difference?
Of course there is a difference.
If you only want to prove your innocence
to Dawang,
it will means that
you think works of Daxi Comics
have similar originality to yours
by coincidence.
But if you sue Daxi Comics for plagiarism,
that means you are doubting...
I doubt about it.
But I'm still not sure.
How about you?
I would like to hear your views.
I don't doubt about it.
I'm sure there is a problem behind.
Because in this world,
there are not so many coincidences.
Since you know how good I am,
you also know how I do things.
I advise you to listen carefully
every word I say.
Because you won't know at all
what kind of situation are you in now.
I can choose not to
sue Daxi for plagiarism.
Plagiarism?
Why do you say we copied?
Without evidence,
would I say something like this?
We have all original manuscripts backed up
with clear time of creation in the computer.
These can be used as proof.
Back to what I said before.
I can choose not to sue you,
but I have a condition for exchange.
You need to tell me
who gave you these things.
I can't help this.
I haven't seen him.
Then how could you contact him?
Just on WeChat.
He emailed the manuscripts to us.
It's also very convenient to make a payment now.
He never showed up.
Besides, our company will choose the drafts
as long as they are good enough.
It's true.
The phone number, WeChat and Email accounts
were all just registered.
And the network address has been modified.
Many are from ordinary Internet cafes.
What should I do then?
For me,
no matter you want to prove your innocence
or sue Daxi Comics for plagiarism,
this is not the point.
Do you mean?
Because Daxi won't
steal your work by accident.
Even if it's not published on Daxi,
it may also be published elsewhere
like Xiaoxi and Zhongxi,
right?
It can't be avoided.
Even if we sue them now
and win the lawsuit,
Daxi will remove the comics at most
to give you some compensation.
But we don't know
who did bad to you
and what he will do in the future.
What do you mean?
I mean
we must find out who
stole your work
and we have to win at a stroke.
Mr. Yu.
Hi.
Take a seat.
Any drinks?
I won't drink.
I have to finish my work at night.
Then take a non-alcoholic cocktail.
Okay.
Waiter.
A glass of non-alcoholic mojito.
Okay.
You rarely ask me out to drink.
I'm so busy recently
that I haven't seen you for a long time.
I drank too much at home last time,
so I said a lot of things that shouldn't be said.
Stop talking about this.
I'll ask you out today...
Okay.
Thank you.
Okay, thank you.
I asked you out today
to celebrate it for you.
Celebrate what?
Your serial has already been serialized in
Extraordinary Comics.
This indicates that
many netizens will know you
and your work.
To be honest, it's hard
for you to get this achievement.
Well,
I brought you a small gift.
Here you are.
Can I open it?
Thank you, Mr. Yu.
Wang Lei.
From today on,
I am no longer your teacher.
I know
from that day I sent you to Dawang Studio,
you have been angry with me.
When I knew
you found the reporter of "Pepper Weekly"
to take photos of An An and Xu Lang secretly,
I thought
it might be the stupid thing
you did on impulse.
Mr. Yu, I didn't.
I hope you didn't do it.
Wang Lei, you need to know that,
in this world,
I really hope you can live a good life.
But why did you let me down?
Dawang has told me things about An An.
I know An An.
She will never copy other people's work.
There must be something wrong with Daxi.
So do you doubt about me?
Your acts give me
reasons to doubt about you.
And for copyright reasons,
the person in charge of communicating with Editor Wang of Daxi
was you too.
Am I right?
So you think
I gave An An's manuscripts to Editor Wang?
An An will not copy,
but I will do something like this,
right?
I don't deserve this necklace.
I shouldn't have my serial
serialized in Extraordinary Comics.
You gave me the chances.
Just take
it back.
Because in my world,
if I can't get your affirmation,
nothing is meaningful for me.
I admit that
I did a lot of bad things before.
I troubled her in Star Comics Award
and asked a reporter to take sneak shots of An An.
I did them.
But I really can't
bear your accusing.
I really hope
you said it due to anger.
But if you really think it's me,
go to tell Dawang
to prevent An An being wronged.
An An asked
Dawang for help,
will Dawang agree?
When Dawang's computer was broken before,
she never looked for an outside repairer.
But takes the mainframe box out this time
to let An An obtain evidence.
Wang Lei, what do you think?
I am leaving today.
What?
Where are you going?
Wang Lei, you are leaving?
An An.
Did Dawang agree?
Yes.
Really?
She really agreed
to take her dear mainframe box out
to let you obtain evidence?
Dawang said
as long as Lawyer Xu is there,
she has no problem.
Lawyer Xu said
at this time
the "Pet Lovers" published by Daxi
are certainly not a coincidence.
Our original manuscripts were likely to be leaked.
If that's the case,
once we have manuscripts in the computer,
it will be easy to prove
there is something wrong with Daxi.
An An,
if Daxi really copied your work,
how were the original manuscripts leaked?
Do you doubt about us?
Does it have anything to do with us?
We can doubt about
those who were once at odds with An An.
Don't guess it.
I just want to prove my innocence.
Nothing else matters.
Anyway, early in tomorrow morning
Lawyer Xu will come to take the machine.
During this period of time,
don't touch my computer.
It's all my life.
Wang Lei chose to leave at this time.
Did she want to run away?
Hello.
You let me out. I want to go out.
I can't,
I can't stay here for a day.
Why?
Mom, what's wrong?
Didn't you promise me
when I work,
you would listen to the nurse and doctor?
She wanted to leave hospital.
But we refused.
She was making a noise again.
We can't help but called you.
Thank you.
Xiaoyao,
can you take me out?
I don't want to live in the hospital.
Okay.
Well, can you leave us alone for a while?
I want to talk to my mom alone.
Okay. Okay.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Dismiss. Dismiss.
Mom.
You are going to have the surgery soon.
Right?
Can you bear it longer?
I am like a wasted person doing nothing
here every day.
In addition,
a needle tube,
a bottle of medicine
and this bed here
cost money.
Take me back.
Can I not come again when I have surgery?
Mom.
The doctor said you need to be observed in the hospital.
You can no longer run around like you did before.
What if
you suddenly fell fainted as before?
But
this will cost money.
You tried all means to get the deposit
for surgery fee,
and you already owed a lot of money.
This hospital fee is endless again.
Mom.
Don't worry about money anymore, okay?
You know I have a deposit.
I still have salary.
I have extra money besides my salary.
I can make money easily.
An An and Qiu Tian
even gave me a public account
for crowdfunding, right?
But...
No problem. No problem.
Hug. Hug.
You can do only one thing now.
Take good care of yourself.
After the surgery, your legs will be recovered.
You will feel better by then.
I'm a burden to you.
No.
Think about it.
Once you are fine, I will be fine.
Our family will be fine.
Smile. Smile.
Give me a smile.
How nice!
It's too hard for you.
No, no, no.
Leave this topic alone.
How nice!
Be good. Be good.
Be good.
Xiaoyao?
It's you.
How could it be you?
I was going to try my luck.
I didn't expect you to be so impatient.
You acted after the midnight.
Why?
Why, Xiaoyao?
Xiaoyao.
You have worked for me
as the chief assistant for three years.
How could it be you?
I worked as the chief assistant for three years.
I am the chief assistant every year.
Every year when you renewed my contract,
you asked me to wait for next year
and said I would have a chance to publish a serial next year.
I waited year after year.
But I have no chance to publish a serial.
I waited for you.
An An.
From your drawing in the Star Comics Award,
I knew
you are not simple.
I was right.
Then I thought if you got into more trouble,
Dawang could drive you away.
But you didn't give up.
You just kept
working hard.
Right?
You didn't leave
but got a chance for publishing a serial.
You are really amazing.
This is the first month you came to Dawang Studio.
But I am not convinced.
So you told me
Wang Lei's clue to mislead me?
You pretended
to be kind to me?
Since I have been caught by you,
I have nothing to explain.
Just give me a direct result.
Okay.
Whether you believe it or not,
I can understand you.
After all, when people are young,
they are just so short-sighted
and care only the immediate benefits.
However,
although I can understand you,
I can't forgive you.
You are fired.
I will pay you this month's salary.
Have you determined it yet?
What are you going to do?
No.
You have to make a decision.
After all, you are the protagonist.
I don't want to be the protagonist.
This is not up to us.
Can you teach me?
I really don't know what to do now.
I have no idea at all.
Is Xiaoyao good?
She is really a very nice person.
She is good to colleagues,
good to her mother
out of sincerity.
This kindness cannot be pretended.
Whatever she does now,
I just can't forget her former look.
But I also hate her.
I want to live too.
I want to succeed too.
I also hope my this long series
can be a turning point in my life
as it's my chance.
But because I believed her, I messed it up.
What should I do?
We must first figure out our destination.
Then we will know which way to choose.
We can solve it by legal means.
We can start obtaining evidence now.
We can sue Xiaoyao and Daxi.
We can ask them to remove their work.
We can ask them
to compensate for our financial loss.
Maybe we can get
a considerable financial compensation.
But in this case,
your work "Cartoonist Wang and Lawyer Miao"
will disappear forever.
Because after all, the copied work you said
has been published for many episodes already.
So removal
means end.
If you attach greater importance to your work itself,
we'll choose another way.
You need to think clearly
and repeatedly consider it
and even compromise and give in.
It's possible to make concessions to Daxi and Xiaoyao.
But in the end I believe,
what will benefit is your work,
"Cartoonist Wang and Lawyer Miao".
All right.
That's all the advice I can give.
As for what to choose,
I believe you can make your own decision.
An An?
That contestant at the Star Comics Award?
Do you know me?
Yes.
In fact, I watched your work
at the Star Comics Award.
I think it has a strong personal style,
but your basic skills...
Luckily, as long as you work hard,
you can improve your basic skills.
So don't be anxious. Take your time.
I guess
you must
work late today.
Drink this. It's refreshing.
Let me tell you something else.
The building of our studio
is quite old.
The wires are old, too.
So there're always tripping operations in case of large power consumption in summer.
If there is a tripping operation later,
don't be afraid.
Go and find the electric meter box.
Where is the electric meter box?
There's a corner
on the bottom floor of our building.
A corner.
Open the electric meter box
and push
the switch up.
Why not focus on your serial comic
and let me handle your daily work?
But you have too much work to do.
And as Dawang said,
we're closely related.
If any of us has a problem, our team will suffer.
It's my duty to help you.
Tim likes to collect something.
He likes "Harry Potter" most.
It's particularly hard to get "Harry Potter I"
printed first with the author's signature.
Yes.
So if you find it and give it to him as a gift,
he'll forgive you.
Your mom works every day without a break.
It's really tough.
She raised me by doing business.
It was alright when her legs were healthy.
But she can't stand
for a long time now.
She must sit.
What's wrong with her legs?
It has nothing to do with her legs,
but her brain.
Is it...
It's benign.
Remove the tumor and all will be right.
But the doctor said
it's quite possible to heal
and so do her legs.
Why doesn't she
have an operation now?
I'm saving money for it.
It's an operation
with a big bill.
Mom.
Mom. Mom.
What happened?
It's still caused by brain tumors.
They're benign,
but they keep growing big, and oppressing blood vessels and nerves,
so the patient suddenly fainted.
Your mom can't work anymore.
So dangerous.
Let her receive an operation quickly.
Don't delay again.
Every question is wrong.
Every why
obviously won't get your reply anymore.
It turns out that my pure care
is the most ridiculous stubborn.
Every answer is unclear.
Sir, old rule.
A bowl of plain noodles.
I don't want it now.
Editor Wang,
I invite you to noodles.
Vinegar.
Continue to serialize it?
Did I hear it wrong?
"Pet Lovers" can continue to be serialized in Daxi.
Authors will be An An and Xiaoyao.
You won't sue us?
Didn't we already reach an agreement before?
You have no other purposes?
I'm telling you.
If you want me to pay you much money,
I won't give you a penny.
We don't ask for money
but a better layout
in Daxi.
It's enough if every update is strongly recommended.
I decline.
Although life is always full of traps,
as the saying goes, loss is a blessing.
Growth comes from suffering.
Even if I can't defend all dark arrows
I must become braver
in this process.