Second Time is a Charm
Episode 30
Let me warn you. Show me due respect.
Listen to my rules now.
Don't hold my hand
unless you protect me from falling.
Don't kiss me.
There are no exceptions.
Don't talk about anything else.
Miss Qiu, how outdated you are.
As a post-90s girl,
why are you so conservative?
When dating, I can't hold your hand or kiss you?
Haven't you been kissed yet?
Listen.
I work on public relations, but they aren't my property.
Forget your dirty thinking as an insensitive man.
I must decide the pace of my love.
Or I have to eliminate you.
OK, you decide the pace.
An An's birthday is coming.
She's been through a lot lately.
I want to relax her.
I'll arrange a surprise party
for her, OK?
The surprise party is so outdated.
OK. Listen to you. Listen to you.
You can arrange.
I'll buy whatever you want, OK?
That's good.
Stop daydreaming.
So troublesome. Why is it so hard to please you?
Go. Go.
You haven't been kissed, right?
You madman.
Mr. Yu.
Mr. Bai, to be honest,
I really have the sincerity to cooperate with you.
Well, Mr. Yu.
You've said that many times.
I believe your sincerity,
but what about the result?
I need to see a satisfactory result.
Our "Extraordinary Comics"
has so many excellent authors and brand works.
Aren't you satisfied with any of them?
It's useless to satisfy me.
Who is the boss of our Eraser?
Mr. Big, right?
He has the final say.
And you know his character well.
He is hailed as the Mark Zuckerberg of the mobile game circles
and a pure IT direct man.
If he dislikes something,
he'll tell you directly.
Mr. Bai,
I don't understand.
It takes such companies like you Eraser a lot of money
to develop a mobile game
from design to promotion.
Are all the decisions made
on the basis of a person's preference?
In our Eraser,
the idea of Mr. Big plays a decisive role.
And according to the past experience,
his ideas always turn correct.
So do you know?
I need to protect this genius
besides maintaining the normal operation of the company
and making sure the company makes money.
After reading the works
of your Extraordinary Comics Studio,
this genius said
he had no idea.
He means your works are infeasible.
So Mr. Yu,
don't embarrass me anymore, OK?
OK.
If I can't take this way, we can find another way.
Wait a moment.
Gary.
Give me the information of the authors of vertical comics.
OK.
Mr. Yu.
Mr. Bai,
besides the works of the signing authors,
there're also many excellent works
in the zone of vertical comics.
I've got an author
called An An now.
I can recommend her to you right away.
Mr. Yu,
are you kidding?
We want to choose the super comic images
to develop mobile games,
achieving powerful combination.
This isn't house playing, OK?
I see.
I am unsatisfied with the works of signing authors.
You ask me to choose from vertical comics.
Have you gone too far?
Mr. Bai, listen to me.
Listen to me.
No.
Goblin,
you have a good time in Canada.
Why do you think to call me?
Where is Mr. Yu?
I just know you call me
with a purpose.
He is
talking with the general manager of a mobile game company
in his office.
Bai Jinyu?
You're so well-informed.
I know everything about Mr. Yu.
Don't show off.
So how's it going?
I think
it's hopeless.
But Mr. Yu keeps
introducing the vertical comics of An An.
Introduce the vertical comics of An An to Bai Jinyu?
Why?
I don't want to gossip with you.
But sometimes,
I really can't stand.
I think
Mr. Yu still
cares about An An and Doudou.
Especially after Doudou got hurt.
That day I guess it was about midnight
after we finished eating.
Mr. Yu drank some wine
and felt so tired,
but he still insisted on letting me send him to An An's place.
He said he should be there
as Doudou left the hospital that day.
How foolish I am.
Why do I come to Canada now?
OK. Then I won't talk to you.
I have to hang up.
Wang Lei.
Time for a meal.
Coming.
We have this every day. I want to have hot pot so much.
Time for a meal.
This is yours.
I really miss hot pot.
It's good.
It's good to stay here.
Wang Lei,
have some noodles. Don't always have vegetables.
OK.
Let's go to have hot pot after going back, OK?
OK.
I want to have the Beijing-style hot pot.
I also want.
Me, too. I'm really tired of eating this every day.
But I think it also tastes good.
Good receptive ability.
Who is speaking?
It's you.
I think
you won't contact me again.
What's up?
Sure.
I started by plagiarisms,
so I must be ready for that.
Right?
So much money.
That's not a small sum.
Yes.
Hello?
Very good.
Do you know what this means?
I don't know.
Your future will be great.
The divination says...
Oh, my gosh.
An An,
your vertical comics
rank first in the weekly list of the zone of vertical comics.
I see.
The number of hits exceeds
that of a lot of signing authors' works.
I see.
Well.
I am wrong, OK?
It hurts.
You're so cruel.
To be honest,
do you plan to publish your works in the zone of vertical comics all the time?
You were almost an author
publishing a separate edition in Canada.
As you said,
I almost did it.
Then it proves I still have no chance.
It's useless even if I am anxious.
You're so calm.
What else can I do?
Can I force myself to succeed?
I am not like you
who combine beauty, wealth, talent, resources,
connections and diligence.
To tell you the truth,
Yu Feifan recommended your vertical comics
to Bai Jinyu
of the Eraser.
Is the Eraser
an Otome game development company?
Yes.
It's that company.
Yu Feifan wants to cooperate with the Eraser
for a long time.
He has been talking with Bai Jinyu for quite a long time,
hoping they can take to
a work of "Extraordinary Comics"
and use its comic image to develop games.
But he doesn't take to any signing works
of "Extraordinary Comics".
Yu Feifan was anxious
and recommended your vertical comics to him.
What happened then?
He doesn't like any works.
Don't worry.
He doesn't like any works
because he hasn't seen yours.
I know what you mean.
You mean,
I lose before I'm in the game, right?
I don't understand
what you creative people are talking about.
To put it simply,
Bai Jinyu wants
a big project
or a s-level work or author.
So
from your point of view,
whether a work is s-level or not
only depends on data?
From the perspective of professional business people,
of course, yes.
From your best friend's point of view,
screw him.
Qiu Tian,
if,
I'm just saying if,
I let Bai Jinyu see if my vertical comic,
can I change his mind?
What do you want to do?
Answer me first.
It's useless.
Bai Jinyu doesn't have the final say,
but his boss.
The boss of Eraser
is called Mr. Big.
He's an IT otaku.
He's been writing all kinds of game codes
since college.
I don't need to
introduce his resume to you.
I know him.
I have all his games on my phone.
So it's useless to persuade Bai Jinyu.
Then go straight to Mr. Big.
Find him.
Find out what he really wants.
Just like how we figured out
what Master Qingshan wanted before.
If we do that, we will succeed.
How are you going to find Mr. Big?
What do you rely on?
You.
What was our relationship in our last life?
Qiu Tian,
you are my Pokonyan.
You are my treasure chest.
You can help me with everything.
Fine. I'll try to make some calls.
It's very nice of you.
Boss, what's wrong?
Sit.
I have checked all the signed authors of
"Extraordinary Comics"
who have published apps on the Internet.
Their copyright is very clear,
and the copyright chain is very clean.
There is nothing wrong,
including those that have been sold to
film and television companies for redevelopment.
But now the problem
is with non-signed authors.
Their copyright issues are vague.
Even if
they've published their works on the app,
there are still many loopholes
in the author's notice that they signed
on the website before publishing.
We need to improve it.
"Extraordinary Comics" has a short publishing time.
They haven't paid attention to
these non-signed authors.
Besides,
the probability of copyright disputes in this respect
should be very small.
That's why we need to help them fix this hole.
You know,
there is a big difference between
comic copyright and novel copyright.
It involves specific comic images,
so it's troublesome.
It makes sense.
What do you think, Cherry?
It makes sense,
but this part of the record is not included
in the budget made by us
and Extraordinary Studio.
And there are a lot of non-signed authors.
If we take care of all of them,
it's going to be over budget.
If you want to
know Mr. Big,
there is no other way but to inquire.
Or you go straight to him.
He seldom uses his real name.
He focuses on programming and is very low-key.
He's an otaku.
There is very little information on the Internet.
What are you doing here?
There's a lot of work to do over there.
Do it.
Mop the floor over there.
Even if there are photos,
they were taken secretly
or from the side on the activities.
They are blurry,
so you must not recognize the wrong person.
Except for a few photos for reference,
he's definitely the kind of guy
who doesn't look like the president
and is irreconcilable with
the overall style of the office building.
Hello, Mr. Tang.
You can't get into the building without an employee card.
If you enter as a visitor,
Mr. Big will never agree to
meet you.
But
during the lunch hour every day,
he will go to the roof terrace of the company for lunch.
Here comes the point.
The freight elevator is the only way
to reach the roof terrace of their building.
Hello. Please open the door. I deliver the take-out.
Take the freight elevator.
Where is it?
Over there.
OK. Thank you.
And the freight elevator will only stop at
the property office on the first underground floor,
the central terrace
and the roof terrace.
And you don't need an employee card.
This is your chance.
During the lunch hour,
Mr. Big will take the passenger elevator to the central terrace first
and then transfer to the freight elevator to the roof terrace
to have lunch
with his succulent plants.
You can at least get the time
to make a proposal with him.
But you have to be prepared mentally.
He may interrupt you at any time,
or, like a cartoon character,
run through the wall
and leave a human gap on the wall.
It may happen.
My God.
So embarrassing.
What are you sweeping?
Are you following me?
Hello, Mr. Big.
I, I have something to tell you.
Mr. Big?
Everyone calls you Mr. Big, right?
Bai Jinyu?
Because
Bai Jinyu calls me Mr. Big outside,
you call me Mr. Big?
Well,
I'm surnamed Tang.
I don't know
what Bai Jinyu said about me outside,
but
I am a normal person.
I'm just not very talkative.
I came to see you today
because I want to
talk about game development with you.
I I'm just getting ready for lunch.
I only need one minute.
I am an author of "Extraordinary Comics."
Stop that.
I'm not interested in "Extraordinary Comics."
But I'm a non-signed author.
You haven't seen my work.
There are many other works that are not signed.
You haven't even had a chance to see them.
I really don't want to listen to you.
Mr. Big...
Sorry.
Fungal infection.
Many people who grow succulent plants don't know the difference between
crown infection, neck infection
and fungal infection.
So they can't find an adequate remedy
and the situation gets worse.
How to save it?
Cut off the damaged part
with a clean knife.
And then apply sulfur to it
or spray it with a mixture of
benomyl and mancozeb.
Or both.
Well,
could you say it again?
A mixture of benomyl and mancozeb.
These two kinds of medicine are sold in ordinary pharmacies.
You also grow succulent plants?
My son likes them.
My wife likes them.
May I have your name?
I'm An An.
An An.
Well,
on Saturday afternoon,
my wife will take a yoga class in this place.
3:30 p.m.
I'll be there with her.
About an hour and a half.
You can bring your comic
and a colleague.
If I don't like your comic,
well...
I have eight minutes to eat.
OK.
Well,
what's the name of your vertical comic?
"The Daily Life of Wang Xiaobai."
OK.
Thank you, Mr. Big.
What can you do with me?
The more scared, the more embarrassed.
If you love a wrong person,
just take it as a facetious joke.
Be a little braver
and don't lose to prejudice
and the inescapable trouble.
It may be the best meeting.
You invite me to such an expensive place to eat.
Your treat?
Yes.
You're always busy,
but you have time to invite me to eat.
Isn't it normal for me to ask you
out for afternoon tea?
Let's talk.
OK.
I was busy a while ago,
so I ignored you.
How are you doing
with Zhou You?
Well.
You date?
I haven't contacted him for a long time.
You are lovelorn?
Do you think I'm lovelorn?
No.
That's it.
I only knew him for a short time.
I didn't like him very much.
Besides,
I've always been philosophical.
Don't think much about it.
I asked An An
out for afternoon tea, but she refused.
What has she been up to lately?
Do you think she and Lawyer Xu recently...
You know what I'm talking about.
Even you know that?
Wang, my shop assistant, asked me.
Wang?
Even Wang knows that?
Don't you and Lei Yuhao see anything?
It's complicated.
I'll create a group now.
Let's summarize the information.
What're you talking about?
Summarize the information?
It's like solving a case.
Do you want to join the group?
Of course.
OK.
Given your performance now,
you pass my examination.
I now officially appoint you as
the leader of the gossip group
to conduct an in-depth investigation into the matter.
I won't disappoint you.
What day is it today?
Do you think
it sounds familiar?
Yes.
Did you ask me out last time
to do something today?
How can you forget An An's birthday?
I thought you'd remember.
Hello.
Xu,
do we still have the birthday ornaments in the shop?
Hurry to decorate the shop.
OK.
Lei Yuhao,
hurry up.
Rush to
Comics Coffee Shop.
You forget An An's birthday.
Hello?
Are you at home alone?
Yes.
Where's Xu Guo?
She's at my parents' home.
Where's An An?
How do I know? Call her.
Wait.
Speak.
You go to An An's house and knock on the door
to see whether she is at home.
What's wrong with you?
You confuse me.
Today is An An's birthday.
We're going to have a surprise party here.
You bring her here later.
I'm working.
What kind of work are you busy with
on the weekend?
You, an idler,
give a surprise party to an unrelated woman
at the weekend,
so I have to work hard.
Right?
Fine.
Today is An An's birthday.
Do me a favor.
OK?
Shouldn't it be special?
Right?
Old-fashioned sayings
like it's different for An An...
Today is Guoguo's birthday.
Shouldn't it be special?
Be nice
and bring her here, OK?
We are
really busy here.
We have to decorate the shop, blow up balloons
and wait for the cake.
Do you hear me?
I see. Bye.
Lei Yuhao wants to speak to you. Call him.
Just now Lei Yuhao called
and said he wanted to talk to you.
I'll drive you there.
Are you home?
I'm in the yard.
You're watering flowers?
Yes.
Where's Doudou?
Qiu Tian took him away.
You're in a good mood.
My succulent plants
grow well.
I'm so excited that I want to fly.
Fly.
I'll take photos.
What's wrong?
I haven't eaten yet.
Have you eaten?
No.
So what do we mean by this conversation?
Didn't you start the conversation?
Let's eat together.
OK.
Dress yourself up.
What's wrong?
I have a foreboding.
What's it?
Don't you notice?
As long as we make an appointment for dinner,
someone will call you
or visit you at your home.
It's quite like the plot in the idol play.
And It's an old plot.
I'm angry.
Do you think
we live in
the idol play?
Stop daydreaming
and dress yourself up.
You are simply not in your right mind.
I'm serious.
Don't you really need to accompany your girlfriend
on the weekend?
What are you talking about?
Time to eat.
Five minutes.
Four minutes 59 seconds.
58. 57.
56. 55.
What are you doing?
We'll just have a meal.
You dress like this.
I'm under a lot of pressure.
Didn't I ask you to go back to dress yourself up?
I did go back.
What did you do?
I washed my hands
and carried a bag.
It's not a date.
You have a high requirement
for your meal partner.
Well,
what if we go to
a restaurant where food is delicious?
Right.
People like you
won't go to a small shop
even if you have a casual meal.
I might as well
go back and change my clothes.
How long does it take
for you women to go out normally?
An hour.
What about bathing, choosing clothes and changing clothes?
Two hours
To be honest?
Three hours.
Forget it.
That's right.
Don't be picky as we will just have a casual meal.
You must be picky about
your girlfriend.
I don't have a girlfriend.
I look so good.
Hey,
take it.
You take one, too.
Here you are. You take one, too.
Right.
I'll give an order later.
Then we come out from both sides, okay?
You come out from this side.
You two come out from this side.
OK?
You also come out from this side.
No, you come out from that side.
An An comes.
Who?
She's coming.
- Hide. - Is she coming?
Hide.
Hurry up.
Hide. Hide.
Hide over there.
Hurry up.
This way.
We eat here?
Just tell me
we eat at Comics Coffee Shop.
Why do you make it so mysterious?
I don't know what you're thinking.
Why is there no one?
It's closed today?
Strange.
Surprise.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to An An.
Happy birthday to you.
You already know, right?
I wondered why you were so weird today.
I didn't expect that Dracula in Shanghai Beach
would cooperate with them to do such a romantic thing.
It really refreshes my understanding of your settings.
Who let you refresh my settings?
Restore it.
Thank you.
Mom, you haven't hugged me.
Doudou.
Mom, happy birthday.
Thank you, Doudou.
I wear makeup.
Annoying.
Well,
your birthday party.
Your birthday party.
We have to buy a birthday party for you every year.
It's annoying.
It's very tiring to blowing up balloons, you know?
Give me a hug.
Why do you need to hug me?
Let's blow out the candles.
You two are going well.
Yeah.
Listen, Fatty,
Qiu Tian is my best friend.
If you treat her badly, I will...
Don't worry.
Blow out the candles.
Cut the cake. Blow out the candles.
Right?
Let me think about
my wish this year.
I have an idea.
Blow out the candles.
Cut the cake.
Come on.
What was your wish?
Earn money.
Vulgar.
The family is healthy and safe.
I think
her wish is eating without getting fat.
Qiu Tian,
the first cake is for you.
- This wish seems... - Thank you.
Qiu Tian,
you do this every year.
I avoid it every year.
Is it interesting?
Do something different.
It tastes good.
Come on.
Have some more.
Come on.
I'll give you some more.
A piece of cake for you.
Give it to me.
This?
Gift.
Give it to me.
In fact,
Lei Yuhao called me
when I was at home,
and then I knew it is your birthday today.
So?
So I only have one thing
that can be a gift with me.
I like it.
You don't even know what it is.
I can feel it by my sixth sense.
Stop. Don't say such things.
It's not scientific.
What's wrong with you?
Do you lose confidence at the critical moment?
My professor
gave me this pen
when I was in college,
and he carved "lucky pen" on it.
It's quite magical,
because every time I take this pen
I indeed have good luck.
But I don't know
if you can use pen
to draw comics.
I like it.
It's good you like it.
Lucky pen.
But if you give this pen to me,
you may not have good luck.
Today is your birthday.
You may have my good luck.
But I'm living next door to you.
Your luck won't be too bad.
Sorry, we're late.
Your mom is coming.
Mom, brother.
Why do you come?
It's very normal. I saw your Moments.
You posted pictures
and even located it.
I already shield you out.
I can see your Moments
easily.
An An.
You go over.
Thanks.
Lucky.
Happy birthday.
Thanks, Ms. Qiu.
Well, here's the gift for you.
See who has come with me.
Why do you come?
Sit over there.
Ms. Qiu insisted letting me drive her here.
Ms. Qiu, would you like cake?
I'll get you a piece.
I know you don't like to celebrate birthday,
but I still prepared a gift for you.
Hope the size fits you.
Happy birthday.
Thank you.
Dad.
Come. Have cake.
You are too greedy.
How's it? How's it?
Wait a minute.
How's it?
She'll I bring fortune to her husband.
Do you hear? That's good.
It won't be accurate as we don't pay.
Come on.
Well, come on. Hold it tight.
Come on.
Go.
Come on. Hold out. Hold out.
Great.
Look, how happy they are.
They are natural father and son.
Their relationship is different.
Just now I saw you
had a video call with your mom.
You're still the same.
You report only the good news and not the bad.
Ms. Qiu, you seem to know everything.
Of course.
And if I'm not wrong,
your parents still don't know
your breaking up with Feifan.
In fact,
you should tell them,
but
I support you this time.
When I was in the UK,
I often visited your parents.
It's indeed quite hard for them
to run the confinement center.
Every I have a video call with them,
I feel they get much older.
To be honest,
your parents were optimistic about
the marriage between
Yu Feifan and you at the beginning.
I also think you...
Ms. Qiu,
can we not talk about this?
Happy birthday to you.
Mom, happy birthday.
Mom, make a wish.
I want...
Hello, Xu Lang.
Come to the amusement park.
I'll be waiting for you near the merry-go-round.
An An.
Where's Xu Lang?
An An.
It's normal to celebrate the birthday
for people at my age.
They give you birthday gifts
only to comfort you,
because you're one year older.
When I got these weird gifts,
I didn't want to accept them in my heart.
Happy birthday.
But someone's gift is different.
No matter how
strange his gift is,
I will like it.