Who's there? What are you doing?
The battery died just when I came back.
We're busy getting ready to open our 35th restaurant.
It will be the largest in size
and the amount invested in it is also the highest in the Group.
Bo didn't let me down.
Thank goodness he's there to help Miss Chi.
We'll speed up Dynasty's development along the coast.
Next year in 2019,
we should have over 20 restaurants in the Mainland.
Next year is 2019?
This is already 2018?
A few days back in the Ming Dynasty
Is equal to a year in Hong Kong.
Stir fried conch, fried lobster, marbled steak with lemon and Peking duck.
Please try it, Mr. Fung.
Chef Wong is the head chef of Royal Dragon Court in Beijing.
He prepared state dinners
for heads of state and government.
Hello, Yi-San?
Sorry, I'll be right down. Bye!
Zita, his cooking is not even 10% of Siu-tung.
He doesn't qualify for head chef of Dynasty Court.
Find me someone else.
Wait up!
Go ahead. I'll take the next one.
Miss Chu, last time I motioned for Mrs. Chu to leave the Board,
it wasn't my intention.
Are you still mad at me?
I wouldn't dare, Mr. Fung.
If I'm mad at you,
you're likely to motion for kicking me out.
That guy's cooking is really bad.
Eat with me and I'll take you home.
Sure!
Yin, stop the car.
Let me help you, Granny.
Great!
Take a seat, let us help you.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
I'm sorry the CEO of Dynasty had to scavenge cardboard.
What if your staff saw you?
You're the big star. If you don't mind, why would I mind?
I went over your contract with Mr. Chan from our Legal Department.
He wants to sit down with Terry.
Great! I'll set it up.
Remember don't piss off Terry over the termination of this contract.
He has been a great help the last few years.
I'll sort it out peacefully.
I'll try to meet his demands and won't put you on the spot.
$128 all you can eat...
Take a look...
You'll love it!
$128 all you can eat hotpot... Don't miss it!
$128 all you can eat hotpot...
It's delicious! Give it a try!
$128 all you can eat hotpot...
You'll love it! $128 all you can eat...
$128 all you can eat hotpot!
$128 all you can eat...
Don't miss it...
It's delicious... You'll love it!
$128 all you can eat...
Take a look... it's delicious!
Where have you been?
You didn't answer the phone. We were so worried!
You are...
Don't you recognize me, Tai-Kwan?
It's me, Master Uncle!
Miss Kei is the shrimp and Master Uncle is the cow.
Who's the chicken? Master Tin or Madam Fun?
Can't you tell that's Chi?
I'm sorry you had to be a chicken, Miss Chi!
Please punish me.
Go ahead, Miss Chi! Lay it on me.
Take it all out on me, come on...
Stop! He's back already, that's enough!
Not so fast! I'll figure this out.
Wan Tai-Kwan, you were absent from work for a year,
365 days minus statutory holidays and regular paid leave;
plus Dad ran a fever for 3 days after you left,
His medical bill
plus the money for Auntie Fun and Auntie Hung's acupuncture and medicine;
I also hired part-time help each month to do your work.
Forget the change, the total is $173,400. Cough it up!
As long as he came back,
don't ask him for money.
She's right. I owe her more than $173,400.
I let her down.
I made everyone at Fung Ming Gui worry about me.
Even if she wants my miserable life,
I wouldn't dare run away.
With Heaven and Earth as my witness.
Good! As long as you won't run away.
Kei, put the shrimp head back on.
We have flyers to give out.
I'll cover the next block.
Tai-Kwan, go up and say hello to everyone.
They were so worried about you.
Come on, come with me.
Sliced beef, chicken testis, fried bean curd crust...
Waiter!
Hung, over there!
Coming...
Tin! Honey! Look who's here!
What do you want?
Oh my God! Tai-Kwan!
Tai-Kwan! Tai-Kwan!
Master Tin!
You disappeared for a year!
We were so worried about you.
We need a rope... no, chains to tie you up.
I'm glad you're back. Have you seen Chi?
I saw her downstairs just now.
We sorted out what I owe her for the past year.
Where were you? Taiwan or the Mainland?
It's a long story.
I can't explain because I don't want you to worry.
I'm really sorry about this.
Don't just stand there! Get back to work.
Right...
We're dead if we don't meet target.
Let's get back to work.
Tai-Kwan, sit down!
Here, sit over here.
Tai-Kwan, just between us,
can you tell us what happened to you?
Like I said, it's a long story.
I don't know where to begin.
Then don't. As long as you're safe.
Now that you're back,
we'll have an extra brain to figure out how to save Fung Ming Gui.
I was only gone for a year,
why did Fung Ming Gui become a cheap hotpot shop?
What happened to Boney and Uncle Man-mo?
Like you said, it's a long story.
We can't afford to hire additional help,
so every family member had to chip in.
We must try to cut costs.
See? My wife has to fill in as the beer girl.
What did you say?
She had to play the figure-guessing game too
You have no idea how tough it has been.
Miss Chi is like the Empress of the Dynasty Group,
with her at the helm, why would Fung Ming Gui end up like this?
That was a year ago.
Dynasty had a major reshuffle.
Chi no longer calls the shots.
After you disappeared,
Chi suddenly told us she had to go away for 3 months.
Why are you leaving in a hurry?
Going away for 3 months will cost a lot of money.
You used to say taking a trip is a waste of money.
Why are you going now? You saved up a lot?
Tai-Kwan is gone and now you're leaving.
Don't you have to look for him?
Why are you leaving in such a hurry?
What about the IPO?
I had it all figured out.
With that scumbag around, nothing bad can happen to Dynasty.
I'm only going away for 3 months. I'll be back.
When Chi came back, Dynasty has changed.
Cheuk Wah ousted her with the help of other Board members.
If Miss Chi was ousted,
how come I saw Bo on TV as Dynasty's CEO?
Who gave him that position?
Cheuk Wah did.
What?
I know you have doubts about my motion to make Fung Yat-Bo the CEO.
I only judge people by one thing, ability.
I'm going to give him a test.
In two months' time,
if he can cut the costs of all 34 restaurants by 10%,
he gets the job or he's out.
Your Brother Bo was truly brilliant.
He reached target in less than a month.
That's why he's now the CEO.
If Bo is in such a high position,
He won't stand by and watch Fung Ming Gui sink to this level.
That reminds me, I'd love to beat him up.
Since he became the CEO,
he ordered us to bring in a monthly turnover of $3M.
If we're a dollar short, Fung Ming Gui will come under the management of Dynasty.
Even if he has really defected,
Fung Ming Gui still has Siu-Tung.
His cooking can easily bring in $3M a month.
6 months after you disappeared,
Cheuk Wah sent Siu-Tung to the Mainland on a tour
under the pretext of building his reputation as the young chef god.
He's been all over China this past year.
Heen and Ling went up north to try to bring him back,
only to find out Siu-Tung couldn't take it
and spent a month in the hospital with a high fever.
He wasn't the same when he came out.
We don't know if the fever fried his brains.
He's no different from Chef Lau now.
He can't tell the difference between salt and sugar.
Say something, OK?
Is my cooking up to standard?
Come on, I lost my sense of taste.
I can't taste anything anymore.
What? He never came back after that?
Like you, he disappeared.
He won't answer the phone
or return the messages we left him.
We don't know where he is.
Without the head chef,
Fung Ming Gui had no choice
but transform into a hotpot restaurant.
We keep going one month at a time.
In just a year, the place is the same, but the faces have changed.
Siu-Tung, where are you?
Stop it!
No reaction? What a loser!
Fancy seeing you here, Miss Ling.
Aren't you supposed to be in China with Heen opening a new restaurant?
We came back to do a status update.
We might have to go back soon.
How is Fung Ming Gui?
Without the young chef god,
Chi and Dad turned it into a hotpot restaurant.
We're still running without a chef.
They keep asking about you.
Don't tell them you saw me.
I promised to keep my mouth shut
and I have been doing that.
When will you go back?
I'm no longer the young chef god.
Even if I go back, I'm no help to you.
But I've been praying for Fung Ming Gui every night,
for a booming business.
If you want what's best for Fung Ming Gui,
don't get blasted every night.
The way you dress is nothing like Siu-Tung.
Your Brother Tai-Kwan won't let you do this to yourself.
The face has gone to a place unknown,
while peach blossoms beam at the spring breeze.
There's no turning back.
Enough! I want you back in Fung Ming Gui.
Put on your chef uniform. Come on!
Stop this nonsense, OK! Don't eat that!
The face has gone to a place unknown,
while peach blossoms beam at the spring breeze.
I can't believe so much has changed in just one year.
Why are you standing there like a log?
I brought you sheets and covers.
Make your own bed. I'm going back down.
Hold on, Miss Chi!
Something has been bothering me,
I hope you'll tell me the truth.
Not if you ask me my age.
You're over thinking, Miss Chi.
Master Uncle told me after I went missing,
you went on a trip alone for 3 months.
Where were you?
Is that related to my detour back to the Great Ming?
I won the lottery and wanted to go way
and look for a romance overseas, OK?
Since when did you become so nosy?
What you said sounds awfully like you're pulling my leg.
Master Tin told me since you took over Fung Ming Gui,
you have never taken a day off.
You can never stay away for 3 months.
Besides, you should look after Dynasty for Master Chu
and manage a huge staff.
You can't be away for 3 days let alone 3 months.
Nothing can fool you, Commander.
Yes, I misjudged the situation.
I let that scumbag Cheuk Wah play me for a fool.
But why?
What did that scumbag tell you?
How can anyone ambush the astute Miss Chi?
Since it's related to you, I can tell you.
But you must promise not to repeat it.
I swear, if I told anyone,
I'll be struck down by thunder.
There's no need to bring in thunder.
I never should have trusted that scumbag.
He said you told him personally,
you'll disappear during a lunar eclipse,
and show up 3 months later in another place with a lunar eclipse.
I checked online right away,
and found out Iceland will have a lunar eclipse 3 months later.
So I went out there to look for you.
Of course that scumbag Cheuk Wah made that up.
He sent me away on purpose,
so he can persuade the Board to kick me out.
Heen and Yiu-yiu were unable to stop him.
That scumbag usurped the throne with such despicable means!
You can't believe a word he said.
You should do the exact opposite.
Enough! I already feel like a moron.
You vanished without a trace
and I couldn't find you.
What he said made sense, so I took a chance.
Let's just forget it. I'm going back down.
Miss Chi! What?
The hand print will be a mark.
I will help you regain control of Dynasty.
You have my word.
That won't be necessary.
Get some cement to cover that up.
Is it good? You're so sloppy!
Help him clean up in the toilet.
Right! Come on, Ka-Po.
What now?
I'll cut to the chase.
I came to discuss something.
The World Dragon Group of Singapore wanted to buy our shares.
I want you to sell them your shares.
Dynasty is a listed company.
Tell them to buy their shares on the market.
There's no need to buy mine.
They want to be a major shareholder.
That's why I want you to...
Samuel, save it.
You colluded with Fung Yat-Bo and kicked me off the Board.
It's OK, I'll spend more time with Ka-Po.
You sent Ivan to China to open new restaurants.
I consider that part of his training.
But, if you mess with Fung's shares,
I can tell you now you can forget it.
You won't get a single share.
Even if you're the Chairman, you can't touch my shares.
Why don't you talk to Uncle Fung?
There's no need to turn me down so quickly.
No need. He'll never agree to it.
You have no use for those shares.
I'm the Chairman of Dynasty,
I call the shots.
Even though you're a major shareholder,
I can bar you at the door.
Think it over.
The shareholders will not break your contract.
Sandy, just fulfill the contract.
Terry, I know you put a lot of resources on Sandy.
Regarding her unilateral termination of the contract,
I have a new proposal for you to consider.
You want out? Simple, pay us $10M.
I don't have $10M.
Exactly!
Sandy, I want you and Mr. Chan to wait for me in the conference room.
I want a word with Terry alone.
Mr. Fung, what do you have in mind?
What can I do to help Sandy?
This document contains my placing shares when I started at Dynasty.
The market value is $3M.
Here's a cheque for $500K.
This is everything I have.
I don't want to break the contract.
I want to put in an additional clause.
Mr. Chan, please talk to Terry
about the details of the changes.
OK! Thanks!
What details?
Didn't you talk to Terry about breaking the contract?
I couldn't break it.
But I added a clause.
What clause?
You can pick the job you want.
Your manager has no say.
What? Terry agreed to that?
What will he tell the shareholders?
How did you convince him?
Don't forget I'm still the CEO of Dynasty.
We give them so much business
he wouldn't dare piss me off.
Thank you so much!
Sorry!
Brother Tai-Kwan?
(Wan Tai-Kwan)
What?
Hello, Brother Tai-Kwan? You're back?
Where are you now?
Talk to me!
Siu-Tung and I waited a year for you.
Zuo Guangdou, I must see you now.
I need to ask you something in person.
Right!
Bo, something is not right.
Let me call Chi, he listens to her.
Don't worry. Our friendship lasted 400 years
He went missing for a year,
I'll explain everything to him.
Stay in the car if you're worried.
You must be careful.
I'm so glad to see you again.
Siu-Tung and I never stopped looking for you
but we failed miserably.
Thank goodness you're...
Spare me the etiquette.
If I'm still your big brother,
you must answer two questions honestly.
I'll answer 200... even 2,000 questions.
One, did you help that scumbag Cheuk Wah
unseat Miss Chi from the Chairman position,
and kick Heen's Mom out of the Board?
Yes, but...
The second question...
if Fung Ming Gui cannot bring in a monthly turnover of $3M,
Dynasty will take over Fung Ming Gui...
Is that your idea?
Yes!
I am so disappointed in you.
I was praying you'd say no.
But you said yes.
Have you forgotten our pledge?
No! I remember every word of it.
Yuan Chonghuan, what are you doing?
You're not the only loyalist here.
You have no idea how much heat Bo took for you.
Don't forget, you were a wanted man a year ago.
Attempted murder is a capital crime.
You wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for Bo.
You would have been arrested.
What happened? Was I wrong about you?
Don't blame yourself for it.
I'm quite used to it after a year.
I suspected your disappearance was related to the lunar eclipse.
I found out the next one was in Iceland.
Siu-Tung and I had our bags packed
and we were ready to look for you there.
What a coincidence, Mr. Cheuk!
You should have received our letters of resignation.
Since we no longer work for Dynasty,
we have no right to live here.
I came over to tell you
I want you both to stay.
Siu-Tung, if you think supervising 33 restaurants is too much work,
you can do less.
Even if you want to just work for Fung Ming Gui,
it's not a problem.
Say no more, our minds are made up.
Zuo Guangdou is the smartest man in the Ming Dynasty.
You must know how to make the right choice.
If you stay, I guarantee I can meet any of your terms.
We don't care about your offer,
we will not be an accomplice to your treachery.
You can't possibly think we can be friends.
Forget it.
If you stay, I'll change my statement.
I'll tell the Police I made a mistake.
Wan Tai-Kwan didn't try to kill me.
Since then, Siu-Tung and I lived like a dog.
Luckily, Cheuk Wah kept his word.
Because he changed his statement,
the Police dropped the charges against you.
Siu-Tung and I considered going back on our word.
In the end, we decided to spy on Cheuk Wah like an undercover.
At least we can stop him from going after Fung Ming Gui.
If Bo didn't come up with the $3M turnover,
Chi and her family would have been kicked out of Fung Ming Gui.
I see. So you didn't defect.
I'm sorry I was wrong about you.
Let's not bring that up.
I'm sure we can deal with Cheuk Wah if we stick together.
You're right! Where is Siu-Tung?
I don't know.
When Miss Ling returns from China,
we can ask her.
She cares about Siu-Tung, she should have some leads.
Bo, a reporter friend has seen Siu-Tung.
Where?
Why didn't you tell me?
Because it's not a place Siu-Tung would hang out in.
I thought he was probably mistaken.
Come hell or high water,
I will check it out, for Siu-tung's sake.
I have decided not to work for Fung Ming Gui
But we sincerely wish you can join us.
That's right.
If it's the salary, we can increase it.
Other benefits are also negotiable.
You'll have 20 days off in a year,
for your birthday, you'll get plane ticket to anywhere you like,
and also $500 cash.
Stop! Since Fung Ming Gui became a hotpot restaurant,
your reputation is ruined.
Even if I work for you, there's not much I can do.
Please go and leave me alone.
But Chef Hung...
Chef Hung is really not right for us.
Luckily he turned us down
or I wouldn't know how to get rid of him.
But you heard him, Fung Ming Gui's reputation is ruined.
Didn't you hear him?
Did he say that? I didn't hear...
Even if we don't have a head chef,
we can't serve cheap hotpot forever.
While it's still worth something, let's...
We'll find a head chef for sure.
You know Fung Ming Gui has been through a lot.
When Grandpa died, Mom was there.
When Mom left us, Uncle Leung took over.
When Uncle Leung can't cook, we have Siu-Tung.
Our luck hasn't run out yet.
Maybe a master chef will apply for a job in a day or two.
All the years I played the lottery,
I have yet to win the 3rd prize.
Now this is what I get.
You! Hello!
Why didn't you wait for me to play this?
You're late!
Sit down...
I missed you. I missed you too.
What's this?
We're playing... this.
It's huge! Eat it...
Eat the whole thing!
Eat it, Winter!
We'll pay you.
You want money?
Look!
Here!
Eat it and it's yours!
Not enough?
Eat it and the money is yours.
Eat...
Cool!
What a guy! Bring us more wasabi!
A real man!
Cool! Do it again... I'm first...
Eat this...
Open up! Eat it, it's very good.
Xiao Li, we're minions.
Our lives are worse than dirt.
People in the Palace are our masters.
You must do as they wish.
Good boy! Now sing us a song.
Sing! Sing!
I can eat more wasabi.
I can't really sing.
You don't have a choice. Sing!
Come on!
I want to hear you sing.
The following song reflects how I feel.
Please note the lyrics...
Bravo! Winter!
Yes!
(Proudly, I outlast the storms...)
What is he singing?
(My blood is hot like the sun)
He's terrible! You call that singing?
(My courage...)
Get off the stage!
Come down! Go away!
(...is firm like steel, )
(I have vision and ambition)
What's this?
Brother Tai-Kwan?
(My courage is like iron, my bones like steel)
(I have vision and ambition)
(I'm resolved to be a real man)
(Be a man with determination)
(A hot-blooded man, hotter than the sun)
Siu-Tung!
You're back!
Can this be the place Yuan Chonghuan described?
400 years later, a place called Hong...
Dim sum from Hong Kong upstairs...
Check it out, 15% discount on dim sum from Hong Kong!
Hong Kong!
What is that? Darn!
What are you doing? You didn't pay for it.
Pay? I'm thirsty.
Hey, I'm calling the cops, you lunatic.
How dare you call me a lunatic!
I'll have you beheaded!
The tiny soul-capturing box!
These are Yuan Chonghuan's accomplices?
Yuan Chonghuan!
Hey, come back!
Have you seen Yuan Chonghuan?
Yuan Chonghuan, have you seen him?
No!
Has anyone seen Yuan Chonghuan from the Ming Dynasty?
Yuan Chonghuan, have you seen him?
Have you seen Yuan Chonghuan?
Has anyone seen Commander Yuan Chonghuan?
Yuan Chonghuan...
Heaven brought me to 2018.
If I don't bring your head back to the Great Ming,
my name is not Zhang Cheng.
Cheers!
Siu-Tung, you have become such a drinker in a year.
Your face didn't change a shade after so many cans.
Don't make fun of me.
When I worked in the bar to pay off my debt,
my job was to drink with the customers.
Obviously I can drink much more.
I also learned many new tricks
and all kinds of finger guessing games.
I can teach you some other time.
You should forget these senseless games.
Why are you so heavily in debt
that you have to work here to pay it off?
I'm so ashamed...
I was lost when I left Fung Ming Gui.
I went into a bar hoping to drown my troubles with alcohol.
I ordered something called champagne,
and one bottle is what I make in a month.
That night, I ordered three...
One can be killed but not humiliated.
Even if you owe them money,
you didn't have to entertain those women.
I'm different from you.
All my life, I can only do two things.
Since I can no longer cook for Fung Ming Gui
the only other thing I can do is wait on people.
At least I can make money.
Tomorrow, I'll pay off your debt.
You won't have to go back to the red light district again.
You must have self-respect.
Though you may not be a whole man,
never let people take advantage of you.
If you don't want people to touch you,
you must say no.
I'm indebted to your kindness.
I'll always remember what you said.
Here's a toast to you.
I sense more of your manhood now.
Before I forget,
Liu Shunxi asked me to pass along a letter from home.
Thank you.
We're out of beer.
Let's go get more from the convenient store.
Let's get some microwavable dim sum too.
And chicken thighs. Good idea!
Jinzhong, I haven't seen you in 3 years.
I never recovered from the cold I caught in the fall.
I believe my days are numbered.
I have no worries
except I must reveal the truth,
so you may someday find your ancestors.
To dodge our creditors,
we left our hometown and changed our names.
Our last name is Wei, not Li.
Your real name is Wei Zhongxian.
Tonight at 8 o'clock...
Beef and crab sticks.
...a man wearing traditional costumes
barged into a convenient store in Causeway Bay
and started a fight with the attendant...
Chi, your Uncle Tai is alone in the kitchen,
go give him a hand.
Come back, you lunatic!
You didn't pay for that!
Nothing on TV is more important than our shop!
We haven't reached our target.
If anyone knows of his whereabouts,
please contact the Police.
Have you seen Yuan Chonghuan?
Yuan Chonghuan from the Ming Dynasty.
No!
Yuan Chonghuan...
No!
How come? Commander Yuan Chonghuan...
Heaven brought me to 2018.
If I don't bring your head back to the Great Ming,
my name is not Zhang Cheng.