(My True Friend)
(Episode 12)
The materials requirements are very high,
and they must have environmental protection functions.
Okay.
Are you okay?
I'm very sorry.
I have to leave to take care of something personal.
Please go on by yourselves. Sorry.
(In the middle of a depression, you will forget yourself)
My goodness.
This disease has such serious consequences.
What should I do?
What should I do if I can't remember?
What does it say?
Put it in the mobile memo.
That's right. The mobile memo.
My phone.
The mobile memo.
Jing Ran was born on September 12.
That's right.
Because he was born a few days late,
he was a year late to attend school.
He entered primary school in 1997.
He entered secondary school in 2003.
He entered high school in 2006.
Things happened suddenly.
I have to tell you about it first.
Ms. Bai's psychologist just contacted me.
He said Ms. Bai didn't go to the doctor on the consultation date.
That's why he contacted me.
I just found out.
Ms. Bai has suffered from early Geriatric depression.
She has just gone abroad.
So she might feel lonely and helpless there.
You must pay attention to Ms. Bai's mood.
If there's anything wrong with her,
she must consult the doctor at once.
I hope things go well for you and Ms. Bai.
He attended the university in 2009.
That's right.
Then he went to Italy to study for a master's degree.
He studied for a master's degree.
Which year did he start?
Which year was that?
I really have forgotten about it.
Which year was that?
No way.
It looks like my memory is getting bad.
I have to confirm the date with Jing Ran.
I will put it in the memo. That's right.
You're back.
What's the matter?
Why are you so upset after going out?
I'm troubled.
Tell me. What's bothering you?
Cheer me up.
Don't just look at me, all right?
I'm asking you a question.
I'm asking you. What's the matter? Tell me.
Ms. Bai has Geriatric depression.
She has suffered from it for some time.
This morning, her doctor called me.
Depression?
How could Ms. Bai possibly get depression?
What did her doctor say then?
Her doctor said...
she must be accompanied at all times and put under observation.
She needs to consult the doctor regularly and take medicine.
I guess Jing Ran...
still doesn't know that Ms. Bai is ill.
After I talked to the doctor, I sent Jing Ran a message.
I hope he can spend more time with Ms. Bai.
Did you hear what the doctor said?
More companionship.
Whose fault is it?
It's her son's fault. Jing Ran's fault.
If Jing Ran had spent more time with Ms. Bai,
would this have happened?
How can Jing Ran be blamed for this?
He needs to work too.
Cheng Zhen Zhen.
Be clear of your stand. Put first things first.
Why do you keep sticking up for Jing Ran?
Was I wrong?
Jing Ran always leaves his mom alone.
And now she's sick. Right?
Jing Ran is too selfish.
He always thinks about himself.
Is work more important than family?
Then he even took Ms. Bai to Italy.
Will she adjust to living in a foreign land?
Can you stop talking bad about Jing Ran?
Was I wrong?
I'm worried about her too.
Ms. Bai is so far away from us.
We can't help her even if we want to.
Jing Ran is so busy with work.
I'm really worried about them.
All right. Don't worry needlessly.
There's no point for you to worry.
The most important thing now...
is that Jing Ran spends more time with Ms. Bai.
That's way better than anything else.
But you should be very happy.
Now you have an excuse.
You and Jing Ran,
you can now keep in touch more often, right?
Shao Peng Cheng.
Why are you acting like that?
Why are you so nervous?
I was just saying.
Jeez.
Son.
You're still going out at this hour?
- Mom, give me the bag. - Where are you going?
I have an appointment. It's an urgent matter.
Don't wait up for me after you have your dinner.
Rest earlier.
Drive safely on the road.
All right. I'll get going.
It's dead.
Why did it die?
Hubby, the ball cactus has blossomed.
Let me see.
It's said that witnessing the ball cactus blossom...
will bring about a joyous occasion.
Are you thirsty? Do you want to drink some water?
Little Ran, drink some water.
Here's some water.
Such a good boy.
What do you want to do in the future?
Learn to play violin from dad.
No way.
Ms. Bai.
Zhen Zhen, I'm really sorry.
I've forgotten.
I'm really sorry.
I forgot that it's nighttime in China.
I...
I forgot about the time difference.
It's all right.
But Ms. Bai.
Why are your eyes red? What happened?
The ball cactus.
The ball cactus that I've been taking care of recently.
It suddenly died.
I don't understand why.
I don't get it.
Perhaps, the sight of it stirs up some feelings.
I...
I'm getting older.
Will I become frail like the ball cactus?
Zhen Zhen.
I feel very bored now.
I wonder about...
a tree living well...
in a place.
But suddenly, it gets moved away.
It gets moved to an unfamiliar place.
Could the tree take the move well?
Ms. Bai, don't let your imagination run wild.
The tree vitality is strong.
No matter where you plant it,
it will live well.
Don't worry.
Although the process may be tough,
it takes time.
It needs to adapt to the environment.
But it will surely be fine.
So long as it has a strong belief,
it will live well wherever it may be.
Thanks, Zhen Zhen. Well said.
All right. I won't disturb you any longer.
Rest now.
You need to work tomorrow.
Ms. Bai, next time, if there's anything,
you can call me at any time.
All right. That's all for now.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
What did the headhunter say?
Chairman.
Is it possible that during the early stage of communication,
Jing Ran had a misunderstanding with Peng Cheng?
That might be why he has a bad impression of Love and Family.
Jing Ran is willing to discuss the collaboration.
But we need to send Cheng Zhen Zhen to Italy...
to discuss the details with him.
Cheng Zhen Zhen?
That's right. Who is Cheng Zhen Zhen?
The girl from Hua Yuan Store.
Peng Cheng's partner?
Right, she's Peng Cheng's partner.
Both of them were in charge of selling Jing Ran's house.
I think Jing Ran's mom has a good impression of her.
Look. I just said it earlier.
Everyone has a weak spot.
It's just that you didn't find it in time.
That's right.
Perhaps Cheng Zhen Zhen...
is Jing Ran's weak spot.
And Cheng Zhen Zhen...
can set off the breakthrough...
in the collaboration between Love and Family and Jing Ran.
How about this? Contact Cheng Zhen Zhen right away.
Ask her to come to the headquarters at once.
I would like to see for myself...
what kind of a girl she is.
Morning.
Why are you here?
I happen to have something to do in Hua Yuan Store.
So I drove here to pick you up on the way there.
Thank you.
Get in the car.
Looks like you had a good rest yesterday.
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Actually, after I left my hometown,
I have told myself this...
on the first day I got to Beijing to study,
"No matter what I encounter,
I must stand strong.
Even if I fall, I should stand up at once.
There are many things I have to do.
I can't waste time crying and being at a loss."
That's great then.
I think it doesn't matter now.
You have a job now.
There's the company.
You have colleagues.
And you have me as your superior.
Whatever it is, you can talk to me.
Don't shoulder it alone.
Right.
This is the eye cream that you left in my car.
So you have it.
Thank you.
Recently, Hua Yuan Store's sales have improved significantly.
Those at headquarters are very pleased with it.
This is the result of your joint efforts too.
One more thing.
Cheng Zhen Zhen, come to the headquarters with me.
The chairman would like to see you.
The chairman wants to see me?
How would he know about me?
Why is the chairman looking for her?
Xiao Shao, you don't need to know what's on the chairman's mind.
Why are you here? Where's Zhen Zhen?
I want to ask you something.
Why does my dad want to see Cheng Zhen Zhen?
Why are you so concerned about it?
Did something happen between you and Zhen Zhen...
where the chairman needs to personally intervene it?
Can you not try to worm something out of me?
No, I'm really curious.
There are so many employees in Hua Yuan Store.
Why does my dad want to see Cheng Zhen Zhen?
Did you say something to my dad...
that would make him want to see Cheng Zhen Zhen?
Did something really happen between you and Cheng Zhen Zhen...
that I need to tell the chairman about?
Besides, the chairman wants to see his employee.
That's normal, isn't it?
Who are you trying to fool?
There are so many employees in Hua Yuan Store.
Why does my dad want to see Cheng Zhen Zhen alone?
Peng Cheng, I've never seen you...
be so worried about anyone.
But you've overestimated your dad and you've falsely accused me.
The chairman wants to meet Cheng Zhen Zhen not because of you.
I also didn't say anything in front of the chairman.
I'll be honest with you.
The chairman wants to meet Cheng Zhen Zhen...
because Jing Ran mentioned her name.
He wants Cheng Zhen Zhen to represent Love and Family...
and go to Italy to discuss the collaboration.
That's what the chairman said.
Cheng Zhen Zhen is Jing Ran's weak spot.
What have you been doing?
There are so many senior executives in Love and Family.
Why not send them to Italy to discuss the collaboration?
Why must Cheng Zhen Zhen go?
Besides, why must we fulfill the request that Jing Ran made?
I can only execute the chairman's order.
If you have any objections, please talk to the chairman.
Zhen Zhen, hurry up. The chairman is waiting for you.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Mu.
Let's go.
Chairman, Cheng Zhen Zhen is here.
Cheng Zhen Zhen.
Come in. Take a seat.
Go in.
Sit down.
Don't be nervous. Take a seat.
All right.
I have heard your name several times recently.
I've finally met you in person.
Here.
Try my coffee.
Thank you.
How is it?
It's delicious.
Right.
I heard Mr. Mu's son was abducted.
And you happened to be nearby.
It was you who saved the kid.
So you meant that.
Actually, I didn't save the kid on my own.
I was with my colleague, Shao Peng Cheng.
We saved the kid together.
You're interesting.
You're not greedy to claim the merit.
Chairman, my colleague, Shao Peng Cheng,
graduated from a famous international university.
He has lots of ideas, and he is very smart.
You think very highly of this colleague of yours.
Zhen Zhen.
I asked you here today...
because I have a task for you.
I need you to represent our company...
and participate in a negotiation.
A negotiation?
Jing Ran, the interior designer.
You know him, right?
I've always wanted to recruit Jing Ran...
and let him be in charge of our new property's interior design.
Not long ago,
Jing Ran made a request.
He mentioned your name...
and asked you to represent our company in Italy...
and discuss the details of the collaboration with him.
Jing Ran mentioned me?
Chairman.
Actually, I'm just an entry-level associate.
I just joined Love and Family not too long ago.
I'm not familiar yet with the sale of properties.
As for negotiation, it's all Greek to me.
Zhen Zhen, our company thinks very highly of Jing Ran.
I will get the recruitment company...
to send a professional headhunter to assist you in the negotiation.
I hope that you...
will not let us down and return with fruitful results.
All right. Thanks, Chairman.
As an employee of Love and Family,
I'll surely try my best to get this done.
Thanks for your trust.
Let me ask you.
Why do you want Cheng Zhen Zhen to go to Italy that much?
Do you think it's appropriate?
It's the working hours.
You are just a regular employee.
You came into my office without my permission.
Don't you know the rules?
There were never any rules.
Do you really not know, or are you just pretending?
Jing Ran wants Cheng Zhen Zhen in Italy,
so that she can help to look after his mom.
You're just doing it for your company's sake.
You can't do everything just for your own sake.
You don't care if Cheng Zhen Zhen is up for the job...
and if she can stand the pressure of working with Jing Ran,
then you just sent her off to Italy?
Cheng Zhen Zhen is the company's employee.
Regardless of her position,
when the company needs it,
she must complete the task assigned to her by the company.
I think she is more professional than you in terms of this.
What do you mean "assigned to her by the company"?
You have all the say, don't you?
You're the chairman.
You're a dictator who loves to control others.
You asked her to go. Will she dare to decline?
What's your relationship with Cheng Zhen Zhen?
Did your relationship go beyond colleagues and partners?
Don't bother about boundaries.
Didn't you say it when I came in here?
You're the chairman.
I'm just a regular employee.
Do I have to tell you about my personal life?
Let me tell you.
There's no room for discussion about Cheng Zhen Zhen.
All right. I'll tell you this.
Send me to Italy too!
Go and sell the properties!
Zhen Zhen.
This is the information you need to go to Italy.
I've bought the plane ticket for you.
Thanks, Mr. Mu.
Don't feel too pressured.
Do you know what's the highest realm of negotiation?
Impress the other party without using fame and fortune.
Use real emotion.
I think your close relationship with Jing Ran's mom...
is the best bargaining chip in the negotiation.
Mr. Mu, you mean I need to take advantage of Ms. Bai?
No.
Is Love and Family a very good company?
Yes.
Mr. Jing Ran is a very outstanding interior designer, right?
Well, if we work with him,
that would be a win-win collaboration.
That's why you have to go to Italy and do your best in the negotiation.
I understand if you put it that way.
Why are you here?
What a coincidence.
Why are you in the headquarters?
I...
Shao...
Well, long time no see. Long time no see.
Aren't you very busy? Do your work then.
- Let's eat together next time. - All right.
Keep in touch. Bye.
You're quite close with the people at the headquarters.
Of course.
I do my job well.
I have a nice personality, and I'm good-looking.
Of course, everyone knows me.
Watch your mouth.
Will your mouth itch if you don't praise yourself?
Did you grow up eating catalyst?
You're so full of yourself all the time.
You're right. You never had it, right?
Indeed. I never had one.
You had too much of it.
No wonder something is wrong with your brain.
Let's not walk. Get a cab.
I have no money to get a cab.
I need to save up for my trip to Italy.
God must have heard my prayers.
The salary is in.
Now, I have money to buy things in Italy.
I'll buy you a gift.
Is this the first time you've earned money on your own?
You're happy, right?
How do you plan to spend it?
Are you done yet?
You never earned so much money, right?
Trip to Italy? What's with you going to Italy?
Why do you keep talking about going to Italy?
You earned this much money. Is it enough to use in Italy?
Let me tell you. When you go to Italy,
you'll be eating Western food.
You won't get used to it.
You'll have diarrhea for as long as you're there.
What's the matter with you? Why are you cursing me?
What? I just want to curse you.
I'm not happy. So what?
I am proud. I am willful. I want to lose my temper.
Can I?
Walk on your own.
Are you crazy?
Looks like you practiced a lot when you were abroad.
- Here. - Thank you.
The chairman is becoming more concerned about me.
He keeps asking you to keep an eye on me.
Tell me.
What do you want to tell me?
That's because you're his son.
If your dad is not concerned about you, who will then?
Don't think too much about Cheng Zhen Zhen.
This is the company's strategy.
Don't worry. It's not about you.
Peng Cheng, did you go the headquarters...
just to fight with your dad over Cheng Zhen Zhen?
You're overthinking too.
There's nothing between her and me.
She's just my partner.
Let me tell you.
If it weren't so stupid and a drag on me,
I would have sold dozens of properties by now.
If it's like what you said,
that she's so stupid,
after she returns from Italy,
I'll get Ms. Zeng to...
I'm the only one who can call my partner stupid.
You said she's stupid.
Aren't you giving me a slap to my face?
Let me tell you, Mu Yun Ping.
Cheng Zhen Zhen...
is the kitten that I keep.
Without my permission, no one can lay a finger on her.
(Love and Family)
Shao Peng Cheng.
"Graduated from American University.
Rosewood International Apartment, Lilac Park."
It costs 150,000 yuan per square meter.
This is a first-class international apartment.
It's so expensive.
Love and Family's young master is indeed different.
Mom, I'm back.
- Mom. - Son.
How come you're back 20 minutes earlier...
than yesterday?
Hurry up. Wash your hands.
I've prepared food for you.
I've made your favorite braised ribbon fish dish.
- I'll heat it up. - All right.
- Quickly go and wash your hands. - I'll go at once.
Son, hurry up. It's ready.
There's really a braised ribbon fish dish.
Of course.
Here, son.
What's the matter? Why do you keep looking at me?
Mom, I have good news for you.
You'll surely be very happy after hearing it.
What's the good news?
Take a guess.
Take a guess?
You found yourself a girlfriend.
What?
No, try again.
Try again?
We're going back to China?
Zhen Zhen is coming to Italy.
Who?
Cheng Zhen Zhen is coming to Italy.
Cheng Zhen Zhen is coming here?
Yes.
That's so great.
Cheng Zhen Zhen is...
Impossible. You're lying to me again.
How is that impossible? She's really coming over.
Why is she coming here?
She will represent Love and Family and come here to negotiate with me.
Zhen Zhen?
It's impossible.
Mom, it's true. Why would I lie to you?
She's just a regular employee of Love and Family.
Can she represent the company to discuss a collaboration with you?
It's impossible.
You're just lying to me.
Mom, I'm telling you the truth. I'm not lying.
She'll come over in two days. It's true.
Mom, listen to me. It's not that impossible.
Love and Family has been wanting to collaborate with me.
They want me to do the interior design for their new building.
I have talked to the headhunter many times.
I think it's a professional company.
So this time, they're sending someone over to discuss it.
It's just a formality.
In the end, it comes down to my decision.
I got it.
Well, what do you think?
You want to collaborate with them, that's why...
you asked Zhen Zhen over, right?
Honestly,
I wasn't planning on doing this.
It's because of...
Because of what?
Because I considered the headhunter's suggestion.
I think accepting their invitation...
is quite a good idea.
Really?
Thanks, son.
Cheng Zhen Zhen is coming.
I need to check what goods we lack in the fridge.
Mom, don't stress yourself.
She will be here in two days.
- Why are you getting stressed now? - No, here's what I think.
Son, how about this?
The day after tomorrow, take some time off.
Accompany me to the market.
Let's see what else we need to buy.
I'll buy some good food for Cheng Zhen Zhen.
I'll buy all the food that she has tried or hasn't tried.
I'll buy all of it. Son.
All right. I'll go with you.
Thanks, son.
Eat up.
Is the fish delicious?
Yes, it's the best.
Eat up.
Shao Peng Cheng, you're acting weird today.
What is it?
You're usually so lazy.
You actually asked me out for breakfast.
Do you have a favor to ask me? Tell me.
No, look at you.
I'm just treating you to a meal.
Why do you overthink it?
I'm just preparing you in advance.
Before you go,
I'll take you out to eat more Chinese cuisines.
When you arrive in Italy,
you'll be having milk and bread every day.
Most importantly, you'll be abused by Jing Ran.
I'm afraid you'll get yourself hurt.
Who said that I'll be abused by Jing Ran?
Besides, I'm going there to work.
You're not even confident with the things you say.
Going there to work?
Who couldn't tell that about you?
We've been partners for a month, right?
You often treated me to meals too.
I bought you a pair of shoes.
For me?
I bought it on Vipshop.
But do people buy shoes as a gift?
Why are you so superstitious?
Do you know why I gave you these shoes?
It's because...
I want you to wear these shoes that I gave you...
to travel to better places and lead a better life.
Pass the traps, and take lesser detours.
How should I put it? The path that you're walking down...
isn't suitable for you.
What's with that?
Besides, I've told you.
I'm going there to work.
There's another reason why I gave you these shoes.
Didn't you tell me that when you were in university with Jing Ran,
he gave you a pair of white sneakers?
Let me tell you.
The best way to forget someone or something...
is to find someone or something else to replace it.
Replacing the file is more thorough than deleting it.
How can these be the same as what Jing Ran gave? What a joke.
How is it different?
It's my favorite brand.
The shoes look nice.
Actually, as your partner,
I should accompany you to Italy to work.
It's fine.
But in the end, I made my own decision.
I'm not going.
It's not because the company doesn't allow me to.
Let me tell you. Whatever I want to do,
no one can stop me, all right?
You know this.
It's because I hope...
I hope that after you leave...
I can figure something out on my own.
Then I'll tell you when you get back.
What's the matter?
Are you in some sort of trouble?
No.
No, it's nothing.
It's just that...
Let's talk again when you get back.
Just tell me. I can analyze it for you.
No, I told you, okay?
I'll tell you when you get back.
I've given you the chance.
Don't you regret it then.
With the acceleration of China's urbanization process,
and the advent of the second pregnancy,
China's housing market has increased demand for small units,
especially small ones with unique features and functions.
Mr. Jing Ran's mini-space multi-functional design...
has huge market potential in China's front-line marketplace.
I didn't expect to meet someone of the same profession up in the sky.
You can speak Mandarin?
Sorry. Did I disturb you?
It's an international trend to speak Mandarin now.
I am very happy to meet someone of the same profession...
who likes architectural design on such a boring journey.
- I... - And you're such a pretty lady.
I'm not in the architectural line.
I am just a real estate agent.
Actually, it's such a small world.
I also know this person on the screen.
You know Mr. Jing Ran?
How do you know him?
Rome is not a very big city.
There are not many famous Chinese designers here.
Besides, Mr. Jing Ran...
can be called the new rising star...
of Roman architectural design.
You're flying to Rome to see him?
Are you friends or...
No.
If not, I wouldn't believe that such a pretty lady...
would overwork her beautiful eyes.
At most, Mr. Jing Ran and I are considered acquaintances.
Here's the thing.
I'm an employee of a real estate agency in China,
called Love and Family.
My company sent me to Rome...
to discuss collaboration with Mr. Jing Ran.
We hope that he can return to China...
and become our design director.
Mr. Jing Ran has been in Italy for so many years.
Do you think he can still meet China's design requirements?
Of course.
How should I put it?
I think...
Mr. Jing Ran is like Titan, the God of War,
the son of the Earth goddess in Greek mythology.
Only when he steps on the soil where he was raised,
can he bring out his true talent and potential.
Also, it will never be used up.
Can the things you just said...
be interpreted in a different aspect,
whereby Mr. Jing Ran as a Chinese...
cannot truly integrate into the Italian culture...
or that it affects his design standard?
I never said that.
What I mean is that...
a person's culture and background...
may affect his design work.
But it will not affect his design standard.
After talking to you for so long,
I haven't asked what your profession is.
My name is Leo.
I'm a freelance critic.
This is my name card.
If you have time in Rome,
let me treat you to an authentic Italian cuisine...
in Rome's most distinctive restaurant...
and feel the enthusiasm of Italians.
I have already felt the enthusiasm of Italians.