(My True Friend)
(Episode 48)
Mr. Zhao.
Tell us if you have any grievances.
That's right.
You're right.
I found out that I have leukemia on the Spring Festival this year.
When I first got the news,
it felt like my entire world came crumbling down.
I didn't want to do anything.
I was waiting to die.
But upon seeing my family...
I realized that I have to hang on.
In the end,
Secretary Hong from Hong Shi came up to me.
Come on. Cheers.
Please help me out.
Do me a small favor.
Secretary Zhou.
Are you kidding me?
What favor can I do for you?
Hong Shi and Love and Family are competitors.
I would like to create some trouble for the City of Love project.
For instance, swap the materials in their warehouse...
with materials that don't meet the standards.
Secretary Zhou, swapping the materials is against the law.
I know this since I've worked in this industry for so many years.
It's not as simple as causing trouble.
It's a little dangerous.
I get it.
Since it has come to this,
I'll get straight to the point.
I'll give you 43,000 dollars in cash.
If you can swap the materials,
I'll pay you another 43,000 dollars.
Consider it like I'm paying for your medical expenses.
Zhao.
That's 86,000 dollars.
Then they provided me...
with the substandard materials.
It took a few nights...
to swap the materials in our warehouse.
Where are those materials?
I was afraid that Secretary Zhou wouldn't give me the second payment.
So I hid those materials at my cousin's place.
He has an inn called Yi Xiang Qing.
I put the materials in the storeroom at his backyard.
Don't worry.
Not a single piece is missing.
To protect my interests,
I took an extra measure.
I thought of selling those materials away...
to earn some money.
This is the whole truth.
I'm not hiding anything anymore.
I know.
I deserve it.
I've wronged you.
I don't expect you to forgive me.
I can never make amends for my mistake in this lifetime.
I'll have to wait for the next lifetime.
Zhao.
Don't worry.
We'll look after you.
Thank you.
Mr. Shao, good people like you and Ms. Chen...
are hard to come by.
Don't worry.
I'll cooperate with you in any way that I can.
I'll give my cousin a call...
to ask him to send all the materials to you...
and make sure not a single piece goes missing.
All right. Recuperate with a peace of mind.
Don't think too much.
I'll visit you again when I have time.
Mr. Zhao, take a good care.
Let's go.
What did he say?
Can we get the materials back?
Continue to look after Zhao.
I'll pay Chairman Sun a visit.
Tell Jing Ran to get the materials back...
from Zhao's cousin's storeroom in Jinxi Water Town.
- All right. - Thank you.
Good news.
How are you going to negotiate with Hong Shi?
They surely wouldn't easily admit it.
Don't worry. I have a way.
You get back to the store first.
I'll find them myself.
You're going alone?
No way. I'm coming along.
Why are you smiling?
No, I feel happy with how concerned you are.
Do you think that I can't survive without you now?
You're at it again.
Can you be serious?
All right.
Don't worry.
What can they do to me? Nothing, right?
Trust me.
Be careful then.
I feel anxious.
Here's the money.
Count it.
No need to count it.
All right. Don't count it first then.
I won't pay you any lesser.
Well,
I'll return this bag to you later.
No need. Quickly take the money and leave.
All right? Watch over your shoulders.
All right. Thank you.
Peng Cheng.
Your dad and I are old friends.
Don't believe those nasty people...
who try to drive a wedge between us.
I know.
You don't feel comfortable that Mu Yun Ping came to work with me.
But I have given him the sack.
Also, he's fined with a huge amount of money.
Consider it that I've helped you vent your spleen.
Let's work together in the future.
Your City of Love project, and my Big City of Love project...
center around the long-term rental market.
We might as well work together...
to stir up the real estate industry in Shanghai, right?
Chairman Sun, I think you still don't get...
the reason that I'm here today.
If so, I'll let the police talk to you.
Mr. Shao, don't.
Don't act like this.
Come on. Take a seat.
Everything can be discussed properly.
I believe that you came to us...
because you don't want to bring things to a deadlock, right?
How about this?
Give us your conditions.
Then we can discuss them.
First.
You have to bear all the fines on the City of Love project.
Second.
You can't retrieve the money from Zhao Jian Guo.
I'll pay you back in his stead.
Third, from now on,
don't you ever slander or attack the City of Love project again.
Everyone must mind their own business.
Otherwise, I can't give you a second chance.
That's all?
That's all.
I'm willing to bear the fines and losses of City of Love project.
After all, I poached your dad's right-hand man, Mu Yun Ping.
You suffered quite a huge loss.
Consider it a compensation from me.
Secretary Zhou will cross-check the amount for this,
and we'll pay for it.
As for our working relationship,
don't worry.
There's a good saying,
"As long as it benefits us,"
"competitors can turn into partners too."
I'm afraid I'll have to decline.
My dad told me,
"Good character is the most important factor to cooperation."
I believe that one can't outrun the long arm of the law.
The law will give you the punishment that you deserve.
Fool!
You got me dragged into this!
Now you and I can't get away with it!
Quickly get me a lawyer!
Tell the lawyer that this was all your doing.
Dad.
Mr. Mu is here to visit you.
Who?
Chairman.
I was wrong.
I already left Hong Shi.
Yun Ping, I'm old now.
No need to report anything to me anymore.
Live the life that you want.
Chairman.
I had worked with you for more than 20 years.
I've always looked up to you as my role model.
But it seems I failed to learn to have the right attitude.
I've made the worst mistake.
When you needed me the most,
I left.
I've let you down and failed to live up to your expectations.
After I left, I realized...
that Love and Family is my root.
A tree without its root...
will wither no matter how it thrives.
Yun Ping, take a seat.
Here.
Yun Ping.
Recently, I kept recalling...
the time when you first worked with me.
You were just like Peng Cheng.
High-spirited.
Perhaps I am too harsh to the people around me.
I limited your growth.
Just like Peng Cheng, he misunderstood me too.
Let alone you.
Chairman.
It's good that you're back.
Work hard with Peng Cheng.
I'll leave the City of Love project to the two of you.
Peng Cheng, don't be like me.
It's horses for courses.
Be a good boss who delegates powers to the lower levels.
Don't you worry.
I don't control others like you do.
I'm like my mom when it comes to this.
Manage large enterprises well while ease control over the small ones.
Little brat, trying to drive me mad again.
Mu Yun Ping.
Would you like to be a special assistant to City of Love project?
Mr. Shao.
I do.
The chairman is right in front of you.
I haven't approved it yet.
You're just a project director.
How can you hire people as you wish?
Look.
You said it yourself just now.
Be a good boss who delegates tasks to the lower levels.
You're going back on your words now?
I'm the project director.
Don't I have the rights to hire staff?
- Did I say that? When? - Look.
You're not admitting it?
(City of Love Project Public Apology Conference)
Thanks for coming.
I'm Shao Peng Cheng, the City of Love's project director.
This is our chief designer, Mr. Jing Ran.
This is our project spokesperson, Ms. Cheng Zhen Zhen.
We apologize.
Previously, due to the material issue in the City of Love project,
it raised a lot of issues.
Today, we've invited the person involved, Mr. Zhao Jian Guo.
He'll personally explain the matter to you.
Hi, I'm Zhao Jian Guo.
I thank everyone for your concern on this matter.
I'm here to tell all of you the truth behind this.
The truth is...
I already have leukemia...
even before I joined the City of Love project.
In order to get the medical expenses from Love and Family,
I fabricated the truth.
I ignored my conscience...
and claimed that the renovation materials...
of the City of Love project were contaminated.
Actually, I swapped the original materials of City of Love...
with substandard ones.
I've failed City of Love.
The reason that I've realized my mistake...
and showed up here to tell you the truth...
is because the person in charge of this project,
Mr. Shao Peng Cheng...
has touched my heart with his great love.
Not only did he hire the best lawyer for me...
so that I would have the courage to face the law,
but also gave me the best treatment and service.
He's my savior.
I've let him down.
Get up.
Everyone.
I'm willing to swear on my life...
that there are no quality issues...
with City of Love's renovation materials.
Mr. Shao...
uses the best designs and materials...
to create a heartwarming and safe home...
for young people in Shanghai.
He is the best boss I have ever met.
Let's move the air conditioner there.
All right.
Come on.
(City of Love)
Let's move the refrigerator to the back of the bar.
Thank you.
Mr. Shao, the individual test results of all the materials...
for the renovation of this house...
are in line with the environmental standards.
But right now...
You're so early.
You've bought breakfast.
Both of you are more enthusiastic about getting to work than I do.
Ms. Mei Li, you look energetic in that outfit.
Really? Does it look nice?
- Thank you. - "Ms. Mei Li"?
We need to change that since she's already the store manager.
Such a sweet-talker.
It doesn't matter how you address me.
Most importantly, we need to work hard together...
to make Hua Yuan Store better.
Both of you are the seniors and the anchor of the store.
You need to assist me in the future.
- Do you hear me? - No problem.
Ms. Mei Li...
- I mean, Ms. Hao. - Look.
Since those two were transferred to the headquarters for City of Love,
we are short-staffed here.
Why don't we recruit new staff?
How thoughtful of you to be concerned about this.
Let me tell you. Before Zhen Zhen left,
she had already made some arrangements.
Look.
Two days ago, she published a job posting with details...
on job requirements on 58.com City.
See this? It's been only two days.
But I've already received 110 resumes.
I took a closer look.
They have good qualifications.
Right. There are people coming for fieldwork.
Please take note.
Guide them. They are new after all.
Perhaps there'll be more people coming for an interview.
Ms. Hao is so efficient.
Of course.
I'm counting on you.
All right. Head back first.
- All right. See you later. - See you later.
She's good. So effective, right?
Seeing the entire apartment getting completed day by day,
it makes me feel that all the hard work is worth it.
After staying in the room for a long time,
it feels like we're renovating our house, right?
Yes?
Hi, it's Ms. Cheng Zhen Zhen's parcel from Vipshop.
Come in. Come in.
Just put them here.
All right. I'll leave them here.
- All right. Thanks. - See you.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
He almost caught us.
What did you buy from Vipshop?
Decorative items.
Here.
Zhen Zhen.
Sometimes, I think we are quite noble.
We help others build a home.
I can already imagine them living in this room.
They'll surely be very happy, right?
I believe that soon enough,
we'll slowly build a home for ourselves too.
Work on it little by little.
A table, a chair, and a meal.
Do the things we want for the people who have love in their hearts.
That's what I think happiness is like.
You make it sound so real.
What is this?
Ms. Hao, here.
Xi Shan.
Welcome to Love and Family.
I'm a real estate agent, Fu Xiao Ning.
Do you want to buy, sell, or rent a house?
I'm happy to help.
Ms. Luo?
Why are you here?
You don't recognize me anymore?
This is...
I am here to book five long-term rental rooms.
Who will be my account manager?
Five...
- Five rooms? - Ms. Hao.
Five rooms? My goodness.
Ms. Luo.
That's a huge deal.
Ms. Luo, I knew it.
You are Love and Family's most important client.
But are you booking these five rooms for your own use or...
I forgot to introduce him.
This is my partner, Yan Shu.
We're primary school friends.
We met again during our recent class reunion.
He is a documentary film director.
We both partnered to start a television production company.
After that, we'll produce some films for National Geographic Magazine.
So you're a director.
Amazing.
Zu Er always talked about you.
I finally get to meet you in person.
Here's the thing.
A few foreigner friends of mine...
who are in the same business line are working in Shanghai lately.
- So... - So I introduced to him...
the City of Love project.
Because I know that your designs and service...
are very suitable...
for young foreigners who are living in Shanghai.
Of course.
Ms. Luo, thank you so much.
I've told you not to address me as Ms. Luo.
I am an entrepreneur too.
You should call me as Manager Luo.
Manager Luo.
Don't worry.
I'll ensure that my goddess continue to be happy.
Xi Shan.
I apologize to you for my recklessness in the past.
But we have found our own happiness now.
So I hope that we'll be better.
I think the lights...
look quite heartwarming.
What do you think?
I think with the renovation done for this house,
Mr. Zhong will surely like it.
Mr. Zhong.
You're here.
Mr. Zhong, we've waited for you for some time.
Really?
Mr. Zhong, I can tell.
You look handsome today.
It was Jing Ran.
He made me dress up in formal attire,
so that I look better.
He said that you're holding tonight's party...
for me...
before you open for business.
So I had to dress up this way.
How do I look? Not bad, right?
Mr. Zhong, if you were just a few decades younger,
all the girls in Shanghai will fall for you.
- That's right. - Little girl.
So handsome.
Mr. Zhong.
- Let's take a look inside. - All right.
- Let's go. - Come on.
Slow down.
Be careful.
All right.
Mr. Zhong, what do you think?
Mr. Zhong.
We added some facilities...
that would be convenient for youngsters.
Mr. Zhong, this is the common rest area.
If they have nothing to do during their free time,
they can help themselves to some teas, have a chat, or rest.
Very good. I didn't expect...
that you will do such a good job.
It's a shame. Things have changed, but not the people.
Mr. Zhong.
It's not only this.
I've prepared a surprise for you.
A surprise?
What surprise?
- Let's go. - Let's go.
Mr. Zhong, I've prepared the swing that you wanted.
Look. It's over there.
Ah Mao.
Bi Jun.
Push the swing for me.
Push me.
Do you feel a sense of accomplishment?
Shao Peng Cheng.
I hope that more young people in this city...
can own a home of their own.
I believe that.
I believe there'll surely be a second,
third, and fourth apartment in the City of Love project.
(City of Love)
Zhen Zhen.
Guess what's on my mind.
I'm really grateful that the person...
who answered the call at the customer service was you.
Hi, this is Mei Fang Housekeeping.
I am the fifth customer service representative.
How may I help you?
You're the fifth representative, right?
I'll find you if there's anything.
I'm also grateful...
that you were the one who got me to stay in Hua Yuan Store.
If you want me to stay here,
make that lady stay too.
Don't ask me why.
Just get it done.
Sir, check out the houses.
Do you want to rent a house or buy a house?
I have something for you.
Is this the diary that you lost?
My only family in this world is my mother.
But she passed away three years ago.
I will definitely send it over!
Shao Peng Cheng?
Why are you here?
Do you know I've been searching for you the entire day?
Where did you go?
Even if I want to resign,
I should resign on my own after I've made up my mind.
Jing Ran can't decide for me.
We built the City of Love project...
from scratch through our joint efforts.
You promised me...
that you'll stay with me until the project gets completed,
so that more young people...
in this city can have their own home.
So...
So I don't want you to leave Love and Family.
Cheng Zhen Zhen.
Even if one day,
the whole world has abandoned you,
I, Shao Peng Cheng, will always support you.
I love you.
I love you too.
All the rules in the world started from scratch.
The employees do the morning dance,
not for dancing competition,
but to build team spirit.
To build your confidence and positive attitude.
The dance doesn't matter.
What matters is that...
when everyone thinks you are ridiculous...
and low-end workers,
what do you think of yourself?
I'll emphasize on three points.
First, don't be late for work.
Second, your outfit must be the same.
Third...
Publish all real estate info on Anjuke daily...
before getting off work.
We make the employees do morning dance,
not for you to compete in terms of your moves.
It's about building team awareness.
But at my store,
if you're absent once,
you'll be fined 72 dollars.
At my store,
if you're absent once,
you'll be fined 72 dollars.
Ms. Zeng.
Did you hear that?
Mei Li's lines are the same as yours.
You have to ask her for some fees for infringement of copyright.
My dear friends.
Today is the opening day for the City of Love project's...
Youth Apartment.
I'm the project director, Shao Peng Cheng.
On behalf of Love and Family...
and all the staff of the City and Love project,
here's a warm welcome to all of you.
After experiencing a lot of hardships,
the City of Love project is finally out.
Thanks to the trust and support of everyone here.
As the initiator of this project,
I hereby promise...
to create a heartwarming home for every tenant...
and set an example that meets the legal standard...
in the apartment rental market.
Next, let me introduce you...
to two very important guests.
It's the two elders who are seated in the first row.
Mr. Zhong Zhi Heng and Madam Chen Bi Jun.
They are the owners of this house.
The reason I invited them...
is because they spent half a century...
explaining...
the meaning of love...
and home.
It takes every single brick and pillar to build the dome.
When two people with mutual love stay in it,
it creates a heartwarming home.
So we are not building an icy building,
but a home that gives warmth.
We want to turn it into a place where the heart is.
A harbor.
A final destination for the soul.
(My True Friend)
(City of Love)