Timing and Subtitles by the True Lovers Team @Viki.com
My True Friend
Episode 39
Peng Cheng's marriage
should be decided by himself.
My only request is
that he can be with the one he loves.
I hope he can live a happy life.
Old Shao,
Love & Family has been your main concern your entire life.
Are you sure you're just going to leave it?
You trained Mu Yun Ping from the very beginning.
Can you just let go that easily?
Peng Cheng.
Mr. Lou.
I heard everything you just said to my dad outside.
I'm very grateful.
I'm very grateful that you trust me, and allow your daughter to marry me.
But I'm sorry.
I can't accept your kindness.
As a son, I've always treated her like my own sister.
Also, I believe that if I use marriage as a bond between you,
then you wouldn't agree with entrusting your daughter to me.
You said earlier that love
and marriage later becomes family and compassion.
I don't think that. I think true love
is meeting someone right for you. Every minute of your life, you want to spend it with them.
Every moment, you feel happiness.
These kinds of feelings won't weaken over time
and can't be diluted with distance.
I'm very fortunate. I've already found that person for me.
So, I hope Zu'er can find someone like that too.
Because of love only, and no other conditions.
Shao Peng Cheng, let me ask you. Have you thought about it clearly?
Rejecting me is like rejecting two billion yuan.
Do you not want to become a big boss and protect Love & Family?
Grandpa Shao, you should know this well.
Shao Peng Cheng and his thoughts— please just talk some sense into him.
Zu'er.
My son has never acted like this before.
Old Luo.
We all started from the same base.
I came from a small business and rose up to Love & Family.
In this world, there isn't any obstacle that you can't get through.
I hope my son can be like me.
I hope he can use both his hands
to create a brand new Love & Family.
The Luo family is so rich. Two billion.
I estimate Hong Shi' Real Estate's copycat version of our Big Love project won't invest that much money.
Let's say that you don't have vision.
From this point of view, you're not equal to Uncle Luo and Luo Zuo'er.
Aiya. But hearing you say that...I do have some regrets.
Two billion. Two billion!
I think the only person to reject two billion yuan is me, Shao Peng Cheng.
You regret it, right?
Here, let's go. They're still in there. Let's go!
- My goodness. - Go get the money back.
Luo Zu'er is a pretty good girl.
If you marry her, isn't that the same as marrying the God of Wealth?
Think about it. Luo Zuo'er is young and beautiful; it's just her personality is a little bad. But you're also can be a little hard to put up with.
Two billion! All your business troubles could be easily solved.
Such a good trade. Leave me aside. I expect it'd work.
I don't want to hear you complain from now on about how you lost two billion.
Go back now.
I don't think you're worth just two billion.
Without bangs, you look so ugly.
What did you just say?!
Auntie, your new house looks so nice. Jing Ran designed all this?
No, no, no. The design was like the original.
Jing Ran had no time.
Mom, I'm home.
Son, you're home?
- Director Mu has been waiting half the day for you. - Not so.
You two talk. I'll go make some food.
Please, go ahead.
Director Mu, please have a seat.
Sit.
When Mr. Mu first came to Hong Shi,
you were busy cleaning up the place. How is that you have time to come visit our home?
Mr. Jing is still very
straightforward. So I won't beat around the bush.
I don't need to say too much about the situation with Love and Family.
The chairman's illness is serious; his people feel uncertain; tossed about by the wind and rain [idiom: unsteady].
But Hong Shi's situation is exactly the opposite.
Our company has abundant funds; Chairman Sun has long-range aspirations.
Not only is his real estate development second to none,
he's going all out in the sphere of rentals.
Chairman Sun has admired you for a long time.
He especially asked me to come see you.
He sincerely invites Mr. Jing to become part of Hong Shi.
The two of us can join hands for a great enterprise.
You can bring up any conditions you have. Hong Shi will certainly make sure you're satisfied.
Mr. Mu's contributions to the current circumstances of Love and Family can't go unnoticed.
However, Chairman Shao just regained consciousness.
You've rushed over here to entice me away; isn't that a little too ambitious.
I worked at Love and Family for almost twenty years.
With loyalty; with affection. No one at Love and Family could compare with me.
But now that I've left it,
Love and Family still has these problems.
Love and Family is like a ship sinking in a storm without a lifeboat.
You can't blame the sailors for abandoning ship.
If you want to blame someone, you have to blame the captain of the ship.
I don't believe that you have such deep feelings for them.
If you're willing, you can tie yourself to their sinking ship.
In my eyes, you've always been a calm, objective person.
I don't need to remind you of the wisdom of the proverb, "[a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in" [A talented person chooses a patron of integrity].
So there's no need to beat around the bush,
whatever conditions you have, just speak up. Chairman Sun is very generous.
True. Mr. Mu says it correctly.
Indeed, I don't have deep feelings for Love and Family.
However,
I have my own principles and bottom line.
First, I won't associate with people of low character.
Second, I won't do cruel and unjust things.
I can't believe that Mr. Jing is so broad-minded.
- Even your own girlfriend was taken by someone else... - Mr. Mu.
That's my private business. It doesn't appear to have anything to do with you.
I'm sorry. I really shouldn't have said that.
But allow me to say one more thing.
There are many things you shouldn't close your eyes to.
In your heart, you know
that going to Hong Shi is the best choice.
Don't be too hasty to reject us.
When you've thought about it clearly, contact me anytime.
Okay. I won't bother you anymore.
- Leave safely. - Good bye.
Auntie Bai, I have something to do in the office, so I'll be leaving now.
Okay, okay. I won't make you stay then.
- Auntie Bai, I'll come see you again. - Okay.
- Good bye. - Thank you.
- Stop touching it. - Who were you calling ugly?
I said you looked ugly without your bangs, so just leave the bangs there!
Let's go eat something.
No, let's go eat wonton.
Why are you always eating wonton? I think you are about to become wonton, my goodness.
You're not even spending the money, I am.
Hello, hello. What do you want to eat?
I want to eat expensive foods.
The company didn't invest in our project, and you refused the money.
What are you planning to do now?
Heaven blesses good men.
I'm meeting with a funder later.
He's already seen the project plan and approved it.
I'm waiting for his final decision.
Really? When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?
I think we have pretty good luck.
What do you mean by that?
Luck? Our project is good.
Okay? Now you know how good I am, right?
Our company doesn't understand our project, but naturally there will be others who do.
You cannot be praised.
I also have some business after we're done here.
What business?
I'm not telling.
What?
It must be uncomfortable to keep secrets. Tell me now!
Beg me.
I beg you.
It's not that big a deal. I want to go see Auntie Bai.
I haven't seen her in a long time. I want to see how she's doing.
I'm a little worried.
If you want to go see Auntie Bai, wait for me and we can go together.
I haven't seen her in a while either.
That's okay. I'll go alone.
I just want to see her. If she's okay, then I can stop worrying.
Okay.
Here, have some cake.
It's sweet. Don't let Auntie Bai lecture you too much. Here.
-What? -It's yummy.
Try some.
-Son. -Yes?
Director Mu wants you to go to Hong Shi. What do you think about it?
I'm not going.
Good answer.
Really, you shouldn't associate with such people.
Ma. I've already established my own company.
And I have a few big projects on my plate. The future looks bright.
I know. My son is the best.
Ma.
Chairman Shao...has intracranial aneurysms. He just got out of surgery yesterday.
Chairman Sh—. Xiao Shao's father?
Yes.
Oh my goodness. How...?
How did it get so serious so quickly? How was the surgery? Was it successful?
The surgery was successful.
What about him? How is Mr. Shao?
He should be out of the critical stage.
Good, good, then that's good.
At a certain age,
really,
you don't know if one day you'll lie down and never get back up again.
But as parents,
what we worry about most is our children.
Ma. As long as you are happy and healthy
everyday.
That's my greatest happiness.
I know.
Ma.
Recently, Zhen Zhen and the rest have been working on a project that their board of directors didn't approve.
It's been a difficult time for them.
I want...I want to help them.
As you should. You should help them.
How about this? In the next few days, go see Xiao Shao and Zhen Zhen.
Find out what kind of difficulties they're having.
If there's anything we can do, we will do whatever we can.
Even though Zhen Zhen said she's not destined to be with us,
I still think
Xiao Shao and Zhen Zhen
are both good people.
I want the best for them.
Peng Cheng, well done.
But the market is volatile right now.
Also, Mu Yun Ping
already brought this idea over to Hong Shi.
And they already went ahead and made it public.
So the situation right now is completely different from before.
And you know, as investors, we want to be
on the frontline of innovative ideas.
Director Lu, I completely understand.
Hong Shi stole our idea. But the success of a project isn't just based on an idea.
The most important part is in the details.
Without the understanding of the project that we, the original creators, have,
theirs will only be superficial. It won't be able to speak to the clients.
But you have to know
that investing is all based on the business model.
If there isn't a completely reliable expected return,
no organization would invest in the empty words of a dreamer.
This is business. Whoever takes off first has already won half the race.
Young man, take this as a lesson learned.
How come you're here so early?
I brought you something to eat. Have you been waiting long?
Do you care that I've been waiting?
What's wrong?
I saw the company's press conference.
I've been waiting for you to take the initiative and explain to me.
It's been three days.
And you haven't said a word. What should I think?
Hui Min. Before switching companies, I remember asking you
if I work on projects at Hong Shi that are similar to Love and Family,
does it count as betrayal?
I thought you understood my meaning.
You stole someone else's idea.
You obviously knew that we were talking about different things.
On my way here, I was still hoping
that you would tell me this was all a coincidence.
Mu Yun Ping, you disappoint me.
This is how you treat Chairman Shao? Peng Cheng?
Hui Min, don't be so angry. Listen to me.
I believe the value in creativity is
in whoever can turn it into reality first.
If we're talking about capability,
Hong Shi is more likely than Love and Family to turn the Youth Apartment Project into reality.
Everything in society is so competitive right now.
Every KFC has a McDonald's next to it.
With shared bicycles, first there was Mobike.
Then there was Ofo, Baicycle, Bluegogo.
Tell me, they all have the same business model.
Do you know who copied whom?
Even if Hong Shi didn't initiate the Youth Apartment project,
there would be another company there to start it.
Yes, everything you said is correct. But I can't accept it.
I don't care about how others appropriated and replicated. You can't.
The chairman was so good to you, thought so highly of you.
Did you ever think about how you would ever face him again?
Hui Min. Truthfully,
Hong Shi's Director Sun offered me such a generous package to join them
so that I could work on the Youth Apartment Project.
Otherwise, how could he trust me?
Why else would he offer me such great resources?
I know this seems very serious to you.
But can you understand how helpless I was?
If you really can't get over it,
you can resign.
I'll take care of you. I'll handle the backstabbing.
That's enough.
I'm touched that you think about us in the future.
But it's not enough to replace my ability to tell right from wrong.
I'm sorry, I can't accept it.
I'm already Hong Shi's Deputy Chief.
The news has already gone public.
Even if you disagree,
it's too late to go back.
Okay.
Hui Min!
Auntie Bai!
Auntie Bai! Auntie Bai, what's wrong?
Auntie Bai, wake up! Auntie Bai!
Don't worry. I'll call Jing Ran right now.
[Cheng Zhen Zhen]
Okay, that's it for today's meeting. Everyone's dismissed.
-Okay. -Great. -Okay.
Mr. Li.
Jing Ran, where are you?
Hello, Shao Peng Cheng! Where are you right now?
I was on my way to Auntie Bai's house and saw her passed out on the side of the road.
I called Jing Ran, but he's not picking up his phone. What do I do?
Okay! I'll call an ambulance.
Okay, okay. Bye bye.
Hold on, Auntie Bai.
[Emergency Room]
Zhen Zhen, how's Auntie Bai?
The doctor said it was a heart attack.
She has to go into surgery right away, but I can't reach Jing Ran.
It's okay, don't worry. Let's see—
-Hey, Doctor! How is she? -Who is Bai Ya Ru's family?
We are. How is she right now?
The patient suffered a heart attack. She needs a heart bypass immediately.
Please check-in at the registration office.
Okay, okay. I'll go right now.
Doctor, sorry. We're not her immediate family. Can we still proceed with the surgery?
Not her immediate family?
Then why did you answer yes when I asked?
Get in touch with her immediate family and tell them to come here.
Doctor, we can't reach him. Can we move forward with the procedure to save her?
Hearty bypass surgery is very risky.
Right now, she is unconscious. We need her immediate family
to sign a consent form before we can proceed with the surgery.
-Doctor, we really can't reach him, what can we do? -It's okay.
Doctor, we understand everything you said. But we really can't reach her son.
If we could reach him, we wouldn't have rushed over like this.
Right now, the most important thing is saving the patient. Can you perform the surgery now?
-If any problems arise from the surgery, I will take full responsibility. -This...
Okay. Let me discuss this with the attending doctor.
Please wait here.
Thank you.
Don't worry.
[Shanghai Zhoupu Hospital]
How's my mom?
The doctor said it was a heart attack. They're performing a heart bypass right now.
A heart attack?
My mom's never had heart problems.
How could this happen?
Jing Ran, calm down. The doctor said she came here in time.
She shouldn't be in any danger.
It's all my fault.
I didn't pay enough attention to her.
Hey, Zhen Zhen.
Registration is done, and I paid the fee.
-Then, you two talk. I'll wait for you outside. -Okay.
Jing Ran, don't be too hard on yourself.
As someone gets older, there's bound to be heart problems.
Don't blame yourself.
Are you Bai Ya Ru's family?
Yes. I'm her son.
The surgery went smoothly. The patient will be out in a moment. Please wait here.
-Nur— -Thank you, Doctor!
Don't worry. The doctor said the surgery was a success.
My mom is my only family.
If anything were to happen to her, I don't know what I would do.
Auntie Bai survived this. She must be blessed, as good people are.
She will live a long and healthy life.
Thank you, Zhen Zhen.
You should thank Shao Peng Cheng. He signed the consent form.
Let's go.
Zhen Zhen, I tendered my resignation to headquarters.
I understand.
I know...it's a very difficult time for Big Love City right now.
-But I— -I can understand.
Then, what do you plan on doing for work? Are you going to go back to Italy?
No.
I already started my own design company here.
That's good.
At least you and Auntie Bai can live here comfortably.
Exactly.
Zhen Zhen, if there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask me.
Thank you, Jing Ran.
I want you to do what you really want to do.
I believe we will overcome the difficulties we're having with Big Love City.
Don't worry.
Go home. I'll get going.Bye bye.
Bye bye.
-Bye bye. -Bye bye.
Captain Tsubasa.
You're here.
-I'm hungry. -Hungry?
What do you want to eat?
-Wonton— -Wonton soup. I knew you wanted wontons.
Four seasons, 365 days in a year, and you eat wontons everyday. Can't you have anything classier?
Who eats more than I do every time we go?
I— I'm just trying to keep up with you. I have to match your pace.
When I'm with you and I'm feeling faint, is there really anything else I can eat? Really!
Stop pretending.
So what do you want to eat? Today, it's my treat.
You're buying?
That's rare. I'll have to think about it.
First,
it has to be high-end.
With good ambiance. Quiet.
And the lighting has to go with the food. It has to be appetizing.
The most important thing is it has to be expensive.
This kind of place, I think it should be...
wonton soup.
Let's go.
Here, this is last month's income statement.
I already completed it. Review it carefully.
And I've mapped out next month.
Study it carefully.
When you're done, give it to Xiao Shao to sign.
Here, Manager, it's perfect.
-Mr. Shao. -Is something wrong with my dad?
Chairman Shao is doing really well. No need to worry.
You scared the hell out of me with your appearance.
-What's going on? -Not here.
Speak.
Chairman Dong just went to the hospital with a few major shareholders looking for your dad.
They forced him to sign an equity transfer.
Not only do they want to transfer twenty percent of management over to Chairman Dong,
they also want him to give up twenty percent of his personal equity.
Your father had no choice but to sign the agreement.
Now, he only has ten percent equity left.
He signed it? Where are they now?
They already left.
But your father insisted on going home. He said he needs to get something.
I think you should go home and see him. Listen to what he has to say and then decide.
Uh, I'm going to step out for a bit.
-What happened? -I'll tell you when I get back.
That's it, something serious must have happened.
Didn't I tell you to put the document on the desk? Leave it there.
Why did you put it away?
Mr. Shao, did you remember correctly? I really didn't touch it.
Then why can't I find it? Go look for it, hurry!
Peng Cheng.
Ms. Zhang, how is my dad?
Before your dad fell ill this time, a lawyer came to the house.
I heard him say that he's not in good condition
so he wrote a will.
Peng Cheng, your dad was worried about his health. He was afraid.
But now it's all over.
It's okay. I'll go in and see him.
Dad.
What are you doing here?
Come here, Peng Cheng.
Sit.
This is the will I wrote.
Do you want to read it?
I don't want anything.
I just want you to be healthy.
I was worried at the time. I was afraid if...
Stop.
What's with all the ifs? I don't know what you're thinking about every day.
Aren't you fine right now? Stop thinking about all those unnecessary things.
Yes.
My body is fine.
But I lost my equity.
I wrote in my will
that fifty percent of my equity
would go to you. But now I only have ten percent.
Son, I'm sorry.
You are healthy. That's better than anything.
I said, I don't want anything.
Your equity. I'll get it back for you sooner or later.
No, don't. I've already thought it through.
What equity?
It's enough just to have some cash for retirement.
I don't want to add to your troubles.
I support the point about retiring comfortably.
But I'm not going to let them bully us for nothing.
I haven't said it yet, but it's better to have a son.
Look, now I have someone to stand up for me.
Don't laugh so hard.
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Peng Cheng.
I'm not confused. It's clear to me
that on the surface, the real estate industry seems stable and easy.
But it's full of crises.
I'm afraid that in one or two years
we'll be crushed by other giants of industry.
This is why I
supported your youth apartment project.
It's too bad that those people don't understand.
I've always wanted to ask you something.
Can you really let go
of everything you've worked so hard for?
How do I say this? An enterprise is like a person.
You have to know when to let go. And it's okay to feel tormented for a little while.
Or maybe
something good will come out of the bad.
I'm old. My health is failing me.
If I make trouble for them,
it will negatively affect the company's development.
As long as you succeed with your project,
they will come looking for you.
When that happens, it's our turn.
I don't care about that.
It's unfair to you.
I think they are ungrateful.
All these years, you led them step-by-step to make the company as big and strong as it is right now.
But now, you're sick
and all they want is power. After all these years, they didn't give you a second glance.
Son, it's not easy being a boss.
First, you have to be tolerant in order to achieve great things.
I am lucky to be alive.
I'm fine.
I'm old. I can only accompany you this far.
Love and Family needs new life
and energy. It's up to you now.
Don't worry. I won't let you down.
Hurry. Rip up that will of yours.
Really. You have so little equity left. What's left for me?
Hey, watch your mouth!
You just started and you're already looking down at me.
There's a lot of money in here!
Okay, okay, don't get excited.
Dad, seriously though.
Today, you have to promise me something.
Go back to the hospital.
Okay! I obey. Let's go back to the hospital.
♫ The day fate set us to collide ♫
♫ The way you look into my eyes ♫
♫ Never thought, love would come ♫
♫ Like all was meant to happen ♫
♫ Where you are will be where I start ♫
♫ You’ve become my only star ♫
♫ Where it’s dark is where you spark ♫
♫ I’d follow wherever you are ♫
♫ Baby I won’t let you feel afraid ♫
♫ I’ll be here with you through night and day ♫
♫ All these memories won’t be erased ♫
♫ My love for you will never fade ♫
♫ Cause I know you know, our hearts getting close ♫
♫ We can’t deny, it’s real ♫
♫ All my life searching ♫
♫ Now I know, I found you ♫
[Big Love City]
I declare
that Big Love City officially begins today!
Timing and Subtitles by the True Lovers Team @Viki.com
♫ The day fate set us to collide ♫
♫ The way you look into my eyes ♫
♫ Never thought, love would come ♫
♫ Like all was meant to happen ♫
♫ Where you are will be where I start ♫
♫ You’ve become my only star ♫
♫ Where it’s dark is where you spark ♫
♫ I’d follow wherever you are ♫
♫ Baby I won’t let you feel afraid ♫
♫ I’ll be here with you through night and day ♫
♫ All these memories won’t be erased ♫
♫ My love for you will never fade ♫
♫ Hey, I know you know, our hearts getting close ♫
♫ We can’t deny, it’s real ♫
♫ All my life searching ♫
♫ Now I know, I found you ♫
♫ The moment you whisper in my ears ♫
♫ I hear my heart racing on ♫
♫ Then I know, love is here ♫
♫ I see you in my future ♫
♫ Where you are will be where I start ♫
♫ You’ve become my only star ♫
♫ Where it’s dark is where you spark ♫
♫ I’d follow wherever you are ♫
♫ Baby I won’t let you feel afraid ♫
♫ I’ll be here with you through night and day ♫
♫ All these memories won’t be erased ♫
♫ My love for you will never fade ♫
♫ Hey, I know you know, our hearts getting close ♫
♫ I’m falling in love little by little ♫
♫ People come and people go ♫
♫ You’re the one I won’t ever let go ♫
♫ Cause I know you know, our hearts getting close ♫
♫ We can’t deny, it’s real ♫
♫ All my life searching ♫
♫ Now I know, I found you ♫
♫ Hey, I know you know, our hearts getting close ♫
♫ I’m falling in love little by little ♫
♫ People come and people go ♫
♫ You’re the one I won’t ever let go ♫
♫ Cause I know you know, our hearts getting close ♫
♫ We can’t deny, it’s real ♫
♫ All my life searching ♫
♫ Now I know, I found you ♫