Timing and Subtitles by the True Lovers Team @Viki.com
If we talk about you, you're not getting any younger.
Anxious to get married. You're what? 33? 34?
How's your body? Are there any problems? Do you do physical examinations?
How many times? Let me tell you, in our old Feng family, I'm the single seedling [T/N: only one who can carry on the name].
We're all waiting for when I can get married, have children, and heirs.
You don't think that the way you're speaking the first time we meet is rude?
How is this rude?
What's rude about this?
If we've been talking for a long time and then you tell me you're infertile,
then wouldn't that be a waste of time?
You don't need to worry, I won't fall in love with you and definitely won't marry you.
It's only because my parents are worried that they've been introducing me to people all over the place.
Me? Cold pan, cold stove. [T/N: no one's at home]
You? Lonely Lady's Boudoir. [T/N: lonely woman]
On the surface, you look glamorous, beautiful and moving.
If we say it nicely, you're a white-collar worker.
If we say it not so nicely, you're like a migrant worker for people here. No house in Shanghai,
so when you go back home you're afraid others will look down on you.
And work is also hard to find. At this age, go home and find someone to get married to.
Right now your friend's kids are probably old enough to play with soy sauce [T/N: help around the house].
You all now stubbornly focused and setting your hearts on staying in Shanghai.
What are you thinking? I-Hey where are you going? Don't go.
- Hey hey hey, where do you think you're going? - What are you doing?
Why are you going? Don't go.
Am I not just saying the truth?
And you went so far as to fly into a rage out of embarassment?
Okay okay okay, if we have something to talk about, let's do it nicely okay?
We're all adults.
In life we all have needs.
Right? Why don't we just live for the moment right now?
Then wait until we've found the right other half and part ways, no hard feelings.
I mean you're not bad.
Not unattractive.
Brother won't treat you poorly.
So your meaning is you want to be friends with benefits?
You're shameless to no end.
- Don't go! - What are you doing?
I'm telling you, let me go.
- I'm not letting go - I'm going to call the police
Go ahead and call.
See if the police care about what's going on with us.
Do you think they'll care about a normal relationship between a man and a woman?
Who's in a relationship with you? Let go!
Hey, I'm just saying this politely.
Your dad personally called me several times.
Asked me to look at your strengths.
- Let go -Asked me to see if we could get along.
- I'm just being responsible and diligent. - Get away from me.
I'm not going anywhere.
- Get away - I'm just not going, why should I?
I'm not letting you go.
- Let go of me. Let go of me! - I'm not letting go.
Let go of her!
Are you okay?
Director Mu
Who do you think you are?
He's your lover isn't he?
You have a lover and you still came on a blind date with me? Aren't you ashamed?
Watch what you're saying, I'm warning you.
You're being a rouge in public,
I can send you to the police station.
You send me to the police? I'm the rouge?
You're the rouge!
Do you know
we're on a just and honorable blind date.
Her parents used a matchmaker to pair us. Do you get it?
Director Mu, don't listen to his nonsense.
Get on the car first.
Hey, come back here.
Don't go.
What a waste of my time and a meal from your daddy (used arrogantly)!
Thank goodness, daddy's figured this out sooner rather than later.
Who does she think she is?
I brought you here today was to celebrate.
Celebrate the success of us working together.
Finally got a sale completed.
Saved us from the tragic fate of being fired at the end of the month.
So it was about this? Thank you.
Here to us both getting better and better.
Absolutely have to get better!
Looking at the night view of Shanghai from here,
this feeling,
it suddenly feels so beautiful.
True, this city is really magical.
It can look different to everyone.
For some people, like you, it looks beautiful.
For others? It can feel utterly cruel.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
You probably find this funny.
How could I? How could I laugh at you?
Everyone has the right to pursue love and marriage.
Blind dates through a matchmaker are a way to do it. I've also thought about asking my parents too.
Yeah but my blind dates are probably this world's most pathetic ones.
That can only be blamed on your bad luck today,
to have met such an obnoxious person.
This can only be blamed on the person who introduced him to you.
The person who did this seems really unreliable don't you think?
How could they introduce such a person to you?
My father introduced him to me.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I didn't know it was your father.
This... sometimes elders care so much they end up creating more trouble.
Please don't say I'm sorry. I should be thanking you.
When my mom died,
aside from pain there was nothing else around me.
Every day was like the end of the world.
But now...
I feel as if I have a bit of light and hope.
So now you know why it's good to be a real estate agent right?
You said before, that after you earned your first agency fee that you'd leave.
Now that you've almost earned the fee,
then when are you going to leave?
I don't know either.
You know, before, I really hated the idea of being a real estate agent.
But now, I think,
I think it can bring me happiness. Do you think,
do you think I've let your stupidity infect me??
This, this, who are you calling stupid??
- It is, it is - Stop playing
So now you're planning on staying and working at Flower Garden Real Estate?
Is this the first time I'm seeing you wear a necklace?
This, this is what Auntie Bai gave me. She gave you a sweater, did you forget already?
- Auntie Bai? - Yup
Zhen Zhen,
if I keep working at Flower Garden Real Estate,
will you always be my partner?
I'll think about it.
Hey don't stir up trouble. That's enough.
I'm earnestly in asking you. What is there to think about? Hurry, answer me quickly, right now.
You- You're so annoying.
But
But what?
I think I will.
That's right.
Then it's settled.
We'll make a perfect partnership.
Then here's to our future and journey, it will definitely be bright!
Cheers!
Timing and Subtitles by the True Lovers Team @Viki.com
You live here?
Yes, just in here. I need to stop by the convenience store.
Manager Zeng
My memory's no good.
What happened today I'll probably forget tomorrow.
Go home and get some sleep, let all the unpleasant things go by.
- Good bye - Good bye
Dad.
Hello, dad?
I've already heard everything about your blind date today.
I really don't understand what you're trying to do. You're already older.
At home your classmate's kids
are all going to elementary school, middle school.
But you?! You can't even find a man. Aren't you ashamed?
That man in Shanghai has a car, has a house, is willing to go on a blind date with you.
There isn't enough time to be grateful. And instead of taking this opportunity, you even threw a tantrum!
Do you even have a brain?
Your mom and I had to rely on your second aunt's sister in laws to find this opportunity, it wasn't easy!
You've made me so angry!
You've thrown my self-respect out!
Hello? Hello? Are you listening to me?
Are you pretending to have died?
Let me tell you, don't think just because you're in Shanghai that you're so great.
No car, no house, no registered permit there. It's like being on welfare!
I've already told you clearly, the home and our savings are all going to your brother.
Don't expect us to raise you!
♫ A few bottles of beer and glasses, worried about the happiness of clinking glasses ♫
♫ That the hard to swallow ambition will come up bitter ♫
♫ I have tasted the joys and sorrows of life. ♫
♫ I've bougth out all of the loneliness. ♫
♫ It can't be called ingrained, ♫
♫ at most you it's deeply anxious. ♫
♫ Still not enough to satisfy, it deserves to be held onto. ♫
♫ Don't say I don't care ♫
♫ With one look I can tell what you're feeling, ♫
♫ Working so hard to be deserving ♫
♫ Recovering alone ♫
♫ I hope we're not out unfamiliar with love. ♫
♫ It's you made me successful. ♫
♫ See me rushing towards you, keeping you deep in my heart ♫
Here, Xi Shan, eat some fruit.
Thank you Sister Zhen Zhen.
Are you still listening to the book?
Yeah
Fu Xiao Ning asked me to listen to it.
He said that it is necessary to adapt to the environment when coming to this city. And I should speak mandarin.
If you just stay a few days you won't have any problems with mandarin.
Who knows, Shanghainese should become easy too!
Young lady, you're very pretty (in Shanghainese).
Very pretty (in Shanghainese).
You're also very pretty (in Shanghainese).
Did you tell your family you got here safely?
But I told them I wanted to stay in Shanghai to grow
but they've got over a hundred reasons to worry.
I don't even know if going against their wishes to stay in Shanghai
is the right or wrong thing to do.
Here, come over here.
My house happens to have one of the best views in Shanghai.
What do you think? Pretty stunning isn't it?
This city really does seem to be different.
It feels like everyone's chasing their dreams.
But you don't know what will happen next.
Indeed
I think that's why I love this place so much.
Think about it, this city has so many people in it.
Every moment, every minute, something interesting is happening.
Also, I think the people here, no matter their social status,
have the possibility of achieving their dreams.
But, with real estate agents,
isn't it common to be twice as bullied at work?
Sometimes that's true. We have to suffer the tempers of the buyers and then the tempers of the sellers.
Especially when the client doesn't understand you,
it can make you feel bad.
But when I look back and think about it, I really feeling like I'm doing something meaningful. Really.
When I see people who really need a house and then I find a really warm home for them,
I feel really proud inside.
Zhen Zhen, I really hope that one day I'll be like you.
To find in this city,
a place that really belongs to me.
You definitely will.
You have to believe in yourself.
What is that?
That piece is the famous three-piece set of Shanghai. Do you see that one?
Like a bottle opener?
It's very famous, but I don't know kind of building it is though.
I thought you were saying it was a three piece set like a pot, bowl and ladle.
Four, Is, Four, Ten, Is Ten, Fourteen (in Chinese these sounds all sound the same, she's practicing her pronunciation.)
Ten. Stick your tongue up.
Ten. Shanghai. Ten.
Manager
Hello Manager
Four
Don't you think the manager seems to be in a bad mood today?
Why's she like this, what happened to her?
Seems a little unhappy.
Manager?
I'm going to take Xi Shan to go look around at the properties. To get familiar with our business.
Go do what you need to do.
This month's performance absolutely needs to be met.
Faster
Didn't you say you were going to take me to look at houses? Where are we going to see them?
Are really stupid or pretending to be stupid?
If I didn't tell the manager that, how could the two of us just leave like that?
We're not going to do anything else today but find a place for you to stay.
I think that staying at Zhen Zhen's isn't the way to do it either.
You need to find a place to settle first,
then when you're settled you can work with peace of mind.
I was thinking the same thing!
Even though Zhen Zhen's such a good person,
but I don't think I should keep bother someone else either.
Right
Last night when I couldn't sleep,
I found some homes online.
- Let me see - Renting homes isn't as expensive as you were saying. Here let me show you.
See that one? The room is north south facing.
Close to where we work and has good ventilation.
The main point is that the house is around 1,000 RMB (~$145). Let's call and ask about it!
Wait- Wait a minute? How much?
1,000 RMB
1,000?
You don't need to call it's definitely fake!
Listen, based on my professional experience,
let me tell you, at most this is a second-hand landlord who's used a partition to rent out part of their home.
Timing and Subtitles by the True Lovers Team @Viki.com
So what do you think?
This house is pretty good right?
How come your house is different than the photo online?
Young lady, that's just an advertisement.
Advertisement photos are for reference only.
This is a proper house and pretty good.
Take a look, the ventilation and lighting is good, right?
The furniture, look, a cabinet, table,
solid bed. Even the bedside table is even here.
If you clean up the house a bit it's suited for someone like you.
It's on the first floor so it's easy to enter and exit, it's safe and private, isn't that good?
I say, even turning around in your house is hard.
The house is so old and the wall is already falling down,
you say it's the first floor but it's so damp and there's a smell.
Young man, let's talk about it conscientiously.
Can you really rent something for less than a thousand in this area?
To be able to live in a place like this? It works.
How could it be so much worse than the advertisement? That's impossible.
How do I say this? Oh right,
let's say you buy clothes online.
What the buyer sees and the seller shows is going to be different right?
Let me give you an example, instant noodles.
The packaging on the outside says beef, but the beef in the package
isn't the same right? Do you get it?
Don't worry yet though. Like this 1,560 RMB home is more appropriate.
If you really want to rent something you should rent that.
But with this you have to pay one month deposit and three month's rent all at once.
Right now you don't know how much money you're going to make at work. Where would you get all that money?
If that's not possible, then let's do this.
You have to promise to let me pay this money.
Then your burden only gets bigger right?
That's okay.
After you get your salary at the end of the month you can pay me back.
- Let's go - Silly
Mom
Mom, hurry, stand up there.
Exactly, okay turn around.
Okay, smile.
Mom change your pose.
Change your pose, put your left arm on your hip.
So pretty.
Pretty, really pretty.
- Really? Let me see. - Really, come look.
look, see?
- But my hair seems to be a bit messy. Fix it for me. - Here, this side.
- Is it okay now? - It's okay
- Okay ready? - Yes
Why don't I do this?
Later give me all the photos, I'm going to send it to Zhen Zhen and Xiao Shao for them to see.
Okay
- Mom, let me take this phone call. - Okay
Hello?
Yes
Got it
Yes
Come, let's keep taking photos.
Wait, son,
if there's something going on, you go do your work. I'm fine on my own.
Mom, it really isn't work.
I've been in Italy so long and have never taken a break. Today being out with you is like taking a break.
- There's really nothing wrong? - There's really nothing wrong.
Ah, okay, good, good. Thank you son.
Come on mom, let's go look over there.
It's so beautiful here.
Auntie, your house is really nice.
The view from the roof is really nice.
Xiao Ning, I also think this is good. Let's rent this place.
Okay, I'll listen to you.
- Young man. - Yes?
If you live here you need to be careful about using water and electricity.
Not a problem.
This is the deposit and three months right, should be 6,000 RMB. Check it.
Okay
Will it work?
Okay, exactly 6,000.
- All there? - Yes
Then I'll be going, if anything comes up just call me.
- Okay - Okay, good bye, good bye
Good bye Auntie, you can rest assured with the house in my hands.
- Okay - Thank you Auntie!
Okay, good bye.
Good enough?
It's great.
You came all this way for me,
and I'm asking you to stay in this temporary, plank housing- I've wronged you.
Don't say it like that.
Xian Ning, as long as I can be with you, I can live anywhere.
That said, this place is really nice.
Even though it's a rooftop, it's clean and tidy.
And there's a lot of furniture and appliances already.
Also, the rent isn't that expensive.
It's much better than those partitioned homes right?
How come you understand so much?
Come here
See the homes over there?
I, Fu Xiao Ning, swear
in the future, I will work hard to earn money,
to buy a house over there that will belong to both of us!
Give Xi Shan a warm and happy home.
You, thinking like this,
already makes me happy.
Zhen Zheng, thank you so much for taking care of Xi Shan this whole time.
We all are co-workers. No need to thank.
-In the future, if you need anything, ask me anytime. -Okay.
Zhen Zhen, when our house is all fixed up you have to come visit when you're free.
-Of course. -Thank you so much during all these times.
Oh right, did you get your book? Wan Li 15 Years (In English the book is called 1587, a Year of No Significance).
No need anymore. I already finished reading.
-You finished reading? -Yes.
No wonder your mandarin's gotten so much better.
Zhen Zhen, there's no need to send us off, we'll just get going.
- Okay, then be careful on the way home. - Okay
Byebye.
Hurry, get back upstairs.
-Byebye. -Byebye.
Auntie Bai.
Auntie Bai, thank you for missing me.
Are you doing well in Rome?
Are you used to the food there? Have you made any friends?
Thank you
for thinking of me in Rome and sending me news. It makes my heart warm.
I wish you good health, hope you're living a good life and happy.
Oh yeah, Shao Peng Cheng misses you too.
Hello, how are you?
Put that down, let me.
No need, no need. I can do it. I can do it.
You're not skilled in Chinese cooking you know.
My son, really likes eating fried dumplings.
Later I'll make an extra portion and you can try it too.
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying.
I forgot, you can't understand Chinese.
I don't need you to do this, you don't make Chinese food well.
Later, I'll make an extra portion for you to try.
Right now, why don't you go take care of other things?
Okay, okay
Thank you
In awhile, in awhile, come try it.
Oh no, what do I do there's fire!
Hello? My house went on fire! You quick, quick, quickly
put the fire out.
Ma'am
Hello? Hello, my house went on fire!
Hurry, put the fire out.
Mom
Excuse me, I'm sorry my mom called the wrong number.
Mom, mom, it's okay, everything's fine, I've already put out the fire.
Did you get burned? Did you get injured?
No, no, it sacred me to death.
It's fine.
Wait, no. Son, I, I, I, I called the firefighters, 119.
The fire trucks didn't come so they won't collect fees now right?
I heard the fees here are really high.
Mom, the 119 you called is not the firefighters.
Nothing will happen, I already told them we called the wrong number.
It's okay, it's okay. Nothing's wrong.
I'm so much trouble for you son.
How is this troublesome?
Mom, as long as you're fine and your good, nothing else matters.
I'm so stupid.
- Hi - Hi, how much?
- Three euros. - One, two, three
Phone, excuse me.
Hello? Son?
Hello mom?
I called you earlier to tell you
Sophie and I are at the market buying vegetables.
Mom, it's like this, I've thought about it, I'm still worried,
the fire at home was my problem. I should find you a domestic helper that understands Chinese.
So I'm going to have my secretary change the helper.
But son, that isn't good towards Sophie right?
I'll give Sophie a severance payment, don't worry.
Hello?
You've been fired.
What?
What... are you firing me?
The boss wants to find a Chinese-speaking domestic helper.
What are you doing? I don't understand...
Mom, don't worry okay? I'll take care of it. I'm going back to work, bye bye.
Ma'am... why? Are you chasing me out? Are you firing me?
Sophie, I'm sorry. I don't understand what you're saying.
You don't understand Italian.
I haven't asked for a raise yet, and you're already firing me?
- Good bye! - Wait, Sophie.
- Good Bye!
Sophie, wait, sophie wait!
Sophie
Sophie, sophie
Sophie, oh no.
Sophie
What do I do?
Don't panic, don't panic.
Find my son, call my son.
Son, pick up!
Pick up the phone, son. Son...
It's okay, it's okay, I'm not going to panic.
I need to think.
- Ma'am, Ma'am, your wallet - What?
I don't have anything.
No, no, don't worry
What do you want to do?
Sorry, sorry
Ma'am, please stop running.
No, ma'am, please don't run.
Don't come near me. Don't come near me.
- Don't, don't - Please, please
Don't come over here, stop, don't, I don't know you.
Ma'am, please wait a moment. Your wallet.
Don't come near me, don't come near me.
Don't follow me, stop following me.
You, stop, you stop following me.
- I've got a green onion - Excuse me, please, excuse me
Don't, don't, don't you, don't come near me.
No
Police, he's a bad guy!
He's been following me!
Ma'am, your wallet fell. I was trying to return it to you.
Yes, yes, yes
I didn't know why she was running and because you were running I didn't have a choice but to follow you.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, thank you. - It's okay
Mom, here. Drink some water.
You must've been scared.
No, it's fine.
I'm sorry mom.
This was my carelessness. Don't worry, I'll quickly, I'll quickly find a Chinese speaking domestic helper to come help.
Son, don't worry, you don't need to worry about me. I'll adapt quickly, I'll adapt quickly.
What are you laughing at?
In the future, I can learn to speak with them.
Let me see, what can I talk about.
My first time going to the Italian market to buy food.
And let a performance artist chase me, all throughout the vegetable market.
Ran around in circles, almost lost my life.
Before I,
I'd see online or on WeChat all the issues new immigrants faced.
I'd see those jokes and thought they were really funny. Like the ones Huang Xi would write.
What a lot of fun. Son,
isn't mom also a new immigrant now?
A new immigrant joke.
Why don't you answer the phone?
Today, I'm not picking up any calls, I'm not going anywhere, just going to spend the day at home with you.
That's not okay, why would you keep me company?
That wont' do mom.
- No, I don't want to delay your business. - Mom, what's more important than you?
If you keep doing this then your mom is going to feel like she's confused
and useless.
Mom, can you say you're all confused?
Really, hurry and go.
I'm getting angry.
Okay mom, then if anything happens, first thing you do is call me.
Okay, okay.
When I'm done with work I'll immediately come home.
I'm fine. Don't worry.
Mom, I'll be home very soon.
Hello. Yes, I am Cheng Zhen Zhen.
Auntie Bai's attending physician?
Okay, that's fine, I'll make a trip over. Bye bye
What's wrong with Auntie Bai?
- Auntie Bai's doctor asked me to come over. I'm going to head out now. - Okay
Go, go, go, let's go together.
Hey, yesterday we agreed, I was going to see clients today and you were going to prepare materials here. Good luck!
- If there's any issues call me. - Okay
The patient, Bai Ya Ru, probably came about a month ago to us for treatments.
At the time, I warned her specifically, that she had to come every Tuesday for exams.
But she didn't come yesterday, so I called her mobile phone and couldn't reach her.
You're her emergency contact.
I'm her emergency contact?
Right, so I tried calling you.
Oh, doctor, it's like this, Auntie Bai has left the country to go live with her son.
She was probably in a rush when she left and didn't contact you.
I noticed that you're a psychiatrist, what's wrong with Auntie Bai?
Don't worry too much, it's nothing big.
Since you're her emergency contact
then I'll tell you her condition.
Ms. Bai has a mild case of elderly depression.
Depression?
It's probably in it's early stages
but her symptoms are still distinct and typical.
Pessimism, forgetfulness, feelings of abandonment.
Occasionally she'll be inexplicably sad, might start crying and feel like life doesn't have any meaning.
So it's like this?
Then right now, if Auntie Bai is living with her son and has family around her, will she get better?
An elderly person's ability to learn is constantly deteriorating. The ability to adapt isn't as strong as a young person's.
If all of a sudden there's a big environmental change it can create a lot of mental pressure.
Not something that you young people can imagine.
I understand, thank you doctor.
Mister Jing, Hello,
I'm Cheng Zhen Zhen. I'm sorry to bother you.
If you look at the upper and lower ground, I designed the home and the office separately.
It's designed for use, the integration of cooperation and space.
Do you know the main requests made from our clients?
Mainly, the client wants a low cost design.
What about the materials?
The material requirements are very high and they must have environmental protection functions.
Okay.
♫ 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 are 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 are getting closer ♫
♫ 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 are 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 are getting closer ♫
♫ 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 are getting closer ♫
♫ We can’t deny, it’s real ♫
♫ All my life searching ♫
♫ Now I know, I found you ♫