Our Shiny Days
Episode 19
A Farewell to the Moon in Daytime
Among our graduates of 2017,
eight are going to study abroad;
two have been admitted to Shanghai Conservatory of Music
and one to the Central Conservatory of Music;
eight have changed their major and have gone for ordinary jobs.
Congratulations to you all.
But it was just the first battle in your life.
You've got more difficulties to overcome in the future.
When you're relaxing yourselves,
I hope you'll think of me
and be more vigilant.
I'll be responsible for all my students
as long as I'm their teacher.
But I'm very glad
that it's your graduation day today.
Therefore, we don't have any circulated notices of criticism
or verbal warnings today.
That's all I've got to say.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir.
In 1960,
Mr. Chen Limin, the first president
of Zhongxia Conservatory of Music,
prepared a commencement speech
for the first graduates.
Since then we've been rereading
this commencement speech
at the commencement each year
without interruption.
Now listen carefully.
Mr. Wang.
Please.
Dear students,
as I'm bidding you farewell today,
I'd like to discuss the topic of youth with you.
As the old saying goes,
we cannot see the sun and the moon at the same time.
This remark is faulty actually.
Have you ever gazed at the sky at dusk?
Sometimes the moon rises quietly
when the sun is still red and glowing.
I think this moment
is the very picture of youth
and of you guys here in the auditorium.
You can enjoy the brilliant sunshine
and the earliest moon.
But the scenery doesn't last long,
since it's approaching dusk.
Youth is so transient.
Dear students,
please cherish your youth.
The motto of Zhongxia Conservatory of Music is
"Music for Good."
Dear students,
you're defenseless
but you're also heavily armored.
Wherever you might devote yourself
or suffer setbacks in the future,
keep in mind
that you're a person of the highest good,
because music is as brilliant in your life
as the sum of sunlight and moonlight.
Thank you.
Remember how music kept us company
daily at Zhongxia Conservatory of Music?
We played music to express our feelings.
We combined words with music around the world.
Remember how we played our instruments
at Zhongxia Conservatory of Music?
With the sun high in the sky,
the youth sets sail to embrace a voyage.
As a gentle breeze joins the clouds,
a quiet melody echoes in our heart.
When the song nears the end,
remember we play music for good.
Remember how we improved our art
at Zhongxia Conservatory of Music?
It was music that brought us together.
Our love for music knows no bounds.
Remember how we improved our art
at Zhongxia Conservatory of Music?
It was music that brought us together.
Our love for music knows no bounds.
It was music that brought us together.
Our love for music knows no bounds.
Chen Jing.
Say...say it again.
I can't believe my ears, can I?
You're disbanding our band?
What about you?
You're quitting, too?
I haven't discussed it with Dreg yet.
But anyway,
your garage kits are so expensive
that I thought about making a complaint call to the Consumers' Association.
Besides, I started the band for that senior,
but I've got over him now.
We can play something else together,
right, Dreg?
My father is sending me to study abroad next year.
Is the news you got reliable?
Is Fei going to give birth today?
Nobody can tell that for sure,
but she's to give birth here, I'm sure.
Could she have sold the news for an exclusive?
Then we'll be wasting our time here,
as we won't be able to sell the pictures anyway.
Fei is quite well-off, alright?
Look. Isn't that Huang Yina?
You can tell that from here?
I'm a pro, OK?
I'll go check it out.
It might be a scoop.
Huang Yina paid a visit
to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department.
She's three weeks and a half pregnant.
Well done, Feng Anyu.
Did you take any pictures?
Now let's...
Let's contact their managers first
and see how they react.
We won't be able to benefit from it
if they take it as good news.
If they think of it as bad news...
Next.
Li You, whose major is folk percussion music.
Do you have any accompanists?
My accompanist is Chen Jing.
OK. Start when you're ready.
This could be the last time we perform on stage together.
Go for it.
Give it your best.
My father is sending me to study abroad next year.
Study abroad?
Where?
The...the US.
What could a Tupan musician do in the US?
Did a Chinese restaurant invite you
to perform at their opening ceremony?
My father wants me to change my major.
But we're finally beginning to get it right.
Are we gonna quit now?
Chen Jing,
it's not like Dreg's going to the US tomorrow.
He'll stay here for another six months, right?
Are we really disbanding our band?
Yes.
I'm quite content.
You feel content so easily.
Yeah.
My greatest strength
is contentment.
I know I should quit while I'm ahead.
That wasn't a compliment.
Someone is going to the US,
and I can't afford the garage kits.
Our band should break up.
What if we don't need the garage kits?
Then why are you doing this?
I started the band for the senior
and you joined it for the garage kits.
Do we still need the band
now that we've all lost our incentives?
Because we love folk music?
I love Guzheng.
We love our instruments, too.
Why did you spend years learning Yangqin
if you've never cared for it?
It was my family's idea.
Traitor.
Yeah, traitor.
I was talking about you.
Traitor.
Me?
You don't have to use that strong word.
Yes, I do.
You see the world through rose-colored glasses.
Others belittle folk music,
so you're doing it, too?
You're content with just a taste of it.
You're so unmotivated.
What do you take life for?
A trial product?
That's who I am.
I don't know why I'm so into someone.
I just care for him with all my heart.
I don't know why I'm into something.
I just do it whole-heartedly.
What's the underlying meaning?
What's my long-term objective?
What on earth do I call a victory?
Are they important?
When I want to do something,
I do it.
When I want to say something,
I say it.
Then play with people of your kind.
What difference would it make if I'm into folk music?
We're gonna open up a new era?
Isn't it tragic if we strive for something
that we know is a lost cause?
Chen Jing,
why did you blather on about something
you don't believe yourself.
Go away, traitor.
That was good.
OK. The accompanist can leave now.
Li You shall stay.
Your tutor will comment on your performance.
I...
I rushed out to look for you when I finished my exam.
I thought I could help you with your Yangqin.
I managed it on my own.
Thank you for the accompaniment.
You're welcome.
Our senior Wang Wen and Zheng You'en
must be really fond
of their instruments.
I kind of
envy them.
Why?
They've got time and a stage.
They've always got a stage waiting for them
and they've got time to practice their instruments
as well as if they were weapons.
Isn't it fantastic?
Chen Jing, when I go home
for the summer vacation, I'll tell my father
I don't want to go abroad.
I...I like the stage, too.
I like it
when you and I
perform together on stage.
But it won't be easy to persuade
the adults to change their mind.
Anyway, wait for me.
OK.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm not even sure
if I'm into Yangqin or not.
Chen Jing,
do you know there's a dinosaur
called Mamenchisaurus?
No, I don't.
What about it?
Does your family keep one as a pet?
This dinosaur measures 20 meters
from head to tail.
With a small head and a long body,
it is slow to react.
Sometimes it'd take a long time
for it to realize its tail got injured.
What are you trying to say?
You're a Mamenchisaurus.
You mean I've got a small head?
I mean you're slow to react.
You must have got your ticket to the US,
or you wouldn't dare shoot your mouth off.
You had a crush on the senior for so long,
but you don't know what you liked about him.
You haven't a clue when someone close to you
has been in love with you for a long time.
So the answer to the question
as to whether you like Yangqin or not
is probably still being transmitted
from your tail to your brain.
Who's been in love with me for a long time?
I don't know.
It might be Mamenchisaurus's friend
Apatosaurus.
I warn you:
don't make up some bizarre animals
to mock me.
Apatosaurus?
Is there a Tomatosaurus?
Is there a Turniposaurus?
Apatosaurus is also known
as Brontosaurus.
It lived in the American Continent in the late Jurassic Period.
Learn something about the history of our planet.
Go away.
You're a horrible history buff.
What are you doing?
Drawing lots?
Count me in.
It's the summer vacation.
The vacation has begun.
What are you doing here?
I rang the doorbell for a while but nobody answered.
But I had a hunch that you're at home.
You were bathing my brother?
Bathe me as well.
I was fertilizing my plants.
Am I going to die?
Wash your mouth.
Do you have water in here?
Is...is the water pressure very high?
Don't wash away my tonsil.
Open your mouth.
The security guard will be here soon
if you keep on hanging on my wall.
What is it?
Couldn't you have sent me a WeChat message beforehand?
You're on summer vacation
and I'm having a day off,
so let's go out for a date.
You...
Go out for a date?
Forget it.
Your tonsil is important,
and I don't like the idea
of getting mauled by your fans.
We can go somewhere with fewer people.
Having a romantic relationship without going out for a date sometimes
is like playing a computer game in a place other than an Internet café.
We must show off our happiness in broad daylight.
Somewhere with fewer people?
But they'll still recognize you.
I don't think many people who visit your usual haunts
would recognize me.
Say, an ancient tomb,
an ancient temple
and whatnot.
You're right.
And I want to watch the fish.
Slow down. Slow down.
Let's go.
Slow down.
An African elephants. A living African elephant.
You might need to look up the word "living".
An African elephant.
The aircraft carrier on land.
Do you know the sound an African elephant makes?
Mom, look, it's a polar bear.
Don't touch it. Isn't the polar bear amazing?
Yes.
Shall we take a picture with it?
Yeah.
Mom.
Does a skunk really stink?
Yeah.
Isn't it cute?
Chances are slim that you will be seen
as an idol here.
I guess you haven't been to the wax museum.
My wax statue is treated like a star there.
Miss Chen.
This is no place for me
to display my talent.
I always feel dizzy at the museum.
Last time I attended the Paris Fashion Week,
they had to shoot photos at the Louvre.
Fortunately I had a compass with me,
or I'd be stuck in there.
Seriously.
Um,
I'll put on my sunglasses and mask
and let's go shopping, OK?
What about going shopping at Lafayette?
I know that place like the back of my hand.
I approve of a remark
made by a fashion magazine editor
I often work with.
She said, a good mall is a museum,
for it houses exhibits of beauty
that can be bought with a credit card.
We can form a band while we're shopping.
I suggest our band be called Buy & Carry.
You go on a buying spree while I carry the bags for you.
Buy & Carry.
Where shall we start?
I usually start with Men's Wear.
I'll listen to you
when I'm on your turf.
I'm beginning to like this place.
Why didn't you inform me earlier?
We...the managers' department got the message two days ago,
and we forwarded it to the publicity department promptly.
Jiayi,
here's the thing:
there have been loads of false rumors
about Anyu and Yina, like secret marriage
and childbirth, ever since they went public with their romance.
So we publicity department
didn't take the e-mail message
so seriously
when we first received it.
And the two journalists who sent the message
aren't professional showbiz journalists.
They're paparazzi.
And they're not a following-shot team like Duowei Studio.
So when they said they got a good story,
I just...
Call Anyu
and make an appointment
with Yina and her manager.
And
you don't need to come back tomorrow.
A familiar face finally.
Come on. Take a picture of me and my bro.
That's definitely your bro.
A call for you.
I'm not answering it.
I'm off today.
Actors are a vulnerable group.
We've got no social insurance or housing fund,
and now we're deprived of our legal holidays?
What if it's an emergency?
What emergency could there be?
They wanted to track my fitness progress.
I agreed to shoot a film
and the director asked me to lose 7.5 kilograms
to play the character.
From tomorrow on,
I'll have to spend hours at the gym.
But you're not fat.
My character
suffers from gastric ulcers,
prostatic disorders,
chronic insomnia and alcoholic hepatitis.
So the screenwriter has given your character
a generous goody bag of chronic diseases.
Yeah.
I told my fitness instructor
that I had to be thin without being muscular.
He's moping at home, I reckon.
Our company assigned a camera crew
to follow up my fitness procedure.
I guess they'll use it during the publicity period.
I'm supposed to be dedicated to my work.
They kept bothering me with it this morning.
Just ignore them.
The place is empty now,
so why don't you take a picture of me?
I think my outfit today
is perfect for a teacher.
You're so fond of acting.
I thought you've done plenty of acting at work.
It's my occupational habit.
My occupational habit.
Come on.
First a full view, then a close shot.
Select portrait mode for the close shot.
Try to focus on the right side of my face. Come on.
Later I'll forward them to Jiayi
and tell her to get some intellectual roles
for me to play.
Done?
The screen behind you
just finished presenting ancient animals.
No it's showing...
We'll just wait.
Hurry.
It looks dark on portrait mode.
Scroll it up a bit.
It's still dark.
Is my face brighter now?
Yes. Yes.
Is the light cool or not?
I don't understand your jargon.
Let me rephrase my question.
Do I look dashing in the shot?
Alright. I'll ask no more questions.
Come on. I can't feel my hands now.
Done.
Follow me, kids. Stay close.
The expert is waiting for us.
It's time for class.
Hurry.
Come on. Sit down.
Sit down, kids.
Sit down.
Boys and girls,
let's applaud the expert and invite him
to give us a lively lecture
on ancient animals,
shall we?
Yes.
OK.
Dear kids,
I feel so delighted
to see you watching me eagerly
with a strong thirst for knowledge.
Now let me ask you a question:
which part of our body does the word "jaw" refer to?
The chin.
Excellent,
but not accurate enough.
The jaws refer to the bones and muscles
that frame the upper and lower parts of the mouth.
The upper part is called the upper jaw
and the lower part is called the lower jaw.
The lower jawbone is made up of mandible bodies and ascending rami.
The mandible bodies on both sides join in the middle.
Alright, kids.
Can someone tell me
in which part of the face we can find
mandible bodies and ascending rami?
Alright. And now
I'm going to invite a big kid over to help me
explain the key information.
Hello, there.
Why don't you come here and help me?
This is the mandible body.
This is the ascending ramus.
And in the middle of the medial surface of the ascending ramus
is a small hole called mandibular foramen.
Inside the hole is a tube called the mandibular canal.
The tube leads to the root of tooth,
where we can find dental nerves and blood vessels.
And this place is called
temporomandibular joint.
This joint controls our important moves like swallowing,
chewing, speech and facial expression.
For instance, if we want to laugh,
then this joint has to move.
Hello, big kid,
why don't you show us a happy smile?
The kids are watching you.
Look. Her temporomandibular joint is moving.
Let's all give it a try.
What...what are you doing here?
What nonsense were you talking about?
I was giving a warm-up lecture.
Get down from the podium right now.
OK. The stage is all yours now.
Who the heck are you?
You don't know me?
No.
Excellent. I don't know you, either.
I like that uncle. Don't go, Uncle.
Don't call me uncle.
I'm a member of the post-2000 generation, too.
What do you think, Miss Chen?
I've got some serious stuff in here.
In 2015,
a romantic drama
about cosmetic surgeons was a hit show
whose ratings exceeded three.
And I played the male lead,
a wealthy and handsome young man
who is most adroit at a type of surgery
called long-curve mandibular osteotomy.
I highly recommend this drama to you.
Watch it when you miss me.
Trust me.
The character is full of hormones.
So you were reciting lines from the drama?
I never forget lines from the characters I played.
See?
I love what I do.
I was planning to visit the planetarium next door.
We don't have time for that now.
The planetarium is so boring.
Look up at the night sky and you can watch the stars.
But in the planetarium we can watch the stars in daytime.
You want to watch the stars in daytime?
Come on. Let's go home.
I'll show you stars in daytime.
We're in the street now.
There are many people here. Be careful.
I'll get the car.
Just wait here for me.
Run, Miss Chen.
Why should I run?
I'll catch you if you don't.
Are you crazy?
Run.
I'll catch you.
What on earth are you up to?
I told you. I'll show you stars in daytime.
You're not going to club me in the head, I hope.
To let me see stars.
That's technically demanding. I'm not up to it.
Keep your eyes closed.
Now open your eyes.
Do you like it?
Miss Chen,
you like watching stars.
Do you know what I like watching?
Tell me.
I like watching lights.
Lights?
Before I got to know you,
I loved watching the lights
in other people's houses every night,
wondering what the people
in those houses were doing.
A man must be very happy
to see the lights in his house
when he comes home from work,
as it means someone is waiting for him at home.
I lived alone for years.
Nobody came here when I was out.
So my windows were always dark
when I came home in the evening.
After I met you,
even if nobody is home,
I feel much more at ease
when I come home
because lights are on in my house now.
Brother.
Father. Good lord.
I thought you had an accident. You didn't answer your phone.
Didn't I tell you
not to barge into my house?
I...
Brother, Jiayi has been looking for you.
I think it's a red alert
judging from her countenance.
Go ahead.
I'll be back very soon.
Wait here for me. Don't go anywhere.
Keep the mood.
Don't laugh. Be serious.
We'll pick up where we left off.
If you dare come in unannounced again...
I know. I know.
I'll stay in your place.
Oh, right, brother.
You need to replace the battery of your electronic lock.