[English subtitles are available.]
Winter Begonia
Episode 5
Are you still in bed?
Come on. Get up.
I know you’re awake.
Where did you and Xirui go yesterday?
Did you hurt him?
I didn’t.
We just took a walk around the town.
You can ask Mr. Ge.
Don’t even mention him.
Look what you did to that poor man.
What happened to him?
He got a fever after he went home.
Well…
Get a doctor to see him now.
Before it gets worse.
I already did.
Now drink up this ginger soup.
I can’t. I’m too sleepy.
What are you talking about?
What if you get sick?
Can’t have you pass it to the kid.
Get up now.
Get out of the bed.
Hurry up.
Come on.
All you care about these days are the kid.
Shouldn’t have had him at the first place.
Look at you being all silly.
Jealous of your own son?
I just
can’t have my wife
thinking about someone else.
Not even my own son.
There there.
You’re a big boy now.
Don’t be a baby.
Childe Cao
sent an adjutant over
with a lot of presents.
Saying that the commander
fired a shot yesterday.
And he had to make sure
that we’re all okay.
Cao Guixiu?
Just tell them that I’m ill and can’t see them.
They’re family.
Why would you lie to them?
You don’t know.
My nephew
is very ambitious.
He wants to get rid of that commander father of his
and be the new king.
I can’t be too close to him.
That’ll make me a traitor.
You’re not wrong.
Even if they got back together afterwards,
you can’t help either of them.
I’m just worried that we’ll upset him.
You sister has some hard choice to make.
If she doesn’t make the hard decision now,
things will be even harder for her after this.
Just tell her that.
[Peking Times]
Shang Xirui upset Commander Cao.
Tension Heightens.
Let me see.
This is bad.
I almost forgot about this.
Where are you going?
I have to head out.
What’s wrong?
You’re having a fever!
What happened yesterday
was truly frightening.
Thank god that Shang Xirui
can only sing and talk.
If he had done anything physical
the commander could’ve shot him right there.
I don’t think so.
Shang Xirui
has some gut.
Our commander values him.
Otherwise, he would’ve shot him
back in Pingyang.
I’m sorry, Adjutant Sun.
Mr. Cheng personally went to talk to Shang Xirui last night,
after he found out what he’d done.
He got sick after that.
He’s now still in bed having a fever.
He’s not well.
Should we get a doctor over?
Can’t let him get the pneumonia.
I know a doctor from the west
who specializes in these illnesses.
Should we get him
to check on Mr. Cheng?
Don’t bother.
He’ll be better after a bowl of ginger soup.
He just can’t make it here today
to talk to Adjutant Sun personally.
Don’t be a stranger.
I am simply here
to see Mr. Cheng.
The presents are delivered.
Our job is done here.
Please thank the Childe
for both of us.
Sure. Thank you.
See you.
What are these journalists talking about?
What is this nonsense?
Our leader can’t perform
with all of this mess.
Tell me about it.
I thought that
with the help of Mr. Cheng,
the rumor about Commander Cao and our leader
will go away.
Who knew…
It’s only gotten worse.
Our leader goes mad
when he hears the name of Jiang Mengping.
Let alone seeing her.
Such a tragedy.
Very exciting conversation you’re having, I see.
Time to pay the rent.
When does Shuiyun Theatre
plan to pay the rent?
Ba Ye,
look at you.
Don’t be so upset.
Come in. Come sit.
Layue, go get a cup.
Come, Ba Ye.
Ba Ye, sit. Please.
Take a seat.
Let’s work this out.
Ba Ye, have some tea.
Well…
Ba Ye,
didn’t we talk about this
last time?
The rent of half a year all at once…
Even with someone as popular as
our leader,
we’ll need a few more days.
We don’t want to push you.
But you also see
how things are these days.
The world is rattled.
You can go ahead
and ask around.
Who pays rent monthly
these days?
We did inform you
earlier.
But look at this.
How many days has it been?
I don’t see a penny.
Let me tell you.
I’m very generous
because I like you girls here.
If it wasn’t because of me,
it’d be my other boys
coming here today.
Right.
Of course. Of course.
Everyone knows
that Ba Ye has integrity and respect women.
Absolutely.
Enough.
No more chitchatting.
Where’s your leader?
Bring him to me.
Do you know
how many people are coming today?
How many?
This amount of people for the early round.
This is really a first.
What did I say?
Just put my name up there.
My followers will come.
Good acting and singing matter
more than anything else.
Mr. Shang, you’re all ready.
Did you see Mr. Wan?
No.
Look at him…
He just had his hair done and now he’s gone.
It’s almost his turn now.
He can’t go up like this.
Go help him out.
I…
What is all this anyways?
Wan?
Here!
Mr. Wan
Xiao Lai. Xiao Lai.
What are you doing here?
The show is about to start.
I’m sorry. Sorry.
Sir, do you mind?
It’s almost your turn, hurry up.
OK.
[Lease]
♫ We… ♫
♫She shall leave ♫
♫ You are us ♫
♫ Say no more ♫
♫ Bring me the plate ♫
♫ What a fool I am ♫
♫ What if I broke this plate ♫
♫ It‘d be a terrible thing ♫
♫ The plate should serve ♫
Damn it.
Our leader is being set up.
♫ And you shall break as you wish ♫
♫ Er Ye, if I shall tear the fan ♫
♫ You shall be sad ♫
Who is here?
♫ My dearest sister ♫
What are you doing?
I mean
♫ I shouldn’t have said that ♫
our leader
needs to have some tea
and rest a bit!
Let’s take a break!
♫ Should the fan really break ♫
No!
The show has started. It can’t stop.
♫ I shall not be mad ♫
Xiao Lai,
you know the rule.
I mean…
♫ So if I shall tear the fan ♫
But they… They…
♫ You will not be mad ♫
Mr. Shang is so good on the stage.
Wan and Liu Yunxin have been working together
since they were young.
They are perfect together on stage.
But today with Mr. Shang,
it still works out perfectly.
♫ I will not ♫
♫ Look at the cloud soothing the moon ♫
♫ The wind you make with the fan ♫
♫ The man who loves ♫
♫ The lady with sorrow ♫
♫ This fan shall serve you ♫
Bravo.
Amazing!
Bravo!
Yes!
Brilliant!
This is something new Mr. Shang came up with.
Very new and unique.
Slightly naughty and fun.
♫ The love shall continue ♫
Our leader is good indeed.
He sees through their scheme
right away.
The scene where Qingwen tears up the fan.
I haven’t even started to tear anything.
Look how broken this fan is.
People are going to
make fun of my Qingwen
if they saw this.
Mr. Shang,
I was being stupid.
You’re the bigger person.
You didn’t expose me
in front of everyone.
I…
I’m ashamed.
Mr. Wan and Mr. Liu are brothers
almost by blood.
Seeing how well I’m doing,
he’s worried that I’ll kick him out?
I’ll be frank.
I can’t do early rounds too often.
I’ll need a break soon.
I won’t be in Mr. Liu’s way.
You can rest assured.
Stop messing around
for the next few days.
OK?
Mr. Shang, you’re so generous.
I… I am really ashamed.
I…
Thank you.
I saw that he was
secretly talking there with Jiang Dengbao.
I wanted to warn you
but he hit me and I passed out.
He did it on purpose.
Really? Where did he hit you!
Here.
This son of a bitch.
But you didn’t get hurt for nothing.
Did you see my hand movement today
at the fan-tearing scene?
It was amazing.
See, a blessing in disguise.
I’ll keep doing that.
I was hit,
and you’re all happy here?
Leader!
Leader.
Please come.
The landlord is here.
We have to leave if we can’t pay the rent.
I mean, leader…
Can you say something?
What are we going to do?
I only care about singing.
Why are you asking for money from me now?
Why don’t we have enough
all of a sudden?
You don’t say.
After our accountant resigned
and went home,
you couldn’t bother to hire another.
That’s fine.
But you need to take care of the money.
Our guys
are always taking money
from our account.
Today could be
someone feeling sick.
Tomorrow could be
someone’s grandma passed away.
I’ll say
they’re all lying to get the money.
Don’t be silly.
Who would claim their grandma to be dead
just to get that money?
Well, lie or not,
you’ll find out eventually.
Everything aside.
Your priority is
to get the landlord out of here.
No way.
I can’t talk to
someone
as rude as him.
I’ll try to punch him.
I’ll beat him up
before I even start the conversation.
We’ll all be kicked out by the end of today.
Well…
It’s already so late…
Shall we take the money our previous leader left…
No way!
That’s our last straw.
We have to save it.
What do you want to do then?
I’ll find some money.
Give this to him. Make him wait a bit.
I can’t do this.
You’ve been wearing this since you were a baby.
It could be
from your birth parents.
You can’t give him this.
This is pointless.
Focus on what matters the most
at this moment.
Make sure Shijiu
doesn’t do anything crazy.
Can’t have them hurt
a girl like her.
Go ahead.
What?
Don’t you know what
I’m capable of here?
What are you doing here, in broad daylight?
Kid,
let me make it clear.
This is the contract that you signed.
♫ How great that you tore the fan ♫
Signatures, fingerprints. All here.
This is all legal.
Even if we bring this to the police,
I will win.
Shall we?
Ba Ye, what are you doing?
Look,
I have some jewellery with me.
It’s worth something.
Shijiu, Ronglan, everyone.
We can all put something together.
Where do I find anything to give?
I only have my costumes.
I won’t be able to perform without them.
Dasheng?
Don’t look at me.
Men can’t save anything.
A trip to the brothel,
I come out in debt.
We’re all penniless.
Wait a second.
Doesn’t Liuyue have something?
Shuiyun Theatre is struggling,
help us out.
I… I can’t do this…
What?
You actually have the money.
Then I don’t have to wait.
Little girl,
do you want to give it to me?
Or do you want me to take it from you?
No…
Hey…
Ba Ye.
Don’t you dare touch her.
What’s happening here?
Are we starting a fight?
I…
Don’t do this.
What are you doing?
What’s going on here?
Starting a fight scene without me?
What’s the next verse after
“A shout facing toward Xiliang”?
I’ve seen this play.
You’re saying I’m the bandit here?
Fine.
Take a look here.
Who’s not paying the rent? Who is the bandit?
Just 600 kuai.
Why are you even being so mad at a little girl?
I want every penny of it. 600.
Here is 600.
All here.
That’s so much…
Where did he get this?
If the amount is correct, kindly show yourself out.
We’ll talk next year.
I don’t think we’re seeing each other again.
Mr. Shang,
I’ll give you a notice now.
This place,
we won’t be renting it to you next year.
We signed a 3 year contract.
What are you doing?
Look at your staff.
These brats.
Look what they’ve done
to the walls
and the floor tiles.
You’re lucky that I’m not asking for more to fix it.
Don’t mess with me.
Tell me exactly why.
Mr. Shang.
We thought having someone so popular here
would be a good thing.
Thought it’d make us look better.
But who knew
you would offend Commander Cao.
What if he came back here one day?
What if he just took his gun out?
Bang.
This would be a crime scene.
We’ve been having
bad luck
since we moved in here.
I’ll say
the Fengshui here is already horrible.
Is this already a crime thing?
You little brat.
Say that again?
We will leave next year!
Ba Ye. We’ll see you around.
Find yourself a new place now.
Huh. He’s no more than a relative
of the police station director.
Who does he think he is?
An overlord?
We have a dozen of us
to feed every day.
If we couldn’t
find a place to perform,
we can’t get through this
even if we sold ourselves.
If you don’t want to stay, feel free to leave now.
No one is making you stay.
Let’s see who leaves first.
What does that mean?
What are you saying?
No one leaves. I’ll go.
Leader! Leader! Hey!
Leave now. Go ahead.
You don’t like it here. Go away.
Go. Go now.
Stop it! Stop fighting.
Can’t you see?
He gave away his costume
to get the 600.
All you do is fight!
Costume?
We’re pawning our costumes now?
What’s happening?
Commander Cao
is going to ruin our lives.
Mr. Cheng…
Why is this car here in the middle?
Mr. Cheng.
Weren’t you at home resting?
I…
I was just thinking
who can afford
this brand new American car
across the Peking city.
Who knew?
It’s you.
Adjutant Sun.
Something with the cargo place.
They asked to see the boss.
I have to come.
When you get better, Mr. Cheng,
Commander Cao wants to see you.
I don’t think I have the time to leave town.
Adjutant Sun, you don’t know.
Last night,
we had a thief in our cargo shop.
From Laozi mountain.
And told them about
my shipment.
Things are complicated for me now.
But this guy
doesn’t really look like a gangster.
More like a bandit who’s a soldier.
Well, still a bandit. Right?
Mr. Cheng. You’re very funny.
You are a lucky person.
You are blessed.
No bandit can harm you.
Adjutant Sun, you always know what to say.
Look.
Please tell Mr. Cao,
don’t park his car in front of my house
in the future.
It makes it very inconvenient for me
to go in and out.
We’re a family.
Would be bad if we run into each other.
Right.
I will make sure to give him the message.
Well then.
Could you move a bit?
What are you doing?
You.
It’s me.
We’ve met before.
Earlier this month.
At Huibin Theatre.
What are you doing here?
How did you get in here?
I…
I’m here for Commander Cao.
From the front door.
Commander Cao does not live here.
This is my brother’s place.
He doesn’t live here?
He doesn’t live with his wife?
He lives at the military camp outside of the town.
What do you want?
Something bad happened at Shuiyun Theatre.
All because of him.
What do you want to do to him with this?
Did you plan to kill him?
He has soldiers with guns surrounding him.
Aren’t you afraid?
His life’s worth more than mine.
One for one.
I’m not afraid.
Do you know that everything happened
because of him?
If it wasn’t because of him,
they would still let us perform.
As long as we get to perform,
our leader will not starve.
Even my sister was bullied.
Do you know
because of him
we’re all going to starve soon?
As a man,
I have to do something.
That’s it?
Then stop performing.
Do something else.
Work for the government.
My brother always says
brute courage can’t last.
Long-term stability will come
when you become someone important one day.
Understood?
I…
Xiaozhang!
Lunch is ready.
You haven’t eaten yet?
Eat what?
The pan?
Remember what I told you just now?
Go have some food.
I will give it back to you.
I’m here to apologise to lady Ping.
What are you talking about?
I’m very sorry.
I didn’t stop Shang Xirui
that day.
Even his father,
his brother,
even Mengping.
No one can stop him.
Let alone you.
I’d lectured him before.
Who knew? This silly kid.
He doesn’t care about any relationship.
He said you lied to him.
Said he hated you guys.
He hated you so much.
Silly boy.
He’s always so stubborn.
I didn’t mean to lie to him.
I told him
that he was the most important person to me.
I really consider him my own brother.
I didn’t want him to be upset.
I even tried to break up with Zhixin.
But who can control your feelings
when it comes to love?
At the end,
I couldn’t help.
Shang Xirui cared about you very much.
He couldn’t get over
the fact that you left.
He was sold to Shuiyun Theatre as a kid.
Mengping raised him.
He loves her.
Like a child loving a mother.
But this love…
It gets too heavy. Too harsh.
And it’s not right anymore.
He can’t stand her caring about anyone else more than him.
I remember
the first time he saw me and Mengping together.
He looked like
he was going to eat us alive.
He ran to me and started to shout at me.
What kind of brother is this?
He’s a maniac.
She promised that
I’m the most important person for her.
We’re family without being related.
Our relationship goes beyond any other relationships.
He wouldn’t let Mengping be with me.
If anyone asks
“You don’t want your sister to be with anyone.
Then are you going to marry her?”
Guess what he said?
What did he say?
He said:
“I don’t want to be her husband.
What does she need a husband for?”
What’s there that a husband can do
while he can’t?
Anything Mengping wants,
he’ll do it.
Look at what he said.
It’s beyond childish.
It’s stupid.
I guess, most of these geniuses
are better than everyone else
in a certain field.
But they also lack other things.
Maybe they’re physically disabled.
Maybe they have a funny temperament.
Maybe they’ve been through a lot of hardship.
Maybe their family is broken.
Maybe they die at a young age.
Shang Xirui has great talent when it comes to opera.
We all see that.
Expecting him to be good at socialising
and good at people,
seems to be a bit much.
God is fair.
He was given the talent for singing.
But left without social skills.
Brother,
are you trying to defend him?
Nonsense.
I was also extremely mad at him.
But he explained it to me that way.
I came to accept it.
He was born this way.
The more people ask him about this, the more confused he is.
He even came to me and Mengping,
saying that indeed we had to get married,
and that he’d allow it
but Mengping has to put him first
and she could never put me first.
I’d simply someone who sleeps next to her
someone who has a baby with her.
He said that to me.
What did he expect Mengping to say?
We couldn’t come to an agreement because of that.
You know what happened afterwards.
It’s funny.
Because the Shang Xirui that I know is different every day.
He has such a strong connection with Mengping.
It’s very touching.
To be honest,
if he wasn’t like this,
crazy and stubborn,
I’d appreciate him.
He is
indeed
a very strange
and very peculiar person.
Here at Peking,
if he continues to do what he does,
no one can tolerate him forever.
What is he going to do then?
This special relationship between you two
is once-in-a-life-time.
You won’t see it anywhere else.
Bingtanghulu!
You’re still sick.
Shall I take you back first?
No.
I have to see Mr. Shang.
The journalist was saying a lot of things about him.
I need to know how he is.
Mr. Cheng,
you’re being very generous already.
He’s the one who needs to work harder.
What’s more,
your relationship with him isn’t that strong.
Should we just let it be?
What do you mean not strong?
Mr. Shang’s got all his costumes
from our place.
We made some money because of him.
We can’t just let him go through all of this alone.
Across the Peking city,
no one can run their business better than you.
Alright then.
Let’s go to Shuiyun Theatre.
No.
Huibin Theatre.
Today
is his last day performing there.
Mr. Shang. You’re here.
There’s hot water on the stove.
Let me get you some warm water.
Thank you.
You’re more than welcome.
Mr. Shang.
Xiao Lai.
Go help with others.
I’ll help Mr. Shang with his hair.
No rush.
He’ll have a headache if you do it too soon.
Got it.
Just let me know when he’s ready.
Sure.
Thank you.
Mr. Shang.
You’re here early today.
Well it’s your last play here.
Got to be prepared.
You’re pretty early as well.
We’re different.
Longchun Troupe has more people. More performers.
It takes us longer to get ready.
Speaking of that,
we use this makeup room now.
Do you mind doing your makeup outside?
As long as I’m going on that stage,
I should have my room here.
Even in the Palace of Eternal Life,
Lady Yang died next to the emperor.
You keep pushing the limit.
Are you upset about something?
Suck it up.
What if I can’t?
What’s with all this fuss?
Mr. Cheng.
What brought you here?
I’m here to see you.
What’s this sour smell here?
It stinks.
Mr. Shang.
Why don’t you come to my balcony to do your makeup?
It’s more spacious.
We can also enjoy the play for a bit.
Gentlemen,
- thanks for your hard work. - Thank you sir.
Thank you, Mr. Cheng.
Help us tidy up a bit.
Thank you, Mr. Cheng.
Mr. Shang,
let’s go.
You’ve got some fans. Big deal…
I’ll take your seat then.
Thank you. You can take a break now.
Okay.
Don’t forget to go back to the backstage.
You need to get changed.
I didn’t have the time to say hi to you just now.
You came with us anyway.
Such an honour.
Thank you very much.
Mr. Cheng, you’re very kind. My pleasure.
Jiang Dengbao doesn’t have any manner.
He thinks he’s the best.
I don’t even care to work for him.
Mr. Shang has always been very kind.
Mr. Shang,
don’t hesitate to let me know if you need help with anything.
Will do.
♫ Xiao Suzhen sits in the room ♫
♫ I bent over ♫
What’s this play?
Quite interesting.
This play
is called Xiao Shang Fen.
This widow’s good with feet movement.
But the singing is
♫ Close the door ♫
far from good.
There are only a few singing methods.
♫ I will not go anywhere today ♫
But it’s never easy to sing it well.
♫ I want to visit the tomb ♫
Being able to sing one thing isn’t enough.
What is this. Go away.
Go!
You scared me.
Mr. Shang,
how are you booing?
♫ Tears are on my face ♫
Aren’t you afraid of offending them?
No.
♫ I think of Cai Bojie ♫
If they hear it,
I’ll just say it was you.
♫ He went for his exam ♫
You’re very bad.
♫ He didn’t come back in time ♫
He’s not doing a good job
doing this transition play.
Making people annoyed.
♫His parents starved to death ♫
That’ll affect my main play.
He’s the bad one.
♫ She built the tomb ♫
If it was at our old theatre in Pingyang,
the audience would be throwing chairs at him now.
♫ She buried his parents ♫
That’s crazy.
What if the artist is sick?
♫ A Pipa comes from above ♫
We should be more understanding.
You paid for the tickets.
We don’t get to be sick.
Once I had to do somersaults with injury,
it hurt so bad that I passed out afterwards.
But as long as you’re on stage, you have to do your best.
♫ She drew a picture of his parents ♫
Being a performer is indeed extremely difficult.
♫ And set off to look for her husband ♫
♫ He can’t remember her face anymore ♫
♫ She can’t help crying ♫
Leader,
it’s your turn.
♫ The horse won’t help her ♫
♫ But the thunder strikes ♫
Lady Yang again?
What a coincidence.
It’s the Palace of Eternal Life today.
♫ And he sees her right then and there ♫
I know about the story.
But I might not understand the play.
♫ They come to the tomb ♫
Don’t you worry, Mr. Cheng.
My Palace of Eternal Life today
is different from the others.
♫ We lay down thousands of papers at the tomb ♫
With some patience,
you’ll definitely understand.
♫ We hear the parents crying ♫
I promise this is worth your ticket.
Great.
I look forward to seeing it.
Wait a second.
Have them keep it warm on the stove.
Mr. Cheng can have it whenever he’s home.
Yes, ma’am.
♫ I’d rather suffering from the worst ♫
♫ But I never want to leave you behind ♫
♫ I don’t care for the noise around me ♫
♫ Here lays this beautiful flower ♫
♫ It hurts to see it damaged by the wind and rain ♫
♫ It hurts to see you wither ♫
♫ Your Majesty ♫
♫ I’m grateful for your kindness ♫
♫ Be that as it may ♫
♫There’s nowhere else to go ♫
♫ We shall let it go ♫
♫ Before we both get hurt ♫
♫ It only gets worse ♫
♫ I beg you to sacrifice me ♫
♫ To save your country ♫
♫ Your Majesty ♫
♫ You’ve made up your mind ♫