[English subtitles are available.]
Winter Begonia
Episode 16
Mr. Cheng is away now.
No one here to guide us.
Don’t even mention him.
Can’t find him anywhere.
What do you think he can do?
How’s everything, ladies and gentlemen?
Is Mr. Shang here?
You still have the nerve to come here.
Tell us,
did you or did you not help Jiang Rongshou
bully our leader in the Association?
What an unnecessary question.
Jiang Rongshou is his uncle.
They are birds of a feather.
Now you got me wronged.
For God sakes,
I helped him.
You helped our leader?
Hard to believe that.
I did, I really did.
And I got kicked out afterwards.
We will kick you out too.
Dasheng.
-Leave. Get out. -Mr. Chen.
-Please get out of here. -What do you mean?
So rude, so rude.
So rude…
-Let him in. -You are so rude.
Did you hear that?
I thought
we could play to our strengths
and achieve success.
I didn’t expect that
I would mess up with the opera
and you mess up with people.
Now none of us ended up well.
To hell with that.
I can’t believe you said that.
Just you and me.
Why would I bother putting on airs?
You want to see me like that?
Nope.
To be honest,
you look like a fool when
you put on airs.
I like the way you look now.
Life is a play.
I have to keep myself that way
on and off stage.
Answer me.
How did you get up the courage
to mess up with your uncle?
Since I was thirteen,
I have had to feed my widowed mother.
I could live off performing operas
because of the help from Jiang.
I had never had
disobeyed my uncle’s orders.
I’ve had enough of it.
What?
What are you doing?
I like playing with others’ heads.
This is funny.
Can’t you make it proper?
You got the back to the front.
You depend others for a living.
Everyone got hang-ups.
You lost the competition.
What are you gonna do?
No performance of opera for one year.
Kicked out of Jiang Family.
I’m going to Shanghai.
Today I came to say goodbye.
Actually it’s because
my girlfriend is in Shanghai.
Congratulations
for your love affair.
How about you?
I can’t imagine
those rumors spread
on tabloids or among our peers.
Such a Spring Festival fiasco.
How about this,
you could go to Shanghai with me.
It’s not cold there in winter.
You will spend a green winter.
The place is prosperous.
I can introduce
you a girlfriend there.
Forget about girlfriend.
But going to Shanghai with you
sounds good.
Great.
Think about it. Others aside,
both of us leaving here
is enough
to upset my uncle.
[Peking Times]
Get out of the way.
What’s the rush?
Right.
Is there anyone alive?
Mr. Du.
Come out, anyone who is alive.
Mr. Du.
What happened?
Why did you drop
my column arbitrarily?
Who told you to do so?
Did you forget how
you begged me to write for you
back then?
We don’t know.
I have no idea.
None of us dare to do so.
Mr. Du.
Stop the grumbling
and muttering.
Find someone who can talk.
I don’t know.
Mr. Du.
Our leaders made the decision.
You have written for the column
for more than half a year.
It’s all about reviews of theatric performance.
People don’t read that.
So our newspaper wants a change.
A change?
Please change to someone better than me.
What rubbish
is this?
I can do better even with my feet.
Well,
Mr. Du,
His literary talent is lame.
However,
the story is dramatic
and has more fun than yours.
People love reading this kind of articles.
-Right. We need to sell the newspaper. -Yeah.
Yeah.
We make a living off the newspaper.
Dramatic?
You think rumors dramatic?
Rumors?
There is no rumor.
All content of our newspaper
is based on truth.
-Right. Absolutely. -We have started no rumors.
Truth?
Open your ears.
Listen carefully.
“Shang Xirui,
in the gathering,
coquetted
and acted like a fool.
The way he behaved is so coy.
President Jiang kindly pointed that out,
yet he who is so ungrateful
beat and kicked Chairman Jiang.”
Bullshit.
Mr. Du.
If Shang Xirui kicked Jiang Rongshou,
do you think Jiang could stay alive?
Stop laughing.
As Peking Times, you fueled the rumors
and had this published.
Have your CEO known about it?
Now I know it.
Mr. Xue, Mr. Xue.
[Xue Qianshan]
Is this Mr. Du
who wrote reviews of theatric performance?
Exactly.
It’s me.
Indeed.
Mr. Du.
Please.
He has quite the temper.
Let me see.
You want to publish the article
to deny rumors of Shang Xirui.
No offense,
but in this way,
it seems you do this to serve private interests.
Besides, I have read the article
and find it not riveting.
Our readers may not like it.
Well, Mr. Xue,
please tell me
what do your readers like?
They usually like
gossips of celebrities
or fascinating anecdotes.
Fine.
Since you know your readers so well,
I wish nothing but
great sales and loads of money
for your newspaper.
Mrs. Cheng, you got up so early.
I didn’t sleep last night.
Is Mrs. Cao back?
She came back at three in the morning,
and said she will skip lunch.
Only one bowl of porridge is prepared?
Chacha’er has eaten?
Yes, she did.
Mrs. Cheng.
Mrs. Cheng, someone of the freight agency
came and said our silk is of high-value
and wanted final payment.
They block our door,
make a scene there
and said our imported wine is of wrong year.
They refuse to leave and…
Okay, stop.
Mr. Cheng often goes on business trips.
How could you be unable to deal with it?
To know the price of cargo,
just check the order list.
Don’t you understand?
They just came to make a scene.
Rumor has it that
Mr. Cheng has been killed by bandits
when he went on errands.
Recently,
people often come poking around
and want to sabotage.
I think
those at the door are an advance party.
Since we moved to Peking,
they have been envious of us.
They pretend to respect
and fear Mr. Cheng,
but would make troubles when there is sign of change.
But Mr. Cheng has really gone missing.
They are taking advantage of us being vulnerable.
Mrs. Cheng,
you can’t let them be like this.
You must come up with a solution.
Mr. Ma.
I’m your regular patron
and won’t bother without reason.
But this time,
the goods are of such high quality
that I can’t surrender more profits.
You could look at the goods.
Take the silk over here.
Please look at it.
The fabric,
weaving and color.
It is perfect in every way.
It’s great. Yeah.
After receiving silk of such good quality,
Cheng’s freight agency
pretends to be ignorant
and wants to deny final payment.
Can you imagine that?
Really?
What’s more,
about the wine I bought from you.
Take one bottle.
Look, the year is wrong.
Take a look.
Look at it. Look.
Take a look.
It’s true.
The year is wrong.
Tell me how would you deal with it?
Yeah, could we still trust you
and buy from you in the future?
You should deal with it.
What are you gonna do?
What about our business?
Right.
We are also doing business with you.
Okay, okay.
Listen,
well,
I can’t decide this.
Please don’t be too hard.
You will have the issue dealt with
after my boss comes back.
Your boss?
Your boss has gone missing for days.
We don’t even know if he is alive.
Right.
Wait for him to come back?
Do you know how to talk?
Please watch your tongue.
At the turn of the year, we pray for auspiciousness.
How could you
curse others like that?
Excuse me.
Move, please move.
Stop pushing, be cool.
Mrs. Cheng.
Who is she?
Could she solve the problem?
This is Mrs. Cheng.
Mrs. Cheng.
It turns out she is Mr. Cheng’s wife.
I’m afraid you have no say
in the business.
Yeah. Right.
You can’t decide.
Can you?
Mr. Han.
Bring the silk to me.
Yes.
I bet
this is the silk from Xiulong workshop in Hangzhou.
The weaving and technique is of high quality.
The silk is really good.
You have good taste, Mrs. Cheng.
The silk was first sold at five per bolt.
Given the unseasonable rain,
the price was reduced to 4.7.
This year its price is down to 4.4
due to railroads being built in other provinces.
What was your offer?
Never mind.
Since it’s the new year,
I don’t care about the little money.
No matter how much he wants,
give him
the final payment.
Yes.
The money
will mark an end
to our cooperation.
From now on,
we shall go separate ways.
We won’t have any contact in business.
And never thinking about
the business in Fanjiabu.
Mark my words.
Surely you can be in charge.
You are reasonable.
As to the wine,
I know nothing about that.
Mr. Ma.
Give him refund and take back our goods.
Our family won’t collapse
given our solid foundation.
Please get settled inside.
Why get settled since I come to take goods?
Please.
Come on, this way.
Let’s get settled.
Hurry up, get those loaded.
You, you…
Mrs. Cheng is so capable.
Come back.
Mrs. Cheng, Mrs. Cheng.
Well,
it’s common to have bummers
in business.
I’m just ignorant.
Please forgive my rudeness.
Mr. Niu.
You want a check or cash?
Please.
Let’s settle the bill.
I haven’t finished.
Mr. Cheng is now safe and sound.
Even if anything happens to him,
I, Fan Xiang’er, could take charge.
Is there anyone else who dares to
mess up with us?
Just bring it on.
Is this what your men can do?
Yes.
Idiots.
Who told me that Mrs. Cheng
isn’t in charge?
Usually she doesn’t take charge.
I didn’t expect it.
I wanted to teach them a lesson
and didn’t expect to screw it up.
Without Cheng Fengtai,
now there is this Mrs. Cheng.
Why is everyone of the Cheng family
so
hard to deal with?
What are you doing?
What can I do?
There is no way I can run with all you here.
I just want to know
what’s on your boss’s mind.
She wants to kill me,
but also entertains me.
What does she want to do?
Stop.
You should be quiet.
Stay there quietly.
I have a question.
Forget it.
I know nothing.
What?
They belong to my boss.
Do you think I’m an idiot?
It will be yours
if none of us discloses it.
Take it.
Here.
Your pants.
Put them in your pants.
Okay.
Now can I ask you something?
What do you want to know?
Where are my men?
The one wearing glasses who is next door.
Don’t worry.
They are the same as you.
Nothing to worry about.
Our boss told us
that you and your men
will be our in-laws.
In-laws?
Who?
Mr. Cheng.
Our boss wants to see you.
You look greater than me
in the clothes.
The sable coat is light and warm,
way better than those robbed.
Isn’t this one robbed?
Don’t you fear that I will kill you?
You won’t.
You have been treating me so well.
You won’t kill me.
You do have guts.
To be honest,
I have a crush on you.
If you want,
we will have sex tonight.
If you don’t…
What?
Have sex?
What?
Given my look,
my age,
my men and place,
am I not good enough for you?
Wait…
Dali,
are you kidding?
Your father and I were sworn brothers.
It’s not long after your father passed away.
How could I take
advantage of you?
Knock it off.
It’s just sleeping together for one night.
Are you sure you take advantage of me?
Don’t puff up.
I don’t understand.
The last time I saw you
was seven or eight years ago.
Back then,
you were
this high.
Girl,
did you
have a crush on me then?
Honestly,
my dad had someone tell his fortune ten years ago.
That person got it all right
about when and how my dad would die.
I asked that person to tell my fortune
and was told that I would have a guest from the south
with whom I would born a great son.
So, I will have an extraordinary son
with someone from the south.
So that the property of Laozi Ridge can be inherited.
Then what a coincident.
I got you.
Don’t you think it’s destiny?
Dali, that joke isn’t funny.
How could you believe in superstition?
Aren’t you my dad’s sworn brother?
Why call me your sister?
Yes.
Right, right.
My niece,
dear niece.
By the way,
what do you think about my brother-in-law?
The handsome boy kept next door to me
and wearing glasses.
He is cute, isn’t he?
He studies abroad
and has vast grassland.
He even has self-defense force.
Fangjiabu, do you know Fangjiabu?
He is the king of the border.
If you marry him,
you will be the queen.
Fangjiabu?
In the northeast?
No.
I need a man from the south.
How could you be sure it’s me?
You are the only man I know from the south.
Who else could it be?
It can’t be possible.
You are in charge of this place
and must know lots of men.
They are so timid and get scared
the crap out of them if I fire the gun.
They are not good-looking either.
They can’t be my son’s dad.
Why are you so hesitate?
Hurry up, let’s do it now.
You make it too casual.
At least
we need a bed.
No, no, no.
Boss.
What? I’m busy.
There are people…
Danger. There are people attacking Laozi Ridge.
It must be the Erjieba.
How dare he attack us.
I’m killing him.
Take this.
Don’t get blood on it.
Stay here.
Wait for me.
We agreed to go to Shanghai.
And you got off the train half the way.
I heard someone sing about Susan on the train.
So I wanted to come to Nanjing.
I must come here.
My girlfriend is waiting for me in Shanghai.
If she gets mad at me,
she will make a scene.
You didn’t need to follow me.
I would.
I’m responsible for taking care of you.
What if you get lost?
Shuiyun Theater won’t let me off the hook.
Never mind.
Nanjing is okay.
I’m familiar with this city.
Tell me what you like.
Are there any interesting places?
There are lots.
The nearby Temple of Confucius,
or those farther from us,
such as Xuanwu Lake
and Qixia Mountain.
It depends on your interest.
I could think of nothing.
There is one.
Why isn’t the battle over?
Don’t let my niece lose.
What are you talking about?
If my boss loses,
do you think you could still be like this?
You will be the hostage.
You won’t scare me.
Second Head Gu
couldn’t even hold for an hour
and was defeated by my niece.
He got neither men nor guns this time.
What else could he do?
Of course.
Although our head is female,
she is no worse than men
in riding horses or guns.
If it wasn’t for the little trick Erjieba played,
he didn’t stand any chance.
Why did it take so long?
Based on the sound of gunfire,
it doesn’t seem like shootout between bandits.
Bad news. Bad news.
Our head lost the fight.
Lost?
They sent a force to save you.
Your life is really valuable.
Don’t worry.
You didn’t hurt us.
I will speak out for you.
But I lost my men.
Mr. Cheng.
We are responsible for the insecurity of this place.
So many bandits run wild.
I’m sorry for that.
Childe Cao, you misunderstood.
This is a misunderstanding.
She is my niece
and her father just passed away.
She is sad
and wants me to stay longer.
My mistake.
Head Gu.
I’m sorry.
You killed my men.
Of course, you should be sorry.
I lost an adjutant
who graduated from the university of army.
He was worth all of your men.
You are so good at accounting.
Why not do business with Cheng Fengtai
instead of serving the army?
It’s not like that.
How about this,
since there is no feud between you
and no one intends to kill,
your loss
is blamed to unfortunate timing.
I will give five hundred silver dollars for each man dead.
I will have the money sent over when I’m home.
Head Gu,
what do you think?
If you don’t like this,
it’s military exploit to kill bandits.
Based on our rules,
ten silver dollars
for killing one bandit.
You won’t forget what you said, will you?
Even if you don’t believe me,
you should believe your father.
Do you think he would let me pass
if I have no credit?
How about him?
What if he comes back…
He
is the head of Cao’s army.
Do you think your place
is worth his massacre?
Fine, I believe you.
Sir,
the weather is bad.
We can’t carry the cannon in mountain.
You can spend the night here.
Spend the night here?
Better to get rid of an enmity than keep it.
I will have them prepare food and drinks
to calm Mr. Cheng’s nerves.
Okay.
Adjutant Sun, give my order.
Let them keep their impedimenta close
to them. No drinking.
Take some food and wait my order.
Yes.
♫With your tenderness between your eyes♫
♫You stand aside shyly. ♫
♫I can’t help loving you seeing you like this♫
Listen to it,
so fascinating.
Listen,
we are celebrities.
Don’t you think it’s shameful
for us to eavesdrop?
They ran out of tickets.
Let’s go.
Others may recognize us.
We came out to have fun.
Don’t put on airs.
♫And won’t care about being hurt. ♫
Okay, fine.
Who is it?
What are you doing?
Hurry up, ran.
Come on.
It’s your fault.
Where is that Cao from?
Shanxi.
From the south.
No wonder he washes feet before going to bed.
Seriously,
most places of China
is in the south of Laozi Ridge.
Nothing looks good
by comparison.
I thought you good yesterday.
But compared with Cao,
you look greasy
like a rogue.
No one wants you even for free.
Only man like him
is good enough to be my son’s dad.
Do you think he would like you?
Help me.
Or you won’t be able to leave.
Okay, with those food and drinks,
I can take a longer vocation here.
What do you want?
Strike a bargain.
Bring my men here to see me.
Please.
Fengtai.
Lei.
Mrs. Cheng.
Are you all right?
Good.
Why is the head
of Laozi Ridge changed?
Long story.
Fengtai.
Now we are out of danger.
When could be go back?
Lei, come back to Peking with me.
You may start after the Spring Festival.
The snow will thaw by then.
The work will be impeded
with meltwater in the cave.
I can’t thank you enough
for being so attentive.
All right, stop talking.
You have seen them.
You may transport goods through my place
based on previous rules.
But this batch of munitions belongs to me.
Okay.
You have it.
Lao Wu,
prepare food and drinks for our guests.
Yes.
This way,
please.
- We are going then. - Bye.
-Bye.
Let’s go.
Your appearance won’t do.
I need to go to your room
to see if there are any other clothes.
What’s wrong with this?
You shall listen to me
if you want Cao Guixiu.
Just these?
No clothes for girls?
This is a fur-lined coat.
It makes me look rich.
You don’t have to look rich.
I want clothes for girls.
Dress.
I used to wear it when I was little.
Not comfortable to run with that.
So I stopped wearing them.
Why did you run?
Shouldn’t run when I chase someone?
Didn’t you play that?
You may wear like this chasing to beat someone,
but not to win a man’s heart.
Got it?
What should I do?
No time to make one dress.
We can buy one in the town
if it didn’t snow.
I know what to do.
What are you doing?
Why are you taking off my clothes?
Nonsense.
Stop it.
You…
Look, is it okay?
Great.
Where did you get it?
Taken off from the hostage.
It’s still warm.
Yeah, it’s warm.
That’s it.
What are you doing?
Changing clothes.
Forget it.
Well,
you can change your clothes
after I leave.
Let me do your hair first.
My hair?
Wonton.
Hot wonton.
Wonton.
Mr. Chen.
Zhang, still in business?
It’s still early.
Come to my place this night.
Okay.
My uncle cares nothing
as much as his reputation.
All the people obey him,
except you.
You didn’t even pretend to obey.
And you dared to argue with him.
He despises my father
and calls me
bastard all the time.
I don’t care about his reputation.
Look,
you are too stubborn.
Anyway,
in our industry,
the most talented performers
are all stubborn
and never end up well.
Mr. Ning and Mr. Hou
are doing quite well.
They are top stars,
but still far from their end.
In terms of talent,
none of them is a match for Zhang Beidou.
Think about out grandmaster Zhang Beidou.
His family was broken. He was frozen to death
and had his body buried three days after death.
In any industry, those on the top
won’t be tolerated.
Here, here.
Miss,
your wine is as light as sugar water.
I want hard liquor.
Fine.
You win.
This is the last bottle of good wine.
Only for you.
Have a taste.
What?
You scared me.
Have a try.
Listen,
it’s the best for diversion.
Have a taste.
Have some wine and you will feel dizzy.
Then all worries are gone.
You will be as happy as a deity.
Drink that way.
Good.
Yeah, drink that way.
Great.
It tastes like water.
No fun at all.
The wine I drank with Cheng Fengtai was really good.
I don’t need you.
Go to his side.
Come on.
You don’t like wine,
or smoking,
or gambling.
You don’t even visit brothel.
What do you like?
You only love acting in the opera.
When you got cut out in theater,
your world collapsed.
Men should
love more than one thing
to divert attention.
In this way, when one thing
goes wrong,
you can still enjoy other things.
Right?
I don’t like anything else.
But I like delicious food.
That’s easy.
Guests.
Here is your salted duck.
All your dishes have been served.
Could you give me a pot of tea?
Okay.
Xirui, are you happy now?
Yes.
That’s right.
You should learn to have fun.
Spend money extravagantly
without a blink of an eye.
How great it feels.
We have made the money
and become famous.
If we don’t learn to enjoy it,
our efforts won’t pay off.
I feel great on stage.
No.
Nothing feels as great as when I’m on stage.
Fine, I can’t talk you out of it.
Let’s drink.
Drink.
It’s too cold out there.
You come at a good time, Mr. Cheng.
I have a book list.
Please help me find these books.
Those professional books have no Chinese versions
and have few copies.
I can’t find them in bookstore.
Either new or second-hand will do.
I can read both English and Russian.
Okay.
I can help you.
Mr. Cheng.
I came to save you despite the bad weather.
You owe me.
Of course.
I don’t need you to repay any favor.
I will pay you based on original price
for the guns you give me.
You won’t suffer loss.
What do you think?
Think about it.
You call me Mr. Cheng all the time.
I don’t think you regard me as a friend.
What are you doing?
Uncle.
You know when to yield and when not.
You are not a common man.