[English subtitles are available.]
Winter Begonia
Episode 17
Mr. Cao, you take temporary setbacks.
This is not an ordinary man can do.
Uncle.
You are doing business of firearms.
The duck knows first when the river becomes warm in spring.
Do you know
when we can get peace again?
The Republic government is in power,
but it exists in name only.
The warlords have the real power.
Also,
some of our regions are taken by foreigners.
British, American, Japanese...
They can’t even be numbered.
To be pessimistic,
50 years.
To be optimistic,
more than 10 years.
10 years?
10 yeas!
My hair turns gray.
I’m so bored with these goof soldiers.
Without some fights,
I can’t survive.
It’s not your style.
I thought you enjoy
staying in the barrack.
Yes, I like fighting.
I feel bored once I finish a battle.
It’s extremely boring.
You miss home?
But the barrack is your home, isn’t it?
You want women.
It’s so cold in this dress.
Have you finished your talk?
My lady.
You’ve shown your true color
before you go in.
Unbuckle.
What?
Listen to me.
Why do you dress neatly?
Don’t move.
It was not easy to get to the point.
OK.
Alright.
Smile.
No, no, no.
It’s not like this.
Smile. Do you understand?
Smile.
It’s like it.
OK.
What?
Mind your words.
Got it.
This dress.
Remember to smile.
Smile.
OK. OK. OK.
♫ These musical instruments ♫
♫ Never know how sad I am ♫
♫ The secular things can’t disturb me ♫
You are all hearing.
It’s not easy
to listen to such good Kun opera
in China now.
♫ I have a story ♫
♫ To tell you ♫
♫ Please calm down to listen to it ♫
♫ Let me sing Qin Huai for you ♫
[Liu Hanyun]
♫ Calm down and listen to me ♫
♫ Listen to my story ♫
♫ The blossom falls ♫
Whose boat is it?
♫ My sadness is shown on my face ♫
That’s a boat of Chen Renxiang, Mr. Chen.
No wonder.
Xiang.
You didn’t come to me when arriving in Nanking.
Here is your paradise.
I...
I’m accompanying a guest.
What guest?
Here, Yueling.
Let me introduce him to you.
The best performer of female roles,
Shang Xirui, Mr. Shang.
Mr. Shang.
I always hear
your name
in Nanking.
I’m flattered.
Obviously, he’s a virgin. Bummer.
I still want you.
You did you shave your hair?
What’s wrong with them?
Why they all like touching my head?
Who?
Who dares touch your head?
Can anyone touch
my Xiang’s head?
Your girlfriend?
Keep your hands to yourself.
Pretend decency?
But when you were on my bed...
What?
After having a girlfriend,
you forget me?
All in all,
if you go with me tonight,
I’ll shut my mouth.
If you don’t,
I’ll say all
your things out.
Chen Renxiang.
I go with you.
Mr. Shang.
I...
I need to leave for something.
Mr. Shang.
Let me fill your cup.
I meant
no offense.
Here. Mr. Shang.
I’ll do it myself.
Mr. Cheng.
Everything is ready.
Everyone is waiting for us.
Thanks.
Start off!
Go.
Are you leaving?
Yes.
Meat pies and eggs.
Have some on your way.
Don’t complain that I didn’t treat you well.
Did you prepare for me?
Of course.
How was your last night?
His wrist is thin,
but it’s strong in fact.
Why hasn’t he woken up?
Was he hurt by your vigor
last night?
I don’t think so.
Sounds that you are not sure.
Uncle!
Let’s go.
You don’t...
You don’t have breakfast?
No.
OK.
I’ll go.
-See you. -See you.
That woman likes you.
I...
I can’t see it.
Look how you rewarded me.
This woman is wider than Russian.
Gu Dali did it?
It looks painful.
Can the foreign dentists in Tientsin
install it back?
I don’t think so.
I don’t know such a technique.
Yap!
Uncle.
How’s everything going with your Cave Liuxian?
Not bad.
You know Cave Liuxian.
My sister told you?
I don’t need to bother her.
Once the German Doctor
entered China,
I’ve kept an eye on him.
Gu Dali was still merciful to you.
She should have cut your neck.
Mr. Cheng,
let’s bid a goodbye here.
The road is rough.
You don’t need to come to come again.
See you when the cave is repaired.
Lei.
I’m not good at
lip service.
In short,
I really appreciate it.
[Happy New Year to citizens in Peking]
[Luck]
It’s alright.
Take care.
Mr. Cheng.
Finally, you are back.
It’s hard to survive.
Why are you crying?
Who bullied you?
No one bullied me.
I...
I feel sad for our leader.
Mr. Cheng is back!
Fengtai.
-Fengtai. -I’m back.
I miss you so much.
Finally you are back.
You gained weight.
This is a gift for you.
Your gifts
and our son’s gifts
are in the cases.
Madam, aunt, Miss Cheng.
Happy New year.
The same to you.
Thanks, Mr. Cao.
What did he call me?
-Aunt? -Aunt.
Fengtai, are you all right?
I still have my whole body
and my breath.
I can also talk to you.
Do you think I’m okay?
Well, you look not bad.
You lived well,
but we were worried about you much.
Darling.
You have a chat.
I’ll tell cooks to make more dishes.
I go with you.
Put the gifts inside.
Xiang’er
was waiting for you for a whole day.
All the dishes
were prepared by her.
When you were not at home,
she took care of everything.
To tell you the truth,
she can really handle things well.
I only knew
that she was a legend in her hometown.
And this time,
I saw how capable she is.
It’s not easy for you to praise someone.
You should compliment her
in front of her.
I was worried to death.
How come you are cheeky?
Go take a shower. It’s stinky.
Mr. Cao, where are you going?
Your family is influential,
so it’s best that you stay aside of something.
I’ll cope with things for you.
Talk to you later.
Go to have dinner.
Go.
[Jiang Mansion]
Sir, did you come to visit friends or pick a quarrel?
Pick a quarrel.
Don’t wait.
Let’s go in together.
Wait.
But I need to remind you.
First come, first served.
I can’t kill them after all.
How about you deal with your thing
after mine is settled?
Today is New Year’s Eve.
Let’s raise our cups.
Wish Mr. Jiang
healthy and happy
forever.
Happy New Year.
Excuse me.
Mr. Jiang.
Have a seat.
Happy New Year to you.
Mr. Du.
Did Du Hanlin wake up?
You don’t stay with Du Hanlin at home at New Year’s Eve,
but come here to perform?
Thanks for caring about my father.
He is very healthy.
And he won’t leave before you.
Also,
I didn’t come with them.
After my thing’s done,
talk to them.
Mr. Jiang.
At the Opera Association,
you made me really embarrassed.
So today
I come to argue on it.
Let’s talk about the indenture
of Shuiyun Theater’s performers.
By the way,
I brought you a book.
Have a look.
Du Contract Social written by Rousseau.
What?
Let me read for you.
This book was written by a French master,
Rousseau.
It’s a good book.
In the Chapter 3.
Well.
The social order
should be based on contract
instead of force.
The most powerful one should turn contract into power,
and turn power into service.
You don’t understand?
To be precise,
you are a powerful man,
but you can’t use force...
Stop. Stop.
Who are you?
I think you are in league
with this old guy.
Cut your crap.
I am Du Luobin,
a writer for Shang Xirui.
A well-educated one.
You said what we can’t use?
Rousseau said it. We can’t use force.
We can’t use force.
Now!
What will you do?
-I tell you. -Dad.
We still need force on something.
But,
the force is not him,
but me.
No, no, no.
Take it down. Who are you?
-Why are you here? -No, no, no.
I forgot to introduce myself.
I am Cao Guixiu.
I come
to visit you for Mr. Cheng.
Cheng Fengtai asked you to come?
For what?
Stop your nonsense.
No, no, no.
Just tell me
whether Shang Xirui did unethical things?
You extort a confession.
I’ll sue you.
I ask you again.
Did Shang Xirui
do unethical things?
Dad.
No.
Speak loudly!
Let everyone hear it.
No.
Who?
Shang Xirui
didn’t do unethical things.
Dad. Dad.
Fine.
Don’t
break your words in future.
If you deny it,
I’ll come to you again.
Don’t. Don’t.
Don’t say you confessed under my force.
In Pingyang,
my dad put a gun to
Shang Xirui’s head
and let him choose one between life and opera.
He chose opera.
No, no.
People changing views according to circumstances like you
-Dad. -deserve to frame Shang Xirui?
Don’t forget
what I said today.
Dad!
Are you okay? Dad.
-Dad. -Go.
Mr. Jiang.
I don’t think this book is useful to you.
Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang.
Are you all right?
Dad,
let’s sue him.
Nonsense.
Who did he say he is?
Cao Guixiu.
His father is Commander Cao.
Once you sue him,
you’ll lose your life.
So we just submit to humiliation
on the New Year’s Eve?
We can’t.
Shang Xirui.
I’ll see
how long Cheng Fengtai can protect you?
Uncle.
Tell me if you have
such a good thing.
Even if Shang Xirui was a cannibal,
I could solve the problem for you.
There’s no one
who I can’t deal with in Peking.
Mr. Shang
doesn’t have such a good appetite.
But no matter what,
I really appreciate your kindness.
Uncle.
I helped you on two big things.
You just appreciate me in words?
I care you just like
I care Mr. Shang.
I’ll pay your soldiers’ salary this year.
Uncle, play possum?
Madam!
What did you want to tell uncle?
Be good. It’s all right.
Fengtai.
Come with me.
I agreed with Cao Guixiu
that you give him firearms
as long as he saved you out.
You did it in haste.
You shouldn’t have promised him.
I saved you,
but you are blaming me?
I know you worried about me.
But
you’ve put me in dilemma.
Don’t worry.
Just help him.
I’ll speak for you
to Commander Cao.
They are father and son.
So they can’t be enemies.
I don’t fear that Commander Cao knows it.
What do you fear?
You fear that Cao Guixiu doesn’t give you money?
Rest assured. He has money.
I fear nothing.
I just don’t want to be close to Cao Guixiu.
You don’t need to do business with him for your life.
Only once or twice.
Refuse him with some reasons
in future.
You don’t even listen to me?
Meixin.
Cao Guixiu said that
Commander Cao pretends to support the northeast
and is in league with Japanese in fact.
He said he’s the one who’s really anti-Japanese.
Of course I don’t believe him
without any evidence.
But he must have evil intentions
to say such words.
Meixin,
how do I dare be close with him?
What does he want?
How can he frame his dad?
Madam,
did you persuade Cheng Fengtai?
Cao Guixiu,
you hate that I married your dad
and always oppose him.
Commander Cao ignored
the little things.
But now, you said that he does business with Japanese.
How come you framed him of this?
I framed my dad of this?
Cheng Meixin.
Who do you think you are?
And who do you think I am?
Who are you?
The one who protects our country.
You? Who believes it?
I’ll make you believe.
You must be tired lately.
Look, you lost weight.
But you look more beautiful.
No.
Nothing changed.
Your son and I lived well.
I also think so.
You turn your back on me now.
I should have
died in Laozi Ridge.
Don’t.
You should come back.
You need to go to the theater.
That’s your business.
I don’t go.
There is full of the sounds of musical instruments
Their voice is even louder
than bugles of Commander Cao.
I’m not willing to go.
Look at you.
Darling.
Xiang’er.
There’s no regret
after you decide something.
The business of Shuiyun Theater is a dream of mine.
Please.
Mr. Cheng.
The freight agent has something urgent.
Something urgent?
How urgent is it?
Mr. Ma is worried to death.
He said the Mr. Cao came.
We just finished the dinner.
Cao Guixiu comes to make trouble.
Can he stop tonight?
Have a sleep. I’ll be back later.
Wait for me.
What’s the matter, Mr. Cao?
You asked me out
on such a cold evening.
Nothing special.
I’m worried that you are
unsatisfied with my two gifts.
So I prepared the third one.
You let your man surround my storage just to give me a gift.
I don’t deserve this.
Don’t say that
until you see it.
A Japanese gun.
Where is it from?
Have a guess.
I heard that the bandits in the north are savage.
They even dare to rob Japanese soldiers.
You did it?
How wise you are.
This is a booty
or an evidence?
If you believe me,
take it as an evidence.
I only believe that you fight against Japanese.
That’s enough.
I’ll prove the rest
when there’s a chance.
As long as you take me as your friend.
We are more than friends.
We ate dinner
on the New Years’ Eve.
What a comfortable sentence.
Mr. Shang.
Mr. Shang, did you hear that?
Liu Hanyun asked me to perform at his mansion.
Who is Liu Hanyun?
You don’t know him?
He is only second to the chairman in Nanking.
He’s just an official.
Are you so happy just for performing for an official?
You know nothing.
Liu Hanyun knows opera well.
He watched many good performances.
In Peking,
do you know who he supports?
Ning Jiulang, Mr. Ning.
Many people support Ning Jiulang.
He’s different.
Ning Jiulang said Mr. Liu
knows opera.
Few people
are recognized by Jiulang.
How about
you
go to perform with me?
No.
How can I let others know that I’m in Nanking?
I won’t have a peaceful life.
I can disguise like your servant.
No one will notice it.
I just want to know who he is.
OK.
Mr. Shang serves me.
I’m really
flattered.
Happy New Year.
Thanks.
You can’t rest on New Year’s day.
And I made you worried a whole night.
Thanks for your efforts.
Let me give you bonus.
Bonus.
Happy New Year, Mr. Cheng.
Thanks, Mr. Cheng.
Happy New Year, Mr. Cheng.
-Thanks, Mr. Cheng. -Thanks, Mr. Cheng.
Say “thank you” to Mr. Cheng.
Thank you, Mr. Cheng.
Thanks.
OK.
Go back to work.
OK.
Be cheerful since you got bonus.
Mr. Ma.
Alright.
Mr. Cheng.
This is last year’s account.
Because of Mrs. Cheng,
everyone is afraid to offend Cheng’s or Fan’s.
So no one dared act rashly.
What’s more, Mr. Cheng didn’t reduce the price.
She said the price might rise.
[Account book of freight agent]
The clients were afraid of that,
so they made orders
before this year.
Really?
Once Mrs. Cheng came to solve this problem,
those troublemakers didn’t dare say anything.
Without a fight,
this was settled.
I know.
After my journey,
you’ve been subdued by Mrs. Cheng.
Maybe this company’s name
should be changed into Fan.
Mrs. Cheng is really capable.
She surprised us.
Fan’s did business of freight for many years.
The experiences are rich.
Many big companies are in her town.
If she was a man
and became the leader,
her family
didn’t need to move here.
By the way.
Did you sell the gems from Burma?
No.
They are still in the safe box.
Let me have a look.
OK.
Here.
This red one is the best.
The color is pure,
and the size is the biggest.
This can be a good button.
Is this for Mrs. Cheng?
She was worried about me
and also solved my problems.
I must choose a good gift
to make her happy.
Your care is the biggest gift
for her.
By the way,
the uniform for Miss Cheng...
Mr. Cheng, it’s prepared well.
Mr. Liu.
Happy New Year.
Good.
This is a family party.
Don’t be nervous.
Mr. Chen, take it easy.
So,
Mr. Liu, please order an opera.
I don’t like the operas
on the list.
Please sing
Chaoyuan Song.
Chaoyuan Song?
It’s Kun opera.
It’s also call Chaoyuan Order?
Yes.
♫ These musical instruments ♫
♫ Never know how sad I am ♫
Mr. Chen.
Did you perform like this for the emperor?
I didn’t sing Kun opera for years.
Sorry that I didn’t prepare well.
It’s the Republican Period.
Why do you still easily kneel?
Stand up.
Have some tea and prepare for it.
I wait for you here.
OK.
Mr. Chen.
You can’t
make mistakes again.
Don’t worry.
You will
be satisfied.