[English subtitles are available.]
Winter Begonia
Episode 39
Did anyone else read this letter?
I brought it to you immediately once I got it.
OK.
Give it to me.
You may go back.
OK.
Fengtai,
I’ve packed your luggage.
I’m not convenient to contact Cao Guixiu.
Did you ask it for me?
Yes.
It’s deal.
You take Japanese firearms and start off.
He’ll wait for you in Gu Dali’s village.
Hello?
Mr. Cheng.
This is Xue Qianshan.
Here’s something urgent.
What can’t be talked through the phone?
Why do you bother
coming here yourself?
Mr. Cheng. Have a look.
How did you get the photos?
I received these photos from an anonym.
Japanese think it’s a good chance
to advertise the friendship,
so these photos must be published.
So I come to tell you.
Even I can’t
decide such a thing.
Japanese are watching us.
Tell Mr. Shang
and make a plan in advance.
When will you publish these?
Tomorrow morning.
Mr. Shang.
Tell me the truth.
On the day we buried Xiao Lai,
Mr. Qiu showed you some photos.
What are the photos about?
Just a dinner.
With Du Luocheng
and Xue Zhicheng?
Do you know Kuyjo Kazuma?
Zumba?
You are interested in dance?
Be serious.
Besides eating,
what else did you do?
Drinking
and singing operas.
Also, I ate some cold rice rolls.
Mr. Cheng, what do you want to say?
Did you wear Japanese clothes
and play Japanese operas for Xue Zhicheng?
I think so.
Singing is OK.
But why did you wear Japanese clothes?
To explain the opera.
Why didn’t you tell me earlier?
What do I need to tell you?
I had fun
with some of my friends.
It’s not embarrassing.
Listen.
Buying the photos
with four gold bars
is stupid.
I’d rather be stupid!
Mr. Cheng, what do you want to say?
Come to the point.
Don’t beat around the bush.
Someone
sent these photos to Peking Times.
Xue Zhicheng
is named Kujyo Kazuma in fact,
the brother of General Kujyo.
You’ll be the headline tomorrow.
The best performer is a Japanophile.
There’s nothing you can do to make you clear.
The evidence is that I wore Japanese clothes?
Also,
when we were in Shanghai,
Xue Zhicheng was an official of scholar.
His family is nothing to do with me.
Xue Zhicheng is a soldier now.
This is the strongest evidence.
What the heck is it?
Xirui,
why were you
hurried to call me here?
Who on earth is Xue Zhicheng?
A friend of mine.
Kujyo Kazuma.
You’ve known it?
I didn’t lie to you on purpose.
Indeed.
Xue Zhicheng is a member
of Kujyo family.
But don’t worry.
Our two countries are in a war.
I won’t make friends with enemies.
Right?
But there’s
a story.
What’s the story?
Xue Zhicheng
was adopted by his uncle and aunt.
He went to Europe when he was four.
He had no interaction
with Kujyo family.
Now, the war is fierce.
His family forced him to take actions.
But this is not what he wants.
He would rather be hit by his brother
than go to the battlefield.
You both saw
his bruise clearly on that day.
Think about it.
How can we
have bias towards him
only because of his nationality,
the war
and the fear of rumors?
Come on, Mr. Du.
I thought
you were sharp-sighted
with wisdom.
I should have known it earlier.
Mr. Shang’s friend
must be like him.
You both are totally fools.
When
I began getting educated,
I read books of saints.
I was taught to live uprightly
without being afraid of gossips.
Yes.
Of course you are upright.
But did you ever think about it?
Mr. Shang is a star now.
Many people are trying to create rumors about him.
And now
the evidence is shown clearly,
not to mention it is related with Japanese.
Who will investigate
the story behind it?
Who will believe this?
The truth is truth.
How can’t I explain it?
I’ll clarify for Xirui,
OK?
Xirui,
don’t care the rumor.
The rumor is
like the hot tea in the pot.
When you touch it, it may burn you.
If you put it aside,
it will be cold later.
Don’t you know what time it is?
How can it be cold?
We are having a war!
Mr. Du.
As long as Japanese stay here,
the rumor won’t be cold.
Forget it.
Stop arguing.
I’ve been in this industry for more than a decade.
This is only one of my troubles.
Why are you shouting at me?
You!
Give an inch you run a mile.
What are you doing? Mr. Cheng.
Crazy.
What?
Why did you stop me!
He deserves a punishment!
Fighting with me?
The white can’t be black.
Why can’t I explain it clearly?
Without Xirui,
I would make you shut up forever.
Mr. Shang.
Mr. Du.
Long time no see.
When did you arrive in Peking?
Yesterday.
Xirui is at the backstage.
I didn’t come for him.
I came for you.
For me?
What’s the problem?
I’ve known
what happened these days.
What you said
is right.
But you shouldn’t be the one to say it.
The truth is truth.
The one who says it does not matter.
You are from a noble family.
You’ve been famous since you were a teenager.
Of course you don’t care
gossips.
But Xiyazi
needs the audiences’ support.
Xirui is the best performer.
Does he need to worry about that?
He is the best performer
when the audiences like him.
If he’s not well received one day,
no one will watch his performances.
Ruan Lingyu was very famous,
but she ended her life
because of gossips.
And this time,
the gossip about Xirui is much more serious.
Seems that I should have thought more.
Mr. Shang,
I hope Xirui
isn’t only a star
supported by audiences.
I hope his name lasts for hundreds of years.
I hope he’s brave
and tenacious
instead of being feared
and coward
under rumors.
Did you ask Xiyazi
whether he wants to be a person
that you expect?
You always say that I am silly.
He is worse than me.
It won’t work even if you killed him.
I’ll go to discuss this
with Xue Qianshan.
Don’t bother him.
He would take actions if he could.
Go back to rest.
You need to go on a long journey tomorrow.
I’ll solve
my own thing.
What ideas do you have?
I’ve been in this circle since my childhood.
I know their tricks
better than you.
Don’t worry. Mr. Cheng.
I was out of the crisis every time.
Just rest assured.
OK.
We have no choice.
After I leave,
don’t talk with anyone
who cottons up with you.
After I come back,
discuss with me about everything.
Play on the stage,
and leave once your performance is over.
People in Shuiyun Theater
are all big mouths.
Don’t talk much with anyone,
especially Du Luocheng.
He’s muddled.
When you...
Cut your crap.
What you said is like a gun without bullets.
None of your words
are useful.
I am confused with your words.
Go back.
Leader.
Stop laughing.
Higher.
Hold on.
How can you perform with such abilities?
Mr. Wang.
Mr. Shang.
I won’t bother you for long.
Why is this book again?
Sounds like you’ve read it.
Yeah.
Everyone’s known it now.
The photos in the newspaper
created a hot topic in Peking yesterday.
You must have known it.
It’s not the truth.
I didn’t read.
Come to the point.
Why did you come?
Once Opera News was spread,
Commissioner Liu
got a phone call at his office immediately.
He was extremely angry after that.
What was published is not true.
I didn’t do these things.
You are in the opera circle,
so the affair
and Japanese clothes are not big deals.
But the tricky issue
is that a Japanese officer is involved.
Opera News and Peking Times
support each other.
You have no way to explain.
After some days,
the rumor will be interpreted
as that
Commissioner Liu’s godson committed treason.
It will seriously stain
Mr. Liu’s reputation.
Please go back to Nanking with me,
which can keep Mr. Liu’s image
and help you be away from the disturbance.
My godfather’s eyes
are covered by
those rumor makers.
I can’t perform for Japanese.
Operas
are more important than my life.
Leaving Peking,
I have no way to go.
I can’t.
I’ve sent the words to you.
It’s up to you
how you’ll go.
I’m afraid
that you can’t bear the outcomes.
Taking back the lost lands
is what you officers should do first.
Xiangyun!
Show him out!
Brother.
Don’t you
think our godfather is muddled?
For such a little thing,
he’ll stop my career.
That’s totally false.
Our godfather is
muddled.
For such a little thing,
he’ll stop my career.
That’s totally false.
It’s not bad to leave Peking.
How come you also say so?
I told you before.
I don’t go.
The root of Peking operas is in here.
My career can’t be developed
if I leave Peking.
I am coward.
You take all the responsibilities of our family.
You are suffering for me.
You haven’t lived a good life for long.
I owe you anyway.
We are a family.
Don’t say that.
The worst result is
that I write to Mr. Liu
to cut our relationship.
So,
my bad reputation
won’t affect him.
Brother.
Why did you
go to Peking this time?
You are so busy.
Rarely can I see you.
For something urgent.
Xiyazi.
How much money do you have now?
About 700 or 800 thousand.
Could you give me?
OK.
Brother.
Are you in difficulties now?
Tell me
about your issue.
Let’s think about a way together.
Give me some time.
I’ll tell you at a right time.
Sands are in my eyes.
Cheers.
I am Shang Xirui.
Please protect
Shuiyun Theater to be safe
and prosperous
and our world to be calm
and peaceful.
His hands are burned when offering incense.
This may be ominous.
Start!
Bravo!
♫ Alas ♫
Bravo!
What are you watching?
Are you afraid that our leader makes mistakes?
I feel it’s weird.
♫ The calling makes Susan fear ♫
What’s weird?
Everything goes well.
Look at the people over there.
They don’t look like normal audiences.
Stop singing!
Everybody!
Shang Xirui wore Japanese clothes
and sang Japanese operas.
This is too shameless!
Look.
What are they doing?
Look.
Shang Xirui wore Japanese clothes.
♫ I am afraid of going ahead ♫
It’s Shang Xirui.
Why did he wear Japanese clothes?
Look how he dressed up.
Have a look.
[Shang Xirui Performs Japanese Operas in Japanese Clothes at a Japanese Restaurant]
Shang Xirui wore Japanese clothes.
Shang Xirui
sang Japanese operas.
I can’t believe it.
Shang Xirui is this kind of person?
Traitor! Shang Xirui! Get lost!
Get lost!
Get out!
They came to make troubles.
Yes.
Go down.
Stop singing.
♫ God ♫
Stop singing!
You performed Japanese operas.
Shame on you.
Go down!
♫ God ♫
Get lost!
Stop singing!
Go down!
♫ I, Susan ♫
♫ Am wronged ♫
♫ But today ♫
You did such a shameful thing.
You are wrong?
Zhou Xiangyun. Call the police.
Hurry.
Go down!
Leader!
Hit him!
Use all of your strength!
Hit!
Leader! Leader!
Stop! Stop!
What are you doing?
How dare you fight?
Stop fighting!
Stop!
Leader!
Stop!
Leader! Leader!
Stop!
Hurry.
How dare you hit our leader!
-Don’t move! -You deserve this.
How dare you?
Stop fighting!
Police is coming!
Don’t move.
Stand up.
Stop.
Master.
Are you okay?
Mr. Shang.
Why is he on the ground?
Who is the bully?
Who should we arrest?
You ask us?
They bullied us with an advantage of number.
Of course arrest them.
They started fighting.
We fight back since we had no choice.
But they are weaker than what we thought.
OK.
Arrest them!
The others leave here!
Stand up
Stand up.
Go. Go.
Hurry.
Hurry to go.
Go. Hurry.
Go. Go.
Go.
-Hurry! -Go!
I went down the stage before the opera’s finished.
If my dad’s still alive...
What is he murmuring?
He would hit me to death.
Master.
What were you murmuring?
Master! Master!
Master.
Leader. Leader.
Leader.
Mr. Cheng.
Some ones over there.
Don’t take your gun out.
They are bandits.
Bandits?
Will they rob us?
I dealt with bandits here.
I give them enough money every year.
Bringing troubles to us
must be
their last choice.
They move so fast.
It will cost us a lot of time
if we have a fight.
Now you know why Mr. Sakata
asked me to transport the goods in person.
He is foreseeable.
What are you writing?
Ignore me
if it’s about military secrets.
Actually, it’s nothing special.
I recorded the geography and people here.
Mr. Sakata asked me to
record every detail
of here.
Including what I do, right?
It’s OK.
This is your duty.
I understand.
What did our dad tell you?
Performers’ face can’t be hurt.
Why do you always fight against others
driven by impulse?
What if a scar is left?
What?
Does this medicine work?
The doctor said
that this prescription...
Buy 0.2 kilos of radix bupleuri
in Tongrentang
to calm
your leader.
Master.
This is the pork elbow you ordered.
And the newspaper?
What newspaper?
I told you to bring newspaper
and the pork back together.
I forgot.
Is something wrong with your brain?
Go to buy it!
A little thing can make you shout?
Is this what a master should do?
I want warm water.
Master.
The fire is off.
The water is cold.
Xiao Lai is not here.
I can’t even have some warm water.
What are you waiting for?
Heat up the water.
Massage yourself.
You didn’t forget the newspaper, did you?
The ink is still on your hands.
Mr. Shang, look.
Don’t let your master see it.
Do you want to die?
Xirui?
Are you performing?
Get up.
Hitting your fans.
Great.
Let me read it for you.
Shocking!
Shang hits his fans.
It’s absurd.
He’s ashamed into anger.
Listen.
How great you are.
You hit your fans.
What else?
Are you really uncomfortable?
What else in the newspaper?
Also, they say
you don’t dare to replay the question.
You’re ashamed into anger
and use violence to your fans.
You behave overconfidently
and arbitrarily.
There’s another newspaper.
Look what you did.
Somehow,
those die-hard fans
speak Shang’s shocking secret out,
and that’s why they suffer the violence.
Every word is like a knife stabbing in the heart.
Look at you.
You’ve been in this circle for many years.
I think you’ve been used to the sharp words.
Why did you hit them?
What’s the matter?
Xirui.
Help!
What’s the matter?
Why are you vomiting?
What’s the matter?
What’s wrong with my master?
What’s wrong with your master?
Are you dumb?
Say something!
I should have thought more.
Damn it.
When your master’s recovered,
I’ll visit him again.
My master has a bad temper,
but he always says that we rely on audiences.
He wouldn’t use violence to them without a reason.
Mr. Du.
I mean no offense.
You are my master’s close friend.
If even you don’t trust him,
cheated by the rumors,
few people in this world
can understand him.
I am so stupid.
Xirui!
It’s my fault!
I’m sorry!
I can’t face your master now.
Take care of him.
You have nothing to vomit now.
Master, where are you going?
Give me the phone.
Did you vomit your memory out?
Is here a phone?
There’s a restaurant at the crossroad.
They have a phone.
What?
Look how weak you are.
Wait.
Master, who are you calling?
Let me help you.
Fan Lian.
Come on.
Lean on it.
Take care.
I’m calling Cheng Mansion.
Who will you talk to?
Mr. Fan.
He’s not here. Could you tell me your name?
I’ll tell him after he’s back.
Tell him that Mr. Shang has something with him.
Thanks.
Every fifteen minutes, no...
Call him every ten minutes.
Do as what he said.
Call him every ten minutes.
I’ve told you. He’s not here.
No one’s here.
What the heck?
Pretend to be mysterious.
Strange.
What are you whispering?
There’s something you don’t know.
A man surnamed Shang called here for Mr. Fan
for about seventeen times.
Take the receiver off.
Don’t answer
Shang’s phone call.
OK.
Master.
No...
Where is Cheng Fengtai?
When will he come back?
Mr. Cheng. Mr. Cheng. Mr. Cheng.
You promised that this way is totally safe.
How can you explain now?
They are bandits.
How can they keep their promise?
First of all,
don’t let them know
that you are Japanese.
Otherwise, even I can’t protect you.
Can’t your money work?
They can get money if they let us go,
and they can get fame if they kill us.
They are the winners anyway.
If we lose
these goods,
Mr. Sakata
will kill all the people in here.
They are bandits
who live in the mountains.
When they hide themselves in the mountains,
your army can’t
even see their shadows.
Won’t we
do anything but wait for our death?
Isn’t there a way?
Don’t worry.
Let me think about it.
Cheng Fengtai!
Our chief wants you.
Get up!
Untie me.
Go.
Lock the door.
I see.
I know.
Like leader like subordinates.
They were not gentle at all.
We can’t make any mistakes.
Otherwise, how can the Japanese be cheated
since they are cunning?
Be... Be gentle.
Dali.
Give me some good food
to supplement my nutrition.
On my way,
I took two Japanese
to pass the hardest path,
which exhausted me.
Serve!
After several days,
send some men
to ask for ransom in my family.
Demand an exorbitant price.
Push my sister
to argue with Sakata.
My brother-in-law needs to know
how Japanese bully his family.
He’ll make them suffer.
Here.
After several days?
I’m afraid
that you must go before the day breaks.
What do you mean?
I mean,
you continue your journey
and give Japanese these goods.
Don’t be late.
You must be insane.
You let me be a traitor?
I’d rather serve the bandits.
Your words are harsh.
You are a wealthy businessman.
You don’t need to offend Japanese.
After this journey,
you can take your family abroad,
living your carefree life.
Wealth doesn’t mean everything.
Honor and self-esteem
are also essential.
Overseas,
I’m not lack of money, but I’m lack of warmness.
Is that life?
That’s being banishing.
I don’t go
if there’s still a way.
Mr. Cheng,
you are with integrity.
No wonder your business is big.
I know you didn’t lie.
Let me tell you the truth.
Do you really think Sakata wants the goods?
Don’t take Japanese as fools.
This is a test.
If you lose these goods,
Sakata will suspect you.
So you must arrive on time.
It’s better if you arrive earlier.
Sorry, I don’t understand.
These goods are not important
to Sakata.
He forced you to transport to test
whether you and this way are reliable.
You asked Gu Dali to rob the firearms.
At most, Sakata
loses an artery.
It’s not serious for him.
How do you know
what Sakata means?
My father gave me this tip-off.