[English subtitles are available.]
Winter Begonia
Episode 44
Miss Cheng.
Fengtai.
Don’t go.
What are you doing?
Fengtai.
You…
Chacha'er. How can you do this to your brother?
How can you shoot at him?
Get back!
Fengtai.
Get back!
Fengtai.
Mr. Shang.
I’m really sorry.
I know
all the disasters and troubles
happened because
of me.
Now,
are your ears
all right?
Are you all right?
Let’s forget about the sufferings
and talk about you.
I’ve asked about your family.
The Kujyo family
is a big noble family in Japan.
The war
is incited and supported by your family.
After the war starts,
all men in the family
will surely risk their lives.
With this kind of family,
you are actually very poor.
You elder brother
is very unreasonable.
Nobody should force his own younger brother
to join the army.
In order to not join the army,
I’ve been hiding
in the alien office in Rehe
a while ago.
But my brother
took me back to Peking,
handing me over to Sakata.
And
he scolded me for being deserter.
If I do it the next time,
I will be executed by shooting.
You are doing things disgraceful.
People’s dying in battle
is just kind of punishment.
You grew up in Europe,
but you will be punished for the Japanese.
Which one is better?
Think it over.
No.
Not us.
I’m not in.
I will never join in the army.
Shang.
Please trust me.
Enough. Say no more.
To be honest,
You were watching secretly on that day
and cried that much.
They told me about it.
I recognized you at that time.
You dared not to see me.
I was too embarrassed to call you.
We don’t know each other very much.
So we should never
see each other again.
No.
No. No.
Shang.
Trust me.
I really won’t attend the war.
Shang.
This gentleman...
Shang.
Please stop crying
and leave here.
I’ve been in Shuiyun Theater for years.
But I never saw you.
We have just performed peacefully.
But how did you cause such a big trouble
once you appeared.
Almost 100 people here will suffer because of you.
If I were you,
I will feel ashamed by crying here.
I will just go home and cry secretly.
Just go.
Don’t come again.
He just took a photo with you,
but his ears were injured and he got shot.
If we cotton up to you,
we may be killed.
Leave here.
Come on. Leave.
Enough.
Leave here. Hurry.
Come on.
Will this be OK?
Mr. Cheng.
Please wait.
I will take a look.
It’s weird.
This village
doesn’t have anybody, either.
How about we leave for the next village?
You’ve said the same words for several times.
We really
can't find a place for some hot water?
It really doesn’t have.
I don’t believe it.
Mr. Cheng.
All people were killed.
Almost all our people have been killed.
Mr. Ge.
Let’s find some planks
and buried them.
OK.
Bro.
Today is a normal day.
Why are you buying me such a big meal?
What else do you want?
I will buy for you.
Enough.
You came for me in a sudden
and bought such a big meal.
You must come for something.
Have the meal first.
We will talk about it later.
Here.
After coming to Peking,
you have neither taken the stage
nor taught the martial arts.
If you don’t come for money,
I even can’t see you.
I thought
you’ve gone out for many years,
and you know how far to go and when to stop.
So I didn’t ask too much.
But now,
I’d say you should be careful.
Peking is now in a mess.
Over the years you’ve been in Peking,
you have experienced a lot.
And you are as experienced as me
in social experience.
Right.
I do have a thing
that needs your help.
Cheers.
Sixi'er of Yunxi Theater,
you know him, right?
Yes.
Why are you mentioning?
He died last night.
His body is now in the temple.
The Theater of Opera Association is discussing
how to arrange his funeral.
Mr. Hou Yukui
is a highly respected elder of the opera circle.
On his funeral,
every one hid and avoid it.
Sixi'er was rather irritating during his lifetime.
But the opera circle would like to arrange it.
They are discussing
who will direct the funeral.
For Jiang Dengbao’s reason,
Jiang Rongshou
won’t participate in.
Others are not really willing to do it
after hearing that it spends money.
So,
I’m thinking
Shuiyun Theater can do it.
I know
Sixi'er
brought you a lot of troubles over the years.
But this is not for him.
It’s for me.
Anybody else is in the room?
A bro
offended the Japanese,
so he is hiding here.
I want to take him
out of town
when you take Sixi’er’s coffin out.
I have to see him.
Let Mr. Shang come in.
Come.
Mr. Shang.
I’m pleased to meet you.
You know me?
I watched your performance before.
Sir, you are injured,
but you look charming.
You must be an expert
or an officer.
You are flattering me.
The Japanese will lift the ban tomorrow
and the traffic will be resumed.
It’s the best chance.
I will let him pretend to be a relative of Sixi’er.
You just leave the funeral
to us.
We take the coffin out of town
in the name of Shuiyun Theater
and take him out at that time.
OK. Just do it.
I will provide you with both manpower and money.
Mr. Shang.
I’ve brought you trouble,
Mr. Shang,
thank you.
You are welcome.
I can do
anything my brother asked.
Make it ready.
Two days later,
we will go out of town.
Fengtai,
how do you feel?
This place
is good enough to call it a fictitious land of peace.
It’s a charming place.
But there aren’t a lot of people.
The ordinary people
don't come here?
People can be faster than the car
and the soldiers.
Anyone who can run here
is lucky.
What’s this?
Bomb?
Don’t touch it.
These are bio weapons.
There are 100 batches
from Shandong to Northeast China
via the mountains without knowing by the world.
These are goods that Kujyo will deliver.
So Cave Liuxian
must be blown up.
Have a look.
Here and here.
Get out.
Nobody is allowed to come in
without my order.
Yes, sir.
Fengtai,
sit down.
I can give you the secret of Cave Liuxian.
But I need to know the details
about how to execute it.
Fengtai,
I have to keep some of the plans from you.
You only need to know blowing up Cave Liuxian
is good
for the country as well as the people.
Forget about it.
For the country and people?
I would be lucky enough
if I can protect the whole family.
It’s hard to be a hero.
But it’s harder to be a bad guy.
I cherish life and have desire for wealth.
But if you ask me to help the Japanese,
I can’t do it.
Fengtai,
you are a man among men
and can carry great things.
You are marvelous.
I don’t know how to fight in the battlefield.
I won’t ask if you don’t say it.
If we can kill Kujyo this time
and Sakata will lose his support,
I will have a way to live.
But if Kujyo gets back alive,
he will doubt me.
In that case, I’m going for wool
and coming home shorn.
If Kujyo doesn’t die,
I can kill myself for you.
Except the places Mr. Lei mentioned,
I add some rebars
in this place.
Ask your men
to prepare more explosives.
You left room for manoeuvre?
Mr. Lei is not my man.
And you didn’t trust me before.
If I left no room,
what should I do when anything happens?
You are really
a cunning man.
I did a sum in my head.
The explosive is not enough,
to blow up the cave.
You can take a lot of explosive to do it
if you don’t trust Mr. Lei.
Of course I trust him.
Combining traditional technologies and modern science,
it’s great.
But Fentai,
you have to go with them
in order to make sure there is no risk.
It only works if Sakata agrees.
Don’t worry about that.
If you agree,
I will have way.
Mr. Shang.
I have to say
the rumors still haven’t ended
and you are still in trouble.
But why are you doing this for Sixi’er?
Lay down the coffin.
The sergeant says
that the coffin smells wrong.
Open and check it.
Sergeant.
Sergeant. Sergeant.
Sergeant.
Sir.
Can I talk to you a minute?
This way, please.
Bro.
How about we don’t go out today?
Let’s go back to the temple.
If we don’t go out today,
I’m afraid we won’t have another chance.
The things in it
can’t wait longer.
It’s not Sixi’er in the coffin?
In the coffin,
it’s not only Sixi’er.
Penicillin.
Morphine.
Quinine.
Why are you so confused?
How can you hide such a big issue from me?
Mr. Shang.
It’s because I took my own course.
You brother
was unable to dissuade me.
You went your own way?
Because of this,
you implicate the Theater of Opera Association in?
You think your men are lives,
but that of the Theater are not?
Could you please
put in a good word for me?
Knock it off.
If anything happens,
should I or you be responsible for it?
I…
Open it.
No way.
Stay out of way.
Stop.
-Leader! -Leader!
I want to see KujyoKazuma.
Fengtai,
you can stay for some more days.
I have something greater to show you.
No. Enough.
Enjoy it yourself.
I have a family in Peking.
There are a lot of things to do.
Staying in Peking as a hostage,
does Meixin fear?
She is much braver than me.
She is not only brave,
but also decisive,
and adaptable to circumstances.
She’s much better than man.
Cao Guixiu,
are you still concerned about Meixin?
Peking is still in a state of siege.
Anybody entering or going out of town
needs to show the permit.
When will they lift the ban?
The Japanese are catching the anti-espionage team.
No matter what the result is,
they should lift the ban.
If they keep it in siege,
it’s inconvenient for themselves, too.
When they are free from this,
it's time to deliver Kujyo‘s goods.
Be careful.
I said I wouldn’t go abroad.
At last,
I’m afraid we have to leave for the family.
No matter it succeeds or not,
I won’t entangle you.
Fengtai.
Not only me,
keep Mr. Lei safe, too.
Take it easy.
I will send him out in a couple of days.
Let alone the Japanese,
nobody can find him.
It’s me who said breaking off with you,
but now I want your help,
and come for you shamelessly.
It’s not good.
It’s my honor to be helpful.
I’m so ashamed.
Thank you.
Yes, sir.
He’s really a traitor. It’s true.
What a bad traitor!
I sign it for you
in the name of the Kujyo family.
The funeral team
won't have any problem.
Now,
you can set out.
Since you helped us,
your brother will beat you, right?
It doesn’t matter.
My brother
won't care about such a small thing.
But,
I did all this for you.
It proves the rumor in the crowd
That
you are a Japanophile.
You…
Exactly.
I am only an actor.
How can a military officer help me?
If I tell them we are not friends,
nobody will believe.
Mr. Shang,
I’m sorry for you.
From now on, no matter when,
no matter how hard it is,
I will try my best
to help you.
Leader,
how can you bring yourself into trouble?
Right.
Even if you have friendship with Xue Zhicheng,
you cannot show it in public.
Yes.
Now,
it's hard to make it clear.
Yes.
He’s a traitor.
Now we can leave.
Let’s go out first.
OK.
Mr. Shang.
Thanks to you.
In the coffin,
it's all medicines to save lives.
The dead people in the coffin
was insane and died
because he didn’t have Penicillin.
But now,
he is lying beside countless Penicillin.
It’s all fated.
Nothing is prayed.
You can go out of town today
is also because of good fate.
Don’t thank me.
I am very common
in performing.
No wonder dad paid attention//to your second elder brother.
He was badly injured that year.
All doctors said he’s incurable.
In that case,
the performing skill of Shang would end.
What a coincidence!
You came.
I can’t remember what he looked like.
I just remember
he was affected with favus on the head.
He could only piddle on the bed.
He usually shouted and screamed.
People in the theater
were afraid of hearing his sound.
Less than a month after you came,
he died.
He was relieved in that way.
When you were sold to the theater,
you were about five years.
Once you cried,
people even half a block away could hear you.
It’s like crow of the cock.
Since you got your face cleaned,
we found
you were not from a common family
from the appearance, speech, and manner.
You even could recite The Analects and the poems.
I can recite nothing now.
A little child who even couldn’t take the chopsticks
could recite 20 poems once.
Dad was very pleased.
Dad said,
the child has good voice,
good memory,
and good appearance.
He’s perfect for an actor.
So he bought you
to replace your second elder brother.
But how did he die?
When he was practicing,
Dad broke his wrist.
That’s his real son.
You replaced him.
What kind of life it was in the theater?
I don’t need to say it.
Half of that you suffered were for me.
I usually thought
if I could be useful,
he might not die.
Then you…
It’s my fault for all that happened today.
I shouldn’t have hidden it from you.//You were unprepared.
And you have to save us with your fame ruined.
Bro.
Don’t say that.
At ordinary times,
I always thought you were willful, childish,
and immoral.
But every time something happened,
you were the one took the burden.
Xirui,
I have owed you a lot. I can’t repay in my lifetime.
But I always punished you
in the name of brother.
How could I punish you?
Bro.
We people of Shang family
are fated
to suffer for performing.
I don’t blame you.
But you are not the one of Shang family.
Dad asked me to promise not to tell you
before he died.
But I have to tell you now.
Don’t think you were born as an actor
so you should be trapped here in the whole life.
It’s the fate dad imposed on you
but not your original fate.
At the beginning,
you were clear about your name and family.
Every time you mentioned it, dad beat you.
Then you were afraid
and forgot all that.
Now let me tell you.
Your real family name is Zeng.
Your home was originally in Kunming, Yunnan.
Your ancestors were all officers.
Your mom Wan
took your sister and you
to Pingyang, her parents’ home.
She got you lost on the way home.
Then she came back for you.
But dad left you for selfish motives
and took the opera troupe for hiding for five years.
I already knew it.
You know it?
Why don’t you go back?
It depends on whether they
are willing to accept me.
You are confused?
How will you know if you don’t have a try?
The world has changed.
There are many bad guys.
How did your ears get injured?
How did the book appear?
Every thing
is clear.
But in order to help me,
your reputation is ruined.
They may hurt you brazenly in the future.
Xirui,
please listen to me.
Quit performing and go back to the Zeng family.
That should be what your life is.
I’ve suffered
from all these.
Now you are telling me
I’m not Shang.
What can I do if I don’t perform?
What else can I do?
Whom should I ask
for the 20 years I spent on the stage?
In my lifetime,
I am Shang.
Mr. Shang, you ruined your fame
to help us
avoid a big disaster
We are greatly appreciated.
I’ve told you
it’s the God who helped you.
Don’t thank me.
No matter how,
you saved us
by sacrificing your own fame.
Mr. Shang made it clear
when we succeed
and the world is in peace
in the future,
he will clarify
all that happened today.
You didn’t say anything.
But I can guess
you work for Yan’an.
Don’t tell anyone else.
No wonder my brother said you need money.
He’s in the gang, right?
We are not a gang.
He did all that
for morality and justice.
I didn’t do that to help you
but for morality and justice, too.
You know our identity by guessing.
Then do you know
why we need these medicines urgently?
What’s wrong? Mr. Shang.
Is it because I said too quickly?
No.
You said very well.
But,
is it really possible
to build a country
where everyone has a meal and a job?
Moreover, it’s in winter.
Anyone may die from cold.
Everyone has a meal and a house.
How could it be possible?
If it’s a simple thing,
we won’t be willing to use great effort to do it.
Have you ever thought
about what to do if you lose?
I only have one question.
How do you think
about what I said just now?
If it will become true,
it is really great.
We can pay anything.
So,
only if our goal is good,
we will have countless succession of people.
Am I right?
My brother trusts you.
So do I.
I always heard
it's hard for you.
You even don’t have money for bullets.
I have some savings.
How about…
No. Thank you.
I said all that
not for money.
I just hope you can understand your brother.
Hope it won’t destroy your relationship.
We didn’t tell you at first
because we saw you were young.
We were afraid
you might reveal it
and get involved.
My brother is good.
But over the year,
I’ve suffered so much.
In the peers,
some dislike me.
Anyway it’s not that bad.
The Japanese
bring the bad situation,
forcing good people into bad ones
and bad ones into worse.
I give you the money not for else.
You know?
If the Japanese conquers our country,
we will perform Japanese operas.
Do you know Japanese operas?
It’s bad-listening and bad-looking.
I don’t perform it.
We’ve worked for a whole day.
Let’s eat something.
Bro, when will you leave?
It’s been a while to finish.
Look,
after the July 7th Incident,
I tried to donate airplanes to the government.
But they retreated.
Now I have no place to donate.
You are anti-Japanese, too.
I will donate the airplanes to you.
It’s settled.
Then
we really appreciate that.
I’m home.
Where is everyone?
I am returning from the trip, but nobody welcome me?
Xiang’er.
Xiang’er. I’m back.
Xiang’er.
I’m back.
What’s going on?
You are not happy?
Why are you crying?
Fengtai.
I have one thing to tell you.
Don’t feel worried, OK?
What’s it? Why are you so curious?
Go ahead.
It’s Chacha'er.
Chacha'er?
News. News.
Cheng Fengtai’s little sister is missing.
News. News.
Anybody telling her track,
the Cheng family will reward.
[Peking Times People Search Reward for Emergent Search]
Search people with reward.
Cheng Fengtai’s little sister is missing.
Anybody telling her track,
the Cheng family will reward.
News. News.
Search people with reward.
Cheng Fengtai’s little sister is missing.
Anybody telling her track,
the Cheng family will reward.
News. News.
We intended to find her by ourselves
and hide it from the public.
But you
insisted to publish it in the newspaper.
Now what?
It’s all rumors.
Someone even says she eloped with a classmate.
And some says she was kidnapped.
If the news is spread,
how can she marry in the future?
What time is it now?
How can you even think about her marriage?
It’s a war.
Chacha’er is outside alone.
It’s really dangerous.
I don’t care what the way is.
It’s OK only if she is back.
Anyone who can help comes.
Every one of the company is looking for her.
If it’s not for your relationship with the Japanese,
Chacha'er wouldn’t be angry and leave home.
We agreed to not get the family involved in.
Come on.
Go find Chacha’er.
I won’t forgive you until she is back.
OK.
Luocheng, what are you doing?
You make my dress a mess.
Baby,
you have to keep
the dress.
Years later,
when I become well-known,
this dress
will be worth a lot, you know?
I can’t believe it.
It’s true.
Luocheng,
why are you so drunk?
Xirui.
What’s going on?
Finally you are here. Xirui.
I’ve thought of an extremely good script.
You got the theme for the new play?
Yes.
It’s here.
Look.
These two
are the leading roles.
Who am I if they are the leading roles?
No. It’s not like that.
I didn’t mean that.
Come on.
Take a look at this.
Shameful.
Take a look at it.
No, I don’t.
-No. No. -Take a look at it.
-No. -Look.
See?
[Biography of Fengxian]
Feng…
Biography of Fengxian?
The story about Cai Songpo and Little Fengxian.
It’s neither the first time for me to write
nor the first time for you to perform.
Yeah.
When I was coming to Peking,
you wrote it.
But you destroyed it before composing for it.
I thought you wouldn’t touch it since it’s screwed up.
At that time,
I was not experienced.
I couldn’t write down the rise and fall.
If I was not very careful,
it might become a set pattern
about heroes and beauties.
I’d rather wait
than doing it reluctantly.
And you, Xirui,
please excuse my frank words.
You were skillful at that time.
But your understanding about the figures
were a bit light.
You probably couldn’t perform the essence.