[English subtitles are available.]
Winter Begonia
Episode 45
I mean no offense,
but the fact is that the skill was good,
but the understanding of the characters
was shallow before.
You might not get the essence of the opera.
So...
Now it’s a mature time?
We never have such a good chance.
You and me
have experienced a lot.
And now you can handle every kind of characters.
Come here.
They are growing up
at Linxian House.
So they are very familiar with the story of Xiaofengxian.
Come.
Perform Flower Plat for Mr. Shang.
Give him some inspiration.
♫ At one ♫
♫ The moon rises from the east ♫
♫ Zheng Junrui is angry in the room ♫
♫ Thinking about the imperial order ♫
♫ It changed the preface ♫
♫ We become brother and sister ♫
♫ At two ♫
♫ The shadow of moonlight appears ♫
♫ Thanks to the matchmaker, the letter was sent ♫
♫ The lady is too good to me ♫
♫ She told me a lot ♫
♫ And saw me off ♫
Girls.
You may go.
I’ll talk about the opera with Mr. Du.
Mr. Cheng.
Don’t you take off clothes before sitting on bed?
You still don’t have information about Chacha’er?
I’ve asked my friends from other circles
to find her.
They go to the ferry hotel frequently,
more useful than the police.
Before she left, she wrote a letter to me,
saying that different minds can’t be together.
She’ll cut off the relationship with me,
and doesn’t want our family to find her.
Xiang’er and Meixin think this is embarrassing,
so they don’t let me make a fuss.
We are just looking for her secretly.
Won’t Mrs. Cheng have a quarrel with you
since you published it in the newspaper?
You know it again?
I know
your family well.
Obviously,
you blamed Mrs. Cheng
pays too much attention
to the useless image,
which makes you miss the best time to find Chacha’er.
Mrs. Cheng is not satisfied
that you always collude with Japanese.
She thinks this triggered Chacha’er’s leave.
Am I right?
I really think
the police station
should employ you as a detective.
How come you even know
what Mrs. Cheng said?
The ladies and madams
look different.
But in fact, what in their mind
is the same.
I saw many ladies,
but Chacha’er is different from them.
She has a clear idea.
Yes, her idea is too clear.
After she left,
I searched her room.
I found many
books and notes about the Communist Party.
The more I read, the more scared I am.
She’s not for fun.
She will really fight at front.
What’s in the books?
Mr. Cheng, could you tell me?
I hid all of them.
Recalling my memory,
she mentioned it before.
But at that time, I stopped her.
This is a big issue about our country.
I don’t care if I’m in danger,
but I want my family
to have a peaceful and happy life.
You really worry a lot.
You must be very tired.
She’s already sixteen.
How about letting her marry?
I know it’s a little ruthless to you.
Mr. Shang,
we’ve talked much.
Why don’t you ask me
whether I become a traitor?
You won’t.
What will you do
if I am really a traitor?
What else can I say?
Of course I’ll break your legs
and lock you in Shuiyun Theater
to avoid you hurting others. I feed you.
It’s not like what you play in the opera.
Will you only lock me
once our friendship’s broken?
No. I told you.
I’ll break your legs.
Mr. Cheng.
Mrs. Shang.
Mr. Cheng.
Japanese caught some girls.
They said one looks like Miss Cheng.
Please go to check it.
Take care.
What?
You have a fever?
It’s okay. I need to go there.
I go with you.
Put them back.
Yes, sir.
Hurry up.
No.
Where will you take them?
Get your hands off.
Hurry.
I told you to get your hands off them.
Sir, please help us.
Chinese help Chinese.
Japanese will take us to be whores.
We are all good girls.
Please save us.
Don’t make troubles.
Let them go.
I’ll tell you later.
I don’t have time to listen.
Stand up. Come here.
Come.
Don’t shoot.
I shouldn’t have agreed to let you come.
You are really a trouble maker.
They’ll be fine.
I don’t believe!
Go away!
-Stop! -Go away!
-You don’t believe me? -Hands off.
Mr. Cheng!
Mr. Cheng. You’ve woken up?
Have I died?
No. You are healthily alive.
Where am I?
Hospital.
Sit up?
It hurts.
Where is hurt?
Everywhere on my body.
Everywhere is hurt.
I also feel cold.
Cover with quilt.
Mr. Cheng, your hair goes gray. Look.
I took some off.
Are you blind?
Several black hairs are in there.
Don’t pull my hair again,
or I’ll be bald.
I want water.
OK. Here.
Water,
Hot water.
I don’t want water.
Buy some orange juice for me.
OK.
Hot coffee, please.
More sugar and less milk.
Shut up.
Ask your wife to serve you.
OK, give me hot water.
It’s hot.
Hot.
You’d better have a sleep.
How come you ask for a lot?
Do you want my fist?
Keep your eye on it.
Don’t let air go in the tube.
Why hasn’t Ge arrived?
It’s hot.
I need to lie down.
Don’t touch my hair.
Where did Japanese
send those girls?
You are not anxious now?
Shanghai.
The cotton mill of Fan’s.
Are Japanese willing to let them go?
It costs something.
I gave Japanese money.
With the chance that I look for my sister,
they blackmail me with my conscience.
These bastards.
Chachar’er.
I’ll give up looking for her.
I’ll give up.
Give up.
I’ll take it as that she’s married.
Fengtai.
Xiang’er.
Meixin.
I am well.
Don’t worry about me.
Sir, when will we arrive?
We are arriving.
Just beyond the mountain.
Mr. Cheng.
Mr. Shang. What are you doing?
Mr. Cheng. Do you take antiques in your pawnshop?
How about I pawn these to you?
During less than two years from when I knew you,
you pawned your assets many times.
What’s the reason this time?
This time,
I need to buy a big plane
to bomb Japanese.
Am I great?
Great.
Very great.
What’s in your hand?
It’s for you.
Is this expensive?
It’s from the palace.
I’ll pawn it to you
to buy one more bomb.
Mr. Shang, are you short in money
or short in wisdom?
Well.
If you really need money,
I have an idea.
You have half of stocks
of Shuiyun Theater.
You can impawn them to me.
Take it.
From now on, you are the big boss of Shuiyun Theater.
[Contract]
I am your staff.
Just pay me
monthly.
I won’t take care of
anything in the theater.
Aren’t you afraid that I go back on my words?
No.
What’s this?
The contract of selling myself.
Is this your palm print?
So little.
It’s the size of the red mark
on Concubine Yang’s front head.
I made it when I was a kid.
Give this to me as well.
I’ll give you more money.
Since the day when I became the leader of Shuiyun Theater,
this contract has been invalid.
It’s only garbage for you.
Don’t give me a chance to blackmail you.
OK, write a useful one for me.
OK. Let me write one.
Keep it.
Have you found your younger sister?
A kind of.
When will she go home?
Cao Guixiu has a friend in Yan’an.
He told me this.
Chacha’er went to Yan’an?
I sent a message to them once I knew it.
I said that my sister is young and willful.
So I hope they can let her go back.
Did they arrest Chacha’er?
They never arrest her.
It’s Chacha’er who doesn’t want to go back.
She also published in the newspaper
to break off our relationship.
The educated ones are really different.
But I don’t think it’s too bad.
People in Yan’an look nice.
Mr. Shang, when did you
see people in Yan’an?
Are you keeping some secrets from me?
None of your business.
When I’m sure Chacha’er is safe
and my current business is finished,
I’ll go,
before March.
Where will you go?
Go to Shanghai first,
and then Hong Kong.
Maybe I go to Britain directly.
When will you go back?
When the war is concluded, I’ll go back.
This is a wise move.
I know.
I shouldn’t have played Battle in Jinshan,
which made you be threatened by Jap.
Don’t blame yourself.
As long as they can take advantage of me,
I won’t live a happy life.
You are not a reason.
Mr. Shang,
how about you go to Shanghai with me?
Just take it as a travel.
How about I give you
all the things outside to stay you?
Everything must come to an end.
How long can I stay in Shanghai?
I may not go to Britain to play opera.
It’s casting pearls before swine.
Mr. Cheng. Go in peace.
Come on.
Don’t curse me.
I told you.
The bandits on this road only know their people.
I kindly gave
my best men to you.
But you’re still worried
and
asked some Japanese soldiers to go as well.
Now, the trick’s been exposed.
Who takes the reprehensibility?
Recently,
I heard that you have a new way.
On this way,
there’s a cave named Liuxian.
We can save more time if we go this way,
and also, there’s no bandit.
Why didn’t you tell me before?
Mr. Sakata.
Are you blaming me?
Cave Liuxian was just built.
I never went through that way.
You dare to go,
but I dare not.
If something happens,
I can’t make up for you.
I don’t mean to blame you.
You are right.
We need more time to know the new way well.
Let me tell you the current issue.
My goods and my men
were caught by the bandits of Laozi Ridge.
These bandits are too bad.
We can’t seize them anyway.
So can I
ask you a favor?
That female bandit?
She’s a cannibal.
I can’t make it.
Don’t you
care your staff?
No.
They are your staff now.
Cheng Fengtai.
Don’t think you can do whatever you want
since Cao Wanjun backs you up.
Mr. Sakata.
Are you
asking my favor in this manner?
Don’t look at me in this way.
I risked my life
to send goods for you last time.
How come you put me in danger again and again?
If you still force me,
I’ll go back on my promise
and report that your Army Commands
didn’t go the regulated way,
so that the goods were robbed by bandits.
How will you deal with it?
Mr. Cheng.
For Mr. Kujyo,
you must help me
this time.
As long as you negotiate with that female bandit,
I’ll be very grateful to you
even though you fail.
I’ll double your payment.
Don’t mention the payment.
Under such a chaotic state,
the businessmen without guns are in danger,
including me.
Without my brother-in-law, I don’t have safety.
Do you think so?
Mr. Cheng, you think too much.
I always do things under rules.
Under rules?
OK,
now that you mentioned rules,
let’s talk about it.
I, Cheng Fengtai,
lost my reputation because of Japanese.
My sister
broke off our relationship due to this.
You know it.
Right?
Now I let you go through my way freely.
But you made troubles.
And you ask me to cope with it?
What’s the rule?
Mr. Cheng.
The last time.
This is the last time.
In future,
this road
and Cave Liuxian
have nothing to do with me.
You keep them
for fight or for wealth.
Do whatever you want.
When I finish this journey,
I’ll go back to Shanghai.
Don’t stop me.
Thanks, Mr. Shang.
Mr. Han must be very grateful to you.
I don’t need his appreciation.
As long as you can drive Jap out of our country,
I don’t care how much I give you.
I’ll go.
Time for you two.
OK, let me take money out for you.
No, thanks. I’ll do it myself.
It’s heavy. Can you hold it?
Brother. Have a seat.
Sit.
I don’t stop you
if you want to continue playing opera.
All I want is that you take care of yourself.
Don’t force yourself.
Leave here
for somewhere safe.
Is there somewhere safe now?
There’s no difference.
Don’t worry about me.
As long as you finish your great mission,
we can live good life.
Xiyazi.
You’ve grown up.
I’m almost old.
Alright.
I’ll go.
Mr. Cheng.
I saw your brother just now.
What’s in his case?
A big plane.
A case can contain a plane?
The money to buy a big plane.
I thought you were kidding.
Seems that you are serious.
I always keep my promise.
I’ll start freighting again.
This time,
you may miss my new play.
Tomorrow evening,
come to Shuiyun Theater.
I’ll sing only for you.
OK.
I won’t miss.
What a feast.
Let’s start.
So delicious.
It’s been a long time
since I had food cooked by you last time.
Did you prepare your luggage well?
Fan Lian’s engagement ceremony is today.
I’ll go to help.
After I go,
please help Xiang’er deposit
the jewelries in the bank.
She doesn’t understand this.
It’s not safe to take them.
Just take care of yourself.
I’ll help you on other things.
You go with me.
How about my brother-in-law?
He asked me to go.
Seems that Commander Cao has planned it.
Mr. Cheng.
I perform for you specially today.
♫ Where’s your home ♫
♫ Why are you suffering here ♫
♫ Sir ♫
♫ I live in Qiantang Town in Zhejiang ♫
♫ In a village in Jiang’nan ♫
♫ We suffered famine frequently ♫
♫ I was sold by my mother ♫
♫ I lead a wandering life ♫
♫ It feels like I was back to Yaotai ♫
What a pity.
♫ Soldiers’ life is the country’s ♫
If we are not under a war,
this play can be shown more times.
♫ We have no reason to refuse ♫
♫ But I feel guilty for I let a beauty down ♫
This must be more popular than Zhao Feiyan.
♫ Sir, the scenery is good here ♫
With the costumes,
it must be more gorgeous.
♫ But it can’t match that beyond the mountain ♫
♫ The world is broad there ♫
♫ Sir, look ♫
♫ The auspicious beast is lying ♫
Mr. Cheng.
The actor who plays Cai E
recited the lines overnight.
♫ Don’t miss me; I live as usual ♫
Look.
He plays quite well, right?
Other performers are like their role.
Only Mr. Shang
is the role herself.
♫ Love is with me ♫
♫ Swallows sometimes come ♫
♫ Drinking when the moon is full ♫
♫ Take the responsibility of the country ♫
♫ General ♫
What’s wrong?
-Why did our leader stop? -What happened?
Why did he stop?
What’s the matter?
He got his hearing back, right?
It recurs?
Master.
Leader. Leader.
Go ahead, leader.
Leader.
I’m hungry.
Mr. Shang.
Leader. Leader.
Go. Let’s have some night snacks.
What?
-Leader. -Mr. Shang.
-Leader. -Master.
Come on. Xiaofengxian goes away with the general.
My efforts are in vain.
What the heck is this?
Mr. Cheng.
Now, I’ve realized
that I was really stupid before.
You are not smart now.
To make audiences feel my roles real
and gain fame,
I wore the heavy jewelries on my head for a long time.
Also, we need to protect them from thieves.
I was so silly.
Stories in the opera are fake,
but the jewelries are real.
Very silly.
Now, I have enough wealth
and fame.
I put a lot of efforts into creating opera,
but audiences only like ordinary plays.
The best ones
that I’m proud of
are not well-received by them.
The key of living in this circle
is being ordinary.
It’s not easy to hear you complain.
You’ve spent a lot of time with Mr. Du,
so the scholar’s mind influenced you.
Spending money.
Suicide.
They support me,
but when there’s gossip,
they talk ill of me, suspect me
and slander me.
Once I make a mistake,
they’ll even hit me,
scold me
and spread my rumors.
They love Concubine Yang and Du Li’niang
that I played.
But they hate Shang Xirui.
Once the statue is broken, how come it has shadow?
Are they stupid?
I am stupid,
but they are more stupid than me.
You didn’t drink.
Why are your words like drunken gibberish?