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The Justice
Episode 8
Innovation Construction
I nominated Innovation Construction.
Picking on it is picking on me.
I do things fairly.
I promoted Dr. Xu
because of his great talent.
What's wrong with that?
Come on in.
It's you, Lizi.
Mr. Jiao, are you hungry?
Have some snacks, please.
Put it there. We'll eat it later.
Thank you.
Then I'll take leave of you.
The extended construction needs technologies.
But these people only think about
the lucrative job!
The lucrative job!
What do they want to do?
Innovation Construction
Though we failed to buy the things we want today,
we can see this as a joyride.
In the case of a joyride,
people don't drive as fast as you are doing now.
Shenqin Cotton Mill
chose Jing'an Branch for financing today.
Really?
Today I planned to bring you
double happiness.
But it was thoughtless of me.
Things didn't turn out perfectly.
In fact,
you needn't mind me so much.
Don't overthink this.
I am not expecting anything from you.
Edssendine Bar
I made a fool of myself yesterday.
I thought that Shenqin Cotton Mill
would definitely choose our Shanghai Bank for financing.
I was even so cheeky and arrogant
to invite
Mr. Cheng to work with me.
But in the end,
Mr. Cheng won the bid.
Come on, Mr. Chen.
A toast to you.
Come on.
Mr. Cheng,
you won
because of your outstanding ability.
I am flattered.
Secretary Feng, you gave me more credit than I deserved.
As a matter of fact,
I can't
take all the credit for it.
We won the bid because our entire Longying Private Bank
has ramped up support to
industry.
Come on, cheers to you two.
Come on.
Mr. Cheng, if you support industry
for the sake of vanity
instead of for the interests of the factory,
I am afraid that things won't last long.
I am afraid that
you have misunderstood me, Professor Lu.
If I hadn't taken into consideration the good of the factory,
I couldn't have put myself in the workers' place
and developed the financing plan
that seeks benefits for them
and Director Zhao couldn't
have accepted my plan.
Lu,
Mr. Cheng's financing plan
is really novel.
You are right.
Director Zhao did choose you.
But at the same time,
he chose Zhaozheng Bank.
If you think about the good of the factory,
won't you worry that the Japanese yarn will be dumped,
won't you worry about
the real purpose of
Zhaozheng Bank's involvement in the financing
and won't you worry Shenqin might be harmed?
If you care about the good of the factory,
you should be on tenterhooks now
instead of being complacent.
Awaken, compatriots!
Closed to traffic
If you think about the good of the factory,
won't you worry that the Japanese yarn will be dumped,
won't you worry about
the real purpose of
Zhaozheng Bank's involvement in the financing
and won't you worry Shenqin might be harmed?
Innovation Construction
Business hours
Hello, is anybody in there?
Innovation Construction
-Hello, is anybody... -Yes.
Here.
Hello, you are...
Hello!
I am a reporter from Harold Daily.
My name is Judy.
This is my business card.
I am very glad to hear that the building of Jinghua No.2 Middle School
designed by your company
is about to be completed soon.
So I especially came for an interview.
Harold Daily.
How do you do?
-I am Secretary Guan. -How do you do?
Ms. Judy, this way, please.
What would you like to drink?
Coffee or tea?
Thanks but no thanks.
I want to know
when Dr. Xu Shu,
the chief responsible person
of your company
can give an interview to me.
Dr. Xu
is taking a vacation these days.
When will he be back?
I'm not sure when he'll be back.
His vacation might be as short as two or three days
or as long as four or five months.
Secretary Guan,
are you suggesting I should leave?
No, not at all.
Miss Judy,
don't get me wrong.
Dr. Xu
is an artist.
There's always no limit to the duration of his vacation.
We can do nothing about it.
I heard that
Dr. Xu was not only young,
but also erudite.
He graduated from
a university based in Naples, Italy.
Yes.
Dr. Xu studied
civil engineering at first.
Then he changed his major to architectural design.
He is a rare all-rounder of architecture
in Shanghai.
Moreover, he is good-natured.
He is friendly to the employees.
Since he is so talented,
he must have undertaken
many projects.
Not really.
Till now, Dr. Xu
has only finished one project.
It's the building of Jinghua No.2 Middle School
mentioned by you just now.
Only one?
Secretary Guan, are you sure?
Yes, only this one.
Well, where does Dr. Xu
usually go for vacation?
Here is the thing.
Dr. Xu
doesn't like
uninvited guests.
That's really a pity!
Our paper
only carry the report
of the person we interviewed.
In this case,
it's really
a great pity
for Dr. Xu
and your company.
Stop! Stop!
Ju...
Ms. Judy.
Don't take this the wrong way.
I intended to
give some publicity to your company.
In the current situation,
I'd better be off.
Ms. Judy,
there is a place
Dr. Xu often visits.
Mrs. Wang.
Madam.
Mrs. Wang.
Are you ill?
I...
Madam, take a seat, please.
You are having a fever.
Has a doctor been sent for?
Madam,
don't worry.
Gui has sent for a doctor to examine me.
I have taken medicine.
But your fever is too serious.
Gui, go cook gruel.
Let Mrs. Wang drink it to perspire.
Madam.
Master is cooking it in the kitchen.
I'll go and check.
If Mrs. Wang sees you
do this for her,
she must be moved a lot.
You are back.
How did you perform in the card game?
Need you ask to know the result?
Mrs. Song and others are all veterans.
There's no chance for me to win.
Wait. It's almost done.
Mrs. Wang, eat the hot gruel.
-Master, Madam, be seated. -Master.
I'll ladle the gruel for Mrs. Wang.
Let me do it.
Gui is so hard-working.
Madam, be seated.
Master, be seated.
Mrs. Wang, do you feel better?
I have taken the medicine. I am feeling better now.
I can eat it by myself.
Be careful. It's hot.
Master.
Come on, Lizi.
Taste it.
♫ When the fate of the light ♫
♫ Lighten our appearance in the past ♫
♫ I've learnt to be strong on stumbling ♫
♫ I am resistless in front of you ♫
♫ I forgot what I saw and what I thought ♫
♫ Life is like a dream Love in life ♫
Madam, do you want more?
♫ Hope there is light in your eyes ♫
Yes. I'd like another bowl of it.
Has it cooled?
I'll go heat it.
♫ Lighten the dream you had ♫
You need not.
It is tasty even if being cool.
♫ Standing in the prosperous world ♫
♫ Looking for everything ♫
I ate so much. I am full.
♫ Being flighty and brave while young ♫
Really?
♫ Making for tomorrow ♫
♫ Hope sincerity could outsmart lies ♫
Who taught you cooking?
The red bean soup you made is so yummy.
♫ Hope you and I could get back to the day ♫
I learned cooking from the ladies.
When I worked in the dried food shop,
♫ The moment I got moved as seeing you ♫
the red date, lotus seed,
tangerine peel and brown sugar
♫ Forgetting everything ♫
were all regular stock of the shop.
♫ Being soft is the most beautiful language ♫
Then customers asked
how to cook them to make them yummy
♫ Being moved is normal ♫
and how to stew them to make them yummy.
♫ Hope you and I could let resentment go ♫
I was only an assistant.
How come I know that?
So I consulted the ladies.
♫ Let's get back to the day we met ♫
I consulted Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wang.
Then I could know what to say
and how to cook with the ingredients.
Actually, in the past...
Pa...
Pa-past.
I want to say
if you want to eat it later,
I can cook it for you anytime.
You need not.
I mean that
if I want to eat the soup every day
and eat it every day,
I'll put on a lot of weight.
You won't.
You don't look fat at all.
You are obviously slender.
It's late.
Let's go to sleep.
Night-night.
Zhaozheng Bank
Shimazaki.
Chief.
You can't forget that
in this building,
you must do things
in a down-to-earth manner.
You mustn't do things in your way.
Yes, sir!
However,
you did a good job in the financing bid
of Shenqin Cotton Mill.
Thank you for your support, Chief.
Mr. Shimazaki.
Mr. Cheng.
Be seated, please.
Would you like to go out
to have a cup of coffee?
Of course.
After you.
OK. OK. We arrived.
Thank you.
Heath Coffee
Dr. Xu Shu.
Mr. Cheng, Director Zhao told me
you were three years younger than me.
But to my mind,
you are more like
an elder brother and senior.
Mr. Cheng, I sincerely hope that
our cooperation can go smoothly.
I also hope
you can help me.
Mr. Shimazaki, take a seat, please.
As a matter of fact,
I have been admiring you
for your work attitude.
But I am very sorry that
I don't want to cooperate with you
and Longying Private Bank
is unwilling to
cooperate with Zhaozheng Bank.
Why?
Mr. Shimazaki.
On your Chinese business card,
your post is
Chu Shimazaki Clerk of the Credit Dept.
Clerk of the Credit Dept.
But
your Japanese business card suggests
Chu Shimazaki Investigator of the Credit Dept.
you're the investigator of the Credit Dept.
Mr. Shimazaki,
what are you investigating in Shanghai?
Mr. Cheng, you misunderstood me.
When Japanese is translated into Chinese,
the meaning of words might vary a bit.
But in every Japanese-funded company,
there is an investigator
who is responsible for analyzing data and investments.
I am one of them.
Is that so?
There's nothing wrong with
my investigations.
Mr. Zhao told me that
you were transferred to Shanghai
one year ago.
You still dare to say so
after one year of work here.
All right.
Even if you arrived in Shanghai
one year ago,
and even if it is only one year,
I believe that
you have come to know
the May Thirtieth Movement.
More than 20 Shanghai-based spinneries
run by Japanese businessmen
exploit the Chinese workers
ruthlessly.
The shutdown of the factories
and the dissolution of the labor union caused public outrage.
Chinese workers went on demonstrations
and then got shot to death.
These basic rights
Chinese workers claimed
are nothing compared with
what you mentioned in the Shenqin Cotton Mill proposal.
But the Japanese spinneries
colluded with the concessions
to suppress the Chinese protestors brutally
and caused them to die miserably on the spot.
The sponsor
of the Japanese spinneries
is Zhaozheng Bank you work for.
Mr. Shimazaki,
your sincerity,
enthusiasm
and empathy
are only used to
cover up
their economic invasion of us.
Right.
They use friendly people like you
as a disguise
to get close to
Chinese industrial enterprises
like Shenqin Cotton Mill.
Once they succeed in their scheme,
they will grab them.
And you
will be their major accomplice.
I am not.
Really?
Mr. Shimazaki.
You just can't
do things as you wish.
When your bank tries to seize
Shenqin Cotton Mill,
what can you do to protect it?
Mr. Shimazaki.
I hope you can think this over.
Excuse me.
Stop, rickshaw puller.
Thank you.
Yizhi.
Did you buy new clothes?
I visited Xinxin Department Store
to pick some clothes for Ms. Lan.
But it turned out that
I bought myself these clothes.
You look beautiful wearing them.
Why are you walking back today?
I want to freshen up
in the cold wind.
Is anything wrong with the bank?
Nothing. I just think that
being the manager of the bank
is more complicated than I imagined.
Why do you think so?
Take Shenqin Cotton Mill for an example.
I thought it's enough
to ensure it has funds for production.
But now I know that's far from enough.
The competition between Chinese and Japanese spinneries
not only concerns the development of industry,
but also concerns our national interests.
Because you are so long-sighted
that you can think it deeply.
It is proved that
Mr. Cheng is not a common manager.
My I regard it as a praise?
Maybe.
Afterwards,
could we take a walk like today?
How did you get this candy?
Guess it.
Do you mean you already got that box of candy?
I remembered when I left there,
you already had moved away.
So how did you get that?
I won't tell you.
Why not?
Then why didn't you tell me the truth?
I don't want you to be sad.
Moreover, I did nothing.
Do you know
how my mom praised you?
She said
you could cook, do house cleaning
and sew clothes.
She even wanted you to be her son.
I'm her son-in-law now.
Okay, could you tell me
how you got this?
I did move away.
But on the way,
I suddenly found
I lost my brooch there.
French Toffee
Did my mom
bother you to buy the candy?
No.
Then why did you
buy the candy?
Your mom told me
you were still a kid.
But the God
never sweeten
your life.
I got a lump in my throat when hearing that.
So I thought
to buy some candies for you.
Okay, forget it.
Or you may be in a low mood again.
I am fond of eating this candy.
Only this
instead of others.
But I can't eat them all.
As I'm afraid I have none to eat
later.
I have been looking for this brand
but I just can't find it.
I can buy it nowhere.
If I had known that,
I would have bought more.
Where did you buy it?
Wharf market.
Wharf market?
What kind of place?
It's the place of goods delivery and receipt
for trading firms.
It's also a place for commodity distribution.
Take the candy as an example.
It's hard-to-get even for foreign firms.
Once arriving at the port,
it will be sold to everywhere.
So you can only buy it
in wharf market.
I never heard this place before
in Shanghai.
But for my experience
as a seller of dry cargo for years,
I wouldn't know
this magical place either.
Do you want to have a visit there?
Of course.
Then I'll take you there on a sunny day.
Okay.
Longying Private Bank Jing'an Branch
Hello.
Could you connect me with coffee shop of Huiwen Restaurant?
I'd like to order a buttermilk cake
with Happy Birthday on it,
which should be sent on the 14th.
-Could you write down my address? -Mr. Cheng.
Hello, Mr. Cheng.
Hello, Director Zhao.
Clerk Shimazaki just informed me
Zhaozheng Bank
had canceled their financing scheme
on Shenqin Cotton Mill.
I asked him the reason,
but he just apologized
without any excuses.
Director Zhao,
have a seat here.
No need for the tea.
Thanks.
Mr. Cheng?
Director Zhao,
blessing in disguise maybe.
Large Japanese cotton mills
in Shanghai are
more or less
intervened by the capital from Zhaozheng Bank.
If they intervened in your fund raising,
they would
take over your mill one day.
But this time,
you let me share the creditor's rights equally with them.
That disrupts
their tricks.
Their loan to you
can only bring threat for them
because of my containment.
If I were them,
I would give it up too.
What I mind
is not their money
but the technique and machines
monopolized by them.
Director Zhao,
you do not fight alone.
You are strongly supported
by Longying Private Bank.
As for advanced machines
and the latest technology,
I will help you to handle them.
Huang Residence
Mr. Huang Ruhong was elected as the director of the General Chamber of Commerce
Congratulations.
Mr. Huang Ruhong was elected as the director of the General Chamber of Commerce
Congratulations, Mr. Huang.
Madam Huang, you look so beautiful today.
Congratulations, madam Huang.
-This way, please. -Come in, please.
Come in, please.
Yizhi.
Hello, Director Guan.
Take this gift.
Welcome here.
You look so beautiful.
Please come in.
This way, please,
Congratulations, Mr. Huang.
To my son-in-law.
For the position of the director of General Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai,
you deserve it.
My father-in-law, Commander Liao,
has a successful operation and is recovering.
Thanks to him,
in the campaign for the director of General Chamber of Commerce
the day before yesterday,
I was elected.
Thanks to all.
Congratulations, master.
Congratulations, commander.
Thank you so much.
Dad, may I propose a toast to you?
Dad, a toast to you.
I wish you boundless happiness
and a long, long life.
Good job recently.
Ruhong always praises you.
I have a gift
for Lizi.
It's so kind of you.
This is the French perfume.
When my father was in hospital,
she helped me a lot.
Thanks for her help.
Thank you so much.
Master.
Mrs. Wang.
May I prepare you for the lunch?
No need. I already ate it.
Is Madam home?
Madam just went out to have tea with Mrs. Huang.
Do you mean Mrs. Huang?
Yes, Madam left fifteen minutes ago.
Master.
I have been busy with
the preparation of Bixun Road Casino.
For your election
of the director of General Chamber of Commerce,
I did nothing.
May I ask for your punishment?
Punishment?
As you said,
Cheng Yizhi dealt with this successfully
in public,
earning himself reputation indeed.
You are no worse than him.
Bixun Road Casino
is with large scale,
but you made full preparations within three months.
Your merit won't be forgotten.
Thanks for your praise, master.
I wonder
whether we could
take advantage of
No. 136 Rue Amiral Bayle.
General director Merieux from Municipal Council
called yesterday
to congratulate your election
of the director of General Chamber of Commerce.
It's quite clear that he wants to get along well with us.
Thank him for me.
I think
if we gifted the land on No. 136 Rue Amiral Bayle
to general director Merieux
and vice general director Schweitzer,
in the French Concession,
you would be more invincible
and successful than ever.
No, we act too frequent recently.
In case of blame from the public,
we'd better put it aside.
Got it.
I have another task for you.
Did you see this before?
Master, is this the Rejuvenation Agent?
How much do you know about it?
I heard it becomes
increasingly popular in market.
If you dislike it,
I will check it out.
Go for it.
Yes, master.
Please come in.
Yizhi.
Just come back?
Are you busy now?
I bought you a gift.
Open it.
Did you buy it
with Ms. Lan this afternoon?
Is it beautiful?
How do I look?
Do you like it?
Of course I like your gift.
The color suits you.
Wear it.
I won't bother you.
Go on with your work.
Lizi.
Thank you.
No need for that.
Rickshaw, here.
I am going to see a movie with madam Song
from Tongtai Private Bank.
So I may back home late.
Okay. Take care, madam.
Okay.
Be careful.
No problem.
Thanks.
Innovation Construction
Longying Private Bank Jing'an Branch
Clerk Shimazaki, welcome.
I like the working environment here.
Simple but with good taste.
Mr. Cheng,
could I work here?
Clerk Shimazaki,
did you hear an old saying in China that
there is no room for a giant Buddha in a small temple.
It's a waste
for an able man like you
to work for
Jing'an Branch only.
Then I can only go back to Japan.
What you said to me last time
impressed me a lot.
I always desire to work in China.
Not only because I learned Chinese before,
but my mother...
My mother is also a Chinese.
Please have a seat.
The family like mine
is rare in Nagasaki.
When I
went to university in Tokyo,
I found all my classmates
despised China as an ignorant, underdeveloped,
weak and poor country.
That worried me a lot.
Maybe I already regard China
as my hometown.
So when professor told us,
in the Great East Asia,
we would like to achieve economic cooperation
and mutual prosperity,
I had no doubt at all
but full of hope
from Tokyo to Shanghai.
I was looking forward to my job.
But now I realize
all my expectations are absurd.
I'm too naive.
If what I did
is just a fig leaf,
what's the sense
of staying in Zhaozheng Bank?
Clerk Shimazaki,
I'm sorry I can't answer you.
What should you do?
Where should you go?
I'm afraid
you must find the answer yourself.
But
if you want
to help Director Zhao
and Shenqin Cotton Mill,
we do need you.
What do you mean?
We'd like to learn
Japanese latest technology,
but we don't know
how to contact
Japanese textile schools.
We also want to buy
Japanese most advanced machines,
but Japanese firms
prevented us from getting them.
What you can do
maybe far more than
what you thought before.
Maybe you needn't
to change your working place.
Mr. Cheng,
maybe I understand what you mean.
You mean
if I found methods,
even in Zhaozheng Bank,
I could realize
my dreams.
I believe you can make it.
Thanks, Mr. Cheng.
I know what I should do.
Tell Director Zhao,
please wait for my news.
Thanks.
Things done?
It's Jing'an Branch of Longying Private Bank.
Thanks, Secretary Guan.
I will be there in time.
Innovation Construction
Mr. Cheng,
welcome to our Innovation Construction.
Your visit
is a great honor for our company.
Dr. Xu just completes his construction,
so I'd like to make friend with him.
Maybe we could have any cooperation later.
Mr. Cheng, this way please.
Okay.
Look, Mr. Cheng,
this is the design studio
of Dr. Xu.
This way, please.
Dr. Xu, this is Mr. Cheng.
I only know Dr. Xu
is a talent in civil construction,
but I never expect him
to be so young.
Dr. Xu is not young
but designs boldly.
Mr. Cheng, have a look here.
This is Dr. Xu's latest...
Secretary Guan.
Okay. I won't bother you.
I have to go on with my work.
It's your time.
Mr. Cheng, why are you here?
Because of my wife.
Who is your wife?
Did she see my design before?
It doesn't matter.
The point is your design
is so distinctive in Shanghai
like the marble pillar
and fountain garden.
You can understand my design.
I am just curious
why you have such a design.
The first time
I was interested in architecture
was when
I played hide-and-seek in the yard.
Though a small yard,
it was decorated with rockery, earth and stones.
The long corridor and pavilions integrated with each other.
There was also a glassless window in the attic.
It was in there
I was familiar with each brick clay.
As you said,
architectures in Shanghai
are being strongly influenced by the West.
I am confused
in our country,
why can't we see
any classical architecture of China?
So you want to
combine architecture of the west
with that of China?
I appreciate western tall buildings
for making fully use of space.
But I expect more
for the renaissance of Chinese buildings.
At the top of a building,
a rose garden is not a must.
An ever-green garden is a better choice.
The central viewing area
should not always be decorated with sculptures or fountains.
The long corridor and pavilions can also be an option.
And the walkway
can be designed as a quiet path.
There could be glassless windows in the wall.
Shanghai
needs such a building.
It can be both modern
and traditional.
It's both with western image
and Chinese style.
If it were to build in the concession,
the public
would know the essence of beauty.
It should be constructed.
But Dr. Xu,
what is this building designed for?
For house, office, or...
I don't know.
Pardon?
We will know that after completion.
Once seeing it,
people know its use naturally.
I'm afraid you can't.
Dr. Xu,
if you designed a building
without any clear purpose,
you wouldn't get any investment.
I don't care about that.
If you thought
my display just now
was for your investment,
then you are too arrogant.
I misunderstood
that you could resonate with me,
so I explained my conception in detail.
Dr. Xu,
I just showed you the reality.
Thanks but I needn't.
Why are you so resentful for investment?
Because sordid merchants are the same.
With some money,
you think you could criticize others' meticulous design.
Sorry to disappoint you.
I don't care about
your money.
If you hold such view,
good luck.