Go Ahead (2020) s01e08 Episode Script
Episode 8
Go Ahead
Episode 8
The child knows nothing.
As adults,
we should arrange
the child's future
as early as possible.
Even if I take him home,
you can rest assured,
because I won't stop him
from contacting you.
After all, you brought him up.
Well. Stop.
In our family, we respect
the children's opinions.
What is he going to do in the future,
and what school he will go to
You are narrow-minded.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to
look down upon you.
After all, you run a noodles restaurant,
so you have limited field of vision.
You know what?
Nowadays, those families,
as long as they have conditions,
give the best to their children
with all their might.
Even if they have to surrender their last resource,
they want their children
to have a bright future, right?
Enough. Stop it.
I'll talk to Ziqiu.
That's it.
Why does what I said
make no sense to you?
If you keep the child here like this,
he won't have a good future.
Your purpose is
to let him take care of you when you are old, right?
Don't you want to take him back
and let him continue your family?
Come on.
He is my son
and I want to take him back.
Is there anything wrong with that?
The only difference between you and me is
that I can give all my family property
to him in the future.
But you keep him here.
You are hindering his development, aren't you?
I'm doing this for his own good.
For his own good?
What did you do before?
Get out of here.
No.
Wait. I got it.
You think one million yuan is too little, right?
Even if you put ten statues of the God of Wealth here,
in this small noodles restaurant,
how many years will it take you to earn
one million yuan?
Tell me.
How much on earth do you want?
Don't talk about money with me.
I earn money
by my own hands.
If I take money from you,
I feel sick.
Get out of here!
Get out! Get out!
Get out!
Get out of here!
Li Haichao,
what do you mean?
I'm telling you. Doing this
is no good to
us at all.
You are unreasonable.
Who are you?
Why did Haichao
drive you out?
I,
I'm He Ziqiu's dad.
He Ziqiu's dad?
Yes.
I'm his biological dad.
May I know your surname?
My surname is Zhao.
Bah!
You are shameless.
What bastard are you?
Why do you abuse me?
I abuse you?
Are you a man?
There are people everywhere in the street.
Why don't I abuse anyone else?
You are a bastard.
Haichao,
don't be polite to him.
Do you have boiled water here?
Splash water to drive him away.
You have no manners.
You are unreasonable.
Who is unreasonable?
You.
Who is unreasonable?
Stop there!
You bastard!
What's wrong with you?
I'm exhausted.
I haven't finished the assignments
our teachers gave,
but the teachers at the cram school gave a lot of assignments.
If a machine is invented
to help people do homework,
that will be wonderful.
You wish.
Didn't Ling Xiao and Ziqiu come here with you?
They are going to take part in the National College Entrance Examination.
So, they are studying at home.
It's good that they are studying.
I thought
that because of Zhao Huaguang,
Ziqiu doesn't dare to come out.
That's impossible.
Ziqiu said
that Zhao Huaguang didn't come to him again.
Moreover,
last time when Zhao Huaguang
went to see my dad,
Mrs. Qian in our community
was going to splash water on him.
I guess he doesn't dare to come again.
What do you want me to go with you to do?
Mr. Huang called me,
asking me to give the notes I took in class this week
to Tang Can.
She'll be absent from school again next week.
She hasn't finished making up last week's missed lessons yet.
No wonder
she had to transfer to another school and repeat a year.
She asks for leave so often.
Even if she went to study in Grade 5 at primary school,
she wouldn't be able to keep pace with the others.
No need to give the notes to her.
They won't be useful for her.
She won't understand even if she sees them.
I don't know whether she can understand.
But this is a task Mr. Huang gave me,
so I have to complete it.
Let's go.
She has to catch a plane in the afternoon.
Can I say no?
Let's go. Let's go.
Come on.
Let's go.
There's something wrong with her.
On such a hot day,
we come to give her the notes,
but she keeps us outside,
without treating us to drinks.
That's something unexpected.
But it makes sense.
Something was wrong with this girl
long ago.
She's too much.
She's really too much.
It's so hot.
Stop talking.
So depressed.
Stop talking.
Sorry for bothering you to come here.
I suddenly received an audition notice.
I'm going to Beijing and stay there for a few days.
We've been waiting for you for half an hour.
I was packing up.
You were packing up,
so you kept the two of us
waiting in the sun?
I'm sorry.
I don't like
to stop doing something halfway
and then
do something else.
You could have asked the security guard
to let us come in
so that we could give them to you.
I don't want to let others know
where my home is.
Because it's not safe.
After all, you also know
that I have a special job.
I can understand
your worries.
After all, to deal with you who deserve a beating,
it is likely that people will spray paint
on your house.
As a public figure, you can't lose temper.
Give the notes to me.
I'm going to catch the plane.
No notes for you!
You can't understand even if you have them.
Miss Tang, the last placeļ¼
come on.
Don't get the last place
in the audition.
Come on! Come on!
Anyway, I don't want to
see the notes at all.
I recovered.
When you lost your temper just now,
you looked so cool.
What can I do?
How should I explain it to Mr. Huang?
Perhaps Mr. Huang just
said that casually.
I, I hope so.
You were really cool just now.
It made me feel very secure.
I'm flattered.
I just felt
that it would be OK if I stayed there alone.
But you were there with me.
So, I was mad at her.
I feel so happy.
Let's go. Let's go.
It is just around five o'clock, but it is already closed.
Dad,
why did you close the restaurant at the supper time today?
Dad?
Li Haichao?
Ziqiu?
Ling Xiao, are you in?
My dad
You are in the hospital?
Who is sick?
The customer got food poisoning?
Dad,
what happened?
How come the customer got food poisoning?
Where is he now?
Where is he? Is he OK now?
Was he sure that he got food poisoning after having the noodles of our restaurant
or
eating something else?
You asked so many questions
in one go.
Which question should I answer?
Answer me.
What should I say?
Are you cooking?
I'm cooking noodles.
My noodles!
It spilled out.
Dad,
did anyone take revenge on
our restaurant?
Our kitchen is so clean.
How come
cockroaches and flies
were found in food these days?
Now,
a customer got food poisoning.
So,
what is the situation now?
The customer who found a cockroach in the food last time
called the food administration
and we have been warned.
This time,
the customer who got food poisoning
also reported us to the administration.
Now we are compelled
to suspend business to bring up to standard.
To suspend business?
This is to force our family
to die.
Don't talk nonsense.
Come on.
It can't go so far.
No big deal.
It's just that we'll stop doing business for a week.
We can just
do a general cleaning
during this period.
The range hood
and ventilating fan
making noise in the kitchen
should have long been replaced.
Besides,
are those
what you should worry about?
You guys
rest assured.
Focus your mind
on your studies.
Understand?
Mr. Li,
let's install a video surveillance system
in the restaurant.
We can explain things with evidence.
Right.
You are right.
We need to install it.
Yes, we need to install it.
I think the noodles you cook
cannot be eaten.
Let me cook something simple.
Beef rice.
I remember there are three onions
in the fridge.
Dad,
the three of us are going to buy something
at the convenience store.
Go.
Just buy whatever you want to eat.
It's too late. Eat this.
Why do you discipline me in everything?
I want to discipline you.
When we get home,
don't ask about the matter again.
Did you hear me?
Why?
Didn't Mr. Li say that?
It is a matter the adults should handle.
You just need to study hard.
You always consider me as a kid.
You are a kid.
On July 3, this year,
I'll be 18 years old.
I'll be an adult.
What's the big deal?
On your 18th birthday,
when the time comes,
can you grow up in a flash
and immediately shoulder
the burden of life?
Can you be so amazing?
Do you want to eat it?
No. There is all your saliva.
Why did you ignore us?
What are you thinking about?
I'm thinking
it would be great
if I could grow up in a flash.
Then Dad doesn't need to work so hard.
I hope so.
I hear
people indeed grow up suddenly.
What do you mean?
It means
on your 18th birthday,
you will be legally an adult.
But that's not the true sense of growing up.
To grow up to an adult in the true sense
is something to happen in a moment.
Which moment?
The moment no one else knows
but only you know.
When you change your mind
and feel the weight of life,
at that moment,
you grow up quietly.
Generally, when will
the moment come?
In the next second,
tomorrow,
the day after tomorrow,
or
in 10 years, 20 years,
or a lifetime.
As expected, what you said
is extraordinary.
It is freezing.
Try it and see whether it is freezing.
Don't do that to me.
Why didn't you order anything?
What do you want to drink?
Let me order it for you.
Our noodle restaurant stopped doing business.
Did you ask people to play tricks?
Why did you ask me that?
I didn't.
You want to see me to talk about that?
A child is a child.
You can only put forward problems,
but you can't solve them.
I'm begging you. OK?
We are no match for you.
Ziqiu,
you are my own son.
Will I hurt you?
My dad gets up at half past three
every morning.
Then he goes to the restaurant to knead dough,
stew beef and spareribs,
and fry peanuts and soybeans.
He works there from early morning to seven o'clock in the morning.
Then he goes back home to cook breakfast
for the whole family.
Since I was a little child,
no matter how busy he is,
he has never let us make do
for our lunch and supper.
The noodles restaurant is the only source of income
of our family.
Can you let us off?
Since you know
life is not easy for Li Haichao,
you should think for him.
You haven't made money.
You don't know how hard it is
to make money.
You are going to college soon.
And your sister
will go to college in the future too.
The expenses
will be greatly increased without being aware.
You know?
It is extremely hard
for an ordinary family to support a child.
But he has to support two children.
You want to make him exhausted to death.
After I go to college, I can
do part-time jobs to make money.
You mean
you still don't want to go with me, right?
No.
Well.
Let's wait and see.
Ziqiu,
you are my only son.
No matter what happens,
I won't give up you.
I'll give you time.
Think about it.
What else do you want to do?
I went to the restaurant
to see how you will improve.
But it is closed.
Now you are drinking.
You are back early today.
Come on.
Drink with me.
I changed shifts with my colleague
to see whether you need any help.
Being like this,
you are not worried at all.
I haven't been so free for so long.
I'll have several days off.
You won't improve the restaurant?
I just want to tell you something.
I had an idea
long ago.
I remember I told you
that my restaurant
is kind of small
and the decoration is outdated.
Here is my plan.
I want to get the ownership of the restaurant next door.
The restaurant next door.
Mm.
I want to get the ownership of it.
So, we can run a large restaurant.
Think about this.
Prices are getting higher and higher.
These children are going to take part in
the National College Entrance Examination.
They need to go to college.
We'll have to spend money
in more and more aspects.
So, we have to make more money, right?
OK.
The front of the restaurant next door
is OK.
Yes.
Let's not rectify problems.
Let's just expand
and open the business again.
Right. Run a big restaurant.
Yes.
Otherwise, Zhao Huaguang
would say with sarcasm,
"Your small restaurant
doesn't make money."
He always says that
to the child.
He'll affect the child's mood when he takes exams.
OK.
You don't have enough money.
I'll give you
all my savings.
Well. Stop.
Money is needed
in many aspects.
Keep your savings.
They will be used for urgent needs.
As for the money,
I've asked about it
in the bank.
I can mortgage the old house my parents left me
to get loan from the bank.
This is also a way.
Then, how about this?
Well.
I'll pay for Ziqiu's
living expenses and tuition
in the future.
Come on.
As a policeman, how much money can you earn?
Come on.
Can you earn
as much as me, the owner of a noodles restaurant?
Right?
I have money. I'm telling you. Rest assured.
OK. OK.
I'm telling you.
Then this is settled.
OK.
I'll pay for Ling Xiao's living expenses and tuition.
You are really funny.
Your thermos cups
have been filled with
warm water.
Remember to drink it.
How about you check again?
Your ID cards and admission tickets.
Whether you have sharpened
your pencils.
Dad, rest assured.
Last night,
you checked for us
many times.
Right.
I'd better send you there.
Mr. Li, don't go with us.
Go to monitor the decoration of the restaurant.
Jianjian will go with us, right?
Yes, she will go.
I'm ready. I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Where is Mr. Ling?
He went to borrow a car.
It has been a while. But he hasn't come.
By the way, Ling Xiao, Ziqiu,
are you wearing the red underpants I gave you
to wish you success in every exam?
Yes.
Yes.
Let me check.
Have you finished?
OK.
What else should we pay attention to?
You are going to take part in the exam in No. 2 High School.
I've made an on-the-spot investigation there.
Look.
This is the south gate.
When you get in from the south gate,
you must enter from the left door,
and after the exam,
you must come out from the right door.
Enter from the left and come out from the right. Understand?
And look,
this is the statue of Confucius.
After you get in, you must do this.
Bow before it sincerely.
It is said that it is particularly efficacious.
Got it. You are talking a lot.
You are loquacious.
Be patient.
Let me give you a test.
OK. Go ahead.
What should you do as soon as you get the paper?
Write my name on it.
And then?
Answer the questions.
I've told you a lot of times.
After writing your name,
you should do this.
Kiss the paper.
It means you'll surely do well in the exam.
OK.
The car arrived. Hurry.
Go downstairs. Go downstairs.
Let's go.
Let's go and talk. Let's go and talk.
Let's go and talk.
Dad, we are going.
Mr. Li, we are going.
Keep calm.
Just do as you normally do.
Wait. Don't open the door.
Dad,
at nine o'clock,
remember, at nine o'clock,
burn incense for my mom,
asking her to go and bless them.
Ah. OK.
What else do you want to do?
The good time comes. Open the door.
Let's go.
You are superstitious.
Let's go.
Go!
Don't be nervous.
OK.
Wish you success in every exam! Wish you success in every exam!
Wish you success in every exam!
Wish you success in every exam! Wish you success in every exam!
Tang Can, what is the procedure
of the selection like?
We are all curious.
Right. Right.
Which place did you get this time?
I'm among the top 5 candidates.
- Top 5.
- Top 5. Top 5.
You'll surely get the first place.
Right. I think you'll
almost get the first place.
Mingyue.
How did your brothers do in the exam?
Ziqiu said the exam is not hard.
It's not a problem for Ling Xiao.
That's great.
That star
succeeded in the audition?
Among 2,000 candidates,
she is one of the top 5.
Next week, she'll get trained.
The chance rate
is only 20%.
But she is so proud of herself.
Whoever acts Director Zhou's film
will be a hit.
She is one of the top 5 among 2,000 candidates. Isn't she amazing?
But there is only one female leading role.
The students in the third year
have finished their exam and left school.
But we are still at school.
Concentrate on your studies.
Tang Can, you are back.
How is everything with you?
Sir,
I'm among the top 5.
I'll get trained in Beijing starting from next week.
Good. Good.
Let's encourage
Tang Can, the actress.
Everybody, applause.
Tang Can! Tang Can! Tang Can!
OK.
Now, class begins.
Last time, you wrote a composition entitled
"A Good Friend I Can Learn From".
Three students did a very good job.
Qi Mingyue,
Zhao Qing,
and Wang Yajie.
As usual,
let's ask them to read their composition.
You can learn from them.
Qi Mingyue,
you first.
Sir, I have a sore throat.
Well.
Give it to me.
I'll read.
"A Good Friend I Can Learn From".
"On the day when I met him,
I didn't think
that day was different
from any of
the other days.
As usual,
I carried my schoolbag and walked on the way to school.
I passed
the green wall filled with vines.
That day
was different from
any of the other days.
Because when I was bullied by
bad guys,
someone stepped forward bravely for me"
Li Jianjian, you've been mad with me all day long.
You couldn't have been so mad.
Why?
If you were in my shoes, wouldn't you be mad?
I just
"someone stepped forward bravely for me,
yelling 'The police are coming!
Don't let them escape!'
The two bad guys were scared and slipped away."
Did you mention Ziqiu?
Did you mention me?
Only Ling Xiao
stepped forward bravely for you.
What about the two of us?
No, no.
It's a composition.
I couldn't write about fighting.
It was easy to write about what Ling Xiao did.
"I was sitting on the swing alone,
crying sadly.
The warmth he gave me
was like a gentle stream,
cleansing my soul.
It was like the sunlight shining on me.
Oh, no.
At that moment, I felt
he was sparkling."
There are exaggerations
and metaphors.
They are figures of speech usually used in compositions.
You know.
I don't know.
Anyway, you skipped the details of
Ziqiu and me,
and only mentioned that you can learn from Ling Xiao.
I'm unhappy about that.
Do you think
I do poorly in my studies,
so I'm not worth being learned from?
No, no.
I was wrong.
I'll write about you alone next time.
Really?
Really. Only you.
Then I'll see how well you can do.
Li Jianjian,
when you see Ziqiu
and Xiao,
would you please not mention it?
I won't!
If I do, Ziqiu will be really pissed!
He was the one who helped you.
OK. OK.
Let's go and celebrate with them.
Let's go.
Next time,
it'll be only about me!
OK.
Come.
Come.
Let's toast to our daughter
who's one of the top five!
OK.
Cheers!
-Come.
-Come.
I'm so happy!
Mom,
I'm only one of the top five.
What if I fail?
No, you won't!
I've asked about
the other four girls.
Three of them
are not as pretty as you.
And the prettiest one
has no experience
in acting.
Even the assistant director
who's in charge of casting said
that Director Zhou would definitely choose you in the end.
So shouldn't you trust
his choice?
Yeah!
You've been acting in movies and TV series since childhood.
You can do this.
I have faith in you!
Yes, to be more confident!
I have faith in you!
I will work hard!
Good.
Come.
I've never expected
today before.
Look.
Your mother's family is poor
and so is your father's family.
Your father and I
don't have good educational backgrounds.
I used to work as a cashier in the supermarket
and your father
is a long-distance truck driver.
He always goes out to work for days
and I'm so worried about him.
If the crew hadn't gone
to your class to choose
child actresses
when you were in the first grade,
how would we have known
that you could do this?
Right?
Yes.
You're a talented daughter from a poor family.
Your mother should take the most credit,
because she gave birth
to a beautiful and smart daughter.
Have some more.
My dear,
in the future,
your father and I
are counting on you.
I'll be your agent
and your father
will take care of everything at home.
No problem.
From now on,
both of us will take good care of you.
Don't worry.
After I become famous,
you won't have to work anymore.
I'll hire two persons
to take care of you.
So you can just enjoy your lives.
I'm looking forward
to enjoying a happy life!
Come. Let's drink.
OK!
Good.
Excuse me, your steamed sea bass.
-Thank you.
-OK.
Put it here.
Thank you. Please enjoy it.
OK.
Excuse me, your steamed sea bass.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
Please enjoy it.
Is that the actress
in your class?
So what?
I worked so hard to hold it in.
I waited until
Miss Tang and her parents
finished eating
and left.
I thought she was a hypocrite,
but I didn't know
that she would even lie
about her parents' jobs.
Does she feel embarrassed
by her parents?
Yeah. Is it necessary?
You've been overhearing it
next to us?
What have you heard?
Nothing.
Nothing.
I'm warning you!
Even if you want
to defame me in school,
it won't work,
because no one will believe you.
We don't want to defame you.
Even if we tell everyone the truth about you,
there's nothing wrong with it.
Yes.
How dare a liar be so aggressive!
I'm not a liar!
My mom used to work at Carrefour.
Isn't Carrefour one of the top 500 companies in the world?
My father is a long-distance truck driver.
Isn't that logistics business?
They misunderstood it
and it has nothing to do with me.
She's right.
Yeah.
Then we're good.
Now we're leaving.
Bye.
Who let you leave?
So what, Miss Tang?
Do you want to get us silenced?
I'm warning you!
Don't tell anyone about it!
If you tell anyone about it,
there'll be serious consequences!
I just can't stand it!
Do you really think you're that famous?
Who wants to tell anyone about your nonsense?
Stop it.
Do you really think
that someone like you
can threaten me?
No. No.
How dare you threaten me to my face?
Don't force me to do it!
The person who was beaten up by me last time
hasn't recovered completely yet.
Would you like to try it?
Don't punch her in the face!
She still has to go on an audition.
Anyway, I'm warning you!
I've warned you!
Don't tell anyone about it!
And I'll watch over you!
Stop! Stop!
Don't stop me!
I'll punch her in the face!
Stop it.
Don't stop me!
She has left. She has already left.
You held me too tightly.
What a bummer!
We got caught on the spot.
Your hard work was in vain.
Don't tell anyone about it!
Here. It hurts!
Here?
Yes.
Well, Dad,
is there anything
I can do to help
with the renovation?
Would you like me
to mix cement and water?
Well,
please don't do that.
You don't have to do that.
You've just graduated,
so you should go and have fun.
Is the graduation dinner tonight?
Oh, yes.
What about the classmate party?
It's tomorrow evening.
OK.
I'll give you another 500 yuan,
so go and have some fun.
Tell me if it's not enough.
No need.
It's enough.
Dad, you don't have to
work so hard.
When I go to college,
I can
do some part-time jobs to make money.
What are you talking about?
I want you to go to college,
instead of doing part-time jobs.
Don't worry about money.
Our noodle restaurant
is different now.
It's no longer a small restaurant
with just a few workers.
It'll be a big noodle
I'll make
a lot of money,
so don't worry about it.
Since you know
how hard it is for Li Haichao,
you should do something for him.
You've never made money before
and you don't know
how hard it is to make money.
You're about to go to college
and Li Jianjian
is about to go to college, too.
It'll cost
a lot of money,
you know?
It's hard for an average family
to support a college student,
and he has to support two!
Do you want to exhaust him?
It's so late now.
OK. I have to go now.
I need to
ask them to do something.
What do you want to eat?
Go and buy some
in the supermarket.
By the way, Dad,
would you like me to cook for lunch?
It's easy to make some curry.
OK.
Do it on your own
and don't get burnt.
Don't worry.
Has Zhao Huaguang come to see you recently?
No.
OK. I'm leaving now.
OK.
Focus.
We'll have curry for lunch
and I'm going to buy some food in the supermarket.
What would you like to eat?
Two bags of original potato chips
and crispy ice cream
with chocolate on it.
You know it.
Watermelon.
Money!
Put it on my bill.
Don't forget
that you've already owed me
60 yuan this month.
I'll pay you back when it's 100 yuan.
Watermelon is a kind of fruit
and it belongs to family expenses.
My service fee!
How stingy!
Here you are.
Where is my 5 yuan change?
Li Jianjian, lend me some money.
Again?
I've lent you 20 yuan.
I'll pay you back when it's 50.
Thank you.
Xiao,
don't you want to go out and play
after the college entrance exams?
No.
But I want.
You can go after finishing the homework.
Don't you have an exam before the holiday?
I'm afraid you can't get into
a beauty salon with your grades,
let alone Central Academy of Fine Arts.
I still have two more years
and I'm an art student.
I need just 300 points.
You made a mistake again.
I've told you not to hit me in the head.
Will you marry me if I get hit out of my wits?
Yes, I will.
Yes, I will.
Ling Xiao!
Ling Xiao!
Yes?
Hurry up!
your grandma has had a heart attack
and they're trying to save her.
I'm going to grab something upstairs.
Let's go to the hospital right away.
Hurry up!
Xiao, just hurry up.
Hello, Chen Ting?
Are you on your way back?
I know you have no other choice.
Emergency room
Mom is in a particularly bad situation now
and the doctor has
given us the critical illness notice.
My wife and I are here.
OK.
When will she come back?
There's no tickets
and she'll come back tomorrow morning.
Can she make it
to tomorrow?
She has no other choice.
Emergency room
She shouldn't have married into another country.
We can't count anything on her.
Mom is dying now,
and she can't get back soon.
What's the point of saying this now?
It doesn't help at all.
Uncle, Aunt,
how is grandma?
They're still trying to save her.
A few days ago,
she said that she had a pain in the chest.
I asked her to see a doctor,
but she refused
because she didn't want to waste money.
None of us had ever
had this kind of disease,
so we didn't know it.
She could eat, drink
and shout at others,
so we thought she was fine.
However,
she was fine when we were having breakfast,
but after that,
she was dying all of a sudden.
Calm down.
No one could
have expected it.
Emergency room
Is Chen Ting
on her way here?
She didn't get the tickets and she'll come back tomorrow morning.
Well
Oh.
OK, I got it.
I got to go.
How is it?
Xiao won't come back today.
They've got
the critical illness notice for four times
and the doctor said
that the family members should stay there.
Mr. Ling won't come back, either.
He said he could help
if anything happened
How did it become so serious?
She was energetic when she came here
to shout at Ling Xiao last time.
She's only in her sixties.
Don't think too much about it.
Let's eat now.
The curry that Ziqiu cooked
hasn't been touched yet.
I'm going to warm it up.
OK, Dad, let me take care of it.
I'll do it.
You make some shredded cucumber.
OK.
Episode 8
The child knows nothing.
As adults,
we should arrange
the child's future
as early as possible.
Even if I take him home,
you can rest assured,
because I won't stop him
from contacting you.
After all, you brought him up.
Well. Stop.
In our family, we respect
the children's opinions.
What is he going to do in the future,
and what school he will go to
You are narrow-minded.
Sorry.
I didn't mean to
look down upon you.
After all, you run a noodles restaurant,
so you have limited field of vision.
You know what?
Nowadays, those families,
as long as they have conditions,
give the best to their children
with all their might.
Even if they have to surrender their last resource,
they want their children
to have a bright future, right?
Enough. Stop it.
I'll talk to Ziqiu.
That's it.
Why does what I said
make no sense to you?
If you keep the child here like this,
he won't have a good future.
Your purpose is
to let him take care of you when you are old, right?
Don't you want to take him back
and let him continue your family?
Come on.
He is my son
and I want to take him back.
Is there anything wrong with that?
The only difference between you and me is
that I can give all my family property
to him in the future.
But you keep him here.
You are hindering his development, aren't you?
I'm doing this for his own good.
For his own good?
What did you do before?
Get out of here.
No.
Wait. I got it.
You think one million yuan is too little, right?
Even if you put ten statues of the God of Wealth here,
in this small noodles restaurant,
how many years will it take you to earn
one million yuan?
Tell me.
How much on earth do you want?
Don't talk about money with me.
I earn money
by my own hands.
If I take money from you,
I feel sick.
Get out of here!
Get out! Get out!
Get out!
Get out of here!
Li Haichao,
what do you mean?
I'm telling you. Doing this
is no good to
us at all.
You are unreasonable.
Who are you?
Why did Haichao
drive you out?
I,
I'm He Ziqiu's dad.
He Ziqiu's dad?
Yes.
I'm his biological dad.
May I know your surname?
My surname is Zhao.
Bah!
You are shameless.
What bastard are you?
Why do you abuse me?
I abuse you?
Are you a man?
There are people everywhere in the street.
Why don't I abuse anyone else?
You are a bastard.
Haichao,
don't be polite to him.
Do you have boiled water here?
Splash water to drive him away.
You have no manners.
You are unreasonable.
Who is unreasonable?
You.
Who is unreasonable?
Stop there!
You bastard!
What's wrong with you?
I'm exhausted.
I haven't finished the assignments
our teachers gave,
but the teachers at the cram school gave a lot of assignments.
If a machine is invented
to help people do homework,
that will be wonderful.
You wish.
Didn't Ling Xiao and Ziqiu come here with you?
They are going to take part in the National College Entrance Examination.
So, they are studying at home.
It's good that they are studying.
I thought
that because of Zhao Huaguang,
Ziqiu doesn't dare to come out.
That's impossible.
Ziqiu said
that Zhao Huaguang didn't come to him again.
Moreover,
last time when Zhao Huaguang
went to see my dad,
Mrs. Qian in our community
was going to splash water on him.
I guess he doesn't dare to come again.
What do you want me to go with you to do?
Mr. Huang called me,
asking me to give the notes I took in class this week
to Tang Can.
She'll be absent from school again next week.
She hasn't finished making up last week's missed lessons yet.
No wonder
she had to transfer to another school and repeat a year.
She asks for leave so often.
Even if she went to study in Grade 5 at primary school,
she wouldn't be able to keep pace with the others.
No need to give the notes to her.
They won't be useful for her.
She won't understand even if she sees them.
I don't know whether she can understand.
But this is a task Mr. Huang gave me,
so I have to complete it.
Let's go.
She has to catch a plane in the afternoon.
Can I say no?
Let's go. Let's go.
Come on.
Let's go.
There's something wrong with her.
On such a hot day,
we come to give her the notes,
but she keeps us outside,
without treating us to drinks.
That's something unexpected.
But it makes sense.
Something was wrong with this girl
long ago.
She's too much.
She's really too much.
It's so hot.
Stop talking.
So depressed.
Stop talking.
Sorry for bothering you to come here.
I suddenly received an audition notice.
I'm going to Beijing and stay there for a few days.
We've been waiting for you for half an hour.
I was packing up.
You were packing up,
so you kept the two of us
waiting in the sun?
I'm sorry.
I don't like
to stop doing something halfway
and then
do something else.
You could have asked the security guard
to let us come in
so that we could give them to you.
I don't want to let others know
where my home is.
Because it's not safe.
After all, you also know
that I have a special job.
I can understand
your worries.
After all, to deal with you who deserve a beating,
it is likely that people will spray paint
on your house.
As a public figure, you can't lose temper.
Give the notes to me.
I'm going to catch the plane.
No notes for you!
You can't understand even if you have them.
Miss Tang, the last placeļ¼
come on.
Don't get the last place
in the audition.
Come on! Come on!
Anyway, I don't want to
see the notes at all.
I recovered.
When you lost your temper just now,
you looked so cool.
What can I do?
How should I explain it to Mr. Huang?
Perhaps Mr. Huang just
said that casually.
I, I hope so.
You were really cool just now.
It made me feel very secure.
I'm flattered.
I just felt
that it would be OK if I stayed there alone.
But you were there with me.
So, I was mad at her.
I feel so happy.
Let's go. Let's go.
It is just around five o'clock, but it is already closed.
Dad,
why did you close the restaurant at the supper time today?
Dad?
Li Haichao?
Ziqiu?
Ling Xiao, are you in?
My dad
You are in the hospital?
Who is sick?
The customer got food poisoning?
Dad,
what happened?
How come the customer got food poisoning?
Where is he now?
Where is he? Is he OK now?
Was he sure that he got food poisoning after having the noodles of our restaurant
or
eating something else?
You asked so many questions
in one go.
Which question should I answer?
Answer me.
What should I say?
Are you cooking?
I'm cooking noodles.
My noodles!
It spilled out.
Dad,
did anyone take revenge on
our restaurant?
Our kitchen is so clean.
How come
cockroaches and flies
were found in food these days?
Now,
a customer got food poisoning.
So,
what is the situation now?
The customer who found a cockroach in the food last time
called the food administration
and we have been warned.
This time,
the customer who got food poisoning
also reported us to the administration.
Now we are compelled
to suspend business to bring up to standard.
To suspend business?
This is to force our family
to die.
Don't talk nonsense.
Come on.
It can't go so far.
No big deal.
It's just that we'll stop doing business for a week.
We can just
do a general cleaning
during this period.
The range hood
and ventilating fan
making noise in the kitchen
should have long been replaced.
Besides,
are those
what you should worry about?
You guys
rest assured.
Focus your mind
on your studies.
Understand?
Mr. Li,
let's install a video surveillance system
in the restaurant.
We can explain things with evidence.
Right.
You are right.
We need to install it.
Yes, we need to install it.
I think the noodles you cook
cannot be eaten.
Let me cook something simple.
Beef rice.
I remember there are three onions
in the fridge.
Dad,
the three of us are going to buy something
at the convenience store.
Go.
Just buy whatever you want to eat.
It's too late. Eat this.
Why do you discipline me in everything?
I want to discipline you.
When we get home,
don't ask about the matter again.
Did you hear me?
Why?
Didn't Mr. Li say that?
It is a matter the adults should handle.
You just need to study hard.
You always consider me as a kid.
You are a kid.
On July 3, this year,
I'll be 18 years old.
I'll be an adult.
What's the big deal?
On your 18th birthday,
when the time comes,
can you grow up in a flash
and immediately shoulder
the burden of life?
Can you be so amazing?
Do you want to eat it?
No. There is all your saliva.
Why did you ignore us?
What are you thinking about?
I'm thinking
it would be great
if I could grow up in a flash.
Then Dad doesn't need to work so hard.
I hope so.
I hear
people indeed grow up suddenly.
What do you mean?
It means
on your 18th birthday,
you will be legally an adult.
But that's not the true sense of growing up.
To grow up to an adult in the true sense
is something to happen in a moment.
Which moment?
The moment no one else knows
but only you know.
When you change your mind
and feel the weight of life,
at that moment,
you grow up quietly.
Generally, when will
the moment come?
In the next second,
tomorrow,
the day after tomorrow,
or
in 10 years, 20 years,
or a lifetime.
As expected, what you said
is extraordinary.
It is freezing.
Try it and see whether it is freezing.
Don't do that to me.
Why didn't you order anything?
What do you want to drink?
Let me order it for you.
Our noodle restaurant stopped doing business.
Did you ask people to play tricks?
Why did you ask me that?
I didn't.
You want to see me to talk about that?
A child is a child.
You can only put forward problems,
but you can't solve them.
I'm begging you. OK?
We are no match for you.
Ziqiu,
you are my own son.
Will I hurt you?
My dad gets up at half past three
every morning.
Then he goes to the restaurant to knead dough,
stew beef and spareribs,
and fry peanuts and soybeans.
He works there from early morning to seven o'clock in the morning.
Then he goes back home to cook breakfast
for the whole family.
Since I was a little child,
no matter how busy he is,
he has never let us make do
for our lunch and supper.
The noodles restaurant is the only source of income
of our family.
Can you let us off?
Since you know
life is not easy for Li Haichao,
you should think for him.
You haven't made money.
You don't know how hard it is
to make money.
You are going to college soon.
And your sister
will go to college in the future too.
The expenses
will be greatly increased without being aware.
You know?
It is extremely hard
for an ordinary family to support a child.
But he has to support two children.
You want to make him exhausted to death.
After I go to college, I can
do part-time jobs to make money.
You mean
you still don't want to go with me, right?
No.
Well.
Let's wait and see.
Ziqiu,
you are my only son.
No matter what happens,
I won't give up you.
I'll give you time.
Think about it.
What else do you want to do?
I went to the restaurant
to see how you will improve.
But it is closed.
Now you are drinking.
You are back early today.
Come on.
Drink with me.
I changed shifts with my colleague
to see whether you need any help.
Being like this,
you are not worried at all.
I haven't been so free for so long.
I'll have several days off.
You won't improve the restaurant?
I just want to tell you something.
I had an idea
long ago.
I remember I told you
that my restaurant
is kind of small
and the decoration is outdated.
Here is my plan.
I want to get the ownership of the restaurant next door.
The restaurant next door.
Mm.
I want to get the ownership of it.
So, we can run a large restaurant.
Think about this.
Prices are getting higher and higher.
These children are going to take part in
the National College Entrance Examination.
They need to go to college.
We'll have to spend money
in more and more aspects.
So, we have to make more money, right?
OK.
The front of the restaurant next door
is OK.
Yes.
Let's not rectify problems.
Let's just expand
and open the business again.
Right. Run a big restaurant.
Yes.
Otherwise, Zhao Huaguang
would say with sarcasm,
"Your small restaurant
doesn't make money."
He always says that
to the child.
He'll affect the child's mood when he takes exams.
OK.
You don't have enough money.
I'll give you
all my savings.
Well. Stop.
Money is needed
in many aspects.
Keep your savings.
They will be used for urgent needs.
As for the money,
I've asked about it
in the bank.
I can mortgage the old house my parents left me
to get loan from the bank.
This is also a way.
Then, how about this?
Well.
I'll pay for Ziqiu's
living expenses and tuition
in the future.
Come on.
As a policeman, how much money can you earn?
Come on.
Can you earn
as much as me, the owner of a noodles restaurant?
Right?
I have money. I'm telling you. Rest assured.
OK. OK.
I'm telling you.
Then this is settled.
OK.
I'll pay for Ling Xiao's living expenses and tuition.
You are really funny.
Your thermos cups
have been filled with
warm water.
Remember to drink it.
How about you check again?
Your ID cards and admission tickets.
Whether you have sharpened
your pencils.
Dad, rest assured.
Last night,
you checked for us
many times.
Right.
I'd better send you there.
Mr. Li, don't go with us.
Go to monitor the decoration of the restaurant.
Jianjian will go with us, right?
Yes, she will go.
I'm ready. I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Where is Mr. Ling?
He went to borrow a car.
It has been a while. But he hasn't come.
By the way, Ling Xiao, Ziqiu,
are you wearing the red underpants I gave you
to wish you success in every exam?
Yes.
Yes.
Let me check.
Have you finished?
OK.
What else should we pay attention to?
You are going to take part in the exam in No. 2 High School.
I've made an on-the-spot investigation there.
Look.
This is the south gate.
When you get in from the south gate,
you must enter from the left door,
and after the exam,
you must come out from the right door.
Enter from the left and come out from the right. Understand?
And look,
this is the statue of Confucius.
After you get in, you must do this.
Bow before it sincerely.
It is said that it is particularly efficacious.
Got it. You are talking a lot.
You are loquacious.
Be patient.
Let me give you a test.
OK. Go ahead.
What should you do as soon as you get the paper?
Write my name on it.
And then?
Answer the questions.
I've told you a lot of times.
After writing your name,
you should do this.
Kiss the paper.
It means you'll surely do well in the exam.
OK.
The car arrived. Hurry.
Go downstairs. Go downstairs.
Let's go.
Let's go and talk. Let's go and talk.
Let's go and talk.
Dad, we are going.
Mr. Li, we are going.
Keep calm.
Just do as you normally do.
Wait. Don't open the door.
Dad,
at nine o'clock,
remember, at nine o'clock,
burn incense for my mom,
asking her to go and bless them.
Ah. OK.
What else do you want to do?
The good time comes. Open the door.
Let's go.
You are superstitious.
Let's go.
Go!
Don't be nervous.
OK.
Wish you success in every exam! Wish you success in every exam!
Wish you success in every exam!
Wish you success in every exam! Wish you success in every exam!
Tang Can, what is the procedure
of the selection like?
We are all curious.
Right. Right.
Which place did you get this time?
I'm among the top 5 candidates.
- Top 5.
- Top 5. Top 5.
You'll surely get the first place.
Right. I think you'll
almost get the first place.
Mingyue.
How did your brothers do in the exam?
Ziqiu said the exam is not hard.
It's not a problem for Ling Xiao.
That's great.
That star
succeeded in the audition?
Among 2,000 candidates,
she is one of the top 5.
Next week, she'll get trained.
The chance rate
is only 20%.
But she is so proud of herself.
Whoever acts Director Zhou's film
will be a hit.
She is one of the top 5 among 2,000 candidates. Isn't she amazing?
But there is only one female leading role.
The students in the third year
have finished their exam and left school.
But we are still at school.
Concentrate on your studies.
Tang Can, you are back.
How is everything with you?
Sir,
I'm among the top 5.
I'll get trained in Beijing starting from next week.
Good. Good.
Let's encourage
Tang Can, the actress.
Everybody, applause.
Tang Can! Tang Can! Tang Can!
OK.
Now, class begins.
Last time, you wrote a composition entitled
"A Good Friend I Can Learn From".
Three students did a very good job.
Qi Mingyue,
Zhao Qing,
and Wang Yajie.
As usual,
let's ask them to read their composition.
You can learn from them.
Qi Mingyue,
you first.
Sir, I have a sore throat.
Well.
Give it to me.
I'll read.
"A Good Friend I Can Learn From".
"On the day when I met him,
I didn't think
that day was different
from any of
the other days.
As usual,
I carried my schoolbag and walked on the way to school.
I passed
the green wall filled with vines.
That day
was different from
any of the other days.
Because when I was bullied by
bad guys,
someone stepped forward bravely for me"
Li Jianjian, you've been mad with me all day long.
You couldn't have been so mad.
Why?
If you were in my shoes, wouldn't you be mad?
I just
"someone stepped forward bravely for me,
yelling 'The police are coming!
Don't let them escape!'
The two bad guys were scared and slipped away."
Did you mention Ziqiu?
Did you mention me?
Only Ling Xiao
stepped forward bravely for you.
What about the two of us?
No, no.
It's a composition.
I couldn't write about fighting.
It was easy to write about what Ling Xiao did.
"I was sitting on the swing alone,
crying sadly.
The warmth he gave me
was like a gentle stream,
cleansing my soul.
It was like the sunlight shining on me.
Oh, no.
At that moment, I felt
he was sparkling."
There are exaggerations
and metaphors.
They are figures of speech usually used in compositions.
You know.
I don't know.
Anyway, you skipped the details of
Ziqiu and me,
and only mentioned that you can learn from Ling Xiao.
I'm unhappy about that.
Do you think
I do poorly in my studies,
so I'm not worth being learned from?
No, no.
I was wrong.
I'll write about you alone next time.
Really?
Really. Only you.
Then I'll see how well you can do.
Li Jianjian,
when you see Ziqiu
and Xiao,
would you please not mention it?
I won't!
If I do, Ziqiu will be really pissed!
He was the one who helped you.
OK. OK.
Let's go and celebrate with them.
Let's go.
Next time,
it'll be only about me!
OK.
Come.
Come.
Let's toast to our daughter
who's one of the top five!
OK.
Cheers!
-Come.
-Come.
I'm so happy!
Mom,
I'm only one of the top five.
What if I fail?
No, you won't!
I've asked about
the other four girls.
Three of them
are not as pretty as you.
And the prettiest one
has no experience
in acting.
Even the assistant director
who's in charge of casting said
that Director Zhou would definitely choose you in the end.
So shouldn't you trust
his choice?
Yeah!
You've been acting in movies and TV series since childhood.
You can do this.
I have faith in you!
Yes, to be more confident!
I have faith in you!
I will work hard!
Good.
Come.
I've never expected
today before.
Look.
Your mother's family is poor
and so is your father's family.
Your father and I
don't have good educational backgrounds.
I used to work as a cashier in the supermarket
and your father
is a long-distance truck driver.
He always goes out to work for days
and I'm so worried about him.
If the crew hadn't gone
to your class to choose
child actresses
when you were in the first grade,
how would we have known
that you could do this?
Right?
Yes.
You're a talented daughter from a poor family.
Your mother should take the most credit,
because she gave birth
to a beautiful and smart daughter.
Have some more.
My dear,
in the future,
your father and I
are counting on you.
I'll be your agent
and your father
will take care of everything at home.
No problem.
From now on,
both of us will take good care of you.
Don't worry.
After I become famous,
you won't have to work anymore.
I'll hire two persons
to take care of you.
So you can just enjoy your lives.
I'm looking forward
to enjoying a happy life!
Come. Let's drink.
OK!
Good.
Excuse me, your steamed sea bass.
-Thank you.
-OK.
Put it here.
Thank you. Please enjoy it.
OK.
Excuse me, your steamed sea bass.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
Please enjoy it.
Is that the actress
in your class?
So what?
I worked so hard to hold it in.
I waited until
Miss Tang and her parents
finished eating
and left.
I thought she was a hypocrite,
but I didn't know
that she would even lie
about her parents' jobs.
Does she feel embarrassed
by her parents?
Yeah. Is it necessary?
You've been overhearing it
next to us?
What have you heard?
Nothing.
Nothing.
I'm warning you!
Even if you want
to defame me in school,
it won't work,
because no one will believe you.
We don't want to defame you.
Even if we tell everyone the truth about you,
there's nothing wrong with it.
Yes.
How dare a liar be so aggressive!
I'm not a liar!
My mom used to work at Carrefour.
Isn't Carrefour one of the top 500 companies in the world?
My father is a long-distance truck driver.
Isn't that logistics business?
They misunderstood it
and it has nothing to do with me.
She's right.
Yeah.
Then we're good.
Now we're leaving.
Bye.
Who let you leave?
So what, Miss Tang?
Do you want to get us silenced?
I'm warning you!
Don't tell anyone about it!
If you tell anyone about it,
there'll be serious consequences!
I just can't stand it!
Do you really think you're that famous?
Who wants to tell anyone about your nonsense?
Stop it.
Do you really think
that someone like you
can threaten me?
No. No.
How dare you threaten me to my face?
Don't force me to do it!
The person who was beaten up by me last time
hasn't recovered completely yet.
Would you like to try it?
Don't punch her in the face!
She still has to go on an audition.
Anyway, I'm warning you!
I've warned you!
Don't tell anyone about it!
And I'll watch over you!
Stop! Stop!
Don't stop me!
I'll punch her in the face!
Stop it.
Don't stop me!
She has left. She has already left.
You held me too tightly.
What a bummer!
We got caught on the spot.
Your hard work was in vain.
Don't tell anyone about it!
Here. It hurts!
Here?
Yes.
Well, Dad,
is there anything
I can do to help
with the renovation?
Would you like me
to mix cement and water?
Well,
please don't do that.
You don't have to do that.
You've just graduated,
so you should go and have fun.
Is the graduation dinner tonight?
Oh, yes.
What about the classmate party?
It's tomorrow evening.
OK.
I'll give you another 500 yuan,
so go and have some fun.
Tell me if it's not enough.
No need.
It's enough.
Dad, you don't have to
work so hard.
When I go to college,
I can
do some part-time jobs to make money.
What are you talking about?
I want you to go to college,
instead of doing part-time jobs.
Don't worry about money.
Our noodle restaurant
is different now.
It's no longer a small restaurant
with just a few workers.
It'll be a big noodle
I'll make
a lot of money,
so don't worry about it.
Since you know
how hard it is for Li Haichao,
you should do something for him.
You've never made money before
and you don't know
how hard it is to make money.
You're about to go to college
and Li Jianjian
is about to go to college, too.
It'll cost
a lot of money,
you know?
It's hard for an average family
to support a college student,
and he has to support two!
Do you want to exhaust him?
It's so late now.
OK. I have to go now.
I need to
ask them to do something.
What do you want to eat?
Go and buy some
in the supermarket.
By the way, Dad,
would you like me to cook for lunch?
It's easy to make some curry.
OK.
Do it on your own
and don't get burnt.
Don't worry.
Has Zhao Huaguang come to see you recently?
No.
OK. I'm leaving now.
OK.
Focus.
We'll have curry for lunch
and I'm going to buy some food in the supermarket.
What would you like to eat?
Two bags of original potato chips
and crispy ice cream
with chocolate on it.
You know it.
Watermelon.
Money!
Put it on my bill.
Don't forget
that you've already owed me
60 yuan this month.
I'll pay you back when it's 100 yuan.
Watermelon is a kind of fruit
and it belongs to family expenses.
My service fee!
How stingy!
Here you are.
Where is my 5 yuan change?
Li Jianjian, lend me some money.
Again?
I've lent you 20 yuan.
I'll pay you back when it's 50.
Thank you.
Xiao,
don't you want to go out and play
after the college entrance exams?
No.
But I want.
You can go after finishing the homework.
Don't you have an exam before the holiday?
I'm afraid you can't get into
a beauty salon with your grades,
let alone Central Academy of Fine Arts.
I still have two more years
and I'm an art student.
I need just 300 points.
You made a mistake again.
I've told you not to hit me in the head.
Will you marry me if I get hit out of my wits?
Yes, I will.
Yes, I will.
Ling Xiao!
Ling Xiao!
Yes?
Hurry up!
your grandma has had a heart attack
and they're trying to save her.
I'm going to grab something upstairs.
Let's go to the hospital right away.
Hurry up!
Xiao, just hurry up.
Hello, Chen Ting?
Are you on your way back?
I know you have no other choice.
Emergency room
Mom is in a particularly bad situation now
and the doctor has
given us the critical illness notice.
My wife and I are here.
OK.
When will she come back?
There's no tickets
and she'll come back tomorrow morning.
Can she make it
to tomorrow?
She has no other choice.
Emergency room
She shouldn't have married into another country.
We can't count anything on her.
Mom is dying now,
and she can't get back soon.
What's the point of saying this now?
It doesn't help at all.
Uncle, Aunt,
how is grandma?
They're still trying to save her.
A few days ago,
she said that she had a pain in the chest.
I asked her to see a doctor,
but she refused
because she didn't want to waste money.
None of us had ever
had this kind of disease,
so we didn't know it.
She could eat, drink
and shout at others,
so we thought she was fine.
However,
she was fine when we were having breakfast,
but after that,
she was dying all of a sudden.
Calm down.
No one could
have expected it.
Emergency room
Is Chen Ting
on her way here?
She didn't get the tickets and she'll come back tomorrow morning.
Well
Oh.
OK, I got it.
I got to go.
How is it?
Xiao won't come back today.
They've got
the critical illness notice for four times
and the doctor said
that the family members should stay there.
Mr. Ling won't come back, either.
He said he could help
if anything happened
How did it become so serious?
She was energetic when she came here
to shout at Ling Xiao last time.
She's only in her sixties.
Don't think too much about it.
Let's eat now.
The curry that Ziqiu cooked
hasn't been touched yet.
I'm going to warm it up.
OK, Dad, let me take care of it.
I'll do it.
You make some shredded cucumber.
OK.