Dating in the Kitchen (2020) s01e21 Episode Script

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Looking into your eyes ♪
I see myself holding close to you ♪
Wherever I go ♪
I will never find someone like you ♪
So much in love tonight ♪
I know that it feels so right ♪
So special you and I ♪
You make my world go round and round ♪
Falling to you ♪
I’m falling to you ♪
All I ever want is to be with you ♪
Love is for you ♪
My love is for you ♪
You are my everything in my life ♪
Falling to you ♪
You’re the only one ♪
My love is for you ♪
= Dating in the Kitchen =
= Episode 21 =
Why are you here?
Got hurt?
I told you not to go.
You asked for it.
So charming! Lu Jin is so charming!
You didn’t see
how he works.
He’s so cool.
And how he talks.
Don’t say sorry to me.
I hate this word.
If you say sorry,
I have to pretend to be very forgiving
and think for you.
I can’t do it.
Don’t insult me
with my tolerance to you.
He is so charming!
Be cool, Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Lu?
So?
So,
I plan to
change my look.
Are you gonna change your head?
No, no, no.
I want to be the woman behind him,
to love him,
tolerate him,
and understand him.
= Boardroom =
Let’s begin.
Okay.
Mingting Group has just reached
a cooperation agreement
with Wayne Hotel on the re-planning
and construction of Sinan Villa District.
Lu Mingting is flying to France next week
to attend the signing ceremony.
If this cooperation is really achieved,
Mingting will get back to life.
They can stabilize the creditors
with this project.
Not to mention Huimin Bank,
other banks will be happy
to give them financial support.
So,
the risk assessment department suggested
that we can retreat now
to reduce unnecessary risks.
What did you say?
Retreat?
Do you know
how much we spent
on this project?
We work countless days
and nights for this project
and now you want us to retreat?
Do you want us to give it up
so all of our efforts go in vain?
Yes.
Because previously
the PR department has announced that
Zhenghong is bound to take Mingting.
Giving it up now
will embarrass us all.
And once this news leaks out,
Zhenghong’s stock price
will drop inevitably.
How can we explain to the shareholders?
But if we continue to acquire,
we would spend
severalfold than expected.
Even if you are willing to do so,
you won’t be able to take it.
As far as I know,
there is another buyer
who offers higher than us.
But that’s not important.
What’s important is,
if this project between them and Wayne
gets carried out smoothly,
Mingting is very likely to come alive,
and then it will not need to be acquired.
I’ll take this with a grain of salt.
I do not agree to retreat.
Ms. Li,
better now than late.
Thanks, all of you.
Dismiss.
You stay.
Thanks.
Help me find out where Jenny is now.
The youngest daughter of Wayne’s owner?
Jenny.
Okay, I see.
She’s on vacation in Chiang Mai.
Perfect.
Book me a flight to Thailand now,
and send me her address
and contact info.
I will go with you.
No need.
I can go by myself.
You got more important things to do.
You need to
check the background of the other buyer.
Check it thoroughly.
Don’t worry.
Mingting won’t have its way with Wayne.
The acquisition goes on as planned.
I will take Mingting
at a proper price.
= Inpatient Department =
What’s wrong?
Wayne Group has
terminated the cooperation unilaterally.
How did that happen?
Wayne’s president’s wife
promised to help us.
Besides,
she has a say in Wayne.
I gambled on the wrong person.
The successor of Wayne is not her.
It’s Jenny, the president’s
youngest daughter.
I just learned about it.
This Jenny
antagonized her stepmother for everything.
Lu Jin
went to Thailand and talked with Jenny.
He cut off our plan.
Lu Jin, again.
What should we do now?
Lu Jin has burnt all our bridges.
I got nothing to do now.
We can only wait
to be acquired by Zhenghong.
I’m back.
Don’t worry.
Dad.
Do we need to call the doctor?
You are sick.
You should stay calm.
Don’t get angry for petty things.
It’s no good to you.
Petty thing?
Where did you go?
I went to Shengnan’s food stall
and brought you some
boneless chicken feet.
It melts in your mouth. Have a try.
Gu Shengnan?
The girl
Lu Jin announced to be
his fiancée at the party?
I saw Zheng Hong’s face turn green.
I guess
she doesn’t like this daughter-to-be.
Wellington steak.
Miss Gu.
Uncle Lu, why are you here?
Do you have time?
I want to talk to you.
Sorry, I’m late.
Jin,
I want to have a talk with you.
Let’s go to another restaurant.
All right.
We talk alone.
I asked you to come over…
Jin,
I beg you to let go of
Mingting Group.
Beg?
How nice it sounds.
I’ve been waiting for this word
for thirty years.
But unfortunately,
I can’t help you.
Business is business.
Don’t refuse me so fast.
You want Mingting
not for business reasons,
I know
you and your mom
still hate me.
Yes, we do.
Where were you
when my mother was helpless?
Where were you
when I grew up
to be a man from a boy?
From then on,
I swore on one day that
I would surpass you
and become stronger than you.
And today,
I did it.
I’m proud of my mother.
Whether you admit it or not,
I’m still your father.
Mingting is everything of my life
and this is my last wish.
You only taught me one thing in my life,
ruthlessness.
I didn’t plan to come back at all.
Lu Mingting,
you are my father. I can’t change that.
But the only thing I can change is that
you will be looking up at me
for the rest of your life.
You only taught me one thing in my life,
ruthlessness.
But the only thing I can change is that
you will be looking up at me
for the rest of your life.
= Meng Xinjie =
Hello?
Can you talk to him?
He’s been beating the sandbag for an hour.
Stop.
Lu Jin, stop it.
It’s okay.
Stop.
You are bleeding.
Go home.
Let’s go home, all right?
Sorry.
I’m sorry.
It’s my fault.
I’m sorry.
Okay. Let’s go home.
Let’s go.
Sorry.
Go home.
Go home.
I’m sorry. Let’s go.
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪
You don’t need to say anything special ♪
Cause I’m pretty sure ♪
You’re the morning dew
that has fallen soft ♪
During the night on me ♪
So naturally ♪
Like we’re meant to be together ♪
Come on.
Hurry up!
Come.
Step aside.
Let me check.
Lu Jin?
Lu Jin?
= Tomb of Lu Mingting =
Zheng,
we are
on each other now.
Remember what I said,
and what your dad told you before he died.
Mingting…
Dad.
What are you saying?
I dedicated…
my life to Mingting.
Don’t
let it
be ruined.
You have to
protect it.
Mr. Lu.
Come in.
Mr. Lu Jr. from Mingting Group
is waiting for you in the meeting room.
Okay.
Sit.
Sit down.
I asked them to make a coffee for you.
My favorite flavor.
Have a taste.
Jin,
I want to beg you for one thing…
About Mingting Group.
Tell me.
Mingting is Father’s life work,
can you leave it alone?
Lu Zheng,
I understand you.
But you need to
learn
not to count on someone else.
You have to act on your own.
Of course, not now.
Now you need to figure out two things.
First,
Mingting Group is facing
irreparable problems.
It’s like a worm-eaten apple
and is decaying
every second.
The only way to deal with it
is to dig out the rotten part.
And you don’t have the ability to do so.
Second,
never be emotional
in business.
Business is business.
There is no emotion.
So I can’t do it.
You can’t stop me buying Mingting.
Brother,
let go of Mingting.
I beg you.
If you are here
on behalf of Mingting Group,
I don’t like your attitude.
If you want to stop me,
do it on your own.
Prove it to me.
Show me what you can do.
Go back.
I know what you want.
Go back.
Jin.
I hope you can remember
what you said today.
I will.
Business is business.
There is no emotion.
You can’t stop me buying Mingting.
= Background Analysis of Mingting Group =
How long will it take this time?
I’ll be back as soon as I finish work.
So wait for me at home,
okay?
Are you not afraid
that I run away with someone else
when you are away?
Dare you do it.
What if I dare?
I beg you.
Don’t make a joke about this, all right?
I have arranged
everything during my absence,
including the food stall.
Don’t worry about it.
Just have fun at work.
Oh, right.
I almost forgot the most important thing.
Buy anything you like.
Promise me one thing,
don’t work overtime.
Okay.
Off you go.
Okay.
Forgot anything?
Yeah.
Mr. Lu,
Wayne has completely given us up.
Without Wayne’s intervention,
no bank is willing to
provide us with financial support.
Mingting is facing a huge funding gap.
If there is
no capital injection,
it will be difficult
to maintain daily operations.
I think
it’s not necessarily a bad thing
to be acquired,
at least we can count on Zhenghong.
Anyway,
a good tree is a good shelter.
Director Kong,
you don’t know Zhenghong Group.
Companies acquired by them
will be split and sold
if not meet their assessment requirements.
At that time, you, me,
and everyone here,
are gonna lose our jobs.
= Entry point Zhang Yimin =
= Taiyue Property =
Zheng, what are you looking at?
Mom,
why are you here?
Why didn’t you call me?
What are these on the wall?
Show me.
Mom,
just leave it.
Why are you here
at this dirty and messy place?
Why not go shopping or do SPA
with your neighbors and friends?
Zheng,
are you hiding something from me?
You haven’t been home for days.
Are you busy with these stuffs?
It’s okay, Mom. Don’t worry about me.
I will go home today, OK?
Believe me, I will take care of it.
Lu Zheng.
Zhang Yimin.
It’s been a long time.
Yeah, long time.
You look much better
and more handsome than you were in school.
Please sit.
Lu Zheng,
I’m sorry about your father.
Chenxing and Mingting
have been working closely in recent years.
I happened to be
working on a project in South Africa
on the funeral day,
so I didn’t make it home.
I’m really sorry.
It’s okay.
My father got a heart issue for many years
and we had been prepared for it.
Yimin,
I asked you here
to do me a favor.
Tell me.
You know
Taiyue Property?
Of course.
Taiyue and our company are working
on a Southeast Asian Resort project.
This is the project.
You know,
Taiyue is controlled by me now.
I want to sign a guarantee agreement
with Chenxing in the name of Taiyue,
with Mingting Group as the guarantor.
Here is the agreement. Take a look.
I don’t understand
why are you doing this?
Mingting
is one of the shareholders
of Taiyue Property,
but it’s not necessary to undertake
such a harsh guarantee for Taiyue.
Once this agreement is signed,
any problem happens to Taiyue,
Mingting might have to be sold
to make it up.
Promise me you will help,
I’ll explain to you later.
All right?
Sure.
This agreement
does no harm to us.
And
it’s a double assurance.
I got no reason
to say no to this.
I’ll ask my secretary to send you
the formal agreement later.
Okay.
= Director Xiang =
I’ll leave you to your business then.
See you.
Lu Jin is heading to Vancouver.
He wants to acquire Mingting
through the Vancouver branch.
Zhenghong Group is reaching the company’s
small and medium shareholders
and trying to acquire
their shares secretly.
Many of the shareholders are worrying that
the group will not be able
to handle the debt problem,
and have reached an equity
transfer intention with Zhenghong.
The directors want to know
if you have any countermeasures.
No.
Let them take it.
It’s pretty good.
Keep it going.
In Mingting Group,
Lu Zheng owns 33% of the shares,
his mother Lin Lijun owns 8%,
and other shareholders own 59%.
Zhenghong has acquired
42% of the shares.
We will keep trying,
or reach an agreement
with other small and medium shareholders
to get their voting rights.
Next, we only need to convene
a general meeting of shareholders
to reorganize the board of directors,
and then we will take Mingting.
Do you want me to arrange
the general meeting on next Monday?
Not in a hurry.
What is Lu Zheng up to lately?
The project team said
that Mingting has given up struggling.
Your brother Lu Zheng
doesn’t seem to care about this.
Maybe he just
got nothing to do.
A major shareholder who owns
41 percent of the shares
got nothing to do?
I don’t think so.
What’s on your mind?
Set up a special team
to check these two
companies for me.
Taiyue Group and Chenxing Holdings.
Shall we continue?
Of course.
As planned.
What brought you here?
I feel bored
at home.
Wanna find someone to talk.
Are you busy?
Did I disturb you?
No.
I got no shift today.
You came so early.
Had breakfast?
It’s twelve o’clock now.
Twelve o’clock.
Would you like to have lunch together?
All right.
You go in.
I’ll go throw the trash.
I’ll go with you.
Okay.
Have more.
Help yourself.
Sorry.
I didn’t come to Uncle Lu’s funeral.
You know,
your relationship with Lu Jin,
and you two families…
Shengnan, don’t.
I understand.
Because of the competition
between Zhenghong and Mingting,
my brother and I are getting
more and more distant.
Actually, I have a wish in my heart.
I hope the grievance
in our last generation could end,
especially after my father passed away.
I hope I got a kinfolk by my side.
I hope Lu Jin…
I hope Lu Jin
can admit me as his brother.
I know.
Don’t worry.
Leave it to me.
I will help you realize it.
Lu Jin is a person
who is cautious in everything.
There is no reason not trusting
his own brother, right?
Shengnan,
thanks for your help.
I really appreciate it.
But I don’t want
my brother to know this.
I haven’t achieved anything yet.
I want to make some achievements.
I guess…
I guess at that time,
my brother would think much of me.
Okay.
Hurry up and eat.
What’s wrong?
Nothing.
Good.
Eat some vegetables.
Do you feel hot?
What’s wrong?
What’s wrong with you?
Lu Zheng.
= Inpatient Building =
Take a good rest.
Stay here for one night for observation,
and you can be discharged tomorrow.
Remember, never contact allergens again.
Thanks.
Seriously, what is your problem?
You’re allergic to crabs. Why ate them?
You made it for me.
Are you out of your mind?
It’s okay.
I’m not absolutely allergic to crabs.
Sometimes I am,
but sometimes I’m fine.
I’ve been in bad luck lately.
My dad is gone.
All my mom does is nagging and weeping.
I finally
had a chance to eat crabs
but got allergic.
It’s okay. Everything will get better.
Don’t worry.
You are my little brother now.
I got your back.
I think I’m older than you.
In seniority,
I am your sister-in-law.
I am older than you.
Yeah, right.
All right. Have some rest.
I’ll get you some water.
= Fussy Lu =
= Fussy Lu =
I can’t tell if this is real love ♪
But I know how I feel ♪
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪
You don’t need to say anything special ♪
Cause I’m pretty sure ♪
You’re the morning dew
that has fallen soft ♪
During the night on me ♪
So naturally ♪
Like we’re meant to be together ♪
That’s how I see it ♪
Though it seems illusive ♪
Can you tell how much my love is pure ♪
You can’t buy it or sell ♪
To be very honest with you love ♪
I wanna get close to you ♪
I don’t know how you gonna take it ♪
But I keep on thinking about you ♪
You’ve been on my mind ever ♪
Since I saw you smiling at me ♪
Your smile ♪
Baby I’m just falling to you ♪