Ji feng wan lai (2021) - full transcript

Hello, Ms. Wang

So sorry, I'm late

It's raining outside

Yes, it is

Couldn't get a cab.

Would you like to add anything?

No, we're fine

So here are some of the

overseas trips our company offers

Brazil

Argentina



and Mexico

Here have a look

We also offer

Germany

Britain

and Italy

Please, have a look

Mr. Liu

The current economic
environment has changed

For a company this size

It's very hard to run large tours

As for domestic tours

the demands are low

which means, profits are low



But Ms. Wangÿ

Even if you do manage to make bookings

In a year or two

There will be more problems

With rising salaries and cost

Eating into your capital

How are you going to cope?

That's why I have to tell you

Unfortunately

Your offer is unrealistic

And we can't accept this deal

Regarding the scale of the company

I can't argue with that

I started it myself from scratch

But to be frank

If my company was doing well

I would've listed it on the stock market

To be honest

Taking over my company

is also good

for your business

For instance

our Communist History tours

I'm not kidding

I've been doing it

for over 8 years

Chongqing

Yan an

Xibaipo

We cover them all

You might have heard

Many local companies, schools

and government offices

It's mandatory for them to attend

If you take over

you will be making money

I'm going to be honest with you

I'm actually thinking about retiring

If you take over, it'll
be a win win situation

Mr. Liu

Do you believe in The Book of Changes?

My master, he studies it

The I Ching

He says

he can see the future

and that everything is connected
to a single source of energy

What is yours, will be yours

What is meant to happen, will happen

However, for ordinary folks like us

we won't know

But for some

They can sense it

Isn't it interesting?

Mr. Liu

Take some time to consider

You have my number

Let's keep in touch

Sure, sure

Hello

Is he one of ours?

Damn it

What rotten luck

What happened?

I don't know

What do you know?

Someone saw him sleeping in the car

Nothing weird

This morning they tried to wake him

and found that he wasn't breathing normally

What did the doctor say?

The doctor said

He's brain dead

Other than that, I didn't
understand anything else

Did you ask the other drivers?

They all don't know him

What about his family?

They are all here

But I don't know what to tell them

Damn it! Do you know anything?

Boss

Has this happened before?

You got it wrong again

Your dad should be back soon

I'll drive you home

I'm leaving

Money's in my bag

Do this again

Focus

Take out the trash please

Mum's rental contract is almost up

She's considering buying a place instead

What was that?

Nothing

What have you been doing everyday?

Still unemployed?

I don't get it

Spent a fortune studying abroad

and you still can't find a job?

If you can't find anything

come work for me

Better than staying at home

And do what?

Do what?

What can you do?

Turn it down

Murderers

Malicious company

Give me back my husband

How did he die?

You evil heartless monsters

How did he die?

Come out and face me

How did he die?

You evil heartless

We came from the hospital

You think you can get away with this?

Give me back my husband

Look at my kids, they're so young

You malicious company

Give him back Give him back

You heartless evil company

My kids are so young

How are we to live?

Malicious company

My poor husband

You evil heartless

You malicious company

Keep them out

You malicious company

My life is over

You monsters

You malicious company

Where is he?

Who's in charge here?

Are you the boss?

No, no, I'm not

Bring me your boss

How did my husband die?

You evil heartless

He was lying in hospital
and no one came to see him

Ma'am, please calm down

You're not the boss

Where is he?

Where is the boss?

Where?

Ma'am

Please calm down

Our boss isn't here

What did you do yo him?

Please calm down

You malicious company

How did he die?

Give him back to me

Poor soul

My kids are so young

How are we going to survive?

I'm going to kill myself

Fuck off

You kill my huband

You monsters

How can I live anymore?

I don't want to live anymore

I'm going to die

They are so young

Somebody help us

Oh God

God help us

He's dead

My life is over

Shame on you

I'm warning you

They will be back

They got nothing to lose

Your company is here

Where can you go?

These people are crazy

No shit they're crazy

They're peasants

You need to sort this out

Learn how to deal with it

You can't call me every time

You're the boss

Here, have a cigarette

No thanks

I'm working on it

He just started working for me

I haven't even met him

and now, it's chaos

Don't tell me

tell a lawyer

Have you found one?

Yes, I have

He's sorting it out

Then tell him to handle it

This isn't anything out of the ordinary

The trouble starts later

You better be prepared

Just pay her the money

It'll be less hassle doing that

Think of it as bad luck

It's just bad luck

Are you free on Monday?

Why?

One of my student's parents told me

they are hiring

I've arranged an interview for you

It's a top firm

The salary is good

You have good qualifications

Why don't you try harder?

Wear this to the interview

Leave a good impression

Eat

They are not going to hire me

You don't need to worry

I've already laid the ground works

It should be fine

We'll see

By the way

I went to dad's company

He is in trouble

A driver was found passed out

Don't forget, Monday

Don't forget

The person that's in
there now is taking a while

That's a good sign

Last time, I saw a person
come out in two minutes

Two minutes?

It goes to show, just
having a degree is useless

Unless you have work experience
or your family has connections

They allocate you in different departments?

If the interviewer graduated
from an Ivy League College

he'll favour Ivy League graduates

How many interviews have you been to?

Me?

I've just started looking

Commerce degree?

Sort of

Which college?

It's not a good one

Please come with me

Did you guys read up
on job interview skills?

It teaches you how to dress and act

That stuff is useless

Your CV is the most important thing

Sorry to interrupt

where is the bathroom?

Thanks. Please continue

It all depends on the
culture of the firm too

Announcement: Please use the
back door to alight from the bus

How did it go?

It's been a long day

I need a drink

It's not looking good

Have a smoke

It's complicated

I went to the hospital

They diagnosed what was wrong

He suffered a severe brain hemorrhage

He is brain dead

The machine is keeping him alive

So how much compensation do I need to pay?

It's complicated

It's difficult to judge

The peasants arrived when I was there

They brought the whole
village to the hospital

all demanding something

How well did you know the driver?

It turns out he married many wives

He's not a regular guy

He's got kids in the country

and another family in Shanghai

What?

Before he was married

he had a child with someone else

Now they are all here

That's why you have to compensate

all of them

What do you mean?

Calm down

That's why I'm here

I'm just explaining the situation

The most crucial thing is time

As long as he's alive

we can negotiate

Maybe we can lower the amount

If he dies, then it's all over

You have to pay

They could ask you for two million

Two million dollars?

Why don't they just go rob a banks?

What else can you do?

In their eyes, you're from the city

So you've got money

They think you owe them

They won't stop harrassing
you until they get what they want

Brain hemmorhage

I looked into it

It doesn't count as a work hazard

At least we can cover some

through insurance

You need to give me his contract

and health insurance details

Also, who recommended him?

Must be another driver

Find me that guy

I need to speak to him

He may have to testify for you

Okay?

Okay

One last thing to remember

don't go to the hospital

If you go, they'll hassle you

it'll be hard to negotiate. OK?

If they come to your office again

call the police

Call the police?

Wouldn't that make it worse?

Don't be scared

Tell the police you have a heart condition

Let them handle the peasants

Since you're clear with
everything, I'm leaving

Okay?

Get those things I asked for

as soon as you can

Got it?

Got it

Bring everything to my office.

You know where it is

Okay

Mr. Zhou, wait

have a smoke

No, thank you

Come on, take one

Go and find them

Alright

Thank you

Goodbye

Thank you again

Hello? Anyone here?

Anyone here?

How can you be so careless?

How can you not have a
working contract with him?

What can I do now?

I don't know

If you had insurance

I could use it to lessen the damage

But you have nothing

If this was a car accident

You would be soley
responsible. Do you understand?

What about the witness?

The driver that recommended
him. You can't find him?

Hey

I don't know where he went

I'm asking everyone that knows him

That's it

Forget it

Forget what I said

He probably skipped town

Which leaves us with nothing

The doctor did say overworking

Could be one of the causes

Now we don't have a witness

But hey

He had only been working for three days

How can he be overworked?

Under normal circumstances, you're right

But since you have no witness and
no contract, they can say whatever

High blood pressure, diabetes

Hell, they can claim anything

What can you do?

Two million dollars is unrealistic

That won't happen

I'll try my best to cut it down
to under 1.5 million dollars

That I can do

Maybe I can negotiate an even lower number

The lesser the better

Right?

But remember,

He's got a lot of family members

It's not going to be easy

with that many mouths to feed

Be prepared

Dad

Dad

Your phone

Turn on the light please

Exams?

Revision class

What's up?

Nothing much

I was nearby

I have something to ask you

I'm listening

You know

My company is

not doing well lately

You know that savings account

Can I please borrow it for now?

I'll pay it back as soon
as things get back on track

Your company is doing that poorly?

Not possible

The money is for Yi Fan

I'm not spending your money

I just need to borrow it to
cover some things for now

I know what happened

Your worker had an accident?

Now, they're asking you
to pay compensation?

Isn't it funny

that all these years and your
company is still not making money?

Maybe you should close it

Tao Qing!

Oscar controls the ball

He crosses the far post

Header!

He hits the bar

It's a goal kick

Ref points the goal

That was a header at the far post

Just a little over

It's a grueling game

It's one of the reasons

Liar!

He was fine before

Now he's lying unconscious

Not moving

What did you do to him?

We know Mr. Luo had high blood pressure

How could you not know?

High blood pressure my ass!

Look at these poor children

The driver that recommended
Mr. Luo can testify

Bring him here!

Bring him here!

He's not here at the moment

I'm here to talk to you

My husband was never sick

until you people came along

We ask for this

We never wished for this

So it's our fault then?

Say that to my children

How dare you offer us $20,000?

We are with Mr. Luo

Enough of you! Where's your boss?

Bring him here

You scum

The boss is not here

We are all on the same side

Come on tell him

You people are heartless

Trying to insult me with this money

You think we're peasants?

HOW DARE YOU

My kids are young

We understand

We are very sorry about Mr. Luo but

JUST GIVE US AN ANSWER

You can't threaten us

Why don't you die instead of him!

You're his lawyer

Why don't you go kill yourself

If we have to, we'll go to court

I just want to talk this out with
you and your family Mrs. Luo

Either you return my
husband or give me the money

Not what you've offered, this is a joke

It's 10pm. Let's call it a day

If the adults don't need
rest, the children do

We'll continue this tomorrow. Okay?

Tomorrow then

Goodbye

Tomorrow

Hold on to it for now

See you tomorrow

You guys, just don't get it

That's a lot of money

What else do you want?

A smart person would've taken the money

gone home and started over

You could buy a house in the village

Be settled for life

If it was me, I would be over the moon

Mr. Liu

You're a hard man to find

Care to visit your
employee at the hospital?

Regarding that

please talk to my lawyer

He is handling this

Please talk to him okay?

I'm asking you how
much you're willing to pay

Give me a number

We are going to compensate

I really can't give you a number

It's not up to me

or you as a matter of fact

It's up to the law

Mr. Liu

Let's cut the bullshit

He is lying there

kept alive by a machine

You know what

He's not going anywhere

I'll tell you this

We are leaving tomorrow

Without us, the hospital
can't cut the life support

He's all yours

You can keep him there

or take him home with you

Mr. Liu

I knew you would come find me

I'll put them here Mr. Liu

Everything is written in the energy

People have intercepted them in the past

Interpreting the information

For instance

Jesus is from the west

Buddha

even Einstein

Only the chosen can read it

When someone dies,
their spirit turns into energy

and it returns to the universe

When you're alive

If you're righteous

your energy will be high

That's what

Buddha tries to teach us

It's the same reason

It's done. Let's go

Sorry, I'm late

Let's go

What did you have for lunch?

Left overs

Mr. Shen said he can't sell the car

Nobody wants it

I was thinking, if it's okay

I can use it

Suit yourself

Who's car is that?

Are you selling the car?

Yeah

Be care of those dealers

They will try and rip you off

Have you seen the factory
gates? Where they do pick ups?

They make decent money

Good luck

young man

How much for a trip?

The usual

$35

Stop

Who's in your car?

License and registration

Hurry up

We are friends

License and registration

What's his name?

I thought you were friends

No?

Wait here

Boss

Have a smoke

No need

Please

I don't want it

Boss, he's new, he doesn't know

Do me a favour

He's all over the camera

I know I'll teach him

He won't do it again

Last time

Promise, one last time

You people

Thank you boss

Are you blind?

You can't drive here

Turn into the side street you idiot

Who was that?

He doesn't know shit

Why did you help him?

Because it's fun

A spoilt brat trying to work for a change

Ms. Tao

The assistant principal wants to see you

Okay

Assistant principal

You wanted to see me?

Ah yes

There's a rumor going around

That you're being a bad influence

These rumors will reach the parents

What if the parents complain?

You can tutor the students outside
of school but just be careful and

act proper

If the principal finds
out, he will be annoyed

I'm just warning you

Have some

Boss

Have they bothered you since?

Why would they?

They got their money

So what are you going to do now?

Small projects

I've had enough

Help yourself

How's your son?

Didn't you says he was looking for a job?

Is he alright?

Him working? That's my dream

But Boss

You can't give up and sit at home,
you have to find something to do and

I'm working for this company now

They do tourism

They are hiring, why
don't you give it a go?

And do what? I have
things to sort out at home

I can ask them

No, thanks

Here, help yourself

Have some soup

Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Sun

No worries, please take a seat

He's too old

I don't think he's right

They are not hiring anymore

I'm not sure what's changed

It doesn't matter. I told
you I didn't want to come

I've got to go

She's not bad

You know me

Look at that

$2000?

I get paid monthly

So you get more?

Yeah, all depends on the amount of viewers

Then why are you still driving?

It takes a while

Every month they get paid

They sell shit too

You know a lot about this

I use it too

These girls, they switch places

Here, I'll show you

You charge the account?

I charged $2000

Do you think she'll add me?

Is that the girl?

I gave her gifts online

and she didn't add me

Yeah?

Did you go last night?

No man

You told me already

I didn't go

The police were on patrol so I didn't go

Bullshit

He's not telling us

He's making money behind our back

We need to handle this

I can't

You agree right?

Right

I heard he got a beauty

Where did you go?

Everyone saw it

Sneaky bastard

I know

He would never spill

Sneaky

Did you call that guy?

Did you call that guy?

Yeah

What the fuck did he say then?

Did he say when?

Shit man

I'm not ready

Pass me that

So what happened with her?

What do you think happened?

Smells good

Did you get a little kiss?

Yeah

I'll bring some perfume

No need boss

So you went to her place?

She looked nothing like the photo

Fucking fraud

Photoshopped?

She was hot in the photo

That's why I returned her phone

If I had known, I would've taken it instead

You were playing nice

No shit

And when I got there

I gave her the phone

She said nothing

She just stood there looking at me

Is she stupid?

I think she is

So I thought, let's
just stare at each other

We just stood there like idiots

At least you can find phones

Your Karma is bad

Shut up man

Speaking about that

I do have something to say

I told you I'm leaving next month

I'm leaving here

And now that I have to leave for good

it's making me angry talking about it

Then don't bring it up

You got everyone curious now

I can tell you this

It's because of my sister

She worked hard, saved up some money,

rented a store to start a business

If business is bad, she
could rent the store out

Right?

Sounds like a plan

She just got the place, and
now they want to demolish it

They claim it's an illegal property

Can you believe this shit?

It's obvious

They let you in when they need you

When the city is overpopulated,
they tell you to leave

It's easy for you to say

You know

Stop

People like you

Grown up in the cities

A new generation of Shanghainese

This doesn't bother you

I'm not really Shanghainese

He's a Shanghainese

You're still better off than us

Boss, where's my food?

You're still driving?

Yeah

Don't be scared

There won't be any police at this hour

The car looks pretty new

Yeah

Where are you going?

Sleeping in the car?

Yeah, it's too far

I'll drive you

No, thanks

Come on, get in. I'm going into the city

What happened when you were in the army?

Nothing really

I had a fight with someone

I didn't realise how political it
can get in the army, it's all about

That's why I left and started driving

What about you? Why are you, a
local Shanghainese, working as a driver?

It's a long story

There were some issues at home

So I had to start making some money

You don't have any siblings?

I have an older brother

Each person has their own problems

I grew up in a small village

We didn't have much

I had to work for everything

I won't let people look down on me

So I worked hard

I was the top of my class

But the army changed me

You know

Thanks. See you

You look tanned

A little

I can smell cigarette smoke on you

Probably because a
friend was smoking nearby

Do you still want to

continue studying?

You can't keep going like this

Studying abroad will be good for you

I don't know

Stop staying with your
dad. It won't do you any good

If you don't want to go to America

You can study in another country

I've saved up some money for you

How much could you have saved?

Enough for you

Enough for you to study abroad

You were saving up this whole time?

Does dad know?

Of course he does

Did he come to you to borrow money?

He did

He came to my school

As if I care

What do you mean by that?

Excuse me?

If you had the money,
why didn't you help him?

Why should I?

Why should I?

So he doesn't have to
sell his company, maybe

So we don't have to go through this

Why did you refuse?

That was my choice

I'll tell you why. It's because
he deserves what he got

Even if he begs, I won't lend him a penny

The money is for you

For me

I only care about you

Just me?

Yeah, right

You said the money is for me right?

Then give it to me

Why? So you can give it to your dad?

How I use it, is my business

What don't you understand?

Your dad will never change

With him, there's always something

He's always a victim

If I lend him the money
this time, what then?

I guarantee you, things will be the same

Just like before right?

I don't get you, always
looking back at the past

Why did you have me then?

Let's go

What's wrong?

A few days ago, she told me

Her classmates are talking about us

She is a bit upset

What's your plan then?

We need to reconsider our relationship

She's my daughter

If we continue, it's not good for her

and it'll become a mess

You think I'm a mess?

I didn't mean what I said before

She's my daughter

I care about her

I know

What are we then?

I want to send her to Canada

I've been planning this for a while

But not now

If you are willing to

when the time is right, we all go together

When is the right time?

When can I start over?

What a mess that was

Just forget it

It's all over now

It doesn't concern you

I'm the victim here

I had to disappear for a month

I couldn't work for a month

I shouldn't have been involved

I heard the boss's son is
here. He's driving for Luo's kid

I don't care. They paid already

What's the use now?

What was that about?

Answer me

ANSWER ME

What do you want? I don't know shit

You recommended him and
you're telling me you don't know?

He told me he was all
fine and I believed him

Ask your lawyer

I have nothing to do with this. Get lost

That was a Jack

Two

You got me

You really got me

What's up?

Are you still pretending?

What the fuck?

You're asking me what I'm talking about?

You're still pretending you don't know?

Are you nuts? What do you want?

Still playing dumb?

Playing what?

Tell me what I'm playing at?

Why are you still pretending?

Come on, tell me what I'm pretending to be

Your old man killed himself
to get the compensation money

YOU MOTHER FUCKER

I'll kill you

Say that again

Just leave

You're crazy

Fuck off to where you came from

Mother fucker

So you knew all along?

Know what?

You knew he was going to die

Why did you pay?

He planned to scam us

Say something

Say something

Say what?

What did the lawyer say?

Why can't we sue them?

We need to get our money back

Are you simple?

You think I didn't ask already?
What can the lawyer do?

Even if he was about to die
and the law says he can't work

How can we prove that he was about to die?

Even if we can prove it

Do you think these
peasants care about the law?

Forget about it. What's done is done

How can you just forget about it?

What then?

Ask for it back?

Track them down and get it back?

Based on what evidence?

Even if we have evidence, we'll still lose

Alright

Alright

Alright what?

You don't think I'm stress enough already?

Mum was right

You never change

Is this your first time here?

Do you want to dance?

Let's dance

You're already here

Why not dance?

Just relax, we're only dancing

You're good

That's 20 bucks

Come on, pay up

The wind is strong

All the trains are affected this afternoon

Many tourists are trapped here.
They are slowly evacuating people

As you can see, the
staff are shutting the gates

It's one of the biggest
typhoon we've seen in years

The whole city is working
together to prevent accidents

Many residents are advised to stay home

I saw it strike there

What happened to the typhoon?

It was on the news

What was that about?

It's coming tonight

Where's the lightning

I'm leaving, let's go

It's a hoax

The typhoon's not going to come, let's go

The rain stopped

Yes?

I'm looking for Zuo

He's not here

What do you want?

I have something for him

You can come in and wait if you want

He should be back soon

Are they going to
demolish this building soon?

Yes, they've been
saying that for a long time

But they haven't done anything

It won't be for a while I think

If they knock it down, you
can move to a bigger place

We don't own this, we're renting

If they knock it down, we
have to move even further away

It's better if we stay

Where are you from?

Shanghai

Today your day off?

Yeah

It's good to take a break occasionally

Zuo never takes a break

I tell him to take some
time off but he doesn't listen

I always tell him to look
after himself, he never listens

He's the breadwinner,
he needs to earn money

He's use to it

He use to drive in the army too

It's probably better to be in
the army than driving a cab

You need to have connections and
networks to do well in life. Even in

the army

He had a fight with someone in the army

because of that, he had to leave

It must be hard on Zuo after
what happened to his dad

Yes, it was

Nobody expected it

One day he was fine and the next he's gone

Just like that

He wasn't sick back then?

He was very healthy

Just some minor illnesses

I told him to see a doctor

He never went and nowÿ

It's too late now

Please give this to Zuo

What the fuck do you want?

Nothing

She didn't know so I
wanted to tell her the truth

Did you read it?

He was dying but you didn't know

How can a son not know his father is dying?

I went to the hospital

Your dad refused all treatment

For me, my life is more
important than money

Maybe it isn't so for you guys

I understand. I really do

With so many mouths to feed

He had to find a way to leave
something behind for you animals

Does it feel good to spend blood money?

I would, I would feel good

Money is money, right?

Money makes people happy

Right?

Go on

Hit me. Don't stop. Go on

Useless

Isn't it?

He's dead

When you're dead, nothing matters anymore

What are you doing here?

How did he die?

What do you want you bastard?

I'm asking you

You took the money too, why does it matter

how did he die?

Where were you before
when he was in the hospital?

Now you want to know?

You fucking animal

You want to hit me?

How dare you hit me

Where do you get the nerve?

You're a bastard, and now
you're asking me these questions

You fucking animal

You shameless animal, fuck off

Fucking animal

You think you're better than us?

Long time

I found someone

Someone wants to buy your car

What do you say?

You can think about it

Fuck it

Sell it to him

Got it

Thanks

Did you hear

One of the drivers got
into a whole heap of trouble

What happened?

All I heard was

The police arrested him

I've got to go

Good luck, young man

Bye

He's not here

Come in

I'm leaving

Before I go

I wanted to see him

You should tell him to leave you

Start fresh, live a more structured life

He should go with you

He won't want to

He won't go with anyone

He's an adult

Why don't you wait?

He'll be back soon