Up in the Wind (2013) - full transcript
A struggling girl editor working with a big magazine in Shanghai was forced to take a trip to Nepal to write a travel series. Helped by a travel fellow, the son of a rich businessman, she achieved the mission successfully and also found the courage to live on in Shanghai.
Miss, I don't believe there is a problem.
In this dish,
the saffron is mixed with the sausage,
to let the semi-dried sausage
absorb the flavor of the saffron flower.
Putting in a fully dried sausage
and a fully dried turnip
in this dish...
You are the head chef.
You should know better than me.
The fully dried sausage has 372 calories,
while a semi-dried one only has 285.
Nowadays, it's all about low fat-dining.
You charge us prices this high,
and you let us eat like
we're eating at McDonald's,
with that same risk of getting fat?
Can you see the difference yet?
How about we offer you a bottle of wine?
Go on, then.
Wow, you are one sharp food critic!
You know so much indeed!
Cheng... What's your name again?
Cheng Yumeng.
Melissa, where did you meet your friend?
From now on, whenever we eat out,
you have got to bring her.
My dad is opening a new restaurant for me.
She writes a column
for the magazine, Chic.
So I hired her to help me plan the menu.
What happened
to your previous coffee shop?
You're throwing it away?
I am so done with that, too much trouble.
The location I chose wasn't good.
There were always
these lowlife office clerks coming in.
You could sell them a cup of luwak,
but they wouldn't be able
to appreciate the difference.
Oh, recently, I've been wanting to
trade my Porsche for a Maserati.
That's not cool at all.
Oh, where do you live?
I can give you a lift.
It's fine,
my company arranged a car for me.
Hey, not bad.
Well, she is a writer after all!
Miss?
Miss?
You booked the car for only one hour, yes?
Well, it's almost time.
What do you want to do?
It's 300 for an hour, right?
Yes.
Count the money.
And please drive another five minutes,
then drop me off
at the metro station ahead.
Okay.
ENTRY FROM OTHER SIDE
SHANGHAI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM
Chief!
Regarding the Tuscany cuisine story,
why did I receive a notice
that I'm not going anymore?
The Tuscany story has been canned.
How's that possible?
Didn't we plan it for some time already?
We changed it to open sea fishing
in New Zealand.
And?
The sea fishing in New Zealand
was organized by some rich kids.
It's a trip
they've wanted to go themselves.
To the right a little bit.
-It should be to the front a little bit!
-Oh, a little to the front.
The father of one of the kids
has a big advertising budget to spend
on the magazine. So he asked me,
whether we could give these kids
some positive coverage.
The kind that shows off
their high self-esteem,
or better yet to have a charity angle.
In...
In exchange,
he is willing to double his spend
on the ads with us.
How can I turn down a business like that?
Thank you.
Originally, management decided that
having the fishing article
as a cover story is enough,
and we don't need
to send anyone abroad anymore.
But I still went to the boss,
and said, "It hasn't been easy for Cheng.
She even had to rush
her passport application."
We should at least give her
an overseas assignment.
So, where are you planning to send me?
An exceptionally wonderful place.
Which is?
Pokhara.
Well, from the sound of it,
it doesn't seem too far from Tuscany?
No, it's not too far.
Pokhara is a nice tourist city in Nepal.
Nepal?
What would I do in Nepal?
What's wrong with Nepal?
The air there is so fresh
and things are so cheap!
And the snowy mountains...
It's practically
the Switzerland of the East.
But Chief,
I worked so hard for Italy.
I've been preparing
for the past three months.
And now,
you suddenly want me to go to Nepal.
Even if you make the place sound amazing,
it's still a far cry from Tuscany!
It's really not fair!
Oh, Cheng...
How much more must I nurture you
in order for your level of understanding
to be the same as mine?
You want to talk to me about fairness?
You want fairness?
Go out, downstairs, to the right,
another 500m ahead,
there's the People's Court.
Over there, you will find what you want!
Even if I let you go to Italy,
with your situation,
you may not even get a visa.
European visas are so hard to get.
A girl like you, coming from a small town
with no house, no car, and your savings...
I know it's your privacy,
and I have no right to ask.
But I'm guessing it's not much.
The visa officer
will interrogate you so much,
you will be too embarrassed to go.
Why would you want to go through that?
But Nepal is different.
You pay a small fee, and you get the visa.
You retain your dignity.
And what's more,
Nepal's happiness index is really high.
If you go,
we will have a story that matches
the theme we want to cover
Cheng,
I think your happiness index
is extremely low.
Nepal would be great for you.
It will be a blessing in disguise.
Let your soul breathe some air,
let your tension unwind a little.
I'll give you three pages.
You write there, I'll receive it here.
Not too difficult, is it?
I don't like to put anyone
in a difficult position.
If you really don't want to go,
I'll ask Lin from marketing instead.
That kid isn't picky--
I'll go.
You fought so hard
to give me this opportunity.
I feel very blessed.
-I was being childish just now.
-Now, that's the right attitude!
Adjust yourself.
Pokhara can be just like Tuscany too.
I AM HAPPY
Is everyone here?
-We should be leaving. Hello?
-Yes, Mr. Wang,
where are you?
We've been waiting all day for you!
Which airline are you on?
SHANYIN COMPANY
Thank you. You've done a lot
Let's go, Na!
Sit here, Na.
I want a hot towel.
Hurry!
I want a hot towel!
What kind of airline is this?
The stewardess is so ugly.
He thinks she's a stewardess.
Finally, we're here!
Now, we can relax.
Who is picking us up?
Over here!
Are they here to pick us up?
Yes!
CHENG YUMENG
I'M IN KATHMANDU, CAPITAL OF NEPAL
WHICH IS 3,541KM FROM SHANGHAI
IT'S WORLD FAMOUS FOR ITS MANY TEMPLES
Ms. Cheng.
My name is Li Meilan,
but everyone calls me Li "Hot Blood."
This is my first time abroad.
What countries have you been to?
I only remember the more interesting ones.
For example,
Tuscany in Italy.
There, the food is great
and the lifestyle is fantastic.
I felt like my soul
was no longer polluted.
Instead, I was inspired.
I remember when I was there,
I lived nearby the forest.
I could just walk over.
I took a walk there every morning
to explore.
You know the truffles
that cost a fortune back home?
-Yes.
-A real delicacy.
They can be found all over the forest!
You can pick however much you want!
On the contrary, I don't really like
Southeast Asian countries.
Maybe it's because the visa
is so easy to get,
tourists from China are everywhere!
Okay, let's experience
the beauty of Nepal!
Let's walk this way.
There is a Buddhist temple here.
This is the Temple of Swayambhunath.
-Take your hand off.
-Okay!
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
FEEL THE GOODNESS OF THE WORLD
I'M IN NEPAL
THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
ISN'T IT THE CLOSEST PLACE TO HEAVEN?
A HEAVEN WITHOUT POLLUTION
Too expensive, I don't want to buy it!
No, I don't want it, bye!
-What are you looking at?
-Mr. Wang, he is not staring at you!
YOU SHOULD EXPERIENCE NEPAL
WITH YOUR HEART
Is this Monkey God very smart?
-Can it help my son make it to university?
-They say Hinduism really works.
Do you think we can get their amulets?
I'M ANXIOUS TO TRAVEL AS WELL
I killed a life.
That's not illegal here, is it?
Hurry! Over here!
Coming!
What a pretty hotel garden.
Yes! Look, they even have a pavilion!
Are we supposed to practice yoga here?
This is called "Yoga for the Soul,"
it's of an even higher class.
It's also more expensive
Do we have to pay extra?
It's included in the tour package.
Very good!
Sun!
There's a good spot here!
Fatty, don't rush. Take it easy.
It smells!
Oh, it smells!
Yes, what's that smell?
Whose foot smells so bad?
It's yours, isn't it?
My feet don't smell!
It smells so bad! What in the world
can smell this bad?
Look at my beads, aren't they nice.
Very nice.
Welcome! Please join me
in a spiritual journey
to enlighten our souls.
First, let me ask everyone a question.
Did you all follow
the compass in your heart
to come to Nepal,
a country of spiritual enlightenment?
-Yes. Of course
-Yes.
Ms. Cheng, why did you come to Nepal?
I was supposed to go somewhere else,
but it didn't work out.
So now I'm here in Nepal.
Everyone knows this tour package is cheap.
My teacher says that is called "fate."
-Fate, yes.
-Yes.
And Mr. Wang?
What?
Why did you come to Nepal, Mr. Wang?
Why did I come to Nepal?
I can't lie, right?
The purpose of this lesson
is to allow everyone to speak
from their heart.
Then I'm not going to skirt around.
I'll tell everyone here
what I really think.
I'm here in Nepal...
wholly because my father forced me to.
I am placing my daughter in your care now.
Very well!
Okay, so I had been dating this girl
my father arranged for me for half a year.
Parents on both sides
said we should get married.
So I said, why not?
Besides, I was pretty much done
with playing around.
The fortune-teller said my father's
health isn't too good this year.
So a marriage would bring some
good karma to help!
I don't care too much about women.
For me,
for us real men,
when we look back at our lives,
what is most important?
Friendship!
Loyalty!
Brotherhood!
Who can be your witness
that you really lived a full life?
What can be your testament
that you really lived?
Only one thing!
Friends!
Mr. Wang!
When you are all old,
when you are 70, 80, when a sneeze
can give you a heart attack,
and you feel lonely,
you make a few phone calls,
and a bunch of old friends will come,
hands and legs all shaking,
to play cards all day,
and stay over for the night.
I want that kind of life.
This kind of life
can only be given to you by friends.
You can't count on a wife
and children for that.
Am I right, master?
Am I right?
-Mr. Wang, you must not be like this.
-I'm not done yet.
You cannot do this.
You have no manners. Hurry and sit there.
What is wrong with this child?
Later, when we really
got down to getting married,
things started going wrong.
On our life path
There are inevitable moments
Of despair and sadness
Send more sunshine
And happiness into the dark
So that those in despair can have hope
In our lives...
Why did the bride stop walking?
What's happening?
My dad said, "On your own wedding,
you can even have your ex-girlfriends
to show up and mess things up.
To allow such a disgrace
to happen in your life,
you must have some serious problems.
Go think about it."
One of my buddies who believes
in Buddhism told me,
"You should go to Nepal!
A lot of people go there
in search for the meaning of life!
There are a lot of temples.
You can stand at the gates,
snap some photos,
and send them to your dad.
Tell him you meditated for an afternoon,
understood a lot
about the meaning of life,
and profoundly recognized
the problems within."
Master.
You see,
I have pretty much opened up to you
at the risk of everyone here mocking me.
I just want to ask you a question.
I know I must have done wrong somewhere.
But where?
Look,
I don't harm other people.
I treat my friends really well.
I just don't have everything
in the right place in my head.
Maybe, I am not that smart.
To be honest, you can even call me dumb.
So regarding my situation,
how would Buddhism explain it?
Do I carry some bad karma
from my past life?
Should I buy some amulets
or set some animals free?
The master says,
"When one feels oneself is dumb,
it's because...
one's soul is temporarily...
covered with a layer of dust.
It will be fine.
A day will come
when the wind will blow it all away."
So beautiful! This is great!
This place has so much taste!
This is wonderful!
This place we are all at right now
is the temple to worship
Nepal's Living Goddess.
The goddess we worship inside
is a real person.
She is a very young girl.
The selection process for this little girl
is very strict.
They gather girls
from all over the country
when they are little.
Then, they would put them in a courtyard.
They would slaughter chickens
and let the dogs loose to frighten them.
The ones who don't cry will pass.
After the tests,
there are still many
other selection criteria.
For example,
they compare who has the cleanest eyes,
the length of their necks,
and so much more.
Finally, the little girl they selected
will live in this temple
for everyone to worship.
She would be asked
to parade around during the festivals.
But normally,
she must stay inside the temple
to give worshipers her blessings.
When this young goddess grows up,
her term will end.
She will receive a sum of money,
and she will then go back
to normal everyday life.
Where is this goddess?
Can we see her?
The goddess is in the main room facing us.
But the goddess can only accept
the worship of Hindus.
So after all this talk, we can't see her?
Think of something, will you?
It wasn't easy to get here.
Without seeing the goddess,
how are we supposed to brag
when we get back?
Exactly. Yes. Think of a way!
Come up with a way to let us see her!
Thank you.
What can you see? Let me take a look!
My turn. Let me take a look.
Where is she?
We didn't even get to take a group photo!
We just saw a pair of eyes.
Hello.
Rasin, hurry!
Get out!
Are you out of your mind?
Stop fighting!
You charge us fees,
and you pick fights with us?
How dare you hit a Chinese!
Let go!
Stop fighting!
Enough!
You don't even know what happened!
Stop fighting, guys!
It's not Rasin's fault!
Wang Can, you deserve it!
Enough!
You bully Rasin
because he can't speak Mandarin well,
and here you are acting all innocent!
Tell us what you said to Rasin!
When we were looking at the goddess,
what did you ask Rasin?
I heard it all!
It was just a joke.
Only stupid people
would take it so seriously!
-What did he say?
-What did he say?
When we were looking at the goddess,
he looked at her and asked Rasin,
"Can I throw something in there
to feed her?"
Do you all really have no faith,
nothing to believe in?
Maybe we shouldn't stay together
as a group anymore.
Look at that kid, what a shame.
What an embarrassment!
We're always told to stay as a group.
Makes it so hard to buy things.
Latest news from our station,
there are some communities
from our mountain districts
who, in fighting
for better work opportunities,
are organizing mass protests.
Many people in those communities feel
their livelihoods are unprotected.
So they want to stage the protests
to gain public awareness and support.
Cheng, are you really going to leave
by yourself?
I can't stand Wang Can
and all those ladies.
Nepal is pretty small,
I will be fine on my own.
Why did you come to Nepal?
I just wanted to go somewhere
to take my mind off things.
Anywhere, as long as it's far from home.
I broke up with my boyfriend last week.
You see it in the movies,
people go to places far away
after they break up.
I wanted to give it a try as well.
Cheng, you've been to so many places.
You must know a lot.
Can I tell you
why my boyfriend and I split up?
I just can't accept
the reason he gave me.
Last week,
we planned a date to go to the mall.
He said he wanted to buy his mom
a birthday present.
He was late that day.
But he's always late, so I'm used to it.
But that day, there was
a blood donation truck outside the mall.
-Blood donation truck? I see it.
-So while I waited for him,
I heard announcements
that they were asking for donations.
They said, "Extend your helping hands,
open up your loving heart" or something.
The more I listened,
the more I was touched by it.
Look, I donated one full pack
of blood while waiting for you!
And after that?
After that, we went to a counter
that sells bird's nest.
He bought a box.
I thought it was a good idea too
to buy bird's nest for his mom.
But then, he shoved the bird's nest
into my arms
and said,
"Take this.
Go back and take care of yourself.
Let's take a break
and calm ourselves down."
Then he turned and just left,
leaving me alone in the mall.
Later, I gave him a call.
He said I gave him too much pressure.
He couldn't take it anymore.
Did you really give blood
because you were bored?
-Not because you wanted to spite him?
-Really!
I just thought
that since I would be waiting anyway,
why not do something useful
like giving blood?
You don't have to choose
when to help other people.
What do you think really happened?
What did I do wrong?
I am guessing, your boyfriend
didn't break up with you
over this one incident.
You must have done many other things
that moved yourself into tears,
but would take a long time
for him to digest.
Am I right?
It's the same at work too.
My boss always yells at me.
He says, "Li your brain
is like a one-way straight street.
You don't even have turns."
My colleagues are the same as well.
Sometimes, I feel that
I am taken advantage of.
But I don't understand why.
Why do they treat me like this?
Cheng.
What do you think I should do?
I can't always be like this.
Don't worry.
One day, we will all become
people who are very careful.
FIVE HOURS' JOURNEY
Mom, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Sweetheart, Happy Moon Festival to you!
What are you having for dinner tonight?
Oh, let me tell you,
everyone in the family
came over to our house.
Grandma, uncle, and aunt all came.
They are all here!
Your dad even made
your favorite pork and tofu dish.
Your grandma made rice cakes.
All your favorites.
Wish you were here with us.
Sweetheart, why are you crying?
If you can't stand it anymore,
just come back.
At home, at least there's always
a warm meal waiting for you.
I'm not going back.
If I go back, it means I've lost.
Welcome to Chitwan,
I am your guide, KC.
CHITWAN, LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IN NEPAL
SITUATED 3,606KM FROM SHANGHAI
HOUSES, MANY RARE WILDLIFE ANIMALS
LIKE BENGAL TIGERS, ELEPHANTS
RHINOCEROS AND CROCODILES
Hello, Chief!
You said the draft I sent back
isn't good enough?
How is that possible?
I don't need you to write
about how you really feel.
This isn't a news article.
You must be able to embellish it.
You give your reader the impulse
to fly to Nepal the moment they see it!
What you are writing now
is too provincial.
It's not dreamy at all. Do you understand?
But this is the Nepal I see.
You can't ask me to make things up.
Then why did I spend so much money
to send you to Nepal?
Why don't I just let you go to
a remote village of Shanghai?
The way we do it back at home
won't work here!
It would sound so superficial
if I write like that.
It would defeat the purpose
of coming here.
Cheng Yumeng, let me remind you.
I sent you to Nepal for work.
Can you please not make
the same stupid mistakes
that other white-collar workers make?
I don't need to go to Nepal to know
the terrible conditions,
the hard life there,
but you know what?
They look so happy, don't they?
Their eyes are so clear,
their smiles are so bright.
Suddenly, you feel lacking
compared to them.
You feel that
everything you do lacks meaning.
You feel the need to pursue
some kind of spiritual existence.
You go out of the country just once,
to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, wherever,
and come back not talking any sense.
Complaining all day about the pollution
back home, the inflated prices,
the dirty eyes
and crooked thoughts of people.
Before you left,
you were no better than anyone else.
Now that you're back,
you start to complain about
this and that.
I've seen enough people like you.
Trust me, I don't need another one.
Don't think one trip to Nepal,
and you can come back knowing everything.
The ins and outs of the world is
not as simple as you think.
-Hold on. How much?
-Thirteen.
Keep the change.
You think you can act like a tourist
out there,
experience some village life,
worship some Buddha, take some photos,
and you will be enlightened?
Then if I kowtow at Jingan Temple
for half a year,
won't that make me a living Buddha?
If you can't stand your life now,
then don't come back.
If you still want to come back,
then don't set yourself up
to fall like this.
Before anyone even knows who you are,
don't talk about how to remain low-key.
Before you know what life is,
don't cry about being true.
It doesn't benefit you,
and it really makes others sick!
The way you are faking it,
and people are tired
from just looking at you.
-I feel that--
-It's true.
You may be making 2000 yuan a month.
But you must be able to write
like you live on 20,000 a month.
You must make the reader jealous of
what you eat and what you use.
Make them envy your life.
Only then will they have the motivation
to fight for better life.
And that is precisely the reason
and purpose for
our magazine to exist.
As for how you can write
like having 20,000 to spend
when you only earn 2000,
that's your problem.
I don't pay you to just be yourself.
Who you really are
and what you really think,
that's not important.
-The career you chose in journalism
-You better get it done.
-is the greatest profession in the world.
-You better get it done.
Because in the future,
you will all be "snow shovelers"
of the world.
Illusions,
lies, and rumors
are like snow in the cold winter,
covering the entire world.
Everyone will come out and say,
the world is so beautiful.
But
underneath the snow is the real world.
So,
we need snow shovelers
to clear away the illusions.
Even if people will curse at you
when you are doing the shoveling,
you will know in your heart
that what you are doing
is the right thing.
So,
today, on your first day of class,
I must thank you all.
Thank you
for choosing this career.
You must think like you are in Tuscany.
Write with an air of elegance,
like celebrities.
Use more fabulous adjectives.
Make readers believe
you are a rich Berkeley graduate.
Is that too hard for you?
KC?
KC?
KC?
I'm not crazy!
I'm just afraid of the dark!
Don't be so cold.
Please, help me!
I beg you!
Then why don't I talk and you listen?
I haven't cried in a long time.
I remember the last time I left home,
I was on the train.
I had just started my first job,
and I had trouble at work.
I was hiding alone in the bathroom,
covering my face, crying.
The money my parents sent me,
I had wired every penny to my landlord.
When I was filling out
the wire transfer form,
I cried.
My dad had sent me a message, saying,
"Sweetheart,
have you received the money?
Treat yourself to a nice meal,
as if mom and dad were there."
Shanghai is really bright.
There are lights everywhere.
I thought that
as long as I stood in the light,
I could pretend to be strong.
I could bite my lips and act tough.
I feel like so many years have passed.
I've suffered so much.
I took so much shit,
I thought I wouldn't be afraid
of anything anymore.
I'm not afraid.
But I am still afraid.
I am afraid.
Can you please say something?
I beg you!
Don't leave me alone here, please!
Hey!
Now, this is called fate.
Looks like you had fun?
Oh, look at this!
Someone's skin is shedding!
Where is that ringing sound coming from?
What?
Listen.
That's the bell on the buffalo's neck.
Every buffalo has one.
They're let out during the day
so they can graze in the forest
and cool themselves in the river.
At night, when the master rings the bell,
they would return to him.
If one of them fails to return,
the master can follow the bells
ringing from their neck,
and find them.
That's the bell to get the buffaloes home.
That's right.
It's just a GPS for the buffaloes.
What if the buffalo goes into the forest
and take off the bell?
How would it return home
if it takes off the bell?
Would you cut your dad's
credit cards for no reason?
As if you don't have a bell
around the neck yourself!
It's good. You would like it.
Cheng,
keep your passports,
they are not needed here.
-Wang Can, this is--
-"Cheng Tianshuang"!
Cheng Tian...
Give it to me!
Give me!
So is your name really "Happy-Go-Lucky
Every Day" or Cheng Yumeng?
I can't be called
"Happy-Go-Lucky Every Day"
because there are too many people
like you around me.
Your parents sure are funny.
They have high standards, don't they?
It's not enough
to just be "happy-go-lucky,"
you have to be "happy-go-lucky every day"!
What does your dad do?
You must have got
billions of dollars at home
in order to give your kid
a name like that!
I'm warning you.
Don't make fun of my parents.
I'm not making fun of them.
I just think,
you are not living up
to your parents' expectations.
Shut up, okay?
Stay away from me!
Don't be mad!
Look, I know everything about you.
Why don't you just open up to me?
My dear "Happy-Go-Lucky,"
throughout this entire trip,
I realized you have a hard time
fitting in.
That's no good.
You should hang with me.
Let me tell you this.
If you hang out with me,
I can make sure you are happy every day.
What do you mean?
Look at yourself.
Changing your name,
acting all fake to everyone every day,
telling lies all day
with not a single true word.
Picking truffles every day?
Truffles are buried deep underground.
They send pigs out to sniff them out.
You didn't know that, right?
How much is the plane ticket
from Shanghai to Italy?
Do you even know?
How much is an Italian taxi's
starting fare?
Do you know?
In this world,
we don't need a "fake every day"
Cheng Yumeng.
We need a "happy-go-lucky every day"
Cheng Tianshuang.
-Right?
-Then I guess I really have to thank you.
You're welcome!
Think of it as my social responsibility.
Welcome your ass!
Is hitting people not considered a crime
in Nepal?
Why do you keep hitting people?
So what if I hit you?
Are you crazy?
If weren't stuck here in Nepal,
I won't give you the time of the day.
If we were in China,
I won't even look at you.
And you really think
that you are somebody here?
Which one of us thinks
he is a somebody here?
It's you! What right
does a person like you have
to make fun of the name
my parents gave me?
-To make fun of my shitty life?
-Can't you take a joke?
You have no right to joke with me.
That's true. My parents gave me the name
out of total idiotic optimism.
It is the joke of my life.
What you spend in a day
is more than what I make in a year.
Of course, my life is like shit.
Today in our society, whoever is rich
has the right to be an asshole.
If one day,
a dog becomes richer than everyone else,
it can probably make everyone else
walk on all fours.
But Wang Can,
it's about time that you wake up.
You've lived an easy life
without any worry about food or clothes.
But have you ever thought about
where all your money came from?
They came from us!
They were taken from people like us!
Maybe it's unflattering to hear this
but people like you
should call people like us "Mom"!
We provide everything for you so much
so that you don't know how
to live without people like us.
What about it?
You still think my name is funny?
Fine.
Let's leave it at that.
You can just treat everything I said
as bullshit!
Okay?
Are you happy now?
I am not getting myself into
a fight between social classes.
You have self-dignity and self-love.
It's the society that wronged you.
The society that humiliated you.
You have more integrity than I do.
I'll leave.
Hey!
So what about people like us?
Do you even know what kind of person I am?
You accuse people like us,
all together at once.
I really don't understand.
You said you don't care about money,
that you despise people like us.
Then why do you try so hard
to pretend to be someone else?
Why?
You even changed the name
your parents gave you,
and made a fake name for yourself.
Now, who are you pretending to be?
Are you not pretending
to be people like us?
I changed my name
because I can't be called
"Happy-Go-Lucky."
In the beginning, my parents wanted
to name me "Heaven's Pride."
But they were worried that would
put too much pressure on me.
Later I realized,
my parent's simple wish
was just for me to be happy,
but I couldn't even fulfill that.
Right after I graduated from school,
I worked as a creative in a small company.
In order to get that job,
I worked day in and day out.
I read all eight volumes
of the Book of Shanhai.
I didn't even work that hard
for my university entrance exam.
Then later, my boss came to tell me
his daughter thought the Book of Shanhai
was too old fashioned,
and she wanted to go
with a space and time travel concept.
And just like that,
everything I did
went down the toilet.
But while I was going through
the research materials,
I came across the word "Yumeng."
Do you know what Yumeng means?
Yumeng is a creature
from the Book of Shanhai.
It takes human form,
but it has a pair of tiny wings.
It always wants to fly
but it can never fly far.
Yumeng lives in the country of Yu.
There are mountains there.
Every day, it would go to the mountain top
to try to fly a little.
To try to fly farther every time.
But every single time, it would fall.
Every single time, it would fail.
I know my name can sound vain,
but the name is me.
Every time I try to pretend
to be someone I am not,
it's so that people can look up
to me a little bit.
When I become the kind of person
that a younger me would despise,
I need someone to come
and call my name out like this...
"Hey!
Cheng Yumeng!"
So you see,
I never forgot who I really am.
It's lost its way.
The protestors are now gathered
on the main road
between Chitwan and Pokhara,
causing a massive traffic jam.
Cheng!
Hurry and get up!
Let's set off,
there are protests on the highway!
If you don't leave now, you won't make it.
-They are going to close off the roads.
-Close the roads?
But...
I have no car, what should I do?
Then you must get a ride from Mr. Wang,
if he is willing.
-Hurry up and get in the car!
-Okay.
Cheng, take care!
Thank you.
Goodbye!
Goodbye!
Say thank you.
What?
Say thank you to me.
Thank people like me
who let you hitch a ride.
You can drop me off here if you want.
My nature wouldn't allow me
to kick you out.
All you have to do is say thank you.
But my nature wouldn't allow me
to say thanks to you either.
Cheng.
Are you okay?
Chief, I'm safe, don't worry.
You're fine?
Then where is my story?
I called you the whole day,
you didn't even bother picking up.
You think you're some kind of big shot?
You think we can have a blank page
in our magazine?
It's only two hours
before we send everything to print!
Chief, I'm on the road.
I'm stuck in a protest!
-What are they protesting about?
-I don't know what's happening either.
A lot of people are running around!
They are even closing off the road.
I'm trying to get out of here.
Chief, can you give me a little more time?
As soon as I get back to the hotel,
I'll send the article over, okay?
That's not necessary anymore, Cheng.
I called to let you know,
you don't need to write
this story anymore.
I've already had Lin from marketing
take over for you.
No! You... Don't let Lin write this!
It's only going to be a couple of hours!
I know the print shop
always keeps some buffer time.
Please give me a little more time,
It's a real chaos here!
Cheng, as a friend, I really pity you.
I wish I could fly over there
to hold your hands.
But as your chief editor,
if you don't turn in your story
on time,
then it is I who will face chaos!
Do you understand?
I have no choice but to ask Lin here
to mitigate my risk!
Chief,
I've been with you
for more than a few years.
Can you please not bring out a backup
every time I run into a problem?
Can you at least give me
some sense of security?
Cheng,
stop asking me for a sense of security.
If you write your stories well,
you will have that sense of security.
I need you to hand me that story on time
in order to have my sense of security!
Everything is relative, okay?
I will give you another half a day
to make the story better.
I must see the story by four
in the afternoon tomorrow,
or I will have Lin do it for you.
She has never been to Nepal,
so she wouldn't have as much trouble
with her fabulous adjectives.
PLEASE CONNECT YOUR DEVICE
TO A POWER OUTLET
Excuse me,
how long will this road be closed off?
Hard to say.
Normally, it would take a day.
Okay, thank you.
Where are you going?
I have to leave.
Cars aren't allowed to pass
but pedestrians can, right?
I'll walk over myself.
Don't be ridiculous, Cheng Tianshuang!
You think you can just
walk over there yourself,
as if you're invisible or something?
We don't know what's happening up there.
You stroll over there
like nothing is happening.
Don't you find yourself annoying?
What if someone catches you
and ties you up,
then put a video on the internet
to demand weapon supply and other things
from the Chinese government?
Don't you think that
would make trouble for our country?
I have to send in my story today.
My computer is out of battery.
What's the big deal?
Wait.
Take us out of here, quick!
POKHARA, KATHMANDU, CHITWAN
Hey, Rasin.
I don't know what this place is.
We are out here in the woods,
there's not a single person here.
We can't hit the road today anymore,
it's already dark.
Okay, we will meet you tomorrow.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
Rasin wants us to go to Pokhara
to meet up with them.
Do we have to meet up?
We will just start another fight again.
Do you want to do something
so your dad can stop thinking
that you are a good-for-nothing?
Start by trying not to get punched
whenever you open your mouth.
Why is my life so miserable?
If I don't send in this story,
I'm going to lose my job.
Why don't you sleep for a bit?
We will be there in three hours.
My life here is no different
from when I was in Shanghai.
But my chief editor thinks
I can find happiness here.
What a joke.
My father has a friend.
A movie director.
He is a kind of an uncle to me.
I really like this uncle.
I think he really has a grasp
on the meaning of life.
He has a motto he often shares with me.
I think it's so true
and so profound.
Let me share it with you.
"Don't beat yourself up, it doesn't help."
What?
"Don't beat yourself up, it doesn't help."
Whenever I am upset,
when I feel frustrated,
I think of this phrase,
and my mood brightens up.
You call that a motto?
So if you see those giant banners
that say, "fewer children, more trees,"
will you get so touched
and cry like a baby?
What kind of director is he?
What kind of film does he make?
Hey, don't mock my uncle.
My uncle is very talented.
Have you seen
that sausage commercial on TV?
The one
where the sausages fight each other.
That's my uncle's work.
Classic.
My dear Tianshuang.
Don't fret.
Your angry aura
is going to start attracting evil spirits.
That's right!
"Don't beat yourself up, it doesn't help."
Life is just seven days
after another seven days.
What the heck?
Hey, Cheng Tianshuang!
Let my two little friends sing you a song.
No.
I don't want you to attract the wolves.
Okay! Allow Lord and Snake Princess
to sing to the confused
Ms. Cheng Tianshuang
a classic song,
"Only Those Who Try Can Win in the End"
You sigh when you feel frustrated
You feel a chill when you are lost
Is it possible for you to shut up?
Are you so cold you've gone mad?
You don't like it?
Just don't speak.
I failed.
What shall I do?
Why don't we try a romantic song!
Go!
Hey!
Hey!
The beautiful view of the West Lake
The days of March
The Spring rain is like wine
The trees are like smoke
With fate we will reunite
Over a thousand miles
Without fate, we can't even hold hands
Across from one another
It takes ten years to ride the same boat
It takes a hundred years to share a bed
Let me give you a kiss.
No! A kiss!
Stop it!
Come!
I'm coming
To your city
You don't even feed me
Go!
Don't push me!
On the high hills there is a lady
Oh my, oh my, what a beauty!
Shut up!
You know your mother
Loves to eat baked potatoes
40KM FROM POKHARA
POKHARA, KATHMANDU, CHITWAN
What are these people protesting about?
Why is everyone here?
It is from the last time
protests were engaged here.
They are asking for
more opportunities, better work.
In Nepal, many people dream of
becoming a police officer or a teacher
because you can make more money
with those jobs.
But not everyone
can have that opportunity.
The chances are very slim.
Let me buy you some water.
Cheng.
-What is that?
-A flyer in English.
Look!
Cheng, what is your dream?
Their dream is to win this fight, right?
I don't think I have any dreams.
How could anyone not have a dream?
A dream is like a birthday wish.
It can change every year.
I remember
when I was in elementary school,
I wanted to sell wontons.
When I was in junior high,
I was too embarrassed
to even eat wontons on the street.
I was afraid the boy I liked would see me.
When I was in high school,
I wanted to get into a good university.
It's not that unrealistic, right?
It goes on.
When I graduated from university,
my dream was to buy a house
in Shanghai within three years,
then invite my parents
to come and live with me.
But this dream
didn't last long either
before I realized how unrealistic it was.
So I lowered my hope,
and lowered it some more
to the point that I only hope
I can survive in Shanghai on my own.
But
at this point,
I realize I have no dream anymore.
I can only say I still have a wish.
Because if a wish doesn't come true,
it's not a big deal.
But if a dream shatters,
even if it may sound the same,
but when you hear yourself say it,
it's still pretty tough to swallow.
Cheng,
you're too pessimistic.
After listening to you,
I feel like I'm losing my dream too.
What is your dream then?
My dream before
was to be able to live like this
forever.
That's not a dream.
That's a challenge.
There's smoke over there!
What's happening! Look! They are fighting!
They are really fighting!
They are fighting!
Cheng Tianshuang.
Do you know what my dream is?
Your dream?
Isn't it "Wedding's on Wednesday,
those who show up are true friends?"
I'm different from you all.
My dream
has never changed.
What is it?
This is beautiful!
Hey! What are you doing?
My dream is...
to die on the battlefield.
Wang Can!
Wang Can, come back here!
You can do whatever you want
after you go home!
Today I must bring everyone
out of this jam!
I'll go first, you guys follow!
Ms. Cheng.
You haven't figured out your problems,
what are you getting into this mess for?
I get it now! I don't want to change!
I want to live my own way!
The Li "Hot Blood" way!
Na, what should we do?
Let's go!
Let go!
Come on.
This way!
This way.
Come on!
Move!
Move!
Everyone follow me!
Move out of the way!
Let's get out!
Here!
-Hurry!
-Stop the car!
Wang Can!
Get in the car! Let's go! Don't be afraid!
Today several Chinese people
led a group of foreign tourists
safely out of the protest zone.
Hurry, take a picture!
We must drink up today.
-Everything is on me.
-Great!
-Come! Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
You scared me to death today!
Yes, that was pretty scary.
Rasin,
-come back to China with us.
-A house of gold,
-I'll introduce you to a beautiful wife.
-so splendid
-with golden bricks and silver walls.
-Chinese women are very good!
The incomparable blue skies,
the magnificent rays of morning sunlight.
The specks of white sails,
the soaring seagulls...
I passed by a protest zone today.
Yes!
Hey! Come!
Let our sisters drink to you all!
Okay! Come!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Drink up!
-Cheers!
-That wasn't easy.
-That was scary!
Yes!
-It was so risky.
-Indeed.
Me too. So risky.
-Never did that before.
-Cheng Tianshuang.
Yes.
Listen to me!
What's stopping you
from flying
is not people like me.
You are already standing
at the mountaintop.
You're trying everything you can
to fly high.
As for me,
I'm still rolling around in the mud.
I haven't even stood up.
All right! Thank you!
-What for?
-Come here.
-Just a little more.
-Hey.
If one day, you do fly,
when you get back down to the ground,
will you come back
to being Cheng Tianshuang?
I am not sure
if that day will ever arrive.
The day I have the opportunity
to fly high.
Maybe you don't believe this
But there are many people who envy you.
They envy your youth
This world is yours
Just because you are young
You must hold on to it
It's hard to look back
But do you know why people envy you?
It's because they were once young
Do you know the reason why
People would be jealous of you?
It's because they didn't hold on to it
While you still don't need
To think over and over again
While you still don't know why you sigh
While you still don't need to pretend
To prove yourself
What you think is what you are
Look at the snowy mountains!
Cheng Tianshuang!
Cheng Tianshuang!
Hurry up with your things,
we're leaving soon!
What?
I'm bringing you somewhere
to make your wish come true.
My wish now is to sleep a little more.
Brush your teeth
and wash your face, quick!
We will meet at the lobby in 15 minutes!
CHIEF: WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER
WE WILL PROCEED WITH LIN'S ARTICLE FIRST
Hello!
What are we doing?
Paragliding!
Fly like a bird!
Are you kidding me?
I am afraid of heights.
No.
Come on, look at you.
Yesterday, you said you wanted to fly,
but you couldn't.
Now I have it all arranged for you.
Why are you a coward now?
Hey, Cheng Yumeng!
I didn't mean to literally fly.
That was a metaphor
Forget it!
It's just paragliding,
not like we're jumping off a cliff!
Fly! Don't waste the money!
Go!
Go!
You're welcome.
When are we flying?
Is this safe?
Okay.
I'm ready!
When do we take off?
Don't wait around, let's fly!
No matter how much you want to rush ahead,
or how scared you are,
we can't rush forward.
There's no use even if you run like mad.
We won't be able to fly high.
Now, all we can do is sit back
and wait for the wind to come.
Cheng Tianshuang!
What's this?
-You're back?
-Ma'am.
In this dish,
the saffron is mixed with the sausage,
to let the semi-dried sausage
absorb the flavor of the saffron flower.
Putting in a fully dried sausage
and a fully dried turnip
in this dish...
You are the head chef.
You should know better than me.
The fully dried sausage has 372 calories,
while a semi-dried one only has 285.
Nowadays, it's all about low fat-dining.
You charge us prices this high,
and you let us eat like
we're eating at McDonald's,
with that same risk of getting fat?
Can you see the difference yet?
How about we offer you a bottle of wine?
Go on, then.
Wow, you are one sharp food critic!
You know so much indeed!
Cheng... What's your name again?
Cheng Yumeng.
Melissa, where did you meet your friend?
From now on, whenever we eat out,
you have got to bring her.
My dad is opening a new restaurant for me.
She writes a column
for the magazine, Chic.
So I hired her to help me plan the menu.
What happened
to your previous coffee shop?
You're throwing it away?
I am so done with that, too much trouble.
The location I chose wasn't good.
There were always
these lowlife office clerks coming in.
You could sell them a cup of luwak,
but they wouldn't be able
to appreciate the difference.
Oh, recently, I've been wanting to
trade my Porsche for a Maserati.
That's not cool at all.
Oh, where do you live?
I can give you a lift.
It's fine,
my company arranged a car for me.
Hey, not bad.
Well, she is a writer after all!
Miss?
Miss?
You booked the car for only one hour, yes?
Well, it's almost time.
What do you want to do?
It's 300 for an hour, right?
Yes.
Count the money.
And please drive another five minutes,
then drop me off
at the metro station ahead.
Okay.
ENTRY FROM OTHER SIDE
SHANGHAI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM
Chief!
Regarding the Tuscany cuisine story,
why did I receive a notice
that I'm not going anymore?
The Tuscany story has been canned.
How's that possible?
Didn't we plan it for some time already?
We changed it to open sea fishing
in New Zealand.
And?
The sea fishing in New Zealand
was organized by some rich kids.
It's a trip
they've wanted to go themselves.
To the right a little bit.
-It should be to the front a little bit!
-Oh, a little to the front.
The father of one of the kids
has a big advertising budget to spend
on the magazine. So he asked me,
whether we could give these kids
some positive coverage.
The kind that shows off
their high self-esteem,
or better yet to have a charity angle.
In...
In exchange,
he is willing to double his spend
on the ads with us.
How can I turn down a business like that?
Thank you.
Originally, management decided that
having the fishing article
as a cover story is enough,
and we don't need
to send anyone abroad anymore.
But I still went to the boss,
and said, "It hasn't been easy for Cheng.
She even had to rush
her passport application."
We should at least give her
an overseas assignment.
So, where are you planning to send me?
An exceptionally wonderful place.
Which is?
Pokhara.
Well, from the sound of it,
it doesn't seem too far from Tuscany?
No, it's not too far.
Pokhara is a nice tourist city in Nepal.
Nepal?
What would I do in Nepal?
What's wrong with Nepal?
The air there is so fresh
and things are so cheap!
And the snowy mountains...
It's practically
the Switzerland of the East.
But Chief,
I worked so hard for Italy.
I've been preparing
for the past three months.
And now,
you suddenly want me to go to Nepal.
Even if you make the place sound amazing,
it's still a far cry from Tuscany!
It's really not fair!
Oh, Cheng...
How much more must I nurture you
in order for your level of understanding
to be the same as mine?
You want to talk to me about fairness?
You want fairness?
Go out, downstairs, to the right,
another 500m ahead,
there's the People's Court.
Over there, you will find what you want!
Even if I let you go to Italy,
with your situation,
you may not even get a visa.
European visas are so hard to get.
A girl like you, coming from a small town
with no house, no car, and your savings...
I know it's your privacy,
and I have no right to ask.
But I'm guessing it's not much.
The visa officer
will interrogate you so much,
you will be too embarrassed to go.
Why would you want to go through that?
But Nepal is different.
You pay a small fee, and you get the visa.
You retain your dignity.
And what's more,
Nepal's happiness index is really high.
If you go,
we will have a story that matches
the theme we want to cover
Cheng,
I think your happiness index
is extremely low.
Nepal would be great for you.
It will be a blessing in disguise.
Let your soul breathe some air,
let your tension unwind a little.
I'll give you three pages.
You write there, I'll receive it here.
Not too difficult, is it?
I don't like to put anyone
in a difficult position.
If you really don't want to go,
I'll ask Lin from marketing instead.
That kid isn't picky--
I'll go.
You fought so hard
to give me this opportunity.
I feel very blessed.
-I was being childish just now.
-Now, that's the right attitude!
Adjust yourself.
Pokhara can be just like Tuscany too.
I AM HAPPY
Is everyone here?
-We should be leaving. Hello?
-Yes, Mr. Wang,
where are you?
We've been waiting all day for you!
Which airline are you on?
SHANYIN COMPANY
Thank you. You've done a lot
Let's go, Na!
Sit here, Na.
I want a hot towel.
Hurry!
I want a hot towel!
What kind of airline is this?
The stewardess is so ugly.
He thinks she's a stewardess.
Finally, we're here!
Now, we can relax.
Who is picking us up?
Over here!
Are they here to pick us up?
Yes!
CHENG YUMENG
I'M IN KATHMANDU, CAPITAL OF NEPAL
WHICH IS 3,541KM FROM SHANGHAI
IT'S WORLD FAMOUS FOR ITS MANY TEMPLES
Ms. Cheng.
My name is Li Meilan,
but everyone calls me Li "Hot Blood."
This is my first time abroad.
What countries have you been to?
I only remember the more interesting ones.
For example,
Tuscany in Italy.
There, the food is great
and the lifestyle is fantastic.
I felt like my soul
was no longer polluted.
Instead, I was inspired.
I remember when I was there,
I lived nearby the forest.
I could just walk over.
I took a walk there every morning
to explore.
You know the truffles
that cost a fortune back home?
-Yes.
-A real delicacy.
They can be found all over the forest!
You can pick however much you want!
On the contrary, I don't really like
Southeast Asian countries.
Maybe it's because the visa
is so easy to get,
tourists from China are everywhere!
Okay, let's experience
the beauty of Nepal!
Let's walk this way.
There is a Buddhist temple here.
This is the Temple of Swayambhunath.
-Take your hand off.
-Okay!
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
FEEL THE GOODNESS OF THE WORLD
I'M IN NEPAL
THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
ISN'T IT THE CLOSEST PLACE TO HEAVEN?
A HEAVEN WITHOUT POLLUTION
Too expensive, I don't want to buy it!
No, I don't want it, bye!
-What are you looking at?
-Mr. Wang, he is not staring at you!
YOU SHOULD EXPERIENCE NEPAL
WITH YOUR HEART
Is this Monkey God very smart?
-Can it help my son make it to university?
-They say Hinduism really works.
Do you think we can get their amulets?
I'M ANXIOUS TO TRAVEL AS WELL
I killed a life.
That's not illegal here, is it?
Hurry! Over here!
Coming!
What a pretty hotel garden.
Yes! Look, they even have a pavilion!
Are we supposed to practice yoga here?
This is called "Yoga for the Soul,"
it's of an even higher class.
It's also more expensive
Do we have to pay extra?
It's included in the tour package.
Very good!
Sun!
There's a good spot here!
Fatty, don't rush. Take it easy.
It smells!
Oh, it smells!
Yes, what's that smell?
Whose foot smells so bad?
It's yours, isn't it?
My feet don't smell!
It smells so bad! What in the world
can smell this bad?
Look at my beads, aren't they nice.
Very nice.
Welcome! Please join me
in a spiritual journey
to enlighten our souls.
First, let me ask everyone a question.
Did you all follow
the compass in your heart
to come to Nepal,
a country of spiritual enlightenment?
-Yes. Of course
-Yes.
Ms. Cheng, why did you come to Nepal?
I was supposed to go somewhere else,
but it didn't work out.
So now I'm here in Nepal.
Everyone knows this tour package is cheap.
My teacher says that is called "fate."
-Fate, yes.
-Yes.
And Mr. Wang?
What?
Why did you come to Nepal, Mr. Wang?
Why did I come to Nepal?
I can't lie, right?
The purpose of this lesson
is to allow everyone to speak
from their heart.
Then I'm not going to skirt around.
I'll tell everyone here
what I really think.
I'm here in Nepal...
wholly because my father forced me to.
I am placing my daughter in your care now.
Very well!
Okay, so I had been dating this girl
my father arranged for me for half a year.
Parents on both sides
said we should get married.
So I said, why not?
Besides, I was pretty much done
with playing around.
The fortune-teller said my father's
health isn't too good this year.
So a marriage would bring some
good karma to help!
I don't care too much about women.
For me,
for us real men,
when we look back at our lives,
what is most important?
Friendship!
Loyalty!
Brotherhood!
Who can be your witness
that you really lived a full life?
What can be your testament
that you really lived?
Only one thing!
Friends!
Mr. Wang!
When you are all old,
when you are 70, 80, when a sneeze
can give you a heart attack,
and you feel lonely,
you make a few phone calls,
and a bunch of old friends will come,
hands and legs all shaking,
to play cards all day,
and stay over for the night.
I want that kind of life.
This kind of life
can only be given to you by friends.
You can't count on a wife
and children for that.
Am I right, master?
Am I right?
-Mr. Wang, you must not be like this.
-I'm not done yet.
You cannot do this.
You have no manners. Hurry and sit there.
What is wrong with this child?
Later, when we really
got down to getting married,
things started going wrong.
On our life path
There are inevitable moments
Of despair and sadness
Send more sunshine
And happiness into the dark
So that those in despair can have hope
In our lives...
Why did the bride stop walking?
What's happening?
My dad said, "On your own wedding,
you can even have your ex-girlfriends
to show up and mess things up.
To allow such a disgrace
to happen in your life,
you must have some serious problems.
Go think about it."
One of my buddies who believes
in Buddhism told me,
"You should go to Nepal!
A lot of people go there
in search for the meaning of life!
There are a lot of temples.
You can stand at the gates,
snap some photos,
and send them to your dad.
Tell him you meditated for an afternoon,
understood a lot
about the meaning of life,
and profoundly recognized
the problems within."
Master.
You see,
I have pretty much opened up to you
at the risk of everyone here mocking me.
I just want to ask you a question.
I know I must have done wrong somewhere.
But where?
Look,
I don't harm other people.
I treat my friends really well.
I just don't have everything
in the right place in my head.
Maybe, I am not that smart.
To be honest, you can even call me dumb.
So regarding my situation,
how would Buddhism explain it?
Do I carry some bad karma
from my past life?
Should I buy some amulets
or set some animals free?
The master says,
"When one feels oneself is dumb,
it's because...
one's soul is temporarily...
covered with a layer of dust.
It will be fine.
A day will come
when the wind will blow it all away."
So beautiful! This is great!
This place has so much taste!
This is wonderful!
This place we are all at right now
is the temple to worship
Nepal's Living Goddess.
The goddess we worship inside
is a real person.
She is a very young girl.
The selection process for this little girl
is very strict.
They gather girls
from all over the country
when they are little.
Then, they would put them in a courtyard.
They would slaughter chickens
and let the dogs loose to frighten them.
The ones who don't cry will pass.
After the tests,
there are still many
other selection criteria.
For example,
they compare who has the cleanest eyes,
the length of their necks,
and so much more.
Finally, the little girl they selected
will live in this temple
for everyone to worship.
She would be asked
to parade around during the festivals.
But normally,
she must stay inside the temple
to give worshipers her blessings.
When this young goddess grows up,
her term will end.
She will receive a sum of money,
and she will then go back
to normal everyday life.
Where is this goddess?
Can we see her?
The goddess is in the main room facing us.
But the goddess can only accept
the worship of Hindus.
So after all this talk, we can't see her?
Think of something, will you?
It wasn't easy to get here.
Without seeing the goddess,
how are we supposed to brag
when we get back?
Exactly. Yes. Think of a way!
Come up with a way to let us see her!
Thank you.
What can you see? Let me take a look!
My turn. Let me take a look.
Where is she?
We didn't even get to take a group photo!
We just saw a pair of eyes.
Hello.
Rasin, hurry!
Get out!
Are you out of your mind?
Stop fighting!
You charge us fees,
and you pick fights with us?
How dare you hit a Chinese!
Let go!
Stop fighting!
Enough!
You don't even know what happened!
Stop fighting, guys!
It's not Rasin's fault!
Wang Can, you deserve it!
Enough!
You bully Rasin
because he can't speak Mandarin well,
and here you are acting all innocent!
Tell us what you said to Rasin!
When we were looking at the goddess,
what did you ask Rasin?
I heard it all!
It was just a joke.
Only stupid people
would take it so seriously!
-What did he say?
-What did he say?
When we were looking at the goddess,
he looked at her and asked Rasin,
"Can I throw something in there
to feed her?"
Do you all really have no faith,
nothing to believe in?
Maybe we shouldn't stay together
as a group anymore.
Look at that kid, what a shame.
What an embarrassment!
We're always told to stay as a group.
Makes it so hard to buy things.
Latest news from our station,
there are some communities
from our mountain districts
who, in fighting
for better work opportunities,
are organizing mass protests.
Many people in those communities feel
their livelihoods are unprotected.
So they want to stage the protests
to gain public awareness and support.
Cheng, are you really going to leave
by yourself?
I can't stand Wang Can
and all those ladies.
Nepal is pretty small,
I will be fine on my own.
Why did you come to Nepal?
I just wanted to go somewhere
to take my mind off things.
Anywhere, as long as it's far from home.
I broke up with my boyfriend last week.
You see it in the movies,
people go to places far away
after they break up.
I wanted to give it a try as well.
Cheng, you've been to so many places.
You must know a lot.
Can I tell you
why my boyfriend and I split up?
I just can't accept
the reason he gave me.
Last week,
we planned a date to go to the mall.
He said he wanted to buy his mom
a birthday present.
He was late that day.
But he's always late, so I'm used to it.
But that day, there was
a blood donation truck outside the mall.
-Blood donation truck? I see it.
-So while I waited for him,
I heard announcements
that they were asking for donations.
They said, "Extend your helping hands,
open up your loving heart" or something.
The more I listened,
the more I was touched by it.
Look, I donated one full pack
of blood while waiting for you!
And after that?
After that, we went to a counter
that sells bird's nest.
He bought a box.
I thought it was a good idea too
to buy bird's nest for his mom.
But then, he shoved the bird's nest
into my arms
and said,
"Take this.
Go back and take care of yourself.
Let's take a break
and calm ourselves down."
Then he turned and just left,
leaving me alone in the mall.
Later, I gave him a call.
He said I gave him too much pressure.
He couldn't take it anymore.
Did you really give blood
because you were bored?
-Not because you wanted to spite him?
-Really!
I just thought
that since I would be waiting anyway,
why not do something useful
like giving blood?
You don't have to choose
when to help other people.
What do you think really happened?
What did I do wrong?
I am guessing, your boyfriend
didn't break up with you
over this one incident.
You must have done many other things
that moved yourself into tears,
but would take a long time
for him to digest.
Am I right?
It's the same at work too.
My boss always yells at me.
He says, "Li your brain
is like a one-way straight street.
You don't even have turns."
My colleagues are the same as well.
Sometimes, I feel that
I am taken advantage of.
But I don't understand why.
Why do they treat me like this?
Cheng.
What do you think I should do?
I can't always be like this.
Don't worry.
One day, we will all become
people who are very careful.
FIVE HOURS' JOURNEY
Mom, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
Sweetheart, Happy Moon Festival to you!
What are you having for dinner tonight?
Oh, let me tell you,
everyone in the family
came over to our house.
Grandma, uncle, and aunt all came.
They are all here!
Your dad even made
your favorite pork and tofu dish.
Your grandma made rice cakes.
All your favorites.
Wish you were here with us.
Sweetheart, why are you crying?
If you can't stand it anymore,
just come back.
At home, at least there's always
a warm meal waiting for you.
I'm not going back.
If I go back, it means I've lost.
Welcome to Chitwan,
I am your guide, KC.
CHITWAN, LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IN NEPAL
SITUATED 3,606KM FROM SHANGHAI
HOUSES, MANY RARE WILDLIFE ANIMALS
LIKE BENGAL TIGERS, ELEPHANTS
RHINOCEROS AND CROCODILES
Hello, Chief!
You said the draft I sent back
isn't good enough?
How is that possible?
I don't need you to write
about how you really feel.
This isn't a news article.
You must be able to embellish it.
You give your reader the impulse
to fly to Nepal the moment they see it!
What you are writing now
is too provincial.
It's not dreamy at all. Do you understand?
But this is the Nepal I see.
You can't ask me to make things up.
Then why did I spend so much money
to send you to Nepal?
Why don't I just let you go to
a remote village of Shanghai?
The way we do it back at home
won't work here!
It would sound so superficial
if I write like that.
It would defeat the purpose
of coming here.
Cheng Yumeng, let me remind you.
I sent you to Nepal for work.
Can you please not make
the same stupid mistakes
that other white-collar workers make?
I don't need to go to Nepal to know
the terrible conditions,
the hard life there,
but you know what?
They look so happy, don't they?
Their eyes are so clear,
their smiles are so bright.
Suddenly, you feel lacking
compared to them.
You feel that
everything you do lacks meaning.
You feel the need to pursue
some kind of spiritual existence.
You go out of the country just once,
to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, wherever,
and come back not talking any sense.
Complaining all day about the pollution
back home, the inflated prices,
the dirty eyes
and crooked thoughts of people.
Before you left,
you were no better than anyone else.
Now that you're back,
you start to complain about
this and that.
I've seen enough people like you.
Trust me, I don't need another one.
Don't think one trip to Nepal,
and you can come back knowing everything.
The ins and outs of the world is
not as simple as you think.
-Hold on. How much?
-Thirteen.
Keep the change.
You think you can act like a tourist
out there,
experience some village life,
worship some Buddha, take some photos,
and you will be enlightened?
Then if I kowtow at Jingan Temple
for half a year,
won't that make me a living Buddha?
If you can't stand your life now,
then don't come back.
If you still want to come back,
then don't set yourself up
to fall like this.
Before anyone even knows who you are,
don't talk about how to remain low-key.
Before you know what life is,
don't cry about being true.
It doesn't benefit you,
and it really makes others sick!
The way you are faking it,
and people are tired
from just looking at you.
-I feel that--
-It's true.
You may be making 2000 yuan a month.
But you must be able to write
like you live on 20,000 a month.
You must make the reader jealous of
what you eat and what you use.
Make them envy your life.
Only then will they have the motivation
to fight for better life.
And that is precisely the reason
and purpose for
our magazine to exist.
As for how you can write
like having 20,000 to spend
when you only earn 2000,
that's your problem.
I don't pay you to just be yourself.
Who you really are
and what you really think,
that's not important.
-The career you chose in journalism
-You better get it done.
-is the greatest profession in the world.
-You better get it done.
Because in the future,
you will all be "snow shovelers"
of the world.
Illusions,
lies, and rumors
are like snow in the cold winter,
covering the entire world.
Everyone will come out and say,
the world is so beautiful.
But
underneath the snow is the real world.
So,
we need snow shovelers
to clear away the illusions.
Even if people will curse at you
when you are doing the shoveling,
you will know in your heart
that what you are doing
is the right thing.
So,
today, on your first day of class,
I must thank you all.
Thank you
for choosing this career.
You must think like you are in Tuscany.
Write with an air of elegance,
like celebrities.
Use more fabulous adjectives.
Make readers believe
you are a rich Berkeley graduate.
Is that too hard for you?
KC?
KC?
KC?
I'm not crazy!
I'm just afraid of the dark!
Don't be so cold.
Please, help me!
I beg you!
Then why don't I talk and you listen?
I haven't cried in a long time.
I remember the last time I left home,
I was on the train.
I had just started my first job,
and I had trouble at work.
I was hiding alone in the bathroom,
covering my face, crying.
The money my parents sent me,
I had wired every penny to my landlord.
When I was filling out
the wire transfer form,
I cried.
My dad had sent me a message, saying,
"Sweetheart,
have you received the money?
Treat yourself to a nice meal,
as if mom and dad were there."
Shanghai is really bright.
There are lights everywhere.
I thought that
as long as I stood in the light,
I could pretend to be strong.
I could bite my lips and act tough.
I feel like so many years have passed.
I've suffered so much.
I took so much shit,
I thought I wouldn't be afraid
of anything anymore.
I'm not afraid.
But I am still afraid.
I am afraid.
Can you please say something?
I beg you!
Don't leave me alone here, please!
Hey!
Now, this is called fate.
Looks like you had fun?
Oh, look at this!
Someone's skin is shedding!
Where is that ringing sound coming from?
What?
Listen.
That's the bell on the buffalo's neck.
Every buffalo has one.
They're let out during the day
so they can graze in the forest
and cool themselves in the river.
At night, when the master rings the bell,
they would return to him.
If one of them fails to return,
the master can follow the bells
ringing from their neck,
and find them.
That's the bell to get the buffaloes home.
That's right.
It's just a GPS for the buffaloes.
What if the buffalo goes into the forest
and take off the bell?
How would it return home
if it takes off the bell?
Would you cut your dad's
credit cards for no reason?
As if you don't have a bell
around the neck yourself!
It's good. You would like it.
Cheng,
keep your passports,
they are not needed here.
-Wang Can, this is--
-"Cheng Tianshuang"!
Cheng Tian...
Give it to me!
Give me!
So is your name really "Happy-Go-Lucky
Every Day" or Cheng Yumeng?
I can't be called
"Happy-Go-Lucky Every Day"
because there are too many people
like you around me.
Your parents sure are funny.
They have high standards, don't they?
It's not enough
to just be "happy-go-lucky,"
you have to be "happy-go-lucky every day"!
What does your dad do?
You must have got
billions of dollars at home
in order to give your kid
a name like that!
I'm warning you.
Don't make fun of my parents.
I'm not making fun of them.
I just think,
you are not living up
to your parents' expectations.
Shut up, okay?
Stay away from me!
Don't be mad!
Look, I know everything about you.
Why don't you just open up to me?
My dear "Happy-Go-Lucky,"
throughout this entire trip,
I realized you have a hard time
fitting in.
That's no good.
You should hang with me.
Let me tell you this.
If you hang out with me,
I can make sure you are happy every day.
What do you mean?
Look at yourself.
Changing your name,
acting all fake to everyone every day,
telling lies all day
with not a single true word.
Picking truffles every day?
Truffles are buried deep underground.
They send pigs out to sniff them out.
You didn't know that, right?
How much is the plane ticket
from Shanghai to Italy?
Do you even know?
How much is an Italian taxi's
starting fare?
Do you know?
In this world,
we don't need a "fake every day"
Cheng Yumeng.
We need a "happy-go-lucky every day"
Cheng Tianshuang.
-Right?
-Then I guess I really have to thank you.
You're welcome!
Think of it as my social responsibility.
Welcome your ass!
Is hitting people not considered a crime
in Nepal?
Why do you keep hitting people?
So what if I hit you?
Are you crazy?
If weren't stuck here in Nepal,
I won't give you the time of the day.
If we were in China,
I won't even look at you.
And you really think
that you are somebody here?
Which one of us thinks
he is a somebody here?
It's you! What right
does a person like you have
to make fun of the name
my parents gave me?
-To make fun of my shitty life?
-Can't you take a joke?
You have no right to joke with me.
That's true. My parents gave me the name
out of total idiotic optimism.
It is the joke of my life.
What you spend in a day
is more than what I make in a year.
Of course, my life is like shit.
Today in our society, whoever is rich
has the right to be an asshole.
If one day,
a dog becomes richer than everyone else,
it can probably make everyone else
walk on all fours.
But Wang Can,
it's about time that you wake up.
You've lived an easy life
without any worry about food or clothes.
But have you ever thought about
where all your money came from?
They came from us!
They were taken from people like us!
Maybe it's unflattering to hear this
but people like you
should call people like us "Mom"!
We provide everything for you so much
so that you don't know how
to live without people like us.
What about it?
You still think my name is funny?
Fine.
Let's leave it at that.
You can just treat everything I said
as bullshit!
Okay?
Are you happy now?
I am not getting myself into
a fight between social classes.
You have self-dignity and self-love.
It's the society that wronged you.
The society that humiliated you.
You have more integrity than I do.
I'll leave.
Hey!
So what about people like us?
Do you even know what kind of person I am?
You accuse people like us,
all together at once.
I really don't understand.
You said you don't care about money,
that you despise people like us.
Then why do you try so hard
to pretend to be someone else?
Why?
You even changed the name
your parents gave you,
and made a fake name for yourself.
Now, who are you pretending to be?
Are you not pretending
to be people like us?
I changed my name
because I can't be called
"Happy-Go-Lucky."
In the beginning, my parents wanted
to name me "Heaven's Pride."
But they were worried that would
put too much pressure on me.
Later I realized,
my parent's simple wish
was just for me to be happy,
but I couldn't even fulfill that.
Right after I graduated from school,
I worked as a creative in a small company.
In order to get that job,
I worked day in and day out.
I read all eight volumes
of the Book of Shanhai.
I didn't even work that hard
for my university entrance exam.
Then later, my boss came to tell me
his daughter thought the Book of Shanhai
was too old fashioned,
and she wanted to go
with a space and time travel concept.
And just like that,
everything I did
went down the toilet.
But while I was going through
the research materials,
I came across the word "Yumeng."
Do you know what Yumeng means?
Yumeng is a creature
from the Book of Shanhai.
It takes human form,
but it has a pair of tiny wings.
It always wants to fly
but it can never fly far.
Yumeng lives in the country of Yu.
There are mountains there.
Every day, it would go to the mountain top
to try to fly a little.
To try to fly farther every time.
But every single time, it would fall.
Every single time, it would fail.
I know my name can sound vain,
but the name is me.
Every time I try to pretend
to be someone I am not,
it's so that people can look up
to me a little bit.
When I become the kind of person
that a younger me would despise,
I need someone to come
and call my name out like this...
"Hey!
Cheng Yumeng!"
So you see,
I never forgot who I really am.
It's lost its way.
The protestors are now gathered
on the main road
between Chitwan and Pokhara,
causing a massive traffic jam.
Cheng!
Hurry and get up!
Let's set off,
there are protests on the highway!
If you don't leave now, you won't make it.
-They are going to close off the roads.
-Close the roads?
But...
I have no car, what should I do?
Then you must get a ride from Mr. Wang,
if he is willing.
-Hurry up and get in the car!
-Okay.
Cheng, take care!
Thank you.
Goodbye!
Goodbye!
Say thank you.
What?
Say thank you to me.
Thank people like me
who let you hitch a ride.
You can drop me off here if you want.
My nature wouldn't allow me
to kick you out.
All you have to do is say thank you.
But my nature wouldn't allow me
to say thanks to you either.
Cheng.
Are you okay?
Chief, I'm safe, don't worry.
You're fine?
Then where is my story?
I called you the whole day,
you didn't even bother picking up.
You think you're some kind of big shot?
You think we can have a blank page
in our magazine?
It's only two hours
before we send everything to print!
Chief, I'm on the road.
I'm stuck in a protest!
-What are they protesting about?
-I don't know what's happening either.
A lot of people are running around!
They are even closing off the road.
I'm trying to get out of here.
Chief, can you give me a little more time?
As soon as I get back to the hotel,
I'll send the article over, okay?
That's not necessary anymore, Cheng.
I called to let you know,
you don't need to write
this story anymore.
I've already had Lin from marketing
take over for you.
No! You... Don't let Lin write this!
It's only going to be a couple of hours!
I know the print shop
always keeps some buffer time.
Please give me a little more time,
It's a real chaos here!
Cheng, as a friend, I really pity you.
I wish I could fly over there
to hold your hands.
But as your chief editor,
if you don't turn in your story
on time,
then it is I who will face chaos!
Do you understand?
I have no choice but to ask Lin here
to mitigate my risk!
Chief,
I've been with you
for more than a few years.
Can you please not bring out a backup
every time I run into a problem?
Can you at least give me
some sense of security?
Cheng,
stop asking me for a sense of security.
If you write your stories well,
you will have that sense of security.
I need you to hand me that story on time
in order to have my sense of security!
Everything is relative, okay?
I will give you another half a day
to make the story better.
I must see the story by four
in the afternoon tomorrow,
or I will have Lin do it for you.
She has never been to Nepal,
so she wouldn't have as much trouble
with her fabulous adjectives.
PLEASE CONNECT YOUR DEVICE
TO A POWER OUTLET
Excuse me,
how long will this road be closed off?
Hard to say.
Normally, it would take a day.
Okay, thank you.
Where are you going?
I have to leave.
Cars aren't allowed to pass
but pedestrians can, right?
I'll walk over myself.
Don't be ridiculous, Cheng Tianshuang!
You think you can just
walk over there yourself,
as if you're invisible or something?
We don't know what's happening up there.
You stroll over there
like nothing is happening.
Don't you find yourself annoying?
What if someone catches you
and ties you up,
then put a video on the internet
to demand weapon supply and other things
from the Chinese government?
Don't you think that
would make trouble for our country?
I have to send in my story today.
My computer is out of battery.
What's the big deal?
Wait.
Take us out of here, quick!
POKHARA, KATHMANDU, CHITWAN
Hey, Rasin.
I don't know what this place is.
We are out here in the woods,
there's not a single person here.
We can't hit the road today anymore,
it's already dark.
Okay, we will meet you tomorrow.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
Rasin wants us to go to Pokhara
to meet up with them.
Do we have to meet up?
We will just start another fight again.
Do you want to do something
so your dad can stop thinking
that you are a good-for-nothing?
Start by trying not to get punched
whenever you open your mouth.
Why is my life so miserable?
If I don't send in this story,
I'm going to lose my job.
Why don't you sleep for a bit?
We will be there in three hours.
My life here is no different
from when I was in Shanghai.
But my chief editor thinks
I can find happiness here.
What a joke.
My father has a friend.
A movie director.
He is a kind of an uncle to me.
I really like this uncle.
I think he really has a grasp
on the meaning of life.
He has a motto he often shares with me.
I think it's so true
and so profound.
Let me share it with you.
"Don't beat yourself up, it doesn't help."
What?
"Don't beat yourself up, it doesn't help."
Whenever I am upset,
when I feel frustrated,
I think of this phrase,
and my mood brightens up.
You call that a motto?
So if you see those giant banners
that say, "fewer children, more trees,"
will you get so touched
and cry like a baby?
What kind of director is he?
What kind of film does he make?
Hey, don't mock my uncle.
My uncle is very talented.
Have you seen
that sausage commercial on TV?
The one
where the sausages fight each other.
That's my uncle's work.
Classic.
My dear Tianshuang.
Don't fret.
Your angry aura
is going to start attracting evil spirits.
That's right!
"Don't beat yourself up, it doesn't help."
Life is just seven days
after another seven days.
What the heck?
Hey, Cheng Tianshuang!
Let my two little friends sing you a song.
No.
I don't want you to attract the wolves.
Okay! Allow Lord and Snake Princess
to sing to the confused
Ms. Cheng Tianshuang
a classic song,
"Only Those Who Try Can Win in the End"
You sigh when you feel frustrated
You feel a chill when you are lost
Is it possible for you to shut up?
Are you so cold you've gone mad?
You don't like it?
Just don't speak.
I failed.
What shall I do?
Why don't we try a romantic song!
Go!
Hey!
Hey!
The beautiful view of the West Lake
The days of March
The Spring rain is like wine
The trees are like smoke
With fate we will reunite
Over a thousand miles
Without fate, we can't even hold hands
Across from one another
It takes ten years to ride the same boat
It takes a hundred years to share a bed
Let me give you a kiss.
No! A kiss!
Stop it!
Come!
I'm coming
To your city
You don't even feed me
Go!
Don't push me!
On the high hills there is a lady
Oh my, oh my, what a beauty!
Shut up!
You know your mother
Loves to eat baked potatoes
40KM FROM POKHARA
POKHARA, KATHMANDU, CHITWAN
What are these people protesting about?
Why is everyone here?
It is from the last time
protests were engaged here.
They are asking for
more opportunities, better work.
In Nepal, many people dream of
becoming a police officer or a teacher
because you can make more money
with those jobs.
But not everyone
can have that opportunity.
The chances are very slim.
Let me buy you some water.
Cheng.
-What is that?
-A flyer in English.
Look!
Cheng, what is your dream?
Their dream is to win this fight, right?
I don't think I have any dreams.
How could anyone not have a dream?
A dream is like a birthday wish.
It can change every year.
I remember
when I was in elementary school,
I wanted to sell wontons.
When I was in junior high,
I was too embarrassed
to even eat wontons on the street.
I was afraid the boy I liked would see me.
When I was in high school,
I wanted to get into a good university.
It's not that unrealistic, right?
It goes on.
When I graduated from university,
my dream was to buy a house
in Shanghai within three years,
then invite my parents
to come and live with me.
But this dream
didn't last long either
before I realized how unrealistic it was.
So I lowered my hope,
and lowered it some more
to the point that I only hope
I can survive in Shanghai on my own.
But
at this point,
I realize I have no dream anymore.
I can only say I still have a wish.
Because if a wish doesn't come true,
it's not a big deal.
But if a dream shatters,
even if it may sound the same,
but when you hear yourself say it,
it's still pretty tough to swallow.
Cheng,
you're too pessimistic.
After listening to you,
I feel like I'm losing my dream too.
What is your dream then?
My dream before
was to be able to live like this
forever.
That's not a dream.
That's a challenge.
There's smoke over there!
What's happening! Look! They are fighting!
They are really fighting!
They are fighting!
Cheng Tianshuang.
Do you know what my dream is?
Your dream?
Isn't it "Wedding's on Wednesday,
those who show up are true friends?"
I'm different from you all.
My dream
has never changed.
What is it?
This is beautiful!
Hey! What are you doing?
My dream is...
to die on the battlefield.
Wang Can!
Wang Can, come back here!
You can do whatever you want
after you go home!
Today I must bring everyone
out of this jam!
I'll go first, you guys follow!
Ms. Cheng.
You haven't figured out your problems,
what are you getting into this mess for?
I get it now! I don't want to change!
I want to live my own way!
The Li "Hot Blood" way!
Na, what should we do?
Let's go!
Let go!
Come on.
This way!
This way.
Come on!
Move!
Move!
Everyone follow me!
Move out of the way!
Let's get out!
Here!
-Hurry!
-Stop the car!
Wang Can!
Get in the car! Let's go! Don't be afraid!
Today several Chinese people
led a group of foreign tourists
safely out of the protest zone.
Hurry, take a picture!
We must drink up today.
-Everything is on me.
-Great!
-Come! Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
You scared me to death today!
Yes, that was pretty scary.
Rasin,
-come back to China with us.
-A house of gold,
-I'll introduce you to a beautiful wife.
-so splendid
-with golden bricks and silver walls.
-Chinese women are very good!
The incomparable blue skies,
the magnificent rays of morning sunlight.
The specks of white sails,
the soaring seagulls...
I passed by a protest zone today.
Yes!
Hey! Come!
Let our sisters drink to you all!
Okay! Come!
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
-Drink up!
-Cheers!
-That wasn't easy.
-That was scary!
Yes!
-It was so risky.
-Indeed.
Me too. So risky.
-Never did that before.
-Cheng Tianshuang.
Yes.
Listen to me!
What's stopping you
from flying
is not people like me.
You are already standing
at the mountaintop.
You're trying everything you can
to fly high.
As for me,
I'm still rolling around in the mud.
I haven't even stood up.
All right! Thank you!
-What for?
-Come here.
-Just a little more.
-Hey.
If one day, you do fly,
when you get back down to the ground,
will you come back
to being Cheng Tianshuang?
I am not sure
if that day will ever arrive.
The day I have the opportunity
to fly high.
Maybe you don't believe this
But there are many people who envy you.
They envy your youth
This world is yours
Just because you are young
You must hold on to it
It's hard to look back
But do you know why people envy you?
It's because they were once young
Do you know the reason why
People would be jealous of you?
It's because they didn't hold on to it
While you still don't need
To think over and over again
While you still don't know why you sigh
While you still don't need to pretend
To prove yourself
What you think is what you are
Look at the snowy mountains!
Cheng Tianshuang!
Cheng Tianshuang!
Hurry up with your things,
we're leaving soon!
What?
I'm bringing you somewhere
to make your wish come true.
My wish now is to sleep a little more.
Brush your teeth
and wash your face, quick!
We will meet at the lobby in 15 minutes!
CHIEF: WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER
WE WILL PROCEED WITH LIN'S ARTICLE FIRST
Hello!
What are we doing?
Paragliding!
Fly like a bird!
Are you kidding me?
I am afraid of heights.
No.
Come on, look at you.
Yesterday, you said you wanted to fly,
but you couldn't.
Now I have it all arranged for you.
Why are you a coward now?
Hey, Cheng Yumeng!
I didn't mean to literally fly.
That was a metaphor
Forget it!
It's just paragliding,
not like we're jumping off a cliff!
Fly! Don't waste the money!
Go!
Go!
You're welcome.
When are we flying?
Is this safe?
Okay.
I'm ready!
When do we take off?
Don't wait around, let's fly!
No matter how much you want to rush ahead,
or how scared you are,
we can't rush forward.
There's no use even if you run like mad.
We won't be able to fly high.
Now, all we can do is sit back
and wait for the wind to come.
Cheng Tianshuang!
What's this?
-You're back?
-Ma'am.