[Pride and Price] EP06 | Girl Bosses in Fashion Industry | Song Jia/Chen He/Yuan Yongyi | YOUKU
♪The reason to wait for soul♪ ♪Is catch up the tempo to show♪ ♪You’ll find the way to swing♪ ♪Swinging the beauty’s wing♪ ♪Crying like a lighten rain♪ ♪A stirring and dramatic wind♪ ♪Wearing a masked thing belongs to Halloween♪ ♪They are all crazy♪ ♪OK all right♪ ♪You can hear the texture full of charming♪
♪You can feel a kind of mood♪ ♪Come to the band about defending beauty♪ ♪Find a place to sit down♪ ♪Feel the basic rhythm and adjust your pitch♪ ♪Prepare your solo dream♪ ‘Pride and Price] ♪She wants to win♪ ‘Episode 6] Director Lu, stop embarrassing a mere intern. Those posts…
You don’t even believe them, do you? You’re pushing it just to embarrass me, right? But if you continue, you’ll make me sick. Today, I’ll do what you want me to do. I’ll quit. – Boss Yan… – You can’t leave! What are you doing? Having worked with you for such a long time
Can be the pride of my life. Goodbye. – Boss Yan! – Boss Yan! Boss Yan, what are you doing? Wait a moment. Director Lu, we’re adults. It’s just a job. Do you need to be so dramatic? You just don’t get along well with Boss Yan. He’s my master
And he has taught me for three years. In the past three years, we have done more than a hundred themes. Every theme aims to make women stronger, more confident, and better. It’s the purpose of Blossom. It’s also the ideal of an ordinary employee like me. Speaking of ideals, everybody has one. Anyway,
This is my attitude. If anyone wants to hurt Boss Yan, I’ll destroy him. If anyone forces Boss Yan to quit, I’ll leave with him without even a single second of hesitation, regardless of a poor future. Here we are, sticking together. If he quits, we will all quit! Xin, I’ll speak for you.
Ms. Xiao, Ms. Chen, all members of our Thematic Department will quit. Ms. Xiao, a slight movement may affect the whole situation. We only want to remove the window. Can you imagine that they even want to blow up the whole building? Come on, Lu Binbin. What? Ms. Chen, how will you handle their resignations?
Lu, don’t go too far! We’re colleagues. Why are you embarrassing everyone? Ms. Chen, will you or will you not approve of such resignations? Lu, calm down. Go, go. Let’s get out for a talk. Stop there! We have to make this case clear. Make what clear? We don’t even know
If the posts are true. Are the posts still important? What’s the point now? If Ms. Chen approves of their resignations, they will leave. But if she doesn’t approve, they will be “betraying” and “rebelling”. Lu! Xiwei… Are you addicted to condemning? What’s the problem with their resignations? It’s none of your business!
It’s a concern of Ms. Xiao and the HR Department. And you even satirize Ms. Chen. Do you…? Do you get a reward from infighting? Ms. Xiao, you see what’s going on. How scary they are! In Blossom, someone is widely supported. Very well. I… I’ll shut up. I’ll say no more. However…
If one day Blossom is closed down, you must remember that you could have had a chance to save it. By then, every one of you will be bringing ruin upon yourself. He freaked me out. I don’t think the meeting can be continued. Let’s wind up the meeting. What do you think, Kaiyi? Dismiss.
Ms. Chen. Get me a cup of coffee. Okay. Here’s your coffee. Thanks. I’ll get back to work. You don’t like the name your father gave you, why? What? I remember you said that your father named you Li Na, when the Na referred to “distant”. Am I right? You still remember that?
Why do you not like the name? I don’t want to be a distant girl. How lonely! I especially don’t want to be distant from those who are important to me. It’s not good to be distant? It’s not. I don’t know why, but I’ve been clingy since little.
When I was little, I was clingy to my father. Later, he divorced my mother and married another woman. When I was in college, I was clingy to my boyfriend. I often dreamed that he would propose to me. Then he and I would have a family. Well, in the end,
He chose to be with my best friend. What about now? Now? Now, all I want is to work hard in Blossom. I’m thinking that the magazines… Be seated. Go on. Every time I come here, I’m thinking when there can be a magazine with my name on it. Why? Because I think
Every magazine is doing the right thing. I was brought up by my father as a son. His greatest regret is that he doesn’t have a real son. I often wondered that if I were a boy, would he not abandon my mother? In high school, I joined the athletics team.
Every day, I took the training with the boys as if I were a boy too. Then I was admitted to the sports university. Actually, I never know how to be a girl. I always think that it’s wrong to have long hair or wear dresses and that I won’t be respected
Unless I’m dressed up as a boy. Then my ex-boyfriend thought I wasn’t like a woman at all. He kept quarreling with me. He ended up in a relationship with my best friend. What could I do? Right. I can’t be as gentle or obedient as my best friend. When I work in Blossom,
I see you, I see Cai Fei, and I see Director Qin Min. I think every one of you can be so beautiful and cool. You’re so different. I wonder if I can also be one of you. I also want others to like me. Sorry, Ms. Chen. I was too forward.
When I started the conversation, I couldn’t stop. I’m getting back to work. Li Na. We don’t live to please a man, or any man for that matter. You can make it. Mm. What? Feeling depressed? I kind of miss Hong Kong. Want to give up so soon? That doesn’t sound like you.
The will of the people is like a riddle that can never be solved. Before you came here from Hong Kong, you should be prepared for such a case. Yes, but… I don’t know. I just feel I’m hitting a huge iceberg. But the iceberg isn’t horrible. Instead, it’s a little bit soft and fragile.
I’ve never had such a feeling before. He who is braver will win. We and Chen Kaiyi have to do a desperate struggle. At this moment, we have to compete who is more hardhearted. We don’t have another option, either. It doesn’t look like a fight. At least,
It’s not the fight I used to imagine. What does it look like, then? It’s like that two heartbroken women wait to see who will break down first. Seriously, what are you going to do? Now that layoffs must be enforced, I suggest you fire them all. Better a little loss than a long sorrow.
What will Blossom suffer? A blank space in the next issue? I can transfer some employees to help you for the moment. Then you recruit new employees. If I do this, everyone will think I only care for myself and I don’t care about Blossom at all.
The board of directors only cares about the final result. Now that you’re given the authority, don’t cringe. At such a critical moment, being decisive is necessary. I’m aware of that. But a correct process matters more than the result. As you know, I don’t have the support of employees. Unless Chen Kaiyi leaves,
You won’t ever have their support. She’s been in Blossom for years. But how long have you been in it? When I want to defeat her, I must do it with my own power, instead of the authority from headquarters. This isn’t the way I live or work. They quit their jobs.
You don’t mean to fire them. Lu Binbin has paved the way for you. All you need to do is to approve of their resignations. No one will complain. Instead, if you still hesitate, how can you make an impact? You’ve known Chen Kaiyi for years. What kind of person on earth is she?
People always change. It doesn’t matter what she used to be. I can assure you that to defeat you, she’ll take desperate action at any cost. But so far, she hasn’t done anything yet. This is what makes her scary. Once she explodes, there’ll be endless trouble. Tingfeng, I think you’ve been exaggerating
How dangerous Chen Kaiyi is. Are you kindly reminding me or are you somehow threatening me? Fine. I’ll say no more. You’re the editor-in-chief. It’s your call. Getting angry? If you keep silent, you’re angry. I love you. And I know it’s hard for you to do such things. But at this moment,
If you remain kindhearted, I’m afraid you’ll get hurt in the end. Hello, Qin Min. This is Xiao Hongxue. ‘Resignation, Chen Ran of the Editorial Dept.] ‘Resignation, Gu Huan of the Editorial Dept.] ‘Resignation, Lin Ya’nan of the Editorial Dept.] ‘Resignation, Zhao Xin of the Editorial Dept.] Okay. Xiao Hongxue called. Theoretically, she approved
Of all your resignations. After she officially takes office, she’ll sign them. Satisfied now? Happy? Comfortable? I’m sure Lu Binbin is the happiest. He just shed a few tears. His original plan was just to fire the intern so that he could dismay you and please Xiao Hongxue at the same time.
Stop it. You can’t hear anything. I can hear a little bit. But now, nice going. All of you have to leave. Chen Kaiyi was forced into a desperate situation. Is it worth it for an intern? When I made a promise, I have to keep it. This was the last message
George sent me before he died. ‘Tomorrow, a girl named Li Na will have a job interview at Blossom.] ‘She once helped me. Please take care of her for me.] To me, this is his last wish. I’m fulfilling his last wish. Do you think it’s worth it? I’ve checked out Li Na’s background.
She indeed helped George. I just can’t tell you the specific case for the moment. But I understand why George asked me to take care of her. Qin Min, hope you can keep the secret for me. It’s for me and also for George. Will you? I can keep the secret for you.
But what will we do next? After you all leave, what will Chen Kaiyi do? And what about the magazine? Have you thought about the consequence? I don’t have a choice. There’s no other option. You’re too impulsive. In the end, Chen Kaiyi will suffer. Come on in, all of you. Xiao Hongxue has approved
Of your resignations. So… So quickly? You’re regretting it? No. I’m just… I’m just surprised. But I don’t approve of them. What… what does that mean? I don’t approve of your resignations. Get back to work. Is… Is it appropriate? Do you really want to resign? Not really. But today, we resigned
In front of so many people. Director Qin, let me get to the point. We resigned in a fit of anger. But we don’t regret it. After we’ve made such a scene, will your disapproval work? That’s my job. None of your business. Just get back to work. What are you waiting for? Yan Kai,
Take them away. ‘Spicy Hot Pot in Sticks] What are you waiting for? Start to eat. Shall we have a drink? Waiter, six bottles of beer, please. All right. Be right there. I don’t want the beer. I have to take care of my child back home. I don’t want it, either.
It’s not a farewell dinner. What’s the beer for? You think it’s not a farewell dinner? Guys, all of you were doomed today. It was cool to resign, but then it turned out to be a disaster. Come on. Why are you excited? You didn’t resign. Yeah. I… I also want
To beat up Hat Lu. Forget it, Jingjing. Keep working hard with Hat Lu. Maybe in the future, all of us here have to rely on you. I’m serious. If Xin hadn’t tipped me a wink, I would resign, too. If you have to leave, I’ll leave, too. So will I.
Leave, leave… Stop talking about that. The problem is what we should do next. Can Qin Min really help us? Who knows? Anyway, we made a big scene today. When we don’t have an out, how can we still stay? We can’t depend on Qin Min. I don’t mean she won’t help.
But under such circumstances, unpleasantly speaking, if she defends us more, I’m afraid Xiao Hongxue will fire her, too. We were too impulsive. Being impulsive always brings trouble. Now I finally understand “If you’re not at the table, you’ll probably be on the menu.” The problem is we craned our necks to our enemy
In case they didn’t cut us quickly enough. Waiter, where’s our beer? Didn’t we order some? – Be right there. Wait a minute. – Don’t drink that much. Here you go. Sorry to have kept you waiting. It’s my fault today. I’ll empty it first. Xin, we all rushed out just to protect Boss Yan.
I’ll drink with you. Come on. Stop it. Today, I was the first to rush out for Boss Yan. I’m so sorry. You were not wrong when you rushed out. It was my fault. I was too impulsive. Say no more, Xin. I don’t blame you at all. Speaking of fault,
It was Hat Lu’s fault. I just… I just feel a little bit depressed. All right. All right. Now that we’re employees, we’re doomed to be “fired”. Don’t bother to drink alone. Let’s drink together and get drunk. – Let’s get hammered. – Let’s do it. Come on, cheers. Bottoms up.
Why are you still here? Waiting for you. Come on in. Excuse me. Here’s your dish. All right. We’ll call you in need of anything. In my opinion, you should stop working for the magazine. Our company has a journal, too. If you want to be an editor-in-chief, be it. It’s so attentive of you.
Do you really love Blossom so much? Let’s acquire it, then. It’s no big deal. Why do you talk like a parvenu? What’s the problem with that? This is the way I talk. I don’t mean to blame you, but you’re a beautiful woman. If you didn’t talk too freely like this,
You would have been married. What are you talking about? There are a lot of men who want to marry me. Do you know that? Yes. Yes. I just don’t like any of them! Right. Right. They’re nothing. The second son of the boss of Lisa Group chases me. He keeps following me and saying,
“Oh, my girl. Dear Yue. Where are you going, Yue?” How disgusting! Pick a day and I’ll introduce him to you. Where are the photos I asked for? Come on, brother. Can’t you have a talk with your sister? Give the photos to me first. What do you want in exchange? Father
Will have his 60th birthday. I’m not going. I’ll burn the photos, then. Yan Yue. What did you call me? Yan Yue. Call me Sister. Sister. All right. All right. You make me sick. You know what? I don’t buy it. Let me get down to business. Lately, Father isn’t in good health.
He coughs in the middle of the night. And he doesn’t sleep soundly. I think you should go back and check on him. I’m afraid if I visit him, he’ll get worse. Bah, bah. A father never hates his son for long. He never says that, but I know he’s been caring about you.
I’m serious. What can we talk about if I go back home? Just about three things. Family property, business, and blind dates. I can’t accept any of them. You know what, Yan Kai? Mother has just spoiled you since you were little! Fine. How about this? Go back home and say nothing at all.
We’ll just have a family dinner. I’ve prepared the gift for you. I didn’t dare to buy an expensive one, in case he knew it wasn’t from you. Is it okay? Give me the photos. That’s a yes to me. Good boy. You’re indeed my dear brother. I took great trouble
To get these photos for you. What on earth are you investigating? Yan Kai, I’m warning you. You must know how far to go. There are some people and things we can’t mess with. Our family is rich. But there are far more guys who are more powerful than us. Do you get it?
I want to talk with Xiao Hongxue. About what? I can’t pretend that nothing happened today. What result do you expect? Maybe I can make a concession. To defend the Thematic Department? If I don’t do anything, I’ll disappoint the employees. How will you make a concession? If you were me, what would you do?
You know the answer. Enduring patience can be harder than I imagined. You and Xiao Hongxue have a zero-sum game. You have to win it all or lose it all. There’s no third option. How come I managed to work with George, but now I can’t get along Xiao Hongxue? Looks like
You’re confirming your judgment with my help. Apparently, unless you’re expelled, Xiao Hongxue won’t truly control the magazine. She can’t tolerate superficial authority. She’s different from George. What she wants is the total control. Even if she can tolerate it, those behind her won’t let her be it. Do you still not understand
The present situation? First, George died. Now Xiao Hongxue is pushing me. The chess game has been set. She and I are mere chess pieces on the chessboard. Layoff, audit… I guess their next step is to make me a mere figurehead. They will ask Xiao Hongxue
To strive for the control of the Themed Fashion Show because in their eyes, the Themed Fashion Show can be my last chip to save my career. Once I lose it, I’ll be out. What are you going to do, then? Here’s the problem. I can’t do anything at the moment.
Because I haven’t figured out one last thing, namely what they want to do with Blossom after I’m kicked out. Instead of this question, I prefer to know who you’re talking about. The two questions turn out to be one. When I know who they are, I can figure out
What on earth they want to do with Blossom. Vice versa. You want a talk with Xiao Hongxue so that she will know what situation you are in? No. I must make her think that I don’t know anything. Outwardly, I have only one rival, Xiao Hongxue. A chess piece shouldn’t be aware
Of the chess game. In this case, Xiao Hongxue is your only chance to make a breakthrough. So, I want you to help Xiao Hongxue. What does that mean? If I try to defend the Thematic Department, I can keep none of them. You disapproved of their resignations today.
I guess you’ve made up your mind. Worst-case scenario, you quit your job to protect them. However, unless you work for Xiao Hongxue, you can’t let them stay even if you quit personally. Today, before the Thematic Department came, I had put my own name on the layoff list. I didn’t have a choice, either.
What Xiao Hongxue needs most is the support of employees. That’s why Lu Binbin keeps making trouble, in expectation of chaos. Your words carry huger weight than Lu Binbin’s. Now that Xiao Hongxue wants the support, what I can do now is to give her all the support. I’m not Lu Binbin.
I can never be such a double-dealer. I know. So, you have to help Xiao Hongxue genuinely. Only in this way can you get to know who is behind her. Then I can get to know what I’m going to do. If I help Xiao Hongxue, it means I’ll be your enemy.
I would rather quit my job. I won’t ever be your enemy. Kaiyi, don’t be ridiculous. Then your promise to the editors can’t be fulfilled. Also, Qin Min, whether you help her or not, things will move on in the same direction. If you leave, there’ll be a new director of the HR Department.
The Thematic Department and even the entire Editorial Department will be replaced. I’ll lose all the support as well. But if I’m lucky enough to win, I will get you back as my HR director. Is there no other way? No. I’ll think about it. If I help her, what will you do?
I’ll lose Yan Kai, Mary, and all the other employees. I’ll keep losing until they think I’m too weak to fight back. And then? Let the wind blow and appreciate the cold. Your phone is ringing. Hello? Yeah, I get it. I’ll… I’ll be right back. I have to go.
My child is asking for me. Xin, are you okay? You drank a lot. I’m okay. Thank you for what you did today. Like Ya’nan, I don’t regret rushing out. Even if Boss Yan didn’t defend us, I still think we did the right thing today. In my opinion,
Boss Yan must have a reason for that. There’s no point in arguing over that. The point is what we can do next. Finding a new job takes time. What can do we next? Who cares? But now, we mustn’t have internal disruption. Stop saying anything to hurt our own feelings, okay? Yeah. I’m sharp-tongued,
But I mean no harm. You all know that. You always hurt our feelings. I’ll say no more. Anyway, what is doomed to happen… – will happen. – Will happen. Since the day Xiao Hongxue became the editor-in-chief, we would fight against her sooner or later. Now that we choose
To be on Boss Yan’s side, we must be strong enough to win and even strong enough to lose. Right? Right. Let me tell you how I feel today. In the past, I thought I was quite matter-of-fact. But today I suddenly realize that I’m also an idealist. It sounds pretentious, doesn’t it?
After living for over thirty years, I realize something at last. You know there are shortcuts. You know where they are. However, when I see people take the shortcuts by groveling to others and leaving their dignity all behind, I know I can’t do that. I just can’t. It is indeed hard to remain decent.
But sacrificing is the price an idealist has to pay. However hard I have to struggle, I will go all the way down, not for Boss Yan or Blossom, but for myself. ♪Am I trying to be brave♪ I have a child to raise. I have a house loan to pay.
I even have a bad ex-husband. But so what? I just don’t want to live a life that I hate most. I just want to struggle till the end. You’re all younger than me. You’ve got choices. No matter what choices you make, you’ll always be my best friends. ♪I feel scared too♪
I don’t care how the future will be. What will we be like? Who knows? But today, I swear. I’ll remember what you are like now. ♪Will you♪ ♪Fantastic romance, no way back♪ ♪Gorgeous like fireworks, spinning in place♪ ♪What attracted you? Why bother?♪ ♪Feeling uneasy, tossing and turning♪ ♪Full of happiness and regret♪
♪Fueling the flames, full of pride♪ ♪It was once the sea and it was once warm♪ ♪Light up with both hands and have a drink♪ ♪My dreams♪ ♪Are as bright as a starry sky♪ ♪Hiding in the crowd♪ ♪Bearing in my mind♪ ♪The original ordinary faith♪ ♪On a road few people walked♪
♪Full of happiness and regret♪ ♪Fueling the flames, full of pride♪ ♪It was once the sea and it was once warm♪ ♪Light up with both hands and have a drink♪ ♪My dreams♪ ♪Are as bright as a starry sky♪ ♪Hiding in the crowd♪ ♪Bearing in my mind♪ ♪The original ordinary faith♪
♪On a road few people walked♪