A Blessing in Disguise

Our ma's illness all hangs on what happens tonight. We have to stay strong. Got it, big bro. We'll go right after work to get the grenade. Don't say it out loud. Go. Get back to work. What's the passcode? BTZHY. It's only you two right? Only us. Hurry. You got the goods? Don't touch. Remember. Just pull out this pin and throw it. Where's the money? Here. Done. Throw it. Put him in the wheelbarrow. Hurry. Put him in. Cover him. Someone's here. Let's go. Go. What was that sound? A Blessing in Disguise Beat him. Wait, you're going to kill him. Don't block us. It's none of your business. Don't come any closer. Stop. Stay away. Stop. Xiaoshan! Xiaoshan We're sorry. The customer you're trying to is currently unavailable. You're going to kill him like this. Don't block us. Why did I have such a dream? Zhougong Dream Dictionary. "Argument in a dream." One’s Primordial Spirit does not become extinct. Then, in your social activities in past lives, you might once have owed others, bullied others, or committed other wrongdoing. Those creditors will look for you. Xiaojuan, you were so miserable just a few days ago. Now it seems like nothing had happened. Look at your beautiful complexion. Tell me what happened. My boyfriend cheated on me. He even stole my car. It's my car. Yours? It's mine. We're the ones in true love. Live with it. Let's go! I must've been blind. I was so sad that I considered suicide. It was thanks to you for pulling me back. Then one day, my neighbour kept banging on my door. Xiaojuan, open the door. Xiaojuan! Xiaoru, what happened? Xiaojuan, you must keep this book safe for me. The police are outside. They'll be here any minute. Search the place. What're you doing? What're you doing? What? Why're you ransacking my home? Why? What's this? Take her away. Go. Why're you arresting me? Let me go. Take her away. Zhuan Falun This is what's written in the book. In the book? Due to karma resulting from past wrongdoing, one has illnesses or tribulations; suffering is repaying a karmic debt… Move it. Turn on the light. Throw him over there. This guy's quite heavy. Get o He’s waking up. Get the rope. Niugui, help me. How dare you kidnap me? I got you. I got you now. Want to kidnap me? Punk. You dare hit my brother? I'll kill you. Get the rope. Niufu, Niugui. When I get out, you're going to regret this. You owe us wages. I'll kill you. A dog bites its master… Move. Release me and I'll spare your lives. If you don't pay us, we'll be here as long as necessary. Tie his legs. Get the rope. Don't move. You two must have a death wish. You owe us wages. If I don't kill you today… When did I owe you wages? You owe us a year's worth of wages, 200k. Madam, I haven't been able to reach the young master. The finance department called just now. They say that the young master misappropriated a large amount of public funds. Now they can't pay the workers' wages. It's going to be year end soon. I don't even know how to deal with this situation. This good-for-nothing! Niugui, your head is bleeding. Are you ok? Serves you right. It's fine. Where's the money? Given what you guys did today, don't ever think about getting any money. Do you know why I'm doing this? My ma is in the hospital waiting for treatment. Your mother has nothing to do with me. Say that again! Your mother, dead or alive, has nothing to do with me. I'll kill you! Niugui! You can't kill him. Get lost! You bastard. This is what you get for talking about our ma. You can't be so vicious. What do we do if he dies? He said that our ma's life and death has nothing to do with him. It's all because he owes us money that our ma can't even have an operation. Still, you can't be so vicious. Beat it. Pay the money, you got it? I really don't have money. Oh yeah? Find his mother. My mom doesn't believe anything I say now. If I don't get the money today, I won't let you off the hook. Don't waste your energy. Call right now. Listen to me. I've been kidnapped. You got kidnapped? How many times have you lied to me? And now this? It's for real this time. Give me 200k. 200k. Mrs. Huo, your son is in our hands He owes us a year's worth of wages. 200k. Transfer the money to us now. Else, who knows what we'll do. Step aside. Huo Xiaoshan. Are you only worth 200k? Keep acting. You useless good-for-nothing. Have I not given you enough money? How many sports cars have I bought for you? How many ho You try to trick me into giving you 200k? I don't have a son like you. She hung up. See, I told you it won't work. My mom won't believe anything I say. Take some photos. Send them to his mother. I'm warning you. If we don't receive the money, then we'll be here all night. Go ahead. It'll end the same way. I sent the photos. His face is wounded. Was he really kidnapped? This place seems familiar. It's an abandoned warehouse around here. How about this? I'll go there with someone to understand the situation. Fine. Contact me right away. Ok. I'll get going. Zhuang, let's go! Yes, sir. Give me water. I'll give him some water. Why? Let him die of thirst. We can't do that. If he really dies, we won't be able to deal with the consequences. You. Drink the water and start thinking. If we don't get the money, nobody's leaving here. Sounds like someone's coming. Keep an eye on him. I'll take a look. Go！ Who're you guys? Niugui, what happened? Secretary Zhang. Save me! Untie me. You! Get over there! Hurry. Hurry! Secretary Zhang, how did you find this place? I saw the photo you sent. I recognized this abandoned warehouse. You can't treat us like this. He owes us wages. Our ma is still in the hospital. Do you understand? This is a kidnapping. It's a felony. I don't care. If anything happens to my ma, I'll get you even if I die. Young Master. Take the young master home to rest. I'll take care of these two. How about I dispose of them? Dispose? Just go. Don't go easy on them. Got it. Young Master, I hear footsteps. Who is it? Young Madam, why're you here? Xiaoshan… Xiaoshan, are you alright? Jianing? What happened to you? What're you doing here? How can I not be here? I couldn't reach you by phone. I found you by phone tracking. This is none of your business. Just go. Secretary Zhang can handle it. I'm not leaving. Young Madam, it's too dangerous here. Just leave it to me. You should return first. Come on, let's go. I'm not leaving. What's going on? Normally my words are law. Are you leaving? No! Get lost! Why'd you hit me? Wake up, Xiaoshan! If you continue like this, you'll really end up dead. They were the ones who kidnapped me. I almost died. He owes us one year of wages. Our ma is still in the hospital waiting for money to have a surgery. Shut up. I let it go when you don’t come home night after night. Now you don't even give workers their wages. They're just lowly blue-collars. Why do you care about them? Who're you calling lowly workers? You! So what if I'm a worker? Hit them! It's them. Are blue-collar workers inferior? Xiaoshan I never imagined that you would say something like that. What're you doing? Here's 150k. Go to the hospital and pay for the surgery. I'll transfer the remaining money to you later. Thank you. Why do you give them money? Xiaoshan, I'm helping you here. I don't need your help. Do you know that I had a dream? I don't want to hear it. You must hear me out. This dream was too realistic. In the dream, you bullied them. And, the people in the dream look In the dream, you caught two Japanese. Without saying anything, you beat them severely. You wouldn't listen to my pleading. Stop! Then, in this life, they became the ones coming to kill you. Don't come any closer. Stop. Stay away. They beat you with their all. Then, they threw you off an edge. Throw him off. Help! I was scared to death in the dream. Xiaoshan, now do you get it? It's all karmic retribution. We can't continue like this. Young Master, what Young Madam said shouldn't be ignored. There was a child in my village. Once he started talking, he remembered many things that happened in the past life. That’s just superstition right? It's all true. You can search for it on the web. There are reports on it. If you want to talk about this, I'll tell you my personal experience. You see this scar? You see it? My ma said that I was born with it. In my past life, I was stabbed to death by my current pa. Right here. Congratulations. You're almost a regular performer. You're getting ready? That's my costume you're wearing. What's going on? Weren't you absent? The director told me to replace you. Who? That's what the director said. Hear that? I won't let you steal my thunder. What do you want? It's been too many times. You get out of here! What do you want! Don't touch me! What're you guys doing! How dare you hit me? So what? I'll kill you. What happened! Help! Is that real? Not long after, my ma became pregnant and gave birth to me. Child… Ever since you were born, you've been crying and throwing a fuss. You're here to collect a debt right? Niufu, don't be like Niugui. Don't let ma worry so much. My pa, because he killed that person, is still in jail today. That man was me in the prior life. When I became older, whenever I saw my pa's photo, I was sure that he ended my life. So, I scratched him in the photo. I pricked him with a pencil. What're you doing! That's your own dad. I hate him. Hate? You've never seen him once. I just hate him. Look at this scar. It's the mark I carried from the previous life. As for my dream… Let me tell you. When I had the dream, I was also very confused. I didn't know why I had this dream. Then, I remember introduced a book to me. In the book, it said that due to karma resulting from past wrongdoing, one has illnesses or tribulations; suffering is repaying a karmic debt… This statement cleared the doubts in my mind right away. Xiaoshan, when we interact with others, we must show kindness. We can't do harm to others. You two should go to the hospital. Pay the fee for the surgery as soon as possible. Xiaoshan and I will visit you later. Ok, thank you. Thank you. Let's go. Don't wait. Ma, we have money. Ma, we can treat your illness. Doctor, we're not too late right? We have money for the operation now. Not too late? It's critical now. Go pay the fee. Look after ma. I'll go pay the fee. Ma, don't worry. Your illness will be cured for sure. Xiaoshan, does it hurt? I'll bandage you up when we get home. It's fine. It's just a scratch. Boss, look. What do we do now? These are the financial reports for the last two months. We've been losing money. How can that be? It's… Boss! Boss, bad news. Bad news. What is it? You didn't pay the wages right? Those workers are planning to strike. They'll be here soon. Yeah. We're here to see the boss. You can't come in. Get lost! Why did you push me? Pay the wages! Where're the wages? Boss, when will you pay the wages? It's almost the new year. Without money, do you want us to starve? Right! You said you'll give us a bonus at year end. Not a single penny has been paid so far. Hurry up and pay. Liu, why're you making a commotion? Think before you The boss is fair to us. Buzz off! How dare you hit me? Who do you think you are? I'll kill you! Why're you fighting! Stop fighting! Stop! What're you doing? Do you not care about laws? The boss is still here. Secretary Zheng, For your sake, I'll let him off the hook today. Boss, tell us. When will the wages be paid? Pay the wages! When will you pay? When will we get our wages? Come on! Everyone listen. Right now, I really don't have money to pay you. That won't do. If you don't pay, we'll sue you. Sue him! Yeah? You want to sue me? Every one of you… These years I gave you a job and compensation. Quit? If you want to quit, then get lost! How dare he say that? Let's leave now. Boss, don't be like that. Fine, let's quit. Everyone, wait. Wait a second, ok? Everyone wants to receive the wages right? If you want money, then give the boss a bit more time, ok? Yeah, just give the boss more time. Shut up! How about this? Give us three days. After three days, if you still don't receive the wages, then you can go sue or quit. Does that work? Secretary Zheng, these are your words. If we don't receive the wages after three days, we'll stop immediately and we'll sue you. Quit and sue you! Yeah. Dare you to not pay on time. Let's go. Bro, I want to tell you something. What is it? Tomorrow is our off-day. I want to visit pa before the new year. Niugui, you finally let it go. Great. If ma knew, she would be very happy. She'll be discharged from the hospital soon right? I want to give her a surprise. Ok. Let's go. Hurry up. Get in there. Make it quick. Pa! We're here to see you. Niufu… My younger brother, Niugui. Pa… Hear that? I won't let you steal my thunder. So what? Get lost! I'll kill you. Help! You look too alike… Too alike. The one I killed before… I'm Niugui. Pa, I'm really Niugui. Do you understand now? How can there be such a thing in this world? I was such an idiot. Pa, have a seat first. I've sinned. Even the scar's location is the same. Don't you hate me? Pa, I no longer hate you. After all, that was a lifetime ago. In the future, we still need to do good deeds to accumulate virtue. You don't hate me. You don't hate me… But I hate myself. Such a In here, you must behave well. When you're out, us brothers will take good care of you. Yeah. We'll take good care of you. I'm already selling it at a discount. Plus, it's a limited edition. Please agree to it. This is an amazing car. But your price is too high. It's out of our range. Besides, your car won't sell in a short amount of time. Mr. Huo, your car is not a popular model. It's difficult to sell. I've given a steep discount. Please help me out. No, this is not a small sum. If the car is not sold, we can't advance payment to you. Please wait. My apologies. Do you have any other means? Hello, Secretary Zheng? Hello, Young Madam. President Huo is still short by over one million. That much? There's not enough money When is it needed by? There’s only one day left. Ok, I got it. I'll think of some other way. What is it, Jianing? Xiaoshan hasn't been able to pay wages lately. He needs over a million. Tomorrow is the deadline. Where am I going to find money? Calm down. I thought of something. Let's go. President, how about we ask Madam Huo for help? Hold it. Stop. I thought about it these two days. I've been relying on my mother these years. I must find a solution by myself this time. Let's find a way ourselves. How about this? I'll sell one of my houses. If we can't sell a car in time, selling a house is even more unrealistic. Xiaoshan. Young Madam. Jianing? Xiaojuan? We have good news for you. Jianing, stop playing around. I'm distressed right now. Why couldn’t you tell me the good news over the phone? Listen, Xiaojuan heard that you couldn't pay workers their wages, so she withdrew the 1.2 million she saved to buy a house. We just came from the bank. Take this money. I can't do that. How're you going to buy a house? That can wait. Your matter is urgent. Use it for this emergency. I can't. Come on. Take it. Jianing, I can't take this. Jianing, here. Xiaoshan, Xiaojuan is my best friend. She's not an outsider. Just take it. Xiaojuan, I'm so grateful. I don’t even know what to say. You don't have to say anything. Don't worry about it. When my car sells and I get the money, I'll transfer it to you right away. No rush. Really. Young Madam. You really helped in a time of need. You have no idea how anxious President Huo was these few days. Of course. You should go take care of business. Go. Your kindness is beyond words. Then I'll take care of things first. Go take care of business. Xiaojuan, I really want to thank you. There's no need. Fortunately, we managed to gather all the funds today. You said three days without thinking. It gave me an anxiety attack. You must discuss with me in the future. I was only thinking of the company. Yeah, I know. Everyone, stop for a moment. The boss is here to pay the wages. Everyone, stop. Pay wages? Hurry. Tell me it's not a lie. Everyone, calm down. Next, we'll give you your wages. Our wages! Here. Thank you, boss. Everyone has one. Nobody's left out. You've all worked hard this year. Everyone will get theirs. Yours. You've worked hard. Thank you, boss. Thank you, boss. Boss, I can't believe that we can get our wages before the holiday. Yeah. Now, our family's New Year situation is resolved. Yeah. Plans for the New Year can be settled. Thank you, boss. In the future, I won't owe you wages again. We'll pay the wages on time each month. And, everyone go back home and have a good reunion during the New Year. Thank you, boss. Great. Time passed by so quickly. It's the Chinese New Year again. Yeah. Jianing, After I handed out the wages today, I was so relieved. Even though my car is gone, it was really worth it. So, Jianing, I want to thank you. For what? As long as you can live diligently from now on. Xiaojuan, how wonderful. I really wanted to read this book and you brought it. Xiaojuan, here's some water. Thank you. Xiaoshan, I received the money you transferred to me. It's all thanks to your help this time. I am so grateful. Yeah. No problem. Don't mention it. Look, Xiaojuan came today to give us this book. Is this the book that you mentioned last time? Yes. This book is miraculous. It was from reading this book that my heart suddenly opened up. Why do people live? What's the meaning of life? The answers are all here. Yeah? We must read it Ok. By the way, how's Niufu and Niugui's mother doing? They contacted me. Their mother will leave the hospital soon. She's fully recovered. That's great. It's almost the new year right? Let's invite their family over for a New Year's Eve dinner as an apology. That's a good idea. Great. Xiaojuan, join us as well. Let's celebrate together. Ok. Great. The g Come in. Xiaojuan, the book you gave me is amazing. After Xiaoshan read it, he changed a whole lot. It's all thanks to you. I was the same. It's fate that we can read this book. Yeah. The dumplings are ready. Come in. Coming. Let's go eat dumplings. Dumplings fresh out of the pot. Here are the dumplings. Eat lots. Thank you for inviting us to dinner for the new year. Thank you. Don't mention it. It's this brat who wronged you. I can relax seeing how energetic you are, Thanks to President Huo for paying the hospital bills. Our ma is back to full health. Because of Boss Huo, our entire family received blessings. Right. It really is a blessing in disguise. It was my fault. That's all in the past now. As for me, I will be a good boss in the future, and be a truly good person. Actually the one we should really thank is my friend, Xiaojuan. It's because she gave us a treasure of a book, only then did we resolve our malice. This book is that great? Then we also want to read it. I happen to have brought the book today. After we're finished eating, I'll show it to you. Ok. I have a copy too. Let's read together. Ok! Let's eat. I have a suggestion. Let’s have a toast. Ok! Happy New Year! Cheers! New Century Films wishes everyone a Happy New Year!