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[Never-Ending Summer]

[Episode 23]

So, according to what you're sharing,

the transition back home is difficult.

You think you're experiencing the same symptoms again?

Yes.

I mean,

I did go through crazy jet lag.

[The microphone is on.] [The speaker is on.] [The camera is on.]

But

I do feel

the symptoms are occurring again.

But it's not as bad as before.

At least,

I can sleep well now.

I see.

Have you taken notes when it happened?

How frequent when you describe these episodes?

Yeah.

Just once.

And

[The microphone is on] [The speaker is on] [The camera is on.]

I saw her again.

It's worth remembering that ten years ago,

at the highest level, you discovered by yourself that

journaling

provided relief.

This is what you have.

Maybe it's worth picking up again.

May 28, 2026.

Sunny.

I've imagined

the scene where we met again countless times.

But I never thought

the most unrealistic dream

will come true in this way.

She's the same as I remember.

She hasn't changed at all.

But how could she not change at all?

As if

nothing happened.

If so,

I would rather this reunion

be just another dream of mine.

How long has it been?

Ten years.

But I know

Ms. Qilan has always been concerned about me.

And you know me well.

I don't need to introduce myself.

You know

I'm not the one who really cares about you.

I came to you today

to make a deal

with you.

The bidding for the resort's Phase II project

has already concluded.

The group should choose

the person in charge

of the Phase II project team.

Ms. Qilan, though you've

gained a solid position in Lan Yue,

Lu Zhongyue is still powerful.

I'm afraid

you're not 100% sure that

you will be the person in charge, right?

So, do you have any ideas?

I have some materials

regarding the previous collaborations

between Lu Zhongyue and Boxing Construction.

I have more,

including recent private communication records

between him

and the senior management of Boxing Construction.

I think you may be interested in these.

Looks like you came prepared.

What's your condition?

I want to join

the Phase II project team of the resort.

This project

will be the benchmark

in Pingchuan.

If I can continue to participate in this project,

I'll get a lot of benefits.

Besides, my joining the project team

means I'll be transferred

from the subsidiaries to the headquarters.

To some extent, I'm promoted.

You've been in Boxing Construction for so many years.

But you didn't propose to join the headquarters.

At this time,

I have to suspect your motive.

Besides,

if you tell Xixiao your ideas,

this will definitely be done.

Do you have to beat around the bush?

I'm not doing this for him.

But Xixiao is now

one of Lan Yue's shareholders.

And he's the director of the Phase II project.

So, as for the matter of whether you can join

the Phase II project team,

I do not

have the final say.

Why are you so impatient?

You came here immediately

for the latest news?

Why did she come to you?

She wanted to join the Phase II project team.

But I rejected her.

I know you got involved

because of her.

So, before I know

your thoughts,

I won't say yes to her.

What's wrong?

You're not satisfied with what I did?

No.

I'm just curious

why she is so obsessed

with joining the project team.

In Pingchuan,

a project as large as

the Phase II project

appeared

20 years ago.

It was the Phase I project of the resort.

Everyone in our industry

wants to get involved.

She's not that kind of person.

People do change.

Moreover,

she has always been a sophisticated girl.

She's even more sophisticated now.

Did she come to you

empty-handed?

Her offer is really attractive.

So, what are you thinking?

Let her in or not?

Brat, be careful not to burn yourself.

Alright.

[Big Dream Studio]

Meng,

this new artist

fits the market of young people.

Is there any shortage of

work?

-Yes, it lacks substance. -Then, no.

No, no.

Meng.

Look at this one.

He has a lot of great works.

And he is also an avant-garde.

The vanguard represents controversy.

Controversy means risk.

It's too risky.

Then, no.

What about you?

Meng, look at this.

This artist.

The New Year interview of "West Wind"

also invited him.

Both of us create contact for WeChat official accounts.

If we invite the people our rivals used,

no matter how good this content is, we'll be regarded as following the wind.

Yes, follow the wind.

-No. It’s used. -Don’t follow the wind.

We can't use what others used.

[Expired defective products]

Our account has been updated

[Expired defective products]

in the middle of

every month.

We have to find the interviewee.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

These artists

are hard to deal with.

How about

lowering the requirements?

Lower the requirements?

What do you think?

Meng, Mr. Jiang called.

Can't you see I'm busy?

You even called my studio?

I'm hanging up.

Don't hang up.

I have work to talk to you.

Go ahead.

Meng, I'm done.

It's your turn.

Anything wrong with your stomach?

Although I can

continue my cooperation with advertisers

for two more quarters,

we didn't gain

many followers.

Lu Xixiao is the most popular

and the most famous candidate.

[The first snow, regretful art exhibition]

But if my friend

doesn't agree,

I won't say yes

even if he invests with cash.

And his condition is that

you have to be there.

I have a stomachache.

Wan.

If you don't agree,

don't go.

After all, work is for survival.

You are my true love.

[The first snow, regretful art exhibition]

Anything is fine. Up to you.

Okay.

Most of the artists

wear

unconventional clothes.

But L

is so handsome that he doesn't need any extra decorations.

Not only handsome,

but I also heard that

there is a big enterprise in his family.

And he's still single.

He is

a golden bachelor.

How could he be single?

Maybe he has a marriage partner

who wants to keep a low profile.

Or perhaps he has too many girlfriends,

but he doesn't want to admit any of them as his girlfriend.

Okay. Lower your head and look at the ground.

Cool!

Not bad.

You're here.

Why didn't you tell me?

Go on with your work. Don't worry about me.

Okay, take a rest.

Thank you.

Coffee.

-Your phone. -Look.

-That's so you. -Look at this one.

His smile is so attractive.

He was the prettiest

in our high school.

Right?

You did a good job.

Why are you praising yourself?

Our shooting lasts

only half an hour.

This is the eighth time that he talked with her.

What do you think?

He doesn't look like a good person.

We can directly use this picture.

He probably doesn't know

you're Gu Meng's husband, right?

Are you going to just watch here?

Hello.

Hello.

I'm L's manager.

[Jiang Fan]

Gu Meng

is my old friend.

You two work well together.

Yes.

I've been working with Meng for a long time.

She acknowledges my taste.

I admire

her working state.

I'll go now.

Okay.

If you really care about me,

you wouldn't stand here

and talk nonsense.

How can I not care about you?

I just think

I should give you enough

personal space.

Well, the space you offer

is too large.

I can only meet you

a few times a year.

Forget it.

I don't want to argue with you at work.

Yes, it's a workplace.

You should

communicate with the photographer

you admire.

Of course.

At least he

will always clear his schedule for me.

Old friend?

Is she your classmate?

We are all classmates.

I'll leave.

Okay.

Okay, look at me.

Okay.

One, two, three. Done.

Hello, everyone.

Welcome to "Wake up from Dream".

I'm Gu Meng.

Today,

we have invited

a handsome

and mysterious guy.

[Wake up from Dream]

Let's welcome our great painter, L.

Hello, I'm L.

I'm very happy to come to

"Wake up from Dream."

As you all know,

L's paintings

are very popular.

But you are very mysterious and low-key.

[Wake up from Dream]

It's a pleasure

for "Wake up from Dream"

to have your interview debut.

You're welcome.

After all, you paid a lot.

As far as we know,

you went abroad to study

[Wake up from Dream]

many years ago.

This time,

you are holding an art exhibition here

since you want to

shift your career's focus to China, right?

Actually, I didn't plan to do so.

But

I've been thinking about it lately.

Why did you

change your mind?

There's someone

who owes me.

When I came back,

I found she's doing well.

So I'm thinking

whether I should let her pay me back.

L is

very humorous.

He used a simple sentence

to make all of us curious.

I'm not kidding.

I'm serious.

Let's go back

to your works.

Your paintings

often show winter and snow

in an abstract way.

The ground note is dark,

and the touch is broken.

In the pictures,

there are

incomplete blanks,

providing

a very lonely

and painful feeling.

How did this unique style

form?

Actually, I've never

liked winter.

Because when I was young,

I lost someone important

in winter.

Later,

a girl showed up.

She made me feel that

winter can be a beautiful,

happy,

and warm season.

Later,

she pushed me back to the abyss.

So my only impression of winter

is pain,

regret,

and missing.

Maybe this is

how I created my style.

Thank you

for sharing

the story behind.

Next question.

Many audiences and art lovers

are very interested in this.

As for the series of "First Snow" series

you treasure a lot,

two works have been completed.

When can we

see

all the works?

It won't be long.

We're looking forward to it.

Why did you come out

before finishing the interview?

You feel guilty?

I came out for some fresh air.

Zhou Wan,

have you ever regretted it

in the ten years since we broke up?

Nope.

Okay.

What are you doing?

Don't you want to join

the Phase II project team?

Only I can help you now.

I'll only give you one chance.

Come out. Get off.

Hurry.

I can walk myself.

What exactly do you want to do?

Be my model and cooperate with me.

Then, I'll let you join the project team.

Stand over there.

What do you mean?

Didn't I tell you?

I want you to be my model.

All these years,

you're still the same.

Do you think you know me well?

I let you be a model because it was handy.

Do you think

you can bring me inspiration?

Did you ask me here

to hear this?

Is that all you've got?

Zhou Wan,

how could you be

so self-righteous

in front of me?

No matter how we analyze

what happened back then,

you're the one who let me down.

How could you do so?

What do you want?

What do I want?

I want you to be my assistant

and cooperate with me.

Okay.

Do you have to go?

It's like a lamb to the slaughter.

I owe him this.

If I don't go,

he will still pester me.

Your orange.

Let me remind you.

Entanglement will make you fall into the trap again.

It will not bring an end.

You, a person who devoiced,

really talked differently, huh?

I'm in a cooling-off period.

I have a to-be-ex-wife.

Let me tell you one more thing.

Sometimes,

I hope Jiang Fan is not doing well,

but if I meet him,

I'll go around.

But you can't get away with Lu Xixiao.

He still has feelings for you.

Even if he does, he must hate me.

I don't care what happens to him,

since I have

more important things to do.

What do you want to do?

Does it have a conflict with him?

Yes.

Describe it.

More dramatic than this.

That's something a monster would do.

That's why you like it.

Don't move. I want to see.

It's time for you to move out.

Are you a monster?

I was just separated.

I was hit by my rival in love.

But you kicked me out to stay on the street?

Your wedding house

hasn't been sold yet, right?

That's empty.

There's no furniture inside.

Can you live there?

Are you really willing to kick me out?

Zhou Wan is moving in.

Hurry up.

Are you serious?

Depression?

Someone is homeless.

When your girlfriend comes, you give up your bro.

Xixiao.

Don't let her go.

She owes you

for all these years. Time to pay.

Xiaoliu, I'm leaving.

Lu Xixiao is worse than you.

Take care of yourself.

♪ If you had ever seen the fireflies ♪

♪ Inside my eyes ♪

♪ I think you would understand ♪

♪ Why I embrace the dark ♪

Come here tomorrow

and move in with me.

♪ People always want to reach out ♪

♪ But are afraid to pull their hands back ♪

♪ I choose to open my arms wide ♪

As what?

Your special assistant?

♪ And enjoy the weightlessness ♪

As my girlfriend.

How about this weekend?

I need to pack up.

♪ If I could, I want to become ♪

The day after tomorrow is the deadline.

♪ An astronomer ♪

♪ Lost in your night sky ♪

♪ Then fall and fall and fall ♪

Okay.

♪ Maybe it's your gravity ♪

♪ That held me back from losing control ♪

♪ When you passed by me by accident ♪

♪ I finally learned to fall ♪

♪ Countless, unforgettable ♪

♪ No time left, so I ♪

♪ Can only fall toward you ♪

♪ Too dazzling, too lonely, it's alright ♪

♪ I believe in this encounter ♪

♪ Landing in the ruins of the galaxy ♪

♪ Exchanging our comets ♪

Someone anonymously reported

that Mr. Lu

has been too close to Boxing.

My two children

have been fighting for many years.

It's not decent,

but

it promotes

the development of Lan Yue Group.

Competition

is always

the engine to improve.

Let them fight.

If a competition for the chief manager

of the Phase II program

comes to me,

I think Lan Yue

will have no hope for them.

Yes.

Then

the voting for the chief manager of the Phase II

proceeds as usual this afternoon?

Unfortunately,

Xixiao's attention is not here.

If only Xixiao could come back,

I could save a lot of trouble.

This is the second thing

I'm going to report to you.

Xixiao went back to Lan Yue.

What?

Xixiao is back?

Yes.

This time, Xixiao

led Dingshang

in revising the tender in a big way.

That's why we won the bidding for

the Phase II program.

Good.

That's good.

He told me that

he was not interested.

Why did he

change his mind suddenly?

Let me emphasize it again.

[Lan Yue Group]

I built

the Phase I program of the resort.

I've been making remarkable benefits

for the company.

To put it bluntly,

the Phase I program

contributed a lot to Lan Yue Group.

Everybody,

do you admit it?

[Lan Yue Group]

In the whole Lan Yue,

who else is

more experienced

and more qualified than me to be

in charge of the Phase II project?

Mr. Lu, did you forget that

the fire

in the Phase I project last year

caused hundreds of millions of loss

in the whole quarter?

[Lan Yue Group]

The endorsement of this year's resort

has a problem with the contract.

As you said,

the profit of the Phase I project

accounted for 30% of the total profit

of Lan Yue.

But at the same time,

you need to invest a lot of manpower,

financial resources and energy to maintain it.

The Phase I project is inseparable from you.

Mr. Lu,

people's energy

is limited.

Putting the eggs

in the same basket

might be too risky.

Making such a big project

requires rich experience

and partners

learning every detail in all sections.

Let me tell you.

We don't have the cost of trial and error.

If we stick to the rules,

we can't create a unique style.

Pingchuan has already had

Phase I project,

so we don't need to create a Phase II

as a copy.

In my opinion,

the board members have their own ideas.

We don't have to

waste our time.

Let's vote.

I'm done.

Since then,

let's vote now.

Sorry, everyone.

I'm late.

No.

It's time to vote.

Okay.

Since we're going to vote,

let me say a few words.

The Phase I project

was built

more than

20 years ago.

Over the past 20 years,

the times

and the market kept changing.

The consumers' needs and preferences

are constantly changing.

The experience of

the success of the Phase I project

is precious,

but I think

if we want to give new momentum

and more possibilities

to the Phase II project,

we have to embrace changes.

That's all my idea as

the director of the Phase II project,

and the shareholders

of Lan Yue Group.

You can vote now.

Let's vote.

It's been a long time

since I saw your father lose his control.

Look at his gloomy face.

He stormed off.

Congratulations.

I will finally

work under the leadership of Auntie.

Cut the crap.

But to be honest,

I really want to thank you.

The board knows

your importance to your grandpa.

So this time,

without your support,

I might not win.

I just did

what I think is right.

Mr. Lu Jr.,

Mr. Lu wants to see you.

Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu Jr. is here.

Let him in.

What is it?

What is it?

You're really something.

As soon as you came back,

you didn't go home or see your family,

but came to

openly oppose me, right?

It sounds like

you cared about me in the past decade.

If you had cared about me,

you would have known

I would be back today.

And the voting today

is not against you.

It has nothing to do with you.

I'm just making a rational

and objective analysis.

Rational judgment

and objective analysis?

You're not

targeting me?

If you have guts,

don't get involved

in Lan Yue's business.

Do you think I don't know

why you're back

from abroad?

Aren't you doing this

for Zhou Wan?

All these years,

I thought that

you had grown up

and you were mature.

After all this,

you are still enchanted by a woman.

I thought that after all these years,

you would change your hobby.

After all this,

what you've done is to make grandpa

think highly of you.

You bastard!

How dare

you

talk to me like this?

Am I not telling the truth?

Are you really going to

go against me?

Okay.

Have you ever thought about

if you and I

had worked together,

Lan Yue

would already be ours?

I have no interest

in Lan Yue.

That's my

least interest.

The result today

was due to

one reason.

You are not capable enough.

You can't blame anyone.

Don't take it out on me.

Also, let me remind you.

I'm not that kid anymore.

Mr. Lu.

Jiang Yan is here.

You may leave.

Close the door.

It seems that

it's not a proper time to talk about work now.

What is it? Go ahead.

I've been in Lan Yue

for a while.

When can I

officially intervene in work?

If you don't come to me,

I'll look for you too.

The bidding for the Phase II program

has been completed.

It's about to start.

Lu Qilan, the Executive Vice President of the headquarters,

will be the chief manager.

I hope you can be

the Strategic Director of the headquarters

to support the program

as a bridge between Phase II

and the headquarters.

I mean,

Lu Qilan has never

taken over such a big project.

She is

inevitably inexperienced.

But

the headquarters of Lan Yue

can't take any risks

without preparation.

So, at this time,

we need someone with new ideas

and project experience

to control the risk for the headquarters.

If anything happens,

the one can communicate with the headquarters.

So you recruited me to Lan Yue

to be

the chess piece

after the failure of your election as the chief manager,

or as your spy.

Business is like a battlefield.

Everyone is a pawn.

This is the duty

of your position.

If I

succeed,

this position will still be.

Lan Yue and the board of directors

won't leave

the project alone.

Don't worry.

If you really

have no ability,

the person in that position

is not you.

I'm saying this

to make you understand

that I'm not helpless.

I just hope

it can be you.

Whether you admit it or not,

you

are still my blood.

One day, Lan Yue will be mine,

which means it will be yours.

Why did you suddenly

ask me here?

Nothing.

I just feel

it's been a long time

since we were together

when we were little.

Is something bothering you?

I remember when we were young,

we used to be here when having troubles.

When I first met you,

you squatted here

and cried.

Are you going to

mention it for the rest of your life?

I can. Why not?

We were so young back then,

but we had so many troubles.

Yes.

Now that we've grown up,

I didn't expect that

we would have more worries.

At least we are

still trying to do

what we wanted to do.

Your dream

is coming true, right?

Success and fame?

Maybe

it's just self-righteous.

What about you?

A kind person.

The simpler the wish,

the harder it will be.

Jiang Yan.

I'm entering

the Phase II project team of Lan Yue.

For Lu Xixiao?

For other reasons.

No matter what you want to do,

I can help you.

Thanks.

But there are some things

I have to do myself.

How long do you need?

Wan.

I'm still worried.

Why don't I

move in with you?

No need.

I don't need a cleaner at home.

Yes.

You don't lack anything.

What a fool.

You should worry about

your baby, Jiang Fan.

He's not as lucky as you.

You still have a place to live.

It's none of my business.

Meng.

I'll leave the house to you.

Go.

Don't worry.

Help her move it.

Bad fate.

Jiang Fan

worked so hard

but couldn't even get somewhere to live.

He deserves it.

Study.

The living room.

The bathroom is over there.

I know.

I'm afraid you've forgotten.

Where should I stay?

Live in the same room with me.

What's wrong?