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♫ There are sunny and cloudy days ♫

♫ Red and green lights, all the signals are waiting ♫

♫ The crowds are like a colony of ants ♫

♫ So small that it's hard to be identified ♫

♫ The crosswalk is like an intersection of the stars and Milky Way ♫

♫ It's a good sign when the world slows down ♫

♫ A quilt surrounds the city walls ♫

♫ My waiting for you is the most romantic process ♫

♫ Being crowned as the greatest lover in the universe ♫

♫ Waiting for time to click the shutter ♫

♫ Doing my best in my youth ♫

[Broker]

[Episode 4]

What's going on?

I am here to find Vice President Wu.

Please show your invitation.

Invitation... I forgot it.

I really cannot let you in without an invitation.

Can you really not just let me in this once? I am really here to have a meeting with Vice President Wu.

I'm sorry. My apologies.

[International Conference Onprecision Medicine]

I don't believe that you won't go to the bathroom.

Hello, are you Vice President Wu?

You are?

I am a researcher at Plan-O, Qiu Jianing.

I want to discuss with you the collaboration of our company and your hospital.

I'm not sure if you have time.

Five minutes. Five minutes will be enough.

Jianing?

Professor Wang.

Why are you here?

Sister Qian, the new cell research report is ready.

Professor Wang also just returned from a conference. He is back in his office.

That's great. Let's take this opportunity

to have him quickly sign this report.

Professor Wang, this is our updated report. Please have a look through it.

Last time, the issues that Jianing pointed out

did you write in the report how to solve them?

Yes, over here.

It is right here.

[Signature]

What's wrong Professor Wang? Are there any other problems?

Su Qian, Jianing has been here for almost a month.

That's right.

What work is she doing right now?

I let her go through the experiment process with Zheng Wei.

How is her work performance?

It's...

It's not bad.

You seem to be reluctant to speak. Just say it.

Professor Wang, I know you value talent.

But I'm not sure if it is because the environment here is different from abroad,

but I feel like this little girl hasn't yet adapted to the environment here.

Tell me more.

Maybe I should not be tattling on her.

But here you can take a look at it.

During work hours Jianing went out to have afternoon tea.

and posted it on WeChat Moments.

This isn't a good influence, right?

That's true. I have also met her at a place I should not have met her.

What?

International Conference Onprecision Medicine.

Why did she go over there?

I originally thought she was urgently looking for me. But she wasn't.

She was looking for Aoyoung Hospital's Vice President Wu.

Jianing said she went to find Vice President Wu to talk about

the subsequent clinical experiments.

Su Qian, did you tell her to do so?

I did not think Jianing would take so much initiative.

I just randomly said it, I didn't think she would take it seriously.

Professor Wang, I was just worried about the future proceedings.

Su Qian, I understand that you are anxious.

But to reach out for a collaboration with the Vice President,

it should be a senior researcher like you, Professor Sun, or me.

You had an ordinary researcher go reach out to him.

How will others think of us?

You need to have patience. (T/N: Lit. Hasty people don't get to eat hot tofu )

Yes, you are correct.

Professor Wang, you haven't signed my report yet.

Su Qian, I need everyone to verify the experiment,

so as to avoid possible omissions in the future.

Tell everyone to meet in the large laboratory in half an hour

and make sure no one is forgotten.

Everyone, gather in the cell room right away.

- So suddenly? - It is from Professor Wang's secretary.

- Let's go. - What's wrong?

Everyone, hurry up. Don't dawdle.

What is so urgent?

Professor Wang is having Professor Su's team demonstrate

the key experiment for the new cell report.

What?

Check the cell density and condition.

Professor Su, the six pore cells' density is at 80% to 90%

The cell's condition is normal, suitable for experimentation.

Prepare the growth medium. Use the working concentration of 0.1 micromoles.

Place a Petri dish in the live cells workstation.

Monitor the cell status around the clock for 24 hours.

You and Sun Lei are jointly responsible for monitoring. After 36 hours,

we will all look at the results.

Okay.

Let's talk outside.

Sister Qian, what do we do now?

Don't panic. There are still 36 hours before the results come out.

We can still think of a plan.

It is in times like these that we have to be even more steady.

But Professor Wang assigned Professor Sun to also monitor the experiment results.

Could Professor Wang know something already?

Sister Qian, we can't hide it anymore. Professor Wang must have found out about something.

We cannot replicate the results in the report.

What do we do? Professor Wang must have found out something.

- Professor Wang must have found out something. - Look at me.

We must have made a mistake somewhere. Professor Wang found something. Sister Su, we—

Look at me.

Weiwei, until the last moment,

we will not give in easily. Understand?

The experiment often needs the right time and place.

If it fails today, it might be the cause of an ill researcher

or the test tubes provided were not cleaned properly. These are all possibilities.

As long as I'm here, you don't have to worry about anything. Do you understand?

- But Sister Qian, we can't hide it anymore. - There is no "but"!

Listen to me.

I am the one leading the experiment.

You are just executing the procedure.

If something happens,

I take all responsibility. It has nothing to do with you.

Do you understand? Do you understand?!

So you originally planned to block Vice President Wu in front of the bathroom,

but then accidentally ran into Professor Wang?

The main point is, Qiu Jianing...

Regarding Professor Su's issue, they are all only our guesses.

After 36 hours, if the results are consistent with the ones in the report,

what will you do?

That would be pretty good.

Do you really think that?

It will not be good for you.

You meeting Professor Wang was a lucky coincidence.

But once Su Qian passes this obstacle, she will not let you off so easily.

You were already fired from a research laboratory once before.

If you are fired from Plan-O,

your research career will be over.

Research is my career. As long as I don't give up, no one can stop me.

Professor Su.

I am going in to record some data.

Let's go together.

Okay.

From the experiment's results, besides the sixth cell which did not have the growth medium,

all other cells had gotten worse.

But...

The life curves are all about the same. There are no significant changes.

That's correct.

It is the same result as all our team's previous trials.

It's unlikely that these results are useful to deduce what's written in the report.

Su Qian, explain it in detail.

I think there are some subtle experiment conditions that have changed.

I need to study the specific circumstances carefully before determining the situation.

Everyone is here today

and everyone is rather experienced.

If it is an issue with our tools, then we will change our tools

and redo the experiment. If it is an issue with contamination,

we will exclude it and redo the procedure.

We must figure out the problem.

However, if it is a human issue...

Plan-O will not tolerate any falsification of data.

Professor Wang.

It's me.

It was me who was in a hurry to successfully finish the experiment,

so the data Sister Qian had was modified by me.

I want to ask a question.

Go ahead.

When I brought up doubtful points on the report,

did Professor Su have Zheng Wei redo the experiment alone?

Sister Qian did have some doubts, but I used all sorts of reasons and deceived her again.

Zheng Wei, did you experience any hardships?

If you had, just tell everyone.

You will be fired.

I don't care.

Professor Wang, speaking of hardships, do wanting fame and fortune count?

Shut up, Zheng Wei.

Professor Wang, if you want to blame someone, blame me.

I did not manage my subordinates well.

Stop talking.

You want to be this project's hero

and seek fame?

Yes.

What is the point of being an ordinary researcher?

Our salary is low while our workload is heavy and dull.

Only if I become a senior researcher in a core project

can I earn respect and have a promising future.

Okay. Very good.

Since everyone is here today,

let me say this once again. As a medical researcher,

your results will bring both profits to the company and yourself.

But medicine is not a simple everyday used object.

It concerns people's lives.

I hope while everyone pursues their own individual benefits,

they remember their responsibility.

I will not tolerate any procedures that contain loopholes,

or any modifications, falsifications,

to original data.

If I find anyone who does so,

they will be immediately fired and will take all legal responsibilities.

Professor Wang!

Professor Wang, please listen to me. There must be some misunderstanding.

Zheng Wei usually isn't like this.

Please give her another chance, Professor Wang.

Su Qian, let me ask you something. This entire mess...

Did you really not know or did you just not want to know?

Yes, I trust Weiwei too much.

But I didn't expect her to experience such a big change this past year.

Weiwei cannot stay here.

Let her know to write her own resignation letter.

Just look at me as being merciful to her one last time.

Professor Wang, please give her another chance.

Also, regarding further projects, I hope you include Jianing.

If it wasn't for her, and we suddenly turned in the new cell report,

what would happen if they approved it and gave us a grant?

Have you considered the consequences?

Wait.

Are you happy?

Am I happy about what?

You finally were able to show yourself off in front of Professor Wang.

And also got me fired from the laboratory.

I got you fired from the laboratory?

Don't act stupid.

Don't think too much of yourself.

Why would I waste my time on you?

Take your underserved gain for granted.

Whether you believe it or not, if I am willing to play politics,

I can still work in the top lab overseas.

If I were that type of person,

I would not be here experiencing your bullying.

It's all someone else's fault.

Why don't you self-reflect on your own behavior?

It was you who should be doing a self-reflection.

When doing research, you should not be falsifying data.

Since you did it, you should take responsibility.

Stop giving me your reasons. You absolutely don't understand me.

Yes, I don't understand you and I don't want to understand you.

I have my hardships.

Your hardships? Who in life does not have hardships?

Does facing hardships give you the excuse to do bad things?

I forgot. You studied abroad for college.

If you had the chance to study abroad then, your family must be pretty well off.

How could you understand the hardships of people like us?

I was born in a small mountain village.

When I was 18, I rode a train for the first time.

Sister Qian bought me the ticket.

That year I had gotten into college.

But the reality is cruel.

If I continued to go to school,

my family would have to pay for college for four more years.

I gave up going to college. I can help support my family.

It was Sister Qian who realized I did not report to school on time

and took a plane, train, and bus to find me.

Once she understood my situation,

she went to the school to apply for a waiver for my tuition. That's how there is the me of today.

Listening to all this, I am sorry.

But I will say the same thing.

This cannot be your excuse to do bad things.

Okay.

Qiu Jianing, you are a saint. Just you wait.

Zheng Wei.

You think that your speech is great, right?

What do you mean?

Do you really think everything is black and white, and above everything else?

Is it not?

In life, there will sometimes be difficult dilemmas.

Don't be so certain about everything.

That is just an excuse people use.

What if there was a gun pointing at your head.

Would you still be so certain?

Of course.

Okay. Maybe you can.

But what if the gun was pointing towards your family,

the people you love the most? Your decision directly determines whether they live or die.

Would you still be so certain?

Answer me.

I won't answer hypothetical questions.

You are wavering. You are not so sure now, right?

What do you mean, Zhou Xiaoshan?

Nothing much.

Who is it?

Take-out.

Why are you delivering this?

I was downstairs and saw a delivery person who couldn't find the entrance to your house so I brought it up for them.

Thank you. Come in and sit down.

Okay.

Sit anywhere you like.

Zhou Xiaoshan, were you angry this afternoon?

No.

I was thinking carefully about it.

If a person threatened the lives of my family

and wanted me to do something that violated my principles,

then I could... have felt it was a really difficult choice.

So, now you can understand how Zheng Wei felt?

I can understand her, but I still can't admit that what she did was the right thing.

I'm going now.

Let me ask you this. If I were holding a gun against the head of someone in your family

and forced you to make a choice right now, what would you choose?

You wouldn't be that bad guy.

I wouldn't?

Qiu Jianing, you have no idea what kind of person I am.

I don't know. I don't understand you.

But I trust you. And I trust my own intuition even more.

You're a good person. At least to this point, I have had no cause to doubt you.

I'm sorry. I must have hurt you.

It's okay.

[Aoyoung Hospital]

It's Old Qin! Hurry, look!

Good morning, Director Qin.

Good morning.

Hello, Director Qin.

On such a beautiful morning,

- what is causing all of you to leave your posts... - Hello, Director Qin.

- to gather all together here. - Good morning, Director Qin.

- Where are you going? - What are you looking at?

It was just a funny video. We were all just looking at it for a little relaxation.

A funny video? Do you think I don't know your tastes? Let me see.

I'll let you see. But you can't get mad. Don't go nuts.

Why are you dawdling? What's so embarrassing?

Is that me?

Yes. What a coincidence, right?

Who posted it?!

Don't tower above me like that, okay?

Are you going to tell me or not? I'll let it drop.

- You... - Who posted it?

My own apprentice!

Over the next couple of days, read the records of Zheng Wei's work. From now on you, you'll be responsible for all her work.

Before you come to work next week, give me a work plan.

No problem.

You can leave.

Isn't that Dr. Qin?

Yes. It is Director Qin.

Why did he go a bit crazy today?

When isn't he a little crazy?

Grandfathers and grandmothers, I'll show you

what Director Qin looks like when he's teaching us.

"Time is gold, time is money."

"As a doctor, anything other than curing patients and saving lives,

everything else is a waste of time."

"You must know that."

Dr. Qin has two faces.

Towards all of you, he's warm and so polite.

But with us, subordinates, he's so cruel.

- Surely not. - Really.

Director Qin is really kind.

- That can't be. - No way. - It's true.

- Auntie, do you want to watch an other video? - I'm going to get some rest.

Dr. Qiu, you need to take good care of yourself.

Grandmother, you need to take good care of yourself, too. Bye-bye.

That was hysterical.

Hi, Jiaxin.

Hello, Master. Where did you float from?

I've been here all along.

These windows are clearly shut.

Really?

Jiaxin, come here. I have something to say to you.

Jiaxin, what were you talking about that was so amusing?

Stand here in your proper place.

Tell me.

Tell you what?

The video.

Master, I just thought you were so, so, so adorable.

So, I filmed you, edited it a little, and put it online.

All thanks to you, everyone in the hospital is now watching that adorable video.

Master, I just don't understand. Doctors are people too and we need entertainment too.

I showed the video to those elderly patients and they were really happy.

Putting patients in a good mood is very beneficial to their recovery.

I'll say it again. I think all sorts of methods are part of our medical skills.

Just like me. Amusing the elderly day in and day out.

What you just said has never occurred to me.

Exactly, right?

Yes. Actually, it's not only that. You have many other outstanding characteristics. For example:

being late for work, sleeping in the office, entering incorrect words in the medical records.

These are all the outstanding medical skills you've exhibited. All this time, I've been wrong.

You're truly the master. I'm your disciple. Master! Master!

No. I wouldn't dare.

Master, don't be like this.

Why do you argue like a girl? You always—

Who are you calling a girl? Who?

I... I'm off work. I should go.

Master.... you...

Bye-bye.

Get back here.

Delete that video, okay?!

Quiet.

Professor Wang, today, I have something important to tell you.

By chance, Jianing also has some work to report to you as well. So I brought her with me.

You're Jianing's direct superior.

If she has something important to tell me, it should be you who reports it to me.

That's the usual process.

However, I'm resigning.

What's happened that's so serious?

Thank you for looking after me for all these years.

Fate determines when we come together and separate. I hope that you can approve my resignation.

I just emailed my resignation to headquarters.

It appears you're determined to leave.

You're not even giving me a chance to persuade you not to go.

I'd like to know which company has offered you something to leave ours.

City A. Professor Harry's laboratory.

Exactly when did this happen?

That's my own private business. I cannot tell you.

Is it because of me?

You think too highly of yourself.

If there's nothing else, please leave.

I have to gather my things and get ready to get the heck out of here.

Did you really not know about the matter with Zheng Wei?

Is there something you've been hiding from us?

Is there or not?

Since you want to know so badly, then I'll tell you.

Not only did I know about it, I'm the one who asked Zheng Wei to do it.

But unfortunately, no matter how much a person decides and plans to do something, it isn't as powerful as what God decides.

We just lacked the tiniest bit until headquarters approved it.

But then you came into the laboratory.

The ideal data hasn't been achieved up to this point.

Even if headquarters had approved entering the next phase, there would still be no point.

Could it be that you don't know? The application for approval for clinical trials and marketing of anticancer drugs

is loaded down with trivial details and is inconceivably tedious.

The approval time is long. That's because they're thinking of the safety of people's lives.

Once a drug enters the market, it will become the hope of thousands of patients.

They will place all of their hopes in that drug.

If some accident occurs because of our carelessness in the lab,

it would be a huge blow to countless lives and families.

But all this time that would be spent on checking and verification during the approval process,

I could use it for optimizing the experiments and coming up with that ideal data.

The approval process is established to ensure there's a solid foundation based on solid data.

Not for using fake data in order to deceive those responsible for approval. Do you really want to use that time for altering the data?

Do you think you're the only one who is concerned about patients?

Okay. Let's imagine something.

A certain cancer kills 10,00 people around the world in one year. But a drug that enters the market accelerates the research and development process,

even if there are side effects, even if the patients

who takes this medication will have a 50% mortality rate due to various side effects,

but at least the remaining 50% of the patients will have the chance to live.

Instead, those 50% who died from those side effects would have died anyway. Isn't that right?

As a scientific researcher, how can you say such childish things?

Yes. I am childish.

I can tell you this. On New Year's Day in 2009,

my grandmother died from stomach cancer.

But only a few months later, Tegafur came on the market in China.

Many people suffering from late-stage stomach cancer were saved.

These past few years, I kept thinking

that if that medicine could have come to market just a few months earlier, maybe my grandmother would still be alive.

Who knows; maybe I could still be seeing her even now.

Laughing and talking with her.

So, Qiu Jianing, please remember this.

Because of you, today our project is at a standstill.

Every day and every night from now on,

there will be many who suffer and die because that medicine failed to enter the market.

And you? You'll still be immersed in your own illusion that you're a saint.

I hope that you can sleep peacefully at night.

Did I do something wrong?

I know what you think.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have changed your attitude toward me.

Zheng Wei falsified all the results

to repay Professor Su.

Professor Su cheated everyone

to repay the sympathy left to her by her late grandma.

In Greek mythology, the story about Sisyphus is my favorite.

He kidnapped the God of Death

in order to eliminate death in the human world.

Thus, his action angered all the gods,

so he was punished to push a huge boulder to the top of a mountain.

However, the rock was too heavy

that every time he was close to the top of the mountain,

it rolled back down.

So he did the

same thing every time.

Then, despite being rejected by all,

you will stand firm to your own right and wrong values.

- I... - Qiu Jianing,

at least Sysiphus fought against the God of Death.

What have you done for the world?

The information in Su Qian's report has already been found to be false.

It seems that Plan-O

is still in the cellular investigation phase.

Wang Qitian will not take long to allow Sun Lei to deliver a periodic report.

I have sent the sketch of the report to your email.

All right. I'll inform the superior. Wait for my news.

Uncle Zha when will the superior confirm the completion of our task?

Why do you suddenly ask?

No reason. I'm just a little tired.

Xiaoshan, you never say you are tired.

What are you watching that's so funny?

Mom, isn't this video hilarious?

That young man is too handsome.

Young man?

Mom, you should go to our hospital and see the optometrist.

Nonsense.

Who is he? Your colleague?

He's my mentor.

He looks so young.

He's developed so well at such a young age. He's very promising.

Mom, are you serious?

He's not even young at all.

He's very old.

Don't ever mention him in my presence.

He's so annoying.

What's the matter with him?

He keeps scolding me with a long face.

Every time someone mentions him, I get annoyed.

Why? What happened?

Mom, I don't want to be a doctor anymore.

Nonsense again.

Being a doctor is very good for a girl. The job is stable.

On the other hand, healing others and saving lives is a good thing.

Mom, you can't imagine how tired I am.

I rush off to the hospital every emergency.

I run there 800 times a day. I'm so tired and bored.

All jobs are exhausting. What do you want to do

- if you don't want to be a doctor? - I want to do a cheerful job.

You've always had everything there for you since you were young.

You're both children from the family. Look at Jianing.

She left home at a very young age to study abroad

and lived on her scholarship. She never asked for

a penny for living expenses or tuition.

Now look at you.

What kind of happiness do you wish to have?

Even you, as a stepmother,

praise Qiu Jianing. I'm jealous.

Listen to you.

What's wrong with a stepmother? A stepmother should tell the truth, too.

Yes, of course.

Jiaxin, you need to listen well. Okay?

You need to start being more responsible.

Don't think about one thing and try another.

Can you give me some face in front of your father?

- Okay? - My face is big enough.

It can't get any bigger.

Don't mess around. I'm saying it for real.

- Are you listening? - Yes, I did.

Mom, it's time to sleep now.

Beauty sleep! Hurry and get up!

- I need to sleep! - What sleep?

- I need to sleep now. I'm tired. - I need to say another thing.

Don't think about other things. What do you mean you're not going to be a doctor?

If you don't want to be a doctor, what else do you want to be?

Look how chubby you are. Why don't you try losing some weight?

More of me to love. I understand, Mom.

Yes, Madam.

Okay.

Goodnight, Mommy.

Goodnight.

Sure, no problem.

Next month, at the regular monthly meeting for the company,

I will submit the project report.

I'll truthfully report that we have made no progress on the project.

Will our project be halted?

It's quite possible.

But as long as there is some hope, I'll strive for it.

Don't worry. The company has other projects

even if Plan-O is suspended for a while.

Workers can go to departments that work with everyday medicine.

I don't care about the promotions.

But, Professor Wang, I'm not satisfied.

Xiao Sun, you are still young.

Life has infinite possibilities.

Don't be angry.

- Hello? - Professor Wang, Qiu Jianing wants to see you.

- Let her come in. - Okay.

Professor Wang, I need to report something to you.

- Say it. - Professor Wang, I'll leave first.

Professor Sun, I need to ask you something.

At the moment, Professor Sun wants to prevent the expression of telomerase

in cancer cells from the genetic level. Is that right?

That's right. Do you have something wrong with that?

I don't dare. I just wanted to ask...

By modifying from a genetic point of view,

can you avoid the suppression of the telomerase?

Wasn't that the focus of your previous boss, Professor Harry?

How come once you have left that laboratory, you even need to deny his views?

To deny his viewpoints and leaving the laboratory are not related to each other.

That article was indeed not precise enough.

And it was lacking in lots of experiments to verify it all.

Actually, I think your direction from before was even better.

Using molecules to suppress the activity of telomerase in cancer cells.

This target is more in favor for research.

And the pharmaceutical setup is more mature.

Although gene therapy is really popular,

but there are many hidden dangers within it as well.

I'm sorry.

We have used a year of experiments to prove that this method doesn't work.

Jianing, why do you believe

our previous direction is better?

What's your reasoning?

I just think it's a possibility.

What are the odds? Give me a number.

I still can't figure it out yet.

Xiao Sun, don't give the annual cell report to the headquarters just yet.

Professor Wang, she was just casually saying things. Are you really believing it?

Xiao Sun, don't worry. I have my own plans.

Jianing, you need to find theories and evidence to support your claim.

- I'll give you half a month. Is it enough? - Yes.

Go and experiment with everything you have got.

If you have any requests, let me know.

Can you give me a researcher to help me with the experiment?

Xiao Sun, who do you think will be suitable?

Zhou Xiaoshan. He's the same as Qiu Jianing with experiences abroad.

It might be easier to communicate.

What do you think?

Okay.

Then, we'll do it like this.

I'll wait for your report.

Okay.

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♫ I've lost news of you due to my intermittent hearing loss ♫

♫ By changing my old habits, I'm leaving traces of my life ♫

♫ Flowers fade away in midsummer ♫

♫ Once the lustrous star shines, there seem to be regrets ♫

♫ As our paths cross, you seemed to have whispered something in my ear ♫

♫ These invisible chains seem to compelled to tighten their hold ♫

♫ Time seems to be merciless with love, something I can't erase ♫

♫ Yet you left behind your fame ♫

♫ You come and go in a flash many times ♫

♫ Weaving through the crowd, sometimes you seem close yet distant ♫

♫ I don't blame you for my love for you, but I'll leave your shadow alone ♫

♫ To be an engraved signature in my youth ♫

♫ Please don't turn around and look back at me ♫

♫ The sorrow that you left behind, they are all so tender ♫