The Ideal City (Su Xiao De Zhan Zheng / Lixiang Zhi Cheng / 理想之城)

The Ideal City

This is a work of fiction.

Ep01

What's wrong with you?

I'm sorry.

What's wrong with you?

Sorry.

No food on the metro.

You know?

I'll stop.

Sorry.

So inappropriate.

Eating on the metro?

So impolite.

We've arrived at People's Square.

Please take your belongings

and get off through the left door.

How did you do your job?

ZJ Construction Co., Ltd.

It's so loose.

Fix it.

Right away.

Mr. Yu.

Su Xiao.

Tell our department

not to walk around

when the district officials are here.

Jiajia.

No.

You can't use

28-mm rebar

Su Xiao, cost manager of ZJ Construction

to make benches.

The construction scheme

specifies

32-mm rebar

for the benches.

A difference of 4 mm

will lower its durability

and cause collapse.

Find the scheme and the drawing.

I'll check with you one by one.

Morning.

Morning.

Morning.

Is the scheme ready?

Also,

the distance between benches

shall not exceed 1 m.

You've got to stick to the drawing.

Or

I'll have an on-site inspection.

Put on your work badge.

If I deduct money

from the final account,

don't come crying to me.

Get ready, everyone!

What's happening downstairs?

It's because of

TK Construction's

Public Housing Project.

Workers are asking for late payments.

Mr. Pan is encircled.

Mr. Yu must want to kill himself.

Let's see.

Pay us!

What's all this?

This should be good.

Mr. Yu.

Call Mr. Huang of TK to come

right away.

Give me the file.

What happened?

The workers are asking for late payments.

Ask him to come ASAP.

We've already paid them.

Just ask him to come. Hurry!

Okay, I see.

Pay us!

We've paid our subcontractor.

Please trust us.

Stop making a scene here!

Let him get out first.

Come on.

We worked hard for the money.

Listen, guys.

What?

They went to your company?

Your blood pressure is too high.

Okay, I'll be on my way.

I'll come over soon.

Huang Lilin, General Manager of TK Construction

How soon?

15 minutes, at most.

I'm on my way.

This is ZJ,

not TK.

You need to...

Mr. Huang will be here in 15 minutes.

Pay us!

Pay us!

How about this?

Let him out of the car.

Listen to him.

We've paid

Yu Chao, manager of business department of ZJ Construction

TK already.

This will get you nowhere.

You're making excuses

to shift the blame.

We are not.

I can

show you

the invoice.

Who knows if it's real or fake?

It has the seals of both companies.

How could it be fake?

We don't care.

We know nothing about it.

You...

Just pay us.

Pay us!

Hello, Mr. Pan.

Soon.

15 minutes.

He'll be here in 15 minutes.

Hurry up!

Pan Jianhua, General Manager of ZJ Construction

Come on.

Pay us!

Is everything

alright?

Have some tea.

They can wait.

By the way,

when

Mr. Xia is here,

don't tell him about this.

Got it?

Pay us!

Ever since 1995...

Pay us!

Our company has always led the industry.

You can ask around.

ZJ is a well-established

construction firm.

How could we team up with a subcontractor

to deceive you?

You're in cahoots.

It's purely contractual

between our company and TK.

Just as the relationship

between TK and you.

Let him out of the car, alright?

Then, we can talk about money.

Okay?

Pay us first!

Then we'll let him out.

Pay us!

Pay us!

Stop it!

Quiet!

If you kept him in there, it'd be kidnapping.

If you let him go, then it's legitimate.

Do you want to break the laws?

Make the decision.

She's right.

Is it that serious?

It's just money.

It can't be that serious.

Even the police don't care.

Yeah.

Don't listen to her!

They're withholding our payments.

Yeah.

Well...

Dear friends!

Please calm down.

Let's talk this out.

We can solve the problem together.

Mr. Pan.

It's not our fault.

We've paid TK.

But the workers came after us.

Stop it.

No more explanation.

Solve it ASAP.

The officials will be here at 11 AM.

Make sure it's solved

by then.

Okay.

Give me that.

You told me 15 minutes.

It's 10 AM already.

Zhou Jun, team member of the district planning project

Honey.

How did you know

I was about to call you?

What for?

You passed the cost engineer certification.