Game of Hunting (Hunting Ground / Lie Chang / 猎场)

Where should I begin?

Are you free?

I wanted to get on a plane and come here, so I did.

So what do you think?

This is wonderful. You're free.

You look great.

Let's sit.

GM Xiong.

Who's that?

Why do you want to know?

Her name is Mind Your Own Business.

She's beautiful.

What part?

Lips.

And if they're sewn shut?

I'll go now.

Were you implicated in Xia Ji Guo's case?

How long were you in for?

Let's not talk about it.

You've suffered?

No, I was investigated for a month. Nothing much happened.

I was assisting the investigation.

It's said you weren't married to him.

Is that true?

I wasn't.

After I met him, he did pursue me for a long time.

The rumors just persisted.

I explained in the beginning.

Later, I just couldn't be bothered to.

So that's how it was.

So did you...

What was I going to ask?

I suddenly lost my train of thought. I don't know what to say.

How did you know I was here?

I knew no matter how terrible you were doing

you wouldn't change your name again.

So it wasn't hard to find you.

Fine?

You came specifically to find me?

Yes.

Specifically.

Let's go somewhere else.

Up to you. Nobody recognizes me anyway.

It's my turn to ask the questions.

How is your business doing?

You closed your recruitment agency before you went to prison.

Much better now.

The company's name finally has the words "Human Resources" in it.

In any case, now I'm a headhunter.

Good thing I've seen real headhunters before.

We haven't seen each other in so long. You should be encouraging me.

I am. I am rooting for you.

It's true I've seen many real headhunters.

Those like the character George Clooney played in "Up in the Air."

They all acted very condescending.

Low-level ones who flew all over the country.

High-level ones who flew all over the world.

Those people...

are not half as good as you.

That's an exaggeration.

It seems like ever since we met in 2004

you have been encouraging me.

What's wrong with some praise?

Things are different now.

You're the one who needs encouragement.

Don't say this sort of sympathetic thing.

I don't want to feel distanced.

You know that.

How is your company doing?

I have nothing to do with it now.

Sit back and watch clouds gather and break.

Quietly savor flowers blossom and wither.

Life truly is unpredictable.

A blink of the eye and it can all be gone.

Gone the same way it came to be.

It seems to be on its own now.

The only part in which I'm better off than you is

I still have the courage to attend gatherings and see friends.

That's wonderful.

That courage is invaluably precious.

What are your plans?

Is that a stupid question?

No.

I think you understand.

But...

I should still ask you earnestly.

What I should I do now?

I came to Hangzhou...

just to talk to you about this.

You were chairwoman of Zhong Bao Media.

You are experienced and have many opportunities open to you.

You should decide for yourself what you do from now on.

Anyhow, I will spare no effort to help you.

If I can.

I'm going to the spa later with Jia.

It's free with a voucher from the supermarket.

Then... we'll be going to the movies and eating afterward.

So tonight... I won't be bothering you.

You're free.

Where's Chairman Zheng going?

To see Lin Bai.

In the beginning, I thought since it's been so long

you would have changed a lot.

Married or single?

Made it big or down and out?

Normally, I should have found out

before deciding whether I should come find you.

Does seeing me require so much contemplation?

Don't artsy girls do whatever comes to mind?

Anybody who has been a boss will be prudent.

Perhaps confinement made be a bit loony.

In the end, I didn't give it any thought.

And didn't prepare.

I just came.

I'll knock on your door and take things as they come. Whatever.

You have a message.

It's nothing.

Before I came to see you, I went to see Lin Bai first.

He told me how to find you.

Really?

He didn't even tell me.

Don't blame him. I told him not to tell you.

I didn't ask him how you were doing either.

I knew nothing.

Just like that time at the party in Beijing.

I turned around and saw you.

Everything was so real.

It was all very real.

That gave me quite a shock.

How long do you plan on staying in Hangzhou?

It depends on you.

Are you married?

About to be.

Do you still remember that time I was blackmailed?

When I was at Valley.

I even borrowed money from you.

Of course.

It's the one who blackmailed me.

Really?

It sounds like a movie.

Don't tell me you're holding the blackmailing over her head

and forcing her to pay you back with her body.

When I first came here...

life was...

quite difficult.

She also ran a recruitment agency. and came to see me.

She helped me start the company.

Later on, her boyfriend dumped her and she was so pitiful.

I guess misery loves company.

No matter how you look at it...

she was my best option at the time.

If we're to speak of debts...

I owe you much more.

I'll save the words of thanks.

It's just that...

There are things I don't dare think of.

Don't dare remember.

And don't dare hope for.

We must be what they call...

star-crossed.

Us?

We are like what the poet Lu You said

"Wrong, wrong, wrong! Don't, don't, don't!"

We are two drops of rain

mixing together and becoming one as they fall to the ground.

It ends up falling onto a roof, separating into two drops...

flowing away with the water on the ground.

Nothing to do with each other.

I was cleaning up the house a few days ago.

I found "Norwegian Wood" again.

I still haven't finished reading it.

You gave me that book freshman year of college.

It's been nine years.

That book...

has been to all the places I've been.

It is quite unbelievable.

It is like our divination stick, with the words on it saying...

"It won't work out."

I'll give you my number.

That's mine.

How do you have my number?

Lin Bai must've given it to you.

When are you getting married?

We're waiting a bit.

When we have money to buy a house--

It's still a very busy period.

We're still amateurs in the headhunting field.

It'll take time.

That's nice.

Be sure to let me know when you get married.

I'll return to Beijing tomorrow night.

Why don't we all have lunch together?

All together? With who?

Your girlfriend, Lin Bai

and Zhong Huai Lan, that lawyer who was with me when I visited you in prison.

You can invite anybody else you want.

We don't all know each other that well.

Zheng Qiu Dong, am I a nut-job?

You're afraid there'll be trouble if your girlfriend and I meet.

Absolutely not, Luo Yi Ren.