Still Lala (我是杜拉拉 / Wo Shi Du La La)

Episode 7

Mom.

Oh, ok.

Hmm, okay.

There's no problem, you can say it slower.

I listened all of it.

The bridesmaid may not be able to come.

Ok, I know.

What happened?

I have an ominous feeling.

I know, I know.

Hello! Hello, hello, hello.

I'm here.

Please sit.

How's your discussion? - Not bad.

Is it? I bought someone here.

Come on.

Hey hello!

Hi.

You met on the way? Why are you here?

Why is she here? I asked her to come.

Lala, I persuaded Qian Qian

to be your bridesmaid and she agreed.

Bridesmaid?

I have someone to be my bridesmaid. - Yes, Lala has someone.

I thought yours couldn't come?

The original one couldn't come, but I have an alternative.

Spare, spare. Spare means it's not confirmed.

You want an unconfirmed and not a confirmed bridesmaid?

It's Qian Qian.

She's smart, capable, and can help you entertain

your family members, relatives, colleagues, friends, whatever.

Mom, you know,

the bridesmaid task is quite demanding and bothersome.

She has to toast, drink and so on. Not to mention that

they will all be my and Wang Wei's friends and buddies.

You may not know them. It will feel awkward.

Lala Jie, why don't you want me to be the bridesmaid?

It's not that I don't want to. Just...

I don't want to bother you... - It's not a bother.

Not a bother...

Mom, do we need to get money at our wedding?

Money gifts? Of course we need someone to get it.

Then what about it, Qian Qian is so smart, will you help us get the money?

I'm afraid I can't. Money gifts? Regarding money, it's better that the family take care of it.

Aren't you and Teacher Lu like family?

Yes, of course we are like family.

That's because we are family that I thought to let family be the bridesmaid.

Mom, there's a lot of things to take care of for the wedding.

Let Lala decide the bridesmaid.

Fine, fine. I know you're making excuses. You don't want Qian Qian to do it.

Fine.

If she can't, it means you don't want my help either for the wedding.

Go on by yourselves.

Mom, mom, mom!! Don't leave mom.

Then...

She can do it.

You see?

Fine. Where were you?

We were talking about the decoration of the wedding.

Fine, let me have a look. - They were saying that this red one wasn't very good.

Then we have another proposal, this white one...

This one is no good. It's too plain.

This one is good, this one.

Look, this carpet is nice.

This carpet looks like coins. There are coins so unstoppable fortune keeps coming.

This unstoppable fortune keeps coming. A red color tone. This is Chinese style.

Good, good.

Lala, this is for you.

Thank you, Jie. - Take care of yourself before your wedding.

Speaking of this wedding,

why did you make Kathy your bridesmaid?

She doesn't have good intentions.

It's not that bad.

Let's just talk about age,

how could you have someone so much younger than you be your bridesmaid?

Are you thinking straight?

You are worried about age as well?

If what you said is true, women should kill themselves when they are 30.

There's no need for suicide,

but we need to be aware.

Think about it, our skin needs anti-aging, anti-wrinkle.

When we take pictures, we need to PS them. (Photoshop)

We especially need to be aware of who we are being compared to.

How do you let someone that much younger stand next to you?

It's gonna drive you crazy being compared to her.

Also considering temperament and connotation, we're definitely a lot stronger than those girls in their twenties.

But about the skin and the shape, we're...

Just by our own one person's strength, how can we be against the gravity and corrosion from smog?

Right.

You've succeeded in persuading me, but at the same time

you have made me discouraged.

Do you think I want to let Kathy be my bridesmaid?

That day, I couldn't say anything.

You know her relationship with your family.

The way your mother saw her, she was smiling so hard the corners of her mouth were at the back of her head.

Also, your brother. Don't even talk about it.

From his point of view, Kathy is a

kind, pure, and sweet small girl

My mom and my younger brother never see a person's true color correctly besides you, Lala.

Choosing you is the only reasonable thing my younger brother has done in his life. - It's very reasonable.

But you don't need to be discouraged.

Before the wedding, take care of yourself.

Relax yourself to create the best complexion.

In Wang Wei's eyes, you'll always be the most beautiful bride.

Talking about Kathy, I think she deserves to be skinned.

Then why don't you skin her?

I want to. I think she is so fake.

She really needs someone to take off her mask.

But I am worried that peeling off layer after layer,

like an onion, you can't see the heart of it.

Or there might be no heart at all.

Lala, listen to me. I am good at judging people.

Kathy, this girl, is very clever.

Stay away from her if you can, to avoid suffering any loss.

Speak of the devil...

Li Jie, you are back from your trip.

I forgot to tell you. I moved just above Teacher and their home.

You can visit when you have time.

I heard. But I want to correct you. That's not my mom's house.

It's my younger brother and Lala's house.

I don't even feel comfortable going.

How can you keep bothering a newlywed couple?

We can also meet somewhere outside of the house.

For example, we can go eat Chinese food,

Japanese food, Korean food, or Thai food.

The food with tons of onion.

I like peeling the onion layer by layer.

Peel until it's dead.

I really think you are suited to eat onions.

You are too angry all the time. Onions should help calm you down.

Speaking of onions, some people are just like onions...

Jie, Li Jie.

We'll talk about onions some other time. We need to go to the meeting now.

Let's go.

Take this.

Successor planning? Doesn't this mean...

Find a backup? - Yes, we're finding a backup.

We have to find a good backup.

Once we find the successor, the pressure on our company will be much lower.

Our HR has to do a good job finding the successor.

The next generation is very important.

You guys will split into 2 teams.

Kathy and Lala, each will help 3 higher ups to find successors.

Lala is already doing a good job.

Kathy needs to put in some effort.

Don't worry, I will not let you down.

Good luck, guys.

Good luck.

Yes, I know.

I know you have been very busy, but this successor plan has to have your approval first,

or else how can our HR make any decisions?

I hope you can spare just a little bit of time and come to have a chat...

Hello? Hello?

He hung up...

So hard to work with.

Xiao Qian.

Lala Jie, I have finished these reports.

Good.

Have a drink to refresh yourself.

Thank you. You are so good to me.

Then... may I get off work?

Get off work? What time is it?

So late.

You can go home. I will go home too.

Alright. Go back early.

I'm leaving. Bye.

Take care.

.

It's strange. How come Kathy is not busy?

Lala.

Thanks, Mom.

You are a girl.

What's important for a girl?

Of course it's family.

You are constantly not home, can't even have dinner with us.

What's going on?

Sorry, Mom, I'm very busy with work lately. -Du Lala.

Let's be honest, I have never interfered with her work.

I don't ask about anything.

Work is work, work is important.

But work cannot always be the priority.

Right, right.

You are still young. You still have a lifetime to work.

But a wedding, a wedding is just one time.

Wedding?

Look at this.

I know you guys never considered the wedding.

I did promise you guys I'd take care of the wedding since you guys are busy.

But there are a lot of details I need to get your agreement on

because I'm not the one getting married.

It's okay, Mom, I'm flexible. Whatever makes you happy.

It'll be okay.

Lala, I believe you are flexible.

But it's not enough if you're the only one agreeing to it.

My in-law, your mother, if the wedding is not good,

that will give her something to talk about.