Caught in the Web Page #4

Synopsis: The story begins on a bus, when white-collar worker Ye refuses to give up her seat to a senior citizen. Her defiance is videotaped by a journalist intern and played during a news show. The video sparks intense debate on and off the Internet. Some Internet users search for Ye's personal information and post it all online. The issue soon brings tremendous changes to the families of both the journalist intern and Ye's boss.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Kaige Chen
Production: Vitagraph
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
15%
Year:
2012
117 min
106 Views


Whatever. You'll get another job soon.

Ever hear of the ''Shelter for the Heart''?

l'm trialling there tomorrow.

Well good luck.

Cousin.

Why can't l tell Ruoxi...

you were at the interview?.

That's our secret.

What kind of secrets can we have?

Cut it out.

What are you two whispering about?

Shen Liushu. Famous guy, a big boss.

Head of a listed company.

When Situo went public

the buzz was all about

''Global Elite Management Training - an

introduction.''

Their Global Elite Management Training plan.

A company cultivating a global elite.

And the boss's secretary such a shocker.

lt's ironic, don't you think so?

A bit of a reality gap. False advertising.

What's a global elite anyway?

l think we're onto something big here.

Yes, boss.

What sort of boss would l be?

Her staff quits without warning.

Home ownership will stay a dream.

Don't underestimate me.

l'll buy a place and then marry you.

Better marry me first.

Remember the beauty who wouldn't

give up her seat?.

Sunglasses Girl?

We now know her name's Ye Lanqiu.

And that phone call revealed...

she's a little homewrecker.

Sorry, the number you have dialled cannot be

reached at the moment.

Please try again later.

Who is it?

A reporter. A woman.

A Miss Chen. She wants to speak to you.

l'll deal with them.

You'll embarrass yourself.

Cuicui, Tell them -

''They're not home''

Just say that.

Mo Xiaoyu, you realise...

your indiscretion has hurt the company.

Hello, Xiao Liu.

How come you're on again today?

Let me ask you, Xiao Liu.

What's with Security?

They just let people in?

l said they're out.

Little sister

lf this goes badly, l'll sue your company.

Give me your film.

Brother.

Hand it over.

You handing it over or not?

There's really no need

Hand it over!

What're you doing? Let go.

Give it to me!

Troublemakers, hey?

Ruoxi!

What're you doing?

Jiaqi, give it to them.

No way.

lf you don't, you're going nowhere, believe me.

Stop.

Fine. We won't leave today.

Let's see what you'd dare do to us.

Boss.

Let them go.

Okay.

No, you see, sir, we were just...

Listen to me.

Of course.

Go on, Director Lu.

The idea was good.

But don't chase people into their homes.

But director - we never even saw him.

lts just that Situo trumpets its high-mindedness.

Yet its staff is so morally deficient.

lt's a bit ironic, yeah?

Nothing unpleasant occurred, did it?

No.

Xiaohua.

Show me everything online about Ye Lanqiu.

Right away.

Go back to your own desk.

Jiaqi -

how are you feeling?

Mega-insulted.

Oh well.

You can't write this piece. l'll do it.

l wanted to give you a shot at fame.

Fame? What do you mean?

You're angry.

Whatever happens, we can't get angry.

lf you're angry...

you'll seek revenge through what you write.

ln our profession

you need guts and a thick hide.

Then you'll make it.

''Ye Lanqiu:
Reflecting Company Culture''

- Chen Ruoxi

Jiaqi, get me some noodles.

''Moral crisis for leading Chinese company!''

''The Sunglasses Girl affair - revelations

about Situo''

''Situo implicated in the Sunglasses Girl affair''

''Sunglasses Girl - whose mistress is she?''

lt appeared online

and ten-odd minutes later -

1000 forwards, 10,000 comments.

''Ye Lanqiu:
Reflecting Company Culture''

This Chen Ruoxi...isn't she the reporter behind the

bus seat story?

Yes.

Another reporter on that program,

was my primary school classmate. Yang Jiaqi.

Childhood buddies.

Yep,

for this to occur at such a critical time for us

it strikes me as weird.

lt's not weird.

lt's proof we're successful.

But does success mean l have no right to privacy?

Or that protecting my own privacy

means l have to put up with slander and abuse?

ls that fair?

Let's get her.

Too easy.

Phone up that old classmate.

Say there's a big job for her. Make a date.

lf she asks where l work, what do l say?

You're Ye Lanqiu's colleague,

Shen Liushu's No. 2 secretary.

She'll be there all right.

Then call Stone.

Change the banquet to tonight.

Get me Zhang Mu.

You had those sweet little eyes.

They called me Little Charmer.

Hold on. Did you just say...

You work with Ye Lanqiu, for Mr. Shen?

Jiaqi, l've got a money-spinner for you.

l should've been looking for you!

This your bank account number?

Yes.

This money was put into your account?

Yes.

And you accepted it?

l did.

Someone's reported you.

That money represents an illegal advantage.

And here's the one who reported you

Tang Xiaohua!

What's going on?

We're going to toy with Chen Ruoxi.

We'll use my brother's company,

go through Yang Jiaqi,

commission a company video.

We'll get Chen Ruoxi involved.

Boss

l've contacted Yang Jiaqi.

And Mr. Stone's okay for tonight.

''Hubby''

Hello?

Mrs. Shen, you're a hard one to find.

What's up? Cut the crap.

Tonight is an important dinner.

Not in the mood.

You have to come.

And if l don't?

Don't do something you'll regret.

l'm asking you.

6:
30 at the reception hall.

Make me look glamorous.

Yes, Mrs. Shen.

What time is it?

5:
30.

l wanted to let you sleep.

But it's time for me to go.

l've been awake for ages.

Just didn't want to get up.

lt's not so bad.

A few days of fun, you'll be over it.

l know what it's like.

Want it?

Don't worry.

The woman you upset won't find you here.

l wouldn't let her near you.

Do you love him?

No.

Then it's over.

You don't even love him.

You split up, so what.

Why all the agony?

Does he love you?

He doesn't, does he?

No.

So why the despair?

And a million-yuan handshake - not bad.

You can go.

Meet me tomorrow at 9 at Yongbeiqiao.

Wash your face first, okay?

Director Shen, Mr. Stone is here.

Sorry to have to change the date.

But today is a special day.

lt's our 15th wedding anniversary.

Mr. Stone asks what you're giving him?

''l was wrong''

What does the note say?

''l love you''

Mr. Stone

our partnership should be

like this marriage.

Built on mutual trust.

Mr. Stone says

to cooperate with such a family man...

gives us a sense of security.

Her landlord says she left yesterday.

Her phone's still off.

Pretending to disappear.

l'll keep looking.

You remembered wrong.

Our anniversary is next month.

lt's whatever day l say it is.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

You okay?

Did you know Miss Ye is missing?

Did you know Miss Ye is missing?

ls she?

Miss Ye's a decent girl.

Works by day, spends evenings at home.

She's doesn't know many people.

The only one she ever crossed was you.

lf she's missing because you threatened her.

l won't worry.

She did cross me.

But l never threatened her.

This has nothing to do with me.

You shamed your own husband on TV -

and l'm supposed to believe you?

Shen

How can you just turn on me like that?

Why did you do all that for me tonight?

Was it just a show for Mr. Stone?

You got what you wanted.

Now do l need to return the jewellery?

You do know how to spoil a moment.

We've nothing to say to each other.

That's because you never answer my questions.

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