YANGNIU ZAI BEIJING {FOREIGN BABES IN BEIJING} {PT. 8
OF 20} {MANDARIN CHINESE} (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic series chronicling the love affairs
of two American girls living in Beijing who become
involved with the inhabitants of a traditional Chinese
courtyard. In this episode, Louise, newly married to
Tianliang, faces some challenges adapting to Chinese
life in the courtyard with his family. Louise offers to
help make steamed dumplings (jiaozi) with her
sister-in-law, but she ends up putting too many in the
pot, ruining them. Tianliang tells Louise not to worry,
but when the jiaozi are served, Mr. Li criticizes them
and Louise is embarrassed. When Mr. Li realizes Louise
made the cooking mistake, however, he encourages the
whole family to eat the jiaozi. Meanwhile, Jessie and
Tianliang's brother Tianming, at Jessie's invitation, go
to an ice sculpture exhibition. While they are enjoying
themselves, Jessie suddenly confesses to Tianming that
she likes him. Tianming tells Jessie that he already
has a family and that in China husbands do not leave
their wives, but he admits to Jessie that he does have
mixed feelings for her. That night at the courtyard,
Mr. Lu trips and falls, and Louise, Mr. Li, and Mrs. Li
yell at Miss Ji because the steps were wet and unsafe.
Miss Ji yells back and Louise threatens to call the
police, but Miss Ji says that the police won't do
anything since this isn't America. The next day, Louise
goes to buy a birthday present for Mr. Li. At the
market she sees Miss Ji who gives her advice about what
to get Mr. Li. When Mr. Li returns home, Louise gives
him her presents, a sweater and a clock. Mr. Li is
appalled by the clock; Mrs. Li explains to Louise that,
in Chinese tradition, giving a clock as a gift means you
are counting down the time until you die. Louise
apologizes and says that Miss Ji told her to get it.
Mr. Li storms out to yell at Miss Ji for her cruelty,
then Mrs. Li yells at Miss Ji for not showing respect to
Mr. Li on his birthday. When Mr. and Mrs. Li and Louise
return home with Mr. Li they realize that the sweater
was really of very poor quality and has ripped. As the
episode ends, Louise returns to the vendor where she
bought the sweater and demands her money back. The
vendor refuses, so Louise puts on the flawed sweater and
dances around the stall showing the poor quality of the
vendor's goods.
(This program is in Mandarin Chinese.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Sun TV,
2004.
Details
- NETWORK: CCTV (China)
- DATE: November 30, 1995
- RUNNING TIME: 0:47:46
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:70253
- GENRE: Drama, night-time serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, night-time serial - China; International Collection - China
- SERIES RUN: CCTV (China) - TV series, 1996
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Wu Biao … Supervising Producer, Chief Supervising Producer
- Wang Wanbing … Supervising Producer
- Xuan Guoyi … Supervising Producer
- Liu Tong … Producer, Created by
- Lu Li … Producer, Created by
- Song Zhenshan … Producer
- Zhang Zhe … Production (Misc.)
- Zhou Wei … Production (Misc.)
- Sun Ying … Production (Misc.), Production Manager
- Liu Jizong … Production (Misc.), Production Manager
- Wang Binlin … Director, Chief Director
- Li Jiangxin … Director
- Xu Qiaonan … Direction (Misc.), Executive Director
- Feng Huanzhong … Direction (Misc.), Assistant Director
- Tang Xiaohui … Created by
- Jian Jia … Writer
- Li Weihai … Writer
- Guo Feng … Composer, Lyricist, Singer
- Liang Yanling … Singer
- Kalin (transliterated) … Cast, Louise
- Du Ruiqiu (transliterated) (Rachel DeWoskin) … Cast, Jessie
- Chen Yude … Cast, Mr. Li
- Ding Yi … Cast, Mrs. Li
- Liu Tao … Cast, Li Tianliang
- Ye Hui … Cast, Li Tianming
- Elina (transliterated) … Cast, Nadia
- Yijiyuan Shizi (transliterated) … Cast, Zhizi (transliterated)
- Liang Qinggang … Cast, Mr. Lu
- David Wei … Cast, Robert
- Li Nan … Cast, Lu Xiaoqing
- Chen Peng … Cast, Du Lianhuang
- Li Jing … Cast, Qin Fen
- Andre … Cast, Jack
- Zhong Aizhen … Cast, Jisi (transliterated)
- Gina (transliterated) … Cast, Carrie
- Fu Xiaona … Cast, Ji Suhong (Miss Ji)
- Walide (transliterated) … Cast, David
- Feng Xiangru … Cast, Mrs. Ji
- Liu Tong … Cast, Manager Han
- Tang Xiaohui … Cast, Woman Teacher
- Liu Xuan … Cast, Xiaohu