A Better Life Episode 1 Recap
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Hu Manli is 39 years old this year. She has been working in insurance sales in the Lanyangjiang urban area of Shanghai for twenty years, always diligent and conscientious, securing a total of 392 policies of various sizes. Ten years ago, she became a Million Dollar Round Table member for the first time, and a few years later, she became a Top of the Table member, which is equivalent to the Oscars of the insurance industry.
Her largest single policy was eight million yuan. Hu Manli was exceptionally selected as a candidate for this year's Nanyang Star Award in the insurance industry, which is the highest honor for insurance salespeople. A reporter from the popular website "New Commercial Force" came to her home for an exclusive interview. Hu Manli deliberately turned her best side towards the camera.
She spoke at length about her achievements over her twenty years in the profession and displayed her trophies one by one. After the interview, Hu Manli wanted to say a few words to her son through the camera. Her son Ding Daer is thirteen years old this year and attends a top bilingual school in Shanghai. The reporter was very impatient and made an excuse to interview the next person.
Hu Manli was persistent, insisting and forcibly pulling the reporter and cameraman to the study, where she grandly introduced her husband, Ding Zhiyuan. Ding Zhiyuan is a professor in the Philosophy Department at Donghua University in Shanghai. The reporter recognized Ding Zhiyuan at a glance as the speaker of "Philosopher's Sayings" online; she is a loyal fan of Ding Zhiyuan. Hu Manli was very happy and boasted extensively about Ding Zhiyuan in front of the reporter.
The reporter picked out a literary magazine from 1985 from the bookshelf. Hu Manli also casually took out a book to flip through. A card fell out of the book. It was a love letter written to Ding Zhiyuan by a girl signed "Yangchun Baixue". Ding Zhiyuan was so scared he stood up.
Hu Manli calmly put the card back into the book, then placed the book back on the shelf, and then found an excuse to send the reporter away. Hu Manli saw the reporter and cameraman to the elevator entrance and then rushed back home. Ding Zhiyuan was going to school to teach. Hu Manli told him to come home early. After Ding Zhiyuan left, Hu Manli couldn't wait to open that book. The card was already gone.
Hu Manli suspected Ding Zhiyuan had hidden it. She took out a key, opened Ding Zhiyuan's drawer, and finally found the card. Hu Manli suspected "Yangchun Baixue" was Ding Zhiyuan's graduate student Wang Xue. Lacking concrete evidence, Hu Manli first investigated the origin of the foreign woman on the card and subsequently discovered that the card was made by Fenglin Photo Agency.
Hu Manli had only one sales agent, Chunlu, under her, but the policies were all for large clients worth millions. Hu Manli, by herself, had the capability to take on a twenty-person team. The company specially approved a two-person group for her. Hu Manli had an arrogant attitude towards her colleagues. As soon as things were slightly unsatisfactory, she would invoke General Manager Jin Zhenhua to pressure them. Everyone was angry but dared not speak up.
Xue Xiaozhou had just joined the claims department half a year ago, three years after graduating from Futong Law School. He personally witnessed Hu Manli's arrogant and overbearing attitude towards the financial staff. Jin Zhenhua called Hu Manli to his office and reminded her to be down-to-earth in her work from now on. Hu Manli guessed that someone had reported her misconduct. She defended herself in every possible way.
Xue Xiaozhou is diligent and responsible in his work and shows no mercy to those who commit insurance fraud. Therefore, he received many complaints from sales agents. Chen Fang, the Director of the Claims Department, spoke highly of him and asked him to investigate whether there were any issues with the policies Hu Manli had handled over the past twenty years.
Chen Fang specifically stated that this matter was assigned by Jin Zhenhua and must be completed before the Nanyang Star Award selection. Ding Zhiyuan hid in the study after dinner. Hu Manli brought him some fruit. Ding Zhiyuan was on the phone, and he quickly hung up in a fright. Hu Manli felt something was off, but she couldn't find anything suspicious, except seeing on his computer that Ding Zhiyuan was invited to a book club meeting.
She mentally noted the address of the book club. Hu Manli decided to meet Wang Xue. She took Chunlu to a clothing store to pick out an outfit. She and Qiu Lisu liked the same dress. There was only one in the store. Hu Manli rushed to try it on first, while Qiu Lisu went to try on shoes. Hu Manli learned about Qiu Lisu's experiences from Chunlu. Qiu Lisu's two consecutive husbands had both died.
She inherited two fortunes and spent lavishly. Hu Manli was secretly pleased. She voluntarily gave the dress to Qiu Lisu and asked Chunlu to inquire about Qiu Lisu's itinerary. If she could "accidentally" run into Qiu Lisu three times, she could make Qiu Lisu her insurance client. Hu Manli chose a bright red dress to attend Ding Zhiyuan's book club meeting. Because she didn't have an invitation, she was stopped outside by the staff.
Wang Xue happened to come out to get some materials, so Hu Manli followed her in. Hu Manli asserted her dominance in front of Wang Xue, threatening and intimidating Wang Xue not to bother Ding Zhiyuan. Hu Manli pretended to be a reader and asked Ding Zhiyuan a question, challenging whether he was happy or not. Ding Zhiyuan was momentarily speechless. Hu Manli publicly read out the card that "Yangchun Baixue" had given to Ding Zhiyuan.
Ding Zhiyuan was completely disgraced and left in a hurry before the book club meeting ended. Qiu Lisu was sitting in the audience. Her face turned very unpleasant after hearing Hu Manli read the card. Hu Manli suspected Wang Xue was "Yangchun Baixue" and warned her to stay away from Ding Zhiyuan. Wang Xue was so scared she became incoherent. Qiu Lisu suddenly burst in and admitted that she was "Yangchun Baixue". Hu Manli was instantly dumbfounded.
Qiu Lisu wanted to have a good talk with Hu Manli. Ding Zhiyuan and Wang Xue had no choice but to hide outside. Hu Manli warned Qiu Lisu not to bother Ding Zhiyuan. Qiu Lisu retorted, repeatedly claiming that Ding Zhiyuan had no feelings for Hu Manli. Hu Manli was so angry she slammed the door and left. Xue Xiaozhou received a call from Qiu Lisu. He rushed to the book club meeting and saw Hu Manli leaving angrily.
He severely reprimanded Qiu Lisu. Qiu Lisu played cards with his mother and took the opportunity to seduce his father. After his father died, Qiu Lisu took over his father's company. Qiu Lisu wanted to sell his father's house from when he was alive to resolve the company's crisis and promised to give Xue Xiaozhou 500,000 yuan. Xue Xiaozhou firmly disagreed. That was his father and mother's home from when they were alive.
Qiu Lisu had no right to sell that house. Hu Manli came to complain bitterly to her best friend Zhong Ning. Zhong Ning is Ding Zhiyuan's agent. She was completely unaware of Ding Zhiyuan's affair.
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