Recaps

Dong Xuebin used his connections to bring prominent performers and investors to Jiaolin County’s culture festival, then drew huge crowds with a magic act and kept the event safe. After the gala, Zhang Longjuan asked him to help her conceive, and he returned to see how the festival had benefited local residents.

• Dong Xuebin impressed visiting investors and county officials by recognizing their businesses, then welcomed Chen Ying, Zhang Longjuan, Liu Han, and other performers who had agreed to take part in the gala.
• Dong Xuebin secured publicity for the festival through a restaurant meal deal, managed requests for scarce gala tickets, and helped prepare Central Park for the crowds.
• Dong Xuebin set limits on park attendance, but when an angry crowd broke the main gate’s chain, he shut and held the gate with one hand until the crowd dispersed.
• Dong Xuebin opened the gala with an improvised magic act, appearing to vanish beneath the stage and reappear in different places, then urged investors to consider Jiaolin County’s projects.
• The General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe, Chen Ying, Li Mengmeng, and the SS group performed for the packed audience, and Dong Xuebin approved an encore after the scheduled program ended.
• After the gala, Dong Xuebin visited Zhang Longjuan’s hotel suite, where she asked him to help her conceive before returning to Fu Continent, and he agreed to try.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the festival the next day, spoke with food-stall vendors about their increased sales, and paid for a bowl of Yangrou Paomo.

Dong Xuebin celebrated Jiaolin County’s investment success and hosted Xie Huilan during her visit, then traveled to the Capital City to negotiate with the Fang Family about Xie Ran and Fang Shuiling’s engagement. The stretch ended with Dong Xuebin forcing his way into the Fang estate, where Old Master Fang acknowledged that the guards could not stop him.

• Dong Xuebin learned that Jiaolin County’s investment festival had attracted 1.03 billion yuan and arranged a privately funded celebration banquet.
• Dong Xuebin hosted Xie Huilan at the banquet, then stunned the gala audience with a magic act that seemed to make him vanish and fall into a lake.
• Dong Xuebin and Zhang Longjuan tried to conceive a child after she reminded him that she was in her fertile window.
• Xie Huilan arrived in Jiaolin County as Xiaxing City’s Municipal Party Secretary, and Dong Xuebin’s county officials saw how much respect the delegation showed him.
• Dong Xuebin discussed his promotion prospects with Xie Huilan, then learned that the Xie Family had tentatively accepted Xie Ran and Fang Shuiling’s engagement and wanted him to approach the Fang Family.
• Dong Xuebin visited Old Master Xie, who advised him to adapt to the situation and reminded him that Dong had once persuaded him to accept Dong’s marriage to Xie Huilan.
• Dong Xuebin went to the Fang estate, was denied entry by the guards, and entered anyway after hearing Fang relatives criticize the proposed match.
• Old Master Fang stopped a security officer from reaching for his gun and acknowledged that the estate’s guards could not keep Dong Xuebin out.

Dong Xuebin secured the Fang family’s approval for Xie Ran and Fang Shuiling to marry, then helped meet their bride-price demands. Back in Jiaolin County, he acted on the discovery of an ancient bronze mirror, and experts identified Qingluan Mountain as the site of a likely Han Dynasty emperor’s tomb.

• Dong Xuebin persuaded Old Master Fang to approve Xie Ran and Fang Shuiling’s engagement after making a meat pie appear to fall from the sky.
• Dong Xuebin gave Xie Ran a villa and an ICBC Platinum Card with around twelve million yuan so the family could meet Fang Shuiling’s parents’ bride-price demands.
• Dong Xuebin encountered Fang Wenping on a flight and took her to her home, where he subjected her to a coercive sexual encounter.
• Dong Xuebin returned to Jiaolin County and realized that the discovery of a bronze mirror on Qingluan Mountain had happened earlier than he remembered.
• Dong Xuebin ordered officials to protect Qingluan Mountain, gathered staff for a protection team, and called Mu Zhengzhong to assess the mirror.
• Dong Xuebin persuaded Zhang Dongfang to support renewed county-level city status efforts if the suspected tomb improved Jiaolin County’s prospects.
• Mu Zhengzhong and the other experts examined the site and concluded that Qingluan Mountain almost certainly contained a Han Dynasty emperor’s tomb, prompting a recommendation to seal the mountain and contact the national Archaeological Team.

Dong Xuebin secured Jiaolin County’s claim to a Han Dynasty imperial tomb, protected the excavation, and used the discovery to advance the county’s bid for city status. After a family visit in the Capital City, he sent Zhang Dongfang to pursue the application and asked Fang Shuiling to help arrange a meeting.

• Dong Xuebin arrived at Qingluan Mountain as Yanbei County officers drove off Jiaolin County staff and damaged their equipment, then fought back and left the officers without identification.
• Qian Litao and Xiao Dongnan confirmed that the tomb lay on the county boundary, but Teacher Chu’s evidence and the city leaders’ decision gave Jiaolin County responsibility for the Han Dynasty tomb complex.
• Dong Xuebin left for the Capital City, then returned when grave robbers attacked the excavation, went up the mountain alone, and brought more than twenty subdued robbers back down.
• Dong Xuebin missed Little Chongchong’s Hundred Days Banquet, reunited with Xie Huilan and his family, and joined Luan Xiaoping in burning offerings for his late father.
• After archaeologists located the Main Tomb Chamber, Dong Xuebin and Zhang Dongfang won unanimous Standing Committee support for Jiaolin County’s county-level city application.
• Dong Xuebin backed Teacher Chu’s decision to delay a live broadcast and confronted Xiao Dongnan over the provincial work group’s publicity efforts, after which Secretary Chen removed Xiao as team leader.
• The excavation confirmed the Main Tomb Chamber belonged to a Han dynasty emperor, and Dong Xuebin sent Zhang Dongfang and Xu Zhuang to the Capital City to advance the city-status application.
• After Zhang Dongfang failed to meet the official reviewing the application, Dong Xuebin asked Fang Shuiling to arrange a meeting, and she agreed to help.