Seasons & episodes
S1 · E19Episode 19 2024-01-04 · 48 min
As Ling Zi renovates Tokyo Nights, she remembers how she and Mr. Bao built the restaurant together. Miss Wang and Mr. Wei prepare for their company’s opening banquet. Mr. Bao makes mistakes, personal and financial.
S1 · E20Episode 20 2024-01-04 · 48 min
Amid a flurry of corporate intrigue, Mr. Bao starts ramping up his plans to stop the unethical Qiang from becoming the big dog in town. Qiang has a personal score to settle: he was once in love with Ling Zi before she left Tokyo to work with Mr. Bao.
S1 · E21Episode 21 2024-01-05 · 48 min
When Qiang attempts a hostile takeover of a Shanghainese company, Mr. Bao forms a pact with Li Li—money for information. Mr. Bao and Li Li’s employees profit off of Qiang’s bid, but collateral damage forces the police to descend on Qiang and the Grand Lisbon.
S1 · E22Episode 22 2024-01-05 · 48 min
Ling Zi reopens Tokyo Nights as a Shanghainese omakase and wins immediate success. Over on Huanghe Road, the Grand Lisbon falls into chaos when Li Li is held for questioning by the police. Again, Mr. Bao helps save the day.
S1 · E23Episode 23 2024-01-06 · 48 min
Qiang and Bao have dinner at the Grand Lisbon and wind up bigger enemies than before. Each backs a rival company that’s fighting for the only government-approved slot to launch an IPO.
S1 · E24Episode 24 2024-01-06 · 48 min
Across town, Miss Wang begins competing with Mr. Bao to win a huge order for jeans with Walmart. While Uncle Ye and Miss Wang jockey to get the Walmart order, Mr. Bao and Qiang begin a stock-market battle that leads to a crash.
S1 · E25Episode 25 2024-01-07 · 48 min
Things get deadlier. After stock-market losses, Mei Lin’s debt-ridden husband dies in a fall. Li Li mortgages the Grand Lisbon to fund Mr. Bao. Miss Wang begins looking for garment factories for the Walmart deal, while Uncle Ye works to block her. As Li Li strikes deals to keep Mr. Bao afloat, a powerful businesswoman from Taiwan gets involved.
S1 · E26Episode 26 2024-01-07 · 48 min
Miss Wang heads south to find a factory that will make jeans cheaply enough to win the order. Against his own interests, Mr. Bao secretly helps her.
S1 · E27Episode 27 2024-01-08 · 48 min
Miss Wang scores her first big success, outwitting everyone to win the Walmart contract. Learning of his first love’s death, Mr. Bao looks for company. With Ling Zi and Miss Wang out of his life, he and Li Li share a New Year’s Eve dinner where they exchange memories.
S1 · E28Episode 28 2024-01-08 · 48 min
Uncle Ye and Mr. Bao come to an understanding. The latter steels himself for another skirmish with Qiang, who is working ruthlessly to cut off Mr. Bao’s capital sources.
S1 · E29Episode 29 2024-01-09 · 48 min
The final showdown: While Mr. Bao desperately seeks a way to escape intact from the stock market, his estranged friends Tao Tao and Ling Zi make peace without him. Qiang keeps pushing, and Mr. Bao throws a Hail Mary pass that is answered—in a way.
S1 · E30Episode 30 2024-01-09 · 48 min
The world we’ve been watching has been totally changed since Episode 1. The suddenly successful Miss Wang returns to Shanghai to find that Mr. Bao has moved out of his fancy hotel suite, Li Li has settled her debts and left town, and Ling Zi is moving to Hong Kong to open a second restaurant. The three women most important to Mr. Bao are moving on. As for him, the early gold-rush days are over, and a new era is beginning.