Mentored by the aging financial maestro Uncle Ye, the ambitious Ah Bao transforms himself into Mr. Bao, a rich, influ...

Mr. Bao finds himself entangled in a stock-market fiasco that cripples many small-time traders and damages his reputa...

A provincial factory manager, Mr. Fan, wants to do business with Mr. Bao, but—dazzled by Li Li and the riches he sees...

A goofy, mink-clad interloper named Mr. Wei tries to steal Mr. Fan’s business, but Mr. Bao is helped by Miss Wang, hi...

Mr. Bao and Mr. Fan sign a contract to distribute made-in-China San Yang shirts. This groundbreaking deal leads to Mr...

Li Li gives an enigmatic gift to Mr. Bao, who warns her that the Grand Lisbon won’t last more than three months. Than...

Li Li’s rivals on Huanghe Road’s restaurant row begin sabotaging her business. Mr. Bao has his own problems: thuggish...

In a bold move, Mr. Bao drives into the industrial boondocks to cut a deal with the knockoff-selling gangsters. Feari...

Li Li remains under attack by a group of restaurant madames led by the hotheaded Mei Lin, who sponsors a coup in the ...

With the help of Uncle Ye, Mr. Bao thwarts the attack on the Grand Lisbon so successfully that the restaurant sets Hu...

As Mr. Bao’s relationship with Li Li deepens, his friend Tao Tao finds himself knee-deep in romantic calamity.

Over at the Foreign Trade Office, Miss Wang’s success has spawned envy and led a shifty colleague to smear her, twist...

Miss Wang’s fall has repercussions at Tokyo Nights, where Ling Zi’s role in what happened breeds discord in the place...

Mr. Bao’s romantic past and present collide. While Miss Wang gets bullied at the factory where she’s been reassigned ...

When the leadership changes at the department store he’s been supplying with product, Mr. Bao must seek out new allie...

Ling Zi remains absent, prompting Mr. Bao to reminisce about when he first met her in Tokyo four years earlier. In Li...

The two reliable women in Mr. Bao’s life begin distancing themselves from him. Ling Zi returns to Shanghai full of re...

The distancing continues. Planning to overhaul Tokyo Nights, Ling Zi goes to the Grand Lisbon for research. Miss Wang...

As Ling Zi renovates Tokyo Nights, she remembers how she and Mr. Bao built the restaurant together. Miss Wang and Mr....

Amid a flurry of corporate intrigue, Mr. Bao starts ramping up his plans to stop the unethical Qiang from becoming th...

When Qiang attempts a hostile takeover of a Shanghainese company, Mr. Bao forms a pact with Li Li—money for informati...

Ling Zi reopens Tokyo Nights as a Shanghainese omakase and wins immediate success. Over on Huanghe Road, the Grand Li...

Qiang and Bao have dinner at the Grand Lisbon and wind up bigger enemies than before. Each backs a rival company that...

Across town, Miss Wang begins competing with Mr. Bao to win a huge order for jeans with Walmart. While Uncle Ye and M...

Things get deadlier. After stock-market losses, Mei Lin’s debt-ridden husband dies in a fall. Li Li mortgages the Gra...

Miss Wang heads south to find a factory that will make jeans cheaply enough to win the order. Against his own interes...

Miss Wang scores her first big success, outwitting everyone to win the Walmart contract. Learning of his first love’s...

Uncle Ye and Mr. Bao come to an understanding. The latter steels himself for another skirmish with Qiang, who is work...

The final showdown: While Mr. Bao desperately seeks a way to escape intact from the stock market, his estranged frien...

The world we’ve been watching has been totally changed since Episode 1. The suddenly successful Miss Wang returns to ...