In this chapter, we learn that Cai Ming-liang is trying to trick Ming-ling into believing that he will get a promotion to the top ranks of the pharmaceutical companies in China. We learn that he used all kinds of trickery to get into the top four companies, and that he even prepared to get a seat on the continent and establish his own city. He's a bad liar, we're told, because he lied about having a girlfriend. He pretends to be innocent, but he's really a bad seed. He could have one kiss to his fake girlfriend, and he could have the company seat in China worth a billion dollars. But he can't, because she isn't a real girlfriend. So, he finds a fake girlfriend to keep him from doing anything, and then he hides all his other secrets, and so on. It's so weird, he says, that he doesn't even care about his own personal relationships. He wants to know what's going on, and it makes him feel sad. He