The scene opens at the royal international hotel in Shanghai, where the mayor and his wife have come to pay a visit to the family. The mayor asks the family why they have come, and the family explains that the mayor has come to thank them for the gift they gave him the day before. When the mayor questions the family about the gift, the family says that they did not want to discuss the gift for fear of damaging their relationship with the mayor, but the mayor decides to come anyway.