The scene opens on a cold winter's night outside the apartment of Mr. Chen, who is waiting for his boss to return from work. When he arrives, he finds that the apartment is empty and that the door is locked. He tries to enter the apartment, but it is too cold to do so, and he is forced to leave. He tells the boss that he will not be able to enter because of the cold, and the boss tells him to go inside and wait for him. When the boss returns, he asks if he can borrow some money from him, but the boss refuses, saying that he is in a "mess" and that he cannot see the man. He then asks if the man's phone is dead, and when the man replies that it is, the boss asks him if anything has happened between the two of them.