Hector and the Search for Happiness

They have no money, to sit in cafes. 425 00:39:19,983 --> 00:39:21,985 They send all to their families. 426 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,987 So, they meet here on the street. 427 00:39:24,529 --> 00:39:26,657 They come from the countryside like I do. 428 00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:29,834 My sisters and mother are still there. 429 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:34,297 Look at them, they're like a happy little island in a see of grim businessmen. 430 00:39:34,664 --> 00:39:36,166 Makes you wonder. 431 00:39:36,624 --> 00:39:40,970 Hey, listen. Your mother and your sisters, we could pay them a visit, 432 00:39:41,337 --> 00:39:43,339 on our trip. 433 00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:47,348 Oh, Hector. 434 00:39:48,511 --> 00:39:51,936 The difference between those cleaning ladies and me, 435 00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:57,316 is that, there is no shame in how they make their money. 436 00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:01,449 They can show their faces back home. 437 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:06,871 I can't. 438 00:40:08,990 --> 00:40:10,537 Why is that, then? 439 00:40:14,579 --> 00:40:15,455 Ying Li! 440 00:40:19,626 --> 00:40:20,673 Hey, wait! 441 00:40:21,174 --> 00:40:22,970 Sorry! Sorry! 442 00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:28,435 Your friend paid for last night, who is paying for today? 443 00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:35,892 You seemed so real. You tricked me. 444 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:37,519 You tricked me! 445 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:42,273 What're you doing? What're you... 446 00:40:52,617 --> 00:40:53,869 Ying Li! 447 00:41:16,370 --> 00:41:20,166 5. SOMETIMES, HAPPINESS IS NOT KNOWING THE WHOLE STORY 448 00:43:10,046 --> 00:43:11,593 It's monday. We are closed. 449 00:43:11,964 --> 00:43:15,264 Yeah, but, I've come a very long way. I'm a psychiatrist. 450 00:43:15,676 --> 00:43:18,600 I'm trying to discover what makes people happy. 451 00:43:18,971 --> 00:43:20,018 It's monday. We are closed. 452 00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:25,236 Okay, okay! Look, far be it from me, and forgive me for asking, and I don't mean to pry, 453 00:43:25,645 --> 00:43:28,615 but, would you consider yourself to be a happy person? 454 00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:32,277 What part of Monday don't you understand? 455 00:43:34,570 --> 00:43:38,165 Trainee, he has a lot to learn. Would you like to come in? 456 00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:40,702 Yes, please, cause I might not be around next week. 457 00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:45,123 The moment of death is indeed uncertain! Now, come in! 458 00:43:51,838 --> 00:43:54,261 Come come, quick! - Okay. 459 00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:06,774 When you've been a fugitive, you've been in prison for your beliefs, 460 00:44:07,019 --> 00:44:08,987 you've lost your family and loved ones... 461 00:44:09,272 --> 00:44:12,526 I mean, you've just been through so much. How is it you're so happy? 462 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:14,994 Because I've been through so much. 463 00:44:16,445 --> 00:44:18,539 My search for happiness is one thing, 464 00:44:18,865 --> 00:44:21,038 but making it the goal just doesn't work, does it? 465 00:44:21,409 --> 00:44:23,332 Higher than that, Hector! 466 00:44:25,204 --> 00:44:29,926 More important than what we are searching for, is what we're avoiding. 467 00:44:30,293 --> 00:44:35,299 Like unhappiness. So, don't make unhappiness not the goal. 468 00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:37,300 Higher than that! 469 00:44:39,260 --> 00:44:42,855 Avoiding unhappiness is not the road to happiness. 470 00:44:43,890 --> 00:44:46,359 You hold all the cards, Hector. 471 00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:01,656 6. AVOIDING UNHAPPINESS IS NOT THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS 472 00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:10,591 It's very noble this book you're writing. 473 00:45:10,958 --> 00:45:13,962 When you've reached the end of it, come back to me. 474 00:45:14,337 --> 00:45:16,886 I would like to see, what you have learned. 475 00:45:17,256 --> 00:45:20,180 Right, you mean, when I'm just passing through this area again. 476 00:45:20,927 --> 00:45:23,771 We have Skype. Skype me! 477 00:45:24,931 --> 00:45:26,604 You have Skype? 478 00:45:31,205 --> 00:45:34,901 Hi! - Hector? - Hi! 479 00:45:36,692 --> 00:45:38,319 How is it going? How is work? 480 00:45:38,736 --> 00:45:42,786 <i>It's great! Can you believe it, they're going with "Apollonax"!</i> 481 00:45:43,157 --> 00:45:45,660 <i>Market research says it is the biggest erection they've had... Sorry, sorry.</i> 482 00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:49,543 <i>Reaction, they had after a survey in ten years.</i> 483 00:45:52,291 --> 00:45:55,135 <i>Clara, look where I am. I'm in a monastery. - Where you belong!</i> 484 00:45:56,754 --> 00:45:57,926 <i> How was Shanghai?</i> 485 00:45:58,422 --> 00:46:02,393 Yeah, I've made friends with a rich banker, and he took me around town. And we... 486 00:46:02,802 --> 00:46:05,351 <i>Now you know any kind of happiness money can buy?</i