Gold LeafStagione 1
In 1949, the only daughter of the largest tea factory in Taiwan was supposed to marry a man to take over her life and her father's huge business. After she divorced, who was her own master became a question. To prove her worth, she intervenes in the family business that was in high debt. In an era when there was no "businesswoman", she led the crumbling tea factory to the world in the "tea wars".
Dove guardare Gold Leaf • Stagione 1
12 Episodi
- Episodio #1.3
E3Episodio #1.3Elected head of the tea association, I-hsin's father is tasked with a low-profit diplomatic tea order that deepens their debts. He brings in a new son-in-law candidate. Mountain Girl is tested by the second tea master, while KK witnesses farmers struggling without fertilizer and resolves to build a chemical plant. - Episodio #1.4
E4Episodio #1.4KK's growing business dealings with the tea factory bring him closer to I-hsin, who becomes his eager student in the world of commerce. Mountain Girl's insect-bitten tea earns unexpected praise. I-hsin turns the factory's losses into profits, earning the nickname "New President" — but discovers her husband has plans to shut down her father's tea business entirely. - Episodio #1.5
E5Episodio #1.5The international tea market collapses, putting the factory in jeopardy again. I-hsin clashes with her father over his insistence on crafting an unprofitable Japanese competition tea. Mountain Girl and the tea master pour everything into the competition entry, but an accident at KK's fertilizer plant lands the tea master in the hospital. When the Korean War breaks out and American aid returns, I-hsin hatches a bold plan to sell tea at the US military club. - Episodio #1.6
E6Episodio #1.6An American general demands I-hsin personally deliver a tea sample, but heavy rains block her route home. KK's fertilizer plant finally opens with US support, and a lavish celebration draws him and I-hsin closer. When I-hsin tries to fill the factory's off-season with pickled cabbage orders, her furious father brings in a legendary Chinese tea mogul as a new partner. - Episodio #1.7
E7Episodio #1.7I-hsin's father rejects the tea mogul's green tea proposal, but I-hsin sees opportunity in the emerging market. Wen-gui, now a tea broker in Dadaocheng, is recruited by a powerful state-backed company and launches a bidding war against the factory. When a farmer dies from misusing fertilizer, the government seizes on the incident, and both KK and I-hsin's father are arrested. - Episodio #1.8
E8Episodio #1.8In prison, I-hsin's father entrusts her care to KK. I-hsin struggles to arrange bail. After his release, her father catches an inspector cracking down on additives in the tea and furiously cancels orders, banning I-hsin from the production floor. The tea mogul encourages I-hsin to try direct exports to undercut the state company — leading her to infiltrate their offices for intelligence. - Episodio #1.9
E9Episodio #1.9Gunshots ring out while I-hsin visits KK, and everyone spends a tense night under his roof. I-hsin secures the pricing intelligence and undercuts the competition with a massive order, but the tea elders condemn her for undercutting the market. Stripped of his fertilizer plant, KK refuses to remain a mere translator and begins teaching farmers directly — until the Americans order him to abandon fertilizer altogether. - Episodio #1.10
E10Episodio #1.10I-hsin and Wen-gui successfully complete the export order together and form a "Taiwan Green Tea Alliance," their growing partnership leading Wen-gui to propose again. Three years later, KK marries opera star Hsia Mu-hsueh and channels his frustration into provocative political essays. When David invites the factory to a British tea expo, I-hsin sets her sights on conquering the European luxury market with a legendary tea. - Episodio #1.11
E11Episodio #1.11Mountain Girl fails to recreate the legendary Emperor's Tea, and I-hsin's father confesses the original was a once-in-a-lifetime miracle born of swarming insects. As he urges I-hsin to accept Wen-gui's proposal, a sudden shift in foreign exchange rates plunges the factory into a bankruptcy crisis. KK's bold political essays make waves — but his wife's provocative opera performance draws the attention of the military police, and the Americans tell KK to leave Taiwan. - Episodio #1.12
E12Episodio #1.12I-hsin's father liquidates his assets and pays out every tea farmer in cash. When insects swarm the mountainside one last time, the entire team rallies to produce a final legendary batch. The factory closes its doors and the family leaves the grand mansion, ending an era. I-hsin carries the English speech she and KK wrote together to England, introducing their tea to the world — while KK, on the verge of fleeing to America, is seized by the military police.
