Two Parallel Earths Collide, Resulting Year 1999 & 2018 Mixed Up

[Music] hi mystery recapped here today i'm going to explain a chinese fantasy film called how long will i love you spoilers ahead watch out and take care is a 30 year old woman living in shanghai she was 12 when her millionaire father passed away in an accident and she had to move away from her childhood home ever since goose started to work she has been trying to earn enough money to buy the house back however her lousy job doesn't pay her well then we are introduced to liu ming a down on his luck property designer he is desperately looking for a client to invest in his ideas but hasn't met with any success yet by the end of the day both ming and gu return home to their shabby neighborhood strangely enough they seem to live in the same apartment in the same building goo puts her clothes in the laundry while ming cooks himself dinner after that ming starts to wash vegetables in the sink and it somehow ends up in goo's bathtub similarly a loofah from her tub is inside ming's sink strangely enough her clothes have landed inside his cooking pot and his dinner is where goo's clothes are supposed to be throughout the night their belongings somehow continue to end up in each other's apartments they do not think about it before going to sleep in the morning ming wakes up because of a slap to his face goo's room has merged with his and turned into one single giant room initially they panic and think they are being burglarized but then they register the condition of their rooms which makes them even more confused outside goo's window is bright sunny weather while ming's side is pouring the two stand in front of their door which is also merged mingos first and opens his side of the door outside is a world that seems normal to him but shocking to goo it turns out he is 25 years old and lives in the year 1999. goo quickly goes through her side of the door and this time ming is surprised to see the developed world of 2018 it turns out that they live in the same apartment but in two different timelines that have somehow merged into one goo slaps ming in the face to see if she is dreaming when it hurts him it is clear to both of them that their fates have been tangled with no possible explanation they try opening the doors at the same time which causes the apartment to merge further upon further inspection they find out they cannot open each other's door and can only walk through it when the other person does goo realizes that in ming's timeline her father is still alive she quickly makes her way to her childhood home and sees her younger self playing with her father the sight makes her emotional but when she tries to approach them the earth shakes and stops her at home ming also wants to see what happens to him in the future instead of going out goo gives him her laptop so he can look himself up on social media ming is amazed by the new technology but when he goes to type his name the ground shakes again they register that they cannot make contact with their future or past selves since two of the same person cannot exist at the same time at night goo plays music on the phone and orders food through ai assistance ming is stunned by everything that the new phones can do in the following scene a group of wealthy businessmen and scientists are in a meeting about dimensional shifts the scientist gives an example of a disappearing plane to prove that it traveled through time and dimension before returning to its place of origin according to his research a merge of the dimensions has already formed in the city now all they have to do is find the coordinates to the place the businessman plans to use the dimensional portal to make money we do not see his face throughout the meeting but it is clear that he is funding the research to profit using the phenomenon at night goo and ming cannot fall asleep goo talks about her father's death and the impact it had on her she only has his key ring to remember him with after the house and all of his belongings were taken away by loan sharks the following day they go about their normal life through the respective sides of their doors goo is looking for a rich husband who can buy her the house in exchange for her hand in marriage she goes on several dates with guys but hasn't found anyone who is willing to fulfill her gold digger fantasies yet she is on yet another blind date with a man who seems to like her very much when he asks her what she expects in a relationship she shows him a virtual presentation of the house the guy feels like he's in a meeting with a realtor which is definitely not what he's looking for on a first date then goo meets a man from an online dating app she tells him her condition for marriage and he happily agrees to it it turns out the man owns a farming business and is a millionaire he has double goo's age and talks like a pervert but she still decides to give him a chance he wants to pay only half of the down payment for the house so it could be bought in both of their names they go to an atm to withdraw the money goo goes first and hands the money to the guy before sending him to buy a bottle of water but to her unfortunate luck he turns out to be a scammer who runs away with her money she has to stay outside the bank for hours before the police arrive and investigate ming on the other hand is enjoying a snack inside a bathroom stall he overhears the ceo of his company and his manager talking about an upcoming business after the ceo leaves the manager zhao reveals he plans to steal all of the ceo's money and make him go bankrupt a few seconds later he realizes someone is listening to their conversation and pulls ming out from the bottom of the stall to keep him mute zhao offers to loan him the money that he desperately needs for his business ming asks for some time to think about it later that day ming goes to manager zhao who wants to fire him he has realized that ming has no evidence to prove that zhao is planning to betray the ceo still instead of begging for himself ming is just worried about the ceo going bankrupt zhao calls him a loser for thinking of others above himself the next day goo is at her work at the jewelry store when she bumps into her childhood best friend xiaoya she pretends to be a rich customer to seem more appealing to xiaoya who is married to a millionaire the girls talk for a while and throughout the conversation goo boasts about her non-existent billionaire husband the lies backfire when xiaoya arranges a dinner between the two couples for that evening goo makes ming wear a rented suit and brings him to the dinner it goes well for the first half before ming drinks from the ice cup shows the rent tag in his coat and says that he works as a ufo researcher at the end of the night the fake million dollar diamond and goose finger falls on the stove and melts she returns home crying while ming consoles her the two watched the tv together when a show about lottery tickets catches their attention the next day they excitedly collect the winning numbers of the lottery ticket and buy them in the year 1999. even before the results are announced they start to celebrate goo takes ming out on a date where they play vr games walk around the city and go to the bar at the end of the day they forget that they are broke and drink more than they can afford goo promises the restaurant her expensive purse promising to return the money the next day the next morning they wake up on the same bed they are nervous because it is the day lottery results will be announced they eagerly wait for the announcement and are overjoyed when they actually win the lottery however it doesn't last long since the number on their card disappears right after only then did the couple realize that they cannot alter the future in any way but if so they are confused why their fates were intertwined goon never gets her bag back from the restaurant and returns home angry on the way the duo argues and calls each other names all of a sudden they notice ming's face on a large billboard it is then revealed that in 2018 he changed his name to xi yi and has become one of the biggest builders in china he owns a multi-million dollar company and is about to hold a press conference in a venue that is only minutes away ming is shocked to be looking at his future goo who was arguing with him a second ago starts sweet talking him ming goes to the conference and sees his future self she ye for the first time but the incident causes an earthquake and the conference has to be cancelled she ye realizes what is going on when a bunch of memories are added to his brain ming's arm is hurt which creates a scar on xi yi's arm as well this means anything ming does will directly affect xi yi in the future it is then revealed that the businessman who wanted to profit off the dimensional portal is none other than xi yi himself the scientist says that ming must go back to how he was before he met gu because the new memories might affect his persona which will affect xi yi the next day min goes to zhao with a resignation letter since he is bound to become successful in the future he doesn't want to accept the money from zhao the same day xi yi visits goo at work and takes her out on a date he claims that he wants to treat her because he knows she was close to him in his younger years the man and ming are the same people but goo doesn't feel comfortable around xi yi as she feels with ming he takes her to a fancy restaurant but it is too awkward for goo to enjoy at the end of the date xi yi asks her to stay away from ming because her involvement will cause him to divert from his true purpose in life he promises to buy her the house she always wanted in turn for her loyalty goo agrees to do as told not for the house but for ming's future she returns home at night and hugs ming before telling him that she is moving out she also says that xi yi asked him to take manager zhao's offer the next day goo moves out of the apartment but coincidentally her door is left open by an umbrella this means maine can go to 2018 even without her help somewhere else the ceo finds zhao in his office and finds out about his plan to betray him zhao panics and knocks him out before making him gulp alcohol he plans to kill the man and make it seem like an accident goo is in her home after years when she ye arrives with the bag that she had to give to the restaurant when xi yi turns around goo notices a rental tag on his clothes and realizes it is actually mang she kisses him and tells him a proper goodbye before he walks away both of them cry knowing that they can never meet each other again when ming reaches home he gets a call from zhao who calls him on a bridge he wants to use ming's help to kill the ceo and make it seem like an accident ming obviously refuses to do so but zhao claims that he is in too deep into the matter to turn away at this point suddenly ming realizes xi yi chose to help zhao in the past which is the reason for his success he took over the manager's position after the ceo's death building his empire on blood with time he became ruthless to the workers and cared only about money that is why he is a completely different person from ming the universe has given ming a chance to make the right decision this time furthermore by the ceo's key ring he discovers he is goo's father all this time goo is orphaned because of the decision xi yi took not wanting to make the same mistake ming saves the man's life as soon as he does so the evil xi yi of 2018 disappears meaning ming changed the future now goo will never have to lose her father and will grow up to be someone else this also means that the current goo will cease to exist in the final scene we see goo and ming return to their apartment in different timelines when they meet in the middle goo disappears well that just goes to show you gold digging doesn't pay subscribe for more videos like this turn on notifications and leave 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Length: 11min 59sec (719 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 24 2022