Hongbao Fantasy

I originally found this video introduced by a Chinese friend on Kaixin Wang as “a Chinese film way more fantastic than Avatar”:

Transcript for the students:

老师:你的孩子又考了全班第一。

家长:谢谢谢谢。(递红包)

老师:你在伤害我。

医生:好了,病人终于脱离危险了。

家属:谢谢谢谢。(递红包)

医生:你在侮辱我。

官员:你的审批手续全办好了。

商人:谢谢谢谢。(递红包)

官员:你在藐视我。

警官:恭喜你啊,考试通过了。

司机:谢谢谢谢。(递红包)

警官:请你尊重我。

[source (with additional sarcastic commentary)]

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