Shanghai is a city replete with vigor and hope.

上海是一座充满活力和希望的城市。

"The script is replete with lots of Chinese humor the characters will need to deliver," she added.

The hostile marine environment, replete with sharks and shipwrecks, that is on display, showcases Panerai's identity as a disruptive and masculine brand, he said.

"Ma's story is replete with lessons for millions of Kenyan youth who are complaining about lack of jobs, if you have an idea don't sleep on it, it took Ma the first step to build Alibaba, which is now helping build millions of businesses like mine," Ngetich said.

In the bustling harvest season this winter, fields in Changyi, a county-level city in Shandong province, are replete with a fruitful yield of reeds, signaling a prosperous year for local farmers.

But Schwanen of Oxford University doubts that such low prices will be achievable early on, even in today's business environment replete with money-losing companies that value growth over profit.