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♫ Ends of the fingers, moving across the long dark night ♫
♫ The flames, not knowing when will it be quenched ♫
♫ This separation we have never said our goodbyes ♫
♫ It’s been a long time since we met ♫
[Rookie Agent Rouge]
Episode 36
This was done very well.
It made our enemy become cowards.
How is the money mold issue coming along?
We're still looking for it.
It's been so long already. I'm afraid it could not be found.
However, with the Central Reserve Bank's banknotes,
the printed money won't have much meaning.
Then...how are we going to deal with the Secret Squad Headquarters?
What the Secret Squad Headquarters need is a strong leader.
Make them suspect each other and guard against each other.
At the same time, they must work hard to do their job
in order to ensure their own safety.
Chief Doihara also has the same intentions.
He hopes you can recommend someone.
How is Harbin's Xiandao Feng?
Him? He's just a player who draws trouble everywhere.
The Secret Squad Headquarter's Zhou Yuhao,
isn't he also the same?
Besides, they are both from the Northeast.
Tell Xiandao to come.
Perhaps this little devil
will have a way.
This is
records of Bird and Manna's communications. I recorded them all.
This person should have been trained by Feng Zixiong.
His imitation is very accurate.
If we want to find out his handwriting,
I'm afraid it'll be a bit hard.
That's their matter.
The Japanese is starting their another round of clean-up operation.
Your news comes just in time.
Secret Service and National Salvation Association have both suffered casualties this time round.
I presume it will take them a long time to recover.
Everyone in the Secret Squad Headquarters is on the edge, waiting for the superiors to make a decision.
No one is in the mood to work.
I can also use this time to gather some more intelligence.
Okay.
Also, I want to bring someone in from the Secret Squad Headquarters.
Are you talking about Lan Yanzhi?
Has Li Jie already reported?
Lan Yanzhi's intelligence and resourcefulness is beyond excellence.
She's famous within the Japanese and the National Salvation Association.
It's the type of person everyone wants.
She is also someone that is worthy of our trust.
I want her to understand what we do, step by step.
In the future she...
Will be a colleague of ours, even comrade.
-Don't bother with the change. -Thank you.
Boss.
Sister in law.
I will take over Branch Chief Wan from now on.
I will be in charge of restoring the Shanghai Branch's intelligence network.
Mrs. Song will be one of us.
She's in charge of communications.
I only have one condition, don't ask me to kill anyone.
Mrs. Song, you think too much.
The dirty job is done by the us chuff.
Right.
Okay. I'll talk about our next missions.
The Japanese are issuing the banknotes.
It's made our own banks afraid of opening their doors.
So the higher ups want
everyone to swallow this anger for now.
But what we left in Jin Xin Bank's underground gold vault,
we must find a way to transfer it out.
-What things?-The money printing machine.
It's hidden inside Jing Xing Bank's underground gold vault.
This is why I wanted you to buy this shop.
Do we have the deed on our hands?
The key, the deed, and contract are all inside.
This room has a basement right?
Yes, it's in the back.
Let's go see it.
Do you know what the passage behind this wall leads to?
Jin Xin Bank's underground gold vault.
We cannot hide and be hit in the currency war.
After we take out the money printing machine,
we have to make this house become a printing factory.
Everything is ready now.
All that is missing is for Lan Changming to hand over the gold vault's architectural drawing.
Mrs. Song.
Please take action.
I know.
Uncle Lan.
TianMu, long time no see.
Yes.
A lot happened recently.
If you have time, come to church
and listen to the priest's sermon.
Ok.
[The Shanghai branch wants the architectural drawing of Jin Xin Bank.]
It's inside.
I am from the National Salvation Association.
This is the drawing that you want.
You must be careful during construction.
The people from the Secret Squad Headquarters often come here to search.
I guarantee that they won't hear a thing.
After you get what you want,
the things in the past are already finished.
Don't come looking for me anymore.
What do you mean, Mr. Lan?
I'm not one of you.
My whole family worked for you until now.
We can already answer to you!
Every citizen is responsible for his country.
Your awareness cannot be compared to YanZhi at all.
My daughter's task is done too.
It's up to the boss to decide if the task is done or not.
If you won't work for us.
Are you going to be a traitor for the Japanese?
I don't want to do this anymore.
I have no way of convincing myself.
It's not as though you want to stop,
then you can stop.
If I keep going on, it'll still be endless missions,
it'll still be countless sacrifices.
Don't talk to me about national interest. It's too lofty for me!
What I see
is that those I knew.,
the ones I was close to,
each of them died in front of me in a pool of blood.
I've had enough.
You're not the only one having a hard time.
I need a reason to keep going.
Go to Hou De Bookstore at Meifei Road.
Find Boss Gu.
Say that you're Mr. Zhou's friend.
He can give you a reason to keep going.
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Tianmu!
Comrade Lan Yanzhi.
I am in charge of the Shanghai Branch, Qin Ge.
I am your new boss from now on.
Why did you drag Lin Tianmu in?
Song Mian's final wish,
was to take good care of his wife.
Can you answer to him if you do this?
Yanzhi!
You were there when Song Mian died, right?
-What did he say? How did he die?-Sister in law!
-Let's go back first!-Put down the suitcase.
Sister in law, we have something else to do, let's leave first.
Lan Yanzhi. You earned great merit this time.
The higher up has commended your great efforts.
I'm quitting.
I know
about your affection with Platoon Leader Song and Branch Leader Wan.
I've said what I should.
You are a military officer! You swore an oath!
I trust that you can't watch those brothers' blood bleed in vain?
It didn't! The mission has been finished!
I'm telling you right now, I'm quitting! Do you understand?
Lan Yanzhi!
The higher ups have something to give you.
This is the 3rd rank badge the higher ups made just for you.
You are the youngest in history to accept it.
Inside this, because you did well in your mission last time,
the reward money of 20,000 dollars.
Was this printed with the money mold we sent out?
So much blood was shed.
It was just to fulfill one person's wish.
Is this what you called the noble work of the resistance war?
Is this the loyalty that you talk about every day?
20,000 dollars.
Let me ask you.
How much is Wan Zhichao's life worth?
How much is Song Mian's life worth?
Lu Dakang, Old Qiao, Shen Lanlan, how much are their lives worth?
Enough!
Though you've great merit, if you dare to offend your superiors again,
I'll punish you without mercy.
Do as you wish.
Yanzhi!
Can you tell me how Song Mian died?
He died in the hands of the Japanese.
He died a heroic death.
When he died, did he leave behind any messages?
He said...
Take care of Tianmu for me.
The one he's sorry to most is you.
He wanted us to take good care of you.
If you need anything in the future, just come looking for us
and not because of them.
This girl is especially stubborn.
She prefers the hard road.
Her words are harsh,
but she's a straightforward person.
You must not take her words to heart.
The one that was saved after half of the Shanghai Branch was sacrificed,
is now our only trump card.
How could I care about her words?
But we can't let her be stubborn like this
and do what she wants.
As you say it, we should go in from her family.
At the same time,
the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Brigade Command Staff department
is developing the photos from the film roll that Zhou Yuhao gave.
A plan to eliminate the traitor, Bird, is secretly enfolding.
[Head of Security Department, Chang Yuan] These words are written in the song typeface.
It's very precise.
If we only search based on the written words,
it'll be very hard.
[Jiangnan Brigade Commander-in-chief, Xu Qiang]From this, we can see that Bird is very well-prepared.
Bird's intelligence is even above confidential secrets.
From this we can tell, that this person
is mostly likely in the Command Staff department.
The area to search is certain. But to find this person,
we have to use a proper method.
Commander-in-chief, I have a suggestion.
Isn't our base camp inflicted with cholera?
The emotions of the people there are very volatile.
Our comrades in the publicity department are rushing to print flyers
on prevention of cholera and distribute them to the people.
But they don't have enough people helping.
They want us to give them some help.
I think this is a chance to find out who Bird is.
Good. Let the comrades do stencil printing.
This way, there can be a record of everyone's handwriting.
The epidemic situation is getting serious. The people doesn't know much.
Everyone is afraid right now.
The publicity team is asking help from us.
Everyone is a scholar. Don't think that
printing flyers is something minor.
This is a major issue concerning the livelihood of the people.
After the meeting ends, we'll begin. Everyone must participate!
[Prevention of cholera]
Commander Xu.
Have a look at this.
This is the most similar.
- Who wrote this?- Zhang Qi, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department.
Zhang Qi? He's an old comrade.
We have to look at this repeatedly. Just based on the handwriting,
we cannot make a decision.
While checking the handwriting, I also let the comrades in Security department
check all the mailboxes and post offices in our base camp.
Once they see any song typeface handwriting on the envelopes, they'll immediately look for more clues.
-Reporting!-Come in!
Chief, Commander, we've found some evidence.
Hurry and talk!
Comrade Fan from Wang Village Post Office said that
he remembered seeing Deputy Chief Zhang mail a letter before.
The envelope has a song typeface handwritten words on it.
He was very curious then, and purposely took a look.
Does he still remember where the letter was sent to?
He said it was to Songjiang County in Shanghai...
Specifically where, he can't remember.
[Songjiang County. Zheng Qi]
It's a match. It's him.
Commander, let's take action now.
No. We'll have to monitor him first.
See what else he and the Secret Squad Headquarters will do.
Also, let Shanghai know about this.
[My brother De Liang has since left home.]
[My father's illness has turned for the worse.]
[If any relatives and friends know his whereabouts,]
please inform us through Pujiang Hotel. From Hou Ze]
[From Hou Ze]
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Before we meet up, to ensure it is safe, we must show signals to each other.
This means it is safe.
Safe.
This means danger. You must leave immediately.
Danger, leave immediately.
A cup of coffee please.
There's news from home. Bird has finally shown hints of himself.
It looks like Manna's letters to him have finally become useful.
It's using the old method. Checking of handwriting.
But Bird writes in song typeface. It looks the same as with printing.
This is specially to deal with handwriting checks. It'll be different from his normal handwriting.
If he's deliberately asked to write in song typeface, he'll be alerted.
He'll not write in that typeface. It can't be verified at all.
This is indeed a difficult task.
But we have a chance now.
There's cholera epidemic in the base areas, and many other unknown diseases.
The emotions of the people are volatile.
In some areas, people have left their hometowns.
The Command Staff headquarters goes house to house to spread knowledge on prevention.
This way, the publicity department gathered all scholars who could write.
All who can write song typeface
are pulled over to do stencil printing.
This way, all the handwriting types can be collected.
Bird is in there too?
Yes. He's the Deputy Chief of General Staff Department. His name is Zhang Qi.
Shanghai underground Communist Party, Secretary of the West District Working Committee.
He worked in the magazine committee when he was younger. He did all the stencil printing.
And from this, he acquired great proficiency at writing song typeface.
He's from Shanghai?
No wonder. He must be the one who exposed Chang Tai Trading Company.
It's very likely Feng Zixiong won him over before the Battle of Songhu.
He works for the Japanese now.
But because it hasn't been long after Shanghai surrendered,
he was deployed over to the brigade. So no one had discovered any problems with him.
Did they start taking action against him?
We still don't know what the enemy's next goal is yet.
So, we have to continue observing him so he can continue communicating with Manna.
Using him to do counter-intelligence.
The higher ups really did think of everything.
In order to capture this spy at the most appropriate time,
we have to transfer his previous superior back to Jiangnan Brigade's Commander Staff department
to solve this together. Are you able to send this person safely over?
Before Comrade Li Jie ran into trouble,
we prepared a secret communication line.
Using a special permit from Intelligence Bureau. It's for Special Squad to use during secret missions.
Until now, it still hasn't been used.
This is great.
Hurry and give me that comrade's photo.
[Doctor's office]
Come in!
[Advertisements]
This identification pass is real. The Secret Squad's Intelligence Bureau has informants everywhere.
This name is real. I just changed the photo.
The main branch has given us a new order. Bird has already reported to Manna,
that the one that we hid in the Secret Squad Headquarters is called Tungsten.
What else does he know?
That's it. So, you must be especially careful.
How is Li Jie?
Still the same.
I'll go take a look at him.
Okay.
Wait for me at the entrance.
Yes.
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Let me tell you some good news.
The spy hidden within us, Bird, has already been exposed.
We can capture him very soon.
This ticking bomb is about to be removed.
this is great, we've succeeded!
This is great!
Put these small parts together. Then our small printing machine
can then be used.
We now have the printing mold of the banknote issued by Nanjing government.
It was supposed to be used by the four big banks to boycott the issuance of banknotes.
From what you say, we're also printing the banknotes?
They issue counterfeit notes to destroy our financial sector.
Then we use fake banknotes to create chaos in their economy.
It's similar, too similar! It's just like real ones!
This was custom made by American people.
There's no complaints if it's done by the Americans.
We set up this printing factory is not only to print fake banknotes,
It is also to make use of Lan Changming's Jin Xin Bank.
I asked you to come to ask you for a favor.
Inspect this for me.
[500 yuan]
If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't be able to tell that there's a problem.
Then I can be at ease.
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You want to use fake money against their fake money?
The Japanese issue our government's money,
plunder our resources and destroy our economy.
This is the time to repay an eye for an eye.
I want to use their fake banknotes to
to attack their own financial sector.
Mr. Lan I know. Your Jin Xin Bank
has a close relationship with the Secret Squad Headquarters.
In the Japanese' eyes, they control the bank.
I want to take these counterfeit bills, and under their eyes,
send them out through your bank.
Mr. Lan. This is the order that the higher ups personally sent down.
Let me think about it.
Mr. Lan. Your Jin Xin Bank
sent out counterfeit money for the Japanese.
It's has a great negative impact.
This is your chance to make up for it.
Don't you understand?
You've always been looking at me like that?
That I'm a traitor?
Of course, you do have some merit.
But, it is the truth that you sent out counterfeit money for the Japanese.
You don't want there to be one day, when we are victorious,
that you have to answer for this, right?
Mr. Lan, don't worry. As long as you continue to work with us,
when we are victorious, the higher ups will personally come out to defend you.
They will prove that you are on our side.
And the profits you earn from issuing the fake banknotes, we can split among ourselves.
2 to 8.
Of course, we are 8, and you are 2.
Mr Lan, this is a business with zero capital needed, and great profits earned.
That's right, Mr. Lan. In the trunk of your car,
I put something in there.
It is what the higher ups have brought for Yanzhi. Please bring it to her.
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Their new person came looking for me.
The one with the surname Qin?
They want me to issue banknotes.
It's counterfeit!
Then isn't that the same as what Manna and the others did?
They can't win on the war on the surface, so they fight an underground war.
Right now, both sides are working hard to print counterfeit money.
The ones that suffer in the end are all the common people.
There is more and more money, but lesser things.
With this inflation keep going up, it's going to eat us up!
In the past, there were still 50 dollar and 10 dollar bills.
Now, there's 100 dollar bills, 500 dollar bills.
There's even going to be 1000 dollar bills soon!
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Leave.
Leave? Where could we go?
The Kuomintang governed areas or the Japanese controlled areas?
Isn't it the same either way?
Isn't there a clean place?
As long as we are still useful to them,
they won't let go of us.
That's right. There's something they wanted me to bring you.
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Where are you going?
Giving it back to him!
Why are you two here?
W-what a coincidence, Miss Yanzhi.
We just happened to pass by.
Happened to pass by? Is something going to happen later?
No...
No matter if there's something or not, come drink with me.
Let's go.
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♫ Ends of the fingers, moving across the long dark night ♫
♫ The flames, not knowing when will it be quenched ♫
♫ This separation we have never said our goodbyes♫
♫ You and me ♫
♫ Gather some safflowers as we have promised ♫
♫Hoping we’ll be together as our youth passes like a fleeting wave ♫
♫ But in a flash it’s already the end of time ♫
♫ It’s been a long time since we met ♫
♫ Lalalala who is there by the window ♫
♫ Lalalala whom is the heart pining for ♫
♫ Lalalala as love sways with the breeze ♫
♫ Lalalala someday ♫
♫ Lalalala dreams will come true ♫
♫ Lalalala love flings caution to the wind ♫
♫ Indistinctly the skies blossom into a lotus ♫
♫ Slowly it falls into the deep blue sea ♫
♫ Remembering that moment you smiled ♫
♫ It has never changed ♫
♫ Lalalala who is there by the window ♫
♫ Lalalala whom is the heart pining for ♫
♫ Lalalala as love sways with the breeze ♫
♫ Lalalala someday ♫
♫ Lalalala dreams will come true ♫
♫ Lalalala love flings caution to the wind ♫