﻿Father, Father. Brother Wen...
﻿Don't rush. Say it slowly.
﻿Brother Wen's room is empty.
﻿He's wanted now.
﻿Why does he have to go outside?
﻿What can we do now?
﻿Just wait a while.
﻿Hurry. Hurry. Hurry.
﻿Officers, officers.
﻿Director Ma, what can I help you with?
﻿Please report to Old Master Zhou
﻿that I've come on ﻿orders to arrest Zhou Wen.
﻿Here is the warrant.
﻿Director Ma, ﻿our young master is not at home.
﻿You say he isn't, so he isn't?
﻿We'll know it ﻿after we've had a search.
﻿Brothers, go inside.
﻿Yes!
﻿Hold on.
﻿Outrageous! ﻿
﻿Third Young Master.
How dare you come ﻿and search this place?
﻿Third Young Master. I don't mean to
﻿make trouble with you.
﻿I am here on orders.
So, Third Young Master, ﻿do me a favor.
﻿Brothers, ﻿behave yourselves, will you?
﻿No one may step inside.
﻿What's the matter? ﻿Who is shouting there?
﻿Old Master Zhou.
﻿ls this Director Ma?
﻿What brings you to my home?
﻿Old Master Zhou, my apologies.
﻿Ma is under orders ﻿from his superiors
﻿to bring Young Master ﻿Zhou Wen to justice.
﻿Please don't blame your junior.
﻿Please don't stand ﻿on ceremony, Director Ma.
﻿I don't blame you, since ﻿you are impartially doing your duty
﻿I can tell you that ﻿my son is in the study
﻿but I won't sit idlly
﻿and watch you take him away
﻿under my nose.
﻿As long as I am alive,
﻿don't ever try to ﻿set foot into this house.
﻿Zhihui.
﻿Come inside.
﻿Old Master Zhou. ﻿Old Master Zhou. No.
﻿Director Ma. Please suit yourself.
﻿Why did such ﻿an errand have to fall on me?
﻿You must find Ah Wen immediately.
﻿then send him back to ﻿Suzhou right away.
﻿As for the police, what I said
﻿may delay the arrest ﻿for one or two days.
﻿Be alert. Leave calmly ﻿from the front door.
﻿Throw them off first.
﻿I got it.
﻿Chen Yi, Chen Yi, did you hear that?
﻿Zhou Wen is wanted ﻿by the Japanese.
﻿I knew it. It's my fault. ﻿All on account of me.
﻿How could you be to blame?
﻿The Japanese have gone too far.
﻿But I didn't expect
﻿Zhou Wen to shoot that ﻿Japanese man dead.
﻿Tell me, what can he do?
﻿I don't know.
﻿Our country is in chaos.
﻿He'd better hide himself for a while.
﻿What if...
﻿Someone outside is suspicious.
﻿ls he watching you?
﻿He can watch me if ﻿he likes. It's difficult to escape.
﻿I am to blame. It's my fault.
﻿Don't say that.
﻿The Japs are ﻿the only ones to blame.
﻿Chen Yi, don't blame ﻿me for being so reckless.
﻿I don't blame you, but...
﻿But what?
﻿But I think ﻿you are not likely to escape.
﻿Why do you say that?
﻿By the way,
﻿I've rented this house.
﻿Here is the key.
﻿Move in right away.
﻿The rent is paid.
﻿I will be relieved.
﻿I am afraid I'll lose track of you.
﻿Ah Wen.
﻿What?
﻿Young Master Zhou. ﻿I am Ma, Director of Police
﻿I am sorry to disturb you.
﻿Nice to meet you, Director Ma.
﻿Well, you must be curious.
﻿Young Master Zhou, you ﻿broke into a Japanese kenjutsu club.
﻿The news has even ﻿reached Generalissimo Chiang.
﻿I am under orders ﻿to take action. Sorry.
﻿Come with me.
﻿What are you doing?
﻿Chen Yi.
It's all right.
﻿Director Ma, she is my girlfriend.
﻿Could I have a word with her?
﻿Of course.
﻿Since you are ﻿Old Master Zhou's son,
﻿I will wait for you outside.
﻿Thanks.
﻿Brothers, let's wait outside.
﻿Chen Yi, relax, relax.
﻿Relax.
﻿Don't worry.
It's okay. I'll be okay.
﻿Promise me to move in immediately.
﻿I'll be relieved if you do.
﻿I promise you. Say no more words.
﻿Good.
﻿Take care.
﻿Rest assured. I'll be fine.
﻿What can I do for you?
﻿Wait for me.
﻿I'll wait for you.
﻿Young Master Zhou, please.
﻿Director, what happened?
﻿Ah Wen is my brother.
﻿So what?
﻿I'm telling you. ﻿Now it's a serious problem.
﻿Even if he is your brother. ﻿I can't help.
﻿Where is he?
﻿Liu Yuan, I'm warning you.
﻿Don't get yourself ﻿involved, understood?
﻿Freeze.
﻿Stop at the turn up ahead.
﻿Director.
﻿Open the door.
﻿Yes.
﻿Young Master Zhou. Sorry for this.
﻿Director Ma.
﻿If I had known ﻿you would lock me up,
﻿I'd have died rather than come here.
﻿Sorry. I am really sorry.
﻿How about this?
﻿Just order whatever you want
﻿to eat and drink.
It's me. A new mission.
﻿What is it?
In the January ﻿28th Anti-Japanese War
﻿the Central Military ﻿Academy's Training Corps
﻿lost over 40 soldiers in total.
﻿Their German drill master saw red
﻿so he transferred over 100 students
﻿from the CMA to the Training Corps
﻿at one go.
﻿Thus the students ﻿in the CMA were reduced.
﻿The higher authorities
﻿decided to recruit
﻿100 more students ﻿in the ninth grade of CMA.
﻿What is my mission?
﻿The Party wants you ﻿to apply for the CMA.
﻿Apply for the CMA?
﻿Yes.
﻿Fine.
﻿Since it is arranged ﻿by the organization, I'll obey.
﻿Good. Get ready soon.
﻿As for the relevant information
﻿I'll prepare it ﻿for you within three days.
﻿Okay.
﻿Wait a second.
﻿You want to ﻿inquire about Zhou Wen?
﻿Yes.
﻿I am afraid Zhou Wen ﻿won't leave the prison.
Is it that serious?
﻿My director is the person in charge of this case.
﻿The Japanese ﻿are using it as an excuse for
﻿threatening to wage ﻿another war against the government.
﻿For fear of a second ﻿breakdown of negotiation
﻿the national government ﻿will execute Zhou Wen ASAP
﻿in order to curry favor ﻿with the Japanese government.
﻿I can't help you in this matter.
﻿Cao Ying, is there no way out?
﻿Absolutely no way out.
﻿I don't care.
﻿You must figure out a way for me
﻿Zhou Wen is my brother.
﻿I can die, but he can't.
﻿You must understand ﻿the overall situation.
﻿Zhou Wen is my student.
﻿You think I don't want to save him?
﻿But the trouble ﻿he caused is so huge,
﻿that I have no way out.
﻿I beg you. Please try.
﻿Do try for me, please?
﻿Okay, I will try my best.
﻿Brother.
﻿Father.
﻿No need to say anything. ﻿I already know everything.
﻿Father, you must do something.
﻿You have so many ﻿connections in the national government.
﻿If you put in a word, ﻿Ah Wen may survive.
﻿Father, do something ﻿to save Brother Wen.
﻿I am a recluse and have
﻿withdrawn from politics long ago.
﻿The words of the lowly ﻿carry little weight.
﻿But Father
﻿we can't watch ﻿them execute Ah Wen.
﻿Go take a rest. Let me think about it.
﻿Brother, figure out ﻿a way to save Brother Wen.
﻿Figure out a way. Figure out a way!
﻿What solution could I possibly find?
﻿Then we can't helplessly ﻿watch Brother Wen be...
﻿There is only one way out.
﻿What is it?
﻿Break into the jail and rescue him.
﻿Break into the jail? How?
﻿Do you remember Liu San?
﻿Of course I do.
﻿He is a famous, great thief.
﻿If we can persuade him
﻿he might save Ah Wen from there.
﻿But Brother San has left Shanghai.
﻿He left Shanghai?
﻿After he burnt up the crude opium.
﻿Brother Wen and I met him once.
﻿He said he would ﻿leave for Beijing the next day.
﻿Zhang Chu, what is going on?
﻿Zhou Wen is detained ﻿at the police station.
﻿The Japanese claimed ﻿that if Zhou Wen isn't executed
﻿they will cease the ﻿negotiations and go to war at once.
﻿Execute Zhou Wen?
﻿What to do? What to do?
﻿The key is that the Japanese
﻿have exerted great
﻿pressure on ﻿the Chinese government.
﻿We can also put pressure on them.
﻿Release our student!
﻿Never yield to the Japanese!
﻿Release our student!
﻿Immediately release our student!
﻿Never yield to the Japanese!
﻿Mr. Miyamoto, Mr. Kobayashi.
﻿As you have seen
﻿the students in our city ﻿are demonstrating again.
﻿They're appealing for ﻿the immediate release of Zhou Wen.
﻿I am under enormous pressure now.
﻿We must take ﻿public opinion into consideration.
﻿Mr. Mayor, I don't care ﻿about public opinion.
﻿but my men can't die in vain.
﻿Mr. Mayor.
﻿Mr. Miura and Mr. Yamaguchi
﻿are Japanese citizens ﻿living in China.
﻿We are responsible for their lives.
﻿I give you three days.
In three days
﻿If the Chinese government ﻿fails to properly handle this
﻿and have Zhou Wen executed
﻿I will lead the First ﻿Division of Japanese Marine Corps
﻿to ask for him.
﻿Three days? ﻿We can't handle this in three days.
﻿Mr. Miyamoto, Mr. Kobayashi.
﻿You should at ﻿least give me one month.
﻿Impossible. Three days.
﻿If Zhou Wen is ﻿not executed in three days,
﻿we will have to handle it ourselves.
﻿Kobayashi kun, let's go.
﻿Enough. You may go.
﻿Release the innocent student!
﻿Old Mister Zhou, ﻿have you seen all this?
﻿This group of Japanese is too...
﻿I know, or I wouldn't turn to you.
﻿Mister Zhou, ﻿even Generalissimo Chiang
﻿is aware of your son's case.
﻿He instructed us to ﻿punish him severely.
﻿Now the Japanese ﻿force us to do it immediately.
﻿Mister Zhou, ﻿you are a founding member
﻿of the Republic, and my senior.
﻿Your son is also my son.
﻿I feel terribly worried, too.
But this is a critical moment
﻿and the Japanese ﻿would take any excuse
﻿to go to war again.
﻿At this juncture, ﻿it's difficult to save him.
﻿Ah Gen.
﻿There must be a way out.
﻿Mister Zhou, I ﻿understand what you're saying.
﻿Ah Wen is your son.
If I can save him, I must do so
﻿even if you ﻿don't send me any money.
﻿But it is not a matter of money now.
﻿This is already yours.
﻿Well...
﻿Release the innocent student!
﻿What are you doing?
﻿Let go of me.
﻿Go. You again.
﻿Release the innocent student!
﻿Go.
﻿Go. Go. Go inside. Go.
﻿Get in. Get in. Go.
﻿Go. Go. Go. Go.
﻿Go inside.
﻿Don't push me.
﻿Why are you arresting ﻿us? Did we commit a crime?
﻿Cut your crap.
﻿Get in.
﻿Why?
﻿Get in.
﻿Shut up. Get in.
Why are you arresting ﻿us? Did we commit a crime?
﻿Why are you arresting us?
﻿Shut up. You stay here.
﻿We protest!
﻿Do you know where ﻿you are? You want to protest here?
﻿No persecution of students.
﻿Zhang Chu, is that you?
﻿Zhou Wen?
﻿Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen, ﻿where are you?
﻿I'm here.
﻿Chen Yi, where are you?
﻿We're in a cell near yours.
﻿Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen, ﻿where are you?
﻿Are you okay?
﻿I am fine, I'm okay.
﻿We protested in front of city hall
﻿so they threw us in here.
﻿Zhou Wen, did they beat you?
﻿Would they dare do that?
﻿Zhou Wen, rest assured,
﻿until they release you, ﻿we'll refuse to eat.
﻿Zhang Chu, don't do that.
﻿I've told you before, ﻿protesting is good for nothing.
﻿Eat and drink as you need to.
When I leave prison, ﻿I'll treat you all to a drink.
﻿Zhou Wen, ﻿we'll wait and leave together.
﻿Release the innocent student.
﻿Quiet. Don't shout. ﻿You want to die?
﻿What? You arrested ﻿all the students?
﻿Yeah. Those students ﻿are simply unruly.
﻿If I didn't lock them up,
﻿God knows ﻿what trouble they'd stir up.
﻿Nonsense.
﻿Now the public ﻿are burning with rage.
﻿Because of this Zhou Wen,
﻿the masses are jeering that
﻿we're suppressing ﻿a patriotic student
﻿and that we are traitors.
﻿I'm riding the tiger.
﻿You even arrested the students.
How can I retain my seat as mayor?
﻿Yes. Your official neglected his duty.
﻿Come to the prison with me now,
﻿I shall release them in person.
﻿Mr. Mayor, this...
﻿No persecution of students.
﻿Release the innocent students.
﻿Enough, students.
﻿Be quiet. Be quiet.
﻿Open up.
﻿Quickly open up.
﻿Students. ﻿This is a misunderstanding.
﻿You can go home now.
﻿If you don't release ﻿Zhou Wen, none of us will leave.
﻿Right. We won't leave. We won't.
﻿Students. Zhou Wen ﻿has violated the national law.
﻿He must submit to lawful justice.
﻿You are the future ﻿backbone of the country.
﻿Listen to me. You'd better go home.
It is useless to ﻿say anything. We won't go.
﻿We won't go. We won't go.
﻿Yeah, we won't go.
﻿Zhou Chu, my classmates, let's go.
﻿Zhou Wen.
﻿Chen Yi.
﻿Chen Yi, I am here. Chen Yi.
﻿Zhou Wen. ﻿Zhou Wen, how are you?
﻿I'm to blame. It's my fault. I'm sorry.
﻿You can't say that.
﻿Ah Wen, we will find a way
﻿to save you from there.
﻿Chen Yi, since you say this
﻿I would die for it.
﻿Don't say die. ﻿I don't want you to die.
﻿I won't die.
﻿Chen Yi, promise me. Wait for me.
﻿I'm sure we'll save you.
﻿Leave.
﻿Ah Wen,
﻿Leave.
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﻿Go. Go. Go.
﻿Go, students.
﻿Rest assured. Go. Go. Go.
﻿Go. Go. Go.
﻿Keep a close eye on them.
﻿They are definitely ﻿going to take further actions.
Yes.
﻿I think they are toying with us.
﻿But we haven't any better course.
﻿We can find the 19th Route Army.
﻿The 19th Route Army?
﻿Right, only Battalion ﻿Commander Chen in the army
﻿can save Zhou Wen.
﻿Which Battalion Commander Chen?
﻿Zhou Wen and I ﻿met him at the battle front.
It's our last resort.
﻿You can leave now.
﻿Tian Jing,
﻿you and Penghui ﻿go back with your classmates.
﻿Okay.
﻿A crowd won't help.
﻿I'll go there with Chen Yi.
﻿You'd better get back.
﻿Just go back.
﻿Bring your weapon.
﻿Okay.
﻿Chen Zhenglun, ﻿put down your weapons.
﻿You want to be sent ﻿to the court martial?
﻿I can go to ﻿the martial court with you.
﻿But let these two students go first.
﻿We are not ﻿in charge of the students.
﻿They can go now.
﻿I don't trust you.
﻿You must let me ﻿send them away personally.
﻿Sorry, Battalion ﻿Commander Chen, you can't.
﻿My order is to ﻿disarm your troop and detain you.
﻿We are brothers.
Taking care of our own ﻿business in ordinary time.
﻿We are all soldiers.
Don't make us a joke ﻿in front of two students.
﻿Battalion Commander ﻿Chen, I have my duty.
If I can fight and ﻿die in battle with you someday,
﻿I will do it at all cost.
﻿As for the two of them,
﻿on my honor and ﻿life as a soldier, I guarantee
﻿that they will return safe and sound.
﻿Sorry for troubling you.
﻿We've tried our best.
If you can see Zhou Wen
﻿you must tell him
﻿that I will place the Japs' heads
﻿before his gravestone.
﻿But...
﻿Go.
﻿Thanks, ﻿Battalion Commander Chen.
﻿Hurry and go.
﻿Brother.
﻿Laozhengxin's ﻿stuffed buns. Eat some.
﻿Brother, how is Father?
﻿Father? He's all right.
﻿Rest, rest assured
﻿Zhihui and I will ﻿take good care of him.
﻿Why are you stammering?
﻿Ah Wen,
﻿tell me, ﻿﻿why were you so impetuous?
﻿ls it worthwhile for ﻿the sake of a girl?
﻿So they really want to kill me.
﻿No, it can't be.
﻿Don't think too much.
﻿I think too much?
﻿You can't see the look on your face.
﻿Brother, for this, it's ﻿not about what's worthwhile or not.
﻿The Japs bully us ﻿on our own territory.
﻿I won't allow this. I can't endure it.
﻿I must stop them.
﻿Brother, if someone bullies you,
﻿I can risk my life to fight him.
﻿Why are you leaving?
﻿Don't worry. ﻿Stay here a few more days.
﻿We will try every means to save you.
﻿First Young Master.
﻿Ah Gen, why are you here?
﻿Quick, get in the car. ﻿Master is looking for you.
﻿Zhou Wen, stand up.
﻿What for?
﻿Uncle Chen.
﻿Zhou Wen, ﻿you ignored national law,
﻿killed a Japanese man, ﻿and destroyed the peace talks.
﻿You are now sentenced ﻿to death. Execute him immediately.
﻿Death?
﻿You guys, stay alive for me.
﻿I have to kill you ﻿twenty years from now.
﻿Let's wait on the ﻿execution ground. This way, please.
﻿Sir, the criminal ﻿Zhou Wen has been identified.
﻿May he be executed right away?
﻿Mr. Councilor, your opinion?
﻿Execute him now.
﻿Port arms.
﻿Fire.
﻿Thank you, Uncle Chen.
﻿Hurry go.
﻿Brother, why you?
﻿Lower it down.
﻿Uncle Chen and ﻿his men are really something.
﻿But they shouldn't ﻿have tied me so tightly.
﻿Crap.
﻿Do you know ﻿how narrowly you escaped death?
﻿I know.
﻿But in my heart I think
﻿it's impossible for ﻿me to be killed by the Japanese.
﻿Still don't say uncle.
﻿Did you hear the shot?
﻿You were executed.
﻿You said that a man died for me?
﻿Don't worry. ﻿He was from death row.
﻿Won't they identify him?
﻿Identify him how?
﻿They shot him in the face.
It would be impossible ﻿to recognize him.
﻿Brother, stop the car. Stop the car.
﻿What's wrong?
﻿Brother, go home ﻿to tell Father about me.
﻿I have to do something.
﻿Ah Wen, you were nearly executed.
﻿What else do you have to do?
﻿Don't you know?
﻿Father risked everything ﻿to save you this time?
﻿Don't forget.
﻿You have already been executed.
﻿You still want to hang around?
﻿Once you are found, ﻿all of us will be doomed.
﻿Brother, I know it.
﻿Since Uncle Chen and Director Ma
﻿have arranged everything
﻿nothing wrong will happen.
﻿I will go home soon.
﻿Ah Wen. Ah Wen.
﻿I was nearly scared to death.
﻿I thought ﻿I wouldn't see you ever again.
﻿Am I safe now?
﻿Sorry to make you worry for me.
﻿No. No.
﻿Remember, ﻿I won't allow anyone to bully you.
﻿I, I love you.
﻿I love you, too.
﻿Your family must be so worried.
﻿Don't they know you've escaped?
﻿No, they don't.
﻿Right after I left the prison, ﻿I came all the way to you.
﻿Go home now.
﻿No hurry. Let me take a look at you.
﻿Wait.
﻿Here, hold this.
﻿This is from my mother.
﻿Keep it with you, ﻿as if I were with you.
﻿Remember this?
﻿Yes.
﻿Also, I got out of prison
﻿but never tell the students.
﻿They executed ﻿a man on death row to save me.
﻿Then...
﻿Everything is okay. ﻿There's nothing wrong.
It will pass soon. Rest assured.
﻿Chen Yi, I want to know
﻿if one day I disappeared, ﻿what would you do?
﻿No, no, don't say such a silly thing.
﻿I mean "if".
If it happens, I want ﻿to know what you will do
﻿I'll look for you for the rest of my life.
Wait for you for the rest of my life.
It's late. You have to go home.
﻿Remember, I love you.
﻿We'll be with each other ﻿forever, and never part.
﻿Remember?
﻿Wait for me.
﻿Okay.
﻿Go.
﻿Be careful.
﻿Take care.
﻿You can't stay ﻿in Shanghai any longer.
﻿Why, Father?
﻿Just because ﻿of a few Japanese men,
﻿I can't stay in Shanghai anymore?
﻿Are you just mixed up, ﻿or are you an idiot?
﻿Father, I don't want ﻿to leave Shanghai.
In half a year, ﻿I'll earn my second degree.
﻿I'll regret it if I leave now.
﻿Now you're regretful.
﻿Your execution will be
﻿published on the front ﻿page of every newspaper tomorrow.
﻿Do you want everyone ﻿in Shanghai to know that
﻿a man shot dead ﻿is studying in the classroom?
﻿Ah Wen, Father is right.
﻿You must leave ﻿Shanghai immediately.
﻿Where will Brother Wen ﻿go? I'll follow him.
﻿To Germany.
﻿Didn't you always ﻿want to study in Germany?
﻿Germany?
﻿When the situation is ﻿not so tense, you can come back.
﻿Pack your things at once.
﻿Go back to our hometown.
﻿We're leaving now?
﻿Yes, now.
﻿Do you know how many ﻿people are risking their lives for you?
﻿If you stay here one more day
﻿they'll be frightened ﻿for one more day.
﻿Leave immediately.
﻿Master, you've come home.
﻿Ah Gen.
﻿Are the Xiao's here?
﻿Yes, they are taking a rest.
﻿The Xiao's, Father?
﻿All of you, follow me.