﻿Your father and I
a﻿long with your ﻿Uncle Xiao Jianru who just arrived
﻿joined Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's
﻿Chinese United League ﻿in the early years.
﻿Once Xiao and I ﻿assassinated a Qing noble, on orders.
﻿On the verge of death ﻿
﻿we pledged to be sworn brothers
﻿and made each other a promise.
If we managed to survive
﻿when we had children
﻿our children would become
﻿sworn brothers or husband and wife.
﻿Then...
﻿Later we escaped from danger.
﻿Your Uncle Xiao stayed in Beijing.
﻿Though you have not met
﻿his daughter Xiao Ya
﻿a marriage ﻿between our two families
﻿was plighted before you were born.
﻿Now you have ﻿stirred up a big trouble.
﻿Uncle Xiao doesn't despise us.
﻿Instead, he proposes ﻿that you two get married soon.
﻿We have agreed that
﻿you two will tie the knot tomorrow.
﻿After your wedding, ﻿I'll send you to Germany.
﻿Father, I agree to go to Germany
﻿but I won't agree to this marriage.
﻿You have to even if you don't agree.
﻿I've let you do everything ﻿you want ever since you were born
﻿but you have no say in this matter.
﻿Get married immediately, tomorrow.
﻿Brother, I can't get married.
﻿The Xiao family has ﻿come here. How can you avoid it?
﻿I really can't marry Miss Xiao.
﻿I love another girl.
﻿You don't have a say in it.
﻿Can you convince Father?
﻿Oh you ought to know. ﻿
﻿I am leaving Shanghai in two days.
﻿Brother, have I ﻿dragged you into something?
﻿It is not like that.
﻿I want to sit for the ﻿Central Military Academy in Nanjing.
﻿The CMA? ﻿You want to be a soldier?
﻿Exactly. Don't worry about Father.
﻿I have asked Zhihui ﻿to take care of him.
﻿Just go study in Germany.
﻿Fine. Don't think too much.
﻿It's late now. Go to bed soon.
﻿Xiao, I am so sorry.
﻿When the trouble is over
﻿I must arrange a decent wedding.
﻿There should be ﻿great pomp and ceremony.
﻿You don't have to be this polite.
﻿Here come the bride ﻿and bridegroom.
﻿Now the bride and bridegroom
﻿bow to Heaven and Earth.
﻿Ah Wen. Ah Wen.
﻿Ah Wen.
﻿Bow to Heaven and Earth.
﻿Ah Wen.
﻿Father, I can't get married.
﻿What did you say?
﻿I can't marry her.
﻿How dare you?
﻿Uncle Xiao, Aunt Xiao.
﻿I can't get married. I am sorry.
﻿Father. Ah Wen. Ah Wen. Ah Wen.
﻿What? You're applying to the CMA?
﻿Why are you following some whim?
﻿I'm not following a whim.
﻿I've thought it over. It is done.
﻿Ah Wen, you are too headstrong.
﻿I am telling you.
﻿You have offended ﻿the Xiao family today.
﻿But I should not harm myself
﻿and Miss Xiao just ﻿to avoid offending people.
﻿I think Brother Wen is right.
You don't know anything
My brother is going to test for it
﻿It is not bad to ﻿join the military academy.
﻿But how could Father approve?
﻿Moreover, don't forget ﻿the crime you committed.
﻿Now that you have been executed,
﻿how can you join ﻿the military academy?
﻿I'll use another name ﻿and identity.
﻿Brother, you are a policeman.
﻿It's easy for you to handle.
﻿I can convince Father.
﻿It's easy to change your name.
﻿What name would you like?
﻿Give me a name.
﻿Brother Wen, you're ﻿joining the army to fight in battle
﻿and defend the country.
﻿I name you ﻿Zhou Dazhang. ("fight" in Chinese)
﻿Get lost.
﻿Give me a name
﻿I think you should be called ﻿Zhou Dabing. (“soldier” in Chinese)
﻿What did you say? ﻿A soldier fights for what?
﻿To defend the country.
﻿Call me Zhou Weiguo ﻿("to defend the country")
﻿Zhou Weiguo.
﻿I still think Zhou Dazhang is better.
﻿Zhou Dabing is better.
﻿Get out of here.
﻿From today on, I am Zhou Weiguo.
﻿Come in.
﻿Father.
﻿Ah Yuan, why are you ﻿coming to me so late at night?
I...
﻿ ﻿Spit it out.
﻿Father, I am here to say goodbye.
﻿Say goodbye? ﻿Where are you going?
﻿I have resigned from the police.
﻿I am going to sit for the CMA.
﻿Sit for the CMA?
﻿Yes.
﻿Rest assured. I won't let you down.
﻿That's it?
﻿Yeah. That's it.
﻿By the way, ﻿is Ah Wen going with you?
﻿Ah Wen?
﻿No no no. He isn't going with me.
﻿Good.
﻿Are you ready?
﻿Yeah.
﻿Brother, these are my savings.
﻿Take it for your journey.
﻿Take care, brother.
﻿I leave Father to you.
﻿Rest assured. ﻿I will take good care of Father.
﻿Wait a second.
﻿Father.
Where are you going?
﻿I want to apply to the CMA.
﻿The CMA.
﻿Do you know what the CMA is?
﻿I know.
﻿You've thought it over?
﻿Yes, I have.
﻿Come with me.
﻿Do you know why ﻿I'm giving you this jade?
﻿Jade is significant for a state.
﻿If you understand this
﻿then you should know ﻿why I give you this jade.
﻿You long to serve the country
﻿which lives up to what ﻿I've taught you for over ten years.
﻿Since you sit ﻿for the CMA in Nanjing
﻿you must give it every effort.
﻿Once you are enrolled, study hard
﻿to carry forward ﻿the spirit of Whampoa.
﻿Then you will serve ﻿the country loyally on the battlefield
﻿and expel the invaders
﻿showing the dignity ﻿and prestige of China.
﻿If you do, as your father
﻿I won't be too ashamed ﻿to face my ancestors after death.
﻿Father, your son is unfilial.
﻿I am not able to stay ﻿by your side to support you.
﻿Now the evil Japanese have invaded China.
﻿Your son is not mighty
﻿but he will not return home
﻿unless he has driven ﻿the Japanese invaders out.
﻿My son.
﻿Loyalty and filial piety ﻿cannot be achieved simultaneously.
﻿ ﻿The state is in a time of crisis,
﻿My son should display ﻿﻿a Chinese man's mettle
﻿defending the state, ﻿placing family after country.
﻿I must await your triumph at home.
﻿Your son abides by ﻿his father's instructions.
﻿Will you bear my words in mind?
﻿Yes.
﻿Father, what about Miss Xiao?
﻿Marrying Xiao Ya
﻿is the only thing ﻿I've asked you to do
﻿since you came of age
﻿but you made me fall into disgrace.
﻿Since you want to serve the state
﻿I have forgiven you. You may go.
﻿Father, ﻿your son won't disappoint you.
﻿Weiguo, the bottom bunk is yours.
﻿Okay.
﻿Nice to meet you. I'm Sun Xinpu.
﻿Hello, Liu Yuan.
﻿Hello.
﻿Hi, Zhou Weiguo.
﻿Hi, I'm Fang Shengli.
﻿Liu Yuan.
﻿I'm Fang Shengli.
﻿Zhou Weiguo.
﻿I'll sleep on the top bunk.
﻿Attention.
﻿Salute.
﻿Ready, two.
﻿Commandant's instructions, please.
﻿This is a special day today.
﻿Today
﻿our Central Military Academy
﻿is infused with new blood.
﻿You are the new recruits
﻿in the ninth class.
﻿My new recruits
﻿maybe you are ﻿unaware of my name
﻿I am Zhang Zhizhong, ﻿the commandant of the CMA.
﻿First I would like ﻿to express my gratitude to you.
﻿Thanks for your determination
﻿to throw yourselves ﻿into the revolution.
﻿Thanks for putting ﻿your trust in the CMA.
Have you seen ﻿the school motto behind me?
"Fraternity, Dexterity, Sincerity".
﻿What is our Whampoa Spirit?
﻿Solidarity, sacrifice and striving.
﻿During the battle in Shanghai
﻿the training corps of the CMA
﻿lost over 40 soldiers.
﻿They were men ﻿of integrity and dignity.
﻿Their death was not in vain.
﻿They did their part as soldiers
﻿and proved to the world ﻿the manliness of Chinese men.
﻿My students
﻿I hope you can model ﻿yourselves after these martyrs
﻿and set an example ﻿for the new recruits.
﻿I suggest that
﻿seniors give the juniors ﻿a round of applause
﻿I still have a few words ﻿for the recruits.
﻿At the time of your enrollment
﻿I received a letter.
﻿What was it about?
﻿An old gentleman
﻿a predecessor I highly esteemed
﻿sent it specially ﻿to me from Shanghai.
﻿He asked me to ﻿look after his relative.
﻿I shall state here
﻿there are no ﻿young masters in the CMA
﻿but only revolutionary cadets.
﻿Once you step into the CMA
﻿you represent ﻿the central government.
﻿When the CMA was founded,
former Premier Sun ﻿Yat-sen made his instructions clear.
"﻿You have only one ﻿aspiration from today on:
Never crave for ﻿promotion and riches,
﻿but learn from the martyrs,
﻿die for a righteous cause,
﻿and don't be afraid of death".
﻿I'm afraid that ﻿you have come to the wrong place.
﻿The Whampoa Spirit ﻿should not be merely on your lips
﻿but should be borne in ﻿mind and carved into your bones.
﻿I've finished what I have to say.
﻿Brother, could the man ﻿the Commandant
﻿mentioned be me?
﻿It couldn't be you.
﻿Think about it. ﻿A highly-esteemed predecessor.
﻿Our father is one of ﻿the first CUL members.
﻿Enough, don't daydream.
﻿You should ﻿accept things as they are.
﻿No. Moreover
﻿only the two of ﻿us are from Shanghai.
﻿I don't think our father would do that.
﻿Think about it. ﻿A letter from Shanghai
﻿but it doesn't mean ﻿this cadet is from Shanghai, right?
﻿You've got a point.
﻿A penny for your thoughts.
﻿I miss my classmates.
﻿I came to Nanjing all of a sudden.
﻿None of them know.
﻿Ah Wen, don't forget.
﻿Zhou Wen doesn't ﻿exist in Shanghai now.
﻿You can't get in touch ﻿with anyone, got it?
﻿I got it. Don't worry.
﻿Check it out for me.
﻿Which group does ﻿Zhou Weiguo belong to?
﻿No need.
﻿I know Zhou Weiguo. ﻿He is in my group.
﻿Fine. Here's my order.
From today on, ﻿take good care of this Zhou Weiguo.
﻿You mean...
﻿Keep an eye on him.
﻿Once he fails a test, ﻿dismiss him immediately.
﻿I can't let one rotten ﻿apple spoil the barrel.
﻿Yes.
﻿After half a year's basic training
﻿it is the time for ﻿your examination today.
﻿In accordance with ﻿the rules of the CMA
﻿before you formally become cadets
﻿there will be two examinations.
﻿In these two examinations
﻿50% of you will be eliminated.
﻿It is cruel in the CMA.
﻿Only relentless training ﻿can form soldiers of steel.
﻿The first examination ﻿is to shoot live ammunition.
﻿Ten bullets apiece
﻿100 points is excellent
60 ﻿points is passing.
﻿Below 60 points, failure.
﻿Did you all hear me?
﻿Yes.
﻿At ease. Attention.
﻿Squad One, out of ranks.
﻿Down.
﻿Load.
﻿Shoot all of your rounds ﻿within three minutes.
﻿Fire.
﻿Thanks.
﻿I'm to blame. ﻿I dragged you into this.
﻿Do you regret it?
﻿Promise me we'll never part.
﻿We'll never part.
﻿We'll be with each other forever.
﻿Weiguo. Fire.
﻿One minute left.
﻿Time's up.
﻿Stand up. Join ranks.
﻿Marking.
﻿Yes.
﻿No. 1, 65 points.
﻿No. 5, 135 points.
﻿No. 6, 62 points.
﻿Done.
﻿Sun Xinpu, excellent.
﻿Fang Shengli, ﻿Liu Yuan, Zhang Bin, pass.
﻿Zhou Weiguo, fail.
﻿Sir.
﻿What?
﻿Sir
﻿I can tell you why I have 38 points.
﻿My total score should be 73 points
﻿I was looking at ﻿the results, not the process.
﻿Your performance fails.
﻿Sir, I have 38 points
﻿because I shot the first ﻿five bullets on another's target.
﻿Quite.
﻿Zhou Weiguo. Listen up.
﻿I can only mark ﻿your performance as failing.
﻿But I grant you another chance
﻿I give you five bullets.
﻿If you can shoot 40 points
﻿you can pass.
﻿Sir, that is unfair.
﻿Shut up. You don't have a say here.
﻿If you agree, follow my orders.
﻿If you disagree, you give up.
﻿I agree.
﻿Give him five bullets. ﻿Change the target sheet.
﻿Great shot.
﻿Why did you shoot the signal flag?
﻿Sir, I am a lousy shot.
﻿Terrific.
﻿The flag fell down.
﻿You are terrific.
﻿What's wrong?
﻿You shot down the flag.
﻿Nice. Nice.
﻿Awesome. Awesome.
﻿What's up?
﻿Don't cry.
﻿Who laughed just now?
﻿No. No.
﻿Who laughed?
﻿Fang Shengli, did you laugh?
﻿You laughed.
﻿Commandant, I suggest ﻿we dismiss Zhou Weiguo at once.
﻿He has disregarded ﻿school discipline.
﻿He only got 38 points in firing
﻿but gave the excuse that
﻿he was shooting at the wrong target
﻿I gave him another opportunity.
﻿He achieved 40 points ﻿with the first four bullets.
﻿Using the fifth bullet
﻿he shot down ﻿the signal flag on the hill.
﻿Isn't he unruly?
﻿What did you say?
﻿He shot down ﻿the signal flag on the hill.
﻿No, not that.
﻿How many points ﻿did he get in four shots?
﻿40 points.
﻿As soon as he passed
﻿he shot down ﻿the signal flag on the hill.
﻿How far is the flag from targets?
﻿About 200 meters.
﻿This brat. He has ability.
﻿Since the CMA was founded
﻿no one has ever hit the bull's eye
﻿in the first shooting exercise.
﻿Wang Guopin.
﻿Yes
From now on ﻿keep a close eye on this brat.
﻿Report his performance ﻿to me at any time.
﻿Yes.
﻿Okay, you may leave.
﻿Yes.
﻿Oh, Commandant.
﻿What about his performance today?
﻿Let him pass.
﻿Yes.
﻿Miss, what can I help you with?
﻿Is there any news of Ah Wen?
﻿Ah Wen?
﻿Yeah.
﻿Who may you be?
﻿I'm his college classmate.
﻿His classmate?
﻿Our young master ﻿was executed half a year ago.
﻿If you are his classmate
﻿how could you not know about that?
﻿I know, but we met after that.
﻿Don't be silly.
﻿Did you run into a ghost?
﻿Our master hasn't ﻿overcome his grief.
﻿Never mention ﻿the subject of young master Zhou.
﻿Sorry.
﻿Uncle, I understand.
﻿Goodbye.
﻿Have you heard of it?
﻿The encirclement campaign ﻿against the Communists
﻿in Jiangxi failed again.
﻿I don't know why.
﻿The Communist ﻿bandits can't be wiped out
﻿but they are thriving.
﻿In the encirclement campaign
﻿the Chinese fight ﻿against the Chinese.
﻿We might as well
﻿take back Liaoning, ﻿Jilin and Heilongjiang.
﻿Weiguo, what is your ﻿opinion on the current events?
﻿What current events?
﻿The encirclement campaign.
﻿Does it have anything ﻿to do with me?
﻿From this day
﻿Zhang Chu and ﻿Chen Yi are husband and wife.
﻿Congratulations.
﻿Let's raise our glasses.
﻿Best wishes to ﻿their marriage and happiness.
﻿Thanks.
﻿On behalf of the couple's families
﻿I express the gratitude to the guests.
﻿Thank you for
﻿caring for and helping ﻿them during these years in Shanghai.
﻿Zhang Chu and Chen Yi
﻿will leave Shanghai ﻿with me after the wedding.
﻿Here, I make a toast to you.
﻿Thanks. Thanks for ﻿attending our wedding.
﻿Thanks.
﻿Chen Yi, I want to know
﻿if one day I disappeared
﻿what would you do?
﻿To tell you the truth
﻿I never expected you ﻿would marry Zhang Chu.
﻿Chen Yi, what's wrong?
﻿Nothing. Nothing.
﻿You are missing Zhou Wen, right?
﻿Stop it, it's in the past.
﻿Chen Yi, if Zhou Wen was alive
﻿would you marry Zhang Chu?
﻿Wait for me.
﻿I'll wait for you.
﻿They are excellent youngsters.
﻿Very competent at work.
﻿What happened? You don't want me
﻿to take them away?
﻿I'm a little reluctant to.
﻿Chen Yi resists working ﻿with Zhang Chu as his spouse.
﻿Therefore, in Nanjing, ﻿try to convince them.
﻿Okay.
﻿Chen Yi. It's late. Let's go
# The sky is so grey
﻿# The wind blows my tears
# ﻿My heart aches
﻿# because of love
# ﻿I can only get drunk
# ﻿The distance calls for me
# ﻿But you're waiting for me
# ﻿My family calls me back
# ﻿I am in limbo
# ﻿I must give up your love
# ﻿I leave you because of love
# ﻿but not for myself
# ﻿My dear, don't cry for me
﻿Come on in.
﻿Here it is.
﻿Here's the temporary
﻿residence the ﻿organization arranged for you.
﻿All for our work. The place is nice.
﻿You are getting down to work ﻿
﻿as a couple in Nanjing.
﻿Remember, you can't be too careful.
﻿Strictly observe ﻿the Party's discipline.
﻿Rest assured.
﻿You must be tired after the journey.
﻿It is late now. I'm leaving.
﻿I'll walk you to the door.
﻿Take care.
﻿It's late now. Let's get some sleep.
﻿Please come in.
﻿Are you Comrade Liu Yuan?
﻿You are Comrade Wu Yuanshan?
﻿Nice to meet you.
﻿Nice to meet you. Have a seat.
﻿Have you settled in?
﻿Yes. What's my assignment?
﻿Have some water.
﻿Thanks.
﻿Your mission ﻿is to study hard in the CMA.
﻿Nothing else? ﻿
﻿Not for the moment
﻿but it is a tough mission for you.
﻿Remember, ﻿it is complicated in the CMA.
﻿The Renaissance Society
﻿must plant many ﻿agents in the military academy.
﻿Be cautious about your speech
﻿and protect yourself.
﻿Okay, rest assured.
﻿You must read ﻿the Central Daily News everyday
﻿and read the ﻿announcements carefully.
﻿I will use them to contact you.
﻿Here is the password ﻿for our contact.
﻿Have you memorized it?
﻿Yes.
﻿Have you gotten ﻿acquainted with your classmates?
﻿I know my duty.
﻿The CMA is ﻿the cradle and fertile soil
﻿of military talents of ﻿our national government
﻿but it has been ﻿frequently penetrated
﻿and taken advantage ﻿of by the Communists.
﻿This is forbidden ﻿among the cadets of your class.
﻿Rest assured, sir.
﻿Xinpu, once you find ﻿any pro-Communist
﻿never be soft-hearted.
﻿The responsibility ﻿on your shoulders is heavy.
﻿I understand.
﻿Drop it.
﻿Don't bother me, buddy.
﻿We are on furlough.
﻿Weiguo, we have ﻿two days off. What's your plan?
﻿I won't tell you.
﻿So mysterious.
﻿You don't say.
﻿Leave him alone. Let's have a drink.
﻿Weiguo, want to have a drink?
﻿No.
﻿Leave him alone. Go go go.
﻿Chen Yi.
﻿Stop knocking on ﻿the door. The house is empty.
﻿Where is the girl who lived here?
﻿She moved out a month ago.
﻿Moved out?
﻿Do you know her new address?
﻿No, I don't know.
﻿Tian Jing.
﻿Who is it?
﻿Zhou Wen!