An adaptation of Mai Jia's novel Decoded
Timing and Subtitles by Gone with the Shirt Team @ Viki
Decoded
Episode 011
Hurry, go!
Hey! Watch where you're going!
That was dangerous.
Are you too tired recently?
Rong Jinzhen!
Section Chief An! Why are you looking for Rong Jinzhen?
He said he was going to the toilet. But, I've checked, there's no one in the toilet.
- I saw him! - Where?
He just went out.
Did he run off again?
- Section Chief An, are you ok? Don't worry about me! Go and bring him back quickly!
Faster! Go after him!
- What are you doing? - Where did you go? Where are you running to? - I... I...
I... what? Come back with me!
- No. He... he... - He... what?
Army deserter! Are you trying to make Section Chief An worried?
Let's go!
No... that!
Let me deal with you when we get back!
Let me go!
Rong Jinzhen, can you not let me worry so much?
Can you not let me worry so much?
S... Sorry.
You don't have to apologize to me.
You still want to run?
Be a deserter? If I had known earlier,
I might as well have sent you to Unit 701 and lock you in solitary confinement.
I didn't.
I thought I could be of some help.
What can you help with? It will good enough if you don't create any trouble!
I saw him!
I saw that person.
What did you say?
That eyes, that nose, and face! And moustache!
Looks exactly the same! It's that person!
Where did you see him?
Downstairs. Toilet!
Stay here and behave yourself! You are not allowed to go anywhere!
Get out.
All of you, get out!
Step back! Step back!
The power of two kilograms of high explosives is equivalent to the power of four hundred grenades.
Once it explodes,
the entire Hua Shan Road police station will be razed to the ground.
Today, I need to give you credit.
Look! See what's happenning!
Where are you looking at? Oh no!
Let me inform everyone, I just received a report.
The Ning Zhou power plant exploded.
A newly built, high-power power generator was destroyed.
Municipal leaders are viewing this matter seriously.
They have ordered the fire department and medical department to help out.
Understand the situation first, control the fire and rescue the victims.
Try to minimize the losses.
Comrades,
the current situation is very serious.
Everybody knows that the high-power power generator
was built specially to provide electricity for Project 231.
Enemy agents had the audacity to install a bomb in Hua Shan police station.
These two matters happened at the same time. This is definitely not a coincidence.
They had a target.
I suggest,
we should increase the security measures for important units and departments.
I agree with An Neng.
The more furious the enemy is,
the more it shows our incompetence. We must fight back!
I order...
- Han Bing, Zhao Qirong! - Here!
Go to the power station immediately and verify the situation.
Yes, ma'am.
- Zhai Li, Pan Sen! - Here!
Step up the investigation on the person whom Rong Jinzhen saw.
This is where we can breakthrough. We need to seize it and never let go.
Yes, ma'am.
Boss, give me a bowl of soup noodles.
Ok!
Are you sure the power generators were destroyed by the bombing?
I did it by myself.
Then why was the electricity supply restored so quickly?
That's just the emergency power supply.
Only basic living electricity was restored.
It will take some time for them to fix the main power generator.
What happened to the technician who helped you?
He met an unfortunate accident,
and he died.
Very good.
This is for you.
Electron tubes were stolen. Power plants were bombed.
I wonder what will happen after this.
It's been half a year of writing inspection reports, being criticized and reflecting.
It has become part and a parcel of life.
Isn't it so? The Director at Headquarters just reprimanded me over the phone.
Not sure when it started.
My skin has become thicker than the city walls.
I am incompetent.
I feel very uncomfortable that I've made you so sad.
I don't feel good at all. Please reprimand me.
I have been battling all my life. I am a unrefined person as compared to you.
I can only worry and I can't help in decoding Purple Code.
Zheng Dang, tell me.
What kind of person, what kind of materials, what conditions? I'll agree to anything as long as we can decipher the Purple code.
I'm serious. Unit 701 cannot be blind forever.
If we pull the wrong wire and the bomb explodes, what do we do?
I can only pounce on it and cover it with my body,
to minimize the range of the explosion.
You're so selfish. This way, you'll become a hero.
You are so brave. But, have you thought about me?
If you die, what's the point of me being alive?
Report!
You go out.
Rong Jinzhen, come in.
Instructor An, I'm sorry.
I should have caught that fellow on the spot when I saw him today.
I didn't know that he would plant a bomb in the toilet.
So dangerous. Luckily, you defused the bomb.
You were very alert. Thanks to you, we are all in peace now.
Thank you.
If there's nothing else, you should go back and rest soon.
Instructor An, I know you're on night duty tonight.
I'm afraid you might be thirsty, so I boiled a kettle of water for you.
I just ran out of water here.
How is it? Are you all right?
I'm fine. I'm fine.
Rong Jinzhen, are you blind? Can't you see that he has a wound on his arm?
Now that you have scalded his arm, how is he going perform missions?
S... Sorry. Sorry.
You are a good-for-nothing! What can you do?
You're an incompetent fool!
Zhai Li!
Do you think that the harm you've inflicted on An Neng is not enough?
You harm whoever that is good to you.
You give whoever that is concerned about you a hard time. We can't afford to offend you, yet we can't hide from you.
You were doing well in the dispatcher's office. Why did you have come out? Why do you have to haunt An Neng like a devil?
S... Sorry.
What's the use of saying sorry? He fought so many battles,
Even the Japanese bombs couldn't kill him.
Finally, he made it to the era of peace. Is it fair for him to die in your hands?
Rong Jinzhen, let me beg you.
Stay in your dispatcher's office and give out newspapers. Can you stay away from An Neng?
Ok. I know my mistakes.
I will go back to the dispatcher's office. I'll go back to South campus.
Stop there!
Come here.
I asked you to come over!
Pour the water.
I asked you to pour the water!
Pour it!
Let me tell you, even if you will scald me to death today, you have to pour it!
Pour it!
Rong Jinzhen!
Why are you looking at her? Is she your superior?
Do you need to ask for her permission to do things?
I order you to pour water for me.
Pour!
Didn't you pour it very well?
Pour again.
Rong Jinzhen, let me tell you.
You have to behave like a man and take on responsibilities.
You can't always run away whenever you encounter difficulties.
I can't wait on you or protect you forever, nor can I always be cheering you on or consoling you.
What will you do if I'm no longer with you?
If you're not with me,
then I'll stay at the mailroom
to fetch water, do miscellaneous chores and deliver newspapers.
You bastard!!!
Zhao Li, bring all the jugs here.
Go!
I'm asking you to go get them!!
Police Station - Hua Shan Road Branch
Look,
this is the technician who was carrying the electron tube.
He's surname is Meng, 27 years old.
He just returned from his studies in the Soviet Union last year.
Before he got into the car, he told me that his wife gave birth to a baby girl just as
he was selected to be a member of the team that will develop the first ever computer in modern Chinese history.
He said that these were two great things happening in a row.
He was overjoyed about it.
He's now a martyr.
See this power plant? The entre Project 213 relies on it for electricity.
It was gone in just a few seconds.
It contained the generators that cost our country 40 million yuan.
A day lost in the operations of our project means that a certain amount of influence is also lost from from our country in the international arena.
Do you know why the enemy spies could accomplish these kinds of mission?
It's because they have a set of extremely powerful codes.
It's name is the Purple Code.
It's the Purple Code that has helped them to plan, to liaise, to set up, and to act.
They're like ghosts
appearing and disappearing in the wind at will. But we can't catch anything.
If we can crack the Purple Code,
we can get to know their plans and prevent all these things from happening.
Rong Jinzhen, do you know what those puzzles are that I gave you?
Those are the Purple Code.
The reason why you're at 701 is not so that you can pour tea for people or do miscellaneous chores or deliver newspapers.
It's so that you can crack the Purple Code.
If you want to crack the code, you yourself has to become strong in the first place.
Confidence. Understand?
If you want to become confident, you need to start from learning how to pour water properly.
Start pouring.
Rong Jinzhen, from today onwards, live your life like a man.
That day, Zhai Li took 15 cups into the room in total.
The volume of each cup was 400 ml. I filled up each cup over and over again, 20 times.
That's 120000 ml of water in total.
120 liters of water is enough for an adult to drink for 80 days,
flush the toilet 24 times,
cook 12 pots of rice and take 2 baths.
Even though my hands were sore and my shoulders were painful,
I felt extremely nervous.
However, I did not spill a single drop of that 120 liters of water.
Get into the car.
Let's go.
Ronie, Ronie!
I noticed that something's off with you the moment you came back.
Is it because you made some mistakes while you were away and got kicked back here?
I wasn't kicked back here. Chief Zheng sent a private car to bring me back.
Rubbish! How can you get such luxurious treatment?
I've been a soldier all my life, and all my superiors gave me was a tricycle to haul the vegetables from the mountains.
Stop with the chiseling. Stop it!
Tell me the truth. Did you mess up?
Director Wang, maybe I shouldn't have went to the principal's wake, right?
Why do you say that? Nonsense!
This is something every human being would do. He's your father!
Rong Jinzhen! Rong Jinzhen! You're back! That's great.
I wasfeeling so anxious while you were gone.
Looks like you're fine. That's great.
It's a miracle that you returned without any injuries. You're as good as brand new!
Come, let's go and play chess.
Chess man,
I was about to tell you that I can't always play chess with you anymore.
Why?
I'll have to start working on the puzzle after I'm finished with all these headstones.
Solving puzzles? What are you talking about?
Chess is more important than everything else. Let's go!
Let me tell you, chess is more important than the world! There are tons of wonderful stories in chess!
Zhai Li.
What's wrong? Why are you ignoring me?
Why should I talk to you? All you care about is Rong Jinzhen.
Look at you. Why are you still angry? I've already sent him away.
Yeah, I am angry. I get angry the moment I see him.
But that might be a good thing. My mind gets cleared up when I'm angry.
And because my mind is clear, I seem to have figured something out.
What is it?
Look. These are the locations that we're search for the past few days.
Most of the locations are streets, markets, factories and residential areas.
I think we're looking in the wrong places.
Wrong places?
Look at these photos.
I've studied these photographs carefully. They only captured that guy's face.
There are no other clues.
Look at this one.
Tire marks.
Take note of the red clay on top.
Even though it wasn't obvious on the photos, but I as I recalled what happened,
Hurry, go!
I called to ask the police department this morning.
Tire marks with red clay were also found outside the walls of the power plant.
Based on my judgement, the places that they often go to will have this special type of red clay.
Special type of red clay.
Currently, there are three construction sites in Ning Zhou.
Here , here and here respectively.
Out of these three sites, the construction site on the west side of the city is next to a brick and tile factory.
They often transport red clay used for making pottery.
This place is nearest to the crime scene, and just inside our surveillance blind spot.
If we connect this blind spot with the crime scene, there will be a triangular area with the brick and tile factory in the center.
This is where we should focus our search on.
Attention all teams. Attention all teams. I am red warrior. Implement the new surveillance route immediately.
Quickly go to the west side of the city,
the brick and tile factory near An Rong town. Everyone assemble there.
I envy them being in the front line. Searching, tracking and arresting. It's exciting even just by thinking about it.
Unlike me, staying here and listening, listening, and listening.
Sure, make a report to Division Chief Yu. Apply for a transfer to my team.
I'm just afraid he could not bear not having your ears.
- Start the car. - Yes.
SN equals to half N, multiplied by A1 plus AN.
SN equals to half N.
What are you muttering about? I'm talking about you, little brat!
Nothing.
SN equals to half N, multiplied by A1 plus AN.
SN equals to half N.
- Sorry, sorry. - What's the matter with you? Are you crazy?
- Sorry, sorry.
It's your turn, Rong Jinzhen!
You little brat, do you want me to punch you?
I've lost again, I don't believe that I can't beat you.
Good news, good news! Everyone stop what you are doing first.
I want to announce a big piece of news.
Two bags of buns.
Roasted drumstick rice, and apple after the meal. Everyone, please enjoy.
Meng Xiaoyun, is this interesting? Is this fun?
Are you sick? You only know how to eat!
What's the matter? We need our body for revolution.
People are iron, rice is steel. We will be famished without a meal.
I used my allowance to buy this food. I beg you all to eat a mouthful.
Finally completed.
Fall in!
Your cap.
Today is a great day.
These unsung heroes finally have their own tombstones.
People will always remember you!
At ease! Stand at attention! Salute!
From today onwards, everyone of you will have
a small box of your own at this place.
In this box, you will put your
awards, medals, possessions, and your will.
Because of this box, you will become different from the rest.
Your youth will be full of glory!
Although the box is small, it is brimming with responsibility, sense of mission, and dreams.
Nobody knows your name, but your merit will be remembered forever.
♫ A tiny light far beyond the stars ♫
♫ The dust swirls in the light’s monologue ♫
♫ A slight cold spreads to the toes as I wait in hesitation ♫
♫ Leaving only silent secrets in the deep seas ♫
♫ Borrowing the dim light of dawn ♫
♫ Approaching the disorderly ending of no reason ♫
♫ Unveil the nightmares which burned memories ♫
♫ You are the hardest riddle to solve ♫
♫ You are the closest to me ♫
♫ The most distant mystery ♫
♫ Wings of elves ♫
♫ flap across the dark and the bright skies ♫
♫ Hover and fly high ♫
♫ Silently without a word ♫
♫ There is always a secret ♫
♫ the evidence that I came, I loved and I ached ♫
♫ You are the closest to me ♫
♫ The most distant mystery ♫
♫ There is a name ♫
♫ Connecting the past and the future ♫
♫ Thick fog and heavy rain ♫
♫ Purified world ♫
♫ Love is the answer ♫
♫ The answer to everything ♫