An adaptation of Mai Jia's novel Decoded
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Decoded
Episode 031
Still working?
You scared me!
How did you come in? Did anyone see you?
I know. The decoding department can't be entered as anyone pleases.
How could I let anyone see me?
Besides, it's so late.
There's no one in the building except for you.
Guess what I brought you?
How did you know I just finished the last box?
I counted it.
Rest assured.
Today, I have an important thing to discuss with you.
What is it?
It's obvious that we can both get the award.
If we do really get the award, I want to report for the approval for the marriage.
Possibly, the organisation will approve.
I want to ask for your opinion.
I haven't told my parents yet.
I need to know their opinion first.
That's so far, are you going to back to Shanghai?
No need, my father got the invitation from Ning Zhou University for a seminar.
I'm planning to take a break to visit them this weekend.
Really? Can I come with you?
Is it suitable?
The ugly son-in-law has to face the father and mother-in-law sooner or later.
On the other hand, they rarely come to Ning Zhou. Shouldn't I go and visit?
That's the final decision.
Bao Er said, Dong Niya
when the war ends,
I'm sure I can become an Electronic Technician.
If you don't reject me,
if you truly love me,
it won't be a childish play.
Then I'd like to be your perfect husband.
I'll never bully you,
If I hurt you, I will die.
They were afraid to cuddle to sleep together.
Afraid their mom would see and not like it.
So they were separated.
Before they went to bed, they promised to each other to
never forget each other.
Sunrise has slowly creeped out.
Award list.
In the mission of decoding the Purple Code,
the following groups and individuals had outstanding performance.
Now, I will announce the award.
Let's invite the recipients to come to the stage.
Do you deserve to get on the stage to receive the award?
What do you mean?
You know what you did.
I will give you one last chance.
I have explained to you that my gun got stuck.
Do you really want to see me die then you will be happy?
Shut up, let's go.
I will announce the award list.
Group first class award, 701 special troop,
Q team.
Individual third class award, Yanshi, Pan Cen, Zhai Li and Han Bing
Individual second class award, Zhao Qirong and Meng Xiaoyun.
Individual Exceptional class award,
Rong Jinzhen
I propose,
all stand up
Show respect to Rong Jinzhen
Attention.
Let's make dumplings to celebrate.
Slow down.
There's a situation.
I hear a group of girls
that are heading in our direction.
Nonsense.
Can I have your autograph please?
Thanks.
Yanshi, tell me what type do girls like these days?
I'm the second class award, Pen Sen is the third class award.
Meng Xiaoyun.
So you are comrade Meng Xiaoyun?
I am Meng Xiaoyun.
Nice to meet you! I'm the chef from the second kitchen, Pan Conghua.
I'm so excited to see you, so excited!
H-how are you, comrade Conghua?
What are you thinking by yourself?
I feel you are not happy these days.
What happened between you and Zhao Qirong?
Nothing to do with you.
You think me, Meng Xiaoyun's ears are useless?
I heard what you said.
Since you've heard, let me ask you a question.
Meng Xiaoyun,
what's a brother?
What do you mean? I always feel that
a brother is in the battlefield.
If others all have died and
they are the only survivors,
they will continue to fight back to back,
until the last bullet.
Also, no need worrying about getting a bullet in their back,
because the person behind them would
rather die together with him
than get away and leave him alone.
A brother is the armor on your back.
The pair of eyes at the back of your head.
If he sees someone shooting you in your back,
he will stand up without hesitation,
blocking that bullet for you.
Even with his own body.
This is a brother.
The fight-mates like us,
who is not a brother like you said?
If we really go into a battlefield,
will you trust me?
Will you leave your life in my hands?
If you see someone is shooting me,
and your gun got stuck by a bullet,
and you can't fight, what will you do?
Leave me and get away?
Or stand up to block the bullet for me?
Die for me?
I understand, while on the river band saving Rong Jinzhen,
Zhao Qingrong got away from his brother,
only caring about saving himself.
Isn't it?
Yes.
He is a traitor. He exposed his brother.
But I didn't report him.
I wanted to give him an opportunity.
I wanted him to report himself.
He didn't do it. I asked myself time after time.
Han Bing, if at that moment, if your gun got stuck with a bullet
and you saw a bullet flying toward Rong Jinzhen,
what would you do?
Get away to save yourself
or rush over with no hesitation,
blocking the bullet for Rong Jinzhen,
dying together with him?
This question,
I asked myself 10 times.
No answer.
Why?
Because this gun,
never was pointed at me.
If it was you,
what would you do?
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Hold it.
No reflection.
Harder. Harder.
I have a brave idea.
Tell me if scaring people is counted as stimulation?
Of course it is counted.
Rong is scared of Da Bao the most.
I want to bring Da Bao here to try it out.
Good. -How dare you?
Manager Wang, I beg you.
How can you think about this kind of idea?
Wanting to use a dog to bite him?
Not bite him, but scare him.
Scaring him is also not OK.
This idea is truly a bit rough.
Seems like I need to change the method.
You have other methods?
From Chinese medicine's perspective, open up the channels and vessels in the body.
The most useful way is
acupuncture.
Yes, right.
Acupuncture?
Come on, our Q team members hardly get together.
Cheers for our awards.
Cheers.
Cheers for Rong Jinzhen.
Be awake as early as possible. Come on.
Come on.
Let's relax today.
Let everyone
say their feelings about winning the award.
Let's start with
Han Bing, Team Lead Han.
Come on, let's applause.
I have nothing to say.
Well...
Lead Han,
then the next one.
Zhang Qirong who won the second class award,
tell us about your feelings of the win.
Come on, let's applause.
I, Zhao Qirong,
come from a poor family.
I came to 701 and won the second class award.
I want to thank you for guidance from the group and leads.
Also, I couldn't have done it without my comrades
and brothers and sisters caring.
I want to thank someone especially.
Han Bing, Team Lead Han.
He is honest,
and has a big heart, I admire him.
We used to have a misunderstanding.
I want to use the opportunity from today
to cheer with him.
I want to clear the misunderstanding.
Actually this second class award should be yours.
I only deserve a third class award.
It's my big mouth.
I shouldn't have said you killed Chen Jiang for revenge.
Today, I, Zhao Qirong, will make a formal apology.
Sorry.
You're not worth it.
What do you mean?
Ever since he came back from the mission, he has this dirty look.
Who are you showing this to?
You're just the team leader.
Besides, Zhao Qirong is already apologizing.
- What do you want him to do? - Sit down.
I can't blame him.
Of course not.
Zhao Qirong, I must ask you, when you were fighting with the enemy agent at the river,
did you abandon Rong Jinzhen,
and escape on your own?
Was that true?
I'm asking you. Was that true?
At the time... at the time, my gun was stuck.
My gun was really stuck at the time.
If you don't believe me, you can ask Big Head when he wakes up.
He can testify for me.
Back then if I had gone back, we would have both died.
There would be one more person lying there right now.
True.
I may not have saved my brother,
but I would rather die with my brother.
Zhao Qirong,
from now on,
you're not my brother anymore.
Zhao Qirong,
were you telling the truth?
I'll say it one more time,
My gun was stuck at the time.
That bastard,
he kept shooting in my direction.
I had no choice but to hide.
Rong Jinzhen is really blind,
he thought of you as his brother.
You're just a coward.
You're just a deserter.
My gun was stuck.
Big Head, come back!
We are great shooters and with every bullet we kill an enemy.
We are heroes.
Comrade, you're drunk. According to the rules, you have to leave the office building.
Do you know who I am?
I will formally introduce myself to you,
I, member of Unit Q,
my name is Zhao Qirong.
Most importantly,
I am a hero.
No one is allowed to do this. These are the rules.
You don't believe me? I'll show it to you.
The Team Lead gave it to me personally.
I'll read it to you.
Comrade Zhao Qirong,
Second class award,
Thus, this award is given to your achievement.
I'm a hero.
Now, the hero will make a call to his mother and tell her
my glory. Now move.
Let me make a phone call!
- Zhao Qirong. - Here!
- Director Li. - What are you doing here?
Sir! I want to make a phone call to my mother.
Just telling her a few things.
Then, you promise not to speak nonsense?
I promise. You can watch me call her, too.
Zhang Ming Li.
A phone call!
Coming.
- Hello? - Hi, mom.
Qirong? - Yes it's me.
- Why are you calling? - Nothing special.
I just, really missed you.
Is he still hitting you?
Ever since you sent the letter last time,
he saw you wearing an uniform, and he stopped hitting me.
He treats me well every day, and he wouldn't dare to always drink.
Now, my debt is almost cleared.
Qirong, don't send that much money to me next time.
Save some for yourself.
I can't always protect you. You have to learn to watch out for yourself.
Okay. I know.
Oh right, mom. I'll tell you something,
Uh, I made some contributions to the group.
Second class award. They gave me a certificate, and also a medal.
Mom, what's wrong?
Nothing, mom is just happy.
I feel honored that my son made some contributions.
Qirong, mom has been working so hard,
I just wanted to see you to be upright, and work for the country.
I didn't send you to the university for nothing.
My son's grown up, all grown up now.
I'll hang up now. I have to go back to washing dishes.
Look out for yourself.
Don't disappoint your group.
I know.
Don't worry. I'll be good.
I don't qualify to scold Zhao Qirong.
He didn't protect Rong Jinzhen. Neither did I.
I'm actually the same as him.
If Rong Jinzhen really can't wake up,
what should I do?
If it's really like that.
How can I face you in the future?
An Neng,
Rong Jinzhen listens to you the most.
I beg you, give me your strength.
Help me think of something
to wake him up.
Certificate of Merit
Director, this is a emergency report from Unit Q.
Okay.
Reflect on your actions in silence
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I just received an emergency report signed by all members of Unit Q.
They're all pleading for you.
They said your gun was stuck by a bullet at that time.
So that means, objectively,
you could not fight anymore, therefore you escaped.
Is that true?
Yes.
Do you have any witnesses?
Yes.
Who?
Rong Jinzhen.
Okay,
But, if Rong Jinzhen can't wake up,
you won't have anyone to testify for you.
Do you have anything else to say?
Big Head, come back!
Dean Gao,
I admit, I abandoned Rong Jinzhen,
I was afraid of death, I wanted to live.
That's why I left Rong Jinzhen alone.
I owe Rong Jinzhen.
I owe the group.
I'm a coward.
I'm a deserter.
You finally said what you wanted to say.
I don't want my whole life
to be full of nightmares.
Chief Zheng, Zhao Qirong may be telling the truth.
His gun might have been really be stuck at the time.
Don't say anymore. I won't listen to your plea.
No one can plead for him.
Even if what he said was true, it was only his side of the story.
A single evidence won't be enough.
What if, there's a second witness?
Would that get him a more lenient punishment?
Director, this is the recent electroencephalogram of Rong Jinzhen.
This is our results.
You are the experts, I trust you.
Doctor, if you have anything to say, just say it.
Usually the golden recovery time is within 10 days after the surgery. The electroencephalogram of the time was very obvious.
That is why we didn't give up on him.
Now if we look at it, we think that the chance of Comrade Rong Jinzhen waking up is very small.
How small is very small?
Doctor, tell me.
Is it 10 percent, or 1 percent?
You can say it like that. Medically speaking, there is not much hope.
So do you mean there is no hope?
Zhai Li, don't rush it. On one hand,
We have to respect science. On the other hand,
we will never give up hope.
Assisted with a fragrance,
he will recognize it. The total will be
5 inches above his hairline.
I want to connect between here and here.
Yes, it's here.
Calm down.
I'm calm.
Madman, are you sure this will work?
No. But we have to try something.
Then we try it.
Stop!
What are you doing?
Doing acupuncture for him.
Get out. Get out!
You guys are really crazy. If you want to try it, why don't you try it on your own body?
Little Zhai, don't worry. We already tried it on our own.
Look at Madman,
he did it on himself and he's not crazy anymore. And my headache,
now it's not aching anymore.
I beg you, don't give us any more trouble.
♫ A tiny light far beyond the stars ♫
♫ The dust swirls in the light’s monologue ♫
♫ A slight cold spreads to my 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 ♫