In the Name of People
Episode 28
Zheng Qian, you better tell me,
how you met principal Wang.
We met at the public bidding of Guangmingfeng projects!
We had tea there.
Public bidding of Guangmingfeng projects?
Yeah, he called me tea-drinker Zheng.
I called him tea-drinker Wang.
Tell me, how did you drink tea at the bidding?
What tea, we raised fake placards!
When Ding Yizhen was around, it happened often!
Our small companies often went.
We get 10k tea-drinking fee each time.
You said fake placards.
So the successful bidders were already decided in advance?
That's why I say you are smart, you get it quickly!
Section manager Lin, let's discuss about my 6k of money!
We better discuss how you drank tea at the bidding!
How did you fake it?
But "cleanse all harmful bugs" asked you to help me!
Why do you question me?!
I only care about my 6k, if I can get it back!
The case will be investigated...
But this 6k,
won't come back!
You're lucky that the government doesn't catch you,
for participating in the swindling!
Who swindled? I didn't!
I just found students, principal Wang swindled!
Don't accuse me like that!
Dad, you have a piercing vision!
Like an excellent anti-corruption bureau chief!
Uncle-in-law, you saved Ranran as well as 3,000!
This matter proves that chief Hou is better than director Zhong!
Yes dad, I always find you wiser than mom!
I agree! - OK enough, let's go home.
Dad, we don't get freedom often, let's forget home!
We also have money, let's fight war!
Fight war? - Yes!
OK boss Zheng.
That's all for today.
BTW, there's something else we must bother you.
Please write me about,
your tea-drinking activity at Guangmingfeng public bidding,
and send it to me, OK?
Nope!
I won't even get back my money, why should I help you?
Are you a citizen of China?
Yes.
Then it's your duty to aid us in our investigations!
Am I a citizen of China? - Yes.
Then I have the rights to protect my privacy!
My money is gone.
Will your procuratorate help me or not?
Boss Zheng, I told you many times.
This principal Wang is suspected of swindling national subsidy,
it's a crime!
The 48k of money he swindled will be confiscated!
You won't get it back!
Section manager Lin, I told you too.
What's my name, "making money".
I only care about my money!
How can you be like this?
This is how I am!
Goodbye!
What kind of man is this...
Businessman, watch the stairs!
Huahua!
Huahua, get in the car!
Huahua, Huahua!
I lent a car today just to go shopping with you!
You think I'll come? Save your gas!
I'm not afraid of spending gas!
This is public space, let's talk in the car!
I don't care! - Talk in the car! - You...
I may have been a bit stingy in the past.
But I've changed a lot thanks to your schooling!
Yeah a lot.
Have you brought me a box of chocolate after a trip abroad?
I pick you up today to go shopping, so you can choose!
Forget it, I don't wanna give you heart attack!
Just drive me home! - Don't!
We go to Mingpin-mall today, darling, I insist!
Huahua, this pursuit abroad,
we had much to do and little time!
We had to fight day-and-night!
Although I went abroad, I didn't even taste foreign coffee!
Zhou Zheng!
You think I'm 3 years old?
Which international airport doesn't have duty-free shops?!
You didn't wanna buy, did you?
It's not that...
Did you lose your note, or you didn't take note?
Or you thought it was expensive!
Fine, we don't have to buy anymore.
From now on,
you keep fighting, I keep spending!
Different people go separate ways, goodbye!
Don't say goodbye so lightly!
Besides, how are we different?
We are both people's procurators,
we pledged loyalty to the law and the people!
Right?
Then let me ask you,
am I of the people?
Yes.
Are you my boyfriend?
Of course!
Then you must pledge loyalty to love, and me!
Yes, loyalty to love and to you!
Freeze, chief Hou!
Kiddo, do you dare to shoot me here?
As the anti-corruption bureau chief,
can't you see it's a silenced gun?
Uncle-in-law, our battle fee is 600!
If my mom finds out, there will be earthquake again!
The sky will fall, the earth will crumble!
What do we do with the remaining 2,400?
If you give director Zhong, she'll find tutors again!
That's right, how about this dad?
We split the money!
You take 1,000,
we take 700 each!
You can also give my cousin sister 800, I take 600!
No! Splitting public money is against the rules!
Check your gears, hurry, pick a helmet!
Attention, enemy at 11 o'clock!
Number 2 copy!
Number 3 copy!
Kids, let's go home, no more games.
Dad, just a bit longer!
If you don't listen, there won't be next time!
Hurry!
Zhou Zheng.
Are you well-rested?
Slept well the last week since you got back?
Don't you need to get up and work?
Today's Saturday!
So what?
You can't work on Saturdays?
You know our profession is called:
"once you go anti-corruption, you get overtime compensation"!
See you at the detention center!
We'll question Ouyang Jing, I got the papers on Friday.
Director Lu, can't you forget about me today?
I'm with Huahua at the mall, picking dress for her!
Pick what?
With my call, aren't you saving money again?
Don't thank me!
Director Lu, stop kidding! I can't save money anymore!
This time, I'm loyal to love!
Stop acting!
Get Huahua to work overtime with you!
But this we can't, hello?
Huahua... Look at this mess!
Zhou Zheng, you are quite capable!
Setting this up with old Lu again, right?
She's helping you save money again!
Never! I promise you, never!
Huahua! - Hands off!
Think about it,
an old girl like her got nothing to do on weekends!
She can only drag us along to work overtime!
Correct?
I'll find her things to do!
What's that, find her dates again?
As her buddy, you really care for her!
Yeah right, don't you know?
Even chief Hou is old Lu's buddy now!
Chief Hou said that I should help out Zhao Donglai,
and match them up!
What about that Prof. Lin?
Don't mention him, old Lu almost made me send him to jail!
My gosh!
Commissioner Zhao, I'm Huahua!
Are you free today?
A local police department,
dares to arrest a chief-judge who studies language at the hotel.
You really believe that?!
Of course not!
Without secretary Dakang's support,
how could the Jingzhou local cops be so brave?
They even disobeyed me!
As I found out,
when Chen Qingquan was caught with prostitutes,
secretary Dakang was hosting a municipal committee meeting.
In the meeting, they fired 6 officials!
With Chen Qingquan as the special case!
He got the "double-fire" during the meeting!
What do you wanna say?
Ruthless!
Then let me tell you another fact.
At the same time,
Hou Liangping reported Chen Qingquan's violations to me!
I know.
You think Hou Liangping is in league with Li Dakang?
Of course not!
But mentor...
It was Hou Liangping who caused trouble, after all!
Think about it, if he didn't arrest his wife at the airport,
why would they use offense as defense?
Nonsense!
Flies don't bite eggs without cracks! (Chinese idiom)
Chen Qingquan is a bad, rotten, bastard egg with cracks!
If I were Li Dakang...
I'd be even harsher than him!
I actually wanted to ask you.
You fraternize with them all day.
Don't you notice any problem?
What's going on?
I don't fraternize with them!
They are municipal officials, after all!
(Zhao Ruilong, son of former provincial party chief)
Boss Zhao. (Zhao Ruilong, son of former provincial party chief)
Last night, (Zhao Ruilong, son of former provincial party chief)
I actually felt sorrow.
I felt the wind is changing.
Nothing seems real anymore.
Don't think too much, what if it was an coincidence?
I disagree!
If Chen Qingquan is playing at my place,
who would dare to come for anti-prostitution?
But Guangming district PD really came!
They came for Qi Tongwei!
Somebody wants to kill his pride!
Chief Qi believes it was retaliation!
Retaliation for what?
Li Dakang's wife got caught, how could he not retaliate?
This is what my old man feared!
He specifically told me before I left Beijing.
He hopes both sides can live in peace.
To uphold unity, we can't have any in-fighting,
and mess up ourselves!
You think those 2 seniors will listen to you?
Not me, but my old man.
Now tell me.
You spent a long time talking,
what do you wanna say?
You really think Chen Qingquan is innocent?
If that's the case...
Then you lack party discipline and principle!
As provincial police chief, you really need to step down!
Mentor you must know, they really want me to step down!
Stop talking about "they", I'm asking you!
You work so hard to defend Shanshui Group.
Tell me,
what "special interests" do you have with Shanshui Group?
I have no business activities with Shanshui Group!
But the 1st-born princeling of Zhao Lichun,
has been doing business with Gao Xiaoqin!
He has company stocks at Shanshui!
He's deeply trapped!
I know that you, mentor,
you care about party discipline and personal integrity!
You won't waste your breath on men like Zhao Ruilong.
Therefore I shielded things for you whenever I could!
You shielded them or took care of them?
I shielded whenever I could.
Except for some special matters.
For example, this princeling Zhao flew overnight from Beijing,
insisted on meeting Li Dakang.
For Chen Qingquan? - He said so.
Arresting Chen Qingquan is fine.
But nobody can get arrested from Shanshui Manor!
Therefore he must demand release from secretary Dakang!
Mentor, what do you think I should do?
Can I not go find secretary Dakang?
Then what?
You totally embarrassed yourself!
Nice shot!
How much does Gao Yuliang know about our stuff?
Not much, we don't dare to tell him!
The less he knows the better.
Gao Yuliang is an old fox!
A cunning official!
If he knows too much, he may ruin for us.
He didn't visit much this year.
He also urged chief Qi to not come.
Qi Tongwei listened? - He had to!
Secretary Gao is his mentor, after all!
Remind Qi Tongwei to guard against his mentor!
Don't let this mentor ruin him!
Seriously?!
Secretary Gao only likes to play tricks.
I think Li Dakang is the one who's overdone it!
Mentor.
I admit that I embarrassed myself.
But you must know why I did it.
I wanted both sides to cease fire.
I suggest you to talk to secretary Dakang.
He doesn't have to be so aggressive!
Also that Ji Changming needs to be persuaded too.
So he can give secretary Dakang's ex-wife a good ending.
Tongwei...
You think I can order around Ji Changming,
and the procuratorate?
Especially as a time like this,
you think a political & legal secretary like me,
can cover the sky with one hand? (Chinese idiom for being autocratic)
What are you thinking, you are too naive!
But mentor...
You can at least tame Liangping!
You think Liangping is like you?!
Right, the two of us live in parallel universes!
I have so much shit to compromise and deal with everyday.
But Liangping, he's marauding around everyday.
Even with his style, he has everything!
Sometimes, mentor,
you can get mad by comparing people to people!
Liangping is indeed different from you!
He doesn't have so much shit to deal with!
I can't help.
Very often, I know certain things are not reasonable or legal.
But the high-ups specifically ask you to deal with them.
I can't disobey, and if I did,
they'd quickly switch to someone who obeys to replace you!
When it's time for blame, I still must take it!
Mentor.
When it's appropriate, try to restrict Liangping.
He can't always pretend he doesn't know the hidden norms!
I can wake up a sleeping person.
But not a person who pretends to be asleep!
Understand?
What trouble is Li Dakang giving you, the settlement fee again?
It's not that.
The municipality ordered us,
to transfer back some workers' stocks.
Or our contract becomes invalid!
Outrageous, it becomes invalid because he says so?
We can't help!
The old party chief is no longer around!
He's in charge now!
Without Chen Qingquan,
do we really lose the authority to interpret the law?
You think not?
We just had the 1/16-incident, everybody is watching!
So the people revolt, we compromise and forget the law?
Now you want the law?
I tell you, the biggest weakness of our case is,
the workers' stock authorization file is fake!
Judge Chen,
for our case with Dafeng factory, we need your support!
This matter is troublesome!
Really troublesome!
Think about it, the stockholding worker's union,
never authorized to put up stocks as collateral!
It's because Cai forged documents, it has nothing to do with us.
Really? - Of course!
How can you say that?!
If you rob the workers of their rights,
how can they not fight you to death?
My gosh,
where did this "blue-sky great official" come from?! (Chinese idiom for just officials)
Chief-judge Chen,
on this matter, boss Gao is not having it easy!
Chief Qi, how about this.
You tell me how I should judge, and I'll do it, OK?
That's right, that's our good people's judge!
Moreover, Qingquan,
no matter how you solve this, you must have legal support!
Don't worry about that, I'll find legal support.
If you want boss Gao to win, then I'll find ways to do that!
I'm authorized to interpret the laws!
Great!
This... Chief Qi!
My sister's deputy division director...
Deputy division director? - Yeah.
Division director!
Division director?
Chief Qi, you prepared me a surprise!
Good! Here!
Congrats!
Here, boss Gao!
But, didn't you say the authorization file was forged by Cai?
How does it concern us?
He forged, but we all knew!
We had Chen Qingquan's support as deputy chief-judge.
It's different now.
If Li Dakang insists on investigating,
there's nothing good for us!
True that.
Chen Qingquan is arrested.
Boss Zhao, therefore the key person now,
is Li Dakang!
How strange,
didn't Li Dakang work for your old man back then?
Doesn't he know Shanshui Group has your stocks?
I never told him.
He never asked.
How cunning!
Commissioner Zhao, have some water!
Thank you!
Please sit!
BTW, are you going to the book-reading club together?
Yes!
That's wonderful!
Our Yike enjoys reading books.
You two are really meant for each other!
Mom, I must work overtime to question suspects.
What overtime?!
I tell you,
I already called your chief Hou and gave him serious critique!
Yes, me too!
So inhumane!
You two are trying to stop my self-improvement!
Even criticized my superior!
Let's balance work and leisure!
That's right, just go!
Auntie, we'll come back for lunch!
Your tangyuan are so delicious!
Really? What else do you wanna eat? I'll buy for you!
Commissioner Zhao Donglai...
You really don't see yourself as an outsider.
What outsider, we are family!
Excuse her, commissioner Zhao!
I really like your frankness!
Yike, it's not that I'm thick-skinned.
Both your male and female buddies entrusted you to me.
So I got setup by people around me.
Having this mom to embarrass me is bad enough.
Why are chief Hou and Lin Huahua hopping in the mess too?!
You should feel content!
If somebody cares so much for me,
I'd be so touched with tears flowing like river!
My tears are already a river!
I don't marry, so what?
Like I owe my mom hundreds of lives, so annoying!
Old people are all like this.
Unless you start a family, they get worried.
Try to understand!
Yike, our book-reading sessions are regular.
I really hope you can join!
There's no conspiracy involved?
How can book-reading involve conspiracy?!
I read about some data.
It says the Chinese read far fewer books than world average.
Besides most reading are picture-based and snippets.
There's a lack of depth.
Having a book-reading club in such times,
is quite rare!
Besides we only read for fun!
Without financial profit!
A bunch of fools!
Fools are cool!
I think calling somebody smart is an insult these days!
If even book-reading must have profits,
then what's the point of living?
CCTV had a program called "Reading Hour", but no more.
It's the endless pursuit of profit that caused this!
Without rating and money, nobody wants to do it.
Which TV channel would do such a book-reading program?
Therefore people say, rating is the source of all evil!
Correct!
Maybe it's even more complex than I thought!
Don't you see it,
they are reshuffling the deck of power!
Who are "they"?
The Sha-clan!
It's said that chief Ruijin highly praised Hou Liangping's act!
He even conveyed his gratitude!
What does it mean?
Chief Ruijin wants to use Hou Liangping as his sword,
to break the status quo of Handong politics!
He wants you to fight secretary Dakang, so he can take over!
Your heart is full of darkness!
I actually think Sha Ruijin wants to protect Li Dakang!
Impossible!
You must know,
you and secretary Dakang were the left and right arms,
of former provincial party chief Zhao Lichun!
If he doesn't cut off both arms,
how can he establish his political authority in Handong?
Fine, I'll show him my hand.
Let's see if he can evade anymore.
It's also to avoid friendly-fire on you.
If it's friendly-fire then fine, I'm afraid that some people,
knows everything but plays dumb!
What do you mean?
Chief Qi is worried that Li Dakang will act along his mistakes,
and reach new political consensus with others!
Others?
The new provincial party chief Sha Ruijin?
Have you not heard about "Sha-Li duo"?
A recent rumor!
Do you think Li Dakang will not appease the new chief?
Even Li Dakang's wife is caught.
What "Sha-Li duo"? Dream on!
But as I know,
Sha Ruijin really wants to defend Li Dakang!
He even told Li Dakang to divorce!
How do you explain that?
It's "divide and conquer"!
He convinces Li Dakang first.
You know, there's a huge carrot called "Sha-Li duo",
placed before secretary Dakang.
Moreover, Zhao Lichun recommended you,
as the best candidate of provincial party chief!
Your interpretation is too narrow!
It lacks the spirit of a politician!
Does secretary Dakang has a politician's spirit?
Before 1/16-incident, he never bothered with Chen Yanshi.
But now, master Chen's promise became his promise!
He had the government pay the settlement fee of Dafeng.
He also took down Chen Qingquan,
to force Shanshui Group to transfer workers' stocks!
His series of acts are very meaningful!
Why does he do it?
To show chief Ruijin!
For the people too!
1/16-incident had such bad influence,
if not dealt properly, he can't explain to anyone!
He's a politician.
He'll slaughter many chickens to show the monkeys! (Chinese idiom for making example of someone)
But he slaughters the chickens of Han-Uni faction!
Good thing you know!
Don't become the monkey he's reminding!
Alright, have lunch with me today!
Prof. Wu is not at home, come!
That's all for today.
Fine, let's eat.
The VIP lounge is ready.
It's not necessary, simpler is fine.
I'm meeting Li Dakang, can't smell alcohol!
I'll shower and get changed.
Boss Zhao,
you must wake up this person who pretends asleep!
Don't let him off the old chief's ship so easily!
Getting off is not that easy!
The key issue here is that new chief of anti-corruption bureau!
Where is he from, so bloody cool!
Chief Qi told me,
he's also secretary Gao's student.
But he's an anomaly, besides...
Sha Ruijin assigned him here.
So he's a sword in Sha Ruijin's hands?
Send him away quickly!
Jingzhou cannot have such bloody cool people!
How was the math class today?
Good!
How can tutors chosen by director Zhong ever be wrong?
What do you think?
Uncle-in-law said he's good!
Why do you look at him?
Let's eat, and talk later!
Ranran.
Did the tutor leave you homework?
What homework could an electrician leave?!
What electrician?
Seems like we got a corruption case in our family!
3,000 of tuition fee is gone!
I don't know if you took the class,
but where is the electrician from?
Don't you think you can fool me!
Think about my job!
You think I can't solve this little case?
Right.
This Zhuge Liang of our family knows. (master strategist from Romance of 3 Kingdoms)
She knows even if you don't say, so what will you do?
But I think if you can't even keep this little secret,
he can't achieve anything!
Let alone becoming a heroic investigator!
What do you mean?
Helping you with the case by providing leads!
Where to?
I think you wanna lead him to resist investigation!
I'm in love, but I said nothing.
I merely look at you, as you smile on the other side.
I'm in love,
as long as my heart feels,
I don't have to know your thoughts.
I treasure my secret,
as well as this gentle melancholy.
The melancholy that never became misery.
I promise, I'm in love but I give you up,
without any hope,
but not without happiness.
As long as I think of you, it's enough happiness.
Even if I'll no longer see you,
who smile on the other side.
Let's thank Zhao Donglai, who brought a beautiful poem!
Now let's invite...
How was it? Tell me something nice!
What was that, full of goosebumps?
Your book-reading class is wet!
Got anything dry?
Normally, we have much pressure from work!
We meet up to ventilate ourselves!
So, wanna join?
Yes!
In any case, we are friends, right?
Good!
Then I'll have my home-court advantage!
Commissioner Zhao,
are you always acting modest before me?
With your situation,
you are at least a "diamond old Wang"! (Chinese slang for rich, handsome single guys)
Why do you keep bowing to an old girl?
It's not "bowing",
it's "appreciation", or "pursuit"!
Especially for those with thorns like you.
Don't you find my bravery commendable?
You took a detour to commend yourself!
Fine, I'll commend you for being thick-skinned!
What do you mean thick-skinned, it's "self-confidence"!
For the one you like, you must bravely pursue!
What do you like about me?
I like this spirit of yours!
You emanate a heroic spirit!
I tell you,
when a woman has this heroic spirit,
it shows up as an...
unusual personal frame!
This frame is a worldly grandeur, and loyalty!
Very special!
But of course, women with such grand frame,
must be courted by men with even grander frames!
Back again!
Fine.
Another detour, back to commend yourself again!
I picked it up on the way!
I like to pick up extra stuff on the way!
I heard you sent your date to jail!
Does it mean I'm special to you?
Stop kidding!
Don't get cocky, let me clarify.
I didn't send my date to jail!
But be careful, I may send you to jail!
Now you don't get romance!
You didn't get my hint!
I did!
You hinted that you are clean and corruption-free!
Yeah!
You gotta say "Zhao Donglai",
"you are so righteous,"
"with nothing but wind in your sleeves!" (Chinese idiom for honest officials)
Commissioner Zhao Donglai,
I'm not sure if your sleeves only have wind.
But I see your sleeves are greasy, you must wash them!
I didn't know you have some cold humor!
I like it!
I appreciate so much!
BTW...
This is chief Hou's book, I finished it.
Return it to him for me.
Director Zhong, since you know everything like Zhuge Liang,
how can you get swindled?
This is not a corruption case.
You got tricked!
Right!
Hiring an electrician to teach me math,
how embarrassing if words get out!
Impossible! You must've got it wrong!
How can it be wrong, uncle-in-law even had a fist-fight with him!
What fist-fight, it was sparring, good exercise!
I must emphasize this today.
No matter what you do, you need good physique!
Look at the postmen,
how much do they travel through rain and wind?
Ranran, if you keep gaming, you become near-sighted!
If you become a postman,
and mix up director Zhong and chief Hou's letters, how bad is it!
Can you stop going off topic, be serious!
To be honest, we didn't take the class in the morning.
I turned it into military exercise!
We had some physical exercise!
And where did you get the military exercise fee from?
Wool comes from sheep!
We spent 600 out of the 3,000!
Are you mad?!
You spent 600 to play an entire morning?!
We don't do this often!
Besides we wanted physical exercise!
Alright.
Fine.
So you like physical exercise?
After lunch, we have a big cleaning day!
You clean the kitchen.
You wipe and clean the floor.
My gosh, she's mad!
Don't run! - It's earthquake!
It's cleaning day, nobody escapes!
And you, clean the toilet!
Why do I clean the toilet?
Where else do you wanna clean?
OK, don't discuss this during meal!
I'll clean afterwards!
Is chief Hou a member of your book-reading club too?
Not really.
But this dude has depth!
So borrowing a book gives you depth?
There's one story,
it's chief Qi's favorite!
You two are funny,
why do you take special interests in chief Qi?
To study how he advanced!
Isn't it useful?
This story right here,
"Sky Game"!
This story is marked by chief Hou!
You see, "beat the sky by half a stone"!
How mighty!
The story's protagonist,
used himself as a stone to play with the gods.
By paying the price with his life,
he defeated the gods by half a stone!
He doesn't accept fate!
The price is too high!
If you don't dare to bet, you won't win!
Actually, this chief Qi,
he has the backbone of a tough guy!