In the Name of People
Episode 35
Director Lu!
Since we knew you'd come, we prepared everything!
Is there anything else we can help with?
Are you mocking me,
or the procuratorate?
Director Lu, listen to yourself!
I don't dare to mock you or the procuratorate!
Our Shanshui Group always despised corruption!
At any time, under any circumstance,
we'll always cooperate!
Good thing you despise corruption!
I thought you like it!
Director Lu, you are humorous!
Everybody, complete the transfer under camera.
So that boss Gao,
won't say we bullied her!
Now you are being mean, director Lu!
I prepared that camera myself,
together with yours, we have 3 cameras!
I believe nobody dares to pull any trick today!
Boss Liu, why do you have to do this?
You humiliate yourself and make it hard for us!
We are here today just for a routine questioning.
Don't trick me! I know why you are here!
See this camera? It's used to monitor us!
Now it's filming everything you do!
When you calmed down someday and take a look,
you'll regret this!
I already regret this!
If I knew, I would've taken the advice and gone abroad!
Gone abroad?
And escape like Ding Yizhen?
I tell you, Ding is now in US,
washing dishes in restaurants,
and threatened by local gangs!
You are fooling kids, why don't you say he already died?
He's opening gold mine in Africa, doing very well!
Who told you?
If you tell me who told you, it counts as cooperation!
Hou Liangping, you want me so badly!
If you want a medal for catching me, you can dream on!
I know you won't be persuaded, I'll die if I fall into your hands!
It's exactly opposite, I'll save you!
Come on, get down first! - Tell them to back off!
OK!
You guys...
Leave us, I'll have a word alone with boss Liu.
Come down. - Stop!
Sit right there!
If you got things to say, say it right there!
He got one foot outside!
Good!
It's best if he jumps!
Tell Tiger, don't shoot yet.
Let him finish himself.
One matter less is better than one matter more!
Open them all!
Director Lu, since the transfer will take a while,
how about we take a walk outside?
Alright, let's go! - This way!
Chen Qingquan, you are released after jail time.
Please sign here.
OK!
Chen Qingquan, you are detained for suspected duty crime.
Please sign here!
I... you guys transferred very well!
Director Lu, how do you like my place?
They say at your place, anything you can imagine, can happen!
Wasn't there a chief-judge,
who whored with foreign prostitutes here and fell?
I actually don't know much.
My manager told me after I got back.
Actually that chief-judge was wronged!
He really came to study foreign language!
For real, boss Gao.
I'm not much older than you.
How can you be so shrewd?
I'm quite surprised about this!
Why so surprised.
Director Lu,
your mom is judge, your dad military officer.
You live in a nobility family who can plan everything for you!
Me?
Are you kidding me?
If I'm from the nobility,
then shouldn't Shanshui Manor give me some stocks?
Chief Zhao Lichun's princeling is a major stockholder of yours!
With stocks comes risks,
I don't know if director Lu,
is willing to take the risks?
Now you checkmate me! - No I'm not!
I'm being honest!
If you really wanna know me, then let me tell you.
I'm different from you, I'm just a commoner.
My status today, is all thanks to my step-by-step struggle!
To be frank...
I'm quite proud of myself!
Yeah sure.
Within 10 years,
you have built...
a hundred-billion empire!
A miracle indeed!
Therefore I must thank this wonderful age of miracles!
Do you know what I often tell my people?
As long as you have dreams and capability,
you can make miracles!
Look at me,
other than capability, I got nothing!
But until today, I still created the Shanshui Group miracle!
This miracle...
Is it forged by power or capability?
Capability of course!
Director Lu, I think aside from a person's capability,
all else is zero!
That remains to be seen!
But boss Gao...
Anti-prostitution found a corrupt chief-judge at your place.
Don't you feel a little bit worried about this?
At least a little bit!
I'm a hotel manager, I can only manage hotels.
I can't manage other people's moral!
Such security neglect could happen at any hotel!
I don't know what I should fear or worry about!
There are things we can't control!
We can only live in the present!
Look at this blue sky, white clouds and fresh air,
we should enjoy ourselves!
If there's anything to worry...
There is indeed something!
Which is: life is short!
Director Lu, do you agree?
What a big heart you got!
If I were you, I'd ask myself:
on my way to success, did I rob by force or trickery?
Are there blood and tears of the people?
Blood and tears?
Director Lu, this is an age where you must fight to win!
If you don't make others bleed and weep, they'll make you!
Have you never thought about...
farmers who lost their lands, and workers who lost their jobs?
I don't know what they have to do with me.
Director Lu,
every inch of our land have been acquired legally!
For the landless farmers,
our company gave them appropriate compensations.
For the workers, not only did I not cause their unemployment,
I even offered them hundreds of jobs!
And those Dafeng workers who are about to become jobless?
What's your opinion?
Director Lu, that question is even more strange!
Don't you need ask this to the CEO of Dafeng,
that crooked businessman Cai?
Ask him why he'd ruin such a good factory!
Boss Liu, you were a scout in the military,
saved kids from fire, and received 3rd-rank medals.
But if you resist arrest and die, you'll lose face big time!
How do you face your elders after death?
Chief Hou, you really looked me up!
If I didn't for your case, then I would've failed my job!
You know why I'm here personally?
To make sure you don't lose temper and cause accidents!
If you don't come, then nothing would happen to me!
I know you Hou Liangping are merciless,
but don't forget, I'm not worthless either!
Catching me is not easy!
But boss Liu, as the chairman of SOE, (state-owned enterprise)
standing on the window like this looks ugly.
I kindly suggest you: jump if you like, otherwise come back!
But first I want you to consider: is it worth jumping?
Yes, I'm loyal so what?!
I bet that if you jump, you'd regret before you land!
Think about it: you die, but your friends all live well.
That's too unfair!
Boss Liu, I know you are a descendant of old revolutionaries.
You care about your face, but will jumping give you face?
Your late grandpa will disown you, he died fighting Japanese!
Your grandma too, daughter of Jingzhou's biggest tycoon!
She grew up with gold, but treats money like dirt!
According to records,
the funds of Jingzhou party organization were supplied by her!
Think about it, if you jump and die,
how would you face your grandpa and grandma?
I know they were party members, so are you.
Given your situation, what do they have but not you?
You lack faith! Because you lost faith!
Piss off!
You are the one who lost faith!
Hou Liangping!
Who are you to judge me?!
Brother Long, this softie doesn't dare to jump!
I see it!
Prepare to snipe! - Affirmative!
Cai is indeed a crooked businessman.
And your Shanshui Manor?
Is it really clean?
Can you tell me...
how your finance manager died?
Didn't you just meet my finance manager?
Isn't he transferring documents with your people?
You know who I'm talking about!
The one who died recently in Mt. Yantai, at Dishui Cave!
The one who followed you for decades!
Have you forgotten about him?
Liu Qingzhu?
How can I forget?
He was a good man.
How did this good man die?
Somebody said he got scared to death!
How is that even possible?
Director Lu, that was a good joke!
He died of myocardial infarction.
When I heard about it,
I sent over my office manager immediately,
to save him in any way we could.
But unfortunately, we couldn't save him.
We were all quite sad.
He's been our colleague for so many years.
Afterwards, you went to his family for consolation.
Besides,
you went in the name of secretary Gao Yuliang!
I did visit his family,
but to say I represented provincial secretary Gao Yuliang,
that would be libel!
Director Lu, who do you think I am?
How can I represent secretary Gao Yuliang?
People keep saying,
that your last name "Gao",
is the same "Gao" as in Gao Yuliang!
I kinda hope that, but sadly it's not.
OK, I'll be right there.
Boss Gao, let's end our chat here today.
Let us know if there's anything else that needs our cooperation.
I reckon I'll come here often!
Anytime!
Do you know who fought for this new China?
My grandparents' generation of proletarian revolutionaries,
who sacrificed with their blood and sweat!
Not you, you are a freeloader!
You have no right to judge me!
Are you a party member?
Can you recite the communist manifesto?
Boss Liu, you even know the communist manifesto?
Listen up!
A spectre, the spectre of communism,
is haunting Europe!
What's up, why don't you shoot?
The target keeps moving, Tiger is looking for an angle!
To exorcise this holy spectre,
all the old powers have entered into an alliance:
Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot,
French Radicals and German police-spies!
All united!
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains,
They have a world to win!
Let me go, Hou Liangping!
Hou Liangping you rascal!
Hands off, Hou Liangping!
Are you a proletarian?
You got the chains, and you'll lose your entire life!
Take him away!
Hou Liangping how dare you arrest me!
You know who I am?
You'll regret it, Hou Liangping!
Chief, it's urgent so I must pick you up at the airport!
Liu Xinjian got caught, what shall we do?
Escape?
How's it going with the escape plan?
The checkbooks are almost balanced,
but the money, we haven't moved out much!
Then we can't leave,
I don't wanna waste so many years of efforts!
Besides,
even if we wanna leave, we may not be able to.
Liu Xinjian is a softie,
during his arrest, he totally humiliated himself!
You think he'll give us time?
Maybe his brain short-circuited when he was getting caught.
I believe he'll wake up soon,
because he knows he must buy us time!
And Hou Liangping?
I heard he questioned Liu Xinjian this morning!
Will he give us time?
I'm gonna seize time from Hou Liangping!
Liu Xinjian knows what he has done.
He must know that buying us time, is buying himself time!
OK get in the car first.
This weirdo before Hou Liangping's face,
even during arrest, he could recite communist manifesto.
It's said he can even recited entire paragraphs of "Das Kapital".
It seems this Liu Xinjian has good theoretical knowledge.
It must be due to his hard work as Zhao Lichun's secretary.
Boss Liu, how exciting it was yesterday!
Let's continue our conversation from yesterday!
We had a good chat,
it would be better if you could calm down!
I embarrassed myself!
You are the boss of a huge SOE,
and worked as military scout.
Your act yesterday proved,
that you know what you've done.
You also know why our bureau looks for you, right?
Chief Hou,
can I say something honest?
Sure, be honest!
OK.
To be honest,
I know some people have been reporting on me all these years!
Why?
They wanna use me, a former secretary as an opening,
to make trouble for our chief Zhao Lichun!
Exploiting secretaries is a very common trick!
Even if he buys us time, we can't save him!
He's with Hou Liangping!
To save him...
would be impossible!
Let's try to focus on the issue.
As long as our old supporter stands,
we have room to manuever!
Do you think... our old supporter will fall?
There are tons of rumors!
We have no escape strategy, neither does he.
You mean he'll mobilize every bit of his power,
to fight with Sha Ruijin?
Can he win?
Whether he wins or not,
let's not bother.
But one thing:
we must use this time to clean up after ourselves!
How do I do that?
Hou Liangping froze the accounts of Handong Oil & Gas!
Some people are more anxious than us!
That anxious person is calling!
Ruilong!
I worked for 8 years as Zhao Lichun's personal secretary!
I'm one of his longest secretaries!
Even longer than Li Dakang's time!
Chief Zhao Lichun always trusted me,
after he moved to Beijing...
Enough!
Don't go like "chief Lichun" all the time,
Chief Lichun is not the shield for your illegal activities!
We just said we had a nice chat yesterday,
what now, your brain short-circuited again?
I'm stating facts!
OK, then let's continue from yesterday's facts!
Who told you Ding is opening gold mine in Africa?
Could it be comrade Lichun?
Did I say that?
Of couse!
We have both video and audio records!
I...
I just...
I just said something random,
perhaps I don't remember.
I don't know who...
told me this.
Maybe Ding opened a gold company in Africa.
But Qi Tongwei, what do you want?
Snitching me to the old man, so he can scold me?
You wanna mess me up or what?
It was secretary Yuliang's order.
Can I refuse him?
Did you tell him Liu Xinjian got caught?
That was unexpected!
Tell me Ruilong,
did you not tell your old man about this urgent matter?
OK fine, let's not talk about it on the phone.
Come here now, I'm in the hotel.
That's what interests us.
Ding opening gold mine in Africa,
who told you this big secret?
Yeah, who told you?
I'm a member of the pursuit team, even I don't know!
I...
don't remember!
I forgot who mumbled this to my ear!
Did you regret after hearing this?
Thinking that you should've gone to Africa like him?
To escape the punishment and live happily ever after?
No no...
How can I think that way?
I just said it randomly.
Don't take it seriously!
Fine, let me tell you a fact too.
As our pursuit team found out,
Ding is having a hard time in Africa!
He'd be lucky to survive the bad public security in Africa!
His best future will be together with you,
to rebuild your life from Chinese prison!
What do you want? - Long time no see, principal Wang!
Yo got the wvong man!
Ah'm a Shanghai touvist, Ah don't knoo yo!
Principal Wang, yov Shanghai ah'ksent is scavy!
I'm Zheng Qian of Alpha Inc!
Boss Zheng, film director Zheng!
Ah don't knoo yo, Ah veally don't knoo yo!
Now you know!
How can you slap me!
Principal Wang, now yo can speak normally?!
Look at you, swindling the country is fine, but you swindled me!
Boss Zheng!
Officer Li, I misspoke!
Boss Zheng, don't ever talk like that!
Right!
Is the country for you to swindle?
You need merits to do that!
How dare you swindle the country...
Take him away!
It hurts!
Boss Bao...
That move... don't ever use it on me!
That depends on you!
This batch of uniforms will complete soon!
Complete...
Boss Zheng,
look at the quality of our factory!
I'm not boasting, this quality is like any international brand!
Old factory, our workers are skilled!
Uncle Ma, your quality is not to worry about!
But efficiency... Uncle Ma, I'm worried about you.
It's just 5,000 uniforms,
how long has it been, still not done!
You know we must fight guerrilla war with the government!
They keep sealing our gate, it's been 3 times already!
Again?! - Again!
They are right outside workshop 3!
You dad is handling them!
Let's have a look! - Let's go!
We've placed seal many times, please don't rip up again!
What if accidents happen?
Yeah, what if a mass-incident happens like last time?
We don't want any incident, or to occupy the factory!
But you must give us a land to build the new factory,
so we can move!
It's just like renovating homes!
You give them a new house, they move out,
then you demolish the old house, right?
Yeah!
Listen to me Mr. Zheng, it's district director Sun who decides.
It's not something we can decide.
Yeah, Mr. Zheng, we just do our jobs.
If you rip up the seal, we must come again.
Please be kind, don't mess with us anymore!
You can be kind too,
give these uncles and aunties something to eat!
Right? - Yeah!
OK.
Since you don't know where you heard this,
let's put it aside for now.
We talk about your friends at Shanshui Manor instead!
Shanshui Manor...
which friends do you mean?
The ones who often dine with you!
Gao Xiaoqin?
Chen Qingquan?
And chief Zhao Lichun's son, Zhao Ruilong!
And Ding Yizhen who escaped!
Yes, Ding Yizhen too!
You almost opened a gold mine together!
I told him to go to Africa, and open gold mine with Ding.
He refused, what can I do?
So there's nothing you can do?
I wasn't idle!
I even called Tiger over!
But we hesitated, and missed our chance!
How much effort must I spend to correct your mistake?!
You know that Liu Xinjian is not like Chen Qingquan!
He has too many secrets in his stomach!
If he goes down...
the consequences are unimaginable!
That's why I invited you here to discuss!
How do we rid ourselves of Liu Xinjian?
Everybody listen!
We are just doing our jobs.
You can't rip up the government's seal!
Do you have any legal awareness?
This is our factory, we workers need to work!
Right!
If you put back the seal, we will rip it up again!
Unless you find us a new factory!
Yes, that's the prerequisite!
Everybody, uncles and aunties!
Uncle Ma, I think you didn't put it very well.
Putting up the seals is their job too, they put it up, you rip it up.
How do they tell their superiors? - Yeah!
Hello, what's your name, comrade?
My last name is Jin! - Hello comrade Jin!
But going back to topic,
look at these uncles and aunties, they have families to support!
It's fine for you to seal the gate, but what about them?
They must buy rice to cook!
Dad, how about I propose an idea?
How about this:
seal the gate of the workshop as you should!
That won't do!
Dad, uncles and aunties!
Let me finish first!
Let them seal the gate,
but leave us the windows!
From now on, when we go to work,
we walk through windows!
This could work, I think it's fine!
This way, you can finish your work.
Besides, we avoid conflicts between us!
But I must suggest, can you perhaps work at nights?
Don't let anyone see, so we can handle our superiors!
A good idea indeed!
They finish their job, we do ours! - Right!
Ma Wenming, let's make change!
Day shifts become night shifts! - Let's do it!
It's quite simple between me and them...
Just normal friends.
It's normal to socialize!
Is your relation with Gao Xiaoqin really that simple?
Does this example prove it's simple between you and her?
Your Handong Oil & Gas and Shanshui,
collaborate every year with monetary transactions.
I noticed something interesting.
Every year, your company issues usury loans via Shanshui!
Correct?
Between companies,
loans and transactions are perfectly normal!
But issuing usury loans is not!
Is it against national regulations?
Besides, pocketing usury interests is even less normal!
Yes.
I admit.
This...
To find bonuses for everybody...
I violated finance regulations.
I'm indeed responsible.
But I haven't caused the country any harm!
No harm?
What's with those 700 millions on the Dafeng project?!
Let's not discuss this anymore.
To kill Liu Xinjian now is next to impossible!
What shall we do then?
I'll bring him a message, to tell him:
old chief will take care of his situation,
we will use our connections on the outside to save him,
as long as he can endure!
Then tell him this:
as long as he endures and don't bite around,
his share will always be his!
Besides, we'll take care of his family, especially his son!
We are brothers after all!
What say you?
Do you know who's our biggest threat now?
Hou Liangping!
He'll do everything to pry open Liu Xinjian's mouth,
and take down Shanshui Group!
If Shanshui Group is breached...
your old man, you, me,
all our friends along this line,
nobody can escape this calamity!
You blame me for not getting rid of Liu Xinjian.
Our real problem is Hou Liangping,
why didn't you take him out?
Killing 2 bureau chiefs in a row, even idiots can figure it out!
But the thing is if you don't take him out, he'll take us out!
Faking another accident...
is hard!
Tiger is still here, let him do it!
Hou Liangping is very careful...
He's always stationed at the anti-corruption bureau.
So, you want Tiger to bust in or what?
Even if you wanna die with him, it's not how you do it!
Thank you for your help today!
Let's keep in touch, OK? - OK!
How about we have lunch together? - No it's fine.
It's strict these days. - OK, then I won't keep you!
Goodbye! - Bye!
Ma Wenming be careful, those tubes are hot!
Don't worry!
The hell is this, working in our own factory like a thief!
Come on daddy!
No more complaints!
Even your rights to be a thief, was won over by your son!
That...
That's an even more normal investment project!
Their company finds land, we find money,
to build hotels or office buildings!
We had rigorous scientific argumention for this project!
After that, you transferred 700 millions to Shanshui?
Yeah!
I forgot some details.
Everything must've happened 2-3 years ago.
You forget so easily about 700 millions!
Then let me ask you,
when you transferred 700 millions to Shanshui,
was this land already under their name?
Must be...
otherwise, we have no foundation to collaborate!
Really?
As we know, the auction of this land is still incomplete!
At Shanshui Manor?!
But chief Qi, you are so imaginative!
It's not imagination, but wisdom!
We must fight with Hou Liangping over time!
Will you tell boss Gao about this operation then?
This time, the fewer people knows the better!
If that's the case then why do you negotiate with him?
Just kill him!
The northeast saying goes: if you can fight, don't argue!
Fighting is the last resort!
We must prepare for 2 outcomes:
either he agrees to our terms,
or he must shut up forever!
Both sides are showing their hands now,
will Hou Liangping dare to come?
I know him too well.
He will come!
Because this is an opportunity for him!
He won't miss it!
I will arrange!
So, not willing to talk again?
Monkey, it's me!
That Zhao Ruilong is here.
He wants to see you.
Old chief Lichun asked for this.
Are you gonna meet him or not?
If it's OK, let's meet up tonight in Shanshui Manor!
I can't decide now.
I'm questioning suspects at the detention center!
I know, you are questioning Liu Xinjian.
As I see it, you don't have to do everything yourself!
Let your subordinates do it, be cool!
Yeah, old schoolmate, I gotta learn from you to be cool!
Besides, boss Gao of Shanshui Group wants to see you too.
She wants to ask if you are a Jiang or a Wang!
To be honest...
your men took bags of account books from her.
Sister A-Qing is unhappy? What a shame!
I'll try to make it tonight!
I'll ask her personally, and apologize if I must!
Good, 6pm then!
Cheng Du will pick you up!
OK, see you at Shanshui tonight!
OK!
Alright, that's all for today.
Zhou Zheng, I listed 10 questions in this file.
Let boss Liu have a look. - OK.
Boss Liu, I hope you can think over the 10 questions.
Maybe we can have a better chat next time!
Old Zheng, they way I see it,
how about you leave your chairman post to your son?
You think he's reliable? - Better than you!
He can find us work, let us make money, also has good EQ!
I'm worried he may do something bad!
Nowadays, being too righteous won't work either!
You won't even find job, it's true!
True that...
We can have an online collaboration with him!
Isn't their Alpha Inc making an online mall for fashion clothing?
They can sell, we can tailor!
That's a good idea!
It's good, but you see...
we don't even have a real factory, and must climb the window!
Baobao, what do you think?
They fought everyday, I solved it in two sentences!
It's just a seal!
But Ma Wenming looks up to you now!
He wants you to be the new Dafeng chairman!
Stop, I won't do it!
What's their situation, you know?
I found them 5,000 uniforms,
how long has it been, still not done!
But they have millions in stock money!
That's why I collaborate with their legal person,
we get orders, they do the work!
Using their money?
Correct!
Their money is idle, you know!
Lunch time! - Mr. Ma, lunch time!
Lunch time!
Little Tang.
Mr. Ma, chairman Zheng!
Why do you eat pickled vegi everyday, can you stand this?
Why not, I'm used to it already!
But my husband Wang Wenge...
What's with him? He left the hospital already!
It's because he left hospital, I keep getting afraid!
You don't know, he's strolling around all day,
talking about getting back the lost stocks from Cai!
He talks like a madman!
I'm very worried,
that he may do something!
How about tomorrow,
old Ma and I talk to him, to calm him down!
That's wonderful, thank you chairman Zheng!
You don't know...
I really can't stand anything anymore.
How arrogant!
While we questioned Zhao Lichun's former secretary,
Zhao Lichun's princeling came!
What for? - What else?
To demand his release of course!
Let them come, so we can take them all down!
Liu Shan, why are you calling?
Little uncle, I'm almost at Jingzhou!
Jingzhou? Are you on the train?
Yes, I'm on the high-speed train!
You don't watch our home in Beijing, why do you come here?
For a job interview at Jingzhou Alpha Information Inc!
Does your auntie know? - She knows!
She told you to relax, I'll go back right after the interview!
OK.
Baobao, are you full now?
You can go back first, I got things to do.
I need to interview a fashion designer from Beijing!
I know, it's that "cleanse all harmful bugs", right?
It's him, a loyal bro!
A bro or a sister?!
Bro of course, you are funny!
Zheng Shengli I warn you, you are a married man!
Let me think: not really!
We married by spending 250!