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[Game of Hunting]
[Episode 47]
Precisely because I am not your real son
I found my ultimate goal only by living.
I gained much happiness in my pursuit of this goal.
Xiang, first off, I have always believed in you.
Second, I will always believe in you.
In the past, I always made demands of myself.
Be thankful, I will repay you like I am your own son.
But I don't have such demands anymore.
I am already your son.
I can bring glory to the family and make my parents proud.
We are already linked by blood.
I understand why you are saying that.
Everybody at Dan Nong thanks you.
Do not say thanks, Dad.
You gave me this.
Do not say thanks.
It wasn't me.
It was your brother, Guang Ming.
Xiang, I agree with your decision.
Moreover, Dan Nong doesn't need you now.
I am sorry you had to be where your heart didn't wish to be, suffering for it.
We really want to welcome you into our fold.
But you still have that lady.
It is a choice that tears me apart.
Do not be troubled by it.
Go live your life with Yan Bing He's daughter.
Go where you want to go. I support you.
What's wrong?
As long as I am with Yan Feng
I can never let her know you exist.
We can never live under the same roof as you and Mom.
We will be happy as long as you are happy.
Xiang.
The contributions you've made to Dan Nong...
will never be forgotten.
She's awake.
Go see her.
Mom.
Ms. Yan, will you be in Hangzhou tomorrow?
If yes, could you come to Deju Renhe's office at 9 a.m.?
The CIO case you entrusted us with is nearing its conclusion.
It is time for us to present you with a full report.
President Yan, our company's chairman, Mr. Zheng Qiu Dong, wants me to tell you
as Deju Renhe's chief executive search consultant
he has completed the task you entrusted to us.
Please come to our office tomorrow at 9 a.m.
and he will present to you the details of our investigation.
Ms. Shuang He, considerable progress has been made in Sheng Huang's case.
We thank you for your patience during this time.
We are able to provide you with an ideal position
in an equally ideal environment.
Deju Renhe's efforts are now turning into results.
I look forward to sharing them with you.
I look forward to hearing your reply. Zheng Qiu Dong.
Chairman Zheng, will this do?
Yes.
[One voice message from Luo Yi Ren.]
[Luo Yi Ren]
Lin Bai, how come Zheng Qiu Dong's phone is off?
The decisive battle is close at hand. He may have turned off his phone.
Weren't you given time off?
I wanted to be here. Today is no ordinary day.
Understood.
Can I come and listen in?
Of course you can.
Your presence will help draw out his talents.
You must come.
Luo Yi Ren will be here in a bit.
Are you bothered by her? Then tell her to leave.
Let's get started.
Today is the day Deju Renhe will present our results to Sheng Huang.
While carrying out this special case
we held the goal of providing a comprehensive service
and accepted all terms raised by both parties.
These were the most demanding terms I've accepted since entering this profession.
While working on this case, the focus very quickly became
Sheng Huang's current CIO, Mr. Chen Xiang
a focal point all three parties must face.
Next, I will announce the results of my investigation
before going into further detailed explanation.
May I?
The verdict I've reached is
in these 10 years
Chen Xiang has been Dan Nong's corporate spy.
Calm down.
This isn't the first time.
Ms. Yan.
I'm sorry.
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We received both of your commissions at nearly the same time.
This sort of occurrence is rarely seen.
Both tasks were to find a replacement for Chen Xiang.
What puzzled us was that
you were both doing this without the other's knowledge.
De Ren must be held accountable for your corporate spy conclusion.
Give us some substantial findings.
I have already told you my substantial findings.
Chen Xiang has been engaged in corporate espionage activities.
Ms. Yan, my assertions today are quite unusual.
I hope you can have more patience.
You will discover a different Chen Xiang today.
We're just listening to a story. Take it with a grain of salt.
Yes, you should reserve judgement and listen to this like a story.
In 2007 Sheng Huang first suspected
an internal leak was providing Dan Nong with R&D information.
The next year, the company set up a BIO
and that was the year 28-year-old Chen Xiang became the CIO.
Half a year later, Sheng Huang's Pure Lip Gloss series was launched.
Dan Nong's imitation product, Intricate Lips series
also made a wonderful debut.
The ingredients in both lines were found to be identical.
The next year's nourishing makeup series and limited edition essence
were also completely duplicated by Dan Nong.
Even the creative concept for the new product launch
spotlighting the Beijing Olympics, was copied.
This would have all been impossible without a source on the inside
providing the classified information.
President Yan and Sheng Huang executives were very aggravated
from having their products imitated and being crowded out of the market.
They hired lawyers and investigative firms
carried out years of investigation, and waged several meaningless lawsuits.
They ultimately gained nothing.
Of course, that's not entirely true.
They came away with two findings.
The first was reliable information from Dan Nong.
Their research expenditure was practically zero.
The second was that CIO Chen Xiang was highly suspicious.
Later on, the investigation came to a standstill.
There was no longer an objective.
Circumstances changed soon after.
Ms. Yan and Chen Xiang began dating.
After that, the focus was no longer on intelligence
but love.
That was when Ms. Yan and Chen Xiang's love story began.
That's a made-up story.
You were talking about events from 2011 and 2012.
Chen Xiang and I began dating in 2008.
How can you say that was the beginning of our love story?
Thanks for the reminder, I had nearly forgotten.
You two had been dating for four to five years already.
Why did marriage never come up?
Was President Yan not in a hurry?
That's not a good question.
I'm happy as long as my child is happy. What's the hurry?
Is marriage required after dating four to five years?
I hope you don't mind.
Ms. Luo has business ties to both of our companies
and has also been following this case.
She came to listen in.
Hello, Ms. Yan, President Yan.
I'm sorry. Please continue.
You haven't answered me yet, Chairman Zheng.
Is marriage required after dating four to five years?
No, it's not.
But, how should I say this?
In general--
In general, most who have dated that long are ready for marriage
and there are fewer who don't have marriage on the horizon.
Both cases are normal.
Marriage is not necessary after dating five years.
But why did your low-profile relationship become the talk of the company overnight?
My analysis is that
Chen Xiang sensed people in the company, for example, people like Gu Ru Min
were going to investigate him and posed a threat to him.
Ms. Yan became the best shield for him.
That's why I now revise my words.
That's how your high-profile love story began.
Chairman Zheng.
Are you an authoritative voice on the matters of love?
An authoritative voice? Of course not.
I know what you plan to say to me next.
Let's skip it.
Let's continue with Chen Xiang instead.
At the most critical moment
you protected Chen Xiang and gave him room to breath.
He pounced on Gu Ru Min's financial weakness
and launched a quick counterattack
thoroughly eliminating the faction that had opposed him.
Following that, the voices suspecting Chen Xiang grew weaker.
There was one thing that greatly surprised me.
I thought that since Sheng Huang threw so much money into the investigation
Chen Xiang's relationship to Dan Nong must've been discovered very early on.
Through my investigation, I found I was wrong.
Nobody knew of Chen Xiang's relationship to Liu An, the founder of Dan Nong.
We aren't the police. Our methods of investigation are limited.
We've hired private detectives.
Monitoring and shadowing didn't yield any results.
The conclusion was that Chen Xiang was suspicious
but nobody could find any way to tie him to Dan Nong.
Now I'd like to hear what you think.
I believe your investigators were all bribed by Chen Xiang.
There are some dubious points that aren't that difficult to investigate.
Chen Xiang had a heart transplant when he was 15 years old.
You all know that. It's not a secret.
But do you know who the heart donor was?
It was the son of Liu An, Dan Nong's founder.
If we didn't know this
then we'd be miles from the truth.
Keep going.
I'd like to hear how you'll explain this.
That was considered a very successful heart transplant back in 1995.
The surgery record is still in the hospital archives to this day.
When Liu An's son was 15 years old, he was in a car accident.
On his deathbed, he donated his heart.
The child's name was Liu Guang Ming, Liu An's son.
He was an outstanding young soccer athlete
a fan of the Germany soccer team
and a worshiper of Klinsmann.
There are photos of four Germany soccer team players in Chen Xiang's office.
There doesn't seem to be any logical significance to these four.
But in fact, they are the players bearing jersey number 18
in Germany's last few World Cups
successors of Klinsmann's number.
This is the way Chen Xiang
cherishes the memory of his heart donor, Liu Guang Ming.
If there is evidence, please give it to me.
I will.
Liu Guang Ming didn't just leave his heart for Chen Xiang.
There was also an old desk lamp.
In Chen Xiang's mind, this lamp has never been extinguished.
This can be seen in the memorial
written by Liu Guang Ming's Chinese teacher and by Chen Xiang's desk.
Ms. Yan, I asked why there are two desks in his office.
I was not satisfied with your answer.
I believe one was for him
while the other was for the partner in his heart.
Why was he obsessed with lamps?
This explanation should be a convincing one.
Liu An is one who values kinship.
His son had died
so he raised Chen Xiang like his own son.
Almost nobody knows about this.
He was a nobody who came from a remote village.
Nobody would pay attention to him.
Liu An is a very meticulous thinker.
But no matter how thorough he is
he doesn't have the ability to travel through time.
In 1999, his business began to flourish.
"Southern Documentary" published a lengthy report
about his entrepreneurship, titled "Dan Nong Cosmetics's founder, Liu An."
At that time, Liu An couldn't have imagined
Chen Xiang would one day become
an integral player in the life or death of Dan Nong.
In the article, he spoke at length about
secrets that would need to be concealed in the future.
He mentioned his son's death was a tremendous shock to him.
He also mentioned that his son donated his heart to a complete stranger.
Is there any basis to what you're saying?
Yes.
You can take these with you.
Eight years later, when President Yan came at Liu An with lawsuits
fighting to find proof of a traitor within his company
it suddenly occurred to Liu An
that this old article held clues about Chen Xiang.
Therefore, he began to eliminate any traces.
"Southern Documentary" was discontinued in 2009.
The only platform it was available on was the Documentary Channel website.
Very quickly, Liu An paid to have
the second issue in 1999 removed from the site.
It is this very issue.
Any information on Chen and Liu's relationship
is now hard to find on any public platform.
Even if any individuals knew, nobody would put two and two together
because the two no longer had any contact.
Very fresh.
It's as if you were an eyewitness.
Whether it's true or not, I liked the story.
I have heard some of it before.
I hired you to find a replacement for Chen Xiang.
What were your intentions in conducting this additional investigation?
Ms. Yan, the candidate I found made a reasonable request.
They wanted to know why President Yan no longer trusted Chen Xiang
and the reason why he was being replaced.
I had an obligation to dig deeper
so his successor would not repeat the same mistake.
It was only during my investigation
that I discovered Chen Xiang's relationship to Liu An.
Then you should have presented your discovery to that person, not us.
I asked you a question when I accepted the case.
You were looking to replace the CIO behind your father's back.
What if your father ended up disapproving?
You said you would lay the cards on the table.
If I hadn't discovered this information, what would you have used to convince him?
Do you believe his relationship to Liu An?
No harm in listening.
Keep going.
In any case, I won't believe it.
Don't be silly.
You can believe him.
To be honest, I pity Chen Xiang.
He has a very conflicted side to him.
Nobody can understand him.
Perhaps, Liu An is the only one in this world who can comfort him.
All these years, he's had to endure conflicting feelings
of being grateful to the Liu family and betraying the Yan family.
He had six months of therapy at Rong Kang Psychological Counseling
but never saw any improvement.
His pain has only increased.
He has become even more apprehensive.
The pain and anxiety must be a guess on your part.
Would Rong Kang's doctors tell you that?
Mixing boiling water and cold water together
you would know the result is lukewarm without having to touch it.
He has sought counseling
but it was not because of pain and anxiety as you said.
There are many who seek such services nowadays.
Then it could have been because of another worry.
But it still would be within the scope of my inferences.
I do not believe
one would not feel pain or anxiety if forced to give up
either a lover or someone who saved him.
I believe my speculation is reasonable.
If all your speculations were reasonable...
then you wouldn't still be single today.
Don't be so confident.
We're not talking about me right now.
Qiu Dong.
Calm down.
Let Ms. Yan finish.
Okay, keep going.
Why?
Why did he seek psychological counseling?
I originally didn't want to say anything.
You're forcing me to.
Sometimes, you can be very... vexing.
Sometimes?
That is a given.
Tell me. Why?
It's because...
a transplanted heart...
has a limited lifespan.
He has felt death approaching.
During the day, afraid of night falling.
During the night, afraid of the sun rising.
This is fear that normal people are unable to understand.
The consultant said it is anxiety neurosis.
I looked it up and it is...
Fear of impending death.
I'm sorry. I have been too careless.
I should have foreseen this. I am sorry.
I may not have been clear about this.
During this investigation
I felt compassion for him.
I have overlooked his heart.
Calm down.
What is it?
Building security wants to see you.
We've been hacked?
Okay, I understand.
CEO Lin.
What happened?
CEO Lin, can we go inside to listen?
I had originally decided
no matter what happened
I wouldn't disclose how much Chen Xiang is suffering.
He doesn't want others to know.
Nor does he want to hear people trailing after him with words of consolation.
He hates being pitied, because his childhood was very pitiful.
He hated his childhood.
People with short lives don't think the same way we do.
That is why he didn't want to marry me.
He will never have a future.
Every day that he wakes up, he is lucky. Do you know that?
I apologize.
I failed to see the whole picture.
However, I believe he still hasn't found an answer
to the question of giving up you or Liu An.
Building security sent someone to inform us
the LAN video surveillance system seems to have been hacked.
How could hackers get into an unshared--
Maybe it wasn't a drive-by attack.
It's an intentional hack.
What's going on?
Good morning, Chen Xiang.
What did you say?
You've infiltrated our network and camera system.
Why don't you show yourself?
I know that won't be difficult for you.
I also believe every person here would like to see you.
Sure.
What are you all doing?
Someone may be making a visit.
He's also a hacker?
He's everything.
Our surveillance system has been compromised.
Our meeting was overheard.
Who was it? Call the police.
That's not necessary. It's someone we know.
Where is that?
Isn't that...
Why are you here?
Hello, everybody. Hello, President Yan.
Hong Hong, hello.
Surprised?
Chairman Zheng.
I'm sure you never expected us to meet this way.
Hello, Chen Xiang.
What matters is that you're willing. The means doesn't matter.
Well said.
I was the topic of discussion earlier. I was listening.
Did you do this on purpose?
How come?
Don't I often give others... surprises.
Chen Xiang.
Can we speak?
Yes.
When did you start listening in on us?
- From the beginning or just now? - From the beginning.
From the moment President Yan took elevator one
and Hong Hong took elevator two.
You were listening from the beginning. That's good.
That means you heard the key words.
Yes, I heard it.
Corporate spy.
Do you admit to it?
It sounds so cut and dry.
It doesn't matter whether I admit to it.
What matters is what President Yan thinks.
In the beginning, it was just a suspicion.
If it is as Chairman Zheng says
that you are related to Liu An in that way...
then I will believe it.
Even if it is true, I won't believe it.
Thank you for your trust.
Chairman Zheng, I came to listen to your story.
There are some things
that aren't appropriate to be said in front of the three of you.
I won't be saying them.
I merely had to find your replacement for President Yan and Ms. Yan.
I have already exceeded my authority.
If it is the truth, you can say it.
Consider it my explanation to Yan Feng.
I actually do not have the courage to tell her who I am
and how I made it this far.
There are some things she is unwilling to believe.
Once said, you will lose her.
What else is there?
Losing her is just a matter of time.
Please.
Tell her everything.
All right.
Then I'll start from when you quit Nanjing University in your second year.
Before I begin
I want to make a detour first.
President Yan.
1999 was the year Sheng Huang made rapid advances.
Aloe vera liquid extraction allowed you to stand at the peak of the industry.
You held a near monopoly of the cosmetics market in the south.
It was in that year that
another in the same trade with a wealth of creativity
took note of the value of Sheng Huang's R&D.
That person was Dan Nong's Liu An.
His low-end merchandise
had just begun to pick up in the township markets in the south.
He felt helpless.
He knew the importance of research and development
but was incapable of doing it.
He had to watch as you quickly took over his own market.
He nearly gave up all hope.
He was depressed but had nobody to talk to.
He could only tell the one most educated in his family
and perhaps the one who understands him the most.
That was his son, Chen Xiang.
I can say son, right?
Of course.
I am.
You are grateful and filial.
You heard how helpless he felt
and were determined to do something for him.
You chose to quit school and reapply
to the University of Science and Technology of China
to study competitive intelligence.
That was what you wanted.
You believed you would be able to repay your father with what you learned.
Are you talking about me?
Was I that mature at 19?
Judging from your decision to quit and reapply
you indeed weren't that mature yet.
Isn't this far off topic?
Talk about Liu An.
There's no rush.
After graduating, you wanted to return to Dan Nong to help your father
but an intriguing thing happened.
Instead of accepting you, Liu An sent you to America.
You joined IBM's Business Administration Committee.
Of course, you were just on the fringe doing odd jobs.
But even if you were unimportant
you had taken part in the competitor guidance movement.
From your future successor, I learned
the movement was a classic in the intelligence field
bringing great momentum.
Over the span of nearly 8 years
surveillance, tracing, and investigation
was carried out against 12 competitors in the United States.
Your future successor said
she is awestruck by your experience.
President Yan as well.
Even though you were
just a Chinese-to-English translator during this movement
you gained knowledge and experience
and had what Liu Guang Ming left you, a heart that liked to keep to itself.
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing up memories that hold such strong emotion.
In the summer of 2006
President Yan went to the US to look for a CI specialist
to start building a competitive intelligence office.
The translator he hired after landing happened to be you.
Was that by chance? That's hard to say.
Facing China's most successful cosmetics company president
you suddenly discovered a way to repay Liu An for raising you.
Of course, whether you came to it on your own
or if Liu An brought it to your attention
is not a detail I can ascertain.
However, breaking into Sheng Huang
to stand on the shoulders of a giant to establish your own height
was at the time a thought that
could prove to be a miracle drug to raise Dan Nong from the dead.
Who could accomplish that?
Who else?
Only you, Chen Xiang.
As soon as President Yan returned to China
he received a perfect resume from a competitive analyst.
It was Mr. Chen's self-recommendation.
I believe Liu An must also have played a part behind the scenes.
How did you know I met Chen Xiang in America?
Do you still remember your assistant from that time, Shen Luo?
The alcoholic you kicked out.
He is now working with Gu Ru Min in the cold chain market.
He took a trip down memory lane.
By the way, he doesn't touch a drop of alcohol now.
What's wrong?
Are you feeling okay?
I feel very fine.
I feel unburdened.
I don't want to interrupt.
Mr. Zheng, continue.
Continue?
Go ahead.
President Yan received the perfect intelligence officer
and was of course pleased beyond expectations.
Four days later, you two sealed the deal in Shanghai.
It sounds hard to believe.
From then on
Shanghai's Dan Nong began research and development
and the pace of their R&D was completely identical to Sheng Huang's.
The rest need not be mentioned.
With your support
Dan Nong saw rapid growth.
Mr. Chen.
I've already said too much.
President Yan.
Yan Feng.
I'm sorry.
What Mr. Zheng has said is basically all true.
Of course, some of the parts you guessed can be overlooked.
Thank you for starting this.
It's time for me to take over.
I once did betray Sheng Huang's interests.
I am someone Liu An arranged to be in Sheng Huang.
I am sorry.
Needless to say, he was the one to give me my life.
I will talk about that later.
When I recall the Liu family's three small fledgling workshops...
my father's bloodshot eyes
as he sold his cheaply-priced hand creams
saving money to send me to school
and buying medication for my nourishment
I felt everything I did for him was an obligation.
They weren't crimes. That's right.
9 times in total
I provided Dan Nong with 32 secret formulations.
Chen Xiang, don't say any more.
If you continue, you will be held legally accountable.
I actually stopped over a year ago.
I am no longer a corporate spy.
Even if you did it
you shouldn't have admitted to it.
What will you have me do?
You came to Sheng Huang with a motive.
How could you
remain unchanged for 10 years?
Chen Xiang.
You've made contributions and also caused losses to Sheng Huang.
You understand which one outweighs the other.
I am not Sheng Huang's lawyer and don't want to dwell on this with you.
My mission was only to find your replacement.
Your past conduct has nothing to do with me.
As for President Yan's trust and Ms. Yan's affections
I am guessing you will be unable to make amends.
Starting today, you must make a choice.
Hong Hong should know there is an expiration on my life.
Being with me was just to protect yourself.
No.
If I wanted to protect myself, I could have left and never looked back.
That would have been the best way.
Because of me, you didn't have to leave.
You were the first to make me feel guilty.
If I did not care, I would not have felt guilty.
I actually have a lot of money.
A lot.
But I wanted to stay by your side.
Money cannot buy time.
Money cannot buy time?
Where did you get so much money?
Mr. Zheng, you should know, right?
I don't want to say any more.
You've already said so much.
Is there anything you else you can't say?
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