In the Name of People
Episode 38
When I saw sister A-Qing, I forgot everything! I'll go now!
Manager Cheng, return my stuff please!
I'm leaving! - Take care chief Hou!
Hurry, people are waiting!
Excuse us, boss Gao! - No worries!
Mentor, don't talk to Hou Liangping anymore.
Tonight, Zhao Ruilong and I invited him for dinner.
But he was armed, it almost got out of control!
A firefight or assassination?
Qi Tongwei I tell you, you better watch yourself!
Let's not talk on the phone, I'll report to you in person.
OK I'll wait, it's about time you report properly!
Tongwei, but I'll still talk to Hou Liangping.
You are both my students on powerful posts,
you can never go too far, you hear me?!
I know, I know!
If I didn't ask Chen Hai to help catch Ding,
then perhaps he won't get hit!
But you didn't have to inform Qi Tongwei!
If some insider leaked the information,
and had others coordinate Ding's escape...
Fucking bastard!
What's wrong?
Who was that?
Who else? That bastard!
A sniper will shoot Hou Liangping tonight!
Cheng Du said my fingerprints will be on the gun!
They'll hide opposite building 1 and if they succeed,
I'll become their scapegoat!
Got it!
Captain Qian, turn around and search Shanshui Manor!
Get in!
Donglai, what's up?
We go back to look for a sniper.
Someone actually aimed at me?
The hell you think?
You can feel lucky, barely escaped with your life!
Carry on then.
We must also work overnight tonight!
The risk was worth it, I know Shanshui inside-and-out!
It's a criminal empire where officials collude with businessmen!
Is your school brother involved too?
Yes I'm sure.
He admitted of having stocks at Shanshui.
Got evidence?
Both my phone and recording pen were confiscated!
Then you can't say anything right now!
I know, but Liu Xinjian is our opening!
Most likely, he's the liaison between the Zhaos in Beijing,
and the Shanshui Group!
Correct, they fear Liu Xinjian will talk!
That's why we must hurry and question him overnight!
Don't give Liu Xinjian time to recover!
Alright Liangping, then I'll let you work overtime again.
Hmm!
BTW, give Liu Shan a call ASAP!
I reckon she's already at the high-speed railway station!
My little uncle!
Hello uncle!
I'm about to leave, why don't you call me earlier?
I'm sorry Liu Shan, your uncle got a situation tonight.
What situation, are you avoiding me on purpose?
Give the phone to Lin Huahua! - Just a sec.
Sister Huahua, my uncle.
Hello chief Hou.
I'm seeing Liu Shan off, director Lu told me to.
Come back already, we question suspects overnight!
Chief Hou, can't you just forget about me?
How can I forget such an excellent investigator like you?
Liu Shan, your uncle is skinning us alive!
When he just arrived, he said there'll be no overtime!
But now, everyday is overtime!
I can only see you off here.
I gotta leave!
BTW caterpillar, don't you have to go too?
I got no overtime, where to?
Procurator Lin, I feel undeserving of your care!
Who cares about you,
I don't want you to make mistakes!
What mistakes?!
I'm a righteous man, with "Zheng" as my last name! ("Zheng" is homophonic to the word for "justice")
Alright time is up, I'm leaving first.
Bye! - Goodbye sister Huahua!
Hou Liangping brought guns to dinner, has it gone that far?
Qi Tongwei called it "firefight", but you see,
how could they fight if he didn't prepare?
If that's true, then it's very serious!
Just like Qi Tongwei's issues!
If Hou Liangping bites onto him, he'll be in big trouble!
Yuliang, you must think thoroughly now.
We know Liangping,
if he decides to aim at someone, he won't give up easily!
That's what I fear!
Then the more reason you can't defend Qi Tongwei!
Do you know how much shit he has done behind your back?
If I were the provincial chief of Handong,
I'll take him down without hesitation,
and sacrifice his head to the flag!
But now...
Their ultimate goal...
You mean...
Sha Ruijin wants to...
My gosh, Yuliang!
Then you absolutely shouldn't defend Qi Tongwei!
You can barely defend yourself, how can you defend him?
Even if I can't, I must try!
At least I must buy them some time.
Gao Yuliang really doesn't wanna stay on Qi Tongwei's ship.
But can he get off the ship easily?
When gazed upon by political rivals,
can he still prove his innocence?
Right now, he deeply admires his old rival Li Dakang,
and Li Dakang's seemingly inhumane political wisdom!
Slowly!
Rewind!
Pause!
Magnify!
It's him!
Commissioner,
this guy looks like a wanted criminal by the Interpol!
You mean "the first hitman of Southeast Asia", "Spotted Tiger"?
Yeah, that's him!
Call the airports, search for this guy!
Yes sir!
Number 1, call the airports, close the borders!
Alright Donglai, thank you for your efforts!
Liangping, you Monkey boy got lucky!
Zhao Donglai told me they identified the sniper.
He's nicknamed "Spotted Tiger", a wanted criminal by Interpol!
He sniped 8 times in Southeast Asia in the last few years,
and never failed!
How close!
But tonight he failed!
No, he didn't wanna make the shot!
Why did he not shoot?
That's Zhao Donglai's job, I believe he can find out!
Proc. director Ji, I'm wondering who hired him.
It's not worth it just to kill me!
Even if they do take me out,
new bureau chiefs will come and work on the case!
Therefore I think,
the sniper's primary target is Liu Xinjian, not me!
Makes sense.
Somebody kept asking Liu Xinjian to escape abroad,
and open gold mine in Africa.
I reckon Liu Xinjian kept hesitating,
he didn't wanna escape or commit suicide,
so they decided to kill him!
Besides our Operation Sharp Sword was fast,
they didn't expect us to catch Liu Xinjian so quickly,
that's why they planned this tonight!
They wanted to kill you to buy some time!
Correct!
Manager Liu,
during your visit in Jingzhou, I showed you the factory.
Tonight, I welcomed you with a huge banquet!
I'm serious you see!
Don't you wanna consider it some more?
Boss Zheng,
although you are full of issues, you are quite smart!
I'll consider after I got back!
I knew you will!
Manager Liu, this international brand called Lancy,
it's very popular lately, you know?
I thought: with our manager Liu's talent,
can we not design something that looks similar?
What do you mean, piracy?
What piracy, it's "design"!
Turning "made in China" into "designed in China"!
What "designed in China"?
Just think,
their dress has 3 buttons for example, we make 4 buttons!
Their sleeve is this long, we make it this long!
Their dress opens up here, we open up there...
Boss Zheng, I get it!
I'll give it a try, alright?
Sometimes, I'm impressed by myself!
I kept another talent for our Alpha Inc!
How did I manage that?
It's fine, boss Zheng!
It's about time, I'm leaving, goodbye!
Talk to you later, bye!
Goodbye!
Tonight's main conspirator,
is it your school brother or Zhao Ruilong?
I guess it's Zhao Ruilong!
Even if it were him, your school brother was also involved!
He cooperated actively!
Sure, "killing someone with borrowed knife". (Chinese idiom)
He wants it badly!
Hello.
Can you hurry up?
Just a moment, sir.
Section manager...
Sorry Mr. Zhao Ruilong,
you are not allowed to leave the country!
Come back, hurry!
Commissioner Zhao, captain Qian, what's going on?
Boss Gao,
a murderer wanted by the Interpol was at your place!
Inter...
An internationally wanted criminal, in our hotel?
But...
Don't spook me, I'm not very brave!
We are not!
From your surveillance cameras,
we saw that he stayed at your hotel.
Really?
Yesterday afternoon, he moved into room 3001 of building 3!
Boss Gao, just now,
chief Qi, chief Hou and you were all in the banquet hall.
The hitman was right on the other side!
How dangerous!
Yeah, very dangerous...
Having Lu Yike and Lin Huahua question him,
what's the idea, Liangping?
Let them attack head-on, I'll flank him tomorrow.
You can't do this, how can you treat me like this,
it's sleep hours!
Don't complain!
You already had some sleep, that counts.
Right!
For you, we work from 5 to 2, night to day!
Tell us, boss Liu.
Chief Hou asked you to consider 10 questions, have you?
My brain is a mess right now...
So messy!
What can I possibly say, I can't even concentrate!
No rush!
Let's take one question at a time!
Our first question is:
on March 5th 2011,
Handong Oil & Gas transferred to Shanshui Group...
700 millions CNY!
Why?
Why? It was a normal investment!
I told your chief Hou this morning!
The same month this money arrived,
it got transferred to a real estate company,
did you know?
Yeah...
I also noticed this problem.
That's why I called over Shanshui's people to negotiate,
they restored the money soon after!
Beware, your discovery...
was after 2 years and 10 months!
Why so slow?
Yes yes...
It's our finance manager's fault!
Don't know what he's thinking about all day!
I criticized him harshly!
Their finance people told our audit group:
Liu Xinjian knew about embezzling public funds!
But he told them not to ask!
An obvious transfer of profit!
What collaboration, everything is a sham!
Correct!
Shanshui didn't even get their Dafeng stock transfer approved!
Let's continue.
On May 17th 2011, did you approve 600 million,
to Zhao Ruilong's Handong Longyin IT company?
The account registry said "stock investment"!
Yes, stock investment!
It was invested in the company "ST electronic card",
for their asset restructuring?
Yeah!
Interesting!
From your company books,
we haven't seen any electronic card stock!
This...
I get mad when I think about it!
This Longyin company got money after raising equity,
they reneged on the deal and refused our investment!
Have you met such people?
I was so mad I called Zhao Ruilong over and scolded him!
That was all? You impulsively threw away 600 million!
After asset restructuring, the electronic card stock rose from 2,
to their highest price of 82 per stock!
Even today it's 52 per stock!
But you decided to quit, why so righteous?
You made Zhao Ruilong's Longyin company,
receive over 900 millions in profit!
This matter...
Yes, I...
Time can never rewind, right?
You see, things on the capitalist market...
Who... who can...
see it through and count it right?
I can't either!
Playing dumb?
I think he can see it clearly!
He used national funds to shield Zhao Ruilong from bullets,
so he can pick the fruit!
It's like:
“building a path but secretly advance via another”! (Chinese idiom)
It could be that many SOEs have too many traitors like him!
No conscience!
Boss Gao, please go back.
If there's anything new, please tell us.
Of course!
Take care then, thanks a lot!
Bye!
Move out!
We found the sniping spot opposite building 1!
There were 4 cigaret butts: 1 cigar and 3 Marlboros!
It means other than Spotted Tiger, there was someone else!
Yes, we'll start from the tobacco remains!
Boss Liu, let me add an extra question.
5 years ago...
Lin Huahua, what do you wanna ask?
Do you remember about Zhao Ruilong's real estate company?
That piece of land in Jingzhou downtown!
Don't know!
We never collaborated with any of his real estate companies!
This you must know!
Who said "collaboration", it was competitive bidding!
On that day,
people from your Handong Oil & Gas allegedly got lost,
they couldn't find the auction venue,
and therefore gave up the bid.
This allowed Zhao Ruilong to get the land for the minimum bid!
After that, he sold it for 1.2 billion!
Do you know?
So you mean I must know, right?
I'm the boss of a SOE,
with countless employees in daughter companies!
You can't blame me for 2 of my people losing their way!
It makes no sense!
I didn't even know about the bidding.
Don't know where Lin Huahua got it from!
Lin Huahua performed exceptionally these days!
She took down Ouyang Jing, right? - Hmm!
It's time to give her a medal! - I agree!
Of course you do, she's your subordinate, would you refuse?
Alright then.
Let's check the other questions.
Boss Liu, together with Dongneng Group,
you managed Yunling Petro Inc.
Why did you throw away another 350 million?
You even sacrificed a national oil field!
Incidentally, why was it Zhao Ruilong's company again?
It's sad, indeed...
I'm responsible!
It was definitely...
a grave mistake!
This...
Strictly speaking, it was...
an unavoidable mistake during the economic reform!
Fortunately, chief Zhao Lichun once said:
the reform is a revolution, mistakes are unavoidable!
But even with mistakes, the reform must happen!
So you indulged yourself in mistakes?
And blamed it on the reform?
No no director Lu, you can't put it like that!
If I knew they were mistakes, then why would I do it?
I was also feeling the stones to cross the river,
but if you can't swim...
Who can guarantee you won't choke on water?
Choking on wather is alright, but don't drown yourself!
Even if I drown, the reform must happen!
Can you skip it due to fear of death?
The reform is a revolution, I don't fear death!
If I drown then so be it!
Shameless scum!
Proc. director Ji, even with your temper you are cursing?
It's not him,
I mean how can such men have the audacity to discuss reform,
or sacrifice?
Your speech is done?
We got 7 more questions, time is precious!
But director Lu, I need more time on this question!
I've spent 8 years as chief Zhao Lichun's secretary!
I should know better than you about the reforms in Handong!
I can say it like this:
without reform, there won't be Handong today!
Or put it this way: without chief Zhao Lichun,
there won't be the reform we see in Handong today!
Please don't say that, even without Zhao Lichun,
there will be Li Lichun or Wang Lichun.
You must know it's the people of China who chose the reform.
Not somebody called Lichun who granted the reform!
Don't say things that involve leaders!
What is the reform? It's a great revolution!
With revolution comes sacrifices!
Somebody will take an arrow and fall off the horse!
But I don't fear death!
I just wanna remind you two,
don't get tricked by certain people!
They spend all day to crack me open,
what do they want?
Ever thought about it?
"Xiang Zhuang's swordplay is meant for the Pei Gong"! (Chinese idiom based on Hongmen Banquet)
I think they wanna destroy chief Zhao Lichun on purpose!
You are off-topic! - I'm not!
Very off-topic!
Is it? Is it?
Let me ask, you asked me 3 questions,
count yourself, 2 of them are aimed directly at the Zhaos!
Wait a sec!
We told you it's just Zhao Ruilong!
You admitted it's "the Zhaos"!
Is it funny?
Director Lu, we are all grown-ups, not 3-year olds!
Who is Zhao Ruilong, do I have to remind you?
Zhao Ruilong is chief Zhao's only son, right?
So you helped him every time you could? - No!
Stop laying traps for me, I'm not dumb!
What do you mean by "every time I could",
If anything is against the principle, then I never help!
Chief Zhao Lichun won't allow Zhao Ruilong to do that!
Chief Zhao Lichun's family discipline is very strict!
Do you know as much as I do?
We are not discussing old chief's family discipline here.
Let's discuss your principle!
Liu Xinjian, why did you hand the purchase of petro-equipment,
to Zhao Ruilong too?
Or more precisely, the joint enterprise of him and his 2nd sister!
This company is called "Dadao Petro Machines", correct?
You gave all the benefits to the Zhaos,
no wonder people call you "a dog of the Zhaos"!
What did you say?!
Say it again?!
Who are you calling "a dog"?
I tell you,
I'm the boss of a SOE,
a bureau-level official!
You dare to call me a dog, are you mad?! I'll report you!
You are attacking my integrity! Where's your superior?
Huahua!
Sorry, I shouldn't have insulted you, I apologize!
I don't accept!
I demand you to step away!
We just wanted to give her a medal, now she made a mistake!
Don't blame Lin Huahua, even you cursed at him!
He's outrageous!
Liangping, how about we finish here.
Don't let Liu Xinjian take the chance to go off-topic again!
No, we bombard him with the questions first,
and destroy his psychological defense!
Why don't you leave? - I can't!
What's wrong? - Talk in the car!
Is our guest on his way? - Yeah.
Via the special route arranged by chief Qi.
If I knew, I'd also take chief Qi's special route!
Brother Long, you gotta think about it.
Why can't you leave, what's going on?
How would I know, somebody is after me!
That person must've been after you for a while!
2nd sister, you finally called!
Ruilong, try Luezhou this time.
This is not something you try, are you absolutely sure?
Sure or not, you must go anyway!
Liu Xinjian is already inside, he may snitch on you any minute!
Don't be a sitting duck! - I know, but 2nd sister...
That's enough, somebody will pick you up.
Luezhou!
OK!
Whose call?
From the Zhaos.
Must be urgent!
He'll call again if it's urgent!
Why do you smoke again?
You stayed up all night? - Can't sleep!
Why do you torture yourself?
A man can't help but go with the tide!
What if Hou Liangping doesn't give you any face?
Ever thought about it?
Hopefully I still have some face as his mentor!
We can only hope!
Regarding Qi Tongwei's matter...
You should step aside, act like you don't know!
Don't give yourself unnecessary troubles!
If he can solve it, then why would he come to me?
Liu Xinjian,
you can refuse the apology from me and procurator Lin.
You can also report, or even sue us!
Yes, I'll sue, I will sue you!
But you must accept our questioning of you today!
I'm tired, I need to rest!
Please answer my question right now!
I got nothing to say!
I'm tired, I wanna rest!
Let me remind you,
this is not a daycare, or holiday resort!
Looks like this Liu Xinjian,
is the profit-manager of the Zhaos!
Therefore, as this profit-manager got caught,
Zhao Ruilong got nervous!
The entire Zhao-clan got nervous, including Zhao Lichun!
I think this Zhao-clan, is a commodity shop!
I'm afraid it's not just commodity,
it's a den of thieves who stole national funds for years!
Big thieves pillage the nation! (Chinese idiom)
Yet they make it so altisonant!
Old chief!
You wake up so early today, it's just 4:15 am!
I didn't sleep the whole night!
What's wrong? - It's Ruilong!
He flew to Singapore, but got stopped at the border.
I have a bad feeling.
Ruilong can't leave? What's going on?
Yuliang, I'm thinking: is it about Liu Xinjian's arrest?
Just now,
Zhao Ruilong failed to leave the country from Handong airport.
Something is wrong!
Is it because of the few incomplete lawsuits he has?
Don't know!
But we must watch out!
I tell you, when you leave in a minute, use your real ID first!
If it doesn't work, try another ID at another airport!
Tongwei, are we really at that step now?
Don't know!
But for us, we must be prepared!
Liu Xinjian...
Don't keep bringing up the old chief...
or comrade Lichun all the time!
Based on our evidence of your crime, nobody can save you!
Stop fantasizing!
Fantasize about what?
What do you really want?
You even said I'm a dog of the Zhaos!
Tell me, are you trying to fix me, or the Zhaos?
Or maybe you are after chief Zhao Lichun himself?
Tell me!
Let me remind you,
what's Zhao Lichun's title?
He's now a deputy national-level official,
one of the national leaders!
Do you have the power?
What do you want?
He's testing us! - Hmm!
Liangping, we can't avoid the Zhaos' issues anymore,
we must report to the central!
Let's report after we take down Liu Xinjian!
That's fine too, if we take down Liu Xinjian,
we can be more convincing.
Old chief,
you are a deputy national-level official after all,
one of the national and party leaders!
I reckon that Handong provincial procuratorate,
won't get any ideas about you!
You must know Ji Changming, the proc. director.
He's always careful, unwilling to get into trouble.
Besides he's retiring soon.
But the anti-corruption bureau chief is aggressive!
I heard he's your student too!
Yeah, he was my student.
He's intelligent and capable, but a bit aggressive!
After 3 months in Handong, he has caused me some troubles!
Forget him for now!
Why forget him?
As political & legal secretary,
you much check and balance!
Lu Yike, don't scuffle with him!
Ask all the questions at once!
Let's see his reaction!
Question number 6,
organized corruption and splitting public funds!
I got nothing to say, I'm tired, I wanna rest!
It's not for you to decide!
From 2009 April until June this year,
you approved your finance office to exploit public funds,
to issue bridge-loans for private enterprises.
We have confirmed you split bridge-interests of 63.5 millions!
How do you explain this?
Question number 7...
Yes old chief, I'll talk to him tomorrow!
Also, don't break this bureau chief's spirit!
Tell him this from me: I like his ruthlessness!
You can't go easy on corrupt officials!
But, don't let others use you as a gun!
Old chief, you hit the nail on the head!
Yi Xuexi in Luezhou has already become somebody's gun!
This student of mine, he's close to becoming one too!
There are certain things that you must already know.
Somebody is using Ruilong's gourmet city to do things!
I heard you even promoted Yi Xuexi as mayor of Luezhou?
Yes, he is an example set up by comrade Sha Ruijin.
The prov. committee approved, it's publicly announced.
Good, send Yi Xuexi my congrats!
He's a good comrade!
All these years, I failed 2 good comrades.
One is Chen Yanshi, the other is Yi Xuexi!
Question number 9: gambling in Macao!
Liu Xinjian, you are rich!
You lost 8.45 million in one night,
without flinching!
He's listening, look at his face!
Hmm, what a good actor, he's acting well!
Alright!
Old chief, you only need to slightly restrict Ruilong,
don't let Yi Xuexi or Sha Ruijin get too much hold on him.
I think the situation in Handong is still salvageable!
You are on your current post, after all!
But Yuliang, don't play any tricks!
I will be strict to Ruilong!
Your favorite student brought me your message.
But you still gotta defend your favorite student when you can!
Old chief, what did this police chief Qi complain to you?
He told me a few things.
Remember Yuliang, this police chief cannot fall!
If Qi Tongwei falls,
can any of us find a way out?
I understand!
Qi Tongwei must have lots of overlaps with Ruilong!
Not just Ruilong,
he has inexplainable bonds with both you and me!
Don't you get it?!
I get it!
Old chief, you need to get some rest, I'll hang up.
Good.
What did Zhao Lichun say?
I asked Qi Tongwei to persuade Zhao Lichun in Beijing,
but he sold me out before the old chief!
Bastard!
You shouldn't have sent Qi Tongwei!
You upset him over that rape case in Luezhou, you know?
No!
There must be something else!
Looks like this student of mine,
has been unhappy about me for a while!
Not unhappy, but disappointed!
Gao Yuliang has been into politics for years,
why can't he stop being so bookish?
That case in Luezhou, was it a rape just because they said so?
As Liang Lu told him, he personally called Luezhou PD!
Luezhou PD arrested all my relatives!
Where should I put my face in Handong from now on?
Actually I don't think you should blame old Gao.
If anyone, you should blame your wife.
Who is she?
The daughter of former political & legal secretary!
How can old Gao not react if she told him?
If old Gao didn't, perhaps she'll find Sha Ruijin or Tian Guofu!
Then it would be an even bigger mess!
Bitch!
But in the end, she didn't find Sha Ruijin.
I think in her mind,
she doesn't wanna separate with you.
That's because her Liang family is done for!
Look at her 2 brothers, what imbeciles!
Incompetent!
Tongwei, forgive people whenever you can.
Leave Liang Lu a way out,
as well as you, and us, a way out!
Don't act on your emotions and close all the doors,
OK?
Like I said, you are a woman who knows the greater good!
It's my fortune to have met you in this life!
I'm also fortunate to have met you in my life!
Zhao Lichun congratulating Yi Xuexi?
Didn't he suppress Yi Xuexi all the time?
Zhao Lichun is making tactical retreat!
Not only would he congratulate Yi Xuexi,
he'll even let his son use the compensation fee of gourmet city,
to make a 180-million...
"Crescent Lake environment fund"!
That's a good thing!
One step back means a broader world! (Chinese idiom)
Prof. Wu,
at this rate, is there really a way to back out?
Hello!
Please hurry, the flight to Hong Kong is about to depart!
Sir, your passport is wrong!