In the Name of People
Episode 41
Where do you wanna go, boss?
Shanshui Manor!
Gao Xiaoqin told you to talk to Chen Hai,
not making an accident!
You think I can simply talk to Chen Hai?
You know him, don't you!
He's not someone who wants or can compromise!
There's no need for me to seek rejection, or turn myself in!
One of us had to die, I had to solve the emergency!
Solve the emergency?!
Tell me,
what did you think when you took down Chen Hai?
You felt no regret,
or guilt?
I'm shocked just from hearing this!
Other things aside, during your years at Han-Uni,
how much did the Chens help you financially?
You used their food stamps, wore Chen Hai's football shirt,
your first pair of "Warrior" shoes were gifts from Chen Yang!
You told me yourself!
You even said Chen Yang is the only woman you ever loved!
Is this how you repay them?
How could you!
Tell me!
I'll repay their kindness in my next life...
Fine...
In your next life...
You make it sound so easy!
Now I know the truth too,
I'm also involved.
Tell me...
When would you "solve emergency" on me?
Impossible, we are on the same ship my mentor!
I did this, so our ship won't capsize!
But have you ever thought,
after you took out Chen Hai,
Hou Liangping would follow?
You knew Chen Hai, but not Hou Liangping?
He's the investigative director of Supreme Procuratorate!
Given his strong ties to Chen Hai,
you are burning fire upon yourself and seeking your doom!
You talk about not capsizing the ship,
I think this ship will capsize in your hands someday!
Thank you chief Sha! - Goodbye!
Goodbye!
Lad! - Goodbye!
Bye! - Take care!
Bye!
Hello?
Tang Chenglan, what's up?
It's bad, something big is about to happen!
Wang Wenge and the 2 idiots from workshop 3,
went to Renyi Street!
Are they really gonna do that?!
Why didn't you stop them?!
I couldn't stop him!
He said if he can't get an explanation today,
he'll jump from the rooftop with Cai Chenggong's son!
Shit, hurry!
Big bro, you better not go, your face is too scary!
Put the mask back on! - Right, big bro!
Nobody would believe you are checking the water meter!
That's enough, we must take Cai's son anyway!
Big bro, how much time do they get to collect money?
Let's get the kid first!
I admit I miscalculated!
I'm fully aware of Hou Liangping's professional skill!
I just didn't expect the Supreme Procuratorate to send him!
At first,
when Hou Liangping focused on Cai's report on Ouyang Jing,
I felt slightly relieved.
I thought he went the wrong way.
I expected Li Dakang to strike back with force!
In that case, we'd have a relatively safe distance!
But men cannot out-scheme fate! (Chinese proverb)
Li Dakang actually backed off!
And Ouyang Jing,
surprisingly gave up Liu Xinjian!
I was totally caught off-guard!
Thinking about it now,
it's not just the question of Hou Liangping.
That's what I wanted to say.
Even if I didn't touch Chen Hai,
what's meant to come will come!
The central's anti-corruption hurricane,
won't be moved by the will of anybody below!
Now I can reveal this to you.
Chen Hai was plotted against!
The corrupt ones in Handong hated and feared Chen Hai,
after knowing Chen Hai found evidence of their crimes,
they engineered the accident!
This is to be expected.
Jin-zi, how did you find the master detective?
A classmate of mine at the public security ministry,
he recommended me a master detective!
Do you know who?
I left the political & legal offices long ago,
I don't know anyone!
Zhao Donglai from Jingzhou!
You mean Donglai? - Hmm! - I know him!
He's indeed very skilled!
He was once commended by the public security ministry!
Little Liu, drive faster!
Big bro, Mr. Zheng is here!
Why are they here? Let's go!
Let's move up!
Wang Wenge, get out!
Drive!
Hurry!
They ran away!
Mentor, have you ever thought...
why did your provincial chief post quickly become rumors?
Last year,
I read your recommendation letter from Zhao Lichun,
we all believed you'd soon become a regional duke!
But then?
Central sent Tian Guofu to reorganize disciplinary commission.
Then they airdropped Sha Ruijin,
and totally blocked your path upwards!
After that, it was Hou Liangping.
Have you ever thought,
why did this happen?
Are these really co-incidences?
This is what I think:
is central after Zhao Lichun,
or our Handong province?
Or maybe it's because of Zhao Lichun's issues,
central is focusing on our Handong province!
You know this too,
Zhao Lichun's princeling is too conspicuous!
With enemies everywhere!
How come I heard he was stopped at the airport,
and barred from leaving the country?
Is it risky?
No, he flew to Hong Kong with a fake passport.
He should be with Gao Xiaoqin by now.
Good.
But the key issue is not Zhao Ruilong,
but Liu Xinjian!
If this case didn't go anywhere,
then I won't have the face to meet Chen Hai!
Our anti-corruption bureau chief,
even got hit by corrupt officials!
I'm angry when I think about it!
Hai-zi is already like this.
I'm mostly worried about Hou Liangping right now.
He's at the critical spot of anti-corruption.
There are risks!
But this anti-corruption battle,
is a life-or-death struggle without compromise!
That's why we told Hou Liangping to watch out,
he needs political wisdom!
And every local office must protect him well!
Is there no way to silence Liu Xinjian and avoid collapse?
There is!
Hou Liangping is the key.
If Hou Liangping can go easy on Liu Xinjian,
and focus on the issue without expanding the case,
then we may survive this!
We may get ourselves some buffer period.
With this buffer period we can arrange our retreat!
But Hou Liangping won't compromise anyhow,
last night Gao Xiaoqin and I didn't manage to persuade him!
I heard princeling Zhao was there too?
Yes, he wanted to take actions against Hou Liangping.
But surprisingly, Zhao Lichun stopped him.
Zhao Lichun is afraid!
Do you know,
he won't even dare to keep the gourmet city's compensation!
This I know.
But no matter what the Zhaos think,
Hou Liangping must be removed!
Removing Hou Liangping is the only way to revive the game!
This is the key message I wanna tell you today!
You already removed a bureau chief behind my back,
but did you revive your game?
Nope!
It's different now!
Chen Hai knew our secret,
but Hou Liangping hasn't breached Liu Xinjian!
It means we are safe for now!
To maintain safety, Hou Liangping must die!
You don't have to kill him, you can make him leave!
I tell you,
Prof. Wu is doing the last round of his persuasion.
Wait for my signal!
Hou Liangping's aggression today has a purpose.
He wanted to force out the truth he didn't wanna face.
Mentor's angry confession,
his wife's persuasion via emotions,
don't they have the same goal as Qi Tongwei?
Behind the veil of tender feelings,
is another Hongmen Banquet!
Hello?
Liangping, have you talked to mentor Gao, how was it?
Our mentor's reaction was weird!
Then let me remind you,
you can't suffer the losses that Chen Hai suffered!
I hear you.
I feel... a hurricane is on the way!
You are back!
Monkey boy left?
Long ago!
Did he drop any hint?
What do you wanna hear?
He's not your son-in-law!
It won't help either, he's not that kind of man!
Give Qi Tongwei a call.
Wang Wenge I tell you!
If you are too tired to live, just die yourself!
Why do you wanna others to die with you?!
I tell you,
even the provincial chief came to our factory today!
There's hope about our stocks!
Who are you fooling?
We don't even have a land for factory, keep talking!
The factory land is already solved, even the seal is gone!
Take a look if you don't believe me!
Officials like Sun Liancheng,
they may not be corrupt.
But the harm they inflict to the people isn't any less!
Hmm...
Such neglectful officials...
Uncle Chen...
this is the reality we face!
Now you can't run!
Come on, open the door!
Now you can't run!
Let's see how you run!
I told you already, even Cai didn't wanna lose our stocks!
But you still focus on Cai!
And you two, if I see you again, I tell you,
I'll call the police and get you all arrested!
That's right!
Get out! - Get out, quickly!
Tongwei,
mentor Gao and I did our best.
But Hou Liangping...
adhered to his opinion and refused to listen!
We can't help anymore!
I see.
I'll do it.
But...
There is no more "but"!
Government!
I wanna report to the government!
I report on Handong procuratorate,
anti-corruption bureau chief Hou Liangping!
I wanna report to the government!
The hell you wanna report?! We can't sleep!
I wanna report to the government!
Secretary Gao.
We must catch Hou Liangping!
Anti-corruption bureau chief taking bribes, it's too serious! (Xiao Gangyu, municipal proc. director of Jingzhou)
Come in!
Secretary Gao, it's like this... - Sit down!
Secretary Gao.
OK, let the political & legal commission distribute.
Two more things today... - Cancel them both!
Today I'll inspect with proc. director Xiao!
What, they both disappeared?!
Gao Xiaoqin flew to Hong Kong, allegedly for a business talk.
And Zhao Ruilong, has he left the country?
Zhao Ruilong is not allowed to leave,
although we don't have any record, but he disappeared.
Impossible, he must've left the country!
Does he have fake passports?
Men like him...
always have a few foreign passports!
Damn!
It gets worse...
Jingzhou munic. procuratorate is after Cai Chenggong!
Jingzhou munic. procuratorate?
Old Xiao...
Don't worry, there's nobody else!
You can be straightforward!
Secretary Gao,
based on Hou Liangping's childhood buddy Cai's report,
Hou Liangping is suspected of duty crime!
He opened a coal mine together with Cai and Ding!
Seriously? - Yeah!
I lent 50 millions from Shanshui and Gao Xiaoqin,
and opened the company with Ding Yizhen and Hou Liangping.
I have 70% of the stocks, they have 15% each.
But they never paid, it's performance stocks!
Did Zhao Donglai tell you about Cai's case?
Yes, he first thought Jingzhou procuratorate is with us,
so he didn't bother.
But he found out yesterday,
that Jingzhou proc. director Xiao Gangyu,
oversaw a new case with Cai personally!
He called it a big case,
and it involves a leader at provincial procuratorate!
Secretary Gao, I told chief Qi.
I'll oversee Cai's case!
Don't just rely on Cai's testimonies this time,
got any other evidence?
We checked at the commercial and industrial bureau,
there's Hou Liangping's signature and ID copy!
There are only 3 stockholders:
Hou Liangping, Ding Yizhen, Cai Chenggong!
Hmm...
Did Hou Liangping get payout from his performance stock?
And how much?
Of course there's payout!
I paid Hou Liangping 3 times in 3 years!
From 2012 to 2014, 400k in total!
I paid directly to his bankcard at CMBC!
You can check at CMBC!
Why is Jingzhou procuratorate after Cai Chenggong?
Zhao Donglai doesn't know either.
So he wants me to remind you: be careful!
For what?
I never even met Xiao Gangyu, who is he?
He was one of our deputy proc. directors.
Can we communicate with him?
To do that, it must be proc. director Ji!
Xiao Gangyu is very snobbish, he's quite difficult!
Can you prove the 400k payout to Hou Liangping?
Yes, we even checked the transaction record at CMBC!
It was March last year, Cai remembers everything!
Before 1/16-incident, I visited Hou Liangping's home in Beijing.
I wanted him to help me get back the Dafeng stocks.
I gave him a box of Chunghwa cigarets,
two boxes of Maotai wine...
And also 10k in cash!
As a gift for meeting his son the first time!
Yike, think with me,
how was Cai's condition the last time we questioned him?
Was there anything abnormal?
That day, you went to the municipal PD...
I was... at our mission HQ.
Did he send you?
I know your chief Hou won't just abandon me!
Please tell Hou Liangping,
two gang members moved into my cell, I'm in life-danger!
I told your stationed procurator, but they don't care!
They called me crazy and delusional!
Could it be that Cai,
really got threatened by gangs,
and used by our opponents?
This guy is always unpredictable!
I was very careful,
I told Zhou Zheng and Lin Huahua to ask him.
The one on my left has a blue dragon tattoo,
he keeps staring at me with murderous gaze!
It's creepy to look at him!
The one on my right is a murderer.
He makes weird giggles behind my back.
Every time I turn to face him, he looks elsewhere!
He must be up to something!
They don't threaten me yet,
but it doesn't mean they won't threaten me later!
Because I can already feel danger!
Gao Xiaoqin and Ouyang Jing will try to silence me!
Contact Zhao Donglai ASAP, watch the surveillance video!
Do these two men exist, or did someone else threaten Cai?
Yes sir!
In that case, it's all clear.
Hou Liangping took Cai's bribes and performance stocks.
They also ran coal business together with Ding.
If things happen, Hou Liangping will defend Cai at all costs!
Right?
Cai spoke about this too!
Procurators, I'm showing good cooperation,
I wanna cooperate big time!
I report on Hou Liangping covering up!
When in Beijing he said I shouldn't fear, he'll defend me!
He really transferred here from Beijing!
Once here, he protected me in various ways!
BTW, he also told me to pretend sick!
Zhao Donglai said he'll have his men watch the video ASAP!
I reckon, they are after me this time!
They wanna do something via Cai!
But what kind of tricks can they pull off?
Don't know!
Will you be in life-danger?
Like Chen Hai!
No, they are arming themselves with the law this time!
Attacking our shield with our spear!
Sure, we all know the game!
Do you already know...
who your opponent is?
I don't know Xiao Gangyu,
but I know who's behind him!
Old Xiao.
Please do tell.
It's quite interesting if you think about it.
In Beijing, Hou Liangping was investigative director.
He oversaw the 1/12 case too.
But that night, he kept calling his friend Chen Hai.
He built a passage but secretly advanced via another! (Chinese idiom)
Secretary Gao, we still haven't confirmed this.
I even suspect...
it was Hou Liangping who set it up to silence people,
having bad guys engineer the accident,
to murder Chen Hai!
Impossible, Hou Liangping was in Beijing!
Could he remotely control drivers in Handong to kill?
You think Hou Liangping is you?
There's nothing he can't do!
Possibly... let me check again then!
Secretary Gao, let me scrub your back!
Come!
Remember, no matter what happens,
even if I get suspended or detained and lost my freedom,
this you must do:
breach the fortress of Handong Oil & Gas!
Once the fortress is breached, they will collapse!
Got it!
They must know this too! - Yes!
Therefore, you and I must question Liu Xinjian ASAP!
OK, I'll arrange!
BTW, expand the audits on Handong Oil & Gas!
I arranged a new accounting company, they'll start shortly.
Not shortly, but today or tomorrow, must be quick!
Chief Hou!
Shall we report Cai's new case to proc. director?
No need!
In war, we treasure every minute!
Old Xiao...
Chen Qingquan is arrested,
as well as Liu Xinjian.
Zhao Ruilong and Gao Xiaoqin fled abroad.
We have no other way out this time!
You know it too! - Yes!
Chief Qi told me!
Keep up the good work, old Xiao!
If we win this battle,
you become the provincial proc. director,
then everything gets easy!
Yes, but I'm afraid this Ji Changming has opinions about me!
Then try to improve your relation with him!
If your munic. procuratorate makes this case solid...
You must report to him too! - Yes!
Secretary Gao,
could Ji Changming be covering for Hou Liangping?
Unlikely.
He's retiring soon.
At this moment, it's even more unlikely.
And that chief Sha Ruijin,
he always favored Hou Liangping!
I heard chief Sha talked to him after he arrived to Handong!
That's why tonight,
I must find Sha Ruijin no matter what!
He must take down Hou Liangping himself!
That's great!
I heard chief Sha is inspecting here with a ministry leader!
Even if he inspects Mars with UN secretary general,
I'll still find him!
Secretary Gao does solid work!
Old Xiao...
I say it again: we have no other way out this time!
Not you, not me either!
So don't try to play any tricks now!
Right!
Sister, come in and have a seat! - I'll pass!
He's not home! - I'll still pass!
Let's talk about you first.
You are so stubborn,
such a huge issue, you never told me!
Let me ask you, your minor depressive disorder,
for how long have you had it?
Over a year now! - Over a year?!
For over a year, you withheld this even from your sister!
Telling you won't help!
What can you do other than getting worried?
Besides it's just minor!
The doctor said it's gonna be fine.
I feel...
as long as he doesn't mention little Gao,
everything will be fine with me.
I tell you,
you must control your emotions, you know?
I'm not spooking you,
if depression worsens, the complications will be severe!
Old Yao from my department, he got depression.
Whenever things happened, he couldn't let it go...
Later on... - He killed himself!
Don't you worry sister, I won't!
I won't kill myself!
I've endured for so many years,
I won't be defeated, don't worry!
Besides, even if it's just for Fangfang...
I must live on!
Fangfang is your emotional sustenance!
If things happen from now on, don't just keep it inside!
Tell your sister, OK?
Talking will help improve your condition, you know?
I know, sister!
Come in and have a seat! - I won't even if he's away!
Take your meds on time!
(Hong Kong, China)
Boss Zhao, the first batch of intel is here.
The anti-corruption storm in Handong has powerful backing!
Central is behind Sha Ruijin!
Obviously!
Sha Ruijin is sent by central,
of course central is behind him!
Boss Zhao, my point is, central trusts Sha Ruijin deeply!
Would he get assigned to Handong otherwise?
Sha Ruijin's tenure in Handong embodies central's will.
The goal is to remove Li Dakang and Gao Yuliang,
these two seasoned local serpents!
If Sha Ruijin didn't come,
the provincial chief of Handong will be Gao Yuliang,
with Li Dakang as the governor!
But now, Li Dakang's wife is in jail.
Gao Yuliang's former aide is also in jail.
Among the 10 Handong companies under special audit,
2 of them are yours!
So you do know something!
Bro, I've worked for years as politics reporter for The Mirror.
I do have some connections!
If it weren't urgent, I wouldn't have come here!
I know. - It's like this. - Hmm.
Procuratorate anti-corruption bureau chief Hou Liangping,
is under real-name report.
He's suspected of serious financial crime!
Comrade Yuliang...
it's very surprising!
This bureau chief was your student,
some people even say he's from Han-Uni faction!
You must have some basic understanding for your students!
Han-Uni faction again...
The more reason I must report this to you ASAP!
Speak your mind then, without reservation!
Based on the urgent report of Jingzhou munic. procuratorate,
my preliminary estimate is,
this student of mine...
is already suspected of crime!
You may know the informant too,
the boss of Dafeng Company, Cai Chenggong.
You mean the same Dafeng of 1/16-incident,
that Dafeng Company?
Correct!
Cai and Hou Liangping were primary school classmates.
They have very tight relations.
Based on current intel,
they've been doing business the last few years.
But I didn't know,
they colluded with the escaped mayor Ding Yizhen,
to sell coal!
How is it possible!
That's fairy tale!
Chief Hou, can I make complaints?
Why do you always question me at midnight?
It's unhealthy!
We don't like it either, but there's no other way.
Since you asked procurator Lin to avoid, so I must come!
I got work during the day, so I can only do night-shift!
You reminded me!
That procurator Lin last time, she called me a dog!
That's an attack on my person, why did she do that?
I know it, director Lu told me.
I criticized her harshly!
I criticized her on the spot!
The procurator who insulted you is not here.
Shall we begin?
Boss Liu, you wanna continue with director Lu's 10 questions,
or pick up our chat last time?
What did we talk about?
A specter,
the specter of communism, is haunting Europe!
Chief Hou, please spare me, don't pick on me!
Do you wanna hear me recite the communist manifesto again?
No no...
I wanna help you find your lost soul!
The article we wanna write is...
3 months versus 30 years of Handong!
What 3 months and 30 years?
Sha Ruijin wants to use 3 months of anti-corruption storm,
to deny 30 years of economic reforms in Handong!
True!
His 3 months in Handong,
he said nothing good about the economic reform!
Hmm!
Especially regarding my dad and the former governors,
he has a dismissive attitude!
Frankly, this is what I thought at first too.
I even criticized comrade Xiao Gangyu.
But after seeing the record from commercial bureau,
and over 100k of dividends in Hou Liangping's name,
I felt speechless.
I don't know why Hou Liangping had to do this!
Continue!
Chief Sha,
I really felt sad!
Hou Liangping is one of my best students,
his ability is on par with Qi Tongwei!
Think, boss Liu, think carefully.
When did you lose your soul?
Born into the military community,
you grew up hearing military bugle and parade songs.
After graduating from military academy, you enlisted.
You almost never left military camp before 30!
Totally correct!
Military uniform was what I saw when I opened my eyes!
I only had one thing on my mind: obey the command!
I believe you.
As someone born into a military family,
you must've received more attention than your peers!
What a co-incidence,
in my childhood, I also lived near a military community!
The bugle and parade songs you heard, I heard them too!
Those familiar melodies keep echoing at my ears!
The only difference is:
you were inside, I was outside!
Are you telling me, that kids like you who were outside,
envied us kids who were inside the community?
Look at this, I'm still inside now!
But you are outside, do you still envy me?
Not everyone is like you.
We were kids, and boys too!
Everyone had a soldier's dream!
I believe it's true!
Back then, every boy enjoyed playing soldier!
Wearing a majestic uniform and protecting the country,
how wonderful!
Frankly, I always thought I'd remain a military man until I die!
But later, the economy reformed!
Everybody had only one thought:
making money!
As a beneficiary, you can't put it like that!
The reform brought market economy.
The provincial chief and provincial military 1st commissar,
chief Zhao Lichun noticed you.
You got assigned to prov. committee.
It makes so many retired soldiers envious even until today!
Yeah...
Perhaps I had some dumb luck.
They always wanted to breach his former secretary Liu Xinjian.
My dad told me many times.
He's ready to face injustice!
Even sacrifice himself for the reform!
Boss Zhao, the anti-corruption bureau chief in Handong,
is he Hou Liangping?
Right, he was transferred by Sha Ruijin from Beijing!
As I know, he's not clean!
If it's not Sha Ruijin who got him here in urgency,
he may end up in trouble in Beijing!
Right!
This man has always taken bribes and bent the law!
Boss Zhao, I need you to confirm some intel for me.
Hou Liangping,
graduated from Han-Uni institute of politics and law,
with extensive social network in Handong, especially Jingzhou!
He often took performance stock bribes from businessmen,
and strategized for dirty businessmen to evade the law!
He even planned former mayor Ding Yizhen's escape!
Currently, Cai Chenggong of Dafeng Clothing Company,
has reported on this.
Comrade Yuliang...
The last bureau chief Chen Hai fell,
beneath the wheels of a dump truck!
The current bureau chief Hou Liangping is falling again,
in the quagmire of corruption!
Don't you feel...
this is strange?
Hou Liangping assumed office only 3 months ago...
Could it be that...
somebody is plotting against Hou Liangping!
I thought like this too.
But then again,
Hou Liangping's corruption didn't happen in these 3 months!
It happened long before, 5 years ago!
Cai believed Hou Liangping would defend him,
but seeing things fall apart,
he lost mental balance and called it quits!
So you mean...
Hou Liangping was corrupt long ago,
he's a seasoned corrupt official?