"In the Name of People"
Episode 11
Cut the chit-chat and back to topic. We begin with the case.
Pretty lady division director,
Director Lu.
You bring some comrades to the provincial police guesthouse,
and find the informant Cai Chenggong!
Acting chief Hou, your style is rad!
Right after coming to Handong, before your seat gets warm,
you wanna rush to the provincial police guesthouse.
Chief Hou, you don't have to go yourself, we can go get him!
Yeah? - Yeah.
I got so mad at you that I forgot!
Nobody goes. I make a call and let them send him here.
Division director Lu, you look better laughing than crying.
You saw me cry? - I will make you cry someday!
It's not sure who will cry!
Is the meeting over now?
Go do your stuff. - Wait!
Who's following me to solve the case?
Chief Hou, me!
Me too!
Zhou Zheng,
you finished your case report?
Lin Huahua,
how about your case analysis?
What are you all getting excited for?
You trust him just because he says he's chief?
I don't trust this appointment file exists!
Lu Yike,
I'm still the investigative division director of the central bureau, correct?
I kindly ask you comrades to assist me on the case, is that OK?
Alright!
Please show us the reference letter from the Supreme Procuratorate, central anti-corruption bureau!
If I have a gun in my hand, I'll kill you first!
So you wanna cry now? OK, let's say I pity you.
You pity me today, someday when you fall into my hands, I won't pity you!
Hello old schoolmate, it's me, Hou Liangping!
It's my first day in Handong and I start working on cases.
Therefore, you gotta send over that Cai Chenggong to me!
Monkey, I heard you'd come last night.
I thought you came here for a specific case.
But mentor told me today that you got appointed here.
Mentor gave me orders, saying I should welcome you!
What do you think?
Let's discuss this later.
Send over Cai to provincial procuratorate now!
Liangping,
this might be difficult.
To tell you the truth, secretary Li Dakang got his eyes on this guy!
If I release Cai from the police guesthouse,
the Jingzhou PD will take him!
I don't care why you fight over him,
hurry up and send Cai over to us!
Liangping, can't you just come over to question him?
No! It's gotta be in our interrogation room, we got all the equipments!
Besides, if his lawyer claims in court that we abused him, we need evidence!
You think our provincial PD lack these equipments?
Whatever you request, I'll make it happen!
That won't do. It's my first day here.
The people here bully strangers and checkmate me, you know.
OK I see.
OK, I wait for you.
Since both provincial and municipal PD fight over him,
we gotta strike first!
Am I your superior or are you mine? - You lead me!
But I'm afraid you waste our time.
You just got to Handong, do you know what's going on?
Are the provincial and municipal PD in the same system?
They might turn their elbow outward! (Chinese slang for helping outsiders)
OK director Lu, I give the task of retrieval to your 1st division.
Once Cai Chenggong is brought back, report to me right away!
Number 3, 6, 9, follow me!
Chief Hou, we leave for now. - OK.
Director Lu,
I think you were unfair to our new chief Hou!
Huahua told me he's classmate with our chief Chen, as well as best buddy.
I feel bad when I look at this guy.
I think about last time he came to Handong,
when we received him with Chen Hai.
I feel bad you know?
But you still can't let it out on him!
He left his high-post and family to come to Handong, why?
I know.
I just hate those high-ups!
Putting him here so quickly, what do they want?
They think Chen Hai won't recover or what?
No no, think of it from another perspective,
do you want the bad guys to walk free?
No!
Maybe this chief Hou is here to find justice for chief Chen!
This brother is loyal!
You gotta thank me and Huahua for saving your faces!
Cut the bullshit, all of you keep your eyes open,
and assist the new chief with his work!
My big sister!
If you have this kind-heart, why do you show something else?
Aren't you being weird? - You are weird!
I felt bad and shouted at him, so what?
If he's really Chen Hai's friend, he'll understand!
Donglai,
you are well-informed!
To be frank,
Cai Chenggong is hidden in our guesthouse.
The provincial procuratorate arranged this.
One of our comrades,
a provincial chief of police tasked with public security and social stability.
But instead of doing his job,
he ran over to Chen Yanshi's retirement home to dig in his little garden.
Oh my, he left with a headful of sweat!
If the rural governments elect model farmers this year, I give him my vote!
What a nice comrade, a good farmer!
Chief Ruijin what a nice suggestion!
I agree, he also has my vote!
Little Jin, regarding the matter with Cai,
please don't let secretary Dakang misunderstand!
I already told Zhao Donglai to wait at the guesthouse back entrance
There should be no problem!
OK OK.
I know today's committee meeting, please find a chance to tell secretary Dakang!
Our provincial PD will never become the umbrella of criminals!
On this matter, please don't let secretary Dakang misunderstand!
OK...
Hmm, alright!
I have no misunderstanding for comrade Qi Tongwei.
I can tell you responsibly that this comrade rose up via bootlicking!
Here's an example.
When I was at municipal 1st secretary division...
Secretary Dakang, be specific!
You were the secretary of Zhao Lichun when he was at municipal committee!
That's nothing to hide! Everyone knows!
I was a secretary of the municipal committee.
Comrade Qi Tongwei was the director of security division.
One day, comrade Zhao Lichun went home to visit his family grave.
Qi Tongwei and I followed.
Comrade Qi Tongwei really did it!
At the Zhao family grave, he kneeled down just like that!
And cried for real, with both his eyes and nose running!
Commissioner Zhao, the procurators' van just entered.
You sure? Are they procurators?
Yeah, the van is from anti-corruption bureau.
Block them here!
Remember, don't start a fight!
Yes sir!
Come in!
I don't know what secretary Dakang tries to say with "grave-crying".
That Qi Tongwei is not good and deserves to be shot?
It's not that bad!
Not that bad.
Lenin once said to have all the bootlickers face the firing squad, but only as a rant.
Throughout the history of communism, there is no example of executing bootlickers!
Therefore, our chief Qi is not facing any life-danger.
This meeting is for standing committee members,
with the theme of staff appointment.
Discussing our provincial police chief like this right now,
I think it's unfair.
Secretary Dakang saw Qi Tongwei crying over other people's grave,
it's possible, I won't deny that.
But have you ever thought this chief Qi
was reminded by the situation and recalled one of his relatives?
Or maybe one of his relatives passed away at that time?
It's possible!
Have you considered?
I actually did!
Both his parents are healthy, his family is one of longevity!
You actually look into that!
OK, even if that's true, so what?
This chief Qi, which party paragraph, or national law,
or regulation of official appointment did he break, which one?
A good question!
Sounds like dark humor!
I don't see it as dark humor!
With secretary Yuliang's logic,
since chief Qi violated nothing,
shall we then follow due procedures and appoint him as deputy governor?
Secretary Dakang, don't be so quick to question!
I haven't finished talking!
Fine. - Comrade Yuliang, please continue.
What did you say?
Hou Liangping is assigned to Handong?
He's currently our anti-corruption bureau chief.
He sent me to get you.
Can I call him? They confiscated my phone.
Thank you!
Monkey, it's me!
You came to Handong?
No more chit-chat, follow my men quickly!
Monkey, a car of the municipal PD has been watching all along!
That's why I sent people to get you! Follow director Lu, hurry!
Director Lu!
I hand over myself completely to you!
Hmm.
I remind you once again,
no matter what happens between the procurators and Zhao Donglai,
don't get yourself involved, understood?
What chief Sha and secretary Dakang described,
do they exist?
In some regions and branches, they are even very serious!
Chief Sha used the word "opium den",
this is a very accurate description!
He said what we always wanted to, but never said.
Comrades, this kind of official conduct didn't take one day to cement.
Neither is it unique to Handong.
Therefore, can it be solved just because a few of us
have several meetings and issue several files?
Comrade Yuliang, you mean it can't be solved?
It can, and must be solved!
But it takes time.
The situation we face is complicated, or even severe!
The aforementioned head of organizational department only drinks with female officials.
But that director in Yantai who got sentenced last year is far worse.
He had affairs with several female officials,
with abominable influence!
Comrade Guofu! - Yes?
Did the female officials get disciplined afterwards, and how many?
Reportedly, no.
Reportedly?
Back then, I wasn't the discipline and inspection secretary,
I was later told that it was not doable, because it involved many families.
If it leads to things like divorce or suicide,
there will be social impact!
As comrade Sha Ruijin becomes our provincial 1st-of-command,
lots of officials found out his special relation with master Chen,
so they run over to Chen's place with plants and birds.
Is this a good conduct?
Of course not!
But they still have redlines and concerns.
2 years ago when a mayor of Yantai had birthday, that was different.
368 of his subordinates gave money directly.
How much?
2.89 millions!
Did this mayor also not get disciplined, or?
He did, 15 years in jail. That's a clear case.
But what to do with those 368 officials?
How do we discipline them?
Master Chen Yanshi told me: "it's easy"!
Fire them all!
Chief Sha,
if we fire them, the entire official structure of Yantai municipality will collapse!
Who's gonna do all the work?
Comrade Ruijin, it's hard!
Chief Ruijin,
regarding the issues of these officials,
the standing committee was indeed divided!
We are doing our job, please step aside!
So you are director Lu? Chen Hai mentioned you.
Director Lu,
we are also doing our job.
So you are Zhao Donglai?
How majestic, the commissioner doing the job personally!
But I must take Cai away, he's a crucial informant.
You can question him at the municipal PD detention center!
What if he gets heart attack?
What's that for?
If he's sick, we'll treat him!
What if you don't do it on time? Who will be responsible?
Commissioner Zhao, give me 24 hours,
after that you pick him up at the bureau!
I keep my words!
No, Cai Chenggong is suspected of
safety negligence, endangering public safety and illegal fundraising.
He's our wanted criminal!
Director Lu,
you must know about the Dafeng factory incident and its social impacts!
We must take him!
Now that was humbling!
I told you to be patient, you didn't listen!
You think they'd listen just because you came from central office in Beijing?
No, director Ji. How would I dare to fantasize that?
Liangping, don't spend all days thinking about solving cases.
You need to give some thoughts to interpersonal relations!
I tell you about comrade Lue Liang,
he's an old deputy bureau chief, and a watchful veteran anti-corruptor!
Especially after Chen hai's accident, he oversaw the work in the bureau.
Do you think he doesn't want to advance further?
I took this seat, and made this veteran anti-corruptor upset!
Anybody will have some emotional reactions if such things happen!
Including you and me!
It's human nature!
Actually, comrade Lue Liang works very diligently.
Does he really have bad health, or is he giving me trouble on purpose?
No no no, you don't know his situation.
I'll explain.
I told you comrade Lue Liang treats work with responsibility.
especially on difficult tasks and cases nobody else wanna take,
he takes the initiative.
He worked overtime a lot,
and thereby over-drafted his body,
with high blood sugar, pressure, and cholesterol.
His artery also got problems.
The hospital asked him to get a coronary stent operation long ago.
But as you know, there is no such time in our bureau!
So he kept going...
Until my arrival today, and he got liberated!
OK, I count it as a good deed!
In that case, I gotta thank you!
Let me tell you about Lu Yike and co.
They worked for a long time with Chen Hai.
They cooperate very well with tacit understanding betwen each other.
They've always hoped Chen Hai would wake up and return to work.
At this moment you got airdropped, it's hard to accept emotionally.
It's also perfectly normal, you gotta understand.
Yeah sure.
I carelessly made the crowd angry!
You blow it out of proportion!
It's nothing but some emotions.
Emotions are to be digested slowly, but can't impact your work!
Procurator director Ji, this will be a job for you!
OK, I do it!
Take some time to visit comrade Lue Liang at hospital!
You must be an united team!
Fine, but what if they don't wanna be on my team?
What's that?
Look at him today, you think he wanna work with me?
He left on a whim, not considering the consequences!
Don't worry about it either, let me reveal something:
if Lue Liang doesn't cooperate, we got plans to transfer him elsewhere.
Given the situation, our bureau's work must go on, no matter what!
Fine, that would be the best!
The speech of comrade Yuliang and others,
helped me to know lots of new things.
It also confirmed by assessment, which is:
the problem of Handong officials
has reached a flashpoint!
How do we solve this?
Easy actually.
With party discipline and national law!
I said this more than once as discipline secretary,
but they don't follow! - Why not?
It's only a matter of having the willingness, courage and responsibility!
Like those female officials we just mentioned.
By sleeping with a superior, they rise from section to division director.
Let me ask:
for those officials who worked diligently with excellent records,
but remain at the same post for 10, 20 years, is it fair?
No! Without discipline, people will follow those examples.
How would that not ruin the party, political, and social conduct?
Sergeant Qin. - Commissioner!
Keep on eye on her!
I'm Lu Yike, municipal PD won't let Cai leave.
How about you talk to their chief Qi Tongwei?
OK, I'm on it.
Good.
This female division director won't back down.
I gotta negotiate with their procurator director Ji.
Remember, stay calm! Maintain our good demeanor!
This lady is sharp! Hot like a pepper!
Chen Hai wants to kill me with spiciness!
Schoolmate, I'm Hou Liangping.
Are you tricking me or what?
My men went to the guesthouse, and got blocked by municipal PD!
Who told them we take the back entrance?
Liangping, this matter is complicated, I'll explain.
Don't! As chief of police, you deal with it! We only need 24 hours.
Liangping, I can't help. You need to find municipal secretary Li Dakang.
Cai Chenggong's arrest is personally ordered by Dakang!
I can't stop him!
As brothers, I tell you the truth.
The provincial committee is having meeting about staff appointment.
Whether I become the deputy governor for political and legal commission,
is part of today's discussion.
Do you know that most police chiefs in neighboring provinces
already became deputy governors?!
Secretary Dakang is a standing committee member, should I upset him?
Even if I upset him for you my brother, it shouldn't be today!
Do you agree?
It seems like everyone shares this opinion without much disagreement.
Therefore I suggest:
we suspend the appointment of these 125 officials for now.
Whether we recommended them for minister-level to the central government,
or appointment to bureau or provincial-level,
we follow the appointment procedures and inspect them in-depth.
We decide after broad public consultation with the people!
Today, we only decide the appointment of one comrade.
He's called Hou Liangping,
with the post of provincial procuratorate party commission member,
anti-corruption bureau chief.
I already informed the political and legal secretary Gao Yuliang.
Director Wu, please give us an overview of Hou Liangping.
Sure chief Ruijin.
Hou Liangping, male, (Wu Chunlin, director of provincial organizational department)
ethnicity: han, 42 years old. (Wu Chunlin, director of provincial organizational department)
Beijing resident, graduated from Handong university politics and law institute.
Former Supreme Procuratorate, central anti-corruption bureau, division director.
Liangping, looks like your old schoolmate is not giving you face.
What would you do?
Do you really wanna pick a fight with municipal PD?
How can brother offices start fighting?
I find this matter interesting.
Why does secretary Li Dakang care so much about Cai?
Not even giving us 24 hours!
Is it related to the content of Cai's report?
What did he say over the phone?
He mentioned Li Dakang's wife Ouyang Jing?
He did, I recorded his call.
Central bureau chief Qin also heard it.
Play it for me.
It's recorded in Beijing, how do we listen here?
We got equipments!
Wait a moment.
Hello it's me.
Commissioner Zhao Donglai of municipal PD wants to see me?
OK, tell him to wait, I'm on my way.
He's visiting in person!
They close in on every step!
Hello. What did I tell you?
Keep them blocked! I'm already at the procuratorate, don't mess it up!
OK.
Director Lu, let me call Hou Liangping once more!
It's no use.
It is, we are childhood buddies!
He won't just let me die, you know!
Let me declare something:
comrade Hou Liangping's appointment to Handong has special duties.
The Supreme Procuratorate decided this together with me.
He came here with leads of an important case.
Given the special and urgent circumstance,
I let him start working after talking to him.
If any comrade believe I violated the procedure and rejects him,
that's also fine.
We can discuss his re-assignment at the next committee meeting.
OK comrades,
if you agree with Hou Liangping's appointment,
please raise your hand!
Comrade Dakang, you got things to say?
No, nothing.
Please do tell, our principle is to talk freely during the meeting,
and avoid discussion after the meeting.
Secretary Dakang,
do you feel that since Hou is my student, therefore you...
Secretary Yuliang,
this comrade Hou Liangping from Beijing really is your student!
Right, my student.
But I didn't assign him here and chief Sha knows this.
Didn't I just tell you,
Hou Liangping's assignment to Handong is one of special duties?
The Supreme Procuratorate decided this after discussing with me.
I got no questions.
I accept comrade Hou Liangping's appointment!
OK, passed with unanimous vote!
Liangping, let's think from another angle.
If Li Dakang's wife, Ouyang Jing, really has serious issues,
What is Li Dakang trying to do, keeping his hands on Cai?
To shut Cai's mouth?
If that's true,
then it's a golden opportunity to our upcoming investigations!
Procurator director Ji, I already thought about this.
It's too risky!
What if Cai Chenggong dies?
Besides, Cai is my childhood buddy.
Before the 1/16 incident, he came to Beijing asking for my help.
I didn't expect things would... - Wait, what did you say?
Cai is your childhood buddy, and asked for your help?
Yeah. - Then...
I know I must avoid meeting him.
I ask Lu Yike of 1st division to thoroughly investigate this case!
Do you object?
I don't, you really are monkey Sun!
Today,
regarding the official situations of Handong,
we made a thorough discussion and summary.
And reached consensus about their appointment.
We even invited comrade Chen Yanshi
to give us a vivid lesson about the party!
Revisited the party history and honorable traditions.
Especially the young, 1-day long party member he mentioned,
impressed us deeply.
Party lessons like this will happen again.
Meeting dismissed!
Commissioner Zhao, sorry for the waiting!
Director Ji, my apologies for bothering you with a specific case!
No worries, just doing our job.
Let me introduce,
this is our new anti-corruption bureau chief,
comrade Hou Liangping!
That famous "little official with huge corruption" case in Beijing,
was solved by him!
So you are chief Hou?
Commissioner Zhao!
You scared away one of our deputy mayors!
Since he escaped, the officials of Jingzhou can finally relax!
Perhaps, but those who must get in will get in!
It's a matter of when.
Hmm...
Let's sit down and talk!
How about you explain to him, Liangping?
OK then commissioner Zhao,
we don't take away Cai, we question him inside the guesthouse!
For 24 hours.
After that, you take him according to procedures.
Fine, I accept.
Let's do it then! - Hmm.
Donglai, do you need to inform secretary Li Dakang?
No, maintaining the standoff is not an option.
I trust secretary Li to understand.
Excellent!
Director Ji, I'm leaving then. - OK thanks!
OK. - Thank you.
Chief Hou, goodbye!
Goodbye!
Director Lu, I wanna meet Hou Liangping!
It's not like you can meet whoever you want.
Can you bring me to the procuratorate? I don't wanna stay here!
You think we like to stay here?
They won't let you leave!
But... what do I do here? Here, I...
Director Lu...
Director Lu!
I checked the small meeting room, we can use it.
Bring the equipments from our bureau, don't miss anything! - OK!
Tell Huahua to get some judicial police officers and seal off this floor!
Unauthorized personnels cannot enter or leave!
Yes sir!
Hurry up, we only got 24 hours.
24 hours?! So it's overtime again?
You looked happy back there.
Your acting chief Hou said "no overtime", I never said that!
This is serious, you want me to face Cai Chenggong alone,
do you find it appropriate?
I already decided to have dinner with Huahua!
Great, I'm saving your money!
True,
but I worry if I keep saving, Huahua will kick me.
Such a stingy person like you, what an eye-opener!
Can't you be generous?
You must understand, director,
I have to pay apartment mortgage, too much pressure!
I save whatever I can!
I help you! I make sure you won't pay for too many dinners in a year!
Thanks director, I guess?
Liangping, look!
This is your room!
Procurator director, chief Hou!
Huahua, you are here?
Flowers, carefully thought.
Even dorms must look like home! - Good!
I give you a verbal commendation!
Huahua,
your new chief just arrived,
if there is anything he can't get used to, you gotta help him.
Yes sir, no worries! - Hmm.
Come Liangping, your bedroom is here.
Hello! Zhou Zheng, what are you up to?
You didn't answer your cellphone or office phone,
I figure you went to the new chief's home to lick his boot!
What's up, wanna backstab old Lu again?
I didn't find any chance!
Old Lu said even if she must send out dogs and eagles,
she'll find you and have you bring judicial police to seal the floor.
I'm already done, can't get home for 24 hours!
BTW, I can't invite you for dinner either.
It's not that I wanna save money.
Forgive me, darling!
Yes of course, you also have my sympathy!
You tell old Lu that I send the judicial police now, but I won't come.
Whose call?
Zhou Zheng!
Liangping, I'm leaving for now.
OK, take care! - Have a good rest,
Alright!
Keep the door open!
Is everybody here? - Everybody is here.
Is Cai Chenggong arrested? - We have him, but...
Commissioner Zhao said he'd personally report to you!
Water bottle! - OK!
Everyone please sit.
Secretary Li,
let me briefly report to you about Cai Chenggong.
OK, speak.
Secretary Li, here...
Everyone is here because of Cai Chenggong and Dafeng factory, speak!
It's like this,
Cai Chenggong is at the provincial police guesthouse,
I spoke to procurator director Ji.
In the end, we reached a solution after mutual compromises.
Let's begin!
Chief Hou! - Hmm?
Please have tea! - Hmm.
Don't just drink tea, got food? I'm starving!
Hungry? Let me make you an instant noodle, with two eggs!
Director Ji said he bought lots of food.
Cook something for me!
I only know to cook instant noodle!
Instant noodle expert, you focus on your job and nothing else?
Of course not!
It's all thanks to our director Lu!
She let us work overtime, we have no private time of our own!
She wasted the best times of our youth!
It's not that bad!
As division director in Beijing, I'm also very busy!
But my cooking is top-notch!
My whole family likes my cooking!
I tell you,
time is something you squeeze yourself.
Skill is something you learn yourself.
In a moment,
I stir-fry some meat
and make a bruised oarfish!
Seriously?
People are really different from one another!
A girl who can only boil instant noodle, who will you marry?
Chief Hou,
don't you worry about me!
I, Lin Huahua got a boyfriend!
We marry next year!
A chef?
What chef?
Our colleague Zhou Zheng!
A good lad! How's his cooking?
His instant noodles taste much better than mine!
Bring me the fish. - OK.
So that's all.
At Ji Changming's place, you met Hou Liangping from Beijing?
Yes.
This solution was exactly proposed by Hou Liangping!
...comrade Hou Liangping's appointment to Handong has special duties.
The Supreme Procuratorate decided this together with me.
He came here with leads of of an important case...
Let's begin!
Director Qian of the finance department, you start.
How much is the settlement fee of Dafeng factory workers?
How do we solve it?
OK secretary Li.
Allow me to report to you and the comrades.
According to our initial calculation,
the 1365 workers of Dafeng factory
must receive 45.1 millions in settlement.
But their boss Cai Chenggong is bankrupt and heavily in-debt.
Incapable of paying.
In conclusion,
45 millions.
Cai Chenggong is bankrupt, can't pay.
Shanshui Group won't pay. What to do?
It can't be solved or what?
Dafeng factory can't be dismantled or what?
Is this a problem-solving attitude?
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