"In the Name of People"
Episode 6
Cai Chenggong, you are calling back after all.
I agree to meet you, alone
OK, you decide the time and spot.
In 2 hours, we meet at Dalong mountain.
At the scrapyard, OK?
Alright let's do it. Be there or be square!
Good, be there or be square!
The fire is spreading!
Why aren't the firetrucks here? - Still clearing the path. Soon.
And the injured? - Already evacuated.
Let the bystanders back off, we can't let another person get burned!
Secretary Li, we're trying to evacuate the people all this time.
But they don't believe we are here to arrest the fake police.
They insist that we are here to save them!
Secretary Dakang,
Secretary Dakang, I followed the situation.
I think if needed, we could fire warning shots and clear by force!
Commissioner Zhao, let me be clear with you:
In the factory compound, there is a 20-ton gasoline depot!
If we allow the fire to spread, the consequences will be unimaginable!
Follow chief Qi's orders!
Yes sir!
Attention all units!
Listen to my command!
Commissioner, the web monitors want us to stop the filming and photographing.
They can't delete fast enough! Lots of videos and photos already went online!
With this many people and phones, how?
But the videos and photos have gone abroad!
Everything is over once we evacuate them.
Unit 3, unit 3!
Make 3 announcements, fire 3 warning shots! Clear the site after that!
Unit 3 copy!
Citizens, please stay rational,
and protect your rights according to law!
Please stay rational, and protect your rights according to law!
Citizens,
Please stay rational, and protect your rights according to law!
Don't shoot!
(Citizens,)
Master Chen!
(Please stay rational... )
Careful!
Why do you shoot? - Take it easy.
Don't shoot!
Secretary Li, chief Qi!
What's going on? How could this happen?
How did you get here master Chen?
But, why are you shooting?
Master Chen you really can't stay here,
I'll get a comrade to escort you back!
No! Find me a megaphone quickly! I'll talk to them!
Master Chen, the situation is very tense.
I don't think even you can persuade them!
Right, master Chen. We are clearing the site soon.
What are you clearing?
With so many people injured,
if you clear the site, you escalate the conflict!
I was part of this factory, this was one of my posts!
Let me talk to them, they will listen!
Megaphone! Give me a megaphone!
Why do you shoot again?
Tell them to stop shooting!
Halt the clearing! - Yes sir!
Unit 3! Halt the clearing, halt the clearing!
Auntie, uncle,
Look, there are new images!
The police of Handong is so evil!
They started a fire to forcibly demolish!
How could the police start fire? It must be the demolition team.
It really is the police!
They surrounded a police van! With picture comes truth!
Pictures don't always come with truth, at least not the entire truth.
Everyone please make way!
Master Chen is here!
Comrades of the Dafeng factory, please hear me out.
Would you please hear me out?
My name is Chen Yanshi,
All the old members of this factory know me.
Old Zheng, old Ma and little Chen,
and many others are my good friends.
I've been to every workshop of this factory.
I know every corner of this factory.
Because I personally implemented the reforms of this factory!
This was my trial spot of giving the workers the company shares!
Today you lost your shares,
that's your entire lifeblood!
Your families depend on it!
After the demolition,
you will face unemployment
and lose your income.
I know you feel terrible.
I'm just like you,
I am too sad to shed tears!
Right now we are finding ways to protect your rights.
Little Ai, look! Is that Chen Hai's father?
Yeah right! It's uncle Chen!
Why is he showing up over there?
Shanshan, please check for me if there are new images!
OK!
Liancheng,
didn't the stocks of Dafeng transfer over to Shanshui Group?
Why do they still hold stocks? - I really don't know.
Who knows then?
Ding Yizhen was the chief project manager.
You are the chief manager now!
Secretary Li, for how many days have I assumed this post?
Today, lots of our workers got burned.
Your boss Cai Chenggong got beaten.
But I still need to say this:
Why can't we stay rational?
We started from reasonable and legal ground,
we can't turn it into something unreasonable and illegal!
I kindly ask everybody to be reasonable,
and release the demolition team!
Let the government punish them!
Has everybody heard master Chen?
Let's hurry up and release them,
Everyone back off, OK?
Those are fake police, pretenders!
The government will punish them!
Trust me! I'm a senior procurator! I keep my words!
Everyone please back off!
Let the firetruck come in and put out the fire!
Please make way! OK?
Uncle Chen really is something.
He managed even this chaotic situation!
According to Chen Hai, he sought for Ding Yizhen quite a few times.
He worried that this would happen.
Such an escalation of conflict shows that the corruption of Handong is serious!
Isn't this precisely the evil fruit of corruption?
Therefore, the damage caused by corruption to the nation and the people,
is finally paid by the pain of the nation and the people.
Your theoretical understanding improved!
But don't you forget that thanks to the anti-corruption campaign
and the efforts of our anti-corruption offices,
this damage will stop someday!
We cannot avoid the pain, and we must face it.
Like when we catch every corrupt official and punish them
in the name of the people.
But the damage they dealt to the nation and the people
must be healed by time.
It's true. But we can't refuse treatment because of pain.
To scrape the poison off the bone takes great courage!
We don't have to worry about that.
People will remember: during the rise of a nation,
how we scraped the poison off the bones,
and cut off the hand to prevent the spread of poison.
They are fake!
I knew the real police aren't like this! - Yeah, right!
Well arrested!
Maintain control of the site, there can be no more clashes!
Yes sir!
Where are you going secretary Li? - To the site.
No it's too dangerous! - Get away!
You can't go, that's too dangerous!
Secretary Dakang! please wait a moment.
I have a suggestion. - Speak!
Since we are already here, why don't we strike the iron when it's hot,
and demolish the factory directly?
The dismantling of Dafeng factory was never properly resolved.
That's how we got to the situation today.
A short pain is better than a lasting pain!
Who knows how much money that rascal Ding embezzled.
I gave them one week to dismantle.
If we don't do it today, it's gonna be even more difficult later.
Good point.
Secretary Li, the dispute of Dafeng company stocks never got resolved!
That's a different issue!
For the factory, I'll hire them a legal consultant to follow due procedures.
The dispute can't hinder the reconstruction of Guangmingfeng!
The government must enforce the laws.
The citizens must also follow the laws to protect their rights.
Chief Qi, your suggestion is good.
Who's in charge of the demolition team? Get him here!
Get him here!
Secretary, it really wasn't the demolition team who started the fire!
So you didn't start the fire.
But you pretended to be police, correct?
It was my idea, secretary.
I had no other options.
You see, demolishing this factory is too difficult!
Secretary, this factory no longer belongs to Dafeng company.
It's part of Shanshui Group.
You see these workers are unreasonable to occupy...
Enough!
We'll deal with you later.
Prepare me a bulldozer right now.
Do you still wanna demolish? OK!
I go prepare one right away!
Stop the car!
Turn around!
What's up?
Back to the hospital, my head hurts! I need more checkups!
Did you do something bad?
What do you mean "I did"?
I got beaten, he who beat me did wrong. No more bullshit, turn around!
True that.
Hurry!
Master Chen, we owe you one today!
If you didn't step up, the consequences would be unimaginable!
I tell you,
mamma mia, I was scared to death.
What if the fire reaches the gasoline depot?
Seriously, we got lucky today! - Yes.
Did the fuel tanker of the oil-company enter the site?
Yes. As soon as they take away the 20-ton gasoline, I can finally relax..
This is a huge risk!
Master Chen, There is something we must discuss with you.
This Dafeng factory is a scar of the Guangmingfeng.
And we got this incident today you see, with fire burning.
We wanna take this chance and demolish the factory.
What?
How dare you!
Don't get mad, master Chen, secretary Dakang is just discussing with you!
Master Chen...
Master Chen, no matter if it's financial or stock dispute,
we must seek legal solutions within the legal boundaries, do you agree?
Of course. The problems must be solved legally.
But now is not the time to discuss this!
Master Chen, you joined the party before us.
You are our old procurator director, and our senior.
From this incident, we witnessed that
you resolved this matter way better than us!
Enough. Stop flattering me!
I know how to deal with it because I am the old procurator director.
What's "way better"?
You are better if you have the people in your heart.
But, the people can't become the shield for criminal activities!
You shouldn't stand behind them!
To say something ugly, without your support, they won't have resisted until now!
The hell you mean?
You think I'm shielding the criminal activities of the people?
Do you know why they resist?
Because unlawful businessmen robbed and hurt them!
Regarding this matter, Li Dakang, I called you and wrote you letters.
But you never bothered!
To put it bluntly, regarding this situation,
You Li Dakang and the municipal committee have inescapable responsibilities!
Master Chen,
I swear in the name of the party and my reputation,
I never received any call or letters from you!
Then your underlings isolated you, detached you from the people!
Master Chen, you are no ordinary people.
How could secretary Dakang possibly detach from you?
So what am I then? I'm just an ordinary commoner!
Qi Tongwei, Li Dakang, you will all become ordinary commoners someday!
You think you can keep your official post until you die?
The officials of our party come from the people and finally return to the people!
Master Chen, we have an urgent situation.
Let's not talk about these.
They come again!
Everyone please stay calm!
Master Chen won't deceive us!
Trust master Chen, trust him!
Master Chen won't deceive us!
No matter if it's financial or stock dispute,
they must be resolved in accordance with the laws.
But the workers don't believe that their problems can be resolved justly!
That's the scariest part!
Therefore to rebuild the credibility of our government,
We cannot demolish the factory tonight, no matter what!
Our government must keep the words, not act like a rascal!
Master Chen, it gets serious if you say this.
The government never said they won't demolish tonight.
Right. The government never gave up on demolishing.
But I just said so.
So the two of you let me walk this minefield.
Now this old man stepped on a mine, you give up on me?
Secretary Li Dakang, chief Qi,
I beg you, OK?
We can't demolish tonight, no matter what!
We can't escalate the conflict any further!
Master Chen, we really got no other options!
So you insist on demolishing?
If you must demolish tonight,
then let the bulldozer run over me!
Master Chen!
Hi, please show your driver's license and open the trunk.
What's going on? - Nothing, routine inspection.
OK, you can go.
Boss, shall I wait for you?
Don't. I'm not getting to Dalong mountain tonight!
You can leave.
Hello, 110? (Number for the police)
Make way!
Let me in! Make way!
Let me have a look! - Master Chen you can't go there! Too dangerous!
Why can't I? I need to speak to your superior!
Our superior is doing what's best for you!
What do you want? You don't want me to enter, do you?
You don't want me to enter? Alright.
Hello?
Gao Yuliang, come here and save me!
They surrounded me! They wanna arrest me!
Old director, calm down.
I'll talk to Li Dakang and Qi Tongwei right now.
Master Chen, how old are you? You still walk on the minefield!
I can't help! I'm already inside this minefield!
This factory was my responsible site. I promised the workers.
As long as their stock issues are not resolved, I can't give up!
Secretary Li, a call from Secretary Yuliang.
Secretary Yuliang, right?
Master Chen found secretary Yuliang. - It is expected.
Secretary Yuliang was his subordinate back then.
Secretary Yuliang!
OK, OK.
What's up?
He respects our opinion. But we must protect master Chen.
Gao Yuliang, you can't make Li Dakang obey you, can you?
Fine.
Go find me the newly arrived provincial party chief Sha Ruijin!
Old director, chief Sha is inspecting in Yantai today!
I don't care, find him for me!
Master Chen, it's midnight, where can I find him?
You certainly can!
Tell him, an old fart called Chen Yanshi asked him to call back!
I wait for him!
Gao Yuliang got surprised.
It seems this old procurator has special relations with the new party chief Sha Ruijin.
Gao Yuliang could not to ignore this.
Alright.
I'll try.
The online reactions are boiling over!
It's to be expected. New videos and images are still being uploaded.
Little Ling in L.A. commented: half of the Jingzhou city is lighted up by fire!
Old Zhou in Paris wrote that 50 people got burned to death!
Is it possible?
Nonsense!
I just spoke to Qi Tongwei, 2 gravely injured, at most.
But if we tell them this, nobody would believe.
The voice of reason in times like this are always weak.
And they quickly drown in curses.
Secretary Gao,
Today chief Sha inspected the whole day,
and met with the local officials until now.
We just got to the hotel, he went to bed less than 1 hour ago.
Secretary Bai, it's alright. Tell him tomorrow morning then.
I'll inform chief Sha the first thing tomorrow morning!
Secretary, chief Qi!
The workers are agitated, the site is very chaotic! The tanker cannot leave!
What's with your voice? - I shouted too much!
Let master Chen enter. - Secretary Dakang...
If the old director enters now,
then we really can't demolish tonight!
Let's follow the situation accordingly.
With the fuel tanker inside, who dares to demolish?
If master Chen gets inside, nothing serious could happen.
Prepare him an ambulance.
Already done.
The firemen and police stay, everyone else pull back!
Stop the demolition!
Since master Chen promised the people, we must fulfill them.
Secretary Dakang, master Chen can't represent the government!
Therefore we don't need to fulfill some promise on his behalf!
Chief Qi, we agreed to let master Chen handle the crowd,
objectively speaking he represents the government. It's enough.
Retreat!
Alright, let's say so.
I'll have the demolition team leave the site.
Pull back. - Alright.
Have we caught Cai Chenggong?
Still on it.
We just received a report from a taxi driver.
It's getting cold.
Give my jacket to master Chen.
Hurry!
Alright!
Chief Chen!
Boss Cai?
No, I'm boss of cars!
Cai Chenggong what joke is that?
You think it's time for jokes? Hurry up and tell me your stuff!
I'm not Cai Chenggong!
Chief Chen, are you chief Chen?
I am.
Look at me! Do I have his large face?
Who are you then? Why do you wait for me here?
I'm the cousin of Cai Chenggong, I own this scrapyard.
And Cai Chenggong?
He can't come anymore.
He can't leave the city.
His phone is turned off so the the police can't track him.
He's experienced in counter-surveillance!
That's my cousin!
BTW, cousin told me he'd call you again later.
Don't. You tell him to find me in my bureau office!
That's fine too, chief. Which bureau?
Bureau of food safety! He knows!
OK.
I'm leaving now, chief.
Tell Cai Chenggong to find me ASAP!
What are you doing here at midnight?
You see all the car parts?
Somebody told me I can find treasures here!
Looking for treasures at midnight, what have you found?
Show us!
You see? Car parts all over the place!
Whatever I find useful, I take it!
Stop messing around, come with us to our office!
Who has the time to come with you? I'm busy!
Call your commissioner Zhao Donglai, tell him I'm Chen Hai.
We don't have his number, only the instructor of our office.
I have, I call him.
Donglai!
Sergeant Li, Cai Chenggong is not here.
But we caught the one who was gonna meet with him.
He looks suspicious.
At midnight, he drove from the city to the suburb looking for car parts at the scrapyard.
Even if I come to this scrapyard at midnight,
does it violate any law, or any public safety regulations?
Are these men of yours restless from over-eating?
Hai-zi, it's because we got a report from a taxi driver.
Sorry for the misunderstanding! Don't get mad!
Why did you drive to Dalong mountain at midnight?
I heard their farmers sell good eggs,
I'll ask sergeant Li to give you two boxes,
you take one, and give the other to Lu Yike for me!
Commissioner Donglai, you really are something!
At times like this, you still think about Lu Yike!
Right, I cannot forget that you are my matchmaker!
When did I agree to matchmake for you, or giving eggs to Lu Yike?
I haven't even spoke to her about this, I tell you.
Hai-zi, this is what I thought:
our first date better takes place at the book-reading club.
This is more natural and I can easily demonstrate my qualities!
Book-reading club? How about I arrange you a pig-farm?
OK I got no time for this. I need to drive back to the city.
You come over here quickly and pick up your old man.
He's too stubborn.
So this is what happened last night.
Li Dakang did the right thing! Why can't you stay with him at the site?
Stupid!
Mentor, I think secretary Dakang also didn't need to stay.
If we both stay, we'd get in the way for the work of our comrades.
It is the job of municipality, after all.
Look at the situation! Does it matter if it's provincial or municipal?
Since you went there, you must show your decision-making and responsibility!
So many eyes were watching you!
On political skills, you are leagues behind Li Dakang!
So mentor, shall I go back now?
Don't.
Is there any use going back now?
If something like this happens again, use your head. Understand?
Stop peeping, he went inspecting.
Mentor, why do you think this old procurator
could specifically name the new provincial party chief? Sha Ruijin?
Did they know each other before? - I can't tell.
Master Chen is senior and held posts at political and legal commissions.
He helped organize the reception and protection of many important leaders.
Frankly speaking,
I won't be surprised even if he found some national leaders!
Chen Yanshi? Chen Yanshi you said?
Yes. Guangmingfeng reconstruction zone had a mass incident yesterday.
38 people got burned.
The old comrade Chen Yanshi went to the site and spoke to the crowd.
He even asked to talk to you.
Such an emergency, why did you not wake me up?
Do you know who this Chen Yanshi is?
And old revolutionary who fought the Japanese in World War 2!
It's ignorance on my side.
Yesterday, I saw you were too tired and you just went to sleep.
Besides, they had municipal secretary Li and provincial police chief Qi.
Fine. Let's talk about the situation.
As Chen Yanshi bravely stepped forward, the situation came under control.
The fire was put out.
The world returned to harmony.
Secretary Li Dakang thought to himself:
What's most beautiful?
A peaceful world is most beautiful.
Secretary Li, have some breakfast!
Give to master Chen first.
Secretary Li,
with this many people at the site, he won't eat first!
Send over all you have. Let master Chen and the workers eat first.
OK, OK!
Give the breakfast to the workers first!
I'm going there now. Let's go!
Secretary Li, chief Sha is calling.
Chief Sha... - Comrade Dakang,
Do you realize the gravity of this situation?
This is a live broadcast!
All kinds of online comments can be found!
Both domestic and foreign netizens are shocked!
Luckily you remained onsite and maintained the control of the situation.
Chief Sha,
I still need to examine myself before the provincial committee and you.
Although I remained onsite, my coordination was still lacking.
Come on, hurry.
We are here to give everyone some breakfast!
After last night, everyone must be hungry!
Grandpa, sorry for dragging you into this!
No worries.
Here, give me a portion!
Hand to everybody!
Please eat.
You stayed up the whole night! You must be hungry!
Eat when the food is still hot!
I told you, the government will not deceive us!
There's no demolition because they said so!
When the demolition happens, they'd tell us in advance!
BTW, have we released the fuel tanker by now?
How can we defend the factory if the tanker is gone?
So you think keeping the tanker is enough to defend?
The ones who get hurt in the end are still our brothers and sisters!
Master Chen is right!
Let's clear a path!
And let the fuel tanker leave!
Let's make way!
Hurry up and eat! When we are done, we clear a path!
Enjoy your food everyone!
We must learn from this lesson!
At any time, under any circumstance,
we must prioritize the people first, instead of political achievements!
Old comrade Chen Yanshi keeps the people in his heart.
That's how he turned his old bones into a lighting torch!
Turning old bones to torch,
Chief Sha you hit the nail on the head!
OK back to the topic.
Your first priority is to save the injured.
Don't let anybody die! Understand?
You municipal committee must stabilize the situation and find out the truth.
Regarding the online rumors and fake news,
the municipal committee and government must speak up via credible media.
To correct the view and refute the rumors!
Chief Sha, I've made the arrangements.
Are you still onsite? - I am.
How would I dare to leave before master Chen?
Then hand over the phone to master Chen. I wanna talk to him.
OK OK! Just a minute, chief Sha.
Is the food enough?
Master Chen, chief Sha is looking for you!
Finally!
Little Jin! - Uncle Chen!
It's me! - You just assumed office, what were you doing in Yantai?
You should've come here last night!
And save me and secretary Li Dakang from pulling an all-nighter!
I gotta inspect the places, right?
Uncle Chen, are you having good health?
What good health? I just pulled an all-nighter! So sleepy!
Then please go home and have some sleep!
Once you are well-rested, I wanna invite you to teach us officials something!
What should I tell?
You are all big leaders, my level is not that high!
High post doesn't mean high level. Please teach us!
Tell us about history, tradition, or spirit!
You can tell us about the 8th Route Army in 1945, the Siege of Yuncheng, OK?
Sure! I can tell you that!
So you agreed?
Let me consider it.
I can't talk nonsense you know!
Go back and have some sleep then!
BTW, say hi to auntie Wang for me!
Of course!
Tell her once I'm through this busy period, I'll pay her a visit!
I still think I need to visit the old procurator director!
What are you planning again?
You wanna visit Chen Yanshi, or the new party chief Sha Ruijin?
Save me some troubles!
Let me be frank.
Now that I know this relation between chief Sha and old director,
Then it's not bad if I get in touch with the old director.
As long as you don't do anything bad,
nobody can do bad things to your career, understand?
Mentor, party chief Sha is an "air-dropped" leader.
If I don't stand out earlier or more than others,
then why would chief Sha recommend me to the central office?
The current political landscape in China is one,
where the 1st-in-command has near-absolute power.
Tongwei I used to remind you,
to hang out with master Chen.
But you said yes and meant no!
Fearing that getting too close to him would affect your career!
But no matter how you calculate,
you forgot the fate has its own calculations!
Sha Ruijin suddenly arrived.
Nobody foresaw this unusual relation between master Chen and Sha Ruijin!
It's indeed my fault.
But this master Chen has upset too many!
If I hanged out too much with him,
wouldn't I create too many invisible obstacles for myself?
He often talks big, like "where we come from and where we go"
But everyone knows this: we come from mother's womb and go to grave!
Comrades!
Please sit down!
Everyone sit down!
Our old procurator director,
comrade Chen Yanshi,
demonstrated with his action, our party tradition of
"coming from the people and returning to the people"!
He exemplified himself as a shiny role-model!
Today, on behalf of the municipal committee
I give him my gratitude!
Thank you!
Comrade workers, today I also promise you this.
What comrade Chen Yanshi promised you back then,
is the promise of us municipal committee as well!
We will definitely carry out!
All the comrade workers know
the real purpose of our economic reform
is to let all the people reach prosperity together!
This is the basis of our organization.
We hope the comrades understand and support our work.
Thank you all!
Thank you everybody!
Thank you!
Look at Li Dakang,
(Thank you everybody!)
Standing among the people!
How about you Tongwei? Are you convinced of his abilities?
Mentor, not only am I convinced, I admire him!
In just a moment, the old procurator became secretary Dakang's political asset!
Secretary Dakang keeps saying "from the people, to the people".
I should really watch and learn.
That's why I say: rising up too fast is not always good.
Think about it Tongwei,
These past years, you climbed almost one rank every two years.
The faster your rise,
the easier you fall!
Yes.
Your critique is well-placed.
This incident clearly showed that my level is too low.
But mentor, I still believe I need to pay the old procurator a visit.
Can't you save us some trouble?
My experience tells me that at times like this,
A wait is better than a move!
(... is the promise of us municipal committee as well!)
(We will definitely carry out!)
(All the worker comrades know)
(the real purpose of our economic reform)
(is to let the people reach prosperity together!)
Secretary Bai,
Chief...
Change our schedule.
Skip that Yantai environemental project, we go back to Jingzhou!
Tell the provincial office to collect information about last night's incident.
Summarize and write me a short report.
Furthermore, tell the comrades in the provincial committee,
we'll have a standing committee meeting with one extra member: Chen Yanshi!
OK, I arrange it right away!
Master Chen, please go back and have some rest.
OK. If you need my help with your work, just let me know.
I have only one request:
give the workers of Dafeng factory justice!
Trust me, I'll host a work meeting on the spot!
Good!
Old Zheng,
old Ma, have you heard?
Seize this opportunity, don't be impetus.
Help secretary Li and the municipal committee to resolve the issue the legal way!
Alright!
OK, I go home now.
I'm old, and very sleepy!
Yes please.
Master Chen. - No, I gotta give you back your jacket!
OK. Please go back everybody!
Do you need a car? - Chen Hai is waiting outside in his car.
OK, let me walk you there. - You can go back now!
You must be tired after this night.
Master Chen is giving his everything! - Yeah...
At such old age!
Dad,
You see you are at such an old age.
Why do you still give your kids a hard time?
What if something happens to you?
None of my siblings are here.
I'm not that precious.
You just do what you gotta do.
You see, old comrades refuse to admit their old age!
But you gotta consider for others!
I bet my mom definitely didn't sleep well tonight!
But don't you find yourself annoying?
Keep nagging like a housewife!
Your mom followed me these years, what situation has she not already seen?
She's not that fragile.
Look at yourself, keep yawning.
You didn't sleep last night, did you?