In the Name of People
Episode 16
Boss Zhang told me,
Li Dakang ordered,
to have us Shanshui Group reimburse the settlement fee.
Otherwise our land will be put up for auction again!
Isn't it annoying?
As I see it, you shouldn't get mad.
1/16 had a very bad social impact, and you made lots of money.
As I see it, you gotta pay whenever you gotta pay!
Chief, we are a joint-stock corporation.
I wanna pay, but the other shareholders don't. I can't help!
They don't wanna pay?
When the time comes, someone will make them!
Don't tell me I didn't warn you!
Li Dakang or Hou Liangping?
Given the situation, can we attack Ouyang Jing head-on?
Perhaps not...
You put it very well: any direct contact will alert Ouyang Jing.
But on the other hand, alerting her may cause her to flee.
Can we not stop her within the national borders?
With what reason and evidence?
Also, don't forget about Ouyang Jing's political background!
No way...
Chief Hou, you are a veteran investigator.
You gotta figure out something!
OK, let me think...
Li Dakang, it's been so many years.
When it comes to me, our daughter and this family,
what responsibilities have you ever taken, and how much?
26 years ago,
you were just a county head in western Handong.
I married you and gave birth to our daughter there.
I let you do your job and never dragged you down.
Later on, you kept getting re-assigned,
so we followed you all over the place.
Was I not busy back then?
Frankly speaking,
you really gave me great support for my work.
Never had complaints.
I remember our daughter finished primary school in 3 counties.
During 6 years, you changed job 3 times.
You actually remember! - Of course!
Li Dakang's autocracy is well-known in Handong.
If the municipality paid for you, he will make you reimburse.
Even if it's just to shut down the critics, he'll make you pay!
Correct?
That's why I say you should persuade your shareholders,
to make less money, as well as trouble!
But if we set this precedent, what about in the future?
What if others try to hit us again?
So weird, this Li Dakang.
His wife has yet to clean up her shit, here to extort us!
Why don't you think he's doing this just to clean up for his wife?
You mean he's buying safety with money? With our money?
Right, he wants to use your money!
As long as your money contains the slightest dirt!
We still gotta investigate based on evidence.
Let's recheck Cai Chenggong's recordings.
We'll both check, and pay attention:
around spring last year, when Dafeng's loan got cut,
did Shanshui Group really transfer profits to Ouyang Jing?
If that's true, then we can break through from the flanks.
Hmm.
Is Ding Yizhen's case still with 1st division?
No, it's with 3rd division.
But before we catch him, nothing can be done.
His home and office, have you searched everywhere?
Yes. After he fled, me and Chen Hai both checked.
No results.
Take Ding's case back to 1st division to investigate.
We must find new leads.
My instinct tells me,
Gao Xiaoqin's Shanshui Group, Ding and Ouyang, are in the same gang.
As soon as we take down one of them, we take down them all!
Nice, chief Hou!
Master detective!
So even the righteous director Lu learned to please her superiors?
Never. I was just stating facts, don't get cocky!
I remember everything that happened.
I worked at almost every county in Handong,
before joining the provincial committee.
My job is not stable, I often get re-assigned to different places.
When you wanted to send our daughter abroad, I didn't stop you.
But you also didn't support!
Speaking of which, how much of her tuition fee did you pay?
Did I not give you all my salaries and bonuses?
And you think that's enough? - How about yours?
What does my salary has to do with you? You even bring it up?
What do you want me to say then? Tell me!
You want me to break the law with the power granted me by the people?
You are also a party member!
You swore the oath before the party banner!
Stop it already!
Are you this used to deliver speech and talk big?!
Anyone could've done those projects of yours!
I tell you, I have one last request before divorce.
Put the land Shuanshui Group forcibly took from Dafeng,
on auction again, let Dalu Group take it!
Jingzhou municipal secretary,
doesn't make deal with any businessman!
What if I refuse?
Then I'll never divorce you! I make you a "naked official"!
Ask the higher-ups to fire me then!
Yes! I always wanted to do that!
I don't get it, after Ding's escape, what do you fear?
What do you fear?
You didn't ask Ding to involve in my project,
Then who did you do it for, is there anybody else?
You already know, did you not investigate me?
Yes I did, because you are abnormal!
Shanshui Group amassed so much profit, also abnormal!
OK fine. I won't argue with you.
Let's talk again when you calmed down.
I tell you, I'm very calm right now!
Give Shanshui Group's project to Dalu Group, then I divorce you!
Dream on!
You...
I can make this deal as long as it helps the greater purpose.
Boss Gao, I appreciate women like you! You really are special!
Of course I'm a special woman!
Every cent of mine is made by myself.
People like me have no strong background or capital,
how can I be willful?
Yeah... In this world, who doesn't wanna live like you please?
But we can't.
Without powerful parents, we must sustain ourselves, right?
To us, "personality" is a luxury.
We can't afford that.
Ding Yizhen's escape took away many secrets.
But also exposed the targets.
It tells us there's a den of thieves here.
When in Beijing, I thought: this den of thieves,
is no small rascals, but notorious bandits!
Some of them must have powerful positions!
That's why I asked to transfer here.
Powerful positions...
You suspect Li Dakang?
No, I don't have a clear direction here.
I investigate whoever I find, this is our duty.
Chief Sha Ruijin, on behalf of the provincial committee,
ordered me and proc.director Ji.
The anti-corruption of Handong has no upper or lower limits.
No matter what we find,we must investigate.
With this card in hand, we can straighten our back!
Still gotta be careful.
We are in the open, our opponents in the dark.
Other than evading open gunshots, we must guard against hidden arrows.
BTW I wanted to ask you, how was your dinner? Plentiful?
I almost forgot.
They put up an act of clean and honesty.
In the majestic hall, served only a few small dishes.
I didn't even feel full!
They don't trust you...
BTW, how was the snake beauty?
Did she bite you?
That sounds inappropriate!
Before having solid evidence,
let's not use our bias to categorize people!
Don't let our biases affect objective assessments!
How come I feel that you quickly got corrupted?
Right.
This Gao Xiaoqin,
was neither humble nor pushy, I didn't expect!
A high opinion! And you?
Me? My face was neither mad nor glad.
Sounds like you sang Beijing opera instead of dining!
Correct! I went to sing "Battle of Wits"!
Gao Xiaoqin asked me: are you man of Jiang or man of Wang?
I replied her with a "neither mad nor glad".
But she sang the part of Sister A-Qing very well!
Every generation has their own idol, as well as entertainment.
This Gao Xiaoqin is even younger than me.
She's not from art school, how could she sing Beijing opera so well?
Apparently she trained herself on purpose.
You said, "every generation has their own entertainment".
Our parents' generation, don't they all like Beijing opera?
Our parents' generation...
Don't they take up all the high-up positions, with power!
That's how Gao Xiaoqin distinguished herself, by singing!
Although we both graduated from Han-Uni, under Gao Yuliang,
but we walked separate ways all these years since graduation.
White-haired men who know each other as new. (Chinese idiom)
Right, just like this old saying.
Besides, Hou Liangping won't stay in Handong for long,
therefore he'll be ruthless when working here!
He'll turn Handong upside-down!
I see. The anti-corruption campaign here,
has been turbulent on the surface, but perfectly still beneath.
Therefore the higher-ups put Hou Liangping, this catfish,
into the fishpond of Handong!
In Handong, Hou Liangping won't care about your faction, clan or institute!
Cai Chenggong, don't bet on your chances.
As the prime suspect of 1/16 incident,
your crime of stirring up the Dafeng workers to occupy factory,
is unescapable!
Stirring up?
My workers didn't need me to stir them up.
They occupied the factory to get back their stocks.
But you organized the defense of the factory!
You even bought BB-guns!
Furthermore, was it your idea to use gasoline to stop the bulldozers?
Can you deny it?
It was my idea. I never wanted to deny.
It was self-defense!
Besides, our workers never walked out of the factory.
The result of your "self-defense" is 38 people getting burned!
With grave social impacts!
Based on this fact alone, we can already give you 10 years!
I didn't expect things would end up like this.
And you think that makes you innocent?
How did Ding let you occupy other people's factory and keep producing?
What's your relation?
Professional. What do you mean "other people"?
Dafeng factory belongs to me and all my workers!
Comrade, Gao Xiaoqin plotted this.
She set me up, there are serious corruptions involved!
I already reported to the provincial anti-corruption bureau!
You, report? - Yeah!
You plotted with Shanshui Group and stole the workers' stocks.
What do you mean "I plotted with Shanshui Group"?
Gao Xiaoqin set me up, I plot with them? You think I'm stupid?
When transferring the stocks, why did you relieve Shanshui,
from the settlement responsibility for the workers?
Please have a look.
Did you not sign this supplementary contract?
I won't read it because I never signed this contract.
Gao Xiaoqin forged it. - Tell me after you read it!
I never signed it!
Cai Chenggong, you better cooperate!
Don't embarrass yourself!
Chief Hou, you said the hidden arrows are more dangerous.
Everybody knows you came with the imperial sword.
You are a huge target!
You gotta watch out!
They dare to take out 2 bureau chiefs?
Only if we are close to the truth!
According to your hypothesis,
Chen Hai already came close to the truth.
Must be, otherwise they won't try to kill him.
No wonder.
So many people wanna help Chen Hai.
Proc. director Ji told me today:
Qi Tongwei wants Chen Hai to transfer to the police hospital.
He said it's the same system, so it's easier to care for him.
What do you think? - I declined.
So did old proc. director Chen Yanshi.
Given Chen Hai's situation, a stay is better than a move.
His physician-in-charge, doctor Yan, knows this best.
Soon they'll have another experts consultation.
Yes, nobody can transfer Chen Hai.
Unless I and master Chen approve!
I got another question.
If Chen Hai got hit because of Cai Chenggong's report,
then why don't they take out Cai directly?
Good question.
I've also asked it myself.
Cai Chenggong,
you claim to be Hou Liangping's childhood buddy,
then he must've helped you!
Yes, Hou Liangping is my childhood buddy.
So if you wanna abuse your authority on me,
I ask you to watch out!
He said to give you a checkup, is he telling you to play sick?
What do you mean?
I'm already sick!
My head got hit before, with concussion, and often feel dizzy.
Cai Chenggong, other than being Hou's childhood buddy,
Is there anything else? Have you done business together?
This comrade,
what do you mean by that, where did that come from?
You see, now we caught your weak spot,
boss Cai stopped yawning!
Why do I feel that you have things between your lines?
I tell you,
if you wanna frame Hou Liangping, it's impossible!
I'm Hou Liangping's friend, since childhood.
But we walked separate ways.
It's impossible that we do business together, you hear me?
Cai Chenggong, I tell you, we must investigate every report.
Report what, that I have business with Hou Liangping?
Who reported? How imaginative!
Here, let him sign.
Sign here.
I didn't say this much, why such a thick bundle?
I gotta read.
Read quickly! Whatever you said, we wrote down.
Sign it quickly. - Quickly?
If I can't read the text, I can't sign.
OK fine, just read, read carefully!
I wanna add something:
this is fatigue-interrogation, interrogated me the whole night!
This is "express questioning".
Cai Chenggong, talking about fatigue, we are fatigued too.
Director Sun? Old Ji here.
Could you please arrange extra men to the detention center?
We must ensure the safety of the informant, Cai Chenggong.
Proc. director Ji, relax, we already put 3 more people there.
If so, please ask the 3 comrades to maintain 24-hour shifts.
Keep a close watch!
OK proc. director Ji, I understand. - OK, take care.
Cai Chenggong, if it weren't for you, I won't end up here!
I beat you up whenever I see you!
Cai Chenggong! Cai Chenggong!
Very unexpected, we sent Cai back after questioning.
Chang was getting questioned, they met in the corridor.
Chang Chenghu suddenly charged and beat Cai down quickly.
With 2 hits?
Chang Chenghu practiced martial arts.
He can't do demolition otherwise.
Procurator Zhang, I can't treat Cai here.
He must get to a hospital. - Then do it!
What? Cai Chenggong got beaten at the detention center?
When?
This morning. - How did it happen?
I asked our procurator over there.
He got accidentally beaten by another detained suspect.
What kind of suspect is so aggressive?
The one who had to demolish Dafeng factory, Chang Chenghu!
Without the 1/16 fire,
Chang Chenghu who tried to act dumb won't get arrested!
Why was there no protection against him?
Accident you know, they ran into each other.
Cai hasn't even spent 48 hours in detention, and already got beaten!
What's Zhao Donglai good for? Commissioner? He better resign!
Calm down! You didn't say that!
OK, I calm down.
Lu Yike,
Cai Chenggong got badly beaten at the detention center.
Get to municipal PD, find Zhao Donglai and make him explain!
If he can't protect Cai, then hand him to our bureau!
OK OK, stop talking! Does the talking even help?
This entire accident is due to our neglect!
Let's wait for the bureau's punitive expedition! OK?!
Secretary Li, director Liu of the national office meets us at 9am.
Let mayor Zheng and the relevant branches meet him.
Mayor Zheng still hopes you can join and get this project.
Let them do it. - But...
It's for the government. - But the precedents...
Don't mention the precedents, this is no time for autocrats.
The ribbon-cutting of Guangmingfeng phase 2, cancel it for me.
It's enough if Sun Liancheng shows up. - OK, I'll tell him.
The express questioning of Cai was last night.
Call commissioner Zhao Donglai and ask him about the results.
OK, I'll get commissioner Zhao.
Call the provincial office again,
tell them I got work to report to party chief Sha Ruijin.
I'll call the chief secretary Wu of provincial committee.
Hmm, good.
Chief Sha, provincial office chief secretary Wu said:
Jingzhou municipal secretary Li Dakang wants to report to you.
Hmm. I was just gonna talk to him.
Make the call. - OK.
Hmm.
Tell secretary Li, before the questioning results could come in,
Cai got into an accident.
Secretary Li, there was an accident on this side.
Why so many accidents?
How about you call commissioner Zhao for details?
He's on the way to hospital.
Forget it, such troubled times...
Hello director Bai!
Chief Sha wants to speak to you. - Great!
Comrade Dakang!
Chief Sha, greetings! - Greetings!
I wanna visit your base, Lincheng economic development zone.
Why there?
I heard it's doing well, a name card of our Handong!
I must have a look!
Comrade Dakang, you have great foresight!
You foresaw the pollution issue more than 10 years ago!
It's really something!
No, I feel dizzy!
Director Lu...
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
Is "sorry" enough? You make it sound too easy!
Of course not!
That's why I'm apologizing to you in person!
Tell me, how many characters shall I write in my apology letter?
10,000! Do you even know that many Chinese characters?!
You are checkmating me! I only know 3,000 characters!
Is 3,000 OK?
As a scholar-official, you can't write a 10K-character apology?
If it's love letter, then there's no problem!
Please be serious!
Because of that,
some comrades didn't understand back then!
Comrade Dakang, don't you wanna report to me?
Come then!
OK chief Sha, let me be your tour guide.
Good, let's meet tomorrow! Be there or be square!
Great, I'll definitely come!
Good!
Little Jin, get me the files on Lincheng, I'll check once more.
Nobody knows Lincheng better than you! You still wanna read?
Still gotta be careful. It's been many years, I forgot some data.
OK, I get them.
BTW secretary, a guest has been waiting for you.
Who? - Wang Dalu of the Dalu Group!
Yesterday you told me to get him!
Let him in! - OK!
Commissioner Zhao. - Hmm?
The attacker hit hard, he suffered multiple soft-tissue damages.
On top of his head injury, he's getting a concussion.
The ink is still wet.
Right, right.
The municipal PD and I take full responsibility.
You sure you can handle this huge responsibility?
Director Lu, then you tell me what to do?
You impress me, commissioner Zhao.
Such a serious accident,
yet you are still laughing!
It already happened.
You want me to cry loudly before you or what?
Even so, you must cry after getting back to your PD. - Right!
As soon as Cai entered detention, he got badly beaten.
By nobody other than the demolition team leader!
Is it coincidence, or is someone threatening Cai Chenggong?
So far, it looks like co-incidence.
On what grounds? - Think about it.
Chang Chenghu was in charge of demolishing Dafeng factory.
He definitely stands on the opposing side to Cai.
They've been enemies for quite some time.
If you are so serious, let's not talk here. See the cafe outside?
You wanna repent with banquet or what?
Yeah! Please give me some face, pretty ladies!
Nope!
May I ask, how big is your face?
It's right here, only this big.
If you don't give me face, then I'll ask your chief Hou.
If chief Hou gets here, he'll shred you!
Cai is his childhood buddy.
I see... then he must avoid.
Lu Yike, it's you then. Let's go!
Sit!
You ate gunpowder today?
We ate gunpowder before coming here, so what?
Then let's get to a shooting range and gun down targets!
Commissioner Zhao, you are quite humorous!
Shall we?
Liangping, isn't this analysis too paranoid?
I have to be, with the bloody lesson before me.
If Chen Hai was paranoid, he won't be lying in the hospital.
Based on your analysis, what's your next step?
Looking into this. It's best if we can eliminate this suspicion.
We are not here for the jokes, but serious stuff.
We must thoroughly discuss about Cai's safety!
Lin Huahua, take notes!
Fine, fine, you really are stubborn.
After the serious stuff, maybe director Lu will have tea with you,
and talk about romantic stuff!
Lin Huahua!
Lu Yike, are you and Lin Huahua at the hospital?
We are here.
Talking to Zhao Donglai about improving safety.
Listen, find ways to meet Cai alone.
See if he has things to say. I think this is strange.
Maybe someone is going after Cai for his report.
OK, got it.
OK, if there's anything, tell me ASAP.
Yes sir!
Wang Dalu,
should take the high road, not the small road. ("Dalu" means big road)
Secretary Li, I don't get you.
I'll explain: small roads are dangerous with traps and thistles.
If you get trapped, you may go under.
You mean that Guangmingfeng-project?
I said nothing!
I didn't say anything!
Dalu, we've been colleagues for many years, as well as friends.
Therefore it's my duty to remind you.
I know you, director Lu. - I need to check on his injury.
But...
I'm sorry about what happened! - Hou Liangping sent you?
Do you have things to say to chief Hou? - Yes yes yes!
Say it quickly!
The municipal PD repeatedly asked me to read a note.
They also made voice-recording.
I think they must be framing me!
What's on the note?
A reporting call, they had me read it repeatedly.
Yes, I did call chief Chen Hai, to report on Ouyang Jing.
Hou Liangping told me to.
But what's written on Zhao Donglai's note, I never said them.
I never said I'd bring a book to chief Chen Hai.
I never said it.
What?
You let her in?
Silly!
What's up, commissioner Zhao?
Your director Lu, barged into Cai Chenggong's sickroom!
We have the duty to monitor him, why can't we?
We are investigating a serious crime, Cai is a suspect.
He can't meet anyone right now!
And your director Lu barged in.
Wait for me!
Director Lu, what's the point of this!
Commissioner Zhao,
you already made your little point, pointless!
So you cited Lao She's "Teahouse", an artistic youth! (one of China's most famous plays)
Quit showing off, business first!
You see how badly hurt Cai is?
How did you do your job?
Huahua, you stay here.
Take notes of Cai's treatment plan, write down everything!
Yes sir!
Director, who's taking over my shift then?
I'll send the judicial police.
Are we not drinking coffee?
When do I hand you my apology letter?
I forgot you ate gunpowder... Fine.
Secretary Li,
me and Dalu Group wanted to contribute to Guangmingfeng.
But the former project leader Ding Yizhen was too greedy!
All projects that called for public bidding were fake!
I had no other option than talking to Ouyang!
You know, I'm a good college classmate with Ouyang.
Let's turn the page of Ding.
The current project leader is district head Sun Liancheng.
I trust comrade Liancheng to follow due procedures.
I've heard.
Sun Liancheng, he's a honest guy,
but seems reluctant to work.
Who said that?
With power comes responsibility, he must work!
Dalu, I say it again.
You gotta take the high road, not the small road!
Especially the road via my wife Ouyang Jing, you must avoid!
She can't really help you!
OK I see.
If that's all, then I'll take my leave.
Go ahead. - OK.
The sauce is here!
Shengli, Baobao,
I got something to discuss with you.
Shengli.
Shengli!
OK, Zheng Qian, alright?
I tell you,
I'm organizing a new Dafeng company with uncle Ma!
Using the settlement fee as starting capital.
I wanna invest our 200,000 CNY.
Dad, what do you want?
I wanna put in those 200,000.
When Cai was here, even he couldn't figure out and went down.
You wanna do, how?
Did you get crazy over boiling some noodles?
That's right uncle.
Even if you were rich, you can't burn money like this!
Rich? He's just an old "diao si" (Chinese slang for "loser")
What "diao si"? I don't like it! (Chinese slang for "loser")
I slap you if you say it again!
The municipal PD repeatedly asked me to read a note.
They also made voice-recording.
I think they must be framing me!
What's on the note?
A reporting call, they had me read it repeatedly.
Yes, I did call chief Chen Hai, to report on Ouyang Jing.
Hou Liangping told me to.
But what's written on Zhao Donglai's note, I never said them.
I never said I'd bring a book to chief Chen Hai.
I never said it.
Chief Hou...
The municipal PD repeatedly asked me to read a note.
They also made voice-recording.
I think they must be framing me!
What's on the note?
A reporting call, they had me read it repeatedly.
Yes, I did call chief Chen Hai...
Dad, even if you wanna do good deeds badly,
you must check if you have the ability!
About that money, I invited you to join our Alpha Inc, you don't.
But you also can't take it to join Dafeng!
No, I just borrow it, and take it back after registration!
Borrow? You lend it out, can you get it back?
Dad, how about you lend the money to me?
That's right uncle, you don't have to join our company.
You can lend us the money, we pay you interests!
What did you say, interests?
Is my dad a miser of small money?
I actually am!
Tell me, how much do you pay me in interests?
Slightest misstep and we fall into the old comrade's trap!
How much interests, how do you decide?
Pay too much, the old comrade stays at home doing nothing,
waiting to get rich.
Too little, he lends the money to Dafeng factory.
Nah, I think uncle cares about the safety of this money.
Like if he can get it back. If it's unsafe, uncle won't lend out!
This money is for us to get married, very important!
Good point again!
Dad, how about this, I marry now, you give me the money.
Boss Zheng, when did you cure your gamophobia?
You cured me!
You are Hua Tuo reborn, Bian Que reincarnate! (two famous ancient Chinese doctors)
Your surgeon hands rejuvenated me!
Dad, give me the money to marry!
Even if you wanna marry, there's no rush! You marry today?
How can I not be in a rush? My 200,000 will be gone!
Comrade Zhang Baobao, how can you still be eating?
Hurry up and get married!
For real?
This happiness is too sudden, uncle.
I got prepare myself and get changed, wait for me!
Kept a book? What book?
How come Cai never mentioned to me?
Could be the business book-keeping of Cai's company.
Or a book of his bribes.
If this book exists, then why did he not report about it?
He didn't dare?
How did Zhao Donglai find out, and forced him to voice-record?
Cai's version is: somebody tries to frame him.
Could the ones framing Cai,
also have designed Chen Hai's accident?
Probably...
What roles does Zhao Donglai play in all this?
Unclear.
Before, Chen Hai communicated with him the most.
I never spoke to Zhao Donglai directly.
Then what is Chen Hai's relation with him? - Professional?
Chen Hai never actively brought him up, unlike you.
Before Chen Hai's accident, he called Zhao Donglai once.
So Zhao Donglai must know more than us about Chen Hai's accident!
Cai Chenggong is in jail,
Dafeng factory is bankrupt.
The government paid 40 millions in settlement fee.
Most took the money and left.
The few old and sick ones took the money, and felt nervous.
Not knowing how to live in the future.
... so I just went in head on, and started working!
Master Chen I still remember: you rode a bike back then,
and came to the factory alone.
Back then, master Chen was also a deputy mayor.
He came without secretary or car, just himself.
Just look at his official conduct back then... It's the same today!
The guard stopped you, nobody believed you were deputy mayor!
Right right! Now you mention the guard, I remember.
He was really obstinate I tell you, never let me enter!
But he couldn't stop me!
In the Dafeng factory, I made my fateful encounter with you!
Was it on my 2nd or 3rd day in Dafeng factory?
You already came to me, to talk about workers holding stocks.
Right right!
Back then this Dafeng factory,
still couldn't abandon the pride of being state-owned-enterprise!
Not willing to work for private businesses!