In the Name of People
Episode 30
As the provincial political & legal secretary,
I visit this little bastard?!
It's still better than him visiting us!
Sha Ruijin lives next door!
The former provincial organization secretary too!
If he comes to us,
how can people not notice?
That's true...
Prof. Wu.
Could Zhao Lichun be in trouble?!
Regarding his stuff,
there are tons of rumors in the society!
Are we analyzing rumors too?!
Isn't Li Dakang also full of rumors?
Do I think too much?!
Local policies must consider everything, it's hard!
Keep talking!
When we teamed up, although I was the secretary and leader,
Li Dakang was a dominant mayor, I listened to him mostly.
Why?
Because he was Zhao Lichun's secretary,
with "political resources"?
Not really.
Actually I'm impressed by Li Dakang.
He wants to do things for the people!
Even early on, he proposed to built roads.
He wanted to connect all the big towns of the county!
When I was working in a county in Jiangsu,
I also wanted to raise funds and build roads.
But after careful investigation, I gave up.
I feared the people won't understand!
Yes, our people didn't understand either.
They said we wasted money!
How much did you ask from the people?
10 from each person with salary, 3 per farmer.
That's not much!
Not much? Perhaps in Jiangsu.
It was a lot in Yantai 23 years ago!
The people even had to lend salt and vinegar from each other!
They don't see money the whole year!
Yes, everyone was poor.
Therefore, I didn't agree to raise funds in the beginning.
But Li Dakang bothered me everyday!
He said without roads, poverty will stay in the mountains!
With bad harvest, you starve.
With good harvest, grains can't be transported, you still starve!
He said during our term, we must bring prosperity!
Hmm!
Talking about old chief,
I remember it was more than 20 years ago.
After studying in Japan,
I was assigned the mayor of Jinshan county.
Yeah, I just finished college by then.
I even visited you!
Yes yes yes!
I remember you even wrote a social study report!
Yeah, with the title of "China's road to prosperity".
You gave me lots of materials. - Yes yes!
You also know that I wanted to enter politics.
We talk about you later, back to old chief!
Back then, old chief was...
Deputy provincial governor, he came to inspect.
He came to see me in the mountain.
With me and Yi Xuexi,
we went into the mountains to inspect poverty!
Please come in!
I'm sorry, we are too poor!
My 1st daughter is outside, my 2nd is in bed.
She has nothing to wear!
Here, give this to her.
But... - Take it!
There are only a few grains!
Deputy governor Zhao,
the people here even lend salt and vinegar from each other! (left to right: young Wang Dalu, Yi Xuexi and Li Dakang)
Dakang, Yi Xuexi and Wang Dalu!
The party entrusts 1.2 millions of people in Jinshan to you!
You must remember your duty and responsibility!
You must lead them to prosperous lives!
I can't forget the words of the old chief!
How would I dare to forget?!
Bro, you've told me this 100 times already!
That's why you and Yi Xuexi raised funds to build roads!
You almost lost your official title in the valleys of Jinshan.
Correct? - Yes!
During county committee meeting, Li Dakang said:
Jinshan is resource-poor.
We may leave in a few years, but how about our conscience?
The party handed one of Handong's largest poor county,
and 1.2 millions of people in poverty, into our hands.
We must carry this historical responsibility!
Even if we bet on our lives and names,
we must fight a great battle!
He convinced you? - Yes!
Although Li Dakang is a quiet person,
when talking about work, he's always eloquent and passionate!
In private, he even joked with me:
"old Yi, I'd even place a knife on your neck,"
"to make you raise the banner, and lead the charge for us!"
No wonder everybody calls Li Dakang,
a great general of the Handong economic reform!
In the society,
there are lots of rumors about Li Dakang, the reform general.
Both positive and negative.
Before his wife got arrested,
rumors say he'll become provincial governor.
As in "Sha-Li duo"!
But now the rumors say he'll go to jail.
Even with the details lined up!
Will his wife's issues drag him down?
I think not.
He values his feathers too much.
To put it bluntly, he's disloyal and inhumane!
OK that's enough.
Let's see what princeling Zhao will say.
You can save your "revolutionary re-education" on me!
I'm a businessman now, I talk about businesses!
I'm the wrong man!
We have no business to discuss!
No business?
I have lots to discuss with Yi Xuexi of the development zone!
Do you know that he insists on demolishing my gourmet city?
He even called directly to our old man!
Our old man got so mad he went to hospital!
You made him mad!
Why me, it was Yi Xuexi!
For years, he didn't get promoted,
he has resentments and makes a fuss about it!
Therefore my old man hopes you can persuade Yi Xuexi.
Don't get any ideas about this gourmet city!
I must persuade you too,
don't do things under the old chief's banner!
Should the gourmet city stay?
So it can keep polluting Crescent Lake?
To be frank with you,
I would've demolished that gourmet city long ago!
The old chief will support me!
Fine bro, I won't argue with you!
OK let's demolish it!
But we must talk about the compensation!
That's 0.5 billion of solid capital!
With so much daily revenue!
You must give me a solution!
I'm the munic. secretary of Jingzhou, not Luezhou!
You must talk to the relevant authorities in Luezhou!
But I must remind you,
never ask for more than you can bite!
You must think about:
the poor people in Jinshan who even had to lend salt!
And look at the fortune in your hands,
can you really sleep at nights?!
Why not, I don't steal or rob,
it's all fair and square, why can't I sleep?
Fair and square, really?
I know what happened afterwards.
Li Dakang told me.
He said building the road was difficult.
To raise funds, life was lost.
A 60-year old village secretary died...
during your endless motivation meetings!
Correct? - Yes.
It was during the phase 2 construction.
Me and Wang Dalu didn't wanna push it with brute force.
The region was poor, the people couldn't handle, it takes time!
But Li Dakang didn't listen,
he took the only jeep in the county,
drove into the mountains and shouted orders!
You had only one jeep in your county?
Too poor!
Only this one jeep, and it was glued to Li Dakang's hip!
We all took bikes!
Didn't Li Dakang know the party organization?!
Who's the 1st-in-command?
Comrades of Handong told me,
Li Dakang is this dominant!
If he's mayor, then mayor is 1st-in-command!
If he's secretary, then secretary is 1-st-command!
So if he becomes governor, I must listen to him!
Can he still become governor?
In any case, his wife is in jail!
Ex-wife, Ouyang Jing is his ex-wife!
Bro.
Just one last thing.
How about a small favor?
Speak!
Release Chen Qingquan, forget him from now on.
Does Chen Qingquan have businesses with you?
I don't know him, he's Gao Xiaoqin's man.
Then why do you care so much?
You take the world as your duty? (Chinese idiom)
Taking the world as your duty, is your job.
I'm a businessman, talking about business.
You arrested someone from Shanshui Manor,
it made me lose face!
Therefore I beg you,
can you please release him?
You are actually too late.
The munic. committe already decided:
double-fire!
I see.
I'm leaving bro. - Send old chief my regards!
Secretary Gao, is it you?
Ruilong, where are you?
Where else can I be,
I'm at the place of my brother Li Dakang, we were talking!
OK, I'll visit you.
Secretary Gao, how can I let you visit me, it'll hurt my karma!
I'll come to you!
Because of this, you got demoted out of Jinshan.
Wang Dalu also took the blame and resigned.
Tell us the truth today.
Why did you two still save Li Dakang?
Yeah, tell the truth.
Why did you take the fall for him?
In theory, he was a dominant county mayor,
who caused big trouble.
If you didn't save him, he would have...
Chief Sha, I'm really not that charitable!
When it happened, I didn't wanna save him!
He brought it upon himself, he deserved it!
But looking at the finished phase 1 and ongoing phase 2 roads,
me and Wang Dalu both got shocked!
Li Dakang's project got out of hand, you couldn't finish it?
Exactly!
Nobody could!
Therefore I discussed with Wang Dalu,
how we should solve this.
Secretary Yi, I don't accept it!
Li Dakang is the culprit, he's responsible!
Nobody runs meeting like him,
one meeting lasts 3 days, people will die!
I called him several times a day,
he refused to stop, until people died!
An entire clan wants me to pay back in blood!
Yes Dalu, but it already happened.
What do we do, shoot Li Dakang?
Shooting him is a rant, but he must be held responsible!
He proposed to build roads, and planned the fundraising!
I suggest we fire Li Dakang as county mayor!
Dalu!
If he's fired, will this road ever finish?
But...
we have absolutely no money in our checkbook!
I know that.
You can't finish this road, neither can I.
But Li Dakang can!
He was governor Zhao's secretary, he can find money!
He can get bank loans!
There are other ways too.
I told Li Dakang, he must finish this road!
So you say, we are gonna take the blame for him?
Not for him, but for the people of Jinshan!
Dalu, let's save Li Dakang so he can finish it.
The two of us take the blame.
We lose, but 1.2 millions of people in Jinshan will win!
Well said!
Yi Xuexi,
that is the grand vision for a party member!
The people of Jinshan were fortunate!
I just did my part as a party member!
This matter also touched Li Dakang deeply!
Does this taste good? - Yes, quite good!
My wife does great cooking, try this!
Newly fried peanuts!
Have a taste!
Sister... - It's fine.
Here.
Tomorrow I'll become the mayor of Daokou county!
Dalu will become a businessman.
We must call him boss Wang in the future!
Today,
we drink as we please!
Xuexi, I've failed you!
My fault got you demoted!
Right!
It's fine that I must resign.
But this...
Even Xuexi got punished so harshly!
Not harsh!
As county mayor of Daokou, I'm still on county-level!
But county secretary is 1st-in-command!
County mayor is 2nd-in-command!
What 1st or 2nd?
Think about the late director, don't you feel ashamed?
I'm the shameful one!
If it weren't me...
Dakang, you did nothing wrong!
You want to do things, and mistakes could happen!
OK that's enough, let's raise our glasses!
A toast for the roads in Jinshan!
Cheers!
Dalu...
Me and Dakang owe you the most!
As the executive of our policies, with this incident,
you can't stay in Jinshan anymore.
You can only survive by doing business.
Xuexi...
Never say it like that!
It is me who wants to quit!
It's true!
Dalu, you don't have to say anything.
We know you lack capital,
me and Xuexi are poor too.
But as we discussed,
we still have something!
We...
help you out as much as we can!
Xuexi, this...
this is not appropriate...
Dalu, sit down!
Sit down first!
Sit down!
Ours, is as good as yours!
Even during hard times, you gave each other your everything.
That's really something!
Yi Xuexi...
How much money did you and Li Dakang give Wang Dalu?
How did you count it?
Yeah, was that a loan to Wang Dalu, or investment?
We didn't think about it, just wanted to help him!
Back then we were all poor,
Wang Dalu borrowed from everywhere and got 50k.
Li Dakang and me collected another 50k for him!
That's how "Dalu Food Company" was born!
Wang Dalu found blessings in misfortune,
his business really took off!
How come rumors say you and Li Dakang also got rich?
There's nothing like that!
Wang Dalu is a sympathetic man, he knows to repay kindness!
After his business got well,
he found my wife Mao Ya, and Li Dakang's wife Ouyang Jing,
saying he'd sign a supplementary contract.
Each of our family would get 25% of his company stocks!
That's a lot!
Me and Li Dakang both declined!
You declined, but did Ouyang Jing decline too?
Li Dakang is Li Dakang,
Ouyang Jing is Ouyang Jing!
They are not the same!
Having married for over 20 years,
even if there's no love, there're feelings.
Is the price of workaholic, paid in a broken family?
Li Dakang is not made of iron, he's not without emotions.
For this family, he still can't discard it like broken shoes.
Brother, dinner time!
Li Dakang right now,
is depressed as in dark clouds,
and heartbroken like cut by knives.
Dinner time!
Why is it dinner time again?!
It's 7pm!
Aren't you hungry?
Missing my sister-in-law again?
The day after tomorrow... is your birthday!
How about...
I buy a cake tomorrow,
and bring to her?
It's not allowed during ongoing investigation!
Forget it!
During your absence, we made no progress at all.
We tried everything,
but still can't pry open Ouyang Jing's mouth!
Alright.
No more battle of attrition, pull them back.
OK.
Let them sort through the leads again.
This way, secretary Gao!
Secretary Gao, I skipped food today just for your dinner!
I ordered French cuisine, we can drink later, OK?
Ruilong, my stomach is Chinese,
can't digest the French cuisine!
Thinking about the 8 Regulations?
Relax, at my place, nothing will happen!
I really can't take western food!
I... I know you can't eat western food,
this is Chinese food cooked in western way, just for you!
Everything's sweet for you to enjoy!
You must drag me along?
It's not that, it is to thank you!
Please sit!
Chief Sha.
Yi Xuexi transferred from Lincheng to Luezhou 18 years ago.
He worked in every district and county of Luezhou!
Everywhere he went,
he earnestly did lots of good for the people!
Yi Xuexi,
how come you didn't work with Li Dakang afterwards?
Li Dakang had a smooth career, even entered prov. committee!
If you followed him, you'd advance faster!
Why would I follow him,
he's unhappy to see me.
When I see him, I feel uncomfortable!
How come?
Didn't you and Wang Dalu save him at a critical moment?
That was nothing personal, it was for the public!
Wang Dalu and I took the fall for Li Dakang,
we did it for the people of Jinshan!
You guys worked as a team,
is there no personal connection?
There's not much personal connection!
Li Dakang, is a lone wolf.
His life has almost no fun!
In his eyes there's nothing but work!
Just think about this, he can't even play poker!
Due to his ambition, he must've upset lots of people!
He's extremely cautious.
Fearing people would pick on him!
To people next to him, including old acquaintances like us,
he's very strict!
You can say that his life,
is very boring!
He has next to zero friends!
Secretary Gao,
I've kept this XO for years!
Even I feel difficult to drink it!
This is like a 30-year aged, iron-capped Maotai!
Even if it's 100-year aged, I'll skip this time.
I quit! - For real?
Qi Tongwei and Gao Xiaoqin never told me!
So what, I must report to them about quitting alcohol?
No no...
Just a cup of tea!
Fine, I'll use this tea too.
So I won't talk nonsense after getting drunk!
So you know you talk nonsense?!
That's some self-awareness!
Ruilong...
At times like this, when you talk or do things,
you must be careful.
You know that even Li Dakang's wife is arrested!
It's real ammo this time!
Secretary Gao, that's exactly what I wanted to talk about.
Why are you playing with real ammo all of a sudden?
You put yourself in trouble!
What's that for?
Anti-corruption is ordered by the central!
No matter who ordered it,
you still shouldn't take on Li Dakang!
Who is Li Dakang? You think he'll accept that?
Did Li Dakang tell you this?
Is he really counting it on me?
Listen to yourself,
is he counting it on my head, instead of yours?
Hou Liangping is your student.
You even arrested his wife, from Li Dakang's car!
To be honest,
even I heard about it afterwards.
But now we mention it,
did Hou Liangping do anything wrong?
Right, nothing wrong!
That's why Li Dakang did anti-prostitution!
He arrested the chief-judge!
He also did nothing wrong!
Right.
Li Dakang upheld the law, he also did nothing wrong!
But secretary Gao...
I haven't been drinking, this is not drunk-speech.
No matter who's right or wrong,
I beg you, can't you just cease fire?
You should also lecture Hou Liangping,
he's trying to get himself killed!
Is this what Li Dakang wants?
This is what Li Dakang wants, and me as well!
Qi Tongwei already told me,
Hou Liangping is stretching his hand into Shanshui Group!
He wants to catch corrupt officials in Shanshui Manor!
But the question is does Shanshui Group have corrupt officials?
There aren't so many corrupt officials!
It's just your in-fighting!
Chief Sha, secretary Tian,
excuse me for eating takeaway with me today!
You think we never ate them before?
It's our habit now!
Actually...
we wanted to have dinner at your place.
But after discussing with secretary Tian,
we think you may be unprepared, so let's eat takeaway!
You are humorous chief Sha.
There's always food for you!
My wife does great home-cooking!
I anticipated you have a tight schedule,
so I don't dare to invite you!
No?
Are you afraid that we see your big villa, or luxurious condo?
Listen to yourself, chief Sha!
Fine, we won't eat at your place.
We save it for you.
But we must visit your home!
Chief Sha wants to experience it himself!
Alright!
Next program.
Tea time at Yi Xuexi's luxurious condo!
Let's go, Mr. Wang!
I heard that Donghui Group has excellent reputation!
Everybody says that.
I heard it's an efficient company,
and promoted something like GDP growth...
What's that?
You are reciting news!
Let's talk about your sister-in-law Ouyang instead!
What's her favorite program called again...
Find it for me, I'll watch too!
Find it yourself, it's bookmarked!
I only know news, find it so I can watch!
OK, let me get it.
Ruilong, I'll be frank with you.
I really can't control Hou Liangping!
He's from Beijing.
When he arrived, chief Sha Ruijin spoke with him personally!
Yes, I know Sha Ruijin, he's from Beijing too.
Our old man knows him well!
Isn't that great?
Let the old chief speak to Sha Ruijin!
Sha Ruijin is a great regional vassal!
He won't buy it from our old man!
Gotta respect old comrades!
Besides, the old chief is a national-level official!
Yeah right, you know it too secretary Gao.
Old man's national post is a title without power!
Unlike you,
the deputy provincial chief, political & legal secretary!
You just have to say it,
and we'll kick away that Hou Liangping any minute!
What do you mean by that!
On what grounds do I kick Hou Liangping away?!
BTW chief Hou, there's another interesting fact.
Zhao Donglai said, Liu Xinjian of Handong Oil & Gas Group,
also solicited with prostitutes at Shanshui Manor!
Liu Xinjian...
Was he a personal secretary of Zhao Lichun?
Yes, the 4th secretary after Li Dakang!
I heard this Liu Xinjian,
and princeling Zhao Ruilong,
are oath-brothers!
The fact he became the CEO, Zhao Lichun must be involved!
Study about them properly.
It may help you someday!
The water of Shanshui Manor...
Don't drown yourself!
I'm an excellent swimmer!
Did Zhao Donglai talk about Chen Qingquan?
Where is he held?
Municipal PD. Zhao Donglai said if the transfer is well-planned,
as soon as they release him, we can start our questioning!
Chen Qingquan already got double-fired by munic. committee!
Chief Sha, secretary Tian, my room is messy!
Please take a seat!
Yi Xuexi.
Is this your office or home?
Home of course!
This is a proper reformed apartment,
80 square meters, director-level standard!
I'm talking about this.
Why is the city-planning map here?
This? I have another one in office, exactly the same!
Chief Sha, our old Yi has a habit.
Wherever he works, he put the map of that place at home!
Without map, it's not a home!
A map is convenient, everything is obvious!
If I get an idea, I can mark on the map!
That's why you marked the lake as soon as you got here!
Chief Sha look, this is the cleaned-up west shore.
This is east shore with ongoing cleanup.
Zhao Ruilong's gourmet city is here, like a fortress!
And the old maps?
I kept them all!
Can you show us?
Secretary Gao,
our old man is also doing some work.
We hope you can help out.
The gourmet city was approved by you after all.
Never say that again!
We had no sense of environmental protection!
I was wrong to approve it!
There's nothing right or wrong!
Everybody was doing that!
Our old man already said his: demolish!
The gourmet city will be demolished!
We'll follow the national environmental protection policy!
The only issue now,
is about... the compensation fee.
That Yi guy is totally...
Ruilong.
This gourmet city made lots of money over the years!
Can't we also take one step back?
It's not me, but my two big sisters!
Both my sisters have stocks at the gourmet city!
As single-moms, they need the dividend to live, you see?
Ruilong, stop acting!
Other people may not know, but I do!
At times like this,
you and your sisters, shouldn't do such things,
to burden me or your father with more troubles!
OK?!
OK, I finally get it now.
You don't wanna help with anything!
Of course, this not when our old man was in Handong,
or when he went to Luezhou,
as he removed Li Dakang,
and gave you a seat in provincial committee!
Ruilong, if you say that, then let's stop talking!
But secretary Gao...
Don't get mad, I just slipped!
Please don't get mad!
What a joke, you think you can joke about such matters?
You have no say in the appointment of provincial officials!
What nonsense!
Secretary Gao, don't leave, secretary Gao!
Please forgive me, I'll stop!
Ruilong!
Take care of yourself!
Yi Xuexi.
These maps are solid proof of your hard work over 20 years!
You did well!
It's the same for everyone!
We can't let the people feed us for nothing!
Such a simple truth!
But some officials never get it!
Other than being free-loaders, they even hurt the people!
Yeah...
Look at that lakeside gourmet city, so much pollution!
How do we explain it to the people?
Comrade Guofu.
Find out about this gourmet city.
If it's an issue of understanding, then help them understand.
If there are other issues,
take whatever disciplinary measures necessary!
Chief Ruijin,
can you personally communicate with comrade Zhao Lichun?
Not necessary, Yi Xuexi already did.
Demolish it according to law!
Chief Sha!
Thank you for supporting me!
Yi Xuexi, the prov. committee and I must thank you!
Thanks to good comrades like you who persist in local offices,
our party and government can earn the people's trust!
This needs to be changed!
It's still readable!
In there...
This tea doesn't look good,
but tastes fine!
From my hometown Jinshan... - Thank you, I'm good!
Picked in the mountains, I fried the leaves myself!
So you even grow tea?
Always have!
When it's harvest season,
I stay for sometime in Jinshan each year!
How is Jinshan now, still poor?
The poor places are still poor, but much different!
It's much better now, and gets better by the year!
The roads even reach remote villages.
The tourists are visiting nonstop!
Your old Yi contributed a lot!
Even with historical sacrifices!
What sacrifice?
Li Dakang, Wang Dalu, and my old Yi,
they are all good men!
Mao Ya, you are quite content!
Why not?
People say, you need a strong wife to be a great official!
Chief Sha, do you agree?
Bigger homes are harder to manage.
Higher-ranked officials are harder to be!
That's right!
No no, I'm not talking about you!
I know you aren't talking about me, but him!
No, talking about big officials! - I'm talking about nobody!
A housewife is a housewife,
talks so carelessly!
Mao Ya.
Are you still housewife, without a job?
I have village-hukou in Jinshan. ("hukou" is the social registry in China)
My family still has farmlands!
Have some water!
Watch your hand.
Please pour me some more!
Thanks!
Here. - Thanks! - Some more!
Quite good?
This is good tea, with a strong taste!
Quite good actually!
With an unique fragrant smell!
Really? Are you trying to cheer me up?
No, it's true!
Let us take some!
OK! - Alright!
Chief Sha, you gotta advertise for our mountain tea!
Mao Ya, I heard you have a villa in Jingzhou, right?
Who said it, Wang Dalu?
Must be Wang Dalu!
Chief Sha, let me explain for you...
Why you, he didn't ask you!
Let Mao Ya talk! - That's right!
Chief Sha, let me tell you.
When Wang Dalu got rich, he wanted to give us stocks.
We declined!
So he bought 3 villas in Jingzhou Dihao Garden,
He kept one, and gave me and Ouyang Jing one each!
Both our husbands told us to refuse!
So the villas are still under Wang Dalu's name.
I heard Ouyang Jing stayed there sometimes.
But you didn't?
That's the best villa area in Jingzhou!
We're two people, living in that huge villa would be a waste!
In our home, we eat and live without worries!