In the Name of People
Episode 31
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!
Zhao Ruilong, is a frigging bastard!
What's up?
Chief Sha!
Your tea!
Such good tea, we both drink and take, this trip is worth it!
Chief Sha, if you like it, don't forget to advertise for us!
Here you go again, chief Sha doesn't have time for that!
I do have time!
I will advertise for you!
Mao Ya, thanks for the tea leaves you fried yourself!
Come and visit us often!
Alright!
Old Yi...
25 years on division director level,
no matter where you got assigned, you worked earnestly,
and honestly!
We are indeed impressed!
Yi Xuexi, I wanna ask you something,
would you accept?
What is it, chief Sha?
I wanna take all your 10 maps!
Is it OK?
They all belong to the public, just take them!
You don't need? - No.
Ready to give away? - Yes!
You heard it? Take them all!
OK, I take them all!
I must show them to everybody,
how our local officials should work!
Old Tian...
Regarding Dihao Garden, you must recheck once more.
When appointing officials, especially on crucial posts,
we must take extreme caution!
Chief Sha, I already checked everything!
Together with the organization commission!
Good!
You must also check,
officials like Yi Xuexi, who lack "political resources",
but willing and capable of serving the people,
how many of them have been buried these years?
If they exist, dig them all up!
Give them a platform for their career!
Yeah, it should've been like this!
The official conduct of Handong,
should've been corrected long ago!
Let's start with the appointment of these bureau-level officials!
OK!
After you left,
Zhao Lichun called.
What did he say? - Nothing serious.
Did he mention gourmet city,
and Zhao Ruilong siblings' business?
As a leader, can he ask so directly?
What did he say exactly?
Just some official rhetorics,
like "we must treasure the great achievements in Handong",
"of the economic reforms"!
"You must support the new provincial chief Sha Ruijin"!
And "bring great unity of the 5 lakes and 4 oceans",
"don't form cliques"!
He said all the nice things!
Did he mention Hou Liangping?
Yes, about him stopping the car.
But it sounded unintentional!
Nothing is unintentional with Zhao Lichun!
How did you answer? - Like you always said.
Hospitable, polite, but knowing nothing!
Good then!
Now...
Let's cut off ourselves from Zhao Lichun!
Cut off?
What's going on?
Zhao Ruilong is so willful,
I think the funeral bell of the Zhao-clan...
will be ringing soon!
Cousin, sleep in the bed instead!
My life is terrible...
When in bed, I can't fall asleep!
Where's the Jingzhou city-planning map?
Find it for me, I'll hang it up!
Sister-in-law doesn't allow it!
Right...
Well, we argued everyday.
Now if I wanna argue, she's no longer around!
(Jingzhou municipality city-planning map)
Huahua, you are energetic!
After watching TV-drama the whole night, you're still not tired!
Don't talk to me, you annoy me today!
What is it again?
Chief Hou, director Lu, can we start?
You can start!
President Ouyang,
have you changed your mind?
Change what, zero testimony!
You can finish the case with zero testinomy!
Ouyang Jing, still wanna keep quiet?
That's fine.
If you don't wanna discuss the case,
let's talk about something else.
About what?
The oceans and skies are vast, anything!
Brother Long,
we've been working on Hou Liangping's files,
but it's going very slow.
Before, we have no prior knowledge of Hou Liangping!
We still don't know much.
Not much, so you still know something.
A bit.
There's one important fact.
Hou Liangping is childhood buddy with the Dafeng boss Cai!
We can use that!
Besides, Cai Chenggong is in jail!
He is in jail.
But he's a VIP of the "1/16" incident!
Also the informant of Ouyang Jing's bribery!
The procuratorate and municipal PD are watching him!
Is there nothing you can do?
Use your head!
I do, I've used up all my brain juice, there's no way!
But this Hou Liangping is really special!
How? - As Cai told me.
Hou Liangping won't even accept gifts from him!
Seriously? I can't believe it!
Is he a saint?!
President Ouyang,
can I ask you something off-topic?
How did you meet secretary Li Dakang?
Actually, lots of men pursued me,
but in the end I chose,
Li Dakang from the countryside.
You know why?
Why?
Because of a bag of oyster!
It was a Sunday morning.
Li Dakang was full of dirt,
with a bag of oyster on his back.
He said he dug all night,
just because he heard I like them!
From what you said,
I'm quite impressed!
If my boyfriend can do it too, I'd marry him long ago!
Back then I thought...
I thought I was the luckiest woman in the world!
My father died young, therefore,
I always longed for a fatherly and brotherly figure...
as husband, to take care of me.
I really thought I found him!
Find an opening from Cai Chenggong!
If he bites onto Hou Liangping, then things get easy!
What you must do, is to make Cai understand.
Don't get any ideas about Hou Liangping!
Even as anti-corruption bureau chief, he can't bail him out!
It's impossible, we can't allow it, got it?
Brother Long, you are wrong this time.
I'm studying Cai Chenggong intensively now.
I noticed he doesn't wanna leave the jail!
He wants to enjoy his sentence!
Is he a masochist?
No, he has too much debt.
The usury lenders are after him!
He got kidnapped twice.
I tell you brother Long,
they put Cai in a dog cage, made him sit on torture bench!
Would that feel comfortable?
I see.
He wants to evade debts in jail, right?
Correct!
Cai wants to spend his remaining days in jail!
We can never allow that!
We must let him suffer the societal punishment!
And then?
Is secretary Li Dakang a fraud,
who toyed with your emotions?
If he were a fraud,
then I won't be so desperate!
In the beginning,
I was actually happy about him.
He did all the housework.
He wasn't so busy with his job, and handed me his salaries.
Although this guy is very boring sometimes,
but I thought as long as he cares about me, I won't mind.
Do you agree?
Yeah...
Actually, we women are quite simple.
As long as they think about us,
we can tolerate anything!
Even if we think, we don't have to always show it!
It must be at key moments!
What key moments?!
Of course you must show your love!
There aren't so many key moments!
Procurator Lin, there are indeed key moments.
I have a brother 8 years my junior.
The year he graduated,
he wanted to find a better job through Li Dakang.
Back then, he was the assistant to Jingzhou munic. secretary.
He only had to ask!
But he refused to help out!
Then you got disappointed at him?
I was very disappointed at him!
He won't even help my little brother!
He's too selfish!
Typical petty-woman syndrome!
They think men are obliged to sacrifice for them!
Men must sacrifice everything, even if it's unreasonable!
Otherwise,
they'd immediately feel that men and the world failed them!
Ouyang Jing's heart,
is fragile and sensitive.
With Li Dakang's strong heart,
tragedy happened!
But I think,
their relationship is like...
a big fish and small fishbowl!
Putting them together means pain!
In Ouyang Jing's fishbowl, a small fish would match!
Therefore a good match is crucial!
Are you waiting for a big fish?
Yeah!
Small fishes,
are bound to drown in my vast ocean!
Is Zhao Donglai a big fish?
Heavens...
We don't even know if comrade Zhao Donglai is fish or prawn!
I'm not nagging.
But nobody knows if Chen Hai can still wake up.
Even if he does,
he may never live a normal life again.
I know him.
He'd rather die,
than dragging you down!
What do you mean?
You are still young, gotta think about yourself!
This Zhao Donglai, he's a good man!
Stop acting like a matchmaker!
I know about my personal matters.
Think about it,
his lenders are all ordinary people!
They get some interests to make a living.
Thanks to Cai, they lost everything!
While he's enjoying himself in jail!
How can we allow this?
Our people's jail,
should never become the hideout of such scoundrels!
Brother Long,
but he's already inside, getting him out is hard.
Then you should import the societal punishment!
You must make him feel fear!
Got it?!
He feels fear indeed.
Not only are the usury lenders after him,
but also the Dafeng stockholding workers!
On "1/16",
his workers almost beat him to death!
Once in detention,
he took a heavy punch from my cousin Chang Chenghu!
These stockholding workers are trouble!
I heard they came to Shanshui Manor to protest, right?
Yeah, they did.
Then they heard Cai is responsible, so they stopped.
Let them protest at the jail!
Tell them to find Cai's wife and kids!
Now that you mention it, brother Long...
Somebody is indeed plotting to kidnap his son!
Cai Chenggong's wife is cunning, she has 3 properties.
In the last 2 months, they stayed on Heping Road.
Are you sure? - Yes!
Have you seen his son?
I have!
When Cai's wife brought his son to school.
Big bro, it's this kid!
There're 2 kids on the photo,
which one is Cai's?
The one in white, Cai Yingjun, 5th grader at primary school!
The longer you live with Li Dakang,
the more desperate you'll feel.
Other than my family and my friends,
even for his own relatives, he helps with nothing!
It's understandable!
Secretary Li Dakang adheres to principles!
What principles!
He values his feathers too much!
I think the higher Li Dakang advanced in rank,
the less he cared about me and our daughter!
Others think I married a powerful official,
therefore I'm successful.
But my frustrations,
are only known to me!
We've been married for over 20 years.
He didn't celebrate many birthdays for me.
Secretary Dakang is busy,
it's understandable!
Understand what?
I don't!
If my boyfriend forgets my birthday,
and don't celebrate for me,
I'd ask him to disappear forever!
What a paradox!
I'm sure most people won't like Li Dakang!
As a person, he's too apathetic,
only protects his own feathers.
But as an official,
he's honest and good!
If you only bring good to your family,
then it's hard to bring good to the world!
China is a favor-based society.
Honest officials like him are not appreciated!
When in trouble, everybody wants Judge Bao! (a Chinese historical figure)
But if you have a Bao Zheng or Hai Rui in your life, (historical figures well-known as honest officials)
you won't like it!
Lots of people lack the mind of philanthropy.
They only love those who are close.
Personal gain before public good!
There is a TV-drama recently.
A corrupt official was loyal to his mistress,
lots of women liked him, because of his loyalty!
They even forgave his corruption crime!
Typical petty-woman syndrome!
Like you said, personal gain before public good!
Therefore today,
we can act like a petty woman!
You know what day it is today?
What? - Ouyang Jing's birthday!
How do you know! - Read the case file!
It's true!
I even prepared birthday cake!
You can keep secrets!
It's a surprise!
How come Cai's wife transferred Cai Yingjun to this school?
This is a key primary school, it's hard to enroll!
Must've spent money!
If you spend money nowadays, anything can be done!
So Cai still has money!
Of course!
As soon as we catch this bastard, our money will be back!
The last time debt-collectors went, they got money back!
Cai is in jail now, he's getting away easy!
We can't go easy on his son!
But big bro, this school is close to procuratorate.
We must watch out!
As his wife,
sometimes I couldn't even see him for days!
My daughter is abroad,
sometimes when I go home,
there's nobody to talk to!
I have no emotional sustenance!
Therefore I can only watch K-drama...
To forget about some frustrations.
In whose name do we send the cake?
In Huahua's name!
They are having a nice chat today!
Huahua, today is Ouyang Jing's birthday.
Chief Hou prepared cake for her.
Let's give it to her in your name!
Tell her when you see fit.
I can understand.
Especially regarding workaholics like Li Dakang.
Do you know the saying "same bed but different dreams"? (Chinese idiom)
Li Dakang and I are in the same bed but have different dreams!
His dream is: work, work, work like crazy!
But my dream...
is to find a dependable man.
Who loves, cares for me,
and understands me.
That's the dream of most of us women!
What most women?
Our director Lu doesn't have such dreams!
Old Lu is no woman!
She's a bandit hero of Mt. Liang! (from Chinese legend "Water Margin")
Joking about me?!
These two got nerves!
They forgot you are watching!
Did you plan this too, making jokes about me?!
This is their improvisational acting!
But you can still listen, don't be like a hedgehog!
Even the biggest fishes get scared away!
Ouyang Jing is actually getting soft,
soft enough to be spineless!
I just want you to change your way slightly, not much!
Let's discuss about a topic.
In my humble opinion,
only those heavily feudal-minded,
petty men!
Will like the so-called "soft women"!
The very existence of independent women with personality,
is already a fatal blow to them!
My petty heart is feeling hurt right now!
Stop it already!
When do we send in the cake? - A bit later...
Look at Ouyang Jing,
she's opening up!
My entire life...
is destroyed by that bag of oyster!
If it weren't for him,
I would...
I would've chosen another man.
Maybe live a different life!
President Ouyang,
this other man,
is he Wang Dalu?
Your college classmate.
But, even if you chose Wang Dalu,
will you really have a different life?
When you are young, you will...
ignore lots of people and things.
At my age you will know...
you'll regret to have taken things for granted.
Time can never rewind.
The heavenly father won't...
won't give me a 2nd chance!
Is it true that,
what you'll never get, is always the best?
Not really.
Sometimes, a person's qualities can only show,
after polished by time!
Actually when Wang Dalu was in school,
he didn't stand out.
But in the critical moments of my life,
he always showed up on time!
Ouyang's failure is completely because,
she refuses to mature and grow up.
Certain qualities,
if found on innocent girls,
are very cute.
If found on mid-aged women,
it's a tragedy!
Or even comedy!
I thought I'm the only one who thinks like this!
Dalu, I really admire you.
You understand her perfectly,
yet you still have the mood to spar with her!
Dakang,
that's the difference between you and me.
For our family members,
we don't need to be too harsh.
Even if they cannot follow our footsteps,
we shouldn't abandon them!
Therefore...
I'm not a good husband.
I also know that Ouyang's mind is immature.
But...
I really can't find the mood to deal with her!
Dakang,
your heart is really cold!
You only think about your own work!
I totally failed her!
Do you know...
after over 20 years of marriage with Li Dakang,
when did he move me the most?
When?
When we divorced.
Why?
He accepted all my demands,
and gave me everything he could!
Including,
driving you to the airport with his own car?
Yes.
Actually, I knew I put him in a difficult spot.
But he still drove me to the airport.
This Li Dakang...
Does he have low EQ?
You need to comfort women, even my son knows!
Why do women need that?
If you aren't responsible for yourself,
why should others to be responsible for you?
I'm just saying, why do you mock me again?
I'll mock your male chauvinism today!
I only have this bit left.
At home, my wife destroys me. At work, I run into you!
But to be honest,
thanks to Ouyang Jing,
I can look at Li Dakang with increased respect!
I also never thought Li Dakang is like this!
I only knew he's autocratic. - And boring!
Other than his work, he has no hobby!
Ask Ouyang Jing,
her real relationship with Wang Dalu.
Dakang...
If I say that for so many years,
there's nothing more than friendship between me and Ouyang,
would you believe me? - Yes!
I do believe!
Your trust, and total lack of doubt,
hurt Ouyang deeply!
Is there any news from Li Dakang or Gao Yuliang?
Nothing new.
Those old foxes!
Did you listen to the recording I made when meeting them?
Yeah.
I listened a few times, there's no catch!
If you can't find, you can edit!
You can edit something interesting!
I really can't make up anything!
Besides chief Qi warned me,
don't get any ideas about secretary Gao Yuliang!
You know brother Long,
chief Qi is secretary Gao's most favorite student!
Don't fear him, he knows you work for me!
Otherwise he won't hire you!
I know that, I know!
BTW, how's your surveillance on Hou Liangping?
Got anything?
Hou Liangping... is very careful!
He never discusses work on the phone!
No matter what, you must know his whereabouts!
I finally get it.
Only simple things can be aesthetic!
Save your lyrics!
Today is Ouyang Jing's birthday, celebrate with her.
The cake is right outside.
President Ouyang,
actually, we have lots of common languages!
Yes, I regret we didn't meet sooner.
It's not too late!
That's all for today!
Uncuff her!
President Ouyang,
today is your birthday!
Your daughter is abroad,
she hasn't celebrated birthday with you for years!
Today, I'll celebrate your birthday instead of her!
(Ouyang mama, happy birthday!)
Happy birthday!
To be honest, I sympathize with Ouyang Jing.
But dream is not reality.
Therefore one must be brave,
and face the tragic life!
This is a perk for our anti-corruption!
We get cautionary tales from others' lessons!
You can't get too greedy.
Did I tell you about my case, "small official, big corruption"?
It shocked me! - That director?
With a whole room of money, but he never used one cent?
The old saying goes,
"with thousands of rooms, sleeping only takes one bed",
"with vast areas of fertile land, there're only 3 meals a day".
What a pity, so many people don't get it!
When that corrupt official cried on top of his cash,
I felt both pity and disdain!
As a human being, one must have respect!
Correct!
But those corrupt officials have either greed or fear,
or both greed and fear.
They just don't have respect!
Therefore they lack principle, of course things will happen!
Brother Long, chief Qi has an important message for you!
Provincial chief Sha Ruijin and provincial disciplinary secretary,
went to inspect Luezhou together.
Led by Yi Xuexi, they checked out your gourmet city!
Chief Qi wants me to remind you,
don't put yourself at the gun point!
I see.
My old man called me last night.
Good, good!
Our old man really has a grand vision!
Of course!
I don't get it now.
Is Handong really becoming lawless?
With power you can be so willful,
so each lord makes his own dynasty?
Nobody would disagree!
Brother Long, what does the new provincial chief want?
And that Yi Xuexi,
I know he's nicknamed "one-track mind"!
He worked for 30 years at county level without promotion!
He's messing around!
But he'll get promoted this time!
The new provincial chief likes him!
Ouyang Jing never thought she'd spend her 50th birthday here.
As Li Dakang's ex-wife, she's always prideful,
but her heart is full of unspeakable,
petty woman-like grievance and loneliness.
At this moment, all her harshness and hubris,
have been melted by the flashing candle lights.
Lin Huahua, today...
just stay with Ouyang Jing for her birthday.
Don't bring up the case.
Cheng Du.
That land of Dafeng factory...
Could Gao Xiaoqin and Qi Tongwei be tricking me?
They won't dare...
The new project manager, Sun Liancheng totally blocked it!
Sun Liancheng is not Ding Yizhen.
He refuses gifts, dinner invitations, and to do his job!
He only knows to hug a telescope to watch stars!
Easy.
Send him money and stocks!
I don't believe it, let's break an egg to make omelet!
Procurator Lin,
I'm really happy that you celebrate birthday for me!
Really!
Don't you wanna know...
where those 500k come from?
I'll tell you today.
That money is not from Cai Chenggong.
But Handong Oil & Gas Group!
Handong Oil & Gas Group, how come?
She's talking!
Why is Handong Oil & Gas Group involved?
Their CEO is Liu Xinjian!
I know!
The 4th secretary of former provincial chief Zhao Lichun!
But bringing him up so suddenly...
I still feel surprised!
Not surprising.
These people, always show up on time,
in the scenario we anticipated!