In the Name of People
Episode 34
This is good wine, better than the one from Italian vineyard!
Of course, it costs 100k per bottle!
Seriously? - What do you think?
Nice!
Boss Liu...
have you considered entering wine business in Italy?
High-class wine has good profit margin!
I can't handle that!
If I have the time, why don't I pick up my old profession?
I get money faster by investing in oil and mines!
If you wanna do mining, you can go to Africa!
Ding opened a gold mine there, he needs people!
Brother Long...
Is it so bad already?
I must run away like Ding Yizhen?
Not really.
But Ouyang Jing is caught, after all.
It's a risk.
Hiding abroad would be good.
But Ouyang Jing has nothing to do with me!
I never took her money, I also never gave her money!
Why does her arrest concern me?
Then let me remind you.
Who gave Dafeng Company bridge-loans all these years?
It's your money!
Yeah, it was me who gave the money.
But it's just a disciplinary issue!
The procurators can check!
I didn't pocket any bridge-interest,
I was finding bonus for everyone!
Such matters are only disciplinary if it benefits the public.
If it benefits private people, it's illegal!
What if you really get caught?
Relax brother Long!
If that day really comes, you know how I am!
I'll definitely bite my tongue and tell nothing!
You can also tell the old man.
Tell him to relax, OK?
But brother Long, now that you mention it...
I do have my worries!
Those 700 millions we did...
I just wanted to talk about it!
Those 700 millions are your company's normal investment.
It's fine!
Little Cheng.
Little Cheng!
What's with those slippers?
Little Cheng, I told you to trash those slippers!
Why do you leave them at the door, hurry!
What's up? - Stinky!
Are my relatives really that stinky and cheap?!
Did I call them stinky and cheap?
Qi Tongwei, don't pick a fight!
Did you chase them away?
I didn't.
They understood and left themselves.
But I told them,
my home won't become the den where criminals plan crimes!
Liang Lu, what do you mean by that!
Who's planning crimes?!
Who else?
You! And your distant relatives!
Qi Tongwei, you are so brave these days!
It was your relatives who gang-raped an innocent girl!
But you ordered their release!
Liang Lu, I tell you!
You don't have legal authority, this doesn't concern you!
Qi Tongwei... - I said it doesn't concern you!
I'm doing it for you, I don't want you to get caught!
What's going on these days, you don't know?!
High-pressure anti-corruption!
How can you send yourself to the gun point?
3rd bro, what's up?
Why did you leave before I got back?
Who are you afraid of?
She doesn't decide in this home!
OK, stop bullshitting, listen to me!
Prepare 200k for the victim's family ASAP!
I already spoke to Luezhou PD.
They'll drop the case with settlement.
Boss Liu, when you have time, it's best to hide.
Chief Qi told me specifically,
Hou Liangping can't be bribed or persuaded.
If he gets you, he'd skin you alive if not kill you!
Asking me to hide abroad...
did the old man ask this?
Old man didn't say it clearly,
but between the lines, he's worried about us.
How about this.
In a few days, I'll travel to Beijing,
to visit the old man personally, and ask about his opinion.
Unnecessary!
It's of course necessary!
Even if I'm gonna hide abroad,
I gotta tell him goodbye in person!
Fine, I'll wait for you in Beijing!
I'm leaving then!
No need to see me off!
You heard that?
Yes.
Boss Liu's head is too slow!
He thinks Handong is still under the old man's mandate!
Liu Xinjian is a coward.
You can't say it too bluntly.
Anyway, the good days of Handong are gone forever!
Sha Ruijin is coming after us, therefore from now on,
take extreme caution about everything!
Decide quickly if necessary!
Understood!
I couldn't sleep last night.
I completed the mission plan for Operation Sharp Sword.
Then I thought about Liu Qingzhu who died unexpectedly.
I have a suspicion. - Which is?
I suspect his wife Wei Caixia still keeps secrets!
Don't let it interfere with Operation Sharp Sword!
Liu Qingzhu clearly mentioned about an account book,
but this lead is dead!
Yes, in theory,
with such an important lead,
Zhao Donglai won't ignore it!
Or perhaps they never found it?
Maybe, that's why I'm worried.
I'm not saying our police comrades ignored it,
but our focuses are different!
We are closing the web,
don't let anybody in the book escape!
Manager Cheng? I got a situation here.
This morning, my target left the procuratorate,
and made his way to Weilai Xinyue residential block.
I suspect he's visiting Liu Qingzhu's family!
Coming!
Stop pushing, I'm coming!
Brother Long!
What's up with you early in the morning, rushing to funeral?
I got urgent news!
Hou Liangping and his female division director,
they left the procuratorate in the morning,
and went to Liu Qingzhu's residential area!
Why would they go this early?
Asking about stuff from his wife, of course!
That Zhao Donglai from municipal PD,
didn't he talk to her yesterday?
Yes, Zhao Donglai wanted to keep it secret from us.
He can't hide anything!
Enough, stop boasting.
Let me ask you,
how much does that woman really know?
Hard to say!
Who knows how much Liu Qingzhu told her before he died?
Call that boss Gao quickly, ask her!
But it's too early!
I don't care, even I'm awake!
She caused the trouble, she takes care of it!
Call her!
Don't say too much on the phone, let her come in person, OK?
"with the spring wind blowing"
"west lake has full blossoming"
"show off your happiness"
"At Qiantang River the sun disperses the clouds"
"with steps like flying wind"
"dance the modern beats"
"sing out the song..."
Sister Zhang, please tell her to come over.
OK, got it.
Wei Caixia, you got visitors!
For what?
Procurators asking for stuff!
Why do they visit me? - To ask questions, come!
Director Lu, chief Hou, this is Wei Caixia!
Thank you sister Zhang! - You guys talk, no worries!
Hello, we are from the anti-corruption bureau.
This is our chief Hou.
I know, the police told me you'd come!
Brother Long, all set!
Cheng Du.
It's not that I don't trust friends,
but some friends are ungrateful!
This Liu Qingzhu for example,
he's the company's finance manager, they hired him!
Now they want me to solve the trouble!
The hell is this!
True that.
What can boss Gao and chief Qi possibly not solve?
They have both people and guns.
Saying they control both officials and gangs!
But it's too late for talking.
But I don't get it,
why did you agree to help boss Gao?
I was worried this Liu Qingzhu would bite onto me!
I was dumb to accept her request!
Is it that simple?
Brother Long, did you drink too much again?
Alcohol can really kill you...
Chief, princeling Zhao is really mad this time!
How about you come too?
Why should I?
I tell you, don't be afraid.
He can't do anything to you.
But Liu Qingzhu's matter...
It wasn't you who dealt with it, it's not your problem.
Therefore princeling Zhao calls us ungrateful!
There's not so much gratitude in this world!
I tell you, whatever he says, you listen.
Chief, if you don't have urgent matters, please come!
I do, secretary Yuliang is waiting for me.
How about you give princeling Zhao a call?
Alright, I hear ya.
What account book? I don't know!
How can you not know?
Liu Qingzhu mentioned it in the recording!
Maybe, maybe there is such a book...
Maybe?
You really don't know about it?
I really don't!
Could Liu Qingzhu that ghost tell me something so important?
So you mean, Liu Qingzhu shut his mouth very well?
Not always, actually between us two,
it was over long ago!
For so many years, we lived separately.
He spent his money, I spend mine!
You won't believe it,
I didn't even attend his cremation!
What?
I said we've lived separately for decades!
You said you didn't even attend Liu Qingzhu's cremation?
Did I? I didn't!
You won't even believe it,
I didn't even attend his cremation!
This way.
Thanks.
I admit I said it!
Let me ask you,
where was Liu Qingzhu cremated, was it in Yantai?
Yeah... I only found out afterwards!
Afterwards, when?
About 10 days ago...
Gao Xiaoqin brought me a cremation notice to sign,
that's when I found out.
Chief Hou, can I go dancing now?
How can you act like this, Liu Qingzhu was your husband!
I told you, we've been separated for years!
OK, stop arguing!
Did Liu Qingzhu get cremated long ago?
Yes, it was Gao Xiaoqin and Shanshui who made it!
Later on, Yantai crematorium insisted I add a signature.
They were afraid the higher-ups would check!
Otherwise I won't even know he died!
Have you never suspected how Liu Qingzhu died?
Did he really die of infarction?
How would I know?
Gao Xiaoqin said it was infarction.
I can only accept!
Just because Gao Xiaoqin said so?
Boss Zhao!
You called me over this early in the morning.
Just for this small matter?
Small matter? It's a person's life!
Jingzhou PD and anti-corruption bureau found him!
Hou Liangping went over early in the morning!
Don't worry, let me tell you why.
Liu Qingzhu and his wife Wei Caixia,
had a very bad relationship!
They are more like nemesis than a couple!
If it weren't Yantai crematorium that insisted on paper works,
his wife won't even know he died!
His wife doesn't know, how about his little mistress?
His mistress ran away with his money!
That's why he went crazy!
Come in chief Hou, this is my home!
Chief Hou, what's there to see in this home?
No worries, just checking.
Wei Caixia, in your home,
why don't you have any photo of Liu Qingzhu?
You mean portrait of the deceased?
Liu Qingzhu hasn't lived here for decades.
His portrait won't be here!
Chief Hou, are you looking for his stolen money?
Go find his little mistress,
her name is Wang, I tracked her before!
He often paid her, I'm sure!
If there's nothing, I'll go dancing!
I got a competition tomorrow!
No rush, we won't hold up your competition!
Let's sit, we wanna ask you something else.
OK. - Sit.
Please be quick.
Boss Zhao,
Liu Qingzhu's dead body...
nobody saw it!
Whether he died of infarction,
or fell and died during a trip,
or killed himself in depression after his mistress took his money,
nobody can tell now!
So what's the official explanation?
Death by infarction!
Zhao Donglai and Hou Liangping don't believe,
but his wife will?!
His wife doesn't matter.
Why?
You call me cold and emotionless,
you don't know what a bastard Liu Qingzhu was!
Within half-a-year after we married, he already had mistresses!
And he kept changing women.
That little Wang he picked up before he died, is not even 20!
Why don't you divorce?
Living like this is bad for you both!
Who said we don't wanna divorce, we wanted this all along!
But we can't!
Why not?
Liu Qingzhu had millions in savings.
He also rents out a property.
But he won't give me!
We rarely ate outside, he even asked me to split the bill!
That's why you don't wanna divorce!
Yes, I'd even bet on my life, just to drag him down!
Now it's good, he's finally dead!
When he was alive, I never got any share of his fortune.
Now he's dead, I thank him!
Gao Xiaoqin gave me 2 millions at once!
Wei Caixia took 2 millions of consolation money.
She couldn't stop laughing!
She told me it's fine that his husband died of infarction,
even if he was murdered, she won't care!
She'd even thank her husband's murderer!
So it's unlikely that Liu Qingzhu told our stuff to her?
Do you find it possible?
Unless Liu Qingzhu got a death wish!
Didn't you say this Liu Qingzhu got crazy?
Could he have said anything when he was being crazy?
Given the relationship between you two,
how could Liu Qingzhu tell you his secrets?
What nonsense did you tell the police yesterday?
How do you know old chief Zhao Lichun's children,
have stocks at Shanshui?
How do you know Liu Qingzhu paid to high-ranked officials?
You also know what happened at the police!
I was at the municipal PD command center.
I saw everything, please explain!
Of course Liu Qingzhu won't tell me himself!
But I still know his stuff!
How?
I...
I shadowed him!
I tracked and eavesdropped on him!
What?
You tracked and eavesdropped on him?
Yeah! - From where?
At his finance office in Shanshui Group?
No no no! I don't dare to visit Shanshui Group!
They'll kill me!
You are quite smart!
This Liu Qingzhu, he'll never tell me these things!
But he would tell his mistress little Wang!
They rented a place from the farmers in the suburbia!
I found out,
so I quietly rented a room next to theirs!
Then I often went in the evenings,
to eavesdrop and record them talking!
I recorded all of their stuff!
You said, you recorded their conversation?
I wanted to find out the stuff between them!
How much money does Liu Qingzhu really have!
How much I can get by divorcing him!
I need evidence, right?
I've studied our country's divorce law,
the common properties of the couple,
must be split evenly!
Not divorce law, but marriage law!
Yes yes, marriage law of the PRC!
Everybody knows.
But to me, it's divorce law!
Ever since we married,
I always thought about how to divorce him!
This divorce... - Alright!
No more talks about divorce, tell us about your recording!
You had a wall between you and them, how did you record?
You put the recorder in their room?
No, that I can't do, that's a job for 007!
You must know, that trashy place they rented,
was partitioned by wood!
Without sound isolation!
I could even hear them fart!
You see those two...
Off topic again, enough about them.
Tell us about Liu Qingzhu and Shanshui Group.
I didn't know back then,
that Liu Qingzhu knew so many secrets of Shanshui!
After I recorded, I got scared!
So I went to confront Liu Qingzhu.
I told him: "Liu Qingzhu, I know about all your secrets!"
"If we divorce amicably, then I delete my recordings!"
"Otherwise I'll report on you!"
Boss Gao,
it's special time these days.
We better be careful!
Therefore I propose...
we kill this Wei Caixia by your hands, to eliminate the risks!
Killing an old woman who dances on the square?!
You think it's necessary?
Hmm...
Especially this time,
the police and anti-corruption are both chasing us!
At times like this,
do we even dare to let her die?!
When I said I'd report on him,
he was not afraid at all!
He even told me,
our anti-corruption bureau chief is called Chen Hai,
he told me to report directly to Chen Hai!
I found out later,
he was already planning to report to Chen Hai!
If you reported,
Liu Qingzhu won't have died of infarction!
He wanted you to go!
How would I know,
you see, I was afraid!
Look at how he paid all those big officials,
it's scary just to think about!
Because you were afraid, therefore you didn't report?
No, I was being smart!
Liu Qingzhu wanted me to report,
so they can silence me!
I won't fall for that!
He went to report, and he got killed!
Me, I received 2 millions of consolation money!
It's all about fate, you know!
No matter how much you can do, you never escape fate!
Wei Caixia, that's why when Gao Xiaoqin found you,
you knew it was murder!
Not an unexpected death by infarction, correct?
Yeah, back then I thought,
luckily I didn't get infarction!
If you knew it was murder, why didn't you tell the police?
Why should I?
I didn't wanna avenge Liu Qingzhu!
Yeah... Liu Qingzhu was your nemesis!
Besides, you made 2 millions!
That's right! I also didn't kill him, right?
Chief Hou, I'm done, anything else?
Can I go dancing now?
Yes...
But hand us your recordings!
OK OK! I was thinking how I'd give them to the police!
Let me get them!
That account book,
you sure it's burned?
Very sure!
When the book was burned, Cheng Du was also there.
If boss Zhao still has worries, you can ask Cheng Du!
I'm not worrying about myself,
I'm more worried about my official friends in Handong!
My investment in Shanshui is legal after all, isn't it?
Of course!
If you don't fear, then I don't fear!
But our official friends,
they are different!
If Hou Liangping gets this book,
they are going down!
But foremost,
I'm worried this will drag down your old man!
Right?
Liu Xinjian's name is on that list!
Liu Qingzhu wrote 80 millions under Liu Xinjian!
80 millions?
Did Liu Xinjian take so much from you?
That's right, boss Zhao!
Just one cut from the Dafeng project,
was 35 millions already!
Chief Hou, I'm going dancing now!
Please go. - Goodbye!
She lives so carefree!
A nutcase, feeling disappointed?
Hopeless!
"with the spring wind blowing"
"west lake is a sea of flowering"
"show off your happiness..."
Some women just live on like this!
"with steps like flying wind"
"dance the modern beats"
"sing out the song"
"how radiant our laughters are..."
Boss Zhao, is there anything else?
Hmm... - If not, then I'm leaving.
Take care then! - It's fine!
Is it all set with Tiger? - Yes!
Have you shown him Liu Xinjian's photo?
All we need is your order!
Follow the plan! - Affirmative!
I already fetched the sniper rifle from armory.
The sniping spot is set!
Tongwei, you travel to Beijing and tell old chief,
today is different.
Handong nowadays, is not what it used to be.
The situation is severe!
Sha Ruijin is trusted by the central, and dominant!
He must see the situation, and keep his children in check!
But secretary Yuliang, Zhao Lichun is the old chief after all.
If I tell him like this, is it appropriate?
Why not?
I think old chief is getting senile these days!
Old chief couldn't have ordered Zhao Ruilong's visit this time?
Not his order?
He even called to my office!
OK, I'll leave for Beijing ASAP!
I'll go and be back today!
Finish your work before you go, be discreet!
But...
I still feel you should talk to Hou Liangping!
Because at his current post, he's like a sword!
If this sword is in our hands,
it will shift the balance of power in Handong!
Because his job is too important!
The anti-corruption bureau chief!
Stop dreaming,
Hou Liangping will never become our sword!
Then this sword,
can't be used to stab us either!
Maintaining peace would be best!
You have a point.
OK, I'll talk to him when I have time.
Still haven't found Liu Qingzhu's account book?
No.
Most likely, Shanshui Group found it.
It's possible.
Maybe it's this book,
that made them wanna kill Liu Qingzhu!
Wei Caixia is smart.
I received all her recordings today!
You should communicate with Zhao Donglai about this ASAP.
Let them solve the murder.
I sent Lu Yike! - Hmm...
Liangping,
Operation Sharp Sword commences today!
Tell all divisions to gather at the anti-corruption meeting room!
Proc. director Ji. - Hmm?
Why is Gao Xiaoqin removed from the list?
I checked with proc. director Lin.
We made some adjustments to your mission plan.
Let Lu Yike freeze their accounts first,
don't touch her yet.
Don't touch her yet? - Hmm.
Liu Qingzhu was murderered!
Let me ask you, was he murdered by Gao Xiaoqin,
or Shanshui Group?
I just told you!
His death is connected to both Gao Xiaoqin and Shanshui!
Wei Caixia is a witness, she has recordings!
Recordings are indirect evidence!
But still evidence!
Liangping, don't argue with me, OK?
Without Liu Qingzhu's book, our opening right now,
can only be Liu Xinjian!
Operation Sharp Sword must begin ASAP!
Alright.
Did secretary Gao Yuliang issue any order about Gao Xiaoqin?
Not secretary Gao, but me, OK?
Fine, both of you are my superiors!
Proc. director Ji,
have you and proc. director Lin played golf at Shanshui?
What do you mean?
Have you sung "Battle of Wits" with Gao Xiaoqin?
She's good!
Now you are being silly!
If you suspect me, you can report me to prov. committee,
or the Supreme Procuratorate!
How can I?! I'm joking with you!
Skip these jokes in the future, not funny at all!
Let's pretend I said nothing!
Come in!
Secretary Gao,
Prof. Liang Lu wants to report to you.
What can a school professor report to me?
If there's anything,
let her talk to her college principal and party secretary!
Tell her I'm not here!
Secretary Gao, Prof. Liang Lu is already here!
She's fast, what's going on?
I don't know for sure.
But I think Prof. Liang looks agitated!
Besides, she also knows you are in your office!
Must've fought with Qi Tongwei again!
This couple... nemesis are destined to be together!
That's why I say for marriage,
it should happen between families of equal status!
Right!
Chief Qi is a peasant boy,
he shouldn't marry a princess like Prof. Liang!
OK that's enough, let her in!
Comrades, meeting time!
Comrades,
from the "1/16"-case until today, 76 days have passed.
I know that during these 76 days,
you've given your best and fought night-and-day!
Today I can tell you,
we have achieved a breakthrough!
It's time to close the web!
Now I order,
every team move out ASAP!
Detain these suspects of "1/16"-case:
Liu Xinjian, Chen Qingquan,
Xu Lianshan and Wang Guorui.
Let's begin!
Yes sir!
Secretary Gao, are you gonna control your police chief or not?
Prof. Liang, why so mad early in the morning?
Have some tea and tell me.
This Qi Tongwei, is such a bastard!
Don't say that!
Prof. Liang,
if two people fight,
I say this:
the responsibility is mutual, one hand cannot clap!
Even if Tongwei is chiefly responsible,
you also must examine yourself.
Maybe I'm being too blunt today,
you need to change your princess temper too!
Don't always look down on Tongwei and his relatives!
Secretary Gao,
I'm not fighting over that this time!
This Qi Tongwei is becoming lawless!
Secretary Gao,
if it's normal family quarrel,
I won't come to your office today,
to waste your precious time with my report!
But Qi Tongwei is going too far!
He's on the verge of committing crime!
So serious?
Don't exaggerate!
I'm not, Secretary Gao!
You don't know what he has done behind your backs!
His family used his connections,
even barely-related relatives,
he arranged them all into the police system if he could!
It's a severe violation of staff appointment regulations!
But he can't!
Whenever the police recruits, there's always examinations!
Secretary Gao, he tricked you!
I've seen many times how Qi Tongwei sits at home,
to remote-control interviews at various regional PD!
I witnessed how he arranged person after person!
You can say he pulled all kinds of tricks!
Seriously?
When a man attains the Tao, even his pets ascend to heaven. (Chinese proverb)
I think I've finally seen it!
Secretary Gao, let me put it this way.
If you don't control this police chief,
he can turn the wild dogs of his village into police dogs!
(Handong Oil & Gas Group)
Director Lu, welcome!
We'd still come even if you don't welcome us!
This way!
3 of his distant relatives in Luezhou,
they gang-raped a girl who went there to work!
Qi Tongwei even took care of this!
Last night he called the commissioner of Luezhou,
to drop the case with 200k of settlement money!
I reckon those 3 rapists already got released!
When did this happen?
The case happened last month...
This phone call was made last night!
Give me a sec.
Luezhou municipal PD?
I'm provincial secretary Gao Yuliang!
Looking for your commissioner Chen!
Find him ASAP!
Tell him to call me back, I'm waiting!
Liang Lu.
Have you told this to any other leaders?
No, I only report to you!
Although Qi Tongwei went too far,
but I know he's your student, and your trusted subordinate.
You won't harm him.
None of us wants to harm him, but we can't let him harm us!
Yeah, that's also what I wanted to say!
Commissioner Chen? I'm Gao Yuliang!
Secretary Gao!
Let me tell you something. - Please.
No matter what Qi Tongwei told or ordered you last night,
you must uphold the law!
Violate the law, you'll face the consequences!
Secretary Gao, do you mean that gang-rape case?
Yes, that case!
Commissioner Chen, we both work with legal affairs.
Don't break the law!
That's our duty! - Yes!
If those 3 rapists are already released, get them back ASAP!
I warn you,
don't do something you'll regret, got it?
Yes sir!
Gao Yuliang thought:
maybe Qi Tongwei already harmed him.
At the meeting, Tian Guofu openly declared:
Qi Tongwei is unfit to become deputy governor.
Sha Ruijin remained silent.
Has the disciplinary commission already found some proof?
Based on Liang Lu's report, it's possible!
If Qi Tongwei gets caught,
as his superior and mentor, he will...
struggle to explain himself!
Secretary Gao!
I'm doing it for Qi Tongwei's own good!
My report to you today,
please don't tell him!
If you tell him,
then we really can't live on like this anymore!
OK, I see.
Liu Xinjian!
Get out!
Stay away!
You go to the next room!
Stay away!
Calm down! - I'll jump if you come closer!
Stop! I'll jump!
Stay away or I'll jump! - Alright!
Back off!
What's wrong?
Yeah, we've cooperated with your audit!
Bank presidents, you are detained for suspected bribery!
This is the warrant!
Come with us!
Director Lu!
Since we knew you'd come, we prepared everything!
Is there anything else we can help with?
Are you mocking me,
or the procuratorate?
Director Lu, listen to yourself!
I don't dare to mock you or the procuratorate!
Our Shanshui Group always despised corruption!
At any time, under any circumstance,
we'll always cooperate!
Good thing you despise corruption!
I thought you like it!
Director Lu, you are humorous!