Lan Rouge.
You are smart.
But do you know
the difference between smart people and stupid people?
Smart people would never think they are smart.
But stupid people always thinking they are the smartest!
In Feng Zixiong's case,
you depended on your little wit and whatever luck the heavens gave you!
You could be a spy for the rest of your life.
But you can't expect
to always have good luck!
Alright.
Since you've already been exposed,
you be part of any action for now.
Stay put for a while.
Thankfully, no vital organs sustained damage.
I was so worried.
I couldn't help you.
The coded message has been intercepted. The new code has been deciphered.
The police report came just in time.
But she still escaped at the last minute.
Who can tell me why?
Lan Rouge,
rented a room fifty meters from us!
She moved about freely for days and days, but no one noticed!
She is just a rookie!
Look at you all!
Don't you feel ashamed?
We were...
we were very close.
Very close?
You were very close every time.
Don't you think that's a very big problem?
She is just lucky.
A person can't always run into good luck, Miss Manna.
I remember I once told you all,
I told you all,
the one that ruined
your parent's intelligence network,
might become our biggest rival in the near future.
I was indeed right.
Miss Manna.
You didn't think you'd meet her so soon, right?
And you lost to her too.
She's performed well already.
If she hadn't cracked the code,
we'd still know nothing about the enemy's movements.
Inspector Zhou.
You mean that
Lan Rouge and the radio she had
both disappeared,
and you think you deserve credit?
I was the one who found the radio.
But I didn't guard it well.
I should be punished.
If you want to pursue the matter,
I, Zhou Yuhao, will not protest.
What do you mean?
Enough!
What's done is done, so stop talking about it.
Inspector Zhou,
get well.
Chief Feng Manna, come with me.
The Special Agent Division announced that
due to Feng Manna's
outstanding performance in breaking the enemy code,
she'll be conferred the military rank of Major.
Division Director,
-I... -Manna.
I was strict with you as you didn't complete the mission.
I'm rewarding you now,
because you cracked enemy's new code.
You weren't trained at all,
but you cracked such a complicated code.
That's not easy work.
I have to say,
you are talented.
But Director,
The Special Operations Office worked for so long without results.
I feel so ashamed.
Manna.
The Imperial Army
treats you as one of their own now.
There's a Chinese saying. "Knowing things of shame is to be near fortitude."
We did lose,
but I hope you learn a lesson from it.
Next time,
take back the victory.
Thank you, Director. Next time, I'll definitely win.
Good.
We did lose,
but...
we cracked the enemy's code successfully.
Do you know what that means?
That means?
We have the upper hand.
It's a shame.
Lan Rouge escaped,
and she also left something suspicious behind.
Yeah.
The radio she had has disappeared.
Or you can say it mysteriously disappeared.
Sit down.
According to Inspector Zhou's testimony,
he said that when he... went by the security office,
he saw the radio inside.
He thought he'd take the radio and continue his pursuit.
But he didn't expected to
be shot.
Then he forgot everything.
That means someone in the Great World who is on their side had things set up,
they attacked Mr. Zhou, and took the radio.
But in my opinion,
his injury doesn't look like it was inflicted upon him.
Look.
The bullet went from behind his waist,
and up at a beveled angle.
He bled a lot, but it wasn't fatal.
No, it's very serious.
He bled a lot, and he almost died.
-Is that so? -Yeah.
Sorry, sorry.
Take care of him.
Congratulations.
Lan Rouge is a genius.
Geniuses always have their own weaknesses
that are always very obvious.
She doesn't respect anyone except herself.
She values love and friendship.
We know these weaknesses.
Of course Feng Manna and the Special Agent Division also know them.
She is arrogant and won't accept suffering under anyone.
As a rookie, to suffer setbacks and get her to be more humble,
would be good for her.
Keep softening her rough edges, one day,
she will be more useful
than an entire army.
Hongkou District.
The Japanese Concession in Shanghai.
Here you'd see Kimonos everywhere.
Cheongsams and long robes were the minority here.
Though Rouge grew up in Shanghai,
she was unfamiliar with this area.
Following the Station Director's order,
Song Mian had to hide her here.
Slow down.
This is the Japanese Concession.
Let's go.
Hello, long time no see.
Hello, Sachiko-san.
Here are persimmons from my hometown. For you, please have them.
Thank you very much!
Please come in.
Please come in, please come in.
Please take a seat. I'll go make some tea.
We've had it for a long time.
The owner came to China with her husband ten years ago.
Eight years ago, her husband died.
She rents out rooms and sews for living.
She isn't bound to any faction.
And doesn't understand Chinese.
What's my identity?
My ex-wife.
To keep you separate from my actual wife, you'll have to suffer and stay here.
And my name?
Wang Juhua.
You did it on purpose?
Wang Dahua, Wang Guihua, just pick one. Anything will do.
And the mission?
Stay here, don't step out of this door.
The owner subscribes to a newspaper. We'll send a message
to you via the advertisements if we need to meet you.
If you have time, learn sewing from the owner.
It'll be useful.
Excuse me,
sorry to keep you waiting.
You've traveled long.
Who was the original guest?
It's a single female.
She paid three months of rent.
After a few days, she left without saying anything.
Sir, you are so lucky.
Usually, we don't have rooms available.
Then I'll give you three months of rent too.
Okay, okay!
POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
You risked such great danger to save Lan Rouge,
how could you not report this to headquarters?
We're both Chinese.
Why don't I help her? No a big deal.
You hurt yourself, and you tell me it's not a big deal?
Why did you act on your own?
That girl is very talented.
I want to bring her in as our comrade in the future.
The one we have to bring in first
is Feng Manna. We need her the most!
Zhou Yuhao, your life isn't your own.
Headquarters worked hard to place you into the Special Agent Division
you shouldn't act independently!
You should do some self-reflection and write a report.
You're getting hot, huh?
If I really wrote a report and sent it specially
for you, that would really be taking my life as a joke!
Oh, come on, come on. Sit down, sit down.
Have a smoke and calm down.
Let's get down to business.
What's the matter?
I need to report to headquarters immediately,
have you pulled from the Special Operations Office.
-Pull me out? -Yeah.
You should have said that earlier.
I just got the radio,
and was planning to show you my skills.
-Radio? -Yeah.
Rouge's radio.
How did you get it?
The radio was inside the security room. I took it in the chaos.
You saved her to get the radio?
-Why didn't you say so earlier? -I'm saying it now.
Sit down, sit down!
Comrade Li Jie,
do you still want to advise headquarters to pull me out early?
You brat!
Is the radio safe now?
-I hid it somewhere no one can find. -Where is it?
The room Rouge rented. Bailey Road, number 172.
Is there a safe?
I looked into it.
The minimum lease is three months.
The owner won't agree to a shorter time. Rouge was exposed,
but the owner doesn't know about that.
You still need to be careful.
We'll get the radio now.
What's the next step?
-Send a coded message to base camp. -Okay.
Zhou Yuhao.
Be a man!
Stop dragging your feet!
You really like to dress up. You must put on perfume wherever you go.
Disgusting!.
You tricked me?
I did trick you!
What do you need?
-Let me see that one. -Okay.
A woman's perfume
is worth a poor man's half month wage.
Doesn't matter if it's a half month's or a month's wage. Give it back.
Like this.
Yeah, yeah. Like this.
BIG SALE
Order has been restored very fast in Shanghai.
The Tokyo side is very pleased with you, Aoki.
Thank you.
Compared with us Japanese,
the Chinese are very cunning and very difficult to govern.
However, if we let their own people govern them,
it works out much better.
They need money for food and clothes.
Our army needs money too.
Shanghai is a financial city.
And it's the life source of China's economy.
I believe it shouldn't be a problem to make money here.
This is a common bluebottle butterfly.
This is...
cethosia cyane butterfly.
This is...
teinopalpus aureus.
It's at the top of the world's eight most rare and precious butterflies.
I went to great lengths to get it.
Mr. Oshima's hobbies are extensive.
You designed your office in such an artistic way.
I didn't just do the design.
Most of these
butterfly specimens are done by myself.
It must have been done meticulously.
Right.
Using an insect pin to keep a butterfly in a place on a mounting board
is not difficult.
The difficult part is to display the specimen
in its natural flight position.
My greatest hobby is
to have a worthless corpse
take on a new look.
-Take a seat. We'll have a chat. -Yes.
This is the cipher telegram from Tokyo.
The order from the command headquarters.
Please read it.
IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY GENERAL STAFF OFFICE
Top secret order regarding currency war from the command headquarters.
The main idea of currency war
is to break down the currency system under Chiang Kai-shek's government,
so they'll be unable to resist the war.
Assist the Nanjing government to build up a new financial order,
to seek co-prosperity in Greater East Asia.
The code name is
Project Sugi.
I've been in Shanghai for quite some time,
but I've never heard of the Sugi Institute.
Is that right?
It is
a secret agency which is
under the direct command of Tokyo's General Staff Office.
Aoki, you should have heard of Tokyo's Ninth Army Technical Research Laboratory
also known as the Noborito Laboratory.
I've heard of it.
The Noborito Laboratory
is the top secret of the Empire of Japan.
But I don't know the full details.
I used to work in Noborito Laboratory.
Now this Sugi Agency
is the sub-division of the Noborito Laboratory in China.
Aoki. What we
were talking about on the way here,
occupying Shanghai, occupying China, is not only
to govern them.
China has vast land and rich resources.
And these are what the Empire of Japan lack.
So...
So now that we've come to China,
we need to seize China's resources,
and expand the Empire and Japan's power, in order to
reach the target of supporting war with warfare.
Successful warfare
not only depends on the country's
military power, her economic power is also important.
We must first win in economics and finance, then we can
confidently say we've conquered China, and from there conquer the whole world.
What do you want me to do?
These are the dollar notes distributed by the Nanjing government.
Take a look.
I don't pay much attention to Chinese currency notes.
But they seem rough.
These are counterfeit notes.
Our first battle in the financial war
is to circulate them
into the market
to mess with their economy.
With some luck, we can also get free war supplies.
What a brilliant idea!
I've got the assistance of some underground organizations
to circulate a small amount of these notes in the market.
to test the waters.
This matter must be kept confidential.
You must keep this secret even in the Special Operations Office.
Yes, Shogun.
What you need to do now
is to choose a Chinese bank to work with us
and circulate these notes through the normal channels.
It's best to choose a bank with a good reputation among the Chinese,
which can make them easier to control.
I know the best person for this job.
Okay, okay.
It's done.
Let me introduce.
This is a traditional Japanese dish.
It's called Sashimi.
Only VIP guests can eat it.
To be able to eat such a delicacy in wartime,
how valuable!
Don't just see it as a piece of raw fish.
Add some soy sauce and wasabi.
Come on. Have a try.
Is our Manna, who isn't afraid of guns, afraid of this?
Come on, come on.
Actually, getting revenge isn't difficult.
If...
you eat them all,
I'll tell you the answer.
Add some soy sauce and wasabi.
I'm sorry.
Actually, it's not hard to make Lan Rouge show herself.
LAN CHANGMING
Attack her family?
No way. It's not a good idea.
This is between Rouge and me.
How soft-hearted.
But you have to wonder,
when Lan Rouge destroyed your family,
would she think of that?
This is the only way to make Lan Rouge show up.
You may think about it.
Tell me.
Why has it become like this?
Lan Rouge.
Since you are heartless, then
don't blame me for being heartless either!
Hello, long time no see.
Hello.
-Please come in. -Okay.
Madam, it's your husband's colleague,
and he brought you something.
A message will be sent in the newspaper tomorrow, asking you to meet.
Song Mian will meet you.
After you see him,
I want you to keep on following him.
If he meets another person,
then follow the one he meets.
You must find out who that person is and
where he hides.
But Song Mian is my direct supervisor.
What if something
is wrong with your supervisor?
Now the enemy is strong and we are weak.
Anything is possible.
That's impossible.
I also hope that he won't.
These are vegetarian pan-fried buns from Zhen Ru Temple.
Have a try.
It won't be delicious if you leave it overnight.
HONGKOU PARK
How are your sewing skills coming along?
Not bad.
'Not bad' is no good, you must be skilled.
Messages that require sewing need to be sent.
On page 10 in the magazine there's a music sheet.
Sew the music scale on the kimono obi.
Someone will come get it.
Sir, lend me your lighter.
Get in.
Tell me.
Who gave you the order?
Say it!
It was me.
POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
Suzhou River is up ahead.
Throw me into the river.
Saves you the trouble of digging my grave.
China has their traitors, and the Japanese have theirs too.
Kobayashi is my mole.
He's the eldest son of his family. He supports them financially.
Compared to the war and their Emperor,
what he needs more is money.
I didn't intend to tell you this.
As a spy,
the less you know is better.
You'll be safer that way.
It's fine.
Things have already come to this.
Go get me something from the trunk.
Why?
Don't trust anyone.
Including me.
Remember that!
Subtitle translation by Hei Man Lau