[woman over pa] Welcome aboard to all our passengers.
The gangplank to the West Zone will be closing shortly.
All remaining passengers board via the East Zone.
Sir.
You in front, excuse me...
Sir.
Excuse me, sir.
[in English] No, no, no, blue shirts.
Blue shirts? Sorry, you in the blue shirt.
- Where's the nearest toilet? - Turn right in front.
Excuse me, you in the front, wearing the blue shirt.
Sir.
Sorry, sir. This gentleman is from Germany.
He says you might have taken his wallet by accident just now at the waiting area.
- What? His wallet? - Yes.
Please cooperate with us as we will need to search you.
What the fuck do you mean "cooperate"?
So, if I said I saw you fucking the postbox,
you'd let me take your trouser off to search you?
- Sir. - Fucking hell!
- Please cooperate. - What's going on?
- Please cooperate with us. - Cooperate with me, then.
- Please do as you're asked. - Why should I?
[man shouting and banging]
A thief would be hiding something.
I'll sue you for making accusations like that.
Sorry.
Sir.
- Sir. - Sir, are you okay?
Do you need help?
Sir. Sir.
[woman] Good afternoon. Welcome aboard.
Please board to the left.
Watch your step! On the left, please!
Welcome aboard! Here, on the left!
Children, be careful! Don't run, please!
Be careful, there are steps! Here, on the right!
Sir, on the right! Be careful, take your time!
Here, on the right, please!
Welcome aboard, please watch your step.
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Chapter 8: Sleepwalking
I heard a noise next to the water dispenser.
I swear I was going to take it to Lost and Found.
I just wanted to check out the functions on this model first.
I just picked it up, I promise.
This counts as picking it up, right?
[man over radio] The kidnapper routed the call via phone A to phone B.
They planted phone B in the subway right at the start,
it was hard to trace the signal, it took a long time.
We just confirmed a trace on phone A.
It's from a 67-year-old man on Penghu.
Obviously, they rerouted it.
The call was made at 3:25 p.m.
The location was Keelung Harbor.
But nothing from Immigration or Customs.
Nobody was being smuggled out,
we checked all the shipments. Coastal patrols, too.
Just the usual illegal foreign workers. No sign of the targets.
[Wu] Sir, Special Ops Office Wu reporting in.
There was an incident at customs with a German Chinese national
trying to get on the cruise ship Ogawa.
The man claimed another passenger took his wallet.
And two officers tried to assist him.
Somehow the German ended up getting onboard the ship.
And the officers were just found tied up in the port toilets.
The man involved is a Lin Ben Chuan? Or Chuang?
Is that the man?
Team Leader Zhou, your information needs to be clearer.
Bits and pieces just take us in circles.
So, is this Lin Ben Chuan the same as the CHP's Chairman's son?
The name on the passport is Lin Ben Chuan.
So, is he really Lin Ben Chuan?
No idea. The passport looks legit.
He matched the ID photo. But we can't be sure.
It could be plastic surgery or a disguise.
Wu.
Get your men to confirm yes or no immediately.
[man over pa] Dear passengers, welcome aboard the Ogawa.
We will begin our six days, five nights journey shortly.
Please refer to the passenger guides next to your beds.
Smoking is not allowed inside the ship.
Thank you for your cooperation.
We wish you a pleasant week ahead.
[knocking on door]
[waiter in English] Room service.
[Fisher in German] Thank you.
Enjoy your meal.
[soft jazz playing on piano]
[grunting]
[Ji-zi coughing]
[coughing]
Brother Quan,
you know you can kill a man with one of your punches?
But if I die, how many others will follow?
[coughing]
Where are they?
Jiang Tian-you, Cui Wan-fu?
That's just two people.
I'm talking about the other 1230 people on the ship.
There are 252 elderly, and 105 children.
Where is Lin Ben Chuan?!
[yelling] Where are they?
Where are my people?
[in normal voice] Don't play games.
I will win.
5:30 p.m.
At 5:30 p.m., the press conference will start...
and I'll need my brother to say hello to my father then.
Or Tian-you and Fu Xing die for nothing.
To be honest, Tian-you doesn't seem to miss home.
Brother Quan.
I don't see them,
you don't see Lin Ben Chuan.
Brother Quan...
do you really know what "trap" means?
In my own definition...
it's "something you're forced into." There are no choices.
We Chinese are very meaningful.
Both the hunter and the prey, everyone gets addicted to this game in the end.
Bai Lan, Boss Wan,
Ah Gui... you.
Kidnapping someone's child was my last move.
It was almost too much, too extreme a trap.
Horrible. But I have good reasons, I promise.
I'll get back to that later.
Fuck you.
The important thing is,
there are 1700 cabins here on the Ogawa.
And if I don't key in the right code at 5:30 p.m., after 15 minutes,
a lethal dose of carbon monoxide will be released across the ship.
Can you even guess how many cabins there are on each level of this ship?
Why waste any more time, Brother Quan?
Why be so selfish?
Sir. Thank you.
Ogawa is my ship,
as long as we can keep Chuan safe and alive,
anything can be arranged.
I'll go with you.
Chairman Lin, please get up.
[grunting]
The kidnappers could change their demands at any point.
If we need to move fast,
the Chairman needs to be here, too. Let's get this sorted as quietly as possible.
Sir.
I need your help.
We're all doing our best to save them.
Team Leader Zhou, I'll need a list of names of everyone on that ship.
Get me the CCTV footage now.
I've got two men onboard, disguised as tourists.
They'll stay undercover,
they won't do anything to raise attention.
Ogawa has over a thousand cabins.
The cruise is at 90 percent occupancy today.
That means, besides Lin Ben Chuan,
there are easily over 1000 potential hostages.
If Lin Ben Chuan really is on that ship,
this is going to be a lot more complicated than just a kidnapping.
And my son Tian-you is onboard.
This is going to be a difficult hand to play.
A "difficult hand to play"?!
You fucking cunt, you knew, and you didn't share any of this!
I had my suspicions, that's all.
I put the men onboard as a precaution.
But now this is all playing out, we need to be extra careful.
My boy is in their hands, too.
Whose fucking hands?
You just do anything you want,
so what do we do here?
[chattering]
[Xiao] I can't find her!
Where is Bai Lan?
Mm?
[Xiao grunts]
Bai Lan!
Fuck you!
[shouting]
Hey!
[in German] Where is Captain Schiller?
This is my ship.
I pay your salaries.
Do you know that?
What are you doing?
They are my guests!
[chattering]
Greetings to everyone from the press.
This is a joint press conference between the Department of Corrections
and the police.
This press conference is part of our promise to ensure that all cases
are handled with clarity...
self-reflection, vigilance.
That we will always strive for the truth
with a determination
to uphold justice and all human rights.
Under the public's watchful eyes
and fair criticism,
today we call on the Ministry of Justice to implement and support
a new era of justice together with us.
[door opens]
I peed my pants.
It's okay, you did good.
Fuck, are you done playing?
I'm fine, I'm fine.
I'm asking you where the fuck is Bai Lan?
- Fuck! - Your Bai Lan!
- Where the fuck is she? - I'm asking you, fucking cunt!
Why don't you ask yourself, Ding Chang-quan?
What the fuck is happening?
Where's Bai Lan? Fuck!
[Fisher in English] Hello? Fisher here.
[in German] Hello, Ms. Fisher.
This is Zed.
Please put the child on the line.
- Yes, Mr. Lin. A moment, please. - Thank you.
[Tian-you groans]
Tian-you.
Jiang Tian-you, which cabin are you in? I am asking you, which cabin are you in?
I'm sorry. Jiang Tian-you. Which cabin are you in?
Where is Fu Xing? Where is Cui Wan-fu?
[in Mandarin] Phone.
Phone!
Tian-you, what's Fu Xing doing?
- Watching TV. - Why didn't you leave the cabin?
Didn't the nanny take you to play darts?
She did, but we want to watch Doraemon now.
Really? Okay.
Jiang Tian-you. Jiang Tian-you! Which cabin?
Cui Wan-fu, can you hear me?
- Tian-you, bye-bye! - Talk to me!
Fuck you!
Fuck you! Fuck.
[Lai] Our first case...
is the Lin family kidnapping from ten years ago.
This occurred during the government's
crackdown on the gangs.
The best interests of the public came first.
The government clamped down on all levels of gang activity
and we took an aggressive approach to arrests.
In regards to the Lin family kidnapping,
triad involvement was at every level, even at the top.
Some of the gangs
even hoped the crackdown would wipe out their rivals.
The three men convicted and sentenced to death in the Lin case...
new evidence has come to light
that requires another investigation into their conviction.
Today... at this press conference...
we are officially re-opening...
this case as a priority.
Mr. Minister, out of the blue, you hold an emergency press conference
for an old case.
Were they wrongfully convicted? What does Chairman Lin say about this?
With regard to the matter of wrongful convictions,
there are many issues involved.
[cell phones beeping]
The Ministry is not able to decide alone.
I am sure Chairman Lin,
like everyone else,
wishes for justice,
wishes for rightful convictions.
Mr. Minister...
we are hearing rumors
that Chairman Lin's son Lin Ben Chuan was kidnapped five hours ago.
And that the kidnappers are the same men who were sentenced to death ten years ago.
These men appealed many times against what they called a wrongful conviction.
Three days ago, these men escaped,
they kidnapped Lin Ben Chuan.
They have demanded to talk to Chairman Lin
and to the Ministry for a review of their case.
And this is the real reason for the press conference.
Is this true?
Xiao Sha, sorry.
In the end, Bai Lan went with Boss Wan,
she didn't come on the ship.
But she did leave you a message, which...
I will share with you later.
[sighs]
Now, listen, all of you.
Sit the fuck down, you whiny bitches!
Didn't you feel wronged?
Didn't you want to clear your name?
Wasn't this for revenge?
For brotherhood, for women, for your son?
[yelling] Give me some fucking time, will you?
Let me get this fucking shit sorted?
[man] Minister, please respond.
What rumors? There is no such thing.
[man] My sources also indicate that the kidnappers have taken Lin Ben Chuan
to a cruise ship, the Ogawa. It set sail today
with over 1000 passengers onboard.
And the kidnappers are now also demanding a ransom for all the passengers onboard
to the tune of 300 million USD.
Is this true?
In today's society, everyone's overwhelmed with stress.
Many people have a psychosis, they imagine things.
They used to call these people...
"crazy."
- Minister! - Can you answer?
We have 10 minutes before they reach international waters.
The Coast Guard only patrols 12 nautical miles out to sea.
The Ogawa has a German flag. If the boat leaves our waters,
it's going to be a legal clusterfuck. They need to secure the hostages.
My men won't move without my orders.
[Yang] Team Leader Zhou. Order your men to delay them as much as possible.
Tell the coastal patrol I need to get on the Ogawa.
I am worried if things go bad, the team onboard will react.
They must wait for my instructions no matter what.
I'll make sure the ship comes back.
Senior...
in every past hostage negotiation, you were the lead.
I studied every one of the reports from top to tail. I learned a lot.
But that was 15, 20 years ago.
We don't have time. Find their boss Wan You-qing.
[crowd chanting]
[crowd] CHP kills lives!
CHP kills lives!
[cell phone ringing]
Pay up! Release lives!
[Ji-zi] Father.
My brother's with me.
He's safe.
[Ben Chuan in German] Dad,
just follow what they say.
It'll be okay.
Zed's there? How?
300 million USD? What's going on?
Father, I'll explain.
These men only speak Chinese.
Chuan can hardly speak Chinese, I'm here as an interpreter.
That 300 million USD must be what Boss Wan is after.
They're demanding he be arrested, that's got to be the price.
Are the police with you?
Then please find him, talk to him.
Do you have an address?
I have one here.
[Ji-zi laughing]
[man] Team's awaiting orders at Taipei Train Station.
Ten minutes ago, station staff received numerous calls from the public,
claiming texts were sent to them
about bombs in locker 35 near the station's West exit.
Team to move out at six p.m.
The password to defuse the bomb was found in an abandoned garage, on Shezi Island.
[singing "Happy Birthday"]
[man over pa] Dear passengers,
due to scheduled maintenance, all our shops will be closing earlier today.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
♪ [in English] Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
[in Mandarin] Don't go!
Shoo! Go!
You should leave! Shoo!
- You don't want to leave! - [screaming]
Go! Go away!
Don't catch me, I didn't do anything!
Don't arrest me! Let me go!
Let me go! Let me go!
Reporting, sir! All shops are closed. Civilians have been evacuated!
- Evening, sir. - Where are they?
Just in from the satellite phone.
The captain of the ship has confirmed they're still in local waters,
the captain is circling the ship, awaiting orders.
Get me on the ship.
Yes, sir.
[beeping]
[cell phone ringing]
[Ji-zi] Father, I don't have much time.
Thank you for raising me, I'll repay you twice over.
The Coast Guard should have sealed off the area.
Just in case things go wrong,
Chuan and I have video evidence to show you.
[cell phone beeps]
[moaning on video]
Did you open the link?
[groans]
That's awkward.
In front of all of these people...
a man of such reputation, who cares so much for face... Father.
So, officers. That was my evidence.
You're still recording, right?
No need to thank me.
Do you guys have any idea at all
of what type of fucked up case
you're fucking investigating?
[man] Wan is sneaky,
he might have an ambush set up. Snipers, be on alert.
[beeping]
Team leader, please wait for my updates.
[captain] The password for IED could be fake,
I'm concerned it'll set off the bomb instead.
[soft jazz playing on piano]
For 40 years, CHP Chairman Lin
has worked hand in hand with the triads
to cover up environmental damage from his factories.
Ignoring the damage to untold villages,
bribing multiple government officials.
All for the good of the national economy.
And ten years ago,
Wan You-qing and the Chong He gang got greedy,
they demanded a bigger cut.
Lin refused,
and they kidnapped his son.
His son... was the man you just saw,
the man who worships my dick.
My little lover...
Lin Ben Chuan.
Lin Ben Chuan studied in Europe since he was young,
he's pretty much a foreigner.
But he's always loved me, the poor servant boy.
Oh.
What about me?
Let me formally introduce myself.
I'm just a driver's son.
My dad was Chairman Lin's driver,
Wang Qing-nian, does his name ring a bell?
Do you remember him now?
Did your mouths go dry?
Are your dicks all hard with excitement?
[Ji-zi laughing]
No hurry.
Chong He Gang's second Boss Wan
was meant to kidnap Lin Ben Chuan, CHP's heir,
but fucked up big time.
That night... the little boy in the back of the Rolls-Royce that day...
was me.
Boss Wan
will never know how stupid his kidnappers were.
[Ji-zi slams piano]
It was my birthday in two days.
My father, the loyal CHP staff member
wanted to take me for a ride in their big expensive car as a treat.
But everything has a fate of its own.
My father was fated to protect his master after all.
I was kidnapped instead of the real son.
And Boss Wan asked for NT$2 billion.
That night, Chairman Lin
faced the biggest choice of his life, I am sure.
My father begged Lin,
begged for his help,
promised to do anything for CHP if he saved me.
Of course, Lin didn't give a shit. Just didn't
want any PR fallout.
Also, picking a fight with Boss Wan
wouldn't do him any good.
So, maybe just paying up would be best,
a safe way out.
[grunting]
Boss Wan wanted Lin to do the exchange, no cops.
But in the end, my dad went, disguised as Lin.
Everyone agreed, keep it quiet, and it would blow over.
But Chairman Lin
changed his mind, as soon as my father was on the road.
He just couldn't let go of all that cash.
Not for someone else's kid.
So, he called the cops.
The cops put a tracker on the car, followed it all the way.
My dad didn't have a clue.
The gang found out. They knew.
They knew Lin didn't turn up
and the cops were involved. They needed to teach us a lesson.
But business is business,
so no point losing their cash cow at CHP.
Three bullets into my dad, shoulder, calf, thigh.
He shouldn't have died.
My mother has always been a mental case.
And after Dad died, Chairman Lin took care of her.
Especially in bed.
Fucking her, every fucking night.
Until my mom was crazy, crazy in love with him.
She was half mad.
Even Lin felt some guilt then.
He couldn't give up such a great fuck.
So, he adopted me.
Changed my name, brought me into the family.
Even gave me a new name, something fitting for a Chairman's stepson,
called Ji-zi.
So, even though I was just a driver's son...
I made good. I became an excellent student.
Lin could see I was a good companion to his beloved boy.
So, I followed Lin Ben Chuan to Germany to study, too.
We looked like brothers to the foreigners.
Racism was bad,
but as long as I was there, I took care of Chuan.
Chuan relied on me, a lot.
He loved me...
he needed me...
how could I say no?
I fucked him, as hard as he needed.
Whatever Chuan owned in CHP,
whatever resources he had, he gave it all to me.
If I wanted it, I just asked.
If I told him to die,
[yelling] he'd kill himself!
[in normal voice] Don't I resemble you the most...
Dad?
[Ji-zi laughing]
Quan!
It's time soon!
I don't want to!
[sobbing]
[groaning]
Bai Lan wanted to me to tell you this:
"You've got the wrong person."
[crying]
[Tang San Bai] It's almost time now!
[Quan] No!
You need to trust me.
I don't want to!
Xiao Qiu, you'll grow up safe and well, okay?
- ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ - I don't want any birthdays.
I don't want to grow up!
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
You cannot die!
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
You lied to me!
Let's sing together.
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Please...
[sobbing]
Xiao Qiu will grow up safe and well.
[sobbing] Don't die...
You will grow up safe and well.
You must grow up safe and well. Okay?
I don't want to.
Daddy, I'm sorry.
[sobbing]
[rock music playing]
[crying]
They didn't do anything to deserve this.
But really, it was the best...
gift I could give you.
Brother Quan.
[grunting]
Xiao Qiu.
Tian-you.
You must grow up well.
[Quan crying]
Senior.
Hi, Zed.
[people speaking indistinctly on tv]
Xiao Qiu.
If you could choose a robot cat without magic powers who could live forever
or a robot cat with magic powers who would die,
which would you pick?
With or without?
The one who dies.
Why?
If you die, you can start all over again.
Why not pick the magic one?
You can use the power to start over and over.
But if I die,
I can be something different when I come back.
I don't have to be a robot cat.
Xiao Qiu. I meant what if you were Nobita, the owner of the cat.
Oh.
I never thought I was Nobita.
But you're crying.
I just thought of how Nobita...
had to grow up eventually.
[Qing-nian] Quan, do you feel hatred?
[Quan] Hatred?
Towards who?
[Yang] Wang Xiao Qiu, hello. I'm Jiang Tian-you's godfather.
My name is Yang Wan-li.
Yesterday, I was lost in the mountains.
I found your mother.
She asks if you will ever play the piano for her again.
She says she's sorry.
She thanks you for everything.
She's sorry she was so weak.
She couldn't be as brave as you.
She knows you took such good care of her.
Always playing the piano for her.
Little boy, don't be afraid.
That night, we were all scared.
[breathing heavily]
[foghorn blaring]
[chattering]
[rock music playing]
[man speaking indistinctly on-screen]
Look at you, you're too good to be bad.
You should open a restaurant.
I can do the accounts.
What are you doing?
[grunts] We overshot, it's here! [shouts]
Put me down! Ding Chang-quan, quit playing!
Put me down, quickly!
What?
Aren't we cruising around tonight?
Yeah, I'm here to pick up my girl.
[scoffs]
[Jing-fang] Let's go.
Let's go! Come on.
What is this terrible place?
- Jing-fang, don't be scared! - Quit it, guys.
This is called trespassing.
Jing-fang, don't be scared!
[screaming]
Fuck, this is boring as hell.
Ding Chang-quan, what do you mean you promised someone to come here?
Fu Xing, don't be scared.
Quan, don't be scared.
"Sha's residence"?
[all shouting]
[Jing-fang] Quit fooling around!
Stop it!
[Gui] "Classic Chinese Literature"? "Final edition"?
"Short Stories for the Family"?
A study of 300 Tang Poems.
"Sha Shi-ying"?
"Sha Ding Xiang"?
"Congratulations"?
[Jing-fang] Where is he amongst the fallen leaves?
[Gui] Shit.
Cold clouds built layers upon layers Along the way
He strikes the first bell Of the night on his own
Quan!
[Jing-fang] Then leans against his staff as he rests
Quan!
The kaleidoscopic universe Is nothing more than a grain of dust
How can one Insist on clinging on to love and hate?
Isn't that my godmother? Your mum.
So mother changed her name?
- He must be your father! - He's not.
[Gui] Why isn't your last name Sa if you're a posthumous child?
Then who is he?
An enemy.
What enemy?
I'm sure he's your father.
No, he's not my dad.
Who else could he be?
[Gui laughing]
What?