Never Say Never
Episode 18
Mr. Gu,
why did you come at this late hour?
We were free so we came to see you.
How’s it going?
Mr. Gu,
I’m researching day and night.
I can’t rush it.
I’m just curious. I wasn’t rushing you.
Mr. Gu, don’t worry.
No way will I hold you up.
Fang Mo,
what’s the matter with your leg? Were you hurt?
In order to save me,
he was hurt again.
Professor, when you’re not so busy,
perhaps you can
make a suit of armor for him.
You’re so good at joking, Mr. Gu.
You two are sturdy and lucky.
You won’t need that.
Fang Mo,
you’re simply indestructible.
Okay, joking apart.
Someone has placed an order for the pills. Ten thousand.
Really?
That’s great.
I said good things will definitely have a good market.
How long will it take?
Two months.
I’ll give you a month.
Make it as many as you can.
Okay, I’ll do my best.
I’ll ask Xia to get the raw materials.
If you need anything else,
just tell Fang Mo directly.
Got it.
If there is nothing else, go on with your work.
Brother Tao,
the pills were
so soon ordered.
Is it Mr. Tuo?
Exactly. He’s even deposited.
You must keep a close watch on this batch of goods.
We’ll get the funds
as long as this order is done.
We’ve been in dire straits recently.
We gotta keep the money in our own hands.
Rest easy, Brother Tao.
Yu Zhenshan that black sheep
just insisted on doing that.
Well, then
I was humiliated
and had to pay for it dearly.
If we keep doing business like this,
Gu Tao is sure to run riot.
Mr. Tuo,
are you really gonna buy ten thousand pills?
We’ve put down
such a great amount of deposit.
It’s done too much damage to us.
I’m afraid if anything happens,
we won’t be able to stay afloat.
What should we do then?
You saw it.
I took the money there
and apologized to him today.
Gu Tao even didn’t have a look at it.
If I don’t do this,
can we still stay in Canglan?
Why don’t we involve Qi Ke again?
How?
His relationship with Gu Tao is so stormy now.
Neither of them will give in.
I’ve had it as their peacemaker.
What if we give half of the goods to them?
Yes! How could I not think of that?
Qi Ke is short of goods now.
If we give half of them to him,
his problem will be solved
and I don’t have to spend so much money.
Good idea.
Excuse me.
Come in.
Commissioner Han,
these are the documents
the Canglan police sent us today.
What are they about?
Yu Zhenshan died.
Yu Zhenshan died?
Yes.
How?
ME reported that it’s a bullet wound.
It should be a vendetta between gangsters.
I see.
Leave me.
Yes.
Hello.
Director Zhou?
Okay, I’ll be right there.
Chudong,
plus the man that was found today,
there were really
too many murder cases in Canglan in the past six months.
It really can’t
drag on anymore.
Director Zhou, I’ve reported it to you before.
The man I planted in this drugs ring
has been close to its linchpin.
But before Luo Fei sacrificed herself,
she sent word that
the linchpin of this drugs ring
is hiding abroad.
I’ve made arrangements
to elicit the biggest supplier
of this drugs ring.
That’s a good idea
but plans are needed
when you’re fighting a battle.
When are you going to pull the net?
Well,
I think it’s still too early now.
We can’t act in haste.
The deadline will be a month later.
You gotta detain those who are abroad
or arrest this gang at home before that.
Director Zhou.
Chudong,
I think
there’s no need to talk about it anymore.
That’s that.
Alright, Director Zhou.
Okay, get back to your work.
Okay, I’m off.
Mr. Tuo.
Have a seat. Please.
Mr. Tuo,
you came here so early in the morning.
Is there something urgent?
I have something good to tell you.
But I don’t think
anything good will ever happen to me now.
Brother Qi,
is that to say you’re still angry with me?
No, no, I’m not.
Here’s the thing.
Recently Brother Gu
has developed a new product called Sugar Pill.
To date,
it is sold best in Hong Kong.
Young people all love it
and it’s exactly the reason
why I came to Canglan.
I talked with Brother Gu
and he really has the source of it.
I also saw the finished product
and had it tested.
It’s really out of the ordinary
and better than that in Hong Kong.
It’s highly addictive and hard to be detected.
Even if I take it back to Hong Kong myself,
there won’t be any problems.
I told him
I would take five thousand pills first.
He readily accepted.
But then I thought
you may need it too.
So I asked for five thousand more of it.
At first, he refused
and talked about those problems he had.
I wore out my tongue
and finally he agreed.
What do you think?
Am I a good brother?
Mr. Tuo,
the new product you just talked about...Is it called Sugar Pill?
I’ve never heard of it.
Gu Tao has always
bought goods from his overseas suppliers
and he’s been selling the purest heroin.
Why is he suddenly
selling this stuff?
Brother Gu has his own ways of doing things.
I couldn’t ask him too many questions.
But as long as the goods are good,
we can just never mind where he gets them,
right?
Then is he
short of money or what?
He’s willing to sell good things to me?
When has he ever been short of money?
Here’s the thing.
I didn’t say that they were for you
because I know
you’re on bad terms
because of what happened before.
I’ve paid for the extra five thousand
pills for you.
You don’t need to thank me.
It’s for the good of both of us.
Brother Qi,
why don’t you let bygones
be bygones?
The most important thing now
is to make our business boom again.
That’s serious.
Mr. Tuo,
by rights I should really thank you
because you’ve paid for
the extra five thousand pills for me.
But then again,
though it’s so good,
I even haven’t seen it yet.
That’s easy to deal with. I brought a sample here.
Sen Long, show Mr. Qi.
Mr. Tuo, let me
consider it for a few days.
I’ll check it, okay?
No problem.
Brother Qi, just rest easy and use it.
I’m off.
See you.
Boss.
Ba,
have it tried quickly
and see if it’s
really that good.
Okay.
Boss, Gu Tao is really something
and resourceful.
He can even get such a new drug.
By the way,
send some brothers
to watch Gu Tao for the next few days.
I wanna know
what he’s doing.
Boss,
why? We’re gonna rob him again?
Are you stupid?
Didn’t you hear what Tuo Sifang said?
Gu Tao has been making this drug himself recently.
Don’t believe his nonsense.
Gu Tao doesn’t have that ability.
Of course he doesn’t.
If I guess right,
he must have a place
to develop new products.
I see.
You mean
if we follow them,
we’ll find the place where they produce drugs.
And then we can
control Gu Tao.
Brilliant.
You finally got me.
Brother Tao, you wanna see me?
The raw materials for Professor Zhao are here.
Take them to him
and ask him to
hurry up with this batch of goods.
Okay, I’ll go now.
In order to save me,
he was hurt again.
Okay, joking apart.
After you receive it,
find somewhere safe
and hide it there.
It concerns my life.
No.
My wife has been being watched.
Okay.
Call me once you receive it.
Professor, are you going out?
Fang Mo, what brought you here?
Brother Tao said
a batch of raw materials arrived today
and asked me to take them to you.
Where are you going? Let me take you.
Oh, I’m going nowhere special.
Are you gonna send something?
Get in the car. I’ll take you.
Quickly.
Professor, what are you sending?
Nothing.
Why are you so nervous?
I won’t take it from you.
I’m not nervous.
My...My wife insists on immigrating
and needs my materials.
I’m sending them to her.
Mrs. Zhao is immigrating?
Yes, to the US.
Then can they
get used to life there?
And you can
seldom see each other, right?
Yes, yes.
Turn right at the crossing. There’s a post office there.
That will do.
Wait for me here.
Okay, there’s no hurry.
Important documents. Don’t get it wet.
Dude,
it’s quite important. Don’t lose it.
Don’t worry.
We’ve never lost anything.
What kind of attitude is that?
You’re unhappy with what I said, right?
Fang Mo, Fang Mo,
let’s go.
Don’t...Don’t argue with him.
Don’t argue with him.
Calm down. Calm down.
Professor, I’ll stop here.
Brother Tao said that
you gotta hurry up with this batch of goods.
Okay, okay, I’ve got it.
A month.
I’ll try my best.
I’m off.
Thanks.
Dude, remember me?
Why did you come again?
What else do you wanna send?
Could you give me back the packet
my brother and I just sent?
We’re not sending it.
Why?
Are you really afraid that we’ll lose it?
No.
My brother was so careless that
he took the wrong documents.
We gotta change them.
Wait a minute. I’ll look for it.
Is it this one?
Yes, it is.
Thanks.
Boss,
I finally got good news today.
Okay, I’ll be right back.
Commissioner Han.
How’s it going?
I got a packet Zhao Haoran
sent to his friend
who’s out of town.
There are records of
his trade with Gu Tao
and chemical equations of the new type of drug.
He should be holding them back from Gu Tao.
By the way,
I’ve brought
the packet to Brother Wu.
Good job.
With those records,
I can send someone
to check their bank accounts.
And those equations
will play a
vital role
in cracking
this new type of drug.
Gu Tao wanna manufacture
this type of drug
and sell them to Tuo Sifang to transport them to Hong Kong.
If we crack the method
of making this drug,
can we stop them?
It’ll be
a restriction on their funds.
His amusement center
will definitely fail to open.
Correct.
I’ll have it researched immediately.
By the way,
I got news from the Canglan police that
Yu Zhenshan died.
Yes, I was about to tell you.
That night after I gave you the report,
Gu Tao took us
to see the amusement center.
Yu Zhenshan wanted to kill Gu Tao
and was executed by Sen Long.
I even protected Gu Tao from being attacked then.
And finally
he stopped cold-shouldering me.
You were hurt again? Was it serious?
I was alright.
I was just hit lightly.
Let me reiterate it. Be careful.
As for Gu Tao,
we can’t delay anymore.
This gang throw their weight around in Canglan.
They’re simply lawless.
Today Director Zhou made it clear that
we must
winkle the mastermind out in a month
or he’ll give orders to arrest them.
Then
the situation will be beyond our control.
Fang Mo, I know you are hurt
but you must speed things up.
As quickly as possible.
It’s so urgent?
I’ll try to buy time here.
I count on you to complete this task.
Okay, got it.
I gotta hang up now.
I have to go to the post office
and send his packet.
Otherwise they’ll suspect me.
Okay, go quickly.
Boss,
I’m back.
Guess what I found.
Spit it out. I’m in no mood for guessing it.
I followed Fang Mo to the suburbs today.
He picked up a middle-aged man
who’s plainly dressed
and doesn’t seem to be in our profession.
They then went to a post office.
That should be the man.
Boss,
after they went back there,
Fang Mo went to the post office again
and took the packet away.
Fang Mo
has his own scheme.
Boss, I’ve had the pill tried.
It’s good.
Ba,
I think
it’s time for us to see that talent.
Well done, boy,
you finally did a good job.
I’ll arrange for it.
Do you remember the place?
Sure.
Okay.
The ten thousand pills
are our first great deal.
Fang Mo,
go to Professor Zhao’s lab
more frequently.
Watch the pace
and beware of outsiders.
Brother Tao, what do you mean?
He’s our treasure now
and nothing should go wrong.
I see.
Have the authorities approved?
I’m contacting our connections.
It may take a longer period of time.
You gotta hurry.
Do you need Fang Mo to help you?
No, I can handle it myself.
Okay, remember what you said.
Mr. Tuo is watching this.
Don’t make me lose face.
Rest easy, Brother Tao.
You...
Say nothing
and come with us.
-What are you doing? -Go!
What are you doing?!
-Go! -Let go of me!
Let...
Where are we going?
I’m not going.
What are you gonna do to me?
What are you gonna do?
Let go!
Who are you? Why did you catch me?
Where are we going?
Go!
Where are we going?
Let me introduce myself.
I’m the boss of this tea factory.
My name is Qi Ke.
Qi Jiguang is my ancestor.
Mr. Qi,
I...I’m a chemistry teacher.
I don’t know
why you brought me here.
Then you gotta answer me first.
You’re a chemistry teacher.
How could you be related to
someone like Gu Tao?
I...I don’t know the man you’re talking about.
It didn’t matter that you denied it.
But as far as I know,
you’re developing
a new type of drug for him,
Sugar Pill.
I’ve even had it here.
I invited you here
with no ill intentions.
I just wanna cooperate with you.
I really don’t know what you’re talking about.
How much does Gu Tao pay you?
I’ll increase it by thirty percent.
Aren’t you doing that for money?
If there are any conditions, just say them.
Don’t keep your mouth shut.
Stop ignoring us
or I’ll kill you. You believe that?
Ba,
don’t be so rude.
Sorry, Professor Zhao.
My brother has a short temper.
You and I are similar.
We’re both educated and cultured
and different from Gu Tao and his men.
That gang are all mobsters.
Including Qi Xia and Fang Mo.
They’re all
so boorish.
Speaking of Fang Mo,
you may not know yet.
That guy is gonna harm you.
You went to the post office to send something today.
He replaced your packet.
Are you gonna send something?
Get in the car. I’ll take you.
Professor, what are you sending?
I said he’s dishonest.
That’s it.
I believe you know what kind of people you are working with.
You have to look out for them and live in fear every day.
What’s the need?
I respect talents.
If we cooperate,
you’ll have complete freedom
and plenty of space.
What do you think?
How do you want us to cooperate?
Professor Zhao,
I know
you’re a capable man
and a high-ranking intellectual.
There are so many good things in your brain
but you have to serve under Gu Tao
and do the hard work.
That’s unfair.
If you come here
and work with me,
you’ll have assistants.
Anyway, if you want anything,
just tell me.
I’ll absolutely satisfy you.
And then
you’ll produce drugs in my tea factory.
What do you say?
Mr. Qi,
to tell the truth,
Mr. Gu is quite nice to me
but Fang Mo...
I don’t know why
but he...He annoys me.
It seems that he wanna steal my formulas.
Professor Zhao,
consider this.
What if
I dispose of Fang Mo for you?
No, no, no,
I...I didn’t mean that.
My wife and my child
are under Mr. Gu’s control.
Really?
Gu Tao is doing
such a shameless thing?
What a bastard!
Professor Zhao,
if we work together,
I can guarantee
the safety of Mrs. Zhao and your child.
Thank you.
Professor Zhao,
let’s work together happily.
Why didn’t we meet each other earlier?!
Hey, have you received it?
Check carefully
if it’s my handwriting on the form.
I’ve got it.
Let me repeat it.
You must hide it well for me.
Boss.
You took him back there?
Were you found?
Just have faith in me.
It’s really well done. I gotta praise you.
Boss,
didn’t you wanna draw Fang Mo in before?
Are we really
gonna help Professor Zhao dispose of him now?
I was cheating the pedant. Did you believe that?
I won’t do that for him
unless he gives me enough interests.
If he really wanna
work with us,
that will be great.
Then we can produce and sell
drugs by ourselves in Canglan,
without any transportation problems
and no need to rely on Gu Tao.
Then we’ll just need to pick one between
disposing of him alone
and together with Gu Tao.
But if Professor Zhao
fools me
and doesn’t cooperate with us,
then we can
make use of Fang Mo.
Then what should we do next?
Send some brothers
to keep a watch on Professor Zhao.
If there are any changes,
tell me at once.