Never Say Never
Episode 19
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.
Okay.
By the way,
have you found the man
I asked you to look for?
Yes.
So active?
It’s your bidding. I gotta be active.
I count on you this time.
Go.
Mr. Tuo, Mr. Qi’s call.
Mr. Qi.
Hey, Mr. Tuo.
You called me so early in the morning.
There must be good news.
The pill I gave you is good, isn’t it?
Yes. As you said,
it’s indeed good.
I called you today
because I got another good news.
What is it?
You came to my place to persuade me
and ask me to think things over before.
I thought carefully
and realized that you’re quite right.
The amusement center is a big contract, after all.
I can’t quit
just because of a trifle.
Recently I specially contacted
my connections
and there’s progress in our approval.
For real?
That’s really good news.
Brother Qi,
I knew you’re meant for great things.
I even invited
Commissioner Wu.
Look,
I’ll treat you tonight.
You ask Mr. Gu to come too.
And then let’s
have dinner together
and discuss our approval.
It’ll be the best if we can settle it tonight.
You’re so resourceful.
It’s a beautiful job.
Okay, I’ll call Brother Gu.
Don’t worry.
Okay, see you tonight.
Qi Ke is really resourceful.
Mr. Gu, are you free?
I...I wanna...
I wanna see you and tell you something.
Okay, okay.
Brother Tao.
How are things going in Professor Zhao’s lab?
Brother Tao,
I need to tell you something.
Go on.
I went to Professor Zhao’s lab today
and saw Ba drive him back there.
Is that so?
Do you think Qi Ke is up to something again?
What a coincidence.
Professor Zhao just called and said
he wanna see me.
Let me go with you.
There’s no hurry.
He can’t run away.
Qi Ke’s been playing quite a few tricks recently.
He asked Mr. Tuo to call me
and wanna talk about the approval with me.
But Xia is working on that already.
You still wanna cooperate with him?
Yu Zhenshan
discomfited him before.
Let’s give him a way out.
It does no harm for me to see him.
Commissioner Wu.
Okay.
Commissioner Wu.
-Mr. Qi. Mr. Qi. -You’re here.
Welcome. Welcome.
Please. Please..
I’m a deputy. A deputy.
Sorry that I’m late.
I was in a meeting.
That’s all right.
We just came here too.
Mr. Qi,
didn’t you say it’s just a simple meal?
Why are there so many people here?
Commissioner Wu, you did us an honor
and came here in person.
How could we
be half-hearted about it?
Have a seat.
Okay, okay.
Okay, thank you.
Well,
sit down, everyone.
Sit. Sit.
Okay.
Well, Commissioner Wu,
let me introduce.
Okay.
That is
Tuo Sifang from Hong Kong,
Mr. Tuo.
He is the one who came to
Canglan with investments.
Glad to meet you.
It’s a good thing for us that
people like you come
and do business here.
It’s a pleasure.
Who’s that?
That is
a local businessman.
He’s cooperating with Mr. Tuo
in our amusement center project.
You look familiar.
Have we met before?
My business is small.
I shouldn’t have the chance to meet you, Commissioner Wu.
You’re too modest. I’m a deputy.
Mr. Qi,
why don’t we eat something while talking?
Sure, sure.
Eat something.
Commissioner Wu,
you were coming here today
so I specially asked the cook to
make your favorite,
Fried Fish Slices with Wine.
Mr. Qi, that’s really kind of you.
It’s been years
but you still remember I like this dish.
Of course.
I can forget anything except it.
Have a taste.
Okay.
Commissioner Wu, what do you think?
It lacks something.
Well, well,
I knew you were coming today
so I specially urged the chef
to make full use of
his skills.
But unexpectedly
you still think it lacks something.
Your taste in food
is so good that
mediocrities like us
are not a patch on you.
Commissioner Wu,
it seems that you’re an epicure.
You know what?
If you can make the time,
I’ll treat you to a trip to Hong Kong.
Then you can taste delicacies there.
No need to bother.
Let’s see if we can get a chance in the future.
Okay, okay.
Help yourselves.
Yes. Eat something.
Come on. Help yourselves.
Commissioner Wu,
I, Mr. Tuo and Mr. Gu.
We’ll drink to you.
Okay.
Welcome you here.
Thanks. Thanks. Thanks.
Okay, thank you, Mr. Tuo.
Please.
Okay, okay.
Commissioner Wu,
thank you for helping us.
Well...
This is
a few tokens of our gratitude.
After it is approved,
there will be another gift for you.
Wait, wait, wait, I can’t accept it.
Take it.
Mr. Qi, I really can’t accept it.
Please don’t refuse our offer.
Sit, sit, sit, Mr. Qi.
Okay,
let’s get down to business then.
We’ve checked the materials
you handed in.
Nothing is wrong with them.
It should be approved very soon.
This…This is great.
Commissioner Wu, thank you so much.
If you hadn’t personally dealt with it,
it wouldn’t have progressed so quickly.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Don’t mention it. We’re just working according to the regulations.
It’s our duty to serve the people.
Of course. Of course.
Well,
I gotta attend a meeting tomorrow morning.
Let’s call it a day.
I’ll leave first.
Don’t, don’t, don’t.
Commissioner Wu,
we haven’t enjoyed to our heart’s content yet.
Let’s
go somewhere and relax later.
I’ve arranged it.
Mr. Qi, don’t bother.
Let’s call it a day.
I’ll leave first.
Mr Tuo.
Thank you.
No problem.
Okay, I’m off.
You stay here.
I’ll see you out.
Okay, okay.
Mr. Tuo, I’ll see him out.
Go.
Brother,
aren’t I right?
With Qi Ke,
everything can go smoothly.
Mr. Tuo, are you happy now?
Many hands make light work.
It just started.
It’s not time for us to be happy yet.
Many hands do make light work
but I’m afraid
someone will have wicked ideas.
Well done, Wu.
You did a great commissioner.
I often drove him and listened to his talks with others.
Of course I can do him well.
Good job.
Thank you.
Your performance
should be able to trick them.
Yes.
Then when can I
get the fake papers?
Mr. Qi,
just trust me.
I’ll stamp it tomorrow
and no one can realize it’s false.
Get it done well.
Yes, yes, yes.
Then I...
Go home.
I’ll ask Ba to go there tomorrow.
Okay, okay.
Come back!
Didn’t you forget something?
How forgetful I am!
Mr. Qi, your money.
Be conscientious.
Yes, yes.
Go, go, go.
Okay, okay, I’m off.
Boss,
will they suspect us?
If they could find this out,
would they have let us
meddle in their business?
Brother Tao,
we just let Qi Ke
join us like that?
Do you have better solutions?
We didn’t get the approval after such a long time.
Mr. Tuo must have been worried.
I don’t think Commissioner Wu
can get it done.
Think about his manner.
He doesn’t seem to have much power.
We’ll know that
after we get the approval.
Brother Tao, I think Xia is right.
Commissioner Wu
doesn’t look like someone in charge.
Besides, Mr. Tuo and Qi Ke
talked so happily today.
If Qi Ke
really gets the approval
and they gang up,
then it’ll be hard
for us to do this business.
As long as Professor Zhao is in our hands,
we’ll master the key of everything.
Without sources of goods,
even if they’re of one mind,
they can do nothing to me.
Well,
you two go back by taxi.
I gotta do something.
Brother Tao, let me go with you.
No.
I’ll just have a walk.
Brother Tao, it’s too late now.
It’s alright.
Pull up.
Mr. Gu.
Good evening, Mr. Gu.
Did you come alone?
Didn’t you ask me to come alone?
Mr. Gu, go in, please.
What is it? You’re being so mysterious.
Please.
Have a seat. Have a seat.
Mr. Gu, let’s not beat around the bush.
A man called Qi Ke said that
he wanna work with me
and asked me to produce a new type of drug for him.
His nose is really long.
He could smell it from so far away.
I didn’t know him
but I could see that
he’s up to no good.
I agreed
for my safety.
He said he would see me again.
I thought I must tell you about it.
Qi Ke is an opportunist.
He can involve himself in everything.
I’ll ask Fang Mo to come more often.
Keep staying here if you can.
There’s another thing
I must tell you too.
Fang Mo
took the formula of the Sugar Pill from me.
What?
When?
I know.
I told you
he was strange
and something seemed to be wrong with him before.
You brought him here to let me relax.
He even got hurt for you.
I saw everything
and know what you meant.
Mr. Gu,
the formula of the Sugar Pill
concerns our lives.
Fang Mo took it. Did he tell you?
When did he take it?
Do you have any evidence?
This is how it happened.
I thought the formula
wasn’t safe here
so I prepared to send it to one of my students.
When I went out to send it,
Fang Mo just arrived here.
We sent it together
but after we left the post office,
he went back and took the original away.
He should have copied it.
Mr. Gu,
we’ve worked together for years.
You know best
what kind of person I am.
I’ve never wanted to betray you.
I work here
just to let my wife and my child
have a stable life.
I know.
Otherwise we wouldn’t
have worked together for such a long time.
Mr. Gu,
I may be too cautious
but you must look into it.
If he took the formula without telling you,
there must be something behind it.
I know what’s what.
Don’t worry too much.
Alright,
I’ll send someone to pick you up tomorrow.
What about Fang Mo?
Say no more about it.
I’ll deal with it.
Have a rest.
I went to Professor Zhao’s lab today
and saw Ba drive him back there.
Fang Mo
took the formula of the Sugar Pill from me.
Fang Mo,
what are you thinking
sitting there for ages?
Brother Tao and we split up just now
and he’s still not back yet.
I’m worrying about him.
Don’t fuss.
He must have gone to Professor Zhao’s lab.
What can happen to him?
But it’s been unsafe recently.
Fang Mo,
you’ve been uneasy recently.
Did you do something bad
to Brother Tao?
What do you mean?!
If you don’t want it to be found, don’t do it in the first place.
Fang Mo.
Brother Tao, you’re back.
Go upstairs with me.
Okay.
Brother Tao, you need to read this.
What is it?
Professor Zhao sent it
on the sly yesterday.
I made a copy of it.
There were too many people around you in daytime
so I couldn’t get a chance to tell you.
There are
records of your trade with him.
I don’t understand the other things
but I think they should be important.
How did you know they’re important?
When I went to see him yesterday,
he was a bit nervous
so I became suspicious of him.
He said he was gonna send something.
He was so furtive that I couldn’t stop worrying.
After he was done, I went back and took it back.
And then I saw these.
I remember you said
we needed him now.
But then I thought again.
He also had contact with Qi Ke and the others
and recorded these things.
So I worried that
he had other ideas.
I couldn’t make up my mind then
so I made a copy of it.
Brother Tao,
did I
make trouble for you?
You don’t have to
mind about that.
We’re a group. You can be frank with me.
I’ll make my own judgement.
Actually things in it
are no big deal.
Okay, I’ve got it, Brother Tao.
By the way,
why did you ask me to go upstairs just now?
Take Professor Zhao here tomorrow.
Take him here?
An open man will do nothing underhand.
Since we’re working with him,
I think we’d better
make things clear.
Okay.
Hello, Professor.
Mr. Gu,
Fang Mo is at my door.
Did you know it?
Yes.
I asked him to take you to my villa.
But...
Don’t worry.
Come with Fang Mo.
We’ll make things clear face to face.
Okay, okay.
Professor,
something is the matter with you today.
What’s the matter with me?
Why are you staying away from me?
It’s spacious here.
And safe.
Okay, it’s safe.
Sit wherever you please.
Brother Tao.
Mr. Gu.
Sit, Professor.
Fang Mo, sit here too.
Professor Zhao,
I’ve asked Fang Mo
about the matter you told me yesterday.
It’s a misunderstanding.
This is the packet Fang Mo took
from you yesterday.
I heard it’s about the formula
and a journal you’ve kept.
I didn’t open it
and I don’t wanna read it either.
Professor,
Fang Mo didn’t take it
to harm us
but to help me.
We’ve worked together for such a long time.
You should know my way
of doing things very well.
You sent it to protect yourself.
I understand that.
We all know
this formula is just a piece of waste paper
in other people’s hands.
Only in your hands
can it become money.
So
you can stop being wary of each other now.
As for your journal,
you don’t have to explain it to me.
We’ll say no more about it.
I’ll never kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Mr. Gu,
you’re really meant for great things.
I...
I’m really ashamed.
Alright,
say no more about this matter.
How’s it going with the Sugar Pill?
I’ve made over a thousand pills recently.
I’m still trying.
Don’t worry, Mr. Gu.
I won’t delay you.
Give me a batch of them first.
Keeping them isn’t good for us.
It’s safer to deliver them separately.
Okay, okay.
If you like.
Alright,
let Fang Mo take you back.
He’ll stay in your lab more often in the next few days
and handle the new product.
If anyone
goes there and gossips again,
ignore them. Fang Mo will deal with them.
I’ve got it.
Mr. Gu, I’ll be off then.
Brother Tao, I’ll take him.
Fang Mo.
Watch him closely.
If you see Qi Ke’s men again,
give them a warning.
Got it.
Don’t worry, Brother Tao.
Brother Ba,
do we have to
watch Professor Zhao here every day?
Do what you’re asked to do.
Why are you always talking rubbish?
He stays there every day
and it’s deserted here.
Where can he go?
We stay here
without food and drink.
Aren’t we like two guard dogs?
Shut up and guard here.
Aren’t I here too?
Are you unhappy?
Professor,
I’ll stop here.
Brother Tao asked you
not to go out
if you can.
Contact me at any time if you need anything.
Okay, I’ll go nowhere.
Thank you for taking me.
Did he see us?
I have no idea.
Ba, what are you doing here?
Just looking. How tall they are!
What’s that man doing?
Wiping your car?
No.
No, no, no.
He isn’t?
Then go away.
Or he can wipe my car too?
You’re so good at kidding.
Aren’t we gonna go for a drink sometime?
Yes. Let’s drink sometime.
But don’t stay here.
Okay? It’s too dangerous.
By the way,
if Mr. Qi
wants anything,
ask him to contact Brother Tao directly.
Okay, okay.
Then I...I’m off.
Go.
Let’s drink sometime.
Don’t forget it.
Hello, Miss Jin.
What’s the matter?
What?
I can’t call you if nothing is the matter?
No. I’m driving now.
I’ll ring off then.
How could you be so humorless?
Let me ask you a question.
Is Mr. Gu in Canglan?
If you wanna know where he is,
call him.
Oh looker,
I took you seriously
but you put on airs.
He didn’t answer my call.
What do you want?
Nothing.
It’s been a long time. I just wanna get together with him.
Right then,
I’ll ask Brother Tao
and tell you later.
Let me see him today.
Where is he? I can go there.
Today? So urgent?
I got a batch of good wine
and I wanna give him immediately.
What? Will I commit a crime by doing that?
Okay, I’ll ask him.
Call you later, okay?
Okay, I’ll wait for your call.
Hello.
Brother Tao, it’s me.
Jin Lanlan called me just now
and said she wanna see you.
This lady is so cunning.
She even turned to you.
She called me but I didn’t answer it.
She must want me to smuggle her goods again.
The police have been tracing us recently. I don’t wanna look for trouble.
She didn’t say so many things to me.
She just asked if you’re free today.
She wanna see you
and give you a batch of wine
that just arrived.
A wiser wanna give me wine?
I’m at the course with Xia.
Take her here.
Me...Me?
Okay, I’ll go now.
Brother Ba,
he didn’t let us guard there
and we just left.
How should we tell boss when we’re back?
Guard?
You really think you’re a guard dog?
Brother Tao, Miss Jin is here.
Long time no see, Miss Jin.
Have you been doing well recently?
No.
So I came to see you
before I starve to death.
You’re really good at joking.
You’re so beautiful.
How could you possibly starve to death?
If I hadn’t come to see you,
you would have forgotten me.
After my goods
were confiscated by the police,
you asked me to wait for your news.
It’s been an age
so I had no choice
but to come here myself.
Miss Jin,
aren’t you here to give Brother Tao wine?
Why are you talking as if
you’re here to sell it?
How could I?
The wine for you
is in his car already.
I’m here just for an answer.
When can you smuggle my goods again?
Beauty,
I’ve been busy with something else recently.
I really can’t handle so many things.
Besides, the police have been cracking down on us.
It’s good for both of us not to smuggle goods now.
Safety first. I appreciate that.
But I heard that
you’ve got a large project.
I’m wondering if you can let me
join you.
Aren’t you too ambitious
for your age?
What have you heard of?
The amusement center.