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[The Justice]

[Episode 22]

Mr. Cheng is my elder brother.

He is also my friend.

Really?

Yes.

So he

also calls you Mr. Wind?

Of course not.

Then what's your real name?

If you agree to

have dinner

with me next time,

I'll tell you.

The same trick?

Thanks for the dinner.

And

thanks for walking me home.

My pleasure.

See you next Tuesday.

Yeah.

I'll come to try on the suit next Tuesday.

Oh, right.

This is my home.

Okay, go home.

Bye.

Mr. Zhao.

The Credit Investigation Section

approved the loan application of Shenqin Cotton Mill.

This is the file.

Please have a look.

We believe the two new factories of Shenqin Cotton Mill

have a bright future.

We will provide

300,000 yuan.

But now

Rebang Bank

doesn't have enough money,

so please give us

six months

to raise money.

Six months?

Yes.

Are you kidding me?

We have got the building.

We have received orders.

We have recruited workers.

And now you tell me I need to wait for six months.

Mr. Zhao.

I know I shouldn't

let you wait for such long time.

But, now,

Rebang Bank doesn't have enough money.

So we can only...

No.

Even if you have financial problem,

do you at least have 300,000 yuan?

Besides,

when you came to Shenqin Cotton Mill

to discuss business with me,

we had a deal, right?

You said you would give me

whatever I wanted.

How long has it been?

How did it come to this?

What...

What happened to Rebang Bank?

Is it something wrong with the management?

I am also...

I am also a shareholder of Rebang Bank.

I think we should have a meeting

[Rebang Bank]

and a discussion.

[Rebang Bank]

I just

want to know.

What's wrong with Rebang Bank?

Why does it have such little money?

Don't explain to me

the depositor market.

Mr. Cheng.

Let me ask you a question.

Since Rebang is so poor now,

why don't we do something

that can make money?

Other banks

are all purchasing the 2.5% Treasury Security.

Why doesn't Rebang purchase it?

Mr. Zhao.

Other banks bought it

because they loaned money

to Jiang Administration.

Now

they could buy the 2.5% Treasury Security

with a 44 percent discount,

and sell it

at the original price.

Of course

they are willing to buy it.

The profits are huge.

Yeah.

Why don't we buy it?

Mr. Zhao, calm down.

We still need to discuss it.

Yizhi,

since it's legal and profitable,

why don't we have a try?

Do you hear that?

I just wonder

is profit the only thing

we consider when we invest?

The government debt

is created by Jiang Administration

to lure the banks for money.

But he only supports military

instead of industry.

How will he cash the bond in the future?

It will definitely only be a piece of waste paper.

How does it matter if it is a piece of waste paper?

If it's promising, we'll hold it.

If it's not, we can sell it.

All the other banks do that.

No.

You know the government debt

is a risk,

and you still want to make money with it.

What are you doing?

If I only value profits,

I could just stay at Longying Private Bank.

Every business there

is more profitable than this.

Of course I hope

Rebang Bank can make more money.

So we can support industry.

But all the money we make

must be clean.

I'm with Mr. Cheng.

Rebang Bank is different from other banks.

We are different from other people.

I'm with Mr. Cheng, too.

If Mr. Cheng only valued profits,

Wenquan Pharmaceutical Factory

wouldn't have been possible.

I know better than everyone

why Mr. Cheng

decided to

set up Rebang Bank.

I'm with him, too.

Okay.

You all take the high road.

You don't even have money

for my two new factories.

And yet you are talking about supporting industry.

Cheng Yizhi.

I only give you one month.

One month later,

if Rebang still can't give me money,

I'll get money from other banks.

Are you waiting for me?

I was thinking about

closing the store.

I'm so sorry.

I was busy at work today.

So I'm late.

Please have this

as an apology gift.

Is it

Harris Plaid?

Yes, do you know it?

I only heard about it. But I had never seen it.

It is really as they wrote in the book.

The color is delicate.

It looks nice.

Did you buy this

through the bank?

Yeah.

I work for Zhaozheng Bank.

So...

Zhaozheng Bank?

Yeah.

Isn't that a Japanese bank?

Is there something wrong with Japanese banks?

Their Kwantung Army

is about to invade Shandong.

Why do you

work for

a Japanese bank?

Can I try on the suit now?

Come in.

Hey, have a look.

What?

Here.

Antique Store on Sima Road had things stolen.

And here. Fengxiang Gold Shop had things stolen.

And here.

Someone had jewelries stolen.

And here is a notice.

A company lost important files.

These are just

a few.

Public security in Shanghai is a mess.

Every day, there is

news about stolen and lost things

in the newspaper.

Ms. Liao lived in

Pinghe Center

when she just divorced Huang Ruhong.

She worried all day

that the thieves would come.

But they never thought that

they could store

their valuable things and documents

in the safe deposit boxes of the bank.

Because they never heard

or knew

the bank could provide

this service.

You mean

we could provide safe deposit box service.

Chinese banks don't provide this service.

Foreign banks provide this service

but they charge too much.

As time went by,

it became mysterious.

But people need it.

The public security is bad.

There are lots of thieves.

Even if in peacetime,

if several families live together

but they don't know each other well,

they should

protect their valuable things,

right?

So I was thinking,

can we stimulate the deposit market

through safe deposit box?

Maybe we can.

So if they deposit

enough amount of money,

we can provide them

with safe deposit box service for free.

And we can also

show the potential customers

that Rebang Bank

is safer than anything.

It fits me perfectly.

It can be loosened a little bit at the shoulder area.

It would be better.

Whatever you say.

I can also make some adjustment with the pants.

Thank you.

I... I like it very much.

Mr. Shu.

Mr. Cheng, I haven't seen you for a while.

Is running a bank busier than working for a private bank?

They are not comparable.

Their businesses are different.

The things I want to buy this time

have nothing to do with private bank.

What do you want to buy?

Safe deposit boxes.

Does Rebang Bank plan to provide safe deposit box service?

Yes.

It's common in foreign banks.

But it's not so common in Chinese banks.

It's because of this reason

that we want to

provide this service.

I see.

You want to break the tradition.

But let me tell you.

The safe deposit box is not cheap.

It's 120 yuan for each.

One hundred and twenty?

How about this, Mr. Shu?

We plan to purchase 200 safe deposit boxes.

Can you offer a discount?

Two hundred.

I can charge you

110 yuan for each.

We are

on a tight budget recently.

Can it be

one hundred yuan for each?

No.

Mr. Cheng.

If I charge you 100 for each,

there is no profit for me.

How about this, Mr. Shu?

The 200 boxes

will be divided in 4 batches.

Fifty for each batch.

I'll give you 100 for the first batch,

110 for the second batch,

115 for

the third batch,

and 120 for the fourth batch.

Does that sound good?

Think about it.

If you

charge me 110,

you will get

2,2000 in total.

If I divide them in 4 batches,

you can make more profits.

And for me,

my capital turnover

would be easier.

I guess we can do this.

You are a smart man.

Sugar?

Okay.

Thank you.

It's my honor

that you can meet me.

You're quite welcome, Mrs. Cheng.

The story

you wrote about

Zhou Guangxian of Shanghai Deposit Bank

making and selling drugs

was brilliant.

I heard that

Mr. Shi

promoted you to be chief reporter.

I'm flattered.

All thanks to you.

In the future, I wish you could

tell me more secrets in the banking circle.

We could help each other.

Mr. Wang,

could you please

write more news

about Rebang Bank?

If you want me to,

of course I will.

Which aspect

do you want me to write about?

Starting from the first day of next month,

Rebang Bank will provide

safe deposit box service.

For one thing,

I wish we could attract

more customers to deposit money.

For another,

we want to tell people

that Rebang Bank is safer than anything.

Okay!

Thank you so much.

Mr. Cheng.

Mr. Shu called just now

and said that there was something wrong with the order.

He asked for your forgiveness.

He will return the deposit within three days.

I think we should sue

Meili Firm.

No. We can't sue

Meili Firm.

We can't be impulsive.

But there is no time.

Shen Bao has hundreds of thousands of readers.

They all know

Rebang Bank will provide safe deposit box service

starting from the first day of next month.

We can't

ask Mr. Wang to write

a notice

to tell them

Rebang Bank won't

provide the service.

I did business with Mr. Shu

for many times.

He is a decent man.

We don't need to become his enemy.

Even if we don't become his enemy,

with Huang Ruhong,

he won't dare to

do business with us.

It's because of Huang Ruhong

that even if

we sue Meili Firm,

it's no use.

Huang Ruhong has acted like an overlord

in the French Concession

and bribed many government officials.

The court won't

take up our case.

Is there

no one can

touch him?

No.

I heard that

the manager of Meili Firm Carney

despises Huang Ruhong.

When Huang Ruhong

was appointed as Chinese director of the French Concession,

Carney was strongly opposed.

He was just

an alternate director of Municipal Council

and had no right to veto.

But now

he is an official director.

Carney?

[Edssendine Bar]

You are still alive!

Yeah, I'm still alive.

I didn't use it.

You are not just here to return the gun, right?

No.

Madam.

Has Mr. Carney

come here recently?

He doesn't come very often.

He is a Christian.

He doesn't like to come here.

And you don't like to entertain him.

Who likes

a boring man

who talks about art all the time?

One time he tried to persuade me

that Tchaikovsky

is the greatest man in my country,

and that he is greater than Pushkin.

I said, okay.

If you buy me

a bottle of brandy,

I'll admit that Tchaikovsky

is the greatest.

And then?

Then he bought the brandy.

He loves Tchaikovsky

more than anything.

Cheers!

Cheers!

Mr. Cheng.

I have good news.

This Saturday night,

Mr. Carney and his wife

will have dinner at the house.

House?

Whose house?

Our house.

Mr. Carney still remembers

my father.

So

I called him

and told him that

Rebang Bank intends to

do business with

Meili Firm.

He and his wife are Christians.

They have a bias against divorce.

So, in front of them,

we have to pretend to be a couple.

I know how to

pretend to be a couple.

But I can't speak French.

It's okay.

Mr. Carney can speak Chinese fluently.

However, if we want to ask him for a favor,

of course we need to please him.

He is a big fan

of Tchaikovsky.

Wait.

I know nothing

about this Tchaikovsky.

What can I do?

I can teach you.

Instead of teaching me,

I think

you may as well

let Xu Shu go with you.

He is an expert

at foreign culture.

And he knows about

high art.

Don't forget. It's a family feast.

Xu Shu and I were

never a couple.

Let's go.

Let's go to a restaurant.

Why?

I'll teach you to

use knives and forks.

[Lingling Tailoring]

Now it fits perfectly.

Thank you.

Oh.

You gave me many gifts.

I'll give you one this time.

A handkerchief?

Don't you like the handkerchief?

I made this out of the Harris Plaid

you gave me.

You can

put the handkerchief

in your front pocket.

It would look nice.

No no no. I like it.

It's just

my Japanese colleagues

at Zhaozheng Bank

don't give handkerchiefs as gifts.

The pronunciation of handkerchief in Japanese

is similar as the breaking of relations.

So handkerchiefs represent

the end of relations.

It's not what I mean.

I know.

Japanese are annoying.

Handkerchiefs are such nice things.

How can it represent the end of relations?

Yeah.

They are annoying.

Bell.

I like you.

Thanks.

Have you been here before?

I almost came in here one time.

But I didn't.

You didn't?

Oh,

Ms. Wu.

I should put it on this.

Right?

Yes!

But it's better

not to eat the bread first.

Because it shows you are too hungry

and makes people uncomfortable.

When you have soup,

you should put

the spoon...

Let the spoon come to you.

Don't go to the spoon.

Am I right, Ms. Wu?

How do you know that?

Shakespeare.

When you eat the main course,

hold the knife in your dominant hand,

and the fork in your other hand.

If you are not

done eating,

you should put them

on your plate in the shape of eight.

But you can't cross them.

If you are done eating...

I should put them on my sides.

Shakespeare again?

Flaubert.

How do you put the handkerchief?

I should fold it after I finish eating

and put it on the top left corner of the table.

Flaubert again?

Dickens.

Which book of Dickens?

Oliver Twist.

Which part of Oliver Twist?

The fifth chapter.

The fifth chapter?

The fifth chapter...

Are you messing with me?

No!

When did you know all this?

I knew it long ago.

Where did you read it?

Illustrated Book of Western Table Manners.

Why didn't you tell me that you knew it?

You never asked.

Excuse me. I want to leave now.

Are you mad?

Didn't the book teach you?

What?

Whenever

a lady leaves the table,

the man should stand up and see her off.

It's not on the book.

It seems that you still need me to teach you.

Sit.

Please.

Mrs. Wang.

Bring two vases.

Okay!

Gui.

Did you prepare slippers?

Master will

need slippers.

I prepared them long ago.

And take out the clothes stand.

Master will need it to

hang his clothes

and his bag.

Don't worry, Mrs. Wang.

I prepared it.

Really?

Mrs. Wang.

When he comes here later,

don't call him master.

You should call him Mr. Cheng.

Okay?

Of course we should call him master

in front of the two guests.

Master!

Master!

Mrs. Wang. Gui.

Master, let me help you.

Okay, okay.

Let me take your coat.

Okay, thanks.

Master, you lost weight again.

You should eat well no matter how busy you are.

How can the food outside

compare with your cooking?

Come and eat here!

If you come here,

I'll cook whatever you want.

Mrs. Wang, guests will arrive soon.

Have a look

and see if the dishes are ready.

And the wine.

And the tableware.

Okay!

Okay!

Let's go.

I'll clean myself up.

Mr. Carney.

Mrs. Cheng.

I'm Cheng Yizhi,

general manager of Rebang Bank.

This is my wife.

Mrs. Carney, you are so beautiful.

No wonder

there are stories about you everywhere.

Thanks.

Let’s go inside.

Cheers.

Let's have some music.

Your dress is fabulous.

Did you buy it in Paris?

I had it made in Shanghai.

I heard you are an expert on music.

I have a record here.

Maybe you can evaluate it for me.

Tchaikovsky!

Yeah.

Mr. Carney.

How do you feel

about this part?

How do you feel?

I think

the sound of the violin is unrestrained,

and the orchestra is strong.

It's beautiful

and harmonious.

I have a different idea.

I think

the violin

is battling against the orchestra.

Mr. Carney has deeper understanding

than me.

It's a pity that we don't have the same understanding.

Mr. Carney.

You and my husband have different nationalities,

different age

and levels of education.

It's natural that you have different understandings

about the same piece of music.

No no no.

Music is the most abstract language.

We have different understandings about music

because we are not the same kind of people.

How do you feel about

the wine tonight?

It's good.

But I'm afraid my wife and I

have to leave after the wine.

I'm sorry!

Sorry, Mr. Carney.

We are sorry, Mr. Carney.

Mrs. Wang! Mrs. Wang!

Mrs. Wang.

Get a new shirt

for Mr. Carney.

Master, your shirts...

If you don't mind,

I'll get a shirt for you now.

Madam, please have a seat.

Mr. Carney, please wait a minute.

We are so sorry.

What can we do?

Master doesn't live here anymore.

How did it happen?

Where can we find a man's shirt?

Gui.

Mrs. Wang, what should I do?

Don't cry, Gui.

Master and madam

will have a way.

Mr. Carney.

The shirt fits you perfectly.

Don't worry.

We'll clean your shirt

and send it

to your house.

Yeah.

Please forgive us

for what happened just now.

Just see it as a tiny mistake.

Our Gui

is best at making walnut porridge.

She wants to make some

walnut porridge for you.

The music stopped.

Let me get another record.

I'm sorry. It's late.

Let's go.

Gui also

made you...

Don't talk.

You are an expert on music.

If you leave without

listening to Chinese opera,

it will be a pity.

Is this Beijing Opera?

Have you listened to it before?

No, I haven't.

But I've always wanted to.

Sit.

I've always wanted to listen to Beijing Opera.

But

all my Chinese friends

told me I wouldn't understand it.

As you said,

music is the most abstract language.

You can listen to

this person's voice.

The performer is old, isn't he?

Mr. Carney,

as a matter of fact,

this performer

is the famous Mr. Yu.

He is 35 years old.

Thirty-five?

His voice is wonderful.

Mr. Carney,

speaking of Mr. Yu,

he will perform at

Tianchan Theater next week.

If you and Mrs. Carney are interested,

you can watch the performance.

Of course.

We can go together.

That would be great.

I'll book the tickets right away.

Yizhi.

We don't have time next week.

Do you forget?

We still need to deal with

the thing about safe deposit boxes.

It's annoying.

Oh yeah.

Mr. Carney, here is the thing.

Rebang Bank

wants to

purchase safe deposit boxes.

We asked almost all the firms.

But none of them had safe deposit boxes.

So we may not be able to

watch the performance with you.

Don't worry.

Meili Firm has safe deposit boxes.

How many do you need?

We need 200 boxes.

We are running out of time.

So it's a bit urgent.

No problem.

Two hundred boxes will be delivered to you tomorrow.

The most important thing

is the Beijing Opera.

Thank you so much, Mr. Carney.

Cheers!

Walnut porridge is ready.

Walnut porridge is here.

It's right on time.

Let's have some walnut porridge.

I like it!

How did you know about Beijing Opera?

When I was selling dried food,

I often went to the Great Stage.

I see.

You bought the record.

Thanks to you, we succeeded tonight.

Thanks to you too.

Why is there

a man's shirt in the house?

You want to ask me

whose shirt it is, don't you?

It's none of my business.

I can feel jealous in the air.

Don't you even recognize

your own shirt?

You forgot it when you left.

I didn't have time to watch it carefully.

Besides,

Mr. Carney rebutted

all the comments about music you taught me.

Did you set a trap for me?

You survived it, didn't you?

You didn't jump into it.

Was the trap not big enough?

[French Safe Deposit Boxes for Special Customers]

[Minimum Deposit of One Yuan. Good Annual Interest. French Safe Deposit Boxes for Special Customers]

[Rebang Bank]

[Rebang Bank]

Master, Feng Youru replied

that he is busy lately,

and that we need to put off the dinner at Fuxiang Hall.

Whose idea is it

to encourage Mr. Shu of Meili Firm

to end the partnership

with Rebang Bank?

Master, it's my idea.

Rebang Bank planned to

stimulate their deposit business

with safe deposit box service.

I wanted to

disrupt its plan.

So I talked Mr. Shu

into ending the partnership.

It's just a small trick.

Do you think it can harm Cheng Yizhi?

Cheng Yizhi

won't spare any chance.

You pushed him with Mr. Shu.

He became friends with Carney,

who is an important figure at the French Concession.

And Rebang Bank

won again.

Master, it was my lack of consideration.

I'll do better next time.

There is no next time.

I'm telling you.

Cheng Yizhi

is from

my Longying Private Bank.

I'll look good if he succeeds.

Don't mess with him in the future,

especially not behind his back.

The small tricks

are meaningless.

Yes, master.

The new accounts this week

is four times as many as that of last week.

The deposit amount is three times as large as that of last week.

It's as much as 112,000.

Really?

The safe deposit box service is your idea.

It's life-saving.

It's not the credit of my own.

It's everyone's credit.

Mr. Cheng.

I suggest that we raise the pay.

Me too.

I've already informed the finance department.

Oh, I have something for you.

What thing?

Come in, please.

Mr. Cheng.

Did I interrupt you?

No.

We are off work.

You guys chat.

I'll go to

Shenqin Cotton Mill.

Miss Lizi.

Dr. Xu, how can I help you?

I want to invite you to watch a modern drama.

Not today, not tomorrow.

Next month.

I know you are busy.

So I'm here to

ask you when you have time.

Ms. Wu.

Ms. Wu, we received this just now.

Miss Lizi, is something wrong?

Dr. Xu.

There is an emergency.

I don't have time to think about other things.

And I can't give you an answer now.

Please walk Dr. Xu out.

Dr. Xu, please.

Mr. Yin.

The stocks of Lin Fu Rice Shop,

who did you sell to?

[Shenqin Cotton Mill]

[Cotton]

Mr. Zhao.

Mr. Cheng.

Could I have a word with you?

You were straightforward

at the meeting last time.

It showed that

you still had faith in me.

If you

hadn't pushed me,

I wouldn't have decided to make a change.

Rebang wouldn't

have sought reform.

I'm here today

mainly to tell you that

Rebang Bank

has enough money now.

Also,

we reached an agreement

with Shanghai Bank.

They will

invest

as the second creditor.

Both banks

will provide money for Shenqin.

Shanghai Bank?

Yeah, we didn't have enough time.

So we didn't tell you before.

But please don't worry.

We reached an agreement with Mr. Chen of Shanghai Bank

that Shanghai Bank only provides money

and doesn't participate in

the management of the factory.

So Shanghai Bank won't

disrupt your management,

and will protect

Shenqin along with Rebang Bank.

Okay. I trust your judgment.

I trust you.

Thanks for your understanding.

You can go back to work.

I'll get out of your hair now.

Mr. Cheng.

I was rude last time.

Please forgive me.

See you next time.

See you.

The 2.5% Treasury Security was successfully issued.

It was not

because of the Ministry of Finance.

Without you

planning

and working behind the scene

the Ministry of France wouldn't achieve anything.

That's why

the Ministry appointed me to

deal with the New 3.4% Treasury Security.

I'm so tired.

They appointed you

because they trust you.

With you,

I believe the New 3.4% Treasury Security

would be a great success.

I promise that

Longying Private Bank

will buy one million

to set an example for the private banks.

Are you trying to

help the private banks beat the banks?

I'm doing this for the country.

Good! Cheers!

You are the hope

of private banks.

Your capability is extraordinary.

You are the unquestionable candidate

for the future member of central executive committee.

Do you trust me that much?

I've been admiring you

for a long time.

Of course,

you have been indifferent.

And you weren't willing to

be friends with me.

It seems that I should

look after you more in the future

to erase your resentment.

The 17th Corps won battles along the Qingdao-Jinan Railway.

The battlefield report will arrive at Shanghai the day after tomorrow.

I get it.

The New 3.4% Treasury Security

will be a huge moneymaker.

Mr. Feng.

How do you like the music?

It's good.

Yingzi, come here.

Thank you so much for listening to my music,

Mr. Feng.

I like your music.

Yingzi.

Propose a toast to Mr. Feng.

No no no.

I'll do it myself.

Mr. Huang, see you.

Let me see you off.

No.

She will see me off.

Let's go.

Take care, Mr. Feng.

Master,

Mr. Feng is on our side now.

Mr. Cheng.

Ms. Wu.

There is an urgent situation about the stocks of Lin Fu Rice Shop.

Yesterday afternoon,

a company called

Wuzhou Firm

bought all 2,000 shares

from Mr. Yin.

Another company we never heard before,

Weiran Firm,

bought all 2,000 shares

from Mr. Fan.

At what price?

Eleven and a half for each share.

Is someone

maliciously purchasing our stocks?

We must keep an eye on

those shareholders

who only have hundreds of shares.

Mr. Wu.

We want to purchase

the stocks of Lin Fu Rice Shop.

How about 12 yuan for each share?

Thirteen?

Okay.

You only have fifty shares?

Okay, we'll buy them.

Mr. Zhao.

How about 12 yuan for each share?

How about 13 yuan for each share?

How many shares do you have?

I have 100 shares.

One hundred shares. Thirteen yuan for each share.

We have a deal.

They don't

have much shares left.

I only got 100 shares.

I only got 200 shares.

Has something happened to

Lin Fu Rice Shop?

How did it come to this?

Mr. Cheng. Ms. Wu.

There are 500 shares

of Lin Fu Rice Shop

circulating on the market.

The price is now

higher than 14 yuan.