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[The Justice]

[Episode 33]

Drive.

Come on.

Darn it.

Drive the car.

Darn it.

Let's go.

Mr. Feng.

The war is going on.

But you are drinking and listening to music here.

So high-living.

If you can enjoy a moment's peace,

I'd be glad.

Please sit.

Have some tea.

The Battle of Shanghai is on edge.

Don’t you have any feeling of tension?

I've donated weapons,

and raised funds.

In this case,

do you think I should

go into battle

and kill the Japanese in person?

What's your opinion?

The ship Xianghe will move to the interior next Friday.

It's available for 90 passengers.

What's more, I also offered you

the shipping space

for 25 tons.

Mr. Feng, you handle much work every day.

But you even pay attention to my safety.

You are really very kind.

Thank you very much.

I can find ways to solve problems

about transportation.

However,

the gap of materials for aid

makes me terribly defeated.

The gap of cotton is 70 tons.

The gap of rice is 120 tons.

Also anti-inflammatory drug,

the gap is 10,000 doses.

Take it easy.

I will solve this problem for you. OK?

[Rebang Bank]

Mr. Cheng, sorry.

I can't get the Foreign Capital Certificate for you.

After giving up the old business,

I'm now just a head of the hospital.

I don't have any speaking right at the Municipal Council.

Please, you don't need to say sorry.

It's me

who are making you in a pickle.

How about this?

You can move the machines

from the factories to the hospital.

No, thanks. Please don't.

There are a large number of injuries.

It's the busiest time

for Sheng'an Hospital right now.

Please don't decrease the space

to help us.

Mr. Luo, please take it easy.

I will find another way.

Well. OK.

See you then.

See you.

Xu Shu.

Maybe we can get in and sit for a while.

No, thanks.

I'm leaving.

To Chongqing?

Back to Italy.

Why?

Your leg is well recovered.

Xu Shu.

Anything happened?

So what? Do you wanna protect me again?

Please don't say so.

Caring about you becomes a wrong thing now.

I just want to ask you

how Innovation is now.

I care about you.

I feel sorry to say so.

I only know that

you won't come to me

if it weren't for something happening.

[Rebang Bank]

I chose to grow myself.

So I will pay the fiddler myself.

I'm not here

for asking for help today.

I just

wanna say goodbye to you.

How long will you leave?

Never come back?

Cheng Yizhi.

Thank you for all that you've done for me.

Xu Shu.

You have to come back.

We still haven't achieved our ideal.

What did General Luo say?

Carney can't help, either.

It must be because

they know Rebang Bank

was removed from the Bank Association.

That's why they don't wanna help.

By the way,

I went to

Lyu Xiaokai from Hardoon Real Estate.

He said it's hard to get Foreign Capital Certificate.

No matter how much you pay,

they can't handle it.

Mr. Cheng.

I met Xu Shu just now.

He will set out

to return Italy soon.

I feel he is in some trouble.

What should it be?

He didn't tell me.

Mr. Cheng.

Chief Wu.

Please look.

Foreign Capital Certificate?

Wanzai Firm?

Yeah, I received it this evening.

The name of the firm

is completely unfamiliar.

I didn't hear of it, too.

I heard of it before.

They work in the business of

coffee from Italy, and wines,

as well as leather and machines.

They mainly

have capital transaction with

Italy's Bank of Naples in Shanghai.

Dr. Xu did that for us.

He's the only possible one.

[Lingling Tailoring]

Is Xiaofeng asleep?

Just now.

He's been looking for you before falling asleep.

Well, let's not awaken him.

Why are you working again?

Don't mention it.

It's in the war.

But the Mmes still want clothes

to take to the rear.

Master.

The Japanese troops landed at Jinshanwei.

Got it.

And Freckle Zhao

has moved the factory into the Concession

with the Foreign Capital Certificate

you gave.

You've done a great favor.

How about letting Cheng Yizhi know it?

Or he may think

it's Xu Shu who helped him.

He will doubt if he knows it.

Just let him

take the credit.

Master,

you are worrying about him, right?

Feng Youru

called me every day and questioned closely.

What he wants are cotton and drugs.

Who has the most of these materials?

Cheng Yizhi.

He has supported industries for years.

His factories

become favourite.

Others don't help him, but I need to help him

so that he can help us one day.

Master, you mean

we will stay in Shanghai, right?

I've become the fund source

for Feng Youru.

If we go to the rear,

we will surely

at his service.

The Central Reserve Bank, Zhongren Bank, Bank of Communications, and Agricultural Bank

have moved out from Shanghai.

Central Reserve Bank, Bank of Communications,

and Agricultural Bank have moved to the west.

And Zhongren Bank moved to Hong Kong.

Anyway, Mr. Fu

applied for staying in Shanghai,

being the person in charge in Shanghai

for the joint office of the four banks

and the discount committee.

The national finance is on the line.

The four banks should move to one place.

Why are they having an internal fight

at this critical moment?

It's their own business.

We can't manage it.

It's enough for Rebang to be united.

Rebang has staff of 65 now.

Three of them are willing to move to the west.

And the rest 62 people

would stay with the bank

in Shanghai.

Mr. Cheng, do you wanna talk to me?

Your dad wants to know

when you will leave Shanghai to meet them.

If you agree,

I will arrange you to move to the west

with three of our staff by Guangcan.

I won't leave.

I wanna stay in Shanghai.

With Rebang Bank.

I sent my dad a telegram this morning.

He can receive it the day after tomorrow.

[Chongqing]

Come on. Put up the new board.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory Chongqing Branch]

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory Head Office]

Great.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory]

Great.

Great.

Thank you. Thank you.

Now, you can get into the factory

and take a look.

Workers, let's go work.

Please get in.

Come on. Get in please.

This way please.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory]

Time to work.

OK. OK.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Please get in.

Please get in.

Thank you.

Come on. Time to work.

Time to work.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory]

Director Gao.

Xiaocong sent a telegram.

What's he saying?

He won't come to Chongqing.

He will stay in Shanghai with Rebang.

Is that OK?

It's alright.

Mr. Cheng is with him.

There won't be a problem.

Yizhi is with him, then I won't feel worried.

But a lot of Japanese

are in Shanghai.

It's unsafe.

It's time for Xiaocong to be a real man.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory]

Come on.

Please get in.

May I ask if you are

Director Gao Dayong and Mrs. Gao

of Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory?

Yes. And you?

We are working for the government.

The official wants to talk to you.

[Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory]

Please come in.

Please get in.

Director Gao.

Nice to meet you.

Mrs. Gao.

Please sit down.

Maybe you are not familiar with me.

Please allow me to introduce myself.

I'm Feng Youru,

in charge of civil work

in Society Department of National Government.

Mr. Cheng Yizhi

from Rebang Bank

has been my friend for years.

Mr. Feng.

Huang Ruhong

has also been your friend for years, right?

Yes.

Huang Ruhong and I

are friends for years.

Mrs. Gao,

you've been his wife

for years, too. Am I right?

Come on, Mrs. Gao. Please sit.

The country is faced with a crisis.

Huang Ruhong has gone and sought refuge

with the Japanese invaders.

It can't be tolerated.

He is no longer

my friend.

Please come straight to the point.

Director Gao, Mrs. Gao.

I'm inviting you here today

to ask

if you two are willing

to contribute to resistance against Japan.

Every Chinese would be willing to do so.

Yes, it's not necessary to ask.

OK. Great.

Director Gao. Here you are.

Please take a look.

[Approved by Society Department Receiving Factory Management Committee]

Tung oil relates to people's livelihood,

and more to national defense.

It's essential to weapon steels.

[Approved by Society Department Receiving Factory Management Committee]

So it's one of the necessities for the war.

Your Chen Chen Tung Oil

has a high quality.

It's good for acid proofing and moth proofing.

If you are really

willing to contribute the the anti-war,

please do something.

Mr. Feng.

We know Tung oil relates to

people's livelihood and national defense.

But according to this file,

we have to hand over the factory.

We are in the war. It's special.

So the government has to interfere with economy.

Hope you can understand us.

This is not a minor matter.

As you said you want us to understand.

Frankly speaking,

I can't figure it out.

How about

we go home

and discuss about it?

Yes.

As you said,

you are Mr. Cheng's good friend.

Why don't you allow us

to ask for his advice?

I'd speak to you frankly.

Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory

is supported by Rebang Bank, right?

But Rebang is far away in Shanghai.

What's more, Rebang was removed

from the Bank Association.

Bluntly,

you are now in Chongqing,

like a

kid without his parents being with him.

The government can requisition it.

But I don't agree to do so.

Director Gao.

It's you who founded the factory.

You both must love the factory

very much.

What's more,

you are willing to contribute to the country.

Here you are.

I've communicated and negotiated

with the Society Department for times

and finally got

this benefit for you.

The government allows you

to keep 30% shares.

And you are still

the shareholders.

It's very preferential.

Sure.

You can think about it.

You can also

ask Mr. Cheng for advice.

But it's the most critical moment

for the war right now.

If it's late, it'll be Minister Kong

from the Ministry of Finance talking to you.

Then you will lose the initiative.

You won't have

all that

you can get now.

The government

wants the factory.

Is it really for the anti-Japanese war?

Mrs. Gao.

How could this be wrong?

Mr. Feng.

It's OK for us to give you the factory.

Dayong.

But the factory needs a leader.

-We operate the factory... -Let's go back and have a discuss.

We've been operating the factory for years

and are familiar with the business.

We are willing to

manage the factory for the government for free.

We will do

according to the government policies.

Director Gao.

I can understand you.

But all of

our important factories

will be managed by our experts for production.

Director Gao, please don't worry about it.

Mrs. Gao.

If you don't disagree,

Director Gao can sign on it.

Mr. Cheng.

I found this

in Fangdeng Market today.

The color, smell,

and refractive index of this sample

are completely the same as those

of No. 46 Chen Chen Tung oil.

Even the package and seal

are fully the same.

But there is no words "Chen Chen"

on the production label.

Logically speaking,

it shouldn't be Chen Chen's product.

Tung oil

should be first grade military reserves

under special control in the rear.

If it's not particularly approved by the government,

it can't be transported out,

let alone to the occupied region.

But I believe

it's absolutely

Chen Chen Tung oil.

It's No. 46 product.

Maybe it's because

it's not under restrict control.

So a bit of them has been delivered here.

Not just a bit.

I've been asking for a whole morning.

Just those transported to Shanghai,

there are over thousands tons.

Have you contacted your dad recently?

We sent diagrams for twice.

He said they are fine in Chongqing

and asked me to take care in Shanghai.

The problem is that

Chongqing is short of communication equipment.

They have no telephone.

It took at least

half a month for telegrams to come and go.

Here is it. I'll keep this sample

and let the Credit Investigation Section

to follow up.

If there is news,

I'll tell you immediately.

OK.

Yesterday, an honored guest came,

hoping to meet Master through

my introduction.

Who is it?

Japanese Army Staff Headquarters,

Colonel Liu Erlang.

At the age of 16,

Liu Erlang entered

the Japanese army cadet school

with great talent and ambition.

And at the age of thirty-six,

he earned the title of iron-blooded sergeant.

I've heard of him, of course.

And I heard that

he is a Japanese Chinese viscount,

but he has no honor.

He is not

a high ranking member of the army staff, is he?

Master, that's true.

He has no outstanding background.

His family is in straitened circumstances

with no wife and kid.

But I think

such a person

who has no one to rely on

will wish to seek help

and realize his ambition.

Do you know

what risks are involved in

dealing with the Japanese now?

I see.

Leizi.

I'd like to meet him.

Yes.

[Grocery Store]

Mr. Huang,

can Japanese music and dance

be compared to China's?

They are different with their own styles.

Mr. Huang, that's a good point.

Nowadays, all the schools in Shanghai

are learning Japanese on their own initiative.

Once they learn about Yamato culture,

they will surely get drunk in it.

Mr. Huang, do you agree?

I don't read much

and I am just a rough fellow.

I don't dare to comment

on Yamato culture.

You're being modest.

Among all the opium dens

and demimondes,

your business

is leading the industry.

All my good fortune

is due to the shelter of Colonel Liu.

Let me make a toast.

Mr. Huang, you're welcome.

Our interests are aligned,

and cooperation should be mutual.

Since Mr. Huang has a strong

reputation in the financial sector,

we are now difficult to promote our currency.

I don't think you will stand by and watch.

I have also reflected a little on this matter.

The crux of the difficulty in promoting Japanese inflation

is that the French currency does not depreciate.

Only when the French currency loses its credit

can the Japanese currency have a market.

But this matter

can not be solved by force.

Wisdom is the best strategy.

British Pound?

Mr. Cheng,

Mr. Song is here.

Mr. Cheng.

Mr. Song,

it's been a while.

It's been a while.

Take a seat.

I heard that you have long

led Tongtai Bank

to move to Wuhan?

Wuhan is not safe either.

We moved to Chongqing a while ago.

This time I come back to Shanghai secretly

is to get some

printing presses to Chongqing.

I'd like to ask Mr. Cheng to help.

Printing presses.

Mr. Song...

Well,

Mr. Cheng.

There was a run on Rebang Bank,

and I broke off the deal with you,

which was a bit of a mistake.

Please don't say that.

Mr. Song,

although you didn't offer us

timely help or support,

you at lease didn't add trouble to us.

How many printing presses do you need?

I'll do my best to help you.

Mr. Cheng,

I'll always remember your kindness.

Mr. Song, don't say that.

I also have something to ask you.

Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory

lost several oil presses

durying the internal relocation.

I wonder

if you know their

specific situation.

You don't know about it?

Know what?

Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory

has been confiscated.

Commissioner Feng personally supervised

the acceptance process.

When did this happen?

It's been a while.

Just after Feng Youru took over the factory

on behalf of the government,

Chen Chen Tung Oil

appeared in Shanghai for sale.

It is not difficult to imagine

the mystery behind this.

He invaded the factory and smuggled controlled materials

for profiteering in the name of the war.

Feng Youru

is way too bold!

Isn't he afraid that Mr. Gao

and Lan expose his evil deeds

when they know that?

He does things

one step at a time and thinks three steps ahead.

Since he dared to

encroach on the factory in this way,

perhaps the safety

of Lan and Mr. Gao

is already in his hands.

I'll investigate it.

OK.

By the way,

have you heard the telephone ringing

in the past two nights?

Telephone?

The day before yesterday the telephone rang

at one in the morning,

I got up to answer it.

He hung up right after I just say hello.

Last night

at half past twelve,

it rang again.

I picked it up and he hung up again.

Is it a prank?

I don't think so.

I think someone is looking for you.

But he

heard my voice,

so he hung up.

You sleep in the bed tonight,

I will stay here.

So I can pick up the call.

No way.

This sofa is so short and so narrow.

You can't sleep here.

I'll just make do with it tonight.

You can't.

That will be bad

if you catch a cold here.

Go to bed now.

What to do now?

Well...

How about...

Let's stay here

and wait together.

Sit here and wait?

What if the phone call comes

in the middle of the night?

We'll just sit here and wait for it?

No, it won't.

That call came in the first two nights

in the first half of the night.

Let's just sit here and wait.

Fine.

Let's wait.

Do you want

something to eat or drink?

We're waiting for the call.

I know.

If we

eat or drink something

and have a chat,

the time can go faster.

Are you lying to me?

Was there really calls?

Of course yes!

Why should I lie to you?

You think

I'm doing this

for just sitting here with you?

I insist on staying here.

But you can't think of me like that.

Hello?

Mail box No. 4621, Park Road.

Mr. Huang,

Here are all the pounds we have

in the bank today.

I've brought them all to you.

Mr. Liang, you always

save me worries.

Please don't say that.

It's my pleasure.

Thanks to Mr. Huang's guidance.

I still have a batch of pounds

that needs your help.

Mr. Huang,

I want to do my best.

But,

it's a big amount.

Besides, the Four-Bank Joint Office is now strictly

watching the foreign exchange of French currency.

If I'm caught

by them,

I...

How will they catch?

In order to protect the exchange rate,

Chongqing is trying to make a big fuss over the exchange rate,

and is not asking

about the origin or use of the exchange.

Who can be caught by this practice?

Besides,

the Four-Bank Joint Office is not the same as in the past,

and now has neither power nor authority.

What are you afraid of?

I'll support you if anything happens.

Yes.

Send off the guests.

Please.

Mr. Huang, see you.

[Mankee]

[Park Road]

[Mankee]

[Mailbox No. 4621]

[Shanghai Banking and Monetary Industries Charity Fund-raising Evening]

Ladies and gentlemen!

Look at me!

Yes, thank you.

Dear guests,

ladies and gentlemen,

good evening to you all.

Thank you very much

for coming to our auction

in the midst of your busy schedule.

I'm sure many of you

are here to

raise money for our

many displaced

and underprivileged

compatriots.

So today,

we will be raising money

in the form of

a charity auction.

Now next,

without further ado,

I would like to invite

our first lot owner,

Mr. Morishita

of Yokohama Bank Shanghai Branch,

to present

the first lot of the day.

Let's welcome Mr. Morishita.

Wait!

Why is a Japanese here?

This is our own

Chinese relief party!

Mr. Fu,

please lower your voice.

This is a bronze

that I have in my collection,

and now I would like to donate it.

So pathetic!

-Is this concession still a free place? -May China and Japan live in friendship and peace.

Thank you. Thanks.

Okay. Thank you very much,

Mr. Morishita, for your sharing.

I believe there has been

a great deal of interest

in this collection,

so let's now move on

to our auction,

with a starting bid of one thousand pounds.

Come on, every one.

One thousand pounds.

Time for everyone of you.

One thousand pounds.

OK, one thousand pounds first!

So we got

our first prize.

Two thousand!

Any higher bid?

Two thousand first!

Two thousand pounds second!

Three thousand!

Three thousand pounds!

Three thousand pounds!

It's a very sweet price.

Three thousand first!

Three thousand second!

Last chance! Sold!

OK! Congratulations to this gentleman

for getting

this lot with a price

of three thousand pounds!

Great value for money!

Your Excellency,

the purpose of this fund-raising party

is to provide relief to the people,

and people from the financial industry of Japan and China

will work together

in friendship and cooperation.

[Shanghai Banking and Monetary Industries Charity Fund-raising Evening]

Congratulations to the gentleman

who won this lot for 10,000!

Absolute value for money!

Congratulations!

Thanks for your coming!

Thanks. Thank you.

Here, out staff please made

the delivery with our

notary later.

Now next...

-There are many... -Wait!

You are?

Excuse me, lend me the microphone, please.

Take this for me,

thank you.

Good evening, fellow practitioners,

perhaps

you don't remember me.

I'm Wu Lizi,

head of Credit Investigation Section of Rebang Bank.

Mr. Cheng,

Liao Lan and I can't go out,

and we have no telephone,

so we have to write to you.

When we just arrived in Chongqing,

a member of the civil affairs committee

called Feng

asked us to hand over the factory

to the country to support the war.

We were so patriotic that

we did not give it much thought.

After the factory was handed over,

we were summoned

to live in an apartment,

which was called special treatment,

but in fact we lost our freedom.

Our life doesn't matter,

but the business of the factory is a big matter.

If it is misappropriated by nasty people for private use,

it is not good for the country,

but even worse for ourselves.

Waiting for your reply.

Mr. Cheng, you're asking for me?

It's my father's handwriting.

Mr. Cheng,

my dad means that

he and Aunt Lan are under house arrest?

Xiaocong, don't panic.

Although they both lost

their freedom now,

I don't think Feng Youru

will hurt their lives.

Your father's letter was not easy to come by,

so it must have taken a lot of connections

to get it to Shanghai

through his contacts back home.

Mr. Cheng,

now

what can I do for my father?

No matter what you do,

don't be hasty.

I think

you can write a letter to your father first.

I'm afraid he wants to

hear from you more

than from me.

Also tell them to wait patiently

for me.

I will make sure that Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory

will return to him.

Okay.

[Shanghai Banking and Monetary Industries Charity Fund-raising Evening]

Tonight

is the Shanghai Financial Community

Charity Auction Gala.

But why should Rebang Bank

be the only one

excluded?

Yes,

we are no longer a member

of the Banking Association,

nor are we

a member of the Banking and Monetary Association.

But I would like to ask,

among those who are here tonight,

such as the Yokohama Bank,

the Monarch Bank

and the Huaxing Bank,

do they belong to the Banking Association?

Do they

belong to the Banking and Monetary Association?

Should we catch

this woman?

Today,

on behalf of Rebang Bank,

I would like to donate

100,000 French dollars to the relief committee

[Shanghai Banking Industry Labor Union]

and present my lot.

Magnificent Mountains and Rivers.

[Shanghai Banking Industry Labor Union]

[Shanghai Banking and Monetary Industries Charity Fund-raising Evening]

Great!

We hope that you will share

the same heart and mind

with our country.

Well said!

Mr. Wan

got you 50,000 pounds in exchange for you

through his relationship with the Four-Bank Joint Office.

We can't underestimate him.

Yeah.

I told him

that Mr. Lei wanted to exchange

another 50,000.

He said just left it to him.

That's not enough.

Get another 100,000 pounds.

Will that be too much?

In the future, how can we compete

with Huang Ruhong without capital?

Mr. Cheng, Ms. Wu.

Four-Bank Joint Office

just issued foreign exchange restrictions.

Now only the Central Bank, Zhongren Bank,

Traffic Bank and Agriculture Bank

can barely exchange a small amount of pounds,

the rest of the banks

can't get the exchange applications approved.

The black market for foreign exchange skyrocketed.

Chongqing can't hang in there.

Foreign exchange reserves are in trouble

and the French currency devaluation is imminent.

Keep up with the exchange rate developments\

and keep me posted.

Yes.

General Manager's Office of Rebang Bank.

Yes, I am.

Mr. Chen?

Sorry for disturbing,

Can we talk?

Please go ahead.

Besides you,

who among bankers knows the most about entity industry?

I think

it is Liu Zisheng, deputy general manager

of Zhejiang Chengye Bank.

He and I have similar experience,

both turned to bank manager

from private bank keeper.

He has been doing daily necessities for years.

He is a connoisseur.

Got it.

Take care.

You, too.