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[Hello Procurator]

[Episode 22]

[People's Procuratorate of Xinzhou]

Director Yin,

two of Hu Fangquan's subordinates

arrived at the Detention Center under escort.

Arrange the schedule. We'll go there.

It's ready.

We can go there at any time.

You prepare for it.

When we get there,

Director Yu and I will lead a team respectively.

After interrogations,

we'll exchange the people we interrogate

and interrogate them again.

Do you understand what I mean?

Yes.

To improve the efficiency and save the time.

Applying at the same time

different interrogation ways and perspectives

can increase the chance

of getting useful information.

It can also put pressure on them.

Facing high pressure and repeated interrogations,

they are more likely to commit mistakes

when they make false confessions.

We'll leave in five minutes.

Got it.

[The First Detention Center of Xinzhou]

Name?

Zhang Chongxuan.

Tell us.

What did you do

to Wei Qingming?

What could we do?

He owed money to us.

The debtor takes the initiative.

Okay.

You admitted that Wei Qingming

owed you money.

How much did he owe you?

Well,

you have to ask our boss about this.

Did he pay off the money?

He didn't.

No... Nothing did he pay off.

If he didn't pay off anything,

how could you let him go easily?

Then what could we do?

We feed him?

We are the lender.

We are not philanthropists.

In addition, imprisoning others

is a crime.

Who asked you to let Wei Qingming go?

My boss, Hu Fangquan.

I just work for him.

I do whatever

the boss asks me to do.

If your boss asks you to kill a person,

you'll kill one?

I'll eat faeces if he asks me to do so.

Don't trick me in this way, girl.

My boss didn't ask me to kill him.

My boss just sent us to find him

and ask him to pay off the money.

But he said he had no money.

The boss

asked us to let him go.

Let him go?

Only in this way could he

raise money.

Or what?

Kill him?

Then who will pay the money back?

Okay.

Then tell me

where you let him go.

Whom were you with when you let him go?

What clothes did he wear

when you let him go?

What else did he

bring with him?

Did you make him promise

a repayment plan?

And when's the deadline?

What will you do

if he can't pay back when the time is due?

I don't know.

I really don't know.

I indeed know nothing. I...

I'm just a driver.

I don't know.

It... It's impossible to know this.

I knew

but I

forgot it.

It seems that you have a bad memory.

Yes.

That's why

I didn't become a procurator.

Then I'll help you recall it.

Cage.

Do you remember?

No, I don't.

I don't remember that I saw a cage.

What iron cage? I didn't know.

Did I say "iron" cage?

No. But...

Cages are all made of iron, aren't they?

You're... really funny.

Procurator,

is the cage you show for raising chickens

or ducks?

How's it going?

What about you?

It seems that they plan to

waste the time with Hu Fangquan.

They're obviously prepared after discussion

and beat around the bush with us.

Okay.

If they're prepared,

we can work on this.

Break the trust.

You guess if they always believe in

each other firmly

or they just form a temporary alliance,

thinking that covering it up

is in their best interests

and can even help them escape the punishments.

For their own interests,

they have to unite with each other.

But if one of them betrays...

If one of them betrays,

the betrayer will abandon

their best common interests,

but get what's the best

for himself.

Prepare to exchange the people we interrogate.

[Record of interrogation]

You still refuse to say anything, right?

You're less clever than

Zhang Chongxuan.

Do you think your co-conspirator

will conceal everything

like you?

Do you know the situation now?

Wei Qingming is missing.

Based on current evidence,

Jin Chaoguo and you

are the last people who met him.

Do you think that

we cannot reach a verdict

if you refuse to admit?

But will your co-conspirator

be as firm as you?

What will he say?

I can't tell you

what he said.

You are both likely to be

the chief culprit.

Then who will take more responsibility matters.

But in terms of shifting the blame,

you're doing much worse than Zhang Chongxuan.

Procurator,

let's stop playing such a psychological game,

shall we?

You're clever.

But I think your boss,

Hu Fangquan, is smarter than you.

Now,

the police are sending him here under escort.

Guess what he'll say.

How can I know what he'll say?

If I were him,

I would pass the buck

to Jin Chaoguo and you.

If so,

it would confirm

your statements.

Maybe we can do nothing with him.

But can you two

escape the responsibility?

Wei Qingming is missing.

No one hears from him.

We have a good reason to believe that

he's dead.

Jin Chaoguo and you

are the last people who met him.

If I prosecute you

for murder,

what's the possibility in your opinion

of finding you guilty

in the court?

Don't intimidate me.

I've said just now you two

are both likely to be the main culprit.

What does it mean?

It means that one of you

will be sentenced to death.

But if you are not the main culprit,

your possibility of being sentenced to death

is basically zero.

You can refuse to admit anything,

but we know about everything whether you say or not.

We just want to give you

a chance to confess of your own accord.

Only one chance.

First confess, first get the chance.

If you don't want it,

it's your choice. We'll leave now.

It's Hu Fangquan.

Who?

You can choose to cover it up,

but I believe that

one day when you hear the confession

of your co-conspirator

in the court,

you'll regret why you

didn't tell the truth today.

I can't always

wait here for you.

Three.

Two.

One.

I've given you the chance.

I confess.

What did Hu Fangquan ask you to do?

Throw him into the river.

Where?

Yanjiang Bridge.

We put him in the cage

and threw the cage

from the bridge.

Then the cage and the person

sank together.

Today's interrogation

was not easy.

But we made some progress at last.

Yes.

I'm so tired.

It's been a long time since

we last met such stubborn

suspects.

I was shocked.

But they were conquered by

your acting skills anyway.

Are you praising me?

Some remarks are ironic,

but I say this

sincerely.

Thank you.

Even you begin to

thank me.

Ke'er is at home alone?

Yes.

I've called her.

She was writing her homework.

That...

That man,

Ye Ze.

How will you deal with him?

Deal with him?

You make him

sound like a suspect.

I said "deal with"?

No. Not in that way.

I... I didn't mean that.

I mean what are you going to do?

I didn't think about it.

He is still young.

Yes.

He is indeed young.

If you can think like this,

you're pretty objective.

He is young,

but...

Don't say but.

I tell you.

Don't be captivated by

young people's romantic promises

and fireworks tricks.

I happened to see these.

What's wrong with tricks?

Nothing.

Do you like these methods?

Are there any girls who don't like them?

I don't know.

I...

Nothing. I just say that,

personally,

personally speaking,

your lives seem

to be quite different

from each other.

In the future,

I'm afraid that...

he has around him...

I don't mean you are not beautiful.

You...You're beautiful.

I mean...You...

Well,

what do you want to say with your incoherent speech,

Procurator Yin?

I'm concerned.

I care about

my friends.

You've gone too far.

Do I?

I mean you've driven further than you needed.

It's alright.

Alright.

I can turn round later.

How's it going?

[Balance Sheet]

He gave us lots of information.

Yes.

I won't tell you.

I have the basic

professional ethics.

What do you mean?

I just want you to help me.

This

is a little something for you.

Don't worry.

I'll keep it to myself.

Well done.

You're going to Jiutai Group now?

Yes.

Ms. Ma, Mr. Ren is coming again.

Tell him to go back.

Ms. Ma, he...

Ms. Ma.

Give me a cup of water, please.

You're stubborn.

I remember

I made it clear last time.

You made it clear last time.

But this time I come here

neither to discuss your daughter with you

nor to recommend myself.

I just think that,

due to our relationship,

there are many things

that I should make clear,

otherwise, it might be a pity.

What do you mean?

This

is the last chance

to save Jiutai Group.

[Income Statement]

[Balance Sheet]

Is this the annual report

of Jiutai Group this year?

I know more clearly about

the figures than you.

Right.

You know them more clearly than I do.

But about the risks

behind the figures,

I know more.

Jiutai started its business from trades

and involves in real estate these years.

In the ten years of changing economy,

Jiutai has always been the top five

of the Ten Enterprises in Xinzhou.

In the ten years,

under the correct guidance of Ms. Ma,

the stock price of Jiutai witnesses a 25-fold increase

and the revenue

over 13-fold.

It can be described as invincible.

As the real estate market is tightening these two years,

you pick up a new direction.

Discovering new industries

is the future direction

of business.

You re-channel the investment into start-ups,

including those about new energy vehicles,

blockchain, 3D printing

and so on.

I must say that

I admire

your special vision of investment.

I've been doing business for years.

Do you think I will

entrust the legal services to you

just because you say some useless sweet words?

Ms. Ma seems to get me wrong.

Given the current risks

of the job,

I may not have the courage to take it on.

But do you think

I got many orders

during my years in the law profession

just because I could say sweet words?

Get to your point.

Good. Then I'll go ahead.

Over half of the start-ups

your company invested in

last year

face bankruptcy.

It seems that Ms. Ma's judgments

about their speeds of burning money

are not that accurate.

It's normal.

Doing business

means you have both profit and loss.

That's right.

You're a businesswoman. In terms of doing business

you do better than I.

But I'm a lawyer.

In terms of legal risks

behind an enterprise,

I know better than you.

To put it simply,

Jiutai

now faces two problems.

First, if these problematic companies

can't get

a new round of financing,

all the money Jiutai invested

will be squandered.

Second,

what's worse,

the money Jiutai invested

is not all from cash Jiutai has.

Much of the investment came from mortgage

of Jiutai's real estates and stocks

and loans from the bank.

If these companies bankrupt,

the parent company will

also be in danger.

Jiutai will face

an unprecedented crisis.

Thanks for Mr. Ren's concern.

We're getting in touch with

new investors.

I believe there will be

new progress soon.

How long do you mean by "soon"?

A month?

Or two months?

As soon as the situation is exposed,

will the shareholders spare you?

And will your competitors

give Jiutai the chance to survive?

Mr. Ren,

you're over-exaggerating.

If I got it right,

the former legal team

left because

they realized

these legal risks.

Okay.

You can get in touch with

a new legal team.

But from getting in touch to signing a contract

and from doing the due diligence

to know each contract

needs at least three months.

Ms. Ma, you can think about it.

Can Jiutai wait for that long?

I have to admit that

you're persuasive.

Thanks for explaining it in simple terms

and providing penetrating insights. But...

Leave the but to yourself after I go.

I've finished my words.

I'll consider about

what you've said

and I'll research in person.

Okay.

And

Wenjing is a good girl.

I feel sorry for her.

But please trust me.

I'm a professional lawyer

and I can tell the emotion

from the work.

Call me whenever you need.

Dear,

have some white fungus soup.

No. No. No.

Take it away.

What happened?

Ren Tianyu came today

and brought these

to analyze the situation for me.

The lad

stubbornly insists on his own ideas.

I rejected him last time

and this time he was prepared before coming.

The key point is

I think his words

made sense.

You were persuaded by him?

You agreed to retain him?

How could I?

I need to think of my daughter.

But what he said

is what I'm most worried about.

He is right.

We can't wait

like this.

Well,

our daughter said

they were just friends now

and everything's past.

You don't really know her.

Can a thing like this be gotten over easily

and can they become friends again after this?

She said she didn't mind.

But in the heart, she still quite minds it.

Tell you what.

I know my daughter.

I think she still loves

Ren Tianyu more or less.

And

I've told her that

I won't retain Ren Tianyu.

You've told Wenjing that

you won't retain Ren Tianyu?

Yes.

Any other choices?

Till now,

there is no better choice.

The law firms in touch with us before

didn't have follow-ups.

I think

there is something wrong in the process.

Dear,

don't overthink it.

In all,

we have to take the whole picture into consideration.

In case of emergency,

if we don't have

a better way,

we can't just

turn a blind eye to the problems.

Since Wenjing said it's just a past,

then let's get over it.

We can't be entangled by it now.

If we're entangled,

it will seemingly

matter to us.

It's not good.

Dear,

I think Wenjing is a grown-up

and she is a procurator.

I believe

the work and the emotion

can be separated by her.

She will understand you.

You make a case.

But

I worry about

Ren Tianyu's moral character.

The moral character is important,

but, more importantly,

it's his capability that

we need.

Okay.

Let me think about it.

Have the white fungus soup.

It's getting cold. Have it now.

You don't like this place?

I didn't think like this.

It's a beautiful place.

Then...Do you worry about something?

Can't be counted as worries.

Something about the case.

I feel a little bit anxious.

I don't know about cases.

But I know

if you try your best

at everything and feel no qualms,

it's already enough.

Thank you.

Why do you laugh?

My... My words don't make sense?

I'm sorry.

I just feel that

it's weird

for a popular star like you

to comfort me with reason here.

It's your bias.

But

it's also a bias that most people have.

They think I'm weird,

like being cool,

and carefree.

But that's not the case.

When I first

came to this city,

I came here

almost every night.

I told the sea what's on my mind,

cried, and sang.

This is my secret base.

I never brought anyone to this place.

You're the first one.

Thank you.

The starry sky here is beautiful.

I'll give you a thing

that is more beautiful than the starry sky.

Open it.

This is...

Ukulele.

It's for you.

But I know nothing about music.

It's okay. I can teach you.

Hold it in this way.

These are the strings.

Here is the neck.

Press your ring finger

on the third fret of the first string.

And then strum the ukulele.

Here are your noodles.

Taste it now.

The smell is good enough.

What were you busy with?

You even didn't patronize my restaurant.

I went on an official trip. To another city.

That's it.

Director Yu often came alone

and I didn't see you.

She came here afterwards?

Yes.

She also came here yesterday.

Is she a regular customer here?

She comes every week.

Excuse me,

I want to order a cucumber salad here.

Sure.

Take care of your business first.

Okay. Call me if you need anything.

Okay.

Thanks for taking me back.

It's a good night.

You don't need to comfort me.

And

if you're willing to

be my girlfriend,

I promise you can have everyday

as good and warm as today.

Okay.

Go back and rest.

It's a long journey today.

You must be tired.

You'll sure have a sound sleep tonight.

Kaiyin.

Good night.

Good night.

Ms. Ma, here are the materials you want.

Leave it here.

What? Anything else?

Ms. Ma,

when can we

decide on our company's legal team?

The bid proposal of

the land we want

does need

a legal adviser to check.

Well,

what about finding

a temporary lawyer?

No need.

I'll handle this.

Okay.

Hello, dad.

Hello, Zhen.

Did you see Wenjing recently?

How is she?

What should she be worried about?

There seems to be something wrong with

the legal team of Jiutai.

They resigned together.

And I don't know how it's going now.

Since she didn't tell you,

you just pretend to be unclear.

Maybe your auntie Ma

didn't want her to worry about it,

so she didn't tell her.

Okay. Got you, dad.

Then goodbye.

Why don't reply to me?

[Jiang Wenjing]

Hello, Jiang Wenjing.

Why do you suddenly call me?

Lady Yao,

do you just muddle through your life?

The procuratorate also has

legal holidays.

I just think that

your family has got a problem, hasn't it?

Got a problem?

What's the problem?

My dad told me just now that

there was something wrong with

the legal team of Jiutai.

Probably they resigned together or something.

I'm not sure.

What?

Then I'll hang up now.

Gosh.

Dad asked me not to tell her.

Sorry. The subscriber you dialed

can’t be connected for the moment.

Hello, dad.

Why didn't mom answer my call?

I don't know.

She must be busy now.

Why do you call her?

I heard that

the legal team of our company

resigned together.

How did you know it?

Let's not talk about this now.

What happened?

It's a long story to tell.

Don't worry.

Your mom is handling it.

Why didn't you tell me

there was such a big problem?

I didn't want you to worry about it.

I feel more worried because you didn't tell me.

Miss Jiang, you are here.

Is Ms. Ma in the office?

She's having a guest now.

Mom.

Wenjing, why are you here?

I heard that our company's

legal team resigned together.

What's wrong?

This thing...

I'm just about to tell you.

I've solved it.

Solved it?

Ren Tianyu?

[Retainer Agreement]

I got it.

You can continue. I'll leave now.

Wenjing.

Please wait a moment.

Wenjing.

Wenjing.

Wenjing, wait.

Mom.

I'm sorry.

Why do you say sorry to me?

I didn't tell you in advance.

I retain Ren Tianyu

to be the lawyer

representing our company.

Ren Tianyu is

a competent lawyer.

There are many competent lawyers.

I didn't think about him at first.

But you know...

Mom.

I believe your choice of him

must have factored in

his capability

and the company's interests.

So you don't have to

explain it to me like this.

I don't worry about other things.

I'm just afraid that you'll be unhappy.

Mom,

don't worry.

We are still friends now

and live a peaceful life respectively.

I can distinguish

the emotion from the work.

It's good.

I feel quite relieved.

Hello, Director Yin.

Jiang Wenjing,

come back to the procuratorate.

We'll go to the Yanjiang Bridge

to get the cage out of the water.

Okay. I'm coming.

Mom, I have things to do.

I'll go now.

Go on with your work.

Kaiyin.

Director Yin.

Let me introduce.

This is an expert at ocean current

invited by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

I'm Liu Li with the State Oceanic Administration.

Yin Chuan with No. 1 Procuratorial Department.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

Director Yin, I'll go check there.

Okay.

I remember

here was a valley before.

How did it become like this these years?

It was.

Because the dikes here frequently collapsed,

the government then decided to

widen the river course.

The valley at that time

was inundated by water.

Therefore,

the hydrographic structure here

is very complicated.

Haolun, how is it going?

Director Yin. Director Yu.

According to the suspects' confessions,

it's from the bridge where

they threw the person into the river.

We

based on the victim's weight

and threw the bob-weight prepared

into the river.

We also used the underwater video camera

to record the underwater hydrologic conditions.

According to the experiment's result

and data we got,

we should have found the corpse.

But

many wrecking crew members

have been working for days

and didn't get anything.

The Bureau attaches great importance to it

and

invites the expert to come here.

If today

we still get nothing,

I'm not sure

whether we should

continue or not.

Can we try

the underwater robots

or the deep-water scanner?

The underwater robots don't suit

the complicated hydrographic structure.

The deep-water scanner

isn't suitable

to search

a broad water area like this.

But we should have found the corpse

based on the experiment's result.

Yes.

Unless the suspects lied.

We can't rule out the possibility.

In my opinion,

we should stop now.

We can't work on and on

just based on suspects' words.

Dredged it up.

Come here and see it.

Let's go.

Pay attention to safety.

Be careful. Be careful.

Mind your steps.

Put it here.

Where is the corpse?

No corpse.

Just an iron cage.

And the door is open.

Dredged it up from this location?

Yes.

Right in the front.

It differs a lot

from the range we estimated

according to

the speed and depth of the flow.

Why is it?

Either the bob-weight didn't match the victim's weight.

or

the hydrographic structure here

changed a lot.

The stage of review and prosecution will reach the time limit soon.

We have to find the victim's corpse

as quickly as possible.

Then can we

narrow down the searching scope

based on the location

to see if we can find

other clues?

We can try it.

If the cage was not locked,

could the person have escaped?

Maybe it's open

by the impact of water?

If so,

the lock's quality was quite poor.

How could they

equip the cage they spent money on

with a shoddy lock?

The stage of review and prosecution will reach the time limit soon.

We have to find the victim's corpse

as quickly as possible.

Hu Fangquan.

Ambulance.

Ambulance.

You joined the army

together.

When you were trained and selected into the reconnaissance battalion

to perform the tasks,

you two were also together.

Why my elder brother can't be back?

Why?

You want to see me?

Mr. Ren, I want to talk to you.

You come to

ask what happened to Zhu Jin

these years, right?

Why don't you

ask her in person?

I can see it.

She still hates me very much.

It's impossible for her to tell me.

I can tell you.

But you have to

answer my question.

Go ahead.

What's your relationship?

We...

We used to be a couple.

Didn't she ever mention it to you?

If you come to me,

you must have found out

or known something.

Am I right?

About the things after we lost touch.

The things happened when she was in Binzhou.

About these things,

I want to confirm with you

in person.

Why do you come to me?

She has mentioned for once that

were it not for you,

she couldn't be alive today.

That's true.

That's her hardest time.

And now, luckily, it's all over.

She told you everything, didn't she?

I owed a life to her elder brother.

Yan Lyu.

Zhu Fei left the chance of survival to you.

He couldn't want to see you

like this.

His dream

was to become

a good procurator

and bring all the criminals to justice.

But look at me.

I'm a total failure now.

There is no success or failure.

You put too much pressure on yourself.

We're different.

I think I'm useless.

If you don't change

your mind,

you'll really become useless.

I saw the person.

I saw the person who

killed Zhu Fei.

Who?

Hu Fangquan.

Are you sure?

Do you have evidence?

But I saw him clearly.

I can't get it wrong.

Yan Lyu,

under current circumstance,

whether he is

the murderer of Zhu Fei or not,

you're not suitable to work

on the case.

Do you understand me?

No.

I'll bring him to the court.

Who should I choose?

Pan Xiaoli

is good-looking

but too rigid

and behaves like the elderly.

As for the veteran,

I didn't meet him in person.

What if he was a bald man

who stayed at home all the time?

I can invite him out.

I decide to do it.

Veteran, can we meet each other?

Good.

I have to go back home before 10 o'clock.

I will

play games with the lad

I knew in the game.

What lad?

A veteran in the game.

Star.

Excuse me, what do you need?

One Americano.

Thank you.

Okay. Wait a moment, please.

Wait, two Americanos.

Okay. Wait a moment, please.

It's her.

Yao Zhen?

Pan Xiaoli?

It's really you.

What a coincidence between us...

Why are you here?

Why are you here?

I...

I... I pass by.

I'm waiting for my friend.

What a coincidence.

I'm also here to meet a friend.

Don't sit there.

My friend is coming soon.

Enjoy.

Thank you.

Enjoy.

Okay. Thank you.

Why did you know

I like Americano?

This is not for you.

It's for my friend.

You friend is coming soon, right?

How about you waiting at another table?

My friend is coming soon.

I'm also your friend.

And he is not here yet.

I can leave when he arrives.

Put it down.

What friend?

He is very important to you?

Very important.

It matters to my...

Forget it.

You won't understand even if I tell you.

Then explain it to me.

Can he be more important than me?

Pan Xiaoli.

Are you important?

Stand up now.

No. No. No.

He won't come

if he doesn't come now.

Don't make an inauspicious remark.

Go there quickly.

You.

I'm sorry.

Something just came up and I can't make it today.

♪The scale is in my hands♪

♪Split the darkness with a sword♪

♪Waiting for my just verdict♪

♪Thunder blasts the heart♪

♪Hoping for the sun after the rain♪

♪Fight to scare the beast away♪

♪Listen, desire screams♪

♪Heart rushes against the evil♪

♪I'll never surrender on my way to fight for justice♪

♪I hear justice roar like a giant wave♪

♪Solve mysteries and strike fear into the hearts of demons♪

♪I'm not afraid of hardship and I won't give in♪

♪Declare war on all forms of evil♪

♪Tears remember the faith♪

♪Don't forget the one hope in a million♪

♪Both good and evil in this world Who will polish my heart♪

♪I hear justice roar like a giant wave♪

♪Solve mysteries and strike fear into the hearts of demons♪

♪I'm not afraid of hardship and I won't give in♪

♪Declare war on all forms of evil♪