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[Changwu City, Binjiang Province]

[My name is Luo Ming.]

[I'd like to report]

[that Zhao Xiaosheng and his family in Changwu City]

[are a ruthless criminal organization.]

[Two years ago,]

[my wife was attacked by them]

[and her kidney was removed.]

[She isn't long for the world.]

This is all

the Zhaos' doing.

Five years ago,

we spent our life savings

to take out a mortgage to purchase this house.

Little did we know, we walked into the Zhaos' scam.

Pengxiang Construction never plans

to complete this project.

Despite this unfinished building,

we still have to pay more than ten thousand yuan per month as settlement.

More than ten thousand yuan!

My wife talked to them to look for a solution.

This is what she gets.

My son disappeared too.

I do not have any evidence

so we

are beaten up,

threatened,

and extorted.

It's our daily routine now.

Changwu is a lawless land.

Report then.

-Go ahead. -Report then.

Did you write this report letter?

Did you?

[Zhao Pengxiang, Third Son of the Zhao Family, Vice President of Tieshi Mining Group]

[Two Dead on Binhe Construction Site]

[This morning,]

[two bodies were found on a construction site nearby Binhe Street.]

[Police have determined]

[that both victims, a married couple,]

[died as they were mired in debts but could not]

[repay them.]

[Luo, the husband, battered the wife, Liu, to death]

[then proceeded to jump off the building.]

[Criminal Investigation General Brigade Political Commissar]

[Yan Guohua, Chief of Secret Task Force, Binjiang Provincial]

Political Commissar Yan.

I can't contact Mr. and Mrs. Luo.

[Report Letter]

Close the file then.

Yes, sir.

[Renowned entrepreneur,]

[philanthropist,]

[and the chairman of the Tieshi Mining Group,]

[Mr. Zhao Xiaosheng]

[Changwu Charity Event]

[was elected as the Double Exemplar Charitable Entity]

[in Changwu City Charity Event.]

[For that, he commented]

[that kindness did not need any laurel]

[and that together, we could achieve more]

[and build a better Changwu.]

[Luo Ming's case, Victim is dead]

[Li Hongyu's Disappearance, Victim is missing]

[Chasing the Undercurrent]

[those who violate the prohibitions so as to terrify would-be violators." Guanzi, Ban Fa]

["Punish those who commit crimes and make mistakes so as to discipline them, and execute]

[Episode 1]

[Zhao's Residence, Zhaojiawei, Changwu City, Binjiang Province]

[When renowned philanthropist, Mr. Zhao Xiaosheng,]

[learned about the tragedy in Anju Apartment,]

[he contacted us, Changwu Live, straight away]

[and got in touch with Mr. and Mrs. Luo's family.]

[He pledged long-term assistance]

[to the victim's family]

[via the charity organization under Tieshi Mining Group]

[to help them get through this trying time.]

To our philanthropist.

Dad.

Enough. Sit down.

[Zhao Xiaosheng, Zhao's Paterfamilias, Chairman of Tieshi Mining Group]

Today

is the mid-autumn festival.

It's about togetherness.

My youngest son sent us this bottle

of red wine from Australia.

That should represent him.

May no harm

come to us

as usual.

Here.

To safe business endeavors.

You cannot wish for safety.

[Zhao Pengcheng, Second Son of the Zhao Family,]

Pengcheng.

You are hardly home.

We didn't invite you today either.

You haven't given me an answer to my previous question.

Can we forget it today?

The pre-requisite for safety

is peace of mind.

Dad.

You raised Pengcheng for nothing.

Nothing.

Don't worry, dad.

I'm here.

I will share your burden.

Shameless, aren't you?

If I didn't clear up your mess,

[Prosecutor of Changwu City People's Procuratorate]

you would be arrested by now.

Use your brain next time.

Don't act recklessly.

Ask me

or dad before you do anything.

Why?

You think you're the only capable one?

Who here doesn't know a cop?

Enough.

Leave now.

Bye, dad.

[Zhao Pengzhan, Eldest Son of the Zhao Family, President of Tieshi Mining Group]

Police officer.

Where is the toilet?

Thank you, mister.

[The bodies were found on a construction site.]

[Police have determined]

[Zhaojiawei Police Station, Changwu City]

[that both victims, a married couple,]

[died as they were mired in debts but could not]

[repay them.]

[Luo, the husband, battered the wife, Liu, to death]

[then proceeded to jump off the building.]

There are cameras.

Be more discreet.

Don't make it too obvious.

We're in Zhaojiawei.

Happy mid-autumn festival.

What can I help?

It's midnight soon.

Your shift is over.

I thought you were here for something else.

Get changed. Let's drink.

Hurry.

Okay.

[Chang Zheng, Community Police, Zhaojiawei, Changwu City]

[People's Procuratorate, Changwu City]

[Prosecute for the People]

[Changwu City People's Procuratorate]

[Luo Ming's Uxoricide]

[Luo Ming]

[Mr. and Mrs. Luo's Homicide]

[Mr. and Mrs. Luo's Homicide]

Pengxiang! Pengxiang! Pengxiang!

Thank you, everyone.

Come.

Who is more generous than me?

All of you will have one.

Hi, Pengxiang.

This is Zheng.

Hi, Zheng.

Don't just address him. Entertain him.

Come on.

Drink up.

Zheng.

Zheng.

-No. -Zheng.

Pengxiang.

What's the matter?

Are you shy?

I'm still an incumbent police officer.

I can eat or drink some

but I can't do this.

It's a no-no.

You hear that, Heitou?

Drink with Zheng.

Yes, sir.

-Drink up. -Chug it.

Zheng.

A toast to you.

Show more enthusiasm.

Have fun.

Drink up.

Come on, just take it.

Let's drink up.

Why is it this thick?

Serve me

and you will always be treated this well.

I have

good news for you.

I have a way

to reinstate you into the criminal investigation detachment.

You can be the deputy chief again.

Listen.

Trust me.

I do not want anything.

Once you're reinstated,

make me proud.

Show my eldest brother, Zhao Pengzhan,

that his connections

are sloppy.

I'm counting on you,

Chang Zheng.

Pengxiang.

Do you want me to suffer that much?

I'm happy the way I am now.

I don't have to work a lot

to earn a lot of money.

Why should I return to the detachment?

Don't reinstate me.

I don't want it.

You know,

if you're reinstated,

you'll earn more.

Just trust me.

We'll do whatever you like today.

Just drink.

Okay?

Just drink.

Come.

Have fun.

Have fun!

Come.

Play the music and dance!

Pengxiang.

Are you truly planning

to get Chang Zheng reinstated into the criminal investigation detachment?

My family's connections

are held

by my old man and my eldest brother.

[Zhao Pengxiang's Private Club]

I have nothing.

We do the dirty work

and once we're done,

we still have to coddle them.

I'm done.

I'm freaking done.

[Zhao Shanmao, Zhao's Combatant, Production Manager of Tieshi Mining Group]

We need connections too.

But Pengxiang,

have you forgotten that he was demoted

because of us?

So...

There are no

permanent enemies or friends, only interests.

He still drank the free liquor I gave him.

He still took my money.

We have the evidence

so what are we afraid of?

Don't you agree?

Oh, Pengxiang.

Brilliant.

A brilliant strategy.

But Pengxiang,

I'll be frank with you.

If Chang Zheng is reinstated

as the deputy chief,

our work will become so much easier.

Indeed.

I

am planning

an elaborate scheme.

I need him.

Just you watch.

Liu.

Make sure you teach the journalist

who interviewed Luo Ming a lesson later.

Sure, Pengxiang.

[Zhao Liu, Zhao's Combatant, Head of Security in Tieshi Mining Group]

[Qiu Tao, Zhao Xiaosheng's Personal Guard]

I monitored him the entire night.

He's still his usual self.

You can stop monitoring him now.

Stop?

Come back.

The sun

will rise soon.

Okay.

[Qiu Tao]

[Pharmacy]

[Pharmacy]

[Zhaojiawei, Changwu City, Binjiang Province]

[Welcome to Zhaojiawei]

[Welcome to Zhaojiawei]

Zheng.

We meet again.

What happened this time?

Have a seat.

Just a brawl.

A brawl?

With whom?

Someone who crossed Pengxiang.

Where is the other person?

Hospitalized.

Hospitalized?

[Police Station, Police]

Not bad.

You fight every day.

You can never have enough of it, can you?

[Police]

Chang Zheng.

Chief Zhang!

Why would someone of your position

come to a small police station

in Zhaojiawei?

What a sweet talker.

So you know who to please now that you have spent

some time in the police station?

I learned it from you, Chief.

Jump on the bandwagon.

Otherwise, you can't work for long.

[Zhang Qiufeng, Chief of Criminal Investigation Detachment of Changwu Public Security Bureau]

But you have to make sure the bandwagon is big enough.

Or else,

you'll just be pushed off.

All right.

I'm here to tell you

that for the homicide whose murderer you traveled far and wide to arrest,

you are awarded a second-class meritorious service medal.

Since you're

still serving your punishment,

I won't hold an award ceremony for you.

Let's do it briefly.

Attention!

Mr. Chang Zheng.

May you learn to curb...

All right.

You have exiled me here.

No need for formality.

Let me see.

[Second-Class Meritorious Service Medal, Ministry of Public Security]

Not bad.

Thanks, sir.

For coming here.

Have a safe trip.

Don't trip.

[Second-Class Meritorious Service Medal, Ministry of Public Security]

Li Jun was attacked and hospitalized.

He once posed as a journalist to investigate Luo Ming's case.

Do not contact anyone related to Luo Ming anymore.

I will report to the higher up

[Secret Task Force, Qianxi Base]

and arrange accordingly.

The victim of shooting case 419

refused to provide evidence.

[Peng Duo, Member of Secret Task Force]

When I asked him about the case,

he began fumbling with words.

The victim's family of assault case 106

[Zhang Xiaoming, Member of Secret Task Force]

chased me away when they saw me.

It's as if I was the assailant.

I couldn't get in touch with the victims of case 612.

I don't know where they are.

[He Yidong, Member of Secret Task Force]

According to their neighbors, they are afraid of payback.

Answer the door.

Political Commissar Yan.

[Li Mingqi, Member of Secret Task Force]

I found Yans' people nearby.

Evacuate.

Now.

[Lu Jian, Member of Secret Task Force]

[You're a police officer.]

How can you hit someone?

On my father's death anniversary,

he poured dirty water on my father's plaque.

And I can't hit him?

No matter what he did,

you shouldn't beat him into a pulp.

A pulp?

Impossible.

Check the injury report

yourself.

[Police]

They are framing me.

You are suspended now.

Wait for your disciplinary hearing.

Me? Suspended?

Chief Zhang.

Which side are you on?

Zhang Qiufeng.

It's precisely due to this kind of attitude

that my father died with a tarnished reputation.

Even now, people still dirty his burial plaque.

My father

should have been buried inside the cemetery for national heroes.

Mind your manner.

I'm telling you.

You're suspended but you still have to work.

We are understaffed

in every jurisdiction.

You'll help

a police station out.

I beg your pardon?

[Injury Report]

You look good.

Do me a favor, will you?

[Zhao Pengxiang]

Thank you for taking care of me, Zheng.

You know, this time,

their family

is tenacious.

I can't do anything.

I have to put you in here.

Otherwise, I would have released you already.

Chivalrous.

Enough.

It's no big deal.

Zheng.

Staying here a few days is like a trip back home.

I'm fine.

Totally.

You know.

You have an ounce of culture in you.

As expected from someone who graduated high school.

You are way better than those two dummies, Heitou and Shanmao.

You think so too?

Yes.

You know, Zheng,

I am the advisor to Pengxiang.

It's true.

Most of his idea came from me.

You sure are smart then.

Those schemes from Pengxiang

must be for you.

What do you mean by schemes?

Let me tell you.

Zheng,

you're one of us.

Don't tell this to anyone else.

[Interrogation Cell, Drunk Tank]

I don't think it's right, Mr. Zhao.

Mr. Xia.

As a businessman,

you have to be shrewd.

I wanted to purchase from you.

You said no.

I wanted a partnership with you.

You said it wasn't right.

[Heping Cinema]

So what do you want?

[Xia Zonghai, Chairman of Haiweixian Group]

You have turned down all options.

How do you want to proceed?

Mr. Zhao.

You had your people trash Longji Restaurant, didn't you?

Not necessarily.

You know what, Mr. Xia?

Sign this

[Xia Zongtao, Manager of Haiweixian Group]

and no one will trash that place again.

Mr. Zhao.

Do not be too greedy.

Have too many oysters

and you'll

have diarrhea.

Is that so?

I, Zhao Pengxiang,

was born with a wonderful digestive system.

I won't have diarrhea.

I can eat how many I want.

But you,

Mr. Xia.

You're a pile of shit.

Don't pretend otherwise.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

I'm telling you.

You can hand Fengxianglu Seafood Market

to me.

If you don't give it to me, it will still be mine.

But do you know the difference between both options?

It's whether you

get to live

a cozy life or not.

Zhao Pengxiang.

I'll ask my brother to come here.

We can

speak to our heart's content.

Zhao Pengxiang.

Do not think that I'll be afraid of you because the Zhaos

are powerful in Changwu.

In business,

your talent and your good conscience matter.

I welcome a fair competition.

But a robbery?

An extortion?

[Fengxianglu Seafood Market Ownership Transfer Agreement]

No, thanks.

Zhao Pengxiang.

What do you want to do?

Zhao Pengxiang.

Heed my advice.

Do proper business

and you will command respect.

Do dirty business

and you will find an early end.

Who are you jinxing?

Stop.

[Ownership Transfer Agreement]

Here?

Just stop the car when I tell you to stop.

Don't ask questions.

Mr. Xia.

They promised us 40% of the cut.

I think it's good enough.

You think

but do they?

Who?

Them.

I brought you here

to give you a wake-up call.

You are too close to Zhao Pengxiang

that you lost your moral compass.

I'm not close to the Zhaos at all.

You have never been a fisherman

so you don't know their hardship.

I grew up on this wharf.

[Wu Fei, Chauffeur]

I know their hardship far too well.

If Zhao Pengxiang

owns the seafood market,

he'll buy the seafood at a low cost

and resell it much higher.

He won't care about the fishermen's livelihood.

But the Zhaos

are the tyrant here.

Can the two of us

protect this wharf?

My people are on each of the boats here.

They entrust their goods to me.

I will pair them

a fair price.

I promised them.

As long as I'm here,

this shall not change.

Fine.

I'm with you.

Let's decide as we proceed.

Our negotiation with them has fallen out today.

Thank goodness we left in time.

We should

lay low for a while.

I wonder who should be laying low.

Mr. Xia.

Forget about this.

I'll deal with the Zhaos.

How can you deal with them?

Back then, the Lis were contesting with them

and guess what happened?

The entire family was killed.

Think about what I just told you.

Don't contact them anymore.

Don't worry.

I know.

Xia Zonghai!

-Watch where you're going! -What the heck?

Sir! There's a murder.

There's a murder!

Calm down.

Where is it?

Xinye Wharf.

There is a murder in Xinye Wharf.

[Qin Hongxia, Fisherman]

Okay. Got it.

We're here.

Okay.

Guangming.

[Police]

Chang Zheng?

[Song Guangming, Investigator, Changwu Public Security Bureau Crime Investigation Detachment]

Mentor!

Hush. Don't use that term.

What is going on?

A shooting case.

A shooting case?

Who?

A great businessman, Xia Zonghai.

He's dead?

Chang Zheng.

Who let you in?

I'm here to maintain public order.

Cordon off the area then.

Chief Zhang.

We...

Hurry.

It's okay.

Go back to your work.

Mentor, you...

When did he become your mentor?

I wasn't aware of it.

A long time ago.

Did he agree to it?

Of course, he did.

You start using that term right away.

Go back to your work.

He agreed to be my mentor.

Why?

Do I have to report to you that I have a mentor now?

Zheng.

Why are you here?

My cousin owns a boat here.

He asked me to come to have some fresh seafood.

Song, Song.

When is my mentor

this close to the Zhao family?

Isn't that great?

In Changwu,

you'll have a comfortable life if you never cross the Zhaos.

You're still young.

You'll know

when you grow up.

What do you mean?

What do you mean by never cross the Zhaos?

The Zhaos are not the rulers here.

You ask many questions.

Go help the forensic team.

What's the situation?

Someone's dead.

What?

Who?

Our country is big. How can I know who?

All right.

Go work then.

If you're done early,

drink with me.

It won't end early.

Just go.

Okay.

All right.

Pengxiang.

Pengxiang.

This place

is amazing.

Awesome.

Do you like it?

Yes.

Then come often.

I own this place anyway.

Chang Zheng.

What are the police doing on the wharf?

I'm just a community police.

I don't know anything.

I heard

there was a body.

Is it Xia Zonghai?

I don't know.

I met him tonight.

Pengxiang.

Did you kill him?

Bugger off.

Then, it's fine.

Why are you so worried?

Help me out here.

Those cops

want to pester me because I met Xia Zonghai

tonight.

Impossible.

Where are we?

There are police officers

in Changwu who accuse your family of wrongdoing?

Are they crazy?

Not to mention you, Pengxiang.

They have a death wish.

Be humble.

It's all because

I have you.

I mean what can I do now?

I have to rely on you.

We still have time.

Yes?

What's the matter, Pengxiang?

You scared me.

What is the matter?

The criminal investigation detachment

barged into my office

and confiscated the explosives I used for excavation.

What do they want to do?

It's just a routine examination.

Don't worry about it.

You'll be fine.

Are they trying to ruin me?

Can they?

It's perfunctory.

You have had that before, didn't you? Nothing happened.

Don't worry.

Chang Zheng.

Are you sure?

You know what?

If this

bothers you,

I'll ask

my ex-colleagues.

I'll see

what they are up to.

That should put your mind at ease.

Don't worry.

See?

If only you were still in the criminal investigation detachment.

You won't have to ask around.

You will be my solace.

It's over now.

I can only intervene

when those old people argue by the street.

I'm useless.

Just tell me.

Do you want to be reinstated?

I have a way.

[Ning Yu, Police Officer, Changwu Public Security Bureau Crime Investigation Detachment]

Apologize.

[Welcome to Zhaojiawei]

I'll apologize.

Zheng. Zheng.

Sorry.

Sorry, I was an idiot.

Turn to that side.

Apologize to his father too.

Okay.

Sorry, sir.

Sorry.

[Quiet]

I was an idiot.

I shouldn't have dirtied your plaque.

Sorry.

Apologize to Zheng.

Sorry, Zheng.

I was dumb.

It's my fault.

Wait.

Aren't you supposed

to be paralyzed in the hospital?

Why can you stand up today?

I wonder.

Sir.

Sorry.

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have dirtied your plaque.

I'm a bastard. I'm a fool.

I'm sorry.

I'm an idiot.

I shouldn't have done it.

All right. Shut up.

Chang Zheng.

I have checked.

You arrested him once

and he's been holding grudges.

[Chang Fei's Memorial Plaque, Installed on July 9th, 2015]

So he dirtied your father's plaque

on his death anniversary to set you off.

Zheng.

Zheng.

I'm begging you.

I regret it now.

I'm stupid. Forgive me, please.

Come here.

Zheng.

Spare me.

Shanmao.

Shanmao.

It's too noisy.

Do it somewhere else.

Okay.

Get up.

Keep your voice down.

Go.

[Chang Fei's Memorial Plaque]

My condolences.

I'm sure your father will protect us.

[Chang Fei's Memorial Plaque, Installed on July 9th, 2015]

Speak.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thanks.

What?

Congratulations.

[Chang Fei's Memorial Plaque]

Chang Zheng.

Report to the criminal investigation detachment now.

See you.

Bye.

Pengxiang.

Pengxiang.

Pengxiang.

I'm okay.

Give it to me.

I never like to mistreat my people.

Take it.

Get your face

treated.

I'm fine, Pengxiang.

Thank you.

As for who dirtied the plaque...

Oh, that.

I did it.

It has nothing to do with you.

Don't worry.

[Zhang Qiufeng]

[Police]

You're back?

You're reinstated?

So soon.

Soon?

You don't want me to come back?

Who said that?

I want you to return the most.

Stop it already.

Where are the others?

They left for a case.

All of them.

All of them?

Yes.

Look at your desk.

It's spotless.

Ning Yu

wiped your desk every day,

[Binxi Branch, Changwu City]

waiting for your return.

I'm telling you now.

You should work harder.

Otherwise, I'll take Ning Yu in as my partner

and you'll be cast away.

I'm not concerned at all.

He's too young. You won't like him.

[Case Acceptance Form]

These are the documents

[Changwu Public Securiy Bureau Case Filing Written Decision]

for the homicide in the wharf?

Yes.

Here too.

Have a look.

Is it related to the Zhaos?