1921

Students!

We won the European war

but failed to win back our lands.

Our country...

Is on the verge of demise.

Today...

We shall change history.

Our movement

is the harbinger of a greater China.

So right now,

participating in this revolution

infuses us...

With immense pride and glory.

Give us back our sovereignty!

Punish the traitors!

Give us back shandong!

Punish the traitors!

Did you have to do that yourself?

I wanted to.

That's the real chen duxiu.

What do you want to do?

To get out of classrooms

and into jail.

To get out of jail

and into classrooms.

Why not?

What indeed do you want to do?

After the may fourth movement,

I've been moping

and brooding.

I needed a release.

You can't be so willful.

You're a leader,

not a teenager.

Who could have imagined this?

The may fourth movement,

which was started by intellectuals,

was supported by the whole country:

Students,

citizens,

even businessmen,

and especially workers in Shanghai.

This raging fire we've started

has blazed a trail.

This is a historic first in China,

an inestimable first,

an exhilarating first.

Hope is on the horizon.

Don't you see?

You mean...

We need a national organization

to promote and materialize it.

Our mission...

Has just begun.

The warlords want me dead.

I want China to live!

You're right.

Our mission has just begun.

Just begun!

Beijing isn't safe.

Go to Shanghai.

That's a magical place.

I hope...

Miracles will happen.

With you in the south

and me up north,

we'll work together

to break new grounds.

Mao.

Have you saved enough to go abroad?

Not yet.

Oh, I forgot to tell you.

Your roommate wang

just came to look for you.

He said...

A Beijing teacher came for you.

Beijing?

Yes, he said he's from Beijing u.

The surname is... chen.

Chen duxiu.

A lady teacher?

2 Lao yuyangli.

Got it.

Mao.

Mr Yang changji told me

when you were

at the age of 17,

you left private tutoring

for a new school

outside your village.

I still remember

you came to Beijing u in 1918,

right?

Sir,

I wanted to broaden my horizon then

in order to save our country.

11 years flashed by,

but I've done nothing.

Today, I'm still searching.

According to li zhong,

you applied for work-study in France?

Not anymore.

Russia is better than France,

but Russian is too hard to learn.

Translated texts are easier.

I can learn more in less time.

Well...

Look no further.

Come, come with me.

Come.

Translated by chen wangdao.

For li hanjun and me to proofread.

The communist manifesto in translation.

In Beijing u,

I read the extracts countless of times!

Sun failed to protect the constitution.

A lot of revolutionaries

were sent to jail.

But why?

Our past experiences

have been cutthroat.

They have taught us a lesson.

The strength of an individual province

is no match at all

against the northern warlord government.

Think for a moment.

Why did the Russian revolution succeed?

What's the reason?

The guidance of marxism.

The guarantee of bolshevik backup.

Once you get this,

you can create a new world.

From nothing to something,

from small to big and weak to strong.

Mao,

the time for change in China is near!

Mr chen, are you sure?

Of course, I'm positive.

When?

Next year.

Next year.

Good day. Good luck.

Number 36.

Good morning.

Morning, sir.

I'm here for my visa to Shanghai.

Surname?

Sneevliet.

Where from?

Moscow.

Who's your contact?

Where's the organization?

Ask your kaiser.

Why 3 identities?

Why?

Russian revolution won't work in Vienna.

I'll ask you one more time.

Tell me your contact and organization.

Truth be told, there aren't any here.

I've already had my visa to Shanghai

and will leave by sea in a few days.

But if you insist on me staying,

then I'll have to see

if there's something I could do.

Superintendent's here.

Sir, he said he's going to Shanghai.

Shanghai?

Stop the interrogation.

But we have to...

He's not under our jurisdiction.

Let him go immediately.

If need be,

but do inform the relevant consulates.

"Dutch consulates in Colombo, padang,"

"Singapore and Hong Kong, attention!"

"The radical sneevliet is traveling"

"to Shanghai on I'aquila."

"Consulate in Shanghai, pay attention"

"and notify the relevant authorities."

Laborers are sacred!

Treat workers well!

Laborers are sacred!

Treat workers well!

Reopen the factory!

What should we do?

The Chinese language is innocent!

Mr qihan.

In principle,

we Chinese shouldn't fight our own kind.

However,

I'm a cop.

It's my job to make you leave.

The workers have lost their jobs,

with no money to feed their families.

Yet, they don't care.

We've been left with no choice.

You don't agree?

Yes, I agree.

But, this is the French concession.

My words mean nothing.