Like a Flowing River (Da Jiang Da He / 大江大河)

Like a Flowing River

~ Episode 12 ~

Strike a severe blow to speculating and profiteering.

Be determined to amputate the tail of capitalism.

Illegal reselling of agricultural and industrial production data.

Raising the price to purchase state projects. - Stand where you are!

- Don't run! - Don't leave anything behind.

- Stand where you are! - Don't mind that anymore. Quickly leave!

Stop chasing! Stop chasing!

He robbed me!

Stop chasing! Stop chasing me, brother!

Stop running! Be honest!

- Stop moving! Behave! - Why are you arresting me again?

- Can you arrest someone else? - Stop talking nonsense! - Why is it the two of you again?

Get into the car!

Older Brother Xiao Hui!

Yang Xun!

Strike a severe blow to speculating and profiteering.

Be determined to amputate the tail of capitalism.

Illegal reselling of agricultural and industrial production data.

Can't we even arrest illegal peddlers now?

Do you call that arrest? That is beating up a small peddler.

- Yang Xun is being treated too violently - Yang Xun?

It's that Yang steamed buns.

Director Li, I am not trying to be nosy. The country has already promulgated its policies.

It is in the process of encouraging and helping suitable economic development for individuals.

All law abiding laborers must be given due respect.

Little Song, I know that you are fond of memorizing the People's Daily.

But the situation is different this time round.

The higher-ups want to strictly control illegal traders and unlicensed businesses.

Dad! Mom! Mom,

- has Xiao Hui come back yet? - Your little brother isn't back yet.

Why are you back first?

So many delicious things to eat.

Mother, I can finally see it.

You guys made so much good food for him. You only want him to eat them, none for me.

That's not true. When have your mom and I

not made good food for you when you come back.

Your daughter is joking with you. You actually thought she was being serious.

Dad is so funny when he's serious.

You've learned how to make fun of me, huh?

Where's Dongbao? How come he didn't come back with you?

Your dad prepared a bottle of medicinal liquor for him.

They have a project outside the county and today is the final check of the construction.

Dongbao has to accompany the client to check the constructed houses.

Dad, next time, okay? Next time, I'll have Dongbao come back and drink with you.

It isn't that I don't want to help you with this. The higher-ups have documents.

As a small director, I can't do anything.

Director Li, Yang Xun's act can't really be considered as an illegal business.

At most, he just didn't get a license. How do you think we should deal with this?

I can pay for his fine.

Little Song, we've known each other for a long time, so I won't keep anything from you.

Yang Xun has been sent to the county seat.

Doesn't your brother-in-law have connections there?

If you really want to help him, you should go find your brother-in-law. That'll definitely work.

I'll just say this much on the matter. Go back now.

Okay.

Did Xiaolejia resell any materials that are within the state plan or not?

This is hard to say.

If there is, there is. If there isn't, there isn't.

There's no gray area.

What they are selling are indeed prefabricated panels and not the raw materials.

Based on policies, that's not reselling the planned materials.

But you know, in these past few months,

there are changes with the policies.

To forcefully accuse them of speculating and profiteering is also possible.

What about Lei Dongbao himself? Is there any problem with his personal finances?

This we haven't found out yet. Only once we get Xiaoleijia Brigade's personal account book,

can we clearly see through Lei Dongbao.

County Governor Xu, their acts of targeting Xiaoleijia this time

is actually just knocking on the mountain to stun the tiger. Their real target is you.

Who doesn't know that? You're the only person who isn't a local here in the county committee.

They're acting as a group to go against you.

Old Chen, don't say things like that.

Especially at times like this, you really shouldn't say that.

I hope you know that Secretary Gong is well-prepared.

That is also because I don't have much local experience. I previously advanced prematurely for I craved success.

I didn't unite our comrades first.

No matter what, shouldn't we be thinking about how to deal with this?

In case, and I'm saying just in case,

if they find something with the Xiaoleijia Brigade, then it'll be complicated.

They are a model brigade that you personally established.

Isn't it like you slapping yourself in the face?

If they really find something,

no one will be able to indulge Xiaoleijia or save Lei Dongbao.

Are you planning on throwing away Xiaoleijia Brigade and giving up on Lei Dongbao?

You can't say that.

No matter if it's Lei Dongbao, or other cadres of other birgades,

they're all our comrades. There's no such thing as abandoning.

How about this. I'll let Xiaoleijia Brigade know first.

At the very least, make them be prepared for it.

No, this is against the organization's principles and regulations.

Additionally, with so many people watching us,

openly transmitting a message will only invite trouble.

This must be investigated to the end and leave no doubts.

If there're severe economic problems, those who should be criticized should be criticized,

and those who should be taken away will be taken away. I want to get to the bottom of this.

Your brother-in-law wanted to give you this.

What is this?

Open it and see.

This is too expensive! I can't keep it.

It's natural for a sister to want to share what she has with her brother.

Here.

No, it's too expensive. I can't take it.

What? Have you started thinking of me as an outsider as soon as I got married?

I made this shirt and pants.

I think it looks pretty good. It fits Dongbao pretty well.

You should try it on for me later.

Sister, I'll take the clothes. But the watch is far too expensive,

I can't take it.

Ping Ping, the watch is too expensive. It isn't suitable for Xiao Hui to wear it.

You should give it back to Dongbao.

Mom, Dongbao has watches.

If Xiao Hui doesn't want this watch, I'll give it to dad.

I don't want it, Ping Ping. We already have one in the house. Wearing one is so much trouble.

Hey, sis.

Look, it's very modern.

Go try on the clothes.

In a bit. I have to talk to you about something.

- What? - When is your husband coming back? I need his help for something.

- What happened? - Yang Xun has been taken away. Manager Li says only your husband can help him.

He'll only be back after dinner.

Let's go to Xiaoleijia to wait for him then.

- Secretary's Wife! - Brother Shigen.

Where is Secretary? Where is Dongbao?

Didn't he go to the county seat to check the houses to be turned over?

What's wrong, Brother Shigen?

Brother Shigen, what happened?

Xiaohui, you're here too. I'll be frank then.

That...how much money do you still have?

In our savings account, we still have—

There's no time to withdraw those money. How many cash do you have in hand?

Probably more than a hundred.

Brother Shigen, why do you need money? Did something bad happen to brother-in-law?

Higher-ups have sent men to arrest Dongbao. I want to make him leave as soon as possible.

- Auntie. - Shigen. - Mom.

Go and pack some clothes of Dongbao. I'll take them with me.

Okay.

- It's fine, Auntie. - Brother Shigen, I don't think that you should handle this matter this way.

Why will the higher-ups arrest older brother? What law did he break?

- If we just flee without knowing clarifying things, won't they just use this against us? - Xiao Hui,

I know that you are educated and you know that law, but this is not the time to reason out.

It's possible that things will really change this time.

Not only our Xiaoleijia, even those doing small businesses or workshops,

are all getting investigated. I even heard—

What did you hear, Brother Shigen?

I heard that several big shots in Wenzhou have already been arrested. All were doing great in their businesses.

I also heard about that, but those people were doing individual businesses.

- The nature is very different with that of brother-in-law. - College student, are you really not afraid?

Yes. Do you know that a movement is coming?

If people want to find fault to have you arrested, would they care if you're in individual business or not?

Shigen!

Are you done packing?

Okay already.

Hongwei, what are you doing?

Sister-in-law, I'm the manager of the prefabricated panels factory

The higher-ups are saying that our Xiaoleijia Brigade is reselling prefabricated panels and want to arrest me and Dongbao.

- Auntie! Auntie! - Mom.

Old Macaque? What are you doing here?

Stop acting sneakily. What are you trying to do?

What else can I do? You're a grown man. What can I get from you?

- Sit there. - I'm not.

Just go straight to the point. I still have matters to do. I don't have the free time to have chats.

What matters do you have?

You want to help Lei Dongbao handle those illegal materials of his?

Bullshit!

Rascal, you better talk courteously.

In terms of seniority, your father and I are from the same generation.

You sneaked into the brigade's office. Don't think I'm blind.

Don't think that you've caught something to use against me.

Let me tell you that I do things in an open and aboveboard manner.

Moreover, Dongbao has not yet been arrested.

That county investigation team has not yet come to the village. Your backers have not arrived yet.

You sneaked into the office to steal the account books? You want to help Lei Dongbao?

Of course. Or else, you think I would harm him? He's my biological brother.

There are really problems in that account book?

Lei Dongbao really dared to corrupt the public fund?

None of your business. Rebel faction. Bad element.

Sibao, I'm not looking down on you.

You want to do tricks right under the watchful eyes of the county investigation team?

You still haven't reached that level of skills.

You better tell me what you know. Maybe,

I still can help Lei Dongbao get past this.

Who in the village doesn't know that you've always wanted to topple him?

If I give you this account book, that's like giving you a knife.

Sibao,

you really think that it was my idea to make the county send an investigation team here?

Let me tell you that

I've long lost such capabilities inside the county seat.

This time, it's the gods fighting, the little ghosts suffering.

It's too late. If we still don't leave,

we might never be able to leave.

Hongwei, don't panic.

The county will never arrest anyone without proper investigation.

Xiao Hui, that is because the person they arresting isn't you.

Shigen, I'm going now.

You tell Dongbao that I'll wait for him in the train station.

- Okay. - Okay. Okay. Quickly leave.

Let me see how the person leading Xiaoleijia is embezzling public fund and fattening his pocket.

You still want to harm Dongbao.