A or B (2018) - full transcript
Zhong Xiaonian, a filthy rich investor who has been rigging the stock market for years. He groggily wakes up one morning to find himself trapped inside his own house, with a sanctimonious kidnapper at the end of a walkie-talkie.
In the Song Dynasty, there was
an imperial doctor
surnamed Liu.
He was the second child in the family.
So, people called him Second Liu.
As he was mediocre in
his medical skills,
he wasn't quite respected at work.
One day, the emperor suddenly contracted
a strange disease.
None of the doctors
knew how to treat it.
Only Second Liu had an idea.
There was a kind of bedbug
in a remote village.
If the emperor ate it, he'd be cured.
But he was worried that
no one would believe him.
The days passed
and the emperor was dying.
Second Liu bit the bullet
and revealed the method.
The imperial court
decided to give it a try.
He took a team to the village,
but all the bedbugs in the village
had been bought by the same person.
In order to cure the emperor,
they had to spend a lot of money
to buy all the bedbugs
from this person.
After the emperor ate the bedbugs,
he got well indeed.
From then on, Second Liu's career
took off in ways unimaginable to anyone.
It's too hot.
I can't stand it. I'm leaving.
Mr Liu, please take a little more time
to hear my story.
In the Song Dynasty, there was also
a businessman, Zhong Xiaowu.
One day, he passed by a remote village
and found a kind of bedbug there.
Its venom could deadly poison.
The antidote to this poison lies in
eating the whole bug.
He had the villagers
collect these bedbugs
and paid one copper coin for each.
Soon,
all the bugs in the village were caught.
After that, he got in touch with
the imperial doctor, Second Liu.
Soon after that,
Second Liu
put poison in the emperor's food.
And very soon,
the court sent a team to the village
and bought 10,000 bedbugs
from Zhong Xiaowu at the price
of ten pieces of silver each.
In the end,
Zhong Xiaowu and Second Liu
split that money equally
between the two of them.
It's a nice story. I like it.
If I were Second Liu
and you were Zhong Xiaowu,
what's the bedbug then?
It's Stock 700225,
Dami Technology.
Its price is pretty low right now.
I'll take three months
to buy it in chunks
before releasing some exhilarating news
such as
a success in developing nanoparticles.
I'll raise the price
to ten times that of the current price.
And then you'll announce
that you're acquiring this company.
Use your company's money
to buy my shares.
The net profit will be 800 million.
You take 70 percent
while I take the rest.
Is it safe?
I'll use about 100
accounts to process it.
Of all the nice places,
why must we meet here?
It's to assure you that
I have nowhere to hide any cameras.
Mr Tang Wanyuan is my partner.
I manipulate the stock prices
and handle the transactions.
He's in charge of the liaison matters.
Hello?
Let me ask you one last time.
Was it you who took my money?
Mentor, I'd advise you to stop running.
You'd better turn yourself in.
Hello?
I'm fine.
You need to go see a doctor.
You can't go on like this.
I told you I'm fine.
I thought you weren't coming today.
Was the last price
increase five years ago?
It can't be helped.
My mother-in-law wants
me to buy a house.
After a man gets married,
everything costs money.
- Here you go.
- Okay.
Overall, there are clear peripheral
negative factors on
the international side,
plunging the market into pessimism.
The plummeting of the
refineries' prices is
forcing key markets in
Eastern China to fall
at a time when the market price
is already near its all-time low.
The market is expected
to stabilise subsequently.
Now, let's move on to domestic news.
Last week on the last trading day,
the stock price of Dami Technology
hit a new high.
It's generally predicted that the price
will remain strong tomorrow.
The biggest shareholder
of Dami Technology
is now Huayou Pharmaceuticals.
What's the significance of a state-owned
enterprise like Huayou Pharmaceuticals
in aggressively acquiring
Dami Technology?
Let's hear it from Liu Wenshi,
the president of Huayou Pharmaceuticals.
Huayou Pharmaceuticals
has a long history of decades.
Our focus has always been
on public health.
With the acquisition of Dami Technology,
we'll be
developing a series of products
to better promote public health.
So, this acquisition
is the old meeting the new.
How much did you get
from this acquisition?
Even the wonton shop
is raising its price.
It's 20 yuan per bowl now.
Six months ago, this stock was trash
at three yuan per share.
Lately, the trading volume
has been increasing.
Were you buying out the stock?
Had Guo followed my lead in the market,
he'd be so much better off now.
Was it you?
I'm doing it for our family.
Look around this house.
Nothing comes out of thin air.
You said you wanted a good life.
Let's get a divorce.
I can give up the house and the car.
All I want is half the shares
of Tengyuan Capital.
If we get divorced,
who's going to eat
your leftover wontons?
I'll get a lawyer to handle it soon.
I'll be staying at a
hotel for a few days.
After you think it through,
we can make it official any time.
It's sold
to Mr Tang Wanyuan
from Tengyuan Capital.
Our next item is
the I-Do Tower diamond ring.
We'll start
at one million yuan.
Great, we have a first bidder.
One million.
Two million.
Thank you to the lady on the phone.
Three million.
Four million, thank you.
Five million.
Great. Thank you, Miss.
Six million.
- Seven million.
- Seven million.
Eight million. Nine million.
Ten million.
11 million. 12 million.
I wonder if the gentleman
is up for the challenge.
12 million going once.
12 million going twice.
- 12 million...
- 20 million.
20 million.
This gentleman is most impressive.
Is anyone else interested?
20 million going once.
20 million going twice.
It's sold at 20 million yuan.
Why did you have to fight with me?
You were fighting with me instead.
Fine, I'll stop forcing you to marry me.
It's not necessary for chicken lovers
to buy a whole chicken farm.
Watch your language!
Give me your lipstick.
This represents our investors.
They'll pour loads of dirty money
into the 2,000 stores
of Zhuang's Gold nationwide.
If the total amount is two billion,
each store gets one million.
No merchandise will be offered.
The money is simply pooled together
and invested into Tengyuan Capital
where it's processed and wired overseas
as consulting fees
and goes back to the investors
as legitimate money.
So, I'm
- your new money-laundering channel.
- Yes.
A number that can't be turned into cash
is just a number.
Why didn't you discuss with me
before working with Zhuang Yi?
I'm the CEO.
I don't need a second opinion
when I make decisions.
Listen.
I put you in that position.
I can certainly kick you out.
Is that a threat?
Mr Tang, is everything all right?
Get out.
Get out.
Zhu Nan,
do you know Wei Simeng
wants to divorce me?
It's because you've changed
and she's not happy.
Do you think you know
her better than I do?
Do you think she'll be happier with you?
Drive the car back to the office.
Simeng.
Simeng.
Simeng.
I have a gift for you.
Simeng.
Simeng. Wei Simeng.
Financial News
It's 9.30am.
Welcome to the morning financial news.
First, the latest news.
Zhong Xiaonian,
the CEO of Tengyuan Capital,
who was just named
the Financial Person of the Year,
posted a Weibo entry at 9.00am today
with a picture
of himself fishing in Alaska.
Zhong said in the post that
he'd resign from the post of CEO
of Tengyuan Capital.
Our journalist tried to interview him
about his resignation
and departure from the country,
but his phone has been unreachable.
We'll keep you posted on future updates.
Now, let's take a look at the US stocks.
Stock price manipulation is a felony.
It's ten years' imprisonment at least.
You have only two options.
You either do it or leave this company.
This money has to be laundered.
Secretary Sun,
this money is worth ten years in prison.
When are you getting a divorce?
If I divorce her, she'll get my money.
Let her have it. You can live off mine.
Someone asked about Zeng Guangwen again.
What should we do?
He's dead.
There's nothing they can dig up.
- Hello.
- Hello, Mr Zhong.
Who are you? What do you want?
One is faced with many choices in life.
When options A and B are presented
at the same time,
the one you choose may alter
the course of your entire life.
What you've accomplished so far
is a result of making the right choice
again and again.
In philosophy, it's called determinism.
Wait, who exactly are you?
I have all your dirty secrets.
For the next five days
starting from today,
at 9.30am when the market opens,
I'll give you a
multiple-choice question.
There are only two
options to each question
and you have to choose one of them.
If you don't make a decision,
I'll assume that you've chosen both.
Do you understand the rules of the game?
I don't want to play any games.
Open the door now. Did you hear me?
You have only three
minutes to consider it.
A: Announce your divorce
B: Expose your tax evasions
Did Wei Simeng put you up to this?
Is she behind this?
Wei Simeng,
I have neither the interest
nor the mood for games now.
And I certainly don't
want to choose A or B.
Hello?
A: Announce your divorce
B: Expose your tax evasions
- I bought the things you want.
- Thank you.
Xiaonian said you wanted to divorce him.
I can't watch him degenerate further.
I need to stay away for a while.
You should've done this long ago.
He didn't give you the life you wanted.
In that case,
why can't you make a different choice?
I have to go.
I'll come visit you again.
Good afternoon.
Welcome to the financial news.
Zhong Xiaonian who's
on vacation in America
just announced on Weibo that
he's in love with Zhuang Yi,
the president of Zhuang's Jewellery,
and he wishes to marry her.
Meanwhile,
we received an anonymous email
that accused Zhong Xiaonian
of huge amounts in tax evasion,
with a detailed financial
statement enclosed.
We've forwarded the email
to the relevant department.
Are Zhong Xiaonian's resignation
and departure from the country
related to this?
We'll keep you posted.
Wei Simeng, we're not divorced yet.
How does it benefit you if I get ruined?
Mr Zhong,
I hope this teaches you a lesson
that no secrets remain hidden forever.
You made the choice to
get your hands dirty.
Now is the time to pay the price.
I don't care who's behind all this.
Whatever he's paying
you, I'll double that.
So, everything always
comes down to money.
You've let me down.
Cut the crap and name your price.
What's the meaning of this?
Hello?
President Zhuang...
It's said online since your father died,
Zhuang's Gold has been struggling
on the verge of bankruptcy.
President Zhuang...
If Zhong Xiaonian's tax evasion is true,
will you still marry him?
I heard it's a marriage of convenience.
Are you the one he's
waiting for in Alaska?
Is this a marriage of convenience?
Can you make this?
Yes, but it's a little expensive.
Money isn't the issue here.
How long will it take?
Five hours?
Five minutes.
Mr Tang, the fastest
will be tomorrow morning.
All right. Make sure the retina works.
Wei Simeng, hello.
This is a news flash
about Zhong Xiaonian's resignation.
At about 6.00pm,
a woman slit her wrist in a hotel room
and was rescued.
As of now, she's in a critical condition
and remains unconscious.
According to eye witnesses,
she's Wei Simeng, Zhong Xiaonian's wife.
With Zhong Xiaonian suddenly leaving
the country and his
wife attempting suicide,
the situation is becoming
more mysterious than ever.
It's impossible.
It's impossible.
Why would my wife try to kill herself?
Tell me.
Tell me.
Who exactly are you?
Who exactly are you?
Mr Tang...
Does Wei Simeng's suicide have anything
to do with the divorce?
Is Tengyuan Capital
involved in tax evasion?
- Hello.
- Please read Question Two.
A: Reveal stock price manipulation
B: Expose Zhu Nan as a trade spy
B. I choose B.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello. Can you hear me?
Welcome to today's
Agricultural Finances.
My name is Tian Yu.
As the saying goes,
live on what the locality provides.
Today, I want to share with you
the various resources of the mountain.
Can someone hear me talking
on the walkie-talkie?
Hello?
Is anyone there?
Can you hear me?
Switch the channel, pal.
You're on the wrong frequency.
Please listen to me.
I'm at 8 Lake Villa.
I've been kidnapped.
- Come and rescue me.
- Hey, kid.
Did your dad lock you in?
I'm not joking. Listen to me.
I've really been kidnapped.
I'm Zhong Xiaonian.
Have you heard of Zhong Xiaonian?
Zhong Xiaonian.
You can search the name online.
Financial Person of the Year.
You'll be able to find it.
I'm a financial reporter.
How can you prove you're Zhong Xiaonian?
You're a financial reporter?
That's great.
Listen, I'm really Zhong Xiaonian.
I swear I'm telling you the truth.
Hello?
Don't turn it off. Hello?
Why are the things not in the safe?
Mr Tang,
if you want to know where the key is,
just turn on the television.
Zhong Xiaonian posted a few photos
from when he was in secondary school.
The man next to him in the photos
is Zhu Nan,
the assistant of Tang Wanyuan,
the Vice-President of Tengyuan Capital.
Their relationship as ex-classmates
has never been made public.
Posted in the same Weibo entry
are text messages between
Zhong Xiaonian and Zhu Nan,
referring to trade
secrets of Tang Wanyuan.
Zhu Nan has committed the crime of
breaching business secrets.
Investigations are
being conducted on this.
You took the key.
It doesn't take a whole day
to copy the retina.
You lied to me.
You betrayed me
and tried to steal from me.
That money is mine.
Did you hear me?
It's mine.
You rascal!
You're messing with the wrong man.
Here's the key.
I can also get you
the bank account passcode.
Hello. Please
give me the passcode to the account.
You want Wei Simeng.
I've given her to you.
You shouldn't have taken
what belongs to Mr Tang.
I'm begging you.
Give me the passcode.
It could save my life.
All right, switch it to video call.
Mr Zhong, here's an additional question.
It may help you get out sooner.
What happened to Zhu Nan?
Answer the question now.
Remain silent
- Account password
- Please tell me
the account passcode.
Tell me what happened to Zhu Nan.
What did you do to him? Tell me.
Who wants to kill you?
Time's almost up.
I suppose you know what
the passcode means.
19300830.
19300830.
19300830.
19300830.
Who are you?
What do you want?
You and Xiaonian have
drifted so far apart
and yet you still share a bed every day.
Doesn't that bother you?
Doesn't Zhong Xiaonian
want to marry you?
Where's your man now then?
That's between the two of us.
Is that so?
Let me tell you where he is.
Zhong Xiaonian has been kidnapped.
The kidnapper gave me two options.
Option A,
let Zhong Xiaonian die.
As his sole successor,
I can get everything he owns.
Option B,
reveal the passcode to
his private account.
But I'm not even aware that
there's a private account.
The kidnapper said that
if I were willing to
die for this scoundrel,
he'd spare his life.
I can die for him.
Can you?
Is anyone there?
Is anyone there?
Help!
Tengyuan
Reading the flash drive
Why didn't the key work?
I got hold of the real
key on the first day.
What Zhu Nan had
was a dummy I placed in the safe.
I have the passcode now.
If it were you,
what would you do?
I paid for the...
Balance: Five yuan
Listen to me. I know where I am now.
I'm locked up in a mountain cave
or air-raid shelter.
Just look for any
air-raid shelter near you
and you can save me.
The walkie-talkie has a range
of three kilometres.
We should be very close to each other.
Hello, I know you can hear me.
Can you help me? Hello?
You're such a nuisance.
Why can't you just leave me alone?
Fine, you don't have to save me.
I just want to know
if there's any news about Wei Simeng.
Can you tell me
how she's doing now?
You're really into your character.
What does she have to do with you?
As usual, choose option A or B.
Admit you killed Ex-CEO, Zeng Guangwen
Expose money-laundering
of Tengyuan Capital
Answer me when you're ready.
I didn't kill anyone.
You can't plant this on me.
I've told you I make the rules.
You have no right to question them.
I have one question for you as well.
A, lock me up here and
torture me further.
B, let me go and I'll
give you 100 million.
Which one do you choose?
If you can give me 100 million now,
I'll set you free right away.
But is there that much money left
in your private account?
Without money, you're nobody.
Are all successful people
as pathetic as you?
B: Reveal the whereabouts of the money
I choose A.
Hello?
Hello? Can you hear me?
If you hear this, please answer me.
Are you still there?
Listen, I can prove
I'm Zhong Xiaonian now.
- Did you hear me?
- Go on.
I told you someone has kidnapped me
and blackmailed me
into exposing all the trading secrets.
This isn't important.
Listen.
Turn on the news now.
What you'll see is a report on me
killing Zeng Guangwen.
Zhong Xiaonian just posted
an alarming message on his Weibo.
He admitted to killing Zeng Guangwen,
the former CEO of Tengyuan Capital.
To usurp the position of Zeng Guangwen,
Zhong Xiaonian forged
incriminating evidence
and framed Zeng Guangwen.
After Zeng Guangwen absconded,
it was said that he
jumped off a building
because his reputation was ruined.
But in fact, he was murdered
by Zhong Xiaonian.
Zeng Guangwen,
founder of Tengyuan Capital,
was the chairman of Tengyuan Capital
from 1991 to 2008.
After Zhong Xiaonian joined Tengyuan,
he soon became favoured
by Zeng Guangwen.
Within a few years,
he rose from a nobody
to one of the pillars of
- Tengyuan Capital.
- Hello?
- Hello.
- It looks like
you really are Zhong Xiaonian.
I'm calling the police.
No, don't call the police.
I'm already a suspect now.
If you call the police, I'll be doomed.
You have to find a way to get me out
so that I can clear my name.
I can help you get out,
but on one condition.
Name your price.
I want an extensive
video interview with you.
You'll tell me how you rose to success
and what you've been through
for the past few days.
I need to have access
to you 24 hours a day.
Okay, it's a deal.
What you saw was the
scene of the accident.
The deceased, Zhong Xiaonian,
was the CEO of Tengyuan Capital.
He was named Financial
Person of the Year
last year.
In the past two years
when the overall market
is in a downturn...
The dead can't be brought back to life.
My condolences to you.
Drop your act.
Laugh if you want.
You're the one who should be laughing.
Not only can you inherit his shares,
you can inherit the billions
in his private account too.
How do you know about
the private account?
You did it. Didn't you?
Calm down.
Think about the baby.
Think about the baby.
Xiaonian is gone.
You're his only legal successor.
So, you'll transfer the
company shares to me
without asking for anything in return.
I'll take over the company.
You have one day to chew over it.
Don't make me bring out the big guns.
There was an accident
on the West Hill Highway yesterday.
The vehicle involved in the accident
belongs to Tengyuan Capital.
According to the first forensic report,
the deceased was
Mr Zhong Xiaonian.
As of now,
I've taken over
the management of Tengyuan Capital.
As for the negative
messages which appeared
on Mr Zhong Xiaonian's Weibo
for the past few days,
I believe
they were posted by an imposter.
Hello? Did you watch the news?
It looks like a lot of
people want you dead.
I know what Tang Wanyuan is up to.
I have to get out today.
But if you want to get out fast,
I'll have to call the police.
No, don't call the police.
I just came up with an idea.
It's a little dangerous.
But I have to give it a shot.
- Wait for my signal.
- What signal is it?
Just wait.
What exactly is your signal?
My signal is smoke.
Look for the smoke.
I set up a fire inside
the air-raid shelter.
We're running out of time. Hurry up.
Zhong Xiaonian.
Zhong Xiaonian, are you there?
Answer me, Zhong Xiaonian.
Zhong Xiaonian, where are you?
Zhong Xiaonian.
It's me.
I'm glad to know you're all right.
Where are you?
I'll pick you up at the hospital.
No.
This place is full of reporters.
You won't be able to get in.
Let's meet somewhere else.
I'll try to get out.
Let's meet at home at 7.00pm.
All right.
- Let's go to the police.
- I can't.
You almost lost your life
and you still want to keep doing this?
I have two choices right now.
Either I change my name,
move to another country and
keep my head down for
the rest of my life
or I turn myself in
and end up in jail
so that you'll only see me behind bars.
How am I supposed to choose?
There's a third option.
Find the mastermind,
get all the evidence and my life back.
How could you still be so delusional?
Have you forgotten how
Zeng Guangwen died?
He had it coming.
If he hadn't done those things,
I would've had no dirt on him.
I'm so ashamed of you.
What about the dirt on you?
Did those people make it all up?
Why is it that you're never wrong
and it's always someone else's fault?
You should've been dead to me long ago.
Who's that?
He got me out
and I promised him an interview.
He could come in handy in many ways.
It's not safe here.
Let's go somewhere else.
You've been renting it all this while?
I bought it when I could afford it.
I'm reluctant to
discard the things here.
I have it cleaned once a month.
This is your room for now.
It's been more than ten years.
Old Zhang is still
teaching those kids to play the violin.
It's like a dream.
It's as if nothing ever happened
and we're back here.
Back then, you were always asking
when we could have a good life.
What I meant by a good life
wasn't one built with money.
Do you still remember this?
Of course.
I was all about work back then
and would always forget
about the wontons
you bought for me until late at night.
When I opened this thermos,
the soup would still be warm,
but the wontons would all be slushy.
I insisted on eating them,
but you'd always dump them
and buy a new bowl for me.
Xiaonian.
Why don't we dump out the past?
We can leave this place
and start all over again.
Not yet.
Is money more important than your life?
It's not about money.
I can promise to have an honest life
with you, but there's someone out there,
trying to take everything from me.
He has all the dirt on me.
If he exposes me, I'll be doomed.
To find out who it
was that locked me up,
you need to help me.
I've been thinking.
He must've had a lot of crew
to build that thing down there.
Let's go visit some construction sites.
We'll find something.
That's too slow. Follow me.
Why did he make a copy of your house?
To open my safe,
both my retina information
and a number code are required.
And I change the passcode every day.
The mastermind knows that
every morning after I get up,
the first thing I do
is to open the safe
and work on my account.
That's why he made a copy of my house
to fool me for those five minutes
to get my retina information
and the number code.
Why did you bring me here then?
In that house,
the only thing that's custom-made
is the double bed
because Simeng has a bad back.
Once we find out who made a copy
of that bed, we'll get the mastermind.
Look for this design
in the past six months.
- You search this way.
- All right.
Look. Is this the one?
Yes.
Order information
Order information: Zeng Guangwen
So, Zeng Guangwen isn't dead?
It's impossible.
I oversaw the burial personally.
Can you tell me more then?
Back then,
Wanyuan and I worked
under Zeng Guangwen.
Wanyuan wanted to get the evidence of
Zeng Guangwen manipulating
the stock market
and laundering money
so that we could kick him out.
And that was what we did.
After the scandal, Zeng Guangwen fled.
The investors never
stopped looking for him.
Apart from fearing that
he'd divulge their identities,
they also wanted to
have their money back.
You took the money.
Through underground banks abroad,
the money was withdrawn slowly
and came back to my account
as legitimate income.
But what I didn't know back then
was that those investors
were driving Zeng Guangwen crazy.
If I'd known that last call
was made from a rooftop,
if I'd given the money back,
none of that would've happened.
It's pointless to say that now.
Clean up the place.
We're going to Brim Lane.
Wait here in case something happens.
51 Brim Lane
52 Brim Lane
Stop him.
Back the car.
Back up.
Next, more news about Tengyuan Capital.
At around 6.00pm yesterday,
Wei Simeng who was hospitalised
left the hospital disguised as a nurse.
She had her back to me.
I thought she was asleep
and was going to wake her up.
But the moment I touched her,
I blacked out and was unconscious.
When I came round,
I realised she knocked me out
with a defibrillator.
According to the hospital staff,
Wei Simeng was very weak
when she was admitted.
She was detected to be
two months pregnant.
Is her sudden and reckless departure
related to the recent scandal
about Tengyuan Capital?
We'll keep you posted.
Let's eat.
You don't eat coriander?
Have you never eaten coriander?
You never tell me anything.
I had to find out that
I'm going to be a father from the news.
What's there to tell?
You'll never know what I did for you.
Why did you slit your wrist?
That's not what I'm talking about.
What are you talking about then?
How would I know if you don't tell me?
Do you know what my score was
when I enrolled in School of Journalism?
I don't.
688.
You never told me.
My dream was to become
a war correspondent.
From undergraduate to graduate school,
I was the top of my
class in every course.
After I graduated, I was working
for the best newspaper.
Yet, I quit my position
as the Deputy Editor of News
to become a financial reporter.
Do you know the reason?
You never told me.
It was to get to know you,
to know what you were interested in.
Isn't that how you like it?
Did I give you the ten
best years of my life
for the money?
I did it to be a part of your world
and to be with you.
But as I started to get a picture
of all those things you did,
a dark abyss opened up in front of me.
I'd rather give up my job
and wait for you at home
because I'd only know that you were safe
when I saw you walk through the door.
Private number
- Hello.
- Hello, Mr Zhong.
How does it feel to be free again?
You must be disappointed
without the money.
We agreed the game would last five days.
This isn't the end yet.
I can give you the money,
but you must return the evidence to me.
I'll mail the evidence to you.
Wire me the money.
Such an important transaction
must be made in person.
Let's meet tonight at ten
on the Railway Bridge in the outskirts.
Why are we meeting so late?
I need time to get that money ready.
And I want the video
on Zhu Nan's murder.
Otherwise, I can't get the money.
Don't play any tricks.
Otherwise, I'll make you live in hell.
I got it.
Why can't you wire him the money?
It's too dangerous for you to go there.
It's impossible to wire it to him.
Where's your money anyway?
When you said you wanted a divorce,
I was afraid a lawyer might get involved
and find out about my private account.
So, I transferred all the money
to Zhuang Yi
and hoped to get it
out through her means.
But there's no way
she'll give it up now.
I asked for a divorce
so that I can get my shares back
and make it impossible for you to do
anything illegal with that company.
I know.
You're utterly disappointed in me.
But if we want to start over again,
I have to get the evidence.
Without money,
how are you going to get the evidence?
If you agree to meet with two persons,
money won't be an issue.
I didn't expect you
to approach me of your own accord.
What you want is money.
Why don't we play it another way?
What do you mean?
This company is Zhong Xiaonian's
lifelong effort.
I don't want to give it up.
So,
I'd like to buy out all your shares.
All right.
35 yuan per share.
Tell him it's daylight robbery.
The stock price closed at 20 today.
This is daylight robbery.
You're just like those aunties
haggling over prices at a marketplace.
Don't say anything.
Just tell him you'll use
the closing price tomorrow.
I don't expect you
to accept the price I name.
Instead of bickering over it,
why don't we just take
the closing price tomorrow
as the final price?
You need to take care of your health
instead of running around like this.
God forbids
that anything happens to the baby.
I'm here to discuss business,
not to bicker with you.
- Business?
- I want you
to buy out Tengyuan Capital.
Tang Wanyuan has sold me
the 35 percent of shares that he owned.
And with the shares of Zhong Xiaonian,
I own all the shares
of Tengyuan Capital.
I've made a deal with
Tang Wanyuan to buy
his shares at the closing price tomorrow
and I can sell them to you
at the closing price today,
which is 20 yuan per share.
The profit in between
would certainly not escape you.
May I ask
why you're doing this?
Don't answer. Get up and leave.
If you know what Tang Wanyuan
is doing right now,
you'll know how much
this contract is worth.
There are a lot of higher bidders.
Hang up the phone first.
I'll call you back.
Wei Simeng.
I heard that
Tang Wanyuan has been borrowing money.
The stock price tomorrow
will surely be higher.
- Hello.
- Call me President Wang.
Hello, President Wang.
I'll offer you 21 yuan per share.
24 yuan per share is a fair price.
- I'm on my way.
- 25 yuan per share.
25 yuan and I'll take the whole package.
The cash she has is my illegal money.
Don't take that. Ask her to pay in gold.
When can you pay?
Let's sign the contract first
and give me a week to prepare the money.
Sorry, I can't wait that long.
But I can accept the
same amount in gold.
I need all of you to
work overtime today.
This US stock needs to go up quickly.
Otherwise, he'll kill me.
Zhuang Yi
Hello.
Here's another piece of breaking news
about Tengyuan Capital.
The current CEO, Tang Wanyuan,
is suspected of murder.
The victim was his assistant, Zhu Nan.
After Tang Wanyuan killed Zhu Nan,
he disguised the crime
scene as an accident
and bribed the forensics officers
into passing the deceased
as Zhong Xiaonian.
Tang Wanyuan is being
wanted by the police.
Affected by this disturbing news,
Tengyuan Acquisitions, a US stock
controlled by Tengyuan Capital,
went through a panic-driven undersell
after the market opened,
resulting in a drastic
drop in its price.
Zhong Xiaonian remains missing.
Where's your stuff?
It's in the car.
Why should I believe you?
Why should I believe
you didn't make a copy?
The game has rules.
As long as the money is good,
I promise you there won't be
another copy in the whole world.
Personnel data
List of beneficiaries
Are you out of your mind?
How did you find me?
You're really scheming.
You ruined the company
and then framed me for it.
And now,
you even want to take every penny
from Zhuang Yi and me.
But Zhuang Yi is a smart girl.
She planted a GPS device on the van.
She said that
if I could get the gold back,
she'd give me half of it.
Tang, calm down.
He conned both of us.
If you want the money, take it.
It's all here.
I was the second in command
when Zeng Guangwen was in charge.
I asked you to help me get rid of him.
But you rode roughshod over me.
I'm still second in command.
Nobody knows you're alive anyway.
I called the police.
I wanted them to arrest him.
I didn't know you were coming.
You have the money. Run now.
Tang Wanyuan, you've been surrounded.
Drop your weapon.
Don't try anything stupid.
Every road has been blocked.
Stop trying to flee.
Please cooperate with us.
You really gave him the keys?
You really think I'm that dumb?
I gave him the keys to the office.
Help me get ready.
I'm going to hold a press conference.
It's all over.
The press conference is tomorrow.
Will you come with me?
I'm not going anywhere.
I'll wait for you at home.
Can we not get a divorce?
Good morning, everyone.
I'm Zhong Xiaonian
and I'm still alive.
I believe that you've all heard
quite a lot about me on the news
for the past few days.
Some even said I died in a car accident.
But it was clearly a hoax.
Since a lot of the news
was quite negative,
I feel the need
to clarify through a press conference.
Where had you been
for the past few days?
Why didn't you come forward when
the negative news first broke out?
For the past few days,
I'd been confined illegally.
I was in dire circumstances.
Luckily, I escaped at the first chance.
Mr Zhong, the relevant department
has received proof of your tax evasion.
Is that forged as well?
I welcome the relevant department
to run a check on me.
If there are any problems,
I'm willing to pay my dues
and even a huge fine.
Is it also untrue you
killed Zeng Guangwen?
If I were a murderer,
could I still be standing here?
Rumour has it that you
sold all your shares
to Zhuang Yi. Is that true?
Did you sleep with her?
All I can tell you is that
my wife, Wei Simeng, and I
have a very good relationship.
She's not at this press conference
because she's pregnant.
That's all I shall say on that.
All right, it's getting late.
I'm sure you all have plans.
I won't hold you here any longer.
Thank you very much.
Private Number. A: Leave now
B: The game continues
Private number: Game upgraded
You have 90 minutes. Take off your suit
He's back...
He's removing his clothes.
Private number: Take off your pants
Mr Zhong, what are you doing?
Why are you removing your clothes?
Private number: Take off your underwear
Private number: Keep it on
Take out what's under the podium
Private number: Plaza. Trash can
Mr Zhong, where are you going?
Mr Zhong...
Mr Zhong, what are you looking for?
Please tell us what you're doing.
What are you doing, Mr Zhong?
Mr Zhong, please explain.
A: A journalist's life.
B: Your wife's life
Please explain.
Hello, 110 Command Centre.
Someone was shot at Central Plaza.
Come now.
- Hello, help.
- 110 Command Centre.
Someone was shot.
There's blood everywhere.
Zhong Xiaonian shot someone.
Come to Central Plaza now.
I'm sure the shooter is Zhong Xiaonian.
Stay calm. We'll be right there.
Are you heading towards
this destination?
Affected by the news that the CEO of
Tengyuan Capital, Tang Wanyuan,
is suspected of murder,
the price of Tengyuan Acquisitions
took a nosedive yesterday,
setting the record for the biggest
drop range in a single day.
When the market closed, its price
was at US$5 per share.
It's you.
Why are you doing this?
I'm not the one behind all this.
I'm here to help you get away.
I don't care who you are.
Where's my wife?
Where's she?
I've lost everything.
A: Leave with Zhuang Yi. B: Code to safe
Give it to me...
Go to the roof. Take the stairs
Don't go. Come back.
You can't save her. You'll both die.
Get out of my way.
Open it.
People will die for money indeed.
Simeng.
Why are you so foolish?
- I have a bomb on me.
- Don't move.
I have one on me as well. Stay still.
Have you forgotten how
Zeng Guangwen died?
He had it coming.
I wouldn't have dirt on
him if he was innocent.
You took the money.
Through underground banks abroad,
the money was withdrawn
slowly and came back
to my account as legitimate income..
Is money more important than your life?
He has all the dirt on me.
If he exposes me, I'll be doomed.
How am I supposed to choose?
Mr Zhong, hello.
My real name is Zeng Yu.
Zeng Guangwen was my father.
No, he wasn't just my father.
He was my hero.
He knew he was breaking the law,
so he made sure no one knew
about my mother and me.
Did you think he killed himself
to escape the law?
It's because those investors
threatened him with our lives.
That was why he jumped.
After that, my mother lost her mind.
Now, I want you to go through the same.
You each have a bomb on you.
When the time's up,
both will go off at the same time.
But if you detonate one
of them before that,
the other one won't go off.
The detonators are on your vest.
The left one is yours
and the right one is your wife's.
Do you understand?
Don't move...
Leave me behind. Just leave me.
Stay still, Simeng. Stay still.
Take off the vest and go now.
I'm not going.
- Go.
- Stay still...
Go now.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Simeng. I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have done
all those evil things.
I don't know how it
all ended up like this.
All I wanted was to
give you a good life.
I'm so sorry...
I know there are no second chances,
but if I could do it all over again,
I'd choose to live
an ordinary life with you.
If there's a next life,
I'll still marry you.
I don't want a next life.
Xiaonian.
Give birth to the baby
and raise him well.
Come back.
Xiaonian, come back.
US Supermodel, Chrissy Teigen
Now, let's take a look
at European stocks.
The Greek stock market rose
for the 12th consecutive day yesterday.
It's been the longest trend since 1991.
It's outperformed the generally flat
European stock markets.
Your wontons are ready.
I'm leaving.
I've been meaning to ask you this.
Why do your wontons
always taste the same?
Maybe it's because I've stayed the same.
Today,
the verdicts were
passed at the same time
for the high-profile acquisition case
of Huayou Pharmaceuticals
and the murder case by Tang Wanyuan.
The ex-president of
Huayou Pharmaceuticals,
Liu Wenshi, was sentenced to life.
I've spent my life serving the people.
I'm not guilty. I feel wronged.
Tang Wanyuan was sentenced to death.
Tang Wanyuan wanted your money,
while Zhu Nan wanted your wife.
So, I used them separately.
Tang Wanyuan paid for the construction,
while Zhu Nan got me the blueprint.
Who was that young man
whom Wanyuan pushed off the bridge?
I hired him to conceal my identity.
I was planning to take your money
and then your life.
But since you already jumped,
let's consider the old
Zhong Xiaonian dead.
Time's up.
I hope that when I see you again,
you'll still be the same.
I'm leaving.
I'll come back to visit you.
The high-profile case of Zhong Xiaonian
manipulating stock
prices, laundering money
and disturbing social order
will be tried in public today.
As Zhong Xiaonian turned himself in
and he confessed all
criminal activities,
the court will show some leniency
in his sentence.
But Zhong Xiaonian remains silent about
the reason behind his running half-naked
and shooting with an imitation gun.
Let us walk you through
how Zhong Xiaonian
caused public disorder.
He's opened his parachute...
Next is a piece of news on charity.
A charity organisation received
an anonymous donation of
a staggering two billion yuan today.
The head of the organisation told
our reporter that they'd wanted
to find out who the
mysterious donor was,
but after some discussion,
they decided to respect
the donor's wish to make the donation
while remaining anonymous.
It's delicious.
I never asked you
why you like their
wontons in particular.
That was the first
thing you treated me to.
Back then,
you said you wanted to give me the best.
And I thought to myself.
So,
this was what the best tasted like.
an imperial doctor
surnamed Liu.
He was the second child in the family.
So, people called him Second Liu.
As he was mediocre in
his medical skills,
he wasn't quite respected at work.
One day, the emperor suddenly contracted
a strange disease.
None of the doctors
knew how to treat it.
Only Second Liu had an idea.
There was a kind of bedbug
in a remote village.
If the emperor ate it, he'd be cured.
But he was worried that
no one would believe him.
The days passed
and the emperor was dying.
Second Liu bit the bullet
and revealed the method.
The imperial court
decided to give it a try.
He took a team to the village,
but all the bedbugs in the village
had been bought by the same person.
In order to cure the emperor,
they had to spend a lot of money
to buy all the bedbugs
from this person.
After the emperor ate the bedbugs,
he got well indeed.
From then on, Second Liu's career
took off in ways unimaginable to anyone.
It's too hot.
I can't stand it. I'm leaving.
Mr Liu, please take a little more time
to hear my story.
In the Song Dynasty, there was also
a businessman, Zhong Xiaowu.
One day, he passed by a remote village
and found a kind of bedbug there.
Its venom could deadly poison.
The antidote to this poison lies in
eating the whole bug.
He had the villagers
collect these bedbugs
and paid one copper coin for each.
Soon,
all the bugs in the village were caught.
After that, he got in touch with
the imperial doctor, Second Liu.
Soon after that,
Second Liu
put poison in the emperor's food.
And very soon,
the court sent a team to the village
and bought 10,000 bedbugs
from Zhong Xiaowu at the price
of ten pieces of silver each.
In the end,
Zhong Xiaowu and Second Liu
split that money equally
between the two of them.
It's a nice story. I like it.
If I were Second Liu
and you were Zhong Xiaowu,
what's the bedbug then?
It's Stock 700225,
Dami Technology.
Its price is pretty low right now.
I'll take three months
to buy it in chunks
before releasing some exhilarating news
such as
a success in developing nanoparticles.
I'll raise the price
to ten times that of the current price.
And then you'll announce
that you're acquiring this company.
Use your company's money
to buy my shares.
The net profit will be 800 million.
You take 70 percent
while I take the rest.
Is it safe?
I'll use about 100
accounts to process it.
Of all the nice places,
why must we meet here?
It's to assure you that
I have nowhere to hide any cameras.
Mr Tang Wanyuan is my partner.
I manipulate the stock prices
and handle the transactions.
He's in charge of the liaison matters.
Hello?
Let me ask you one last time.
Was it you who took my money?
Mentor, I'd advise you to stop running.
You'd better turn yourself in.
Hello?
I'm fine.
You need to go see a doctor.
You can't go on like this.
I told you I'm fine.
I thought you weren't coming today.
Was the last price
increase five years ago?
It can't be helped.
My mother-in-law wants
me to buy a house.
After a man gets married,
everything costs money.
- Here you go.
- Okay.
Overall, there are clear peripheral
negative factors on
the international side,
plunging the market into pessimism.
The plummeting of the
refineries' prices is
forcing key markets in
Eastern China to fall
at a time when the market price
is already near its all-time low.
The market is expected
to stabilise subsequently.
Now, let's move on to domestic news.
Last week on the last trading day,
the stock price of Dami Technology
hit a new high.
It's generally predicted that the price
will remain strong tomorrow.
The biggest shareholder
of Dami Technology
is now Huayou Pharmaceuticals.
What's the significance of a state-owned
enterprise like Huayou Pharmaceuticals
in aggressively acquiring
Dami Technology?
Let's hear it from Liu Wenshi,
the president of Huayou Pharmaceuticals.
Huayou Pharmaceuticals
has a long history of decades.
Our focus has always been
on public health.
With the acquisition of Dami Technology,
we'll be
developing a series of products
to better promote public health.
So, this acquisition
is the old meeting the new.
How much did you get
from this acquisition?
Even the wonton shop
is raising its price.
It's 20 yuan per bowl now.
Six months ago, this stock was trash
at three yuan per share.
Lately, the trading volume
has been increasing.
Were you buying out the stock?
Had Guo followed my lead in the market,
he'd be so much better off now.
Was it you?
I'm doing it for our family.
Look around this house.
Nothing comes out of thin air.
You said you wanted a good life.
Let's get a divorce.
I can give up the house and the car.
All I want is half the shares
of Tengyuan Capital.
If we get divorced,
who's going to eat
your leftover wontons?
I'll get a lawyer to handle it soon.
I'll be staying at a
hotel for a few days.
After you think it through,
we can make it official any time.
It's sold
to Mr Tang Wanyuan
from Tengyuan Capital.
Our next item is
the I-Do Tower diamond ring.
We'll start
at one million yuan.
Great, we have a first bidder.
One million.
Two million.
Thank you to the lady on the phone.
Three million.
Four million, thank you.
Five million.
Great. Thank you, Miss.
Six million.
- Seven million.
- Seven million.
Eight million. Nine million.
Ten million.
11 million. 12 million.
I wonder if the gentleman
is up for the challenge.
12 million going once.
12 million going twice.
- 12 million...
- 20 million.
20 million.
This gentleman is most impressive.
Is anyone else interested?
20 million going once.
20 million going twice.
It's sold at 20 million yuan.
Why did you have to fight with me?
You were fighting with me instead.
Fine, I'll stop forcing you to marry me.
It's not necessary for chicken lovers
to buy a whole chicken farm.
Watch your language!
Give me your lipstick.
This represents our investors.
They'll pour loads of dirty money
into the 2,000 stores
of Zhuang's Gold nationwide.
If the total amount is two billion,
each store gets one million.
No merchandise will be offered.
The money is simply pooled together
and invested into Tengyuan Capital
where it's processed and wired overseas
as consulting fees
and goes back to the investors
as legitimate money.
So, I'm
- your new money-laundering channel.
- Yes.
A number that can't be turned into cash
is just a number.
Why didn't you discuss with me
before working with Zhuang Yi?
I'm the CEO.
I don't need a second opinion
when I make decisions.
Listen.
I put you in that position.
I can certainly kick you out.
Is that a threat?
Mr Tang, is everything all right?
Get out.
Get out.
Zhu Nan,
do you know Wei Simeng
wants to divorce me?
It's because you've changed
and she's not happy.
Do you think you know
her better than I do?
Do you think she'll be happier with you?
Drive the car back to the office.
Simeng.
Simeng.
Simeng.
I have a gift for you.
Simeng.
Simeng. Wei Simeng.
Financial News
It's 9.30am.
Welcome to the morning financial news.
First, the latest news.
Zhong Xiaonian,
the CEO of Tengyuan Capital,
who was just named
the Financial Person of the Year,
posted a Weibo entry at 9.00am today
with a picture
of himself fishing in Alaska.
Zhong said in the post that
he'd resign from the post of CEO
of Tengyuan Capital.
Our journalist tried to interview him
about his resignation
and departure from the country,
but his phone has been unreachable.
We'll keep you posted on future updates.
Now, let's take a look at the US stocks.
Stock price manipulation is a felony.
It's ten years' imprisonment at least.
You have only two options.
You either do it or leave this company.
This money has to be laundered.
Secretary Sun,
this money is worth ten years in prison.
When are you getting a divorce?
If I divorce her, she'll get my money.
Let her have it. You can live off mine.
Someone asked about Zeng Guangwen again.
What should we do?
He's dead.
There's nothing they can dig up.
- Hello.
- Hello, Mr Zhong.
Who are you? What do you want?
One is faced with many choices in life.
When options A and B are presented
at the same time,
the one you choose may alter
the course of your entire life.
What you've accomplished so far
is a result of making the right choice
again and again.
In philosophy, it's called determinism.
Wait, who exactly are you?
I have all your dirty secrets.
For the next five days
starting from today,
at 9.30am when the market opens,
I'll give you a
multiple-choice question.
There are only two
options to each question
and you have to choose one of them.
If you don't make a decision,
I'll assume that you've chosen both.
Do you understand the rules of the game?
I don't want to play any games.
Open the door now. Did you hear me?
You have only three
minutes to consider it.
A: Announce your divorce
B: Expose your tax evasions
Did Wei Simeng put you up to this?
Is she behind this?
Wei Simeng,
I have neither the interest
nor the mood for games now.
And I certainly don't
want to choose A or B.
Hello?
A: Announce your divorce
B: Expose your tax evasions
- I bought the things you want.
- Thank you.
Xiaonian said you wanted to divorce him.
I can't watch him degenerate further.
I need to stay away for a while.
You should've done this long ago.
He didn't give you the life you wanted.
In that case,
why can't you make a different choice?
I have to go.
I'll come visit you again.
Good afternoon.
Welcome to the financial news.
Zhong Xiaonian who's
on vacation in America
just announced on Weibo that
he's in love with Zhuang Yi,
the president of Zhuang's Jewellery,
and he wishes to marry her.
Meanwhile,
we received an anonymous email
that accused Zhong Xiaonian
of huge amounts in tax evasion,
with a detailed financial
statement enclosed.
We've forwarded the email
to the relevant department.
Are Zhong Xiaonian's resignation
and departure from the country
related to this?
We'll keep you posted.
Wei Simeng, we're not divorced yet.
How does it benefit you if I get ruined?
Mr Zhong,
I hope this teaches you a lesson
that no secrets remain hidden forever.
You made the choice to
get your hands dirty.
Now is the time to pay the price.
I don't care who's behind all this.
Whatever he's paying
you, I'll double that.
So, everything always
comes down to money.
You've let me down.
Cut the crap and name your price.
What's the meaning of this?
Hello?
President Zhuang...
It's said online since your father died,
Zhuang's Gold has been struggling
on the verge of bankruptcy.
President Zhuang...
If Zhong Xiaonian's tax evasion is true,
will you still marry him?
I heard it's a marriage of convenience.
Are you the one he's
waiting for in Alaska?
Is this a marriage of convenience?
Can you make this?
Yes, but it's a little expensive.
Money isn't the issue here.
How long will it take?
Five hours?
Five minutes.
Mr Tang, the fastest
will be tomorrow morning.
All right. Make sure the retina works.
Wei Simeng, hello.
This is a news flash
about Zhong Xiaonian's resignation.
At about 6.00pm,
a woman slit her wrist in a hotel room
and was rescued.
As of now, she's in a critical condition
and remains unconscious.
According to eye witnesses,
she's Wei Simeng, Zhong Xiaonian's wife.
With Zhong Xiaonian suddenly leaving
the country and his
wife attempting suicide,
the situation is becoming
more mysterious than ever.
It's impossible.
It's impossible.
Why would my wife try to kill herself?
Tell me.
Tell me.
Who exactly are you?
Who exactly are you?
Mr Tang...
Does Wei Simeng's suicide have anything
to do with the divorce?
Is Tengyuan Capital
involved in tax evasion?
- Hello.
- Please read Question Two.
A: Reveal stock price manipulation
B: Expose Zhu Nan as a trade spy
B. I choose B.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello.
Hello. Can you hear me?
Welcome to today's
Agricultural Finances.
My name is Tian Yu.
As the saying goes,
live on what the locality provides.
Today, I want to share with you
the various resources of the mountain.
Can someone hear me talking
on the walkie-talkie?
Hello?
Is anyone there?
Can you hear me?
Switch the channel, pal.
You're on the wrong frequency.
Please listen to me.
I'm at 8 Lake Villa.
I've been kidnapped.
- Come and rescue me.
- Hey, kid.
Did your dad lock you in?
I'm not joking. Listen to me.
I've really been kidnapped.
I'm Zhong Xiaonian.
Have you heard of Zhong Xiaonian?
Zhong Xiaonian.
You can search the name online.
Financial Person of the Year.
You'll be able to find it.
I'm a financial reporter.
How can you prove you're Zhong Xiaonian?
You're a financial reporter?
That's great.
Listen, I'm really Zhong Xiaonian.
I swear I'm telling you the truth.
Hello?
Don't turn it off. Hello?
Why are the things not in the safe?
Mr Tang,
if you want to know where the key is,
just turn on the television.
Zhong Xiaonian posted a few photos
from when he was in secondary school.
The man next to him in the photos
is Zhu Nan,
the assistant of Tang Wanyuan,
the Vice-President of Tengyuan Capital.
Their relationship as ex-classmates
has never been made public.
Posted in the same Weibo entry
are text messages between
Zhong Xiaonian and Zhu Nan,
referring to trade
secrets of Tang Wanyuan.
Zhu Nan has committed the crime of
breaching business secrets.
Investigations are
being conducted on this.
You took the key.
It doesn't take a whole day
to copy the retina.
You lied to me.
You betrayed me
and tried to steal from me.
That money is mine.
Did you hear me?
It's mine.
You rascal!
You're messing with the wrong man.
Here's the key.
I can also get you
the bank account passcode.
Hello. Please
give me the passcode to the account.
You want Wei Simeng.
I've given her to you.
You shouldn't have taken
what belongs to Mr Tang.
I'm begging you.
Give me the passcode.
It could save my life.
All right, switch it to video call.
Mr Zhong, here's an additional question.
It may help you get out sooner.
What happened to Zhu Nan?
Answer the question now.
Remain silent
- Account password
- Please tell me
the account passcode.
Tell me what happened to Zhu Nan.
What did you do to him? Tell me.
Who wants to kill you?
Time's almost up.
I suppose you know what
the passcode means.
19300830.
19300830.
19300830.
19300830.
Who are you?
What do you want?
You and Xiaonian have
drifted so far apart
and yet you still share a bed every day.
Doesn't that bother you?
Doesn't Zhong Xiaonian
want to marry you?
Where's your man now then?
That's between the two of us.
Is that so?
Let me tell you where he is.
Zhong Xiaonian has been kidnapped.
The kidnapper gave me two options.
Option A,
let Zhong Xiaonian die.
As his sole successor,
I can get everything he owns.
Option B,
reveal the passcode to
his private account.
But I'm not even aware that
there's a private account.
The kidnapper said that
if I were willing to
die for this scoundrel,
he'd spare his life.
I can die for him.
Can you?
Is anyone there?
Is anyone there?
Help!
Tengyuan
Reading the flash drive
Why didn't the key work?
I got hold of the real
key on the first day.
What Zhu Nan had
was a dummy I placed in the safe.
I have the passcode now.
If it were you,
what would you do?
I paid for the...
Balance: Five yuan
Listen to me. I know where I am now.
I'm locked up in a mountain cave
or air-raid shelter.
Just look for any
air-raid shelter near you
and you can save me.
The walkie-talkie has a range
of three kilometres.
We should be very close to each other.
Hello, I know you can hear me.
Can you help me? Hello?
You're such a nuisance.
Why can't you just leave me alone?
Fine, you don't have to save me.
I just want to know
if there's any news about Wei Simeng.
Can you tell me
how she's doing now?
You're really into your character.
What does she have to do with you?
As usual, choose option A or B.
Admit you killed Ex-CEO, Zeng Guangwen
Expose money-laundering
of Tengyuan Capital
Answer me when you're ready.
I didn't kill anyone.
You can't plant this on me.
I've told you I make the rules.
You have no right to question them.
I have one question for you as well.
A, lock me up here and
torture me further.
B, let me go and I'll
give you 100 million.
Which one do you choose?
If you can give me 100 million now,
I'll set you free right away.
But is there that much money left
in your private account?
Without money, you're nobody.
Are all successful people
as pathetic as you?
B: Reveal the whereabouts of the money
I choose A.
Hello?
Hello? Can you hear me?
If you hear this, please answer me.
Are you still there?
Listen, I can prove
I'm Zhong Xiaonian now.
- Did you hear me?
- Go on.
I told you someone has kidnapped me
and blackmailed me
into exposing all the trading secrets.
This isn't important.
Listen.
Turn on the news now.
What you'll see is a report on me
killing Zeng Guangwen.
Zhong Xiaonian just posted
an alarming message on his Weibo.
He admitted to killing Zeng Guangwen,
the former CEO of Tengyuan Capital.
To usurp the position of Zeng Guangwen,
Zhong Xiaonian forged
incriminating evidence
and framed Zeng Guangwen.
After Zeng Guangwen absconded,
it was said that he
jumped off a building
because his reputation was ruined.
But in fact, he was murdered
by Zhong Xiaonian.
Zeng Guangwen,
founder of Tengyuan Capital,
was the chairman of Tengyuan Capital
from 1991 to 2008.
After Zhong Xiaonian joined Tengyuan,
he soon became favoured
by Zeng Guangwen.
Within a few years,
he rose from a nobody
to one of the pillars of
- Tengyuan Capital.
- Hello?
- Hello.
- It looks like
you really are Zhong Xiaonian.
I'm calling the police.
No, don't call the police.
I'm already a suspect now.
If you call the police, I'll be doomed.
You have to find a way to get me out
so that I can clear my name.
I can help you get out,
but on one condition.
Name your price.
I want an extensive
video interview with you.
You'll tell me how you rose to success
and what you've been through
for the past few days.
I need to have access
to you 24 hours a day.
Okay, it's a deal.
What you saw was the
scene of the accident.
The deceased, Zhong Xiaonian,
was the CEO of Tengyuan Capital.
He was named Financial
Person of the Year
last year.
In the past two years
when the overall market
is in a downturn...
The dead can't be brought back to life.
My condolences to you.
Drop your act.
Laugh if you want.
You're the one who should be laughing.
Not only can you inherit his shares,
you can inherit the billions
in his private account too.
How do you know about
the private account?
You did it. Didn't you?
Calm down.
Think about the baby.
Think about the baby.
Xiaonian is gone.
You're his only legal successor.
So, you'll transfer the
company shares to me
without asking for anything in return.
I'll take over the company.
You have one day to chew over it.
Don't make me bring out the big guns.
There was an accident
on the West Hill Highway yesterday.
The vehicle involved in the accident
belongs to Tengyuan Capital.
According to the first forensic report,
the deceased was
Mr Zhong Xiaonian.
As of now,
I've taken over
the management of Tengyuan Capital.
As for the negative
messages which appeared
on Mr Zhong Xiaonian's Weibo
for the past few days,
I believe
they were posted by an imposter.
Hello? Did you watch the news?
It looks like a lot of
people want you dead.
I know what Tang Wanyuan is up to.
I have to get out today.
But if you want to get out fast,
I'll have to call the police.
No, don't call the police.
I just came up with an idea.
It's a little dangerous.
But I have to give it a shot.
- Wait for my signal.
- What signal is it?
Just wait.
What exactly is your signal?
My signal is smoke.
Look for the smoke.
I set up a fire inside
the air-raid shelter.
We're running out of time. Hurry up.
Zhong Xiaonian.
Zhong Xiaonian, are you there?
Answer me, Zhong Xiaonian.
Zhong Xiaonian, where are you?
Zhong Xiaonian.
It's me.
I'm glad to know you're all right.
Where are you?
I'll pick you up at the hospital.
No.
This place is full of reporters.
You won't be able to get in.
Let's meet somewhere else.
I'll try to get out.
Let's meet at home at 7.00pm.
All right.
- Let's go to the police.
- I can't.
You almost lost your life
and you still want to keep doing this?
I have two choices right now.
Either I change my name,
move to another country and
keep my head down for
the rest of my life
or I turn myself in
and end up in jail
so that you'll only see me behind bars.
How am I supposed to choose?
There's a third option.
Find the mastermind,
get all the evidence and my life back.
How could you still be so delusional?
Have you forgotten how
Zeng Guangwen died?
He had it coming.
If he hadn't done those things,
I would've had no dirt on him.
I'm so ashamed of you.
What about the dirt on you?
Did those people make it all up?
Why is it that you're never wrong
and it's always someone else's fault?
You should've been dead to me long ago.
Who's that?
He got me out
and I promised him an interview.
He could come in handy in many ways.
It's not safe here.
Let's go somewhere else.
You've been renting it all this while?
I bought it when I could afford it.
I'm reluctant to
discard the things here.
I have it cleaned once a month.
This is your room for now.
It's been more than ten years.
Old Zhang is still
teaching those kids to play the violin.
It's like a dream.
It's as if nothing ever happened
and we're back here.
Back then, you were always asking
when we could have a good life.
What I meant by a good life
wasn't one built with money.
Do you still remember this?
Of course.
I was all about work back then
and would always forget
about the wontons
you bought for me until late at night.
When I opened this thermos,
the soup would still be warm,
but the wontons would all be slushy.
I insisted on eating them,
but you'd always dump them
and buy a new bowl for me.
Xiaonian.
Why don't we dump out the past?
We can leave this place
and start all over again.
Not yet.
Is money more important than your life?
It's not about money.
I can promise to have an honest life
with you, but there's someone out there,
trying to take everything from me.
He has all the dirt on me.
If he exposes me, I'll be doomed.
To find out who it
was that locked me up,
you need to help me.
I've been thinking.
He must've had a lot of crew
to build that thing down there.
Let's go visit some construction sites.
We'll find something.
That's too slow. Follow me.
Why did he make a copy of your house?
To open my safe,
both my retina information
and a number code are required.
And I change the passcode every day.
The mastermind knows that
every morning after I get up,
the first thing I do
is to open the safe
and work on my account.
That's why he made a copy of my house
to fool me for those five minutes
to get my retina information
and the number code.
Why did you bring me here then?
In that house,
the only thing that's custom-made
is the double bed
because Simeng has a bad back.
Once we find out who made a copy
of that bed, we'll get the mastermind.
Look for this design
in the past six months.
- You search this way.
- All right.
Look. Is this the one?
Yes.
Order information
Order information: Zeng Guangwen
So, Zeng Guangwen isn't dead?
It's impossible.
I oversaw the burial personally.
Can you tell me more then?
Back then,
Wanyuan and I worked
under Zeng Guangwen.
Wanyuan wanted to get the evidence of
Zeng Guangwen manipulating
the stock market
and laundering money
so that we could kick him out.
And that was what we did.
After the scandal, Zeng Guangwen fled.
The investors never
stopped looking for him.
Apart from fearing that
he'd divulge their identities,
they also wanted to
have their money back.
You took the money.
Through underground banks abroad,
the money was withdrawn slowly
and came back to my account
as legitimate income.
But what I didn't know back then
was that those investors
were driving Zeng Guangwen crazy.
If I'd known that last call
was made from a rooftop,
if I'd given the money back,
none of that would've happened.
It's pointless to say that now.
Clean up the place.
We're going to Brim Lane.
Wait here in case something happens.
51 Brim Lane
52 Brim Lane
Stop him.
Back the car.
Back up.
Next, more news about Tengyuan Capital.
At around 6.00pm yesterday,
Wei Simeng who was hospitalised
left the hospital disguised as a nurse.
She had her back to me.
I thought she was asleep
and was going to wake her up.
But the moment I touched her,
I blacked out and was unconscious.
When I came round,
I realised she knocked me out
with a defibrillator.
According to the hospital staff,
Wei Simeng was very weak
when she was admitted.
She was detected to be
two months pregnant.
Is her sudden and reckless departure
related to the recent scandal
about Tengyuan Capital?
We'll keep you posted.
Let's eat.
You don't eat coriander?
Have you never eaten coriander?
You never tell me anything.
I had to find out that
I'm going to be a father from the news.
What's there to tell?
You'll never know what I did for you.
Why did you slit your wrist?
That's not what I'm talking about.
What are you talking about then?
How would I know if you don't tell me?
Do you know what my score was
when I enrolled in School of Journalism?
I don't.
688.
You never told me.
My dream was to become
a war correspondent.
From undergraduate to graduate school,
I was the top of my
class in every course.
After I graduated, I was working
for the best newspaper.
Yet, I quit my position
as the Deputy Editor of News
to become a financial reporter.
Do you know the reason?
You never told me.
It was to get to know you,
to know what you were interested in.
Isn't that how you like it?
Did I give you the ten
best years of my life
for the money?
I did it to be a part of your world
and to be with you.
But as I started to get a picture
of all those things you did,
a dark abyss opened up in front of me.
I'd rather give up my job
and wait for you at home
because I'd only know that you were safe
when I saw you walk through the door.
Private number
- Hello.
- Hello, Mr Zhong.
How does it feel to be free again?
You must be disappointed
without the money.
We agreed the game would last five days.
This isn't the end yet.
I can give you the money,
but you must return the evidence to me.
I'll mail the evidence to you.
Wire me the money.
Such an important transaction
must be made in person.
Let's meet tonight at ten
on the Railway Bridge in the outskirts.
Why are we meeting so late?
I need time to get that money ready.
And I want the video
on Zhu Nan's murder.
Otherwise, I can't get the money.
Don't play any tricks.
Otherwise, I'll make you live in hell.
I got it.
Why can't you wire him the money?
It's too dangerous for you to go there.
It's impossible to wire it to him.
Where's your money anyway?
When you said you wanted a divorce,
I was afraid a lawyer might get involved
and find out about my private account.
So, I transferred all the money
to Zhuang Yi
and hoped to get it
out through her means.
But there's no way
she'll give it up now.
I asked for a divorce
so that I can get my shares back
and make it impossible for you to do
anything illegal with that company.
I know.
You're utterly disappointed in me.
But if we want to start over again,
I have to get the evidence.
Without money,
how are you going to get the evidence?
If you agree to meet with two persons,
money won't be an issue.
I didn't expect you
to approach me of your own accord.
What you want is money.
Why don't we play it another way?
What do you mean?
This company is Zhong Xiaonian's
lifelong effort.
I don't want to give it up.
So,
I'd like to buy out all your shares.
All right.
35 yuan per share.
Tell him it's daylight robbery.
The stock price closed at 20 today.
This is daylight robbery.
You're just like those aunties
haggling over prices at a marketplace.
Don't say anything.
Just tell him you'll use
the closing price tomorrow.
I don't expect you
to accept the price I name.
Instead of bickering over it,
why don't we just take
the closing price tomorrow
as the final price?
You need to take care of your health
instead of running around like this.
God forbids
that anything happens to the baby.
I'm here to discuss business,
not to bicker with you.
- Business?
- I want you
to buy out Tengyuan Capital.
Tang Wanyuan has sold me
the 35 percent of shares that he owned.
And with the shares of Zhong Xiaonian,
I own all the shares
of Tengyuan Capital.
I've made a deal with
Tang Wanyuan to buy
his shares at the closing price tomorrow
and I can sell them to you
at the closing price today,
which is 20 yuan per share.
The profit in between
would certainly not escape you.
May I ask
why you're doing this?
Don't answer. Get up and leave.
If you know what Tang Wanyuan
is doing right now,
you'll know how much
this contract is worth.
There are a lot of higher bidders.
Hang up the phone first.
I'll call you back.
Wei Simeng.
I heard that
Tang Wanyuan has been borrowing money.
The stock price tomorrow
will surely be higher.
- Hello.
- Call me President Wang.
Hello, President Wang.
I'll offer you 21 yuan per share.
24 yuan per share is a fair price.
- I'm on my way.
- 25 yuan per share.
25 yuan and I'll take the whole package.
The cash she has is my illegal money.
Don't take that. Ask her to pay in gold.
When can you pay?
Let's sign the contract first
and give me a week to prepare the money.
Sorry, I can't wait that long.
But I can accept the
same amount in gold.
I need all of you to
work overtime today.
This US stock needs to go up quickly.
Otherwise, he'll kill me.
Zhuang Yi
Hello.
Here's another piece of breaking news
about Tengyuan Capital.
The current CEO, Tang Wanyuan,
is suspected of murder.
The victim was his assistant, Zhu Nan.
After Tang Wanyuan killed Zhu Nan,
he disguised the crime
scene as an accident
and bribed the forensics officers
into passing the deceased
as Zhong Xiaonian.
Tang Wanyuan is being
wanted by the police.
Affected by this disturbing news,
Tengyuan Acquisitions, a US stock
controlled by Tengyuan Capital,
went through a panic-driven undersell
after the market opened,
resulting in a drastic
drop in its price.
Zhong Xiaonian remains missing.
Where's your stuff?
It's in the car.
Why should I believe you?
Why should I believe
you didn't make a copy?
The game has rules.
As long as the money is good,
I promise you there won't be
another copy in the whole world.
Personnel data
List of beneficiaries
Are you out of your mind?
How did you find me?
You're really scheming.
You ruined the company
and then framed me for it.
And now,
you even want to take every penny
from Zhuang Yi and me.
But Zhuang Yi is a smart girl.
She planted a GPS device on the van.
She said that
if I could get the gold back,
she'd give me half of it.
Tang, calm down.
He conned both of us.
If you want the money, take it.
It's all here.
I was the second in command
when Zeng Guangwen was in charge.
I asked you to help me get rid of him.
But you rode roughshod over me.
I'm still second in command.
Nobody knows you're alive anyway.
I called the police.
I wanted them to arrest him.
I didn't know you were coming.
You have the money. Run now.
Tang Wanyuan, you've been surrounded.
Drop your weapon.
Don't try anything stupid.
Every road has been blocked.
Stop trying to flee.
Please cooperate with us.
You really gave him the keys?
You really think I'm that dumb?
I gave him the keys to the office.
Help me get ready.
I'm going to hold a press conference.
It's all over.
The press conference is tomorrow.
Will you come with me?
I'm not going anywhere.
I'll wait for you at home.
Can we not get a divorce?
Good morning, everyone.
I'm Zhong Xiaonian
and I'm still alive.
I believe that you've all heard
quite a lot about me on the news
for the past few days.
Some even said I died in a car accident.
But it was clearly a hoax.
Since a lot of the news
was quite negative,
I feel the need
to clarify through a press conference.
Where had you been
for the past few days?
Why didn't you come forward when
the negative news first broke out?
For the past few days,
I'd been confined illegally.
I was in dire circumstances.
Luckily, I escaped at the first chance.
Mr Zhong, the relevant department
has received proof of your tax evasion.
Is that forged as well?
I welcome the relevant department
to run a check on me.
If there are any problems,
I'm willing to pay my dues
and even a huge fine.
Is it also untrue you
killed Zeng Guangwen?
If I were a murderer,
could I still be standing here?
Rumour has it that you
sold all your shares
to Zhuang Yi. Is that true?
Did you sleep with her?
All I can tell you is that
my wife, Wei Simeng, and I
have a very good relationship.
She's not at this press conference
because she's pregnant.
That's all I shall say on that.
All right, it's getting late.
I'm sure you all have plans.
I won't hold you here any longer.
Thank you very much.
Private Number. A: Leave now
B: The game continues
Private number: Game upgraded
You have 90 minutes. Take off your suit
He's back...
He's removing his clothes.
Private number: Take off your pants
Mr Zhong, what are you doing?
Why are you removing your clothes?
Private number: Take off your underwear
Private number: Keep it on
Take out what's under the podium
Private number: Plaza. Trash can
Mr Zhong, where are you going?
Mr Zhong...
Mr Zhong, what are you looking for?
Please tell us what you're doing.
What are you doing, Mr Zhong?
Mr Zhong, please explain.
A: A journalist's life.
B: Your wife's life
Please explain.
Hello, 110 Command Centre.
Someone was shot at Central Plaza.
Come now.
- Hello, help.
- 110 Command Centre.
Someone was shot.
There's blood everywhere.
Zhong Xiaonian shot someone.
Come to Central Plaza now.
I'm sure the shooter is Zhong Xiaonian.
Stay calm. We'll be right there.
Are you heading towards
this destination?
Affected by the news that the CEO of
Tengyuan Capital, Tang Wanyuan,
is suspected of murder,
the price of Tengyuan Acquisitions
took a nosedive yesterday,
setting the record for the biggest
drop range in a single day.
When the market closed, its price
was at US$5 per share.
It's you.
Why are you doing this?
I'm not the one behind all this.
I'm here to help you get away.
I don't care who you are.
Where's my wife?
Where's she?
I've lost everything.
A: Leave with Zhuang Yi. B: Code to safe
Give it to me...
Go to the roof. Take the stairs
Don't go. Come back.
You can't save her. You'll both die.
Get out of my way.
Open it.
People will die for money indeed.
Simeng.
Why are you so foolish?
- I have a bomb on me.
- Don't move.
I have one on me as well. Stay still.
Have you forgotten how
Zeng Guangwen died?
He had it coming.
I wouldn't have dirt on
him if he was innocent.
You took the money.
Through underground banks abroad,
the money was withdrawn
slowly and came back
to my account as legitimate income..
Is money more important than your life?
He has all the dirt on me.
If he exposes me, I'll be doomed.
How am I supposed to choose?
Mr Zhong, hello.
My real name is Zeng Yu.
Zeng Guangwen was my father.
No, he wasn't just my father.
He was my hero.
He knew he was breaking the law,
so he made sure no one knew
about my mother and me.
Did you think he killed himself
to escape the law?
It's because those investors
threatened him with our lives.
That was why he jumped.
After that, my mother lost her mind.
Now, I want you to go through the same.
You each have a bomb on you.
When the time's up,
both will go off at the same time.
But if you detonate one
of them before that,
the other one won't go off.
The detonators are on your vest.
The left one is yours
and the right one is your wife's.
Do you understand?
Don't move...
Leave me behind. Just leave me.
Stay still, Simeng. Stay still.
Take off the vest and go now.
I'm not going.
- Go.
- Stay still...
Go now.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Simeng. I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have done
all those evil things.
I don't know how it
all ended up like this.
All I wanted was to
give you a good life.
I'm so sorry...
I know there are no second chances,
but if I could do it all over again,
I'd choose to live
an ordinary life with you.
If there's a next life,
I'll still marry you.
I don't want a next life.
Xiaonian.
Give birth to the baby
and raise him well.
Come back.
Xiaonian, come back.
US Supermodel, Chrissy Teigen
Now, let's take a look
at European stocks.
The Greek stock market rose
for the 12th consecutive day yesterday.
It's been the longest trend since 1991.
It's outperformed the generally flat
European stock markets.
Your wontons are ready.
I'm leaving.
I've been meaning to ask you this.
Why do your wontons
always taste the same?
Maybe it's because I've stayed the same.
Today,
the verdicts were
passed at the same time
for the high-profile acquisition case
of Huayou Pharmaceuticals
and the murder case by Tang Wanyuan.
The ex-president of
Huayou Pharmaceuticals,
Liu Wenshi, was sentenced to life.
I've spent my life serving the people.
I'm not guilty. I feel wronged.
Tang Wanyuan was sentenced to death.
Tang Wanyuan wanted your money,
while Zhu Nan wanted your wife.
So, I used them separately.
Tang Wanyuan paid for the construction,
while Zhu Nan got me the blueprint.
Who was that young man
whom Wanyuan pushed off the bridge?
I hired him to conceal my identity.
I was planning to take your money
and then your life.
But since you already jumped,
let's consider the old
Zhong Xiaonian dead.
Time's up.
I hope that when I see you again,
you'll still be the same.
I'm leaving.
I'll come back to visit you.
The high-profile case of Zhong Xiaonian
manipulating stock
prices, laundering money
and disturbing social order
will be tried in public today.
As Zhong Xiaonian turned himself in
and he confessed all
criminal activities,
the court will show some leniency
in his sentence.
But Zhong Xiaonian remains silent about
the reason behind his running half-naked
and shooting with an imitation gun.
Let us walk you through
how Zhong Xiaonian
caused public disorder.
He's opened his parachute...
Next is a piece of news on charity.
A charity organisation received
an anonymous donation of
a staggering two billion yuan today.
The head of the organisation told
our reporter that they'd wanted
to find out who the
mysterious donor was,
but after some discussion,
they decided to respect
the donor's wish to make the donation
while remaining anonymous.
It's delicious.
I never asked you
why you like their
wontons in particular.
That was the first
thing you treated me to.
Back then,
you said you wanted to give me the best.
And I thought to myself.
So,
this was what the best tasted like.