The Knockout (2023) s01e12 Episode Script

Episode 12

[The Knockout]
[Episode 12]
Thank you.
Qiang, what are you doing?
I have old furniture from my house
for you to use.
No need.
-Mo. -Leave it.
Is the water and electricity working?
Yes.
This is a place Brother Qiang
finds for you.
It used to be an old dormitory in the old factory area.
It's very cheap.
No one has lived here for years.
Only one or two hundred yuan a month.
Call us if you need anything.
But this place
may not be demolished.
Just come to us if you need anything.
Thank you.
Hurry up.
Okay. Hurry up.
Help me.
Come on.
Here.
Put it inside.
-Let me do it. -Put it in.
Let me do it.
I can do it alone.
Can you do it alone?
I can do it alone.
Okay.
Be gentle.
Is everything ready?
-Thank you. -Here, Xiaohu.
What else do you need?
Let Xiaohu know.
I don't need anything.
Qiang, thank you for this time.
When I make money,
I'll pay you back.
Fine, I'll wait for you to pay me back.
Mo, do you
have a daughter?
Six years old.
Do you have any photos?
Yes.
Let me get it for you.
It's wet on the above.
Please paint it again.
Okay, I got it.
She looks very much like you.
Have you met her yet?
Mo,
after you are released,
have you burned incense to her mother?
You know Huang Cuicui?
Not really.
But I've seen her a few times.
Xiaohu.
Let me ask you something.
When I was in prison,
I asked Officer An
how Huang Cuicui died.
He didn't tell me.
How did she die?
You don't know how she
Mo.
Listen to me.
Don't ask around.
The dead can't come back to life.
Let bygones be bygones.
The most important thing for you now is your child.
Make more money
and bring her here.
-I'll get going. -Okay.
Mo, if you have anything,
just tell me.
I'll try my best to help.
Okay, thank you.
Go back early.
Okay.
Help me check
the wires inside.
Okay, don't worry.
See you.
Bye.
Take care, brother.
Take care, Qiang.
Mo.
I'll check the wire.
How did Huang Cuicui die?
Mo.
Well,
Brother Qiang just said,
don’t think about it.
How did she die?
Fine.
Everyone here knows it anyway.
I will tell you.
But don't say it is me who tells you.
Do you know Xu Jiang?
I don't know how
Huang Cuicui offended him.
Xu Jiang caught her
and beat her to death.
Everyone in the Old Factory Street
knows that
Xu Jiang is powerful.
We don't dare to mess with him.
Mo, listen to me.
Get out!
[Public phone]
Go somewhere else.
Why?
Where do I go to call?
What society is this?
There are actually people like this. Where are you going?
Tell me where to call.
Where?
I'll smash your shop.
I find that your skill
is getting better.
Hello.
Boss.
Boss, I’m Jiang.
Boss,
you have to help me.
I have no choice.
The police investigate every day.
I have nowhere to sleep.
I even sleep under the bridge
as if I am a beggar.
Boss, you see.
Why are you panicking?
Did I say I don't care about you?
Listen.
There will be a Commendation Conference
in the city on Friday.
There will be very few police
on the road.
I'll send you away.
Okay, okay.
Thank you, boss.
Thank you, boss.
Thank you.
Thank you, boss. Thank you.
[Public phone]
Chen,
go out for a smoke.
Wait for my call.
Okay.
It is An Xin's Commendation Conference
on Friday.
Take Xu Jiang out
and send him away.
He knows too much.
Where do you think is the best
to send him?
Why can't you stop?
Uncle Tai, how many years have we known each other for?
It's almost 20 years.
Can I use this
20 years of friendship to ask you
for a favour?
Go ahead.
But I may not agree.
I know you gave Guo Zhen's address
to the Gao brothers.
But I don't mean anything else.
I just want you
to help me think of an excuse to
get them out.
Why do you ask them out?
To settle this.
Xu Jiang.
You know I have no children.
I'm childless.
All this time,
I see you as my son.
It's you
who looks down on me
and broke my heart.
That person whose surname is Gao
I don't know him well.
I can help you.
After you meet each other,
you'll see what you can do.
At 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
Old Steel Factory.
Uncle An.
What are you doing at this hour?
I just saw
the light was on.
I thought you were still here.
Now the newspaper is full of you.
Zhao Lidong pushes you
into the fire pit.
Why did you offend him?
You said something just for fun,
right?
Do you need me for working overtime?
Let me help you.
Don't interrupt me.
Got it.
Got it.
At the Commendation Conference on Friday,
many leaders in the city are coming.
Stop messing around.
I won't do that.
I will say nothing.
Just receive the award, bow and say thank you.
I'm leaving.
Cao Chuang.
You are the oldest
criminal investigator
in our bureau.
Among the people that persist in doing at the frontline,
I'm the oldest.
I remember you were transferred
from the local police station,
right?
I was transferred
from Xiahe Street Police Station.
I remember
there was a fishery port
across the police station.
In summer,
the smell of rotten fish and rotten shrimp was awful.
It was so smelly.
Later,
I was transferred to the Municipal Bureau.
I didn't have to endure the
fishy smell anymore.
After entering our bureau,
An has been leading me.
Strictly speaking,
he is my master.
So many years have passed.
I'm old now.
You should have been promoted earlier.
I still had a chance
when it was about working experience.
I'm experienced.
I received the most things
on festivals.
But it had changed later.
The age of working experience didn't work well comparing with education background.
The worst youngsters recruited by our bureau
were also junior college students.
Then, I have had no chance whatsoever.
I didn't care enough
as a director.
It's my responsibility.
But to be honest,
I feel much relieved that
there is an older criminal investigator like you at the frontline.
With your words,
I feel relieved.
I'll stay on the frontline
and bring
more decent apprentices
to our bureau.
If you have any requirements or difficulties,
just let me know.
I will find a way to solve it.
Thank you, Director Meng.
It is quite significant this time.
All the city-level units are here.
All the districts and counties sent representatives here.
It's just a Commendation Conference.
Why does it have to be that grand?
The leader values you.
Who am I?
Are those patrols
here yet?
The security checkpoint people
are all over there.
Zhao Lidong
won't use this time to do
something about himself, will he?
Xu Jiang.
Xiang.
[Qiangsheng PHS Specialty Shop]
Brother, get me two
UT118.
[May wealth flow in.]
Two.
Hello.
Gao, are you free now?
Chen Shuting asked me
to give something to you.
Where to?
Ten o'clock, Old Steel Factory.
Ask your brother to go with you.
Okay.
Sheng,
go out with me later.
What did you just say?
I need to go out.
You stay at home and take care of the shop.
Okay.
What's the meeting today?
There are so many cops here.
Catch the bad guy.
There are so many policemen needed to catch him.
He's a bad guy.
Sir, follow the car in front.
OK.
An Xin.
I’m following
a police car in our station.
It didn't return to the station after leaving the auditorium.
It's heading towards the outside.
Did you see
who was in the car?
I can't see.
What about you?
Can you see who's not in the seat?
[Meng Dehai, An Changlin]
Not yet.
Keep in touch.
Okay.
Next,
let's welcome our leaders!
Uncle Tai.
Uncle Tai.
Uncle Tai is not here,
only me.
You asked me out here?
I can't stay in Jinghai anymore.
Before I leave,
there is something between us to settle.
What are you doing?
You're wanted.
Can you get out of here?
Stop nagging.
I've spent so much money
in Jinghai for so many years
and raised so many people.
They're just for today!
If your people were useful,
would you still be wanted?
Take care of yourself first.
[Police]
Here we are.
[Taxi]
On behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government,
I would like to extend my cordial greetings and warm congratulations
to comrade An Xin, a third-level police superintendent
[Zhao Lidong]
from Municipal Public Security Bureau
who has been recognised.
Please wait here.
Comrades,
building a high-quality
political and legal team
is
a long-term and difficult task.
Did you see
who was in the car?
An Xin.
Sorry.
I lost him.
How could you lose him?
We need to fully realise
Tell me.
Is it Director Meng?
Director An.
work hard
[Meng Dehai, An Changlin]
and keep promoting the political and legal team.
Tell me.
Next, let's welcome
the protagonist of this award, An Xin,
from Criminal Investigation Unit
of Jinghai Public Security Bureau,
to come to the stage to receive the award.
What’s wrong?
Take it.
Yes.
[Comrade An Xin: Special commendation for outstanding achievements in solving "2.06." and a series of major cases.]
Congratulations.
Thank you, Director An.
Why are you two here to present the award to me?
I am not allowed to do it?
We agreed at first that
it was my master, Captain Cao to do it.
Something came up to him at home.
It's just you and me now.
One-on-one. I'm not afraid of you.
What about now?
Cao.
Okay.
Kill him.
Comrade An Xin.
Yes.
Say something.
Yes.
[Liu Liyang, Meng Dehai, An Changlin, Guo Wenjian]
I said!
I think we're still young.
We have to face
many choices.
We need to choose what kind of person
we want to be.
And what kind of police officers we want to be.
It depends on
what kind of person we will become.
Someone asked me
if it is worth it
to have hurt myself in order to
save a suspect.
Actually,
I didn't think about anything at that moment.
I just felt that,
that was a life right in front of me.
When I pounced
and caught him,
I felt relieved.
Because I realised that
I gave him
a chance to make a new choice.
Everyone makes mistakes.
We need to
restart our lives.
and make a new choice again.
He needs someone
to help him
at this moment
and let him choose again.
This is
the value and significance
of our police career.
So,
Xiang.
We should
think about it
wisely.
A suspect was found
on National Highway G302,
at Li Zhuang Road Section, Old Steel Factory.
[Liu Liyang, Meng Dehai, An Changlin, Guo Wenjian]
Roger, comrade!
Senior,
206 special investigation team
found an important clue.
We request for a police action.
Criminal Investigation Unit of Jinghai Public Security Bureau,
listen to my command.
Set out immediately.
Yes!
[Jinghai People's Hall]
Kill him!
How are you going to explain to Zhao Lidong
if you don't kill him?
He's a big trouble.
You are the big trouble instead.
Cao Chuang!
And you!
Shoot me!
Are you out of bullets?
Xu Jiang.
I didn't kill your son.
I killed you.
Him.
Mo.
Huang Cuicui's husband.
Master!
Master! Master!
Master!
Master!
Master, hang in there!
Our brothers will be here soon!
Hang in there, Master!
Stop calling me master.
I committed a crime.
Zhao Lidong came to me
and promised me to be the deputy director.
Li Xiang.
You came at the right time.
We found Xu Jiang
and found the mole.
Take me for your future.
Stop it, Master.
Master.
Master!
Master!
My master
got the information about Xu Jiang
through the secret service agency.
But he only told me about the information
because he was afriad of inacurate information.
But I was late to get there.
Unfortunately,
during the arrest of Xu Jiang,
my master was killed.
Why didn't you report to the bureau
in advance?
Most of these kind of information
are fake.
And it was also
An Xin’s Commendation Conference.
Master doesn’t want to steal his thunder.
About this,
An Xin's testimony
is completely different from you.
I was there at that time!
I said it with my own eyes!
Come in.
Sir,
I found it in an anonymous letter
received by the Public Complaints Office.
It was piled up in the documents to be handled.
It's dusty.
Great! That is great!
Has anyone listented to it yet?
No.
I know someone there.
He gave it to me directly after he found it.
Okay.
How's the progress of
Xu Jiang's case?
The Public Security Bureau said they are still looking for evidence.
Still looking for evidence?
What evidence?
I've read the files.
The evidence is sufficient and logical.
The case should have been closed long ago.
Are they trying to
to create confusion
in order to protect someone?
I'll go and urge them.
What is the name of the young person
who found the scene of Xu Jiang's death?
Li Xiang.
Yes.
Li Xiang.
Yes, his name is Li Xiang.
This young man has a bright future.
After Cao Chuang died,
is the position of the Chief of Brigades
still vacant?
But he is very inexperienced.
Let him be
an acting Chief of Brigades.
Give more chances to young people.
I understand what you mean.
Pay attention
to the way you work.
Don't act like you're assigned to do it.
Let them
have a democracy election first
within themselves.
From the bullet trajectory,
it basically matches the fact that
they shot each other to death.
Besides,
the corresponding shooting residues
were also extracted from the hands of
Captain Cao and Xu Jiang.
So, what Li Xiang said is true.
At least judging from the current evidence,
it is proved that
he's not lying.
The higher-ups are urging us to close the case.
If we can't find new evidence,
we can only end it like this.
Baby, what's wrong?
Are you unhappy?
Let's go play the slide
together.
Let's go to jump on the bouncing bed, what do you think?
Sister Chen.
My brother
What are you doing?
Chen Shuting.
About what happened before,
I want to apologise
on behalf of me and my brother.
Oranges?
My friend planted them.
A gift?
It's delicious. Try it.
Here.
Try it.
New clothes?
For the peak lapels,
you'll only look great in it when you fit in it.
You bought a bigger size.
There wasn't any.
It is a clearence item.
I bought it on sale.
Not bad, right?
Pull out your collar.
Yes I did.
I say, turn this shirt collar.
This one?
Let me help you.
How about this?
I don't have a tie.
Let me see.
It looks better.
Really?
What's the matter?
I want to see Uncle Tai.
Uncle Tai?
Why?
Mum, I want to go there.
Wait, Xiao Chen!
Mum.
I'll take him.
-Let's go. -Sister Chen.
I'll take you to play.
It's okay.
My
My brother is good at babysitting.
We aren't going in.
[Shark Slide]
We'll just play outside.
Lie down and watch.
What does your brother want?
Didn't he tell you?
Meeting Uncle Tai?
Does he know who Uncle Tai is?
How dare he meet Uncle Tai?
Why does he want to see Uncle Tai?
I
I don't know what he wants.
It's okay. Let them play.
Look how happy they are.
When I was young
Stand still.
Jump.
when my parents passed away,
I was as grown up as Xiaochen now.
My brother raised me up.
We have a sister.
My brother took us to and from school
every day
and cooked food for us.
He still needed to manage the fish stall.
How old is your brother's kid?
I say, how old is his kid?
He has never been in a relationship.
-No. No. -Your brother
has never been in a relationship?
No.
At this age?
Really?
Yes.
[Shark Slide]
Xiaochen!
Hit him!
Hit the top!
In the middle!
One more round.
Attention!
Salute!
[Late husband]
Ceremony completed.
Li Xiang!
Li Xiang.
When are you going to tell the truth?
Do you want to let everyone know
what happened that day?
Why aren't you wearing your police uniform?
You did wear it.
You're all wearing it.
If you don't tell the truth,
do you even deserve to wear this police uniform?
What are you talking about?
Fine.
An Xin.
Go.
Speak out what you think
in front of madam
and everyone.
Speak out that master's reputation isn't important
but your opinion is the most important!
Go ahead!
There are eight more buildings.
-It's right behind us. -Don't be nervous.
Then all ten buildings
will be completed.
Dad!
Dad!
Do you miss me?
Yes.
Are you happy to see me?
Yes, I am.
That is Gao Qiqiang.
What are you waiting for?
Uncle Tai,
I heard you don't have a child.
My parents died early.
If you don't mind,
I want to take care of you.
You don't hate me?
I know Uncle Tai
must be testing me.
If I
am not good enough,
I wouldn't have
stood in front of you today.
I am very thankful.
Are you happy?
You have a son.
It's a little something for you.
Please accept it, Godfather.
Get up.
Shuting.
How long will it take
for Xu Jiang's case to be closed?
The trial and the property auction
About six months.
Six months later,
I'll buy his Platinum Palace
for you.
Thank you, Godfather.
Get up.
Thank you, godfather.
Son.
Give me a hug.
[Jinghai Public Security Bureau]
The Provincial Standing Committee has decided
to appoint Comrade Meng Dehai
as the Secretary of Jinghai District Committee
of the Standing Committee of the Jinghai Municipal Party Committee.
He will no longer be the Director of
Jinghai Public Security Bureau.
The Public Security Bureau has decided that
Comrade An Changlin
[Deputy Director's Office]
to be the Director of the Public Security Bureau of Bobei City.
He will no longer be
the Executive Deputy Director of Jinghai Public Security Bureau.
Can't you change it?
How?
The commission has been issued.
Change one.
Meng and I are getting promoted.
Aren't you happy for us?
I'm very happy.
Knock it off.
You can't wait for us old guys
to leave soon.
How is it?
Is everything packed?
Nothing much to pack.
There are only a few things.
An Xin.
We had us taking care of you
all the time in the past.
Don't you think that
from now on,
you have to think twice about everything.
You have to protect yourself first
so that you can punish the sin.
Once human and the police badge are separated,
many of the things you want to do
will be in vain.
An Xin,
remember what Uncle Meng said.
[Jinghai Public Security Bureau]
[Jinghai Public Security Bureau]
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