The Justice Episode 32 Recap
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Liao Lan and Gao Dayong gave Cheng Yizhi a Stick cane. Cheng Yizhi loved it. Liao Lan inadvertently revealed that Wu Lizi and Cheng Yizhi were living together, and Wu Lizi quickly changed the subject. As soon as Cheng Yizhi returned home, he urged Wu Lizi to move out. Wu Lizi didn't want to go back to an empty home. Cheng Yizhi firmly refused, and Wu Lizi, in a huff, lay on the sofa pretending to be asleep.
The Japanese army wantonly trampled on China's territory, and Shanghai was not spared, leaving the people in a state of panic. Wu Lizi pretended to want to move out. She repeatedly cautioned Cheng Yizhi, who was worried about her living alone and agreed to move back home with her. Wu Lizi was naturally delighted. The Japanese army bombed the Chinese sections of Shanghai. Merchants affiliated with Rebang Bank were tragically bombed. Gao Dayong suggested moving the factories westward.
Cheng Yizhi sent people to notify Wenquan Pharmaceutical Factory and Shenqin Cotton Mill to transfer their valuable machinery and equipment. Subsequently, Japanese bombers left both factories in ruins. Cheng Yizhi came to the wharf to book a forty-ton cabin to transport the machinery and equipment, but the cargo ship's cabins were already full. Assistant Manager Wan also came to the wharf. He scoffed at Cheng Yizhi, telling him to give up early.
Cheng Yizhi pulled out a government official document, which clearly stated that essential civilian goods had priority for transportation. Assistant Manager Wan reminded him that there were supplementary clauses, and that special periods required approval from the Ministry of Finance. Xu Shu joined an anti-Japanese organization, actively contributing money and effort to the resistance. The target of the organization's assassination action was Japanese Colonel Liu Erlang. Cheng Yizhi, after careful consideration, decided to relocate Shenqin Cotton Mill to the concession.
However, land in the concession was outrageously expensive and also required foreign capital certification. Cheng Yizhi promised to preserve the cotton mill at all costs. Leizi came to negotiate with interpreter Dou, hoping to cooperate with the Japanese army. Anti-Japanese organization members came to carry out the assassination action against Liu Erlang, but it ended in failure; they were all shot. Xu Shu was waiting in a car outside for backup.
Seeing the Japanese army searching everywhere, he quickly drove away. Huang Ruhong contributed money and effort to the anti-Japanese national army. Feng Youru came to Huang Ruhong for help again, asking him to find supplies like cotton yarn and medicine. He specially approved a twenty-five-ton warehouse for him, and the two immediately hit it off.
Cheng Yizhi sought General Luo's help to buy land in the concession, but he had already retired from the business world and was powerless to assist. Xu Shu came to bid farewell to Cheng Yizhi, thanking Cheng Yizhi for everything he had done for him. Cheng Yizhi asked about his whereabouts, but Xu Shu avoided answering. Cheng Yizhi advised him to return soon to realize his ideals.
Cheng Yizhi received the foreign capital certification documents, and he guessed that Xu Shu had helped arrange them. Shimazaki Tadashi returned to his western-style clothes shop after work, seeing his child already asleep. Due to the war, Bell Western-style Clothes Shop had no customers. In fact, Huang Ruhong had helped arrange the foreign capital certification.
The reason he helped Cheng Yizhi was because he coveted the cotton mills and tung oil factories funded by Rebang Bank, wanting to use them as leverage to bargain with Feng Youru. Most banks in Shanghai had already moved westward. Gao Dayong rebuilt Chen Chen Tung Oil Factory in Chongqing. Cheng Yizhi wanted to send Gao Xiaocong with three employees to Chongqing tomorrow, but Gao Xiaocong insisted on staying in Shanghai to share the fate of Rebang.
Feng Youru sent people to invite Liao Lan and Gao Dayong. He claimed to be Cheng Yizhi's friend. Liao Lan exposed Feng Youru and Huang Ruhong's collusion right to their faces. Feng Youru claimed that Huang Ruhong had sided with the Japanese for personal gain and that they had parted ways. He then produced a document, forcing Gao Dayong to hand over the tung oil factory to support national defense.
Liao Lan had long seen through Feng Youru's wild ambitions, using the excuse that she needed to go back and discuss it with Cheng Yizhi. Feng Youru threatened to requisition the tung oil factory in the name of the government.
