"THE MAN FROM BEIJING" "Part 1" "I'II die too soon." "Even if I Iive to be a thousand, I'II die too soon." "Because I couldn't restore the honor." "The honor of my family." "I've done what I couId, but it wasn't enough." "I have one more question." "calm down." "You couldn't help it." "It looks bad." "I'II ask if there were any witnesses in the village." "Jens, something's wrong here." "Anybody home?" "Maja, what's wrong?" "Maja to headquarters." "We need backup." "There are two bodies in there, and... they're completely chopped up." "Go back to sleep, I'II take a taxi." "No, I promised I'd drive you." "If you stop by the office, we can sign the divorce petition." "Nineteen years." "stockholm District Court" "The Swedish court has decided." "The defendant is acquitted, the state pays forthe trial." "The warrant is rescinded." "I want to emphasize that my decision was difficult." "However, as the victim is still heavily traumatized... and can't talk about what happened in the bar... the defendant had to be acquitted on the charge of rape." "Can you recharge this?" "You're the prosecutor." "And you swallow the aggressive circus act of some shyster, without protest." "appeal." "If the witness snaps again?" "She didn't snap." "She's lost her job." "Herfriends avoid her." "She feels like scum." "She just needs some time." "In six months she'II be more stable." "Think about appealing anyway." "In there." "Stay here." "Get two more ambulances, to be on the safe side." "We're going in." "Maja to headquarters." "We need two more ambulances." "Amassacre." "Dead bodies everywhere." "Dr. Libre of forensic medicine has to be informed." "Stop it." "It looks like he'II need help." "Amadman has gone berserk here." "With a big knife, or a sword." "If the killer or killers are still around..." "Get more backup, I don't care how." "I can't go on." "I can't go on." "police." "Don't move." "Don't move." "Lie down." "Lie down." "Get down on the floor." "Lie down." "Down on the floor." "Come on, get down, you." "Are you armed?" "Where is it?" "Don't move." "Afterthe taking of evidence, it can't be ruled out... it can't be ruled out that..." "Robertsson is going to appeal." "His secretary just told me." "I hope the victim can stand the stress." "I'm sure she can." "House number 2." "An older man, Iying face down on the stairs." "His back slit open." "Depth of the cut 5 centimeters, length 32 centimeters." "House number 3." "Two women, old, at Ieast eighty." "Bodies found in a double bed." "House number4." "Dead man in hallway." "probably tried to resist." "Body almost severed down the middle." "The hearses are here." "House number 5." "On the living room floor, a parrot with its head cut off." "House number 8." "Four bodies in the living room." "Another one on the floor, head cut off." "older woman at the table, her back slit open." "Length 32 centimeters." "Aman opposite, carotid artery severed." "Another man, Iying across a Hammond organ, hand severed." "Awoman lying in a bathtub." "Head severed from her body." "Who are you?" "Do you live here?" "Oh, child." "It snowed all summer." "Come here." "Take her up there." "Come with me." "Vivi?" "The boss is coming." "Is it really that bad?" "I've never seen anything like it in my Iife." "And we noticed this." "Astrip of red silk." "Why?" "Rage, revenge, hate." "I don't know." "I don't believe one single killer is capable of such an insane act." "I don't believe in anything anymore." "Hurry up." "Come on, Iet us through." "Let me go." "I was told there's been a mass murder here." "What is it?" "What's the village your parents are from?" "HesjovaIIen." "Come with me." "quickly." "Amassacre here in Hesjovallen, central Sweden.Ahamlet of about 20 people." "The number of victims is uncertain." "At least ten." "It's speculated that there's just one killer." "But it's unclear where he is, or if he's still alive." "Everyone wonders how such violence could occur in this peaceful country." "Prosecutor Nystrom has imposed an information embargo." "still, there's a rumor someone has been arrested." "Who are you?" "police." "Inspector Vivi Sundberg." "Why are you in my parents' house?" "Who is this?" "Brigitta RosIin." "My parents are Sven and OddaAndren." "Where are they?" "I'm afraid I can't tell you." "Information embargo." "I'm a judge in stockholm." "I am sworn to secrecy." "So please talk." "I can't make any exceptions." "I'm really sorry." "I have your number." "I'II call when I can." "Wait." "I promise." "Wait." "They're probably dead." "It seems there are two survivors." "We were supposed to drive over." "Last summer." "My husband and I." "We were supposed to go, but then the Larssen case came up." "What could I do?" "My mother was so disappointed." "As always." "I know everyone who lives there, you see?" "Everyone is related to each other, and to me." "And no one will tell me who's still alive." "Ijust want to know what the fuss is about." "It's not the pot, is it?" "Orthat jerk Einar?" "Why is he a jerk?" "He threw me out." "I've lived there twenty years." "He gave me notice, and got me evicted." "Because you spied on his wife?" "You have a record." "mostly abuse of women." "A filipino woman you lured to Sweden." "You beat her half to death." "You killed a man whose wife you'd harassed." "Did you fight overthe eviction?" "You had pictures and underwear of KIaraAndren's." "shall I tell you what happened?" "You went to EinarAndren and complained." "Yes." "And he shot me down." "Do I have to take everything?" "EinartoId you he gave you notice because you spied on his wife." "You went crazy." "You killed him." "And then you went on, until everyone was dead." "Ijust heard, about Sven and Odda." "And the others." "I'm so sorry." "I don't know if they're dead." "If they're still alive, they need my help." "I'm going overthere." "Can't you wait a few days?" "please." "It's been too much foryou." "I know." "please." "The Chinese government has just promised Africa billions in credit... to strengthen economic ties between the two states." "This was the fourth meeting of its kind." "You can let him go." "Wait outside." "Your brother betrayed me, Mrs. Hong." "please help me." "One word from you is enough." "I don't want to die." "I can't." "help me, please." "The court has convicted you." "No one can save you." "Neither me, nor anybody else." "But I can do one thing foryou." "I can help you get revenge." "follow the money trail." "Where does it lead?" "To your brother." "They call him golden Hands." "He Iaunders money, bribing officials and getting it out of China." "He puts it in foreign accounts." "golden Hands." "He said the police should follow the trail of the money you're stealing." "The first press conference has yielded only meager results." "What's certain is that 19 people were killed." "There's no information about their identity." "The police also remain silent about the alleged arrest of a suspect." "The murder weapon and motive are unknown." "The suspect probably insane." "There is one bright spot." "It's been confirmed that a man and a woman are the sole survivors." "You want what?" "I'm not a reporter, I'm a judge." "please take me to Vivi Sundberg." "Vivi, there's someone here to see you." "Brigitta RosIin, we spoke on the phone." "I need your signature for number 18's autopsy." "Who are the two survivors?" "I'm terribly sorry, they're not your parents." "Can I see them?" "Afterthe autopsy." "But it can take a while, with so many." "I don't know any more than you do." "Do you know a VaIfriedson?" "Lars-Erik." "He's lived in the cabin forever." "An eccentric." "Stubborn, hardheaded." "What about him?" "He and an old woman, Eva Steen, are the survivors." "She used to help us in the fields." "They're the only ones here who aren't related to you." "The murderer has only killed Andrens?" "I'II call you back." "You can see what's going on here." "Can I enter my parents' house?" "Forensics is still in there." "Sorry, I have to get back to work." "I'm sorry." "Don't tell anyone that you're related to the victims." "Come to the police station in an hour." "I'II probably know more." "Am I the only one who wishes you a happy birthday?" "You've become a very lonely man, Ya Ru." "The feather stands for a life thrown away." "And the stone stands for a death that means something." "You're not threatening me, are you?" "I want to warn you." "Ms Sundberg is expecting me." "You've always abused women." "At 17, you fought over a moped." "You hit your opponent so hard on his head, he was in a coma forthree weeks." "horrible things happened around you... and you claim you had nothing to do with them?" "Excuse me." "Coffee?" "Is this the entire correspondence with your parents?" "AChristmas card, a birthday card." "One on their golden wedding anniversary." "Rather impersonal." "They were your parents." "That's private." "Give them to me..." "What was wrong?" "As a student, I got pregnant." "I had an abortion right away." "My parents are simple people." "They are... were very religious, and against abortion." "That's your private affair, I'm sorry." "Are there any other relatives of yours somewhere?" "Cousins, nephews, uncles?" "We've found no one in all of Sweden." "No, I think we all came from here." "Then the killer wiped out your entire family." "Why do you think there was just one killer?" "Everyone was killed with the same weapon." "The direction and depth of the cuts indicate one killer." "And the force of the blows." "Someone was in an incredible rage." "AIunatic?" "Why are you grilling VaIfriedson?" " Just one lead." "You suspect him?" "You know he has a record." "Everyone knows." "You don't think..." "The examining psychologist thinks he can be violent." "especially when underthe influence." "The prosecutorthinks it was him." "And you?" "We're keeping our options open." "I want facts, not a press release." "Let me talk to him." "I know him, I'm a professional." "As a judge, you know I can't do that." "No further questions." "You must..." "Need a ride?" "...be careful with VaIfriedson." "He's a liar." "You could use some help." "Everyone knows what to do." "You're acting like diIettantes." "Stupid provincial cops?" "What do you know about investigations?" "What it's like to see the dead, who are just pictures in yourfiIes?" "You have no idea what I've seen." "That's in here." "It's in here." "Forever." "I won't be put down." "If I can help cIearthis up, it's the Iast thing I can do for my parents." "And I won't let anyone stop me." "What can I do foryou?" "I was told you have vacancies." "plenty." "The press prefers the Prince philip." "Are you from the press as well?" "In a way." "It's horrible, what happened out there." "Name and address." "I don't know who you work for." "Don't get me wrong." "It would be bad to drag this area through the muck." "I can't promise you anything." "Swantje, can you search the police database for me?" "Yes, sure." "Then enter schizophrenia and psychosis." "inclined to violence." "Under M.O." "Systematic, gruesome, dismemberment, cutting and stabbing weapons." "Cutting and stabbing weapons." "I'II do it today." "tell me when you've found something." "Staffan called, by the way." "He asked if the court had the divorce petition yet." "Why?" "Doesn't he want it to be filed?" "Yes, he does." "He didn't want to burden you, in this situation." "He doesn't have to spare my feelings." "He should have done that before." "Thanks." "Talk to you soon." "Sweden is shocked, and mourns the dead." "There's still an information embargo..." "Can you turn it up?" "One thing is certain.All victims were killed with a kind of machete... and horribly maimed." "Not just the locals wonder, how safe is Sweden?" "They'II wipe us out one day." "Can I go ahead?" "The three schizophrenics in the system are all in prison." "We also have a psycho." "Knut BireII, you may remember him." "The marine engineerfrom Lund... who'd stabbed three women?" "Exactly." "That was in '91." "He died in detention three months ago." "When will you come back?" "I don't know." "I need a little more time." "Thanks." "This hospital offers intensive medical treatment." "From tropical diseases to heart attacks and organ failure." "We have five clinics, including obstetrics and epidemics control." "My company will finance them." "No less than 1.8 billion dollars, commissioned by the people's republic." "And we're known for our reliability." "Very impressive, Dr. Ya Ru." "Our people urgently need this help." "But you also know our government has only a limited amount of currency." "Land." "We need land for our people." "You know we need land." "clinics in exchange for deserted land our people will make arable again." "That's colonialism." "It's business." "Thousands of farmers and workers constantly start bloody revolts." "fortunately, our censors prevent foreign intervention and unrest." "But for how long?" "We have to resettle them." "It's the secret new party line." "And how much will you make from this hospital business?" "I'm very glad to conclude that we agree on all essential questions." "I have to admit that our people, afterfaiIed crops and natural disasters have to depend on foreign aid now, and that we're ashamed of this." "China is a great country, and a competent partner we rely on." "Acommon destiny connects China with my country." "colonialism." "Like Africa, China bore the yoke, and managed to shake it off." "China is an example to us." "And together, we can prevent the plague of colonialism from returning." "Excuse me." "You're wanted next door." "It's not customary to disturb me." "You can be sure we're authorized to, for an important reason." "And what is this about, please?" "In connection with your deal with the Africans you need to clarify the source of yourfunds." "Recent corruption trials lead us to investigate further cases." "So if you would follow us..." "We won't keep you any longer." "Where did you get the money you're investing?" "From certain friends?" "Yes, I have friends." "What did you tell those men?" "I couId assure them I follow the party line." "Your cold capitalism dishonors ourfamiIy." "During the cultural revolution, ourfather had men killed." "He cast his brother out." "Is that the honoryou mean?" "Father criticized himself and was punished." "He always served the party." "You're just a capitalist Iackey." "Agreedy, unscrupulous banker who won't even shrink from colonialism." "You're riding into the future backwards." "We'II see which one of us has a future." "I'm sorry, but we're all pretty upset." "I apologize." "I'm asking the population for assistance." "Also regarding this piece of evidence here." "Could you take over, please?" "This is a strip of red silk, 37.9 centimeters long." "It's obviously been cut off." "The killer put it in the hand of a female victim." "We'd like to know where it came from." "It was brought to the crime scene." "Do you have any questions?" "Can you describe the murder weapon?" "No, no comment." "Is the arrested man the killer?" "No comment." "Be patient." "We are patient, but can't you tell us anything?" "Not at the moment, no." "That lady cop is downstairs." "I didn't want to just let her come up." "You can go in." "Do me a favor." "Check if anything is different from what you remember." ""To Isak Andren, HesjovaIIen." ""Me and those lousy slant eyes." "Jan Andren."" ""Dear Cousin." "I curse the day" ""I decided to leave our beautiful HesjovaIIen" ""where the winters are so long and lonely, and the work is so hard" ""and emigrate to America."" "These are my parents' private papers." "Very old letters, from 1865." "I'd never looked at them." "Can I take these with me?" "The scene hasn't been cleared yet." "How can I arrange my parents' affairs?" "It hasn't been cleared." "I can't help it." "Nothing beats principles." "Did you notice anything missing?" "On the chest of drawers." "Two photographs are missing." "Did you take them?" "Who was in them?" "My husband and I at our wedding, and at my mother's 75th birthday." "It's me." "Did you take two pictures from the chest of drawers in House 1?" "Yes, I'II wait." "My birth certificate." "This is me." "I'm sorry." "It's just that our nerves are raw." "Okay." "We don't have the pictures." "Then the killer has them." "Roslin." "Please leave a message." "This is Soren." "Swantje said you were at the funeral in Hudiksvall." "Take all the time you want." "My condolences." "The killer has pictures of us." "To identify me." "He had my name, now he has a face." "Your name's RosIin, not Andren." "That monster also killed the other spouses." "Are you afraid?" "No, there are too many people here." "The police are everywhere." "But you be careful." "I'm on the road all the time." "You be careful." "I'II manage." "Fried rice and egg, that's all." "Do you want to buy the lamp?" "Buy it?" "No." "One of the strips was cut off." "Who sat here three, four days ago?" "The day before the massacre in HesjovaIIen." "You keep books for every table." "I'm a judge." "It's really important." "I can check." "I remember." "There was a Chinese man at that table." "You rarely see a countryman in this remote area." "He spoke Mandarin." "Did you see him cut off the strip?" "No." "He ordered, and then ate silently." "Ijust saw him go overto Sture's hotel." "AweII-dressed man like that doesn't go to Sture." "And somehow..." "He had very peculiar eyes." "They looked dead." "I have a question." "Did you have a Chinese guest recently?" "I never give information about guests." "Can I see the guest records?" "No." "I'm busy." "Swantje, please check if Sture Hermansson has a record." "He's probably running an illegal brothel in a cheap place called Sture's hotel." "All the best." "Thank you." "If I tell you where the strip of red silk comes from you give me my parents' papers." "I'm listening." "It's from the Chinese restaurant opposite Sture's hotel." "It came from a lamp." "It came from the Chinese place?" "probably." "If you test it..." "Get OIaf to compare the material." "And check if our customer ate there before the crime." "What customer?" "AChinese man?" "What?" "AChinese man may have cut off the strip." "He probably slept at Sture's." "If I can see..." "Thanks." "We're way ahead of you." "What about my parents' papers?" "We'II send them to you when they're cleared." "We had a deal." "I don't make deals." "What are you doing here?" "I'm really sorry, I'd Iike to apologize." "I should start a criminal investigation." "I know you have to report me." "Sign this." "And then get out." "What did you find out about the silk?" "It came from the restaurant." "Thanks." "And did you check the guest records at Sture's hotel?" "To make sure." "Because of the Chinese man." "Our investigation shows a Chinese man had nothing to do with it." "Members of the royal family, politicians and other mourners are expected." "The entire city seems paralyzed." "People are gradually realizing the scope of this senseless crime." "And the voices demanding concrete results are getting louder." "You're not a reaIjournaIist." "Are you with the police?" "certainly not." "Have you found out anything about Sture Hermansson yet?" ""The United States, the promised land..." ""turns out to be a man-eating juggernaut." ""Where the heat simmers day and night..." ""and the work is even harder than at home."" "White men aren't suited for building railroads at all." "That's what the Lord created the Chinese vermin for." "My dear cousin, I'm glad to say that in Hesjovallen we don't have any slant eyes." "They're like rats, and don't believe in God." "And they're lazy and devious." "Come on, get up." "Get to work." "Get to work." "Leave my brother alone." "Leave him alone." "Stop beating my brother." "Come on." "I don't see a trace of God's mercy anywhere here." "There is no virtue in this godforsaken world." ""I wish I'd stayed with you in HesjovaIIen." ""If only God would help me." ""In silent longing, yourJan."" "Searching for wireless Network" "No Connection" "What's your W-LAN password?" "We don't have W-LAN." "You can use that computer overthere." "family brutally murdered." "Andren family brutally murdered." "The murderer only killed Andrens?" "Family massacred." "Jasmine tea, please." "Can you give me the number of the sheriff's office in Reno, Nevada?" "Zero, zero, one." "Seven, seven..." "hello." "My name is Brigitta RosIin." "I'm a judge in stockholm, Sweden." "Who investigated the Andren murder case?" "That was me." "Why is a Swedish judge interested in a case in Reno?" "Have you heard of the massacre over here in HesjovaIIen?" "There could be a connection." "How were the victims in Reno killed?" "They were hacked up with a cutting weapon." "No robbery." "No rampage, no motive." "AII the victims here were related by blood or marriage." "The family was called Andren." "Like the victims here." "Andren." "I was born an Andren." "My parents are among the victims." "It looks like I'm the Iast one." "Swantje." "At last." "What have you found out?" "Thanks." "Four convictions for sexual harassment." "Voyeurism, that is." "You were reported several times by the johns of the prostitutes upstairs." "Your specialty is cameras." "I want to know if a Chinese man stayed here, the night those 19 people were killed." "I want to know how long he stayed, when he left." "Photos, video." "The cameras are a thing of the past." "You can't run a hotel anymore, but you do." "You're violating the conditions of your parole." "I couId report you." "I know a Iot about these things." "He registered underthe name Wang Min Hao." "If I deciphered it correctly." "Did you ask for his passport?" "I always do." "The name's correct." "He paid, and left around four in the morning." "Make of car, license number." "I didn't bother." "Because you were watching your whore with her john." "Show me the room." "The Chinese man's room." "Or shall I call the inspector?" "Come with me." "Now show me the footage of the Chinese guest." "I'm not gay, I don't watch men." "The footage, oryou'II go to jail." "Hans was sleeping in the hole." "He's got a screw loose." "You wouldn't believe how many nuts we get." "Did he have any luggage?" "along object that didn't fit into a bag?" "No, no luggage." "They usually leave it in the car if they just want to sleep." "I need the footage." "But then it's over." "It's over when I know everything." "The same room, please." "We're full." "Sorry." "The press." "AII the fuss here." "I have to see Vivi Sundberg." "Too busy." "I have important information, and I need protection." "You have to wait." "I heard you want police protection." "At last." "The killer seems to have a hit list." "In Reno, Nevada, four people called Andren were killed the same way." "With a Iarge blade, systematically, hardly any usable clues." "please contact the sheriff in Reno." "He's called Rogerson." "He's expecting your call." "I also have a stick with film from Sture's hotel." "With the Chinese man." "Listen, there is no hit list." "It must be said." "The police's information policy is an outrage." "This lack of information is causing panic all overthe country." "Good evening, everyone." "Thank you foryour interest." "We're close to solving this gruesome bIoodbath." "We have the probable killer." "And we have his confession." "Acertain Lars-Erik V. from HesjovaIIen." "Our Vivi Sundberg will give you the details." "V. is regarded as an eccentric." "He's made a credible confession." "He claims he acted out of revenge." "We suspect this is about a woman in the village he persecuted." "He has a relevant record." "police psychiatrists are examining him." "Thanks, Vivi." "Any questions?" "What about the red strip?" "We received a tip." "It comes from a restaurant which V. visited at Ieast fourtimes." "Staffan Roslin." "Please leave a message." "alright, listen." "They got a confession from VaIfriedson." "But that's impossible." "You know him." "There's a serial killer about, and we're at the top of his list." "Go to the police and ask for protection." "I'm coming home right away." "please call me." "call me." "I'm scared." "Hermansson, the bill." "I have to go." "Mr. Hermansson?" "Stay where you are." "Amassacre here in Hesjovallen, a hamlet of 20 people." "The hearses are here." "The number of victims is unknown." "More than ten." "Why are you in my parents' house?" "I can't tell you." "I'm a judge." "I'm sworn to secrecy." "So please talk." "Do you know VaIfriedson?" "He and Eva Steen are the survivors." "He only killed Andrens?" "These are my parents' private papers." "old letters from 1865." "My dear cousin." "I'm glad there aren't any slant eyes in HesjovaIIen." "Let him go." "I can help you get revenge." "follow the money trail." "It seems there's a kind of hit list." "There is no hit list." "We have the probable killer." "And his confession." "You have to be careful." "I need police protection." "You have to wait." "There's a serial killer about." "Stay where you are." "THE MAN FROM BEIJING" "Part 2" "How is she?" "Shock, smoke inhalation, but not critical." "We'II take herto the hospital." "We found a charred body in the back room." "The victim is Brigitta RosIin, 53." "probable smoke poisoning, concussion, fracture of the right arm bruises and small cuts, from the broken glass." "Your bag." "I thought you might need it." "What happened?" "The ground floor is burned-out." "The cause is clear." "The ownerfeII asleep smoking in bed." "Dead?" "Yes." "And the Chinese man?" "The Chinese man who tried to kill me with a sword?" "What sword?" "We haven't found a sword." "I'm not imagining this." "VaIfriedson confessed." "And where's the weapon?" "We'II find it." "Sture secretly watched and filmed his guests." "Footage of the Chinese man is on this." "The night of the massacre, he stayed at Sture's hotel." "Afew weeks ago, an entire family of Andrens was butchered in Reno." "Sheriff Rogerson called me." "VaIfriedson can't have done it in Reno." "Of course not." "Do me a favor, and mail this footage to Reno." "And it was the Chinese man." "With a sword." "stockholm Airport" "How are you?" "Better." "What was the message about?" "I'm terribly afraid foryou." "The man who murdered my parents tried to kill me." "I'm the Iast Andren." "It's all been too much foryou." "You don't want to understand." "I finally know what he looks like." "I want justice, I owe it to my parents." "Sundberg." "What?" "VaIfriedson's dead?" "Well, then." "We're talking about a certain Wang Min Hao." "That's the name he used here as well." "The man entered the States through San Francisco three days before the murder." "He was fingerprinted and photographed there." "Washington is investigating in Canton." "The Chinese man left an address at the US consulate in Canton." "The passport and visa were sent there." "The name could be false." "But our consulate says the visa is real." "The address in Canton must be right, orthe passport wouldn't have arrived." "Can you send me the address?" "Ijust did." "With the photograph." "Good luck." "I heard it on the radio." "VaIfriedson has retracted his confession." "VaIfriedson sIit his wrists last night with a razor." "Dead?" "Everyone believed he was the killer." "Everything pointed to him." "His record, his motive, his confession." "He probably concocted a story, because he wanted to be someone." "He wanted to be noticed, even as a mass murderer." "But he knew details only the killer could know." "He always liked snooping around." "He probably was just at the scene." "About the Chinese man:" "Reno has started an international investigation." "This morning we heard that a Wang Min Hao left the country from stockholm." "He returned a rental car." "With traces of blood, and bandages." "I sent the DNAto Reno, for comparison." "We're going to collaborate with the Americans." "How long do you think it will take?" "In China?" "I can't just get on a plane to Canton." "No, you can't." "Here, this is foryou." "Thanks." "Do you need a taxi?" "I can help you." "Wait." "I came here thirty years ago, and stayed." "I worked at the archives of the historical Museum." "If you Iike, I can give you a tour." "You won't find a better guide." "The museum." "My card." "AfeIIow countryman." "My name is Lund." "I'm a SinoIogy professor." "Which hotel are you staying at?" "The Wu Fang hotel." "Ask for a card with their name in Chinese characters." "Oryou'II neverfind it again." "This way, please." "welcome to our hotel." "My name's RosIin, I have a reservation." "This way, please." ""My working conditions have worsened again." ""God Almighty has sent grave diseases to our camp, to test us." ""Every delay plays into the hands of the competitors." ""Amerciless race against time."" "Get up." "We don't have all day." "Here's another one who thinks he can avoid work." ""Every day, I have to force those lazy Chinese vermin to work."" ""This devil became the nightmare of my ancestors, and their doom." ""Back then, when the railroad was built." ""In the United States of America."" "please, Iet me take over my brother's work." "I beg you." "No way, everyone works today." "help him, you can carry his part as well." "Keep working." "Take him away." "My brother..." "One day, you'II push me so far I'II kill you." ""Jan Andren dishonored and tormented my father."" ""Jan Andren killed my father's brother, Qui San." ""This infamy must be revenged" ""by you, who will come after me."" "Up there, that office building." "Here he comes, here he comes." "That man." "She's found us." "Try to get a fix on a Swedish mobile number." "Remember herface." "And bring her here." "Staffan Roslin's voicemail." "Pass it on." "Toward Taikang." "Can anyone here understand me?" "Vivi Sundberg." "Brigitta here." "I've found him." "The man who killed my parents." "I've found him in Canton." "call the embassy now." "Try to get in touch with the consulate." "Is this your bag?" "Can I help you?" "Don't you need help?" "You know where the nearest subway is?" "I'd better drive you overthere, okay?" "The subway." "Can you let me out?" "Yes, I know." "It's more convenient if I take you directly to the hotel." "Don't worry." "Stay where you are." "For my father, the time of slavery would finally come to an end." "Five years." "How time flies." "That's how long we've known each other." "You should be glad." "You can go back to your whore and your bastard." "And now give thanks to Our Lord." "Our Father in heaven." "I have a right to pray how I want." "slant eyes don't have any rights." "Come on, pray." "Our Father, who art in heaven." "HaIIowed be Thy name." "Thy Kingdom come." "Thy will be done." "On earth, as it is in heaven." "Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us ourtrespasses." "As we forgive those who trespass against us." "And lead us not into temptation." "Forthine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever." "It won't be long now." "We'II see Daddy today." "Overthere, by the mountains." "For ever and ever." "What are you staring at?" "Get to work." "help me." "I have to get out of here." "We've almost made it." "The Swedish embassy, please." "One moment." "This is the Swedish embassy." "Our opening hours are Monday..." "This is Brigitta Roslin." "Can you help me report something to the police?" "What happened?" "I've been mugged." "That's terrible." "But..." "I'm afraid it's not so simple here." "Reporting something to the police is complicated." "But there is one police station that can deal with foreigners." "They speak english." "It's nearyou, the hotel knows the address." "But please call any time you want to visit the museum." "I'm looking forward to it." "Yes." "Thank you, Professor Lund." "I've been robbed." "AII my papers are gone, so is my money." "The embassy is in Peking, how do I get there?" "And..." "Tomorrow." "Come back tomorrow." "Where are you?" "What are you doing?" "I've found him." "I saw him this afternoon." "Who did you see?" "The killer." "But then they mugged me." "Did they hurt you?" "To kidnap me." "Are you hurt?" "Just my arm." "I had to break the window." "Oh, Staffan, you were right." "It's too much." "I need you." "The Swedish..." "Are you still there?" "Room service." "Put it by the door." "Reception?" "I was making a Iong distance call to Sweden." "I was cut off." "Can you reconnect me?" "Of course. I'll call you back in a moment." "Come to the phone in the lobby." "We can connect you there." "Can't you do it in my room?" "Sorry, there's a technical problem..." "alright, I'm coming." "What?" "The connection is bad." "Did you hear what I said?" "Yes, you broke a window." "I won't let the brute get me down." "please come home." "I'II book a flight." "I can't." "They've got my passport." "Can't I do anything foryou?" "Ijust wanted to hearyour voice." "Thanks." "Take care of yourself." "Mrs. RosIin?" "I wouldn't disturb you at night if it wasn't very important." "The police have found this." "Your bag." "My name is Qui Hong." "I'm partly responsible for security in the city." "We're proud, by the way, that the crime rate in China is very low." "If anything does happen, we'II handle it." "I was mugged." "I'm very sorry you weren't able to report it to the police before." "The bureaucracy." "But we'II make up for it." "You're a judge." "In China, judges are highly respected." "May I come in?" "Do you have an ID?" "Yes, of course." "But you probably can't read it." "Is anything missing?" "Nothing, except money." "please check again." "Nothing's missing, except the money." "Do you know that man?" "Who is he?" "How did you lose your bag?" "I was mugged." "Did he have anything to do with it?" "You tell me." "Do you know him?" "AII hotels have to report their guests." "Contact me if there's any trouble." "We'II tell you where and when you can report the crime." "And please switch off your cell phone." "Buy a prepaid card or use a land line, so you can't be traced." "We don't want any more unpleasantness foryou." "May I?" "You're staying all night." "You'II be relieved at six." "Do you treat all robbery victims this way?" "I can send them away, if you Iike." "No, thank you." "What about the picture?" "We need it, as evidence." "Your suspicions were confirmed." "We could identify the person in this picture." "He's called Dong Liu." "He's applied for visas to Sweden and the US." "He's head of security at Ya Yu Ya." "If it's true what that woman says, it has high priority forthe party." "Isn't it your personal priority as well?" "She's coming." "Here's your prepaid card." "I see her." "Mrs. RosIin?" "You're expected." "Why did you take this long journey, from Sweden to China?" "I'd Iike to help you." "I'm afraid you have no choice but to trust me." "You want to help me?" "Find out who that man is." "I saw him here yesterday." "He killed all my relatives." "Find out why a Chinese man has systematically murdered 23 members of a Swedish family, on two continents." "Those are outrageous charges." "But I'II look into them." "This is Dong Liu, your head of security." "ASwedish judge wants him for a massacre." "She got this photo from a hotel nearthe scene." "She tracked him down here, in front of your office building." "You've always been just a hanger-on." "And you've done nothing." "Nothing." "To help remove this old dishonor from ourfamiIy." "please excuse me." "please follow me." "There are indications that the man you're looking for may be involved in the crimes." "I saw the killer in front of this building." "He may be working forthis man." "I want to stress again that I'II personally handle this case till it's fully solved." "In the meantime, Mrs. Huey Ru is responsible foryour safety." "As long as this isn't solved, you may be in danger." "It would be shameful if we weren't able to protect an important guest like you." "I'd Iike to go home as soon as I've made my statement." "The suspect is in town, it should be possible to catch him." "We already have important leads." "But we need to investigate further, and you're our main witness." "With my statement, I'II be signing his death sentence?" "Just punishment for someone who's killed 23 people." "Your judicial system alarms me." "Your standards don't apply here." "I don't understand you either." "This man killed your parents." "You chase him around the world, then you don't want to see him punished?" "The death penalty doesn't make amends." "It's revenge, not punishment." "You ask for our help and lecture us on our morality?" "Don't forget we don't criticize your lax treatment of criminals either." "Can I come in?" "Ijust wanted to see if you were alive." "But now I have to go down to get a room." "Don't." "What do you mean?" "Don't you dare." ""Chinese women are all whores, who sell themselves for little money." ""although God teaches us that prostitution is a grave sin." ""But the Chinese don't care."" "It has even come to pass that a Chinese whore offered herself to me in my own camp." "Where is my husband?" "His name is San." ""But I punished herterribIy forthis."" "Where is my husband?" "My little sIant-eyed dove." "Come along, come along." "God was testing me with this temptation." "San, what happened?" "What happened?" "But I resisted." "You locked him up?" "San is a free man today." "I decide when he can go." "Get it?" "I'm the man you have to ask, if you want to go." "When you're a damn slant eye." "And I'm telling you perhaps he can go tomorrow." "But first, we celebrate." "Come on, celebrate." "celebrate." "Come on, go and celebrate." "Let's celebrate." "celebrate." "You're celebrating with me." "No." "Let me go." "Let me go." "Let me go." "Get in there, you." "That night, my mother died at the hands ofJan Andren." "I have to go." "Wait, I'II go with you." "No, you can sleep late." "I'II go with you." "I've written everything down foryou." "Does blood vengeance exist in China?" "blood vengeance?" "No." "In the European sense, it doesn't exist in China." "Why?" "I found old letters that say Chinese also worked on the American railroads." "I can't help feeling something dreadful happened back then." "We can go to the archives later." "They must have material on it." "Why did you become a judge?" "To improve the world." "But good and evil, right and wrong, they're so close together." "I'II never get it." "especially here." "Because the Western view is based on fear, prejudice and cliches." "But it's possible to understand China." "China has survived the emperor, Mao and the cultural revolution." "It'II also survive unbridled capitalism." "When I think about the Swedish students who thought Mao was God..." "Didn't you?" "Mao was the alternative to the bourgeoisie." "To our parents." "Here, people have an unshakeable belief in a capitalist future." "The same way they believed in Mao Zedong." "But inside, the Chinese are still so stable and so diligent because the family is still the most sacred thing." "It provides survival and continuity, no matter what politicians do." "family is the most sacred thing to the Chinese?" "absolutely." "Can we go to the archives?" "Yes, please." "I'm writing the history of my parents." "For you, my descendants." "Because of these terrible events, ourfamily can never be united again." "Only vengeance can unite us." "Many Chinese were shanghaied and brutally taken to the USA." "To work as cheap forced laborers there." "Forthree to five years, they had to work off the cost of theirforced journey." "Thousands of them were killed." "especially in 1863." "Amurderous competition broke out between two railroad companies." "The one who reached the Pacific first made millions, the other one went bust." "The Chinese are still traumatized." "also by the colonization by the British, French and Germans." "What's that?" "Astrip of silk." "It was usually red." "also the color of marriage." "In some areas, a strip of red silk is still a promise of marriage." "And when it's cut up?" "Then the couple was separated." "They each took half." "As a promise to neverforget each other." "That night, my mother died at the hands ofJan Andren." "Pain and darkness surrounded us." "From then on, retribution dominated my thoughts." "Those were cruel, inhuman times." "These Chinese were executed for alleged theft." "And these men were acquitted even though they all killed several Chinese forced laborers." "Can you tell me something about this company?" "You'd better not do business with them." "If that's why you came to Canton." "They don't have a good reputation." "Does the name Ya Ru mean anything to you?" "It seems a stockbroker who worked with this man was recently executed." "There's nothing about it in the paper." "He's head of Ya Yu Ya." "That's not a Chinese character, by the way." "Then what can it mean?" "One moment." "Who's that?" "Arich merchant from San Francisco." "At the time, it was fashionable to adopt a mon, a family emblem, Iike in Japan." "There's no name given." "only that he was second-generation, a textile merchant and that his parents were killed by the railroad." "apparently, this burdoned him very much." "Only vengeance can unite us." "From then on, retribution dominated my thoughts." "If the merchant witnessed his mother's death, as a child... and passed on the call to vengeance to his children, and their children..." "That could be the motive forthe massacre." "If Ya Ru is a descendant of the merchant, that could be the motive." "But then the question remains, how long will this hate continue?" ""It's the dead of night when my dear fatherfinaIIy regains consciousness."" ""He's badly wounded, and confused."" "I have to get this thing off." "It's driving me crazy." "Then we'II look for a doctor." "They're coming." "Here it is." "You'II see, it helps." "Even if you don't believe in it." "We don't use plaster so much anymore, in these cases." "Not as much as in Europe." "Go easy on your arm for a while." "And have a good trip." "Is that better?" "Much better." "They took off." "I'II call Hong." "What's up?" "She's not answering." "I'II send her a text message." "It's certain that this Andren murdered 300 of our people." "Three hundred." "The dragon has only slain 24 foreign devils." "What's 24 against 300?" "cleanse me of this filth, then your mission will be completed." "You're a sick man." "This revenge won't get rid of evil." "EviIjust breeds more evil." "I won't let us lose face with the party and the public." "So I'II stop all investigations into you." "On the condition you stop all your corrupt deals right away and retire from public life, to chase the demons out of your soul." "And there's anotherthing." "I protect the judge and her husband." "Never call off my bodyguards again." "Overthere." "Taxis." "What's the matter?" "That's him, Staffan." "Everything's alright." "Come on, we have to hurry." "Hurry, hurry." "Get in." "Go on." "This hotel belongs to our department." "Which is?" "No one will find you here." "State Security, KGB?" "Mrs. Hong will be here soon." "She'II answeryour questions." "This is a brothel." "How do you know what one looks like?" "Everyone has his dark side." "But that's Ya Ru." "Look at this." "That's Ya Ru, and that's Hong." "So Ya Ru is Hong's husband." "No." "Ya Ru is my brother." "What does my wife's family have to do with atrocities from 140 years ago?" "Why did that mass murderer try to kill us an hour ago?" "Huey Ru just killed a man to save your lives." "Accept that as proof that I'm on your side." "It's such a disgrace." "So your brother is the... the..." "Psychopath." "He sent Dong Liu to kill you as well." "Professor Lund led him to us." "I don't know anyone called Lund." "No." "My brother bribed one of your bodyguards." "One of my men." "I get the impression that, as a judge, you insist on a public solution to this case." "I won't cover anything up." "I'II send my brotherto the executioner." "I'II be expelled from the party." "And my family, that has served this country for so long, will lose face." "My family and I have nothing to do with what happened in Nevada." "And yet, my parents, and all the others, had to pay for it gruesomeIy." "What if I ask you to leave the motive and background out of your statement?" "And say that Dong Liu's execution closed the case?" "Because, regarded objectively, he is the mass murderer." "No." "I promise you you'II be safe, and that my brother will be punished." "For other crimes." "Didn't you say you were against the death penalty?" "So we're allowed to leave the country now?" "What guarantee do I have that you won't go to the media in Sweden?" "None." "Then how can I let you go?" "How can you not let us go?" "I'II give you time to think about it." "In the meantime, you're my protected guests." "Protected guests." "The death of a great master of ourtradition overshadows my soul." "I have all the evidence I need against you." "I'II travel with my son, and teach him." "Ya Ru, you don't have a son." "I'II retire, Iike you asked." "But what about the judge and her husband?" "Who'II put the red strip together again?" "I Iove you." "You know you have to kill the judge and her husband." "Why are you so weak?" "I've given orders to have you picked up." "You want to have me executed, Iike Shen Wixan?" "I'm your sister." "You urgently need to enter a clinic." "I trust you." "Just as much as you trust me." "Our bodyguards are leaving." "Let's get out of here." "I've got the tickets." "welcome aboard." "would you Iike a towel?" "And foryou." "Thank you." "Mrs. RosIin, you have to come with us." "No, my wife's staying." "please come along." "My wife's staying here." "Don't touch her." "Don't make trouble." "Sit down." "Easy." "I want to talk to the captain." "Sorry." "until we're in the air, we have to obey the police." "Then I'II ask my embassy if you have the right to take her." "Stay in your seat." "Describe the woman who shot the man." "The one you claim attacked you on the bridge." "That is the only crime we're investigating." "Ask Mrs. Hong." "She introduced herself as a security official of the city." "We were held at a hotel, although you don't seem interested." "unfortunately, Mrs. Hong was the victim of an accident last night." "She's dead." "Can I go to the bathroom?" "But your cell phone stays here." "Here." "This way." "alright." "I'II be finished in an hour." "At last, Mrs. RosIin." "I've waited forthis a Iong time." "What do they have to do with it?" "What do they have to do with it?" "Why?" "You would have simply shot me." "Forgiveness is alien to you." "As alien as to your ancestor, Jan Andren." "And as alien to me." "Forgiveness is possible." "I was just a child when I had to watch my father's soul being shattered." "He'd loved my mother so much." "Just as I couId neverfind peace, nor my children nor my children's children... so our enemies will find no forgiveness." "And I pray my family will one day produce a truly strong man to take revenge on the Andrens." "MerciIess revenge." "until there's no Andren left." "With the sword, you will destroy those who destroyed us." "I'll die too soon." "Because I wasn't able to restore my family's honor." "I've done what I couId, but it wasn't enough." "I'm no better than he was." "I wanted him to die."