CCTV Footage: 12:43 AM May 15, 2009

Video footage was discovered on CCTV cameras at an unmarked hospital where the location shall not be named in this article. This video has been confiscated by local authorities, however multiple copies of the video have been released due to the cameras archive. The footage shows 3 people on the hospital's roof, one person is in a comatose state. The footage cannot be shown publicly, however, a transcript has been published and is available for public use.

## **Transcript**

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**The people in this video have been identified as Cheng Xiang and Su Lingmin. The transcript will refer to them with their last names.**

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**12:43 AM: Motion Detected**

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**(*WS of hospital roof, 2 people, 1 lying in a hospital bed in a comatose state, door opens.)***

**Xiang:** Lingmin!

**Lingmin:** So you've come. I knew you would. I'm glad to see you, Xiang.

**Xiang:** Spare me your small talk! What are you going to do with *him*. You want to kill him don't you? So you can take over SASAC.

**Lingmin:** Maybe, maybe not, but I don't care about that, it's not supposed to be like this.

**Xiang:** What do you mean?

**Lingmin:** Xiang, the truth is, the chairman, I've been very worried about him.

**Xiang:** What?

**Lingmin:** The chairman had always believed in me when no one else had. I'm sure you're already aware of this, you know the vice-chairman, Wu Peirong, was the one brought me into SASAC.

**Xiang:** Yeah.

**Lingmin:** I bribed him to let me in, I just needed someone who'd put money over a person's life, and he fit the bill.

**Xiang:** Did you have to go that low just to join SASAC?

**Lingmin:** You know, we're not so different you and I.

**Xiang:** What!?

**Lingmin: Alone in this world from the moment I was born. The only childhood memories I have… are ones of struggle for survival. I was like one of those children scavenging the ruins of post-war Tokyo. It's hard to believe such poverty still exists nowadays. You know what I went through. Loved by no one. Needed by no one. No companion but your own loneliness. I needed to make something of myself. Becoming successful. Making money. That was all I cared about. I worked myself to the bone. I made countless sacrifices. And do you know why? It was all about money. From the minute I made wealth my goal, every moment…. every breath I took was taken toward achieving that goal. Until at last, I could buy anything I wanted. Have any woman I wanted. My employees would gladly follow any order I gave them. But I came to a realization. All of that… was a lie.**

**Xiang:** What do you mean?

**Lingmin: Do you not see? Humans are egotistical liars by nature. No matter how many say they are committed to the cause, they will all eventually turn tail. That reality made me question as I went through it. Is friendship a real thing? Is loyalty just an ideal that's out of reach? It was at that time that I discovered a system where the bonds between men were supreme.**

**Xiang:** You're talking about SASAC, right?

**Lingmin:** Correct, I had to see these bonds for myself, to see if they really existed, that's when I bribed the vice-chairman, it was that simple, and just like that, I was part of SASAC. I would later meet the chairman myself, and despite my lack of experience, he welcomed me with open arms, he had the charisma of a true leader. It was incredible to see. He was the first person I had ever admired.

**Xiang:** If that's the case... Then why are you doing this?

**Lingmin:** Had it not been for the chairman's illness, I'd have never gotten myself involved with SASAC.

**Xiang:** Explain.

**Lingmin:** When the chairman had gotten sick, I was devastated. I had been the one man I loved, I needed to move on and find a new reason to live. And this is the path I chose.

**Xiang:** So that's why you worked with the Bo Family.

**Lingmin:** Correct.

**Xiang:** But the chairman is alive, he's still there breathing!

**Lingmin:** He's nothing but a bunch of tubes and machines! That's not a life worth living.

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1:05 AM

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*(Lingmin points a gun at the man in the bed)*

**Xiang:** Don't do it, Lingmin!

**Lingmin:** I can't bear to see him like this anymore.

**Xiang:** The chairman is fighting with every ounce of willpower just to hold on, and you're just going to kill him regardless?

**Lingmin:** I knew you'd say something like that, people like you, who stop at nothing to help others make my fucking blood boil!

*(Lingmin fires a shot near Xiang's feet, Xiang stands unphased)*

**Lingmin:** I have 2 things left to do. First, I'll end the chairman's poor wreck of his life. The second is killing you, then, once SASAC is finally mine, my life will have meaning.

**Xiang:** Except that won't give your life meaning.

**Lingmin:** What!?

**Xiang:** I can see why everyone left you, it's as clear as day.

**Lingmin:** You don't know me...

**Xiang:** Do you still resent the people that have left you?

**Lingmin:** Of course I do! All they ever craved for was money, had they've been here right now, I'd shoot every single one of them!

**Xiang:** Which is why you're exactly like them, you let money control you, and you trusted nobody but yourself. That's why you've always been alone!.

**Lingmin:** Not another word!

*(Lingmin fires another shot)*

**Xiang:** I guess I'll just have to teach you what I mean the only way I know how.

*(Xiang swiftly disarms Lingmin, Lingmin pushes Xiang, the two have distance)*

**Lingmin:** Even when everything's at stake, you still refuse to change your ways. If you really think you can change my mind, after all I've said, then come at me then. However, I wont go down easy, not even to a legend like yourself. **Xiang, this is your final battle, you better make the most of it.**

**Xiang:** Don't worry, I will. **Lets do this!**

**Lingmin: Come at me, Xiang!**

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1:20: Recording Ended

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