Proletarian internationalism is built on the notion of seeking truth from facts.
Only when you stand firmly,
insisting on seeking the truth from facts can socialist modernization
move forward.
We can now enter university!
What has been undergoing, as a practice, is the only discussion,
we will have to examine the truth. More practically, the core argument
is to emancipate the mind.
Whether or not...
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Like a Flowing River
~Episode 43~
Secretary! Secretary!
We have trouble, Village Chief.
- What happened? - Trouble.
What trouble?
People from Shaojia Village came to seek compensation.
I haven't seen them yet, but Sibao already led some men to hit them upon entering the village.
They couldn't bear the humiliation so they led some men to destroy our piggery.
Where's Laowu?
Laowu didn't idle around. He caught two people and tied them in our headquarters.
Secretary, you...
I told you that to not call that Sibao.
He caused trouble again.
Is the Peace and Order Director useful or not?
Without me, you would have been beaten to death!
I just arrived and didn't know the situation.
Brother, it's these two people.
They were the ones most active in tearing down our piggery!
What happened to the piggery?
The one they trashed is the rearing pen of the piglets. One wall has fallen down.
It almost crushed the piglets.
You people are so bold!
You dare to break ground here in Xiaoleijia?
Your piggery's manure and urine are flowing directly to the river.
It poisoned all our fishes!
Enough. Enough.
I initially planned to compensate your Shaojia Village.
Since you have come to attack us now, I won't pay anymore.
So that it won't look like...
So that it won't look like me paying because I was afraid of trouble.
It's really great that you guys caused trouble.
The losses of your Shaojia Village is now on your shoulders.
Who attacked first?
They did!
Their bastard village chief didn't come.
He only sent these two brainless young lads.
They didn't say anything and just punched me. They're not really here to negotiate.
Look. He hit me here. My tooth is already moving.
Sibao is telling the truth.
Release them.
Brother, release them?
Are you two from the Public Security Bureau?
Randomly arresting and detaining people is illegal.
We'll release them.
Release them!
Release them. Release them.
Let me tell you two
that because our Secretary is old, his temper has become milder.
Or else, he would have skinned you.
Hongwei, immediately drag a tractor of bricks to repair the piggery.
Right, let's hurry up.
You mustn't repair it!
Brother, this matter isn't finished yet.
They surely will report it to the higher ups.
When the leaders arrive, we must maintain the scene of the crime. We must protect the evidences.
You really know so much. What scene of the crime?
I initially asked Four-eyed to negotiate it. Why did you hit them?
If you still keep foiling my plans, I'll exile you to Xinjiang to sell electric cables!
And you!
What did I do?
What are you eating? Are you the director of peace and order?
Didn't I protect him?
Brother, this is really not our fault!
We were there to negotiate, but they just started hitting us!
Stop saying it.
Weren't you the one who sent me there, Shigen?
Enough.
You kept causing trouble.
Leave.
Dongbao! Dongbao!
That...Secretary Chen is here.
He's very mad and asked you to go there now.
Mom, I'm going out now.
Why is he mad this early in the morning?
How would I know? He told me to come here and get you, so I came.
Quickly go.
Secretary Chen! Secretary...
So many superiors are here.
- Four-eyed! - Yes!
The superiors are here and you didn't even pour any water for them? Are there still regulations here in our village?
Do you still give any importance to our leaders?
Enough. Stop busying around. Go out first.
It's okay, leader.
Didn't you hear him? Go out.
What's wrong?
I just got back from the hospital.
People from Shaojia Village is currently being resuscitated.
People in villages are that delicate now?
Just suffering a few blows and they have to be resuscitated?
That...Secretary.
Yesterday, people for Shaojia Village led some people to trash our piggery.
They indeed had some altercation with our Peace and Order Committee, but all were just superficial wounds.
I don't think it's grave enough to be hospitalized.
It's because they drank water from the river polluted by your village
and got hospitalized for poisoning.
Everyone knows that the river is polluted.
Fishes have already died, so why did they drink it?
Because they are not as rich as your village!
They can't afford to install tap water, dig deep well, and can only drink water from the river!
Secretary, how are they doing now?
Were they revived?
Their lives have been preserved.
They just have to drink it at this time—
Dongbao!
I'll pay for the medical fees. Is that okay?
Lei Dongbao, let me tell you
that the city mayor knew about this since last night.
He called me over to be interrogated!
He asked me how Xiaoleijia became an advanced village model?!
Good then. Let me ask you, how are you a model of advancement?
No, weren't you superiors the one how asked us to hasten our economic dev—
If I knew this will happen,
I would have listened to Xiao Hui, but I don't have the money.
What did your brother-in-law tell you?
He told me to dig some pool,
store all the dirty water there, and then do some handling.
Once they are not that dirty anymore, we'll then let them flow out.
It's better to do it during the rainy days.
Isn't it because I find it wasteful in time, energy, and money, so I didn't listen to him.
You clearly knew how to handle the polluted water. Why didn't you do it?
I don't have the money.
Okay already. What hospital did the people of Shaojia Village get taken? I'll go visit them now.
Don't go anymore.
The city has decided that I lead some comrades from the National Bureau of Environmental Protection
to your piggery to come here to your Xiaoleijia and monitor your sewage water disposal.
Don't waste time and quickly take us
and the river passing through here so we can check them.
They have to get samples from the polluted water and send them to the city for testing.
Okay.
Shigen, go and withdraw some money and deliver them to Shaojia Village.
Okay.
Superiors, when will we go check it?
Let's go now.
- Properly make arrangements for the people of Shaojia Village. - Okay.
Sorry.
Is this Deputy Department Head Song?
I'm Lei Shigen from Xiaoleijia. We have trouble.
Leaders, please be careful on your way back.
The higher-ups are putting much importance in this matter.
Before we came here, I was even instructed not to inform you
because they want to get real samples first hand.
I don't blame you.
You also must give importance to this.
Hurry and resolve this sewage water problem.
Or else, I also can't protect you.
We really have to shut down the piggery?
No way. I still have to pay for the loan and interest.
The piggery is currently a model of the city and county. It won't get closed for the meantime.
But you surely must pay the penalty fee for pollution.
More importantly—
What?
Your 'advanced' title might be removed.
I thought it's some big matter.
It's fine if it's gone. I can't really eat it.
If you lose your advanced title,
your right to acquire the electric cable factory will be gone.
Why?
The higher-ups sold the electric cable factory to you at such a low price
because of your reputation of being advanced and a provincial model.
With you escalating this matter too much with such bad effect,
the leaders have clearly expressed their stand
that the acquisition of the electric cable factory would be temporarily delayed.
Say mommy.
Mommy.
What do you want to say?
You want to say that your mother is very beautiful. Am I right?
When you grow up, you'll also be that beautiful, okay?
- Mom! - Okay.
Xiao Hui bought me this from the China Export Commodities Fair.
He really got taste.
All the ladies in our nursery were envious when they saw it.
It indeed is pretty.
Does it fit me?
It does. It looks pretty.
Look. Even our Xiao Yin says that it looks good, right?
Is mommy pretty?
- Say pretty. - Do I look pretty?
Are you two coming back to eat? I prepared a lot of food.
We might not make it in time. We probably will stay there for a while.
Mom, save me some. Their food will surely not be delicious.
- Sure. - Kaiyan!
- We should be going. - Okay. I'm done.
Xiao Hui, how long ago is that clothing?
Where's your suit? Aren't you going to see some good friends?
Mom, you don't know
but that friend of his just love him wearing like this.
Wearing like that...
Just let him go.
Xiao Yin!
- Baby, look at your dad. - Xiao Yin...
- Dad changed his clothes. - What do you want to tell me?
Dad and mom are leaving. Listen to grandpa and grandma, okay?
So good. So good.
We've agreed. Say goodbye.
Okay already. Quickly go.
- Dad, mom, we're leaving. - Okay.
- Come back early. - Okay.
- Daddy and mommy have left. - Come, check it.
By the way, haven't you always disliked talking with Yu Shanqing?
Why are you so enthusiastic to be going to his house this time?
It's not about 'liking' or 'not liking'. After all, he's a friend of yours.
He invited us. If you don't want to go, I won't go either. But we don't want them to think badly about us.
Hey, listen. I've heard they've fixed up their place so it's quite luxurious.
People who've been there all say they've never seen anything fixed up like it in Jinzhou.
Then you can check that out.
He's something else. He's having such a party just for moving into a new house.
Before you told me, I've never heard of something called a 'party'.
Little Xu is from Shanghai, hence, the foreign influence.
So what? Isn't he still just living in the section chief building?
Our home may have only a few pieces of furniture, we still live in the department head building.
You should get to work too.
Okay, I'm going now.
Off you go.
Hello.
Why did you insist on coming here alone and not let me pick you up at the train station?
It's not far.
Let's go.
Dad, this is my good friend, Xun Jianxiang.
Uncle Song.
So you're Mr. Xun.
Xiao Hui often mentions you.
Dad, where's Xiao Yin? Let her Uncle Xun meet her.
She's sleeping. Your Mom just got her to sleep.
- Have a seat. - Okay. - Come sit down.
- You've arrived? - Auntie.
- Come and eat. - It's all ready.
- Is she asleep? - Yes.
- She looks like you. - She looks like my sister.
Don't disturb the child.
She's not so fragile. This child,
once she's asleep, even a thunder won't wake her up.
So like you too back then.
What about back then?
Before, I lived with him in the same dorm room.
Whenever I went to sleep, he'd be there making a ruckus.
If he wasn't singing, he'd be listening to music. But nothing woke me up.
I was quite a troublemaker back then.
You child...
Actually, back then, I was awake sometimes and just pretended to be sleeping so you wouldn't win.
Let's go eat.
- Come and sit down. - Hang up your jacket.
- Dad, are there other dishes? - There are.
It's ready.
- Dad, bring out a bottle of your good liquor. I'd like to have a drink with Da Xun. - Okay.
- Uncle, I won't be drinking. - Why?
I've quit drinking.
Okay. Just eat.
- Yes, you two just eat. Eat a lot. - Eat more.
Uncle, Auntie, aren't you eating with us?
- We already ate. We're going out for a walk. Enjoy your meal. - Relax, sit down, and eat.
Oh, right, Xiao Hui. Listen for Xiao Yin.
If she wakes up, give her some water.
The water is already warmed. I put it on top of the dresser in there.
Got it. Go on.
- Sit down. - Auntie.
Eat something. Once you're done, you can apologize to me.
For what?
You came back to Jinzhou and didn't tell me immediately.
You only told me after you'd found a place to live.
This clearly means you didn't want to come stay with me.
There's something more important than that. When you met me, you even shook my hands
and said, 'hello'. 'Hello', my rear end.
I didn't want to bother you.
Speak up, what do you need?
How do you know I need something?
I'm your buddy.
I'm thinking of opening a building supply store. I don't have any capital.
The relatives I've lent money to are all hiding from me.
I want to borrow some money from you.
But, I don't have money.
No problem.
Xun Jianxiang.
Welcome, welcome! Do you remember me, Cheng Kaiyan?
You've really gotten a lot thinner.
And why is your hair so white?
If I saw you on the street, I wouldn't be able to recognize you.
- I would recognize you. - Would you?
Why are you back so soon?
When we finished eating,
they said they were going to listen to some symphony, some new music imported from Japan.
How would I understand something like that? So, I decided to come back and spend some time with you.
Is Xiao Yin sleeping?
She is. She's inside.
Here.
My American friend gave this to me.
I checked it out. It's a famous brand. It's worth something.
You could sell it for a few thousand in Shanghai.
You can sell it for a good price in Guangzhou. There are many people there who know about these products.
Once you start earning money, you can return it to me.
I don't need that much. Five or six thousand is enough.
Xun Jianxiang, what I'm going to say may be hard to hear, but you need to listen.
Your status is different.
The same small shops getting goods from a middleman wholesaler and then selling them at the same price.
Tell me, will they choose other people's shop or yours?
People will definitely choose to buy at reliable businesses.
But you can't lower the price. Lowering the price means you don't earn anything.
So you must start higher the others, invest a little more than others.
Sell both retail and wholesale. You can only make a profit doing that.
Do you agree?
If that's not enough, I have this gold ring that my mother gave me when we got married.
This is our marriage token. Don't give it away.
This is already plenty. I don't need more.
If it's enough, fine.
Go check on her.
You have a good wife.
The year that you were arrested, I looked everywhere for some help.
But nobody would pay any attention to such a scruffy young fellow. Only her
was willing to stood up and stand by my side.
You need to treat her well.
Do I need you to tell me that?
Get me some paper. I'll write a promissory note.
What promissory note? What are you going to write?
For how much money?
If you want to repay me, then good.
If you can't, no matter what promissory note you write, it won't be of any use.
You...just try to earn some money.
Find a good wife like mine earlier and those will be enough to make me happy.
Hey, are you praising me?
Didn't you use to look down on me?
If I hadn't risked my life to chase after you, we wouldn't be where we are today.
- Xiao Yin went back to sleep? - Yes.
You have good taste.
Da Xun, during these last five years,
big changes have come to Jinzhou.
I think you're the one who have changed the most.
Before, you were a pure bookworm.
Look at you now. Your appearance,
your speech, and the way you do things are now all different.
But your kindheartedness hasn't changed.
He's still blockheaded about practicalities. Even though he's a department head,
he still work shifts at the workshop. Tell me, what's your difference with a technician?
The Tireless Song Yunhui.
Uncle Shui said the same thing.
Old Shui hasn't retired yet?
He's almost seventy and sill hasn't retired. But he isn't the same as before either.
Do you still remember that Min Zhongsheng of No. 1 Workshop? He got promoted.
Now, he's the deputy director of the main factory.
He kept contradicting Uncle Shui, but Uncle Shui can't do anything about him.
Uncle Shui now has a subordinate he trusts. You know who it is?
It's that Yu Shanqing that gave you so much trouble.
He's the chief of the domestic market section now. You know how much he earns?
I just came back from their house. That house is full of imported Japanese appliances.
Da Xun, these five years you've wasted have been a big injustice.
From now on, you need to make good use of the time and strive to redeem those five years.
Relax. You don't have to worry about me. I'm thirty-two years old.
If I still don't struggle to earn some money and get married,
my son would have to call your daughter auntie already.
Right? How embarrassing would that be?
I won't pretend to be courteous with you anymore.
That...I've borrowed the money.
I'll go to Guangdong tomorrow. Once I return and earned some money,
I'll treat you two to a meal.
From now on, I'll be Huang Shiren
and you're Yang Bailao.
You have to pay me rent and grain tributes every new year.
- Come, eat, eat more. - Eat more.
I had enough. I'll be leaving after eating this.
- You're leaving so soon? - I'm going back now. - I'll drive you. Wait for me.
You sure are great. You can even drive now.
I have a good relationship with the drivers in the factory.
Thanks.
Thank you for what?
You wore this old uniform to see me.
It was like I'm back in the past.
Don't give me that nonsense.
[ Wenming Dormitory ]
[ Treat the factory as one's home ]
Feels like a lifetime ago.
Dramatic.
[ Love your post, respect your craft; Treat the factory as one's home ]
Song Yunhui.
Lu Shanqing? What a rare guest.
Welcome. Come and have a seat inside.
Where is Kaiyan?
She and my parents took the baby and went out. Help yourself.
I know, it's Sunday. All the women in Jinzhou went out for shopping
Same with my wife.
It was my first time coming to your house since you moved into the department head building.
You didn't even invite me when you moved in.
My house is so bare. I'm embarrassed to welcome guests in here.
Here, have a seat.
Don't you treat me as a friend now?
Why do you say that?
The other day, I held a house warming party. I invited you, but you didn't show up.
I was very upset.
I had a visitor. I can't leave him alone.
I don't mind since you were busy.
But you even let your wife bring me a gift. You're being such a stranger.
It was just a ref magnet. I'm even embarrassed to give it because you might dislike it.
What are you saying? It was a rare gift. My wife and I both like it.
It's good that you both like it.
Since you've given me a gift,
- treat this as a return gift then. - Look at you.
You have to take it as well, or I will seriously get mad.
This is too expensive. No, I can't take it.
It might look rare here, but it's very cheap in southeast. I reckon that
it costs about the same with the refrigerator magnet you gave me.
No, no, I really can't take it. Seriously, too expensive.
If you don't accept it, you then are really treating me as an outsider. Take it.
I have something else to discuss with you.
- What is it? - It's like this.
I have a big buyer who wants to buy a batch of products from the New Workshop.
They would be using it as a raw material for their export products. But when I went to ask,
the New Workshop's production for the next two months are all booked to supply the orders from your export section.
It's impossible for them to produce even a ton for us.
Hence, I came to discuss with you if you can accommodate my request
and give us 1,000 tons.
My huge client is an important client of the entire plant.
This matter is urgent. You should immediately tell it to Secretary Shui, so the Central Dispatch Office can make the arrangements in the New Workshop's production.
Isn't Secretary Shui going to the US for an inspection trip?
It's not good to keep troubling the superiors to personally handle matters like these.
I then must go to the Central Dispatch Office and check the work progress before I can give you an answer.
I already asked.
The Central Dispatch Office said that production can only go like this. International friendship takes priority.
Your export orders are more urgent and can't be delayed.
If delayed, we have to pay them in dollars.
They can't do anything about my 1000 tons.
You see, the New Workshops' products are mostly for export.
When I set a time in my order requests, I based it on the equipment capacity.
It's rare to have any extra time.
Or else, if products get stocked up in the warehouse and there isn't enough foreign exchange earned which will affect the bonuses,
the situation of the ministry going after us for incurring losses will happen again and the people in the workshop will complain.
I've heard you made an exception at the beginning of this year. Is that right?
I don't care. No matter what happens, you have to agree with my request this time.
Otherwise, I will report to Secretary Shui, and let him talk to you.
What happened early of this year was because the export orders increased sharply.
The New Workshop had to work for half a month before it was settled.
For this domestic market matter of yours, I suggest that you ask Secretary Shui to suppress them.
Secretary Shui indeed can do that, but afterwards,
won't the New Workshop still ask you to pull up their load?
If you're not in the central control room monitoring, who among them would dare to increase it?
Anyway, I can't take this present.
For this matter, I can go to the Central Dispatch Office to adjust their progress.
I definitely will help you if I can make some extra capacity. Is that alright?
Fine.
I will go and report to Secretary Shui first.
If he agrees, you have to fully cooperate with me.
I'm leaving.
I will walk you to the door.
Please stay. Don't walk me out anymore.
Okay, I will stay.
Take it easy.
Young Deputy Department Head Song.
- Manger Liu. - Are you cleaning the garden? Please come in.
Looking at the houses around here,
your garden is the cleanest. You even have a vegetable plot.
My dad did these. He likes plants and flowers since he was young.
Not bad. Look at them.
Chief Engineer Liu, how about come in and have a seat?
- Let's go in and take a look? - Okay. - Sure.
- Here, Chief Engineer Liu, have a seat. - Okay.
My home is pretty humble.
You and your wife live in this room?
Right.
Your parents stay in this room when they come?
Yes.
Great.
Please have a seat.
Here, Chief Engineer Liu, have a cup of tea.
This tea came from the mountain of my hometown. Not bad, have a try.
You had a visitor earlier?
Yu Shanqing just came by. He talked with me about some official business.
Nowadays, all the young workers in the main factory
likes to make new furniture in their free time.
You started from the bottom level too.
It won't be too difficult for you to make one.
I'm pretty rough, and also pretty busy.
So...I don't have time to do it.
Oh, right. That classmate of yours, Lu Shanqing, has moved to a new home.
- Have you ever been there? - Not yet.
I've been there. His furniture...and appliances....
are very fancy, It looks much better than yours.
I should go and have a look sometimes.
- There is a study room? - Yes, that's the study room.
Qiming, drink your tea.
No wonder you had such good performance.
They are all returns from your hard work.
You work while other people were feasting.
Great.
How could I dare say that I've work hard right in front of you?
Especially since you've made your achievements during such chaotic times.
It didn't make any difference.
It's hard to make technology, and it's easy to get outdated. No need to make it garish.
It's still you young men who are smart.
With a college degree, you can use your technical knowledge as a springboard. That's not wrong.
Look at Little Min, only around 40 years old, but he's now the deputy factory manager of the main factory.
How has been your health, Chief Engineer Liu?
Very good.
A lot of equipment in No.1 Workshop would need an overhaul pretty soon.
I'm thinking of making a suggestion to the factory
and invite Chief Engineer Liu to come back as a technical guidance.
I'm old now.
My thoughts are outdated and my technical skills can't keep up with the circumstances.
The matters about Jinzhou will need people like you to worry about it.
We've disturbed you so suddenly.
Not at all.
- Let's leave. Your Uncle Zhang and Uncle Wang are still waiting for us. - Okay.
- You still need to do something else? - Just wandering around.
- Okay. - Let's go!
- Chief Engineer Liu, please come by more frequently. - I'm pretty busy recently.
Didn't the factory organized some retired workers to go to Beijing? How about wait until we come back?
- Okay. Take care on your way, Chief Engineer Liu. - Okay.
- Little Song. - Ha?
You wait a little bit.
You are young and talented. Don't associate with those bad people and do bad things.
Keep your nose clean.
Thank you for Chief Engineer Liu's reminders.
Did you plan for Secretary Shui go to America?
A client of our export section invited him to America for an inspection tour.
- Invited him for an inspection tour? - Yes.
What can he do there? He couldn't even clearly say ABC.
Secretary Shui is still Secretary Shui.
Fine. Inspection.
- Hello? - Little Song. Come over to my office for a while.
Alright, Party Secretary Shui.
Come in.
Party Secretary Shui, I was just about to look for you.
Sit.
Pour yourself some water if you want one.
Come over here and see.
Look to see if it needs anything else.
- I put down everything that I could think of. - What is this?
It's rare to be able to go abroad. Just write down what you want from the US.
I've jotted down what I think your Kaiyan, Xiao Yin,
and parents needed.
Oh, right, you write what English books you need.
I couldn't understand them.
Thank you, Secretary Shui. There's really no need to bring us anything.
- Moreover, books are very heavy. It's inconvenient. - You're still being courteous with me?
These past years, you indeed have went abroad several times, but you must have brought reference books for the allowances given to you. Am I right?
Old Cheng said that your wife has a lot of complaints about you.
I'm helping you pacify and unify your family.
Just write whatever you need. Anyway, I have a lot of people with me.
They won't let me carry my suitcase by myself.
I really won't bey shy then.
Don't think of saving money for me. My allowances is way higher than yours.
Fine.
I'll pay you when you get back. If you don't accept it, I won't take any of the stuff you bought.
For the books, I will accept your payment. For the rest,
treat it as my gift to Kaiyan and your parents.
- It's too much. - Stop with your rubbish.
Okay. I'll listen to you.
Oh, right. Little Lu went to see you yesterday?
Right. He asked me for some products from the New Workshop.
I dare not grant his request.
Tell me your opinion.
The production capacity of the New Workshop equipment has reached its peak.
The earliest that these 1,000 tons order could be arranged is after 45 to 47 days.
How about this? In those foreign orders of yours,
look for some unimportant products that can be delayed for 45 days.
These local orders must be arranged immediately.
Foreign orders must follow international trade process.
Delay in giving the products would incur a penalty fee.
The pressure from the domestic market is huge too. If we don't provide these orders,
the losses that we'll incur would be higher than paying the penalty fee.
I have a question I want to ask about these supposed to be export products that would be transformed to local products.
Say it.
What price are we selling these 1,000 tons of products?
Of course, we will follow the local price.
But local price is lower than export price by a lot.
Won't Jinzhou lose a lot by doing that?
You think I don't know how to calculate?
The difference in prices is placed in front of us.
Why must I sell your high quality products at a lower price?
I have my predicament. Jinzhou also has its predicament.
Secretary Shui, for the general situation, I can obey such an order.
But appropriating export products for the domestic market
- is not the most reasonable solution to the problem. - What solution do you have in mind?
I can't wait for 45 days.
I can mediate it with the Central Dispatch Office.
At the same time, think of a way to increase the load of the New Workshop.
I'll try to produce these 1,000 tons product within a month.
Too slow. I can't wait for it.
25 days. I can't get in any shorter.
Then just transfer the products to the domestic market section first.
Delay those export orders of yours by 25 days.
Chief Engineer Liu went to my house yesterday.
What do you mean?
I feel that he didn't casually come to visit me,
but he's pointing out something else.
What is it?
He looked around my house and said that my house is minimally decorated.
He said that Yu Shanqing's house is very extravagant.
And then?
When he left, he seriously reminded me that I must maintain a clean living.
Are you not living cleanly enough? Must he still remind you that?
I think that he's not talking about me.
I feel that he's pertaining to Lu Shanqing.
For this matter, what is your opinion?
Are you talking about our domestic marketing or regarding Chief Engineer Liu?
In your eyes, are these two things just one thing?
I don't understand what you mean.
You understand it very well.
You've long heard about the rumors regarding Lu Shanqing.
Chief Engineer Liu's words made you believe that these rumors are true.
Now, I'm pressuring you to sacrifice and take care of the domestic market section.
The more you were able to connect those rumors about Lu Shanqing with me.
Then may Secretary Shui answer me.
Are those rumors about Lu Shanqing true or not?
You should ask him yourself.
I'm not concerned about Lu Shanqing.
There are some things that you can't see nor understand thoroughly
in your position right now.
Once you get a bit more mature in the future, you will understand.
Secretary Shui, are you really not willing to explain it to me?
What do you want me to explain? You want me to admit that I'm colluding with Yu Shanqing
in doing corrupt practices, taking kickbacks, and accepting bribes?
I didn't say that.
But you've already thought about it.
Song Yunhui, you're still not my superior.
The more you're not a cadre of the party.
- I don't have the need to explain anything to you. - But I'm still your disciple.
Do you still treat me as your master?
Will a disciple interrogate his master like a corrupt criminal?
I'm not interrogating you. I'm just telling you the doubts I have in my heart.
When you started giving important tasks to Lu Shanqing, I've already had these doubts.
These past years, he has been doing a great job in the domestic market section, but bad rumors have also been constantly accompanying him.
I've long wanted to personally discuss these matters to you, but you chose to avoid them.
He and I are classmates. I also don't want to maliciously guess his character.
But this matter is now unavoidable.
I can only ask you directly.
I'll tell you then
that I'm doing nothing wrong.
- I hope that is indeed true. - What do you mean?
Chief Engineer Liu will be going to Beijing soon.
I'm worried that the ministry will be sending an investigation team to Jinzhou.
Thank you for your warning, but I don't need it.
Tomorrow, I'll leave the country for my inspection trip as scheduled.
I'll get going then.
Wait.
For those products that the domestic market section needs,
you must supply them within this week.
The foreign orders can't be delayed. I'm unable to provide the order in a week.
But I'll try my best to increase the load of the New Workshop and strive to complete those 1,000 tons
in the fastest speed possible.
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♫ Looking forward to the big and ripe golden fruits of Autumn ♫
♫ Those seeds of hope that our predecessors sowed ♫
♫ will be reaped by their successors ♫
♫ The proud sun of summer burns like fire ♫
♫ Emerging layers of waves are still warm ♫
♫ Push open a window, let the breeze blow past, ♫
♫ as if spring has come to visit ♫
♫ The wind and snow of winter sweep past ♫
♫ Bringing songs of harvest during autumn ♫
♫ When did the rain fall? When did the wind stop blowing? ♫
♫ Telling stories of the past ♫
♫ The spring breeze continues to blow, still looking forward ♫
♫ to the flowing rivers of age; time fleetingly passes by ♫
♫ A journey of difficulties and loud songs ♫
♫ All belong to us ♫
♫ Smilingly watch as time passes by ♫