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 44~
Secretary, you saw it too. Hurry and think of an idea.
If these pigs don't get slaughter soon, not only must we continue to feed them,
no one wants one that's fatter than 150 kg.
Did you ask all the butchers you know?
Not one person wants them?
No one wants them. In the city, they're saying our pigs were fed with those polluted waters,
and our pigs are sick. They say that the pigs we slaughter all have tumors and if a human eats them, they'll get sick.
What is your mouth used for then? You don't know how to defend yourself?
You raised these pigs. How do you not know what water they drink?
You should've killed two in front of them and had them see whether there were tumors in their stomachs or not!
I'm not willing to kill them.
Besides, Secretary, you know I'm not good with words. I wouldn't be able to explain it to them clearly.
You only know how to argue with me.
You were so capable to sue me to the town and city governments before. Where is it now?
You guys think of me whenever you have problems.
I don't have any ideas!
You're the secretary.
I'm the secretary--
Let me ask you.
These past few months, how many were you able to sell?
Ever since the National Bureau of Environmental Protection came, I haven't sold a single one.
The fodder costs several hundred each day!
My heart is bleeding, Secretary.
Kill them all.
Kill them? Who would I sell it to?
I'll eat them myself. Three meals a day.
Pork chops, elbows, red braised pork. It'll be like new year's everyday. Go.
Get the knife. I'll do it myself.
Secretary, I know that you're upset for being unable to acquire the electric cable factory.
But you can't take your anger out on my pigs. They didn't provoke you!
Brother! Brother!
Who's your brother? He's the village's secretary.
Speak. What's wrong?
There's a pretty woman searching everywhere for you.
She's currently at the Village Committee.
Who?
I'm leaving.
[ Comprehensively implement the modernization of the agricultural industry ]
Twelve pigs, correct? Twelve.
The secretary's here. Secretary.
Secretary Lei.
Why are you here?
I came here to buy pigs.
To buy pigs?
Please sit, Boss Wei.
Our shop doesn't need that many. I'll buy 12.
The Xiaoleijia Brigade's pigs currently don't have a great reputation.
Buying pigs is buying pigs. It's not about reputation.
There's a lot of people saying our pigs drink sewage and are filled with tumors.
That... Those are just some of the rumors out there.
The Secretary is thinking of a way to refute these claims.
Village Chief Lei, you don't need to explain.
I don't believe these rumors at all, so I especially brought Chuan here.
We're going to buy the Xiaoleijia Brigade's pigs! From today onward,
our restaurant will only use the Xiaoleijia Brigade's pigs!
Twelve isn't a small number. A small restaurant like yours will take a long time to use them all.
Buy a little less. You won't be able to keep them. It'll be a waste when they go bad.
Secretary Lei, you underestimate our restaurant.
Our customer turnover rate is high. When it's dinner time, every table turns over three or four times.
At most, it'll take a month to use up all twelve pigs.
I won't argue with you.
We have all different types of pigs.
If you want a fat one, go to No.1 Shed.
Pick out the biggest ones. If you want a skinny one, go to No.2 Shed.
Sibao, take Boss Wei to the piggery.
Have Zhongfu help pick them out.
Okay. Okay. Boss Wei.
Chuan, you go with him. Put them in the cart after you've picked them out.
- Okay. - Okay.
Let's go.
You're not going to offer a discount?
- Please don't. - No, I insist.
Let me see. How about fifteen percent off, Secretary?
Fifteen percent off would be...
Secretary, look.
Show it to Boss Wei.
- It's this amount. - Thank you, Secretary Lei.
- Thank you, Village Chief. - No, no.
The ones who should be thankful is us.
Truly. You truly helped us in our hour of need.
Please don't say it like that. I've thought about it.
We'll put a sign up at our restaurant. It'll say
'Chunhong Restaurant is specially carrying Xiaoleijia Brigade's high quality pork'.
Let all those people riding provincial buses and passing by to see them.
Thank you.
Secretary Lei, don't just thank me.
I didn't have time to look around your village last time. Show me around!
Secretary, I'll go tell Zhongfu about this discount thing now.
I'll take you to look around. Let's go.
Alright.
Drive safely!
Secretary Lei, I heard some rumors.
I'm not sure whether I should believe them or not.
Just say it.
The fish owner who delivers fish to our restaurant said that
the food poisoning incident with Shaojia Village was someone's scheme.
Who?
He wasn't sure of the specifics. I then asked a few more people.
They all said that the wife of Han Fatty, whom you had past grudges with,
is from the Shaojia Village.
That damn fatty, I'll skin him.
Don't be rash.
Even if you confront him, if he doesn't admit anything, you'll have nothing.
But I can't just let him go.
In my opinion, the most important thing right now isn't to stir up trouble with him,
but to quickly revive the Xiaoleijia Brigade's pig farming business.
What you're saying makes sense.
None of the butchers will accept the Xiaoleijia Brigade's pigs.
I'm thinking of a way to sell these pigs to other areas.
I know a few purchasers from other areas.
In a few days, why don't I gather them together
and talk with them. If that doesn't work,
decrease the price a little bit.
The most important thing is to get these pigs sold.
If you think I'm meddling, just pretend I didn't say anything.
That's not what I mean.
I want to say... thank you.
Then what about this? I'll invite them over next Tuesday.
You can come talk to them.
This is truly...
...delivering help in times of trouble. Thank you. I'm not good with courteous words.
Xiaoleijia Village and I owe it to your kindness.
Look at you.
The cause of all of this was because of me. This is something I should do.
You are a good person.
Sister Wei! Sister Wei!
The pigs are loaded up. I came here to let you know.
Why don't you go take a look? Check them out.
There's no need. What do I need to check for? If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't buy pigs from you.
You can go back. You don't need to send me off.
Chuan and I will go back to the restaurant after paying.
Thank you.
I'll head back first.
- Be careful. - Okay.
- Secretary Dongbao. - Hi.
- Shigen! - Secretary!
- Has Shigen come back yet? - He's here!
- The secretary is here. - Dongbao is here. - Auntie!
Go inside and eat something.
- I'm not eating. - That's right.
Why are you still eating?
I have an urgent thing to discuss with you. Come with me to the village office.
Come inside and eat.
- We can eat and talk. - Come in and eat.
Stop eating. Look at the way he's eating.
I'll be going, Auntie.
- Secretary, eat before you go. - No, I am fine. - Hold this. I still have to do something.
You don't need to save it for me.
What's going on that's so urgent?
I know the person who is behind the reason why
our pig farming business is failing.
Who is it?
Han Fatty of Guanya Corporation.
He's the one I told you whom I hit before.
His wife is from the Shaojia village. I'll let you connect the dots.
These things are all connected.
As I said, what a coincidence!
That bastard.
He had people from the Shaojia Village to purposely stir up trouble.
He even hired people to drink dirty water and pretend to be poisoned.
The reason was so he could accuse me of it.
He wants to wreck my reputation.
Dongbao, what do you plan on doing? Should we sue them?
Do we have evidence?
What's the use of suing him?
I won't waste such time.
Then what is your plan?
Since they want to play in the dark, let's play in the light.
Isn't their goal to ruin our reputation?
Then we have to correct
our ruined reputation.
I remember that one of the university students we financed
works for the city newspaper.
He's doing pretty well.
There is.
I am thinking
that we should invite reporters from the city or the provincial towns
and have them promote our village.
I want everyone to know that the Xiaoleijia Village
can correct past wrongs, and are always improving.
Good plan.
Hello, Director Song.
Director, Department Chief Li of the Distribution and Sales Department just called.
Redirect his call over to me.
He said the one thousand tons for the domestic sales are no longer needed and hung up right away.
Hello?
Old Li, it's Song Yunhui. What's going on?
Little Song, there was a small mishap at the factory.
I myself am not too sure about the details.
The fulfillment of the domestic sales orders will, for now, will all be stopped.
Has the contract for the one thousand tons been canceled?
As of now, we still haven't received any news.
Got it.
Continue working.
Director, since the domestic sales section, doesn't want it anymore,
shouldn't we stop wearing the facility out now?
Jinzhou has already signed the contract for that one thousand ton order.
Since the order hasn't been invalidated, we have to keep producing it.
- Does this have to do with— -Everyone has already been working overtime for two weeks.
If we continue at this pace, we should be able to finish the quota within two days.
Do not let external factors interfere with work.
The New Workshop will most definitely not stop just one step short of success.
- Go on. - Okay.
Hello, Factory Manager.
Little Song, why are you still here?
Factory Manager Min.
Did Old Li from the Distribution and Sales Department not notify you?
He notified me.
The domestic sales orders have been stopped, so you all don't have to work so hard anymore.
You should let our comrades from the New Workshop get some rest.
It's okay. We are almost finished.
Little Song, perhaps you don't know, but something has happened to Yu Shanqing.
The higher officials are investigating him.
What happened to him?
He has been temporarily excused from work to accept the investigation. I'm not sure about the rest.
There will probably not be a good outcome.
No matter what happens to Yu Shanqing,
as long as this contract isn't illegal, Jinzhou must carry out the order.
Our New Workshop has an obligation to complete this order.
Little Song, I am trying to help you. When it comes to these matters,
you must try to distance yourself as far as possible.
Thank you for reminding me.
- Director. - Yes? - Secretary Shui is back.
He is starting a meeting for the entire factory cadre soon.
After investigating, we have found some financial issues dealing with Yu Shanqing from the domestic sales section.
He has already been officially discharged from Jinzhou.
The problem with Yu Shanqing reflected the oversight
of our Jinzhou's leadership and the negligence of the Cadre Management. This is my fault.
I will write a self-review to the leaders of the cadre.
Little Yu's problem, ultimately comes down to his own lack of discipline.
The factory and cadre leaders shouldn't be held responsible.
If anyone makes a mistake, it will not be tolerated by the party.
I can tell all of you honestly
that when the ministry investigated Yu Shanqing,
they also investigated all of the higher ups of Jinzhou.
The final verdict is
that aside from Yu Shanqing, nobody else has any financial problems.
Yu Shanqing's mistake was that in the process of doing domestic sales,
his movements were not clean and clear. Using rebates,
and other violations to market products.
I was uninformed about these problems earlier,
but this can't be an excuse for me to push off my responsibility.
In the end, it was because I didn't supervise and manage well.
The power to supervise and manage
is in the hands of the Jinzhou managing organization.
This responsibility should be shared by the managing organization of Jinzhou.
It should not be the sole responsibility of Secretary Shui.
I suggest, that in the future, Jinzhou needs to clearly define the roles of each leader.
Whichever leader is responsible for the problem, then
they will be responsible.
Not everything should be the responsibility of Secretary Shui.
Little Min's suggestion is good.
I am getting older. My energy and health cannot be compared to when I was young.
Even if I want to manage some things, I don't have the energy or capabilities to do it.
Let's use the domestic marketing as an example.
Other than the amount the country buys from us every year,
there is a lot of marketing task that we must do.
Time is tight, the amount needed to be sold is large, the job is large, and so is the responsibility.
It is not easy to manage.
Secretary Shui, Little Yu is gone.
We need to fine a suitable person to overlook the Domestic Market Section.
Currently, Jinzhou has been doing well on its exports.
Why don't we have Little Song manage it for now?
Little Song is highly capable.
He built the export marketing of Jinzhou from scratch to its current achievement.
But we can't push every responsibility on him.
If the work string is stretched too much, it will break.
Little Min is right.
Song Yunhui is currently handling too much work. He's not suitable for domestic marketing.
Secretary Shui, who do you recommend for the Domestic Market Section?
Although the domestic market is a section,
there are so many factors involved. It shouldn't be handle by just one person.
We should have Comrade Min Zhongsheng fill in the spot.
According to his suggestion, we'll implement a leadership responsibility system.
As a deputy factory manager of the main factory,
he'll be handling the production of the No. 1 Factory and domestic marketing.
Break the barrier between production and marketing.
Thank you for your trust. As long as the party agrees,
I surely will do my best.
The things are on the desk.
I've brought my payment.
From when Jinzhou was first built,
I've had over twenty disciples under me,
and there has only been one that truly cares for me.
Secretary Shui.
Call me Master.
Master, you must be tired from your trip. You should go home and rest.
Would I be more tired than you?
These past 20 days, you've must have stayed in the New Workshop all day, right?
Are you done working on those 1,000 tons of new products?
It's been done.
I was not able to finish it on the deadline you'd given us, but we'd tried our best.
Good lad.
You had not let your Master down.
Sit.
Do you know why I'd still insisted on going abroad
even though I knew Old Liu was going to complain to the higher ups in Beijing?
Because you had done nothing wrong so you were not afraid of them.
This is only one of the reasons.
The more important reason is that I am old.
When a cat is old, he should avoid the rats. There are so many people in Jinzhou who doesn't like me.
I'm old. I can't suppress them anymore.
They have banded together to report on me behind back.
Rather than using forcefully suppressing it, or going to Beijing beforehand
to look for the superiors and do some work,
why not just let them burst the boil?
Let the investigation team of the ministry prove my innocence.
Master, I was wrong.
I shouldn't have talked to you the way I did that day.
You did nothing wrong.
You were right to directly come to me when you had doubts about me.
I was wrong to doubt you.
It was right of you to doubt me when I favored Yu Shanqing so much.
Didn't you ask me why I'd appointed Yu Shanqing for the job?
I can explain that to you now.
There's a couple of words you may recognize.
When the blue waters are clean, I can use it to clean my tassel and hat.
When the blue waters are muddy, I can use it to clean my feet.
The domestic marketing of Jinzhou products fall behind from others.
There are a lot of problems encountered during sales.
Only recently did I understand these situations.
We don't really lag behind.
The products of No. 1 and No. 2 Factories have indeed
lost their superiority in the local market.
It's not easy to sell the items.
If one doesn't get any kickback or returns,
how would one be able to attain the target set by the ministry?
Min Zhongsheng attacked Little Yu to topple me.
Now, I made him in-charge of this troublesome domestic marketing.
Let's see how he'll cleanly sell the items.
Secretary Shui,
it's hard to sell goods in the domestic market.
The main reason is still not increasing the technical grade of our products in time.
The past few days, I analyzed the current equipment's state.
I believe as long as the technology upgrade and remodel is completed,
there is still an opportunity to upgrade the product's quality.
How long will it take to finish the technology remodeling?
As long as we are determined, we can do it within a year.
The cost is too high.
If we're doing technological upgrade the whole year, how are we going to do any production?
The more our sales performance will fall into a negative.
A short pain is better than a long one. If we don't completely resolve our technological problem,
domestic sales will surely become harder.
Min Zhongsheng is the one responsible for the Domestic Market now.
If he doesn't get to experienced how hard it is, he wouldn't understand my predicament.
But Jinzhou does not belong to Min Zhongsheng,
- and it also doesn't— - It doesn't belong to me?
Jinzhou is an important enterprise of the state. Technological remodeling is beneficial for the country.
Xiao Song, I will stay for no more than two years.
I don't want to retire with a negative sales performance.
I mustn't leave any tainted reputation.
If you finish the technological upgrade before you retire,
how could you be leaving Jinzhou with a tainted reputation?
- Then what about you? - Me?
After I retire, you have to stay in Jinzhou.
Once the technological upgrade is completed, the achievement will be credited to Min Zhongsheng.
Once he becomes the factory manager, his next step
is to deal with you.
With the technological remodeling plan as your amulet, your position in Jinzhou will be as stable as Mt. Tai.
Not only can Min Zhongsheng not touch you,
he still must exert a lot of effort to get you to his side.
Master, thank you for thinking for my sake.
But technology is advancing continuously. I will learn something new again in the future.
I don't want Jinzhou to get delayed again by 2 years just because of some personnel conflict.
Childish. We're done talking about this.
Forget about the technology upgrade plan.
As long as I'm here, don't mention it again.
I have already looked at your translation draft.
There are some places, where I don't really understand.
Could you explain it to me?
Of course, no problem.
Let me ask you...
[ Be prepared for danger in times of peace. Prevent trouble before it happens. ]
[ Cheng Tailor Shop ]
Are you leaving like this?
HR gave me one week to move. I don't want to drag it until the deadline.
In the end, I will still be chased out.
Your wife?
She already left this afternoon. We will finish the resignation paperwork next time.
She's also leaving Jinzhou with you?
I have already been fired.
She would be mistreated if she stays.
I will accompany you out.
It's not good for you to have people see us together.
Let's go.
I was the first one to show you around when you first came to Jinzhou.
In a blink of an eye, it's been five years.
Be careful of Old Shui.
He is extremely cruel and merciless.
I did so many dirty work for him,
but as soon as he ran into trouble,
he fired me without any hesitation.
What are your plans for the future?
Don't worry.
I won't starve to death. I already have a back up plan ready.
Be careful out there
and don't make the same mistakes again.
Xiao Hui, you don't need to pity me.
The world is vast.
The stage out there is bigger than Jinzhou's.
Our giant pig farm
creates a large amount of dirty water daily.
It is pollution when the pig feces and urine goes into the water.
We ran into huge trouble for this before.
How do you dispose of the dirty water now?
We have adopted a model from Germany.
We have dug a sewage treatment tank here, and will connect it to the biogas fermentation system.
The pig feces and urine will be used to produce methane.
From now on, Xiaoleijia Village will use methane and not have to burn wood to cook.
This is called, turning waste into resource.
- Yes, turning waste into resource. - Secretary Lei, why don't you explain to us some of your thought process of the idea of turning waste into resource.
Let's have our village head, Comrade Lei Shigen, explain the details.
He knows about this more than me.
It's like this, so we first used the advanced technology we acquired from abroad,
and then did our own research. We have also communicated with the professors from the Agricultural University.
In the end, we decided on using this Biogas System.
[ Chunghong Restaurant ]
Reporters, come!
Look, this is the largest restaurant in the county.
It especially uses our Xiaoleijia‘s top quality pork. Here, here,
take this. Don't give it back to me. Keep it as a souvenir.
- Okay. - Okay then, please come inside. - Here, welcome in, come, come in.
- Look at this business! - Secretary Lei! - Here, let me introduce them to you.
This is a famous reporter from the provincial capital.
- This is the owner of the restaurant - Hello, nice to meet you.
The restaurant has been graced by your presence. Please, come in!
- Secretary Lei, there are a few pork buyers who are here, and they all want to buy Xiaoleijia pork. -Oh, really?
- I have told them the general idea. You will just have to tell them the details. - Great, thanks.
- Okay, thank you. - This way.
Hello!
- Hello, I am the secretary of Xiaoleijia. - Everyone loves the pork from Xiaoleijia.
- This is our village head, Comrade Lei Shigen. - Hi. Hi.
It's him you go to for price negotiation while you can come look for me if you would like a drink. Okay?
- Come on, let's sit down. - Secretary Lei,
it seems that it really was fake news that Xiaoleijia pork was not selling well.
Of course that was fake. You can tell just by looking around how many people are in this restaurant.
This is all due to Xiaoleijia's pork. Please sit down.
- Shigen, take care of everyone and I will go check when the dishes are ready. Okay? - No problem.
Go!
Boss Wei.
Business is good here. I am happy for you.
This is all thanks to you.
We are good luck for each other. Uh, no, I mean, we are just helping each other out.
Our business is usually not this good. The people eating here are all relatives—
What are you saying? Go work.
Wait, wait.
Explain this to me clearly. Everyone here is eating for free?
Yeah! Ever since we started using Xiaoleijia pork—
That's enough! Stop talking! Go work!
We are having less and less customers...
Why are you doing this?
The problems that you'd ran into was all because of me.
I can't sit around without doing something.
Okay. Then I won't be courteous with you then.
After I have taken care of them, I'll do a toast for you.
Okay, that sounds good. Go ahead and do your work.
- Did you drink to much? - No. - It's getting late. - Drink more water.
- It was great talking with you today. - Slowly. Here. Here.
- I will take care of the news report, don't worry. Leave it to me. - Come back often! Goodbye!
- Don't worry about the news report. Rest assured, rest assured. - Go back now.
Slow down. Slow down.
- Sister, come here. - Don't worry. - Slow down.
You drank quite a bit.
Brother, go to the city hostel.
Boss Wei, a toast to you.
You sound so distant when you call me that.
You should just call me by my name.
Okay. Wei Chunhong.
I've said before that I would toast to you.
You can, but I have a request.
Tell me.
Stop thanking me.
Fine, I'll listen to you.
Boss Wei.
Wei Chunhong.
Honestly, my first impression of you
was bad.
But after several encounters,
I truly admire you.
I've said before, stop speaking like this.
Your personality suits my taste.
Your personality...
...is one I really like too.
More?
I'll pour some.
In the future, if you have any issues here,
just tell me directly.
I won't be so overly courteous anymore. Treat me as a close friend too.
Here.
I'll listen to you. I won't be polite towards you.
Whoever is overly polite, is a bastard.
I'm not eating.
The toast is finished, and I've said what I wanted to say.
I... need to leave.
No, you drank so much.
You can't drive.
This much liquor is no problem.
Go in and sleep.
It's too dangerous to leave now. Leave when you wake up.
Ah.
Blinding.
Slowly.
We need to keep drinking.
I haven't drank enough.
I can go for another two bottles.
No... Just one bottle.
Yes... Another bottle.
I have something to say to you.
Come here.
You... are a good person.
You're up?
Let me get some porridge for you.
The secretary is back.
Secretary Dongbao, you're back.
Dongbao. Deputy Department Chief Song called you about something.
Which Deputy Department Chief Song?
Deputy Department Chief Song Yunhui.
You should call him back.
I got it.
Hello?
Who are you? I'm trying to find Song Yunhui.
Please wait a moment.
Hello? Who is this?
Do you need me for something?
What's wrong? Can I not?
If you're busy, then don't return the call.
If you're calling back, then don't have such a temper. No one is provoking you.
I just want to ask how the pollution-reduction facilities are going?
Was talking with the reporter successful?
You designed it, how could there be any problems?
I'm just trying to call you, and yet there is a special lady blocking in front of you.
Your position isn't that high, but you're acting like you are.
I discussed it with with mom and dad last night.
Originally, they wanted to go back home this summer, but they're not going anymore.
You don't need to find time to pick them up anymore.
Oh, right. I called you three times last night.
Your mom said you didn't go home. Where were you?
It's not your business where I went. Wait. Why aren't they coming back?
Why aren't they coming back? Wasn't it decided last year?
They were originally going to.
They wanted to see if there were any changes at Xiaoleijia Village.
But you also know that Hepatitis A has been rampant lately.
Us adults are fine, but with all the trains and cars on this journey, Xiao Yin
might get sick.
I got it.
Brother, come to Jinzhou to see us whenever you have a chance.
Not just me, mom and dad are waiting to see you.
You know we don't have a lot of family left.
They're really hoping to see you.
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♫ Flowers quietly bloom in the spring ♫
♫ 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 ♫
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