Standing in the Time Episode 37
What is this?
Haven't you heard?
Automated Proofreading.
You don't really believe
that this software could replace
the entire Proofreading Section do you?
Our Editor-in-Chief has formally approved for your
transfer to The Literature Editorial Department.
The new Deputy Editor-in-Chief
has proposed that we use a new proofreading software.
If the results are satisfactory,
the entire Proofreading Section could be dismantled.
If that's the case,
what does it mean if I leave?
What matters is
who makes the least amount
of mistakes.
Director, how about we do a comparison?
We've done the comparison,
and gotten the results.
The proofreading software
only finds out
one more mistake than us.
But as for this wrong character,
the case is that the software just
painted a snake with feet.
In the last letter
of the manuscript,
there is a sentence:
"In the eighth month of the lunar calendar,"
"high streets and back lanes in Shanghai"
"are filled with the fragrance of fragrant."
"I am lonely missing my son."
"Where are you now?"
In this sentence,
the software mistook the word "alone"
as "lonely".
Because it considers "missing"
as a noun.
But according to the context,
it's not difficult to find out that
Yunzhi is missing
his son lonely.
It is a verb,
which expresses his psychological activity and thoughts
when he is missing his son.
Moreover,
the Proofreading Section
is more humanized than the software.
In the first letter,
he wrote about that
when his son called him "dad" for the first time
when he babbled out his first speech sounds.
The reduplicated words also
have been deleted by mistake.
So when we do proofreading,
human beings are better than machine.
Because when we do proofreading,
emotions are more important than rules.
Yeah.
I have been studying
this software these days.
In this contest,
the manuscript we use
has nothing to do with laws and rules,
arithmetic formula
and the humanities,
which are very professional.
I chose a manuscript describing
peoples' feelings.
When we proofread this kind of manuscripts,
I think software
cannot compete with
human's brains.
But I still think that the software
can be used
in our department.
I think our editors
can view the result of the software
after you finish the third proofreading
and then send it to the Proofreading Section.
In this way,
the quality will be greatly improved
and a lot of time
will be saved thereafter.
That's so good.
We also can greatly improve
our work efficiency on this basis.
Thank you all.
Lu.
Later, I want to invite Ms. Xu
to go to the Publishing Press with me
to report about
the investigation results this time.
That's my job.
Well,
the Proofreading Section won't be dismissed, will it?
Well. Ms. Xu and Mr. Lu,
I have no final say.
But if we let them know
the comparison result,
I believe that
we will get a reasonable answer.
And there is another important thing.
I just think about the contest
and forget what it is for.
The Publishing Press
has received an emergent task.
I will assign the Literature Editorial Department
and the Publication Department to accomplish it.
This task is
extremely important.
We should follow up
the editing and proofreading of
the 40th anniversary autograph album for
the reform and opening of Shanghai.
The manuscript will be sent part by part.
While editors are writing,
we should follow it up at the same time.
Time is limited and the task is heavy.
The first article is going to
be sent the day after tomorrow.
We should finish it
in one week.
How many characters does it have?
1.2 million.
So many!
That's impossible.
Xia Fan, are you available now?
I want to talk with you.
How about this, Amanda?
After I finish my work,
I will meet you in your office.
I will wait for you in the café downstairs.
Okay. I will be right there.
Amanda.
I have ordered
a cup of Espresso for you.
Thank you.
I want to discuss with you
for one thing.
About Li Xiao?
That's another thing.
This thing is
more important.
I want you to give me some suggestions.
What is it?
In these years,
we have done
a good job with RESA,
RESA Plus
and its new media platform
in the industry.
But now
I have a better chance
in front of me.
A head hunter introduced me to
a bigger new media platform.
I think this is really
a good chance for me,
through which I can break through myself
and welcome a new challenge.
But before that
I want to take my team away
with me.
So I want to ask you
whether you are willing to go with me.
One more thing,
the work place is not in Shanghai
but in Beijing.
Have you decided it yet?
Sure.
Time is limited.
They have a new program and
want me to go there as soon as possible.
You give me your replay
in two days.
Just think it over.
I will.
Alright.
When we leave,
RESA must be shorthanded,
so if Li Xiao can come,
that would be better.
I understand.
About the two things,
I will give you a reply as soon as possible.
Okay.
Then I'm leaving.
You can sit here for a while.
You are doing well in RESA.
Why do you want to leave for Beijing all of a sudden?
It's a good chance.
I have been working with Amanda for years.
We know each other well.
So you
must have made the decision, haven't you?
She asks me to go with her.
If you think
you will have a better future
in Beijing,
you should go there.
Nobody has the right to stop you.
I want to ask for your suggestions.
I have told you that
if only you have thought it over,
I will respect your choice.
Wu Yu.
Do you still like me?
The stars in the night
are as bright as your eyes.
I follow its direction
in the vast crowd of people.
It's a sleepless night again.
I imagine your smile
is reflected in my heart wall.
Love falls from heaven.
Check, please.
I have paid for it.
I have decided that
I will go to Beijing.
Alright.
I wish everything goes well.
The two of us.
The two hearts.
The more they collide
The more they acknowledge each other.
Meeting is not
just a coincidence in fate.
No matter how many tears we shed.
We don't regret.
No matter how many tears, we get hurt...
it is still precious.
Love
Only blossoms for the right person.
It's the voice
in our hearts.
It is a guide
for our dreams.
The most beautiful scenery
comes after struggle.
Hold
my hand.
Let time
prove it.
Time flies.
Never leave any regret.
Don't let our agreement
on time down.
Fewer young men
are interested in this now.
At that time when we studied it,
we should learn it from a master.
Even if you want to learn it,
the master might not teach you.
Yeah.
Few people know
how do make these things.
Yes.
There were several people in the town
who once studied it with me at that time.
But later they all changed their professions.
Only I insist on
doing it till now.
Well, I want to ask you how long
have you been engaged in this trade?
Over 30 years.
Tell you the truth.
When I was young,
I once dreamed to be a singer.
I never expected that I met my master
and then he taught me this.
And till now, over 30 years have passed.
At the very beginning,
I just had to live on it.
but now,
I find I like it more,
and even fall in love with it.
Actually,
if I haven't seen it
today,
I almost forget it.
When I was a child,
I had such a toy.
When I was in school,
my classmates all had such a thing.
I liked it very much.
So I asked my father to buy one for me.
He finally bought one for me.
Yeah.
But now,
few people
can make it.
Fly. Fly. Fly.
What's the former name
of this tower?
Pagoda of Three Saints.
But I like to call it
Pagoda of Happiness.
People
will encounter accidents in their life.
But I never expected that
your mom would leave me.
It has been years.
I always want to tell you the secret
but I have no chance.
After your mother got sick,
we used out
all our savings in a short time.
I had borrowed money
from all our friends and relatives.
But it didn't help.
Later, I took my manuscript to
some big Publishing Presss
in Shanghai and Nanjing.
I was anxious to get the contribution fee
for your mother.
But at that time,
nobody wanted to publish my book.
I went to those places for several times,
but in vain.
So I went back to the town.
I thought
I was a useless man.
I went to the Suxi Bookshop
and drank a lot.
At that time,
your mother…
When people are at their young age,
they might feel powerless.
When they have problems,
they may be at a loss what to do.
After going through all hardships,
they would have enough power
to face their life easily.
When they can lead a decent life,
they may find that
what they have lost
will never
come back.
What left behind is
deep regret and sorrow.
Son.
I feel so sorry for you.
I'm sorry.
I also feel sorry for your mother.
You should cherish the friends around you.
Son.
You own true love,
relatives and friends.
That is a good thing.
For the most of my life,
I have made some achievements
in my career,
but as a father,
I am incompetent.
I feel ashamed.
So
I apologize to you.
I hope
you can forgive me.
Will you, son?
Li Xiao is a good girl.
And her friends
are all good people.
Hello, everyone.
Look whom I take back!
Hello.
-Liang. -Liang.
Liang, you're back!
You now have a crisis.
I have to come back.
Liang.
I have been worrying
since I let you go.
Don't be so polite.
Give me the manuscript.
We have kept you the seat.
Go. Go.
Liang.
You've decided to come back?
Can you make it without me?
Director.
Don't worry about the Editorial Department.
Many editors with rich experience
have stopped what they are working on.
Once you deliver us one article,
we will proofread it soon.
Thank you, Wu Yu.
Fighting.
I will.
Liang.
Come.
Come inside.
Ms. Xu.
Wu.
Come over here.
Everyone, attention please.
I have got a good hand for you.
Ms. Xu, you are…
Do you know him?
Hou.
Thank you.
Thank you, Hou.
Hou
is the Director of the Proofreading Section
of the former Huning Press.
He has really
rich experience in proofreading.
And these two
are Ms. Ma and Ms. Lu of
the Zhiwen Publishing Press.
They are expert at
statistics and economics.
We need their help
for what we are working on
this time.
And this is Ms. Guan of
the Zhuoqun Publishing Press.
That year
when
we proofread the encyclopedias,
she was the backbone.
Mr. Wu. Come here.
I think you must know him well.
Everyone, let's applaud
to welcome these experts
to give us a hand.
Alright. How about this?
Since we are all here.
Let's get started now.
Chen, Li Xiao and Meimei.
You three do the first proofreading.
And the others will do the second and third proofreading in turn.
About the parts
concerning economics and statistics,
we can ask Ms. Ma for suggestions.
About history,
we can ask Mr. Wu for help.
And the rest of us,
we should do the job
according to our strong points.
Chen and Li Xiao.
You help clean the tea room.
We should get a temporary work desk
for those experts.
Let's get started.
Alright.
Okay, Director.
Wu, come here and take care of the experts.
Come this way.
Let's go.
The activity
is going to kick off.
The cab I called is waiting downstairs.
You didn't drive your car to work?
I have sold it.
I have to be diligent.
Have you thought it over about going to Beijing with me?
I have decided it.
You decided to go with me?
This is life.
If you want to take it, you must give it first.
That depends on what choice you make.
Do you really want to give it?
I can make it.
Go to buy us some coffee.
Why me?
My treat.
Thank you, Mr. Wu.
Ms. Shi, the second proofread manuscript.
Okay, give it to me.
Li Xiao.
Amy sent a letter.
Amy?
It's for Liu Haochen.
I haven't seen him
till now.
Can you take it to him?
Okay.
Alright, I'm leaving.
Where are you going?
I am going to buy some coffee.
Hello. Is…
Xiao. Xiao.
Zhou Zimo. Zhou Zimo.
Xiao.
I'm back.
I went back to my hometown.
I went to Yun Xiu Bang
and a lot of places.
I went to the bookshop.
I went to the Pagoda of Happiness.
I also met a lot of people in the past.
I met my father as well.
We talked a lot.
I think
life was hard for him in the past.
I also
think a lot alone
about what happened between us.
I think about what we have gone through,
what we have experienced
what I didn't understand before,
and your kindness to me.
I have made a lot of mistakes,
and I hope you can forgive me.
Why do you buy so many cups of coffee?
I planned to
see you at the Proofreading Section.
They are all working overtime.
We have 11 people in total.
But you are not there.
Why do you have 11 people?
You hurry up.
I need 11 cups of coffee.
We don't want to drink cold coffee.
Zhou Zimo.
Xia Fan.
Where are you going
with so many cups of coffee?
I want to go to the Proofreading Section.
For apology?
Li Xiao won't forgive you
because of these cups of coffee.
Sorry for what I did.
No need.
Actually, I should thank you.
Do you really think so?
Yeah.
Do you feel regretful
after breaking off the engagement with RESA?
Never.
But if I still
work at RESA now,
I should not cancel the contract.
In a few days,
I may leave Shanghai.
Will you leave Shanghai?
I will work with Amanda.
Is it because that
I did something wrong?
You do have done a lot of things wrong.
But it's not because of you.
A head hunter introduced Amanda
to a Beijing company.
She thought it was a good chance.
I also want to change a place to work.
So I will go with her.
Have you decided it yet?
Yes, I have.
Wu Yu
will not want you
to leave.
I don't care.
I have made up my mind.
Xia Fan.
I think
you actually don't want to leave.
You are just escaping to face it
because you are afraid of a bad ending.
So you don't dare to make a start.
Actually, you can
follow you heart
and have a try.
After the new media platform is opened,
RESA is shorthanded.
It's not easy for Li Xiao to
get the chance to be transferred to RESA.
But I don't know what happened to her.
You must have a good talk with her
and ask her to
follow her heart once.
It's a good chance.
You shouldn't miss it.
If you can pick her up from work,
I invite you to my house for dinner.
To see you off?
To welcome you.
Alright, see you tonight.
Ms. Shi Lei. This is for you.
Thank you. I don't like coffee.
Liang.
Thank you.
Meimei.
Haochen.
Niu.
Chen.
I went to the small town in south
we ever mentioned.
Here is close to the sea.
But it has more rainy days than Shanghai.
I am now working
in a kindergarten as a teacher.
I stay with kids everyday.
I am very happy
and free from anxiety.
I often thought about to
live a steady life in Shanghai.
I wanted to earn money and to get married.
But now I am here,
I feel so calm.
I think
everything is not that important.
I can find a proper position for myself
and can do whatever I like.
I think it's a kind of happiness.
Everything here is good.
It's just that someone is not here.
Wu Yu.
You're back.
I'm back.
I bring you some coffee.
Thank you.
Please have some coffee.
It helps us refresh ourselves.
Here you are.
Thank you.
Coffee? I don't like it. I can't get used to it.
I'd like to have some tea.
Thank you.
Give me a cup of coffee.
Here, Ms. Xu.
Can I help you?
Okay.
Help me proofread three parts.
Three parts?
Contents. Page header and page numbers.
You can give him one.
How about the page numbers?
When you check the page numbers,
you need to compare the page numbers
on each page of the two manuscripts
and make sure there are no mistakes.
Got it?
Yeah.
Then get started.
Xiao.
How about the contest?
We won.
But we received
an important task.
So we are under great pressure
now.
Get started.
Why did you tell her you are my boyfriend?
Aunt is happy every time
she sees me.
Did she take you as my boyfriend?
I hope you can understand
why your mother did this.
If she was not in poor condition,
she would never ask me
to take care of you.