Like a Flowing River (Da Jiang Da He / 大江大河)

Like a Flowing River

~ Episode 19 ~

Is that broken bicycle any good for riding?

It's still okay.

Please thank Bear Ear for me.

Except for the bell which is not ringing, all the rest of the parts are making noise. He even has the nerve to ask you for money?!

He should just give it to you for free.

He only just accepted the money as a symbolic gesture.

I am going to the library. Are you going?

Head Shui is quite something!

So the big Secretary promised to get you a library card and he really did it?!

Isn't that much thanks to your blessings?!

Do you want to go and look for Secretary Shui too?

He can help you get a library card too. We can then study together.

You now can't pass your day well if you don't make fun of me, is that it?

I have to go back to work. Be your own three-good student

and newbie with the four attributes.

Youth with the four attributes, I'm going off! (of lofty ideals, moral integrity, good education and a strong sense of discipline)

Going off!

- Liu'er. - Secretary Shui.

Can you help me look for the 1982 bound-volume edition of the foreign chemical industry?

That book? It has just been loaned out.

- Who borrowed it? - Song Yunhui.

- He was right here just now. - Keep busy with your work.

Secretary Shui.

- You are reading this book? - That's right.

In how many days can you finish reading it?

Two days. If Secretary Shui wants to read it, please take it first. I am not in a hurry.

No need. There must be a first come, first served policy. I'll just borrow it once you've returned it.

Secretary Shui, I have not yet thanked you regarding the matter of the library card.

That is only a small matter.

But the matter you brought up regarding adjusting the opening hours of the library

won't be that easy.

After all, it involved too wide an area.

Secretary Shui, can I make a suggestion for our factory library?

- Please speak. - Introduce more of the latest reference books from overseas.

Isn't this book which you are reading the latest

translation on foreign chemical production technology?

The relevant technology that is referenced in this book

has indeed reached maturity abroad during the 70's,

but it does not mean that it is the most advance.

Tell me about it.

The technology FRC has already become matured. Abroad, there are already production equipment that invested in it.

But the speed of innovation in chemical technology is advancing rapidly.

This type of technology can no longer represent the direction of the most advanced development internationally.

During the time when I was in the university, I helped my mentor establish a research laboratory.

I translated many of the latest editions of academic journals from abroad.

The original translated manuscript is still with me. If Secretary Shui wants to understand the specific content, I can lend it to you.

You would be able to understand them more thoroughly if you read it together with this book.

I still have a few more meetings today.

Bring your translation manuscripts over tomorrow.

I want to learn too.

- Father. - What's up with you lately? Why are you waiting for me here again?

Is it because you want to beg me for something?

Can't I come and fetch you if I have nothing important?

What do you want to eat tonight?

- Mother has already prepared the meal. Let's go home and eat. - Yu Shanqing.

- I will return these two books. - Okay.

Chief Engineer Liu.

I heard that you kept sneaking into the reference room to read books some time ago.

I didn't have the qualification to apply for a library card because I'm from the workshop.

Young people who are eager to learn and progress should be encouraged.

Whatever data you're checking on or reference books that you are looking for,

if they can't be found in our main factory library,

you can borrow from me.

Thank you, Chief Engineer Liu.

Sit, sit.

Little Song, regarding that article on the technological transformation of your No. 1 Workshop

that raised production capability, has Little Yu talked with you about it?

No, we have not talked about this.

In that essay, Little Yu has written quite a lot about your personal matters.

Is that so?

- But what was published— - When it was being published,

I deleted all the contents concerning you.

Oh...

People who make technology should not stand out so much.

Especially, don't walk too close with people who are in politics.

You are doing great now. Just be down-to-earth and work from the lowest level up.

The effect is also good.

I hope you can continue to be this steady and sure.

I understand. Thank you, Chief Engineer Liu.

Those are your notes?

Can I read them?

Sure.

Where did you get these data?

How come I've never seen them in the file room?

These are are some journal articles

that I've helped my professor translate when I was in college.

Compared to the documents here in the main factory library, they are a bit more advanced.

Can you let me borrow this?

Sure. But I'm afraid that I can't today.

I've already promised Secretary Shui to lend it to him first.

Oh.

You're lending it to Old Shui?

Okay. Okay. Once he returned it to you,

let me see this so I can study it.

Continue studying.

Come in!

- Old Fei, busy? - Old Liu!

Make Chief Engineer Liu some tea. Use the one in the red can.

It's a new tea. It just got delivered. If you like it,

you can get half a can later.

No need to make tea anymore. I have some important matter to discuss with Factory Manager Fei. You go back to work first.

Okay.

Old Liu, what's happening?

Do you still remember the new college graduate we hired Song Yunhui?

Yes. What about him?

In the hands of Song Yunhui, there is dissertation

that's very different with our factory's direction of advanced technology importation.

Its timeliness is stronger than the documents we have.

How could a new college graduate like him

have professional journal articles?

His time in college was exactly the time when Old Lu of Anyun University

set up his research lab.

He helped his teacher translate international authority journals.

Old Lu?

That chemical engineering expert

- that you kept praising? - Right.

Old Lu is currently the most forward-looking academic expert of our country.

You then have obtained a treasure, Old Liu.

Since it's Old Lu's student,

then just transfer that Song Yunhui

to your reorganization office. Even if you can't invite the professor,

making his student exert effort for us

is also possible.

Song Yunhui is indeed a usable talent,

but our old colleague has already started his move on him.

These files of Song Yunhui are currently in the hand of Old Shui.

Old Shui?

Can he understand an international journal?

Even if he can't, he can ask for help.

Song Yunhui is the best choice.

He can mobilize the academic experts in the factory, or even in the ministry,

to discuss his dissertation.

What did that dissertation really say?

Could it affect the current set up of our Jinzhou

in importing international equipment?

Old Fei, you're being too sensitive.

It's a good thing that Old Shui is supplementing himself of professional knowledge.

I'm not as optimistic as you. How did Old Shui grab hold of power before and won't let go?

You've forgotten it so quickly? Since the higher-ups implemented the factory head responsibility system,

I've been observing Old Shui. I thought that he'll submit himself to the general picture.

That he'll cooperate with the spirit of the higher-ups and hand over his power. But look,

he is just hiding his capacities and biding his time, waiting for the right time to attack.

Once he grabs hold of the critical time and makes his move, it surely will be a fatal blow.

Is it that serious?

Old Liu.

- Master Huang, getting off from work? - Yes, getting off from work.

- Master Huang, hello. - Hello.

- Little Song. - Yes?

Go to the Workshop office. Director Min wants to see you.

Director Min? What's the matter?

It's good thing. Hurry.

- You're here. - Director Min.

You want to see me?

Have a seat.

Make a few more copies of this.

Go now.

What's up? Any new thought during this time of working?

These past days, while following the schedule, I've studied the principles of operation.

After fully understanding the operations and equipment, I went back to see the documents that I read before.

It felt different again.

Last time, you had the Maintenance Section to do major repairs on equipment

which improved productivity.

This got the eyes of the workshop head. You are a college graduate. You have strong professional skills foundation.

It's a waste of your talent to work as a grassroot worker.

Working at the base level can help understand a lot of detailed situation besides the theories from the books.

I've learned a lot.

You are a solid guy.

But as managers, we can't let your talent wasted.

Here is the thing.

Your request last time has been approved.

From today on, you will change position and work as a technician.

Be responsible for the operations of all three sections of the No.1 workshop.

But I'm still working on the technical report on Section 1.

It's very complex and tedious. It would be hard to hand over it to others.

Can I take the new position after finishing this?

This is exactly why I promote you to technician,

letting you put up the technical report for the whole workshop.

You can't limit yourself to just Section 1.

This is great.

I always wanted an opportunity to figure out how the whole workshop works.

Build a complete engineering flow sheet. And make a record of all the technology.

Let me take you to your new colleagues.

This is the biotechnology department.

Hi, Director Min.

Hey, here comes the director.

Director! Director!

They will be working under your supervision.

Make sure to get the technical report done as early as possible.

This is Zhao Chao. This is Jia Jiawei. They are both technicians.

They are veterans of the workshop and are familiar with the lower level situations.

You two need to coordinate with Little Song's work.

Learn from him.

Little Song went to college, so he is very insightful. You hear me?

We got it, Director.

Alright, Little Song, I will leave you with them. I'll get going now.

Take care, Director.

Hey, your name is Little Song, right? Song...

- Song Yunhui. - Hello.