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

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...

Like a Flowing River

~Episode 38~

- You're awake. - Brother Lei.

Brother Lei.

Brother Lei.

What act is this now? What trouble did you get into that you escaped to here?

It's a long story, Brother Lei.

What happened?

Where's my bag?

This?

- You scared me to death. - Don't worry.

You can't lose anything in Xiaoleijia.

That's my life.

Take a look. Is there anything missing?

Nothing's missing.

Look at you.

Brother Lei, there's ¥10,000 in there. Count it.

I'm returning those to you.

Why are you rushing?

I'm not in need of money. I'm putting this here.

Let's first talk about your problem. How did your arm become like that?

Something happened with our electrical equipment market.

My arm was lightly hurt. I went to the hospital and the doctor insisted on doing surgery on me.

I can already move around with this injury.

I was worried that you'd worry so I came here as soon as possible.

What happened to the electrical equipment market?

The Old Wang that was doing business with me got into trouble.

My money... probably can't be collected either.

If Old Wang got into trouble,

how come you can't get your money back?

Old Wang sold...

...power switches to the coal mine who has no pressure reducing effect.

This led to an explosion in the coal mine

and a lot of people died.

The people from the coal mine came and smashed everything in our warehouse.

They hit our people as well.

Now, everybody is still lying in the hospital.

Continue talking.

Old Wang, other than selling those

defected switches,

he also sold a lot of electrical equipment to the coal mine.

Among those was our electric cable.

Old Wang originally said

that once the payment from the coal mine came, I'd get my money right away.

But this time, he got into trouble and was imprisoned.

This money...

...probably can't be claimed.

Brother Lei, you say, my warehouse has been destroyed,

people have also gotten hurt,

and I only have this ¥10,000 left. So I came here this time

to ask Brother Lei for help.

Helping you is easy.

But don't take me as an idiot

and play some suffering act on me.

I'm not. I'm not, Brother Lei.

Just based on the relationship between my family, Brother Xiao Hui, and Sister Ping Ping, I will never lie to you.

Then why would you do business like this that might end your family bloodline?

- Why did you put our electric cables with those switches? - No...

You have already damaged Xiaoleijia's reputation with this.

- If I were to say something, it serves you right. - No...

I wasn't the one who sold those defective switch plates.

Those were sold by Old Wang. I didn't even know about it.

I, Yang Xun, only ever sells the best quality products.

Otherwise, why would I come here? People have already died.

No matter how daring I am, if the knife is on my neck, I don't dare to.

So, Brother Lei,

I came here this time to beg you. Help me one more time.

How am I supposed to help you?

You can really make your calculations.

If you give this ¥10,000 to me, how will you have money to buy goods?

Wouldn't I still have to lend it to you?

No- No. I'm returning this ¥10,000 to you.

I don't plan on borrowing anything else.

I have already lost all of my funding,

but I have customers. These few years, I've met quite a few customers.

I've made a deal with one factory.

They are urgently in need of some electric cables,

so I came back.

Brother Lei, if you still believe me,

get one of your man to deliver the products back to Jinzhou with me.

I'll introduce the customer to you. I won't interfere. I won't take any of the revenue.

You won't take any of the revenue?

Little Yang Bun, you are already in this state,

and you're still thinking about business?

Brother Lei!

I can help you get all the clients of the city electric cable factory.

The one competing with us right now is Jiangyang Electric Cable Factory.

If we don't have the goods in three days, the business will be stolen by them.

I gave them the lowest price in order to get you this deal.

That's why, I won't take even a dime, Brother Lei.

Brother Lei.

Rest well.

I'll come to see you tomorrow.

Oh, right, your girlfriend called.

- When? - In the afternoon. It sounded urgent from her tone.

It should be okay. I left a note for her.

She should be able to see it.

- Give him some bone broth soup. - Yes.

Little Dai, eat some food.

Little Yang has been gone for a day now,

- did he run away? - Stop guessing!

Even if he were to run away, he wouldn't leave his beautiful wife behind.

Little Dai, where are you going?

Yang Xun ran away with the money.

I'm not waiting for him anymore.

Little Dai.

You kid, even if flowers grow from your mouth,

I can't make a decision based only on what you said.

This time, I'll go to Jinzhou with you.

That's great, Brother Lei.

You'll know once you see the customer. I'm not bluffing this time.

You're in luck. I planned on delivering the refrigerator to Xiao Hui,

so I can send you back along with it.

Brother Lei. What about the electric cable?

You won't make it in time if you don't send out the products now.

As long as your customer is reliable, once I call back,

I can send the electric cable on the same day.

Get on the car.

Secretary Lei, I apologize.

This time, I'm afraid you came for nothing.

Brother Tong, didn't we already agree on it?

The three-day period hasn't ended yet. Our goods are already on the way.

Secretary Lei, this was also against my will.

How was it against your will, care to explain?

The price that Little Yang gave this time was really a deal.

There's nothing to say about your Dengfeng Electric Cable's quality.

The ones used during the first stage of our construction gave us no problem at all.

Brother Tong, then continue with it.

Don't get anxious and cut in.

- Let Section Chief Dong finish his words. - The problem arose from Little Yang.

The problem caused by your electronic equipment market was really too huge.

Our leader heard about it and with one word,

he canceled this sale.

An accident happened with the market, but there's nothing wrong with Dengfeng.

There is nothing wrong with Dengfeng, didn't I already say that earlier?

But the leader wouldn't listen.

The leader has his own worries.

He can't risk the whole factory's safe production. Am I right?

Can I see the price that Yang Xun gave you?

Here.

This price is very favorable.

Thanks.

But this time, I really can't help.

We won't bother you anymore.

What else do you have to say?

Sorry, Brother Lei. I messed up everything.

It's not like the sky fell down. Stop drooping your head.

Let Jiangyang get this deal this time.

Next time, just get it back for me.

You're still giving me a chance?

You didn't lie. Of course, I will give you a second chance.

Thank you, Brother Lei.

We're both men here, so stop being so touchy.

Brother Lei, I promise to help you take back all of Jiangyang Factory's business.

We will let them eat dirt.

Don't try to sweet talk me.

I will only treat you like a person if you speak the truth and act like one.

Little Yang Xun, I hope you take the incident this time to heart.

In this lifetime, stop doing those messed up things.

If you meet people doing rotten businesses again,

stay far away from them as soon as possible.

I remember.

It's about time, let's go.

- Laowu. - Yes.

Later, stay behind to accompany Yang Xun.

Brother Lei, are you afraid I will get into trouble again?

It's not only for watching you.

The coal mine's people might come back and cause you trouble.

There always has to be somebody to assist in protecting you.

Alright, I'm not going to be talking any more nonsense with you. I need to go to Xiao Hui's house now.

- I'm not hungry. Laowu, - Yes. - Later, on the road,

- take Yang Xun to a clinic and have them check his arm. Don't let him be a cripple at such a young age. - Yes.

Let's go. Quick.

You, sit in the front.

...and got a refrigerator coupon. But this item is too hot.

I indeed got a refrigerator coupon, but I still have to fall in line again. Now, I finally bought one back.

-Xiao Hui. -Kitten, you're back. Older brother is here.

Older brother, you're here!

- Also, this is Brother Shigen and Brother Hongwei. - Hi.

-Hello. -Hello all of you. When did you all arrive?

We timed it exactly during his time off from work. Causing him not being able to do overtime.

-You guys sit down first. Don't be so polite. -Alright.

-I'll bring you guys some water to drink. -Sit. Sit. Sit. -No need, Section Head Song.

Quick, quickly sit down.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

I'm going to look around this room.

Take a look around.

Xiao Hui, if I do say so myself, moving out to live here is pretty nice.

There are enough rooms. It's just that the furniture is too old. Next time, I'll build you some new pieces.

- No need. Here, big brother, drink some water. - Thank you.

When we got married, we already spent a lot of money.