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[Wild Bloom]

[Episode 36]

Thanks to your investment,

Jack and I can create

this online selling platform

which combines purchase

with sale.

Many Internet companies in China have been listed

in recent years.

The US stock market thus reached a record high.

This is the office area.

[Jiangdong Airong Network Technology Co., Ltd]

That is the reception area.

Good job, Su.

I didn't expect you to make the Internet company

so successful.

You created it.

We wouldn't have made it without you.

I have a gift for you today.

Miss Lin.

-Miss Su. -The thing I asked you to prepare.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Miss Xu.

This is the company's profit.

Take a look.

20 million yuan.

That's a lot.

Su.

Take the money back.

Why?

Put it into the company.

I'll make a new

share-holding contract.

I'll own 40% of the shares.

You'll own 60% of the shares.

Miss Xu, this...

Take it.

Miss Xu.

You've financed the company

since it was incorporated.

Your decision

is to make the company...

You don't have to say anything else.

I've made up my mind.

I'll ask my lawyer to talk to you again.

Miss Xu.

Su.

Times have changed.

You are the hope of the future.

Hope is worthy of being protected

at any time.

I think it's the best decision

I've ever made.

I'm proud of this decision.

[Binhai Intermediate People's Court]

Defendant Guo Qidong.

You asked for an additional opinion on the facts of your crime

which was presented by the prosecutor.

Now the court allows you to speak.

Defendant Guo Qidong.

Distinguished Chief Justice.

Dear judges.

I have an objection.

I take back my confession.

Distinguished Chief Justice.

Due to my grudges

against Xu Banxia and Qiu Bizheng,

I took revenge.

I admitted a crime that doesn't exist.

Your Honor, please forgive me.

I'm willing to take all the legal responsibilities

arising therefrom.

According to the Criminal Procedure Law,

the defendants has the right to make a final statement.

Defendants Xu Banxia, Wu Jianshe,

Feng Yu, Qiu Bizheng, and Guo Qidong,

what else do you want to state?

Your Honor.

Thank you for giving us a chance

to make a final statement.

On behalf of the five defendants,

I'll make a final statement.

In the winter of 1996,

the five of us got on a train

to the north.

Before we set off,

we had a detailed understanding

of the relevant policies,

laws, regulations and procedures at that time.

Then we investigated everything,

including import tonnage, transportation cycle,

funds requirements, bank regulations,

and even the market price after the arrival of the goods.

We do steel business

because we want to open up a new path

and seek new ways.

We think

this can have a positive effect

on the development of the steel industry.

Every step we took

to run the company was also in compliance

with the national policies,

laws and regulations at that time.

With the development of times

and the progress of our country,

especially after joining the WTO,

various laws and regulations

are continuously being improved and standardized.

We've gone through the period of exploring.

But most of the merchants of our generation

have gone through many changes.

We can stand trial,

but we can't receive a wrong trial.

We beg you

to give us a chance to look back

while you're judging the case and liquidating our companies.

Let us reflect on what we did.

It can help us realize

what is right

and what is wrong.

Only in this way

can we make up

for the past mistakes and inadequacies

and have a clear idea

of where we were from

and where we are going.

We are willing

to promote social progress

and help with the development of the era.

We also hope you can give us a chance

to make up for our mistakes.

We believe the court will give us

a fair trial.

We found out

the defendants, Xu Banxia, Wu Jianshe,

Qiu Bizheng, Feng Yu and Guo Qidong

did commit an offence of smuggling.

But based on what they did

♫There was a moment♫

happened before the enactment

♫I think there is nothing left in the world♫

of the newly revised Anti-smuggling Law,

it is not considered as a crime.

♫Voice and countenance in the world♫

About the defendants' smuggling which happened

♫There's only love and loneliness♫

after the enactment of the newly revised

Anti-smuggling Law,

♫There was a moment♫

because the defendants didn't mean to commit a crime,

♫I know that the heart can no longer grasp anything♫

the defendants will be fined 6 million yuan.

♫No one is by my side♫

♫Except grievance and helplessness♫

♫Life is parting, stubbornness and sadness♫

♫Floating, ups and downs♫

♫Excitement with uncertainty♫

♫Overwhelmed with rise and fall♫

♫Majesty with sorrow♫

♫Strong and week♫

♫Crimson and gloom♫

♫The world is by my side, pain with fragrance♫

♫Speechless and crazy, sacrifice with regret♫

[Winter 2002]

♫Speechless and crazy, sacrifice with regret♫

Miss Xu.

According to the investigation, when State No.2 Steel was being auctioned,

it had the clauses against destroying

or selling equipment.

When Mr. Wu's steel mill merged with yours,

if you knew these clauses,

you must be prepared

for the company's liquidation and bankruptcy.

The best result is to get a huge fine.

If you didn't know,

you have to persuade Mr. Wu

to take the corresponding liability for fraud.

There are only two possibilities.

You have to choose one.

Miss Xu.

You can't

choose the first plan.

Sacrifice is inevitable in success.

That way, the company will also be safe.

What did the lawyer say?

The lawyer said

if we continue the legal battle,

the risk will be higher.

It's not going to be good

for everyone.

So he gave me two options.

One is to admit the guilt

and have a good attitude

in order to end it with a high fine.

Then we can get the company back on track

and continue the plan to list the company.

The other is to sacrifice Wu Jianshe,

letting him bear all the charges of embezzling

state-owned property.

In this way,

you can be exonerated.

Mr. Wu.

Do you know

how much the Soviets sacrificed

to protect

Volgograd?

11 army groups.

120 divisions.

They guarded the place for seven months in freezing conditions

and lost two million people

before they kept the Germans at bay

and won a victory.

This became a turning point

in World War II.

Mr. Wu, I mean

any victory

has to be paid for with sacrifice.

Mr. Wu,

if Miss Xu pleads guilty on behalf of the company,

the company will have a hard future.

Besides, when the two steel mills merged together,

you also hid something, right?

Actually,

it is the company

and yourself

you plead guilty for.

You're not doing it for Xu Banxia.

Look.

You own 25% of the shares in the company.

If the company is fine

and be listed,

your shares are still there.

Money comes from money.

On the contrary,

if the company is ruined,

you'll lose

everything.

Mr. Wu.

If you have any conditions, just tell me.

Miss Xu will definitely agree.

Xu Banxia asked you to come?

This is my own idea.

I'm doing this for the company's sake.

Here.

Mr. Wu.

Who do you think you are?

How dare you teach me how to do things?

Let alone you,

even if Xu Banxia was here,

I wouldn't be polite to her.

Get lost.

Mr. Wu, please reconsider.

We really...

Get lost!

Get lost!

I remember in 1998,

the Ministry of Finance carried out a spot check

on the annual financial statements of 100 major state-owned enterprises

from 1997 to 1998.

The results showed that 80 percent of them

had misrepresented their assets

and inflated their profits.

This was a hopeless reality.

Last year,

at the most difficult time,

more than 50% of the companies

have experienced a shortage of funds

and poor sales.

It was not easy

to stick with

and survive.

Our state-owned enterprises

needed to cover up their predicament

by falsifying their financial statements.

In order to realize the restructuring of the state-owned economy,

our country promoted the diversification

of investment and property rights,

which expanded the space

for the development of private enterprises.

The provincial government is going to start reform.

State No.2 Steel is going to be bid for.

This is a public bidding.

Everyone has equal opportunities.

Our goal was very clear.

We guided private enterprises to strengthen internal management,

standardize governance structure,

accelerate technological innovation,

and gradually move toward a modern enterprise system.

In this process,

everyone felt

the difficulty of deepening the reform.

But at the same time,

they were full of excitement, confusion,

ambiguity and contradiction

about the reform.

Have you ever thought about

running our own steel mill?

Have you ever thought

becoming a steel maker

from a steel dealer?

I think this is an opportunity.

The auction of State No.2 Steel is inevitable.

This is a landmark event

in our country's structural reform.

You can find someone to cooperate with.

Let's cooperate again

and take over State No.2 Steel.

Let's become

real partners.

The steel mill

is not about how much money you have and how to divide the money.

If you think you can run a steel mill

if you have money,

I think

you consider it as an easy thing.

At that time, some of our enterprises

had outdated products,

superfluous workers,

and heavy burdens.

Under such circumstances,

it was inevitable to seek diversified development.

State No.2 Steel was like this.

Many enterprises like State No.2 Steel

were like this.

The sooner they changed, the sooner they took the initiative.

They'd play a passive role if they changed later.

If they didn't change,

there would be no way out.

Mr. Wu, there are indeed many problems.

It's a good mill.

The key is the management.

This is an enterprise.

The steel mill is an enterprise.

An enterprise needs to be run.

Do you know how to run an enterprise?

Have you ever run an enterprise?

I suggest

you cooperate with Wu Jianshe.

Isn't it more realistic for you to work together

to run State No.2 Steel well?

However, since there was no national

legal reform plan,

there were dozens of methods

of transfer of property rights.

These methods had no solid legal basis

and regulatory measures.

So during this process,

we may make mistakes

and have problems.

But luckily,

we found the problems in time.

This led to the rapid development

of the state-owned economy.

Now our generation is old.

We did what we should do.

We also taught the young people a lesson.

The mistakes we didn't correct in time

will be made up for by them continually.

They'll make our country stronger and stronger

and keep our national economy

developing rapidly and healthily.

This is their responsibility.

Just like today, you investigated me

in order to find out the truth.

This is your responsibility.

Me too.

If the loss of state assets

was because of me,

it was my fault.

This is my responsibility.

People.

Those who're lying down want to stand up.

Those who're standing don't want to lie down.

Instead of being a loser,

why don't we try our best?

Have you forgotten?

For us,

you drank

so much liquor.

You were so manly.

But now,

the problem we face is

whether to fight or compromise.

Enough.

You can't come up with any ideas now.

If we fight,

that's a waste of time.

But can our steel mill afford it?

If we compromise,

it's a confession.

If the guilt is admitted, the sentence will be light.

But who will go to admit the guilt?

Miss Xu.

Can you tell me your final decision?

We're going to make a solution soon.

I've read some books about law recently.

I've also studied many cases of state-owned enterprise reform.

When I merged my mill with Mr. Wu's steel mill,

I didn't know

the equipment of the steel mill can't be damaged and sold at will.

I still think I'm innocent,

so my principle won't change.

I won't choose to plead guilty.

As for the second plan you proposed,

I can't say it.

Before I met Mr. Wu,

I was a scrap dealer.

I wouldn't be where I am today without him.

I've been where I am

by following his steps.

Although I have surpassed him

and been ahead of him,

can I leave him alone?

No one can always

be ahead of others forever.

We'll be fallen behind one day.

Miss Xu,

I know you well.

I also know it's not loyal

to do this.

You said more than once

this company doesn't only belong to you.

It's your hard work.

But in business,

you still need to consider

the long-term development of the company.

After all,

it's the livelihood of many employees of the company

and the workers of the steel mill.

Let Mr. Wu sacrifice himself

to protect the whole company.

I don't dare to say he'll be remembered forever,

but at least everyone will be grateful to him.

He will eventually understand you.

Mr. Wu, Mr. Qiu

and I

have been fighting against each other for so many years.

We've gained a lot,

but we lost more.

We

set each other up

and betrayed each other.

In order to do the business,

we fought tooth and nail,

but in the end we got nothing.

Now that I think about it,

I miss the time

when we worked hard to survive together.

They are quite cute.

Although it is said that businessmen value profit and separate easily,

I don't want to be a businesswoman who only cares about business.

I choose to be a businesswoman who values friendship.

♫Gently, I will leave you♫

I won't let Wu Jianshe down.

♫Please wipe away the tears in the corners of your eyes♫

♫In the long night, in the days to come♫

I won't let myself down.

♫Don't cry for me, my dear♫

♫The road ahead is bleak♫

♫But please bless me in a smile♫

♫Despite the strong wind and heavy rains♫

♫I'm still missing you so much♫

♫In the days without you♫

♫I will cherish myself more♫

Mr. Wu.

♫In the years without me♫

♫Please take care of yourself♫

♫You ask me when I will return to hometown♫

♫Also I gently ask myself♫

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

[Chunxi Village]

♫Gently, I will leave you♫

♫Please wipe away the tears in the corners of your eyes♫

♫In the long night, in the days to come♫

Get ready.

When I shout "one, two, three", you shout "cheese".

♫Don't cry for me, my dear♫

One, two, three.

♫The road ahead is bleak♫

Cheese!

Okay.

♫But please bless me in a smile♫

Thank you.

Thank you.

You speak Chinese so well.

♫Despite the strong wind and heavy rains♫

Where are you from?

I'm from the three northeastern provinces.

♫I'm still missing you so much♫

The three northeastern provinces.

You speak Chinese so well.

Bye.

Come here, Xu.

♫In the days without you♫

I want to say something to you.

♫I will cherish myself more♫

Banxia.

In the future,

♫In the years without me♫

you'll run a big company.

It will be listed.

♫Please take care of yourself♫

Really?

♫You ask me when I will return to hometown♫

Do you know you'll also be sued

♫Also I gently ask myself♫

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

for smuggling?

Brother.

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

Don't scare me

The north is nice.

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

There's gold everywhere.

I suggest

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

you don't go.

Don't worry.

If anything happens, I'll take the responsibility.

Besides,

you are our eldest brother.

We can rest assured with you here.

You will take care of us.

Honey.

Please forgive me for making this decision.

♫Gently, I will leave you♫

These days

♫Please wipe away the tears in the corners of your eyes♫

I couldn't fall asleep.

I couldn't sleep well.

♫In the long night, in the days to come♫

After thinking about it,

♫Don't cry for me, my dear♫

I think my decision won't let everyone down

♫The road ahead is bleak♫

except you.

♫But please bless me in a smile♫

For all these years

♫Despite the strong wind and heavy rains♫

I've been busy working outside.

♫I'm still missing you so much♫

We've been separated for years.

♫In the days without you♫

Without you,

♫I will cherish myself more♫

I'm afraid this family would have gone.

♫In the years without me♫

Now it's time to enjoy ourselves,

♫Please take care of yourself♫

but I still can't be with you

♫You ask me when I will return to hometown♫

and the children.

♫Also I gently ask myself♫

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

I, Wu Jianshe,

have been their eldest brother for half of my life.

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

But I let you down

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

and let the kids down.

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

I know

you may not understand this decision,

but I hope

I will still be

the husband you respect

and the father the children are proud of.

The separation may be a year or two years.

♫In the days without you♫

But no matter what,

♫I will cherish myself more♫

you must take good care of yourself.

Take care.

♫In the years without me♫

♫Please take care of yourself♫

♫You ask me when I will return to hometown♫

♫Also I gently ask myself♫

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

♫Not at this time, and don't know exact time♫

♫I guess I'll be back in the winter♫

Mr. Wu.

I'll turn myself in tomorrow.

I've lived half of my life.

Besides my family,

I'm closest to steel.

I've been thinking

what made you come this far.

I didn't figure it out.

Then I thought

what made me

come this far.

I still didn't figure it out.

If you ask me,

when we went to the north together,

would I think of today?

No, I wouldn't.

When I first met you,

I thought you were

a straightforward, passionate,

and kind girl

who only wanted to make money

and might be a capable girl later.

I didn't expect you to be an entrepreneur.

You're so good at it.

I admit

when I bid for State No.2 Steel,

I did it partly for business

and partly

for competing with you.

I knew what equipment had problems

and what conditions were inappropriate,

but I still signed the contract.

When I transferred it to you,

I didn't tell you these problems.

I didn't dare to say.

Our mills wouldn't have been merged if I had told you.

I've been a coward.

I've been hiding it.

Why did I hide it?

If people are too selfish,

it will also hurt others.

It's like an apple seller

who puts the rotten ones at the bottom.

If people can't see them,

all of them can be sold.

But they will rot sooner or later.

Just like what I've done.

I should admit and solve them soon.

Otherwise, things will become worse.

To put it bluntly, I don't dare to face it.

Now I feel relieved.

Have you done something bad?

No, you haven't.

Remember.

When I'm released,

you can't get into trouble.

Xu Banxia,

do me a favor.

Come and pick me up

when I'm released.

After all,

I'm your eldest brother.

Let's do this business together.

Xu, if you insist on going,

I'll give you five thousand tons

from my share.

I'll pay for your loss.

It's not safe for you

to stay here alone.

Xu,

can you join us?

Let's

work together again.

Among these people,

I'm partial to you.

You're so unpopular.

If we didn't come,

no one would come to see you.

Boss,

I did that back then.

I should be the one to confess.

Chen has gone.

All these years,

you've been compensating the victims.

You've done enough.

Now it's my turn.

I used to think

some things would pass with time.

That's not true.

[Grave of Chen Yuzhou]

The black oil

has seeped into my heart.

I can't wipe it off.

Compensation can't let me

live without qualms.

I still have to face

the mistakes I made.

I'll take it as the consequence.

All these years,

I listened to you every time.

I always listen to you.

But this time,

I have to give an explanation for the past.

I'll go with you.

A portion of sugar roasted chestnuts.

Okay.

It's hot.

How much is it?

Five yuan.

Five yuan.

Okay.

See you.

I'll take it.

Do you think I'm troublesome?

What should I do?

I married a troublesome wife.

I have to accept my fate.

Do you remember

when we were in the most difficult time,

we thought the sky was going to collapse?

We cheered for each other

and said the spring would come.

It's the same now.

Help me visit my dad when you have time.

Don't worry.

[Yuzhou Steel]

First of all,

thank you for going through so much with me.

Today, the company is finally back on track.

I believe everyone here

think that

it's the best time to be listed.

But in my heart,

I don't think it's the right time.

Miss Xu.

Did something happen again?

It's my conscience.

That year, in order to build a storage yard and a dock,

I chose an intertidal zone.

But in the end,

it was gotten in an unfair way.

People who did this

deserve to die.

It's not for me. It's for everyone.

I was still young back then.

I didn't know

our fate was changed in secret.

Although it has been years,

I've had it

on my conscience.

I need to offer a sincere apology

to every family

who has been hurt by this

and give myself a chance to repent.

The company will be listed in the future.

I don't want the company's future

to have a bad impact on society

because of my fault.

I think whether it's an individual,

a company,

or a large enterprise,

they should dare to take responsibilities

and have a strong sense of social responsibility.

Only in this way can they be responsible

for others and the whole society

and create a better future.

So,

I'll turn myself in.

Now that I think about it,

I haven't built a snowman for years.

The kid who built snowmen

in the past

was fearless.

There was fire burning in her heart.

She burned all the withered grass.

Her crazy dream grew wildly.

She believed

that her dream would come true one day.

Later,

the kid gradually grew up.

Her dream has come true.

But

something she did

left traces of pain.

She thought she could escape like before.

But after traveling around the world,

she found

she had nowhere to escape.

She fell into the abyss

and deserved to die.

Now the kid has not only grown up,

but also learned a lot.

She folded the past

and put it in her memory.

If life is possible to win,

it's not because we win the time,

but because we finally reconcile with our memories.

Fold all regrets and keep them.

No delusion

and no more pain.

At this moment,

she can finally face the present

and the future.

[In view of the fact that Xu Banxia and Tong Xiaoqi have been compensating the victims' familities for years and voluntarily turned themselves in,]

[the court finally announced that Xu Banxia and Tong Xiaoqi were sentenced to one year in prison with a one-year reprieve]

[and ordered Xu Banxia's company to continue to compensate the families who were affected by the intertidal zone.]

[While running Jian She Steel Mill, Wu Jianshe discharged pollution illegally which caused a bad impact and was suspected of fraud while subcontracting Jian She Steel Mill.]

[In view of the fact that Wu Jianshe voluntarily turned himself in and explained the circumstances,]

[he was sentenced to one year in prison with a one-year reprieve.]

[Qiu Bizheng was suspected of tax evasion. Because he voluntarily paid illegal income, pleaded guilty with a good attitude,]

[and lost the capacity to bear the criminal act,]

[he was ordered to pay back the amount of tax evasion and the fine.]

[The End]