Original subtitles

♪ Endless drifting ♪

♪ To the end of the dark forest ♪

♪ The wind is like a hand ♪

♪ Trying to keep time ♪

♪ Who is the hunter with a gun ♪

♪ Trying to devour the entire universe ♪

♪ The light is like an eye ♪

♪ That penetrates dreams ♪

♪ Don't answer ♪

♪ Who is eager to fill his eyes with the starry sky ♪

♪ The earth is no longer rotating ♪

♪ You gave me a small universe ♪

♪ In the arms of the universe ♪

♪ Calling humbly for the vast space and time ♪

♪ The world aches dully ♪

=Three-Body=

=Episode 11=

At the moment, the hut was quiet.

I could hear the sound of pen nib scratching against paper,

and smell the fragrance of the sawdust.

Since my father died,

I hadn't felt relaxed and experienced warmth for a long time.

- Take a look. - Okay.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Let me wash your dirty laundry.

No, no, no.

Don't bother.

You ladies work as hard as men in the northern tree farm.

Just go home and take a rest.

We are to climb the mountain tomorrow at 6:00 AM.

Wenjie.

Sorry.

Excuse me.

I'll return to the division headquarters the day after tomorrow.

I'll report to the higher-ups about you.

Hopefully you'll be able to get out of here.

No, thanks.

I find it quite nice here.

It's quiet.

Are you hiding away from something?

Bye.

(The annual selection of production and construction model worker will soon begin.)

(Now, let's review)

(the speech of Comrade Wang Shengtian, last year's model worker.)

(Hello, dear comrades.)

(I'm honored to be selected)

(as this year's production and construction model worker.)

(At work, I reflect on myself and learn from my experience all the time.)

(I follow rules strictly.)

(I learn from the exemplars around me.)

(I keep in mind that the people have unlimited power to create.)

(They can be organized)

(and march towards the places and departments)

(where they can invest their efforts, dig deeper and expand wider in production,)

(and perform welfare undertaking that increasingly benefits themselves.)

(There's an old saying goes, three men stick together,)

(dirt can be turned into gold.)

Get to work. Get to work.

Move, move, move. Come on.

♪ We are marching on a great road ♪

♪ Spirits high and fighting will strong ♪

♪ Through the storm ♪

Come on. Keep it going! On my count!

One, two, one.

Going all out!

Rise to the top!

Going all out!

Rise to the top!

This is it.

20 meters away from the log drop point.

Keep it going, everybody.

Ye Wenjie!

Stop.

Ye Wenjie, rush back to the company.

What happened?

I don't know.

But I feel like

you might be in big trouble.

Just go.

Just drive.

Five meters in the reverse direction. Got it?

What's in the sack?

♪ In the blue sky ♪

Ready? Begin.

♪ In the blue sky floats the white cloud ♪

♪ Under the white cloud gallops the horse ♪

Come in.

Comrade Ye.

This is Director Zhang from political department.

He's here to do a survey.

Don't be afraid, though.

Just say what you know.

Be honest, and be cooperative with Director Zhang.

Director Zhang.

You are Ye Wenjie?

Don't be nervous. I'm going to ask you a few questions.

I hope you can answer them with honesty.

Did you write the letter?

(Revolutionary Masses)

Revolutionary Masses?

Did you write it?

No, it wasn't me.

But the crosscheck result shows this is your handwriting.

Yes, it is.

But I'm only the copier.

For whom?

Say it.

Just come clean, quickly.

Um...

Director Zhang, I-I know her.

- She's just like this. - Please take a seat.

Let me talk to her.

Hey, listen.

Ye, you never told me anything that happened to you.

But... But we all know, right?

Commander told me a few days ago

that whatever bad things happened to you, you would just take it on yourself.

As your instructor, I know you.

You just don't want to get someone else in trouble, do you?

About this, you can just tell Director Zhang

everything you know with honesty, okay?

Let's talk it out, and it'll be fine, you know?

Just tell Director Zhang.

Go on.

Speak.

Comrade Ye Wenjie.

You are aware how serious, and how special it is.

Do you know what it means?

Just speak.

A reporter came to the company from last week.

The reporter's name is Bai Mulin, right?

Ye Wenjie, are you aware how serious the crime of slander is?

We have run a thorough investigation on Comrade Bai Mulin.

All he did was help you mail the letter.

He had no idea what was in the letter.

Did he say that?

You don't believe me, huh?

Present yourself.

Is she the one?

Yes.

I believe that this book inspired you to write the letter, right?

The book title is Silent Spring, published in the western world in 1962.

Its publication stirred the capitalist society.

(Silent Spring) And this is the Chinese version.

It's the teaching material for internal reference,

and is used as a negative example.

The higher-ups explicitly stated that the book had a great negative impact.

The book adopts the idealist conception of history,

and propagandizes the idea of doomsday.

It's seemingly environment-themed,

but its nature is to justify the corruption and degeneration of capitalism.

It's rotten to its core!

The book isn't mine.

You stole it!

I didn't steal it.

Bai Mulin lent me the book.

Nonsense!

I was assigned to translate the book by the authority.

- I have the legal right to own this book. - Control yourself.

I admit it is my fault that I didn't keep the book properly.

But I didn't expect her to steal the book when I was doing work.

You found the weapon to harm socialism.

If I wasn't here, she would impute all the responsibility to me.

Ye Wenjie,

(Assignments Lumbering Transportation Piling) I have been nice to you, why would you lie?

Why would you betray your comrades for personal interest?

All right. All right.

Enough.

Calm yourself down.

We have acquired enough information about this matter.

Alright.

Ye Wenjie, we have been treating you as humanely as possible.

I know that you have a lowly birth.

But we see you as one of us.

About your inclination of isolating yourself from the people and refusing to seek progress,

your instructor and I talked to you many times

and tried to help you change.

But who would have thought that you'd make such a serious mistake?

I knew you inclined to not integrate into the collective,

but I didn't expect that your toxic thoughts were so deep-rooted.

Take a good look at yourself.

Take her to the division headquarters.

Don't stop the interrogation until she acknowledges her guilt.

Greetings, Representative Cheng.

Hold on a minute.

The room is so cold.

Go get a stove.

Yes, sir.

I'm here representing the military control commission of the intermediate court.

My name is Cheng Lihua.

Nice to meet you.

Ye Wenjie.

Your hand is so cold.

We'll sit over there.

Let's have a good talk.

Come on.

You are young.

Younger than I thought.

Ye, how foolish of you.

Well, that's what young people do.

(Archive Folder)

The more you read, the more foolish you become.

But to be fair, everybody would make mistakes when they were young.

I made mistakes, too.

But our attitude remains the same. Don't feel stressed.

Acknowledge your mistake and correct it, and you can still contribute to the revolution.

Here, drink some hot water.

Warm yourself up.

(In relation to Ye Zhetai...)

Here, sign this.

And we'll have a good conversation.

I'll be guiding you.

Ye, you can trust me.

I swear on my honor that your signature on the paper

will prove your attitude and stance.

Come on, sign it.

Okay?

Ye Wenjie, Representative Cheng only wants to help you.

She's been concerned about you these days.

Don't be unrepentant.

Do you hear me?

I understand.

This girl is terrified.

Some people are too direct, rough, and minacious even.

And that's not right.

Ye, actually, it doesn't matter whether you sign it or not.

You can read the last page.

You just sign here as one of the key additional witnesses.

But you have to understand that it doesn't have to be you.

It is a kind offer from the Organization.

My father is dead.

All the information is factual.

Otherwise, your sister

(Witnesses: Ye Wenxue) wouldn't have signed it.

We aim to guide those who were ideologically led astray

to acknowledge their mistakes with facts.

I didn't know my father talked to these people.

Everything is real.

You must trust the Organization.

I didn't say it wasn't real.

I simply don't know.

So I can't sign it.

Ye Wenjie, mind your language.

Well, Ye, I'll be completely honest with you.

There's still a chance for you to be pardoned

if you acknowledge your mistake.

It's no big deal that a young intellectual

got blinded by a reactionary book.

We don't even need to bring it to the court.

You'll go to a class, write some self-examination essays,

and be sent back to the tree farm.

But if you are self-opinionated, then we'll probably take your case seriously.

You'll receive proper ideological education.

The public security system attaches importance to your case.

I came here to find out what stance you take.

I hope what I said to you is helpful.

Representative Cheng is trying to help you.

As you can see here, four witnesses have signed the paper.

(Witnesses: Ye Wenxue) It doesn't really matter if you sign it or not.

Ye Wenjie, you don't want to regret it for the rest of your life.

Ye, it breaks my heart

to see a young intellectual's future to be destroyed.

I really want to help you.

Just be cooperative.

Look at me.

Do I look like a person who would harm you?

(Witnesses) Any soaring thoughts

will eventually drop to the ground.

The gravity of reality is way too heavy.

No, I won't sign it.

At the time, someone like me would receive heavy sentences.

What you experienced is beyond my imaginations.

It's in the past.

The past is the past.

The person who framed you up, do you hate him?

Bai Mulin?

Under the pressure of the political environment,

that was his only option.

But for what it's worth, that wasn't a right choice.

What is right and what is wrong?

This is the question that Silent Spring most often made me think about.

It seems so rightful for humans to use pesticides

from our perspective, but how would nature view it?

What damage have humans brought upon the world?

Right or wrong is only a matter of perspectives.

The most difficult thing for us

is to judge something from another perspective.

There would be no difference even you take the same perspective.

After that thing happened,

I left the northern tree farm and went elsewhere.

From a universal perspective, it could be right,

but it also could be wrong.

Wang, when you are at my age, you'll realize all those things

that seemed extremely important will end up being unimportant.

When we find ourselves pushed into desperation,

perhaps, the turnaround is around the corner.

♪ I've seen things you people won't believe ♪

♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

♪ I've known the future you people won't think of ♪

♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

♪ I've seen things you people won't believe ♪

♪ Soon our planet will vanish ♪

♪ I've known the future you people won't think of ♪

♪ Soon your planet will be punished ♪

=Three-Body=