"White clouds float in a blue sky" "Yangtze Riverside is lovely" "Ancient Nanjing is my hometown" "A rainbow bridge" "..crosses the River" "My hometown lies at the foot of Zhongshan mountain" "Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of CPC" "Central Committee, Vice Premier, attended the closing ceremony" "Qiang, that's Deng Xiaoping!" "Be quiet" "He appeared so quickly" "Does he need your permission?" "." "I wish." "He looks great!" "What the hell?" "." "Power cut?" "." "What gives?" "." "We should have been told" "We're after all an Organization" "An overhaul?" "." "Why?" "." "When will it come on?" "." "You're not sure?" "." "Unbelievable!" "Company Commander, come on!" "Stop!" "I didn't see the earlier part" "No." "No." "Stop it" "I didn't see the earlier part." "Rewind it" "No way." "Get someone else" "I'm beat" "Okay. 1 0 people from each company" "Let's take turns." "I'll go first" "Good." "Chief, you okay?" "." "Chief, come on!" "It's working!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of CPC" "Central Committee, Vice Premier, attended the closing ceremony" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Lao Chi, come on!" "You've seen Deng Xiaoping" "You can't just applaud and let it go" "To meet the need of the country the Revolutionary Committee has decided to cultivate 5000 mu of land" "So people will say our division is the best" "Didn't you say we are an upper level farm, not a division any more?" "." "What was I saying?" "." "We're the best" "Chief, no more words." "Let's just go for it" "NAME?" "." "NAME?" "." "Otherwise life is empty" "Qiang, good memory!" "Let me tell you something new" "Go ahead" "There's a connection" "The Dayanwa project is tied to recommendations to factories and university admissions" "That's the connection" "But Dayanwa was a marsh" "Still, you can pave the road" "Absolutely." "We must pave the road" "Otherwise the farming machines can't get in" "So we've decided to set up an advanced paving team" "See?" "." "You've got a job now" "I want to emphasize this connection" "Dayanwa project is the net" "Recommendations to factories and universities is the prize" "When you pull up the net, you get the prize" "How does the connection relate to voting?" "." "The method remains the same" "Individual applications, recommendations by co-workers," "The Party considers the vote and makes the final decision" "NAME?" "." "Good, let's eat" "Chief, who will lead the advanced team?" "." "I forgot the most important thing" "Now I declare," "It must be Qiang on behalf of the Revolutionary Committee," "The leader of the Dayanwa paving team.." "..will be Comrade Chen Qiong" "Qiang, what's the matter?" "." "Congratulations, Qiong" "Her birth might not be so good, but her performance certainly is" "Sure she can be a team leader" "It's also a favor to you" "She's average looking" "Why do you care about her?" "." "I don 't know." "It's love, I guess" "No need to explain." "Break it off" "You 're a cadre." "Given her family background you wouldn't pass the party's review" "Here's a plan" "You help her accomplish the Dayanwa mission" "And I'll help her move on" "You know, out of sight, out of mind" "There." "I'm finished" "Red on red?" "." "Why didn't you use white paper?" "." "I warn you." "Listen to me" "Or I won't chop your marriage application" "Was that your idea or Chi's?" "." "That I be the team leader" "Does it make any difference?" "." "Sure." "Chi represents the Party." "But youl" "The Party is more important than I?" "." "No." "If it's the Party, it means trust" "I need that" "It'd be better if both of you thought so" "Or am I too greedy?" "." "Chi asked me to help you" "Really?" "." "Keep it a secret" "You 're on the team!" "You too!" "Great." "There's hope" "You're not on the list" "Last time, you gave all your votes to us" "I'll never forget that." "Here's a small thank-you" "You mean, if I take this" "We're even?" "." "Every man for himself this time?" "." "That's the way you Shanghainese operate" "Watch your tone" "We've been here 7 years." "We suffered." "What's left to fear?" "." "If this were known to the outside, we'd still be farming by hand" "Who would need you to drive a tractor?" "." "We can't let you make all the decisions" "To be honest, everyone here wants a recommendation" "It's not fair for just you and me to decide it" "Let's decide it by load carrying" "Carry the load past the line anyone who doesn't vote for him" "..is a bastard" "Okay." "Fair enough" "Let go" "Qiang, you can't do this" "Come on!" "Come on!" "It's lively in here" "A load carrying contest" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Qiang, I said you couldn't do it" "Anyone else wants to try?" "." "Carry the sack past the line anyone who doesn't vote for him" "..is a bastard" "It's heavy." "Isn 't it for a mule to carry?" "." "If you want the vote" "Show the strength of a mule" "Or you won't have a chance to go home" "NAME?" "." "Let me try" "Genbao?" "." "I want to try it" "Do you really want to do it?" "." "NAME?" "." "I 've been here for 7 years." "That's enough" "I can't stay here any more." "I want to go home" "Let me carry it" "I beg you." "Give me a chance" "I can do it." "I know I can pass the line" "Genbao, it's over a 1 50 kg" "If you don't let me, I can't go home" "Give me a chance, please" "NAME?" "." "Wait." "The company has a new decision" "I will carry this sack for Genbao" "Don't ask why." "Don't bitch" "As long as I pass the line" "Each of you should give your vote to him" "Otherwise.." " Okay!" "Good!" "Agreed?" "." "Here I go" "Commander, let me do it!" "Give me a chance" "Please!" "Genbao, don't try too hard" "Let me go" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Genbao!" "Are you okay?" "." "Excuse me" "Let's decide it like this." "OK?" "." "Agreed" "Really?" "." "It can't bel impossible" "I won't tell anyone." "I swear I won't" "Mr. Chen" "He hasn't come to work for 3 days" "None of you reported it?" "." "Give me the key" "He hasn't been home either" "He must have run away" "It's a new day now." "You're old hat" "But he is still labeled as a Ihistoric counter-revolutionistl" "He's been labeled for years" "He didn't have to wait until now to run away" "Besides, he has no relatives any more" "Where would he go?" "." "He has a daughter" "The wife got custody when they divorced" "The daughter is on a farm in Heilongjiang Province" "You think he's gone to visit his daughter?" "." "Wherever he's gone he should have let us know" "After all, he is still labeled" "Pan, I was looking for you" "Our superiors are talking about new leaders for the farm" "Would you excuse us?" "." "I've recommended you as my deputy" "What do you think?" "." "Thanks." "But no" "Are you really saying no?" "." "NAME?" "." "Because we're not on the same page" "I knew about the sack carrying contest" "You hid it from me" "You told me it was just an exercise" "I didn't expose you" "I didn't want you to lose face" "I care about you" "Why?" "." "I care about this farm" "I need a smart guy to take over" "So many years, I 've seen many people" "But I remembered you" "Let me warn you." "It's okay to play games" "But don 't get caught up in it." "You're a Cadre" "You can't just take care of yourself" "You have to take care of the team too" "The 6234 from Harbin will arrive soon" "It will be here for 5 minutes" "Passengers please standby" "NAME?" "." "Here's the stuff you asked for" "Thank you." "These are yours" "Mountain mushrooms" "Is that true?" "." "What brought you here?" "." "On behalf of the working class" "I salute my farmer brothers and sisters" "What the hell" "Wen, Ah San is here" "You're dressed up." "Come in here" "Sexual harassment!" "It's all foodstuffs" "Ah San, you still think of us" "My pleasure" "Qiong." "Take a candy" " Thank you" "Did they buy the horsebeans" "..from the City Temple?" "." " Yes" "Come on." "Horsebeans from the City Temple" "Let me have some" "Qiang" "A pack of wolves" "I saved some for you" "Let's go." "Genbao" "Why are you here?" "." "You forget what today is?" "." "Does anyone know what today is?" "." "Our 8th anniversary." "We've been here 8 years" "8 years." "Don't mention it" "We 1 969 middle school graduates" "..were all red" "Actually I came for another reason" "I have some big news" "Go ahead" "College admissions will be changed to what they're before the Cultural Revolution" "Examination instead of recommendation by work units" "Are you mad?" "." "They really said so" "National" "Free application" "Free choice of universities as long as your scores are high enough" "That's enough" "I don't believe it either" "But what if it's true?" "." "Yes." "In case it's true" "Just in case." "What's wrong?" "." "There's a major change coming" "You meanl" "Deng Xiaoping 's reappearance" "It means major changes" "I just didn't expect it so soon" "You mean it's actually possible?" "." "Not just possible." "Very likely" "I'm almost sure big changes are coming" "There's hope now?" "." "Our suffering is over?" "." "I don 't need to look at Chi 's face again?" "." "I'll take the exam and go to university" "My heart will sing to Jin Zhu Mal" "Bastard." "He must be mad" "One Two Three." "Wait." "Give it to me" "What are you looking at?" "." "Go!" "Last night" "What made you so happy?" "." "I heard college admissions will change" "No more recommendations by work units" "Who said that?" "." "When I was in town the other day" "I had diarrhea" "I went to the toilet,took off my pants" "Bullshit!" "Who did you talk to there?" "." "I couldn't hold it any more so I had a drink" "But I still couldn't hold it" "I wanted to listen to you and not drink" "But I couldn't hold it" "Shut up." "You're ignoring me." "Go!" "You're fixing the tractor again?" "." "It breaks down all the time" "Hand me the wrench" "Pan, after work today," "Let's have a meeting to examine Qiang's case" "Really?" "." "It sounds like the IGang of Fourl" "Nothing like that" "Then why have a meeting?" "." "Just to scare him" "So this won't spread." "Otherwise, if our guys get slack, we won't finish and we won't get the promotion" "Are you just leaving the logs here?" "." "As I said, I was shitting in the toilet" "It was dark" "I couldn't see who the speaker was" "You were shitting" "Someone else was shitting just beside you" "He was talking to himself?" "." "I didn't say he was shitting too" "He was probably peeing." "He was peeing" "I've checked all the papers of the month" "There's nothing about it" "I'd have known it." "The Central Committee" "..would have issued a document" "You made this up, didn't you?" "." "Workers-farmers-soldiers.." "..go to university by recommendations from work units and the approval of the party" "Chairman Mao set the rule" "It won't change" "Qiang shouldn't have spread what he overheard in the toilet" "One more thing" "The Revolutionary Committee's decision" "No one in the whole division will have home leave" "..until Dayanwa project is finished" "Look." "It's going well" "Very good." "Well-done!" "You finished it ahead of schedule" "I'll see you get credit for it" "I won't let you down" "Wrong!" "Not me, but the Party!" "I know." "Do as told by the Party" "Qiang's rumor got to you, didn't it?" "." "Sure." "I can't lie" "But with my family history there's no chance for me anyway" "You father is a historic counter-revolutionist?" "." "He is my mother's ex-husbandl" "I'm sorry if I upset you" "But it's the party's decision" "I understand" "You are crying" "I'm not." "It's just the wind" "Why don't I" "..ask my wife to find you a husband?" "." "Why not" "About that singing contest" "Some companies.." "..are not taking it seriously" "It's not good" "It's no small thing" "The guards here will make sure" "..our peanuts are not stolen" "Peanuts can cause diarrhea" "But then they might not use the toilet we built" "What's the point?" "." "You're disturbing the company commander" "You graduated from high school and were a top student" "You have a good family background too" "You shouldn'tl" "I shouldn't what?" "." "I shouldn't lose the rare chance.." "because of you?" "." "I had a dream." "Then I woke up" "NAME?" "." "Guess." "You 're good at it" "Now I see you, my mind goes numb" "I guess you dreamed of me guessing" "Listen to my heart." "Can you hear it?" "." "tong tongl" "Thank you" "Wait!" "Mr. Chenl" "Ah San, who lived in No. 27 back room" "You taught me math" "I used to live here" "Now I'm married and have a new house" "Live here as long as you like" "Thank you, Ah San" "I came mainly to see her" "I wonder if you could help me" "Sure." "I'll do whatever I can" "Good." "Please find out.." "..if she's willing to see me" "To be honest, she rarely mentions you" "I knew that" "Relax." "I'll go and find out" "What are you going to say to her?" "." "Your status is the issue." "How about thisl" "I got a letter from home today" "It mentioned your father" "His problem is made clear now" "Contradictions between the enemy and ourselves to be handled as contradictions among the people" "That's why I hurried here to let you know" "Qiongl I'd better be going" "What do you want?" "." "Give me the letter" "You came last night?" "." "Ah San, give me the letter" "I'll give it back" "Why do you need it?" "." "NAME?" "." "My family problem will be solved" "My wife washed it with my clothes" "Why don't you write him yourself and ask?" "." "No." "I can't" "Qiong, come on in and have some breakfast" "Ah San, just write a letter for me and ask" "Okay?" "." "Dad." "No." "Station Director" "Where did you go early this morning?" "." "Some fellow from my hometown came" "Dad" "Ah San, you forgot to take the egg roll" "What a daughter!" "I also cooked breakfast for Uncle" "Qiang has come" "Don't get mixed up with him" "I warned you" "Not again." "You forget" "He saved my life when the mountain was exploded" "Otherwise you wouldn't have had the chance to marry me" "All right." "Whatever you do" "What are you doing?" "." "What's wrong now?" "." "Steal books?" "." "No" "Just scout for me" "I can 't." "What if something goes wrong?" "." "Where do you put our brotherhood then?" "." "They are two different things." "Qiang" "Ah San." "I found them" "Put them in the bag" "NAME?" "." "Put them down at the bottom" "Human Body Anatomy" "The bag is too small" "Stop right there" "Okay!" "I'm coming" "NAME?" "." "I'm going to the police station" "No." "We are not bailing him out 1 5 days in jail serves him right" "Stealing books is not theft" "NAME?" "." "I heard of him." "So what" "Lu Xun was a model." "Chairman Mao said so" "It doesn't matter who said that" "I can't get him out" "I'm the Party secretary and director of the Revolutionary Committee" "Take them back and educate them" "I won't forgive them easily" "If it were treated as a theft 1 5-day custody wouldn't be enough" "I know" "Here's another one" "He said he'd worked in your division" "Division Three people set us up" "Division Three people set others up" "I never heard of that before today" "Qiang, you're suspended" "Go back and think it over." "During the suspension, two meals a day" "You can't have three meals until the suspension is over" "NAME?" "." "Take it and go" "They are all here" "Mathematics, physics and chemistry" "Qiang, you stole these books?" "." "This is a gift" "I understand" "What do you understand?" "." "You must have heard the College Entrance" "Examination (CEE) will be resumed" "You're bolder than I" "When I heard that" "I ran to the guys immediately" "But that's only a few kilometers" "You came all the way from Shanghai" "What if it's only a rumor?" "." "Rumors can be good." "But this is real" "How do you know?" "." "Don't worry" "I won't tell anyone" "Be careful." "The walls have ears" "From Aug. 3 to Aug. 8, Deng Xiaoping" "..chaired a symposium in Beijing" "Everyone there proposed to change the college admission system" "Deng decided then and there to change it to voluntary application, unified examination, and enrollment based on scores, and start it this year" "How do you know that?" "." "One of my university mates, a good friend for years, attended the symposium" "He heard that from Deng himself" "He called me" "Then why did you say rumors can be good?" "." "Resuming the CEE is much more important.." "..than the exam itself" "It had to be you." "You didn't knock" "What do you think of me?" "." "Be honest." "We're not as close any more" "NAME?" "." "This thing Qiang spread what do you think?" "." "It stirs everyone, me too" "Really?" "." "Go on" "It's not just a rumor." "A change is coming" "What kind of change?" "." "Huge." "Earth-shaking" "Enter without knocking;" "exit without closing the door" "That's Chi" "Why are you crying?" "." "Sleep" "Talk" "I can't pass the exam." "I know I can't" "I carried the sack for nothing" "Things never go my way" "Watch the wind." "Be careful" "Hold the torch tight" "Watch the wind." "Be careful" "Chief, look the wind is fanning the flames" "To do well.." "..this year's student recruitment we must completely and accurately master" "Chairman Mao's thoughts on education seriously summarize the recruitment experience since the country's founding and gradually complete" "the proletarian recruitment system" "The radiol Listen to the radio" "This year the higher education enrollment will undergo a major reform" "It will adopt the method of voluntary application uniform examination preliminary selection in each province based on scores, school admittance, and approval by the province" "All qualified workers, farmers, educated urban youth sent to" "Ior returned from the mountains and countryside, demobilized soldiers, cadres and secondary school graduates of the year can apply for the exams, and list several schools and subjects based on own their own preferences, to be decided by the country" "Examination is one of the important methods to evaluate a student's political theory and cultural level and one of the main bases to select the best students" "It must be carried out properly to ensure.." "those of highest cultural levels are selected for universities" "Only then.." "can the youngsters be encouraged to study science and culture assiduously" "..along the correct political direction," "lay a good foundation for them to climb scientific and technological peaks" "and contribute their wisdom and ability to fulfill the Four Modernizationsl" "That year was 1 972, then 1 973 and then 1 974" "Why did the days go so fast but each single day went so slowly?" "." "Genbao!" "I've told you so many times" "You can't die like this" "You can't die here" "After so many years of suffering, finally we can take the CEE" "It's too late for me" "Not that I didn't study hard" "When I was in Grade 5, they told me stop school and go to the revolution" "In junior secondary school, they said:" "go back to school and make revolution" "They've been doing revolution.." "all the time" "They never really taught me anything" "The papers call for people like you to sign up for the CEE" "Are you going to do it?" "." "Do you really mean to ask that?" "." "ITake root at the frontier.I" "That's just a lie to woo me?" "." "A lie or not, you can't tell until eight or ten years later" "And, if I take the exam," "I'll need to go over the courses" "I'll be ashamed if I failed" "I knew your thoughts the moment you opened your mouth" "Wait till the official document comes" "Just tell me not to take the exam" "Right." "Don't take the exam" "If all of you go, who will do the Project?" "." "That's a different issue" "I won't say no to Chen Qiong" "My only worry about you is her" "The exam is not important." "You are" "I know you decided to stay so I won't go anywhere" "You don't know how much I missed home" "When I first came here, all I felt was freezing coldness as if I would never feel warm again" "But I could do or change nothing" "All I could do was crying" "In the beginning, I cried secretly" "But I couldn't bear it" "Then, I was tired of crying" "I began to think of how to deal with it" "I didn't fall asleep at all that night" "I got up in the morning and opened the door" "I looked at this land before me" "From that day on, my heart died, but I was still alive" "When you can't change the environment you have to change yourself" "Chi was kind to me." "We became friends" "I told him I liked it here and wanted to stay here with him" "Years passed" "Now suddenly I'm told I can go back" "What do I say to Chi?" "." "What do I do with my promise?" "." "I told you I had a dream the other day" "I asked you to guess" "In fact, I didn't dream" "I just wanted to tell you I love you" "I wanted you to look at me" "I wanted you to remember me all your life" "Look at thisl" "Chief, stop there" "Pan, put on your clothes and get out" "You're the new director of the revolutionary committee" "The headquarters has approved my proposal" "If the Organizational Dept. found out all my efforts would be worthless" "I'll file an application for marriage" "How dare you!" "I won't chop it" "Marriage is my right" "NAME?" "." "It doesn't count without my chop" "Think of her family" "You are a Party member" "You should be aware of the Party's rules" "I started it." "It's my fault" "I've agreed that you find me a husband" "I'll agree to anything, just let him go" "Get out, both of you" "If you don't agree, I won't go" "You two do whatever you want" "Just don't let me see it" "If you do, I'll kill both of you" "Even I can't keep documents.." "from the Central Committee." "In addition, documents should go to the farm headquarters first" "When it gets here," "I'll let you know" "Can we start the applications now?" "." "The application won't send you directly to university" "What's the hurry?" "." "Application is our right granted by the Central Committee" "The paper says any qualified young people can apply in their work units" "The paper also says" "Ivoluntary application, uniform exams, preliminary selection and review by communities, factoriesmines, and cities, school admittance, and then approval by the provinces" "The organization will arrange reviews" "If everyone gets to take the exam, the country's burden will increase" "Go back and weigh your knowledge first" "Maybe I'm not good enough" "But many others are very capable" "Why not let them apply?" "." "Why not let us apply?" "." "Stop the noise" "I've wanted to say it for years" "I'll say it now." "Some of you never put your heart into things" "You'd be gone if you didn't have to be here" "People like myself who served in the army" "And the workers that.." "the country sent here to support us" "We're born to stay here?" "." "The educated should be free to leave?" "." "You're called Ieducated youthl but it doesn't mean you know anything" "Go back and think about it" "If you ask me, anyone who wants to apply should first pass a test by the farm" "But the application is a right.." "given to us by the Central Committee" "You can't interfere with that" "Did the paper say anything about the test?" "." "Show us" "The paper doesn't say we can't have a test" "Come on, write it" "Write what?" "." "An announcement" "Anyone who wants to take the exam" "..has to pass the division test first" "Hold off on that" "I've said it." "I can 't take it back" "We are an Organization" "I have something to announce" "The revolutionary committee has decided" "Anyone who wants to take the CEE shall first take the division test" "Only those who have passed the test can apply for CEE" "That's it" "Brothers and sisters," "I know we would do it" "But we are being forced because we are eager to take the CEE." "But," "The new exam is different" "Every qualified person can take it" "It's a right given to us by the Central Committee." "It's not a gift" "Nobody should use his power to subvert it" "We know what dignity is" "I won't give up my dignity" "I never had backup" "But now the Central Committee is my backup" "If I have to," "I'll begin a fast immediately" "Qiang, stop it." "You have to eat" "Announce anyone can apply for CEE" "Or show me a document that justifies the division test" "Let's talk after eating" "To eat or not is my freedom" "It's out of your control" "Well, think it over" "It's none of your business" "Stay out of it" "I won't take the CEE or the test" "But I will support you" "You're my friend" "Qiang, what are you doing?" "." "Report me if you want to" "Report it to farm headquarters or sue me if you want" "Why do you do this?" "." "An open confrontation with the Party?" "." "The Party isn't as heavy-handed as you are" "Every day, you talk about the Party and wear the chop on your waist" "Can a chop decide a person 's fate?" "." "I used to wear a gun here" "How does this chop bother you?" "." "The chop is the law of this land!" "It's a trust given to me by my superiors and the country" "They tell me to protect it" "You're right." "But you're missing one thing" "NAME?" "." "Do you know what humanity is?" "." "It's been two days." "It may get worse" "I gave my word" "Wen, go." "This has nothing to do with you" "Maybe." "But you're right:" "human beings have dignity" "So I'm here" "NAME?" "." "I'm with you" "I just found out" "Come on." "I don't want to get you in this" "If you were tired of life and wanted to kill yourself, you'd be on your own" "But this is principle." "It's different" "Chief, please give it up." "This is no good" "I'm wondering" "..if I should report it to the police" "You can't do that" "Why not" "Because it's 1 977 now" "Ah San, open up!" "It's Qiong." "Ah San, come on" "Ah San, Qiang hasn't eaten for 3 days." "Ah San" "Ah San isn't here" "Why are you here?" "." "I brought you books" "I want you to take the CEE" "Have you solved your problem yet?" "." "Tell me" "I will, soon" "So you asked Ah San to lie to me?" "." "It wasn't like that" "I wanted you to get ready early" "Early?" "." "What did you do before that?" "." "For 20 years," "I 've been branded the IBlack Five Kindsl" "You can forget me" "But you must take the Exam" "You are a historic counter-revolutionist" "My child, I'm not" "I've never had such an idea" "I love my country and my people" "I'm not a historic counter-revolutionist" "How do you want me to prepare for the Exam?" "." "I've brought you all the needed books" "What I need is a proof that" "You're not a counter-revolutionist any more" "I've waited for 1 0 years for that" "I will get it." "But you must take the exam" "Leave." "Don't let me see you again" "Do you understand?" "." "Go now" "I'll leave right now" "Before mom died, she asked me to tell you something" "She said, in her next life," "she still wants to live with you" "Mr. Chen" "We've looked everywhere" "We were so worried" "Ah San was worried almost to tears" "Mr. Chen, we need your help" "I can't do that" "To save Qiang, it's the only way" "I'm sorry" "Mr. Chen, if Qiong asked you, would you do it?" "." "Hello, is that Director Chi?" "." "Yes, This is Chi" "This is the county recruitment office" "Apparently, there's some dispute in your division about the CEE application" "Our leaders and the parents are deeply concerned" "Our deputy director Liu" "..will come to see you now" "We welcome your inspection." "OK." "Bye" "I haven 't seen you before." "Are you new?" "." "What's going on here?" "." "What they want is to study" "Is that a sin?" "." "Deng said everyone can take the CEE" "Why isn't it allowed here?" "." "This is a state-run farm" "To recruit our guys," "You'll need to see my chop" "I make the decisions here" "Can you make this decision?" "." "These children have been delayed 1 1 years" "The country has been delayed for 1 1 years" "What decisions do you make?" "." "Why are you making it difficult for them?" "." "The chop in your hand, can it decide a person's life?" "." "Ridiculous!" "Who are you to say that to me?" "." "I'm a father." "Aren't you too?" "." "If someone treated your children like this, what would you think?" "." "These children were born and bought up by their parents too" "What crime could they have committed?" "." "What they want is to take the CEE and go to school" "What's wrong with that?" "." "Why do you block their path.." "with a stupid test?" "." "What do you thinking you're doing?" "." "Are you a human being or not?" "." "Shut up" "You may be eloquent" "But your words lack the sense of politics" "And you don't look like a Party member" "Let's go to the recruitment office" "..and clear things up" "What is it?" "." "You promised to leave" "Sorry." "It's a mistake." "I don't know you" "Wait." "Who is he?" "." "What is it?" "." "It's not my fault." "Why are you here?" "." "You are very bold" "I have nothing to fear" "Tell me." "Who's in this with you?" "." "You've suffered too" "Would you sell out your friends?" "." "Do you know what crime have you committed?" "." "I've been accused of enough crimes" "A historic counter-revolutionist?" "." "Call it what you like." "I don't feel guilty" "NAME?" "." "I never said I was the deputy director" "You're looking out for the children?" "." "Yes" "They told me you once said:" "Miss the seedtime, you lose a whole year's crop" "What about the children then?" "." "They've been delayed for 1 1 years" "Let's go to.." "the legislation department at headquarters" "There's only one train to the town a day" "You'll have to wait till tomorrow." "Get off" "What if your school in Shanghai finds out about all this?" "." "Going back would not be good for you" "What can I do here?" "." "Help us prepare for the exam" "I can't tell you much" "..about the other courses" "I can only help you with math" "I haven't taught anyone for 1 1 years" "All rise!" "Good morning, teacher!" "Good morning, class!" "Let's start our lesson" "How do you want me to prepare for the exam" "..a proof that you 're not" "..a counter-revolutionist any more" "I 've waited for 1 0 years for that" "Daddy, come home early!" "I 'll prepare supper" "I can cook now" "Taking the exam is not what I want most" "What do you want most?" "." "To be with you" "I won 't leave you" "But I will leave you." "Chi will find me a husband" "I said it's okay" "I don't want to be too far away from you" "Maybe, some day, you'd feel bored" "..and want to find someone" "to talk about the past" "I'll be here to keep you company" "Sit down!" "Can you give me a copy of the form?" "." "Yes." "I said I'd take root on the farm" "I also said I'd be worthy of this land and not let you down" "I haven't forgotten that." "You told me the papers call for people like me" "to go to university" "You know where the door is." "Get out" "From now on" "I'll also be the deputy commander" "of the company directly under Division 3" "Why?" "." "I won't tell" "Hurry up" "I'm busy" "Can you help me mail this?" "." "Registered mail" "I can go and give it to her myself" "I'm afraid she won't accept it" "To Chi?" "." "Director Chi, attached please find a letter, a proof and some books" "Can you please transfer it to Chen Qiong?" "." "Chen Fude" "After examination, we hereby prove that" "Comrade Chen Fude in our school committed no major political and historic errors" "The mistakes he made in 1 957 and during the Cultural Revolution are contradictions between the enemy and ourselves,to be handled as contradictions among the people" "Shanghai Xiangyang Middle School" "Revolutionary Committee 1 5 Aug. 1 977" "My student Chen Qiong," "I'm not sure if you accept this title" "But I can find no other titles" "Besides the short time I taught you math, you and I have no other relations any more" "The Central Committee and Deng Xiaoping have decided to reintroduce the CEE" "Deng has advanced the first exam from next year to this year" "Our leaders are obviously eager" "..to return knowledge to the nation" "I don't know if you will take the Exam nor do I know if you'll pass it" "But that's not the most important thing" "The most important thing is:" "knowledge is something.." "human beings should have" "Otherwise, what's the difference.." "between humans and beasts?" "." "Knowledge has two sources." "One, practice" "Two, books." "You studied the courses before" "A review will help you get back what you've forgotten" "So I sent you some books for your review" "I've also attached a proof" "Please submit it to the organization" "Though your mom died years ago," "I am after all her ex-husband" "A proof is better than nothing" "You know who I am" "Dadl" "Qiang." "I told you" "Why haven't you fixed the speakers yet?" "." "Genbao, go down." "We two are enough" "No problem." "I'll help you" "Go down" "Genbao, Come down!" "Be careful" "The ladder is slippery." "You two be careful, too" "Catch it" "Help me." "Catch this." "Be careful" "Qiang" "Genbao, I'll take you home" "Genbao, look" "Everyone is here to say goodbye" "My brother, go home." "I'll study hard" "I'll go to a university in Shanghai" "and I promise to take care of your parents" "My brother, good-bye" "Hey, Qiang, don't bother" "It's all right" "I'm strong enough" "You see I eat so much each meal" "You have little time to sleep every day" "Go take a nap" "Sleep well" "I will wake you up later" "Okay" "I will wake you up." "No worries!" "Don't work too hard" "The water is hot." "Be careful" "I know" "Take the examination and go to college" "You can fill it in here" "Fill it in carefully" "Your letter of introduction, please" "I don't have one" "Without it, you can't apply" "I work on a farm in Heilongjiang Province" "Then you should go to the farm and get the letter" "And then apply at your place of registered residence" "But it's so far." "It'll be too late" "I can't help you." "Regulations" "If it's too late, you'll have to wait till next year" "No. 1 2, telegram." "Bring your chop" "No. 1 2." "Qiang." "Bring your chop" "NAME?" "." "Emergency telegram!" " Where from?" "." "NAME?" "." "Chop it!" " Why?" "." "to receive a telegram, you must" "Okay." "One minute" "I've done the application for you" "If you want to take the exam, come back immediately." "Chi" "What are you doing?" "." "Making the banners" "Company Commander Wang asked me to" "The company of farm machines will start a campaign" "How will you all go to the exam tomorrow?" "." "The tractor being repaired.." "will take us to the train station" "The train leaves at 5:23am" "The Exam starts at 9am" "We should make it" "Why can 't the tractor.." "take you directly to the exam?" "." "The campaign needs it" "Who's the commander?" "." "You are just my temporary replacement" "NAME?" "." "Why not catch a nap?" "." "They're still repairing the tractor" "I'll take some noodles to them a little later" "Why don't you sleep?" "." "I can't." "I guess nobody can." "Nervous?" "." "Are you ready to take it?" "." "I think I am." "After 25 years, it's the first time I've had this feeling:" "I'm lucky" "Yes." "We are all lucky." "Do you remember the magazine we all read in school?" "." "iknowledge is Powerl." "It's so true" "A person might not be physically strong but he mustn't be ignorant" "The resumption of CEE is much greater than the Exam itself" "It returns knowledge to people, because our nation.." "needs more knowledgeable people to make up for the time lost due to ignorance" "Today, on 1 0 December 1 977" "Lots of people will walk from different places into the exam rooms" "Our nation, after sleeping 1 1 years, is now waking up" "An old man, a sage, wakes us up" "He says: my children, go." "Go to school" "Bastards." "My best guys are going" "I don't know" "how many of them will ever come back" "We are almost there" "What's the matter?" "." "Sir, what's wrong?" "." "It's probably the yak railing" "Yak railing?" "." "The filter." "It'll be all right soon" "Didn't you just repair it?" "." "We'll be late!" "Let's run!" "Run." "We'll be late" "Run!" "Still can't reach them?" "." "Ask them" "Why are they still not here?" "." "Faster!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Don't worry about me." "You run!" "Run faster" "Hold on." "Hurry!" "Hurryl" "You go." "Don't worry about me" "They're still not here" "Hurry." "There's only one train per day" "The traini" "What shall we do, dad?" "." "The train is here, but they are not" "Don't get in the way." "Look, the train is coming" "Dad, what're they doing?" "." "You must do well!" "Dad!" "You can't let it go." "They've waited 1 1 years" "They don't know when the next one will be" "NAME?" "." "Stay out of the way!" "There's a train meeting ahead!" "I beg you, Dad!" "Stop itl We are herel Stop it" "Division Three!" "Get on!" "Hurry!" "Chiefl" "NAME?" "." "Hurry." "Chief" "Hold tight" "See how I take you to the exam" "Bye-bye" "Don't come back to see me if you fail!" "Open the door." "Hurry" "Hurry" "Thank you, Chief!" "Go in!" "Go." "Go." "Do well!" "No worries, chief" "If you don't, I won't forgive you!" "Why did you finish so soon?" "." "I finished." "This is my draft" "I came.." "because I wanted Qiong to take the exam" "I'm going to stay here with you" "I didn't tell you because.." "I wanted to see how well you knew me" "Check how well I did" "I've been right about you!" "Good boy" "You can't come in." "Go out" "Your leader called me to come" "NAME?" "." "This is my letter of introduction" "What're they doing here in the provincial recruitment office?" "." "Counting the scores" "You came for Chen Qiong?" "." "What happened to her?" "." "There's a proof there" "Her mother's ex-husband has been proved clear" "It's all because of that proof" "What do you mean?" "." "The rule of the CEE has changed" "Political review will focus on the examinee's political performance" "The family background no longer matters" "NAME?" "." "That means Chen Qiong is clear now" "But the proof in her file is a fake" "Submitting fake proof to the organization" "That's cheating" "It means her political attitude isn't good" "Her score is top 5 in the province" "It's really a shame.." "if she can't go to university" "I did it." "Her father sent the proof to me" "I put it into her file" "Chen Qiong has never seen it" "She knows nothing about it" "In that case, go back and write a report immediately" "I can write it here" "The report must be chopped" "I have it with me." "Here it is" "This isn't a fake, is it?" "." "I'm the revolutionary committee's director" "Would I bring a fake one?" "." "But the stamp on the proof is" "The star is askew." "I noticed that" "He father carved it himself" "A pity." "His kind intention caused trouble" "Would you do it for your daughter?" "." "I would!" "I would too!" "Good." "Let's solve this today" "I'll write the report and you chop it" "Good" "To tell you a secret, this girl will go to Beijing University" "Which university?" "." "Beijing University!" "A university in Beijing?" "." "Good" "Do me another favor" "How about these guys?" "." "Your children are here?" "." "They are all my children." "For the children," "I'll make this one mistake 1 977 Division 3 university admission list" "Chen Qiong:" "Beijing University, Mathematics Department" "Qiang, Southwest Institute of" "Political Science and Law, Law Department" "This bastard is going to study law" "Pi, Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering, department of mechanical manufacturing" "This bastard manipulates the tractors every day" "Mechanics is good for him" "Liu Bin, lnner Mongolia Normal University" "Department of Political Education" "Li Weixiang, Shanghai Fudan University" "Chinese department" "Fan Dayong, Jilin University," "Chinese department" "Zeng Zhigang, Shanghai Tongji University"