In this short scene, the young man tells the young reporter that he must take care of the army. He tells him that he has already spent half of the money he has collected from the people of Hangzhou, and that he will have to ask the city government for more money if he wants to stay in the city. The young man says that he cannot bear to face the old man anymore, as long as he is in the country, and he promises to pay back the family the money that they owe him. He is disappointed that he did not behave better towards the family when he was younger. He says that if he had behaved differently, he would not have done what he did. He asks the reporter what the reason is for inviting the newspaper to come to his factory, and the reporter replies that it is to advertise his new product. He then asks if the reporter has caught wind of a rival's secret. The reporter says that the newspaper is just a small company that relies on writing entertaining and non-significant rumors to get by, and they do not dare to offend the military. He adds that the people have a right to know about the truth.