After a few days of silence, hong tells us that he has stopped writing because people are questioning his legitimacy as a writer. He explains that he is busy celebrating the victory over Germany and the follow-up reports, but that everything else must be pushed back. hong says that he will continue his investigation of the duans, but he is afraid that the damned soldier isn't him. He promises to expose his evil deeds. He asks zhou if he has finished the manuscript, and zhou replies that he hasn't. He says that old ge wants him to bring 200 thousand dollars to Shanghai, but now that he's seen the tax records collection of the municipal government, he realizes that money can easily come by. guang says that the duan's family comes from a merchant family, not a politician. He suggests that they smuggle the weapons back to Shanghai and then help the family make their dream come true