The scene opens with a conversation between the president of the literature club and the chief editor of the club's magazine. The chief editor, Mingke, has come to discuss the script with Mr. Beiming, the club president. Mingke has written the entire story for the club, but the other members have "altered" the story to suit Mingke's tastes. The club president tells Mingke to "spare every effort" to satisfy him, but Mingke insists that the scene is not appropriate for young audiences. If the empire group wants to promote his business, he argues, then he doesn't need to invest his money in a student-written script. The literature club president asks Mingke how he can "rewrite the plots" to suit his needs, and Mingke replies that he needs "your advice." Mingke suggests that the club could use some "romantic posters for advertisement" to promote the scene.