01x08 - Voittajia ja häviäjiä

[bunniefuu]

Part 8: Winners and losers
In May-June 1988

At Leppävaara.

Good day.

No no, I was in the barn. I heard the phone ringing.

Erkki has installed such an outdoor alarm.

Yeah. No, Antti is on a trip.

To Tampere.

Yeah. He left at 5 am in the morning. Got a ride from the neighbour.

Well, our Ristos daughter Liisa. She graduated from college. Antti went to celebrate her.

Oh no, not me. I celebrate with those animals.

Hurry up wife! - It's easy for you to peep. You have done nothing, but tied your tie the whole morning.

Alright, let's go.

Okay, 5 minutes.


Alright, thanks for the ride.

We came fast.
Thanks for yourself for company.

During a long trip, it's always good to have someone to chat with.

I surely need to continue my way to Ristos place. They are waiting there.

I doubt you're in such hurry, that you don't have time to check out horses?

Well, let's check it out.

Lasse, pour more champagne now.

At least Erkki has an empty glass.
- I can pour.

You want a drink?
Listen, just pour that Pommac [non-alcoholic] for me.

Really?
Yeah.

By the way, where is grandpa?

I don't know where he is.

I've been looking here, but I haven't seen him.

Who wants?

- I will take one more, thanks. Jaakko will drive.

Aha? Well I will drive then.

Is this warm-blooded?
- Yes.

Great family. During the past year,
it has been running at least 6000 for its owner.

It sure is beautiful. Dry feet.

I bet it costs accordingly.
- Of course.

How about that one over there?

Imported stuff also this one.

Flown here all the way from America.
- I see.

It is beautiful, and I bet fast too.

Aha...

We had warm-blooded Russian ones
at the Isthmus during the w*r.

They were handsome as well, but damn thin.

They were a bit poorly cared for.

They are not brought from Russia anymore.
I mean horses.

No?
No, no.

There was warm-blooded German ones also.

Or they were like half-blooded.
But there was no use for them.

They couldn't handle Finnish frost.

Let's still inspect this one.

The most handsome one in stables.
- Well that one looks very good...

It's still young also.

- Look at the withers height.
- Yeah..

- Compare the hoof against the withers height.
- Yeah, sure looks good.

So, you took some cream cake?

Oh, damn..

Erkki, here.
- Thank you.

Dad told, that you have bought a new excavator?

Well, need to have various machinery
in order to receive all the work available.

So you've had enough work?

Enough, enough.

I wouldn't buy machinery otherwise.

And funding also worked out in the end?

Well there won't be problem
getting money with Kaukovaara.

Right.

Of course one gets money from a bank,
as long as there's enough collateral.

Ask from which bank.

So, from which bank you got credit?

I will go directly to Helsinki from here.
To the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

And to the Ministry of Labour.

Need to go there for a little talk with this our Municipal Business Advisor.

So you're applying for benefits?

Yeah.. Let's see what we'll find.

Grandpa! Welcome!
- Thank you, thank you.

It took some time for me there.
Went long, nice.

So, we have a real officer here...
- Yes.

...as a doorman.
- Yeah, you have to be.

What sign is that?
- This is an UN sign. I'm going to Libanon.

I see, I see...
- Hello

- Well, hello!
- I already thought that you're not coming.

Well of course I came. Congratulation now.
- Thank you.

Listen, here is this kind of bush,
that Annikki told me to buy.

Thank you.

God you're smelling...
- What? Me?

...like a horse.

Ah, yeah...

Hello? Is this vet Meriläinen?

Oh Helena? Good day.

It's Annikki Metsola.

You think your husband could visit us,
because one of our cow got si...

Oh? But Meriläinen should be on duty today?

So he's sick...

Oh...

Liisa, leave that Lasses friend for a while
and come talk to Jaana and Jaakko and grandpa.

Moms little girl!
- To this mature company.

- Yeah.
- We've been thinking, that

where you're gonna go to study?

Mm, where should I apply... You tell me.

So you paid a significant price for the company?
- What do you mean?

What do I mean?
What did you actually pay for?

But there is no machinery, no stock, no equipment or anything.
What did you actually pay for?

What are you talking about now?

Don't you understand?

What I'm talking about is,
that I think you paid too much of that company.

See the expertise and know-how
is in you and your people.

And not in some name or walls.

You see?

Look. If you would've founded a new company.
And not paid for some old name.

You would have the whole capital
for running a new company.

And there would be no need
to take high interest loans.

It's a shame that mom couldn't come.

Well you know mom.
She can't manage without the animals.

She has probably moved into the barn.

Good day. - I decided to come anyway
since Meriläinen wasn't in a shape...

Well it's good that at least you came.
Let's go see if there's anything to do anymore.

So, have you visited Hesa [Helsinki] at all?
In student circles, meaning.

Yeah. I was in, when it was...
Some time in December. At one party.

- In December?
So you are [studying] in Forest Sciences?

- I'm in Viikki, yeah.
That's where I was at a party.

- There?
Yeah.

- So when exactly?
Well it was sometime at the beginning of December.

In that case, we were at the same party.

There was this strange group playing music.

Blomsvaka? [some Swedish]
- Yeah.

We were at the exact same party.
- Really?

I wonder we didn't meet.

Who knows. Of course there was so many people,
that it's hard to pay attention to everyone.

I also came there quite late.
At least we didn't dance. I'm sure of that.

Pöö!

You will have all new challenges ahead Liisa.
- Right...

- Liisa?!
Yeah?

- Shouldn't you get going to the dinner already?
I'm in no hurry yet.

Besides I wouldn't want to go,
since you are here.

- Liisa?!
What?

Is your cottage done already?
- No, we'll just start building it this summer.

As long as we get the building permit...

Grandpa.
- Yes?

Stigs parents have a farm near Turku and
they have at least 85 hectares of cultivated land.

I see. So a large-scale farmers son.

Well, it's not really a large-scale farm.
There's quite a lot of field, but not so much forest.

What are you growing there at south?

Mostly sugar beet and then also wheat.

It's this contract farming.
- I see, I see.

And then there's couple of greenhouses.

Listen Liisa, shouldn't you get going now,
so that you won't be late.

I don't feel like going now that Stigu is here.

Of course you're going and eating
dinner with your classmates and teachers.

Go now, so that you don't need to
regret it when you're older.

Yes, that's part of it.
- But I'm not hungry.

- Of course Stig understands.
There is grandpa and Eeva chatting with him.

Yeah yeah, just go Liisa.
We are taking care of Stig.

- Just go, since your mother asks.

- Bye bye...

Meanwhile, I will ask Stigu,
how to grow that sugar beet.

This is how sad it turned out then.

Good that you could make it on time.
At least we were able to save the meat.

- Yeah, goodbye.
Bye and thank you.

There we lost the best cow.

It's such a shame.

Antti will be so raged.

I'm so sorry I couldn't help.

You can't do much with a nursing
degree in these duties.

Well thanks for coming.
Alone I would've gone crazy.

And it's not your fault, if your
husband can't make it for work.

It's anyway so embarrassing.

This kind of thing happens therefore.

It's of course sickness, when
one can't stop drinking, but...

I quess just need to make him stop somehow,
so that he won't manage to get fired again.

What can one do about it.
I just wish those Tampere visitors would return.

Is Erkki also in Tampere?

This is where you live?
- Yeah. One such a nice cave.

But, thanks for the ride and thanks for the very nice evening.
It was very nice to meet you.

Me too.

We're still gonna see sometimes, don't we?

Right... you can ask Liisa to call sometimes and
see, if we would visit somewhere.

I suppose I'm allowed to call myself also.
We could eg. go for a beer or...

Well...

I understood you promised to pick up Liisa from the party.
It must be very late already.

Ah, right...

Good night.
- You too, good night.

Good boy. Soon Antti will come.
Yeah, soon will come.

Well, now they come.

Yeah, thank you for the ride.
- Thank you, bye bye.

It's just so wrong, that we need to pay the price,
when the municipal vet takes booze.

It is what it is now.

I will file a lawsuit about this!

- No you won't.
Why not?

- Because of Helena.
Well it's not her fault.

It cannot be thought like that.

Well, Helena is anyway the one
who is gonna suffer.

Why I had to go for that trip...

Well how anyone could've
predict this beforehand.

How were things in Tampere?
- Goog, good...

Ah yeah. Eeva said that she will be
coming home for the summer.

She is municipal doctor now.
At least for 3 months.

- Seriously?
Yes. Now we can start being sick all the time.

You may want to check out that box too.

What is is then?

It's a souvenir from Tampere.

Souvenir... why you bother such things.
Well what is it?

Well I'm gonna show you.

Look at now.
- Ah it's such thing...

What was that thing again...?
- It's a new type of oven.

Really fast.

Is it hotter than regular oven then?
Since it's so fast.

It radiates.

Here is a letter from Heikki.

They're not coming here for the summer after all.
They've bought a sailing boat.

There's also a photo inside.

So a sailing boat...

I wish you'd rather bought a water pump.

Yes. Yes we can build that exhibition.
We'll do it exactly based on the sketch.



Of course we manage to do it.

Okay let's agree so that...
and for the




It's a deal. Everything's clear. Good bye!

By the way,
guys are whining about salary payments.

We got that Rissanen factorys work.

You should talk about it for them.

I'll be there in a moment.

Things are the way now that
we got the big Rissanen gig.

It means there will be work for everyone.

And the first installment has been paid.
It was 300 000.

So thank you a lot for all of you.

And I apologize that this months
salaries were late for one week.

But... how come few were paid overtime
compensation and others were left without.

Shareholders won't be compensated
until the end of the month.

That's totally wrong.
We should be compensated in the first place.

We have paid on behalf of the others,
so that we would keep our jobs.

We also need money.
See there are mortgages,

and rents need to be paid.
- Yeah, and need to pay off loans

that were taken for this house' shares.

Hello!
- Hello.

How's it going here?
- Well, marketing stuff.

Any greetings from Helsinki?
- Well, nothing special.

Some business researcher was there talking
something I didn't understand anything about.

That economic development officer
didn't say anything then?

He did. But they didn't listen.

So does this mean, that the whole
plan went down the drain?

They did promise to assist.

But only after I pushed them with those
construction contracts I had in my pocket.

After that, they didn't talk about
oversupply of earthmoving machines or

low yields anymore.
- But that's nice.

How much they promised?

Well they didn't promise anything,
but said that 45% is possible.

Well... In that case, it means that we can
acquire all the machines we nedd.

And the bank takes cares of the rest.

But what about the quanrantees?

Let's use machines as collateral at their full value.
It will be enough for the bank.

Also the truck?
- Everything, the whole damn thing.

You keep going. I will go to work.

Well I can't go now.
No, I need to read.

Well, reading reading. I have the last exam
of the spring next week.

Well if it's not until next week,
then you have plenty of time.

I would suggest some small evening
walk in a good company.

So how about tomorrow then?
Then you definately have time [to read].

We would go to eat somewhere.
You also need to eat, right?

Well why don't you ask Liisa,
if you're so eager to go somewhere?

I'm not going with you.

You do know.

Hey let's stop this now, okay?

Okay...

Bye bye.

What now? Bad news?

No...

Sometimes the life is just so sh*t.

No, don't come here now.

It's harvest time for the rest of the week now.
The grain ears have come out.

- So early?
Yeah.

- It's at least a week earlier than normally.
Yes it is.

If we get to work now,
we get three fodders this summer.

Let's hope Erkki doesn't have anything planned.
- Right. There would be a need for the son now.

Well, need to work long hours.

Jaana called and said that they're coming
for the weekend to refurbish their plot.

I wonder if they could help.

Well I doubt that they are any help.

- Hello.
Hello.

Here is your this weeks salary.
- Well thanks, that'll do.

So, how's the machine been functioning?
- Quite satisfactory.

Good.
Just need to watch out for those big rocks.

But there seem to be hardly any.

Well hello.
- Hello.

We talked about that sand pit of yours.
- And?

All the permits are taken care now.
- Well that's good.

It was fast, when TVL handled it.
- Yes, indeed.

It would've certainly be more difficult for private operator.
- Yeah.

Tasks have progressed so far to this
direction, that your pit is the closest one.

So why not.

Since it is pure stuff, we could
agree on the practicalities.

Well that works.

So, would it be fine if I took
that machine to the pit?

Then I could do both digging and loading
at the same fare on that end.

Okay... Well then you'll see yourself, that
nobody is digging from a wrong spot.

Right... Regarding that, it came to my mind that
next week I'm gonna have a new earth moving truck.

So if we can come to an agreement on that,
I could also participate in hauling gravel.

Stigu thinks that I have one bad downside.
So one, quess which one?

Stiffness.
Now my goal is to do the split until summer.

Look.

Any wishes?
- Looking good.

Oh, help!

Have you seen the photos already?
From the celebration.

- I don't think so...
I will get them!

Look how nice grandpa looks here.

Here is you with Stigu.
Oh how cute he is.

How about we get out from here?

Sure.

So... We are here.
And this is where the new road comes.

This one here is our old gravel pit.

And this is the mound that
should be digged off.

There is enough sand and gravel,
so no need to dig an actual hole.

That way this slope here will remain smooth.

We have agreed with TVL so, that such a road
will be build here, at the bottom of the slope.

So transportations will go smoothly and nice.

Alright. So this means that I will
start there right after Midsummer?

Yeah. By the way, you could bring the machine
here and I will do maintenance for it.

And then we can depart from here
together on Monday morning.

Alright.

I think I'll get going then.

By the way, I heard you're
gonna have that kind of truck.

You already have a driver on mind?
- Well... I don't quite have yet.

Meaning that my brother would have time,
if it would be fine...

Well yeah, let's see.
Ask him to come by and let's see then.

Alright. Well goodbye again.
- Bye bye, see you.

Are these all yours?
- Don't go yet Partanen, I made sandwiches.

- Well, yes they are.
Thank you.

So you're gonna have a truck.

Soon there will be no space to walk
on the yard, since it's full of your stuff.

And no space to eat in the kitchen,
since it has become such an office.

Your should at least clean off your papers,
so I could get to roll out the dough.

Then let's agree that we'll send
the cows to the slaughterhouse.

I will then rent the barn from you
and set up the office there.

Don't talk about it!

To think that we'd still be going to
the store to buy milk in our old age.

I do need to get going, since
the thunder is also coming.

And I'm not into coffee so much.
So goodbye for now.

Well, bye bye.
On Monday morning then!

Don't get angry now.
I wasn't serious.

I've just been a bit worried, on how
you manage to do all this work with dad

I also have so much of my own work now.

By the way, where is dad now?

Well... he is there cleaning the silo.
Scraping all the remaining fodder.

You haven't forgotten, that green fodder
harvest starts tomorrow, haven't you?

It's fine for me immediately, if needed.

The winter coat has been cast off.

That's it.

Isn't this a lovely place?
- Tell me about it.

Look what a view.
- Yeah.

I've been thinking that this would
be a suitable place for our villa.

Here would be a large living room window.

Then we would be there inside
watching the sunset.

Yeah. But these brush need to be cut first.
There will be hand cream for a long time.

But you've got a lot done.
My own timber!

How come you know how to do this?

This has nothing to do with know-how.
Anyone can cut these saplings.

I've been thinking, that should've
we gone via Leppävaara after all?

To check out those AIV [fodder] work bees?

Why would we go there?
They don't even know that we're here.

Let's just be together alone
and go say hello tomorrow then.

Go dress up, so that you don't catch cold.

Bloody hell!

You sure you don't want?
- No, I don't.

Believe me already. I'm driving.

Just a one little splash.
It doesn't matter on Saturday evening.

It doesn't matter whether it's Tuesday
or Saturday evening, if you're driving.

I will take this Vichy, if it's okay?

By the way, have you been
checking that swamp plot?

Yes I have.

What do you think?

Can we manage with our current
equipment, or do we need to get such a...

Crawler excavator?
- Right.

Well of course we should have that,
if we're gonna dig on a swamp.

Especially before frost.
And also after that, if we want to play safe.

Yeah yeah. That's what I was thinking,
since this Forest Administration gig is so large,

that it's better to play safe.

But on the other hand, they are so damn expensive.


And then we need to get a low loader
and... who knows what.

But as you know, I have the protected...
the forest plot, there behind Lintujärvi.

It would also need to be ditched, so there
is already work for the machine for a long time.

So why don't we agree,
that you will find out

where to get those machines in
general and how much they cost.

And of course we can get government
benefit for aqcuiring one, so in that sense yes...

Right, 45%.
It's all a gain.

Listen.
I would have another thing for you, if you don't mind?

No, go ahead.

Well you know the plot at
Urja slopes, that I inherited?

It goes all the way to the top and
then it faces your lands up there.

Yeah, so we're kind of border neighbours.
- Aha.

You want to sell?
- No, not at all. Just the opposite.

I would want to buy a small piece from you,
from the top.

I can pay you a fair price of it.

So from the top at a top price.
- Seriously.

I know you have been a bit jealous for me,
cause TVL bought gravel from my land.

Right?

For the one and only reason, that there
would've been gravel on my land also.

But I have figured out, how you
can become part of this gravel business.

As a stakeholder.
- So how?

Well you know, how the pit will look
like after gravel has been taken from there.

The land has no value after that.

And?

Well that's why I've been thinking that
if you sell a small piece for me from up there,

I'm willing to share the profit
of the pit with you, 50-50.

So sharing?

And how much you're estimating
to get from that gravel?

Well, about 260 000 - 270 000 [Finnish marks].

So 135 000 each?
- Yeah.

That's a fair amount.

So you would pay me 135 000 marks
for a lot on top of the Urja?

How large lot are we talking about?

Well, how much that gravel pit requires...


So you are offering me...


Deal! Shake on it.

I pay you immediately, 45 000 marks.

As a down payment.

And against a receipt of course.
- Of course.

And the rest you will receive within a year.
Here is the receipt, please sign it.

Here is a pen.
Here is the cheque.

And next week we're gonna go visit the official transaction witness to sign the purchase agreement.

I'm asking, that our Jaakko drafts a purchase
agreement, where you sell me an area of


Do we have a deal?

There's the name.

And the cheque.

There's the pen.
Are you crazy or what.

Well... how one sees it...

I'm taking at least one more.

Hei [not sure what he says]

Noniin. Bye now.

And go check out those machines.
- Yes.

Was it Erkkis car?
- Yes it was.

Oh perkele.
- What are you swearing about?

Have been drinking and fighting with Erkki again?

Well, completely the opposite.
I just made the deal of my life.

Do you know what's the price of land for
a hectare around here nowadays?

Well, I heard Mäkitorppa got 3000 for a hectare,
when he sold to the municipality last autumn.

Why?

That's why I don't get this.
- What?

Well, because Erkki pushes and pushes
me 30 times more.

What?!

You have any idea, when was the last
time you gave me money?

My salary is not enough for everything.

And the graduation party wasn't free either.

First I pay salary for the others and
only after that to us.

If I remember correct, you bought the
compary to secure your own salaries.

Where is your salary now?

It's always a bit difficult at the beginning.

It's always a bit difficult here.
Your daughter is doing nothing, but lazing.

She hasn't even got a job.

I tried to tell her to go Leppävaara
for example to help mother.

But no, she wanted to stay home.

There is nothing in your super company?

I quess there is a phone, where this Stig can call.

It's strange how Liisa doesn't realize, that
Stig might have also some other things to

do than run after her.

This is a good song.
- Wonderful tonight

Have you talked with Liisa?

No I haven't.

But I'm going to.

I will go to Hoikka for the summer.
I'm gonna work there at the clinic.

I think it's better, if we don't
see each other for a while.

It gives us both time to think about things.

But I want to see you.
- Well so do I.

This is not gonna work, believe me.

This is wrong for Liisa.

I'm gonna go now, bye.

When you're leaving?

Tomorrow.