03x06 - Kohtalon käänteitä

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Part 37: Twists of Fate
In January-February 1993

So even the vicar came.

Well, he wouldn’t have come if I hadn’t
met him at the church choir rehearsal.

He asked me if it was true that Antti was
planning to go on a trip for his birthday.

I couldn’t lie to him.

Of course, I had to invite him here.

Seems like he was a welcome guest.

How so?

Well, you’ve been fiddling with
that Bible all morning.

Just like the vicar said,
this is such a bes...

Bes... What was the word again?

Best Seller.

Whatever that means.

Oh no. Is it really this late already?

Where is Heikki? We were
supposed to leave together.

Risto promised to take Heikki
to the airport first.

And then me to the train.
When are you coming to Tampere?

Well, I have an evening shift the
day after tomorrow. We’ll probably leave tomorrow.

But tonight, we’re going to
visit Erkki and Helena.

Would’ve been nice to stay here
for one more evening to chat.

Well, what can you do?

Being an entrepreneur is tough.

It sure is.

Well, I’m off to get the mail now.

I can come along too.

It would be absolutely absurd for some expensive snow
groomer to just sit idle in an industrial hall.

That’s why we started this project—to make use
of it both in summer and winter.

And now it’s just lying there,
unused, in some industrial hall.

Is it even insured?

Yes, it is. Everything is
under control. Safe and sound.

Look, I simply couldn’t
focus on this job.

First there was the bankruptcy, and after that,
we had to get the slope running quickly.

It’s probably pointless to think we can
fix it ourselves by next summer.

We just can’t afford it.

We have to postpone the
project by a year.

In Sweden, they’ve decided to
significantly increase peat production.

And apparently, similar decisions have
been made here as well.

We have to get that
machine tested next summer.

We’ll hire a subcontractor if needed.

Surely, there’s a workshop around here with the machines
and equipment that would be interested in collaborating.

Hold on, I’ll make a call.

Erkki Metsola here, hello. How’s
it going at your workshop?

What if I push a little?

No, it’s fine, it’ll move
on its own. Quite icy.

You can help on the uphill, though.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey, have you ever thought about
an electric contraption for this?

No. Why would I need one?
My hands work just fine.

And I have my car, too.

Well, yeah, that’ll do the job.

How about a snowmobile then?

Now that would really get you moving.

We saw some of those in the woods yesterday
when we were out hunting hares with AIV.

Should try it. Sounds like a great idea.

Go ahead and give it a try.

Hi.

Hi. What’s up? Here to ski?

No. Not really.

Um...

Veera is at the ski rental.

I see.

I’ll go there.

These should be the right size.

Yeah.

So, you need ski boots?

Yeah.

What size are you?

41.

Well then, not exactly these..

It's the 7.5.

Yeah.

So, when are we going to the slopes?

Risto will be here in half an hour.
He went to take your relatives to Kajaani.

Half an hour. Well, good things
are always worth the wait.

Who put this up here?

I don't know. We'll have to ask
Liisa or Veera if they know.

Yeah.

Hi.

Hi.

What are you guys looking at?

Well, this poster just appeared here. And neither
of us knows anything about "Safari Kelkka Ltd."

Yeah. It would be interesting to
know who's behind this business.

Call and ask. There's a
phone number right there.

Exactly. Call them. I have to go now. You
and Eeva can come by in the evening then.

We'll come, we'll come.

No, no, you call. I don't dare
myself. What if someone I know answers?

Well, okay, okay.

Alright. Thanks.

Well?

The snowmobile rental is
run by a company.

And the CEO is some Nieminen.

Oh damn. Then that means... then that means
Kari has his fingers in this too.

We should've guessed.

But it’s not such a bad idea.

Think about it, there are a
lot of tourists around here.

Yeah.

And not everyone always wants to ski.

Yeah, true. But they could have suggested some kind of
cooperation before putting up posters all over the hotel.

Thanks.

Well.

Have you talked to Eeva
yet about possibly working here?

Not yet.

You wanna go to Liisa
and Osmo's with me tonight?

We'll see.

Hey, Veera!

Look at these.

Touching.

Well, you’ve got almost everything
ready for the baby.

Yeah, just missing a cradle.

I’ve told Kari many times to bring it from
the attic in Kaukovaara, but he hasn’t shown up.

I guess I’ll have to go get it myself.

Do you like it here? This
is quite a good location.

Yeah. Nothing wrong with it.

Except it’s getting cramped
as the child grows.

We’ve thought about building a house, but life
has been nonstop for both of us lately.

This would suit you well.

If you come work here as a doctor.

Yeah. Of course, you’d have free
rein to do what you want.

Yeah, but if you think about education…

What are you whispering about?

Just boy talk.

Can I offer you
anything else? More coffee?

Not for me.

No thanks.

Hey, I still need to stop by the hill.

But couldn’t we all go
to the hotel restaurant?

Sit there for a bit?

Let’s go. There’s dancing tonight.

That would be fun.

It’s a short walk to bed.

Helena, you’ve been working all day.
Do you have the energy?

I do, I do.

Great. Then let’s go.

Let’s go.

To dance.

We’ll see how it goes with this belly.

I’m not really wearing
dancing shoes either.

Just dance slow ones. - May I?

- You may.

For dad, teacher job can actually suit.

At least he’s patient.

Has the patience to explain even to more
stupid ones as many times as needed.

Yeah, you’d know that.

Surprising that Risto decided so fast.

I thought he’d ponder for at
least a week or two.

Now we just need to find at
least eight students for the course.

To get things rolling.

Imagine just one lady sitting,
when dad goes there.

It would be embarrassing,
it would be terrible.

I can push our mom there.

She has painted sometimes.

Well, that would be a great thing.

People might get interested if even
the bank manager's goes there.

But Liisa, hey, weren't you
supposed to go to Mikkeli?

To some herb course.

Yeah, I had to postpone that.

The hotel has so much to do.

We need every penny we can get.

How are you doing here?

Fine.

The potatoes are at least
from our own farm.

And the herbs.

Hey, but, let's empty the glasses.

Let’s go to the hotel to dance.

Who’s treating?

Me.

Osmo, turn off the candles.

Alright.

Come Veera.

So, we should get a system,

where the booking status of both the
office and this center is visible

everywhere at the same time.

That would be good.

There's Liisa and the whole
youth department over there.

Hello. - Hi.

We won’t fit here.

Hey. Let’s go sit over
there, there’s a free table.

Well, you go, and I'll
go grab some drinks.

Well, if our old company
isn't good enough for you...

We’ll come check on you
guys now and then.

Just say it now.

I’m here as backup.

Not now, later then.

I see.

Has the group gone off to dance, or?

Apologies, Stigu.

Exactly, we came to dance.

And you come just in time.

Listen, tell me what you
know about that snowmobile business.

Oh, me?

You, you. Aren’t you
in business with Nieminen?

No, I... Well, I’m a shareholder in
it, but Nieminen is the CEO.

You should’ve asked for permission before
you started sticking those posters here.

You guys can't have anything
against is, do you?

This business of ours helps you too.

Now the hotel can
offer more services and...

Yes, even though we’re charging for it.

It’s good that tourists are offered trips,
but you should really agree on cooperation.

Yeah.

And I have a suggestion.

Since you have shared customers, the rentals
could operate at the hotel reception.

Of course, for a certain commission.

You can come here tomorrow
to finalize the agreement.

Very good proposal.

Is 11:00 AM tomorrow good?

Sure, tomorrow at 11. This
Stigu will join too.

How's our doctor doing?

Has there been enough work?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

I’ve been trying to recruit Eeva for the town
doctor job since Vähälä is finally about to retire.

But what happened to Helena?
For once, she’s making sense.

Just come here, Eeva.

I’ve been trying to tempt Eeva
back to Hoikka for ages.

Well, nothing more.

See you tomorrow at 11 o'clock.

Enjoy the rest of the night.

Same for you.

So you’ve been tempting Eeva to
Hoikka, and haven’t told me anything?

Well, you never have time to listen
to what I have to say.

So that’s how it is?

Really good idea.

I’m actually planning on
moving here too.

I see. So this is what
you’ve been whispering about all evening?

Well, that too.

Well, good luck then.

Same to you.

I said that the steps are heavy
already, I’m light as a wolf’s dragonfly.

Grant me your mercy,
be my Raphael's Angel.

News porridge at the breakfast table,
a man needs a proper snack.

Which wins, a bear or a lion?
The boss asks me at work.

Who am I to answer him, since
my numbers were left incomplete back then.

Grant me your mercy,
be my Raphael's Angel.

It’s still long. By the
way, how was the journey?

Really exhausting. I should have
flown. How about here?

Well, pretty good. I
even finished the office.

No, I mean at the pub.
Was it good vibes there?

It was, it was.

I stopped in Kajaani for a bit to catch the train, then I
went to the store and bought a gift for Erkki and Helena.

Why?

Well, they're having the baby. I've
told you about that, haven't I?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I found something so lovely.
French style. Incredible design.

Really?

I’ve never seen anything
so exciting and wonderful.

Was it expensive?

Well, of course, they are.

Well, no one else has them.

Well, I have to go now.

I’ll call.

Bye.

Bye.

Well, that would be something, if
you moved here to Hoikka.

That would be something.

Well, we shouldn’t talk about it yet, since
anyone could apply for that doctor’s position.

But you’ve also thought
about applying for it?

Well, yeah.

That's what we've been talking.

I’m meeting Tolonen today.

And Erkki has all kinds
of plans for Stigu.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

He was talking, that he's going
to get computers for the office.

Well, yeah, well.

I’ve promised to help with
the planning and the setup.

Yeah, but there was a talk about looking at
what else you could do there in the future.

Oh, computers.

So, how does Nils feel about your plans?

Well, that’s been a bit
of a concern here.

It’s not really a concern, though.

Dad understands.

This is an incredibly beautiful house.

Isn’t it?

This kind of office.

Who has decorated this with you?

You wouldn't have chosen
curtains like this yourself.

Well, Kirsi has been helping here.

Kirsi?

Is she the same woman
who was at the auction?

Yeah, she is.

What else has she auctioned here?

Jaana, now you’re misunderstanding
on purpose again.

Kirsi has just helped me with
transcriptions and some other stuff.

What other stuff?

Look, a nice painting.

Jaana!

Terrible curtains. Probably
from some auction.

Jaana!

Jaana!

Sweetie!

Sweetie!

Sweetie!

Jaana!

Hello.

Hi.

Well, here’s the contract then.

Aren’t you coming along too?

Maybe it’s better if I don’t hang
around in these circles right now.

Aha.

Try to get them to sign it as is.

Okay, got it.

Bye.

Bye.

No, no.

Yeah...

Eeva went to meet the mayor.

Hopefully, she’ll get the position.

She’ll get it.

And then you’ll come work for us.

I’d love to.

So, how expensive man are you, exactly?

Well, I have this
pension from physical disability

And everything I earn is
deducted from my pension.

So, if we’re really tight on money, technically,
it's not worth working for me at all.

But, now that I do want to work,
I’m sure we’ll find a good solution.

There’s no problem with that.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Well, this is Bank Manager Nieminen, and
here is my brother-in-law Stig Eklund.

He’s just recently joined our company.

We’ve met; I had the honor
of being at your wedding.

Would you like something to drink?

No, thank you.

Is, is Kari coming?

No.

Aha.

It’s enough that I’m here as
the CEO of the company.

I have the prepared contract
here, ready to be signed.

Well, isn’t the usual practice to negotiate the
terms of the contract a bit first?

Before we start signing?

Yes, yes, but we’re offering you such good
terms that it’s probably not worth rejecting them.

Wait a second, what
does this say exactly?

Your company’s snowmobiles will be kept in
the ski resort and hotel area.

You will have someone responsible
for their maintenance and repair.

The rental operations will be handled through
the hotel reception with the hotel staff.

In return, you’ll be willing to pay 10% of the rental income for the
new slope hotel Ltd. for services provided, as long as it exceeds 100,000 marks.

Payment will occur once a
year before June 1st.

No, no, we can’t accept this.

Is this, is this paper from Kari?

Take into account how much capital we have
tied up in snowmobiles. Expensive loan money.

Right, but you save on
expensive marketing costs entirely.

So you’re benefiting at our cost.

Your operations are dependent on being in close
proximity to the ski resort and hotel.

But there’s an advantage for you too. Without investing a
penny, you can offer vacationers more than just skiing.

I happen to have a forestry education.

And I know that for commercial snowmobiling,
you need approval from a landowner.

So, if we don’t reach an agreement,
your operations will be quite limited.

But, how about we make a
new contract that you’d accept?

Let’s agree that the commission is 20%.

And it will be
deducted immediately upon settlement..

And the commission will be
calculated from all rental income.

In addition, you agree to be
responsible for all insurance and permits.

Yeah. And of course, this agreement
is only valid for this season.

I need to make a phone call.

Dad is going to be fine.

He's not past his prime yet.

Yeah, but you'll be the one to tell.

No. We'll tell together.

Nils probably thinks I’m
behind the whole thing.

That I’m forcing you to move to Hoikka.

He doesn’t think so.

Look. I’ll tell that Erkki
first asked me to work.

But I won’t talk about
it until it’s certain.

By the way. When it will be decided?

Well, they have a meeting about it in a
week, where they will handle the matter there.

Of course, I need to send all
the official applications and other papers there.

Hey, what about that Kari's snowmobile thing? Did
you come to any agreement on that?

Yes, we did. They had
to agree to our terms.

By the way, it’s nice
to work with Erkki.

We’re kind of on the same wavelength.

Erkki, come have a look.

Look at these, this is
exactly what I’d want.

You’ll have to settle for this.

Thanks, how lovely.

Hey, would you like to
go to Kajaani some day?

To Kajaani?

Yeah.

There are all kinds of cool things
in these now, like sunshades like this.

I wonder if this has any purpose?

I doubt it.

Well, it’s cute.

Hey, what are these?

Check these out.

Aren’t they nice?

Summer tires.

Antti would say that for this price,
you could get a used car.

With summer tires.

Isn’t this a bit expensive?

Not to me.

These are all much more expensive.

2000.

Well, they cost. Can't help it.

These are nice.

Good suspencions.

It's fine to be there.

What’s this package?

It’s probably what...

Risto has brought.

By the company car. He was supposed
to go to the post office today.

Jaana Järvenheimo from Tampere
is the sender.

Well, let’s open it.

Here?

Inside.

Let’s open it.

What do we do now?

Well...

We’ll use these on Sundays
and those during the weekdays.

Hello.

Hello, hello.

Those are Leena’s old prams.

I thought, since you’ll soon need them,
it’s not worth buying new ones.

Aren’t they good?

Yeah.

Neat.

Aren’t they?

I'll stop by inside.

I’ve been thinking about what we could buy Erkki and
Helena as a gift when their baby is born.

Well, it’s not coming for a while.

Well, at the end of next
month. It’s not that far away.

Well, yeah. What should
we buy them then?

I’ve been thinking about baby strollers.

Yeah? But I think we should
first ask what they actually need.

Oh Erkki. You know, we’ve been thinking with
Antti that we would buy you baby strollers.

What?

No way, not more baby strollers for us.

This line here is a wrong one.

If you look at this book.

It’s clearer if I explain
it on the board.

Let’s go through this once more.

Look everyone here.

If we see this
now from bird perspective.

Here is the horizon line and
here is the vanishing point.

Like this.

And like this.

If you have this, for example,
this line goes like this.

There.

And there.

If we imagine that the paper is here.

And those dots stay outside.

Like this.

This is how easy it is.

Tappara!

When there will be the light?

Tomorrow.

And first we'll have
a Tampere tour.

- Bring me a
Kossu-Vichy! (Koskenkorva-sparkling water mix)

- Order one for me too. And for Pepe.

- Three Kossu-Vichys!

We don't have A serving license.

We have only beer.

- Bring just three Kossus (Koskenkorva).

Listen, I can't do anything about it.

- Tane pays...

Don't show your money.

- Tane pays!

Are you f*cking with me b*tch!

Hello.

What would you like to drink?

A small beer.

Oh, you speak Finnish.

Here you go.

Oh f*cking hell.

Licorice stick got (alcohol),
but we didn't.

God damned!

I probably will stop
after this contract though.

Is it getting too tough?

Or...

Doctor ambulance, emergency notification,
Tampella main gate.

Or do you have to
quit because of your husband?

No, I’ve been offered the position of
head doctor in my home municipality, Hoikka.

Oh, then I guess I should
congratulate you. Or should I?

Doctor ambulance, emergency notification,
Tampella main gate.

That hasn't been announched
in the Church yet.

Is Stigu planning to move there too?

We'll take the stretcher.

Is it you? What a
coincidence, that you're on shift.

This is horrible. How something like
this can happen in our pub.

You're ryssä or what?

Ryssä.

- Just leave it now.

Stay calm.

Let's put on a second collar.

Okay, yeah.

I think he's breathing too.

Alright.

You turn from here.

Support there and...

There.

Let’s lift the stretcher.

Wait, I'll come to the waist.

Are you ready?

Now.

And now the police are coming and
all and our pub's reputation is gone.

Jaana, calm down.

What’s going on here?

There’s one.

One rascal, but the others got away.

Let's go to the station
to sort this out.

Good thing you came.

This is awful. What do we do now?

Calm down now.

I can't be here alone anymore.

Calm down now. This
kind of thing happens.

Jaana, who starts the game.

And so on.

But what’s certain now is that I can't
offer anything to any black people anymore.

Of course you can.

Let’s go inside.

Alright.

Let’s end for today.

Thank you very much. See
you again next week.

Come, come.

Now let’s drink Eeva's welcome coffee.

Thank you. Have you baked again?

Well, just something small.

Listen, father. We have an
important matter for you.

Yes?

Eeva can tell.

Yeah. Um.

A position for the head doctor
has opened up in Hoikka.

Well, actually, I've already got it.

Really?

Yeah, we were thinking of moving there, and I'll
be able to work at Erkki's skiing company.

That sounds interesting.

Yeah, but it will probably be
a bit lonely for you here.

Well, I’m not alone here.

I have my acquaintances
here in Parainen.

At first, it will be a bit weird.

I can't deny that.

We'll leave Joppe here
to keep you company.

And I'll come help in the summer.

Yeah, and of course,
we’ll visit during holidays.

Then everything will be
better than fine.

The main thing is that you both get
jobs and can live your own lives.

That’s nice. When are you moving?

Yeah, you two will be the
godparents for the baby with Stigu.

Kari isn’t interested
in such responsibilities.

I’m just about to leave for
Kaukovaara to pick up the cradle.

Yeah, you’d be waiting until
Judgment Day for that.

Well, let’s call before you come.

Yeah, we’ll call.

Take care. Bye bye.

Hello.

Hello.

Listen, before you go to the barn, could
you pick up the cradle from the attic?

I don't have time now.

Just try. Look, I’m in a hurry to
work and it’ll only take a moment.

Why don’t you ask the baby’s
father to get it from there?

What your cradle has to do with me?

Hello. - Hello.

Will you take a sample now?

Yeah, that was the plan.

Alright. Go ahead.

Helena, wait a little. I’ll come help.