01x17 - Vanhan loppu - uuden alku

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Part 17: End of old - Beginning of new
In October 1989

Yeah, I'll come by later, and
we'll see how it’s done.

Alright, I'll just adjust this...

Metsola, hello!

Come in! It’s open!

Hi! Hope I’m not disturbing you.

Hey, long time no see. No,
you’re not. Come on in.

Yeah, move those papers aside so
you can sit more comfortably.

So, what brings you up here?

Well, Eeva told me to come. I’ve been unemployed,
and I have my child to take care of.

And I thought—or actually, Eeva believed—you
might have some work for me.

Right.

I totally understand if you don’t want me on your
payroll after what happened with Eino and his suicide.

No, it’s not about that.

Actually, I do need someone here.

One person, to be exact.

It’s hard to get anything done
when everything is such a mess.

I remember you were good with
bookkeeping and that sort of thing.

Yeah, as much as I
learned in business school.

Well, when can you start?

Can you start right away?

Sure.

Shouldn’t that power cable be
buried a little deeper?

Well, I’ve never heard of an electric
cable freezing, but water pipes, yes.

Hey Antti, hi!

Hello!

What’s going on here?

Just a little worksite inspection.

We need to get these poles in the ground so that when the
city folks come skiing, they can just plug in their power cords.

Yeah, yeah.

So, is this going to
be a trailer park area?

Yeah.

Don't you think Erkki went
a bit overboard with this?

You could fit all the
trailers in Kainuu here.

I don’t think so.

And it's not Erkki building this,
it’s me and my wife.

Yeah, there’s plenty of
space for trailers.

And if we run out, we’ll get more.

We have meadows over there.

Yeah, you do.

But then you lose pasture land.

Well, yeah, but that’s progress.

Guess we’ll just turn the cows into
sausage and sit on the rocking chair.

It's nice to watch from there
as people race down the slopes.

That's what you think?

Mm.

At least it’ll make money.

Yeah, it will.

But when spring comes, Annikki and I
are heading to the spa in Kajaani.

We’ll sip cognac in the evenings and see
what the world looks like from there.

Right.

Maybe I should start thinking about how to
get money out of these tourists too.

Sell sleigh rides.

You’ve got horses.

Yeah, and a sleigh.

A big one!

Yeah.

Well.

Take that Roni home now. Annikki
will make you some coffee.

Yeah, thanks, thanks,
thanks for borrowing.

There's no goggle there.

And you don't have a moose either.

It all should start with
getting the zoning changed.

We need more space for parking.

It's just that, when you're going to

apply for it, there should be
a really well-thought-out long-term plan.

You'd need to show that the future
use of the land makes sense.

Yeah.

Of course, that hotel
is a major obstacle.

Yeah, but if we could find a builder.

Well, look, I'm not going
to do it myself anymore.

There was talk about doing it together,
but I’m not doing it alone.

I was actually thinking that if the
company built the hotel and restaurant,

then leased it out
to a good entrepreneur.

Yeah, that could work too.

But we’d still need more land.

We should ask the Forest Administration, since they
own the land on the other side.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, I could inquire
about it, of course.

Erkki!

Excuse me.

Good day.

There’s a call from some KTM (Ministry
of Trade & Industry). It sounded important.

Oh, from KTM? Right.

Yeah, thanks, I'll be right there.

So, the thing is, how
would the Forest Administration...

Rent to a private individual?
That’s another issue entirely.

No, I was actually thinking that the municipality could
lease it from them, and you from the municipality.

Listen, shouldn’t we ask
Kari about this?

After all, Kari’s land is right next to
the Forest Administration’s property on the other side.

This was put together in
a bit of a hurry.

This is from my own wood, and similar
ones will be built next to it.

Right here next to it, there’ll be a building about
the size of a duplex, with service facilities attached.

You’re not going to have all this
ready in two months, are you?

That’s not the plan.

Although, to be fair, modern prefab buildings can
be put up in a couple of days.

Yeah, true. Everything happens so fast these days. Just a
couple of weeks ago, there were only foundations here.

Now there’s solid timber standing.

Yeah, well, things got a bit rushed.

Because that investment tax is
coming down on us.

The projects that have already
started will be exempt.

They say it’s enough if the foundations
have been dug—that counts as starting.

But I don’t trust that.

I figured, since the timber was already peeled and
ready, we might as well build right away.

However...

Though now they’re saying that if a municipality has over
five percent unemployment and it's part of subsidized area.

Then it won’t be subject to this tax.

On that competition, our
municipality would certainly qualify.

So that means once
the foundation is started...

Yes, and now the municipality
can bring in the infrastructure.

The only thing is, we need
a road leading to the slopes.

Isn't Erkki willing to do it?

He is, but...

It all depends on who pays for the road.

And then...

Well, Erkki says—though who knows if it’s true—that the machines
are all booked up and can’t be freed up.

If there was just one owner on this hill,
I’d say that road would already be built.

Here.

Here are the papers.

I don’t know, I’ve always had
a hard time with divorce papers.

Times have changed.

Nowadays, things don’t take
forever to get sorted.

Yeah, I guess that’s progress.

Though I’m not sure if
it’s for better or worse.

No, well...

I guess it's good to have to
suffer a little and wait sometimes.

It stops you from
making hasty decisions.

You have quite a pastoral approach.

No, listen, if you've thought about something for
a long time, it's good to decide quickly.

I suppose that's true.

No, but I’d better take care of my
actual duties—the role of a bank manager.

And here are the estate distribution
papers and these belong to you.

Thank you.

Though, honestly, there wasn’t much left
to divide after the bankruptcy.

Yeah.

No, well then, goodbye.

Goodbye.

Bye.

Bye bye.

Yeah.

We started with nothing, and
we end with nothing.

It’s not quite like that.

We have two grown children
and some good memories.

I suppose the kids will manage.

Liisa will make something of herself.

If only she’d let go
of that farmer’s dream.

Yeah, Liisa is still young.

An idealist like you, but braver.

She follows her dreams.

Braver than either of us.

I really have to go.

The train is leaving soon.

So, how do you like being on TV?

Pretty well.

Well, good.

So I guess our life together is over.

It is.

And it wasn’t supposed to end like this.

I hope you don’t
remember it with bitterness?

I won’t.

Forgive me for the company and all that.

I wasn’t fit to be a leader.

We should have talked much more.

And much earlier.

Raija!

Well, 25 years is a long
time in a person’s life.

Almost 25 years.

In that time, you grow together.

Maybe we’ll meet again.

I have to go now.

And then we sign these.

There are three copies.

And these as well. Three of these too.

These ones.

And then we need a
signature for the general pledge.

Here it is.

There’s a lot more
paperwork than I expected.

No.

That’s why you always need experts.

And finally, this guarantee
for the additional loan.

If the gentleman would sign here.

Alright.

What? Here?

Yes, here.

So once the official transaction
witness gets all settled.

So we can just say that...

This place is yours.

Unbelievable. The agricultural
loans and everything.

I was really afraid that all of
this would get tangled up in bureaucracy.

Well.

Every new entrepreneur is warmly welcome
here in the municipality of Hoikka.

We don’t want to make things any
more difficult than they already are.

Oh, Grandpa, thank you.

Well.

Oh dear, little girl.

Now the reality is only just beginning.

It’s hard labor from morning till night.

I’m not at all sure you’ll still
be thanking me a year from now.

Well. Thank you anyway.

Well. Thank you, thank you.

Based on these grounds, the
district court deems it appropriate

under Section 14, Paragraph 3
of the Traffic Act,

Section 90, Paragraph 8,

as well as Sections 1, Chapter 23; Section 10, Chapter
21; and Section 1, Chapter 7 of the Penal Code,

to sentence Meriläinen, for
committing the offenses alone,

for drunk driving, endangering traffic, and causing
bodily harm to 3 months in prison.

As the general observance of the law does
not require the sentence to be unconditional,

the district court rules that Meriläinen’s prison
sentence will be conditional trial period

starting today and ending on 30.6.1990.

Since a conditional prison sentence alone
is insufficient punishment for Meriläinen’s offenses,

the district court also sentences Meriläinen to a
fine of 30x270 marks of daily fines.

which means a total fine of 8,100 marks.

Since Meriläinen needs a driver's license for work,
he will not be banned from driving.

Meriläinen is ordered to pay Stig
Eklund and his wife, Eeva Eklund,

5,000 marks in legal fees with
16% interest from today onward.

Anyone dissatisfied with this ruling may appeal to the
Eastern Finland Court of Appeal within 30 days,

but dissatisfaction must first be reported to the
district court or court registry within a week.

The case is closed. You may leave.

I have to run now to
catch my flight on time.

I have a meeting in Helsinki
at the headquarters this afternoon.

And I need to make
it to Tampere by evening.

Maybe you should slow down a little?

You're one to talk.

Your family is getting to the point where
you could hire me as a full-time lawyer.

Hey, Jaakko. Thanks.

Eeva.

Somehow it just feels so unfair.

Yeah.

Merilainen gets away with
just a few months.

Yet he has completely
ruined two people's lives.

Would you want revenge?

Like an eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth.

Actually, that might bring some relief.

Right now, I wouldn't feel much mercy.

Well, we do have the justice system.

The justice system? Really?

You also got off way too
easily for that drunk driving.

Oh, come on, don't bring that up again.

I think all drunk drivers should
lose their license for life.

You should visit Leppävaara more often.

Mom misses you a lot.

Too much work, I don’t have time.

Now that you live in the village center,
you never have time to visit home.

Back in early summer, when you were staying in
the sauna cabin, you came home every day.

Maybe you should cry
a little more often.

You must see a lot of
heavy things at the healthcare center.

Don't you understand anything either?

Osmo, hey!

Yeah?

Come catch this!

Yeah, hold on!

Wait!

I'll come!

Your grandpa’s coming with the tractor.

Vaku!

Good morning, young master.

Morning. We got an early start here.

Well, I noticed Liisa had already slipped
away with the horse this morning.

Morning!

Morning!

How's it going?

Oh, not too bad.

I brought some new supplies and tools, thought they might come
in handy here. And I figured I’d come as the foreman.

Yeah.

Hey grandpa, don't go lifting those planks!
Hey! Osmo, take those from him!

I can unload the load myself.

Let's do it together.

Really now, grandma gets mad and
Eeva, Osmo can carry them.

What’s this?

What? That?

Oh, that's w*r-time
tobacco. It’s homegrown.

Really?

Yeah, I used to smoke this
during the w*r, before I quit.

Put it away, dear girl.

That’s a valuable pack.

Yeah. Go take a seat now.

Listen, this is good wood. It's completely dry and three years old. When
we make window frames out of this, the cold will stay outside.

Pine?

Yeah.

By the way, do you know
how to drive a tractor?

I have a license.

Well, that’s not what I meant…

What?

Environmentalist with a driver’s license?
What am I hearing?

That’s just a relic of the old world.

Yeah, yeah.

But you could still show me
how to start that thing.

Sure, I’ll show you.

Here, take this inside first.
Let’s keep it dry.

Here are all the Leppävaara papers,
title deeds, and everything else.

Yeah.

Alright.

Have there been any changes to these?

Yes.

Recently, the property was transferred
to a limited company.

What?

As you can see here.

Yeah.

The property is currently
owned by Leppävaara Ltd.

Yeah.

Who… I mean, who owns Leppävaara Ltd.?

Well, here it is.

A list of the company's shareholders.

Exactly.

51 percent.

Annikki Metsola, born Leppävaara.

And the rest is divided among
Erkki, Heikki, Jaana, Liisa, and Lasse.

Yes.

Well, damn it, look what they’ve done.

Sorry for my language, but…

Yeah.

Yeah, thanks. Very kind of you.

You’re welcome.

So, how was it in
Tampere? Did you see Jaana?

I didn’t want to meet anyone.

At least not relatives.

I went looking for work.

But I didn’t find anything.

At least not for this old man.

What? Who said you were too old?

There was a position in
a department store's display team.

The department head was a
young girl, barely over twenty.

She was surprised that an old man
was applying for such a job.

That’s when I realized this
wasn’t going to work.

Why do you keep longing for Tampere?

You should stay here, in Leppävaara.

I need to do some kind of work.

I can’t just stay here as a handyman.

Well, there’s always work here.

Even Erkki has plenty of things to do.

You could move from the
sauna cabin to here.

Now that Liisa moved into the abandoned
house, there’s plenty of space here.

I like it there, I’m fine.

At least talk to Erkki about it.

I have talked to him.

And I’ve decided to stay here.

At least until the hill opens.

Then we’ll see what
the world looks like.

Where have you been again? And with
the tractor? And the plow attached?

I was plowing at the abandoned farm.

Plowing?

Yes.

Plowing.

You should be tied down. The moment I
turn my back, there you go again.

How many nitroglycerin pills did
you have to take?

I didn’t do much plowing
myself. I was teaching Osmo.

How many nitros?

Well, I took five.

Risto, that master's son will make a farmer
yet, if I get to teach him.

Dad, go get some rest.
I can continue from here.

Well, go on then, if
that's what you want.

Help me a bit.

Press enough gas, it's a tough hill.

Oh, hi.

Hi, hi.

Where did you suddenly appear from?

I came to see for myself. People in the
village are talking all sorts of things about this.

Yeah.

Well, this place has become
quite the tourist attraction.

All kinds of people come here
to look around all day long.

I’m not disturbing, am I?

No, you're not. But really, they’re talking
about this even at the town?

Yeah, there’s quite the buzz about it.

People are saying all sorts of things.

I had to come see for myself what
kind of shady business is going on here.

Shady business? What?

Well, they say there’s going to
be a congress hotel here.

And a golf course, and
who knows what else.

Well, this isn’t exactly
some massive project.

I mean, yeah, we’re trying to
build a congress hotel here.

Since the Development Area
Fund exactly want one.

But the thing is, Kari won’t sell us the
land, won’t rent it either, or anything like that.

So, the whole thing is kind
of stuck because of that.

Oh? And where exactly is this
hotel supposed to be built?

Up there.

There’s a little hill.

And that’s where it’d go.

Oh, really? That’s where
our land starts?

Yeah.

I have a map here, I can show you.

See.

So, we’re here, and then
this is over here.

That little hill, that’s what I mean.

Yeah, yeah.

I’m tired.

Me too.

It’s been a good day.

That plowing was nice.

I’ve never carried so much
stuff in one day.

Tomorrow I’ll make us our own bed.

Please, don’t leave your
dirty boots there.

I’ve always dreamed of a blue bedroom.

Should we paint these walls?

Yeah.

At least the outside walls
red, with white corners.

Yeah. Good idea.

That’ll have to wait until next summer. We have so much else to do. The
windows need fixing. Maybe the roof too. And the barn—that has to be fixed first.

Do you remember the first time
you slept next to me?

I do.

That bed was so tiny.

The new one will be at
least five times as wide.

Five?

Yeah. Enough for the whole family.

And the cows, too?

No way.

Hi.

Is he alone?

Yes, there's no one there. Just go.

Hi.

Jaakko.

What?

I have to leave right away to
Hoikka. Give me the car keys.

Honey what you're gonna do in Hoikka? You're not
going by car, arent't you? Airplane has been invented.

The concrete work starts tomorrow.
I need to be there.

Besides, I'm not going through
Helsinki since I have stuff.

Hey.

Monitoring of the concrete work can be handled by Risto,
Antti, or Erkki. You don’t understand anything about concrete work.

If I’m not there, they’ll do a
bad job. Give me the keys.

And I have a lot of stuff
there. Dishes, curtains, and all sorts.

The dishes, curtains, and stuff will be fine,
there’s not even a wall standing yet.

Please. I really needed the car today.

Take a taxi. And buy me
a car of my own. Bye.

Bye bye. Drive carefully. There's nothing
wrong with that car, remember that.

Listen, I need to go to Kainuu central
hospital right away. Are there many in line?

No, there are about four.

Move them to the lead doctor.
Explain the situation to him.

Has something happened to your husband?

Yes.

So, what’s going on now?

I’m moving back home now.

Well, it looks like that.

I need to get a divorce.
I can’t take it anymore.

Well, we’ll get you a lawyer.

And the Meriläinen issue will be handled by
the municipal board in the next meeting.

He’s going to get fired.

What are you up to here now?

What do you mean?

If mom were here now, you’d
probably get quite a sharp note.

We don’t care about that right now. I was thinking of
taking these old things to Liisa and that little master.

Well, let me.

If you’ve helped them with the
land acquisition, it doesn’t mean that...

you’re taking all the stuff you’ve
gathered here over the years.

Organic farming requires
old-fashioned methods.

What’s this motor saw then?

Well, it's a perfectly fine machine.

Yeah, yeah. But not old-fashioned.

Well, I can take this load there.

Well, I’m not dead yet. I
can still drive there too.

There's a road all the way there.

And I believe you have more important things to do
than get involved in old man stuff like this.

Well, that’s not exactly what I meant.

Well, Osmo will be there and
he can unload the truck.

Come with me. Let’s
take grandma’s couch too.

Well, watch out for that.

Stigu...

He’s still very confused.

How are you holding up?

Do you remember who I am?

Yes.

I’m Eeva.

Wasn’t the department doctor
supposed to be here?

I think he’ll be here any minute.

Four pieces. 60 cm ones, four pieces.

You don’t need to measure them all separately. Take the first
one you made and use it as a base measure.

Oh really?

Yeah. That way you won’t have to mess with a measuring
tape all the time. And they’ll all be the same length.

Yeah, yeah.

A chainsaw is a good tool when doing rough work. But
when it comes to interior jobs, you need a finer saw.

The chainsaw may be a good tool, but
it’s also caused a lot of harm.

What’s so terrible that
the chainsaw has caused?

The chainsaw vibration has caused many lumberjacks
blood circulatory problems in the hands.

And besides, it’s made it possible for
Finnish forests to be plundered and exploited.

Circulatory issues...

Look, if that tool didn’t exist,
the world would be unfinished.

Yeah, but it’s been misused.

Well, knives have also been misused.

If you get a cut on your finger with a
saw, motorized or not, it’s not the saw’s fault.

No, no. But listen...

No, don’t get carried away now.

Just saw.

Otherwise the renovations
won’t get done.

And it’ll be like in
the old days in Oulu.

What happened in Oulu then?

In Oulu?

Nothing happened there.

You could bring your paintings here now.

What good are they lying
around in the sauna cabin?

I quess so.

Good day to the house.

Annikki asked bring these
boxes to Liisa.

I don’t know what’s in them,
but she says you need them.

Thanks.

There’s a lot of stuff needed here.

Before you can properly
start living here.

Oh right, by the way, mom told you
to hurry home, she’s got food ready.

Go quickly, before she comes to get
you with a spatula (some kitchen cutlery).

Damn.

Old man is being looked
after like some kid.

Here’s a spoon for you.

Since I’ve been a bit sick, the women start bossing
me around like I’m some kind of, some kind of...

Whatever.

Hey, Risto, come help a bit.

There's more boxes there for Liisa.

Erkki hey, to be honest, I’ve been
thinking about the marketing side of things.

You should start it right
away, not in 15 days.

See otherwise, no one knows
about the whole thing.

It’s not worth starting yet.

I don’t have accommodation
capacity or anything...

Something that would require pre-orders.

No, but suggest a joint
campaign with the municipality.

In the town, we have a guesthouse and by Oulunjärvi
(lake), there are a couple of holiday resorts, even.

Look, everyone benefits from that.
It works with teamwork.

What? Hey Risto, do you know what?

Could you go to
the municipal economic officer?

Yeah. And you could also negotiate with Jaana and
Kari about what they plan to do. Hey?

Old businessman.

Well, that’s fine, but if
I borrow the car...

Is it fine?

This can’t be true.

How did you solve this like this?

You've put such thin cardboard.

It should be stronger wood.

It should be something, at least
something like 2x4, like this board.

Is isn't about the quality of
these planks that makes it sturdy?

It looks flimsy to
me. Where’s the master?

I quess he went to the
road to meet the mud truck.

What is that raksa (?) doing here? Couldn’t
she be casted upright into some foundation?

Just be quiet. She's the
one who pays everything.

Even so. But I don’t have
to listen to her complaining.

Now it runs!

These kind of small farms have no
chance of surviving in the future.

Now that Europe is also uniting and...

I’m not at all as sure
about this as you are.

Look at the young ones. Osmo and Liisa.

They have that kind of spirit.

That’s also a bit crazy.
Nothing will come of it.

Don’t you dare say that.

It will certainly be tough, but
I do believe they’ll manage.

Yeah, well. Not all the
money has been wasted.

There’s good forest there. And if they acquire
more, they can even make a living there.

How will the cows and calves for
Liisa be delivered to that empty farm?

Osmo and Liisa say they want
to walk them there themselves.

What? Along the road? You
can’t do it like that...

That’s what I tried to tell them.

Well, the cattle truck can pick them up and
take them there before it goes to the slaughterhouse.

What’s bothering you now?

Nothing.

I came home to eat. Almost on time.

There’s nothing dumber in
this world than men.

Is it done?

Yeah.

Let’s put the last one there, then.

Alright.

Alright.

Just lock it.

Yeah, good.

Alright. I’ll go to the farm
with my own car in advance.

We'll come after you.

Good.

I have to go drive the
feed to the empty farm.