 Factory Manager Wen reprimands Zhongliang for inciting the workers, not because he objects to the sentiment, but because he fears it will get him into trouble with the Japanese.Zhongliang falls in love with the shy and pretty Sufen and invites her to eat with him at his home, where he lives with his mother (Wu Yin).Later, as they embrace in the moonlight, Zhongliang tells Sufen, "You are the moon and I am your star".