Labor Pains

This is a novel written in the 1990s based on real people. The novel describes China in the early days of reform and opening up. Many enterprises are in the transition period between the old and new systems. The old things have not been completely eliminated, and the new things are being established, but not completely established. Although there are many loopholes, some people who control the power have opportunities to take advantage of them. They wantonly trample on state-owned property or collective property and divide it wildly, causing some enterprises that should not have closed down to collapse and employees to be laid off. The protagonist of the article, Bo Fang, stood up and fought in order to protect the collective interests from being divided. As a result, he was attacked and framed, and was imprisoned in a mental hospital. In order for justice to be served, Bo Fang successfully escaped from the mental hospital with the help of the nurses and doctors in the mental hospital. After that, in order to continue to fight, Bo Fang made greater efforts and sacrifices, and experienced various hardships and twists and turns... This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.