This card is like a teacher's military emblem, and Shen polishes it every day. Ironically, however, this little wooden card later became a token for the teacher Fu Xiulian to give orders to him.

The film is adapted from China's novel collection of the same name, and tells the story of a weak navy general and his beautiful young wife. This film is another film about human needs after the murder of film director Zhang Zhexiu and Jin Funan.

The original novel story was born in China in 1960s, with the Cultural Revolution in China as the story background. The movie "Serving the People" published the very fashionable propaganda slogan of politics and metallurgy at that time.