苏文元，年过半百，人称老“黄牛”。1984年4月他从部队转业到河北省邯郸市劳教所，一晃在劳教战线上他已默默奉献了16个春秋。苏文元身为该所政治部主任，思想政治工作是他的主角戏。为协助党委做好思想政治工作，当好党委的参谋，他处处严格要求自己，事事干在前头，时时为人 Su Wenyuan, over half a year, known as the old “ox.” In April 1984, he was transferred from the army to the Forced Labor Camp in Handan City, Hebei Province. He staunchly offered 16 years of hard work in the labor camp. Su Wen-yuan as the director of the Political Department, ideological and political work is his protagonist. In order to assist party committees in ideological and political work and as a staff officer in the party committees, he places strict demands on themselves and everything is always at work.