He recalls the preservation of the mill and the long road to getting it opened to the public. He remembers how the mill owners resisted signing a new lease, and objected to his "interference." He remembers how the mill management contested the county government's decision to declare the mill a heritage site.
他想起留住糖廠、讓糖廠打開大門的長長歷程；他想起，糖廠如何拒絕簽約續租，抗拒他對糖廠的「干擾」；他想起，在縣府通過劃定糖廠為古蹟後，廠方如何申覆抗議；他想起… …。