0:00:02 > 0:00:05'Five pampered kids with all the clothes and gadgets life can offer.'
0:00:05 > 0:00:07I love shopping. It's amazing.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10'I'm taking them on an extraordinary journey to find out
0:00:10 > 0:00:12'where it all comes from.'
0:00:12 > 0:00:13I just don't have a clue.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15'Can they work in the factories of Asia...'
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Oh, my gosh, there's a fish head in there!
0:00:17 > 0:00:18- No!- Yes!
0:00:18 > 0:00:21'..live in real workers' homes...'
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- This is your toilet. - That is actually disgusting.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26'..with strict bosses telling them what to do?'
0:00:26 > 0:00:30- My workers, they are waiting for you to work in a team.- No.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32- Come down!- We'll wait.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34'Our five kids are... Princess Ellie...'
0:00:34 > 0:00:38I don't do any chores around the house apart from open the curtains
0:00:38 > 0:00:41and even my mum does that sometimes.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43'Gadget guru Callum...'
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I cherish this with my heart, all of my life.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47'Man of the world Ewan...'
0:00:47 > 0:00:49I know sometimes I'm a bit of a brat.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- 'Cool customer Mattie...' - I have to be always right.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And then that'll get me into quite a bit of trouble.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57'And spend-aholic Jade.'
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I think designer clothes are overpriced.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03But I really like them, so I don't really care.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05'I'm Stacey Dooley. Today the kids will be discovering
0:01:05 > 0:01:10'how to make one of their must-have possessions - trainers.'
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I think I'm going faster and then you see all the shoes speeding away.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15'Will they knuckle down to the job...'
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Do it again! Oh, can you throw my shoe?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20'..cope with workers' living conditions...'
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It's like living in medieval times.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I appreciate that everyone else lives here, but I, like,
0:01:26 > 0:01:27I really don't want to.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30'..and will what they experience here make them realise
0:01:30 > 0:01:32'how easy they have it at home?'
0:01:32 > 0:01:34I would rather beg for money in the street
0:01:34 > 0:01:36than work at one of these factories.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48'We've come over 6,000 miles across the world
0:01:48 > 0:01:51'to begin our incredible journey through Asia.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55'It's 8am and everyone around us is on their way to school or work.'
0:01:55 > 0:01:58It's the first day of our kids' epic challenge.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And to kick it all off, we've brought them to Penang in Malaysia.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04For the next two days, these five will experience
0:02:04 > 0:02:06work on a real production line,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10making something that every kid has at home - trainers.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14'But before we even get to the factory, we're thrown off course.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15'There's a problem with one of the kids.'
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- So, Jade, tell me what's up. - Um, I don't feel very well.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- No?- No. Got a tummy ache.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- You've been sick, haven't you?- Yeah, I've been sick a couple of times.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Going to get you back to the hotel. - Yeah.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Go and see the doctor and get you on the mend.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Whack your belt on.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38We've just stepped outside the hotel.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40We think it's the smell, the heat...
0:02:40 > 0:02:43You know, these kids are just so not used to this type of environment.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45So we're going to get her sorted
0:02:45 > 0:02:47and the rest of us are going to carry on.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48'We're one kid down,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51'but the other four are keen to get to the trainers factory.'
0:02:51 > 0:02:53'Do they think they are up to the job?'
0:02:53 > 0:02:55I'll be good. I'll try.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- I'm going to get promoted. - No, I'll get promoted so much
0:02:58 > 0:03:02that they've already organised a "well done" party for it.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04So what do we reckon? Are you ready for Malaysia?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- The question is, are they ready for us.- Oh!
0:03:07 > 0:03:09'So, will Ellie, Mattie, Callum and Ewan
0:03:09 > 0:03:12'be as keen to work in this trainers factory
0:03:12 > 0:03:15'after they've met their new boss, Mr Wong?
0:03:15 > 0:03:18'He takes a no-nonsense approach to work.'
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Welcome to Palace Shoe Factory.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25In the factory I will train you as normal, like our workers.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28And what kind of skills will our four need?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31We expect a good working attitude.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35You have to follow my instructions step by step.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Do it right the first time.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Got your work cut out. Concentration. Focus.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Hard work. Determination.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Got a lot of pressure on us, so we have to live up to that expectation.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Yeah, I'll try my best to try and fulfil it.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51But...it's going to be hard, I think.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- OK, let's go.- Bye, guys!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56ALL: Bye!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59'British kids have millions of pairs of trainers
0:03:59 > 0:04:01'And many of them come from factories like this.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05'Here at Palace, they make 12,000 pairs every week
0:04:05 > 0:04:09'and wages start at nearly £4 a day.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11'The work here is hard and the temperatures are tropical.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14'The first thing Mr Wong wants to know is can the kids
0:04:14 > 0:04:17'cope in these working conditions?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21'His first challenge is a very simple task -
0:04:21 > 0:04:24'gluing together the linings of the trainers.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27'A worker can do 80 of these in one hour.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30'As the kids are rookies, he's cutting that target in half.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33'They have to do 40 in an hour.'
0:04:33 > 0:04:38If you are not getting the target, we will demote you. OK?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41This is the first task, so it's a big deal.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- Try and bear in mind what it is Mr Wong has said. Happy?- Yeah.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Ready to make some trainers? - Yeah.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50All right, I'll leave you to it. Good luck!
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Oh!
0:04:52 > 0:04:56'Within minutes, they are flagging in the 33-degree heat.'
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Callum! I'm hot.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02It is very hot and this is so foreign to them.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05This really is another world.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10So hard and hot and you just don't want to do it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I would rather probably beg for money in the street
0:05:13 > 0:05:15than work in a... one of these factories.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Sword fight!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Guys, why do we have to wear these stupid pinnies?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Glue transfer!
0:05:23 > 0:05:26They don't make it easy for themselves, do they?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- This is so boring.- I know.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30We just need to be respectful.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Mr Wong's going to take one look at this and hit the roof.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37'When their behaviour gets so bad it distracts his workers,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39'Mr Wong has had enough.'
0:05:46 > 0:05:48You almost break all my rules.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51You are playing around with Callum.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And then you stand beside the fan. Huh?
0:05:54 > 0:05:58- Sorry. - Understand? Continue to work now.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Budding entrepreneur Mattie from Lincoln sells sweets to his friends
0:06:01 > 0:06:05to make money and has big life ambitions.
0:06:05 > 0:06:11When I'm older, I'd like a decent car, big house, indoor BMX park.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Stuff like that.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15And he costs me and his dad an absolute fortune.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17He runs us ragged.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18I'm not well behaved.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I've been in trouble loads of time for back-chatting
0:06:21 > 0:06:24cos some people don't dare step up to the teacher
0:06:24 > 0:06:27when they get something wrong... and then there's me.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31This 13-year-old rebel doesn't think he has much to learn from anyone.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33One thing that I would like Matthew to do - just listen,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38concentrate, stay focused, and lose the attitude.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Oh, dear!- I'm on my third pair.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Look, I done it on the other way. He won't notice.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48'In the Palace trainers factory, Mattie and Ellie
0:06:48 > 0:06:49'are continuing their mischief.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52'Way behind, they decide there's a cleverer way
0:06:52 > 0:06:54'to meet their target of 40.'
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Guys, I dare you to go and, er, rub the three off the total.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04If one of your workers...
0:07:04 > 0:07:07did that to the board, what would happen?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09We, er, sack them immediately.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Sack them?- Yeah, sack them.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Sack them?- Yes. This is a serious, er, offence.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Hey, boys. Thumbs out now.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Stop working.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It was him.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Who rub it? You or you?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It was them two, them two.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And you're being quite disrespectful to Mr Wong.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Now, who's done the board?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Me and Ellie.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Why did you do that?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Dunno.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Tell you what, all the ladies that work here are looking at you guys
0:07:40 > 0:07:42and thinking you're taking the mickey out of them
0:07:42 > 0:07:44because this is their job.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45This is how they feed their family.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48So it's...a big deal. Serious.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49Ellie, look at this.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54'Most of Ellie's soles aren't stuck together properly.'
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Mattie, where's yours?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- There's only 20.- I wasn't focusing.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Mattie, Mattie...
0:08:02 > 0:08:07'Mattie has failed for doing half the target.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10'Mr Wong is only happy with Ewan and Callum.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13'He now delivers his judgment on the other two.'
0:08:13 > 0:08:16You are not respecting. You're not listening to what I'm saying.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21And in my factory, if my workers are doing that, they are out!
0:08:21 > 0:08:25And these are the... Not allow you are coming tomorrow.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28'Mr Wong has sacked Ellie and Mattie.'
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Are you clear with what Mr Wong has said?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33So he's happy for you two to come back
0:08:33 > 0:08:35but Mattie and Ellie, you're not allowed back.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Mattie, what you laughing at?- Dunno.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Feel like you've been respectful? - Yeah.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I haven't disrespected him or his workers.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49I will think of something for them to do
0:08:49 > 0:08:52but they are not allowed to come into my factory.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56'So, at the end of their very first shift, two are out of the door.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00'Everyone is taken aback by today's turn of events.'
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Started with five, Jade fell poorly, we had to leave Jade behind.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08There was then four that came to the factory.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11We've just lost two because they've been sacked.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Um, so it's gone from five to two in the space of a day.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I'm mad at myself because the boss has sacked me
0:09:17 > 0:09:21and, um, I laughed after it.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23But...that's just me.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28'Many of the 130 employees at Palace don't just work here,
0:09:28 > 0:09:29'they live here.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33'I'm bringing the boys to a hostel across the road to stay the night.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36'Given their reaction to doing a day's work in the factory,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40'how will they cope living in very basic conditions?'
0:09:40 > 0:09:44So, this is where you're going to be staying the night.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46This is your shower.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- This is your toilet. - Where's the showery bit?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52It's the bucket. You use a bucket.
0:09:53 > 0:09:59- That is going to...- That's actually disgusting. I'm going to hold.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02'This boarding house is free for the workers who live here.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06'Three of them have given up their bedroom for the boys.'
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Are you looking forward to it? Nervous?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11A bit nervous, I mean, it feels quite depressing.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15So crammed, like all the... Like that much space between everything.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17They think that's it's normal
0:10:17 > 0:10:20and they probably find this is a little luxury for them.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23'While the boys see how some of the lower-paid workers live,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26'sacked Ellie is going to meet the family
0:10:26 > 0:10:27'of one of the factory managers.'
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Hello, how are you? - Hello, I'm good, thank you.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32'Feven is head of research and development
0:10:32 > 0:10:35'and lives here with his wife and four daughters.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38'14-year-old Hivalina shows Ellie their home.'
0:10:39 > 0:10:41And this is the kitchen.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Oh, oh, you have a rabbit.- Yeah.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Well, do you let it out?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Yeah, every Sunday I let it out and round the field.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- Oh, wow!- It's a big field, that.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- So does it never run off?- No.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Did you cook at home?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Um, I don't cook at home.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I think the only thing I can about cook is toast.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Normal life for 12-year-old Ellie in Somerset
0:11:05 > 0:11:07is a world away from Hivalina's in Malaysia.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08I love shopping.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12You just go in and you can just pick up whatever you want.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14And then it's yours. It's amazing.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16She just almost expects and expects
0:11:16 > 0:11:18and wants more and more and more.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20When anyone does say no,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23well-off Ellie prides herself on getting round it.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Kind of go ten minutes sulking, and then straight into tantrum.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29It's my sulking face.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33But mum Caroline is keen for her to have a reality check in Asia.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I'd like Ellie to realise that, you know, that there is life
0:11:36 > 0:11:37beyond planet Ellie.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41I've never experienced poverty or anything like that.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45I think this is going to be quite a...shocker.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Are you into shoes?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Not that interested.- No? How many pairs of shoes would you say you had?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Three or four pairs.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Three or four?- Yeah.- Wow! - How about yours?
0:11:54 > 0:11:59In my wardrobe I probably have... 20 pairs of shoes.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Wow!- But then, like, I keep others...
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Like, I have a big bag of shoes up in the loft as well.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07So you're like a princess.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09'Back in the workers' boarding house,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13'I'm showing the boys their neighbours' sleeping quarters.'
0:12:13 > 0:12:15What do you think, boys?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Erm, it's quite cramped. - It's...really small.- Yeah.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23My room's twice the size of this, so, um, quite interesting
0:12:23 > 0:12:26seeing how much sort of people you could fit into half a space.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29In this whole boarding house, how many people live here?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- TRANSLATION:- 30 people.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- Whoa, 30 people.- Oh! How many days a week do you work altogether?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Six days a week. Monday to Sunday.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- I think school's enough and that's only five days.- This is full-on work.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44And this is...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Imagine they do the job that you guys were doing today for two hours.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50They do that six days a week. Full days.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Boring and repetitive, I think.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54'Nearby at the manager's house,
0:12:54 > 0:12:58'Ellie is finding out more about how Hivalina spends her time.'
0:12:58 > 0:13:01What do you do on a normal, say, Saturday?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- What would you do?- Um...
0:13:03 > 0:13:07First of all, I will see the house, then if it's dirty, I will clean it.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Then, if I got time, use my computer to...
0:13:12 > 0:13:14type my stories.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15Do you like to write stories?
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- I like to publish my book.- Yeah.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21One day. Cos I need to chase my dreams.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22If I can't chase my dreams,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I will try to be the manager of the factory.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30It's amazing that they've just, like, let me walk into the house
0:13:30 > 0:13:32and just look around.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34It's just so...
0:13:34 > 0:13:37unlike my house and...
0:13:38 > 0:13:40It's kind of hit home a bit now
0:13:40 > 0:13:42how much I have
0:13:42 > 0:13:44and how little they have.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49She's different than me and the big, unbelievable thing is,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53she's just 12 and I'm just 14.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Er, but she's looking like 18.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59You look at them and what they have
0:13:59 > 0:14:00and then you look at me
0:14:00 > 0:14:02who does nothing and has everything,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04it's just it's not even fair.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09It's been a long day and the boys enjoy a relaxing kick-about
0:14:09 > 0:14:12with their new friends from the factory.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17By the time Ellie turns up, the boys are settled in.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Welcome to paradise(!)- Yeah!
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- The boys' house... - I don't want to go in.- ..of heaven.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25'But Ellie is finding it all too much.'
0:14:28 > 0:14:30I just don't really want to stay here.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34There's, like, no toilet and no shower.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38And...appreciate that everyone else lives here and...
0:14:39 > 0:14:41But I, like, I really don't want to.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46The challenge of living and working in Asia
0:14:46 > 0:14:48may yet prove too difficult for our kids.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55It's the morning of day two in the workers' hostel in Malaysia,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57and Mattie's the first up.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I slept in a boarding house with
0:14:59 > 0:15:02lizards everywhere.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Spiders.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06And even though I needed the toilet,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10I did not go in the middle of the night.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13There's probably a crocodile in there.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15But the toilet wildlife isn't the problem in the shower.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18It's like living in medieval times in here.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21So the kids apply a 21st-century solution
0:15:21 > 0:15:24and use mineral water to wash themselves.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Is it cold water?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Not had a shower like this before!
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Gosh, it's cold.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43SHE SIGHS
0:15:43 > 0:15:46That's the worst shower I've, like, ever been in.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48'They use nearly £3 worth of water,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51'just under a day's wages at the factory.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- 'And now they're late for work.' - Mr Wong's here.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Oh, no, not Mr Wong.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Run.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Come on, look out now!
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Well, we have plenty of work waiting for you.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- No.- Come down. - We'll wait, we'll wait, OK?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Come on, guys!- No!
0:16:07 > 0:16:08CHILDREN LAUGH
0:16:08 > 0:16:10KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Open the door!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Yes, morning, guys.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18'Having prised the boys from their room,
0:16:18 > 0:16:22'Mr Wong leaves behind the sacked Ellie and Mattie.'
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Is there someone else that's bossing us around...?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Yes, yes.- OK, bye!
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- I'll be back.- Yeah, I'm not talking to you. You're not my boss any more.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32'Mr Wong might not be Ellie's favourite boss,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35'but he was so impressed with Ewan and Callum yesterday,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39'he's put them on a real production line, packing the trainers.'
0:16:39 > 0:16:41The shoe is not waiting for you, right?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43You must catch up the speed.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45'To keep up with the conveyor belt,
0:16:45 > 0:16:50'their target is to pack 200 pairs of shoes in one hour between them.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53'A single worker can do 1,500 pairs in a day.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57'This is a real production line and they can't afford to muck it up.'
0:16:57 > 0:17:00This is definitely the hardest task ever.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01You have to keep up with the conveyor belt
0:17:01 > 0:17:03and you can't control any speed.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06There's loads coming.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I think I'm going faster and then you see all the shoes speeding away.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Yes. Concentrate the work.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19'The shoes the boys are packing are for customers.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22'There is no room for error and speed is of the essence.'
0:17:22 > 0:17:24You must pack.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27The method must be correct, OK?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Your workers must be under so much pressure doing this kind of job
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- because they have no control over this conveyor belt.- Yeah.
0:17:33 > 0:17:351,000 a day.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Yeah, and-and...
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Yes, OK, we have to keep competitive. We have no choice.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42We are looking for survival.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45It's just... Eye-opener, I guess.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52'Sacked from the factory, it's time for Ellie and Mattie
0:17:52 > 0:17:55'to find out what job they'll be doing instead.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58'The trees in this rubber plantation provide the rubber
0:17:58 > 0:18:00'for soles of Mr Wong's trainers.'
0:18:00 > 0:18:03So you're going to be collecting the rubber.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07STACEY LAUGHS
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Oh, no. Where would you rather be right now? Here or the factory?
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- Here, definitely.- It's more simple. Don't, like, look as boring.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Peaceful.- All right, let's go.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26'This couple have been working rubber plantations for 40 years.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30'They normally tap 400 trees every morning.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32'They get paid £3 a day each,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35'less than a trainee's wage in the factory.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38'Mattie and Ellie are doing the easiest job,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41'which is to collect pots of the liquid latex,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43'the raw material for rubber.'
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- You can do that, right? Sounds simple enough?- Yeah.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Off you go. - What do I do if it's stuck?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Urgh!
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Oops!
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Shall I eat it?
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Urgh! Urgh!
0:18:59 > 0:19:01SHE RETCHES
0:19:01 > 0:19:03'Not only is the rubber smelly,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07'but there are other drawbacks to this early-morning job.'
0:19:07 > 0:19:10It's full of ants and spiders.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Urgh, urgh, urgh! OK, we're not going to do that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Just been stung.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17There's an ant down my belt, there's an ant down my belt!
0:19:20 > 0:19:23This job compared to the factory work,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26in a way it's much easier, much simpler.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28But the heat is ridiculous out here.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31And there's no fans and we're not sat down.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37I'd do this as a job because it's just so calm, it's not noisy.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39It's not full of smoke.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It's not repetitive, like every pot's not going to have
0:19:42 > 0:19:44the same amount in.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Every tree's not going to be the same.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Back on the conveyor belt,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Callum and Ewan have been packing trainers for two hours.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- Faster! Come on! - Seems as if it's going faster...
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Work harder.- ..all of a sudden. Can't keep up. It's speeding away.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Got to be like Superman or something.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09They're just so hard to, to just...
0:20:09 > 0:20:11trying to stay, you know, how fast you're going
0:20:11 > 0:20:13because so many things can go wrong.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14It's not going in!
0:20:21 > 0:20:25These two boys doing a good working speed. And good attitude.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29'Over in the rubber plantation, I've had some news.'
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I've just got off the phone to Mr Wong.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35And he said he wants to give you a second chance.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37He's invited you back to the factory.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41'As Ewan and Callum have learnt the right attitude to factory work,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44'Mr Wong is giving Ellie and Mattie another go.'
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Are we doing the same thing like yesterday?
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I'm not sure. We'll have to wait and see.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Give it another go. - If he shouts at me, can I leave?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55I don't think he'll shout. Just have to give it your best shot.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Show him that he made a massive mistake sacking you yesterday
0:20:58 > 0:21:02and that you're good... you're good guys, you can do this.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Oh, dear. Come on. Let's go and see him.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- It's not good news. - Am I rubbish at giving good news?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Yes.- That's bad news.- It's great. You're getting another chance.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- No, because he doesn't like us. - He does like you.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17'Even though Ellie and Mattie are reluctant to face Mr Wong,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21'they decide to try again' alongside Ewan and Callum.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25So, this is the final task for you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Remember, we want perfection.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30'Mr Wong is giving the kids a tricky final task.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32'They are foxing the trainers.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36That involves sticking a rubber strip along the bottom of each shoe.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40'The strip must be the right way up, perfectly straight
0:21:40 > 0:21:41'and with a neat join.'
0:21:41 > 0:21:45The quality is important. Don't spoil my shoe, right?
0:21:45 > 0:21:50As a group, 40 pair. Each of them ten pair.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Are you ready? I hope you can do it.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Go.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58I've put the...
0:21:58 > 0:22:00the thing on the wrong way up,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03I've put... I put the red at the bottom rather than the top.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11'So, it's heads down for all four of them. Mattie's racing ahead.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14'Maybe he's decided to toe the line.'
0:22:14 > 0:22:17One, two, three, four. I'm on my fifth.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20'The other three are taking a bit more time over it.'
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It's very, very fiddly work, this trainer malarkey.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Ewan's having a problem with the... red bands.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28The, er, red bit just fell... Completely went apart
0:22:28 > 0:22:31So I'm just trying to sort of reconstruct it again.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35Hopefully, Mr Wong didn't see that.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Going to be watching us, isn't he? - Yep.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41'As if on cue, Mr Wong arrives for a half-time assessment.'
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Is over half an hour. What you are doing?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46'He wants to see if Ewan and Callum
0:22:46 > 0:22:48can maintain their earlier standard...'
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Well, you are not joining properly, OK?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Well, most of 'em are like that. - Yeah.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58'..and if Mattie and Ellie can finally settle into factory work.'
0:22:58 > 0:23:02How Mattie? Wow! Pretty fast, all right.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05But is it all right?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I think so.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08You think so. But no.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12'Mattie's quick but the quality may have suffered.'
0:23:14 > 0:23:17You see the gap? Look at this.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- I am.- So doing fast... - Oh, just chuck 'em away!
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- The slow way, remember?- What? - I tell you? Do it right.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Not doing...
0:23:26 > 0:23:29'Mr Wong's criticism tips Mattie over the edge.'
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Tell us to work fast and so I get it wrong.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Then you tell us to work rightly
0:23:35 > 0:23:36and we're working fast,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38so, in this heat we're not used to it.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42So we have to get it right first before you go fast, right?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Understand?- Then you moan at us for not going fast.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Do it again, OK? Do it again.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48OK, you throw my shoe.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Come on, boy! Take it back.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Take it back. OK. Put it the right way.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56'How will Ellie do?'
0:23:57 > 0:24:02This is wrong, huh? OK? Nobody going to buy the shoe.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Do it again.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I ain't doing 'em again. Really?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15'As both Ellie and Mattie head to a revolt,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18'the other two try to talk them round.'
0:24:18 > 0:24:20At the end of the day, we need to make 40, yeah?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- So, come on, Matt.- It's not fair. He wants me to take up all of 'em.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26No, but, yeah, he won't like...
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I ain't going to get 'em done anyway, am I? Think about it.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- Yeah, but try your best.- If I can do one pair, that will be fine.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36I have tried. And my best wasn't good enough. So he had a go at me.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Just please, come on.- Go on.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43'But the boys' attempts to keep the peace have no effect.'
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- I'm on strike.- Yeah. - I'm not... I'm not doing it.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49'In the face of Ellie's strike,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53'Mr Wong calls a complete halt to the task.'
0:24:53 > 0:24:54Pay attention. The final task.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00'Mr Wong sends them to the boardroom
0:25:00 > 0:25:03'and checks to see if any of the shoes could be sold to customers.'
0:25:06 > 0:25:10All right, everyone? Mr Wong has asked to see you all here.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15Um, I think he just wants to let you know how he thinks you've done.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18This factory, we need keep competitive.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21So we are looking for good workers.
0:25:21 > 0:25:27So what "good worker" means is discipline, focus to work,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30and good work attitude.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Mattie, I'm quite, er, disappointed with your attitudes, OK.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39When I talk to you, but you start showing your anger...
0:25:39 > 0:25:42You are throwing the shoe. Right?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Mm-hm.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46You have to change. Change in your mind.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52If you don't change it, then later you are in troubles.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Do you think that's fair?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Yeah.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Do you agree with what Mr Wong's saying?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Or are there bits that you don't agree with?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Just some of the things but I'm not going to start an argument.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Ellie, I think you didn't try hard enough. You give up.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14You spoil other good efforts of your team.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Because you pull all them down.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23I thought it was going to be like all machines and buttons and that,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27like a couple of people employed to push a few buttons.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29But then you kind of, you come here,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32you look a bit closer and it's not.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Reality check.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I think for any, for any person
0:26:36 > 0:26:39that was like... It was extremely boring
0:26:39 > 0:26:44and you, basically, like...if you were to do that, like, all day,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I, you would...I would hallucinate.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49I... Honestly, I would start seeing things.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51In Malaysia, you have no choice.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55They are looking for survival, for money, so they doesn't care
0:26:55 > 0:26:59whether it's boring, whether it's dirty,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01whether it's interesting.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02They just work.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06'So who HAS proved themselves worthy of a wage from Mr Wong?'
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Are there any of our kids here that you would offer a job?
0:27:10 > 0:27:16Yes, er, I have decided to offer Callum and Ewan a job.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Wow!
0:27:18 > 0:27:19- There you go.- Thank you.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Always a pleasure. There you go, sir.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- Is this the first time you've ever been paid a wage?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28What's the plan? What you going to do, Ewan?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Phew. Don't really have a clue yet.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34My recommendation is don't spend it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36When you look at the money,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40you can remember, "Oh this is money from Mr Wong, from Malaysia.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44"I had to sweat for the two days and be scolded by Mr Wong."
0:27:44 > 0:27:45THEY LAUGH
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- Thank you, Mr Wong. - Thank you, Mr Wong.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53'Next time on Show Me What You're Made Of, Jade's back.'
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- It was like this big! - What was?- A big beetle!
0:27:56 > 0:27:59'Our five head to Thailand to a high-tech cosmetics factory.'
0:27:59 > 0:28:01And am I doing good? Oh, no, no.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03'Will they find life in Asia any easier?'
0:28:03 > 0:28:06We were dreading coming back here to sleep another night.
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