Fish Show Me What You're Made Of

On Show Me What You're Made Of,

five pampered teens have been on an incredible journey in Cambodia

and Taiwan in Southeast Asia.

It's been mind-blowing and exciting.

-Whoa.

-Oh, my days!

But enormously challenging, too.

It's just really upsetting, to be honest.

It's just very overwhelming.

Today, it's the last hurrah.

Their final factory.

How will the group cope with their most gruesome job yet?

It smells a bit too fishy in here!

Can they handle blood, guts and fish heads?

Oh, it's disgusting!

-Ellie!

-Please don't do that.

What happens when they meet their toughest bosses of the trip?

You guys are way too slow!

We have two days and one factory left in Taiwan.

If our five think life will get easier for them,

they're going to be sorely disappointed.

I've lined up a real treat for our teens' final shift.

They're about to join workers on a production line

of a fish canning factory.

Oh, my God!

Who likes fish?

-Not any more.

-I do like fish, but I don't want to can fish!

-I'm going to stink!

-Going to need a gas mask.

Even though it's a fish factory, I have to deal with it.

Because it's a chance to just prove myself and prove to others

that I can do this.

Our five will be joining the 120 committed workers

at the Tong Yen canning factory,

who prepare fish for the domestic and international market.

They will help gut, clean and process

up to 150 tonnes of mackerel and other fish that comes

through the factory each week.

That's enough fish to fill 15 lorries.

OK, let's go to work!

It's time for our team to meet their boss for the next two days -

the plain speaking Mr Chang and his translator, Stephanie.

Hello!

-Mr Chang?

-Hi.

-How do you do?

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

Mr Chang says, "Welcome to the factory."

So, please may you describe what it is that you expect from our five?

Number one is that you must firstly follow the rules.

Secondly, attitude is that you must treat this as a real job.

-TRANSLATION:

-The first rule here is that we must dress in the correct

-uniform at all times.

-Uniform is a must.

Are they OK with their make up?

We don't allow make-up in the factory.

No earrings.

No watches.

-No jewellery?

-No jewellery.

-Of any kind.

-No.

For crying out loud.

OK. I don't see why I have to take my mascara off.

If you're leaning over and you're dealing with food, you know,

you don't want clumps of mascara falling into your tuna.

Hygiene is top priority here.

Heads down, we're here to work.

Nothing else.

'Alice hasn't exactly got off to the best start.

'She's going to have to cut the attitude

'if she wants to make a good impression.'

Girls, do you want to take your make-up off?

-Not really.

-OK.

-How am I meant to see?

-There's a mirror just there. OK.

Back home in Hastings, Alice likes to rule the roost.

Alice is all right, as long as everything's

going her way and Alice is doing

what Alice wants to be doing.

When someone else tells me, "No," if it's important to me then I will,

like, probably have a fit about it!

But her mum is very keen for this to change.

She can be quite stroppy.

I don't think she knows how lucky she is.

'It's factory five now, Alice.

'It's now or never to show us what you're made of.'

-Just take it all off.

-It's all off now.

-Darling, it isn't.

-Yeah, it is.

-It isn't.

I think there's still a little bit down there.

Could you, like, wipe?

'Alice isn't the only one failing to grasp how serious this is.'

Please don't do that.

'A stony faced Mr Chang doesn't like what he's seeing.'

Mr Chang says you guys weren't

really treating the outfits very seriously.

You were goofing off. So please adjust your attitude.

Do not fool around. This is serious.

It's also rather smelly and noisy.

Oh, my God!

Smells a bit too fishy in here!

Welcome to a fish factory, Alice.

It's not the most pleasant.

But the longer you spend in here, the more you'll get used to it.

It stinks!

It's going to the back of my throat!

Mr Chang's asking if she's OK.

Alice, are you going to be able to work in this factory?

Yes.

Please drop the attitude.

You need to get used to the smell,

because this is how it smells like right now.

This is a fish canning factory.

-You need to know that.

-Oh, my God.

Oh, my days, blood.

I think it's safe to say none of our five are finding this easy.

Even Joe is squeamish.

What's the most disturbing thing for you?

When they're cutting open all the fish and all, like,

everything's just pouring out.

This is the strongest reaction we've seen out of all of the factories.

And, you know, I do appreciate that

it's probably quite overwhelming for some of them.

I'm slightly concerned that they're not going to be able to

cope with the task we've got planned for them.

Mr Chang has decided to throw our five in the deep end and put them

together on the canning line.

They will have to pick three different pieces of mackerel

to can from the conveyor belt.

Part of the head, middle section and tail.

Speed and quality are crucial.

If they get it wrong,

it can have a knock-on effect on the whole factory.

They are able to do ten cans in 60 seconds.

Ten cans per minute.

Mr Chang wants them to get as close

to that target as possible in an hour.

That's not even ten seconds per can.

'That's right, Alice.'

OK, off you go!

You know, they've been here for a couple of weeks now.

We're on factory number five, it's the second country.

If there was ever a time for them to deliver, it's now.

At one end of the group,

Faith thinks she's found a strategy that works.

Me and Joe are working together.

So if there's something I need, then Joe might have it.

And if something he needs, then I will have it.

I feel like now that we're both working together, like,

I'm beginning to like it a lot more.

Sam is feeling confident, too.

I'm getting faster, gradually.

I don't mind it.

It's too much.

Mr Chang said that's too much!

Unfortunately, the fish are flowing faster

than they are able to can them.

Mr Chang says you guys are way too slow!

You need to speed up!

It's just so quick. Everything's just really fast paced.

And it's not just speed that's an issue.

Mr Chang says that's too much. That's too much.

I can't even find any, like, heads.

That's the hardest part.

Ellie, how are you finding this task?

When I first saw the task, I thought it would be quite easy,

but it's really not. I eat fish, but I can't touch it.

I'm so happy I've got gloves on right now!

Despite her fear, Ellie is soldiering on.

Alice, on the other hand...

I just don't like all the blood and just going...

It's disgusting.

The fear of demotion here is...

Yeah, very scary.

It went in my boot!

Fish juice went in my boot!

Fish juice went in my boot!

I'd worry less about what's in your boot and more about what's piling up

in front of you, Alice.

Mr Chang, I'm certainly no expert, but this does not look good.

-TRANSLATION:

-There is a backlog building up.

That's because the children aren't quick enough.

So this is a disaster, pretty much.

Yes.

When the canning line is running smoothly,

nothing but waste makes it to the end of the line.

But that's not what's happening today.

-Oh, my gosh!

-The workers are now having to pile up the fish,

because our kids are going far too slow.

Meaning that they're having to

rescue the fish so it doesn't end up in this waste bucket here.

It's not good.

This is all building up. This is really stressful! It's not fun.

Despite the fish mounting,

Faith is trying to remain positive.

It's all about working as a team and working quickly.

So I am struggling a little bit, but keeping up the pace.

But I'm really trying my best and hopefully I'm doing all right.

-And so is Sam.

-I don't think we're going fast enough,

but we're getting there.

But getting there isn't enough.

And Mr Chang has to step in.

Hey, everybody. Look, Mr Chang is doing himself!

You guys are way too slow right now!

With our five starting to cost him money...

Mr Chang alerts the rest of the factory

to catch up with the backlog.

-TRANSLATION:

-OK, children. You have done enough here.

You can leave through this way.

After all that chaos, it's hard to imagine anyone getting promoted now.

OK, we want to find out who's been promoted and who's been demoted.

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

Mr Chang thinks that the first impression you guys gave him

wasn't so great.

Efficiency wise, none of you have reached the requirement.

But as in quality wise, you guys have done that.

And however, attitude wise, Mr Chang felt like, you know,

some attitude was being shown.

Do you know, Mr Chang, I feel like you're spot on.

You think initially, some of the attitudes were appalling.

Now, Alice...

..I don't know where your head was this morning,

like you were too good to be here, it stinks, I don't like it.

Ellie, how about you?

If this was the first factory,

then I don't think I would be able to do that.

-Faith.

-My priority was making sure I did a good job.

And pleasing Mr Chang and things like that.

That can-do attitude is so useful.

So happy with myself!

Really? Tell me why.

I've kind of got this in the bag,

because I know that I've not complained about the smell,

I've not made any fuss about anything, I've just got on with it.

There is some unexpected news from Mr Chang.

He doesn't feel like anyone should be demoted.

But, however, he doesn't feel like anyone should be promoted.

Because you still have more to show.

He's not demoted any of you. So that's something.

But he just doesn't feel like you deserve the promotion.

So tomorrow you've got a second chance to come back,

start afresh and prove yourself.

I said it on the bus that I was coming in with the right mind,

and I feel like some of the team members have let, like,

the whole team down now.

I think that's what just annoyed me the most.

I think everyone was to blame, it wasn't one single person.

It's clearly been quite a shock for some of our kids in terms of

the processes involved in the work,

but I am quite surprised by their bad behaviour.

I'm going to introduce them to a group of people here,

and I'm hoping that will change their attitudes.

Mrs Chen?

How are you? I'm Stacey.

I'm taking Ellie and Sam to meet factory worker Mrs Chen,

who has been working here for 20 years.

What was your first impression of this factory?

-TRANSLATION:

-First time in a factory,

you need to endure and put up with things.

It can be backbreaking, but I came here to get paid,

for my children and for their education.

Why don't you tell Mrs Chen how you reacted when you realised that you

would be working here for a couple of days?

I reacted in a...

unreasonable manner, I would say!

Because it was just the thought of fish and all the guts,

and the smell definitely got to me.

When I first came here, the smell got to me, too.

And every day, I went home and my son said to me,

"Mum, you smell."

And I said, "I may smell, but the money doesn't smell, does it?"

Mrs Chen didn't necessarily love the idea of working in this factory.

But she came here,

she recognised that actually if I need money for the boys,

I'm just going to have to stick with this.

I definitely was the one that was complaining all the time.

But after talking to you,

I think I'm just going to keep my thoughts to myself,

because I don't want to be disrespectful.

After meeting Mrs Chen, I hope Alice can turn her attitude around.

Back in the factory, Faith and Joe have gone to meet supervisor Mr Lee.

He is one of thousands of people who come to Taiwan to earn a living.

Are you originally from Taiwan?

-TRANSLATION:

-No, I'm not. I'm from Vietnam.

So why did you move to this country?

I moved to Taiwan because I want a better life for me and my family

from the one in my country.

Because the wage in Vietnam is low,

there aren't a lot of job opportunities.

So I came to Taiwan to work in a higher paid job.

Do you live with your family here in Taiwan?

No, I don't.

Do you miss them because they're not here with you?

I miss them very, very much, but it's getting a little bit better.

So, how often do you get to see your family?

Once every three years.

We've only been here for two weeks, and I miss my family quite a lot.

Would you say that moving here to work away from your family was

a sacrifice worth making?

It is worth it. There is no choice.

I will see my daughter in three years.

It's a really tough thing.

So he's going through quite a lot, yet he keeps going.

And we're moaning about pathetic little things,

like a little chopped off fish head.

So here we are, it's the morning of day two.

Last night, no-one was promoted, no-one was demoted,

but everybody does have the opportunity to start afresh.

They say they recognise that they do need to change.

There's only one way to find out.

It's their last day in their last factory.

After yesterday, Mr Chang is putting Sam together with Alice and Ellie,

to see if some of Sam's enthusiasm rubs off.

And he has a special job for them.

Eww!

It's the foulest one in the factory -

getting rid of the fish guts.

It doesn't look nice, but I am trying.

No, I'm not trying it. I'm doing it.

Oh, it's disgusting!

The job is... This is a fish can company.

You're going to see fish guts.

-TRANSLATION:

-Her reaction is very strong.

It seems like she despises this job.

-You think you're too good for this job.

-No, no, no, no, no.

That's exactly what Mr Chang thinks.

-How you reacted.

-No, it's just I need to face my fear.

Because it's just so gruesome.

-OK, Ellie?

-Yeah, go.

Each box needs to weigh exactly 20kg before being taken

away to be used as animal feed.

-Sam, hurry up!

-OK!

The fish guts come down the chute

at the same speed they're being cut inside,

so they have to keep up with the pace.

-Guys, you need to hurry up.

-You lift it, then.

How am I just meant to lift it?

-I don't know.

-Their boss sees them get off to a good start,

and decides to leave them to it.

But as soon as his back is turned...

..Ellie and Alice lose sight of the job in hand.

Why did someone have to tell me that I've got fish all over my arms?

-Ellie, turn it off!

-What?

-Ellie!

The tap's just exploded!

My nail!

-Sam.

-It broke!

Alice is struggling to stay focused...

-Turn the tap off!

-Oh, my goodness!

And Ellie can't resist a little fun.

Oh, my gosh!

Ellie, stop!

Ellie!

Inside, after forming such a great team yesterday,

Faith and Joe have been given a key job.

They are placing the newly arrived fish onto the conveyor belt

to have their heads removed.

-The head must be this way, OK?

-OK.

-The head must be on the outside.

This job requires meticulous concentration and efficiency to keep

the fish flowing properly around the factory.

-TRANSLATION:

-You two need to work together and have team spirit.

I know that we're the beginning of this,

so if we muck it up then the whole production line's ruined.

And even though it looks easy, it definitely, definitely isn't.

Faith loves it when things are going her way.

Very fast! It's yours.

But when they're not, she can make those feelings known.

The bag's already ripped.

The bag's ripped! The bag's ripped!

Today, it's not going as smoothly as she'd like.

It's really fast paced, like, I can't stop.

The fish just pop out of nowhere.

My neck is hurting, my hands are hurting.

-It's horrible.

-But with a little bit of help from Joe...

-You're doing good.

-..she's managing to keep her cool.

-I've got it.

-If I make mistakes, I'm sorry.

-I've got your back, by the way, if you do mess up.

-Thank you.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

And the boss is happy that they are keeping pace with the other workers.

Now he says, "Keep up the hard work!"

-TRANSLATION:

-You, young lady, show lots of enthusiasm.

You have done very well.

Both today and yesterday.

-Thank you.

-Thank you!

Usually I think, like, I think that these jobs are just easy

and no wonder they don't get paid that much.

But that is really hard work!

I've never done that much hard work in my whole life.

Outside, in a surprising turn of events...

I'm not being mean, but we've came here to work and this is not what...

Yeah, we are working though, Sam.

But chasing people with fish isn't the way to go, is it?

Sam is getting the team back on track.

After a stern talking to,

Ellie and Alice are determined to get the job done.

-Let go, let go!

-Come on.

-The machine.

-Alice, you get the machine.

And Mr Chang looks pleased.

This is one of the most grossest jobs I've ever done,

but I'm still doing it!

Wow! I can't quite believe what I'm seeing.

-How are we all feeling?

-Really good.

-Disgusting!

-I feel stinky!

It was manic at first, but then we got better.

I cannot believe that you've given this a go.

-I'm made up.

-Yeah.

Come on, we're finished now.

I know how much you're enjoying this, Alice.

Don't even go there, Stacey! Don't even!

It's their final task in Southeast Asia,

and their last chance to earn a wage.

Mr Chang is under pressure to deliver a large order today.

He wants our five to label the cans and box them up.

OK, so this is it.

This is your time, it's your moment to shine.

We got off to a shaky start.

Let's make sure we go out with an absolute bang.

Individual factory workers can manage 240 boxes an hour.

Our five must do the same between them.

We all know what it is that we need to do?

Let's get going!

Come on.

-Mr Chang says you're too slow right now!

-It's far too slow,

It's too slow.

We can do this!

I don't think any of them were prepared for the speed

-that's needed.

-Everything's piling up.

Come on, guys! We're getting a build-up!

Everything's going manic.

And they are really struggling with the pace.

-Oh, wow!

-Guys, we need to hurry up!

-Guys, you all need to get on this.

I can't physically pack any until there's labels on them.

What do I do?

We all need to start sticking.

Guys, there's not enough space here.

Come on, guys! We can do this!

OK.

Sam, stick a load on your fingers and take it straight off.

OK, that's good. That's good.

For the first time in their trip, all of them work together as one.

Joe, I can help for a bit, because look how many boxes there are.

I've been doing a bit of sticking, a bit of packing.

-Just to help out.

-Everyone's trying their best.

Everyone's going fast as they can.

Come on!

There is no denying that what they are doing is somehow,

through sheer determination, coming together and making it work.

-Ellie.

-Yeah?

-Build-up.

I feel like this is getting too crazy,

and I know that you're trying your absolute best.

So for the first time ever, I'm going to help.

Pass me some stickers. I've never, ever done this before.

Whoo!

I think we're doing good. We've got a good, steady speed.

It is actually working.

I mean, thanks to Stacey, it is working.

The more numbers we have, the easier it is.

Put a shift in!

With the group finally getting on top of things...

..the order is complete.

Have they done enough to earn themselves that much sought after

final wage?

Wow. So, what an interesting couple of days we've all had.

Mr Chang, how have they done?

-TRANSLATION:

-I've seen a lot of attitude changes in you today,

compared to yesterday.

So, Mr Chang decided to give you guys

a second chance on the second day.

Yesterday was not Alice's day.

I think I woke up in my school mood...

-Uh-oh.

-..yesterday.

But then, I think I kind of gathered myself up and just had a new Alice,

not the school Alice.

-Faith.

-I think my attitude towards things have, like,

drastically improved from when we first began this whole trip.

-Sam?

-Yesterday was a day that wasn't really best for me,

because I wasn't working.

OK, so let's get down to business.

I can tell you that there are wages.

Mr Chang.

-TRANSLATION:

-There are some of you that deserved a salary,

but I won't be paying any of you for the first day.

I don't think anyone can argue with that.

But he has decided to pay some of you for day two.

First person to be paid is Ellie.

Here you go, Ellie. Congratulations!

Next wage...

..is going to Joe!

Congratulations!

Alice, congratulations.

-Thank you!

-You're lucky, Alice.

-Faith.

-It's like, not even about the money side of it.

It's just about the whole achieving something.

Sam. You've not yet had a wage.

No.

Here we go. The final wage. Faith, congratulations.

Here's your wage.

Pass that over for me.

Oh, my days.

Oh!

I have one last wage in my pocket!

Sam the man, come and get your wage!

-Thank you!

-Congratulations, Sam.

-Yay!

Well done, everyone.

Give yourselves a round of applause.

Before this trip, our teens hadn't set foot in a factory.

Oh, my gosh!

I can't do it!

It's way too hot!

-Or on a farm.

-Oh, good.

-Sam, just get in the hole!

-I am in the hole!

Don't like the look of it.

They found it tough to pull together.

We can see it being messed up.

And then comes back to us, the blame.

And even harder to cope with the lives of people they've met.

It's just very overwhelming.

As they head home to their families, have any of them changed?

A month ago, Alice liked things to go her way.

I deal with people saying no to me better than I did before.

I think that Alice has probably learnt that she can do more

than she thinks she can.

I've definitely been better behaved at school.

I think I am working harder than before.

Joe's only focus was on his gadgets.

Funnily enough, Joseph, since he came back,

hasn't actually asked for anything.

Before, he was asking for, "I want a new game, I want one of these."

So that, seriously, has gone away.

The biggest thing that I took from the trip was definitely

my behaviour in school.

Because I have learned that without education,

you don't have anything.

You wouldn't get a job, you wouldn't get a home.

Ellie was proud to say she was spoilt.

I surprised myself a lot in Asia.

I did things I never imagined I could do.

And even living away from home for three weeks was a big thing for me.

I think Ellie definitely appreciates the value of money.

She's not expecting as much, and just appreciating what she's got.

Do you know, I haven't been shopping since I've been back.

I've only got one pair of trainers, which I bought with my money!

And I earned that money by doing the dishwasher.

Sam was obsessed with his labels.

The trip has changed me, like, a lot.

And I'm kind of realising now that I need to work hard to be able

to achieve big goals.

I don't think he thinks that the world revolves around him

as it used to.

I think he has matured and he's sort of become a bit more responsible.

So I do help around, doing chores in the house.

And I help my mum and dad out, because they look after me a lot.

So I should look after them as well.

And Faith's main priority was herself.

I've learned to show appreciation to things that my dad and mum give me.

I mean, I'm not an angel now, but I think when I do something wrong,

I'm more willing to say sorry about it.

Faith's behaviour has certainly changed.

She's a lot more responsible,

and she has generally a broader outlook on life.

I think in Cambodia, it was a time to, like...

I know it sounds cheesy, but discover who I am.

I know my boundaries,

but I think I take people's feelings into consideration.

ALL: Show me what you're made of!

Peace out.

I'm stuck.