Then came the first sign that prospects could be changing for the displaced people of tongkang .

随后有初步迹象表明，这些同康移民的未来可能会发生改变。

But today it is home to the exceptionally opulent peasants of nearby tongkang village , the wary targets of all this modern marketing .

而如今，这里成为了附近同康村那些富得流油的农民的家园，这些村民们正是上述种种现代营销活动精心选定的目标。

Tongkang 's village committee was supposedly a shareholder in the company but , although they were able to get temporary jobs as drivers or labourers in the mines , the villagers saw little other benefit and watched helplessly as their water supply became increasingly polluted .

照理说，同康村村委会是紫金矿业的股东之一，然而，尽管村民们能得到在矿场当司机或劳工之类的临时工作，但他们几乎没捞到什么其它好处，只能无助地看着自来水污染状况日趋严重。