Chapter 41 Chapter Forty-One

When Xiang Benyi heard that he was not allowed to support the suburbs, he was very happy, as if he had got a big deal, he thanked Yan Changqi repeatedly, and promised to overcome the technical difficulties on the slope and complete the three-kilometer road construction task two months ahead of schedule. Before parting, Yan Changqi confessed again with a smile: "To the district chief, take good care of the 10 mice that you have kept in the Bell Tower District, and don't let them keep running to our construction site cafeteria to eat buns. The workers comrades have very good opinions." Big!"

Xiang Benyi immediately shot back, "That's a mouse from your pailou district!" After returning to the district government, Xiang Benyi felt that something was wrong with Yan Changqi's performance today, as he was ready to arrange work overnight.Later, she realized that Yan Changqi was playing hard to get. She expected him to cry out from the beginning, so she first offered him an unacceptable condition, and finally blocked his mouth. Xiang Benyi gave a wry smile, and in front of several engineering captains, he cursed to himself: "This guy is really cunning, I have fallen into the tricks of the national army!"

A project team leader approached in bewilderment and asked, "District Chief, what kind of treacherous scheme of the National Army? It's a conspiracy of the Communist Army." Xiang Benyi pushed the engineering team leader aside: "Go, go, go, it's none of your business!" The road construction team of Shengli Coal Mine is composed of more than 500 ground workers waiting for duty on the basis of the mine infrastructure construction department and the house overhaul team.The composition of the more than 500 workers is quite complicated.Li Honghao, the leader of the construction team and the secretary of the temporary party branch, remembers clearly that 46 of them were all workers, 241 were large collective workers, and the rest were small collective workers resettled in recent years.

Walking to the Huancheng Road construction site, almost all the contradictions and problems of this construction team stem from the complexity of this ownership system.Therefore, Yan Changqi, the on-site commander, said that this is a very special team, and this team is a microcosm of the labor and labor conditions under China's current ownership system. This "miniature" really screwed Li Honghao to death. When the team was formed, Shengli Coal Mine was in the most difficult time. The tile money cheated by Cao Wucheng Leather Bag Company had not yet been recovered, and the joint mining between the mine and Zhuang Qunyi of Wanshan Group in Hexi Village had not started yet. Huancheng Road earns money and gets full wages, and they all flock here.Some even went to the mine manager Xiao Yuejin and the party secretary Cao Xinli who had just retired to go through the back door.

When the construction team went to the construction site, it seemed like a real thing. Under such a difficult situation, the mine prepared four dishes, one soup and liquor, and saw off the 500 strong men in the cafeteria.The four dishes were real meat dishes, and the rotten pig lungs and pig pancreas sold by Cao Wucheng were not brought to the table.Cao Xinli, the retired party secretary, came and raised his glass to toast, asking everyone to carry forward the glorious tradition of Chinese industrial workers and fight a beautiful battle on the road around the city.Xiao Yuejin, mine manager and secretary of the party committee, also came and told everyone that this is an important step to support the construction of the city and enter the market.The project is not easy to get because of Mayor Cao's back door. Everyone must cherish it, show it, and try to bid with real skills in the future, and then get some jobs.

Xiao Yuejin was worried about problems at the time, so he took Li Honghao's hand behind his back and said, "Secretary Li, you are an old model worker in the mine, and you are the captain and secretary carefully selected by our party committee among dozens of middle-level cadres. People, you must take care of them. I am not afraid of anything else, the city government’s projects will not lie to us again, but what I am afraid of is that our 500 people will be sorry for the city government and lose face to Mayor Cao.” Li Honghao didn't know how powerful he was at the time, but when he saw that the 500 strong men were all in high spirits, he expressed his attitude through Jiu Xing: "Mine Manager Xiao, don't worry, I am an old model worker, so I will bring you a bunch of small model workers. Win honor and glory for the mine!"

But I didn't expect that this team was neither honorable nor uplifting. Once they arrived at the construction site, all kinds of problems appeared.I'm used to the eight-hour working system, but I didn't know there was such a thing as a contracted construction period.As soon as they heard that they had to work overtime at night, all the migrant workers ran to Li Honghao's tent to argue, saying that the working hours stipulated by the state were eight hours.Li Honghao said that the engineering teams in eight counties and cities worked overtime.The migrant workers said that they are migrant workers, not regular workers.All migrant workers are very unanimous in not working overtime, so it is not easy to force workers in large and small collectives to work overtime.As a result, the progress in the first 10 days is not as good as others.

That's not counting.Can you do better in eight hours?It doesn't work well for eight hours.There is a jingle in the team that describes it quite accurately: "Small collectives work, large collectives watch, and all migrant workers gather in one pile to chat and talk." Li Honghao was very angry, and he talked and scolded, but he didn't solve the problem. .Li Honghao set an example and wanted to inspire the 500 strong men with his actions and personality, but not many of the 500 strong men were inspired. After one month, when it was time to start wages, everyone came, saying that it was an agreement when they left, that all those who participated in the construction team's road repairs would be paid full wages, and Li Honghao was forced to pay.Coincidentally, Li Honghao had just returned from being scolded by the mayor of the suburb where the road section belongs to. He was so angry that he began to scold: "Look, people are human beings, and we are human beings too. What kind of work do we do!"

Many people quarreled with Li Honghao, saying that Li Honghao, as the captain and secretary of the party branch, cursed people as soon as he opened his mouth. The honest Li Honghao was so angry that he shed tears and ran dozens of kilometers to find Xiao Yuejin to resign at the mine. Or industrial workers? They are all masters! We industrial workers used to be like this! After a few years of idleness, why are we so idle?!" In a rage, Xiao Yuejin held an emergency meeting overnight and called all the party committee members and deputy mine managers of the mine. He asked Li Honghao to discuss the situation again at the meeting, and then said: "Our Shengli Coal Mine has reached the most dangerous time. The danger is not the economy first, but the quality of our cadres and workers! I suggest that the big pot of rice starts today, starting with this road construction team, and completely smash it! The ownership of the construction team members is temporarily cancelled. Large collective workers and small collective workers no longer exist! There is only one identity, that is, a worker! There is no book salary for how much work you do and how much money you get! If you don’t want to do it, please come back to Secretary Zhuang’s Liancai If you don't want to do it, ask him to resign!"

Yao Xinchun, deputy secretary of the party committee, disagreed, saying: "This situation is not our family, and the issue of ownership cannot be changed by our county and league-level party committee. Let me say that it is better not to rush, but to take it slowly. If he doesn't do it, let's replace it with someone who is willing to do it, so as not to intensify the conflict." Xiao Yuejin became angry: "I propose that all comrades of the party committee vote on my proposal, and it should be done now!" The result of the vote was that, except for Yao Xinchun, deputy secretary of the party committee, and a member of the party committee who abstained, everyone was in favor.

Xiao Yuejin said: "The party committee approved it. The party office and the mine office drafted the document overnight, and let Li Honghao take it away, and announce it to the road construction team tomorrow morning! If there is a problem, I will be responsible! I don't believe that reforms like this can collapse the sky!" " With the support of Xiao Yuejin and the mining party committee's strong reform measures, Li Honghao's work is easy to do.From the second month onwards, overtime work and night battles were no longer a problem, and the project volume was broken down into contracts. If you don’t work, you don’t earn money, and if you do more work, you can earn more money. This mobilized the enthusiasm of the 500 strong men.The progress of the project that month has improved. Although it is not as good as the peasant team in the neighbors, it is always much better than last month.Xiao Yuejin also kept his word. Before the payment from the engineering headquarters arrived, he set aside 200,000 yuan from the joint mining profit in the first month and asked Li Honghao to cash it out first. This month, some earn more than 600 yuan, and some earn less than 50 yuan. Even in this situation, the sense of superiority of all migrant workers has not disappeared. Everyone said that this is a temporary measure in the mine. After returning, the whole people will still be the whole people, and the collective will still be the collective.Collective workers also admit this, and they all take it for granted that all migrant workers can do less work and contribute less effort, and in a contracting group, they don't care much about all migrant workers.When Xiao Yuejin went to the construction site for inspection and condolences, he witnessed this situation and felt very sad, but he had nothing to say, so he lamented that it was too difficult to change people's ideas. Three months later, most of the migrant workers still couldn't bear the hardships on the construction site, 35 of the 46 ran away, and the remaining 11 were mostly comrades who had become team leaders. However, a team that can fight and fight hard was brought out by Li Honghao in the busy work day and night. In the monthly evaluation in June, the construction team of Shengli Coal Mine won the red flag of winning in the district for the first time.Li Honghao, who had won the national red flag in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, was so excited by the winning red flag in this district. He immediately announced the good news to Xiao Yuejin and the mining party committee on the phone with a choked voice. Chief, we have it, we have the flag. Do you believe it?" When Xiao Yuejin understood that the Shengli Mine construction team had won the red flag of the district, tears came down his eyes, and he was silent for a long time before he said to Li Honghao: "Keep working like this, each of us must be clear. We are saving lives!" The city paid special attention to this special construction team. Cao Wuping, the executive deputy mayor and deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, visited the construction site three times and asked many people for their opinions on the future of Shengli Mine.Yan Changqi, deputy mayor and on-site commander, also often came to the construction site to understand the construction situation and help Li Honghao solve some practical problems.Later, Yan Changqi became Li Honghao's chess friend and played two games of chess together. When it was announced that the construction period was ahead of schedule and the 60-kilometer Ring Road would be cut and opened to traffic on the "October" day, Yan Changqi went to Li Honghao again and asked him: "Captain Li, can your 'miniature' team do it? Are you sure I can guarantee my new project?" Is it due?" Li Honghao said: "Okay, okay, I promise." Yan Changqi asked: "What guarantee do you use?" Li Honghao said: "I use my qualifications as the captain of the youth commando team to guarantee it!" Yan Changqi immediately said: "Well, I don't care about the other teams. As long as your old Li team can complete the project according to the new schedule, I will make a special proposal to award you a city-level winning red flag. Let you take this red flag and win the prize. With all the project contract money back to the mine!" Li Honghao said, "Okay, that's it." That night, Li Honghao called all 500 strong men together for a meeting. At the meeting, he conveyed to everyone what Yan Changqi had said, and said unabashedly: "Comrades, do you understand the meaning of the words of the city leaders? I mean, I’m still worried about us! The construction period is ahead of schedule, and all 48 engineering teams on the road will have to complete the project by then. The same team will complete the same tasks. Why do other city leaders only send us flags? We don’t know. ? We have to fight, and let this flag carry back without blushing! So, I want to discuss with the big guys, see if we can advance the construction period by five to ten days while ensuring the quality?" The road under the moonlit night was quiet, and the 500 strong men all stared at their captain, but no one spoke. Li Honghao lacked a little confidence, and said in a low voice: "It's too tight, it's too tight. No, even if I didn't say it, as long as we can finish it on time according to the city's requirements, I will thank everyone." Unexpectedly, a young man stood up under the moonlight and said loudly: "Captain, there are so many people in the open field, how can we discuss it? Let's vote with a show of hands! Raise your hand if you agree." Li Honghao didn't expect that as soon as the young man's words fell, a forest of arms suddenly raised up. As a result, not only Li Honghao, but also 500 strong men died together. In the last two months, the construction team of Shengli Coal Mine rushed to work day and night, and 500 people spent almost all day and night on the construction site.The loudspeaker on the construction site played the same song repeatedly from morning to night—we workers have strength and are busy with work every day. High-rise buildings were built, and railway coal mines were built. ...Later, Li Honghao collapsed from exhaustion, his legs were too swollen to wear his pants, and his feet were so swollen that he couldn't wear his shoes, so he was dragged by a cart and continued to direct the construction.He couldn't even speak, so he sat crookedly on the flatbed and gestured.No one dared to propose to send him to the hospital, and he was so anxious that he burst into tears. In August, the construction team of Shengli Coal Mine took the first place in the single-month construction progress of the whole Huancheng Road, and deservedly won the red flag of winning at the municipal level. On September 19, the construction task was fully completed 12 days ahead of schedule and passed the acceptance inspection.Ranked third among the 48 engineering teams across the board, and once again won the red flag of winning at the municipal level. The entire Ring Road construction site was shocked. The Shengli Coal Mine, 54 kilometers away, was also shocked. When Xiao Yuejin, secretary of the mine party committee and mine manager, brought wine and cigarettes to the completed construction site to congratulate the construction team, he found that few people came to drink the wine or smoke cigarettes.When I looked again, I noticed that the mirror-like road was scattered all over the place, with gray-headed and gray-faced workers sleeping soundly everywhere.The loudspeaker is still playing "We workers have power..." Under such basic conditions, the buildings were miraculously "planted" one by one.The most eye-catching is the rapid rise of more than 20 12- to 18-story modern buildings in the International Industrial Park in the past year, the 28-story international building under construction in the city center, and 43 buildings of various types.After solving the three major contradictions of water, electricity and roads, the International Industrial Park suddenly became a hot spot for investment. Before the second arrival of the Japanese Taisho Foundation, many domestic and foreign merchants had already arrived first. Among the more than 20 buildings, 15 were invested and constructed by businessmen from Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas companies.The villa area, which is unheard of for Pingchuan people, has also appeared in the living area of ​​the International Industrial Park. Although there are only a dozen buildings, it has not yet formed a scale. According to the statistics of relevant provincial departments, as of June 1995, the investment in Pingchuan, including water, electricity, and road infrastructure, has been built and is under construction, as high as 17.5 billion.Seeing this statistic, even Qian Xianghui, secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, was surprised.The leaders of other cities in the province can't believe how Pingchuan, which is famous for its underdeveloped economy, has such strong strength.Everyone was asking: What happened to Hirakawa?How did this old mess turn into a cornucopia?Why is the money pouring into Pingchuan?After visiting Pingchuan, I realized that the spiritual outlook of Pingchuan people had changed. For this reason, the provincial newspaper published a series of reports under the general title of "Pingchuan Mystery" for ten consecutive days. In the name of a commentator for this newspaper, Qian Xianghui, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, personally wrote an editor's note for the series of reports. Qian Xianghui said in the editor's note: "The mystery of Pingchuan is also easy to solve. That is, the cadres and masses of Pingchuan firmly grasped the historical opportunity brought about by the reform and opening up. thinking, updated their concepts, and consciously realized that as cadres and masses in economically underdeveloped areas, they must have a spirit of dedication, desperation, and adventure. They have a sense of urgency and a sense of mission; they are not afraid of taking risks, and they are not afraid of what others say. Make irresponsible remarks. Let Er wind from east to west, from north to south, firmly grasp the center of economic construction and never relax. While building a new Pingchuan, they also built a generation of self-improvement spirit, which is as valuable as the construction results. "At the beginning of August 63, the Japanese Taisho Consortium arrived in Hirakawa again.Mr. Taisho's daughter, Taisho Ryoko, and her husband, Mr. Nakamura, came with the group again.When sitting in a luxury car and galloping all the way to see the city on Pingchuan Broad Avenue, Mr. Nakamura seemed a little bit incredulous of his eyes, and kept asking the accompanying mayor, Shu Huaru: These new roads, new lakes, and new buildings are all made by these three people. Was it built in the year?When he arrived at the International Industrial Park, Mr. Nakamura was even more surprised.He never imagined that the Pingchuan Power Plant in the north of the International Industrial Park has been connected to the grid for power generation, and all the vacant factories in the starting area of ​​the park have been owned, and most of them are in production.In the living area, more than a dozen European and American bungalows of various types are connected together, and there is even a high-end standard swimming pool full of clear water. Seven or eight employees from companies from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom are swimming in the standard swimming pool. Mr. Nakamura was cautious, still worried that the Pingchuan municipal officials represented by Shu Huaru would make a name for themselves. After seeing the new water plant in the park, he proposed to inspect the Damohe water turning station that he had seen with his own eyes.Shu Huaru agreed with a smile on his face, and on the same day, he took a carload of Japanese people to the Fanshui Station via the East and North Ring Roads.Along the way, the careful Mr. Nakamura kept comparing the sketches drawn last time to verify the location and distance of the overturning station.Arriving at the rebuilt Turnshui Station, facing the nearly 100-meter-wide Damo River full of clear water, Mr. Nakamura was completely convinced, and repeatedly said to Shu Huaru: "It's incredible, it's really incredible."