Chapter 2 Chapter 1 The gate of the country opens quietly

On March 18 of this year, the National Science Conference was held.Deng Xiaoping presided over the meeting and delivered an opening speech. For the first time, he put forward the concept of "science and technology is the primary productive force", and called for building a large, red and professional scientific and technological team to serve the country's four modernizations. It immerses the Chinese intelligentsia in a festive mood cheering for the coming "spring of science". "'Sunrise and river flowers are red than fire, and spring is as green as blue.' This is the spring of revolution, this is the spring of the people, this is the spring of science! Let us open our arms and warmly embrace this spring!" Mr. Guo Moruo, a great writer cheered like this.

The 26th of this month of the year.The weather in Beijing was still a little bit chilly that day, but the breath of spring had quietly spread out on the tops of the branches, and the green shoots that had been dormant for the winter were tenaciously stretching out their fresh life and beautiful colors. At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon on this day, the lights in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People were all lit up, which was extraordinarily brilliant. 3:30.Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Communist Party of China and Premier of the State Council, entered the hall side by side with Marshal Ye Jianying, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China. Behind them were Li Xiannian, Wang Dongxing, members of the Politburo, leaders of the State Council Nie Rongzhen, Ulanfu, Wang Zhen, Geng Biao, Gu Mu, and Ni Zhifu , Yu Qiuli, Wu De, Chen Xilian, Fang Yi, Zhang Tingfa, Kang Shien, Chen Muhua, Chen Yonggui, etc.

Qin Wencai, who had been waiting in the lobby a few minutes ago, and several colleagues from the Ministry of Petroleum stood up and applauded when they saw the leaders of the Central Committee enter the venue.Qin Wencai also saw Gu Ming, Deputy Director Duan Yun from the State Planning Commission, Yuan Baohua from the Economic Commission that he was familiar with, and General Hong Xuezhi from the National Defense Industry Office also came.Such a camp shows that China's highest level is about to brew an earth-shattering event. Qin Wencai's heart was agitated, and the warmth surged all over his body.As a veteran of the oil front, and the deputy head and secretary-general of the "China Petroleum Corporation Delegation" that the Republic visited the United States, a capitalist country for the first time, Qin Wencai had a strong desire in his mind: he will witness the birth of China A great event of the...

You know, in the eyes of the Chinese in 1978, US imperialism still represented the most "hateful enemy" in the world!Red China has now come into contact with this "hateful enemy" and conducted some kind of communication - rather than communication, it is better to say "transaction".Yes, deal!Making deals with imperialism means betraying Marxism and Mao Zedong Thought!At that time, it was like this in the eyes and consciousness of ordinary Chinese people.Now that Qin Wencai has taken the first step of "betrayal", the decision-making power for the next step is determined by the highest level of the central government.

Therefore, Qin Wencai and the people from the Ministry of Petroleum put all their hopes on today's meeting, because only those who attend today's meeting can decide the direction of how China will deal with the entire Western capitalist world in the next step. "Have all the comrades from the Ministry of Petroleum arrived?" the host Hua Guofeng asked. Kang Shien immediately cast his gaze to where Qin Wencai and the others were seated, and replied, "We're all here." "Okay. Let's start the meeting now." Hua Guofeng turned his head to Marshal Ye Jianying and Li Xiannian, who were on the left and right, and asked the two revolutionary veterans who made the decision to crush the "Gang of Four" with him in a soliciting look.

Ye Shuai and Comrade Xiannian nodded without showing any expression. "Today's meeting is mainly about an important issue for the Politburo and State Council comrades to discuss." After Hua Guofeng said this, he talked about the relevant suggestions in the report submitted by the Ministry of Petroleum to the Central Committee a few days ago, and then said , "This issue does not involve the issue of sovereignty. In principle, it can be settled and resolved." Then, Hua Guofeng turned his attention to several persons in charge of the Ministry of Petroleum, and said, "Let the comrades from the Ministry of Petroleum talk about it first." China Petroleum Corporation delegation's visit to the United States, and then we will discuss and study the next countermeasures."

Qin Wencai and several other petroleum workers immediately straightened up and cheered up.They all understand in their hearts: Today, they say they are here to report on their visit to the United States, but rather they are representing millions of PetroChina people to accept the new battle orders from the party and state leaders!At this moment, Qin Wencai glanced involuntarily at Song Zhenming, who was sitting next to him and was newly appointed at the Fifth National People's Congress... They are old comrades-in-arms. A member of the "Oil Division" of the 57th Division of the People's Liberation Army.Minister Song Zhenming was one year younger than Qin Wencai. Qin Wencai was the chief of the security section of the political department of the 57th Division when he collectively changed jobs. Song was the acting political commissar of the third regiment.

Qin Wencai's gaze continued to move - next to the young minister was Sun Jingwen, executive vice minister of the Ministry of Petroleum. His qualifications were older than Qin Wencai and Song Zhenming, and he was from the old Red Army.Moving forward, sitting next to Sun Jingwen is Li Renjun, who is also an "old oilman", the deputy minister of the Ministry of Petroleum in the 1950s, and the current deputy director of the State Planning Commission.Min Yu and Li Tianxiang were also present at the meeting of the Ministry of Petroleum, both of whom were important contributors to the discovery of Daqing and other oil fields. Like Qin Wencai, they both became vice ministers of the Ministry of Petroleum shortly after the meeting.

In order to participate in this briefing, comrades from the Ministry of Petroleum made full preparations.A month ago, Qin Wencai, the deputy head and secretary-general of the "China Petroleum Corporation Delegation" visiting the United States, was the first to do specific work.The first draft of the report was completed by him in the South Building of the former Beijing Petroleum Institute, and later he invited Li Tianxiang to revise it together. "You're a college student. I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the task assigned by the central government with the little ink I drank in the literacy class in the army and Yumen Oilfield. Please help me!" Qin Wencai said to his old colleague and friend Li Tianxiang.Li Tianxiang took over the first draft of the report and said: "It's already very good!" No matter how "very good" it is, it must be serious. Everyone in the Ministry of Petroleum knows that the report to the central leaders at this time involves issues in China's oil industry. The direction of development, and even some major issues in the development of the entire Chinese industry in the future, have been directly instructed and led by Kang Shien from the very beginning.Kang Shien was still the one who made the final decision.

On this day, from the moment the people of the Ministry of Petroleum walked into the Great Hall of the People, they felt particularly excited and sacred, but they had a little regret in their hearts—— "Why didn't Comrade Deng Xiaoping come?" Someone whispered in Qin Wencai's ear. "He's presiding over there at a scientific conference, and he's too busy." Someone answered in a whisper. Afterwards—that’s what people at the bottom think. Deng Xiaoping didn’t attend today’s meeting because there were more complicated “internal reasons”: After his comeback, Deng Xiaoping worked vigorously and vigorously in education, the military, and science and technology in 1977. There is a scene of bringing order out of chaos and getting on the right track in an all-round way.Obviously, the comrades on the economic front have repeatedly asked Comrade Deng Xiaoping to return to the central work of leading the party in an all-round way——the general goal and general task of building the four modernizations with the economy as the center determined by the 11th National Congress of the Party is getting louder and louder.However, the Planning Commission headed by Yu Qiuli increasingly felt that the country's economic work, especially industrial work, must adapt to the rapid and steady development of the party's central work. "Several Issues Concerning Accelerating Industrial Development", that is, "Twenty Articles for Industry".In the so-called "Rightist style of overturning the verdict" planned by the "Gang of Four" to overthrow Deng Xiaoping, the "Twenty Industrial Points" were once listed as one of the "three poisonous weeds" for "criticizing Deng" but were not implemented.Rehabilitation of the "Twenty Articles of Industry" seems to be much simpler than declaring the end of the "Cultural Revolution" and evaluating Mao Zedong's achievements. However, with the comeback of a group of old comrades headed by Deng Xiaoping in 1977, who will take the lead? The country's economic construction work became a fierce struggle quietly formed among the top leadership of China at that time... Qin Wencai and others, who were engaged in industrial work, paid special attention to the following passage that Deng Xiaoping said after his comeback: "Learn the advanced Only then can it be possible to catch up with the advanced...Independence is not self-defense, self-reliance is not blind xenophobia. Science and technology are the wealth created by mankind. Any nation or country needs to learn from the strengths of other nations and countries, learn from others Advanced science and technology. We not only need to learn from foreign countries because our science and technology are backward today, but even if our science and technology catch up with the world's advanced level, we still need to learn from others' strengths." (See "Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping" Vol. )

Comrade Deng Xiaoping's words mean that China's reform will make great strides towards opening up to the outside world.Chinese oil people have long been looking forward to this day. "Let's get started." After the opening remarks, Hua Guofeng made a special explanation, saying that the report on the oil delegation's visit to the United States has been sent to the heads of the central government in advance, and everyone has read it. Reported, and conducted research and discussions on some important issues of foreign cooperation, and then his eyes turned to the people of the Ministry of Petroleum again. "Comrade Jingwen..." Petroleum Minister Song Zhenming quickly winked at Sun Jingwen. "Okay, now, on behalf of the Ministry of Petroleum and Comrade Li Renjun, I will make the following report to the Central Committee and the State Council on the 'China Petroleum Corporation Delegation''s visit to the United States." Sun Jingwen, who is tall and thin with a thin face, began to read the prepared report: "With the approval of the State Council, our oil delegation of 19 members, at the invitation of US Secretary of Energy Schlesinger, visited the United States for 25 days in the name of an oil company. From January 5 to 31 this year, we visited the United States. 9 oil and gas fields, 4 scientific research units, 3 oil factories, 2 engineering design and contracting companies, 10 manufacturing plants and 4 drilling ships. On the way back to China, I visited Japan for 12 days and saw shipyards and construction machinery manufacturing Plants and refineries. During this inspection, we followed Chairman Hua's instructions on creating a dozen "Daqing Oilfields" and followed the policy of "making foreign things serve China" and carried out a relatively extensive survey on the exploration and development technologies of oil and gas fields in the United States. Understand, focus on studying what can be learned from the United States, in order to be able to accelerate the development of my country's oil industry. Some of the situations that we will see are reported as follows: First, the US oil industry has a history of 120 years. A total of 2.46 million wells…” "How many wells have we drilled in China?" Hua Guofeng suddenly interrupted Sun Jingwen's report and asked. "About more than 40,000 mouths." Sun Jingwen answered without writing. Hua Guofeng asked, "Since when?" Kang Shien replied: "It should be calculated from 1952 and 1953 after liberation. Before, there were some oil wells in old China, such as the early development of Yanchang Oilfield and Yumen Oilfield, but the amount of exploration was relatively small. What we are talking about now More than 40,000 oil wells refer to wells drilled by ourselves." "The United States produced 460 million tons of crude oil and 5.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas last year. There are more than 500,000 wells, and each well produces two and a half tons of crude oil per day on average..." Qin Wencai noticed that Kang Shien had arranged for him in advance The task-to be ready to supplement Comrade Sun Jingwen at any time, it seems that it is really too important.The report had just begun, and the leaders of the central government interrupted Sun Jingwen from time to time, asking questions very casually. Li Xiannian said: "The Americans are going downhill now, and the daily output of a single well is only two and a half tons." Sun Jingwen said: "They calculate that it is profitable for a well to produce 3 barrels of oil a day." At this time, Li Xiannian raised his right hand, pointed to Qin Wencai and his team from the Ministry of Petroleum, and said, "Now we in the Ministry of Petroleum are not happy with a well producing 30 to 50 tons per day, but we want 3,000 tons!" Kang Shien quickly answered the words self-effacingly: "While Americans have been looking for large oil fields over the years, they have never let go of small and medium oil fields." Li Xiannian's words were raised by a decibel: "Their way is to get what they want, and I'm interested in this!" Geng Biao immediately took over the words: "This is very correct." Kang Shien said: "We need to strengthen strategic adjustments in this area..." The people in the Ministry of Petroleum straightened their necks.At this time, Qin Wencai became even more nervous and excited. The nervousness was that, as Kang Shien said, "leaders will ask all kinds of questions at any time", and they had to "answer them accurately and in a timely manner"; The atmosphere of the report meeting was very lively - any central leader would ask questions and intervene at any time on issues of interest to him. But Qin Wencai discovered that, as a "reserve member" of Sun Jingwen, he actually didn't have much to do, because Vice Premier Kang Shi'en basically took care of all the questions raised by the central leaders. Qin Wencai secretly admired Kang Shien again. When did you first meet Kang Shien, the main organizer and leader of the new China's oil industry?Qin Wencai's mind started to "absence" thinking... Oh, by the way, it should be 1956 and 1957?No, it should be counted from 1952, the "August 1" day in 1952!Yes, Qin Wencai nodded in his heart and said: It should be from this day that he "knows" Kang Shien—although at the general meeting where the division commander Zhang Fuzhen presided over the military parade and the division political commissar Zhang Wenbin announced the establishment of the "Petroleum Division", he Qin Wencai did not see Kang Shien, but it was Kang Shien, who was engaged in oil, that completely changed the fate of all officers and soldiers of the 57th Division and Qin Wencai—— In order to complete the great plan of producing 3.5 million tons of natural oil per year, more than 300 old party members and cadres (from the district committee level to the ministerial committee level) need to be added as leading backbones within five years, followed by 2,250 technical cadres, 640 management cadres, technical There are 8,500 workers, 4,000 ordinary workers, and a total of about 15,690 additional workers are needed. The source of such a large number of cadres and workers is very difficult in the Northwest... As for the training of skilled workers and the source of veteran party members and cadres, we plan to When reorganizing the troops, the Military Commission is requested to allocate one formation division at a time to train and reorganize into an industrial construction army. Soldiers can be trained as skilled workers, and army cadres can be used as the backbone of leadership.This can basically solve the problem and enable the oil industry to develop more quickly and smoothly... This is a letter written by Kang Shien, then director of the Northwest Petroleum Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Fuel Industry, to Commander-in-Chief Zhu De on March 25, 1952.Qin Wencai could recite the contents of this letter almost word for word. All officers and soldiers of the 57th Division and him, Qin Wencai, can also recite the following order issued by Chairman Mao Zedong of the Central Military Commission in the same year—— Qin Wencai felt very fortunate in his heart. He was glad that because of this Kang Shien, he would have the opportunity to become an oil man in the new China in the future, and it was precisely because of being an oil man that Qin Wencai had so many brilliant achievements in his life. Where - Participated in the first development and construction of Yumen Oilfield in New China, from a military security chief to a professional management cadre and drilling expert who can lead an oil exploration team.This is thanks to the two engineers Peng Zuoyou and Jiang Linxiang who taught him hand in hand at the beginning, they made him the famous "director's student" in Yumen Oilfield at that time.Qin Wencai’s glorious history has since been recorded in the oil history of New China: In 1953, the drilling team he was part of set a national record of 138.43 meters per day on Well Shiyougou 27. In 1955, Qin Wencai attracted the attention of Comrade Chen Yun because of an article summarizing drilling management. He specially called Qin Wencai to Xi’an Renmin Building to discuss economic management issues with him; almost at the same time, Qin Wencai explored and concluded The experience of "the branch is built on the drilling team" has aroused the attention of a new oil minister and extended this experience to the entire oil system, which has become one of the magic weapons for the new China Petroleum to achieve great achievements in the past few decades. one…… ... "According to what you said, the quantity of scientific research personnel is a problem, and I think the quality is also a problem." This is Li Xiannian's question. "Yes, our geological research is divided into three parts: the Ministry of Petrochemicals, the General Administration of Geology, and the Academy of Sciences. Everyone is interested in specific oil fields, but they don't pay much attention to basic work. Suggest to the central government: hold a meeting and divide the work." This is Li Renjun was answering. "The General Administration of Geology is mainly engaged in strategic reconnaissance, and the Ministry of Petroleum is engaged in development, so the division of labor can be better." Kang Shien said. "The Ministry of Petroleum can't just do development, but also do exploration!" Suddenly, an unusually loud and familiar voice brought Qin Wencai's thoughts back to the Great Hall of the People—he couldn't help but raise his head, his gaze coincided with the gaze of the speaker. They bumped into each other: Yes, it's Minister Yu, Minister Yu Qiuli has spoken! "Minister Yu's opinion is very important!" Li Tianxiang, who was sitting on the side recording, poked the old man Qin Wencai lightly with his arm, muttering in his mouth. Qin Wencai nodded in agreement and said, "That's right, the Ministry of Petroleum must have its own exploration." His ears were pricked up, wanting to hear what other central leaders think about this—— "Oil exploration is the basic work. Without the foundation, there will be no reserves. It will not work alone." Fang Yi said. "In my opinion, purely applied science has a lot of blindness!" Li Xiannian set the tone.At today's meeting, the vice chairman in charge of economics was almost the main questioner and interjector of the entire briefing. "I agree with Comrade Qiuli's opinion that the Ministry of Petroleum should also have its own exploration work." Vice Chairman Li's words are very targeted.Kang Shien turned his attention to Song Zhenming and others from the Ministry of Petroleum, and instructed: "You must keep this in mind." Hearing this, Qin Wencai involuntarily cast admiring eyes on the old minister Yu Qiuli. Maybe it was a coincidence or a problem with his own eyes. Qin Wencai found that his old minister Yu Qiuli was also looking at him from time to time, just like twenty years ago The look in his eyes when talking face to face with him for the first time was serious and kind. It has been twenty years!That was 1958!Qin Wencai's thoughts wandered again—when he saw the old minister and the old minister who hadn't seen him for many years because of the "Cultural Revolution", Qin Wencai couldn't help but recall that unforgettable fiery era—yes, that year I, Qin Wencai, used jade As the deputy director of the Oilfield Administration Bureau, he led a team to dig wells in central Sichuan to find oil... Qin Wencai was one of the protagonists of the "Central Sichuan Battle" that left an important imprint on the oil history of New China, and it was also the first battle Yu Qiuli commanded after he became oil minister.The battle in Central Sichuan was a very important battle for both Qin Wencai at the time and Yu Qiuli, the new Minister of Petroleum.Although Qin Wencai didn't know why his minister Yu Qiuli was so eager to catch the "big enemy" underground, and even Qin Wencai almost competed with the minister in order to catch this "big enemy".However, it was this competition that created the story of "the one-armed general saluting and apologizing to his subordinates" in the history of China's petroleum industry. The thing is like this: In early 1958, shortly after the new minister Yu Qiuli received the military order of "finding oil" from Mao Zedong, the oil search team in central Sichuan sent good news to Beijing one after another: On March 10, the No. 2 Well of Longnüsi in central Sichuan produced oil, with a daily flow of more than 60 tons of artesian oil. On March 12, Well No. 3 in Nanchong became a high-yield well with a daily oil injection of 300 tons. On March 16, Penglai No. 1 well sprayed oil again, with a daily output of more than 100 tons of crude oil. The three wells were all high-yielding wells. This was great news for China at that time, no less than the Chinese people today seeing "Chang'e-1" fly to the moon.Chuanzhong boiled.The oil ministry is seething.Zhongnanhai was also immersed in joy and encouragement. On March 27, Mao Zedong, who was presiding over the central work conference in Chengdu, rushed to the gas mine in Longchang, Sichuan without any prior notice, and excitedly rushed to inspect the gas mine, and happily wrote an inscription: "Sichuan has great hope!" Sichuan has oil!There is great hope for Sichuan!For a while, Sichuan became the spotlight of the "Great Leap Forward", a climax of socialist construction that was brewing in New China. "The chairman has gone ahead of us!" Yu Qiuli, the new oil minister in the capital, couldn't sit still, and flew to Sichuan overnight, and rushed to the site of the three oil blowing wells in central Sichuan with Vice Minister Kang Shien. "Come here, smoke and smoke!" Every time he came to a well platform, Yu Qiuli threw the straw hat on his head aside, no matter whether it was dirty or not, he sat down on the worker's bed, crossed his legs without notice, and took out the The "Chinese smoke" in the pocket is scattered all over the house... "This is the minister?" The workers whispered while sucking the rare "Great China" with their oily hands. "Minister or not, when I come to you, I am a primary school student. You have to tell me how the oil here is produced. After the talk, I will smoke 'Chinese cigarettes' for you. In addition, there are fat Eat meat!" Yu Qiuli's undisguised truth made the hearts of the oil workers and technicians warm. On this day, Qin Wencai was invited by Yu Qiuli to a relatively luxurious room in the guest house of the Nanchong Prefectural Committee. The so-called luxury is just a pair of faded sofas in the room. "Come on, sit down. Let's just sit on the floor, this soft sofa is uncomfortable!" This was the first time that Qin Wencai and minister Yu Qiuli were alone face to face.Unexpectedly, the minister with the rank of lieutenant general took off his shoes, squatted down, crossed his legs, sat on the smooth floor, and asked his subordinates to sit down with him. Qin Wencai will never forget this moment. "I know your situation. From Shanxi, Xiaobalu was 15 years old. He worked as a propaganda cadre, as an instructor, and later as a security officer. Before the establishment of the oil division, he was the security section chief of the division. Later, he came to Yumen Oilfield. You did a good job. Both Lao Kang and Jiao Liren have a good impression of you. They praise you for your love of learning and good knowledge in exploration and production. Today I call you as my teacher and tell me how to manage our drilling team. So this question, you know better than me: Our oil team is a production unit that focuses on drilling. This drilling team is like a combat company. When the company is good, with combat effectiveness, the whole battle will be victorious. So I really want to hear your opinion on the exploration team..." Yu Qiuli looked at Qin Wencai, who was ten years younger than him, with a friendly and sincere expression. Qin Wencai suddenly lost his sense of restraint, so he poured out the experience and observations of the exploration team in Yumen for many years to his minister.Qin Wencai specifically talked about the suggestion that the drilling team should be equipped with instructors: on this mobile drilling team, there is a captain, a technician for exploration and drilling, and a geologist in charge of data. The three often have conflicts.The team leader is in charge of production tasks, and he is most concerned about footage; the drilling technician is in charge of quality, and his concern is not to have accidents and problems during drilling; as for the geological technician, he is concerned about taking cores.Therefore, on a well platform, whoever listens to who among these three people becomes the three powers, and they often quarrel. "How do you solve this problem based on your experience?" Yu Qiuli fixed his eyes on Qin Wencai and muttered, "If this matter is not handled well, the team will have a big problem!" Obviously the new minister is very concerned about this. "My opinion is that, like our army, the branch should be built on the company. Each drilling team is assigned an instructor, and his task is to coordinate the work of these three people..." Qin Wencai said. Yu Qiuli's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Have you had any practical experience in Yumen?" "We promoted it. It worked great." "Okay. You can promote Qin Wencai's experience immediately!" Yu Qiuli jumped up from the carpet excitedly, patted Qin Wencai's shoulder with his right hand excitedly, and said, "Thank you for teaching me a lesson!" Today, at the on-site meeting of the Ministry of Petroleum in Nanchong, Yu Qiuli formally put forward for the first time a pioneering idea for the construction of an oil team with the insights of a mature military politician. "Mentor System". "When we look for oil, we use the well crew as the production unit, so all work depends on the well crew, and all progress depends on the well crew. Whether each work area is doing well or not is also reflected in the well crew. Therefore, strengthening the construction of the well crew is a must. The key to the success of our oil exploration and the smooth implementation of the intentions of the ministries and bureaus. Chairman Mao has long said that the reason why the Red Army is difficult and not broken is that the branch is built on the company. Our Of course, the well team and the geological survey team should also build up the party branch, and every well platform must have a political instructor, which is absolutely necessary and correct!" The one-armed general waved his powerful right arm , Qin Wencai has been deeply engraved in Qin Wencai's mind when he said the above passage passionately and generously. Fifty years later, at the beginning of 2008, when the author was in the brand new "CNOOC" building on the East Second Ring Road in Beijing, when I heard Qin Wencai, who was over 80 years old, talk about this matter, the "China Petroleum Industry" who had made outstanding contributions to China's oil industry The old oil man said with emotion that China's oil industry can develop to such a strong level today that it has entered the ranks of the "world's oil powers". "This decision has a very important relationship with it being popularized in the national oil team in time.The oil team is like our army. Whether it is exploration work or geological survey, the role of the grassroots and the grassroots team are the key and the foothold of the entire work.The branch is built on the team, so that the oil team has always followed the party's command, and has always maintained the revolutionary drive and the correct direction of progress.Therefore, China's oil team, until today, is still the most capable and winning steel team in the industry. However, the confrontation between Qin Wencai and Minister Yu Qiuli was not all pleasant. After "the branch was built on the team", Yu Qiuli never seemed to smile at Qin Wencai again. He was always more than serious, and might even swear - this is the style of a one-armed general who is familiar with his subordinates. Very strict management.All oil workers who have worked under Yu Qiuli can recite a string of "strict" words that Yu Qiuli uttered in one breath: the leader is strict, and everyone is also strict.If you are strict, you can show your sense of responsibility; if you are strict, you can show your combat effectiveness; if you are strict, you can show your style; if you are strict, you can make liberalism and individualism have no market; if you are strict, you can knock down evil spirits; if you are strict, you can avoid mistakes ;Strictness can ensure ideological and political unity; strictness can also ensure unity.Not only the production process must be strict, but also the political ideology must be strict, and things should be done according to the party's principles, standards, and craftsmanship.Strictly speaking, it is not necessary to stare or raise eyebrows—of course I know that I have a bad temper, stare and raise eyebrows often happen, but in fact, it is mainly because I am not careless about problems and not giving in to principles.This includes the combination of patient persuasion education and strict requirements, as well as regular and continuous practical education and ideological education... This "strict philosophy" of Yu Qiuli has brought out a steel team of China Petroleum, so the Petroleum people Not only does he not dislike Yu Qiuli's "strict philosophy", but he has regarded it as a magic weapon for his work for decades. Qin Wencai said that she even admired Yu Qiuli a little bit.For this reason, he was almost classified as a right-leaning opportunist who would never stand up again. After the three wells in central Sichuan produced high oil production, Yu Qiuli and the Ministry of Petroleum were elated. The good news was reported to Mao Zedong and Zhongnanhai, not to mention how excited Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping and other fellow Sichuanese were. "Our ancestors drilled artesian wells in Sichuan and used natural gas. Are we not as good as our ancestors?" Zhu De said excitedly when he met Qin Wencai and the others when he visited the Sichuan oil construction site.Zhu De is talking about the history of Zhuge Liang using bamboo pipes to transport the natural gas from the jet well to the salt field dozens of miles away in the Three Kingdoms period as the power for salt mining. "Go all out and quickly extract a large amount of oil in Central Sichuan!" Zhu De wrote an inscription at the time of parting. Two months later, Hu Yaobang, the first secretary of the Communist Youth League, who was then a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, also came to Nanchong Well. After listening to Qin Wencai's report, he said passionately: "Central Sichuan Oil Region has achieved achievements and has a bright future. I hope you will make great achievements! " What era was that?It was an era of burning passion!Under the influence of the general line of "building socialism more quickly, better and more economically", the whole country is full of blood-boiling years!Who doesn't rejoice at the continuous emergence of high-yield oil wells in central Sichuan?Mao Zedong rejoiced, Zhu De and other Sichuanese rejoiced, and the people of the whole country rejoiced.Yu Qiuli, the new Minister of Petroleum who shouldered the important task entrusted by Mao Zedong, was even more excited and eager to try, but at this moment, the few high-yield oil wells in central Sichuan suddenly stopped pumping oil, and even became dry wells in the end.When the 20 key wells drilled in the first oil conference organized by the Party Committee of the Ministry of Petroleum were also ruined one by one, two young men, Qin Wencai and Li Desheng, a geologist, put forward their different views to Yu Qiuli and the leaders of the Ministry of Petroleum. The geology in central Sichuan is complicated, and the prospect of oil search will not be optimistic. It is even suggested that the big battle should be stopped without the ability to complete the understanding of the underground situation. "Especially the party secretaries of some units, who don't understand the business, but give orders blindly on the spot..." Qin Wencai's words reached Yu Qiuli's ears.The "one-armed general", who was eager to take down the "big guy" in Chuanzhong, was furious, and beat the table with his fist until the echo echoed: This is serious right-leaning opportunism! "Look at what Qin Wencai and Li Desheng are capable of! They are rightists through and through!" Some people finally got their chance, so they took the opportunity to label Qin Wencai as a "rightist" in order to gain some political capital in front of the leaders.What these people didn't expect was that Yu Qiuli had always been a very practical person.When the battle in Chuanzhong was no longer hopeful, he made a decisive decision: all the nearly 40,000 troops withdrew to their original units, and the battle stopped! "Chairman, the situation in Central Sichuan is not good. We encountered an 'encounter'. I failed to complete the task assigned by the chairman..." In the corridor of Shanghai Jin Jiang Hotel, Yu Qiuli bowed his head and reviewed Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong said lightly to General Ai: "A failure in an 'encounter' is nothing. China is such a big place, the east is not bright and the west is bright!" "Yes, Chairman!" The "one-armed general" returned to the Ministry of Petroleum. At the Petroleum Work Conference held at the Overseas Chinese Hotel in Beijing, he stood up straight in front of the heads of mines and bureaus of the national petroleum system, and addressed the audience. Qin Wencai said: "It was wrong to criticize you in the past!" Then he raised his right arm and gave a solemn military salute to Qin Wencai. Qin Wencai will remember this scene for a lifetime, and will never forget it.Qin Wencai naturally knew that Li Desheng, who had the same attitude as him on the central Sichuan issue, also received a formal apology from Yu Qiuli, and was soon transferred to the Ministry of Petroleum Exploration Department as the chief geologist.Li Desheng later made outstanding contributions in the discovery of Daqing Oilfield, Shengli Oilfield and many other large oilfields. He is now an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is in good health and is still doing some research work for China's oil exploration. A ray of sunset glow from Xishan is reflected on the glass windows of the Great Hall of the People.At the meeting place in the East Hall, the report meeting is still going on.Central leaders continued to chime in from time to time.While interjecting, some leaders were whispering among themselves... "Oil company? Do we have an oil company?" The old general Wang Zhen and Yu Qiuli beside him muttered. "Old chief, it's like this..." Yu Qiuli hurriedly turned his head and explained to Wang Zhen in a low voice, "Last August, Mr. Schlesinger, the US Secretary of Energy, had an appointment with Comrade Han Xu, the director of our liaison office in the US. He told Han Xu at the White House that President Carter hopes that our Chinese government will send an oil delegation to inspect the US oil industry, and they are willing to cooperate with our oil industry and help us develop the oil industry together.” "What kind of trick does the Yankee want to play again?" The old general Wang Zhen's eyes widened, and he swept his eyes left and right, as if he was looking for an answer. "The Americans have their own strategic considerations. They are afraid that the Soviet Union's influence in the Middle East will continue to expand, so they hope that we can also produce more oil to balance the world's oil supply and achieve a global strategic imbalance." Next to Wang Zhen Marshal Nie Rongzhen on the other side said something. "Let me tell you, why did the Yankee show kindness to us in China?" Wang Zhen shrugged his thin shoulders, and turned his ear to Yu Qiuli on the other side again: "Please explain to me clearly..." "It's like this - Comrade Kang Shi'en and his petrochemical department later conducted careful research and believed that the US oil industry has a long history, especially their offshore oil technology is relatively advanced. We are deploying offshore oil work, so we went to the United States to investigate oil , is very beneficial to the development and improvement of our oil industry. This matter has been settled. I also fully agree with Vice Premier Kang and the others. Later this report was sent to the State Council, because China and the United States have not yet established diplomatic relations, so Our delegation can only go abroad as a private member of the Petroleum Company of the People's Republic of China. This report was approved by Comrade Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council. Vice Chairman Xiannian also gave important instructions, asking Pai to understand business Go to the comrades and learn the real things..." Yu Qiuli said softly. The old general seemed to understand, and subconsciously shifted his gaze to Kang Shien who was sitting on the other side. Kang Shien nodded at him.So the old general didn't say anything anymore, and listened to Sun Jingwen continue to report... “美国能源部这次邀请我们访问，是出于卡特政府需要。从我们和各方面接触来看，美国政府和企业界对石油问题非常关切，对我国搞十来个'大庆油田'很注意。他们从争夺霸权的需要和稳定国际石油价格出发，企图利用我们石油的发展和出口，同苏联相抗衡；同时通过做买卖，从中取得经济实惠。因此，美国政府和政界人士对我们这次访问是重视的，一些头面人物出面接待，表面友好……”秦文彩注意到，与会中央领导对孙敬文的这段汇报格外注意，一个个全神贯注地思考着每一个细节，尤其是卡特政府的高层领导对“中国石油公司代表团”访美时的每一个细微之处。 有什么漏掉的？秦文彩也在认真地听着孙敬文副部长的汇报，尽管这个报告多数内容是出自他秦文彩和李天相的手，但他还是生怕仍有什么内容可能会引起中央领导的关注…… 我们“中国石油公司代表团”是怎么去美国访问的？还有什么在汇报稿中没有提到的？秦文彩的脑子迅速地开动起来，回忆起两个月前的那次难忘的经历—— 大约是半年前的1977年10月，部里有人告诉秦文彩：“中央要求石油部组织一个代表团访问美国，已经决定你老秦也要去。” “到美国去？哎呀，我们还没有跟他们建交，怎么去？”这消息让秦文彩既兴奋又吃惊。 “听说是以中国石油公司的名义去，这样就是民间性质的了，可以避开一些麻烦。” I see.刚从石油部生产司司长转为生产总调度的秦文彩对中央的这种灵活的“外交举措”很敬佩。 “什么，你们要到美国去？这是谁批准的呀？”还是在三四个月前，当秦文彩把出访美国的事跟身边的一些同事说开后，不少人感到惊诧，叽叽喳喳个不停：“老秦啊，小心掉进了美帝国主义者设计的圈套！” “怎么可能呢？是小平和李先念同志亲自批准的啊！”秦文彩理直气壮地说。 “邓小平？他呀，又要搞不管白猫黑猫，抓住老鼠就是好猫了。” “你说什么呢？'四人帮'把中国搞成这个样，不赶紧把经济搞上去，你我带着家里人都喝西北风？”秦文彩生气了，板着脸责问那些说着风凉话的人。 “老秦你别发火嘛！我们也是随便说说，只是提醒你：毛主席在世的时候，一直教导我们：帝国主义和修正主义者总是想和平演变中国。你们到美国可要当心哟！” “这还像一句咱中国石油人说的话。”秦文彩的脸色缓和了许多。 “哟老秦，你回国时别忘了给我带把那种折叠的小遮阳伞，我女儿也不知啥地方看到了这种伞，整天嚷嚷让我给她弄一把。”一位老同事对秦文彩说。 秦文彩哭笑不得，道：“我是出去看人家怎么找石油的，你让我给弄那玩意儿？丢不丢人呢？” “看你——那你给我带个'三大件'回来！” “啥'三大件'？”秦文彩第一次听说。 “电视、冰箱、洗衣机。” “我们用得着吗？”秦文彩觉得有些不可思议——那时许多中国人认为自己能够用上这“三大件”是不可思议的事。 “哈哈哈，跟你开个玩笑罢了。祝你美国之行成功！”老同事们看秦文彩那么认真，也就一笑了之了。 那个时候，中国人穷得可怜，连女孩想头上戴个发卡都买不到。羡慕出国和向往能够拥有“三大件”就像今天农民工向往有个城市户口一样难。曾经在康世恩上任副总理兼经委主任不几日，有位妇女因为在市场上买不到发卡，还专门写信给他，康世恩为此特意动员了几个部门才解决了这位妇女提出的问题。可想中国当时的市场情况是个什么样！ 一切刚从寒冬过来。天空刚现一缕暖意…… 中国石油公司代表团要访美，这是新中国成立后中国石油系统破天荒的事。所以中央格外重视，当时正值四届人大召开前后，派谁出去？谁做领队的团长，秦文彩作为代表团的秘书长，情况是十分了解的。虽然中国与美国在1972年双方签署了“上海公报”，但两国还没有建立外交关系，更何况此次美国政府邀请中国石油公司代表团访美，看起来“很主动”、“很业务”，而这背后到底是什么意图？阳谋后面的阴谋又是什么呢？ “孙敬文同志是老石油，处事比较稳重冷静，而且能处理一些复杂关系，他当团长较妥。”康世恩同志向余秋里建议团长人选时，挑定了孙敬文。 “敬文同志我了解，红军老战士，在石油战线又是有名的蹲点调查专家。1962年我们在抚顺建石化一厂时，敬文同志在那里蹲点抓作风，还抓出了些名堂，工人们还为他编了首小诗：为人正派孙敬文，扎实肯干带作风……还有两句怎么说的？”余秋里敲着脑袋问康世恩。 康世恩笑着接上后两句：“严于律己树新风，关心职工似春风。” “对对，这回让敬文率领代表团访美，就是要让他这中国的'风'，去感受一下西方的'风'……”余秋里的右臂在半空中有力地一挥，像在指挥当年大庆石油会战的千军万马。康世恩看着老战友精神依旧的豪情，心头异常欣慰。“那我就去通知敬文他们了。”他说。 1977年11月，来自石油部和大庆、辽河、华北、胜利、长庆、新疆、玉门、江汉和四川油田及海洋石油系统的17名代表团成员汇集北京民族饭店，进行了为期一个月的学习培训。那个时候出国成员一般都要进行相当长时间的学习培训，主要是纪律教育。当然秦文彩他们的这次出访美国，与其他出国代表团还不一样，石油看起来是工业产品，石油代表团看起来也仅是个经济业务代表团，然而美国人“热情有加”的真实意图与我们政府派代表团的目的是很不一样，甚至有些针锋相对。于是中央格外重视“中国石油公司代表团”的全部活动，甚至包括代表团的衣食住行。 时至12月下旬，一切准备齐全。秦文彩约了秦峰、李敬、姬永兴和邓礼让、姚福林等代表团中的几位在1952年一起转业到石油战线的“石油师”老战友，想出国前撮一顿“东来顺”的涮羊肉。谁知涮羊肉也吃了，定做的中山装也试穿了几回，上面却突然通知说出访时间推迟了，要到元旦后的1978年1月5日才出发。 “美国人要过圣诞节，现在去了没人管我们！”上面来话说明的理由就这个。 “什么叫圣诞节？”老石油师的几位“老土”问秦文彩。 秦文彩说：“我也是刚刚从一本书上看到的，圣诞节就是西方洋人们过的'春节'。” “哈哈，洋人们也过春节呀！这倒可以理解，可以理解！”大伙这才没闹起来。