The desolate Gobi Desert, with its fierce west wind, blows yellow sand flying all over the sky, and there is not the slightest trace of greenery, let alone signs of animal activity, and it is lifeless.

This is a forbidden area for life.

"Woo~~" A train whistle sounded, bringing the entire Gobi Desert to life.

A steam locomotive with billowing black smoke roared out of the yellow sand.

On the Gobi Desert, where birds and beasts are extinct, human industrial civilization exists.

The steam train was slow, clanging towards the depths next door.

Stretching hundreds of miles along the railroad tracks into the depths of the Gobi, an oasis leaps into view.

In the oasis, a continuous building looms, the exterior of the building is as yellow as the earthy yellow, blending in with the surrounding trees, and it is impossible to find a human city in the oasis deep in the Gobi Desert in the distance.

In this small city, which is generally a four-story building, huge slogans painted with red paint can be seen everywhere in the direction of the street of the building: "Emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts, and look forward in unity", "Practice is the only criterion for testing truth", and "Science and technology are the primary productive forces......

In some remote places in small towns, there are still some slogans that have long been mottled: "The sea sails by the helmsman", "Down with the US imperialism, hit the Soviet revision", and "All reactionaries are paper tigers".

In the center of the small city, a building that is much larger than the surrounding buildings, there is a small square, and in the center of the square stands a tall white marble Chairman Mao waving statue, and the pedestal under the statue reads "The sea sails by the helmsman, and the dry leather @ life depends on *** thought." ”

On the top of the building, a huge slogan was erected, "Emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts".

At the entrance of the building, there are several signs with black letters on a white background, the largest of which reads "404 City Management Committee".

Yes, here, this is Dongfeng City, codenamed 404.

A city that cannot be found on publicly available paper maps, electronic maps, city lists, license plate numbers, telephone area codes, or Taobao city lists.

Codenamed 404, a small city of prefecture-level cities.

City 404 has only a code name, no name.

Insiders have their own names for this city that has lived for many years, some people call it Dongfeng City, some people call it Hongqi City, and some people call it Science and Technology City, just because this city that does not exist in the outside world includes the top technical fields in China.

China's most advanced nuclear technology research, the most advanced missile technology, the most advanced satellite technology, the most advanced nuclear submarine technology, etc., can all be found in the city.

Although the town is small, it is very good.

It not only gathers the top authoritative experts in various high-tech fields in the country, but also gathers the top skilled workers in China. Even, the logistics staff is also the top!

From the technical masters who engaged in two bombs and one star, to the ninth-level fitters who made the tightest parts by hand, to the top chefs in Guanshengyuan, and the model workers on Nanjing Road, they can be seen everywhere in this city.

Viewed from the sky, the entire city, including the periphery, covers an area of no more than eight square kilometers. The core living area is less than two square kilometers.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs. Even the public procuratorate, the land office, the post office, etc.

In the city, there is even a prison with only two cells.

Our story begins with the construction of this prison, which took almost 20 years to welcome its first guest.

This guest is only sixteen years old!

In itself, he is not old enough to be sentenced, but he may face the death penalty......

~~~Minute~~~Cut~~~Line~~~~

As the sun rose, the people in the base started their own day's work, and the only suspect in the prison was still asleep in a room of less than five square meters.

In the conference room of the management committee building not far from the prison, the anger was so oppressive that it was impossible to breathe.

On both sides of the long conference table, on the left sat a row of military cadres wearing large caps, a round Bayi cockade on the hat, and a gold five-pointed star epaulette on a red background on their shoulders; on the right sat a row of administrative cadres wearing four tunics.

Everyone present, whether military personnel or administrative cadres, all had serious faces.

At one end of the long table, a middle-aged man in his early fifties wearing black-framed glasses that covered half of his face and four white-washed canvas overalls raised his head, gritted his teeth and said to the leaders: "Chief, no matter how much damage Xie Kai has caused to the country, I am willing to compensate, he is still a child......

"How to compensate? Xie Jianguo, do you know how big the country's losses are this time? How can you compensate for the millions of economic losses just based on your salary of more than 200 yuan?" A thin cadre in his 50s interrupted Xie Jianguo's words, his face full of sternness, "This is sabotaging the country's military industry! Can he be irresponsible if he is still a child?"

The officers didn't move, and an old general sitting opposite Xie Jianguo turned his head to look at the top person in charge of the base next to him.

Xie Jianguo ignored the person who interrupted him, and looked at the two leaders opposite him with a look of hope.

"He is indeed very young, but this time the loss is the only top CNC machine tool in our country. The matter has already alarmed the logistics headquarters and the General Armament Department......" The old man next to the old general sighed and said softly.

"Chief, I'll fix those CNC machines as soon as possible. Xie Jianguo said eagerly.

"How to repair them? How to repair them? How difficult it is to get these CNC machine tools, as a competent technician, will you not know? Millions of precious foreign exchange have been spent, and the Americans have not given any technical information! How can they be repaired?" The thin cadres asked sharply. "If it can be repaired, you won't be able to come up with a plan for a few days?

Xie Jianguo was silent and lowered his head.

The old man at the head frowned and stared at the thin cadre again, "Secretary Sun Jiadong, let's listen to what Comrade Xie Jianguo has to say first, he is the person in charge of technology and understands the situation." ”

"Chief, now the production task is heavy, and these CNC machine tools are responsible for the finishing of key components of new rockets and satellites...... Sun Jiadong said eagerly. "There were problems with several CNC machine tools before, and they have not been solved, and now all of them are paralyzed and unusable......"

He didn't believe that Xie Jianguo had the ability to solve these CNC machines.

He was even more reluctant to take responsibility.

"How long will it take?" the chief asked Xie Jianguo.

When Xie Jianguo heard this, his eyes full of hope dimmed.

How long does it take to resolve?

He didn't know.

If it is not solved, his only son will not only have no future, but he may not even be able to save his life.

Xie Kai, who was sleeping in prison, finally woke up quietly.

He had just woken up, with a splitting headache and looked around in confusion.

"Didn't I get drunk last night?Didn't Mao Zi and Xiao Er send me home?Why are you here?Hotel?" The surrounding environment was unfamiliar, Xie Kai gradually regained consciousness and realized that something was wrong.

The room he was in was walled on three sides, windowless, and on the side with a door, a steel railing door thicker than his thumb.

Deep memories, gradually overlapping with the scene in front of you, how can it be like a prison in Dongfeng City?

An idea appeared in Xie Kai's mind, but in the end, he shook his head with a wry smile and threw it out.

Like movies and web novels, go back in time?

Xie Kai felt that it was too nonsense.

"No, I must be dreaming! I didn't do anything, how could I go to the detention center......

I kept thinking about the first night, but I couldn't remember anything clearly.

Drink the broken pieces!

I only vaguely remember that last night, my brother Maozi, who grew up together, wanted to buy a house because of his son's marriage, and the savings of the two of them who had worked for more than 20 years couldn't even make up a down payment.

Seems to have started a fight in the end?

Why did the fight start?

Xie Kai patted his head, trying to figure it out, but he couldn't remember anything.

While drinking, Mao Zi complained that he had dedicated half of his life to the work of national defense science and technology, and as a result, he could not even make up the down payment for his children to buy a house in a big city.

Xiao Er's grandson seems to be scolding, saying that young people are not as good as when they were young, and they are determined to contribute to the cause of national defense science and technology and dedicate their lives, but they are determined to become stars and big bosses.

Those who engage in missiles are not as good as selling tea and eggs, which is a true portrayal of society.

Laughing at poverty and not prostitution, everything is based on money, and it has become the value of most people.

Money is everything that measures a person.

What can a person who is engaged in technology, especially a grassroots technician, do with a salary of three or two thousand a month? Mao Zi's son is in the capital, and the house price is tens of thousands of square meters, and the salary of two people combined, without eating or drinking, can buy about two square meters a year......

How did you end up fighting?

"You kid woke up, let Lao Tzu worry for a while, if I knew it, I wouldn't let the little fat man come in and drink with you!" Outside the iron railing door, a deep voice sounded, interrupting Xie Kai's memory.

Following the voice, a middle-aged policeman in an 83-style police uniform with a big-brimmed hat, olive green, red dental floss inlaid in the middle of his pants, and two red collar badges around his neck was looking at Xie Kai and smiling bitterly, "If you kid doesn't wake up, I'll have to take you to the hospital, what happened to you here, I can't afford it." ”

The person in front of him, Xie Kai felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember who the other party was for a while.

"What's the matter, you are so drunk that you don't even remember Lao Tzu? You said that you are a kid too, what is wrong with nothing, you have to toss around blindly, and destroy the entire precision workshop of Hongqi Machinery Factory. This incident alarmed the capital, and the people from the rear headquarters and the general rear were here, discussing how to deal with you!" The middle-aged policeman frowned and scolded when he saw Xie Kai staring at him with a demented face.

Alarmed the rear installation headquarters and the general logistics department!

Xie Kai's memory was like a flood that opened the floodgates, surging in an instant.

It was this day that changed his life with many people.

October 19, 1984, an extraordinary day, for Xie Kai and others and the families of those related to him, because of this day, the future was changed.

"No, it's a dream!" Xie Kai didn't believe that he could really be reborn and start over.

"Even if it is a dream, if it can be changed, it should be worked hard to do!" Xie Kai wanted to go back to before this countless times, so that he would not do that thing.