"The hearts of the people are scattered......

In a small two-story building in the family area of Dongxiang Machinery Factory, Gu Jianhua, an old engineer, shook his head and said to the visiting uncle and nephew of the Feng family.

People's hearts are moving, this is the point that Feng Xiaochen feels the most in these days of investigation. The factory is still this factory, and the workers are still these workers, but everyone's spirit has been dispersed, and the whole factory is filled with a kind of restlessness, loss, and dazed emotions.

A few days ago, Feng Xiaochen, accompanied by Wu Suyang, inspected various workshops, laboratories and some functional offices of the Dongxiang Factory. As Feng Fei previously introduced to Feng Xiaochen, the technical strength of Dongxiang Factory is quite spectacular, and there are a large number of imported machine tools in the workshop, including CNC machine tools that few local domestic enterprises have. A series of heavy equipment such as large presses, large electric furnaces, and gantry machining centers are enough to make the domestic equipment manufacturing enterprises contacted by the Heavy Equipment Office envious.

The talent team is equally luxurious. There are more than 200 college students who graduated from major universities in the whole factory, and some of them have returned from studying abroad, such as Harvard, Massachusetts, Princeton, etc., and any academic degree can blind people's eyes. In terms of skilled workers, there are many technicians at level seven or eight, and if you only have level four or five, you are embarrassed to say that you have learned technology. According to Wu Suyang, these workers were all transferred from various enterprises across the country when the factory was built, and they were originally said to borrow them temporarily and bring out qualified apprentices to go back. Who knew that this loan would be more than 20 years, and now these people can't go back if they want to.

In the finished product warehouse, Feng Xiaochen saw the product manufactured by Dongxiang Factory, which was a howitzer glowing with blue light. Feng Xiaochen didn't know much about military affairs, and he couldn't understand the indicators about the performance of weapons, but he could see the good manufacturing process of these products. The machining accuracy of any part is difficult for many local enterprises to achieve.

But such a powerful enterprise can't give people a sense of vitality. Whether walking in the workshop or walking into the offices of various offices, Feng Xiaochen saw all the decadent faces. Most people have nothing to do, reading newspapers, playing poker, seeing a stranger like Feng Xiaochen walking by, few people will inquire curiously, it seems that everyone has lost interest in everything.

Feng Xiaochen's investigation was divided into two lines: one bright and one dark. In private, Feng Xiaochen asked his uncle Feng Fei to take him to the workers' homes to understand the views of the workers of Dongxiang Factory on the future of the factory in the form of homely work.

"Alas, what a beautiful scenery our factory used to be, self-defense and counterattack, just count the best quality of our factory's artillery, none of them failed, and later the army sent us a pennant!"

"Back then, the country called us to go to a difficult place, and we didn't say a word, and we went to this barren mountain and wild place with our backpacks. Xiao Feng, don't look at the factory area of our factory is quite lively now, it was all primitive old forests back then, and the land in the factory area was dug out by us with shovels and pickaxes. ”

"When we said we were going to prepare for war, we came and built such a big factory. It's good now, in a word, if you don't want to fight, you will leave us alone. ”

"Alas, in the past, I only thought about dedicating my youth to the country, who knows, after dedicating my youth to my life, I will also dedicate my children and grandchildren, I knew that this was the case, I would rather throw away my job than come to this ghost place!"

"Xiao Feng, you are in the capital, well-informed, tell me, what does the state plan to do with our third-tier enterprises?"

"Hmph, anyway, I'm not worried, the country still dares not to give us food? We have also contributed to the country......

These are all kinds of words that Feng Xiaochen heard during the visit, and the people Feng Fei took him to visit were also colleagues who were close to Feng Fei, and everyone had no taboos in front of the Feng family's uncles and nephews. Some people talk and point the finger at the leaders of the factory, or criticize the leaders for only caring about their own official hats and ignoring the lives of employees, or complain that the factory leaders are incompetent and fail to compete for good projects like some other third-tier enterprises to convert civilian products. For these words, Feng Xiaochen did not write them down in his notebook, so as not to worry the other party, but he was still able to draw some judgments from these discussions and analyze the ability and personality of the factory leader.

The Gu Jianhua that Feng Fei brought Feng Xiaochen to visit today is the oldest engineer in the factory. He was an expert who returned from studying in the United States, and had already worked in the military-industrial system at the beginning of liberation, and participated in the construction of 156 key projects aided by the Soviet Union. When Dongxiang Machinery Factory was established, he was transferred from other enterprises and served as the deputy chief engineer of the factory, and is now retired, but he is still doing design conscientiously. Feng Fei entered the factory as a junior to work in the factory, and Gu Jianhua was his leader and teacher.

When the Feng family's uncle and nephew came to the expert building where Gu Jianhua lived, they found that Gu Jianhua already had a guest at home. It was an old man with all white hair, and he looked very energetic. His waist is very straight, and at first glance he is from a professional soldier, but this is not strange in Dongxiang Factory, because Dongxiang Factory is a military enterprise, and it is very common for some soldiers to appear.

"My surname is Dong, so you can call me Lao Dong. Lao Gu and I are old friends, he is a cannon maker, I am a cannon fighter, and we have had a friendship for almost 40 years. ”

Without waiting for Gu Jianhua to say anything, the old man smiled and introduced himself.

"Oh, it turned out to be Dong Lao. Feng Fei and Feng Xiaochen saluted respectfully at the same time. Feng Fei usually calls Gu Jianhua "Gu Lao", this old man claims to have a 40-year friendship with Gu Jianhua, so he naturally has to be called Dong Lao.

"Dong Lao used to be in the army, but now he is retired, and this time he made a special trip to Qingdong to see me. Gu Jianhua explained.

"Oops, I'm sorry. Feng Fei said, "I didn't know that you had guests at home, so I took the liberty to disturb you." Otherwise, Gu Lao, you and Dong Lao will chat slowly, and we will visit you another day. ”

Gu Jianhua waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Xiao Feng, and you...... Xiao Xiaofeng, you all sit down. Dong Lao is not an outsider, let's talk together. ”

Dong Lao also said: "That's right, Lao Gu and I are old friends, and there is nothing we can't talk about." I heard that this little Comrade Feng is a master from the capital, and although I am a big man, I like to chat with cultured people. If you don't think I'm a low level of education, then sit down and talk about it. ”

At this point, the Feng family's uncle and nephew can't go, if they insist on leaving, it is equivalent to being unwilling to chat with Dong Lao, which is obviously very impolite.

Everyone sat down separately, and after a few words of greeting, Gu Jianhua first introduced the conversation to the topic. Before Feng Fei brought Feng Xiaochen here, he was angry with Gu Jianhua and told him that his nephew was studying for a master's degree in the Academy of Social Sciences, and that he came to Dongxiang Factory this time to investigate the current situation of the operation of third-tier enterprises and the feasibility of "converting military industry to civilian use". Gu Jianhua looked at Feng Xiaochen and asked, "Master Xiaofeng, is it your own subject or the country's task when you come to our factory to inspect this time?"

"It's a bit of both. Feng Xiaochen said bluntly.

"What do you say?" asked Gu Jianhua.

Feng Xiaochen said: "From my own point of view, because my uncle is in Dongxiang Factory, if Dongxiang Factory is not doing well, it will also affect my uncle's life, so I came to Dongxiang Factory to see if I can find a way out for Dongxiang Factory, which is not only to help more than 5,000 employees and families of Dongxiang Factory, but also to help my uncle." ”

"Haha, Xiao Feng, your nephew is very filial. Gu Jianhua said to Feng Fei with a smile.

Feng Xiaochen also smiled, and then said: "From the national aspect, third-tier enterprises are also an integral part of our national equipment industry. I used to work in the National Heavy Equipment Office, and things related to the equipment industry can be regarded as my job. In addition, before I came to Dongxiang Factory, the comrades of the Science and Technology Industry Commission also told me to find a way to solve some difficulties for Dongxiang Factory. Therefore, in this respect, I am also completing the tasks assigned by the Commission of Science and Technology. ”

"So, what have you gained from your investigation these days?" Gu Jianhua asked again.

Feng Xiaochen said: "The harvest is still quite big. First of all, I didn't expect that our country's military industrial system has such a strong strength, only as far as Dongxiang Machinery Factory is concerned, the technical strength is not inferior to the local equipment industry factory, such a strong manufacturing capacity if idle, it is a great waste. ”

"You're right, the chairman said that waste is a great crime. Dong Lao interjected beside him. Neither he nor Gu Jianhua revealed his position and identity, but Feng Xiaochen could imagine that he must have held a considerable level of leadership, and he opened his mouth casually with a strong political tone.

"Secondly, the professional characteristics of Dongxiang factory determine that it is very difficult to turn to civilian production. Our advantage lies in precision manufacturing, artillery parts are some high temperature resistance, harsh working conditions, high precision requirements of the workpiece, such technology is basically not used for the consumer goods industry, if it is engaged in civilian industrial equipment, it is reasonable. ”

"Old Gu, I remember if you have a plan to prepare to switch to a pressure cooker? According to Master Xiao Feng's point of view, this is completely nonsense. Dong Lao continued to comment, it seems that he is still quite concerned about the topic that everyone is talking about, he listened to what Feng Xiaochen said, and he also has some of his own experience.

"The most important point is that Dongxiang Factory currently lacks the courage and determination to meet the challenge, which is the biggest problem. No matter what opportunities others can find for Dongxiang Factory, it can only be the cadres and workers of the whole factory who ultimately decide the rise and fall of Dongxiang Factory. If you don't have this kind of heart, you can't do anything well. Feng Xiaochen continued.

So, there was Gu Jianhua's long sigh:

"The hearts of the people are scattered......