"You're not right. ”

When Li Huayong said this sentence to "his old man", his mind drifted again. At this time, he remembered countless "political performance projects" and "gift projects" in later generations.

The construction industry is a very large industry for a country, especially when the country is still in the development stage. For example, in our country, in the next few decades, the construction industry will actually be one of the undisputed pillar industries, but because the construction industry does not seem to be high-level, it is often classified as a "labor-intensive industry," and this term is rarely mentioned in government reports at all levels.

But in any case, the sheer size of the construction industry is a fact. Li Huayong once read a statistic that from the 90s to the first decade of the 21st century, about 30 percent of the rural labor force who went to the cities to work was engaged in the construction industry, and this proportion only began to decline around 2010.

It is precisely because of the huge scale that the chaos of the construction industry and the problems exposed by the construction industry are particularly many, which also causes the image of the whole industry in the whole society to be not good. For some good buildings and good projects, of course, everyone will also give a thumbs up, but more often than not:

"Yo, you're doing engineering, right? You must often cut corners when you do engineering, right? There must be a lot of tricks in your industry, and there are a lot of power rent-seeking.....

As a practitioner in the construction industry, Li Huayong certainly cannot deny this phenomenon. Cutting corners and rent-seeking for power may be the place where the majority of people who eat melons criticize the construction industry the most. But are these two issues the biggest problems in the construction industry?

He believes that there is another problem, which is actually more serious and more common than the first two problems, and the destructive and harmful problems brought about by them are actually even greater.

This problem is all kinds of "rushing", all kinds of pursuit of high speed. In particular, the kind of projects that ignore the "reasonable construction period", ignore the laws of natural science, and are dominated by administrative orders and the consciousness of the chief, this is the real unsolvable problem in the construction industry.

Why is there no solution to this problem? This is because everyone has a common interest on this issue.

There is no common interest in cutting corners, you want to cut corners, then there are always people who are unwilling or do not want to see you cut corners. Power rent-seeking is considered to have a common interest appeal, but it is only a small-scale common interest appeal, if you go too far or eat too ugly, those corrupt officials in prison are not sitting sitting.

The only way to do this is to rush to work and pursue all kinds of high speeds, which is the appeal of common interests from top to bottom. Owners and local governments need speed, because that means image and performance. The construction unit needs speed, because only by speeding up can it better control costs and make more profits. There is a famous saying in the construction industry: "Only speed is the guarantee of maximum profits". Even the people who eat melons need speed, don't you see that when the media is promoting all kinds of miracles of this speed, the people who eat melons are all talking about it.

It is precisely because everyone loves this issue that it is the biggest and most prevalent problem in the construction industry.

How serious is this problem? It is also a statistic: in all the projects that have problems, that is, the "tofu scum project" that everyone often says, there is almost 100 percent blind rush to work. There are even about 70% of the "tofu slag projects", barbaric construction and blind rush are the main reasons, and pure cutting corners is the main reason, but 30% of them.

Because of the need for political performance, because of the need to pursue image, the project that should not have problems is made into a "tofu scum project", this phenomenon is simply too common. And the most typical example of this may be the Beijing West Railway Station that year. Many people may know that this station is actually a tofu slag project that was "rushed". In order to ensure the opening of the "Beijing-Kowloon Line", this station was hurriedly "driven" out.

On the second day, a piece of ground that cost tens of millions of dollars began to appear unevenly subsidence and fall off, and it began to be reworked in less than a week after it was put into use.

And there is a strange place about this project, it has been put into use for several years, but it has not passed the acceptance, and even before Li Huayong crossed, he didn't know whether the project had passed the acceptance.

"Xiao Li, Comrade Xiao Li, you little doll, what are you thinking?"

Li Huayong, who was outside the world, was pulled back to reality again, and he was pulled back to reality by his old man himself. Looking at the old man who was "smiling kindly" at him, Li Huayong's face was red.

"I... I...."

Of course, Li Huayong wanted to express his intentions, but how should he say this? You must know that today's inspection was just to publicize the "speed of Pengcheng." So for a while, Li Huayong really didn't know how to say this

Seeing Li Huayong's embarrassment, it was also the "loyal and honest" appearance that made the old man feel interesting. At this moment, his old man laughed:

"Little doll, don't be nervous, you just said that I said something wrong, then tell me, what is wrong with me? Say it slowly, don't worry. ”

Li Huayong froze, and he organized the language in his heart again:

"I'm sorry, old chief, but the reason why I interrupted you just now is because just now, I suddenly remembered a project in your hometown, a very great and great project. ”

Li Huayong's words seemed abrupt, and his words not only digressed for thousands of miles, but also seemed to be the head of the donkey and the horse's mouth. After hearing this, his old man was obviously stunned, not only him, but also the people around him. And the only one who seems to be normal is Li Erzi. Li Er was stunned and had a lot of contact with Li Huayong, and he knew that Li Huayong usually liked to talk in circles.

"Dunzi this guy is going to go around in circles again, well, it seems that he is not nervous, I know, only the dun that is going around in circles is normal for him, but how is this guy going to go around this time? The old man's hometown is in Sichuan Province, what is a very great project in Sichuan Province...."

Li Er was stunned and began to follow Li Huayong's rhythm. In fact, not only him, but many people were attracted by the word "great project" and began to unconsciously follow Li Huayong's rhythm.

"Hahaha, you little doll, you don't want to pat me on the back, do you? So tell me, in my hometown, what kind of project can be called great?"

"Yes, this project in your hometown is not only great, I don't think it's an exaggeration to call it the first masterpiece in the history of architecture. ”

Hearing Li Huayong say this, the old man's interest became stronger and stronger:

"Ahh Comrade Xiao Li, you know that I am a layman in architecture, so let me ask you to tell me, which project are you talking about?"

At this time, not only "his old man", but almost everyone looked at Li Huayong with great interest, wanting to hear what kind of project could get such a high evaluation from him.

At this time, Li Huayong didn't think that he would be in the limelight, and he once again made Li Er stunned and brushed his sense of existence.

At this time, he turned to Li Er with a smile and was stunned: "Li Gong, you should remember the project I said now, right? Then please tell everyone." ”

Li Er was stunned and had been messing with Li Huayong for so long, and the two had developed enough tacit understanding. At this time, Li Er's eyes were blazing, and his voice was sonorous:

"It's Dujiangyan!

Because Li Huayong made Li Er stunned to answer, this is not the previous one-to-one, it is like adding an "interactive" link to the show, and the atmosphere of the whole scene has become active. Many people began to talk about it, and some people even couldn't help but ask:

"Dujiangyan is indeed very great, but it seems a bit too much to call it the first masterpiece, isn't it? Is it even greater than the Great Wall, pyramids, and other buildings?"

Li Huayong saw that it was reporter Tian Xintian who asked this. Therefore, Li Huayong smiled and let Li Er answer this question in a daze.

Li Er glanced at Tian Xin in a daze, and said the reason in a nutshell:

"Architecture is to pay attention to its functionality, just with a Dujiangyan, created the CD Basin of the country of abundance, just by virtue of this project more than 2,000 years ago, it is still benefiting mankind. There is no other project that can be compared, worthy of the title of the first god. ”

Hearing that Li Erzi was stunned to use this standard, although there was still a lot of discussion around, there was not much controversy overall, after all, Li Er's stunned words sounded very reasonable. More importantly, the project that Li Er was talking about is a Chinese project.

Of course, on this occasion, none of this is the point. The real point is: why did Li Huayong mention this project?

When everyone was talking, he was still smiling and still looking interested. After everyone talked a little quieter, he said to Li Huayong:

"Okay, you little doll, tell me now, why did you suddenly think of this project just now?"

"I was just thinking. ”

Li Huayong first smiled embarrassedly and shyly, and then said:

"I was just thinking, how did such a great and great project in Dujiangyan come to be at that time? Old chief, you should first believe that this project was not made by aliens, right?"

Everyone was amused by Li Huayong's words first, knowing that Li Huayong still had something to say, the old man nodded with a smile:

"I'm a materialist. Then wait for the rest of the story.

"Yes, this project cannot have been created by aliens, it was created by the ancient laborers of our country with their own labor and wisdom. But I have another question, it is said that the productivity in that era must be much lower than now, they did not have so many advanced construction equipment, let alone these advanced construction technology. But under such humble conditions, they were able to create the first masterpiece in the history of architecture. A water conservancy project more than 2,000 years ago is still standing today. So apart from embodying the wisdom and wisdom of the laborers of ancient China, what other reasons are there for this project? Or are there any deeper laws that we have not discovered?"

Silence, the scene fell into a brief silence.

His old man looked at Li Huayong with a smile again:

"Little doll, don't buy it, tell me what you think is the reason. ”

Li Huayong said a word, and as soon as his words came out, the atmosphere of the whole scene changed, and at the same time, the faces of many people at the scene changed greatly:

"Slow! The reason why this project can become a masterpiece is because it is built slowly!"