January 1, 1988.

This day was originally the New Year's Day, the day of the holiday of all units across the country, but the location of Yang Rui's genetic engineering laboratory was noisy like a big construction site.

Of course, this was originally a construction site.

Excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and trucks are everywhere, and the trucks carrying sand, cement, and steel building materials are endless, and the soldiers in gray camouflage uniforms, carrying flat shoulders and shovels, are running fast, and the dust that has been kicked up seems to be a dirty fog, and the dirt is not clear to see.

If it were judged by environmental standards, the construction site here would have been given a five-star bad review a long time ago.

However, the cadres of the municipal party committee and ministries who came to inspect showed smiles one by one.

The officers of the engineering command also had a light on their faces, carefully introducing every piece of equipment and construction technology, and when they mentioned the number, they could go into detail about every campaign and conference battle in which they participated.

"The order directly issued by the Central Military Commission is not to be an oath, not to hold a meeting, and to vow to complete the construction of the 8811 project!" The officers of the regiment took advantage of the happiness of the leaders and said loudly, which immediately received all kinds of approval.

"The oath-taking meeting was not done, not because the 8811 project was not important, but because the 8811 project was too important and resolutely supported the decision of the Military Commission. The division commander stood on the steps with his hands behind his back, still not forgetting to show his attitude.

The military newspaper reporter next to him immediately wrote in his notes.

"The 8811 project is a confidential key project, and there is no oath or conference, not only to spend time and energy in the project, but also because of the requirement of confidentiality. Military newspapers can record it, but when publishing articles, they must not mention specific people and places. The political commissar of the division reminded the reporter of the military newspaper softly.

The reporter nodded hurriedly and said, "Definitely, after the article is written, it will definitely be handed over to the relevant departments for review." ”

"I have said this many times that the engineering regiment must also strictly abide by the confidentiality regulations, but I still have to say that it must be strictly confidential, understand?"

"Confidentiality regulations must be strictly observed. The regiment has already preached the requirements to the battalion, to each company, to each platoon, to each squad, to each person. The political commissar of the regiment paused for a moment, and then said: "After the whole regiment announced the opening of the army, all letters sent out are not allowed to be sealed, and they must go through two layers of inspection by the company headquarters and the regiment headquarters, and only after passing the test will they be uniformly sealed, and everything will be carried out according to the requirements of wartime." ”

The political commissar of the division asked a few more questions, and when he was satisfied, he glanced at the officers of the command.

When it was the turn of the leaders of the municipal party committee to speak, he put his eyes on Dai Yingying's face and asked, "Are there any difficulties now?"

"There are indeed some problems, and I hope that the municipal party committee and government can help solve them. Dai Yingying seized the opportunity and immediately said, "First of all, the problem of accommodation is not easy to solve. The 8811 project could only provide tents and temporary houses for more than 100 people, and half of the canteens were not roofed, but now more than 1,000 people have come at once, and the tents have not been in place in time. ”

The leaders of the municipal party committee nodded and did not immediately express their position.

"The second is the issue of heating. The weather is very cold now, only a few hours during the day are above zero, and the rest of the time is below zero, and the heating equipment on the site is insufficient, and there is not enough fuel. Dai Yingying paused for a moment and said, "I originally said that I could temporarily solve the problem by burning diesel, but the engineering team refused after researching. ”

"Diesel itself is not enough. The regiment commander explained: "When our regiment received the order, it was loaded day and night, and the heavy equipment was given priority distribution, and the whole military column was to bring the construction machinery over in a hurry. ”

"How is the heating problem solved now? "The leaders of the municipal party committee have to be concerned. It's one thing to live poorly, but if the heating problem is not solved, it will lead to frostbite and even more serious conditions in an instant.

Not to mention that the cities in the 80s were colder, compared with later generations of urban people, the heating problem in the north in the 80s was always prominent. In later cities, you can find a warm place casually, public shopping malls, subways and even buses, private company buildings or their own homes, cars, are all warm, so that many northerners don't even need to wear sweaters in their coats, anyway, just go out and sit in the car for a few minutes to get colder, and the heat on the body has not dissipated.

But in the 80s, the situation was completely different.

First of all, all public facilities such as shopping malls are not heated, and although you can burn heating or stoves in offices and homes, it is limited to very narrow spaces, such as burning stoves in the living room during the day, and if there is no earthen kang at night, you will rely on shaking to warm the quilt.

The same is true in the office, where everyone works the most, the leader's office can be warmer, but it is also necessary to wear a sweater or even a padded jacket to warm up, and when you get to the corridor and toilet, you can't find any heat.

In such an environment, ordinary people will feel cold all day long, and they will want to hold the stove to keep warm when they have time, and on the construction site, the lack of fuel is miserable, and the lack of fuel without a good accommodation environment is even worse.

The head of the regiment said: "We first took some activity funds to buy coal, but the coal quota in the capital is also very tight, and we don't buy much, and most of it is crushed coal, so we can only make some briquettes to ......."

"It's a waste of time for the fighters to build makeshift housing and collect heating materials. Dai Yingying said: "The weather will get colder and colder, and if this problem cannot be solved, the construction period will not be completed at a high speed and high level." ”

High Speed High Level is a slogan that hangs right on the wall of the intersection.

"Old Han, do you think the Materials Bureau can think of a way?" the leader of the municipal party committee asked the people behind.

"You can mix some coal, heating equipment, it's in demand everywhere now, you can make some honeycomb coal stoves first, and then buy some cast iron furnaces...... "Lao Han said more carefully, he just went to the construction site to see it, he knew what was needed now, and his mind had already gone through it.

"Please ask the factory to work overtime to produce part of it. The leader turned to the secretary and said. At present, most of the factories are still state-owned enterprises, especially the small enterprises in the capital, most of which are subordinate to the neighborhood or district party committee, and they will only work desperately when they receive orders from the municipal party committee.

"Housing is always a big problem. The leader of the municipal party committee slowly spoke again and said: "In this regard, everyone will brainstorm about it. ”

A crowd of people muttered.

As a matter of fact, all the cadres present are experienced cadres, and they have long seen what the situation is at the construction site, and now it is just a matter of exchanging views and striving for consensus.

"In order to buy time, we have to find a way to provide a ready-made house. "The cadres of the Urban Renewal Bureau, Ai Ai put forward a plan.

"Where can I find a ready-made house?"

"This ...... It's easier to do ...... if you are dispersed."

"No, scattered resettlement, there is no way to keep it secret, it must be centrally resettled, it really can't be done, our engineering regiment would rather be more difficult. "The regiment commander is not weak at all, he eats and sleeps with the soldiers, lives in a canteen without eaves at night, covers thin sleeping bags, and bakes a bonfire without heat, although the conditions are difficult, but it can be conducive to the completion of the task, and the engineering regiment has no opinion. If the conditions are compared, the capital will not be worse than the poor mountains and mountains in the southwest.

The cadres of the Urban Construction Bureau were a little entangled, and said: "The housing is very tight now, and there is no such big place for centralized resettlement." If you want more than 1,000 people to live well and stay warm, and do not spend a lot of man-hours to build temporary housing, you need at least 5,000 square meters of housing, that is, about 4 square meters per capita, in order to bear the ...... of eating, drinking, bathing, and resting at the same time."

The more this cadre talked, the more helpless he became, it was completely different from what he imagined.

"The solution was figured out. The leader of the municipal party committee paused and said, "Make bold assumptions and be careful to verify." ”

The two men from the Urban Renewal Bureau looked at each other, and finally the director who accompanied them said, "If you can't do it, you have to requisition the ready-made houses." ”

"How to requisition?" the leader's expression remained unchanged, as if he didn't know how much impact this would have.

In terms of housing conditions in the capital, the family conditions are relatively good, and couples with two or three children can allocate a two-bedroom apartment of 30 square meters to burn high incense.

Single young people, basically have to share, two or three people in a 10-square-meter house with better unit conditions, and those with poor conditions use bunk beds, and it is normal for eight people and ten people to be stuffed into a tube, which is no different from university dormitories.

In 88 years of China, the concept of living room is not popular, except for senior cadres, who can be luxurious enough to have a living room?

Even if there are many children in the family, a bed must be set up in the original living room, and at most a curtain will be used to pull it up.

In such an environment, more than 1,000 people requisitioned about 5,000 square meters of housing, which is equivalent to 1,000 families and hundreds of single young people to vacate houses.

Although the houses are all units, the country's movement is too big.

"Within a few kilometers of the neighborhood, there are family homes for woolen mills, aluminum mills, and general machinery factories, as well as separate dormitories for the city hospital and education system......

"When you coordinate the relocation, you have to explain to everyone that this is only temporary, and in addition, the relocation work should be meticulous, and the conditions of the allocated housing should not be worse than the original one, especially for families with a large number of people, so as not to affect the original life as much as possible, and take care of the convenience of their children's schooling...... The original house, try not to change, do not destroy the ......" The leader did not say a specific plan, but made a request, and the people below could only nod and agree.

The plan was thus determined, and the surrounding enterprises, institutions, and family homes of government agencies were to vacate 5,000 square meters of housing for the soldiers of the engineering regiment to live in, and to unify the work of commuting and security protection.

The officers of the engineering regiment did not expect to be cared for in this way, and some could not help but be enthusiastic.

The head of the regiment is a sincere person, hearing this, he couldn't help but take a step forward, and grabbed Dai Yingying and said: "The city can think so thoughtfully for us, we don't dare to put forward other requirements, 5000 square meters of housing is too much, the impact is too great, 2000 square meters is enough, we squeeze it, hit the floor, and two months of boiling will pass." ”

"High-quality projects require high-quality logistical support. 2000 square meters is not enough, you work hard during the day, you always have to wash a hot water foot at night, 2000 square meters is only 1.5 square meters per capita, when the kitchen has to live people, how do you boil water, how to eat?"

"The construction team works in three shifts, so there is no need to arrange accommodation for 1,200 people at one time. The regimental commander did not want to cause trouble, but still argued.

Dai Yingying shook his head and said: "No, I am the chief engineer, and I have presided over more large projects than you...... That is to say, logistics support is a mirror of construction quality, and it is better to be high than low. In addition, the city also had to help with the construction of building materials and vehicle oil. In particular, high-grade cement is in short supply right now. Winter construction, without the right materials, the project will definitely not pass......"

Dai Yingying, who has done many big projects, knows too well the importance of competing for resources, which is far from being comparable to a solid regiment leader.

The leaders at all levels who came to inspect also ignored the words of the regiment commander, and if they were too tight, they would not be needed, and it was better not to do it if they did not do it well, and everyone understood it.

Finally, the leaders of the Municipal Party Committee made a summary: "The 8811 Project, that is, the Yang Rui Genetic Engineering Laboratory Project, is an important support for China to move towards the 21st century and realize the four modernizations, and it is a brave exploration ...... for Chinese science."

"In today's world, which is changing rapidly, we must not only work honestly and work hard, but also forge ahead, innovate and seek truth, and complete the 8811 project one day earlier, so that China's biological science and technology can catch up with developed ......countries as soon as possible."

"Comrades, time is running out for us, just this morning, I just saw the report, just past 1987, Taiwan, one of the Asian tigers, had a per capita GDP of more than $5,000, and South Korea had $3,500. Singapore reached $7,700, and Hong Kong is close to the $9,000 mark, ranking 26th in the world. As for China, which ranks 122nd in the world, has a per capita GDP of less than $300, which is one-thirtieth of that of Hong Kong!"

Here, I would like to quote Comrade Xiaoping's speech at the 1977 Forum on Science and Education Work: If our country wants to catch up with the world's advanced level, where should ......we start?

The head of the regiment was full of energy when he heard it, and he was actually poetic, and muttered to himself: "The banner of the prime year embraces ten thousand people, and the brocade suddenly rides across the river at the beginning of the ......."

"What?" the commissar didn't hear clearly, and looked back.

The head of the regiment gritted his teeth, raised his arms and shouted: "Work hard, the four seas are home!"

The regiment commander shouted the slogan, and the soldiers around him immediately followed, and while continuing to work, they shouted as if shouting a trumpet: "Struggle hard, the four seas are home!"

Work arduously!

The four seas are home!

If so, too.

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