In the middle of the following month, in order to boost morale and enhance staff exchanges, Jiangbei Exploration Bureau organized the first staff skill labor competition.

Large red slogans were hung in front of the rostrum on the square behind the headquarters, and blue, red, green and other colored flags fluttered.

A phalanx of about a few thousand people lined up neatly in front of the square. Each phalanx held up a sign -- "Drilling Team No. 1," "Drilling Team No.," "Test Production Plant No.," "Test Production Plant No.," and so on.

Basically, all the functional divisions of the oil field are in place. The bachelors of the drilling team and the transport team were all absentmindedly listening to the speeches from the rostrum, but secretly staring at the young women workers at the oil production plant and the supply office.

And those female workers are also dressed in new clothes, put on new hairpins, and all of them hold their heads high and maintain their most beautiful postures.

Su Guoliang, director of the bureau, made a report in a straight and round manner, affirming the achievements in the past six months.

"Comrades, don't be burdened by this labor skills competition." Su Guoliang said, "Everyone is very nervous about work on weekdays, and this time it is to allow everyone to combine work and rest." Su Guoliang took the microphone and said passionately, "All departments, all teams, show their own style...... Relax......" he said, pointing to a thick and round oil pipeline next to the venue, "Let's have a relaxed oil pipe competition." ”

Relaxing ...... Tubing competition?

The young workers looked at the oil pipelines as thick as a century-old tree, and thought to themselves that these stupid guys were all transported by Jiefang trucks on weekdays. Why do you still need to use manpower to carry it today?

In Zhao Yuemin's team, college student Liu Guoguang muttered softly:

"On this holiday, there is no rest. How can such a heavy oil pipe be carried by a person? Isn't this Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty requisitioning people's husbands? ”

"Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty requisitioned the people, which is much more cruel than this." Zhao Yuemin chuckled, "If you don't participate in this, at most you will be verbally criticized in the bureau for not being active." But if Emperor Yang of Sui didn't listen to his words, he would lose his head. ”

Liu Guoguang saw that Zhao Yuemin even knew the allusions he used, and he became more and more surprised, so he stopped muttering.

In the Tubing Competition, the team is the unit, six people carry three, and walk 50 meters in the relay. Soon, Zhao Yuemin's drilling team of five groups and the transportation department of the three groups became the champions and runners-up in the final competition bureau.

A tubing is nine meters six long and weighs two hundred catties, and Zhao Yuemin and Liu Guoguang are the finale. So far, the group has maintained the lead, and as long as they can maintain this lead, they will be able to win the 50 meters.

As the competition entered the championship and runner-up finals. Female workers from the oil production plant on the side came to cheer the two teams. Anyway, the two departments participating in the competition did not have direct contact with them, so everyone shouted and cheered according to their own hearts.

In some cases, because the transport office is close to the oil production plant, they refuel the transport department. Also, because Zhao Yuemin is famous, he shouted to Zhao Yuemin.

After several rounds of competition, Liu Guoguang, who had carried several rounds of tubing, was already a little physically exhausted, and his legs were a little fluttering.

"Kunimitsu, okay? No, substitutions......" Zhao Yuemin said considerately.

Liu Guoguang naturally didn't want to be a husband under Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty anymore, but when he heard the delicate shouts and encouragement of the female workers in the oil production plant, he said recklessly: "Okay, team leader." ”

"Then get on!"

Zhao Yuemin and Liu Guoguang, one person with one head and one tail, carried the nine-meter-long oil pipeline on their shoulders. Zhao Yuemin was taller than Liu Guoguang, but he deliberately bent his body a little in order to relieve some pressure on Liu Guoguang.

However, even so, when the tubing was on his shoulders, the thin Liu Guoguang felt a little regretful, he felt that the tubing was almost bending his waist, and his legs were fluttering when he walked.

"Guoguang, hold on, it's fifty meters!" Zhao Yuemin said vigorously in front.

At this time, the players in the transportation group have slowly caught up. Zhao Yuemin also wanted to speed up his pace, but Liu Guoguang in the back kept stumbling behind. Zhao Yuemin could forcibly rush to a step, but he didn't dare to go fast, for fear that if Liu Guoguang tripped, the oil pipeline would directly hit his body, which was risky.

Soon, Zhao Yuemin and Liu Guoguang were chased by the transportation department.

The first of the two runners in the transport department crossed the finish line.

Liu Guoguang staggered to the end, immediately put down the oil pipeline, and knelt on the ground panting.

The people in the group surrounded him, although they were embarrassed to say Liu Guoguang, but they all had gloomy faces, watching him give up the position of champion to others, which also meant that he gave up the fifty pounds of meat tickets and ten cigarettes in the group.

"Forget it, forget it, Kunimitsu did his best." Zhao Yuemin waved his hand in understanding.

Several players from the transportation department also leaned over, Zhao Yuemin was also considered to be well-known in the oil field, and the team leader of the winning side shook hands with him with a smile: "Yuemin, I look at this oil pipe, you carry it alone, but you may not lose." ”

Then, Su Guoliang was about to announce the results of the competition on the rostrum, and the people in the transportation department had a glorious face, and they all raised their heads and smiled at the sky.

"I announce that in this labor skills comprehensive competition, the advanced group is ......" Director Su Guoliang glanced at the people in the audience with a smile, paused, and said: "The advanced group drills a team of five groups." Advanced individual -- Comrade Zhao Yuemin! ”

For the first time, the three words of Zhao Yuemin were transmitted throughout the square through the radio, and all the employees projected envy at him.

The faces of the people in the transportation department were green, and their eyes were red as they looked at the rostrum, and they didn't understand.

Su Guoliang looked at the imminent uprising of the Transportation Department, and explained with a smile: "The advanced groups and advanced individuals evaluated in this labor skills competition are reviewed in several aspects. Although you have won the competition of the transportation department, Comrade Zhao Yuemin of the fifth group of the first drilling team has made outstanding contributions. He provided our geological department with a new technological innovation reform - continuous cutting tubing technology. This technology, however, cuts the time of underground repair operations in half. Our machinery factory has produced a batch of samples, and if suitable, it will be promoted to the whole situation and then reported to the Ministry of Petroleum Industry. ”

Zhao Yuemin stepped onto the rostrum in a burst of attention and received a certificate of award, which read:

"Certificate of Merit - Comrade Zhao Yuemin won the title of advanced production in the 1977 labor competition"

Zhao Yuemin stood on the rostrum, looking at the black people below, and then realized that the scenery on the stage was unique, and there was a feeling of a military parade.

The director of the bureau, the leaders of the geological department and the drilling department took turns to shake hands with him, and Zhao Yuemin gave an award speech.

After getting off the stage, Zhao Yuemin walked to the team with the certificate of merit, and immediately three or two female workers from the oil production plant with braids came up to talk.

"Comrade Zhao Yuemin, we female workers in the oil production plant learn from you!" Some of them are enthusiastic and unrestrained, and they cut straight to the point. Some were shy, so they had to hide in the crowd and look at Zhao Yuemin, hoping that the eyes of the two would be together.

Zhao Yuemin was in the crowd, and he also found a thin figure, it was Hu Lin.

"Are you looking for your brother?" Zhao Yuemin asked.

"Yes......" Hu Lin, who was wearing a blue school uniform, hurriedly replied, hesitated for a while, and then replied: "It's not ...... either"

"We're holding a staff meeting now, your brother is not an oilfield worker, so he is not here." Zhao Yuemin looked at Hu Lin's nervous appearance and said with a smile.

"Brother Yuemin, you are awesome!" Hu Lin stretched out the thumb of his right hand and said, "I just saw you receiving the award on stage." ”

Zhao Yuemin smiled, looking at the admiring eyes of the high school female student, and a little uncomfortable.

"I'm very hungry, let's go, take you to your brother, let's have a meal together." Zhao Yuemin felt that Hu Lin was alone

to a little embarrassing.

"Brother Yuemin, what do you want to eat? I'll make you ......," Hu Lin snapped.

"Are you good at cooking?" Zhao Yuemin said with a smile.

"I'm only going to do one ...... Stir-fried eggplant with minced meat......" Hu Lin honestly stretched out a finger, and then said with a red face, "But I have to let my brother chop the meat for me, I won't ......"