It's still hot in September.

The old-fashioned Chunlan air conditioner in the conference room has not moved for a long time. More than 100 people huddled together, the temperature rose suddenly, many elderly workers were constantly coughing, the smell of choking cheap paper cigarettes was everywhere, and the flashing light when smoking was in the crowd one after another...... It's like a vicious battle is about to begin. The atmosphere, the scene, made everyone feel nervous and uneasy, and they couldn't calm down. The person who experienced this feeling the most deeply was Tian Wenjian, who was surrounded in the center.

“…… If you want to go to the municipal party committee and municipal government to petition and petition, aren't you looking for leaders? Although my official is not big, he is also a leader, and he can come to me directly and talk to me directly, no, no...... The big guy sat down, calmly opened up and said, let's see if I can solve it first.

If you can't solve any problems and don't do anything, then it's not too late for you to find other leaders of the municipal party committee and municipal axe, even if you can find the leaders of the provincial party committee and provincial political axe. Why do you have to take to the streets today? And isn't the purpose of your street solving problems? Don't have any worries, and don't think anything else, that I'm going to do something to everyone. Think about whether this is possible......"

When he said this, Tian Wenjian's nose couldn't help but feel sour.

To speak in good conscience, can this state of affairs in the factories and the situation of the workers have nothing to do with the political axe? Attributing all the reasons to the market economy and deepening reforms, fundamentally speaking, this is also a kind of [***] behavior without any sense of responsibility!

For decades, these workers in front of them have not been able to do whatever the party tells them to do, and they will not hesitate to run wherever the leaders point to them, not afraid of hardship, tiredness, blood and sweat, even if they sacrifice, they are willing, never pay about remuneration, regardless of gains and losses, with very little income, with great dedication, in exchange for the continuous progress and long-term peace and stability of the country?

Can you tell that they are trying to make trouble? He suddenly felt extremely ashamed and guilty for some of the thoughts he had had. Is it worth them to think like this? Is it worthy of your conscience?

He silently looked at the faces in front of him, all of which were staring at him, and suddenly felt so familiar and so strange. I attended many meetings when I was a trainee journalist, but none were as depressing as I am today. There have been many meetings at the airport and the 315 factory, but the smoky atmosphere there gives him strength and confidence!

In the eyes of the workers, he saw a sense of distance and alienation. It stands to reason that a melon dean like himself, although he can't talk about heart-to-heart with the villagers, should also have an unusual feeling and friendship, and there should be many, many kind words to say.

And now, they were all staring at themselves, as if they were looking at someone they never knew, as if they were staring at a monster!

What the hell is going on here? What went wrong? Just because the shipyard is shut down, the workers can't pay their wages?

No, not at all! If it were all about that, these people wouldn't see themselves in such a light. Tian Wenjian vaguely felt that things were not as simple as he imagined.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, the atmosphere became more and more tense, and the venue suddenly fell into a dead silence like suffocation.

There was no one to relieve him, no one to preside over the meeting, and there was no ready-made manuscript for him to read from the book. Everything can only be solved by him alone, and it can only be solved by him alone. He brought it upon himself. But if you don't come to be the sustaining president, then the matter won't come to you.

Whether active or passive, it can only be a matter for you, the deputy secretary of the Working Committee of the Development Zone and the general manager of Longjiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

He tried to gather his tumultuous thoughts quickly, thinking about what he should say to the delegates first. At this time, someone in the crowd outside suddenly shouted in unison:

"Move the loudspeaker in, we also have to listen to Secretary Tian!"

"Extender, amplifier! Just like the head of the factory, let Secretary Tian speak to us in front of the amplifier! We all want to hear it! ”

"We've been fooled enough, we don't worry!"

…… Tian Wenjian pondered for a while, and immediately said softly to several representatives in the front row of the conference room: "It's completely possible, just do what the workers ask." Install the amplifier and the horn, and let the outside hear what we say inside. ”

The efficiency was surprisingly high, and seven electricians came in at once, and in less than a quarter of an hour, everything was all installed. And the effect is surprisingly good, almost exactly the same as the live broadcast of the radio station, even the coughing in the conference room, the movement of tables and chairs, can be heard clearly outside.

It took less than a quarter of an hour to completely ease Tian Wenjian's emotions. There are also people who use banana fans behind their backs, intentionally or unintentionally to help him fan the wind, which makes him very moved.

At 1 o'clock, the conversation finally began. Naturally, Tian Wenjian said a few words to everyone first, and he was still very sincere.

“…… I am also deeply saddened by the current situation of the shipyard. Ask everyone to say whatever you want, and I originally listened to everyone's opinions. No matter how acute the problem, everyone just has to say it.

As for the opinions and questions raised by you, if anyone is suspected of retaliation in the future, I will never ignore them. The shipyard is everyone's, and everyone's shipyard can only survive if everyone takes care of it. So what should be said is said, what should be said is said, if everyone doesn't care about this company and doesn't cherish this company, will they brave such a hot weather to go to the municipal party committee and municipal axe to find leaders? ”

Then the deputies spoke, and Jin Ruolin's introduction surprised Tian Wenjian. The first to speak was the highest-level, the most qualified, and the most prestigious old Red Army in the factory, Le Jincun, the first secretary of the general party branch of Longjiang Shipyard since the founding of the People's Republic of China!

Let an old-timer like Le Jincun sit in the audience opposite in this capacity, which really makes Tian Wenjian a little like sitting on pins and needles, and he is embarrassed. When the old man stood up and was about to speak, Tian Wenjian couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly walked off the stage, while asking the old man to sit down, he apologized to the old man: "Le Lao, I really didn't know it was you." It's such a hot day, you're so old, and you're still ......"

"You just let me stand and speak, and I can speak neatly while standing. I'm so sad when you're sad! The shipyard has become like this, how can I feel good in my heart? ”

Le Jincun is 84 years old, but he is in good spirits and has clear thinking, and he doesn't look old at all. The rhythm of his speech is unhurried, and his voice is neither high nor low, but there is something in his words, which carries a lot of weight.

“…… First of all, I have to state that I am firmly opposed to the practice of the employees today! How can this be done? At every turn, they go to the door of the municipal party committee in groups to find leaders and discuss explanations, is this the solution to the problem? Can we deal with us in the same way as the Kuomintang [***]? This is called forgetting the ancestors!

After so many years, when has our party ever been half-hearted with our workers? When don't we all rely on us working class? Someone said, [***] By this point, it has long been on money, and it depends on you and the working class.

! If it weren't for the working class, would it still be called [***]? At present, the national political axe is a bit difficult and troublesome, so I said let's grit our teeth and push it up, tighten our belts and boil it again, as long as we can pass this hurdle, won't everything come over? Could it be that this time is really not going to be able to get by? Isn't it even as good as the Cultural Revolution? Isn't it as good as a few years of natural disasters?

If you say something ugly, will it be inferior to the Kuomintang at that time? Will it be inferior to the old society! Some people are making trouble, don't they just want the state to pay them two months' salary! Even if we are paid two months' salary, what will it be of great use in the long run?

Of course, there are people who are really difficult. The whole family is in our factory, and without wages, it is really unbearable! But today, we have so many people here at once, isn't it true that so many of us really can't get by? I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Even with so many people here today, I still have to say that I don't agree with this practice, and I am firmly against it at all times! ”

When Le Jincun said this, he suddenly changed the topic, and his voice was obviously higher.

"Just because I'm against the workers doesn't mean I don't have any objections, or that I don't think there's a problem in the factory. Some of the current leaders are really unusual! It's not like that! Spending all day and drinking, and the style is corrupt, which previous leader can be like them?

The shipyard has reached this point, but they don't seem to take it seriously at all! Eat as you go, drink as you drink, play as you play, and travel as you go! What is the current atmosphere like this, if you don't eat, drink, or play together, you can't do anything, let your mother fart!

This [***] dare to love in the world is eaten, drunk, and played? [***] When you fight the world, what is there with empty hands? How did a new China be built? If you eat, drink and play, the common people will shed blood and work hard for you to fight the world? Where does this kind of person still have a little [***] human flavor?

When he went abroad, he said that he wanted to conduct some kind of investigation, and said that he wanted to jointly venture with Singapore and Thailand. But what are you doing in the Soviet Union? What are you doing in the United States, England, and France? What are you doing in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, or Singapore?

Since it's an inspection, why are you taking your wife with you? In the past two or three years, millions of dollars have been spent, and no fart has been investigated! Millions...... Millions! This is all the hard-earned money of the workers! If it were your factory, would you do that? It's no wonder your family doesn't tear you to the ground! Your men have slashed you with a thousand knives, and they can't get rid of their hatred! How did thousands of people raise such a group of hooligan bastards! Put on airs! What a loser......"

Speaking of this, Le Jincun burst into tears, couldn't cry, and couldn't say a word anymore. There was a dead silence in the conference room, as was the dark crowd outside the conference room. Many people were silently shedding tears and wiping handfuls on their faces.

Tian Wenjian stayed there in a bit of a daze, he didn't expect that this respected old Red Army and old leader would have such an opinion on the current leadership of the shipyard. And just a few hours ago, he wanted to work with the gang to keep the shipyard as sustained as possible.

The next speaker was Liu Decheng, a 67-year-old veteran worker.

He has gray hair and a face that looks like a carved wrinkle. Tongle Jincun is completely the opposite, he is really old, his waist is stiff, and even his voice is already very weak.

Liu Decheng said that he never wanted to make trouble, he said that his family of six people all worked in the shipyard, and he said that he really couldn't get by, he just wanted to follow everyone to the municipal party committee to find leaders to give some relief and find some work for the children.

Speaking of this, Liu Decheng couldn't stop crying. Even when crying, the voice is just as hoarse and weak, giving people a feeling of being breathless, which makes people feel distressed.

While crying, he said: "The factory leaders asked us to find our own way out and find our own way." But our family really can't help it, we really can't find a way! I was 17 years old when I arrived at this factory, my wife was only 15 years old when I arrived at the factory, my two sons and two girls also entered the factory as soon as they graduated from junior high school, and my grandchildren were the same, they all went out of school and entered the factory.

Our generation has become a coffin, one day at a time, and now we can't even get a pension, and if we die early, we won't cause trouble to our children and grandchildren, what else can we do? The sons and girls are now in their forties, they are older, the burden is heavy, and the health is not good, and the young people can't find a job, who will use them?

Let's do some business, and we don't have the capital, even if we borrow money, there is nowhere to borrow it, like we are now, who dares to lend us money? In fact, what kind of business have we done, and I won't tell you, I'm almost seventy years old, and I haven't even hit a "face" once.

For grandchildren, young people are always better. I can't find a good job, but I still have a job to do. The grandson works every day, pulls coal or something, earns a few counts, and can also provide some relief for the family.

At this point, I'm not afraid of your jokes, my two granddaughters are singing and dancing with others in the song hall! As soon as the child came home, his eyes were red and swollen from crying. The child said, I will marry or not in the future, and some of those who spend all day in song halls and dance halls are good people. Children really can't live, they really can't live! Those of us who are fathers and grandfathers feel like knives all day long......"

For a while, the old man was almost out of breath from crying, and there was a sobbing sound in the conference room.

After a long time, the old man cried and shouted as if he was crazy: "Secretary Tian, Dean Melon!" We didn't ask for anything, we really didn't ask for anything! They eat, drink, and drink all day, even if we admit it again, let them go, no one can take care of them, and we don't care.

But no matter what [***], as long as the shipyard can be opened, as long as it can let us go to work! We workers have no other skills, we can't steal, we can't rob, we can't cheat, we can work, we can work hard! Don't let the shipyard stop production, don't let the shipyard stop production again, the factory will really collapse! If that day comes, who will we all rely on......"

The old man began to cry again, and many people in the conference room couldn't stop crying. Especially in the crowd gathered outside the conference room, the crying was clearly audible in the conference room!

Tian Wenjian's heart was like a knife, and he couldn't stop shedding tears. He never imagined that this old worker, who had worked in the factory all his life, would be able to say such a thing. Not to mention whether what the old workers said was right or not, just the old man's feelings and sincerity for the shipyard were enough to make everyone sigh.

Is there still such a good worker in the world? And with such good workers, I can't do a good job in the shipyard, so how can I, as a leader, have the face to face the world?

Another thing that strongly pierced his heart was the attitude of the old workers towards the company's leaders. He believes that the old worker's words will not be false, but this kind of corruption that makes the workers so helpless, can he Tian Wenjian bring those moths to justice? The answer is no, at least at this critical moment of forming the Blue Sky Group, he must not lose a big one because of a small one, and can only solve it slowly.

Next was the speech of the original chief engineer Wu Huabin, who was obviously old. This high-achieving student who stayed abroad during the Kuomintang period can be described as extraordinary and outstanding when he was young. When the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated, they held both grace and power on him and strongly persuaded him to go to Taiwan.

At that time, even the plane ticket was bought for him, and he thought about it again and again, and finally tried every means to stay. In the nearly 50 years since he stayed, he has never left China's shipbuilding industry. He has worked as a chief engineer in several large shipyards, including Hushi Shipyard, Guangming Shipyard, and Nanhai Shipyard, and he has left his footprints, and the history of the establishment of these shipyards also has his blood and sweat.

According to the gossip of everyone, the chief engineer is highly respected and has a high prestige in the factory. The workers respected and admired him, and the factory would also be inseparable from him, and they would discuss everything with him and ask him to come up with ways and ideas. He will not be lonely or lonely, and will live in a good environment and atmosphere.

However, at this moment, the chief engineer's hair was almost completely white, his face was much darker, and his sensitive eyes were a little cloudy. An intellectual like Wu Huabin shouldn't be like this. In Tian Wenjian's imagination, he should be ruddy-complexion, vigorous, radiant, and radiant, and his later life should be full and happy.

Although Wu Huabin is obviously old, as soon as he speaks, he immediately makes people feel that his language and thinking are different from others. When a man is old, his brain is not old. His words were concise and coherent. Especially can trace the source of poverty and convince people with reason.

“…… Is the shipyard at this point where it is today, caused by human factors, or brought about by objective reasons, or both? In any case, the time has come for us to come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible. If he continues to be so laissez-faire, arbitrarily prevaricating, indecisive, and ignorant of it, so that he closes his eyes and listens to it and leaves him to fend for himself, then no matter who he is or what position he holds, it will be the greatest crime against the country and the people!

This is also a deep-seated [***], and the consequences and disasters brought about by this deep-seated [***] will be more terrible, more severe, more durable, and greater! If anyone still disagrees with such a statement, then ask him to come to the factory and have a look. It has been shut down for more than 10 months, and if it is stopped for another 10 months, or a little longer, then the factory will never want to start again.

This is by no means alarmist or demagogic. If a factory does not start for two or three years, anyone with a little common sense will understand that this factory is actually equal to no more, no more! Machines will rust, parts will be lost, equipment will corrode, and everything associated with them will be dysfunctional.

If we want to start again, it is almost equivalent to building another factory like this! If such a shipyard is so silent, and no one is responsible, disappears and spoils, isn't this the biggest [***] what? In no country, in any history, such a shocking act would not be tolerated! ”

(To be continued)