On the banks of the Wuhan River, the gongs and drums are noisy, connected to the Snake Mountain and Guishan, close to the Hanyang Iron Works, a steel dragon spans the north and south of the river, and the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is being staged.

After nearly three years of struggle, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge has finally been completed! This is a milestone in the history of China's bridge construction.

On the originally bare piers, the bridge deck has been closed. This double-deck steel truss girder bridge has a road upper level and a railway level on the lower level. For the first time, the Jinghan Railway was connected with the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, becoming the most important artery of China's north-south transportation, bringing not only economic benefits, but also important strategic significance.

Wang Shi Beiding, just around the corner!

After the completion of the bridge, the weapons and equipment forces in the south will not be blocked by the Yangtze River, and the Guò railway can be directly transported to the northern Central Plains!

"Doodoo-"

The first train crossed the Yangtze River Bridge, and the rumbling roar of the locomotive echoed over the Yangtze River, deafening, and it came from Guangdong, thousands of miles away, carrying all kinds of supplies from south to north, to the revolutionary army in Zhengzhou.

At the same time, another train from Henan to the south is relatively open, across the Yangtze River is the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, which is full of people fleeing from the famine, running south all the way to the south of the motherland, and then getting on the boat to continue to the south, drifting across the ocean to open up a new life.

Watching the first train going north and the first train going south leaving, Situ Nan stood at the head of the bridge, and he was very emotional, and the excitement in his heart was for a long time.

There are really not many things that can excite him now, the Yangtze River Bridge is one of them, and the status of this bridge in his heart cannot be exaggerated.

"Congratulations. Mr. Mao Yisheng. You and your team have done an amazing thing. will go down in history. ”

Situ Nan turned his head and warmly shook hands with Mao, the chief designer of the bridge project, to congratulate him.

"Without the boss's funds, without the high-strength I-beam provided by Hanyang Iron Works, without the support of the government, without the hard work of the workers, there would be no miracle today, I just did what I should do! It's me who should say thank you! ”

Mao Yisheng said modestly. He was also very excited in his heart, looking at Situ Nan, and then at the Yangtze River Bridge, with tears faintly in his eyes.

As he said, the US-China Foundation's study abroad program supported him to stay in the United States, and after graduation, he recommended him to a first-class architectural firm in the United States, and handed over such a heavy project as the Yangtze River Bridge to his young self.

As a 100% industrialist, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge looks gray and iron, although it is square in size. Just like the old black and white photos that people looked at in later generations, there is no such thing as the sea-crossing bridges of later generations, which are not only considered to be strong and safe. It also has to take into account the artistic beauty, the colors are diverse, and the style of what is smart and elegant, but it is better to be strong and durable, and each piece of iron frame has a unique metallic texture of this era!

Situ Nan was in it, and of course he could feel the excitement of the people around him, and they seemed to worship this bridge.

While happy, he commented in his heart: People in this year love this kind of black and thick big guy! Even Song Mling is no exception.

"After all, this bridge is so important to Wuhan!"

Song Meiling, who came together with Situ Nan, said with emotion. What makes her proud is that the Yangtze River Bridge is funded by Situ Nan's personal funds, and the original plan was to invest 100 million US dollars, but it cost less than 70 million yuan in legal currency, and according to the exchange rate of 2:1 between the United States and China to the legal currency, there is still 13,000 yuan in legal currency, which is enough for Mao Yisheng to build another Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing!

"Mr. Mao, I hope you will continue to work hard and build the second Yangtze River Bridge as soon as possible, Nanjing is waiting for you." Situ Nan encouraged.

Kong Xiangxi licked a round face and mixed in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he was in the back row, and he was not qualified to squeeze in front of Situ Nan and the Song family brothers and sisters, but he had been paying attention to Situ Nan's every move, and he vaguely heard Situ Nan's voice in his ears: "There are two Yangtze River bridges in China that are basically enough, in addition to railways, it is foreseeable that highways will also be the focus of transportation construction in the future." Closely related to the development of highways, building materials, automobile manufacturing, petrochemical, glass, rubber and other industries will also gradually develop...... The government should give relevant industry policy support and raise import tariffs-"

Kong Xiangxi's eyes lit up, his face was filled with joy, as if he had taken advantage of some kind of advantage, and his mouth couldn't help but chatter: "Petrochemical, car, petrified, car-"

"Is Mr. Kong going to build a car?" A woman's voice sounded in Kong Xiangxi's ears, and when he looked back, it was a woman with slightly chubby short hair, with square eyes on her face, giving people a crisp and decisive image.

"Oh, it's Ms. Wang!" Kong Xiangxi's iconic fat man-style smile floated, and the woman in front of her was called Wang Wudou, the founder and boss of Wudou Tractor, Wudou Tractor is selling well in the Chinese market, I have to say that she is a very powerful woman.

"Yes, I'm interested, I'm afraid the reason is insufficient!"

Kong Xiangxi said with regret on his lips, and thought to himself: This woman doesn't want to build a car too, right? Well, it should be very possible, there is not much difference between a car and a tractor, and besides, the development of the five-bucket tractor is not because of the support of his brother-in-law?

Kong Xiangxi thought of this and couldn't help but look at Situ Nan's figure in the distance.

"It just so happens that I'm also going to build a car, let's work together!" Wang Wudou said simply.

……

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, there was also a celebratory reception.

At the reception, Situ Nanjian Yisheng set up his own architectural firm and developed his architectural talent with a business model.

Mao Yisheng was a little surprised by Situ Nan's construction, he modestly thought that although he had some achievements, he still had a lot to learn, and he was not a master.

On the contrary, after the establishment of the firm, the firm cooperated with the relevant enterprises of the US-China Consortium in the name of the firm, which was more in line with the modern business model advocated by Situ Nan and the US-China Foundation, so as to get more opportunities.

"How do you have such an idea?"

Song Mling walked over, Mao Yisheng walked away with interest, Song Mling asked Situ Nan curiously, "I know you admire that engineer very much, but Mr. Mao is too young after all-"

"No, Mao Yisheng is not as thin as you think, he has teachers and classmates from the Department of Architecture of William University and the University of America and China University behind him to support him, and there are many supporters of the Chicago School in the Department of Architecture of the University."

Situ Nan shook his head and explained with a smile, "I hope Mao Yisheng can be as famous as the Bauhaus, since he has potential, you might as well push him one step further, what is more rewarding than cultivating a brand?" ”

"Who was the Bauhaus?" Song Mling was a little puzzled, muttering in his heart, wondering if he had returned to China for too long and was a little outdated? However, the construction industry is not familiar to her, and it is no wonder that she does not understand.

"Whether it's the Bauhaus or the Chicago School of Architecture, it's a good thing, but it's a pity that there are too few people in China at the moment, well, the whole of Asia.

I'm a very practical person, there are not as many high-rise buildings in Wuhan as in Chicago, and they are not as tall, but they are all made of reinforced concrete, like boxes, square, as if they were produced in a factory. I really like this kind of pragmatism, and it will be like this when the new Shanghai is built. ”

Situ Nan said a few words simply, in his heart, he thinks that he is a demolition faction, if the young people in the future will still argue, "What architectural talent does Lin Huiyin have, is she a master architect?" "That's a sad question.

Song Mling saw that Situ Nan suddenly stopped talking, her eyes seemed to be attracted by a certain direction, and following his gaze, she saw an old acquaintance - Lin Changmin of the Ministry of Justice, and his daughter Lin Huiyin.

Is this worth it? With a woman's intuition, Song Mling immediately saw his appreciation for that talented woman from Situ Nan's gaze.

"I didn't expect to see the April day in the world! The girl is really smart! ”

Situ Nan praised it, which immediately made Song Mling's heart tighten.

"Then do you want me to introduce you to her?" Song Mling asked with a smile.

"No, they're coming!" Situ Nan said with a smile.

Song Mling ......

"Mr. Lin, we met again, haven't you been arguing with Jun Mao recently?" Situ Nan saw that Lin Changmin was still the same, dressed in a suit, with a goatee, a thin body, and a focused gaze.

"The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes, Mr. Situ is still so funny." Lin Changmin said with a smile, because of the issue of formulating the constitution, Lin Changmin, a legal scholar, argued with Zhang Junmai a lot.

At the same time, Lin Changmin knew that Situ Nan and the Zhang family had a close relationship, although Situ Nan was not in politics and there were not many people who knew Situ Nan, but Lin Changmin knew that his famous high-ranking official was not qualified to pose in front of Situ Nan, didn't he see Sister Song Yujie, the most powerful woman in China, standing next to Situ Nan, smiling, is there an indescribable virtuousness?

So, Lin Changmin immediately greeted Song Mling again.

"This is the little girl Huiyin, Huiyin, this is the Mr. Situ I mentioned to you, you almost didn't know each other when I was in Paris. Mr. Situ is not only a patriotic industrialist, but also very literate, and the masterpiece of the rise of a great power was created by him and Ms. Lu Bicheng. ”

Lin Changmin introduced.

Lin Changmin, Situ Nan knew, they knew each other as early as the Paris Peace Conference, but Lin Hui was because Situ Nan really saw a real person for the first time.

"Ah, so you're Mr. Situ? I've always wanted to know you, but I didn't expect to finally see you today! ”

Lin Huiyin was in awe, and looked at Situ Nan fixedly for a while, there was a trace of admiration in her eyes, her heart was beating so fast, she thought: It turned out to be him! He was so young and handsome, this kind of handsome man was different from the handsome men she had ever seen, no wonder his father said he was of mixed race.

Situ Nan's eyes fell on Lin Huiyin's face and looked at her, her eyebrows were clear and beautiful, not gaudy and beautiful, but she had a fresh and refined intellectual temperament, worthy of being an April day in the world!

Such an elf-like little dragon girl, how can she not make Xu Zhimo and other merry talents obsessed and crazy? (To be continued......)