January 1, 1988.

This day was originally New Year's Day, and all units across the country were on holiday. The location of Yang Rui's Genetic Engineering Laboratory was noisy and bustling like a large construction site.

Of course, this place was originally a construction site.

Excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and trucks were everywhere, and chariots carrying sand, cement and steel building materials were flowing endlessly. The soldiers in gray camouflage uniforms carried shoulder poles and shovels on their shoulders, running fast. Looking around, the dust raised seemed to be dirty and foggy, and it was so dirty that they could not see clearly.

If we judge it according to environmental standards, the construction site here should have been given a five-star bad review.

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

The officers of the Engineer Command were also glamorous, carefully introducing each equipment and construction technology, and when they mentioned the number, they could go into every battle and battle they participated in in detail.

"The order issued by the Military Commission directly, not to make oaths or hold a conference, and to complete the 8811 project construction!" The officers in the regiment said loudly while the leaders were happy, and immediately received various approvals.

"I won't do the oath-taking meeting, not because the 8811 project is not important, but because the 8811 project is too important, and I firmly support the decision of the Military Commission." The division commander stood on the steps with his hands behind his back, and still did not forget to express his attitude.

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

"The 8811 project is a confidential key project. It is not only to spend time and energy on the project, but also to make sure that the military newspaper can record it, but when publishing an article, it must not mention specific personnel and locations." The political commissar of the division reminded the reporter of the military newspaper softly.

The reporter nodded quickly and said, "It must be certain. After the article is written, it must be handed over to the relevant departments for review."

"The engineering group must also strictly abide by the confidentiality regulations. I have said this many times, but I still have to say it, you must strictly keep it confidential, do you understand?" The political commissar of the division did not speak softly to the political commissar of the group.

"The confidentiality regulations must be strictly abide by. The regiment has already preached the requirements to the battalion, each company, each platoon, each squad, and each person." The political commissar of the regiment paused for a moment and said: "After the entire regiment announced the start of the deportation, no letters sent to the outside are allowed to be sealed. They must go through the inspection of the company and the regiment headquarters. Only after passing the qualification will the seal be uniformly sealed. Everything is carried out according to wartime requirements."

The political commissar of the division asked a few more questions, and felt satisfied, then looked at the officers in the command center.

When it was the turn of the city party committee leader to speak, he turned his attention to Dai Yingxiong's face and asked, "Is there any difficulties now?"

"There are indeed some problems. I hope the municipal party committee and government can help solve them." Dai Yingxiong seized the opportunity and said immediately. "First of all, the accommodation problem is difficult to solve. The 8811 project originally could only provide tents and temporary rooms with more than 100 people, and half of the canteens were not equipped with ceilings. Now more than 1,000 people have arrived at once, and the tents have not been in place in time. The soldiers are struggling to ride and have poor rest, which greatly affects their combat effectiveness."

The city party committee leader nodded and did not immediately express his opinion.

"The second is the heating problem. The weather is very cold now, and it is only a few hours at noon during the day, and the rest of the time is below zero. There is insufficient heating equipment on the construction site and there is not enough fuel." Dai Yingxiong paused and said, "I originally said that the problem can be solved by burning diesel for a while, but the engineering team refused after research."

"Diesel itself is not enough." The regiment leader explained: "After receiving the order, our regiment loads the train day and night, and give priority to heavy equipment distribution. The entire army is to bring the construction machinery here in a hurry. If the diesel is burned, the heavy equipment will have to be buried. At that time, the workload of an excavator will have to be replaced by a platoon of soldiers, which will not be worth the cost."

"How to solve the heating problem now?" The leaders of the municipal party committee had to worry about it. It is one thing to live well. 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 1980s were colder, compared with the urban people in the later generations, the problem of heating in the north in the 1980s was always very prominent. In the cities in the later generations, warm places were easily found, public shopping malls, subways, even buses, private company buildings, or in their own homes and cars, so that many northerners don’t even need to wear sweaters in their coats. Anyway, they just took a few minutes to go out and take the bus, and the heat on their bodies did not dissipate.

But in the 1980s, the situation was completely different.

First of all, all public facilities such as shopping malls are not provided with heating. Although the office and home can burn heating or stoves, it is limited to very narrow spaces. For example, if the home burns the stove in the living room during the day and there is no earthen kang at night, it will be entirely shaking to warm the quilt.

The same is true for the office. The leader’s office can be warmer when everyone works the most, but he also has to wear sweaters or even cotton jackets to warm up. When he arrives in the corridor and in the toilet, he will never find any heat.

In such an environment, ordinary people feel cold all day long and want to hold the stove to keep warm when they have time. On the construction site, insufficient fuel is very bad. Without a good accommodation environment, insufficient fuel is even worse.

The leader of the group said: "We first obtained some activity funds to buy coal. However, the capital's coal quota is also very tight. I don't buy much, but most of them are crushed coal. I can only make some coal cakes..."

"It is a waste for the soldiers to spend their time building temporary houses and collect heating materials." Dai Yingxiong said: "The weather will get colder and colder. If this problem cannot be solved, the construction period cannot be completed at a high speed and at a high level."

High speed and high level are a slogan that hangs on the wall at the intersection.

"Old Han, can you think of a solution to the Materials Bureau?" the city party committee leader asked the people behind.

"It is OK to allocate some coal. If you want to keep heating equipment, it is very tight everywhere now. You can make some honeycomb coal stoves first and then buy some cast iron stoves..." Lao Han said it more carefully. He just came to the construction site to see what he needed now, and he had already passed it in his mind.

"Please work overtime to produce part of the factory." The leader turned around and said to the secretary. Most of the factories are still state-owned enterprises, especially small enterprises in the capital, most of which are subordinate to the streets or district committees. After receiving an order from the municipal party committee, they will only work hard.

"The housing problem is always a big problem." The city party committee leader slowly spoke again and said: "Please brainstorm in this regard."

The group of people muttered.

In fact, all experienced cadres present were seen. They had long seen what the current construction site was. Now they were just exchanging opinions and winning consensus.

"In order to gain time, I can only find a way to provide ready-made houses." The cadre of the Urban Construction Bureau proposed a plan.

“Where can I find a ready-made house?”

"This... is easier to place it in a dispersed manner..."

"No, the placement is scattered, there is no way to keep it confidential, and it is necessary to place it centrally. If it is really not possible, our engineering regiment would rather be harder." The commander was not guilty at all. He ate and slept with the soldiers. He lived in a canteen without eaves at night, set up a thin sleeping bag, and roasted a bonfire without steam. Although the conditions were difficult, it was conducive to completing the task. The engineering regiment had no objection. If the conditions were compared, the capital would not be worse than the poor mountains and ridges in the southwest.

The cadres of the Urban Construction Bureau were a little confused and said, "The housing is very tight now, and the centralized resettlement is not that big. If you want more than 1,000 people to live in a good place, you don't spend a lot of working hours to build temporary housing. At least 5,000 square meters of housing, that is, about 4 square meters per person, so that you can afford to eat, drink, defecate, take a bath and rest at the same time..."

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

"The solution was come up with it." The city party committee leader paused and said, "Bold assumptions, be careful to verify."

The two of the Urban Construction Bureau looked at each other, and finally the director who accompanied him said, "If it really doesn't work, you have to requisition the ready-made house."

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

In terms of housing conditions in the capital, the family conditions are relatively good. If a couple has two or three children, they will be given a 30-square-meter two-bedroom apartment and burn the incense.

Single young people basically have to share their living conditions. Two or three people in the better unit have a 10-square-meter house, and those with poor conditions use upper and lower bunks. It is common for eight people and ten people to stuff a barrel room into a barrel, which is no different from a university dormitory.

In China in 1988, the concept of living room was not popular. Except for senior cadres, who can be as luxurious as having a living room?

Even senior cadres, if there are many children at home, they have to set up a bed in the original living room, and at most they can be pulled up with a curtain.

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

Although the houses are all based on the unit and the country, the movement is too great.

The director of the Urban Construction Bureau said with a tough bullet: "Within a few kilometers nearby, there are wool spinning mills' family courtyards, aluminum factories' family courtyards, and general machinery factories' family courtyards. In addition, the municipal hospital and education system also have separate dormitories here..."

"You coordinate the relocation and explain to everyone that this is only temporary. In addition, the relocation work must be meticulous, and the conditions of the allocated houses should be as good as possible. Especially for families with a large family, try not to affect their original life, and take care of whether it is convenient for their children to go to school... The original house should be not changed or destroyed..." The leader did not mention the specific plan, but even made a request, the people below could only nod and agreed.

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

The officers of the engineering regiment did not expect to receive such care, and people couldn't help but feel enthusiastic about their eyes.

The leader of the group was a honest person. Hearing this, he couldn't help but take a step forward. He said, "The city can think so thoughtful for us. We dare not make any other requirements. There are too many housing units of 5,000 square meters and the impact is too great. 2,000 square meters is enough. We squeezed and beat the floor. It took two months to get through it."

"High-quality projects require high-quality logistics support. 2,000 square meters is not enough. You work hard all day during the day and always wash your feet of hot water at night. 2,000 square meters will be only 1.5 square meters per person. At that time, the kitchen will have people. How do you boil water and eat?"

"The construction force works in three shifts, and there is no need to arrange accommodation for 1,200 people at one time." The regiment commander was unwilling to cause trouble, so he argued.

Dai Yingxiong shook his head and said, "No, I am the chief engineer and have presided over more major projects than you. I have the final say in this regard. Logistics support is a mapping of construction quality... That is to say, logistics support is a mirror of construction quality, rather than low. In addition, the construction materials and vehicle oil use needs to be helped by the city. Especially high-grade cement, which is very scarce now. In winter construction, without suitable materials, the construction projects will definitely not pass..."

Dai Yingxiong, who has done many major projects, knows the importance of competing for resources, and is far from comparable to a solid team leader.

The leaders at all levels who came to inspect also ignored the words of the group leader. If they were too tight, they would not need them. It would be better not to do it if they were not good enough. Everyone understands it.

Finally, the leaders of the municipal party committee made a summary: "The 8811 Project, which 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 is a brave exploration of Chinese science..."

"Today's world is changing rapidly. We must not only work honestly and work hard, but also be pioneering and enterprising, innovate and seek truth from facts. If we complete the 8811 project one day earlier, we will be able to allow China's biological science and technology to catch up with developed countries sooner..."

"Comrades, we don't have much time left for us. Just this morning, the report I just saw, in 1987, Taiwan, among the four Asian dragons, had a per capita GDP of more than US$5,000, and South Korea also had a per capita GDP of US$3,500. Singapore reached US$7,700, and Hong Kong was close to the 9,000 mark, ranking 26th in the world. China ranks 122nd in the world, with a per capita GDP of less than US$300, which is one-thirty of Hong Kong!"

"How do we catch up with other countries? How will the Chinese nation stand tall among the nations? Here, I quote Comrade Xiaoping's speech at the symposium on science and education in 1977: How can our country start with the advanced level of the world? "I think, we must start with science and education. "If we don't focus on science and education, there will be no hope for the four modernizations, and it will become an empty talk..."

The leader was full of energy and was poetic, muttering to himself: "The flags of the year are crowded with ten thousand men, and the brocade cavalry crossed the river for the first time..."

"What?" The political commissar did not hear clearly and looked back.

The commander gritted his teeth and raised his arms and shouted: "Work hard and make the world home!"

The regiment commander shouted a slogan, and the soldiers around him immediately followed, continuing to work, and shouting as if shouting: "Work hard, and the world is home!"

Work hard!

All the worlds are home!

That's true.
Chapter completed!