Heaven rewards the diligent - He Jianming Reader

Author: He Jianming
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: The path of rural industrialization in Huaxi Village was in such a tragic call. What should the factories in the fields look like? Obviously, Wu Renbao did not think of those small workshops with "clattering sounds." This time, he wanted to realize the dream of a true factory! From the fields to the factories, the Chinese farmers had pursued this path for over five thousand years. Now, Wu Renbao wanted to cross it in one step. "Climb distant relatives," "carry out joint ventures," "borrow others' strength," "seek distant navigation" those years, Wu Renbao was both like the conductor of an orchestra and a cellist who played personally on the battlefield. He alternated between the melody of a hundred boats racing and the spring fairy tale of green fields, dazzling and enchanting—jumping out of the "village door" to enter the "city door," breaking out of the "country door" to enrich the "village door," making money by borrowing brains, climbing the ladder by renting, and sailing far with a large ship—all these moves and skills demonstrated Wu Renbao's and in liberating his mind and pioneering. During this period, new media terms created by Huaxi Village, such as "Sunday engineers" and "professors visiting the countryside," kept resounding in people's ears. And all of this was part of the brilliant notes in the "factory-building" symphony composed by Wu Renbao, the farmer reformer.
The life experience of Cheng Xianmin, the current Party Secretary of Huaxi Village and a "professor villager," is undoubtedly one of the most dazzling notes in these brilliant symphonies. That year, Cheng Xianmin was 39 years old. This young professor, who left Xi'an Jiaotong University alone out of dissatisfaction with his "empty pockets," walked into Huaxi Village one day out of curiosity. "Are you a professor?" "Yes. My family is in Shangluo Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, and I come from a farming background. Because my family was poor, I studied very hard after entering school. I skipped grades from primary school to university. All those years of hard study were just to break out of the 'farming door,' but when I really became a professor, I realized that I still didn't have the ability to change my family's poverty. So I came to the southern part of Jiangsu alone to seek a way out." "What major do you study?" "Mechanical manufacturing." "I heard you had three years of experience running a factory in another place near Huaxi Village. Why are you leaving now?" "Yes, after I came to that factory, its performance increased several times. But in the end, because I was an outsider, they didn't listen to me in many key decisions. The factory is now declining, and I can't stay either." "Then—would you like to come to our Huaxi Village?" "If I come, can you make use of my professional expertise, follow my suggestions to run the business, and not treat me as an outsider?" "Absolutely—as long as you are right, as long as you genuinely consider yourself a part of Huaxi Village, Huaxi Village will treat you sincerely." "Then I'm willing to stay." "Good!" A pair of hands, rough with calluses, reached out to the young professor. Cheng Xianmin recognized the smiling old man standing before him as the former Party Secretary of Huaxi Village, Wu Renbao. "Tell me, what conditions do you have for staying in Huaxi Village as a professor?" Wu Renbao liked to be straightforward. "No conditions." Cheng Xianmin replied directly. "Really no conditions?" "Really no conditions." Cheng Xianmin shook his head firmly. Seeing the old Party Secretary's gaze fixed on him, he had to say, "My salary can be a bit lower—around three hundred yuan is fine." Wu Renbao reached out his hands again, gripping the young professor's hand with a smile of great satisfaction: "You're the right person for me! Work hard, and Huaxi Village has a place for you to shine!" P22-23