In the starry sky of the spiritual genealogy of the Chinese Communists, there is such a star, there is a clear character archetype but not named after him, its brilliance is dazzling, widely known, penetrates the history and era, transcends the origin of the industry and region, and forever illuminates the way forward for generations of Chinese, this is the spirit of iron man.
The spirit of iron man is a high summary of the lofty ideas and excellent character of oil worker Wang Jinxi. Because of the working relationship, I once had a more direct perception of the spirit of the Iron Man: in the middle of winter, next to the first well hit by Wang Jinxi's drilling team, I vaguely heard the majestic roar of the Iron Man team fighting against the earth and the mighty mountains and rivers; sitting around and communicating with the members of the 1205 Drilling Team (the team that Wang Jinxi brought before his death) and feeling the spiritual inheritance of the Si people who have gone and the blood is still there; watching the drama performance of the Iron Man Spirit, the true three-dimensional nature of the Iron Man's tenderness makes me can't help but cry...
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"Iron Man King Jinxi"
Li Chen | Painted, quarter road | book
The picture book "Iron Man King Jinxi" published by China Children's Press and Publication Corporation has a new presentation of the spirit of Iron Man with a simple style of writing and black and white sketches. I have a deep understanding: the spirit of the iron man interprets the original intention of the communists, this spirit is red and hot, but its background color may be black and white - black, is the black of oil, means deep, realistic, hard; white, is the white of steel, means purity, pursuit, light, black and white opposition unity, to achieve spiritual eternity. As Lao Tzu said, "The beginning of all things, the road to simplicity."
Look for light in the darkness. Wang Jinxi was born in the stormy old China, and like most people at that time, his growth was full of suffering. When the family's land was occupied, his father was seriously ill, and at the age of 6 he led his father around begging for food; at the age of 10, he herded cattle for the landlord in order to make a living; from the age of 15, he entered the oil mine as a child laborer, working for more than ten hours a day, not enough to eat, and always being whipped by the foreman. At that time, he often thought, is there no way out for the poor? With the establishment of New China, the working people were liberated, and Wang Jinxi gained a new life and became the first generation of oil workers in the People's Republic of China. It can be imagined that when he no longer endured exploitation and oppression, but personally held the brake handle of the drill and drilled out one oil well after another, how strong the sense of ownership that suddenly appeared in his heart was, how heroic the passion of "I offer oil for the motherland" was, and how happy it was to finally usher in the light after struggling in the darkness! It was in this contrast between the old and the new that Wang Jinxi strengthened his political direction, and at the age of 33, that is, in 1956, he gloriously joined the Communist Party of China, opening a new stage in his life of following the party.
Temper your will in hardship. New China was in ruins waiting to be rebuilt, and the conditions were harsh, which was the objective reality at that time. But Wang Jinxi is more of a "self-inflicted suffering." When I first participated in the Daqing Petroleum Conference, the train pulled oil equipment, but there was no crane or tractor, how to unload the train, how to pull to the well field? He gave a firm answer, "Don't say the derrick, even if it is an iron tower, it must be erected!" No cranes? lift! "From day to night until dawn the next day, more than 60 tons of equipment were carried to the well site by people. Another time, they encountered a blowout, because there was no agitator, resulting in cement sinking into the bottom of the mud pool can not suppress the blowout, Wang Jinxi ignored the cold bone, jumped into the mud pool, with flesh and blood as a mixer. This scene has become an eternal classic moment, deeply fixed in the hearts of generations. We often say that hardships and hardships are in full swing. Without the tempering in hardship, where is the sonorous oath of "I would rather live for twenty years less, and desperately want to win the big oil field" and "oil workers are energetic and not afraid of great difficulties"? There is also a touching fact: Wang Jinxi is known as the "Iron Man", but he was only 47 years old when he died. From the detection of physical problems to the death of illness, for 10 years, he gave up the opportunity to rest and recuperate from sick leave, relying on firm faith and strong will, always fighting at the forefront of production, and eventually led to overwork. His approach is not worth advocating, but it deserves the respect of all of us. Because, in every era, there are people who sacrifice themselves and carry the weight forward.
Maintain concentration under the aura. During the oil war, their drilling team hit an oil well that was offset by 0.6 degrees. Someone advised him, "Although there is a little deviation, but within the margin of error, everyone regards your team as a benchmark, and if you fill in this well, you will write a shameful page in the history of the team." But Wang Jinxi was not moved, deeply examined, and frankly said, "If you don't write down this pen, the team history will be false, and you can't write it!" With tears in his eyes, he and his teammates filled the inclined well. At that moment, what they lost was a "false name", but what they gained was the determination and responsibility not to evade responsibility and righteousness.
Li Chen, the author of the picture book, is a well-known sketcher in contemporary China, his painting style is thick and delicate, and he has a high degree of achievement in the field of comic strips. In the process of creating "Iron Man King Jinxi", he perfectly combined the comic strip focus on text interpretation and the picture book focus on the meaning of the chart, which not only has the story and logic emphasized by the comic strip, but also the delicacy, dynamic and freehand of the picture book. The ultra-wide composition of the large pull page has a strong visual impact. In addition, the black and white color painting coincides with the black and white background of the Iron Man Spirit, and the red font design of the cover perfectly matches the characteristics of the Iron Man Spirit, which is profound and does not lose the jump, giving people an immersive experience.
The Iron Man is gone, but its spiritual value will never fade. A tribute to Iron Man and the age of Iron Man's creation. A tribute to the spirit of Iron Man will surely shine in a new era.
"Nine Sacred Deer Picture Book Museum"
"Iron Man King Jinxi"
Li Chen | Painted, quarter road | book
"Iron Man King Jinxi" book real shooting
"Iron Man King Jinxi" inner text picture
Ma Xingmin, General Manager of China Children's Press and Publication Corporation Limited
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