Biography "Today's Odd Man Zhou Xinghe" XXVIII What medicine is sold in the gourd

Zhou Xinghe took a deep breath and walked into the venue with confidence.

In order to meet the needs of the market economy, Sichuan Province introduced a competition mechanism in the operation and management of science and technology for the first time, in order to change the closed operation mode in which scientific research topics in research, testing and production were arranged by the state directive plan in the past, and to use limited funds in key places, on August 22, 1998, the Provincial Science and Technology Commission held the first press conference on the bidding of scientific research projects, and announced the bidding announcement of "Comprehensive Utilization Technology of Straw in the Suburbs", which was open to national bidding.

Zhou Xinghe and his "Galaxy Building Materials Factory" heard the wind and participated in the bidding of this scientific research project. It is said that there are more than 200 enterprises and institutions participating in the bidding, and after the news of the bidding was issued, all of them showed their talents and ambitions to win. On August 25 alone, the bidding team sold 129 bids, and after screening, 56 scientific research institutions and enterprises continued to bid, including major scientific research institutions and well-known enterprises including the Chengdu Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In the fierce competition, in the leading group for bidding work, there are often people who go to do work for certain scientific research institutions and enterprises, and there is an endless stream of interceding people, even including some provincial and municipal leaders. At this time, Zhou Xinghe's enterprise seriously said that it was a "four-no" enterprise: he himself had no title, no diploma, no economic strength and no background. But after his unremitting efforts, "Galaxy Building Materials Factory" finally entered the top 8.

As the saying goes: "Autumn is so hot that you cry". Zhou Xinghe remembers that it was still very hot after the beginning of autumn this year, and when he walked into the first conference room of the Chengdu Municipal Government, it was full of people, making the air in the whole venue even hotter.

On September 15, 1998, the straw seminar in Sichuan Province was held here.

The meeting is called a seminar, which is actually to evaluate the scientific research and production plans of the bidding units for the comprehensive utilization of straw. The meeting was attended by leaders at provincial, city, and county levels, as well as hundreds of experts from relevant departments, totaling more than 400 people. Among the 8 shortlisted units, 4 of the 8 units were selected to participate in the meeting. Due to some prejudices against Zhou Xinghe held by the bidding leading group, "Galaxy Building Materials Company" was on the list of participants three times, and was deleted by the conference secretariat three times. In the end, the deputy director of the Provincial Science and Technology Commission, who presided over the bidding work, lined up the crowd and finally clapped: "As far as I know, there is only one 'Galaxy Company' in Sichuan that really uses straw for the production of building materials and obtains national invention patents, and they should have a representative at this meeting." ”

"This director, I have never known him in my life, but he respects science and insists on the truth, and I respect such cadres from the bottom of my heart." Zhou Xinghe said, "If our party cadres are as public-minded and honest as he is, then our entire social environment can be said to be clean and upright." ”

It is understood that this intellectual-turned-director, later deputy director of the Sichuan Science and Technology Department, was diligent and pragmatic, and had a good official reputation. For the comprehensive utilization of straw, he has done a lot of in-depth and meticulous investigation and research before bidding for bidding, and naturally has a number in mind, so no matter how many people hand over slips to say hello, he can adhere to the basic criteria of being a person and an official. No wonder until now, whenever Zhou Xinghe mentioned him, he thanked this principled leader from the bottom of his heart.

In this way, Zhou Xinghe, who was squeezed out three times, had the honor to enter the venue justifiably.

"Next, representatives of various enterprises will speak on the comprehensive straw utilization plan." The meeting was chaired by Jiang Minkuan, acting governor of Sichuan Province. Since this is a project that the prime minister of the country is concerned about, of course, leaders at all levels dare not be sloppy, and the meeting is held in a serious atmosphere.

Representatives of the four enterprises participating in the meeting were required to speak for 20 minutes each. Before the meeting began, Zhou Xinghe approached the bidding team, hoping to arrange for himself to speak in front, but for reasons that were not clear, the bidding team specifically ranked Zhou Xinghe's speech last.

The units that spoke specially arranged for articulate and verbal people to introduce the situation at the conference, and they all spoke with emotion, which was very infectious and inflammatory, and won frequent nods from all the experts - how to clarify their views? Zhou Xinghe was listening to the briefings of the previous three units while thinking about this issue nervously. It seems that repeating the questions mentioned by the previous people step by step will only make leaders and experts feel like chewing wax, and then increase their hearing fatigue. When speaking at the third house, Zhou Xinghe raised his wrist and looked at his watch, it was almost 12 o'clock, and the people in the venue were already a little impatient, and some people had begun to leave the table and walk out.

At this time, Zhou Xinghe remembered the two cases introduced in the book "Speech and Eloquence": one is about the early 80s, a domestic manufacturer developed a new product, and their situation is similar to that of Zhou Xing and now. Other companies have 10 minutes to speak, and their factory director only has 5 minutes to speak, but this shrewd factory director only takes 3 minutes to speak. The last sentence he introduced himself was: I'm sorry, I'm short, so I had to stand and speak in order to make everyone see me. He said that our products will not be introduced to you in detail today, we arranged a new movie for you in the evening, the time is 6:30, everyone is working very hard, please watch the movie. When the delegates arrived at 6:30 on time, the director of the factory stepped forward and said to everyone: Oh, I am really a horse Daha, and even the time of the movie is wrong. Just now they told me that the exact time of the movie is 7 o'clock sharp, I'm really sorry for everyone. At this time, his employees suddenly asked him in their seats: "Director Liu, you haven't introduced your factory's products in the afternoon, what products do you produce, can you tell us about it?" The director replied, "I am not only a small man, but also always careless in my work, and seem to be an incompetent leader." In this way, there is still half an hour before the movie is played, in order not to let everyone sit empty and bored, I asked the staff to send you some information to see. In this way, the new products developed by this factory were a hit!

Another case that Zhou Xinghe remembers vividly is that US President Roosevelt, although he was physically disabled, he was elected president with his extraordinary intelligence, ability and eloquence. When he walked up to the presidential inaugural stage, before he could speak, a congressman in the audience humiliated him and said: "President Roosevelt, look at this pair of shoes that your father gave me, and now they are worn out, what do you think?" Roosevelt smiled, put aside his speech, and kindly said to the congressman, "I am very grateful to this congressman, Mr. Congressman, for mentioning my father." Yes, my father was indeed a shoemaker, and what I am today is entirely due to how he taught me to do things, how to teach me to be a person. In the process of mending shoes for others, his old man did a stitch and thread so carefully and seriously; Some people have no money, he also mends his shoes for free, and those who have money go to repair shoes, and he never charges a penny more - it is inevitable that 5 years after his old man's death, the shoes he mended for people were worn out, and it didn't matter. As a son, I am willing to take my father's worn shoes, and personally repair them for my father and give them to you. Dear Mr. Congressman, please send your shoes to the stage? However, the congressman who humiliated Roosevelt, he himself received the humiliation, had no place for himself, and had already fled. President Roosevelt, on the other hand, once again established a super-strong image of himself in front of the people as unfazed and adaptable.

"Next, the representative of Sichuan Xinghe Building Materials Factory will speak." The voice of the person presiding over the meeting woke Zhou Xinghe from his meditation.

Zhou Xinghe calmed down for a moment, did not hold any speech materials in his hand, calmly walked up to the podium, and he said three sentences when he took the stage: "Leaders and experts, I am very pleased to participate in today's straw seminar; At today's conference, I dare to tell the truth, because I, the director of the plant, was appointed by myself and was not afraid of being removed; I, in my capacity as a citizen of the People's Republic of China, would like to propose to leaders at all levels and experts that can solve the problem of straw burning and completely eradicate it for your reference..."

Zhou Xinghe's opening remarks unexpectedly aroused the interest of the participants, and even the people who collected the materials and were ready to get up and leave the table sat down again - strangely, Zhou Xinghe stared at the audience in the venue, but was silent for a while. His action inevitably caused all kinds of doubts and speculations among the participants, and then whispered one after another. His unusual behavior also aroused the interest of reporters on the scene, and countless cameras and camera lenses also curiously came up and aimed at the speaker on the stage - what kind of medicine is this speaker selling in the gourd?

On September 5, 2021, the "Voice of the People" column on page 38 of the fourth issue of "Clean Government Internal Reference" published the headline "A Subversive Revolution in the Field of Mainland Architecture and Building Materials", in which the third section (page 42) of the subtitle "May the great invention of Xinghe new materials be vigorously promoted by the state and benefit mankind": "In today's China, there are two people and two projects to use the high-tech achievements developed by themselves to go to the world: one is Mr. Yuan Longping and his hybrid rice, which are solving people's feeding problems; One is Mr. Zhou Xinghe and his straw building materials, which are solving people's housing problems." In line with the great strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and technology.

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