Although this earthquake is nominally called the "Wenchuan Earthquake", the actual damage is Beichuan County. All those who went to Beichuan to mourn and visit after the earthquake were all shocked by the miserable sight there!
After the earthquake, Zhou Xinghe and Zhao Xingyi, general manager of Beichuan Hotel, took a group photo at the scene
The entire county was destroyed. The old town was almost buried by a collapsed hill, and the new town was almost razed to the ground. Here, collapsed mountains, silted mud and rocks, cracked cracks in the ground, dirty rivers, residual broken walls, broken bricks, twisted steel bars, withered weeds, dirty air, and the cries of searching for the missing, the grief of the bereaved... That tragic scene made people cry and suffocated with grief.
Cold rain fluttered, and artemisia swayed.
In the entire county, only a few buildings such as the "Beichuan Hotel" did not collapse. This tall building, standing alone in a messy ruin, in the long river of history, witnesses the tragic situation of the entire earthquake, and tells a special experience in the miserable wind and rain.
At 14:00 on May 19, 2008, when the national flag was lowered on 9.6 million square kilometers of land, whistles sounded, and the people of the whole country observed a moment of silence for the victims of the Wenchuan earthquake, the place of their silence was the remnant "Beichuan Hotel".
The "Beichuan Hotel" has a total of 8 floors, and it did not collapse in the strong earthquake because it used Galaxy company's "five-proof lightweight partition panel" on more than 3 floors. On May 30, 2008, when Zhou Xinghe went to Beichuan to investigate the earthquake site, Zhao, chairman of the hotel, told him that when the earthquake occurred, his hotel also experienced violent shaking, the lower two floors were completely buried in the ground, and the upper six floors were built because of the "five-proof lightweight partition panel", and the whole building did not collapse, which not only saved countless lives, but also preserved intact. The 100-square-meter partition panel, which was still under construction, together with the remaining "Kitagawa Grand Hotel", is now a cultural relic preserved by the Kitagawa Earthquake Museum.
Coincidentally.
On May 30, 2008, after the earthquake, Zhou Xinghe received another letter from Wenchuan, written by Manager Wang of the "Liu Yishou" hot pot restaurant in Wenchuan County. The person in charge of the hot pot restaurant told him in a letter that when the earthquake struck, all the employees were still working in the store. Because they used Galaxy to build the house in 2006, the "five-proof lightweight partition panel" was used, and when the earthquake occurred, the house also shook violently, and the surrounding houses collapsed, causing a large number of casualties, but only his hot pot restaurant was intact. As a result, all 58 employees working in his shop were able to escape without a single injury.
After the earthquake, the houses of the "Liu Yishou" hot pot restaurant in Wenchuan County were intact
After the disaster, all employees thanked their manager for saving their lives, others asked him why he was able to create this miracle, and some even rumored that he had previously gone to Mount Emei to burn high incense. Other reporters chased him relentlessly, asking him the mystery of why his house did not fall. Manager Wang was not only rejoicing, but it was difficult to calm down his excitement for many days, so he wrote this letter of gratitude to Zhou Xinghe with a pen:
Dear Mr. Zhou Xinghe,
First of all, I have high respect for you! It was you who invented the five-proof lightweight building materials that saved the lives of me and all our employees. This building material has withstood the test of a magnitude 8 earthquake, and its seismic performance completely exceeded our expectations. We have thrived on this land for thousands of years, and beneath our feet are dangerous earthquake fault zones that will one day ravage the people living here again. So we decided that when we rebuild after the disaster, we will definitely use your building materials to build a safe and earthquake-proof building for our children and grandchildren..."
The night is deep and aftershocks are frequent.
On July 8, 2008, Galaxy received a letter from Yang, a villager from the 6th group of disaster-stricken villagers in Feiqiao Village, Chongyi Town, Dujiangyan, on behalf of the victims, saying: "As early as 2000, the provincial leaders had instructed to promote the use of 'five-proof lightweight partition panels', if this new scientific and technological achievement was popularized in time, so that people could live in housing built of this new material, then the Wenchuan earthquake would not have caused such huge casualties, and the country would not have paid such huge human, material and financial resources to fight the earthquake and provide disaster relief!" Yang and other victims are also eager to get assistance from Galaxy to restore their homes with "five-proof lightweight partition panels".
To be honest, since the earthquake, Zhou Xinghe has not slept a single peaceful sleep. The harrowing things he witnessed in the disaster area, and the performance of his own products in the earthquake, kept flashing before his eyes like movie images. Now, when he receives these letters from the disaster area, he can't sleep.
At this time, just like when he wanted to give up the domestic market and move to overseas development a few years ago, he repeatedly thought about where his future career would go.
Yes, the promotion of their invention patents in China was hindered everywhere, and they had no choice but to transfer to overseas development. Unexpectedly, he really responded to the old man's thesis that "the east does not light up and the west is bright". The development of his career abroad can be described by the word "in full swing and in the ascendant". However, people exist in this world and always have their own survival goals.
After Zhou Xinghe solved the problem of food and clothing for himself and his family, making money was no longer the main purpose of his survival. After countless sleepless nights, he took a pen and wrote a letter to the leader. The letter says:
"Your inscription on 'How difficult it is to prosper the country' in the disaster area deeply shocked every Chinese person. I am a Chinese who deeply loves my country and people, and I have determined to devote my lifetime to the housing problem of the poor on the mainland. After the '5.12' Wenchuan earthquake, although our company received three times more orders from abroad than before the earthquake, I decided to give up the opportunity to make money and develop abroad, shift the focus of my work to China, and play the role of my invention patent in post-disaster reconstruction, so as to build a number of high-quality and inexpensive houses for people in the disaster area to live in stability and safety.
"Through the practical test of the 'Wenchuan Earthquake', the application of our invention patent, in addition to playing a role in the reconstruction of earthquake-stricken areas, can also be effectively applied in the country's current large-scale construction of affordable housing, low-rent housing and new rural construction, if widely promoted in the mainland, it will effectively benefit the society and the broad masses of the people."
"As the son of a farmer who grew up from hardship, I have a deep relationship with the peasant, in order to repay the land that gave birth to me and raised me, repay the father and fellow villagers who raised me, share the worries for the government, and gradually solve the problems of resource conservation, environmental pollution, farmers' income increase, sustainable development and other problems in the mainland, I am willing to give everything I have..."
Yes, Zhou Xinghe has been abroad in recent years, although he has been respected and favored by the president to the commoners, and despite the stage and galloping world where he shows his talents, on the sleepless night of the foreign moon and stars, in the morning when the breeze in another country wakes up, his soul is still haunted by his motherland and his fathers and fellow countrymen!
To this end, Zhou Xinghe held several successive company leadership meetings to communicate his ideas to everyone. Although some people have different opinions on giving up foreign markets, the country is in trouble, and it is the responsibility of the husband, and in the end, all people can still focus on the overall situation and unify their thinking.
To this end, Galaxy decided to invest 100 million yuan in the past three years to build farmhouses for victims of 50 tourist spots, and the investment can be divided into the following ways: Galaxy repaired the main structure of the farmhouse; After the company repaired the farmhouse, it carried out a comprehensive decoration; The company will complete the full set of furniture and electrical appliances; If you need funds to run a farmhouse, the company can also invest it. The company is not profitable, it is run by the villagers themselves, and the company can recover the cost of materials over many years.
The excellent performance of Galaxy "five-proof lightweight partition panel" in the earthquake has been widely concerned by Chinese building materials experts and related professionals. At the end of 2008, the chief engineer of China Building Materials Planning and Research Institute was entrusted by the president to lead an expert group to Sichuan Xinghe Building Materials Company for on-site inspection. After careful investigation and investigation, the expert group believes that the material and various new decorative building materials have reliable performance, good sound insulation effect, simple process and wide market prospects.
"The softest of the world, the strongest of the world". The principle of "weakness is better than strength" expounded in the 5,000 words of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is vividly embodied in the "Five Defense Building Materials" developed by Zhou Xinghe; The straw, which could only be used for incineration, has been technically processed and turned into the main material for building houses with fireproof, waterproof, shockproof, crack-proof and anti-aging. In the 2008 "Wenchuan Earthquake", those hotels and houses that still stood were turning into exclamation points, becoming historical witnesses of the achievements of Zhou Xinghe's efforts...
The long communication introduction of "Five Anti-light Body Partition Panel Earthquake Resistance is Worthy of the Name" reads.
The morning breeze in Wenchuan. Twilight rain in Kitagawa The deserted suburbs of Qingchuan. Yeling in Pengzhou. When the aftershocks eased a little, Zhou Xinghe resolutely abandoned most of the foreign market and rushed non-stop with his employees in the earthquake-stricken areas.